First Saturday Mass on November 7th., 2015

Please join us for First Saturday Mass on November 7th., 2015, at 12:00 noon. Confession will be available from 11:30 - 11:50 am. After Mass our Chaplain Fr. Nicholas Milich will impose the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel on all those in attendance that are interested - blessed scapulars will be provided by the Legion of Mary. After the imposition of Scapular, all are invited to stay and pray the Rosary. Information about the Sabbatine Privilege will be available.
Following these events, there will be a meeting of the Legion of Mary, Our Lady of Good Success Praesidium. If anyone interested in joining in Our Lady's army for the salvation of souls, they are welcoming both active and auxiliary members.

Pope Benedict XV, addressing seminarians in Rome:
"Let all of you have a common language and a common armor: The language, the sentences of the Gospel - the common armor, the Brown Scapular of the Virgin of Carmel which you ought to wear and which enjoys the singular privilege and protection after death."

Pope Pius XII referred to the Scapular as “The Sign of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.” The Pope also said the Scapular marks us as one of Mary’s chosen children, and becomes for us a “Garment of Grace.”

All Saints/All Souls activities this Sunday, Nov. 1st., 2015

A reminder that our All Saints/All Souls Activities are this Sunday, Nov. 1st. We will be praying the Litany of the Saints after Mass, and then proceed directly out to the grave sites. Directly after the procession we will have a taco bar lunch available for all. Please join us as there will be plenty to eat. We encourage the children to dress in their favorite saint costume, although we ask that they refrain from wearing the costumes to Mass due to the distraction. Please assist your children to dress right after Mass so they can join the procession in the cemetery. Parents may want to bring costumes that can slip on over clothing, as we only have 2 bathrooms.
-Pam Flanders

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Spiritual Bouquet for Fr. Nicholas Milich

This coming Sunday, Nov. 1st., is Fr. Milich's birthday. All are invited to join in adding prayers, novenas, etc. to a Spiritual Bouquet for him. Names of community members/families and what their addition to the Spiritual Bouquet is will be added to a birthday card, given to him on Sunday. If you would like to join your prayers with others in the community for our Chaplain, please email Latin Mass secretary June Ely.
               
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All Saints Celebration on November 1st., 2015

Join the parish to celebrate All Saints and All Souls on Sunday November 1st. after Mass. We will be having a taco feed after Mass as well as a procession and prayers around the gravesides at the cemetery. We encourage all children (and adults too) to bring their saint costumes to wear after Mass. We will also pray the Litany of the Saints and have a time for the children to share about their saint's story. 

If you can please RSVP so we know how much chicken and beef to cook for the tacos. We have already the chips, corn tortillas, and taco shells, the meat and chicken covered. We still are looking for people to bring the following :

Large bowl of shredded lettuce

Large bowl of chopped tomatoes

Shredded Cheese

Sour cream

Guacamole

Flour Tortillas

Salsa

Refried Beans and/or whole beans

Spanish Rice

Desserts such as cookies, brownies, bars

Large containers of drinks such as lemonade, juices, waters

Please RSVP to Pam Flanders and if you can help bring food. Also if you will be having children participate in the Saint costume festivities.  

That said even if you don't RSVP we want EVERYONE to stay and eat so join us please.

Feast of Our Lady of Fatima 2015

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered on what has become the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Tuesday, October 13, 2015, beginning around 4 p.m. at Queen of Heaven Cemetery Chapel. It will include the enrollment of a new member of the Legion of Mary but all are welcome to attend. After Mass the Rosary will be prayed in front of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima.

First Saturday Mass for October, 2015

There will be First Saturday Mass on October 3rd. at 12:00 noon. Confession will be available before Mass between 11:30 - 11:50 am. There will be recitation of the Rosary after Mass for those who would like to attend.

Saint Junipero Serra!

With great joy in the Diocese of Monterey, California, on this day that Fr. Junipero Serra is canonized a Saint, is the following from a St. Anthony's Guild prayer card from 1954:

Junipero Serra, the Franciscan Missionary and Apostle of California, is known for his devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. He sought "the gold and silver of the Indies - the gold of immortal souls and the silver crown of martyrdom," and left his "Rosary of Missions" along California's El Camino Real, from which has sprung most of what is holy and most of what is cultural in the far western part of the United States.

Prayer:
O Lord Jesus Christ, you have rewarded the apostolic zeal of Thy servant Junipero Serra, who, leaving home and fatherland, labored for the salvation of souls in Mexico and California. Thou hast graciously deigned by evident signs and prodigies to glorify him, so that for the exaltation of Thy Most Holy Name he was raised to the honors of the altar. Grant that through his merits I may obtain the grace I desire. Amen.
 
Saint Junipero Serra, Apostle of California, pray for us~