MASS SCHEDULE: (any changes will be noted in the weekly Mass schedule on page 2) Saturday Vigil: 5 pm; Sunday: 8:30 am & 11 am; 6 pm (when Susquehanna University is in session) Tuesday and Thursday: 12 Noon; Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 7 am in the Adoration Chapel; Wednesday-12:30 pm -Shearer Weber Dining Room #1, Degenstein Campus Center (when Susquehanna University is in session) First Friday Mass– 10:30 am-Manor of Penn Village (Rte. 204) Last Friday of each month-10:30 am-Brookdale (University Ave)

NEAR PERPETUAL ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT-Our Lady of the Way Adoration Chapel Monday beginning at 8 am and closing on Friday at 7 am. Current Openings: Mondays: 11 pm-Midnight; Substitutes also needed. Call Barb at 570.847.4492 for information.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturdays 3:30-4:30 pm; Wednesdays 5-6 pm.

RECITATION OF THE ROSARY: Monday-Thursday 11:40 am (Chapel); Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6:40 am (Chapel); Tuesday at 7 pm (Chapel); Thursday at 6 pm Padre Pio Prayer Group (Church); Prior to all weekend Masses.

SCRIPTURES & LUNCH: Meets Thursdays after the noon Mass in the par ish conference room. (will resume in the fall)

LEGION OF MARY: Meets on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm in the lower level of the Church. If you are interested in joining the Legion or just interested in learning more about the ministry, please contact Heather Effinger at 570.541.6061.

MEN’S CURSILLO GROUPING: meets every Fr iday morning after 7 am Mass and morning prayer in the conference room.

Breakfast following at Pepper Tree. All men who have made a Cursillo weekend are welcome!

SANCTUARY LAMPS AND ALTAR FLOWER MEMORIALS-If you would like to memorialize the Sanctuary candle in the Church, the Adoration Chapel or the Altar flowers, please contact the parish office with your request. The suggested offering for the Sanctuary candles are $ 25 each and the Altar Flowers are $100 for both.

GIFT BEARERS-Gift Bearers actively participate in the celebration of the Mass by presenting the gifts of Bread and Wine at the altar and require no special skill or permanent ministerial duty, and yet it is a beautiful and significant part of the Mass performed by lay people. There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex.

R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation) is the process by which adults become members of the Catholic Church. Classes are held on Thursdays from 7– 8:15 pm from September to Easter. Please call the Parish office at 570.374.4113 for additional information.

WinDowS: a social ministry meets every fir st Monday at 5pm-contact Nadine Lawton 570-473-3527 for information.

BREAKFAST BUDDIES-A social group that meets the second Monday of each month at the Pepper Tree Restaurant on Route 522 at 9 am. Breakfast is ordered from the menu.

REMINDER: These services are available. Call the par ish office if you or someone you know is in need: Homebound Communion/Short term meals/Transportation

PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY: makes shawls and lap covers for the sick of our parish and our community and for anyone with a special need. They meet in the Parish conference room on the 1st Sunday of the month after the last Mass and on the 3rd Thursday from 6-8 pm. To request a shawl, contact Kathy at 570.374.9883 or kathydal@ptd.net.

ST. PIUS X PASTORAL COUNCIL: Council members meet the second Wednesday of each month at 7 pm in the lower level(except July and December). Pastoral Council meeting minutes are available in the parish office for review.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: The 4th degree, St. Katharine Drexel Assembly meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lower level. The regular meeting of the Knights of Columbus is held the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lower level.

NEXT WEEK’S SCRIPTURE READINGS: 1 Kings 1:19:9a, 11-13a; Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:22-33.

August 5-6, 2017 The Transfiguration of the Lord

SOLEMNITY OF ST. DOMINIC—TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 Mass will be celebrated in the Main Church on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 12:00 Noon for the Feast Day of the Solemnity of St. Dominic. Fr. Pius and some of his brother Dominican priests will concelebrate daily Mass. Everyone always welcome.

