THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME September 5

THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY TIME
September 5, 2010
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday – September 4th - St Rose of Viterbo
4:00PM St Andrew
Joseph Ondush by Anna Stascinsky
7:00PM St Lawrence
John Sipos by Ruth and Dean Minnick
Sunday – September 5th – 23rd Sunday/Ordinary
8:30AM St Andrew
SAC Altar and Rosary Members by The Society
10:00AM St Lawrence
Charles & Hattie O’Donnell by Colleen McCloskey
11:30AM St Lawrence
Rev Joseph A Murray
Monday – September 6th – St Petronius
8:00AM St Andrew
Michael and John Korenko by Sister, Sue Hertz
Tuesday – September 7th – St Regina
8:00AM St Lawrence
Charles and Florence Kulp by M/M Joe Holena
Miraculous Medal Novena after Mass
Wednesday – September 8th – Birth/Blessed Virgin Mary
6:00PM St Andrew
Debbie Nothstein by The 8:30 Choir Members
Thursday – September 9th – St Peter Claver
8:00AM St Lawrence
Special Intention for Good Health
Friday – September 10th – St Nicholas of Tolentine
8:00AM St Lawrence
Ryan Duda by Grandpop Frank
St John Neumann Novena after Mass
Saturday – September 11th – Sts Protus & Hyacinth
8:00AM St Lawrence
All St Lawrence and St Andrew Parishioners
4:00PM St Andrew
th
45 Wedding Anniversary M/M Joe Keglovits
by John, Joseph, Barbara and Matt
7:00PM St Lawrence
Kerri Ann Neville by Aunt Pat Laudeman
Sunday – September 5th – 24th Sunday/Ordinary
8:30AM St Andrew
Steve and Angeline Burda by Steve and Margie
10:00AM St Lawrence
Robert Kennedy by Yvonne Retzler
11:30AM St Lawrence
Joseph and Mary Kocis by Daughters
Pray the Rosary with us Sunday mornings at:
8:15AM at St Andrew’s Church
9:45AM at St Lawrence Church
Monster Story ~ Part VI
It was early September and the late Summer sun
shone on the dying cornfields and the earliest signs of
Autumn peeked through the gums and sapling maples in
the valleys leading up to the Ridge Mountains. Things had
returned to “normal” in Grazersville and its’ environs.
It had been nearly a month since the hunting party
had returned with a mountain lion and a great black bear in
tow. The hunters had returned with their beasts in a matter
of 10 hours from setting out from the Town Hall, and their
stories of the hunts had grown to epic proportions. The
people breathed a collective sigh of relief at the death of the
beasts. Apparently, they surmised, the dry summer season
had prompted these animals to favor other sources of food
– though there was no sign of human remains from the
shepherds among the bones and “leftovers” of their
respective dens. Still, there had been no other creature
found – no dragon, no aliens from another planet, no great
hawk or owl; and no other of the town’s shepherds had
gone missing since the night Bill Myers ran to the
Quagmire.
Michael Grahame, the Mayor of Grazersville,
thought about the peace that had come over the Valley
area since the success of the hunt. He turned onto the side
of the road to slow down before parking in front of the
Quagmire. The place almost looked “life-like” in the bright
light of day, he thought to himself. But the last words of
Josephine Rutter that night kept rolling around in his head
until he could not shake them loose, “You’ll be coming back
to see me. A monster like this one always brings other
monsters out into the open.”
As he entered the bar and grill, Josephine Rutter,
stood behind the bar ritually drying some glasses, her back
to the door. “Told you you’d be back to see me,” she said
to him through the mirror above the bar.
“Good afternoon, Josephine, how are you?” he
asked as he sat down at the bar. “Not busy enough to
complain,” she summed up. Looking around at the empty
establishment, he concurred with a nod. She asked,
“What’ll you have?”
“Just a Coke, please. …You’ve heard, of course,
about the mountain lion and bear the hunters brought in,
didn’t you?”
She opened a cold can of soda and poured it like a
beer from the tap while considering her answer, “You don’t
think those animals were to blame do you?” She stared
right through him.
He turned his attention to his glass as if he were a
thirsty man. Looking up and sitting back he said, ‘No…No, I
don’t.” There, he had said it out loud – he had expressed
his worst fear. “I’m just afraid that Bill Myers really did see
something unusual, that you and my great aunt may be
right about some sort of flying creature, and that it will take
another shepherd’s abduction or murder or whatever it is to
open the folks to that reality.”
“For what it’s worth to you, Mayor, I think you’re
afraid of the right things here. But people won’t remember
history until it repeats itself in their own day and time.”
“Is that what you meant by ‘other monsters’?”
“What greater monster can there be than to be
looking at the truth and denying what you see?”
He looked up from his downward, inward cast and
recognized the wisdom she had just shared. The ringing of
his cell phone broke their thoughtfulness -- it was Chief Will.
