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May 3, 2020 Sunday Mass Times 4:00 p.m. Saint Alexis (Saturday Anticipated Mass) 7:30 a.m. Saint Alphonsus 9:30 a.m. Saint Alphonsus 10:00 a.m. Saint Alexis 11:30 a.m. Saint Alphonsus 5:00 p.m. Saint Alexis Weekday Mass Schedule 8:00 a.m. Saint Alexis (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday) 9:00 a.m. Saint Alphonsus (Wednesday) 12:00 p.m. Saint Alphonsus (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF WEXFORD Welcome to . . . “Grow in Jesus, engage in community, and go forth to make disciples.” The shepherd leads the sheep out into pastures of abundant life. Fourth Sunday of Easter ALL MASSES ARE CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Saint Alphonsus & Saint Alexis
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May 3, 2020

Sunday Mass Times 4:00 p.m. Saint Alexis (Saturday Anticipated Mass) 7:30 a.m. Saint Alphonsus 9:30 a.m. Saint Alphonsus 10:00 a.m. Saint Alexis 11:30 a.m. Saint Alphonsus 5:00 p.m. Saint Alexis

Weekday Mass Schedule

8:00 a.m. Saint Alexis (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday) 9:00 a.m. Saint Alphonsus (Wednesday) 12:00 p.m. Saint Alphonsus (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)

THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF WEXFORD

Welcome to . . .

“Grow in Jesus, engage in community, and go forth to make disciples.”

The shepherd leads the sheep out into pastures of abundant li fe.

Fourth Sunday of Easter

ALL MASSES ARE CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

Saint Alphonsus & Saint Alexis

From Father Zywan

A Critical Need Dear friends, on this day in particular, but also in the ordinary pastoral life of our communities, I ask the Church to continue to promote vocations. May she touch the hearts of the faithful and enable each of them to discover with gratitude God’s call in their lives, to find courage to say “yes” to God, to overcome all weariness through faith in Christ, and to make of their lives a song of praise for God, for their brothers and sisters, and for the whole world. May the Virgin Mary accompany us and intercede for us.

Pope Francis, World Day of Prayer for Vocations, 2020 This Sunday, May 3, is World Day of Prayer for Vocations, 2020. This is a day to publicly celebrate vocations to ordained ministry and religious life in all forms. Everyone is needed to promote a culture of vocations – an openness among our children and young people to listen to God’s call to a life of full-time service in the Church. It’s a gift from God! Parents, families, and lay ecclesial ministers in the Church are to begin a conversation with young Catholics to consider how they can live lives of holiness and sacred service. Father Will is preparing to announce plans for a parish-based Vocation Committee within the Catholic Community of Wexford. Your participation in this ministry of prayer will be most welcome! Begin praying about your role now. We all have a responsibility to ignite the Church with the confident humility that there is an urgent need (as we know well in our own diocese) for religious sisters, brothers, permanent deacons, and priests to live a life of solidarity with those who are poor, neglected and marginalized, as did Jesus. Don’t be afraid to disrupt the complacent attitudes with new ideas to respond courageously and creatively with a daily “YES!”

The Sacrament of Mercy With permission from Bishop Zubik, the celebration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation is being restored in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Following the Statewide restrictions, confessions are not to heard in churches or buildings at this time. However, we are permitted to do confessions outdoors applying the guidelines that have been set forth. In the Wexford Catholic Community, this will begin weekly, starting Saturday morning, May 2 from

11:00 – 12:00 noon at Saint Alexis, taking advantage of the facilities and parking layout. Those wishing to celebrate this beautiful Sacrament of Mercy are to respect the following directives: • Line up in your vehicle in the parking lot along of Father

Rodgers Hall – the former church building from the bell tower facing the Orchard.

• Pull up to the sign which indicates “Line for Confessions Begins Here”

• Remain in your car.

When it is your turn to have your confession heard, you may, 1) Go face to face. Turn off your car and take a seat across from priest under the portico (or in the Orchard, or, 2) Maintain your anonymity by remaining in your car, roll down the passenger side window, and make your confession. Weather permitting and accessing need, a second priest may be available in the Orchard near the Marian Shrine. You are to follow the same protocol as described above. Please follow the signage in order to respect everyone’s privacy. We hope to have volunteers available to assist you. We continue to pray for a vaccine to stem the COVID-19 pandemic as we remember those sickened by it, the medical professionals and care givers, all those on the front line, and those whose lives have significantly disrupted. Thank you!

A P P T P O Mary,

you always brighten our path as a sign of salvation and hope.

We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who, at the Cross, took part in Jesus’ pain

while remaining steadfast in faith. O loving Mother,

you know what we need, and we are confident that you will provide for us

as in Cana in Galilee. Intercede for us with your Son Jesus,

the Divine Physician, for those who have fallen ill, for those who are vulnerable, and for those who have died.

Intercede also for those charged with protecting the health and safety of others

and for those who are tending the sick and seeking a cure.

