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The Faith Community of St. Irenaeus strives for knowledge, service, and faith through our patron’s guidance and the Holy Spirit dwelling within us. With love, worship, and solidarity, we are building God’s Kingdom in our families and communities. Nourished by Word and Sacrament, we give ourselves to Christ and His Church for the greater glory of God our Father.

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good standing with the Church and are age 16 or older. Cerficates can be Hall Rentals QG :1JVR``QI .V]:`1.Q HV8 Patty Stokes ...... 724-994-6735 † MASS INTENTIONS † SUNDAY The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ 8:00 AM Anna Wehner (Shelley and Julie) 11:00 AM Living and Deceased of Parish Families MONDAY Weekday 1:30 PM St. Irenaeus Parishioners at Longwood at Oakmont TUESDAY Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr 8:00 AM Ruth Herrle (Paul Herrle) WEDNESDAY Weekday 8:00 AM Richard Ketterer (Maureen) THURSDAY Weekday 8:00 AM Mary Anne Petitto (Family) SATURDAY Vigil: Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:30 PM Elmer Zucco (Family) SUNDAY Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 AM Anna Wehner (Husband) 11:00 AM Living and Deceased of Parish Families

Stewardship Due to the printer’s Memorial Day Holiday schedule for submitting bulletin information, reporting of the May 26th and 27th offertory collections will be printed in next

weekend’s bulletin. gxåà exyÄxvà|ÉÇá The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ This Week Ahead In our modern times, symbol can seem to have lost its MONDAY, JUNE 4 value. The most recognizable "signs" are ones we see 1:30 PM -M ass at Longwood at Oakmont on the road or the branding in advertisements. The 7:00 PM -Ladies of Charity Meeting in PLEC logos for major companies don't do much more than TUESDAY, JUNE 5 perk our interest or disdain. They surely don't deliver 10:00 AM-4:00 PM -Flea Market Open on their promises for our lives to be happier, healthier, 7:00 PM -Pastoral Council Meeting in School and easier. On this feast of Corpus Christi, we hear the account of WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 the Last Supper. This was Passover, an ancient sign of 7:00 PM -A Biblical Walk Through the Mass the covenant of Moses. The Hebrew people celebrated Presentation in Hall God's providential care for His people. To the listening THURSDAY, JUNE 7 disciples, Jesus makes a very bold claim. "This is my 10:00 AM-5:00 PM -Flea Market Open blood of the covenant." At the time of the first Passover, 7:00 PM -Holy Hour in Church the redemption of the Hebrew people from slavery to the SATURDAY, JUNE 9 Egyptians, the blood of the sacrificial lamb was spread 9:00 AM-2:00 PM -Flea Market Open on the lintels of the doorpost. Tomorrow, some of the 11:00 AM -Confessions disciples would witness the blood of the new covenant Ladies of Charity Food Collection spread across the wood of the cross. Christ's Body and Blood are more than a sign. They are a sacrament. In the sacrament, the sign makes real what Holy Hour it signifies. More than ritual, a sacrament enacts truth of the covenantal love of God and His promise of fidelity. The Holy Hour for June will be on It's a promise God keeps. The same bread and wine of Thursday, June 7th that first Holy Thursday liturgy becomes, throughout the centuries and until the end of time, the very Body and from 7:00-8:00 p.m. in Church. Blood of Christ. On this feast, we celebrate the unfailing covenantal love of our God. As you partake in the There will be Exposition of the Blessed Eucharist today, and next Sunday, and the Sunday after that, remember that you receive neither a meaningless Sacrament, opportunity for prayer, sign nor an empty offer. You receive God Himself, as He and Benediction. fulfills His promise to remain with us always. Readings for the Week of June 3, 2018 Sunday: Ex 24:3-8/Ps 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18 [13]/ Heb 9:11-15/Mk 14:12-16, 22-26 Monday: 2 Pt 1:2-7/Ps 91:1-2, 14-15b, 15c-16 [cf. 2b]/Mk 12:1-12 PRESCHOOL NEWS Tuesday: 2 Pt 3:12-15a, 17-18/Ps 90:2, 3-4, 10, 14 and 16 [1]/ Mk 12:13-17 St. Irenaeus Preschool is accepting Wednesday: 2 Tm 1:1-3. 6-12/Ps 123:1b-2ab, 2cdef [1b]/ new enrollment for the 2018-2019 Mk 12:18-27 Thursday: 2 Tm 2:8-15/Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14 [4]/ school year. Please contact our Mk 12:28-34 preschool director, Jill Hubert, at Friday: Hos 11:1, 3-4, 8c-9/Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 [3]/ 412-794-4005 for more information Eph 3:8-12, 14-19/Jn 19:31-37 or to register. Saturday: 2 Tm 4:1-8/Ps 71:8-9, 14-15ab, 16-17, 22 [cf. 15ab]/ Lk 2:41-51

