ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CHURCH

All Saints Day

Sunday, November 1, 2009
Parish Calendar November 1 - 8
Daylights Savings Time Ends

Sunday    All Saints Day
7:45 a.m.    Confession
8:30 a.m.     Mass
9:30 a.m.    Religious  Education Classes
9:30 a.m.    St. Vincent de Paul Society Mtg.
10:30 a.m.    Confession
11:00 a.m.    Mass
3:00 p.m.    McGill-Toolen Catholic High School Open House
Monday    Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
7:00 p.m.    All Souls Mass
Tuesday    Ferial/St. Martin dePorres
8:30 a.m.    Mass
7 :00 p.m.    RCIA - "Office and Ministry of Peter"  Pat Pose
7:00 p.m.    KOC 7270 Mtg.
Wednesday    Memorial St. Charles Borromeo
8:30 a.m.     Mass
9:30 a.m.    Ladies Altar Society Mtg.
6:30 p.m.    7 Steps to Financial Freedom
7:00 p.m.    Liturgy Planning Mtg.
Thursday    Ferial
Godfather's Pizza Night
8:30 a.m.    Mass
Friday    Ferial
8:30 a.m.    All School Mass, Gr 3
Saturday    Ferial
4:15  p.m.    Confession
5:00 p.m.    Mass/Ushers Training Session
Sunday    32nd   Sunday in Ordinary Time Daylight Savings Time ends
7:45 a.m.    Confession
8:30 a.m.    Mass/Ushers Training Session
9:30 a.m.    Religious Education Classes
10:30 a.m.    Confession
11:00 a.m.    Mass/Ushers Training Session

Ministries…11/7/8 (Please pick up liturgy schedules Lectors(please pick up new Liturgy Workbooks in Sacristy)
5:00 p.m  C. Nash; C. Havard
8:30 a.m. P. Weatherford; S. Weatherford
11:00 a.m. G. Vrazel; D. Baker
Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist  (please pick up E.M. list on credenza as you enter Church)
5:00 p.m. C. Ferguson; L. Ferguson;*C.Helton
8:30 a.m. L.Rockhold; S. Rockhold *Deacon Bob
11:00 a.m. M. Carpentier;C.Donivan; *J.Donivan
Gift Bearers
5:00 p.m. M/M Dyess
8:30 a.m.  Donivan Fmly
11:00 a.m. M/M McGowan
Communion Calls
Julie Poiroux
Altar Servers
5:00 p.m.W.Helton;K.Norton;B.Pryor
8:30 a.m. T. Bryars; J. Poiroux; B. Bryars
11:00 a.m.J. Miner; T. Montgomery; D. Baker

Sacramental Preparation Baptism There is a preparation program for parents and sponsors prior to the celebration of the Sacrament of Baptism.  Please call Fr. Irwin, 661-3908 to set up a meeting.  It is a good idea to schedule the preparation program prior to the baby's birth.

Marriage Register as soon as possible. Please contact the priest at least six(6) months prior to the wedding.  The date is tentative until the preparation program is complete.  Advent & Lent are Penitential Seasons; couples are encouraged to plan their wedding outside these seasons.

Care of the sick and those confined to their Homes Please call the Parish Office for a Priest as soon as you or someone in your family is hospitalized or suffers a serious illness or injury. Regular visits are made to the hospitals and the priest visits those confined to home every First  Friday

Tithe Cards Completion and return of  the tithe card is another way to update your address & phone number for our mailing list.  Even if you are unable to commit to a tithe at this time, please return the card by way of  the collection basket.

Stewardship of Treasure Please take this opportunity to renew (or make) a financial commitment to the parish.  God has blessed many of us with jobs and resources..  These all belong to God before they belong to any one of us.  Stewardship of Treasure or tithing is a way of giving back to God a portion of what He has so generously given to us.  Your  regular contributions to the parish help pay the bills and support all the activities we have at St. Vincent's.  Please pray and think about how you might support your church financially as we continue to do God's work on this earth.

We're Paying Off Our Debt The Finance Council has decided that , with the rise in interest rates, we should pay the bank debt owed on the new school building.  We will soon begin repaying to ourselves those parish funds which were borrowed during construction of the building.

Special All Souls Day Mass Monday, Nov. 2nd at 7:00 p.m.  This All Souls Day, the day we set aside to pray for all the faithful departed, we will be making a special remembrance of loved ones who have died.  Please email  or call the office and let Sandra them know the names of relatives in your immediate family only (grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, or children) who have died during this past year (Nov. 2, 2008 - Nov. 1, 2009) We will read their names during the intercessions and light a candle for them.  Please make sure that you include your name and the person's relation to you.  We will, of course, be praying for the repose of the souls of all the deceased as well.

November, the Month of the Holy Souls We take the month of November to pray for the souls of the faithful departed each year.  We have placed the books of the deceased near the baptismal pool  Please remember that the book has the names of all of the deceased from previous years already in it, and so, there is no need to rewrite the names of deceased loved ones.  Please call Sandra(Rectory office) if you would like to have the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered for a deceased loved one.

Usher Training There will be a training session for all ushers, current and new, after all Masses NEXT WEEKEND, Nov. 7/8th.  ALL ushers are asked to attend!

Readers Training There will be a training session for all readers, current and new, Tuesday, Nov. 17th  at 7pm.  All reads are asked to attend!

