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Tri-Parish Community
Sacred Heart, St. Andrew, & St. Paul December 8th, 2019
Tri-Parish Community : Sacred Heart of Jesus, -Saint Andrew - Saint Paul Erie, Pa.
Our Tri– Parish Community
Rev. Mark A. O’Hern, Pastor Msgr. Daniel K. Arnold, Senior Associate St. Andrew Rev. Jerome S. Simmons, In Residence Sacred Heart Rev. Mr. Ralph DeCecco, Deacon St. Andrew Rev. Dr. Tony Alleruzzo, Deacon St. Paul
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sacred Heart of Jesus Office: 814-456-6256
Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday, 9 to 5 Tues., Thursday, Friday , 9 to 1
Email: [email protected] Website: www.sacredhearterie.org
Masses: 8:30AM , M, W, T, F. Communion Service on Tuesdays.
Saturday Confessions at 3:30, Mass at 4:30 Sunday Mass at 10AM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
St. Andrew Office: 814-454-2486
Fax: 814-456-4443 Office Hours 8 to 12, 12:30 to 4, M, T, T, F
Email: [email protected] Website: www.saintandrewerie.com Masses: Daily 8AM –M, T, T, & F
No Wednesday Mass 8AM Mass on the 1st Saturday of month in chapel
Sunday: 8 & 11AM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
St. Paul Office: 814-459-3173
Fax: 814-456-0105 Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday 8 to 1
Email: [email protected] Website: www.stpaulrcerie.org
Masses: No Daily Mass Saturday Confessions at 3:30, Mass at 4:30
Sunday: Mass at 9:30AM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PRAYER LINE Please call with your request:
Debbie at 504-0294(SH) Jeannie at 866-3235(SH) Dody at459-6428 (SA)
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Please remember in your prayers our departed and their
families: Mary Ann Arnold, sister of Msgr. Dan Arnold.
Monday, December 9th –Immaculate Conception /Bl. Virgin Mary
Tuesday, December 10th
Wednesday, December 11th
Thursday, December 12th Our Lady of Guadalupe
Friday , December 13th
Saturday, December 14th St. John of the Cross
Sunday,, December 15th Third Sunday of Advent
SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR NEXT WEEKEND:
Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10 James 5:7-10
Matthew 11:2-11
Sanctuary Candles: Sacred Heart: In memory of Chuck & Betty Murphy from Marian, Carrie & Girls. St. Paul: St. Andrew:
8:00 - Ann Fatter - Patti Miller
8:00 - Rose Chiappazzi, Donald Fanzini &Angela Ganemi– Family
8:30 - Edvige Giammario - Family
8:30 - Communion Service
8:00 - No Mass
8:30 - Antonio Carbonelli - Family
8:00 –Karen Heberlein - Jackie DeFazio
8:30 - Patricia Forrester Trejchel - Helen Sohl 7:00PM-Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass with St. Stephen’s
8:00 –Becky Heintz Shafer - Rita Schmitt
8:30 - Therese Bogusz - O’Hern Family
3:30 - Confessions 4:30—DePalma Family - Lucia DePalma Msgr. Dan
3:30 - Confessions 4:30 - Carmen & Catherine Pirrello– Family Fr. Mark
8:00 - Mary Ellen Haggerty - Bill Haggerty Msgr. Dan
9:30 –For the Parishioners of our Tri-Parish Community Deacon Tony to Preach Fr. Mark
10:00 –Maria & Domenico Abata - Family Msgr. Dan
11:00-Della Leone - Family & Husband Fr. Mark
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 8TH, 2019
Weekend of 12/15
Altar Servers: Kaleb Kleckner Ryan Hewitt Readers: Marian Ruggiero Linda Simpson Euch. Ministers: Joanne Achille Barbara Bauda/C John/Anne DeLuca Ed/Rita Annick John Falbo Pam Drylewicz Pat & Michelle Harkins/C Jack/Jennifer Hewitt Todd Jackson Betsy MacKrell Jacob Kleckner Jane Mullinax Joan Reisenweber Ric & Eileen Perino Sr. Ricarda Vincent,SSJ Hospitality Tony Scutella Charles Lehr Bob Brunk Bill Green Lou Serafini Joe Seyboldt Paul Williams Cal/Linda Simpson
Altar Servers: ? Sarah & Adam Lectors: Jean Downing Dominic Sansone Euch. Ministers: Deacon DeCecco Deacon DeCecco Margo Keefer Julie Maloney David Strazisar Barb Kozen Jim Vieira Marylyn Gebhardt BF: Margo Keefer BF: Barb Kuhn Ushers: Jack Wood Andrew Stark Rich Doyle Dominic Sansone Joe Tssario Jen Wilson Sean Glover Greeter: Marie Frisina Jen Wilson Andrew Campbell Linda Lauria Presentation/Gifts: Usher Please Leone Family Altar Linens: Please pick up Linens weekend of Dec. 15th: Marilyn Redenius Collection Counters: Arrington & Chadwick
Acolyte Michele Foffi Eric DiFilippo Euch. Ministers: Priest Priest Sister Susan Deacon Tony Connie Presogna Phyllis Adelman Mary May Theresa Ferraro Lector: Roy Sambucchino Joh DiPlacido
