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NEW! FRENCH/CREOLE MASS ~ beginning on Saturday, November 14 at 7:30 PM followed by a Charismatic Prayer Group in French/Creole.

Many People are Hungry in Our Community - Please donate food to the St. Vincent de Paul Society.  Please donate non-perishable canned goods, rice, peanut butter, pasta, etc. to feed those who come to our church door every week asking for food because they and their children are hungry.  Bring any donations to the rectory or leave food inside the doors of the church, or donate cash in the baskets at the doors.  We are taking donations to feed families at Thanksgiving, as well.

Come to the HEALING MASS ~ Thursday, November 19 at 8:00 PM. Come and feel the healing touch of Jesus.

The Florida Catholic Newspaper & the Archdiocese of Miami's Relationship is changing.  There will no longer be a bi-weekly newspaper and more changes are coming.  Read about it HERE and the Archbishop's letter below.

You can now help our parish with our new Travel Service website.  Every time you book travel, concert tickets, flowers and lots more St. Stephen receives a commission and the prices are as good or better than Travelocity or Expedia.  Check out our article below!

Congress is preparing to debate health care reform legislation on the House and Senate floors. Genuine health care reform should protect the life and dignity of all people from the moment of conception until natural death. The U.S. bishops’ conference has concluded that all committee approved bills are seriously deficient on the issues of abortion and conscience, and do not provide adequate access to health care for immigrants and the poor. The bills will have to change or the bishops have pledged to oppose them.

Our nation is at a crossroads. Policies adopted in health care reform will have an impact for good or ill for years to come. None of the bills retains longstanding current policies against abortion funding or abortion coverage mandates, and none fully protects conscience rights in health care.

As the U.S. Bishops’ letter from October 8 reminds the faithful: “No one should be required to pay for or participate in abortion. It is essential that the legislation clearly apply to this new program longstanding and widely supported federal restrictions on abortion funding and mandates, and protections for rights of conscience. No current bill meets this test…. If acceptable language in these areas cannot be found, we will have to oppose the health care bill vigorously.”

Congressional leaders are attempting to put together final bills for floor consideration. Please contact your Representative and Senators today and urge them to fix these bills with the pro-life amendments noted below. Otherwise much needed health care reform will have to be opposed. Health care reform should be about saving lives, not destroying them.  Read more about it here

http://www.usccb.org/healthcare/

To send a pre-written, instant e-mail to Congress visit:

www.usccb.org/action

"My dear friends, The Florida Catholic you have come to know is changing its format, at least in Miami.  At the end of this month, the Archdiocese of Miami will no longer be part of the statewide publication that is currently mailed to your home every other week.  The Florida Catholic will continue to exist, but in south Florida it will do so in the form of a monthly publication that is delivered in bulk to the parishes and distributed for free to Massgoers..."  Read here the coming changes of how you can continue to be informed about news in the Archdiocese, both at mass and, more excitingly, online...