The Thirty– First Sunday in Ordinary Time

October 30 2016

GOD IS WITH US

The book of Wisdom tells us that the spirit of

God is in all things. What a wonderful thought, and what

a wonderful image to keep in front of us as we travel

down life’s road. For if the path is revealed in the tread-

ing, it’s good to know that God is with us—and all

around us—every step of the way.

But Paul knows that this divine presence is not

timid. Instead, God calls out to us, and Paul prays that

we, along with the Thessalonians, might be made worthy

of that call. And who knows more about God’s call than

Zacchaeus, the tax collector? Jesus called him out of a

tree, for goodness’ sake. Or perhaps more correctly, as

we reflect upon the end of today’s Gospel reading, for

heaven’s sake.

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St. Anthony Catholic Church PARISH OFFICE: 364-6150 FAX: 364-0969 SCHOOL OFFICE: 120 W. Park Ave. Phone 364-1952.

**In case of an emergency Email: frneusch@gmail.com or 806-570-5706** Parish website www.stanthonyscatholicparish.com

Parish Office Address 114 Sunset Drive in Hereford, Texas 79045 PARISH PASTOR — Rev. Fr. Anthony Neusch DIOCESE of AMARILLO — Bishop Patrick Zurek

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Parish Office is open Mon. 10AM– 12PM, 1PM-5PM, Tue.—Thurs. from 9AM-12PM, 1PM—5PM w/ early closing on Fridays 9AM-12PM, 1PM-4PM during School Session. Closed holidays, holy days and for some funerals & staff meetings.

WELCOME NEWCOMERS: Please notify the church office of your arrival or if any changes in phone or address are made.

CONFESSION: Wednesdays @6:30am-7am & 6-6:45pm. Thurs@6:30am-7am. Fri.@7am-8am. Sat. @4-5:30pm. and Sun.@7:45am-8:45am and after the 9 AM Mass until 11 AM. Any time by appointment. Call the church office. NO confessions ON TUES. Priest’s day off . Mass on Tuesday evening at 5:30pm.

BAPTISM PREPARATION CLASSES: 4th Wed of each month. MUST Pre-Register in the church office. Watch Bulletin for dates

WEDDINGS: Couples must be members of the Parish. To begin wedding preparation, please call for an appointment with the pastor at least six months prior to planned wedding date. Pick up a marr iage packet with all the wedding guidelines from church secretary.

SACRAMENT OF THE SICK: Call 364-6150 day or night. OR during office hours to schedule the Sacrament of Anointing prior to surgery or if health is serious or an accident has occurred. It is a Sacrament of healing and comfort, not necessarily of the dying.

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time OCT. 30 2016 Priesthood Sunday

8:45AM: Dismissal of RCIA after Homily, followed by topic—A/R NO Elementary F.F.C, please attend Mass at 10 am. Vocations Crucifix: 6PM: Emilio & Monica Hernandez 8:45 AM: Gwen Betzen 11:30AM: Volunteer 6PM HOLY HOUR MONDAY— 7:15PM Mass Vigil—Holy Day TUESDAY—NO school | Office Closed: All Saints Day 7-8 AM Men’s Lectionary Study Group: A/R. 7:15AM Mass 7::15PM Mass 6PM 24hr. Adoration Begins WEDNESDAY— 7:15AM All Souls Mass & 8:15AM School Mass 9:30AM-11AM Women’s Lectionary Study 6PM 24hr. Adoration Ends. 6:45PM Jr. High and High School F.F.C THURSDAY—7:15AM Mass. 6:30PM PTO Mtg. A/R FIRST FRIDAY— 8:15AM School Mass | 5:30PM First Friday Mass 7-8AM Fri. morning study: "Living Jesus-Learning the Heart of the Gospel" by Luke Timothy Johnson: A/R. All welcome! SAT. 5PM LITURGY NOV. 5, 2016

Vocation Crucifix taken by Amy and Leo Mar tinez Liturgy/ Catechist Basic Course training. 9:30am-12:30pm, cAF

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time NOV.6, 2016 8:45AM: Dismissal of RCIA after Homily, followed by topic—A/R

Black Bag for Charity | Emergency Collection for Hurricane Matthew 10AM: Elementary F.F.C in school classrooms. Vocation Crucifix 8:45AM Mass: Volunteer . 11:30 Mass: Volunteer 12:30PM-3:30PM: Confirmation Retreat in the Cafeteria and is a mandatory meeting for students & Parents. 6PM-8PM: Diocesan Youth Program Training, A/R 5PM HOLY HOUR

