THE 33RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. IN YOUR CHARITY, please pray for the repose of the soul of Michael D Arcangelo, brother of Gene D Arcangelo.

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1 THE 33RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 WEEKDAY 5:00 p.m. People of the Parish SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19 THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 a.m. Rev. Kenneth Lawrence 9:30 a.m. Deceased Members of the Good Shepherd Knights of Columbus 11:30 a.m. All Souls 5:00 p.m. Laurae Watson Essman MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20 WEEKDAY 8:30 a.m. Angelo Sabia TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 THE PRESENTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 6:30 a.m. Tony Wolfe 8:30 a.m. All Souls WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 ST. CELILIA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR 6:30 a.m. All Souls 8:30 a.m. Veleska, O Gorek and Doyle Families THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23 WEEKDAY 9:00 a.m. John J. Ford FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 ST. ANDREW DUNG-LAC, PRIEST AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS 6:30 a.m. Nancy Jewell 8:30 a.m. All Souls SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25 WEEKDAY 5:00 p.m. All Souls SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26 OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE 7:30 a.m. All Souls 9:30 a.m. People of the Parish 11:30 a.m. Deceased Members of the Legion of Mary 5:00 p.m. James & Christine Coady FLOWERS IN THE SANCTUARY THIS WEEK ARE in loving memory of John J. Ford, donated by his wife, Anna, and family. DATES AVAILABLE FOR SANCTUARY FLOWERS: January 28, 2018 (Offering $50) FLOWERS AT THE BLESSED MOTHERS SHRINE THIS WEEK ARE in Thanksgiving. DATES AVAILABLE FOR FLOWERS AT THE BLESSED MOTHER SHRINE: November 26, 2017; January 21, 28, 2018 (Offering $30) FLOWERS IN THE CHAPEL THIS WEEK ARE for the safety of all those traveling for Thanksgiving. DATES AVAILABLE FOR CHAPEL FLOWERS: November 19, 26; December 3, 17, 2017; January 21, 28, 2018 (Offering $30) CANDLES AT THE BLESSED MOTHER SHRINE are lighted this week in loving memory and in honor of the birthday of Joseph Giavagnoli, donated by Fred and Diane Isopi (1); in loving memory of Cecelia Homcheck, donated by her daughter, Peggy (2); in loving memory of Deacon Morris MacAdam, donated by his wife, Catherine (1); in loving memory of Michael MacAdam, donated by his mother, Catherine (1); in loving memory of the deceased members of the Rosete Family (1); in loving memory of Helene Pendzinski, donated by the Kehner family (1). DATES AVAILABLE FOR CANDLES AT THE BLESSED MOTHER SHRINE: January 7, 21, 28, 2018 (Offering $5 per candle) CANDLES AT THE ST. JOSEPH SHRINE are lighted this week are in loving memory of John Ford, donated by George and Eleanor Matthias (2); in loving memory of John J. Ford on the fourth anniversary of his passing, donated by his wife, Anna, and family (5). DATES AVAILABLE FOR CANDLES AT THE ST. JOSEPH SHRINE: November 26; December 31, 2017; January 7,14, 21, 28, 2018 (Offering $5 per candle) The Week Ahead SATURDAY Knights of Columbus Selling Christmas Cards After Mass Hall 3:00-4:15 p.m. Confessions Chapel 5:00 p.m. Vigil Mass Church SUNDAY, November 19, 2017 MATTHEW 25 COLLECTION Knights of Columbus Selling Christmas Cards After All Masses Hall 9:30 a.m. Pre-K/K Religious Ed Class Parish Hall 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. MANNA BAG SORTING AND DISTRIBUTION 10:30 a.m. Coffee and Donuts sponsored by the K of C Hall 12:30-4:00 p.m. Secular Franciscans APR and Church 1:00-2:00 p.m. Girls Basketball Pictures Hall 1:00-3:00 p.m. School Open House Education Center 5:00-6:00 p.m. Life Teen Mass all are welcome! 