Prayer for Life All Saints Day May God inspire us to be faithful citizens, Please see Dcn. Jerome’s column for a reflection on protecting the most vulnerable, especially this Sunday’s readings. unborn children; We pray to the Lord. All Souls Day and November Remembering Masses Prayer for Peace This weekend during our May God guide our consciences to vote for the weekend Masses, we candidates that will bring peace to our deeply  included a power point presentation with divided nation and champion policies that reflect pictures of our dear loved ones from our Christ's teachings; We pray to the Lord. parish who were born into eternal life  during the past year. Parishioners are also invited to add their loved ones’ names who have died during this year, into our Administrative Assistant November Book of Remembrance. During the month of November Part-time 20 hours/week these names will be remembered at all of our Masses in a special way. St. Thomas Aquinas, a 1,400+ household parish, Our prayers and sympathy go out to all of our members who are griev- with an engaged assembly and professional staff, ing the loss of a loved one. This year especially has been very difficult seeks an enthusiastic bilingual (Spanish/English) for our grieving families due to the restrictions for social gatherings Catholic experienced in administrative duties. during the pandemic. Let us pray for all those who mourn the loss of a Strong Microsoft Office skills preferred, with pro- loved one and may we take comfort in our faith in Jesus Christ, risen ficiency in organization and timeliness. High from the dead.  School Degreed applicant with collaborative team- work skills will provide support to all levels of National Vocations Awareness Week Faith Formation, Evangelization and Hispanic National Vocation Awareness Week, celebrated November 17, 2020 Ministry, as well as occasional broader parish sup- is an annual weeklong celebration of the Catholic Church in the Unit- port services. Competitive salary ($15,000 to ed States dedicated to promote vocations to the priesthood, diaconate $20,000) with some nights and weekends required. and consecrated life through prayer and education, and to renew our See stamadison.org/bilingualadmin/ or contact prayers and support for those who are considering one of these particu- Lisa Harrington at [email protected] for a full lar vocations. Here are some tips on how to discern your vocation: description or to apply. Applications are due by  Pray: Establish a routine of daily prayer life. Friday, November 6. The position will begin on  Talk: Contact me or the Vocation Director, Fr. Greg Ihm, to dis- December 1. cuss your discernment thus far.  Spiritual Direction: Meeting with a priest as a spiritual director can help you identify how the Holy Spirit is moving in your life. Vocations Awareness Week  Come and See: Attend events sponsored by the Vocations Office Our diocese has 270,000 Catholics. Our priests are to help your discernment. spread thinly, and we need more priests to ade-  Get Involved: Become a volunteer in our parish and community.  quately serve the people in our diocese. Religious This week, please ask Our Lord for more dedicated, holy priests, dea- sisters have a valued ministry in the schools, hospi- cons and consecrated men and women. May they be inspired by Jesus tals, and churches, and there are also too few of Christ, supported by our faith community, and respond generously to them. We want to pray for an increase in vocations God’s gift of a vocation. every day, but we really focus our prayers on voca- tions this week! On Sunday, November 8, the in- October Count Results tention of the Mass is for the generous contributors As Catholic Christians we are given life when we gather together for to the Priests for Our Future Capital Campaign. I the celebration of the Eucharist as a communion of believers. We are would like to invite all those who made this cam- God’s family and we love to gather in God’s house for the banquet of paign a huge success to come to the 10:00 Mass! the Eucharist of the Lord’s Day. Thanks again for your generosity. Holly Irving. Please see the tables and graphs on page 5 that give you a picture of how we are doing with our Sunday Mass attendance. In a nutshell, when I look at the numbers and graphs over the last ten years dating St. Thomas Aquinas Masks back to 2010, our Mass attendance has remained fairly steady overall. Because of the pandemic, the Dane County order There has been a slight trending downward at our Masses in English to wear masks, and our mission to evangelize, we since 2010. However, due to our additional Mass in Spanish, our drop decided to have masks made with our logo on in overall Mass attendance was not too noticeable. them. Next weekend we will be selling them for This year, due to the COVID19 pandemic, we are experiencing a se- our cost of $5 each! Such a deal! First come, first vere decline and low attendance at our Masses. I hope that one day, served! we can return to and exceed the previous years’ averages. But the question remains, “Will people come back?” I sure do miss the way things were and this time continues to be a struggle for are community and communal prayer life at Sunday Mass. Thank you to all who at- Fr. Bart’s article is continued on the next page 2 Bishop Hying on Fr. Bart’s article is continued from the previous page tend our Masses in the midst of the health concerns. “Go Make Disciples” Our focus this year is: “Make Sundays Special.” We will be The saints show us what a human being, in working on this theme; whether families are remaining safer love with God and transformed by the power at home or attending Sunday Mass, we want to encourage of the Holy Spirit, looks like and is capable and help all of our families make Sundays special. of. The more we follow Jesus, the more we act and sound like Him in all that we say and do. In a future bulletin, I would like to report to you our live  stream “attendance,” which is difficult to measure. We can Who is your favorite saint? Why? What qualities do they track the number of “views” for each Mass. We certainly exhibit that you wish to emulate? Pray today that this saint appreciate all those who pray along with us via the live will intercede for you, so that you, too, may follow Jesus stream. I am grateful that we have a way of staying connect- more closely and love him more deeply. ed during this difficult time. From Bishop Hying, in Go Make Disciples Newsletter,  July 2020, No.3 

