On Mission! Grouping 103 West View - Observatory Hill - Ross Township - Perrysville November 4, 2018 INCARNATION OF THE LORD PARISH 4071 Franklin Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15214 PHONE: (412)931-2911 FAX: (412)931-2832 ST. TERESA OF AVILA PARISH 1000 Avila Court, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 PHONE: (412)367-9001 FAX: (412)366-8415 www.avilaparish.org Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time ST. ATHANASIUS PARISH 7 Chalfonte Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15229 PHONE: (412)931-4624 FAX: (412)939-3516 www.stathanasiuswv.org ST. SEBASTIAN PARISH 311 Siebert Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 PHONE: (412)364-8999 FAX: (412)364-6330 www.ssebastianparish.org CLERGY Fr. John R. Rushofsky................ Administrator Fr. Michael Maranowski........ Senior Parochial Vicar Fr. Michael Zavage.................. Parochial Vicar Fr. James Dolan......................... Chaplain Fr. Leroy DiPietro.................... In Residence Fr. William Dorner................... In Residence Fr. Innocent Onuh.................... In Residence Deacon Richard Cessar Deacon Gary Comer Deacon Robert Koslosky Deacon William Palamara Deacon David Witter WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil Masses 4:00....................... St. Teresa of Avila 5:00............................ St. Sebastian 6:00........................... St. Athanasius Sunday Masses 7:30 AM.................... Incarnation of the Lord 8:00 AM....................... St. Teresa of Avila 9:00 AM........................... St. Athanasius 10:00 AM............................ St. Sebastian 11:00 AM....................... St. Teresa of Avila 12:00........................... St. Athanasius 5:00............................ St. Sebastian Complete weekday Mass schedule with intentions and confession schedule listed inside. Bulletin submissions can be sent to incbulletin@gmail.com. Deadline for submissions is 12:00 Friday (nine days before the Sunday of the intended publication). Submissions are subject to approval and space limitations. INFANT BAPTISM: To schedule a Baptism, please contact the Parish Office. Parents are expected to attend a Pre-Baptismal session. The celebration and registration for the Sacrament of Baptism will still be at the individual parishes. MARRIAGE: Dates for Marriages are scheduled only through the priest and only after an initial meeting with the couple. Church law requires a minimum of six months notice before a wedding can be celebrated. In light of the many arrangements for a wedding, the couple should contact the priest as soon as possible after the engagement is announced. INTERESTED IN BECOMING CATHOLIC: Those wishing to share in the sacramental life of the Catholic Church are invited to contact the Parish Office. This specifically applies to those wishing to be baptized, who have not previously shared in the Eucharist, who have not sought to share the sacrament of Confirmation, or those raised in another faith but now choosing to share our Catholic faith. HOSPITALIZED OR HOMEBOUND: If a parishioner is in the hospital or sick at home, please call the Social Ministry Office to arrange for a pastoral visit. Each hospital has a chaplain for emergencies. PRAYERS FOR THE SICK: Please call the Main Office or Social Ministry Office to request your loved one to be on the Prayer List. Due to HIPPA Regulations, only an immediate family member can make this request. SPONSOR LETTERS: Only active and registered members will be issued a Sponsor Letter. The Sponsor should contact the Parish Office at least one week prior to the date needed. DIOCESAN VICTIM ABUSE HOTLINE: For anyone who has been abused by church personnel, please call (412)456-3060 or 1-888-808-1235.
