~St. Peter Church Cleaning Schedule~

For the week of:

Week of Sept 4, Team I

Week Sept 11, Team II

Week of Sept 18 Team III

Week of Sept 4, Team IV

If you have any questions, or would like to volunteer,

please call Joanne Boyle at 740-284-2845.

Thank you!

~St. Peter Church Groups~ ~For further information refer to the St. Peter Church

website: www.stpetersteub.com~

Parish Council: Mrs. Mary Jo Yanda, President,

740-282-4153

Parish Historian: Mrs. Nancy Givens, 740-424-3674

Altar Servers Coordinator: Dr. Steve Hildebrand,

740-283-2893

Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers Coordinator:

Mr. Pete Polimeni, 740-283-1401

Maintenance and Grounds Coordinator:

Bob Handzus

Altar Flowers and Candles: Mrs. Mary Jo Yanda

Catholic Women’s Club (CWC): Mrs. Beatrice

Antol, (304-723-1850), President We continue to collect glasses for the Lion’s Club. Please bring

your donations to the church office.

St. Francis Society: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Welsch,

740-282-8624

Knights of Columbus: Grand Knight Marshall

Myers, 740-282-8222

St. Peter Website Coordinator: Christen

Wischnowski 740-266-7003

St. Peter Church Choir: Mr. Andrew Barnick (choir

master and organist), 805-268-1505

Bereavement Ministry: Mrs. Fiona Ruminski,

740-275-8754

Adoration Chapel Coordinator: Mrs. Kathy Bender,

740-544-6446

St. Peter Church Restoration Committee,

Coordinator: Mrs. Mary Jo Yanda, 740-282-4153

GS High School Group: Mrs. Suzanne Lewis, 740-

424-6382

Natural Family Planning : Steve and Ann Craig,

740-457-9663, www.NFPandmore.org.

Una Voce: Dr. Michael Sirilla, 740-282-4813,

www.unavocesteubenville.com

Volunteer church cleaning crews: Mrs. Joanne

Boyle, 740-284-2845

Steubenville Catechetical Program:

barbara@catholicfaithformation.org or

www.catholicfaithformation.org

The Rosary Makers: collect Rosaries, and Rosary

parts, for the missions. Please bring such items to the

office. Thank you!

St. Peter Ministry to the Homebound: Deacon

Maedke, 740-381-2115

Donut Sunday Coordinators: the John Bergsma

family (740-282-2915) for the 10 a.m. Mass, and the

Shawn Dougherty family (740-537-5178) for the

8 a.m. Mass

~St. Peter Ministry to the Homebound~

Please note: due to privacy regulations, local

hospitals are not permitted to contact the parish

when a parishioner is hospitalized, a family

member must contact the parish.

Thank you.

If, for medical reasons, you wish to

receive only the Precious Blood,

please inform the priest or deacon (in

the sacristy) before Mass. A separate

chalice will be consecrated.

~St. Peter Church Office Hours~

The church office is open Monday–

Thursday,

8:30 a.m.– 2 p.m. It is closed on holidays.

~Parish News and Alerts~

Besides the weekly bulletin, and website,

you may stay abreast of parish news by

signing up for email and text alerts at:

www.flocknote.com/steubcatholic

~Parish Bulletin News~

The cost of producing the weekly parish bulletin is

partially underwritten through our advertisers. If you

know of any businesses which would be

interested in advertising, please contact Rachel Murray

at LPI Publishing,

1-800-477-4574, ext. 6321.

~23nd Sunday in Ordinary Time~

16th Sunday after Pentecost

~September 4, 2016~

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Scheduled Masses Intention Requested by

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday 9/5 8:00 a.m. Father Huffman Joe Manfred

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Tuesday 9/6 8:00 a.m. Mass Robert Wallace Mary Wallace

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Wednesday 9/7 8:00 a.m. Mass Ronald Sferra Gloria & Fred Stenger

5:15 p.m. Mass Kathleen King Fiona Ruminski

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Thursday 9/8 8:00 a.m. Mass Campbell & Tverbut Families Family

______________________________________________________________________________________________

Friday 9/9 8:00 a.m. Mass John & Katherine McCarron Zachery & Katherine Miller

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Saturday 9/10 4:00 p.m. Mass Sophia& Warren Campbell Children

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Sunday 9/11 8:00 a.m. Alan & Susan McWhirter Zachary & Katherine Miller

10:00 a.m. Blue Mass

12:00 noon (E.F.*) Julia Brun Frank J. Merenda

*E.F. - Extraordinary Form

Blue Mass—Honor Police, Fire, EMS and their

Families: All are invited to attend a special Blue Mass in honor of our

Local Police, Fire and EMS personnel. The Mass will be held

on Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at St Peter

Catholic Church at 425 N. 4th St. Steubenville. The Most

Reverend Jeffrey Monforton, Bishop of the Diocese of

Steubenville, will be the celebrant. The Blue Mass has been

celebrated for many years throughout the country as a way to

ask for God’s blessing upon those who serve their communi-

ties, to acknowledge those who have paid the ultimate sacri-

fice and to support those whose life is committed to serving

others. Please join us in praying for our local heroes and for

God’s protection upon them as they continue to protect us and

to serve our community. All Police, Fire and EMS personnel

are invited to attend with their families (please be at the

church by 9:45 a.m. in uniform. A group picture with Bish-

op Monforton will be taken before Mass and anyone wishing

to have their safety vehicle blessed by Bishop Monforton may

do so following the Mass. Also a small reception in the

church basement will follow the Mass and all are invited to

attend.

