June 28, 2020 “If we wish to serve God and love our neighbor well, we must manifest our joy in the service we render to Him and them. Let us open wide our hearts. It is a joy which invites us. Press forward and fear nothing!" SAINT KATHARINE DREXEL PARISH Our Mission Statement We, the parishioners of Saint Katharine Drexel Parish, serve Southeast Washington County with a spirit of welcome, compassion and charity. We are a community rooted in the Eucharist and nourished by the Sacraments. We come together to joyfully celebrate our faith in prayer and worship, respecting our spiritual diversity and cultural heritage. We are sent forth from this Eucharistic community, in response to the call of Jesus our Savior, to reach out to youth, families, elderly, and all those in need in our parish, communities and beyond. In the pioneering spirit of our patroness, we offer support through witness, prayer and good works, and we embrace the challenges and opportunities of what it means to be a Christian in an ever-changing world. Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil - 4:00 p.m. Bentleyville Main Church Saturday Vigil - 6:00 p.m. Richeyville Mission Church Sunday - 9:00 a.m. Richeyville Mission Church Sunday - 11:00 a.m. Bentleyville Main Church Parish Website: www.katharinedrexelpgh.org
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Saint Katharine Drexel Parish • JUNE 28, 2020 Page 1
St. Agnes (Richeyville)
June 28, 2020
“If we wish to serve God and love our neighbor well, we must
manifest our joy in the service we render to Him and them.
Let us open wide our hearts. It is a joy which invites us.
Press forward and fear nothing!"
SAINT KATHARINE DREXEL PARISH
Our Mission Statement We, the parishioners of Saint Katharine Drexel Parish,
serve Southeast Washington County with a spirit of welcome, compassion and charity.
We are a community rooted in the Eucharist and nourished by the Sacraments.
We come together to joyfully celebrate our faith in prayer and worship, respecting our spiritual diversity
and cultural heritage. We are sent forth from this Eucharistic community, in response to the call of Jesus our Savior, to reach out to youth, families, elderly, and
all those in need in our parish, communities and beyond. In the pioneering spirit of our patroness, we
offer support through witness, prayer and good works, and we embrace the challenges and opportunities of
what it means to be a Christian in an ever-changing world.
Weekend Mass Schedule
Saturday Vigil - 4:00 p.m. Bentleyville Main Church
Saturday Vigil - 6:00 p.m. Richeyville Mission Church
Sunday - 9:00 a.m. Richeyville Mission Church
Sunday - 11:00 a.m. Bentleyville Main Church
Parish Website: www.katharinedrexelpgh.org
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Pastoral Staff
Director of Evangelization, Faith Formation and Bulletin Editor Deb Augustine (ext. 412) Email: [email protected] Office Manager Theresa Moser (ext. 404) Email: [email protected] Office Assistant Patty Prekrel (ext. 405) Email: [email protected] Safe Environment Coordinator Joan Organiscak (ext. 410) Email: [email protected] Facilities Manager Gary Damich (ext. 418) Email: [email protected]
BAPTISM Contact the administration center to make arrangements. Pre-Baptism classes are obligatory.
MARRIAGE Couples must contact a priest at least six months prior to the proposed date. Marriage instructions are compulsory.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK If a parishioner is seriously ill or about to have surgery, please notify the administration center.
PENANCE
Saturday 3:15-3:45 PM Bentleyville Saturday 5:20-5:45 PM Richeyville Sunday 8:20-8:45 AM Richeyville Also available by appointment. Contact the administration center.
RCIA & RCIC The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults & Children: For those who have not received all sacraments of initiation and for those who would like to become a Catholic. Please contact the Parish Office at 724-209-1370.
Saint Katharine Drexel Parish Membership Information
CHECK ONE New Registration Change of Address Moving out of Parish
Note: Use of this form does not automatically register you with the parish.
Welcome to Saint Katharine Drexel Parish!
Diocese Victims Assistance Hotline: Phone: 888-808-1235 or 412-456-3093
Reporting Child Abuse Phone: 1-800-932-0313
Call 911 Immediately if a child is in danger.
The ChildLine and Abuse Registry is available 24 hours to receive reports of suspected child
abuse. Any person may report suspected abuse and remain anonymous.
