Rev. Robert Miller, Administrator 724-775-4111 Paul Kuppe, O.F.M., Cap., Senior Parochial Vicar

Mark Carter, O.F.M., Cap, Parochial Vicar Michael Greb, O.F.M. Cap. (McGuire Memorial)

Cemetery Inquiries: 724-323-0033 St. Vincent DePaul Society: 724-312-6781

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM We are happy to welcome the newest members of our parish. To schedule a baptism, please call the office. Parents must be active members of the parish.

SPONSORS (GODPARENTS) For Baptism or Confirmation must be a registered member for at least three months and to actively participate in the life of the Church including Sunday Mass.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Arrangements should be made with a priest at least six months in advance . Pre-marriage classes, as well as meetings with the priest, are necessary. One party to be married must be a registered parishioner and practicing Catholic.

INSTRUCTIONS IN THE FAITH The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) and Christian Initiation of Children (CIC) are offered for those interested in the Catholic Faith. For information, contact the Parish Office. Call Fr. Mark for more info: 443-844-8417.

PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK If you or anyone you know would like to receive the Anointing of the Sick, Recon-ciliation, or Holy communion, please call the Parish Office

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAMS Religious education classes at St. Felix are Sundays. at 9:30 AM in the Up-per hall. Call Danielle Tabin, Coordinator at: 724-775-2487 for more info.

Religious Education classes At St. Cecilia, for grades K to 8 are Sundays beginning with 9:15 AM Mass followed by class at !0:30. Call 724-775-2761 for more info.

SCRIPTURE STUDY AT ST. CECILIA’S Groups meet Sundays at 10:30 AM and Thursdays from 1:30 to 2:30 PM in the Religious Ed Center to study next Sunday’s Gospel. For information, contact the Parish Office.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Meets the 1st Thursday of the month at 7 PM in St. Cecilia’s Rel. Ed Center

HOLY NAME SOCIETY Meets 3rd Sunday of the month at 9:30AM in St. Felix Hall

ST. ANTHONY NOVENA Tuesdays after 7PM Mass

SATURDAY VIGIL MASSES 4 pm Holy Family

5 pm St. Cecilia 6 pm SS. Peter & Paul

SUNDAY MASSES 7:30 am SS. Peter & Paul

9 am Holy Family 9:15 am St. Cecilia

10 am SS. Peter & Paul 11 am St. Felix

12 Noon SS.Peter & Paul

CONFESSIONS MON. & WED. 6-6:45 pm St. Cecilia

SAT. 12 –1 pm SS. Peter & Paul SAT. 3-3:45 pm Holy Family

OFFICE HOURS Mon—Fri: 9 AM to Noon & 1 to 4 PM

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3rd Sunday In Ordinary Time January 26, 2020

Jesus said to Peter and Andrew, ”Come after me and I will make you fishers of

men . . . ” Matthew 4: 12-23

St. Cecilia Candle Intention Week of January 26, 2020

For all souls in purgatory

SAINT CECILIA PARISH January 26, 2020

Renee Laure, Gary Heagy, Kathy Ebersberger, Sarah Clan-sy, Walt Czartoryski, Shannon Edge, Anna Groves, Victoria, Judith, & Dan Dettorre, Sr.& Jr., Mary K. Leahy, Catherine Hutsky, Louie Hapach, Dolly Roberto, Janet Makar, Antoinette Perro-ne, Diane Nazdam, Wyatt New-lin, Jo Haslett, Concetta Canten-

zarite, Nancy Mignanelli, Thomas Samchuck, Audrey Kohlman, Richard Cairns, Leo Wolfe, Tom Carcaise, Joe Sutej, Paschal Indovina, Carmella MatsooK, Leon Smith, Tom Lipnicky, Marlene Lipnicky, Ruth Ann Debo, Arlean Francis, Bill Graham, Calvin Weischedel, Margaret Miller, Elsie Maier, Betty Summers, Tim Barnick , Dwight Calvin, Monica Holliday, Betty Hamilton, Karen Hebling, Rich Goodwald, Pat Kayla

Served by Fr. Bob Miller , Administrator, assisted by Fr. Paul Kuppe and Fr. Mark

Carter, Capuchin Franciscan Friars of the Province of St. Augustine . Pray that more

young men and women will respond generously to God’s call to serve the Church.

