Holy Sepulcher 1304 E. CRUIKSHANK ROAD BUTLER, PA 16002 www.holysepulcher.org Email: hsc.office@zoominternet.net Phone: 724-586-7610 Office Hours: M F 8 am 4 pm A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust PAGE 1 HOLY SEPULCHER PARISH BUTLER, PA CATHOLIC CHURCH February 11, 2018 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Bishop of Pittsburgh Most Rev. David A. Zubik Pastor Father Robert J. Cedolia MASS TIMES Saturday... 4:00 pm 6:00 pm (beginning May 5, 2018) Sunday... 8:00 am & 10:30 am Daily Mass times can be found under Mass Intentions RECONCILIATION After the Saturday evening Mass. BAPTISMS Baptisms are held twice a month (call the parish office for dates). Attendance at a pre-baptism class is required. WEDDINGS Arrangements must be made six months in advance. All couples are expected to take a Pre-Marriage Preparation Program. ANOINTING OF THE SICK After any Mass or by calling the Parish Office to schedule. PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Holy Sepulcher Parish is a warm, welcoming, faith-filled family dedicated to following Jesus Christ through Scripture and the Traditions of the Roman Catholic Church. United through Baptism, nourished by the Eucharist and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we are committed to serving our brothers and sisters. We welcome all to join us as we celebrate the joy and mystery of the empty tomb. NEW PARISHIONERS Welcome to Holy Sepulcher! To register, go to: http://www.holysepulcher.org/about-us/newparishioners or contact the Parish Office.
PAGE 2 FEBRUARY 11, 2018 SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME DIRECTORY Bishop of Pittsburgh Most Rev. David A. Zubik Father Robert J. Cedolia, Pastor rjc78@zoominternet.net Deacon: Mr. David S. Miller davidscottmiller@zoominternet.net School Principal: Sister Anna Marie Gaglia, CSJ 724-586-5022; principal@holysepulcher.org School Assistant Principal: Ms. Ashley Blystone ablystone@holysepulcher.org School Secretary: Mrs. Lydia Smith 724-586-5022; school@holysepulcher.org Director of Faith Formation: Sr. Benita DeMatteis 724-586-7276; hsfaithformation@zoominternet.net Admin. Assistant of Faith Formation: Mrs. Rachael Horstman hs2faithformation@zoominternet.net Coordinator of Youth & Young Adult Ministry: Ms. Joni Mulvaney 724-481-1232; holysepym@gmail.com Directress of Music Ministries Ms. Madlyn DeRito 724-694-9210; deritoma@hotmail.com Business Manager: Mrs. Joan Tosto 724-586-7610; hsc.joan@zoominternet.net Admin. Assistant to the Pastor and Safe Environment Coordinator: Mrs. Joanne Castello 724-586-7610; hsc.joanne@zoominternet.net Parish Secretary: Ms. Dana Knox 724-586-7610; hsc.office@zoominternet.net Parish Pastoral Council: Mr. Raymond Schratz - Vice Chairperson Prayer Chain Requests: 724-586-7610 or hscprayerchain@gmail.com Sign up for Online Giving at www.holysepulcher.org. (Mobile app also available.) Mass Intentions & Schedule Mon., Feb. 12, 2018 7:30 am Donna Smith Dave & Deb Busin Tues., Feb. 13, 2018 7:30 am Doris Doran Kim & Jon Conner Wed., Feb. 14, 2018 Ash Wednesday Mass Wed., Feb. 14, 2018 Ash Wednesday Mass Wed., Feb. 14, 2018 Ash Wednesday Wed., Feb. 14, 2018 Ash Wednesday Mass 7:30 am Wallace Warner Emily Cunningham 9:00 am Dolores Worcester Jo, Ray & Aaron Gaul 5:00 pm No Mass Distribution of Ashes 7:00 pm John V. Pastorek Pat & Tony Palermo Thurs., Feb. 15, 2018 7:30 am John Szymanowski David & Jamie Smith Fri., Feb. 16, 2018 9:00 am Robert Miros Rick & Donna Miros Sat., Feb. 17, 2018 4:00 pm Rosalie Steigerwald Theresa & Michael Eury Sun., Feb. 18, 2018 8:00 am For the People of Holy Sepulcher Sun., Feb. 18, 2018 10:30 am Tom Wolf Bernie & Jacque Cinski Deceased Sunday Reflection : Mark 1:40-45 We may not like it, but generosity and risk often go