Sunday, April 1, 2018
Pentecost Palm Easter The Twelfth Most Sunday Holy Sunday June of of Trinity June the Ordinary Passion Resurrection 4, 2017 of Time 11, the 2017 June of Lord the -Lord March 25, Saint 2017 - April 25, Andrew Saint 2018 1, 2018 the Saint Andrew Apostle Andrew the Saint the Parish Apostle Andrew the Apostle Parish the Apostle Parish Parish Page 2 Stewardship is a way of life. Tithing is God s Plan for Giving: March 18, 2018 Tithing Income $7,573.65 Tithe $ 757.37 Actual Income $6,816.28 Weekly Budget $7,900.00 Poor Box $ 22.79 Children s Offerings $ 11.00 The Sunday after Easter is Divine Mercy Sunday April 8, 2018! As parishes throughout the country are encouraged to join together in prayer and adoration seeking God s mercy for ourselves and for our nation for offenses against life, marriage, and religious liberty, this year we will celebrate the Divine Mercy Sunday Service together as the Missionary of the Sacred Hearts family at Saint Rita s in Blue Ridge Summit. 1:00pm Adoration 1:30pm 2:00pm Confessions 2:30pm Readings & Homily 3:00pm Divine Mercy Chaplet 3:30om Benediction From Creation, God has revealed his nature as love itself, in Sacred Scripture and most perfectly in the life, Passion, death and Resurrection of his Son, Jesus. Come join us in seeking God s infinite mercy! No CCD Today, April 1, 2018 Easter Egg Hunt following the 11:00am Mass on Easter Sunday, April 1 for all children ages 0-12. Office Closed Monday, April 2 Next Weekend, April 7/8, 2018 CCD Classes Sunday 9:30-10:45am for Kindergarten High School 10:50 thru 11am Mass for 3yr & 4yr Preschool Minister Schedule If you are unable to serve, please find a substitute. Thank you. Saturday, April 7, 5pm: EMHC Carmen Krawczak, Laurie Vogler, 2 Needed; Altar Servers Knights of the Holy Temple, Ernie Skehan, Michael Skehan, Andrew Woodring; Lector Robert Prato, 2 Needed; Gift Bearers Mary Skehan, 2 Needed; Greeters 2 Needed Sunday, April 8, 8:00am: EMHC Judy Baker, Rick Baker, 2 Needed; Altar Servers 4 Needed; Lector Robert Lawn; Gift Bearers 3 Needed; Greeters 2 Needed Sunday, April 8, 11:00am: EMHC 4 Needed; Altar Servers Clementine Quesada, Joseph Quesada, Sam Quesada, 1 Needed; Lector Sarah Stansfield; Gift Bearers 3 Needed; Greeters 2 Needed Please volunteer for the needed spots on the Ministry Schedule on the Website. Statues in the Church In viewing some of the pictures of the Sanctuary of the Church from years past, statues of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Saint Thérèse held a prominent place in addition to Our Blessed Mother and Saint Joseph. I am not sure of the reason why they were removed over the years, however, we know as Catholics that they help us to recall what we are meant to be, namely Saints in glory. With this insight in mind, I would like to return to this timeless teaching of the Church, and once again have some statues present in the Sanctuary and other locations. If anyone feels moved to offer donations for the purpose of helping in this effort, please kindly place an offering in an envelope marked Statues, and place in the collection basket any Sunday. Thank you. COME HOME TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH! Have you been away from the Church for a while? Have you ever thought about returning? No matter how long you have been away and no matter the reason, we invite you to consider renewing your relationship with the Catholic Church. Please join us for a six-week series that begins Tuesday, April 10, from 7-8:30 p.m. at St. Joseph's Parish Hall on DePaul Street in Emmitsburg. For more information, contact Mary Myers (301) 639-0686 or myersmary@ymail.com. You may also contact the Rectory at (301) 447-2326 or stjosephemmitsburg@comcast.net. Please contact us if you are interested in attending but unavailable Tuesday evenings scheduling is flexible.