Diocesan Victim Assistance Hotline: 888-808-1235

You might be ∗ Called to explore the

rich traditions of the Catholic faith

∗ Interested in learning more about Catholic teachings and be-liefs.

∗ The spouse of a Catholic who is inter-ested in sharing your spouse’s faith.

Contact Fr. Mark 724-775-0801 or

sparkfrm-carter@yahoo.com

Life lessons from the busboy Darren Walker is the president of the Ford Founda-

tion, one of the world’s largest philanthropic organizations. With an endowment of $13 billion, the Ford Foundation last year made some 1,300 grants totaling more the $650 million, to sup-port the work of organizations around the world tackling justice issues surrounding the economy, the environment, education and technology. Walker sees the foundation’s work as trying to improve the life for people who, in his words, are “invisible in our society.” People like the child he once was. He was born in a charity hospital in Louisiana and raised in a rural town in Texas. He went to public schools, attended col-leges on scholarship, then went to New York to practice law, eventually moving into investment banking. On Wall Street, Walker made money — and makes no apologies: “Growing up poor [you] never want to be poor again, and to have clarity about that.” But Walker walked away from Wall Street and went to work for a nonprofit economic develop-ment organization in Harlem. From there, he moved on to an executive role at the Rockefeller Foundation, and then the Ford Foundation, becoming president in 2013. In an interview in The New York Times [September 29, 2019], Walker said the experience that most prepared him to be president of the Ford Foundation was working as a busboy when he was thirteen. “When you work as a busboy, you are the lowest person in the organization. You are invisible, and relevant only to the extent that you are cleaning up after people and taking away the things they discard. No one acknowledges you, no one speaks to you, no one recognizes your dignity. There was something about being rendered invisible and the pernicious-ness of the systems that render too many people invisible that has informed how I think about our work at Ford. “For me, this question of how I settled into philanthropy is one that I struggle with, because there is an enormous amount of privilege [among Americans]. And so the question is, what are we doing with our privilege?” Today, Jesus begins his preaching life, proclaiming his vision of the “kingdom of heaven.” That vision is illuminated by the “great light” of God’s justice and mercy that enables us to see ourselves and one another in all our dignity and goodness, in all our brokenness and failings. In the light of God’s Christ, no one is so “invisible” as to be beyond the love of God, no one is so “privileged” as to be above the demanding work of Gospel compassion and justice. As we accompany Jesus in Matthew’s Gospel in the year ahead, may we walk with the humility and in-sight of Darren Walker’s 13-year-old busboy, embracing the hope that we can restore and re-create our world by God’s grace.

THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Jan. 25-26 Women's CRHP Welcome Jan 26-31 Catholic Schools Week Jan. 30 7 PM First Confessions Feb. 1-2 Blessing of Throats (at all Masses) Feb. 4 7 PM Finance Committee Feb. 9 World Marriage Day Feb. 10 7:30 PM Joint Pastoral Council St. Cecilia Hall Feb. 8-9 Men’s CRHP Welcome Feb. 26 Noon & 7 PM Ash Wednesday Masses

When doing your shopping on Amazon.com. Kindly use

smile.amazon.com/chi/20-1535396, Amazon Smile donates

to St Cecilia Church.