Gospel Reflection Go in Peace By Dcn. Jerome Buhman By: Sarah Hart, Dwight Liles “How to” books are very popular, from the There will be no more darkness current New York Times bestseller list There is no more night, no more night (“How To Be An Antiracist,” Hardcover There will be no more sadness Nonfiction #9) to the local library Too Good Only joy and light, joy and light To Miss list (“How To Talk So Kids Will Lift your eyes beyond the hills Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk”). These And see the dawn books provide a framework about how to navigate aspects of There is beautiful mercy our lives. Today, for the Solemnity of All Saints, Jesus gives In the arms of the holy one us a primer on how to be a saint, which really covers every Go in peace, God be with you aspect of our lives! The beatitudes in the Gospel of Matthew Go in peace, be at rest describe all the facets of being a saint. But it is more than With the saints and the angels just a list of traits that holy people who have come before us Now you are free possessed M it is also a “how to” for us to live in our daily Go in peace lives. Jesus wants all these attributes to become a part of our See the Father is waiting daily lives, engrained in our very being. Making these attrib- With a robe of white, purest white utes part of us will help us to live more saintly lives. Indeed, Go and feast at his table these beatitudes could become for us our Be Attitudes, a way With the bread of life, bread of life to approach each an every day with the attitude of a saint. Lift your heart, rejoice and sing (More detailed discussion of the beatitudes can be found on For you are home good Catholic websites, such as in Pope Francis’ exhortation Home at last and forever Rejoice and be Glad, chapter 3: vatican.va/content/francesco/ In the arms of the holy one en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa francesco_esortazioneap_20180319_gaudeteet Go in peace, God be with you exsultate.html). Go in peace, be at rest With the saints and the angels Now you are free Baptism Prep. Sessions Go in peace Go in peace, God be with you and Baptism Ritual Go in peace, be at rest If you are looking to baptize your first With the saints and the angels child, please contact Dcn. Jerome at Now you are free [email protected] to learn how to attend an online Now you are free Baptism Preparation session.  Go in peace Regarding the Baptisms: although public celebrations of Masses Go in peace are still very small, Father Bart can celebrate the ritual of Bap- OneLicense.net #A722939  tism without a Mass. There are specific guidelines to follow if This song is part of the video that is being shared of our lost you choose to baptize your child during these moments of the family, friends, and parish members.  pandemic. Please contact Dcn. Jerome to start the conversation. If you would like to listen to it, you can find it at: Praying for all our young families! youtube.com/watch?v=3Z8bSxsk15I .

