TITUS ROMAN

513 WEST MAIN STREET • TITUSVILLE, PA 16354 PHONE: 814.827.4636 • FAX: 814.827.3958 OFFICE HOURS: MON-FRI. 9AM-12PM & 1PM-4PM [email protected]

PARISH STAFF AUGUST 29, 2021 Pastor...... Reverend Walter E. Packard TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY Deacon Assistant………………………..Deacon Kevin Harmon IN ORDINARY TIME Administrative Secretary...... Sarah Oviatt Religious Education Coordinator...... Kathleen Puleo Music Ministers...... Anthony ‘T.J.’ Parks, Margaret Bernecky MASS SCHEDULE Maintenance...... Greg Tress Tuesday: 6:30 PM Wednesday: 7:30 AM St. Catharine’s Cemetery...... Bob Beauchat

Thursday: 7:30 AM Friday: 7:30 AM SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Saturday Vigil: 4:30 PM By appointment only. Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM* SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION *Children’s Liturgy of the Word is offered Saturday from 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM or by arrangement. from September - May at this Mass.

BEREAVEMENT SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING CARE AND CONCERN Please let us know when a family member or friend is ill, either Call Karen Edwards at 827-2658. at home, in the hospital, or at the nursing home.

PARISH MEMBERSHIP SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE New parishioners are always welcome! Arrangements should be made six months prior to the ceremony. Census forms are available at the Parish Office. Please contact our RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS Administrative Secretary (ext. 2) in the event of an address or phone (R.C.I.A.) number change. If you are interested in R.C.I.A, please contact our pastor.

PRAYER CHAIN FAITH FORMATION To add a prayer concern to our list, Religious instruction classes for youth take place at the Faith contact Nancy Madden at 827-9774 Formation Center on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 PM to (day) or 814-493-3841 (evening), 7:45 PM. Contact the Rel. Ed. Coordinator (ext. 4) to register. Rita Homer at 827-1541, or Darlene Aul at 827-7343. BULLETIN DEADLINE Submissions for the bulletin must be dropped off at the Parish Office or sent via e-mail no later than 10:00 AM on Tuesday. TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AUGUST 29, 2021 communicated earlier that day. Q&A: More Than Once May I receive communion more than once a This revised practice has been included in a day? more general form in the 1983 Code of Canon Law. There is no longer any mention A key insight that the church has recovered of the second Mass being in any way related since Vatican II is that participation in the to a special occasion (canon 917). Thus, Mass reaches a high point in the sharing of current church custom permits anyone to communion, an action that Christians should receive communion a second time on any consider normal and commonplace rather day, as long as the second reception of than secondary and rare.

This vital connection between one’s presence at Mass and the reception of communion is expressed in several ways, including the understanding of Mass as a sacrificial meal in which we are fed with the Lord’s body and blood, the dismissal of catechumens before the liturgy of the eucharist (they are dismissed precisely because they cannot receive communion until they are baptized), communion occurs during Mass. (Thus, this the procession with the gifts and the permission does not hold if communion is distribution of bread consecrated at the Mass being distributed outside of Mass except in rather than bread that has been reserved in the case of viaticum.) the tabernacle. The scriptures record that, at the Last As the interconnections between the Supper, said, “All of you, take and reception of communion and participation in eat...take and drink.” On those occasions the Mass became clearer, people began to when a person attends a second Mass on the wonder why individuals should be prevented same day (either by obligation or by from receiving communion at a Mass simply devotion), he or she should never hesitate because they might have received about fully participating in the celebration of communion earlier that same day. In the early the eucharist by receiving communion a 1970s, Rome changed a long-standing second time. practice and explicitly permitted those who were present at a special Mass, such as Copyright © 1997 Archdiocese of Chicago: Liturgy training Masses in which sacraments were conferred Publications, 1800 North Hermitage Avenue, Chicago IL or similar special occasions, to receive 60622-1101; 1-800-933-1800. Text by Dennis C. Smolarski, SJ. Art by Luba Lukova communion, even if they had already SAINT TITUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH TITUSVILLE, PA WEEKLY LITURGY SCHEDULE Tues.. Aug. 31 Weekday OFFERTORY REPORT 8/20 & 8/21 No Mass Envelopes $. Wed. Sept.1 Weekday Loose $ 7:30 AM Robert Gray Candles $ Thurs. Sept. 2 Weekday 7:30 AM Selma Schoppert Latin America $ Fri. Sept. 3 St. Gregory the Great, & Dr. of the Church Assumption $ 7:30 AM William & Lynch Religious Education $ Sat. Sept. 4 Weekday Total $ 4:30 PM Don Caldwell (Loretta Caldwell) Sun. Sept. 5 Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time *The offertory report was unavailable at the time the bulletin 8:00 AM Mercedes & Gervase Feldbauer (Larry & Pennie Fledderman) 10:00 AM The Parishioners of St. Titus Church was submitted* READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 29, 2021 PRAYER LIST Sunday: Dt 4:1-2, 6-8/Ps 15:2-3, 3-4, 4-5 [1a]/Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27/ Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 For our Families and Friends: Pauline Milberger, Carreena Ewing, Teddy Monday: 1 Thes 4:13-18/Ps 96:1 and 3, 4-5, 11-12, 13 [13b]/Lk 4:16-30 Muir, Nita Ashley, Brittany Johnson, Janet Anderson, Callie, Connie Phillips, Tuesday: 1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11/Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 [13]/Lk 4:31-37 Brother Timothy Waid, Pop DeMello, Elizabeth Barber, Paul Pennell, Rachel Wednesday: Col 1:1-8/Ps 52:10, 11 [10]/Lk 4:38-44 Knupp, Jean Spence, Gina Green, Todd Campbell, Ruth Goodwill, Clint, Thursday: Col 1:9-14/Ps 98:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6 [2]/Lk 5:1-11 Clifford J. Kirvan, Jessica & Family, Rita Homer, Ricky Reed, Katelyn Friday: Col 1:15-20/Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5 [2b]/Lk 5:33-39 Dougherty, Ed Schneider, Colleen Hofmeister, Lori Crawford, Mary Haas, Saturday: Col 1:21-23/Ps 54:3-4, 6 and 8 [6]/Lk 6:1-5 Donna Noel, Mary Anne Kopper, Frank & Cindy Ruppert, Maxine Gollehon, Next Sunday: Is 35:4-7a/Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10 [1b]/Jas 2:1-5/Mk 7:31-3 Joe Galletta, Tom Boyle, Ted Kubiak, Clifford Johnson, Bill See, Mary