RETROUVAILLE has helped countless couples experiencing marital difficulty at all levels from disillusionment through deep misery. For confidential information, please call 412-277-3434 or email 3041@retrouvaille.org. We will be hosting two weekend retreats in 2020: Jan. 31 - Feb. 2 and Sept. 11-13, 2020

Holy Family in New Brighton (Madonna Hall) will be holding a 6 week "bereavement support group" beginning on Thursday,

January 30th from 6:30-8:00 pm...please call Amy at 724-622-2426

Next weekend, February 1-2 at all the Masses

IF WEDDING BELLS

ARE IN YOUR FUTURE, PLEASE CALL EITHER FR. BOB, FR. PAUL, OR FR. MARK AT

LEAST SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE DESIRED WED-DING DATE SO THAT THE NECESSARY PREPA-

REMEMBER, you can participate in any Mass in our grouping (Holy Family, St. Felix, or SS Peter & Paul) and know that the St. Cecilia envelope you put in the

collection there will make it back to the church named on the Envelope. So, don’t leave home without

your Church envelope or making your online gift.

EDGE KICKOFF JAN. 26 7 PM Students in grades 6-8 as well as friends, are invit-

ed to join us for our very first EDGE NIGHT! Our one hour kick off event is: “The EDGE Tonight Show” featuring our special guest, Fr. Mark Carter. It takes place at our new youth space (Holy Family

Religious Education Center 1851 3rd Ave. New Brighton) from 7 to 8 PM.

Questions: Call Danielle Simoni: 724-775-4111 or 724-775-0801 or ym@ssppbeaver.org or

stceciliaym@outlook.com

The next Community Table meal at Grace Lutheran in Rochester is Tues. Feb. 18 from 5:30-7 PM. Any Student grades 6 to 12 who would like to lend a hand should contact Danielle.

8 to 12 grade students...save the date. SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2020

ARISE 2020

Gain a deeper understanding of the scriptures and strengthen your faith. Join fellow parishioners at 10:30 Sunday mornings in the Office Meeting Room as together we study, The Gospel of Matthew; (Commentary, Notes and Study Questions) 2 d edition, 2012, by Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch.

A Handbell Choir training/practice session at Sts. Peter & Paul church on Thursday, January 30, 6:30pm Let’s ring in the new year by trying to learn an instrument that will resonate with you internally, and to others, ex-ternally! Last October, we began forming a Bell Choir for the grouping. On December 24

th for

the 6:15pm Mass, five bell choir members, a guest ringer, and the director presented 3 carols with good synchroni-zation. Even so, though, we are still seeking a few more ringers.

Handbell training involves learning technique, read-ing rhythms, and ringing simple hymns. When a practice is held at Sts. Peter & Paul we will utilize the room down-stairs in the church. For a future rehearsal at Holy Fami-ly, St. Cecilia or St. Felix churches, we could possibly use the social halls. We convene about every other week or 2 times per month. We plan to have the Bell Choir participate at Mass in a church of our grouping about every 2 months from late Feb. to June this school year. If you are interest-ed in learning to ring handbells, please attend the next rehears-al or contact Ken Hand at 724-544-4337 or kenneth.a.hand@gmail.com.

Also, on Thursday afternoons at 1:30 PM, a won-derful group of people meet in the Rel. Ed Center to prepare for, study and reflect on the upcoming Sun-day Gospel. You are most welcome to join this group or just to come periodically. Fr. Paul and Fr. Mark will alternate as Facilitators of this group until a new facilitator can be found.

PRAY FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR TROOPS SSG David J. Ribar, In Army;

& Ryan Whipple in the Air Force

Dear Parishioners: Catholic Schools Week begins today. There are many activities going on this week to which the pub-

lic is invited. The school is always available for tours and shadowing, just call Mrs. Baldrige, the Principal. I hope as time goes on and we become one Parish, that the school will be a viable option for all our families. As well, I hope it won’t just be called “your school” but “our school”. Already, there are students from many other parishes in the school, even non-Catholic families. So, in that sense, it already is a regional school, even though it still carries the original Saints Peter and Paul name.

