THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH OF SAINT THOMAS of CANTERBURY SAINT JOSEPH OCTOBER 29, 2017 THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ALL SAINTS DAY

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH OF SAINT THOMAS of CANTERBURY SAINT JOSEPH OCTOBER 29, 2017 THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ALL SAINTS DAY

November 1 SAINT THOMAS CHURCH 340 Hudson Street Cornwall on Hudson, NY 12520 MASS SCHEDULE Sunday Masses Saturday Evening (Sunday Vigil): 5:30PM Sunday: 7:30AM, 9:00AM, 11:00AM Weekday Monday Saturday: 8:30AM Holy Days of Obligation As announced Confession Saturday: 4:00PM 5:15PM (or by appointment) Miraculous Medal Novena Monday after the 8:30AM Mass Rosary Monday Saturday after the 8:30AM Mass SAINT JOSEPH S CHURCH 4 Saint Joseph s Place New Windsor, NY 12553 MASS SCHEDULE Sunday Masses Saturday Evening (Sunday Vigil): 4:00PM Sunday: 12:30PM Monday: 6:30PM Mass; Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction 5:30PM Holy Days of Obligation As announced Confession Monday: 6:00PM Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction Monday: 5:30PM PASTORAL STAFF Pastor Rev. Rees Doughty Parochial Vicar Rev. Benjamin Benneh Weekend Assistants Rev. Robert Phelps RECTORY OFFICE Monday - Friday, 9AM to 4PM Administrative Assistants: Kathy Kissel & Melissa Nosenchuck Telephone: 845-534-2547 Fax: 845-534-1357 email: office@stt- stj.com Web: ststhomasjoseph.com RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Faith Formation Coordinator Annmarie O Connor Deacons Leonard Farmer Anthony Ferraiuolo Joseph Lieby John Pelella RCIA Coordinator Mary Ellen Tiernan Administrative Assistant: 845-661-8586 Terry Sue Volpe metiernan@comcast.net Telephone: 845-534-9393 email: RelEd@stt-stj.com Please visit the parish website for office hours. NOVEMBER: MONTH OF THE HOLY SOULS SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER: FEAST OF SAINTS SIMON & JUDE 8 :30AM (Saint Thomas): Ellen Cameron by the Encke Family 4:00PM (Sunday Vigil: Saint Joseph): Edward Hassdenteufel, r.i.p. by Shirley Hassdenteufel 5:30PM (Sunday Vigil: Saint Thomas): Maurice & Kathleen Gleeson, r.i.p., by Kathleen & Rose SUNDAY 29 OCTOBER: THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30AM (Saint Thomas): pro populo 9:00AM (Saint Thomas): Gregorio Ona by Linda Malabanan 11:00AM (Saint Thomas): Berty Gray by Catherine Conroy 12:30PM (Saint Joseph): Rosario del Rosario by the Family MONDAY 30 OCTOBER: FERIA 8:30AM (Saint Thomas): Rose Ford, r.i.p., by CDA, Court Rita #264 6:30PM (Saint Joseph): Monsignor Charles Kelly, r.i.p., by the Schwarzler Family TUESDAY 31 OCTOBER: FERIA 8:30AM (Saint Thomas): Rosemary Butschere, r.i.p., by the Kiernans WEDNESDAY 1 NOVEMBER: SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS NOTE HOLY DAY SCHEDULE 8:30AM (Saint Thomas): Celebrant s Intention 12:00Noon (Saint Joseph): Celebrant s Intention 6:30PM (Saint Thomas): Celebrant s Intention THURSDAY 2 NOVEMBER: COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED 8:30AM (Saint Thomas): All Souls Novena FRIDAY 3 NOVEMBER: MEMORIAL OF SAINT MARTIN de PORRES 8:30AM (Saint Thomas): All Soul s Novena SATURDAY 4 NOVEMBER: MEMORIAL OF SAINT CHARLES BORROMEO 8:30AM (Saint Thomas): Ceasar Lombardi by the Staudle Girls 4:00PM (Sunday Vigil: Saint Joseph): All Souls Novena 5:30PM (Sunday Vigil: Saint Thomas): Harold & Ann McKenna by Bill & Mary McKenna SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER: THIRTY FIRST-SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS 7:30AM (Saint Thomas): pro populo 9:00AM (Saint Thomas): All Soul s Novena 11:00AM (Saint Thomas): John Pelella, Sr., r.i.p., by John & Margaret Pelella 12:30PM (Saint Joseph): Maurice Downey, r.i.p., by Julia Downey r.i.p. (requiescat in pace: rest in peace) a.i.d. (ad intentionem donoris: for the intention of the donor) pro sal. (pro salutem: for health) pro populo (for the people) LAST WEEK S OFFERING: Regular Collection: $9,216.21 Pantry: $64.83 Bingo: $794.00 Mission Sunday: $2,550.13 NEXT WEEK S SECOND COLLECTION: Capital Projects Remember: Turn your clocks back an hour next weekend! BLANKET DRIVE for the Newburgh Ministry November 1 st to November 20 th. The Junior Catholic Daughters of the Americas and the STAR Youth Group are having a Blanket Drive for the Newburgh Ministry to help those in need. New and lightly used blankets will be accepted. Please drop your donations off in the bins at St. Thomas and St Joseph s Churches. Thank you for your donation. "ADOPT A COAT" Last year with your help, our Knights of Columbus council was able to distribute 48 new winter coats to local children in need as part of our Coats for Kids initiative. This year we have increased the order to 5 dozen. If you are interested in adopting a new winter coat for local distribution, please send a check in the amount of $18.00 made payable to "Knights of Columbus Council 7460" & Coats for Kids in the memo. Through our Coats for Kids program, 1,780 Knights of Columbus councils distributed 87,906 coats to children in need throughout the United States and Canada in 2016. Since the program began in 2009, nearly 400,000 coats have been distributed. We thank you in advance for your generosity and willingness to help those in need. STAR YOUTH GROUP (SAINT THOMAS SAINT JOSEPH ACTIVE RELIGIOUS) For more information or if you are interested in joining our group, please contact Noelle Molloy at 845-988-1165 or nojo1201@hvc.rr.com. BLOOD DRIVE November 19 th * 8AM 2PM St. Thomas school gym. No appointments necessary. ALL SAINTS DAY MASS SCHEDULE (Holy Day of Obligation) 8:30AM Saint Thomas 12:00 Noon Saint Joseph 6:30PM Saint Thomas ALL SOULS ENVELOPES A Novena (9) of Masses will be said for our departed throughout the month of November. Envelopes for these intentions are in your offertory envelopes or may be found in the church entrances. These may be placed in any of the collections or brought to the Parish Office. Masses for your intentions will be sent to priests serving in the missions as well. RESPECT LIFE The right to life is the first among human rights. To abort a child is to kill someone who cannot defend themselves. Pope Francis

ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 7 TH 12 MONTHS OF CHRISTMAS DRAWING October s Prize: Evolution by Waterford Fall inspired red & amber bowl. MSRP: $265.00 CHRISTMAS CARDS If you have any old Christmas cards (or samples you received in the mail!) that can be used as tags for our Catholic Charities giving tree in December, please drop them off at the parish office. Thank you! "Merciful Lord, turn toward us and listen to our prayer: open the gates of paradise to your servant and help us who remain to comfort one another with assurances of faith until we all meet in Christ and are with you and our brother/sister forever". So yes, Halloween precedes for us the month that we are reminded in a very particular way to think about those who have died. We should pray for those who need our prayers to be able to see God face to face... Heaven... and pray for the intercession of those already who have attained paradise. Surely, they are powerful intercessors for each of us. Happy Halloween... Happy Month of the Holy Souls!!! ALL HALLOWS EVE by Deacon John On Tuesday evening, we will celebrate Halloween, an evening of costumes, candy, decorations and trick or treating for the young and for the young at heart. A tradition that we all remember as children and as parents and grandparents. What we sometimes fail to remember is the OTHER term used to describe Halloween All Hallows Eve that is the evening BEFORE All Saints Day Those who are "hallowed" and the celebration of All Saints Day, which ushers in the month of November, which the Church refers to as the Month of the Holy Souls. All Saints Day is celebrated on November 1 st which is a Holy Day of Obligation which is followed by November 2 nd, which is All Souls Day. Why, some might ask, does the Church devote a WHOLE month to the Faithful Departed? Our Liturgical prayer, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, at every celebration remembers the Holy Souls... those gone before us marked with the sign of Faith. In the First Eucharistic Prayer we pray... "Remember your servants who have gone before us with the sign of Faith and rest in the sleep of peace. Grant them, O Lord, we pray and all who sleep in Christ, a place of refreshment, light and peace." The Church at every Mass she prays remembers the dead. And when we think about it... don't we remember our family members who have died and were, and still are, a very important part of our lives? At the end of the Funeral liturgy, in the prayer of Commendation we pray CDA, COURT RITA #264 EVENTS ANNUAL TRICKY TRAY

Next Saturday, November 4 th Saint Thomas school school gym. Doors open at 5:30PM. Event begins at 7:30PM. $5.00 at the door (includes 50 free Tricky Tray tickets) Children under 10 are free (all children must be accompanied by an adult) GREAT BASKETS * DOOR PRIZES * 50/50 RAFFLE (K of C #7460 Café - Full Dinner Menu Come Hungry!) TRAVELING MARY Parishioners (individuals or families) are invited to host the Traveling Mary statue in their homes. An opportunity to welcome the Blessed Mother into your household and set aside some time each day to pray the Rosary of offer some other devotion. If interested you are interested, please contact Pat Evans at 845-496-4826.