MINISTRY TO THE SICK AND SHUT-INS Our Parish Nurse and Ladies of Charity are available for

home visits and distribution of Holy Communion.

Please call if you want a visit or need assistance.

Accept GOD’s love, and live! Share GOD’s love, and thrive!

Reverend Daniel T. Straughn, S.T.L., Pastor

LIBERTY SITE (LB) - Saint Eugene Church 3210 Liberty Way • McKeesport, PA 15133

MASS SCHEDULE Mon., Wed. & Fri. ................................ 8:30am Sat. Vigil ............................................... 6:00pm

PORT VUE SITE (PV) - Saint Joseph Church 1125 Romine Avenue • McKeesport, PA 15133

MASS SCHEDULE Tues., Thurs. & Sat. .............................. 8:30am Sunday .................................................. 8:00am Sunday ................................................ 11:00am

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION 5:15pm Saturdays at our Liberty site and anytime upon request.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Engaged couples are to participate in a Marriage Preparation Class.

Please contact our Administration Center six months prior to the anticipated wedding date.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Baptisms are the 1st Sunday and 3rd Sunday of the month after

the 11:00am Mass. Pre-Baptism Class is required. Please contact our Administration Center three months prior to the anticipated birth.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM Classes are held at our Port Vue site for Grades K-8

on Sundays from 9:30am−12 Noon, October thru May.

NEW PARISHIONERS We welcome new members at Saint Mark Parish.

Those wishing to join are invited to introduce themselves to Father Daniel and contact our Administration Center.

OFFICE HOURS: 9:00am to 1:00pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

BULLETIN DEADLINE: Thursday 12:00 Noon Submit written requests to saintmarkparishdiopitt@gmail.com

SAINT MARK PARISH MISSION STATEMENT (Promulgated January 2014 by the People of Saint Mark Parish)

We are Saint Mark Parish, a family of brothers and sisters alive in Christ. Protected by Saint Mark the Evangelist, we continue to thrive with Strength, Vibrancy, Humility and Sacrifice. The Grace of the Holy Spirit guides us; the Eucharist nurtures us; and we embrace our mission to spread the Gospel message to all.

ADMINISTRATION CENTER

1125 Romine Avenue • McKeesport, Pennsylvania 15133 Email: saintmarkparishdiopitt@gmail.com

www.saintmarkdiopitt.org https://www.facebook.com/saintmarkdiopitt

Telephone: 412-678-MARK (6275) • Fax: 412-673-1393 Religious Education: 412-678-6275 x102

Youth Ministry: 412-678-6275 x105 • Parish Nurse: 412-754-0317 Father Rowan Hall: 412-678-3443

Mary of Nazareth Catholic School: 412-672-2360 Victim Assistance Hotline: 1-888-808-1235

30 SEPTEMBER 2018 ● TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

SAINT MARK PARISH MCKEESPORT, PA

TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 30 SEPTEMBER 2018

Readings for the Week of 30 September 2018 Sunday: Nm 11:25-29/Ps 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14 [9a]/Jas 5:1-6/Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 Monday: Jb 1:6-22/Ps 17:1bcd, 2-3, 6-7 [6]/Lk 9:46-50 Tuesday: Jb 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23/Ps 88:2-3, 4-5, 6, 7-8 [3]/Mt 18:1-5, 10 Wednesday: Jb 9:1-12, 14-16/Ps 88:10bc-11, 12-13, 14-15 [3]/Lk 9:57-62 Thursday: Jb 19:21-27/Ps 27:7-8a, 8b-9abc, 13-14 [13]/Lk 10:1-12 Friday: Jb 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5/Ps 139:1-3, 7-8, 9-10, 13-14ab [24b]/Lk 10:13-16 Saturday: Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17/Ps 119:66, 71, 75, 91, 125, 130 [135]/ Lk 10:17-24 Next Sunday: Gn 2:18-24/Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 [cf. 5]/Heb 2:9-11/Mk 10:2-16 or 10:2-12

Activity Schedule

Rosary prior to daily morning Mass

MONDAY, 1 October 2018 COMMUNION SERVICE (Intention Fulfilled Privately)

8:30am Private Intention .......................................... LB

TUESDAY, 2 October 2018 8:30am Nellie and Andrew Slack ............................ PV

