July 22, 2018

Sixteenth Sunday

in Ordinary Time

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

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.

Baptism: 1st & 3rd Sunday each Month. Pre-Jordan class is required and held on the 3rd Tuesday 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 wed-ding.

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

SENIOR PRIEST:

Rev. Martin E. Woodeshick

IN RESIDENCE:

Rev. Msgr. Richard Malone

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

Monday - Thursday: 9 AM - 4 PM Friday: 9 AM - 12Noon

Emergencies Call the parish office and press 1.

ASSUMPTION ACADEMY

School Principal: Patricia Welsh 610-688-5277

PREP Office

Sr. Kathleen Fitzpatrick IHM 610-688-6590

OLA CONVENT—IHM SISTERS

Phone: 610-688-7889

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Masses for the Week

5:00 PM - Joseph Santoleri by Richard & Rosemary Ise

Sunday, July 22, 2018 16th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

7:00 - For the People of the Parish 8:30 - Anna Kimes by Joan Beltz & Barbara Rubbo 10:00 - Jo Morgan Durbin, 20th Anniv. by Son, Mike, Cathy & Sophie Kunsch 11:30 - Anna Kimes, by Daughters, Joan & Bobbi

Monday - July 23, 2018 8:00 - Donato & Frances Donato by Michael & Edward Donato

Tuesday - July 24, 2018 8:00 - Joseph Nicola by Mom & Dad

Wednesday - July 25, 2018 8:00 - Rev. Daniel J. Hoy

Thursday - July 26, 2018 8:00 - Rev. Daniel L. Pirolli

Friday - July 27, 2018 8:00 - Erin Ann Lively by Frank Monari

Saturday - July 28, 2018 9:00 - Joe Nicolo by Nick & Carol Piccoli

Sanctuary Lamp is burning

For: Deceased Members of the Toscani, Walsh, Gerace & Laudenslayer Families From: July 20, 2018 to July 26, 2018 By: Pat & Marybeth Walsh

OLA Parish Organizations

Legion of Mary: Every Wed. at 1 PM in Sacred Heart Chapel

Missionary Servants of the Holy Love: Every Tues. at 7 PM in Sacred Heart Chapel

Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Every Sat. at 9:30 AM in Church

Living Bridges Men’s Spirituality: Every Fri. at 7 AM in Sacred Heart Chapel

Lay Carmelites: Mon., August 13, 2018 at 6:30 PM in Upper Room

Question of the week!

What is it that moves me to feel a visceral form of compassion toward others? What, then, do I do?

OLA Knitters needed Please knit/crochet a hat/scarf/baby blanket for NICU at Bryn Mawr Hospital. Dropoff bin is in the Giving Room.

OLA Poor Boxes

Outreach is an integral part of the Catholic community & our mission. The money collected from our Poor Boxes located in the Candle Room & in the Vestibule, fuels our Outreach Ministry. Thank you!

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

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 Thank you for your generous support of our work!

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, Nick Recchi, Msgr. Jim McDonough, Carole Pullo, Dom Losco, Louise McKeown, Gloria Biondi, Taylor Boileau, Dan, Angie, Nick & Kelly Sciarratta, Joe Monte, Barbara Pupek, Charlotte Krutsick, Catherine Harmer, Eileen Piombino, John Becker, Janet Fleming, Holly Weaver, Fred Marcantonio, Agatha & Carol Annino, Bob Iatesta, Rose Rogers, Daniel Koppa, Marge Morrow, Louise Fehn, Gabe Yervelli, Msgr. Marino, Milena Trosini, Alison Colodonato, Sean Mahoney, Trudy DiNardo, Baby Flynn, Joanne Gill, Yolanda Price, Zaira Silveri, Dottie Cappelli, Ross LoMagro, Autumn Hill & Russell Demanczyk.

Please pray for our parishioners serving in the Military: Adam H. Bouvier, Lauren A. Seedor, Maria Frank, Rebecca Robbins & Matt Wilson.

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME July 22, 2018

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Italian Festival

Sunday, August 12, 2018 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Celebrate our heritage and our future!

For additional details, please visit: www.olastrafford.org/festival

Available Mass Intentions

2018 Mass Book has available Mass Intentions & Vigil Lamps. Remember a loved one (living or deceased). Contact either Rose Ann or Marge in the Parish Office: 610-688-1178 to set up one.

NEED HELP SEARCHING

FOR A JOB?

The OLA Outreach Ministry can connect you with a service that 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 goal, 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 As-sumption, 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.

