INTENTIONS OF THE EUCHARIST

Saturday, November 11— 4:00 p.m.

George Kossuth — 26th Anniversary Memorial

Sunday, November 12 — 10:00 a.m.

Mass of Remembrance

Saturday, November 18— 4:00 p.m.

Antonio Masciarelli — Memorial

Sunday, November 19 — 10:00 a.m.

Maureen O’Conell — Memorial

THIS WEEK AT ST. MATTHIAS

Saturday, November 11 Celebration of the Eucharist Church, 4:00 p.m.

Marlborough Community Cupboard Collection bins at the church entrances

Sunday, November 12

Celebration of the Eucharist -

Mass of Remembrance Church, 10:00 a.m.

Mass of Remembrance Reception Parish Hall, following Mass

Marlborough Community Cupboard Collection bins at the church entrances

Monday, November 13

Finance Council Meeting Upstairs Conference Room, 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, November 14

Christmas Craft Meeting Parish Hall, 10:30 a.m.

Our Father’s Table Hope Church—204 Main St., 4:00 p.m.

Wednesday, November 15

Religious Education Directors Meeting Parish Hall, 9:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m.

Shawl Ministry Downstairs Conference Room, 6:45 p.m.

St. Vincent DePaul Meeting Parish Hall, 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, November 16

Choir Rehearsal Church, 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 18

Celebration of the Eucharist Church, 4:00 p.m.

Virtus© Training Downstairs Conference Room, 5:00 p.m.—7::15 p.m.

Sunday, November 19

Faith Formation Grades 1—5

Parish Hall / Class Room, 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

Celebration of the Eucharist Church, 10:00 a.m.

Coffee Social Parish Hall, following Mass

Children’s Choir Rehearsal Church, Following 11:15 a.m.– 12:15 p.m.

Faith Formation Grade 9 and 10

Church 10:00 a.m. / 11:00 a.m.—Noon

Faith Formation Grades 6 through 8

Parish Hall / Class Room, 6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

ST. MATTHIAS PARISH, MARLBOROUGH, MA

Office Hours for the Week of November 13

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

9:00 a.m. — 3:00 p.m.

Wednesday

9:00 a.m. — Noon

Weekday Masses for the Week of November 13

Weekday Celebration of the Eucharist

will be held on:

Monday, Tuesday and Friday

9:00 a.m. Downstairs Conference Room

Celebration of the Eucharist Music

Gathering: Gracious God, We Come Before You

Booklet # 7

Preparation: A Banquet Is Prepared

Booklet # 2

Communion: I Am The Bread Of Life

Hymnal # 822

Recessional: We Shall Rise Again

Hymnal # 762

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Welcome into our faith community

Katherine Ryan Clarey

William Isaac Nannery

Sunday, November 18 during the 10:00 a.m. Mass

Please keep Katherine and William

and their families in your prayers.

FROM FR. FRAN

Annual Mass of Remembrance

This weekend we are celebrating our annual Mass of

Remembrance at the 10 AM Eucharist. In a special way

we welcome to this celebration those who have

experienced the death of a loved one during the year.

Please know that you are always in the prayers of our

parish community, especially as you move through the

initial months of grief and loss. After the 10 AM Mass all

are invited to gather in the parish hall for light

refreshments. Many thanks to parishioners Regina and

Alan Slattery who have funded this collation once again

this year.

Pictures of the deceased adorn our Parish Book of

Remembrance, found in the alcove at the back of the

church. Please stop by to pray at this beautiful display and

enter your deceased loved ones names into our November

Book of Remembrance.

As you know, Deacon Doug Peltak is instrumental in

walking with our grieving parishioners during their time of

loss and in organizing our Mass of Remembrance. On

behalf of the parish I would like to thank Doug for his

ministry to the bereaved and for his pastoral presence in

our parish which means so much to us all.