Seventh Pentecost Seventeenth Sixth Second Palm Easter The Twenty-First Third Fifth Most Transfiguration Sunday Holy Sunday June in of of Body of Lent Ordinary Easter April the Lent Easter May Passion of and Resurrection - March the -Ordinary February Blood 4, (Sunday Time Lord 2017 of 18, 4, the 30, -of 18, August 28, February 2018 Time Christ of Lord 25, 2018 2017 the Divine 2018 July -Lord June March August 6, 4, 11, Saint Mercy) April 2017 30, -2018 25, 18, 2017 Andrew 27, Saint 2018 1, 2017 2018 Andrew the Saint 23, Apostle 2017 Saint the Andrew Saint Apostle Parish the Andrew the Andrew Parish Apostle the Apostle the Parish Apostle Parish Parish Page 3 23 Mass Schedule Holy Saturday, March 31 8:00PM Evening Prayer (School Hall) 8:30PM Easter Vigil Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, April 1, 2018 8:00 AM For the People / Pro Populo 11:00 AM For the Intentions of Laura & Joseph Shull Monday within the Octave of Easter, April 2 8:00 AM John Jobes Tuesday within the Octave of Easter, April 3 8:00 AM Ed Snodderly Wednesday within the Octave of Easter, April 4 8:00 AM Margaret F. Rocks 7:00 8:00 PM Confession Thursday within the Octave of Easter, April 5 8:00AM The Deceased Members of the Thomas White Family Friday within the Octave of Easter, April 6 8:30AM Holy Hour & Adoration 9:30AM John Jobes Saturday within the Octave of Easter, April 7 8:00AM For a Special Intention 3:30 Confessions Mass of Anticipation 5:00 PM Eleanor T. Zisa Divine Mercy Sunday (Second Sunday of Easter), April 8, 2018 8:00 AM For the People / Pro Populo 11:00 AM Ann Werzyn The Sanctuary Candle reminds us of the presence of Jesus Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament. It burns this week Walter & Jean Fleagle on the occasion of their 62nd Wedding Anniversary. In the kindness of your prayers, please pray for the repose of the soul of Paul A. Schur & Marie Wishard. May their souls and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. To our new parishioners Tony & Pat Vasaio and Mike & Anna Cox. Please do your part to welcome them into the Saint Andrew Community! This week: 4/1: Steve Pugh & Family, Ray Paris; Julian Lawrence, Anthony Barbarino, Margo Moran; Raylynn Gladhill, Jo Willard, Stan McElhaney, Jim Barnes, Paulette Remick, Judy Huber; Bill Beyier, Dawn Bowders, Bernetta Patridge, Robert Topper, Paul Doty, Becky & Jeffrey Schreck, Jr., Marie Keen; Ronnie Starry, Paul E. Decker; Don Breinich; Eileen Duke; Woodard Poper, Nicole Lyons; Louise West; Carolyn Krouse, Monica Wishard, Liz Jobes, Betty Powers, Ralph & Gladys Wetzel, Dorothea Peters, Eliana Bettwy, Catherine Hinkle, Charles Gladhill, Joe Adams, Seth Stine, Helen Hemler, Donna Krietz, Emma Loomis; Prayer List Policy: To help focus our prayers, names are kept on the list for one month. If someone is still in need of prayer, notify the office to list them for another month for as long as prayers are needed. Easter Flowers in Memory of Jerry Hemler, Ray & Mary Hemler, Gregory & Nellie Lawrence, Albert & Nancy Weaver, All Souls, All Clergy, Sr. Vera Teresa. Members of the Gulla Family, George Ringenary, Madeline, Ringenary, Joseph W. Sullivan, Peggy Jo Sullivan, Clara M. Kooherr, Ernie Angels, The Ivins Family, Schuyren Familie, Diane Smith, Deceased Members of the Shetter/Brandt Family, Russell & Lula Brezler & Deceased Family Members, Max & Esther Sulanke & Deceased Family Members, Hugh & Margaret Rocks, Ellen Rocks Fulton, Donald Miller, Robert & Alfaeretta Stafford, Margaret Hoffman, Robert Myers, William Whittington, Sr., Raphael & Regina Hockenberry, Dorothy & Dominick DeLise, Antoinette & Francesco DeLise, For the Intentions of Teresa Walten, For the Intentions of Janet & Frank DeLise and Liz DeLise, Troy Stemen & Children; Blazina Family, Rimpfel Family, Deceased Members of the Stefanic & Stepanic Families, Zisa Family, Mary Pagano, Laurito Family, Perque Family, Gulino Family, All Souls in Purgatory, Margaret Bonfadini, George & Betty Jo McCormack, Charles F. Pyatt, Frank H. & Therese Schindler, Dorothy