NEWSLETTER Snows Women’s Auxiliary October 2014 Snows Women’s Auxiliary– Formed November of 2012 We are a service and social organization existing so that the women of Our Lady of Snows Catholic Church can be involved with assisting others while enjoying social activities. Officers: Co. Pres: Leslie Patti Ph. 530-219-4503 Co. Pres: Mary Francis Ph. 329-5802 Vice Pres: Tahnee Ramirez Rec. Sec.: Jean Russitano Corres. Sec: Anji Pearson Treasurer: Veronica Chauvel Trustees: Donna Kelly Deb Peacock Elizabeth Snyder SWA October, 2014 Newsletter Co-President’s Article: With anticipation of autumn’s arrival, the Fall Festival was held on Friday, September 12th. The news is, “This Fall Festival was the best ever.” The festival became a Parish event this year. The School, Youth Group, Knights of Columbus, SWA and the church all came together to produce a wonderful program. Everyone is to be congratulated on a job well done. The SWA played a large part in the festival’s resounding success. Yes, we were providing service to our parish and school but we sure had a lot of fun doing it. Our ladies who ran the bake walk were seen to be dancing with the children as they marched around the circle listening to lively music. I want to thank the ladies and Fr. Tony who brought food for this game. So many items had been provided it was decided to have more than one winner for each round. This way we were able to pass everything out. The children had a great time winning their goodies. Some of us were asked to judge the school children’s decorated tables. It was a treat to be part of this contest and decide which class came up with the best one. While this was going on, the rest of the ladies were able to visit with each other and enjoy the afternoon as they served free yogurt and sold the brand new Parish Cookbook. To end the evening, we served a great dinner, prepared by members of the Knights of Columbus. Thank you ladies for all your help. The Fall Festival Committee really appreciates your time, effort and support. There was no time to sit back and bask in our success because another project popped up on the calendar. Thirteen ladies drove on Wednesday, September 17 th to Squaw Valley to help stuff backpacks and envelopes for all the participants in the upcoming Tahoe, Iron Man event. The drive to Squaw Valley was beautiful. Thank you to those ladies who did the driving. Our group, along with members from the Knights of Columbus, were so quick and efficient we finished early. We all had a fun day volunteering together. As an added plus, due to an Ironman Grant, the SWA will be receiving money for our help that day. Thank you ladies!!! September is coming to a close and we are looking forward to the upcoming SWA Fashion Show that will be held at the Atlantis Casino on Sunday, October 5 th . Be sure to purchase your $35.00 ticket that includes a very delicious lunch. Tickets are being sold after all the Masses in front of the church. Co-President, Mary Francis and her Fashion Show Committee have been working very hard to make this the “talked-about event” of the year. Some amazing raffle gifts will be available that afternoon. This is an occasion you won’t want to miss. If you have any questions, please contact the Fashion Show Committee chair, Mary Francis at 775-691- 5802. As we move through November and December, we look forward to holding an election of new officers and an invitation to a lovely Christmas Tea Party. Before we know it winter will be upon us. Peace be with you, Leslie Patti Snows Women's Auxiliary Mission Statement: Promote sociability among members and fellowship among the church’s congregation. Promote charitable service to the church with activities each year, such as but not limited to, money for Christmas cheer, scholarships, help to needy families, donation of clothing, food for the poor and needy, and any other such activity approved by the members. Assist in promoting and supporting the members of Snows Women’s Auxiliary and the Knights of Columbus, Council Number 4997.
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NEWSLETTER Snows Women’s Auxiliary October 2014
Snows Women’s Auxiliary– Formed November of 2012
We are a service and social organization existing so that the women of Our Lady of Snows Catholic Church can be involved with assisting others while enjoying social activities.
