Established 1876 Sacred Heart Catholic Church PA Charitable Trust 337 Center Street St. Marys, PA 15857 Church Office: 814-834-7861 Fax: 814-834-1376 Sacred Heart Parish Center: 834-4017 e-mail: sacredheartparish@windstream.net Website: www.sacredheartparish.us Parish Office Hours: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM March 3, 2019 Mission Statement Through our gifts of time, talents, and treasures, we serve our parish as we journey together to the Kingdom of God. Parish Staff Pastor... Father Michael Gabler, O.S.B. Deacon... William "Bill" Gibson Office Manager / Finance... Patsy McAllister Receptionist / Sec.... Pat Kneidel Bulletin... Kathy Reuscher Custodian... Dave Farley Interparish Staff Scott Becker Youth & Young Adult Ministry... 781-1042 Mary Lynn Carnovale Faith Formation Secretary 781-1042 Facilitators: Leslie Gahr Life Teen/Confirmation... 781-1042 Kathy Cheatle, Elementary (1-5)... 781-3009 Scott Becker Middle-School... 781-1042 Sally Smith, Good Shepherd (Pre-First Grade). 781-6422 Elk County Catholic School System Sam MacDonald, President... 834-7812 Bob Breindel, Director/Finance... 781-3144 Susan Jansen, Director/Advancement... 834-1480 Lindsey Straub, Director/Communications... 834-1480 School Principals Mrs. Debbie Slay, Principal, Catholic Elementary 834-4169 John Schneider, Principal, ECCHS & Middle School.834-7800 Cafeterias Elementary... 834-4927 Middle... 834-7800 High... 834-7800 Ministries & Committees Finance Council... Patty Brock Pastoral Council... Bob Miller RCIA... Kathy Cheatle Liturgical Committee... Lois Sadley Music Director... Lois Sadley Care & Concern... Church Office Social Committee... Helene Burdick / Linda Brunner Buildings & Grounds... Ron Herbstritt Sacred Heart Parish SUPER Bingo. Patsy, Jim & Helene Saint Anne Society... Helene Burdick / Gerda Squires Small Faith Communities... Sam & Barbara Glatt Saint Vincent depaul Society... Tom Dornisch Pre-Cana Coordinators... Phil & Sandy Hoh Natural Family Planning... Andy & Cathy Dornisch Cursillo Coordinators... Mike & Kim Sloff Pregnancy Hotline... Optionline.org or 800-712-HELP Pregnancy... Pregnancydecisionline.org Post-Abortion Counseling...Rachelsvineyard.org Youth Ministry Website...ourdiscipleslife.org Boy Scout Troop 95 (smtroop95.com)... Lad Kornacki Cub Scouts Pack 95... Jeff Chileski Bulletin Deadline Monday 10:00 a.m. In Writing Confessions: Saturday: 3:00-3:45 p.m. First Friday Week: Thursday: 4:00 p.m. Until all are heard Anytime by Appointment Mass Schedule Saturday - 4:00 p.m. Sunday - 7:00, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Weekday - 6:15 a.m. (Monday Friday) Holy Days - Listed in Bulletin CATHOLIC SERVICES APPEAL FORWARD TOGETHER...with truth...with hope...with Christ Today is Commitment Sunday for the 2019 CSA. Our assessment this year is $50,662. Any excess monies over this amount will be used for the Landscaping of the Front of the Parish Center. By now you should have received CSA info in the mail. Please consider making a pledge for this appeal. No funds donated to the CSA have been or will be used to defray expenses related to the sexual abuse crisis. Your gift is important to Sacred Heart. Please help with our assessment for this year. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME REMEMBER TO TURN YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD THE WEEKEND OF Sunday, March 10, 2019 KEUCHELS~ Remember if you ordered Keuchels, pick up date is Monday, March 4th from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. Please use the rear entrance of the Sacred Heart Parish Center. The Social Committee thanks everyone that helped in anyway to make the Keuchels Sale a success and for everyone s support in purchasing the Keuchels.
