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Our Lady Help of Christians Church
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church
April 16, 2017
Website • www.catholiclykenswilliamstown.org Harrisburg Diocese Website • www.HbgDiocese.org
Rev. C. Anthony Miller • [email protected]
Deacon George Garber Jr • [email protected] • 717-362-3233
Parish Bookkeeper • Eileen Hoffman • 717-453-7269 • [email protected]
Parish Secretary • Evelyn Brown • 717-489-2383 • [email protected]
CCD Coordinator • Nora Valovage • 717-453-8207 • [email protected]
Parish Maintenance • Ed Messner • 717-307-1103
OLHC Parish Council of Catholic Women • Nora Valovage • 717-453-8207
SHJ Parish Council of Catholic Women • Rosemary Boyer • 717-647-4485
SHJ Porters • Sheila Sowers • 717-647-4963 & Noreen Gochenaur • 717-523-2180
SHJ Hershey Park Fundraiser • Anne Romberger • 717-647-9182
• Jean Daniel • 717-647-9837
Knights of Columbus • Thomas Vottero • 717-692-4935
Alcoholics Anonymous Point of Contact • Grover Stedge • 717-556-5432
Meals on Wheels • [email protected] • Deb Hammaker • 717-780-6150
Most Loving God, Sacred Heart of Jesus Church and Our Lady Help of Christians Church are composed of people like me. I help make my parish what it is. It will be friendly, if I am. Its pews will be filled, if I help fill them. It will do great work, if I work. It will make generous gifts to many causes, if I am a generous giver. It will bring other people to love and serve You, if I invite and bring them. It will be a parish of loyalty and love, of fearlessness and faith, and a parish with a noble spirit, if I, who know that I belong, am filled with these same gifts. Therefore, with Your help, Gracious God, I shall dedicate myself to the task of being all of the things that I want my parish to be. Amen.
Our Lady Help of Christians Church Lykens, PA
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church
Williamstown, PA
Parish Office: 732 East Main Street
Lykens, PA 17048 717-453-7895
FAX: 717-453-9426
Open: M-Th 9am-4pm
April 16, 2017
Saturday, April 15 Holy Saturday 8:00 pm @ O/L For the Church – Her living and deceased members Sunday, April 16 Easter Sunday 8:15 am @ O/L For the Church- Her living and deceased members 10:45 am @ S/H For the Church- Her living and deceased members Monday, April 17 No Mass No Mass Tuesday, April 18 No Mass No Mass Wednesday, April 19 No Mass No Mass Thursday, April 20 No Mass No Mass Friday, April 21 No Mass No Mass Saturday, April 22 4:15 pm @ O/L Sue Messner by Ed Messner Sunday, April 23 Divine Mercy Sunday 8:15 am @ O/L Donald Brown by Deacon George Garber 10:45 am @ S/H For the Church- Her living and deceased members
Our Lady Help of Christians Sanctuary Lamp burns: For all vocations
Sacred Heart of Jesus Sanctuary Lamp burns: For all families
OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS CHURCH: March 26, 2017 Total $ 2,943.00
Envelopes Sent 180 Envelopes Returned –105 Offering for 2016 $3,391.10
SACRED HEART OF JESUS CHURCH: March 26, 2017 Total $ 1,024.00
Envelopes Sent 113 Envelopes Returned - 52 Offering for 2016 $1,146.00 SECOND COLLECTIONS: April 23: Utility April 30: Catholic Home Mission Appeal
MINISTERS OF THE LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS
Our Lady Help of Christians Church Sacred Heart of Jesus Church
Saturday, April 22 @ 8:00 pm Sunday, April 23 @ 10:45
Altar Servers – Allen Hand & Nick Savage Altar Servers – Beth Kohr
EMHC- Carol Laudenslager EMHC- Mel Gochenaur
Lector – Carol Lark Lector- Noreen Gochenaur
Sunday, April 23@ 8:15
Altar Servers – Johnathan Brown & Sam Kerwin
EMHC- Todd Bell
Lector – Joseph Kerwin
April 16, 2017
Please remember those who have asked for our prayers Denotes children
Loretta Unger Hazel Menchinsky Jane Teter Zachary Garber Steven Welker Judy Dietrich Raymond Foerster Michael Knepp Father Marickovic Luke Schultz Margaret Yuslum Carol Gochenaur
Father Stravinskas Michael Simmons Tim Harner Theresa Hassinger Janice Welker Brenda Garber Frances O’Haren Charlie Rodichok
Collin Kratzer Tyler Miller James Fitzpatrick Marion Unger Madoline Laing Paul Snesavage Bill Troutman Joseph Jones Pam Herring George Shutt Louis Mione Mary Miller
Jeff Pendal Robin Troutman Joe Picola Grant Murray Kathleen McSurdy Joanne Rowe Adams George Buggy Bill Wilson Katie Wallace Eileen Nestor Sharon Raubenstine Grace O’Neill
Derrick Larthey Dorothy Hrinda David Perniola Jeff Greenly Kevin Readinger Peter Kowalchuk John Ciaja Marie Hansrote
Jean McCracken Nolan Deitrich Tom Clough Donnie Laing Andrea Bixler Thomas Feldman Mary Underkoffler Carolyn Knepp Bernard Doyle Wanda Williams Dennis Lazar Joan Carl
Evelyn Koppenhaver Denise Malone Margaret Shadle Priscilla Wrubel Clarence Hoffman Charlette Mannheim Tim Waters Tom Waters Deacon Garber Mary Catherine Stakem Joyce Houtz Rosemary Mahoney
Please contact the parish office with names. They will be kept on the prayer list for two months.
