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Mass Intentions: Week of October 4th

Day	Time	Intention	Requested By	Living or Deceased
Saturday	5:00 p.m.	Matthew Joseph Pianka	His Family	Deceased Deceased
Sunday	9:00 a.m.	Cornelius Buckley Edmund LeDonne	Patricia Smyth Fr. Tim	Deceased Deceased
	11:00 a.m.	Members of the Milio Family Lenore Johns	Fernanda Milio John Dominick III	Deceased Deceased
Monday	8:00 a.m.	Patty Gallagher Ty Barstow	The Family Kathi Barstow	Deceased Deceased
Tuesday	8:00 a.m.	Mikaela Ferraro	John and Lisa Griffin	Living
Wednesday	8:00 a.m.	Victoria M. VanWert	Father Tim	Deceased
Thursday	8:00 a.m.	Matthew Coffey	Father Tim	Living
Friday	8:00 a.m.	Marie Nicol	Her Children	Deceased
Saturday	5:00 p.m.	Joanne Coza Lois Rey	Her Family The Meyer Family	Deceased Deceased
Sunday	9:00 a.m.	Lucy Roccio Joseph Mortelliti	Meghan O’Keefe The LiMarzi Family	Deceased Deceased
	11:00 a.m.	Joseph Mazzo William Greer	Kirk and Susan Baker Olivia Kapush	Deceased Deceased

The Bread and Wine are offered for
The Living Members of the Malone Family
Requested by the Malone Family.

Week of October 4th

The Pastor’s Column

Dear Parishioners,

Two weeks ago, on September 7, Pope Leo canonized Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Michelangelo Frassati in St. Peter’s Square, both young men who lived and witnessed to their Catholic Christian faith in recent years. St. Carlo was mentioned in the September 13 bulletin. Today, I wish to highlight St. Pier Giorgio Frassati. St. Pier Giorgio Frassati was born on April 6, 1901, in Turin, Italy to Alfredo Frassati and Adelaide Ametis.

He was a young Italian man, known for his fervent Catholic faith, dedication to social justice, and love for mountain climbing, who is celebrated for his enthusiastic witness to holiness and service to others. Frassati was a devout Catholic, passionate about the Eucharist and service to the poor. He was involved with the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the Dominican Third Order, dedicating himself to social and charitable endeavors.

Frassati embraced the “Beatitudes” and strived for holiness in his ordinary life, serving as a role model for young people in their own journey of faith.

He was a patron for World Youth Day, a Third Order Dominican, and a proponent of social reform who committed his life to caring for the poor and sick, even as he enjoyed the joys of youth and sports. His motto, “Verso l’alto” (“to the heights”), encapsulates his aspiration for spiritual growth and living a virtuous life. His final climb included writing his famous motto, “Verso l’alto”. Pier Giorgio died on July 4, 1925, and was buried in Cattedrale di San Giovanni Battista in Turin, Italy.

How blessed are we to have two young saints that our children could look up to and to turn to in prayer!

Prayer for the Courage to be Great
Heavenly Father,
Give me the courage to strive for the highest goals,
to flee every temptation to be mediocre.
Enable me to aspire to greatness, as Pier Giorgio did,
and to open my heart with joy to Your call to holiness.
Free me from the fear of failure.
I want to be, Lord, firmly and forever united to You.
Grant me the graces I ask You through Pier Giorgio’s intercession,
by the merits of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Word of God

Reading I: Hebrews 1:2-3, 2:3-4 Old Testament revelation came piecemeal, but in the New Testament, everything is revealed in Christ. He “bears the very stamp of (God’s) nature.”

Reading II: 2 Timothy 1:6-8. 13-14 Timothy, who was ordained a bishop by Paul, is urged to complete his mission at Ephesus. He is to yield to the Spirit’s power and preserve the teaching of Paul that he received.

The Gospel: Luke 17: 5-10 True disciples should not expect congratulations for their service. Their work is important, but not beyond the call of Christian duty. No one can fully repay God for His gifts.

There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens.
—Ecclesiastes 3:1

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