handin-hand. At least, that's what Jesus shows us in today's Gospel as a leper approaches him for healing. Until the nineteenth century, lepers were shunned to the margins of society for fear of spreading the disease. To touch a leper was to risk becoming unclean yourself. In today's Gospel, Jesus defies convention. "Moved with pity, he reached out his hand, [and] touched him." The leper is healed! But this is not the only risk Jesus takes. Before Jesus heals the man, he knows full well the desperate nature of his situation. Jesus knows that this man will be overjoyed upon being healed and that he just might tell everyone he knows. For a Messiah looking to temporarily fly under the radar, healing this particular leper might not be the best idea. Jesus heals anyway. It can be easy to become calculated in our giving. If I go out of my way to help this person, how will it affect my reputation? How will this charitable donation affect my budget? How could I possibly make time to volunteer regularly? In today's Gospel, Jesus casts these concerns aside. He touches the untouchable. He reaches the unreachable. For his efforts, he receives a betrayal of his request for silence. "The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter." Before long "it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly." Jesus is forced to remain "outside in the deserted places." It would appear, perhaps, that he is unable to accomplish his mission. When we take a risk to be generous, things might not follow the prescribed path. We might be disappointed. We also might be surprised! Our witness to radical generosity is attractive to a world in desperate need. Indeed, when Jesus took risks for love, "People kept coming to him from everywhere."
FEBRUARY 11, 2018 SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME PAGE 3 LENTEN REGULATIONS Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD, your God. For gracious and merciful is he, slow to anger, rich in kindness. (Joel 2:12-13) Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent is less than two weeks away This beautiful season calls each one of us to true conversion. The penitential season of Lent calls all of us to acts of repentance through prayer, fasting and alms giving. Since Lent retains its ancient penitential character, the faithful should be reminded to make the entire Lenten season a period of special observance through the three practices of prayer, fasting and alms giving. 1. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. The Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence in the United States. 2. The obligation of abstinence (refraining from eating meat) begins at the age of 14. The law of fasting (limiting oneself to one full meal and two lighter meals) obliges all between the ages of 18-59. No one should consider this obligation lightly. 3. Those individuals who have a medical condition in which fasting may be considered harmful are not obligated to fast, but should perform some other act of penance or charity. 4. Pastors and parents are to see to it that minors, though not bound by the law of fast and abstinence, are educated in the authentic sense of penance and encouraged to do acts of penance suitable to their age. 5. All members of the Christian Faithful are encouraged to do acts of penance and charity during the Lenten season beyond what is prescribed by the law. 6. As a general rule, a request for a dispensation from the obligation of abstinence on Fridays of Lent will not be considered unless some serious reason is present. The attendance at social events, banquets, wedding rehearsals or receptions or funeral wakes are not considered sufficient reason to request a dispensation. Ash Wednesday Reflection The key word for the day is turn. The prophet