Perkins, Drake Fellows, Frank Tomaino, Charlotte Randall, Kyle Lukowich, Sherry Lynn Beach, Zach Thompson, Kathy Obert, Steven Gratkowski, FAITH FORMATION NEWS—The current plan for the begin- Teresa F., Anna Bauer, Alex Kunz, Mike Wakefield, Jim Kocan, Linda Marsh, ning of Faith formation classes are that they will begin with a Sharon Wirkowski, Brud & Nancy Giffin, Lilly Bailey, Pat Maginnis, Tom & family pick up on Wednesday, September 8. Families will be Loretto Parres, Bill & Robin Amore, Beth Davidson, Valerie Boyle, Margaret asked to come in and complete registration information and Collins, Bill Hensler, Bill Stumpf, Barb English, Barb Gratkowski, Patrick J. Hynes, Jr., Nancy Prenatt, Don Lesko, Patrick Cartney, II, Tom Hasbrouck, families with children in grades 1-8 will pick up their Pflaum gos- Mary Ann & Michail Woolridge, Mandy Hanely, Carol Patterson pel Weeklies unit one. Parents of students in grades 9-11 will still need to come and complete the registration information and Please call the Parish Office to add or remove anyone from the pick up class schedules. There will be a $10 registration fee per prayer list. student to cover the cost of the materials. We will stagger the pick-ups to keep everyone safe. More detailed information to For our Servicemen and Servicewomen: Brock Benedict, come. Please pass this information along to other families. James Moyer, Derek Baldwin, Andrew Baldwin, Casey Bargar, Destiny Nicol, Christopher Macko, Robert Macko, Mathew A NEW SERIES—St. Titus Church and Catholic Rural Ministry Longiotti, Luke English, Cory Bemis, Kayla Barrett, Dr. will host Season 1 of the series “The Chosen”. This is a new Shevchik, Travis Pearsall, Caden Mallory, Anna original series based on the life of Jesus and seeing a Bauer, Alex Kunz, Andy Ferguson, Avallone, Matthew glimpse of his life through those who knew Him. The series will English begin on Thursday, September 9 at St. Titus Church from 6:30PM – 8:00PM, and will continue each Thursday evening Lord, hold our troops in Your loving hands. Protect them as they protect through October 28. A short discussion will follow each week us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for led by Sister Tina Geiger and Sister Marian Wehler. us in our time of need. Amen TUESDAY AFTERNOON STUDY—The ladies are excit- PRAY FOR PRIESTS: Rev. Msgr. Robert L. Brugger, Rev. Zab ed to start planning the Tuesday Afternoon Bible Studies begin- Amar, Rev. Walter E. Packard, Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. ning on Tuesday, September 7 from 12:30-3PM in the confer- McSweeney, Most Rev. Donald W. Trautman, Rev. Thomas ence of St. Titus Church. The ladies will begin this years bible Curry, O.S.B study with a “Welcome Back Party” !

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