Pastor s Perspective Fr. John R. Rushofsky Pastor jrushofsky@saintsebastianparish.org Evil Anywhere Affects Us All The mass shooting that took place at the Tree of Life Congregation in Squirrel Hill last weekend, when 11 people were killed and others, including police officers, were wounded, was a devastating demonstration of both hatred and cowardice. As Christians, we are called to extend our prayers and comfort and whatever else we can offer to our Jewish brothers and sisters. This tragedy hits us locally in a very personal way: Richard Gottfried, husband of Saint Athanasius Parish member Peg Durachko, was among those who lost their lives while gathered in a house of worship. We extend to them and their family our deepest condolences and a pledge of our prayers and support. Let me add that this is the kind of potential disaster that gives us pastors nightmares, because we all like to think our congregations are safe in our churches. But the sad truth is that there is no place on this planet in which we are completely safe, and anyone can walk into any of our churches and gun us down. We do not have security entrances in our churches because we want everyone to feel welcome. So let s hope we don t have to go that route, but let us remain always vigilant. Grant them eternal rest, O Lord. May they rest in peace. IN OTHER NEWS: If you didn t get to the Craft Fair at Holy Cross Academy on October 20, you missed lots of excitement, fun people, many wonderful crafts, and good food. Here s hoping it becomes an annual event.daylight Savings Time ends this weekend and we gain back the hour we lost last spring as we return to Eastern Standard Time.stay tuned for more news. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: Energy is equal to desire and purpose. - fortune cookie from the Sesame Inn
NOVEMBER 4, 2018 Incarnation of the Lord Parish Information STAFF Naomi Wells, Main Office & Business Manager.... EXT 7 businessmanagerincarnation@comcast.net Marilyn Ruffner, Religious Education........... EXT 5 GUARD THOSE WHO GUARD OUR FREEDOM A1C Alexander J. Sharpe, Tina Lippert, Trevor L. McCallum, Michael Borus, Lt. Col. Katrina (Katy) Saban Coolman, Lt. Col. Joseph Coolman, Joshua Crankshaw, Dalton Dailey, Joseph Dreves, Mark Enzerra, Jason Fullmer, 2nd Lt., Andrew Geisler, Dave Gratten, Matt Hahn, Christopher Kane, Christine May, LCpl Russell L. Johnson, Alexa and Michael Brown, SFC Erin Shaw, MSgt. Shaun Seguin, Eddie McDonough, Alexandra Tew Sunday Greeters and Ushers Needed We are looking for some additional people to be ushers and greeters for the Sunday 7:30 AM Mass. Please speak to one of them if you would like to volunteer. MASS INTENTIONS are still available in 2018 at Incarnation for Sunday and weekday Masses. Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume. - St. Augustine PARISH OFFICE HOURS MONDAY........................ 8:00 AM - 4:30 TUESDAY........................ 1:00-4:30 WEDNESDAY.................... 9:00 AM - 12:00 THURSDAY...................... 8:00 AM - 4:30 FRIDAY......................... 8:00 AM - 12:00 Stewardship Offerings - Week of October 21, 2018 Regular Collection (46 Env. + Loose) - - - - - - - - $ 1,164.00 Total Offerings - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $ 1,164.00 Weekly Offerings Goal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $ 4,000.00 Deficit - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $ 2,836.00 Parish Share Parish Share Assessment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $ 39,077.00 Total Collected as of 10/22/2018 - - - - - - - - - - - $ 20,084.50 IMPORTANT MESSAGE CONCERNING OFFERTORY ENVELOPES With the new Mass schedules in place and the fact that parishioners may be now attending Masses outside of their registered parish, everyone should be aware that you can place your offertory envelope in another parish s collection (even one outside your new parish grouping) and your envelope will be sent to your parish and counted towards its collection. In fact many people don t know this practice has been in use for a while. If you write a check, please be sure make it out to your parish and to still use your envelope. Adoration at Incarnation of the Lord Church Every Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy and the Rosary start at 3:00. Christmas Discernment Retreat Where do you search for consolation? College and post-college men come to The Word Was Made Flesh: A Christmas Discernment Retreat, held December 14-16 at St. Paul of the Cross Retreat Center. This retreat will speak to the call God has placed in your life; and allow you to learn more about discerning your vocation. The weekend will include Mass, Adoration, conferences, the opportunity for Confession, and solid brotherhood. No cost. Must be 18 or older. Visit PGHPriest.com by December 7th to register. Amen to Action On the day after Thanksgiving, thousands are expected at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center to sing, pray, celebrate, and pack over one million meals for the hungry. This is the second annual Amen to Action event which inspired over 3,000 volunteers in November 2017 to pack 1,014,366 meals for their Pittsburgh community. Meals were packed using a system developed by the Meals of Hope organization and then delivered to those in need through the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. The event sold out and broke records for packing the most meals in one day in a single location. Amen to Action was founded by a group of Pittsburgh clergy and lay leaders with the shared vision: to connect people of all faiths, creating a platform of harmony, and amassing spiritual capital more potent than all the coal in the hills and steel in the mills - and in so doing, lead Pittsburgh to become a spiritual power plant for the rest of the world. The Amen to Action team invites the community of Pittsburgh to register and/or donate to the second annual Amen to Action event taking place on Friday, November 23rd at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. For more details visit https://www.amentoaction.org.
THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Mass Schedule for Thanksgiving Masses on November 22, 2018 9:00 AM at St. Athanasius 9:00 AM at St. Sebastian Anointing Mass There will be a Mass with the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick on Saturday, November 24th at 1:00 at St. Athanasius Church. 28th Annual Love Walk for the Poor All are invited to participate in Catholic Charities 28th Annual Love Walk for the Poor on Sunday, November 4, 2018. New Location - This year s event will begin at St. Peter s Catholic Church on Pittsburgh s North Shore, with Mass at 2:00 with Fr. Michael Ackerman, followed by a one-mile walk to the streets of downtown Pittsburgh, arriving at Catholic Charities in the Cultural District. While the event focuses on youth, all ages are encouraged to attend. Participants are asked to donate winter outerwear and non-perishable foods to Catholic Charities for distribution to those escaping the cold. For more information, please visit www.ccpgh.org or contact Brendan Avila at (412)456-6969. St. Teresa of Avila Craft & Vendor Spectacular Come and browse our extensive selection of gifts, home decor, and much more. Get a jump on your Christmas shopping with prices that are better than Black Friday! Plan to attend and shop til you drop! Saturday, November 10, 2018, 9:00 AM - 3:00. Vendors in both Schoppol Hall and Henninger Auditorium. $2 admission includes seven raffle tickets for the exhibitor raffle. Food trucks on-site serving breakfast and lunch! Monthly Rosary and Program Join the Spirit Refill Team at St. Teresa of Avila on Tuesday November 13th at 7:00 in the church for the recitation of the Rosary and a presentation by Fr. Chris Mannerino on St. André Bessette and his miraculous relationship with St. Joseph. All parishioners, family, friends, and neighbors are welcome. Help Holy Cross Academy Earn Money! We kindly ask you to please clip Box Tops for Education coupons and help make a difference at our school. Please clip your Box Tops, which are located on hundreds of products, and place them in the designated container found in the church narthex. They quickly add up to earn real cash for our school. We appreciate your support! GOD S LAWS God s laws are not intended to burden or torment us. Instead they are guideposts that point us in the direction of good living. Accordingly, good living requires loving God and loving one another. We should not follow God s laws out of fear of what might happen if we don t, but rather view them as a foundation for building relationships and trust with one another and with God. The Shema prayer of Orthodox Jews is based on the reading from Deuteronomy today, Hear, O Israel. Every morning people recite the prayer as a profession of their love for God and pledge their obedience to God throughout the day. They pass on their love of God to their children, from one generation to the next. Copyright J.S. Paluch Co., Inc. MUSIC MINISTRY NEWS LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR We hear the same words today in the first reading and the Gospel, so we know that they must be important. In Deuteronomy, the words are put in the mouth of Moses: Love God with your entire being. In Mark, Jesus repeats these words in answering the faithful scribe. But then he goes further, quoting Leviticus: Love your neighbor as yourself. What an appropriate time to reflect on these words as we come together with our neighbors through On Mission! NEW GATHER HYMNALS You ve probably noticed by now that all four churches have new Gather hymnals. It was necessary to get all four churches into the same common hymnal for use at liturgies. Plus, two of our churches were using Ritual Song hymnals that pre-dated the Roman Missal revision and still contained the old language. Gather