25 August 2019 Queenship of Mary Church Northampton, PA 21st Sunday in PARISH WEEKLY Ordinary Time Rev. Patrick H. Lamb, Pastor ! Msgr. John S. Campbell, Pastor Emeritus ! Msgr. Michael J. Chaback, In Residence ! Deacon Michael W. Doncsecz ! Mrs. Maureen Tancin, Secretary ! Mrs. Stephanie Kalavoda , PREP !
THE CELEBRATION OF MASS ! Saturday Evening: 4:00 PM ! Sunday: 8:00, 10:30 AM ! Mon. Tues. M Wed. 8:00AM Thurs. 6:00PM ! Friday: 9:15 AM (SCHOOL MASS) ! HOLY DAY MASSES 6:30AM, 9:00AM, 7:00PM ! ! ! SACRAMENT OF PENANCE ! Saturday: 3:00 to 3:45 PM ! Sunday: 10:00 to 10:25 AM ! Other times by appointment ! ! SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM ! Go out to all the world Baptisms are celebrated on the 4th Sunday of the month. A pre baptismal workshop is required for par- and tell the ents, who are expected to be active members for at least three months. Please call Deacon Mike to make Good News. all arrangements. (610 262 2227) ! ! HOLY MATRIMONY ! RECTORY ! A minimum preparation time of six months is required for the couple by the Diocese for the proper celebra- 1324 Newport Avenue ! tion of the Sacrament. Please call Father Lamb to Northampton, PA 18067 ! make all arrangements. (610 262 2227) ! Phone: 610 262 2227 ! ! Fax: 610 262 4192 ! WE WELCOME ! Email: [email protected] ! NEW PARISHIONERS ! Website: queenshipofmary.weconnect.com ! Please introduce yourselves to Father Lamb ! ! or Deacon Mike after Mass. ! RECTORY OFFICE HOURS ! Monday to Thursday: 9:00AM to 3:00PM ! Friday: 9:00AM to 2:00PM ! PROTECTING GOD’S CHILDREN CLOSED on Holy Days ! ! Office of Victims Assistance ! RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN ! Ms. Wendy Krisak, NCC, LPC ! ! Good Shepherd Catholic School (610 262 9171) ! Direct Number 1 800 791 9209 ! Safe Environment Coordinator ! Parish Religious Education Program (PREP) ! Contact the Rectory. (610 262 2227) ! Sister Meg Cole, SSJ, MS, LMFT 610 332 0442 ext 2019 !
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SANCTUARY ! MASS INTENTIONS LAMP ! will be lit this week ! ! 21st SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AUG. 25 ! 4:00 PM Joseph Campisi wife Ann & family ! IN MEMORY OF ! 8:00 AM John & Anna Kremsner Family ! ! 10:30 AM Maria Tam & Peter Tho Pham Family ! RICHARD DERKITS & ! Monday August 26 ! 8:00 AM John & Ann Hutnick Mike & Linda ! GARY GARVER ! Hutnick ! Tuesday August 27 ! 8:00 AM Catherine Rank Family MINISTRY !ASSIGNMENTS Wednesday August 28 ! 8:00 AM Al Fixl & Lisa (Fixl) Richardson ! WEEKEND OF AUG. 31/SEPT. 01 Martha Jandrisevits ! ! Thursday August 29 ! 4:00 PM ! 6:00 PM Loretta Solderich husband Bob Lector: June Doncsecz ! Friday August 30 ! Eucharistic Ministers: John Kelhart, ! 9:15 AM Ignatz Pany Children ! Barbara Bensinger ! (PLEASE NOTE TIME 1ST SCHOOL MASS) ! Altar Servers : Michael Kapustic, Jacob Solarek, ! Saturday August 31 ! Kathryn Esser ! ! 4:00 PM Edward J. Ifkovits daughter Gerri ! Greeters: Family of Edward Ifkovits ! 22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEPT. 01 ! 8:00 AM 8:00 AM Charles A. Stanz Family ! ! 10:30 AM John & Stella Siekonic Lector: Dave Burker ! ! Christine & Andrew Prudente Eucharistic Ministers: Scott Marakovits, ! Linda Messner, Donna Sattler ! SUNDAY COLLECTION Altar Servers: Andrew Sweetana, ! Theresa Tran, Hailey Benner August 18 - $8386. Greeters: Family of Charles A. Stanz ! ! May God bless your generosity! 10:30 AM ! Lector: Thomas Skrapits ! DONUT SUNDAY IS BACK!!! ! Eucharistic Ministers: Bill Szupper, Marcia Rich, ! Next Sunday ! Itala Kearns ! ! Altar Servers: Connor & Riley Kline, ! September 1, 2019 Charles Frystack Greeters: Marge Heffner & Sue Apostolico ! ! Your commitment to serve at our Sunday Liturgy enhances the worship experience of our entire parish, and is pleasing in the eyes of the Lord. ! ! Make every effort to be properly dressed, punctual, and well prepared. ! ! May God bless you abundantly. !
