Sunday, February 10, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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1 Sunday, February 10, 2019 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

2 Stewardship is a way of life. Tithing is God s Plan for Giving: January 27, 2019 Tithing Income $6, Online $1, $7, Weekly Budget $7, Weekly Surplus $ Poor Box $ This week: 2/10: Joseph Keane; Bill Garland, Malcolm Bryan, Brehon Sweeney, Allan Moran, Jessica Patridge. Jo Pickert, Laurine Stein, Brian Shockey, William Johnson, For the Family of Garrett Seech, Christina Sentelle, Anna Marie Pickert, Kathaleen Bryan, Keith Wolfrey, Aliene Misitis, Kellie Reiber, Philip Baker, Fred Eisenhart, Tom Lopresti, Frank Lago, Adele Hanson, Gretchen Bertuccini, Chauney McGarney, Zoey Walker, Perry Fath, Lisa White, James J. Thomas, Ed Bryner, Earl Bennett, Ty Long, Robin L. Fraley, Robin Holderness, Gordon Fath, Jr., A Special Intention for Kathy Osbourn, Margaret (Peggy) Gillespie, Robert O Toole, Steve Pugh & Family, Ray Paris; Julian Lawrence, Anthony Barbarino, Margo Moran; Raylynn Gladhill, Jo Willard, Stan McElhaney, Jim Barnes, Judy Huber; Robert Topper, Becky & Jeffrey Schreck, Jr., Marie Keen; Ronnie Starry, Eileen Duke; Woodard Poper, Monica Wishard, Liz Jobes, Betty Powers, Ralph & Gladys Wetzel, Dorothea Peters, Eliana Bettwy, Catherine Hinkle, Seth Stine, Donna & Robert Krietz; 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. Bishop Gainer s Listening Sessions Bishop Ronald Gainer will be hosting listening sessions throughout the Diocese of Harrisburg in January and February of He invites and encourages all members of Saint Andrew Parish with questions or concerns regarding the Grand Jury Report, the Diocese s response to abuse, our path forward, or any other questions or concern to attend one of these sessions. Each session will include opening remarks from Bishop Gainer and retired Pennsylvania State Police Capt. Janet McNeal, recently hired to oversee the youth protection efforts of the Diocese. Following their brief remarks, the floor will be opened for questions. In order to make the sessions welcoming and to encourage discussion, video and audio recording will not be permitted. For the full schedule of Listening Sessions, please see the bulletin board. If you are unable to attend one of these sessions but would still like to ask Bishop Gainer a question, please your question to AskBishopGainer@hbgdiocese.org. Today, February 10, 2019 CCD Classes 9:30-10:45am for Kindergarten High School 10:50 thru 11am Mass for 3yr & 4yr Preschool Youth Group 6-8pm, School Hall; February 8/10 Mount 2000 Retreat R.C.I.A Monday, February 11, 7:00 8:30pm, School Multipurpose Room No CCD Next Weekend, February 16/17, 2019 Confirmation Retreat February R.C.I.A Monday, February 18, 7:00 8:30pm, School Multipurpose Room Minister Schedule If you are unable to serve, please find a substitute. Thank you. Saturday, February 16, 5pm: EMHC Bill DeLise, Karen Lison, Martin Lison, Janet Stockton; Altar Servers Lynn Ochoa, Alex Williams, 1 Needed; Lector Mike Geoffroy; Gift Bearers Carol Cool, Donna Gladhill, Pat Shank; Greeters Andy Williams, Tammy Williams, Caiden Williams, Ben Williams Sunday, February 17, 8:00am: EMHC Rick Baker, Judy Baker, Anne Bonner, David Pessagno; Altar Servers Thomas Clement, Joseph Dutton, Jonathan Pan; Lector Christine Bradley; Gift Bearers Bernie McGarity, Lou McGarity, 1 Needed; Greeters Bernie McGarity, Lou McGarity Sunday, February 17, 11:00am: EMHC Belen Aida Bautista, Richard Cook, Theresa Woodring, Sue Miller; Altar Servers Maelee Lewis, Liliana Moreno, Nicholai Moreno; Lector Elizabeth (Betsy) Nicholson; Gift Bearers April Berendt, Emil Berendt, Mary Skehan; Greeters Bernadine Null, Samantha Cook Please volunteer for the needed spots on the Ministry Schedule on the Website. Start the New Year off right!! Enroll in our Online Giving system which provides you the opportunity to give to our special collections in addition to regular offerings. You can choose to do a One Time Gift or a special remembrance, or you can set up regularly scheduled contributions that are withdrawn on the date you specify in the system. Even if you typically use your offering envelopes, you may wish to contribute online to a particular collection. It s easy and it s convenient! Go to our parish website at and select Online Giving to get started today.

