St. Alphonsus Catholic Church

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1 St. Alphonsus Catholic Church 2111 Market street Wheeling, WV February 21, 2016 Pastoral Staff The Chair of St. Peter the Apostle MASSES Mon Tues Thurs Fri 7:00 am Wed Communion Service 7:00 am Saturday Vigil Mass 5:30 pm Sunday Masses 7:00 am & 10:30 am MONTHLY MASSES St. Alphonsus Mass Association (1st Friday of month) 7:00 am Polish Mass (3rd Sunday of month) 9:00 am NOVENAS Miraculous Medal - Tuesday after 7:00 am Mass Novena to St. Jude - Fridays after 7:00 am Mass Divine Mercy Chaplet - 1st Friday at 5:30 pm SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday 4:30 5:00 pm or by appointment SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Contact the parish office 6 months before desired date. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Call the parish office for an appointment. NEW PARISHIONERS We WELCOME new parishioners! Please complete a registration form on the table in the rear of the Church. Mail Registration to the office or drop in the collection basket. Rev. Fr. Douglas A. Ondeck, Pastor (ondeck.douglas@gmail.com) Rev. Mr. George Smoulder, Permanent Deacon Bobbi Taylor, Parish Secretary Sister Anna Marie Cole, CSJ, PSR Coordinator Beverly Pockl, Vocalist David Alfred/Caroline Lakomy, Church Organists Parish Phone: Parish Fax: Parish Address/Web: saintalphonsuswheeling@gmail.com PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:00 am to Noon; 1:00 to 3:30 pm Friday 9:00 am to Noon

2 February 21, 2016 Second Sunday of Lent WE ARE TO BE TRANSFORMED Today s showing forth of God s glory is filled with a light that astonishes and reveals. Jesus transfigured on Mount Tabor energizes even the sleepy apostles, who see but cannot get hold of it. They can be forgiven for not apprehending the full meaning of this extraordinary vision of a transfigured Jesus with Elijah and Moses. The whole of the Law and prophets is summed up here on this mountain. The transfigura on on Mount Tabor is handed over to us this Sunday. As Paul reminds us, it is we who are to be transformed. The light and life of the Resurrec on are set forth here so we do not lose heart and fall en rely asleep. This Sunday looks to Easter. It looks to transforma on. It asks us to li up our heads and acknowledge the risen Lord as our light and our salva on. TODAY S READINGS First Reading The Lord made a covenant with his faithful servant, Abram, saying, To your descendants I give this land (Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18). Psalm The Lord is my light and my salva on (Psalm 27). Second Reading We await the Lord Jesus, who will change us to conform with his glorified body (Philippians 3:17 4:1 [3:20 4:1]). Gospel Peter, James, and John witness the transfigura on of Jesus on the mountain (Luke 9:28b-36). The English transla on of the Psalm Responses from the Lec onary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna onal Commission on English in the Liturgy Corpora on. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 4-6; Mt 16:13-19 Tuesday: Is 1:10, 16-20; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23; Mt 23:1-12 Wednesday: Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5-6, 14-16; Mt 20:17-28 Thursday: Jer 17:5-10; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 16:19-31 Friday: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a; 17b-28a; Ps 105:16-21; Mt 21:33-43, Saturday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 103:1-4, 9-12; Lk 15:1-3, Sunday: Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15; Ps 103:1-4, 6-8, 11; 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12; Lk 13:1-9 Alternate readings (Year A): Ex 17:3-7; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42] SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Friday: Second Sunday of Lent The Chair of St. Peter the Apostle; Washington s Birthday St. Polycarp Abs nence TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION The treasures of our tradi on can o en be traced to one source, but like the waters of a river branching out on its way to the sea, are received differently as they filter through various cultures and customs. Long ago, mostly because of the prepara on of candidates for bap sm, the annual feast of the Lord s death and resurrec on was preceded by a period of prepara on. In the West that comes to us as Lent, a word drawn from the Old English word for spring me, referring to the lengthening hours of sunlight in this hemisphere. In the East, the tradi on of preparing for Easter is received as Great Lent, to dis nguish it from a secondary Lent preceding Christmas, and a two-week period, a kind of pre-lent, that gradually introduces the faithful to the austeri es of Great Lent. One of the major differences between East and West is in the vigor of the Lenten fast. In Great Lent the customs of fast and abs nence are far more strict than we are accustomed to. For us, meat is off our Lenten tables on Friday, but in the East, meat disappears from the diet completely, along with dairy products. DIRECTION The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direc on we are going. Oliver Wendell Holmes LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU Let nothing disturb you, Nothing frighten you. All things are passing. God never changes. Pa ent endurance a ains all things. Whoever possesses God lacks nothing, God alone is sufficient. St. Teresa of Ávila

