ALL SAINTS ON THE HUDSON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2019

Welcome to the Parish Community of All Saints on the Hudson!

We are happy you have decided to worship with us today. If you are just visiting, we pray that God will be with you on your journey. If you are seeking a church

home, we would be happy to welcome you into our parish community. If you are interested in joining our parish, please contact the parish office.

Fr. Patrick Rice Pastor

Cell: (518) 813-5090

Fr. Ronald Matulewicz

Fr. Robert Hohenstein Sacramental Associates

Parish Office Hours Monday to Thursday

8:00am to 4:00pm

Parish Office: (518) 664-3354 Parish Fax: (518) 652-2431

Mailing Address: 52 William Street

Mechanicville, NY 12118

Parish Website: www.allsaintsny.net

Mother Teresa’s Thrift Store Tues. - Fri, 10:00am - 3:00pm Saturday, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Sacraments

Reconciliation (Confession) Saturday, 3-3:45pm - St. Paul’s

Baptism First Sunday of the month at 12:00pm

Marriage Please call the Parish Office for

arrangements six months in advance

Worship Schedule

Weekday Masses held in the Parish Center Chapel

Monday, Thursday, Friday, 8am

Tuesday, 9am

Wednesday, 8am and 12pm

Adoration 8:30am to 9:30am

held after the Wednesday 8am Mass

St. Jude Novena

Tuesdays at 6:00pm

St. Peter’s Church

Weekend Masses

Saturday Vigil, 4pm at St. Paul’s

Sunday, 8:30am at St. Peter’s

Sunday, 10:30am at St. Paul’s

St. Paul’s Church 121 N. Main St. Mechanicville

St. Peter’s Church 895 Hudson Ave.

Stillwater

St. Isaac Jogues Chapel 716 Route 9P Saratoga Lake

Sacrificial Giving Weekend of November 23/24

Regular Collection $5045 Second Collection $1191 Thrift Store $903

Weekend of Nov. 30/Dec. 1 Regular Collection $5837 Second Collection $1761 Thrift Store $370

Thank you for your support of our parish! A second collection is taken each

week for diocesan and parish needs. Please remember our parish in your will.

The Parish Giving Tree We continue our spirit of giving during this Christmas Season! Please take a tag from the giving tree in either St. Paul’s or St. Peter’s church, purchase the gift listed on the tag, wrap it and return it with the tag on the top of the gift. Gifts should be returned under the tree no later

than December 15th. Thank you for your generosity during this special time of year!

Rosary Recitation On the second and fourth Friday of each month, the rosary is prayed in the Parish Center Chapel beginning at 3:00pm. We will meet next on Friday, December 13. Come join us in celebration of our Blessed Mother and honor her in the praying of the Rosary. **Please note the location change for winter months for a more comfortable meeting spot!

Dorothy Welch Christmas Concert This weekend on Sunday, December 8th the Dorothy Welch Choral Society will present a program of seasonal favorites at their 43rd Annual Christmas Concert! All are welcome to come out and attend this musical event at St. Paul’s Church beginning at 3:00pm. Tickets are available at the door; Adults are $7 and Seniors and Students are $6. Thank you for your support! We hope to see you there!

Knights of Columbus The Knights of Columbus of Mechanicville-Stillwater meet the first Monday of each month at 7:00pm in the Parish Center. All are welcome to join! If you have any questions or would like information regarding it, please contact Phil Lucarelli at (518) 365-8622.

Choir Rehearsal Reminder A reminder to the Adult Choir that there will be rehearsal on Thursday, December 12th at 7:00pm in St. Peter’s Church. The Children’s Choir will have rehearsal on Sunday, December 15th at 10:00am in St. Paul’s Church. All are welcome to come and sing!

