Saint Peter`s Cathedral

The Parish Community of the
C AT H E D R A L O F
SAINT PETER
Serving the faithful of the Diocese of Scranton since 1853
Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera, D.D., J.C.L.
Bishop of Scranton
Monsignor Dale R. Rupert Cathedral Pastor
Edward R. Shoener Permanent Deacon
In Residence at the Cathedral
Monsignor Thomas M. Muldowney, V.G. Vicar General of the Diocese
Reverend Jeffrey J. Walsh, V.E. Episcopal Vicar for Clergy
JANUARY 3, 2016 | THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
Telephone: 570-344-7231
315 Wyoming Avenue Scranton, PA 18503
Facsimile: 570-344-4749 Email: Info@stpeterscathedral.org
www.stpeterscathedral.org
THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT PETER
Weekly Mass Schedule
January 2 - 10, 2016
Sunday, January 2, 3 - Epiphany of the Lord
4:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
6:30 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
12:15 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Parishioners of the Cathedral of Saint Peter
Filipino Community Mass
Patrick James Kennedy, M.D. (Dr. Arthur Jordan, Sr.)
Spec. Int. - Mr. & Mrs. Gaynor Cawley
(Stabinski Family)
Daniel Kane Vinson (Carl Evans)
Mario Lozada (Marty Ruane)
Monday, January 4
They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house
they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated
themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures
and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Matthew 2:10-11
6:30 a.m.
Atty. Harry McGrath (Tom &Karen Kelly)
8:00 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
Special Intention (Terry & Debbie Osborne)
Thomas P. Peyton (Nancy & Jerry Phillips)
7:30 to 7:50 a.m. confessions
Tuesday, January 5
6:30 a.m.
William McDermott (Msgr. Muldowney)
8:00 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
Paul M. Jennings (The Strickland Family)
Peter Racavich (Gail Stancheski)
7:30 to 7:50 a.m. confessions
Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass ©2001, 1998, 1970 CCD.
PLEASE PRAY FOR...
...Our Deceased Family & Friends
Please remember Albina Welch, Mary Ann McNulty
and all our deceased family, friends, and fellow
parishioners. May our faithful departed enjoy eternal rest
in heaven!
...Our Sick and Suffering
Please remember the sick, suffering and all who have
asked for a remembrance in our prayers. May the Lord
grant them health and peace in body, mind and spirit!
...Our Military Men and Women
Please remember all our men and women in military and
government service, especially those who serve in foreign
lands. May the Lord preserve them from all harm.
Wednesday, January 6
6:30 a.m.
Lance Reisler (Cindy Gall & Nancy Pietraface)
8:00 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
Joseph Hlavaty (Nancy Cawley & Family)
Capt. James Robeson (Terrence Osborne)
7:30 to 7:50 a.m. confessions
Thursday, January 7
6:30 a.m.
Francis P. Karam (Family)
8:00 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
Linda Solomon Johnston (Ed & Ruth Shoener)
James Calpin
(Mary Elaine Southard & Michael Miller)
7:30 to 7:50 a.m. confessions
Friday, January 8
6:30 a.m.
Lillian Rizzo (John & Terri)
8:00 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
Margaret Kelly (Nancy Cawley)
Dee Bonavoglia (Cathedral Staff)
7:30 to 7:50 a.m. confessions
Saturday, January 9
PARISH NEWS
6:30 a.m.
Special Intention (Dr. Arthur Jordan, Sr.)
12:10 p.m.
John & Helen Doyle & Grandson, Douglas Doyle
(Mr. & Mrs. James Doyle)
Earl McKeon (Noll Family)
10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Confessions
Fr. Robert Barron’s Eucharist:
Sacred Meal, Sacrifice and Real Presence
Christ is alive and full present in the Eucharist. As a
reflection program for Christmas, join us as we delve into
the “source and summit” of our Faith with Fr. Robert
Barron’s DVD-based program: Eucharist: Sacred Meal,
Sacrifice and Real Presence. This spiritual study will give
you a deeper understanding of the precious gift of
Christ’s body, blood, soul and divinity that you can
receive at each and every Mass.
The sessions will continue this weekend through
January 10, Deacon Ed Shoener will present the Eucharist
program from 11:00 a.m. to Noon (after the 10:00 a.m.
Mass) in the Parish meeting room in the rectory
basement. Coffee and donuts will be served.
