Holy Family - St. Isidore Parishes

Rev. Duaine H. Pamment, Administrator Rev. Raymond J. Urbanek, Senior Priest in Residence Deacon John Marsh Phone: 989-834-5855 (Holy Family) 517-651-6722 (St. Isidore) Fax: 989-834-1208 Hall & Kitchen Phone: 989-834-2138 Address: 510 N. Mabbitt Rd., Ovid 310 N. Crum, Laingsburg Email: holyfamilyovid@gmail.com parishhq1@juno.com (Holy Family) (St. Isidore) Parish Secretary: Sharon Gillespie Dir. Of Faith Formation: Ginger Kusnier RCIA, Altar Server, EM & Lector Training: Vivian Durling Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturdays from 4 to 4:30 pm Sacrament of Matrimony: Contact Fr. Duaine H. Pamment Sacrament of Baptism: Contact Deacon John Marsh Parish Nurse: Pat Latz Director of Music: Dan Csapos

MASS SCHEDULE: Holy Family St. Isidore Saturday: 5:00 pm Saturday: 5:00 pm Sunday: 10:00 am Sunday: 9:00 am Thursday: 8:30 am Wednesday: 6:30 pm, Holydays: As Announced Thursday & Friday: 8:30 am

OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday, 8 am to 3 pm Wednesday, 8 am to 3 pm Friday, 8 am to 3 pm Website: www.stisidorechurch.org/hf/ - Bulletins posted weekly

PARISH SERVICE SCHEDULE Saturday Nov. 4 5:00 pm Lector Teresa Graham Eucharistic Nancy Hughson Ministers Renee Cooper Jeanne Alaga Servers Alex Houska Usher Team Gary Hrncharik Sunday Nov. 5 10:00 am Lector Dave Raber Eucharistic Ed Ladiksi Ministers Sue Ladisky Ginger Kusnier Servers Izzy Loynes Usher Team Paul Pung Saturday Nov. 11 5:00 pm Lector Pat Elliott Eucharistic Mike Elliott Ministers Dave Porrell Nancy Hughson Servers Bob McCue Usher Team Gary Hrncharik Sunday Nov. 12 10:00 am Lector Pam Morgan Eucharistic Ann Trieweiler Ministers Dale Trieweiler Diane Mysinger Servers Randy Ladiski Usher Team Frank Quine Counting Schedule November 5 - Team #8 November 12 - Team #3

Separate, but under one pastor, serving the Catholic Communities

of Ovid-Elsie and Laingsburg.

Come join and worship with us.

THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME NOVEMBER 4 & 5, 2017

THE EPICLESIS. . . .After the last notes of the “Holy, Holy (Sanctus) are sung, we fall silent and kneel down. “You are indeed Holy, O Lord, the

font of all holiness. Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall, so that they may become for us the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Does this prayer sound familiar? If you have been listening to the prayers that Father says at EVERY Mass, you may remember hearing these or very similar words. This prayer comes from Eucha-ristic Prayer II at Mass. It is called the “epiclesis” or Prayer for the Sending of the Spirit. Each of the Eucharistic Prayers contain a slightly different epi-clesis, which is a Greek word that means “to call upon”. The epiclesis reminds us that it is not simply the man in the vestments (the Priest) who transforms the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ, but the Holy Spirit! Just as it was the Holy Spirit who conceived Christ Jesus in the womb of the Vir-gin Mary, so it is through the power of the Holy Spirit that Christ becomes sacramentally present. In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, it is stat-ed: “The Epiclesis is the intercession in which the priest begs the Father (God) to send the Holy Spirit, the Sanctifier, so that the offerings may become the body and blood of Christ and the faithful, by receiv-ing them, may themselves become a living offering to God.” Once again we are calling upon the Holy Spirit to a more prominent role in the Mass. We are now promising to be more aware of his sanctifying ac-tions. We should be aware of the work of the Holy Spirit around us, we should recognize the gifts he distributes, the movements he inspires, and the deci-sions he provokes in our hearts! Let us listen atten-tively and answer the Holy Spirit.

