Saint Brigid Roman Catholic Church

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1 Saint Brigid Roman Catholic Church 967 Chancery Lane Meadville, PA MASS SCHEDULE Sunday 9:00 A.M. and 12:05 P.M. NURSERY Infants thru age 4-9:00 A.M. Mass BAPTISMS: By appointment after Baptismal program. CONFESSIONS In Chapel: Wednesdays... 7:00 P.M. First Friday... 11:30 A.M. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (Pre-K thru Grade 11): Sundays... 10:10-11:40 A.M. WEDDINGS: Arrangements must be made with the pastor 6-12 months in advance. SISTER PARISH: St. Peter Church, Casa Cural, Sotuta, Yucatan MEXICO 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. STATION OF THE CROSS CATHOLIC RADIO: WMIH 89.5 FM IN NW PA & WQHE 88.3 FM OIL CITY WEBSITE: TELEPHONES: (814) Parish Office Office Fax Emergency Seton School Office of Evangelization and Faith Formation Youth Director: Shari Bronson Adult Director: Colleen Wellington PASTOR Rev. Johnathan Schmolt SETON PRINCIPAL Julia Strzalka ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Cindy Fiorillo FINANCIAL SECRETARY Lynda Morgan DEACON Ken Reisenweber MUSIC DIRECTOR Christine McGinnity SETON CATHOLIC DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT Jamie Longo OFFICE OF EVANGELIZATION & FAITH FORMATION YOUTH DIRECTOR Shari Bronson ADULT DIRECTOR Colleen Wellington Johnathan.Schmolt@StBrigidChurch.org Cindy.Fiorillo@StBrigidChurch.org Shari.Bronson@StBrigidChurch.org Colleen.Wellington@StBrigidChurch.org Lynda.Morgan@StBrigidChurch.org PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS Give them your ideas, thoughts and concerns. The council members meet four times annually. Their roles are to provide feedback and representation from parishioners of Saint Brigid Church. Todd Sommers Martin Dillaman Lois Curtin Jamie Sopher Annette Lynch Jean Mottillo Bill Leffingwell Angela Bisbee

2 Page Two St. Brigid Church, Meadville, Pennsylvania December 21, 2014 WORSHIP Sunday December 21 2:00 PM Advent Holy St. Agatha Church 3:30 PM Communal Penance St. Agatha Church OTHER WEEKEND MASSES Saturday (Vigil Mass for Sunday) 4:30 St. Agatha Church Sunday 7:30 St. Mary Church 9:00 St. Agatha Church 10:30 St. Mary Church Monday December 22 12:05 PM Dan Morfenski (Gladys McAlevy) Paul Bannon Anniversary (Estate) Wednesday December 24 12:05 PM Frances C. Williams (Sean Johnson) Friday December 26 12:05 PM Giles Hoover (Art/RoseAnn Provost) 12:30 PM Juniper Village Communion Service Sunday Masses December 28 9:00 AM James & Margaret Duratz (James J. Duratz) Robert M. Evans Anniversary (Estate) Chiyo Maziarz Anniversary (Husband, Joe) 12:05 PM People of St. Brigid SUPPORT Christmas Eve/ Christmas Day Masses 7:00 PM Bill & Brooke Bode (Family) 9:00 AM Raymond & Jennie Wolbert (Jean, daughter) Happy 50th Anniversary December 26th to Barbara & William Byham Catholic Social Services Read Program Hospice Grief Support Prayer Line Visitation (ill, elderly) Alzheimer s Support Group/3rd Active Aging 6:30 PM Breast Cancer Support 2nd Wednesday 7 PM Room 4 READINGS PARISH EVENTS Sunday December 21 Bethlehem Christian Family Wooden Item Sale/Church 9:30 AM R.C.I.A. / Chapel 10:10-11:40 AM Religious Ed Classes K-11th Grade/ Confirmation Classes/St. Brigid Center 1:00 PM Put up Christmas Decorations/ Church Sunday December 28 NO Religious Education Classes NO R.C.I.A. Parish Office Closed December 24, 25, 31, January 1 Monday: 1 Sm 1:24-28; Lk 1:46-56 Tuesday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Lk 1:57-66 Wed: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Lk 1:67-79 Thurs: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] Night: Is 9:1-6; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14] Friday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Mt 10:17-22 Saturday: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, or Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Col 3:12-21 [12-17] or Hb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19; Lk 2:22-40 [22, 39-40]

