ALL SOULS DAY

Wednesday, November 2^nd is the Feast of All Souls, the day we remember our dead. The three traditional All Souls Day Mass will be offered at 7:30 am (English), 12:00 noon (English) and 7:00 pm (Lithuanian). Following the evening Mass we will have the traditional Lithuanian All Souls procession and prayers for the dead. We invite families who have lost a loved one since last November 2^nd, to participate in the commemoration. An All Souls day envelope is included with the offering envelopes with space to include the names of the dead you want remembered in the Masses.

     We also have a special All Souls Day candles available at the Rectory which can be inscribed with the name of the deceased you want remembered. These candles will burn for 5 days beginning on November 2^nd. For your convenience candle order envelopes can be found on the bulletin tables. The donation for the All Souls Day candle is $5. All are invited to remember their loved ones with an All Souls Day candle.

PASTORAL COUNCIL

We are looking for a few good people to run for a seat on our Pastoral Council. This year we will elect four members to the Council.  Application forms are available in the Book Room. Applications will be accepted until October 30^th. Any member of the parish, age 16 and older, with a few exceptions, is eligible to run for a seat on the Pastoral Council. We invite you to seriously consider serving on this important council in our Parish.

    Today is Respect Life Sunday and October is Respect Life Month. When most of us think about respect life or pro-life, often we limit our thoughts to abortion and the legality of abortion in the United States. True, abortion is a great moral evil, not only here in our country, but in many parts of the world. All of us need to show our support for anti-abortion legislation, keeping this issue in the open, and to work and pray to end this evil in our world.

     But being pro-life is much more. To call oneself a believer or supporter of life, one is committing themself to support the dignity of all life from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death. Issues of euthanasia, assisted suicide, and capital punishment are important pro-life issues in our society, as are issues of crime, poverty, and starvation. It is easy to just ignore these issues, as most of us live a comfortable healthy life. Yet, our call as Christians and as Catholics is to form our conscience to see the dignity of all human life and to take whatever actions we can to support efforts to address our social ills and to see the dignity of each person in our world as a creation of a loving God.

     We can do this first by prayer, then by supporting legislation that protects all people, and then by being involved in our own communities working to improve the quality of life of everyone, especially the most vulnerable people among us.  When we are able to do these things, then we can truly call ourselves pro-life.

                                                              God Bless! Fr. Joe Bacevice

CLERGY CONFERENCE

Father Bacevice will be at a clergy conference from Tuesday, October 4^th through Friday, October 7^th. In his absence, Deacon Pecek will conduct Communion Services from Wednesday through Friday at 7:30am in the church. Father will say the Masses scheduled for the week at the clergy conference. The office will be open as usual next week from 10:00am to 6:00pm.

PLEASE PRAY

Remember in your prayers the soul of Agnes Snook who died recently and was buried from our parish. May she have eternal rest in the peace of God’s Kingdom.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Friday, October 7^th is the First Friday of the October. Our Eucharistic Holy Hour will begin after the Communion service until 9:00am. On Wednesday, October 12^th we will have our monthly Eucharistic Adoration from 6-9pm. We invite you to spend some quiet time in prayer on either or both of these days. If you are able to commit to a specific time, please sign up in the Book Room.

BLANKET SUNDAY COLLECTION

Next weekend, October 8-9, we will accept offerings for the Annual Blanket Sunday Appeal. This annual appeal by the St. Vincent de Paul Society collects cash donations to purchase blankets for the poor in our area. Special envelopes are available at on the bulletin racks at the church entrances. Or, place you donation in an envelope marked “Blanket Sunday” (checks should be made out to St. Casimir). Please be generous and help provide warm blankets for the poor in our own community.