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631 N. JEFFERSON STREET • ROANOKE, VA 24016 Phone: 540-344-9814 • Fax: 540-344-7879 • Web: www.standrewsroanoke.org
Parish Office Hours: Monday–Friday 9:00 am–4:00 pm
WEEKEND MASSES Saturday: 5:30 pm • Sunday: 7:30, 9:00 & 11:30 am
Daily and Holydays: Schedule inside bulletin
Children’s Liturgy of the Word: 9:00 & 11:30 Mass for children ages 4–8.
A nursery for infants and toddlers is available during the 9:00 & 11:30 Masses.
“Twinning with the Viet Toc Mission”
COUNCILS & COMMITTEES
Parish Pastoral Chair: Harry Montoro Parish Finance Chair: Patrick Murtaugh
Christian Formation Chair: David Boyer
Buildings & Grounds Chair: James Molinary
Worship Chair: Larry Thompson Justice & Peace Chair: Sarah Wall Evangelization Chair: Elaine Milko
St. Vincent DePaul Society President: Anne Harmon Hogan
Please call the Parish Office at 344-9814 for contact information
DIRECTORY
St. Andrew’s Cemetery: Mandy Tolano 595-7173
[email protected] 3601 Salem Turnpike The Mausoleum at
St. Andrew’s Church: 344-9814 Our Lady of the Valley
Retirement Community: 345-5111 St. Francis Food Pantry: 342-7561 R.A.M. (Roanoke Area Ministries):
345-9786 Madonna House: 343-8464
Commonwealth Catholic Charities: 344-5107
K of C Council #562: 774-8296 Ancient Order of Hibernians: 556-8883 Catholic Historical Museum: 556-7240
ROANOKE CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Principal: Patrick Patterson Offering classes from
pre-school through 12th grade. For information call 982-3532.
PASTORAL STAFF
Pastor: Rev. Kevin Segerblom [email protected]
Parochial Vicar: Rev. Matt Kiehl [email protected]
Deacon: Rev. Mr. Mark D. Allison
Pastoral Associate: Chuck Frost • [email protected]
Minister of Music: Kelly J. Wheelbarger • [email protected]
Coordinator of Children's Faith Formation:
Kathy Boyer • [email protected]
Coordinator of Adult Faith Formation:
Linda Allison • [email protected]
High-School Youth Ministry: Caroline Stanfill • [email protected]
Middle-School Youth Ministry: Kris Levy • [email protected]
PARISH ADMINISTRATION
Business Administrator: Jill Blanchard • [email protected]
Parish Secretary: Jeannie McIntyre • [email protected]
Facilities Maintenance Coordinator: Wayne Gould • [email protected]
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Saturdays 4:00-5:00pm and Thursdays 5:30-6:30pm in the Chapel or by appointment.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Baptisms at St. Andrew’s occur both during Mass and outside Mass throughout the
year. First time parents are required to attend a Baptism Preparation Class.
For more information or to schedule a Baptism, please contact the Parish Office.
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
Contact the Parish Office for information on scheduling a wedding
and preparation requirements.
PASTORAL CARE
Please contact the Parish Office if a family member or friend is hospitalized or
homebound and would like to receive Communion and/or
the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.
YOUTH MINISTRY
Middle School: Wednesdays 6:00-7:30pm and High School: Sundays 6:30-8:30pm
CHRISTIAN FORMATION CLASSES
Grades K-8 Sundays (as scheduled) 10:15-11:15am
ADORATION Thursdays 12:30-7:00pm BENEDICTION 6:45pm
ROSARY AND DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET Saturdays 9:00-9:45am in the Church
ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC CHURCH ROANOKE, VA
Parish News
THE ST. ANDREW’S WOMEN’S CLUB joins the SAMS Group to invite all ladies of St. Andrew’s to a “Ladies Night Out” on Tuesday, November 14 from 7:00—8:30pm. Come join us for great food and beverages as well as a chance to meet other women of the parish. Kathy Boyer will make a brief presentation on “Advent and the Family” as part of our time together. Please RSVP by November 10 to the Parish Office at 344-9814 or email [email protected] to let us know you will be here!
JOB OPENING: St. Andrew’s is seeking a part-time Coordinator of Youth Ministry to provide vision and coordination for the parish’s efforts in ministry to young people from grades 9 through 12. Primary responsibilities are providing catechesis, spiritual formation and activities for our youth using the Life Teen program and overseeing
our Confirmation program. A Bachelor’s degree in a related field is preferred. The candidate must be an active, practicing Catholic with strong organizational, communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills. The candidate should also be conversant with computer technology and be able to operate audio-visual equipment. Salary is commensurate with experience. Interested candidates should send a letter of interest, resume, and diocesan application to the Parish Office to the attention of Jill Blanchard or email [email protected].
