ST. LOUIS CHURCH November 18, 2012 THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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1 ST. LOUIS CHURCH November 18, 2012 THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Daily Mass Readings Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thanksgiving Friday Saturday Sunday Daniel 12:1-3 Revelation 1: 1-4, 2:1-5 Revelation 3: 1-6, Revelation 4: 1-11 Sirach50:22-24 Revelation 10:8-11 Revelation 11:4-12 Daniel 7:13-14 Psalm 16:5, 8-11 Psalm 1:1-4, 6 Psalm 15:2-5 Psalm 150:1-6 Psalm 138:1-5, Psalm 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, Corinthians 1:3-9 Psalm 144:1-2, 9-10 Psalm 93:1-2, 5 Hebrews 10: 11-14, 18 Revelation 1: 5-8 Mark 13:24-32 Luke 18:35-43 Luke 19:1-10 Luke 19:11-28 Luke 17:11-19 Luke 19:45-48 Luke 20:27-40 John 18:33-37 What is Lectio Divina? While reading sacred scripture, read the words with a love and sense of discovery until something seems to strike home. Sit with the passage as one would with a good friend-not just thinking or analyzing, but instead remaining in a quiet, listening spirit, so the word can nurture and challenge you. Call to Prayer Let us take a moment in the midst of all our activity to prepare ourselves for prayer. Excerpts from SNOW FALLING ON SNOW Copyright 2001 by Robert J. Wicks Used with permission of Paulist Press The Word of God Choose one of next Sunday s readings. One person reads the scripture aloud as others are attentive to a word, phrase, or theme that is meaningful to them. Allow for a minute of silent reflection. Have another person read the same scripture a second time. Faith Sharing Begin with an open ended question such as What strikes you from this reading? and/or you can use the Reflection Question found on our website or bulletin. Allow time for reflection & sharing. Closing Prayer At the end of the faith sharing, invite participants to pray aloud for any particular petitions or praises they may have. Feel free to close with: The Lord s Prayer or Spontaneous prayers or a faith-based song. Reflection Question for Next Sunday, November 24, 2012 Today s Gospel message hardly sounds like Good News with its dark sun, falling stars and what sounds like a prophecy of doom and gloom. But the Good News is there! Jesus says his words will never pass away, that he is Lord of the Universe. And remember, it s all about JESUS. MEETINGS THIS WEEK Young Adults DVD Series Sunday, November 18, 2012 Room :30 AM New Parishioner Welcome Sunday, November 18, 2012 Room :30 PM Hymn Festival Sunday, November 18, 2012 Church 4:00 PM American Heritage Girls Sunday, November 18, 2012 Howard Bishop Rooms 5:30 PM ACTS Men's small group Monday, November 19, 2012 Room 304 7:00 PM Miraculous Medal Novena Monday, November 19, 2012 Chapel 7:30 PM Choir Rehearsal Monday, November 19, 2012 Room 305/Church 8:00 PM Men's ACTS Retreat Team Tuesday, November 20, 2012 Room 301 7:00 PM RCIA Morning Session Wednesday, November 21, 2012 Room :30 AM CDA General Meeting Wednesday, November 21, 2012 Social Hall 7:00 PM ACTS Core Team Wednesday, November 21, 2012 Room 303 7:30 PM Children of Light Prayer Group Wednesday, November 21, 2012 Chapel 7:30 PM Thanksgiving Mass Thursday, November 22, 2012 Church 9:00 AM CDA Book Club Meeting Saturday, November 24, 2012 Room 304 7:00 PM

2 Dear Parishioners: As we all know, this Thursday is Thanksgiving Day a very American and also a very Catholic day to celebrate. It is a very American day because we were the first country in the world to set aside a day each year to pause, count our blessings and give thanks to God for them. It is a very Catholic day because the word Eucharist means Thanksgiving something we are called to do each and every Sunday not just one time a year. There are some in our culture today who are attempting to re-write the history of Thanksgiving Day and who hold that Thanksgiving Day in the USA should only be a day to give thanks to one another with no reference to our loving God. In this day of increased secularism, it is all the more important that we believers not allow this special day to be turned into something other than the unique and special day that Abraham Lincoln intended it to be. In his proclamation of October 3, 1863 he wrote: It has seemed to me fit and proper that they (i.e. our blessings) should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and voice by the whole American people; I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer to our beneficent Father, who dwelleth in the heavens. Come pray with us on Thanksgiving at a special Mass at 9:00am. For the record, I have inserted Abraham Lincoln s entire proclamation in this week s bulletin. I wish each of you a Happy Thanksgiving Day and I pray that God may bless you and all those you love always. ~Msgr. Luca THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Youth is not a time of life; it s a state of mind. Embracing our Mission Shaping our Future Thank you to all who have made a gift or pledge to the Capital Campaign and for answering the call to Be a part of it! As of October 23, 2012 Gifts and Pledges (9/23/12)..