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Sacrificial Giving for the Weekend of _11/24/19
Parish Calendar of Events– week of 12/9/19
Sacred Heart Offertory….….…. …...$3,982.00 Loose………...……….$ 107.50 Misc…………. ....……$ 256.00 Total……….…. …..…$4,345.50 Needed for Budget………..$7,426.00 Weekly surplus/(deficit).. ..$(3,3080.50) Envelopes sent 527 - returned 192
St. Andrew Offertory………..…..….$2,647.50 Needed for Budget …..... $ 6,646.00 Weekly surplus deficit)…...$(3,998.50) Envelopes sent 324, collected 73 CSA Balance $
St. Paul Weekly….…….……$3,044.00 Loose…………….. ..$ 108.00 Total………….… …$3,152.00 Envelopes sent: 198, returned 66
SACRED HEART 4:30 10AM
ST. ANDREW 8AM 11AM
ST. PAUL 4:30 9:30AM
Sacred Heart Monday: Knights of Columbus at 6:30 in Auditorium Tuesday: Food Pantry 9 to 10 in auditorium Faith Sharing Group 7pm in Findlay Rm Wednesday: Altar Society Christmas Party at Elk’s Club Friday: Church Cleaning Team #4 (Barb Selker & Maria Stevens) on December13th in the PM Saturday: Rel. Ed. Gr. 1-8 St. Andrew 9 to 10:30 Sunday: Rosary in the Reservation Chapel 9:15AM Rel. Ed. Gr: 9 & 10 St. Andrew 9:15 AM Faith Sharing Group 11AM in the Findlay Rm
St. Andrew Sunday: Confessions after 11AM Mass Kids Crafts (gym) 12:15 –2:15PM Monday: Rosary in Chapel at 2:30PM Mass in Chapel at 3:15PM Miraculous Medal Novena in Chapel at 7PM Tuesday: Food Pantry, 1 to 4PM Thursday: Leopold Prayer Group at 9AM Family Rosary in Church at 7:10PM Maria House Project (AH) at 5 to 6:15PM Choir (AH) at 7PM Friday: Women's Scripture (AH) at 8:30-9:30AM Saturday: K-8 Faith Formation at 9AM –11AM Sunday: Confession in Church after 11AM Mass HS Faith Formation Gr: 9 & 10, 9:20AM
St. Paul Monday: Legion of Mary at 8:30AM Tuesday: Food Pantry in the Center, 9:30-10:30AM Friday: Sorrowful Mother Devotion at 8:30AM
From the Desk of Msgr. Dan: Immaculate Conception – Immaculate Reception Lest anyone think that the Catholic culture is dead, one only has to look to other various cultures to recognize how embedded our Catholic culture is, especially in our sports culture. Can any red-blooded American who watches football be unaware of Franco Harris’ catch of a tipped football enabling the Steelers to beat the Oakland Raiders, 13-7 in 1972? The play was dubbed by announcer Myron Cope as the Immaculate Reception, and the name stuck. The pun was set up by the Catholic Church’s teaching of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. The dogma of the Immaculate Conception is the declaration that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was conceived by her mother, St. Anne without suffering the effects of original sin. The Immaculate Conception is not the teaching that Mary conceived Jesus without sinning. Rather it is the principle that good does not come from evil. If Mary had suffered the effects of original sin at the time of her conception by St. Anne, then how could she have been the mother of God’s son? While all of this may seem terribly academic, I believe that it is (or can be) a source of inspiration for all, especially parents, who take inspiration from Mary. For example, when Joseph and Mary discovered that their preteen son (Lk. 2: 41-52) was not in the caravan as they returned to Nazareth after celebrating Passover in Jerusalem, they searched for him until they found him “in the temple sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them.” (v.46) The nearest words in the subsequent text that indicate the grave concern the parents felt about Jesus’ behavior are found in verses 48 and 50: “When his parents saw him they were astonished, and his mother said to him: ‘Son, why have you done this to us? You see that your father and I have been searching for you in sorrow…. But they did not grasp what he said to them [in response].’” This seems like a polite biblical way of saying that, while Joseph and Mary felt like wringing their son’s neck, they dealt with the incident gracefully. They accepted the fact that their son should have let them know of his intention to stay in Jerusalem and study. Yet Mary “kept all these things in memory.” She savored them even as awkward as this incident must have seemed to her. Besides, what parent is going to be outraged that their child stayed behind for religious studies? Here’s the point: Mary received at the moment of her conception by St. Ann the same grace you and I receive at our baptism. Life with Jesus was full of awkward moments for Mary (understatement