Monday, October 27 9:00 a.m. Liturgy of the Word & Communion 7:30 p.m. RCIA—Lower Level Meeting Room Tuesday, October 28 8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Joseph’s (Plymouth) 9:00 a.m. Liturgy of the Word & Communion 1:30 p.m. Symbolon—Lower Level Meeting Room 7:00 p.m. Jr./Sr. Basketball Practice—Gym 7:00 p.m. Symbolon—Lower Level Meeting Room Wednesday, October 29 9:00 a.m. Mass—Prayers Kenneth Kempf 3:30 p.m. Children’s Choir—Music Room 6:00 p.m. CCD grades 1-6 7:00 p.m. CCD grades 7-8—Student Session, Theology of the Body Chapter 1 6:00 p.m. DEEPER going to Ignite Thursday, October 30 9:00 a.m. Mass—Prayers for Eileen Huggins 6:00 p.m. Holy Hour Friday, October 31 9:00 a.m. Mass—Prayers for Theresa Bilka Saturday, November 1

8:30 a.m. Rosary & Litany of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

9:00 a.m. First Saturday Mass 5:00 p.m. Mass—Prayers for All Souls of our Parish Sunday, November 2 8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Joseph’s (Plymouth) 10:30 a.m. Mass— Prayers for All Souls of our Parish 7:00 p.m. SLAM—Youth Room

My Dear Parishioners, By the time you read this we will finally have a newly

installed bishop. I haven’t yet met Bishop Daniel Thomas, but I have heard good things about him and I was impressed with his initial letter to the Diocese of Toledo on the day of his appointment. Perhaps by the time I preach this weekend, I’ll have more to share with you about his Installation Mass at the Rosary Cathedral in Toledo.

This weekend’s Gospel once again visits the reality of the harassment Jesus endured at the hands of His detractors. This time the Pharisees try to trip him up about what should be the greatest commandment. Quite eloquently, Jesus reminds them, and all of us, that the most important commandment is love. Expressing love and doing the right thing can be difficult. It can seem to be a lot easier to hold a grudge, rash judge and be nasty with one another. We must remember that poor, sinful behavior can lead to worse sin and degrade not only an individual but have negative ramifications upon an entire society. As Christ’s disciples of love we have to be advocates of love even when it may be difficult to do so.

Speaking of love, let’s do all that we can to lovingly welcome and assist our new bishop. It is never easy to move. Imagine having to arrive in Northwest Ohio and suddenly being responsible for shepherding the souls of all the Roman Catholics in this area. It seems to be quite a daunting task. I struggle with pastoring two parishes. Let’s pray that Bishop Daniel Thomas will succeed and that we will be able to love him.

Have a blessed week.

– Fr. Jim

WEEK DAY MASSES & COMMUNION SERVICES: Starting November 3, we will be having

Communion Services and weekday Masses in the Lower Level Meeting Room of the Parish Office. Wednesdays Masses we will have in McFadden Hall.

SUPPORT OUR RETIRED PRIESTS: Once a

priest retires he is responsible for his own personal expenses: medical, housing, car, clothing and food. All funds contributed between October 1 and December 31 help reduce the amount the parish contributes to the fund. This year’s contribution total due is $20,123.00. A gift of cash or check can be sent to Perpetuate The Gift, PO Box 954, Toledo, OH 43697 or placed in your parish collection. A gift may also be made online at www.ourpriest.org. If you would like to give a gift of stock or designate a bequest to help our retired priests, please contact the Catholic Foundation at 419-244-6711.

BIBLE STUDY: I have had several requests for an adult

Bible Study. If you are interested, please call the Parish Office at 419-347-2381, Barb Pifher. Once I know how many are interested, I can order materials, pick a date and time and we can begin. No prior Bible knowledge required. Reading the Bible and scripture study is another great way to pray and grow in our relationship with God and his son Jesus.

Daily Scripture Readings Monday: Eph.4:32-5:8; Ps. 1:1-4,6; Lk.13:10-17 Tuesday: Feast of Sts. Simon & Jude, Apostles Eph.2:19-22; Ps.19:2-5; Lk.6:12-16 Wednesday: Eph.6:1-9; Ps.145:10-14; Lk.13:22-30 Thursday: Eph.6:10-20; Ps.144:1b,2,9-10; Lk.13:31-35 Friday: Phil.1:1-11; Ps.111:1-6; Lk.14:1-6 Saturday: All Saints (Solemnity) Rv.7:2-4,9-14; Ps.24:1bc-6; 1Jn.3:1-3; Mt.5:1-12a Sunday: Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed Wis.3:1-9; Ps.23:1-6; Rom.5:5-11 or Rom.6:3-9; Jn.6:37-40

OCTOBER ROSARY: The Rosary will be prayed before

all Masses and Communion Services during the Month of October. Please come and join us to pray for the church.

