Welcome
Father Ralph A. Bove Pastor
Letter from the Diocese
The Knights of Columbus would like you to join them in reciting the Rosary and The Chaplet of Divine Mercy at St. Paul’s Church on the first Wednesday of every month from 6—7 pm. Let’s pray for healing for our friends, family and the world. Thank you for supporting the Norwich Community Kitchen through the Hannaford Fight Hunger Bag Program during August! An update will be in a future bulletin on the amount raised for this program. The Norwich Community Soup Kitchen will be up and ready to serve dinners again starting Tuesday, September 10th. Doors will open at 4pm and start serving at 5:15pm. If you would like to volunteer please call the office at 607-337-2215.
Choir rehearsal correction: Practice continues at ST. BART’s throughout October on Wednesdays at 4 PM. November’s practices will be at St. Paul on Wednesdays at 4 PM.
A Family Perspective by Bud Ozar November 3, 2024: 31st Sunday (Mark 12:28b-34) In a family, children are taught to be respectful if they want to be respected, to share, if they want their fair share and to listen if they want to be heard. Family life rescues us from arrogance by teaching us to love others as we love ourselves.
Ave Maria/Rosary Society’s upcoming Holiday Bake Sale will be held at St. Bart’s Parish Center on Saturday, November 23rd from 9—Noon! See insert in next week’s bulletin to order your holiday goodies!
(PRACTICING) CATHOLIC - RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS By Colleen Jurkiewicz Dorman All Our Strength I didn’t realize how much my arms would hurt when I became a mom. It occurred to me first during Mass when my daughter was just a few weeks old. She was the kind of kid who could only sleep in someone’s arms. I desperately wanted her to stay quiet during the service, so I held the swaddled bundle in front of me like it was a bomb, not daring to move. By the homily, my arms were on fire. I quickly realized this was a common scenario of my new life as a parent. Holding, rocking, bouncing, restraining, dragging — honestly, my weak little chicken-arms had never been worked out like this before. It took all my strength. But isn’t that the way it is with everything that’s worthwhile? It takes all your strength. Not some of it. Not most of it. All of it. I am a fairly active Catholic. My faith impacts a lot of areas of my life. But there are still boundaries that I’ve drawn around God. There are places I haven’t let Him in. Things I keep “for myself.” Experiences that are just so full of me, so full of my own plans and my own desires. But God desires everything. Not because He is selfish, but be- cause He is good, and wise. Because He knows that the places we keep from Him will become filled with something else. He wants to get there first. He wants to lay His claim. He wants all our strength. All our heart. All our soul. All our mind. Not most of it. All of it. Can we give it to Him? ©LPi
The Knights of Columbus would like you to join them in reciting the Rosary and The Chaplet of Divine Mercy at St. Paul’s Church on the first Wednesday of every month from 6—7 pm. Let’s pray for healing for our friends, family and the world. Thank you for supporting the Norwich Community Kitchen through the Hannaford Fight Hunger Bag Program during August! An update will be in a future bulletin on the amount raised for this program. The Norwich Community Soup Kitchen will be up and ready to serve dinners again starting Tuesday, September 10th. Doors will open at 4pm and start serving at 5:15pm. If you would like to volunteer please call the office at 607-337-2215.
Choir rehearsal correction: Practice continues at ST. BART’s throughout October on Wednesdays at 4 PM. November’s practices will be at St. Paul on Wednesdays at 4 PM.
A Family Perspective by Bud Ozar November 3, 2024: 31st Sunday (Mark 12:28b-34) In a family, children are taught to be respectful if they want to be respected, to share, if they want their fair share and to listen if they want to be heard. Family life rescues us from arrogance by teaching us to love others as we love ourselves.
Ave Maria/Rosary Society’s upcoming Holiday Bake Sale will be held at St. Bart’s Parish Center on Saturday, November 23rd from 9—Noon! See insert in next week’s bulletin to order your holiday goodies!
(PRACTICING) CATHOLIC - RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS By Colleen Jurkiewicz Dorman All Our Strength I didn’t realize how much my arms would hurt when I became a mom. It occurred to me first during Mass when my daughter was just a few weeks old. She was the kind of kid who could only sleep in someone’s arms. I desperately wanted her to stay quiet during the service, so I held the swaddled bundle in front of me like it was a bomb, not daring to move. By the homily, my arms were on fire. I quickly realized this was a common scenario of my new life as a parent. Holding, rocking, bouncing, restraining, dragging — honestly, my weak little chicken-arms had never been worked out like this before. It took all my strength. But isn’t that the way it is with everything that’s worthwhile? It takes all your strength. Not some of it. Not most of it. All of it. I am a fairly active Catholic. My faith impacts a lot of areas of my life. But there are still boundaries that I’ve drawn around God. There are places I haven’t let Him in. Things I keep “for myself.” Experiences that are just so full of me, so full of my own plans and my own desires. But God desires everything. Not because He is selfish, but be- cause He is good, and wise. Because He knows that the places we keep from Him will become filled with something else. He wants to get there first. He wants to lay His claim. He wants all our strength. All our heart. All our soul. All our mind. Not most of it. All of it. Can we give it to Him? ©LPi
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