3 December 21, 2014 St. Brigid Church, Meadville, PA Page Three Sunday, Dec. 21st, 2014, our brothers and sisters representing the Christian Catholic Families of Bethlehem will be selling Crucifixes, religious art work, and rosaries- all made of olive wood which is native to Israel and Bethlehem. Since tourism has greatly depleted, Christian families in the holy land, who depend on tourists, have been greatly affected. Sale of these goods will help them very much and also give you the opportunity to have something authentic from the holy land. Please browse and buy some articles. It is for a good cause and also a help to your personal devotion. See Website: CHRISTMASTIDE LITURGY AT ST. BRIGID CHURCH 2014 CHRISTMASTIDE LITURGY OTHER MASSES IN MEADVILLE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Sunday (Dec. 21st) :30 P.M. Communal Penance Celebration at St. Agatha CHRISTMAS MASSES A Holyday of Obligation Wednesday (Dec. 24th) :00 P.M. Christmas Morning :00 A.M. CHRISTMAS MASSES A Holyday of Obligation Wednesday (Dec. 24th)@ St. Agatha Wednesday (Dec. 24th)@ St. Mary Wednesday (Dec. 24th)@ St. Mary Wednesday (Dec. 24th)@ St. Agatha Christmas St. Mary Christmas St. Agatha 4:30 P.M. 5:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. Midnight 8:00 A.M. 10:00 A.M. MARY, MOTHER OF GOD MASSES A Holyday of Obligation MARY, MOTHER OF GOD MASSES A Holyday of Obligation Wednesday (Dec. 31st) :30 P.M. New Year's Day :05 P.M. Wednesday (Dec. St. Agatha New Year's St. Mary Church 4:30 P.M. 9:00 A.M. Based on how much the standard deduction is for tax payers and how much postage is for sending mail, the parish has decided to NOT mail out end of the year statements of individual contributions for the entire parish. If you wish to receive a statement for preparing your taxes or if you would like a copy for other reasons, please contact the parish office ( ), and we will be happy to mail your statement to you. Those wishing to make contributions in 2014 should date their checks in All checks dated 2015 will be applied for that year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May God bless you all. Thank you to our Altar Rosary Society for providing new vestments for daily Mass and the new Lectionary books for Sundays. Help decorate for Christmas please come to the church TODAY at 1 PM. Many volunteers are needed to help decorate.

4 Page Four St. Brigid Church, Meadville, Pennsylvania December 21, 2014 Merry Christmas! PASTOR S CORNER Over the years you may have heard phrases like Keep Christ in Christmas or Remember the Reason for the Season. In our culture today giving gifts, parties, and visiting family can take us away from the purpose for the celebrations in the first place: giving praise to God for the birth of Jesus of Nazareth the incarnation of God. Why is this moment, second only to the resurrection, have such a high honor in Christianity? It is because not just any person was born, but the Lord and Savior of the world. God made man fully divine, fully human. Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on Cross. (Philippians 2:6-8) God, to give us an unmerited gift of grace, emptied himself into the very experience of being human. He felt just like you and I feel. He wept just like we cry. He experienced our human limitations yet without sin. When we realize in our soul that God himself came to humanity to save us, we can loudly sing the words, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will.. To strengthen our faith and make these words real in our body, mind, and soul, the Meadville Catholic Community will be offering the course Discovering Christ beginning Sunday, February 8 at 6 pm at St. Mary Social Hall. I want the presence of Jesus to be as real to you as he was in the arms of Mary that Christmas night. The goal of the course is to answer the deepest question What is the meaning of life? and lead us to the source of the answer Jesus Christ. May Christ, the source of joy for the world, bless you and keep you during this Christmas season. Fr. Johnathan PS: For more information on Discovering Christ, go to the Office of Faith Formation and Evangelization website EVENTS ELSEWHERE WASHINGTON DC MARCH FOR LIFE JAN. 22 Join pro-life friends on a trip of a lifetime! Pilgrims will gather at St. Agatha Church on Wed., January 21, 2015 at 10 PM. After a prayer service travelers will board an Anderson bus to travel through the night arriving at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at 6 AM. We will attend the Mass at 7:30 AM Mass at the Basilica, then go downtown for the Rally & March on Thursday, Jan. 22nd. We will return to Meadville about 12:30 AM on Friday, Jan. 23rd. Cost $25 adults/$10 children 17 & under. The bus departs St. Agatha parking lot at 11 PM on Jan. 21st. For information/reservations call Barbara at Donations accepted to help defray costs.

