I thank the many volunteers who came together to make this year’s Fall Festival a success. I know this to be a good opportunity to bring our parish community together for fraternity. I am currently working with the Parish Pastoral Council to think of ways in which our parish can come together for fraternal events. We will also be forming a committee for the 2020 Fall Festival in the next couple of months,so that we can easily get everything in order before next year.
In the week ahead we will celebrate some very important dates. October 1 is the celebration of All Saints Day is is a Holy Day of Obligation. Our Mass schedule is as follows: Vigil at 7pm (Spanish), 6:30am (Extraordinary Form), 8:30am, 12:15pm, and 7pm. On November 2 we celebrate All Souls Day where Mass will be offered at 8:30am, 11am (Extraordinary Form), and 1pm in the cemetery.
Keep in mind that during this period of time that one may obtain a plenary indulgence for the souls in purgatory. This is granted each and every day from Nov 1 to Nov 8, who devoutly visit a cemetery and there pray, if only mentally, for the departed. To obtain an indulgence one must (1) do the work in a state of grace, (2) receive confession, (3) receive the Eucharist, (4) pray for the intentions of the pope, and (5) have no attachment to sin.
Lastly, I have decided to lead a monthly class on a topic of my choice. The first of these will be offered November 4 at 6:30pm in the school library. The first of these classes will be on the Mass.
In Christ,
Fr. Dustin Collins
