PARISH OFFICES & MAILING ADDRESS: 212 West Main Street St. Clairsville, OH 43950 Phone: (740) 695-9993 Fax: (740) 695-6503 Office E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.stmaryschurchstc.com Office Hours: 9:00am - 4:00pm (Mon-Tues) 9:00am - 2:00pm (Wednesday) 9:00am - Noon (Thurs-Friday)
Priests’ Residence: 230 West Main Street Phone: (740) 695-2076
PARISH CONTACTS
Pastor: Father Thomas A. Chillog E-Mail: [email protected]
Permanent Deacon: Deacon Charles Schneider E-Mail: [email protected]
Director of Religious Education and Youth Ministry: Michal Zabrecky E-Mail: [email protected]
Ministry to Sick & Shut-In: Dcn. Charles Schneider E-Mail: [email protected]
Music Ministry: Janet Berher E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (740) 296-1195
Finance Office: Karen Gress/Colleen Demarchi E-Mail: [email protected]
Parish Secretaries: Terri Schumacher/Susie Gibson E-Mail: [email protected]
Mass Schedule
Saturday: 4:30pm Sunday: 9:00am & 11:30am Weekdays: 8:00am (M-F) 9:00am (Sat)
PARISH REGISTRATION
Welcome to those who would like to join our Parish Family! Please stop in or call the Parish Offices to register.
St. Mary’s Central Grade School 226 West Main Street St. Clairsville, OH 43950 Phone: (740) 695-3189 Fax: (740) 695-3851 Principal: Mrs. Nannette Kennedy Website: stmaryscentral.com
St. Mary’s Church
218 West Main Street
St. Clairsville, Ohio 43950
Confessions: 1 hour before weekend Masses and by appointment.
Sunday - June 7, 2020 SUNDAY MASS WILL BE RECORDED AND AVAILABLE ON
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WEEKLY COLLECTION 5/31/2020
Adult $11,234.25 Children $3.00 Loose $112.00 School Support $35.00 Improvement $102.00 Debt Reduction $205.00 On-Line Giving $1,970.00
WELCOME NEW PARISHIONERS: We welcome Lenny and Mary Jane Lewis to our parish family. May you find a good home here at St. Mary’s. If you are new to the parish, don’t forget to stop by the parish offices to register.
REST IN PEACE: We extend our con-dolences to the families of Ruth Carroll and Deacon Phillip Kenzora, brother of Paul (Connie) Kenzora. May all our faith-ful departed rest in peace!
Prayer of the Rosary: The Rosary is prayed every day following weekday morning Masses and at 8:30am on Saturday mornings before the 9:00am Mass.
Monday - June 8 1 Kings 17: 1-6, Matthew 5: 1-12
8:00am Mass: Nellie Magyar (John and Ulrike Heiby)
Tuesday - June 9 St. Ephrem 1 Kings 17: 7-16, Matthew 5: 13-16
8:00am Mass: Gail Smith (Jim and Marie Crumbacher)
Wednesday - June 10 1 Kings 18: 20-39, Matthew 5: 17-19
8:00am Mass: Phyllis Zeigler (Louise, sister)
Thursday - June 11 St. Barnabas, Apostle Acts 11: 21b-26, 13: 1-3, Matthew 5: 20-26
8:00am Mass: Blanche Stando (Evelyn Melet)
Friday - June 12 1 Kings 19: 9a, 11-16, Matthew 5: 27-32
8:00am Mass: Jada Olsavsky (Jim and Sue Biernot)
Saturday - June 13 St. Anthony of Padua 1 Kings 19: 19-21, Matthew 5: 33-37
9:00am Mass: Karen Ebbert Hoppin (Family)
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Deuteronomy 8: 2-3, 14b-16a 1 Corinthians 10: 16-17 John 6: 51-58
Saturday, June 13 3:30pm Confessions 4:30pm Mass: Rose Marie Alexander (Ted and Annita McCort) Lectors: Donna Murray, Ted Showalter; EM: Deacon Chuck Schneider, Stan Mazgaj, Janis Molnar, Emily Wojcik; Aco-lytes: Carson Hendershot, Mikayla Hendershot; Cantor: Janet Berher
Sunday, June 14 8:00am Confessions 9:00am Mass: RoseLynn Stanzione (Audrey and Dave Humphreys) Lectors: Patrick Deemer, Joan Rose; EM: Deacon Chuck Schneider, Lucy Baboul, Kathleen Seamon, Jean Anne O’Malley; Acolyte: Emma Petersen; Cantor: Gail Rector 10:30am Confessions 11:30am Mass: The People of the Parish Lectors: Dennis O’Donnell, Phillip Bender; EM: Deacon Chuck Schneider, Andrea Bigelow, John Swan, Barbara Swan; Acolyte: Brenna Planey; Cantor: Chad Smith
Online Giving Link: https://giving.parishsoft.com/app/giving/stm212163
Thank you for your financial stewardship of our parish!
