FROM THE PASTOR S DESK Today is the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time and the last time the priest will wear green vestments until sometime in mid-june

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1 FROM THE PASTOR S DESK Today is the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time and the last time the priest will wear green vestments until sometime in mid-june Our first reading today is from the Book of Proverbs and is often used as a reading for weddings. It describes the perfect wife and is from an ancient poem in Proverbs in which each verse begins with a different letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The reading concludes with the theme of fear or reverence of the Lord which is how Proverbs begins. When we recognize that God is our creator and we are not God, then our faith leads us to seek Wisdom all the days of our lives...our second reading is from Paul s Letter to the Thessalonians which we have been reading from for several weeks. Appropriate for the end of the liturgical year, it speaks of the end of time. Paul is reminding readers to be alert and have nothing to fear because we are children of the light..today s Gospel is the familiar Parable of the Talents. Proclaiming it as the liturgical year comes to an end serves as a reminder that in the interim before the end of time and final judgment, we need to live faithfully, actively taking responsibility for the talents we have been given. In Jesus time, talent was a high-value unit of currency. In the parable, the master distributes the talents, goes away, and after a long time returns. In the early church, people interpreted this that after having spoken with his servants the master leaves. Early readers understood the master as Christ, his leave-taking as Christ s ascension and his return as the parousia or the second coming of Christ...Today concludes our ordinary Sundays of the year. Next Sunday, the last Sunday of the church year, is always the feast of Christ the King. Then we begin a new church year with the first Sunday of Advent. Our gospels will come next year from Mark and we will begin the new translation of the Mass on that first Sunday of Advent...A hard cover, 84 page book on the history of St. Patrick s Parish is presently being printed and will be available beginning November 19. You can get one in the Gift Shop or the parish office. The book contains a multitude of black and white, sepia and color photographs, many of which have never been published before. It traces the earliest establishment of Catholicism in Erie, the founding of St. Patrick s Parish and its history up to the present. Available at a cost of $20, the book would make a perfect Christmas gift. We can also ship books for an additional $5 charge....several people have asked that I keep you aware of trips that we are offering. We have one departing Erie on September 1, 2012 to Barcelona, Spain. A half day tour of Barcelona culminates in boarding a Princess line cruise ship for a 7 night Mediterranean cruise with stops in Sete, France; Portofino, Italy; Florence, Italy; At Sea; Carthage, Tunisia; Sorrento, Italy and docking in Rome where we will stay for 2 additional nites. The trip departs Erie Sept. 1, 2012 and returns Sept. 11. It is filling very fast and we only have 9 cabins left. If interested, contact the parish office..st. Patrick parishioner Jamie Powers is one of five seminarians for the Diocese of Erie who are featured on the cover and in an inside interview in the current issue of the Cathedral Prep Alumni magazine. Jamie notes in his interview that I m not sure I would be at St. Mark s right now if I had not gone to Cathedral Prep. Jamie is in his senior year at Gannon and next year will begin his four years of theology studies. Please keep him in your prayers. We desperately need good young men like Jamie in priesthood..st. Patrick s Parish is grateful to Kathy Alessi who donated a beautiful new ciborium to the parish in memory of her mother, Alice Horan. A ciborium is the gold vessel we use to hold hosts for distribution at Communion..The ballots for St. Patrick parishioners have been returned and I m happy to tell you there were only 2 No votes. It s nice to know that you re as excited about this project as I am. I m going to meet soon with a representative from the Conrad Schmitt Studio and we ll finalize the design with the committee and then establish a time table..we had talked of having Bishop Trautman here next October 20th for the Saturday evening Mass to be followed by a cocktail hour and dinner at the Convention Center, but it appears that some of the church will still be scaffolded. I wonder if we could just have a regular Mass that evening and then the celebration at the Convention Center, and invite the bishop to come and rededicate the church after it s finished. Perhaps when we do the rededication of the church, we could then arrange something like wine and cheese at the Cathedral Center. Let me know what you think. Once the work in the church is finished we are going to publish a color brochure with photos of the interior as well as the names of the people who supported the project. That will be made available to everyone in the parish..gannon University is again offering educational grants to new students who are registered and active in a parish in the Diocese of Erie and an additional $1,500 grant to graduates of one of our Catholic schools. During the school year, Gannon diocesan students received a total of over $4,870,000 in grants. A total of 531 students received $760,000 in diocesan grants and $5,371,154 renewable financial assistance. If you are looking at colleges, Gannon is certainly worth consideration. It s a great school and everyone goes out of their way to help the students..a sign in front of a Baptist church in rural Ohio read recently Adam blamed Eve. Eve blamed the snake and the snake didn t have a leg to stand on...

