October 8, 2017 Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time ST. GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC CHURCH Stewardship Reflection on Readings IS 5: 1-7; PS 80: 9, 12-16, 19-20; PHIL 4: 6-9; MT 21: 33-43 One of St. Paul s favorite topics was prayer, and today s reading from his letter to the Philippians is no exception to that. He says, Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. For Paul all topics are appropriate for prayer because we need to share and consult with the Lord about everything. God knows what is on our minds already, of course, but He also desires that we make a conscious effort to communicate with Him on these subjects. In addition, Paul points out that our prayers need to be infused with thanksgiving. We should not just petition the Lord and make requests. It is equally important that we think about, identify, and acknowledge our blessings. We have often pointed out that stewardship is a life of gratitude, a way of living which encourages us to focus on gifts, not on problems and challenges all the time. If we strive to have grateful hearts, our prayers come much more easily, and we tend to be much happier and more upbeat in our lives. The noted author, philosopher, journalist, and theologian G. K. Chesterton is well known in Catholic circles because he converted to Catholicism during his life, and was an excellent conveyor of the faith. In terms of living grateful lives he said, I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. That includes thanks to God. Parish Office 8755 Scarborough Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80920 www.saintgabriel.net Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 am-5:00 pm Phone: (719) 528-8407 Fax: (719) 598-1696 Email: office@saintgabriel.net Pastor, Fr. K irk Slattery Deacon Andy Dunnam Deacon Mike McGrady Deacon Dave Geislinger Parish Clergy frkslattery@saintgabriel.net dcnadunnam@saintgabriel.net mmcgrady@saintgabriel.net dgeislinger@diocs.org Mass Schedule Weekend Saturday 5:00 pm; Sunday 8:30 am, 10:30 am, 12:30 pm (Spanish) & 4:30 pm Weekday Tuesday-Friday 12:15 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation Tuesday-Friday: 11:50 am-12:10 pm, Saturday: 2:30-3:30 pm, or by appointment. First Friday: 10am to noon. Eucharistic Adoration: Wednesday 10 am to 7 pm.
Children's Choir! It's time to get our little ones (grade 1-5) prepared to make a joyful noise! Children's Choir meets on Wednesdays, from 5:15-6:00, in St. Cecilia room. We'll be looking forward to a late Ordinary Time Mass, and Christmas Eve 4:00pm Mass. Contact Kathy Thomas at kthomas@saintgabriel.net for more information. Please sign up by Oct. 25. Middle and High-schoolers welcome to mentor the younger children. Invitation For All Vicky Kolman, who in her blindness has been sharing her gift of music with us, would like to extend an invitation to each of you for her consecration as a Virgin Living in the World, on October 17 at 6 pm at St. Mary s Cathedral. Please consider sharing in this joyous and rare occasion with Vicky as she answers the call to closely imitate the life of Christ. Senior Social Group All seniors are invited to join our group for fun and friendship. We meet for lunch on the second Tuesday of the month and usually have a game day on the fourth Tuesday where we play simple games (dominoes, cards, board games). Our lunch for October is Tuesday, October 10 at noon at Olive Garden, 7815 N. Academy (at Chapel Hills Mall). For more information call Sharon at 282-1912. Christmas Cards for Prisoners The Outreach Committee is participating in Prayer for Prisoners International annual Christmas card drive. The program ensures that those who are incarcerated are reminded of God s love and that others are praying for them during the holiday season. If you are interested in brightening the lives of these prisoners by participating in our card signing party, please stop by the table in the narthex after mass on Oct. 14th and 15th to learn more. Date Night Being a Perfectly Imperfect Couple! The St. Gabriel Date Night ministry team invites all married and engaged couples of all ages to our October 20th Date Night, beginning at 6:00pm with an American themed potluck dinner. Please bring an American dish or dessert to share. We will provide water and lemonade for drinks. This month, our newly assigned Deacon Dave Geislinger will be our guest speaker! His presentation will begin around 6:30pm, and we will finish by 8:00pm. Childcare will be provided, but because slots are limited, you must RSVP by Monday, 15 October with the number and ages of your children. For the children s safety, we cannot guarantee last minute walk-ins. Please e-mail Hector and Christine at hrccmc@yahoo.com if you would like to be added to the evite