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SAINT KATHARINE DREXEL PARISH • MARCH 15, 2020

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St. Agnes (Richeyville)

March 15, 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

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.


Sunday - 11:00 a.m.


Parish Website:

www.katharinedrexelpgh.org

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Pastoral Staff

Director of Evangelization and

Faith Formation

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]

Bulletin Editor

Sharon Zigerelli


Safe Environment Coordinator

Joan Organiscak (ext. 410)


Facilities Manager

Gary Damich (ext. 418)


PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri-10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Closed on Wednesday

PARISH ADMINISTRATION CENTER

126 Church Street

Bentleyville, Pennsylvania 15314

PARISH PHONE PARISH FAX

724-209-1370 724-987-7204

PARISH EMAIL

[email protected]

Sacraments

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.

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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


Drexel Hall Rental

Contact Stan Glowaski - 724-239-3673

Reverend Edward L. Yuhas

Pastor

[email protected]

Reverend Donald Chortos

Senior Parochial Vicar

[email protected]

Deacon Tom Raymond

[email protected]

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 2

nd

weekend of each month.


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MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, March 14 - Vigil: Third Sunday of Lent

4:00 p.m. (Bentleyville) Joseph Michael Brova

(Marianne & Fran Foglia and Karen & Dominick Bovalina)

6:00 p.m. (Richeyville) Robert & Margaret Kopsack (Son, George Kopsack)

Sunday, March 15 - Third Sunday of Lent

9:00 a.m. (Richeyville) Adele Luketich (Elsie Pataski)

11:00 a.m. (Bentleyville) Mildred & Stanley Glowaski (Stan & Anna Marie Glowaski)

Monday, March 16 - Lenten Weekday

8:30 a.m. (Richeyville) Elaine Conaway (Alana Jo Stathers)

9:00 a.m. (Bentleyville) Adele Luketich (Sandy Monovich)

Tuesday, March 17 - Lenten Weekday

Saint Patrick, Bishop

8:30 a.m. (Richeyville) Josephine Bizick (Catherine Rosemeier)

9:00 a.m. (Bentleyville) John Kadash (Rose Kordick & Family)

Wednesday, March 18 - Lenten Weekday

Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

9:00 a.m. (Bentleyvil le) Lucarelli Family

6:30 p.m. (Bentleyville) Stanley Milchovich (Mr. & Mrs. John Dziak)

Joe Lojek (Rose Teluch)

Thursday, March 19 - Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary

8:30 a.m. (Richeyville) Helen Havrilesko Stroud (Sister-in-law, Betty Havrilesko)

9:00 a.m. (Bentleyville) Joseph M. Brova (Marlene Oreski & Elaine Kevech)

Friday, March 20 - Lenten Weekday

8:30 a.m. (Richeyville) Richard Oblak (Mr. & Mrs. Ron Olson)

9:00 a.m. (Bentleyville) Elizabeth Perchinsky (Family)

Saturday, March 21 - Vigil: Fourth Sunday of Lent

4:00 p.m. (Bentleyville) Richard Oblak (Brad & Char Bozovich)

6:00 p.m. (Richeyville) Elizabeth Smereczniak (Dawn & Pat Miller)

Sunday, March 22 - Fourth Sunday of Lent

9:00 a.m. (Richeyville) Maria Motycki (Kay Martin)

11:00 a.m. (Bentleyville) Parents & Family Members (Helen & Cornell Kvartek)

Readings for the Week

of March 15, 2020

Sunday: Ex 17:3-7/Ps 95:1-2, 6-7,

8-9/Rom 5:1-2, 5-8/Jn 4:5-42 or

4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42

Monday:2 Kgs 5:1-15b/Ps 42:2,

3; 43:3, 4 [cf. Ps 42:3]/Lk 4:24-30

Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43/Ps 25:4

-5ab, 6 and 7bc, 8-9 [6a]/Mt

18:21-35

Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9/Ps

147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20 [12a]/Mt

5:17-19

Thursday:2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a,

16/Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29/Rom

4:13, 16-18, 22/Mt 1:16, 18-21,

24a or Lk 2:41-51a

Friday: Hos 14:2-10/Ps 81:6c-

8a, 8bc-9, 10-11ab, 14 and 17 [cf.

