Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish Parroquia de Nuestra

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish
Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Medalla Milagrosa
w w w. M i r a c u l o u s M e d a l C h u rc h . o r g
July 19, 2015
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
CHRIST’S PRESENCE
IN THE WORLD
There’s a bit of a “missing link” in the first two
sentences of today’s Gospel from Mark. In the first, the
apostles return from having been sent out on mission
two by two (“one who is sent” is the meaning of
“apostle”). Their instructions were to preach repentance,
drive out demons, and heal the sick in Jesus’ name. In
the second sentence, Jesus tells them to come away with
him and rest a while. It would be nice for us to imagine
that, between those two sentences, a
look of amazed gratitude and
pleasure crossed the face of Jesus as
he hears of the kingdom proclaimed
in his name, and how they didn’t
have to shake the dust off their feet
anywhere. They deserved a rest! It
might not be bad for us, when we
gather together with Jesus as the
apostles do today, to do this kind of
debriefing, allowing the Lord to hear
what we’ve sought to do in his name, our successes, our
failures, our need to get away with him for a while to be
fortified for further work in God’s name. For we, the
baptized, are not only the flock of Jesus Christ; through
water and the power of the Spirit we have also become
the Body of Christ, the presence of the Shepherd for the
life of the world.
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LA PRESENCIA DE CRISTO
EN EL MUNDO
Hay una cierta “conexión”
que falta entre las dos primeras
oraciones del Evangelio de hoy. En
la primera los apóstoles regresan de
la misión a la que habían sido
enviados de dos en dos (“apóstol” en griego significa
“enviado”). Habían sido enviados a predicar la
conversión, a expulsar a los demonios, y a sanar a los
enfermos en el nombre de Jesús. En la segunda oración,
Jesús les dice que se vengan con él a un lugar solitario
para descansar un poco. Nos gustaría pensar que, entre
esas dos oraciones, una expresión de placer y gratitud
cruzó el rostro de Jesús al oír como el Reino ha sido
proclamado en su nombre, y como no tuvieron que
sacudirse el polvo de los pies en ninguna parte. ¡Bien se
merecían un descanso! A nosotros tampoco nos vendría
mal, cuando nos juntamos alrededor de Jesús como los
apóstoles en el Evangelio de hoy, que nos tomáramos
un descanso, para que el Señor pueda escuchar lo que
hemos hecho en su nombre –nuestros éxitos, nuestras
decepciones, nuestra necesidad de “escaparnos” un rato
con él para que nos fortalezca para seguir trabajando en
el nombre de Dios. Ya que nosotros los bautizados no
somos sólo el rebaño de Cristo; por el agua y el Espíritu
hemos sido transformados en el Cuerpo mismo de
Cristo, la presencia del pastor para dar vida al mundo.
SIGUIENTE SERIE DE MENSAJES
GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
The Diocese of Pittsburgh will once again be celebrating
Golden Wedding Anniversaries in the diocese on Sunday, October 11, 2015 at 2:30pm. If you are celebrating
your 50th. Wedding Anniversary this year and would
like to attend this celebration, please contact the rectory
before August 11th at 724-222-1911.
LA MISA EN ESPANOL
Únete a nosotros para de celebrar la misa en
espanol a las 2:30 pm. Esto es una gran bendicion
para nuestra Iglecia de compartir esta bella cultura
con nuestros hermanos y hermanas.
REST IN PEACE
Please pray for the soul of Albert Michael Solensky,
brother of Mary Alice Cimino (Norman), parishioner.
May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Partir del próximo domingo 26 de julio hasta el 23 de
agosto tendremos nuestra siguiente serie de mensajes.
La serie va a satisfacer su apetito para algo más que
vienen hambrientos (figurativamente hablando). El
menú está escrito y se establece en la tabla. Las puertas
de la cafetería espiritual se abrirán el 26 de julio. Ver
yinz entonces.
BECA PARA LA UNIVERSIDAD
Se ha establecido un fondo de becas de las madres cristianas y gremio. Los estudiantes de nuestra parroquia
que siguen educación después de preparatoria están
invitados a aplicar. La beca ha sido nombrada el premio Regina después de nuestra Santísima Madre. Paquetes de información de la beca se pueden recoger en
la oficina de la iglesia o ponerse en contacto con
Maggie Havelka en 724-746-7393. La fecha límite para
aplicar es el próximo domingo, 26 de julio de 2015. Por
favor tenga en cuenta que no se puede aceptar ninguna
solicitud después de esa fecha. La beca se presentará por
Padre Carmen una Misa en agosto. Por favor considere
aplicar para este premio.
July 19, 2015
OUR LADY OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL
Join a Small Group Today.
Fill out an interest card and drop it in the basket. Or
get in touch with Emma Mobley, the Small Group
Coordinator: emma.mobley@comcast.net.