Due to the Diocesan Child Protection Workshop on the evening of September 7, there will be no

confessions on Wednesday, September 7.

Diocesan Respect Life Conference

The Fifth Annual Diocesan Respect Life Conference

will take place on Saturday, October 8, 2016, at St.

Benedict Church in Cambridge. The Conference will

include a special Respect Life Mass offered by

Bishop Jeffrey Monforton and a Keynote Address

offered by Janet Morana, Executive Director of

Priests for Life and the Co-Founder of the Silent

No More Awareness Campaign, the world’s largest

mobilization of women and men who have lost chil-

dren to abortion. (Morana is also the Co-host of The

Catholic View for Women seen on EWTN.) Addition-

ally, participants in the conference will be able to

choose from several seminars on a variety of topics.

Registration information can be found at

www.diosteub.org/Family. The fee for the confer-

ence is $20. Please contact Joe Schmidt (740-373-

3643 or basilicadre@gmail.com) with any questions

or Dan Hawrot (740-424-4100 or dhawrot@hotmail.com

~Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration~ The Adoration Chapel is open 24 hours a day, seven days a

week. To become a regular adorer: pick an hour (the hours in

bold print are those in need of adorers), and call the appropri-

ate division leader.

Division Leaders:

David Romanyak: (304-374-6346) Midnight-6 a.m.

Thurs. 4 & 5 a.m. Kathy Bender: (740-544-6446) 6 a.m. - noon:

Thurs. 11 a.m.

Dianne Sharp: (740-284-1866), noon- 6 p.m.: Sun. 2 p.m.,

Fri. 12, 2 & 3 p.m., Sat. 1 & 2 p.m., Wed. 3 p.m. Kathy Bender: (740-282-9422) 6 p.m.—midnight:

~Church Support ~

August 28, 2016 $6,665.91

~CATHOLIC SCHOOLS~

~Schwan’s Fundraiser~

Please continue to support our Catholic schools via the

Schwan’s Food Company. The schools receive 5% from the

profits of goods purchased. Place your order at Schwans-

Cares.com, and use campaign #21886. Call Jodi if you have

questions: 740-249-8487.

~BJKM SCRIP

SCRIPT will return to school hours beginning Wednesday

8/31 in the School cafeteria. Regular hours are:

Tuesdays 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Wednesdays 1:00 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Fridays 8:00 a.m.—10:00 a.m. and 1:00—3:00 p.m.

All current families and new families (Elementary and Junior

High) can send orders in with student, it will be filled and

returned on Tuesdays and Fridays. Print froms at

www.steubenvillecatholicschools.org. Go to Giving tab-

SCRIPT

Call Liz Borden (284-1870) or Barb Milewsky (264-7581)

for more information.

CWC News

The next CWC Meeting will be Sept. 6th, at noon in the church

hall. Lunch is pot luck. Please remember to bring a nonperish-

able item for the Samaritan House.

We will be updating members through the bulletin.

2016 Diocesan Parish Share Campaign Update

We continue to accept DPSC pledges for 2016. If you need an

envelope , please call the parish office 740-282-7612. Enve-

lopes are also located in the church pews.

Status of St. Peter Church DPSC as of 8/15/16:

Total Pledges: 132

Total households in parish: 528

Amount pledged by 132 households: $55,219.20

Parish goal: $ 48,608.00

We have met our DPSC goal for 2016. Please consider making

a donation. Funds received beyond our goal are distributed

back to our parish. Thank you very much.

Fr. Timothy Huffman

Our diocesan Respect Life conference will be held on Oct. 8

at St Benedict’s Church in Cambridge, OH. The keynote

speaker is Janet Morana from Priests for Life. Details will

follow.

The 40 Days for Life Campaign begins on Sept 28. The Life

Chain is on Oct 1st. Please send details of a life chain in

your area to Pat Defrancis (pdefrancis&diosteub.org

WORK WITH AND BESIDE BISHOP

MONFORTON Saturday, September 10th the Bishop will return to the

Aquinas building for the planting of new shrub-

bery, the placing of ornamental stones, and com-

pletion of the landscaping.

Once again anyone who would like to volunteer to

assist the Bishop in this project should come to the

Aquinas building at about 9:00 a.m. On various

occasions he has shared with us the joy that he has

trimming trees. Come share the joy with Bishop

Monforton!

Please bring with you equipment to work with and

gloves for your hands.