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY If you or someone you know needs
assistance please call the Saint Vincent de Paul
Society Help Line at 724-249-4715
“Let us love God, my brothers, let us love God, but let it be through the
works of your hands. Let it be by the sweat of our brow.”
~Saint Vincent de Paul~
Parish Website Go to: www.katharinedrexelpgh.org
College Campus Ministry
Reverend Thomas J. Lewandowski Director of Campus Ministry at California University, Waynesburg University & W & J College College Masses: (California University Auditorium) Sundays at 10:00 AM Mondays at 6:00 PM When College is in session
Clothing Bin at Benteyville Campus Bring your clean gently used, or new clothing for the Saint Vincent de Paul Society Clothing Bin which is located on the Bentleyville Campus. Next to Drexel Hall Chapel.
Food Bank Collection is taken the 2nd weekend of each month.
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Mass Intentions
Sanctuary Candle The Sanctuary Candle will burn at
our church this week for the following intention:
Bentleyville Main Church
Special Intention by Fred & Theresa Moser
Weekday Mass Schedule Due to the requirements to clean and disinfect the inside of the church after EACH USE, which includes: weekday and weekend Masses, Funerals, Weddings, Baptisms and any time the church is used, there will be a reduction in daily Masses until further notice. The Temporary Mass Schedule is as follows: Monday - 9:00 AM Bentleyville Main Church Tuesday - 8:30 AM Richeyville Mission Church Wednesday - No Mass Thursday - 8:30 AM Richeyville Mission Church Friday - 9:00 AM Bentleyville Main Church
Saturday, June 27 - Vigil: 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 p.m. (Bentleyville) Joseph M. Brova (Malta Cordisco) 6:00 p.m. (Richeyville) Robert Mercante (Arlene Sawicky)
Sunday, June 28 - 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9:00 a.m. (Richeyville) Adele Luketich (Joe & Marian Lese) 11:00 a.m. (Bentleyville) John Kadash (Alberta & Jerry Blackburn)
Monday, June 29 - Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles 9:00 a.m. (Bentleyville) Reverend Edward L. Yuhas, Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood (Jacqueline Yuhas)
Tuesday, June 30 - Weekday The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church 8:30 a.m. (Richeyville) Frank D. Ross (Sara Greenlee)
Wednesday, July 1 - Weekday Saint Junipero Serra, Priest No Mass Thursday, July 2 - Weekday 8:30 a.m. (Richeyville) People of Saint Katharine Drexel Parish Friday, July 3 - Saint Thomas, Apostle 9:00 a.m. (Bentleyville) Stanley Milchovich, Birthday Remembrance (Family)
Saturday, July 4 - Vigil: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 p.m. (Bentleyville) Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Wytovich, Anniversary Remembrance (Children)
Sunday, July 5 - 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9:00 a.m. (Richeyville) Robert Mercante (Clara Miller) 11:00 a.m. (Bentleyville) Special Intention (Fred & Theresa Moser)
We reserve the right to make unavoidable changes in the Mass Schedule.
Bulletin Submissions All are welcome to submit parish announcements, news and photos for the bulletin. Deadline is at noon on Thursday, (nine days prior to each Saturday distribution date), with the exception of holidays (three days earlier).
Dear Friends in Christ: Hospitality is the theme of the Scripture readings at Mass on this 13
th
Sunday in Ordinary Time. At Mass, in our First Reading from the Second Book of Kings we hear the beautiful story of the couple who welcomed the Prophet Elisha to stay with them. As a result of their sincere hospitality they were rewarded with the gift of a son, a sign of how important hospitality is in the eyes of God. From the 10
th chapter of Saint Matthew’s Gospel that we hear at
Mass today, we are reminded of all the small ways of giving and caring. Even a trivial act of kindness, like giving a cup of cold water to a stranger,
will find God’s favor and result in a great blessing. The world in which we live is in such need of small acts of kindness, which cost us so
very little when we stop to think about it – a smile, a word of appreciation to the cashier at the stores where we shop, or a phone call to a neighbor. By extending hospitality we are following in the footsteps of Jesus himself who has room in his heart for everyone. Following Jesus means putting his way of life into practice in our lives. Hospitality means showing a generosity of heart and a willingness to interrupt our personal lives by ensuring we practice random acts of kindness – because it is not what is given that counts – but the spirit of the heart by which it is given. In these ways we respond to the compelling call of Jesus for us to be his disciples and allow his life-giving Word to be the guiding force that fills all our days.
