ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH NOVEMBER 1, … · 6th-12th Grades, Wednesdays, 7:00-8:15pm...

NOVEMBER 1, 2015——ALL SAINTS DAY

ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pastor: Fr . Cuthber t “Cuddy” O’Connell (cell: 228-493-9303)

Parochial Vicar: Fr . Dominic Vu Xuan Pham Retired: Fr . Pat O’Shaughnessy

Deacon: Ernest “Buddy” Vancour t

Director of Religious Education: Sr. Cecilia Nguyen, CCSS, 868-3774

[email protected]

Secretary: Becky Mullins, 863-1610

[email protected]

Bookkeeper: Beverly Leslie, 863-1610

[email protected]

Maintenance: Ben Dilorenzo, 596-3379

[email protected]

Music Director: Lauren Hymel, 865-3972 [email protected]

Youth Ministry:

Ray Lacy, 863-1610 [email protected]

Pastoral Council:

Matthew Powers, 323-3241 [email protected]

Reconciliation:

Sat., 4:15 – 4:45 pm (or call 863-1610 for an appointment.)

Eucharistic Adoration:

Every Friday from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm in the Chapel (upstairs in the Office Complex)

Baptism:

Usually held on the second Sunday of each month. Preparation workshop is required.

Marriage:

Call the office at least six months in advance of scheduled wedding date. Attendance at pre-marriage course is required. Wedding policy guidelines may be obtained from office or on website.

Community Center Rental:

Robert Phillips, 281-773-8328, [email protected]

Bulletin:

Michele Ponte, editor, [email protected],

Deadline ten days before publication.

Religious Education (SRE): Pre-School-5th Grades, Sundays 10:10-11:20am

6th-12th Grades, Wednesdays, 7:00-8:15pm (September-May)

720 East Beach Boulevard P. O. Box 1529

Long Beach, MS 39560 Phone: 228-863-1610; FAX: 228-868-6068

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.SaintThomasLB.org Office Hours: M-F, 9:00am-4:30pm

MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:00pm Sunday Masses: 7:30am, 9:00am, 11:30am

& 6:00pm Tues, Wed, & Thurs: 8:30am

Fri: 6:30am



FEW REMINDERS

Sat, Oct 31 & Sun, Nov 1….SVdP Society distr ibute Thanksgiving food bags

Sun, Nov 1….Daylight Savings Time ends Sun, Nov 1….Hospitality Sunday, after 7:30am & 9am

Masses Mon, Nov 2….6:30pm, All Souls Day Memor ial Mass

Mon, Nov 2….7pm, RCIA meet Tues, Nov 3….9:30am, SVdP Society meet

Tues, Nov 3….6pm, Amer ican Her itage Gir ls meet Thurs, Nov 5….Bir thday Breakfast, after morning

Mass Thurs, Nov 5….6pm, 2nd grade SRE parent meeting

in the church Thurs, Nov 5….7pm, Knights of Columbus meet

Fri, Nov 6….8am-7pm, Adoration in the chapel Fri, Nov 6….8am-5:30pm, Lifeline Screening in

community center Sat, Nov 7 & Sun, Nov 8….Religious Goods from

Good Shepherd Showcase after all Masses Sun, Nov 8….12:45pm, Chr istmas Pageant rehearsal

SUPPORT OUR YOUTH BUY SCRIP

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Wis 3:1-9; Ps 23:1-6; Rom 5:5-11 or 6:3-9; Jn 6:37-40, or any readings from no. 668 or from the Masses for the Dead, nos. 1011-1016 Tuesday: Rom 12:5-16b; Ps 131:1bcde-3; Lk 14:15-24 Wednesday: Rom 13:8-10; Ps 112:1b-2, 4-5, 9; Lk 14:25-33 Thursday: Rom 14:7-12; Ps 27:1bcde, 4, 13-14; Lk 15:1-10 Friday: Rom 15:14-21; Ps 98:1-4; Lk 16:1-8 Saturday: Rom 16:3-9, 16, 22-27; Ps 145:2-5, 10-11; Lk 16:9-15 Sunday: 1 Kgs 17:10-16; Ps 146:7-10; Heb 9:24-28;

