HOLY COMFORTER CATHOLIC CHURCH October 9, 2016
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HOLY COMFORTER CATHOLIC CHURCH October 9, 2016 SAINTS TO REMEMBER THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR October 9 St. Denis SATURDAY (10/8) 10 St. Francis Borgia 9 AM: Cursillo Men and Women 11 St. Tarachus 10 AM: Rosary Making Workshop (Church) 12 St. Wilfrid 1:00 PM: WEDDING (Sonja Nakasian and Alexander Soltesz) 13 St. Edward the Confessor 3:30-4:30 PM: Reconciliation (Chapel) 14 St. Callistus I 5 PM: Vigil MASS 15 St. Teresa of Avila 6:30-9 PM: PCCV Candlelight Banquet (Double Tree by Hilton) MASS INTENTIONS SUNDAY (10/9) TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Altar flowers donations will be gladly accepted) Saturday, October 8 8:30 AM: MASS 5:00 PM Deceased Members of the Parish 9:40-10:50 AM: RCIA (CRE Office) Sunday, October 9 9:45-10:45 AM: Christian Formation (Lower Level) 8:30 AM Members of the Parish 9:45-10:45 AM: Adult Formation (Chapel) 11:00 AM Frank McCarthy (Judy and Steve Hennesent) 11:00 AM: MASS Tuesday, October 11 3:30 PM: WEDDING (Courtney Bishop and Ian O’Connor) NOON Robert Horner, Jr. (Anonymous) MONDAY (10/10) Wednesday, October 12 10:30 AM: Divine Will Prayer Group (Chapel) NOON: Frank A. Dodaro (Michele Skarvelis) NOON: MASS Saturday, October 15 TUESDAY (10/11) 5:00 PM Deceased Members of the Parish 10 AM-NOON: Food Pantry Sunday, October 16 NOON: MASS 8:30 AM Members of the Parish WEDNESDAY (10/12) 11:00 AM Frank McCarthy (Judy and Steve Hennesent) 10 AM-NOON: Food Pantry NOON: MASS NEXT WEEKEND’S READINGS NOON: AA Meeting (Lower Level) TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 6:15 PM: Medjugorje Rosary Prayer Group (Chapel) 7 PM: Choir Rehearsal (Church) First Reading THURSDAY (10/13) Exodus 17:8-13 8 AM: MASS Joshua and the Israelites defeat Amalek with the help of NOON: Soup Kitchen FRIDAY (10/14) God and his servant, Moses. 10 AM-NOON: Food Pantry Responsorial Psalm NOON-2 PM: MASS and Adoration Psalm 121:1-2, 3-4,5-6,7-8 NOON: AA Meeting (Lower Level) The Lord is the Guardian of Israel. 4 PM: Wedding Rehearsal Second Reading SATURDAY (10/15) 2 Timothy 3:14—4:2 9 AM: Cursillo Men and Women Paul exhorts Timothy to continue to preach the word 10 AM-NOON: “Share the Fall Bounty” Apple Picking (Carter Timothy received from his teachers. Mountain Orchard) Gospel Reading 1:30 PM: WEDDING (Golda Harris and Evan Barrow) Luke 18:1-8 3:30-4:30 PM: Reconciliation (Chapel) Jesus urges his disciples to pray and not lose heart, for 5 PM: Vigil MASS SUNDAY (10/16) TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY God hears and answers prayers. TIME (Altar flowers donated in celebration of Dorothy Lilly’s ONLINE GIVING Birthday) Have you considered using Online Giving? By creating a login 8:30 AM: MASS and contributing online you’ll always have a report of your 9:40-10:50 AM: RCIA (CRE Office) giving history available. You can access your report easily and 9:45-10:45 AM: Christian Formation (Lower Level) securely via the web, and your information will always be up- 9:45-10:45 AM: Adult Formation (Chapel) to-date with your latest contributions. You can find the 11:00 AM: MASS Online Giving link on RECENTLY DECEASED PARISHIONER https://www.myowngiving.com/Default.aspx?cid=1665 Mary Ann White Frank McCarthy HOLY COMFORTER CATHOLIC CHURCH October 9, 2016 GIFTS FROM GOD LIGHTHOUSE CATHOLIC MEDIA (Displayed in Commons) The Mass Comes Alive - Episode 2 Offertory September 24-25, 2016 (Plate) $4,598 Cat.Chat is a Catholic Audio Show for kids ages 3-11 to Justice and Peace $360 help them learn and love their Faith like never before! Outreach 610 Using prayer, great conversations, faith-filled stories, and Weekly Offertory Budget $7,173 catchy songs, each CD discusses the Catholic Faith while Offertory Received 4,598 teaching kids powerful lessons for living out their Faith Deficit $2,575 every day. Join Moses the Talking Cat, Papa, Josh, Hanna, and friends for an unforgettable experience! PARISH NEWS MEDJUGORJE ROSARY PRAYER GROUP Excerpts from Catholic Online: PLEASE KEEP THE FOLLOWING IN YOUR PRAYERS October 7th is the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary Please call the parish office at 295-7185, to arrange to and the month of October is traditionally the month of receive Holy Communion or a visit by Fr. Joseph Mary. the rosary. Why did the Blessed Mother ask us to pray the rosary at many of her approved apparitions such as THE ILL & HOME BOUND: at Fatima, Lourdes and Medjugorje? Parishioners: Rachel Witt, Jack Andrews, Joe Murray, One reason the Blessed Mother asked us to pray the Helen Edwards, Betty Jane Prufer, Fran Cannon Slayton, rosary might be because it can benefit anyone at any Ron Lavis, Sue Newman, Michael Ludgate, Frank stage of the spiritual life from beginners to advanced. Pologruto, Al Bracuti, Norman