Question of the Week
Easter Sunday: Witness to faith
Reading I: Acts 10:34, 37-43 (Peter’s discourse)
Reading II : Colossians 3:1-4 (mystical death and
resurrection) Or 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 (unleavened
bread of sincerity and truth)
Gospel: John 20:1-9 (Peter and the disciple at the
tomb)
Key Passage: Then the other disciple, who reached
the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and
believed. (John 20:8)
Adult : How can you show this week that you truly
believe in the resurrection of Jesus?
Child : To whom could you tell the story of Jesus’
rising from the dead?
In the charity of your prayers
please remember Jennifer Buggy
who died on Passion Sunday, April
9th. The Mass of Christian Burial
was offered for Jennifer on
Wednesday, April 12th. May her
soul and the souls of the faithful
departed, through the mercy of God,
rest in peace. Amen.
Update on Brenda Garber: Brenda was discharged from Hershey Medical Center on Monday, April 10th. She was immediately admitted to room 812 at Susquehanna Village in Millersburg for rehabilitation. Please continue to remember Brenda and Deacon Garber in your prayers.
Sacred Heart of Jesus PCCW
Willow Tree Ice Cream Fund Raiser Coupons will be available again March – July. $5.00 each, good for the 2017 season. Contact Dawn @ 647-9124, Anne @ 647-9182, or see any council member. Thank you for your continued support!
Deadline Approaching
Discount tickets for Hershey Park are available to order at the parish office. These tickets are valid any public day during the regular 2017 season. Cost for the tickets is as follows: Regular (ages 9-54) $36.00 Junior (ages 3-8) $30.50 Senior (ages 55-69) $30.50 Senior Plus (ages 70+) $23.95 Prepaid Meal Ticket $10.60 NEW Snack Voucher $3.25 Prepaid Parking Pass $7.50 Order forms are available at the entrance doors at both Our Lady’s and Sacred Heart Churches. You can place your order form along with your money in an envelope and drop it in the collection basket or leave it at the parish office. All orders are due by April 26th and must be paid for in advance. Tickets will be delivered by May 25th. If you have any questions, please contact Nora at the parish office.
The Bishop’s Annual Lenten Appeal is off to a great start. Thank you to all whom have pledged to this year’s appeal. We all need to contribute to reach our goal. Our Lady Help of Christians Church Lenten
Appeal Goal- $22,000. Received- $15,780.00.
Total needed to reach our goal- $6,220.00.
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church Lenten Appeal
Goal- $ 11,000. Received- $6,125.00. Total
needed to reach our goal- $4,875.00. If you have not yet made a gift to Lenten Appeal, we invite you to do so today. Every dollar raised over our goal will be returned to our parish to reduce our debt.
The Beginning Experience Team for the Harrisburg Diocese announces that they have booked Camp Hebron, Halifax, PA for a Beginning Experience Weekend. May 5-7, 2017. Program designed for those suffering the loss of a spouse through death, divorce or separation. Beginning Experience is your Church at work to provide help, healing and spiritual restoration. http://www.hbgdiocese.org/ and go to marriage and family or check www.beginningexperience.org. Information can also be obtained by contacting the Harrisburg Beginning Experience Team at 717-379-0800.
Catholic Diocese Night with the Harrisburg
Senator's- Join us for a night of fun at the Harrisburg
Senators Baseball Game on Friday,
May 5 at 6 p.m. at Metro Bank Park on City Island.
Harrisburg Diocesan Students will be singing the
National Anthem. Tickets are $9 (ages 3 and under
free). There will be a special raffle just for Diocesan
Participants and you can enter to win special prizes.
