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St. Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe St. Mary, Mother of God Kittanning Yatesboro

101 W High Street PO Box 327, 109 2nd Street Kittanning, PA 16201 Yatesboro, PA 16263

724-548-7649 724-783-7191

www.stmarykittanning.org www.saintmaryyatesboro.org

Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

Friday 9 a.m. - 12 Noon 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Weekend Times Pastoral Staff

4:00 p.m. Saturday / Kittanning The Reverend Douglas E. Dorula 6:00 p.m. Saturday / Yatesboro Pastor & Administrator [email protected] 9:00 a.m. Sunday / Kittanning 11:00 a.m. Sunday / Yatesboro The Reverend Medil S. Aseo Parochial Vicar Sacrament of Reconciliation [email protected]

The Reverend Alan W. Grote 12:00 p.m. 1st Saturday / Yatesboro nd rd th Regional Chaplain for Northern Armstrong County 12:00 p.m. 2 , 3 , 4 Saturday / Kittanning 724-763-1207 or 724-763-1089 Sacrament of Baptism Kittanning Staff Yatesboro Staff

Contact the office. Erika Dragunova, Office Manager Betty Rose Walker, Office Manager [email protected] [email protected]

Sacrament of Marriage Sandy Ashley Barbara Boltz Director of Liturgy & Music Financial Secretary Arrangements must be made with [email protected] [email protected]

Father Doug at least one year in advance. Kacprowski Bonnie Frailey Facilities Manager Coordinator of Faith Formation Ministry to Sick and Homebound [email protected] [email protected]

James Gaggini Peggy Skamai, Organist Contact the Parish Office if you or Coordinator of Faith Formation [email protected] a family member would like to receive [email protected] Bob Skamai, Choir Director Eucharist or the Sacrament of Marilyn Brochetti, Business Manager Sandy Caresani, Sacristan the Anointing of the Sick. Cathy Smith, Cemetery Manager

Larry Bandura, Maintenance Tom Caresani, Maintenance Parish Cemeteries

Helpful Phone Numbers

St. Joseph & St. Mary Cemeteries Divine Redeemer Regional Catholic School 724-763-3761 Contact the parish office in Kittanning. St. Mary Parish Hall Rental, Kittanning 724-548-7649 St. Mary/St. Hall Rental, Yatesboro 724-783-7191 Sacred Heart & St. Mary Cemeteries St. Vincent de Paul Helpline, Kittanning 724-543-2134 Contact the parish office in Yatesboro. Prayer Chain, Yatesboro 724-783-7530

Good Samaritan Ministry, Yatesboro 814-257-8463 First Sunday of Lent ~ February 18, 2018 First Sunday of Lent February 18, 2018 Partner Parishes Liturgical Schedule Saturday, February 17 Vigil

4:00 p.m. Kittanning For All Living & Deceased Parishioners

6:00 p.m. Yatesboro William Lazzeri by Adella Lazzeri

Sunday, February 18 First Sunday of Lent Gn 9:8-15; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15

9:00 a.m. Kittanning Guy (Tom) Desiderio by Donald & Joanne Sarachine

11:00 a.m. Yatesboro Dominic Spiros Louis Johns by Parents, Celeste & Ralph Repent and believe in the ! This is the Monday, February 19 Lenten Weekday message that is found on ' lips after forty Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Mt 25:31-46 days in the desert. As the forty days of Lent 8:00 a.m. Kittanning Alice Dickman by Roger Stivason come before us, we are asked to create a No Eucharistic Adoration in Kittanning desert experience in our lives so that we can learn anew the ways of God. Our daily cares Tuesday, February 20 Lenten Weekday and concerns can distract us from truth and Is 55:10-11; Mt 6:7-15 cause us to become absorbed with the world 8:30 a.m. Yatesboro William “Willie” Lorenzo by Father Doug & and secular priorities. Lent is an opportunity to Parish Family free ourselves from illusion and focus us on Wednesday, February 21 St. , & Doctor of the what really matters. In doing so, we open up Church new possibilities for our relationship with God, Jon 3:1-10; Lk 11:29-32 others, our world, and ourselves. 7:00 p.m. Kittanning Mary Rose Abate by & Kathy Abate

