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Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
June 24, 2018
A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust
BAPTISMS
Will take place on the Second and
Fourth Sunday of the month immediately
following the 11:30 a.m. Mass
(Approximately 1:00 p.m.).
Pre-sacramental preparation is required.
Please call the office to make arrangements.
MARRIAGE
Wedding arrangements must be made with
parish clergy at least six months in advance
of proposed wedding date. Please call the
office PRIOR to making any other
arrangements.
SACRAMENT OF THE SICK
& SHUT-INS
Anointing every Sunday at 8:30 a.m.
in the Church. No registration needed.
Shut-ins, call the rectory.
403 GRANDVIEW AVENUE
PITTSBURGH, PA 15211
412-381-0212 • Fax: 412-381-9921 • www.smomp.org
PARISH CLERGY
Rev. Michael J. Stumpf ..................................................... Pastor
Rev. Peter Mawanda……………………………………..In Residence
Rev. Joseph Mele….……………………………………..In Residence
DIRECTORY OF MINISTRIES
Rectory and Parish Offices ....................................... 412-381-0212
Office Manager ............................................ Sandy Crowley x 101
Receptionist ………………………………………………….. x102
Religious Education …………………………….....Holly Mohr x 106
Director of Liturgical Music ............................. Amanda Bruce x 105
Wedding Facilitator…………………………………………….x 103
Director of Deaf Choir………………………………..Karen Shepherd
Coordinator of Liturgy….….…..Christine Jordanoff /[email protected]
Coordinator of Deaf Ministries…..…...Karen Shepherd / [email protected]
Facilities / Maintenance ….……………………………………..x117�
Sullivan Hall ........................................................ 412-390-4011
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MASS SCHEDULE
Mon, Wed, Fri: 7:00 a.m.
Tues & Thurs: 10:00 a.m.
Saturday: 5:00 p.m. (Anticipated)
Sunday: 7:30, 9:30 &
11:30 a.m. (Signed Mass)
Holyday: As announced inside Bulletin
CONFESSIONS
Saturdays: Noon –12:45 p.m.
(And by appointment)
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SAINT MARY OF THE MOUNT PARISH�
Prince of Peace Mass Schedule
Monday - Friday
10:00 a.m. - Saint Adalbert
Saturday
5:00 p.m. - Saint Adalbert
Sunday
9:00 a.m. - Saint Adalbert
11:00 a.m. - Saint Peter
Saint Adalbert - 160 S. 15th Street
Saint Peter - 28th & Sarah Street
Readings for the Week of June 24, 2018
Sunday: Vigil: Jer 1:4-10/Ps 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15, 17 [6b]/1 Pt 1:8-
12/Lk 1:5-17
Day: Is 49:1-6/Ps 139:1-3, 13-14, 14-15 [14a]/Acts 13:22-26/Lk
1:57-66, 80
Monday: 2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18/Ps 60:3, 4-5, 12-13 [7b]
Mt 7:1-5
Tuesday: 2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36/Ps 48:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 10
-11 [cf. 9d]/Mt 7:6, 12-14
Wednesday: 2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3/Ps 119:33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40
[33a]/Mt 7:15-20
Thursday: 2 Kgs 24:8-17/Ps 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8, 9 [9]/Mt 7:21-29
Friday: Vigil: Acts 3:1-10/Ps 19:2-3, 4-5 [5a]/Gal 1:11-20/Jn
21:15-19
Day: Acts 12:1-11/Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [5b]/2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18/
Mt 16:13-19
Saturday: Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19/Ps 74:1b-2, 3-5, 6-7, 20-21
[19b]/Mt 8:5-17
Next Sunday: Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24/Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13
[2a]/2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15/Mk 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35b-43
Sanctuary Lamp Candle burns this
week for The People of the Parish
Liturgy and Stewardship�
PITTSBURGH, PA�
Parish Mission Statement�
You are the light of the world. A city set �
on a mountain cannot be hidden. �
(Mt 5:14)�
Called to be a beacon of God’s Light, we
are a diverse Roman Catholic �
community, striving to live �
the Gospel by loving and serving �
God and our neighbor.�
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Liturgy Schedule
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June 24 � July 1, 2018�
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SUNDAY, June 24, The Nativity of Saint
John the Baptist
7:30 Kenny Munz (7:30 Ushers)
9:30 Frank Petraglia (Mary Bruno & Family)
11:30 Michael Miklos (Mary Ann Landry)
MONDAY, June 25, Weekday
7:00 Patrick Capretto (Family)
TUESDAY, June 26, Weekday
10:00 Sarah McFadden (Betty McGough)
WEDNESDAY, June 27, Weekday�
7:00 John T. Peters (wife, Barbara)
THURSDAY, June 28, Saint Irenaeus, Bishop
& Martyr
10:00 John Koval (Bernadette Koval)
FRIDAY, June 29, Ss Peter & Paul, Apostles
7:00 People of the Parish
SATURDAY, June 30, Weekday�
1:00 Christina O’Keefe � J.P. Graulty
3:00 Monica Ziemski � Michael Kilcoyne
5:00 Anita Caputo (Family)
SUNDAY, July 1, Thirteenth Sunday in
Ordinary Time
7:30 Sean Sweeney (The Graff Family)
9:30 Mario, Antonietta & Joseph Fazio (Family)
11:30 Christopher Landry (Mary Ann Landry)
Parish Stewardship
Offertory $ 7,688.55
PSP goal $167,038
PSP received to date $ 17,445 (includes Faith Direct)
Online giving through
Faith Direct $ 7,524 (May)
Interested in Joining the Parish?