Please remember to mail your contributions to the Parish Offices!
DPSC 2020 Update: To date we have received 268 pledges out of 1161 registered families. Thank you for your response to this year’s campaign. Please don’t for-get, we need to hear from you, — send in your pledge of support today!
PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
This week please remember the needs and intentions of these priests: 6/8: All Priests, 6/9: Msgr. John Kolesar, 6/10: Fr. Thomas Nau, 6/11: Msgr. Donald Horak, 6/12: Fr. Nicholas Gin-netti, 6/13: Fr. Bernard Geiger, OFM CONV, 6/14: Bishop Sheldon.
Adult Initiation: Contact the Parish Offices.
Infant Baptisms: Contact the Parish Offices.
Weddings: Please make arrangements at least six months in advance before any other plans are made.
Sick Calls: If you or any family member is ill and hospitalized please inform the Parish Offices.
Knights of Columbus Our Lady of Peace Council #4243: Grand Knight: John Swan (740) 695-0366
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PASTOR POINTS
Dear Friends,
Last Sunday we celebrated the Solemnity of Pente-cost, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the world. The origin of the word for spirit, is the Hebrew word, ruah – which can also be translated as the breath of God. We read in the book of Genesis of how God’s breath hovered over the waters of creation and breathed life into the world and man. The Third Person of the Trinity is the Holy Spirit, the Breath of God. Jesus promised to send that Holy Spirit to breathe on us.
Over this past week I have watched with a sad heart the television coverage or read the internet posts concern-ing the recent social unrest in our cities and towns because of the most recent police brutality of a black man, Mr. George Floyd, in Minneapolis. Watching that horrifying video was sickening. Mr. Floyd was heard saying he could not breathe while the policeman was kneeling on him. It strikes me how important breathing is. It is something that we don’t think about, it just happens. When we are pre-vented from breathing, we die.
The outpouring of the Holy Spirit is God’s breath-ing Himself into us each day. Had Jesus not promised to send the Holy Spirit we would have no breath of God in us. Without the Holy Spirit we die spiritually.
I’ve seen the peaceful protests turned into looting and destruction by those who have no respect for people or property. Everyone has the right to speak their minds and bring awareness to issues that need to be addressed, such as the underlying one of racism on display. However, the law-lessness that the anarchists promote obliterates the message and the possibility of sound dialogue. Their message is one of complete disregard for civility.
There has been much commentary by the media and the politicians accusing the various sides of who is to blame and who should be doing more, and so on. Ultimate-ly the biased media coverage turns this issue into a political one. No matter what side you find yourself on, the only answer to all of this chaos and conflict is prayer. And pray-ing to the Holy Spirit to breathe His peace and guidance on us is something that we need to be about.
Come, Holy Spirit, breathe on me your peace, breathe on our society your love, your gifts of understand-ing and wisdom. Guide us to true peace. Breathe on us!