11 and 9a]/Mk 12:28-34

Saturday: Hos 6:1-6/Ps 51:3-4,

18-19, 20-21ab [cf. Hos 6:6]/Lk

18:9-14

Next Sunday: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7,

10-13a/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 [1]/

Eph 5:8-14/Jn 9:1-41 or 9:1, 6-9,

13-17, 34-38

�In Memoriam �

PLEASE PRAY for the repose of the souls

of Robert Mercante, Helen DiMarzio,

Joseph Dolak, Joseph Corlazzoli, Sr. and

Robert Zaporowski who were buried from

our parish. May their souls and the souls

of all the faithful departed, through the

mercy of God, rest in peace. AMEN.

Sanctuary Candle

The Sanctuary Candle will burn

at our church this week for the

following intention:


Baptism of Easton Moser

By Family


Marge Sawicky,

Health & God’s Blessings

By Helen Marie

Liturgical Ministers

Serving Next Weekend,

Mar. 21- 22, 2020

Bentleyville

Sat. 4:00 PM.

M. Oreski, Deacon Tom,

S. Fitch

Richeyville

Sat. 6:00 p.m.

N. Midla, P. Husarchik,

A. Pagac

Richeyville

Sun. 9:00 a.m.

D. Kallis, C. Gordon, B. Bauer

Bentleyville

Sun. 11:00 a.m.

M. Alton, Deacon Tom,

C. & S. Sneith

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Money Counters:

Monday, 3/23, 2020

Jerry Blackburn, Frank Femia,

Stan Glowaski, John

Organiscak

The Samaritan woman said to him, “How

can you, a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman,

for a drink?” Jesus answered and said to her,

“If you knew the gift of God and who is

saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would

have asked him and he would

have given you living water.” - Jn 4:9a, 10

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT PAGE 4

Dear Friends in Christ:

Throughout all four Gospels, we hear

how Jesus often uses very basic things in life

to teach profound spiritual truths. Such is the

case on this Third Sunday of Lent. From the

portion of Saint Matthew’s Gospel a life

changing encounter happens over water – a

most basic need for survival.

The thirst experienced by the woman at the well

is not just about water to drink, rather it is about the deepest longings of the human heart – thirsting

for God.

The conversion experience of the woman at the well gives us hope in the midst of our spiritual

journey not only through Lent but all through life. Jesus met her where she was and led her to where

she needed to be, calling her out of herself by raising her awareness to focus on satisfying the thirsts

of the human heart.

The lesson for our spiritual lives in this season of Lent through the conversion experience of

the woman at the well is that we, too need to return over and over again to Jesus – the fountain of

living water who is the one for whom our hearts thirst to be spiritually nourished.

What are the areas of your spiritual life that need to be refreshed and renewed in the fountain

of living water who is Christ Jesus? May all of us use the remaining days of this season of Lent to

examine our spiritual lives to see where we thirst and allow the Lord to refresh us and lead us to

where we need to be in deeper relationship with him.

“Lent is the autumn of the spiritual life

during which we gather fruit to keep us going

for the rest of the year.”

~Saint Frances de Sales~

PASTOR’S CORNER

RITE OF SENDING

The Rite of Sending was celebrated for Tom &

Mike Zekir with their dad, Mike Zekir, Sr. as

Sponsor on Sunday, March 8, 2020. Tom and

Mike will meet Bishop Zubik on Sunday, March

15, 2020 at Saint Paul Cathedral and sign

their names in the Book of the Elect. Tom &

Mike will receive the Sacraments of Initiation

at the coming Easter Vigil at our parish. Let us

remember Tom & Mike in our daily prayers as

they prepare for the Easter Sacraments.


PARISH WEEKLY CALENDAR

Sunday, March 15

RCIA - First Scrutiny 9:00 AM Mass

9:15 - 10:45 AM Sacramental Prep Session

Drexel Hall

2:30 PM Rite of Election in

Saint Paul Cathedral

Lectio Prayer Lenten Series

7:00 - 8:15 PM

(Online Web Meeting)

Monday, March 16

5:45 PM Pot Luck Dinner

Drexel Hall

6:30 PM Lenten Renewal

with Father Joe Freedy


Tuesday, March 17

5:45 PM Meager Meal


6:30 PM Lenten Renewal



Wednesday, March 18

6:30 PM Mass/Lenten Renewal



Thursday, March 19

1:00 PM Mon Valley Hospital Visitation

Thomas Merton Small Group

6:00 to 7:30 PM

(Drexel Hall Conference Room)

Friday, March 20

Fish Fry 10:30 AM - 6:00 PM

(Drexel Hall)

Take outs: 724-209-1370 Ext. 424

9:30 AM - 6:15 PM All Day Eucharistic

Adoration/Bentleyville Main Church

12:00 NOON Stations of the Cross/

Richeyville

6:30 PM Stations of the Cross/

Bentleyville

Saturday, March 21

4:00 PM Mass

RCIA - Second Scrutiny

Sunday, March 22

Lectio Prayer Lenten Series

7:00 - 8:15 PM

(Online Web Meeting)

Saint Katharine Drexel Social and Outreach Organization

These receptions are open to the whole parish. Please plan on joining us for some refreshments

and social time with your fellow parishioners.