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND 6:30PM

ALL SOULS MEMORIAL MASS Refreshments to follow

SCRIPTURE CORNER WE LONG TO SEE GOD’S FACE “Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.” This antiphon for today’s responsorial psalm offers the focus for today’s readings. As we on earth celebrate the triumph of all the saints—the ones official-ly canonized by the Church, and the countless others who have also reached heaven—we add nothing to their glory. But we give ourselves reason to hope. We too long to see the face of God and believe that we can one day be counted among those whose robes, as John tells us in the book of Revelation, are washed “white in the blood of the Lamb.” The passage from John’s First Letter offers further assurance: we are God’s children who will one day see God. But today’s Gospel pulls us past longing and reassurance into action. Jesus clearly tells us what we must do to be counted among the saints. We must be poor in spirit, hungry for holiness, merciful, single-hearted, and peacemakers! Then we too will see the face of God. ————Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

NOVEMBER HOSPITALITY SUNDAY Hospitality Sunday, November 1st, following the 7:30am and 9:00am Masses is being sponsored by School of Religious Education (SRE). Please join us for coffee, donuts and fellowship

ALL SAINTS DAY & ALL SOULS DAY All Saints is a Holy Day of Obligation. This year it falls on a Sunday, so Saturday will be the vigil Mass and Sunday will be regular Mass times.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FR. DOMINIC NOVEMBER 5

PRAY FOR SAFETY DURING HURRICANE SEASON


COUNCIL #4898

Upcoming events:

Thurs, Nov 5….7pm, meeting Sun, Nov 15….8-11am, Parish Breakfast

Thurs, Nov 19….7pm, meeting Thurs, Nov 19….Mass for Deceased Members

Sun, Nov 22….6pm, Corporate Mass Mon, Nov 23….6:30pm, Flag Retirement Ceremony

For more information on membership or any questions,

contact Jim Delinski, Grand Knight at 863-6643.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Nov 2-5….Kindergar ten, Prayer & Pledge

leaders Tues, Nov 3….Bank

Wed, Nov 4....School spir it shir t day Fri, Nov 6….6th grade leads Mass

Visit the website: svdpcatholicschool.org

228-222-6000

NATIONAL VOCATION AWARENESS WEEK National Vocation Awareness Week will be cele-brated in our country November 1-7, 2015. Please ask Our Lord for more dedicated, holy priests, deacons and consecrated men and women. May they be inspired by Jesus Christ, supported by our faith community, and re-spond generously to God’s gift of a vocation.

LIFE LINE SCREENING Stroke or Heart Disease: We can help you avoid the risk.

A Screening is coming to Your Neighborhood: Join the nearly 8 million people who have been screened. Appointments are limited, register today. Where: St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church When: Fr iday, November 6, 2015 Pre-registration is required. To register for your appointment and to receive a special $10 discount, please call 1-888-653-6450 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com/community-partners Package 1: Carotid Artery, Aneurysm and Heart Rhythm tests--4 Tests for only $139!! Package 2: Add an Osteoporosis Screening for only $10 more--5 Tests for only $149!! A $181 savings. Individual Tests: Carotid Artery/Plaque Screening: $70 Heart Rhythm Screening: $70 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening: $70 Peripheral Arterial Disease Screening: $60 Osteoporosis Risk Assessment: $60 For more information, call 1-888-653-6450.

The Good Shepherd Showcase ...will be open before and after all Masses next weekend,

November 7th & 8th. Please consider purchasing your gifts from us.

Proceeds are used to help the poor and needy in our community.

Great place for

gifts!

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL? IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!

For your tailgating supplies and football parties - please consider purchas-ing a gift card for your preferred retailer from St. Thomas! For athletic and sports wear, we offer Belk’s, Dillard's, Foot-locker, JC Penney, Kmart/Sears, Kohl’s, and Marshall’s, just to name a few. For

tailgating supplies including food or take-out, we offer Subway, Buffalo Wild Wings, Winn Dixie, Walmart and Target. Find a gift card that perfectly matches your sports fan style! Stop by and purchase a gift card from the Sup-port Our Youth Scrip Gift Card sales table in the east foy-er after mass or at the Parish Office during the week. Re-member, when you buy the gift cards from St Thomas, our proceeds go to youth programs that not only benefit our church but the whole community. Thank you for your continued support!

PASTORAL COUNCIL The Pastoral Council will meet on November 16th. If any parishioner would like to address the Pastoral Council with a suggestion or concern, please send a written re-quest to Pastoral Council, PO Box 1529, Long Beach, MS 39560. The request must be received by November 9th and must include a brief summary of the topic of discus-sion.

