SUNDAY NOTICES: 30th November, 2025
1. [For Saturday Only] The Advent season begins on 30th November 2025. Let us prepare our hearts in prayer, reflection, and joyful expectation for the coming of our Lord.
[For Sunday Only] The Advent season begins today. Let us prepare our hearts in prayer, reflection, and joyful expectation for the coming of our Lord.
2. Every year, the Advent Campaign Against Hunger and Disease organized by the Centre for Social Action of the Archdiocese of Bombay focuses our love and concern towards the poor. During the season of Advent, a box is kept in front of the Altar, with special envelopes. Your contribution will go a long way in helping these people. For further details please refer to the Notice Board.
3. The Novenas for the Spiritual preparation for our Parish Feast are in progress.
On the Parish Feast Day, 7th December 2025, Masses will be as follows 6:30 AM (K);
7:30 AM (M); 9:30 AM Feast Mass; Please note there will be No 10:00 AM & 5:30 PM Mass. Kindly note on 3rd December, 2025 Wednesday Novena prayers to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour will not be prayed as we are already praying the novena to our patron Saint.
4. The Parish Fiesta Plan is as follows​
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30th November Sunday – Telegames
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3rd December Wednesday – SCC Event/Flea Market
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4th December Thursday – Ladies Special
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5th December Friday – Sunday School
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6th December Saturday – Family Day
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7th December Sunday – Singing Competition
The passes for Fam Fest – Family Day, held on 6th December will be available with your SCC Coordinators & Church office.
On 07th December 2025, the auctions will be held after 7:30 am (M) and
9:30 am (E) Mass in the primary quadrangle. We plan to auction items like: Chocolates, Cakes, Stuffed Chicken, Pigling, Hampers, etc. Those interested in sponsoring any item may contact the parish office at the earliest. We request our parishioners to wait back and join in the Celebrations in the primary quadrangle.
5. Kindly approach the Sunday School Teachers to register for the following Fiesta events:
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Children’s Dance competition on Friday, 05th December 2025 at the Sunday School Fiesta.
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Children’s English, Konkani and Hindi Singing Competition on Sunday,
07th December 2025 at 4:00 PM.
6. On Friday, 05th December, 2025, at 6.30pm we will have First Friday holy half hour adoration. We encourage our parishioners to join us in prayer.
7. The Mens’s Confraternity of our Parish is organizing its 12th children’s East Indian Marathi singing competition on Sunday, 7th December, 2025, in the secondary school quadrangle from 05:00 PM onwards.
8. The Parishioners of St. Francis Xavier Gaothan Welfare Association will be taking the Statue of St. Francis Xavier Statue in a Palki procession on the feast day
Sunday, 07-Dec-2025 around the Parish, immediately after the 7:30 am Mass.
They will also be organizing “The 6th East Indian Annual Singing Competition” on Sunday 14th December 2025 at St. Xavier’s Secondary School Quadrangle
from 06.30pm.
9. The Examiner Christmas special issue dated 20th Dec 2025 will be available at Rs. 100/- for non subscribers and free for subscribers. Those interested in a copy may give their names and make the payment at the legion book stall.
10. The ‘Hope and Life Association’ of our Archdiocese is awarding scholarships to children of widows having who have secured 80% or above in the S.S.C. exam of March 2025 or 75% and above in the H.S.C. exam of March 2025. Kindly write the mother’s name, address, and phone number on the reverse side of the certificate and submit it to the Church office by 08th December 2025.
11. Kindly refer to the notice board for
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Blood Donation Drive by BCS on 30th November 2025 from 8.00 am to 01.00 pm
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“The Chosen Encounter” by The Catholic Charismatic Renewal Mumbai.
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The Archdiocesan Office for Environment, is organising Eco-Recollections on
05th December & 06th December 2025.
12. CWF Collection for the month of October & November is Rs. 1,16,700/-.
Last Sunday’s collection amounted to Rs. 68,210/-. Thank you for your generous contribution.
Parish Priest