2! 25 AUGUST 2019 ! ! The History of Our Lady of Fatima Statue ! ! Undoubtedly you have seen the beautiful statue of Our Lady of Fatima that we have in our sanctuary just to the right of the tabernacle. Do you know the wonderful history of the statue? Let me give you a brief summary. Around the year 1981 members of “Friday’s Angels,” a rosary prayer group who met every Friday for almost 20 years at Mary Immaculate Seminary to pray for priests, made a pilgrimage to Doylestown, PA. They saw a beautiful statue of Our Lady there. They were informed she was handmade in Fatima, Portugal. ! ! The prayer group was inspired and decided that they wanted one. They needed a fund- raiser. Northampton Borough held their 1 st Annual Street Fair that year. They got family and friends together and did what we do best in Northampton: they made food! They sold sausage sandwiches, halupkies, cabbage noodles, pogachials, funnel cakes and donated pastries of enormous proportions. They made $3,300. ($1,000 was given to EWTN for prayers for all who donated anything to Our Lady’s fundraiser. Some money also went to Covenant House in NYC.) The cost of the hand made statue was $2,000. The money was given to Fr. Marion of the Chestahova Shrine. He went to Fatima the next fall and had one handmade and brought it back. ! ! Here’s the really cool part. After obtaining the statue, Fr. Marion went to the Shrine in Fatima to ask the Bishop’s blessing on her, but he was away. The Nuns of Fatima allowed Fr. Marion to place Our Lady in the Capelinha (the Chapel of the Apparitions where Our Lady stood on her appearance to the children) for 24 hours. ! Fr. Marion arrived at the airport carrying the statue ! (can you imagine?) When the flight crew saw her coming, they moved both of them to 1 st class! Even more amazing was when Fr. Marion arrived back in Doylestown, the Bish- op of Fatima happened to be there! They had a special Mass and blessed the statue. ! ! The statue made many pilgrimages to EWTN, where she was given the honor of standing in the Chapel from where the daily Mass is broadcast. This was the only time that Mother Angelica allowed this to happen. The sisters there said that they received many phone calls inquiring about the beautiful Blessed Mother Statue. ! The statue traveled from house to house in the summer months and in the fall she was given a place of honor at Mary Immaculate Seminary. The seminary closed and Msgr. Campbell was gracious enough to give her a permanent home in our chapel here at Queenship of Mary. We used to bring her out to the main church in May and October of each year. I thought it appropriate to leave her permanently in church so we can all enjoy her presence and beauty every Sunday. May this story encourage all of us to know that Mary does truly watch over all of us. We are, after all, Queenship of Mary Church, and she is Our Queen and Mother. !
3! 21ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ! WREATHS FOR ! VETERANS IN ! OUR CEMETERY ! ! We will be placing Aug. 23 Divine Mercy Cenacle Meeting 6:30 PM ! The Gathering Place ! wreaths in the ! cemetery again this Sept . 01 DONUT SUNDAY join us after mass in ! year in December on all our Veterans the social hall for coffee, donuts, & fellowship ! ! ! graves. (800 graves) Sept. 06 Divine Mercy Cenacle Meeting 6:30 PM ! The cost for each wreath is $10. We The Gathering Place ! will be taking up a collection at all the Sept. 15 Sunday School begins at 10:30 am mass ! ! masses this weekend. (Aug. 24/25) ! Sept. 16 Men’s Group Meeting 7PM spiritual cnt Please also let your friends and ! relatives who are not parishioners, Please do not park in front of Assumption of the Virgin Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church on but have loved ones who are Veterans, Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings. Their that are buried in our cemetery, their ! handicapped parishioners have a difficult time donations would be greatly entering their church. ! appreciated. ! Donations can be dropped off at the RCIA NThe Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults ! rectory at any time marked ! ! Do you know someone who may be interested in “wreaths”. becoming Catholic? RCIA is a faith journey of ! Catechesis and Spirituality. ! Do any of the following situations pertain to you? ! Queenship Cash UPDATE ! ! ! ! Do you have any non baptized adults in your Parishioners M just to let you know, if you family or among your friends? ! buy Wegmans cards, you can use them to ! purchase other gift cards such as ! Are there any Catholics in your family who have never received their First Communion and ! Restaurants, Movies, etc. that they sell at ! ! Confirmation? the store. ! Are there any inactive, hurt, disillusioned, or So if you need a gift card for an special fallen away Catholics among your family or friends occasion purchase a Wegmans card from who have recently expressed any desire or hope of ! Queenship Cash. This is the only Food returning to the Catholic Church? ! Store that allows you to do this. ! ! Would you like to invite anyone who is ! ! “Un Churched” (but not a member of any church) to join Queenship of Mary Parish and possibly become Gift Cards available at masses:: Amazon, Catholic? ! Barnes & Nobles, Dunkin Donuts, Giant, ! If you have said “YES” to any of the above Kohl’s, Lowes, Panera Bread, Redner’s, questions… Come with your family and friends and ! Starbuck’s, Weis, Wegmans, Bob’s Flower discover for yourselves. ! ! Shop, Ace Hardware. ! RCIA classes will begin the end of September and are held on Tuesday Night. More information to follow. ! Thank you for your participa- ! tion in this program and To register! for RCIA or if you have any questions Happy Shopping!! please call the rectory at (610) 262 2227 and talk with Deacon Mike or Father Lamb. !
