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SUNDAY | JUNE 7, 2020
SATURDAY VIGIL MASS St. Angela Merici: 4:30 PM
SUNDAY St. Angela Merici: 10:00 AM
WEEKDAYS St. Angela Merici:
Monday—Friday 8:30 AM
ALL MASSES , HOLY HOUR AND ROSARY WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIVESTREAMED
THROUGH A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Thursdays, 5 – 6 p.m. at St. Angela Parking Lot
Saturdays, 12 – 1 p.m. at St. Robert Parking Lot.
WEBSITE
www.marymotherofgod1.org
CLERGY TEAMPastor
Rev. Terrence P. O’Connor
Parochial Vicar Rev. Jack E. Demnyan
Parish Chaplain Rev. Joseph C. Beck
In Residence Rev. Pius Nwankwo
Deacon Reynold Wilmer [email protected]
PARISH STAFF Business Manager
Cathy Nola
Family Faith Formation/ Safe Environment Coordinator
Krista Sudyk
Director of Music Ministry Ian Michael Brown
Assistant Director of Music Ministry
Sharon Sisley
Youth Minister Emily Belchick
Maintenance Dan Hearn, A.J. Minyon
Administrative Assistant Kathleen Strangis
SACRAMENTS Please contact the parish office as to the
following sacraments:
Sacrament of Baptism
Prior to having your child baptized, both
parents must attend a
pre-baptismal seminar.
Sacrament of Matrimony Arrangements should be made at least six
months prior to your wedding date. A
date will be set only after contacting the
priest.
Sacrament of the Sick (You may also see a priest after Mass)
Holy Communion for Shut-Ins
R.C.I.A (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)
This is the process to become Catholic or
for Catholics to receive the rest of their
Sacraments of Initiation. We also offer
programs for children.
St. Angela Merici 1640 Fawcett Ave. White Oak, PA 15131
Corpus Christi 2515 Versailles Ave.
McKeesport, PA 15132
St. Patrick 310 32nd Street
McKeesport, PA 15132
St. Robert Bellarmine 1313 Fifth Avenue
E. McKeesport, PA 15035
ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER 1640 Fawcett Ave
White Oak, PA 15131 P: 412-672-9641 | F: 412-672-1576
[email protected] Administrative Center Temporarily Closed
For assistance, please call or email the office at the above address
Sunday
June 7
10:00 AM
Saint
Angela
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
90th Birthday of Margaret Bokulic by: Her Family
Deceased Members of the Cummings, Lang, & Martin Families by:JoAnn Martin
Runge and Miller Families by: Family
Ann Cervo by: Michael Cervo
Monday
June 8
8:30 AM
St. Angela
Weekday
St. Teresa of Calcutta by: Mary Susan Henry
Tuesday
June 9
8:30 AM
St. Angela
Weekday Saint Ephrem, Deacon, Doctor of the Church
Adam Kauffman, birthday by: wife, Jerry
Wednesday
June 10
8:30 AM
St. Angela
Weekday
Frank J. Perri by: the Perri Family
Thursday
June 11
8:30 AM
St. Angela
Saint Barnabas, Apostle
Poor Souls in Purgatory by: Ladies of Charity
Marlene Dubyak by: Husband and Sons
Friday
June 12
8:30 AM
St. Angela
Weekday
Mary and Robert Suckfiel by: Linda and Bob Suckfiel
Saturday
June 13
4:30 PM
St. Angela
Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest, Doctor of the Church
Matthew McWilliams by: Family
Paul and Mary Grott by: Bill and Darlene Potter
Sunday
June 14
10:00 AM
Saint
Angela
THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI)
All Living and Deceased of our Parish
August Rudolf by: St. Robert Ladies of Charity
Christopher Buzzatto by: Ron and Michele
Deceased of the Pete DiCecco and Dominic Teti Families by: Tresa DiCecco
Mass Intentions
FROM FATHER TERRY J+M+J
On the first Sunday following Pentecost, within the season of Ordinary Time, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. It is on this day that we give honor, glory, and praise to the central mystery of our faith. It is the central mystery because it is the mystery of God Himself. We have one God in three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Although the three Persons are distinct, they are also perfectly one. One in three and three in one. A variety of analogies have been proposed to explain the mystery of the Trinity. For example, St. Patrick used a shamrock. He would say that each leaf represents one of the Persons of the Trinity while each leaf is still part of the shamrock. There are various analogies, which make for good internet reading, but none of them can fully capture the Trinity since God is mystery.
