Saint Patrick s Catholic Church

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1 Saint Patrick s Catholic Church 115 Maple Avenue, Victor NY Authentic faith, Welcoming and Engaging October 14-15, 2017: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time To Evangelize is the reason why we, the Church, exist. Evangelization in three simple steps: Step One: Befriend Jesus. Step Two: Befriend others. Step Three: Bring your friends to Jesus. We re glad you re here with us! We warmly welcome new members to our parish - the Kessel s: Lisa, Evan and Noah, the Summa s: Anthony and Maureen and the Kingsley s: Randolph & Debra. Thank you for joining our parish family. Your presence is a blessing to all of us. We nourish each other through life in communion and community. Forty-Hour Devotion with the Lord From 6 PM of Sunday, October 15 until Tuesday, October 17, 10 AM, we as a parish will celebrate the Year of the Eucharist with a special forty-hour adoration of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. All are invited to spend time with Jesus in prayer and adoration. Sign-up sheet is on the Welcome Table by the Alcove. Spend time with Jesus! Attention: Liturgical Ministers Starting on the weekend of October 28-29, we will be printing in the weekly bulletin the scheduled liturgical ministers for the upcoming week. We hope that this additional reminder will be of help to our liturgical ministers. Thank you for signing in in the Sacristy before Mass, and for checking for additional help. Parishioners who regularly attend a particular weekend Mass are invited to consider serving as liturgical ministers: altar server, lector, Communion minister, usher/greeter, and sacristan. Sign-up sheet is in the Sacristy. Thank You, Sister Mary Aquinas and Sister Mary Consolata, for taking the time to visit us this past weekend, and spend time with our children in faith formation and teens in youth program. Thank you for giving witness to the call & response to religious life. Happening This October All weekends of October: Census of Mass Attendance. We have done well in the past two years. Let us continue this positive trend. Be present at the weekend Mass. Invite a friend or family member with you , Sun-Tue - Forty Hours with the Lord. We celebrate our Diocesan Year of the Eucharist with Forty Hour Devotion, beginning at 6 PM on Sunday and ending at 10 AM on Tuesday. 22, Sun - Parish Annual Report. Come and join us after the 10:30 AM Sunday Mass in the Parish Center as we review July 2016-June 2017, by looking at parish status and figures. Feedback from Parents & Catechists on the first of our Enrichment Series very helpful & enriching good timing perhaps, evening times great idea, excellent presentations Continue to grow this for more people to experience... Topics to Explore in the Future Address scary & violent stories in the Bible Healthy, Catholic sexuality; Eucharistic Adoration; Holy Days Lives of Saints Young Adult Formation End of Life Series, and Bereavement Living the Faith as a Family Be holier today than yesterday. The only and truly sad thing in life is not to become a saint

2 Page 2 St. Patrick s Church, Victor, New York October 14-15, 2017 Liturgy & Sacramental Life HOLY MASSES FOR THE WEEK Saturday, October 14, Saint Callistus I 4:30pm - Doris Wolhaupter by Meg & Carlos Chaides Sunday, October 15, Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30am - Deceased members of the Johnson Family 10:30am - Mary Ann Arcarese by Dorothy and Jeff Helfer 5pm - Anne Marie Talty by Bernard Talty Monday, October 16, 2017-Saints Hedwig & Margaret Mary Alacoque 8:30am - Dorothy Dee by Mike & Mary Rogan Tuesday, October 17, Saint Ignatius of Antioch 8:30am - Louis Zacari by George Faris Wednesday, October 18, Saint Luke 8:30am - Father George Wiant & Family Thursday, October 19, 2017-Saints John de Brebeuf and Isaac Jogues 8:30am - Communion Service Friday, October 20, Saint Paul of the Cross 8:30am - St. Patrick s Parishioners Saturday, October 21, :30pm - James Cargnoni by Pat & Jim Barclay Sunday, October 22, Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30am - Rev. E. Joseph Esser by Eleanor Barry 10:30am - Barbara Milazzo Farrell by the Jacobs Family 5pm - George & Helen Jenicke by Family Traveling Chalices and Patens Starting this weekend, four households of the parish are each hosting a set of traveling chalice and paten. The first set is available to all weekend Masses. Sign-up sheet is on the Welcome Table by the Alcove. Pick up the set in the Sacristy after the Mass you attend. The second set is available to families in faith formation program. Sign-up sheet is with Kristen Leschhorn, and is also