St. Catherine of Siena R.C. Parish 199 Mcgovern Boulevard • Crescent, PA 15046
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April 3, 2011 4th Sunday of Lent St. Catherine of Siena R.C. Parish 199 McGovern Boulevard • Crescent, PA 15046 MASS SCHEDULE Daily Mass: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday ~ 8:30 AM (No Wednesday 8:30 AM Mass) Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:00 P.M. Sunday Morning: 9:00 A.M., 11:30 A.M. Holy Days as Scheduled See inside for Daily, Holiday and Special Events PARISH CLERGY SACRAMENTS Fr. Lou Vallone ............................ Fr. Robert Zajdel CONFESSIONS: Saturdays: 3:15 P.M. to 3:45P.M. & 5:00 PM; also by appointment TELEPHONE NUMBERS & EMAIL ADDRESSES BAPTISM: By Appointment. Parish Office ..................................... 724-457-7026 WEDDINGS: Call the Parish Office 6 months Fax .................................................... 724-457-3292 in advance of the prospective date. Sue Tranter, CCD Director ................. 412-327-3337 Marriage Classes Required. Jennifer Persuitte-Organist................. 412-596-8511 John Galzarano, Maintenance ........... 724-457-7026 ANOINTING OF THE SICK: After every Mass Mary Ann Jones, Bookkeeper ............. 412-771-5646 (please ask the priest) and by request. Jennifer Persuitte, Parish Secretary.... 724-457-7026 (Bulletin submission deadline is Tuesday at noon. PARISH OFFICE HOURS Please put submissions in writing.) Monday, through Thursday 9:30 A.M. to 4:00 PM Friday: 9:30 A.M. to 2:00 P.M PARISH E-MAIL ADDRESS: RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE HOURS [email protected] Parish Email Beginning January 1, 2011 10:00 – 11:15 Sundays [email protected] Father Vallone Email [email protected] Sue Tranter, CCD Director PARISH WEB-SITE: www.scatparish.com Mission Statement We of St. Catherine of Siena Parish, have a commitment to meeting the spiritual needs of our members and community by building a strong bond through worship. It is in mutual understanding and commitment to our baptismal call that we will grow in faith bringing Christ’s love and peace to those we encounter. In this we also commit ourselves to the Catholic Church’s Mission of Evangelization. 1910 - 2010 100th Year St. Catherine of Siena Parish Crescent, PA PRAYER REQUESTS In your kindness will you please pray for the FOURTH SUNDAY following : Elyse Kostelnik, Jamie, Nick, Lucas S., Keith & OF LENT Jackie S., Zachary Henry & Family, The worship program at Edinboro University, John, Maria, John Jr., Faith, Rock, Eloise, Linda, Doris, Reno, Betty A., Lenore Hoovler, Rita Shively, Catherine & Harry Bittner, Bill Murphy, Saturday April 2nd Please Note: Prayer intentions will only be published for a 2 week period. If you wish to fill out another intention 4:00 PM Nick Zernick (Daughter, Marion slip after that time, you are more than welcome to do so, & Granddaughter, Jennifer) but the list will be updated every week and, again, each Sunday, April 3rd intention slip will only be printed for 2 weeks. Thank you. 9:00 AM Millie Bires (Son, Michael) 11:30 AM John Londino (Gabrielle & Maria SECOND COLLECTION APRIL 2-3, 2011 Gonzalez & Marianne Londino) Monday, April 4th All parishes in the diocese are asked to take up a 8:30 AM Parish Family combined collection on the weekend of April 2-3, Tuesday, April 5th 2011 to benefit three important projects within the 8:00 AM Rosary Church in the United States: The Catholic Home Missions Appeal, the National Collection for Black 8:30 AM Parish Family and Indian Missions, and the Catholic Campaign for Thursday, April 7th Human Development. Please be as generous as 8:30 AM Parish Family possible to these very worthy causes Friday, April 8th 8:30 AM Parish Family SPRING CLEANING 6:30 PM Stations of the Cross Saturday April 9th Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery will be conducting 4:00 PM Anthony Hlesta (Daughter, Janet & Spring Cleaning starting Monday, April 4th. Tom Gaona and Family) If you wish to place Easter decorations please do so Sunday, April 10th after the 18th. All Easter decorations and flowers will 9:00 AM Joseph & Sophie Jencek be removed the week following Easter. No (Louis & Agnes Yordana) exceptions!!! 