Our Lady of the Holy Souls Catholic Church 1003 North Tyler Street - Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 Fr. Erik Pohlmeier, Pastor Fr. Dhanraj Narla, Associate Pastor Deacon Lawrence H. Jegley Deacon Tim Massanelli Anne Thomisee, Director of Religious Education Fred Graham, Organist & Music Director Denise F. Morbit, Director of Youth Ministry Laura G. Humphries, Parish Life Coordinator Mary Carman, Facilities & Events Coordinator Shelley Tienken, Business Manager Nan Connell, Accountant Cindy Stabnick, Church Secretary Edna de Noble, Pastoral Secretary Ileana Dobbins, Principal Monique Raines, Wedding Director Church Office ...... (501) 663-8632 School ...... (501) 663-4513 Cafeteria ...... (501) 663-6125 Extended Care ...... (501) 663-7438
MISSION STATEMENT Website: www.holysouls.org Our Lady of the Holy Souls Parish is a family of believers seeking to E-mail: [email protected] know, love, and serve God as a faith community. To celebrate the presence of Christ among us, we will enhance the community Parish Office Hours atmosphere of our parish and develop stewardship of time, talent, Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 12 Noon and 1 to 4 p.m. and treasure.
THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - October 28, 2012
All Souls Day Celebration ~ Holy Souls Parish’s Feast Day ~ Friday evening, November 2nd 5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. SERVICE OF PRAYER & MUSIC DINNER in the Church Hot Dogs ~ Chips and Cheese Dip featuring: Adult & Child Beverages ~ Soul Cakes Parish Choir ~ Advanced School Choir on Playground* Parish Children’s Choir ~ 3rd Grade Saints Bring lawn chairs and blankets. followed by Big Screen Movie ~ Play on the Playground Blessing of Columbarium Socialize with old & new friends! (*weather permitting - alternate location is Allen Center Gym) Liturgical Notes . . .
During the month of November, everyone is invited to write the names of their departed loved ones in The Book of the Names of the Dead. It is located in the Eucharistic Chapel. These people will be specially remembered at all the Masses at Holy Souls during this month.
ATTENTION: LECTORS Pick up your issue of the 2013 Lector Workbook This Week at Holy Souls . . . in the Altar Servers Room. The book begins December 2. CALENDAR Church (CH); Parish Hall (PH); Allen Center (AC); Gathering Room (GR); Eucharistic Chapel (EC); Benedict House (BH); School (S) Monday, October 29: Next Weekend, Nov. 3 & 4 . . . 7am Mass, CH; 4pm Parish Children’s Choir, S; 5:45pm Parish Handbell Choir, CH READINGS Tuesday, October 30: First Reading — The LORD, the God of your fathers, will 7am Mass, CH; give you a land flowing with milk and honey (Deuteronomy 6:2-6). 3:05pm Advanced Children’s Choir, S; Psalm — I love you, Lord, my strength (Psalm 18). 6pm Parish Council, PH Second Reading — Jesus is always able to save those Wednesday, October 31: who approach God through him (Hebrews 7:23-28). 9am Adoration, CH; Gospel — To love God with all your heart and to love your 5:15pm Benediction, CH; neighbor as yourself is worth more than all burnt offerings 5:30pm Mass, CH; 7pm Parish Choir Rehearsal, CH; and sacrifices (Mark 12:28b-34). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, 7pm Sr. CYM, BH International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Thursday, November 1, ALL SAINTS DAY: Holy Day of Obligation LITURGICAL MINISTERS 7am Mass, CH; SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 4PM MASS 8:15am School Mass, CH; Servers: R. Seay, S. Brown, C. & M. M. Menz; 5:30 p.m. Mass, CH; EMC: C. Drilling; 6:30pm RCIA, PH Lectors: L. Seay, D. Menz; Friday, November 2, ALL SOULS DAY: Ushers: R. Seay, R. Anderson Holy Souls Parish’s Feast Day SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 8AM MASS 7am Mass, CH; Servers: C. Uhrynowycz, S. Johnson, E. Odom, C. Marlow; ALL SOULS DAY CELEBRATION, EMC: P. Kirchner; 5:30pm Service of Prayer & Music, CH Lectors: J. Goodhart, R. Keogh; followed by Blessing of Columbarium; Ushers: R. Grafe; P. Pilkington 6:30pm Dinner on Playground 10AM MASS Saturday, November 3: Servers: L. Gillum, C. Paul, M. Whitacre, G. James; 8am Mass, CH; EMC: F. Kremers; 2:45pm Confessions, CH; Lectors: Senior CYM 4pm Mass, CH Ushers: T. Devine, Senior CYM Sunday, November 4: 5:30PM MASS 8am Mass, CH; Servers: J. Wilkinson, M. Gibby, M. Tracy, A. Anger; 10am Mass, CH; EMC: C. Stabnick; 5:30pm Mass, CH Lector: M. Hightower; Ushers: P. Stabnick, W. Morris - 2 - Understanding My Value To My Church Community Laura Humphries, Parish Life Coordinator
Faith that does nothing is dead! James 2:26 Do Something Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. Faith is the belief that God will do what is right. God is always near and always available. Just waiting for your touch. So let him know. Demonstrate your devotion: Write a letter; ask forgiveness; feed a hungry person; “All Souls’” Shrine pray; teach; go. Do something that demonstrates faith. We invite all parishioners to bring a framed picture of For faith with no effort is no faith at all. God will respond. a deceased loved one to be placed in front of the altar He has never rejected a genuine gesture of faith. on our shrine for the month of November. The pictures Never. An excerpt from Grace for the Moment by Max should be in a frame no larger than a 8 x 10. Pictures Lucado may be dropped off at the church office during business hours (8am-4pm) by Wednesday, October 31. The Stewardship is faith; without faith there will be no pictures should have your name, phone number and stewardship. The depth of your faith will reflect upon address on them. The pictures will be placed by the the stewardship you live. church staff on the Shrine for All Souls on November 1. Then, the pictures will need to be picked up by November 24 & 25 in the church vestibule. Have you visited our website lately?
www.holysouls.org CD OF THE WEEK • Listen to Fr. Erik’s homilies • Read this weekend’s bulletin early • Check the calendar • See how many people you know in the Photo Gallery section SURVIVING WITH GOD IN A • Find out what is happening at Holy Souls COMMUNIST POW CAMP by checking the Bulletin Board By Captain Guy Gruters • Register in the parish or update your contact information Captain Guy Gruters was a fighter pilot during the Vietnam • Read “The Parishioner” in color War and flew over 400 combat missions. He was shot down • Check the Liturgical Ministers Schedule in 1967 and spent the next 5 years in POW camps, including • Volunteer to be part of many organizations the notorious “Hanoi Hilton”. In this talk, he relates the in our parish and in our community incredible experiences of his capture and shares a unique message of how his faith and hope sustained him. He has Would you like a reminder each week been married for over 40 years and has 7 children. to check our website? A donation of $3 per CD is requested. Checks can be made payable to the parish. Donations will be used towards the purchase of additional Email [email protected] to sign up. materials.