“All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ… All humility should be shown in addressing a guest...
Great care and concern are to be shown in receiving poor people and pilgrims
because in them more particularly Christ is received.”
~Saint Benedict of Nursia~
Pastor’s Corner
Blessings and Congratulations to Father Ed on His 23rd
Anniversary of Ordination to Priesthood
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Parish Weekly Calendar
Sunday, June 28
HAPPY 23rd PRIESTHOOD ANNIVERSARY FATHER ED!
Mass - 9:00 AM
Richeyville Mission Church
Mass - 11:00 AM Bentleyville Main Church
Opening the Word-7:00 PM
(Online Web Meeting)
Monday, June 29
Mass - 9:00 AM Bentleyville Main Church
Tuesday, June 30
Mass - 8:30 AM
Richeyville Mission Church
Wednesday, July 1
Thursday, July 2
Mass - 8:30 AM
Richeyville Mission Church
Friday, July 3
Mass - 9:00 AM Bentleyville Main Church
Saturday, July 4
Mass - 4:00 PM
Bentleyville Main Church
Sunday, July 5
Mass - 9:00 AM
Richeyville Mission Church
Mass - 11:00 AM Bentleyville Main Church
Opening the Word-7:00 PM
(Online Web Meeting)
WEEKDAY Mass Intentions Needed Our parish is in need of WEEKDAY Mass intentions. You may offer a Mass for a deceased loved one, friend or fellow parishioner. Mass can also be offered for the living, in honor of a loved one, friend or fellow parishioner. What a great way to celebrate a wedding anniversary or birthday by offering a Mass. Will you consider giving some Mass intentions to our parish on WEEKDAYS? Telephone the parish office to schedule Masses: 724-209-1370, extension 404.
Sacrament of Penance TEMPORARY CONFESSION SCHEDULE
until further notice
Due to Covid-19 restrictions with social distancing and safety protocols, individual confessions will be held
according to the following schedule:
Saturdays 3:20 PM until 3:45 PM in Bentleyville Drexel Hall Chapel Sundays 8:20 AM until 8:45 AM in Richeyville Mission Church
Penitent must STAND for confession NO face to face confessions
Drexel Hall/Bentleyville– Available for Party Rentals Drexel Hall/Bentleyville is available for rent for your gatherings/ parties [Baptism receptions, First Holy Communions, graduations, birthdays, anniversaries, baby showers, wedding showers, etc.] Please contact Stan Glowaski, Scheduling Manager, for a complete list of available dates/ times, rental fees, etc. Stan can be reached by telephone at: 724-239-3673.
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Parish News
Annual Diocesan Parish Share Campaign for 2020 Our annual Parish Share Campaign began March 1st for the current 2020 calendar year. The Parish
Share Program supports the needs of older adults and the less fortunate: Catholic Charities, Roselia Center and Mon Valley Social Services are among the many social programs that receive support through Parish Share. In addition, your contribution provides a vital role in helping more than 85,000 young Catholics receive a firm grounding in their faith through parish based religious education programs as well as through campus and youth ministry, helping to bolster the spiritual development of young adult Catholics. Supporting Parish Share promotes new vocations to the priesthood and religious life, provides for the continuing spiritual and educational formation of our current diocesan priests, and the care of retired priests who have given their lives in service to us.
Parish Share also helps in educating parishioners on pro-life issues, counseling women and teenagers in crisis, and reaching out to women and men suffering from the trauma of abortion. In all, Parish Share helps parishes achieve things they cannot do on their own. Your contribution helps to provide our parishes with property planning and insurance expertise, legal and judicial counsel, stewardship and development services, financial and auditing services that allow the parish to serve you better.
The assessment as issued by the Diocese of Pittsburgh for
Saint Katharine Drexel Parish in 2020 is $83,086.00.