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Saint Monica , also known as Monica of Hippo, is St. Augustine of Hippo's mother. She was born in 331 A.D. SUNDAY READINGS in Tagaste, which is present day Algeria. August 25, 2019 When she was very young, she was married off to the Isaiah 66:18–21 Roman pagan Patricius, who shared his mother's violent [Thus says the Lord,] “I am coming to gather all na- temper. Patricius' mother lived with the couple and the tions and tongues; they shall come and see my glo- duo's temper flares proved to be a constant challenge to ry.” young Monica. Hebrews 12:5–7, 11–13 While Monica's prayers and Christian deeds bothered Do not disdain the discipline of the Lord or lose Patricius, he is said to have respected her beliefs. heart when reproved by him; for whom the Lord Three children were born to Monica and Patricius: Au- loves, he disciplines. gustine, Navigius, and Perpetua. Unfortunately, Monica Luke 13:22–30 was unable to baptize her children and when Augustine [Jesus said,] “Strive to enter through the narrow fell ill, Monica pleaded with Patricius to allow their son door, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but to be baptized. will not be strong enough.” Patricius allowed it, but when Augustine was healthy again, he withrew his permission. WEEKDAY READINGS For years Monica prayed for her husband and mother in law, until finally, one year before Patricius' death, she August 26-31 successfully converted them. Monday, Weekday: 1 Thes 1:1–5, 8b–10 / Mt 23:13– As time passed, Perpetua and Navigius entered the reli- 22 gious life, but unfortunately Augustine became lazy and Tuesday, St. Monica: 1 Thes 2:1–8 / Mt 23:23–26 uncouth. This greatly worried Monica, so when Patricius Wednesday, St. Augustine: 1 Thes 2:9–13 / Mt 23:27 died, she sent the 17 year old Augustine to Carthage for –32 schooling. Thursday, Passion of St. John the Baptist : 1 Thes 3:7– While in Carthage, Augustine became a Manichaean, 13 / Mk 6:17–29 which was a major religion that saw the world as light Friday, Weekday : 1 Thes 4:1–8 / Mt 25:1–13 and darkness, and when one died, they were removed Saturday , Weekday : 1 Thes 4:9–11 / Mt 25:14–30 from the world of matter and returned to the world of light, which is where life comes from. After Augustine got his education and returned home, he shared his views with Monica, who drove him from her table. Though it is not recorded how much time passed, Monica had a vi- sion that convinced her to reconcile with her wayward son. Monica went to a bishop, who told her, "the child of those tears shall never perish." Inspired, Monica followed Augustine to Rome, where she learned he had left for Milan. She continued her persual and eventually came upon St. Ambrose, who helped her convert Augustine to Christianity following his seventeen year resistance. Augustine later wrote a book called !Confessions , in which he wrote of Monica's habit of bringing "to certain oratories, erected in the memory of the saints, offerings of por- ridge, bread, water and wine." When Monica moved to Milan, a bishop named Ambrose told her wine "might be an occasion of gluttony for those who were already given to drink," so she stopped preparing wine as offerings for the saints. Augustine wrote: "In place of a basket filled with fruits of the earth, she had learned to bring to the oratories of the martyrs a heart full of purer petitions, and to give all that she could to the poor so that the communion of the Lord's body might be rightly celebrated in those places where, after the example of his passion, the martyrs had been sacrificed and crowned." After a period of six months, Augustine was baptized in the church of St. John the Baptist at Milan. The pair were led to believe they should spread the Word of God to Africa, but it the Roman city of Civitavecchia, Monica passed away. She was buried at Ostia, and her body was removed during the 6th century to a hidden crypt in the church of Santa Aurea in Osta, near the tomb of St. Aurea of Ostia. In 1430, Pope Martin V ordered her relics to be brought to Rome and many miracles were reported to have oc- curred along the way. Later, Cardinal d'Estouteville built a church to honor St. Augustine called the Basilica di Sant'Agostino, where her relics were placed in a chapel to the left of the high altar. Her funeral epitaph survived in ancient manuscripts and the stone it was originally written on was discovered in the church of Santa Aurea in 1945. Douglas Boin translated the tablet's Latin to read: "Here the most virtuous mother of a young man set her ashes, a second light to your merits, Augustine. As a priest, serving the heavenly laws of peace, you taught [or you teach] the people entrusted to you with your character. A glory greater than the praise of your accomplishments crowns you both Mother of the Virtues, more fortunate because of her offspring." !