11:30 AM Maria Rutiri (Friends, Dilia Colonna & Antoinietta DeSantis) The cemetery is selling spring flowers for the mausoleum crypt vases only. Cost is $8.00 NEIGHBORING CHURCHES WEDNESDAY MORNING MASSES Condolences: Our Lady of Fatima in Hopewell Twp. 9:00 AM St. James in Sewickley 6:45 AM & 9:00 AM Please pray for the repose of the souls of Irene St. Titus in Aliquippa 7:00 AM Synowka, Mother of Dave Synowka, 9:00AM usher, St. Margaret Mary 8:30 AM and Mary Casasanta who were called home last Good Samaritan M, T, H, 8:00 AM week. May God grant them eternal rest. Wednesday, 6:30 PM St. Catherine of Siena Parish - Crescent, PA 15046 Fourth Sunday of Lent April 3, 2011 PENANCE SERVICES EASTER GREETINGS FOR SHUT-INS AND THE FIVE POINTS MEALS-ON-WHEELS St. Catherine of Siena, Crescent PROGRAM Wednesday, April 13th at 6:30 PM St. Margaret Mary, Moon Twp. All CCD students received notices last Thursday, April 14th at 6:30 PM week that we are gathering personal size St. Joseph, Coraopolis toiletries items to be delivered to local Monday, April 18th at 6:30 PM shut ins and the Five Points Meals on Wheels Program. Items we are asking for are personal size combs, hairbrushes, toothbrushes, CHRISTIAN LADIES SOCIETY NEWS Kleenex, lotions, bar soap, shampoo and mouthwash or any personal size items. We are CORRECTION! CORRECTION! hopeful to make at least 50 bags to be distributed. CHANGE OF VENUE Any donations are greatly welcome from anyone in the Parish. Please take items to the box Instead of the monthly meeting, on Tuesday, April located in Siena Hall. All items need to be 12, the ladies are asked to meet at St. Margaret received no later than April 3rd. Mary Church at 6:30PM to attend the Passion Play MAKE US BELIEVE. Free will offering is $5.00 Also if you know of a local shut in please leave their name and address for Sue Tranter so we can make May 16 Annual Dinner. Monday, at 6:30 PM in sure to take them a gift bag. Siena Hall. Catered by Beyond Parsley. Price of Thank you for helping spread good will. dinner is $11.00 and is DUE April 12. Installation of officers will take place at this dinner. FIRST COMMUNION AND/OR SPECIAL EASTER GIFTS FOR SALE CCD NEWS Alison Brougher, who used to own Little Europe in The annual Lazarus Play will be held on Saturday, Moon Township will have religious April 9th, after the 4:00 PM Mass. Children are articles for sale at our 2nd graders parent asked to be at St. Catherine’s by 3:00 to get into meeting on April 12th at 6:30 pm. She will their costumes and take their seats by the organ. have First Communion items available to Parents will have reserved seating in the first few take home that day or many religious rows of pews. Please plan to stay for this lovely articles that would be great for Easter tradition. gifts. Stop by to look at her collection which will be displayed in the Upper Room in Siena Hall from 6:30 – 7:30 pm. CALLING ALL BAKERS! Men women and children...bring LOOK your baked goods to Siena Hall on Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, Palm Sunday Weekend, April 16th faith looks up. and 17th for the Bake Sale —Anonymous sponsored by the Christian Ladies Society. This is a great opportunity to show off your finest recipes and get some yummy LIGHT AND SHADOW treats for the Easter Holiday. Volunteers are still In faith there is enough light for those who needed to help with the pricing and selling. See you want to believe and enough shadows to blind those all there! who don’t. —Blaise Pascal St. Catherine of Siena Parish - Crescent, PA 15046 St. Catherine of Siena Parish Crescent, PA MARCH 27, 2011 Weekend Attendance REGULAR OFFERTORY COLLECTION……… $4,016.00 MARCH 27, 2011 4:00 PM Mass ..................................................315 (This is ordinary income from contributions for the 9:00 AM Mass ..................................................195 general running of the parish. It is subject to a 11:30 AM Mass ................................................197 17.6% tax to the diocese of Pittsburgh.) Total.................................................................707 Parish Share Program PSP Assessment for 2011………………$33,302.00 LIGHT PSP Collected……………...…………….$17,023.00 “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the Remaining on 2011 Goal………………..$16,279.00 dead, and Christ will give you light” (Ephesians 5:14). We are at the midpoint of our Lenten journey (This is the tax paid to the diocese. We must remit of conversion. As always, God never gives up on us, this entire amount to the diocese by December 31. especially those who have “fallen asleep” along the Any surplus then remains in the parish, tax free.) road to conversion. The most powerful stories of conversion are proclaimed during these final weeks of Lent. They have the power to shake us out of our Capital Improvements sleep. Today’s Gospel story of the healing of the Goal $18,000.00 man born blind exposes the real blindness in the Contributions to Date $6,560.00 time of Christ—the blindness of the self-righteous Remaining on Goal $11,440.00 religious leaders. In a few weeks, at the Easter Vigil, the Church will proclaim “Christ (The contributions from your monthly envelope will our Light” as the paschal candle go to this fund. The goal is is carried into darkened churches 1.Total amount of our electrical update throughout the world. May the 2. Repairs to the sound system darkness of sin that still pervades 3. Expenses incurred from the flood our lives, communities, and These projects are already in progress.