THANK YOU TO CHAIRPERSON We want to thank Alice Henry for faithfully serving as the chairperson of the group that counts and packages ~ Question of the Week ~ the hosts for mass. Alice has organized this group for MARK 10: 46 - 52 over 12 years and has recently decided that it is someone else’s turn to step forward. Her service to When has my “blindness” this ministry has been of great value and we appreciate been revealed to me and how? all that she has done and will continue to do for our parish. Thank you, Alice. - 3 - Holy Souls This & That . . . COLLECTIONS/STEWARDSHIP UPDATE ALL SAINTS DAY Mass attendance, October 6 & 7 1,074 A Holy Day of Obligation Mass attendance, October 13 & 14 1,041 On November 1 we celebrate All Saints Day. Masses Mass attendance, October 20 & 21 1,039 will be offered on Wednesday (Vigil Mass) at 5:30 p.m. and on Thursday, Nov. 1, at 7 a.m., 8:15 a.m. Diocesan Special Collection – and 5:30 pm.. World Mission Sunday $ 1,006 Every day in the Church calendar has a saint day, Weekend Collections – but the Solemnity of All Saints is when the Church October 6 & 7 $ 20,861 honors all saints, known and unknown. While we have October 13 & 14 $ 19,104 information about many saints, and we honor them October 20 & 23 $ 22,594 on specific days, there are many unknown or unsung Total Oct. Collections $ 62,559 saints, who may have been forgotten, or never been Total Oct. Budgeted Collections $ 95,000 specifically honored. On All Saints Day, we celebrate these saints of the Lord, and ask for their prayers Actual Collections (7/1/11 - 9/30/12) $ 353,944 and intercessions. The whole concept of All Saints Budgeted (7/1/11 - 9/30/12) $ 355,000 Day is tied in with the concept of the Communion of Deficit ($ 1,056 Saints. This is the belief that all of God’s people, on heaven, earth, and in the state of purification (called Children’s collections - Oct. 2012 $ 214 Purgatory), are connected in a communion. In other Thank you for supporting our church! words, Catholic believe that the saints of God are just as alive as you and I, and are constantly interceding on our behalf. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS Next Sunday, November 4, Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 a.m. Be sure to set your clock back one hour so that you’re not late for Mass! Donate Blood on The Fire Department also tells us to change the batteries in our smoke detectors at the same time. Don’t forget!
in thanksgiving for our Veterans who fought for our Freedom. SUNDAY SCRIPTURE PREVIEW You are invited to “Break Open the Word” or preview Sunday Scriptures on Thursdays during the noon hour RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE in the Parish Hall. Bring your lunch and let’s dig deeper into the Gospel (the Good News) Jesus Christ. There is always room at the table of the Lord!
The Catholic Diocese of Little Rock is committed to protecting SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 children and young people. If you are aware of abuse or have been abused by clerics, Church volunteers or Church workers, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. please contact the Vicar General for the Diocese of Little Rock at (501) 664-0340 ext. 361, and the State of Arkansas Hotline Parish Hall for Crimes against Children at 1-800-482-5964. For pastoral assistance please contact the Victim Assistance Coordinators for the Diocese of Little Rock. If you cannot donate blood, Drs. George & Sherry Simon at (501) 766-6001. Diocesan Offices: 2500 N. please bring cookies & orange juice! Tyler Street, Little Rock, AR 72207.
- 4 - Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body: A Special All Day Seminar There are good reasons why the theology of the body is in high demand around the world. It is renewing marriages, awakening vocations, healing deep personal wounds, and Restless Heart is the first setting people free to live the life of greatness for which full-length movie about the they were created. This is no passing theological fad, but a life of St. Augustine. Born in rich, refined understanding of our Catholic Faith. Join North Africa, Augustine Theology of the Body Institute Speaker Bill Donaghy, as he studied in Carthage, becoming an accomplished unpacks these teachings Saturday, November 10th at but dissolute orator. After Catholic High School in Little Rock, AR. For more converting to Manichaeism, information contact Jasmine Moore at [email protected] or a guilt free religion, he was 501-663-0340 ext 323. REGISTER TODAY! called to the imperial court in Milan to serve as an opponent to the Christian Vocations Bishop Ambrose. But when the Empress Justina sent Chalice Program