LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil: 4:30 PM Sunday: 9:00 AM

Weekday Masses: Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 8:00 AM

Reconciliation: Saturday: 3:00 PM

Adoration: Second Friday of each month at St. Paul in the Church, 8:30AM-12:15PM followed by Benediction. Also, at the Adoration Chapel at St. Bruno: Monday-Tuesday –Wednesday-Friday 9AM-3PM; Thursday 9AM-7PM; First Friday 9AM-7PM.

PARISH WEEKLY CALENDAR

Sunday, January 14 Youth Ministry Meetings (see schedule) ...Grades 9-12 4:30PM; Grades 6-8 6:30PM

Monday, January 15 Office Closed, Martin Luther King Day Rosary after 8:00AM Mass Cub Scouts 6:30PM Pastoral Council Meeting 7:00PM

Tuesday, January 16 Good Shepherd, Epiphany Celebration 5:30PM Weight Watchers 6:30PM

Wednesday, January 17 Midday Rosary 12:15PM Boy Scouts 7:00PM

Thursday, January 18

Friday, January 19 Office Closed, March for Life Bus Departure for Washington, DC @ 6:30AM Bus Return from Washington, DC @ 11:30PM

Saturday, January 20 Confession 3PM

Sunday, January 21 Youth Ministry Meetings (see schedule) ...Grades 9-12 4:30PM; Grades 6-8 6:30PM Boy Scouts Pavilion & Fire Pit 1:30-4:30PM

PARISH DIRECTORY

Parish Office:.……..…………...........724-834-6880 Fax Number:……….........………......724-834-1492 Church Email:……..…............stpaulgbg@aol.com St. Vincent de Paul Help Line:........724-420-3279 Aquinas Academy Main Office:.….724-834-7940

Saint Paul Parish 820 Carbon Road ● Greensburg, PA 15601

A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust A Parish of the Diocese of Greensburg

www.pbcatholic.org

Fr. James Morley Parochial Vicar

Fr. Lawrence Manchas Pastor

FLOWERS THIS WEEK ARE IN MEMORY OF WALTER “PETE” BARTON FROM HIS LOVING FAMILY

MASS SCHEDULE & INTENTIONS

Saturday January 13 4:30PM †William Willis (Charlene & Tom Butala)

Sunday January 14 9:00AM †Walter Barton (wife, Nancy Barton)

Monday January 15 8:00AM †Stan, Julia, & Stanley Charnesky (Friends)

Wednesday January 17 8:00AM †Perza & Buzzard Families (Glenn & Ginny) Friday January 19 8:00AM †Ron Barlock & Garry Clawson (Friends) Saturday January 20 4:30PM †Joseph Shoplik (wife, Rose Shoplik)

Sunday January 21 9:00AM †Anthony Cannillo (wife, Gloria Cannillo)

January 14, 2018 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

PARISH STAFF Coordinator of Faith Formation………...…..Sue Craig

Director of Music…………..…Emily Lapisardi-Knotts

Business Manager……………………....Ginny Buzzard

Director of Maintenance………….……….Bob Stauffer

Office Manager……………...…….……...James Mosser

Website Administrator…….….……....Bob Chappell

PRAYER CHAIN The Prayer Chain is activated every Tuesday evening. If you know someone needing the prayer chain, or if you would like to volunteer your time on the chain, please call either of the leaders listed below:

Philomena Lillie 724-832-8521 or Audrey & Mike Lucotch 724-834-2113.

Money Matters Christmas

Collection

$12,525

Weekly Budget

$8,250.00

Weekly Collected

$7,837.00

Weekly +/-

-413.00

Annual +/-

+8,546.00

Children &

Family Services

Appeal

$2,358

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EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF

HOLY COMMUNION LECTOR

Saturday January 20 4:30PM

Chiara & Caterina Arcara

Sue Craig, Walt Moore, Joe Brecht, Tom & Judy Dodson, Jackie Noll, Sharon DeVito

Don Schaer

Sunday January 21 9:00AM

August Lawrence & Brianna Savko

Jeff & Stephanie Peterinelli, Gene & Kathy Morris, Alex Androkites, Karen Galvin, Jack Yurko

Carol Whalen

Liturgical Minister Schedule

PARISH OFFICE CLOSINGS: January 15 is Martin Luther King Day and the office will be

closed. January 19 is the March for Life Rally; both Fathers, Sue and Jim

will be attending so the office will be closed.

After that we should be back on track with normal business hours.

NEW BIBLE STUDY/ EUCHARIST-SACRED MEAL-SACRIFICE-REAL PRESENCE We will be presenting a new Bible study, EUCHARIST Sacred Meal * Sacrifice * Real Presence beginning January 30 from 1:00 to 2:30 and 7:00 to 8:30 and ending March 6. You may choose either time. In this study, Bishop Barron looks at the Eucharist as the “source and summit” of our faith, emphasizing its reality as “sacred meal, the sacrifice necessary for communion with God and the Real Presence of Christ.” Registration will be held after the weekend Masses at St. Paul on January 6/7 and 13/14 or by calling 724 838 1607.

Contributions Statements for 2017 Contribution Statements for 2017 will be mailed to all active families by the end of the month, so this should save you a call if you need this information for tax purposes. If there are any major discrepan-cies, please send a letter addressed to the Finance Council of Saint Paul Parish (820 Carbon Rd., Gbg.). Thank you for your generosity over the past year!