Family Our Sincere Congratulations to

Thursday, February 22 The Chair of the Apostle Cecilia Gloria McGaughey 1 Pt 5:1-4; Mt 16:13-19 Daughter of 8:30 a.m. Yatesboro Katherine E. Fear (Birthday Remembrance) Keenan & Lindsay (Mielecki) McGaughey by Daughter, Marge who was baptized in Kittanning 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration in Yatesboro on Sunday, February 11. Yatesboro 6:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross Please note: In observance of Presidents’ Day, our Friday, February 23 Saint , Bishop & Martyr Parish Offices will be closed on Monday, February 19. Ez 18:21-28; Mt 5:20-26 8:00 a.m. Kittanning James Minor by Joyce & Jerry Shuster

8:30 a.m. Yatesboro In Thanksgiving for 90th Birthday Celebration Please remember in your prayers the soul of of Ellen Carruthers by Barbara Beck Twila Alwine, mother of Yatesboro parishioner Ed Alwine as well as James Minor, former 12:05 p.m. Kittanning Stations of the Cross Kittanning parishioner, who passed away 7:00 p.m. Kittanning Stations of the Cross recently. May God grant them eternal rest and peace. Saturday, February 24 The Sanctuary Candle in Kittanning is burning 12:00 Noon Kittanning Sacrament of Reconciliation this week in memory of Deceased Members 4:00 p.m. Kittanning Mary Louise Andryka by Marilyn Brochetti of James H. Emminger Family by Hud, Elaine & Family. 6:00 p.m. Yatesboro Ed Andryka by Mike & Janet Albert The Tabernacle Candle in Yatesboro is burning Sunday, February 25 Second Sunday of Lent this week for Special Intentions for Stella Gn 9:8-15; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15 Ann, Prayers & Love go with you,

9:00 a.m. Kittanning John DeLuca by Carmela Piluso Love Nana.

11:00 a.m. Yatesboro For All Living & Deceased Parishioners First Sunday of Lent February 18, 2018

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Lent 2018 is underway now that we have been signed with ashes on Ash Wednesday and had our first week of Lenten Fish Dinners in Kittanning and Fish Fry Dinners in Yatesboro. Help to spread the word of these dinners. Father Medil and I hope to see you there. On Friday, March 23, Bishop Malesic will be coming to Yatesboro and it will be another great day in the history of St. Mary, Mother of God Parish.

This weekend in Kittanning we will have the Rite of Sending at the 9:00 a.m. Mass and our three catechumens will be sent to the bishop for the Rite of Election at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral. Please continue to pray for Joshua Cicero, Bethany Fleming and Kasey Shondeck.

It is a great joy to have Joshua and Kasey, teenagers who are still in school, discerning their coming into the Catholic faith. They and the youth of our partner parishes are such an inspiration to me. Each of them are interested in the faith and learning how they can spread it in very difficult times. We do not conduct youth ministry on our own. The diocese helps with having a number of events that are open to our young people and assisting with funds for NCYC, National Catholic Youth Conference. All registered parishioners should have received information in the mail about the 2018 Diocesan Lenten Appeal. I ask each parish family to prayerfully consider a gift and help to make this year's DLA a great success in our partner parishes.

Congratulations to Ron and Carole Olszewski, parishioners of St. Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Kittanning, who celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary on February 15. May God bless them in their marriage and their commitment to Jesus and His Church.

I want to thank the three new businesses who are now supporting our partner parishes by advertising on our bulletin. Dimond Chiropractic, Nextier Bank and Shannock Hardware are on the back page of the bulletin. If you or someone you know would like to advertise on the bulletin, please contact Sue Novosel at (800)447-4574, extension 6318 or e-mail her at [email protected]. Thanks to all of the businesses and patrons who support our bulletin.

Father Doug First Sunday of Lent February 18, 2018

St. Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish News

Kittanning Ministerial Come and Pray Association Stations of the Cross Lenten Series 2018

Fridays of Lent The Kittanning Ministerial Association is presenting a series of Lenten services for the community. 12:05 p.m. The first of the evening services will be held 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 20, at 7:00 pm at Family Life Led by St. Mary Parish Youth Church, 114 South Jefferson Street, Kittanning. The speaker will be Pastor Walt Marr.

