SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Infant baptisms are celebrated on Saturdays at Noon and Sundays at 11:30AM. Parents are asked to attend a one-evening presentation on Baptism prior to the celebration. Please phone the Parish Office to register for the class and Baptism. SPONSOR CERTIFICATES for sacramental sponsors can be issued only to registered & active members of the parish. Please call the office.SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: Please call the Parish Office at least 12 months prior to the date of the intended wedding. Church date and arrangements should precede all other wedding plans. Pre-Cana conferences are mandatory and are available several times a year. SACRAMENT OF THE SICK: Call the Parish Office to notify us about admission to a hospital or extended confinement to one’s home.COMMUNION TO SICK AND SHUT-INS: Call the Parish Office if someone is unable to attend Mass. Communion is taken to the sick and homebound on First Fridays and at other arranged times.BABYSITTERS are on duty at 10:30am Mass in church basement.

BULLETIN DEADLINE Due by MONDAY @ noon.

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults): Adults interested in learning more about the faith or becoming Catholic may join this on-going program of formation and instruction. Classes now meeting on Thursday evenings in the School Library from 6:30PM-7:30PM. Please call the Parish Office to register. ALTAR FLOWERS: Flowers may be placed in the sanctuary for special occasions or in memory of a loved one. Call Deborah Breon at 717-986-1959 for details. SCRIP: This is a successful program earning Seven Sorrows rebate money on all your gift card purchases. Each card you buy is purchased at face value. The rebates we receive are placed into a scholarship fund to help offset tuition and fees. Cards are available after Masses (excluding 6:00PM). Inventory also available in the Rectory (Mondays 8:30-9:30AM & 3:00-4:00PM; Tuesdays & Wednesdays 8:30-4:00PM; Thursdays 1-4:00PM and Fridays (excluding summer) 8:30-4:00PM). For more information, contact Lisa Fortunato (lfortunato@ssbvm.org).PRAYER CHAIN: Need prayers? Reach out to our Prayer Chain coordinator, Donna Jennings at 717-566-3184 or via email at djennings2095@comcast.net.

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Ray Kerwin 717-944-5371 x208

Mrs. Rebecca Harvey, PrincipalSchool Phone 717-944-5371School Fax 717-944-5419

Bishop McDevitt 717-236-7973

Nathaniel was the first disciple

to say to Lord Jesus Christ, "Rabbi, you are the Son of

God" (John. 1:49).

Mon. 8:30 AMTuesday-Saturday 8:00 AM

Saturday 5:30 PMSunday: 8:00AM, 10:30AM, 6:00 PM

Sunday 11:30 AM-12 PM

Thursday 4:30-6:00 PMSaturday: 7:30-7:50 AM, 4:30-5:10 PM

Monday-Thursday 8:30 AM-10:00 PMFriday 8:30-NOON Monday-Friday 9:30AM-1:00 PM

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

4 WAYS TO IMITATE ST. JOSEPH ON DAILY BASIS Prayer for the year of St. Joseph

Father Louis Lalemant, having chosen St Joseph for

model of the interior life, practiced each day in his

honor the following exercises: two in the morning

and two in the evening.

1- LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT The first was

to raise his mind toward the heart of St. Joseph

and consider how docile he had been to the

inspirations of the Holy Spirit. Then examining his

own heart, he humbled himself for his times of

resistance, and animated himself to follow more

faithfully the inspirations of grace.

2- UNITY OF PRAYER AND WORK The second

was to consider with what perfection St.

Joseph united the interior life to the occupations

of his state in life. Then reflecting on his own life,

he examined if there were some defects to correct.

Father Lalemant attained by this holy practice to a

great union with God and he knew how to preserve it

in the midst of occupations which seemed the most

distracting.

3- DEVOTION TO THE VIRGIN MARY The

third was to unite himself spiritually to St. Joseph as

spouse of the Mother of God; and considering the

admirable lights which the saint had on the virginity

and maternity of Mary, he encouraged himself to

love this holy patriarch for the love of his holy

spouse.

4- ADORE THE CHRIST CHILD The fourth was

to represent to himself the profound adoration and

the paternal services which St. Joseph had rendered

to the Child Jesus: he asked to be permitted to join

with him in adoring, loving, and serving this

Divine Infant with the tenderest affection and the

profoundest veneration. (Philip Kosloski Aleteia.org)

As we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the declaration of

St. Joseph as patron of the Church, pope Francis has

proclaimed year 2021, “The Year of St Joseph”.

To you, O blessed Joseph, do we come in our

tribulation, and having implored the help of your

most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke your

patronage also.

Through that charity which bound you to the

Immaculate Virgin Mother of God and through the

paternal love with which you embraced the Child

Jesus, we humbly beg you graciously to regard the

inheritance which Jesus Christ has purchased by his

Blood, and with your power and strength to aid us in

our necessities.

O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family,

defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ;

O most loving father, ward off from us very

contagion of error and corrupting influence; O our

most mighty protector, be kind to us and from

heaven assist us in our struggle with the power of

darkness.

As once you rescued the Child Jesus from deadly

peril, so now protect God’s Holy Church from the

snares of the enemy and from all adversity; shield,

too, each one of us by your constant protection, so

that, supported by your example and your aid, we

may be able to live piously, to die in holiness, and to

obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Amen.

