Church of St. Anne A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust + A Parish in the Diocese of Greensburg 1870 Rostraver Road, Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania 15012 The Reverend Vincent J. Gigliotti, Pastor vgigliotti@dioceseofgreensburg.org EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES Weekends: Saturday........................4:30PM Sunday...............................8AM & 11AM Weekdays & Holy Day Consult Mass schedule inside the bulletin. Sacrament of Reconciliation The Sacrament is celebrated on Saturdays at 12:00 Noon or by appointment. NEW PARISHIONERS: You are warmly welcomed to the Parish. You may register online by using the Parish Website, www.stannerostraver.org, or by calling the Parish Office. BULLETIN DEADLINE: Articles must be printed, typed and submitted by Noon on Tuesday. Parish Telephone Numbers Parish Office......................724-872-3555 Fax............................. 724-872-3373 Office of Faith Formation...........724-872-3486 Website: www.stannerostraver.org ** Parish Office Hours ** Sunday: 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. 12:00 Noon until 1:00 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. (Out for Lunch: Noon until 1:00 p.m.) Thursday: 8:30 a.m. until 12:00 Noon Evenings by Appointment
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time January 27, 2019 Page 2 FAITH FORMATION-ORGANIZATIONS MINISTRIES-PRAYER GROUPS Faith Formation ~ Grades 1, 2 & 3: Students attend class every Sunday morning from 9:30 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. according to a previously mailed schedule. Faith Formation ~ Grades 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8: Students attend class on biweekly Mondays from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. according to a previously mailed schedule. Please Note: Schedules are also available on the Website, www.stannerostraver.org. Baptism Preparation Class (Pre-Jordan): Parents and sponsors are required to participate before the day of Baptism. To register for an upcoming class, call the Office of Faith Formation, 724-872-3486. * * * * * * * * * * New Society: Members meet Tuesdays at 12:00 noon for afternoon fellowship, unless otherwise planned. Christian Mothers: Members gather trimonthly and attend the 8:00 a.m. Mass on the third Sunday of the month followed by a business meeting, unless otherwise planned. Holy Name Society: Members attend the 8:00 a.m. Mass on the second Sunday of the month followed by a business meeting, unless otherwise planned. * * * * * * * * * Sr. High Youth Ministry ~ Grades 9, 10, 11 & 12: Monthly meetings are held on the second Sunday of the month, unless otherwise planned. Respect Life Ministry: Mary Harris ~ 724-872-6777 Outreach Ministry: Are you a housebound parishioner needing company; a caregiver needing a break from an everyday routine? Please call the Parish Office, 724-872-3555. Prayer Shawl Ministry: Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., unless otherwise planned. * * * * * * * * * Disciples of Prayer: Do you need someone to pray for you or for your special intentions? Please call the Parish Office, 724-872-3555. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Gatherings are held every Thursday at 3:00 p.m. unless otherwise mentioned. Call the Parish Office, 724-872-3555, for more information. Service Men and Women Prayer Requests: As we would like to remember those parishioners or family members who are serving in an area of conflict, please notify the Parish Office so that we can keep them in prayer. FAITH FORMATION Parents are reminded to refer to the previously mailed schedule for future class dates and times or to the Website, www.stannerostraver.org. Choose Formation and CCD & Children s Liturgy of the Word. SR. HIGH YOUTH MINISTRY SOUPER BOWL MONETARY DONATION! Every year on Super Bowl Sunday, we have donated toward the Westmoreland County Food Bank (the main supplier of goods to our local Rostraver Food Bank). There will be envelopes in the pews next weekend; and if you wish to make a donation toward this charity, please remember those in need in this way! Please make checks payable to the Westmoreland County Food Bank. UNCLE SAM IS CALLING! We will be sending out to all families the annual Income Tax report of the contributions for the year, 2018, by January 31, 2019, so that you will be able to reflect on your gift giving and which you may also use for your income tax, if needed. Thanks, as always, to those who so generously support our Parish financially. FAITH S SHOE DRIVE ENDS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10. At the entrances of the Church, boxes are available for you to donate shoes to be distributed throughout the network of micro-enterprise (small business) partners helping them create, maintain and grow small businesses in developing countries where economic opportunity and jobs are limited. Proceeds from the sales of the shoes are used to feed, clothe and house their families. Thank you for your support. PART-TIME CAREGIVER NEEDED for elder ly woman in Monessen (mother of Parishioner, Kathi Perozzi), primarily mornings, Monday through Friday, and very occasional weekends. For specifics on her care needs, please call Joyce, 1-512-576-1460. References and clearances are required. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. Luke 4:18a NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING INSTRUCTION, CM-BBT Method, will be held on Monday, February 4, at 6:00 p.m. in the Catholic Charities Office, 711 E. Pittsburgh Street, Greensburg, 15601. Please call at least one week prior to register. Contact Mary Ann, 724-837-1840, ext. 1658, for additional information or to register for this or a future upcoming class. Visit www.ccharitiesgreensburg.org and link into Natural Family Planning under Services for more information. Prayer Requests: General requests will be mentioned at Mass during the General Intercessions and should focus on a) the needs of the Church, b) for public authorities and salvation of the whole world, c) for those burdened by any difficulty, d) for the local community. Please email your requests to Father Vince, vgigliotti@dioceseofgreensburg.org.
