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1 THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISHES OF : OUR LADY OF CZENSTOCHOWA REV. JACEK PLOCH, PASTOR fatherjacek@gmail.com ST VINCENT DE PAUL

2 Announcements for Saint Vincent de Paul HOLY MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 St. Charles Borromeo 8:30 AM An End to Abortion 5:30 PM Charles & Rita Mello (Anniversary) By Their Son SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5 31 st Sunday in Ordinary Time 9:15 AM Lucy Gallo By Her Children WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 8:30 AM Mary Ostrowski THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Ded. of Lateran Basilica 8:30 AM Souls In Purgatory By Jean Marie FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 St. Leo The Great, Pope 8:30 AM Kerri Bullock By Lori Bullock SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 St. Martin of Tours, Bishop 5:30 PM Robert Rajotte (14 th Ann.) By Henry & Annette SUNDAY, NOVEMBER nd Sunday in Ordin. Time 9:15 AM Increased Faith via Holy Spirit And Mother Mary By John Paul This week the candles in front of the statues of the Blessed Virgin and Saint Joseph burn for: Lucy & Guido Gallo Sanctuary lamp for November: Daily Sunshine & Flowers By Donald & Liliane Dionne Financial Blessings Oct. 29 th.....$3, Fuel collection to date..$9, Altar Guild of the week: Lea Charron, Corinne Conde, Jeanne-Marie COFFEE AN Join us for coffee, cookies and to socialize in the school hall. This week we celebrate November Birthday s. Religious Education schedule for November Grades K-8 meet: Nov. 5th & 19th 10:15AM in the school Sign-ups for this years Christmas Pageant are now taking place. Children can sign up during class time or by calling the rectory during office hours. Harvest Bazaar News Takes place next weekend, November 11th & 12th from 9:00am- 3:00pm, both days. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year. Please encourage your family and friends to come and join us for great food, raffles, crafts and games of chance. Please pray for the repose of the Souls of : Alfred E. LeClerc & Grace Toth who were buried out of our parish this past week. Fuel Collection Drawing At the end of November we will be drawing the winners of our Fuel Collection Raffle. Please consider returning your envelopes soon in order to have chances to win one of 3 prizes: 1-$100 and 2- $50 The Turkey is back: The St. Vincent de Paul Society will be collecting food to make up 25 Thanksgiving Baskets again this year. Please take a feather from our Turkey and return the item by November 12 th. Thank you for your generosity.

3 Sunday November 5, 2017 Thirty first Sunday in Ordinary Time Thirty first Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday Mal 1:14b-2:2b, 8-10; 1 Thes 2:7b-9,13; Mt 23:1-12 Monday Rom 11:29-36; Lk 14:12-14 Tuesday Rom 12:5-16b; Lk 14:15-24 Wednesday Rom 13:8-10; Lk 14:25-33 Thursday Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17; Jn 2:13-22 Friday Rom 15:14-21; Lk 16:1-8 Saturday Rom 16:3-9, 16, 22-27; Lk 16:9-15 The Saint Vincent de Paul Bazaar kitchen crew would like to thank the parishioners of Our Lady of Czenstochowa for allowing us to use their freezer space when we lost power this past week. This kind act saved our pork pies from defrosting. Thank you!!!! Next Holy Hour for Life The Holy Hour for Life for the month of November will be held Monday afternoon, November 13th at 5:00 PM, Saint Anthony s Chapel, 17 Woodside Avenue, West Warwick. On that day we will have, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, scripture readings, homily, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Litany of the Sacred Heart and Benediction. All are welcome. Bring a friend. For More information call Ray, Confirmation I & II classes for November 5th & 19th 5:30pm 6:45pm. Students who still need service hours have been assigned work at either the OLC Bazaar on November 5th or the SVP Bazaar on November 12th. All Confirmation students are required to participate in Thanksgiving Mass on November 23rd. When Do We Genuflect? Genuflecting in church is second nature for Catholics, but it is a (relatively) recent gesture in the liturgy. In the Old Testament the primary religious action was standing. In the Jewish religion it was the rule to pray standing. Jesus presumes that people stand to pray when in Mark s Gospel he says: When you stand to pray (Mark 11:25). Worshippers would kneel during special solemnities, for an urgent petition, or for mercy. In the Early Church kneeling became synonymous with praying and so became the dominant posture. Specifically, the act of genuflecting originated in the 1500s and became an act of adoration and reverence to the presence of God in the tabernacle. As we know, lex orandi, lex credendi (As we worship, so we believe), and so genuflecting as an act of worship, serves as the reminder of the Real Presence. When to genuflect is analogous to proper manners when you greet a person. Etiquette suggests that you first greet the person with a handshake and then another handshake when leaving the person (or similar gesture). Likewise when you enter the church (when you get to the pew) and when you leave the church (when you exit the pew) you genuflect as a sign of respect and adoration. The other general rule is to genuflect when you pass by in front of a tabernacle; much as you would greet someone you pass in front of on the street. Thinking about genuflections in light of etiquette requirements in the presence of a person helps us reorient exactly what, or rather who, is in the tabernacle. We treat the entrance and exit of a church in the same way in which we treat greeting and bidding farewell to a person. In that way we come to both a better understanding of the presence of God and the profound truth that God is a Trinity of Persons. As one Dominican priest put it: instead of turtles all the way down it is persons. The universe exists for personal reasons; it is made by persons and for persons. Gradually as this thought permeates our understanding, genuflection becomes less a blind obedient act and instead a natural and intuitive gesture of adoration in the presence of the God who created everything. Saints John & Paul Parish 60 TH Annual Snowflake Bazaar 341 South Main Street, Coventry Saturday, November pm Sunday, November 19 8:30-1:30pm PICTURES WITH SANTA* BAKED GOODS JEWEL- RY * RELIGIOUS ITEMS * KNITTED ITEMS * COOKIES * CANDY * RAFFLES GALORE * LUNCH* SPORTS MEMORIABLIA * WINE GAMES * BREAK- FAST* FINE ARTS AND CRAFTS