Officers:
Co. Pres: Leslie Patti Ph. 530-219-4503 Co. Pres: Mary Francis Ph. 329-5802 Vice Pres: Tahnee Ramirez Rec. Sec.: Jean Russitano Corres. Sec: Anji Pearson Treasurer: Veronica Chauvel Trustees: Donna Kelly Deb Peacock Elizabeth Snyder
With anticipation of autumn’s arrival, the Fall Festival was held on Friday, September 12th. The news is, “This Fall Festival was the best ever.” The festival became a Parish event this year. The School, Youth Group, Knights of Columbus, SWA and the church all came together to produce a wonderful program. Everyone is to be congratulated on a job well done. The SWA played a large part in the festival’s resounding success. Yes, we were providing service to our parish and school but we sure had a lot of fun doing it. Our ladies who ran the bake walk were seen to be dancing with the children as they marched around the circle listening to lively music. I want to thank the ladies and Fr. Tony who brought food for this game. So many items had been provided it was decided to have more than one winner for each round. This way we were able to pass everything out. The children had a great time winning their goodies.
Some of us were asked to judge the school children’s decorated tables. It was a treat to be part of this contest and decide which class came up with the best one. While this was going on, the rest of the ladies were able to visit with each other and enjoy the afternoon as they served free yogurt and sold the brand new Parish Cookbook. To end the evening, we served a great dinner, prepared by members of the Knights of Columbus. Thank you ladies for all your help. The Fall Festival Committee really appreciates your time, effort and support.
There was no time to sit back and bask in our success because another project popped up on the calendar. Thirteen ladies drove on Wednesday, September 17th to Squaw Valley to help stuff backpacks and envelopes for all the participants in the upcoming Tahoe, Iron Man event. The drive to Squaw Valley was beautiful. Thank you to those ladies who did the driving. Our group, along with members from the Knights of Columbus, were so quick and efficient we finished early. We all had a fun day volunteering together. As an added plus, due to an Ironman Grant, the SWA will be receiving money for our help that day. Thank you ladies!!!
September is coming to a close and we are looking forward to the upcoming SWA Fashion Show that will be held at the Atlantis Casino on Sunday, October 5th. Be sure to purchase your $35.00 ticket that includes a very delicious lunch. Tickets are being sold after all the Masses in front of the church. Co-President, Mary Francis and her Fashion Show Committee have been working very hard to make this the “talked-about event” of the year. Some amazing raffle gifts will be available that afternoon. This is an occasion you won’t want to miss. If you have any questions, please contact the Fashion Show Committee chair, Mary Francis at 775-691-5802.
As we move through November and December, we look forward to holding an election of new officers and an invitation to a lovely Christmas Tea Party. Before we know it winter will be upon us.
Peace be with you, Leslie Patti
Snows Women's Auxiliary Mission Statement:
Promote sociability among members and fellowship among the church’s congregation.
Promote charitable service to the church with activities each year, such as but not limited to, money for Christmas cheer, scholarships, help to needy families, donation of clothing, food for the poor and needy, and any other such activity approved by the members.
Assist in promoting and supporting the members of Snows Women’s Auxiliary and the Knights of Columbus, Council Number 4997.
Calendar of Up-Coming and Proposed Events On-going - Knitting Group meets every other Tuesday in Parish Ctr. 10:00-1:00 Oct 5 - Fashion Show is 1-3 PM at the Atlantis’ Paradise Ballroom. Tickets are $35 and includes Lunch, Dessert and a raffle. Come for a chance to win an IPAD or $200 in cash. Oct 7 - SWA Meeting- Tuesday Night - Meet in the Parish Center. 6:30–7:00 is social half hour- Meeting is 7:00-8:00. Share a sweet or savory treat. The names for officers will be formally placed in nomination. If there is one name for each slate then there will be an election by acclamation. Nov 4 - SWA Meeting – There will be an election of new officers by ballot if necessary. Dec 7 – Christmas Tea Party (no Meeting) – Sunday, 1-4 details to follow
EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to the October edition of the newsletter. October turns our thoughts to making plans for the holidays. The Snows Women’s Auxiliary will be able to add some auxiliary activities to their holiday schedule. This issues features the two main events that happened in September- the Fall Festival and the IRONMAN fundraiser. They both were very successful as you can see in the photos. Both events were very well attended. We have suspended the “Spotlight on our Members” segment until we receive more of the biography forms filled out by our new members. Until then, we will try to find articles of interest to feature. We’re always looking for material for the newsletter so don’t hesitate to contribute a story or pictures. Please feel free to share relevant news items with the other members via this newsletter. You can email your submissions to my address below.
