Baptism: Please contact the parish office to schedule a time and date. A pre-baptism class is required. No baptisms during Advent and Lent.

Matrimony: By appointment six months in advance.

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA): Please call the church office at 724-981-3232.

Prayer Line: For intentions, please call 724-981-3232.

PARISHIONER PRE-REGISTRATION FORM

NAME____________________________

STREET_________________________

CITY & ZIP________________________

PHONE_________________ E-Mail_________________________

New Member Address Change Update Info

Place completed form in today’s collection basket or drop it off in the church office.

Rev. Thomas J. Whitman, Pastor Director of Religious Ed: Sr. Sandy Pedone, H.M.

Parish Secretary: Lori Vasconi Financial Secretary: Carol Koch

Maintenance: Brad Goodall Music Director: Mary Messina

Office Hours Monday - Friday,

8:30 AM to 4:30 PM (closed 12:30-1:30 PM)

Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil - 5:15 PM

Sunday - 8:30 & 11:00 AM Weekday: M, T, Th, Fri - 8:00 AM

Wed. - 12:10 PM (Check weekly bulletin for changes.)

Confessions Saturday: 4:00 - 4:30 PM or by request.

Religious Education Program Sundays, 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

CCD Grades K-10 at Case Avenue Elem. School, Grade 11 in the church annex.

Parish Council Meetings Council typically meets on the third

Monday of each month.

Shenango Valley Catholic School System

Catholic Middle and High Schools: 724-346-5531 St. John Paul II: 724-342-2205

TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2019

2020 Altar Flowers Sign-ups Coming Soon.

Please look inside today’s bulletin for more details on how and when to sign-

up for the 2020 Altar Flowers.

PASTOR’S COLUMN

PARISH RAFFLE: Thanks to all those who made our most recent Fall Raffle a huge success. Thanks to all those who purchased tickets in support of our parish, those who helped to sell tickets, the Women’s Guild for serving our dinner, and all those who attended the raffle for providing such wonderful fellowship. The Winners: Gary Hruska won the $10,000, second prize was won by one of our split tickets: Kathy Mueller and Millie Alford will split $2,000, and Cindy Letourneau won the $1,000 prize. COMING EVENTS:

PARISH ALL SOULS SERVICE: On Saturday, November 2, at 7:00pm we will hold our annual All Souls Service in the church. We invite families and individuals who have lost a loved one since last All Souls Day to come and pray together for those who have died and to pray for those who continue to mourn their loss.

COMEDY NIGHT: We will again host a comedy night on Friday, January 17, 2020 in the Guild Hall. The same company will provide new comedians with clean comedy. Dinner will be a part of the event. Mark your calendars.

THE BOOK OF THE DEAD: Each year we remember our deceased loved ones in the month of Novem-ber. You can write the names of those you wish to be remembered in the Book of the Dead in the Gathering Space. We will place this book on the altar each week to remember in our prayers our de-ceased loved ones.

MONEY COUNTERS: We are in need a few more money counters to help count the collection. It could be once a month or twice a month depending on the group and the time they count. Please contact Fr. Tom if you are interested. HOUSEKEEPING POSITION: The Parish is looking for someone to do housekeeping work in the church and rectory a couple days a week. If you are interested, please submit your resume or your interest to Fr. Tom or the parish office. PARISH COUNCIL NOMINATIONS: Every year at this time we ask for people to serve on parish council. You are able to nominate any adult parish member, and you can even nominate yourself. Each year three or four members of Council can renew their terms or choose not to renew. So there may be three or four posi-tions open on Council. Consider serving your parish community by being a member of parish council. HOLY DAY MASS TIMES: After discussion with the Parish Liturgy Committee we have decided to change the Mass times for most Holy Days. At 8:00am during the school year traffic and parking here are a night-mare. So we have decided to have Mass at 12:10pm and 7:00pm on Holy Days. The 12:10pm Mass will not have music so people can make it back to work during their lunch hour. The 7:00pm Mass will remain the same. We hope this is more user friendly. This will start on All Saints Day, November 1, 2019. FUND TO REPAIR FALLEN HEADSTONES: A concerned parishioner has made a generous gift to raise up some of the fallen headstones at St. Mary’s Cemetery. The hope of this donor was that others might make donations to this fund in order to raise these stones, especially for those who have no family left to care for their graves. If you are interested in donating to this fund, please contact Fr. Tom Whitman (724-981-3232). REFLECTION ON THE READINGS: Our readings this weekend focus on being persistent in our prayer. The first reading is one in which Moses and the people are being attack by Amalek who is a very ruth-less leader. The story has Moses sending Joshua to lead the attack on Amalek. Joshua will be the one to re-place Moses as leader. Moses goes up on the hill with two other men and raises his staff, as he did over the waters of the Red Sea during the Exodus. As long as Moses keeps his arms up the Israelites have the better of the battle. When he lowers his arms the Amalekites gain the upper hand in battle. With the aid of the two men with him, Moses keeps his arms raised in prayer until the victory is in hand.

