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Our Parish Mission:Our Parish Mission:Our Parish Mission: Christ calls our parish family to be a Christ calls our parish family to be a Christ calls our parish family to be a

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SSAINTAINT PPAULAUL CCATHOLICATHOLIC CCHURCHHURCH Address: 140 Walnut Street, Weirton, WV 26062

Phone: 304-748-6710 Web site: stpaulcommunity.net Prayer Line: 304-748-4245 & 304-564-3114

Pastor: Rev. Larry W. Dorsch E-mail: lwdorsch@comcast.net

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Opened!

Our St. Paul Parish and School Capital Campaign No big change in

the money numbers this

week. We are still awaiting bids on the alternate HVAC for lesser

money.

The kitchen is nearly finished. The new range has been delivered and we are awaiting some approvals by the fire

marshal. We did have a terrible water break under the floor this week that

had to be repaired.

Any questions about the Campaign can be directed to our Pastor, Fr. Larry

Dorsch (304-748-6710).

WWANTEDANTED: A F: A FEWEW CCOMMITTEDOMMITTED, L, LOVINGOVING AADULTSDULTS

Our parish is in need of a few adults willing to commit some energy, time and love to the young people of our community who will soon be preparing for the

Sacrament of Confirmation. These young people will need help in more fully appreciating the wonder and power of the Spirit of Jesus at work in them and in the world to bring about God’s way of peace and goodness. They need the guidance

of veterans to help them realize how the scriptures, the sacraments—especially the Eucharist and the church community can be resources for them as they try to find

and serve God in their lives and world. Do you want to help them? Let us know in the parish office (304-748-4118) and we will get the whole group together soon and begin our preparations.

All active members of the parish should have received a mailing this week asking you to do your part in our parish life. The mailing included a checklist of the various

ministries that are part our community. Please consider how you can help!

We urgently need additional LITURGICAL MINISTERS at virtually all our liturgies. We have in recently months been dependent on a faithful few to serve as communion ministers, readers,

greeters, servers and ushers.

We also would like to form a MARTHA AND MARY MINISTRY to provide parish support and comfort for our families experiencing grief at the death of a loved one. We want to have people at the church to welcome them, form a small music ministry and be a supportive presence for them.

Please fill out the form that came in the mail or find additional forms in the back of the church and place them in the collection basket on in the box at the back of the church.

Phase 1: CAMPAIGN PROGRESS AS OF September 2, 2015

Donor Pledged Amount

Foundations $136,0000.00

Alumni $10,000.00

Christian Mothers $15,000.00

Holy Name $10,000.00

Parishioners $210,435.00

School Parents $20,260.00

Businesses $7,050.00

TOTAL $408,745.00

GOAL $500,000.00

BALANCE NEEDED $91,255.00

LITURGICAL MINISTERS FOR SEPTEMBER 12-13

Ministers of

Communion Lectors Altar

Servers

Greeters Ushers

Saturday

Sept. 12

5 pm

Frances Veltri

Lawrence Pearce

Larry Perrone

Cindy Toth Not Filled Irene Canala

James Elias

Theresa Elias

Florence Hirkala

John Cummings

John Porco

Ron Panko

Joseph Veltri

Sunday

Sept. 13

8:30 am

Majorie Stock

Louis Stock

Terri Nejus

James Mazzone

Jimmy Mazzone

Joanne Darmelio

Philip Darmelio

Mary Ann Poole

Tom Poole

Thomas Beaumont

Paul Duffy

Patrick Gurrera

Thomas Lorello

Sunday

Sept. 13

11 am

Geo Brandenburg

Marlene Hamilton

Cynthia Harcharik

Carla Gianni Young

Lorraine Lovy

Jerry DeFilippo

Darlene Sessi

Madison Costello

Jenifer Costello

Jordan Calandros

Madison Efaw

Donna Bohach

Marguerite Huyghe

Peggy Rossi

Edie Wilson

Robert Baker

Charles Bugin

Robert Chuma

Ed Halsey

Sunday,

Sept. 13

6 pm

Bennie Parr

Michelle O’Karma

Michael Cucarese

John O’Karma

Jacqueline O’Karma

Johnny O’Karma

A.D. Mastrantoni

Michael Mastrantoni

Mark White

This week: Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Times Isaiah 35:4-7a James 2:1-5 Mark 7:31-37

