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ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER PARISH
JULY 19, 2020 | SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH
MASS SCHEDULE:
SUNDAY 8:00 AM
SACRED HEART CHURCH
MASS SCHEDULE:
SATURDAY 8:00 AM
SUNDAY 11:00 AM
MADONNA DEL CASTELLO
CHURCH
MASS SCHEDULE:
SATURDAY VIGIL 4:00 PM
THURSDAY 8:00 AM
ST. COLMAN CHURCH
MASS SCHEDULE:
SATURDAY VIGIL 5:30 PM
SUNDAY 5:30 PM
TUESDAY 8:00 AM
CONFESSION TIME:
SATURDAY 12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM
ST. JOHN FISHER CHURCH
MASS SCHEDULE:
SATURDAY VIGIL 4:00 PM
WEDNESDAY 8:00 AM
ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE
CHURCH
MASS SCHEDULE:
SUNDAY 9:00 AM
FRIDAY 8:00 AM
ST. MAURICE CHURCH
MASS SCHEDULE:
SUNDAY 10:00 AM
MONDAY 7:00 PM
CONFESSION TIME:
MONDAY 7:30 - 8:00 PM
WORD OF GOD CHURCH
MASS SCHEDULE:
SUNDAY 10:00 AM
MONDAY-FRIDAY LIVESTREAM MASS
9:00 AM
CONFESSION TIME:
SATURDAY 12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM
July 19, 2020 | Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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STAFF AND CONTACTS
ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE
CHURCH
405 Westinghouse Avenue, Wilmerding, PA 15148�
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ST. JOHN FISHER
CHURCH
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ST. COLMAN CHURCH
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ST. MAURICE CHURCH
2001 Ardmore Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15221�
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WORD OF GOD
CHURCH
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STAFF
Father Frank D. Almade
Pastor
Father Martin F. Barkin
Senior Parochial Vicar
Father Jeremy J. Mohler
Parochial Vicar
Father Albert J. Semler
Parochial Vicar
Deacon Joseph M. Dougherty
Deacon Keith G. Kondrich
Deacon Herb Riley
Deacon Ron Demblowski
Pastoral Associate
412-241-1372
Kelly James
Director of Business Operations
412-351-6008
Cheryl Kirkland
Director of Religious Education
412-351-6710
Norman E. Chapman
CAGO, Director of Music
412-271-0809
Kelley Rodgers
Business Manager
412-271-0809
Safe Environment...It is the policy of
the Diocese that all volunteers must
complete the Safe Environment process
before beginning a ministry or activity in
any Parish. Please call 412-271-0809
for more information..
Diocese of Pittsburgh Crisis Hotline:
1-888-808-1235
Diocesan Victim Assistance
Coordinator: 412-456-3093 (Office)
PA Child Line: 1-800-932-0313
New Parishioners are most welcome!
Please call the parish office you would like to join.
We will be happy to assist you!
MADONNA DEL
CASTELLO CHURCH
2021 South Braddock Avenue, Swissvale, PA 15218�
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GOOD SHEPHERD
CHURCH
Braddock Avenue at Frazier Street, Braddock, PA 15104�
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+++For the past two weeks there has been no
“Faithful Chronicles.” Instead, two weeks ago in this
bulletin I presented the letter from Bishop Zubik to
all parishioners announcing the formation of St.
Joseph the Worker Parish and his letter to me
appointing me its first pastor. Last week you read
the official canonical degree merging our former
seven parishes into the one new St. Joseph the Worker Parish,
effective July 1, 2020. This decree also detailed the
boundaries of our new parish. The “eight great churches of the
East” are now one!
+++I am grateful to all who helped to make our Mass of
Thanksgiving on Wednesday evening, July 1, in Word of God
Church the lovely and prayerful liturgy it was. Members of
the former pastoral councils and finance councils, as well as
parish staff and heads of parish organizations, joined the clergy
team in person for the Mass. Dozens of parishioners watched
via live-streaming. Thanks to all. We are off to a good start,
with the intercession of St. Joseph, patron of the universal
church, loving spouse of Mary, and carpenter of Nazareth!
+++Let me extend thanks and encouragement to parishioners
who are attending our Masses, on Sundays and weekdays.
You are setting such good example by wearing masks and
practicing social distancing faithfully. Keep it up! Again I
remind all that in March the bishops of Pennsylvania removed
the obligation of participating in Sunday Mass during this
pandemic. Use common sense (for those who are older, or with
chronic health conditions, or are beginning to have symptoms
of coronavirus) in deciding whether to attend in person or to
watch our live-streaming or another Mass at home. As
Catholic Christians all of us are obliged to pray daily, practice
our faith and carry out acts of charity and justice.
