TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME September 29, 2019 Monday, September 30 – St. Jerome, Priest 6:30 am Ned Leiby (Margaret Mistysyn & Family) 8:00 am Francis J. Goncalves (Hennie & Peggy Eckley) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, October 1 – St. Therese of the Child of Jesus, Virgin 6:30 am Beatrice Malloy (Bob & Mary Price) 8:00 am Teresa Wigoda (Women of Grace) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, October 2 – The Holy Guardian Angels 6:30 am Edward Fred Hobbs (Frances Barnes & Son, Allen Johns) 8:00 am Penny Alexis Pflueger (Shirley Hasenauer & Marie Hoak) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, October 3 6:30 am Isabella Corcoran (Clair Yeasted) 8:00 am James Humphrey (Judy Mack) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, October 4 – St. Francis of Assisi 6:30 am Patricia Kelly (Chris & Stacey Kelly & Family) 8:00 am Linda DeAngeles (Pete & Family) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, October 5 8:00 am Mr. & Mrs. Frank Potlunas (Micki & John)

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Masses of Obligation) Saturday, October 5 4:15 pm Robert C. & Isabel Kelly (Children)

Sunday, October 6 7:30 am Members enrolled in the Purgatorial Memorial Society 9:30 am Harry Pellish (Theresa & Charlie Pellish)

11:00 am People of the Parish

READINGS FOR TODAY: Am 6:1-7/1 Tm 6:11-16/Lk 16:19-31

READINGS FOR NEXT SUNDAY: Hb 1:1-2, 2:2-4/2 Tm 1:6-8, 13-14/Lk 17:5-10

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS: - the sick of the parish - our many Benefactors - those recently deceased –

CANDLE INTENTIONS September 29 to October 5

Sanctuary – Sacred Heart – Pieta - Health of Deacon Mr. Anthony Koury (Kathleen & Jerry Tone) Pope St. John Paul II – St. Patrick – Our Lady’s Chapel - Sanctuary – Our Lady’s Chapel – Blessed Virgin Mary – Priest Mass Schedule for Oct. 5-6 4:15 pm – Fr. Barnabas 9:30 am – Msgr. O’Connor 7:30 am – Fr. Barnabas 11:00 am – Fr. Barnabas

reception for Msgr. O’Connor on Saturday, June 15, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

in the Parish Center. All are welcome to come and wish Msgr. well!

TINY SAINTS FUNDRAISER FOR LUCY VERCHICK! PLEASE STOP BY THE PARISH OFFICE IF YOU DID NOT GET AN ORDER FORM! DEADLINE TO ORDER: OCTOBER 15!

If you are a visitor to the Church of St. Patrick, we want you to know that you are most welcome, whether

you come from another State or from another Parish. Please feel comfortable in our beautiful house of the

Father. Thank you for worshipping with us!

Please Note: The Parish Office will be closed on October 14 for the Columbus Day Holiday!

St. Patrick Parish is once again participating in Boscov’s Friends Helping Friends Day! It’s very easy! Purchase a

FHF shopping pass for $5, and you will get a 25% discount on purchases made at Boscov’s on Wednesday,

October 16. Passes are available in the Parish Office or from the Lotto sellers in the back of Church.

St. Patrick Parish Upcoming Events!! *September 28 – Theme Basket/Prize Auction – Shop and Drop – Noon to 6 pm *September 29 – St. Patrick Theme Basket/Prize Auction – 8 am to 1 pm; Drawing at 2 pm *September 30 – Mass and Veneration of St. Pauline Relic – 5 pm *October 2 - Confessions: 6:30-7:30 pm; Rosary – 7 pm *October 4 – First Friday at Dunkin Donuts with Msgr. and Fr. Barnabas – 6 pm *October 5 – Blessing of Animals – 10 am *October 5 – Confessions – 3-4 pm *October 6 – Spaghetti Dinner – 11:30 am to 2:30 pm *October 8 – Baptism Workshop – 7 pm *October 9 - Confessions: 6:30-7:30 pm; Rosary – 7 pm *October 10 – Blood Drive – 1-6 pm *October 10 – Activities Committee Meeting – 6 pm *October 12 – Confessions – 3-4 pm

Save the Dates!!! Keep Reading the bulletin for more details about these events!