Parish News and Events

The Catholic Community of All Saints on the Hudson

Weekly Parish Mass Schedule

Saturday, December 7 Anticipated Mass for Sunday

4:00pm St. Paul’s Hugh and Phil Hipwell

Dec’d Members of the Bocchetti Family

Angela Cavotta

Sunday, December 8 The Second Sunday of Advent

8:30am St. Peter’s People of the Parish

10:30am St. Paul’s Joseph Vitrella and Joyce Gagnon

Lucille Acerra

Costanzo, DeVito & Schiavo Families

Monday, December 9 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

(not a Holy Day of Obligation this year)

8:00am Chapel People of the Parish

Tuesday, December 10 Weekday

9:00am Chapel Marilyn Simmons

6:00pm St. Peter’s Novena to Saint Jude

Wednesday, December 11 Weekday

8:00am Chapel People of the Parish

Adoration to follow Mass until 9:30am

12:00pm Chapel People of the Parish

Thursday, December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe

8:00am Chapel People of the Parish

Friday, December 13 St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr

8:00am Chapel People of the Parish

Saturday, December 14 Anticipated Mass for Sunday

4:00pm St. Paul’s George Amann

Antonette Wixted

Louis Benamati

Sunday, December 15 The Third Sunday of Advent

8:30am St. Peter’s Angela Cavotta

Rose Frydel

In Honor of St. Anne

10:30am St. Paul’s Dec’d Costanzo, DeVito & Schiavo Families

Raymond Labonte

Catherine Turcotte & Stephanie Rousseau

Our Beloved Dead Please keep in prayer those who have entered eternal life.

Advent Penance Service this Tuesday The Season of Advent is here! And that means Christ-mas is coming soon. Please make a point to attend the Advent Penance Service. This is a wonderful opportuni-ty to prepare your heart for Christ’s birth. Services will be held as follows: Tuesday, December 10, 12:00pm at St. Peter’s Tuesday, December 10, 6:00pm at St. Paul’s If either time does not work for you, you may also schedule an appointment for private confession with Fr. Pat by calling the Parish Office or Fr. Pat’s cell phone.

Sunday, December 8, 2019

Faith Formation Grades K-5 Presented by Mary Krasuski

Children’s Christmas Pageant SAVE THE DATE! Coming up on Saturday, December 14th follow-ing the 4:00pm Mass we will once again hold the annual Children’s Christmas Pageant in the parish cen-ter gym. All parishioners and friends are welcome to attend, so please save the date! This event will include a meal that will be served along with the presentation.

Advent Wreath Craft Day

Back on Sunday, November 24th, families, friends, and children from our parish family gathered in the Parish Center to construct their own advent wreaths and enjoy some delicious food. Below are some photos from the day and the creative wreaths that were designed! Thank you to all who came out to attend and enjoy the day!

Returning from NCYC At the end of November many of our youth attended the National Catholic Youth Conference that was held in Indianapolis, along with Fr. Pat and some chaperones from our parish. They all had a great time learning and growing in their faith lives and meeting people from around the country that share their faith. Thank you to everyone who contributed so that these young people were able to attend this special conference!

Christmas Semi-Formal Dance

This weekend on Saturday, December 7th from 7:00pm until 9:30pm, the Youth Council will be hold-ing their annual Semi-Formal Christmas Dance in the Parish Center. Come rock out to your favorite Christmas Songs, enjoy some great food, and celebrate the sea-son! Please bring a friend with you, too, and share the fun night ahead! We look forward to seeing you there!

Christmas Decorating and Caroling Next Sunday, December 15th our young people will be getting into the Christmas spirit by venturing out

into the neighborhoods to go Christmas Caroling! The event will begin at 1:00pm from the Parish Center and continue through 3:00pm. Dress warm and bring your singing voices! Following this event, the Youth Council along with our Confir-mation Candidates will meet in St. Paul’s Church to help deco-rate for our Christmas Masses.

For more information, please contact Bev in the Faith Formation office. We look forward to seeing you there!

The Parish Thrift Store There is still time to shop for Christmas! Sales for the week of Dec. 10-14 include all Christ-mas items being half priced! Stop in and see us! Volunteers and donations are always welcome! Thank you for your support of the Parish Thrift Store! Contact Darlene Prusecki for more infor-mation: (518) 664-4421.