+++As was reported by the federal government and in local
news reports, the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh and its
parishes and schools received about $13-14 million through
the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) passed by Congress in
March. We applied for six of our parishes. St. Maurice Parish
received a PPP loan totaling $51,300, which we will work to
receive forgiveness over the next several months. The other
parishes’ applications were ignored. With the advice of the
diocese we have reached out to another local bank on behalf of
the five other parishes for a PPP loan. I’ll let you know what
becomes of these proposals. On behalf of our staff, who
remain employed because of your Offertory generosity during
the shutdown, I am grateful to the federal government and the
Congress for this loan (soon to be forgiven).
+++The coronavirus pandemic has uprooted so many nooks
and crannies of our lives. One is that our parish cannot host
fundraising events and meetings of parish organizations.
Outside of church services, we are limited to indoor meetings
25 persons by mandate of the Pennsylvania health department.
We are also required to clean and disinfect every room where a
meeting might be held before and afterwards. This is very
expensive and time consuming. As a result, for the rest of the
summer I reluctantly have to tell parish organizations and
groups that for your health I cannot allow meetings to be held
on church properties. I will revisit this decision in early
September, if the local and state conditions change. I don’t like
making this decision, but I am doing it for the good health of
all. Consider having telephone or Zoom conference calls, or
meeting outdoors in a local park or a backyard.
+++We have a new website! www.sjwpitt.org . Thanks to
parishioners Angelo Baiocchi and Cathy Collins who have
adapted the former websites for St. Maurice and Catholic
Westinghouse Valley. It’s a work in progress, and we are
trying to improve it each week. Visit it and tell your friends. I
welcome constructive comments and criticism from you to
make it better. You can email your comments to me at
+++Look for the job posting in the bulletin for a new parish
staff position, Coordinator of Youth Ministries. Let people
know we are hiring.
+++Because of the coronavirus pandemic, in an extraordinary
act Bishop Zubik has given all pastors/administrators
permission to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation
between now and the end of the year. We have scheduled three
dates for our 55 children who were prevented from receiving
this sacrament this past spring: Tuesday, July 28, in St.
Colman Church; Wednesday, July 29, in St. John Fisher
Church; and Tuesday, August 18, in St. Maurice Church. We
will have limits of family members to attend, so that we can
keep attendance under 25% of capacity. Pray for our young
people as they receive the fullness of Christian initiation and
the loving power of the Holy Spirit.
+++Over the next three weeks we will have guest columnists
in the bulletin. Father Peter Daly writes about his “death box,”
and Fathers John Odeyemi and Matt Hawkins address “Black
Lives Matter” and “Black Catholic Lives Matter.”
+++We pray for all our beloved dead, during the pandemic and
up to today. During this heat wave pray also for the soul of
Willis H. Carrier, the inventor of air-conditioning. He
designed and built the first a/c unit in Buffalo, New York, in
1902. May he rest in the coolness of heaven, and not in the
heat of hell.
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Faith Chronicles
By Father Frank D. Almade
July 19, 2020 | Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Mass Intentions
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Sat. July 18
Vigil Mass
4:00 PM
Madonna del Castello
Church
1) †All Living & Deceased of our Parish
2) †Maria & Domenico Cappella
2) Augustine & Anna Cappella
4:00 PM
St. John Fisher Church †Deceased Members of Krivecky Family Rose Marie Lang Klebingot
5:30 PM
St. Colman Church
†John Duffe Family
Sunday,
July 19
Sixteenth Sunday in
Ordinary Time
8:00 AM
Good Shepherd Church
†Joe Miele Tom & Tootsie DiNardo
9:00 AM
St. Jude the Apostle Church
†Dolly Marcoz Family
10:00 AM
St. Maurice Church
†Dorothy Webb Cafeteria Ladies
10:00 AM
Word of God Church
1) †Vincent Fiano
2) †Dorothy Molyneaux
1) Family
2) Family
11:00 AM
Sacred Heart Church
5:30 PM
St. Colman Church
1) †Connie Morenzi
2) †Jane Fantaski
1) Ellen Diskin
2) Irene Hummert
Mon. July 20
Weekday
9:00 AM
Word of God Church
†Walter Kosar Mary Lou Furman
7:00 PM
St. Maurice Church
†Geraldine Murray Cathy
Tues. July 21
Weekday
8:00 AM
St. Colman Church
†Angelo & Anna Maccagnan
9:00 AM
Word of God Church
†Marsha Petrarca Petrarca Family
Wed. July 22
Saint Mary
Magdalene
8:00 AM
St. John Fisher Church
†John DeVita
Maria, Mother and
Nicholas, Brother
9:00 AM
Word of God Church
†Deceased of Fluhme and McCartney Families Kathy & Ryan McCartney
Thurs. July 23
Weekday
8:00 AM
Madonna del Castello
Church
†Lois Petrarca Pat Furry
9:00 AM
Word of God Church
†John Foerster Family
Fri. July 24
Weekday
8:00 AM
St. Jude the Apostle Church †Dorothy Linn Fran, Nikki, CJ, Aydin
9:00 AM
Word of God Church
†Chris Breitkreutz Family
Sat. July 25
Saint James, Apostle
8:00 AM
Sacred Heart Church †Joe Miele Ross & Maureen Ciopa
Sat. July 25
Vigil Mass
4:00 PM
Madonna del Castello
Church
†John C. Petrichko, Sr.