I am also very excited about the new Youth Ministry program beginning tonight. We were chosen by

the Diocese to receive a grant to help with the expenses of setting up a Youth Ministry Program. Very won-derful news! A group of interested parents got together with Danielle Simoni, our youth minister, to study var-ious options and ideas. “Edge” was the one believed to be the best fit for our grouping.

Parents, Grandparents, Guardians and older siblings, please encourage attendance at these activities.

Thirty years from now, these young people will be the leaders of our new parish. It’s important that they be formed now and be helped to embrace the future of who and what our parish can be. They’re all great kids. If we can get them together past these imaginary “Berlin Walls” of boroughs, schools and old rivalries, they will have so much to bring to each other and can become lasting and life-long friends.

Our next joint Pastoral Council meeting for our grouping is Monday, February 10, at 7:30 p.m. at St.

Cecilia following 7:00 p.m. Mass. Fr. Bob

PSP Goal $73,020.29

Collected $49,397.00

Balance Due $23,623.29

January 27 Monday (Mk 3:22-30) 7:00 PM Frank Fazzoni By Nancy & Family January 28 Tuesday (Mk 3:31-35) 7:00 PM Carmel Baycura By Joe Catanese Family January 29 Wednesday (Mk 4:1-20) 7:00 PM Thomas (Tommy) Mike By Friends January 30 Thursday (Mk 4:21-25) NO MASS January 31 Friday (Mk 4:26—34) 7:30AM Mass for All Parishioners February 1 Saturday (Mk 4:35-41) 5:00 pm Julia Burzenski By Stephen Burzenski. February 2 Sunday (Lk 2:22-40) The Presentation of the Lord 9:15 am Marge Murtha By Peter & Theresa Mike & Family

MASS INTENTION DATES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICE.

Stop by or call 724-775-0801

RESERVE YOUR 2020 DATES NOW! REMEMBER YOUR LOVED ONES AT

MASS.

Due to holiday deadlines, contribution amounts will be published in next week’s bulletin.

Holy Family has many who support BINGO every Wednesday. Kindly consider helping our grouping one night a month? We’d love to have you join us. It helps pay the bills, but most important it helps our grouping spread the GOOD NEWS. Please give Bill 724-843-4954 a call and let him know you’re

Baptism is a major event. To understand the serious responsibilities of both parents and godparents, there will be Pre-Baptism Sessions on Feb. 2, & Mar. 1 at 2 PM in the Religious Ed Center. To register, please call Gary or Tina Grimm 724-495-2385

2020 CHURCH CALENDARS ARE

AVAILABLE IN THE NARTHEX.

THANKS TO MURPHY FUNERAL HOME FOR MAKING THESE BEAUTIFUL

CALENDARS AVAILABLE.

LENTEN FISH FRYS BEGIN FRI. FEB. 28

JOIN US DURING LENT FOR OUR BEST OF THE VALLEY

FABULOUS FISH 11 AM TO 7 PM

ST. CECILIA HALL NEW CHESAPEAKE BAY

SPECIAL DINNER (Fish, Shrimp, & Crab Cake) CALL 724-775-3775 OR 724-775-3776

CALL MARLENE KISLOCK 724-775-8875 IF YOU CAN HELP IN ANY WAY OR FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME.

WE HAVE KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM HELPERS; THOSE WHO DO LUNCH AND THOSE WHO SERVE SUPPER OR DO TAKE OUTS. HOWEVER YOU CAN HELP WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

2017 2018 2019

Christmas Flowers $816.00 $795.00 $815.00

Immaculate Conception $1,057.00 $1,039.00 $949.00

Christmas Collection $9,733.00 $7,048.00 $7,239.00

Children& Youth $2,553.25 $2,736.00 $4,782.00

Solemnity of Mary $1,000.00 $1,040.00 $1,033.00

$15,159.25 $12,658.00 $14,818.00

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Vern Nola, Rob Oesterling, Leonard Penzak, Josh Simon, Jim Stephenson, Carol Yannachione, Jill Ma-jors, Patricia Gerard, Kim Manupelli, Barbara De-Paolis, Joann Borkovic, Chuck Hatt, Dwight Calvin, Dolly Bruno , Ed Mineard, Dianna Neal, Tom Brew, Heather Gibbs, Vicki Lapishka

