St. Patrick Roman Catholic Parish A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust
THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME February 10, 2013
317 West Pike Street E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 724.745.6560 Canonsburg, PA 15317 Website: www.stpatrickparish.net Fax: 724.746.1112
MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 7:30 am and 5:00 pm (Vigil)
Sunday: 7:30 and 10:00 am, 12:00 noon & 5:00 pm
Monday thru Friday: 7:00 am
Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday: 8:30 am Wednesday: 9:00 am
RECONCILIATION Saturday: 11:30 am to 12:30 pm and by request EUCHARISTIC ADORATION First Tuesday of each month Exposition at 12:00 noon Benediction at 7:00 pm COMMUNION CALLS Any homebound member or shut-in may receive Holy Communion in their home. A Eucharistic Minister, Deacon or Priest will visit.
MARRIAGE PREPARATION It is necessary to contact a priest 6 months before intended date of marriage. Pre-marriage preparation is also required for the Sacrament of Marriage.
GOD’S SUMMONS Confronted with God’s power and majesty, the first response of the prophet Isaiah was to acknowledge his sinful-ness. “Woe is me, I am doomed! For I am a man of unclean lips,” he said aloud. Likewise, with his empty fishing nets dramatically filled at Jesus’ instruction, Peter fell to his knees and cried out, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.”
Next, Peter got up. He docked his boats then left to follow Jesus. Isaiah also had a dramatic change of heart. When he heard the Lord say, “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?” Isaiah answered, “Here I am, send me.”
We are summoned daily by the Risen Lord. We are reminded of the saving power of the gospel and know in our heart of hearts that, as St. Paul wrote, believing in anything else won’t lead to anything.
ASH WEDNESDAY A time for fasting, abstinance & charity
Ashes will distributed at the following masses on Wed., Feb. 13 at 7:00 am, 9:00 am, 12:00 noon, and 7:00 pm. Please note that the Ash Wednesday collection is designated for St. Patrick Parish’s St. Vincent de Paul Society.
2013 PARISH SHARE APPEAL BEGINS
The 2013 Parish Share Appeal officially begins this Sunday, February 10, 2013. Remember that every dollar collected over our goal is ours to use for our own needs in the parish, as well as being exempt from any future assessment. Your gift and sacrifice are a tremendous help to our parish, as well as to your Diocese. Please read the information in the letter sent to your home this week and return your pledge card next weekend. In addition, please save the Lenten information included in this mailing for future reference.
MEN’S RETREAT Please join us for the Men’s Retreat at St. Paul of the Cross Retreat Center, a sacred space of rest and spiritual refreshment, March 15-17. This is a wonderful opportunity during the season of Lent. All men are welcome. Information brochures are located at the entrances to the church, or contact John Hofrichter at 724.746.3279.
BAKED GOODS FOR FISH FRY It is that time of the year for our Annual Lenten Fish Fry. Baked goods are needed for dinners and take-outs every Friday beginning February 15, 2013 until March 22nd. We are asking
parishioners to please bake cakes, pies and brownies. All baked goods can be dropped off at the cafeteria on Thursday evenings or Friday by 4:00 pm. Thank you for your support!
PARISH WEBSITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Our parish website is currently under construction and will be up and running again with current information by Ash Wednesday. Thank you for your patience while this project is completed.
ST. PATRICK CEMETERY CLEAN-UP St. Patrick Cemetery will be made ready for the spring and Easter holiday during the month of March. Please remember to clean all the decorations off of your loved one’s grave(s) before March 4th, so that they are not disposed of. Thanks for your help and cooperation.
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STEWARDSHIP REPORT
February 3, 2013 - The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Envelopes ....................................................... $11,729.10 Children’s Envelopes ..........................................$26.74 Loose Cash and Coin ........................................$840.09 St. Patrick School .............................................. $310.00 Parish Total ................................................. $12,905.93
Weekly Budgeted Expenses …………….... $16,225.75
St. Vincent de Paul ............................................$209.00 Souper Bowl Sunday ..................................... $2,882.17
2013 Parish Share
Assessment for 2013................................... $133,787.00 Amount paid to date ........................................ $1,423.00
There will be a Lenten Collection taken on Ash Wednesday for St. Patrick’s St. Vincent de Paul Society. Please be as generous as possible.