LITURGY INTENTIONS

ALTAR SERVERS

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Schedule for Nov. 5/6:

6PM Mass: Janie Banner , Jennifer Casarez, Lisa Garcia,

Tama Lassiter and Coby Lassiter (L)

8:45AM Mass: Tom Albracht (SC) Fr itz Backus (SC) Ray

Berend (SC) Shawn Frye (SC), Jasmin Enriquez, Elvira

Enriquez and Ray Schlabs SICK CALL ONLY: Robbie Blakely and Maggie Diller

11:30AM Mass: Monica Valdez, Teresa Munoz,

Eren Ochoa, Suzanne Carrasco, Samantha Guerrero,

Virginia Bordayo and Rick Bordayo (L)

Mon.7:15PM People of the Parish Tues. 7:15AM All Souls Day Tues. 7:15PM People of the Parish Wed.7:15AM All Souls Thurs. 7:15AM All Souls FRI. 8:15AM: All Souls FIRST FRI. 5:30PM All Souls SAT. 5PM Honor Catholic Life Ins. Members SUN. 8:45 AM People of the Parish SUN. 11:30AM Elida Gonzales RIP

Lector Schedule for Nov. 5/6:

6 PM Mass: Lisa Macias and Deby Reinar t

8:45AM Mass: Lisa Blakely and Sara Pesina

11:30AM Mass: Jessica Detten and Rachael Detten

Mon.7:15 PM Erin Jesko, Jacob Smith, Walter Paetzold and Logan Paetzold Tues.7:15 AM Hope Mariscal, Faith Mariscal and Alexia Hernandez Tues.7:15PM Rachael Detten, Jack Detten, Avery Detten and Harrison Meador Wedn.7:15AM Kakee McIntire and Aron Diaz Thurs.7:15AM Greg Urbanczyk and Colton Urbanczyk FRI. 8:15AM: School Students FIRST FRI.5:30PM Volunteers. SAT. 5PM Cadence Copeland, Jasmine de la Cruz, Camryn Blair and Kyndal Blair SUNDAY 8:45AM Jonathon Nanez, Jeremiah Nanez, Jadyn Nanez and Larry McNutt SUNDAY 11:30 Miranda Villalovos, Ava Reyes, Logan Chesher and Kakee McIntire

STEWARDSHIP of TREASURE Oct. 22/23 2016

Envelopes– 61 Loose Checks– 34

Envelopes/Checks $5,392.00

Plates $1,039.10

Children $93.00

Total $6,503.10 Extra Collection Envelopes Postage $5.00 World Mission $10.00 Total $15.00 FINAL Total = $6,539.10

ALL ALTAR FLOWERS: are in HONOR of George and Anita Wilhelm's 54th Anniversary from their children and Grandchildren. Congratulations to you both and we wish you many more years of happiness!

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Schedule for Nov.1: All Saints Day

7:15 AM: 3 Volunteers Please 5:30 PM: 5 Volunteers Please

Lector Schedule for Nov. 1: All Saints Day 7:15 AM: Char lene Sanders & Dennis Detten 5:30 PM: Sara Pesina & Sam Urbanczyk

ATTENTION: MASS TIME CHANGE!

Starting on Nov. 5 the Saturday evening Mass will move to 5PM,due to daylight savings time; also Holy Hour will move to 5PM!

My family prayed _____

rosaries this week.

Rosary for Priests and Religious Life. A small group will lead in prayer after the 5:30PM Tuesday Mass, anyone who would like to stay and

pray the rosary for priests and religious life are more than welcome.

51 rosaries were prayed for Vocations, the last several weeks. Thank you all so much!

St. Anthony's School students from grades 3-6 will learn about the water cycle and the vital role of playas in ecology of the Plains during a Water and Playa Festival October 31. Class-

room topics include the water cycle, playa soils and pla-ya ecology during classroom sessions, then it's on the bus and off to a local playa for outdoor learning right in a playa basin. A panel of expert presenters will teach. Jimmy Walker, a falconer from Amarillo will talk about and display birds of prey. Dr. Nancy McIntyre from Texas Tech will cover insects. Trevor McVay with the Bureau of Land Management will address amphibians associated with playas. Jim Steiert, local Certified Texas Master Naturalist and author on playas will talk about playa grassland buffers, waterfowl and shorebirds. Whitney Wiebe, education director with the Mesquite Groundwater Conservation District at Wellington will explain the water cycle. Janet Guthrie, manager of the Hemphill County Underground Water Conservation District at Canadian will stage a "game show quiz" to review the day's learn-ing. It's fun and educational. Mrs. Les-ley Lomas is coordinating the event

ATTENTION: PLEASE RETURN SCHOOL KEY’S.