Stay for the Post-Game Fireworks!! email:
[email protected] for more info.
Our Lady Help of Christians
2017 Lenten Fish Fry
Our Lady’s Lenten Fish Fry Update:
April 7- Week #6:
Gross Income- $11,910.45!
Knights of Columbus News
Our monthly meeting for April will be on Wednesday, April 19th at 7:30 PM at the Knights Home. The Knights of Columbus are always looking for Catholic gentlemen who wish to support their church and community. If you are interested in learning more about the Knights of Columbus, please contact Thomas Vottero at 717-692-4935.
Sacred Heart of Jesus PCCW
Willow Tree Ice Cream Fund Raiser Coupons will be available again March – July. $5.00 each, good for the 2017 season. Contact Dawn @ 6479124 ,Anne @ 6479182, or see any council member. Thank you for your continued support! April 2, 2017: 3rd Annual Scentsy Bingo Williamstown Liberty Hose Company No. 1; Advance tickets are $15.00 (no holds at door) and will be $20.00 the day of Bingo. Original ticket includes 3 Bingo Cards for 20 Regular Games, additional cards will be available for purchase and there will be 2 Special Games for a total of 22 games of Bingo, 50/50, raffle baskets, food, and refreshments will be available for purchase. For advance tickets contact Jen Ulsh @ 717-712-5958 or Anne Romberger @ 717-439-6578.
For all your SCRIP (Gift Card) needs drop by or call the parish office (453-7895) with your order. We also have CIAOS and SCHIANOS gift certificates. Support your parish and buy scrip cards today!
FOOD PANTRY Our Lady Help of Christians & Sacred Heart
of Jesus Churches will be collecting: Tissues
the month of April for local families
Our Lady Help of Christians PCCW
New Officers & Plea for New Members: If any woman of the parish is interested in becoming President, please let Nora know. Please note that all women of the parish are considered members of Our Woman’s Council even if they do attend the meetings. Also, please be aware that this is just a two (2) year commitment and the current Council members will be willing to help. The current Secretary and Treasurer have agreed to continue in their posts unless someone else would be interested. Nora has agreed to become Vice-President in order to help the new President. If anyone is interested in any officer position, please contact Nora at the Rectory 717-453-7895. Our Lady’s Council meets the first Monday after the first Sunday of the month at 7:00 PM in the Parish hall from August to April. The meetings last between 1 hour and 1 ½ hours and are followed by light refreshments. The months of December and May are socials held at local restaurants. Our dues are $2.00 per year and at each meeting we collect $1.00 from each member as a donation to the National Council Catholic Women’s Water for Life Fund. Our purpose is to unite the women of the Parish Community in purpose, direction and action for religious, social, educational and charitable endeavors. Our main fund raising event is the Christmas Bazaar held the first Friday of November each year. We have also added a Chinese Auction in the spring as an additional fund raiser. We are asking all the women of the Parish to please consider attending the meetings and getting involved. Our numbers are dwindling do to age, health concerns and unfortunately the death of some of our loyal members. We are in need of new faces with new ideas and helping hands. Please consider joining Our Lady’s Council of Catholic Women.
CHINESE AUCTION: Saturday, April 29, 2017. There will be a drop and shop again on the Friday evening before the Auction. We are again asking that each family donate one (1) New/Unused item. There will be a box at the bottom of the stairs in the front of the Church
Congratulations to Emily Filosa and Allison Enders for winning 1st and 2nd place respectively in our Catholic Faith Bee held March 19th in Our Lady’s Parish Hall. The purpose of the Catholic Faith Bee is to promote and to emphasize the learning of the beautiful truths of our Catholic Faith, so as to help our students to deepen their knowledge and love of Jesus Christ and His One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. The Bee is open to all students in 7th and 8th grade either in Catholic schools, Religious Ed programs, or homeschooled within the diocese. Emily will be representing Sacred Heart and Allison will be representing Our Lady’s at the Diocesan level on April 24th. We wish them good luck in the finals.
Preschool Family Safari Event at Lake Tobias Wildlife Park: On Saturday, April 29 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, the Park invites you to enjoy a free fun-filled day with many events. Pack a picnic lunch or purchase food at the Park's concession stand. Reservation needed: You must call Bonnie Kent at 717-905-2700 by April 21 to receive your free pass.
Religious Education Registration Registration for the 2017-2018 Religious Education year will take place in Our Lady’s Parish Hall during Religious Ed on Sunday, April 9
th and Sunday, April 23
rd. Our program
consists of Pre-School (4 year olds) through 12
th grade. Please make the effort when you
drop your children off or pick them up, to come into the hall and complete registration. All students need to have a new registration and emergency medical form signed by their parent.