Page Two Sacred Heart Church, PA Charitable Trust, St. Marys, Pennsylvania Established 1876 March 2 (S): Vigil of Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 p.m. Howard & Margaret Miller March 3: Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00 a.m. Clara Mayer 9:00 a.m. Dorothy Lenze 11:00 a.m. For Sacred Heart Parishioners March 4 (M): Eighth Week in Ordinary Time 6:15 a.m. Poor Souls in Purgatory March 5 (T): Eighth Week in Ordinary Time 6:15 a.m. Chester & Frances Hammer March 6 (W): Ash Wednesday 6:15 a.m. Edward & Catherine Cunningham 12:05 p.m. John & Winnie Schreiber March 7 (Th): Thursday after Ash Wednesday 6:15 a.m. Jeffrey Gordon (An.) March 8 (F): Friday after Ash Wednesday 6:15 a.m. Eva Rigard March 9 (S): Vigil of First Sunday of Lent 4:00 p.m. Tracy & Elaine Yeager & Christine Saline March 10: First Sunday of Lent 7:00 a.m. L/D of J. L. Weidenboerner Family 9:00 a.m. John Ritter (An.) 11:00 a.m. For Sacred Heart Parishioners ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT will be held in Sacred Heart Church on Friday from 7:00 a.m. until closing with Benediction at 4:00 p.m. PLEASE PRAY for the repose of the souls of all the faithful departed especially Donald E. Polaski (Brother of David Polaski). May God grant them eternal rest and comfort all those who mourn them. PRAYER LIST - Let us remember all the sick especially Kathy Clausen, Lindsay Lenze, Tom Nellis Jr., Tammy Pearsall, Harry Plows, Kathleen (Daisy) Rowley, Matthew Sharrow, Alice Feldbauer and Cindy Herzing. We pray in hope that God s healing power may touch all those who are sick. THANK YOU For the donations to the Church $100 in memory of James Jacob & Children $10, $10 in memory of William M. Bauer $10 in memory of Yolanda Jeselnick SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2019 p.m. Mass, Sacred Heart Parish will send Brandi Beimel to meet the Bishop s representative at St. Francis Church in Clearfield. Brandi has been part of the RCIA process since September. Please keep Brandi in your prayers as she prepares to receive her sacraments of initiation at the Easter Vigil. FATIMA PRAYER GROUP~ Monday Night Apostolate of Fatima Prayer Group will pray the Rosary at Sacred Heart Church starting at 6:00 PM. All are welcome. The week of March 3, 2019 the Angel Lamps in the Sanctuary burn for the following intentions: Margaret Sporner Fred & Martha Auman A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE Today Jesus tells us: Why do you see the speck in someone else s eye but miss the log in your own eye? It s always easier to try to change someone else than face the things in ourselves which need change. What a waste of time for we can t change anyone but ourselves. BAPTISMAL PREPARATION CLASSES Date: Time: Place: March 12 (T) 6:00 p.m. St. Boniface 885-8941 PRE-CANA SESSIONS Date: Time: Place: April 7 9:00 a. m./5:00 p. m. Queen of the World Includes Mass (814) 834-4701 REGISTER TODAY FOR 1:38 Women, a Catholic Women s Conference Live JOY-fully! The conference will be held at Our Lady of Peace Parish in Erie on Saturday, March 30, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Registration is only $40 per person, $35 for senior citizens or groups of 8, $25 for college students, $10 for high school students and free for religious sisters, and includes lunch and free parking. Don t miss this opportunity to grow in your relationship with the Lord through inspiring national speakers and opportunities for prayer, adoration and reconciliation as well as Mass with Bishop Lawrence Persico. All you need to bring is an open heart! Call (814)455-7364 or to register www.138women.com 31 DAY VOCATION CALENDAR - Please consider joining the Parish 31 Club for Vocations to the Religious Life. Try to attend a Mass, Holy Hour OR Pray on your chosen date and offer it for: Priests/religious who have served our parish in the past. For those priests, religious and deacons serving now. To ask the Lord of the harvest for future vocations. 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Catherine Labant, Joe Lynch Sue Dornisch, Andy Dornisch Lou Ann & Tom Nellis, Sr. Leona Fritz, Dorothy Terry Cathy Dornisch Jake Meyer Dorothy Mallette, Alice Lynch, Marsha Meyer, Jim McAllister