One of the things that today’s celebration reminds us of is that the Holy Trinity is to be the central focus of our lives. The importance of God was only highlighted by the pandemic. When we experienced the lessening of such things as work, schedules, busyness, and idols, we started to ponder the question, “What’s it all about?” As people of faith we were reminded of the answer: GOD! This is what we celebrate today, GOD, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. May we turn to things like the Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, spiritual reading, prayer, and love of neighbor to enter into the mystery of the Holy Trinity. “What’s it all about?”
As we continue with the gradual reopening of our churches, I invite you to read an extensive piece I included in the bulletin. I am writing this for Wednesday, June 3. I can say that, from a logistical standpoint, our first couple of daily Masses have gone very well. Please remember that this is a fluid situation. I ask that you check our website on a continual basis for the latest in scheduling and other news. I thank you for your patience during this trying time. As we reopen, we are in need of Church Cleaners and Monitors., please see the bulletin. Lastly, I share with you good news. Blessed palm is now available ! Please see the bulletin for details.
We were all deeply saddened and disturbed at the recent tragic death of George Floyd. We are all created in God’s image and likeness and it is beyond words to see what happened to George Floyd, especially at the hands of those in authority. We must pray for an end to racism and violence and do all that we can to overcome such sins. Bishop Zubik sent the clergy a link to be shared with the faithful to help all of us learn and grow as to the issue of racism. It is a 2018 Pastoral Letter from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops entitled “Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love – A Pastoral Letter Against Racism.” It can be found at: http://usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/racism/upload/open-wide-our hearts.pdf.
Please also find in the bulletin a prayer the bishop has invited us all to say in these difficult times. Through prayer and working together, we trust in brighter days ahead.
As you will recall, prior to becoming a parish on January 6 of this year, we were considered a parish grouping. As a grouping we had four separate Parish Share goals. In review, Parish Share is a program that calls on parishioners throughout the diocese to support a variety of diocesan initiatives that impact each one of us. Parish Share supports such things as Catholic schools, CCD programs, youth and young adult programs, the formation of priests and deacons, evangelizations efforts, sacramental preparation, hospital chaplains, persons with disabilities, and community outreach. At the end of this past year’s Parish Share, we collectively owed $131,733. Faced with this large outstanding balance, we wrote to the diocese to seek forgiveness. I am happy to inform you that the diocese forgave the entire amount. As a new parish, we now have one combined goal. The goal for this year is $181,258. I think together we can reach the mark. Please find in the bulletin where we stand for this year’s goal. I thank you for your giving to this year’s Parish Share and for any future giving.
Finally, I thank you for your prayers, well wishes, and gifts for my birthday and anniversary to the priesthood. I celebrate a double header each year, May 25th is my birthday and the 26th is my anniversary. It was 51 and 19 for me this year! I especially enjoyed the surprise drive-by in front of church after Mass on the 25th. I am so happy to be here with all of you. God bless and thank you!
PROTECTING GOD’S CHILDREN
If you suspect any child is being abused or
neglected call 1-888-808-1235.
If you suspect a child is in imminent
danger from abuse please call 911
immediately.
CAREGIVER NEEDEED
• Thomas Regina of Duquesne, PA is looking for
help a few hours a day showering and dressing
his elderly mother who will be returning home
soon. You will be paid for your assistance daily.
Contact numbers: 412 667-0526 / 412 466-4068.
• Joyce Rohrbacker is seeking a caring person to
sit with her mother, Virginia Shipley, Monday-
Friday for approximately 6 hours a day. This
opportunity is to keep Virginia company and to
prepare breakfast and lunch. You can call Joyce
and leave a message at 412-823-3864.
Please remember in your prayers :
Geraldine Gibala and Esther Dzuricsko
May their souls and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.
ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
My Jesus, I believe that You are in the Blessed
Sacrament. I love You above all
things, and I long for You in my
soul. Since I cannot now receive
You sacramentally, come at least
spiritually into my heart. As
though You have already come, I
embrace You and unite myself entirely to You;
never permit me to be separated from You. Amen
~St. Alphonsus Liguori
OFFERTORY COLLECTIONS
MAY 31, 2020
Offertory $ 9,905.00
Monthly Maintenance $ 872.00
Parish Share* $ 1,120.00
Catholic Relief $ 230.00
Pentecost $ 466.00
Blessed Trinity $ 62..00
Peter’s Pence $ 51.00
Votives $ 15.00
*We have collected $82,193 towards our goal of $181,258
Thank you for your generous donations and continued support.
LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 7
Daily Mass M—F 8:30 A.M.
Weekend Masses: Saturday 4:30 P.M.
Sunday 10:00 A.M.
Holy Hour Tues. 6/9 7:00 P.M.
Rosary Thurs. 6/11 7:00 P.M.
BLESSED PALMS:
Palms are now available in the back
of the church after daily and
weekend Masses at St. Angela
Church. Please see a monitor as
you leave the church.
JOB OPPORTUNITY
St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church in
McKeesport is in need of secretarial help one day a
week. Parish experience preferred. Please call
Fr. Donald Voss at 412-664-9131.
BLUE BINS ARE EMPTY!
The St. Vincent dePaul Society is again collecting
clothing, shoes, blankets,
towels, etc. to sell in their
stores. The blue bins at
St. Angela's and St. Robert's
have been emptied and will
again be emptied on a regular
basis. Thanks in advance for your donations!
The Mary Mother of God Conference has continued
to serve those in need on a limited basis through the
pandemic. With churches being closed and no
collections, our funds have taken quite a hit. Thanks
be to God, we have had to turn no one away. Things
have been manageable because state regulations have
prevented landlords from evicting tenants during this
time, and utility companies have held off on shutting
off service to those who cannot pay. Our concern is
that when those holds expire in July, the demand for
help will be quite high. Please consider making a
contribution, which is really a contribution to help
your friends and neighbors. As always, many thanks
for your help, prayers and support. For more
information, or if you're interested in joining us,
please call Terry, 412-351-3863.
TO RECEIVE HELP: 412-385-3753
WE ARE IN NEED OF CLEANERS
AND MONITORS
We must clean after every Mass and service in the
church. We also need
monitors who can assist
people as they enter the
church. This would include
welcoming people, ensuring
masks are worn, offering
hand sanitizer, and obtaining
contact information in case we need to notify others
if someone was in church with Covid-19. We are
hoping to assemble two teams to
volunteer a few hours a week to
help us satisfy the CDC
guidelines set forth to open our
churches. If you are willing to
help, please call the office at
412-672-9641 or email Kathleen at:
All help during this time of
transition will be greatly
appreciated.
Sunday: Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9/Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 [52b]/2 Cor 13:11-13/Jn 3:16-18
Monday: 1 Kgs 17:1-6/Ps 121:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 [cf. 2]/Mt 5:1-12
Tuesday: 1 Kgs 17:7-16/Ps 4:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8 [7a]/Mt 5:13-16
Wednesday: 1 Kgs 18:20-39/Ps 16:1b-2ab, 4, 5ab and 8, 11 [1b]/Mt 5:17-19
Thursday: Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3/Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13 [2a]/Mt 5:20-26
Friday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-16/Ps 27:7-8a, 8b-9abc, 13-14 [8b]/Mt 5:27-32
Saturday: 1 Kgs 19:19-21/Ps 16:1b-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10 [cf. 5a]/Mt 5:33-37
Next Sunday: Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a/Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 [12]/1 Cor 10:16-17/Jn 6:51-5
Daily Mass: June 1 – 5, Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. at St. Angela Church. Mass is limited to 25 people. Doors open at 8:00 a.m. Admittance will be on a first come, first served basis. We will be livestreaming the Masses. Please find important instructions below.
Daily Mass: Starting June 8, Daily Mass will continue Monday-Friday at 8:30 a.m. at St. Angela. Attendance will increase to 25% capacity, which is about 150 people. Doors open at 8:00 a.m. Admittance will be on a first come, first served basis. We will be livestreaming the Masses. Please find important instructions below.
Weekend Masses: Starting Saturday, June 6, the schedule will be as follows. Saturday Vigil Mass 4:30 p.m. and Sunday 10:00 a.m. Both Masses will be at St. Angela. Doors for the Saturday Vigil will open at 3 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. for Sunday Mass. Attendance is 25% capacity, which is about 150 people per Mass. Admittance will be on a first come, first served basis. We will be livestreaming the Masses. Please note, there is still no obligation to attend weekend Masses at this time. Please find important instructions below.
