Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

CLEMENTIAN
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Vol. XX 13
September 28, 2014
The prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel introduced a new insight. It is
not only the nation as a whole that must make moral choices and
suffer their consequences. Every person must decide to obey or
disobey the word of God spoken in the Law and the prophets; and
every person must take the consequences. In that sense, judgment
belongs to the one who makes the choice, not to the God who
accepts it. We are fair or unfair to ourselves.
Both prophet and evangelist remind us that no choice is definitive
except the final one. The son may say one thing now and do
another later. In fact, most of us have played both the first son and
the second: we have made commitments we have not kept and
kept commitments we had not made. Our lives are always in the
making through the process of decision. Yet we shape ourselves
gradually into one consistent pattern of obedience or
disobedience by the choices we make.
The gospel, echoing many an Old Testament passage, suggests
that it is not we alone who are affected by the outcome. In the
parable, the man is father to both sons. In the story of Jesus, God is
parent to the chief priests and elders as well as to the tax collectors
and prostitutes. He sends the word of salvation to them both. We
can imagine the father standing at his door awaiting the return of
both the sons he sent to the vineyard. And only one appears.
Whatever our past choices, today’s message is clear: now is
always the time to repair and believe. No one is so urgent about
our decision as the God who has given us both the choice and the
power to make it in Christ Jesus. “Do I indeed derive any pleasure
from the death of the wicked?” Do I not rather rejoice when he
turns from his evil way that he may live?” (Ezek 18:23).
Our readings for next weekend, October 4 and 5: Isaiah 5: 1-7; Philippians 4: 6-9; Matthew 21: 33-43
Worship Book #943
DAILY MASS READINGS
Mon., Sept. 29 – Prv 3: 27-34; Lk 8: 16-18
Tues., Sept. 30 – Prv 21: 1-6, 10-13; Lk 8: 19-21
Weds. Oct. 1 – Prv 30: 5-9; Lk 9: 1-6
Thurs, Oct. 2 – Eccl 1: 2-11; Lk 9: 7-9
Fri., Oct. 3 – Eccl 3: 1-11; Lk 9: 18-22
Sat. Oct. 4 – Eccl 11: 9—12:8: Lk 9: 43b-45
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Stewardship
Needed
Over/Under
Sept. 21
$ 4,990
$ 6,784
$ (1,794)
YTD
$59,502
$67,840
$ (9,238)
Charities
$147
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR – BACK TO
SCHOOL, AUTUMN, FOOTBALL AND
SAINT CLEMENT LOTTERY CALENDARS
– COMING SOON!
CALENDAR WINNERS
Sept. 17 – Dorothy Mathews, #356
Sept. 18 – Doug & Cyndi Atterbury, #292
Sept. 19 – Ray Herdman, #509
Sept. 20 – Sam Imler, #249
Sept. 21 – Mary Casto, #194
Sept. 22 – Thomas Pastovic, #784
Sept. 23 – Brian Horvath, #311
CCA NEWS
On September 17th, Father Matthew
Reese, our Diocesan Vocations Director,
visited Cathedral Catholic Academy and
held a Holy Hour for all of our students in
Kindergarten through grade 8. It was an
enlightening experience for students and
teachers alike. We sang in Latin, the
traditional language of the Church. He
stressed the importance of making time to
be silent in order to listen to what God
might be telling us. In our world today,
where we are bombarded with noise and
bells and technology, that is not always an
easy task. However, we must make time to
LISTEN. We sat in silence for ten minutes
listening--to see if God is speaking to us.
We also held Benediction to the Blessed
Sacrament. This experience was a
wonderful way to start the school year!
-- Mrs. Rose Batzel, Principal
BASKET OF CHEER
We are going to be chancing off a
basket of cheer and are asking
parishioners to consider donating a bottle
of wine or liquor.
You may put your
donations on the tables at the entrances
of the church or drop them off at the
rectory. Thank you for your consideration.
PRE NEWS
Both Sunday morning Religion Classes
and Sacramental Preparation Classes are
going well! It is a joy to meet with our
youth and watch them embrace the love
of Christ! It’s also a pleasure to see our
candidates meet and often exceed the
service requirement of their preparation.
They are providing an excellent example
of how all Catholics should be active in
service. We hope you will join us in our
upcoming projects!
As I write this, I am awaiting dates for
jewelry making, crochet classes, and
fundraising events, all of which are
currently being planned. Please watch the
Communication Center bulletin board
near the stairs to the Social Hall and
stclementjohnstown.org for information
and dates as they become available!
Speaking of dates, due to Oct. 5th,
Marian Celebration with Bishop Mark at St.
Benedict’s Church, the ninth grade
Confirmation Preparation Session has been
rescheduled. We will now meet on Oct.
