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Father Jim Goode, OFM, Ph.D
African American FRANCISCAN - Priest Evangelist
Pastoral Ministry Schedule

Missionary - Evangelization Schedule

 (Partial Listing) 

This schedule is over and above the daily missionary activities such as: 
Weekday Masses, Eucharistic Adoration, spiritual guidance, family/life crisis intervention counseling, distributions to those in need, food vouchers, Prayer and Praise Meetings, Days of Recollection and celebrating the
Sunday Eucharistic Sacrifice in the
New York City area and throughout the nation.

Limited Version
(For more details contact: sground440@aol.com)
 

 

October 2007 – September 2008
 

Oct. Nov Dec. Jan. 2008 Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sept. Oct.

     
This Schedule is in God’s hand,
and under the protect of Mary, the Mother of God
our loving Mother of Perpetual Help

 

September

First Friday
Eucharistic Adoration for Life

Holy Mother of God Chapel
Shrine of St. Josephine Bakhita

At
Solid Ground Franciscan Ministry – St. Clare Friary

St. Peter Claver Day

Knights of Peter Claver & Ladies Auxiliary Celebration
 

            October                

Respect Life Month

Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi
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First Friday – Eucharistic Adoration for Life

Holy Mother of God Chapel

Shrine of St. Josephine Bakhita

At Solid Ground Franciscan Ministry – St. Clare Friary

?

10th Annual Black Catholic Vigil for Life

Sponsored by the National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life

And all the major National Black Catholic organizations

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Respect Life Sunday

Eucharistic Sacrifice honoring the canonization of

St. Josephine Bakhita and St. Katherine Drexel

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TAKE A LOVED ONE FOR A CHECK UP DAY
Sponsored by NBCAL

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Respect Life Conference


      November 
               

All Souls Day      All Saints Day

Franciscans Gather in Prayer to Remember the Ancestors

The African Burial Ground on the Feast of St. Martin de Porres
Patron of Black Catholics

Sponsors:
Franciscan Confraternity of Solid Ground Ministry-St. Clare Friary – New York City

And
Holy Cross Catholic Church “A Franciscan Community”
Bronx, New York

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First Friday Eucharistic Adoration for Life

Holy Mother of God Chapel

Shrine of Saint Josephine Bakhita
At

Solid Ground Ministry – St. Clare Friary

? 

Black Catholic Triduum Revival for Life

For more information email:
Sground440@aol.com

Thanksgiving: 
Special Distribution of Food and Care
to the Needy of New York City

 

     December           

WORLD AIDS DAY

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First Friday – Eucharistic Adoration for Life

Holy Mother of God Chapel
Shrine of Saint Josephine Bakhita

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National Black Catholic Final Preparation Sessions for the
National Day of Prayer for the African American Family 2008

To take place on the
First Sunday of Black History Month.

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Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

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Advent Black Catholic Triduum Revival for Life

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Christmas

Birth of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior

Jesus the Light of the World- We give you the Glory!

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Black Catholic Kwanzaa for Life 2007
Sponsored by

National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life

For more information and print out

www.blackcatholicsforlife.org
tnbcalife@aol.com



   January 2008     
 

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

Sr. Beatrice Jeffries Day – January 2, 2008

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebrations

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Black Catholic Triduum Revival for Life

For more information contact us at sground440@aol.com
 
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Black Catholic Rosary Across America for Life

A Pro-Life event led by the
National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life – marking the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision which made the evil of abortion in the U.S. legal.

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The Supreme Gene  Phillips, Sr. - Knights of Peter Claver
and
Supreme Lady Geralyn Shelvin – Knights of Peter Claver Ladies Auxiliary

are the
National Coordinators for
“Black Catholic Rosary Across America for Life 2008”

 

Jesus Giver of Life – Make us a people for Life



February
 

First Friday – Eucharistic Adoration for Life
?

Black History Month Eucharistic Liturgy Celebrations
throughout the United States

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First Sunday in February

19th Annual
National Day of Prayer for the
African American Family
(Founded in 1989 by Fr. Jim Goode, OFM)
 

Feast of Saint Josephine Bakhita

February 8, 2008

Nine Day Novena in Preparation for the Feast

Each Day Beginning January 3l, thru February 8, 2008
at the
Holy Mother of God Chapel

Shrine of St. Josephine Bakhita

Sunday Eucharistic Celebration
February 10, 2008

9 AM

Holy Cross Catholic Church Bronx, New York

Jesus Giver of Life – Make us People for Life
 

March     

First Friday Eucharistic Adoration for Life

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Lenten Prayers for the Healing of HIV-AIDS

Sponsored by USCCB:
Cultural Diversity Office
African American Catholic Concerns

Dr. Beverly A. Carroll, Convener

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Black Catholic Triduum Revival for Life

For more information contact us at sground440@aol.com

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Holy Week

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Easter
 

Jesus Lives and because Jesus Lives we live!

Let the Church say Amen!

Somebody ought to say Mercy!!!


April

First Friday Eucharistic Adoration for Life

Holy Mother of God Chapel

Shrine of Saint Josephine Bakhita

At

SGM – St. Clare Friary


May

Month of
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God

First Friday

Black Catholic Triduum Revival for Life

For more information email us
at: sground440@aol.com

 

June  
 

First Friday – Eucharistic Adoration for Life

Holy Mother of God Chapel
Shrine of Saint Josephine Bakhita

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Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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June is Abortion & All Acts of Violence Awareness Month
in the African American Community.

Pro-Life and End the Violence activities
will take place throughout this month in the
Black Catholic communities of the U.S.
For more information

www.blackcatholicsforlife.org

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10th Annual
St. Charles Lwanga & Sr. Beatrice Jeffries
Young Achievers Awards and Scholarships.

Sponsored by
Solid Ground Franciscan Ministry.

 

For more information and applications:
applications will be available February 4, 2008
www.solidgroundministry.com

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Feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Help

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Black Catholic Triduum Revival for Life

For more information contact us at: sground440@aol.com

 

July           

Joint Conference of the
National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus and the
National Black Sisters’ Conference


National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life Presentation


Knights of Peter Claver & Ladies Auxiliary
Annual Convention


National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life Presentation



August   September 


Province of the Immaculate Conception
Franciscan Missionary Union
Missionary-Evangelization Projects
&
Propagation of the Faith
Mission Co-op Calls

 

October  

 To be announced

 

 

 "These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages. They will pick up serpents with their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."
(Mark 16)

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