5! 21ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ! PARISH PICNIC ! SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, 3024 S. RUCH STREET IN WHITEHALL (STILES) WILL HAVE THEIR ANNUAL PARISH PICNIC SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 st , 2019, FROM NOON TO 9:00 P.M. ON THE PARISH GROUNDS. ! MUSIC PROVIDED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA VILLAGERS 1:00 TO 4:00 AND COMMON BOND FROM 5:00 TO 9:00. ! DELICIOUS FOODS, CHILDREN’S GAMES, RAFFLES, ! REFRESHMENTS, BAKE SALE AND MORE. ALL ARE INVITED !!! !
“Be Still and Know that I am God.” ( Psalm 46) ! You have probably heard of “Centering Prayer,” but what is it? Father Lamb and Mary Anne Marakovits will explain and take you through an experience of Centering Prayer. ! ! Centering Prayer is a receptive method of silent prayer that prepares us to receive the gift of contemplative prayer, prayer in which we experience God's presence within us, closer than breath- ing, closer than thinking, closer than consciousness itself. This method of prayer is both a relation- ship with God and a discipline to foster that relationship. ! ! Centering Prayer is not meant to replace other kinds of prayer. Rather, it adds depth of mean- ing to all prayer and facilitates the movement from more active modes of prayer ! verbal, mental or affective prayer ! into a receptive prayer of resting in God. Centering Prayer emphasizes prayer as a personal relationship with God and as a movement beyond conversation with Christ to com- munion with Christ. ! Come join us for an hour of union with Jesus through the beautiful gift of Centering Prayer on the Feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, October 1, 2019. We plan to meet on the first Tuesday of the month, and you can choose either a noon meeting or an evening one. ! ! Starting date : October 1 st . Time: 12 Noon to 1:00 PM. Place: Spiritual Center! OR October 1 st , 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM at the “Gathering Place” (Convent). ! Come join us for a deeper experience of prayer. !
Our Sunday School program for preschool Families Invited to The 4th Annual !Monocacy Farm and kindergarten children begins on ! Food Festival ! ! !! September 15th. It is held during the 10:30 BETHLEHEM, PA M Monocacy Farm Project will Mass in the American Saints Room. If you host !The 4th Annual !Monocacy Farm Food Festival , a need more information call Mimi at the ! family friendly event for the whole community. ! rectory. (601 262 2227) ! The festival will feature local food and artisan vendors, fun children’s activities and crafts, tractor demos, !face ! Halupki Dinner ! painting, environmentally friendly toys with Bob Swaim, ! chef demos, workshops, petting zoo, farm tours, live mu- St. Elizabeth Parish is sponsoring a Halupki dinner on sic, great raffles and much more. The first 100 individu- Saturday, September 14 th from 4 M 7 pm in their Parish als/families will receive a free bag with exciting goodies !! Hall, located at 435 Pershing Boulevard, Whitehall. inside. ! The menu includes: Halupki, mashed potatoes, a roll, WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 29th, 2019 from 11AM until 4PM !! butter, dessert & a beverage. Take out will be availa- ! !! ble. Cost is: Adults $10 in advance/$12 at the door; WHERE: 395 Bridle Path Rd. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! Children (5 10) $5 in advance/$7 at Bethlehem, PA 18017 ! the door. For tickets or more infor- For entry, a donation of $5.00 per person or $10.00 per !! mation, please call Joan Glover at ! family is suggested. Free parking is available. ! 610 349 7791. ! All proceeds benefit The Monocacy Farm Project .
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