We are asking everyone who has a school key to please return it to the school office or drop it in the collection basket, in a marked envelope with your name.

Please note if not all the keys are returned, we will have to re-key the entire school at a large cost!

From the desk of our pastor, Father Tony Neusch.

OCTOBER & NOVEMBER CALENDAR OCT. 30—NO. F.F.C Class, Teacher Mtg. OCT. 31—Mass at 7:15PM, Vigil Holy Day. NOV. 1—All Saints Mass 7:15AM & 7:15PM NOV. 1—NO SCHOOL, OFFICE CLOSED and NO 5:30PM Mass NOV. 2—All Souls Mass 7:15AM and 8:15AM School Mass NOV. 3—PTO Mtg. @ 6:30PM NOV. 4—Priest Deanery Mtg. 11-1 A/R NOV.5—Liturgy/ Catechist Basic Course training. 9:30am-12:30pm, A/R NOV. 5—- The 6PM Mass will change to 5PM! PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS. NOV. 6—Confirmation Retreat in the Cafeteria: 12:30PM-3:30PM, mandatory for students & Parents NOV. 6—Diocesan Youth Program Training, 6PM-8PM, A/R NOV.6—Holy Hour changes to 5PM, due to daylight savings time. NOV. 7—Stewardship Mtg. 6:30PM.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! To list all the people who helped make this past weekend’s celebration a suc-cess would be practically impossible. However Laurie Paetzold and Amy Betzen Co-chaired the event and held eve-rything together and made sure it all ran smoothly. Congratulations in a special way to those couples celebrating their 65th Anniversary of Marriage this year. As Bishop Zurek said you are a light for the entire community. Bish-op Zurek said after Mass that none of the other parishes in the Diocese that have celebrated these major milestones have thought to invite those who received sacraments in that year to be honored, he thought it was a wonderful way to honor the many lives of faith that the Parish has had a hand in forming. Once again thank you! The Centennial Year of St. Anthony Catholic School begins Catholic School’s Week the end of this coming January and will close the following Catholic School’s Week. In addition the 115 Anniversary of the founding of the Parish will be the weekend of June 10, 2017. We have a year of celebration coming. If you would like to help with any of these celebrations please call the School or the Parish regarding you desire to assist.

VOCATIONS CRUCIFIX We are need of volunteers to sign up to take the vo-cations crucifix for a week, we have open spots for the 8:45AM and the 11:30 AM Masses for the months of October and No-vember. If you are willing to volunteer please call the church office at 364-6150.

A downtown Main Street Trunk or Treat will be jointly hosted by First United Methodist Church and First Baptist Church of Hereford in their Main Street parking ar-ea October 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. Games, food and prizes will be offered, and kids are in-vited to dress up in their best costume. Drawings for a tailgate cooker and seasonal art items will also be held. Prizes will be given for the best decorated car and costume. If you'd like to donate candy or have your car included, contact Amanda at First United

Methodist Church at 364-0770.

The children's ministry of First United Methodist Church in Hereford will be staging its Annual Pumpkin Patch at Fifth and Main streets October 16-31 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Pumpkins rang-

ing from pie size to giants will be available. All proceeds ben-efit the church's children's ministry and vacation Bible school. Unloading of the pumpkins will occur October 14.

13th Annual Holiday Gifts & Goodies Saturday, Nov. 12 from 10 am-4 pm at the Paul Blake Building (northwest corner of square) Come shop the many vendors for a variety of great gift ideas! Mom’s bring the children for a photo with Santa, 11 am– 2 pm, while you shop!