Reconciliation: To lessen cleaning, Reconciliation will be held in the parking lot. Starting Thursday, June 4, the schedule is as follows. Thursdays, 5 – 6 p.m. at St. Angela’s Parking Lot and Saturdays, 12 – 1 p.m. at St. Robert’s Parking Lot. You must wear a mask.
Important Instructions for Masses
• Masks must be worn
• Social distancing of 6 feet must be kept (except for families/those in close contact)
• Hand Sanitizer will be available upon entry and exit
• We must keep track of participants at Mass in case any participants test positive for COVID-19. We would then contact all participants to notify them of the situation. In order to keep track of participants, we ask that each participant bring with them a small piece of paper that includes their name and phone number (numbers are easier to read than emails). You will be asked to drop the piece of paper in a basket upon entry. If you do not have this prepared, we will send you to a designated area to fill out such information. Thus, we ask that you come prepared to help expedite entry into the church.
• There is a Drop-Off Zone at the main front entrance of the church. Due to the nature of the precautions and the first come basis, the elevator will not be in use.
• Masses will be livestreamed so by attending you are consenting to be filmed at Mass, which goes to multiple social media outlets.
• As part of the precautions, Holy Communion will be distributed at the conclusion of Mass. Further instructions will be given at Mass.
GRADUAL REOPENING PLAN - MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020
(THIS TAKES THE PLACE OF ANY PRIOR SCHEDULE)
Notes: To lessen cleaning, we will not be open for Private Prayer. Holy Hours and Rosaries will remain livestream only. Due to the cleaning, monitoring, and livestream capabilities, St. Angela Church is the only church that will be used for daily and weekend Masses. However, Baptisms, Weddings, and Funerals can occur at any of our four churches at 25% capacity. We are also in need of Church Cleaners and Monitors. If interested, please call the rectory at 412-672-9641 or email Kathleen at [email protected].
St. Anthony of Padua,
patron saint of lost things,
was a Portuguese Catholic
priest and friar of the
Franciscan Order. Though
he died in Padua, Italy, he
was born to a wealthy
family in Lisbon, Portugal,
which is where he was
raised. Noted by his contemporaries for his forceful
preaching and expert knowledge of Scripture, he
was declared a saint almost immediately after his
death and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in
January 16, 1946. His Feast day is June 13.
https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?s=58
All we know of Barnabas is to be found in the New Testament. A Jew, born in Cyprus and named Joseph, he sold his property, gave the proceeds to the Apostles, who gave him the name Barnabas, and lived in common with the earliest converts to Christianity in Jerusalem. He persuaded the community there to accept Paul as a disciple, was sent to Antioch, Syria, to look into the community there, and brought Paul there from Tarsus. With Paul he brought Antioch's donation to the Jerusalem community during a famine, and returned to Antioch with John Mark, his cousin. The three went on a missionary journey to Cyprus, Perga (when John Mark went to Jerusalem), and Antioch in Pisidia, where they were so violently opposed by the Jews that they decided to preach to the pagans. Then they went on to Iconium and Lystra in Lycaonia, where they were first acclaimed gods and then stoned out of the city, and then returned to Antioch in Syria. When a dispute arose regarding the observance of the Jewish rites, Paul and Barnabas went to Jerusalem, where, at a council, it was decided that pagans did not have to be circumcised to be baptized. On their return to Antioch, Barnabas wanted to take John Mark on another visitation to the cities where they had preached, but Paul objected because of John Mark's desertion of them in Perga. Paul and Barnabas parted, and Barnabas returned to Cyprus with Mark; nothing further is heard of him, though it is believed his rift with Paul was ultimately healed. His feast day is June 11.
https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=211
June 7, 2020 The Most Holy Trinity
A well-choreographed dance can be truly inspirational. Each movement and step are interconnected, 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. ©LPi
Ephrem was baptized around the age of 18, and he may have been ordained a deacon at the same time. As a deacon, Saint Ephrem assisted priests in providing food and other aid to the poor and in preaching the Gospel, and his most effective tools for helping Christians
understand the true faith were the hundreds of deeply theological hymns and biblical commentaries that he composed. Not all Christians have the time or the opportunity to study theology in any depth, but all Christians join in worship, and even children can easily memorize theologically rich hymns. In his lifetime, Ephrem may have written as many as three million lines, and 400 of his hymns still survive. Ephrem's hymnography earned him the title "Harp of the Spirit."
