WELCOME VISITORS! We invite you to become a member of St. Martin de Porres Catholic Parish. Registration forms are available at all Church entrances. Please return registration forms to the parish office or drop in the offertory basket.

Thank you for joining our family of faith!

S . M P C C

3300 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, CO 80305 303-499-7744 303-494-8754 (fax)

www.smdpchurch.org

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Anticipatory, 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, 8:30 & 11:00am Tuesday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.;

Confession, Saturday, 3:30-4:30 p.m. or by appointment; Holy Day Masses, consult the office or bulletin.

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Tues.—Thurs.: 9-4pm; Fri: 9 -12 (Closed for lunch 12-12:30 pm)

Deacon Rev. Mr. Karl Matz (Retired) Administrative Assistant JoAnn Ford, (Tues.& Thurs.) parishoffice@smdpchurch.org Business Administrator Ken Baird businessoffice@smdpchurch.org Director of Music Fernanda Nieto, D.M.A. Coordinator of RE Anaisabel Arena Ext. 103 RCIA Father Jim Baird and Jo Ann Ford Custodian George Ford

Thirty First Sunday in Ordinary Time November 3, 2019

In Our Prayers: Karen Whitaker, Russ & Marge Miles, Patricia DeBolt, Fulvia Testardi John McCafferty

Saturday, November 2

♦ 5:00 pm +All Souls Novena Sunday, November 3

♦ 8:30am +Deceased Members of Legion of Mary ♦ 11:00 am Pro Populo (For the people) Monday, November 4

♦ 8:30 am No Mass Tuesday, November 5

♦ 8:30am Priest’s Retreat-NO MASS Wednesday, November 6

♦ 8:30am Priest’s Retreat-NO MASS Thursday, November 7

♦ 8:30am Priest’s Retreat-NO MASS Friday, November 8

♦ 8:30am Priest’s Retreat-NO MASS Saturday, November 9

♦ 5:00pm +Kathy Wehinger-Bill& Janet Wehinger Sunday, November 10

♦ 8:30am Pro Populo (For the People) ♦ 11:00am Joseph DiPaolo-The Berry Family

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Mon: Rom 11:29-36 Ps 69:30-31,33-34,36 Lk 14:12-14 Tue: Rom 12:5-16b Ps 131:1bcde,2,3 Lk 14:15-24 Wed: Rom 13:8-10 Ps 112:1b-2,4-5,9 Lk 14:25-33 Thur: Rom 14:7-12 Ps 27:1bcde,4,13-14 Rom 14:7-12 Fri: Rom 15:14-21 Ps 98:1,2-3ab,3cd-4 Lk 16:1-8 Sat: Ez 47:1-2,8-9,12 & 1Cor 3:9c-11,16-17 Ps 46:2-3,5-6,8-9 Jn 2:13-22 Sun: 2 Macc 7:1-2,9-14 Ps 17:1,5-6,8,15 2Thes 2:16-3:5 Lk 20:27-38

OFFERTORY FOR OCT. 27 $1,503.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS

PASTORAL COUNCIL: Chair--Marsha Ruggeri, Carrie Lingo, Joan Fleming,

Jason Pastrick, Mario Mirville FINANCE COUNCIL:

Chair--Mario Mirville, Alexandria Keefe, Taylor Varoglu, Jeremy Lingo, Ken Baird

Both councils include Fr. Jim.

THE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN COLORADO

It’s a given life we lead...How will you give back? The hope and promise of life well lived, everlasting life. This promise has lasted over 20 centuries for his people throughout the world and in individual parishes just like ours. Think of Beyond your lifetime...There is no other parish like our parish. How will you ensure its here for future generations? Let’s have a conversation, please call 303-468-9885 of visit TheCatholicFoundation.com. Please name The Catholic Foundation in your will for the benefit of our parish.

Thanksgiving food drive for Harvest of Hope Pantry will take place here from Sat, Nov 9-Sun, Nov 17. Collection bags and lists of items

needed will be available soon.

