Mass Schedule

Saturday: 5:00 PM - Sunday: 8:00 & 10:30 AM - Mon-Wed: 7:00 AM

Holy Days: As announced in bulletin

PASTOR: Rev. Richard A. Valentine

PASTORAL ASSISTANT:

William A. Bowden, ext. 4

PARISH SECRETARY:

Donna M. Capalbo, ext. 0

RELIGIOUS FORMATION DIRECTOR:

Wendy A. Carrier, ext. 3

PARISH OFFICE:............................ 231-5119

RELIGIOUS FORMATION:………231-1340

OFFICE FAX NUMBER: .………. 231-0523

HOURS: Monday-Thursday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

WEB SITE: www.stmichaelsmithfield.org

EMAIL: stmikesgeo@gmail.com

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Parents should contact

the Pastoral Assistant, ext. 4, at least four months before

the birth of their baby to discuss baptismal plans.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturdays

from 4:00 to 4:30 or by appointment with the priest.

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: Couples should

contact the parish priest at least one year in advance. Be

sure you have a confirmed date at the church before

making any other arrangements.

COMMUNION TO THE SICK: Eucharistic Ministers

are available to bring communion to the homebound.

Please call the Pastoral Assistant, ext. 4.

PARISH PRAYER LINE: If anyone wishes to request

a special intention, please call Avis at 233-0225

All requests will remain confidential.

ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH

80 FARNUM PIKE, GEORGIAVILLE, RHODE ISLAND

WEEKLY IN OUR PARISH

Weekday Mass: Monday–Wednesday 7:00 AM

Morning Prayer: Monday – Wednesday 6:40 AM

Communal Recitation of the Rosary: Mondays at 6:30 PM

MASS INTENTIONS

Wednesday, November 6th, 2019

7:00 AM Bielecki & Pianka Families

Remembrance, by Family

Saturday, November 9th, 2019

5:00 PM Caesar Mariotti

25th Anniversary, by Wife and Family

Sunday, November 10th, 2019

8:00 AM George Resendes

13th Anniversary, by Family

10:30 AM Theresa A. Supple

2nd Anniversary, by Family

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Sunday: Wis 11:22—12:2/Ps 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14 [cf. 1]/2

Thes 1:11—2:2/Lk 19:1-10

Monday: Rom 11:29-36/Ps 69:30-31, 33-34, 36 [14c]/Lk 14:12-14

Tuesday: Rom 12:5-16b/Ps 131:1bcde, 2, 3/Lk 14:15-24

Wednesday: Rom 13:8-10/Ps 112:1b-2, 4-5, 9 [5a]/Lk 14:25-33

Thursday: Rom 14:7-12/Ps 27:1bcde, 4, 13-14 [13]/Lk 15:1-10

Friday: Rom 15:14-21/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [cf. 2b]/Lk 16:1-8

Saturday: Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12/Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8, 9 [5]/1 Cor 3:9c-

11, 16-17/Jn 2:13-22

BECOMING CATHOLIC

RCIA: Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

What is RCIA?

The RCIA is a process through which adults are introduced to the

Catholic faith and way of life.

♦ It is a journey of instruction, reflection, and prayer.

♦ Those who have not been baptized and wish to join the Catho-

lic faith.

♦ Those who have been baptized in another denomination and

wish to join the Catholic faith.

♦ Baptized Catholic who have not yet received First Commun-

ion and or Confirmation who wish to return to the full practice

of their Catholic Faith.

Classes starting on Monday, November 25, 2019 @ 7:00PM

If you know someone who may be interested, invite him or her to

contact us. If you have any questions or would like to register

please contact our Pastoral Assistant, Bill Bowden at

401-231-5120 or bbowdstmikes@cox.net. You may also register

for RCIA on our website: www.stmichaelsmithfield.org/rcia

There is a book in the candle room where special intentions can be

listed. These special intentions are included at all masses during the

month of November.

Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away!

At Thanksgiving and Christmas, our Parish

Food Closet and Social Justice Committee

provide food baskets for families in our

town. Each basket contains items that

would allow these families to have a special dinner on those

days. A typical basket contains stuffing mix, broth, boxed

mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, gravy, canned fruit,

coffee, sugar and cake mixes. As you

shop each week, one or two items men-

tioned above, added to your list and brought

to mass on the weekend, would help this

ministry fulfill their goal. Thank you!

Christ loves us first. So much of the Christian life is as simple

as that. Today’s Gospel is a prime example! “Now a man there

named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a

wealthy man … was seeking to see who Jesus was.” We may

have gotten used to the story of Zacchaeus, this short, seem-

ingly innocent man who climbs a sycamore tree in his desperate

desire to see Jesus. But this colorful, children’s Bible illustra-

tion isn’t what the gathering crowd would have seen. They

would have seen the white collar criminal. Tax collectors were

notorious for extortion. They were collaborators with the op-

pressive Roman overlords, overcharging for taxes and skim-

ming a cut off the top. And how does Jesus respond to this

man?