Background: At first glance it is just a simple healing story. But what

about at that travelogue through Gentile country at the beginning: why did Mark bother to tell us that? And then, why did Jesus take the deaf man off

by himself and tell him not to tell anyone? What’s with the secrecy? Ah, there’s more than meets the ear to this little story.

Next Week: Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Isaiah 50:5-9a James 2:14-18 Mark 8:27-35

Adult Bible Study

Tuesday Evenings at 6:30 join Fr. Larry and others for a study and discussion of the coming Sunday’s Gospel in

the parish office conference room.

CCOMMUNITYOMMUNITY BBREADREAD BBASKETASKET

Don’t forget non-perishable foods, soaps, paper products for distribution at our ecumenical food pantry. September we are asked to bring mac-n-cheese.

Bring them to the offering baskets to be presented at mass.

Many, many families have come to the Bread Basket in recent weeks and the shelves are bare. Please help restock with non-perishable food items of any kind: soups, noodles, pasta, veggies, tuna,

oil, mac n cheese, soaps, paper products.

TTABLEABLE OFOF HHOPEOPE Free Hot Meals are provided at First Methodist Church on West Street 5-6 pm Monday,

Wednesday and Friday. Volunteers needed from about 4 pm until 6:30. Please If you can help call Lori Duke 304-670-9544.

NOTE: Beginning in September St. Paul Parish will be exclusively responsible for staffing the Table of Hope for the Fourth Friday of each month (September 25th). This will be an opportunity for us to give parish witness of service, to get to know one another and to offer families a chance to service

together. Sign up sheets are now available in the back of church for Friday, September 25, with time slots from 3 pm through 7 pm. Please sign up if you can be part of our first St. Paul

Night at the Table of Hope.

UUPP--DDATINGATING THETHE DDATAATA BBASEASE Our diocese has now instituted a new computer database for the whole Catholic

community in the state of West Virginia and our parish is one of the first to be completely on-line with this system. One of the opportunities with the new system is communication with parishioners via mass e-mails. We will be able to send our

bulletin, mailings, contribution statements and other communications quickly, efficiently and more economically via this electronic system. We will save time

since we will not have to do such large mass mailings and save money on paper and postage. But we need you e-mail addresses! Please return the card you received in the mail or find additional cards in the back of the church. (We realize many older members do not have e-mail so our regular mailings will continue as usual for all these members!)

PRAY FOR OUR SICK MEMBERS Gloria Frankovitch & Mary Paris Golden Oaks—Theresa Petroski Country Club Nursing Home: Frances Oliver Weirton Geriatrics—Inez Oliver Wyngate: Virginia Yoklic, Reno Silvestri, Vivian DeMarco Serra Manor—Lillian Beagle Chris Dorich is at 71 Darlington Rd, Room 141, Beaver Falls, PA 15010