imperial guards to clear out a basilica where The Holy Souls Vocation Committee is Augustine’s mother, Monica, inviting families, individuals, and couples was worshiping her constant prayers and the witness of to sign up for the Vocations Chalice Ambrose won him over to Christianity. Serving in Hippo in Program. When you sign up, please 430 AD, Bishop Augustine urged the Roman Garrison to indicate which Mass you normally attend negotiate with the Vandal King Genseric, but they roudly on the weekends. You will be notifed in refused. He passed up on a chance to escape on a ship advance about which Mass you will be sent to rescue him by the Pope, and stayed by the side of presented the chalice. When it’s your his people. Christian Duguay directed the film, and the turn, the priest will present you the cast includes, Franco Nero, Johannes Brandup, Monica Vocations Chalice during Mass. Then Guerritore and Alessandro Prezosi. you take it to your home for one week and pray every day Presented by the Knights of Columbus, Council #812. for vocations. Please sign up in the vestibule of church or Proceeds to help support Seminarians. call Chris Friemel at 681-8228. Market Street Cinema 1521 Merrill Street, Little Rock November 2nd thru the 8th -- 7:00 pm. $10.00 Admission
To purchase tickets in advance, call Market Street Cinema at 312-8900. NON-RATED BUT IF SO PG13
Pray for the Sick Please pray for all our sick and shut-ins and their families who care for them -- especially . . . Jessica Odle Remsing; Micki Gangluff; Karen Hunter; Aidan Remsing; Louise Joiner; Larry Cross; Aloise Medlock; Geneva Stewart; Mildred Dixon; Vicki Morris; Marcelline Giroir; Tracy Paul Petitions of the & Patsy Pool Dobbins; Robert Boers; Joe Drilling; Rita Nehus; Courtney Sick; Sylvia Forte; John Graham; Joe Kearney; and Ministry of Praise Chris Gunderman. NOVEMBER, 2012 In order to keep our bulletin prayer list up-to-date, names will remain on the list for four weeks. To continue for another four weeks, please General Petition: call the church office. That the bishops, priests, and all ministers of the Gospel may bear the courageous witness of fidelity to the crucified and risen Lord. Mission Petition: That the pilgrim Church on earth may shine as a light to the nations. Please remember in your prayers the faithfully departed: Stella Cia, wife of Harry Cia. - 5 - Around the Diocese . . .
ALL SOULS DAY MASS AT CALVARY CEMETERY - Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Taylor at Calvary Cemetery on Friday, Nov Thank you to all our chaperones at the Halloween Dance. 2, at 9:30am. The Mass is followed by a Procession through the It was great fun, and the costumes were terrific! Thank cemetery and praying the rosary. In case of rain, the Mass will you to all those who also send food. The kids appreciated be at the Cathedral at 10am. all the treats. STEW POT PANCAKE BREAKFAST - Saturday, Nov. 10th, 8am- SR. HIGH CYM 11am at First Presbyterian Church, 800 Scott Street, Little Rock “Be doers of the word” (James 1:22) (use 8th Street entrance). A fundraiser for Stew Pot, a nonprofit organization helping our local poor and homeless. Only $5 for There will not be CYM on October 31. We will resume unlimited pancakes and drinks. A great deal for a terrific cause! on Wednesday, November 7, 7-8:30 p.m. ST. THOMAS MORE SOCIETY of Arkansas cordially invites all Catholic lawyers to join the Society to increase spiritual and Next Sunday, November 4 our Youth Mass will be the legal knowledge through faith, education and networking. If you 10 a.m. Mass followed by lunch and our service project: are interested in joining, please contact Connie Phillips at Rake and Run! We will have lunch after Mass followed [email protected] or 501-680-6919. The Society invites by service from noon until 2 p.m. all Catholic lawyers, law professors and students to attend a Brown Bag event on Wednesday, October 31, 2012,beginning Spots still open for the 2013 SPRING BREAK SKI TRIP at 11:30 a.m. in the Education Room of McDonald Hall of the to Breckenridge, CO. The dates are March 16-22. The Cathedral of St. Andrew, 617 Louisiana, in Little Rock. We will basic package cost is $675 which includes bus hear from Robert Tellez on his insights of dealing with immigration in the practice of law. Sandwiches and beverages transportation, some meals, condominium, ski rental will be provided at a cost of $10. Reservations are required if (snow board extra), and lift tickets. Lessons, required for you need to order lunch. Please reply no later than 5:00 p.m. first time skiers, are extra. A $125 deposit holds your October 30,, to Connie Phillips at [email protected] or spot! 501-680-6919.