THE NEXT ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10,

AT 6 PM, IN THE RECTORY DINING ROOM!

PARISH STEWARDSHIP Thank You for your generosity to Your Parish!

Fiscal Year 2019-2020 September 15, 2019 (Week 11)

Budgeted Weekly Sunday Offering

Last Sunday’s Offering/% of Budget

$10,609

$ 6,564 62%

Sunday Offerings To Date

Deficit to Date

$86,619

($30,083) -35%

388 Envelopes used out of a possible 901

Fiscal Year 2019-2020 September 22, 2019 (Week 12)

Budgeted Weekly Sunday Offering

Last Sunday’s Offering/% of Budget

$10,609

$ 7,938 75%

Sunday Offerings To Date

Deficit to Date

$93,860

($33,451) -36%

464 Envelopes used out of a possible 901

PLEASE NOTE! Next weekend, October 5-6, there will be a second collection for CYO and Hurricane Dorian. Please use your Parish envelope for CYO. The rest of the cash and checks in the second collection that weekend will go towards Hurricane Relief. Please be generous! The next Baptismal Workshop will be held on Tuesday, October 8, at 7 pm, in the Rectory Conference Room. Please call Deacon Jack Quirk at 570-622-1802, ext. 7, to register. Parents are required to register and attend a preparatory workshop before Baptism. Knights Korner COUNCIL #431 We would like to remind all of our Parishioners that the Knights sponsor the Praying of the Rosary on the 5th Sunday of the month. The next Rosary will be said on Saturday, December 28, at 3:45 pm. don’t forget our Football Fundraiser through October 5!!

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and Veneration of the First Class Relic of St. Pauline Visintainer will be held on Mon.,

September 30, at 5 pm, in Our Lady’s Chapel of St. Patrick Church

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New York City Bus Trip – Free Day – Sponsored by Nativity Alumni Association – Saturday, November 2; Leave from in

front of Nativity at 7 am. Cost is $45. Call Greg at 570-622-1859.

LOTTERY CALENDAR – RECENT OUTCOMES

Tues., September 10 #415 Rose P. ($50) Wed., September 11 #530 No Winner Thurs., September 12 #158 No Winner Fri., September 13 #248 Loreta D. ($50) Sat., September 14 #950 No Winner Sun., September 15 #985 No Winner Mon., September 16 #537 Jean S. ($50) Tues., September 17 #301 Lisa E. ($50) Wed., September 18 #620 No Winner Thurs., September 19 #008 EBC ($50) Fri., September 20 #243 No Winner Sat., September 21 #527 No Winner Sun., September 22 #108 Rita P. ($150) Mon., September 23 #497 No Winner

Our monthly lottery calendars are a great fundraiser for our Parish! Please consider being a seller, or buying one in the back of Church or at the Parish Office! We appreciate all you sell and buy our lotto calendars! They make Great Gifts!

St. Patrick Applauds! Thank you to the six young people who said “yes” to the invitation to be an Altar Server at St. Patrick Church! We were so happy to commission them at the 9:30 am Mass last Sunday. Thank you to Hudson Clews, Quincy Clews, Riley Davis, Karlee Kalovcak, Brandon Schwartz, and Miranda Seiger! These children know that it is a great and awesome opportunity for them to be in a ministry with their friends, and they know that altar servers are respected, as they should be! Through this ministry, they will develop a better understanding and respect for the Holy Mass because of their privileged place on the altar. We are so proud of all of them! We ask you all to pray to the Patron Saint of Altar Servers, St. John Berchmans, for all of our servers, new and seasoned, that they will always wear their surplice and alb, and cassock with joy and honor, for it is part of the armor they will wear in the service of our Lord, Jesus Christ!!

Thank you to Deacon Jack Quirk for training our servers! Deacon Jack did a wonderful job of preparing our servers to serve at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, assist at Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament, and take an active part in other Church functions.

*************************************************** Notice something different about our bulletin? You guessed it!!! Our bulletin is now in color!! Isn’t it beautiful to see how color can make our bulletin POP! It looks like someone took their box of crayons and started coloring. Remember when the Wizard of Oz movie went from black and white to Amazing Technicolor? It was so eye catching! Now we can say the same thing about our bulletin! Follow the yellow brick road! Follow, Follow, Follow, Follow, Follow the yellow brick road….to St. Patrick Church!

