Excerpt from Bishop Cantu’s Memorandum Regarding Plenary Indulgence:

"Requirements for gaining a Plenary Indulgence: visiting one of the shrines designated by the bishop and praying for vocations to the consecrated life as well as the usual conditions: complete detach-ment from sin, sacramental confession of sins and reception of Holy Communion up to twenty days before or after the pilgrimage."

SAINT GILES

(c. 650 – c. 710) Patron Saint of Beggars & Disabled

Feast Day - September 1st

Giles was born a wealthy noble. When his parents died, Giles used his fortune to help the poor. He was known as a miracle worker. To avoid followers and adulation, he left Greece c.683 for France where he lived as a hermit in a cave in the dio-cese of Nimes, a cave whose mouth

was guarded by a thick thorn bush, and a lifestyle so impov-erished that, legend says, God sent a hind to Giles to nour-ish him with her milk.

One day after he had lived there for several years in medita-tion, a royal hunting party chased the hind into Giles’ cave. One hunter shot an arrow into the thorn bush, hoping to hit the deer, but instead hit Giles in the leg, crippling him. The king sent doctors to care for hermit‘s wound, and though Giles begged to be left alone, the king came often to see him.

From this, Gile’s fame as sage and miracle worker spread, and would-be followers gathered near the cave. The French king, because of his admiration, built the monastery of Saint Gilles du Gard for these followers, and Giles became its first abbot, establishing his own discipline there. A small town grew up around the monastery, and upon Giles’ death, his grave became a shrine and place of pilgrimage; the mon-astery later became a Benedictine house. In Spain, shep-

herds consider Giles the protector of rams.

Altar Servers (John Conner 687 -2144) Aug. 30- Chaim, Emily, Sidney, John Sept. 6 - John, Emily, Sidney, John

Eucharistic Ministers (Teresa T. 687-2142) Aug. 30 - Teresa Stevenson & Don Seidel Sept. 6 - John Conner & Carol Aberg

Readers (Teresa Thompson 687 -2142 Aug. 30 - Teresa Thompson Sept. 6 - Ken Szelazkiewizk

Ushers (John Conner 687-2144) John Conner & Robert Booky

Sacred Heart Mission Catholic Church Cloudcroft, NM

Fr. Christopher Williams, Pastor

Andy Weiss, Deacon (575) 434-9460

P. O. Box 236, La Luz NM 88337 Office Hours Monday—Wednesday (At Our Lady of the Light—La Luz)

9:00am — 4:00pm

22nd Sunday In Ordinary Time

August 30th, 2015

Sunday Mass: 8:30 am (Rosary recited before Mass) (Reconciliation prior to Mass)

Church Committee Members

Chairperson - James Carfagno Vice-Chair - Michael Blette Secretary - Carol Aberg Finance - Jackie Koscak Social Chair - Lourdes Blette

Please remember to notify Teresa Thompson (687-2142), if you are unable to read or serve as scheduled, even if you have arranged for someone to take your place. Thank you.

Mass Intentions: Sun. (Aug. 30) -†Mary Beth Korbath By Margaret Bevins

Wed. - Communion Service

Sun. (Sept. 6)- †Thomas Koscak By Mike & Lourdes Blette

Please remember the Sick of the Parish in your

Prayers Don Dickman Lavonne Dickman Richard Englehardt Angie Madl Margarita Bustamante Cecila Booky Ernest Booky Jennifer Madl Brian Madl Ralph Brooks Cristina Luevano

Sacred Heart’s webpage: http://www.sacredheartcatholiccloudcroft.org

Collections

Reg. Collection for 8/16/15:

$1,871.00

UIM Renovation Fund: $212.00

The Second Collection next

Sunday will be for the United in

Ministry Renovation Fund.

Church Council Meeting & Potluck Supper

Mark Your Calendars! There will be a church council meeting and Potluck supper at the church on Wednes-day, Sept. 24th at 5:30 pm. Everyone is in-vited.

Mt. Subasio Hermitage Helen Reigger, of the Mt. Subasio Hermitage, will be collecting cans for recycling on the 1st Sunday of the Month.

Retrouvaille Retreat Weekend September 11-13, 2015

The retreat will be held in Albuquerque and is a retreat for couples facing challeng-es in their marriage. For more information and to register online go to: www.retrouvaille.org or call 1-800-470-2230. You may also call Tony and Terri

De Piazza at 575-523-3975.

No Mass Celebration or Confessions at Our Lady of the Light on September 11th due to

the Fiesta Celebration.

Registering for Pre-Baptismal Classes Please call Our Lady of the Light Parish office at 575-434-9460 to register for the Pre-Baptismal Classes.

RCIA Classes Have you received all your Sacraments? Would you like more information about the teachings of the Catholic Church? Or if you are not Catholic, would you like to become Catholic? Then register for the RCIA classes by calling the parish office at 434-9460 or call Teresa Thompson at 682-2412.

Religious Education News Religious Education classes will begin on Sunday, September 13th after Sunday Mass.

Please remember the Sick of the

Margarita Bustamante

Our Lady of the Light Food Pantry

These are the food items that are needed to supply the food pantry this month: Cold cereal, Chicken Noodle soup, peanut butter, pasta sauce and noodles, Ramen noodles, canned tuna & chicken. Small bags of flour &

sugar. The Food pantry has served 17,703 people since it opened in 2013. Thank you for your continued support.

Our Parish Mission Statement ‘Nuestra Senora de La Luz’ and ‘Sacred Heart’ are communities that come together to model Jesus to all peoples by addressing physical concerns and spiritual matters, and to do as Jesus did, giving everything to bring people into a closer relationship with God, in celebration.

Feeding the Hungry

On September 16th, Our Lady of the Light Parish and Sacred Heart Mission will be preparing and serving a hot meal at Our Savior Lutheran Church. If you would like to be part of the volunteers, a signup sheet will be on the bulle-tin board in the back of church in La Luz and at the back addition at Cloudcroft. If you have questions call Lina, 491-4181 or Vanita, 437-8065.

Mark Your Calendars! Our Lady of the Light Fiesta September 11th & 12th

La Luz, New Mexico - Presidio Park Friday, Sept. 11th - The fiesta will begin at 5:00pm on Friday evening with entertainment, games and food. From 9:00 pm until 11:00 dance to the music of Selmo Rael. Saturday, Sept. 12th - The Fiesta will begin at 10:00 am with a Mariachi Mass celebrated by Archbishop Lavaries of the Philippines. The burning of the “El Diablo” effigy will be held after the Mass. Entertainment, Games and Food will be available until 11:00pm. The night’s feature entertainment will be Al Hurricane & Al Hurricane Jr. from 8:00 - 11:00 pm.

Come join us for this grand celebration!

9460 to register

Have you received all your Sacraments? Would you like more information about the teachings of the Catholic Church? Or if you are not Catholic, would you like to become Catholic? Then register for the RCIA classes by