7 Saint Mary Magdalen Parish Oakville, CT. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Activities & Meetings Mass Intention SATURDAY, October 11, 2014 Vigil Mass Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 p.m. John Daddona requested by his wife & family SUNDAY, October 12, 2014 Twenty-Eightieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 a.m. Dang Kieu requested by the Tran Family 10:30 a.m. Joseph Berger requested by his wife, Alice NO Daily MASS There will be no morning mass this week in the Chapel since Fr. Jim will be away. However Mass is celebrated at Our Lady of Loreto in Waterbury at 8:00 a. m. and at St. John’s in Watertown each day at 12:10 p.m. for all those who are interested. October 12-18, 2014 SUNDAY 9:30a.m. 10:30a.m. Choir, Church Choir Loft Wee Celebrate, Church Hall MONDAY PARISH OFFICES ARE CLOSED TUESDAY 6:30p.m. 7:00p.m. Cub Scouts, Church Hall Catholic Women’s, Rectory Mtg. Room THURSDAY 1:00- 3:00p.m. 6:30p.m. Bazaar Workshop, Rectory Meeting Room Boy Scouts, Church Hall SATURDAY 3:00- 3:30p.m. Confessions, Church Saint Mary Magdalen School www.smmsoakville.org SATURDAY, October 18, 2014 Vigil Mass Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 p.m. Rita Foisy requested by her brother SUNDAY, October 19, 2014 Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 a.m. Donald Forgue requested by his wife & family 10:30 a.m. Joe & Sue Handura requested by their family 10:30 a.m. Wedding Anniversary Mass and Reception Sanctuary Lamp Intentions The Chapel: Ronald Lavalle reserved by his wife & daughters La Bonne’s Receipts Please remember to save your LaBonnes’ receipts and place them in the collection box located in the vestibule of the church. LaBonnes’s provides the school with a check on a quarterly basis based on a percentage of these receipts. So, shop at LaBonne’s you’ll be helping our parish school. Thank you! Stewardship of Treasure Our parishioners need to give $5,500 every week to our spiritual home in order to maintain it financially. The weekly stewardship offering $4,855.00 and On-Line Giving $420.00 for the weekend of October 11 & 12 grand total of $5,275.00. Our parish is in the red this week $225.00. Sign up for Online Giving by visiting our parish website at: www.stmmagdalen-oakville.org. Sacrament of Baptism We as a community of faith rejoice with Reed William Guisti who was brought into the people of God through the waters of baptism. We will keep him and his family in our prayers as they begin this new stage in their journey of faith. Vocations: The Lord is the shepherd who calls. Pray for an increase in vocations to priesthood and religious life. If you feel you are being called to serve as a priest or religious, call Fr. Jim at the parish office, 860-274-9273. He would like to speak to you. New Parishioners: Welcome to our parish. Please introduce yourself to Fr. Jim Gregory after Mass. We want to know and serve you. Please register by stopping in or calling the parish office weekdays from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. We encourage you to use our Offertory Envelope system and to share your time, talent and treasure for our parish community. You are a blessing to our Parish Family… and we’re glad you’re here! October 12, 2014 www.stmmagdalen-oakville.org. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Catholic Women’s Organization Twenty Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Catholic Women’s Organization will hold its next business meeting on this Tuesday, October 14th at 7:00 p.m. in the rectory meeting room, proceeded by the Rosary at 6:30 p.m. in the chapel. All are welcome to attend. "The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son? 'Tell those invited: "Behold, I have prepared my banquet, my calves and fattened cattle are killed, and everything is ready; come to the feast" Attention women of our parish if you have not returned your membership dues and slips, please do so. Thank you! If you didn’t receive a membership letter in the mail, please call the parish office to request one. (860) 274-9273. Bazaar News: The Annual Bazaar is Saturday, November 15th from 8:00a.m. till 4:00p.m. If you would like to get involved in the parishe’s only fundraiser please contact Roberta Hardt at 860-2749273. HELP IS NEEDED!!! RESPECT LIFE MINISTRY The Respect Life Ministry is again sponsoring "A Baby Bottle Boomerang". All proceeds will benefit Carolyn's Place, a pregnancy resource center in Waterbury. Parishioners are asked to pick up a bottle on October 18/19 weekend and fill with spare change and return on November 1 /2 weekend. Thank you again for your continued support. Leaf Raking On Saturday, November 8th, REACH will be raking leaves for our seniors who are incapable of doing so from 9:30a.m. to 2:00p.m. If you are interested in having your yard raked, please call Roberta at the rectory and she will put you on the list. Please submit your name, address and phone number quickly, as we will prioritize in the order names are received. St. Vincent DePaul Mission Walk/Race Walk in their footsteps -- Race for awareness, sponsored by St. Vincent DePaul Mission, is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, October 26, 2014, Library Park, Waterbury. Check-in begins at 12:00pm noon. The Walk starts at 1:00pm; the 5K Race starts at 1:30pm. To obtain information, registration forms, or to register online, visit our website, www.svdpmission.org. Information and forms are available also from Deacon George (860274-9310). "He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come." Why? What made the king's invitation so distasteful to these guests? According to the parable, either the guests were too busy with their farms and their businesses, or else they were downright hostile to the entire idea: they "laid hold of his servants, mistreated them, and killed them." What could possibly explain this resistance? Perhaps we have a clue in the puzzling conclusion of today's Gospel. One of the second-string guests pulled in from the streets came to the feast "not dressed in a wedding garment." The man knew he was guilty, hence his silence. And the king's punishment suggests that the fellow ought to have known better. This "wedding garment" calls to mind the preparation of our souls necessary to join in the great "wedding feast of the Lamb" (Rv 19:9), that is, heaven. This man was apparently just too lazy to get ready. He presumed that having received an invitation to the banquet was enough, that nothing was required of him. Not so. He should have demonstrated his gratitude by dressing appropriately. And what of the first-string guests? Some were too busy to bother coming; others were furious that they had been invited at all. Now, where do we fit in? Are we more concerned with worldly work than with spiritual growth? Are we offended by the very suggestion that we might need to "dress up" our souls? Or are we the disinterested Christian, willing to feast but too lazy to foster his faith? Jesus gave his life to open the gates of heaven for us. Let's show our gratitude by preparing radiant, beautiful souls worthy of the heavenly wedding feast. Readings for the Week of October 12, 2014 Sunday: Is 25:6-10a/Phil 4:12-14, 19-20/Mt 22:1-14 or 22:1-10 Monday: Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31--5:1/Lk 11:29-32 Tuesday: Gal 5:1-6/Lk 11:37-41 Wednesday: Gal 5:18-25/Lk 11:42-46 Thursday: Eph 1:1-10/Lk 11:47-54 Friday: Eph 1:11-14/Lk 12:1-7 Saturday: 2 Tm 4:10-17b/Lk 10:1-9 Next Sunday: Is 45:1, 4-6/1 Thes 1:1-5b/Mt 22:15-21 END OF BULLETIN ANY TEXT OR GRAPHICS ENTERED ON THIS PAGE WILL NOT APPEAR IN THE PRINTED BULLETIN CHURCH NAME: St. Mary Magdalen CHURCH CITY: Oakville, CT ROUTING CODE: I RUN NUMBER: 20 FILENAME: 04-0794 PHONE NUMBER: 860-274-9273 FAX NUMBER: EDITOR/ CONTACT: CURRENT FORMAT: EBSWTN Comments: Note to Press: Roberta