St. Sylvester Catholic Church

YEAR C

Father John F. Kelly, Pastor

Father Alvaro Pio González, Parochial Vicar Charles Sukup, Deacon

Mass Schedule: Mon. 8:30am Tues. 6:00pm Wed. 8:30am

Thurs. 6:00pm Fri. 8:30am Sat. 4:00pm

Sun. 9:00am & 11:00am

Spanish 5:00pm

New Parishioners: Please register at the Welcome

Table in the vestibule after Mass or stop by the office.

Active Membership is determined by:

• Registration in the parish • Faithful attendance at Sunday Mass and on Holy Days • Support of the parish through time, talent and treasure

Welcome. . . . . St. Sylvester Parish Office

Phone: 850-939-3020 FAX: 850-936-5366

Website: www.stsylv.org Email: saintsylv@stsylv.org

Bulletin Items: bulletin@stsylv.org Hours: Monday - Thursday

9:00am to 2:00pm

WEEK AT A GLANCE

Sun Oct 30

9am/11am 4:30pm 5pm

Sunday Mass Reconciliation (Spanish/Eng)Sunday Spanish Mass

Mon Oct 31

8:30am

Daily Mass

Tue. Nov 1

8:30am 9am 6pm 6pm 7pm 8pm

All Saints Day Mass - Holy Day of Obligation Women’s Bible Study Psalms Core Team Meeting St Vincent De Paul All Saints Day Mass - Holy Day Of Obligation Men’s Rosary Fellowship

Wed. Nov 2

8:30am 7pm

ALL SOULS DAY Daily Mass ALL SOULS DAY Daily Mass

Thu. Nov 3

5pm 6pm 6pm 6:30pm 7pm

RCIA Daily Mass K of C Council 13277 Women of Grace Choir Rehearsal

Fri. Nov 4

8:30am 7pm 7:30pm

Daily Mass Eucharistic Adoration Grupo Oracion

Sat. Nov 5

8:30am 9am 10am 3pm 4pm

First Saturday Rosary Pastoral Council Mtg Columbiette’s Board Mtg Reconciliation (English) Vigil Mass

Sun Nov 6

8:30am 9am/11am 4:30pm 5pm 6pm

First Sunday Rosary Sunday Mass Reconciliation (Spanish/Eng)Sunday Spanish Mass Preparacion para Bautismo

Anointing of the Sick Call the parish office Baptism

• Must have Baptism Preparation Class • English classes on 2nd Sunday of each month English Baptisms are on 3rd Sunday of each month Text or call Erica Meyer, 850-978-2624 Email – englishbaptism@stsylv.org • Spanish classes 1st and 2nd Sundays of each mo. Call Kenia Redondo 850-357-5087

Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction First Fridays - 7:00pm Marriage Arrangements Six months in advance; please call the office Reconciliation

• English - Saturday 3:00pm - 3:30pm • Spanish & English - Sunday 4:30pm - 5:00pm • By appointment

Nursery Available during 9:00am & 11:00am Masses

Sacraments and Services

This Week the Sanctuary Lamp above the Tabernacle

burns in Memory of:

All the Faithful Departed

Children’s Liturgy of the Word (4-6 yrs. only) Sundays during the 9:00 or 11:00am Mass. No registration is required. The teacher will call the children to the front of the sanctuary before Mass begins, and they will return during the offertory.

ROCK (1st-5th) Wednesday 6pm - 7:15pm EDGE (6th-8th) Sunday 6pm - 8pm LIFETEEN (9th-12th) Sunday 6pm - 8pm

ADULT FAITH FORMATION (AFF) Various days and times - Check bulletin or call parish office RCIA (Children Grades 4 - 8) Wednesday 6pm - 7:15pm RCIA (Teen Grades 9 - 12) Thursday 6pm - 8:00pm RCIA (Adult) Thursday 6pm - 8:00pm