14th Annual Fallback Festival Saturday, November 5th from 6:30 pm to Midnight at St. Ann’s Parish Hall in Canyon, TX. Tickets are $100 and include a chance to win $10,000 cash, steak dinner for 2, dancing with live music by Young Country, silent auction and a donation bar! To purchase tickets, call: St. Ann’s Parish office 806-655-3302

PRIEST APPRECIATION BREAKFAST. Catholic Life Insurance, in conjunction with our High School Ministry, will be hosting a Priest Appreciation Breakfast November 6 af-ter the 8:45AM Mass—serving pancakes, sau-

sage and fruit. The breakfast is by donation, half of the donations will go to a Seminary Burse in Am-arillo and the other half will go to Fr. Tony. Please come out and join us after Mass and show Fr. Tony just how much we appreciate having him, see you all there!

ADULT Small Groups for Faith Formation

and Study/Sharing - All Materials available. ———————————————

TUESDAY mornings year-round 7-8 AM

Men's Lectionary Study in Antonian Room

(study of the upcoming weekend Readings)

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WEDNESDAY mornings 9:30-11 AM - Sept. 7

Women's Lectionary Study in Antonian Room

(study of the coming weekend Mass Readings plus

a chapter from Rediscover Jesus by Matthew Kelly)

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WEDNESDAY morning 9:30-10:45 AM

Residents and Friends Lectionary Study

in Kings Manor Midway down Hall 800

with Al Simnacher. Call 364-6844.

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THURSDAY night 7-9 PM

"Priest, Prophet, King" video/workbook series

by Fr. Robert Barron in home of Monica Bermea, Friona. Call 575-693-3000 for directions and more infor-

mation

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FRIDAY Study of “Learning and Living Jesus"

by Luke Timothy Johnson. New book to begin in Advent or

in January. Stay tuned. 7-8:05 AM in Antonian Room

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NEW SUNDAY Morning adult group after the 8:45AM Mass in

the Library. Mate- rial available en-titled SUNDAY BY SUNDAY

with Sister Joan from Good Ground Press. While you wait on the

children in F.F.C., enjoy fellowship, study and faith-sharing over some coffee! Have breakfast with

others in the cafeteria on designated Sundays and then go over to the Library. Enjoy growing in faith

together! It is what early Christians did and Jesus told us to continue to do always!

THIS SUNDAY join other adults in the Library between Masses for a closer look at the weekend READINGS. Talk about what God's Word of the day means to you and how you connect to Father Tony's homily on that Word. Informal discussion can help us to put God's Word into better ACTION in our lives from Sunday to Sunday. Enjoy fellowship and growth! Especially inviting parents of the FFC chil-dren while the children are in class. Thank you!

Janie Banner, Adult Faith Formation, small groups Coordinator for the Parish

COMING for ADVENT -- A Study of the book "Unleashed . . . How to receive everything the Holy Spirit wants to give you" by Sonja Corbett. Af-ter you get off work every Wednesday evening, from 5:15 - 6:15, plan to join us for an hour learning about God's Love Unleashed. The study is directed towards women to encourage a prayerful walk through scripture. Moderators were exposed to the study at the Diocesan Women's Conference in Oc-tober at St. Mary's Cathedral. Monica Bermea and Elaine McNutt will facilitate. If you have questions or want us to order and reserve a book for you, call Elaine at 806-346-2736 or email mrsmcnutt@stanthonysaints.com ASAP. Watch for starting date in future bulletins, after books arrive. Thanks!

THANK YOU to the following Do-nors for your generous tools-for-growing-and-learning-while-at-play! The games, books, and items will help Emily Marnell, childcare worker for RCIA and Sunday F.F.C. children,

especially this winter: GOD BLESS YOU --- Dawn Jesko, Claudia McBrayer, Rosa and Jake Mendoza, Denise Marnell, and a secret donor who left a box on Janie's desk! We apologize if we missed anyone. GOD KNOWS! Love, RCIA / F.F.C. Families

EMERGENCY COLLECTION FOR HURRICANE MATTHEW.

These funds will be used to support the efforts of Cath-olic Relief Services and Catholic Charities USA as they reach out to provide humanitarian aid in the form of water, food, shelter, and medical care, as well as to their long term efforts to restore communities after widespread destruction, and to the United States Con-ference of Catholic Bishops for the pastoral and recon-struction needs of the Church in the Caribbean and the US. This collection will be taken up on Nov. 5 & 6.

Thoughts for Reflection: “If you are looking for the way by which you should go, then take Christ,

because He Himself is the way.”

“To love is to will the good of the other”

Your job is to help your children get to Heaven!