The Catholic Community of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, guided by the Holy Spirit, commits itself to work steadfastly in

love and humility to discern the will of God as we seek to proclaim the mission of Jesus Christ in our parish and beyond.

Gifted and called by Baptism, we dedicate ourselves to minister to the diverse needs of all of God’s people through every dimension of our worship, formation, fellowship, stewardship, and service.

May all that we do in His Name glorify Jesus Christ. Amen.

314 Turner Road • Salem, Virginia 24153

Website: www.olphsalem.org • Email: office@olphsalem.org

Phone: (540) 387-0491 • Fax: (540) 389-8237 Parish Office: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., Monday–Friday Facebook: Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Salem, VA

EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES Saturday Vigil:........................................ 5:30 pm Sunday:………………………………..10:30 am Weekdays: .............................. See inside bulletin Holy Days: ............................. 12:00 and 7:00 pm A nursery is available during the 10:30 am Mass on Sunday for children 6 months to 3 years of age.

PRAYER AND DEVOTIONS Eucharistic Adoration: 3:00–9:00 pm Wed. The Church and Eucharistic Chapel are open for prayers during office hours.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday: ........................................ 4:00–5:00 pm Wednesday: ..... 5:30–6:00 pm or by appointment

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM See page 2, “Christian Initiation”

SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING Please contact the parish office at 387-0491 to receive the Sacrament of Anointing by appointment or if you would like a visit by our pastoral staff.

REGIONAL OFFICES AND SERVICES Salem Knights of Columbus ................. 525-7479 Roanoke Catholic School ..................... 982-3532 Commonwealth Catholic Charities ....... 344-5107 Madonna House .................................... 343-8464 St. Francis House .................................. 342-7561 Roanoke Area Ministries ...................... 345-8850 RAM House .......................................... 343-3753 St. Andrew’s Diocesan Cemetery ......... 342-9180 Refugee & Immigration Services ......... 342-7561 Ancient Order of Hibernians ................ 427-1246 Our Lady of the Valley Ret. Comm. .... 345-5111

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CHRISTIAN INITIATION:

Infant Baptism – Please contact Deacon Eric Surat, 387-0491, Ext. 320, for information regarding baptismal preparation.

For information regarding the adult process (RCIA), please call the parish office.

NEWCOMERS:

Welcome to our community! Please call Vicki Hubbard in the office to register, 387-0491.

MARRIAGE PREPARATION:

Please contact the Pastor, 387-0491, at least six months prior to the intended date.

ORDAINED MINISTRY &

RELIGIOUS LIFE:

For information about the life and ministry of priests, deacons, seminarians and communities of men & women in religious life, contact the pastor or visit the web page of our Vocations Office: www.richmonddiocese.org/vocations.

PARISH FAMILY CRISIS:

A resource for parishioners in need. Parish Office, 387-0491.

HOSPITAL VISITS:

If you are homebound or in the hospital, please call the parish office, 387-0491. When you are admitted to the hospital, please list yourself as Catholic and state that you want your church informed of your stay. Due to HIPPA regulations, this is the only way the hospital can release information to the church.

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION-PASTORAL

CARE:

Lewis Gale - Paul Purcell Salem Health - Rita Bratcher Richfield – Martha Dishner

THE OLD TESTAMENT is the story of how God prepared the world for the coming of His Son. Advent is the time when we, as Christians, prepare ourselves for the coming of God's Son, and the Jesse Tree is a unique way of preparing for Christmas. Join us in Room 7 each Sunday of Advent to follow the Jesse Tree stories and see how God made the world ready for His coming. Sessions will be from 9:00 am to 10:15 am beginning on November 27. Contact Christine Johnson (915-6343) for more information. FLOAT FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARADE OLPH is putting together a float for the Salem Christmas parade on December 2. YOUR HELP IS NEEDED. There is a sign up sheet on the bulletin board in the Commons; please look to see what you might be able to do. This is a combined effort of all our organizations here at OLPH and anyone else that wants to help. JOY will be taking a trip to Wohlfahrt Haus for the Christmas special on Wednesday, December 14. Come and enjoy a delicious holiday feast and production filled with the Christmas songs you know and love with a breath-taking Nativity that will put you in the Christmas spirit. The bus will leave the parking lot at 10:30 am and return around 5:30 pm. Sign up at the bulletin board in the Commons and leave your money at the office. Tickets are $45. All are welcome.

ORDER OF FRANCISICANS SECULAR Almost 800 years ago in Assisi, a man named Francis was called by God to “Rebuild My Church.” The times were difficult, war and greed were rampant. He chose the Life of Christ (Gospels) as his guide. People began to follow him embracing his values of poverty, joy, simplicity, gratitude and love of all God’s creatures. They continue to do so today. If you would like to learn more, consider yourself, cordially invited to the Fraternity of the Companions of Francis and Clare on Sunday, November 20 and/or Sunday, December 18 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church at 1:00 pm and see if this might be for you. For more

information, call Tom Fame at 521-6414 or Vicki Hubbard at 389-4092.

