Stewardship is about the expectations of our God, and our answer to his final question,

“What have you done with all that I have given you?”

If you have not already done so, please return your Ministry Commitment form for the upcoming year this weekend. Please place in the offertory basket or drop-box on the table near the Lighthouse CDs. Extra forms can be found by the drop-box. Thank you for your generosity!

The 2nd Collection today is for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS). This collection is taken up once every three years.

No Coffee Hour today because of the retreat being held in the Hall. Next Sunday, Nov. 20, is potluck. Everyone is welcome and if you plan to bring an item to share, please have it plated and ready to serve.

Monday, Nov. 14, is the final day to submit your application for the part-time receptionist/office assistant position. Please stop by the Parish Office.

Be a blessing,….adopt an Angel and help us partner with Reach Out Colorado to make sure that all children in Rifle receive a gift this Christmas. Return unwrapped gifts, in a gift bag, no later than December 4th.

If you have already donated to the Annual Seminaries'’ Appeal, thank you. However, if you have not contributed, it’s not too late. May God bless you for investing in tomorrow’s priests today.

The Church dedicates the month of November to the Holy Souls in Purgatory - all the faithful departed who have not yet attained the joys of heaven. Praying for the dead is our Christian dutThe Book of Remembrance is available throughout the month for family and friends to record the names of deceased persons to be remembered.

Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 24 and our Mass schedule is 9:30AM in English and 11:00AM in Spanish. You

XXXIII ORDINARY SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2016

761 BIRCH AVE. — P.O. BOX 191 — RIFLE, CO 81650 — WWW.STMARYRIFLE.COM

PARISH HAPPENINGS

Liturgical Schedule

English Mass Schedule:

Mon., Tues., Fri. — 7:30am

Saturday — 4:30pm

Sunday — 9:30am Sacred Heart- 230 N. 6th St., Silt

Sunday 7:30am

Misa en Español Schedule:

Thursday — 7:00pm

Saturday — 7:00pm

Sunday — 12.30pm

Reconciliation Schedule:

Mon., Tues., Fri. — 7:00am

Thursday — 6:30pm

Saturday — 3:30pm & 6:30pm

Sunday — 12:00pm Adoration Schedule:

Mon., Tue., Fri. — 8:00am–9:00am

First Friday of Each Month—8:00am—10:00pm

ST. MARY PARISH CATHOLIC CHURCH

Parish Council: Larry Brady Daniel Bucio Agueda deLeon Bernie Whitman

Finance Council: Dan Niedbalski, Chairperson Allan Cyr Lillian Dahlin Michelle Duran Bob Prendergast Rosie Ruiz

Parish Staff

Pastor: Fr. JoséMaría Quera Pastoral Assistant: Karla Jacobs KarlaJacobs@StMaryRifle.com 970-625-5125 x20 Parish Office Hours: Mon., Tues., Thu., & Fri.: 9:00am - 1:30pm, After Lunch break by appointment Religious Ed Coord.: Mandie Dovey MandieDovey@StMaryRifle.com 970-625-3891 x23 Office Hours: Sunday: 8:30AM to 9:15AM and Noon to 12:30PM. Monday: 6:45PM to 8:30PM Family Life/Youth Ministry Coord.: Sophie Simms, 970-625-3891 x107 SophieSimms@StMaryRifle.com Office Hours: Tuesday: Noon to 2:00PM Maintenance: Joe Skelly Fax: 970-625-1095 Prayer Requests: Call: 625-4509, 625-5125 or e-mail prayer@stmaryrifle.com Email: info@stmaryrifle.com Submission Deadlines: Bulletin - Tuesday Noon

Announcements - Thursday Noon Online: www.stmaryrifle.com, or

St Mary Catholic Church in Rifle

Parish & Finance Councils

MEETINGS & THINGS

are invited to bring a food item to be blessed. No confessions or 7:00PM Mass in Spanish.