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MASS & CONFESSION SCHEDULE SUNDAY OFFERING

Sunday Offering -Week of Jan. 10, 2021: $ 14,370.51

December "Online Giving" $23,880.81

ROSARY LEADERS JANUARY 16/17, 2021

Saturday 5:30PM Vincent Varankar

Sunday 8:00AM Linda Hartzell Sunday 10:30AM Paulanne Loutinsky

DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS

Food Bank in January Vegetable beef soup, Canned diced

tomatoes, can/plastic jar of spaghetti sauce,

peas, any type of box potatoes, pork-n-

beans, toothpaste and

paper towels.

Sincere thanks to the Seven Sorrow family for the

outpouring support and donations, week after week, and

for the volunteers transporting the items to the food bank.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2021 SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

8:00 AM + BARBARA PRISTELLO

10:30AM + OUR PARISH FAMILY

6:00 PM + CATHERINE DRAYER

MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2021 8:30 AM + JACK CRAIG

TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021 8:00 AM + JOHN FRANCIS RISKO Jr. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2021 [Saint Fabian, Pope and Martyr; Saint Sebastian, Martyr]

8:00 AM + CATHERINE KOBEL

THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2021 Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr (Memorial)

8:00 AM + HELEN BRODNICK 4:30-6PM CONFESSIONS (no confessions)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2021

Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children

8:00 AM + MICHAEL VERSARI

SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021 [St. Vincent, Deacon and Martyr; St. Marianne Cope, BVM]

7:30-7:50AM CONFESSIONS

8:00 AM + CHRIS KUNA

4:30-5:10PM CONFESSIONS

5:30 PM + NANCY KOSHEBA

SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2021

THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

8:00 AM + OUR PARISH FAMILY

10:30AM + DOLORES & RICHARD STICHTER

6:00 PM Special Intentions for SHANNA BYRNE

Children’s Rosary The First Sunday of the month, all children

are invited to come pray the rosary after 10 AM Mass

2020 Diocesan Annual Campaign

Seven Sorrows’ Goal $176,000

Total Pledge/Paid $141,277.00

Please consider pledging or making a donation online.

May God bless and reward you for your contribution.

EASTER EGGS 2021

THANK YOU for donating 40oz or 48oz

jars of Jif Creamy Peanut Butter.

Look for the cart in the Narthex of the

Church, where you can place your

donations.

Mon. Jan. 18 Heb 5:1-10/Mk 2:18-22

Tue. Jan. 19 Heb 6:10-20/Mk 2:23-28

Wed. Jan. 20 Heb 7:1-3, 15-17/Mk 3:1-6

Thu. Jan. 21 Heb 7:25—8:6/Mk 3:7-12

Fri. Jan. 22 Heb 8:6-13/Mk 3:13-19

Sat. Jan. 23 Heb 9:2-3, 11-14/Mk 3:20-21

Sun. Jan. 24 Jon 3:1-5, 10/1 Cor 7:29-31/Mk 1:14-20

JIF Jars received: 279 Goal: 1,000

Father Ted being on retreat, there will be

no confessions on Jan. 21st.

Let us pray for him to come back to us refreshed and

spiritually recharged.

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SEVEN SORROWS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PARISH—MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JANUARY 17, 2021

Foster Parents NeededIn Pennsylvania, thousands of children in foster care are in desperate need of a safe and nurturing home. If you can provide a loving home, we will provide the support that you need. To find out how to become a foster parent, please contact Catholic Charities Specialized Foster Care at (717) 564-7115 or gpfeifer@cchbg.org.

Let’s stay connected through prayer.

If you have any prayer intentions please, send them

to Evangel DiMarco ldimarco@ssbvm.org

VOLUNTEER CHUCH CLEANERS

If you would like to volunteer and offer 1 to 2 hours

of your time, there is a need for helpers in the church.

Please contact Sue Dussinger 717-5662787 or email

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COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN

Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be

holy. Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be

holy. Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is

holy. Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is

holy. Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, that I always may be

holy.– St. Augustine

Lay your cares about the future trustingly in God’s hands,

and let yourself be guided by the Lord just like a little

child.—St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul except

sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to

worry.-St. Francis De Sales

Don’t spend your energies on things that generate worry,

anxiety, and anguish. Only one thing is necessary: Lift up

your spirit and love God.—St. Padre Pio

Nothing great is ever achieved without enduring much.

—St. Catherine de Siena

Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever

been able to satisfy the heart? - St. Gerard Majella

The secret to happiness is to live moment by moment and

thank God for what He is sending us every day in His

goodness.—St. Gianna Molla

If God sends you many sufferings it is a sign that He has

great plans for you, ans certainly wants to make you a

saint.—St Ignatius of Loyola

Quotes From Saints to Kick off 2021

A big THANK YOU and WELCOME to all of the

ladies who joined Seven Sorrows CCW during our

recent membership drive. Any women in the parish

who are still interested in joining our very

worthwhile, charitable group may still do so by

picking up an envelope in the narthex. The envelope

may be dropped off in the collection basket or at the

rectory office. We look forward to seeing new faces.

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