St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish

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1 St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish 5112 Pocono Crest Rd. PO Box O Pocono Pines, PA Parish Office: (570) Web Page: Mass Schedule: Saturday ~ 4:00 p.m. Sunday ~ 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Saturday Confessions ~ 3:00 p.m. October 29, th Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Mission Statement We Worship ~ We Teach ~ We Care

2 October 29th, th Sunday in Ordinary Time Tuesday, October 31st 7 pm Vigil Mass All Saints Day Wednesday, November 1st 9:15 am Mass Solemnity of All Saints (Holyday of Obligation- Office is Closed) BALANCE Today s scriptures emphasize the fundamental link between love of God and love of our neighbors, especially those who are most in need. Love of God should compel us to love the people whom God cherishes. Conversely, work for justice and charity for those in need should be rooted in our love of God. That connection and balance, however, isn t always easy to maintain in our lives. Even in religious orders we find that some Christians are more oriented toward contemplation and prayer, while others are more active in reaching out to those who are oppressed. Today Jesus reminds us of the necessity for both in the life of faith. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. Inc. St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish Staff Reverend Sean G. Carpenter ~ Pastor Deacon Frank Gisoldi Deacon Tom Amoroso Melissa Laverty Pastoral Associate ~ St.MaxMelissa@outlook.com Coordinator of Religious Education Marion Colvin Office Manager ~ mcol@ptd.net John Marcinkowski, Jr. Coordinator of Music ~ jjm1105@ptd.net Thursday, November 2nd 9:15 am - All Souls Mass of Remembrance TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION This week we have in All Souls Day a commemoration that is linked to the Halloween customs. The big-spending sugar shock holiday is a long way removed from Thursday s grateful remembrance of the souls who are hidden from our sight, but alive to Christ. Old pagan superstitions might find us holding our breath when going by the graveyard, whereas others might actually go to the cemetery to tend the family graves, to share good food, and remember dear ones. Nowhere does a culture embrace this day as fully as in Mexico. The Day of the Dead is a national holiday that unfolds over three full days. For three thousand years, the indigenous people of Mexico have been mocking death in an annual festival, and the invading Spaniards were shocked at the spectacle. To the Aztecs, life was a dream, and death was the entry into full life. Skulls were thus a symbol of joy and release from life s sorrows. The missionaries found all this a bit creepy, but they moved the three-day feast from August to synchronize it with the Christian calendar. So today, graves are decorated, altars are built in the home to honor the family dead, children feast on candy skulls, and people dress up in elaborate skeleton outfits. The devout spend hours in the cemetery, and there is a lively sense of the communion of saints, the living and the dead. Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.

3 October 28th through November 5th Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 4:00 pm William D. McDonald Jr. by the Gatti family 8:00 am For the Parishioners 10:30 am Carmine Giganti by Mady Giganti & Family 9:15 am Frank Cranley Jr. by Pat Cranley 9:15 am Linda DelViscio by Al & Gail Huff 7:00 pm Vigil Solemnity of All Saints Lorraine Klaas by The Cribbs 9:15 am Solemnity of All Saints Angie Scarano by Kay Gaido 9:15 am All Souls Mass of Remembrance 9:15 am Communion Service JESUS LIGHTS THE WAY The light of faith in Jesus illumines the path of all those who seek God, and makes a distinctly Christian contribution to dialogue with the followers of other religions. Saturday: Eph 2:19-22; Lk 6:12-16 Sunday: Ex 22:20-26; 1 Thes 1:5c-10; Mt 22:34-40 Monday: Rom 8:12-17; Lk 13:10-17 Tuesday: Rom 8:18-25; Lk 13:18-21 Wednesday: Rv 7:2-4, 9-14; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5:1-12a Thursday: Wis 3:1-9; Rom 5:5-11: Jn 6:37-40 Friday: Rom 9:1-5; Lk 14:1-6 Saturday: Rom 11:1-2a, 11-12, 25-29; Lk 14:1, 7-11 Sunday: Mal 1:14b 2:2b, 8-10; 1 Thes 2:7b-9, 13; Mt 23:1-12 Saturday Sunday 4:00 pm All Souls Intentions 8:00 am For The Parishioners 10:30 am All Souls Intentions 9:15 am mass will still be celebrated when we have a funeral mass that day. Saturday Confessions - 3 pm. First Friday Adoration will be held after the 9:15 am Communion Service each month. Weekly Collection 10/15/17. $ 5,887. Thanks For Your Generosity