available to families during dismissal. Pick up the set after dismissal from faith formation. The third set is available to various parish ministries. Sign-up sheet is in the Parish Office. Pick up the set in the Parish Office. The fourth set is available to our youth and the RCIA candidates. Sign-up sheet will be in the Youth Ministry Office. Pick up the set either in the Youth Ministry Office or Parish Library. Included with the set are the Vocation Prayer, and detailed instructions about the program. All four sets of chalices and patens must be returned by Saturday morning, at the Parish Office porch. Prayer Intentions Please include any of these intentions at your daily 3 PM prayer: For those who have died: Betty Caulkins, Christina Owens & Louise Redington, For the success of our Parish Vocation Awareness Program, For a deepening of our appreciation for the gift of the Holy Eucharist, and an ongoing increase in participation at our weekend Masses, For our RCIA and Confirmation candidates, And for the intentions in our prayer jars. Let us be known by our praying for each other. Membership & Parish Life Stop by St. Patrick s Trunk at Victor s Tailgate Trick or Treat, Saturday, October 28, 11 AM-12:30 PM, Victor Municipal Park off Brace Road Very fun and safe trick or treating, and a Halloween Party in the lodge! Sunday, October 15 PARISH EVENTS THIS WEEK Morning - Coffee Hours - Parish Center 9:45am - Ageless Voices - Choir Room 11:45am - Faith Formation 5pm - GLOW - Parish Center 6pm - Start of Forty Hour Devotion - Church Monday, October 16 Forty Hour Devotion - Church / Alcove 10am - Senior Exercise - Parish Center 4:30pm - Faith Formation 5:45pm - Children s Choir - Choir Room 6:30pm - Faith Formation Board Meeting - Library 7pm - St. Patrick s Choir - Music Room Tuesday, October 17 until 10am - Forty Hour Devotion - Church / Alcove 6:30pm - Faith Formation Wednesday, October 18 Praying Together as a Parish Set your watch or smart phone to remind you to pray during this hour of grace, daily. Wherever we are, we can pray together and for one another. We pray at least one Hail, Mary for our parish family. 10am - Senior Exercise - Alcove 11am - Congregate Lunch - Library 7pm - Bereavement Support - Library 7pm - Liturgy Committee - Music Room

3 Page 3 St. Patrick s Church, Victor, New York October 14-15, 2017 Thursday, October 19 9:45am - Rosary OCHF - meet in alcove to car pool! 10am - Adult Faith Formation Enrichment - Alcove 6pm - Discovering Christ - Parish Center Saturday, October 21 10am - Bible Study - Library 5pm - Community Dinner - Presbyterian Church Sunday, October 22 Morning - Coffee Hours - Parish Center 10:30am - Children s Liturgy of the Word 11:30am - Annual Parish Meeting - Parish Center 11:45am - Faith Formation 1pm - GLOW Service Sunday 6pm - Teen Staff - Parish Center Ongoing Faith Formation GLOW (Go Light Our World) Our high school and junior high youth ministry has begun with a great turnout! Both groups meet on the first three Sunday's of the month starting with the 5 PM Mass and continues until 8 PM. Food is always provided! The 4th Sunday is Service Sunday, a chance for senior high students to serve and connect with members of the local community that have a need such as lawn work, cleanup, painting, etc. Please note: Junior high do not meet on the 4th Sunday of the month. For more info, please contact Anthony Klosterman at (585) Avail Yourself of Our Parish Subscription Visit Formed.org and create your free personal or household account using your personal username and password. To do this, please use the Parish Code: 3KRJJK (capital letter). Once you have created your personal account, you will have access to all resources - movies, e- books, program series, talks, etc. The Bible and the Sacraments is a beautifully filmed, eleven-lesson series that explores the sacraments of the Catholic Church, illuminating these masterworks of God in the new and everlasting covenant (CCC 1116). Certainly, this study looks at the basic teaching of the Church as to their meaning and origin. But it goes further. It investigates the deeper mystery of the sacraments as illuminated by Sacred Scripture. Examining the rich relationship between the Old and New Testaments, it reveals the sacraments as more than mere earthly rituals. They are incredible powers that come forth from the Body of Christ (CCC 1116). The goal of The Bible and the Sacraments is to understand where the sacraments come from, what they mean, and why they are so important and foundational to our Catholic Faith. Understanding and Encountering Persons with Same-Sex Attraction Have you ever struggled to understand and accompany your friends