THE SAINT JOSEPH WEEKLY
September 4, 2011
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

MASS+DEVOTIONS+CONFESSION SCHEDULE – September 4-11, 2011

Sat          9/3          4:00 pm                 +Caroline & Walter Fronczak – Daughters, Judy Hon & Janet Baue             rs
Sun         9/4          8:30 am                 +David Costelnock – Paul & Denise Garstecki Family
                                                                Parish Family of St. Joseph’s        
Mon       9/5          8:00 am*              +John & Blanche Wardega – Family
Tue         9/6          11:30 am              +Eleanor Gricheck – Dennis Zieger Family
                                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       9/7          8:00 am                 +Michael Wardega - Family
Thu        9/8          8:00 am*              +Living & Deceased Members of St. Joseph Society
Fri         9/9           8:00 am                 +Sylvia Szczygiel – Ester Ulery
Sat         9/10         8:00 am*              +Joe Chury – Jack & Kathleen Schurer
                                4:00 pm                 +Joseph Ivan – Charles & Patty Lewandowski
                                                                Parish Family of St. Joseph’s
Sun         9/11        8:30 am                 +Dolores Szczygiel – Stan Kramarski
                                                                       
*ROSARY will be prayed 30 minutes before Mass.

STEWARDSHIP REPORT: (August 28) Regular Sunday Collection, $3,327.75; + Assumption, $24; + Votive Candles, $131.11; + Catholic University, $370; + Buildings & Grounds, $35; + Accent, $2; + Cemetery, $10; TOTAL = $3,899.86.  May God reward you.

AUGUST FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Ordinary Income: $15,315.41**                                     Ordinary Expenses: $18,627.30
Extra-Ordinary Income: $361.25                                 Extra-Ordinary Expenses: -0-             
Catholic University (In): $390.00                                    Catholic University (Out): $390.00 
Endowment (In): $990.00                                                 Endowment (Out): $990.00             
DLA Refund: $2,105.00
TOTAL INCOME: $19,161.66                                           TOTAL EXPENSES: $20,007.30
**includes Buildings & Grounds, $75.00
                                NET PROFIT/(-DEFICIT) (-$845.64)

SVDP DONATIONS REPORT(August): $388.00. Thank you for helping those in need.

ANNUAL MISSION COOPERATIVE APPEAL will take place here next weekend at both Masses. We are so pleased that our own parishioner and lay missionary, Bill Soisson, will make the appeal. He will give us an update on his work at Trinitas House in Malawi, Africa, from where he recently returned. A brief history of Trinitas House is provided on the cherry-colored supplement in today’s bulletin. Please be extra-generous to this appeal.

THE PARISH OFFICE will be closed this Monday, September 5th, Labor Day.

NIGHTTIME EUCHARISTIC ADORATION, from 7 pm Tuesday until 8 am Wednesday, continues into week ELEVEN! Please continue to support our adorers with your prayers. Stop in for adoration anytime; the Lord is always waiting for you. A second regular adorer is needed for the Wednesday 6-7am hour. Please contact Fr. John sign-up in the back of church.     

ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL OF RELIGION (K-12) will open on Sunday, September 18th, after the 8:30 am Mass. Registration will take place in the School hall, followed by class until 11 am. Thereafter, regular classes will be 9:45 am to 11 am.  After Mass snacks (bring your own) will be permitted in the school hall from 9:30 am to 9:45 am. Persons willing to obtain catechist certification are still needed for our SOR and RCIA. Participation in one orientation session and at least one course (out of five) is required this year. Courses can also be taken on-line. Contact Jill at 724-204-4459 or joesko@zoominternet.net.   

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST REGIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL 7th ANNUAL GALA will take place on Saturday, October 8 from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. at the Pleasant Valley Country Club.  Tickets are $50.00 for single, $80.00 for couple or a table of 8 for $300.00.  Menu selections are orange roughy, chicken parmesan, or filet mignon.. There are also opportunities to win cash prizes.  A great evening of fun, food, and fellowship.  All benefits the children of St. John the Baptist Regional Catholic School.  For more information or to reserve tickets, please contact the school’s office at 724-887-9550.

SING A NEW SONG  In just two weeks we will begin to implement a new Mass Setting.  Although the revised Roman Missal is to be implemented on the First Sunday of Advent, Bishop Brandt has granted permission for parishes to begin a gradual implementation of the people’s sung parts of the Mass.  This will help to ease the burden of learning the new responses, acclamations, and prayers.  Beginning the weekend of September 17-18, we will take a few minutes before Mass to teach the new Sanctus, Mystery of Faith and Gloria.  Please make every effort to join with us a little earlier than usual, that we may together sing a new song unto the Lord.

DO YOU ENJOY SINGING?  Consider joining the Greensburg Diocesan Choir.  Comprised of singers from around the Diocese, this ensemble sings for Diocesan liturgies at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral.  Rehearsals begin Tuesday, September 6th at the Cathedral at 7:30 p.m.  We welcome all new and returning singers.  For more information, contact Christopher Pardini, Diocesan Choir Director ,at (724) 834-3710 or cpardini@dioceseofgreensburg.org.

THE EVERSON VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY DINNER for September is canceled due to the Labor Day weekend.

A VIGIL ON THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE EVENTS OF “9/11” will         be held on Saturday (10th) starting at 7:30 pm in Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Greensburg (located at the Mt. Pleasant Road exit off of Route 30). Hosted by the Westmoreland Choral Society and Greensburg Ministerial Association, the vigil will include various readings and classical musical selections, some accompanied by the Pittsburgh Festival Orchestra.  A free will offering will be taken.  For more information call 724-610-1441.