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09 / 10 FEBRUARY Saint Joseph Parish Saint Francis deSales Parish |
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Tuesday, 19 February 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at St. Joseph's 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at St. Joseph's 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at St. Francis deSales' |
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THE SANCTUARY LAMP at St. Joseph Church is offered, during
the week of 10 - 16 Feb, in loving memory of John J. Deramo,
at the request of his wife, Angie, and family. ALL SAINTS SCHOOL is currently selling Gertrude Hawk candy. You may order through any of our students or through the school. The funds raised will be used for play yard and for technology improvements. Also: Students will earn 10% of their sales in TUITION CREDITS!! Orders are due by Wednesday, 20 February. And we thank you for your support! JONATHAN R. MERCURI, a St. Joseph parishioner and a sophomore at Pottsville Area High School, was chosen as the 2008 Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Ambassador. Jonathan will be representing his school at a four-day seminar held at Millersville University in May. Jonathan is Ron and JoAnne's son. They (and we) have good reason to be proud of him! |
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Alice Skawinsky Tucci Jeremy Etherington Vito A. Galle Jacqueline E. Chattin Dominic J. Chiplonia Justin M. Freed Joseph A. Mazzuca Aaron A. Tranquillo Thomas F. Witmer Jr |
Audra N. Freed Edward LaSelva Kyle J. Strokelitus George Washington * Mark Brilla Julia A. Szeliga Stephen F. Weiss Alice Clark Breslin Marie Garbetti Cairns John P. King |
| *Not a registered member of either St. Joseph Parish or St. Francis deSales Parish, nonetheless a gentleman of singular accomplishments, whose birthday deserves to be noted. |
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REPUBLICAN & HERALD SPELLING
BEE Congradulations to Albert J. Yackenchick Jr., grade 7, who is an All Saints Spelling Bee Co-Champion (together with an 8th grade boy)! Cungratulations also to Alexander Koinski, grade 6, the All Saints Alternate Speller. We are prowd of these astute young parishoners! |
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KIDS! One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom? "Her mother replied, "Well, every time! that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white." The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, "Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?" The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. "Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer, she's a lawyer,' or "That's Michael, He's a doctor. A small voice at the back of the room rang out, "And there's the teacher! She's dead." A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face." "Yes," the class said. "Then why is it that, while I am standing upright in the ordinary position, the blood doesn't run into my feet?" A little fellow shouted, "Because your feet ain't empty." The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray: "TAKE ONLY ONE. GOD IS WATCHING." Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies. A child had written a note, "Take all you want. God is watching the apples." |
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TWO CHIPS OFF THE OLD BLOCK! DAVID J. CHIPLONIA, a St. Joseph parishioner
and a senior at Nativity, has been named a "Bishop's Scholar".
This entitles him to a $500.00 grant towards his college education. DOMINIC J. CHIPLONIA, also a St. Joseph parishioner and an 8th grader at All Saints, has also been designated a "Bishop's Scholar". This entitles him to a $1,000.00 grant towards his tuition at Nativity next fall. (on the presumption that he doeseve that he is a senior. David and Dominic are sons of Julian and Nora. We are not aware of any awards handed out to little brother, Cooper N. Chiplonia. If we hear of any, we'll be sure to let you know. |
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40 DAYS FOR LIFE Fr. Connolly is looking for some parishioners (and other pro-lifers) to accompany him someday soon (during Lent) to Reading, so that we can pray in front of the Reading Planned Parenthood, 4th and Franklin Streets. This is a place where unborn babies are terminated. This would be a great thing to do for Lent! If you are interested, call the Rectory. For more information about praying at the Reading PP, you might want to call Kathy Kuhns at (610) 375-3395. |
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VATICAN OFFICIAL SUGGESTS RECONSIDERING COMMUNION IN THE HAND Vatican, Feb. 1, 2008 (CWNews.com) - The secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship has called for reconsideration of the practice of Communion in the hand. In the preface to a new Italian-language book on the Eucharist, written by a bishop from Kazakhstan and released in January by the Vatican's official publishing house, Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don suggests that the reception of Communion in the hand has contributed to a general sense of "carelessness" about the Eucharist, as well as some flagrant abuses. The archbishop makes his remarks in the preface to Dominus Est, by Bishop Athanasius Schneider. The practice of receiving Communion in the hand was not mandated by Vatican II, nor was it introduced in response to calls from the laity, Archbishop Ranjith writes. Instead, he argues, an established practice of piety-- receiving the Eucharist kneeling, on the tongue-- was changed "improperly and hurriedly," and became widespread even before it was formally approved by the Vatican. In light of a widespread lack of reverence for the Eucharist, the archbishop suggests that it is "high time to review" the policy. While he does not condemn the practice of Communion in the hand, the Vatican official praises Bishop Schneider for arguing in favor of the older practice, saying that it helps to foster a proper sense of reverence and piety. Comment |
