Bulletins
We need the garment of Grace to enter Heaven's wedding Feast
Sunday, October 11th, 2026
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Mary, St. Patrick, St. Philip Parishes
Mailing address for all three parishes: PO Box 35, Seneca WI 54654
Website: https://www.catholicchurchesofncc.com
Confessions: Normally, 30 minutes before every Mass and by appointment.
Normal Monthly Eucharistic Adoration:
St. Patrick: First Friday after the 8:30 AM Mass
St. Philip: First Sunday after the 10:30 AM Mass
Mass Intentions This Week
Sat. Oct. 10 7:00 PM St. Patrick Anniversary Blessings for Chris & Dorethy Myers (Ken & Peg Myers)
Sun. Oct 11 7:30 AM St. Patrick + Muriel Kramer (Mark Kramer)
9:00 AM St. Mary Living & Deceased Members of my Parishes
10:30 AM St. Philip + Leo Trigs (Family)
Mon. Oct. 12 8:30 AM St. Patrick Special Intentions of Ken Myers Ken & Peg Myers)
Tue. Oct. 13 8:30 AM St. Philip Blessings for Fr. Tom (Bishop Gerard)
Wed. Oct. 14 8:30 AM St. Patrick Special Intentions of Betty Schmieder (Ken & Peg Myers)
Thur. Oct. 15 8:30 AM St. Mary + All Souls
Fri.. Oct. 16 8:30 AM St Patrick + All Souls
Sat. Oct. 17 7:00 PM St. Patrick + Ron Becwar ( Beverly Becwar)
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sun. Oct. 18 7:30 AM St. Patrick + All Souls
9:00 AM St Mary + Royce Havlik (St. Mary PCCW)
10:30 AM St. Philip Living & Deceased Members of my Parishes
Please Note: * Baptism of Bernard Mohan will take place during the 10:30 Mass *
Pastor: Fr. Tom Huff – Rectory 608-734-3252 email: frtomhuff@gmail.com
Bookkeeper, Bulletin, Mass Intentions, Membership: Kevin Murray 608-391-0434 or 608-734-3931 or email: secretary@ncc.diolcparish.org
Bulletin Information Deadline: Mondays at 6:00 PM.
For Mass Intentions, if donating by check, please make all checks payable to: St. Mary Stipend Fund. To avoid errors, please print clearly the intention, who the intention is by, and if a specific date for Mass is requested. Thank You.
To Sign into Formed.org: use St. Mary in Gays Mills as the parish and use the password Mary123!
Upcoming Parish Events:
Knight of Columbus Trinity Council will have the Life Savers for Life drive on the weekend of Oct 17-18.
St. Mary Announcements:
Rosary – 30 minutes before Mass
First Sunday Potluck Brunch after Mass each first Sunday of the month. All are welcome, dish to share is appreciated, but not required. Next potluck is Sunday, November 1st.
Saint Mary’s is open 7:00am – 7:00pm daily. Please feel free to come and pray and light a candle if you would like.
Food Pantry Donations can be left in the basket in the rear of the Church.
It was time to retire our old organ (parts no longer available). We have purchased a new electronic keyboard/organ so we can all continue to enjoy the beautiful liturgical music we have all come to expect. The new electronic keyboard/organ cost the parish just under three thousand dollars. Any help in covering the cost of this purchase would go a long way in helping St. Mary’s to remain solvent and ensuring that we will all be able to worship together here at St. Mary’s for years to come. Thank you.
St. Mary's service group will be meeting on Tuesday, October 27th at 6pm in the church basement. We will be reviewing the Apple Fest Food Stand fundraiser. All are welcome to attend, provide feedback, and share your ideas for next year.
For Connor Murray: Eternal rest grant unto Connor Murray. May he rest in peace. Amen.
St. Philip Announcements:
Food Pantry Donations can be left in the basket in the rear of the Church.
St. Philip Candles: Contact Bonnie Murphy. The cost is $5 per candle.
Thank you to everyone who participated in any way to our fall dinner. We had beautiful weather and we had a very successful day. The raffle drawing is not until December so there are plenty of tickets to be sold yet.
St. Patrick Announcements:
None at this time
Tri-Parish Announcements:
Tri-Parish Adult Faith Study will be Tuesday, October 6th at 6:00 PM at St. Mary Parish Hall.
The Weekly Bulletin is available on our parishes website, this is the link to the bulletin page, updated every Friday: https://www.catholicchurchesofncc.com/bulletins
Other Announcements:
Knight of Columbus Trinity Council will have the Life Savers for Life drive on the weekend of Oct 17-18.
St. Mary Parish, Coon Valley will hold their annual Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, October 11, 2026, from 7:30 AM – until gone or Noon (whichever comes first). Meal includes: delicious stack of pancakes with local real maple syrup, eggs, sausage, applesauce, milk, orange juice and coffee! Also purchase a tasty treat to take home from the bake sale! $10 for adults, $5 children ages 6-12, 5 and under free. Make your pancakes just the way you like them with our topping bar! Your choice of maple syrup, blueberries, strawberries, chocolate syrup, sprinkles, whip cream and peanut butter (while supplies last).