FISH COLLECTION: Next weekend is our FISH

collection. Please bring in any donations of non-perishable items and place them in the boxes. Please be careful to only donate foods that are not outdated on the labels. HelpLine cannot put outdated items in food boxes that are provided for those in need. Thank you for your cooperation.

Saturday, Nov. 1, 5:00 p.m. Mass Lector Laurie Metzger

Servers Faith Gosser, Gloria & Julia Gutchall

Offertory Volunteer

Comm. Janet Kehres, Mary Lou Lewis, Barb Pifher,

Lori McCartney, Mary Miller, Marilyn Moore

Ushers Bryan Kreinbrink, Don Metzger, Frank Hicks,

Reed Castor

Greeters Craig & Janet Studer, Monika Shuler

Music Joy

Sunday, Nov. 2, 10:30 a.m. Mass

Lector Lois Steele

Servers Dalton Boyce, Caden Hall, Remy Rhodes

Offertory Volunteer

Comm. Jake Penwell, Lisa Rhodes, Linda Shaughnesy,

Dave Steele, Karen Winters, Angela Yetzer,

Teresa Fitch

Ushers Edward Schumacher, Steven Schumacher,

James Sifferlin, Michael Smith

Greeters Kathy & Clem Kanney, Volunteer

Music Adult Choir

HELP WANTED: The Community Christmas

Program Toy Department is need of volunteers to help sort and bag toys for children’s Christmas gifts. Volunteers are asked to call ahead to see when they are working. Central receiving is located at 29½ Walnut Street Rear. To volunteer or ask questions call 419-347-6307 and ask for Marcia Snyder, Head Toy Chairperson.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Dalton Boyce, Regina

Burkhalter, Lori Schneider, Randall Washburn, Michael Yetzer, Charlotte Auer, Michael Flores, Nate Ganzhorn, Carson McLaughlin, Patricia Miller, Edward Schumacher, Deborah Yuschak, John Klopfenstein, Alex Kurtzman, Katlyn Lauderbaugh, Molly Parks, Paula VanOoyen, Grant Evans, Donna Fetzer, Robbin Scherer, Sierra Tuttle, Kay Welch, Karen Alt, Raymond Hartz, Aaron Henkel, Ken Niese, Amy Pfahler, Margaret Sifferlin, Seth Strine, Amy Young, Jeff Young, Liam Ginter, Carter Daniel, Katherine Boor, Joshua Bays, Zachary Yates, Michael Riley, Aaron Turner, Silivia Perez, Barbara Moyer, Sydney Demers, Seth Gwirtz, Theresa Riedlinger, Sally Dunbar.

The Book Fair is Coming!: Sir Readalot’s

Castle—Enter the Kingdom of Books! Oct. 27-Nov.

3 come visit the book fair in the Theology Room. Hours for

the book fair are Mon.-Wed., 3 p.m.

– 7 p.m., Thurs. & Fri. 3 p.m. – 4

p.m., and after Mass on Sat. & Sun.!

Reading is important for children of all

ages and we will have a great

selection from picture books to chapter

books. Books make great stocking

stuffers. Online shopping also available from Oct. 22-Nov. 11

at http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/shelbystmarys.

Greetings from St. Mary’s School

A ministry of Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church Save the date! Our students will be holding a Veterans’

Day celebration with light refreshments after Mass on Nov 5th.

Thank you for the great feedback on the bazaar! Based on your thoughts, we have made a few more tweaks to the Christmas Bazaar planning. We will open the candy & bake shops ONLY for a 3-hrs on Saturday, December 6

th from 9

a.m. – Noon for an Early Bird Sale! During the Saturday Early Bird Sale, we will offer shredded chicken sandwiches and popcorn. Proceeds from the sandwiches and popcorn sales will go toward helping local families in need with Christmas. Don’t forget to come back on Sunday! On Sunday Dec. 7

th, we

will open at 10 a.m. for visitors. However, we will not host a hotcake breakfast. We will begin serving your choice of cabbage rolls or swiss steak dinners (kids choice of hot dogs and mac & cheese available) at 11 a.m. The kitchen will serve dinners as long as supplies last. Come early, these amazing dinners go fast! Raffles will start at 5 p.m.!

New this year is the Pinterest Party Room (open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday), where you can join us to make your choice of 3 different crafts for Christmas (or choose to make all-three!). There will also be 3 different crafts for kids to make. Each adult craft is only $25 each or complete all 3 for $60. Reserve your seat by Nov. 28

th and receive a

discount ($20 each/$50 for all 3). You receive a free kid’s craft with each adult craft purchase ($5 each without an adult craft). These make great gifts! Reservations are not required, but are recommended! Supplies are limited. More information & reservation forms will be included with the main raffle tickets and in the upcoming bulletin.

