Deadline for Bulletin is Wednesday, 5PM. Submissions must be proof read and spell checked. Email 3churchesecc@gmail.com or phone Irene Deem (707) 486-9683. St. Colman’s Guild Meeting Fourth Tues of each month at noon; rotating hosts St. Elizabeth’s Guild Meeting: First Wed 1:00 PM; Finance Committee Meeting: Second Wed 4:00 PM St. Hubert’s Hall; St. Vincent de Paul Society : Donate to the second collection on fifth Sundays Parish Website: http://www.RRchurches.com

All Saints Solemnity Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015 =

Today’s Gospel: “Jesus did not invent beatitudes: the First Testament has up to 50 examples of them. By Jesus’ day, people would have recognized a beatitude when it was spoken and would have been at home with it.” John Foley S.J.., St. Luis University

Please pray for our brothers and sisters

Who Are Ill or in Pain: Jimmy McCarthy, Jr., Maureen Shaw, John Hoffman, Margie Heil, Mary Tamargo, George Shorb, Art McNulty, Don Covello, Louis Baros, Bill & Joanne Rodgers, Gary Wood, Mary Helen Carpenter, Helen Murphy, John Beamon, Phil Mohardt, Larry Gomme, Sara Bardoni, Abbey Moreno, Alicia Bicoy, Maureen O’Rourke, Valerie Jones, Mel Jones, Andy Jones, Mike Wilson, Erling Ribbing, Janice Miller, Chuck Lee, Rosa Maria, Don LaPlante, Tom, Maggie Nelson, Jennifer McGlynn, ,Sylvia, Deacon Ruben Sanchez; Sandy requested by George; Mario, Bruce & Trish, Nina Giacometti, Sarah & David, Ed Botta, Sam Britton Johnson, Ed Fulwider, John R. Sanchez (cousin of Denise Danzart Britton), Alan Carson, Vicki Gonzalez, Jesus Chavez Torres

Who Have Been Called to Eternal Life: Frank Danzart II, son of Frank Danzart, brother of Denise Britton; Holly Stefens, Tom Joyce, Jeanie Torr, Ila Donovan, Peg Canelis, Glenn Lynch, Lola Flores, Ethelreda Breig (Cantor Eric Lindenberg’s aunt), Merlin Digman

OFFERINGS: Oct 24 & 25, 2015 St. Elizabeth $ 1,190 St. Catherine of Siena $ 302 St. Colman $ 293 $ 1,785 Thank you for your generosity!

READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF Nov.1, 2015

2015 Nov 1 SUN: ALL SAINTS S Rv 7: 2-4. 9-14/ Ps 24: 1b-2. 3-4ab. 5-6/ 1 Jn 3: 1-3/ Mt 5: 1-12a 2015 Nov 2 Mon: THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (ALL SOULS) Wis 3: 1-9/ Rom 5: 5-11 or Rom 6: 3-9/ Jn 6: 37-40 2015 Nov 3 Tue: Ordinary Weekday/ Martin de Porres, r (Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time) Rom 12: 5-16ab/ Ps 131: 1bcde. 2. 3/ Lk 14: 15-24 2015 Nov 4 Wed: Charles Borromeo, bp M Rom 13: 8-10/ Ps 112: 1b-2. 4-5. 9/ Lk 14: 25-33 2015 Nov 5 Thu: Ordinary Weekday Rom 14: 7-12/ Ps 27: 1bcde. 4. 13-14/ Lk 15: 1-10 2015 Nov 6 Fri: Ordinary Weekday Rom 15: 14-21/ Ps 98: 1. 2-3ab. 3cd-4/ Lk 16: 1-8 2015 Nov 7 Sat: Ordinary Weekday/ BVM Rom 16: 3-9. 16. 22-27/ Ps 145: 2-3. 4-5. 10-11/ Lk 16: 9-15 2015 Nov 8 SUN: THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME1 Kgs 17: 10-16/ Ps 146: 7. 8-9. 9-10 (1b)/ Heb 9: 24-28/ Mk 12: 38-44

MASS INTENTIONS: Oct. 31 5:00 PM Sherilyn Parmeter for successful surgey requested by St. Elizabeth’s Guild Nov. 1 9:00 AM Jesus Chavez Torres for health, requested by St. Elizabeth’s Guild Nov 8, 9 AM Buzz Korn†, requested by Fran Korn

UPCOMING DATES: No Religious Education Classes Sat. Oct 31 & Nov. 7. Classes resume Nov. 14 Nov. 1, Sunday, All Saints Day Nov. 2, Monday All Souls Day Nov. 26, Thurs. Thanksgiving Day Dec. 5, Sat. 7:00 PM Parade of Lights

