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1 Rev. Robert Malagesi, MSSCC, Pastor October 1, 2017 Parish Office Parish Office Hours Monday-Thursday 8:30 AM 3:00 PM; Friday 8:30 AM 12:30 PM Closed most legal holidays, & holy days of obligation. Susan Pyatt, Parish Secretary, ext 5 Office@standrewwbo.org Mary Little, Financial Secretary, ext 7 MLittle@standrewwbo.org Peg Wagaman, DRE, RCIA, ext 6 PWagaman@saintandrewschool.org Jennifer Dennis, Director of Development, ext 8 JDennis@saintandrewschool.org Jen Nelson, Youth Ministry StAndrewsYouth316@gmail.com Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday : 5:00 PM, Rosary 4:30 PM Sunday : 8:00 AM, Rosary 7:30 AM 11:00 AM, Rosary 10:30 AM Weekday Mass Schedule Daily Mass (Monday-Saturday*) 8:00 AM, Rosary 7:30 AM *First Friday: When school is not in session: Mass 8:00 AM Devotion to the Sacred Heart & Holy Hour 7:00 AM When school is in session: Mass 9:30 AM Devotion to the Sacred Heart & Holy Hour 8:30 AM Holy Days of Obligation Depends on the feast and the day of the week. Check the bulletin. Sacrament of Penance : Confession Saturday 3:30 PM 4:30 PM, Wednesday 7:00 PM 8:00 PM First Sunday of the Month 7:00 AM 7:45 AM Anytime by appointment Special Times in Advent and Lent Parish Registration All Catholics should be registered in their local parish. Please take a registration form, found in the main entrance of our church. Return to the parish office by mail or through the collection. You may also visit the parish office to register. Only registered and participating parishioners can be given sponsor certificates for Baptism and Confirmation. Saint Andrew Catholic School School Website: Lindsay Salmon, principal, LSalmon@saintandrewschool.org Nina Miller, secretary, NMiller@saintandrewschool.org Saint Andrew School provides a superior, faith-filled, Catholic education to students in Kindergarten through 7th grade. Call the school for more information or to schedule a tour.

2 Pentecost The Twelfth Twenty-Sixth Most Holy Sunday June Trinity June Ordinary Ordinary 4, 2017 Time 11, 2017 Time June 25, October Saint 2017 Andrew 1, Saint 2017 the Andrew Saint Apostle the Andrew the Parish Apostle the Apostle Parish Parish Page 2 Stewardship is a way of life. Tithing is God s Plan for Giving: September 17, 2017 Tithing Income $ 7, Tithe $ Actual Income $ 6, Weekly Budget $ 7, Poor Box $ Children s Offerings $ This week: 10/1: Sandy Bowders, John Navolio; E.J. Whitham; Dawn Bowders, Louise West; Tom & Robin Crabb, Becky Shreck & Family; Pat Landerman, George Foster, Becky Stockman; Robert Topper, Rita Wolf, C. Mathews & Family; Carolyn Krouse, Julie Shifflett, Lonnie Dasilva, Martha Gutierrez, Jim Barnes, Judy Huber, Carl Amann, Tom Lopresti; Dick Baker, Ray Slick, Jeanne McCarty; Monica Wishard, Liz & John Jobes, Jeanette Pauli, Betty Powers, Ralph & Gladys Wetzel, Dorothea Peters, Eliana Bettwy, Catherine Hinkle, Charles Gladhill, Chuck Thurston, Sister Thelma Steiger, Elijiah Mathews, Jo Willard, Cathy Sullivan, 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. Annual Dinner We are faced with a challenge! Many dioceses throughout the United States are facing the challenge of fewer vocations to the priesthood. We in the Diocese of Harrisburg are faced with a different kind of challenge the need to provide solid seminary formation for an increasing number of men who are studying for the priesthood. What a wonderful challenge to be blessed with! As we have counted on your prayers for young men considering a vocation to the priesthood, so now we need your financial help in providing seminary formation for them. Please consider attending the Annual Fishers of Men Dinner on Friday, October 6, 2017 in the Cardinal Keeler Center at 4800 Union Deposit Road in Harrisburg. Hors d oeuvres will be served at 6:00 pm and dinner at 7:00 pm. Please find more information in the vestibule of the church or go to the diocesan website at to RSVP or send a donation to this worthy cause. Let us meet this challenge together! Today, October 1, 2017 CCD Classes Sunday 9:30-10:45am for Kindergarten High School 10:50 thru 11am Mass for 3yr & 4yr Preschool Confession Sunday, 7-7:45am Youth Group 6-8pm, School Hall October Respect Life Month Activities Oct 1 Life Chain 9:30-10:30am Holy Hour 12:30 1:30pm Life Chain 2 3pm Next Weekend, October 7/8, 2017 No CCD Minister Schedule If you are unable to serve, please find a substitute. Thank you. Saturday, October 7, 5pm: EMHC Chris Dennis, Karen Lison, Martin Lison, Janet Stockton; Altar Servers Gavin