$4,718, New Gifts and Pledges. $ 71, Total Gifts and Pledges (10/23/12)..$4,789, Please visit our Campaign website for the most up-to-date information and to view our wall of donors: CHURCH LINENS: Altar linens are to be picked up this week by Ms. Fleshman and next week by Ms. Wiedel. GOOD DEEDS OF THE CHILDREN: Samantha read to her brother; Becca was always willing to take the dogs out; Jeffrey helped walk the dogs; Tori made sure they were super recyclers; Christine read to her brother each night without being asked; Vincent got off the computer without being asked; Christopher helped dad do yard work; Nicholas practiced violin without a reminder from his mom and dad; David helped rake leaves; Jane made a card for her aunt s birthday. ALTAR FLOWER MEMORIALS: The flowers used to decorate our church altar, shrines, and chapel altar are available to honor a loved one who is living or deceased, as an expression of gratitude to God on special occasions such as anniversaries, birthdays or other significant events. Flowers for the Shrine of St. Louis, Shrine of St. Joseph or the Blessed Mother are $50 each; Pieta is $75; Altar flowers are $75; and Chapel Altar are $75. Arrangements may be made by calling the parish office ( ) Monday through Friday between the hours of 9am and 5pm. All who are honored will be acknowledged in the bulletin. The flowers for the Chapel were given last weekend in loving memory of Mrs. Virginia Grove. Our sincere gratitude is extended to Virginia Matthias for providing last weekend s flowers. The flowers for the Shrine of the Pieta are given this weekend for the special intentions of Marion Waszkiewicz. Our sincere gratitude is extended to Sally Fleshman for providing this weekend s flowers. The flowers for the Altar, the Shrine of the Blessed Mother, and the Shrine of St. Joseph are given this weekend in loving memory of Deacon Verdan Buzz Wiedel. Our sincere gratitude is extended to the Wiedel family for providing this weekend s flowers.

3 SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Confessions will be heard on Saturday, November 24th by Msgr. Joseph Luca and Fr. Marc Lanoue. THANKSGIVING MASS SCHEDULE: A special Thanksgiving Day Mass will be celebrated at 9:00am on Thursday. All are invited to come and pray together as a parish family. PLANNING YOUR CHILD S BAPTISM? The next Baptism Preparation Session will be held on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 in Room 301 of the Pastoral Center from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Please call the Parish Office at to register. MASS INTENTIONS FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 18, 2012 Sunday 6:45am Eleanor Hritzo (SI) and James Bolger 8:00am All Souls Please join us in welcoming the recently baptized: Leah Nanhan Jannotta, child of Frank and Katherine Jannotta 9:30am 11:15am 12:45pm Jane Gossage and Michael Wagner James F. Schultes, Sr. and Emily Gilman Maria Bochniewicz and Arthur Bruni PLEASE PRAY FOR THE RECENTLY DEPARTED: Ellen Ervin, wife of Robert, and mother to Caitlin, Meaghan and Robert. CHILDREN S LITURGY: The Christmas Eve 4:00 Children's Mass is in need of singers! If you are in 2nd - 8th grade and would like to sing at the Mass, please contact Mary Theresa Suhar at deprem@comcast.net. Practices will be held on December 6, 13 and 20 at 5:30-6:15. The next Children's Mass will be Saturday, December 1 at 4:00. Children Hospitality Ministers are needed. Please contact Mary Theresa Suhar at deprem@comcast.net to volunteer. Monday 7:00 am All Souls Tuesday 7:00am Philip Gillett and George Werner Wednesday 7:00am All Souls Thursday 9:00 am All Souls Friday 7:00am All Souls Saturday 8:00am Erin & Colleen Marlatt 4:00pm All Souls 5:30pm Frank Curtin and Harriet Curtin (SI) denotes a Special Intention for a living person or persons. MILITARY LIST: If you would like to have a name put on our Military List, please call the parish office at Names on the Military List will appear first initial and last name only and will remain until we receive a request to remove the name. PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR TROOPS AND THEIR FAMILIES: P. Bacon G. Horn B. Reier D. Bain D. Joyce J. Ryan D. Breville C. Lozzi J. Scheler S. Cooper M. Mangus, Jr. J. Six J. Danko D. McGowan C. Sparks L. Draughn K. McLin A. Stone E. Dudley Fr. A. Ochalek R. Stone T. Dudley M. O Donnell S. Stone B. Gallagher A. Parrish E. Surrette B. Green J. Parrish B. Urena D. Haack S. Parrish Fr. T. Wood J. Helfrich P. Plourd K. Zaumseil J. Henry D. Reccardi SICK LIST: If you would like to have a name put on our Sick List, please call the parish office at Names on the Sick List will be included for three months. If you would like your name to be listed after the three month period, please call the Parish Office at that time. Thank you. PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK, ESPECIALLY: Henry Abell Judy Jordan Georgiana Podniesinski Mary Blinn John Justice Dave Rice Joyce Bondy John Kaulfuss Kathryn Rosewag John Christman Kevin Knight Oh Hwa Seon Melanie Ciesluk Helen Martin Matthew Smith-Farrell Dick Farrell Margaret Miller Bill Steckman Gerry Fidler John Neeault Nettie Stoner Stanley Giermek John O Brien Melody Walsh Sandi Glaveskas Jean Parsley Ron Waynant Edith Ellis Hevener Dcn. Matthew Podniesinski Luther Williamson Jason Jones