4 Parish Life CCD CLASSES AT ST. MAX September-May, Pre-K/K-Grade 12 Sundays, 9-10:15 a.m.: Grades 1-5 Sundays, 10:25-11:30 a.m.: Pre-K/K Sundays, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Grades 6-8 Youth Group (Grades 9-12): Schedule Varies If you still need to register your child, forms are available in the Parish Office and by the upstairs exits. You may also print out a form from the parish website StMaxKolbePoconos.org. CCD CANCELLATION PROCEDURES In the case of inclement weather, please listen to radio stations WSBG (93.5 FM), WVPO (840 AM), Magic 93(93 FM), WARM (590 AM) or watch television stations WNEP (Channel 16); WYOU (Channel 22); WBRE (Channel 28) or Blue Ridge Communications TV13. You can also call the parish office to check. SCRIPTURE SHARING Tuesday mornings at 10 a.m. in the parish hall. All are welcome to join us as we reflect on the Scriptures for the upcoming weekend. CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS Adults who would like to become members of the C a t h o l i c C h u r c h a r e welcomed into a process of inquiry and formation. It is open to those who have never been baptized, those baptized in another Christian Church and those baptized as infants in the Catholic Church but who have not received further catechetical formation nor, consequently, the Sacraments of Confirmation and / or Eucharist. For information please call the parish office. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM In order to understand and appreciate the Sacrament of Baptism, expectant parents are required to attend Baptism preparation. A call to the parish office approximately four months before your child is due will make the scheduling of your pre-baptism session easier and give you ample time to prepare for this Sacrament of Initiation to the life of grace. For more information, contact Melissa Laverty in the parish office. MINISTRY TO THE SICK The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is for the comfort and strength of the ill and the elderly. It is not just for those in immediate danger of death and can be a help to the living. When there is a need, call the parish office. If someone is homebound or hospitalized please call the office as arrangements will be made to have Communion taken to them. OCTOBER - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH Visit the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops website at USCCB.org for resources aimed at the prevention of domestic violence, or for immediate help for victims, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at SAFE or for those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Or, chat online at TheHotline.org. On Thursday, November 2, at 9:15 a.m., St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish will celebrate the Feast of All Souls, remembering in a Mass of Remembrance our deceased loved ones. During the liturgy, the names of those from our parish who have died since November 2, 2016, will be mentioned in a special litany. Families of the loved ones from our parish who have passed away in the past year may also bring a photo of their loved one to the parish office by Thursday, October, 26, for display around the altar for the Mass.

5 Parish Life Parish Life Meetings are the 1st & 3rd Mondays of the 7 pm in the parish hall. ~ ~Facebook at KnightsofColumbus Pocono Pines Many thanks to those of you who donated homemade goodies of cookies and cakes to our Annual Craft Fair. Committee/Ministry Chairpersons On Wednesday, November 15th at 7 pm there will be a meeting of all Committee/Ministry Chairpersons in Our Lady of the Lake Hall. Please attend. BEREAVEMENT/SYMPATHY BLANKETS NEEDED Lehigh Valley Hospital is in desperate need of crocheted or knitted receiving size blankets for babies in the NICU who have not made it through child birth. They use these blankets so the family is able to hold their babies one last time. The NICU is completely out and in dire need of blankets. These are for families of stillborns and they will keep these blankets as a memory. ~Blankets must be newly made, knitted or crocheted. ~Not cream or white in color (light pastels only). ~Typically 31 x 36 (receiving blanket size). ~Strictly handmade. Completed blankets may be given to Judy Grace from the Pocono Mt. Women's Club for delivery. Call Judy for more So, how do you explain how Halloween ties into All Saints Day to kids? Hallow is a word that means Holy. We even say it in the Our Father- hallowed be thy name. We celebrate All Saints Day on November 1st. This day can also be called All Hallows Day because it s the day about all the Holy people - the Saints. The day before All Saints Day is called All Hallows Eve, just like the day before Christmas is called Christmas Eve. Over time, people just started saying Halloween instead of All Hallows Eve. Although we go out dressed as Saints, lets face it. Most people don t. There are going to be plenty of cutesy costumes, such as fairies and super heroes, but there are certainly going to be witches, goblins, bleeding people, and even multiple devils and demons. Prayers for Military and Government Service HA Valerie Novak ~ Sr. Airman Charlie Maldanado Jake Yuskaitis ~ Staff Sgt. William D. Olsen Alston Smart, Jr. ~ Eugene Maslar, Jr 2nd Lt. Mark Gaido ~ Lt. JG Michael Huf Airman Patrick Alminde Seaman Nicole Beckman ~ Cpl. John P. Bramley Lt. Col. Christopher Yuskaitis Lt. Joseph V. Yuskaitis, Jr. - Major Thomas M. Smith 2nd Class Petty Officer DC2, Jeffrey Royall Sgt. Amber Keppol ~ Sgt. Andrew Malave Sgt. Matthew Ponce ~ MK1 Katie Stodnick Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Week of October 22nd Sanctuary Light In Memory of John & Jane Scaglione by Rosalie & Samuel Richardson Bread and Wine For The Unborn Altar Flowers Available for $100. for one week