In this year of Reconsecration, we’ll be offering a beauti-

ful series on the Bible and The Virgin Mary. The series is

starting September 12, in the Marian Room at Holy Ro-

sary. All materials provided but registration is required.

Please contract Toni Hendricks @ 740-278-7131 or

toni.k.hendricks@gmail.com The series will run monthly

for 10 months

AUDITIONS FOR AN ORIGINAL

MUSICAL!

The Steubenville Nutcracker Village and Advent

Market will present this comedy musical written

and directed by Steubenville residents Von & John

Holmes. Auditions for adult actors (18 & older)

will be held in the Grand Theater lobby at 121

So. 4th St. on 9/12 & 9/13 from 6-9 p.m.. Please

come ready to read dialogue from the show & to

sing “My Favorite Things” from the sound of

Music. Questions? Call 740-632-7952

The K of C St John Neumann Council cordially invite all

the faithful to a Pro-Life Night at Malara Hall, Holy Fami

ly Church 2565 Alexander Ave, Steubenville, OH on Sep-

tember 10, 2016. The evening will begin with a social

time fro m 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. We have several guest

speakers and Q and A will follow the individual talks.

The evening will conclude by approx. 9:30 p.m.

Tickets are free and they may be reserved through

www.eventbrite.com or call GK Marshall Myers at 740-

282-8222

Please remember the

sick and homebound*

of our parish in your

prayers:

Michael Olenick

Mary Grimmett

Mary Ice

Ed Klonowski

James Kidwell

Clara Szydlowski

Catherine Letcher

Darrin Corrigan

Debbie Straker

John Koniski

Bernie Zapolnik

Jackson Buttle

Donna Tustin

Joann Kirk

*call office (740-282-

7612) to make

changes to this list, or to

add a loved one to the

prayer line.

~St. Peter Church Choir~

The parish choir is accepting new members.

Experience in a choir is not essential, but

rudimentary music-reading skills are required.

Please contact music director Andrew Barnick

(805-268-1505) for an informal try-out. Rehearsals

are held at St. Peter’s on Thursday evenings

from 7-9 p.m. Thank you!

~Steubenville City Daily Mass Schedule~ The following is the Mass schedule for St. Peter Church, Holy Family Church, and Triumph of the Cross.*

*Please remember to check parish bulletins for changes that may occur for Holy Days, holidays, and special

circumstances for the priests who are serving you.

7:00 a.m. Mass - Tuesday - Friday at Holy Rosary Church

8:00 a.m. Mass - Monday - Friday at Holy Family Church

Monday thru Friday at St. Peter Church

8:30 a.m. Mass - Monday - Saturday at Holy Rosary Church

Saturday at Holy Family Church

5:15 p.m. Mass - Monday at Holy Rosary Church

Wednesday at St. Peter Church

Note: The Adoration Chapel at St. Peter Church is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week

Please remember the following clergy in your

prayers:

Sunday: Msgr. John M. Campbell

Monday: Fr. Thomas A. Chillog

Tuesday: Fr. Victor P. Cinson

Wednesday: Fr. David Cornett

Thursday: Fr. William D. Cross

Friday: Our Holy Father

Saturday: All Priests

~Samaritan House News~

The Samaritan House* is in need of regular food

pantry items: cereal, vegetables, peanut butter, chili,

tuna, pork and beans, fruit, macaroni and cheese,

crackers, spaghetti, spaghetti sauce, ravioli, and

soup. You may leave items in the back (front verti-

bule) of the church.

The 40Days for Life Campaign begins on September 28th and

the Life Chain is on October 1st. Please send details of a life

chain in your area to Pat Defrancis of Register: pdefrancis@

diosteub.org

Diocesan Respect Life conference will be held on October 8th

at St. Benedict’s Church in Cambridge, Ohio. Details to follow.

~Steubenville Catechetical Program~ Website: http://catholicfaithformation.org

email: barbara@catholicfaithformation.org

High School of Religion: We will be providing a

High School Catechetical Class this year on Wednesday

evenings from 5:45 - 7:30 p.m. Class is open to all high

school students who are interested in learning more

about their faith. Registration forms are online at the

above website. For more information, please contact

Barbara at the above email address.

Dates to Remember:

September 14, Child Protection Seminar, Holy

Rosary Augitorium @ 6:30 p.m. Please register via

Barbara’s email.

September 18, Catechetical Sunday

September 21, PSR Faith & Life begins

5:45 - 7:30p.m. Aquinas Center

September 22, PSR Catechesis of the Good

Shepherd Begins 3:30-5:30 Aquinas Center

“Red, White, Blue and Catholic” FUS Philosophy Departemtn to host lecture by Stephen

White, on social teaching and politics. White a fellow in the

Catholic Studies Program at the Ethics and Public Policy

Centre, will speak on Thursday, Sept. 8th at 6:30 in the Tony

and Nina Gentile Gallery of the J.C. Williams Center. The

event is free and open to the public.

Dr. Andrew W. Jones, vice president of research at the St.

Paul Center for Biblicat Thelogy, will comment immediately

Following White’s lecture.