Joel cries out the words of the Lord: Even now, return to me with your whole heart. This turning manifests itself in outward signs: fasting, almsgiving, prayer. But the essential turning is inward. Rend your hearts, not your garments. Those who fast and pray and give alms in order to be seen turn not to the Lord but to human acclaim and approval. The reward they seek is the reward they receive. But those who turn to God without seeking approval even from themselves, who give without letting the left hand see the right, allow God to measure the recompense. Your Father who sees in secret will repay you (Matt. C:4; cf. 6:6,18). The mystery is this: integrity cannot be bought. It is a gift. Turn to him, Joel says, and perhaps he will turn to you and leave behind him a blessing (cf. Joel 2:14). Human turning in selflessness hopes to meet God s free turning in blessing. For it is characteristic of God to relent, to turn. Jonah knew this and fled from his commission to preach repentance to the hated Ninevites. Is this not what I said? I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, rich in clemency, loathe to punish (cf. Jonah 4:2). However, the turning of God is always a surprise, always out of proportion to the gift of the rent heart. His people turn in fasting and prayer; he turns with the gift of life. At the climax of his turning, God made him who did not know sin to be sin that he might turn us to be the very holiness of God. He turned to take our nature that we, who did not know righteousness, might live by his life. We are a new creation, reconciled to God through Christ. Now the ministry of that gift has been entrusted to us. We are ambassadors for Christ, ambassadors of reconciliation. In Christ God has turned to us that we might turn to each other and all together return to him. CHURCH MINISTRY SCHEDULE Feb. 17, 2018 4:00 pm Eucharistic Ministers K. King K. Lutzic C. Matta D. Matta K. Orban S. Peito D. Wilson N. Yarnot Dcn. Dave Proclaimer A. King Altar Servers J. Macri D. DeLong Feb. 18, 2018 8:00 am Eucharistic Ministers J. Ewing R. Ewing A. Farrell B. Gillis T. Gillis G. Gillis R. Gillis M. Johnson Dcn. Dave Proclaimer M. Fox Altar Servers J. Schratz D. Schratz Feb. 18, 2018 10:30 am Eucharistic Ministers J. Hartman A. Hutchinson B. Kearny J. Markus P. Palermo D. Smith J. Smith L. Stearns Dcn. Dave Proclaimer Life Teen Altar Servers H. Hughes Q. Hughes Weekday Altar Server 2/12-2/16: A. Stickney Volunteer Server needed for the Wednesday Mass. Stations of the Cross2/16: A. Stickney, B. Stickney, & P. Stickney THIS WEEK AT HOLY SEPULCHER: Ladies of Charity Meeting Sun., Feb. 11 at 1:00 pm Life Teen Sun., Feb. 11 at 6:30 pm Girl Time Mon., Feb. 12 at 9:00 am Life Teen Movie Night Mon., Feb. 12 at 6:00 pm RCIA Mon. Feb. 12 at 6:30 pm Chinese Auction Meeting Mon. Feb. 12 at 7:00 pm Finance Committee Meeting Mon., Feb. 12 at 7:00 pm Life Teen Discipleship Group Tues., Feb. 13 at 7:00 pm Ash Wednesday, Wed., Feb. 14 Rosary Prayer for Peace & Intentions Wed., Feb. 14 at 6:30 pm Choir Rehearsal Thurs., Feb. 15 at 6:00 pm Life Teen Hangout Thurs., Feb. 15 at 6:00 pm Computer class Thurs., Feb. 15 at 7:00 pm Women s Fellowship Thurs., Feb. 15 at 7:00 pm Fish Fry Fri., Feb. 16 at 4:30 pm EDGE Sat., Feb. 17 at 5:00 pm
