The Roman Catholic Parishes of

St. Ann, Lenox, MA

and

St. Patrick, West Stockbridge, MA

Rita Mackey

Eleanor Mahan

Alice McNally

Matthew Merritt

David Murphy

George “Bud” O’Brien

Bernard Ocampo

James Reidy

Charles Rennie Jr.

Nancy Roux

Gerald Stomski

John Stringer

Linda Stringer

Barbara Tanner

Laura Valenti

Joan Wellington

Vincentine Zamfino

Alice Adams

Leonard Anderson

Clara Andognini

Harriet Barry

Bernadine Bernbeck

Sheila Carey

Perina Carlino

George Champoux

Robert Connor

Edward Daley

Josephine Dellea

Phyllis Doerle

Joan Fielding

Theresa McKeever Forget

Clara Gennari

Ken Hamberg

Alma Rose Howard

Edward Kennedy. Jr.

ST. ANN CHURCH, LENOX

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday Oct. 31 4:00 p.m. Maureen Cunningham, req. by her sisters

Sunday Nov. 1 9:45 a.m. Clara Gennari, req. by Nora O’Brien

11:15 a.m. Mass of Remembrance Monday Nov. 2 7:00 a.m. Deceased Bishops and Priests of our Diocese

Tuesday Nov. 3 7:00 a.m. Deceased Members of Meals on Wheels, req. by their driver Wednesday Nov. 4 7:00 a.m. Trinity Raifstanger, req. by a friend

Thursday Nov. 5 7:00 a.m. Communion Service with Deacon George Keator

Friday Nov. 6 7:00 a.m. Shindy Weigand, req. by her husband, William

Saturday Nov. 7 4:00 p.m. Dottie Howie, req. by her husband Doug and family

5:30 p.m. St. Vincent de Paul— Susie DiGrigoli

Sunday Nov. 8 8:00 a.m. St. Patrick Church — Paul Gerdin

9:45 a.m. Alice Spinney, req. by her daughters

11:15 a.m. Dr. Peter Albano, req. by Margaret Menatti

Please pray for the sick.

ST. ANN STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE

Collection Summary for Week 17

COLLECTION ON OCTOBER 25 2015

WEEKEND COLLECTION : $ 3,447.00

AMOUNT NEEDED EACH WEEKEND: $ 5,300.00

THANK YOU! WE DEPEND ON YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT

Weekly Envelopes:

This Weekend: Regular Weekly/All Souls/All Saints/

Monthly Grounds

Next Weekend: Regular Weekly/St. Ann Cemetery Fund

OUR SANCTUARY CANDLE BURNS FOR

DR. PETER ALBANO

RRELIGIOUSELIGIOUS EEDUCATIONDUCATION SSCHEDULECHEDULE

Kindergarten: Sunday, Nov. 1, 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. in the

Family Center. Next class is Dec. 6th.

Grade 1: Sunday, Nov. 1, 9:45 to 10:30 a.m.in the

Family Center. Next class: Nov. 8th.

Grade 2: Sunday Nov. 1, 8:30-9:45 a.m. in the Family

Center. Next class: Nov. 8.

Grades 3 & 4: Sunday Nov. 1, 8:30-9:45 a.m. in the

Family Center. Next class: Nov. 8.

Grades 5-8: Sun Nov. 1, 6-7:30 p.m. in the Family

Center. Next class: Nov. 8.

Grades 9 & 10: Sunday, Nov. 1, in the Family Center, 6

to 7:30 p.m. Next class is Dec. 6th.

ST. ANN’S MUSIC CORNER

This week’s Hymn: “Be Not Afraid” SA-439

Sun. 9:45 a.m. – St. Ann Youth Choir

Sun. 11:15 a.m. – St. Ann Ensemble

St. Ann Youth Choir rehearsals, Sundays at 8:30 a.m.

St. Ann Ensemble rehearsals, following the 11:15

Mass

SAVE THE DATE! "Holiday Celebration of Song" Sat. Dec 12,

at 7 p.m.! The 4th annual fundraiser for St. Ann’s Music

Department will have many Christmas surprises! Our guests will

include the incredible Taconic High School Chorus and the

Honor's Chorus under the direction of Jessica Passetto. Tune in

next week for even more surprises! Tickets, a suggested donation of $15, go on sale Saturday Nov

13th after each Mass at St. Ann Parish!

