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Mass Schedule
Saturday: 5:00 PM - Sunday: 8:00 & 10:30 AM - Mon-Wed: 7:00 AM
Holy Days: As announced in bulletin
PASTOR: Rev. Richard A. Valentine
PASTORAL ASSISTANT:
William A. Bowden, ext. 4
PARISH SECRETARY:
Donna M. Capalbo, ext. 0
RELIGIOUS FORMATION DIRECTOR:
Wendy A. Carrier, ext. 3
PARISH OFFICE:............................ 231-5119
RELIGIOUS FORMATION:………231-1340
OFFICE FAX NUMBER: .………. 231-0523
HOURS: Monday-Thursday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
WEB SITE: www.stmichaelsmithfield.org
EMAIL: [email protected]
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Parents should contact
the Pastoral Assistant, ext. 4, at least four months before
the birth of their baby to discuss baptismal plans.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturdays
from 4:00 to 4:30 or by appointment with the priest.
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: Couples should
contact the parish priest at least one year in advance. Be
sure you have a confirmed date at the church before
making any other arrangements.
COMMUNION TO THE SICK: Eucharistic Ministers
are available to bring communion to the homebound.
Please call the Pastoral Assistant, ext. 4.
PARISH PRAYER LINE: If anyone wishes to request
a special intention, please call Avis at 233-0225
All requests will remain confidential.
ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH
80 FARNUM PIKE, GEORGIAVILLE, RHODE ISLAND
WEEKLY IN OUR PARISH
Weekday Mass: Monday–Wednesday 7:00 AM
Morning Prayer: Monday – Wednesday 6:40 AM
Communal Recitation of the Rosary: Mondays at 6:30 PM
MASS INTENTIONS
Wednesday, November 6th, 2019
7:00 AM Bielecki & Pianka Families
Remembrance, by Family
Saturday, November 9th, 2019
5:00 PM Caesar Mariotti
25th Anniversary, by Wife and Family
Sunday, November 10th, 2019
8:00 AM George Resendes
13th Anniversary, by Family
10:30 AM Theresa A. Supple
2nd Anniversary, by Family
ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH GEORGIAVILLE, RI
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Sunday: Wis 11:22—12:2/Ps 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14 [cf. 1]/2
Thes 1:11—2:2/Lk 19:1-10
Monday: Rom 11:29-36/Ps 69:30-31, 33-34, 36 [14c]/Lk 14:12-14
Tuesday: Rom 12:5-16b/Ps 131:1bcde, 2, 3/Lk 14:15-24
Wednesday: Rom 13:8-10/Ps 112:1b-2, 4-5, 9 [5a]/Lk 14:25-33
Thursday: Rom 14:7-12/Ps 27:1bcde, 4, 13-14 [13]/Lk 15:1-10
Friday: Rom 15:14-21/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [cf. 2b]/Lk 16:1-8
Saturday: Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12/Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8, 9 [5]/1 Cor 3:9c-
11, 16-17/Jn 2:13-22
BECOMING CATHOLIC
RCIA: Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
What is RCIA?
The RCIA is a process through which adults are introduced to the
Catholic faith and way of life.
♦ It is a journey of instruction, reflection, and prayer.
♦ Those who have not been baptized and wish to join the Catho-
lic faith.
♦ Those who have been baptized in another denomination and
wish to join the Catholic faith.
♦ Baptized Catholic who have not yet received First Commun-
ion and or Confirmation who wish to return to the full practice
of their Catholic Faith.
Classes starting on Monday, November 25, 2019 @ 7:00PM
If you know someone who may be interested, invite him or her to
contact us. If you have any questions or would like to register
please contact our Pastoral Assistant, Bill Bowden at
401-231-5120 or [email protected]. You may also register
for RCIA on our website: www.stmichaelsmithfield.org/rcia
There is a book in the candle room where special intentions can be
listed. These special intentions are included at all masses during the
month of November.
Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away!
At Thanksgiving and Christmas, our Parish
Food Closet and Social Justice Committee
provide food baskets for families in our
town. Each basket contains items that
would allow these families to have a special dinner on those
days. A typical basket contains stuffing mix, broth, boxed
mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, gravy, canned fruit,
coffee, sugar and cake mixes. As you
shop each week, one or two items men-
tioned above, added to your list and brought
to mass on the weekend, would help this
ministry fulfill their goal. Thank you!
Christ loves us first. So much of the Christian life is as simple
as that. Today’s Gospel is a prime example! “Now a man there
named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a
wealthy man … was seeking to see who Jesus was.” We may
have gotten used to the story of Zacchaeus, this short, seem-
ingly innocent man who climbs a sycamore tree in his desperate
desire to see Jesus. But this colorful, children’s Bible illustra-
tion isn’t what the gathering crowd would have seen. They
would have seen the white collar criminal. Tax collectors were
notorious for extortion. They were collaborators with the op-
pressive Roman overlords, overcharging for taxes and skim-
ming a cut off the top. And how does Jesus respond to this
man?