There will be a Second Lenten Collection taken next Sunday, February 26 for the Greater Canonsburg Food Bank. Please be as generous as possible. If you would like a statement of your contributions to St. Patrick Parish for the year of 2012, please fill in the following form and drop in the offertory basket on Sunday or mail it to the rectory office.
SECOND COLLECTION
Please send my offertory statement for the year 2012 to:
Name: _____________________________________
Address: ___________________________________
___________________________________
Phone: ___________________________________
Envelope #: ______________
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The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time– February 10 World Marriage Day 5:00 (PM -VIGIL) All Married Couples 7:30 Nathan M. Chardello by Mitch & Diane Chardello 10:00 Elizabeth & Andrew Martin by Carolyn & Ron Fela 12:00 Dennis L. Gump by Joanne Gump & Children 5:00 For the People
Monday, February 11 - Our Lady of Lourdes World Day of the Sick 7:00 Antoinette Sebelia by Violet Bender 2:30 (PM- Consulate Lower) Caroline Harmuth by Flo Pepe
Tuesday, February 12 Shrove Tuesday 7:00 The Holy Face of Jesus by a Friend 8:30 Angeline Walleck by Marge Capitani 10:00 (AHEPA) Catherine Brincko by Charles & Eleanor Campagna
Ash Wednesday, February 13 Fast & Abstinence, Almsgiving 7:00 Fr. Dan Sullivan by Margie 9:00 Earl & Violet Crosson by Mr. & Mrs. Charles Sroka 12:00 (Noon) Cheryl Sutton by Family 7:00 (PM) Deceased Members of the Giaquinto Family by Mr. & Mrs. Mark Giaquinto
Thursday, February 14 - Ss. Cyril & Methodius Valentines Day 7:00 Anna Popeck by Mary Ann Yurus 8:30 John J. Urbancic by Mary & Daughters, Marie, Carol & Joan 10:30 (Town View) The Spiritual & Temporal Welfare of Donald, Julie & Benjamin Sulkowski by Mr. & Mrs. Francis W. Harriton
Friday, February 15 7:00 Ralph Celio by Ervin Yarkosky 8:30 Angeline Haught by Ruth Klub 2:10 (PM) Stations of the Cross 7:00 (PM) Stations of the Cross
Saturday, February 16 7:30 Mary Lou Popiolkowski by Anna Marie Novak 11:30 -12:30 Reconciliation
5:00 (PM -VIGIL) Patrick O’Donnell Family & Herman Hollenbach Family by Delma O’Donnell
The First Sunday of Lent– February 17 7:30 For the People 10:00 Flory Di Yenno by Wife & Family 12:00 Jack & Larry Bender, and Fiory DaPra Family by Violet Bender 5:00 Fred Motto by Ann & Frank Chuppetta
ST. PATRICK MASS INTENTIONS
2.16/2.17 Sat 5:00 PM Sun 7:30 AM Sun 10 AM Sun Noon Sun 5:00 PM
Lector C Sherwin A Solobay W Olshanski E Patrick G Loeffler
Euch. Min. E Bruno J Hofrichter P Olshanski J Brandel T Loeffler
J Bruno B Herron M Badia C Bevec B Podobnik
A Harton M Dombrowski M Corwin T Geho S Podobnik
R Harton D Angelone J Blumen N Brooks J Miller
N Galizia D McEnteer N Buttlar P Brooks
Altar Server L Pasquinelli A Boni E Frohnapfel M Costantino R Cochenour
M Pasquinelli Z Boni B Lochran J Cavallo S Coury
B McIntyre K Adreon N Lochran C Gasior E Nolder
The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 10, 2013
Ash Wednesday, February 13, 2013
First Friday in Lent, February 15, 2013
The First Sunday of Lent, February 17, 2013
MINISTER SCHEDULE