Parish Finances

Last weekend parish Finance Commission member Joe

Kushi gave a brief summary of our financial status. I’d

like to thank Joe and to reiterate that your continued

contributions of time, talent, and treasure are greatly

appreciated, and greatly needed.

You may remember that Joe mentioned the decrease in

our regular weekly giving. We have rarely hit our weekly

4 thousand dollar goal during the fiscal year which began

on July 1st. A sustained level of weekly giving is crucial to

our fiscal health.

I would like to invite each parishioner to reflect upon

their level of giving and, if feasible, please consider

increasing your weekly donation. As much as I don’t like

talking about money, and as much as you probably don’t

like hearing about it, I can’t stress enough that everything

we do as a parish is funded by the weekly generosity of

parishioners. Faith Formation, parish outreach, parish

salaries – you name it – are dependent upon your

donations.

A great way to give on a consistent basis is to use our

on-line giving program where you can set a recurring

amount and never have to worry about writing out a check

or digging through your wallet at Mass. This also affords

you a great way to budget your giving for the year. Please

visit our website: stmattpar.org for all the information you

will need to set up an account.

And please don’t forget about our 2018 Grand Annual

Collection which is ongoing until the end of the year!

Informational packets are available at the entrances to the

church and you may donate on line as well.

Weekly Offertory Goal: $4,000.00

Total Collection of November 4 and 5 $3,853.08*

Of that amount WeShare donation $ 497.08

Parishioners Celebrating Mass…………………….. 395

Campaign for Human Development $ 407.00*

All Saints Day $ 440.00

Parishioners Celebrating All Saints Day………….. 122

*This represents a deficit of $146.92 to reach our weekly

offertory goal.

Special Collections—November 2017

November 11 and 12 Parish Maintenance

November 18 and 19 Sisters Religious

PARISH FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

GRAND ANNUAL

Goal $80,000

Total Pledged $20,305

Total Received $16,505

Total to Reach Goal $59,695

Number of Families Pledged 41

THANKSGIVING DAY MASS

9:00 A.M. IN THE CHURCH You are invited to join your parish family for the

Celebration of the Eucharist on Thanksgiving morning at

9:00 a.m. a time to express our gratitude for the many

wonderful gifts we have been blessed with. Our thoughts

turn to those in need on this day of thanks and we invite you

to bring gifts of non-perishable canned and boxed food. You

may bring these gifts to the altar during the presentation of

the gifts of bread and wine. The food will be blessed and

donated to the Marlborough Food Pantry.

THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

** Please note there are no Faith Formation

gatherings on Sunday, November 12. **

Faith Formation gatherings will resume Sunday, November

19 as scheduled:

Grades 1-5 8:30 - 9:45 a.m.

Grades 6-8 6:00 - 7:15 p.m.

Grades 9, 10 10:00 a.m. Mass attendance followed

by coffee social in the parish hall

and meetings with Deacon Paul or

Mrs. Salafia until noon.

Looking ahead in December:

Grades 1-5 will meet December 3, 10, 17

8:30 - 9:45 am

Grades 6-8 will meet December 3

6:00 - 7:15 pm

ADVENT PRAYER SERVICE WITH

POT LUCK SUPPER

Grades 6-10 and their families will attend the Advent Pot

Luck Supper on Sunday evening December 10 at 5:00 p.m.

This evening will include prayer, supper and presentation. In

the spirit of giving, we will join the community with the

collection of deodorant and combs which will be distributed

at the annual Christmas dinner celebration at Our Father’s

Table. Additional details can be found below.

PROTECTING GOD’S CHILDREN (VIRTUS©)

Saint Matthias Parish will provide Virtus© training,

the required training for all volunteers who have the

possibility of interacting with children and other vulnerable

persons (sick, elderly), on Saturday, November 18 from

5:00 - 7:15 pm. A light collation will be provided.

Registration is required. Certified Facilitators for this

training are April Lowe, Theresa Salafia and Kathleen

Messom.

