` 412-939-3516 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ February 3, 2019 ST. ATHANASIUS CHURCH WEST VIEW, PA. Date Time Location Intention Requested By Monday 7 AM St. Athanasius Corrine Lima ✞ Family February 4 Weekday 12 PM St. Sebastian Charles Loch ✞ Lois Loch 12:30 PM St. Sebastian Confessions following the 12 PM Mass Tuesday 8 AM Incarnation of the Lord Month’s Mind: Daughters February 5 Margaret Clafshenkel St. Agatha, Virgin & ✞ Martyr 8:30 AM Incarnation of the Lord Confessions following the 8 AM Mass 12 PM St. Sebastian Deceased of Chieffe Family ✞ Dolly Chieffe Wednesday 7 AM St. Teresa of Avila Don Schuler ✞ Terri & Grant Walker February 6 St. Paul Miki and 12 PM St. Sebastian Harry & Monica Null Companions, Martyrs Regina Gondoly ✞ Thursday 7 AM St. Athanasius 50th Wedding Anniversary Family February 7 Carol & Bob Mascari Weekday 12 PM St. Sebastian Margaret Kraft ✞ William F. Kraft Friday 7 AM St. Teresa of Avila Joseph Burns ✞ JoAnn & Family February 8 Weekday/Saint 9 AM St. Sebastian Family Jerome Emiliani; St. Joseph P. Burke ✞ Josephine Bakhita, Virgin 12 PM St. Sebastian Irene Matis ✞ Linda Ludwig Saturday 8 AM St. Athanasius Tom Dubyak ✞ Family February 9 Weekday/BVM 8:30 AM St. Athanasius Confessions following the 8 AM Mass 11 AM St. Teresa of Avila Confessions 4 PM Vigil St. Teresa of Avila Melda Melcher ✞ Family Mass 5 PM Vigil St. Sebastian Jeffrey Kramer ✞ Melody Ives Mass 6 PM Vigil St. Athanasius Joseph Cheetham ✞ Family Mass Sunday 7:30 AM Incarnation of the Lord John Dax, Sr. ✞ Dax & Turack Families February 10 Fifth Sunday in 8 AM St. Teresa of Avila To end abortion St. Teresa Pro-Life Committee Ordinary Time 9 AM St. Athanasius Michael Weber ✞ Lakewood Neighbors 10 AM St. Sebastian Dr. Remigio Gregorio ✞ Family 11 AM St. Teresa of Avila Jean Bedel ✞ Jackie Weit 12 PM St. Athanasius Scout Sunday 5 PM St. Sebastian For the People of the Parishes FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FEBRUARY 3, 2019 Parish Stewardship Sunday, January 27, 2019 $4,177.00 Total for 4 Sundays $27,574.00 Faith Formation Community/Education Center $311.00 Monthly Goal $52,000.00 February 13, 2019 6:30—8:00 p.m. 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Thank You to our January Mass and Meal Sponsors: Movies do their best, even in science fiction, to make things as real as possible. Characters are to be believable and real. There are times when the actor actually “becomes” the char- Wedding Soup (Monte Cello) acter. That is, becomes so real that it is hard to the viewer Chicken Florentine Soup (DiPietro’s) to see them as anyone else but THAT character. For exam- Milanese & Meat Ball (Rico’s) ple, to me George C. Scott is Patton, and Julie Andrew is Bread Works Bread Maria von Trapp and no one, except Judy Garland and “Angelic Bakers” maybe Jimmy Durante, should sing Somewhere Over the Rain- bow ever again. For me and perhaps for some other folks, Next Mass and Meal February 23, 2019 the actor becomes the embodiment of the character, alive and well. St. Luke does a similar thing to Jesus. Today’s gospel is a continuation of last Sunday’s story of Jesus in the syna- gogue. You recall that Jesus reads from Isaiah and then Human Trafficking announces his arrival as the fulfillment of those ancient Mary Jo Robbins ~ Director of Social Ministries promises. Jesus first lays out his mission to bring glad tid- ings and so on, and then actually becomes the embodiment The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the of his mission. From that point onward, St. Luke wants us International Union of Superiors General has designated to see Jesus with the evangelist’s minds eye. Jesus becomes February 8 as an annual day of prayer and awareness his own mission; proclaiming the Good News and bringing against human trafficking. February 8 is the feast day of St. sight to the blind. Josephine Bakhita, who was kidnapped as a child and sold At first the people were amazed at his knowledge but then it into slavery in Sudan and Italy. Once Josephine was freed, occurred to them, he was one of them – a carpenter in their she became a Canossian nun and dedicated her life to own village! Up to this point in Luke’s Gospel, Jesus is sharing her testament of deliverance from slavery and seen as Son of God and Son of Mary, and everything is neat comforting the poor and suffering. She was declared a Saint in 2000. and tidy. Today he announces the “Social Gospel” of taking Locally, there are programs such as Living in Liberty, that care of the poor, freeing the oppressed, and providing care address this issue in the Pittsburgh area. It may be hard to to the blind. The initial relationship with Jesus (Son of God, imagine, but human trafficking (sex and labor trafficking) and Son of Mary) has expanded to the Kingdom. In a way, occurs everywhere. Major sporting events, such as today’s Jesus tells his hometown crowd—”This is what I stand for!” Super Bowl, cause an increase in sex trafficking It is not received well. As 21st century disciples, we have to (prostitution). Labor trafficking occurs when workers are not remain open to the unexpected, for it simply might be the paid sufficiently to maintain an independent life—-not plan of God. enough funds or no funds for housing, transportation, etc. This leaves that worker at the mercy of the employer for food and shelter, and no financial ability to leave and find a better situation. Visit the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops website Adult Faith Formation: The Gospel of St. Luke II (usccb.org) and search human trafficking for much more begins this week Tuesday Morning, February 5 at 9:00 information on what is being done to support victims, both a.m. in the John XXIII Room, and continues Thursday nationally and internationally. If you know of someone who Evenings at 8:00 p.m. at the Balkey home. may need immediate assistance, contact the National [email protected] Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888. Readings for the week of February 3, 2019 Sunday: Jer 1:4-5, 17-19/Ps 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15-17 [cf. 15ab]/1 Cor 12:31—13:13 or 13:4-13/Lk 4:21-30 Monday: Heb 11:32-40/Ps 31:20, 21, 23, 24 [25]/Mk 5:1-20 Tuesday: Heb 12:1-4/Ps 22:26b-27, 28 and 30, 31-32 [cf. 27b]/Mk 5:21-43 Wednesday: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15/Ps 103:1-2, 13-14, 17 -18a [cf. 17]/Mk 6:1-6 Thursday: Heb 12:18-19, 21-24/Ps 48:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 9, 10-11 [cf. 10]/Mk 6:7-13 Friday: Heb 13:1-8/Ps 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9abc [1a]/Mk 6:14-29 Saturday: Heb 13:15-17, 20-21/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 [1]/Mk 6:30-34 Next Sunday: Is 6:1-2a, 3-8/Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8 [1c]/1 Cor 15:1-11 or 15:3-8, 11/Lk 5:1-11 MOVIN’ ON UP We have now completed more than three months of merged music ministries through On Mission. For the past few weeks, all of our choirs were on post-Christmas break which allowed us time to begin moving things around and taking inventory of the music department in each building. 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