PEQUEÑOS GRUPOS
Por favor llene las tarjetas en las bancas. Para mas
information puedes llamar a Elena al 724-531-4146 o
elenaalarcon6@gmail.com.
PATRIOTIC ROSARY
We will be praying the Patriotic Rosary
next Sunday, July 26 at 5 pm. Please
note the change in time, as we originally had it scheduled for 7 pm.
2015 GOLF OUTING
The Holy Name Society Third Annual
Golf Outing is next Saturday, July 25
at Scenic Valley Golf Club. $85/golfer.
This cost includes golf, cart, dinner,
prizes and beverages on course. To register or for more
info, contact Jim McClory at nd51irish@comcast.net or
Doug DiNardo at 724-745-5217.
THE MASS ON THE WEB
We have all the components we need to stream the
Mass live. Go to our website menu bar, choose Our
Parish / Mass Times / Live Streaming. If you
want to see past Masses, click on the
“Archives” tab then choose a Mass.
THANKS!!
Thank you to the parishioner who donated
the $1,608 for the software that enables us to
stream the Mass. This is truly a blessing for us
and demonstrates the beautiful stewardship of
our parish!
WELCOME
We’d like to welcome the newest members of our
faith community, Blaise Bucha; Michele Mosier; Teresa, Layla and Benjamin Huff. We are grateful to
God for you and proud to call you our sisters and
brother in Christ.
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BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK
Happy Birthday to the following
members of our parish family: Jo Ann
Mals, Erin Dubich, Roberta
Greenawalt, John VanLenten, Bruno
Colussi, Lisa Lombardi, Sierra Ann
Manzi, Robert Mazza, Sophia Navarro, Jacob
Nawrocki, , Elizabeth Nolder, Frances Raspet, Ronald
Sabol, Ronald Dami, Doris Kurtz, Gary Luisi, Luciano
Rozzi, Eric Zipko, Frank Brown, Jr., Linda Neiport,
Lizzie Ross, Brenda Sutton, Emma Cornell, Chris
Rogers, Renee Wilkerson, André Aiello, Sheryl
DiNardo, Alexis Graves, Josephine Penrose
NEXT MESSAGE SERIES
Beginning next Sunday, July
26th until August 23rd we will
have our next message series.
The series will satisfy your appetite for something more so
come hungry (figurativelyspeaking). The menu is written and the table is set. The
doors of our Spiritual Café will open on July 26th. See
yinz then.
POPE FRANCIS’ JOY OF THE GOSPEL
In a culture paradoxically suffering from anonymity
and at the same time obsessed with the details of other
people’s lives, shamelessly given over to morbid curiosity,
the Church must look more closely and sympathetically
at others whenever necessary. In our world, ordained
ministers and other pastoral workers can make present the
fragrance of Christ’s closeness and his personal
gaze. The Church will have to initiate everyone
– priests, religious and laity – into this “art of
accompaniment” which teaches us to remove
our sandals before the sacred ground of the
other. The pace of this accompaniment must be
steady and reassuring, reflecting our closeness
and our compassionate gaze which also heals,
liberates and encourages growth in the Christian
life.
Although it sounds obvious, spiritual
accompaniment must lead others ever closer to God, in
whom we attain true freedom. Some people think they are
free if they can avoid God; they fail to see that they remain
existentially orphaned, helpless, homeless. They cease being
pilgrims and become drifters, flitting around themselves and
never getting anywhere. To accompany them would be
counterproductive if it became a sort of therapy supporting
their self-absorption and ceased to be a pilgrimage with
Christ to the Father.
July 19, 2015
VI DOMINGO ORDINARIO
SATURDAY, JULY 18 (St Camillus de Lellis; BVM)
10:00 AM
Frances Cimino 
req. by Bingo Workers
5:00 PM
The Deceased Member of the Thomas
and Markle Families 
req. by John P Thomas
SUNDAY, JULY 19 (16th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
8:00 AM
Joseph Testa Jr (Birthday) 
req. by Wife, Debbie
11:00 AM
Elizabeth Chehovin (Anniversary) 
req. by Children
2:30 PM
(Spanish Mass) Carmella Hulpa 
req. by Tom & Judy Martys
MONDAY, JULY 20 (St. Apollinaris)
10:00 AM
Mickey Domina 
req. by Rosemary Kosiorek
TUESDAY, JULY 21 (St. Lawrence of Brindisi )
10:00 AM
Margaret Ames 
req. by Martin & Judy Beichner
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 (St. Mary Magdalene)
10:00 AM
Theresa Rumaner 
req. by Jacqueline Spara
6:00 PM
Anthony Wilhelm 
req. by Daughter, Dee
THURSDAY, JULY 23 (St. Bridget)
10:00 AM
Susanna Setto 
req. by Patti (Cushma) Neilson
FRIDAY, JULY 24 (St. Sharbel Makhlūf)
10:00 AM
George Pecharka Sr. 
req. by Marolyn Piacenza
SATURDAY, JULY 25 (St James; BVM)
10:00 AM
Dolores Mary 
req. by The Vallone Family
5:00 PM
Sara Smith 
req. by Family
SUNDAY, JULY 26 (17th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
8:00 AM
Edward Mals 
req. by Wife & Children
11:00 AM
John Encandela 
req. by Daughter, Donna Shriver
& Family
2:30 PM
(Spanish Mass) Parishioners
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Average Weekly Expense
Collection for Sunday
July 12, 2015
Defecit
Parish Share Assessment:
Parish Share collected to date:
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$6,100.00
$5,533.15
- $ 1,029.00
$67,359.00
$32,120.00
Anything collected over our Parish Share assessment
will go into our savings.