Faith Formation Grades 6-9 Presented by Beverly McBride

Understanding our Parish App

Recently our Parish App changed. Because of this change from our publisher, there is some confusion as to what app you should be using for our parish community. This guide should help clear up that confusion! Follow the steps below to access the app! 1. If you have the old app, which looks like this, ——————————-—> delete it from your device. It no longer will work or display the correct information. Therefore, you must remove it manually. 2. Once your remove the old app, go to the App Store on your device and download the new app by searching for: “WeConnect Parish App”. It looks like this ——————————-> 3. Once downloaded, you will need to search for our parish. 4. Launch the app, and type in “All Saints on the Hudson” to find our parish. 5. Set our parish as your “home parish” so that each time you open the app, it will

automatically default to All Saints on the Hudson. 6. Be sure to “opt-in” for notifications to receive updates on your device.

Re-Igniting Our Faith is a diocesan-wide campaign designed to empower and ena-ble parishes to strengthen their communities of faith, both spirit-ually and economically. There are several projects that we intend to set those funds aside to address. Several are listed below:

• Parish Center Roof Replacement

• St. Peter’s Church Exterior Painting

• The possibility of Air Conditioning St. Paul’s Church

• Parish Center parking lot improvements

Over the next few weeks in our bulletin, we will provide pic-tures of each of these projects that are in need of repair work, as best we can, to show you why that need is so great for the upkeep of our parish grounds. All Saints on the Hud-son church community needs your support to maintain our buildings and grounds. Please pray for the success of this campaign for our parish and also for the diocese! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the parish office and speak directly with Fr. Pat. May God continue to bless our parish community of All Saints on the Hudson and the many hands that help each week!

In Our Community

Maintenance Position Available Do you know anyone who is looking for part-time work? Saint Mary’s Parish in Crescent is seeking a quali-

fied Custodian/Maintenance Per-son for the Parish Facilities. Mon-day thru Friday, six hours per day. Benefits available. Qualifications: Conscientious and reliable, Mainte-nance experience preferred. Famili-arity with electrical, HVAC, plumb-ing, use of lawnmowers, snow blowers, etc.. a plus. Please send

your resume to: Stephanie Nolet, Parish Secretary St. Mary’s Church, Crescent 86 Church Hill Road - Water-ford, NY 12188 E-Mail: smcsec@nycap.rr.com For more info you may also speak with Stephanie at 371-9632 ext. 10.

Birthright Baby Bottles If you have not yet returned your Baby Bottle from the October Baby Bottle Boomerang, please do so to one of the receptacles in the church vestibule area. Thank you to the many families and friends who gave gener-ously to support the Baby Bottle Boomerang this year!

Blue Christmas Service Is the holiday season difficult for you? Do you struggle with grief, loss, unemployment, isolation? If you have these feelings it is important to make the space and time to acknowledge your sadness and to know that you are not alone. You are invited to come and join in sharing prayers, scriptures and music at The Church of St. Edward the Confessor on Friday, December 20th at 7:00pm. For further info call Linda or Tom Molloy at 518-899-9631.

Please Take Note! Winter Mass Cancellations

Please take note that during the upcoming winter months, if our area schools have a 2-hour delay or are listed as closed, Daily Mass will be cancelled for that day. Please make a point to tune to your local news channel and check those details before com-ing to the Parish Center for Daily Mass. This an-nouncement pertains ONLY to Daily Masses and does not affect Weekend Masses. Thank you!

All Saints on the Hudson Catholic Church Christmas Schedule 2019

Christmas Eve Mass Schedule Tuesday, December 24

4:00pm Mass St. Paul’s Church, Mechanicville

4:00pm Mass St. Peter’s Church, Stillwater

8:00pm Mass St. Peter’s Church, Stillwater

Midnight Mass St. Isaac Jogues Chapel, Saratoga Lake

Christmas Day Mass Schedule

Wednesday, December 25

8:30am Mass St. Peter’s Church, Stillwater

10:30am Mass St. Paul’s Church, Mechanicville

New Year’s Eve, Vigil for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Tuesday, December 31

4:00pm Mass St. Paul’s Church, Mechanicville

New Year’s Day, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Wednesday, January 1

9:00am Mass St. Peter’s Church, Stillwater