All Saints Parish Rev. Jacek J. Bialkowski, Pastor 66 Willow Street Plymouth, PA 18651 Phone: 570-779-5323 Fax: 570-779-4921 allsaints66@comcast.net www.allsaintsplymouth.com office hours: Monday through Friday 9AM Noon & 1PM 4PM Mollie Winters, Office Manager Jeanette Shock, Parish Secretary Debbie Goodman, Financial Secretary JUNE 26, 2016 THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME MASS SCHEDULE Parish Mission Statement We, All Saints Parish, are drawn together by the power of the Holy Spirit to be a living and convincing sign of God s unconditional love. We are gifted to build bonds among ourselves and others in order to live the Gospel in word, worship, community and service for the salvation of all and the building of God s kingdom. Saturday 4:00 PM Sunday 8:30 AM 11:00 AM Weekdays Please check for schedule in bulletin Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 3:00 PM or by appointment Religious Education Grades K 8 Sunday 9:45 AM 10:45 AM We are inspired by the sacred texts this Sunday to adhere to our God who lovingly calls us from ignorance and confusion to deeper knowledge of God and harmony of body and soul. The Lord s call is meant for a lifetime, not a week, a month or five years. Our God desires to show us the path of life, the fullness of joy in his presence. That is a life-long process, extending even beyond the grave. What is being asked of us is nothing less than everything! May we be strengthened to respond without fear that we do not have what we need to complete the task set before us. The Lord bestows help to the fainthearted, so we should be encouraged that help is near for each of us, in whatever circumstance we may find ourselves in the journey toward our God, in process now and perfected in heaven.
A COMMUNITY WHO WORSHIPS MASS SCHEDULE Sunday, June 26 th 8:30 AM Paul Figler (Robert & Helen Zarrizski) 11:00 AM For all Parishioners Monday, June 27 th NO MASS Tuesday, June 28 th 12:05 PM Kathleen Novak (George & Jackie Curry) Wednesday, June 29 th 12:05 PM Ann Januszewski (Joseph Januszewski) EUCHARISTIC ADORATION FROM 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Thursday, June 30 th 12:05 PM John & Mary Federovich (John & Ruthann Fedro) Friday, July 1 st 12:05PM Joseph Pickering (Jackie Karnes) Saturday, July 2 nd 4:00 PM For all Parishioners Sunday, July 3 rd 8:30 AM Frances C. Mikush (Shirley Scott Parmelee) 11:00 AM James J. Burns (Wife, Margo) MINISTRY SCHEDULE Saturday, July 2, 2016 4:00 PM: Extraordinary Ministers of Communion A. Maloney, R. Coates, M.J. Wojtowicz, A. Brunick Lectors E. Koons, C. Kellar Altar Servers A. Young, P. Pritchard, S. Pritchard Sunday, July 3, 2016 8:30 AM: Extraordinary Ministers of Communion R. Motyka, P. Motyka, D. Prutzman, T. Walker Lectors F. Josephs, A. Walker Altar Servers N. Powell, J. Bozek, 11:00 AM: Extraordinary Ministers of Communion K. Narcum, P. Roan, S. James, J. Karnes Lectors R. Burns, M. Burns Altar Servers N. Rokosz, Jacob Rokosz, Jonathan Rokosz June 26 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21 Gal 5:1, 13-18 Lk 9:51-62 (99) June 27 St. Cyril of Alexandria Am 2:6-10, 13-16 Mt 8:18-22 (377) June 28 St. Irenaeus Am 3:1-8, 4:11-12 Mt 8:23-27 (378) June 29 Sts. Peter & Paul Acts 12:1-11/2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18 Mt 16:13-19 (591) June 30 The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church Am 7:10-17 Mt 9:1-8 (380) July 1 Blessed Junipero Serra Am 8:4-6, 9-12 Mt 9:9-13 (381) July 2 Am 9:11-15Mt 9:14-17 (382) July 3 Is 66:10-14c Gal 6:14-18 Lk 10:1-2,17-20 Or 10:1-9 (102) If you are unable to fulfill your obligation, please find a replacement
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Adult preparation for the Sacrament of Initiation. If you know of anyone who might be interested in inquiring about the Catholic Faith, call the parish office or Maureen Dillon at (570) 779-9874. Classes are generally held on Sunday mornings after the 8:30 AM Mass. Baptism of Infants: Parents requesting Baptism for their children should make an appointment with the Pastor to begin the process. The months of preparation before the birth of a child are the appropriate time to plan for the Sacrament. Catholic Marriage: Diocesan Policy states that those considering celebrating the Sacrament of Marriage must meet with the pastor at least six months before any desired wedding date. Please call the office to schedule an appointment with the Pastor. Communion for the Homebound: We invite homebound parishioners who wish to receive Holy Communion to call the office. Hospital Visitation: Please notify the Parish Office if you or a loved one is hospitalized as the hospital no longer notifies the parish. If a patient would like to receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation or Anointing of the Sick or if he or she would just like a visit, please call the office to make arrangements. Prayer for Life Father and maker of all, you adorn all creation with splendor and beauty, and fashion human lives in your image and likeness. Awaken in every heart reverence for the work of your hands, and renew among your people a readiness to nurture and sustain your precious gift of life. Grant this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God Forever and ever. Amen. If you would like to purchase Altar Breads or Sanctuary Candles for a week in memory or in honor of a loved one, contact Jackie Karnes at 570-332-1176 (Monday thru Friday only) for available dates. Altar Breads are $25.00 per week and Sanctuary Candles are $15.00 per week.
