Saint Brigid Parish 967 Chancery Lane Meadville, PA 16335

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1 Saint Brigid Parish 967 Chancery Lane Meadville, PA TELEPHONES: (814) Parish Office Office Fax Seton School Youth Ministry ST. PATRICK S DAY CARD PARTY MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Evening 5:30 P.M.; Sunday 7:00 and 9:00 A.M. NURSERY Infants thru age 4-9:00 A.M. Mass CHILDREN S LITURGY OF THE WORD Thru Age 12-9:30 Mass BAPTISMS: By appointment after Baptismal program. CONFESSIONS In Chapel: Saturday... 4:00-5:00 P.M. First Friday... 11:00 A.M. WEDDINGS: Arrangements must be made with the pastor 6-12 months in advance. STAFF HOURS: Monday - Thursday Noon & 1-4 P.M. Friday Noon HOME COMMUNION CALLS The sick or confined (or their next of kin) should phone the parish office to have their names put on the Communion call schedule. PASTOR Rev. Johnathan Schmolt SETON CATHOLIC SCHOOL DEACON Ken Reisenweber Our Altar Rosary Society is sponsoring their annual St. Patrick s Day Card Party this Wednesday, March 12 from 6:30-9:30 PM in our social hall. Doors will open at 6:00. Additional tickets are $4 person and includes the salad bar. Returns may be mailed to Theresa Amato, 407 Cole Dr., Meadville. Additional tickets may be purchased Tuesday at the door. (Please make checks payable to St. Brigid Altar Rosary Society.) The members of the AR Society may bring their salads between 4-5 PM on March 12th. The AR Society would appreciate assistance from any parishioners who are able to also bring salads to our social hall between 4 & 5 PM on March 12th. Please remember to clearly mark your dishes or use disposable dishes for your salads. Any member of the Card Party Committee who is available on Tuesday, March 11th at 6 PM should plan to come to the parish center to help setup for the party. Parade Be a part of the Saint Brigid Parish group walking in the Jack Curtin Saint Patrick s Day Parade Saturday, March 15th 11:55 AM at Diamond Park Parade begins at noon Bring along wrapped candy.

2 Page Two St. Brigid Church, Meadville, Pennsylvania March 9, 2014 WORSHIP Monday March 10 11:00 AM Cecelia Franczak Funeral Mass 1:00 PM Benedict Miceli Funeral Mass Tuesday March 11 ~ No Mass Wednesday March 12 9:30 AM Seton School Mass in Church 11:30 AM Emma Jean Schultz (Cindy) 2:30 PM Crawford County Care Center Mass 6:00 PM Adoration & Benediction Thursday March 13 11:30 AM Yolanda Barco BD (Estate) Friday March 14 11:30 AM James Stewart Family (Connie Williams) 7:00 PM Stations of the Cross in Church Saturday March 15 11:30 AM Michael Chmura (Frank & Rita) Saturday Eve/Sunday Masses ~ March 15/16 4:00 PM Confessions in Chapel 5:30 PM George & Anna Pawelek & Ted, Martin (Genevieve Clark) 7:00 AM People of St. Brigid 9:00 AM Mary Fazzalori (Cindy/Mike Fiorillo) IN THE St. Vincent Mary Jane MMC is Terry Roberts. Please remember them in your prayers. SYMPATHY: to the families of Dolores Mozina & Ben Miceli & Cecelia Franczak. MEMORIALS...in memory of Joyce & Joe Newcomb from Joe/Sally McLaughlin.. in memory of Peggy Zappala from Tom/Ruth Yoder. SUPPORT READINGS Monday: Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Mt 25:31-46 Tuesday: Is 55:10-11; Mt 6:7-15 Wednesday: Jon 3:1-10; Lk 11:29-32 Thursday: Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Mt 7:7-12 Friday: Ez 18:21-28; Mt 5:20-26 Saturday: Dt 26:16-19; Mt 5:43-48 Sunday: Gn 12:1-4a; 2 Tm 1:8b-10; Mt 17: Catholic Social Services Read Program Hospice Grief Support Prayer Line Visitation (ill, elderly) Alzheimer s Support Group/3rd Active Aging 6:30 PM PARISH EVENTS Sunday March 9 ~ Daylight Savings Time 10-11:30 Religious Ed Classes P-6th Grade/Classrooms 10-11:15 AM Grades 7 & St. Brigid Room 7 MACYM No Confirmation/ Sponsor Activity today RCIA Rite of St. Peter Cathedral/Erie Monday March 10 6:30 PM Parent 1st Reconciliation Meeting/St. Agatha Ctr 7:00 PM River of Life Prayer Group/Room 4 Tuesday March 11 Noon-3:30 PM 55+ Club/Room 5 6:00 PM Seton Scouts/Rms Wednesday March 12 6:00 PM Doors Open for Card Party 6:30-9:30 PM Altar Rosary Card Party/Social Hall 6:00 PM CD of A Meeting/St. Agatha