SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
5:00 P.M.       Harold Mattes
                      by MaryAnn Hunter
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 - CHOIR
9:00 A.M.     Helen Seely
                     by Hancock Central School Custodians
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
                     No Mass
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
6:30 P.M.     Patsy Possemato
                    by Andrea Morgan
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
9:00 A.M.    For the People of St. Paul's Parish
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
6:30 P.M.   Julia Kilowkoski
                   by Mike DeStefano
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
9:00 A.M.  Antoinette Peck
                  by Elizabeth Possemato Bequest
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
5:00 P.M.   For the People of St. Paul’s Parish
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 - CHOIR
9:00 A.M.  Rose DeFeo
                  by Daniel Gales

September 11 & 12

LECTORS
5:00 P.M.     M. Hunt
9:00 A.M.    E. White
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
5:00 P.M.    L. Kulikowski, B. McGraw, MA. Hunter
9:00 A.M.   B. & T. Linke, S. Marin
ALTAR SERVERS
5:00 P.M.   T. & K. Wainman, L. Letosky
9:00 A.M.  M. White, C. Seely, A. Makowski, E. Struble

Dear Friends;
     This weekend we bid farewell to summer and salute the dignity of work. Those of us who have a job often can take it for granted, yet this year many in our families and country are out of work. Work, the past has been given a bad name. Yet our church has taught for many years that work or a vocation are items of the spirit and sacred things. (It was the church that in the 1890's wrote a pastoral letter on the dignity of work and advocated the forming of unions to defend workers. A radical position at the time.
     Those who work without a paycheck also provide a very important service to our church and community. I am impressed at the many who take a part in keeping the parish of St. Paul such an alive parish. There are many in the community who volunteer in the various ministries of the town and village. I am impressed at so many who see a need and pitch in. This is truly work of the spirit.
     Not to equate prayer as work, there are some who make their vocation to pray. Prayer is a great need in our community and world. Over a year ago we began the on-line prayer chain and I am heartened when someone tells me, “Father those prayers made a difference.”
     Today we give thanks to God for the gift and dignity of work he places before each and everyone of us.
     Speaking of prayer, on Tuesday Riley Gross will undergo the first of two surgeries to correct a curvature in her spine. The first surgery will be Tuesday September 7th and a week later on September14th she will undergo the second. I am sure Riley and her family will appreciate any prayers and cards you may send her way. The address of Albany Med Center is...

Albany Med Center
43 New Scotland Ave.
Albany, NY 12208

Enjoy your Labor Day holiday.
Fr. Chris
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A MARRIAGE GETAWAY. Plan a quiet weekend getaway with your spouse. Give each other this opportunity to grow more in love. Experience rediscovery, understanding and respect. Choose a Marriage Encounter Weekend: Sept. 25-26 or Nov. 20-21. Apply before Sept.13th. Call 1-518-279-3243 or email: MEalbany@juno.com
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COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS CANTATA rehearsals will begin Sunday, Sept. 12 at 2:00 PM at the Methodist Church. All are welcome...This year the Cantata performance will be Dec. 19.

FOR ALL WHO ARE divorced, widowed, or separated - there is a special heartache for those who find themselves alone again. A Beginning Experience weekend to help resolve the pain and grief of losing the marriage relationship will be held September 24 - 26 at Our Lady of Calvary in Farmington. The weekend begins Friday evening, September 24 and continues through Sunday afternoon, September 26, concluding with Mass. The weekend fee is $225.00/person, which includes the program and program materials, meals on Saturday and Sunday and two nights' stay. A $75 deposit is required with your application. For more information, call Ray at 860 741-3050 or Yvonne at 860 693-1913.
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ARE WE READY FOR THIS PRAYER? Yes, I will lift up my heart. And I will give God thanks and praise. I’ll stay awake. I’ll listen to every word. I’ll sing every acclamation and Amen. Thus I will put energy into praying the Eucharistic prayer at Mass on Sunday. I’ll bring to it every bit of life. I’ll remember everything, especially the hard stuff (after all, at the center of this prayer is a body to be broken for us, a covenant made in the blood of Christ).
     I will be so attentive that when we’ve finished the Eucharistic prayer with a room shaking Amen, I’ll know just how right and good it is to pray the Our Father together, greet one another with Christ’s peace, then enter a procession (not a line up, a procession) that is singing its way to the table of the Lord.
     And I’ll come hungry. By some kind of fasting—from food, from entertainment, from distractions, from anger—I’ll come on Sunday knowing in body and soul how hungry I am to hear God’s word and hungry to give God thanks and praise and hungry to feast on the body of Christ given for us, blood of Christ poured out for us.
     And I’ll never again think that I can do any of this alone. How could I? It is not I who give God thanks and praise, it is the body of Christ that makes this Eucharistic praying. All the baptized people in this room put their lives into this prayer that the ordained priest proclaims. And it goes beyond the room. That’s why we remember the church all over the world in our prayers for the bishop and the pope, the living and dead. Am I ready for this prayer? Are we?
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION is next weekend – September 11 & 12 in the hall after the Masses.
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ATTENTION PARENTS/GUARDIANS of Religious Education Students in grades 7-12 and/or any religious education teachers:
At the time of religious education sign-up's (Sept. 11th and 12th), please add your name and a phone number where you can be reached at if you are interested in planning and volunteering some of your time for a 'Lock-In', to be held at the Fr. Rausch Hall. We are considering holding one for our youth and are looking for ideas, suggestions, and volunteers!! After sign-ups, I will make phone calls and coordinate a time and date for our first meeting (There, you will find out what a 'lock-in' is, if you've never heard of one--like me!). A Lock-In could be a fun way to motivate and excite our youth, while giving them some 'ownership' within the Church, and an opportunity to demonstrate their leadership abilities. Thanks in advance for your support of this endeavor. Blessings, Danielle Gross

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have; God is pleased by sacrifices of that kind. Hebrews 13:16Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have; God is pleased by sacrifices of that kind.
Hebrews 13:16

Last Sunday we offered $2,140. The total for the Catholic Home Mission Appeal was $539. Thank you everyone.

Tuesday, September 7
7:00 PM Parish Council Mtg. - Hall
Wednesday, September 8
(Office Closed)
6:45 PM - Bingo
Thursday, September 9
7:00 PM Catholic Daughters - Hall
Friday, September 10
7:00 PM Alcoholics Anonymous - Hall
Saturday, September 11
4:00 PM Confessions

Bingo Group #1: P. Bartholomew, G. Gotthardt, P. Hall, G. Miller, A. Restaino

Cleaning Group #3: K. & K. White, MJ. Law