To celebrate the start of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, all are invited to an open house at the Fr. Ned Coughlin Shelter after the 11:30 Mass on Sunday, December 13. Light refreshments will be served. We especially welcome anyone interested in learning more about volunteer opportunities at the shelter, which will fully reopen in January following renovations.

I know you’ve all missed Toby the Turkey Baster! Well Toby is back--our annual Thanksgiving Meal Fund kicks off this weekend! We anticipate serving Thanksgiving dinner to 200 guests, delivering meals to 250 homebound individuals, and providing 250 full Thanksgiving baskets to guests of our Food Pantry.

The All Saints Clothing Room is seeking retail associates (aka “volunteers”) to assist the operation of “Bloomingdale’s on 6th” (aka the All Saints Clothing Room) on Sunday mornings.

For those who have always heard about L-STEP but are really unsure what it is about, or for those who have been unable to volunteer in the past, we invite you to attend an info session after the Sunday Masses on August 30th.

Pick up a copy at the entrance to the church or check it out on our website at www.xaviermission.org and see what an amazing year we had!

Join the West Village CSA for the most reasonably priced locally-grown organic vegetables and locally-sourced fruit around! Help our partner farmers at Stoneledge Farms in the New York Catskills have enough start-up funding to make it through an entire season, and in return you’ll receive the freshest vegetables and fruits you can imagine!

Every wondered what it would be like to jump across buildings? To navigate a laser field? To walk a balance beam twenty feet in the air? If you answered yes, then come be part of the XAVIER MISSION TEAM at the first ever URBAN MUDDER challenge on July 25th!

We Can’t Baste Our Turkey Without You!! And not just our turkey, but our BBQ chicken, our baked seasoned fish, and our homestyle pork chops as well! It’s time once again for “What-The-Heck-Is-That-Thing-In-The-Picture??”, otherwise known as the “Our Turkey Thanksgiving Meal Fund”!

The leaves have changed from green to brown The temps have gone from up to down The wind once warm feels mighty chill Our coat racks now we strive to fill