…to be concluded…
PARISH OFFICE CLOSED
COLLECTIONS
The Parish Office will be closed tomorrow,
September 6th, in observance of Labor Day.
St Andrew
Plate Collection
$1650.50
St Lawrence
Plate Collection
$2303.50
Thank you for your faithfulness to your parish and
for catching up with your envelopes when you are
away or on vacation.
NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE
SERVERS
LECTOR
4:00PM – St Andrew
M.Berner
A.Gorr
J.Englert
E. MINISTER
M.Snyder
A LABOR DAY PRAYER
In Pope Benedict XVI’s recent encyclical “Charity in
Truth (Caritas in Veritate)”, he calls for justice and dignity
for all workers and insists that economic systems should
work for people, rather than people serving the system.
Before your family picnic this Labor Day weekend, take a
moment to give thanks for the gift of work.
Lord, on this Labor Day,
We thank You for the blessing of work.
We ask for strength to complete each day.
We ask for rest when we are weary.
We ask Your guidance for everyone seeking
employment, and we ask that You be with
those whose faces we might never see
but who work tirelessly each day for the
good of us all.
Amen.
7:00PM – St Lawrence
K.Segreaves
C.Casciotti
P.McCarty
J.McAllister
W.Molchany
C.Molchany
8:30AM – St Andrew
K.Simko
S.Popovic
10:00AM – St Lawrence
.
C.Burker
T.Fatzinger
J.Holena
L.Bolmer
11:30AM – St Lawrence
S.DeLong
K.Drummer
T.Marhefka
R.Pontician
RESPECT LIFE
Another school year begins. How many
desks are empty due to the deaths of
children when they were unborn babies?
Who can comprehend the talents and gifts lost due
to more than 52 million abortions since 1973?
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Take a moment to think of everything you're proud
of about yourself and your life. Then ask yourself if
you would have any of this without God's
permission and aid? Give credit where credit is
due; praise and thank Him, not yourself.
-- St. Francis of Assisi
CCD OPENING DAY - SEPTEMBER 19th
CCD begins September 19, 2010. Classes start at
8:30AM and we will be attending the 10:00AM
Mass.
In the Bible we read in Acts, Chapter 1
about Our Lord’s work being both Proclamation and
Action, and that He invited others to join Him. He
did this until He ascended into Heaven.
Our Catechists are accepting Our Lord’s
invitation and want to share Jesus’ love with our
students, help them to learn and understand our
Faith, and to live our Faith more fully. We are
beginning 2010 with Kindergarten Lisa Casciotti,
assistant Chris Casciotti; Gr.1 Jennifer DeLong,
assistant Nicholas DeLong; Gr. 2 Leigh Gorr,
assistant Danielle Fatzinger; Gr. 3 Regina
Marhefka, assistant Corinne Reily; Gr. 4 Colleen
McCloskey, assistant Patrick McCloskey; Gr.5
Karen Marhefka, assistant Tyler Fatzinger; Gr. 6
& 7 Regina DeLong, assistant Bethanne Phillips.
Once again we are placing our CCD
Program under the protection of Mary, Queen of
the Angels. Before the Archangel Gabriel asked
Mary to be the Mother of God’s Son, he wanted her
to know that she was truly full of Grace - more than
the angels and any other human - and so he
saluted her with “Hail Mary” as one would salute a
queen. Mary has the graces of wisdom, humility,
mercy, perfection, joy, peace, etc.,and so we ask
Mary to pour down graces on our Program this
year. She is our Mediatrix.
Regina Marhefka, DRE
BLOOD PRESSURES
WANTED
Boys to join Cub Scouts. September 20th, at
7:00PM at St Lawrence School Hall.
STUDENT ENVELOPES
The new student offering envelopes are in the mail.
All students in Grades 1 through 12 should have
received their new set of envelopes. If not, please
call the rectory office. Help train our youth as they
are the adults of tomorrow. Thank you.
FLEA MARKET
Blood Pressures will be taken September 12th before
and after the 8:30 Mass at St Andrew’s Church.
Nin Snyder
BISHOP’S ANNUAL APPEAL
If you have not yet sent in your contribution for the
Bishop’s Appeal there is still time to do so. We
are getting close to our goal and your gift may help
us to reach it. Thanks to all for helping with this
very worthy appeal.
BINGO
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A Flea Market will be held on September 18 , from
9:00AM to 1:00PM (rain or shine) at Salem UCC
Church, 615 Third Street, Catasauqua. There will
be Furniture, Electronics, Estate Sale Items and
lots of bargains. Also a Bake Sale, Silent Auction
and lots of good food with Jam, Jellies, Pickles and
Red Beets on sale.
If you have items that you would like to
donate or if you would like to have a table, please
call the church at 610-264-4091 or Bev Werner at
610-264-7508.