PARISH EVENTS OUR PARISH SPAGHETTI DINNER WILL BE HELD ON Sunday, September 11 th, noon to 4 PM, at Holy Child Faith Formation Center. Please watch the bulletin for more information on this great upcoming event. PARISH LOTTERY Winners for the week of June 13 th : $50.00: #763 Lisa A. Brogan, #246 Barbara Glova, #786 Charlene Churnetski, #487 Marie Shevock, #475 Thomas Sweetz. $100.00: #127 Margie Novak. Tickets are available for our new Lottery which will begin on August 17 th. Please support your parish by purchasing a ticket. Thank you. USHERS CLUB LOTTERY Winners for the week of June 6 th : $25.00: #410 Mike Harper, #807 Phyllis Chicallo, #510 JoAnn Shevock, #580 Catherine Cragle, #716 Brody Shaner. $50.00: #630 Rose Mary Behm. Winners for the week of June 13 th : $25.00: #763 Ron Zaledonis, #246 Leonard Steczkowski, #786 Traci Frisbie, #487 Ceil Kukish, #475 Brody Shaner. $50.00: #127 Diane Faul. BAPTISM CLASS SCHEDULE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR July 6 th September 7 th November 2 nd All classes begin at 7PM and are held in the Holy Child Faith Formation Center Come and spend some quiet time with Jesus! Opportunities for Adoration are available every Wednesday from 9AM to 4PM; times are broken into one hour shifts. If you are interested please contact Joan Kaye @ 570-779-2998. Because of the dwindling number of people for Adoration we have changed the time. ALTAR FLOWERS Last weeks altar flowers were given in memory of Leon Kopko by the family. AUGUST 14 TH, PARISH PICNIC MUSIC MINISTRY If you are interested in joining the choir and/or becoming a cantor please see Bill Loyack after Mass or call him @ 570-885-4307. SHARE YOUR GIFTS WITH YOUR PARISH Adult Altar Servers for funerals and/or daily Mass, plus additional adults are needed to pray the funeral Vigil Prayer Service at funeral homes. If interested, please call the rectory office. POPE FRANCIS EVANGELIZATION PRAYER INTENTION That opportunities may increase for dialogue and encounter between the Christian faith and the peoples of Asia.
PARISH MINISTRY CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER Next food distribution, Thursday, June 30 th, 9am 11am. The Christian Service Center is in DIRE NEED OF CANNED FRUIT, DRIED PASTA, PEANUT BUTTER, JELLY, CEREALS & JUICES. PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY The Prayer Shawl Ministry has distributed 901 shawls. The Prayer Shawl Ministry is always in need of additional hands to stitch. Please call Dona @ 570-771-6316 for time and place of next get together. GIVING A MEMORIAL GIFT TO YOUR PARISH WHEN THERE IS A DEATH OF A LOVED ONE AND MAKING YOUR WILL: Have you ever considered giving a monetary gift to your parish in memory of a deceased loved one at the time of death or later on? It s a beautiful expression of love for both the person who died and your parish. We always need money to enable us to continue to accomplish the mission of Jesus and for the general upkeep of our parish properties. Please consider this unique expression of giving in lieu of flowers, Mass cards and other expressions. When making your Will, remember All Saints Parish & the good that can come because of the legacy you leave your parish. Monetary donations would be gratefully appreciated if made to the Parish Building Fund, The Christian Service Center, Parish Cemeteries or All Saints Catholic School Education Fund, to be used by a family or families who need assistance with sending their child to a Catholic School. Thank you. MINISTRY OF PRAYER Please always remember to pray for those in our nation s military; for firefighters, police and EMT s. Please also pray for all in the Parish who are ill or in any way distressed, especially those who have asked for prayers: Lainee Sweeney, George, Irene, Nathan Grey, Eugene, Mark, Emma, George, Joseph, John & Danielle. If you or a loved one would like to be on the parish prayer list, please notify the office. If you are calling for someone else, please make sure you have that person s permission to publish their name in the bulletin. Our parish gratefully acknowledges the following donations: ~ In memory of Ann Januszewski by Sharon Mazurek ~ In memory of Eleanor Hogan by Pirillo Family MASS IN REMEMBRANCE OF VICTIMS OF VIOLENT OR TRAGIC DEATH The Diocese of Scranton if offering the annual Mass in Remembrance of victims of violent or tragic death. This Mass is offered for the families and friends of those who have died in tragedy, especially through murder, suicide and accident. The Mass is scheduled for Thursday, July 14 th, at 7:00PM, in St. Peter s Cathedral, 315 Wyoming Ave., Scranton. All persons who have lost a loved one through tragic and traumatic death are invited to this liturgy. Registration forms are available at the parish office or Diocese of Scranton s website, www.dioceseofscranton.org.