B. Willhide, J. Edward Bowling, H. Albert Willhide, Lucy S. Bowling, Neva N. Willhide, The Bassett & Gaus Families; Olivia Scout Bowling, Joe & Beryl Bowling; Helen & Richard Moran, Guy Stewart, Mr & Mrs Frank Caruso, Fran Erickson, Leona Skoboe, Pat Berube, Betty Hutchinson, Mike Phillip; Jean O Brien, Mike O Brien; Helen Carson, Robert McCleaf, Bernard Lison; Mary Foster, Tammy Green; Shirley Geoffroy; Gail Hilmer; William Krouse, Robert Haberthur; Bernard Kline, Josephine Kline, Johnny Kline; Helen Caron, Maurice Caron, Gerard Caron, Jordan Tosten, Barry Tosten, Cindy Caron, Karen Caron; Charles Stephanic, Sr., Deceased Members of the Bingman & Yutzy Families; Morris Family, Robert Morris, Paula Morris, Ernest Angle; Robin Barrows, Lila Maria Figueroa, Don Teofilo Arenas, Mario Navarra, George Van Millett, Ethel Blaine Millett; Janet Biser Freeman, Mr & Mrs Gilbert A. Freeman, Sr. Family, Mr & Mrs Frank A Sanders Family, Mr. & Mrs. Cleveland Freeman Family; William & Marie Baker, Linda Baker, Deceased Members of the Danyluk & Broderick Families.
Seventh Sixth Second Palm Easter Twenty-First Third Fifth Sunday April in of of of Lent Ordinary the Easter April the Lent Easter May Passion Resurrection 9, - March -2017Saint Ordinary February (Sunday Time of 18, 4, the 30, -18, 28, February 2018 Time Andrew of Lord 25, 2018 2017 the Divine 2018 -Lord March August the 4, 11, Saint Mercy) April -Apostle 2018 25, Andrew 27, Saint 2018 1, 2017 Parish 2018 Andrew the Saint 23, Apostle 2017 Saint the Andrew Saint Apostle Parish Andrew the the Andrew Parish Apostle the Apostle the Parish Apostle Parish Page Parish 6 Page 4 24 SOCIAL OUTREACH MINISTRY Our next Social Outreach meeting will be Monday, April 9, when we will review yearly projects and future meeting calendar; and look at the Forty-two Ways to Practice the Corporal Works of Mercy pamphlet published by Liguori Press. SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2018 A NIGHT AT THE RACES! To benefit Saint Andrew School This year s event will be held at the Waynesboro Country Club and feature an elegant two-entrée buffet, a silent auction, and horse races! Admission tickets are $20 each (includes buffet). Tickets will be available for purchase soon after Masses and at the school office. Saint Andrew s Youth Group Upcoming Events Laser Bowling April 7 th from 9:30pm- Midnight Hershey Park June 2 nd. If your youth is interested in attending any of these events, please contact Jen Nelson at standrewsyouth316@gmail.com. Spirited Singles Wednesday, April 4, 9am Singles, divorced & widowed men & women. Join us for breakfast or just coffee & fellowship at the Velvet Café. More info-john 717-552-9681. Vacation Bible School will be held June 11 15 from 9am until noon here in the parish. If you are interested in helping, please contact Peg Wagaman for more information. VBS is open to children ages 4 (by September 1, 2017) through current 6 th graders. Registration will take place during the month of March. Generosity to the Lenten Appeal, motivated by faith, is a gift of charity and an expression of the Lord s gift of salvation. Once more, thanks to all of you who have already participated in the Bishop s Annual Lenten Appeal. To date we have raised $39,500 toward our goal of $62,700 which is $23,200 short of our goal. We prayerfully ask all of you to contribute. If you have not yet made a gift to the Bishop s Annual Lenten Appeal, please do so today. Every dollar raised over our goal will be kept in our parish. God bless you. FRUIT SALAD SUNDAY First Sunday Food Focus for April Since Easter falls on the first Sunday in April, we will have our food focus on the second April weekend instead. In order to better balance our food donations for Waynesboro Community and Human Services, the Social Outreach Ministry is asking you to focus your donations on fruits. Examples include nonperishable (canned or dried) peaches, pears, pineapple, mixed fruit, applesauce, and raisins, as well as boxed fruit juices. Were you married in 1968? In honor