MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday Vigil ................................................ 4:30 PM Sunday ......................... 8:30 AM, 10 AM & 12 noon Monday, Tuesday, Thursday to Saturday ..... 8 AM Wednesday .........................................................7 PM

(with Novena in Honor of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal & St. Peregrine)

CONFESSIONS

Saturday ................................................. 3:30 to 4 PM Wednesday ...........................6:15 to 6:40 PM Sharp

(before Mass & Novena)

PARISH STAFF

Pastor, Rev. Leon J. Biernat ........................ ext. 105 Weekend Assoc., Rev. Robert G. Beiter Deacon Gregory Feary ............................... ext. 125 Deacon John Gaulin ................................... ext. 126 Deacon David Rotterman .......................... ext. 128 Pastoral Associate, Sr. Joyce King, C.S.S.Fext. 103 Accounting Manager, Margaret Lucas .. ext. 104 Secretary, Donna Faatz .............................. ext. 101 Receptionist, Mae Nestico ......................... ext. 102 Receptionist, Irene Andrzejewski ............... ext. 108 Religious Ed., Diane Liptak............. 684-4664, ext. 2 School Principal, Diane Liptak ...... 684-4664, ext. 2 Youth Minister, Elizabeth (Liz) Zahm .......... ext. 112 Music Minister, Peter Gonciarz .................. ext. 110 Council President ......................... Mary Lou Ardino Trustees ............ Michael Conboy & William Maher Pastor’s Advisory Board (P.A.B) ................. ext. 130

DIRECTORY

Rectory ......................................................... 683-6522 Fax ................................................................. 685-8066 Parish Website ......................... www.olpparish.com Parish Email ............... ladyofpompeii@yahoo.com School/Latch Key ....................................... 684-4664 School Hall ................................................... 683-9712 School Website ................................ www.olops.org

RECTORY OFFICE HOURS

Monday–Friday ....................................... 9 AM–5 PM

BULLETIN DEADLINE

Monday at 11 AM for the following Sunday.

BINGO

Sundays: 7 PM; Tuesdays & 1st Saturdays: 7:30 PM

ARE YOU CATHOLIC? Do you have questions about the

Catholic Church or about how one becomes Catholic? Call

Deacon Greg at 683-6522 ext. 125 and leave a message. All

calls are confidential. Anytime by request.

BAPTISMS: Celebrated on the third Sunday of the month at

1:00 PM. Call the rectory three to four months before the birth

of the child. A baptismal class for parents and Godparents/

sponsors and letters of recommendation are required prior to

a baptism date being scheduled.

MARRIAGE: Couples must schedule a wedding date at least 6

months in advance. Couples must participate in a marriage

preparation program. The parish sponsors such a program.

CARE OF THE SICK: If you or anyone you know is hospitalized or

would like to receive the Sacraments of Anointing of the Sick,

Reconciliation or Communion, please contact the rectory

during office hours. In the case of an emergency, call the

rectory at anytime.

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AUGUST 3, 2014 EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Monday, August 4 - St. John Vianney 8:00 AM Frances Bednasz - Jim & Carol Bednasz

Tuesday, August 5 8:00 AM Thanksgiving for Blessings Received -

The Andrzejewski Family

Wednesday, August 6 - Transfiguration of

the Lord 7:00 PM Irene Wrobel - Roseann Kazmierczak

Thursday, August 7 - SS. Sixtus II &

Cajetan 8:00 AM George Czyzowski (Anniv) -Chris & Joe

Pesany 8:00 AM Our Lady of Pompeii Parish Family - Fr. Dennis Fronczak

Friday, August 8 - St. Dominic 8:00 AM Thanksgiving for Blessings - Greg

Jankiewicz

Saturday, August 9 - St. Teresa Benedicta 8:00 AM Beatrice Hruby - The Family 4:30 PM Agatha (Katy) Nestico (Anniv) -Kathy &

Frank Stock 4:30 PM Deceased Members of the Dittmer Family

- Dorothy Cizewski

Sunday, August 10 - Nineteenth Sunday in

Ordinary Time 8:30 AM Anthony & Vincenza Inglese - The

Inglese Family 10:00 AM Estelle Binda (Anniv) - Mr. & Mrs.

