Sunday, February 18, 2018

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1 Sunday, February 18, 2018

2 Pentecost The Twelfth First Most Sunday Holy Sunday June of Trinity June Lent Ordinary - February 4, 2017 Time 11, 18, 2017 June , Saint 2017 Andrew Saint Andrew the Apostle the the Apostle Parish Parish Page 2 Stewardship is a way of life. Tithing is God s Plan for Giving: February 4, 2018 Tithing Income $9, Tithe $ Actual Income $8, Weekly Budget $7, Poor Box $ Children s Offerings $ 4.32 My Good Deed for the Week: Here s what several of our young people offered as their tithe, in addition to their financial gift: Grade 2: I helped Mom when she got home from the hospital. Lenten Services Stations of the Cross will be prayed each Friday evening during Lent at 7:00pm. An additional Mass will be celebrated each Wednesday evening at 6:30pm. Confessions will follow Mass. Beauty & Hope in Suffering a Special Lenten Presentation & Concert with Music & Spoken Word will be offered by Jaime Thietten, Sunday, March 18 at 7:00pm in the Church. This week: Stan McElhaney, Jim Barnes, Paulette Remick, Judy Huber; Bill Beyier, Dawn Bowders, Bernetta Patridge, Robert Topper, Paul Doty, Becky & Jeffrey Schreck, Jr., Marie Keen; Ronnie Starry, Paul E. Decker; Paul Schur, Don Breinich; Eileen Duke; Woodard Poper, Nicole Lyons; ; Louise West; Becky Shreck & Family; Carolyn Krouse, Monica Wishard, Liz Jobes, Betty Powers, Ralph & Gladys Wetzel, Dorothea Peters, Eliana Bettwy, Catherine Hinkle, Charles Gladhill, Joe Adams, Seth Stine, Helen Hemler, Donna Krietz, Emma Loomis; Prayer List Policy: To help focus our prayers, names are kept on the list for one month. If someone is still in need of prayer, notify the office to list them for another month for as long as prayers are needed. Buy Gift Cards! Available at the window in the back of church! No CCD Classes Today, February 18, 2018 Office Closed Monday, February 19, President s Day Next Weekend, February 24/25, 2018 CCD Classes Sunday 9:30-10:45am for Kindergarten High School 10:50 thru 11am Mass for 3yr & 4yr Preschool Youth Group Soup Sales after each Mass in the school hall Minister Schedule If you are unable to serve, please find a substitute. Thank you. Saturday, February 24, 5pm: EMHC Karen Lison, Janet Stockton, Carmen Krawczak, 1 Needed; Altar Servers Liv Ausherman, Dave Ochoa, Lynn Ochoa; Lector Elizabeth (Betsy) Nicholson; Gift Bearers Carol Cool, Fred Shetter, Sue Shetter; Greeters Anne Fritzinger, Elaine Sneeringer Sunday, February 25, 8:00am: EMHC Rick Baker, Christine Bradley, Anne Hefner, Sue Miller; Altar Servers Bella Cartwright, Hannah Gearhart, Christopher Black; Lector Mike McGovern; Gift Bearers Deb Arena, Fred Arena, Anne Bonner; Greeters Teresa Wile, Pattie Wise Sunday, February 25, 11:00am: EMHC Richard Cook, Theresa Woodring, Carmen Krawczak, 1 Needed; Altar Servers Nicholai Moreno, Jude Musolino, Andrew Stansfield; Lector Sarah Stansfield; Gift Bearers Caroline Stansfield, Elizabeth Stansfield, 1 Needed; Greeters Belen Aida Bautista, Bernadine Null Please volunteer for the needed spots on the Ministry Schedule on the Website. The community of Saint Andrew the Apostle welcomes these newly baptized children of God, Levi Matthew Beck, son of Brian & Kathryn Bonner Beck; Rhett David Ditch, son of Ryan & Elizabeth Wishard Ditch, and Maylee Ellen Wile, daughter of William & Megan Wagaman Wile, into our Catholic family. May they continue to grow in God s love and grace.

