THE SAINT JOSEPH WEEKLY
October 2, 2011
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

MASS+DEVOTIONS+CONFESSION SCHEDULE –  October 2-9, 2011

Sat          10/1        4:00 pm                 +Dorothy Frederick – Husband & Family                                   
Sun         10/2        8:30 am                 +Eleanor Gricheck – St. Joseph Society
                                                                Parish Family of St. Joseph’s
Mon       10/3        8:00 am                 +Ann Mikolajczyk – Brothers, John & Stan Kramarski
Tue         10/4        11:30 am              +M/M Casimir Koza, Beverly & Casimir, Jr. – Jane Surniak
                                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       10/5        8:00 am                 +Debbie Kurtis
Thu        10/6        8:00 am                 +Raymond Polakowski – M/M James Burke
Fri         10/7         8:00 am*              +Mary Lesniak – St. Joseph Society
Sat         10/8         8:00 am*              +Bernard Luczki – Everson Civic Organization
                                1:30 pm                 Nuptial: Amanda Yohman & Jeremy Newill
                                4:00 pm                 +Joseph Manarczyk – Family        
                                                                Parish Family of St. Joseph’s                        
Sun         10/9        8:30 am                 +Elizabeth Banaszak – Mike & Lois Banaszak

*ROSARY will be prayed 30 minutes before Mass.

STEWARDSHIP REPORT: (September 25) Regular Sunday Collection, $3,108; + Votive Candles, $71; + Assumption, $10; + All Saints, $5; + Seminarian/Clergy, $396; + Accent, $5; + Endowment, $15; + Buildings & Grounds, $30; + Mission Co-Op, $70; + Catholic Schools, $10; + Catholic Relief, $5; + Retired Religious, $5; + World Mission Sunday, $5; + Cemetery, $25; TOTAL = $3,760.  May God reward you.

REVISED ROMAN MISSAL is being gradually introduced at Masses. This weekend, the new Memorial Acclamation, also called “The Mystery of Faith”, will be sung. See the cards titled Mass Responses and Prayers found in the book racks of each pew for the words, and please join in singing as you learn the melody.     

ANNUAL OCTOBER COUNT of people participating in the weekend Masses begins this weekend.  All persons in the church, except the priest, will be counted.  This number, as a percentage of parishioners, is an important measure of the spiritual health of the parish.  There is a grave obligation to attend Sunday Mass each week.

ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL OF RELIGION (K-12) classes are each Sunday 9:45 am – 11 am. Today, the parents program for Confirmation will take place at 9:45 am in the church. Next Sunday, the parents’ program for First Penance will take place at the same time and place.

BLESSING OF ANIMALS will take place today (Sun., 2nd) at 11:05 am in our parking lot. 

THIS IS RESPECT LIFE SUNDAY!  The Fay-West Respect For Life Group will sponsor a Life Chain across the Everson-Scottdale Bridge today (Sun., 2nd)  2-3 pm.  This is a prayerful way to support the pro-life movement.  Signs will be available on both sides of the bridge before the event.  Everyone is welcome.

CHURCH ROOF REPLACEMENT is now scheduled to begin next week at the earliest.      

NIGHTTIME EUCHARISTIC ADORATION, from 7 pm Tuesday until 8 am Wednesday, continues into week FIFTEEN! Please continue to support our adorers with your prayers. Stop in for adoration anytime. In the presence of Love Itself, one  becomes loving. Extra keys are available from Fr. John for anyone desiring frequent nighttime visits.     

ST. JOSEPH 125th ANNIVERSARY PLANNING COMMITTEE will meet this Wednesday (5th) at 7 pm in the school hall. All interested persons are asked to attend.

HEARTFELT AND PRAYERFUL PARISH SYMPATHY is extended to the family of John Szolek, who passed away on September 21st.  May he and all of our beloved departed inherit our Lord’s promise of glorious new life, and may the hope of eternal reunion in our Father’s House comfort his family.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY, St. Joseph Church Conference, will hold a food drive on the weekends of October 8-9 and 15-16 to collect nonperishable food items for the Thanksgiving food baskets to be given out at St. John’s in November.  Canned soups, pasta and sauce, mac and cheese, tuna, cereal, peanut butter, canned vegetables and canned sweet potatoes are especially needed.

2012 MASS INTENTIONS:  Mass intentions for 2012 are now being accepted.  Requests are limited to one (1) on the weekend and four (4) during the week per family.  If through the year weekend/weekday Masses remain available, a notice will be put in the bulletin.

THE SISTERS OF CHARITY of the Immaculate Conception of Ivrea in Mt.  Pleasant have provided a short biography (included as an insert with this week’s bulletin) of their foundress, Mother Antonia Maria Verna, who is being beatified today, Sunday, October 2nd, at the Cathedral of Ivera in Italy.  Mother Antonia is credited with the sudden complete cure of the incurable lung disease of Sister Gaetana Corbella, one of the Sisters of the Congregation. 

EVERSON VOL. FIRE CO. MONTHLY DINNER has been cancelled for October.

SAINT ROSE CHURCH, Route 982, Latrobe, will hold a Smokeless All Paper Bingo on Sunday, October 9th.  Doors open at 11:30 am; bingo begins at 1:00 pm; admission $10 per package; extra packages are $6 each or 2 for $10.  A light lunch is included in the admission.  No one under 18 permitted to play.  For tickets, call 724-537-3709 9 am - 3 pm.

DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY 45TH ANNUAL COLLEGE FAIR will be held next Sunday (9th), 1-3 pm, in the A. J. Palumbo Center.  High school juniors and seniors can meet with reps from over 150 of the best colleges and universities in the country.  Call 412-396-6222.