19th. Based on the responses from the
online information session, we will meet
from 1-3 in the Social Hall. If you have not
yet submitted your attendance form,
please do so.
Also, the Reconciliation Preparation
Retreat for second graders has been
moved to Nov. 9th in the Social Hall. We
will meet with parents and students from
9:15am-11:30am. This also gives you extra
time to complete your scrap books, which I
look forward to seeing!
Students in grades 1,5, and 9 will be
having Safe Environment sessions during
PRE classes on Oct. 12th. They will be
bringing
home
letters
with
more
information this Sunday. Please check their
folders.
I would also like to meet with PREP next
Sunday, Oct. 5th at 9:30 in the Adult Ed
Building. Please try to attend this BRIEF and
IMPORTANT meeting!
We are still looking for young musicians to
join our children’s choir. You are welcome
even if you sing with another group!
Finally, I hope you remembered to pick
up the name of one of our K-12 graders to
pray for this school year. As always we
appreciate your prayers and support. May
God Bless You, Mandy Vigna, DRE
Saint Clement Parish Family offers our
sympathy to the family of J. Roger
Corcoran; and to Jim and Evelyn Haggerty
and Mary Bidelman on the death of their
sister-in-law, Rita Haggerty. Please keep
them in your prayers.
A LIFETIME OF SERVICE,
A MOMENT OF THANKS
Next weekend, October 4th and 5th, we
will take up a special collection for
medical and retirement needs of our
active and senior diocesan priests. Your
generous response will provide relief to the
men who bring us closer to Christ through
worship, service and community. Please
use the special envelope provided. Thank
you.
SUPER BOWL TICKETS
Take a chance on winning a Super Bowl
Package for 2 or $10,000.00 in cash!
Tickets are available at all the entrances to
the church and at the rectory. Flyers
advertising the ticket are also available in
the church if you can help spread the
word by displaying it somewhere.
For
each 5 tickets you sell, your name will be
put into a drawing to win $500. Also, the
seller of the grand prize will receive $500.
Ticket sales are going well, but we have a
long way to go! Our goal is to sell all 5,000
tickets this year!! If everyone purchases or
sells a few tickets, we can do it!!!
Life Matters-Marriage: It is not licit, even for
the gravest reasons, to do evil so that good
may follow or to make into the object of a
positive act of the will something which is
intrinsically
disordered,
and
hence
unworthy of the human person, even when
the intention is to safeguard or promote
individual, family or social well-being.
Life Matters: While many today readily
acknowledge the dignity and value of
human life after birth, they seem to think
that ascribing dignity and value to live
before birth is a throwback to outmoded
religious beliefs, having no place in our
modern scientific world. Yet it is science
that is proving them wrong. Science shows
us the humanity and personhood of
children in the womb who, far from being
inert and passive tissue, actively direct their
own development.
Life Matters-Religious Liberty: I invite all
Christians, everywhere, at this very
moment,
to
a
renewed
personal
encounter with Jesus Christ, or at least an
openness to letting him encounter them; I
ask all of you to do this unfailingly each
day. No one should think that this invitation
is not meant for him or her, since “no one is
excluded from the joy brought by the
Lord”.[1] The Lord does not disappoint
those who take this risk; whenever we take
a step towards Jesus, we come to realize
that he is already there, waiting for us with
open arms. Pope Francis, USCCB
Life Chain - Sunday, Oct. 5th, 1-2 pm,
Broad St. near Sheetz - peaceful, prayerful
end to abortion.
Pub
blic Square
e Rosary - Saturday,, Oct. 11th,
Noo
on – St. Clement
C
Church
C
parking lot rain or shine - bring a chair.
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Plea
ase come
e
and
d join us as we invoke Our
O
Lady'ss
intercession at this time in our worrld.
MAR
RIAN CELEBRATION
N
he Marian Celebration will be
e held on
n
Th
th
Sunday, Octo
ober 5 at
a 3:00 PM
M at Saintt
Ben
nedict Chu
urch. The theme is “Mary, ass
the New Evan
ngelization
n”. Bishop
p Mark will
be the
t
princip
pal celebrrant. This Mass
M
fulfillss
your Sunday obligation.
o
.
Ann
nual Prolife
e Breakfast – Saturrday, Oct..
18th, 9 AM, Holy Na
ame, Ebe
ensburg Inte
ernational Speaker and Associate off
Priest for Life, Dr. Alveda
a King, (Niiece of Dr..
Marrtin Luther King) - co
ost - $9.00 - advance
e
sale
es, 288-2530.
BABYSITTER
A Parish Fa
amily is in need of a reliable
e
indiv
vidual to provide after schoo
ol care forr
their two children, age
es 9 and 11,
1 in theirr
hom
me.
