Dear friends,

+ What Is World Mission Sunday?

World Mission Sunday is a day set aside for Catholics worldwide to recommit themselves to the Church's missionary activity through prayer and sacrifice.

Annually, World Mission Sunday is celebrated on the next-to-last Sunday in October. It is "an important day in the life of the Church because it teaches how to give: as an offering made to God, in the Eucharistic celebration and for all the missions of the world".

The offerings that will be collected on World Mission Sunday are destined for a common fund of solidarity distributed, in the Pope's name, by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith among the missions and missionaries of the entire world.

Every year the needs of the Catholic Church in the Missions grow - as new dioceses are formed, as new seminaries are opened because of the growing number of young seminarians, as areas devastated by war or natural disaster are rebuilt, and as other areas, long suppressed, are opening up to hear the message of Christ and His Church.

That is why the involvement and commitment of Catholics from around the world is so urgently needed

Mission dioceses - about 1,100 at this time - receive regular annual assistance from the funds collected. The world's “national directors” of the Propagation of the Faith vote on these requests, matching the funds available with the greatest needs. These funds are then distributed, in their entirety, to mission dioceses throughout the world.

+ A Faith that Cares, Shares:

“Amate House” is the young adult volunteer program for the Archdiocese of Chicago. Each year, 30+ college graduates and 10 undergraduates living at DePaul University devote a year to serving the poor of Chicago.

These young adults live in community houses in the neighborhoods where they serve, spend 40+ hours a week performing critical tasks at financially strapped nonprofits, parishes and schools in the city, and participate in a formation program that encourages them to understand and explore the link between Christian faith and service.
“Food drive”: Chicago is hungry! Over 900,000 people in our city relied on food assistance last year. Many more need these services, but there is simply not enough food. Help us solve this problem by raising 25 tons of food by November 1st.

+ Chicago Catechetical Conference

The 2008 Chicago Catechetical Conference, Called by Name: Transformed by the Word, will explore new ways to use Sacred Scripture to teach the Word of God to Catholics on Friday and Saturday, October 17 and 18 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Rd., Rosemont.
Designed for archdiocesan school principals, directors of religious education, catechists and youth, young adult and adult ministers, t he conference is sponsored by the Archdiocese of Chicago's Office for Catechesis and Youth Ministry and Office of Catholic Schools.

+ Have you bought your ticket yet? I have!

The  Fifty/50 raffle is still going on till the end of this month to offer Parishioners the possibility of trying their good luck! With the purchase of one  $100 we can help the school and at the same time win huge prices in cash. Why don’t you try?
I bought mine! Should it be the lucky ticket, I’ll send it to Fr. Petrus’ mission! I asked St. Therese, Patroness of the missions, to give me a hand and say a kind word for me!

+ Forthcoming events:

- Mon. Oct.20th  Financial Committee Meeting at Church rectory 7:00PM.
- Wed. Oct. 22ndParish Council Meeting at 7:00PM in the Church basement
- Sat. Oct. 25th   Catechists Meeting on Advent. We meet at the rectory at 10:00AM.                           
                          
+ Monies:

Last Sunday collection was                                                              $  986.00
Indonesian Mass                                                                              $    68.00