The Northbridge Association of Churches will be collecting new backpacks and school supplies for children in need in Northbridge. The items needed include backpacks, pens, pencils, colored pencils, crayons, 3-ring binders and filler paper, notebooks, calculators, rulers, scissors and glue sticks. Please leave your donations on the stairs leading into the sanctuary by August 27.

Last May, long-time Good Shepherd parishioner Don Callen faced a grim reality. His Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) had worsened and he required a double lung transplant, and fast. With his life hanging in the balance, Don found himself at the mercy of others — and the clock was ticking.