Center 7:00 PM Breast Cancer Awareness Meeting/Room 4 7:00 PM Choir Practice/Church 7:00 PM Adult Bible Study/Center Friday March 14 (Abstain from meat) 4:30-6:30 Lenten Fish Dinners/Social Hall 7:00 Stations of the Cross/Church Saturday March 15 11:50 AM St. Pat Day Diamond Park Wear your Green Bring wrapped candy Sunday March 16 8 AM-Noon K of C Pancake Breakfast/St. Agatha Center 10-11:30 Religious Ed Classes P-6th Grade/Classrooms Noon-2 MACYM Bowl-a-Thon Plaza Lanes Noon-5 PM Cursillistas Retreat St. Hippolyte 7:00 R.C.I.A. / Room 4 Remember National Catholic Sisters Week The 1st annual National Catholic Sisters Week will be celebrated during Women s History Month. The goal of the week is to show the tremendous impact that vowed women religious have on our society today. Sisters continue to make vital contributions in many areas, including education, health care, criminal justice, social justice, theology, the arts and politics. They stand with the poor and vulnerable, regardless of race, socioeconomic status or religion. National Catholic Sisters Week is made possible through a three-year grant provided by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to St. Catherine University in Minnesota. Lenten Holy Hour of Adoration St. Agatha Church Holy Hour of adoration for the Sundays of Lent begins Sunday, March 9th from 2:00-3:00. The Holy Hour consists of Scripture reading, silent meditation, Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Benediction.

3 March 9, 2014 St. Brigid Church, Meadville, PA Page Three..will be held Sunday, March 16th from 8-Noon in Saint Agatha Social Hall. $5 for Ages 12+; $3.50 for ages Enjoy pancakes, eggs, sausage, juice, coffee/tea. All are welcome! Catholic Daughters of the Americas Meeting Wednesday, March 12 ~ 6:00 PM Members will gather on March 12th at 6 PM sharp at St. Agatha Center. We will break at 7 PM for Stations of the Cross at St. Agatha s and then return to the center for closing of the meeting. Call Audrey Albaugh at if any questions. Cursillistas: Crawford County Cursillo Day of Reflection ~ A Retreat Day with Adoration will be held on Sunday, March 16th at Saint Hippolyte Church from Noon until 5 PM. Lunch will be provided. Please rsvp by March 12 to Jim/Wendy Hess at Ultreya on Friday, March St. Mary 7 PM with Stations, Prayer Service & fellowship. Holy Hour will be held Saturday, March 22nd at 7 PM at St. Marcy Church. Women s Cursillo weekend #234 held on March in Harborcreek. God is calling you to follow HIM! Women, please consider taking a couple of days and answer God s call to follow him. Call Jim/Wendy Hess at As we begin our Lenten journey, you are invited to participate in Catholic Relieve Services Operation Rice Bowl. Throughout Lent we will pray, fast, learn and give as a way to reach out in solidarity with those around the world. Please be sure to take home a Rice Bowl. Visit orb.crs.org for additional resources. We need all of you to contribute. We invite you to do so today. The Divine Mercy Encounter Retreat Program (formerly the TEC program) is now accepting applications to make the April DME retreat, which will be held April at St. Joseph Church in Erie. Applications can be found online at St. Mary will host a special Lenten Study Group based on Fr. Robert Barron s Catholicism series. Sessions will be held on Tuesdays at 6:30 pm in the parish center. There is no cost/registration req., but participants may wish to purchase study guides from WordOnFire for $24.95 each. For more info call Eric at YCEA (Young Church Eucharistic Adoration) is a diocesan-sponsored youth event that includes Eucharistic Adoration, Praise and Worship music, Scripture and reflection, and fellowship and snacks. All youth & young adults are invited to attend YCEA at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church in Conneaut Lake on Tuesday, March 25 at 7:00 pm. LENTEN READING by Fr. Johnathan As we enter the Season of Lent, it is a chance to focus in and become more attentive in our faith life. You can read books such as Discovering Christ by David Nodar or Forming Intentional Disciples by Sherry A. Weddell.