Lenten Fish Fry’s

Saint Katharine Drexel Parish is pleased to offer our Lenten Fish Fry’s! The Fish

Fry’s will be held each Friday of Lent. Our menu will include: beer battered

cod sandwich, beer battered cod dinner with 2 sides, baked cod fillet dinner with 2

sides, crab cake dinner with 2 sides, three potato/cheese pierogi’s, French fries,

mac-n-cheese, Cole slaw, green beans, apple sauce, stewed tomatoes, assorted

beverages and free desert! We are also adding a new feature: potato pancakes!

Take outs will be available. Save the dates and plan to join us for our Fish Fry’s!

A reception will be held on

Sunday, April 19 following the 9:00 a.m. Mass in Richeyville

Sight & Sound Trip to Lancaster – Queen Esther

Saint Katharine Drexel Parish is pleased to sponsor a bus trip to

the Sight & Sound Theatre in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Come and

experience the live production of one of the most riveting Bible stories of

the Old Testament. The story of Queen Esther comes to life with

magnificent sets, special effects and live animals! This is an overnight trip:

Tuesday, May 12

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and Wednesday, May 13

th

, 2020. The cost is $250.00

per person [two guests per room] and includes the bus fare, tickets for the

Queen Esther show, hotel accommodations at Tru by Hilton Hotel,

breakfast and dinner at Hershey Farms on Tuesday. A $50.00 deposit due

by April 1, 2020 and final balance due by April 10, 2020. At least 52

people must register to participate in the trip. If you have questions,

contact Bill Marshall by phone: 724-747-1401 or via email:

[email protected]


LENTEN OPPORTUNITIES

Lenten Regulations

The penitential season of Lent calls all of us to acts of repentance through prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

Since Lent retains its ancient penitential character, we are to make the entire Lenten season a period of

special observance through the three practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. In order to help you explain

how this is conveyed through the law that has been handed on to the Church, below you will find an outline

of regulations regarding the Lenten season as outlined by the Diocese of Pittsburgh:

1. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. The Fridays of Lent are days of

abstinence in the United States.

2. The obligation of abstinence (refraining from eating meat) begins at age 14. The law of fasting (limiting

oneself to one full meal and two lighter meals) obliges all between the ages of 18-59. No one should

consider this obligation lightly.

3. Those individuals who have a medical condition in which fasting may be considered harmful are not

obliged to fast, but should perform some other act of penance or charity.

4. Pastors and parents are to see to it that minors, though not bound by the law of fast and abstinence, are

educated in the authentic sense of penance and encouraged to do acts of penance suitable to their age.

5. All members of the Christian faithful are encouraged to do acts of penance and charity during the Lenten

season beyond what is prescribed by the law.

6. As a general rule, a request for a dispensation from the obligation of abstinence on Fridays of Lent will not

be considered unless some serious reason is present. The attendance at social events, banquets, wedding

rehearsals or receptions, or funeral wakes are not considered sufficient reason to request a dispensation.

Eucharistic Exposition/Adoration – Fridays of Lent – Bentleyville Main

Church

Each Friday during Lent, we are providing you an opportunity to participate

in Eucharistic Adoration as an increased time for prayer. The 9 AM Mass will

be held in the Bentleyville Main Church each Friday of Lent followed by all day

Eucharistic Adoration until Benediction at 6:15 PM. At least two people are

needed to cover all the hours throughout the day. You can sign-up for a 60

minute slot. Captains are also needed who are willing to be on call during the

day who can fill in for any absence. Sign-up sheets are available at the

Bentleyville Main Church side entrance. Come and adore the Lord and grow

closer to Jesus this Lenten season!

Annual Scholarship of the Catholic Women’s College Club

The 2020 annual scholarship of the Catholic Women’s College Club

will be awarded to a deserving Catholic senior girl who is a current

resident of: Belle Vernon, Bentleyville, California, Charleroi, Donora,

Finleyville, Fredericktown, Monessen, or Monongahela and has a GPA

of 3.50 or higher. Applications for the award are available at the parish

office or guidance offices at Belle Vernon, Bentworth, Beth Center,

California, Charleroi, Monessen, Ringgold, Geibel, Serra, Seton LaSalle

or Greensburg Central Catholic High Schools. Deadline for the

application is April 3, 2020.