Thank you to our September Sponsor for Volunteers, A Friend! The next volunteer drawing will be

held on October 13. Congratulations to Amy Joyce, who was the August Volunteer of the Month! Amy won gift cards to Sheetz and Pizza Hut from the people who sponsored “Prayers for Lucy”. If you would like to be a Business Sponsor or would like to highlight an upcoming event or memorable occasion, please contact the Parish Office for more information. All you would have to do is provide a gift for our Volunteer of the Month of at least $25 (gift card, cash, or prize), & then your business/event would be highlighted in our bulletin for the whole month & on our Parish Events calendar!

Our next LORICA Teen Event will be held on Sunday, October 13, and we will work on posters for our Parish Ministry Fair, and will continue with NEW Cash Cab questions (without the Cab!) The fun begins at 5 pm in the Parish Center with mocktails and cookies. Please contact the Parish Office, Amy Joyce at (570)-385-0210, or Katherine Joyce at (570)-640-8909 for more info, or let us know if you are a teen who would like to join us! We Heard You!!! Please join us for our Next Parish Trip!!! St. Patrick Parish is sponsoring a bus to see the show “Holiday Inn” at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster on Friday night, November 22. We will leave at approximately 3:45 pm (details to follow), to be there for the 6 pm buffet and then the show (our seats are closer than last year). The cost is $90. The cost includes the bus, the buffet, tax, gratuity, and the show. A deposit of half the amount is due immediately to reserve your reservation. The balance is due October 25. “Based on the classic film with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, Holiday Inn is a whole year of holidays in one wonderful musical! It features thrilling dance numbers, laugh-out-loud comedy, and a parade of Irving Berlin hits including Blue Skies, Easter Parade, Steppin’ Out With My Baby, Heat Wave, Cheek to Cheek and many more! Celebrate each holiday, from Thanksgiving to the Fourth of July in this heartwarming, high energy, tap dancing extravaganza!” (PS: If you would like to sit with your own group, please let Debbie know when you make your reservation – Tables of 4 or 8).

We’re Back!!! St. Patrick Spaghetti Dinners!!!

From 11:30 am to 2:30 pm In our Parish Center Adults: $8.00 - Children: $3.50

All You Can Eat *** Take-outs available Baked Goods are always needed and appreciated!

During the weekend of December 7 and 8, St. Patrick Parish is going to do something NEW & EXCITING for Advent!! We are going to host our very First Time and Talent Ministry Fair called “Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room”. Every organization and ministry in the Parish is welcome and encouraged to participate this weekend by having a table. A Ministry Fair is just like a College or Job Fair. At our Ministry Fair, we will invite people to come after Mass to browse and see what we have in our Parish. It is a celebration to recognize all of our efforts!! More info soon!

Organization/Ministry Leaders are invited to a one-time meeting on

Tuesday, October 15, at 6:30 pm, in the Parish Center, so that we can get the ball rolling!! Please call the

Parish Office so that we know you are coming!

This month’s September Volunteer Sponsor of the Month

wants to remain Anonymous! May God Bless Them for their

Generosity!

St. Patrick Applauds! Thank you to our LORICA teens who came out on a weeknight to wash a car! Why? Because they made a deal! Anyone who registered for our Parish software program called “My Own Church” was entered into a drawing. Congratulations to John Oswald, who was the winner of that drawing and the grand prize…a car wash!! The teens took a full hour to “detail” every inch of John’s beautiful car, even providing him with a trash bag and a car air freshener! We thank John for being a good sport, and for his kindness last Thursday night!

Speaking of “My Own Church”, you don’t have to journey to Bethlehem on a donkey to be counted! It’s not too late to register! “My Own Church” is an online tool that lets you update your family’s records on the web! Just visit stpatrickpottsville.org, hit the “My Own Church” button on the Home Page, and create an account. If you have any questions, please contact the Parish Office.

It’s the Shamrock $10,000!! By now, you should have received your letter in the mail, and are starting to sell your Shamrock $10,000 tickets! If you did not get tickets, or if you want to sell even more, please stop by the Parish Office, and we will be happy to oblige.