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JOIN THE FIGHT TO PROTECT MARRIAGE! Over the years and across cultures and very different religious beliefs, marriage has been and still is the foundation of the family. The family, in turn, is the basic unit of society. Thus, marriage is a personal relationship with public significance. Courts in nearby states have redefined marriage as something other than a relationship between one man and one woman. Precisely because the family is the primary cell of human society we all must be involved in establishing the definition of marriage which reflects the values of the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Legislature is considering SB 1250, which will amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to define marriage as the union between one man and one woman, and will prevent civil unions, which are in effect the same as marriage. Your state representative and state senator need to hear from you that marriage makes a difference. Log on to www.pacatholic.org to send a message telling your legislators to support the marriage amendment, and check out www.youranswermatters.org for more ideas about how you can get involved in the effort to protect and preserve marriage. |
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THIS WEEK Friday, 22 February ------ Mary Queen of Peace Sunday, 24 February ------ St. Francis deSales Exposition and Benediction of The Blessed Sacrament. |
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ALICIA M. MERCURI, a St. Joseph parishioner and a freshman biology
/ pre-med major at Elizabethtown College, was named to the dean's
list for the fall semester. She was also chosen to become a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, the Freshman Honor Society. She will be inducted on 16 March in ceremonies held at the college. Alicia is Ron and JoAnne's daughter. May God continue to bless her. Our parish rejoices in the accomplishments of our young people! |
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WE SHARE THE MAIL Dear Father Connolly: |
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This is pronounced HO-ANTHROPOS. It means "THE
MAN" (or "THE HUMAN BEING"). When Matthew wrote his Gospel, he apparently depended on the Septuagint. I say this because he wrote HO-ANTHROPOS. When St. Jerome translated the Greek Matthew into Latin, he chose the Latin word "HOMO" as the translation of HO-ANTHROPOS. The Latin word "HOMO" means "MAN" or "HUMAN BEING". However, because Latin - unlike Hebrew and Greek - does not have any articles, neither definite nor indefinite, the Latin-to-English translator has to know the context when translating a noun, so as to know whether to translate it with or without an article. Because both the Hebrew and the Greek antecedents to "HOMO" in the passage we are discussing carry the definite article, then "HOMO" should, ideally, be translated into English with the definite article, i.e. "THE MAN" or "THE HUMAN BEING". An inferior (but still borderline acceptable) translation would be simply "MAN" or "HUMAN BEING" or "A MAN" or "A HUMAN BEING". You said that it is "atrocious" to change "MAN" to "ONE". I agree with you completely - and I'll raise you one! Do you know what Jesus was actually implying when He rejected the stones-into-bread temptation? He was implying that He Himself is HA-ADAM! He is THE NEW ADAM, who is not suckered by Satan. In addition, He is The New Israel, Who, unlike the Old Israel, does not complain against God while camping out in the desert. What a far cry all of this is from "One does not live, etc." One thing Jesus was not doing was making some sort of insipid and bloodless claim about human beings in general. We are living in crazy times, Doc! You don't need me to tell you that. Keep your sense of humor. From time to time, the Lord punishes His people for their unfaithfulness by sending us hordes of Philistines, Assyrians, Babylonians, Feminists or Liturgical Committees. However, after we cry "uncle", He invariably delivers us. I think I detect a pattern here. Thanks for your patience and faithfulness. E.B. Connolly |
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SUNDAY, 2 MARCH 11:30 am to 3:00 p.m. SAINT JOSEPH PARISH HALL  |
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SAINT FRANCIS deSALES CHURCH %20Jan%202007/abu076.gif){kind=small} Saturday, 16 FebruaryVigil of Sunday 6:00 p.m. - LOTTIE D. LEASWITCH by Salvatore and Mary Modesto Sunday, 17 February2nd Sunday of Lent 9:15 a.m. - God's Blessings on SISTER MARY RAYMOND, OP by her sister, Carolyn 12:15 p.m. - BERTHA ZVORSKY MESSINA by the Spece family Wednesday, 20 FebruaryLenten Weekday 10:00 a.m. - CHILDREN OF THE WORLD by Shirley Losch Recla Friday, 22 FebruaryChair of St. Peter, apostle (Fst) 10:00 a.m. - ROSE VOTTA DiMARCELLO re-scheduled from 1 Feb Saturday, 23 FebruaryVigil of Sunday 6:00 p.m. - FRED YUENGLING Sr. by Nancy Dunbrowney Haag Sunday, 24 February3rd Sunday of Lent 9:15 a.m. - PARISHIONERS: StJosPar / StFdSPar by EBC 12:15 p.m. - WILLIAM E. BRENNAN by his brother, Vincent, and his sister, Anne |