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
2.9/2.10 Sat 5:00 PM Sun 7:30 AM Sun 10 AM Sun Noon Sun 5:00 PM
Lector N Bell B Bender R Gaydos A Dascenzo M Balestrieri
Euch. Min. J Bell P Sollon L Thompson M Lickert B Svitek
T Kline M Martorano E LoGreco M Law T Diehl
D Affinito P Martorano J Morton B Sandy J Dristas
G Illig J Duval M Morton J Franko J Kusic
R Illig P Stabile P Barshick C Smith
Altar Server R Burke L Sollon K Crider A Drain A Starcevic
B Burke J Neiderer L Kostic S Drain L Starcevic
C Phillips C Flaherty V Rosenwald C Hyde M Jeniskis
Euch. Min. D Assigned D Assigned T Loeffler J Bruno M Corwin
P Martorano M Corwin M Law M Blumen N Galizia
B Herron J Duval M Badia J Blumen
Altar Server D Assigned Sch Student Sch Student C Helinski
Sch Student Sch Student J Helinski
Sch Student Sch Student M Costantino
Altar Servers J Felton K Adreon
Stations of the Cross at 7:00 pm
S Coury
Feb 3, 10, 17 & 24
8:30 to 9:45 am
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Faith Formation (Religious Education) Second Grade Par-ents Meeting for First Holy Communion (both school and Reli-gious Education) is scheduled for Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 7:00 pm in the cafeteria.
Come shop for your Valentine at our vendor night on Monday Feb 11th from 6-9 pm in St Patrick's school cafeteria. Money raised from this event will go to St. Patrick School.
Vendors include Tastefully Simple, Avon, Thirty-one, Pink Zeb-ra, Lisa Thompson, Pizelles by Theresa, Cookie Lee jewelry, Kara Vita lotion, Rebecca's Designs, Mary Kay, Massages by Barb DeTemple, Jamberry Nails, It Works body wraps, Pam-pered Chef, Premier Jewelry and Lots of Love Sweets. In addi-tion, Cards for Education (gift cards) will be for sale at this event. Any questions, please call Tracie at 724-514-7153.
All candidates and sponsors are to be at the 12:00 noon mass on Feb. 17, 2013 for the Rite of Sending. The Rite of Election will take place at St. Paul Cathedral, Oakland following the mass. Feb. 11 - RCIA: 7:00 pm (Center) Feb. 13 - Ash Wednesday Masses: 7 am, 9 am, 12 noon, 7 pm Feb. 15 - Fish-Fry Lunch: 11 am - 1 pm (Cafeteria) Feb. 15 - Stations of the Cross: 2:10 pm (Church) Feb. 15 - Fish-Fry Dinner: 4 pm - 7 pm (Cafeteria) Feb. 15 - Living Stations of the Cross: 7:00 pm (Church) Feb. 17 - Catholic Men’s Club: 7:00 pm (Center) Feb. 20 - Christian Mother’s Ex. Board Mtg: 7 pm (Center) Feb. 21 - Knights of Columbus: 7:00 pm (KoC Hall)
Catholic Charities has a tasty Lenten resolution for you! Enjoy meatless menu items at participating area restaurants February 13-March 30, and a portion of the sales will be donated to Cath-olic Charities for vital outreach services. Dine at Luke Wholey’s Wild Alaskan Grille (Strip District), The Original Fish Market and the Carlton (Downtown Pittsburgh), The Tuscan Inn (Allison Park and the Hartwood Restaurant (Glenshaw). All of the delicious details are available at www.ccpgh.org.
RCIA - Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
FAITH
FORMATION
High School (grades 9-12) Life Nights: Every Sunday during Lent from 6:30-8:00 pm. Middle School Ministry (grades7-8) EDGE Nights: 1st & 3rd Wed of the month
from 6:30-8:00 pm.
