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SAINT PATRICK 319 MAHANTONGO STREET POTTSVILLE, PA
Pastor...... Rev. Msgr. Edward J. O'Connor
Parochial Vicar/Hospital Chaplain ...... Rev. Barnabas Shayo, A.J.
Permanent Deacons ...... Mr. John E. Quirk Mr. Lawrence J. Lonergan
Membership/Registra on St. Patrick Parish offers Online Giving All parishioners should be registered as an electronic tool for contribu ons so in our files. New parishioners are you can contribute via the Internet. Online asked to register as soon as possible. Giving helps you maintain your giving even if When moving from the parish, no fy you cannot be here at Mass. Please go to our the office. Please also report any Parish website at www.stpatrickpo sville.org address change. to get started.
SCHEDULE OF MASSES WEEKDAY MASSES DIVINE MERCY PERPETUAL ADORATION CHAPEL AT ST. Saturday ...... 4:15 pm Weekdays ...... Currently 8:00 am PATRICK RECTORY: Please call Aleece at 570-449-7678 Sunday ...... 8:00 am and 10:00 am Saturdays..None at the present me for more informa on.
CONFESSIONS ROSARY AND NOVENA: 7:00 pm, Wednesdays in Our Saturday ...... 3:00 to 4:00 pm Wednesday ...... 6:30 to 7:30 pm Lady's Chapel
Phone ...... 570-622-1802 Email...... [email protected] COMMUNION CALLS are made monthly. Please contact
Fax ...... 570-622-2593 Web ...... www.stpatrickpo sville.org the Parish Office if you would like to be put on the Communion Call list, or would like to receive the Business Manager...... Lisa Arant Anoin ng of the Sick. Office Administrator ...... Debbie Walker
Office Hours ...... 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday - Thursday HOSPITAL/NURSING HOME VISITS: The pa ent or a 8:30 am to 12:00 pm, Friday member of the immediate family must no fy the Parish
Bulle n Deadline ...... 9:00 am, Mondays Office of a pa ent's admission so a visit can be made.
PARISHMonthly OFFICE Parish Events Calendar Deadline ...... First day of prior month This is in compliance with the Federal HIPAA Law.
RCIA: Rite of Chris an Ini a on of Adults is the SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Parents are required to register and a end a reparatory process in which adults join the Catholic Church. Please workshop before Bap sm. Please call Deacon Jack Quirk at 570-622-1802, ext. 7, to register. Workshops are held bi-monthly. Parents wishing Bap sm for their children call the Parish Office if interested. must be prac cing Catholics; meaning regular a endance at Mass, and suppor ng ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATE: Cer ficates to act as a the Parish by the use of envelopes. sponsor for Bap sm or Confirma on are available at the SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: Couples planning to be married must contact a parish Parish Office. You must be a prac cing Catholic, priest at least six months prior to the desired date of the marriage. meaning regular a endance at Mass, and suppor ng the Parish by the use of envelopes. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (PREP): Grades 1 - 8 • September thru May
Please follow schedule on calendar. When classes are held, please report a er the ST. PATRICK POTTSVILLE AREA KITCHEN: Please call 9:30 am Mass from 10:45 am to noon. Terry Alexander at 570-617-2957 for hours and Sr. Mary Jane Dunleavy, S.S.J., Director 570-544-2464 / [email protected] dona ons.
Catholic Bishop Abuse Repor ng Service: If you have an allega on of abuse against a bishop, please contact the Catholic Bishop Abuse Repor ng Service at www.ReportBishopAbuse.org or by calling 800-276-1562.
