St. Matthew Catholic Church

A new cycle of GreifShare begins Tuesday afternoon, September 14th. Classes are held from 1:00p.m. to 2:30pm. Each session is open and people can begin at any session.  For more information or to register, call Becky Shaffer at 363-5238. For additional information, you can also go on-line at www.griefshare.org.

Small Faith Sharing Groups – It is that time of year to begin thinking about the Fall session of small faith sharing groups. Please give some thought and prayer to whether you would like to facilitate a group this fall. These are groups of from 6 to 12+ people who meet once a week for six weeks to pray, read, and discuss Scripture and to share their thoughts and experiences. It is a great way to grow in your faith and to meet fellow parishioners. Meetings are about 1 ½ hours and meet either in people’s homes or at church. We can order materials for you. Sign Up will be the weekends of Sept 18/19 and 25/26, with the groups beginning to meet the week of Oct 10. More information will be in upcoming bulletins, or call Helen Flynn at 363-0538.

APRON* The fall kickoff meeting for the APRON group (the women's group for St. Matthew's) will be Tuesday evening, September 14. We will have our annual potluck, /Zany Zucchini Night/ beginning at 6:30 p.m. If you are able, please bring a potluck dish to share made from zucchini. It is always amazing to see the variety of dishes made from this humble vegetable. (If it is hard to bring a dish, come anyway; there is always plenty.)

 APRON has been meeting for a number of years at St. Matthew's and is dedicated to three goals: Spiritual, Service and Social. Our meetings are on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, usually from 7-9 PM, and offer a good opportunity to meet other women searching for ways to expand the mission of Our Lord in our various vocations.

All women, of whatever age are welcome and are encouraged to bring others. There are no dues and no obligations except openness to expand our possibilities of service in this challenging age, using the gifts that God has given us as women. "Bring a friend if you can and wear an apron if you have one."

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Jesus is asking each of us in Matthew 26:40 COULD YOU NOT WATCH WITH ME ONE HOUR? Please consider offering just one hour of your time each week to Jesus in Eucharistic Adoration. Hours needed: Thursday: 10a.m. 11a.m. 12p.m. 1p.m. 3p.m. 11p.m. Friday: 12a.m. 3a.m. 4a.m. To sign up please call Karen at 365-1970 or the church office at 363-8269.