or family members with same-sex attraction? Come and hear Dr. Michael Horne, a nationally renowned speaker and clinical psychologist, explore the pastoral dimensions and demands of the Church s teaching and ministry regarding same-sex attraction. Discussion and refreshments follow the talk. See you at Saint Bernard s School of Theology and Ministry, 120 French Road, Rochester NY, on Wednesday, October 25, 7 PM. Cost is $25. Call (585) for more info. Social Ministry & Outreach Enrichment Series for Adults Small Group Discussion October 19, Thursday in the Alcove, 10 AM, We use Wild Goose: Discovering a Deeper Relationship with the Holy Spirit (Available for free through Formed.org) Call Sam Condo at Bible Study A video-guided Bible Study, on the Acts of the Apostles, being held from 10 AM until noon in the Parish Library. We will be meeting on these Saturdays: Oct. 21 and Nov. 4, 11, and 18. Call Anne Leitner at (585) for info. Needed: Coordinator for the Thanksgiving Dinner Our annual Thanksgiving Day Dinner might be in jeopardy! Rob and Ruby, who coordinated it last year, have moved out of the area. We need someone or a team of people to step up and take over this event. Our Faith Community has been providing a Thanksgiving Day Dinner for years, serving over 100 dinners each year. Please help us to continue this most worthy tradition by putting your culinary skills to work! You will be supported by many helping hands. For details please contact Joan Muto through jjap@frontiernet.net. October Community Dinner We are serving Sausage Stew on October 21 at the First Presbyterian Church. Please find printed menus and the signup sheet on the Welcome Table by the Alcove. We also accept donation of paper and hygiene products. Please mark and drop off donations in the Alcove. If any question, please contact Jean Acquilano at (585) Thank you.

4 Coats for Kids Thank you, St. Patrick s Parishioners, for supplying your laundered, used and new coats for families in need. Please deposit them in the bins in the Faith Formation Wing or Children s Alcove until November 11. The coats will be distributed by the Department of Social Services Staff to those in need. Often recipients have no coats and need to walk everywhere in the cold. All sizes are needed; children s coats and snow pants are especially welcomed! Stewardship Gift of Time Weekend Mass Attendance Oct 7-8: 4:30: 168, 8:30: :30: 255, 5:00: 154 Total: 791 (2016 Census: 856) Gift of Treasure Oct 7-8: $6, ( budget: $8,038) Building Fund Campaign As of October 10: $189,141 (Goal: $220,000) Number of donors: 295 To contribute, please write a check to Saint Patrick s Church, and on the memo line, Building Fund, or you may donate online by visiting our parish website: stpatricksvictor.org, and find at the middle of the homepage information about the Building Fund. Thank you for your support. First Responders at Weekend Mass Thanks to the following parishioners who volunteered to be first responders at our weekend Mass: Dan Weigert, Mark Weigert, Dave Moore, Lei Dalupang, George Heissenberger, Franz Aguila, Karen Chruscicki, Joe and Annette Limbeck, Monica Barry-Hamann, and Chrissy Flansburg. If you are regular attendee at a particular weekend Mass, and, currently CPR-AED trained, consider joining this roster of stewards. Call Kim at Honoring Those Who Serve in the Military We have a cork board at the vestibule in front of the church that we use to honor parishioners who serve in the military. It has been a while since we updated this board. If you know of a parishioner who currently serve in the military that you wish to be included on the board, please mail a photo with the name of the person to the Parish Office. We are looking for a parishioner or group of parishioners who could help update the board. Please let Kim know if you can help Thank you. Honor the Sunday obligation to worship God. Let Jesus nourish you with his Word, and his Holy Body and Precious Blood. Set aside for God the very best of your weekend time, and not just the leftover. Parish Office & Preschool Information Hours: Mon - Thurs: 8:30 AM-4 PM (lunch: 12:30-1 PM) Fri: 8:30 AM-12:30 PM Office Phone: (585) ; Office Fax: (585) Faith Formation & Preschool: (585) Parish Website: Follow regular updates through our website! St. Patrick s Church/Saint Patrick s Victor Youth Ministry Friend us on Facebook! Weekend Masses Saturday at 4:30 PM Sunday at 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM and 5:00 PM Weekday Masses Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday, 8:30 AM Communion Service, Thursday 8:30 AM Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 3:15-4:15 PM, Sunday 7:15-8:15 