“Come down quickly,” Jesus says, “for today I must stay at

your house.” If you had been there, would you have believed it?

No doubt there were other disciples in the city or, at the very

least, kind, generous, and just people. “Good” people. But those

aren’t the people Jesus chooses to share a meal with. Christ

loves us first. He chooses Zacchaeus even before the man

makes a public profession of his repentance.

“The Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.”

We may not be tax collectors and extortionists — I hope not!

— but we all have elements of our lives that are lost. We have

wounds from childhood, unresolved anxieties or attachments,

daily fears. No matter how “put together” we are, we all have

our lost moments. Some days, it may feel like we can’t see over

the ways they crowd our inner life. Today’s Gospel invites us to

do something a little strange. Don’t let your flaws, failures, or

hang-ups prevent you from seeing Jesus. Take a deep breath.

Go climb a tree, because Jesus is passing by. And he wants to

stay in your heart today.

401-231-1340, Ext 3

EMAIL: faithformation80@aol.com

Thirty-first Sunday In Ordinary Time November 3, 2019

ST. MICHAEL’S FOOD CLOSET

Donations to the food closet can be

made on weekends during mass time

or if you have a large amount, please

bring your donations to the rectory,

Monday-Thursday from 9am-4pm.

To continue helping our friends and neighbors, the following items

are needed: gravy, mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, syrup, canned

ham, canned fruit, jarred tomato sauce, cranberry sauce, cake

mixes, boxed mashed potatoes, jello, juices, tuna, paper towels,

napkins, and tissues. Thank You!

WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND THE PARISH

Bonebuilders: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10:30am-11:30am

Yarn Ministry: Thursdays at 6:30pm, Parish hall

Food Closet: Saturday, November 9th, 10am-12pm

Social Justice Meeting: Wednesday, Nov. 13th at 7pm

Christmas Gift Cards for Children: Available after masses on

November 16th & 17th

RCIA Classes: Start Monday, November 25th at 7pm

Thanksgiving Day Mass: Thursday, November 28th at 9am

The Diocesan Office of Life and Family Ministry

Rachel’s Weekend Retreat

If you have experienced an abortion, there is hope and healing.

Come back to Jesus with all of your heart and experience His heal-

ing power. The retreat is November 9, 10, 11. Call today for confi-

dential consultation: Carol (401) 278-2518 or Judy (401) 351-7730

Sunday, November 10th

Grades 1 & 2 No Classes

Monday, November 11th

Grades 3 - 8 No Classes

NATIONAL VOCATION AWARENESS WEEK

November 3rd - 9th

Please pray for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and

religious life in the Diocese of Providence. If you are discerning

the priesthood and have questions, please contact Rev. Brian

Morris at the Office of Vocations at (401) 331-1316, or by email

at: rev.brian.morris@gmail.com

Please pray to promote vocations to the priesthood, diaconate,

and consecrated life through prayer and education, and to re-

new our prayers and support for those who are considering one

of these particular vocations.

BEACON HOSPICE SEEKS LOCAL VOLUNTEERS

Beacon Hospice provides quality end-of-life care to locale terminally

-ill patients. They are looking for caring and compassionate indi-

viduals to spend time with patients. Volunteers can provide much

needed support to patients and their families. There is a free training

course that is required on what hospice is and how to interact with

hospice patients. For more info. please contact volunteer coordina-

tor, Ashley at 401-438-0008 or email Ashley.Toste@amedisys.com.

Sunday, November 3rd

Grades 1 & 2 9:15-10:15AM

Grade 2: Parent meeting

Grades 9 & 10 6 - 7:45PM

Monday, November 4th

Grades 3 - 8 6:30 - 7:45PM

Worldwide Marriage Encounter

“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was

lost." Invite Jesus into your marriage by attending a Worldwide

Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next Weekends are Dec 13-

15, 2019 in Duxbury, MA and Jan 17-19, 2020 in South Kings-

town, RI. For more information, call Stephen & Michelle

O'Leary at 800-710-9963 or visit them at https://wwmema.org/.

The Office of Life and Family will offer the Our Lady of Sorrows

Bereavement Support program at St. Robert Bellarmine Church,

1804 Atwood Avenue, Johnston, down stairs in lower church (not

handicap accessible), Tuesday evenings 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm, No-

vember 19, 2019 through January 21, 2020, except for the weeks

of Christmas and New Year’s. This support group provides a peace-

ful place to share and learn about grief with the spiritual comfort of

our Catholic faith. It is most appropriate for adults at least three

months beyond their loss. There is no cost to attend. For registra-

tion, contact: Peter A Magnotta, LICSW at 421-7833, ext. 217.

Thank you to everyone who supported

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weekend. It was a great success!

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