4 Page Four St. Brigid Church, Meadville, Pennsylvania March March 9, 2014, st Sunday of Lent Reflecting on God s Word Twice a year the Gospels take us to the desert. John the Baptist cries out on two Sundays every Advent, and Jesus encounters Satan every Lent. What makes the desert so ideal a setting as we prepare to celebrate the two great mysteries of our faith? The desert is a place of testing, as God s people learned when they wandered around it for forty years. With hardened hearts, they had rejected the God who had liberated them from slavery in Egypt, losing faith even while God was talking to Moses and setting down the conditions for their adoption. Up went the golden calf and out went the memory of what God had just done for them. Even Eden wasn t enough to keep the human heart open. Even there it was clear that we could be seduced by anything that looked good and promised more than it could deliver. But Jesus showed that one of us could measure up to the test and reveal himself as the beloved Son that he had been called at his baptism (Matthew 3:17). The desert is also for wooing. The prophet Hosea quotes God saying, So I will allure her [Israel]; I will lead her into the desert and speak to her heart (Hosea 2:16). And when Satan left Jesus, God sent angels [who] came and ministered to him (Matthew 4:11). So we come to this Lent and the possibility that God wishes to draw us out into a quiet, lonely place to have us meet the One who made us, redeemed us, and continues to shape us into temples of the Holy Spirit. James A. Wallace, C.Ss.R. Copyright 2013, World Library Publications. All rights reserved. EVENTS ELSEWHERE Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Edinboro will hold its annual St. Patrick s Day Party on Saturday, March 15th at OL of the Lake Social Hall, 128 Sunset Dr., Edinboro from 6-10 P.M. Advance tickets: Single $13.50/ & Family $40 available at the O.L.O.L. Office, 128 Sunset Dr., Edinboro, or Complete Wireless, 137 Erie St., Admission at the door is $15 Single & $45 Family. Cost includes a Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner & Live Entertainment featuring the Rince na Tierna Irish Dancers, and Tennessee Back Porch. Also a Chinese Auction, Games, & Pot o Gold Drawing (must be present to win) are planned. Seton Alumni Basketball Game will be held on Friday, March 21st at 7 pm. Come and play or be a spectator and cheer on your favorite team! $2 Admission; Alumni Game T-Shirts for $12. 50/50 drawing. Concession will be open! Please let me know if you would like to play so I can get teams made up! Call Jamie at Seton Life Line Screening will be held at St. Mary Church on Thursday, March 13. To register call use Priority Code: FCPM-211. Choose your screenings or get all 5 screenings for only $149. Accepts some credit cards. Trusted by hospitals nationwide.

