NEW MEMBERS WELCOME Introduce yourself to one of our greeters, priests, or hospitality hosts. 330 Third Avenue Carnegie, PA 15106 412-276-1011 www.SEAScarnegie.org Pastor: Fr. David Poecking Parochial Vicar: Fr. Robin Evanish SUNDAY MASS Saturday: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 7:30, 9:30, & 11:30 a.m. WEEKDAY MASS Monday - Saturday • 8:00 a.m. Monday - Wednesday - Friday • Noon CONFESSIONS Saturday 11:00 a.m. to Noon 1st Sunday of each month 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. or by appointment DECEMBER 10, 2017 SECOND SUNDAY OF Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths: All flesh shall see the salvation of God. Lk 3:4, 6.
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N E W M E M B E R S W E L C O M E Introduce yourself to one of our greeters, priests,
or hospitality hosts.
330 Third Avenue
Carnegie, PA 15106
412-276-1011
www.SEAScarnegie.org
Pastor: Fr. David Poecking
Parochial Vicar: Fr. Robin Evanish
SUNDAY MASS Saturday: 4:00 p.m.
Sunday: 7:30, 9:30, & 11:30 a.m.
WEEKDAY MASS Monday - Saturday • 8:00 a.m.
Monday - Wednesday - Friday • Noon
CONFESSIONS Saturday 11:00 a.m. to Noon
1st Sunday of each month 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
or by appointment
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SECOND SUNDAY OF
Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths:
All flesh shall see the salvation of God. Lk 3:4, 6.
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Parish phone: 412-276-1011 Emergencies after hours call: 412-276-2353 Fax: 412-276-0816 Email: [email protected] Pastor: Fr. David Poecking ext. 212 Parochial Vicar: Fr. Robin Evanish ext. 213
Business Manager: Tim Castello ext. 216 Pastoral Associate: Tess Keddie ext. 221 Pastoral Associate: Steve Geitgey ext. 217 Music & Liturgy: Nicholas Will ext. 219 Religious Education: Mary Kay Smith ext. 222 RCIA Director: Dorothy Fitzsimmons ext. 225 Receptionist: ext. 210
9:30 a.m. FRANK TOKAR JR. by Jamie Tokar and Family
11:30 a.m. JULIA LISOWSKI by Cindy
December 11 Monday of the Second Week of Advent Is 35:1-10 | Ps 85 Our God will come to save us! | Lk 5:17-26
8:00 a.m. MAMIE MADERIC by Ruth Ohem
12:00 p.m. DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE JOHN BISHOP FAMILY by the Len Family
December 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19 a ; 12:1-6a, 10 ab | Judith 12:18bcde, 19 You are the highest honor of our race. | Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47
8:00 a.m. ALFRED “FRED” KLEIN by the Hindt Family
December 13 Memorial of St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr Is 40:25-31 | Ps 10 O bless the Lord, my soul! | Mt 11:28-30
8:00 a.m. PEOPLE OF THE PARISH
12:00 p.m. CATHERINE AND WILLIAM DELL SR. by the Dell Family
December 14 Memorial of St. John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church Is 41:13-20 | Ps 145 The Lord is gracious and merciful; slow to anger and of great kindness. | Mt 11: 11-15
8:00 a.m. DOLORES ZIMMER by Lucille Cord
December 15 Friday of the Second Week of Advent Is 48:17-19 | Ps 1 Those who follow you, Lord, will have the light of life. | Mt 11:16-19
8:00 a.m. HEALTH & WELFARE OF HELEN AND VINCE DENARDIS by the Gary & Cindy Marshall Family
12:00 p.m. WILLIAM CHISLER by Ann Garfield
December 16 Saturday of the Second Week of Advent Sir 48: 1-4, 9-11 | Ps 80 Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved. | Mt 17:9a, 10-13
8:00 a.m. LOUIS AND VIVIAN KUKURUDA by the Kukuruda Family
4:00 p.m. LOIS DOERFLINGER by Lois Moretti and Family
December 17 Third Sunday of Advent Is 61: 1-2a, 10-11 | Lk 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54 | Jn 1:6-8, 19-28
7:30 a.m. GRACE BUCHOLTZ by Family
9:30 a.m. ANTONETTE MILLER by James Miller and Family
11:30 a.m. RICHARD W. BLACK by the Lazor and Black Families
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PARISH OFFICE HOURS
Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
FINANCIAL
STEWARDSHIP
December 3
Regular Collection:
$8,586
Parish Share Gifts: $4,044
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P A R I S H W E E K L Y S C H E D U L E
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 12:45 p.m. Living Jesus —St. Maximilian Kolbe Room 1:00 p.m. Christian Mothers and Guild Annual Christmas Party —St. Luke Hall
MONDAY, DECEMBER 11 6:30 p.m. Children’s Faith Formation —Bayley Building Classrooms 7:00 p.m. Bingo! —Bishop Canevin High School
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12 6:30 a.m. Men’s Faith Sharing —St. Maximilian Kolbe Room 1:00 p.m. Men and Women Faith Sharing Group —St. Maximilian Kolbe Room 2:45 p.m. St. Vincent de Paul Society Meeting —St. Maximilian Kolbe Room 7:00 p.m. Contemporary Choir Rehearsal —Church 7:00 p.m. RCIA —St. Maximilian Kolbe Room
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13 12:30 p.m. Rosary to End Violence & Terrorism —Immaculate Conception Chapel 7:00 p.m. Fr. Robin’s Bible Study —Bayley Building Classroom #5 7:00 p.m. Evening Faith Sharing Group —St. Maximilian Kolbe Room
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16 12:00 Christian Mothers and Guild Annual Cookie Sale —Holy Family Hall until 6:00 p.m.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17 4:00 p.m. Carnegie Community Choir Holiday Concert see page 12
This Sunday’s
Tabernacle Lamp burns
in memory of C. Edward Mahler
by Roy and Barbara Sterner
Please remember
SEAS in your
will!
