June 12, 2016 - Saint Monica Parish
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June 12, 2016 - Saint Monica Parish
June 12, 2016 * 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time ST. MONICA ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH A Continuous Catholic Presence Since 1854 THE ST. MONICA PRAYED AND WEPT WITH HOPE FOR CONVERSION OF HER HUSBAND AND SON FOR 30 YEARS! St. Monica Parish was founded in 2013 by Bishop David Zubik. The clergy and people of four parishes, representing eight previous parishes, bravely accepted the call of the Bishop to cooperate as people of faith in the power of the Holy Spirit to Build a Church that is Alive! Christ has asked this parish to be born so that the Faith may continue to be proclaimed and lived in the upper Beaver Valley. The Holy Eucharist has been praised and adored in this area since 1854. St. Monica Parish with the assistance of our Patroness, and her son St. Augustine, will continue to spread the Catholic faith and to be the light of Christ to all that we meet. Father Kim J. Schreck Pastor Father John Naugle Parochial Vicar Deacon Harry DeNome ONE PARISH WITH THREE CAMPUSES Chippewa: (Christ the Divine Teacher) College Hill: (St. Philomena) Darlington: (St. Rose of Lima) 116 Thorndale Drive (Chippewa Twp.) Beaver Falls 6th Ave. Beaver Falls 3357 Constitution Blvd. Darlington ST. JOSEPH ADORATION CHAPEL Chippewa Campus—adorationservants.org CONTACT US: Office located at Chippewa Campus (724) 846-7540 Fax: (724) 846-3819 [email protected] St. Monica Catholic Academy: 724-846-5955 [email protected] St. Mary Cemetery: 724-843-4704 _______________________________ Diocesan victim assistance hotline: 1-888-808-1235 www.saintmonica.us WEEKLY SCHEDULE Sunday 7:30am Mass.....................................Chippewa 9:00am Mass.....................................Chippewa 10:45am Mass.................................. Chippewa 12:30pm Mass...................................Chippewa Monday -Tuesday -Thursday-Friday 8:00am Confessions/ Adoration..…...Chippewa 9:00am Mass.....................................Chippewa Wednesday 6:00pm Confessions/ Adoration.........Chippewa 7:00pm Mass......................................Chippewa Saturday 4:00pm Mass..................................... Chippewa 5:00pm Confessions………………….Chippewa 6:00pm Mass......................................Chippewa DEVOTION HOURS St. Rose & St. Philomena will be churches of Devotion: SAINT PHILOMENA: Tuesday 11am-2pm (use entrance at top of rear parking lot ramp) SAINT ROSE OF LIMA: Saturday 9am-12pm To Schedule a Baptism, Wedding, or Funeral please contact the office for information and policy procedures. Page One JESUS CAMP (Vacation Bible School) Weird Animals June 27th-July 1st 5:30pm-8:30pm in Founders Hall Contact Janet Pavlinch to RSVP at [email protected] or call 724-846-7540 x6 Gospel: Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 7:36 – 8:3 Have you ever done something that hurt someone, and then searched for them until you could apologi ze? And did you continue to show them your sincerity of heart by lavishing them with attention throug h texts and phone calls and gifts? Maybe you are the one who was hurt and are on the receiving end of the apologetic behavior. In today’s Gospel reading we hear of a woman who showed EXTREME sorr ow for her transgressions; and she did so by coming to Jesus because she understood who He was. She “learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee” an d she went to Him to express her sorrow. Because He is merciful, God is constantly seeking to reconcile us to Himself, even after we have offended Him. “The Sacrament of Reconciliation is not just for wiping away the sins already committed; the grace of the sacrament enables people to eradicate the sinful habit in their lives.” (MC p 258) We don’t need to go to the length the woman in today’s Gospel did. We can reconcile with God in confession. It’s a lot less messy than the oil. AMDG: “The Sacrament of Penance is the sacrament of mercy par excellence. Sin, more than any oth er wou n d , re q u ire s G o d’s h e alin g . An d be in g dr a wn to h is me rcy — even more than revulsion against sin—should bring us to confession.” (MC p 261) YOUTH GROUP NEWS Page Two YOUTH GROUP Dear Fellow Parishioners: We send out a heartfelt CONGRATULATIONS to all our graduates. New and exciting challenges await all of them. We, as a faith community, create strong morals and values in our young people which makes us confident they have all the tools to make good choices and decisions in their futures. We can always continue to keep them in our prayers. Please continue to use your Angel Fund envelopes that are included in your church packet of envelopes. Every donation, no matter how small, continues to express to us, that you value your parish school and the many years it represents. We continue to accept registrations for preschool through 8th grades for the 2016-2017 school year. The school office has sporadic hours during the summer but don’t hesitate to call at anytime. The voicemail and mail is checked regularly. We well always get back to you as soon as we possibly can. We