SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC PARISH VOL.62 NO.32 THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME AUGUST 10, 2014
The Assumption of Mary ~ August 15 SCRIPTURE READI GS FOR AUGUST 14 15 THE ASSUMPTIO OF MARY The life of the historical woman Miriam of Nazareth Revelation 11:19a; 12:1 6a, 10 / 1 Corinthians 15:20 27 / Luke 1: 39 56 was indeed a journey of faith, with significance for people struggling to negotiate the challenges of faith SCRIPTURE READI GS FOR AUGUST 16 17 today. From her peasant domicile in Nazareth to the THE TWE TIETH SU DAY OF ORDI ARY TIME house church in Jerusalem, both of which labored to Isaiah 56:1, 6 7 / Romans 11: 13 15, 29 32 / Matthew 15: 21 28 survive under oppressive economic and political circumstances; from youth to marriage to widowhood; BULLETI DEADLI E from the birth of her firstborn to his horrendous death The deadline for the Bulletin of August 17 has passed. Deadline for the bulletin of August 24 is noon on Friday, August 15. to hearing him proclaimed Lord, Messiah, and Savior –
she walked her life’s path keeping faith with her gracious God, the Holy One of Israel. Now she is an SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES AUGUST 10 17 older woman wise in the Spirit. All her years of SU DAY, AUGUST 10 suffering and joy, danger and risk-taking, questioning 11:00 AM LITURGY OF THE WORD FOR CHILDRE and pondering, anxiety and hope, hard work and 11:00 AM OUR PARISH CELEBRATIO of Father Kings’ Sabbath rest, intimate relationships and losses, coalesce Fortieth Anniversary of Ordination will begin with the in a new quickening. Inconceivable though it may be, 11:00 AM Mass and will continue with the Parish Picnic the God of Israel in whom she believed has acted to beginning at 12:30 PM at Hoover Park in North Canton. fulfill the ancient promise made to her people. All Please see the full page in this bulletin. creation is headed for a vivifying transformation. MO DAY, AUGUST 11 Death does not have the last word. “Afire with some 11:30 AM SOCIABLE SE IORS will meet in the St. Michael unnamed energy,” she, like “all of them,” is Room – lunch is at Noon. empowered to witness with boldness, bequeathing a legacy still capable of igniting hearts with hope in the TUESDAY, AUGUST 12 living God in the midst of a world of suffering. 7:00 PM K IGHTS OF COLUMBUS will meet in the Lower Sister Elizabeth A. Johnson, CSJ Room of the Parish Office Building for a business Truly Our Sister: A Theology of Mary meeting.
in the Communion of Saints THURSDAY, AUGUST 14 9:00 AM EUCHARISTIC ADORATIO in Chapel until 9:00 PM MASS I TE TIO S 7:00 PM VIGIL MASS for the Assumption of Mary
Monday, August 11 FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 6:45 AM Liturgy of the Word with Communion THE ASSUMPTIO OF MARY Masses will be 8:00 AM Bruna Donatini (Irene Ross) celebrated at 6:45 AM and 12:15 PM .
Tuesday, August 12 SU DAY, AUGUST 17 6:45 AM Evaristo Caldas (Family) 11:00 AM LITURGY OF THE WORD FOR CHILDRE 8:00 AM Roger Crisp, Jr. (Pete and Jane Burns) 6:30 PM ROSARY – Chapel Wednesday, August 13 6:30 PM AMI – Center Community Room 6:45 AM Kevin Frank (Russ and Evelyn Frank) 8:00 AM Bill Bayda (Linda Bayda) THE ASSUMPTIO OF MARY I TO HEAVE Thursday, August 14 The Solemnity of the Assumption is the oldest and greatest feast of 6:45 AM Angie Conley (The Frease Family) Mary. Orthodox Christians call August 15 the Dormition (“falling 8:00 AM Liturgy of the Word with Communion asleep”) of Mary. “She who sheltered the Divine Word in her breast 7:00 PM Ben and Josephine Diugolecki (Michael P. Smith) was to be lodged in the dwelling place of her Son,” says Saint John Friday, August 15 – The Assumption of Mary Damascene, describing his belief that after Mary’s death, her body 6:45 AM Salvatore Armogida (Doris Jones) was raised to live with God forever. That Mary’s body—not just her 12:15 PM Mary Ann Wearstler (Daugher and Son) soul—is in God’s presence is a sign of the holiness of creation. The Saturday, August 16 human body is not evil—it is good. Death is not the end of creation— 4:00 PM Alice Pastore (Family) it is the beginning of eternal life. In our day, when violence can Sunday, August 17 desecrate the human body, the sign of Mary’s assumption gains new 7:30 AM Mary Dureska (Louis and Ruth DiAntonio) import. The New Testament reading for this feast calls Jesus the 9:00 AM Salvatore DeSantis (Family) firstfruits of those who have died, to be followed by the harvest of all 11:00 AM Dorothy DeVille (Jacqueline Cassel) who hope in him. As Mary, the model believer and sign of the church, 5:30 PM Rosemary Santora (John Santora) is gathered in, we hope that we too will one day be part of this
harvest. We surround Mary’s statue with brilliant clusters of flowers, COLLECTIO FOR AUGUST 3: $31,858 herbs and fruits—the first harvest of our gardens. REQUIRED PER WEEK TO MEET EXPE SES: $30, 962 Copyright © 1997, Archdiocese of Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1800 orth Hermitage Avenue, Chicago IL 60622 1101; 1 800 933 1800. Text by Mary Ellen Hynes YEAR TO DATE: $143,146 AVERAGE RECEIVED PER WEEK: $28,629 We will celebrate this day with a Vigil Mass on Thursday at 7:00 CHILDRE ’S COLLECTIO : $67.10 PM and Masses on Friday at 6:45 AM and 12:15 PM. SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC PARISH VOL.62 NO.32 THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME AUGUST 10, 2014
Pastor’s Column
