Saint Joan of Arc ChurchSaint Joan of Arc ChurchSaint Joan of Arc Church 6414 Montour Street6414 Montour Street6414 Montour Street

South Park, Pennsylvania 15129South Park, Pennsylvania 15129South Park, Pennsylvania 15129 (412) 833(412) 833(412) 833---240024002400

Reverend Phillip Pribonic, PastorReverend Phillip Pribonic, PastorReverend Phillip Pribonic, Pastor

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Liturgical ScheduleLiturgical ScheduleLiturgical Schedule Saturday Mass: 5:00 p.m.Saturday Mass: 5:00 p.m.Saturday Mass: 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass: Sunday Mass: Sunday Mass: 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. and

12:00 noon12:00 noon12:00 noon Weekday Mass: 8:00 a.m.Weekday Mass: 8:00 a.m.Weekday Mass: 8:00 a.m.

Sacrament of ReconciliationSacrament of ReconciliationSacrament of Reconciliation: : :

Saturday, 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.Saturday, 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.Saturday, 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sacrament of Baptism:Sacrament of Baptism:Sacrament of Baptism:

First and Second Sunday, 1:00 pm. First and Second Sunday, 1:00 pm. First and Second Sunday, 1:00 pm. Sacrament of Marriage: Sacrament of Marriage: Sacrament of Marriage:

Please call and arrange with Rectory.Please call and arrange with Rectory.Please call and arrange with Rectory. Anointing of the Sick:Anointing of the Sick:Anointing of the Sick:

Please call Please call Please call the Rectory.the Rectory.the Rectory. Rectory Office HoursRectory Office HoursRectory Office Hours

Monday Monday Monday --- Friday Friday Friday 8:30 A.M. 8:30 A.M. 8:30 A.M. --- 4:00 P.M.4:00 P.M.4:00 P.M.

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 26, 2015

ST. JOAN OF ARC SOUTH PARK, PA

Mass Intentions Saturday, July 25– Saint James 5:00 P.M. - Joe Alexander (Wife, Gerry) Sunday, - July 26– Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary

Time 7:30 A.M. - Janet Gildea (Sue & Dennis Loeffert) 9:00 A.M. - Audrey Tosic ( Pat & Frank Anthony) 10:30 A.M. - Richard Cleary (Tom & Carol Nath) 12:00 Noon - Philomena Doyle (Daughter, Elise) Monday, July 27– Weekday 8:00 A.M. - NO MASS Tuesday, July 28– Weekday 8:00 A.M. - NO MASS Wednesday, July 29– Weekday 8:00 A.M. - NO MASS Thursday, July 30– Saint Peter Chrysologus 8:00 A.M. - NO MASS Friday, July 31– Saint Ignatius of Loyola 8:00 A.M. - NO MASS Saturday, August 1– Saint Alphonsus 5:00 P.M. - Marceline Vogel (Don & Norma) Sunday, - August 2– Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary

Time 7:30 A.M. - Terry Sonick

(Rosemarie & John Wodarek) 9:00 A.M. - Kenneth Barner (Family) 10:30 A.M. - Father Dennis Colamarino

(Andrew & Denise Sivak) 12:00 Noon - Philomena Doyle (Daughter, Elise)

From the Pastor’s Desk Best wishes to Sister Kathy and her faculty and staff and youngsters beginning Vacation Bible School…..our best to them…..thanks all who are participating….I hope that most are pleased with the new carpeting and painting in church, and will try to treat it all as best we can…..Sister Kathy will also be opening the RCIA program in September, so if you know of anyone who might want to consider the Faith or be fully initiated through the sacrament of confirmation, please give her a call…..speaking of confirmation, Bishop David Zubik will administer the sacrament to our 2015 class on Saturday, October 17 at 11:00 AM…..students and catechists will have to move a lot “Faster” to get prepared!.....Carly Zandier wishes to thank our parishioners for their great show of support for her mission trip to Haiti……join our hard-working gardeners on Monday or Wednesday evenings about six o’clock….along with the thoughts of Pope Francis, we try as best we can to buy locally and not waste food, which only then goes to land-fills, to slowly decompose, and add polluting methane to the atmosphere…..of course, we are in a conundrum……we have to “consume” in order to keep the economy growing, but when “consuming” too much, deplete the earth beyond its capabilities….. Father Pribonic **********************************************

******PLEASE NOTE: NO CONFESSIONS

SATURDAY AUGUST 1 AND NO DAILY MASS WEEKS OF JULY 27 –31 AND AUGUST 3-7

Sanctuary Lamp will burn one week for the Blessed Mary in memory of Al Furno, requested by Family. Eucharistic Ministers please pick up your new schedule in the Sacristy after mass today. This is an open invitation to visit our long time Friend and Priest, Father Ray. Father Ray is in The Pines of Mount Lebanon Nursing Home room 225 across from the Galleria and the Fresh Market. Visitors are welcome from 9A.M. till 11A.M. and & 7 P.M to 9P.M.. We are encouraged to see him as often as possible and keep him in our prayers. BANNS OF MARRIAGE; David Gaetano to Talisha Schrello

Financial Statement Regular Offertory……………………… $ 8,911.00

THANK YOU For Your Generosity.

