Thirty-second Sunday in ordinary time PAGE 2 November 11, 2018

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NOVEMBER 11 - 32ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY

TIME “I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other

contributors to the treasury. For they all contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything

she had, her whole living.” MARK 12:43-44

Jesus gets right to the point – we are all called to give money

to support the mission of the Church, regardless of our

circumstance. No gift is too small or insignificant! Giving

money to support the mission of our local parish is a matter of our faith, just like praying and

participating in parish ministries. When you make a

financial offering, is it from your “first fruits” or from what is “left

over”?

WORD OF LIFE “Through the Church's

teaching, God invites us to a fuller, richer, deeper way of life

and love.”

USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life

Activities

“Another Look at Contraception,”

www.usccb.org/contraception

ST. MARTIN OF TOURS PARISH STAFF Pastor: Msgr. Thomas A. Martin

Deacons: Thomas Thamann and David Guido Administrative Assistant: Colleen Takacs

Bookkeeper: Bobbie Appelgren Director of Religious Education: Tim McNamara

Coordinator of Youth Ministry: Matthew Montgomery Pastoral Care/Liturgy/Receptionist M-W-F: Sue Maneikis

Bulletin Editor/Receptionist T-TH: Kathy Laske Scrip Coordinator: Dave Kosacek

Music/Choir Director: Jane Mattison

Mass Schedule Saturday 5:30p Sunday 8:00a & 11:30a Wed. & Fri. 9:00a

Reconciliation on Saturdays 10:00-11:00a Office Hours: Monday—Friday 9:00a-4:00p

ST. MARTIN OF TOURSST. MARTIN OF TOURS 5855 East W Avenue, PO BOX 264, Vicksburg, MI 49097

(269) 649-1629 St. Vincent DePaul Ext 1010 www.stmartinvicksburg.org

PLEASE PRAY FOR: Danny Robinson,

Vicki Pearl

SCRIP CARDS: Nov. 5 14 families participated. $72.54 was added to the Building Grounds account. Scrip is sold after weekend Masses in the narthex or the

church office Mon-Fri 9a-4p.

SCRIP WORK SCHEDULE FOR NEXT

WEEK NOV 17/18 Sat. 5:30p: Maxa

Sun 8:00a: Koenigsknecht

Sun 11:30a: Goldsmith

November 11 Sunday 8:00 a.m. Mass †Theresa A. McGoff by John & Deb McGoff 9:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m. Farmer’s Breakfast 10:00 a.m.—11:15 a.m. Religious Ed classes & Adult Study Group 11:30 a.m. Mass For the people of St. Martin November 12 Monday 10:00 a.m. Caring Hands of St. Martin 6:30 p.m. Bible study with Msgr. Martin November 13 Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Choir practice 6:30 p.m. Bishop Barron’s DVD series on The Mass November 14 Wednesday 9:00 a.m. Mass In honor of marriage for Stephen Timko & Molly Bogeberg by Joe & Lynn Timko 7:00 p.m. HALOS meeting in Manning Rm I 7:00 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy November 15 Thursday 7:00 p.m. R.C.I.A. November 16 Friday 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Friday Adoration 9:00 a.m. Mass †Bruce Hickok & Larry VanderBeek by the Anderson family 5:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m. Volunteer Appreciation Dinner November 17 Saturday 7:30 a.m. Men’s Group 10:00 a.m.—11:00 a.m. Reconciliation 5:30 p.m. Mass †EJ Shick by Margo Shick November 18 Sunday 8:00 a.m. Mass †Joseph R Vandemaele by John & Deb McGoff 10:00 a.m.—11:15 a.m. Religious Ed classes & Adult Study Group 11:30 a.m. Mass For the people of St. Martin 7:00 p.m. Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service at St. Martin’s

PARISH SUPPORT FOR NOVEMBER 04, 2018 Envelopes 146 Collection $8,230.60 Weekly Goal: $6,923.00 All Saints $929.00

All Souls $415.00

IF YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED SCRIP from St. Martin’s maybe

it’s time. We offer over 700 different retailers that you can purchase cards for to make your daily or weekly purchases. When you buy Scrip Cards at St. Martin’s, we earn a percent of each one depending on the value on the card. You receive the full face value that’s on the card when you use it. For example: You earn $4 for the Building Maintenance Fund at St. Martin’s when you purchase a $100 Speedway gas card. Percentages of earnings range from 1 1/2% to 13% depending on the card. Scrip makes great Christmas gifts. PLEASE NOTE THAT SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12 IS THE LAST DAY TO ORDER SPECIAL SCRIP CARDS FOR CHRISTMAS!

DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Tim McNamara 269-649-1629 ext 1003

dre@stmartinvicksburg.org

SERVER SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK NOV 17/18

DATE MASS CANDLE-BEARER CANDLE-BEARER CROSS-BEARER Nov 17 5:30p Volunteer Lily Evans Sue Maneikis Nov 18 8:00a Jackson Aguillon Madison Aguillon Mike Coppens Nov 18 11:30a Sam Bleeker Max Bleeker Jonathan Abel DATE MASS LECTOR BODY BLOOD Nov 17 5:30p Pam Thamann Deacon Roger VanderBeek Scott Cline Pat Cline Susan VanderBeek Tammy Ramlow USHERS: Doug & Deb Stafinski, Jim & Monica Rasmussen Nov 18 8:00a Kathleen Waldron Deacon Jamie Corder Janet Kosacek Katie Montgomery Hugh Swager Linda Crawford USHERS: John Polasek, Bob Callahan, George Richards, Marv Thomas Nov 18 11:30a Karen Szwaja Deacon Richard Szwaja Chad Hessling Alan Puplis Lisa Irwin Mary Hessling USHERS Frank Arcangeli, Coleen VanderHorst, Devon Swiat, Cindy Johnson Farmer’s Breakfast is this Sunday November 11: 9:00a.m.—11:30 a.m.

Next Coffee & Donuts November 18: 8:00 a.m. Scott & Pat Cline

11:30 a.m. The Hessling Family

St. Martin of Tours PAGE 3 Vicksburg, Michigan

YOUTH MINISTER Matthew Montgomery

269-649-1629 ext 1001, ym@stmartinvicksburg.org

YOUCAT QUESTION OF THE WEEK Why does the Book of Genesis depict creation as "the work of six days"? From the symbolism of this phrase, we can derive seven principles: (1) Everything that exists in this universe exists because God wills it to exists. (2) Everything that exists is good. (3) Even things that have become bad still were created good and have good in their core. (4) Created beings are interrelated and interdependent. (5) All of creation reflects the goodness and beauty of God. (6) There is an order of complexity of the created universe: man is superior to an animal, an animal is superior to a plant, and a plant is superior to inanimate matter. (7) Creation is moving towards the point when Christ will bring it towards God. CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE! If you wish to see what our

youth have been up to, please visit our parish website. There you will see pictures of what our youth have done

including our pumpkin carving event!

EVEN THOUGH VOCATION AWARENESS WEEK IS OVER, I would like us each to take up the challenge to

pray for the future spouse of our child, whether that spouse is a husband/wife in holy marriage or is the Church as a priest/religious, so that our kids might find fullness in their life, love the other and receive that love in return. Vocation Awareness Week implicitly reminds each of us as well, no matter what state in life we find ourselves called to, that we are each individually called to be holy in our day-to-day lives by loving God and loving neighbor. Take time to find moments to talk to your kids about what it means to be holy and discuss with them ways to explore what God might be

calling them to in their life.

REMINDER: No Religious Education classes on

November 25. Have a Blessed Thanksgiving.

INSIDE THE PARISH & AROUND THE DIOCESE

FARMER’S BREAKFAST IS THIS SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11: 9A—11:30A

THE NEXT SCHEDULE WILL SOON BE PREPARED. It will cover the period from

Dec 22, 2018—Feb 17, 2019. If you know of any changes in your availability during that time period please fill our a Change of Status form which can be found in the nar-thex or call the Parish office. You may also email Sue Maneikis at pastoral-care@stmartinvicksburg.org Your changes will be needed no later than Monday, De-cember 3. the schedules will be available by the weekend of Dec 8/9. Sign-up sheets for the Christmas and New Year’s Masses will also be available in the narthex on that same weekend. THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS are selling their “Keep Christ in Christmas” cards after all Masses this weekend! These cards are not what you see in stores! Come see for yourself the simple beauty of keeping Christ in Christmas. ST. MARTIN’s & ST EDWARD’s KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL would

like to know if we have any parishioners or their sons or daughters who are currently deployed overseas in the military, in any branch of service. The council sends care packages to them around the holidays. Please contact the parish office at 649-1629 with names and addresses as soon as possible. Packages have to go out early to get there in time for the holidays. CHARITABLE GIVING OPPORTUNITY Please consider making a donation to the

South County Community Services Christmas Food Baskets. Envelopes for your

donation can be found in the narthex at the Charitable Giving Opportunities easel.

SIDNEY AND MEREDITH CHENIER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SEA CADET CORPS have recognized a need to assist local veterans in their recovery during the upcoming winter season. They are asking for our assistance in this mission. A collection box will be in the Narthex during the month of November, and all items will be brought to the VA in Battle Creek. The VA has provided a list of specific needs. They are as follows: winter coats, hats and gloves, sweatpants (no draw-strings), shirts/hoodies (no zippers or drawstrings), socks and underwear, puzzles with large pieces, body soaps, journals with glued bindings (no staples or spirals), markers, reading glasses, paint-by-number kits, and money for haircuts. Sizes needed are

M-4X. Thank you in advance for your support.

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE (WWW.CCDOK.ORG) after October

15th to view all of the amazing restau-rants that are

participating this year. You can dine at any one of them and 25% of the pro-

ceeds will be donated directly to CCDOK. Encourage your friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers to dine out to support Catholic Charities Dio-

cese of Kalamazoo. Holy Day of Obligation

The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

December 7 Vigil at 6pm at St. Edward’s

December 8 Mass at 9am at St. Martin’s.

Sign-up sheets for the Dec 8 Mass at St. Martin will be

available in the narthex on the weekend of Nov 24/25.