There are several ways to join the parish.
On line….Visit www.smomp.org. Click on “ About”
then click on “Joining Our Parish”
Call the Parish Office at 412-381-0212, ext. 102 and
say “I want to join”!
Fill out a card located in your pew and drop it into
the collection basket or into the mail and a member
of the parish staff will be in touch.
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Many thanks to all the volunteers who stepped up
and helped with the first two evenings with Hill
Top United Methodist Church and the children in
Allentown, Mt. Oliver and Beltzhoover. Together
we fed more than 40 children dinner. Our volun-
teers led bingo, helped with crafts and enjoyed the
activities. We have 8 more Wednesdays to go. If
you have time and enjoy spending time among the
children consider volunteering one or more weeks.
Contact Donna Zelt [email protected] or call the
church office.
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Parish and Community�
Ladies of Charity
On the first Monday of the month, we make brown bag
lunches for distribution to Pittsburgh's homeless. Our
next prep date will be Monday, July 2nd. at 9:00 am, in
the Sullivan Hall Cafeteria. Even if you are not a Lady
of Charity, but can give an hour to help with this good
work, feel free to join us. Helping hands are always
welcome!
2018 Movies in the Parks
Once again, Citiparks is offering Movies in the Park.
Bring your blanket or chair to Grandview Park for
family activities and fun starting at 8:00pm.
All movies are FREE!
June 30 Paddington 2 - PG
July 7 Wonderstruck - PG
July 14 The Star - PG
July 21 Coco - PG
July 28 The Man Who Invented Christmas - PG
August 4 My Little Pony: The Movie - PG
August 11 Early Man - PG
August 18 A Wrinkle in Time - PG
August 25 Descendants 2 - PG
Programs at Carnegie Library
The Mt. Washington Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
offers story times for all ages and special sensory story
times for children with development delays. For more
information call 412-381-3380.
One on one computer assistance:
Mondays at 10:00 am.
Resume assistance: call to schedule appointment.
Teen time: Thursday 4:30 pm.
Creativity, food, music, games & FUN!
Kids club: Fun Fridays at 3:30 pm.
Hang out and have fun!
STEM imagination builders: 12 noon.
Hang out and have fun!
Mt Washington Book Group:
call for date and time.
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SAINT MARY OF THE MOUNT PARISH� � � PITTSBURGH, PA�
Music “Notes” with Amanda:
Psalm FAQ’s (Part II)
Last week we started the conversation of psalms. We
asked, “Why are the psalms sung?” and “why does the can-
tor sing the song from the ambo?” Today we will define a
very important term in sacred music: the “psalm setting”.
As I explained last week, the psalm is sung at Mass during
our weekend liturgies, but each one sounds different from
week to week. Music composers take a psalm text (psalm
103, for example) and compose a melody for it. Often-
times they will take a portion of the text and define it as
the “refrain”, i.e. the portion of the music that the congre-
gation sings. The verses, however, are usually sung by the
cantor alone.
The process of matching a melody to a psalm is called
“composing a ‘psalm setting’”. A “psalm setting” is a musi-
cal version of a psalm text. Psalm settings have various
styles (which we will explore in the coming weeks!), but
the majority of our psalm settings are written for piano,
voice, guitar and optional woodwind accompaniment.
These psalm settings are great because 1) they are, often-
times, located in our hymnal so you can follow along; 2)
they use various instruments, thus allowing for plenty of
participation in the liturgy in various ways; and 3) they are
familiar to many Catholics, allowing for optimum partici-
pation for parishioners and visitors to our parish.
Next week we will explore the various styles of psalm
settings and why we choose the styles we do here on the
Mount!
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Continuing review of Take Ten
As you may recall, a few weeks ago, we had a Take Ten
Continued Conversation Gathering. The Plan Needs a
People Experienced in Parish Community. We
would like to share some of the personal responses to our
last question of the series.
Question 3: Name the hopes you have as parish-
ioner in meeting the challenges of bringing the
gospel to this time and place!
•Help us to understand what a personal relationship in Christ is.
Once that happens, we can radiate the light, to others in the par-
ish and then beyond.
•My hope is that no person will ever feel unwelcome. That in mer-
gers, we as a parish can literally open our arms to everyone and be
the part of the body that everyone says “I feel at home here”
•Diversity in race, gender, ethnicity, economics, politics with mu-
tual respect & understanding. A community alive in love and sup-
port of one another.
