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Good Shepherd Catholic Community P.O. Box 296, Aurora, NY 13026 August 1, 2021 E-mail: [email protected] www.thegoodshepherd.cc

PARISH STAFF: REV. WILLIAM A. MOORBY - Pastor [email protected] RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COORDINATOR:

OFFICE ASSISTANT: Robin Driskel [email protected] PRAYER REQUESTS Elizabeth Harper 315-729-8962 or [email protected] Robin at 315- 364-7197

PARISH OFFICE: 299 Main Street, Aurora 315-364-7197 Mailing Address: PO Box 296, Aurora, NY 13026 Parish Office Hours (currently during Covid-19 )are Monday and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. or by appointment.

BAPTISM - Please call the Parish Office for an appointment MARRIAGE - Couples must contact the Parish Office at least six months to the celebration.

RECONCILIATION - Confessions will be held on First Fridays from 8:00am—8:45am at Our Lady of the Lake before First Friday Mass & Benediction; at St. Patrick Church, Aurora on the first Saturday of each month from 4:00pm —4:45pm and at: St. Patrick’s, Moravia, before the 8:30am Sunday Mass beginning at 8:00am.

COMMUNION FOR THE SICK AND HOUSEBOUND/ SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK - If a loved Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time one is seriously ill or would like to receive Holy Communion at home, please call the Parish Office.

How can I be a sign to others of the nourish- RCIA (Rite of Christian of Adults) - Non-Catholics ? ment I’ve found in the bread of life? interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith are invited to speak to any staff member or call the Parish Office. Updating Parish Registration Forms NEW PARISHIONERS - Welcome! Please introduce your- selves to the Parish Staff. We want to get to know you. We need to update our parish registration forms. Some of the information we have on record is out dated. We have sent out a REGISTRATION - Every family within the Parish should be mailing to each household with a registration form. It should registered. Please contact the office for a registration form. If you arrived with a letter introducing our new Director of Faith For- move to another parish, change your address or have additions or deletions to your family household, please notify our office. mation, Carlo Stebbings, and information about the Faith For- mation program. Please fill it out and include all the members of your household.

The updated information will help us to update our family data base and enable us to plan for future needs and ministries. This will be very helpful in our planning for faith formation and sacra- mental preparation. I greatly appreciate you taking the time to

GSCC VISION STATEMENT - TO LIVE BY FAITH, TO BE KNOWN BY LOVE, TO BE A VOICE OF HOPE ST. PATRICK’S ST. MICHAEL’S ST. PATRICK’S OUR LADY OF THE LAKE Aurora Union Springs Moravia King Ferry

