Hope Advent Retreat Three more weeks until our Parish Advent Retreat. Have you made your plan to come to the Parish Hall on Saturday, Nov. 25? Our retreat leader is Fr. John Jennings. We meet and greet at 9:30 am, and begin our day of prayer, listening, reflection, and some fellowship at 10 am. We hope this day will "Light our way" into the season of Advent. Fr. Jennings will do two presentations during the day. Lunch: you bring your own lunch; and refreshments will be available. Perhaps this weekend you will be able to sign a sheet at Mass to let the organizers know for sure that you will be attending. A prayer for HOPE: God of hope, come! Enter into every human heart that cries out for a glimpse of your love, for a sign of your welcoming presence, for a taste of your happiness. Be the one who calms the restless and gentles the ache of the human journey.