PARISH UPDATES
NEW MASS TIME
After voting which occurred last week at the 5:30pm Mass, our parish has decided to move the 5:30pm Mass time. Beginning on October 28th (TOMORROW!), our Saturday Vigil Mass will be at 4:30pm. Please spread the word and mark your calendars.
Trunk or Treat
Join us for our first annual Trunk or Treat and hot dog dinner on Saturday, October 28 after 4:30 Mass! All parishioners and BSU Students are invited to wear costumes, decorate your car, pass out candy to our children in the lower level parking lot.
We’ll provide hotdogs, chips, and apple cider for dinner. Last names A-J bring a side dish to share and last names K-Z bring a dessert to share.
Prizes will be awarded for Best Children’s Costume, Best Saint Costume, Best Trunk/Vehicle Decoration, Best Family Costumes, and Best Overall Costume.
All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day
All Saints' Day and All Souls Day will be occurring November 1st and November 2nd-- mark your calendars! We'll have several ways to attend these holy days.
All Saints' Day Mass Times:
- Tuesday, October 31st at 5:30pm
- Wednesday, November 1st at 12:15pm, 5:30pm, and 8pm
- Thursday, November 2nd at 9am, 12:15pm, and 8pm
- Tri-Parish Mass on November 2nd at 12:15pm at Elm Ridge Cemetery
Have a wonderful weekend!
Thoughts for the Weekend:
This Sunday's Gospel reading (Matthew 22:34-40) focuses on one of the most well-recognized commandments taught in the Bible:
When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,
they gathered together, and one of them,
a scholar of the law tested him by asking,
"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?"
He said to him,
"You shall love the Lord, your God,
with all your heart,
with all your soul,
and with all your mind.
This is the greatest and the first commandment.
The second is like it:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
But how far do you go to actually follow these commandments? How far do you go to love God? Your neighbor? How do you show it?