3 Second Seventh Pentecost Seventeenth Sixth Third The Twenty-First Fifth Most Transfiguration Sunday Holy Sunday June of in Body Lent Ordinary of Easter April Easter May of and - February the Ordinary Blood 4, (Sunday Time Lord , -of 18, August 28, February Time Christ of Divine July June August 6, 4, 11, Saint Mercy) April , 2018 Andrew 18, , Saint 2017 Andrew the Saint 23, Saint Apostle 2017 Andrew the Apostle Saint Parish the the the Andrew Apostle Parish the Parish Apostle Parish Page 33 Mass Schedule Saturday, February 17 Saturday after Ash Wednesday 3:30 Confessions Mass of Anticipation 5:00 PM Louise Beck Sunday, February 18, 2018 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 AM For the People / Pro Populo 11:00 AM Gale Krawczak Monday, February 19 Tuesday, February 20 Wednesday, February 21 Saint Peter Damian, Bishop & Doctor of the Church 8:00 AM For the Intentions of the John & Lily Hayes Family 6:30 PM Ira Diehl 7:15-7:45PM Confessions Thursday, February 22 The Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle 8:00 AM William Whittington, Sr. Friday, February 23 Saint Polycarp, Bishop & Martyr 8:00 AM Gale Krawczak 7:00 Stations of the Cross Saturday, February 24 8:00 AM Dorothy Willhide 3:30 Confessions Mass of Anticipation 5:00 PM In Memory of Mary Stepanic & For the Special Intentions of Mary Stefanic Sunday, February 25, 2018 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 11:00 AM For the People / Pro Populo The Sanctuary Candle reminds us of the presence of Jesus Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament. It burns this week in Memory of Mary Stepanic & for the Special Intentions of Mary Stefanic. Fast & Abstinence Good Friday is an obligatory day of fasting & abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence observed in our Diocese. For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. Liquids are allowed at any time, but no solid food should be consumed between meals. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 onwards. Apart from the prescribed days of fast and abstinence on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, and the days of abstinence every Friday of Lent, Catholics have traditionally chosen additional penitential practices for the whole Time of Lent. These practices are disciplinary in nature and often more effective if they are continuous, i.e., kept on Sundays as well. That being said, such practices are not regulated by the Church, but by individual conscience. Parish Ministries Directory Boy Scouts Fred Shetter Cemetery Joe Little Church Cleaning Crew Kathy Osbourn Council of Catholic Women Elaine Sneeringer Finance Council Chair Charlie Willhide Knights of Columbus Javier Estrada (240) Music Director Kathy Bourdeau Natural Family Planning Jeff & Marcia Moyer Parish Council Chair Chris Dennis Parish Nurse Program Margy Cook Betty Green Prayer Chain Bernie Null Judy Baker Pro-Life Committee Marcia Moyer SCRIP Jen Dennis x209 St Andrew Board of Education Perry Sandy Social Outreach & Advocacy Ministries Marie Maisie DiGiammarino Lucy Ivins Spirited Singles John Hoffman St. Andrew Seniors Joy McDonald Waynesboro Fellowship of Churches Patricia Muir Youth Group Jen Nelson standrewsyouth316@gmail.com

4 Palm Second Seventh Sixth Third Twenty-First Fifth Sunday April of in Lent Ordinary of Easter April Easter May -9, February 2017Saint Ordinary (Sunday Time 30, -18, 28, February Time Andrew of Divine August the 4, 11, Saint Mercy) April Apostle 2018 Andrew 27, Saint 2017 Parish Andrew the Saint 23, Saint Apostle 2017 Andrew the Apostle Saint Parish the the Andrew Apostle Parish the Parish Apostle Page Parish 6 Page 44 Calling All Women! Evening Mass & Adoration for ALL Women of the Parish. Please join us for an evening of prayer and fellowship for ALL women of the parish on Tuesday, February 27, :00 6:45 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Rosary 6:15 6:45 Confession 6:45 7:00 Benediction 7:00 Mass (Fr Robert, celebrant) Light refreshments in the School Multipurpose Room following Mass. Please join us for this evening of prayer. If you have any questions please contact the church office. Please note that this event is for ALL women ages 14 and up. Scout Mass On Saturday, February 24 th, the 5:00pm Mass at Saint Andrew Parish is for all Scouts Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Venture Crew Scouts, Scout Leaders and their families. This is the Anniversary Mass of Boy Scouting. Scouts and Leaders are asked to be in uniform and wear their religious emblems. Please meet in the school hall at 4:30pm. Men of the parish who are Eagle Scouts are asked to attend and wear their Eagle Award and women of the parish who received their Girl Scout Gold Award are asked to attend and wear their award. After Mass, there will be a reception in the school hall for Scouts, Leaders, their families and members of the parish. VEGGIE SUNDAY First Sunday Food Focus for March On the first weekend in March, in order to better balance our food donations for Waynesboro Community and Human Services, the Social Outreach Ministry is asking you to focus your donations on vegetables. Examples include nonperishable (canned or dried) beans, peas, potatoes, greens, carrots, tomatoes, corn, mushrooms, and beets. Council of Catholic Women Meeting Wednesday, February 21, 6:30pm, in the Parish Meeting Room. All