THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES OF PLEASANTS & RITCHIE COUNTIES
We are a parish and mission family of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston OUR PARISH LOCATIONS
ST. JOHN CATHOLIC CHURCH 310 Washington Street St. Marys, WV 26170 304.684.7669 CHRIST OUR HOPE CATHOLIC MISSION 117 Plum Alley Harrisville, WV 26362 304.643.4261
PASTOR: Fr. Chuck McGinnis STJ rectory phone: 681.612.3703 cell: 304.215.1150 email: [email protected] ASSISTANT PRIEST: Fr. Tony Lacson COH rectory phone: 304.643.4261 cell: 707.812.0084 SACRAMENTS email: [email protected] ANOINTING OF THE SICK AND We are called to proclaim, to deepen, VISITING OF THE SICK & to encourage, to practice and to let the MASS SCHEDULE HOMEBOUND: Please notify Fr. Chuck love of our parish family be a living sign or Fr. Tony prior to surgery or in times of WEEKEND LITURGIES: of our commitment to Jesus Christ, illness. STJ 5:00PM Saturday & 9:00 AM Sunday united in Eucharistic tradition and BAPTISM: After proper instructions. COH 11:00AM Sunday strengthened by the Holy Spirit.= Contact Fr. Chuck or Fr. Tony to make arrangements. WEEKDAY LITURGIES: OFFICE INFORMATION CONFESSIONS (RECONCILIATION) Tuesday STJ 8:30AM Office Manager/Bulletin Editor: Angie Moretto Office Hours: Tues/Wed 9:30AMK3:30PM STJ K 4:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Saturday Wednesday COH 9:00AM / STJ 6:00PM Email: [email protected] and by appointment Office Phone: 304K684K7669 Thursday STJ 8:30AM COH K 10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Sunday Friday STJ 8:30AM / COH 9:00AM PARISH COUNCILS and by appointment PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL: Kristi Venderlic ADORATION: FINANCE COUNCIL: Gary Alfred MARRIAGE: After proper instructions; COH 9:30AMK10:30 AM First Fridays after STJ DIRECTOR OF MUSIC: Elaine Gessner contact Fr. Chuck or Fr. Tony AT LEAST 6 COH DIRECTOR OF MUSIC: Georgette Healy MONTHS in advance of the date of your Mass ALTAR SOCIETY CHAIR: Nancy Lupardus marriage. DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS ED: Open
STJ OFFERINGS: SEPT 14 & 15, 2019 09/21 STJ LECTOR LEO TULLIUS GIFTS ROBY FAMILY EMHC JEFF TAYLOR 5:00 pm Regular Collection 5,072
09/22 ANGIE MORETTO & Maintenance & Repairs 233 STJ LECTOR NANCY LUPARDUS GIFTS JONES FAMILY EMHC 9:00 am KRISTI VENDERLIC Attendance: Saturday: 19 Sunday: 44 63 09/22 COH LECTOR DENNIS HUNTER GIFTS VOLUNTEER EMHC VOLUNTEER COH OFFERINGS: SEPT 15, 2019 11:00 am Regular Collection 143 09/28 STJ LECTOR MAX ALKIRE GIFTS TULLIUS FAMILY EMHC CYNTHIA ALKIRE 5:00 pm Maintenance & Repairs 51 09/29 MAZIE DUNN & STJ LECTOR KRISTI VENDERLIC GIFTS LEMASTERS FAMILY EMHC Attendance 16 9:00 am BOB KAYSER SECOND COLLECTION: 09/29 COH LECTOR BARBARA CHRISTMAN GIFTS VOLUNTEER EMHC VOLUNTEER 11:00 am Maintenance & Repairs
THIS WEEK 5:00 pm STJ For Martha Glasure CONTEMPLATIVE CORNER SATURDAY 09/21 9:00 am STJ For the Members of the Parish “Most of us are very good at talking SUNDAY 09/22 11:00 am COH For the Members of the Parish to God in prayer and asking God questions. But most of us are not MONDAY 09/23 ======NO MASS SCHEDULED good at listening, at quieting the TUESDAY 09/24 ======NO MASS SCHEDULED mind through meditation so the Holy Spirit can direct us and answer 9:00 am COH For All Military Personnel WEDNESDAY 09/25 our questions.” —Richard Rohr from 6:00 pm STJ For Mary Jo Spencer The Universal Christ THURSDAY 09/26 8:30 am STJ For Donna Harrison 8:30 am STJ For the Members of the Parish BIRTHDAYS FRIDAY 09/27 9:00 am COH For the Members of the Parish Janine Lemasters 9/1, Jared Moncman 9/4/; Joshua Moretto 9/6, Kathryn SATURDAY 09/28 5:00 pm STJ For the Members of the Parish Alfred 9/14, Lucille Hicks & Chant Rinard 9/17, Charlie Drazba & Sister 9:00 am STJ For Loretta Fealy SUNDAY 09/29 Maureen Mylott 9/28, Georgette Healy 11:00 am COH For the Members of the Parish 9/29, and Austin Moncman & Bill Schneider 9/30 JUST FOR LAUGHS A lawyer and the Pope were ANNIVERSARIES both killed in an accident. The Max & Cynthia Alkire 9/4, Mark & two were in line to see St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter Noreen Leskowicz 9/23, Ken & Emily @ S T . J O H N Decker 9/28, and Jeff & Dee Taylor asked the lawyer his name and looked it up in his book. He 9/30 Lisa Smith, Travis Flores, Pat Edwards, then asked the Pope for his name and looked it up in his book also. Karen Taylor, Bernard Tice, Kim Tice, DID YOU KNOW? "Now, if you will come with me, I will show Fr. Chuck McGinnis, Richard Galbraith, Meisha Dickerson, Chris Dickerson, The word Prudence comes from the you your eternal dwellings," said St. Peter. Norm Peter, Bill Gellner, Judy Webb, Latin meaning foresight. Prudence is They walked along the clouds and came Wayne Glasure, Judi & Paul Paugh, the first of the cardinal virtues, to a huge mansion with all sorts of lavish Kathryn Alfred, Olga Maria Rivas, Harvey entailing the capacity to translate trappings. St. Peter turned to the lawyer and told him this was to be his house. The & Harriette Hatfield, Mary Marlow, Tony general norms and ideals into practice. Pope, knowing how important he was to Vandenberg, Zoey May, Mary Hanes, Christian prudence is more than the church could hardly imagine what his Rob Luthringer, Robert & Jeanne Fealy, shrewdness that foresees difficulties house would be like. St. Peter and the Rossley Garvin, Darrell Davis, Tina and avoids undesirable consequences. Pope continued on to a small, beat-up Ashworth-DeBeasso, Mary Ann Locke, wooden shack. St. Peter told the Pope that It involves the exercise of a practical Joe Pascarella, Basil Wolfe, Celina Roby, this would be his dwelling. imagination that makes a coherent William Clark, Amelia McKay, Mary The Pope, shocked, said to St. Peter, whole of one's moral life. Hardbarger & family, Dominique Diddle, "Just a minute!" That other guy was a lawyer, and he gets a mansion. I was the Fr. Thomas Karachira, Margaret Kayser, FAMILY PERSPECTIVE head of the Roman Catholic Church, and Ralph “Doc” Boone By: Bud Ozar this is all the reward I get?" St. Peter looked at the Pope and said, "True, you have done @ CHRIST OUR HOPE Because it takes time to learn the great things. But we have lots of Popes in Heather Thomas, Connor Halsell, Heaven, and that guy was the first lawyer Charlie Conklin, Margaret Hunter, lesson in today’s Gospel it is ever to make it up here." important children are given the Georgette Healy, Norma Hilvers, Pat VOCATION VIEWS Bail, Patrick Hilvers, Robert Wheeler, opportunities to be “trustworthy in Doris Bias, Flynn and Pennell families, small matters” so they learn to be You cannot serve two masters. Michael Velemirovich, Sr. Maureen, “trustworthy in large matters” and Whom do you choose to follow? You Richard Stroomer, Ruth (Janie) Snyder, Kelly Yeager, Mary Ann Schoeny, Mark “trustworthy with what belongs to have to make a choice. (Luke 16:1-13) D’Anna, All men & women in the another.” KEY PASSAGE military PRAY FOR THOSE IN THE The person who is trustworthy in very small TODAY’S FOCUS maers is also trustworthy in great ones; MILITARY “Blinded by Envy” God’s love, and the person who is dishonest in very Lord, hold our troops in your loving mercy, and forgiveness are hands. Protect them as they protect small maers is also dishonest in great boundless. Sometimes we see this us. Bless them and their families for ones. (Luke16:10) mercy extended to those we think the selfless acts they perform for us in QUESTION OF THE WEEK our time of need. And give us peace. aren’t deserving and—rather than I ask this in the name of Jesus, Our Can cheang and decepon ever be imitate God’s mercy—we are Lord and Savior. Amen jusfied? blinded by jealousy.