HELLO SUMMER WEEKLY STEWARDSHIP June 18 & June 19 Offertory: $5574.00 Loose Collection: $230.00 Candles: $286.00 Clergy Care: $2.00* Cemetery: $6.00 Energy: $627.25 Catholic Education: $3.00 Church Maintenance: $10.00 Easter: $25.00 Christian Service Center: $25.00 Catholic Comm. Campaign: $34.00* Total: $6822.25 Thank you! Your stewardship and generosity toward your parish is greatly needed and appreciated. *Last week s Diocesan Collections amounted to $36.00 which is sent directly to the Diocese of Scranton ALL SAINTS PARISH YOUTH NEWS 570-779-5323 allsaints66francis@comcast.net www.facebook.com/allsaintsplymouth Twitter: @aspyouthmin www.allsaintsplymouth.com There will be no youth group meeting on June 29 th. We will resume our regular schedule on July 6 th. Light the Fire Youth Rally, June 29 th, at Misericordia University. This day-long event is open to all students 8 th grade and up. This year s Light the Fire will feature speaker Chris Padgett and music by Full Armor Band. Bonfire, July 9 th, 4-8 pm
STATEMENT BY BISHOP BAMBERA REGARDING TRAGIC SHOOTINGS IN ORLANDO The senseless violence that has invaded our world all too often in recent years yet again confronted us in the early hours of Sunday morning, June 12, with the slaughter of scores of innocent people in Orlando, Florida. I first heard of the tragic news shortly after my airplane landed in southern California, where I was about to begin a week of meetings of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Needless to say, as with so many of you, I have been consumed with this tragedy. It is beyond imagining and well beyond what should be expected in a civilized nation like our own. As an act of terrorism, the Orlando shootings have created for us as Americans an uneasy solidarity with suffering souls in our own land and in far too many places around the world. This act, like so many others, defies logic, generates fear and causes us to question if there can ever be a place of true security and peace for ourselves and the entire global community. As an act of hatred, the massacre in Orlando sadly reminds us of the worst consequences of discrimination and prejudice, even while the precise motives of the perpetrator of these shootings are still being analyzed and may never be fully known. Every human life unequivocally deserves to be treated with respect and dignity, including those members of the LGBT community who were so barbarically killed. Our faith demands that we denounce hatred and never single out an individual or group as in any way less deserving than others of human respect, regardless of who they are, what they believe or how they choose to live their lives. This tragedy has brought us to a new moment of awareness in our lives. Most immediately, it calls every person to combat more vigorously than ever the anti-gay prejudice that exists within our country and even, sadly, among some people of faith and members of our own Church. And in this era fraught with division and anger, the sad events that unfolded in Orlando challenge us as a nation to resolve to treat every woman and man regardless of sexual orientation or identity, religion, race or country of origin with equal dignity and respect. In his remarks on the tragedy, Pope Francis said, We all hope that ways may be found, as soon as possible, to effectively identify and contrast the causes of such terrible and absurd violence which so deeply upsets the desire for peace of the American people and of the whole of humanity. There is no doubt in my mind that this hope of Pope Francis reflects the prayers that flow from my heart and yours. As a nation, may we finally begin to set aside our differences and work together to eradicate violence, doing all that we can to create a culture of peace. As a people of good will, may we tear down walls that divide us and truly recognize one another as brothers and sisters. And as Christians, may we join our prayers with those of countless numbers of faith-filled people from around our world for the sake of the victims, their families and friends, first responders and all those affected by this senseless tragedy.