Dominican Sisters Are Here

to Sell Baked Goods

This weekend our friends, the Dominican Sis-

ters, will be here to sell their pies, breads and

brownies. Stock up — Thanksgiving is right

around the corner!!!

ALL SAINTS

LECTORS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS ALTAR SERVERS

WEEKEND OF OCTOBER 31 & NOVEMBER 1

Saturday 4:00 p.m. N. Roche R. Casey, B. Bilyeu A. & I. Conlon

Sunday 9:45 a.m. M. Nejaime K. Joyner, J. Lane M. Ward

Sunday 11:15 a.m. J. Coxon G. McCormick, K. DeVylder S. Herman

WEEKEND OF NOVEMBER 7 & 8

Saturday 4:00 p.m. L. Decorie C. Decorie, J. Chague A. & I. Conlon

Sunday 9:45 a.m. H. Biernacki K. MacKenzie, F. Marinaro J. Cooney

Sunday 11:15 a.m. J. Healy T. Romeo, M. Wilser Volunteer Server Needed

COFFEE HOUR TEAMS FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS

Nov. 8 - Team #2 Captain: Chris Ryan & Susan Floyd

Bakers: Vicky May, Anne Sarkis, Michelle Colvin &

Kim Herman.

Nov. 15 — Team #3 Captain: Nabih & Marilyn

Nejaime Helpers: Jeremiah & Christa Ames

Bakers: Joanne Lane, Kathy Face, Mary Conlon, Sandy

Morley.

FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTIONS: Please feel free to

join us at St. Ann Church on Friday, Nov. 6th, for our

First Friday Devotions. The Blessed Sacrament will be

exposed following 7 a.m. Mass and conclude with

Benediction at noon.

If you would care to sign up for an hour and be present

in the Family Center during that time, the sign-up

book is located inside the Family Center.

Coffee Hour- Please join us in the parish center

after the 9:45 a.m. Sunday morning

Mass for a variety of light breakfast

snacks as well as coffee, hot chocolate,

tea, etc. All are welcome!

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

We are counting on all our parishioners and CCD students to

again help in making our shoebox project a success. "Special"

Samaritan shoeboxes are available in church vestibules but

any shoebox may be used.

An assortment of suggested gift items is on display and

monetary donations to help defray shipping costs are also

welcome. Checks should be made out to SAMARITAN'S

PURSE and dropped in collection basket or rectory

office. Deadline for all contributions is Monday, Nov.

16. Please remember that these small, simple gifts need not

be expensive to provide joy and hope to hurting children

worldwide. Thank you for your support.

Pregnancy Support Services of Berkshire Co, Inc. is

in need of snowsuits and winter jackets for sizes infancy

through size 4. Please call the office at 443 7351 to

make arrangements for pick-up. Thank you.

As we begin to feel the cooler

weather, we are reminded that it is

time to remove all summer deco-

rations from the cemetery. Our

maintenance crew has begun fall

clean up. Unclaimed decorations

and flowers will have to be thrown

away. Thank you.

St. Ann to Host Program by

The Dept. of Mental Health

Two speakers from the Department of Mental Health will

present a program on a topic that many people have been

touched by and is on the rise here in Berkshire County -

SUICIDE.

Please plan on attending this informative program on

Monday, Nov, 16th at 6:30 p.m., in our Family Center.

This program is free and open to the public.

No More Bats in our Belfry!

Our goal at St. Ann’s is to be a warm, welcoming parish

to all families. However, this invitation does not extend to

the Chiroptera family of mammals, which includes bats.

More often than we would like, individual

bats have spent summer days sleeping in

the church. After much research we have

selected and installed a “bat house” on a

post behind the rectory. We hope this will

prove even more attractive to our would-

be visitors when they return next spring

and summer!