ADVENT Only two more weeks until the beginning of Advent - a good time to increase your prayer life or start a new one. Our Little Blue Books for advent will be available in the Commons this Sunday, November 20. THE COLLECTION for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) provides funding for groups that make lasting change and uplift the poor in the United States. CCHD’s grants improve education, support economic development, and create affordable housing in low-income neighborhoods. Help us continue to defend human dignity and build communities of solidarity. Please give generously to the CCHD collection. ROOM REMODEL We are in the process of refurbishing a room in the Family Life Center and need some donated items. We need a rug, end tables, lamps, a coffee table and a fake plant or two. If you have any of these items in good condition that you would like to donate, please send measurements and a picture to Angela at cabrownandhound@gmail.com so we can determine if it is a good fit for the room. Thanks so much for your help!

SAVE THE DATE for

December 10th from

9 -11am. The OLPH

Youth Group is

sponsoring an all you

can eat Breakfast with Santa! More

information will follow.

“It is You who have kept my soul from the pit of

nothingness, You have thrust all my sins behind your back.”

Isaiah 38:17

PARISH EVENTS and LITURGIES

Sunday, November 20 8:30 am RCIA, FLC 9:00 am Closer Walk, FLC 9:00 am K-12 Classes, SH &FLC 10:30 am Preschool, FLC 10:30 am Mass - Parishioners of OLPH Parish Council Elections 11:30 am Children’s Choir 1:00 pm Franciscans, SH 5:00 pm Mass at Roanoke College Monday, November 21 6:00 pm Knights of Columbus, SH Tuesday, November 22 - No Mass

7:00 pm Prayer Group, FLC & Chapel Wednesday, November 23 - No Mass 1:00 pm Olive Branch (1-4 & 4:30-7pm)

Thursday, November 24 - No Mass

Office Closed Friday, November 25 - No Mass 5:00 pm Private Gathering Office Closed Saturday, November 26 10:00 am Olive Branch (10am - 1pm; 4:30 - 7 pm) 4:00 pm Confessions 5:30 pm Mass - OLPH Parishioners Sunday, November 27 10:30 am Mass - Garvis Karadjian 11:30 am Children’s Choir

CHRIST THE KING

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Liturgical Ministry Schedule

5:30 pm Saturday

November 26

10:30 am Sunday

November 27

Welcomer Scott Sexton

CLW

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Susan McKnew Peggy Miller Sarah Wyar Mike McKnew ? Mary Kafura

Jack Miller

Martha Dishner Yaw Asirifi Roger Boucher Bill Thompson Linda Tucciarone Christine Johnson

Joe Tucciarone Melissa Yates Jeffrey Krajnik

Lectors Norman Ata Vicki Hubbard

Julia Hemphill Max Stephenson

Altar Servers Hannah Ahlers Sarah Ahlers

Isabella Thompson Frankie DeBella

Cross Bearer Adam Underwood Nathan Yates

Sound Board Chris Smith Gerard deGuzman

Instrumentalists ? ? ?

Cantor ? ?

Altar Linens Sharon Nelson

Readings for the Week November 20 – November 27, 2016

Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Next Sunday:

Please pray for our sick, that they may be strengthened by the love of Christ.

Neil Burke Matthew Duncan Bonnie Flagg Jim Fukumoto Fr. Mike Herbert

Andy Hodge Betty Holbrook Chloe Martin Scotty Neff Fr. Jim Parke

Robert Rutters Will Thomas Marie Tucciarone Marie & Doug Waid

2 Sm 5:1-3/Ps 122:1-5/Col 1:12-20/Lk 23:35-43 Rv 14:1-3, 4b-5/Ps 24:1-6/Lk 21:1-4 Rv 14:14-19/Ps 96:10-13/Lk 21:5-11 Rv 15:1-4/Ps 98:1-3, 7-9/Lk 21:12-19 Rv 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a/Ps 100:1-5/Lk 21:20-28 Rv 20:1-4, 11--21:2/Ps 84:3-6, 8/Lk 21:29-33 Rv 22:1-7/Ps 95:1-7/Lk 21:34-36 Is 2:1-5/Ps 122:1-9/Rom 13:11-14/Mt 24:37-44

For every good thing, we offer Thanks.

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This page is sponsored by the Salem Knights of Columbus Council #10015

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JOY Sign up now at the bulletin board in the Commons for a wonderful time! A trip to visit the Roanoke City Market on December 2 to enjoy the Christmas atmosphere, have lunch at the City Market Building, and then visit the Festival of Trees at the Hotel Roanoke. The bus will leave the parking lot at 10:30 am and return around 4:30 pm.

THIS ADVENT take in the story of the Nativity here at OLPH right after the 5:30 pm Mass on Saturday, December 3. The Roanoke Catholic Drama Club will be performing and it promises to put you in the mood for this holy season. So plan to stay about thirty minutes to support the students.

SAVE THE DATE - DECEMBER 31 AT OLPH New Year’s Eve party from 8:30 pm - 12:00 am. More

information to follow.

