Sunday, August 30, 2020 | Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary

County website access: www.stmatthiasgreene.org

Sunday, August 30, 2020 | Twenty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A)

We are the caring, healing, vibrant Catholic Eucharistic faith communities,

who celebrate and promote the Divine Mercy of God through prayer and service.

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday Vigil St. Ann - 4:00 pm

St. Hugh - 6:00 pm

Sunday St. Ann - 8:30 am

St. Hugh - 9:30 am St. Marcellus - 10:30 am St. Ignatius - 11:30 am

ST. ANN 232 E. High St., Waynesburg, PA 15370 Phone: 724-627-7568 ~ Fax: 724-627-3735 Email: saintannchurch@comcast.net Office Hours: M-F 8:30 am to 4:00 pm Office Manager: Marci Snee Religious Education: Melissa Kirsch

ST. IGNATIUS 305 Grant St. Bobtown, PA 15315

ST. HUGH 408 Route 88, Carmichaels, PA 15320 Phone: 724-966-7270 ~ Fax: 724-966-9118 Email: sthugholcpc@windstream.net Office Hours: M-W-TH 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Business Manager: Don Weinschenker Office Managers: Denise Voithofer Christine Zabrosky Religious Education: Linette Kerr

ST. MARCELLUS 1340 Jefferson Rd, Jefferson, PA 15344

W O R S H I P S I T E S

Religious Education County Coordinator: Linette Kerr

PASTOR/ADMINISTRATOR: Rev. Albin C. McGinnis: 724-627-7568 | SENIOR PAROCHIAL VICAR: Rev. Francis Frazer: 724-377-2588 DEACONS: James M. Sheil: 724-998-1105 | Bert Kuhns: 412-691-0890

The Baptism of the Lord

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PARISH EVENTS CALENDAR

Good Neighbor Lunches will be served by TAKE-OUT only!

On Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays 11:30 am to 12:15 pm

Confessions: will be held on Saturdays beginning May 30th, by the following schedule:

St. Ann - 10:00 to 10:30 am, St. Hugh - 11:00 to 11:30 am,

St. Marcellus - 1:00 to 1:30 pm, St. Ignatius - 1:00 to 1:30 pm.

By appointment. Prior to your baby’s Baptism, you must be a practicing Catho-lic and attend a pre-baptism class. A God-parent must be a fully initiated, practicing Catholic, age 16 or older.

Arrangements must be made with the Parish Office at least six (6) months in advance. Participation in marriage program is required.

Please notify your home parish for visits of Communion to the sick, shut-ins, and those confined to hospital.

Sacrament of Holy Baptism

Sacrament of Holy Matrimony

Anointing of the Sick | Sick Calls

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Sanctuary Candle

August 30, thru September 12, Philip Staun and Brian Renfro (Anniv.)

by Family (at St. Hugh)

August 15, thru November 15, Brant Mattish

by his Godfather, John Knapic (at St. Marcellus)

Diocesan Victim Assistance Coordinator Office: 412-456-3093

Diocesan Victim Hotline: 1-888-808-1235 PA ChildLine: 1-800-932-0313

Call 911 immediately if a child is in danger.

Diocese of Pittsburgh

The Sanctuary Candle burns In Loving Remembrance or for

the Special Intention of :

OFFERTORY ENVELOPES

Your support is vital to the life of the parish..

All contribution envelopes may be mailed

St. Matthias Parish,

c/o St. Ann Parish Office Center,

232 E. High St., Waynesburg, PA 15370.

ALTAR - ROSARY SOCIETY MEETING NOTICE

Due to the Corona Virus,

the date of a meeting may not be possible before

sometime in 2021.

Please know that our many members express their concern for

all those of St. Matthias Parish and our communities during this

challenging time. We are all keeping you in our daily prayers.

Please keep safe - Follow the guidelines -“Wear a Mask”.

Looking forward to a cure and vaccine,

— Arlene Mulholland, President

BULLETIN ARTICLES

Please submit articles to be published in the St. Matthias bulletin to

the St. Ann Office Center at the following email address:

saintannchurch@comcast.net

Please cc the St. Hugh office at -- sthugholcpc@windstream.net

All articles are subject to approval, especially those

which are not affiliated with St. Matthias Parish.

DEADLINE:

5 DAYS BEFORE PUBLICATION

Bulletins are transmitted for publication on Wednesdays,

therefore, articles should be sent to the office by the previous Friday.

MEETING GUIDELINES For St. Matthias Parish Organizations

Meetings of 25 people or less in our

worship sites’ social halls are now permitted

following all Corona Virus guidelines,

especially social distancing.

Contact the parish office to set a meeting date. Please keep the health and age group of

your membership in mind when planning meetings.

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All WORSHIP SITES & MASSES NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Following all state and diocesan Covid-19 precautions and social distancing guidelines.