St Mary’s Church, 122 Union Street, Catasauqua
will once again be holding their popular Bingo
Games, starting on Sunday, September 12th.
Bingo begins at 1:00PM. The kitchen opens at
12:00 noon and take out is available. Bingo is held
in the Parish Center and is sponsored by the
Assembled Men of St Mary’s. Please call the
church office at 610-264-0332 with any questions.
PARISH PICNIC
PARISH PICNIC
Sunday, September 5, 2010
St John the Baptist Church, Whitehall
(3024 Ruch St, Stiles) will hold their annual
Picnic from Noon to 9:00PM.
Food, refreshments, games for all ages
Music provided by Lizard Creek Country
from 1:00 to 4:00PM and
the Johnny Dee Orchestra from 5:00 to 9:00PM
All are invited.
Assumption BVM Parish of Northampton invites
you to join them at the Egypt Memorial Park, Route
329, on Sunday, September 12th, for their “Annual
Family Picnic”. Picnic starts with an Outdoor Mass
at 11:00AM. From 12:00 Noon to 7:00PM you can
enjoy a classic Car Cruise featuring the Blue
Mountain Classic Car Cruise and Ron Lokay
Productions 7th Annual “Corvettes in the Park”. DJ
at Car Cruise 12:00-3:00PM; Bingo 1:00-5:00PM’
Music by “The Golden Tones” 3:00-7:00PM
Ethnic foods, baked goods, moon walk,
children’s games, games of chance and basket raffle.
Come and enjoy this family-friendly celebration.
SENIOR’S CORNER
The next meeting of St Andrew’s Young at Hearts
will be held on September 22nd in the Church
Social Hall at 1:00 PM. New members are always
welcome.
CASINO, September 24th, Mohegan Sun
Price $19 – Bus leaves St Andrew’s at 10:00AM
If interested, call Bill Molchany at 610-264-0928 or
Tony Meckes at 610-433-0705.
INDOOR YARD SALE
Holy Family Manor
1200 Spring Street, Bethlehem
Friday & Saturday, September 17th and 18th
10:00 to 3:00PM.
Attic Treasures, Jewelry, Homemade Nut Roll, and
Toys. Kitchen open Saturday. Dessert table
Friday. Call 610-865-5595.
PARISH FESTIVAL
OUR
Saturday
“POLKA MASS”
SEPTEMBER 25, 2010
IS BACK!!
3:00PM to 10:00PM
BAKE SALE
As in past Festivals, we are once again asking for
baked goods, such as: pies, cakes, cupcakes,
brownies, cookies, candy, breads or whatever is
your specialty. Bring your delicious creations to the
hall anytime on Saturday, September 25th. All of
your efforts will keep the crowd well fed and happy.
SIGNUP BOARD
Time is running out to sign up to help! We need
YOU! Please continue signing up on the poster to
help work the Festival.
FESTIVAL SUPPORT
Final preparations are underway to make the
festival our most successful. To help monetarily,
take an envelope from the Support Board, fill it, and
then place it in the collection basket.
GIFT CARD CHANCES
This Festival we are trying something NEW!
Instead of the traditional basket auction we are
asking parishioners to donate towards gift cards
which we will purchase from restaurants, stores, etc
and then chance off. Envelopes marked “Gift Card
Chances” can be found on the support board. Call
Peggy McCarty at 610-264-0307 for further
information.
50-50 CHANCES
Tickets for our 50-50 Drawing will be sold in the
back of church after all the masses this weekend.
Anyone in need of additional 50-50 tickets,
please call Kathy at the Rectory Office or email her
at mccloskey3@rcn.com.
SPREAD THE WORD
and THE DATE!!
Music will be provided by:
‘MAIN ATTRACTION’
SEPTEMBER 25th @ at 4:00PM
St Lawrence Church
Celebrant – Father Eric
FESTIVAL PIEROGIES
We Need You!
This Saturday, September 11th, beginning at
8:30AM, come to our hall for a fun-filled time. This
is our Festival Pierogie making session. Any
amount of time that you can spend with us will be
terrific. Thank you once again for all of your help.
FESTIVAL PREPARATION DATES
(Please mark your calendar)
Workers are needed for a variety of activities to
make our Fall Festival a huge success. Please
keep these dates in mind as you plan your month of
September.
Sept 11 - Pierogie Making in School Hall at 8:30AM
Sept 22 - Tent and Table Setup – Wed. Evening
Sept 24 - Cut up Turkey & Cabbage – Fri. Evening
Sept 25 - Make Halupkies/Setup – Sat. Morning
Sept 26 - Take down and cleanup, Sunday at noon
As always, your help is greatly appreciated.
Games for all ages
BINGO
OUR FAMOUS PIEROGIES
Steak Sandwiches
Sausage Sandwiches
and lots more!!
FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!