This year I have been thinking a lot about my years as a priest. June 27 th was the anniversary date. This weekend is the parish THE RITE OF CHRISTIA I ITIATIO OF ADULTS celebration. It seem so appropriate to celebrate with all of you R.C.I.A. will begin on Tuesday, October 7th this year and will because, just as a father cannot be a father without a family, so too, a continue on Tuesday evenings until after Easter. This process is for diocesan priest is most completely defined in relationship to his parish anyone who would like to inquire about the Catholic faith. If you or family. Priesthood is to the parish church like fatherhood is to a anyone you know is interested, please complete the form below and family. “Like a horse and carriage,” you can’t really have one drop it into the collection basket or return it to the parish office. You without the other! Hopefully, our celebration this weekend will not will then be contacted. be about me, but will be all about us. Together we are celebrating AME ______God’s gift to the Church that is priesthood. ADDRESS ______ZIP______For me, what has been most satisfying about being a priest, without a doubt, is the constant interaction with people. I do not PHO E______think there is any other profession where a person is invited into the YOUR AME______joys and pains of others in such an intimate way. Births and baptisms, deaths and mourning, graduations and marriages—when there is great _____ I will invite them to the meeting. joy or great sorrow, the priest is there and invited to share and _____ I request that the RCIA Team invites them. contribute to the moment. It is for us, a great source of joy and satisfaction to have a significant impact on the lives of individuals and _____ I will accompany them to the October 7th meeting. families in times of need and of celebration. It is a great gift for the priest to be an intimate part of people’s lives – to look back, for ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHA GEL example, after 40 years, and realize the number of people that have RECYCLI G UPDATE touched his life and the number of lives he has touched. In a single word WOW! For the month of June your
And that’s why I say that the celebration of these 40 years efforts generated 29.47 tons of paper and cardboard. isn’t so much my celebration as it is our celebration. In that spirit I This is the largest single month in the history of the thought that the best way for us to celebrate was to have a big picnic. program. For the first six months of the year we have And since we already had one scheduled, I thought it would be collected almost 141 tons. This is an increase of 15% over the same appropriate for us to use the opportunity of our annual parish picnic period last year and is a true testament to the stewardship efforts of this weekend to celebrate together the priesthood and all the years that our parishioners. As you know we use our recycling revenue for your life and mine has been made better because of the presence of food, rent and utility support though our Emergency Assistance priests. Sunday we celebrate the 11 am Mass as a Mass of Program. Through June 30 we have generated $4,015 to support these Thanksgiving for the gift of priesthood and then, to do something a efforts. THANK YOU!! Please continue to support this ministry of little different, head off to Hoover Park (across from Walsh service to those in need. University) for our parish picnic from 12:30 to 3:30 pm. And since we are celebrating each other, there is no need for any gifts. I am SU DAY MOR I G BABY SITTI G hoping to see some folks from Blessed Sacrament Parish in Warren, A reminder to families with children 1-5 years of age…there is free where I was before St. Michael who may join us as well Sunday. By baby-sitting available every Sunday during 9:00 Mass on the Lower the way, don’t forget to get your raffle tickets back in and be part of Level of the Church behind the Chapel. this weekend’s raffle of the beautiful Mustang.
ST. JAMES A UAL RIBS COOKOUT A D CASI O IGHT th BUILDI G O OUR HERITAGE St. James School in Waynesburg will be holding its 17 Annual Ribs Our Building On Our Heritage Campaign is beginning the second Cookout and Casino Night on Saturday, August 23 in St. James phase of the campaign. We are currently in the process of selecting a Pavilion. The evening includes a Reverse Raffle drawing. Tickets for Memorial Display to recognize all of our generous donors. In the Reverse Raffle are $150, which includes 6 dinners and a chance in additional, all contributions of $10,000 or more will be recognized in the raffle. The casino night features video horse races, black jack, Special Memorial Plaques. If you haven’t made your pledge to the poker table, and a 50/50 drawing. If you wish to purchase a ticket or Building On Our Heritage Capital Campaign, this is the time to do would like more information, please call Natalie Woodin (330-224- so. Please contact Mary German n in the Parish Office. The Memorial 0888) or St. James (330-866-9449). If you wish to attend the event Display and Plaques will serve as a lasting tribute to honor the and not purchase a ticket for the raffle, it is $15 and includes dinner sacrifices that our parishioners have generously made. Make your and drinks. pledge now so that we can include you in the Memorial Display. High School Youth Ministry th VOCATIO S PRAYER CHALICE VOLU TEERS August 10 August 9-10 Peter and Jane Burns 4:30 LT Choir Rehearsal August16-17 Mary Ann Wilcox 5:30 Liturgy th August 23-24 Jim and Sharon Bates August 13 August 30-31 Karen Herink Leadership Meeting Please pray for vocations. 11:00am-3:00pm