4:00 p.m.
Sunday, January 10 - The Baptism of the Lord
6:30 a.m.
10:00 a.m.*
12:15 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Parishioners of the Cathedral of Saint Peter
30th Anniversary of Friends of the Poor
Eleanor & Gus Mille (Family)
Mrs. Helen Mirabile (Mille Family)
Sanctuary Lamp
January 2—8, 2016
S
In Memory of Christine Ghilardi
Requested by Gloria Gavin & Family
JANUARY 3, 2016
STEWARDSHIP
PARISH NEWS
Weekly Report of Income & Expenses
Week of December 12 & 13, 2015
St. Francis Kitchen Needs Our Help!
St. Francis Kitchen is in need of sugar, salt, and
low sodium soups. As always, we are very
grateful for all the food donations we received
weekly. The generosity of parishioners and
friends of the Cathedral is very much appreciated by our
friends at St. Francis Kitchen.
Income weekend of December 13& 14, 2014
$10,053.75
Income weekend of December 12 & 13, 2015
$12,554.80
Envelopes
$4,983.00
Loose
$2,085.03
Daily Loose
$988.54
Candles
$484.97
Christmas Flowers
$885.00
Christmas
$298.00
Immaculate Conception Holyday
$1,745.13
Miscellaneous Income
$1,085.13
Total Expenses (December 14, 2015)
Administrative
Liturgy
Maintenance
Live the Word - A Liturgical Bible Study
Bible Study sessions resume this week. You are invited to
Live the Word, a Liturgical Bible Study on Thursday
evenings, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 pm., in Bishops Hall, the lower
level of the Cathedral rectory. Liturgical Bible Study
(LBS) is a Catholic Bible Study method that uses the readings of the Sunday Mass. All are welcome to attend.
$16,229.66
$14,936.15
Everyday Stewardship
$1,140.73
$152.78
With gratitude for your Weekly Sacrifice!!!
We are grateful to all those who financially sacrifice
every week to support our parish and its ministries! We
are especially grateful to those who faithfully use their
weekly parish contribution envelopes!
Christmas
financial report will be in next week’s bulletin. Thank
you to all who so generously contributed during the
Christmas season.
Cathedral Direct
You can go to www.StPetersCathedral.org and click the
“CATHEDRAL DIRECT!” button to make your monthly
financial contributions to St. Peter’s Cathedral
automatically by means of this secure online giving
option. Our special thanks to those who use this option.
2015 Diocesan Annual Appeal
Thanks to the tremendo us
generosity of many of our
Cathedral parishioners and friends,
we are currently at 108% of our
parish goal.
We have received
$81,061.50 in pledges and/or donations. Keep in mind that
once we reach our goal, the parish will receive 75% of any
additional money received. If you have not yet made
your gift, you may call the parish office (570-344-7231) or
call the Diocesan Development Office (570-207-2250) or
you may go to the Diocesan Annual Appeal website,
www.annualappeal.org. Please remember: any gift, any
size really matters...and is deeply appreciated!!!
Pope Francis said in an address from 2013, "Mary, whose
'yes' opened the door for God to undo the knot of the
ancient disobedience, is the Mother who patiently and
lovingly brings us to God, so that he can untangle the
knots of our soul by his fatherly mercy." What would this
Jubilee Year of Mercy look like without Mary saying yes
to God's plan for her? Would we even have such a year?
Mary is the Mother who lovingly brings us to God, the
one who turns human yesses into miracles. Mary not
only gave birth to the Son of God, she gave birth to our
hope that by our own affirmative reply to God's calling
in our life, that God will comfort and care for us as his
own. Our Lady is then not only the Mother of God, but
the Mother of Mercy, for without her, the pathway of
mercy and grace does not break into our world.
We then must demonstrate our gratefulness for her answer to God by becoming vessels of God's mercy for others. Just as he turned her yes into the Incarnation, God
can turn our yes into a way for others to encounter Jesus
Christ. God can untangle knots in others through our
generosity and compassion. He can shower mercy upon a
world in such desperate need of it through our actions
and gestures of love. This is what it means to be a mature
disciple and to live a stewardship way of life. Mary is the
Mother of God, but she is our Mother as well. What better way to give thanks to the woman who made this possible with her gesture of love than by offering that same
love to the world?
Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS
© Liturgical Publications Inc
THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
Epiphany Proclamation
2016
Dear brothers and sisters,
The glory of the Lord has shone upon us,
and shall ever be manifest among us,
until the day of His return.
Through the rhythms of times and seasons
let us celebrate the mysteries of salvation.
Let us recall the year’s culmination,
the Easter Triduum of the Lord:
His last supper, His crucifixion, His burial,
and His rising celebrated
between the evening of the Twenty-fourth day of March
and the evening of the Twenty-sixth day of March,
Easter Sunday being on the Twenty-seventh day of March.
Each Easter—as on each Sunday—
the Holy Church makes present the great
and saving deed
by which Christ has for ever conquered sin and death.
From Easter are reckoned all the days we keep holy:
Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent,
will occur on the Tenth day of February.
The Ascension of the Lord will be commemorated
on the Fifth day of May.
Pentecost, joyful conclusion of the season of Easter,
will be celebrated on the Fifteenth day of May.
And, this year the First Sunday of Advent will be
on the Twenty-Seventh day of November.
Likewise, the pilgrim Church proclaims
the Passover of Christ
in the feasts of the holy Mother God,
in the feasts of the Apostles and Saints,
and in the commemoration of the faithful departed.
To Jesus Christ, who was, who is, and who is to come,
Lord of time and history,
be endless praise, for ever and ever.
Amen.
20 + C + M + B + 16
Ecumenical Celebration of God’s Word
The Diocese of Scranton will once again participate in
the worldwide Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which
is celebrated each year in January
The Diocese of Scranton will host an Ecumenical Celebration of God’s Word on Monday, January 25, 2016, at
12:10 p.m. in the Cathedral of Saint Peter. There will be
no 12:10 p.m. Mass that day in the Cathedral. All are
welcome to attend. In addition, CTV: Catholic Television
will broadcast the service live.
The Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera, D.D., J.C.L.,
Bishop of Scranton, will preside, and Bishop Jeremiah
Park of the Susquehanna Conference, Methodist Church,
will deliver the homily.
Clergy and representatives form various Christian traditions and ecumenical agencies will be present. Liturgical Music will be provided by All Saints Academy, Scranton.
Vocation Discernment
Please pray for an increase in vocations to the
priesthood and religious
life, especially here in
the Diocese of Scranton,
that more men and
women will respond to
the call to serve God in
religious vocations.
The Diocese of Scranton maintains a vocation website
that can assist young people discerning God’s call in their
lives. It also offers resources for parents to help them to
support their children as they seek God’s plan for them.
Visit the vocation website to learn more about discerning
a vocation to priesthood and religious life:
www.scrantonvocations.com
Extraordinary Jubilee
Year of Mercy
Epiphany is Manifestation Day. It is
the day for sharing. It is another day
for gifts. It is the Twelfth Day of
Christmas. The gift, clearly, is Christ
Jesus the Lord. The gift, clearly, is
given not just to me, not just to “us”,
but also to “them”.
• How can I be like God today and manifest
some goodness and grace to both us and them?
(excerpt from Diocese of Springfield, Illinois)
JANUARY 3, 2016
AROUND THE DIOCESE
Friends of the Poor 30th Anniversary
The Friends of the Poor will celebrate its 30th
Anniversary in 2016. The year-long celebration will begin
with the 10:00 a.m. Mass on January 10, 2016 in St. Peter’s
Cathedral. Following the Mass, a reception will be held in
the Diocesan Pastoral Center (former Bishop Hannan
High School), 330 Wyoming Ave. The main celebrant and
homilist will be Bishop Joseph C. Bambera, D.D., J.C.L.
All are welcome to attend.
Lenten Preparation Session
The Office for Parish Life will be holding a regional
Lenten Preparation Session on Wednesday, January 13,
2016, at Divine Mercy Parish, 312 Davis Street, Scranton,
at 6:30 p.m. for all those involved with the preparation of
liturgical seasons, especially music ministers, liturgy
committees, art and environment committees, or anyone
wanting to deepen his or her appreciation of the Lenten
season and the Paschal Triduum. In an effort to help these
liturgical leaders network with neighboring parishes, the
Lenten Preparation Sessions will include faith sharing on
the scripture readings for the season, a brief overview of
some of the traditional practices of Lent, a discussion of
different themes and music selections that parishes are
using, and sharing ideas for the liturgical environment.