During this time there is no obligation for you to come to Mass. Below is the Mass Schedule for the week.

SATURDAY, August 29 - Vigil: Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 pm St. Ann Mary Jane Osso by Larry and Sandy 6:00 pm St. Hugh Patty Yoders (Birthday) by Aunt Frances Rafter SUNDAY, August 30 - Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 am St. Ann In Celebration of Gloria Jones’ s 92nd Birthday by Andy and Patty Rohanna 9:30 am St. Hugh John Medunic Sr. by Son, John Medunic Jr. 10:30 am St. Marcellus For the People of St. Matthias Parish 11:30 am St. Ignatius Frank Cettin (Anniv.) and Frank Cettin II by Carol and Gary Polosky 12:00 pm St. Ann Johnna Cumpston by The Bogucki Family

MONDAY, August 31 - Weekday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am St. Ann Adam and Giovanna Demiani by Family 9:00 am St. Hugh For the Health and Welfare of Colby Simkovic by Great-grandfather, Andy Simkovic & Sons

TUESDAY, September 1 - Weekday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am St. Ann For the Unborn by the Knights of Columbus 9:00 am St. Marcellus Ed Zeglen by the Krajnak Family

WEDNESDAY, September 2 - Weekday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am St. Ann For the ill of the parish by the Knights of Columbus 9:00 am St. Hugh Margaret Yuras (Anniv.) by Daughters, Rose Whipkey and Joyce McCombs

THURSDAY, September 3 - St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church 8:00 am St. Ann George I. Jackovic by Rudy and Jackie Marisa 9:00 am St. Ignatius Betty Jean Dugan by Helen Berezansky and Martha Grula

FRIDAY, September 4 - Weekday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am St. Ann Bill Okuley by the Knights of Columbus 9:00 am St. Hugh All Living and Deceased Members of the Altar Rosary Society

SATURDAY, September 5 - Vigil: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 pm St. Ann Andy and Rita Rohanna by Andy and Patty Rohanna 6:00 pm St. Hugh For Bob and Susan Teagarden in Celebration of their 45th Wedding Anniversary SUNDAY, September 6 - Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 am St. Ann Tony, Mary and Peter Mowad by Bob and Lynn Hoover 9:30 am St. Hugh Raymond Andria by Wife and Children 10:30 am St. Marcellus Richard Furman by Dawn and Pat Miller 11:30 am St. Ignatius Madelen and Dominico by Marvin and Snow Garrison 12:00 pm St. Ann Verna Dikun by John, Paul and Kira

WORSHIP SITES: St. Ann, (Waynesburg); St. Hugh (Carmichaels); St. Ignatius (Bobtown); St. Marcellus (Jefferson)

MASS INTENTIONS

An Act of Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul.

Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

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Confirmation Prayer

Heavenly Father, … As these newly confirmed go out into the world, preserve the gifts

of the Spirit in their hearts. May the completion of their initiation through Confirmation

help them fulfill their baptismal promises as members of the Body of Christ. Amen.

A special Thank You to the following:

Ministers of the Sacrament - Fr. Albin McGinnis and Fr. Francis Frazer

St. Ann - Melissa Kirsch, CCD Director and Mike Toscano, Catechist

St. Hugh - Carolyn Pascuzzo, Catechist

St. Ignatius - Jennifer Dickerson, CCD Director and Rosemary Srbinovich, Catechist

St. Matthias Religious Education County Coordinator - Linette Kerr

Thank you to all who contributed to our Confirmation Liturgies,

especially our Organists and Cantors

ST. MATTHIAS 2020

August 8, 2020

Dawn Berg

Chloe Mitchell

Alexis Perry

Alayna Simon

Megan Voithofer

Confirmation at St. Hugh Worship Site

August 10, 2020

Ambrose Adamson

Aydan Adamson

Dominic Colarusso

Patrick Holaren

Landen Mitchell

Confirmation at St. Marcellus

Worship Site

August 17, 2020

Ava Bertagnolli

Jovi Blasinsky

Theresa “Tessa” Eagleston

Brook-Ann Maddich

Patrick Mullen Jr.

August 13, 2020

Thomas Higley

Lake Litwinovich

Lauren Rudinsky

Keelan Sproat

Confirmation at St. Ann Worship Site

August 20, 2020

Aidan Fitch

Daniel Huffman

Kayla Larkin

Joshua Pultorak

August 12, 2020

Devan Clark

Emil Enoff III

Hannah Knutsen

Andrew Vanata

Confirmation at St. Ignatius

Worship Site

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FAITH LIFE

St. Matthias Registration for the

RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS Interested in becoming a Catholic? For adults, the usual way to become a member

of the Catholic Church is through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA).

