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Louisa County Catholic Parish
Saint Jude † Immaculate Conception
October 26th, 2014
30th Sunday
of the
Liturgical Year
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
SAINT JUDE
Saturday, October 25- 5:00pm
Sunday, October 26- 9:00am
Fred Anderson †
Virginia Gordon Smith †
Requested by Christopher Duffy
Requested by Jim & Elaine Marstall
Sunday, October 26- 11:00am
Thursday, October 30 - 9:00am
Frank Malik †
Tiffany Lione
For Health & Healing
Requested by Jo Billings
Tuesday, October 28- 9:00am
Saints Simon & Jude, Apostles
Requested by Judy Burroughs
Joseph DeWitt †
Sunday, November 2- 9:00am
Mary Walker †
Requested by Lorraine DeWitt
Requested by Donna Cox
Saturday, November 1- 9:00am
All Saints Day
Fr. Peter Romeo †
Saturday, November 1- 5:00pm
All Souls Day
Georgie B. Fleshman †
Sunday, November 2- 11:00am
Mary Ritchie Tutterow †
Immaculate Conception Telephone Tree Call List: We
are updating the phone call list for IC. If you want to be included on this list, please sign up your family name and contact phone number in the Church office after Mass over the
next 3 weeks, or contact the office staff during the week. As
the number of phone contacts have increased, we need three
volunteers to help make phone calls. I need help
with 894/872/895 prefixes and 804 area code.
Thanks, Mary Leighton O'Connell
Requested by Gene & Gail Todd
2013 Diocesan Appeal
Sharing
—Please pray for Marcella ‘Sally’ Marstall († Wednesday, October 22nd, in
St. Louis, MO) Mother of James Marstall.
Check #1
Check #2
Check #3
Check #4
Total of 2013 Appeal Sharing
Saint Jude
5,982.25
1,795.75
1,734.50
701.75
10,215.50
Immaculate Conception
972.00
476.50
621.50
1,650.00
3,720.00
Immaculate Conception Yard Sale & Bake Sale & Brunswick Stew
Saturday, November 1st 2014, 8:00AM to 1:00PM
Please help again this year! Donate household items, furniture, clothing, jewelry, toys, books, linens and any other “gently-used”
items that someone else might see as a treasure. Small items such as clothing or toys that can fit in our storage room may be
brought to church any Sunday (see Joanne Falkenthal after Mass). We will be accepting all items for the Yard Sale starting
Monday, October 27th through Friday, October 31st between 10AM and 2PM.
Have you signed up to bring an ingredient for the Brunswick Stew? If not, please do so today. The sign-up sheets are on the Bulletin Board in the Parish Hall.
If you have questions, or to volunteer to help:
Yard and Bake Sale call Joanne Falkenthal (804) 448-4767
Brunswick Stew call David Failacci (540) 872-3480
MEMORIAL MASS
The Knights of Columbus will be selling religious Christmas cards before and after Mass for
the next few weekends. All proceeds go to religious vocations in the Richmond Diocese. This
is a wonderful way to “Keep Christ in Christmas” and to share His message with our friends
and family”
There will be a special Mass offered for the repose of the soul of the
late Rodney L. Rodis, former pastor at our two churches in Louisa.
The Mass will be celebrated in the Month of All Souls, on Thursday
evening, November 6th, at 7:00 p.m. at Saint Jude. We were notified
of his passing in mid-August, and, having consulted the Bishop and
the Pastoral Councils of each of our two congregations, our special
Catholic duty and the Spiritual Work of Mercy is to pray for the
faithful departed, and to offer the Mass for the repose of their souls,
commending them to the mercy of God. We have been requested to
also pray for any victims, and for others affected by any scandal in
the past.
Solemnity of All Saints will be celebrated on
Saturday, November 1st at the 9:00am Mass
only. Since this holy day falls next to a Sunday, the obligation to assist at Mass is dispensed by the Church. The vigil evening
Mass on Saturday night at 5:00 celebrates the
next day, which is All Souls’ Day, November
2nd.
The Virginia Catholic Conference is a special web site, supported by the Catholic
Dioceses of Richmond and of Arlington to
inform the faithful of the issues in the upcoming elections. We recommend that all
voters check in with this web site to be better informed of the issues and their implications as Election Day approaches next
week.
SOCIAL MINISTRY UPDATE
Fall is here along with cooler weather. It's time to clean out those closets and set aside any gently used and clean
outerwear: coats, hats, gloves, mittens, scarves, and blankets to bring to church. Social Ministry members will take
them to the Louisa Resource Center to be distributed to those in need. This clothing drive will last only through the
month of October and is only for outerwear and blankets. Thank you so much for your kind attention to this request.
THANK YOU for all you do in supporting those in need.
Christmas Projects for Our Troops/Wreaths for our Fallen Veterans
Karen Donnelly, a parishioner, is a member of Blue Star Mothers of Fredericksburg, a local chapter of Blue Star
Mothers of America. Blue Star Mothers (BSMs) is a service organization, comprised primarily of mothers and
grandmothers of men and women serving in all branches of the U.S. military, and is dedicated to various efforts
in support of our troops and veterans.
