A Message from Our Pastor
Dear Parishioners & Friends,
-Sunday, October 24, 2021-Our Multicultural Mass will be at 1:00 pm. Our 11:30 am Mass is moved to 1:00 pm on this Sunday only. Note: Our Mass Schedule this weekend is Saturday 4:00 pm, Sunday 9:00 am and 1:00 pm. We Celebrate World Mission Sunday. This celebrates all the People and Cultures of the Catholic Church. It celebrates all our missionary discipleship taking place on All the Continents of our World.
We invite everyone to come Dressed in their particular Cultural Dress for Sunday's Masses. Immediately following Sunday's 1:00 pm Mass, we will have Deserts of the World. Please bring your favorite Cultural Dessert to be sampled in the Our Lady of Africa Hall after Mass. We have all the Plates, Forks and Napkins. If you are able to do so, just bring your Favorite Dessert to serve. We will also have Two $5.00, 50/50's, and One $10.00, 50/50 Tickets.
"WORLD MISSION SUNDAY. We celebrate this day by remembering our baptismal call – to bring the Gospel to all! The second collection today for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith supports the work and witness of the Mission Church, as it provides for priests, religious and lay leaders who offer the Lord’s mercy and concrete help to the most vulnerable communities in the Pope’s missions. Thank you for your generosity. In 1926 Pope Pius XI instituted Mission Sunday for the whole Church with the first worldwide Mission Sunday collection taking place in October 1927. The Mission Sunday collection is always taken on the next to last Sunday during the month of October. That day is celebrated in all the local Churches as the feast of catholicity and universal solidarity so Christians the world over will recognize their common responsibility with regard to the evangelization of the world."
A special Envelope will be provided for the Second Collection this Sunday at All the Masses.
-Fr. Mark Weber, SVD lost his Mom, Mary Louise Weber, earlier this week. She passed away in Dyersville, Iowa. Fr. Mark Weber is the Rector/Superior of our SVD Theologate Community. That is where all our SVD Seminarians reside in Hyde Park and attend Classes at Catholic Theological Union. Fr. Mark has encouraged many of our SVD Seminarians to serve at Our Lady of Africa Parish. Please remember his Mom, Mary, Fr. Mark and all his Family in your prayers. Mary Weber's Wake is on Sunday evening in Dyersville, IA and the Funeral is on Monday at the Basilica of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Dyersville, Iowa.
NOTE:
Jeanette Brown's Funeral Services are moved at the Request of the Family from Monday to Wednesday next Week, October 27th:
Blessings and Prayers to All. Invite a Friend for our Multicultural Mass this Sunday at 1:00 pm!
Fr. Bob Kelly, SVD
Our Lady of Africa Parish
-Sunday, October 24, 2021-Our Multicultural Mass will be at 1:00 pm. Our 11:30 am Mass is moved to 1:00 pm on this Sunday only. Note: Our Mass Schedule this weekend is Saturday 4:00 pm, Sunday 9:00 am and 1:00 pm. We Celebrate World Mission Sunday. This celebrates all the People and Cultures of the Catholic Church. It celebrates all our missionary discipleship taking place on All the Continents of our World.
We invite everyone to come Dressed in their particular Cultural Dress for Sunday's Masses. Immediately following Sunday's 1:00 pm Mass, we will have Deserts of the World. Please bring your favorite Cultural Dessert to be sampled in the Our Lady of Africa Hall after Mass. We have all the Plates, Forks and Napkins. If you are able to do so, just bring your Favorite Dessert to serve. We will also have Two $5.00, 50/50's, and One $10.00, 50/50 Tickets.
"WORLD MISSION SUNDAY. We celebrate this day by remembering our baptismal call – to bring the Gospel to all! The second collection today for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith supports the work and witness of the Mission Church, as it provides for priests, religious and lay leaders who offer the Lord’s mercy and concrete help to the most vulnerable communities in the Pope’s missions. Thank you for your generosity. In 1926 Pope Pius XI instituted Mission Sunday for the whole Church with the first worldwide Mission Sunday collection taking place in October 1927. The Mission Sunday collection is always taken on the next to last Sunday during the month of October. That day is celebrated in all the local Churches as the feast of catholicity and universal solidarity so Christians the world over will recognize their common responsibility with regard to the evangelization of the world."
A special Envelope will be provided for the Second Collection this Sunday at All the Masses.
-Fr. Mark Weber, SVD lost his Mom, Mary Louise Weber, earlier this week. She passed away in Dyersville, Iowa. Fr. Mark Weber is the Rector/Superior of our SVD Theologate Community. That is where all our SVD Seminarians reside in Hyde Park and attend Classes at Catholic Theological Union. Fr. Mark has encouraged many of our SVD Seminarians to serve at Our Lady of Africa Parish. Please remember his Mom, Mary, Fr. Mark and all his Family in your prayers. Mary Weber's Wake is on Sunday evening in Dyersville, IA and the Funeral is on Monday at the Basilica of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Dyersville, Iowa.
NOTE:
Jeanette Brown's Funeral Services are moved at the Request of the Family from Monday to Wednesday next Week, October 27th:
- Visitation at 10:00 am
- Funeral Mass at 11:00 am.
Blessings and Prayers to All. Invite a Friend for our Multicultural Mass this Sunday at 1:00 pm!
Fr. Bob Kelly, SVD
Our Lady of Africa Parish
