In This Update
**11:30 AM** Live Stream Mass Links - October 3
Children's Monthly Liturgy Resumes - October 3
Reminder: Flu Shot Clinic - October 1
Hurricane Ida Disaster Fund
October, Month of the Holy Rosary
Featured October Novenas: St. Teresa of Avila and Pope St. John Paul II
Now Hiring: St. Thomas Preschool Kindergarten Teacher's Aide
Past XLT Video Viewing
St. Thomas the Apostle Parish's Facebook Page
Parish Links
**11:30 AM** Live Stream Mass Links - October 3
Fr. Ken Wolfe celebrates 11:30 AM Sunday Mass for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Holy Eucharist will be distributed Sunday 4:00 - 4:30 PM in the Parish courtyard for those who 'attend' Mass technologically and wish to receive.
Children's Liturgy Resumes
On Sunday, October 3, the once-monthly St. Thomas Children's Liturgy resumes at the 9:30 AM Mass. This month, the liturgy returns sans choir but with our children serving in the roles of lectors, readers, etc.
Annual Flu Shot Clinic
A reminder...if you signed up to receive an over-65 Flu dose or intend to get your under-65 Flu shot at the parish (no sign up required), the date to do so is Friday, October 1 from 9:30 to 11:30 AM in the Parish Hall.
Remember to bring your Medicare card and/or proof of insurance.
Hurricane Ida Disaster Fund
Prayerfully consider supporting the USCCB Bishops Emergency Disaster Fund in a special collection, October 2 - 3, for the humanitarian and Church needs in the wake of Hurricane Ida.
At the end of August, Hurricane Ida made landfall on the Gulf Coast and continued inland, killing dozens, damaging churches, homes and businesses, leaving communities without power along the Gulf Coast, the Ohio Valley and the Northeast.
Donations will support the emergency responses of Catholic Charities USA and Catholic Relief Services, the official relief agencies of the U.S. Catholic Church, as well as the pastoral and reconstruction efforts of the United States Bishops.
There is a temporary Disaster Relief fund option set up on St. Thomas' online giving page (button below) or you may make a check out to St. Thomas the Apostle, noting "Hurricane Ida" in the memo line and drop it in the collection basket.
October, Month of the Holy Rosary
Two Bishop Robert Barron videos - Why Pray the Rosary and How to Pray the Rosary - reside on our parish web page (link below). October is a month dedicated to reignite this traditional Catholic devotion.
Featured October Novenas - St. Teresa of Avila + Pope St. John Paul II
Beginning Wednesday, October 6 through her Feast Day (October 15), pray the St. Teresa of Avila novena.
Invoke the great Carmelite mystic and reformer, a no-nonsense, saintly woman who fought against her own vanity and external opposition to follow Christ.
Beginning Wednesday, October 13 through his Feast Day (October 22) pray the Pope St. John Paul II novena.
He is patron saint of - among many others - young Catholics and families.
Now hiring: Preschool Kindergarten Teacher's Aide
The St. Thomas Preschool is looking to fill the position of Kindergarten Teacher's Aide beginning September 30.
View the job responsibilities and required education/experience requirements here. There you will also find a link to apply online.
Past XLT Video Viewing
Whenever you are unable to attend our once-monthly XLT worship services, you may view them any time on the newly created XLT Most Recent XLT Worship Service videos page of our parish website. Currently posted are June, July and September services.
Each month's most recent video will be posted the day following the actual worship date.
St. Thomas the Apostle Parish's Facebook Page
Social media isn't everyone's 'thing.' But - if you DO have a personal Facebook account - why WOULD you choose to like, follow or even view periodically our parish Facebook page?
What might you discover there? Well...
A minimum of 5 times weekly there is an image post proclaiming a one-line excerpt from one of that weekday's Mass first reading, gospel, responsorial psalm, alleluia verse or communion antiphon. Plus each Saturday there is a post containing the weekend's live stream Mass link. Other relevant periodic posts include news such as current Novena and/or parish event reminders.