Office Hours: 9 AM to Noon— Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday Secretaries: Autumn Bedolatti, Elisa Pengidore, Janet Smith, Jill Young

Baptism is a major event. To understand the seri-ous responsibilities of both parents and godpar-ents, there will be Pre-Baptism Sessions on Feb. 2, & Mar. 1 at 2 PM in the Religious Ed Cen-ter. To register, please

call Gary or Tina Grimm 724-495-2385

Even though our sidewalks and parking lots are cleared of snow and salted be-fore each event, there still can be ICE SPOTS. Please be EXTREMELY CAREFUL getting out of your car—going and coming to church.

We ;your parish staff would like to thank the many parishioners who gave us cookies, cakes, food, wine, cards, and gifts for Christmas. We

are very grateful for your thoughtfulness as well as for your kind words that you conveyed during this joyful season. We pray that God will bless all of you for your wondrous kindness and generosity

SUNDAY, FEB. 2 IS

SUPERBOWL SUNDAY. PICK UP

YOUR DELICIOUS SIX INCH SUBS AFTER 11 AM MASS .

$3.00 EACH.

MASS SCHEDULE FEB. 26, 2020

7:30 AM ST. FELIX 8:30 AM HOLY FAMILY 9:00 AM SS. PETER & PAUL NOON ST. CECILIA 4:00 PM HOLY FAMILY 7:00 PM ST. CECILIA

DISTRIBUTION OF ASHES SERVICE AT NOON SS. PETER & PAUL

Hall Rental: 724-774-7698 Prayer Chain: 724-728-0125 Prayer Shawl Min: 724-775-3340 Cemetery: 724-323-0033

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January 26 Sunday (Mk 3:22-30) Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

11:00 am Cody Lentz By Friend January 28 Tuesday (Mk 3:31-35) 8:30am Mass for All Parishioners January 29 Wednesday (Mk 4:1-20) 7:30am For the sick & elderly of St. Felix January 30 Thursday (Mk 4:21-25) 8:30am Vincent Pengidore By Family February 2 Sunday (Lk 2:22-40) The Presentation of the Lord

11:00 am Henry & Elaine Wick By Vivian Wick & Family

NEW MASS INTENTION DATES FOR 2020 ARE NOW AVAILABLE

AT THE OFFICE.

PSP Goal $16,985.00

Collected $15,637.00

Balance Due $1,348.00

PRAY FOR OUR TROOPS James Bonaparte, Austin Johnson (Army); Jacob Dishler

(Marines) Ryan Whipple, John Garizas, (Air Force).

Thank you for making St. Felix Parish your first and favorite charity.

Due to holiday deadlines, contribution amounts will be published in next week’s bulletin.

Jan 26-31 Catholic Schools Week Feb. 1-2 Blessing of Throats Feb. 2 Noon SUPERBOWL SUBS FOR SALE $3 @ Feb. 9 11AM SS P&P Contempo- rary Music Ministry Feb. 8-9 Men’s CRHP Welcome Feb. 10 7:30 pm JOINT Pastoral Council, St. Cecilia Hall

Into your hands, Father of mercies, we commend our sisters: Isabelle Martin-Mortin in the sure and certain hope that, together with all who have died

in Christ, they will rise with him on the last day!

Men’s Retreat Weekend February 8-9, 2020 Call Gary Grimm:

724-495-2385

Our Christ renews His Parish

910046 CONTACT: Jill Young 724-775-0801 ST CECILIA PARISH 628 VIRGINIA AVENUE ROCHESTER, PA 15074 A MESSAGES: PLEASE DO NOT STAPLE BULLETINS. THANK YOU.