PAGE 4 FEBRUARY 11, 2018 SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AROUND THE PARISH WEEKLY OFFERING Regular Collection: Sunday, February 4, 2018 (292) Envelopes Loose (35) Online Total $9,575.18 $2,943.25 $1,982.00 $14,500.43 Parish Maintenance Fund: $550.00 FROM THE PASTOR Parish Share Assessment for 2018: this week, the Annual Parish Share Program Campaign will begin in our parish. Our theme this year is We Are The Church Alive! The message to share is one of discipleship. By learning Jesus, loving Jesus, and living Jesus we become his disciples, and we help to make other disciples for Jesus. We are on a mission to bring God s love to everyone. Each parish is given a goal, a commitment to meet. The assessment for Holy Sepulcher Parish is $99,0796.00. The people of God of Holy Sepulcher are encouraged to give $300.00, per family. This is the same amount we asked for last year. We ask you to use the pledge system of $30.00 down and $30.00 / month, for nine months. You may wish to pay the full amount of $300.00 immediately or each month, you will receive a reminder in the mail from Our Sunday Visitor Envelope Service, marked Parish Share. This is the suggested method of payment. For those of you who find these suggested amounts to be too high, I ask you to give what you can afford without hardship. Others of you have indeed been very blessed by God and are capable of giving more than what is suggested. It is because of your generosity, from the largest gift to the smallest gift, that we will continue to meet our Parish Share Goal. HOLY SEPULCHER WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES Today is World Marriage Day. Congratulations to the married couples who will be celebrating their 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 or more or other Special Wedding Anniversary in 2018: Grace Kolander-Shaw and Ralph Shaw - 5 years Paul and Amy Blakely - 15 years Bonnie and Jeremy Waldenville - 20 years Bill and Jane Roth - 40 years Gary and Suzanne McGarrity - 41 years Dan and Pauline Severino - 42 years Rich and Cindy Loncaric - 42 years Chuck and Delores Seelbaugh - 45 years Linda J. (Domiano) Spotts and Richard D. Spotts, Sr. - 50 years Edward and Mary Hoerner - 50 years Dr. Daniel and Susan Przybylek - 52 years Bernie and Nancy Yarnot - 55 years Charles and Nancy Kaczmarek, Sr. - 56 years Sharon and Robert Kearney - 56 years Lawrence and Ausonia Petrilli - 57 years Paul and Eileen Slomer - 60 years Jim and Jeannine Zoeller - 61 years Jacqueline and Bernard Cinski - 63 years James B. and Margaret Hutchinson - 64 years Jerry and Marge Shrum - 65 years ASH WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE: Wednesday, February 14 Mass: 7:30 am, 9:00 am & 7:00 pm (Distribution of Ashes at all Masses.) Ashes will also be distributed at 5:00 pm (Service of the Word - no Mass.) LENTEN PENANCE SERVICE: Monday, March 19 at 7:00 pm STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Each Friday during Lent, February 16 - March 30 at 7:00 pm FISH FRYS: Each Friday during Lent (including Good Friday) February 16 - March 30 4:30-7:00 pm LOCAL FOOD BANK Did you know the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank serves nearly 360,000 people annually, including 76,000 children and 92,000 seniors age 60 and older? Support your local food bank by donating. Please leave all donations in the coat room marked Food Bank. Ladies of Charity Reminder: Ladies of Charity will meet today (Feb. 11) at 1:00 pm in the Youth and Young Adult Center. If you would like to contribute to the Valentine s treats for Colonial Gardens, please bring a package of individually wrapped valentine s candy. Applications will be available for those who wish to be installed on April 29; if you want to be installed, but cannot attend today, please contact Josie Monteleone at 724-283-8717 to obtain an application. The St. Vincent de Paul Society is an international society founded by Frederic Ozanam, a French priest who spent his life ministering to the poor & under privileged in Paris, France. The organization was named after the patron saint, St. Vincent de Paul. Donations put in the Poor Box in the back of the Sanctuary support this cause. If you would like to be a part of this outreach organization, contact the parish office.
