Remember in your prayers: Sharon Simpson, Mary Sexton, Archbishop Kurtz, Helen Lucas, Gavin Francis, Jo Ellen’s mom, Mary Ellen, Norma Cartwright, Dolores Hayden, the Boniewski family, Lonnie Howard, Katie Kon, and Mary Beth Norris.
Also remember in your prayers the homebound, those in nursing homes, those who have no one to pray for them, those in prisons, physical or mental and those who have unspoken prayer requests.
Fr. Michael will be gone this week to the Annual Priest’s Retreat in Lake Junaluska in North Carolina. Please remember in your prayers all the priests during this week of prayer, study and reflection.
Mass Intention this Sunday, Oct. 20, will be for the well being of those in the health profession.
REMEMBER: AS FAR AS I KNOW, weather permitting, this Saturday, October 26 will be our Fall Clean Up Day. So unless it is announced otherwise, show up at 9 a.m. in your work duds and pitch in to spruce up the place.
NEXT SUNDAY, OCT. 27 we will have Mass at 4 p.m. followed by the parish picnic.
No Mass at 8:30 a.m.
REMEMBERING LOVED ONES: We celebrate our November Masses in remembrance of our loved ones who have gone before us to eternal rest. Envelopes are in the narthex for you to provide the names of the loved ones you wish to remember in a special way throughout November. Place the envelope in the collection basket. These envelopes will then be placed on the altar and left there all month so that loved ones will be remembered at each Mass. Optional donations may be placed in the envelope and proceeds will be used to assist the poor.
Happy October Birthday to:
5 John Kujawski
6 Ann Pelc
19 Helen Lucas
30 Mary Wilson
31 Cindy E. King
*Father Michael's "Penny Catechism" (A fun and informative little morsel of Catholic teaching and trivia)* Last week's question along with the answer:
Question #141: Why was the Church at one time opposed to cremation?
Answer: The first document from the Vatican forbidding cremation was issued in 1886. At that time there were some elements of western society who rejected the Christian doctrine of the resurrection of the dead. Cremation became a powerful symbol of this anti-Christian stand. (If the body was nothing but "dust," there was nothing to rise from the dead. Especially if the remains were scattered.) By 1963, this anti-Christian movement had disappeared and cremation was no longer associated with it. The Church once again accepted cremation but clarified the remains should be kept intact and buried or entombed to better witness to the resurrection of the body upon the Lord's return in Glory.
Question #142: What is a baldacchino?
The answer will appear in next week's bulletin along with a new question