The St. Irenaeus 3,000 Diapers! Thank you to all the parishioners who Spring and Summer donated diapers to the Ladies of Charity Flea Market Diaper Drive. We collected 3,036 diapers! These diapers were donated to the Western PA Diaper Bank and will help families in is Open need throughout the Pittsburgh area. Thank you for your generosity! Tuesdays 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. of ours Thursdays 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. H tion Ladies of Charity Monthly pera Saturdays 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. O Food Collections Your donations to the monthly food 2 Floors of Great Bargains! collections are distributed to the local food banks to help those in need. Any Furniture Household Items Collectibles non-perishable food items are appreciated. Jewelry Clothing and Accessories Please place your donated items in the designated boxes by any church entrance. Thank you for your generosity. and Much More!

Volunteers Needed to Help with To donate items to the St. Irenaeus flea market, St. Irenaeus Vacation Bible School you may drop them off during the hours of operation on any Tuesday, Thursday or St. Irenaeus Vacaon Bible School is in need of parents Saturday or call Elaine Grabowski at and students in eighth through twel h grade or college
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Volunteer Healthcare and Dental Professionals Needed

Catholic Charities Free Health Care Center (CCFHCC) provides free medical, dental, and specialty health care to uninsured and underinsured adults without access to healthcare. As a health center that operates on a Volunteer-in-Medicine model, we rely heavily upon the services of active and retired doctors, dentists, specialists, nurses, and administrative support. CCFHCC is currently seeking volunteer doctors, CRNPs, RNs, dentists, oral surgeons, dental hygienists, and dental assistants to provide services to clients who, without our help, would go without care. We offer flexible schedules (minimum of three hours a month), FTCA liability coverage and free parking. Please contact CCFHCC’s volunteer coordinator at 412-456-6977.

Volunteer: Christ Child Society of Pittsburgh

Calling all women. As busy as you are, could you possibly find

a little time to help a needy child? The Christ Child Society May God Bless volunteers reach out to teach, motivate, clothe and care for These Little needy children in the Pittsburgh area. For more information, Ones

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The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Daily Prayer This Week

Sunday in the United States is the Solemnity of the The pastoral letters set the tone. Writing to Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ . For the rest Timothy, for example, Paul is eloquent in urging of the world, it is the Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time, him to be faithful - even to fan what he has learned “The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.” into a flame. This is a good context for us to return The Friday after the Body and Blood of Christ is always to this season, fresh from the graces of Pentecost. the Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, with its The gifts of the Spirit have been given us. We can own special readings, followed on Saturday by Memorial ignore them, bury them, or use them with very little of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary . life and energy. We can also fan them into a fire The first readings this week are from the pastoral letters, that gives courage and hope to others. The Second Letter of Peter and The Second Letter to As we wake each morning this week, and prepare Timothy . to be focused when we go about our daily tasks, we Mark's Gospel offers stories of how Jesus is in the midst can ask the Spirit of Jesus to “enkindle within us the of a struggle with the religious leaders in Jerusalem who fire of your love.” Each day, we can be more and do not like them. He tells them the Parable of the tenant more concrete about where we need help, grace, farmers, telling them that the stone rejected by builders “fire” to heal and gather others together and be a has become the cornerstone. They almost arrest him. His source of unity and peace which simply aren't a opponents try to ensnare Jesus with question about the part of the “world's way” of doing things. temple tax, but he isn't trapped by them. When they Jesus faced terrible conflict in his final days on question him about the resurrection, Jesus tells a parable this earth. That's consoling for us who experience which teaches that God is the God of the living. When conflict in our day to day experience. This week, asked which is the first commandment, Jesus gives two, let's ask the Spirit to be with us in the difficult highlighting the equal importance of love of God and times we face. Let's ask that we might not surrender neighbor. Jesus is both Son of David and Messiah and our peace. Let's ask that we be able to trust our Lord Lord. Jesus warns of those who abuse widows on when we are asked to love others and give up “my spiritual pretexts and tells his disciples to notice the way” of doing things, loving God and our neighbor widow who gave from her poverty. equally. Sunday is the Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time . “The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.”

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