JOIN US FOR ADORATION! St. Andrew’s has Adoration every Thursday from 12:30—7:00pm. Please consider coming to Adoration and spending time with our Lord. Bring your family! All ages are welcome. Come be with the Lord!
BAPTISM PREPARATION: There will be a baptism preparation class on Sunday, November 12 at 1:00pm in the Youth Room. Parents who have children to be baptized are asked to attend this class before a baptism is scheduled. Please call Kathy Boyer at 344-9814 with questions or to RSVP.
July through
Collection Report: October 29 September
Sunday & Holy Days $ 18,481 $ 282,032
Maintenance Fund $ 281 $ 27,367
Total received $ 18,762 $ 309,399
Total income budgeted $ 25,468 $ 331,090
Better (Worse) $(6,707) ($ 21,691)
Create a legacy of giving
Please remember St. Andrew’s in your estate plans
Weekly Reflection
As soon as I pull out my breviary in the morning my mind often starts bouncing from one thought to another, rarely having anything to do with prayer. I think of the things I have to get done. I ponder the comment someone made to me or one I made that I regret. I think about a show I watched the night before. I wonder if my beloved Georgia Bulldogs can maintain the great season they are having. Can they win out and beat Alabama for the SEC Championship?
Oh yes, I’m supposed to be praying.
Being attentive in prayer is a challenge for a lot of us, but it was also a challenge for the saints. St. Teresa of Avila said this: “I was more anxious for the hour of prayer to be over than I was to remain there. I don’t know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer….the intellect is so wild that it doesn’t seem to be anything else than a frantic madman no one can tie down….All the trials we endure cannot be compared to these interior battles…”
In the modern age, this can be an even more difficult circumstance as we live in a noisy world from which there seems no escape: text messages, social media notifications, constant breaking news alerts, and unread email overload. Along with this digital cacophony, it is difficult to escape the engines of work that surround us: sirens, traffic, airplanes, construction machinery. Silence, internally and externally, is more difficult to find and the necessity of it is, ironically, screaming at us. One cardinal refers to this modern phenomenon as ‘the dictatorship of noise’.
But how do we maintain focus and keep from being distracted in prayer? The first and obvious answer is to step away from electronics. But if your mind continues to wander just keep putting it back on track and keep at it. And remember these comforting words of Thomas Merton: “[I]t is the will to pray that is the essence of prayer, and the desire to find God, to see Him and love Him is the one thing that matters.”
The Weekly Reflection is written
By Chuck Frost, Pastoral Associate
Parish & Community News
ST. FRANCIS HOUSE FOOD PANTRY: Please add a non-perishable food item to your shopping cart and bring it with you to church.
St. Francis would like to distribute Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets for their clients. Extra items they would like to collect include toothpaste, tooth brushes, soaps, deodorant, shampoo, etc. Please bring these items with your non-perishable food items. Thank you for your continued generosity!
SAVE THE DATE! Plan now to join us for the 14
th
Annual St. Lucia Concert and Festival of Light on Wednesday, December 13 at 7:30pm. Tickets for the Swedish Supper at 6:00pm go on sale starting this week and are available at the Parish Office. The cost of the supper is $20.00. The concert is free with a free will offering to benefit local charities.
OUR GIFT SHOP will be open November 11/12 thirty minutes before and after each Mass. Come check out our new items for Advent. The Gift Shop is located at the back of the church near the front entrance.
CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR SALE: Roanoke Knights of Columbus Council 562 will conduct Keep Christ in Christmas card sales after Mass in the
Commons on November 18/19, December 2/3 and 9/10. If you do not see a style you like, feel free to place an order from the forms available on those same dates.
THIRTY FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME NOVEMBER 5, 2017
Parish & Community News
JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT PARISH DINNER ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8! We have moved the dinner to November 8 because of All Saints Day. Please join us for an early Thanksgiving Dinner with turkey and trimmings! The cost is $5.00 per person. Please bring a dessert to share.
Sign-ups are at the entrances.
ST. ANDREW’S BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY HOLIDAY SUPPORT GROUP: For many people, the holidays are a traditional time of love and laughter. But for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one, the holidays may be as mix of conflicting emotions. The Bereavement Ministry is offering a three-session pre-holiday support group “Coping with the Holidays”. The sessions take place in the Chapel at 7:00pm on Tuesdays evenings November 14, November 28 and December 5. If you would like to take part in this program, or if you have any questions, please call Fran O'Connor at 989-4391.