Ho
ours are Monday through
h
Thurrsday from
m 3:15 to 5:30
5
PM and Fridayss
1:15
5 to 5:30 PM
M. Call Gina at 525--2380.
SA
ANCTUAR
RY LIGHT
Th
he sanctua
ary light th
his week is from Sam
m
and
d Ruth Mo
orello, in memory
m
of Lou and
d
Ade
ele Morello
o.
If you would
d like to do
onate, ple
ease fill outt
the form belo
ow and retturn in the collection
n
basket. The $10 che
eck may be made
e
pay
yable to Saint
S
Clem
ment Chu
urch. The
e
requ
uests will be
b on a first come ba
asis.
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me __________________
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Inte
ention________________
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PRAYE
ER OF PO
OPE FRAN
NCIS
FO
OR THE SYNOD ON
O THE FAMILY
F
On Octob
O
ber 8, 20
013, Pop
pe Franciss
ann
nounced that in October
O
2
2014
there
e
wou
uld be an Extraordinary Genera
al
Asse
embly of the
t
Synod of Bishopss on topicss
rela
ated to th
he family and evan
ngelization
n.
Pop
pe Franciss provided
d this pray
yer for the
e
Synod of Bishops
B
on
n the Fa
amily.
A
worrldwide da
ay of Pray
yer for the
e Synod of
Bish
hops is pla
anned for Sunday, Septembe
S
r
28, 2014.
Jesu
us, Mary and
a
Joseph
h,
in you
y
we con
ntemplate
e
the splendor of true love,
to you
y
we turrn with trust.
Holy
y Family of Nazareth
h,
grant that our families too
t
may be place
es of communion an
nd prayer,
autthentic sch
hools of the
e Gospel
and
d small domestic Churches.
Holy
y Family of Nazareth
h,
may families never aga
ain
perience violence, re
ejection an
nd
exp
diviision:
may all who have
h
been
n hurt or
andalized
sca
find
d ready co
omfort and
d healing.
Holy
y Family of Nazareth
h,
may the approaching Synod
S
of Bishops
B
make us once
e more mindful
of the sacred
dness and inviolability
i
y of the
fam
mily,
and
d its beautty in God’ss plan.
us, May an
nd Joseph
h,
Jesu
graciously he
ear our prayer.
HOUSEK
KEEPER
TH
HE LIFT MINISTRY
Thank you for
f your co
ontinued support
s
off
the Lift Ministry
y. The October Birth
hdays are:
Octtober 12th
Ann
na Pioli
Laurelview Village, Room
m 510
1000
0 Vista Lan
ne
Dav
vidsville, PA
A 15928
Octtober 26th
Arle
ene Gradw
wohl
Arbutus Park Manor
M
207 Ottawa Sttreet
Johnstown, PA
A 15904
Octtober 30th
Barb
bara Boltz
Mea
adow View
w Nursing Center,
C
Ro
oom 114
1404
4 Hay Stree
et
Berlin, PA 155
530
“If you
y want to lift
l yourself up,
u lift up soomeone
else.”
Stt. Clementt Parish rectory is in need of a
parrt-time ho
ousekeepe
er – 6-8 hours pe
er
wee
ek – hours and dayss are flexib
ble. Dutiess
incllude lightt houseke
eeping (va
acuuming
g,
dussting, etc.) and laun
ndry. Please call the
e
rectory at 255
5-4422 if interested.
W will have the Bllessing of Pets nexxt
We
Satu
urday, Oc
ctober 4th at 11:00 AM
A on the
e
fron
nt steps of the Churc
ch.
NEW
WS
FISH FRY
F
SSS. Gregory
y & Barnab
bas will hold
d a Fish Fry
y
on Friday, Oc
ctober 3rd from
f
4:00 to 7:00 PM
M
in th
heir social hall in Daisytown. Fish
F
fried or
bak
ked, fried shrimp. Walk in - Take-outss
only
y.
PE
ENNY PIE SOCIAL
The St. Cllement Parissh Family congratulates
c
s
n Concannoon on being selected as a member off
John
the 2014
2
Class of Catechisst Magazinee Honorees.
Johnn was nominnated by Sistter Dolores Partsch,
P
CSJJ
and was one of only 24 nom
minees out of
o thousandss
who was recoognized forr his enthuusiasm andd
dediccation as a catechist and his passionatee
engaagement in parish
p
life. John enliveens his highh
schoool classes with
w video, acctivities andd discussionss
while making faaith relevant to today’s teen.
t
Thankk
you, John, for evverything yo
ou do for ouur parish andd
b
a sppecial energy
y and enthussiasm to ourr
for bringing
Parissh Religiouss Education Program!
P
Stt. Anne’ss Confratternity of Christian
n
Mothers will be
b holding
g a Penny Pie Socia
al
e’s Churc
ch Hall, Woodland
d
at St. Anne
enue, Moxxham, on October
O
5th from 1:00
0
Ave
PM – 4:00 PM. Admissio
on is $1.25.
