July 25, 2021
1345 Indian Church Rd, West Seneca, NY 14224
(716) 6742374 • [email protected] • www.14hh.org • fax (716) 6754864
MASS SCHEDULE: Effective 7/10/2021 ALL MASSES WILL BE CELEBRATED IN THE CHURCH
Saturday Vigil:
4:30pm
Sunday:
7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am, 12:00pm
Weekdays:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 8:00am
Wednesday 7:00pm
Eucharistic Adoration Chapel:
Currently ClosedPlease visit our drive up Eucharistic Adoration Chapel located at the back of the Rectory
Confession: Saturday 3:003:30 pm, First Wednesday 5:306:30pm in the Church Sacristy & by appointment
Readings for the week of July 25, 2021

Rectory Office Hours:
Sunday: 2 Kgs 4:42
44/Ps 145:10
11, 15
16, 17
18 [cf. 16]/Eph 4:1
6/Jn 6:1
15 Temporary Hours:
Monday: Ex 32:15
24, 30
34/Ps 106:19
20, 21
22, 23 [1a]/Mt 13:31
35 MondayThursday 9am1pm % by appointment
Tuesday: Ex 33:7
11; 34:5b
9, 28/Ps 103:6
7, 8
9, 10
11, 12
13 [8a]/Mt 13:36

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Wednesday: Ex 34:29
35/Ps 99:5, 6, 7, 9 [cf. 9c]/Mt 13:44
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Thursday: Ex 40:16
21, 34
38/Ps 84:3, 4, 5
6a and 8a, 11 [2]/ • Fourteen Holy Helper Parish
Jn 11:19
27 or Lk 10:38
42 • Fourteen Holy Helpers Religious Friday: Lv 23:1, 4
11, 15
16, 27, 34b
37/Ps 81:3
4, 5
6, 10
11ab [2a]/Mt 13:54
58 Education
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Saturday: Lv 25:1, 8
17/Ps 67:2
3, 5, 7
8 [4]/Mt 14:1
12 (for recorded updates, Scripture and Next Sunday: Ex 16:2
4, 12
15/Ps 78:3
4, 23
24, 25, 54 [24b]/Eph 4:17, 20
24/ prayers): 6752592
Jn 6:24
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St. Denis St. Barbara St. Catherine St. Christopher St. Erasmus St. Giles St. Pantaleon

St. Cyriacus St. Vitas St. Achatius St. Eustace St. George St. Blaise St. Margaret
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time




July 25, 2021
Fourteen Days of Prayer

With the Fourteen Holy Helpers

July 25th  August 8th



Leading up to the Feast Day of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (August 8th) we will be spending fourteen days in prayer Dear Friends in Christ,
invoking the aid of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.


Two weeks away is our parish feast day, August 8th. On the following page you will find a prayer to a different Holy In preparation for our feast we will be doing fourteen days of Helper for each day this week. Next week we will publish the prayer starting today. Each day we will be praying to one of remaining seven prayers.
the Fourteen Holy Helpers. The prayers are in todays Please join your prayers with your parish family’s by starting bulletin. I strongly encourage you to pray for an end to the out each day with the Preparatory Prayer (below), followed by Pandemic, which is still raging in parts of our world, and for the prayer for the specific day (next page) and end with the them to become a healing force against all the anger and concluding prayer (below).
discord that is engulfing so many people. We don’t always see the effects of our prayers and the Church reminds us that Preparatory Prayer by St. Alphonsus Liguori
prayer is very important.
Great princes of heaven, Holy Helpers, who sacrificed to God
all your earthly possessions, wealth, preferment, and even life,
The Our Father teaches us that we need to pray for and who now are crowned in heaven in the secure enjoyment God’s kingdom to come and for all that we and our world of eternal bliss and glory; have compassion on me, a poor needs. It reminds us to trust in God our loving parent. The sinner in this vale of tears, and obtain for me from God, for Incarnation of Jesus teaches us that we are copartners in the Whom you gave up all things and Who loves you as His work of salvation. Therefore, prayer needs to be combined servants, the strength to bear patiently all the trials of this life, with our efforts to do God’s will.
to overcome all temptations, and to persevere in God's
service to the end, that one day I too may be received into
May God give us the wisdom to know what we need your company, to praise and glorify Him, the supreme Lord, to do and the conviction to pray with all of our hearts for a Whose beatific vision you enjoy, and Whom you praise and brighter tomorrow. Fourteen Holy Helpers pray for us!
glorify forever. Amen