4 Announcements for Our Lady of Czenstochowa HOLY MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 4:00PM Adolph (Ann) and Carolyn Budziak SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5 8:00AM Richard Lowney By Wife, Cassie 11:00AM John Mello By Wife, Antonetta Mello MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 8:30AM John Greene By Maureen, Al and Barbara TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 8:30AM Eugene Gagnon (5th Ann) of Eugene Gagnon SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 4:00PM Edna Kostyla (9th Ann) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12 8:00AM Danny Petrarca (Birthday) By Wife 11:00AM Suzie Drozdz (1st Ann) By Ted and Cheryl Drozdz FINANCIAL BLESSINGS October 29, 2017 BUDGET $ 5, CATHOLIC EDUCATION $ FUEL $ ALL SOULS $ WORLD MISSION SUNDAY $ CANDLES $ The parish office and the Adoration Chapel will be closed on Friday, November 10th, in observance of Veterans Day. We have four new Altar Cloths and a processional canopy. If you would like to donate in Memory of someone, the altar cloths are $100 each and the canopy is $600. Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sophie Kochien whose funeral was last week. CCD INFORMATION Grades 6, 7, 8 will meet downstairs in the Church hall from 10am to 11am. November 5, 19, 26, 2017 Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 will meet downstairs in the Church hall from 4pm to 5pm. November 6, 27, 2017 Thank You to everyone who has helped to prepare Polish Food, Apple Pies and beautiful baskets for our raffles for this year s Holiday Bazaar. Our Holiday Bazaar is this Sunday, November 5th from 9AM to 3PM. Please come and join us for some great food and fantastic prizes to be raffled. Volunteers are needed at 2:45PM this Sunday, to help breakdown and clean up the gymnasium after our Holiday Bazaar. We are in need of Altar Servers, especially children, Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors and Greeters. If you are interested in volunteering to serve as one of these ministers, please call the rectory at St. Adalbert s Parish, 866 Atwells Ave., Providence invites you to our Thanksgiving Family Bingo on Sat., Nov. 18th. Bingo starts at 6PM, the kitchen opens at 5:15PM. Besides bingo games, we will feature basket raffles, a Penny Social and delicious Polish-American foods (take-out available). Please call for more information. N.B. The Vigil Mass for Sunday will be at 4:30PM. Care New England is currently recruiting for people who can assist in the following roles: Ambassador, Hospice at the VNA of CNE, Office Assistant, Pet Therapy (MHRI & Butler, only) Unit Assistant. If you are interested in supporting CNE and our patients in one of these roles, be sure to submit a Volunteer Application through the CNE website indicating your preferences and availability. CNE volunteer programming is designed to provide quality services and support through talented and caring community members who wish to enhance the patient experience while supporting the needs of the CNE Health System.

5 Saint Vincent de Paul 6 St. Vincent de Paul Street Coventry, RI Tel: (401) Fax: (401) stvincentcoventry@gmail.com Office hours: Mon-Fri 9am - 2pm Office Manager Director of Religious Education Cathy Barden Pastor Emeritus Rev. Paul LaPorte Our Lady of Czenstochowa 445 Washington Street Coventry, RI Tel: (401) Fax: (401) olczenstochowa@aol.com Office hours: Mon-Fri 9am - 2pm Director of Religious Education Barbara Scanlon Director of Music Brian A. Mattias Pastor Emeritus Rev. John D. Dreher Pastor: Rev. Jacek Ploch Web Address: olcsvp.org Holy Mass Times Weekend Saturday 5:30pm Sunday 9:15am Weekdays Wed., Thurs. & Fri. 8:30am Confessions Thursday 3:15pm-4:15pm First Friday after Holy Mass or any time by calling the rectory Eucharistic Adoration Thursday 9:00am to 5:00pm with the Divine Mercy Chaplet 3:00pm and Evening Prayer 4:30pm, Benediction 4:45pm Religious Education Sunday 10:15am 11:15am Holy Mass Times Weekend Saturday 4pm Sunday 8am & 11 am Weekdays Mon. & Tues. 8:30am Confessions Saturday 3:00pm-3:30pm or any time by calling the rectory Eucharistic Adoration Body of Christ Adoration Chapel 230 MacArthur Blvd., Coventry, RI Monday through Friday 10:00am-9:00pm Religious Education Grades 1-5 Monday 4pm-5pm Grades 6-8 Sunday 10am-11am Confirmation I for OLC & SVP meets on Sunday evening, 5:30pm-6:45pm in the Parish House at OLC Confirmation II for OLC & SVP meets on Sunday evening, 5:30pm-6:45pm in the Church Basement at SVP DAILY ROSARY Weekdays at 8:00am before the 8:30am Holy Mass SACRAMENTS Baptism Three months notice, please call the rectory about preparation. Marriage Arrangements should be made at least 1 year in advance. ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY For assistance, please call