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November 11, 2007 32nd Sunday in Ordinary time
Readings For Nov. 18 Malachi 3:19-20a; 2 Thess 3:7-12; Luke 21:5-19
Mass Intentions ~ Nov 10 – Nov 16 Sat. ~ Bruce Corselius Sun. 8:30 ~ Kay St. Dennis
Wed ~ Jean Weatherill
In the great debate over paper or plastic, the answer is bringing your own reusable cloth bag.
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!
Thanksgiving Day Mass Will be at 10 AM on Thanksgiving Day. The office will be closed that Thursday and Friday.
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.
Eucharistic Adoration "When we go to the Blessed Sacrament, let us trust in Jesus' Sacred Heart, for it is truly there." "Jesus Christ, my Lord and my God, whom I believe to be really present in the Blessed Sacrament off the Altar, receive this most profound act of adoration to supply for the desire I have to adore You unceasingly, and in thanksgiving for the sentiments of love which Your Sacred Heart has for me in this Sacrament." (St. Margaret Mary Alacoque) 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, or Caroline at 924-9952, if you can spend an hour in the chapel with Jesus.
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 New Facility Manager Don Marcum, our school and parish custodian has taken over the position of facility manager. Since this is a part time position, Don will still be doing some custodial work. In a parish our size, there are always lots of projects. If you can help out with things like plumbing or carpentry or painting etc, please give Don a call. Thanks!
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.
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.
Relay for Life Thank you St. Mary’s for you generous contributions to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life event held last summer. After all the dust has settled we have finally received our final numbers. St. Mary’s donated $1,651.00. Our team did a great job moving our baton around the track for 24 hours. Thank you for your generosity and to the team for their hard work. We are already gearing up for next year’s Relay. Anyone interested, please contact me at 926-3331 or 760-1620. Thanks! Kathie Caldwell-Sullivan
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.
Our Thanks to Larry Beary Larry has served our parish for several years as facility manager. Larry retired in October. He did a terrific job of keeping things in great shape here at the parish. We thank him and wish him well.
Prayer Shawl Ministry The next meeting for the Prayer Shawl Ministry will be Monday, Nov. 12 at 9:00 am to 11:00am in the basement of the parish house. Anyone wanting to work on a hand work project and would like the company of others is invited to attend. You do not need to be creating a prayer shawl to attend this meeting. This is an open meeting complimented with spiritual focus on the work of our hands. With the fall season upon us we are busily creating shawls as well as other hand work projects for the continuing goals to devote the work of our hands to the those in need through the love and healing presence of our Lord Jesus Christ. If you would like more information about the Shawl Ministry or the work of this ministry please contact Carol Hawke at 926-2106 or Pat Jacobson 928-2327.
Part time custodian needed Our parish is looking for a part time custodian – approximately 15 hours/ week. The usual schedule would be 3 hours daily in late afternoon or evening. Please contact the parish office for an application. Applicant should have some custodial experience and will need to have a background check.
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