JR. HIGH CYM REGISTRATION FOR NEW MEMBERS th Registration for new members is completed in the church office 8 Graders & Parents: Interested in the ski trip? You or online by visiting our web page, www.holysouls.org. Please may begin signing up and paying your $125 ski trip deposits contact the church office or go online at www.holysouls.org if on Thursday, September 13. See above (Sr. High CYM) you have moved, changed your telephone number, moved for more info. from your parent’s home or graduated from college.
Register now for the Junior High Spectacular, a Diocesan RCIA event on Sunday, November 11. It’s from 10:45-5:30 If you are interested in becoming Catholic, please call Anne and includes Mass. It’ll be at CTK. There will be music, Thomisee in the church office. lunch, a great speaker, kids from all over Arkansas, and there’s even a t-shirt! Cost is $35, and 7th and 8th grade RETURNING CATHOLICS th If you are interested in returning to the Catholic Church, please Religion students get bonus for attending! 6 Grade call Anne Thomisee in the church office. students may also attend. Contact Youth Office for registration information. Registration is due by October SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION 22 to guarantee a t-shirt. Saturdays from 2:45 to 3:45pm and Wednesdays before First Friday from 4:30 to 5:00pm or call the church office for an Our CYM fall service project will take place on Friday, appointment. November 9, 3-5 p.m. We will rake some of the parishioners’ yards in the neighborhood. It’s fun when CHURCH VISITS you are working with your friends! The Eucharistic Chapel is open from 8am-3pm (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday). On Wednesday, the church and Eucharistic Chapel are open from 9am till after the 5:30pm Mass.
BAPTISM Baptisms are scheduled on an individual basis. Please call the church office for more information. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Contact the church office a minimum of six months in advance. Please be sure to thank the generous advertisers in our bulletin. Through their participation, our HOSPITAL STAYS parish receives our weekly bulletin free of charge. Please call the church office if you or someone you know is in Also check out our web page sponsors. the hospital. We want to visit you and pray for you while you are in the hospital.
- 6 - Liturgy Schedule and Mass Intentions
Monday, October 29 Eph 4:32 — 5:8; Lk 13:10-17 7:00 a.m. Mass Stephanie Bach by Carol & Larry Lantz Tuesday, October 30 Eph 5:21-33 [2a, 25-33]; Lk 13:18-21 7:00 a.m. Mass John & Pauline Land by The Land Family Wednesday, October 31 Eph 6:1-9; Lk 13:22-30 5:30 p.m. Mass Fred L. & Minnie Majors Stukey by Neil H. & Regina Malzycki Dobbins and family Thursday, November 1 ALL SAINTS DAY - Rv 7:2-4, 9-14; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5:1-12a 7:00 a.m. Mass All Souls 8:15 a.m. School Mass All Souls 5:30 p.m. Mass All Souls Friday, November 2 ALL SOULS DAY - Wis 3:1-9; Rom 5:5-11 or 6:3-9; Jn 6:37-40 7:00 a.m. Mass James Madigan by The Madigan Family Saturday, November 3 ST. MARTIN DE PORRES - Phil 1:18b-26; Lk 14:1, 7-11 8:00 a.m. Mass All Souls 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass All Souls Sunday, November 4 31ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - Dt 6:2-6; Ps 18; Heb 7:23-28; Mk 12:28b-34 8:00 a.m. Mass All Souls 10:00 a.m. Mass Intentions of Parishioners 5:30 p.m. Mass All Souls
ADDITIONAL MASS INTENTIONS: Gerald & Sara Jansen