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 WOOD COUNTY LIFE CHAIN IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE The 26th Annual Wood County Life Chain will be held Texas-born musicians Seals and Crofts were at the height on Sunday, October 6, from 2:00-3:00 p.m. on Grand of popularity in the early 1970s, with such now iconic hits Central Avenue near the mall. We will be joining as “Summer Breeze” and “Diamond Girl.” All that thousands across America and Canada as we hold changed in 1974 with the release of their album “Unborn signs and silently pray for an end to abortion. Over 61 Child.” The title track is a haunting song for a preborn baby whose mother is considering abortion. The million children have been killed since 1973. Please message of the song is that the unborn baby is fully join us in having a voice for those who don't have one. human and deserving of life. Meet in Buttermore Jewelers parking lot at Grand Central Avenue and Lakeview Drive by 1:50 p.m. Signs In a 1993 interview, Crofts explains that Warner Brothers will be provided. warned them not to release the album. “They said, ‘This is a highly controversial subject, we advise that you don’t do this.’” After the release of the album, radio stations boycotted the title track and abortion activists protested Seals and Crofts concerts. The duo went on to release other albums and songs, but their celebrity was never again what they had enjoyed previously. CATHOLICS FOR LIFE Seals and Crofts had no regrets about their decision. Crofts said, “I think we got more good results out of it A cross display of over 800 crosses representing a third of than bad because a lot of people called us and said, all the lives lost to abortion in just one day will be on the “We’re naming our children after you, because you lawn of the church at Christ Our Hope Mission Church for helped us decide to save their lives with that song.’ That two weeks beginning the week of October 6. If you are was very fulfilling to us.” able to help hammer in crosses on October 5 , or have questions, please contact Angie Moretto (740) 473-3369 or Texas Right to Life, July 2019 Maria Barba (304) 299-1755. Thank you. 5TH ANNUAL ROSARY RALLY CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF The Catholic AMERICA Churches of the The Catholic University of America is Mid – Ohio Valley unique among universities in the along with the United States—even among Catholic STJ Knights of universities. Established by the Columbus would Vatican and the U.S. bishops in 1887, The Book of Wisdom Bible study like to extend an it is the national university of the at St. John Church will continue invitation to join Catholic Church Tuesday, September 24, following the 8:30 a.m. morning Mass. together for the Next weekend, we will be taking up 5th annual area Rosary Rally. The COH the National Collection for The event will take place on October 12, Catholic University of America. Your The Great Adventure Bible study at 11 am at the Parkersburg City support will enable Catholic will begin at Christ Our Hope Park band shelter, rain or shine. A University to expand its impact in Church Social Area on Sundays at complementary hot dog lunch will preparing the next generation of 9:30 a.m. starting October 6. immediately follow the program. leadership for our Church and nation. We appreciate your generosity. You STJ LAWN MOWING SPIRITUAL ADOPTION can learn more at collection.cua.edu. The following children will be prayed for Week of Sept 22– Team E daily for the next nine months: (Alkire & Jones) OFFICE OF SAFE ENVIRONMENT Week of Sept 29 – Team D Brian Allen Andrew Peter To report an incidence of suspected child (Schneider & Tayler) Benjamin Jacob Rosey Gloria sexual abuse, please contact your local law enforcement agency, or you may Virginia Katrine Loretta Monica STJ CAN A CATHOLIC confidentially contact WV Child Protective Sada Marie Joe Paul Maria Services at 800-352-6513. For the month of September, we Savanah Victoria Grace To report suspected cases of sexual will be collecting peanut Guadalupe Michael Mickey abuse by personnel of the Diocese of butter & jelly, Wheeling - Charleston to the Diocese, Montana Rae Anna Maria canned soup & please contact the DWC Chancery Office at Kathryn Hope Lorraine Veronica crackers. 888-434-6237 or 304-233-0880.
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