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October 28, 2007 30th Sunday in Ordinary time
Readings For Nov. 4 Wisdom 11:22-12:2, 2 Thess 1:11-1:2, Luke 19:1-10.
Mass Intentions ~ Oct 27– Nov 2 Sat. ~Bruce Corselius Sun. 8:30 ~ Kay St. Dennis 11:00 ~ Edith & Arthur Cox Wed. ~ Maria Ca Thu Luong Thurs. ~ Leticia Ong Fri. ~ Francisco Trance
The Feast of All Saints Is this Thurs, Nov. 1. Masses will be at 9 AM and 7 PM. All Saints is a holy day of obligation. The Feast of All Souls is Friday, Nov. 2 and Mass will be at 9 AM.
Use a broom to clean the driveway and walkways and save up to 80 gallons of water
Mini Halloween Carnival Today - Sunday Oct. 28 from noon – 1 PM. Costumes are welcome, you can change after mass. There are a variety of free activities for children – most geared toward pre school or younger elementary age children, though all are welcome. Please join us. Also, please see how you can help – check out the save yourself a phone call sheet.
October Service Project October is Respect Life month. Each October for the past several years, our parish has had a “Baby Shower” for the FISH Guesthouse. The young women there are pregnant
or parenting teens with their babies. Please bring something for a baby or a new mom this month. You can drop it off in the vestibule of the church. Thank you & God Bless! Reminder The first Sunday of each month is “FISH” Sunday. Please bring non-perishable food items, toilet paper, soap, paper towels or diapers. These will be given to FISH, an emergency help organization in Albany and distributed in food boxes for the needy.
Men’s Group The Men’s Group meets Wednesday evenings at 7:00 in the Chapel. All men, young and older, are invited to attend. Any questions can be directed to Richard Amos 791 2101, Jeff Barricks 929 2649 or Tuan Nguyen 979 3266
Interested in Becoming Catholic? If you are an adult who is not baptized, or baptized in another Christian tradition, and would like to join the Catholic Church, please come to the RCI sessions on Sunday mornings from 9:40 – 10;45 AM. For more information call Kathy at 926-1449 ext 303.
Upcoming St. Mary’s Arts and Craft Bazaar November 9th and 10th Do you like to make crafts or artwork? Do you quilt or sew? We are accepting donations for our Arts and Craft Bazaar for the raffle or to sell in the bazaar. The proceeds will benefit the Church’s Gathering Space for projects needed for funeral receptions and other functions. Or……. If you are a vendor and are interested in selling your arts and craft items in this year’s bazaar and would like a registration form? Please contact: Sharon Konopa, 926-6812;email:StMarysBazaar@comcast.net St. Mary's Bereavement Ministry provides the food for the funeral receptions. Volunteers make salads, desserts and serve at the reception. We have experienced a higher than average number of funerals this year. We understand everyone's busy schedules, so we would like to add more names to our list so volunteers are not called as often. The grieving families are very appreciative of this service our church provides and volunteers spend many hours supporting this ministry. If you would like to be on the list to bring food, help serve or have questions regarding this ministry, please email: StMarysBereavement@comcast.net or call: Sharon Konopa 926-6812. Score! Touchdown!The lucky winners of the Stadium Throw Raffle are: Oregon State - Roger Truax; University of Oregon - Judy Stephen; West Albany High - Lorri Headrick; and South Albany High - Carol Chagnon. Congratulations to the winners! And a Big Cheer of Thanks to each of you that supported our Prayer Shawl Ministry fund raiser. This was a very successful event and a wonderful experience for the Prayer Shawl Ministry. This event will help establish a yarn fund for purchasing yarns and help assure the continuing works of this growing ministry. Thank you to each of you for all of your continuing recognition of this ministry works through your donations of yarns, funds and especially all of your prayers.
The Catholic Daughters of Americas is accepting entries for the 2008 National Education Contest. This year's themes are "Jesus the Light of the World" or People Who Light up My World". Participants would select one theme and entries are due February 1, 2008. Students in the 4th grade-12th grade may enter, as well as any CDA member. For entry forms and more information, please contact Jo Ann Yonemura at 928-3462 or joannyonemura@yahoo.com.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION "What is the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus? What does it mean? We all know quite well, but we need, no less, to remind ourselves. We all realize that the heart is sensitive and beats more rapidly when it is under the impression of love. That is why the heart is the symbol of love. Really the essence of love is the will and it can exist, with or without emotional feeling, and quite despite this, the heart remains the symbol of that love. "The symbol of love is also the Heart of Jesus. In it we come to know the love of Jesus. Everything is known through its effects. And our Lord said: 'You will recognize a good tree by its fruits.' The love of Jesus' Heart is recognized in a variety of acts of love. Everything that surrounds us is an act of love on the part of Christ's Sacred Heart. All that is within us, all that is without, is filled with God, with His love. "The Blessed Sacrament is a fruit of Jesus' love. Jesus' entire life and all His ministry is the love of His Sacred Heart." (St. Maximillon Maria Kolbe) Eucharistic Adoration is scheduled each Friday from noon to 8 PM. A sign-up sheet is at the chapel door for your convenience. Please call Jackie at 917-0458 if you can spend an hour in chapel with Jesus.
You have a Beautiful Church! We heard that comment often on Sat. Oct. 21 when our parish hosted the Archdiocesan Catechetical Conference. Folks appreciated our parish and our hospitality. Thought you might want to know!
St. Mary’s Book Group St. Mary’s Book Group provides a ministry within the parish family for those who share a passion for the written word. Our mission is to read and discuss books that inspire a closer, vibrant, living relationship with our faith. We meet the second Tuesday of the month in the evening rotating among participant’s homes. Please think about joining us...if you are interested contact Elaine Young at 541-619-6106 or via email at peyoung2@comcast.net In September we discussed Letters from the Desert by Carlo Carretto, an inspiring book about contemplative prayer and love! Our October discussion was about Reasons to Believe by Scott Hahn, an apologist who provides insight on how to share our faith. In November we will be discussing The Way of Forgiveness by Patrick Brennan. Our book for December is the Miracle Detective by Randall Sullivan. HOLIDAY BAZAAR, NOVEMBER 10 AND 11AT ST. MARY'S PARISH GYM, CORVALLIS The holiday season is fast approaching and it's time once again to start checking off items on that gift list! At St. Mary's Holiday Bazaar there will be a wide variety of handmade items such as jewelry, woodcrafts and holiday wreaths. Bazaar hours: 9am to 5:30pm on Nov. 10, 10am to 3pm on Nov. 11. For questions or interested vendors, please email smholidaybazaar@yahoo.com. |
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