St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church 152 Pinewood Ave. Seward, NE 68434-1047 Volume 62 Number 42 October 26, 2014 COLLECTION What is God asking of me? Our response to the Lord last week Adult: $5199.00 Plate: $212.00 Youth: $52.55 Cap. Improvement: $276.00 Other: $1416.00 E-Tithing: $2135.00 School Endowment: $400.00 REV. CHRISTOPHER BARAK, Pastor Telephone: Office & Residence 402-643-3421 Grade School & Preschool 402-643-9525 CCD 402-643-3521 For Mass Times 402-643-3421 (call before 9 p.m.) (after Auto Attendant answers Press #3) St. Vincent de Paul News and Events Holy Hour TODAY at 1 p.m. Come and Adore Him. CONFESSION SCHEDULE Saturday: 4:30-5:10 p.m. Sunday: 7:30-7:45 a.m. & 9:30-9:45 a.m. Or by appointment MASS INTENTIONS Monday, October 27 7:00 a.m. For the suffering & their caregivers/ Lyons 8:05 a.m. †Fr. Alvaro Coruera, LC/ Jeff Reimers Tuesday, October 28 7:00 a.m. †Nick Reisinger/ Carol Safford 8:05 a.m. †Lucy Busko/ Family Wednesday, October 29 7:00 a.m. †Mary Ann Fiala/ Leroy Fiala 8:05 a.m. †James & Helen Knap/ Margeret Spatz Thursday, October 30 7:00 a.m. †Bill Greguras/ Ed Greguras 8:05 a.m. †Health of Nick Kendall/ Alice Genuchi Friday, October 31 7:00 a.m. †Margret Schaefer/ Phyllis Schaefer 8:05 a.m. Intentions of Anthony Tuan Tu/ Family Friday, October 31 (All Saints Day Vigil) 4:00 p.m. †Maggie Liekam/ Bob Brungardt Saturday, November 1 8:00 a.m. †Richard & Eugene Coufal/ M. Coufal 5:30 p.m. †Betty Parr/ Mary Grunke Sunday, November 2 8:00 a.m. For All the Parishioners 10:00 a.m. †Poor Souls/ C & E Jirovsky LITURGICAL MINISTERS Friday Acolyte Servers Lector Ushers Saturday Acolyte Servers Lector Ushers Saturday Acolyte Servers Lector Ushers Cantor Sunday Acolyte Servers Lector Ushers Cantor Sunday Acolyte Servers Lector Ushers Cantor Oct 31st - 4:00 p.m. Rich Bollwitt, Volunteer Cameron Olson, Luke Wegman Bob Brungardt Volunteer Nov 1st - 8:00 a.m. Jim Safford Volunteers Volunteer Volunteer Nov 1st - 5:30 p.m. Chris Greisen, Dan Pernicek Tyson & Issac Franklin Tayden Vandenberg Rich Bohac Bill Morse, Alan Sleight TBA Nov 2nd - 8:00 a.m. Peter Ruhl, CJ Novak Connor Towle, Gavin Hamling Chad Uhing Chuck Kotera Ben Santo, Gerald Schaben TBA Nov 2nd - 10:00 a.m. Terry Wehrs, Mark Peery Kyle & Michael Peery PJ Schaben Tausha Dybdal Dave Coufal Family TBA November 1 ---- All Saints Day Mass This holy day is not a holy day of obligation to attend Mass this year since it falls on a Saturday. It is a great holy day to honor all the people in Heaven, and ask for their prayers for us running the race to join them to praise and thank God forever in happiness and love. Masses for All Saints Day will be on Halloween at 4:00 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 1 at 8:00 a.m. Thank You to Our Mowers Thank you to everyone who volunteered to mow the parish lawns during this past summer. You kept our church property looking beautiful like a piece of heaven on earth. Mowers were Jeff & Judy Vandenberg, Karen Coufal, Ken Meyer, Nathan and Jacob Bierbaum, Matt Hans, Ray Jisa, Kenny Cast, Smith Family, Riley & Terry Kamphaus, Joe Sisco, Bill Backes, Tim Fichtner and Jim Wesely. Lincoln Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (LDCCW) recognizes all women in the Diocese This is LDCCW Sunday. Today they and we thank our PCCW (Parish Council of Catholic Women) for their service to God and His Church through so many works of mercy and service. We ask Jesus to bless them and give them grace. Ally women in the parish are invited to the PCCW meetings and to help in their various activities. Contact President Melissa Kratochvil at 402-461-1439. Parish Council Ballot Those who accepted their nominations to the ballot for a three-year term are: CJ Novak, Dennis Hentzen, Jeff Spahr, Jill Hochstein, Ann Dobesh, and Janet Bohaty. We had many nominations, so Father asked those who had the highest numbers of nominations. Vote will take place November 8 & 9. Information on candidates will be in the Narthex. SPIRIT Auction 2015 The Auction Committee is already making plans for the annual SPIRIT Dinner & Auction. Mark your calendars to attend the evening event on Saturday, April 11, 2015. Come enjoy an evening of fellowship & fun as we will be “Erupting with SPIRIT” in a Hawaiian Theme. Upcoming SPIRIT Gift Gathering Events: Nebraska Husker Tailgate Party – November 22, 2014 Cookie Dash – December 7, 2014 Wii Bowling – January 2015 Bunco – February 2015 UPCOMING PARISH & SCHOOL ACTIVITIES October: 26 Eucharist Adoration & Benediction - 1 p.m. 28 Society of St. Vincent’s Mtg - 7 p.m. 29 CSS Distribution - 5 p.m. 30 Endow Study - 8:45 a.m. November 8-9 Parish Council Election Bedtime Story Night Welcome, ALL children who love to listen to bedtime stories!! When: Friday, Nov. 7, 2014 7-8 p.m. Where: St. Vincent Social Hall Wear: Comfy Pajama's Bring: Pillow, favorite blankie or stuffed friend (all optional) Why: To