Help us, O Mother of Divine Love, to conform to the will of the Father and to do as we are told by Jesus,

who took upon himself our sufferings and carried our sorrows, so as to lead us, through the Cross,

to the glory of the Resurrection. Amen. Under thy protection we seek refuge,

O Holy Mother of God. In our needs, despise not our petitions, but deliver us always from all dangers,

O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.

(Adapted from a prayer of Pope Francis)

O P C F C Holy Spirit, stir within us

the passion to promote vocations to the consecrated life, societies of apostolic life,

diocesan priesthood, and the permanent diaconate.

Inspire us daily to respond to Your call with boundless compassion,

abundant generosity, and radical availability. Help us to remember our own baptismal call to

rouse us to invite the next generation to hear and respond to Your call.

Amen!

To love is to learn to follow Christ with others. LOVE

WE PRAY FOR THE SICK

We entrust to the care of Christ the Divine Physician, those members of our parish families of Saint Alphonsus and Saint Alexis who are in need of healing in body, mind or spirit, especially:

Brian Bart Rachel Borck Jeannie Bukaukus Emma Bullick Rick Collins Connor Cunic Gloria Dudowski Nancy Greer Patricia Gross Stanley Hofstetter Betty Howell John Hunsinger Al Korade

Eugene Mancino Michelle Mehok Ron Mehok Diane Miller G. James Neelan Larry Sampietro Irene Schultz Amber VanVickle David Zappa Prayer Shawl Recipients

If you know of a parishioner or have a loved one who is ill, please contact the Parish Center and let us know. We will place that person’s name on the prayer list for four weeks. Intentions may return to the list upon monthly requests. Contact the Parish Center at 724.935.4343 or 724.935.1151 to add a loved one onto the list.

SCRIPTURE READINGS

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — All peoples called by God will receive the gift of the Spirit if they repent and are baptized (Acts 2:14a, 36-41). Psalm — The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want (Psalm 23). Second Reading — Once we were like straying sheep; but now we have been returned to the shepherd, our guardian (1 Peter 2:20b-25). Gospel — The shepherd leads the sheep out into pastures of abundant life (John 10:1-10). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4; Jn 10:11-18 Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26; Ps 87:1b-7; Jn 10:22-30 Wednesday: Acts 12:24 — 13:5a; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Jn 12:44-50 Thursday: Acts 13:13-25; Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27; Jn 13:16-20 Friday: Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2:6-11ab; Jn 14:1-6 Saturday: Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 14:7-14 Sunday: Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; 1 Pt 2:4-9; Jn 14:1-12

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE The Catholic Community of Wexford wishes to extend sympathy to those who mourn the loss of a loved one, especially the soul who recently passed through death: Evelyn Bartholow (89). A Funeral Mass will be at a later date which has not yet been determined. May the choirs of angels welcome her and where Lazarus is poor no longer, may she find eternal rest.

PRAYER FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS

God of everlasting goodness, you sent your Son among us

to bring healing, peace, and reconciliation to our weary world.

Be with all health care workers and their assistants in this time of the Coronavirus pandemic. As they continue Jesus’ ministry of care,

renew them in mind, body, and spirit. Keep them safe from infection and illness,

and may Christ’s healing presence flow through them

as they serve those entrusted to their care. We ask this in his name,

Christ the healer, who is Lord forever and ever.

Amen.

Poor Boxes In the month of April a total of $700 was donated by special donations to assist the Ladies of Charity of the Catholic Community of Wexford in caring for members of the community facing serious hardship. Please know that through your generosity, five needy families in the area received hope and resources. Without the ability to give in the poor boxes, the Ladies of Charity would welcome any monetary donations. You can do so by mailing them to the Parish Center at 10090 Old Perry Highway, Wexford, PA 15090 or you may drop them off at the Parish Center in the front door on the credenza and someone will collect it.

Thank you for your generosity!

2020 Parish Share Assessment: $ 133,380 Collected: $ 19,877

April 20 through April 26, 2020 Saint Alphonsus Income

2020 Parish Share Assessment: $ 151,696 Collected: $ 53,882

Regular Electronic (11th & 22nd)

Total

Offertory $ 2,172 $ 6,536 $ 8,708

General Donation $ $ $

Parish Share $ 1,005 $ 1,887 $ 2,892

School $ 103 $ 40 $ 143

Catholic Campaign $ 20 $ $ 20

Holy Thursday $ 15 $ 90 $ 105

Good Friday $ $ 185 $ 185

Easter $ 315 $ 1,090 $ 1,405

Votives $ $ $

TOTAL $ 3,630 $ 9,828 $ 13,458

April 20 through April 26, 2020 Saint Alexis Income

Regular Electronic Total Offertory $ 3,873 $ 3,977 $ 7,850

Parish Share $ 930 $ 1,971 $ 2,901

School $ 46 $ 177 $ 223

Major Maintenance $ 60 $ 138 $ 198

Easter Flowers $ 25 $ 15 $ 40

Holy Thursday $ 75 $ $ 75

Good Friday $ 55 $ 85 $ 140

Future Diocesan Collection $ 25 $ 10 $ 35

Easter $ 990 $ 410 $ 1,400

Votives $ $ $

TOTAL $ 6,079 $ 6,783 $ 12,862

OUR ADVERTISERS

Thanks to our bulletin advertisers for supporting our parish this week: Please offer your patronage to our sponsors or be sure to thank them when you have the opportunity to do so. It is through their support that our weekly bulletin is made possible!

