BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHEDRAL Mother Church and Parish of the Diocese of Greensburg The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time January 28, 2018 Coat of Arms of The Most Reverend Edward C. Malesic, J.C.L. Bishop of Greensburg Valentine s Family and Friends Dinner - Dance Friday, February 9, 2018 from 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Hose Company Number One, McLaughlin Dr. Greensburg, PA No tickets will be sold at the door. Tickets on sale in the Parish Office and after all Masses in the Church vestibule the weekends of January 27/28 and February 3/4. Great Music from DJ Larry with lots of fun and dancing! BYOB Basket Raffle and 50/50 Raffle DINNER MENU Broasted Chicken, Hot and Sweet Sausage, Stuffed Shells Scalloped Potatoes, Rice Pilaf Fresh Salad, Rolls / butter Assorted Cookies Soft drinks / beer will be provided. BYOB We are currently planning for the schedules which will cover the months of March and April. If you are aware of times when you or your child will be unable to be scheduled please email Julie in the office no later than MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5. Email Julie at jstauffer@dioceseofgreensburg.org. All unavailable times need to be in by February 5 so that the information can be sent to the schedulers who prepare the schedules. Please remember that sign up sheets for Holy Week and Easter will be available in the sacristy. We need everyone to assist and help at all Masses during this Blessed and Holy Season. While the Catholic Church s Social teaching is a rich treasure of wisdom about living lives of holiness amidst the challenges of modern society, it has also been called the Church s best kept secret. During Three Monday evenings in Lent, Deacon Bill Hisker will explore the scriptural foundations of the core social teachings of the Catholic Church as outlined by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The series dates are February 26, March 12 and March 19. The meetings will run from 7:00 PM until 8:30 PM. Come and enjoy the fellowship of others and discover the best kept secret in the Catholic Church. You need not be Catholic to attend, so why not invite your Non-Catholic friends? If you plan to attend, please call the parish office so we can plan for refreshments and seating arrangements. Parish Office Hours Monday- Friday 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Phone (724) 834-3710 Fax (724) 834-1518 Greensburg Catholic Cemetery Office Hours Monday-Friday 8:00 AM 4:00 PM Phone (724) 836-4384 300 North Main Street Greensburg, PA 15601 Aquinas Academy Phone (724) 834-7940 Website www.blessedsacramentcathedral.org Online Giving: www.blessedsacramentcathedral.org Sacrament of Reconciliation Every Saturday at 11 AM till completed, or any time by appointment. Daily Rosary Monday - Friday 11:30 AM Daily Mass Schedule Monday - Friday 12:10 PM and Saturday: 8:00 AM Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil: 5:30 PM Sunday: 7:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:30 AM, 7:00 PM Holy Day Vigil Mass 5:30 PM
SPIRITUALITY Deuteronomy 18:15-20 At the people s request, God pledges to work through prophets as intermediaries. Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 7-9 We are reminded of our tendency to withhold our hearts, as at Meribah and Massah. 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 Paul urges the Church to follow the Lord without distraction. Mark 1:21-28 The crowds are astonished at Jesus teaching and how he backs it up with authority. In acknowledging the Real Presence of Christ, the Tabernacle Candle will burn from January 27 through February 2 in loving memory of Judith Massari from Margaret George. On the 40 th day after Christmas the Church celebrates the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. In the gospel, Simeon calls Jesus a light to the nations, and so this day is also Candlemas, a feast of lights on which candles used during the liturgical year are blessed. Tapered candles for your home will be available in the vestibule of the Church throughout the week after they are blessed on Friday, February 2 during the 12:10 Mass. 2 candles per box / Suggested donation: $3.00 box The tradition of blessing throats began at a time when the Church s calendar was filled with blessings for the saints days. Many of these are no longer practiced, but somehow the custom of blessing throats survived. Two candles are held in the shape of a cross, and the candles are touched to the neck. Join us on Saturday, February 3 at the 8:00 AM Mass as we will celebrate the blessing of throats. Saturday, January 27, 2018 Saint Angela Merici, Virgin and