Peace and healing,
Concluding Prayer







MY LORD and my God! I offer up to Thee my petition in union



Fr. David


with the bitter passion and death of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, together with the merits of His immaculate and blessed Mother, Mary ever virgin, and of all the saints, particularly with those of the holy Helper in whose honor I make this novena.
Happy World Day For Grandparents and Elderly!
Look down upon me, merciful Lord! Grant me Thy grace and Pope Francis has
established throughout the Church Thy love, and graciously hear my prayer. Amen.
the
celebration of the World Day for Grandparents and Elderly
beginning in 2021 on the
fourth Sunday of July, near What’s Happening Around the Diocese
the liturgical memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus. The announcement of this celebration Our Lady of Charity Parish,260 Okell Street, Buffalo, NY coincides with the celebration of the Year of Amoris Laetitia is holding a Summerfest on July 31, 2021, from 4:00 pm Family, which began on the Solemnity of Saint Joseph the 11:00 pm. Events include 4:00 pm outside Mass, 5:00 husband of Mary, on March 19, 2021, and will conclude at the pm7:00 pm Chiavetta’s chicken dinners, 7:00 pm Irish World Meeting of Families in Rome in June of 2022.

dancers, 8:00 pm Dennis George WNY Quiz Master. A bounce house, theme baskets, and 50/50 splits will be drawn throughout the evening.
St. Anne & St. Joachim, Jesus’ grandparents & the Patron Saints Nativity Of Our Lord Catholic Church is going to of Grandparents, pray for our sponsor a Pro Life table at this year's Erie County Fair. If grandparents, the elderly people, you are interested in helping out please call Bill at 6756714. especially those who are all He is looking for people to volunteer for two hour shifts to alone, and our family. Amen.
staff the table, answer questions etc.
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time




July 25, 2021

Sunday, July 25th
of the sacrilegious confessions and to evil, to avoid every occasion of sin, INVOCATION OF ST. GEORGE
communions they made, and of all the and thus to preserve spotless the robe of FAITHFUL servant of God and invincible sins they committed since then, so that innocence and sanctifying grace, and to martyr, St. George; favored by God with they may receive pardon, the grace of bring it unstained to the judgmentseat of the gift of faith, and inflamed with an God, and the remission of the eternal Jesus Christ, that I may forever enjoy the ardent love of Christ, thou didst fight punishment. Amen.
beatific vision of God which is promised to the pure of heart. Amen.
valiantly against the dragon of pride, Tuesday, July 27th
falsehood, and deceit. Neither pain nor INVOCATION OF ST. ERASMUS
Friday, July 30th
torture, sword nor death could part thee HOLY martyr Erasmus, who didst INVOCATION OF ST. from the love of Christ. I fervently implore willingly and bravely bear the trials and CHRISTOPHORUS
thee for the sake of this love to help me sufferings of life, and by thy charity didst GREAT St. Christophorus, seeking the by thy intercession to overcome the console many fellowsufferers; I implore strongest and mightiest master thou didst temptations that surround me, and to thee to remember me in my needs and to find him in Jesus Christ, the almighty God bear bravely the trials that oppress me, intercede for me with God. Staunch of heaven and earth, and didst faithfully so that I may patiently carry the cross confessor of the Faith, victorious serve Him with all thy power to the end of which is placed upon me; and let neither vanquisher of all tortures, pray to Jesus thy life, gaining for Him countless souls distress nor difficulties separate me from for me and ask Him to grant me the grace and finally shedding thy blood for Him; the love of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Valiant to live and die in the Faith through which obtain for me the grace to bear Christ champion of the Faith, assist me in the thou didst obtain the crown of glory. always in my heart, as thou didst once combat against evil, that I may win the Amen.
bear Him on thy shoulder, so that I crown promised to them that persevere thereby may be strengthened to Wednesday, July 28th
unto the end.
overcome victoriously all temptations and INVOCATION OF ST. PANTALEON
resist all enticements of the world, the Monday, July 26th
ST. PANTALEON, who during life didst devil, and the flesh, and that the powers INVOCATION OF ST. BLASÉ
have great pity for the sick and with the of darkness may not prevail against me. ST. BLASE, gracious benefactor of help of God didst often relieve and cure Amen.
mankind and faithful servant of God, who them; I invoke thy intercession with God, for the love of our Saviour didst suffer so that I may obtain the grace to serve Him Saturday, July 31st
many tortures with patience and in good health by cheerfully fulfilling the INVOCATION OF ST. DIONYSIUS
resignation; I invoke thy powerful duties of my state of life. But if it be His GLORIOUS servant of God, St. intercession. Preserve me from all evils holy will to visit me with illness, pain, and Dionysius, with intense love thou didst of soul and body. Because of thy great suffering, do thou aid me with thy devote thyself to Christ after learning to merits God endowed thee with the powerful prayer to submit humbly to His know Him through the apostle St. Paul, special grace to help those that suffer chastisements, to accept sickness in the and didst preach His saving name to the from ills of the throat; relieve and spirit of penance and to bear it patiently nations, to bring whom to His knowledge preserve me from them, so that I may according to His holy will. Amen.
and love thou didst not shrink from always be able to fulfil my duties, and martyrdom; implore for me a continual Thursday, July 29th
with the aid of God's grace perform good growth in the knowledge and love of INVOCATION OF ST. VITUS
works. I invoke thy help as special Jesus, so that my restless heart may ST. VITUS, glorious martyr of Christ; in physician of souls, that I may confess my experience that peace which He alone thy youth thou wast exposed to violent sins sincerely in the holy sacrament of can give. Help me by thy powerful and dangerous temptations, but in the Penance and obtain their forgiveness. I intercession with God to serve Him with a fear of God and for the love of Jesus thou recommend to thy merciful intercession willing heart, to devote myself with didst victoriously overcome them. O also those who unfortunately concealed a abiding love to His service, and thereby amiable, holy youth, I implore thee by the sin in confession. Obtain for them the to attain the eternal bliss of heaven. love of Jesus, assist me with thy powerful grace to accuse themselves sincerely Amen.
and contritely of the sin they concealed, intercession to overcome the temptations Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time




