AN EMERGENCY COLLECTION will be taken up THIS WEEKEND for humanitarian aid and the needs of Churches devastated by the storms in the South and Southeast regions of the U.S. in Sept. and Oct.. This emergency collection is also intended to cover needs created by future 2018 domestic storms/ calamities. To donate, make your checks payable to St. Thomas – in the memo portion write: 2018 Disasters Emergency Collection. St Thomas will send one check to Catholic Charities and 100% of the donations will go to the 2018 Disasters Collection. 
 
ALL SAINT’S DAY  AND ALL SOULS DAY ~ Thursday, November 1 is the Feast of All Saints, a holyday of obligation. Masses will be offered at 7:30 a.m. and 12:15 and 5:30 p.m. In the Church. Friday, November 2 is the Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day) and we will offer Mass at 12:15 p.m. in the chapel.
 
AmazonSmile – Making Donations to St. Thomas the Apostle ~ You can now make donations to St. Thomas Parish and School using Amazon Smile!  What is AmazonSmile?  AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, pricing and shopping features as Amazon.com.  The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization of your choice.  Please consider supporting our parish or school by registering with AmazonSmile.  To register, enter one of the following addresses in your web browser and follow the instructions for creating an account, registering for AmazonSmile or changing your existing charitable organization: 
For the parish:  https://smile.amazon.com/ch/14-1364682
For the school:  https://smile.amazon.com/ch/90-0635100

HOPE FOR THE HOMELESS ~ St. Thomas Parish and School is being honored by Catholic Charities’ Housing Agency this year at the annual Hope for the Homeless Breakfast on November 8 at the Carondolet Hospitality Center in Latham. Tickets are $60 and all proceeds support the housing and homeless assistance programs of Catholic Charities. Tickets can be purchased by calling 518-459-0183 (ask for Cheryl) or visiting  www.cchoalbany.org.
 
WELCOME NEW PARISHIONERS ~  Tracy and Gregory Bedrosian and children, Leah and Dylan; Jessica and Paul Chao and children, Noah and Ruby; Nicole and Joseph Suich and children, Lili-Marie and Lucas and Amanda Gager; Matthew Mikulski and children, Colin and Christian and Sabina and Ernie Chisena and their daughter, Caroline.
 
PLEASE REMEMBER IN PRAYER Richard J. Cullen whose service was held last week at St. Thomas. May the Lord welcome him into Eternal Life.