3 Mass Schedule The Rosary is prayed ½ hour before each mass. Mass of Anticipation 3:30 PM Confessions 5:00 PM Carl Amann Sunday, The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 10 8:00 AM Helen Hemler 11:00 AM For the People / Pro Populo Monday, February 11 Our Lady of Lourdes 8:00 AM Diane Williams Tuesday, February 12 8:00 AM Helen Hemler Wednesday, February 13 8:00 AM Holy Souls in Purgatory Thursday, February 14 Saints Cyril, Monk and Methodius, Bishop 8:00 AM John Itell Friday, February 15 8:00 AM Ed Ganley Saturday, February 16 8:00 AM Holy Souls in Purgatory 3:30 Confessions Mass of Anticipation 5:00 PM For the People / Pro Populo Sunday, The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 17 8:00 AM Harold E. Sprenkle 11:00 AM Paul J. Walter Journeying Together as a Family of God Women s Lenten Afternoon of Reflection The Corpus Christi Council of Catholic Women is hosting a Women s Lenten Afternoon of Reflection on Saturday, March 9, 2019 in the Corpus Christi Parish Center, 279 North Main Street, Chambersburg from 1:00 3:45pm. It promises to be a wonderful time of spiritual enrichment, prayer, fellowship and Sacrament in preparation for the Season of Lent. Doors open at 12:30pm. There is an opportunity for confession from 3:45 4:45pm and Mass at 5:00pm in the Church. The afternoon will be led by Jim Gontis, Director of Evangelization and Catechesis for the Diocese of Harrisburg. The theme is "God is Calling. The cost is FREE and includes light refreshments. Please bring a rosary. Advance registration is requested to ensure adequate accommodations and refreshments. To register, please contact Angela Danko at AJDanko@comcast.net or at The registration deadline is March 4. 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 Jeff Moyer (717) Music Director Kathy Bourdeau Ministry Scheduler 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 Lisa Skehan Saint Andrew Board of Education Lesley Quesada Social Outreach & Advocacy Ministries Marie Maisie DiGiammarino Lucy Ivins Spirited Singles John Hoffman Saint Andrew Seniors Sonnie Medevich Waynesboro Fellowship of Churches Patricia Muir Youth Group standrewsyouth316@gmail.com Thank you to all parishioners who have completed and submitted your Commitment Card to the church. As a reminder, all commitments need to be submitted to the church no later than Sunday, March 3 in order to be accounted for in the final Summary Report. Please complete and submit your card to the church even if you are unable to make a change to your current level of giving. For those registered parishioners not currently supporting the church with regular offertory gifts, please consider a monthly gift to support the needs of our parish. The Flowers on the altar are in Memory of Mary Stepanic and for the Intentions of Mary Stefanic. The Sanctuary Candle reminds us of the presence of Jesus Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament. It burns this week in Memory of Jeremy Crissman and Carmen & Josephine Nardone.

4 SOCIAL OUTREACH MINISTRY The Social Outreach Ministry will meet Monday February 11 at 6:30pm in the school conference room. Agenda will include: summary of Christmas Giving Tree and Manna Bag projects; and updates on local human service agencies. Please bring nonperishable food items for the Waynesboro Community & Human Services food bank. SAVE THE DATE Smarty Pants Trivia Night Saturday, March 9, :00pm All-You-Can-Eat Spaghetti Dinner Saint Mary s Church, 256 Tract Road, Fairfield, PA will be holding an all-youcan-eat spaghetti dinner at the parish hall on Sunday, February 17, from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. Dinner includes spaghetti, meatballs, sausage, salad, bread stick, drinks and dessert. The cost is $8.00 for adults, $5.00 for children 6 to 12, and under 6 free. For information, call Council of Catholic Women Meeting Wednesday, February 20, at 6:30pm, in the Parish Meeting Room. All ladies of the parish are invited and encouraged to attend! Knights of Columbus Family Pot Luck Sunday, February 17, 6:00pm. Bring the family and a dish to share. Regular Council Mtg Thursday, February 21, 7:30pm. Holy Mass with the Rite of Institution of Acolytes Please join Bishop Ronald W. Gainer as Celebrant and Homilist for this special Mass to install the Candidates in formation for the Permanent Diaconate into the ministry of Acolyte on Sunday, February 24, 2019, 2:00pm at Saint Catherine Laboure Parish, 4000 Derry Street, Harrisburg. An instituted acolyte is specially appointed by the Church to assist the deacon and to minister to the priest. His duty is to attend to the service of the altar and to assist as needed in the celebration of Mass. This is an important step along our candidates' formation path. Please keep Mike McGovern in your prayers as he continues his journey to permanent diaconate. Saint Andrew s Youth Group Upcoming Events February 8 10 Mount 2000 Retreat; February 10 Regular Meeting Overfed yet Starving February Confirmation Retreat February 24 Regular Meeting Counterfeit February Soup Sales For more information, contact standrewyouth316@gmail.com. Spirited Singles Wednesday, February 20, 9am Singles, divorced & widowed men & women. Join us for breakfast or just coffee & fellowship at the Velvet Café. More info-john Buy Gift Cards! Available at the window in the back of church! Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela: The Camino The Way September 10 21, 2019 escorted by Father Joseph Gotwalt Please join Father Gotwalt on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela which has been a dream of his for many years. This pilgrimage includes Barcelona, Pamplona, Burgos, Leon, cathedrals, wineries, a UNESCO world Heritage archeological site, a chocolate museum, and much more. For more information and a brochure, please contact Father Gotwalt at 220 3rd Street, Hanover, PA or