Since the prayers of the Rosary come from such excellent sources — from Our Lord Himself, from inspired Scripture, and from the Church — it is not surprising that the Rosary is so dear to our Blessed Mother and so powerful with heaven. If we consider the power of the Rosary as seen in its effects, we find a great abundance of proofs of its wonderful value. Many are the favors granted to private individuals through its devout recitation: there are few devoted users of the Rosary who cannot testify to experiencing its power in their own lives. If we turn to history, we see many great triumphs of the Rosary. Early tradition attributes the defeat of the Albigensians at the Battle of Muret in 1213 to the Rosary. But even those who do not accept this tradition will admit that St. Pius V attributed the great defeat of the Turkish fleet on the first Sunday of October, 1571, to the fact that at the same time the Rosary confraternities at Rome and elsewhere were holding their processions. Accordingly, he ordered a commemoration of the Rosary to be made on that day. Two years later, Gregory XIII allowed the celebration of a feast of the Rosary in churches having an altar dedicated to the Rosary. In 1671, Clement X extended the feast to all Spain. A second great victory over the Turks, who once, like the Russians, threatened the ruin of Christian civilization, occurred on August 5, 1716, when Prince Eugene defeated them at Peterwardein in Hungary. Thereupon Clement XI extended the feast of the Rosary to the whole Church. "Today, when dangers far greater than those of the ancient Turks threaten not only Christianity but all civilization, we are urged by our Blessed Mother to turn again to the Rosary for help. If men in sufficient numbers do this, and at the same time carry out the other conditions that she has laid down, we have the greater reason for confidence that we will be delivered from our dangers." -- Mary in our Life by Fr. William G. Most
The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. According to an account by fifteenth-century Dominican, Alan de la Roch, Mary appeared to St. Dominic in 1206 after he had been praying and doing severe penances because of his lack of success in combating the Albigensian heresy. Mary praised him for his valiant fight against the heretics and then gave him the Rosary as a mighty weapon, explained its uses and efficacy, and told him to preach it to others.
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OLS Parish Fall Festival was held on Sept. 12th. It was hosted by the Parish, School Parents, the Knights of Columbus, The Snows Women’s Aux. and the Snow’s Youth Group. All groups worked together to make a very successful event. The kids had a blast and the adults seemed to be having fun too. The Festival was well attended both for the festival part and for the BBQ dinner cooked by the Knights of Columbus.
On Sept 17th, a group from the Snows Women’s Aux.and the Knights of Columbus went to Squaw Valley as volunteers for the IRONMAN race that was scheduled for Sept. 21st. The volunteers had two jobs that day – filling the racer’s registration packets and filling the racer’s goodie bags. The group was told that they would be there until 4:00 and had planned to eat dinner in Truckee on the way back. They ended up finishing much earlier and canceled the dinner trip to Truckee. It takes many, many IRONMAN employees and volunteers to put on this race. Unfortunately, due to the smoke in the area, the race had to be canceled at the last minute leaving many disappointed.
The Fashion Show committee has been blessed with some very generous donations for their raffle. Deb Van Keuren’s Company, Peterbilt Truck and Parts, donated a brand new IPAD. In addition to the IPAD, some of the hot items up for raffle are $200 in cash, two night stay at the Lone Oak Lodge in Monterey, Golf Basket, Spa Products and an hour massage, Artisan Jewelry made by Lynette Duclos, A quilt made by Jean Russitano’s mother, Cruise Lake Tahoe on the MS Dixie, Lift Tickets for Mt. Rose Ski and many more. If you haven’t done so, please email or call Mary Francis to get tickets to this fun event. The number to call is 775-788-4079 or email Mary at [email protected]. Don’t miss out on the chance to win a cool raffle basket of your choice. And if you can’t go to the Fashion Show, ask a friend who is going, to buy raffle tickets for you and to place them on one or more of the fabulous baskets up for raffle.
