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November 4, 2007 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings For Nov. 11 2 Maccabees 7:1-2,9-14; 2 Thes 2:16-3:5, Luke 20:27-38
Mass Intentions ~ Oct 13– Oct 19 Sat. ~ Don Sawyer Sun. 8:30 ~ Leticia Ong 11:00 ~ Maxine Slangal Sept. 6 ~ Alverda Huntimer
Turn off the faucet while brushing teeth and save up to 4 gallons of water.
November Service Project Our November service project will be providing Thanksgiving food boxes to the needy of our community. Each household is encouraged to bring a complete dinner or a turkey or ham or the fixins’ for a dinner. Bring everything the weekend of Nov. 17 & 18. 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 or email:StMarysBazaar@comcast.net
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 Entry forms are available at the CDA Gift Shop. For more information, contact Jo Ann Yonemura at 928-3462 or joannyonemura@yahoo.com.
WCC – Whole Community Catechesis Our next Whole Community session will be Sunday, Nov. 18. The topic will be the option for the poor and vulnerable. We hope that everyone in the parish will be able to join us as we learn more about this important topic. The session begins at noon with lunch (donation of $1.50 requested) and ends at 2 PM. There is a repeat session on Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 5:30 PM.
Eucharistic Adoration With transforming mercy, Jesus makes our hearts one with His. Jesus stays in the Holy Eucharist so “He is kept alive. He restores morality, nourishes virtues, consoles the afflicted, strengthens the weak. He proposes His own example to those who come to Him that all may learn to be, like Himself, meek and humble of heart and to seek not their own interest, but those of God.” Eucharistic Adoration is scheduled each Friday from noon to 8 p.m. 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 the chapel with Jesus.
Blood Drive A big thank you to all the folks that gave blood at our recent drive on Oct. 22. Our goal was 56 units and we collected 58 pints of blood. That means 174 people will be helped with your blood donations.
Our Thanks To Patty and Paul Skinkus who led a group of parishioners on a tour of wine country last weekend. It was a beautiful day, a great tour, and everyone learned lots! We may schedule another tour for this summer. Watch the bulletin if you want to be part of this. What’s a Communion Service? Sometimes a priest is not available to celebrate Mass, but folks still want to gather to pray. A Communion Service is really a liturgy of the Word (the part of the Mass with the readings). The Liturgy of the Eucharist from the preface through the great Amen is omitted since there is no priest to do the consecration. It resumes again with the Lord’s Prayer, the greeting of peace and Communion. Hosts from the tabernacle which were consecrated at a previous Mass are used. At our parish we have a Communion Service at 8 AM in the chapel each day except for Sunday’s and holy days of obligation. Lay people lead the Communion Service.
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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