On Sunday, November 27, we’ll mark the beginning of Advent with a potluck gathering from 2:00-4:00PM. Activities for all ages! Wreath making supplies will be available for those who do not already have an advent wreath. Contact Sharon Pritt (Slonghurstpritt@gmail.com) for more info.

FAMILY LIFE/YOUTH MINISTRY INFORMATION Youth Ministry & Family Life flyer can be found in the Info Rack.

We are looking for more youth ministry volunteers/leaders! If you are interested in helping with Middle or High school youth group please contact Sophie Simms (see the front page for new contact info). Youth Group meets Sunday, Nov. 20: Edge Middle School: (6-8th grade): 4:15-5:45PM

Lifeteen High School: (9-12th grade): 6:00-7:30PM

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INFORMATION Religious Education Newsletter can be found in the Info Rack

No classes on November 20th ~ Happy Thanksgiving!

Grades 1-8:10:45AM-Noon: Nov. 13 & 27 Grades 4PM, 5PM, 6PM & RCIC: 2:00-3:30PM. Nov. 20

and Dec. 4 & 11 1st Year High School: 2:00-3:30PM: Nov. 20 and Dec. 4 &

11 Confirmation: 2:00-3:30PM: Nov. 20 & Dec. 4 & 11

No Coffee Hour today, potluck on the 20th RCIA: Monday, 6:30PM - Everyone is welcome!, Room 4 Mosaic Ensemble Practice: Tuesday, 5:00PM Environment Committee: Tuesday, 6:30PM, Parish Office RICA (Spanish): Friday, 7:00PM, Room 4 Parish Bazaar: Saturday 8:00AM to 3:00PM, Hall

We are still seeking soup and tamale donations. Craft and non-perishable food items can be brought to the Hall starting

Wednesday the 15th. Please label your donations so that we know whose items are whose. Baked goods can be

delivered Sat. morning starting at 7AM, unless they are in a tightly sealed container, then Fri drop-off is OK. Cookies

should also be wrapped in containers to assure freshness. Come and help set-up Friday and get a sneak peak at our

wonderful gifts. If you have any questions please call Billie Jansky (625-3911), Kathie Bernat (625-2381), Lourdes

Guardado (625-3911) or Adelaida Magana (876-5875).

Thank you for your generosity & don’t forget to shop!

All proceeds benefit youth

programs

Soup lunch (11 am - 1 pm)

Tamales!

Cookie Bonanza

The choir from our 12:30 Mass will

sing Christmas carols to help us

enter into the holiday spirit

Raffle tickets will be available

WE PRAY FOR... MINISTRY SCHEDULE

Nov. 13 12:30pm Nancy Magana & Family ♥

Nov. 17 7:00pm Luis Flores Family ♥

To request a Mass intention, please make your request after Mass in the sacristy.

MASS INTENTIONS

“At the end [of the Gospel] Jesus makes a promise which is a guarantee of victory: “By your perseverance you will gain your

lives” (v. 19). There is so much hope in these words! They are a call to hope and patience, to be able to wait for the

certain fruits of salvation, trusting in the profound meaning of life and of history: the trials and difficulties are part of the

bigger picture; the Lord, the Lord of history, leads all to fulfillment. Despite the turmoil and disasters that upset the world,

God’s design of goodness and mercy will be fulfilled! And this is our hope: go forward on this path, in God’s plan which will be fulfilled. Jesus’ message causes us to reflect on our present time and gives us the strength to face it with courage and hope,

with Mary who always accompanies us.” Pope Francis November 17, 2013

4:30pm Saturday, November 19 Extraordinary Ministers: Kay Ilincuta and Karla Jacobs Lector: Tom Hogelin Ushers: Julie Allen Cantor: Anna Bagley Gifts: Meghan & Anisa Orona Sacristan: Fred Garcia

9:30am Sunday, November 20 Potluck Coffee Hour following Mass

Extraordinary Ministers: Mickie Hosack, Kathy Hill, Troy Feese, Kim Feese and Larry Brady Lector: Julie Burner and Megan Alstatt Ushers: Susan Armstrong and Ida & Justin Vasquez Server: Grace Burner Cantor: Choir Gifts: Jenny Peed family Coffee: Potluck/John & Nan Sowieja Church Cleaner: Hispanic Community Money Counters: Rose Fraser, Diane Tilley and Dan Niedbalski Sacristan: Karla Jacobs If you are unable to serve as scheduled please find a replacement and notify the Parish Office at 625-5125 x 20 or info@stmaryrifle.com. Thank you.