Dingle, Dave Ochoa, Andrew Woodring; Lector Robert Lawn; Gift Bearers Carol Cool, Fred Shetter, Sue Shetter; Greeters Joe Harley, Elaine Sneeringer Sunday, October 8, 8:00am: EMHC Judy Baker, Rick Baker, Anne Hefner, Carmen Krawczak; Altar Servers Hannah Gearhart, Sam Quesada, Audrey Foreman; Lector Tara McGovern; Gift Bearers Christopher Black, Mary Lou Black, Anne Bonner; Greeters Ginny Shockey, Terry Shockey Sunday, October 8, 11:00am: EMHC Richard Cook, Mike Geoffroy, 2 needed; Altar Servers Mya Beck, Ben Williams, Caiden Williams; Lector Emil Berendt; Gift Bearers Mary Mock, Bill Zak, Marilyn Zak; Greeters Belen Aida Bautista, Samantha Cook This October, our Parish will celebrate Respect Life Month by collecting money for the Pennies for Life campaign. Pennies for Life is an initiative by our diocese to support local crisis pregnancy centers, to educate people on pro-life issues, and to counsel post-abortive women. Participants are asked to donate one dollar for each year of their lives in thanksgiving to God for the life He has given them, and to help give life to another person. A container for donations is located in the back of the church. Give the gift of life this October please give generously!

3 Second Seventh Pentecost Seventeenth Third The Twenty-First Twenty-Sixth Most Transfiguration Holy Sunday June of Body of Easter April Easter May of and in the Ordinary Blood 4, (Sunday Lord , of August 28, Time Christ of 2017 Divine July June August 6, October Saint Mercy) April , Andrew 18, , 1, 2017 the Saint 23, Saint Apostle 2017 Andrew Saint Parish the the the Andrew Apostle the Parish Parish Apostle Parish Page Page 3 3 Mass Schedule Mass of Anticipation 5:00 PM Fred Mattscheck Sunday, October 1, 2017 Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 AM For the Intentions of Rita Wolf 11:00 AM For the People / Pro Populo Monday, October 2 The Holy Guardian Angels 8:00 AM William Whittington, Sr. Tuesday, October 3 8:00 AM Rev. Kenneth Lawrence Wednesday, October 4 Saint Francis of Assisi 8:00 AM Ordean E. Hebb 7:00 PM Confessions Thursday, October 5 Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest 8:00AM Sherryl Connelly Friday, October 6 Saint Bruno, Priest; Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, Virgin 7:00AM Holy Hour & Adoration 8:00AM Buck Wagaman Saturday, October 7 Our Lady of the Rosary 8:00 AM Rev. William B. Kauffman 3:30 PM Confessions Mass of Anticipation 5:00 PM Harold E. Sprenkle Sunday, October 8, 2017 Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 AM For the People / Pro Populo 11:00 AM John Young Sacrament of Baptism Baptism is normally celebrated following the 11:00 AM Sunday Mass. Parents must be registered members of the parish and attend a baptism preparation class (held monthly) prior to the baptism. The requirements for godparents are established by the Catholic Church. Please call the parish office for information. Sacrament of Marriage Diocesan policy requires 9 to 12 months of preparation for Marriage. Contact the parish as soon as possible after engagement. No arrangements should be made prior to consultation with the pastor. Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick Anointing of the sick should be given if an individual is gravely ill or near death. If possible, the Sacrament should also be administered before major surgery or when one is hospitalized. Parish Ministries Directory Boy Scouts Fred Shetter Cemetery Joe Little 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 x 209 St Andrew Board of Education Perry Sandy Social Outreach & Advocacy Ministries Marie Maisie DiGiammarino Lucy Ivins socialjustice@standrewwbo.org Spirited Singles John Hoffman St. Andrew Seniors Sonnie Medevich Waynesboro Fellowship of Churches Patricia Muir Youth Group Jen Nelson standrewsyouth316@gmail.com The Sanctuary Candle reminds us of the presence of Jesus Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament. It burns this week in memory of Buck Wagaman. Vendors Needed! Saint Andrew the Apostle CCW will host our 6th Annual Christmas Bazaar and Craft Show on Saturday, November 11, 8:30 3:00 pm in the parish hall. If you are a crafter and have handmade items to sell, consider joining us for this event. Applications can be picked up in the parish office, or call Peg Wagaman to have one ed to you. Church Cleaning On Tuesday, October 3, we will have brief meeting after the 8:am mass and before cleaning the church. Saint Andrew Parish thanks each of the women and men who assist in cleaning our beautiful church and acknowledges with much gratitude this volunteer service and the gift of time they provide! For more information, call Spirited Singles Wednesday, October 4, 9am Singles, divorced & widowed men & women. Join us for breakfast or just coffee & fellowship at the Velvet Café. More info-john