Our Parish Share assessment for the parish continues to increase as does the cost of living. This year, each household is asked to please consider a pledge of $350.00 to the Parish Share Program for 2020 that can be payable over the course of the year ($100.00 as the initial gift plus a monthly gift of $25.00 over the next ten months). You are asked to be as generous as you are able according to your means.
For the 2020 Parish Share Campaign contribution, plan to use the bright pink colored envelope in your monthly offertory envelope packet, or you may place your gift in an envelope and drop it in the regular collection at weekend Masses the churches where you participate in Mass. You may also send it via U.S. mail in care of the administration center office, or you may drop it off at the parish office during regular business hours. May God abundantly bless you for your generosity!
New Opportunity for Adult Formation—Opening the Word
All adults are invited to join our weekly online Scripture Sharing Group via Zoom web meet-
ing, or you may choose to participate by using the study guide independently at home! We
meet live each Sunday evening from 7:00 – 8:15 PM as we share and pray together using each
week’s Sunday Readings. Weekly attendance is not mandatory. For more information, or to
register, please contact Deb Augustine at [email protected] or 724-209-1370 (ext.
412). Please leave your name, email address and phone number, and Deb will contact you so you may join the group
as soon as possible. (Materials and videos are provided by the Augustine Institute through FORMED.org.)
Catechists Needed for LIFT Program Make a difference in the lives of our children— share our Catholic faith as a catechist! Our intergenerational and family-centered catechesis program entitled L.I.F.T. (Living In Faith Together) will begin meeting this fall using a web-based meeting format, due to coronavirus safety concerns. Currently, we are seeking persons who have been catechists in the past, or who have a desire to be trained to teach our 6th and 7th-Graders, team-teach 3rd-Graders or who are able to make themselves available as a substitute catechist as needed. The children attend a session once per month, and follow up with parents and students would also be required at times during the remainder of each month. We also have monthly planning meetings which take place usually on a Monday evening. You will receive all the training and support needed by Deb Augustine, Director of Evangelization and Faith Formation. Please contact her at 724-209-1370 (ext. 412) or at [email protected] for more info.
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Stewardship/Collections Second Collections
Please Remember in Your Prayers
Irma Abercrombie Eric Adams Mary Alfano Dale Angelo Mike Babyak
Nikki Lucas Bachinski Sondra Bandini Barbara Barbic Beverly Bailey Elmer Berish
Evan Breakeron Dale Brinkley
Gai Cain Bryce Cherok
Toni Clay Malta Cordisco Aiden Crawford Kallen Crawford
Kathy Dalee Ella DeAngelo
Mariano DiNardo Elaine Dworek
Patty Garnic Rita Ann Gigliotti Sheryl Giovanelli
Barbara Glendenning James Glendenning
Gary Grybosky Helen Grybosky
Marge Hanak Tekla Herilla
Michelle Herron Lisa Hitchings
Lorraine Johnson George Kabay Peggy Kelshian
Eleanor King Brenda Koval
Thaddeus Kucherawy Jamie Kudas
Tamara Lipscomb Carmine Litwin
Josephine Machinak Monica Macintyre
Irene Mariscotti Alma Marissa Alex Marran
Kathy Marran Marian Mazutis
Carol McConnell Marlene McManus
Danita Miller Mary Ann Molish Sheila Monack
Amy Pawuk Sophie Popielarczyk
Daniel Puskarich Michelle Puskarich
Kris Nagy Tammy Nelson June Pajerski Mark Patrone Laura Prentice Mary Ann Price
Danny Puskarich Lorraine Reid
Al Rhoades Lynette Riley Earl Rocca
Joanne Romboski Connie Russel
John Saxon Theresa Saxon Sal Schippers
Agnes Schrader Byron Schrader
Pat Shumar Colby Simkovic
Lois Sims Dave Stevens Rose Teluch
Baby Lincoln Tidwell Pam Wagner
Megan Weaver Darlene Wilbur John Yadamec Jackie Yuhas
Prayer for the Sick Almighty and Eternal God, You are the everlasting Health of those who believe in You.
Hear us for Your sick servant (N…) for whom we implore the aid of Your tender mercy, that being restored to bodily health, he (she) may give thanks to You in Your Church.