2 Saint Patrick News Parish Stewardship: Our offertory for last weekend was $6, Thank you for you generosity. We continue to thank those who make special donations to our parish and we pray for those people in whose honor the donations were made: The Restoration Fund in memory of Kate Scully from Ed Scully; in memory of Chief Sam Gemelli from the Fraternal Order of Police; The Peace Candle burns this week for all the men and women serving in the military; The Food Pantry Truck is sponsored this week by Kathy Alessi in memory of Deceased Family Members; The Food Pantry by Ed & Genny Chizewick, Al & Joan Wedzik, Ken & Alice Daub. We extend our condolences to the family of Josephine Kuzmin, who passed away last week. May they know the peace of the Lord and may her soul and the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. Ministry Schedule Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 5:00 pm Lector: Angie Kontur Eucharistic Ministers: Kit Jaskiewicz, Mary Beth Graml Greeters: Kit Jaskiewicz, Mary Beth Graml Altar Servers: Needed Ushers: Chris Lampe Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 10:30 am Lector: Mary Kearney Eucharistic Ministers: Tom Welch, Catherine Kern Greeters: Charla Leemhuis, Gail Arneman Altar Servers: Andrew Wilcox, Brendan Jubulis Ushers: David Taccone, David Wilcox Offertory Counters: Michele Wheaton, Alex Wheaton, Tim Torrey Liturgical Ministers - be sure to call or the office with your preferences for December and Christmas! Extra copies of the schedule are in the Trinity Gift Shop. ADDITIONAL ALL SOULS DAY MEMORIALS From... In Memory Of Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Doyle... Donald Carmen...Pastore, Harriett Evelyn Eldred Shorts,...Betty Jean Pennsy Mary McCarthy... James L. McCarthy,...Dr. Angelina Fabrizio Yvonne Gersims... George & Irene...Radaker, Bruce Morton Wright,...Howard J. Gersims, Sandra Lee Gersims,...Kathryn L. Miller,...All the Souls of Faithful Departed Ann Marie Chojnacki PRAYER WHEEL MINISTRY TOUCHING SAINT PATRICK S ONE PRAYER AT A TIME the Ave Maria Care & Concern Society has reorganized our parish prayer ministry. Please call Mary Alice Hartwell at with your prayer requests. Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Philippians 4:6 (NAB) FOOD PANTRY CHRISTMAS: Because of your generosity, the Food Pantry is able to continue providing gifts to the children of clients who are in need of such help. We have just about everyone covered but still have a need for gifts for girls in the 6 and 7 year age bracket and for 10 year old boys. We will need these gifts by December 6th. The Food Pantry is also hosting a Christmas Bazaar where the clients can have items for their decorating needs. If you have Christmas items that you no longer need, consider donating them. The bazaar items are needed by December 5th. Your items can be dropped off at the Trinity Gift Shop after Mass or at the rectory office. As always, thank you for your continued support to the Food Pantry. DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS: Volunteers are needed on December 18th after the 10:30 Mass to decorate for Christmas. Please call the parish office at , ext. 1 if you can help us. Thank you so much. The Liturgy Committee. BISHOP S BREAKFAST: Breakfast is served in the all purpose room of St. Paul s United Church of Christ at 11th and Peach and is in need of volunteers. Volunteers are needed to pick up food at St. Martin s Center and serve breakfast to the needy on Mondays and Fridays. The time involved is from 7AM to 8:15AM. If you are able to help please contact Mary Therese Riley at or mtriley1@verizon.net. SAVE THOSE BOX TOPS! We still have the box in the vestibule where you can drop your saved box tops. It is on the far left on the top shelf of the book shelves. To date we have earned $800 for a local school by saving these box tops. Speaking of the bookcase in the vestibule..that case holds books that are available from our lending library. Feel free to borrow a book or magazine, read it at your leisure and return for someone else to enjoy. If you would like to add to our library, just place your books on the shelves.