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday, August 5 5 pm– Sal and Mary Randello-Minnie Randello Sunday, August 6 8:30 am–Robert Readnack-The Lightner Family Sunday, August 6 11 am–People of the Parish and Susquehanna University Students Monday, August 7 7 am-Adoration Chapel-Dr. Mary Alviani-Blandina and Philip Riggs Tuesday, August 8 12 Noon–(St. Dominic) - Main Church -John Bonik-Ann and Bob Bausinger Wednesday, August 9 7 am-Adoration Chapel–Leonard Oleksy-Jim and Kathy Dalius Wednesday, August 9 3:30 pm–Selinsgrove Center-Special Intention Thursday, August 10 12 Noon-Adoration Chapel-Jack Longaker-Dottie Longaker Friday, August 11 7 am–Adoration Chapel-Stephen and Phyllis Toms-Stephanie Varljen Saturday, August 12 5 pm– Lorraine Fellon-Grace Fellon Sunday, August 13 8:30 am–Dale Lightner-The Lightner Family Sunday, August 13 11 am–People of the Parish and Susquehanna University Students

GOD’S PLAN FOR GIVING Tithing

Last Week’s Regular Collection $ 7,878.07 Children & Teen Envelopes 8.00 Total Income for July 29-30, 2017 $ 7,886.07

Last Year’s Regular Collection $ 7,491.59 PARISH INDEBTEDNESS

Loan Amount $ 1,900,000.00 Principal Balance 1,030,088.27 Monthly Interest 5,150.44

DEBT REDUCTION Month of July Year-To-Date (fiscal year) Goal 8,000.00 Goal 8,000.00 Actual 4,495.00 Actual 4,495.00

MINISTRY SCHEDULE: AUGUST 12-13 2017

5 pm 8:30 am 11 am

Extraordinary Ministers

Reader

Servers

Ushers

Music Minister

Donna Politza, Michelle Dorin, Lou Ann Sprenkle, Carol & Paul Parowski

Joe & Karol Scartelli, Max Troppe, Jeanne Plymette, Judy Margherio

Ryan Felty, Barb Gregor, Chris Kenawell, Tom Devine, Kathy Dalius

Barbara Prentiss

Dominic & Morgan Andretta, Kylee Hessek

Mark Cecco, Ed Margel

Debbie Lose

Michael & Madison Stebila, Danielle Fetterolf

Jerry Hensel, Tom Hoffman

Ellen Ruby

Nicole Piccioni, Alianys Morales, Adrian Valentin

Joe Schuhl, Bernie Sarsfield

SUPERMARKET GIFT CARDS SALE We appreciate your continuing support of our Supermarket Gift Certificate program from Giant Food Stores and Weis Markets. Remember, you receive full value for the amount of gift cards purchased, and St. Pius X Parish receives 10% from Giant and Weis Markets.

Profit from last week $440.00

Gift Certificates are available to purchase before and after each weekend Mass in the Narthex. Gift cards are also available during the week from the Parish office, Monday-Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm.

Tyler Mariano Steven Pomykalski Carla Minori

Please join fellow parishioners for daily recitation of the rosary on Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6:40 am, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:40 am in the Adoration Chapel. The Rosary Prayer Group recites the rosary on Tuesday evenings from 7-8 pm in the Chapel and the Padre Pio Group recites the rosary on Thursdays at 6 pm in the Church. The rosary is also recited before all weekend Masses. In consideration of those praying, please observe silence in the Chapel and Church while the rosary is recited. Thank you.

