Saints Simon and Jude Church 730 West Broad Street • Bethlehem, PA 18018

PARISH PHONE NUMBERS Parish Office/Rectory: (610) 866-5582 Parish Fax: (610) 866-2992 Parish Website and On Line giving: simonandjudepa.org

MASS SCHEDULE

Sunday: 5:00 P.M. (Saturday) 9:00 A.M. 11:00 A.M. (At Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Allentown)

Holy Days: 6:00 P.M. (vigil) check ext. 3 12:05 P.M.

Weekdays: 8:00 A.M. (Tuesday, Thursday (Friday or Saturday) check ext. 7 weekly Confessions Saturday: 4:00-4:45 PM Penance Service in Advent & Lent PARISH REGISTRATION Contact the Pastor to become a member.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Students from our Parish attend Notre Dame Catholic Elementary School while remaining Parishioners at Saints Simon & Jude Church.

CCD Class is held at St. Ursula Church. Attendance at other CCD Programs requires a letter from the Pastor of this Parish in order to attend. Minimum 2 yrs. prep. for First Communion.

PASTOR Reverend Monsignor William F. Baver,

Th.M., M. Div., CCCE, KCHS

PERMANENT DEACONS Deacon Reuben H. Hartzell Deacon Jeffrey R Trexler,

KCHS, Ph. D, Ch. D.

PARISH SECRETARY/ BOOKKEEPER

Ms. Carol Ann Reinert secretary@simonandjudepa.org

NOTRE DAME OF BETHLEHEM SCHOOL

Mrs. Donna Hopper, Principal 610-866-2231

COORDINATOR OF CCD EDUCATION

Grades 1-8 Anne Korves

St. Ursula Church 610-570-7414

610-867-5122 ext. 18

MARRIAGE PREPARATION For registered parishioners should begin one year, but no less than six months, prior to the proposed date of marriage. BAPTISMS Baptisms are held for registered parishioners following the 11:00 A.M. Mass. Parents should contact the Pastor. RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA) This program assists adults in becoming Catholic Christians that may include receiving Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist. MINISTRY TO THE SICK Notify the Parish Office when a parishioner is in the hospital /ill at home, to receive the Eucharist and Anointing of the Sick. DEVOTIONS The Saint Jude prayers are offered during the 8:00 AM first Saturday Mass. WILLS AND MEMORIALS Memorials are available at the Parish Office and are used in lieu of flowers. Consider remembering the parish in your Will. HOLY SAVIOUR CEMETERY Contact 610-866-2372 Ext 1 to arrange a Christian Burial. DIOCESAN VICTIM ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR Ms. Wendy S. Krisak, M.A., NCC, LPC DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER: (800) 791-9209 DIOCESAN SAFE ENVIRONMENT COORDINATOR Pamela Russo, MSW, MS, Secretary for Youth Protection Telephone: (610) 871-5200, Ext. 2204

MARCH 13, 2022 2ND SUNDAY OF LENT

Mass Intentions Saturday, March 12th 5:00 PM Gromley Family Sunday, March 13th 2nd Sunday of Lent 9:00 AM Thaddeus Sienicki Monday, March 14th 8:00 AM Our Lady Help of Christians Tuesday, March 15th 8:00 AM Michael G. Oswald Wednesday, March 16th 8:00 A.M Our Lady Help of Christians Thursday, March 17th St. Patrick 8:00 AM Carmen Rivas & Parishioners L&D Friday, March 18th St. Cyril of Jerusalem 8:00 AM Peter Marino Saturday, March 19th 8:00 AM NO MASS 5:00 PM Jeanne & Joseph Kipp & Parents Sunday, March 20th 3rd Sunday of Lent 9:00 AM McQue Family

Dear Parishioner, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will occur on Wednesday, March 16 from 8:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. at our Lady Help of Christians Church. Stations of the Cross entitled “All of You Drink of This” will take place at Saints Simon & Jude Church Friday March 18 at 6:00 P.M. The Lenten Penance Service will be held on Tuesday March 29 at 7:00 P.M. in Saints Simon & Jude Church. Monsignor Baver

