SAINT PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH Address 140 Walnut Street Weirton WV 26062
Phone 304-748-6710 Web site stpaulcommunitynet Prayer Line 304-748-4245 amp 304-564-3114
Pastor Rev Larry W Dorsch E-mail lwdorschcomcastnet
MARCH 25 2018mdashPASSIONPALM SUNDAY
THE COMMUNITY BREAD BASKET There are two wicker baskets near the table with the Bread and Wine in the back of the church to receive any foods we can bring for the Community Bead Basket to distribute cereal peanut butter jelly tuna condiments like catsup and mustard canned veggies or fruit paper and hygiene products laundry and bath soapsmdashthe same sorts of products we all use at home The April item of the month is toilet paper
Going to be hospitalized Or homebound and canrsquot come to mass
Please call the parish office and lets us know so we can visit
LORD our God holy is your name Incline our hearts to your commandments and give us the wisdom of the cross so that freed from sin which imprisons us in our own self-centeredness we may be open to the gift of your Spirit and so become living temples of your love
Italian sacramentary
This week PassionPalm Sunday Mark 111-10 Isaiah 504-7 Philippians 26-11 Mark 141-1547
Background ldquo To seerdquo in the Gospel of John is a loaded verb It means not merely to
look with onersquos eyes but to see with the eyes of faith to believe Thus when Greeks that is non-Jews ask ldquoto seerdquo Jesus they want to believe in him This is taken by Jesus as the signal his ldquohour has comerdquo This hour is the time for his exaltation and glorification by the Father even
though it entails his crucifixion and death Only by dying and giving his life does he bring life to the world the same way a grain of wheat must die in the ground before it can produce an
abundant harvest of grain for people to eat and live
Next Week Easter SundaymdashMorning Mass Acts of the Apostles 1034a 37-43 Colossians 31-4 or 1 Corinthians 56b-8
John 201-9
Adult bible study gathers on Tuesday evenings in the office Conference Room at 630 pm
ldquoWhen comparing the accounts of the four gospels what stands out even more clearly [than their similarities] are the differences Too often we hasten to try to reconcile the differences rather than seek to understand what those differences mean Each writer provides us with a profoundly distinctive contribution to our understanding of Jesus and his saving acts Writing in a different cultural context with a new set of circumstances for the Christian community each evangelist presented the early traditions in new ways Presenting a detailed biography was not the dominant concern of each author rather they all interpreted the meaning of Jesusrsquo word and deeds as they listened to the apostolic preaching and followed the guidance of the Holy Spirit The living Word took on new shape according to the needs and circumstances of each community and each generation of Christians ldquoIn writing their accounts the evangelists drew on the words of the prophets the prayers of the psalms and other texts to help the church see Godrsquos presence in the paschal events mdashmdash Stephen J Binz
LITURGICAL MINISTERS FOR March 29mdashApril 1
Ministers of
Communion Lectors Altar
Servers
Greeters Ushers
Holy Thursday
March 29
700 pm
Maria Colantonio Lynette Ekey Ryan Ekey George Brandenburg Michael Plesa Debbie Coletti-Pearce Patricia Fisher
John Egan Kim Edmiston
Jenna Costello Nicholas Serafine Lonni Riggs
Jeannie Duffy Paul Duffy Claire Stewart Edie Wilson
Chuck Robinson Jerry Angelo
Good Friday
March 30
700 pm
Katrina Mills Hunter Sistilli Sharon Higgins
Madison Costello Jennifer Costello
Jenna Costello David Connors Olivia Tennant
Linda Cole Wilson Cole Guy Holmes Christine Holmes
Richard Budney Michael Cucarese
Saturday
March 31
830 pm
Easter Vigil
Peggy Rossi Victoria Perito Terri Nejus Jerry DiFilippo Robert Marino MaryAnn Petrelle
Debbie Coletti-Pearce Olivia Tennant David Parker Jennifer Costello Debra Marino
Lonni Riggs Nicholas Serafine
Cathy Horstman Joann Wells Suzanne Tennant
Richard Budney Ron Panko John Porco
Easter Sunday
April 1
830 am
Monica LeFever Miah LeFever George Brandenburg
Dale Fisher Cole LeFever David Connors
Ed Cashdollar MaryAnn Poole Tom Poole