list. For questions or to RSVP outside of e-vite, please contact Joe and Lori at 494-1296. Calling all active duty, veterans and retired military (To respect privacy, I must hear from you or your family member to have a name appear on the list of military that will appear in the Nov 11th/12th bulletin.) The Outreach Committee would like to compile a list of our parishioners and their family members who are currently serving or who have served in the armed forces to be published in the bulletin for Military Appreciation Weekend, November 11th/12th. If you would like to see a name included on that list please send the parishioner's name or your (family member's name), their branch of service, and whether they are active duty, veterans or retired military to Donna Knutson. Her email is: dmknutson@comcast.net. Please send the name/s to me as soon as possible, the deadline to get a name on the list is October 22nd. Help Wanted Using the color of the season, our banners convey the rhythms of the liturgical year. But it requires someone to change them! Training is provided, using a simple pulley system. Could you help with this 10- minute task? If you d like to do your part, please contact Teresa Robinson at 388-8620, or jimrobin@aol.com. Thank you! Mercy s Gate Food Collection 1411 pounds was delivered to Mercy s Gate from this months food collection drive. And just like last month, some items were taken directly from our totes to the pantry were the food is distributed. So as always they said that they would be out of business without the support from St Gabriel. Thank you for your continued support of this program. All Saints Day and All Souls Day Mass Schedule October 31-5:30 PM Vigil Mass for All Saints' Day with Exposition following until 10:30 PM November 1. All Saints' Day Masses - 8:00 AM, 12 Noon, and 7 PM with Exposition throughout the day. November 2 (All Souls' Day) Exposition beginning at 8 AM and continuing until 8 PM with Mass at 5:30 PM. November 3-Exposition beginning at 8 AM and continuing until 7 PM with Mass at 5:30 PM. Words To Ponder "Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you." St. Thomas Aquinas St. Gabriel the Archangel 2 Colorado Springs, CO
Calendar This Weekend Sat-Sun Fair Trade coffee and chocolate for Sale after Masses. Upcoming Activities Mon, Oct 9 Mon, Oct 9 Mon, Oct 9 Tues, Oct 10 Tues, Oct 10 Tues, Oct 10 Wed, Oct 11 Wed, Oct 11 Wed, Oct 11 Thurs, Oct 12 Thurs, Oct 12 Thurs, Oct 12 Fri, Oct 13 Fri, Oct 13 Save The Date Oct 20 Oct 27 Apologetics Course 9-11am. The Great Timeline Bible Study 7-9pm. Return Class 7pm. The Great Timeline Bible Study 9:30-11:30am. Senior Social Group Meeting 12pm. Advent by Candlelight Planning Meeting 7pm. Eucharistic Adoration from 10am 7pm. Pray the rosary and Divine Mercy chaplet after the 12:15 Mass. Children s hour from 4-5 pm. Pray the rosary at 6:15 pm. Evening Prayer and Benediction starts at 6:40 pm. Knights of Columbus Meeting 7pm. Dante s Divine Comedy 7pm. The Book of Genesis Bible Study 1:30-3:30pm. Pastoral Council Meeting 6:30pm. Beloved 6pm. Reading/discussion group for Divine Mercy Prayer Cenacle in the Library after 12:15 Mass. Family Movie Night 6:30pm. Date Night 6pm. Walk with the Martyrs 5-9pm. Returning Gods Gifts Update We are almost there to meet our 2017 Goal. 2017 Parish Goal: $113,435 Total Intentions: $110,542.90 Total collected to date: $92,698.92 Percentage collected: 82% For every dollar donated past the parish goal the Diocese will give ½ back to the parish. Financial Blessings Received Fiscal Year July 2017 - June 2018 Total Offertory & Other Income Received: $85,974 Total Operating Expense: $106,153 October Faith Formation Schedule Sunday: October 8 & 15. Includes Gr 6-7 & Confirmation (2:30-4:00). Gr K-5 October 8 and Saturday October 14 (Kid Zone) 9am-1pm. RCIC: Sunday October 1,8,15,22,&29 (9:45-11:15). Mondays: Gr K-5 October 9 (4:30-6:00) and Saturday October 14 (Kid Zone) 9am-1pm. Mondays: Gr 6-7: October 9 (4:30-6:00) and Sunday October 15 (2:30-4:00). YSF: Sunday October 1,8,15,22,& 29 (9:45-11:15). Homeschool: October 29 12:45-2:15 YDisciples: Oct. 1- Life Chain 1:00-2:30 at the corner of Austin Bluffs and Academy; Oct. 5- Campus Ministry Meal- 4:00pm at Fr. Kyle s House; Oct. 15-5:45-7:15- Large Group; Oct. 21-Nursing Home Visit 1:30-4:30; Oct. 29-5:45-7:15 Large Group Coming Soon! A Special Event on FORMED Starting October 9th, watch The Bible and the Sacraments on FORMED! Each week, two new episodes of this powerful and enriching series from the St. Paul Center will be released for a limited time only.vpresented by popular speaker and author Matthew Leonard, the deep mysteries and truths of the sacraments come alive in a whole new way through exploring where the sacraments come from, what they mean, and why they are so important and foundational to our Catholic faith. St. Gabriel the Archangel 3 Colorado Springs, CO