5 Sunday, February 10, 2019 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11 Diocese of Harrisburg Office of the Bishop January 29, 2019 My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Hometown monuments, markers, and memorials sometimes go by different names. For example, people who grew up in one era might recall an earlier name for a stadium or a building. In Chicago, the Sears Tower became the Willis Tower in Investors bought it several years later and were considering another name change. But many locals still refer to it as the Sears Tower. Many stadiums undergo name changes as well based on naming rights sold to the highest bidding corporation. These names are a reflection of our culture and can be difficult for foreigners or others to follow. Just imagine some talking about the Willis Tower when others know it only as the Sears Tower. Are we speaking of the same thing? Where is the Willis Tower? We see something like this happening in the Gospel of Luke today, when we hear about the Lake of Gennesaret, which is also known as the Sea of Tiberias and the Sea of Galilee! The New Testament uses three different names for the same body of water, which makes it challenging for those of us reading about this two thousand years later and more than an ocean away. Such is the setting for the call of Simon as Luke tells it. This story is different from that told in Mark, Matthew, or John. Here Luke has a focus on Simon, without his brother Andrew. In fact, Luke mentions Andrew only in the list of the twelve (Luke 6:12; Acts 1:13) where he calls him the brother of Simon. Otherwise we hear nothing of Andrew from Luke. Luke also tells us in this story that Simon was Simon Peter, prior to Jesus naming him Peter. And we also hear about James and John, the sons of Zebedee, partners of Simon. According to Luke, this was not Simon s first encounter with Jesus. Immediately prior to the story in today s gospel, Jesus healed Simon s mother-in-law (Luke 4:38-39). So this provides more background to Simon s appeal to Jesus, Depart form me, Lord, for I am a sinful man. Simon has encountered the power of Jesus in the healing of this mother-in-law and now in the miraculous catch of fish. Faced with this Simon is utterly aware of his own humanity and humility. Jesus responds with a line that has reverberated through the centuries, Do not be afraid; / from now on you will be catching men. What a difference this story is in the hands of the master storyteller Luke. From Mark (1:16-20) he inherited a story about Jesus call of Simon, Andrew, James, and John, all of whom immediately dropped their nets to follow him. Luke instead places focus squarely on Simon Peter to the point that we lose Andrew and only hear of James and John in the closing verses. Furthermore, be preceding this story with the healing of the mother-in-law, Simon s leaving everything to follow Jesus becomes more plausible. We are in the hands of a remarkable theologian and evangelist. We would do well to read his story carefully and with attention to detail. From Living Liturgy Our Catholic Church along with many others who cannot tolerate the culture of death have worked tirelessly since the Roe v. Wade decision to end abortion. The Pro-Life cause has made progress as we see the number of reported abortions decrease each year. However, the passage of the Reproductive Health Act in our neighboring state of New York last week could change that. After last November s elections, control of the New York state senate changed hands. Immediately, Governor Andrew Cuomo jubilantly announced that his Reproductive Health Act would be given top priority with the new legislature in January True to his word, on January 22, the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade the tragic Supreme Court decision which made it legal to kill unborn children the New York legislature passed the bill and immediately Governor Cuomo signed the bill into law, to a standing ovation. This law is dangerous for women and is a death sentence for children. Under this law, abortion is now permitted up to 24 weeks of pregnancy. Children born at this stage of life are viable, that is, are routinely able to survive with medical care. This law also provides broad exceptions that would allow abortion up to moments before birth. It allows doctors and non-doctors to legally perform abortions and removes the protection of infants who are born alive during an abortion procedure. Gov. Cuomo, who proclaims to be Catholic, did not just sign a bill into law; he signed the death warrant for countless, innocent babies, who can now be killed for any reason through all nine months of pregnancy. How heart-rending it is that these actions were met by many in the New York legislative chamber with resounding applause. All people who understand the dignity and sacredness of human life are outraged by the provisions of this law. Now more than ever, we must stand together as a unified Church and pray for the mothers, fathers and children of New York. Now is the time to speak for the unborn and do all we can to peacefully advocate for their rights as human beings. More than ever you and I must resolve to pray and to work peacefully, yet with firm determination, for the legal protection of the right to life for children in the womb. I pray you will join me in asking our Lord to protect these most innocent and now ever more vulnerable babies lives. Sincerely in Christ, Most Rev. Ronald W. Gainer

