DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS NEXT SUNDAY, NOV. 6^th DON’T FORGET TO SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK!

There will be a special collection next weekend, Oct. 22nd / 23rd for World Mission Sunday.
World Mission Sunday is a concrete way to “do good on earth” – to deepen your relationship with Jesus by
helping missionaries around the world.

Bishop Kihneman has asked that all parishes take up a special collection the weekend of
October 29th / 30th to help those affected by Hurricane Ian and its aftermath. Please be
generous in your support.

October 22^nd  / 23^rd Wear pink to show support!!

As part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month to honor breast cancer patients and survivors and the people who love them.

Jesus calls us into a deep love relationship, and we are called to bring others to him. As Catholic Christians, we are to be a people of prayer who are in an active relationship with God. We are also called to be a people of the Word of God, who read the Word of God daily, and who take the Word to heart so that it is expressed in our daily lives – the Word that is Jesus Christ.

The Ananias Program is a 2-Day program that will be offered from 6-8 p.m. on Friday evening, October 14^th  and from 9 am – 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 15^th.  Mass will follow at 4:00 pm at Blessed Seelos.  For further information, please contact Deacon Richard Smith at (228) 313-9417 or Deacon M.J. Landry at (228) 697-9424.

This is to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary in gratitude for the protection that she gives the Church in answer to the praying of the Rosary by the faithful.  We will continue to pray the rosary before every Mass.

Congratulations to Tha Thi Nguyen for receiving this year’s Lumen Christi (“Light of Christ”) medal.  This award is presented to those who have been outstanding in their service in their parishes.  The medals will be presented at the Cathedral on Saturday, September 24^th at the 4 pm Mass.  The ceremony is open to the public.