JUNE 11, 2017 Our Lady of Fatima Our LadyGod of sent Fatima his Son to save us and Pleaded that we Pleadedpray the Holy That Rosary we pray to forgive the us, Holymaking us Rosary his before Sunday Mass and adopted children. Like the Trinity before Sundayof persons, Mass may andwe be united in privately from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm daily. privately from 9:00peace andam love to through 6:00 the pm Spirit, through whom we offer daily.God praise and glory. TheCathedral Cathedral Church of the Office: Blessed 814-944-4603 Sacrament Our Lady of Fatima Parish One Cathedral Square th 2010 12 Avenue Most ReverendAltoona, Mark Pa L. 16601 Bartchak, Bishop www.ourladyoffatimaaltoona.com ReverendCathedral Monsignor Church RobertOffice: C. 814-944-4603 Mazur, Rector Our LadyRector ofy FatimaOffice Hours: Parish 2010 12th Avenue Most Reverend Mark L. Bartchak Bishop Monday – Friday 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM Rev. Father Dennis M. Kurdziel, Parochial Vicar Altoona, Pa 16601 ReverendChristian Monsignor Initiation Robert Team: C. 944-4603Mazur, Rector www.ourladyoffatimaaltoona.com Parish Office: 814-942-0371 Catholics returning Home: 944-4603 ReverendMail Ministry Father to Elderly,Dennis Homebound,M. Kurdziel, ParochialSeriously SickVicar Rectory Office Hours: Our Lady of Fatima Mass Schedule Christian Initiationand Team: Grieving 944-4603 - 944-4603 Sunday:10:30 AM Holy Days: 6:00PM Monday – Friday 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC SCHOOL Rosary: 10:05 AM Rosary: 5:40 PM Catholics returning Home: 944-4603 Parish Office : 814-942-0371 AltoonaWeb: www.holytrinitycatholic.school Central Catholic School: Our Lady of Fatima Parish Administrator Altoona Campus (Pre-K thru Grade 4) - 381-7011 Pre-K thru Grade 5 381-7011 Our Lady of Reverend Fatima Mass Monsignor Schedule Robert C. Mazur Hollidaysburg Campus (Pre-K thru Grade 4) - 695-6112 Sunday:10:30 AM Holy Days: 6:00PM Middle School Campus (Grades 5 thru 8) - 942-7835 Parish Secretary Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School: Rosary: 10:05 AM Rosary: 5:40 PM Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School: Carol Z. Smith Web: www.bishopguifoyle.org – 944-4014 Our Lady of Fatima Parish Administrator Web: www.bishopguilfoyle.org – 944-4014 Secretary’s Assistant Directors of Religious Education: Reverend Monsignor Robert Ellen KellyC. Mazur Directors of Religious Education: Chris Laraia – Pre-K thru 8 - 946-3475312-7317 Parish Secretary Jean Koury – 9 thru 12 – 949-2777 Eucharist for the home bound - weekly: Jean Koury – 9 thru 12 – 949-2777 Patty Carol Flanagan Z. Smith 942- 0371 to make arrangements. Religious Education Office: Sundays – 943-7424 Secretaries Assistant DirectorReligious of Education Music Ministry Office: Sundays – 943-7424 EllenOur Kelly Lady of Fatima Church is open Confessions Leslie C. Thayer, @ Cathedral MM, CAGO: 7:00 PM Wednesday Monday through Friday: 9AM - 6PM Music Ministry Office - 944-204412:30 PM Saturday Eucharistfor visits for beforethe home the boundBlessed weekly Sacrament. Religious E-Mail: Education [email protected] @ Cathedral: Pre-K through 11 Patty Flanagan 942-0371 SacramentalReconciliation Formation @ Cathedral @ Cathedral:: 7:00 PM FirstWednesday Reconciliation 12:30 PM Saturday Baptisms,Our LadyWeddings of Fatima and FuneraChurchls is will open be held at First Communion Monday through Friday: 9AM - 6PM Religious Education @ Cathedral: Pre-K through 11 Our Lady of Fatima. Sacramental Formation @ Cathedral: FirstConfirmation Reconciliation for visits before the Blessed Sacrament. Sacramental Formation @ the Cathedral: First Baptismal Communion Prep Confirmation Preparation for Baptism, and Weddings will be held at Sacramental Formation @ the Cathedral: Marriage Baptismal Prep Prep Baptisms,the Cathedral. Weddings 944-4603 and Funerals will be held at ChristianMarriage Initiation Prep Our Lady of Fatima. Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick Hospital Visitation: Call the Cathedral: Christian 944-4603 Initiation PreparationParishioners for wishing Baptism, to and receive Weddings the sacrament will be held ofat HospitalCathedral Eucharist: Visitation: Call the Cathedral: 944-4603 thehealing Cathedral. may call 944-4603 the Cathedral Parish Office to Sunday:Cathedral 5:00 Eucharist: PM (Vigil) Holy Days: 5:30 PM (Vigil) Weekdays: 6:45 AM make arrangements. 944-4603 Sunday: 8:00 5:00 AM PM (Vigil) Holy Days: 8:005:30 AMPM (Vigil) Weekdays: 8:006:45 AM Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick 10:00 8:00 AM 12:00 8:00 AMNoon 12:00 8:00 AMNoon Parishioners wishing to receive the sacrament of OUR LADY OF FATIMA PARISH IS A RESULT OF THE 12:00 10:00 Noon AM 12:00 5:30 NoonPM Saturday : 12:00 8:00 AMNoon healing may call the Cathedral Parish Office to MERGER BETWEEN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES 12:00 5:00 PM Noon 5:30 PM Saturday : 12:00 8:00 AMNoon OFmake SS. arrangements. PETER & PAUL AND 944-4603 ST. LEO THE GREAT IN 1995. 