PLEASE PRAY FOR: Bill Lasche, Lorraine Penhos, Joe Sinkuc, Tony Perry, Quinn Perry, Gerrie Derr, Tess McCallen, Jackie Hoffman, Catherine Bell, Catherine DeBonis, Adrianne Ward, Frankie Frolick and Grover McKnight.

PARISH COUNCIL The October Parish Council meeting is Monday, October 21 at 6:00pm in the Choir Room.

BAPTISM CLASS If you are planning to have your child baptized, a baptism class is required for the parents. To register, please call the church office at 724-981-3232.

FEATURED FOOD PANTRY ITEM Next week’s featured item - Peanut Butter. Please place your donation in the shopping cart located in the Gathering Space and thanks for checking the expiration date!

UPCOMING FEATURED ITEMS Canned Veggies - Canned Tuna - Soup

The Food Pantry is in need of volunteers! Distribution days are the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month. If you’d like to volunteer for one or both sessions, please report to the church’s lower level at 8:00am on our next distribution day, Friday, November 1.

Altar flowers are donated in thanksgiving to God and in memory of

Nick MariottiNick MariottiNick Mariotti by Marge and family

WEEKEND COLLECTION October 14, 2019 Number of Adult envelopes sent…….. 864 Number of Adult envelopes used….… 239 Number of unused envelopes………... 625 Sunday Offertory……..…….….…..$ 8,404 Budgeted Offertory……….……......$10,650 Deficit.…………...……..................($ 2,246)

Reflection on the Readings continued… We might call to mind those people in our own lives who are great “pray-ers.” In the midst of all the

upheavals of life these people seem to find ways to bring peace to the situations that make the rest of us fran-tic. We pray today that we might grow in our ability as “pray-ers.”

In the second reading Paul is encouraging Timothy to keep preaching the Word to others – the Word of Scripture and the Word of Jesus Christ. It was thought at this time that Jesus would return very soon. Paul wants Timothy to not stop or slow down in his preaching. Paul wants everyone to preach the Word. There seemed to be an urgent need to try to convert everyone before Jesus returned. That same ur-gency of preaching is part of our responsibility as Christians today.

The gospel is another one of Luke’s stories about widows. Widows were one of the most vul-nerable people at this time. After her husband died a woman was often powerless. She had no rights and she had no man to stand up for her as her husband did. This enabled unjust people, like the judge in today’s gos-pel, to exploit these women. The persistence of the widow is at the heart of the parable today. She defeats the unjust judge, not by a physical or legal force, but by her persistence - non-violent persistence. Her persis-tence changes the judge’s attitude and he begins to treat her fairly. May our work for justice be modeled after this poor widow – persistent and non-violent.

Child Protection and Creating Safe Environments Code of Conduct: The Diocese of Erie is committed to protecting the children and youth who are entrusted to its care and to ensuring that those in ministry with our young people are in right relationship with the children/youth receiving services. To share in the ministry of Christ is a great privilege as well as a tremendous respon-sibility. The privilege is the joy of sharing in the mission of Jesus Himself. The responsibility is acting in a way that conforms to the attitude and actions of Christ. In this spirit, the diocese has issued a ministerial Code of Con-duct. The code is included in the diocesan Policy for the Protection of Children, which also includes mandates for creating safe environments. To read the policy, go to https://www.eriercd.org/images/sections/childprotection/pdf/CURRENTPolicy.pdf For more information, contact Mrs. Cindy Zemcik, at the diocesan offices at 814-824-1195.

GOOD SHEPHERD - CHARITY DINNER - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 Good Shepherd Church, Rt. 18 Sharon Rd., West Middle-sex will host a charity dinner, serving ham & scalloped potatoes. Event takes place in Good Shepherd Social Hall from Noon-3:00pm. Tickets are $10 adults / $4 children ages 4-12 / Free 3 years or younger. Tickets will be sold at the door and take-outs available. For more information, please contact Good Shepherd Church at 724-528-3539.

