Father Tony will celebrate the 9 a.m. Mass on Thanksgiving morning here at St. Francis Xavier Church. While your turkey roasts, join your parish family in giving thanks for our many blessings.

You are invited to bring along canned and nonperishable food items (paper products are always needed too) for the St. Vincent de Paul Society food pantry.

Then, on Friday while some of us are out Black Friday shopping or recovering from the feast, our Giving Tree will go up in the church sanctuary. Be sure to stop by this weekend to select a recipient for a Christmas gift.

Our wonderful Arts & Environment ministers also will be spending part of Friday morning decorating our worship space, transforming it from Thanksgiving colors to Advent. We thank them for their dedication to our parish!