WELCOME TO OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION CHURCH Saints & Readings for the Week Sunday (4) 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Dt 6:2-6/Heb 7:23-28/ Mk 12:28-34. Monday (5) 31st Week in Ordinary Time. Phil 2:1-4/Lk 14:12-14. Tuesday (6) 31st Week in Ordinary Time. Phil 2:5-11/Lk 14:15-24. Wednesday (7) 31st Week in Ordinary Time. Phil 2:12-18/Lk 14:25-33. Thursday (8) 31st Week in Ordinary Time. Phil 3:3-8/Lk 15:1-10. Friday (9) Dedication of Rome s St John Lateran Basilica. Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12/1 Cor 3:9-11, 16-17/Jn 2:13-22. Saturday (10) Pope St Leo the Great (Ch Dr)/BVM. Phil 4:10-19/ Lk 16:9-15. Sunday (11) 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 17:10-16/Heb 9:24-28/Mk 12:38-44. Questions People Ask What do you think of praying for the most forgotten soul in purgatory? Rest assured that there is not even one forgotten soul in purgatory. Jesus, the merciful Savior, does not forget anybody in His eternal love. Nor does Mary, whose help at the hour of death is sought every time we recite the Hail Mary. Listen to the prayer at Mass when the Church ask God to remember all who have died in your mercy. People might forget but God s love never does. That is all that matters. SVdP Annual Appeal Today you will be hearing from St. Vincent de Paul Society members about their growing needs. The SVdP has been helping the poor residing in our Parish s boundaries for over 15 years. Each month, over 1400 people are helped with food and another 200 calls come in seeking rent, utility or other financial assistance. Your generous contributions help SVdP continue to reach out to those in need. Contributions of food, money and time are always welcome. Please call 481-6352 for more information on how you can help. Next weekend, November 10th and 11th, there will be a special collection for the SVdP Annual Appeal. Any gift will be greatly appreciated! Promoting Vocations Please join us in welcoming Fr. Francisco Hernandez and Sister Lisa on the weekend of November 17th and 18th. Fr. Hernandez will be celebrate some of the Masses that weekend and promote vocations. He will also be meeting with our Faith Formation students as well. Mass Requests Sat 11/3 5:30pm Mary Hunter Maffei Family Marcelle White Gilmour Family Sun 11/4 8:00am Jean Danna Friesen Family 9:30am Jerry Tupa Mary Fletcher Thomas Gibbs Dan & Stacy Gibbs 11:00am Lou & Agnes Harrison Thelma Harrison John Mongeau George & Rosemarie Hodsdon 7:30pm OLA Parishioners Fr. Kiernan Mon 11/5 8:00am Benito Reyes Ann Perez Tue 11/6 8:00am Muriel Lahey Mario & Nancy Affinito Wed 11/7 Thu 11/8 8:00am Mary Francis Sette Sette Family Fri 11/9 Sat 11/10 5:30pm Lizz Baca Baca Family Gilbert Schwarz Schwarz Family Sun 11/11 Veterans Day 9:30am Matt Mesplou Maffei Family 11:00am Mary Hickey Abbes Family 7:30pm OLA Parishioners Fr. Kiernan William Wagstaffe Wagstaffe Family ParishPay ipad Giveaway ParishPay has a special offer for our parishioners! Any parishioner who sets up a recurring donation with Parish- Pay between now and December 31st will have a chance to receive one of 50 ipad 3s. Or you may choose to have a $500.00 donation made to Catholic Charities USA in their name. Please contact ParishPay directly at (866) 727-4741 or www.parishpay.com. FINANCIAL SUPPORT Offertory Collection for Oct. 27 & 28, 2012: $12,702.58. Pastors often miss seeing money biblically as a discipleship issue rather than a financial issue. As one Pastor stated, Biblical teaching about money should focus on what we can do for you rather than what we can get from you. Parishes frequently associate a stewardship ministry with helping those who are hurting financially or have become overwhelmed with debt or charity. We should be seeking to help those people, absolutely, but that should not be the main focus of a stewardship ministry. We are all called to be stewards, and building a ministry around people in financial trouble could actually hurt the stewardship effort, since those doing well financially will assume they are exempt from learning to live as stewards.