5:00 PM 12:00 Noon JUNE 11, 2017 THE MOST HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY THE INEXPRESSIBLE MYSTERY The God of the universe is mysterious. Science has not been able to solve the mystery of how the universe came into being or explain exactly what continues to give it creative energy and masterful design. No religion asserts that it has found words to name fully the ineffable mystery of God, for no matter what name we use, God always transcends our limited ability to understand. God is a mystery to be believed, not known. And yet, we Christians believe that our name for God best expresses that inexpressible mystery: God is the Most Holy Trinity of three persons united in a communion of love, pouring forth that creative, saving, sanctifying love into the world. Today’s scriptures celebrate the mystery of the Trinity and give us clues for living that mystery in our lives. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION It is often heard that today’s observance is an “idea feast,” and that it is somewhat difficult to grasp its meaning. Other great solemnities, such as Christmas and Easter, have an easily grasped core. Yet, even though the Trinity is at the heart of our faith, firmly declared in the Creed since the Council of Nicea in 325, we are used to having people shrug and say, “Well, it’s a mystery.” Perhaps it is more helpful to think of this as a “relationship feast,” since it unveils our deepest identity. Dorothy Day was a great social reformer, pacifist, and ardent lover of the Trinity. When people told her that she would certainly be canonized one day (the process is indeed underway), she protested dismissively by remarking that people were raising a fuss just because she was not afraid to talk about God. She loved the Trinity, and treasured the traditional icon for the feast, also known as “The Hospitality of Abraham,” de- picting the three angelic beings seated at a table tilted toward the viewer and laden with bread and wine. For her, the Trinity revealed the heart of the Catholic life, three C’s if you will: community, communication, and communion. That was not an “idea” for her, but what it means to be created in the image of the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. A QUESTION OF FAITH It is never a question with any of us of faith or no faith; the question always is, “In what or in whom do I put my faith?” —Anonymous PRAYER They pray best who do not know that they are praying. —St. Anthony of Padua Most Holy Trinity (June 11) "God so loved the world that HE gave his only Son." May we, as Christian disciples and stewards, always give of ourselves as a grateful response for his Gift. THE MOST HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY (CORPUS CHRISTI) JUNE 11 2017 June 11,2017 10:30 AM Scripture Reflection OUR LADY OF FATIMA MASS INTENTIONS The doctrine of the Trinity was not yet worked out at Readings: Ex 34:4-6, 8-9; 2 Cor 13:11-13, Jn 3:16-18 the time that the New Testament was written. In fact, it Today’s intention = Anna Mae Bopp took two more centuries for bishops and theologians to settle on formal statements about the three in one- June 18, Sunday, THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST ness of God. The Council of Nicaea, 325, gave us an Readings: Dt:8:2-3, 14-16; 1 Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58 *Ruth Dittsworth, B/day 6/16, (olf staff) early version of the Nicene Creed. However, the Bible provides many stories that describe the activity of our Triune God in salvation history. CATHEDRAL MASS INTENTIONS The New Testament calls God a trinity. In today’s June 12, Monday: Weekday second reading, for example, Paul bids the Readings: 2 Cor 1:1-7; Mt 5:1-12 Corinthians farewell with the blessing of God, Jesus 6:45 AM No Mass and the Spirit. Matthew’s Gospel is even more explicit. 8:00 AM Eleanor Bettwy, Ann (Tim & JoAnn Fam) 12:00 PM Robert Burkey, Anniversary (Family) Jesus sends the disciples out to baptize “in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” June 13, Tuesday: Saint Anthony of Padua Another example appears in 1 Peter 1:1-2, which Readings: 2 Cor 1:18-22; Mt 5:13-16 contains an explicitly trinitarian theology of salvation. *6:45 AM David Riley (Carol Riley) 8:00 AM No Mass Although the specifics took centuries, the trinitarian 12:00 PM Julia Febbo (Brian and Ann Hummel) nature of God was clear to many early Christians. The Father was the transcendent creator, the awe June 14, Wednesday: Weekday inspiring being. It was he who led Israel from slavery Readings: 2 Cor 3: 4-11; Mt 5:17-19 6:45 AM No Mass to freedom and he who restored Israel repeatedly 8:00 AM Bishop James Hogan, Anniv (Cathedral) when they rebelled.