St. Patrick’s Preschool Na vity BVM High School Local Safe Environment Coord. Diocesan Safe at Assump on BVM Principal: Mrs. Lynn Sabol Lisa Arant, 570-622-5566 Environment Coord. Director: Mrs. Sharon Rossi 570-622-8110 Pamela J. Russo, MSW, MS Vic m Assistance Coordinator 570-622-0106 610-871-5200, Ext. 2204 St. Joseph’s Center Wendy Krisak, MA, NCC, LPC Assump on BVM for Special Learning DIRECT LINE: 800-791-9209 Elementary School Program Director: Principal: Mrs. Teresa Kea ng Mr. Robert Giba Diocesan Policies on the Protec on of Youth can be found at: 570-622-0106 570-622-4638 h p://www.allentowndiocese.org/youth-protec on
. SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FEBRUARY 14, 2021
PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS: - the sick of the parish - our many Benefactors
- those recently deceased – Helen McGeever Monday, February 15 8:00 am Betty Bruen (Tom & MaryAnn Heenan) If you are a visitor to the Church of St. Patrick, we ------want you to know that you are most welcome, whether Tuesday, February 16 you come from another State or from another Parish. Please feel comfortable in our beautiful house of the 8:00 am Dick Matthews (Wife, Annette) ------Father. Thank you for worshipping with us! Wednesday, February 17 – Ash Wednesday 8:00 am Joan M. Monahan (Judy Blew, Carole Kelly, & CANDLE INTENTIONS Nancy Rushannon) February 14 to February 20 12:00 pm Jack Callahan (Patricia Muldowney) Sanctuary – IMO Dick Matthews (Wife, Annette) 6:30 pm Joseph Ferhat (Adrianne & John Kurtak) Sacred Heart – IMO George & Elizabeth Stoffey ------(Pat & Joe Stoffey) Thursday, February 18 Pieta – IMO Joe Wollyung (Joe & Suzanne Wollyung) 8:00 am Valentina Lizak (Est) Pope St. John Paul II – In Thanksgiving for ------Msgr. O’Connor & Fr. Barnabas (Helen Weiss) Friday, February 19 St. Patrick – IMO Pat Piccioni (Bob & Sharon Piccioni) 8:00 am Robert A. Bernatonis (Carolyn Bernatonis) Sanctuary – Our Lady’s Chapel – IMO Joel “Spanky” ------Connors (Sally Connors) First Sunday of Lent Blessed Virgin Mary – Our Lady’s Chapel – Saturday, February 20 4:15 pm Stephen Andrusisian (Family) LOTTERY CALENDARS – RECENT OUTCOMES Sunday, February 21 Tues., January 26 #509 Leonard D. ($50) 8:00 am People of the Parish Wed., January 27 #490 Peggy S. ($50) 10:00 am Ruth Bernadyn (Jack & Susan Spleen) Thurs., January 28 #161 Fran D. ($50) Fri., January 29 #792 Joan B. ($50) READINGS OF THE DAY Sat., January 30 #950 No Winner Sun., January 31 #877 No Winner First Reading: Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46 Mon., February 1 #868 Leonard D. ($50) The Lord tells Moses and Aaron that anyone bearing the Tues., February 2 #127 Nancy Y. ($50) sore of leprosy must first be seen by Aaron or one of the Wed., February 3 #536 J & E ($50) other priests, and that as long as the sore is upon him, Thurs., February 4 #080 No Winner “He shall dwell apart, making his abode outside the Fri., February 5 #215 No Winner camp.” Sat., February 6 #732 Debbie C. ($100) Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 10:31—11:1 Sun., February 7 #703 Deb Z. ($150) Mon., February 8 #759 Monique S. ($50) Paul instructs the Corinthians to do everything for the glory of God, to avoid offending others, and to be Our monthly lottery calendars are a great fundraiser for imitators of Christ. our Parish! They make great gifts! Please consider being a seller, or buying one by calling the Parish Office! Gospel: Mark 1:40-45 Jesus takes pity on a leper and cures him of his disease with a In memory of Joseph Noel by: Margaret C. Zelinsky & Family; warning not to say but to DONATIONS TO show himself to the priest THE Bill & Melody Montag; and make an offering. ST. PATRICK C. Ryland & Carolyn Lord Instead of remaining silent, the leper greatly publicized MEMORIAL In memory of William DeAngeles the healing, making it impossible for Jesus to enter the FUND town openly. by: Nancy DeAngeles, Peter DeAngeles, & Alicia Watson ©1999 Bon Venture Services, Inc. In memory of Joanne McCready by: Linda Humphrey