4 Palm Second Seventh Third Twenty-First Twenty-Sixth Sunday April of of Easter April Easter May 9, in 2017Saint Ordinary (Sunday 30, 28, Time Andrew of 2017 Divine August October the Saint Mercy) April Apostle Andrew 27, 1, 2017 Parish the 23, Saint Apostle 2017 Andrew Saint Parish the Andrew Apostle the Parish Apostle Page Parish 6 Page Page 4 4 Maryland Catholic Women s Conference / Retreat Gift yourself the weekend with our loving Christ, returning home with your Fire Within burning a little stronger and brighter October 6-8, 2017 Mount St Mary s University, Emmitsburg, MD. Come let go of the stresses of the world so to allow God to speak directly to your soul. Come God is calling you! LADIES 18 and Older: Come for the Weekend ($65); Come for a One Day Retreat on Saturday ($55); Registration is Now Open! The 3rd Annual Diocesan Women s Conference, Saturday, October 14, 2017, at Bishop McDevitt High School. This year s theme: Lead All Souls to Heaven : Mary s Message to Us from Fatima. Keynote Speaker: Award winning Catholic author and noted speaker, Susan Brinkmann. The Women s Conference includes 36 workshops, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with Rosary and Benediction, Confession, beautiful music, good food, a wide variety of exhibitors, and celebration of Mass by Bishop Ronald W. Gainer. Registration brochures are available in the back of the church. American Girl Doll / Lego BINGO!! Sunday, October 22, at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Hosted by Saint Andrew s Council of Catholic Women with proceeds benefiting Saint Andrew Parish Family children. Doors open at 11:30am; bingo begins at 1:00pm. Food available for purchase: lunch snacks, drinks. 20 games, cash prizes, raffles, 50/50 drawing! Tickets are $18 and are available in the parish office. SAINT ANDREW S SKI CLUB Skiers & snowboarders: it is time to register for the Night Club Card. This year prices range from lift only for $189 to lift, lesson, rental, and Advantage Card for $304. Contact John Jerwick or jerwick@myactv.net for more information. Early rates end November 6, SOCIAL OUTREACH MINISTRY There will be no meeting in October. At the November 13 meeting, we will complete Xmas Giving Tree tags. See you then. Sunday, October 1 Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Ezekiel 18:25-28; Philippians 2:1-11; Matthew 21:28-32 This Sunday begins a series of gospel selections over the next three weeks, each beginning with the introductory phrase, Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people (or similar words). In each gospel, the phrase introduces a parable that strikes at the hardened and misguided hearts of these religious leaders. They were narrow and exclusive in their belief about who could be saved: only those people chosen from of old by God and who strictly kept the traditions that had been developed. Forgotten by these leaders was the lived law of love of God and neighbor also handed down from of old, Forgotten by them was the message of the prophets calling the people to conversion and renewed covenantal living. Forgotten by them was God s incomparable mercy and compassion which does not restrict salvation to a chosen few but instead extends salvation to anyone who is faithful to the divine will. At this point in Matthew s gospel Jesus has triumphantly entered Jerusalem. These confrontations about who can be saved contribute to the religious leaders determined and hateful desire to have Jesus condemned and put to death. Jesus does not shrink from the confrontations, from the truth, from his own choice to be utterly faithful to his Father s will. Indeed, these gospels suggest a new twist to the saying that we must walk the talk. What Jesus is teaching through these parables is that we must walk the walk. The walk is resoluteness about our relationship with the heavenly Father and doing the divine will. In this Sunday s gospel Jesus pointedly indicts the chief priests and elders of the people by equating them in this parable with the second son who does not do the father s will. Surprisingly, who does do the father s will are tax collectors and prostitutes. Their sinful lives indicated an initial no to God, but then they came to belief, changed their minds, and repented