Thomas Beaumont Paul Duffy Patrick Gurrera Thomas Lorello
Easter Sunday
April 1
1100 am
Carla Gianni-Young Bernadette Whalen Kim Edmiston Angie Impellicceiri Marlene Hamilton Cynthia Harcharik
Joann Bugin Gary Impellicceiri
Joshua Kirkpatrick James Sauer
David Whalen Edie Wilson
Dave Whalen Charles Bugin Richard Delatore Chuck Robinson
Most Catholics do not participate in the culmination of Lent the liturgical celebrations of the ldquoThree Days of Easterrdquo - that is the liturgies of Holy Thursday Good Friday and the Easter Vigil Itrsquos just lsquonot the Easter traditionrsquo of many For others thatrsquos lsquojust too much churchrsquo For still others theyrsquore lsquotoo long and boringrsquo A lady once asked me ldquoTheyrsquore not holy days of obligation are theyrdquo No theyrsquore not if the only way to get people there is the threat of obligation then maybe itrsquos best they stay home The church has probably never had the majority of its folks at the high holy days celebrations The majesty of the mystery of Christrsquos death and resurrection is not something to easily grasp without a significant commitment of mind and heart of time and energy Also there
are those who simply cannot make this commitment even if they would like to because of the responsibilities of work or children or the stresses of age and ill health Still how painful the celebration of Lordrsquos Supper when a scant 120 Christians gathered to remember or on Good Friday a similar number venerate the cross on which the Lord Jesus died Despite efforts to make the Easter Vigil shorter than a March Madness ball game so few give it a chance Oh well Christ has died Christ is risen Christ will come again Fr Larry
ldquoHoly Thursdaymdash March 29 mdashLiturgy of the Lordrsquos Supperrdquo mdash 7 pm Foot-washing Memorial (see below) Solemn Eucharist Adoration until 10 pm
Tonight we return our Catholic Relief Fasting Boxes everything collected tonight will be to feed the hungry
The Paschal Fast Following ancient custom the church fasts and abstains from meat following this eveningrsquos
liturgy until the Great Vigil on Saturday evening We try to keep these days as somber meditative and holy until the bursting forth of Christ at his resurrection
ldquoGood Friday mdash March 29 mdash- Liturgy of the Lordrsquos Passionrdquo mdash 7 pm Reading of the Passion According to John Solemn Prayer for the World Veneration of
the Cross Communion
ldquoGreat Easter Vigilrdquomdash March 31 mdashSaturday mdash 830 pm Service of Light Proclamation of Easter Liturgy of Word Liturgy of Initiation
Liturgy of Eucharist This ancient mother of all vigils celebrate the new life Christ gives us in baptism new life that extends into eternity with the Risen Christ This year we have no baptisms but welcome two
candidates through Confirmation and First Eucharist
ldquoEaster Sundayrdquomdash April 1 - Masses at 830 and 1100 am Liturgy of Easter Joy and Renewal of Baptism Promises
There will be no 600 pm mass on Easter Sunday Evening
PRAY FOR OUR SICK MEMBERS Weirton Medical Centerndash Robert
Baker Jacqueline Martini Trinity Westndash Mary Solomon Golden Oaks -Theresa Petroski Lennie Slanchik Country Club Manor - Frances Oliver Weirton Geriatrics - Inez Oliver Mary Valko Christine Dorich Elsie Saleh David Miller Kathy Culler WyngatemdashVirginia Yoklic Serra Manorndash Guy Ceraolo
Our sympathy goes out to Regina Brun and family on the death of her sister Frances Catherine Risk and to Brandy Stewart and her family on the death of her
mother Patricia Buziak
The St Paulrsquos Fish Fry for March 30 will be held from 11am to 6pm for Good Friday 100 of the proceeds will directly benefit St Paulrsquos School and its students
The Glory Garden flowers will be in the back of the church the weekends of March 10th amp 17th Parishioners are asked to take a flower home and replace it with a live flower the weekend of March 25th They will be delivered to our shut-ins Eucharistic Ministers are asked to pick up a flower on this date and please deliver it to your shut-in(s)