Permission forms for all events are available in the church
Sunday, February 10, 2:00 pm Students in grades 7-12: Show your love this Valentine’s season by bringing baby wipes and diapers for Catholic Charities and/or non-perishable boxed food for the East End Cooperative Ministry. Walkers should meet in the church parking lot at 12:30. We will leave at 12:45 for 2:00 pm with Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Shadyside. Please bring your donations of diapers and baby wipes for Catholic and non-perishable food donations with you. After Mass we will carry our donations to the EECM food pantry, where we will join other teens for fellowship and refreshments. Parents and families are most welcome to join us.
Praise and Worship with Eucharistic Adoration: Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 7:00pm - 9:00pm St. Thomas Moore Church, Bethel Park, Pa On Monday, February 11, feast of Our Lady of
Lourdes, there will be a night of praise and worship with Eu-charistic Adoration at St. Thomas Moore Church. There will be a talk on “The Healing Power of Christ” by Dave Vanvickle as well as an opportunity for Confession. Light reception after-ward. Sponsored by the Vocations Office. Contact Fr. Joe Freedy at [email protected] for more information. Permis-sion forms required if you will be going with the Youth Group.
Save the date! Local World Youth Day in Pittsburgh Sat., July 27, 2013 to Sunday, July 28, 2013 St. Paul Seminary Campus
Local World Youth Day (LWYD) is a diocesan youth festival for all those unable to attend the international celebration of World Youth Day in Rio de Janero, Brazil. Activities will be centered on the WYD 2013 theme: “Go and Make Disciples of all Nations!” cf. Matthew 28:19 and will incorporate WYD elements: catechesis, pilgrimage, praise and worship, sacraments, saints, scripture, service, the Cross, and vocations in emulation of the Saturday to Sunday schedule of the international gathering. More info coming soon.
YOUTH MINISTRY
SHOP FOR YOUR VALENTINE
DATES TO REMEMBER
A TASTY LENTEN RESOLUTION
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Adult - $8.50 Child - $5.00 Includes two sides, roll & butter, dessert & beverage Condiments included.
Shrimp Dinner
Adult - $8.50 Child - $5.00 Includes two sides, roll & butter, dessert & beverage Condiments included.
Lunch - 11:00 to 1:00 Fried Fish Sandwich Adult - $6.50 Child - $3.00 Soup of the Day (12 oz.) - $4.00 Sides (sold separately) Condiments included.
Lunch & dinner served in school cafeteria
Take-outs available - 724.745.6560 or fax 724.746.1112 (ahead)
Lunch Only - Business & School deliveries - minimum order $30.00 (within 7 mi.)
Southpointe customers - Please request delivery time of 11:30 or 12:15.
See www.stpatrickparish.net for faxable order form & online menu
Dinner - 4:00 to 7:00
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“RESILIENCE”
Dr. Anthony F. Merante
There are many similar definitions for resilience. Some are more detailed than others. But basically, I like to define resilience as the ability to cope with adversity. Resilience is also the ability to “bounce back” from such adversity. Now, I am not going to talk about any major catastrophe, tragedy, or severe trauma. That is beyond the scope of this message. Such situations in life are difficult for all of us.
Actually, my focus is going to be on the opposite. It is the small things in life, which provide opportunities for children to build up their resilience. Parents need to help their children develop the skills to become resilient in every day life, not try to rescue them every time something happens that they don’t like. When some children become teenagers and adults, they often cannot deal with what they face because they were not given enough of these opportunities when they were growing up. Their parents were overprotective by not letting them take minor risks, calling the neighbor or school every time something happened that they didn’t like, or ran around the house making sure their son or daughter wouldn’t get upset.
Okay, think back to when you were in elementary school. Do you remember Christmas – your birthday – a summer vacation? Did you always get what you wanted…did you go where you wanted if you went any-where? Can’t remember? Not sure? Like most of us, for some of those times you didn’t get everything you wanted for Christmas, everything you wanted for your birthday, or went where you wanted for vacation. Have you survived? Yes, and though you may not remember specifics, when this took place, a little bit of you learned to cope. There are of course many other examples.