Prepare the Way of the Lord – Advent is our annual time of anticipation and expectation for the coming of Jesus at Christmas and, ultimately, at the end of time. During this season we make many preparations so that we can be ready to meet the Lord. We prepare our hearts through prayer and reconciliation to be a fitting place of welcome for Jesus to dwell. We also prepare our homes as
places of warm hospitality to welcome neighbors and strangers alike with a loving and generous heart. This Advent, we also find ourselves anticipating the changes that will soon be upon us as part of the On Mission for The Church Alive! initiative. How are you preparing for the new realities in our parishes? Will your heart meet these changes with resistance or with the resolve to do what it takes to foster new life in your community and help grow the Church? Take some time this Advent to prepare the way of the Lord as he comes to make us and our Church ever more alive! Visit onmissionchurchalive.org to learn more and to stay informed.
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PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD!
The Lord Jesus and his apostles spoke of Judgment Day as applicable both to individuals and to everyone collectively. Following their teaching, the Church expects both a “particular Judgment” for each of us at the moment of death, and also a “general Judgment” for all collectively at the end of the world. The general Judgment does not reverse particular Judgment but ratifies and completes it.
You might suspect when you will face your own death and particular Judgment. But not so the general Judgment: The world always seems headed to the end, and no one knows when God’s providence will allow its final trauma to come. Even if you can’t know when either Judgment comes, you can still prepare. The Lord wants you to pray for it and for yourself in the midst of it: “Thy Kingdom come…Lead us not into the time of tribulation, but deliver us from the Evil One.” Judgment comes, and the Lord wants you to rehearse for it by forgiving and being forgiven.
SEAS Parish offers several opportunities for confession remaining in the Advent season:
Wednesday, December 13, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.;
Monday, December 18, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. (the penance service for children);
Wednesday, December 20, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (the adult penance service); and
every Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. At the request of a Catholic organization, I wrote a longer reflection on this subject. If you’re interested, you can read it at https://www.catholicscholars.org/TTFlist.php.
Congratulations to parishioner and Boy Scout Robert Chabalie, who last week received his Eagle Award. One requirement of the Eagle Award is the planning and execution of a large service project. For his project, Robert undertook the initial landscaping around our new pavilion.
SEAS Parish is in the midst of a special matching offer for the 2017 Parish Share Program: New gifts and pledges will be matched up to $25,000. At the time this bulletin was prepared, we’d only received an additional $11,000. If you’re planning to give but haven’t yet done so, please send in a pledge form or other explanatory note so that we can take advantage of the matching offer.
—Fr. Dave
Robert
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HEARTS SPEAK TO HEARTS
Know, Love, and Share Your Faith
The sixth quality of a new evangelist from Bishop Robert Barron’s book, How To Share Your
Faith, is “having a knowledge and a love for the traditions of the Church”. Why do we need
the tradition of the Church? The Bishop tells us it’s because “...architecture to art to lives of
the saints to liturgy...go back ultimately to the Bible...The Bible is the soul of theology.” But
then he carries the thought further by indicating that all of Catholic Tradition comes from
Jesus Christ, and is inspired by him. If we love him, we’ll love what is of him, just as we love to
see pictures and hear stories of someone we love.