PREP

PREP 2018-2019 REGISTRATION

PREP Registrations for all children entering first grade this coming September, as well as re-turning students and those NEW to our parish are being accepted. PREP Registration Forms are available on the OLA website at: olastraf-ford.org/PREP or on the racks near the elevator in the vestibule of OLA Church. Please submit all PREP Registration Forms by Tuesday, July 31, 2018

PREP CATECHISTS & ASSISTANTS

“If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.” Please keep this prayer in your heart as you PRAYERFULLY consider serving as either a Catechist or an Assistant in our Parish Religious Education Program. If you are thankful to God for the gift of faith given to you and would like to share it with others, please contact Sr. Kathleen (info below) to discuss the possibility.

For further information, regarding PREP, please contact Sr. Kathleen Fitzpatrick, IHM at 610-688-6590 or kfitzpatrick@olastrafford.org

Festival Volunteers Needed

Your help is needed for our Festival on Aug. 12th. Committee members will be available after all of the Masses on July 14/15 & July 28/29 to an-swer questions & to sign up volunteers. If interest-ed, you can also go to the Festival webpage to complete a volunteer sign-up form, ask questions & sign up to volunteer.

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Stewardship

SUNDAY COLLECTIONS 7/15/2018 2018: $ 4,475 2017: $ 7,321 Parish Giving as of 7/13/2018: $ 2,078 CUM FISCAL YTD TOTAL (July - June)

2018: $ 21,350 2017: $ 22,663 Note: 2018 fiscal YTD offerings are –5.79% greater than 2017. We thank you for your generosity!

Parish Calendar

July 22 10:00 AM - Children’s Liturgy of the Word - Sacred Heart Chapel 24 7:00 PM - Missionary Servants of Holy Love - Sacred Heart Chapel 25 1:00 PM - Legion of Mary - Sacred Heart Chapel 28 9:30 AM - Sodality Devotions - Church

Pastor’s Corner

My Dear Parishioners,

I hope that you are enjoying these beau-tiful summer months. This weekend marks the first anniversary of my installation here as pas-tor of Our Lady of the Assumption. Last year on July 22nd, Bishop McIntyre formally installed me as your pastor and I have fond memories of that Mass as well as the warm reception that followed afterwards in Assumption Hall. Time really flies, but it is in moments like this that I simply take the opportunity to say how grateful I am to be your pastor and how grateful I am for your kindness and support throughout the past year. I look forward to serving you as pas-tor in the years ahead and working with you so that together we can build a strong and faith- filled parish community.

At this time of year, our thoughts are on our upcoming Italian Festival which will be held on August 12th. Please plan on being there and bring a friend! As a reminder, leading up to this big day, we will celebrate a Triduum of Prayer on August 8th, 9th and 10th. Fr. Anthony Hangholt from St. Philip Neri Parish in Lafayette Hill, PA will be our guest homilist for these days of pray-er and adoration. Afterwards, food and enter-tainment will be offered in the piazza. We hope to see you there as well. You may have also noticed that in the vestibule of the church, the thermometer is back! Our fund-raising goal this year (as last year) is set at $5,000. As of this writing we have raised $2,370; that is 47.4% of our goal. If you haven’t made a donation yet, we invite you to do so!

As you can see, preliminary work on our parking lot has been done and now we are pre-paring for the main work of repairing and resur-facing our lot. We plan on starting this work on Monday, June 23rd. Therefore, during this com-ing week, the parking lot will not be available. We thank you for your flexibility and patience during this time of repair work and we will do our best to keep you updated on our progress as we go along.

I thank you again for your prayers, good works and financial support that make our par-ish alive and strong. May God bless you and your families! Love and prayers, Fr. Carey

Missionary Co-op Plan Appeal

Help support The Oblates of St. Francis de Sales who bring the Good News of Jesus & much needed material support to every corner of the world. Sponsored by the Pontifical Mission Societies, who help build up these Churches in 1,111 Dioceses, mostly where Christianity is new and until they are self-sufficient. Founded in France in 1876, the Oblates live to spread the uniquely accessible and optimistic spirituality of St. Francis de Sales by engaging in many ministries. Today Oblate priests, brothers & sisters staff missions in Ivory Coast Benin, South Africa, Namibia, Brazil, Uruguay, Haiti, Mexico, Ecuador & India. Please pray for the work of the Oblates & show your generous support next week-end when Fr. Ashish Augustine, OSFS will join us for the celebration of the Sunday Masses.

OLA Assumption Triduum

Wednesday, Aug. 8th: 7 PM Evening Prayer with Fr. Anthony Hangholt 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, Aug. 9th: 7 PM Evening Prayer with Fr. Anthony Hangholt 8 PM TBD LOLA will be serving tomato pie with ice tea & lem-onade. Friday, Aug. 10th: 7 PM Evening Prayer with Fr. Anthony Hangholt 8 PM The Jazz Sanctuary Enjoy the blues & jazz sounds by muLOLA will be serving wine & cheese.