M.A.T.E.S. NEEDS YOU! St. Andrew’s parish is very blessed to have a great group of Altar Servers! If you are in third grade or older and interested in serving our parish as an Altar Server, and making new friends along the way, we want you! New MATES training for Servers and a parent is Saturday, November 18 at 9:30 on the Church. For more
information, email Linda Allison at [email protected]. Parents, this is a great opportunity to encourage your children to become active in a parish ministry and form bonds of friendship that can last a lifetime!
THE STITCHING GROUP meets every third Wednesday of the month at 1:00pm. Our next meeting is November 15 in the Social Hall. For more information, please call Flora at 520-8857. Join us!
Find us on Facebook at “St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Roanoke, Virginia” and Twitter @standrewroanoke
Youth events can be followed on Facebook at “St. Andrew’s Roanoke Youth Ministry”, Twitter @andrew_youth, or Instagram “standrewsroanokeyouth”To receive Text Message reminders about our Youth Events, text Grateful to 84576.
Our website is “www.standrewsroanoke.org”
GENERAL INFORMATION
Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00am - 4:00pm.
In Case of Emergency contact the office telephone 24 hours a day at 344-9814 and the answering service will help you if the staff is not available.
Prayers for the Sick are included in the bulletin each week. Names will be removed from the prayer list after four weeks unless you call to tell us to leave them on.
THE MAUSOLEUM AT ST. ANDREW’S
This beautiful, indoor facility provides our parishioners and their immediate families the opportunity to be interred on the hill. Please call Jill Blanchard at the Parish Office to schedule an appointment or for more information.
THIRTY FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME NOVEMBER 5, 2017
St. Andrew’s Praying Moms
SAMS BIBLE STUDY—NOVEMBER 13: Join us on the second Monday of each month for a Bible Study for Catholic women entitled: “Courageous Women, a Study on The Heroines of Biblical History” by Stacy Mitch. This study will be led by Linda Vaught and runs from 8:30—10:00am in the Youth Room. No need to register or order books—all are welcome and we’ll have the books for you at the study. Join us!
Community News
THANK YOU! The Respect Life and Youth Ministry would like to thank every-one who donated diapers to the Blue Ridge Women’s Center. The response was tremendous and the BRWC is very thankful!
40 DAYS FOR LIFE: Now through November 5, you’re invited to join other Christians for 40 Days for Life – 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. You’re also invited to stand and peacefully pray during a 40-day vigil in the public right-of-way outside Planned Parenthood at 2207 Peters Creek Road in Roanoke and also to help spread the word about this important community outreach. If you’d like more information – and especially if you’d like to volunteer to help, please contact: Suzanne Guilfoyle at (540)400-9034 or [email protected] or Elizabeth Guthier at (540)761-4488, [email protected], or 40daysfor-life.com/Roanoke.
CCCEASON OF GRATITUDE! “I thank my God every time I remember you,” Philippians 1:3.
During this month of giving thanks, we extend our sincere appreciation to your parish for its support of CCC. We are incredibly grateful to our supporters, donors and sponsors who help us work alongside local parishes to provide pro-grams and services to those in need in our communities.
Middle School Youth News
MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP: All St. Andrew’s kids grades 5–8 are welcome to join us on Wednesdays, from 6:00—7:30pm in the Social Hall. Dinner is always served! Friends welcome! Come join in on the fun!
ST. ANDREW’S MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP NEEDS FLEECE! St. Andrew’s Middle Schoolers are making no-sew fleece blankets as a community service project for Christmas and would love the St. Andrew’s Community to be part of this. If you can donate 1 ¾ yards of printed and/or solid color fleece, that would be awesome! Please place your fleece in the box in the Social Hall marked “Middle School Fleece” by Sunday, November 26. Fleece can be purchased at JoAnn Fabrics and some Wal-Marts. We would love all designs (animal, Christmas, sports, whimsical, Super Hero, etc). Thank you for helping to bring a smile to our friends in need!
Community News
DID YOU KNOW that in 2016, Commonwealth Catholic Charities placed 199 children into loving and caring foster homes? Learn more about CCC’s Foster Care program at www.cccofva.org.
RESURRECTION CATHOLIC CHURCH’S 12th Annual Fair Trade sale is Sunday, November 5 from 12:00—4:00pm.