The first of the Lenten luncheons will be at noon on Wednesday, February 21, at Grace Presbyterian Please note: Church, corner of North Jefferson and Arch There will be no Eucharistic Adoration on Monday, Streets, Kittanning, the host church of all the February 19. luncheons. The message will be delivered by Pastor Dana Wilmot of Grace Presbyterian Church. Join Us for a Lenten Video Series The and the Sacraments

Held on Mondays of Lent

7:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. St. Mary Parish Center, Kittanning

Facilitated by Catholic Men’s Fellowship For Parish Youth Grades 7 - 12 Next Sunday  February 25 As we continue to explore the Sacraments, join author, 10:15 a.m. - Noon  St. Mary Parish Hall speaker, and St. Paul Center Executive Director, We hope you will join us! Bring a friend! Matthew Leonard, in this stunning, awe-inspiring video

series, in which the power of the sacraments come alive in C.D. of A. February Meeting & Tureen Dinner a personal, new way. All in all, you will experience the sacraments as you’ve never experienced them before!

Come and see. No need to register. CD of A, Court Patricia #998 will meet on Tuesday, February 20, All are welcome! at St. Mary Parish Hall. We will start with our delicious tureen dinner at 6 p.m. so we hope to see all members there with their

Kittanning Community Blood Drive favorite side dish or dessert! New members are invited to come experience some great food and fellowship! We will be voting on Sponsored by delegates and alternates to attend the National Convention in Sioux Falls, to be held July 17- 22. If a member CD of A, cannot come to the meeting and would like to be considered to Court Patricia attend the convention, let one of the court officers know. Social chairmen are Virginia Borovatz and Faith Cravenor.

Thursday, February 22 Lottery Tickets to Benefit Sisters of St. Joseph 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Sisters of St. Joseph Auxiliary is selling Lottery Tickets for the St. Mary Parish Hall, Kittanning Month of March 2018. Each ticket has two numbers based on the To schedule your appointment: PA Pick 3 evening Lottery Drawing. The cost per ticket is $5.00.

 Please Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) Please call Virginia Borovatz at 724-548-1631 for your chance  Visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter: Kittanning to win. All proceeds benefit the ministries of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Thank you for your support. First Sunday of Lent February 18, 2018

St. Mary, Mother of God Parish News

Shannock Valley Join Us for Ministerium Lenten Devotions 2018 Community Lenten at St. Mary, Services

Mother of God Parish “The Names of Jesus” Yatesboro The first service of this Lenten Season will be held at THURSDAYS OF LENT First Lutheran Church, 315 W Main Street, Rural Valley, on Wednesday, Eucharistic Adoration 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. February 21, at 7:00 p.m. Make sure to join us Evening Prayer 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. as Steven Kromer presents the message theme: Stations of the Cross 6:30 p.m. Word of God. Refreshments will be served.

All are welcome!

The Pastoral Council of St. Mary, Mother of God Parish, The Associates of Mary will hold their monthly Yatesboro will meet on Monday, February 19, at 6:30 p.m. in meeting on Tuesday, February 20, after the 8:30 a.m. the Sacred Heart Room. Mass in the Sacred Heart Room. New topics will be discussed. Please remember to bring your donations for

The Finance Council of St. Mary, Mother of God Parish, the Sisters. For more information, contact Shirley at Yatesboro will meet on Tuesday, February 20, at 6:30 p.m. in 724-783-7785. the Sacred Heart Room. The Shannock Valley Food Pantry is requesting that we donate cereal for the month of February. Your Choir Rehearsals  Lent ~ Easter Seasons The next donations can be placed in the narthex of the church. Choir Rehearsal will be on Thursday, February 22, at 7:00 p.m. Thank you for your generosity.

It’s not too late to join us and help at Once again this year, Mother Mary's Table will be

St. Mary, Mother of God giving $10 vouchers for Lenten fish fry dinners to Lenten Fish Fry needy members of our parish family as well as needy families from the community who come to Dinners the Shannock Valley Food Pantry and Mother

Assistance is needed on Thursdays after the Mary's Table. If you can find it in your heart to daily Mass and at the dinners on Fridays. We help by donating a meal or two, you can place an welcome adults, and invite the teen members envelope designated to Mother Mary's Table in the of our parish to help. Please consider giving collection basket. Thank you for helping those a little of your time to help with this parish most in need in our community join in the fellowship fundraising event. we share at our Lenten Fish Fry Dinners.

Thank you for your help!