5 Page Five St. Brigid Church, Meadville, Pennsylvania March 9, 2014 Offertory/Holy Days $5, $5,005 Pledged YTD $41,555 STEWARDSHIP Budget/Wk $6,039 This YTD $205,311 Fiscal Year to Date 2014 Catholic Services Appeal Paid YTD $14,827 Last YTD $212,772 Budget YTD $217,365 Assessment $43,919 THANK YOU! Your CSA pledges are appreciated. Those still wishing to pledge may continue to do so. MINISTRIES MARCH 15/16 ALTAR SERVERS 5:30 Sommers 7:00 Corsi 9:00 Leech/Fiely READERS Toner Haines Lehman EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS 5:30 Williams/Kightlinger/Sommers/Wagner 7:00 Chisholms 9:00 Buzzas/Jindra/Dillaman GREETERS Needed Anderson Deckers RELIGIOUS ED Pre-Grade 6 Lenten Service Project ~ Called to Feed the Hungry! Donations are now being accepted for prepackaged non-perishable breakfast food items. Donations may be dropped in the box located in the gathering area. Weekend breakfast bags will be distributed to local school children in need. Thank you in advance for your generosity. First Reconciliation Parent Meeting 2 nd grade families will meet on Monday, March 10 th from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at St. Agatha Center. Important information will be handed out pertaining to the celebration of the sacrament of First Reconciliation. It is required that one parent attend please. The Names of Jesus ~ The Bread of Life I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry; whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. John 6:35 Lord Jesus, fill us with good things, giving us our daily bread. Fill our hearts and souls too, that we may live forever. Amen. Scrip-Loaves & Fishes Update Thank you to all who purchased Scrip during the month of February. Due to your patronage $1, was raised for our school! Congratulations to Marcus Rust for earning this month s pizza party for having the most in sales during February. Marcus had $1,775 in sales! SETON TUITION APPLICATIONS The STAR Foundation Tuition Applications are due in March 31, 2014 for the school year. If you are in need of assistance, please make sure you get this turned in. You can click on the link below to print off the application OR there are applications at Seton School. eriercd.org/ tuition.asp Applications must be mailed to the Erie Diocese and post marked by March 31st. If you know of a family who is interested in attending Seton, please be sure to pass this info along. Also, anyone who refers a new family that attends Seton for the school year, will receive a $200 tuition voucher for that year. SETON CATHOLIC SCHOOL EVENTS Open House - March 12th, 5:30-7:00 pm. For current & new perspective families. Spread the word!! Open Registration - March 19th, 10:00 am-6:00 pm. For new student registrations. Star Lab will be at Seton March 10th-21st Seton Alumni Basketball Game - March 21st at 7:00 pm Spring Pictures - Thursday, March 27th Spring Concert for 5th-8th Grades - April 9th at 6:30pm Pep Assembly/Grades 7 & 8 Volleyball Game - April 14th Living Stations of the Cross by Gr. 4, April 15th at 1:30/gym Grandparents Day - April 24th from 11:00 am-2:30 pm Seton Sports Raffle - April 26th at 6:00 pm in the Gym May Crowning - May 1st at 1 pm at St. Mary First Holy Communion - May 4th... St. Brigid 9:00 am, St. Mary 10:30 am, St. Agatha 11:30 am Spring Concert for Preschool - 4th Grs - May 14th at 6:30pm Mile Run for 3rd -8th Grades - May 16th at Woodcock Dam Sports Banquet - May 21st at 6 pm in the Gym Relay Day - May 22nd at Allegheny College, Robertson Field... Rain Date May 23rd Middle School Honors Banquet - June 5th 6 pm in the Gym 8th Grade Graduation - June 9th at 6:30 pm at St. Agatha Last Day of School - June 11th with Noon dismissal

6 M.A.C.Y.M FAMILIES 1ST SUNDAY IN LENT MARCH 9, TH & 8TH REGULAR SESSIONS THIS SUNDAY MARCH 9 Regular Sessions this Sunday, March 9th for Saint Agatha and Saint Brigid 7th and 8th graders. CONFIRMATION CANDIDATE/SPONSOR ACTIVITY THIS WEEKEND MARCH 8/9 NO regular sessions for 1st, 2nd & 3rd-year Confirmation Candidates this weekend. The Candidates are to meet with their Sponsors and do the assigned activity. The activity assignment was given out last Sunday at their regular session. Anyone who was absent should Mrs. Clancy and she will forward you the assignment. NO REGULAR SESSIONS MARCH 16 NO regular sessions next Sunday, March 16th for all of M.A.C.Y.M. DUE TO Bowl-a-Thon. Regular sessions will resume on March 23rd. MARCH 16 BOWL-A-THON The M.A.C.Y.M. Bowl- A-Thon is this Sunday, March 16th from Noon until 2 PM at the Plaza Lanes. Students are to participate and they are to get at least $20 in pledges. It will not cost them anything to Bowl or for shoe rental!! Called To Feed The Hungry, our Lenten Project, will benefit from this event. Parents please make sure your son/daughter participates in this event. 