Religious Education Classes

Tuesday November 1st is ALL SAINTS DAY and is a Holy Day of Obligation - Masses will

be celebrated at 8:30am and 7:00pm

Mass Intentions

Sunday, October 30 9:00am † Ray Pease by Bettie Pease 11:00am † Warren Brenner by Bob & Terri Gambera 5:00pm For The Parish Monday, October 31 8:30am Luciano Roberts (Birthday) with Love the Roberts Family Tuesday, November 1 - All Saints Day Holy Day of Obligation 8:30am † William Benecke by Chuck & Mary Kort 7:00pm † Jimmy Cooper by Joanne Mahoney Wednesday, November 2 - All Souls Day 8:30am † Claire Maguire by the Semmes Family 7:00pm † All the Faithful Departed Thursday, November 3 6:00pm † Edward Manko by the Gaspard & Manko Families Friday, November 4 8:30am Deacon Charlie 10th Anniversary of Ordination by Loving Wife Saturday, November 5 4:00pm † Wanda Lewicke, Debbie Gallan, Patricia Sweeney, Mary Lou Price by the Columbiettes Sunday, November 6 9:00am † C.O. Richardson & Sally by Joy Cicero 11:00am † Madeline Reasor by Patricia Puderbaugh 5:00pm For The Parish

Sunday, Nov 6 2 Mc 7:1-2, 9-14

2 Thes 2:16 -- 3:5; Lk 20:27-38 [27, 34-38]

Readings for the Week Lk 14:12-14 Mt 5:1-12a Jn 6:37-40, Lk 15:1-10 Lk 16:1-8 Lk 16:9-15

Phil 2:1-4 Rv 7:2-4, 9-14 Wis 3:1-9 Phil 3:3-8a Phil 3:17 -- 4:1 Phil 4:10-19

Mon. Oct 31 Tue. Nov 1 Wed. Nov 2 Thu. Nov 3 Fri. Nov 4 Sat. Nov 5

REFLECTION…………… Year C Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

Welcoming the sinner

Readings:

Reading 1 Wisdom 11:22-12:1 (digression on God’s mercy)

Reading 2 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2 (exhortation to faithfulness)

Gospel Luke 19:1-10 (Zacchaeus the tax collector)

Key Passage: And Jesus said to Zacchaeus, “Today salvation has come to seek out and to save the lost.” (Luke 19:9-10)

QUESTIONS?

Adult - During the next week, what could you do to welcome someone who usually feels excluded?

Child - Is there a child in your class or neighborhood who is left out of games and activities? What can you do?

Loving God, raise him to eternal life

and hold him in the palm of your hand.

William R. Benecke

Brother of Mary Ann Kurtz

For World Peace, For Christians in the Middle East and the Sick:

Zoe Allen, Roberta Anderson, Joanne Andrealis, Gary Barlotta, Selena Barthe´, Kathy Benson, Bobby Berteau, Pat Birke, Beverly Blackwell, Dennis Boyce, Lanie Brewster, Linda Burgmeister, Stanley Butler, Carlos, Tom Clemons, Bob Craven, George & Lorraine Crepeau, Nancy Daniel, Bob Dasho, Luiz Diaz, Barbara Donahue, Jamie Du’Pre, John Eels, Ron Fontaine, Wynell Fontaine, Robert Gambera Sr., Elsa Garcia, Todd Gunderson, Sue Guthrie, Paul Hanson, Berta Hernandez, Becky Howell, Jerry Hutchinson, Jasper Horton, Fay Johnson, Gloria Larreamendy, Janet Longdon, Debbie Martin, Michelle McCafferty, Patricia McGrath, Dieter Meier, Pat Miller, MeMe Murray, Joseph Mucciaro, Sharon O’Neil, Fr. Phi Nguyen, Tony Owens, Reed Owens, Reo Jr. Owens, Bettie Pease, Howard Perry, Dan Ramsey, J.P.Russell, Aimee Sears, Pat Sears, Pete Servais, Randy Smith, Marvin Spellings, Ellen Stanley, Mike Stebbins, Joan Turek, Leon Vincent, Diane Watkins, Eric Watts, and Luisa Zeledon Please notify the Parish Office if someone is in need of prayer. Names will remain on the list for four weeks unless the office is notified.

Intercessory Prayer at St Sylvester Catholic Church

Would you like to pray for parishioners at our church and their families or friends? Please join the Columbiette and Knights of Columbus Prayer Chain as a Prayer Warrior. You will receive emails asking for specific prayer intentions. You may also ask for Prayer Requests for yourself, your family or friends. Please email ellenstanley2@gmail.com to request to be added to our prayer chain as a Prayer Warrior.