NOVMEBER 1, 2015

Saint Patrick Church

West Stockbridge, MA

Mass Intention for Nov. 1, 2015

Richard “Dick” Kiley

LECTOR EUCHARISTIC MINISTER ALTAR SERVER

WEEKEND OF NOVEMBER 1

Sunday 8:00 a.m. K. Davis S. Panzeri C. Parker, L. O’Gara

WEEKEND OF NOVEMBER 8

Sunday 8:00 a.m. B. Dowling L. Fields C. Parker, L. O’Gara

UPCOMING EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR

ST. PATRICK’S PARISH CENTER

SUN. NOV. 1: Coffee Hour following the 8 a.m. Mass

SUN. NOV. 8: Coffee Hour following the 8 a.m. Mass

ST. PATRICK STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE

Collection on October 25, 2015

Weekly Parish Support $ 1,358.00

Fuel $ 20.00

Bldg $ 103.00

Catholic Mirror $ 15.00

Campaign for Human Dev. $ 30.00

Total $ 1,526.00

Raffle Tickets $ 216.00

WEEKLY ENVELOPES:

This Weekend: Regular Weekly/Cemetery/Fuel/All Souls/

All Saints

Next Weekend: Regular Weekly

FIRST FRIDAY — Please join us in St. Patrick’s

Chapel on Friday, Nov. 6th, for our First Friday

Devotions. We will begin at 6:30 p.m. with

Benediction. Evening prayer and the Rosary will

follow.

Religious Education News

Sunday, Nov. 1, Classes following the 8 a.m. Mass

Sunday, Nov. 8, Classes following the 8 a.m. Mass

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

We are counting on all our parishioners and CCD students to

again help in making our shoebox project a success. "Special"

Samaritan shoeboxes are available in church vestibules but any

shoebox may be used.

An assortment of suggested gift items is on display and

monetary donations to help defray shipping costs are also

welcome. Checks should be made out to SAMARITAN'S

PURSE and dropped in collection basket or rectory

office. Deadline for all contributions is Monday, Nov.

16. Please remember that these small, simple gifts need not be

expensive to provide joy and hope to hurting children

worldwide. Thank you for your support.

Thank you to everyone who gave of their

time, talent and treasure to make this week-

end’s fundraiser such a success. We hope

that those visiting the festival this weekend

enjoyed their time spent and congratulations

to those who won the raffle!

Dear Fellow Parishioners, Our son Tom will need a kid-

ney transplant in the near future. His chronic kidney disease

has progressed and he is trying to avoid dialysis. If you or

someone you know might be interested in learning about

the kidney donation process, please contact the Brigham

and Women’s Hospital donor coordinator, Kristen Pelletier,

RN, at 617-732-6866. The web contact is:

bwhkidneydonorinfo@partners.org.

Thank you for reading this notice and keep Tom in your

thoughts and prayers. -The Meade Family

All Souls Day Visitation of St. Patrick Cemetery

On Sun. Nov. 1st at 2 p.m. Deacon John will lead

the Visitation of St. Patrick Cemetery in honor of All

Souls Day.

The service will include prayers and recitation of the

Rosary. All are welcome to join us for this annual

event.

NOVEMBER MEETINGS & EVENTS (All events held in St. Ann’s Family Center unless otherwise noted)

MASS OF REMEMBRANCE RECEPTION: Sun. Nov. 1,

following the 11:15 Mass

RCIA: Monday, Nov. 2, 7 p.m.

LADIES MONTHLY LUNCHEON: Nov. 2, 12 p.m.

BIBLE STUDY WITH DEACON DAN: Wed. Nov. 4, 6:30

— 8 p.m.

SHAWL MINISTRY: Thu. Nov. 5, 1:30 p.m. Church on

the Hill.

VFW DINNER: Sun. Nov. 8, 1 p.m.

SUICIDE PREVENTION TALK: Mon., Nov. 16, 6:30pm.

FINANCE COUNCIL: Tue. Nov. 17, 7 p.m.

ST. ANN’S WALKING GROUP: Tuesdays at 8:30 a.m.

EXERCISE CLASS: Fridays, 9 to 10 a.m.

BLOOD PRESSURE TESTING: First Sunday of the

month, in Family Center following the 9:45 a.m. Mass.

ROSARY: Tuesdays at 1 p.m.

