CRUSADE OF PRAYER ON FRIDAYS
                   7:30A.M.   Morning Mass
     8:00A.M.  Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
                 followed by Morning Prayer             
     8 A.M.  to 4:45 P.M. Individual Adoration and
                  Praying for Vocations all day in Church
     4:45 P.M.   Evening Prayer /Benediction/Closing

Please join this powerhouse of prayer to the Lord.  We need additional members in the early hours of the afternoon.
 
Adult Education Classes
Monday, November 5, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall. 

A MESSAGE FROM BISHOP HART
Thank you very much for all the prayers and Masses you have offered for me.
I’m grateful for this spiritual assistance.
Please continue to pray for me.
I pray that I will be faithful to God’s will.

Eastern Standard Time begins THIS  Saturday night,
November 3rd.
ALL MASSES ON SUNDAY,
November 4th,
will be on eastern standard time.

 
Pastoral Sharing
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Greetings of Peace.

This Sunday’s Gospel presents us the tax collector, a short man named Zacchaeus.  He was so short that he had to climb a tree to see this Messiah everyone was talking about.  Jesus called him down from the tree and told him that he would stay in Zacchaeus’ house.
Zacchaeus was a sinner.  But he also knew that Zacchaeus could change his ways.  And Zacchaeus had an experience of the Lord’s presence in his own house.  For Zacchaeus everything had to change now.  God had come under his roof.  “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I shall repay it four times over.”  It was not enough for Zacchaeus that God had come into his life.  Now he would change his live to nurture the presence of God.
The Lord called Zacchaeus out of the tree and things changed.  The Lord calls us to prepare a place for him to stay in our lives.  Things must change.  Jesus is present in each of our homes and our lives in the most intimate way.  Today we pray for the courage to live our lives as a celebration of the gift of Divine Presence we have received.

God Bless you.
Fr. Mariadas J. Lipton

Crusade of Prayer for Vocations: Pray for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life every day.

Choir Rehearsal - Thursday, November 8, 2007.  New Members are welcome.  If interested, call Celeste Milukas at 447-0277.

Bible Study:  On Friday, November 9th, there is a Bible Study prayer group at 10:00 a.m. in the Hall.  They are studying the Book of Ephesians.  If you would like to join, please call Anne Megan at 447-3488.

Outside the Parish
“COPING WITH GRIEF AND THE HOLIDAYS” – Tuesday, November 13, 2007 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Atria Crossroads Place, 1 Beechwood Drive, Waterford, CT, sponsored by Hospice Southeastern Connecticut’s Community Bereavement Program.
Please call to register at 848-5699 as space is limited.  Free – refreshments will be served.
Saint Bernard School (Xavierian Brothers Sponsored School)  – OPEN HOUSE, SUNDAY, NOV. 4TH FROM 2 TO 4 PM.  Grades 6-12 will hold Entrance Exam, November 17th, 8:30-Noon --$20 testing fee.  Make up Exam, December 1st, 8:30 to Noon.  Pre-registration is requested – call 848-1271, ext. 108 or download the application at www.saint-bernard.com.
The Sisters of Charity of Our Lady Mother of the Church invites girls in the 6th, 7th and 8th grades to their “Share-A-Day with the Sisters” from 9 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 17th at Holy Family Motherhouse  in Baltic, CT.  For more information contact Sister Mary DePaul at 860-822-8241 or e-mail: TJTMVOCSCMS@juno.com. 
Saint Michael’s Christmas Bazaar, Church Hall, 60 Liberty St., Pawcatuck – Fri. Nov. 9th from 3 to 8 pm and Sat., November 10th from 10 am to 2 pm.  Luncheon Sat. from 11 am to 1 pm.
 

Announced Masses

Monday, November 5th     weekday of 31st of Ordinary Time
7:30 A.M. Departed of the Popson/Piotrowski/Stafford/
  Sheehan/Pickering/Watson/Cope/Ziolkovski Families
Tuesday, November 6th    weekday of 31st of Ordinary Time        
7:30 A.M.  Parishioners of OLPH
Wednesday, November 7th   weekday of 31st of Ordinary Time
7:30 A.M. Departed of the Schmidt/Hager/Menta/Booth, Jr./
Tuneski/Muscarella/Razzano/Driscoll Families
Thursday, November 8th     weekday of 31st of Ordinary Time
7:30 A.M. Departed of the Finnegan/Kaminski/Petchark/
  Niedojadlo/Mullaney/Kent/Sanislo Families
Friday, November 9th   Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
7:30 A.M.  Joyce Kelly  (Sister, Pat Callahan)