AM the hour before the Daily Masses, or call Father Edison to schedule a celebration. Our Parish Staff Father Edison Tayag, Pastor fr.edison.tayag@dor.org Deacon John Payne, Deacon john.payne@dor.org Lori Cunliffe lori.cunliffe@dor.org Coordinator of Faith Formation and Preschool Laura Gleeson laura.gleeson@dor.org Coordinator of Parish Visitation Team Anthony Klosterman anthony.klosterman@dor.org Youth and Young Adult Ministry Kristen Leschhorn kristen.leschhorn@dor.org Preschool/Faith Formation Secretary and Bookkeeper Maureen O Connor maureen.oconnor@dor.org Multi-Parish Finance Director Rich O Donnell richard.odonnell@dor.org Parish Bookkeeping Kim Reese kim.reese@dor.org Parish Secretary & Hospitality June Weltzer Frosino june.frosino@dor.org Director of Music Ministry Wayne Sweet wayne.sweet@dor.org Building Maintenance John Butler jmbutler35@gmail.com Cemetery Caretaker Benny Malijan Housekeeping You may also reach us by calling the Parish Office at or the Faith Formation Office at Acknowledging Your Offering Recognizing that many of our parishioners make your offering at Mass through electronic fund transfer (EFT), we would like to offer you an opportunity to participate in the liturgical action of making an offering at Mass. You may do so by using special tokens that has EFT Contributor on them. They are found in baskets at the entrances of the church. So if you are an EFT contributor, please remember to take a token, and place it in the collection basket during the Offertory. Thank you for being generous with your presence and gifts.

5 Let there be light Invited, Present and Prepared (Reflection on Matthew 22:1-14) The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. Here is another glimpse into the beautiful mind of God. In this parable, we learn that God, given to us in the image of the king, delights, as concretely shown in his attitude towards his son and the wedding banquet that he prepared for him. Living out our faith: Identify stories in the Scriptures that show God taking delight in His Son Jesus. He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come. Moreover, the delight of the king was not something that was kept only between him and his son. His delight he intended to share with his servants whom he had invited to the banquet, which now is ready. And so the guests were summoned but they chose not to come. Living out our faith: Go through your day and week. When and how do you to spend time with God? The king said to him, 'My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?' The invitation has its particular context that invitees need to be truly aware of and humbly acknowledge. The context of the invitation is the wedding. Therefore, the way they dress, the way they prepare should be guided by the reality of this wedding. Living out our faith: What good thoughts, words and actions did you have and do today (think of these as your non-fabric baptismal garment) that identify you as Christian Catholic? Continuing Our Reflection... In a new edition of his writings in Russian, Collected Works: Theology of the Liturgy, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI wrote its foreword. His words are powerful and to the point. They are observations on the behavior of people today, applicable even to the Gospel s invited guests who refused to come to the banquet, applicable even to us in Victor and Farmington, when we allow the voice of God get drowned out by the noise of the world, and when we allow spending time with Jesus at Mass gets the least priority among the things we do. Here are his words: In the consciousness of the people of today, the things of God and thus of the liturgy do not appear at all urgent. There is an urgency about every possible thing. But the matter of God does not seem to be urgent. And yet the priority of God whom we have forgotten holds true for everyone. If God is no longer important, the criteria for establishing what is important are displaced. Humans, in putting aside God, submit themselves to the constraints that make them the slave of material forces and thus at odds with their dignity. The words of the parable this Sunday and these words of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI do not come to us as coincidence; the better expression is God-incidence. Both Jesus and Benedict invite us to a serious and timely reflection about how we place importance on God and on other things in life. May the choice we made concerning God at Baptism, and may the same choice that we renew every so often keep us from being busy with unnecessary things. May God teach us, His Church, to engage and do only what is essential and good. - Father Edison