Saturday, 12 August
Vigil of Sunday
4:30 p.m. - ANTONIO DeMATTEO (anniversary of birth)
by his daughter, Frances, and family

Sunday, 13 August
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
7:45 a.m. - ANGELO and AMELIA PASCUZZO
by Albert and Martha and family
10:45 a.m. - JOSEPH A. PALKO
by his wife, Carmela, and his daughter, Joanne

Monday, 14 August
St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, priest, martyr (OblMem)
12:05 p.m. - God's Blessings on ERIC and LISA (8th anniversary of wedding)
by their mother-in-law / mother, Rose
Vigil of the Assumption
4:30 p.m. - RALPH and AGNES OWENS
by Catherine Tomko Riotto Snopek

Tuesday, 15 August
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven (Sol)
12:05 p.m. - LENA TRANQUILLO PICCIONI
by her nephew, Peter Piccioni, and family
7:00 p.m. - God's Blessings on EILEEN GEORGE
by Sandy

Wednesday, 16 August
St. Stephen of Hungary (OptMem)
12:05 p.m. - DOMINIC and ELIZABETH EVOLO
by their daughter, Carmella, and their granddaughter, Joanne

Thursday, 17 August
Weekday
12:05 p.m. - JOSEPH A. FABIANI (anniversary of birth)
by his wife, Johanne, and family
7:00 p.m. - FRANCIS A. KALYAN (month's mind)
by Mary Dries

Friday, 18 August
St. Jane Frances deChantal, religious (OptMem)
12:05 p.m. - RACHEL ANN SNINSKI
by her parents

Saturday, 19 August
St. John Eudes, priest (OptMem)
8:00 a.m. - FRANCES MAZZUCA GARDNER
by her mother, Julia
Vigil of Sunday
4:30 p.m. - NAT H. KEVY (7th anniversary) and JOSEPHINE SOFIA (month's mind)
by Phyllis C. Kevy and Roni J. Kevy

Sunday, 20 August
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
7:45 a.m. - ROSALIE YANNI GENNERELLA (1st anniversary) by her husband, Bruno
10:45 a.m. - RONALD R. OWENS (27th anniversary)
by his sister, Kitty Owens DiCello

Saint Joseph Parish
$1712.00 from the envelopes and $151.00 from the plate. Thank you.
When one deducts from the sum of these two figures, $1863.00 the parish's weekly financial obligation to the Diocese, i.e. assessments, $358.85 plus the weekly premiums for property and liability insurance, $149.20, the sum of which is $508.05, plus its weekly obligation to All Saints School, $987.21, the sum total of which is $1,495.26, one sees that $367.74 of this collection is available for operating the parish.

Saint Francis deSales Parish
$151.00 from the envelopes and $42.90 from the plate. Thank you.
When one deducts from the sum of these two figures, $193.900 the parish's weekly financial obligation to the Diocese, i.e. assessments, $55.15 plus the weekly premiums for property and liability insurance, $56.72, the sum of which is $111.87, plus its weekly obligation to All Saints School, $197.44, the sum total of which is $309.31, one sees that ($115.41) of this collection is available for operating the parish. This is a deficit!

SACRIFICIAL LOVE
"The devil has a huge problem with sacrificial love.
He knew God, but he did not love, so he would not serve.
With the Genesis narrative, there is a choice between the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
The principle of the Tree of Life, as I see it, is sacrificial love;
the principle of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil is power. The essence of evil is a choice of the heart for power rather than the Cross.
My husband once told me of some priest who told him of a theory only a theory of course - that the devil rebelled when he was shown a vision of the crucifixion.
He said, in effect, I will not serve a God who belittles himself in such a manner.
There are those who do not serve because they are so mixed up and poorly formed that they cannot find God.
But those who take a deliberate stance against Him usually do so because they hate the Cross.
This probably equals what you call wanting to find their own way to God.
They want a way which is not self-sacrificial but self-promoting."

[from a talk given by Tracey Rowland]

SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST ALONE? HELL, NO!
HOMOSEXUALITY HUNKY DORY? HELL, YES!