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time January 27, 2019 Page 3 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! It s not often we announce birthdays except for those who have reached the Century Mark. Tomorrow, Monday, January 28, Angie Serinko will be celebrating the 101st year of life! We wish her God s blessings and good health. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Saturday s feast of the Presentation is a day for the blessing of candles. Why does liturgy require candles? In the first years of the church, worship was often at night, and candles and torches were carried from place to place within the worship space as needed. Candles were also a mark of festivity and hospitality when people gathered for prayer in homes, and later on in large buildings with thick walls and dark corners. But even after gaslight and electricity, candles were kept. Part of the reason has to do with the warm, clean light of a candle s flame. Candles are a good sign of the partnership of God and creation: wax made by bees, gathered and fashioned by human hands into something beautiful and useful. In order for the light to shine, the candle surrenders itself, almost as if it is pouring itself out so that the light can flood into the world. The candle of baptism, placed into our hands, and carried again and again, speaks silently of that same wisdom. If you would save your life, you must lose it. You must pour your life out like Christ so that you may be filled with the light of his love. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. Prayer for Consecrated Persons World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life ~ February 2 GOD OUR FATHER, we thank you for calling men and women to serve in your Son s Kingdom as sisters, brothers, religious priests, consecrated virgins and hermits, as well as members of the Secular Institutes. Renew their knowledge and love of you, and send your Holy Spirit to help them respond generously and courageously to your will. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. ADVERTISER OF THE WEEK SOLOMON AUTO GROUP Support our advertisers who make our bulletin possible. BLESSING OF THROATS! It s an ancient custom of the Church to bless the sick, rooted in the ministry of Christ and his apostles. According to the Pastoral Care of the Sick: Rites of Anointing and Viaticum, the annual blessing of throats is a traditional sign of the struggle against illness in the life of the Christian. It s been a long tradition of the Church to use blessed candles for this blessing. Following the Masses next weekend, we will bless those who wish to receive this blessing with blessed candles following the weekend Masses. **ST. SEBASTIAN REGIONAL SCHOOL NEWS** - Catholic Schools Week is being celebrated this week, Sunday, January 27, through Saturday, February 2. Students who attend St. Sebastian Regional Catholic School will share stories at each of the Masses this weekend of their experiences while attending school there. Open House is today Sunday, January 27, from Noon until 2:00 p.m. - Please send the names of anyone for whom you would like the children to pray to nzetty@sssbv.org. - Thank you for your donations of school supplies, which will help the elementary school in El Valle, an impoverished city in the Dominican Republic. THE COLLECTION FOR THE CHURCH IN CEN- TRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE helps and supports the rebuilding of the Church in that area providing education and evangelization, scholarships and formation programs, poverty outreach and communications programs, just to name a few; thus, the theme, Restore the Church, Build the Future. Please deposit this special envelope in the regular collection next weekend, February 2 and 3. TAKE TIME TO SMILE! A group of kindergartners was on a class outing to their local police station where they saw pictures, tacked to a bulletin board, of the ten most-wanted men. One of the youngsters pointed to a picture and asked if it really was the photo of the wanted person. Yes, answered the policeman. Well, wondered the child. Why didn t you keep him when you took his picture!!!! PARISH STEWARDSHIP ~ Sunday, January 20, 2019 187 Regular Sunday Envelopes: $ 4,316.00 4 Young Adult Envelopes: $ 5.00 2 Children Envelopes: $ 2.00 Loose: $ 253.00 Votive: $ 134.75 Poor Box: $ 12.75 1 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Envelope: $ 5.00 added to that previously reported, $2,418.00, for a total of $2,423.00 1 Nativity of the Lord Envelopes: $ 5.00 added to that previously reported, $16,859.00 total of $16,864.00 Weekend Collection Total: $ 4,733.50 Online Giving, 1/17/2019, through 1/23/2019, 18 families, Weekly Sunday Collection: $ 480.00 Weekend Collection/Online Giving Total: $ 5,213.50