Bednarcyk, Nicholas The "Catechism of the Catholic Church" teaches about Sisman, Mary Ann Williams, Rose Bowker, Hermann various types of prayer including vocal prayer, Ortmann, Katherine Russo, Charley and Kitty Moore. meditation and contemplation. The rosary is a vocal prayer, a meditation and can lead to contemplation as Friends and Relatives: George Lilly, The Campbell Family, Pope John Paul II mentioned in his encyclical Rosary of Fred Crane, Bill Eddy, Susan Steeby, Lisa Marshall, John the Virgin Mary. Lank, Susan Straub Martin, Dolores J. Calka, George Come join us on Wednesdays at 6:15pm in the Chapel to William Polhill, II, Claudia Hartland, Betsy Boyce, Michael pray the Rosary and to become a part of our prayer Norton, Leslie Gilliam, Jane Sargent, Josephine Nampijja, family. If you have never prayed the rosary, have Grace Dawn Wicke, Melyssa Dove, Nicole Carpenter, forgotten how to the pray the rosary or have not prayed Beth Mauk, Evan Dotas, Dave Halley, Cullen McQuhae, the rosary in a while and need a refresher....no problem. Bill & Marie Jones, Christine Bentéjac, David Rumpf, Mrs. We have hand out cards that are easy to follow along, we Jessica Viglietta, Pam D. Goines, Charlie Previtali, Nicole have spare rosaries to lend....we are here to help and Shaw, Jean Clayton, Rich Hawkins, Kimberly Hasenfus encourage you to once again begin a close relationship Hulick, Kristin Fagan, June Atherton, Natalie Potter, with the rosary. Harper Grace, J. Sloan, Paul Hillard, Dale Evans, Marie Johnston, Suzanne Lank, Diane Schmidt, Earl Scheetz, SOCIAL MINISTRIES Shirley O’Rourke, Xavier Van Bastelaer, Mary Griffin, Makala Thomas, Sibylle Llewellyn, Duncan Nixon, John HAITI Patrick Dennison, Christine Russo Carpenter, Elaine Prayers for Haiti Travelers: Please pray for the safe Roberti, Benedict Pax, Jerry Colgate, Timothy Lee Smith, return of our parishioners visiting our twin parish. While Ned Foss & Jennifer Rinehart, Janet Dunham, Susie they were visiting they worked on clean water, Jackson, Fr. Michael Hann, Fr. Joseph Torretto, Mike computers for the school and on the clinic building Charlie, Joel Rivera, Pam Heron, Elizabeth Scott, Kwasi renovation. And Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti hard Johnson, Marianne Rossner, Angie Lee, Residents of during the visit. Attend our next meeting (see below) to Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, Residents of hear a trip report. Albemarle County Regional Jail, Residents of Blue Ridge Bi-Parish Haiti Committee: Next meeting will be October Juvenile Detention, In memory of James Brazell. 23, at 1 PM, at Holy Comforter. All are welcome. Members of the Military: Tom Logan, William Murray, Contact: e-mail Anne Knasel at [email protected] or Trey Linebrink, Jeff Woodside, David Alvey, Brian Fagan, Ginny Zeller at [email protected]. Website: Jamie Torbet, Mike Eiermann, Charles G. Ellison, Eric www.saltadere.org. Emmott, and Matthew Mickiewicz. HOLY COMFORTER CATHOLIC CHURCH October 9, 2016 CHRISTIAN FORMATION COMMUNITY NEWS FIRST SACRAMENTS REGISTRATION: All children at least ARE YOU CONSIDERING A VOCATION? age 7 and in second grade are eligible to participate in The monks at Mary Mother of the Church, Benedictine preparation classes for First Reconciliation and First Abbey in Richmond, invite men 18 to 50 to a Vocations Eucharist beginning in December. Registration forms, Weekend on October 14 to 16. Come experience available in the Commons and on the Website, should be monastic life firsthand as you attend the Mass, Holy completed as soon as possible. Hour, Pray the Divine Office, Work, and Recreate with the monks, both Brothers and Priests. Contact the HIGH SCHOOL FORMATION Vocation Director, Fr. John Mary Lugemwa, OSB, at (804) High School Youth Ministry will meet this Sunday, 708-9653 or [email protected] or visit October 9 from 4:00-5:30 in the Bernard Moore room. All www.RichmondMonks.org high school students are invited and encouraged to join in for fun, fellowship and faith! 2016 MEN'S CURSILLO WEEKEND Thursday, October 20 - Sunday, October 23th at Camp Confirmation Registration: All students at least 15 years Overlook near Harrisonburg. Catholic men are invited to old and in the 10th grade are eligible for the Sacrament of spend an inspiring long weekend with other men who Confirmation. Eight preparation classes are held want to deepen their relationship with God and enrich independently of and in addition to the Youth Ministry the way each lives out his faith every day. The weekend program. If your child is eligible to be confirmed this will be led by a team Catholic men who have made a spring, please complete the Sacramental Registration Cursillo weekend before, along with spiritual directors form located on the table in the Commons or on the including a priest. Mass will be held each day, along with website.