Mary Ann Snell
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
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 ! ! 21ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ! 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.