have grand plans for our 2016-2017 school year and would like to include you in our SMCA family, so don’t hesitate to call with any questions or if interested in registering. The school is so quiet and since all of the walls are bare and the classrooms are cleaned up, it is very difficult to believe another school year is behind us. Everyone who enters our doors, students and families, add so much to our SMCA family. In the words of Bishop Zubik: “ Studies continue to underscore how Catholic school’s graduates contribute to the ongoing mission of the Church and help to create a society that reflects the values of Jesus Christ and the Gospel. The Church and our world are made richer by the fruits of Catholic education.” In the words of the Diocese, “ Excellence is a commitment that pays a clear dividend. The Catholic schools of the Diocese of Pittsburgh offer that dividend as a gift to our students, our community, and to the future.” All of us at Saint Monica Catholic Academy are so very proud to be a part of this rich tradition of Catholic education, especially in the City of Beaver Falls where we have developed a rich rapport for the last 126 years. We wish everyone a fun and very safe summer. We also encourage everyone to not take a vacation from church. We are looking forward to the 2016-2017 school year and are very proud to boast that it will be our 127th year! This is quite an impressive history that we never take lightly. With each new year, we feel a stronger responsibility to do our history proud. We have a wonderful support system and I, personally, cannot thank everyone of you enough for your part in helping to keep Catholic education alive and well in the City of Beaver Falls, PA. And, as always, I thank you for your continued support of your parish school and God Bless, Mr. Brad Diamond, Principal Please join us for Youth Group this Sunday, June 12th from 6:30-8:30pm in Youth Group room. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS FIRST COMMUNION PARENTS Pictures from First Communion are available to be picked up in the back hallway of the church. Thank you. RCIA NEWS RCIA To learn about RCIA at Saint Monica Parish, please email [email protected], call the Parish office at 724-846-7540 x-23, or visit our webpage on the Parish website at www.saintmonica.us/Religious Education/Become a Catholic (RCIA). PARISH NEWS REST IN PEACE Please remember Theodore Darr, Renea Esoldo and Barb Gossard in your prayers who was buried this past week. May their souls and the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. PILGRIM MADONNA The Pilgrim Madonna will be at the home of Dan & Mary Ali (724-846-9194) this week and at the home of Millie & Alan Terlizzi (724-843-2418) the week of June 19th-25th. HOLY NAME SOCIETY There will be a meeting of the St. Monica Holy Name Society today, Sunday, June 12th in the meeting room in Founders Hall at 10:15am to discuss our summer plans. PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY Our next meeting will held on Monday, June 13th in St. Joseph’s Room from 6-7:30pm. Any questions, please contact 724-891-6232. Page Three PARISH ORGANIZATIONS / NEWS VSP The VSP will meet Tuesday, June 14 at 6pm in Founders Hall. Get your summer started with us at our Picnic Buffet. Cost will be $9.00 per person. We will have a 50/50 and music presented by our own Judi Contino. B-I-N-G-O Enjoy a night of Bingo each Thursday at Founders Hall. Early Birds start at 7:00pm and Regular Games start at 7:30pm. The Cover All Game will have its usual guaranteed payout of $500. As usual, we will have the “Winner Take-All” game, various 50 CAST -50 split the pot specials, and bingo on the “Cookie In order to help provide for the needs of our parish and com- Jar” number can pay as much as $500. We offer a munity Saint Monica parish is now a member of C.A.S.T. wide selection of Pull Tabs. Our Kitchen is open and Churches Are Serving Together. Part of our commitment is coffee is always free. Please note: there will be to take up a collection of non-perishable items and financial NO BINGO on June 30th. Help is needed to sell donations once a month to help sustain the ministry. The strip tickets, calling bingo’s back, and selling food. third Sunday of each month we will be collecting Contact Ron Sano 724-843-7126 or Pam Jordan 412 these donations in the St. Joseph room. Please mark -974-7224 for details. your calendars and help us to support this worthwhile project by bringing your items next week. SAINT MONICA CATHOLIC ACADEMY You have a choice in your child’s education! EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS ARE NEEDED At Friendship Ridge on Tuesday mornings at 9:30am11:30am to administer communion to the residents. Many residents don’t receive because we are short handed. Call Eileen Isles 724-847-1544 for details or just come! Registration is now open for next year PreSchool through 8th Grade. Tours happily offered and financial aid available saintmonicaacademy.org or call 724-846-5955. SACRED HEART OF JESUS PRINTS Copies of the Sacred Heart of Jesus painting JESUS CAMPare available for purchase at the office durVACATION BIBLE SCHOOL ing normal business