Christopher Kempf 12 NOON Intention of Steve Allen

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SUNDAY CONTRIBUTION

Weekly Adult Envelopes ................................ $8,947.00 Loose Basket - Non Envelope ........................... $420.15 Total Sunday Offering .................................... $9,367.15 Extraordinary Collection………………………..$00.00

Living Rosary On Thursday, August 14th, after the 7:00 PM Vigil Mass for the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we will have a candlelit Living Rosary said at the Grotto (or in church in case of inclement weather). If

you are interested in being part of the Living Rosary, which means reciting the beginning of the Our Father or Hail Mary, please fill in the cut-out to the left. All participants will meet at the Grotto (or in front of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the front of the church) at 6:30 PM on August 14th for a quick rehearsal. Please put the cut-out in the collection basket or drop it off at the rectory by Sunday, August 8th.

Living Rosary

Name:…………………………………… Phone Number:……………………………. E-mail Address:………………………….

Ministry Center is Moving All meetings that were previously held at the Ministry Center on Burlington Avenue will now be held, beginning September 1st, 2014, in the Our Lady of Pompeii School, which will be known as the Our Lady of Pompeii Ministry Center.

All facility requests already handed in will get first accommodations in the new center. This facility is handicapped accessible.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Donna at 683-6522, ext.101.

More information will be forthcoming as progress is made at the new campus.

Reserve

Your Room Now It’s that time of year again for organizations/groups to reserve a room for the upcoming fiscal year (September, 2014 thru August, 2015)

here at Our Lady of Pompeii. If you have not received a Facility Request form, please stop by the rectory during business hours to pick one up or email Donna at ladyofpompeii@yahoo.com and she can send you one. All requests are on a first come, first serve basis.

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A SPIRITUALITY OF NON-HURRYING

We used to call these the lazy days of summer. I don’t know about you but I find myself busier than ever even when this

should be a relaxing time. I came across this little reflection by Fr. Ron Rolheiser that gave me a little to think about.

~Deacon Greg

Some spiritual writers see hurry as an obstacle to spiritual growth. Donald Nicholl says, “hurry is a form of violence exercised upon time”, an attempt, as it were, to make time God’s time our own, our private property. There are kinds of hurry that come from simple circumstance and duty. Almost every one of us, at least during our working years, has too many things to do. We struggle to juggle the demands of relationships, family, work, school, church, child-care, shopping, attention to health, concern for appearance, house-work, preparing meals, rent and mortgage payments, car payments, commuting to and from work, bus schedules, unwanted accidents, unforeseen interruptions, illnesses, and countless other things that eat up more time than is seemingly available. The gospels tell us that even Jesus was so busy at times that he didn’t have time to eat. Sometimes we are being stretched to the limit, being over-extended, having to juggle too many things all at once, driving faster than we’d like, working to the point of exhaustion, even as there is still more that we should ideally be doing. Sometimes we have to hurry just to make do and simple circumstance and duty eat up every available minute of our time. That’s not necessarily an obstacle to holiness, but can be one of its paths. Still we have to be careful not to rationalize. God didn’t make a mistake in creating time, God made enough of it, and when we can’t find enough time and, as the Psalmist says, find ourselves getting up ever earlier and going to bed ever later because we have too much to do, we need to see this as a sign that sooner or later we had better make some changes. When we hurry too much and for too long we end up doing violence to time, to ourselves, and to our blood pressure.

Vocation View Nothing will separate us from the love of Christ. If God is calling you to full time service in the church,

do not be afraid. The Lord is with you. If God is calling you, call Father Walter Szczesny at 716-847-5535. You can also check out the “Priest of the Month” stories on our website - www.buffalovocations.org.

Catholic Charities The Marriage Counseling Center of Catholic Charities offers two locations (Amherst and West Seneca) and is a unique resource in Western New York because of

its dedication to counseling couples for more than 50 years. Services are provided by master’s level therapists who specialize in couples’ treatment, pre-marital counseling and individual counseling for relationship problems. To refer a couple, simply give the interested party our phone number (716)839-4406 and have them call our office between 8:45 AM and 4:45 PM weekdays. Find Catholic Charities at ccwny.org, facebook.com/ccbuffalo and twitter.com/ccbuffalo.

Food Pantry The Food Pantry is always in need of donations. Next weekend is the time to bring non-perishable food items for the Food Pantry. Items can be put in containers

located in the back of the church and the parking Lot entrances. The Food Pantry is also always in need of paper products and personal care items, such as toothpaste, cleaning supplies, paper towels, toilet paper, etc. Please help the people in need in our community.

