St. Ignatius Of Antioch Church June 14, 2015 Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time MINISTERIAL STAFF SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Msgr. Samuel E. Shoemaker, J.C.D., Pastor Saturdays: 4:00 to 5:00 P.M. Rev. Jonathan J. Dalin, M.Div. Assistant Pastor Eves of First Fridays: 7:00 to 7:30 P.M. Msgr. Francis J. Statkus, J.C.D., Retired, in Residence Eves of Holy Days: 6:30 P.M. Confessions will also be heard at any reasonable time on Deacon Robert J. Skawinski, M.B.A., Retired request. Deacon Michael Cibenko, B.A. Mary Ann DiTommaso, M.A. in Ed., School Principal RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA): Annmarie C. Flanagan, M.A., DRE For those who would like to inquire about the Catholic Maria Gdovin, B. S., Youth Minister Faith, information is available. Please contact the Director Francis Klose, M.A., M.Ed., D.Litt., Music Director of Religious Education, Annmarie Flanagan, at 215-493-5204 or 215-370-5701 Rectory: 999 Reading Avenue, Yardley, PA 19067 BAPTISMS: The Sacrament of Baptism is normally administered on the PHONE NUMBERS: second and fourth Sundays of each month at 12:45 P.M. Rectory: 215-493-3377, Parish Secretary Ext. 211 Pre-Jordan class, for the first child only, is required for Fax: 215-493-0450 parents. Class is held on the first Monday of the month at School: 215-493-3867 7:30 PM in room 2B on the 2nd floor of the Meeting Center. Parents, please call the rectory to register for the Religious Education Office: 215-493-5204 class. Youth Ministry Office: 267-391-7693 . Respect Life Coordinator: 215-321- 6698 MARRIAGES: Arrangements must be made at least six months in SCHEDULE OF MASSES: advance. An appointment should be made with one of the Saturday: 5:15 P.M. Vigil Mass parish priests. Available dates cannot be given, nor can Sunday: 7:30, 9:30, and 11:30AM weddings be scheduled, rescheduled, postponed or Children’s Liturgy of the Word: at 9:30 Mass cancelled over the phone. Daily, Monday to Friday: 9:00 AM ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Saturday: 8:00 AM. Please call the rectory if someone is sick. The Holy Holy Day Schedule: 7:00PM Vigil Mass, 7:00AM, Eucharist will be brought to anyone homebound. 9:00AM, and 7:00PM. Special Schedules for Christmas, New Years & Easter NEW PARISHIONERS: New to the parish? Please call the rectory for an E-mail: [email protected] appointment to register. Website: http://www.siparish.org EXPOSITION OF BLESSED SACRAMENT: 24 Hours a day in Adoration Chapel Page Two June 14, 2015 Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time June 14, 2015 VALUES OF THE KINGDOM They that are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. Jesus came to establish the Kingdom of God. But to do that, ~ Psalm 92:14 He had to deal with the Kingdom of Earth. That was the Roman Empire. Israel was a colony; and like all colonists, every Jew had to forge their own relationship to the powers- that-be. The priests collaborated with Rome, both to maintain their Monday status and to guarantee the exercise of the Jewish religion in a 9:00 Patricia Ann Trigg (Robert H. Trigg) secular world. The Pharisees compromised with Rome by Tuesday adapting the Jewish religion to Roman roles. The Essenes 9:00 Elaine Davis (Aileen Martin) allowed no intermingling; they abandoned Rome to the devil Wednesday and waited in desert caves for salvation. The zealots were even 9:00 Deceased Members of the Evanoski Family farther outside the circle of power - they fought Roman (Estate) dominance, even to the point of military revolution. Thursday 9:00 Dolores Swanson (The Kelly Family) When Jesus was dropped in the middle of this volatile Friday situation, He also had to form His own relationship with the 9:00 All Living & Deceased Members of the Parish King of the world. He decided that collaboration and Saturday adaptation and flight and revolution were simply tactics to 8:00 Eleanor Edinger/living maintain a temporary balance of power. What Jesus wanted (Frank and Nicholas Tarallo) was a strategy to eventually reverse the center of power. 5:15pm B. Joseph Roberts (The Sassaman Family) Sunday June 21, 2015 His overall strategy was simple: accept reality, give everything 7:30 Edward Dickinson (Kathleen Dickinson) its due. To paraphrase His campaign: after you give your 9:30 Lauren Nicole Young (Fran and Maria Young) absolute allegiance to God, then give Caesar what he deserves. 