MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM Sunday: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00 & 11:30 AM Weekdays: 6:30 and 8:00 AM (Sept-May) 8:00 AM only (June-August) Saturday: 9:00 AM Holy Days: 7:00 PM Vigil, and 6:30, 8:00 AM and 12:05 PM

SACRAMENTS

Reconciliation: Sat. 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM, or by appointment.

Eucharistic Adoration: Tues. 7 PM – 8 PM Baptism: 1st & 3rd Sunday each Month. Pre-Jordan class is required and held on the 3rd Monday of every month. Please call the Parish Office to schedule.

Marriage: Engaged couples must meet with the Pastor at least six months prior to the Wedding.

Anointing of the Sick: Holy Communion for the homebound or Sacrament of the Sick upon request. Anointing in preparation for surgery during or after Masses.

PASTOR:

Rev. Gerald P. Carey

IN RESIDENCE:

Rev. Msgr. Richard Malone Rev. Martin E. Woodeshick

PERMANENT DEACON:

Deacon John Rose

Music Ministry:

Rick West

Office Manager/

Parish Secretary:

RoseAnn Westerfer

Business Manager:

Nicole Giacche

Office Phone: 610-688-1178 Website: olastrafford.org

SUMMER PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Mon. - Thurs.: 8:30 AM - 4 PM Fri. 8:30 AM - 12Noon

Emergencies Call the Parish Office and press 1.

ASSUMPTION ACADEMY

School Principal: Patricia Welsh 610-688-5277

PREP Office

Sr. Rita Marian Angelilli, IHM 610-688-6590

OLA CONVENT — IHM SISTERS

Phone: 610-688-7889

August 4, 2019

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MY OLA MY FAMILY OF FAITH

Roman Catholic Church 35 Old Eagle School Road, Strafford, PA

ASSUMPTION TRIDUUM

With Fr. Christopher Moriconi Wed., Aug. 7th at 7 PM

Thurs., Aug. 8th at 7 PM Fri., Aug. 9th at 7 PM

Entertainment in the Piazza to follow directly.

Festa Mass on Sunday, 8/11 at 1:30 PM. Festival starts at 3 PM.

There is no 11:30 AM Mass on 8/11.

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Masses for the Week

5:00 PM - Special Intentions of Matt Toscani by Sister, Nancy & Mike Christiani

Sunday, August 4, 2019 18th Sunday

in Ordinary Time 7:00 - For the People of the Parish 8:30 - Special Intentions of Mary Jim Fulton by Your WWP Sister, Rose Ann 10:00 - Robert H. Neely by Greg & Marge Seedor 11:30 - Helen Calvarese by Dennis, Judy, Dennis & Michelle Tolan

Monday - August 5, 2019 Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major

8:00 - Special Intentions Tuesday - August 6, 2019

TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD 8:00 - Special Intentions

Wednesday - August 7, 2019 St. Sixtus II, Pope & Companions, Martyrs

St. Cajetan, Priest 8:00 - Graziella & Giacinto D’Ignazio by the D’Ignazio Grandchildren

Thursday - August 8, 2019 St. Dominic, Priest

8:00 - Richard Roth by Wife, Roseanne & Family

Friday - August 9, 2019 St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross,

Virgin & Martyr 8:00 - Special Intentions

Saturday - August 10, 2019 St. Lawrence, Deason & Martyr

9:00 AM - Robert H. Neely by Dino & Yolanda Calvarese 5:00 PM - Special 80th Birthday Intentions of Carolyn Giangiulio by Her Children & Grandchildren

Sunday, August 11, 2019 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

7:00 - Martin Regan by Richard, Julie & Rich McCormick 8:30 - Simon & Mildred Shudy by Daughter, Mildred, Robert & Millie Slifer 10:00 - Carolyn Donato by Brother, Michael & Edward Donato 1:30 PM - For the People of the Parish

Sanctuary Lamp is burning

For: Deceased Members of Norcini & Jansen Families From: Aug. 2, 2019 to Aug. 8, 2019

By: Hank & Laura Jansen

Question of the week! Am I in control of my possessions or are they con-trolling me? What is the biggest obstacle that I need to overcome to become generous with all that I have?