Breaking News! St. Mary's school is now an eligible preschool provider under the ODJFS child care program. Please contact Richland County Job & Family Services if you feel you qualify for financial assistance. If you have friends who were looking for a great program, please refer them! We do have 3 seats in the morning 4-yr. old program, and 6 seats available in the Tue/Thu afternoon program for 3-yr. olds. To be eligible, a family’s income must be below 125 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. After that, families may remain eligible unless their income becomes greater than 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. Although we cannot recommend daycare providers for before/after school care, we do have a list of ODJFS providers in the area who may be able to help with before/after school care available at the school office.

CALENDAR CHANGES: We have an opportunity to re-align our school calendar to follow the public school early dismissals again. The revised calendar also allows for an additional professional development day for teachers to take place on Nov. 6th. There will be no school on Nov. 6th for St. Mary's School students. The early dismissals are 1 time each quarter. The first early dismissal we will observe is Nov. 12th. There will be bus transportation. Due to the schedule changes, we will be moving the Picture Day re-takes to Nov. 13th, beginning at 12:45 p.m. Thank you for your patience as we make adjustments that benefit everyone!

We are truly blessed, Lisa M. Rhodes, Principal

EXCEL BEYOND THE BASICS

SCHOOL FUND DRIVE

Our Goal $47,000.00

Total Pledged to Date $ 55,621.00

Collected Oct. 11 & 12 $ 525.00

Collected Oct. 18 & 19 $ 195.00

Total Collected to Date $ 49,006.00

Kickoff 6/23/14

We have met 118.4% of our Goal.

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR CANDY MAKING TIME! We are accepting

donations of sugar, creamy peanut butter, powdered sugar, light Karo syrup, and chocolate chips. Also, we will be making candy on the following dates & times: Wednesdays—

November 5, 12 & 19 from 1-4 p.m. & 6-9 p.m. All helping hands are greatly appreciated no experience necessary.

SLAM Youth Ministry News

We are traveling to Ramseyer Farms and the Do Something Rally today, so there will not be a regular SLAM meeting. If you would like to attend the Do Something Rally, it will be at St. Peter's High School in Mansfield from 6-8 p.m. The doors will open at 5 p.m. We will see you there!

This Wednesday, October 29th we will be traveling to

Lexington to for Ignite, so there will be NO Deeper meeting. We will meet in the youth room at 6 p.m. and return home by 9:30 p.m. at the latest. Everyone is invited to join us!

This Friday, October 31st SLAM will be going to the

football game! We will gather in the youth room at 4 p.m. and have some tailgating treats! Bring money to get into the game! Students can be picked up in the youth room following the game unless other arrangements have been made!

Next Sunday, November 2nd

, SLAM will be having a Halloween Party! We will carve pumpkins, eat yummy treats and discover more about this spooky holiday. Costumes are welcome but not required. Bring a friend!

Most Pure Heart of Mary Senior Citizens Unite! Do you have a Golden Buckeye Card, if so you

might be interested in JOY Ministry here at MPHM. JOY—Just Older Youth is for those who are 60 years and older. We will offer educational programs, activities, trips, social groups and more. You won't want to miss out on being part of a really fun and interesting group.

REMINDER: Time change next weekend!

SLAM needs your help brightening our

community’s Christmas in conjunction with the

Community Christmas Program. We will be collecting

toys that are new or gently used. Our students will be

cleaning any toy that needs it!

Here is some additional information from the

Toy/Gift Department!

Here is a list of possible toy donations:

Toys of a violent nature cannot be accepted.

Bikes MP3 Players/iPods

Riding Toy Skateboards

Puzzles & Games Balls & Sports

Equipment

Model & Craft Kits Sleds & Wagons

Art Supplies Hair & Make-up Items

Electronic Toys

Gifts for older elementary children and teens are

always in short supply. This year they suggest the

donation of gift cards, so that those young people can

choose a gift they would really appreciate. Gifts of

personal hygiene items, jewelry, and sports items

such as team logo shirts are also suggested for the

older age groups. Thank you!

Catholic Charities Team Kick-off Meeting: Love to run and want to make a difference? Registration is open for the 2015 Catholic Charities Team for the Glass City Marathon. We are looking for runners to form fundraising teams from parishes, schools, and companies to raise money for our ministries of providing food, clothing, shelter and more in northwest Ohio. An informational meeting will be held at Dave’s Running Shop in Perrysburg on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m. For more information about the team, please visit www.catholiccharitiesteam.kintera.org. To RSVP for the meeting, please contact Amber Stargell at astargell@toledodiocese.org.