CHRISTMAS PAGEANT REHEARSAL Sundays, Nov 8 & 15 & 22 & Dec 6 & 13

12:45pm-2pm in church CHRISTMAS PAGEANT

Monday, December 14th, drop off 5:45pm


TEAM NICAUD-JOHNSON

EVENTS

Sat, Nov 7, 7:30am, Golf Tournament Sat, Nov 7, 11:30am, Holiday Tea Party Extravaganza, at SVdP School

Thurs, Nov 12, 5:30pm, Chr istmas Paint Par ty, at church community center

Sat, Nov 21, 6pm, Adults Bunco Night at Espy Center Thurs, Dec. 31, 8pm, New Year’s Eve par ty, St. Thom-

as community center

Contact Jennifer Glenn at 860-4000 or Heather LaVergne at 343-6533

[email protected] & follow us on Facebook!

MEN’S NIGHT OUT

ALL MEN INVITED

HOSTED BY:

WILD HOG SOCIETY

SAT, NOV. 14TH

Following the 5pm Mass, at the church pavilion.

All 21 year old and older men are invited for fellowship and games. Bring your own chairs & drinks & dinner.

Grill will be available. 3 teams will square off in a pig roast competition that will

be served during the parish breakfast hosted by the Knights of Columbus, on Sunday November 15th.

These will be complimentary plates. Best taste and presentation will be awarded at 7am on Sunday, Novem-

ber the 15th. Plan on stopping by on the 14th, or stay all night or stop

by on the 15th! Contact: Ray Lacy 863-1610 with any questions!

CARNIVAL ASSOCIATION OF LONG BEACH General Membership Meeting November 10, 2015 - 6:30 pm

St. Thomas Church - 2nd Floor RCIA Room

Agenda will include:

Endowment Fund Discussion


November Calendar

During our Life Nights for 9th – 12th graders, teens will participate in goofy, fun games or skits relating to the weekly theme, listen to powerful sharings by adult leaders, share in small groups and leave with a weekly challenge. We meet in the youth room upstairs right after the 6 p.m. Life Teen Mass and end with a meal in the community center. November 1st – “Be ONE” – This night will explore the Feast of All Saints Day and we will look at the lives of the heroes gone before us. November 8th -“So Much More…” The goal for this night is to understand Jesus’ teaching regarding wealth and mate-rialism. This night will also help the teens guard against attitudes of materialism in their own lives. November 15th – Packing Food Bags for the SVDP Society. November 22nd – “Alive” The goal of Alive is to explore why we were created. It discusses how we were created from love and for love, and that we are created to love. The Life Night challenges teenagers to be satisfied in God’s love and live extraordinary lives. November 29th – NO LIFE NIGHT – THANKSGIVING BREAK November Calendar During our Edge nights for 6th – 8th graders, teens will participate in goofy, fun games or skits relating to the weekly theme, listen to powerful sharings by adult leaders, share in small groups and leave with a weekly challenge. We meet on the balcony upstairs right after the 6 p.m. Life Teen Mass and end with a meal in the community center. November 1st – “Made For More” The goal of this Life Night is to look at how society views the worth and value of each person compared to how God determines our worth. The youth will understand that their dignity and worth comes from being created in God’s image and that He calls us to into relationship with Himself. November 8th – “For the Love of God” – The goal of this night is to invite youth into a deeper relationship with God and community, recognizing the many gifts in their lives and the universal call to share those gifts with those in need, in particular through the Corporal Works of Mercy. We are going to do a clothing drive this night. We ask that each teen bring an item of clothing to donate (gently used, clean out those closets)! November 15th – Packing Food Bags for SVDP November 22nd – “Hunger Games” – The goal of this night is to broaden the youths’ perspective on the world, particu-larly by looking at poverty around the globe. This reality of poverty will be extended to the idea that the deepest hunger in the world is the hunger for God. We will be making “Blessing Bags” to give those living on the streets. Please bring donations in to help us make these bags (Ziploc bags, cereal bars, mint gum, toothbrushes, travel toothpaste, travel wet wipes, washcloths, soap, combs) November 29th – NO EDGE-THANKSGIVING BREAK Ray Lacy, 863-1610, [email protected]

SCHOOL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

PreK-5th (RCIC) Grade Calendar (2015-2016) Classes meet on Sundays from 10:10 – 11:20am