SCRIPTURE READINGS

You are encouraged to read and pray from scripture at

home during the week as you reflect on this Sunday’s

Word and prepare to celebrate next week’s Eucharist.

Readings for November 11 and November 12

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Wisdom 6:12-16; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13

Readings for November 18 and November 19

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-21; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6;

Matthew 25:14-30

Pray for the Healing

of the s ick

Please Pray For…

Richard Abraham, Joyce Belliveau, Boyle Family,

Conor Canavan, Peggy Cronin, Delia Cruz, Connie Cyr, Del

Cyr, Rita Dennison, Clara Mae Dickerson, Grace Dowd,

Doyle Family, Jack Duprey, Trevor Faulls, Colin Fawkes,

Lee Ann Fital, John Gifford, Joe Gillis, Hannah Gluck,

Philomena Hedin, Russ Hokanson, Cristina Janunas, Emma

Johnson, Kathryn Keeler, Mary Martocci, Emma Larrivee,

Maura McGuiness, Holly McIntyre, Kay McNeill, Roger

Melenson, Michael Messom, Glenn Molloy, Theresa Morrill,

Deborah Natoli, Jennifer Natoli, Theresa Perry, Jean Peltak,

Michael Pilecki, Andy Rivers, Benjamin Smith, Edward

Suzano, Andrew Tivnan, Ray Thomas, Trunfio Family, Jenny

Weibel and Robert Vona.

OUR FATHER’S TABLE

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14

NEW HOPE CHURCH — (204 MAIN ST.)

St. Matthias Parish community members will be hosting

Our Father’s Table on Tuesday, November 14, beginning

at 4:00 p.m. If you are interested in helping or donating a

dessert, please contact Sue Dolesh for further details via

email: daledolesh@gmail.com.

CHRISTMAS COLLECTION FOR GUESTS

St. Matthias' Our Father's Table ministry is hosting a

collection of deodorant and combs for the annual Christmas

dinner celebration at Our Father's Table. Please consider

donating one or more of these items no later than

Sunday, December 17th. Collection baskets are located at

the church entrances. For more information, contact Sue

Dolesh at 248-794-3734 or email at daledolesh@gmail.com

IMPORTANT WeShare NOTICE

For those who have browsed the WeShare website you

will note that it only shows the donations made in October.

The donations made through ParishPay will not show up on

their website. ParishPay will mail you a yearly donation

report in January that will cover January, 2017 through

October 8, 2017. We are working with WeShare to obtain a

report for donations made from October 9 through

December 31, 2017. Please note that we also track your

donations through Parishsoft, our internal financial

software. If you have any questions, please contact Diane

Balinski at dbalinski@stmattpar.org or 508-460-9255.

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR CRAFT SESSIONS

Looking for some pre-holiday cheer?

Join the St. Matthias Christmas Craft

group on Tuesdays, November 14, 21 and

28, 10:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall to

prepare for the St. Matthias Craft Table.

Saturday, December 2, 2017 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Local Crafters with Unique Gifts

St. Matthias Craft Table

Traditional Greens

St. Matthias Baked Goods Table

Raffle Prizes - Basket Raffles

Grilled Favorites - Homemade Soup

Visit from Santa and his Elf

St. Matthias Parish

Christmas Bazaar

NOVEMBER

BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

Each November we honor the

memory of our deceased family

members, friends and parishioners

with our Book of Remembrance.

You are invited to inscribe the names

of your deceased loved ones in this

book throughout the month of No-

vember.

The Book of Remembrance is located in the church foyer

along with a photo board. Parishioners are invited to place a

photo of their deceased loved one on the photo board. Please

make sure that you write your name and phone number on the

back of the photo so that it may be returned to you.

You may also find specially marked November All Souls

envelopes at the church entrances. If you would like to make a

donation in memory of deceased loved ones please be sure to

put your name on the front of the envelope and the names of

those you wish to remember on the back. The names of all

those memorialized will be published in the parish bulletin in

early December.