We welcome into our family all newly baptized Christians and offer congratulations to the parents of:

Dominick John Dinino - July 27, 2014

Charlotte Anne Pease - July 27, 2014

School is out - Watch our children

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Faith Moment Reflection

For Today’s Readings Are you hungry? Physical hunger can really affect us...changing our mood...zapping our strength...lowering our productivity. It’s only when we are nourished that we feel like ourselves again.

Our reading today reminds us of another hunger - spiritual hunger - that can affect us even more profoundly. In our gospel story of the miracle of the loaves and fishes, Jesus has learned of the death of John the Baptist and is in mourning. Jesus sets off in a boat to pray, to be nourished by the Father. With renewed strength, Jesus returns to the crowd that has gathered and performs a miracle to feed them. What Jesus gave the crowd was much more than food to satisfy their physical hunger. He fed them spiritually as well, offering the care and compassion of our loving God.

Seek nourishment from God so that you may be strength-ened to satisfy the needs of others.

Provided by Christ the King Seminary

Praying with Icons Come learn about a fascinating way to pray using ancient painting called Icons, with local Inconographer David Barnas. This presentation will take place on Wednesday, August 13th from 7 - 8:30

PM in the cafeteria of St. Mary of the Assumption School. To Sign up, call Janet Dutro at St. Mary’s at 683-6445.

A Unique Retreat

Experience Our Lady of Pompeii and St. Mary of the Assumption is hosting an Icon Writing Retreat. Come and experience a Spirit-filled retreat practicing the ancient art of Icon Writing as we paint the Icon “Angel with the Golden Hair,” a 12th century icon of the Angel Gabriel. The retreat will take place, Thursday, August 14th

through Sunday, August 17th from 9AM to 5PM in St. Mary’s school cafeteria. The cost of the weekend retreat is $100 (payable to St. Mary of the Assumption Church) and includes all of the materials needed to create the icon, instruction and prayer by Iconogbrapher, David Barnas (djbarnas@gmail.com). Number of retreat participants is very limited (10 People). Registration closes August 1st. If you have any questions about this unique approach to spirituality, feel free to contact Deacon Greg at deacon.gregfeary@gmail.com. I’ll be making the retreat as well.

Respect Life 8. Married love particularly reveals its true nature and nobility when we realize that it takes its origin from God, who “is love,” (6) the Father “from whom every

family in heaven and on earth is named.”(7)

Marriage, then, is far from being the effect of chance or the result of the blind evolution of natural forces. It is in reality the wise and provident institution of God the Creator, whose purpose was to effect in man His loving design. As a consequence, husband and wife, through that mutual gift of themselves, which is specific and exclusive to them alone, develop that union of two persons in which they perfect one another, cooperating with God in the generations and rearing of new lives. The marriage of those who have been baptized is, in addition, invested with the dignity of a sacramental sign of grace, for it represents the union of Christ and His Church.

Source: excerpt from Humana Vitae

There will be a meeting of the Middle School Youth Board on Monday, August 4th. Please make every effort to attend. For more information, please call Liz Zahm at 683-6522 ext. 112.

Bingo & Bell Jar Workers Sunday’s

August 3 - Team 2 August 10 - 3

Tuesday’s August 5 - Team 3

August 12 - Team 4

Holy Humor A Deacon parked his car in a no-parking zone in a large city because he was short of time and couldn’t find a space with a meter. Then he puts a note under the windshield wiper that read: “I have circled the block 10 times. If I don’t park here, I’ll miss my appointment. Forgive us our trespasses.” When he returned, he found a citation from a police officer along with this note: “I have circled this block for 10 years. If I don’t give you a ticket, I’ll lose my job. Lead us not into temptation.”

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Sunday, August 3 All Masses Missionary for Propagation of Faith 8:30 AM Rosary Society Mass - CH 7:00 PM Bingo - SSPP Aud.

Monday, August 4 No Activities

Tuesday, August 5 7:00 PM Frassati - Room 3 7:30 PM Bingo - SSPP Aud.