EXPANDING THE WORD JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY

SACRED HEART PARISH 230 North 6th Street, Silt — Sunday Mass at 7:30am Coffee Hour following Mass on the Third Sunday of Each Month

Ministries for November: Kathy Kozera

Extraordinary Ministers (11/20): Wendy Mello and Diane Tilley Lector (11/20): Yvette Blanc Offertory (11/6): $689.00 Attendance (11/6): 46

STEWARDSHIP

PRAY FOR VOCATIONS

Dave Kissell, Elsa Magana, Etelvina Cisneros, Darrion Levings, Pat Ghastin, Marilyn Weiss, Jim Sweeney, Darren Crabtree, Dorothy Ceremuga, Linda Como, Rick & LuAnna Kuester, Zack Sowieja & family, Ruben Quintero, Marilyn Bryan, Lisa Edwards, Bernice Ghastin, Chris Chavez, Joan Weaver, Gayl Bernhardt, Darrell Redman, the family of Rustin Franke, Kyle Scholla, Butch Pressler, Alice Holmes, Mark Holmes, Billie Jansky, Craig Leonard, Brian Garland, Bill Oaks, Anita Sundin, Rick Sundin, Joshua Jones, Julia Avonovich, Tammy Waller, Fred Garcia, Julie Kuper, Marty Thompson, Terry Whitley, Pat Schmeckel, Ted Diaz, Corky Wilson, Alex & Linda Garcia, Georgi Aibner, Alicia & David Thorpe, Tony Martinez, Linda Tomasi, Lauren Giard, Cathy Richard, Mary Ann Olson, Irene Goergen, Kim Nieslanik, Susan Armstrong, Freddie Romero, Gerald Waters, Nancy Newton, Joe Elliot, Ann Arrington, Kathy Willeart, Patrick Chavez (Esther Jones’ uncle), Reagan Nelson, Joyce Cawley, Clarence Gomez, Esther Jones, Lucy Wolff, Bob Christensen, Yvonne Diaz, Tanya Giard, Loretta Kochis, Scott Gordon, Kari Kuerstan, Bert Garlitz, Eliza Gallegos, Mary Benson, Daniel Tena, Connie Ritter, Rosalia Garza, Derek Miles, Gordan Hammel, Kimberly Green, Virginia Escalante, John & Therese Daly, Clarence Gomez, Amanda Axelson, Mary Brennan, Andrea Gallegos, Nadine Gadis, Pat Squire, Marlene Brandt, and for all others in our Parish and Community who are in need of our prayer. For the souls of our departed: Betty Fulton, Frank Breslin, Ed Andzel, Ernest “Joe” Thompson, Shannon Bascomb, Elaine Gomez, James Flynn, Billy Mauer, Tom Scanlon, Fr. Robert Hehn, Bellard Garcia. For prayer requests or to join our e-mail/phone prayer ministry contact Dorothy Zinn (625-4509).