5 Page Five St. Brigid Church, Meadville, Pennsylvania December 21, 2014 MINISTRIES DECEMBER 28 ALTAR SERVERS 9:00 Case 12:05 Sommers READERS Mizner Needed EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS 9:00 Reisenweber/Roncolato/Wheelock/Amato 12:05 Sommers/Lehman/Jindra/Needed GREETERS Glunt Needed All ministers needed for Dec. 31/Jan. 1 Masses. Call to sign up. JOURNEY THROUGH THE BIBLE ~ So you want to go on a pilgrimage. But you've been to Italy, maybe twice. Could it be time for the Holy Land? Join Fr. Rich Toohey, Spiritual Director, as we experience the land of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and the donkey, November 9-19, For more info, call Diane Horneman ( ), or go to Office of Evangelization & Faith Formation Kindergarten-11th grade Advent Penance Service ~ Team Faith will be hosting the Advent Penance Service, Jesus Lights Our Way this Sun., Dec. 21 at St. Agatha Church at 3:30 pm. We encourage all families of faith to join us as we will be leading the prayer service and doing our advent service project. We are having a clothing drive to benefit The Clothes Line Store which is an outreach program providing free clothing to those in need. The store is located at Saint Mary s Church and is open twice monthly. Please help support us in our efforts by bringing new children s clothing sizes 3T to Juniors to this event. Wishing all families of faith God s best at Christmas and in the New Year! ~ May God s love always bless you... His joy always fill you... His presence always keep you close to all that is good! Faith Formation classes will not be offered on Sunday, December 28, classes resume on Sunday, January 4. Office of Evangelization & Faith Formation ~ ADULTS Theology of the Body ~ All are welcome to join us for the next Theology of the Body DVD & Discussion, Thursday, January 8 th from 7-8 pm at Saint Mary of Grace Parish Center. We will be exploring the topic, Resurrection of the Body (Our Destiny). Snacks and drinks provided. Theology Distilled ~ Mark your calendar. Thursday, January 15 th at 7pm at VooDoo Brewery (upstairs) Fr. Jeff Lucas will be speaking on Enculturation: Faith as the Leaven for All Life. This is a great opportunity to grow in faith and fellowship with other Catholic Young Adults. Weekly Opportunities: Wednesday Bible Study Join us Wednesday evenings at 7 pm at St. Brigid Parish Center for a Bible Study on the Book of Isaiah, led by Deacon Ken Reisenweber. Brown Bag Theology Have a free lunch hour? Pack your lunch and come hear and discuss the talks and writings of Pope Francis, Thursdays 12:15-1 pm at St. Brigid, Room 2. No homework. *No Bible Study or Brown Bag Theology Dec 24-Jan 1. Merry Christmas! At Home with the Faith Weekly Tip: Did you know that not all Christmas Masses are the same? There are different readings traditionally assigned for the Midnight Mass, Mass at Dawn and Mass During the Day (though some flexibility is allowed). In your final preparation for Christmas, consider a prayerful reading of all the Mass readings, which can be found at: Join us on Facebook Young Adults: Catholic Young Adults (CYA) Meadville Adults: Office of Evangelization and Faith Formation Meadville, PA