Nov 1…………. SRE Class ***Nov. 5….…. Meeting with 2nd grade parents at 6:00pm

(church) Nov 8……….... SRE Class– Safe Environment

Nov 15………...SRE Class Nov 22………...SRE Class

Nov 29……..NO SRE Class/Thanksgiving Holidays

6th-12th (RCIT) Grade Calendar (2015-2016) Classes meet on Wednesdays from 7:00 – 8:15pm

Nov 4………… SRE Class Nov 11………...SRE Class – Safe Environment

***Nov 12…….11th Grade Parent Meeting at 7:00 pm (SRE Build.)

***Nov 14……...9th and 10th Grade “Day of Prayer” (9:00 am to 12:00 Noon-SRE building/church)

Nov 18……….. SRE Class Nov 25….. NO SRE CLASS / Thanksgiving Holidays

SRE "SAFE ENVIRONMENT" CLASS The Diocese of Biloxi is committed to providing a safe environment to all children entrusted to our care and assisting each child to grow in grace and wisdom. Please note that the classroom component of this diocesan program will be offered for lower grades on Sunday, No-vember 8 and for higher grades on Wednesday, Novem-ber 11. The children/teens will be separated into boy groups and girl groups and the lessons will be taught for 30 minutes during SRE class time. The Diocese of Biloxi began this program several years ago in an effort to raise awareness among children and parents about the signs of various forms of abuse. The diocesan policy concerning the abuse of minors can be found on the diocesan website: www.biloxidiocese.org. Questions… please call or email Sr. Cecilia.


MASS INTENTIONS Mon, 11/2 6:30pm Faithfully Departed, since November 2014 Tues, 11/3 8:30am Ruby Nahlen Wed, 11/4 8:30am Rita Schnebelen Thurs, 11/5 8:30am +Fred Hirschbeck +Joyce Hackett +Frances Compretta Sotak Fri, 11/6 6:30am All Souls Sat, 11/7 5:00pm +A.D. & +Marge Taylor +Clay Bishop +Mae Koenenn Sun, 11/8 7:30am +Lois Weems 9:00am St. Thomas Parish Family 11:30am All Souls 6:00pm All Souls

PETITIONS OF PRAYER Bethany Jones, Bill Monson, Bobby Devilbiss, Cathy Guiffria Ayala, Chris B, Cindy Bolton, Deborah Alford, DeeDee McCaffrey, Dominick Fimiano Sr, Effie Violanti, Emily, Ernie Ladner, Ford Family, Frances Weissinger, Frank Violanti, Joann Parker, Joyce Delin-ski, Kelly, Kevin Hamilton, Mackenzie Rolison, Mary Adams, Raymond Bentz, Richard Daley, Roland Samson, Sr. Julia Marie Burke, RSM, and all others in our parish and community in need of healing, physical or spiritual.

RECURRING AROUND THE PARISH… Lighthouse Catholic Media Stand…East foyer St Vincent de Paul Society….9:30am-12:30pm,

Mon & Thurs, open to help Adoration in the Chapel….8:00am-7:00pm, Fridays Youth Gift Cards (Scrip) sales…after all Masses &

during office hours, 9am-4:30pm weekdays Knights of Columbus, Council #4898….6:30pm,

every first & third Thursday of the month St. Joseph’s Helping Hands….Work day is every fir st Saturday of the month; meeting is every fourth Thursday

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ANNUAL COOKING CLASS “Vietnamese EGG-ROLLS” WITH CHEF SR. CECILIA on Tuesday, November 10th, at 6:00pm in the Community Center-Kitchen to assist families in need. Suggested donation is $25 per participant and includes taste of egg-rolls and drinks. All the proceeds will go to the SVdP Society to as-sist families in need in our local communi-ty. Please RSVP by November 8 with Misty: (228) 806-0942 or [email protected].

LAST WEEK’S OFFERINGS TOTALS Thank you for your generosity!!

Envelopes, $10,097.00; Loose money, $1,050.00 Children’s pickle jar, $87.50 Electronic Giving, $1,518.00

GONE HOME TO GOD

†Lenward Weaver (Brenda Boney’s brother-in-law)

CALLING ALL VETERANS If you are a Veteran and would like to ride in an antique military vehicle for the Long Beach Veteran’s

Day Parade on Sunday, Nov 8th, please contact Lenny Krapcha at 547-8555 or George Casey at 363-2621.

PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS: Please be advised that we will pray the PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS at every daily and weekend Mass immediately after the Prayer of the Faithful (General Intercessions). The vo-cation prayer card is inside (left side) of the mis-salettes in the pews.

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