All Saints Catholic Church

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1 All Saints Catholic Church 19 Wilson Street ~ Pittsburgh, PA A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust Contact Informa on Parish Staff Rev. Doctor James R. Gretz Administrator Rev. Gerald J. Lutz In Residence Bernade e Calvino Program Mgr. of Rel. Ed. Thomas G. Rishel Director of Music Ministry Rectory/Office Religious Educa on Ac vi es Building The mission of All Saints Parish is to expand the Kingdom of God by showing people the way to salvation through the Eucharist, in our faith, our compassion, and our actions. This is showcased in our four core values, namely: Prayer: Dependence on God and Communicating with God. Ministry: Having knowledge of the faith and putting it into practice. Christian Attitude: Being welcoming, hospitable, compassionate, caring, and loving of everyone. Stewardship: Care for the spiritual and physical assets of the Parish, namely our time, talent, and treasure. OCTOBER 7, 2018 TWENTY SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME allsaintsetna@comcast.net Website Religious Ed. allsaintsreled@comcast.net Pi sburgh Diocese Victim Assistance Hotline Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Saturdays 8:00 am -11:00 am Masses Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 & 10:00 AM Weekdays: See schedule in bulletin Sacraments Baptisms are celebrated on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month after the 10:00 AM Mass. Pre-Baptismal classes are required. Contact the Parish Office for arrangements. Reconciliation: Saturdays 12:30-1:00 PM and after the 5:00 PM Mass. Visitation of the Sick or Shut-Ins: Inform the Parish Office when anyone is ill at home or in the hospital. Upon request, Holy Communion can be brought to the home by the priest and/or a Eucharistic Minister. Marriage: Contact Parish Office at least 6 months in advance of proposed date. Bulletin Deadline: All bulletin announcements must be received by Monday noon in written form. Preparation for Entering the Church (RCIA): We welcome those who are interested in becoming Catholics. To enter a program of formation and prayer, contact the Parish Office. Parish Membership: New parishioners are always welcome! Call the Parish Office for a census form. Prayer Meeting: Every Wednesday from 1:30-3:30 PM. See bulletin for monthly Mass time. Access to Parish Calendar of Events:

2 ALL SAINTS CHURCH SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 = $ 4, Offertory Envelopes - $3, Loose Monies - $ Adult Envelopes Sent Envelopes Used Children s Envelopes - $7.00 Envelopes Used - 3 Parish Share - $1, Envelopes Used - 10 Please remember All Saints Church in your will. P S P ARISH HARE ROGRAM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2018 GOAL: $ 52, COLLECTED TO DATE: $ 32, BALANCE: $ 20, NEW WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Beginning the weekend of October 20th - 21st Saturday Vigil Masses 4:00 PM St. Bonaventure; 6:00 PM Holy Spirit Sunday Masses 7:30 AM St. Bonaventure 8:30 AM St. Nicholas 9:00 AM All Saints 10:00 AM St. Bonaventure 11:00 AM Holy Spirit 11:30 AM All Saints WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE-Begins 10/15 Mondays: 6:40am - SB; 8:00am - HS Tuesday: 6:40am - SB; 8:00am - AS Wednesday: 8:00am - SN; 7:00pm - AS Thursday: 6:40am - SB; 8:00am - AS Friday: 6:40am - SB; 8:00am - HS Saturday: 8:00am - SN Confession Schedule Saturday: 8:30-9:00am - SN Saturday: 12:30-1:30pm - AS Saturday: 5:00-5:45pm - HS Saturday: 6:00-7:00pm - SB Respect Life News Life Chain 2018: Sunday, October 7, is National LIFE CHAIN day from 2:00-3:00 PM. This year we will join St Bonaventure Church along Mt Royal Blvd. This is a SILENT one hour expression against abortion. Signs will be available. Please join us rain or shine. Bring a chair if needed. We need YOU. We will be handing out roses on October at all Masses. This is our annual Birthright Red Rose collection. Birthright is a pregnancy support center that provides alternatives to abortion by helping mothers and their babies encountering unexpected pregnancies. We thank you for your support. Web-site From the desk of the Administrator First a word of kudos to the All Saints Grand Reunion Committee. I would say that the event was a smashing success. Those who attended seemed to have a great time at the dinner, especially socializing and dancing. So, thanks to the Committee for a job well done! As you will see elsewhere in the bulletin, next Monday, 15 October, the new Mass schedule goes into effect. The Priests and the Deacons will be rotating between the parishes and Masses. The hardest part has been trying to figure out how to get my Mass schedule into my phone s calendar. I was finally able to figure it out. Yay! Recently Bishop Zubik asked for the Priests to consider adding the Prayer of St. Michael the Archangel to the end of Mass. I have struggled with this request. Being a liturgist, I understand the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. The council fathers simplified our liturgy. In so doing, the prayer was purposefully removed from the end of Mass. On the other hand, I see the reality of evil in our world. You can t read the paper, watch or hear the news without seeing the face of evil. I sadly contend it s what sells papers and increases ratings! Wouldn t you agree? Yet I think we need to rethink evil. Evil isn t out there somewhere, it is right here, perhaps even in the face you see in the mirror! Let s be honest. When you or I don t live a Christ like-life, it means evil has taken root in us. Jesus tells us to remove the plank from our eye before we remove the spec from another s eye. Perhaps our own personal praying will rid the evil in us to rid it in the world. So here you go: St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen. Then the other day, Pope Francis asked people to pray this most ancient prayer to Our Lady, known by its Latin title, Sub Tuum Praesidium: We fly to your patronage, O holy Mother of God; despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin. See you in Church! Fr. Jim Gretz