BSMs are involved in a few Christmas projects that we are opening to those parishioners of St. Jude/IC who
would like to bring some Christmas cheer to our deployed service members or to service members who will be
stateside, but unable to be home, for Christmas. Here are the ways one may help:
1).
Blue Star Mothers is collaborating with Wreaths Across America (WAA) the organization from Maine
that provides the Christmas wreaths for the graves at Arlington National Cemetery and veterans cemeteries
across the nation each year. Only $15.00 purchases ONE wreath to be laid at a grave site at either Arlington
National Cemetery or Quantico National Cemetery, on December 13. For every wreath purchased, Blue Star
Mother receives $5 back-we use 100% of those funds to purchase items for care packages to our deployed sol-
diers and the costs to ship the care packages and in other projects directly supporting our soldiers. Last year, we
were able to send over 588 care packages in our Christmas and spring time mailings. You may donate as many
wreathes as you like; your donation is 100% tax-deductible. Donating a wreath is simple! Go to the Blue Star
Mothers of Fredericksburg website: wwwbluestarmothersva4.org
2).
Provide the name, rank and military address of a service member currently deployed or who will be
stateside but unable to return home for Christmas. Blue Star Mother will get a care package to that service
FIRE UPDATE:
This week we have rented a special restroom trailer that is heated and more comfortable for our use. It is
locked when church services and events are not scheduled. Clean-up continues in the church and vestibule
areas to remove as much of the smoke odor as possible.
We are in the process of relocating the parish offices to one location in Immaculate Conception in Buckner.
Since there are no offices at Saint Jude, the main number, 540-894-4266 is currently unavailable until it is reassigned to Buckner. BOTH congregations should use this telephone number for our main office: 540-8723922 until further notice. We have installed the internet and wi-fi in Verbeke Hall for the use of our catechists and our parents.
Many thanks to the Knights of Columbus for the roadside clean up at Immaculate Conception
on Wednesday, October 22, 2014. Rain did not dampen the spirits of those who showed up to
help: Steve Falkenthal, Kenny Killham, Tom King, George & Joe O’Connell, and guest Chub
Madden. Thanks to all.
INFANT BAPTISMS
The pastor invites expectant parents to make themselves known to the church office (540-872-3922) to arrange a preparation session for the Baptism of their infant. Some parents may desire to celebrate the Baptism here in Louisa, or in their previous parish
before moving here.
The Parish Activities Calendar
Date
Location
Activity
Attendees
Sunday,
October 26
Immaculate Conception, 6:00pm
Knights of Columbus Pot Luck and Officer’s
Meeting
Knights & Their Families
Monday,
October 27
St Jude, 7:00
Verbeke Hall
Adult Inquiry
All Invited
Tuesday,
October 28
Immaculate Conception , 10:00am
Please note location change.
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St Jude, 10:00am
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Immaculate Conception, 7:00pm
St Jude Finance Council
________________
Adult Bible Study
________________
Adult Bible Study
Finance Council Members
_____________________
Wednesday,
October 29
St Jude, 6:15-7:05pm
(PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE)
Christian Education, Verbeke Hall
Grades 5, 6 & 8
Christian Education
Students & Teachers
Thursday,
October 30
St Jude, 10:00am
Centering Prayer
All Invited
Counter Assignments
Usher Assignment at Immaculate Conception
October 26th
Location
Title
Lynwood Slayton
Church
Head Usher
Jerry Gordon
Church
Assistant Usher
David Clune
Chapel
Head Usher
Mathew Clune
Chapel
Assistant Usher
November 2nd
Location
Title
TBA
Church
Head Usher
TBA
Church
Assistant Usher
TBA
Chapel
Head Usher
TBA
Chapel
Assistant Usher
Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception
1937 Davis Highway , PO Box 40, Mineral, VA 23117
540-872-3922 ● Fax:540-894-4993
Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 10am-2pm
Confessions: at St. Jude Saturdays, 4:00-4:45 PM
Website: www.louisacatholics.org
e-mail: [email protected]
St Jude
October 26th
Bob & Karen Harvey &
Shirley Willis
October 26th
Elaine Marstall & Bud &
Connie Wolf
1107 Fredericks Hall Road, PO Box 128, Bumpass, VA 23024
540-872-3922 ● Fax:540-872-3726
Office Hours: Immediately after Sunday Mass & by appointment only
St. Jude
All Invited
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All Invited
November 2nd
Bob Juza & Mary
Leighton O’Connell, Brandy
Gordon
November 2nd
Al & MaryAnn Ptasznik
& Tony & Jeannie Petrini
We appreciate the essential and
necessary task of counting the parish
collection each week.
As a courtesy to our
counters, please do not fold or
bend your contributions.
Parish Staff
Fr. Michael M. Duffy, Pastor
Rectory: 540-894-8209
Deacon Alfonso Benet
Deacon Robert Esposito
Sr. Carrine Etheridge IHM, Ph.D., Pastoral Associate,
Minister of Religious Education
540-603-2153 ● [email protected]
Peggy Heeke, Bookkeeper
Joanne Falkenthal, Secretary/Virtus Facilitator
Patti Smogor, Secretary/Bulletin Editor
(All staff by appointment 540-872-3922)