3 MAKE DISCIPLES Virtual Study of Open Wide Our CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Hearts Thank you for your generous support. November 5 at 7PM As of October 28: The issue of racism has been front and center in the news for many months now. Are you curious to learn more about Campaign Goal ...... $3,500,000 what the church's teachings are on the topic and what you Amount Pledged to Date...... $3,051,098 can do to combat racism? Join the Justice and Peace Com- Received to Date ...... $1,320,740 mittee for a virtual discussion of a pastoral letter against rac- Number of Households Participating ...... 461 ism, Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love approved by the USCCB in November 2018. In the letter, the bishops invite all people of faith to conver- Regular Mass Schedule sionto open their minds and hearts to Christ's love for all Saturday no live-stream ...... 4:30 PM people and to the experiences of those who have been Sunday: Masses in English ...... 8:00 & 10:00 AM harmed by the evil of racism. The document and Study AM Guide can be found on the USCCB website by simply ...... live-stream at 8:00 searching for the title. We will be focusing on pages 1732 Misa en español/Mass in Spanish ...... 6:30 PM in this our second and final session. The Study Guide pro- Monday, Wednesday, Friday with live-stream ...... 8:30 AM vides valuable resources and reflections if you have time to Tuesday with live-stream ...... 5:30 PM check it out.  Thursday with live-stream ...... 7:30 AM You are welcome to join us whether you attended the first Confession session on October 22 or not. – PM The discussion will take place via Zoom on Thursday night Saturdays, 3:15 4:10 November 5 at 7:00 Ǒǎ. To register and receive the Zoom Sundays, 9:00–9:50 AM link, contact Jenny Ludtke at [email protected] or Prayer, Devotion, and Adoration 6088332606. Our Lady of Perpetual Help: Monday after Mass Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Wednesday after Mass St. Martin de Porres: Morning Prayer: Thursday after Mass First Black Saint of the Americas Rosario en español: Thursday, 6:00–7:00 PM St. Martin de Porres was born in 1579 in Lima, Peru of a Rosary in English: Friday, 8:05 AM liaison between a Spanish nobleman and a young freed black woman. After the birth of a sister, Martin’s father Monday, 2:00–4:00 PM Adoration: abandoned the family. He was raised in poverty and bore Tuesday, 4:15–5:15 PM the stigmas of both his illegitimate birth and his mixed race. Friday, 9:00–10:00 AM He was placed to study with a barbersurgeon where he learned to cut hair, tend to wounds and administer medi- Parish Staff, 608-833-2600 cines. Compassionate and eager to serve, he began to vol- unteer with the Dominicans at age 15 and helped care for the Pastor: Fr. Bart Timmerman, sick in the monastery infirmary. He became a Dominican Deacon: Dcn. Jerome Buhman, [email protected] oblate, or lay monastic, in 1601. Although it was not cus- Pastoral Associate: Erik Gyr, [email protected] tomary to receive a mulatto into a religious order in Peru, Music Ministries: Gregory Buchberger, [email protected] Martin was considered an exception and became a Domini- Director of Evangelization and Parish Outreach: can lay brother in 1610. He was known for his prayer, pen- @ ance, charity, humility and devotion to the Eucharist, spend- Jennifer Ludtke, jennifer stamadison.org ing many nights in prayer and filling his days nursing the Director of Discipleship: Holly Irving, [email protected] sick and caring for the poor. His charity extended to the Business Manager: Lisa Harrington, [email protected] beasts of the field and stray cats and dogs. St. Martin de Facilities/Community Minister: Porres died November 3, 1639 in Lima. He is the patron of Ismael Covarrubias, [email protected] social justice, people of mixed race, barbers, innkeepers, @ public health workers and all those who seek racial harmo- Administrative Assistant: Mary Bailey, mary stamadison.org ny. His feast day is November 3. St. Martin de Porres, Communications: Clarice Hinrichs, [email protected] “Saint of Charity” pray Religious Education/Discipleship Office for us. Administrative Assistant: Terri Kopplin, [email protected], 608-833-2606 Children and Families/Hispanic Ministry: Lorianne Aubut, [email protected], 608-833-2600 Middle/High School: Dcn. Jerome Buhman, [email protected] 4 2020 October Count Results Please see Fr. Bart’s article on page 2 Weekend Mass Attendance During October 2020 Note: 10:00 AM Mass attendance on October 18 includes attendance at 12:30 PM overflow Mass scheduled to facilitate social distancing when Bishop Hying presided at the 10:00 AM Mass that day.

2020 October Count Date 4:30 PM 8:00 AM 10:00 AM 6:30 PM Total Oct 3 & 4 144 124 156 85 509 Oct 10 & 11 149 99 160 82 490 Oct 17 & 18 159 102 247 74 582 Oct 24 & 25 159 112 147 93 511 Average for Oct 153 109 178 84 523

Average October Total Weekend Mass Attendance and Attendance by Mass 2010-2020

Average Weekend Mass Attendance in October (2010-2020)

 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 4:30 PM 399 521 424 428 403 394 351 389 385 346 153

8:00 AM 309 309 308 310 291 284 274 274 285 283 109

10:00 AM 626 524 609 590 610 586 621 569 524 491 178

6:30 PM     180 93 118 126 112 138 84 Total average attendance 1334 1354 1341 1328 1484 1357 1364 1358 1305 1257 523 all Oct. Weekend Masses

