Congratulations to our teens and adults who were confirmed by Auxiliary Bishop (and Vicar General) Larry Sullivan on Wednesday, November 4th. May the Holy Spirit guide and direct them throughout their lives.

This weekend we will be concluding the GENERATION TO GENERATION fundraising campaign. At all the Masses, I will be guiding everyone in completing a pledge envelope, indicating that you have either already made a pledge or would still like to do so. Everyone will then bring their envelope to me (I’ll be standing at the steps of the Sanctuary) to place the envelope in the basket that I will be holding. The campaign has gone extremely well. We’re hoping that everyone will make a pledge to the campaign (large or small) which is payable over five years. Over $2,600,000.00 has now been pledged, and this weekend we can still add to that to strengthen our Parish and build a lasting endowment legacy for generations to come. I’m deeply grateful for the incredible generosity of our Parish community, and grateful to our dedicated volunteer team for their help with this important work.

The CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD (CLOW) will take place again tomorrow (Sunday, November 8th), at the 9:30 a.m. Mass. Children ages 5-12, will be dismissed from the Church after the Opening Prayer and escorted to the Doherty Center with their catechists, to hear the Sunday Scripture readings in “kid language” and focus on a nice, easy to understand reflection on the Scripture readings. They’ll return to the Church at Offertory time and will be called up to the altar for the Lord’s Prayer. We’d like to have CLOW more often than just the second Sunday of each month, so if you would like to help out with this wonderful and very important ministry, please call the Office.

The Parish Office will be CLOSED this Wednesday, November 11th, in honor of Veteran’s Day . There will not be a 6:45 a.m. Communion Service that day. Mass will be at 8 a.m. The Adoration Chapel will be open from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m.

BINGO takes place this Friday, November 13th in the Parish Center. Veterans with ID will receive a free sandwich and beverage!

Another Knights of Columbus sponsored FOOD DRIVE will take place on Sunday, November 15th, to help restock our Food Pantry.

Please sign up for our BLESSING CUP. Each week, one family or individual can take Fr. Hurley’s chalice home with them and pray for vocations (from the Booklet included with the chalice). Call the Office to sign up for your preferred week. The chalice needs to be returned to the Office by the Saturday that concludes your week of prayer. Every household should consider taking part in this ministry. The vocations that come forth from our prayers benefit us all.

Please remember that if police officers are not present to direct traffic after our weekend Masses, it might be best to consider (for safety’s sake) making a right turn out of the parking lot, heading north , even though that might take you a little bit out of your way.

SCAM EMAILS  and  SCAM TEXTS are going around again. Please never ever believe them . Some are supposedly from me, or from our Deacons, asking you to contact us, or to purchase gift cards for us to distribute to other people. Don’t be fooled. We would NEVER ask you to do this kind of thing, no matter “how busy” these messages say we might be. Just DELETE these scam requests and save yourself some major headaches  and financial losses.  

Our Rosary Group is praying a continuous SPIRITUAL BOUQUET   “for peace in the world” , so please continue praying Rosaries and  Hail Mary’s  and letting Tomi Gaudio know at  tomig@comcast.net  so she can keep count. As of this writing, over 598,325 Hail Mary’s have been prayed.

Please continue praying for peace, and for a permanent end to all wars. Pray, too, for the many people killed and suffering from these wars, and all those suffering from earthquakes, unjust aggression, wildfires, storms, flooding, mudslides, drought, violence, acts of terror, homelessness, unemployment, depression, anxiety, disasters, shootings, accidents, domestic violence, poverty, and extreme weather conditions.

Fr. Darrio