of your 50 th Wedding Anniversary, there will be a special Mass and reception on Sunday, July 8, 2018 at 2:00pm at Good Shepherd Parish in Camp Hill. Bishop Ronald W. Gainer will be the celebrant. To receive an invitation, please contact the parish office, ext 5, by April 13 if you are celebrating your 50th Wedding Anniversary this year. Mark your calendars for the CCW Yard Sale, June 7 8! Think of us when doing your spring cleaning and drop off your items in the School Hall on June 6 & 7. Please place the items in boxes if possible. For questions or further information, please contact Jo Spigler, 717-977-8672; Kathy Osbourn, 717-352-3472. Church Cleaning Tuesday, April 3, 8:30 am. Volunteers always welcome and appreciated. Please come and help! Harrisburg Diocesan Council of Catholic Women Scholarship Fund The Harrisburg Diocesan Council of Catholic Women is offering a $1,000 scholarship to a Catholic Senior Girl for her freshman year at an accredited college, university, or trade school. Applicants must be sponsored by a Mother or Grandmother/ Guardian who is a member of a Parish Council of Catholic Women, is a resident of the Harrisburg Diocese, and must meet all conditions established by the Scholarship committee. Anyone interested in applying should contact Joyce Scott, Scholarship Chair, 717-737-0927 or email joynbob10@aol.com. The application deadline is May 1, 2018.
Seventh Pentecost Seventeenth Sixth Second Palm Easter Twelfth The Twenty-First Third Fifth Most Transfiguration Sunday Holy Sunday June in of of Body Trinity June of Lent Ordinary Easter April the Lent Easter May Passion of and Resurrection - March the -Ordinary February Blood 4, (Sunday Time Lord 2017 of Time 18, 11, 4, the 30, -of 18, August 28, February 2018 Time 2017 June Christ of Lord 25, 2018 2017 the Divine 2018 July -Lord June March 25, August 6, 4, 11, Saint Mercy) April 2017 30, -2018 25, 18, 2017 Andrew 27, Saint 2018 1, 2017 2018 Andrew the Saint 23, Apostle 2017 Saint the Andrew the Saint Apostle Parish the Andrew the Andrew Parish Apostle the Apostle the Parish Apostle Parish Parish Page 6 5 25 Sunday, April 1, 2018 Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8; John 20:1-9 Easter morning must have been a confusing, even frightening time. Jesus had just been killed by the state, an imperial occupying power. Most of the disciples had scattered. Now when Mary of Magdala comes to pay her final respects, she find the tomb empty. It might be hard for us to imagine, but apparently the early disciples did not understand that Jesus was to rise from the dead. Tough they had been with Jesus during his earthly ministry, they were unprepared for this victorious act of God over death itself. To us, the resurrection of Jesus is a central point of faith. For them, it seems to have been wholly unexpected. The gospels are remarkably candid about this embarrassing fact. But are we ready for God to conquer death in our lives? Or is this something wholly unexpected as well? Each of us has experienced loss, and sometimes it can be comforting to hold on to this loss. We want to visit the tomb. We remember the way things were. We see the burial garments are left in the tomb, as a symbol of a past that is no longer present. The disciples will never experience Jesus in the same way. His earthly ministry is over. Something new is in store and it is something wholly unexpected. With respect to our own personal losses, those moments will never be the same. God will bring something new, wholly unexpected from those crises. In this as in the other gospel accounts, the first indications of Jesus resurrection were the discovery of the empty tomb. The appearances of the risen Jesus came later. Initially the women discovered the tomb empty, pondered its meaning, and reported to the remaining disciples. Only the Beloved Disciple, likely the eyewitness behind the Fourth Gospel, was one who believed upon finding the tomb empty. No other disciple did. But for most disciples, the empty tomb was not enough. Thus the risen