5 Beginning on Thanksgiving Leading up to Giving Tuesday, Day, many people enjoy the our Facebook page will feature countless savings of Black Fri- stories of our volunteers. Please day followed by Small Business “Like” and “Share” our page. Saturday! Cyber Monday gives With each like and share, you us more ways of saving! Next spread the news about Giving is #Giving Tuesday which is a Tuesday! global generosity movement We are very fortunate to have unleashing the power of people three parishioners who will and organizations to transform match your donation dollar for their community and their up to $5000.00 each! Your gift world. This is a time to take all of $10 becomes $20, your gift the savings from Black Friday and Cyber Monday and share of $25 becomes $50, your gift of $100 becomes $200 and so them on Giving Tuesday. It inspires people to take collective on! action to help their communities.  To make a Giving Tuesday donation: This year St. Thomas Aquinas will participate in #Giving By check: Please make your check out to St. Thomas Aqui- Tuesday. Some of the funds we raise will go to purchasing nas Parish. In the memo write “Giving Tuesday.  gift cards for the food baskets. Normally, our parish holds a bake sale to raise money for these purchases, but we think a By Website: Starting December 1: Please go to our website bake sale is too risky during the pandemic! stamadison.org. Our Vincent De Paul Conference will also receive funds to  Click on the Donate tab in the upper right part of the help them give to our “neighbors in need.” Since the start of page. A new page will open. the pandemic, requests for assistance have increased greatly.  Click the yellow Donate button below the beigecolored They average about 2 home visits a week. Families can re- box. ceive free furniture or vouchers for clothing or food from the  Choose how you want to donate: PayPal or Debit or St. Vincent de Paul Pantry. Most recently the conference has Credit card  made payments to landlords when families are behind on rent  This will take you to another screen where you will  or to utility companies when families face shutoff. The con- enter the details of your gift. ference also helps with childcare expenses, car repairs, secu- rity deposits, gas cards, or bus passes. Your support on Giv-  Do NOT check the box saying “Make this a monthly ing Tuesday will help to make sure families have a great donation.” meal at Christmas and the needs of our “neighbors in need”  Below that write a short note indicating your gift is for will be met. Giving Tuesday.

There will be a smaller number of gift ornaments this year as Gifts from the Heart a greater emphasis will be placed on the distribution of gift November 7 - November 22 cards. Once again St Thomas Aquinas parishioners will have the Gifts and gift cards will be sorted and sent out on November opportunity to help make Christmas brighter for our neigh- 23, so bringing them in by the due date is essential. All gifts bors in need. However, due to the pandemic, our program will go to someone, but late gifts may not make it to the  will look a little different this year. There will be two ways people who requested them. Thank you for your promptness to offer your support:  and, especially, for your generosity! By taking an ornament from the Gifts from the Heart  display wall. These ornaments contain gift requests from our neighbors in need;  or By purchasing a $30 gift card from one of the following stores: WalMart, Target, Amazon or Burlington.  Please return unwrapped gifts with the ornament attached on the outside to the alcove to the left of the fireplace in the Gathering Space by November 23. Gift cards may be re- turned to the main office mail slot located next to the Gifts From the Heart gift tag pick up area. See the picture to the right. If you intend to purchase a gift card, please visit tinyurl.com/ svdpgiftsfromtheheart to let us know your intentions. Please bring purchased gift cards to the main office mail slot in the Gift cards may be returned to the main office mail slot Gathering Space by November 23, or send them by email to [email protected].  located next to the Gifts From the Heart gift tag pick up area. 6 Christmas Food Basket Time Is Right Around The Corner! During the Christmas season, you can make a difference by sharing food with our neighbors in need. This year’s Christ- mas Food Baskets will be even more important than past years as many of our neighbors are struggling due to the pan- demic. Food donations to fill the 125 baskets will be collect- ed starting the weekend of November 27 and will continue through December 17. We understand that this year is like none other, but we would still like to include as many parishioners as possible while taking extra precautions to keep volunteers safe. If you are coming to the STA campus, you can bring your food donations and put them in the brown bins as usual. We understand that some members of our parish family would like to donate food but are unable to come to the church due to health or other restrictions. To help with this, we will be holding a Donation Drive Through Event on Sun- day, December 13 from 11:30 ǂǎ until 1:30 Ǒǎ. Just drive up to the main entrance of the church and volunteers will be present to empty your trunk of groceries! We will have empty boxes available in the gathering space to be “checked out” that you can fill. Each box will have an attached list of groceries with which to fill it. Filled boxes should be brought back to church by December 17. Financial donations are also most welcome. Checks should be made payable to St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, with the notation “Christmas Food Baskets” in the memo line. In order to allow us to practice social distancing, we intend to sort and pack donations in three smaller shifts of volun- teers, starting on the evening of Thursday, December 17 and continuing with two shifts (afternoon and evening) on  Friday, December 18. The delivery of the baskets will take place Saturday, Decem- ber 19. As in years past, we need many delivery volunteers. Baskets will be set outside the doors of recipients’ homes. Volunteer Signups for all these opportunities will be availa- ble soon! Thank you for your generous donation of these non perishable food items: canned fruits  laundry detergent canned vegetables  toothpaste cereal   shampoo peanut butter  canned juice soup   macaroni and cheese pasta/rice  canned meals/spaghetti/ravioli

