Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time October 5, 2014

Deadline for Bulletin news items is Wednesday, 5PM. You can call the Rectory at 707-869-2107 and leave a message *Input for TODAY comes from: http://americamagazine.org/content/the-word/vineyard-grows

Parish Website: http://www.RRchurches.com

Upcoming Dates: Oct. 4

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th St. Elizabeth Guild Rummage Sale-St.

Hubert’s Hall Oct. 11

th First Communion/Confirmation class at

4pm in St. Elizabeth Church Oct. 12

th Russian River Health Fair @

Guerneville School Oct. 18

th Catholic Men’s Conference

Oct. 19th

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World Mission Sunday Oct. 28

th St. Colman’s Guild

Nov. 2nd

The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)

Nov. 9th

Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome

Please pray for our brothers and sisters

Who Are Ill or in Pain: Maureen Shaw, John Hoffman, Margie Heil, Mary Tamargo, Mary Coverdale, George Shorb, Art McNulty, Lotte Cabral, Margaret Nelson, Don Covello, Louis Baros, Tom and Elaine Joyce, Dale Guinn, Bill & Joanne Rodgers, Gary Wood, Mary Helen Carpenter, Helen Murphy, John Beamon, Frank Lambert, Phil Mohardt, Jeanie Torr, Larry Gomme, Sara Bardoni, Cheryl Cabral, Ila Donovan, Abbey Moreno, Alicia Bicoy, Maureen O’Rourke, Valerie Jones, Mel Jones, Andy Jones, Frank Danzart II, Robert Navarro, Mike Wilson, Erling Ribbing, Janice Miller, Shirley Segar, Sheryl Cabral, Ed Copland, Stephen Donnellan.

TODAY: Isaiah writes that choice vines were planted, but they yielded only wild grapes…Implicit in Jesus’ parable is that the vineyard is bearing worthy fruit! Jesus is not singing a song of triumph, trumpeting the superiority of his disciples, but singing Isaiah’s love song to a broader audience. The vineyard has been expanded, and all are welcome to bring in the harvest, but something other than “wild grapes” are needed to produce “the fruits of the kingdom.”* .*

Offerings: St. Elizabeth: $ 1,060 9/27 & 9/28 St. Catherine: $ 312 St. Colman: $ not counted TOTAL $ 1,372

Thank You for your generosity!

Mass Intentions:

10/4 5pm Katherine Donnellan +, requested by Beverly Donnellan

10/5 9am Michele Williams +, requested by Fr. Luis

LAST CHANCE to find some treasures at the St. Elizabeth’s Guild Rummage Sale this weekend. Come by after church on Sunday until noon.

10/11 5pm Charles Donnellan, Jr. +, requested by Beverly Donnellan

10/12/ 9 am Mary Pinella+, requested by Carol Boyle

10/18/ 4pm Peter & Doris Stephen, requested by Beverly Donnellan

A LITTLE HUMOR:

A couple of grandparent funnies!

I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what color it was. She would tell me and was always correct. It was fun for me, so I continued. At last, she headed for the door, saying, "Grandma, I think you should try to figure out some of these colors yourself!" A second grader came home from school and said to her grandmother, "Grandma, guess what? We learned how to make babies today." The grandmother, more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool. "That's interesting." she said. "How do you make babies?" "It's simple," replied the girl. "You just change 'y' to 'i' and add 'es'."

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What a spectacular event! The HARVEST FOR HUMANITY Gourmet Dinner and Auction Saturday night, Sept. 27, at the Friedman Center was a huge success. This annual St. Vincent de Paul Society fund raiser is always a wonderful night. The proceeds benefit the Free Dining Room in downtown Santa Rosa. Last year’s proceeds were used to purchase the new refrigerated truck for SVDP, which now allows them to transport frozen food and produce to a greater area. There were two tables of people from St. Elizabeth and there were no other group that required two tables. Thanks to all from St. Elizabeth who supported this event and support our local SVDP throughout the year.

Check out our website (www.rrchurches.com) for more info and photos.

Pastor’s Desk

Life is a succession of high expectations and broken dreams. And when hope grows dim at a very deep level of our being, often we become desperate. Each day of our life with varying degrees of intensity, the question gnaws at us: Why? Why does it have to be like this? We want something better out of life than this. In our heart of hearts we always are searching, desperately searching for the one big definitive, conclusive answer to the question, “Why?” And the search goes on ---but what are we looking for? We are looking for love (with a capital “L”), for God is love and, through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we are fulfilled in love. Stop and think! Stop and reflect! Stop and search deep within your soul until you can clearly see the full implications of what it means to love the Lord your God! Stop until your soul has grasped, as a matter of Christian Faith, that love of God and love of neighbor are inseparable. Someone has said, “God wants spiritual fruit not religious nuts.” The Lord has said, “Love one another as I have loved you.” This is the spiritual fruit that we must produce. And as Jesus tells us in today’s Gospel, the reward for producing this fruit is the very kingdom of God! On a visit to Italy, a man drove out one glorious afternoon to a famous monastery in the hills of Fiesole, a breathtakingly scenic town located in the hills above Florence. He visited the beautiful 15

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Church, examined the exquisite illuminated manuscripts, and viewed the magnificent works of art, all as he said, “raised to the honor and glory of the Lord.” Later, wandering into the monastery garden, he discovered the greatest treasure of them all. There he fell into conversation with an old man, a gentle soul, bent with toil and rheumatism, yet still bright of eye. For more than 30 years he had tilled that patch of earth, making work his constant prayer. The visitor asked the caretaker, why at his age, he still worked so hard, cultivating the land. The kindly old man pointed to the orchard and said, “I see my cherry trees in bud, and then I see them in flower, and then I see them in fruit. And then I believe in God.” As disciples of the Lord, we are called to cultivate God’s love in the people we see, in all seasons: in the new buds of forgiveness --- in the fragrant flowers of compassion---in the loving fruits of our Christian ministry. As disciples of the Lord, we are called to bear fruitful witness to the Lord who is telling us, “You will recognize, by their fruits, the persons whose trust in God’s love brings them under His rule. You will know them by the difference this Faith has made in the way they live, for “The kingdom of God will be given to a people who will produce its

fruit.”

PEACE AND BLESSINGS! Fr. Luis

SAVE THE DATE

The Knights of Columbus Catholic Men’s Conference, “Love is Man’s Hammer?” will be held on October 18

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Cathedral from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The conference will answer the above question by exploring: “Because Men Have Forgotten…” You can order ticket on-line at www.nccmc.net for $35 by October 10

th Tickets will be $45 @ door. Contact

Greg Harder at 546-4211 for more info.

Celebrating Health in Our Community

The 1st Annual Russian River Health Fair

Come explore the many health and wellness resources available in our community! There will be FREE…

Health Screenings

Dental Resources Mental Health Resources Housing and Employment Resources

Help to Apply for Covered California and Cal Fresh

Nutrition Workshops

Invite your relatives, neighbors, and friends to come and enjoy this family event.

To schedule your health screening at the fair contact Jacob Rich at: (707) 824 6508

Date: Sunday, October 12, 2014

Time: From 1:00 PM-4:00 PM

Where: Guerneville School

14630 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, CA