ladies of the parish are invited and encouraged to attend! Think of the CCW when doing your spring cleaning! Save your items for the spring yard sale. For questions or further information, please contact Jo Spigler, ; Kathy Osborne, ; or Elaine Sneeringer, Saint Andrew s Youth Group Upcoming Events NET Retreat Sunday, February 18 Snow Tubing at Ski Liberty Friday, February 23 Prayer Vigil Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Diocese of Harrisburg Friday, March 2 For more information, please contact Jen Nelson at standrewyouth316@gmail.com Hygiene/Relief Kits for Refugees Social Outreach Ministry This Lent (February 17 through March 18), our Social Outreach Ministry will collect hygiene items for Cumberland Valley Relief Center refugee kits. Please limit your donations to the following items and place them in the marked bin in the back of the church: adult size toothbrushes, individually wrapped bars of bath soap, medium weight hand and bath towels (no light colors). All items must be new and in original packaging. Thanks for your help with this project. March. Vacation Bible School will be held June from 9am until noon here in the parish. If you are interested in helping, please contact Peg Wagaman for more information. VBS is open to children ages 4 (by September 1, 2017) through current 6 th graders. Registration will take place during the month of

5 Second Seventh Pentecost Seventeenth Sixth Third Twelfth The Twenty-First Fifth Most Transfiguration Sunday Holy Sunday June of in Body Trinity June Lent Ordinary of Easter April Easter May of and - February the Ordinary Blood 4, (Sunday Time Lord 2017 Time 11, 30, -of 18, August 28, February Time 2017 June Christ of Divine July June 25, August 6, 4, 11, Saint Mercy) April , 2018 Andrew 18, , Saint 2017 Andrew the Saint 23, Saint Apostle 2017 Andrew the the Apostle Saint Parish the the the Andrew Apostle Parish the Parish Apostle Parish Page 6 55 Sunday, February 18, 2018 First Sunday of Lent Genesis 9:8-15; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15 Upon making a commitment, how often do we start out with strong intentions, firm will, and fortitude? Perhaps nothing represents that more in our modern culture than a New Year s resolution. We see and hear ads for gym memberships and diet plans flooding the internet and the airwaves during the those first few weeks of January. So many of us are resolute in those weeks. But once a hurdle is in our path we can quickly stumble. Sometimes we can make a commitment to exercise daily, and that routine is manageable for a few days, or even a few weeks. But we also face other priorities in the midst of our goal to exercise daily. Pretty soon, exercising is a long-gone wish. Jesus faced something much more profound than a New Year s resolution or an intention to exercise daily. Upon being baptized and starting his ministry, he was immediately faced with temptation. He was driven into the desert, a place of no consolation, no respite, and no refreshment. The experience of knowing he is God s Son gives way to isolation and solitude in a harsh environment. As a human being, Jesus knew temptation; the gospel is clear about that. But for many Christians it can be difficult to imagine that Jesus was truly tempted. Despite these real temptations, he overcame them. Mark does not tell us much about this period, unlike Luke, for example, with the many scenes of Jesus conversing with Satan. Mark is intent to tell us in sparse text, without wasting a word, that Jesus was tempted by Satan. Jesus was fully human and experienced temptation as we do. As Jesus was tempted we too will be tempted. Perhaps even our profound experience of faith and trust in God is tested. But after this period of testing Jesus returns to Galilee, his home, and proclaims the Gospel. In this he is a model for us, who will not live without temptation. We might have an experience of desolation that God is not with us in our trials. But like Jesus we can undergo this experience and emerge stronger, with the courage to proclaim the Gospel. From Living Liturgy February 25, 2018 Love Made Visible A gift to the Bishop s Annual Lenten Appeal supports the ministries of the Diocese of Harrisburg to meet the social services and ministerial needs of the people in our 15 counties. The commitment that you will make through your gift will touch thousands of lives in ways we may never know. The vocation of marriage and the families of our Diocese will be strengthened through the Office of Family and Respect Life Ministries. Catechists, teachers, and sport coaches will receive training and support through the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis and Sports Ministry; Catholic schools and after-school programs will find their support so that children and young people can grow in the beauty of our Catholic faith. Ministries on college and university campuses will be strengthened and supported so our sons and daughters will know that the Church is still there for them on Campus. A homeless mother and her unborn child will be provided with hope, food, and shelter at Lourdeshouse Maternity Home. The Lenten Appeal enables ministries that individual parishes cannot supply. ~ Bishop Ronald W. Gainer, Bishop of Harrisburg