intended). She trusted that what she knew and learned from her own graceful upbringing was preparation for her life as a parent. The extraordinary behavior she exhibited in the case cited above was a sign of the way she would handle the most painful of all experiences she endured with Jesus: his execution. The evidence of grace’s reality is to be found in the relationship between Mary and her son. Mary, conceived in grace, lived perpetually in Advent, expecting God to act in a new way awkward though that may be. Like Mary, we are equipped at baptism to live in Advent expectation, considering God trustworthy. Like Mary, the impact and the evidence of grace is to be found in our relationship with Jesus. Now that indeed must be evidence of an immaculate reception. Fr. Dan
Deacon Dabbling’s: Have you ever met anybody trendier than John the Baptist? He certainly wasn’t someone whom you would ask to walk down a runway to model clothes. And his diet of grasshoppers and bugs makes even tripe look good. John was a messenger announcing the coming of the Messiah, but he also came across as a nut case. Think about it! Haven’t you at one time or another encountered someone on a street corner or park challenging people to repent their sins or be condemned? Mary, Justice, and I go to Philadelphia every year around Thanksgiving to visit our son and daughter-in-law and go to the Thanksgiving Day Parade. We have done this for the last 10 years and I can’t remember a time that there was not at least one person doing their John the Baptist shtick complete with loud voice and questionable odors emanating from under the robe. I guess my question is, how does one react to something like this? I’ll tell you how I reacted! I looked, laughed, took his picture with my cell phone and walked away thanking God that he is not a branch on my family tree (although there are some that come close). But John the Baptist was a real person. My guess is that he was probably French. They love eating insects, so long as they're covered in chocolate. He ministered to the real people of his time in order to get them ready to meet Jesus Christ. If he were living in this day and age I think he would probably be arrested for disturbing the peace, be sued for libel, and charged with hate crimes. After all, he called the Jewish Pharisees a brood of vipers and that they will be facing a great wrath. We should probably ask the question, does John the Baptist still walk among us? My answer to that would be a resounding yes! John the Baptist gave us direction. He pointed the way to Christ. Don’t parents, teachers, and others who live a faith filled life also play this role of John in our life. The first place that most people hear of Jesus is not from a papal encyclical or even the Bible. They hear of Jesus at their mother’s knee, from their father’s voice, from a religious sister, or from a teacher. All these people together say, “This is the way; walk in it.” Yes, John the Baptist is still present. But by the same token, Just as you have had the benefit of the prophetic ministry of John the Baptist from others in your life, so are you called to lead others to Christ by the way you live your life. At the end of Mass I often use the following dismissal, “The Mass is ended go forth in peace glorifying the Lord by your life.” That is how we too are John the Baptist. We don’t have to eat bugs or even eat tripe, just live your life as a Christian example to others. Peace of Christ, Deacon Tony
TRI-PARISH COMMUNITY SACRED HEART, SAINT ANDREW, SAINT PAUL ERIE, PA.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS #11818—SACRED HEART Calling all Catholic Gentlemen, live your
Catholic Faith. Become a Brother Knight and put your faith into action!
Councils provide charitable service supporting FAITH/ FAMILY/ COMMUNITY/ LIFE
Apply on-line to receive all the benefits of membership Visit KofC.org/Join. Or call 814-450-6288 for
membership information. Monthly Meetings each 2nd Monday at 6:30PM in Sacred Heart Auditorium We financially support Catholic Education. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sacred Heart Knights of Columbus Council #11818
“Knights Holiday Feast” 2 chances to win a $250 gift card from
Giant Eagle or TOPS Friendly Markets our 2nd and last drawing is Monday, December 16th, 2019
The Knights will also donate $300 in Gift Cards to Families in need from the Tri-Parish Community at each drawing.
