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20 / 21 OCTOBER Saint Joseph Parish Saint Francis deSales Parish |
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Wednesday, 31 October 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at St. Joseph's 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at St. Francis deSales' 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. at St. Joseph's |
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THE SANCTUARY LAMP at St. Joseph Church is offered, during
the week of 28 October - 03 November, in loving memory of Robert
Kevy (16th anniversary), at the request of his sisters, Phyllis
and Roni (+). THE LOURDES GROTTO CANDLE is offered, during the week of 28 October - 03 November, in loving memory of Raymond Adams, at the request of his family. MASS AT SIMON KRAMER INSTITUTE New Philadelphia Monday, 29 October 5:00 p.m. Afterwards: Veneration of relic of St. Pauline Visintainer, patroness of diabetics and of all who are sick. |
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Gary L. Favinger Ashley M. Justen Bruno D. Gennerella Jr. Natalie S. Guastavino Catharine Mengel Lukach Mark G. Luppino Michelle Carin Sophy Luppino Amanda M. Chillemi Anthony J. Piccioni |
Angela DiCello Stella %20Jan%202007/abu076.gif){kind=small} Domenico Mercuri Paul J. Santai Gerald R. Seltzer Theresa Conville Gauntlett Prudence Ferraro Griffin Kimberly Dunmoyer Stanton Haskett Mary Fanok Piccioni |
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Prior to the Masses the weekend of Nov. 3rd and 4th, local parishioners who are Knights of Columbus will be collecting money for St. Joseph's School for Special Learning in Pottsville. Over the years, thanks in part to the gracious generosity of St. Joseph's parishioners, the Knights of Columbus have been able to donate thousands of dollars to the School to help the very special children there. The Knights thank you in advance for your continued generosity this year to aid the students of St. Joseph's School. |
| WE ACKNOWLEDGE WITH GRATITUDE the receipt of a donation to the StJosPar Memorial Fund from Lou Ann Brown, in memory of Francis D. Tucci |
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See page 10 in regard to this particular
birthday! |
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Fr. Connolly needs to spend most of next Saturday (3 Nov) in Harrisburg at a Catechetical Conference. If anyone would like to attend, give a call. It runs from about 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There is Mass and then all sorts of lectures and workshops and seminars. If you want to learn more about your religion, then Harrisburg is the place to be next Saturday! Yes, you get lunch too. Call the Rectory no later than Monday (29 Oct). |
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11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. St. Joseph Parish Hall Please note that we are back to our first
Sunday of the month schedule. Note also that the International
Spaghetti Benders Union has pressured the guys in our local SPU
to tell Management to cut back on the hours. *************************************************************************************** PIE FOR THANKSGIVING: Call 622-1504. Mount Carbon Fire Company would be happy to take your order for pie! |
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Gimme an "O"! - O! Gimme a "B"! - B! Gimme an "L"! - L! Gimme an "I"! - I! Gimme a "G"! - G! Gimme an "A"! - A! Gimme a "T"! - T! Gimme an "I"! - I! Gimme an "O"! - O! Gimme an "N"! - N! What does it spell? Sir! OBLIGATION, Sir! What does it mean? Sir! Something you have to do, Sir! Use it in a sentence! Sir! All Saints Day is a Holyday of Obligation, Sir! Obligation to do what? Sir! Go to Mass, Sir! Excellent, lads! You do me proud, lads! (Okay, okay, I know: "participate in Mass" is catechetically superior to "go to Mass". But cut me a break: You can't participate in it unless you go to it!) Are Obligations the same thing as Options? Sir! No, Sir! Sir! If Obligations were the same thing as Options, Sir, the Church would call All Saints Day a Holyday of Option, Sir! But it's not a Holyday of Option! It's a Holyday of Obligation! And you guys don't want to wind up in the brig for not taking care of your obligations, now do you? Sir! No, Sir! So, listen up! Check the Mass schedule in this bulletin and make sure you show up at All Saints Day Mass this week! Do you read me? I repeat: Do you read me? Sir! Loud and clear, Sir! |
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BY ANY CHANCE, ARE YOU ACQUAINTED
WITH THESE FOLKS? 1. Ritchie was angry when he realized Ryan and Annie were trying to make him look crazy after he told Babe and Tad that Ryan shot and killed Annie - who turned out to be very much alive! 2. Aidan talked to the parents of a boy who drowned while on a scouting trip with Ritchie and learned that another boy thought that the drowning was no accident, but no one believed him! 3. Annie panicked when Emma said she felt ill after Ritchie gave a child a brownie. 4. Krystal spent time with "Stuart", knowing it was Adam in disguise, and the two became romantic. 5. Ava began behaving badly in hopes of getting fired from her Fusion job so she could work with J.R., but her plan failed. 6. As part of a plot to get rid of Greenlee, Zach had Josh let her think her fertilized eggs (Ryan would have been the father) weren't destroyed during a historical power blackout. 7. Kendall blamed Greenlee after learning that Spike may not be able to have a cochlear implant. 8. Reva confronted Daisy after she had an abortion. 9. Dylan told everyone that Daisy was pregnant just before Reva told them that she had an abortion. 10. Rafe was thinking about having a baby and a family when Natalia forced Daisy to tell Rafe she had an abortion. 11. Rafe told Daisy that he never wants to see her again. 12. When Cyrus brought Alexandra home from the hospital, Harley hid behind the curtains and saw Marina's bracelet on Alexandra's wrist. 13. Alexandra agreed to lead Cyrus and Harley to Griggs. 14. Ashlee received a call from Marina, who said she couldn't get away from her captor (Griggs). 15. Griggs knocked Ashlee out as she got near where he was holding Marina prisoner. 16. Marina kept Griggs from further harming Ashlee. 17. Griggs loaded a gun as Harley arrived for their arranged meeting. |