Each purchase helps families in both the United States and less developed countries work their way out of poverty. Choose from an abundance of hand crafted items for yourself, your home or as gifts. Buying a scarf, basket, jew-elry, pottery, household items, or gift allows the artisans who create them to put more nutritious food on the table, send their children to school and have access to medical care. If you choose to buy and use fair trade items, your purchases will reflect your faith and your stand for justice. You will probably also find a little gift for yourself, guilt free.
Please join us, bring a friend and support this effort. Resurrection Catholic Church is located at 15353 Moneta Rd., Moneta, VA., north of Hales Ford Bridge. For more information, please contact Kathy Lietz at 721-3330.
ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC CHURCH ROANOKE, VA
Evangelization News
BIBLE STUDY: Acts – The Spread of the Kingdom. This series by Jeff Cavins and Sarah Christmyer gives us insight into the journeys of the apostles and the beginning of the early Church after Christ’s Ascension. We meet Mondays from 6:30—8:00pm in the Social Hall or Thursday mornings from 10—11:30am in Classroom 2/3 in the lower level of the Parish Center. If you are hesitating because you have missed some sessions, don’t let that stop you. We give you access to view the missed videos on-line! For more information, please call Linda Allison at the Parish Office or contact her at [email protected].
THEOLOGY TUESDAYS ARE BACK! “From the Angel’s Blackboard – The Best of Fulton J. Sheen.” We are studying the writings of Bishop Fulton Sheen. We meet every
Tuesday at 6:30pm in Classroom 2/3 in the lower level of the Parish Center. Please come!
FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY: Learn the importance of following God’s will when managing your money. We meet in Classroom 2/3 in the lower level of the Parish Center
on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm. Individuals and couples are welcome. Please contact Glenn Kent at (513)703-8161 or [email protected] with questions.
SUNDAY MORNING ADULT CLASSES: This Sunday, No-vember 5, we begin discussing the book, “Meet Mary” by Mark Miraville. We meet from 10:15—11:15am in Classroom 2/3 in the lower level of the Parish Center. Everyone is welcome!
HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED WALKING TO JERUSALEM? Stayed tuned for more details on how YOU can join fellow parishioners on this unique journey!
Evangelization News
RESCUE MISSION’S ANNUAL ‘HAPPY COATS-GIVING” is underway! The mission expects to give away more than 900 coats to children, women and men this year. If you have gently used, clean winter coats (infant to adult plus sizes) that you are not wearing, or if you could purchase a new coat to donate, we are collecting coats in the big boxes in the Social Hall throughout this weekend, November 4/5. “Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers that you do unto me.” Thank you for helping.
LIGHTHOUSE MEDIA KIOSK: This is a great opportunity for individual Faith Formation catered to your personal schedule. We offer many audio CD’s, books and pamphlets on various subjects. There is something there that is sure to
peak your interest! Stop by and pick up a resource today. Please contact Butch Steahly, our Lighthouse Media Kiosk Manager, with your suggestions or concerns at [email protected].
Diocesan News
HURRICANE MARIA AND MEXICO
EARTHQUAKE FUNDS: In light of the
devastation caused by Hurricane Maria
and multiple earthquakes in Mexico, the
Office of National Collections has set up
funds for both disasters to receive any
contributions dioceses, parishes, or individuals wish to
make. Contributed funds will be used to support the
reconstruction and pastoral needs of the Church as well
as humanitarian and recovery assistance through Catholic
Charities USA (Hurricane Maria) and Catholic Relief
Services (Mexico Earthquake). If you would still like to
contribute to one of these funds, please send your
donation to:
Office of National Collections Hurricane Maria Fund OR Mexico Earthquakes Fund P.O. Box 96278 Washington DC 20090-6278
UPCOMING ELECTION: With the important Virginia election just two weeks away, learn about the candidates by going to this USCCB link:
http://vacatholic.org/action-center/election-2017/
Mass Intentions Monday (12:00 pm) Louis Weingart
Tuesday (12:00 pm) Dr. Jack Huber
Wednesday (11:00 am)
Mass at 11:00 am is at Our Lady of the Valley
(12:00 pm)
Thursday (12:00 pm) Kathie & Chris Choplin
Friday (12:00 pm)
Saturday (5:30 pm) Anthony Calvano
Sunday (7:30 am) The people of St. Andrew’s
(9:00 am) Bridget Segerblom
(11:30 am) Herbert Conley, Jr.
ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC CHURCH NOVEMBER 5, 2017
Events this Week This Sunday (10:15 am) Christian Formation K-8
(10:15 am) Adult Faith Formation
(4:00 pm) All Souls Evensong
(6:30 pm) Life Teen Youth Group
Monday (8:30 am) SAMS Praying Moms
(6:30 pm) Bible Study
Tuesday (6:30 pm) Theology Tuesday
(7:00 pm) Women’s Book Club
Wednesday (10:30 am) SAMS Playgroup
(5:30 pm) Parish Dinner
(6:00 pm) Middle School Youth
(7:00 pm) Parish Council
Thursday (10:00 am) Bible Study
(12:30—7:00 pm) Adoration
(5:30—6:30 pm) Confessions
(6:30 pm) RCIA
(6:30 pm) Financial Peace University
Saturday (9:00 am) Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet
(4:00—5:00 pm) Confessions
Sunday (10:15 am) Christian Formation K-8
(10:15 am) Adult Faith Formation
(1:00 pm) Baptism Preparation
(6:30 pm) Life Teen Youth Group
Please pray for…..Kent Lewis, Glen Cassell, Warren
Cassell, Chris Howard, Anna Manville, Marvin Smith, Phill Hull, Casandra Herring, Margaret Murphy, Carolyn Wynne, Bertha Rosson, Chastidy Gaebert, Kenneth Henley, Judy Ratcliff, Bob Schroeder, Bertha Rosson, Leo Scaggs, Shelia Thomas, David Hoover, Raechella Pippin, Al Mundy, Linda Weatherman, Peggy Saul, Jerry Bain, Jurgen Hrodmadka, Zora Kavanaugh, Michael Kavanaugh, Margaret Coffman, Joseph Murphy, Robin Oertly, Mary Beeman,, Danielle Alexander, Maria Browne, Bonnie Mantini, John Crocco, Jeanne Ast, Patricia Leberman, Margaret Murphy, Barbara Henley, Mildred Menitt, Michele Glover, Maria Saunders, Athena Alcazaren, Polly Regalado, Scott Schwallenberg, Stan Perkins, Norris Nackley, Lauren Fellabaum, Ricky Nichols, Connie Overton, Cathy Flynn, Steve Sboray, Mary Sboray, Terri Berks, Elaine Kozlowski, Molly Frink, Fred Will, Bonnie Vest, Elaine Hendricks, Katherine Chestnutt, Raine Walters, Father Paul Binh Nguyen, Sister Margaret Flynn, Father William Dinga, and Father George Koychick.
Readings for the Week of November 5, 2017 Monday: Rom 11:29-36/Ps 69:30-31, 33-34, 36/Lk 14:12-14 Tuesday: Rom 12:5-16b/Ps 131:1bcde-3/Lk 14:15-24 Wednesday: Rom 13:8-10/Ps 112:1b-2, 4-5, 9/Lk 14:25-33 Thursday: Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12/Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8- 9/1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17/Jn 2:13-22 Friday: Rom 15:14-21/Ps 98:1-4/Lk 16:1-8 Saturday: Rom 16:3-9, 16, 22-27/Ps 145:2-5, 10 -11/Lk 16:9-15 Next Sunday: Wis 6:12-16/Ps 63:2-8/1 Thes 4:13-18 or 4:13-14/Mt 25:1-13
Remember in your prayers these parishioners and family members who are actively serving our country in the military
Samuel Edward, Mason Alexander, Reeve Alexander, Giovanni Allen-Masu, Molly Wharton, Lee Hansen, Alex Mitchell, Elton Darren Lewis, Joel Brian, Matthew Allen Crofton, Dustin Stew-art, Joseph Lavinder, Chris Bennett, Gilman Fortin, Madison Carroll, Brendan Carroll, James Dilling, Reuben Flores, David Jacobs, Robert Clifford, Michael Joslin, Dillon Sims, Daryl Peltier, Kyle Norris, Jarred Shockey, Will Klos, Mark B. Buchy, Frank Jacob Dowie, Char-lie Company 4th Platoon Reserves from Roanoke and Lynchburg, Joshua Davis, Zachary Osborne, Marcus Ollie, Steven Jeremy Ayers, Jacob Brookshier, Ches Mitchell, Tommy Nichols, Allen Palumbo, Michael Nghia-Nguyen, Joseph Amos, Timothy M. Brady, Brian X. Conlan, Michael Dale Davis, John W. Downs, William Farmer, Josh Ford, Jamie Guilliams, John Hinkel, Stephanie Lynn Holliday, Anthony Huff, Jarrod Huff, Herbert Jones, Michael Keller, Jeffrey Robert Klein, Tim McAtter, Matthew McCorkel, Colin McGuire, Ronnie Stout, Pamela T. Schmecht, Joe Spegele, Dustin Stewart, and Andrew Wertz.