3RD-YEAR CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES BISHOP LETTERS Letters to the Bishop are now past due. For those of you who have not turned in your letter please your letter to sandy.clancy@macym.org by tomorrow morning. QUESTION OF THE WEEK How do you deal with temptation? We can t prevent the birds from flying overhead but we can prevent them from building a nest in our hair. So it is with temptation. We cannot prevent our soul from being subjected to temptation, it is part of the human drama. However, we do not need to surrender to it. We can do this with God s help. ADVISORY BOARD MEETING...will be held this Sunday during the Bowl-a-Thon. Students will be planning their end-of-year Mass and picnic at the Meadville Rec Complex. MEADVILLE SOUP KITCHEN THANK YOU! Dear Youth Group, I am so proud of your outstanding accomplishment and generosity of your group for the Souper Bowl Sunday collection, to be able to collect $ for the Soup Kitchen. Please be assured that we will use it wisely and feed many of the less fortunate of our community. God Bless all of you, Beverly Nutter, Coordinator M.A.C.Y.M. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sunday, March 9th: Regular Sessions for 7th, 8th Sponsor Activity for 1st, 2nd & 3rd-year Confirmation Candidates Sunday, March 16th NO regular sessions Bowl-A-Thon, Plaza Lanes, Noon 2pm All M.A.C.Y.M. STUDENTS ARE TO PARTICIPATE. Advisory Board Meeting Sunday, March 23rd Regular sessions for all M.A.C.Y.M.

7 The Keeping of Lent Meadville, Pennsylvania The season of Lent begins this year on Ash Wednesday and concludes when the Paschal Triduum of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of the Lord begins at the start of the Evening Mass of the Lord s Supper on Holy Thursday evening, April 17. The following regulations are promulgated and binding for all Latin Rite Catholics in the Diocese of Erie for Lent and the Paschal Triduum, Traditional Lenten practices of PRAYER, FASTING, and ALSMGIVING and other forms of self-denial are recommended most warmly by the Church. Daily Mass is particularly encouraged. ASH WEDNESDAY, ALL FRIDAYS IN LENT, and GOOD FRIDAY are days of abstinence from meat for those 14 years of age and older. ASH WEDNESDAY AND GOOD FRIDAY are also days of fasting for those ages 18 to 58 inclusive. (On these days, those bound by the law of fasting may take one full meal. Two smaller meals, sufficient to maintain strength according to one s needs, are also permitted. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids including milk and fruit juices are allowed. When health or work is seriously affected, the law does not oblige.) ALL FRIDAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR (except solemnities) outside of Lent remain days of penance. The United States Bishops highly recommend the traditional abstinence from meat, together with fasting, for the cause of peace in the world. However, some other practice of voluntary self-denial or personal penance may be substituted. Adora on of the Blessed Sacrament Saint Brigid: Wednesdays 6:00-7:00 pm Saint Agatha: Lenten Holy Hour Sundays 2-3 pm Tuesdays 8:30-9:30 am Saint Mary: Tuesdays 4-5 pm Sta ons of the Cross Saint Brigid: Fridays 7:00 pm Saint Agatha: Wednesdays 7:00 pm Communal Penance Service Tuesday April 8 ~ Saint Brigid 7:00 pm Chrism Mass Holy Thursday-April 17, 2014 Mass of the Lord s Supper 7 pm at St. Mary Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will continue until Good Friday-April 18, 2014 Celebration of the Passion and Death of the Lord (with the distribution of Holy Communion) Saint Brigid 2 pm Saint Agatha 12 Noon Holy Saturday-April 19, 2014 Blessing of Easter Foods 12 Noon at Saint Agatha The Great Easter Vigil 9:00 pm at St. Agatha Easter Sunday April 20, 2014 Saint Brigid: 7:00, 9:00 and 11:30 am Saint Agatha: 9:00 and 11:30 am

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