Through this emergency appeal, we ask for your donations towards the purchase of new, walk-in freezer and cooler units. We ask that you contribute via the Parish Share Program’s blue monthly envelopes or with plain envelopes marked “Freezer” or “Parish Share." Given that our parish has met its Diocesan goal for the fiscal year, we keep 100% of the Parish Share receipts through January.
Last week, we announced that the walk-in cooler and freezer in our school cafeteria had deteriorated in its 53 years of use since it was built in 1955, and has to be completely replaced with new reinforced floor, ceiling, walls, doors, and refrigeration components.
The rooms will be rebuilt during the Christmas break.
Besides school lunches, we use those rooms for the Harvest Home Dinner and the Lenten Fish Fries.
For additional details, please see our earlier announcement .
St. Vincent Mission in the Appalachian town of David, Kentucky, is counting on our Parish’s generous help to provide gifts for their Christmas store.
Gift tags are available on the altar and have been separated into baskets for men, women, and children. Most gifts are items of clothing, toys, and other such items, and they should be new. If purchasing toys, we recommend toys that don’t require batteries.
There is as much need for men’s and women’s clothing as there is for children’s.
Please note that the mission recommends leaving the store tag on the garment although you may remove the price if you choose to do so.
Your generosity will bring great joy to the families who shop at St. Vincent’s Christmas store.
Under the direction of Sr. Kathleen Weigand, St. Vincent Mission makes it possible for over 170 families there to shop for Christmas gifts. By using a simple token system, parents are able to choose Christmas gifts for each family member.
Please return your gifts with the tags by Sunday, November 30th. Thank you.
The Feast of Christ the King is a fitting end of the Church Liturgical Year. We are reminded of the Final Judgment when Jesus will reign in His Glory. His invitation to the just, in whose number we yearn to be, is most welcoming: “Come, you who are blessed by My Father. Inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”
Last week, we announced that the walk-in cooler and freezer in our school cafeteria had deteriorated in its 53 years of use since it was built in 1955, and has to be completely replaced with new reinforced floor, ceiling, walls, doors, and refrigeration components.
We must replace it as soon as possible, and will do so during the Christmas break.
The cost of the rooms is $57,550.
Besides school lunches, we use those rooms for the Harvest Home Dinner and the Lenten Fish Fries.
For details on ways to assist the Church and school, please see last week’s announcement .
Starting Sunday, November 16, tags are available near the altar for Christmas gifts to purchase for one of 170 families of St. Vincent Mission at David, Kentucky, where Sister Kathleen Weigand is director.
Next Sunday, November 23, please place your newly-purchased, unwrapped gift in one of the boxes in the Church.
Our parishioner have always been generous towards the mission.
Next Sunday is the last Sunday of the Church Liturgical Year is the Feast of Christ the King, which reminds us who live amidst the attractions of the worldly kingdom around us, that it is the Kingdom of God which is lasting.
Today’s liturgical observance of the Dedication of the St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome on November 9, 324, makes us aware not only of the mother church of all churches of Rome, but also the meaning of “home” that exists with people of each parish church in the world.
St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Rome, where the pope presides as Bishop of Rome. So, while many Catholics think of St. Peter’s Basilica as the pope’s venue for the Universal Church, it is St. John Lateran Basilica, in a sense, that is the pope’s home parish church. The Lateran Basilica is a reminder of the parish church in each locality throughout the world that serves as a spiritual home of the people who are “the Church.”
Beneath the high altar of St. John Lateran, there rests the remains of a small wooden table on which tradition holds that St. Peter himself celebrated Mass. This reminds us that Christ in the Eucharist is the very reason for our unity as we come together regularly to worship as God’s people in our own parish church. This is why we say “welcome home” to those who have been away for awhile, and why we greet each other as “brothers and sisters” in the Lord.
What: Buffet Dinner, Professional Gaming Tables, Raffles, Music & Spirits.
Where: The Ryan Center at St. Alphonsus School.
When: 7 – 11 p.m.
Why: All Proceeds Benefit the St. Alphonsus Building Fund.
How Much: tickets are $80 per couple and includes start up monies.
Contact: Suzanne Maffei at 724.625.9054 or Debbie Farrell at 724.687.0205 or see the flyer attached to bulletin for more information.
Please RSVP by November 6th.