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BASED ON THE INFORMATION ON
PAGE 7 Ryan |
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Dear Parishioners and Friends: If you were totally unaware of the information on page 7, allow me to commend you. It is obvious that you are not a watcher of soap operas / aka daytime dramas. Please stay as "ignorant" as you are. It is a blessed ignorance. If, on the other hand, the information on page 7 was for you simply a summary of information you already have and if, in addition, you are able to elaborate on and update this information, allow me to chide you. Obviously, you are a watcher of soaps. Let me ask you something. Do you really think that watching soaps is good for you? Do you think it helps you spiritually? Do you think it advances you on the way to God? The characters in these soaps are, by and large, persons who are totally devoid of any sense of ultimate purpose. Handsome or beautiful as they may be, they are a lamentable lot of losers. How many of these characters ever make any reference to God or to Jesus - or, for that matter, to Moses or Mohammed or Confucius or to anyone who stands as an authority for right living? (I am referring not to the actors who portray the characters but to the characters themselves). How many of these characters go to Mass on Sunday or to any kind of weekly worship service? How many of them pursue virtue or embrace high ideals? How many of them believe that marriage is meant to be permanent and faithful and productive of children, God willing? How many of them exemplify chastity? How many of them are pro-life? How many of them would you trust alone with your husband or wife for an extended period of time? If you think you can observe mortal sin being enacted hour after hour, day after day and suffer no consequences within yourself, you are out of touch with reality. We become what we watch - maybe not right away, but eventually. I invite you to go to Confession very soon. Who knows? You might run into Ritchie or Rafe or Krystal or Daisy while you are waiting in line, although I doubt it. |
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ANGELA DiCELLO STELLA |
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CAMERON BLAKE MATTERA, third child (third son) of Steven and Yvonne (Bowers) Mattera, was baptized in St. Joseph Church this past Sunday (21 Oct). With three very little boys in the house, the Mattera family is in need of all the sanctifying grace it can get - not to mention some actual graces as well. Sanctifying grace is exactly what they got this past Sunday when Cameron Blake was baptized. To be more precise: Sanctifying grace is exactly what Cameron Blake got this past Sunday. In case you didn't know it, sanctifying grace is a created participation in the divine nature. In other words, it is something God has created in order to make it possible for human beings to be like unto God, i.e. God-like. This sanctifying grace was poured out upon the lad by God, together with the water that was poured over him by the priest. One big difference is this: The water gets dried off with a towel within minutes after the child is lifted out of the baptism font, but the sanctifying grace penetrates into the marrow of his being and will remain. At least, it is meant to remain. Not only remain but increase. It can be lost only by mortal sin. Thank God, mortal sin is not and cannot be an issue for little Cameron Blake - not for a good number of years. May he never invite it to himself! This little boy is now free from the condemnation that has come upon all human beings as a result of the sin of Adam, the sin we call "the original sin". We call it that because it was, indeed, the original (the first) sin committed by homo sapiens sapiens. Because Cameron Blake was "in the loins" of Adam - as were we all - he was infected with Adam's sin. But a greater One (much greater One) than Adam has destroyed the sin of Adam in all who are incorporated into Him. Cameron Blake Mattera has now been incorporated into Jesus Christ, the new and victorious Adam, the new Head of the human race. God bless the little boy. May he be a citizen of Heaven one day. |
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THE WONDROUS STAMINA OF OUR
SENIOR CITIZENS Excerpts from an article on page A3 COMMENT WHEREFORE: Please let it be known that disabled persons on motorized scooters, with or without oxygen tanks, are most welcome to attend Mass at St. Joseph Church and St. Francis deSales Church. And, as a courtesy to persons who, because of SRO conditions at Sunday Mass, need to lean on their canes while standing, Fr. Connolly commits himself to keeping the homily down to two hours max! |
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A HOLYDAY OF OBLIGATION 4:30 p.m. - StJos 7:00 p.m. - StFdS 10:00 a.m. - StFdS 12:05 p.m. - StJos 4:30 p.m. - StFdS 7:00 p.m. - StJos |
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SAINT FRANCIS deSALES CHURCH
Saturday, 27 OctoberVigil of Sunday 6:00 p.m. - DOMINICK J. D'ALESSASNDRO Jr. by his parents Sunday,
28 October30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9:15 a.m. - FRANCIS NASH MOONEY by his daughter, Nora, and family 12:15 p.m. - WILLIAM E. BRENNAN by his sister, Anne, and his brother, Vincent Wednesday,
31 OctoberVigil of All Saints 7:00 p.m. - Msgr. CHARLES T. MOSS by EBC Thursday,
01 NovemberAll Saints Day 10:00 a.m. - SOULS IN PURGATORY by Jerome and Marie Gilmartin 4:30 p.m. - EDWARD W. KULL by John and Cathryn Baldigo Friday,
02 NovemberAll Souls Day 10:00 a.m. - RONI J. KEVY by Roberta Saturday,
03 NovemberVigil of Sunday 6:00 p.m. - JOSEPH and MARIA LAPLACA by their daughter-in-law, Julia Sunday, 04 November 31st
Sunday in Ordinary Time9:15 a.m. -DECEASED: FOLINO FAMILY by Julian and Nora Chiplonia and sons 12:15 p.m. - EDWARD BOOTH by Marcus Angelisanti |
