Fr. Tomy Elias , V.C., a Vincentian Missionary Priest from India, will be in our parish on Aug.26th and 27th weekend to participate in our Annual Missionary Cooperation Plan. He will share his missionary experience at all the Masses next weekend (Aug. 26th and 27th) and will make an appeal on behalf of the Vincentian Missions. The Vincentian Congregation (V.C.), a Religious Congregation, was founded in Kerala, India in 1904, modeled after the Congregation of the Mission founded by St. Vincent de Paul. Members of this flourishing Religious Congregation are engaged in Mission Work in all parts of India and in East Africa and in Peru. Please visit their website, www.vincentians.in, to learn more about them. The Vincentian Missionaries need our help to carry out their many missionary, educational and charitable activities. They need our special financial support for the training of young men studying for priesthood. There will be special mission collection next weekend (Aug. 26th and 27th ) to help the Missionary work of the Vincentian Fathers. We urge you to be very generous in your mission offering since these Missionaries need our help. Please keep Fr. Tomy Elias and all the Vincentian Missionaries in your prayers. Thank you