33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dear Parishioners,

This week’s Scripture readings continue to focus on the parables about the end times. Today, in the Gospel, Jesus tells the parable of the talents. Two of the servants used them to make more; the third servant buries his talent in the ground. The question for us to ponder, “are we using our talents as well as we could?” Let us consider how we use our God-given talents and how we could use them more beneficially.

The second collection this weekend is for the annual Msgr. Eyraud Education Fund. This fund helps us to help families who are experiencing some financial challenges in providing a Catholic education for their children.

St. Peter School in observance of its 90 th Anniversary is holding a 90 th Anniversary Cash Giveaway. Faculty members of St. Peter School will be on hand this weekend after Mass to sell tickets. Let us all make this a successful fund raiser!

Next weekend our second collection will support the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. Forty million people in the United States live in poverty. This collection supports programs that empower people to identify and address the obstacles they face as they work to bring permanent and positive change to their communities. Learn more about the Catholic Campaign for Human Development at www.usccb.org/cchd/collection.

Have a Blessed Week!