2017 Public Square Rosary Crusade Please plan to join us to recite the Rosary in front of Corpus Christi Catholic Church (2318 N. Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO on October 14 at Noon. Please call Marge Knight at 719-634-6294 for more details. Vocations Ministry Bishop Sheridan will host a Luncheon on Thursday, October 19th for those interested in learning more about the ministry of promoting, supporting and affirming vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life in our Diocese. The event will be held at St. Mary s Cathedral, Lower Level, 22 E Kiowa, following the 12:10pm Mass. If you would like to attend the luncheon, please submit your name, address, email and phone to SerraCOSprings@dioCS.net or call 719-375-5486 by October 12th. Craft Fair and Bazaar St. Joseph s Church (1830 S. Corona Ave) will be having a craft fair on Oct 20 and 21 from 10am-5pm. There will be more than 50 craft vendors. Mark your calendars now. Book Signing The Sisters of Benet Hill Monastery announce the publishing of Three Nuns from the Ranch written by Sister Kathleen Cogan, OSB. A book signing at Benet Hill Monastery is Saturday, November 4, 2017 from 10 am -12 noon. RSVP is required to attend. Space is limited, so reserve your space early by emailing missionadv@benethillmonastery.org by Octob er 30, 2017. The book is available on amazonsmile.com or amazon.com or through Benet Gifts at the monastery. St. Gabriel the Archangel 4 Colorado Springs, CO
Respect Life The knowledge and realization of how deeply we are loved by God elicits a response of love that simultaneously draws us closer to God and at the same time impels us to share his love. Respect Life Happenings 40 Days For Life The month of October is Respect Life month. One of the activities planned for Respect Life is called 40 Days For Life. St. Gabriel parish will participate by displaying 40 crosses outside from 27 Sep through 5 Nov. You can participate through prayer, fasting, peaceful vigils and community outreach. Here s how to take part: Vigil Location; Stand and pray at the Centennial sidewalk near Planned Parenthood at 3480 Centennial Blvd. Vigil hours are 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Contact Angel McGrady at admcgrady@gmail.comm for more information. 2017 Bishop s Respect Life Dinner Tickets on sales NOW! Get your friends and family together and purchase a table of ten seats at the seventh annual Respect Life Dinner! A table of ten tickets costs $550 individual tickets are available for $60 each. This year the speaker will be Janet Morana, cofounder of Silent No More providing testimonies from those who have been victimized by abortion. The dinner is on October 27, 2017 at the International Center at the Broadmoor. Go to www.diocs.org and click on the link to purchase your tickets or call Mary Theresa at 719-866- 6460. St. Gabriel the Archangel 5 Colorado Springs, CO
Holy Apostles Preschool 40th Anniversary (New) Celebration Holy Apostles Preschool will be celebrating 40 years of excellence this year. The Happy Hour and Silent Auction will raise funds for the preschool on October 20th at 6pm in the Parish Hall. Admission is FREE and families are invited. If you have an item or service you want to donate, please call the preschool at 719-591-1566. Parish Information E-Mail List Keep abreast of all that is happening at St. Gabriel by signing up for the parish e-mail list. You can do this by going to the parish website at www.saintgabriel.net and clicking on Parish Info and selecting E-mail List Subscriptions and then filling out your e-mail address under Parish News. Feast Day Mass A Mass celebrating the feast day of St. Martin de Porres will be held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 3122 Poinsetta Dr, Colorado Springs on Saturday, Nov 4, 2017 at 5:00 PM. A free dinner sponsored by the Colorado Springs Council for Black Catholics (CSCBC) will be served after Mass. All are welcome. Contact CSCBC at: cscbc.be.seen@gmail.com. Adoration "In our self-centered culture and classic American emphasis on work, we often feel we have to accomplish something during our times of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. We rate our experience by how 'good' our prayer was, how heartfelt our devotion was, or how focused we could remain. Yet prayer and contemplation are fundamentally God's work, in which we are invited to participate. We need only to give Him the opening, and He will do the rest. By coming to adoration, we are handing Him the keys to our hearts, allowing the rays of His love and grace to bathe our souls in the light of His Presence, as the rays of the sun bathe our bodies in light. If we can take the time to pull away from the busyness and distractions of life and just sit at His feet, He will lead us." Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration Adoration - Wednesdays. Exposition at 10am. Divine Mercy Chaplet and Rosary immediately following 12:15pm Mass. Rosary at 6:15pm followed by Evening Prayer and Benediction. Make time in your schedule to sit and listen to God and open your hearts to His Words. St. Gabriel the Archangel 6 Colorado Springs, CO