PARISH PRAYER LIST
Please pray for those who are in the hospital and those recov-ering at home or in the nursing homes, especially: Don Alcorn, Kelsey Baboul, Helen Bartsch, Evelyn Bauknecht, Joyce Berus, Judy Briggs, Philomena Burdyn, Dave Burlenski, Lorna Carroll, Pam Chabak, Teri Coleman, Al Cybulski, Becky Daskalova, Ernie DeBer-trand, Mary DeNoble, Tonya Dunlap, Gloria Durig, Glenda Dziatkowicz, Alicia Estadt, Pat Fabian, Ann Facello, Kathy Facello, Kevin, Layne, Mar-Lana, and Mar-Lee Fraley, Linda Furka, Nadine Greenwood, Ginger Harris, Heather, Ron Hickenbottom, Kim Hines, Amber Hirsch, Betty Holubeck, Garrett Holubeck, Mary Ann Horn, Joyce Hummel, Licia Humphrey, Patricia Johnson, Karen King, Stacie King, Bill Kuthy, Paul Kuthy, Tom Lesnick, Tammy (Dunlap) Lewar-chick, James Lukacsko, Joseph Lyden, Mark Magnone, Melissa Marie, Joey Mcavoy, Sam McLean, Sr. Rose Michel, Shawn T. Miller, Jean Misencik, Wanda Nagroski, Vicky Oboy, Sarah Odorizzi, Jake Olsav-sky, Delores Perez, Alice Plaster, Hannah Porter, Connie Priore, Mat-thew Rader, Allen Rose, Ryan Riethmiller, Bob Saffle, Jill Sarver, Lydia Schaal, Reese Shirey, Walter E. Skaggs Sr., Kristin Smith, Sandy Smolira, Angie Sommers, Rosie Spinrad, Mary Stevenson, Codey St. John, Dorothy Stock, Ron Swider, Courtney Talik, Patti Talik, Emily Taylor, Dorothy Thurnes, Susan Reichley Vasher, Rich-ard Vicker, Bob Vincenzo, Melissa Weber, Leonard White, Michael White, Raymond Wiehagen, Bob Wolf, John Woodland, David Wood-ling, Leo Zambori.
Located in the Parish Offices, there is a large selection of religious
books and videos.
All the materials are available to anyone wishing to expand their
knowledge of the Catholic faith or wanting to spend more prayerful time with God.
Stop by the Parish Offices and see what we have to offer
- a great resource for reflection!
Are You Registered? Are you new to the Parish? Have you notified the Parish Offices of any changes in your ad-dress, phone number, etc.? If you are out of college and still living at home, you will need to register as an adult mem-ber of St. Mary’s. Please stop by or call the Parish Offices for any changes or to register. Your cooperation in helping us to keep our records up-to-date is greatly appreciated.
PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY: Are you a parishioner undergoing chemotherapy, radia-tion, or have a long-term illness? Blessed, hand-made prayer shawls are now available, free of charge, in the Parish Offices. The shawl maker begins crocheting the shawl with prayers and blessings for the recipient. These intentions are continued throughout
the shawl’s creation. The shawl is then blessed by a priest and distributed to those in need.
SCRIP Store Hours: For the summer months, SCRIP is available at the Parish Offices. Hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 9:00am-11:00am. You can also purchase SCRIP after the weekend Masses in the All Saints Chapel.
We our advertisers! We extend a huge Thank You to all of our bulletin advertis-ers. Through their generous support we are able to publish our new and improved weekly parish bulletin. Please take a mi-nute to look over our advertising pages and support these businesses.
Did you know that we have a Parish Library?
Do you know anyone who would like to become a Catholic? If so, invite him or her to attend Mass with you. Our parish RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) sessions will begin on Thursday, August 20th in the Parish Offices. God continually enriches the Church with new
members. Perhaps God is calling you or someone you know to join the Catholic church. RCIA is a process of prayer, study, and discussion concerning the Catholic faith. If you or someone you know would like more information regarding the RCIA process, please complete the form below and place it in the collection basket or drop it off/mail it to the Parish Offices.
Name ______________________________________________ Address ______________________________________________
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Phone ______________Email _____________________ ____ I am not Catholic, but I am interested in learning about
the Catholic Faith. ____ I am an inactive Catholic and would like to become ac
tive in my faith. ____ I am an active Catholic, but I have not been confirmed. ____ I am an active Catholic and I would like to sponsor an
RCIA candidate. ____ I know someone who is interested in becoming a Catho
lic and I would like Father Tom to send a letter of invi tation to the person.