4 Maybe you ve thought about helping out in the parish, but can t commit to weekly or monthly meetings. Consider joining an ALTAR GUILD team. If the Holy Spirit is nudging to you to serve Our Lord and the parish this way, contact Marianne Faulstich in the Parish Office at and we can talk! Some volunteer opportunities are: Church Cleaning and Cemetery Chapel Cleaning: teams rotate weekly to clean the main church. The time commitment is usually about 1-1/2 to 2 hours per rotation. The Cemetery Chapel is cleaned monthly by individuals or teams of two. Laundering Liturgical Linens: Duties include washing and ironing small linens used in daily and weekend Masses and sacraments. Instructions are provided. Laundering Altar Server Robes: This ministry involves periodic laundering of servers robes. Each volunteer launders a few robes (wash & wear) about four times per year. If your child is an Altar Server, this is an ideal way to support him or her and the parish. Altar Guild Coordinator: Are you someone who likes working with spreadsheets? If your career involved things like organizing work teams, keeping track of projects, maintaining a schedule for recurring tasks, BOY, DO WE HAVE A NEAT OP- PORTUNITY FOR YOU! We are looking for someone with these kinds of skills to help coordinate the Altar Guild volunteers. You would work closely with the Pastor and Pastoral Associate, and get to know a lot of great people (at least by name!). This can be done from home! SAVE THE DATE!!! Join us on Saturday evening of February 2, 2013 for a fun and festive Art Auction, sponsored by our Knights of Columbus and Catholic Daughters of the Americas. More information will be available soon. Have you ever wondered What does it feel like to help someone in need? What can I do to brighten someone s day? How can I bring a smile to someone s face? What does it feel like to belong to a special group of women? What is my role as a child of God? What does it mean to be a Catholic Daughter? Calling all young women ages 9-18 and their parents to join us on November 24 3:00 pm in the Parish Center to get some answers! Please RSVP by November 17th to Lisa Carder at ljjkv@yahoo.com or text / call (443) You can look forward to an event filled with camaraderie, food, and fun. Come participate in prayer, song, praise and worship with the Children of Light Charismatic Prayer Group on Wednesday from 8:00 9:30 P.M. in the Pastoral Center Room 306. NEW HYMNALS AT ST. LOUIS: As you likely have heard by now, new hymnals are nearly here at St. Louis. Sponsorship opportunities are available for the new books. More information about the books and sponsorship forms are available on the St. Louis Music Ministry Blog at or by contacting Paul Carroll at pcarroll@stlouisparish.org. What are we doing with the old song books and Missalettes? Nothing they get recycled. If you want one or several perhaps for pastoral visitors to nursing homes; or for Mass and prayer services in connection with retreats - let us know! Contact the Parish Office or Marianne Faulstich at mfaulstich@stlouisparish.org with your name, contact information and how many sets you would like us to set aside for you. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS are the embodiment of Christian charity, serving the Catholic Church, local communities and our families through fraternal solidarity and mutual aid. Knights of the Order have brought stability and hope to so many individuals, families, and the poor throughout the world, particularly in the wake of disasters such as those which struck Haiti and Japan. During our fraternal year that ended this past June, members of St. Louis the King Council volunteered over 16,000 man-hours raising funds for charity and donated over $23,000 to 37 church-based charities and institutions in HoCo, surrounding communities, and overseas. The money we raised went to services ranging from substance abuse rehabilitation, to giving vocational support to seminarians and to priests entering the military ordinariate, to buying wheel chairs for veterans and ultrasound machines to save lives in the womb, to digging wells and providing clean water to kids in West Africa, and to much, much more. For more information about how you can help us to help God give charity to His people, stop and talk to any Knight in the narthex after mass. You can tell us by our red name tags! We had a great week as we finished up our first semester, celebrated our Veterans