NATIONAL CHRISTMAS ART CONTEST DEADLINE JANUARY 31 The 2017-18 Missionary Childhood Association Christmas Artwork Contest is open to students in grades K-8. The deadline for submissions to this national contest is January 31. Mail entries to: MCA Artwork Contest, Diocese of Greensburg, 723 E. Pittsburgh St., Greensburg, PA 15601. For guidelines and information, call 724-837-0901, ext. 1334. Four students from the diocese have been national honorees the past two years.

PAINTING WITH A PURPOSE TO BENEFIT CATHOLIC CHARITIES FEBRUARY 6 Catholic Charities will host a fundraiser “Painting with a Purpose” February 6 from 6-8 p.m. at Painting with a Twist, Greensburg. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The event is for people over the age of 18. Cost is $35. Register at www.paintingwithatwist.com/studio/Greensburg/event/1293155.

Thanks…. We would like to thank the family of Clara Mansfield who gave a most generous donation to the Rosary Altar Society. A much-needed and beautiful Censor Stand, which holds the Incense used for Liturgies, has been purchased. It is near the Baptismal Font, and we will all enjoy its beauty, as well as the blessings that represent the use of this gift. Thank you!

May They Rest in Peace …. Please remember in your prayers these parishioners we have lost in the last couple weeks: Mary Louise Bell, Frank Mohl, and Elizabeth Mehall. Please offer comfort and support to all of their families during this time.

Additional Christmas Flower Donations M/M Mark Durigon and Mrs. Deborah Glancy

Thank You!

Reading & Reflections

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Speak, for your servant is listening (1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19). Psalm — Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will (Psalm 40). Second Reading — Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you? (1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20). Gospel — Andrew found his brother Simon and brought him to Jesus (John 1:35-42). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Sm 15:16-23; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23; Mk 2:18-22 Tuesday: 1 Sm 16:1-13; Ps 89:20-22, 27-28; Mk 2:23-28 Wednesday: 1 Sm 17:32-33, 37, 40-51; Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; Mk 3:1-6 Thursday: 1 Sm 18:6-9; 19:1-7; Ps 56:2-3, 9-13; Mk 3:7-12 Friday: 1 Sm 24:3-21; Ps 57:2-4, 6, 11; Mk 3:13-19 Saturday: 2 Sm 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27; Ps 80:2-3, 5-7; Mk 3:20-21 Sunday: Jon 3:1-5, 10; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Cor 7:29-31; Mk 1:14-20

MAGNIFICAT BREAKFAST The Greensburg Chapter of Magnificat-A Ministry to Catholic Women- is holding a Breakfast at the Ramada Hotel and Convention Center, Rt. 30 East, Greensburg on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon. Guest speaker will be Bernadette Conklin whose pow-erful experience on Divine Mercy Sunday 2009 led to her Preborn Jesus Ministry. Cost is $20.00, student rate $15.00. To register, please call Brenda by January 19 at 724-836-2094 or visit www.magnificatgreensburg.com to download a registration form. Please note that there is no online registration.

St. Paul Youth Ministry† Youth (Grades 6-12)

High School: 4:30-6:00PM

Jr. High: 6:30-8:00PM

Youth Ministry Meetings Resume!

January 14: A Walk Through Mass with Fr. Jim January 21: Guys Only Night with Fr. Bandura (young men grades 9-12 only). Movie: Horton Hears A Who (grades 6-8) January 28: Our Father St Paul Youth Ministry is focused on forming our young people through the study and practice of their faith, to challenge them to embrace the life of the church through prayer, service to our community and social activities.

Guys Only Night with Father Bandura

Young men in grades 9-12 are invited to join Father Tyler Bandura here at Saint Paul Church for an evening

of faith, fellowship and food to talk about “Living as God’s Men in a Challenging World”.

Feel free to bring a friend or two!

THE LAMB OF GOD “Behold the Lamb of God!” We hear this phrase every Sunday at Mass, but there’s a good chance that many Roman Catholics do not know who in the Bible originally spoke it. The phrase appears only in the Gospel of John, on the lips of John the Baptist, who ut-ters it twice. In today’s Gospel reading, John proclaims Jesus as the Lamb of God, and two of John’s own disciples then follow Christ. A little bit later Andrew, who heard John and then followed Jesus, brings his brother Simon to be re-named Cephas, or Peter. A careful look at these Bible verses shows us the mission of everyone bap-tized into the Body of Christ: we must always proclaim our faith in Christ, so that others will follow him. We may not know how the will of God might work through those we bring to Christ; that is not the point. The point is that our ongoing mission as a church is to bring others to Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

Congratulations and Thank You! Our Music Director, Emily Lapisardi-Knotts, has been offered a position at the Chapel of the Most Holy Trinity at

West Point Military Academy in New York! We congratulate Emily on this prestigious accomplishment, and we

offer best wishes to Emily, along with her husband Cody and son Nathaniel, as they relocate and start into this new

phase of their lives. We thank Emily for her past three years of service here at Saint Paul Parish and we offer her

prayers and support in her new endeavors. Thank you, Emily, and again….Congratulations!