Weekly faith topic Rosary Paul Turner The rosary is a prayer based on the repetition of the Lord s Prayer, the Hail Mary, and the Glory Be. During its recitation the believer reflects upon the birth, life, death, and glory of Jesus Christ and the role of Mary. A chain of beads resembling a garland of roses gave the rosary its name. The beads are not essential to the prayer, but they help count through 50 Hail Marys (five decades). The recitation of the traditional 15 decades permitted unlettered Christians to imitate more simply the monastic practice of reciting all 150 psalms in weekly prayer. In addition to meditation, the rosary leads to petition. It implores Mary s intercession in bringing our prayers to God. As she won the cooperation of Jesus at the wedding feast at Cana, so we ask her to bring our needs to the Holy One of God. The precise origins of the rosary are obscure, but it probably formed in imitation of meditative practices of Islam and after the Christian desire for prayer in a language more easily understood than the Latin of the Mass. Its popularity increased after the 15th century due to the zealous encouragement of the followers of St. Dominic, who believed our Lady had miraculously given the rosary to him. Because believers who attended Mass at that time had less to say, do, or see compared with today, the recitation of the rosary during Mass became a popular Catholic devotion much encouraged by religious educators. The popes of the church have continually cultivated the rosary as part of the faithful s private devotion and especially in family prayer. Many Catholics recite it privately or in groups before Mass. The liturgy for the dead calls for a vigil service of Scripture readings on the night before the funeral, but many parishes replace it with the rosary, even though the rubrics make no such provision. Catholics may observe some people praying the rosary during Mass. This was an honored custom for many centuries. Today we are encouraged to participate in the Mass and to pray the rosary apart from the Eucharist. Copyright 2012 Resource Publications, Inc., 160 E. Virginia St. #170, San Jose, CA 95112, (408) 286-8505. Bulletin Deadline Deadline for bulletin announcements is 10am Monday October 9 for the October 15 bulletin. Please send all announcements to office@saintgabriel.net. Readings for the Week of Oct 8 Monday: Jon 1:1--2:2, 11/Jon 2:3-5, 8/Lk 10:25-37 Tuesday: Jon 3:1-10/Ps 130:1b-4ab, 7-8/Lk 10:38-42 Wednesday: Jon 4:1-11/Ps 86:3-6, 9-10/Lk 11:1-4 Thursday: Mal 3:13-20b/Ps 1:1-4, 6/Lk 11:5-13 Friday: Jl 1:13-15; 2:1-2/Ps 9:2-3, 6, 8-9, 16/ Lk 11:15-26 Saturday: Jl 4:12-21/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12/Lk 11:27-28 Sunday: Is 25:6-10a/Ps 23:1-6/Phil 4:12-14, 19-20/ Mt 22:1-14 or 22:1-10 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Pray for Vocations Matthew Brend, Candidate Gordon Brenner, Candidate Mike Crocker, Candidate John (Jay) Doherty, Candidate Steve Prebeck, Candidate John Riley, Candidate Paul Ruff, Candidate Tithing Recipient The recipient of today s tithe is Marian House Client Services. They provide emergency assistance and casemanagement to individuals. Please pray for the people supported by this organization. Baptisms We welcome into our Faith Community, the newest members of God s Family: Jadriel Marquez Mendoza baptized October 7. Altar Flowers Altar Flowers this weekend are donated by Bill & Terri Kowalczyk in memory of Santiago & Francisca Juarez. Prayers If you have a request for needed prayers, strength, hope, courage or thanksgiving for yourself, family or friends, please email the Prayer Chain at ncbelanger54@gmail.com. Mass Intentions Sat Oct 7 5:00 pm pro populo Sun Oct 8 8:30 am for: Santiago & Francisca Juarez (+) Sun Oct 8 10:30 am for: Jane Collins & family (SI) Sun Oct 8 12:30 pm for: Jacob Martin Barr (+) Sun Oct 8 4:30 pm for: Catherine Corea (+) Mon Oct 9 12:15 pm NO MASS Tues Oct 10 12:15 pm NO MASS Wed Oct 11 12:15 pm NO MASS Thur Oct 12 12:15 pm NO MASS Fri Oct 13 12:15 pm NO MASS Sat Oct 14 5:00 pm for: Susan Faxon (+) Sun Oct 15 8:30 am for: Craig Schneider (+) Sun Oct 15 10:30 am pro populo Sun Oct 15 12:30 pm for: Fr. Henri Capdeville, OSB (SI) Sun Oct 15 4:30 pm for: Benita Wilson (SI Birthday) St. Gabriel the Archangel 7 Colorado Springs, CO