The Wisdom of the Church As Flannery O'Connor observed in a letter to a non-believing friend, dated December 9, 1958: To have the Church be what you want it to be would require the continuous miraculous meddling of God in human affairs, whereas it is our dignity that we are allowed more or less to get on with those graces that come through faith and the sacraments and which work through our human nature. God has chosen to operate in this manner. We can't understand this but we can't reject it without rejecting life. The main reason we can't reject the Church without rejecting life is, again and always, the Eucharist. What distinguishes the Catholic Church utterly, finally, infinitely from any other church is that Christ left it as the repository of his Body and Blood - the Sacrament of Sacraments - pulsing, dynamic, eternal source of the power that created and rules over the universe, to nourish and connect us until the end of time. Without the Body and Blood of Christ - ground of all truth, justice, beauty, intelligence, knowledge, order, mystery - we wither and die. Without his ongoing, creative, ever-alive and eternal love for us - and ours for him - there is no order, no hope, no peace, no light, no life or possibility of life, no reason to go on. - Fr. Michael F. Kiernan PERT Club Our People Enjoying Retirement Together (PERT) Club will meet on Tuesday, November 13th beginning at 11:00am in St. John s Hall. We will have a short business meeting, stories, some humor, prayer intentions and a drawing for cash prizes. A Thanksgiving luncheon will be served at Noon featuring a 30lb turkey, dressing and gravy from Sam s Hof Brau. Please bring the dish you signed up for or another succulent side dish, your own place setting and a table decoration. BINGO will follow at 1:00pm. The luncheon costs $1.00 for members and $3.00 for guests. Please call Vivian (481-0569) or George (483-7194) with questions. Parish Clean-up Day The parish and school will be hosting a Parish Clean-up Day on Saturday, November 17th beginning at 9:00am. Please meet in front of the Parish Office to earn hours and beautify our campus. Restorative Justice Memorial for Victims of Crime Families and friends of all faiths who are victims of crime are invited to participate in a healing event on November 17th in the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. There will be a Restorative Justice Presentation and Dialogue at 2:00pm, a Wall of Pain at 4:30pm, Mass celebrated by Most Reverend Jaime Soto at 5:00pm and a reception following the Mass. The community may include their loved ones names for the memorial wall and remembrance. Ceili Dancers Benefit St. Anthony s Parish (660 Florin Rd.) invites you to its 10th Annual Ceili Dancers Benefit for the Catholic AIDs Ministry Services helping the needy in our area. The event takes place on November 11th from 3:00-5:00pm. The suggested donation is $15.00 for adults. Children are free. Please contact Fr. John Healy at 456-7561 or john.healy@dignityhealth.org for more info. 56th Annual Christmas Tree Lane The Loyola Guild of Jesuit High School is proud to present O Holy Night - its 56th Annual Christmas Tree Lane to benefit the school s scholarship fund. The event takes place from 5:00-9:30pm on November 26th and 8:00am - 3:00pm on the 27th at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Advanced purchase tickets are required for the holiday musical fashion show. For more information, please visit www.jesuithighschool.org/ctl. Holiday Boutique St. Clare s of Roseville hopes you will join them for a one day boutique on December 1st from 9:00am 5:00pm. There will be handcrafted items, food, and a bake sale. St. Clare s is located at 1950 Junction Blvd (at Baseline Rd.) in Roseville. The parish phone number is 772-4717 for additional information. Festival of Trees and Lights Last weekend, we heard from Valerie Chun regarding the Sixth Annual Festival of Trees and Lights taking place on December 1st and 2nd at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Decorated Christmas trees, handicrafts, food and live entertainment will be offered. This is a benefit event for the Cathedral Square Homeless Program. For more information and/or to volunteer, please contact Valerie at vwchun@gmail.com or 212-5355. Faith Formation News Our 8th Grade Faith Formation students will have a Bake Sale following the 9:30am and 11:00am Masses this weekend. All proceeds will go to benefit the St. Patrick's Home for Children. Please help support these Confirmation students as they learn the value of reaching out and helping others as part of their service project. The Rite of Enrollment for our 8th Grade Confirmation students will take place this Saturday at our 5:30pm Mass. We pray the Lord will seal them with His Holy Spirit as they move closer to Confirmation on May 1st at 6:00pm. The Rite of Enrollment for our 2nd Grade First Eucharist children will take place at our 9:30am Mass. The children are excited to come to the Lord's table for the first time on April 29th at 2:30pm. Pray that our Lord's gift of love and enthusiasm for the faith stays with them for a lifetime! The CFF collection to benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Food Locker will take place this weekend and next. If you would like to help make Thanksgiving special for someone in need, please drop all donations at the school on either date. Our students are decorating grocery bags on November 11th and will bag all items for distribution. If you have further questions, contact Kimberly at 488-4626. Thank you and God Bless! School News The 8th grade class invites you to hop on the Christmas Shopping bus to San Francisco! The bus will leave OLA at 8:00 a.m. on December 1st and drop you in the heart of San Francisco s shopping district. Shop, dine, sight-see or simply enjoy all the city has to offer before being picked up and returned to O.L.A. Seats are extremely limited so be sure to reserve your seat now. All proceeds benefit the 8th grade Washington DC trip. Please contact Gabriella at 916-803-6950 or email her at gabipeter29@sbcglobal.net for information or questions.
Adult Educational Opportunity "CATHOLICISM" Discover the full meaning of our faith. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Pope Benedict has declared October 2012 to November 2013 the Year of Faith. All adult Catholics are invited to discover the richness of our Catholic faith. We will offer Father Robert Barron s 10 part Catholicism series twice a week throughout the Fall and have listed the dates below. A question and answer session will directly follow the DVD showing. Please join us! All are welcome Wednesday evenings, 7pm, St. John s Hall Nov. 7, 14, 28 Dec. 5, 12 Jan. 9, 16 OR Thursday mornings, 8:30am, St. John s Hall Nov. 8, 15, 29 Dec. 6, 13 Jan. 10, 17