Weekend Announcements
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time | October 26, 2025
Starting in November we are sending offertory envelopes to all parishioners who tithe to the parish, even if you give online or through automatic withdrawals. There is a place on the envelopes to indicate you give online. Bringing these envelopes with you each weekend when you attend Mass provides you with the opportunity to fully participate in the Mass. The action of placing the envelope in the basket during the offertory collection is a physical representation of your gift to the parish.
If you have not received your child’s envelope yet, please look for your child/adolescent’s envelopes as you leave church today. Please spend time with them growing in gratitude for all you and the Lord have done for them and ask them to put that gratitude into action by completing the front of it and placing a tithe in the envelope each week. A steward’s way of life starts now and it starts with us teaching them, allowing them to teach us and doing this together.
Upcoming events:
Monday, come to Vespers at 6pm at the Cathedral as the next day we install and ordain our next bishop. Vespers is open to everyone.
Tuesday, please livestream the installation and ordination at 11am by visiting the diocesan website where you can get access. Come to adoration at Sacred Heart Church from 9am-3pm to pray for our new bishop. There will be different students throughout the day praying for him in church.
Wednesday Knights of Columbus Family night with Trick or treating.
Saturday at 4pm, The Mass where we remember all of our loved ones who have passed away in which we at St Vincent de Paul had the funeral Mass. Please bring a picture of your loved one and set it on the table behind a candle when you come to Mass. Knights of Columbus and Daughters of Isabella will also pray their remembrance prayers at this Mass.
November 8, Our Second Revival will take place at Sacred Heart from 6-8pm. We all need a pep talk and inspiration; come before the Blessed Sacrament and receive it as we listen to inspiring music and a moving heartfelt witness from Kevin Morales. Bring the family; there will be people ready to watch and take care of the littles.
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time | October 19, 2025
I hope next weekend everyone takes a few moments to complete the time and talent form when we give you time during the homily to complete it and turn it in. If you want to take that time to study the booklet and fill it out on line or on paper, please turn it in by end of November.
Also next weekend, the children and adolescent envelopes will be available in the entrances of the chapels.
Please notice in the far left corner of the chapel at St Patrick, the new statue of St. Lorenzo, patron saint of the Philippines. I want to thank the Filipino Community for the donation of the statue.
Thanks to Bob Simon for the beautiful new ambry for our holy oils at St Patrick chapel. What a great work of craftsmanship worthy of our oils. The cabinet donated by Joe Fischer will hold our items needed for baptisms.
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time | October 12, 2025
Stewardship Renewal is upon us. Just like each year during the Easter Season we renew our baptismal promises, by answering the questions the priest asks us about our faith, we reply with a strong “I DO!” Stewardship Renewal is the time of year where we put action into that “I DO!” Being involved with the parish through our time and talent and giving the first fruits of our treasure all are ways we say “I DO” to our faith by putting our faith into action. Next weekend we will have Lay Witnesses give a short inspirational message as to how they live out stewardship and the following weekend we will hand out the commitment cards. Please be praying now if the Lord is calling you to recommit to what you have been doing or to commit to new ministries. Thank you for your yes!
I invite you to our Wave of Light Mass on Wednesday October 15 at Sacred Heart Chapel. Lighting of Candles at 6:45, Mass at 7pm, Adoration from end of Mass until 8pm. Light reception at 8pm at Parish Center. This mass is for anyone who has experienced the loss of a child by a miscarriage or shortly after birth and for those who want to offer prayerful support. You do not need to make it known if you are here because it happened to you or if you are here to offer prayerful support. For those who wish, they can light a candle in remembrance of an infant who died between 6;45 and 7pm. Leave the name of the child and we will pray for that child and the family during the General Intercessions. You can do a search for Wave of Light in your search engine to see more about this national prayer event.
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time | October 5, 2025
Thank you to everyone who had your pictures taken for the parish pictorial directory. It is much appreciated. We now work on constructing the rest of the book. I do not have a date of when they will arrive yet. Stay tuned.
Priests will be at Priest Institute this week; no daily Masses. Call the deacons or parish office if there is an emergency; they know how to get a hold of one of us priests.
Monday from 6-8pom at St Patrick basement is the second women’s social. All women of the parish are invited.
Next Saturday is the Rosary Rally at noon at the Marian Grotto in the front of the Sacred Heart church near the front entrance of The Parish Center. Please come. We would really like to see some of our families and younger parishioners at this prayer experience.
Next weekend, we have the Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll drive to benefit those places that assist people with mental handicaps.
Wednesday, October 15, please come to Mass at 7pm to pray for those who have lost children during pregnancy or shortly afterwards. We will have a candle lighting ceremony at 6:45pm and we will pray after Mass in front of the Blessed Sacrament until 8pm. A light reception will be held in the Parish Center afterwards. There will not be a 6:30pm Mass Wednesday evening so we can all be together or this Mass. Check the front of the bulletin article for more details.
If you were not able to make a donation for the Bazaar or were not able to that night the donation line is still open. If you are having troubles with it, call the parish office and we can help. Thanks to everyone who has participated so far.
The Feast of St. Vincent de Paul | Setpember 28, 2025
Thank you for your help in making our bazaar a tremendous success for our parish. More details to come.
Four important dates this week:
First, Don’t forget about our Sacred Heart Golf Tournament Monday/tomorrow.
Second, Remember, if you are on council, committees or responsible for checking stewardship pro to welcome people back or to your ministry, please attend the Stewardship Night of Renewal on Thursday October 2 from 6pm-8pm at St Patrick basement. Of course, everyone in the parish is invited and I hope we have a great turn out so we can have the best stewardship renewal yet.
Third, Musicians and all who care a lot about music in the liturgy, please come to the 5:15-6:45 synod of sacred music at St Patrick basement on Saturday, October 4. Per the diocesan policy this listening session needs to happen prior to the pastor writing policy on composer’s who are credibly accused and whether their music can be used at liturgies.
Fourth, October 5th, this coming Sunday, is the last day to register for PSR.
Please read the front of the bulletin this week to learn about the reintroduction of children and young people’s Mass envelopes coming in October.
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Setpember 21, 2025
Thank you for all who have purchased tickets and have donated to the Bazaar and Golf Tournament. You can still register and purchase tickets for both, so please do so soon. We want you and we know both of these will be fun events for everyone. Thank you for say8ng yes and being part of the Bazaar and/ or the Golf Tournament. As of now, we have over 120 silent auction items, so there will be something for everyone.
Two more picture dates are scheduled for September 29 and 30. For every hour we are taking pictures, both days from 2-9pm, we need 2 people volunteering to help people once they arrive for picture taking. Please call the parish office if you are willing to help; I understand our volunteers who have been doing this for two weeks are getting a bit tired and would prefer for others in the parish to share in this experience, so if you are free any hours from 2-9 on the 29th or 30, please call the parish office. It is not hard and the photographers will show you what to do.
Confirmation large group session is this Sunday from 2-3pm. Fr Martin will lead the candidates in how to get the most out of Mass.
Reminder, No 7:30pm Mass next Saturday. October 2, Stewardship Evening of Renewal 6-8pm St Patrick basement and then on October 4, Synodal listening session on Music so afterwards the pastor can set policy for the parish on use of music composed by those who are credibly accused during liturgies. That is from 5:15 – 6:30pm in the basement of St Patrick.
We have two timeslots open for Eucharistic adoration: Check the bulletin for times and how to volunteer to fill them.