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SSAINTAINT PPAULAUL

CCATHOLICATHOLIC CCHURCHHURCH

Address:

140 Walnut Street, Weirton, WV 26062

Phone: 304-748-6710

Web site: stpaulcommunity.net

Prayer Line: 304-748-4245 &

304-564-3114

Pastor: Rev. Larry W. Dorsch

E-mail: lwdorsch@comcast.net

Our St. Paul Parish and School Capital Campaign

continues with pledges coming in from many parishioners. We are grateful to all who have been able to make a pledge. We are also

grateful to those who have considered the Campaign but prayerfully decided their personal financial situation does not allow them to make

a pledge at this time. We count on their prayers and hope in future years they may be able to help.

For those who have not yet decided on a pledge or a gift, please give

some thought this week to what you may be able to do to assist your parish community in meeting this responsibility to care for our school building. There are additional pledge/gift envelopes in the back of the church if you need an additional or a replacement. There are

also a few packets with the explanatory booklets and brochures if you did not

receive one in the mail. Any questions about the Campaign can be

directed to our Pastor, Fr. Larry Dorsch (304-748-6710).

WORK PROGRESS REPORT:

Even though we have not yet raised all the money needed, some work had to be started so that school could reopen in the

fall. All the fire doors have been removed, sandblasted and repainted.

The door jambs are in process of receiving the same treatment. The door hardware is either being refurbished or

replaced in compliance with the fire marshal's instructions.

In the cafeteria kitchen, the old exhaust

hoods have been removed and upon inspection it was discovered that the gas

range was leaking gas and has to be replaced and the old “coca cola” refrigerator had outlived its life as well. Thus, our costs for the refurbishing of the cafeteria will go up considerably beyond earlier estimates. New, brighter lighting will be installed in the cafeteria as well.

We have not yet sought nor received the go ahead from the diocese to begin work on the heating and cooling system of the school as we do not yet have enough money pledged to cover the cost of the contract. Fr. Larry will be consulting with Pastoral Council, Finance

Council and the Capital Campaign Committee next week to discuss next steps.

Phase 1: CAMPAIGN PROGRESS AS OF

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

DONOR PLEDGED AMOUNT

Foundations $141,000.00

Alumni $10,000.00

Christian Mothers $15,000.00

Holy Name $10,000.00

Parishioners $172,615.00

St. Paul School Parents $10,000.00

Other School Parents $5,550.00

Businesses $7,050.00

TOTAL $371,215.00

GOAL $500,000.00

BALANCE NEEDED $128,785.00

CCOMMUNITYOMMUNITY BBREADREAD BBASKETASKET Don’t forget non-perishable foods, soaps, paper products for distribution at our ecumenical food pantry. July we are asked to donate Chicken & Tuna Helper & cranberry sauce. Bring

them to the offering baskets to be presented at mass.

TTABLEABLE OFOF HHOPEOPE Free Hot Meals are provided at First Methodist Church on West Street 5-6:30 Monday, Wednesday

and Friday. Volunteers needed Mondays and Wednesdays from about 4 pm until 6:30. Please, If you can help, call Lori Duke 304-670-9544.

LITURGICAL MINISTERS FOR AUGUST 1-2

Ministers of

Communion Lectors Altar

Servers

Greeters Ushers

Saturday

August 1

5 pm

Robert Marino

Lawrence Pearce

Frances Veltri

Debra Marino

Not Filled Carolyn Cooper

Florence Hirkala

Mary Kay Schuetz

John Cummings

John Porco

Ron Panko

Joseph Veltri

Sunday

August 2

8:30 am

Matthew Glodowski Anthony Mazzone Maria Colantonio

Gary Impellicceiri

Lindsay McAfee

Diane McAfee

Judith Bartley

Christine Holmes

Guy Holmes

Mary Mazzone

Thomas Beaumont

Paul Duffy

Thomas Lorello

Sunday,

August 2

11:00 am

Lorraine Lovy

Edie Wilson

Peggy Rossi

Jerry DeFilippo

Marlene Hamilton

Cynthia Harcharik

Darlene Sessi

Marian Grubor

Madeleine Marks

Eddie Marks

Katherine Marks

Toni Marks

Payton Perkins

Melissa Perkins

David Whalen

Robert Baker

Charles Bugin

Robert Chuma

Ed Halsey

Sunday,

August 2

6 pm

Michelle O’Karma

Michael Cucarese

Bennie Parr

John O’Karma

Jacqueline O’Karma

Johnny O’Karma

A.D. Mastrantoni

Michael Mastrantoni

Mark White

This week: The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

2 Kings 4:42-44 Ephesians 4:1-6 John 6:1-15

Background: This week and continuing for six week, our Gospel reading will step away from the lectionary cycle text of Mark and go to the Gospel of John. Part of the reason is that Mark’s text is much sorter than the other Gospels and does not cover all the Sundays of the year. Thus, when Jesus and his disciples go off on their time of rest and find the vast crowd, there is a convenient place to shift into John where Jesus sees this crowd and undertakes the remarkable “sign” of the

loaves and the fishes. In John this event is not treated as a miracle but a “sign” pointing to who Jesus is. For five Sundays John’s Gospel will

explore this sign for us under the guise of the “Bread of Life.” Jesus will invite us to explore our deepest hungers, what we look to for the

satisfaction of these hungers and what the world offers for these hungers. This week consider who feeds you!