PARISH STEWARDSHIP Ash Wednesday is this Wednesday, February 17. Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Masses will be celebrated at January 31, 2021 (Week 30) 8:00 am, 12:00 pm, and Budgeted Weekly Sunday Offering $ 9,110 6:30 pm. Last Sunday’s Offering/% of Budget $12,414 136% REMINDER: Ash Sunday Offerings To Date $239,794 Wednesday and Good Friday Deficit to Date ($ 33,494) -14% are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for 434 Envelopes used out of a possible 911 Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are 52 Online Giving Contributions obligatory days of abstinence. For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory Fiscal Year 2020-2021 from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is February 7, 2021 (Week 31) permitted to eat one full meal. Two smaller meals may also be taken, but not to equal a full meal. The norms Budgeted Weekly Sunday Offering $ 9,110 concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon Last Sunday’s Offering/% of Budget $ 5,539 61% members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 Sunday Offerings To Date $245,333 onwards. (Taken from USCCB.org) Deficit to Date ($ 37,065) -15% As the Season of Lent 165 Envelopes used out of a possible 909 approaches, Bishop 50 Online Giving Contributions Alfred Schlert asks the clergy and faithful of the Diocese of Allentown to The Second Collection on the weekend of February 21 celebrate the Ember will be for Catholic Home Missions Appeal. Days for the Season as Please be generous! a sign of reparation and healing for the Church. Debbie will not be available at the Parish Office Ember Days are on Monday, February 15, due to the quarterly observances Presidents’ Day Holiday! with three days set aside (Wednesday, Friday and Saturday) to pray in gratitude for the blessings of the LAST CHANCE FOR THE BIG ONE!!! 10,000!!! season and human labor, to thank God publicly. There are 12 Ember Days in all.
The fourth drawing of the Shamrock Holy Mother Church provides many opportunities to $10,000 took place on February 6, and refresh and renew. The Lenten Ember Days blend with the winner was Mike Curran from the season of Lent, providing reminders to continue and Schuylkill Haven! Congratulations Mike!! persevere in the spirit of conversion and penance. The fasting and abstinence would follow the current laws Just a reminder that if you didn’t get your tickets in or if you would like to purchase some more, you still can of the Church, with abstaining being from all meat, and fasting would be one full meal a day, with the allowance and you will have a chance to win the $10,000 Grand of two smaller meals that do not equal the main meal, Prize! The $10,000 will be drawn on Saturday, and no eating between meals. March 6 after the 4:15 pm Mass! The drawing will be livestreamed on our Facebook page. Where else can The Lenten Ember Days for 2021 are as follows: you buy a ticket for $5 with a chance to win $10,000! Wednesday, February 24; Friday, February 26; and Saturday, February 27. Please remember, not only do the winners benefit financially, but St. Patrick Parish does too! We need STATIONS OF THE CROSS IN LENT the help of ALL of our Parishioners to support the Every Wednesday at 11:15 am, and Parish! Thank you if you already purchased your every Friday at 6:30 pm tickets! (with Exposition and Benediction) MORNING PRAYER IN LENT Every morning, Monday through Friday, We are looking for someone to donate the at 7:40 am. 2021 Paschal Candle. Please contact the Parish Office if interested. CONFESSIONS IN LENT Saturday: 3 pm to 4 pm, and
Wednesday: 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
St. Patrick Preschool @ ABVM Grow in love during Lent is accepting registrations for The point of the season of Lent is to the 2021-2022 school year. We transform our hearts – to become new, ready offer 2, 3 and 5 day programs both full and half days. to greet our new life at Contact us for more Easter. “A new heart I will information at 570-622-0106 or [email protected]. Check out our give you, and a new spirit I Facebook page Saint Patrick Preschool @ will put within you; and I Assumption BVM. will take out of your flesh