Altar Flowers for Easter Season Remember deceased family and friends by having flowers placed in the church during the Easter Season Names of those memorialized will be published in the church bulletin Donations may be made at any of the five levels $1000 $2000 $3000 $4000 or $5000 This money makes it possible for us to decorate the sanctuary through Pentecost Sunday
The Annual Wine Tasting sponsored by the Holy Name Society will be April 21 2018 from 6pm-9pm in the school cafeteria For more information call Dave Whalen at 304-676-5866
St Joseph the Worker is offering Eucharistic Adoration in their new chapel beginning April 13th from 8am-4pm and will continue on all Fridays For more information please call Mary Evkovich 304-374-6170 Cindy Oliver 304-748-5093 or Mary Snyder
Franciscan University Accounting Students will offer a free e-filing assistance to Ohio Valley residents through the Internal Revenue Service Volunteer Income Tax program (VITA) now through April 13 2018 in the Fort Steuben Mall across from ATampT For additional information please call 740-264-7781
If you would like to be a prayer partner for our Confirmation Candidates please take a card from the back of the church
IMPORTANT NOTICES In the event of a St Paul School cancellation or delay due to bad weather there will be NO daily Mass
No Artificial Flowers are allowed to be in the ground at St Paul Cemetery they MUST be in a vase Live flowers are welcome once the ground thaws enough to allow for planting
OUR PARISH THIS WEEK Saturday March 24
415 pm 500 pm
Confessions Sunday Eucharist (Robert amp Mildred Ragon)
Sunday
March 25 Palm Sunday
830 am
1100 am
600 pm 700 pm
Sunday Eucharist (Agnes Wanchic) Sunday Eucharist (Madeline Gurrera amp Nikki Butto)
Sunday Eucharist (For All Our People) Alcoholics Anonymous
Monday March 26
800 am
600 pm
Weekday Eucharist (Mary Charnie Gaydos) Never Alone Meeting (Lower Church)
Tuesday
March 27
800 am
630 pm
Weekday Eucharist (Angeline DeMarco) Weekly Word ( conference room)
Wednesday March 28
800 am
Weekday Eucharist ( Teresa Fracasso)
Holy Thursday
March 29
700pm
Liturgy of the Lordrsquos Supper
Good Friday
March 30
11am-6pm
700 pm
Fish Fry (Cafeteria) Liturgy of the Lordrsquos Passion
Holy Saturday March 31
830 pm
Great Easter Vigil
Sunday April 1
Easter Sunday
830 am
1100 am
700 pm
Liturgy of Easter Joy-Renew Baptismal Promises Liturgy of Easter Joy-Renew Baptismal Promises Alcoholics Anonymous
Please consider giving a percentage of whatever remains in your estate to the parish memorial endowment fund Bequests for the parish should read ldquoTo the Most Rev
Michael J Bransfield Bishop of Wheeling Charleston or his successors in office for the exclusive use of St Paul
Parish (or school) in Weirton WVrdquo
SUNDAY COLLECTION
031818 Envelopes $ 425100 Offertory $ 59600 Catholic Relief $ 44200 Candles $ 19800
THE COMMUNITY BREAD BASKET There are two wicker baskets near the table with the Bread and Wine in the back of the church to receive any foods we can bring for the Community Bead Basket to distribute cereal peanut butter jelly tuna condiments like catsup and mustard canned veggies or fruit paper and hygiene products laundry and bath soapsmdashthe same sorts of products we all use at home The April item of the month is toilet paper
Going to be hospitalized Or homebound and canrsquot come to mass
Please call the parish office and lets us know so we can visit
LORD our God holy is your name Incline our hearts to your commandments and give us the wisdom of the cross so that freed from sin which imprisons us in our own self-centeredness we may be open to the gift of your Spirit and so become living temples of your love
Italian sacramentary
This week PassionPalm Sunday Mark 111-10 Isaiah 504-7 Philippians 26-11 Mark 141-1547
Background ldquo To seerdquo in the Gospel of John is a loaded verb It means not merely to
look with onersquos eyes but to see with the eyes of faith to believe Thus when Greeks that is non-Jews ask ldquoto seerdquo Jesus they want to believe in him This is taken by Jesus as the signal his ldquohour has comerdquo This hour is the time for his exaltation and glorification by the Father even
though it entails his crucifixion and death Only by dying and giving his life does he bring life to the world the same way a grain of wheat must die in the ground before it can produce an
abundant harvest of grain for people to eat and live
