In this weekend’s gospel readings, Jesus invites us to humble ourselves so that we might be exalted. When we bring ourselves to prayer, we are called to come humbly before God. We are called to be aware of our own shortfalls and sinfulness as we pray. We name the realities of our lives through prayer, we are placing our entire trust in God and his mercy.
Our Holy Father, Pope Francis has encouraged the Church to have a special collection this weekend for The Society for the propagation of the Faith. This is Holy Father’s Chief missionary arm, providing resources for more than 1150 mission dioceses the world over. The special second collection will go towards the support of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in their efforts to train some 80,000 seminarians preparing for the priesthood and about 10,000 men and women preparing to serve as religious brothers and sisters.
One of the principal goals of 2022 is to increase the number of people that are contributing to the Church through our electronic giving platform. We have over 1100 registered families here at STHY that maybe giving to our parish in the Sunday collection; however, we don’t have a record of them using their envelopes or electronic giving. You can enroll for online giving through https://www.sthyacinth.org/online-giving .
Speaking of Stewardship, we have our stewardship weekend coming up next weekend . As part of Stewardship weekend, there will be a ministry fair in Guyot Hall. All the ministries of the parish will be present to answer questions in regard to their roles in the Church. We as everyone to be open to joining a ministry here at St. Hyacinth.
For our 57th parish anniversary, we are collecting funds for a Statue of St. Hyacinth. A four-foot custom-made linden wood and painted statue of St Hyacinth will cost approximately $18K. (The handmade statue would have St. Hyacinth holding a monstrance and a little statue of a Madonna with Child). We have placed a special donation box is in the Narthex as well as a picture of the statue. You can give online at https://sthyacinth.org/statue-of-st-hyacinth as well. We are very close to our goal and we have raised $17, 650.Thank you for your generosity.
For the Feast of All Saints, October 31st vigil Mass will be at 7:00 pm, on November 1st the Masses are scheduled for 8:00 am and 7:00 pm.
There will be a special Luminaria Mass for All Souls Day, Wednesday November 2nd at 7:00 pm. You can purchase a special luminaria candle for the Luminaria Mass, go on line at Sthyacinth.org and click the banner for the Luminaria mass. Request for candles will be accepted through Friday October 28th.
We are organizing a Pilgrimage to the Marian shrines of Europe for October 2023 and all are welcome to sign up. Some of the places that we will be visiting are We plan to visit the cities of Fatima, Barcelona, Madrid, Lourdes, and Paris. From the dates of October 9th – 21st, 2023, we will be visiting historical religious sites and museums along with celebrating Mass throughout the tour. Tour information flyers are in the Narthex, or our website: Sthyacinth.org and click the banner for the pilgrimage, or type in :https://www.sthyacinth.org/marian-shrines-pilgimage-2023 or you can contact the parish office at 281-479-4298.