Mass Intentions

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – Vigil Mass 4PM +Dorothy O’Brien by Sister, Mildred Polek SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 7AM +Vera Schicatano by Joe & Deb 9AM +Walter Kanaskie by Wife, Emilie 11AM Parish Family of Mother Cabrini Church MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 St. Frances Xavier Cabrini 8AM Living Confreres, Parents, Relatives

and Benefactors of the Franciscan Order TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time 8AM +William & Helen Murphy by Grandchildren WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 St. Albert the Great 8AM +Sophia & Frank Smulski

by Daughter, Sandy Radel THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Ss. Margaret of Scotland & Gertrude 8AM +Lee C. Patrick by Wife, Sandy Radel FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17 St. Elizabeth of Hungary 8AM +G. Richard Weimer by Joann Higgins SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 The Dedication of the Basilicas of Ss. Peter & Paul & St. Rose Phillipine Duchesne 8AM +Uncles Ray & Lolly Depkin by Nieces & Nephews 4PM +Geneieve Kobos (20th Anniversary) by Children, Dorothy and Martin SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 7AM +Jeanette Pastuzak by Brother, Jim & Nieces 9AM +Troy K. Griffiths by Mom & Dad 11AM +Enriquita Godinez by Kristina Slodysko

Mother Cabrini’s Forty Hours Devotions:

This Sunday, Monday & Tuesday

Tabernacle Flowers I & II In Memory of Genevieve Kobos (20th Anniversary)

by Children, Dorothy & Martin

Mass Candles/Bread & Wine In Memory of Barb Jones by Husband

Tabernacle Candles Holy Souls in Purgatory by a Friend

Sanctuary Lamp In Memory of Walter Kanaskie

by Children, Greg, Mary Ann & Paul

Our Church Bells are Ringing this Week. . . Holy Souls in Purgatory by a Friend

Friary Mass Altar Candles, Bread & Wine Special Intention

Friary Sanctuary Lamp Special Intention

Sunday, November 12 – Religious Education Classes. Mandatory 9AM Mass for students, followed by class in the church hall Forty Hours Devotions 7PM

Monday, November 13 – Mother Cabrini Bingo in Church Hall. Doors open at 4:30PM – games begin at 6:15PM. Forty Hours Devotions 7PM

Tuesday, November 14 – Closing of Forty Hours Devotions 7PM

Collection Totals For: Weekend of November 5, 2017

Offertory: $4,693.83 Votives: 82.72 Winter Fuel: 1,023.17 Parish Dues: 237.00 40 Hour Flowers: 139.00 All Souls: 316.11 All Saints: 892.55

Total: $7,384.38

Exercise Your “Will Power” If you haven’t done so already, you can include Mother Cabrini Parish in your will through the use of a codicil. Your

attorney can advise you on how easy adding a codicil can be.

Please Come and Attend OUR FORTY HOURS DEVOTIONS. . . November 12, 13 and 14

The 40 Hours Eucharist Devotions at Mother Cabrini Church will begin this Sunday, November 12th after the 11AM Mass. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will be held according to the following schedule: Sunday, Exposition after the 11AM Mass and all day with a Vesper Service and

Benediction at 7PM; Monday, Exposition after the 8AM Mass and all day with a Vesper Service and Benediction at 7PM; Tuesday, Exposition after the 8AM Mass and all day with a Closing Vesper Service, Procession and Benediction beginning at 7PM. Our guest-preacher this year will be Fr. Michael Lasky, OFM Conv., Chairman of the Friars’ Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Commission. Fr. Michael will be available for confessions Sunday and Monday evening in church. Please mark your calendar to spend some time with the Lord during our beautiful Forty Hours Devotions. Your attendance at our evening services is highly encouraged, especially for the Tuesday evening closing. A light reception will follow in the church hall following the Tuesday evening service where you can meet Fr. Michael. All are welcome!

ALL EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS, LECTORS AND ALTAR SERVERS are asked to participate in the Closing of our Eucharistic Devotions this Tuesday, November 14th at 7PM. All those in attendance are asked to be in the church hall no later than 6:45PM.

WOMEN AND MEN BAKERS OF THE PARISH are asked to bake cookies for the social which follows the Closing of our 40 Hours Eucharistic Devotions. Your “baked goodies” can be brought to the church hall during the day this Tuesday, November 14th.