Prayers for the Sick…
Harry Lay; Harry & Clarice Moody; Kayla VanCleave; Donnie Mills; Jon Balzli; Danny Barlow;Lee Willis; William and Cinde Pocase; Betty Lou Wagner;Catherine Wilton;Lucy Sommer; Josh Wimberly;Robert Klaus; William Girby; Michael Lambert; Geraldine Shaw; Joe Gable; Louise Marchand; Carol Conner; Bonnie Ramer Mills; Deana Rodriguez; Chris Henderson;  Brieanne Carter; Olivia Tullis; Dennis Thornton; Jackie Scarry; Pam Starkey; Marguerite McBride; Cathy Fuller; Lindsay Burch; Johnny Sue Dukes; Drue Dollison; Jane Ritchie; Dina Cedano; Angela Teasley; Barbara Knable; Trevor Broadus; Lacey Burch; Carman Burch; Debbie Stam; Brandy Burch; Wanda McLean; Ronnie Burch; Madeline Watt; Ira James Campbell, Sr.; Bobbie Addiss; Julie Kay; Christy Burch; Jack Jones; Hunter and Calvin Wilson; JoAnne Thornton.

Spring Festival Planning Meeting Please mark your calendars for a Spring Festival Planning meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 9th, 6:00 p.m.  Bring
your thoughts and ideas on how to make our Festival bigger and better!!

The Sacrament of Confirmation is described in  The Catechism of the Catholic Church para. Numbers 1285-1321.  There it states that Jesus promised his followers an outpouring of the  Holy Spirit.  He fulfilled this promise on Easter Sunday (JN20:22) and then more strikingly at Pentecost.  From Pentecost on, in fulfillment of Christ's will, the apostles "imparted to the newly baptized by the laying on of hands the gift of the Spirit that completes the grace of Baptism." This sacrament, "in a certain way, perpetuates the grace of Pentecost in the Church" (Catechism of the Catholic Church para. Numbers 1287-1288). For those who have not been Confirmed Please contact the church office if you have not received the sacrament of Confirmation and would like to do so. Confirmation is the completion of Christian initiation assuring a person that he has all the gifts of the Holy Spirit to live a full Christian life.  You should also know that one must be confirmed in order to be a godparent in Baptism or a sponsor for someone being confirmed.

Parishioners are Welcome at RCIA Classes, Nov 3 The Office and Ministry of Peter, by Pat Pose; Nov 10 The Liturgical and Sacramental Life, by Steve Weatherford, Nov 17 Baptism & Confirmation, by Paula Weatherford.   Classes meet in the De Paul Center at 7 pm.

Special Thanks to Charmaine Helton for scheduling our altar servers for 10 years!  Charmaine has served the church through four different priests taking great care to make sure servers knew when it was their turn to serve as  well as how to do it well.  We thank her for her service to the church. Special Thanks to Andrew Conner & our Building Crew   Andrew put a lot of TLC in his brick work for the Marian grotto; he did a fabulous job.  For his efforts, the Pastoral Council has awarded him the St. Vincent de Paul Spirit Award.  We also very much appreciate the men who poured the slab on which the grotto is resting, and those who moved the statue into place.   We will have a dedication ceremony for the grotto in the near future.

KOC 7270 Murder Mystery Dinner:  Knights of Columbus Council 7270 would like to thank all that participated in our Murder Mystery Dinner to raise funds for the Priestly Scholarship Fund.  We have not completed the final accounting, but believe we exceeded  our goal of $1000.00 for this fund, and will report the final amounts when available.

Around the Archdiocese…
Doctrine on Draft is a religious education and information program, aimed at helping adults learn more about the Catholic faith and current issues in the Church.  Participants meet in an adult social setting and DoD is open to people of all faiths.  Location:  Wintzell's Oyster House, 605 Dauphin St.  Social Hour 6 - 6:30 p.m.; program begins promptly at 6:30 p.m. and ends at 7:30 p.m. More info. call 401-6381 or contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Topics:

• Nov. 1-St. John Vianney-Msgr. Kee
• Nov. 11-Catholics in the Military-Charlie Groves.

3rd Annual Our Savior Preschool Merry Mart 1801 Cody Rd. So.  Sunday, Nov. 8th, 12 Noon -4:00 p.m.  A wide variety of vendors and crafters will be present!!

Celebrate Life Banquet Sunday, Nov. 8th, 5-5:30 pm Registration, 6 pm Dinner at the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel.  Tickets $40 each; $400 per table.  For reservations, mail check, payable to 2B Choices for Women, 100 University Blvd.  S., Mobile, AL. 36608 or call Beth Perkins at 343-7088 by Nov. 3rd. This banquet is to benefit the 2B Choices for Women Crisis Pregnancy Ctr. 40 Days for Life Celebration on Nov. 1st at 5 pm whether you have participated in 40 Days for Life or not -ALL are invited to participate in front of the abortion business( Planned Parenthood, 717 Downtowner Blvd. W across from Chuck E. Cheese) in Mobile for a rally of prayer and celebration for the success of 40 Days for Life  in the Archdiocese.  After the closing, we
will eat as a family at Chuck E. Cheese.  40 days of peaceful prayer and fasting continues through Nov. 1 for an end to abortion.  Info: contact Mae
Rehm, 344-4752 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Mass of Thanksgiving with the Little Sisters of the Poor  celebrating the Canonization of their Foundress, St. Jeanne Jugan   Nov 7th at 2:00 p.m.
Presided by Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.  Reception to follow.  RSVP  251-476-6335.