Hi there everyone! Here is our Flocknote for this week.
1) All Saints' Day: Tuesday, Nov. 1st is All Saints' Day & a Holy Day w/ obligation. We will have Masses @ 8:30 am & 7:00 pm.
2) All Souls' Day: Wednesday, Nov. 2nd is the Memorial of All Souls. We will have a Mass @ 7 pm that evening in which we will remember & pray for all who have died, especially those who've died in the past year. Please join us. (NOTE that there will NOT be an 8:30 am Mass that Wednesday).
3) Thanksgiving Day Mass: Starting this year, we will be having a joint Thanksgiving Day Mass for both St. Pat's & St. Vincent de Paul. Fr. Clyde is out of town the week of Thanksgiving, so I will be the only one around to celebrate Mass. We will rotate which parish hosts the Mass...this year the Mass will be @ St. Pat's @ 9:00 am.
4) Priesthood Sunday: This weekend in our Diocese, we celebrate Priesthood Sunday. I am grateful & blessed to be with you as your Pastor. I pray each day that I may continue to grow in my love for God & my love for you. Please pray for me, that I may truly be open to the Holy Spirit & lead you closer to Christ.
You'll also find in your bulletins this weekend a poster of our seminarians. Pray for them! I need & we need their help!
Here's a prayer that we might pray for all our Priests:
Gracious and loving God, we thank you for the gift of our priests.
Through them, we experience your presence in the sacraments.Help our priests to be strong in their vocation.
Set their souls on fire with love for your people.Grant them the wisdom, understanding, and strength they need to follow in the footsteps of Jesus.
Inspire them with the vision of your Kingdom.Give them the words they need to spread the Gospel.
Allow them to experience joy in their ministry.Help them to become instruments of your divine grace.We ask this through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns as our Eternal Priest.Amen.
Have a Blessed week!
Fr. John