11:30 Joseph A. Noto (Roseanne and Tom LaFisca) Seek the Kingdom of God first, then everything else will find its proper place. RESPECT LIFE: ROSE INTENTION Jesus entered the fray on the side of the poor. That was the June 13th and 14th: For all those who struggle with only way to include them in the Kingdom. In all secular depression. Kingdoms, the successful people find their way to the top and then let as much as they wish filter down to lesser mortals. That means there are always people on the bottom, excluded TRAVELERS from the common. Jesus knew that the only way to include outcasts was to get them into the Kingdom first, the poor, not the rich, would be the base of the Kingdom. Sinners, not saints would be sought, the sick, not the well, would be cared for, spirit, not law, would be the force of the Kingdom. For church locations and worship times around the world, go Jesus began a whirlwind campaign. He cured anyone in sight: to www.masstimes.org or in the U.S. call 410-676-6000. blind, deaf, dumb, possessed, lame, child, adult—He was a Mass Times provides an easy way to locate information about mobile free clinic. He warned the rich not to build bigger Catholic Churches in other countries, in favorite vacation barns until the poor were fed. destination or a neighboring diocese. It is difficult and dangerous to transfer the values of God’s BISHOP’S APPEAL Kingdom into today’s world. But that is precisely the task of preaching. So we try. Today, Jesus says: “ The earth belongs This weekend, Bishop Herbert Bevard will return to St. to God, and every single person deserves a share.” Ignatius Parish for another mission appeal. Bishop Bevard comes from the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin In some way or other, to some degree or other, the poor, the Islands. St. Thomas is the smallest and poorest diocese in the married, the outcast, the underclass must be included in God’s United States. It consists of eight parishes. In order to provide Kingdom. Not because they are better, not because they Catholic Education for the young people of the island, and deserve it, not because this is what God wants but because this Catholic Charities programs for the poor people of the islands, is the way God lives, the way God is. it is necessary for the Bishop to visit parishes in the Continental United States and ask for their kind and generous support. The Bishop thanks you for your great charity during his last visit and he looks forward to being with you again. Page Three June 14, 2015 CATHOLIC CHARITIES APPEAL 2015 RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS As of June 5, 2015, 354 families have contributed to this (RCIA) year’s appeal totaling 219,140.00. Please consider sending your charities envelope, which you received a few weeks ago from Archbishop Chaput, to the Archdiocese office. Thank you for your generosity. POOR BOXES Next weekend all monies placed in the Poor Box will assist the It’s never too early or too late to inquire about the process of poor and needy at Catholic Social Services in Levittown. RCIA. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is intended for anyone who is seven years old and older who is interested NEW MEMBERS in learning about Christianity and Catholicism in particular. Anyone who has not been baptized, is a Christian from another Our parish welcomes the following new members who have faith tradition, or is a baptized Catholic who has not completed joined our faith community: the Sacraments, is welcome in RCIA. Anyone who is just thinking about Catholicism and/or has some questions, is also welcome to join us. Chris, Lauren, Megan, and Jack Carey Mike, Kelly, Annie, and Molly Scheese RCIA meets weekly on Thursday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Religious Education Center. If this time does not work for you, we can adapt. We will break open the Word of God and discuss what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ and a member of the Catholic Church. RCIA Information Night is Thursday, September 3, at 7:00 p.m., in the Religious Education Center. RCIA begins on Thursday, September 10. If you would like to register, or if you simply want to check us out, please call Annmarie at 215- PARISH REGISTRATION UPDATE FORM 493-5204 or 215-370-5701. Thank you to all who have returned the Parish Registration Update Form that was included in the Parish Appeal mailing a few months ago. If you have not had an opportunity to review and update your form, please consider doing so and return it to the rectory in the RCIA ANNOUNCEMENT next few weeks. If you are a baptized Catholic (ages 18 and older) who never received the Sacrament of Confirmation, and you would like to COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS receive this Sacrament, please contact Annmarie Flanagan at 215-493-5204 or email her at [email protected] for June 8, 2014 June 7, 2015 information.