Page Three March 3, 2019 ELK COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE GROUP~ will meet on Tuesday March 12, at 6:30 p.m. in the St Mary s Church Parish Annex. For additional information please call Mary Bea at 834-3834. SPECIAL NOTICE~ ABUSE OF LIFE - MOVIE Gosnell True story of a Philadelphia abortionist, his deplorable practice, and the trail that exposed the horror. WHEN: Sunday, March 10, 2019 Time: 2:00 p.m. WHERE: Elk County Catholic High School Auditorium Free Admission. Rated: PG13 Fellowship and discussion to follow in the cafeteria. Sponsored by: Life Matters, a local group of concerned citizens including Pastors, schools, Elk County Right to Life Committee, and ECC Students for Life. ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM S PRODUCTION OF DISNEY S NEWSIES Will be presented Thursday, March 28th Through Saturday, March 30th at 7:00 p.m. And Sunday, March 31st at 2:00 p.m. Elk County Catholic High School Auditorium- Adults $8.00 and Students $5.00 FAMILY HONOR ~ will be presenting Real Love & Real Life, a chastity program series at ECCHS on Mondays, March 11, 18 & 25, 2019. 7:00 to 9:15 p.m. Real Love & Real Life is for parents with your 7 th or 8 th grade son or daughter. This Family Honor program includes communicating effectively in families; respecting the gift of our sexuality and the amazing power we have to give life; discusses other topics all teens are facing, such as peer pressure and avoiding risky behaviors. This is an incredible opportunity to spend quality time with your teen, and open the door to communication on some really important issues. To register or find out more about this program, call Laurey Kraus 781-6746. DON T GIVE UP CHOCOLATE FOR LENT~ Instead, discover simple ways to transform your life in forty days. Join our parish for BEST LENT EVER, a FREE email program from Dynamic Catholic that is designed to help you have a life-changing Lent. Each day, you ll receive a short inspirational video that will help you Sign up at DynamicCatholic.com/40Days. DATES TO REMEMBER Mondays Praying the Rosary in Church 6:00 p.m. Thursdays Father Michael s Bible Study 7:00 p.m. March 4 Keuchel Pick up 3:30 p.m./ 6:00 p.m. March 12 Elk County Right to Life 6:30 p.m. March 18 Saint Anne Society Meeting 12:00 p.m. March 19 Parish Council Meeting 7:00 p.m. AREA NEWS ST. JOSEPH CHURCH FORCE, PA~ LENTEN FISH FRY~ Wed., March 6, 2019 and EVERY Friday during Lent. HOURS: 12:00 TO 6:30. Haddock Fish Dinner $11.00, Fantail Shrimp Dinner $12.00, Children 10 & under $7.00. Good Friday Hours: 2:30-6:30. All dinners include: Choice of Fish or Shrimp Choice of Potato Baked or French Fries, Cup of Soup, Dinner Roll, Cole Slaw, Dessert and Drink. Eat In~ Take Out. Soup & drink not included in takeout. ECCHS Music Boosters B-I-N-G-O! Friday March 8th. ECCHS Cafeteria, Doors open at 5:00 p.m. NEW START TIME.. Bingo now begins at 6:30 p.m.! 1st Friday of Lent-more meatless items will be available! SPAGHETTI DINNER BENEFITING ACTIVITIES OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 95~ Sunday March 17, 2019, at the Sacred Heart Parish Center, starting at 11:00 a.m. till sold out. Cost:$8 per plate (no charge for children under 5). PATRICK S DAY~ March 17, 2019~ Polenta and Pasta Dinner beginning at 11:30 until sold out at the Fox Township Firemen's Social Hall. Cost is $10 for adults and $6 for children under 10. RELAY FOR LIFE~ Comedy Night Fundraiser Saturday, March 30, 2019, Ridgway Fire Hall 30 N. Broad St, Ridgway. 50/50 Raffle, Gift Basket & Prize Auctions. Doors open: 6:00 p.m. Showtime: 8:00 p.m. $25 Advance/ $30 at the Door. Includes Dinner & Soft Drinks BYOB Tickets on sale at 3 locations of Northwest Bank, Downtown, St. Marys, Ridgway & Johnsonburg. Tables of 4 or more guests, call 814-389-3488. CLEANING YOUR CLOSETS? Please save any local school, Steelers, Pirates, Penguins or other sports teams t-shirts and or sweatshirts for a stitching project to benefit the Catholic Elementary School s Christmas Store. We would also appreciate donations of fiberfill to complete the project. Drop off at the St. Marys Catholic Elementary School office by April 30. Thank you all so much! LENTEN LUNCH WITH THE LORD~ to be held at Noon on Thursdays during Lent. On March 7, Shiloh Presbyterian with Pastor Brad his talk Father Forgive Them. March 14, First UMC Pastor Tim on Today You Will Be With Me. On March 21, First UMC with Pastor Scott he will be speaking on Behold Your Son, Behold Your Mother. March 28 Shiloh Presbyterian with Pastor Tim on My God My God. April 4, Faith Baptist, Pastor Scott I Thirst and April 11 First UMC, Pastor Brad, It Is Finished.
