PRAYER!
It is not the Pharisee’s recognition of his own good works like fasting and tithing, and abstention from bad ones
like greed, dishonesty, and adultery, that leads the Pharisee to be the villain. Instead, it is the way his pride
separates him from his fellow human being and from God that makes him the villain. Prayer should be an act of
unity, not of exclusion. Copyright Living Liturgy 2019
Cluster Thanksgiving Day Mass – Thursday, November 28th
9:00 am, St. Isaac Jogues, Chestertown
Sacrament of Confirmation: Sunday, November 17th, 2:00 pm, St. Isaac Jogues, Chestertown. Let us pray for
our Confirmation candidates, Anthony Galle and Ryan Morris, as they continue their Confirmation preparation.
Please Remember Us: Those of you who are returning or will be returning to your winter residences would
you consider remembering your North Country family once a month with a donation? Or perhaps a Christmas
& Easter Offertory? We are forever grateful for who you are and what you do for us. We ask that you pray for
us, meeting our obligations in a rural parish is not easy. God Bless and may you have a happy, healthy year!
Online Giving: Consider this safe and convenient way for you to make your weekly offertory and special
collections and contributions. This system is in place. Contributions can now be debited automatically from
your checking or savings account or processed using your debit or credit card. This program offers convenience
for you and much needed donation consistency for our congregation. Follow the prompts after logging into our
northernpointscluster.weebly.com website. Instructions are available in the back of the churches.
Re-Igniting our Faith!
St. Isaac Jogues: 76 pledges to date, we have reached a total of $131,710! This is 66% of our goal of $200,000.
Plans are underway to demolish and rebuild the concrete steps at the entrance to the church
beginning this Spring. Two more windows have been repaired by All in Glass! If you would like
to visit All in Glass to see this amazing restoration process, please call the office.
St. James: 23 pledges to date, we have reached a total of $32,125! This is 38% of our goal of $85,000.
I am pleased to report that we currently have enough to go forth with replacing our church furnace before winter falls.
Keep in prayer this continuing Campaign. If you have not yet participated, please consider pledging or
donating. The Holy Spirit is calling us to become aware of our needs in our beautiful churches, in our Cluster,
and in our Diocese. Remember, we are doing together what we cannot do alone. May God bless us as we
continue to “Re-Ignite our Faith!” Fr. John O’Kane
Bottle Drive: The Youth Ministry Group is continuing to collect and redeem clean and washed bottles as their
contribution to our Re-igniting Our Faith Campaign.
Thanksgiving & Christmas Food Baskets: Our Food Basket ministry needs non-perishable food and
monetary donations. Suggested food items for this week are pasta, pasta sauce, cereal, rice, gravy, and dried
potatoes. Please leave your donations in the box near the church entrance. We welcome any other nonperishable
food, also. If you can volunteer for a few hours, please call John at 518-494-4398.
It is not the Pharisee’s recognition of his own good works like fasting and tithing, and abstention from bad ones
like greed, dishonesty, and adultery, that leads the Pharisee to be the villain. Instead, it is the way his pride
separates him from his fellow human being and from God that makes him the villain. Prayer should be an act of
unity, not of exclusion. Copyright Living Liturgy 2019
Cluster Thanksgiving Day Mass – Thursday, November 28th
9:00 am, St. Isaac Jogues, Chestertown
Sacrament of Confirmation: Sunday, November 17th, 2:00 pm, St. Isaac Jogues, Chestertown. Let us pray for
our Confirmation candidates, Anthony Galle and Ryan Morris, as they continue their Confirmation preparation.
Please Remember Us: Those of you who are returning or will be returning to your winter residences would
you consider remembering your North Country family once a month with a donation? Or perhaps a Christmas
& Easter Offertory? We are forever grateful for who you are and what you do for us. We ask that you pray for
us, meeting our obligations in a rural parish is not easy. God Bless and may you have a happy, healthy year!
Online Giving: Consider this safe and convenient way for you to make your weekly offertory and special
collections and contributions. This system is in place. Contributions can now be debited automatically from
your checking or savings account or processed using your debit or credit card. This program offers convenience
for you and much needed donation consistency for our congregation. Follow the prompts after logging into our
northernpointscluster.weebly.com website. Instructions are available in the back of the churches.
Re-Igniting our Faith!
St. Isaac Jogues: 76 pledges to date, we have reached a total of $131,710! This is 66% of our goal of $200,000.
Plans are underway to demolish and rebuild the concrete steps at the entrance to the church
beginning this Spring. Two more windows have been repaired by All in Glass! If you would like
to visit All in Glass to see this amazing restoration process, please call the office.
St. James: 23 pledges to date, we have reached a total of $32,125! This is 38% of our goal of $85,000.
I am pleased to report that we currently have enough to go forth with replacing our church furnace before winter falls.
Keep in prayer this continuing Campaign. If you have not yet participated, please consider pledging or
donating. The Holy Spirit is calling us to become aware of our needs in our beautiful churches, in our Cluster,
and in our Diocese. Remember, we are doing together what we cannot do alone. May God bless us as we
continue to “Re-Ignite our Faith!” Fr. John O’Kane
Bottle Drive: The Youth Ministry Group is continuing to collect and redeem clean and washed bottles as their
contribution to our Re-igniting Our Faith Campaign.
Thanksgiving & Christmas Food Baskets: Our Food Basket ministry needs non-perishable food and
monetary donations. Suggested food items for this week are pasta, pasta sauce, cereal, rice, gravy, and dried
potatoes. Please leave your donations in the box near the church entrance. We welcome any other nonperishable
food, also. If you can volunteer for a few hours, please call John at 518-494-4398.