CHRISTIAN FORMATION

CLASS SCHEDULE There will be no religious education classes, preschool thru grade 12, on November 27 due to the Thanksgiving holiday. All classes will resume on Sunday, December 11. Let us give thanks to God who has blessed us so richly. CONFIRMATION PREPARATION Candidates for Confirmation and their sponsors meet on Sunday,

December 4 from 11:45am-1:45pm in Room 8/10.

YOUTH

UPCOMING EVENTS

Discovery and Christian Awakening Retreat Information is up and ready!

DYC (Diocesan Youth Convention) information is here! This is an amazing time for teens in grades 8th -12th ! Please get your paperwork to Melissa as soon as possible!

March for Life information is now available! Registration opens up December 6th! This is on a first come, first serve basis; the diocese has 500 tickets! If you have any questions, please contact Melissa in the church office.

The Staff here at Our Lady of Perpetual Help

wish you and your family a very blessed and Happy Thanksgiving.

PARISH STAFF

Clergy

Pastor

Rev. Ken Shuping kshuping@richmonddiocese.org

387-0491

Deacons Rev. Dr. Eric Surat

office@olphsalem.org 387-0491 Ext. 320

Rev. Mr. John Beach

office@olphsalem.org

387-0491 Ext. 320

Ministries

Music & Worship Barbara Fraticelli

music@olphsalem.org 387-0491 Ext. 305

Youth Ministry Melissa Yates

youthministry@olphsalem.org

387-0491 Ext. 307

Religious Education Barbara Hairfield

christianformation@olphsalem.org

387-0491 Ext. 304

Roanoke College Ministry Lauren DeSmit

Roanoke College Campus Minister

lhearne@roanoke.edu

Administrative Staff

Business Manager Elaine Fletchall

busmgr@olphsalem.org 387-0491 Ext. 302

Parish Secretary Vicki Hubbard

office@olphsalem.org 387-0491 Ext. 300

Custodian Milka Ponjavic

Olive Branch

Pat Hickok olivebranch@olphsalem.org

387-0491 Ext. 306

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OLPH Financial Stewardship

Regular Offertory Additional Income * Total Week Ending 10-31-16 $ 7,726.75 $ 55.00 $ 7,781.75

All Saint’s Day $ 692.00 $ $ 692.00 All Soul’s Day $ 190.00 $ $ 190.00 Week Ending 11-06-16 $ 10,008.73 $ 665.00 $ 10,673.73 Week Ending 11-13-16 $ 8,865.00 $ 386.00 $ 9,251.00 Additional income for the 10/30, 11/06, and 11/13 collections include $95 for stole fees, $125 for social hall rental, $500 for diocesan subsidy, $361 for capital improvement, $10 for discretionary, and $15 for designated use (youth ministry) Also collected for 10/30, 11/06, and 11/13 is $508 for seasonal outreach, $27 for St. Francis House, $30 for World Mission, $15 for Catholic Relief Services, $25 for Catholic Campaign for Human Development, $60 for Gift of Life, $723 for Family Crisis, and $2,232 for Haiti Mass Count Week Ending 10-30-16 494 Week Ending 11-06-16 401 Week Ending 11-13-16 540

OUTSIDE THE PARISH

COLLECTION FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE FOR THE MILITARY SERVICES The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA was established by Saint John Paul II in 1985 to provide the Catholic Church’s full range of pastoral ministries to those in the U.S. Armed Forces. The mission of the Archdiocese is to “serve those who serve” by providing the same pastoral care and services as any other Catholic diocese to Catholics serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Military Academies, and veterans undergoing treatment in medical centers. To learn more about the mission and ministry of the AMS, please visit www.milarch.org/nationalcollection.com. You will find information letters and offertory

envelopes on the bookcase in the Commons.

Most people look to the end of the calendar year to begin making resolutions for the next year. There seems to be this magical break in human time because of the changing of a year. Suddenly, the world is filled with new possibilities and promises of a fruitful future. However, an everyday steward does not need to wait for the first of January to make some resolutions or changes in life. This Sunday marks the end of another liturgical year. Next Sunday, we begin looking toward Christmas with the First Sunday of Advent. Today is a great day to make some decisions and turn attention to improving our spiritual life. Starting in Advent, you could make a resolution to spend more time with the Scriptures. God is trying to tell you something, but you have to be more mindful to really listen. You could challenge yourself to each day do something generous that you might not normally do. The challenges don't have to be large or cost a lot, but they should push you a little out of your comfort zone. That's why we call them challenges. You could also resolve to keep a gratefulness journal, where you record daily your thanks for wonderful things in your life. This will help you examine your life more closely and will help you realize the wealth that God has given you, even in the small things. Don't wait to strengthen your discipleship and stewardship way of life. The Church is beginning anew and that means you are too! You are the Church, right? Don't wait another month. Organize your life with the rhythm of the liturgical year, not the year defined by a party in Times Square. Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS © Liturgical Publications Inc