Florence Petrichko
4:00 PM
St. John Fisher Church †Elmer Schultz Edwin & Beverly School
5:30 PM
St. Colman Church
†Jean Nolan Doug & Sharon Komandt
Sunday,
July 26
Seventeenth Sunday in
Ordinary Time
8:00 AM
Good Shepherd Church
†Helen McDonell Troop 61
9:00 AM
St. Jude the Apostle Church
†Henry Rymarowicz Wife, Anna
10:00 AM
St. Maurice Church
†Robert J. Belavic, Sr. Carol, Tony & Alice Bloise
10:00 AM
Word of God Church
†John (Jack) Brown Jacqueline Brown
11:00 AM
Sacred Heart Church
†Jack Joyce
5:30 PM
St. Colman Church
†Blanche & Vincent Borgia Maiello Family
†All Living & Deceased of our Parish
Family
Michael & Eleanor Vasko
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By Father Peter Daly, Guest Columnist
During this coronavirus shutdown, I have been
working on projects at home. One of them is my "death box."
Not an attractive name, but a necessary part of planning for
death in our culture. My death box is a plastic file box which
contains all the relevant papers and records that will be
needed as I approach death or needed by others after I die. It
is a recognition that life is short and death is sure. Death may
seem remote, just like pandemics may seem remote, but
eventually it comes. So we might as well be ready.
What do I have in my death box? Here is a partial list.
This may be added to later.
• A copy of my advanced care planning health care
directive, colloquially known as a "living will," with
instructions for my health care if, or when, I am
unable to make decisions for myself. This includes
instructions regarding pain management, life
sustaining measures and whether an autopsy should
be done.
• A copy of my appointment of a health care
representative to make my health care decisions if I
am unable to do so for myself. This should only be
one person, but with backups if the representative is
unavailable. (Give the representative the originals of
the appointment and the directives.)
• A list of my doctors' names and addresses.
(Constantly needing updating.)
• A copy of a durable power of attorney, appointing
someone to take care of my financial affairs if I
should be unable to take care of them for myself.
• A copy of my last will and testament —to dispose of
real estate and personal property. This is a legal
document which must be done in accord with the law
of the state where you live. It appoints my executor to
handle my affairs after I die.
• A copy of my funeral plan and instructions for my
funeral Mass and burial, including prayers, scripture
readings and hymns. A copy goes to the archdiocese,
but the original goes to our former choir director, who
will be in charge of fulfilling my wishes. I also
indicated which priests I would like to celebrate my
funeral and preach, if they are available. I also have
left instructions and money for a reception after my
funeral.
• A list of prepaid funeral expenses and instructions for
use of my death benefit policy.
• The deed to my burial plot in our parish cemetery. I
purchased a plot about 10 years ago.
• A copy of my birth certificate, which will be
necessary for completing my death certificate, when
the time comes.
• A list of all my financial assets including bank
accounts, retirement accounts and investments and
insurance policies.
• The deed to my house and the record of its purchase.
• Important milestone documents such as copies of
diplomas from various schools, my ordination
documents, my admission to the American Bar
Association, etc.
• A sketch of my concept of a headstone for my grave,
with suggested wording.
• A list of the names and addresses of my heirs, friends
and relatives to be notified at my death.
There are probably things which I have forgotten. But
this is a start. Nobody dies with all their paperwork perfectly
in order. The will, for example, needs to be updated every few
years whenever there is a major change in circumstances,
such as the death of heirs. The death box does not solve all
problems, but it makes it easier for the people who have to
come along and pick up the pieces when I die.
Some things are not yet done. I still plan to write a
brief biography. I will also draft an obituary to send to the
local paper. One thing I should do is tell people where to find
the death box as the time comes.
In this time of COVID-19, the death box has a bigger
spiritual purpose. It reminds me of my mortality. Now is the
time to start letting go. Maybe because I am Irish, I do not
really mind.
As I have been working on my death box, I find
myself singing the words to "Molly Malone," which could
almost have been written for the coronavirus:
She died of a fever
And so one could save her
And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone
Now her ghost wheels her barrow
Through the streets broad and narrow
Crying “cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh.”
Father Daly is a retired priest of the Washington Archdiocese
and a lawyer. After 31 years of parish service, he volunteers
at Catholic Charities assisting immigrants with legal issues.
This column first appeared on the website of the National
Catholic Reporter in June, www.ncronline.org .
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