All Saints Parish Worship Committee Minutes Worship Committee June 7, 2016 o Attending: Fr Jacek, Mary Burns, Rosemary Coates, Helen Nowak Gabriel, Jan Gabriel, Jackie Karnes, Doreen Kolojechick, Pat Merman, Kathleen Narcum, John Sipper Sr., Fred Weaver 1. OPENING PRAYER- led by Chairperson Jan Gabriel 2. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING accepted as written 3. CURRENT ISSUES/UPDATES a. Ministry of Music Jan Gabriel for Bill Loyack i. noted that choir did re-group for Pentecost service and sang together at 8:30 mass. Choir will continue to provide group effort for selected church holidays in the future. ii. mention made to possibly do more recruiting during a Donut Sunday. b. Art & Environment- Helen Nowak Gabriel i. Called out that we are now in church s season of ordinary time and that décor should be simple & green. May continue to use floral bouquets from funerals if they fit the season and are appropriate. But for most part the green theme will prevail. ii. Discussed potential for adjusting the side-statues, as favorable comments made to placement of statue of Mary ion front of church for month of May. It was decided by group vote that the statue of Mary will remain in the front (on ambo side) and that the St. Joseph statue will be placed in front on the other (cantor) side of church. Statues to replace Mary & Joseph on the sides will be St. Patrick and St Theresa of the Little Flower. iii. Mention made of temperature in church being too cold last couple of weeks and Fr Jacek indicated that it iv. has been corrected. Mention made of security measures at church and that maybe we should implement a camera/recorder system. Fr Jacek thought that this would be too expensive based on his previous experience, but that new security measures have been/will continue to be implemented (i.e. new keys, new guidelines for what doors to be locked, etc.) c. Service Ministries: i. Altar Servers- John Sipper Sr. for John Jr. -- Father mentioned that new altar server training will be conducted for all CCD classes. ii. iii. iv. Eucharistic Ministers Rosemary Coates -- 11am mass is in need of ministers. Kathy Narcum helping out. Lectors Mary Burns -- All going well with scheduling of Lectors. Ushers/Greeters John Sr. --New procedure being used for the process of presentation of the gifts part of mass to be used by all ushers as specified by Fr Jacek. 4. OLD BUSINESS/PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED a. There have been instances of unauthorized people (even minors) entering the altar area (kids blowing out candles) and the sacristy. This continues to be a problem, even to the extent that minors are washing/rinsing vessels used at mass. Fr. indicated that this needs to be better controlled. Instructional signs are now up in the sacristy. b. Pictures from main liturgical holidays will be posted to parish website. We will use a main camera for consistency. Helen Gabriel to provide picture-taking and will get images to John Sipper Jr for publishing on website. John Sr will be back-up 5. NEW ITEMS a. There will be a CLEAN OUT DAY sometime in next couple of months. The memory room will be cleared-out, the adjacent closet cleaned/tidied, and the items in the rectory moved out and into one of these areas in the church basement. All of the liturgical seasons should have designated areas for those particular decorations/adornments. June 21 set as day to preview the church grounds for potential items to be discarded. A sub-committee lead by Fr Jacek will view the rectory, church, and school grounds for the items to be discarded and then plan for a day-of-disposal. Will need volunteers to assist. b. Fr Jacek mentioned that all graduates from the parish will be given a New Catholic Bible at the graduation mass service in June. There will be a few extra copies ordered if anyone is interested in purchasing one. c. Next meeting -- September 6 @ 7PM in church rectory. Have a great summer. Thank you all for your dedication to this committee! 6. CLOSING PRAYER Group; Our Father
ALL SAINTS PARISH July 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 PARISH OFFICE CLOSED 5 6 9am-4pm Eucharistic Adoration 6PM PARISH COUNCIL 7pm Baptism Class 7 8 9 4-8pm Youth Group Bon Fire 10 11 1pm Friendship Club 12 11am Silver & Gold 7:30pm K of C #984 13 9am-4pm Eucharistic Adoration 14 15 16 17 18 6pm K of C #11901 19 20 9am-4pm Eucharistic Adoration 21 22 23 24 Baptism Sunday 25 1pm Friendship Club 26 7:30pm K of C #984 27 9am-4pm Eucharistic Adoration 28 9-11am CSC 29 30 31 TRINITY HOUSE SENIORS MEET EVERY WEDNESDAY @11AM ALL SAINTS YOUTH GROUP MEETS EVERY WEDNESDAY @6PM Boy Scouts meet every Thursday @6pm. HCFFC = Holy Child Faith Formation Center CSC = Christian Service Center Miraculous Medal Novena Prayed on Tuesdays Novena to St. Jude Prayed on Thursdays