Next Week Easter SundaymdashMorning Mass Acts of the Apostles 1034a 37-43 Colossians 31-4 or 1 Corinthians 56b-8
John 201-9
Adult bible study gathers on Tuesday evenings in the office Conference Room at 630 pm
ldquoWhen comparing the accounts of the four gospels what stands out even more clearly [than their similarities] are the differences Too often we hasten to try to reconcile the differences rather than seek to understand what those differences mean Each writer provides us with a profoundly distinctive contribution to our understanding of Jesus and his saving acts Writing in a different cultural context with a new set of circumstances for the Christian community each evangelist presented the early traditions in new ways Presenting a detailed biography was not the dominant concern of each author rather they all interpreted the meaning of Jesusrsquo word and deeds as they listened to the apostolic preaching and followed the guidance of the Holy Spirit The living Word took on new shape according to the needs and circumstances of each community and each generation of Christians ldquoIn writing their accounts the evangelists drew on the words of the prophets the prayers of the psalms and other texts to help the church see Godrsquos presence in the paschal events mdashmdash Stephen J Binz
LITURGICAL MINISTERS FOR March 29mdashApril 1
Ministers of
Communion Lectors Altar
Servers
Greeters Ushers
Holy Thursday
March 29
700 pm
Maria Colantonio Lynette Ekey Ryan Ekey George Brandenburg Michael Plesa Debbie Coletti-Pearce Patricia Fisher
John Egan Kim Edmiston
Jenna Costello Nicholas Serafine Lonni Riggs
Jeannie Duffy Paul Duffy Claire Stewart Edie Wilson
Chuck Robinson Jerry Angelo
Good Friday
March 30
700 pm
Katrina Mills Hunter Sistilli Sharon Higgins
Madison Costello Jennifer Costello
Jenna Costello David Connors Olivia Tennant
Linda Cole Wilson Cole Guy Holmes Christine Holmes
Richard Budney Michael Cucarese
Saturday
March 31
830 pm
Easter Vigil
Peggy Rossi Victoria Perito Terri Nejus Jerry DiFilippo Robert Marino MaryAnn Petrelle
Debbie Coletti-Pearce Olivia Tennant David Parker Jennifer Costello Debra Marino
Lonni Riggs Nicholas Serafine
Cathy Horstman Joann Wells Suzanne Tennant
Richard Budney Ron Panko John Porco
Easter Sunday
April 1
830 am
Monica LeFever Miah LeFever George Brandenburg
Dale Fisher Cole LeFever David Connors
Ed Cashdollar MaryAnn Poole Tom Poole
Thomas Beaumont Paul Duffy Patrick Gurrera Thomas Lorello
Easter Sunday
April 1
1100 am
Carla Gianni-Young Bernadette Whalen Kim Edmiston Angie Impellicceiri Marlene Hamilton Cynthia Harcharik
Joann Bugin Gary Impellicceiri
Joshua Kirkpatrick James Sauer
David Whalen Edie Wilson
Dave Whalen Charles Bugin Richard Delatore Chuck Robinson
Most Catholics do not participate in the culmination of Lent the liturgical celebrations of the ldquoThree Days of Easterrdquo - that is the liturgies of Holy Thursday Good Friday and the Easter Vigil Itrsquos just lsquonot the Easter traditionrsquo of many For others thatrsquos lsquojust too much churchrsquo For still others theyrsquore lsquotoo long and boringrsquo A lady once asked me ldquoTheyrsquore not holy days of obligation are theyrdquo No theyrsquore not if the only way to get people there is the threat of obligation then maybe itrsquos best they stay home The church has probably never had the majority of its folks at the high holy days celebrations The majesty of the mystery of Christrsquos death and resurrection is not something to easily grasp without a significant commitment of mind and heart of time and energy Also there
are those who simply cannot make this commitment even if they would like to because of the responsibilities of work or children or the stresses of age and ill health Still how painful the celebration of Lordrsquos Supper when a scant 120 Christians gathered to remember or on Good Friday a similar number venerate the cross on which the Lord Jesus died Despite efforts to make the Easter Vigil shorter than a March Madness ball game so few give it a chance Oh well Christ has died Christ is risen Christ will come again Fr Larry
ldquoHoly Thursdaymdash March 29 mdashLiturgy of the Lordrsquos Supperrdquo mdash 7 pm Foot-washing Memorial (see below) Solemn Eucharist Adoration until 10 pm
