We will celebrate several important feast days in the month of November. All Souls will be celebrated on Saturday, November 2, with Lauds for the Departed at 9:40, Requiem Mass at 10:00am, and pot-luck brunch following. We will remember the names of our departed loved ones at this Mass, so please submit your names to Fr. Nicholas by November 1. On Sunday, November 3, we will celebrate the Sunday within the octave of All Saints. At coffee hour that day, we will continue our celebration of the saints by sharing the stories of our personal patron saints or favorite saints with each other. On Wednesday, November 20, the Eve of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple, Mass will be at 7:00pm with Vespers at 6:30 and pot-luck supper following.
Thanks to all who contributed to our preparation of clean-up buckets for flood relief to those affected by the recent hurricanes. Another annual outreach effort will begin this month with the Archdiocesan Food for Hungry People program. We will begin collecting canned and dried foods for a local food bank on Sunday, November 10 and continue until the Epiphany season begins in January. The Archdiocese has also suggested that contributions can be sent for those affected by the continuing and expanding war in the Middle East (checks should be made to St. Gregory’s and marked for Middle East relief).
Read the full November newsletter here.