Page Two Good Shepherd Catholic Community August 1, 2021 VITAL STATISTICS Readings for the week of August 1, 2021 Fiscal Year July 1, 2021 — June 30, 2022 Sunday: 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ex 16:2-4, 12-15/Ps July 24/25, 2021 (Week 4) collections figures 78:3-4, 23-24, 25, 54 [24b]/Eph 4:17, 20-24/Jn 6:24-35 with be reported next week. Monday: St. Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop; St. Peter Julian Thank you for your generosity each week ! Eymard, Nm 11:4b-15/Ps 81:12-13, 14-15, 16-17 [2a]/Mt Weekly Attendance ………………………………... 198 14:13-21 Budgeted Offering . . …………………………….. . $ 4,966.13 Tuesday: Nm 12:1-13/Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 6cd-7, 12-13 [cf. 3a]/Mt Weekly Envelope Offering ………………………… $ 14:22-36 or Mt 15:1-2, 10-14 Loose……………………………………………….… $ Wednesday: St. John Vianney, PriestNm 13:1-2, 25—14:1, 26- Electronic giving ……………………………………… $ 29a, 34-35/Ps 106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-22, 23 [4a]/Mt 15:21-28 Spanish Mass Offering ……………………………… $ Total weekly offering ……………………………... $ Thursday: The Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major YTD Actual Offering ...……. $ Nm 20:1-13/Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 [8]/Mt 16:13-23 YTD Budgeted Offering ….. $ 19,864.52 Friday: The Transfiguration of the Lord Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/Ps I thank you for your generous support of your parish. You can 97:1-2, 5-6, 9 [1a and 9a]/2 Pt 1:16-19/Mk 9:2-10 give your financial support either by mailing your contribution Saturday: St. Sixtus II, Pope, and Companions, Martyrs; St. envelope to the parish office or by giving electronically through Cajetan, Priest Dn 6:4-13/Ps 18: 28, 3-4. 47 and 51/Mk 17:14-20 WeShare, that can be accessed on our parish website. Next Sunday: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 19:4-8/Ps www.thegoodshepherd.cc 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [9a]/Eph 4:30—5:2/Jn 6:41-51 Because of the grumbling of the ancient Israelites, God rained down manna for bread and quail for meat to feed Mass Schedule for July 31– August 8, 2021 them in the wilderness. Food is a gift from God. Saturday 7/31 Vigil of 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time In our country of plenty, how grateful are we, as Christian Mass: 4:00 p.m. at St. Michael , Union Springs stewards, for the abundant blessings God gives us? + For Laverne Chriscaden Mass: 5:30 pm at St. Patrick, Aurora Volunteers needed! We are looking for volunteers to + For Lansing Miller & family by Mary Dunn help count the collection on Monday mornings in the parish Sunday 8/1 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time office located at 299 Main St., Aurora. If you can help Mass: 8:30 am at St. Patrick Moravia please call Robin in the office at 315-364-7197. Thank You. + For living & deceased members of GSCC Mass: 10:30 am at Our Lady of the Lake, King Ferry +For Peg Herstine by ESL Students at SCCS Monday 8/2 Mass: 9:00 am at St. Patrick Church, Aurora + For Pam Myers by Jane Jennings Tuesday 8/3 Mass: 9:00 am at St. Patrick, Moravia + For Jan Bebout Traeg KFFP Summertime Needs For the months of August-September: Thursday 8/5 Mass: 4:00 pm at St. Michael, Union Springs Kid’s Snacks pudding snack packs crackers with peanut butter + For Margie Secondo crackers with cheese granola bars fruit cups Friday 8/6 The Transfiguration of the Lord First Friday This Sunday is Fishbowl Sunday Mass: 9:00 am at Our Lady of the Lake, King Ferry + For Peg Herstine by Tom & Diane Roach Every First Sunday of the month we ask you to please take Saturday 8/7 Vigil of The 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time a slip from the Fish Bowl, purchase the item or items and Mass: 4:00 p.m. at St. Michael , Union Springs bring them back to the church the next weekend. The + For living & deceased members of GSCC items will then be brought to our local food pantries in Mass: 5:30 pm at St. Patrick, Aurora Union Springs, Moravia, and the KFFP at SCCS. + For James Hickey family - living & deceased by Mary Dunn Sunday 8/8 The 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass: 8:30 am at St. Patrick, Moravia + For Robert Kubiak This week remember the following in your Masses and Mass: 10:30 am at Our Lady of the Lake, King Ferry prayers on the Anniversary of their Deaths of those who + For Peg Herstine by Jane & Nels Johnson died on the dates August 1– August 7: James Welch 1979, James Orman 1983, William Ennis 1986, Ronald Minturn Donations to our cemeteries are always welcome. 2012, Ruth Bilinski 2013, Marjorie Nolan 2014, James

Our Lady of the Lake Cemetery— King Ferry Colgan 2017, Theodore Spiero 2010, Donald Trudell 2012,

St. Michael’s Cemetery—Union Springs Paul Hettis 1973, Claude L. Mann 2004, Cathryn Orman

St. Bernard’s Cemetery—Scipio Center 2005, David Grady 2010, Jane D. Traver 2020, Thomas St. Patrick’s Cemetery—Aurora Grady 2017, James Hickey 1983, John Heffernam 1984, St. Patrick’s Cemetery—Moravia Walter Poz 1978, Irene “Dolly Costello 2005. Checks should be made out to the cemetery for which it is intended. Thank you.