THE HOLY FATHER’S

PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR NOVEMBER

THE LITTLE WAY In a life of only twenty-four years, cut short by tuberculosis, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face—often known as The Little Flower—showed us a life of dedicated discipleship that any of us can imitate. From the age of 15 she lived in the obscurity of a convent in Lisieux, in northern France, communicating the unfolding of her spiritual life in a series of short books and letters. Her writing is in the style of her times, and some have dismissed it as cloying and sentimental. Yet she blazed with such love that she has influenced thousands in the century since her death. Thérèse focused on what she called “the little way,” a manner of serving God by a persistent endeavor in the details of everyday life. This included the difficult task of accepting all work that came her way and attempting to love the community of her sisters in religious life. That was no easier for her as a cloistered nun than it is for us in our families, communities, and workplaces. She experienced times where she could not pray and suffered greatly as her illness progressed. Yet she persevered in this “little way” to such an extent that, in an unusually short time after her death, she was canonized and then declared a doctor of the Church, the youngest of only thirty-three saints ever given that title and only one of three women—the others are Saint Teresa of Ávila and Saint Catherine of Siena. Most importantly, especially in the light of today’s scripture readings, Saint Thérèse always had a firm hope of heaven and saw it as a seamless transition from the pilgrimage of faith here on earth. She even said, “I will spend my heaven doing good on earth.”

Living Stewardship Now

Read the biography of a saint—Saint Thérèse’s autobiography, Story of a Soul, is only one example—and see what you can imitate to be a better disciple of the Lord.

-Copyright (c) 2009, World Library Publications. All rights reserved.

November 14 - Weekday Revelation 1:1-4; 2:1-5 Luke 18:35-43

November 15 - Weekday Revelation 3:1-6, 14-22 Luke 19:1-10

November 16 - Weekday Revelation 4:1-11 Luke 19:11-28

November 17 - St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious Revelation 5:1-10 Luke 19:41-44

November 18 - Weekday Revelation 10:8-11 Luke 19:45-48

November 19 - Weekday Revelation 11:4-12 Luke 20:27-40

November 20-Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe 2 Samuel 5:1-3 Colossians 1:12-20 Luke 23:35-43

In Hebron, David is hailed as king of all the tribes of Israel. Jesus is anointed king on the wood of his cross, as sign of paradox, of defeat yet final victory. Through his cross we have passes from darkness into the kingdom of light.

READINGS OF THE WEEK

THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

As this Jubilee Year of Mercy comes to an end, Jesus’ first disciples ask what every age seems to wonder about the end of the world: “Teacher, when will this happen? What sign will there be?” (Luke 21:7). But instead of what we’d like to know, Jesus tells us what we need to know. Don’t be terrified by natural disasters, human violence, personal sufferings. Because God’s mercy abounds, all is grace. “It will lead to your giving testimony” (21:13). So Malachi promises “the sun of justice with its healing rays” (Malachi 3:20a); and Jesus describes how we should welcome the end: “Stand erect and raise your heads, because your redemption is at hand” (Gospel Acclamation, Luke 21:28). Rather than worrying about ourselves and the future’s perils, both Jesus’ gospel and Pope Francis’ Jubilee Year of Mercy bid us go forth to spend our lives proclaiming God’s promise of boundless mercy, but also translating God’s mercy into living deeds of unfailing compassion and enduring comfort.

--Peter Scagnelli, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

NOVEMBER 5 & 6: Offertory: $6,448.10 Seminary Appeal: $1,084 Attendance: Nov. 5: 67 Nov. 6: 152

Universal: That countries which take in a great number of displaced persons and refugees may find support for their efforts which show solidarity. Evangelization: That within parishes, priests and lay people may collaborate in service to the community without giving in to the temptation of discouragement.

Sunday: 3rd & 4th Year Theology Monday: 1st & 2nd Year Theology Tuesday: 1st & 2nd Year Theology Wednesday: Spirituality Year Thursday: College Freshmen & Sophomores Friday: Vocations Ministry Saturday: Applicants & Prospective Seminarians

Season of Thanksgiving

In thanksgiving for your faith-filled stewardship this year, we are grateful for your generous giving to St. Mary Rifle Parish Fund at The Catholic Foundation for the benefit of our parish. Our partnership with the Foundation ensures our parish will continue to nurture the faith of our children and grandchildren.

To learn how you can leave a legacy of faith in your will or estate plan, please contact Jean Finnegan at The Catholic Foundation at 303.867.0613 or visit their website at www.TheCatholicFoundation.com.