Tonight we return our Catholic Relief Fasting Boxes everything collected tonight will be to feed the hungry
The Paschal Fast Following ancient custom the church fasts and abstains from meat following this eveningrsquos
liturgy until the Great Vigil on Saturday evening We try to keep these days as somber meditative and holy until the bursting forth of Christ at his resurrection
ldquoGood Friday mdash March 29 mdash- Liturgy of the Lordrsquos Passionrdquo mdash 7 pm Reading of the Passion According to John Solemn Prayer for the World Veneration of
the Cross Communion
ldquoGreat Easter Vigilrdquomdash March 31 mdashSaturday mdash 830 pm Service of Light Proclamation of Easter Liturgy of Word Liturgy of Initiation
Liturgy of Eucharist This ancient mother of all vigils celebrate the new life Christ gives us in baptism new life that extends into eternity with the Risen Christ This year we have no baptisms but welcome two
candidates through Confirmation and First Eucharist
ldquoEaster Sundayrdquomdash April 1 - Masses at 830 and 1100 am Liturgy of Easter Joy and Renewal of Baptism Promises
There will be no 600 pm mass on Easter Sunday Evening
PRAY FOR OUR SICK MEMBERS Weirton Medical Centerndash Robert
Baker Jacqueline Martini Trinity Westndash Mary Solomon Golden Oaks -Theresa Petroski Lennie Slanchik Country Club Manor - Frances Oliver Weirton Geriatrics - Inez Oliver Mary Valko Christine Dorich Elsie Saleh David Miller Kathy Culler WyngatemdashVirginia Yoklic Serra Manorndash Guy Ceraolo
Our sympathy goes out to Regina Brun and family on the death of her sister Frances Catherine Risk and to Brandy Stewart and her family on the death of her
mother Patricia Buziak
The St Paulrsquos Fish Fry for March 30 will be held from 11am to 6pm for Good Friday 100 of the proceeds will directly benefit St Paulrsquos School and its students
The Glory Garden flowers will be in the back of the church the weekends of March 10th amp 17th Parishioners are asked to take a flower home and replace it with a live flower the weekend of March 25th They will be delivered to our shut-ins Eucharistic Ministers are asked to pick up a flower on this date and please deliver it to your shut-in(s)
Altar Flowers for Easter Season Remember deceased family and friends by having flowers placed in the church during the Easter Season Names of those memorialized will be published in the church bulletin Donations may be made at any of the five levels $1000 $2000 $3000 $4000 or $5000 This money makes it possible for us to decorate the sanctuary through Pentecost Sunday
The Annual Wine Tasting sponsored by the Holy Name Society will be April 21 2018 from 6pm-9pm in the school cafeteria For more information call Dave Whalen at 304-676-5866
St Joseph the Worker is offering Eucharistic Adoration in their new chapel beginning April 13th from 8am-4pm and will continue on all Fridays For more information please call Mary Evkovich 304-374-6170 Cindy Oliver 304-748-5093 or Mary Snyder
Franciscan University Accounting Students will offer a free e-filing assistance to Ohio Valley residents through the Internal Revenue Service Volunteer Income Tax program (VITA) now through April 13 2018 in the Fort Steuben Mall across from ATampT For additional information please call 740-264-7781
If you would like to be a prayer partner for our Confirmation Candidates please take a card from the back of the church
IMPORTANT NOTICES In the event of a St Paul School cancellation or delay due to bad weather there will be NO daily Mass
No Artificial Flowers are allowed to be in the ground at St Paul Cemetery they MUST be in a vase Live flowers are welcome once the ground thaws enough to allow for planting
OUR PARISH THIS WEEK Saturday March 24
415 pm 500 pm
Confessions Sunday Eucharist (Robert amp Mildred Ragon)
Sunday
March 25 Palm Sunday
830 am
1100 am
600 pm 700 pm
Sunday Eucharist (Agnes Wanchic) Sunday Eucharist (Madeline Gurrera amp Nikki Butto)
Sunday Eucharist (For All Our People) Alcoholics Anonymous
Monday March 26
800 am
600 pm
Weekday Eucharist (Mary Charnie Gaydos) Never Alone Meeting (Lower Church)
Tuesday
March 27
800 am
630 pm
Weekday Eucharist (Angeline DeMarco) Weekly Word ( conference room)
Wednesday March 28
800 am