From the Priest’s Corner: The Wedding Garment Needed for Salvation
In our day, people will usually rent tuxedos or gowns for a wedding. We get this custom from the ancient world, where even the invited guests would borrow or rent a special wedding garment when they attended a wedding. A person who did not bother to wear a wedding garment would be showing disrespect to the married couple and would be removed from the celebration.
Although our Lord uses an ordinary wedding feast in His parable, He is really talking about the eternal wedding celebration in heaven. Jesus Christ is the groom, and the church (all believers) is His bride.
So, what is the special wedding garment that a person needs to be wearing to be able to participate at the heavenly wedding feast? The garment is called sanctifying grace. While the invitation to enter the kingdom is open to all, true participation requires inner transformation and holiness.
We wear a white garment at our baptism to symbolize this wedding garment of sanctifying grace which clothes the soul with the supernatural virtues of faith, hope and charity. And this “garment” of sanctifying grace allows us to love God, ourselves and other persons in a holy way.
This is what St. Paul is referring to when he talks about the importance of “being clothed with Christ” or “to put on Christ”. Mortal sin is any type of serious sin against God, ourselves or others, which strips away sanctifying grace, and in doing so, it strips away the heavenly wedding garment. Without that supernatural wedding garment we cannot enter the wedding feast of the Lamb.
What are we to do if we should ever be unfortunate enough to lose our wedding garment? God in His merciful love has given us a way to regain our supernatural wedding garment. Humble contrition, sincere repentance and confession of our wrongdoings can restore the wedding garment of sanctifying grace, along with the supernatural virtues of faith, hope and charity.
Our Lord has told us that He has come for sinners and that He desires to restore the wedding garment of His grace and charity to such poor souls. Should we ever despair of God’s mercy? I’ll answer with the words of Saint Cyprian of Carthage: “To the one who still lives in this world, no repentance is too late!”
DIVINE MERCY IN MY SOUL - St. Faustina writes about receiving Holy Communion: “O my heart, are you aware of who is coming today? I invite Him to the dwelling place of my heart, humbling myself profoundly before His majesty. …At the moment when I receive my God, all my being is steeped in Him.” (Diary 1806, 1814).
Income from Last Week:
St. Mary
Adults
360.00
Plate
86.00
Fall Fundraiser
5.00
Total
451.00
St. Philip
Adults
295.00
Plate
169.00
Raffle Prize Donation
300.00
Total
764.00
St. Patrick
Adults
701.00
Plate
224.00
Youth
6.00
Votives
32.00
Total
963.00
Tri-Parish Prayer List – We want to pray for the sick and others in our parishes who need ongoing prayer. To be placed on or to place someone on our prayer list, please call: Sue Peterson 608-735-4865, Bonnie Murphy 608-386-4954, or Ica Boylen 608-734-3287.
Ron McCormick
Tyrone Beaty
Michael Monehen
Rosanne Feye
David Jacobsen
Steve Trussoni
Janice Coggins
Sequohay Dockry
Mary (Moran) Orvis
Marian Beall
Karen McCoy
Jenna Friar
Maria Camacho
Bob Wharton
Jeri Gorman
Loyde Beers
Lisa Glass
Greg Roth
Wade Dull
Kiara Meier
Shirley Whitby
Shay Vought
Rick Boehm
Tom Gillette
Rita Helgerson
Jeff Croke
Joyce Fisher
Gary “Bucky” George
Marvin Hansen
Claudia Safley
Eve Trussoni
Rob Donohue
Larry Boehm
Todd Safley
John & Betty Lynch
Rhiana Morga
Joshua Ecklund
William Wright
Rob Tittle
Gene & Mary Murphy
Linda Cowan
Jerry Boehm
Phyllis Bell
Donnie Moran
Jess Zimple
Lea Whitby
Nicholas Currich
Robin Williams
Alan Whitby
Jenna Peterson
Janet Black Yznaga
Joni Peterson
Jeanette Wallenhorst
Isaiah Caya and the 107th Maintenance Corp.
Becky Kramer
Matt Donavan
Susan Monehen
Mason Evens
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY: On October 18th and 19th, every Catholic parish around the world becomes remarkably mission-oriented. An envelope collection is taken up to be given to Catholic institutions world wide struggling under the weight of poverty, persecution and financial dependence. We are grateful for your parish commitment to the mission of the Church given by you to the Pontifical Mission Societies and the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.
Advance Care Planning Resources: Below you will find a link to the three legal forms we recommend for end of life planning. As explained in this pastoral letter, the Wisconsin Power of Attorney for Health Care is much preferred over the Wisconsin Declaration to Health Care Professionals (living will) because the latter is not in itself sufficient for one to express his or her advance directives in accord with the teachings of the Catholic Church. https://www.wisconsincatholic.org/parish-resources/endoflife/
Helping Every Family Become a ‘Domestic Church’: Many young parents desire to build holy homes, but lack faith-filled experiences from their own upbringing. Here’s what the Diocese of Lansing is doing to help. Link to the article: https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/bishop-boyea-families-domestic-church