Please remember in your prayers those who are sick: Jericho Fedor, Ed Stetar, John Rachuba, Cathy & Ed Villella, Pamela Roberts, Ann Morrison, Debbie Fitzpatrick, Bernie Allen Sr., Frank Allen, Mary Rachuba, William Reddy, Carol Kuhn, Dale Kragnes, Chuck Stanford, Mary Englert, Dorothy Kudla, Jay Briggs, Dorothy Smith, David Evans, William Urbanek, Jim Manion, Gayle Koontz, George Kuhn, Father Joseph Grosko, Raymond Metzel, Ann Mary Mazzocco, Nardia Rickoff, Roger Antis, Deneen Allison, Marcy Smith, Norma Dearfield, Christopher Tunney, Greg Kudlac, Tom Scheirer, Frank Lewis, Jr., Frank LaValle, Father Petrovsky, Asher Mack, Georgette Swisher, Joann Salek, Cheryl Hackett and Robert Wernert. Help, save, pity and defend your servants O God.

Scripture Reflection

“Can We Go Home, Now?” My Mom, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Our Longing for Home

July 9, 2015 by Kyle Roberts

I have written before about my mother, who is in the final stages of the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease. It is a brutal

disease, no question about it. It’s known as one of our “most feared diseases” for good reason. All of us fear

losing our bodies. But we dread losing our minds before we lose our bodies. It just shouldn’t work that way.

Unfortunately, it too often does. My dear dad, who has cared for my mom the last seven years, since the day she was diagnosed, told me yesterday that a doctor recently

referred to Alzheimer’s as the “disease with two deaths.” Before the body dies, the brain withers away; the

memories, the stories, the familiarities, the comforts and regular enjoyments of life begin to die, too. This “first

death” effects not only the victims, but their families and friends. They feel that death also. It might be slow. It

might be gradual. But it is tragic all the same. My dad made the hard but right decision to move my mom to a memory care facility nearly two months ago. When my sister and I and our families went to visit her a few days later, she–recognizing us (what a gift that was!)–wept as

we embraced, and gently asked: “Can we go home, now?” Those were sweet and heart-wrenching words. But we

can’t go home now, mom. Not just yet. Now, a few months after that sweet reunion, our sweet mom is in her final days–possibly weeks–of her life on this earth. I sat

next to her yesterday, listening to her breathe deeply, quietly, comfortably. The CD player next to her, playing

the classical music that she loved so much. Memories flooded over me. I thought about growing up, I thought

about her life, which she enjoyed so fully. A life she lived with such love and gusto, with such happiness and

positivity. With such other-centeredness. “I love you mom.” “We love you.” “Can we go home now?” That question still haunts. What is home? Where is Home?

This morning I picked up the book, Second Forgetting:

Remembering the Power of the Gospel During Alzheimer’s Disease, by Benjamin Mast. I went to the

back of the book, to the section titled “Going home.” He says this, 

Visit an Alzheimer’s day center or memory-care unit and you will inevitably hear the questions and please: “When am I going home?” “I want to go home.” “I need to get home.”

These are repeated in various ways throughout the day, and they seem to gradually increase in frequency and intensity as the day drags on. This may be a longing for a literal physical structure that they once called home, but it is also a longing for a place that is familiar, comfortable, and secure–where they feel like they belong and are loved deeply and unconditionally. We all share in this longing. As life drags on and our suffering increases, this plea to return home grows stronger…When people with dementia ask for their home, they are expressing this deep longing for a place of belonging, acceptance, and security. Reading that, I recalled the passage in John where Jesus tells his disciples that he is about to go home, to his Father’s house (Jn. 14). But don’t worry, he said. You will come too. Soon enough. When the time is right. And be assured: There are plenty of rooms in the Father’s house, for all of you. In coming days, my mom will escape the prison that has entrapped her for too long. She’s going home.

******************************************** DEAR JOAN: I heard that the parish hired a new music minister, could you tell me something about him and who he is? Signed: Curious Corrine Dear Curious Corrine: The new music minister is Mr Tom Franzak, a resident of Bethel Park. Mr Franzak has been in music ministry for a number of years, beginning in Santa Monica California, and serving also at St. Germaine Church and St James the Apostle Church in New Castle most recently. We will be having more info on him in the bulletin for his first week-end here August 9. Signed: Joan d’ Arc

Altar Server Schedule

August 1st 5:00 Carlos & Sammy Jess August 2nd 7:30 Matt Pensenstadler 7:30 Carlos & Sammy Jess 9:00 Dan Morgret, Ethan Manion, Marissa Wycinsky 10:30 Ryan Vas, Abby & Jason Gigliotti 12:00 Cameron Carroll