St. Sylvester Nocturnal Adoration Society (NAS)

Please join us for Eucharistic Adoration on the First Friday of each month beginning at 7pm, Spanish at 8pm. Consider becoming a member of the St. Sylvester Nocturnal Adoration Society: an international society dedicated to prayer before the Eucharist for the praise of God and for the needs of the world. When you sit with the Most Blessed Sacrament, you are in the real presence of our Lord Jesus. He eagerly awaits to see you! Come be comforted and healed this Friday November 4th. 7 - 8pm Prayer & Song in English 8 - 9pm - Prayer & Song in Spanish For more information about Eucharistic Adoration or to become a member of the NAS, please contact Dan Juarez (juarezd@hotmail.com) or Tracy Juarez (tmbjesusfreak@gmail.com) or call 850-207-6075. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28

From September 28 through November 6, you’re invited to join other Christians for 40 Days for Life – 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. You’re also invited to stand and peacefully pray during a 40-day vigil in the public right-of-way outside the American Family Planning abortion facility in Pensacola and also to help spread the word about this important community outreach. If you’d like more information – and especially if you’d like to volunteer to help, please visit our website at 40daysforlifepensacola.com or contact the 40 Days for Life Pensacola core team at

40daysforlifepensacola@eccfl.org

Volunteers Needed!!

The Pregnancy Resource Center of Navarre is seeking volunteers who have a heart for life. Our Christian ministry provides a variety of services to encourage women facing crisis pregnancies to choose life. As a volunteer you have the opportunity to be involved in a project that saves lives of unborn children and makes an eternal difference in the mothers’ lives. If you have it on your heart to support this ministry as a volunteer, please contact the center at:

850-776-7565

or email at:

prcofnavarre@yahoo.com

You can volunteer to answer the telephone, to assist with Baby Boutique or to be a Client Advocate working directly with clients who seek our services. “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.” 1 Peter 4:10

National Vocation Awareness Week will be celebrated in our country November 6-12, 2016. Please ask our Lord for more dedicated, holy priests, deacons and consecrated men and women. May they be inspired by Jesus Christ, supported by our faith community, and respond generously to God’s gift of a vocation.

Collection for Military Services

Next weekend November 5-6, 2016, our parish will take up the Collection for the Archdiocese for the Military Services (AMS). The guiding mission of the AMS is to provide sacraments and the re-affirming Word of Christ to the men and women serving in our armed forces, patients in VA Medical Centers, civilians working for the federal government beyond U.S. borders, and the families of these populations. To provide these services they need your help - the AMS receives no federal funding.

Caring & Sharing Clothing Drive November 12 - 13, 2016

A Clothing Drive will be held the weekend of November 12th/13th, which is a combined effort of Interfaith Ministries and Caring & Sharing to benefit the needy in South Santa Rosa County. And remember:

1 Bag of Clothing would be NICE 2 Bags of Clothing would be even BETTER

And 3 Bags would be JUST SUPER!!

Youth

Interfaith Ministries Needs

For the Interfaith Ministries Food Pantry the needs for October are as follows:

Hamburger Helper - Oatmeal/grits Rice - 1# bags - Cereals - Pasta

Diapers - sizes 2,3,4,5 - Mac & Cheese Dried Potatoes - Cream soups

(chicken, mushroom, etc.) Canned fruit - Pasta sauce

Also, we are beginning to collect food items for our holiday boxes that are not covered by Caring and Sharing. We appreciate all individual items contributed. If any individual or group with your parish would like to sponsor a holiday box, please fill with the following items:

Turkey / Ham - Boxed dressing Cranberry sauce - Boxed potatoes Canned/jarred gravy - Frozen Pie

Any food items for Interfaith Ministries can be dropped off in the Church Vestibule or the Church Office Mon - Thursday from 9am - 2pm or directly at the Interfaith Ministries Thrift shop in Gulf Breeze. In previous bulletins it was announced that there was a need for a freezer. Because of the great generosity of this community, we were able to replace all 3 current freezers!

THANK YOU and Blessings to all!!

World Youth Day 2019 in Panama

The next World Youth Day interest meeting will take place on November 6th at 4pm in the parish center. This pilgrimage is for youth who will be between ages 16 and 30 in July of 2019. During this meeting, parents who have sent their children to past WYD’s will share their experiences along with answer questions and provide information.

Our group is on the way to Panama 2019!

Each week we highlight one of our bulletin sponsors. Because of these ads we are able to get our bulletins FREE. Please support these businesses. Our “sponsor of the week” is:

Support Our Sponsors!