A CHRISTIAN PRAYER FOR PEACE IN OUR TIME
O God, author and giver of peace, in whose image and likeness each of us has been created with a human dignity worthy of respect on earth and destined for eternal glory, Listen to the cry that rises from every corner of this fragile earth, from our human family torn by violent conflict: Give peace in our time, O good and gracious God, that peace which, as your son Jesus Christ told us and as we have experienced in these days, is a peace which the world cannot give. To world leaders grant the wisdom to see beyond the boundaries of race, religion, and nation to that common humanity that makes us all your children and brothers and sisters to one another. To those who have taken up arms in anger or revenge or even in the cause of justice grant the grace of conversion to the path of peaceful dialogue and constructive collaboration. To the innocent who live in the shadow of war and terror, especially the frightened children, be a shelter and strength, their haven and hope. And to those who have already lost their lives as victims of human cruelty and chemical warfare, open wide your arms and enfold them all in the embrace of your compassion, healing, and everlasting life. Grant this through Jesus Christ, your son, our Lord. Mary, Mother of all and Queen of peace, pray for us. - Peter J. Scagnelli
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GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE June 7th - The Most Holy Trinity
A well-choreographed dance can be truly inspirational. Each movement and step are intercon-nected, each contributing a piece of the unfolding artistic story. The beholder is caught up in the rhythms, music, and gestures, realizing that none are dispensable and all are necessary. The same is true of the Divine Dance of the Trinity. Each Person plays a part, using unique gestures and
movements that are connected to the other Divine Partners. They tell a story of love. Every movement and step is born of love and flows on into eternity. The Divine Dance never ends.
God the Creator powerfully, yet with gentle love, leads. Creating and recreating, birthing and sustaining, He dances with the compassionate incarnate Son, guided by the breath of the Holy Spirit. They are three distinct Persons but move as One. On one hand, the cascading flow of their Presence appears motionless, yet on the other, flows and moves with effortless attention. They share one heart, one goal, and one purpose and invite all of creation to join in their dance, their joy.
The energy of the Trinity flows through all created things. It is a dance of the heart, not of the mind. It has to be experienced, not dissected, and contemplated, not understood. We stand in awe of the Divine Dance and find ourselves watching in amaze-ment all that God creates and sustains. The dance continues in the majesty of a mountain, the power and wonder of an ocean, and the vastness of the universe. It moves in the cry of a newborn infant and in the soul of one who has been forgiven. It flows in the cry for justice and in the wounds of the oppressed. It circles through the changing of seasons, the cycles of birth and death, and the wisdom that one acquires when they love God.
The Dance never ends. Its movements and rhythms go on forever. The Trinitarian Dance sustains all things, endures all things, and brings hope. You are invited to dance. Don’t just watch as if you were simply a spectator. Join in the dance and move as they move.
©LPi
EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP - RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS - Ready for His Return
Where is that guy with the rainbow wig holding a “John 3:16” sign in the end zone at NFL football games? Younger readers may not have any idea what I am talking about! You used to see this guy on TV all the time wearing “Jesus Saves” shirts and holding his sign. Most thought he was a harmless guy, but now he is serving multiple life sentences for taking hostages at a hotel near LAX in 1992. His name is Rollen Stewart and he believed — and continues to believe while in prison — that Jesus’ second coming is imminent. His ex-treme actions were meant to make people take notice and listen to him. Now he sits behind bars, and most in the world see his name as nothing more than an answer to a trivia question.
It is a sad story when people hurt others or use extreme methods in the name of God. Mr. Stewart’s belief that simply getting people to listen to his message is the most important step in their salvation is misguided. His poor stewardship should stand in stark contrast to our good stewardship. Our actions, seasoned at times with our words, should be the evidence people need to see the transforma-tive power of Jesus Christ. We do believe that he is indeed coming again. But once you have committed yourself to him and live in his life on earth, when he returns is not our main concern. We are ready whenever that time comes, and hopefully, we can help others be ready as well by our example.
— Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS ©LPi
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