LENTEN RENEWAL

Parish Lenten Renewal This Week

March 16-18, 2020 with Father Joe Freedy!

Our parish will sponsor a Lenten Renewal featuring

Father Joseph M. Freedy of the Diocese of Pittsburgh.

Father Freedy is a dynamic speaker and currently serves

in Team Ministry at Divine Mercy Parish in the inner City

of Pittsburgh Father Freedy is President of the non-profit

evangelization ministry: “Dry Bones Ministries.” The

Lenten Renewal will be held Monday, March 16

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,

Tuesday, March 17

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and Wednesday, March 18

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. Plan

to join us to become refreshed in Christ during our parish

Lenten Renewal!

Join us for the Lenten Devotion of the

Stations of the Cross

Fridays: March 20, 27, April 3

and Good Friday: April 10

12:00 NOON Stations of the Cross/Richeyville

6:30 PM Stations of the Cross/Bentleyville

Lenten Confessions

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 6:00 PM


Monday, April 6, 2020 at 6:30 PM

Richeyville, Mission Church

Holy Thursday

April 9, 2020 - Mass of the Lord’s Supper - 6:30 p.m. Bentleyville

Good Friday

April 10, 2020 - Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion - 1:30 p.m. Bentleyville

Stations of the Cross - 12:00 Noon Richeyville and 6:30 p.m. Bentleyville

Easter Saturday

April 11, 2020 - Blessing of Easter Baskets - 12:00 noon

at BOTH Bentleyville & Richeyville

Holy Night of Easter

Saturday, April 11, 2020 at 7:00 p. m.

The Easter Vigil Mass - Bentleyville

Easter Sunday of the Lord’s Resurrection Masses, April 12, 2020

8:30 a.m. - Bentleyville

9:00 a.m. - Richeyville

10:30 a.m. - Bentleyville

11:00 a.m. - Richeyville


FAITH FORMATION & EVANGELIZATION

SACRAMENTAL PREP SESSIONS

Children in 2nd grade preparing for First Eucharist along with 7th and 8th graders preparing for Confirmation are to

attend the next prep sessions this Sunday, March 15th from 9:15 to 10:45 AM in Drexel Hall. Parent attendance is

required for all families with children preparing for both First Eucharist and Confirmation programs.

RCIA FIRST SCRUTINY AND RITE OF ELECTION

On Sunday, March 15th, at the 9:00 AM Mass at the Richeyville Mission Church, our

catechumens will celebrate the first of three Scrutinies which are part of the RCIA rituals during

the Lenten Season. The Scrutinies bring about self-searching and repentance, and above all,

have a spiritual purpose. They are meant to uncover, then heal all that is weak, defective or

sinful in the hearts of those preparing for Baptism as adults; then bring out and strengthen all that

is upright, strong and good in them. Later, at 2:30 PM, they will then celebrate the Rite of Election with Bishop Zubik,

at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Pittsburgh. Through this rite, the Church makes its “election” of the catechumens to receive

the Sacraments of Initiation. In the presence of the bishop, their names are inscribed in the Book of the Elect at the

cathedral as a pledge of fidelity. Catechumens are then known as “the elect” or “the illuminandi”—“those who will be

enlightened”. Please keep our catechumens (soon to be Elect) Mike Zekir, Jr. and Tom Zekir in your prayers as they

continue preparation for the Easter Sacraments.

L.I.F.T. SESSION FOR LENT

At the March 1

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family and intergenerational catechesis session of L.I.F.T. (Living In Faith Together), we centered on

the importance of Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving for the Lenten Season. Children’s sessions also included Stations

of the Cross, decorating “Goodie Bags” which will be filled and distribute at our local nursing homes at Eastertime.

Adults also viewed a presentation by Deb Augustine on Lenten and Easter customs and family traditions, and there

was a sharing of many experiences participants had experienced within their own families, in order to find a way to

continue or “rekindle” these within their own homes. L.I.F.T. families will participate in a Lenten project, doing at least

one act of prayer, fasting or almsgiving as a family for each day remaining in Lent. All families were also given a Saint

Katharine Drexel prayer card as our “Saint of the Month”. Her feast was celebrated on March 3

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PRAYER TEAM MINISTRY

Our parish Prayer Team has increased its efforts to reach more of those in need of prayer in

our parish family and the greater community. At each weekend Mass, all greeters will

distribute prayer request forms, which can be completed and then handed directly to our

Prayer Team members after Mass, or placed in the prayer request box in the vestibule.