when they heard a call to the way of righteousness. Believing is not paying lip service to doing the Father s will. Believing is changing our way of living, walking the way of righteousness, and doing the Father s will. Believing is walking the walk with Jesus, even when that walk includes confrontation, suffering and death. Truth be told, all of us are a little like both sons in the parable. Sometimes we hear and respond faithfully to God s will, but at other times our actions don t carry through what we hear and believe. The good news in this is that God does not change the divine mind about calling us to salvation. Whether we say yes or no to God s call, God does keep calling us. We are the ones who need a change of mind. We are the one who believe in God s offer of salvation and faithfully do God s will. From Living Liturgy

5 Second Seventh Pentecost Seventeenth Third Twelfth The Twenty-First Twenty-Sixth Most Transfiguration Holy Sunday June of Body Trinity June of Easter April Ordinary Easter May of and the Ordinary Blood 4, (Sunday Lord 2017 Time 11, 30, of August 28, 2017 Time June Christ of 2017 Divine July June 25, August 6, October Saint Mercy) April , Andrew 18, , 1, Saint 2017 the Saint Andrew 23, Saint Apostle 2017 the Andrew the Saint Parish Apostle the the the Andrew Apostle Parish the Parish Parish Apostle Parish Page Page Daily Readings & Reflections Monday, October 02, 2017 Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels Zechariah 8:1-8 (455); Matthew 18:1-5, 10 The tradition of a guardian angel that guides and protects each person in life developed gradually in the church. Devotion to angels grew in the monastic tradition, beginning with Saint Benedict and getting a big boost from the 12th-century reformer Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. By the 16th century the feast the church celebrates today in honor of guardian angels was well established. Whether you embrace the tradition literally or think of angels as expressions of God s love and care extended to all of creation or both today is a day to be thankful that you do not walk alone in the spiritual life. Tuesday, October 03, 2017 Zechariah 8:20-23; Luke 9:51-56 Some things in our lives can be left to float in indecision or even inattention. That s the pile of stuff on your desk or in the closet you keep adding to but never subtract from. Other things require commitment. And every commitment we make is an act of faith in God, faith that God will see us through, come better or worse. Think of the extraordinary commitments we make to friends, spouses, family, neighbors, and employers. Sometimes it is time to choose. Or, as Yogi Berra quipped: When you come to a fork in the road, take it! Wednesday, October 04, 2017 Memorial of Francis of Assisi Nehemiah 2:1-8; Luke 9:57-62 In his wonderful Canticle of the Creatures, Saint Francis of Assisi praises God for the delightful family he has enjoyed in the creatures he calls Sir Brother Sun, Sister Moon, Brother Wind, Sister Water, and Brother Fire. His prayer for Sister Mother Earth includes praise for the one who sustains and governs us, and who produces varied fruits with colored flowers and herbs. Two days ago was World Habitat Day. Saint Francis would approve. Find a way this year to commit yourself to the health of our planet who is our sister and mother. Thursday, October 05, 2017 Memorial of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest Nehemiah 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12; Luke 10:1-12 What s the secret to a joyful life? It is not about enjoying happy circumstances, or all privileged people would be smiling and the rest of us would be in therapy. Joy is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, which was very apparent in the life of the cheerful ascetic Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos ( ). This Redemptorist priest was best known for his simplicity, sincerity, and good cheer in every situation. Once, upon escaping the fate of being named bishop of Pittsburgh, he threw a party! Before he died while serving victims of the yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans, Seelos declared: To become holy is our only purpose in life. Pray the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary today to inhabit the spirit of joy. Friday, October 06, 2017 Memorial of Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, Virgin Baruch 1:15-22; Luke 10:13-16 Among the short list of most influential people in your life surely there is a teacher or two, most