Please remember our parishioners and friends who are in
need of our prayers: Vincent Aguglia, Fr. Frank Almade,
Mary Baumgart, Ron Bishop, Judy Bordone, Rita Ciesiel-
ski, Christine Pratt-Escribano, Mary Fleisner, Dorothy
Fox, Keith Frazier, Donna Gilvarry, Victoria Girasole,
Dorothy Grace, Mary Harmon, Rita Hockenbury, Eliza-
beth Irwin, Chelsi Kennedy, Donald Kinast, Grace Klein,
Carolene Kowal, Denise Kubiak, Jeanne Lyons, Linda
Maloney, Herb McDowell, Jason, Madge McDonough,
Margie Miller, Mary Jean Miller, Sam Palombia, Lorraine
Prokopec, Jim Ruposky, Ann Rue, Elaine and George Slip-
ko, Steven Slipko, Margaret Sporter, Elaine Terreri, Eliza-
beth VanOrder, Pat Vietmeier, Audrey Wotherspoon,
Chuck Winer, Brody Yandura. If you would like your
name or that of a loved one added to the list or removed
from the list please contact the Ladies of Charity at 412-
381-2423 or [email protected] .
Alumni Meeting
The next alumni meeting will be THIS Tuesday, June 26 at
7:00 pm in the Sullivan Hall Meeting Room.
Interested? All are welcome! �
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Families in need from Puerto Rico
The United Way has contacted Catholic Charities of Pitts-
burgh regarding 32 families who have arrived in Pennsyl-
vania from Puerto Rico. These families and are in need of
everything except food. Catholic Charities of the Diocese
of Pittsburgh is reaching out to some local churches to
gather together household goods and furniture. If you
know anyone who may be able to donate, please have
contact Susan Rauscher, Executive Director at 412-456-
6688. Thank you and please hold these families in your
prayers.
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Golden Wedding Jubilee
The Diocese of Pittsburgh hosts a Golden Jubilee
celebration for all couples celebrating their 50
th
wedding
anniversary in the Diocese. The Mass, held at Saint Paul
Cathedral, involves a special blessing by Bishop Zubik on
all of these couples. The Mass concludes with a special
reception in the social hall of the Cathedral. This is an
exceptional way to celebrate 50 years of love and mar-
riage. If you and your spouse are celebrating your 50th
wedding anniversary any time this year and would like to
be invited to the Diocesan Celebration at Saint Paul
Cathedral on Sunday, October 7, at 2:30 PM, please
call the rectory or drop a note in the collection basket no
later than Sunday, August 5.
“JESUS” at the Sight & Sound Theatre
Save the Date! Tuesday, September 18, 2018. The Sight
& Sound Theatre in Lancaster, PA. will present its time-
less story of relentless “Love” from the streets of Jerusa-
lem with its biblical presentation of “JESUS”. This two
thousand seat theatre features a massive 300 foot pano-
ramic stage built specifically for these biblical presenta-
tions. Cost of trip: $170.00 per person due immediate-
ly to secure your reservation. Cost includes: luxury
bus, tip for driver, snacks & water on the bus, and your
ticket for the presentation. We will be stopping for a late
lunch (on your own) at the Shady Maple Smorgasbord
with discounts for seniors. Contact: Jerry Scanlon Po-
povich at 412-835-6246 for an application or additional
information. Note: This is a one-day trip. Bus pickup
will be at St. Pamphilus Church parking lot 1000 Tropical
Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA., 15216.
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For You Will Go Before the Lord to Prepare the Way
Today in the Church we celebrate the Birth of Saint John
the Baptist, the great forerunner who was sent to announce
the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ and prepare the
way for him to fulfill his work in the world. John the Bap-
tist never sought to put the attention on himself, but al-
ways pointed the way to Jesus, whom the prophets had
foretold would come to save God’s people. He was a faith-
ful instrument of God who desired to decrease so that the
power and love of Jesus at work in the lives of his people
could increase. Since Christ has already come into the
world we can’t be his forerunners, but we can prepare the
way for him to enter into the hearts and lives of others.
The witness of our prayer, the example of our lives and the
encouragement of our words for others can turn their
hearts to greater trust in God and his grace at work for
them. As we journey On Mission for The Church Alive!
may we seek to prepare the way for others, and be open to
the ways in which they will work to make ready the path
for God in our hearts. Visit onmissionchurchalive.org to
learn more and to stay informed.
Second Collection
Just a reminder of the upcoming annual collection sched-
uled for NEXT weekend, June 30/July l, 2018, the Sol-
emn Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, the Annual Peter's
Pence Collection will be taken. This annual collection ena-
bles the Holy Father to respond with emergency financial
assistance to those throughout the world who suffer from
war, oppression, disease and natural disasters. It is a pow-
erful way for Catholics around the world to assist those
most in need.
Please remember in prayer those who have died
Patrick G. Manion
May his soul through the Mercy of God, rest in peace.
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