St, Anthony Parish Turkey Bingo Sunday, November 17

Doors open at 1:00pm / Bingo begins at 2:00pm Antonium (Church Hall), 804 Idaho St., Sharon

$20/20 games of regular bingo & 5 special games The big winner of each of the 20 regular games wins a

gift card for a turkey! * Delicious parish made food * 50/50 * Raffle drawing

Mass Intentions

+Indicates Mass Time

Monday, October 21-Rom 4: 20-25 / Lk 12: 13-21

+8:00 Jim Kaibas (Judy Moroco) *6:00 Parish Council Meeting-Choir Room

Tuesday, October 22-Rom 5: 12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21 / Lk 12: 35-38

+8:00 Tom McKernan (Nancy Rehner)

Wednesday, October 23-Rom 6: 12-18 / Lk 12: 39-48

+12:10 David J. Steines (Tish Songer Kribbs) *2:30 West Hill Ministries

Thursday, October 24-Rom 6: 19-23 / Lk 12: 49-53

+8:00 Genevieve Wiesen (Tommie Ross) *2:30 West Hill Ministries

Friday, October 25-Rom 7: 18-25a / Lk 12: 54-59

+8:00 Joseph Donnelly (Family)

Saturday, October 26-Sir 35: 12-14, 16-18 / 2 Tm 4: 6-8, 16-18 / Lk 18: 9-14

Thirtieth Sunday In Ordinary Time +5:15 Barb Young (Family)

Sunday, October 27-Sir 35: 12-14, 16-18 / 2 Tm 4: 6-8, 16-18 / Lk 18: 9-14

Thirtieth Sunday In Ordinary Time +8:30 Deceased Members of the Parish *9:30 Religious Ed +11:00 Kathleen Donnelly (Sue & Frank Danko)

Ministry Schedule for October 26/27

LECTOR S. McLaughlin

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

E. Anderson, K. Bonomo, D. Dach, P. Dach, S. Messina, T. H. Cole, Volunteer

ALTAR SERVERS N. Alexander, D. Eller, A. Jordan

GREETERS GS: B. & F. Smeraglia Fr: B. Charles

LECTOR K. Anglin

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

S. Swogger, S. Cleary, J. McLaughlin, D. Rubano, M. Christman, M. Orchard, C. Necastro

ALTAR SERVERS S. Pass, S. Schupp, Volunteer

GREETERS GS: S. Paul

LECTOR M. Joseph

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

M. B. Jones, D. Yao, G. Smith, Dr. D’Amore, D. D’Amore, R. Busi, L. Dach, J. Sherbine, M. Goodwin, P. Piccirilli, V. Mulligan

ALTAR SERVERS H. Busi, B. Dach, C. Joseph

GREETERS GS: M. Smith, M. A. Smith CL: G. Pacsi Fr: R. & T. Rookey

Vigil Saturday,

Oct. 26,

2019

Vigil 5:15 PM

Mass

Sunday, Oct. 27,

2019

8:30 AM

Mass

Sunday,

Oct. 27,

2019

11:00 AM

Mass

WEEKDAY-HOSPITAL Oct. 27- Sunday Ministry Oct. 22 - P. Heldorfer SRMC - G. Smith Oct. 23 - K. Mueller Nugent - P. Dach Oct. 24 - J. Moroco Clepper - F. Smeraglia

At 7:00 pm on Saturday, November 2, 2019, St. Joseph Church will observe All Souls Day with a prayer service to remember and pray for all our pa-rishioners who have died since last All Souls Day. All parishioners are invited to attend. Letters of invitation were mailed to families of

those whose funerals were held here since last November 2, 2018. If you did not receive a letter, please call the church office and let us know. Any parishioner who has lost a loved one

since November 2, 2018 through the end of October 2019, and who would like to include that person in our All Souls Day observance should call the church office as soon as possible so that they may be in-cluded. We ask that you please send a digital photo of your loved one to: office@stjosephs-sharon.org by October 28, along with the birth date and death date of your loved one.

Altar Flowers Donor Program We are preparing the available dates for the 2020 Altar Flowers Donor Program. St. Joseph’s Flower Donor Program provides an opportunity to honor a loved

one with altar flowers along with a memorial announce-ment in the bulletin. Palo Floral delivers a bouquet to the church altar and bills you, the donor, directly. Flowers are scheduled based on a first come, first served sign-up list. The available dates for 2020 altar flowers will be posted in next week’s bulletin. Signup reservations will begin after 8:30am on Monday, October 28 by calling 724-981-3232. Reservations can only be taken by speaking with office personnel directly, either by phone call or stopping by the church office. Please do not leave a phone message.

All Souls’ Service

Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 7:00pm

Luke 18:1-8