3 PARISH NEWS Bereavement Gathering Grief from a Faith Perspective If you, or someone you know has lost a loved one and may benefit from a gathering for those grieving, please join us. Facilitator, Fr. Dennis ; sponsored by Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Join us at 6:00pm at St. Alphonsus. Next gathering will be February 22, LENTEN SCHEDULE Lent is an important season of the Church s liturgical year. It is a twofold time of PURIFICATION (greater awareness of what leads us into sin, and God s mercy and forgiveness through the Sacrament of reconciliation); and time of ENLIGHTENMENT (greater attentiveness to Christ s teaching). Lent leads us to the solemn celebration of our Redemption in the Pascal Mysteries. Chris an Mothers & Ladies Guild Our next mee ng is Tuesday, March 8th at 6:30pm ST. ALPHONSUS BAKE SALE Every 3rd Saturday & Sunday a er Mass The next bake sale is April 16th Remember to take home goodies in the lobby by the glass doors and in the back of the Church To donate please call Mary Ellen at to let her know how you can help! All proceeds go to the Church Maintenance Fund In gratitude for their gifts received from God, parishioners and visitors made this joyful return to the Lord to help continue His work at St. Alphonsus Parish: February 13-14, 2016 Collections $ 2, Candles $ THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY! There is a Diocesan Collection February 28th for the Priests Retirement Fund Fr. Doug will be available for Confessions on Tuesday immediately following the 7am Mass and again from 12:30 to 1:30pm. Confessions will be heard on Thursdays immediately following the 7:00am Mass and again from 5:30 to 6:30pm. During this evening hour of Confession, the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed followed by Benediction. LENTEN SCHEDULE OF MASSES AND STATIONS OF THE CROSS MASSES Holy Thursday, March 24 5:30pm Good Friday Liturgy, March 25 5:30pm Holy Saturday Easter Vigil. March 26 7:00pm Easter Sunday, March 27 7:00am and 10:30am STATIONS OF THE CROSS Every Friday during Lent 6:30pm