Weekday Eucharist ( Teresa Fracasso)
Holy Thursday
March 29
700pm
Liturgy of the Lordrsquos Supper
Good Friday
March 30
11am-6pm
700 pm
Fish Fry (Cafeteria) Liturgy of the Lordrsquos Passion
Holy Saturday March 31
830 pm
Great Easter Vigil
Sunday April 1
Easter Sunday
830 am
1100 am
700 pm
Liturgy of Easter Joy-Renew Baptismal Promises Liturgy of Easter Joy-Renew Baptismal Promises Alcoholics Anonymous
Please consider giving a percentage of whatever remains in your estate to the parish memorial endowment fund Bequests for the parish should read ldquoTo the Most Rev
Michael J Bransfield Bishop of Wheeling Charleston or his successors in office for the exclusive use of St Paul
Parish (or school) in Weirton WVrdquo
SUNDAY COLLECTION
031818 Envelopes $ 425100 Offertory $ 59600 Catholic Relief $ 44200 Candles $ 19800
LITURGICAL MINISTERS FOR March 29mdashApril 1
Ministers of
Communion Lectors Altar
Servers
Greeters Ushers
Holy Thursday
March 29
700 pm
Maria Colantonio Lynette Ekey Ryan Ekey George Brandenburg Michael Plesa Debbie Coletti-Pearce Patricia Fisher
John Egan Kim Edmiston
Jenna Costello Nicholas Serafine Lonni Riggs
Jeannie Duffy Paul Duffy Claire Stewart Edie Wilson
Chuck Robinson Jerry Angelo
Good Friday
March 30
700 pm
Katrina Mills Hunter Sistilli Sharon Higgins
Madison Costello Jennifer Costello
Jenna Costello David Connors Olivia Tennant
Linda Cole Wilson Cole Guy Holmes Christine Holmes
Richard Budney Michael Cucarese
Saturday
March 31
830 pm
Easter Vigil
Peggy Rossi Victoria Perito Terri Nejus Jerry DiFilippo Robert Marino MaryAnn Petrelle
Debbie Coletti-Pearce Olivia Tennant David Parker Jennifer Costello Debra Marino
Lonni Riggs Nicholas Serafine
Cathy Horstman Joann Wells Suzanne Tennant
Richard Budney Ron Panko John Porco
Easter Sunday
April 1
830 am
Monica LeFever Miah LeFever George Brandenburg
Dale Fisher Cole LeFever David Connors
Ed Cashdollar MaryAnn Poole Tom Poole
Thomas Beaumont Paul Duffy Patrick Gurrera Thomas Lorello
Easter Sunday
April 1
1100 am
Carla Gianni-Young Bernadette Whalen Kim Edmiston Angie Impellicceiri Marlene Hamilton Cynthia Harcharik
Joann Bugin Gary Impellicceiri
Joshua Kirkpatrick James Sauer
David Whalen Edie Wilson
Dave Whalen Charles Bugin Richard Delatore Chuck Robinson
Most Catholics do not participate in the culmination of Lent the liturgical celebrations of the ldquoThree Days of Easterrdquo - that is the liturgies of Holy Thursday Good Friday and the Easter Vigil Itrsquos just lsquonot the Easter traditionrsquo of many For others thatrsquos lsquojust too much churchrsquo For still others theyrsquore lsquotoo long and boringrsquo A lady once asked me ldquoTheyrsquore not holy days of obligation are theyrdquo No theyrsquore not if the only way to get people there is the threat of obligation then maybe itrsquos best they stay home The church has probably never had the majority of its folks at the high holy days celebrations The majesty of the mystery of Christrsquos death and resurrection is not something to easily grasp without a significant commitment of mind and heart of time and energy Also there
are those who simply cannot make this commitment even if they would like to because of the responsibilities of work or children or the stresses of age and ill health Still how painful the celebration of Lordrsquos Supper when a scant 120 Christians gathered to remember or on Good Friday a similar number venerate the cross on which the Lord Jesus died Despite efforts to make the Easter Vigil shorter than a March Madness ball game so few give it a chance Oh well Christ has died Christ is risen Christ will come again Fr Larry
ldquoHoly Thursdaymdash March 29 mdashLiturgy of the Lordrsquos Supperrdquo mdash 7 pm Foot-washing Memorial (see below) Solemn Eucharist Adoration until 10 pm
Tonight we return our Catholic Relief Fasting Boxes everything collected tonight will be to feed the hungry
The Paschal Fast Following ancient custom the church fasts and abstains from meat following this eveningrsquos
liturgy until the Great Vigil on Saturday evening We try to keep these days as somber meditative and holy until the bursting forth of Christ at his resurrection