FRIDAYS OF LENT February 23  March 2, 9, 16 & 23 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. St. Mary Parish Hall 361 N Jefferson St.  Kittanning

YOUR CHOICE OF ENTREE: Fried Fish Filet  Fried Fish Sandwich Baked Fish  Fried Shrimp Take-Outs

YOUR CHOICE OF SIDE: Available! Baked Potato  French Fries Homemade Macaroni & Cheese

DINNERS INCLUDE: Cole Slaw or Apple Sauce, Roll & Butter, Beverage & Dessert

$10 Eat-In or Take-Out  $5 Child’s Meal (10 & Under)

Have questions? Call 724-548-7649

EVERY FRIDAY DURING LENT

February 23  March 2, 9, 16 & 23 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. St. Mary/St. Gabriel Hall, Yatesboro

Menu ~ Your Choice of:

Baked or Fried Fish, Seafood Platter, Fried Clams, Fried Shrimp.

Baked Potato or French Fries, Cole Slaw, Bread, Coffee, Tea or Beverage. Desserts extra.

The cost is $10.00 for Adults and $5.00 for children under 12.

Takeout dinners available Call 724-783-6895 First Sunday of Lent February 18, 2018

2018 DIOCESAN LENTEN APPEAL

This weekend marks the beginning of our annual Diocesan Lenten Appeal. This week households in our parishes will be receiving a request from Bishop Malesic in the mail along with additional information about the Appeal. Please watch for yours to arrive. First Sunday of Lent February 18, 2018

Stewardship of Treasure

Weekend of February 10 & 11

Support the Catholic Home Missions St. Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe Appeal today! Right now, over 40 Kittanning percent of in the United

States are considered home mission Weekend Offertory $4,997.36 territory because they are unable to Online Giving $709.00 fund the essential pastoral work needed in their communities. Your Total: $5,706.36

support funds programs, such as St. Mary, Mother of God religious education, seminary Yatesboro formation, and lay ministry training, to

build vibrant faith communities right Weekend Offertory $4,046.45 here in the .

Please be generous to this Thank you for your support! important appeal.

Liturgical Minister Schedule - February 21-25, 2018 St. Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Kittanning Extraordinary Ministers Date Altar Servers Lector Cantor Greeters Of Holy Communion

Bob Ashley Wed., Feb. 21 Emily Kuntz Dan Lorigan Sadie Jageman ______7:00 p.m. Frank Battaglia