The collected prayers will then be offered as intentions among the team, and remembered

throughout the week. Each Prayer Team member will be clearly identified with a bright blue

badge. During the announcements prior to Mass, team members will stand to signify who will be leading and offering

prayer from the team. The team will continue to invite those in need of prayer to come forward after each Mass to pray

in person for you and for any special intentions. If you would like to contact our Prayer Team to request prayer or to

be part of the team please send an email to [email protected].

ARISE PITTSBURGH

Students in Grades 8-12, experience ARISE—a life-changing encounter with Jesus Christ, unlike

any you’ve experienced before. Includes a performance by Unaltered, a dance party, an

opportunity for Confession and Eucharistic adoration. The heart of Unaltered is to “lead students to

fullness of life.” Freedom and fullness is not found in following any patterns and systems of this

world but by yielding your life to Jesus Christ, holding fast to his teaching and walking in His ways.

He is the way, the truth and the life! Within the context of the event, the focus is 1 Timothy 4:12

which states, “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for

the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.” The entire message of the event

speaks of how we are to be ‘in’ the world but not ‘of’ it and what are some distinguishing marks of

those who follow Jesus Christ. Held at Stage AE in Pittsburgh from 6:00-10:00 PM, Saturday,

March 28

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. Cost is $10.00 / person in advance or $15.00 at the door. Parents who drive have

access to a special hospitality room while waiting during the event. Check out more about ARISE

PITTSBURGH at ARISEPGH.COM. For even more details on this event, contact Deb Augustine at

[email protected] or 724-209-1370 ext. 412. (The event is sponsored by the Diocese

of Pittsburgh).


PARISH SHARE 2020

Annual Diocesan Parish Share Campaign for 2020

Our annual Parish Share Campaign began March 1

st

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!

PARISH NEWS

Easter Egg

Hunt –

Saturday,

April 4, 2020

Children from

our parish who

are ten years of age and younger

are invited to an Easter Egg Hunt

sponsored by the Knights of

Columbus Council 5826 on

Saturday, April 4, 2020 at 12:00

NOON outside on the grounds of

Drexel Hall/ Bentleyville (weather

permitting-if inclement weather the

event will take place inside Drexel

Hall). Come and join us!

Easter Flower

Memorials

In your packet of

monthly contribution

envelopes, you will

find an envelope for

memorial donations

for Easter flowers/decorations. It is

requested that you contribute

$5.00 for each name you would

like published. This helps to defray

the cost of decorating our two

churches for Easter and other

important occasions throughout

the year, while at the same time

providing the opportunity to

remember a loved one through

your memorial gift contribution. In

order to have the names published

in the Easter season, all names

with accompanied donation

must be received by Monday,

March 30, 2020. Thank you in

advance for your generous

offering!

Palm Sunday – Service of

Tenebrae – 6:30 PM –

Bentleyville

On Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020

at 6:30 PM in the Bentleyville Main

Church we will gather for

Tenebrae. The service called

Tenebrae (or ‘darkness,’ the

‘shadows’) used to be part of the

Liturgy of the Hours or ‘Divine

Office.’ The service includes music

and Sacred Scripture along with

the gradual extinguishing of

candles and other lights in the

church until only one single

candle, considered a symbol of the

Lord, remains. This beautiful

prayer service invites your

participation and quiet meditation.

The music and texts are to speak

symbolically of our lives identified

in the death and resurrection of

Christ. Come and join us for this

beautiful service of God’s Word

and music!

Parking – Please Comply

Please park vehicles using the

designated parking spaces in the

parking lots of both our parish

campuses. Complaints have

reached the parish office where

people coming to our churches are

making up their own parking

patterns. It is necessary to park in

the designated parking spaces. If

there should be any kind of

emergency and responders are

unable to have proper access to

our campuses - you will be subject

to fines. Please cooperate by

parking in the appropriate parking

spaces. Thank you!


LENTEN OPPORTUNITIES

In today’s Gospel, Jesus says: “My food is to do the will of the one who sent

me and to finish his work.”

Through your almsgiving you are doing the will of the Father and

finishing the work of Jesus. Know that you nickel, dime or quarter is

multiplied by the coins placed by others in the St. Vincent de Paul Poor

Box.