3 Our Sanctuary Lamp burns this week in loving memory of Martin Mikeska requested by his sister Margaret Zamboni, Our Lady s Shrine lamp burns in loving memory of Robert Niedzwiecki requested by children & grandchildren, and St. Joseph Shrine lamp burns in loving memory of Stanley Purzycki requested by his sister Harriet.. Our offertory for the week of October 29/30 was Thank you and God bless. Masses celebrated by Fr. Daniel Prez at Pleasant Ridge West: Harriet Michalski (Polish Falcons Nest #610), Chester Loncki (Mrs. Catherine Jankowski), Raymond Kantorowski (Dave, Beckie & Matt Juchno), Peter Joseph Dubowski (Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Tome). Congratulations! To Breanne Hayes, our newly crowned Miss Polonaise Breanne is one of our altar servers and is the daughter of Robert and Ann Zielinski Hayes and the sister of Nicholas Hayes who is also an altar server. Breanne has the distinction of being the first elected Polonaise Queen from St. Hedwig s. Additional All Souls Day Memorials In loving memory of deceased loved ones: Daniel Nowosielski, May & John Fuller, May T. & Ed Miller, Josh Sharp, Kraus families, Nowosielski families offered by Lou Ann Nowosielski..Norberto Jagoren and Mary Ciecierski offered by Gemma Nowosielski.. Juchno family, Kantorowski family, Showers Family, Anna Simanowski offered by Barbara Juchno...Dombrowski family and Guglielmo family offered by Helen Dombrowski..the Jarzomski family & the Rock family offered by Dan & Diane Jarzomski..Marianne Lyons, Nancy Byrne, members of the Lyons family, members of the Theiss and Stephany family offered by Tom & Mary Lyons..Stanley & Catherine Prochowski, Joe & Irene Prochowski, Sigmond & Alfred Prochowski, Harry Niewolak and many other family and friends offered by Charlotte Niewolak. Saint Hedwig News Heartfelt thanks St. Hedwig Rosary Society thanks each and every person who helped make our Bake Sale a success: those who baked or purchased baked goods, who bought a raffle ticket or worked during the day. Christmas Gift Card Wreath Hedwig Rosary Society will be selling tickets beginning this weekend for our Special Raffle. It is A wreath of gift cards totaling $500: Walmart ($100.00), Wegman s (50.00), O Charley s (25.00), Lowe s (25.00), Cracker Barrel (25.00), Citgo (25.00), Macy s (25.00), Target (20.00), Urbaniak s (20.00), Panera (20.00), Kohl s (15.00), Applebees (15.00), Stefanelli s (15.00), Christmas Tree Shops (15.00), T.G.I. Fridays (15.00), Kwik Fill (10.00), Kohl s (10.00), Tim Horton s (10.00), Wendy s (10.00), Wreath (50.00). Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. It will be raffled at the Rosary Society Christmas Party in December. Ministry Schedule November 19-4:30pm Eucharistic Minister Reader Altar Servers November 20-9:00am Eucharistic Minister Reader Altar Server Jim Gorski Patricia Mielnik Portia & Yvonne Nowosielski Tom Zielinski Art Blum Charlotte Mabie As much as the Father has loved me, I have loved you. (Jn. 15:10) Pray the Rosary

4 THANKSGIVING IS NATIONAL HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS WEEK. The Upper Room of Erie is observing it with two events: 1. The Upper Room homeless day shelter will celebrate sixteen years of service during Homelessness Awareness Week. On November 16th at 7:00 PM we will hold a Community Recognition Night at St. Paul s UCC at 1024 Peach Street. Our speaker, Mr. Joe Markiewicz of Penn State Behrend, will recognize and reflect on the developmental issues of youth, some of which account for the increasing number of young people we see in the Upper Room. Then we will recognize people and organizations that have made unique contributions to our work. Reception and facility tours will follow. 2. On Saturday, November 19th, we will hold our annual Blizzard of Blankets collection at the Perry Square gazebo 9:00 am to 3:00 PM. Please bring your clean used blankets in good condition. Note: Please no afgans, bedspreads, sheets, pillows, etc. Also, we need men s winter clothing: coats, hats, gloves, boots, etc. This is predicted to be a very cold winter, so we need your help. For more information, contact, Tom Schlaudecker at or at the shelter Grieving this Holiday Season? Not everyone looks forward to the upcoming holidays. If you are widowed, divorced or separated, and find it difficult adjusting to single life, you are cordially invited to attend a special event, Coping With Life Alone during the Holidays, hosted by Catholic Charities Transitions Ministry. Please join us on Sunday, November 20 at St. Mark Catholic Center, 429 East Grandview Blvd. in Erie from 2pm 5pm. A brief program, discussion and short prayer service will be offered, followed by light refreshments. Please RSVP by Tuesday November 15th by calling (814) , or by at: familylife@eriercd.org. There is no cost for this program; a goodwill offering will be accepted. An Invitation to all Marriage Encounter Couples: You are cordially invited to attend an evening of fellowship and enrichment on Saturday, November 19, 2011 at Our Lady of the Lake in Edinboro, PA. The evening will begin with Liturgy at 5:30 pm. Following Mass, a meal and presentation will follow until 9 pm. Pizza will be provided. Please bring a snack to share. RSVP to Kris and Richard Gosnell by November 13 at ST. STAN S ANNUAL CARD PARTY at the parish hall, Sunday, November 13th from 2:00 to 6:00 pm. Come join us! Cards, Chinese Auction, Theme Baskets, & Great Food! FREE CONCERT AT ST. BONIFACE The first concert of the season concert series will be presented Friday, November 18th at 7:30 pm at St. Boniface, 9367 Wattsburg Rd. (3 miles south of I-90 on Route 8). All concerts are free and feature refreshments. This week Mi Kyung Kim, world renowned pianist will perform a Brahms quartet, tango music and other audience favorites with the Erie Quartet. For more information, please call The McDowell Center for Performing Arts is now selling tickets to Irving Berlin s Holiday classic White Christmas. There will be five performances December at 7:30 PM and December at 2:00 PM. Reserved seat tickets are only $5.00 and can be purchased by calling or on the website This is great entertainment for the entire family!