(Pat and Jim Walk)

WEDNESDAY, 3 October 2018 8:30am Thomas Conaboy ........................................ LB

(Wife and Children)

THURSDAY, 4 October 2018 COMMUNION SERVICE (Intention Fulfilled Privately) 8:30am Private Intention .......................................... PV

FRIDAY, 5 October 2018 8:30am Bob Hornak ................................................. LB

(Wife, Pat)

SATURDAY, 6 October 2018 8:30am Margaret Pancurak ...................................... PV

(Cheryl and John Pancurak)

4:00pm Private Intention .......................................... LB

6:00pm Valecko and Milligan Families ................... LB

(Jim and MaryLou Valecko)

SUNDAY, 7 October 2018 8:00am Sister Mary "Gert" Schmidt, RSM .............. PV

(Dolores Crossen)

11:00am People of Saint Mark Parish........................ PV

Low Gluten Hosts available - please see Priest before Mass

Monday, 1 October 2018 6:30pm, Eucharistic Adoration, LB

Tuesday, 2 October 2018 9:30-11:30am, Crochet Club, PV

Wednesday, 3 October 2018 9am, Miraculous Medal Novena, LB 6:30-9pm, Youth Group Meeting, PV 7-8:30pm, Choir Practice, LB

Saturday, 6 October, 2018 3:15pm, Flu Shot Clinic, LB 4:30-10pm, Saint Mark Parish Bingo, LB

Sunday, 7 October 2018 7:15am, Flu Shot Clinic, PV 9:15-10:30am, Bell Choir Practice, PV 9:15am-12pm, REP, PV 9:45am, Blessing of Animals, PV

Sanctuary Lamp/ Altar Bread and Wine

Read the Bible. Pray over Sacred Scripture.

You can keep whatever you find...

This week the Sanctuary Lamp at our Liberty site Saint Eugene church burns for the health and wellbeing of Richard Morsey from the Ladies of Charity.

This week the Sanctuary Lamp at our Port Vue site Saint Joseph church burns in memory of George Vukovcan from Family.

This week the Altar Bread and Wine is offered for Victims of Violence and Drug Addiction.

On Mission Parish Grouping Current Mass Times

(Until 15 October 2018)

Queen of the Rosary Parish

Saturday Vigil 4:00pm

Sunday 8:30am & 11:00am

Weekday

Monday – Friday 8:00am Holy Rosary recited at 7:30am

Saint Michael Parish

Saturday Vigil 4:00pm

Sunday 8:00am, 10:00am, 12:00 Noon

Weekday

Monday – Friday 9:00am

Consider visiting our other parishes for Mass and

fellowship. And please welcome with love

any who visit our Saint Mark Parish.

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus,

I place my trust in You!!

The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart. Psalm 19

Welcome into the Faith With great joy, our Saint Mark Parish Family welcomes Jordan Ezra Donley into the Faith. We pray his family and friends will be his best examples of Faith, Virtue and Discipleship.

Eternal Rest For the repose of the souls of Joann Ryan and Earl Swartz. We extend our deepest

sympathy to our family and friends. Eternal rest grant to them, Lord.

TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 30 SEPTEMBER 2018

On Mission for the Church Alive! Implementation Prayer Service

Queen of the Rosary Church Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 6:30 PM

Father Wagner would like to invite all parishioners to come together to give praise and honor to Our Loving God. Join us in Prayer as

we begin this new journey together. A reception will follow in the Social Hall.

Breaking Bread Hymnals 2018-2019 A reminder to ask you to prayerfully consider a donation to the Hymnal Fund. This will enable us to have worship aids with music, sacred scripture and prayers to use at our celebration of weekend Masses and Holy Days. There are more details on the flyer at the church entrance and a special envelope for your contribution also located at the entrance. Please consider this opportunity and thank you for your generosity.

Bark In The Park The 3rd Annual Bark in the Park will be Saturday, 6 October, 12-5 PM at Romine Field in Port Vue. There will be vendors, food trucks, games, hourly events, blessing of the pets, and so much more!

Ministers of Hospitality: Ushers and Greeters There will be a meeting of all ushers and greeters on Tuesday, 2 October, at 6:30 PM at our Port Vue site Saint Joseph church. We will be discussing policies and procedures to be used with the onset of the new Mass schedule. If you are not a minister of Hospitality, but would like to become one, please come to this meeting to be informed of the changes that will be taking place with the new Mass schedule.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation during this time of transition.

