THE SAINT JOSEPH WEEKLY
July 3, 2011
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Joseph Church is a Pennsylvania Charitable Trust
MASS+DEVOTIONS+CONFESSION SCHEDULE – July 3-10, 2011
Sat 7/2 4:00 pm +Jacob Rysz – Wife, Stella & Family
Parish Family of St. Joseph’s
Sun 7/3 8:30 am +John Sandzimier – Marion & Josephine Sandzimier
Mon 7/4 8:00 am +Deceased of the Lesniak Family – Mary Lesniak Family
Tue 7/5 11:30 am* +Stella & Frank Cudnik – Niece, Loretta
12:00 noon Eucharistic Adoration until 8 am Wednesday
6:10 pm Evening Prayer and Benediction
7:00 pm Chaplet of the Divine Mercy Devotions (Holy Hour)
Wed 7/6 8:00 am +Eleanor Gricheck – Mitrisin Family
Thu 7/7 8:00 am +Thomas Wardenga – Wife, Theresa & Family
Fri 7/8 8:00 am +M/M Andrew Misiak & Family – Jim & Dorothy Misiak
Sat 7/9 8:00 am* +Joseph Sakowicz – John E. Bienia
1:30 pm Nuptial: Amanda Shaner & Jonathan Lent
4:00 pm +Bernard Luczka – Wife & Family
Sun 7/10 10:30 am +Genevieve Hamborsky – Son, Vince & Sue Hamborsky
Parish Family of St. Joseph’s
*ROSARY will be prayed 30 minutes before Mass.
SUNDAY MASS TIME CHANGE FOR FESTIVAL: Next Sunday only (July 9th), Mass will be at 10:30 am. There will be no 8:30am Mass.
STEWARDSHIP REPORT: (June 26) Regular Sunday Collection, $3,097; + Votive Candles, $117; + Buildings & Grounds, $88; + Peter’s Pence, $648; + Cemetery, $20 TOTAL = $3,970. May God reward you.
DIOCESAN LENTEN APPEAL CONCLUDES: With 172 (47%) of our Parish Families participating, $22,707 has been pledged to this year’s DLA. This surpasses our Diocesan Target of $15,145 and our total Parish Goal of $20,145. The 2011 Diocesan Lenten Appeal has officially ended (June 30th). Thank you to all who responded. May God reward you.
MEMORIAL DONATIONS: A $1,000.00 donation has been made by John and Eileen Lewandosky in memory of the deceased members of the Szczygiel Family; a $200.00 donation to the DLA has been made by Jesse and Marilyn Cassady in memory of Marie Uher; and a $15.00 donation has been made in memory of Anthony L. Nowicki by Irene Bradley. We are very grateful.
PRAYERFUL CONGRATULATIONS & BEST WISHES to Shawn M. Peden and Nikki M. Luczki, who were united in the Sacrament of Matrimony here on Saturday, June 25th. May their marriage covenant be fruitful and bring them to the eternal wedding celebration.
NIGHTTIME EUCHARISTIC ADORATION got underway here at St. Joseph Church last week, June 28th-29th. Twenty-one adorers participated, plus others who were present for the Divine Mercy Devotions. We are grateful beyond words to the participants and we thank God for this special parish blessing. Eucharistic adoration will continue each week following the 11:30 am Mass on Tuesday until the 8 am Mass on Wednesday for as long as we have enough adorers. Please consider signing up as a substitute on the sheet in the back of the church. You may do so as an at-large adorer or indicate a time for which you would be willing to fill-in. I ask all parishioners to join me in praying for our adorers. (Fr. John)
PARISH FESTIVAL UPDATE
VOLUNTEERS Next weekend, July 9-10, we celebrate our 37th Annual Parish Festival. We hope it is an event for which St. Joseph - Everson can be proud, just as we’ve been able to do in past years. This year, there is a chance, however, that it could be embarrassing – mainly due to lack of volunteers. Even with cutting, streamlining and doubling up, it still takes at least 50 volunteers to do everything that has to be done. This includes manning the booths, working in the 3 kitchens and bar, and overseeing and selling tickets and tips. Then there is the entertainment, publicity, office, set-up and nightly clean-up that isn’t even included in that 50. As of last weekend, we have a total of 8 parishioners who have volunteered for our parish’s one and only yearly general fundraising event. We’ve heard everything from, “I’m on vacation” (same thing we heard last year when our festival was in August), to “Let someone else do it” to just plain “NO!” This is frustrating, alarming and a sad commentary on just how much many of our parishioners care about St. Joseph’s. Please prove us wrong. Please show that there are parishioners who care enough to commit to an evening or a weekend or even a few hours to help their parish. This year a few booths may not be open, or there may not be Bingo. Next year, there very well could not be a St. Joseph Summer Festival due to lack of volunteers. Financially, we need this festival. Sad to think what could happen to our parish because many were “too busy” to help.
● Wants & Needs We still need gift baskets, toys, raffle prizes, major ticket items in addition to pop, water, Wheelbarrow of Cheer “fillers,” and food items for the kitchen. Please check the Giving Tree in the main vestibule.
● Baked Goodies and Turkeys Don’t forget items for our Bakery Wheel and turkeys for the Sunday Turkey Dinner. We need 22 roasted turkeys; the sign-up sheet shows we don’t have anywhere near that.
● Set-Up We’ll begin setting up for our Festival on Tuesday, July 5th, at 9:00 am. This will be continuing process throughout the week, with tents arriving Wednesday evening and Thursday. Electricity will be run on Wednesday and Thursday. Whatever prize, toy or game items we receive will be sorted and categorized Thursday evening beginning at 6:00 pm.
● Help is needed this Thursday (7th) at 8:00 am to make noodles and this Friday (8th) at 8:00 am to prepare cabbage.
ANY HELP WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED! - 2011 Parish Festival Committee -
OTHER EVENTS
● Prayer Service for Priests Everyone is invited to join Greensburg DCCW for Eucharistic Adoration on Tuesday evening, July 12th, starting at 6:15 pm at Mother of Sorrows in Murrysville. The evening will include Benediction, Rosary for Priests, Litany for Priests and Scripture readings.
● The Everson Volunteer Fire Company monthly dinner for July is cancelled due to the 4th of July holiday.
THE PARISH OFFICE will be closed on Monday, July 4th, Independence Day.