Religious Founder 8:00 AM Special Intention for Ellen Cobetto (Cobetto) 5:30 PM Joseph Shoplik (Son and Family) Sunday, January 28, 2018 The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00 AM For the Living and Deceased Members of the Parish 9:00 AM Mary Manning (John Manning - Husband) 11:30 AM Rosemary Schimizzi (Schimizzi Family) 7:00 PM Elizabeth Lazor (Extended Family Members) Monday, January 29, 2018 12:10 PM Eleanor Konieczny (Mr. & Mrs. Andy Kocinski) Tuesday, January 30, 2018 12:10 PM Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Patrick (Mr. & Mrs. Quentin Martin) Wednesday, January 31, 2018 Saint John Bosco, Priest 12:10 PM Albert and Agnes Priest (Thomas and Kathleen Priest) Thursday, February 1, 2018 12:10 PM Eleanor and Ross Butch (Son) Friday, February 2, 2018 The Presentation of the Lord Blessing of Candles 12:10 PM Ghislaine, DiBiasi and Hess Families (Phil and Judy Sinclair) Saturday, February 3, 2018 St. Blaise, Bishop and Martyr Blessing of Throats 8:00 AM Chester, James and Anna Lapa (Agnes Lapa) 5:30 PM Barbara Krenicky (Andrea and David Raimondo) Sunday, February 4, 2018 The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00 AM For the Living and Deceased Members of the Parish 9:00 AM Joseph F. Keenan (Eleanor - Wife and Family) 11:30 AM Magdalena and Herman Vallozzi (Children) 7:00 PM Helen Mikan (Andrew and Tish Mikan)
In order to meet our budgetary needs, Blessed Sacrament Cathedral requires an average of $18,000 per week in the regular offertory collection. Sunday Offertory $14,186.00 Votive Candles $281.00 Families receiving envelopes 1,635 Envelopes used this week 312 Parishioners using Online Giving 76 Thank you for your continued support to Make your 2018 contribution a bit easier by checking out the Online Giving website at www.osvonlinegiving.com/584. If Online Giving is not an option for you, please consider writing a check for added security as opposed to putting cash in your weekly envelope. Just a reminder that each month the St. Vincent de Paul Society purchases 675 rolls of toilet paper to distribute to our food pantry. This is enough to give 168 families four rolls of toilet paper. However, the pantry serves 280 families. We need your donations to make up the difference. Please consider donating toilet paper, paper towels and Kleenex or napkins to our paper collection next weekend when you come to Mass or stop by to pray during the week. Add a little something to your shopping list now so you can donate at the end of the month! Thank you for your continued support! Beauty and the Beast St. Vincent College Student Theater, Robert S. Carey Center Student Production Spring Musical Directed by: Greggory Brandt Sunday, February 18 at 2 PM. Tickets will be purchased individually at the door for $12.00. The group will meet in the lobby at 1:30 so that all can sit together. Feel free to join the group in the Dining Hall for dinner afterwards. RSVP to Katie in the parish office for a head count only by Feb. 14 th. Letters to Sala by Arlene Hutton Seton Hill University Performing Arts Center, Ryan Theatre Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 2PM. For a group of 5 or more tickets will be $10. Senior rate for a smaller group will be $11.00. Please RSVP to Katie in the Parish Office to this event by March 12 th to ensure ticket price and purchase for our group. Call Katie at the Parish Office at 724-837-3710 or email at kzuzik@dioceseofgreensburg.org The rosary is prayed Monday - Friday beginning at 11:30 AM in the Church. Everyone is invited to participate. If you wish to retain your Christmas decorations from your loved ones graves, please remove the decorations by Thursday, February 15. Anything left in the cemetery past February 15 will be discarded by cemetery staff. Thank you for your cooperation. The Stations of the Cross begin in only 3 WEEKS! Stations of the Cross begin on Friday, February 16 and run every Friday for 6 weeks ending on Friday, March 23. Stations begin at 5:30 PM. We are asking any groups, organizations, youth ministry, Faith Formation classes, council groups and those who meet on the grounds regularly and/or families to consider participating in leading the Stations. We need volunteers to assist with the Stations of the Cross and your assistance would be greatly appreciated. We will need: one reader, one - two people to carry the candles, one cross bearer each Friday during Stations. Give an hour of your time this Lenten season with a friend, family members or groups within the Church /organizations and lead those in prayer. Call Julie in the parish office at 724-834-3710 if you or your group are available, your gift of time would be greatly appreciated.