July 25, 2021
Please Pray For…
Masses For the Week Anna Bellittiere, Matthew Gzyl, Bill Reidy, Bob Furlong, Chester Lasota, Benjamin Forenzo, Joy Ward, Carol Wilde, Fr. Michael Burzynski, Tommy Dressler, Ann Lauer, Carl Poydock, Michael Zizzo, Katy Buchanan, Tom Wilczak, Mary Ann Logaridis, Ron Attea, Florence Nunes, Paul Podsiadlo ,Lynn Rosenberg, Stacey Casey, Stella Podsiadlo, Barbara Tokasz, Bryan Gorman, Darcy Milligan, ** John Boschi, Deacon Michael Dalessandro, Joan Augus, Eva Guevara, Mildred Krawczyk, Margaret Szlabonyi, Paul Ewing, Dawn Dulski, Fred Mackowiak, Jr., Edward Feliciano, Joan & William Taylor, Irv Matties, Edwin Lynch, Frank Billitier, Fr. Michael Farano, Terri Drzewiecki, Nancy Zywicki
Daryl & Ursula Gigante, Elizabeth Hobel, Judy Lake, David Cole, Tracy Jean Bangel,
Dale Brunette , Irv Matties, Russell & Cathy Folaron, Joan Migas, Charles Ashker, Rosemary Hise, Jim McMann, James Machut, Nancy A. Guindon, Patti Finger, Judy Sarna, Phyllis Schiffhauer, Paul Casterline, Vincent, Tom Kij, Angela Paraula, Dawn Hanavan, Chris Luterek and all those affected by coronavirus, all medical and hospital personnel and researchers.
If you would like to include a loved on the Prayer List please contact the Rectory.

Weekend Collection
July 18th
Regular: $7,770.00
Online: $970.00

Thank you so much for your continued generosity!

The Church Lamp
will be lit this week in memory of:
Trooper Joseph Gallagher

Requested by:
Parents, Jim & Mary Beth Gallagher

With Heartfelt Sympathy…

Fr. David & our parish community would like to express condolences to the family of:
Rita Deacy ~ July 17, 2021
Carol Devine ~ April 25, 2020


Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace, Amen.

Sharing Committee Needs
Pork & Beans, Baked Beans, Condiments,
Salt & Pepper, Juice

"There is no better wood for feeding the fire of Items may be dropped off in the
God's love than the wood of the Cross."
Church or Hall when you come to Mass or in the rectory during new business hours.
St. Ignatius of Loyola, Feast Day July 31st
Thank you for your continued support and generosity!
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time




July 25, 2021

Theme Basket Raffle
Kids Zone
SIGNO
Learn sign language and then test Over 150 unique baskets
Sunday 1  3pm
Fun, Games & Prizes!
your skills with a BINGO type game

Tiger’s Den
Ice Cream Novelties & Treats
Stay up to date!
Serving hot dogs, hamburgers, & Fri. & Sat. 58pm
Follow us on Facebook: 14 Holy hometown favorites!
Sun. 1  4pm
Helpers Summerfest Lawn Fete
or visit 14hh.org

The Summerfest Games Committee is looking for donations of prizes for the Grocery Raffle.
They are requesting the following items:
2 cans of vegetables
You got to be in it to win it! 2 32 oz. cans or jars of spaghetti sauce
Grand Prize $5,000.00 Boxes of Penne or Rotini pasta
1st prize $1,000.00 Boxes of MacNCheese

2nd prize $500 These items can be dropped off at the Church or Rectory.
3rd prize $200 Please do not drop them off with your regular Sharing 4th-9th $100.00 Committee donations! Thank You!
10th-13th $50.00 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
Tickets are $10 each or 5 for $40.00. WE NEED YOU
to volunteer your time and talents Tickets are available at the Rectory before the event in preparations, during the event, and afterward in closing activities.
Hopefully you Bakers Needed For Summerfest Sunday will consider volunteering for multiple jobs.
We are looking for people to bake for the Bake Sale on the 3 EAST WAYS TO SIGN UP:
Sunday of Summerfest, August 8th! Cakes, cookies, pies, 1.
Go to 14hh.org/volunteersignup/
placek, breads, any sweet treat that is your specialty (as long 2.
Volunteer signup sheets are available at Church or as it does not have to be refrigerated) is greatly appreciated.
the Rectory
If you can help out please call Ginny at 5123221 or call the 3.
Call the Rectory and we will pass along your name Rectory at 6742374.
and number to the Volunteer Coordinators.
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