All Saints and All Souls Day - Remembering those who have gone before us
Remembering those who have gone before us
November 1
All Saints Day
All Saints’ Day is a Holy Day of Obligation, and is celebrated the communion of saints.
Remember we are all called to be saints, and those saints who have gone before us remind us how to live.
November 2
All Souls’ Day
All Souls’ Day is an opportunity for Catholics to pray for those souls in purgatory, that will benefit from our prayers that they may be hurried along the path to heaven.
We remember our own mortality and ask for God’s mercy on all souls undergoing purification.
Yearning for Sanctity
The saints are not a small caste of chosen souls but an innumerable crowd to which the liturgy urges us to raise our eyes. This multitude not only includes the officially recognized saints, but the baptized of every epoch and nation who sought to carry out the divine will faithfully and lovingly. We are unacquainted with the faces and even the names of many of them, but with the eyes of faith we see them shine in God’s firmament like glorious stars.
But “why should our praise and glorification, or even the celebration of this solemnity, mean anything to the saints?” A famous homily of Saint Bernard begins with this question, and the response he offers us is timely:
“The saints, have no need of honor from us; neither does our devotion add the slightest thing to what is theirs. But I tell you, when I think of them, I feel myself inflamed by a tremendous yearning.”
This, then, is the meaning of today’s solemnity: looking at the shining example of the saints to reawaken within us the great longing to be like them; happy to live near God, in his light, in the great family of God’s friends. Being a saint means living close to God, to live in his family. And this is the vocation of us all. But how can we become holy, friends of God? We can first give a negative answer to this question: to be a saint requires neither extraordinary actions or works nor the possession of exceptional charisms. Then comes the positive reply: it is necessary first of all to listen to Jesus and then to follow him without losing heart when faced by difficulties.
Like the grain of wheat buried in the earth, those who trust him and love him sincerely accept dying to themselves. Indeed, he knows that whoever seeks to keep his life for himself loses it, and whoever gives himself, loses himself, and in this very way finds life. The saints’ biographies describe men and women who, docile to the divine plan, sometimes faced unspeakable trials and suffering, persecution and martyrdom. They persevered in their commitment. Their names are written in the book of life and heaven is their eternal dwelling place. The example of the saints encourages us to follow in their same footsteps and to experience the joy of those who trust in God. In the Preface of the Mass we will proclaim that the saints are friends and models of life for us. Let us invoke them so that they may help us to imitate them and strive to respond generously, as they did, to the divine call. In particular let us invoke Mary, Mother of the Lord and mirror of all holiness. May she, the All Holy, make us faithful disciples of her Son Jesus Christ! Amen.
- Pope Benedict XVI
reflection source: https://us.magnificat.net/home/discover
Last Chance to Purchase Tickets
Saturday, October 30th
$2,500 in total prizes
Grand Prize - $750
6:00 pm - Dinner, Auction and Wine Pull
7:00 pm - First Game
$360 Reserved Table Package ($480 Value)
Table for 8
1 raffle tickets / person
1 meal tickets / person
$400 Premium Table Package ($536 value)
Reserve Table Package - PLUS
1 Extra Blackout Game per person
1 Ink Dauber (required) per person
$40 Game Package Includes
Ten Games with 6 Bingo cards per game
Special Prizes per Game
One Black-Out Game for $750 Grand Prize
($45 day of event)
$10 Meal Package
Pork Schnitzel with hunter sauce, Red Cabbage, Hot German Potato Salad, Pickled Cucumber Salad
Vegetarian option on request
All prizes are pre-paid Visa gift cards
More Information and complete rules: https://www.svdpfrisco.org/bingo
SVDP Donation Collection THIS WEEKEND
Bundle Weekend
Saturday, October 23
Sunday, October 24
Donate those unwanted items in your closet. Dislodge the hodgepodge in your garage!
Bundle Weekend is your opportunity to help those in need by providing your gently used items to St. Vincent de Paul’s Thrift Store! The truck will be here to pick up your bundles on Saturday, Oct. 23 and Sunday, Oct. 24 from 8:00 am - 2:00 pm. The truck will be in its usual spot in the west parking lot of St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church - Frisco.