All Souls Day Mass Mass will be celebrated by Most Reverend Gregory L. Parkes for the Faithful Departed at Holy Cross Cemetery, 1300 E. Hayes Street,

Pensacola, on All Souls Day, Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 10:00 AM. Light refreshments will be provided after Mass, all are welcomed.

All Souls Day Ecumenical Candlelight Prayer Service

Wednesday - November 2nd - 6:00pm

The Ecumenical prayer service will be held at 6:00pm at St. Michael’s Cemetery. Bishop Parkes will be the celebrant. This annual service dates back to the 18th century when Pensacola was held by the Spanish, making it one of the most historic traditions in our community.

Youth Booth

We now have a “youth booth” in the parish center. All new youth can register at this booth. There will also be event information available each week.

Anyone interested in supporting a specific youth or team member through prayer can also sign up at this booth after all Masses each weekend.

Coats for Kids

In cooperation with our Knights of Columbus, Life Teen and EDGE are collecting coats for kids, through November 6th. Please bring coats and jackets, appropriate for our area’s weather, to the youth booth in the Parish Center.

Middle and High school youth are being asked to serve at the Columbiette Auction on Saturday, November 19th from 5pm - 9pm. Youth: Please try to serve at this event in sup-port of the Columbiettes who do so very much for the youth. White shirt and black pants are the dress code.

Homeless Veterans Stand down is an organization that assists homeless veterans with a multitude of services. The Okaloosa-Walton Counties’ Division will be holding a “Stand down” on November 4, 2016, for approximately 300 Homeless Veterans. Services provided include dental screenings, mental health screening, flu shots, tetanus shots, pneumonia shots, clothing, boots, blankets, employment services, VA housing assistance, health & comfort items, veterans court, nourishing meal and VA benefits assistance.

Below is a list of items that are desperately needed to have a successful stand down this coming November.

Band aids - Blankets (Throws) Comics - Deodorant (Men)

Floss - Gloves - Hats, knitted Insect repellant - Lip/Skin Balm

Mouthwash - Nail clippers Note pads with or without spiral

Paperback books - Ponchos Puzzle books - Puzzles/games

Reader Glasses - Scarfs Sewing kits - Shaving cream Socks (new) - Sun Glasses

Sunscreen - Washcloths - Wet wipes

Men’s Bicycles (can be used but in good shape)

There will be bins in the Parish Center & the Parish Office labelled “STAND DOWN”. Any contribution will help our homeless veterans!!

If you have questions about this event, contact Mark McCafferty at 850-221-1899.

HOMELESS VETERAN S

STAND DOWN

The 36th Annual Catholic Renewal Conference is coming!!

January 20-22, 2017 Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church

Parish Life Center Niceville, Fl

Registration is now open for the 36th Annual Catholic Renewal Conference!! The 2017 conference will be January 20-22, a good time to reconnect with the Lord and commit to a New Year of spiritual renewal.

Our speakers this year are: Fr. Michael Nixon from Panama City. You may have seen him on Catholics in America or listen to him on YouTube; Fr. Nicholas Schumm, our Diocesan Liaison, who led us in deep spiritual prayer at our last conference and will do so again this year; Dr. Carol Razza, licensed Psychotherapist, international speaker, full time Faculty at St. Vincent de Paul Seminary; Most Rev. Gregory L. Parkes, Pensacola-Tallahassee Diocese. In addition to our great speakers will be praise and worship music, healing service with Eucharistic procession and Adoration, Religious Bookstore, Adoration Chapel, Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet, Free Nursery (with Diocesan certified child care workers), confession and individual prayer. The pre-registration cutoff date is Jan 10, 2017. Pre-Registration: Single $25 /Family $45 /Religious & Youth under 18 Free / Registration Fee Increases by $5 at the door Lodging: Holiday Inn Express, 850-678-9131 $80/night; Comfort Suites, 850-279-6547 $79/night For more information contact Sue McAllister at 850-341-0379 or email to ptdccr@gmail.com. You can find more conference information on our website, www.pt-dccr.org

“ I will pour out my spirit upon

mankind”

Joel 3:1 (NAB)

Knights of Columbus Rosary

The Knights of Columbus will be having a rosary on October 30, 2016 after the 9am Mass. Everyone is invited to participate.