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3866 65 street contact Margaret Dean or Elizabeth Baker.
Sacramento, CA 95820 • As you know, our small parish community cannot survive without fundraising.
Phone: (916) 452-1888 E-mail: feromurin@hotmail.com
We all have to participate. I will try to establish a schedule of regular events, and
http://www.stphilipofsacramento.com/ am happy to hear suggestions from you. Christmas around the world will be
probably the last event of this calendar year.
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory for ever! • To the members of the parish council and financial council: We will meet on
Slava Isusu Christu! Slava i vo viki! Sunday, Oct. 18th 2009 at 12.30pm at the church. Please reserve the date!
• Cleaning day! On Saturday, Oct. 17, around 10 am, come and help. Basic clean
A word from the Fathers… up of the church and the hall needed, vacuuming, dusting, mopping, moving
St. Symeon the .ew Theologian furniture, etc.
The roof of any house stands upon the foundations and the rest of the
structure. The foundations themselves are laid in order to carry the roof. This is
both useful and necessary, for the roof cannot stand without the foundations and
Liturgical schedule
the foundations are absolutely useless without the roof - no help to any
Tue Oct. 6 6.30 am Divine Liturgy
living creature. In the same way the grace of God is preserved by the practice of
Thu Oct. 8 6.30 am Divine Liturgy
the commandments, and the observance of these commandments is laid down like
Sat Oct. 10 11.00 am Divine Liturgy offered for eternal repose of +
foundations through the gift of God. The grace of the Spirit cannot remain with us
Alice Bokhart (mother of
without the practice of the commandments, but the practice of the
Margaret Dean)
commandments is of no help or advantage to us without the grace of God.
Sun Oct. 11 9.00 am Confessions Sunday of the Fathers of the
9.40 am Office of the 7th Ecumenical Council
3rd hour Tone 2
Announcements
10.00 Divine Liturgy
• Last Sunday’s attendance was 46 souls, collection was 920.00 total. May our Fridays in general are marked as days of simple abstinence or equivalent
Lord God reward you abundantly for your generosity. penance. Let us remember each other as we offer prayers and sacrifices to God, in
union with the Cross of Christ.
• WE NEED YOUR HELP! We would like to raise funds for our parish in the
“Christmas around the world” event, on November 14th 2009, which also Sacramento Events to note
happens to be the Feast of St. Philip the Apostle! Please reserve that
day. Beforehand, we will need people to transport the items and baked goods, • Friday, Oct. 16, 12.00pm (Radisson Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento): Fr.
Thomas Euteneuer will speak on “Exorcism and the church militant” at the
etc. to the hall, and to set-up. During the event, we will need people to take
Sacramento Catholic Forum. For details visit: www.catholicbreakastclub.org
shifts working at the booth. Also, if you have any items you would be willing to
make or donate, especially baked goods or Christmas crafts, please do so. They • The Sacramento Diocese is participating in a nationwide pro-life effort entitled
can be stored at the church if you do not have room at home. Also, for health “40 Days for Life”, which are 40 days set aside to fast and pray for an end to abortion
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 and to all other attacks on human life. They have selected one site, so that all those
engaged in this “fight for life” will be united, and give greater witness to the
community at large. The specific clinic is located at 2322 Butano Drive, Sacramento,
California 95864, and vigil hours are from 6:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Mondays through
Saturdays. Please consider signing up for an hour—you can visit the website
www.40daysforlife.com/sacramento, or contact your pastor to sign up. Another way to
participate is to attend the Mass and/or to pray for one hour of Eucharistic Adoration
vigils held each Thursday (from 9 a.m.-6:30 a.m, Friday), at Presentation Parish, 4123
Robertson Avenue, Sacramento, 95821. To sign up, call Karen at (916) 712-3706, or
Marie at (916) 879-6088. People are needed from 12-6:30 p.m. on Thursdays,
especially.
• Sacramento Life Center, fundraiser and auction, entitled “Salute to Life”, will
take place on Saturday, .ovember 14, 2009 at the Sacramento Convention Center,
1400 J Street, Sacramento, 95814. For details, visit www.saclife.org.