For a complete list of acceptable items, please visit https://www.svdpfrisco.org/bundle-weekend Your donations allow our stores and the mobile thrift truck to offer quality items at bargain prices. Plus, a portion of the proceeds are given to our own SVdP conference here at St. Francis!
Tax receipts for your donations are available at the truck.
Giving x 100 Donates to St Vincent de Paul
Giving X 100 ( http://www.givingx100.com/ ) is a men’s organization built on 2 basic truths:
1) many local charities are in dire need of support from their community, and 2) there are at least 100 men in our community who would help them if they knew more about these charities’ missions.
4 times per year the group learns about 3 local organizations, and then vote which organization they believe can create the biggest impact on our North Texas community.
For the second quarter of 2021, Giving X 100 selected St Vincent de Paul as the local organization to support, and on August 9, 2021 presented St Vincent de Paul with a check $2,100
Join us for Bingo
Bingo, Saturday October 30th
6:00 PM - Dinner, Auction and Wine Pull
7:00 PM - First Game
$2500 in Total Prizes (Visa Gift Card)
$750 Grand Prize
Help St Vincent de Paul help those in need by joining us for a Bingo fundraiser. With government rent and mortgage subsidies ending, the needs of our community could not be greater and your support is the only way we can continue our mission.
$40 Game Package
Ten games with 6 bingo cards per game
Special prizes per game
One Black-Out game for Grand Prize
($45 day of event)
$10 Meal Package
Pork Schnitzel with hunter sauce, red cabbage, hot German potato salad, pickled cucumber salad
Vegetarian option on request
$360 Reserved Table ($480 value)
8 Game Packages
2 raffle tickets per person
1 meal ticket per person
$400 Premium Table
all items from reserved table - plus
1 extra Blackout Bingo per person
1 ink dauber (required) per person
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Parish Center
8000 Eldorado Parkway, Frisco, TX
Friends of the Poor Walk - THIS WEEKEND
October 9th, 2021
Come join us for a morning of fellowship and fun as we walk for the poor and needy in our city. We will have music, prizes for the kids, refreshments, t-shirts and a chance to meet fellow parishioners and get that exercise we all need.
Registration: 9:00 am
Walk Begins: 10:00 am
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
8000 Eldorado Parkway, Frisco, TX
Our goal is to raise $5,000 to assist men, women, and children in our local area who are in crisis regardless of their religion, ethnic or social background, health, gender, or political opinions.
Tell your friends and set up a team for your group. Please join us in raising money by participating in our walk. All proceeds from our walk go directly to benefit people living in the Frisco ISD, Little Elm, Celina, Prosper area.
In fiscal year 2020, the Frisco conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul contributions:
Adults and Children Helped = 1,222
Time Devoted SVDP Ministry Work = 10,639 Hours
Funds Disbursed for Shelter, Utilities, Phone, Food/Gas/Medicine = $201,877
We look to provide a hand up, not a hand-out.
Friends of the Poor Walk - Oct 9
October 9th, 2021
Come join us for a morning of fellowship and fun as we walk for the poor and needy in our city. We will have music, prizes for the kids, refreshments, t-shirts and a chance to meet fellow parishioners and get that exercise we all need.
Registration: 9:00 am
Walk Begins: 10:00 am
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
8000 Eldorado Parkway, Frisco, TX
Our goal is to raise $5,000 to assist men, women, and children in our local area who are in crisis regardless of their religion, ethnic or social background, health, gender, or political opinions.
Tell your friends and set up a team for your group. Please join us in raising money by participating in our walk. All proceeds from our walk go directly to benefit people living in the Frisco ISD, Little Elm, Celina, Prosper area.
In fiscal year 2020, the Frisco conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul contributions:
Adults and Children Helped = 1,222
Time Devoted SVDP Ministry Work = 10,639 Hours
Funds Disbursed for Shelter, Utilities, Phone, Food/Gas/Medicine = $201,877