RCIA is a gradual process of education and formation for those unbaptized, those

baptized in another Christian denomination, or baptized Catholic but who have not

received other sacraments (i.e. Eucharist or Confirmation) or formation in the faith. The RCIA program helps adults to

grow in their relationship with God and leads to the reception of the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil on

April 3, 2021.

RCIA sessions will begin mid-September and will be held at St. Marcellus Social Hall, 1340 Jefferson Rd., Jefferson,

PA 15344. Sessions will be held weekly with holiday breaks. Sessions will be scheduled to accommodate our participants

as conveniently as possible. These RCIA classes are also offered as “spiritual enrichment courses” for all our Catholic

parishioners. Anyone interested in learning more about the Catholic Christian Faith is encouraged to attend.

To indicate your interest, please contact Fr. Al McGinnis by email: fralbinm@gmail.com

or phone the parish office at 724-627-7568.

Also, the RCIA Enrollment Form is found on our website at www.stmatthiasgreene.org

under the heading Sacraments at the top of the Home page.

“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” — St. Augustine

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Ester Adriano

Vickie Andria

Mildred Bair

Kate Beale

Kim Belmont

Patty Bennett

John Bokin

Daniel Bradmon

Fr. Don Breier

Charles Brown

Judie Buday

Todd Burns

Bob Cerjanec

Charlene Chulick

Carol Clish

Jeanette Collar

Florence Commons

Mary Ann Cox

Andrew Cubic

Rosanne Defibaugh

Lexi DeHaas

Honey Desrosiers

Denise Dillow

Bob Doman

Helene Dulaney

Kathy Durr

Charles Elko

Raymond Frazer

Sr. Margie Frazer

Patricia Galloway

Barbara Gera

Alysia Ginsburg

Sheryl Giovanelli

Mary C. Grove

Mary Grybos

Mary Ann Haiden

Crystal Harvey

Mike Henry

Dennis Homer

Janice Howard

Patty Jones

Nancy Juracko

Lucy Kamauf

Bernadette Klamerus

Linda Klueber

John Kozlowski, Sr.

Janie Kowalewski

Debbie Lippert

Frank Lippert

Shawn Lohr

David Ludrosky

Deborah Lukacs

Janet Maddich

Mel Markulik

PJ Martin

Rudy Marisa

Mary Matis

Nikki & Matt Matovich

Elizabeth Matyus

Leslie Matyus

Carl Miller

Mary McKean

Marcia Morris

Linda Mosier

Michael Mulholland Jr.

Marian Nopwasky

Gertrude Opolinsky

Donna Parish

Mary Pascuzzo

Suzanne Pascuzzo

Julia Plasko

Frank Roth

Pat Roth

Caroline Roupe

Donald Roupe

Jean Scott

Deacon Jim Sheil

Paul Sielski

Colby Simkovic

Michelle Sroka

Justin Stephenson

Jimmy Straight

Nancy and Tom Tanney

Susan Teagarden

Brittney Trich

Fr. Daniel Valentine

Helen Wesolowsky

Christopher Watson

Natalie Whitlatch

Jonella Williamson

Jackie Wlazlowski

Hank Workman

We pray with special love and concern for all those who are ill or infirm, asking the Lord for his consoling grace to heal those

in need. We also remember all those in personal care/nursing homes.

St. Matthias Prayer Requests for 2020

Mychael Barzanti, (US Air Force, Guam); Joshua Boyle, SSGT (US Army, Fort Knox, KY); Jessica

Breuer (US Air Force, Korea), Andrew Buchtan, (US Army Specialist, Houston, TX) Sam Cuss, (US

Navy Petty Officer Third Class, Oceania, VA); Warren Dickerson (US Navy, Norfolk, VA); Wendy

Dickerson (US Navy, Norfolk, VA); Petty Officer 1st Class Elizabeth Fedora Gillum (Andrews Air Force

Base); Capt. Aaron Lazuka D.D.S. (US Army, El Paso, TX); Airman Justin Maddich (Incirlik, Turkey

Air Force Base); Emily Phillips (USMC) and Brandon Phillips (US Army); Major Luke Vitolo (Air

Force, Rabat, Morocco); Major John Vitolo (Air Force, Colorado Springs, CO) Lance Corporal Ryan

Woods (USMC, 29 Palms, CA).

Pray for those in the Military

Sacred Steps

Remember Lord, and welcome into your kingdom

those who have died and have gone before us marked with a sign of

faith, especially those of St. Matthias Parish.

Erma Pauline Morris

May the angels lead her into paradise.

A THANK YOU NOTE

From Sr. Margie (Fr. Francis’s sister)

I am now at the Mother House, continuing to get

stronger and recover. I wish to thank all for their

cards, calls, wishes and prayers . . . know that you all

are in my prayers. — Sister Margie

Thank you

to all

for the

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