The grand prize will go off at the St. Patrick Gala on March 7, 2020; but you don’t have to wait that long to win money! The second through fifth place prize amounts associated with the ticket, will be early bird drawings on the first Saturday of each month beginning in November as follows: November, 2019 - $500; December, 2019 - $500; January, 2020 - $1,000; February, 2020 - $1,000! The drawings in November through February will be held after the 4:15 pm Mass. Each winning ticket will then be placed back into the chance barrel for the opportunity to win again and again and again, and the grand prize of $10,000! You know what they say: “You got to play to win!”

The Divine Mercy Perpetual Adoration Chapel St. Patrick Rectory

Open Holy Hours: SUNDAY 12am, 4am; WEDNESDAY 12am, 1am; THURSDAY 3am, 4am; FRIDAY 6am, 5pm; SATURDAY 4am, 12pm. "It is no little thing for a poor human creature of Mine to prefer My Eucharistic love to an hour of sleep in the night. Only in heaven will you know the worth of an hour so spent. Come to me, then, Visit Me, and remain with Me by night, and I will work for you, and with you, and through you by day.” Words of Christ from "IN SINU JESU" Please call or text Aleece @ 570-449-7678 for information. Attention Everyone!!! The 2020 Mass Intention Book will open on Friday, October 25! If you would like a specific Mass date, please come to the Parish Office between 9 am and 12 Noon, and 1 pm and 4 pm on this day. Please note that this is the ONLY Friday that we will be open all day! NO phone calls Please!! In order to be fair, we will not take Mass Intentions for a specific date over the phone, and only two Masses per family will be accepted for weekend dates. An offering of $10 is requested per Mass. In memory of James Humphrey by: Theresa Steininger

In memory of Mary Ellen Roman by: Shirley Hasenauer

In memory of Rose Hurst by: The Mack Girls

This week, you will receive a brochure detailing our “Investing in our Faith, Investing in Our Future” Program our Parish will be participating in over the next

few weeks. This informative brochure is intended to communicate how we, as a Parish, want to advance our Mission and how we are serving God’s people in our community. Commitment Sunday for this program will be held October 5 and 6. We encourage all parishioners to spend time in prayer and discussion with your family reflecting on how you are able to help us. We look forward to seeing all of our parishioners at Mass next weekend for this very important Commitment Sunday. If you have any questions regarding the program, please feel free to contact the Parish Office.

Please join Monsignor and Fr. Barnabas for our next First Friday at Dunkin’ Donuts (Claude A Lord Boulevard) at 6 pm on Friday, October 4. Doughnuts, coffee, lattes, coolattas are on your own, but the education is free! All are welcome! Don’t be shy! Bring your Catholic questions!

Join Fr. Barnabas with your dogs, cats, fish, reptiles, etc., for the annual Blessing of the Animals in honor of St. Francis of Assisi! The event will be held on Saturday, October 5, at 10 am in Calvary Cemetery! Meow!!

St. Patrick Church Community Blood Drive Thursday, October 10, from 1-6 pm, in the Parish

Center. Open to the public. Walk-ins are welcome! Please call 1-800-733-2767 to schedule

an appointment.

A Public Rosary for Our Lady of Fatima will be held October 12, at Noon, in front of Pottsville

Courthouse, Laurel Blvd. All are welcome to join us in showing our love for Our Blessed Mother!

Donations to the St.Patrick

Memorial Fund

C.Y.O. There is an open registration for St. Patrick CYO Boys’ &

Girls’ Basketball teams for Students from 3rd through 8th Grade in the 2019-2020 School Year. Registration fee

is $10. Practices will start after October 20. Season will go from end of October to early February. Registration will

be held on Wednesday, October 2, and Monday, October 7 at St. Patrick Parish Center from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.

Please bring any conflict dates & child’s medical insurance information to the registration.

If you are interested in coaching basketball for St. Patrick CYO Boys/Girls Basketball teams this season please contact CYO President Melissa Clarke. The season runs from mid-October to mid-February. Must have clearances, attend

coaches’ clinic, and attend trainings as required.

Please contact CYO President, Melissa Clarke via cell/text 570-527-9634 for more information.

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