Saint Columba RC Church

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NO ADORATION
No Adoration on October 21-22 due to Wedding Rehearsal and Wedding

BABY BOTTLE CAMPAIGN
During Respect Life month, we distribute Baby Bottles and ask you to fill them with donations. Please take one after Mass today and return it at the end of October. Your donations will fund Respect Life activities at St. Columba, including donations to Birthright and CareNet here in Dutchess County. If there is a bus trip to the March for Life, it will also help with the cost. Thank you for your generosity.

LECTORS, EM’S AND SERVERS
We would be happy to put you back on the schedule – just contact Laura at the Parish Office – 227-8380.
Servers – Check in with deacon at sacristy. You will need to wear a mask during Mass. One server at a time for now.
Lectors – Check in with deacon upon arrival. Wear a mask if required by CDC and NYS. Join in the entrance and recessional. Remove mask to read. We suggest when you come up to read to first walk around and past the baptismal font and walk up and down the steps in front of the Blessed Mother. It is safer.
Extraordinary Ministers – Check in with the deacon upon arrival. Approach the Choir Communion Station after the priest receives Holy Communion. Remove your mask to receive. After receiving, put the mask back on and then purify your hands. Remind communicants if needed to remove masks before receiving. If you come in contact with a communicant, STOP, put the ciboria on the table and purify. When your section is done, come and help in the middle. Hand your ciboria to the priest when done. Purify again.

YOUTH GROUP SERVICE - APPLE PIE MAKING DAY is Sunday, October 17 at 2:30 pm in the school cafeteria. All teens welcome – bring a friend – the time can be used for service hours. Bring with you an apple corer and a peeler. We will try to make at least thirty pies. They will be donated to Meals on Wheels and delivered to their clients.

YOUTH GROUP SERVICE - HOMELESS – Our Midnight Runs are still on hold, but we still want to help the homeless. Newburgh Ministries runs Winterhaven, and Hillcrest House in Poughkeepsie also cares for the homeless. They will be delighted to receive any of the following (due to COVID restrictions – NOTHING USED MAY BE DONATED AT THIS TIME): New Clothing for men and women, New Socks, New Underwear, New Tee shirts, New Winter Hats, New Scarves, New Gloves, New TRAVEL SIZED ONLY Toiletries: Toothbrush, Toothpaste, soap, comb, shave cream, razor, antiperspirant, shampoo – AGAIN TRAVEL SIZED ONLY. You may bring your donations after any Mass the weekends of November 7 & 14 – Bring to the Religious Ed Entrance to the school. Youth Group will meet at 3:00 pm on these days to sort and store the donations for delivery. All parishioners are invited to help us.

FUNERAL GREETER/USHER MEETING
We have a small group of dedicated volunteers that rotate attending funerals. They try to be helpful to families during this challenging time. Would you like to join their ranks? We are having a Training Session for experienced and new Funeral Greeters on Wednesday, October 20 at 10:00 am in church. No need to register – just come.

OBERAMMERGAU – AUSTRIA AND BAVARIA 2022 WITH FATHER MICHAEL - TWO OPENINGS LEFT!!! BUT - WE COULD APPLY FOR MORE TICKETS IF AVAILABLE! CALL FATHER MICHAEL 845-227-8380
Pilgrimage packages for the 2022 Oberammergau Passion Play are now available for a limited time! In 2020, the famed performance depicting the Passion of Christ, drawing hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from across the globe, had to be postponed due to COVID-19. Now, it is harder to get tickets for the 2022 performance than ever before!
Peter's Way Tours still has space available on our PILGRIMAGE July 28 – August 6, 2022 to the once-a-decade event. Join us and attend a showing that has been re-scheduled, something that has happened only a handful of times in the play's long history. This will indeed be a special and historic pilgrimage that few people ever get to make! Here is a graced opportunity to pray for us and for our world, enjoying along the way wonderful shrines and sights.
For more information call Father Michael or contact Peter’s Way Tours (note – if the dates do not work for you there are other tours to choose from) peter@petersway.com or 800-225-7662.

ABOUT LAST RITES AND ANOINTING OF THE SICK
If possible, please do not wait until the last minute to request these Sacraments. Due to COVID, we are still not back to normal. Both Vassar Hospital and Mid-Hudson Regional have Pastoral Care Departments with Catholic priests assigned to them. They can easily and quickly offer the Sacraments.  Please call them first. In the meantime, remember that the Anointing of the Sick is available every day after Mass or by appointment. Your priests will also administer Last Rites at home. Anyone present must be wearing a mask. Again, if possible, do not wait until the last minute especially after hours. Of course, emergencies cannot be planned, and we will do our best to help.

CARDINAL’S APPEAL
We are happy to announce that St. Columba has reached the assigned goal of the Cardinal’s Appeal. Thank you so much! Outstanding! Now, any amount received over our parish goal will include a rebate to St. Columba. If you have not done so already, please consider donating to the Appeal. Any gift, large or small, is deeply appreciated.

GIVE TO THE CARDINAL’S APPEAL
Watch the video - https://vimeo.com/509065100/4eb731b736.
Click here to give - http://www.cardinalsappeal.org/       Parish 392 St. Columba HJ

CARDINAL’S APPEAL 2021 as of October 15, 2021
Parish Goal - $97,000.00
Pledges from Parishioners - $126,072.00
Number of Gifts – 472
Average Gift - $267.10
Thank you - thank you - thank you! We have reached our goal! Now our parish will receive a percentage back for all money collected over our goal. God bless you and thank you for your generosity!

RENEW AND REBUILD LOAN
We are happy to announce that our loan with Tompkins Mahopac Bank for the work in the church has been completely repaid thanks to our many generous and faithful parishioners. Any remaining money to be collected through Renew and Rebuild will stay in the dedicated account for the replacement of school windows in the summer of 2022. Thanks again to our donors for enabling us to beautify St. Columba Church.

RENEW AND REBUILD as of October 15, 2021
Pledge Goal - $1,709,000.00
Amount Pledged - $1,766,771.92
Paid - $1,399,947.01
Balance - $368,628.26
Number of Gifts - 528

VIDEO OF OUR CHURCH - Produced by Baker Liturgical Art - https://youtu.be/pr5Sr0e3nIU

PODCAST - "Raising Saints" for Catholic Families by Father Michael Connolly & Alexandra Sullivan
https://anchor.fm/raisingsaints

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PLEASE CONSIDER REMEMBERING St. COLUMBA PARISH IN YOUR WILL - For more information go to - https://plannedgiving.archny.org/

St. Columba LIVESTREAM - Sundays at 10:30 am - Daily Mass Livestream Wednesdays 7:00 am - Click here: http://www.facebook.com/stcolumbahj
Videos also archived on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/saintcolumbahopewell

Prayer Requests – Write your intentions in the book in the Narthex.

The Parish Office is open Monday to Thursday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm and Friday from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. Appointments are preferred.

Baptisms on Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 pm. One or two families at a time. Contact Deacon Dennis to begin the process.

Sponsor and Godparent certificates can be obtained by calling the Parish Office and ask for a priest or deacon. During the pandemic they are not done after Mass or in person, only over the phone.

Funeral Masses and Memorial Masses can be scheduled Monday to Saturday at 10:00 am or 11:30 am.

Communion Calls - Some of our EM's have volunteered to bring Communion to the homebound. If you know someone who is homebound and would like to receive Holy Communion, email rectory@stcolumbaonline.org.
 

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