Masses for the Week THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Saturday, January 26 4:30 p.m. Estefania Sarah Schneer Alison & Herman Gearing Sunday, January 27 8:00 a.m. Parish Family 11:00 a.m. Virginia Serrian-Elizabeth Campbell THE FRONT ENTRANCE DOORS ARE LOCKED FOR DAILY MASS & FOR PRIVATE PRAYER DURING USUAL CHURCH HOURS. PLEASE USE THE ELEVATOR LOBBY DOOR AT THE SIDE ENTRANCE TO ENTER THE CHURCH FOR DAILY MASS OR IF YOU WISH TO PRAY PRIVATELY. Monday, January 28 8:00 a.m. Novena-Our Lady of Perpetual Help Thomas Kochowski-Stephen & Sharon Morgan Tuesday, January 29 8:00 a.m. Evelyn Kaifes, Month s Mind-Fr. Vince Gigliotti Thursday, January 31 8:00 a.m. Novena-Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Maureen Dale, Month s Mind-Fr. Vince Gigliotti Friday, February 1 7:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Private Adoration 8:00 a.m. Anthony Nicolette-John & Rita Lauteri FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Saturday, February 2 4:30 p.m. Parish Family Sunday, February 3 8:00 a.m. Henry & Marlene Schank Daughter, Rachel Lewis & Family 11:00 a.m. John A. Melvin and Pauline Ellin Michael, Kelly, Alexis & Camden Ellin SUNDAY & DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sunday: 69: Neh 8:2-4a,5-6,8-10; Ps 19:8-10,15; 1 Cor 12:12-30 or 1 Cor 12:12-14, 27; Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21 Monday: 317: Heb 9:15,24-28; Ps 98:1-6; Mk 3:22-30 See 522: Wis 7:7-10,15-16; Mt 23:8-12 Tuesday: 318: Heb 10:1-10; Ps 40:2,4,7-8,10-11; Mk 3:31-35 Wednesday: 319: Heb 10:11-18; Ps 110:1-4; Mk 4:1-20 Thursday: 320: Heb 10:19-25; Ps 24:1-4b,5-6; Mk 4:21-25 See 523: Phil 4:4-9; Mt 18:1-5 Friday: 321: Heb 10:32-39; Ps 37:3-6,23-24,39-40; Mk 4:26-34 Saturday: 524: Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 or Lk 2:22-32 Sunday: 72: Jer 1:4-5,17-19; Ps 71:1-6,15,17; 1 Cor 12:31 13:13 or 13:4-13; Lk 4:21-30 IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, let us remember all of the homebound of the Parish and all of those who need our prayers. IN A TROUBLED MARRIAGE? Visit http://www.retrouvailleofpittsburghinc.org./
Diocesan and Community Events EVENING FOR TEENS AND PARENTS WITH BISHOP MALESIC Bishop Malesic will lead an evening for teens and parents, How do I make my faith a priority in this culture? at Our Lady of Grace Church, 1011 Mt. Pleasant Road, Greensburg, 15601, on Sunday, February 10, 2019. Teens will gather in the Church at 6:00 p.m.; teens and parents will gather in the Parish Hall at 7:15 p.m. A social will follow. Students in grades 6 through 12 are welcome. This event is sponsored by Our Lady of Grace Church, St. Benedict and Holy Cross parishes. For information or to respond, call Katrina Coleman, 724-838-9480. WINTER RETREAT FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS! The annual winter retreat, I Am Called, for Diocesan high school students will be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, March 1, 2 & 3, at Laurelville Retreat Center, 941 Laurelville Lane, Mt. Pleasant, 15666. The cost is $120.00. To register and for more information, contact Mrs. Zucconi, 724-872-3486. Further information may be obtained by visiting www.dioceseofgreensburg.org/winterretreat. **CATHOLIC CHARITIES EVENT** 21st Annual Communities of Salt and Light Awards Dinner is set for Thursday, April 25, at 6:00 p.m. at Stratigos Banquet Centre, 131 Colonial Valley Road, North Huntingdon, 15642. Bishop Malesic will present the awards for humanitarianism, philanthropy and outstanding human services organization. All net proceeds benefit people in need in the four counties of the Diocese. Contact Director of Community Relations and Special Events, Heather Rady, 724-837-1840, for sponsorship information. SAVE THE DATE for THE WELL MEN S CONFER- ENCE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 30 Sponsored by the Men s Ministry Team of the Diocese of Greensburg, this event will be held at Greensburg Central Catholic Junior-High School, 911 Armory Drive, Greensburg, 15601. Included in the day will be workshops, open discussions, the sacrament of reconciliation and adoration, concluding with a Mass celebrated by Bishop Malesic. The keynote speaker will be Mike McCoy, an Erie native who is a former Notre Dame and NFL star. Registration, including arrival/ending times, is open by visiting www.dioceseofgreensburg.org/the WELL. MORNINGS/EVENINGS TO DISCERN PRIESTHOOD MELCHIZEDEK PROJECT FOR YOUNG MEN- ADULTS: Sundays, February 10, February 24, March 17, March 24, April 7 and April 28, at 6:30 p.m. in the rectory at Holy Family Parish, 1200 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, 15650. Contact Father Daniel Mahoney by Email, dmahoney@dioceseofgreensburg.org to register. MELCHIZEDEK PROJECT FOR HIGH SCHOOL YOUNG ADULT BOYS GRADES 9-12: Sundays, February 17, March 10, April 14 and May 12, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Greenburg Central Catholic Junior-Senior High School, 911 Armory Drive, Greensburg, 15601. Visit vocations@dioceseofgreensburg.org to register. JEREMIAH DAYS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE GRADES 6-8: Saturdays, February 9 and April 13, from 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. at St. Barbara Church, 111 Raymaley Road, Harrison City, 15636. Visit vocations@dioceseofgreensburg.org to register.