and turned the corner toward the holiday season. What a fantastic and fun celebration we had last weekend at Ten Oaks ballroom where we cruised the night away at our annual Fall Social and Auction! A heartfelt thank you to our wonderful and giving chairperson, Lisa Ferraro, who, along with her family, sacrificed countless hours to make this night fun and successful. Our appreciation does not end there, as the event would not have been possible without the tireless assistance and support of our hardworking committee, who worked tirelessly behind the scenes, soliciting donations, planning, and decorating. We are so grateful to everyone who helped, and to the fun-loving crowd that attended to support this event! In honor of Veterans Day we were treated to visits by several of our military servicemen who spoke to our students about their lives as soldiers. In appreciation for their service, our students prepared over 400 gift bags to be taken back to service units and be distributed as a small token of our appreciation for their sacrifice and service to our country. We are so grateful to our guests for sharing their day with us and giving our students a true appreciation of the sacrifices that our military families make every day. May God bless all of our veterans! Bake Sale this Weekend! This Sunday the school will be hosting a bake sale after all the Masses. Please come down to the Pastoral Center Social Hall and join us for a tasty treat and a warm cup of coffee, or take something yummy home for your holiday celebration!

5 Subway Restaurant Spirit Days Are Coming. Get ready to "eat fresh" with Subway at our next Restaurant Spirit event. This Monday and Tuesday, enjoy breakfast or a tasty sub, and Subway will donate 10% of your total purchase to St. Louis School. From 7:30 am-9:00 pm, stop by the Clarksville Subway near the River Hill Giant on Monday, November 19th and/or the Highland Subway on Tuesday, November 20th. Look for the flyer in the Narthex! Don t forget as you start to plan your holiday celebrations, please stop by the table in the Narthex and purchase some Grocery gift cards. A percentage of each purchase will be donated to the parish ministry of your choice and, best of all; it doesn t cost you anything more than you would already spend! Start thinking ahead to Christmas we sell gift cards to dozens of national store chains, all the local grocery stores, restaurants, etc. Come by after Mass for some one-stop shopping! The Principal, faculty and staff extend to you our warmest wishes for a blessed Thanksgiving! Have a wonderful week filled with an abundance of family, friendship and festivities! RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Saturday Morning Elementary Religious Education: If your family has not yet registered for this new year of faith formation, please do so now before it s too late. Simply call our office at & we will be happy to help you complete the registration process. Please remember that the elementary office is closed on Mondays. You may also visit our web site: to download forms & view our calendar and if you are a fan of facebook, be sure to visit and like our page: St. Louis Religious Education ~ Clarksville, MD for the most current religious education, parish and faith filled family information! Important Religious Education Dates: November 24: November 27: December 1: December 8: December 15: December 22: December 29: No Class/Thanksgiving break First Reconciliation Celebration 7:00pm Religion classes 9:00am Religion classes 9:00am (Pajama Day) Religion classes 9:00am (5 th grade celebrates Reconciliation) No Class/Christmas break No Class/Christmas break Advent Candles/Wreaths can be purchased at the Office of Religious Education. Just call first ( ) to be sure that someone is there to help you when you arrive. YOUTH MINISTRY We have places of fear inside us, but we have other places as well places with names like trust and hope and faith. We can choose to lead from one of those places, to stand on ground that is not riddled with fault lines of fear, to move towards others from a place of promise instead of anxiety. As we stand in one of those places, fear may remain close at hand and our spirits may still tremble. But now we stand on ground that will support us, ground from which we can lead others toward a trustworthy, more hopeful, more faithful way of being in the world. Parker Palmer I watched the show Fear Factor faithfully when it was on regular channels. Now that it is on premiere networks, I don t have that luxury so I recently started on Total Blackout, a fairly new in the dark game show that pits people with their fears (especially of the dark)! It s amazing what our minds can conjure up when we cannot see or when our fears are the blackness surrounding us and what lies there. I am okay with the dark and try to face other fears that I have, including heights (sometimes successfully too!) Parker Palmer s quote above speak of fear, but, more