MISSION STATEMENT

We are a Christ centered community dedicated to the teachings and traditions of the Roman Catholic Church for the enrichment of faith filled parishioners through sacred word and sacrament in a place of prayer, peace and welcome to all.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Sunday Gn 15:5-12,17-18 Ps 27:1,7-9,13-14 Phil 3:17—4:1 Lk 9:28b-36 Monday Dn 9:4b-10 Ps 79:8-9,11,13 Lk 6:36-38 Tuesday Is 1:10,16-20 Os 50:8-9,16b-17,21,23 Mt 23:1-12 Wednesday Jer 18:18-20 Ps 31:5-6,14-16 Mt 20:17-28 Thursday Jer 17:5-10 Ps 1:1-4,6 Lk 16:19-31 Friday Gn 37:3-4,12-13a,17b-28a Ps 105:16-21 Mt 21:33-43,45-46 Saturday 2 Sm 7:4-5a,12-14a,16 Ps 89:2-5,27-29 Rom 4:13,16-18,22 Mt 1:16,18-21,24a Sunday Ex 3:1-8a,13-15 Ps 103:1-4.6-8,11 1 Cor 10:1-6,10-12 Lk 13:1-9

Lent is a call not just to “give up some-thing” but more important to “give some-thing for the poor.” Wherever you live in the parish, there are poor families within

walking distance of your home. When in need, they ring the rectory bell. They are, in elect, ringing your doorbell. Is there a family you know who needs as-sistance? Please call the Society of St. Vincent de Paul so that together we can help the poor, the suf-fering, and the deprived. Our Lenten Gift to you is The Little Black Book, avail-able at the back & side doors of the Church. Please take one book per family for your Lenten prayer jour-ney. May you grow closer to Jesus this season.

PRAY FOR THE SICK Please offer a prayer for Parishioners who are in the hospital, Kathryn Bresnak and those who are ill, Dorothy Loturco and Theresa Bringenberg.

Weekly Financial Picture

Total Collection for 3-6-22 . . . $ 5,573.00

THE ORGAN IN LENT The Lenten rubrics of the New US Catholic Bish-ops Roman Missal (2011) specify that churches are “not permitted to decorate the altar with flowers and the use of musical instruments is allowed only to accompany the singing.” Exceptions are Lae-tare Sunday (Fourth Sunday of Lent) and Feast Days, such as the Annunciation. This reminds us of the penitential nature of Lent and then, 40 days later, letting the joy of Easter shine forth all the more gloriously.

CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK Sunday, March 13th 12:45 Vietnamese Youth Group Hall 2:00 Vietnamese Mass Church Monday, March 14th Tuesday, March 15th 12:30 Seniors Hall Wednesday, March 16th Thursday, March 17th Friday, March 18th 6:00 Stations of the Cross @ Our Lady Help of Christians Saturday, March 19th 9:00 to 11:00 St. Vincent Pantry Hall Sunday, March 20th 12:45 Vietnamese Youth Group Hall 2:00 Vietnamese Mass Church

FYI

THE SAINT VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY IS NOW ACCEPTING FOOD DONATIONS

FOR THEIR FOOD PANTRY HELD ON THE 3RD SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS!

FIRST FRIDAYS

All First Fridays—Monthly Diocesan Holy Hour for Vocations with Confessions—at 7:00 pm at Holy Ghost Church, 417 Carlton Ave, South Beth-lehem, with Fr Mark Searles, Diocesan Vocation Director. All Are Welcome.

ALTAR FLOWERS If you would like to honor a special person with flowers call the rectory, 610-866-5582, to see if your special date is available.

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STS. SIMON & JUDE SENIORS Activities: 3/15— St Patrick’s Day Party 3/22— Bingo 3/29— Bingo

ST. JOSEPH FEAST DAY MASS At 10:30 am on Saturday, March 19th at St. Joseph’s Slovenian/Windish (108 year old Rom-anesque) Church located at 417 East 5th Street in Bethlehem. Stjosephbethlehempa.com Recep-tion to follow, rsvp required. In 2008, several of our European churches in South Side Bethlehem closed. We invite all Catholics especially those past parishioners of closed South Side Bethlehem Churches an opportunity to re-unite in attending this 14th Anniversary Mass.

FORTY HOURS DEVOTION Sunday, March 20th to Tuesday, March 22nd—Forty Hours Devotion, St. Anne’s Parish, Bethle-hem. Exposition and Private Adoration beginning with Sunday Mass. Devotions every evening at 7 pm with Father Bernard Ezaki preaching on the “Year of Real Presence Centered in the Holy Eu-charist.”

CATHOLIC HOME MISSIONS APPEAL Thank you for your generous support of last week’s Catholic Home Missions Appeal. As a parish, we raised $942.33 to help strengthen the Church at home and ensure that the Gospel is spread across the United States. If you missed the appeal, it’s not too late to give! Just visit www.usccb.org/home-missions.

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