likely from your early years of education. Saint Marie Rose Durocher, who founded an order in Quebec with a strong teaching ministry, was herself deeply influenced by those who taught her along the way. Her first teacher, in fact, was her paternal grandfather, who home-schooled her until the age of 10. The wisdom of tradition is preserved when it is passed from one generation to the next. Honor those who inspired you by doing the same for those who are coming up after you. Saturday, October 07, 2017 Our Lady of the Rosary Baruch 4:5-12, 27-29; Luke 10:17-24 Rarely do we pass a statue of Mary that is not originally draped by the artist and eventually by her devotees with a rosary: around her neck, across her hands, or anywhere it s possible to dangle one. Some statues are so laden with rosaries by the fervent that it s a wonder Our Lady can stand up under the strain! This reality contrasts with the story that it was Mary who gave the Rosary to the early Carmelite Saint Simon Stock and by extension, to all of us. We re the ones who need a little help getting our prayer on, after all! As Rosary Month moves forward, have you found your beads yet? From our Pastor s Pen... In recent Gospels, it seems as if Jesus has been speaking in a way that some in the parables feel as if they are being treated unfairly. When these types of incidents occur, we need to take a moment and reflect on the situation that is being presented, and Who is presenting it! For, can God really be unfair? Of course, the answer is NO, so what is going on, if we have that perception? As we heard in Isaiah that God s ways are not our ways, and that His thoughts are not our thoughts, then if something seems to be contradictory to the very nature of God, then we need to pay close attention, because He is preparing to teach us how to truly be His disciples, and not only disciples, but, more importantly, His children. Therefore, let us listen with an open and humble heart to what the Lord wants to tell us, and then be willing to accept it with a profound joy. When we are able to do this, then we are on our way to growing in holiness.

6 Second Seventh Pentecost Seventeenth Third Twelfth The Twenty-First Twenty-Sixth Most Transfiguration Holy Sunday June of Body Trinity June of Easter April Ordinary Easter May of and the Ordinary Blood 4, (Sunday Lord 2017 Time 11, 30, of August 28, 2017 Time June Christ of 2017 Divine July June 25, August 6, October Saint Mercy) April , Andrew 18, , 1, Saint 2017 the Saint Andrew 23, Saint Apostle 2017 the Andrew the Saint Parish Apostle the the the Andrew Apostle Parish the Parish Parish Apostle Parish Page Page It s the perfect time to consider our school Please join us on Sunday, October 22 from 1:00-3:00 for our Fall Open House. If you are thinking about providing a Catholic education for your child now or in future, this is your chance to come and see the difference. There will be many opportunities to ask questions, take a tour, and meet students, teachers, and alumni. We look forward to seeing you there! On November 9th at 9:30, our students would like to invite all Veteran s to join us for our 2nd annual breakfast and a show. We want to be able to celebrate our parents, grandparents, parishioners, and community members who have made a sacrifice for our country. If interested, please rsvp to our school office at or lsalmon@saintandrewschool.org. God Bless You! Did you know that St. Andrew School has been growing a garden? Although the school year just began, we had a small group of kids who dedicated many hours over their summer vacation to caring for our school garden. We were fortunate to be the recipient of a $500 grant from the Waynesboro Tractor & Supply to help get our garden started. Students have been weeding and picking fresh produce all summer. Much of the produce has been donated to Human Services of Waynesboro. The overabundance of peppers and tomatoes have been made into fresh salsa. The middle schoolers will be selling this SASsy Salsa at our kidzone next weekend for $5 a jar. The money will be used to replenish the garden so we can continue to help local organizations who serve those in need. We are so proud of this group of kids! Please join us this Saturday, October 7 from 9:00-4:00 for good food, entertainment, and fun! 10/4 After School Clubs Begin 10/6-10/9 Fall Break 10/7 kidzone 10/10 6:30 10/12 7:00 10/13 Fridays w/father (K-3) 10/17 District Wide 2-Hour Delay 10/20 Mass/ Student of the 9:30 10/22 Fall Open House 10/27 Fridays w/father (4-7)/ Halloween Celebration