The seventh quality of a new evangelist for Bishop Barron is “to be adept at using the new
media”. He illustrates via an example of putting something on YouTube or a podcast that
allows preaching to be heard all over the world. “It’s counter-intuitive not to use the new
media because Jesus says, ‘Go and announce to all the nations’. “ What’s the best way to
do that? Using the Worldwide Web.” He encourages us to learn the technology and to use
it. Then, even individually, we can proclaim the Gospel to multiple people simultaneously.
Of course there is a caveat: “Let it be undergirded by a strong intellectual grasp of the
tradition.”
We’re now into our precious Advent Season. Why not look into some of our Advent
traditions and prayers, and post something on your Facebook page or in an email to a
group of your contacts, sharing what you love about the wonderful Season of Advent?
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the one bringing good news,
announcing peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation, saying to Zion,
“Your God is King!"
— Isaiah 52:7
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL NO. 11143 Don’t forget to get your ENJOY BOOKS! Keep in mind – Christmas will be here before
you know it! The Enjoy coupon book would make a great Christmas present! Also – it would be a great gift for someone at a local college, or a home warming gift. And …there’s always those birthdays! Contact Sam Zinger— email: [email protected], phone: 412-334-4385 or see Terry Cummings or Jim Miller.
Sunday, December 17,
4:00 p.m. All are welcome!
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Annual
with 55” Smart TV Raffle!
SATURDAY DECEMBER 16
Noon to 6:00 p.m. in Holy Family Hall
PURCHASE RAFFLE TICKETS AFTER ALL MASSES TODAY! WINNER, DRAWN ON DEC. 16, NEED NOT BE PRESENT.
Calling ALL Bakers: We need your help to make our cookie sale a success! Dust off your mixer and crack some eggs! Make your favorite family recipe, or try something new! Then take your Christmas cookies to St. Luke Hall anytime on December 15, or between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. on the 16th. We will package them for the sale; you just get them here!
SEAS Christian Mothers & Guild
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Wednesday, December 13 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Be forgiven. Come to confession. Has it been a while? Need a refresher course?
Just click on the Penance tab under Sacraments & Liturgy on our homepage!
www.SEAScarnegie.org
THANK YOU! The University of Pittsburgh Women’s Choral Ensemble wishes to thank St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish for their generous hospitality last Sunday; especially those responsible for the lovely reception after the concert!
Kudos to the Christian Mothers & Guild and Ladies of Charity for hosting a beautiful event!
The Nativity of the Lord Christmas Mass Schedule
DECEMBER 24 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass 6:00 p.m. Vigil Mass 10:00 p.m. Mass During the Night with the Parish Choir — Prelude begins at 9:30 p.m. with chant and traditional and ethnic carols.
DECEMBER 25
Midnight Mass with the Contemporary Choir —Prelude begins at 11:30 p.m. with Polish, Italian, German, traditional, and contemporary songs & carols. 7:30 a.m. Mass at Dawn 9:30 a.m. Mass During the Day 11:30 a.m. Mass During the Day with the Schola Cantorum —carols, chant, Renaissance polyphony..
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Honor your loved ones, living or deceased, with flowers around the altar & church on Christmas.
With a $12 donation, we will purchase flowers and list each name in the Christmas bulletin.
Please PRINT Information (one letter per box)
Name of person you wish to honor:
Requested by:
Is this person living or deceased? ___________________________Donation: $_____________
Name & phone number of contact: ________________________________________________________
Please place this form, along with your $12 donation per line/person,
in an envelope marked “Christmas Flowers”
Make check payable to SEAS Parish. DO NOT place form in collection basket!
Return to: SEAS Parish, 330 Third Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, before December 15
A Symbolic Sign for Christ at Christmas The Carlynton High School Junior Class is selling luminaria kits. The luminaria tradition has
roots in 16th century Spain, where small bonfires lit the way to church on Christmas Eve.
Today, Christians light the way to their homes to symbolically welcome Jesus on Christmas Eve.
Luminaria are best displayed in a row along your driveway, sidewalk or steps. For your
convenience, orders will be taken at SEAS parish and kits will be delivered here; but you don’t
have much time! Please get your order to the parish office by Tuesday, December 12. Your kit
will include, candles, sand, and white paper bags.
8 Luminarias —$12
16 Luminarias —$22
24 Luminarias —$32
32 Luminarias —$42
40 Luminarias —$52
48 Luminarias —$62
56 Luminarias —$72
Luminaria Pick-Up
Here at SEAS on Monday, December 18 From 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the Bayley Building
Other arrangements can be made!
Call Mary Kay Smith for pick-up options.
412-276-1011 ext. 222
Customer Name _________________________________________________________________________________
