Father Bob's announcement

Shout out to FALL FEST TEAM! It was chilly and windy and a great deal of fun!  Thanks for all the work and effort.

This coming Friday is the Feast Day – All Saints. We will have the Holy Days Masses, 8:30am, 12:10pm and 6:30pm. We celebrate those women and men of faith, who lived in the love of the God in such a way that are in heaven fully in that love of God now, still sharing that love with us.

Saturday is All Soul’s day, and we remember those who have died that we have loved. Life does not end, but is changed as the preface goes for funeral masses. Those who have died remain in some way, so we celebrate that Love. At the weekend masses we will remember all those who have passed away in our parish family since last All Soul’s Day.

Head’s up, starting Nov. 4th I will be away on a real vacation. Gone for two weekends and looking forward to it.  Contact Fr. Boby is needs come up.

Fr. Boby will be away this coming week, along with other newly arrived to the USA priests of our Diocese. They will go for a workshop on American Culture down in San Bernardino.  So there will be NO daily mass on Friday.

Next weekend Fr. Gary Martin representing Food for the Poor will be here at all the masses.

I will be away next weekend, I have a priest friend coming to town so want to show him the sites.

FALL FEST is this coming Thursday. Really a fun event. I missed it last year as I was in Rome for Sabbatical. I enjoy the fun, the camaraderie. Get your tickets for events and food trucks!

Shout out to the Young Adults who gather at Reno Public Market on Thursday night for Trivia Night! A LOT of fun!!!!! If you are a young adult and want to join, come on by! The Trivia ranged from the actor who played Peter Brady on the Brady Bunch, to the Flag of Uzbekistan. So anything you may know can help the team.

The celebration of the Mass includes noise and silence; active and passive participation; movement and stillness. The Roman Missal, the “Basic instruction book” indicates those moments. Even as priest, it tells us when to be silent, when to be loud; when to move and when to stand still. It is an engagement of our senses. When we come to mass, give a little more attention to those moments, note what is actually happening during the mass; may provide an insight.

A good app to have for this prep is MyParishApp. All the readings are there, as well as messages from the parish, homilies and dates.

Fr. Bob’s Homilies can be found HERE.

Good Saturday morning all.  Just a heads up, I will be out of the office this coming week, escaping a bit as I start the end of my 50’s. 

Next weekend will be our Mission Appeal talk by Fr. Shannoy John (no relation to Fr. Boby). He is from the Syro Malabar Rite in India and currently serving in Virginia. He will share their efforts to provide for their people in India and will take up a collection.

This weekend will be the 2nd Collection for the Black and Indian Missions. These help those parishes that may be struggling as well as helping with tuition for students.  Please be as generous as you can.

This coming Tuesday (Aug 6th)  will be the Silver Rose Pilgrimage stop at OLS. The Knights and all interested will join at 6pm for the prayer, then mass will follow. Click HERE to learn more.

Heads up on some dates:  Aug 12th, WCSD starts school (watch those school zones); Aug 15th is Feast of the Assumption (Day of Obligation); and Aug 19 is the start of OLS School. August 18th 11am will be training for EM’s.

Recently someone asked about the homily, and if they could have a copy. My homilies can be found on the MyParishApp, or on our website HERE. The are also placed onto our Facebook Page. We also livestream the 10am masses and those homilies remain on our YouTube channel for a couple of weeks.