SAINT VINCENT CAMERATA TO HOLD AUDITIONS – Saint Vincent Camerata will hold auditions for vocalists during the first three weekends of August for its 2015-2016 season at Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, by appointment on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings August 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 and 22. The Saint Vincent Camerata, founded in 1968, is a mixed chorus dedicated to the performance of Sacred Music from all periods and traditions and is comprised of vocalists from Saint Vincent College and the surrounding communities. The Camerata rehearses Tuesday evenings in Saint Vincent Basilica and in sectionals as needed. For more information or to schedule an audition, contact Fr. Stephen Concordia, O.S.B., assistant professor of music and director of programs in sacred music in the music department at Saint Vincent College, at 724-805-2481 or stephen.concordia@stvincent.edu.

Respect Life: Most people will have seen the recent TV news report of the video of Dr. Deborah Nucatola of Planned Parenthood eating dinner and having a glass of wine while just casually talking about harvesting parts of aborted babies. Abby Johnson worked for eight years as a director of a Planned Parenthood facility and she wrote an open letter to Dr. Nucatola empathizing rather than condemning, but also urging her that she could have a change of heart and leave the abortion industry as Abby Johnson did. Abby now tours the country giving speeches on the evils of abortion. Here is part of her letter to Dr. Nucatola: "During the season of tissue harvesting, an intact body was gold. An intact fetal body is considered perfection in the land of fetal tissue research. But dismembered body parts were okay, too…and that is usually what we gave them. All of the blood, body parts and extra tissue would be collected into a glass jar. That glass jar would come to me in the POC (products of conception) lab through a “pass through specimen cabinet.” I would take the jar to our sink, dump everything into a huge strainer, rinse out the jar and then rinse the blood out of the strainer. After I had a clean body, I would dump it into the glass baking dish that was sitting on top of an x-ray light box. I would put a little bit of water in the glass dish so that the body parts would float…that made it easier for me to manipulate them. I would gather the parts wanted (usually all of them) and place them in a particular container given to us by the research company. At the end of the day, I would pack all of the containers neatly in the box with dry ice and ship them off." Please pray for the doctors and workers within the abortion industry that they will have a change of heart and leave this evil industry. Nina Hughes, Chairperson, Respect Life Committee.

The St. Joan of Arc Youth Group and Appalachia Work Camp are sponsoring their

2nd Annual Purse Bash! October 4, 2015 - Library Fire Hall - Free Beer and Wine -- Delicious Lunch provided by Cyd West Comfort Catering - Genuine Designer purses raffled every 10 minutes -- 50/50 --- Fabulous Chinese Auction --- Special Raffles and Free Door Prizes!!! Watch future bulletins for more details!

Let's go Bucs! Come and join our Youth Group on Thursday, August 20, 2015. Our Pirates will be playing the Giants. It is also Faith Night, and the Pirates speak to the fans after the game to give their very inspir-ing testimony of their faith on and off the field. Thursdays at PNC are also "Military Nights" as the Pirates and Pirate Charities will utilize these days as another way to support and honor our brave American military service men and women. They will be wearing their camouflage jerseys and hats, and military representatives will be honored during a pregame on-field ceremony. Tickets are $28. All Teens entering 8th Grade are welcome to join us also!!! If interested, please call Audrey as soon as possible. at 412-833-2400 ext 34.

The Diocese of Pittsburgh is once again planning its annual Golden Wedding Celebration for couples who are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in 2015. This year’s event will begin with Mass at St. Paul Cathedral on Sunday, October 11, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. Bishop Zubik will be the main celebrant. A reception will follow in the lower hall at the Cathedral. Cathedral and hall are both accessible. If you are one of the couples celebrating your 50th anniversary any time in 2015 and would like to receive an invitation to this event, please call the rectory or drop a note in the collection basket no later than August 9, 2015.

Help for Young People Experiencing the Loss of a Family Relationship The loss of a parent through death, or a changed parental relationship through divorce or separation can be a traumatic experience for young people. The Young People’s Beginning Experience program provides a safe, secure environment where teens ages 13-18 can sort out their feelings of loss and pain. August 7-9 at Gilmary Retreat Center in Moon Twp., PA. Payment and possible financial assistance are available. Call Carol 412-295-7026.

2015 SJA/SHIM GARDEN

CREW, PRODUCE

& FUN!

ALL ARE WELCOME! MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY

EVENINGS

MARKET DAY USERS We thank all of our parishioners who have supported the Market Day Program. Unfortunately, the program has been retired. Gordon Food Service (GFS) does have some of the Market Day products at 20% off until their supply has been exhausted. St. Thomas a Becket Church: 139 Gill Hall Road, Jefferson Hills, Pa is holding a BINGO UNDER THE STARS_ AUGUST 14 at 7PM on the Church Property. Cost is $20.00 per person. Tickets can be purchased in the Church on Sundays between Masses or during the week at the Church Office. For more information please call 412-655-2885.