WEEKLY INFORMATION AT A GLANCE Sunday, January 28, 2018 Valentine diner-dance tickets will be sold after weekend Masses. 10:10 AM Aquinas Academy Open House 6:00 PM Youth Ministry Monday, January 29, 2018 1:30 PM St. Thomas Aquinas Mass [Church] Tuesday, January 30, 2018 7:00 PM SVdP Meeting [FC-EAS] Wednesday, January 31, 2018 9:00 AM Bible Study [Social Hall] 7:00 PM Cathedral Choir Rehearsal [Church] 7:00 PM Bible Study [Social Hall] Thursday, February 1, 2018 7:00 PM Women s Faith Sharing [FC-EAS] Friday, February 2, 2018 12:10 PM Blessing of Candles [Church] Saturday, February 3 2018 6:45 AM Catholic Men s Fellowship Meeting [Social Hall] 8:00 AM Blessing of Throats [Church] Sunday, February 4, 2018 10:10 AM Faith Formation 6:00 PM Youth Ministry You are invited to join Bishop Malesic on an inspiring and amazing Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, October 1-11, 2018. This pilgrimage includes visits to Tiberias, Nazareth, Cana, the Sea of Galilee, Jerusalem, Bethlehem & more! Please contact Father Willie Lechnar, Director of Pilgrimages at 724.552.2645 or via email at wlechnar@dioceseofgreensburg.org. Space is limited! FOCUS ON TODAY. In today s gospel reading, the people were amazed and asked one another, What is this? A new teaching with authority. He commands even unclean spirits and they obey him. You will notice that Jesus teaching is always consistent. There is no flip-flop. And there is no division between his words and his actions. Jesus lived as he taught, and whatever he said and did was a reflection of his love. No wonder his contemporaries were amazed. Jesus authority came from his consistent refection of his Father s love and harmony that existed between his words and actions. Those are the compelling reasons that draw our hearts to follow him in faith. May our actions be in harmony with our words, as Jesus actions were with God s. Let us pray that God gives us the strength to be consistent as Jesus was; let us pray that Jesus shows us how to imitate him according to his plan for each of us, so that we may become who we were created to be. Spring for the Ring - St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church is sponsoring a Spring for the Ring fundraising event on Friday, February 2, 2018. The event begins at 6:00 PM with an antipasto bar & Cash bar, followed by a pasta with meatball dinner at 7:00 PM. One lucky winner will have a diamond ring in their meatball! Following dinner will be dancing, 50/50, basket auction, crystal bake sale and cash bar. Tickets are $25 and may be obtained at the parish office or after all masses. For more information, contact the parish office at 724-864-6364. Pre-Lenten Night at the Races on Friday, February 2 from 7:00 PM at St. Vincent Grove (Doors open at 6:30 PM ) $15 at the door includes refreshments. Must be 21 years old to attend. 50/50 Raffle - Basket Auction Strip Tickets. Purchase a horse for $25 and receive 2 entry tickets. If your horse wins a race, you win $50! Contact Holly @ the Parish Office 724-539-8629, x10. Proceeds benefit Saint Vincent Parish. Painting with a Purpose to benefit Catholic Charities Feb. 6. Catholic Charities will host a fundraiser Painting with a Purpose from 6-8 PM at Painting with a Twist, Greensburg. Doors open at 5:30 PM. The event is for people over the age of 18. Cost is $35. Register at www.paintingwithatwist.com/studio/greensburg/event/1293155. CM-BBT is a medically based, scientifically researched, highly effective NFP method that safely promotes personal health and wellness of body. CM-BBT invites better marriages, enhances couple communication and encourages mutual respect and responsibility. This NFP Method can be used to avoid, postpone, plan or achieve pregnancy. The next Natural Family Planning CM-BBT Method INSTRUCTION is scheduled for MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2018 beginning at 6 PM at the Catholic Charities office in Greensburg. Participants are required to attend only ONE session. The instruction, continued support and follow-up are provided by a medically certified CM-BBT Professional. Please call at least one week prior to instruction date to PRE- register. Contact Mary Ann Newhouse at Catholic Charities at 724-837-1840, X1658 for additional information or to register for this or an upcoming class. For more information about Natural Family Planning and the CM-BBT Method, visit www.ccharitiesgreensburg.org and link into Natural Family Planning under Services. Reservations are now being taken for the annual flea market sponsored by the Rosary Altar Society of Our Lady of Grace Church. It will be held Saturday, April 28, in the parish hall, 1011 Mount Pleasant Road, Greensburg. Cost for tables is $15 for one; $25 for two. For table reservations, please call Debby at 724-836-1019 and leave a message that includes your name and phone number. Saint James Parish New Alexandria, Sock Hop Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 6:00 PM - Saint James Social Hall - $20.00 Adult / $15.00 Child Under 13 (Checks made out to Saint James Rosary Altar Society). Includes: DJ Spinning the hits of the 50 s, All you can eat buffet of popular foods of the 50 s, Sundaes, Root Beer Floats and much more! Prize for the Best Dressed in 50 s style, Additional Door Prizes - 50 s Trivia Game Prize, Drag Races - Holy Name Society Members will be operating remote control cars - bet on your favorite driver to win! Reservations are requested by Saturday, February 3. Please contact the Parish Office at 724-668-2829 to RSVP. Sock Hop sponsored by the Saint James Rosary Altar Society.