Do you remember when you were young and had a terrible cold and couldn’t go out and play? Do you remem-ber when you weren’t invited to that birthday party? It wasn’t fun and you weren’t happy, but I think you han-dled it and it didn’t damage you, though at that time it was very disappointing. You see, everything our chil-dren go through (again discounting tragedies as I mentioned above) really isn’t going to negatively change their life that much at that time. When things like this do happen, they need to learn to cope. They can’t cope if you don’t let your children experience these small natural consequences in life.
When parents try to FIX EVERYTHING so their children aren’t sad, so their children don’t have to deal with disap-pointment, or so the parents themselves don’t have to feel the pain of watching their children being upset, they are doing their children a disservice. It isn’t easy being a parent. It is painful at times and no one enjoys pain! But we have to remember that as our children go through life, they are going to have many disappointments. Our task is to help them cope with the disappointments when they are young…by talking with them, explaining to them that this is part of life, and yes, giving them that phrase we all use, life isn’t fair. If we do this now, we better prepare them as they get older. No, parenting isn’t easy, but no one said it was supposed to be!
REMEMBER, AT ST. PATRICK SCHOOL, WE EDUCATE THE WHOLE CHILD!
THE PRINCIPAL’S PEN
PARISH STAFF
PASTOR, Rev. John J. Batykefer [email protected] (724.745.6560, ext. 12)
PAROCHIAL VICAR, Rev. F. Raymond Trance, MDiv, MRE, MBA (724.745.6560, ext. 13)
Serving Canonsburg General Hospital and local area Nursing Facilities
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
“We, the people of St. Patrick Roman Catholic Parish, with a strong tradition of sacramental life guided by the Holy Spirit, nourished by the Eucharist & strengthened by God’s Word, commit ourselves to build strong families,
foster Christian values and support all persons on their spiritual journey.”
PARISH MINISTRIES & CONTACTS
Altar Server Ministry Training: Mr. Nick Galizia (724.746.1859) Scheduling: Please call the parish office
Altar Society and Liturgical Maintenance Mrs. Betty Herron (724.941.2965)
Mrs. Laura Spadaro (724.745.4726)
Catholic Men's Club (Ushers) Mr. David E. Cushman (724.746.4253)
Christian Mothers and Guild Mrs. Barbara Cianelli (724.745.4913)
Choirs (Adult, Children & Bell) Mrs. Lucy Hosni (724.745.6560, leave a message)
Coffee/Donuts and Bread Program Mrs. Natalie D. Tissot (724.942.7949)
Communion Calls Please call the parish office
Funeral Luncheons Mrs. Rena Patrick (724.745.3058)
Garden and Grounds Please call the parish office
Knights of Columbus #3291 Mr. Vince Crider (724.745.2551)
Ministries of Mothers Sharing (MOMS) Ms. Lizanne Boni (724.873.7326)
Parish Pastoral Council Facilitator, Joseph Kusic (724.745.5474)
Scribe, Cecilia Miller (724.873.1772) Members: Nancy Bell, Jerry Brandl, Deacon Joseph Cerenzia,
Diane Galanko, Michael Lickert, Joseph Mascetta
Prayer Chain Please call the parish office
Respect Life Group Mrs. Lisa Thompson, (724.746.3459)
St. Vincent de Paul Society Please call the parish office
BULLETIN AND WEBPAGE SUBMISSIONS
Notices and pictures for the bulletin and parish webpage should be emailed to [email protected] or brought in to the rectory by 4:00 pm Friday, one week before publication. Please indicate the duration that you would like your item
to appear in the bulletin and kindly note that article submissions may be edited due to time and space constraints.
Bulletin Number: 006957 Church Name & Address: St. Patrick Church 317 West Pike Street Canonsburg, PA 15317 Contact: Liz Smith Cell: 724.562.6794 Email: [email protected] Software: Microsoft Publisher 2010 Adobe Acrobat X Standard Windows Vista Business Printer: Kyocera FS-C5100DN Transmission Time: Tuesday Attached is the bulletin for: Sunday, February 10, 2013 Number of Pages Sent: 1—9 Special Instructions:
