Saint Michael the Archangel Parish March 31, 2019 the Fourth Sunday of Lent

Saint Michael the Archangel Parish March 31, 2019 the Fourth Sunday of Lent

SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL PARISH MARCH 31, 2019 THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT 538 Sunbury Street, Minersville, PA 17954-1016 Father Christopher M. Zelonis, M.Div., M.A. ~ Pastor Parish Office ....................................... 570-544-4741 Sister Catherine T. Brennan, SSJ ~ Pastoral Assistant FacsiMile ............................................. 570-544-4742 Convent ............................................... 570-544-2016 MASS SCHEDULE Father .................................................. 570-500-2276 Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.M. Sunday: 8:00 a.M. and 10:00 a.M. Parish E-mail address: Tuesday: 5:15 p.m. [email protected] Wednesday-Friday: 8:00 a.M. Religious Education E-mail address : [email protected] EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: THURSDAYS after the 8:00 a.M. Mass, Like us on Facebook: concluding with Benediction and the Miraculous www.facebook.com/StMichaelDefendUs Medal Novena at 6:00 p.m. Parish Website: www.stmichaelarchangelparish.org CoMe and spend soMe quality tiMe with the Lord Diocesan Website: www.allentowndiocese.org SACRAMENT OF PENANCE: Nativity B.V.M. High School ..................... 570-622-8110 Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 to 6:00 p.m. AssuMption B.V.M. Grade School ............. 570-622-0106 Saturday 3:00 p.M. to 3:50 p.M. St. Joseph Center for Special Learning ...... 570-622-4638 Call Father to meet face-to-face or anonymously. DIOCESAN VICTIM ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR The Diocese of Allentown provides assistance to victims of sexual abuse. Contact our VictiM Assistance Coordinator Wendy S. Krisak, M.A., NCC, LPC Direct Phone: 1-800-791-9209 + Diocesan website: www.allentowndiocese.org Youth Protection DIOCESAN SAFE ENVIRONMENT COORDINATOR Sr. Meg Cole, S.S.J., M.S., L.M.F.T. Telephone: (610) 332-0442 Ext. 2019 ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CHURCH MINERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 31 March 2019 DEVOTIONAL LAMP INTENTIONS THIS WEEK’S MASS INTENTIONS † Sanctuary SATURDAY, 30 Mar.– In Loving Memory of Caro l Ann Kozura-Rosenberger (B’day 4/1) Vigil Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Lent Kozura Family 4:00 PM ~ JOSEPH AND ANN MARIE (Nancy) † Thursday Adoraon Candle In Loving Memory of Msgr. William Jones GALLAGHER Rita Meadows Mike and Karen Gallagher † Saint Joseph SUNDAY, 31 Mar. - In Loving Memory of Ronald M. Yourey (Anniv) The Fourth Sunday of Lent Family † Sacred Heart 8:00 AM ~ JAMES J. AND MILDRED STUTZ In Loving Memory of Harry B. Lilley Son, Jimmy Deb, Lou and Family 10:00 AM ~ PEOPLE OF THE PARISH (Living/Dec’d) In Loving Memory of John R. Brennan Monday, 1 Apr. - The Brennan and Horan Families NO MASS † The Divine Mercy Health and Birthday of Mahew Whiteash Tuesday, 2 Apr. - St. Francis of Paola, Hermit Family 5:15 PM ~ SR. MARTINA REVAK, OSB ****************************************************************** The Mah-Jongg Group PRAYERS FOR OUR PRIESTS Wednesday, 3 Apr. - In your charity, please pray for the priests of our diocese, 8:00 AM ~ AMELIA AND STEPHEN KOSCIL and in particular during this week remember: Ken and Cheryl Koscil and Family Thursday, 4 Apr. - St. Isidore, Bishop, Doctor of the Church Mar. 30: Fr. Joseph Sheehan 8:00 AM ~ JOHN F. BURNS, SR. Mar. 31: Fr. Avitus Kazi Siriwa, A.J. Apr. 1: Fr. His Holiness Pope Francis Ginny and Family Apr. 2: Fr. Pope Emeritus Benedict Friday, 5 Apr. - St. Vincent Ferrer, Priest Apr. 3: Fr. Bishop Alfred Schlert 8:00 AM ~ THOSE ENROLLED IN THE Apr. 4: Fr. Bishop Emeritus Edward Cullen SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL MEMORIAL AND Apr. 5: Msgr. Joseph Smith RENOVATION FUND IN MEMORIAM SATURDAY, 6 Apr.- 8:00 AM ~ JANET AND JOHN PURCELL Please remember these deceased clergy of the Diocese of Allentown in your prayers. Jack Purcell and Family Vigil Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Lent Mar. 30: Fr. William Nahn 4:00 PM ~ ARTHUR WANAMAKER, JR. Mar. 31: Fr. Joseph Feeny Family Apr. 1: Fr. John Brady SUNDAY, 31 Mar. - Apr. 3: Fr. George Check The Fifth Sunday of Lent Apr. 4: Fr. Thomas King 8:00 AM ~ PEOPLE OF THE PARISH (Living/Dec’d) Apr. 5: Deceased Priests 10:00 AM ~ MACKENZIE O’BRIEN ******************************************************************* Thomas and Deborah Chizauskie COMMUNITY CONFESSIONS FOR LENT STATIONS OF THE CROSS St. Matthew the Evangelist Church FRIDAYS DURING LENT (except 4/12) ~ 6pm Sunday, April 7, 2019 @ 5:00 pm Confession available until 7:30 pm ******************************************************************* Sisters of St. Joseph Easter Guild Cards **************************************************************** Are being sold in the vestibule of the Church before and To Inspire... To Inform... To Entertain… after all weekend Masses. Your living or deceased loved "I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from ones can be remembered with a Special Novena of Mass- the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind. I should es for a donation of $2.50. If you are unable to get cards at not be ungrateful to those teachers.” (Kahlil Gibran) Church, please contact Sister Catherine Therese at 570- *************************************************************** 544-4741. Thank you in advance for supporting our Sisters MONTHLY 50/50 DRAWING! of St. Joseph. Extra envelopes are in the vestibule. $1 per envelope. ******************************************************************* You may place your March envelope in the collection SPONSOR OF THE WEEK basket any weekend. Drawing date is April 1, 2019. FORAN’S TRANSMISSION & AUTO REPAIR Thank you for your participation in our monthly for sponsoring an ad, making our bulletin possible ~ THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT~ PARISH REGISTRATION Dear Family, All are most welcome here at St. Michael the Archangel Par- ish. Please register as soon as possible. If you are leaving In the recent solemnity of the Annunciation (25 March), the parish or just changing your address, please notify the Mary responded to the archangel Gabriel’s invitation. She parish office. If you are moving out of the area, please register knowingly, freely, grace-fully consented to the will of God in a parish where you live as soon as possible; this is espe- in becoming Mother to God the Son and to us, His broth- cially important for young adults who have finished college ers and sisters. Alternately, then, we might think of the and now live in another area. If you need help finding a parish in your new locale, we will gladly assist you. moment as the Solemnity of the Response, or, to use a word celebrated in contemporary discourse on sexuality, SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM the Solemnity of the Consent. Or maybe “of the Incarna- Baptisms usually take place on the first Sunday of each month tion.” during the 10:00 AM Mass, unless the liturgical calendar dic- tates another Sunday. Baptismal Classes are held at conven- God didn’t become an angel, as the author of Hebrews ience of priest and family. Parents must be registered parish- reminded us. God didn’t become a dog or gerbil or egg- ioners. Contact the parish office to make arrangements for the plant. God became man. Doesn’t that say everything Baptism. Please pay close attention to the requirements for about the human person? Yes, the Incarnation was God’s Godparents (see below). If there is any doubt or you need a response to sin, but there is a venerable theological further explanation please contact us. school that says God would have become man even if man had not sinned. No greater proximity would God TO BE A SPONSOR FOR BAPTISM OR CONFIRMATION want to have to us. Be an active, registered member of the parish Be at least 16 years of age, baptized and confirmed The Catechism presents four ways the human person is unique in creation. (We will use the masculine pronoun Receive Holy Eucharist and Penance on a regular basis mindful that it grammatically includes the feminine.) (1) If married, be married under the auspices of the Catholic Church The human person is in the image of God; (2) in his own Strive to live, publicly and privately, the Lord’s Commandments nature he unites the spiritual and material worlds; (3) he is created male and female; and (4) God established him in Request sponsorship certificate no less tHan three weeks His friendship. before the conferral of tHe sacrament. 1- Our personhood consists in our capabilities for self- SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY knowledge, self-possession, and self-giving, through Couples contemplating marriage should contact Fr. Zelonis at least one year before the intended wedding date to begin sac- which we can enter into relationship with fellow persons— ramental preparations. Church date and arrangements MUST and with our Creator God, Who, as a Communion of Self- precede all other wedding plans. For diocesan registration: Knowing, Possessing, and Giving Persons, is the fullness http://www.allentowndiocese.org/marriageprep of these qualities. No other creature can be like us per- sons. VISITATION OF THE SICK Please notify the parish office if someone in your family is in Moreover, our knowing, possessing, and giving uniquely the hospital, as Fr. Zelonis visits every other week and by extend to all creation, which we are called to govern and request. Also, Father and Sr. Catherine take Holy Communion care for gratefully, and offer to the same Creator. Having monthly to those who are homebound and cannot attend taken on our human nature, God the Incarnate Son clari- Church. As soon as reasonably possible, call for Father to fies the human person’s sacrificial nature and mission. He confess and anoint the seriously ill. Let nobody fall by the also reveals our common destiny, our call to communion wayside! with each other. HANDING ON OUR CATHOLIC FAITH Because parents have given life to their children, they have 2- God wills us to be corporeal and spiritual creatures. the gravest obligation of educating them in the Faith. Our Our bodies are far from incidental to us. Because the Catholic elementary and high schools immerse young people body is united in life to a spiritual soul, it shares in what it in holiness and virtue while offering other standard activities.

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