ldquoGood Friday mdash March 29 mdash- Liturgy of the Lordrsquos Passionrdquo mdash 7 pm Reading of the Passion According to John Solemn Prayer for the World Veneration of
the Cross Communion
ldquoGreat Easter Vigilrdquomdash March 31 mdashSaturday mdash 830 pm Service of Light Proclamation of Easter Liturgy of Word Liturgy of Initiation
Liturgy of Eucharist This ancient mother of all vigils celebrate the new life Christ gives us in baptism new life that extends into eternity with the Risen Christ This year we have no baptisms but welcome two
candidates through Confirmation and First Eucharist
ldquoEaster Sundayrdquomdash April 1 - Masses at 830 and 1100 am Liturgy of Easter Joy and Renewal of Baptism Promises
There will be no 600 pm mass on Easter Sunday Evening
PRAY FOR OUR SICK MEMBERS Weirton Medical Centerndash Robert
Baker Jacqueline Martini Trinity Westndash Mary Solomon Golden Oaks -Theresa Petroski Lennie Slanchik Country Club Manor - Frances Oliver Weirton Geriatrics - Inez Oliver Mary Valko Christine Dorich Elsie Saleh David Miller Kathy Culler WyngatemdashVirginia Yoklic Serra Manorndash Guy Ceraolo
Our sympathy goes out to Regina Brun and family on the death of her sister Frances Catherine Risk and to Brandy Stewart and her family on the death of her
mother Patricia Buziak
The St Paulrsquos Fish Fry for March 30 will be held from 11am to 6pm for Good Friday 100 of the proceeds will directly benefit St Paulrsquos School and its students
The Glory Garden flowers will be in the back of the church the weekends of March 10th amp 17th Parishioners are asked to take a flower home and replace it with a live flower the weekend of March 25th They will be delivered to our shut-ins Eucharistic Ministers are asked to pick up a flower on this date and please deliver it to your shut-in(s)
Altar Flowers for Easter Season Remember deceased family and friends by having flowers placed in the church during the Easter Season Names of those memorialized will be published in the church bulletin Donations may be made at any of the five levels $1000 $2000 $3000 $4000 or $5000 This money makes it possible for us to decorate the sanctuary through Pentecost Sunday
The Annual Wine Tasting sponsored by the Holy Name Society will be April 21 2018 from 6pm-9pm in the school cafeteria For more information call Dave Whalen at 304-676-5866
St Joseph the Worker is offering Eucharistic Adoration in their new chapel beginning April 13th from 8am-4pm and will continue on all Fridays For more information please call Mary Evkovich 304-374-6170 Cindy Oliver 304-748-5093 or Mary Snyder
Franciscan University Accounting Students will offer a free e-filing assistance to Ohio Valley residents through the Internal Revenue Service Volunteer Income Tax program (VITA) now through April 13 2018 in the Fort Steuben Mall across from ATampT For additional information please call 740-264-7781
If you would like to be a prayer partner for our Confirmation Candidates please take a card from the back of the church
IMPORTANT NOTICES In the event of a St Paul School cancellation or delay due to bad weather there will be NO daily Mass
No Artificial Flowers are allowed to be in the ground at St Paul Cemetery they MUST be in a vase Live flowers are welcome once the ground thaws enough to allow for planting
OUR PARISH THIS WEEK Saturday March 24
415 pm 500 pm
Confessions Sunday Eucharist (Robert amp Mildred Ragon)
Sunday
March 25 Palm Sunday
830 am
1100 am
600 pm 700 pm
Sunday Eucharist (Agnes Wanchic) Sunday Eucharist (Madeline Gurrera amp Nikki Butto)
Sunday Eucharist (For All Our People) Alcoholics Anonymous
Monday March 26
800 am
600 pm
Weekday Eucharist (Mary Charnie Gaydos) Never Alone Meeting (Lower Church)
Tuesday
March 27
800 am
630 pm
Weekday Eucharist (Angeline DeMarco) Weekly Word ( conference room)
Wednesday March 28
800 am
Weekday Eucharist ( Teresa Fracasso)
Holy Thursday
March 29
700pm
Liturgy of the Lordrsquos Supper
Good Friday
March 30
11am-6pm
700 pm
Fish Fry (Cafeteria) Liturgy of the Lordrsquos Passion
Holy Saturday March 31
830 pm
Great Easter Vigil
Sunday April 1
Easter Sunday
830 am
1100 am
700 pm
Liturgy of Easter Joy-Renew Baptismal Promises Liturgy of Easter Joy-Renew Baptismal Promises Alcoholics Anonymous