Our sympathy to the family and friends of Louise Strauss who passed away last week. Our sympathy to Eileen Zinaich on the death of her grandson, George. Best Wishes to Jennie Muscara, mother of Joann Bugin, who turned 101 years old on September 4th. Our Parish is currently accepting applications for the position of Advancement Director. Main responsibilities of the Advancement Director include alumni relations, annual fund and major gift management, as well as database management, special event coordination and grant writing. Candidate must be able to communicate with various constituent groups such as faculty and staff, current and prospective parents, students, volunteers, and local community members. Position must be able to promote a strong Catholic identity for the school. Strong written and oral communication skills are required. A degree in Marketing, Business Management or a related field is desirable. Prefer 3 years in marketing, fundraising, sales or a related field. Salary is commensurate with education & experience. Interested candidates should email a resume by August 10, 2015, to pcowan@@weirtonstpauls.org. Mail to: Search Committee, c/o St. Paul School, 140 Walnut Street, Weirton, WV 26062 Capital Campaign payments can be placed in the collection on Sunday or mailed to 140 Walnut St, Weirton. Please make checks out to St. Paul School and place them in a separate envelope. Do not include this payment with the Church collection donations. St. Paul Christian Mothers Autumn Glory Card Party will be held on Sunday, September 27, 2015, at 2 pm in the school cafeteria. All Christian Mothers were given 50/25/25 raffle tickets to sell. Please return these tickets by placing them in the collection basket in an envelope marked Christian Mothers. St. Joseph The Worker will hold a special Memorial Rosary for our country on Tuesday, September 8th at 6 pm in the church. Patriotic music will be sung. A Day of Hope has been planned for September 13, 2015 celebrating & supporting a substance free lifestyle. This ecumenical effort is supported by the WV Council of Churches, and it focuses not only on recovery but prevention. With the need being over-whelming and faith communities and local communities looking for answers, we believe that it will take congregations and communities working together to end this epidemic. The Day of Hope is our first step to solving this problem. Facebook: www.Facebook.com/WVDayofHope*Twitter://WVDay of Hope.

Religious Education of Our Children Our Family Faith FUNdamentals will resume classes starting on September 20th from 9:40-10:50 am. Registration will be held on September 13th from 9:40-10:50 am upstairs in former rectory building. We will have classes for Pre-K through 8th Grade this year. Refreshments will be served. The Cathechist will be available to meet and the children can view their classrooms during this time. We look forward to seeing all the children again this year as well as welcom-ing all new children. Questions? Please contact me at christyvalero@comcast.net or 740-284-0133. A letter along with a registration form has been sent to all the public school families with children. If you have child or family member in public school and did not receive a letter, please contact the church office 304-748-6710 so that a letter & registration form can be sent to your family.

OUR PARISH THIS WEEK

Saturday September 5

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Confession Sunday Eucharist: (Stanley & Josephine Roman)

Sunday September 6 23rd.Sunday

Ordinary Time

8:30 am 11:00 am 6:00 pm 7:00 pm

Sunday Eucharist: (For All Our People) Sunday Eucharist (Helen & Nicholas Chuma) Sunday Eucharist: (Danny Machesney & Mark Oliver) Alcoholics Anonymous in cafeteria

Monday, September 7

8:00 am Weekday Eucharist: (Olivia O. Brady)

Tuesday, September 8

8:00 am 6:00 pm 6:30 pm

Weekday Eucharist: (Barbara Pete) Christian Mothers Meeting in cafeteria Weekly Word in conference room

Wednesday September 9

9:30 am 5:45 pm 7:00 pm

Teaching Mass Voices of hope Adult Choir rehearsal

Thursday September 10

8:00 am 6:30 pm

Weekday Eucharist: (Mary Sleeman) Holy Name Meeting in conference room

Friday September 11

8:00 am Weekday Eucharist: (Thomas J. & Dolores B. Troia)

Saturday September 12

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Confession Sunday Eucharist: (William White)

Sunday September 13 24th. Sunday Ordinary Time

8:30 am

11:00 am 6:00 pm 7:00 pm

Sunday Eucharist: (For Living & Deceased Members of Holy Name & Christian Mothers) Sunday Eucharist (Susie Szymanek) Sunday Eucharist: (All Our Parishioners) Alcoholics Anonymous in cafeteria

Don’t forget your parish, please consider giving a percentage of whatever remains in your estate to the parish memorial endowment fund. Bequests for the parish should read, “To the Most Rev. Michael J. Bransfield, Bishop of Wheeling Charleston or his successors in office for the exclusive use of St. Paul Parish (or School) in Weirton, WV Memorial Endowment Fund.”

WEEKLY COLLECTIONS

August 31, 2015

Envelopes $ 7423.00 Offertory $ 381.00

Renovation $ 1594.00 Candles $ 301.00