is the newest hymnal edition available since the Roman Missal revision. You will soon have opportunities to memorialize these hymnals at all four buildings. Permanent bookplates will be installed inside the front cover with hymnal dedications. You will be able to personally dedicate hymnals in memory of someone who has passed, in honor of someone who is living, in celebration of a particular milestone event, or in thanksgiving for an answered prayer request. There will be several options available. This is such an appropriate time since November is traditionally set aside by the Church as the month of remembrance of our beloved dead. Stay tuned for more information. CHOIR SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEKEND: Saturday, November 10 Sunday, November 11 4:00 Mass at St. Teresa of Avila - Adult Choir 9:00 AM Mass at St. Athanasius - Contemporary Choir 10:00 AM Mass at St. Sebastian - Handbell Choir 11:00 AM Mass at St. Teresa of Avila - Cherub Choir (Grades 2-5)
This Week s LITURGY SCHEDULE for Parish Grouping 103 MON November 5 Weekday 7 AM Mass at St. Athanasius 12 Mass at St. Sebastian 12:30 Confessions at St. Sebastian following 12:00 Mass 8 AM Mass at Incarnation of The Lord 8:30AM Confessions at Incarnation following the 8:00 AM Mass 12 Mass at St. Sebastian 7 AM Mass at St. Teresa of Avila 12 Mass at St. Sebastian THUR November 8 Weekday 7 AM Mass at St. Athanasius 12 Mass at St. Sebastian 7 AM Mass at St. Teresa of Avila 9 AM Mass with Holy Cross Academy at St. Sebastian 12 Mass at St. Sebastian Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church 8 AM Mass at St. Athanasius 8:30AM Confessions at St. Athanasius after 8:00 Mass 11 AM Confessions at St. Teresa of Avila Vigil for the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 4 Mass at St. Teresa of Avila 5 Mass at St. Sebastian 6 Mass at St. Athanasius 7:30AM Mass at Incarnation of The Lord 8 AM Mass at St. Teresa of Avila 9 AM Mass at St. Athanasius 10 AM Mass at St. Sebastian 11 AM Mass at St. Teresa of Avila 12 Mass at St. Athanasius 5 Mass at St. Sebastian This Week s Mass Schedule & Intentions at St. Athanasius MON November 5 Weekday 12 Thomas V. Bonant (Mother Grace Murtha) Confessions on Monday following the 12:00 Mass. 12 Susan Capps (Teresa Gasbarro) 12 Robert Gaertner (Family) THURS November 8 Weekday 12 George McMillan (Cook/McMillan Family) 9 AM with Holy Cross Academy; Ken Roos (Roos Family) 12 Health & Well Being of Alexandra J. Olshanski (Judy Callaghan) This Week s Mass Schedule & Intentions at Incarnation 8 AM Charles P. Gorman (Marie Rohleder) Confessions on Tuesday following the 8:00 AM Mass. 730 AM Barbara Studebaker (Jim & Sandy Scherer) This Week s Mass Schedule & Intentions at St. Sebastian MON November 5 Weekday 12 Thomas V. Bonant (Mother Grace Murtha) Confessions on Monday following the 12:00 Mass. 12 Susan Capps (Teresa Gasbarro) 12 Robert Gaertner (Family) THURS November 8 Weekday 12 George McMillan (Cook/McMillan Family) 9 AM with Holy Cross Academy; Ken Roos (Roos Family) 12 Health & Well Being of Alexandra J. Olshanski (Judy Callaghan) 5 Pat Miksic (Jack & Mary Lynn Miksic) 10 AM Rita Basa (Marian Basa) 5 Betty Clare Serdy (Dtrs: Karen, Janet & Barbara) This Week s Mass Schedule & Intentions at St. Teresa of Avila MON November 5 12:30 Confessions at St. Sebastian after 12:00 Mass TUES November 6 8:30 AM Confessions at Incarnation following 8:00 Mass 8:30 AM Confessions at St. Athanasius after 8:00 Mass 11:00 AM Confessions at St. Teresa of Avila 7 AM John Yocca (Bob & Carol Raible) 7 AM Joseph Burns (JoA nn & Family) 11 AM Confessions 4 Trudy Yester (Judy Hutchison) 8 AM Maurice E. Lerch (Mary Frances & Family) 11AM Deceased Members of St. Teresa Knights of Columbus (K of C)
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