Please note there will be NO Youth Group October 19th or 26th. 40 Days for Life St. William Day! Come pray for the unborn babies and their mothers! St. William’s parishioners will gather this Tuesday, October 28th from noon until 3pm at Planned Parenthood, 2430 Poplar Avenue, for the 40 Days for Life prayer vigil. To carpool from the church, please be here at 11:30am. Harvest Dinner & Silent Auction Saturday, November 1st It is that time of year again for the Women’s Club to begin gathering items for our annual Silent Auction. Items may be given to Bitha Luze after the 4:30 Mass, Shirley Maes after the 8:30 Mass and Hollye Berger after the 11:00 Mass. Advance sale tickets are now available at a cost of $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12. Bitha Luze and Shirley Maes have tickets available and they are also available in the Church Office and at the Religious Items Closet. Please be generous with items as all monies from the Silent Auction go to the Debt Reduction. Questions, call Shirley Maes at 647-6111. Virtus, Protecting God’s Children, will be held on Sunday, November 9th from 12:30-2pm in the FLC classrooms. This is a requirement from the Diocese of Memphis and throughout the U.S. for all adults over the age of 18 and out of high school who volunteer in the PRE program or has any contact with the youth. This includes parents, Knights of Columbus, Women’s Club, and parishioners. This class is only for adults who have not already taken the class. Each volunteer will have to complete a background authorization form. These forms are kept in a confidential manner at the Diocese. If you have any questions or need to sign up, please contact Regina Kons at 872-2279. The Contemporary Praise Choir is looking for instrumentalists 18 years old and up. For more information, please contact J.D. Dill at 268-3841 or [email protected]. Traveling Mother Mary Sign the book on the table in the Narthex, take Mary home and return her on Saturday aernoon before the 4:30pm Mass. Please pray for the repose of the soul of Betty Sampuda, mother of George, who passed away recently. May her soul rest in peace. The Women’s Club thanks everyone who worked, sorted, or contributed to the success of our fall yard sale. Please note: We are no longer collecting brown paper sacks for the Millington Crisis Center. Thanks for your support in the past. The altar flowers this weekend are in Honor of Scott & Debbie Ewen’s 32nd Wedding Anniversary. All Souls Day If you would like to have your loved ones remembered during the month of November, list their names on one of the envelopes located in the Narthex and drop in the collection basket. Last Weekend: Offertory - $4,066 Debt Reduction - $74 Extraordinary Maintenance - $50 Debt Balance: FLC - $68,844 Rectory (Hivner House) - $26,004 Monday October 27 7:00pm +Souls in Purgatory Patrick & Luz Parfan by Rexie Conopio Tuesday October 28 8:30am +Leon Urhahn by Jim & Anna Stringfellow Wednesday October 29 8:30am Spec Int of Wallace & Lucrecia Haney by the Dalao Family Thursday October 30 11:30am ( on base) Friday October 31 8:30am Spec Int of Tom & Barbara Barnes by Charlie & Rose Brown Saturday November 1 4:30pm +Ronnie Jones by Jerry & Lisa Schmidt Sunday November 2 8:30am +Nicholas Joseph Schirra by Butch Schirra 11:00am Spec Int of the parishioners of St. William Spec Int of Shirley & Al Harris Please note the secretary will be gone Friday, October 31st. Marion Movement of Priests Cenacle—Monday, October 27, 7-9pm St. Michael’s Church, 3863 Summer Avenue Please come pray for and support our priests. The evening includes the Rosary, a message from our Lady, Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, prayers for the Holy Father and Holy Mass. For more information, call Fr. Richard Cortese at 762-4616. Catholic Cemeteries Diocese of Memphis All Souls Day Service The All Souls Day Service will be celebrated at Historic Calvary Catholic Cemetery, 1663 Elvis Presley Blvd., on Sunday, November 2nd at 3pm. Bishop J. Terry Steib will preside with priests and deacons from throughout the Diocese in a0endance. All are invited and encouraged to a0end, to remember the souls of the faithfully departed family and friends. For more info, please call 948-1529. Josie Austin is now taking care of our Ministry to the Sick. Sick If you or someone you know are homebound or are admitted to the hospital and would like a visit, please contact Josie at 848848-5881. 5881 Also, if you are a Eucharistic Minister who would like to visit the sick of our parish, please call Josie. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE ILL AND/OR RECUPERATING OF OUR PARISH: Henry Alexander, Barbara & Tom Barnes, Anna Bernil, Ruth Biscoe, Diane Blankenbeckler, Jeanne Brannock, Sandra Casby, Trudy Clark, Ty Clark, Telesfora (Puring) Dalao, Peggy & Ben Floyd, Betty Hale, Mary Ann Kelleher, Dorothy Kruzik, Kathy Masters, Howard Moore, Howard Olson, Jane Pelke, Millie Quigley, Butch Schirra, and Jim Stringfellow. PLEASE REMEMBER IN PRAYER OUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES: Alex Alvis, Theresa Arndt, Eric Blankenbeckler, June Carlson, Gary Carpenter, H. Ray Cates, Linda Cruzen, Kyleelane Gershon, Heather Gillespie, Bertha Gray, Jimmy Gray, Brian Hale, Amy Horiuchi, Melissa Jackson, Russell Jackson, Rachel Malattia, Gifford Melanson, Faye Mincey, James Montgomery, Kathleen Raferty, P.J. & Mary Schott, Kim Smith, Jerry Temmen, Jackie Welch, and all the unborn babies and for all abused children. PLEASE REMEMBER OUR FAMILY MEMBERS SERVING IN THE MILITARY: HM3 James Allen, LCDR William L. Anderson, CS2 (SW/AW) Michael Domingo, SFC Chris Lachenmayer, MSgt Samuel Michael Maglio, Spc Amy Winter, and 1SG Nathan Wright. **If any names can be deleted, please call the Parish Office. Thank you. ** Lector Eucharistic Ministers Altar Servers November 1 November 2 November 2 4:30pm 8:30am 11:00am Scott Ewen Teresa Elliott Judy Longoria Gloria Whitney Wendy Strevel Rick Ortiz Lisa Schmidt* Shirley Maes* Robert Allen* Katherine Hyde Susan Martinez Lucy Whistle Chris Pond Mary Morrison Lois Wilber Hannah Whitehouse John Barratt Joseph Carris Teri Bernil Tim Barratt Austin Howard VOLUNTEER Aaron Moore Ethan Howard