Saint Mark Parish Flu Shot Clinic A Giant Eagle pharmacist will be available to give Flu shots and the pneumonia vaccine, which can be given along with the Flu Vaccine, on Saturday, October 6 and Sunday, October 7. Vaccines will be administered on Saturday, 3:15pm to 6pm at the Liberty Borough site, 3210 Liberty Way, in the church front entrance, and on Sunday, 7:15am to 11am at the Port Vue site, 1125 Romine Avenue, in the meeting room. Bring your insurance cards with you. Giant Eagle can bill most insurance plans (Giant Eagle does not accept United Health Care Insurance). If you have any questions regarding coverage, call your insurance carrier or Giant Eagle pharmacist Kristal at (412) 401-1909 to see if a copay may apply. Bonus: Bring your Giant Eagle Advantage Card and receive $5 in FREE groceries*. If you have questions regarding the clinic, call Pam Curcio at (412) 754-0317. *Limit one coupon per patient. Must scan Giant Eagle Advantage Card® at time of flu shot purchase receive the $5 offer. $5 offer will be automatically loaded to the customer’s Giant Eagle Advantage Card® within 24 hours after purchase. Valid from 8/1/18 through 1/31/19. Excludes PACE, PACENET, Giant Eagle Employee Funded Prescriptions. $5 offer not valid on the purchase of fuel, tobacco, cigarettes, gift cards, prescriptions or any other item prohibited by law.

Blessing of Animals There is a Blessing of Animals service next Sunday, 7 October 2018, at 9:45am in the grotto of Saint Francis at the Port Vue site (if raining, we will meet inside the church). Saint Francis of Assisi is the Patron Saint of Animals and known for his love of all of God's creatures

in nature. Bring your pets to the Port Vue site at 9:45am for this special blessing.

Saint Francis, pray for us!

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.

Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.

May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou,

O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan, and the other evil spirits, who prowl about

the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.

O Jesus, in union with Your Most Precious Blood poured out on this cross and offered in every Mass, I offer you today my prayers, works, joys, sorrows and sufferings for the praise of Your Holy Name and all the desires of Your Sacred Heart; in reparation for sin, for the conversion of sinners, the union of all Christians and our final union with You in Heaven.

TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 30 SEPTEMBER 2018

Parish Share 2018 To enable us to continue to thrive, we need the support of

every parishioner. Please be generous!

Total Assessment: $61,731.00 Total Paid: $36,352.00

Donations to Parish Share are not assessed as income for the parish. Also, once we meet our assessment, anything above that amount is ours to keep (again, non-assessed income). Please be generous! As good stewards of God’s many gifts, let us rejoice and share our gifts with others.

If we do not meet our assessment through our donations to Parish Share, the balance must be paid through our Operating Funds. Please help us satisfy our obligation. Thank you!

Offertory

23 September 2018 Weekly Offertory ................. $2,880.50 Mission Appeal................... $579.00

Thank you!

"Let not your hand be open to receive and clenched when it is time to give." (Sirach 4:31)

NEXT Weekend: Second Collection

Maintenance / Buildings & Grounds

This collection is NOT assessed! In our offertory packet is an envelope specifically marked “Maintenance/Buildings & Grounds”. This envelope is used for a second collection on the first Sunday of each month. 100% of the donations remain in the parish for continued maintenance/improvement to our parish properties.

Our generosity ensures our parish property is adequately maintained. Thank You!

Saint Mark Parish 50/50 In your offertory packet, there is a special envelope marked 50/50 Drawing--Donation $5.00. At the end of each month, one lucky winner is drawn to win half of the proceeds.

Donations

Food Bank In Memory of Faith Noll John and Sharon Noll ................ $500.00

Ladies of Charity Bill and Barbara Alwin ............... $20.00

Saint Mark Parish BINGO Mark Your Calendars! BINGO! BINGO!