6:00-7:30 p.m. Life Night Parish Hall MONDAY 6:30-7:30 p.m. Religious Ed Classes Education Center 6:30-8:00 p.m. Edge Program Parish Hall C 7:00 9:00 p.m. RCIA All Purpose Room TUESDAY 7:00 p.m. Memorial Mass for Alice Faneye Church 7:30-9:00 p.m. Charismatic Prayer Group Lobby A WEDNESDAY School Dismissal at 11:30 a.m. Parish Office closes at noon 9:00 a.m. Marian Prayer Group All Purpose Room 9:00 a.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet Chapel THURSDAY THANKSGIVING DAY 9:00 a.m. Mass FRIDAY 8:30 a.m. Mass at Church 1:00 p.m. Sing Hymns & Divine Mercy Chaplet Chapel SATURDAY 6:30-8:00 a.m. That Man is You Parish Hall A 3:00-4:15 p.m. Confessions Chapel 5:00 p.m. Vigil Mass Church SUNDAY, November 26, :00-6:00 p.m. Life Teen Mass all are welcome! 6:00-7:30 p.m. NO LIFE NIGHT 6:00 8:00 p.m. Junior Girl Scouts School The Rosary is recited every weekday at 8:00 a.m. in the Chapel and at 8:00 a.m. before Mass when Mass is celebrated at the School. TODAY S READINGS NEXT SUNDAY S READINGS (November 19, 2017) (November 26, 2017) 157: Prv 31:10-13, 160: Ez 34: 11-12, , Ps 128:1-5 Ps 23:1-3,5-6 1 Thes 5:1-6 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28 Mt 25:14-30 Mt 25:31-46 IN YOUR CHARITY, please pray for the repose of the soul of Michael D Arcangelo, brother of Gene D Arcangelo. May the Lord comfort all those who have suffered the loss of a loved one. We would like to thank The Pizza Grill.com this week for sponsoring an AD in our weekly bulletin. (SPONSORS DEFRAY THE COST OF PRINTNG THE BULLETIN)(STHE

2 THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Stewardship, A Way of Life Tithing God s Plan for Giving Tithing Income for November 12, 2017 In pew Collection $ 15, On-line giving 2, $ 18, November 13, 2016 $ 15, From the Pastor: Many thanks to those who have responded to the tithing appeal. Your generosity is appreciated. From a Parishioner: On Thanksgiving, let us give thanks for all the gifts we have received from God. ATTENTION! There will be a Memorial Mass for Father Ben s mother, Alice Faneye, on Tuesday, November 21, at 7:00 p.m., here at Good Shepherd. Please join us! RELIGIOUS CHRISTMAS CARDS SALE You can keep Christ in Christmas by sending religious Christmas cards this year. The Good Shepherd Knights of Columbus Council will be selling religious Christmas cards in the Parish Hall this weekend and the weekend, December 2 and 3, after all the Masses. Jesus is the reason for the season! REMEMBER GOOD SHEPHERD PARISH IN YOUR WILL THE NOVEMBER SAINT FRANCIS SOUP KITCHEN COLLECTION amounted to $7, in cash donations. Total to date: ($61,914). Thank you for your generosity. MATTHEW 25 COLLECTION Whatever You Did for the Least of My Brothers and Sisters, You Did for Me. That line from sacred scripture is the inspiration for the Matthew 25 Collection to be taken up in our parish this weekend. Twenty-five percent of the funds collected will stay in our parish for the support of people in need, while 75 percent will go to a diocesan fund for distribution to such projects as soup kitchens, food pantries and job-training programs. The purpose of the collection is to address the substantial need for food, clothing and utility assistance that is tangible in our communities. Please give generously. Poverty, hunger and material need can be as close as a neighbor on your block, in our church, or in our school. WELCOME TO THE FOLLOWING NEW PARISHIONERS AND THEIR FAMILIES: Anne Hamilton Elizabeth Heckman George Pereira & Andrea Fiuschetti Michael &Kathleen Baddick Cory Terek Brittany Gozur Jennavieve Rasmussen Anthony & Heather Bowser Gerard Mangieri Michael Mulholland William & Margot Kimmick Gibson & Stephina Gomes Brian & Paula Derian Lindsey Colson Linda Centre Mark Roland Eric & Renee Pistilli Marrisa Klunk Zachary Dunmire AND THE PARISH LOTTERY WINNERS for November 9 thru November 15 are: Shirley Frisch James E. Grandon William Kcenich Joyce Clark John Surry Marilyn Swartz Eleanor Mathias Doug Logar Gregg Lombardo Betsy Leister Congratuations to all the winners! LITURGICAL CALENDARS FOR 2018 are available in the lobbies of the Church this weekend for parishioners. We are grateful to Myers-Harner Funeral Home for supplying our calendars again this year!