SAVE THE DATE-PARISH PICNIC Save the date for our Annual Parish Picnic which will be held on Sunday, August 20, 2017 beginning at 12:15 pm at the parish pavilion. On the same day at the 11 am Mass, Bishop Ronald Gainer will celebrate Mass at St. Pius X Church and dedicate and bless our new stained glass windows. Following Mass, the Bishop will greet parishioners at the parish picnic. All are invited! The parish will provide chicken, sausages, hot dogs, hamburgers and beverages. Please bring a covered dish to share. There will be games for the children and a return of Dirty Bingo. If you wish to participate in the bingo game, please bring a wrapped present with a value of $ 5. We will also, draw the winners for the annual basket raffle. Don’t miss the family fun and fellowship.

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2017 DIOCESAN WOMEN’S CONFERENCE – PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR! The 3rd Annual Diocesan Women’s Conference will be held October 14, 2017 at Bishop McDevitt High School. All women are most cordially invited! Since this is the 100th anniversary year of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s apparitions to the three shepherd children at Fatima, Portugal in 1917, and it will be the day after the 100th anniversary of “The Miracle of the Sun”, the theme of this year’s conference is: “Lead All Souls to Heaven…”: Mary’s Message to Us from Fatima Susan Brinkmann, award winning journalist and Catholic author and presenter is our Keynoter Speaker. Her bio and a save-the-date flyer are attached. She will also be providing a workshop at the confer-ence. Susan has a compelling conversion story and has appeared a number of times on radio and television. There will also be approximately 30 workshops over three sessions, as well as Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with the praying of the Rosary, excellent music, numerous Catholic vendors and exhibitors, more than 20 Priests on hand to hear Confessions, Mass celebrated by Bishop Gainer, food, and fellowship with women throughout the diocese, and more. We continue to hold the cost at the same price each year, just $30 per woman if you register by the early-bird deadline of September 25, 2017. After that, the registration fee is $40. The first year of the Women’s Conference (2015) we had 725 attendees. Last year we had 833. We are hoping that more than 1,000 women will attend this year’s conference! Registration forms are available in the Narthex.

R.C.I.A. RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS

The Rite of Christian Initiation is the means by which adults become members of the Catholic Church.

Classes are held on Thursdays from 7– 8:30 pm from September to Easter at the Church. If you or someone you

know wishes to join the Catholic Church or simply desires information (no obligation to join), please call the par-

ish office (374-4113) and leave your name, address and phone number, or drop the following slip in the collection

basket.

I am interested in learning more about the Catholic faith in the R.C.I.A. Program.

NAME_____________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS__________________________________________________________________

PHONE____________________________BEST TIME TO CALL____________________

THEME BASKET RAFFLE ! The baskets for the upcoming Theme Basket raffle will be displayed in the Narthex. Parishioners can view them and purchase tickets to win a particular basket. The drawing for all baskets will be held at the Parish Picnic on August 20th. You need not be present to win. All proceeds benefit St. Pius X Parish. Tickets are 10 for $ 5.00 or $ 1.00 each.

If you have any questions, please contact Donna at 570-259-4333.

HELP WANTED!!! The Prayer Shawl Ministry is looking for new members to join our group. Come learn a new hobby & share your gifts & talents with others. For more information, contact Kathy Dalius at 570-374-9883 (evenings)

OR email: kathydal@ptd.net

DONUT SOCIAL Our monthly donut and coffee social will continue throughout the summer months on the 4th Sunday in August. We will socialize after Mass in the outdoor pavilion.

Please pray for our family, friends and loved ones who are ill and/or hospitalized:

Asuncion Philips Eleanor Popovich Giuseppe Rinaldis Joel Rivera Brynn Rosini Marti Row Carol Rutkowski Chris Schlieder Kylea Schlieder Shannon Shovlin Beatrice Shue Tom Smith, Jr. Finley Rae Snook Louis Sobotor Henry & Owen Sosnoski Lisa Starzel

Mary Ann Ash Rosa Attig Jeanne A. Audet Ken Bachman Kyra Bachman Julia Becker Christian Bohling Jilline Bond James Brennan Ernest T. Buck Donald Buffington Sam Burgio Tamera Burns Cathy Butkofsky Faye Carlson Dale Carnahan