There are 44 words about the Rosary hidden in these scrambled letters. To find them, fill in the blanks in the paragraphs. Each blank takes one word, except when you are told to put in two words. Then in the scrambled letters try to find all the words you have filled in the blanks. Some words overlap, but they are always spelled in a straight line. They may be spelled backwards, forwards, up, down, or on a diagonal. If a word is used two or three times in the blanks, it will appear as many times in the scrambled letters. The first word has been done as an example.
The (1) _Rosary____ is a very important and
powerful prayer. Rosary crusades have saved nations from destruction. During persecutions when there was no Mass as in Ireland many years ago-the people kept their Faith by praying the Rosary. At (2) __________ in Portugal, Our Lady herself urged us to say the Rosary. We should say it every day, and we should say it as a family. The month of (3) __________ is especially dedicated to the Holy Rosary. Because Our Lady asked St. (4) __________ to spread Rosary devotion, its official name is the "Dominican Rosary." The full Rosary has fifteen decades, but we usually only say (5) ________ at a time. A decade has (6) _________ beads. The Principal Prayers of the Rosary
The principal prayers of the Rosary are the (7)" __________ " (2 words) which was given to us by Jesus Himself; and the (8) "__________" ( 2 words) which comes from the salutation of the Angel (9) __________ when he told the Blessed Virgin Mary that she would be the Mother of God. The "Glory Be" honors the Three Persons of the Most Blessed (l0) __________ . We begin the Rosary with the Sign of the Cross and say the "Apostles' (11) ________" on the Crucifix. At the end of the Rosary we usually say the "Hail Holy(12) __________ At Fatima Our Lady asked us to say this little prayer after each decade: "O my Jesus, (13) __________ us our sins, save us from the (14) __________ of hell, and lead all souls to (15) __________, especially those most in need of Thy (16) __________ The Mysteries of the Rosary
While we pray the Rosary we are to think about the events in the lives of Jesus and Mary that we call the (17) _________ of the Rosary. There are (18) _________ of them, divided into (19) _________ sets. Each time we say the Rosary we use one set. The (20) _________ Mysteries have to do with the events of Our Lord's birth and childhood. The (21) _________ Mysteries deal with His passion and death. The Glorious Mysteries begin with His (22) __________ We say the Sorrowful Mysteries on Tuesday and (23) __________ . The Joyful Mysteries are said on (24) __________ and on Saturday. The 2 Glorious mysteries are used on (25) __________ and Sunday. On Sunday the Mysteries change with the seasons. We say the Joyful on Sundays in (26) __________ and during the Christmas Season; and the Sorrowful on Sundays in (27) __________ The rest of the year the (28) __________The mysteries are said on Sunday.
SEE HOW MANY FACTS YOU KNOW ABOUT THE MYSTERIES: The (29) __________ Sorrowful Mystery is the Carrying of the Cross. The second Glorious Mystery is the (30) _________ of Our Lord into Heaven. The Boy Jesus is found in the (31) __________ is the fifth Joyful Mystery. The first Joyful Mystery is the (32) __________. Our Lady is Crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth" is the fifth (33) __________ Mystery. In the (34) __________ Joyful Mystery we recall Mary's visit to her cousin Elizabeth. The (35) __________ Sorrowful Mystery is Our Lord's (36) __________ in the Garden. The Birth of Jesus is the (37) __________ Joyful Mystery. The fourth Glorious Mystery is the (38) _________ of Our Lady into Heaven. The Descent of the Holy Ghost is the third (39) __________ Mystery. The (40) __________ Sorrowful Mystery is the Scourging of Jesus. The fourth (41) __________ Mystery is the Presentation of the Baby Jesus in the Temple. The third (42) __________ Mystery is the Crowning of Jesus with (43) __________ The (44) __________ Sorrowful Mystery is the Crucifixion and Death of Jesus.