Wednesday, August 6 10:00 AM Confirmation Retreat - Columban

Center 6:15 PM Confessions - CH 6:40 PM Rosary by 7:00 PM Mass with Novena

Thursday, August 7 10:00 AM Return Home from Confirmation Retreat

Friday, August 8 No Activities

Saturday, August 9 8:40 AM Priest Cenacle - CH 3:30 - 4 PM Confessions 4:30 PM Second Collection for the

Propagation of Faith

Sunday, August 10 All Masses Second Collection for the

Propagation of Faith 8:30 AM Holy Name Mass - CH 7:00 PM Bingo - SSPP Aud.

Please remember in your daily prayers those who have died, especially Audrey Smith and Chester Kupka. Also, please remember those who are ill, especially, Cheryl McCarthy, Michael Fridmann, Audrey Wojtkiewicz, Betty Earsing, Steve Allen, Judy Brown, Julia Zynda, Daniel Krzanak, Dave Keller, Chet Binda, Linda D’Auria, Carley Stefaniak, Nicole Miller, Evangaline Lanthier, Marlene Smith, Baby Cameron, Grandpa Steve, Dennis Casillo, Gilda Baccari, Jadwiga Przybyszewski, Ron Brady, Mary & Dennis Lojek, Thomas Golpl, Grace & Jacob Easton, Ken Majka, Thomas Ackley, Jr., Emily (Goldyn) Harzewski, Judy Lukowski, Irene & Richard Domagala, Francis Rash, Dorothy Miniri, Mary Gallo, Jeff Faatz, Mark Wojciechowski, Arlene Passalugo, Phyllis Newton, John DiBartolomeo, Linda Farruggio, and all those who are ailing, homebound or in nursing homes.

Readings for the Week of

August 3, 2014

Sunday: Is 55:1-3/Rom 8:35, 37-39/Mt 14:13-21 Monday: Jer 28:1-17/Mt 14:22-36 Tuesday: Jer 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22/Mt 14:22-36 or Mt 15:1-2, 10-14 Wednesday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/2 Pt 1:16-19/Mt 17:1- 9 Thursday: Jer 31:31-34/Mt 16:13-23 Friday: Na 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7/Mt 16:24-28 Saturday: Hb 1:12--2:4/Mt 17:14-20 Next Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a/Rom 9:1-5/Mt 1 4:22-33 ©Liturgical Publications Inc

But they said to him, "Five loaves and two fish are all we

have here." Then he said, " Bring them to me," and he

ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the

five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven,

he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to

the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. -

M14:17-19

Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass ©2001, 1998,

1970 CCD

Healing Mass Anointing of the Sick Healing Mass in honor of St. Peregrine will be held on Monday, August 18th at 7:00 PM at St. John Neumann - St. Mary Queen of the Rosary worship site, Strykersville. Rev. David Bellittiere and the Friends of St. Peregrine cordially invite those afflicted with cancer or need special healing who wish to receive the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick to attend this healing Mass. For further information, call 716-283-0011 or visit http://www.stperry.org/.

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Next Weekend MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Saturday, August 9 4:30 PM L. Burns, J. Cianciosa, L. Glomb, B.

Mendola, D. Kinnin, B. Zgoda

Sunday, August 10 8:30 AM L. Salvatore, R. Wagner 10:00 AM D. & G. Horn, L. Kufel, B. Mordino, S.

Allen, M. Ardino 12 NOON C. Church, S. Galasso

LECTORS

Saturday, August 9 4:30 PM T. Distefano

Sunday, August 10 8:30 AM G. Kaczmarczk 10:00 AM R. Nowicki 12 NOON M. Gauchat

ALTAR SERVERS

Saturday, August 9 4:30 PM T. Kreil, S. McCarthy, J. Cianciosa

Sunday, August 10 8:30 AM J. Budzynski, T. Scibetta, M. Wild 10:00 AM M., N., & K. Devine, E. Maher 12 NOON D. May & E. Laraiso

Altar Server Training We will be having a training session this summer for all children or teens interested in volunteering for altar serving. The training session will be held on Sunday, August 17th from 1:00 to 3:00 PM in the church. To qualify as an altar server, you must have made your First Communion. Please fill out the cutout below and return it to the rectory office or put it in the Sunday collection basket. We are desperately in need of servers for the

4:30 and Noon Masses. Please note the change in the training session. There

will be only one session, on August 17th.

Altar Server Classes Name……………………………………………………..

Address…………………………………………………..

Age: ………………………………………………………

Phone Number:…………………………………………