6 CHRISTMAS, 2014 FLOWER DONATIONS & MEMORIALS M/M Larry Albert M/M James Aldridge M/M Gerald Alonge M/M John Amato M/M Robert Artman Barco Estate M/M Harold Beerbower M/M J.W. Belknap, Jr. M/M Vincent Bilecki Patricia Bowman Mr. Joseph Boyle Murray Braden Maryanne Brown William & Barbara Byham M/M David Carr M/M Doug Cheney M/M Joseph Chisholm M/M Thomas Collard Mrs. Jean Conaway Ann & Pat Constantinovich M/M Robert Cornell Mrs. Stella Dame Dr/Mrs. Martin Decker Mrs. Shirley Denys Mrs. Dorothy Dragosavac M/M Terry Farlik M/M Mark Fiely Mike & Cindy Fiorillo Renie Fischer June Furno M/M Robert Gaughn Mrs. Mary Jane Gerard Jill Glunt M/M Harry Guthrie Mary Mulligan Haines M/M Jeffery Harry Mrs. Adele Hatheway M/M James Hess M/M Jim Hickernell Patricia Hickernell M/M Douglas Higby Mr. Jeffrey Hubert M/M Ted Jastromb Jr. M/M Ray Kennerknecht John Keppel Mrs. Gerry Kightlinger Ed & Rita Kiter Mr. Peter Kralj M/M Norman LaBruzzo Dr. & Mrs Ryan Landefeld Kathleen Lascola M/M William Leffingwell Maria Lenhart M/M Gerald Leonard Joan Leonheart M/M Roy Lippert Mrs. Nancy Lorz M/M Walter Losee (Helen & Leonard Peterson, James L. Peterson, Jr.) (Virginia Limano, Pete Limano, Donny Saputo, Grace Higby) (John Alonge, Sr./Michael Prosser/Pearl George/Gertrude Alonge) (Roda Amato Stanfa Galle Families) (Ernst Jacob; M/M Everett Willey) (George J./Emmaline/Yolanda Barco & Helene Duratz) (Emma & Zoe Jackard, Theresa/Moe Faulk, Adele Gordon, Paul/Roy Bourgeois) (Belknap Family, Percy Family, Fantacci Family) (Mary Ingols, Robert Larko) (Theodore Perdos) (Wife, Joan) (Pat & Teddy Maziarz) (Kaitlyn Brown; Julia/Steve Labutka; Michael Lento) (Lewis/Jennie/Dan Morfenski; Joseph/Pelagia Krolikowski) (Helene/George Markiewicz/ George S. Markiewicz, Betty Carr, Florence Nidzgorski) (M/M Howard C. Smith Sr., M/M Paul Culbert; Fran Lunady) (William Bogda/Robert Olds/Grandparent) (James Davis, Albert Collard, Katherine Collard) (Jennie/Raymond Wolbert; Wolbert & John families/joseph R. Conaway) (Deceased family members & friends) (Joseph & Mollie Swasta; Helen & Carol Jean Stellato) (Jim Dame/Koziara family; Jo Peterson, Virginia Bean) (Paul B. Decker; Ruth Cridge) (Peter Denys, Mary Ann & Stan Leszek) (George & Violet & Frank Dragosavac) (Frank/Edith Farlik & Art/Ann Hohnwald) (Jim Mizner) (St. Brigid deceased parishioners, priests & family members, Louise Flick) (Robert Fischer) (Frank/Angeline Furno; Tina Furno Thompson; Felix Frank Kedzierski; Lloyd Harrey) (Deceased member of Gaughan & Lamb Families) (John/Jane Pendelton, Marcus Manning, Howard Gerard, Kevin Deeney, Michael Lennigan) (Dan & Donna