Please consider giving a percentage of whatever remains in your estate to the parish memorial endowment fund Bequests for the parish should read ldquoTo the Most Rev
Michael J Bransfield Bishop of Wheeling Charleston or his successors in office for the exclusive use of St Paul
Parish (or school) in Weirton WVrdquo
SUNDAY COLLECTION
031818 Envelopes $ 425100 Offertory $ 59600 Catholic Relief $ 44200 Candles $ 19800
PRAY FOR OUR SICK MEMBERS Weirton Medical Centerndash Robert
Baker Jacqueline Martini Trinity Westndash Mary Solomon Golden Oaks -Theresa Petroski Lennie Slanchik Country Club Manor - Frances Oliver Weirton Geriatrics - Inez Oliver Mary Valko Christine Dorich Elsie Saleh David Miller Kathy Culler WyngatemdashVirginia Yoklic Serra Manorndash Guy Ceraolo
Our sympathy goes out to Regina Brun and family on the death of her sister Frances Catherine Risk and to Brandy Stewart and her family on the death of her
mother Patricia Buziak
The St Paulrsquos Fish Fry for March 30 will be held from 11am to 6pm for Good Friday 100 of the proceeds will directly benefit St Paulrsquos School and its students
The Glory Garden flowers will be in the back of the church the weekends of March 10th amp 17th Parishioners are asked to take a flower home and replace it with a live flower the weekend of March 25th They will be delivered to our shut-ins Eucharistic Ministers are asked to pick up a flower on this date and please deliver it to your shut-in(s)
Altar Flowers for Easter Season Remember deceased family and friends by having flowers placed in the church during the Easter Season Names of those memorialized will be published in the church bulletin Donations may be made at any of the five levels $1000 $2000 $3000 $4000 or $5000 This money makes it possible for us to decorate the sanctuary through Pentecost Sunday
The Annual Wine Tasting sponsored by the Holy Name Society will be April 21 2018 from 6pm-9pm in the school cafeteria For more information call Dave Whalen at 304-676-5866
St Joseph the Worker is offering Eucharistic Adoration in their new chapel beginning April 13th from 8am-4pm and will continue on all Fridays For more information please call Mary Evkovich 304-374-6170 Cindy Oliver 304-748-5093 or Mary Snyder
Franciscan University Accounting Students will offer a free e-filing assistance to Ohio Valley residents through the Internal Revenue Service Volunteer Income Tax program (VITA) now through April 13 2018 in the Fort Steuben Mall across from ATampT For additional information please call 740-264-7781
If you would like to be a prayer partner for our Confirmation Candidates please take a card from the back of the church
IMPORTANT NOTICES In the event of a St Paul School cancellation or delay due to bad weather there will be NO daily Mass
No Artificial Flowers are allowed to be in the ground at St Paul Cemetery they MUST be in a vase Live flowers are welcome once the ground thaws enough to allow for planting
OUR PARISH THIS WEEK Saturday March 24
415 pm 500 pm
Confessions Sunday Eucharist (Robert amp Mildred Ragon)
Sunday
March 25 Palm Sunday
830 am
1100 am
600 pm 700 pm
Sunday Eucharist (Agnes Wanchic) Sunday Eucharist (Madeline Gurrera amp Nikki Butto)
Sunday Eucharist (For All Our People) Alcoholics Anonymous
Monday March 26
800 am
600 pm
Weekday Eucharist (Mary Charnie Gaydos) Never Alone Meeting (Lower Church)
Tuesday
March 27
800 am
630 pm
Weekday Eucharist (Angeline DeMarco) Weekly Word ( conference room)
Wednesday March 28
800 am
Weekday Eucharist ( Teresa Fracasso)
Holy Thursday
March 29
700pm
Liturgy of the Lordrsquos Supper
Good Friday
March 30
11am-6pm
700 pm
Fish Fry (Cafeteria) Liturgy of the Lordrsquos Passion
Holy Saturday March 31
830 pm
Great Easter Vigil
Sunday April 1
Easter Sunday
830 am
1100 am
700 pm
Liturgy of Easter Joy-Renew Baptismal Promises Liturgy of Easter Joy-Renew Baptismal Promises Alcoholics Anonymous
Please consider giving a percentage of whatever remains in your estate to the parish memorial endowment fund Bequests for the parish should read ldquoTo the Most Rev
Michael J Bransfield Bishop of Wheeling Charleston or his successors in office for the exclusive use of St Paul
Parish (or school) in Weirton WVrdquo
SUNDAY COLLECTION
031818 Envelopes $ 425100 Offertory $ 59600 Catholic Relief $ 44200 Candles $ 19800