The Reverend Monsignor Raymond E. Riffle Rector ext.12; rriffle@dioceseofgreensburg.org The Reverend Matthew J. Morelli Parochial Vicar ext.25; mjmorelli@dioceseofgreensburg.org The Reverend Mr. William J. Hisker Permanent Deacon ext. 27; bhisker@dioceseofgreensburg.org Katie Zuzik Pastoral Associate ext. 11; kzuzik@dioceseofgreensburg.org Kathi Probo Director of Faith Formation ext. 35; kprobo@dioceseofgreensburg.org Parish Pastoral Council Mark Bartels Andy Benedict Kelly Carr Linda Cooper David Fidazzo Kirsten Lieberum Judy McChesney John Mickinack Paul Niemiec Betty Rua Mike Rzempoluch Finance Council John Kline Judy Komarinski Ed Nemanic Nancy Rottler Nazzi Zola Christopher Pardini Director of Liturgy and Music ext. 21; cpardini@dioceseofgreensburg.org Linda DeFrancesco Financial Secretary ext.23; ldefrancesco @dioceseofgreensburg.org Julie Stauffer Receptionist ext. 10; jstauffer@dioceseofgreensburg.org Cindy Cope Coordinator of Cemetery Services ext. 16; ccope@dioceseofgreensburg.org Bill Wilson, Maintenance ext. 24; wwilson@dioceseofgreensburg.org Jan Brubaker, Custodian Contact the Parish Office; jbrubaker@dioceseofgreensburg.org Prayer Chain JoAnne Hudock 724-834-1718 SVdP Membership Betty Rua: 724-454-7107 SVdP Food Pantry 724-836-0175 Baptisms By appointment only. Please call Kathi Probo in the Parish Office or email Kathi at kprobo@dioceseofgreensburg.org at least three months in advance of the Baptism. A class for parents is required to reflect on the meaning of the sacrament, to review the ceremony, and to highlight the importance of the family s commitment to practicing the Catholic Faith. Sponsorship Forms Forms for our parish members to serve as sponsors for Baptism and Confirmation must be filled out in person at the Parish Office. To serve as a sponsor, you must be at least 16 years old and a practicing Catholic who has received Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Eucharist. If you are married, it must be within the guidelines of the Catholic Church. Please call the Parish Office to make an appointment to fill out the form. Weddings Please call Kathi Probo in the Parish Office or email kprobo@dioceseofgreensburg.org at least six months in advance. Do not set a date until you have contacted the Office of Faith Formation. Pre-marriage prep. classes are required. Contact the Office of Faith Formation for more information on classes. Become a Member of Welcome! It is a great joy to welcome new members to our parish community. Please register as soon as possible in order to participate in our various programs, ministries and activities. Just drop this form in the collection basket and we will send you a detailed registration form. If you are already a member and have changed any of your personal information please call the Parish Office or return the changes on the form below. Membership Request / Change Form Please drop this form in the collection basket or mail to: 300 North Main St. Greensburg, PA 15601 Name: Address: Contact Number: Email Address: Registration Moving Change Address/Phone