Mailliard) (Sally Swavey, M/M Harry Guthrie, Sr.) (Neff & Mulligan Familes; Msgr. Butryn/ Fr. Findlay) (Ron & Martha Harry, Wayne Bogardus, Sr, Matthew/Julia Wybrail, Karen Henderson) (James F. Hatheway, John/Cecelia Franczak, James Costello, Sue/Charles Hatheway) (John/JoAnne Hess; John Hess-brother, Dean North) (McCormick and Hickernell Families) (Margaret Jane/Norman Higby; Rebie/Wallace Johnston) (Belva Jastromb, Norm Kightlinger, Ann Kightlinger) (Deceased family members) (Norma Keppel, Mary Ann Keppel) (Ken Kightlinger, Katy Stewart, Mark Nicholson, Dec. members of Davidson/Kightlinger fams) (Families of Balon/Kiter/Johnson/Chmura/Onyskow/Rogers/Pero & Peggy Cherry) (Catherine Kralj; M/M Peter Kralj, Sr.) (Mary Cappozi, Frank Walsh, Gus LaBruzzo, Rose Marrance) (Grandparents) (Newland family) (Leffingwell Family, Schuster Family) (Moffit-DeMaria-Chalot-Symons families) (Janet Mosbacher, Luke Brumbaugh) (Bundy & Leonheart Families, All deceased St. Brigid members) (Shirley & Isabell Lippert; M/M Geroge Weckerly) (Cyril Lorz Jr. & Sr., Steven Lorz, M/M Grant Miller Sr. & Jr.) (Pat and Ted Maziarz)

7 Annette Lynch (Joseph/Mildred Lynch) Bob, Lori and Katie Lynn (Peter Denys, Mary Ann & Stan Leszek M/M Timothy Maziarz (Stanley/Mary/Raymond Dronko; Andrew/Sophia Dronko, George/Anna Ted/Martin Pawelek, Dennis Clark, Ted/Pat Maziarz) Joseph McLaughlin (M/M J.P. McLaughlin, Mary McLaughlin) Mrs. Dianne Merchbaker (Merchbaker family) Mrs. Joyce Mizner (James J. Mizner, Sr/Daniel Piccuta, Dec. members of Condi-Mizner-Hamilton families) M/M Stephen Mizner (James J. Mizner, Sr., Flesco Family, Condi Family, Piccuta Family) Mrs. Janet Moffit (Moffit-DeMaria-Chalot families) M/M Oliver Moody V (Ron & Martha Harry) David/Mary Morfenski (Lewis/Jennie Morfenski; Dan Morfenski, Sr., Joseph/Pelagia Krolikowski) Ed/Barbara Morfenski (Lewis/Jennie Morfenski; Dan Morfenski, Sr., Joseph/Pelagia Krolikowski) Victoria Morfenski (Lewis/Jennie Morfenski; Daniel Morfenski., Joseph/Pelagia Krolikowski; Arita Lee Blair/Marsha Oakes, Joan Boyle) John & Jean Mottillo M/M Joseph Mullen (M/M Joe Mullen, Sr.) Pat Mullet (Peter Denys, Mary Ann & Stan Leszek) Mrs. Marilyn Neugebauer (Neugebauer & Smith families) Dr. Ann Noonan (Sr. M. Gerarda, Dr. & Mrs S.J. Angello) Deborah Ormston (William/Dorothy Ormston) George Palotas (All living & deceased members of St. Brigid) M/M Dennis Patton (Ruth Cridge) Mrs. Ida Peirce (Joseph Peirce, mother & father, sisters & brothers) Theresa Perdos (M/M JosephMatz, Ted Perdos, Guy Bruno family) M/M John Phelps (Phelps & McBride Families) M/M Gary Pitetti (Kalsch & Pitetti families) M/M Robert Praisner (M/M Stanley Praisner) Louise Randolph (Bill & Jim Randolph) Charles Rees/Margaret Malloy (Thomas H./Alice M. Malloy; Karl E./Elizabeth A. Rees) Mrs. Terry Roberts (Theresa/Paul Kelly; Lavelle-Bollman families, Richard Franz) Margaret Sackett (Fred & Jean Ezor & Mary Terry) Mr. Louis