Jesus appears. We see similar movements of faith in our own lives. We find our own empty tombs, signifiers of something greater. But often we do not grasp the full meaning until later, until something equivalent to a resurrection appearance. Let us be attentive to the empty tomb signs and experiences in our lives that leave us pondering, wondering how God is acting in the world. It could be that we will experience a resurrection, new life from death, meaning from loss. From Living Liturgy Dear Parishioners, As I celebrate my first Easter at Saint Andrew s, it is with great joy in my heart that I proclaim: Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! This is what we celebrate on Easter Sunday, the joy of Christ risen and alive in our midst. Easter is a most glorious time of the year, a time of happiness, rejoicing and triumph. God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son, and the Son so loved us that He gave Himself for our salvation. Without sacrifice there is no love, without the Cross there is no Crown of Victory. This is the day the Lord has made: let us rejoice and be glad (Psalm 118). This then is the Joyful Good News: Christ by his death and resurrection has conquered sin so we may live. The Resurrection is the foundation and cornerstone of our faith. As St. Paul says, if Christ has not been raised, then our hope is in vain, and our faith too is in vain (Cf. 1 Cor 15:14). We have just spent 40 days in the Season of Lent, living the disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving to enable us to be able to make the statements proclaimed above. The Scriptures during Lent are provided by the Church to help us to look honestly at ourselves under the light of God s truth and love, and to see how the effects of sin, which separate us from God, are conquered and defeated by the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. May we live as people deeply touched by the resurrection and proclaim: Christ is risen, Alleluia! May our encounter with the risen Lord on our journey of faith touch us deeply and transform us as He did for His Disciples. May the resurrection lead us to be who God created us to be, namely His children; committed to live out our Baptismal covenant, and strengthened by the grace of the Sacraments. My prayer for you this Easter is that you live as people deeply touched by the resurrection and proclaim: Christ is risen, Alleluia, Alleluia! May Our Risen Savior bless you with the peace and confidence of our holy faith which allows us to share in such magnificent mysteries. Please be assured that I will remember you and your loved ones in the Masses I am privileged to celebrate on Easter Day. Father Robert
Seventh Pentecost Seventeenth Sixth Second Palm Easter Twelfth The Twenty-First Third Fifth Most Transfiguration Sunday Holy Sunday June in of of Body Trinity June of Lent Ordinary Easter April the Lent Easter May Passion of and Resurrection - March the -Ordinary February Blood 4, (Sunday Time Lord 2017 of Time 18, 11, 4, the 30, -of 18, August 28, February 2018 Time 2017 June Christ of Lord 25, 2018 2017 the Divine 2018 July -Lord June March 25, August 6, 4, 11, Saint Mercy) April 2017 30, -2018 25, 18, 2017 Andrew 27, Saint 2018 1, 2017 2018 Andrew the Saint 23, Apostle 2017 Saint the Andrew the Saint Apostle Parish the Andrew the Andrew Parish Apostle the Apostle the Parish Apostle Parish Parish Page 5 6 6 Monday, April 02, 2018 Monday within the Octave of Easter Acts 2:14, 22-33; Matthew 28:8-15 A young monk chided his novice master for having prayed at the Easter Monday Mass, On this Easter day... Certainly, you should have sung in this Easter season, the novice explained. After all, Easter is over. The wise older priest pointed out much more gently than deserved that Easter Day itself lasts eight days, a full week, and only then do we move into the Easter season. Like the obliteration of the reign of death that Easter is, time itself is set on its head. Like the wedding day that, in many cultures, is simply too overflowing