encourage the love of reading with your children and enjoy the fellowship of other St. Vincent families. Children will be able to visit four, 15 minutes reading sessions where a story will be read to them. One of these sessions includes milk and cookies. Blue Valley Pantry Blue Valley Pantry Community collection on the first weekend of every month has given many of our parishes a means to share the mission of feeding the less fortunate. Collections for upcoming month from our parish include: Paper Towels Praying for the Dead in November November 2 is All Souls Day on which the Church on earth remembers and prays for the Church in Purgatory. Purgatory is the final purification a person may need from God in order to be perfect and enter Heaven, the life of perfection. For 8 days beginning on Nov. 1, people may gain a plenary (full) indulgence for people in purgatory. To obtain a Plenary Indulgence from November 1-8  make a good Confession within a week of before or after All Souls Day (Nov. 2)  be free from all attachment to sin, even venial sin, for a plenary indulgence;  visit any cemetery and pray for the dead;  say one “Our Father” and one “Hail Mary” for the intentions of the Pope;  receive Holy Communion worthily on the same day of the visit or soon after. Prayer for the Holy Souls in Purgatory: Eternal rest grant unto him/her/them, O Lord, And may perpetual Light shine upon him/her/them. May his/her/their souls and all the souls of the faithful departed Through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen. Assumption Holiday Boutique/Craft Fair & Soup Dinner You are invited to attend Dwight Assumption’s Craft Fair & Soup Dinner, Sun., Oct. 26th. Fair begins at 9 a.m. and dinner at 10:30 a.m. Pray special prayers for the seminarians of the week. Douglas Daro/St. Mary’s, David City, NE Jason Doher/ St. Patrick’s, Lincoln, NE CONFIRMATION PARENT MEETING is this Wednesday, October 29, at 7 p.m. in church. All parents of Gr. 5 students (and above), who are being confirmed, are asked to attend. ST. GREGORY’S HALLOWEEN & ALL SAINTS DAY PARTY is Friday, Oct. 31 from 5-8 pm. Go through the front doors of the seminary. There will be games, candy, and a small scary portion that leads to the saints’ room for the older kids! AMIGOS FUNDRAISER—THANK YOU! Thank you to all who supported our Godteens at the recent Amigos Fundraiser! We especially thank the Schoepf Sophomore Godteens for working the event! God’s blessings to all! LDCCW October Pro-Life Diaper Drive The LDCCW October Pro-Life Diaper Drive will be coming to a close soon but you still have time to donate. Thank you to those that have already made a donation. God Bless You. Listen to Spirit Catholic Radio for Diaper Drive announcements. Food Distribution Catholic Social Service Food Distribution is Wednesday, October 29th in our social hall at 5:00 p.m. Bring a box or basket with handles to take your items home. Election Day, November 4th If you are not registered to vote, you have until this Friday, October 24th (6 pm) to register in person at your County Election Office. You have until October 29th at 4 pm to apply for an early voting ballot to be mailed to you from your county clerk/election commissioner. Before you vote, please check out the Nebraska Catholic Conference's Candidate Survey and other election information online at www.nebcathcon.org. General voter information is online at http:// www.sos.ne.gov/elec/ele_forms.html. The U.S. Bishops said the following: "We encourage all citizens, particularly Catholics, to embrace their citizenship not merely as a duty and privilege, but as an opportunity meaningfully to participate in building the culture of life. Every voice matters in the public forum. Every vote counts. Every act of responsible citizenship is an exercise of significant individual power. We must exercise that power in ways that defend human life, especially those of God's children who are unborn, disabled or otherwise vulnerable. What has been the impact of Contraception on society? On married Couples? All Christian religions taught against contraception, until 1930 when some Protestant denominations changed. As was predicted contraception has lead to an increase in premarital sex, adultery, acceptance of divorce, and abortion. In 1968, Blessed Pope Paul VI warned that the use of contraception would allow one spouse to treat the other more like an object than a person, and that governments would be tempted to impose laws limiting family size. Pope John Paul II called attention to the close association between contraception and abortion, noting that “the negative values inherent in the ‘contraceptive mentality’ . . . are such that they in fact strengthen this temptation [to abortion] when an unwanted life is conceived” (Evangelium Vitae, no. 13). A failure to respect married love’s power to help create new life has eroded respect for life and for the sanctity of marriage.