“Come down quickly,” Jesus says, “for today I must stay at
your house.” If you had been there, would you have believed it?
No doubt there were other disciples in the city or, at the very
least, kind, generous, and just people. “Good” people. But those
aren’t the people Jesus chooses to share a meal with. Christ
loves us first. He chooses Zacchaeus even before the man
makes a public profession of his repentance.
“The Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.”
We may not be tax collectors and extortionists — I hope not!
— but we all have elements of our lives that are lost. We have
wounds from childhood, unresolved anxieties or attachments,
daily fears. No matter how “put together” we are, we all have
our lost moments. Some days, it may feel like we can’t see over
the ways they crowd our inner life. Today’s Gospel invites us to
do something a little strange. Don’t let your flaws, failures, or
hang-ups prevent you from seeing Jesus. Take a deep breath.
Go climb a tree, because Jesus is passing by. And he wants to
stay in your heart today.
401-231-1340, Ext 3
EMAIL: [email protected]
Thirty-first Sunday In Ordinary Time November 3, 2019
ST. MICHAEL’S FOOD CLOSET
Donations to the food closet can be
made on weekends during mass time
or if you have a large amount, please
bring your donations to the rectory,
Monday-Thursday from 9am-4pm.
To continue helping our friends and neighbors, the following items
are needed: gravy, mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, syrup, canned
ham, canned fruit, jarred tomato sauce, cranberry sauce, cake
mixes, boxed mashed potatoes, jello, juices, tuna, paper towels,
napkins, and tissues. Thank You!
WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND THE PARISH
Bonebuilders: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10:30am-11:30am
Yarn Ministry: Thursdays at 6:30pm, Parish hall
Food Closet: Saturday, November 9th, 10am-12pm
Social Justice Meeting: Wednesday, Nov. 13th at 7pm
Christmas Gift Cards for Children: Available after masses on
November 16th & 17th
RCIA Classes: Start Monday, November 25th at 7pm
Thanksgiving Day Mass: Thursday, November 28th at 9am
The Diocesan Office of Life and Family Ministry
Rachel’s Weekend Retreat
If you have experienced an abortion, there is hope and healing.
Come back to Jesus with all of your heart and experience His heal-
ing power. The retreat is November 9, 10, 11. Call today for confi-
dential consultation: Carol (401) 278-2518 or Judy (401) 351-7730
Sunday, November 10th
Grades 1 & 2 No Classes
Monday, November 11th
Grades 3 - 8 No Classes
NATIONAL VOCATION AWARENESS WEEK
November 3rd - 9th
Please pray for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and
religious life in the Diocese of Providence. If you are discerning
the priesthood and have questions, please contact Rev. Brian
Morris at the Office of Vocations at (401) 331-1316, or by email
Please pray to promote vocations to the priesthood, diaconate,
and consecrated life through prayer and education, and to re-
new our prayers and support for those who are considering one
of these particular vocations.
BEACON HOSPICE SEEKS LOCAL VOLUNTEERS
Beacon Hospice provides quality end-of-life care to locale terminally
-ill patients. They are looking for caring and compassionate indi-
viduals to spend time with patients. Volunteers can provide much
needed support to patients and their families. There is a free training
course that is required on what hospice is and how to interact with
hospice patients. For more info. please contact volunteer coordina-
tor, Ashley at 401-438-0008 or email [email protected].
Sunday, November 3rd
Grades 1 & 2 9:15-10:15AM
Grade 2: Parent meeting
Grades 9 & 10 6 - 7:45PM
Monday, November 4th
Grades 3 - 8 6:30 - 7:45PM
Worldwide Marriage Encounter
“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was
lost." Invite Jesus into your marriage by attending a Worldwide
Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next Weekends are Dec 13-
15, 2019 in Duxbury, MA and Jan 17-19, 2020 in South Kings-
town, RI. For more information, call Stephen & Michelle
O'Leary at 800-710-9963 or visit them at https://wwmema.org/.
The Office of Life and Family will offer the Our Lady of Sorrows
Bereavement Support program at St. Robert Bellarmine Church,
1804 Atwood Avenue, Johnston, down stairs in lower church (not
handicap accessible), Tuesday evenings 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm, No-
vember 19, 2019 through January 21, 2020, except for the weeks
of Christmas and New Year’s. This support group provides a peace-
ful place to share and learn about grief with the spiritual comfort of
our Catholic faith. It is most appropriate for adults at least three
months beyond their loss. There is no cost to attend. For registra-
tion, contact: Peter A Magnotta, LICSW at 421-7833, ext. 217.
Thank you to everyone who supported
the Confirmation Class Bake Sale last
weekend. It was a great success!
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