hours. An 11 x 14 print Weird Animals. Join us for St. suitable for framing is $5 and a board Monica’s Jesus Camp June 27th mounted print is also available for -July 1st from 5:30pm$15. Please make checks payable to Saint 8:30pm in Founders Hall. Monica Parish. Information to schedule a Dinner included! Lots of excitHome Enthronement can be submitted at ing activities and exploration. Contact Janet Pavlinch to RSVP at [email protected] or the time of purchase. call 724-846-7540x6. CHRISTIAN MOTHERS We are putting together a list of Christian Mothers of all comREPLICAS OF ORIGINAL CHURCH bined churches. Many spiritual benefits are gained from being BUILDINGS Wooden replicas of the seven original church inducted as a Christian Mother, and it is a lifetime honor recognized by every Catholic Church. We would like to have a list buildings which served the people who are comprised of Christian Mother members from all the combined now members of Saint Monica Parish are in churches of St. Monica parish. Please contact Eileen Isles at the vestibule of the church. Each month, 724-847-1544, or Dot Eakles at 724-384-0133 - daeakFriends for Jesus will provide the opportunity [email protected] to order one of the replicas to complete your collection. Orders for the fifth building, St. Ladislaus, will be taken until June 30th. Cost is $20 payable with order. VSP - BOX TOP & LABELS FOR EDUCATION PROJECT The VSP Box Top Project has been very successful. Each box top earns 10 cents for St. Monica’s Catholic Academy. In addition to that project, the VSP will collect Labels for Education. Labels are on Campbell’s soups, Post cereals, Glad storage bags, and more. The UPC must be on the label to count. Labels earn points toward art and gym supplies. Please clip your box tops and labels and deposit in boxes at Chippewa site. Thank you for your support. PARISH NEWS FRIENDS FOR JESUS This group is dedicated to being and making friends for Jesus. If you are interested in being part of the Church Evangelization and expressing your friendship with Jesus through fellowship, prayer, study and reaching out to others, please consider joining us. We meet Wednesdays at 12:30pm in St. Mary's room. For more information, please contact Jean Briancesco (724-827-2958)Sally Gerillo (770-316-7464) or Vicky Orlowski (724-843-1873). THE LEGION OF MARY St. Monica’s Legion of Mary will be temporarily inactive due to low membership. We are grateful for the prayer support we have received, enabling us to serve our fellow parishioners, neighbors who are home bound and in nursing centers, as well as individuals imprisoned. Home Enthronements to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Pilgrim Virgin Statue to the home bound will continue to be offered by contacting the Parish Office. We hope to reopen in the future. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Our Baby Bottle Fund Raiser has only a couple more weeks until Father's Day. Help us raise funds for another Ultrasound Machine Babies are a gift from God. Meeting Schedule: 2nd Monday of the month - Planning Meeting at 7PM. This is an open meeting, all men are welcome; you do not have to be a member. 4th Monday of the month - Business Meeting, Members only. 6 PM dinner, 6:40 Rosary, 7PM meeting. Please consider becoming a member of Council 604. Contact Dennis Garrett for more info., 724.827.2350, [email protected] or see us on Facebook, searching Knights of Columbus 604 or K of C on the Parish Web site. WOMEN ALIVE IN PRAYER Come, join Saint Monica’s Women Alive in Prayer. There is power and enjoyment in women discussing the Bible readings and homily from the previous Mass. We learn about Jesus, we share different books and authors. We pray for each other and others. If you have a need or a problem, bring it to the group. Or get to know a woman in the group and talk to her after the meeting. We meet the 1st & 3rd Mondays of the month at 7pm in St. Joseph’s Room. FATHER’S DAY GIFT IDEA! Just My Game by Jason Grilli, former Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher, now with the Atlanta Braves, is available from Father Bill for $20.00 (the book retails for $24.95). Book reviews have been outstanding. Father’s Day Gift? Monies raised will be given toward youth ministry spiritual enrichment and charities/individual(s) in need. For further information call Father Bill at 724.775.4111 X234. Page Four MAGNIFICAT YEAR OF MERCY COMPANION In order to further enhance the use of the Magnificat Companion that was given to everyone, small groups have formed to pray, share and discuss the selections provided for spiritual enrichment. Groups are meeting each week in Mary’s room after the 9am Mass on Monday mornings and at 9am Wednesday mornings after the Merry Maids cleaning session. Anyone is welcome to attend these small group discussions which usually last about one half hour. More info available on the parish website under the Adoration Chapel Tab. ROSARY CENACLE A Rosary Cenacle is held every Monday at 9:30am at the request of the Blessed Mother. God wants her to have this power, but she requests our prayers to assist her. ST JOSEPH ADORATION CHAPEL One of the by