Irene Catherman Gabriel Chilcote Robert Christian Linda Dagle Diane DeLuca Ruth DeLuca Thomas Downs Alice Dyer David Dyer John Eisenhart David Everett Patty Fatchaline Pat Galloway Polly Gehman Judy GIlbert Joseph Gilroy Anna Grandizio

Diane Hannity Butch & Vergie Heim Nancy Heiser Sydnee Hoffman Jolene Howell LuAnn Hufnagle Kathy King Ron Krieger John Kurtz Philip Levenson Robert Lobel Clinton Longacre Betty Lucksom Sabiola Maese Michael Maimone Marita Mannello Mille Marsh Wayne McGraw

Ross Merante Brenda Miller George Miller Judy Moyer Richard Moyer Sue Mull Donna Muller Michael Muller Tom Muller Sandra Neimond Theresa Noah Gabriela O’Shea Lorraine & Eugene Parana Billy Pensyl Nora Petroski

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Charlotte Stoss Steven Strocko Robert Thompson Marcia Truslow Kristin Umstead Helen Underhill Matthew Underhill Judy Van June Vitacco Ed Waskiewicz Pat Wilcox Brian Winn John Witmer Walter Worhacz Sandy Wynn Maryada Zaucha Angele Zellers Lynn Zitta

CASH CLUB WEEK 49 DRAWING Week 49’s lucky winners of $250.00 each are: Mary Toccket (#164) and Chuck Pagana (#8) Tickets can be purchased throughout the year. The Stewardship Helps Our Parish Cash Club (SHOP CC) tickets are $50.00 each. To date we have sold 651 tickets. SHOP CC tickets are available during the week from the Parish office, Monday - Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm.

+++SHEPHERD’S PIE UPDATE +++ Next Cooking Day: Shepherd’s Pie will be cooking next Wednesday, August 9, 2017.

New Procedure for Donated Fresh Produce: Fresh food donations for Shepherd’s Pie can now be placed directly in the refrigerator at the pavilion. Questions: If you would like to talk with someone about this project, contact Sandy Corrigan at 570-743-3373 and scorrig8@ptd.net; Carol Parowski at 570-539-4283 and carolparowski@verizon.net; Carla Minori at 570-847-5200 and ctminori@ptd.net; and Sarah and Mike Tirpak at 570-556-7734 and tirpakms@ptd.net; Dolores Cook at 717-444-3858 and Dolores_cook@yahoo.com. If you know of someone who needs a meal, please let us know.

MISSIONARY CO-OPERATIVE This weekend, the parish will welcome Father Wenceslaus Isidienu, C.M.F., a member of the Claretian Missionaries, founded by St. Anthony Mary Claret in Spain in 1849. They preach, teach, run parish ministries, publish, build and manage schools, support missions and victims of Islamic terrorism, support seniors and retired clergy and train Seminarians for the Priesthood. Father Wenceslaus will speak to us at all the Masses about the work of his community and ask for our support. An envelope is provided in your monthly contribution packet.

EDGE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED What is Edge? Edge is our 6th thru 8th grade Catholic program that we have Sunday evenings from 6:45-8:30 pm. Edge provides a safe fun place for youth to find solid Catholic community, to get answers to their questions about faith, and, most importantly, to experience Jesus in a profound and personal way. If you are interested in being a member of our Edge team as a teacher or helper please contact the Director of Religious Education, Diane Shamory at prepstpiusx@gmail.com or call the Parish office at 570.374.4113 and ask for extension 117.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION We are still registering preschoolers thru twelfth grade for our Religious Education classes. To register for

Preschool to Grade 12 or for more information, please contact the Director of Religious Education, Diane

Shamory at prepstpiusx@gmail.com or call the Parish office at 570.374.4113 and ask for extension 117 OR

you may download the PREP Registration Form on the parish website homepage: stpiusxparish.net and return

by mail or place in the collection.