Friday, Feb. 23 12:05 p.m.………..Lector: Amber Ritrosky Cantor: Jay Goettler Stations of the Cross 7:00 p.m.…………..Led by Youth Lisa Easley Penny Ashley Sat., Feb. 24 Andy Kamis Carol Landstrom Patty Swartzlander Ondich Connie Davis 4:00 p.m. Ethan Swartz Don Landstrom Rose Freeman Gerianne Prunty Cheryl Brochetti Trista Bowser John Bell Sun., Feb. 25 Dolores Croyle Dylan Gaggini Mary Anne Galonski Ensemble Kay Bell 9:00 a.m. Sabrina Dague Emily Kuntz Lois Ferraino Cheri Kulbacki St. Mary, Mother of God Parish, Yatesboro Extraordinary Ministers Date Altar Servers Lector Cantor Greeters Of Holy Communion Thursday, Feb. 22 Servers: Mason Bowser, Delaney Bowser, Marley Bowser Stations of the Cross at 6:30 p.m. Leaders: Faith Formation Children (Grades K-5) Jennie Fusaro (T) Sat., Feb. 24 Alyssa Lybarger Dave Rearick Helen Gardner Janet Hellgren Cathy Wranich 6:00 p.m. Derek Lybarger Cindy Rearick Mary Kay Palilla Kevin Foster (T) Jammie Skamai Sun., Feb. 25 Mason Bowser Rick Wranich Betty Rose Walker Cathy Wranich Chuck Spence 11:00 a.m. Delaney Bowser Jeanne Levri Desiree Pennington Sunday, Feb 18, 2018 the same. Damien would not be amused to see simony persist in FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT any form, and neither should we. Get outside your comfort zone this Lent TODAY'S READINGS: 3:1-10; Luke 11:29-32 (226). “Just as Jonah The desert’s a great place to encounter the Holy, as a long tradition became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this of and mothers attests. But the desert’s a traditional generation.” place to make intimate acquaintance with your demons as well— Thursday, Feb 22, 2018 which is another reason Jesus, and generations of his followers, FEAST OF THE CHAIR OF PETER THE APOSTLE made friends with cacti. It’s also why we symbolically enter the Pull up a seat Lenten desert each year, fasting, praying, and giving alms. We The Latin word for “chair” is cathedra, and a cathedra—you see allow the normal lifestyle padding to wear a little thinner and feel where this is going—is the “seat” of a bishop, thus making the our vulnerable spots with more clarity. Make a commitment this bishop’s church a cathedral. Today’s feast, however, Lent to explore your limits. Bring an extra supply of humility! commemorates a particular “chair”: that of Saint Peter and the TODAY'S READINGS: Genesis 9:8-15; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15 (23). authority Jesus gave him to be the primary leader of the early “The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained [there] . . . tempted by Satan.” church. Peter was martyred in Rome, and so the “see” (sedes—“a place to sit”) of Peter became the , the seat of the as Monday, Feb 19, 2018 the first among and the leader of the Roman Catholic LENTEN WEEKDAY Church. As the Liturgy of the Hours says, the Feast of the Chair of Root yourself in solidarity Peter the Apostle is a day to celebrate the “unity of the church Jesus’ core message—that we are one—is surely one of the great founded upon that apostle.” mysteries of existence. This truth is so hard to accept because our TODAY'S READINGS: 1 Peter 5:1-4; Matthew 16:13-19 (535). “You are senses tell a different story: We are separate, different, and alone. Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.” We need an image to help us realize what our senses cannot. Picture the giant redwood trees of : Did you know they Friday, Feb 23, 2018 OF POLYCARP, BISHOP AND MARTYR; DAY OF FAST AND only grow in groves? Moreover, each tree’s roots extend and grasp ABSTINENCE the roots of the surrounding trees, forming a strong, interconnecting Be fruitful in faith network that serves to nourish and sustain all of them equally. The Polycarp died around the year 155 at the age of 87, so he was a next time you are tempted to think of someone as “the other,” very early Christian who lived while some of the original apostles remember the redwood trees and their invisible, interlocking roots. were still alive. The apostle John appointed Polycarp bishop of the TODAY'S READINGS: Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18; Matthew 25:31-46 (224). city of Smyrna (now Izmir in Turkey), where Polycarp faced many “Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, challenges during his long years in office. Christians were a you did not do for me.” persecuted minority, while most of the population still worshipped Tuesday, Feb 20, 2018 the Roman gods. During one persecution, Polycarp was captured LENTEN WEEKDAY and, even though very advanced in age, sentenced to be burned at Turn it over the stake. But tradition has it that the flames would not burn him, so One of the many advantages of memorized prayers such as the he was stabbed to death. His remains are entombed with honor in “Our Father” is that we can say them when we have no words of the church of St. in Rome, and his long life of service to our own; we don’t have to think. That’s also one of their the early church is remembered each year on this day. The name disadvantages: We don’t have to think. In fact, we may have Polycarp means “many fruits.” May all of our lives be as fruitful! forgotten exactly what we are saying when we pray the “Our TODAY'S READINGS: 18:21-28; Matthew 5:20-26 (228). “Settle Father.” For example, do we really mean, “Thy will be done?” or with your opponent quickly while on the way to court.” are there unspoken conditions attached: “Thy will be done—as long Saturday, Feb 24, 2018 as it doesn’t interfere with my carefully laid plans for my life”? To LENTEN WEEKDAY turn everything over to God is truly the only way to live without Less is more fear. It’s what Jesus did; it’s what we are called to do as well. The phrase “less is more” catches our attention because at first TODAY'S READINGS: 55:10-11; Matthew 6:7-15 (225). “This is glance it seems illogical. How can less be more? They’re opposites, how you are to pray: ‘Our Father who art in heaven.’ ” and of the two, “more” is often regarded as better. But taken in a Wednesday, Feb 21, 2018 different light, the phrase makes good sense. Maybe we exercise MEMORIAL OF PETER DAMIEN, BISHOP, restraint during a tense meeting with a coworker, saying only what Stick with what is priceless is needed instead of saying something further in order to “win” an Peter Damien (1007-72) was a generous giver. But simony—the argument. Maybe we forgive someone who has hurt us with a lie practice of buying spiritual offices or spiritual authority—was one instead of reminding them over and over that our pain is their fault. kind of giving he detested. The activity was widespread in the With less, we become more—more peaceful, more caring, more medieval church and did great damage to the church’s moral Christ-like. standing, so much so that Dante condemned those who practiced TODAY'S READINGS: Deuteronomy 26:16-19; Matthew 5:43-48 (229). simony to the eighth circle of hell. Perhaps the venue largely has “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute shifted from church to state—where we find corporate lobbyists you.” and other influence-peddlers with lots of cash—but the sin remains

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