Saggio (Saggio, Wysocki, Rostetter Families) Mrs. Betty Saputo (Virginia, Joseph, Pete, Evelyn Limano; Donald Saputo, Grace Higby) M/M Charles Signorino (Alba/Louie/John Sacco; Charlie/Pearl Signorino, Vince O Hara) Jeanne Sippy (Anna Wysocki) Marie Smith (Rae F. Smith, V.J. Davern Family) M/M Mark T Smith II (Rae Smith) M/M Todd Sommers (Rita Balsone, Gregg Theiss) Frances Spinnato (John and Jane Pendleton) M/M Norbert Stainbrook (Marie Elwell, James Feehan, Pauline Stainbrook, Jack Feehan) M/M Edward Stets (M/M Andy Stets, Joseph Wolbert, Margaret Wolbert) Judy Stewart (Piwowar/Stewart Families, Msgr. Richard Butryn) Donna Stimpson (James R. Stimpson) Mary/John/Joseph Tedesco (Gly Maloney, Bernard Duffy, Getrude Duffy) Holly Tedesco/Todd Herrell (Gly Maloney, Bernard Duffy, Getrude Duffy) M/M Carl Terry Mrs. Betty Thibaut (Fred Thibaut, James/Gladys/James/Anita Collins, Patrick/James Collins IV) Mrs. Rosemary Thomas (Mark Nicholson, P. Richard Thomas, Kenneth Kightlinger, Kathryn Stewart) Mrs. Margaret Toner (John/Mary/Anna Vendel, Liz Schmidt, Mary Ballas, Judge C. Thomas) Mrs. Ann Travaglini (Joseph/Elizabeth/Domenic Travaglini, Lawrence/Nellie Abbondanza; Chester/ Betty Pruskowski; Henry Buddy DeSantis) M/M Ray Traversari (Deceased Family members) Mildred Truppi M/M David Wagner (Leonard & Helen Peterson, James Peterson) M/M Louis Wagner (Ann/John Wagner; Maria/Ralph Collins) Mrs Catherine Waite (Robert E. Waite, Martin J. Hock) Annabelle Lou Wattras (Robert/Richard Wattras, M/M Joseph Wattras, M/M Roscoe Ball) M/M Gerald Weidner (Robert & Martha Wood, Joe Baiera) Mrs. Connie Williams (Kraker & Williams Families) Mrs. Arlene Wilson (Charles/Margaret Sprenger; Charles/Emeline Wilson; Alexandra LeVasseur) Mrs. Ruth Yoder (McLaud family members) M/M Thomas Yoder (William Bode, Brooke Leigh Bode)

8 COME AND BE REFRESHED DISCOVERING CHRIST SUNDAYS AT 6 PM FROM FEB 8 TO MAR 29 Please join us at St. Mary of Grace Parish Center for Discovering Christ. Enjoy a free dinner, listen to a dynamic teaching and join in a small group discussion about the meaning of life in Jesus Christ. Discovering Christ is a sevenweek series that will begin Sunday, February 8 and includes a life-changing retreat on Saturday, March 14. For more information or to register online, please visit us at: This course is designed to revitalize your faith or to bring your family and friends who have been away from the church. Discovering Christ was developed by ChristLife, a Catholic ministry in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. REGISTRATION FORM / DISCOVERING CHRIST COURSE / FEB 8 MAR 29, 2015 / ST. MARY OF GRACE NAME(S): AGE: NAME(S) & AGE(S) OF CHILDREN (if childcare needed): PHONE: Return this form to the Office of Evangelization & Faith Formation: 967 Chancery Lane, Meadville, PA or colleen.wellington@stbrigidchurch.org

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