Coffee & Donuts - We will have coffee & donuts in the Social Hall following the 10am Mass this morning. Please join us.
All Saints Day - Special Schedule - All Saints Day, this Thursday, is a Holy Day of Obligation. The Mass schedule for the feasts of All Saints and All Souls are:
November 1st:
November 2nd:
(w/ Absolution of Catafalque)
New Edmund Campion Hymnals - Our new Edmund Campion Hymnals are now in the pews. Thank you to the benefactors who helped with the purchase of the beautiful hymnals, and to those who worked hard to resized the pew hymnal holders.
Edmund Campion Hymnals - Handle with Care - The new Edmund Campion Hymnals are a premium quality hymnal. Please handle them with care and also be careful that young children do not damage them. Thank you!
Christmas Cards Available - FSSP Christmas Cards are available in the back of Church.
Write Your Name in Your Missal - Please write your name in your missal so that if it ever becomes separated from you it can easily be returned.
No Catechism Classes Today - The regular class schedule resumes next Sunday.
All Souls Novena—Envelopes Due Today - All Souls Day envelopes are in the back of church for the All Souls Novena of Masses on November 2-10. Put your envelopes in the collection basket no later than Sunday October 28.
Vespers Tonight - Vespers and Exposition with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will be tonight from 5:30pm–6:30pm. Sheets will be provided for all to follow along.
Confirmation Candidates - Parents whose children are not enrolled in Mater Dei’s catechism program but would like to be Confirmed must contact the parish office this week.
Substitute Church Cleaners - We are in need of a few substitutes for our church cleaning crew. They are only asked to be available to help a few times per year. Contact Elaine Rainey at Seabhj3@gmail.com
Charitable Bequests - Many of the Church’s most helpful gifts come from the estates of generous donors. As we at Mater Dei look ahead to our future challenges we ask you to please remember Mater Dei in your will or living trust. Contact Fr Eichman with any questions.
Subdiaconate Ordination Postponed - Brother Thomas Mary of Jesus’ scheduled ordination to the Subdiaconate has been postponed. Once it is rescheduled the date will be published. We will still have a 12:30pm Low Mass with Hymns today, October 28.
Visit to Cemetery - The Holy Name Society will be visiting Mount Calvary Cemetery, 500 S. 13th Street, to pray for the Poor Souls in Purgatory and gain the indulgence for the on Saturday, November 3rd following the 9am Mass. All are welcome and encouraged to join them.
All Souls Novena—Plenary Indulgence
November is dedicated to the Holy Souls. From November 1 to November 8, inclusive, a plenary indulgence, applicable only to the Poor Souls in Purgatory, is granted to those who visit a cemetery and pray, even if only mentally, for the departed, provided the usual conditions are met.
Partial indulgences are granted to those who recite Lauds or Vespers of the Office of the Dead, and to those who recite the Eternal Rest Prayer provided below. Only one plenary indulgence may be granted each day, but a partial indulgence may be granted more than once a day. On All Souls Day, a plenary indulgence for Poor Souls will be granted to those who visit any parish church or public oratory and there recite one Our Father and one Credo. The usual conditions to acquire a plenary indulgence are sacramental confession, Holy Communion, prayer for the intention of the Holy Father, and detachment from sin, even venial sin. If these conditions are not met, the indulgence will be partial.
Eternal Rest Prayer Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domini, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Requiescant in pace.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them soon.