Through Christ our Lord, Amen.
OFFERTORY REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING 7/1/2019
Weekly Budget Amount (includes Christmas &
Easter) — $ 7,748.34
Sunday, June 21, 2020 (week 50 of 52) — $ 5,219.00
Knights of Columbus-St. Anthony/McGuire Home — $ 643.00
Over/Under for week 49 — $ <2,529.34>
Budgeted Offertory Amount to Date — $ 387,417.00
Actual Regular Offertory Amount to Date — $ 311,978.00
Second Collection This Weekend 06/27-28, 2020 Peter’s Pence
Second Collection Next Weekend 07/4-5,2020
Extraordinary Expenses
Parish Share 2020—Update: Parish Share Goal: $91,193.00 Received to Date: $12,490.00
Balance Due: $78,703.00
Notification Regarding Alteration of Weekend Mass Schedule for
Saint Katharine Drexel Parish
On May 26, 2020, Father Don Chortos, Senior Parochial Vicar at Saint Katharine Drexel Parish, as a result of advanced age and multiple underlying health concerns, and following consultation with his physicians and prayerful discernment, wrote a letter to Bishop Zubik seeking permission to retire from active priestly ministry. At his request, Father Don will not celebrate any Masses nor any sacraments publicly.
The reality of this decision means that ONE priest is now expected to serve the parish by celebrating regularly scheduled weekday and weekend Masses, in addition to the Sacraments of Penance, Baptism, Wedding Masses and Funeral Masses, along with emergency calls to homes of parishioners for the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, as well as emergency calls for this Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick at Washington Hospital, Uniontown Hospital, Mon Valley Hospital and multiple health care facilities, along with all the administrative and additional pastoral responsibilities. Father Ed is doing his best to serve these needs, but also it is recognized that four weekend Masses are NOT filling our churches as was originally expected. This is an unreasonable schedule of ministry expectation on the weekend, especially with the 5.1 mile distance between our church buildings, travel time to fulfill all these responsibilities and so much more.
On Monday, Jun 1, 2020, the Pastoral Council met to consider Mass Attendance data collected to date. The council members reviewed closely the number of recorded participants from each parish weekend Mass from March 2019 through March 2020, engaged in discussing feedback and suggestions of parishioners, and also reviewed the Guidelines from the Diocese of Pittsburgh for the Scheduling of Eucharistic Liturgies. These guidelines state that attendance at weekend Masses is to exceed at least 50% of the church seating capacity. Additionally, it is Diocesan Policy that a parish may schedule only ONE Saturday Vigil Mass. [Saint Katharine Drexel Parish was given permission by the Regional Vicar to celebrate two Saturday Vigil Masses as it had two full time priests at the time]. It is clear from the data reviewed that the current 6:00 PM Saturday Mass at the Richeyville Mission Church consistently, over the past year (March 2019 through March 2020), is far less attended than all the other Masses. On every occasion, attendance at this Mass is always less than 50% of the total seating capacity of the church building.
All Pastoral Council members expressed that there are three other weekend Masses from which to choose and participate, and currently none of them are at full seating capacity. Reducing the weekend Mass schedule to three Masses will allow fuller churches to assist in the goal of fostering good liturgy and build up the spirit and sense of community among the parish.
With all these considerations in mind and through gathering of data, careful review and prayerful discernment of what is reasonable and feasible, the Pastoral Council members recommend that the weekend Mass schedule be altered according to the following new schedule:
Saturday, 4:00 PM Mass at the Bentleyville Main Church
+
Sunday, 9:00 AM Mass at the Richeyville Mission Church
+
Sunday, 11:00 AM Mass at the Bentleyville Main Church
Father Ed has accepted this recommendation, and will be writing the Regional Vicar for permission to begin this new weekend Mass schedule on the weekend of July 4/5, 2020. The efforts in combining the weekend Mass schedule should aid in the attempt to continually strengthen and provide good and uplifting celebrations of weekend Masses with more people.
Thank you for your continued prayers and support of the collaborative efforts to realistically envision ministry, with one priest now serving our parish.
If you have any questions or concerns, please write Father Ed:
