SAINT TITUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 513 WEST MAIN STREET • TITUSVILLE, PA 16354 PHONE: 814.827.4636 • FAX: 814.827.3958 OFFICE HOURS: MON-FRI. 9AM-12PM & 1PM-4PM [email protected] PARISH STAFF APRIL 4, 2021 Pastor..........................................Reverend Walter E. Packard EASTER SUNDAY OF THE Deacon Assistant………………………..Deacon Kevin Harmon RESURRECTION OF THE LORD Administrative Secretary.......................................Sarah Oviatt Religious Education Coordinator......................Kathleen Puleo MASS SCHEDULE Music Ministers.......Anthony ‘T.J.’ Parks, Margaret Bernecky Tuesday: 6:30 PM Maintenance............................................................Greg Tress Wednesday: 7:30 AM St. Catharine’s Cemetery......................................Bob Beauchat Thursday: 7:30 AM Friday: 7:30 AM SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Saturday Vigil: 4:30 PM By appointment only. Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM* SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION *Children’s Liturgy of the Word is offered from September - May at this Mass. Saturday from 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM or by arrangement. BEREAVEMENT SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING CARE AND CONCERN Please let us know when a family member or friend is ill, either Call Karen Edwards at 827-2658. at home, in the hospital, or at the nursing home. PARISH MEMBERSHIP SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE New parishioners are always welcome! Arrangements should be made six months prior to the ceremony. Census forms are available at the Parish Office. Please contact our RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS Administrative Secretary (ext. 2) in the event of an address or phone (R.C.I.A.) number change. If you are interested in R.C.I.A, please contact our pastor. PRAYER CHAIN FAITH FORMATION To add a prayer concern to our list, Religious instruction classes for youth take place at the Faith contact Nancy Madden at 827-9774 Formation Center on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 PM to (day) or 814-493-3841 (evening), 7:45 PM. Contact the Rel. Ed. Coordinator (ext. 4) to register. Rita Homer at 827-1541, or Darlene Aul at 827-7343. BULLETIN DEADLINE Submissions for the bulletin must be dropped off at the Parish Office or sent via e-mail no later than 10:00 AM on Tuesday. EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD APRIL 4, 2021 SOME THOUGHTS FROM FATHER PACKARD… Personally, I can’t thank all of you enough for your strength, your Today we should rise early and go with Mary of Magdala to stamina, your patience, your faith! discover the empty tomb. There, in the darkness, we should feel the astonishing reality that Jesus rose from the dead. When we It is important that I speak for all of you in saying THANK YOU! to think of a loved one whom we have lost in this life, the idea of many people who have made our celebration of Holy Week and the them waking and rising can be overwhelming Sacred Triduum so special and meaningful this year This could not have happened without the participation of so many people who have Yet today, it seems Jesus can be forgotten in the midst of happy helped make our liturgical celebrations possible. I want to single out in chatter over Easter brunches, the good feeling of a new Easter a special way the Lectors who helped with the celebrations of Palm outfit, not to mention that the Easter Bunny seems more popular Sunday, Good Friday, the Great Vigil of Easter, and Easter Sunday. than Jesus. Behind the scenes were the members of our dedicated Parish Staff: Sarah Oviatt, Kathleen Puleo, and Greg Tress. Let me also add a Today requires a somber visit to the empty tomb and the big thank you to all who were part of our parish’s Music Ministry: T.J. overwhelming realization that this is not just a story! Parks, Maggie Bernecky, Patrick Vetter, our Cantors who helped make our liturgies rich and meaningful. And thank you to ALL OF ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA! YOU for your prayerful presence and support. You all played an important part in the full, active and conscious participation of the I just want to bring some perspective to all of you as we come together sacred worship of our faith community of St. Titus. Easter Blessings to to celebrate this Feast of Feasts! It wasn’t easy for us to get here! all of you!! Remember, last year we did not gather to celebrate the great event of Easter! You might say that we were hidden in the tombs of our homes I want everyone to open the pages of your latest issue of FAITH – and just waiting. And we waited….and waited….and waited. There Magazine. Open it up and turn to page 16, and read the article was no Church. There was no “Fifty Days of Easter” of celebrating. ”Weddings in Pandemic.” It is a very interesting article and it includes There was no “Birthday of the Church” at Pentecost. And we our very own Maura and Ryan Zacherl. They were married here at continued to wait. And wait we did until the first day of June when we St. Titus Church last April 18, 2020. The article describes how they were told that we could roll back the stone and come out and go to were not going to allow COVID19 stand in the way of their getting Church….but with many restrictions….and many protocols