WOMEN’S RETREAT

Please join us for St. Martin’s 3rd annual Women’s Retreat entitled Finding Gratitude-An Advent Message of Gratitude, on Saturday, December 7, from 8:30 AM-3:30PM. Angeline Hubert, a former instructor for the Catholic Biblical School, will be our guest speaker. Lunch will be provided. Please call or email Jo Ann Ford at 303-499-7744 or parishoffice@smdpchurch.org to register. We need you to register so we have an idea for food and materi-als.

GROUP EVENTS CALENDAR Analytic Bible Study Group: meets Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.—studying Isaiah. Open to all who are interested. Contact Dave: 303.999.9174. Legion of Mary: meets Tuesdays from 9:15-10:30 a.m. in the St. Anne Room. Contact Susan, 303.499.6170. Golden Needles Sewing Group: meets every Thursday at 1:30 p.m. We meet to sew, crochet, knit and socialize! Con-tact the parish office for more information. Art Guild meets on the 1st Saturday of the month. Contact Barb or Pete Schumacher, 303.494.2049. Koinonia Group : We meet at various restaurants in the area on the last Sunday of the month. All adults of the parish are welcome. November’s restaurant is Outback at 988 W. Dillon Rd. in Louisville, on Sunday, Nov. 24. Please join us for fel-lowship and a good meal. Contact Vi Beeby at 303-494-8371 to make your reservation. Scripture Study: Meets every Thurs. from 9:30-10:30 in the St.. Anne’s Room. Each week we explore the scripture readings for the week and how they apply to us today. Father Jim will lead this group. All are welcome!!!

The Christmas Market is coming!!

Our annual Christmas market will be here before you know it!! This is a big yearly fundraiser for our parish. Saturday, Dec. 7 and Sunday, Dec. 8. More details on times will be coming soon. Donations of crafts, needlework, baked goods, religious items (both new and used) will be great-ly appreciated. Start working on your homemade items now!! Let’s make this fundraiser a HUGE SUCCESS!!

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time I think that we are all doing the best we can. It’s tough out there. We have to be great parents, attentive and available grandparents, debt-free, environmentally conscious, active parishioners, and avidly working on our fat-to-muscle ratio. Outsiders might look at our rowdy kids and say, “Why doesn’t someone teach those parents how to discipline their kids?” Others might say, in the car after the party, “I can’t believe they used paper plates when they could have just brought out their regular dishes and washed them later. I thought they were supposed to be such environmentalists.” Or, the worst, “She says she’s watching her cholesterol, but did you see that piece of cake she ate?” Looking at us from the outside, it appears that we are hypocritical and lazy. But the Incarnate Jesus, the one who dwells with us, isn’t looking from the outside. He dwells within us, and breathes every breath with us. He is with us during the endless sleepless nights we endure with our kids. He is with us when we recycle the annoying cardboard boxes. He is with us when we spend those lonely late-night hours working to get out of debt, or to face and recover from our addictions. That’s what Zaccheus experienced when Jesus, who had talked so often about the dignity and worth of the poor, called this rich man down from the sycamore tree and invited himself over for dinner. The Incarnate One knew he was doing the best he could, and Zaccheus, overjoyed at being held in the embrace of Love, did even better than his best for the rest of his life. Whose belief in you has inspired you to be the best you can

be?

Kathy McGovern c. 2019 www.thestoryandyou.com

Children’s RE classes have started and will

continue from 9:30-10:45 until May, 2020. Please get your children here on time and pick them up on time. Thank you! The process for those adults wanting to inquire about becoming Catholic or completing their Sacraments to come into full Communion with the Catholic Church. These sessions will start the first weekend in September from 9:30-10:45 am and continue throughout the school year with the goal of receiving your sacraments at the Easter Vigil. We welcome you!! Call Jo Ann Ford at 303-499-7744 for information or to register or just stop by our first class which is on Sunday, Sept 15 at 9:30 AM.

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