6 Parish Life at St. Max Sunday, Oct. 29th - Community Dinner - 3 pm (see article on this page) Tues., Oct. 31st - 7 pm Vigil Mass for All Saints Wed., Nov. 1st - 9:15 - Mass for All Saints Day Thurs., Nov. 2nd- 9:15 -Mass All Souls Remembrance Theresa Spicci ~ George Ondrajka Jay Crandall ~ Daniella Maldanado Betty Colburn ~ Amy Hatlee Bobbie Morin ~ Claire Abbazio Fr. Paul Mullen ~ Haydee Melendez Darrin Rockefeller ~ Kevin Kret Temi Miller ~ Bill Gleason Nancy Gordon ~ Fr. Urban Kyle Brennan ~ Joseph McKenna Margaret Broderick ~ Joan Harrigan Frank Ware ~ Richard Snell ~ Kimberly Knight Fran Yuskaitis ~ Michael F. Romano Kim Maria Giganti ~ Jolene Kovitch Msgr. Jerry Sherba ~ Samson Colborn Antonia Lucia ~ Violet Sloat ~ David Mancuso Paul Fulton ~ Deacon Frank ~ Antoinette Gisoldi Leslie Fox ~ Marie DeVito ~ Vivian Kanopp Lisa Champney ~ Rosa Santos Bob Ruezinsky ~ Gloria Ski ~ Sr. Marietta When church services are over, your service begins. Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ. ~Acts 5:42 Footprints by Margaret Fishback Powers Parish Life Did you make your reservation? Then don t forget to Attend. THIS SUNDAY The Social Concerns Committee will host its final free Community Dinner of St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish Commemorative Gift Program Still available during this Commemorative Gift Program are 5 Pine Trees that will be planted in our Prayer Garden. You can sponsor one of these trees at the cost of $500. each, in honor of a loved one or a friend. To recognize the generosity of our parishioners, St. Max will provide a marker alongside each tree in that is sponsored. Forms for sponsorship may be found in the parish office. Please call the office with any questions you may have. You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. ~Matthew 22:37 Immaculata Prayer Group Join the Prayer Group on Saturdays at 2 pm. Prayer - Song - Praise If you would like to know more call Diane , or Peggy The next Meeting for the St. Max Prayer Shawl Group will be Tuesday, November 6:30 pm.

7 Around The Diocese Catholic Media & Communications: Spreading the Gospel and the message of our Catholic faith is the vital mission of the Catholic Media & Communications Office of the Diocese of Scranton. The message is delivered through The Catholic Light, Catholic Television (CTV), and the diocesan website. CTV reaches more than 235,000 homes, hospitals & nursing facilities broadcasting the daily Mass & many other faith-based programs. The diocesan website is an excellent online resource for information about life and events in the Diocese, including videos of the daily Mass & special liturgies celebrated at St. Peter s Cathedral and Bishop Bambera s homilies. Orphan Outreach Ministry is Hosting a Tricky Tray at Our Lady Queen of Peace Sat., Nov. 4th, 9 am to 3:30 pm Admission is $5., includes 25 tickets Food & Beverages for Sale For more info call Shine A Light on Lung Cancer November 13, :30-7:30 pm Lehigh Valley Health Network Dale and Frances Hughes Cancer Center 181 E. Brown St., Stroudsburg Call for more info. Save the Date and Clear Your Shelves! The Clymer Library will hold a Holiday Book Sale November 16, 17, and 18, Titles for adults, teens, and children will be for sale with prices ranging from $.25 to $5. This is a wonderful opportunity to do some holiday shopping or pick up a few titles for yourself! The last day of the sale will offer ½ price books and end the day with our popular BAG SALE - fill a bag with books for just $3! Be sure to bring your appetite, too! Bake Sale items will be available on Friday and Saturday. Book donations are now being accepted at the circulation desk during regular library hours. We are happily accepting all books in saleable condition. Around The Diocese Knights of Columbus Assembly 981 is sponsoring a $1,000. SCHOLARSHIP for this year s recent HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE who is now enrolled as a College Freshman. Details are on the bulletin board in the Narthex. Applications are available in the Parish Office. Hurry, deadline is Nov. 30th! March for Life - Bus Trip To Washington, D.C. January 19, Bus will leave from Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Brodheadsville at 5:45 am & return approximately 9:30 pm. Cost is $25. & includes a buffet dinner. Additional info, available. Contact Tom Whitehead at Early reservations are required to ensure retaining the bus. Join Fr. Sean Spiritual Highlights of Italy October 8-17, 2018 ~ $2,689./pp Reserve by Dec. 6, 2017 and receive $100./pp discount. Call Marge McCauley Ecumenical / Interfaith FOOD PANTRY NEWS Location: Five Loaf House 133 Fire House Rd., Pocono Pines Next Distribution date - Nov. 13th & 14th Monday - 8:30-11:00; 12:00-2:00; 4:00-5:00 Tuesday - 8:30-11 am Food Donations are accepted on Mon/Tues only, from 9 am -11 am, or call The Food Pantry NO LONGER collects or distributes clothing. If you have furniture & household goods in good condition, contact Elaine or elaine-madere@yahoo.com ~Thank You St. Maximilian Parish greatly appreciates the support of the advertisers allowing our congregation to receive this bulletin at no cost to the church. While we appreciate their support, we are not liable for any of their actions, fees, or services.