6 Daily Readings & Reflections Monday, February 11, 2019 Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes Genesis 1:1-19; Mark 6:53-56 Today is World Day of the Sick, a feast day instituted in 1992 by Pope John Paul II, shortly after he himself was diagnosed with Parkinson s Disease. He chose this date to coincide with the Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, who is said to have appeared to a peasant girl in a small town in France. Millions of pilgrims have since gone there to seek healing and comfort in its waters. Join with all believers today in prayer for those struggling with illness, and offer up your own suffering in union with Christ on the cross. Tuesday, February 12, 2019 Genesis 1:20 2:4a; Mark 7:1-13 Jesus had a lot of criticism for hypocritical Pharisees, who followed the letter but not the spirit of the law. Going through the motions won t cut it with Christ! But he understands, too, that following him can t possibly be a sustained spiritual high there are periods of dryness and things to be learned from those, too. Enlivening your relationship with God takes effort. There are lots of tools for shaking up your routine: volunteer, join a Bible study group, make a votive offering, or even go on a pilgrimage to a holy site. And whatever you do, put your heart into it! Wednesday, February 13, 2019 Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-17; Mark 7:14-23 In his book Immortal Diamond, Franciscan friar Richard Rohr suggests moving your negative thinking from your head to your heart. When you feel animosity toward someone, he says, imagine them literally inside your beating heart, surrounded by your flowing blood, until it s impossible for you to remain antagonistic. Do it in an almost physical sense, and you will see how calmly and quickly it works, he says. Now the Sacred Heart [of Jesus] and the Immaculate Heart [of Mary] have been transferred to you.... The sacred heart is then your heart, too. Thursday, February 14, 2019 Memorial of Saints Cyril, Monk and Methodius, Bishop Genesis 2:18-25; Mark 7:24-30 Many Bible stories about brothers take a bad turn. Think Cain and Abel, Esau and Jacob, Joseph and, well, everybody. Other brothers fare better: Peter and Andrew, or Zebedee s inseparable sons James and John. In the lives of the saints, siblings often turn out to be allies. Take these two ninth-century brothers of Thessalonica in Greece: Cyril was the brilliant one, and Methodius the contemplative. That could have caused conflict, but it didn t. Cyril went to the missions in Slovenia, inventing the Cyrillic alphabet to assist his new flock in learning their faith. Methodius joined him later and carried on the work after Cyril s death. Send your sibling or a spiritual brother or sister a Valentine s note! Friday, February 15, 2019 Genesis 3:1-8; Mark 7:31-37 Knowledge is power, said Ben Franklin. The serpent said the same thing to Eve, and she bought it. Although knowledge often does give us access to power, it doesn t guarantee us wisdom. An attribute of God, wisdom is acquired only through the indwelling Holy Spirit. In the Bible knowledge is imagined sometimes as tantalizing fruit dangling from a forbidden tree. Wisdom, however, sets a lavish table at which her guests may dine by accepting her invitation. When faced with the choice between fast food and fine dining, take the opportunity to savor the meal that lasts to eternity. Saturday, February 16, 2019 Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Genesis 3:9-24; Mark 8:1-10 Some folks will always set out food when you visit their homes no matter what time of day it is. If you re smart you learn to drop by when you re good and hungry! Jesus never let anyone walk away hungry either even if it meant setting the table for 5,000. His mother foretold that fact in her great song, the Magnificat: He has filled the hungry with good things. When tired of the junk food the world has to offer, pray Mary s Magnificat (Luke 1:47-55) in faith that God will fill you with good things. Diocesan & Local Happenings Closing Mass for the 150th Anniversary of the Diocese Please join Bishop Ronald W. Gainer as Celebrant and Homilist to conclude the 150 th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Diocese of Harrisburg. A reception, featuring a sampling of ethnic foods from various ethnic and cultural groups that comprise the faithful of the Diocese, will be held immediately following the Mass. The Closing Mass will be held at Good Shepherd Church at 3:00 p.m. on March 3, For additional information, visit Save the Date Hear Bill Donaghy as the Keynote speaker at the Holy Family Radio Benefit Dinner. On Friday, March 1, 2019 at the Sheraton Harrisburg/Hershey Hotel he will speak on The Art of Being Human: Rediscovering the Gift of Life and Human Love. Bill is a Senior Lecturer with the Theology of the Body Institute and has worked in the missions, evangelization, and education for nearly 25 years. Plan now to hear this dynamic Catholic speaker and support our only local Catholic voice on the radio