with joy to be contained in a single 24 hours, the spirit of hope that is Easter will not be confined. May it rise in your heart this Easter Day! Tuesday, April 03, 2018 Tuesday within the Octave of Easter Acts 2:36-41; John 20:11-18 Sometimes, in the least suspecting places, we can find miracles. For Mary Magdalene it was a tomb where she had gone to weep and grieve the death of Jesus. But instead she found life. She experienced the risen Jesus and became the first person to proclaim that to the world. Somehow in the midst of her grief and sense of loss, Mary left a tiny space for hope that allowed her to recognize the voice of Jesus as he called her name. The possibility for miracles great and small is with us every day. Leave open a space within your heart you just may hear your name being called. Wednesday, April 04, 2018 Wednesday within the Octave of Easter Acts 3:1-10; Luke 24:13-35 The disciples walking the road to Emmaus after Jesus death were disappointed they had expected from him something other than what they saw, and they assumed his mission had failed with his death. There is a lesson in that, taught by Jesus later in the same story when he breaks the bread and opens their eyes: Our expectations can blind us to the blessings right in front of us. Keep your expectations in check and you might find all you could ever hope for, and much more, right in front of your eyes. Thursday, April 05, 2018 Thursday within the Octave of Easter Acts 3:11-26; Luke 24:35-48 The Acts of the Apostles, which we read throughout the season of Easter, is a riveting account of faith, courage, healings, conversions, and a miraculous escape from prison. It is the story of how God, through the power of the Holy Spirit, intervened in the lives of Jesus disciples to ensure the spread of his word throughout the world. The courage of the first followers of Jesus is truly inspirational. Take some time to read Acts this month. Then consider: In what ways is God inviting me to live more courageously? What is keeping me from responding to that invitation? Friday, April 06, 2018 Friday within the Octave of Easter Acts 4:1-12; John 21:1-14 Meeting friends for breakfast is such a delight. There s something about the morning meal together that makes life feel good. The story of the risen Jesus inviting his friends to breakfast strikes that familiar note of unity and peace. Yet the disciples named in the story were all characters that had crossed Jesus in one way or another: Peter the denier, Thomas the doubter, Nathanael the cynic, and the Zebedee brothers, who persisted in their childish sibling rivalry. The morning repast was a reconciliation service and a nice way to start the day. Let that same spirit of unity and reconciliation begin your day today. Saturday, April 07, 2018 Saturday within the Octave of Easter Acts 4:13-21; Mark 16:9-15 Sometimes you have to do what s right even in the face of opposition. Whether it s no reward at best or open hostility at worst, the world around you doesn t always approve of what you know to be the best thing. The apostles ran into the same problem in fact, they were on both sides of it. When the religious authorities ordered them not to speak or teach in Jesus name, they refused to obey. On the other hand, when Mary Magadalene came to some of these same disciples with news of the risen Jesus, they did not believe her. Of course it s unwise to always reject what others think of you. But when faced with a difficult situation, ask God for the wisdom and the strength to do what is right and good. BLESSING OF THE HOME AT EASTER WITH HOLY WATER BRINGS THE POWER, PEACE AND LOVE OF JESUS TO THE HOME. You are welcome to take a holy water container filled with Easter Water, which was blessed during the Easter Vigil, along with the prayer card for the blessing of the home at Easter. All the rooms in your home and all members of the family should be sprinkled with the holy water and blessed. The remainder of the water can be placed on the home altar. Alleluia Christ is Risen!