importantly, it speaks of making choices about what we do when we have places of fear. It s all about taking actions that are based on trust and hope and love. As the seasons change, as our relationships sometimes change, as our political and economic structures change, one thing is constant. God s love will never end and will take us through anything we face. Steadfast God, as we experience a season of change in our life, a time of hellos and goodbyes, a time of questioning, a time of sacrifice, allow us to move through each season assured of your love and strengthened in faith. AMEN. Please pray for those attending the Baltimore Catholic Youth Conference in Ocean City this weekend. MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL CATHOLIC YOUTH MINISTRY: November 16-18: BYCC Youth Conference in Ocean City. November 18: BRUNCH at Grassroots Homeless Shelter November 21: HS CYM 5 Week Series Compassion in Anti Bullying with Janet Gers November 25: 9:30am Youth Mass 7pm Deeper Waters November 28: HS CYM 5 Week Series Care in Crisis with Matt Otto First Reconciliation will be celebrated on Tuesday, November 27th. About 125 of our children will experience the gift of God s forgiveness and reconciliation for the very first time. Please remember them in your prayers. Blessing for our Children: Forgiving Father Creator of all that is good & kind Help these children to be open to the guidance of your Spirit as they learn to live by the light of the Great Commandment. Open their ears, minds, & hearts to the teachings of your Son. Fill them with the Spirit of love, peace, joy, & kindness. Remind them of your constant love for them, and help them to always desire your forgiveness. Amen.

6 SECOND COLLECTIONS November Campaign for Human Development VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT FISH of Howard County Inc, a forty year provider of assistance to needy members of our community is seeking additional phone and/or delivery volunteers to help as we respond to an ever increasing work load. Support from the community at large, and the St. Louis Church Community is well established and much appreciated. Now we are looking for your most valuable asset - time! For additional information contact Carroll Kitzmiller or fishhowardcounty.com STEWARDSHIP MESSAGE The readings today speak of the end of the world and the coming of the Kingdom. The bishops pastoral on stewardship says clearly that "that life to come is in continuity with this present life through the human goods, the worthy human purposes, which people foster now." May our good stewardship cause us to be numbered among the chosen on the last day! ST VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY: If you have a clothing donation, you may drop your items into the blue St. Vincent de Paul Clothing Bin located in the rear of the parking lot by the Maintenance Barn. If you need to obtain a receipt for your clothing donations, you need to call St. Vincent de Paul directly at Clothing items should be placed in sturdy plastic bags and tied securely and then placed in the bin, making sure that the bags are pushed up and over the inside ledge. 15 gallon trash bags fit well in the clothing bin drop slot. This is a wonderful opportunity for used clothing in good condition to be distributed to the poor. It would be regrettable should there be the need to remove the bin from the St. Louis Campus. Thank you for you understanding and cooperation. RESPECT LIFE: Did you remember to bring your baby bottle? If not, you can bring it into the Parish Office. Thank you for supporting the Baby Bottle Fundraiser to benefit the Howard County Pregnancy Center. SHRINE OF ST. ANTHONY Recurring Events: Daily Mass, Sunday through Saturday, 12 noon ( Tuesday Mass includes the Novena to St. Anthony) First Friday Healing Mass, 7:30 PM Third Sunday & Last Sunday Healing Mass, 12 noon Adoration, Thursday Quiet Adoration after the 12 noon Mass until 4:30pm; Evening prayer from 4:30-5:30pm Confession, Monday Saturday, 11:30 AM and Wednesday, 4 PM-5 PM THANKSGIVING AT THE SHRINE: Gather your family and friends and come for the Pre-Thanksgiving Mass on Wednesday November 21st at 7:30pm. We invite everyone to gather in the Papal Dining Room following Mass for a reception with coffee and desserts. You may call the Shrine office at , or send an to info@shrineofstanthony.org, to sign up for a dessert to bring. All are welcome to join the friars for Mass on Thanksgiving Day at 12 noon in the Shrine Chapel. The gift store and book shop will be closed Thursday, November 22 and Friday, November 23. Mark your calendar for the Shrine of St. Anthony Fall Festival on Saturday November 24th from 1:00-4:00pm. There will be hayrides, snacks and cider, a bonfire, Br. Gerry's train garden, build your own Advent Wreath, and more. Bring your family and friends for a relaxing afternoon on the beautiful and peaceful grounds of the Shrine. For further information please call the Shrine office at