COME, BREAK THE BANK!!! Several weeks ago, one of our lucky bingo players “Broke the Bank” and took home $1,199 in cash. Congratulations! Our new Break the Bank is already up to $1,199. Someone always wins our “bank” so come try your luck. Doors open Monday nights at 4:30PM and games begin at 6:15PM. Our snack bar is open for your enjoyment. Bingo proceeds are an important part of our parish’s income budget.

In observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday & to give our workers a break,

there will be no bingo on Monday, November 20th and Monday, November 27th. Bingo will resume on Monday, December 4th.

Bishop’s Appeal

This is an “off week” for reporting Bishop’s Appeal statistics so the following data is of last week. Look to next week’s bulletin for updated information.

● 2 new gifts received since last report; 2 additions to already existing gifts; these 4 gifts

totaled $280.00; ● Total received to date: $27,378, 75.6% of goal ($27,378/$36,200); ● 281 Cabrini Households participating or 31.6% of Parish (281/890); ● Average gift stands at $97.43; ● 609 or 68% of the parish’s households have not yet made their stewardship gift; ● Only $8,822 (spread out among 609 Cabrini Households) is needed to meet our goal. Special thanks and blessings to the wonderful group of “281 Cabrini Households" who have brought us to 75.6% of our goal amount. Special thanks to those parishioners who added to their original gift! If yours is one of the “609 Cabrini Households” who have not yet participated, won’t you help us wrap up the appeal with your contribution?!? Even a $10 or $20 gift would help. Without your participation, we have to make up the shortfall from our regular income and fund-raisers. Your fellow parishioners who already made their contribution await you and would love to see you come on board. . .and, I can retire from this reporting job. Thanks! Updated Appeal reports are published bi-weekly.

Come on. . . Large, small or in the middle, every Cabrini Household’s participation and gift is critical to meeting our collective Stewardship responsibility to the Diocese! Fr. Martin

CALLING ALL. . . CABRINI VOLUNTEERS

Cabrini Parish Volunteer Appreciation Dinner

Saturday, December 2nd, 5:30PM,

Brady Fire Hall, Ranshaw

Complete & return the sign-up sheet in this weekend’s bulletin

SAVE THE DATE!

Mother Cabrini Parish will Honor Veterans,

November 18/19

At each of the Lord’s Day Masses of November 18/19, a special tribune will be paid to our veterans. This “Veteran Day Commemoration” is being sponsored by the Black Diamond Detachment of the

Marine Corps League. The Commander is Walt Summers.

Any family who is in possession of the folded presentation flag of their loved one/veteran is invited to bring that flag with themselves to any one of these November 18/19 weekend Masses at Mother Cabrini. You are asked to meet under the choir loft before Mass begins and to carry that flag with honor in the entrance procession to the altar. The folded flags will be displayed in front of the altar with dignity for the duration of that particular Mass. After Communion, taps will be played and Walt Summers will address the congregation. Flags will be returned immediately after Mass to each respective family. To insure proper identification, write your name on a piece of paper and tuck that paper into a fold of the flag. If circumstances permit, please bring your loved one’s flag to this meaningful tribute! In November we remember our loved ones –

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light

shine upon them. Let us remember our dear faithful

departed during this month of November.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WINTER COAT COLLECTION: The Shamokin Knights of Columbus will be collecting new or gently used winter coats that will be distributed on Thanksgiving. We are collecting coats for both kids and adults.

Boxes will be located in the vestibule of the church. If you want to arrange to drop off coats at the Knights of Columbus Hall please email kofc458@yahoo.com

PONDER POINT No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.

The Talmud

Mother Cabrini Memorials

In Memory of Catherine Pultynovich $150 by Daughters $ 25 by Carol Brennan and Family

Mother Cabrini Parish expresses gratitude

to those families who, throughout the year, suggest and encourage memorials to the parish

in memory of their loved ones.

A THANK YOU FROM JESUS. . .

