St. Paul Catholic Church

Christian liturgy has always contained an opportunity to make a choice for sharing. From the beginning, Christians pooled their resources, especially for the care of widows and orphans, at the weekly Eucharist. Over the years, the collection became detached from the liturgy and baskets or plates would be passed through the community while the Mass was going on at the altar, or contributions would be collected at the doors.

In Milan’s Ambrosian Rite, these gifts have always been brought to the altar by lay people in procession. In German countries, the ancient custom was for the entire assembly to process with their gifts—first the men, then the women, then the priests and deacons—to offer their gifts at the altar. The old ceremony of canonization included a curious vestige of this procession: people would present the pope with two loaves of bread, two barrels of wine and water, five candles, and three cages containing pigeons or turtledoves!

We would like to thank the Multicultural Group members, through the leadership of Guily & Naty Fontillas for all their efforts and dedication to help our parish financially for sponsoring a Dinner Dance Fund on August 31st. They raised $7,000. God bless you all for your dedication.

The Knights of Columbus invite all parishioners to join with them to peacefully pray to end abortion.

We will participate in the 40 Days for Life Campaign on Friday, November 1st from 4:00pm to :6:00pm on the public sidewalk in front of the Family Planning Associates abortion business, located at 2322 Butano Dr. Sacramento.

We pray that with God’s help, we will put an end to abortion.

For more information about 40 Days for Life please

visit their website:   https:/www,40daysforlife.com/local-campaign/

sacramento/

Faith in Action
Faith, Family, Community and Life
 

This week, we’d like to share with you the FAMILY component of the Knights of Columbus Faith in Action model. Our Family programs are developed for families, by families. Our founder, Father Michael J.  McGivney sought to strengthen the familial bond of father to mother and children to parents. Catholics often struggle with the reality that they do not have the opportunity to socialize and/or pray with other faith-filled Catholic families. It can be quite a challenge to continue to ground ourselves and raise our children in the faith when there is such limited exposure. Our Family programs are an evolution and response to a society that seeks to weaken the bonds of family. We must make it clear that society should value a family that is faithful to God and each other. Father McGivney’s vision for family life was not only financial and material aid but also spiritual strength, as holiness is the calling of all baptized Christians. Put plainly, the majority of our time is easily spent in secular circles unless we intentionally create ways to live the domestic church. These programs help us to live this call.

Our Council currently conducts several FAMILY based programs but are open to others. Programs can be as simple as modeling Christian family values or coming together as a group to celebrate the life that our Lord has blessed us with. The Council just recently celebrated our annual Family Day Picnic, providing an opportunity for Knights and their families, invited guests, and the widows of brothers who have passed, to come together and fellowship. Next year, our goal is to incorporate our parish family members, inviting all of you to join us, as we are all members of God’s family. If you would like to know more about the FAMILY programs we are currently involved in or programs that could possibly coordinated, please reach out to us at mothersetoncouncil6922@gmail.com Thank you.

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Knights of Columbus ID Drive!

As you left mass today, you almost certainly noticed men wearing bright yellow vests. Mother Seton Council members were conducting our annual fundraising drive to benefit those with Intellectual Disabilities, a community-oriented program conducted by Knights of Columbus Councils across the nation.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your generosity and ask that you continue to pray for those with any form of disability. God bless you.

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Annual Thanksgiving Baskets Drive

Our council is in need of your assistance as we plan to provide Thanksgiving Baskets for 200 Families in Need.

This is an undertaking that can only be accomplished with the support of fellow parishioners. We are currently collecting non-perishable food items to aid in us in our campaign.

Your donations can be left in the bins in the entranceways to the Church when you come to Mass.

Please help us make the season a little brighter for those in need.

Thank you!

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED!

Our Bereavement Ministry mission is to assist families in both spiritual and corporal ways to aid in the loss of a loved one.

The ministry participates in vigil service, the burial mass and in providing comfort and a place for family members to meet and remember their loved ones.

The Bereavement Ministry provides desserts and salads to supplement food the family provides at receptions following the funeral of members of their families. The ministry is reaching out to parish members to join with this ministry and help provide the desserts and salads needed for these receptions.

Volunteering to help requires providing a dessert, or salad to feed approximately 5 people

Members are normally only solicited to provide food once a month.

The support volunteers providing food are greatly appreciated by the families of deceased members, and is a vital part of the corporal work of mercy to bury the dead.

If you would like to join this vital ministry please call the rectory office (916)381-5200.

• Lectors (Ministers of the Word)
• Hospitaility Minsiters
• Eucharistic Minisiters
• Adult Alter Servers
• Ministers to the Sick and Homebound
• Bereavement Ministry

Funeral & Memorials November 1 - October 31

Your prayers are requested for the families and friends of St. Paul Parish whose funerals or memorial Masses were celebrated during the 2018-2019 church year.

Eternal rest grant them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen!

Taeko Tekverk	Edward Shunney	Dorothy Olivera
Tanner Dixon	Roberto dela Vega Jr.	Natividad Fortuno
Linda Jones	Carolina Pascual	Helen Sophia
David Moore	Max Mendoza	Max Mendoza
Manny Viernes	Jack Steele	Valerie Daclan
Joan Wise	Laura Guilford	Teresa Robles
Eveangelina Venegas	Erlinda Siopongco	Rafael Aguayo
Mitsuko Monaco	Heliodoro Magana	Max Ingham
Rev. Benedict DeLeon Jr.	Remigio Gulmatico	Sonia Blanco
Mitsuko Monaco	Lawrence Bielby	Marguerite Morrison

 To honor the sacrifice and service of our veterans and active duty members of St. Paul Catholic Church, Father Joyle blessed the mounted board in the South vestibule on Saturday, November 11, 2017.

We pay tribute to all men and women in uniform both in the past and the present.

Families may bring a 3” x 5” photo of active duty military members to be placed in the Prayer Board.

Contact Roger Tafoya at (916) 936-3810 with any questions.

Click here to see the photo album.

 Please pray for the following Active Duty members of our families
serving in the Armed Forces