3 THE PARISH OFFICE WILL CLOSE AT NOON ON WEDNESDAY FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. THE OFFICE REOPENS ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27. We WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING! The Good Shepherd Council of Catholic Women is sponsoring a Bus Trip to American Music Theater on Thursday, December 14, The Trip is open to the Parish on a first-come first-served basis. The bus is limited to 50 people. We will depart from the Good Shepherd Parking Lot at 9:30 a.m. and arrive home at 6:30 p.m. Our day will include a visit to the National Christmas Museum, Served Lunch at Plain & Fancy Restaurant and the Show Home for the Holidays at American Music Theatre. The cost is $ per person. Sign-up sheets are available in the Parish Office. Payment to: CCW, must accompany registration and returned to the Parish Office. For more information: call Joyce Cacolice at Life in the Vine Join Life Teen Sunday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall as we continue our series on the Holy Spirit with a Life Night on the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit. For more information, contact Liz Heckman at eheckman@hbgdiocese.org or Looking Ahead With Life Teen: On November 26 we WILL have our Life Teen Mass, but there WILL NOT be Life Night so our Life Teen family can continue to celebrate Thanksgiving with their families. Life Night will be back on December 3 with Hopeful Anticipation, a Life Night on Advent. Calling All Altar Servers, Ushers, and Lectors We are in need of altar servers, lectors, and ushers for our Life Teen Mass. Training will be provided. All are welcome. High school students are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED. To join our team or for more information, contact Liz Heckman at eheckman@hbgdiocese.org or Religious Education News EDGE Door/Lobby Duty Volunteers: A volunteer, who is cleared or willing to get cleared through the Diocesan Youth Protection Office, is needed to man the door and lobby of the Parish Hall on Monday nights from 6:20-8:00 p.m. The volunteer would be asked to sit in a chair in the lobby outside of the Parish Hall. As students arrive late, they would open the doors to let them in. Also, they would look out for students who may need to leave EDGE Class early. To volunteer to do this much needed service please contact Dr. Amanda Spahr at ashaph@shschpa.org or Parking Lot Duty Volunteers: We need adults who are cleared through the Diocesan Youth Protection Program who are willing to be part of a "Parking Lot Duty" Rotation on Monday nights from 8:00-8:20 p.m. at the Church/Parish Hall. Each week we would have two of the volunteers stand outside while the students leave EDGE and get into their parent s cars to be sure everyone is safe. Common sense safety guidelines will be followed. If you are interested in helping in the Parking Lot please contact Dr. Amanda Spahr at ashaph@shschpa.org or Technology Volunteer Needed: Dr. Spahr is looking for someone who is tech savy to help put pictures on a power point presentation weekly. The pictures are taken at EDGE by another volunteer. Dr. Spahr will the pictures to the person who volunteers to do this to both print them off and then put them in a slide show. Printed pictures will be hung outside of Parish Hall for parents to view as they wait for their teens. Each week pictures will need to be added to the slide show. contact Dr. Amanda Spahr at ashaph@shschpa.org or Hospitality folks are needed on Monday evenings for our new Edge Program. Hospitality includes providing a snack from 6:20-6:30 p.m. at the Church/Parish Hall. Right now we have two ladies who are dedicated in helping with this program. It would be nice to have a few more people help so they can have a week off here and there! It really is easy. The volunteers would get a gift card or cash from the DRE, shop for the snack, set up the snack, serve the snack and clean up afterwards (some weeks the snack will be donated and shopping will not be necessary). The snacks provided should be individually wrapped without nuts and small 8 oz. bottles of water. To sign up to help, please contact Dr. Amanda Spahr at ashaph@shschpa.org or Please consider donating snacks for our new Edge Program. Snacks are provided for 120 students on Monday nights weekly. The snacks should be individually wrapped and not contain peanuts or tree nuts. We also need 8 oz. bottles of water! If you donate snacks/water, please write EDGE on the containers with a sharpie. Snacks can be dropped off in the kitchen on Sundays between 3:30-4:45 p.m. If you would like to drop them off at a different time please arrange a time with Dr. Amanda Spahr at ashaph@shschpa.org or