and married on the date they had hoped for! And now they are expecting regulations that were required of us to meet for public worship. Pews their first child sometime in July. Their story is one of faith and had to be designated for “occupancy.” Hand sanitizing was not an persistence. And it paid off!! Read all about it! option. Distancing was required if we were going to come together to pray once again. We had to learn who people were from their eyes With Lent being over, I want to thank all of you who participated in this only. The sound of prayer was muffled by something over our mouths. year’s Forty Cans for Lent project sponsored by our parish and our We were unable to sing because there were no words to follow. We own Knights of Columbus Council #492. This annual Lenten project could not “come early” or stay behind after. No hugs. No handshakes. is part of our “almsgiving” during the 40 days of Lent. Your donations Sterility was the norm. And we missed many people because they of food will be given equally to our local Titusville Food Pantry and were uncomfortable in coming together. Associated Charities of Titusville. These two important organizations do so much to assist needy people in our area with food. If you have Light at the end of the tunnel appeared toward the end of last not yet made your returns, please try to do so this week. If you need December and the beginning of January. Two pharmaceutical help in getting your donations brought to the Church, please call the companies began to distribute a long awaited vaccine that made many Parish Office and arrangements will be made for them to be picked up. to begin to feel safe again to be in one another’s company. Thank you again for your participation! And there was last weekend’s celebration of Palm Sunday and it was We are still in need for Prayer Partners for our young persons who though our faithfulness to obeying the rules was paying off! We are preparing for First Reconciliation. Please give your attention to the couldn’t help notice that more faces (or should I say eyes) started to fill story board in the Gathering Space of our Church. Become a partner the pews. We couldn’t “process” to the strains of “All Glory, Laud, and in prayer for one of these young people! Honor” but we could be present with more confidence. Blessed palms could not be handed out – but we were still able to receive them by There will not be daily Mass celebrated on Monday, Tuesday or helping ourselves. And by last weekend’s 10:00AM Mass, people Wednesday of this week. Daily Mass will resume on Thursday, April were looking for seating when they came to worship! 8th. I don’t know about you, but I had this wonderful feeling of resurrection Have a Blessed Easter! Remember, Easter is a FIFTY DAY even before Easter! One whole year! But we did it! And here we are CELEBRATION! Christ is risen! Alleluia! Christ is TRULY risen! together to celebrate resurrection and new life! We still have a ways Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! to go and we still don’t know what the new “normal” will be. But we are here – for the first time since Easter of 2019! And so I say with great jubilation…HAPPY EASTER! ALLELUIA! CHRIST IS RISEN! Father Packard CHRIST IS TRULY RISEN! ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA! SAINT TITUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH TITUSVILLE, PA WEEKLY LITURGY SCHEDULE Tues. April 6 Tuesday within the Octave of Easter OFFERTORY REPORT 3/27 & 3/28 No Mass Envelopes $ 2662.00 Wed. April 7 Wednesday within the Octave of Easter Loose $ 106.00 No Mass Candles $ 59.00 Thurs. April 8 Thursday within the Octave of Easter Easter Flowers $ 40.00 7:30 AM John & Mary Slater (Nancy Slater) Easter (Holy Day) $ 40.00 Fri. April 9 Friday within the Octave of Easter 7:30 AM Nicholas Schoppert Religious Education $ 45.00 Sat. April 10 Saturday within the Octave of Easter Total $ 2952.00 4:30 PM Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Oviatt (Family) Sun. April 11 Second Sunday of Easter 8:00 AM The Parishioners of St. Titus Church READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 4, 2021 10:00 AM Melvin Wescoat—Birthday (Kathy Wescoat) Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 [24]/Col 3:1-4 Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33/Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 [1]/Mt 28:8-15 PRAYER LIST Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41/Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 [5b]/Jn 20:11-18 Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10/Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9 [3b]/Lk 24:13-35 For our Families and Friends: Pauline Milberger, Connie Miller, Baird Crapa, Thursday: Acts 3:11-26/Ps 8:2, 5, 6-7, 8-9 [2ab]/Lk 24:35-48 Carreena Ewing, Teddy Muir, Nita Ashley, Brittany Johnson, Janet Friday: Acts 4:1-12/Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-24, 25-27 [22]/Jn 21:1-14 Anderson, Jean Johnson, Callie, Connie Phillips, Peggy Joseph, Brother Timothy Waid, Pop DeMello, Elizabeth Barber, Charles Perkins, Paul Saturday: Acts 4:13-21/Ps 118:1, 14-15, 16-18, 19-21 [21a]/Mk 16:9-15 Pennell, John Nikonchik, Rachel Knupp, Jean Spence, Gina Green, Todd Next Sunday: Acts 4:32-35/Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 [1]/1 Jn 5:1-6/Jn Campbell, Ruth Goodwill, Clint, Clifford J.