Anyone wanting to register a child in the Religious Ed program for the first time is invited to sign up at this time. Classes will be held on Sunday mornings in Our Lady’s Religious Education Center from 9:15 to 10:15.
Registration fees for the 2017-2018 school year are: Before May 1st - $30.00 per student/$50.00 per family May 1st – May 31st - $35.00 per student/$55.00 per family June 1st – June 30th - $40.00 per student/$60.00 per family July 1st – July 31st - $45.00 per student/$65.00 per family After July 31st - $80.00 per student/$100.00 per family
Your fees help to defray the cost to the parish for textbooks and religious education supplies. If the registration fee should present a financial hardship to anyone, please speak directly to Father Miller. No child will be denied the opportunity to learn about their faith in our religious education program due to financial difficulties. This fee is due at the time of registration unless a payment arrangement has been set up with the Coordinator of Religious Education.
If you have a child registered in the Religious Education program for this year and they will not be attending next year, please call or e-mail Nora Valovage so they can be taken off our records.
Our Lady’s Council News WHAT IS THAT LARGE BABY BOTTLE FOR??? Did you notice the baby bottle in the church? Our Lady’s Council in connection with Lifeline is collecting funds from April 2, 2017 until May 14, 2017. By making a donation you are helping us to defend life, to meet physical, social and spiritual needs of those who may be experiencing an unplanned pregnancy, to bring healing and wholeness to lives traumatized by abortion, to present the gospel of Jesus Christ, and to challenge our communities to adopt a godly view of sexuality and the sanctity of human life. Please consider bringing a few extra dollars or change to church during April to help us fill our bottle. Lifeline offers over 290 different classes and programs and they have positively affected over 4,000 people.
Blessing the Easter Table The Son of God who invites us to the Paschal feast stands ready to help. Let us call upon him in our need. R. Lord, prepare us for the feast of life.
ready to live anew our Christian faith, we pray to the Lord. R.
read we share may be a reminder of the bread of life we share in the Eucharist, we pray to the Lord. R.
those who hunger and thirst, we pray to the Lord. R.
the banquet of the Lord in the heavenly kingdom, we pray to the Lord. R.
Christ taught us to pray for our daily bread and so we dare to say: Our Father . . . God of glory, the eyes of all turn to you as we celebrate Christ's victory over sin and death. Bless us and this food of our first Easter meal. May we who gather at the Lord's table continue to celebrate the joy of his resurrection and be admitted finally to his heavenly banquet. Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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EASTER 2017-- "They found the entrance stone rolled back from the tomb, so they walked in. But once inside, they couldn't find the body of the Master Jesus." Luke 24: 1-3. The tomb is empty. What does empty mean? It's an absence in want of a presence. Emptiness seeks fullness, begs to be assigned meaning. Every Easter we approach the tomb and find it empty. What meaning do we assign to this? We can say Jesus was taken by His enemies and we don't know where they've put Him. We can say Jesus was taken by His friends and hidden to create an intriguing mystery. We can say Jesus was never there at all. Or we can say He is risen from the dead and lives. If we say Jesus lives! then we also say something very significant about emptiness, absence, and want. We assign new meaning to empty places like loss, longing, loneliness. We assign new dimensions and possibilities even to death! We redefine hope from within our hopeless mortality. And we say something extraordinary about the God in whom we place our trust. What we believe as we stand in the emptiness of the tomb shapes everything we hold true about reality. If we say He is risen! then we're ready to stand in all the lonely places, with all the longing and suffering people. And there, even there, we'll find the courage to rejoice. Jesus lives. In me. Now what? ----Reflection by Alice Camille from her book: WORKING TOWARD SAINTHOOD--Daily Reflections for Lent. Alice Camille is an award-winning author, religious educator, and retreat leader. She received her Master of Divinity degree from the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley.
