St. Michael’s Catholic Women are forming a group called St. Michael’s Visiting Angels. We will be visiting our shut-in and homebound members monthly. If you are interested in participating in this ministry, please call Lynda Molinaro at 304-295-5088 or Genvieve Khalil at 304-295-7464. Al-so, if you know of anyone who is sick or hospital-ized and wants a visit, please call us.

Oct. 14/15 Sat. 5:00 pm Richard Maddox + (Katheryn Maddox) Sun. 9:00 am Our Parishioners Sun. 11:30 am Carol Pacofsky + (JoAnn & Tony Crinieri) Mon. 8:15 am Charlotte Bayley Smith + (The Bayley Family) Tues. 7:00 pm Mildred Sereda (1 year Anniversary of Death) Wed. 8:15 am Mary Egnor + (Mary Gavin) Thurs. 7:00 Charles Ludey+ (The Bayley Family) Fri. 8:15 am Victor Schubert + (Bill & Liz Moore) Oct. 21/22 Sat. 5:00 pm James Gorrell, Sr.+ (James Gorrell, Jr.) Sun. 9:00 am Commemorative Mass Assoc. Sun. 11:30 am Our Parishioners

Please remember in your prayers: Mary Jane Kelly, Joan Polen, Kathy & Dave Schmedes, Ruth Coury, Mary Gallagher, Dottie Nohe, Joan Burkhart, Pryce Dearien, Betty Rea, Lou Bogdan, Da-vid Brezin, Sarah Taylor, Cherie Stump Lane, Devin Lane, Hayley Lane, Richard & Pauline Schaffer, Wolf-gang Strobl, Rev. Rick Shoda, Pat Miller, Kathy Schmedes, Linda Tornes and all of our ill and home-bound parishioners.

October 15, 2017 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time

Oct.14/15 GREETERS LECTOR EX. MINISTERS MASS SERVERS

5:00 pm M. Gavin B. Gavin A. Winans / J. &L. Williamson E. Conley

9:00 am M. Sterrick E. Weaver B. Moore/ J. &K. Brunicardi S. & J. Nguyen

11:30 am M. Mohr M. Prisc S. Day/ C. Smith/ P. Helmick C. Kelly & Emmalee Pritchett

Oct. 21/22 GREETERS LECTOR EX. MINISTERS MASS SERVERS

5:00 pm M. DeRose B. Fehrenbacher A. Fehrenbacher/ S. Garrison J. Hushion

D. Keiser & M. Miller

9:00 am W. & T. Boyle D. Harper J. Hofbauer/ K. & R. Szarko A. Bradford

11:30 am L. Wince S. Day L. Wince/ R. Schaffer/ R. Angel K. Day

Sanctuary Lamp Special Intention for Friend

by Dorinda Byers & Eddy Biehl

Special Ministers: 10/15 Beth Fanta, !0/22 Bill Moore 10/28 S. Ruscitto

Collection October 8,2017

Offering - $ 5080.00 Loose - $ 239.00

Attendance - 361

Mass Intentions

Prayer Network: Contact JoAnn Crinieri at 304-210-8221 or jcrin39@gmail.com. Parish-ioners on the prayer network will pray for your intentions.

Bishop Bransfield has asked us once again to take up a special collection on October 21-22, for the vic-tims of Hurricane Irma

that devastated the Caribbean islands. There will be envelopes in the back of the church to use. Please put your envelope number and name on the envelope to be credited to your account. Your gen-erosity is greatly appreciated.

Parish School of Religion: For the month of October we will be focusing on Prayer – what it means to have a conversation with God. This week talk with your family on the importance of prayer in your own life. We have a PSR Mass on Oct 29 at 9 am. All students in grades K-8 should be at the Church by 8:45. St. Michael Youth Group (Grades 9-12): Meeting Sunday night at 6 pm at the Church. A big thank you to

everyone that helped out at the Spaghetti Dinner. The Men’s group was very appreciative.

Check out our St. Michael Parish BLOG at: www.stmichaelvienna.com

Pictures, Bulletins, Homily’s, Ministry schedules can all be found there. It’s a great place to go when you’re looking for information from our bulletin.

BIRTHDAY AND ANNIVERSARY WISHES TO:

10/14 Andrea Standley, Christopher Algmin 10/15 Phyllis Reynolds, Anna, Spychalski Joseph Wiltsey, Kim & David Cisler (A) 10/16 Cienna Van Dyke Cindy & Jared Moncman (A) 10/18 Lana Weaver 10/19 Mary Ingraham, Richard Stafford, So Han, Dylan Huynh, Lori & George Cosenza (A) 10/21 Chelsea Nguyen 10/23 Elizabeth Fanta 10/24 Dale Evans, Taralyn D’Eramo

The Good Samaritan Center is asking for donations of (Small) Laundry Soap for the month of October.

St. Michael Women’s Study Group: The Friday morning group continues this Friday from 9 – 11 am. We are using a study on the Holy Spirit – The Wild Goose. The segment this week is Fruits of the Spirit. Come join us for any or all of the sessions

October 26th, 2017, 7:00 PM Joint Service of Prayer for the Lutheran-Catholic Commemoration of the Reformation (LARC) at Christ Lu-theran Church 4513 Grand Central Avenue, Vienna, WV 26105 (Corner or 46th Street & Grand Central Ave.). Father John Gallagher, St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Vienna and Rev. Emilie E. Theobald-Rowlands, Christ Lutheran Church, Vienna, will participate in this special service. A time of fellowship will follow the service. Father John will not have Mass at St. Michael that evening.

Parkersburg Catholic High School will be sponsoring a Blood Drive on Tuesday, October 17, from 9am-2pm. It will be held in the gymnasium. To set up an ap-pointment please call 1-800-REDCROSS

(1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org with keyword:PkbCHS.

The Book of Intercessions is on the Intention Podium through All Saints Day, November 1st. Book will then be placed on the altar for All Souls/All Saints Days masses.

Special Religious Education Classes for October will meet on Monday at 6:30pm as follows: October 16th October 23th October 30th-no class

St. Michael’s Men’s Group made $736.00 profit on the Spaghetti Din-ner and would like to thank all who participated.

Cleanliness is next to Godliness As the Flu and allergy season is upon us please utilize the Hand Sanitizer in the Vesti-bule. Together we can keep our congregation healthy throughout the winter season.

2017 Mid-Ohio Valley 3rd Annual Rosary Rally

October 14, 2017 at 11am, Mt. Carmel Cemetery, rain or shine. This year is special because it is the 100th anniver-sary of the apparition of our Blessed Mother at Fatima.