Seller of each winning ticket wins a $50 Gift Card from Giant Eagle or TOPS. Need not be present to win. Donation is $1.
Tickets available in Parish office. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE DON’T FORGET
YOUR GIFT CARDS ! (SH) (Giant Eagle & Tops)
Get them in the Sacred Heart Sacristy after Mass or in the office during regular office hours. The
more you buy, the more you help our Parish. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Job openings in the diocese See the classified section for current position openings
in communications, schools and a parish. Here’s a quick link: https://www.ErieRCD.org/employment.html.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SACRED HEART’S WINTERTIME BALL: THE
ROARING 20s
WHEN: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST, 2020, 6:30 TO 10pm WHERE: Sacred Heart Speakeasy, of course! (Auditorium) WHAT: A roaring good time with great food, games and prizes, music and dancing and a chance at the Grand Prize drawing of a meal for you and 5 of your best friends prepared by none-other than our very own Fr. Mark! COST: 20 Rubes ($20 /person) This is sure to be the fun event we all yearn for mid-winter! Tickets go on sale January 4th and can be purchased after the weekend Masses as Sacred Heart or at the Sacred Heart office during regular business hours. Ticket sales will close after the 10AM Mass on January 26th or when they sell out, whichever comes first! Don’t delay!
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(SH) A Pre Baptismal Class for parents anticipating the birth or baptism of their child will be offered on Wednesday,
December 19th, 2019 at 7PM in the Rectory. All parents are expected to attend this class before their child is baptized.
Sponsors may also attend. Please call Mary Ann at the parish office, 456-6256 to make your reservation.
St. Andrew Thirty-One Club Daily listing Sunday to Saturday:
Kathy Straight, Carol Hoffman, Mary May, Betty Farrell, Dee Hulsinger, Barb Kuhn, Dorothy Kalilszewski
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (SA) Children’s Christmas Crafts
Sunday, December 8th 12:15 to 2:15p.m.
Saint Andrew; Msgr. Gannon Auditorium All Pre-school to 8th grade children of the Tri-
Parish Community are invited. To provide for our
Crafts & Decorating cookies & Pizza lunch; Call 449-1352 by Monday,
December 2nd to let us know you are able to attend. This event is FREE!!!
Come and celebrate with us in the Beautiful Joy of Christmas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Saint Andrew Stars are due on Mary’s Altar
December 8th. Thank you for your generosity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Knights of Columbus of St. Andrew Parish, would like to request all Knights of the Parish, to please forward their email address to Pat Nenno,
Financial Secretary. This is afford the Knights the ability to email minutes of the meetings to all the
Knights who cannot attend our monthly meetings. Please forward your email address to [email protected]. Next meeting is December 16th at 7PM in Knight’s Room.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Retirement Fund for the Religious
Support aging religious. Our second collection is for the Retirement Fund for Religious.
Many senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests served for little or no pay. Today, religious
communities often do not have enough savings to meet retirement needs. Your gift helps provide medications, nursing care, and more for tens of thousands of elderly religious. It also helps ensure younger members can continue the good works of
their elders. Please be generous. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Give your loved ones the gift of Engagement Encounter What better way to show your support of an upcoming marriage
than with a gift that lasts a lifetime: Engagement Encounter. The next EE will be held on for January
24th through 26th in Erie at St. Mark Catholic Center. Space is limited and early registrations are encouraged. Call the Family
Life Office for details at 814-824-1261 or by email at: [email protected] . Remember, “A wedding is one
day, but marriage is for a lifetime.”
TRI– PARISH COMMUNITY SACRED HEART, SAINT ANDREW, SAINT PAUL
(SH) NEEDED - Parish Visitors to Shut-ins - Apostolic Committee
We are in need of persons that are willing to visit parish-ioners who are confined to their homes or living in nurs-
ing homes. Any person who is interested in serving as a shut-in visi-tor is encouraged to contact Rebecca Flynn or Sr. Ricarda
at the rectory at 456-6256. It is very important for the elderly and shut-ins to feel remembered. This is a won-derful ministry and opportunity to brighten other’s lives,
and takes so little of your time to do so.