6 Second Seventh Pentecost Seventeenth Sixth Third Twelfth The Twenty-First Fifth Most Transfiguration Sunday Holy Sunday June of in Body Trinity June Lent Ordinary of Easter April Easter May of and - February the Ordinary Blood 4, (Sunday Time Lord 2017 Time 11, 30, -of 18, August 28, February Time 2017 June Christ of Divine July June 25, August 6, 4, 11, Saint Mercy) April , 2018 Andrew 18, , Saint 2017 Andrew the Saint 23, Saint Apostle 2017 Andrew the the Apostle Saint Parish the the the Andrew Apostle Parish the Parish Apostle Parish Page 5 66 Monday, February 19, 2018 Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18; Matthew 25:31-46 Jesus core message that we are one is surely one of the great mysteries of existence. This truth is so hard to accept because our senses tell a different story: We are separate, different, and alone. We need an image to help us realize what our senses cannot. Picture the giant redwood trees of California: Did you know they only grow in groves? Moreover, each tree s roots extend and grasp the roots of the surrounding trees, forming a strong, interconnecting network that serves to nourish and sustain all of them equally. The next time you are tempted to think of someone as the other, remember the redwood trees and their invisible, interlocking roots. Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Isaiah 55:10-11; Matthew 6:7-15 One of the many advantages of memorized prayers such as the Our Father is that we can say them when we have no words of our own; we don t have to think. That s also one of their disadvantages: We don t have to think. In fact, we may have forgotten exactly what we are saying when we pray the Our Father. For example, do we really mean, Thy will be done? or are there unspoken conditions attached: Thy will be done as long as it doesn t interfere with my carefully laid plans for my life? To turn everything over to God is truly the only way to live without fear. It s what Jesus did; it s what we are called to do as well. Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Saint Peter Damien, Bishop & Doctor of the Church Jonah 3:1-10; Luke 11:29-32 Peter Damien ( ) was a generous giver. But simony the practice of buying spiritual offices or spiritual authority was one kind of giving he detested. The activity was widespread in the medieval church and did great damage to the church s moral standing, so much so that Dante condemned those who practiced simony to the eighth circle of hell. Perhaps the venue largely has shifted from church to state where we find corporate lobbyists and other influence-peddlers with lots of cash but the sin remains the same. Damien would not be amused to see simony persist in any form, and neither should we. Thursday, February 22, 2018 The Chair of Peter the Apostle 1 Peter 5:1-4; Matthew 16:13-19 The Latin word for chair is cathedra, and a cathedra you see where this is going is the seat of a bishop, thus making the bishop s church a cathedral. Today s feast, however, commemorates a particular chair : that of Saint Peter and the authority Jesus gave him to be the primary leader of the early church. Peter was martyred in Rome, and so the see (sedes a place to sit ) of Peter became the Holy See, the seat of the pope as the first among bishops and the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. As the Liturgy of the Hours says, the Feast of the Chair of Peter the Apostle is a day to celebrate the unity of the church founded upon that apostle. Friday, February 23, 2018 Saint Polycarp, Bishop & Martyr Ezekiel 18:21-28; Matthew 5:20-26 Polycarp died around the year 155 at the age of 87, so he was a very early Christian who lived while some of the original apostles were still alive. The apostle John appointed Polycarp bishop of the city of Smyrna (now Izmir in Turkey), where Polycarp faced many challenges during his long years in office. Christians were a persecuted minority, while most of the population still worshipped the Roman gods. During one persecution, Polycarp was captured and, even though very advanced in age, sentenced to be burned at the stake. But tradition has it that the flames would not burn him, so he was stabbed to death. His remains are entombed with honor in the church of St. Ambrose in Rome, and his long life of service to the early church is remembered each year on this day. The name Polycarp means many fruits. May all of our lives be as fruitful! Saturday, February 24, 2018 Deuteronomy 26:16-19; Matthew 5:43-48 The phrase less is more catches our attention because at first glance it seems illogical. How can less be more? They re opposites, and of the two, more is often regarded as better. But taken in a different light, the phrase makes good sense. Maybe we exercise restraint during a tense meeting with a coworker, saying only what is needed instead of saying something further in order to win an argument. Maybe we forgive someone who has hurt us with a lie instead of reminding them over and over that our pain is their fault. With less, we become more more peaceful, more caring, more Christ-like. Diocesan & Local Happenings Register now online at men, for the 7th Annual Diocesan Men s Conference, Saturday, March 10, 2018, at Bishop McDevitt High School. Theme: Men of Mary, Mercy, and the Eucharist. Keynote Speaker: Father Chris Alar, MIC, noted speaker and expert on Divine Mercy. Last year we had 1,100 men attend. We expect another large crowd this year. We d love to see you there! Please register now!