7 Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord,  and let perpetual light shine upon them. May these souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

8 El artículo del Padre Bart empieza en la página 6. Mass Intentions for This Week lias permanezcan más seguras en casa o asistan a la Misa dominical, queremos animar y ayudar a todas nuestras fami- Saturday, October 31 lias a hacer que los domingos sean especiales. 4:30 PM Elizabeth Armiak  En un futuro boletín, me gustaría informarles de nuestra Sunday, November 1: All Saints; Daylight Saving Time “asistencia” por la transmisión en vivo, que es difícil de me- ends; National Vocation Awareness Week dir. Podemos rastrear el número de "visitas" para cada Misa. AM  Ciertamente apreciamos a todos aquellos que oran con noso- 8:00 Kevin McGinley tros a través de la transmisión en vivo. Estoy agradecido de 10:00 AM St. Thomas Aquinas Parishioners que tengamos una forma de mantenernos conectados durante 6:30 PM Dulce Maria Herrera  este momento difícil. Monday, November 2: The Commemoration of All the Reflexión del Evangelio Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day) AM  Diácono Jerome Buhman 8:30 Al, Mike, and Kim Thompson Los libros "Cómo hacer" son muy populares, 6:30 PM Deceased Members of St. Thomas Aquinas desde la lista actual de libros más vendidos del Tuesday, November 3: St. Martin de Porres, Religious New York Times. Estos libros proporcionan un PM  marco sobre cómo navegar varios aspectos de 5:30 Michael Sorge nuestra vida. Hoy, para la Solemnidad de Todos los Santos, Wednesday, November 4: St. Charles Borromeo, Bishop Jesús nos da una introducción sobre cómo ser un santo, ¡que AM  realmente cubre todos los aspectos de nuestras vidas! Las 8:30 Dick Skubal bienaventuranzas del Evangelio de Mateo describen todas las Thursday, November 5 facetas de ser santo. Pero es más que una simple lista de ras- 7:30 AM Lesli Ann Jordán Vázquez  gos que las personas santas que nos han precedido poseían, también es un “cómo” para que vivamos en nuestra vida dia- Friday, November 6 ria. Jesús quiere que todos estos atributos se conviertan en 8:30 AM Lillian Neumyer  parte de nuestra vida diaria, arraigados en nuestro propio ser. Hacer que estos atributos formen parte de nosotros nos ayu- Saturday, November 7 dará a vivir una vida más santa. En efecto, estas bienaventu- 4:30 PM Cora and Angelo Tuccinardi  ranzas podrían convertirse para nosotros en nuestro Ser Acti- Sunday, November 8: 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time tudes, una manera de acercarnos a cada día con la actitud de 8:00 AM St. Thomas Aquinas Parishioners un santo. 10:00 AM Gratitude for Donors to Priests for Our Future 6:30 PM Roberto Vergara and Roberto Chávez  Asistente Administrativo Tiempo parcial 20 horas / semana Readings for the Week of November 1 Rv 7:2-4, 9-14/Ps 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6/1 Jn 3:1-3/Mt 5:1-12a Santo Tomás de Aquino, una parroquia de más de 1,400  Sunday: hogares, con una asamblea comprometida y un equipo de Monday: Wis 3:1-9/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6/Rom 5:5-11 or Rom 6:3-9/ trabajo profesional, busca un Católico completamente bilin- Jn 6:37-40 güe (español/inglés) entusiasta con experiencia en tareas ad- Tuesday: Phil 2:5-11/Ps 22:26b-27, 28-30ab, 30c, 31-32/Lk 14:15-24 ministrativas. 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