Next Week: The Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15 Ephesians 4:17,20-24; John 6:24-35

Adult Bible Study We will resume this Tuesday at 6:30 with our study of

the coming Sunday’s Gospel in the Parish Office Conference Room.

Annual St. Paul Parish Picnic August 23—11 am

As always we begin with our outdoor Sunday Mass, followed by dinner, socializing with fellow parishioners, games, wonderful desserts and music! Mark your calendar and plan to be part of our parish summer celebration!

Blessing the Fragments

by Jan Richardson

Cup your hands together,

And you will see the shape

This blessing wants to take.

Basket, bowl, vessel:

It cannot help

hold itself open

to welcome

what comes.

This blessing

knows the secret

of the fragments

that find their way

into its keeping,

the wholeness

that may hide

in what has been

left behind,

the persistence of plenty

where there seemed

only lack.

Look into the hollows

of your hands

and ask

what wants to be

gathered there,

what abundance waits

among the scraps

that come to you,

what feast

will offer itself

from the fragments

that remain.

PRAY FOR OUR SICK MEMBERS Weirton Medical Center: Mary Paris, Nancy Tarr Laurels—Henry Vierbicky Brightwood—Louise Strauss, Golden Oaks—Theresa Petroski Country Club Nursing Home: Frances Oliver Weirton Geriatrics—Inez Oliver Wyngate: Virginia Yoklic, Reno Silvestri, Vivian DeMarco Serra Manor—Lillian Beagle Chris Dorich is at 71 Darlington Rd, Room 141, Beaver Falls, PA 15010

Our Sympathy to Lorraine Lovy & Suzanne Tennant and families on the death of their mother/grandmother, Marie Orwasky. We remember Fr. Leroy O. Beyer, a former associate at our parish, who passed away on June 29th at the age of 87 years old. Bob & JoAnn Faulkner would like to thank everyone for their prayers, cards, masses and other acts of kindness during the most difficult time at the passing of their daughter, Nancy DellaPiazza. God bless you all!

NEW SUMMER OFFICE HOURS

Every Friday in the summer the church office will be closed at noon.

St. Paul Christian Mothers Autumn Glory Card Party will be held on September 27, 2015, at 2 pm in the school cafeteria. All Christian Mothers were given 50/25/25 raffle tickets to sell. Please return these tickets by placing them in the collection basket in an envelope marked Christian Mothers. Our Parish is currently accepting applications for the position of Advancement Director. Main responsibilities of the Advancement Director include alumni relations, annual fund and major gift management, as well as database management, special event coordination and grant writing. Candidate must be able to communicate with various constituent groups such as faculty and staff, current and prospective parents, students, volunteers, and local community members. Position must be able to promote a strong Catholic identity for the school. Strong written and oral communication skills are required. A degree in Marketing, Business Management or a related field is desirable. Prefer 3 years in marketing, fundraising, sales or a related field. Salary is commensurate with education & experience. Interested candidates should email a resume by August 10, 2015 to pcowan@@weirtonstpauls.org. Mail to: Search Committee, c/o St. Paul School, 140 Walnut Street, Weirton, WV 26062 Our annual St. Paul Parish Picnic will be held on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at the Serbian Picnic Grounds beginning with the 11 am Mass. An organizational meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 29th at 6:30 pm in the lower church. Anyone interested in helping is invited to attend. Capital Campaign payments can be placed in the collection on Sunday or mailed to 140 Walnut St, Weirton. Please make checks out to St. Paul School and place them in a separate envelope. Do not include this payment with the Church collection donations. First Annual Junior Dons Cheering Camp will be held on August 10-13 from 9am-1 pm at St. Joseph Grade School Gym for children in Kindergarten -6th grade (ages 5 –12). Cost $50 for one child and $25 each additional child.

OUR PARISH THIS WEEK

Saturday July 25

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Confession Sunday Eucharist: (Joseph Hruschak)

Sunday July 26

17th Sunday

Ordinary Time

8:30 am 11:00 am 6:00 pm 7:00 pm

Sunday Eucharist: (Margie Damino) Sunday Eucharist: (Robert E. Baker) Sunday Eucharist: (All Our People) Alcoholics Anonymous in cafeteria

Monday, July 27

8:00 am Weekday Eucharist: (Anthony Gallo)

Tuesday, July 28

8:00 am 6:30 pm

Weekday Eucharist: (In Thanksgiving for favors granted) Weekly Word

Wednesday July 29

8:00 am

Weekday Eucharist (Martha DiAntonio)

Thursday July 30

8:00 am

Weekday Eucharist: (Patricia Starosciak)

Friday July 31

8:00 am Weekday Eucharist: (Charles “Mickey” Warrick )

Saturday August 1

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Confession Sunday Eucharist: (Bernice Zulkowski)

Sunday August 2

18th Sunday

Ordinary Time

8:30 am 11:00 am 6:00 pm 7:00 pm

Sunday Eucharist: (Helen Beaumont) Sunday Eucharist: (John Plesa) Sunday Eucharist: (For All Our People) Alcoholics Anonymous in cafeteria

Don’t forget your parish, please consider giving a percentage of whatever remains in your estate to the parish memorial endowment fund. Bequests for the parish should read, “To the Most Rev. Michael J. Bransfield, Bishop of Wheeling Charleston or his successors in office for the exclusive use of St. Paul Parish (or School) in Weirton, WV Memorial Endowment Fund.”

WEEKLY COLLECTIONS

July 19, 2015

Envelopes $ 6294.00 Offertory $ 453.00