Thank you to all who donated food for our parish food pantry. With the response being so good, our shelves are stocked. Please, we do not need your additional food donation at this time. When our

shelves begin to run low, we will put out the call in the bulletin for a restock. God bless all of our food donors for your generosity, kindness and for thinking of others! Knights of Columbus 5th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner: The Shamokin Knights of Columbus will be serving a FREE traditional Thanksgiving meal on Thursday November 23, 2017 from 11:00 - 2:00 at the K of C Hall 400 E Independence St Shamokin. The meal consists of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole and desert. All are welcome! We will also be delivering meals to those who cannot get to the hall. If you would like to have a meal delivered please call Andy & Michele Stefanowicz at 570-648-1895 and leave a message with your name, address, phone number and how many meals. Also, donations of turkeys or monetary donations to help defray the cost of this meal are always greatly appreciated.

BIBLE STUDY: There will be NO Bible Study on Tuesday November 14th in order to allow parishioners to attend the closing of 40 hours at Mother Cabrini.

Divine Redeemer Church Christmas Faire: Friday, November 10th and Saturday, November 11th, Divine Mercy Hall. For more information, please call their parish office at 570-339-3450.

Veterans Day. . . Honoring All Who Served

Lourdes Regional Pot ‘O Gold Tickets: The Lourdes Pot ‘O Gold Tickets have been placed in the vestibule of the Church. As an added incentive, Mother Cabrini Parish will receive $.50 on each ticket sold through the parish. Therefore, be sure to return your completed ticket stubs and money to the parish office via mail, the weekend collection or the parish office. If you need extra tickets, they are available at the parish office. Please try to sell as many tickets as possible to your friends, co-workers, neighbors, relatives and don’t forget yourself! All ticket stubs must be returned to the parish office no later than noon on Monday, December 4th. Drawing will take place on Sunday, December 10th.

Those Who Have Gone Before Us. . . Kindly remember in your prayers the souls

of William Searls, Jr., John McGinley and Raymond Okrasinski. May God grant them eternal rest.

Bingo Gift Certificates are available at the parish office during office hours ($16 & $23). They make a great Christmas Stocking Stuffer for your favorite Bingo player! If You Know of Any. . . mental health counselors who are also “practicing Catholics” in our general Shamokin area, please let Fr. Martin know as soon as possible. Our Harrisburg Diocese is compiling a list of such counselors who would be available for recommendation when people ask for such a resource.

REFRESH YOUR SPIRITUAL SELF. . . Attend our Forty Hour Services

November 12, 13 & 14 – 7PM

Please Pray For the Sick, especially, Ann Barber, Trent and Traigh Clayton, Betty Pandie, Donna Rhoades, Nicky Wideman, Laura Wideman, Michael Wideman, Eddie Wideman, Justin Wachter, Craig Fetterman, Bob Hauer, Eunice Kanaskie, George Klemick, “Cioci Edna” Sierpina, Cassondra Senoski, Lucy Surak, Bob O’Neill, Kenneth Kolovich, Austin Zimmerman, Mason Barvitskie, Robert Stoud II, Cynthia Wasielewski, Jeanette Verano, Lauri Mendicin, Mary McCord, Terri Zarick, Rhonda Eckman, Bill Adams, Chet Milbrand, Kirsten Huffnagle, Kelly Hoy, Dolores Scopelliti, Jack Senoski, Mark Senoski, Candida Davis, Tony Varano, Sr., Phyllis Barrett, Barbara Verano, Kathy Messimer, Cynthia Washleski (Shamokin), Walter Habowski, Bonnie Gunn, Les Schiccatano, Jerry Plocinski, Shannon Shovlin, Ann Gembic, Donna Griffiths Cross, Matthew “Butch” Menapace, Joel Rivera, Gordon Young, Langston Haddock, Shawn Wilson, Jane Dombroski, Maryann Christiana and Candy Spears.

FOR YOUR THANKSGIVING TABLE: If anyone is in need of food for Thanksgiving, please phone the parish office by Noon this Monday, November 13th. Mother Cabrini and Lourdes Regional Catholic School will help you have a Happy Thanksgiving. Requests are confidential.

THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME November 12, 2017

First Reading: Wisdom 6:12-16 Regarded as personifying God’s power, Wisdom is readily and easily found by those who seek her. Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 The Thessalonians, who fear that those who have died will miss Christ’s return, are comforted by Paul’s assurance that those “who have died in Christ will rise first.” Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13 In the parable of the five sensible bridesmaids and the five foolish bridesmaids, Jesus emphasizes the fact that we must always be ready for the coming of Christ because in his words, “You know not the day or the hour.”