Sponsor of the Week

ADEVA FIT 419-342-DEVA (3382)

WEEKLY COLLECTIONS – OCTOBER 18 & 19, 2014

Sunday Collections:

Offertory $ 8,100.70

Children’s Collection $ 2.00

Religious Education $ 80.00

Holy Day Collections:

All Saints $ 5.00

TOTAL SUNDAY AND HOLY DAY COLLECTIONS $ 8,187.70 up $1495.00 from 2013/2014

Total Sunday and Holy Day Collections to Date $ 137,961.72 down $11,090.00 from 2013/2014

Other Parish Collections:

Capital Improvement $ 40.00

WEEKLY COLLECTIONS – OCTOBER 11 & 12, 2014

Sunday Collections:

Offertory $ 8,162.00

Children’s Collection $ 2.00

Religious Education $ 500.00

Holy Day Collections:

All Saints $ 35.00

TOTAL SUNDAY AND HOLY DAY COLLECTIONS $ 8,699.00 up $312.00 from 2013/2014

Total Sunday and Holy Day Collections to Date $ 129,774.02 down $9,490.00 from 2013/2014

Other Parish Collections:

Capital Improvement $ 190.00

Diocesan Collections:

Catholic Communications $ 55.00

DEBT REDUCTION COLLECTION:

OCT. 18 & 19, 2014 Debt Reduction Donations $ 75.00

Debt Reduction Donations to date for Oct. $ 2,106.00

Total Collected to Date

From Debt Reduction Collection $ 39,391.37

2014 COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: You may submit your own name or the name of someone you know who needs help this Christmas with food and toys. Our office hours are Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Applications are being received from Oct. 1–Nov. 14 at Shelby Help Line Ministries, 29½ Walnut St. Rear, 419-347-6307. Application Deadline is Friday, Nov. 14.

Adoptive Families, Birth Mothers Invited to a Special Mass: In celebration of National Adoption

Month, Catholic Charities invites all members of the adoption triad–adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth mothers–to celebrate Mass and receive a special blessing at Rosary Cathedral in Toledo at 4 p.m., Saturday, November 15. A reception will follow Mass. Those involved in an adoption through any agency are welcome. For more information about Catholic Charities’ infant adoption services, please contact Lworthy@toledodiocese.org or 419-244-6711, ext. 227.

On behalf of the faculty & staff of St. Mary's

School, we would like to extend a HUGE thank

you to Colton Penwell and the Pioneer Career & Technology students for volunteering to help

around the school and parish grounds on Friday,

Oct 17th! Your helping hands make a difference

for us; our landscaping looks AMAZING!

DEBT REDUCTION COLLECTION:

OCT. 11 & 12, 2014 Debt Reduction Donations $ 272.00

Debt Reduction Donations to date for Oct. $ 2,031.00

Total Collected to Date

From Debt Reduction Collection $ 39,316.37

SCRIP CARD INVENTORY SALE On Saturday, November 1st and Sunday, November 2nd we will be selling off our scrip

inventory after the 5:00 p.m. and 10:30 a.m. Masses in the church vestibule. This

inventory will be sold to you at our cost. Please note that scrip credits will not be given

on your purchase as you will be purchasing it at our cost. Below is the list of vendors that

are available for purchase. There are limited increments and quantities available. Don’t

miss this great opportunity to get your Christmas shopping done early.

Merchants Available

Advance Auto

Amazon.com

Applebees

Arby’s

Athens Greek

Bass Pro

Barnes & Noble

Bob Evans

Best Buy

Boliantz

BP

Brio

Buca DiBepo

Buffalo Wild Wings

Build a Bear

Burger King

Burlington Coat Factory

Cheddars

China Buffet

China Town

Chipotle

Chuck-e-Cheese

Cici’s

Claire’s

Cornell’s

Cracker Barrel

CVS

Dairy Queen

Darden Restaurant’s

Denny’s

Dick’s Sporting Goods

Dominos

Drug Mart

Dunham’s

East of Chicago

Express

4 S Chocolatier’s

Giant Eagle

Gionino’s

Glen’s Surplus

Good Fellows

GFS

Green Valley Growers

Home Depot

iTunes

JCPenny

KFC

Land’s End/Sears

Legends

Little Caesars

Logan’s Roadhouse

Macys

Meijer

Napoli’s Pizza

O’Charley’s

Office Depot

Old Bag of Nails

Old Navy

Outback

Panera

Paul’s

PetSmart

Pizza Hut

Planktown Country Market

PurseSnickety

Red Robin

Rite Aide

Roosters

Snow Trail

Speedway

Staples

Starbucks

Steak ‘n Shake

Steve’s Dakota Grill/Roadhouse

Stickman’s

Subway

Taco Bell

Target

TGI Fridays

TJ Maxx/Marshall’s

Toy-r-Us

Warrior

Wendy’s