LUX AETERNA LITANY NOV. 8 The choir will be singing the beautiful “Lux Aetena Liturgy” Sunday Nov. 8th. If you would like to have your deceased loved one (especially those deceased this past year) included, please write the name and leave it for the choir director after mass. You can also email churchelizabeth@comcast.net.

of water" is hellish. That is a hellish life to be living. But when you break out and give of yourself in Jesus’ Name, He tells us: "I assure you, you will not go without reward." As a community of Christians, that is our number one priority. As a people of faith, our number one priority is to translate God's love into everything we do. There's no better translation than that! Peace and Blessings! Fr. Luis LITURGICAL MUSIC CORNER by our Music Director, Rebecca Brown

Nov. 1, Feast of All Saints “Let us all rejoice in the Lord, as we celebrate the feast day in honor of all the Saints, at whose festival the Angels rejoice and praise the Son of God.” “The saints are God’s masterpieces. He never tires of painting them in different colors...each one unique, each one reflecting some aspect of the divine reality. The saints are not simply models or people to be admired; above all, they are friends. If we have a devotion to a particular saint, we’ve found a soul companion, a spiritual guide, one upon whom we can rely personally. So find a heavenly soul-mate. Make him or her part of your prayer life.” (Bishop Robert Barron, Word on Fire) Let the power of their lives, their witness and writings open up to you! This year we have the unusual occurrence of the Feast of All Saints falling on a Sunday. In today’s gospel, we hear Jesus preach His well-loved and oft-quoted Sermon on the Mount, or the Beatitudes. “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.” At first glance, it doesn’t seem to make sense. How can those who are poor, or in mourning, or persecuted, be “blessed”, or “happy”? Jesus is telling us that true happiness consists only in Him, and doing His will. Our songs today were chosen to remind us that we are all saints in the making, and our hope is to someday join our loved ones and all the saints and angels in heaven. Songs for the 9 am Mass: Gathering Song: Sing With All the Saints in Glory # 622 Gloria in excelsis Deo, gloria, gloria! Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra, terra pax. Additional words to the Gloria are found in your Breaking Bread hymnal, p. 6. Psalm 24: Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face. Preparation of Gifts: We Shall Rise Again (ss) Communion: Blest Are They # 640 Recessional: Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine (ss) Want to make a meaningful impact in your community? Catholic Charities in partnership with United Way is looking for volunteer Tax Preparers to help low-income families and individuals get back the money they deserve at tax time. For more information on volunteering, please contact Eileen at Catholic Charities at (707) 528-8712 x142 or ecangany@srcharities.org

PASTOR’S DESK Greetings! During the month of November we remember our departed love ones. Please write the name of your family member or loved one you want to remember on the back of the “All Souls” envelope, and put it in the second collection basket. The second collection this weekend is for Restoration and Repair funds. Thank you! The story is told of a clever spider that managed to construct a most magnificent, beautifully patterned web -- a work of art ... The web was so marvelously constructed that spiders from all over the land came to marvel at it. The web was so symmetrical that if you folded it over at the middle, the two sides would fit exactly over each other. The designs would have matched perfectly. The spider of course, was very pleased with its creation. One morning, the creature made the usual inspection tour of the web, tightening up a knot here, loosening another there. All seemed to be in order, until the spider suddenly saw a thread it didn’t recognize. What could it be? Where did it come from? Soon the spider discovered that the thread was long but seemed useless. “Who needs it?” the spider thought. And so it bit through the thread. Whereupon the beautiful web collapsed, and the spider had a big fall. The one essential thread -- the thread that held the beautifully patterned web together -- the thread on which the spider’s whole world depended, had been broken -- disconnected. The Apostle Paul has written, “There are three things that last: faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love” (I Cor. 13:13). The Apostle Paul is telling us that the essential thread on which our whole life depends is Love -- for God is Love. And oh how we so desperately need to translate that into our daily living! It's been said that human love can be compared to the sunshine which shines brightly on the trees of the forest. The trees sink into the earth and finally are dug up as coal. When the coal burns, it returns the light and heat that came from the sun. Like the trees which receive sunlight, the human heart receives the capacity to love from God. Then, in union with another heart, love burns, and returns again to God the love that came from Him. In the famous novel, "The Diary of a Country Priest," there is a moving scene in which the priest encounters a woman who is completely turned in on herself. She has been abandoned by her daughter and betrayed by her husband. Death has claimed her young son. And her heart has hardened. Beseeching her to unlock her hardened heart, the priest says, "Hell is not to love anymore." To tuck ourselves away in a little ego-world of our own is hellish. To deceive ourselves into believing that our own little world is the world, is hellish. To search for any kind of lasting fulfillment outside the context of "giving a drink