3 OCTOBER 7, Th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Janet Bisceglia, Dolly Chavez, Frances Mosesso, Shirley Hudepohl, Robert Istenes, Cecilia Acres, Barbara Volpe, Norma Hufnagel, Marge Reese, Elena Kime, Bernard Szewcow, Matthew Mika, Patricia White, Dave Marcoly, Thomas V. Rishel, Carol Sees, Kathy Rishel, Ryan Woodrow, David Hufnagel, Marie T. Schran, Ida Fowler, Father Garry Patriquin, Mildred Hoffman, Eileen Dougherty, Erin Schmitt, Joseph Wittman, Patricia Curriston, Jason Wolling, Mary Jo Sciullo, Susan Killmeyer, Anthony Sciullo, Maria Wolownik, Lisa Lindsey, Katherine Rodack, Kathy Cook, Jordan McCue, and all the sick of our parish. Please note: We ask the families who have requested prayers to please give us a call when your loved one is better so they can be removed from our list. Please remember in your prayers the soul of : LOIS E. IDZAKOVICH sister of Eileen Eibeck May she rest in Christ s Peace. College Discernment Night Come to discern how the Lord is calling you to serve Him and to learn more about the priesthood at the College Discernment Night, held Monday, October 15 from 5:30-8:30 PM at St Paul Seminary. The evening will include Evening Prayer and dinner with the seminarians, a talk by Father Mike Ackerman, adoration, and a bonfire. All college and post-college men are welcome. To register, tsullivan@diopitt.org. Bread of Life Food Pantry A big Thank You to the parishioners of All Saints Church for your generous donation of 15 bags of food and other items. Your generosity and kindness is deeply appreciated. Plans are underway to provide food items for a wonderful Thanksgiving meal for our families. Suggested donations: Stuffing, Mashed Potato and Rice products; Canned whole potatoes, red beets or other vegetables; Gravy - chicken, turkey & beef ; Pudding & jello; Napkins & tissues; Paper towels & toilet paper; Baby diapers. Please pray for the families we serve. 28th Annual Love Walk for the Poor All are invited to participate in Catholic Charities 28th Annual Love Walk for the Poor on Sunday, November, 4th. New Location This year s event will begin at St Peter s Catholic Church on Pittsburgh s North Shore, with Mass at 2:00 PM with Rev. Michael Ackerman, followed by a one-mile walk to downtown Pittsburgh, arriving at Catholic Charities in the Cultural District. All ages are encouraged to attend. Participants are asked to donate winter outwear and nonperishable foods to Catholics Charities. For information, visit or contact Brendan Avila at Emmanuel Lutheran Church Ham Dinner Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Grant and Highland Avenues, will hold their Ham Dinner on Saturday, October 27 from 4:00-7:00 PM. Menu: Baked ham, coleslaw, escalloped potatoes, green beans, pineapple upside down cake, bread and a beverage. Donation for adults - $10.00; children under 12 - $5.00. Come join us! He Is Not Ashamed To Call Them Brothers This Sunday s second reading from the Letter to the Hebrews, in reminding us how God humbled himself by choosing to become one like us in Jesus Christ, also highlights for us that Christ chooses to call us his sisters and brothers. Through his creating us in his image and likeness and consecrating us with his Spirit in baptism, God the Father adopts us as his beloved children and unites us with each other through his Son, Jesus. If Christ Jesus considers us his sisters and brothers and is willing to sacrifice for us, then we, who strive to love with the heart of Jesus, should do the same. As the new parish groupings take effect and the interim Mass schedules begin as part of the On Mission for The Church Alive! initiative on October 15 th, we will likely encounter new sisters and brothers in Christ. May the love of God at work in us be extended to them in our words and deeds, and may we receive the love of God from them as we seek each day to build up his kingdom. Visit onmissionchurchalive.org to learn more and to stay informed. Since the readings for this Sunday are marriage themed, I thought BOX now would be a good time to mention some semi-recent changes that have occurred regarding wedding Masses in the Catholic Church. Back in 2017, the second edition of the Order of Celebrating Matrimony was implemented by the USCCB nationwide. This meant some significant changes to the way the Sacrament of Matrimony is celebrated in the Church. While I cannot enumerate all the changes here, I will present some of the more major modifications to the wedding Mass. The new order envisions the wedding Mass beginning the same way as a Sunday Mass, so there now must be an entrance hymn, although the bride and wedding party may process in to instrumental music prior to the hymn. The Gloria (Glory to God) must now be sung. (This change actually began with the Revised Roman Missal in 2011, but is reiterated in the new Order of Celebrating Matrimony.) There is now an option for the congregation to respond with a sung acclamation after the Reception of Consent (Consent is more commonly referred to as the vows ). While these and other changes to the way the Church celebrates weddings are not exactly earth-shaking, the hope is that we create a environment which encourages more full, active and conscious participation in the wedding Mass, and better underscores the life-long commitment which the Sacrament of Matrimony represents and which Jesus addresses in our Gospel today. Yours in ministry, Tom Rishel