For more information or to register for this session, please
contact the Office for Parish Life at 570-207-2213.
Diocese of Scranton
Second Annual Catholic Men's Conference
April 23, 2016 (Saturday)
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
King's College, Scandlon Physical Education Center
149 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre PA 18701
Conference Theme:
Be A Man: Jesus Christ, The Face of True Manhood
Featured presenters:
Dr. Scott Hahn, Franciscan University in Steubenville,
Ohio
Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.
Michael McGlinn, former Notre Dame football offensive
lineman
*Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available
*Closing Mass celebrated with Bishop Joseph C. Bambera
*Exhibitors offering a full array of Catholic books, CDs
and DVDs
Registration instructions will be available in January.
Anyone interested in serving as a Parish Captain or a
volunteer at the conference should contact Michael Kilmer at 570-746-0100
or MKilmer@thekilmergroup.com
Know a Marriage That Needs Help?
Throw them a lifeline and tell them about Retrouvaille, an
international program that helps couples who are
experiencing marital difficulties. This program is for all
couples, at any stage of marriage that needs help to
communicate with each other in a more attentive and
loving manner. The next program in the Scranton Diocese
begins February 26—28, 2016 at The Ramada Inn, Clarks
Summit. Please call 800-470-2230 for more information or
to register or you may visit the following website:
www.helpourmarriage.org.
2016 Wedding Anniversary Mass
His Excellency, The Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera,
D.D., J.C.L., Bishop of Scranton, and the Office for Parish
Life, wish to invite couples celebrating their 25th or 50th
wedding anniversary in 2016 to a diocesan Wedding
Anniversary Mass on Sunday, June 5, 2016. The event
includes a 2:30 p.m. Mass at The Cathedral of Saint Peter
followed by a reception. Requests for an invitation, with a
mailing address, should be made through your pastor by
March 7, 2016.
THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT PETER
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
Sacraments
Pope Francis Prayer for the Holy Year of Mercy
Baptism
Please call the Parish Office to schedule a Baptism. Families
having a first child baptized are asked to attend an
Informational Session discussing the importance of
Baptism. Deacon Edward Shoener facilitates these sessions.
O God,
Who reveal your omnipotence above all
in mercy and forgiveness,
grant that we might live a year of grace,
a fitting time to love you and our brothers and sisters
in the joy of the Gospel.
Reconciliation (Confessions)
Daily: 7:30 -- 7:50 a.m.
Saturday: 10:30 -- 11:30 a.m.
Thursday before First Friday: 3:15 -- 4:00 p.m.
Each Monday during Lent: 5:30 -- 7:00 p.m.
Marriage
Couples seeking to be married at the Cathedral must
contact the Parish Office at least six months in advance of
their anticipated date. Along with preparation meetings
with the pastor (or the priest who will be celebrating the
marriage ceremony), couples are to attend a diocesan PreCana program. Visit: www.dioceseofscranton.org for the
Pre-Cana schedule. It is essential that the Church be
contacted before scheduling the wedding reception.
Pastoral Care of the Sick
Please call the Parish Office whenever someone is seriously
ill or is admitted to the hospital or a local health care
facility. Local hospitals no longer notify parishes about
admission of parishioners.
Devotions
Perpetual Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
Tuesdays following the 6:30 a.m., 8:00 a.m. and
12:10 p.m. Masses
Continue to pour out on us your Holy Spirit,
that we might never tire of turning with trust
to the gaze of him whom we have pierced,
your Son made man,
the shining face of your endless mercy,
the safe refuse
for all of us sinners in need of pardon and peace,
of the truth that frees and saves.
He is the Door,
through which we come to you,
the inexhaustible source of consolation for all,
beauty that never sets,
the perfect joy of life without end.
May the Immaculate Virgin intercede for us,
the first and splendid fruit of the Paschal victory,
the luminous dawn of the new heavens and new earth,
the happy harbor of our earthly pilgrimage.
To you, Holy Father,
to your Son, our Redeemer,
to the Holy Spirit, the Comforter,
be all honor and glory
forever and ever.
Amen.
Novena to St. John Neumann
Fridays following the 6:30 a.m., 8:00 a.m. and
12:10 p.m. Masses
Daily Eucharistic Adoration
at St. Clare’s Church, North Washington Ave. and Park St.
Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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