PREP Classes for ALL STUDENTS the heart of stone and give receiving First Holy Communion you a heart of flesh” and Confirmation will be held in the (Ezekiel 36:26). We can Rectory on February 14, use this time in the desert to live lives of love February 28, March 14, March 28, for God and for one another. April 11, April 25, May 9, and May 20. Classes begin after the Affirmation: Recognizing and acknowledging 10 am Mass from 11:15 am until 12:30 pm. ALL PREP students the valuable qualities of a beloved builds receiving these sacraments MUST ATTEND. feelings of trust, safety, and wellbeing. ALL PREP Parents/Guardians of students NOT receiving Offer God praise from your heart. Don’t sacraments will continue to meet on the second Sunday of each keep it to yourself, speak it out loud. Tell month in the Parish Center from 11:15 am until 12:30 pm. The others how awesome He is and what He can next Parent session will be held on February 14. do for them. Cemetery CORNER Attention: Spending time with God, one on Cemetery Lots for Sale! Calvary one, is vital to getting through the day in His and St Joseph Cemetery plots are all $600/grave. We have both upright friendship. Give Him your attention each day, monument, and flat marker options tell Him everything, and listen to what He available. Plan ahead and make your final arrangements easier on your family. Please call says back to you. Being a good listener will 570-622-5566 for details. benefit all your relationships, too. Cemetery Memorial Donations - Did you know that Gifts: There is no point trying to impress Parish and Cemetery funds are kept separate? Anyone God. He needs nothing that we have. wishing to make memorial donations to our cemeteries must specify your wishes in order to be sure that those However, we can give Him a gift from the donations are being used to help maintain and improve heart. We can tithe, offer service, attend all four of our cemeteries. Please consider a memorial Mass, repent, change our lives to live His donation to St Patrick Cemeteries! law. We can act as His hands and feet on
Earth.
Our Lady’s Chapel (Lower Chapel) is open EVERY day from 8:30 am until 4:30 pm for Private Prayer. Our Perpetual Adoration Chapel
will remain closed at this time. Confessions will be heard on Wednesdays from 6:30 pm until 7:30 pm, and on Saturdays from 3:00 pm until 4:00 pm in Our Lady’s Chapel.
Intercessor’s Corner Intercessor’s Corner Saints Cyril and Methodius Saint Valentine of Rome Cyril (born Constantine, 826– Saint Valentine, officially known as Saint Valentine of 869) and Methodius (815–885) Rome, is a third-century Roman saint widely celebrated on were two brothers February 14 and commonly associated with "courtly love." and Byzantine Christian Although not much of St. Valentine's life is reliably known, theologians and missionaries. and whether or not the stories For their work evangelizing involve two different saints by the Slavs, they are known as the same name is also not the "Apostles to the Slavs". officially decided, it is highly They are credited with agreed that St. Valentine was devising the Glagolitic martyred and then buried on alphabet, the first alphabet the Via Flaminia to the north used to transcribe Old Church of Rome. In 1969, the Roman Slavonic. After their deaths, their pupils continued their Catholic Church removed missionary work among other Slavs. Both brothers are St. Valentine from the General venerated in the Orthodox Church as saints with the title Roman Calendar, because so of "equal-to-apostles". In 1880, Pope Leo XIII introduced little is known about him. their feast into the calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. However, the church still In 1980, Pope John Paul II declared them co-patron recognizes him as a saint, saints of Europe, together with Benedict of Nursia (Taken listing him in the February 14 from Wikipedia). Their Feast Day is February 14. spot of Roman Martyrolgy. (Taken from catholic.org). Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius, pray for us! Saint Valentine, pray for us!
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