products of a Holy Hour of Eucharistic Adoration is the sensitiveness to the Eucharistic Presence of Our Divine Lord. (Archbishop Fulton Sheen) During this year of Mercy won’t you consider committing to an hour each week at the Adoration Chapel? The time spent adoring our dear Lord is precious. Visit the Saint Joseph Adoration Chapel link on the parish site at www.saintmonica.us The Chapel is open continuously Sunday 1:30pm through Saturday at 4pm. Info. at www.saintmonica.us under the Adoration headings. MEN’S BIBLE STUDY GROUP Will meet in St. Mary’s Room, Chippewa the second and fourth Saturday’s each month beginning at 7:15am. We will be discussing The Joy of the Gospel. GENEVA COLLEGE OUTREACH Catholic at Geneva College is an outreach to the Catholic student population at Geneva from St. Monica Parish. It exists to help Catholic students grow and develop in their Catholic Faith as they encounter the questions that will inevitably arise while attending an evangelical Protestant institution. Ann Schmalstieg is the facilitator of this group. Meetings are held every Wednesday night from 89pm at the Beaver Falls Coffee & Tea Company (3219 4th Ave, Beaver Falls) directly across the street from the Main Campus. ASCA – ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE It is a long road of recovery for those suffering from wounds associated with child abuse and neglect. All adults wishing to heal from their past are welcome to attend a free, supportive, and confidential group meeting each second and fourth Thursdays from 7:30-9pm in the first classroom in Founders Hall. For more info., email [email protected] or call 724-462-8180. PARISH NEWS Page Five MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, June 11th Vigil/11th Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00pm RAYMOND RIMOLDI By Ron & Mary Lou Schollaert 6:00pm PRO POPULO Sunday, June 12th 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30am WILLIAM TILBROOK By Deloris Tilbrook 9:00am ORLOWSKI, KONCEWICZ & LEWANDOWSKI FAMILIES by Orlowski Family 10:45am ANTOINETTE CISTOLO By Anna & Family 12:30pm ANNA OMOGROSSO By Ed & Linda Giannini Monday, June 13th 9:00am GERALD ANTHONY CATARCIO By Veronica Tuesday, June 14th 9:00am ADAM SMAKOSZ By Wife Wednesday, June 15th 7:00pm DECEASED OF ALBERTI & CRAFT FAMILIES By Children Thursday, June 16th 9:00am ISABELLA GAZ By Richard & Anna Gaz Friday, June 17th 9:00am WILLIAM A. ROSS SR. By Jack, Kathy & Greg Ciciarelli Saturday, June 18th Vigil/12th Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00pm ED SPRATT JR. By Betty Spratt 6:00pm EDWARD J. WHITSLAR By Stan, Gloria & Ryan Malack Sunday, June 19th 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30am PRO POPULO 9:00am CLARENCE & BERTHA MANNARINO By Family 10:45am THERESA BOWERS By Elaine Smith 12:30pm ANTHONY & ANNA OMOGROSSO By Omogrosso Family CANDLE (week of 6/12/16) In Loving Memory of Frank G. Naccarato requested by Sal Naccarato. BAPTISM PREPARATION CLASSES Baptism Preparation Classes will be held on the first Saturdays of each month at 11am at the Chippewa Site, by Deacon Harry DeNome. Please call the parish office to set up all baptisms and register for the class. CHURCH SUPPORT Offertory (5/29/16): $12,293.00 Offertory (6/5/16): $13,660.97 Parish Share 2016: (Goal: $136,515.00) Paid: $75,833.24 Thank you for your continued generosity and support! CEMETERY NEWS ST MARY CEMETERY NEWS The chapel at St. Mary Cemetery is open Monday through Friday from 7:00am to 3:00pm. The chapel at St. Mary Cemetery is also open most holidays. A list of holiday hours along with dates and times of current funerals is posted on a sign located at the entrance of the chapel. Anyone wishing to pray or meditate is invited to and always welcomed at the St. Mary Cemetery chapel. Vases are permitted during the summer months. DIOCESAN NEWS RUMORS, RUMBLINGS AND REALITIES: WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING IN THE DIOCESE OF PI TTSBURG Please check out today’s bulletin insert to learn more about what is really happening and where you can attend an information session that will help to answer many important questions surrounding On Mission for The Church Alive! PETER’S PENCE Diocesan collection will be taken the weekend of June 25th & 26th. Thank you for your support. COMMUNITY NEWS SAM (SUBSTANCE ADDICTION MINISTRY) Sam is a program of the National Catholic Council on Addictions, an affiliate of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. This new ministry, being established in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, is to offer hope, healing and reconciliation to both the afflicted and affected. Sts. Peter & Paul, Beaver, is the host parish for SAM in our Vicariate. Please join us on the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm for recitation of the Rosary and Mass at 7pm at Sts. Peter & Paul Church. Fellowship will follow in the school cafeteria. Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Maronite Catholic Mission (Meets at our Darlington site) *You can attend any of their Masses. Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 6:30pm Saturday 4:30pm & Sunday at 11am