4 WEEKLY LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS SUNDAY - October 7th Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00pm - (Sat.) Daniel Burda, Sr (Madeline Ripley) 8:00am - Charles & Mary Kruly (Family) 10:00am - For All Parishioners - Living & Deceased 8:00am - MONDAY - October 8th Weekday Ruth Schomer (Christian Mothers & Guild) TUESDAY - October 9th Weekday 8:00am - Janet Grada (Norm & April Giel) Novena after Mass WEDNESDAY - October 10th Weekday 8:00am - Edward Oresic - Anniv (Tom Rishel & the Resurrection Choir) THURSDAY - October 11th Weekday 8:00am - Lois E Idzakovich (George & Katherine Coholich) FRIDAY - October 12th Weekday 8:00am - Helen Samber (Kubit Family) SATURDAY - October 13th Weekday 8:00am - Edward Dukovic, Jr (Festival Committee) SUNDAY - October 14th Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00pm - (Sat.) Daniel Burda, Sr (Mother) 8:00am - For All Parishioners - Living & Deceased 10:00am - Toni & Jack Miller (All Saints Athletic Association) 12:00pm - Anointing Mass 10/7/18 - Rose For Life was donated In Thanksgiving for the gift of life of my great-grandson, Daniel by Fay Cristina. Rosary at the Grotto On Saturday, October 13th, we will recite the rosary after the 8:00 AM Mass at the grotto. This day will mark the 101st Anniversary of Fatima s Apparition. Please join us. Pro-Life Rosary Will you take 20 minutes to pray for the respect and protection of human Life? Please join us on Saturday, October 13 after the 6:00 PM Mass at St Bonaventure Parish. The meditations of the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary will be offered as a prayer for all life. If you can t make it this month, please know that we do this after the evening Mass, on the 2nd Saturday of every month.

5 THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE SUNDAY 10/7/18 MONDAY 10/8/18 Men s Bible Study School 6:30-8:00 PM TUESDAY 10/9/18 Novena Church After 8:00 AM Mass Church Cleaning Church 9:00-10:00 AM CCD School 6:30-8:00 PM WEDNESDAY 10/10/18 Prayer Group Church 1:30-3:30 PM THURSDAY 10/11/18 Choir Practice School 7:30-9:00 PM FRIDAY 10/12/18 SATURDAY 10/13/18 CM&G Tea Party Act Bldg Noon-2:00 PM Protecting God s Children Workshop - Training Adults to Protect Children We will be holding a Protecting God s Children workshop on Saturday, November 3rd, from 9:00-12:00 noon in the Activities Building. This workshop is mandatory for all volunteers and employees of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and is also highly recommended for parents, grandparents and all those who work with children. This workshop only needs to be completed once. Please call Anna to find out if you need to complete the workshop and/or to register. ALL SAINTS CHURCH ANOINTING OF THE SICK AND CELEBRATION OF MASS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2018 The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick will take place at a 12:00 Noon Mass on Sunday, October 14, The Sacrament is for anyone in the parish whose health is impaired by physical or emotional illness or old age. It s Christ s healing touch! If you wish to be anointed please complete the bottom portion and return to the Parish Office by October 7th. A LIGHT LUNCH WILL FOLLOW IN THE ACTIVITIES BUILDING. ALL ARE INVITED. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ANOINTING OF THE SICK Name of person receiving the sacrament: Address: Phone Number WILL ATTEND LUNCHEON: YES NO NUMBER ATTENDING LUNCHEON

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