THE LOST ARTT OF DRES
SS
Th
he Notre Dame
D
Clu
ub of Cen
ntral PA, in
n
con
njunction with Bottleworks, will
w present
th,
the October 9 Hesburgh Lectture Seriess
eve
ent: ”The Lost Art of Dress."
Linda
a
Przb
byszewski, visiting professor from
f
the
e
Univ
versity of Notre Dame, is the
t
Guest
Lec
cturer. The lecture wiill be FREE and open
n
to the
t
genera
al public; it will be held
h
at the
e
Bottleworks at
a 6:00 PM..
BING
GO
bak
ke sale on Friday,Oc
ct.3, from 3:00
3
to 6:00
0
PM. The costt for the barbeque
b
will be $6
6.
The
e proceed
ds from the fund
draiser will
dire
ectly bene
efit the resid
dents of th
he home!
CASH BASH
B
F
FAUSTINA
A: MESSEN
NGER OF DIVINE
MERC
CY
SS. Gregory
y & Barna
abas Altar & Rosary
y
Society will hold a Bing
go on Oc
ctober 19thh
from
m 1:00 to 3:00
3
PM. Doors
D
open
n at noon..
Cosst is $10 (9 cards-20 games).
g
SS. Gregory & Barnab
bas will ho
old a Cash
h
th
Bash
h on Octo
ober 18 frrom 7:00 to
t 9:00 PM
M
in their
t
socia
al hall in Daisytown. Doorss
ope
en at 6:00 PM for din
nner. $150 drawing
g
eve
ery 15 min
nutes; 9:00
0 PM draw
wing is forr
$500
0. Cost is $10 which includes dinner,,
snac
cks, beer and soda
a. Please
e call the
e
pariish office @536-6818 to pu
urchase a
ticke
et. Only 350 availab
ble.
Th
he First Ann
nual St. Be
enedict Oktoberfest
O
t
th
h
will be held on Saturday
y, Oct. 18 at the St..
Ben
nedict School Hall, 2310
2
Bedfo
ord Street..
Doo
ors open at
a 6:00 PM
M – Music
c by Rosie
e
and
d the Jamm
mers from 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
$25 per perso
on include
es food, soft
s
drinks,,
com
mplimentary draft be
eers and samples
s
off
seassonal and
d craft beers.
b
V
Valid
ID iss
requ
uired. Doo
or prizes, In
nstant Bing
go Tickets,,
50/5
50 Drawin
ng throug
ghout the evening..
For tickets,
t
co
ontact 266--9718, ext. 501.
Th
he Presby
yterian Home
H
of Greaterr
Johnstown Au
uxiliary is sp
ponsoring this year'ss
"Pum
mpkin Patc
ch" fundra
aiser. The "P
Patch" will
be set
s up & ready
r
to go
g @ the home,
h
787
7
Gou
ucher Stre
eet. The dates are
e Fridays,,
Satu
urdays and
d Sundays on Sept. 26,
2 27, 28,
Octt. 3, 4,5 & Oct. 10,,11,12. The
e times off
ope
eration will be 11:00
0 AM untiil 6:00 PM..
Therre will be
e a chick
ken barbe
eque and
d
Fa
austina, the movin
ng, live production
p
n
perrformed by
b actress Maria Vargo
V
and
d
dire
ected by Leonardo
o Defilippiis of Saint
Luke Producttions, will be
b presented at JFK
K
ditorium, Saint Fra
ancis Univ
versity on
n
Aud
th
Thursday, November 20
0 at 10:0
00 AM and
d
0 PM. The event is sponsore
ed by Lay
y
7:00
Stew
wardship Foundatio
on and Sa
aint Franciss
Univ
versity.
Exxperience firsthand the life and
d
message of Saint
S
Fausttina whose
e persona
al
enc
counters with
w
Jesu
us have inspired
i
a
worrld-wide devotion to Chrisst’s Divine
e
Mercy. This drama
d
also
o brings au
udiences a
rive
eting mod
dern story that makes Divine
e
mercy remarrkably relevant and urgent for
our world tod
day. The program
p
iss filled with
h
all the elem
ments of professiona
p
al theaterr,
runss 90 minuttes, and is suitable fo
or ages 13
3
and
d up.
Admission iss free-will offering; tickets
t
are
e
nee
eded for admission.
a
Limited free
f
ticketss
are availab
ble at Britz
B
& Associates
A
s,
Hollidaysburg
g, PA, 10:00 to 4:00 PM
M,
ough Thurrsday and
d at Saint
Monday thro
ncis Unive
ersity, Cam
mpus Minisstry Office
e
Fran
durring busine
ess hours while
w
supplies last.