SING ALONG
FOR CHRIST
Want to brighten
someone's day? Join
our Outreach team at
a sing along with the residents of our local nursing
homes on Sunday, July 26. You don't have to be a
great singer - your presence alone is most important.
Meet in the church parking lot at 1:45pm or at Strabane Woods at 2pm.
Or meet in the church parking lot at 6:45pm or at The
Washington Health Center at 7pm.
PARISH CALENDAR OF EVENTS
July 18
July 19
July 20
July 22
July 24
July 25
Confession 10:45 am - 11:30am & 4pm
Spanish Mass 2:30pm
Miraculous Medal Novena - 10:45am
Spanish Class 7pm. CCD Ctr.
Bingo 6:30pm CCD Ctr.
Spanish Class 7pm CCD Ctr.
Divine Mercy - 10:45am
Confession 10:45 am - 11:30am & 4pm
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday:
Tuesday:
Ex 14:5-18; Ex 15:1bc-6; Mt 12:38-42
Ex 14:21 — 15:1; Ex 15:8-10, 12, 17;
Mt 12:46-50
Wednesday: Ex 16:1-5, 9-15; Ps 78:18-19, 23-28;
Jn 20:1-2, 11-18
Thursday: Ex 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20b; Dn 3:52-56;
Mt 13:10-17
Friday:
Ex 20:1-17; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 13:18-23
Saturday: 2 Cor 4:7-15; Ps 126:1bc-6; Mt 20:20-28
Sunday:
2 Kgs 4:42-44; Ps 145:10-11, 15-18;
Eph 4:1-6; Jn 6:1-15
July 19, 2015
PARROQUIA DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA MEDALLA MILAGROSA
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Parish Staff
NOTES
If something from the readings, songs or Gospel
message touches you in some way, take a second to
write yourself a note about it. Pray about it later,
reflect on it and make it part of your life. “Become
the best version of yourself you can be.”
Carmen A. D’Amico, Pastor
John Odeyemi, Priest in Residence
Anton V. Mobley, Permanent Deacon
Rosalie Eckels, Religious Education Director
Jennifer Derrick, Music Director & Organist
Mary Ann Lecci, Parish Secretary
Don Ross, Coordinator of Ministries
Dean Gindlesperger, Maintenance
Phone Numbers
Area Code (724)
Rectory:
222-1911
Rectory:
206-9677
Rectory Fax:
222-5688
CCD Center:
228-8575
Religious Education Office:
228-9088
Religious Education Fax:
228-1488
e-mail:
olmm@comcast.net
website:
www.miraculousmedalchurch.org
Office Hours
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Monday - Friday
Bulletin Deadline
Thursday at Noon for the following week.
MINISTRY NOTES
Welcome
July 28
Church Hall
6:30pm
CHRISTIAN MOTHERS
Christian Mothers & Guild will cover the Adoration
Hours of noon - 1pm and 7 - 8pm on First Fridays. For
each hour, we need at least one member present with
the Blessed Sacrament. To volunteer, please call Donna Meuer @ 724-916-4598.
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship fund has been established
by the Christian Mothers and Guild.
Students of our parish who are
pursuing post-high school education are invited to
apply, this includes students continuing in their posthigh school programs (“upper classmen”). The
scholarship has been named the Regina Award after
our Blessed Mother. Scholarship information packets
can be picked up in the church office or by contacting
Maggie Havelka at 724-746-7393. The deadline to
apply is next Sunday, July 26, 2015. Please keep in
mind that no application can be accepted after that
date. The scholarship will be presented by Father
Carmen at a mass in August. Please consider applying
for this award.
Masses
Saturday:
Sunday:
Weekday:
Wednesday:
Holy Days:
5:00 p.m. Vigil
8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
2:30 p.m. -La Misa en espanol
Mon - Sat: 10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.
(check bulletin schedule)
Reconciliation
Saturday 10:45 - 11:30 am & 4:00 - 4:45 p.m.
Baptism and Marriage
Contact the Rectory
Safe Environment Cor. – George Pecharka
Phone: 724-503-4083
Email: pecharkageorge@gmail.com
Diocesan Abuse Hotline– 1-888-808-1235
300 Pike St.
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