MASS INTENTIONS Saturday - Nov. 4 - 5:00 pm Margaret Williams By Holy Family Altar Society Sunday - Nov. 5 - 10:00 am Doris Byrnes By Sylvia McKay ______________________________ Monday - No Mass

Tuesday - No Mass Wednesday - No Mass Thursday -Nov. 9 - 8:30 am M/M John Surik By Greg & Margaret White Friday - No Mass _________________________ Saturday - Nov. 11 - 5:00 pm Vincent Csapos By Jean Dudash Sunday - Nov. 12 - 10:00 am Virginia Hatta By Keith & Marian Horsley

SPECIAL PRAYERS . . . . . . For those who long to be delivered from illness and pain especially: Parishioners: Fr. Ray, Shirley Palatka, Pamela Morgan, Jean Raber, Syl-via McKay, Mike Chapko, Sandy VanGeertruy; Rel-atives: Sister Rosalyn Seda, OP (Sister of Joe Tejkl), Craig & Caren Henning (Nephew & Niece of Leonard Mitchell), Rhonda Carman & Gloria Cas-tello (Daughter & Sister of Elodia Keys), Sharon & Deanna Darling, (Sister-in-Law & Niece of Art & Karen Kelley), Mary Elise White (Daughter of Greg & Margaret White), Jennifer Feltman, Sherry Curtis & Phil Thering (Nieces & Nephew of Rose Thering); Justin Cole, (nephew of Courtney & Andy Bates); Friends: Jerry Proctor (friend of Rick & Betty Sloat), Brian Courter (Friend of Vivian Durling), Roberta Stanton (Wife of Pastor Eric Stanton, Car-land Christ in Brethren Church), Shelby Porubsky, Katie Florian, Mike Heeg, Charles Waddell Family, John Olinger, Connie Weller. Remember all who are serving in the military or who have served! All the families thank you for your prayers. When our prayers are answered, please call the parish office at 834-5855 or email holyfami-lyovid@gmail.com to add/ remove names.

Mark your calendars with the following events. . . .

~Sunday - November 5 - Confirmation Class - Following Mass

~Sunday - November 5 - Soup & Bread Dinner - After Mass

~Monday - November 6 - Movie - Hacksaw Ridge - 6:30 PM

~Tuesdays - AA Meeting - 7 pm - Church Hall

~Wednesday - November 8 - Faith Formation Classes - 6:00 - 7:00 PM

~Thursday - November 9 - Quilting Ministry - 9:00 AM

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~Sunday - November 12 - Swiss Steak Dinner - 11:30 AM

~Saturday & Sunday - November 12 - Free Blood Pressure Checks following Masses

~Wednesday - November 15 - Faith Formation Classes - 6:00 - 7:00 PM

~Thursday - November 16- Quilting Ministry - 9:00 AM

~Thursday - November 16 - 55 & Better Potluck following 11:00 am Mass

~Sunday - November 19 - Confirmation Class - Following Mass

Weekly Offertory Envelopes Oct. 28 & 29, 2017

Adult (60) Envelopes $1,785 Loose Collection $303 Kids Collection $5 Total Weekend Offertory $2,093

SOUP AND BREAD DINNER

MAKE PLANS to stay after Mass on Sunday, November 5th, for another Soup and Bread dinner that will be put on by the students of Faith Formation Program. Here’s your chance to enjoy a great dinner without all the fuss and mess of cooking it yourself! So plan on staying after Mass for dinner! Free will offering. Proceeds go to the Elsie Food Bank and to help cover the costs of the Faith Formation textbooks. Swiss Steak Dinner

Holy Family Men’s Club will serve a Swiss Steak Dinner on Nov. 12th at 11:30 am after the Sun-day Mass. Free Will Offering. Sign-up sheets for attendance are in the hall.

Parking Lot Lighting Update As you can see the cement work for the new light poles has been completed. The poles are on back order for another couple of weeks. Upon their arrival they will be in-stalled and the lighting upgrade will be completed.

MOVIE NIGHT ! ! ! This Monday, Nov. 6th,

at 6:30 in the Holy Family Movie Theater,

we will be showing: “Hacksaw Ridge”.

Plan on coming — Free admission — Free Popcorn — Free Water! Hope you can make it.