4 THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME A THANKSGIVING PRAYER Blessed are you, Lord our God, creator of heaven and earth and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ: we praise you for your glory, and thank you for your goodness to us. We praise you for your generous gifts and for bringing fruitful results to our labors. As we rejoice in your kindness, we pray also for those who are in need. Open our hearts to them, and teach us to be as generous to others as you are to us. Heavenly Father, help us all to follow Jesus our Lord, and so bear eternal fruit for you. Blessed are you, Lord our God, forever and ever. Amen. FLAG MEMORIALS Please pick up your memorialized flags at the Parish Office. Flags that are not retrieved will be donated to Fort Indiantown Gap Cemetery. Thank you to everyone who participated. GOOD SHEPHERD RAMS FOOTBALL NEWS With their 26 to 19 victory over West Perry, the Pony Rams are the 2017 CFA Super Bowl Champions. Thank you to the coaches and volunteers for a great season. CONGRATULATIONS! ANGEL TREE GIFT TAGS will be available at all three Narthexes starting December 2 and 3. Each tag has a gift item listed. Please return the gift wrapped and the tag secured to the present by December 17. Each tag has a white slip of paper asking for your name and phone number. Please fill this out and place in the basket on the Angel Tree table. Some Angel Tree gift tags are for money donations for food. Please place donations in an envelope marked Angel Tree Project and place in the collection basket during Mass or at the Parish Office. Gifts will be distributed to families on Sunday, December 17, at 1 p.m. Please have all presents back that morning or sooner. Thank you for supporting the Angel Tree Project! WEST SHORE ADVENT PENANCE SERVICES MARK YOUR CALENDARS and plan to attend one of the following Parish Penance Services. Let it be the Christmas gift you give to yourself, a gift that enables you to renew your spiritual life, thanks to Jesus generous mercy and saving grace. Sun., Dec. 3 Sun., Dec. 10 Sun., Dec. 10 Tues., Dec. 12 Thurs., Dec. 14 Sun., Dec. 17 Wed., Dec. 20 All Services Start at 7:00 p.m. except as noted St. Patrick, Carlisle St. Katharine Drexel, Mech. at 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon St. Theresa, New Cumberland Our Lady of Lourdes, Enola St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Mech. St. Joseph, Mechanicsburg at 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon Good Shepherd, Camp Hill

5 Enter to win a brand NEW Alfa Romeo Stelvio SUV, Giulia Sedan, OR Good Shepherd School's 2 nd Annual Car Raffle is now underway! Enter to win a NEW 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio SUV, Giulia Sedan- or $35, CASH! Purchase your tickets by stopping by the school office between 8:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. or call Tickets are $25 each or 5 for $100! Only 4,000 tickets are available for sale, so don t wait get yours today! The winner will be announced at the GSS Car Raffle Drawing Party on Saturday, February 10, at the Good Shepherd Church Parish Hall. GOOD SHEPHERD SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE Calling all parents/families of children in Pre-K through 8 th Grade! Come join us on Sunday, November 19, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at our school's Open House. Members of our dedicated faculty and staff will be on hand to provide visitors with valuable information on the benefits of a quality GSS education as well as a tour of the facility. If you have any questions, please contact us at BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION We are currently collecting Box Tops, which can be found on hundreds of products you buy in the grocery store and online. It s simple- just look for the logo, clip the box top from the product packaging, and drop them off in the drop box in the church narthexes or at the school office. For every box top collected, our school earns 10 cents! For a complete list of participating products, or for more info, visit boxtops4education.com. The class with the most box tops at the end of each submission (usually November and April) will win an ice cream party! GIANT A+ REWARDS GIANT A+ PROGRAM: Good Shepherd School (ID#: 20741) has the opportunity to participate in and earn CASH from A+ School Rewards, a great fundraising program run through your local Giant! To participate, visit giantfoodstores.com and select Savings & Rewards, or call (OPTION #1.) You do not have to register your card if it was registered last year. If we reach our goal of 550 registered Giant A+ Bonus Card Numbers, Dr. Fry has agreed to treat our students to an ice cream party! We are already at 518, so please help us register more friends and families! Thank you for your prayers and support! GOOD SHEPHERD SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM Caregivers needed - Are you interested in earning extra income while performing a very rewarding service? We care for students on all full school days from 2:00 to 5:30 p.m. We have part-time positions available for two to four afternoons per week. The job consists of snack distribution, homework assistance, and then playtime. If you have school-age children, you are welcome to bring them with you. For information, please Michelle Sibio at sibiom1@gmail.com or call the Parish Office. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family