Page Three Good Shepherd Catholic Community August 1, 2021 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Diocesan priest or Religious : People have asked me at times to which religious order I belong. My answer is I am a diocesan priest. As a diocesan priest I am ordained for a particular diocese; in my case the Diocese of Rochester. When I was or- dained by Bishop Matthew Clark, I I had to take a promise to obedience to Bishop Clark and his successors. So my promise of obedi- ence is now to Bishop Matano and his successors. As a diocesan priest I can be sent to serve in any parish in the diocesan territory. Religious Order may serve in a diocese with the permission of the Ordinary (bishop) of the diocese. But they are part of a religious community and are called to be obedient to their order’s religious superior. There are many different religious communities in the church which are distinguished by a “charism” that most often reflects the of the founder of the community. In our parish we have been helped out at times by members of The Capuchin , who have a community house in Interlaken. Most recently, Father Richard Crawley, OFM Cap, has celebrated Masses for me when I have been away. Father Crawley currently serves as a Chaplin at Cayuga Correctional Facility in Moravia. People have asked what is the meaning of the letters after his name and after the names of other professed religious? The following is an answer provided by our bulletin publisher, ©LPi

Answer: The Catholic Church includes hundreds of religious communities. The priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, and of these communities (which are often referred to as “religious orders”) are committed to particular spiritual traditions and often to a particular charism (such as teaching, healthcare, social work, or pastoral care). To help identify a person as a member of a particular religious community, the custom developed of including post-nominal letters that provide a sort of shorthand for the name of the community that the priest, , sister or is part of. So, for example OSB after a person’s name would indicate that they are a member of the Order of St. Benedict (the ), just as SJ would indi- cate that a priest or brother is a member of the (the Jesuits) or RSM would show that a woman is a Sister of Mercy. Other common examples include: DC = Daughters of Charity OP = The Order of Preachers (Dominicans) FSC = The Brothers of the Christian Schools/Christian Brothers OCist = The Order of Cistercians OCD = Order of Discalced OFM = The (the Franciscans) OFM Cap = The Capuchin Franciscans OSF=Franciscan Sisters SSND = School Sisters of Notre SVD = Society of the Divine Word (Divine Word Missionaries) SC = Sisters of Charity SDS = Society of the Divine Savior (Salvatorian Priests and Brothers and Salvatorian Sisters) ©LPi

In discerning vocations to the priesthood or religious life it is important to discern if God is calling one to serve in a particular diocese or if God is calling them to a particular charism or mission that can be lived out in a religious community. For myself the call- ing I was receiving from God was to be a diocesan priest. When I heard the calling to serve I had been living in the Diocese of Roch- ester since my college days. I had been baptized in the Diocese of Albany, confirmed in the Diocese of Syracuse, and ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Rochester 39 plus years ago. And here I remain to live out my vocation. God’s blessings and peace, Father Bill You Are Cordially Invited to a Mass of Recognition of the Sacrament of Matrimony. Please join The Most Reverend Salvatore R. Matano, Bishop of Rochester and couples celebrating anniversaries of Matrimony on Sunday, August 29, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Cathedral, 296 Flower City Park • Rochester, NY 14615 All married couples and their guests are welcome to attend and renew their vows with Bishop Matano. Those celebrating milestone jubilees will be given special recognition. Please help us plan by letting us know you are coming by registering online at https:// conta.cc/3vjYs7x or emailing [email protected] or [email protected] Please note: We will be following all safety proto- cols associated with COVID-19 and details will be emailed to registrants prior to the celebration.

Additionally, the September issue of the Catholic Courier will feature a Wedding Jubilee section. If you would like your name and anni- versary (25, 50, and above) to be included, please send an email, or a letter with the following information: Names, Church, Town where you were married, wedding date/year, and a wedding photo (optional). Email: [email protected]

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