Meet Jan Tyranowski: This Holy Man
Aided John Paul II’s Vocation--- In
January, Pope Francis signed eight decrees. Seven of them recognized the heroic virtue of “Servants of God.” Among the new “Venerables” of 2017 is Jan Tyranowski (1901-1947), a Polish mystic inspired by Carmelite spirituality who played an enormous role in Pope St. John Paul II’s discovery of his vocation. One verified miracle attributed to Tyranowski’s intercession is needed for his beatification, and another is needed for his canonization. Tyranowski shows how the lay faithful have an enormous role in the formation of priestly vocations. Jan Tyranowski was born in Krakow, Poland, in 1901. He initially worked as a bookkeeper, but was dissatisfied with this profession and began to work as a tailor for his father’s business. In 1935, Tyranowski had a profound conversion at the Salesian St. Stanislaus Kostka parish in Krakow’s Debniki neighborhood. During a Sunday sermon, a priest said: “It is not difficult to be a saint.” Before the Second Vatican Council, some Catholics incorrectly believed that holiness was primarily the domain of priests and nuns. Among those who held this erroneous view was Tyranowski. However, after hearing that homily, he decided to devote himself to God and pursue sainthood. He took a vow of chastity and made a rigorous daily schedule for his spiritual life. He prayed and meditated for up to four hours a day and examined his conscience twice daily. Although he only had an eighth-grade education, Tyranowski immersed himself in the writings of the Carmelite Church doctors, Sts. John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila. The future pope met Jan Tyranowski at St. Stanislaus Kostka parish in 1940. The young Karol Wojtyła, recently orphaned after his father’s passing, was living in a house on 10 Tyniecka St. (which now houses a museum), a five-minute walk from the church. During the German occupation of Krakow, he worked at a limestone quarry to avoid being deported to Germany as a slave laborer, and at night, he
secretly acted in the Rhapsodic Theater, which sought to preserve Polish culture — banned by the Nazis — by illegally performing the classic works of Polish drama. Tyranowski came to play a crucial role in the young Wojtyla’s life only a year later. The Nazis sought to eliminate Polish culture and the Polish Church; as part of this campaign, most of the Salesian fathers at the Debniki parish were deported to the Dachau concentration camp in May 1941. One of the few remaining priests asked Tyranowski to direct the parish’s youth ministry. As part of this ministry, Tyranowski prepared paper circles with flowers painted on them, along with the names of virtues, such as modesty, obedience and chastity. Each young man drew one circle and had to practice each virtue for a month, giving Tyranowski a detailed report afterward. He also established 15-member, all-male “Living Rosary” groups that would pray the mysteries of the Rosary. One of the group leaders was Karol Wojtyła. Meanwhile, Tyranowski introduced Wojtyla to works by St. John of the Cross. St. John’s mystical poetry appealed to the young poet and actor. Wojtyła’s reading of St. John taught him that the cross is the manifestation of God’s love for man and that being a Christian involves following God’s will. It was thanks to Tyranowski that Karol Wojtyła first began to consider a vocation to the priesthood. The tailor and mystic also reinforced Wojtyła’s profound Marian piety. The whole world saw Wojtyła’s love for Our Lady during his 26-year pontificate; it was St. John Paul II who added the Luminous Mysteries to the Rosary and who credited Mary with saving his life after a miraculous recovery from an assassination attempt. However, as a young man, Karol Wojtyła began to doubt devotion to Mary, fearing that it distracts from one’s relationship with Christ. Tyranowski ended these doubts by introducing him to the work of French theologian St. Louis de Montfort, who argued that Marian devotion actually strengthens faith in God, as it leads one to the truth about the Incarnation and the Trinity. In addition, Karol
Wojtyła’s introduction to Carmelite spirituality by Tyranowski was so profound that when Wojtyła was in his fourth year of theology in seminary, he asked Cardinal Adam Sapieha for permission to leave the diocesan seminary and transfer to a Carmelite monastery in nearby Czerna. The cardinal refused, telling Wojtyła to “finish what he started.” It is likely that the scarcity of diocesan priests in Poland as a result of Nazi persecution played a role in Cardinal Sapieha’s decision; during the German occupation of Poland, up to a quarter of Polish priests were killed in Dachau, Auschwitz and other Nazi killing centers. The late Father Mieczysław Malinski, a friend of Karol Wojtyła’s from their Debniki days, told papal biographer Jonathan Kwitny the following about Tyranowski: “I can safely say that if it wasn’t for him, neither Wojtyła nor I would have become priests.” St. John Paul II himself writes in Gift and Mystery: “Jan Tyranowski … also concerned himself with the spiritual formation of the young people whom he met. Thus I learned the basic methods of self-formation, which would later be confirmed and developed in the seminary program.” Tyranowski’s Living Rosary circle produced a total of five diocesan priestly vocations, including Malinski and Wojtyła, and six for religious orders. The witness of Jan Tyranowski proves that the lay faithful — who make up the vast majority of the world’s Catholics — are called to holiness no less than priests and nuns. What’s more, their fidelity to Christ can have an enormous impact on the Church. If not for Tyranowski, St. John Paul II may not have discovered his vocation to the priesthood, which has had a lasting legacy in the universal Church and world. Reflection by Filip Mazurczak who writes from Krakow, Poland.