Baby’s Breath in Wayne In need of formula, baby food, bottles, diapers & wipes. Please drop off in the Giving Room.

OLA Parish Organizations

Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction: Every Tuesday at 7 PM in Church Missionary Servants of the Holy Love: Every Tuesday at 7 PM in Sacred Heart Chapel Legion of Mary: Every Wednesday at 1 PM in Sacred Heart Chapel Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Every Saturday at 9:30 AM in Church Lay Carmelites: Mon., August 12, 2019 at 6:30PM in Sacred Heart Chapel

Prayer Intentions

Please pray for the sick and disabled members of our parish family: Nicole LaMonaca, Ed Drill, Anthony Ciarlone, Elsa Marsili, Josephine Sorrentino, Connie DiDario, Logan Schweiter, Margaret Cox, Victor Newton, William Vallejo, Msgr. Jim McDonough, Carole Pullo, Dom Losco, Louise McKeown, Gloria Biondi, Taylor Boileau, Dan, Angie, Nick & Kelly Sciarratta, Barbara Pupek, Charlotte Krutsick, Catherine Harmer, Eileen Piombino, John Becker, Janet Fleming, Holly Weaver, Agatha & Carol Annino, Bob Iatesta, Marge Morrow, Louise Fehn, Gabe Yervelli, Msgr. Marino, Milena Trosini, Alison Colodonato, Sean Mahoney, Baby Flynn, Joanne Gill, Yolanda Price, Zaira Silveri, Dottie Cappelli, Russell Demanczyk, Dominic Toscani, Fran Neary, William Vare, Mark Hinkle, Jessica Rineer, Veronica Kelly, Carolyn Weber, Arthur Mattmiller, Nello DeFlaviis, Joseph Carver & Mary Pomante.

Please pray for our parishioners serving in the Military: Adam H. Bouvier, Lauren A. Seedor, Rebecca Robbins, Luke Scilovati & Matthew Wilson.

Eucharistic Adoration

Holy Hour 7 PM - 8 PM every Tuesday Come spend an hour with the Lord!

This week’s intention: Reparations & Healings

OLA Poor Boxes

Outreach is an integral part of our Catholic com-munity & mission. The money, collected from our Poor Boxes located in the Candle Room & in the Ves-tibule, is used for our Outreach Ministry. Thank you!

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PREP

2019-2020 PREP Registration Forms for all parish children entering Grade 1 in Sept. and the youth of all new parish families are available on

the OLA website: https://www.olastrafford.org/PREP or in the rack by the elevator in church.

PREP Re-Registration Forms were due on Friday, July 19. If you have not returned the form, please do so as soon as possible.

For further information regarding PREP, please contact Sr. Rita Marian Angelilli, IHM at 610-688-6590 or rmangelilli@olastrafford.org.

OLA Outreach

Please note that WE ACCEPT: Men’s clothing, including new underwear Bathroom toiletries Baby Items including formula, bottles, diapers,

wipes & baby food. We DO NOT ACCEPT: Electronics of any kind Luggage Women’s clothing Bedding Used baby furniture, strollers or car seats To address any questions or for pick-up, contact Vince Caprio at 610-644-3482. Thank you for your generous support of our work!

Need Help Job Searching?

OLA Outreach provides free & confidential guid-ance to the OLA community on the content of your resume & your interviewing strategy. Send your resume & a brief cover letter explaining your goals, challenges & the best times to contact you to: OLAOUTREACHRESUME@gmail.com, OR, if you do not have email, send a print version of your resume & the cover letter to: Our Lady of the Assumption, OLA Outreach-Resume, 35 Old Eagle School Rd., Wayne, PA 19087. Mark the envelope “CONFIDENTIAL”. If you have any questions that cannot be addressed via email, please contact Jim Glasgow at 610-329-5961 and leave a message.

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Italian Festival

Sunday, August 11, 2019

3:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Celebrate our heritage

and our future!

Volunteer today!

Festival Volunteers Needed

Sat 8/10 @ 10 AM for setup: please come to the parking lot at 10AM Sun 8/11 Festival: please sign up at our Festival website: www.olastrafford.org/festival or contact Nancy 610-964-8118

If you are new to OLA, please contact the Parish Office to register as a member! Registration forms can be picked up or emailed to you. We also en-courage anyone who is leaving OLA to please notify the Parish Office. Thank you!