SHAWL MINISTRY: Thu. Nov. 19, 1:30 p.m.

ST. ANN CHURCH, LENOX — ST. PATRICK CHURCH, WEST STOCKBRIDGE

Short Excerpts

Taken from Pope Francis’ Addresses And Homilies

CHRIST IS OUR ROPED GUIDE

The ascension of Jesus into heaven acquaints us with this deeply

consoling reality on our journey: in Christ, true God and true

man, our humanity was taken to God. Christ opened the path to

us. He is like a roped guide climbing a mountain who, on

reaching the summit, pulls us up to him and leads us to God. If

we entrust our lives to him, if we let ourselves be guided by him,

we are certain to be in safe hands, in the hands of our Savior, of

our Advocate.

This excerpt was taken from the book, “Pope Francis Speaks to

Our Hearts, Words of Challenge and Hope” by the Word

Among Us.

St. Patrick, St. Ann and St. Vincent de Paul parishes

have a Victim Assistant Advocate. Her name is Diane

Lesure and she comes to us after many years working

in the North Adams Catholic Community. She has

worked with this program for years and is thrilled to

have the opportunity to now work with our three par-

ishes. Diane will talk with anyone who wants to know

more about this program or who has specific needs re-

garding abuse. Your time with Diane is confidential.

She can be reached at 413-664-4892.

Do You Have Annulment Questions? There is an

awful lot of misinformation in the world regarding

the annulment process. I am most happy to speak to

anyone regarding the annulment process. If you

have a question, no matter how simple or complex,

please call me and if I don’t have the answer, I will

find it out for you. I am only a phone call away,

637-0157. -Fr. C.J.

St. Ann’s is a Welcoming Parish!

If you are interested in helping St. Ann’s Family Life

and Community Outreach Commission welcome parish-

ioners and guests, by extending a hand and greeting people

as they enter for Mass, please leave your name and phone

number, as well as the Mass you prefer, with the office or

by calling Joe Healy at 413-442-9121.

Also, all parishes of our diocese are currently in the

process of forming evangelization committees designed

to reach out to inactive Catholics. The goal is to form a

committee of 5 or 6 people. If you would be willing to

give your time to serve on an evangelization committee

for St. Ann parish, would you please contact Fr. C.J. at

637-0157.

St. Vincent de Paul Capital Campaign ~ Our friends in

the Dale have begun a 3-year Capital Campaign to raise

$98,000 for the restoration of the exterior of St. Vincent de

Paul Church. All registered parishioners of St. Vincent de

Paul Church were sent a fund raising letter. If you would

like to make a donation for the restoration work being done

in the Dale, please pick up a “friends of the Dale” Capital

Campaign letter and donation form at the main doors of St.

Ann Church. Thank you in advance for helping our friends

in Lenox Dale. - Fr. C.J.

ANNUAL HOLIDAY CRAFT SHOW

St. Joseph Central High School, will hold their 18th

Holiday Harvest Craft Show on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 9

a.m. – 3 p.m., at the school on 22 Maplewood Ave.,

Pittsfield

Moving? Changing your Phone Number? Please keep your parish in mind. In order for us

to contact you, return phone calls, or send you

important news, we need to have your current

information on file. Thank you.

Belated Happy birthday to Father C.J.’s

nephew, Christopher, who turned 22 on Oct.

21st. Best wishes from your friends at St.

Ann Church!

ST. ANN CHURCH, LENOX — ST. PATRICK CHURCH, WEST STOCKBRIDGE

We Remember Them

At the rising of the sun and at its going down

We remember them.

At the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter

We remember them.

At the opening of the buds and in the rebirth of spring

We remember them.

At the blueness of the skies and in the warmth of summer

We remember them.

At the rustling of the leaves and in the beauty of autumn

We remember them

At the beginning of the year and when it ends

We remember them.

As long as we live, they too will live, for they are now a part of us as

We remember them.

When we are weary and in need of strength

We remember them.

When we are lost and sick at heart

We remember them.

When we have joy we crave to share

We remember them.

When we have decisions that are difficult to make

We remember them.

When we have achievements that are based on theirs

We remember them.

As long as we live, they too will live for they are now a part of us as

We remember them.