September 15th is

the Twenty-Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Mark 8:27-35

"'Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross,

and follow me.'"

Masses and Services at St. Alphonsus Church for this next week:

Daily Mass, 8:15am: Mon.- Fr. Steve; Tues. – Fr. Slawomir; Wed.–Fr. Slawomir; Thurs. – Fr. Greg; Fri.– 8:15am Fr. Steve, 7pm Fatima Devotion – Fr. Steve; Sat. – Fr. Slawomir

Saturday, September 14, 5pm; presider is Fr. Slawomir

Saturday, September 14, 7pm in Polish; presider is Fr. Jaroslav Jasso

Sunday, September 15, 8:30am; presider is Fr. Steve

Sunday, September 15, 11:00am; presider is Fr. Steve, assisted by Dcn. Mike; with Live Stream

Masses and Services at St. Thomas Becket Church for this next week:

Daily Mass, 9am: Mon. – Fr. Steve; Tues. 9am, Fr. Slawomir; Wed., 7pm in Polish Fr. Greg; Thurs. 9am Fr. Greg; Fri., 9am, Fr. Greg; 7pm in Polish – Fr. Greg

Saturday, September 14, 4:00pm; presider is Fr. Jaroslav Jasso, assisted by Dcn. Dan

Sunday, September 15, 7:30am in Polish; presider is Fr. Jaroslav Jasso

Sunday, September 15, 9:00am; presider is Fr. Greg and Fr. Jaroslav Jasso

Sunday, September 15, 10:45am in Polish; presider is Fr. Jaroslav Jasso; with Live Stream

Sunday, September 15, 12:30pm; presider is Fr. Slawomir and Fr. Jaroslav Jasso

Please keep in your prayers:

• For the soul of ZBIGNIEW ZAREMBA, who passed into the arms of Jesus on September 1^st, and for his family and friends who celebrated his life in the Mass of Christian Burial on Friday: We pray…Lord, hear our prayer.
• For the soul of Virginia White, who passed into the arms of Jesus on August 31^st, and for her family and friends who celebrated her life in the Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday: We pray…Lord, hear our prayer.
• For the soul of JAN ZYGIER  who passed into the arms of Jesus on September 1^st, and for his family and friends who will celebrate his life in the Mass of Christian Burial on Monday, September 9^th: We pray…Lord, hear our prayer.

Eucharistic Adoration

St. Alphonsus - every Tuesday, 6:00-7:00pm. First Friday after 8:15am Mass. Adoration is in person.

St. Thomas Becket – every Friday, 5:30 – 7:00pm

Reconciliation

St. Alphonsus: Saturdays, 4 – 4:45pm in the Reconciliation Room in church.

During the Healing Mass on the First Saturday of every month at 8:30am at St. Al’s.

St. Thomas Becket: Fridays from 5:30 – 7pm. 

St. Alphonsus - Next weekend will be our monthly second collection for our School and Religious Education programs. Please join us on Sunday at 11am for our first Youth Mass of the new school year. 

St. Thomas Becket – Next weekend will have a missionary priest visiting us from Madagascar. 

-Please read the bulletin for information on the numerous activities that are going on in the parish.

-Thank you for your financial support and have a healthy and blessed week.

Ways to Grow Your Faith this Week:

This Saturday we celebrate

the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

What is this Feast?

“The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross celebrates two historical events: the discovery of the True Cross by Saint Helena, the mother of the Emperor Constantine, in 320 under the temple of Venus in Jerusalem, and the dedication in 335 of the basilica and shrine built on Calvary by Constantine, which mark the site of the Crucifixion.

The basilica, named the Martyrium, and the shrine, named the Calvarium, were destroyed by the Persians in 614. The Church of the Holy sepulcher which now stands on the site was built by the crusaders in 1149.

However the feast, more than anything else, is a celebration and commemoration of God's greatest work: his salvific death on the Cross and His Resurrection, through which death was defeated and the doors to Heaven opened.”

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/the-exaltation-of-the-holy-cross-594

May St. Peter Claver,

Mary on the Feast of Her Most Holy Name,

St. John Chrysostom,

and Jesus on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

intercede to God on your behalf this week!

Prayers for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Most High glorious God,

enlighten the darkness of my heart.

Grant me an upright faith,

secure hope and perfect charity.

Fill me with understanding and knowledge

that I may fulfill your command. Amen.

(prayer of Saint Francis before the Crucifix of San Damiano)

We adore you,

Lord Jesus Christ,

here, and in all your churches

throughout the whole world,

and we bless you,

for by your holy cross you

have redeemed the world.

(Saint Francis of Assisi)

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/liturgical-holidays/feast-of-the-exaltation-of-the-holy-cross.html