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Stewardship

SUNDAY & OTHER COLLECTIONS** (does not include Electronic Parish Giving)

On 7/21/2019: $ 4,579 7/15/2018: $ 4,475

** OTHER COLLECTIONS INCLUDE: HOLY DAYS, CHRISTMAS and EASTER FLOWERS

Electronic Parish Giving Deposited on 7/24/2019: $ 1,787.50

CUM FISCAL YTD TOTALS AS OF including Electronic Parish Giving

7/24/2019: $ 25,097 7/18/2018: $ 22,588

Note: 2019-2020 fiscal YTD offerings are +11.1% greater than 2018-2019.

We thank you for your generosity!

My OLA My Family of Faith

Parish Calendar

August 6 7:00 PM - Missionary of Holy Love - Sacred Heart Chapel 7:00 PM - Adoration - Church 7 1:00 PM - Legion of Mary - Sacred Heart Chapel 7:00 PM - Evening of Reflection with Fr. Moriconi - Church 8:00 PM - OLA Talent Night - Church Piazza 8 7:00 PM - Evening of Reflection with Fr. Moriconi - Church 8:00 PM - OLA Evening of Fun: Carter Ross - Church Piazza 9 7:00 PM - Evening of Reflection with Fr. Moriconi - Church 8:00 PM - OLA Evening of Fun: The Jazz Sanctuary - Church Piazza 10 9:30 AM - Sodality Devotions - Church

Pastor’s Corner

My Dear Parishioners, Many of you are aware of and have been praying for our Director of Music, Rick West during his recent illness and subsequent recovery over the past few weeks. During his absence, several of our parish musicians have offered to provide music for our weekend Masses and for this I am truly grateful. However, looking ahead to the month of August, it seems that many of our volunteers will not be available due to previous plans, vacations, etc. Because of this, we will not have organists & cantors available for our weekend Masses during the month of August. We will have music during the Assumption Triduum Evenings of Prayer, as well as the Festival Mass at 1:30PM. I thank you for making this accommodation during this time and I would ask you to please keep Rick in your thoughts & prayers as he continues to recover.

Next Sunday, August 11th, we will celebrate our Annual Italian Festival with a Solemn Mass at 1:30 PM with lots of food & festivities immediately following. As a reminder, leading up to this big day, we will prepare for it by celebrating our Triduum of Prayer on August 7th, 8th & 9th. Fr. Christopher Moriconi will be our guest homilist for these three days of Evening Prayer & Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament. Afterwards, light refreshments & entertainment will be offered for all in our piazza. I invite you again to any or all of these days. I encourage you to consider bringing a friend to share in the festivities!

We are still continuing our fundraising efforts for our Annual Italian Festival. Our fund-raising goal this year (as last year) is set at $5,000. As of this writing (7/29/2019), we have now raised $ 4,042 which is 80.84% of our goal – we are almost there! If you haven’t made a donation as of yet, we invite you to do so. It would be wonderful to hit our goal this year and even better if we could surpass it.

Thanks once more for all you do. We are truly blessed to have such a warm, welcoming community here at OLA and blessed to have such committed parishioners to keep our parish vibrant and strong. Until next week, may God bless you and your families!

Love and prayers, Fr. Carey

OLA Assumption Triduum

Wednesday, August 7th:

7 PM Evening Prayer - Fr. Christopher Moriconi 8 PM OLA Talent Night Enjoy an evening of musical performances by our very own talented parishioners. LOLA will be serving ice cream sundaes.

Thursday, August 8th: 7 PM Evening Prayer - Fr. Christopher Moriconi 8 PM Musical Entertainment by Carter Ross, who will sing an eclectic mix of songs with keyboard accompaniment.. LOLA will be serving tomato pie with ice tea & lemonade.

Friday, August 9th: 7 PM Evening Prayer - Fr. Christopher Moriconi 8 PM The Jazz Sanctuary: Jazz for the novice & the expert. LOLA will be serving wine & cheese.