5 THIRTY THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME NOVEMBER 13, 2011 LITURGY INTENTIONS Nov. 12 Saturday, Vigil: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:30 PM CASIMIR & HELEN BARGIELSKI - ST.H (LARRY & DOLLY BARGIELSKI) 5:00 PM THOMAS & MILDRED HEUBEL (FAMILY) - ST.P Nov. 13 Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 9:00 AM MARY JARZOMSKI - ST.H (MR. & MRS. GREGORY A. ZOMZIK) 10:30 AM WELLIE YAPLE, II - ST.P (LOVING FAMILY) Nov. 14 Monday, Weekday Nov. 15 Tuesday, St. Albert the Great, bishop & doctor Of the Church Nov. 16 Wednesday, St. Margaret of Scotland, St. Gertrude, virgin Nov. 17 Thursday, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, religious Nov. 18 Friday, The Dedication of the Basilicas of St. Peter & St. Paul in Rome, apostles; St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, virgin Nov. 19 Saturday, Vigil: Our Lord Jesus Christ the King 4:30 PM ROBERT NIEDZWIECKI, ANNIV. OF BIRTH (WIFE, BABE & CHILDREN) - ST.H 5:00 PM CHARLOTTE KEYES (SR. MARIE) - ST.P Nov. 20 Our Lord Jesus Christ the King 9:00 AM PETER ZIELINSKI - ST.H (MARY JO & ROBERT SULECKI) 10:30 AM RICHARD JOHN ECCHER (FAMILY) - ST.P DATES TO REMEMBER St.H=St. Hedwig, St.P=St. Patrick, HR=Holy Rosary CP=Chapel,, PF=Polish Falcons PR=Pascal Room, R=Rectory, CV=Convent 11/12 3:30 PM Confessions - St.H 4:30 PM Rosary & Confessions - St.P 11/13 9:00 AM Rel. Ed. K thru 6 - Holy Rosary 12:00 PM Ave Maria Care & Concern Mtg. R 11/14 7:00 PM MM Novena -St.P 11/15 11:00 AM Food Pantry - PR 11/16 12:00 PM A.A. - PR 7:00 PM Peace Prayer - CP 7:00 PM RCIA - R 11/19 3:30 PM Confessions - St.H 4:30 PM Rosary & Confessions - St.P 11/20 9:00 AM Rel. Ed. K thru 6 - Holy Rosary 1:00 PM Rel. Ed. Gr. 7, 8, 9, 10 - Holy Rosary 1:00 PM Confirmation Session Holy Rosary A Family Perspective As the man in today s gospel entrusted his servants with his money, so God has entrusted our family to us. Like the good servants we are expected, not to play it safe, but to selflessly and totally invest ourselves in each other. A Moment of Reflection Reading I: Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, Reading II: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30, or 25:14-15, The woman works with loving hands for the poor and the needy. What can I do today to be of help to others? NEW PARISHIONER REGISTRATION FORM Saint Hedwig Saint Patrick NAME: PHONE: STREET: CITY: ZIP: PLEASE CIRCLE ONE BELOW: New Registration Change of Address Moving Want Envelopes PLEASE DROP THIS INFORMATION INTO Offertory Basket or mail to Rectory