Saturday, 6 October 2018. Doors open at 4:30PM @ our Liberty site, 3210 Liberty Way. Early bird games begin at 6:30PM and regular games start at 7:00PM. All paper format. Cost is $20.00 for advance ticket sales and $25.00 at the door. Chinese Auction, 50/50, Instant Bingo, Food and Door Prizes. For tickets or for special needs seating, call Lori DiMarco at: 412-678-6275 ext.105 or Cathy Esack at: 412-980-2918. Go BONGO for BINGO!

USING OFFERTORY ENVELOPES As we begin the new Interim Mass Schedule the weekend of 21 October, you may be wondering if the offertory changes. Actually, the Offertory does not change. Please continue offering your parish envelopes here at Saint Mark Parish. And if you attend Mass at Saint Michael or Queen of the Rosary Parish, you may offer your Saint Mark envelopes at those parishes, and they will forward your envelopes to our parish (as we will do for them). Your donations are not changed in how they are counted or used in our parish. Thank you for your generous and continuous support.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. Is it our light, not our darkness that most

frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about

shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. You all are meant to shine, as children do.

We were born to make manifest the Glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are

liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

- an expert from A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles A Course

in Miracles (1992) Marianne Williamson

Serra Catholic High School CLASSES OF 2023, 2024, 2025 - students and parents- please join us for the Serra Catholic High School OPEN

HOUSE on Thursday, October 11, at 7:00 p.m. Meet our faculty, parents, and students. Refreshments,

prizes and more Looking forward to seeing you!

Do Not Prevent Him – In this weekend’s Gospel the Apostles are worried when they see someone who is not one of them driving out demons in Jesus’ name. Jesus could have responded with

frustration or anger that someone was stealing his thunder. Instead, however, he welcomes this man’s

ministry, responding, “do not prevent him. For whoever is not against us is for us.” It highlights an

openness to the sharing of gifts and talents to support the work of Jesus in the world and he seeks to

heal, strengthen, forgive and empower others. On Mission for The Church Alive! provides an

opportunity for the faithful to look for new opportunities to do good in Jesus’ name. While there are

many things our parishes provide for our communities, there are always new ways to inspire faith and

serve others. If you’re already involved, welcome the good things others are seeking to do to build up

the Church. If you’re not involved, don’t be afraid to think outside the box and be open to where God might be inviting you

to be a source of light to others. Visit OnMissionChurchAlive.org to learn more. STAY ACTIVE AND STAY INFORMED!

SAINT MARK PARISH MCKEESPORT, PA

Learn Jesus! Love Jesus! Live Jesus!

...and let Jesus love you and live in you!

On Mission Parish Grouping Interim SUNDAY Mass Times (beginning 20 October 2018)

Saturday Vigil 4:00pm at Saint Michael church, 101 McLay Drive, Elizabeth, PA 15037

Saturday Vigil 6:00pm at Saint Mark Parish Liberty site Saint Eugene church, 3210 Liberty Way

Sunday 9:00am at Saint Mark Parish Port Vue site Saint Joseph church, 1125 Romine Ave.

Sunday 9:30am at Saint Michael church, 101 McLay Drive, Elizabeth, PA 15037

Sunday 11:00am at Queen of the Rosary church, 530 Michigan Ave., Glassport, PA 15045

Sunday 12:00noon at Saint Michael church, 101 McLay Drive, Elizabeth, PA 15037

On Mission Parish Grouping Interim WEEKDAY Mass Times (beginning 15 October 2018)

Monday 8:00am at Queen of the Rosary church

9:00am at Saint Michael church

Tuesday 9:00am at Saint Michael church

6:30pm at Saint Mark Parish Liberty site Saint Eugene church

Wednesday 8:00am at Queen of the Rosary church

9:00am at Saint Michael church

Thursday 8:00am at Saint Mark Parish Liberty site Saint Eugene church

9:00am at Saint Michael church

Friday 8:00am at Queen of the Rosary church

9:00am at Saint Michael church

On Mission Parish Grouping Interim CONFESSION Times (beginning 15 October 2018)

Tuesday 7:00pm-7:30pm at Saint Mark Parish Liberty site Saint Eugene church

Saturday 11:00am-11:30am at Saint Michael church

Saturday 1:00pm-1:30pm at Queen of the Rosary church

Saturday 3:15pm-3:45pm at Saint Michael church

Saturday 7:00pm-7:30pm at Saint Mark Parish Liberty site Saint Eugene church