Child Protection and Creating Safe Environments
Child Protection and Creating Safe Environments- Keeping God’s Children Protected and Safe: To know that we are
children of God is to live in complete love, with deep abiding security and the ability to dream, to sing, to create, to laugh, and to play without worry. As we grow older, we face a new reality – we cannot approach all God’s creation with the same trust and confidence. We learn, through sometimes hurtful and damaging experiences, that some people reject the ability that God gave them to love and respect others – they ignore God’s call. The diocesan program to safeguard children helps remind us of
these very facts. With the help of this program, the faithful are guided and educated about the responsibility of how to keep
God’s children protected and safe. To see what the Diocese of Erie is doing to help maintain safe environments,
visit https://www.eriercd.org/childprotection/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TRI-PARISH SCHEDULE 2019 Monday, December 9th: Immaculate Conception Not a Holyday of Obligation. Regular Weekday Mass Schedule Thursday, December 12th: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Mass at Sacred Hear t at 7PM Tuesday, December 24th: Christmas Eve Vigil Masses: 4:30PM at Sacred Heart, 5PM at St. Andrew, & 10PM at St. Andrew Wednesday, December 25th: Christmas Day: Masses: 9:30AM at St. Paul, 10AM at Sacred Heart, & 11AM at St. Andrew Tuesday, December 31st: Solemnity of Mary, Vigil Mass: 4:30PM at Sacred Heart Wednesday, January 1st; Solemnity of Mary (New Year’s Day) Masses: 9:30AM at St. Paul, & 11AM at St. Andrew (No Mass at Sacred Heart)
(SP) ADDITIONAL MANPOWER IS DESPERATELY
NEEDED AT ST. PAUL’S FOOD PANTRY ON TUESDAYS FROM 8:30 TILL 10:30am, YOU MUST BE ABLE TO LIFT
25# OR MORE. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On Tuesday, December 10th, at 6PM we will celebrate an Illumination Service in commemoration of our Loved Ones in whose honor and memory the Love Lights have been given.
Following the program there will be light refreshments in the back of the church.
**** (SP) Please remember to bring your wrapped Angel Tree gifts to the Illumination Service, December 10th, this will be the last time to leave a gift. Gifts will be distributed at the Food Bank on December
17th. May God Bless you all for your generosity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SP) The annual Rosary Altar, Choir and Holy Name Christmas Brunch will be held on December 15th immediately after 9:30AM Mass at the Nuova Aurora club. There will be a social hour before brunch. Cost is $20/person. For reservations, please call Ron DiVecchio at
449-2809 or Theresa Ferraro at 392-1730 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CSA NEWS……. (SP) Just a reminder………..If you made a 2019 pledge and have not yet fulfilled it, please do so as soon as possible. The end date to fulfill your pledge is December. If you are unable to fulfill your pledge, please call Jean at 459-3173.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Young adults invited to RSM Advent activities
Young adults are invited to bring more light into their lives and into the world by celebrating the Sundays of Advent
Dec. 1, 8, 15 and 22 with the Sisters of Mercy, 444 E. Grandview Blvd., Erie. Participants can attend the
following: faith sharing from 9 to 10 a.m., morning prayer at 10 a.m., liturgy at 10:30 a.m., brunch at 11:30 a.m.
(reservation needed). For more information, contact Sister Michele Schroeck at 814-898-0167 or email her at
[email protected]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dan Schutte to perform at Our Lady of Mercy Acclaimed Christian songwriter and liturgical musician Dan
Schutte will present an Advent concert, “In God’s Perfect Time,” on Dec. 15 at 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Mercy Church, 837 Bartlett Road, Harborcreek. The concert is free and open to the
public. A reception follows. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Congratulations sent out to Ryan Hewitt (SH), who made the Honor Roll at
McDowell . Good Job!
TRI-PARISH COMMUNITY ERIE, PA
Cursillo Corner January Ultreya January 3rd, 2020 7PM at St. Andrew Church Secretariat Meeting January 25th, 2020 at 8:30AM to 1PM at St. Mark’s Center. Please contact the office for reservations - Lunch will be provided. 814-824-1119
CELEBRATION OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
On Thursday, December 12th all members
of our tri-parish community are invited to join with St. Stephen of Hungary Parish to cele-brate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Mass will be at 7PM at Sacred Heart
Church, presided by Bishop Persico.
Following the Mass, all are invited down to Sacred
Heart Auditorium where parishioners from St. Stephens will bring meals from the countries of their origin to
share. Please join us to make this celebration
A wonderful occasion!