Page Four Youth & Young Adult Ministry Disciples Life Creed I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Ephesians 4:1b Scott Becker~scottbecker28@gmail.com or 781-1042. Faith Formation Program Calendars check out disciples.life March 6, 13, 20, 27 Elementary Faith Formation 6:00 7:30 p.m. St. Marys Parish Center March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Life Teen & Middle School 6:00-7:45 p.m. Queen of the World Keep up to date with Rooted Youth Ministry on Social Media! Twitter: @MinistryRooted Instagram: @smyouthministry3 Facebook: @SMYouthMin Classy Dance What: A Swing Dance! When: Saturday March 9th- 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Where: Saint Boniface Social Hall in Kersey Cost: $5 for Students $10 for Adults Tickets will be sold at the door No Dancing experience or partner needed! For any questions or additional information please call Scott Becker @ 717-881-5856 Or email scottbecker28@gmail.com Bible Study: God s Spousal Love Youth, Young Adults and Parents are all Welcome! Every Tuesday night from March 12 April 16 6-7:30 p.m. @ Hoss s (dessert and beverages will be provided), a onetime suggested donation for the materials is $10.00 Come for one night or all six! scottbecker28@gmail.com or call 781-1042 to sign up. Child Protection and Creating Safe Environments- Pledge to Heal: The Diocese of Erie is committed to help those who were harmed by clergy sexual abuse to heal and recover. The diocese encourages anyone who has experienced abuse or misconduct by a member of the clergy or any employee or volunteer of the church to contact law enforcement. To report abuse to the independent investigators retained by the diocese, email ErieRCD@KLGates.com. Victims or concerned individuals are also welcome to contact the diocese directly to report abuse at 814.451.1543. Counseling assistance is available for victims and/or their families through the diocesan victim assistance coordinator, Dr. Robert Nelsen, who can be reached at 814-451-1521. To see what the diocese is doing to help maintain safe environments, visit https://www.eriercd.org/childprotection/ If we treat others as God wants them to be treated we will be happy and blessed. Blessed Mother Theresa of Calcutta was someone who learned this lesson perfectly. Once she was staying with her community of sisters who were working with the Aborigines in Australia. While she was there, she visited an elderly man who lived in total isolation, ignored by everyone. His home was disordered and dirty. She told him, Please let me clean your house, wash your clothes and make your bed. He answered, I m OK like this. Let it be. She said, You will be still better if you allow me to do it. He finally agreed. So she was able to clean his house and wash his clothes. While she was cleaning, she discovered a beautiful lamp, covered with dust. It looked like it hadn t been used in years. She said to the man, Don t your light that lamp? Don t you ever use it? He answered, No one comes to see me. I have no need to light it. Who would I do it for? Mother Theresa asked, Would you light it every night if the sisters came? He replied, Of course. From that day on, the sisters committed themselves to visiting him every evening. Mother Theresa left Australia. Two years passed. She had completely forgotten about that man. Then she received a message from him. Tell my friend that the light she lit in my life continues to shine still. That s what it means to be a true Christian: to give, to forgive, to bless, to stop judging, to stop condemning, to stop complaining, and to start lighting lamps In other works, to be like Christ. And that is what brings happiness to our lives and to the world. Father Michael I would also like to welcome the following who have joined Sacred Heart. Cody & Savannah Nussbaum, James & Barbara Brown, Daniel & Amy Hoy, Brian, May & Apollo Tatasto, Michael, Leslie, Zachary, Ian, Aidan Timchak. May God bless our journey together. "If we want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it." Mother Teresa ST. MARYS PAVING CO. INC. Commercial~ Residential~ Free Estimates~ Fully Insured Phone number 781-1429 Fax number 834-7869 282 Belsole Rd., St. Marys
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