PAGE 5 HOLY SEPULCHER PARISH BUTLER, PA HOLY SEPULCHER SCHOOL We re more than just a School, We re Community. We re Family. Sister Anna Marie Gaglia, CSJ, Principal www.holysepulcher.org/school 724-586-5022 school@holysepulcher.org EDUCATION NEWS FAITH FORMATION Sr. Benita DeMatteis, Faith Formation Director hsfaithformation@zoominternet.net Mrs. Rachael Hortsman, Administrative Assistant hs2faithformation@zoominternet.net 724-586-7276 Feb. 11 Faith Formation Classes 9:10 and 11:40 CGS 9:10 Feb. 11 Children s Liturgy of the Word 10:30a.m. Feb. 12 RCIA in Faith Formation Office 6:30p.m. The sufferers of leprosy in today s First Reading and Gospel were not necessarily sinners, but the illness that caused them to be labeled unclean can serve as a metaphor for the sins that burden us. On Ash Wednesday this week we begin the Lenten season our time to pay attention to our ongoing conversion. There is surprising hope in remembering you are dust and to dust you shall return, because it reminds us that God is in charge. When we approach God with humility and repentance, we invite God to live in us anew. Give up something to help you grow in faith and charity. Purposely replace your anger toward drivers with a blessing. Set up a place in your home for family or household prayer during Lent. Pray together and bless one another as you move through Lent. Lots of Love Last year we did a service project called Lots of Love, in which students and staff members donated items for chemo care bags for cancer patients. We were able to complete 75 bags. We had a wonderful response from the recipients, and one grateful patient got his organization to give us a $500 donation to expand the project and reach more patients this year. This year, during Catholic Schools Week, when our students put together their "Lots of Love" bags, we had a goal to triple the number of bags made. Each bag contained about 6 items that will help the cancer patients feel more comfortable and loved during the process of chemotherapy. The students made cards with a special personal message of faith and hope for the person. It is our hope that the thoughtfulness and love by our students and families will be felt by each person receiving the bag. Through generous donations, we were able to meet our goal of 225 Lots of Love Bags. These bags will go out to the local hospitals, to patients undergoing cancer treatments. Now Accepting Applications for the 2018-2019 school year Every child deserves an effective, challenging, and motivating education. We are now accepting applications for all grades (Preschool-8th grade) for the 2018-2019 school year. Please contact Kristine Marsico at 724-586-5022 or advancement@holysepulcher.org. The point of today s Gospel reading is that the coming Kingdom of God is not about excluding sinners but welcoming them and treating them with compassion so that they can be healed. In Paul s letter to the Corinthian community he tells them that whatever individuals decide to do about kosher regulations and the like, they should seek to do what is best for others to the glory of God and the salvation of all. Think of a time when you were able to set aside cultural or religious expectations in order to do what was most beneficial for another. How did your action glorify God? I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the Joy of salvation. PRE-BAPTISM CLASS: First-time parents are asked to attend a Baptism Preparation class. For information or to sign up for a class, contact the Faith Formation Office at 724-586-7276 or email: hsfaithformation@zoominternet.net.
HOLY SEPULCHER PARISH BUTLER, PA PAGE 6 YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT AND COMMUNITY www.holysepulcher.org/lifeteen Coordinator of Youth & Young Adult Ministry: Ms. Joni Mulvaney holysepym@gmail.com; 724-481-1232 Like us on Facebook Holy Sepulcher Life Teen Follow us on Instagram: Follow@youthofholysep Greg Gillis, Coordinator holysepedge@gmail.com Youth Ministry for 6th-8th Graders Follow Us On Instagram: @holysepedge 6th, 7th and 8th Graders: Our next EDGE Night is: Feb. 17th from 5-7pm in the YYAC LAWBREAKER! Bring your friends, invite your enemies. We need your help! Join us for our annual service project helping at the Fish Fry every Friday from 4:15-7pm in the cafeteria. First one is Feb. 16th! Please consider helping for a few hours. COMING SOON: February 17, March 3,17 April 7,21, May 5,19 Coordinator of Youth & Young Adult Ministry: Ms. Joni Mulvaney holysepym@gmail.com; 724-481-1232 Like us on Facebook Holy Sepulcher Young Adult Ministry Upcoming Events Sun. 2/11 5:45-8:00 pm Urban Air Trampoline Park* Mon. 2/12 6:00-9:00 pm Movie Night Monday Tues. 2/13 7:00-9:00 pm Men s Discipleship Group Thurs. 2/15 6:00-9:00 pm Bible Study & Hangout Sun. 2/18 6:30-8:30 pm Life Night Tues. 2/20 7:00-9:00 pm Women s Discipleship Group *Permission Slip Required
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