The Episcopal Church: The Church of What's Happening Now!

This 75th General Convention (meeting) of the Episcopal Church was held in Columbus Ohio, from 13 to 21 June 2006. Among the matters dealt with by the Convention were the following three that had to do with homosexuality.

A095 Gay and Lesbian Affirmation
Affirms support of gay and lesbian persons and opposes any state or federal constitutional amendment that prohibits same-sex civil marriages or civil unions
D005: Opposing Criminalization of Homosexuality.
Declares efforts to criminalize homosexual behavior to be incompatible with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
A167: "Full and Equal Claim" for All the Baptized.
Affirms that gay and lesbian persons are by Baptism full members of The Episcopal Church, reiterates its apology for years of rejections and maltreatment by the Church, and pledges to include openly gay and lesbian persons on every committee, commission or task force developed for the specific purpose of discussing issues about sexuality.

All three of these motions were passed by the Convention.
What conclusion can anyone draw from the passage of these three motions except that the Episcopal Church accepts homosexuality as being morally equivalent to heterosexuality?

And then there was the following motion (resolution) brought up at Convention by some idealistic person or persons. We give you the full text of the motion.

D058 Salvation through Christ alone
Resolved, the House of _____ concurring, That the 75th General Convention of the Episcopal Church declares its unchanging commitment to Jesus Christ as the Son of God, the only name by which any person may be saved (Article XVIII); and be it further Resolved, That we acknowledge the solemn responsibility placed upon us to share Christ with all persons when we hear His words, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6); and be it further Resolved, That we affirm that in Christ there is both the substitutionary essence of the Cross and the manifestation of God's unlimited and unending love for all persons; and be it further Resolved, That we renew our dedication to be faithful witnesses to all persons of the saving love of God perfectly and uniquely revealed in Jesus and upheld by the full testimony of Holy Scripture.

"And what happened to this motion (resolution)?" you ask!
Well, first of all, the motion was discharged by the Committee! The resolution was then sent to the delegates. The delegates rejected the motion by a vote of 675 to 242.

I respectfully suggest to the 242 who still believe in Jesus to apply for membership in His Church, i.e. full communion with the Catholic Church. It must be evident by now that the Episcopal Church has the backbone of a dish of tapioca pudding. The English Reformation is a lost cause! Come back home!

To:         Mike Joyce, Director of Advertising: mjoyce@republicanherald.com
From:     (Rev.) Edward B. Connolly: ebconnolly@comcast.net
Date:      12 August 2006
cc:          Ken's Tires: kenstires@comcast.net

Dear Mr. Joyce:

On page 11 of the 8 August edition of the Pottsville Republican & Herald I see an advertisement that I consider entirely inappropriate. I came across it on my own. No one pointed it out to me. I am a faithful subscriber to and regular reader of the Republican.

I am referring, of course, to the Ken's Tires soft-porn advertisement.

I could write you an essay specifying my reasons for objecting to this advertisement. However, I don't want to insult your intelligence or waste your time. You know it is wrong. I know it is wrong. Anyone who holds to fundamental moral values knows it is wrong. The only ones who would defend this kind of advertising are moral defectives.

I ask you not to accept this kind of advertising from Ken's Tires or from anyone.

I shall be printing this e-mail in my parish bulletin this weekend and shall say a few words from the pulpit about it.

If you send me a reply, I shall be happy to print your reply in a future bulletin.

I am sending a copy of this to Ken's Tires. I have no idea what their reaction will be, but I am not hopeful.

However, I am hopeful in regard to the Republican & Herald and in regard to you. I have respect for your newspaper and for you.

Very truly yours,

(Rev.) Edward B. Connolly
Pastor
St. Joseph Parish, Pottsville
St. Francis deSales Parish, Mount Carbon

THE MISSION CO-OP COLLECTIONS came to

Thank you!
Checks for these amounts will be sent to the Propagation of the Faith, to be credited to the diocese of Father Raja Pagula, who visited us on the last weekend of July.
The amount of the StJosPar collection is a trifle spooky, but it is what it is!