Have you considered joining the Society of St. Vincent de Paul so that you can

live your Baptism more fully? Know that the members of the Society of St.

Vincent de Paul bring your gift directly to the poor and suffering in our

community. Please consider joining the Society by calling 724-249-4715.

Spring Bundle Drive - Saint Vincent de Paul Society

The Saint Vincent de Paul Society will be sponsoring a Spring Bundle Drive on April 18, 2020, from 10:00 am

to 1:00 pm at the Richeyville Mission Church. So start your spring cleaning and make this drive as successful as

previous drives. Items being collected include: clothing, small working appliances, and household items. A

complete list of items will appear later. Thank you!

40 Days for Life

The mission of 40 Days for Life is to unite Christians in the spiritual efforts to end abortion. Saint Katharine

Drexel Parish will participate in the 40 Days for Life on Sunday, March 29, 2020 from 9:00 AM until 11:00 AM.

Everyone is to meet at 8:00 AM at the Bentleyville Main Church. Please consider joining in a prayerful, peaceful

vigil in front of Planned Parenthood in Pittsburgh. If you are able to participate in this pro-life effort, please

contact Joan Organiscak by telephone: 724-348-5030. For more information, go to

www.40daysforlifepittsburgh.com.

Goody Bag Donations

With Easter quickly approaching, the St. Katharine Drexel Social and Outreach Organization is asking for

donations for Easter "goody" bags to be delivered to residents of the Bentleyville Personal Care Home and

Lasosky's Personal Care Home in Clarksville. Items that may be donated include individual packages of

crackers, cookies, candy, potato chips and lollipops; chap stick, combs, men's white socks, women's white

socks, Easter candy, pencils, pens, and Word Search books. You may drop off your donated items at the

Administration Center between now and March 25, 2020 between the hours of 10 AM and 2 PM, Monday

through Friday. Volunteers are needed to help pack the bags on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 1:00 PM in the

Drexel Hall Conference Room. Thanking you in advance for your generosity.

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Stewardship/Collections Second Collections

Second Collection This Weekend

3/14-15, 2020:

Faith Formation

Second Collection Next Weekend

3/21-22, 2020:

Extraordinary Expenses

Parish Share 2020—Update:

Parish Share Goal: $83,086.00

Received to Date: $5,625.00

Balance Due: $77,461.00

Please Remember in your Prayers

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.

Drexel Hall Available for Rentals

Drexel Hall/Bentleyville is available to rent for your gatherings/parties (Baptism

Receptions, First Holy Communions, Graduations, Wedding Receptions, Birthdays,

Anniversaries, Baby Showers, Wedding Showers, Funeral Repast Luncheons etc.)

Please contact Stan Glowaski, Scheduling Manager at 724-239-3673 for more information.

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Eric Adams

Mary Alfano

Dale Angelo

Mike Babyak

Nikki Lucas Bachinski

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Barbara Barbic

Beverly Bailey

Elmer Berish

Evan Breakeron

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Edward Cianelli

Toni Clay

Malta Cordisco

Aiden Crawford

Kallen Crawford

Kathy Dalee

Ella DeAngelo

Mariano DiNardo

Elaine Dworek

Richard Furman

Patty Garnic

Rita Ann Gigliotti

Sheryl Giovanelli

Barbara Glendenning

James Glendenning

Gary Grybosky

Helen Grybosky

Marge Hanak

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Michelle Herron

Lisa Hitchings

Lorraine Johnson

Eleanor King

Brenda Koval

Thaddeus Kucherawy

Jamie Kudas

Theresa Kudra

Tamara Lipscomb

Carmine Litwin

Josephine Machinak

Monica Macintyre

Irene Mariscotti

Alma Marissa

Alex Marran

Kathy Marran

Marian Mazutis

Carol McConnell

Marlene McManus

Carrie Mikolay

Danita Miller

Mary Ann Molish

Sheila Monack

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Daniel Puskarich

Michelle Puskarich

Kris Nagy

Tammy Nelson

June Pajerski

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OFFERTORY REPORT

FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING 7/1/2019

Weekly Budget Amount (includes Christmas

& Easter)

— $ 7,748.34

Sunday, March 8, 2020 (week 36 of 52) — $ 6,091.00

Capital Improvement Fund — $ 680.00

Over/Under for week 36 — $ <1,657.34>

Budgeted Offertory Amount to Date — $ 278,940.24

Actual Regular Offertory Amount to Date — $ 241,776.05

Over/Under to date — $ <37,164.19>

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