We'll be gathering at TGI Fridays at Southmont Shopping Center in Bethlehem Township (near Route 33 and Freemansburg Ave.) for food and drink after First Friday adoration. It's about a ten-minute drive east of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Hope you can join us!

Tuesday, November 10th held at The Keystone Pub 3259 Easton Ave Bethlehem PA
Upstairs @ 6:30 pm. Topic "Hope and Loss"
Speaker: Mr. Bob Olney, Diocesan Program Administrator for Parish Outreach

Come for dinner, drinks, hear a speaker and conversate with friends in a relaxing atmosphere.

This month we extend birthday greetings to Sally S., 5th; Matteo T., 7th; Gregory K., 14th; Christine H., 17th; John S., 22nd; Lori M., 24th; Maria G., 25th; Tom O., 27th; Jason S. and Ron K., 28th. May you grow closer in your walk with our Lord during this season of Thanksgiving and in the year ahead.

The annual ABCYA Christmas party is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10 at Hanoverville Roadhouse on Hanoverville Road in Hanover Township. (Try saying that five times fast.) The restaurant is just north of Bethlehem and Route 22.

The dinner menu offers a wide range of interesting choices. If you prefer a more modest alternative, a bar menu is also available. RSVP to me at tom@abcya.org by Friday, Dec. 4

Please join us during this special season. We gather to celebrate the joy of Christmas and the culmination of a wonderful year of spiritual camaraderie and friendship. While we're at it, we'll lift the Lehigh Valley out of recession. (OK, that last part was a joke.)

P.S: For those unfamilar with Latin, the headline translates: "We have an ABCYA Christmas party!" It's a spin off "Habemus Papam!" or "We have a Pope!" You can quit scratching your head now. :)

There will be a Mass in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe December 13, 2009 at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe located in Immaculate Conception Church 501 Ridge Ave. Allentown, PA 18103. The schedule will be as follows.
1:30-2:30 pm Confessions
2:30-2:50 pm Rosary
3 pm Mass
Our Lady of Guadalupe is the patron of North America as well as the special patron of the Pro Life movemnet because her appearance in Mexico put an end to the ritual killings of the native religion.

Please join us for our monthly Holy Hour December 4 at 7 pm at the Chapel of Our Lady of Perpetual Help 3219 Santee Road Bethlehem PA 18020. This is a wonderful opportunity to spend time with Our Lord and to renew your spiritual life. There will be a social to follow.

WITNESS is back after a 4-year hiatus, come on out for their first performance back and get in the true holiday spirit! It's a FREE evening of great contemporary Christian rock and praise! Sunday, December 6th, 6:30pm at St. Jane Frances De Chantal Church in Palmer Twsp.

WE ARE GOING TO COUNTRY MEADOWS ASSISTED LIVING TO GO CHRISTMAS CAROLING FOR THE RESIDENTS ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 20TH AT 2:00PM THE ADDRESS IS 4025 GREEN POND ROAD BETHLEHEM PA .WE ALWAYS HAVE SO MUCH FUN CAROLING HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US IF YOU CAN MAKE IT PLEASE EMAIL KRIS@ABCYA.ORG OR CALL ME 610 509 9953

We're off to Rock N Joe Coffeehouse and Bistro in downtown Bethlehem to sip and chill after next First Friday. It's a new joint at 1 West Broad St. that serves coffee, hot chocolate, ice cream, pastries, salads and meals. So let's wrap up the week in a cool, relaxing way. We'll head over after Eucharistic adoration. Hope you can join us. Any questions, contact me at tom@abcya.org