Saint Alphonsus: Point Spring & Driveshaft Co.

Saint Alexis: Devlin Funeral Home

See the full list of our advertisers

on our website under “Our

Current Bulletins.”

THANK YOU! We are grateful for the following gift that was recently made to Saint Alexis Parish: In memory of Jerome Pottmeyer, II:

Betty Altman

Jill Diorio Rose and Robert Quering Larry and Terri Sampietro

Administrator Reverend Paul J. Zywan /ext. 224 /[email protected]

Senior Parochial Vicar Reverend William D. Wuenschel /ext. 233 /[email protected]

Deacons Deacon Albert Heiles /[email protected] Deacon Jeffrey J. Ludwikowski /[email protected]

Director of Parish Operations/Business Manager Chuck Goetz /ext. 223 /[email protected]

Director of Evangelization Dave VanVickle /ext. 232 /[email protected]

Office Manager MaryEllen Pendel /ext. 221 /[email protected]

Directors of Music Christopher Brewer /ext. 226 /[email protected] Mary Heagy/[email protected] Assistant Music Director - Lisa Hoffman

Director of Religious Education Louis Bosco /ext. 215 /[email protected] Religious Education Program Manager Paula Green /ext. 225 /[email protected] Media Coordinator Riley McCullough /ext. 211 /[email protected]

Coordinator of Youth Ministry /Young Adults David Piccirilli /ext. 227 /[email protected]

Bookkeeper/Safe Environment Coordinator Mary King /ext. 212 / [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected]

Receptionist/Secretary Gail Clendaniel /ext. 210 / [email protected]

Volunteer Ministry Coordinator Barbara Griffith / [email protected]

A Parish of the Diocese of Pittsburgh - diopitt.org

SERVED BY OFFICE HOURS

Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

JOIN US!

To become a registered member of the parish family, please visit our website at www.stalexis.org or at www.SaintAlphonsusWexford.org . Introduce yourself to us at Mass!

MARRIAGE

Arrangements must be made with a priest at least six months in advance of the desired wedding date.

HOLY ORDERS For information about the priesthood or the vowed religious life, please contact Fr. Zywan or the Vocation Office of the diocese at 412.456.3131 or visit pghpriest.com.

BAPTISM Celebrated on Sundays at 11:15 a.m. at Saint Alexis or at 12:45 p.m. at Saint Alphonsus by appointment. Arrangements should be made through the Parish Center several months in advance. Parents need to be registered parishioners and complete a pre-baptism class before scheduling a baptism.

MINISTRY TO THE SICK AND HOMEBOUND

Communal anointing is celebrated periodically. Anyone who is anticipating surgery is encouraged to request this sacrament prior to being admitted to the hospital. Individuals who are unable to attend Sunday Mass and want to receive the sacraments are asked to please call the Parish Center.

saintalphonsuswexford.org or stalexis.org

Phones - 724.935.1151 or 724.935.4343 Fax - 724.935.1270 A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust

* Bulletin announcements and flyers are due by 12:00 p.m. Friday, a week in advance of publication. *

We Welcome You Home!

North Hills Regional School Board - www.nhrces.org

BLESSED FRANCIS SEELOS ACADEMY

S A S A C - T C C W Parish Office: 10090 Old Perry Highway Wexford, PA 15090

PRAYER Eucharistic Adoration Saint Alphonsus: Wednesday 12:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Saint Alexis: First Friday of every month from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Divine Mercy Devotion: Wednesday 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Saint Alphonsus

Prayer Ministry- To initiate a request for urgent prayers contact the following people: Saint Alexis - Barb Busi at 412.366.4829 Saint Alphonsus - Norma Heyl at 724.935.1094 or Jo Labrise at 724.935.3826. If you would like to be a part of this important ministry to pray for

RECONCILIATION Saint Alexis: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, Saturday - 7:30 a.m.-7:55 a.m. Saturday - 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Saint Alphonsus: Wednesday 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Principal Robert Reese - [email protected]

School Secretary K-8 Patty Anfang - [email protected] 724.935.1152

School Secretary Pre-K Chris Schlieper - [email protected] 724.935.3940

DIOCESAN VICTIM ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR 412.456.3093 (Office)

1.888.808.1235 (Hot Line) PA Child Line - 1.800.932.0313

Call 911 immediately if a child is in danger.


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