4 By Fr. George W. Rutler Duc in altum. Cast into the deep or, take the plunge. Christ said it to his disciples (Luke 5:4). When they did as they were told, they caught an astonishing number of fish, and then they left everything and followed him (Luke 5:11). When Bishop Hippolytus of Caesarea wrote down the oral traditions of the lives of the Twelve, he was about as close to the Resurrection as we are to the birth of Antonio Salieri and the death of Johann Sebastian Bach, whose music still lives with us. Andrew preached in Bulgaria and was crucified on an olive tree in Greece. Bartholomew preached in India and was crucified with his head downward in the part of Armenia that now is in the former Soviet state of Georgia. James, son of Alphaeus was stoned to death in Jerusalem, and James, son of Zebedee, was beheaded by the tetrarch Herod. His brother John, the only apostle known to have not died violently, was exiled to the island of Patmos by the emperor Domitian, later going to Turkey and dying in Ephesus during the reign of Trajan. Matthew died in Hieres near present-day Tehran. Peter shared his remembrances with Mark and was crucified in Rome. After preaching in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Betania, Italy and Asia, Philip was crucified with his head downward in Hierapolis in eastern Turkey during the reign of Domitian. Simon the Zealot was the second bishop of Jerusalem, but is said to have also preached in Egypt and Persia where he was sawed to pieces. Thaddeus, who preached in Edessa and throughout Mesopotamia, was axed to death in Syria. Thomas preached throughout Persia and was speared to death at Calamene in India. Only Judas killed himself, never having left Jerusalem. The point is that these men did not live superficial lives. They took the plunge and fulfilled the promise of the Master that they would become fishers of men. They did not leave their homes and families and their businesses just to follow a theory, for, as Newman said, No man will be a martyr for a conclusion. They willingly died in the glory of the Resurrection, which they had seen. Socrates, having said that the unexamined life is not worth living, changed the lives of many, who passed on what they had learned. None of his disciples, however, and no disciple of any other teacher, could say with Saint Paul, who was chosen after the Master had risen from the dead: It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me (Galatians 2:20). Plato never said that Socrates lived in him; but if Socrates had lived long enough to take the plunge with the untutored fishermen, he might have found a good Greek term for the indwelling of Christ, the sanctifying grace, that moves men to leave everything and die telling others what happened to them. The Daughters of Holy Mary of the Heart of Jesus invite all women to participate in a Lenten Morning of Recollection called Turn your eyes of Mercy toward us on Saturday, March 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Oratory, 700 Lovers Lane, Steubenvile. You will benefit from Mass, talk, Rosary, Confession and time of silent adoration. Childcare will be provided by the Sisters. Phone registration is available at (740)

5 Saturday, February 20 5:30 pm Bill Campbell (Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Channell) Sunday, February 21 7:00 am People of the Parish 9:00 am Blanche Resckynski (Jean Fisher) 10:30 am Robert B. Klemm, Jr. (Mother) Monday, February 22 7:00 am Jack & Mary Lou Gavin (Parish) Tuesday, February 23 7:00am John Fragale (Joe, Charles & Mary) Wednesday, February 24 7:00 am Communion Service Thursday, February 25 7:00 am Barbara Tomczyk (Sr. Mary Bowman) Friday, February 26 7:00 am Dorothy Thalman (Margaret R. Bosold) Weekend Ministry Schedule (Feb 27-28) Saturday, February 27, 5:30 pm Sr. J. Vidonic Eucharistic Ministers: H. Christman P. Romanek P. Holt Sunday, February 28, 7:00 am M. Bosold Eucharistic Minister: J. Ryan Sunday, February 28, 10:30 am D. Evans Eucharist Ministers: J. Brensinger J. Sengewalt D. Lemery K. McGonigal Saturday, February 27 5:30 pm Dorothy Henthorn (The Neighborhood) Sunday, February 28 7:00 am People of the Parish 10:30 am Mildred Coleman (Mary & Bob St. Meyer) Please continue to pray for our military men and women who serve us and their families: Lcpl. Bandon Collins USMC Sgt. L. Joey Henry USMC PFC Jeremy Labuda Sr. Airmen Jordan Lucey Gunnery Sgt. Brian M. Pelsh USMC Specialist E-4 John Niebergall Williams Please Also Pray For Josh Bischof, Cynthia Botizan, Rosemarie Bursee, Bernadette Czerwonka, Bob Heller, Luke Jordan of the Yankovich Family, Jane Murray, Karleigh Ryan, Dustin Ronevich, Debbie Respole, Mary Schlosser Bishop Hodges Norma Campbell, Stella Czyzewski, John Wayne Evans, Tony Hadom, Stella Rogerson Elmhurst Evelyn Nikolaus Good Shepherd Sara Baker, Mary Bohlman, Selma Hughes, Rose Lewandowski, Mary Rushkevich, Betty Weckerley Mound View Nursing Home Sophie Skrzypek Peterson Elizabeth Bissett, Frank Dombrowski, Diane Moore, Blanche Richard, Leonard Rycerz, Robert Sengewalt, Welty Richard Teachout, Dorothy Coss Home Joan Carp, Beverly Heller, Butch & Jean Mozingo, Betty Rycerz,Harry Zelkowski