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PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH FAMILY!
Candido Andino, Josette Carrubba, Rosemary Carrubba, Vincent Consiglio, James Gallagher, Jr., Nora Guzman, Jerry Johnson, Mary Ann Johnson, Anthony and Genevieve Lumia, Damian Matheson, Josephine Morgan, Sally Pacheco, Shelly Pacheco, Sherry Propheter, Ed Rhoney, Debbie Shilling, Grace Soldano, Anthony Trippi, Joe Zanetta.
DURING THE MONTH OF JULY At St. John Church Wine – In Memory of Michael Marchiando By Frank and Frances Marchiando Hosts – In Memory of Justin Reimondo By Frances Reimondo and Children Sanctuary Light – Week of July 5th to 11th In Memory of Patsy DeSantis By Jim and Betty Tumminia At SS. Peter and Paul Church Hosts – In Honor of the Gerran, Corkery & Buckley Families By Children of Rose and Leo Corkery
Baking for the Italian Festival continues Monday, July 13th through Friday, July 17th, and Monday, July 20th through Friday, July 24th. If you would like to help bake, join your fellow parishioners and friends at St. John Church hall at 9:00 AM each day. Also, if you would like to help set up St. John Church hall and grounds, workers are needed July 20th to the 24th and July 27th to the 31st at 6:30 PM each night.
During the months of July and August, our Youth Group is collecting soda cans and bottles. Please place them in front of the garage AT ST. JOHN CHURCH, during the hours of 1 – 3 PM on any Sunday. Proceeds to benefit the Youth Group. If you are interested in joining the Youth Group and are in grades 8 – 12, call Mrs. Paula Slagle at 664-4347 for more information.
SUMMER FESTIVAL St. James Church, 27 Allen St., invites all to their annual SUMMER FESTIVAL under the big tent on Saturday, July 11th from noon to 9:00 PM, and Sunday, July 12th from noon to 6:00 PM. American, Italian and Polish foods, live music and dancing and children’s activities will be featured. Admission is $1.00 for adults and FREE for children 12 and under. Large cash raffle with prizes up to $1,000! All are invited to attend.
SATURDAY, JULY 4 St. Elizabeth of Portugal 4:00 (St. John) Grace Siracusa by Carl Mazzurco 5:30 (SSPP) Gioconda and John Paladino by Jessie Conti and Rose Mary Pilato SUNDAY, JULY 5 7:15 (SSPP) Intentions of our Parishioners 9:00 (St. John) Mildred (Eulo) Battalagia by daughter and grandchilld 11:00 (SSPP) Tony Calasina by Sandy and Tony Ciancio and Carm Ciancio MONDAY, JULY 6 St. Maria Gorreti 12:10 (SSPP) Mary Fran Patterson Campion, Anniversary by John W. Campion and Family TUESDAY, JULY 7 9:00 (St. John) Pearl and Michael Farnella by Family 12:10 (SSPP) Margaret Frankson by Frankson Family WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 12:10 (SSPP) Andrew Sabo Family by Family THURSDAY, JULY 9 St. Augustine Zhao Rong 12:10 (SSPP) Willy Kutschke, Birthday Remembrance by Kim and Al FRIDAY, JULY 10 9:00 (St. John) Souls of the Faithful Departed 12:10 (SSPP) Alice Pressing by Teresa Caskey SATURDAY, JULY 11 St. Benedict 2:00 (SSPP) Wedding: Patrick Slagle and Allison Anderson 4:00 (St. John) Al Onuffer by Gust and Dianne Calamunci 5:30 (SSPP) Therese Romaniuk by Rose Civiletto SUNDAY, JULY 12 7:15 (SSPP) Leo and Gertrude Batt by Estate 9:00 (St. John) Salvatore Grassi by Mary Landy 11:00 (SSPP) Willy and Mathilda Kutschke by Nandor and Margaret Maurer
Congratulations to PATRICK SLAGLE and ALLISON ANDERSON who will be married at SS. Peter and Paul Church next Saturday, July 11th at 2:00 PM. We would like to give a tribute and a promise of prayers to Patrick and Allison. May you always be the symbols of the love God has for all His people.
YOUR FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP Week of June 28 Sunday Collection $7,362.70 Received in the Mail 1,209.88 Total $8,572.58 Thank you for your support of our parish ministries!
HEALTH CONCERNS AND LITURGICAL PRACTICES The extent of the effects of the so-called “swine flu” is still uncertain. When this first became an issue several months ago, I announced that we would no longer be formally sharing the “Sign of Peace” at Mass. I believe it is prudent for us to continue this practice. Please note that after the words, “The peace of the Lord be always with you”, there is no formal invitation to exchange such a sign. In the rubrics of the ritual, the sharing of a gesture is OPTIONAL, NOT REQUIRED. IF A PERSON DOES NOT WISH TO SHAKE HANDS, PLEASE RESPECT THEIR RIGHT NOT TO DO SO. It is rude to go grabbing for someone’s hand. Also, with respect to the “Our Father” THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO HOLD HANDS FOR THIS PRAYER. If a person does not wish to take your hand, please respect their right not to do so. Our prayer is just as effective even if we are not locked together! To further address legitimate health concerns, beginning this weekend, the Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion are provided with hand sanitizer in their pew and they have been instructed to use it before coming to the sanctuary to receive and distribute the Eucharist.
HELP WANTED! We are in need of adult volunteers who would be available on a weekday morning to assist as Altar Servers for funerals. Several people who have been serving in this capacity are no longer able to do so, and recently only one person has had to fulfill all of the various responsibilities. If you would like to learn how to serve funerals, your assistance would be very much appreciated. Please call Father Dennis at the rectory – 664-5703 – if you would be interested. You will be providing a needed service at the altar and your presence will also add comfort to those who are grieving the death of a loved one.
HARMONIC BRASS IS RETURNING! The Harmonic Brass Quintet is returning to appear in the Holy Apostles Concert Series on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2ND AT 7:30 PM. The Concert will be held at the SS. Peter and Paul Church building. Harmonic Brass is considered to be the finest Brass Quintet in the world! They will be appearing at Carnegie Hall in New York City just prior to appearing in Jamestown. Write down the date: October 2nd at 7:30 PM. There will be NO admission charge, just a free-will offering. COMMUNICATING One of the things that distinguishes us humans from other species on the planet is our ability to create and use languages. This empowers us to live together and form societies. As people of faith, we understand that communicating through language be it spoken, written or signed, to be one of the manifestations of our being created in the image and likeness of God. Indeed, the Judeo-Christian tradition proclaims creation itself to have originated in God speaking it into being (“Let there be light.”). Language has developed with humankind and taken a myriad of forms in the millions of years since the emergence in the species of reflective thought. It ought not to be surprising then to realize that languages continue to develop. In recent years we have experienced such development that has come with the invention and perfection of new forms of electronic communication. The concept of cyber space and the challenge of navigating our way through it has affected the way in which we use our language. Perhaps the most dramatic effect has come through the phenomenon of text messaging which has its own unique short hand. To everyone under the age of 20 this is a normal way of communicating, while those of us who are of more advanced years struggle to make sense of what looks like hieroglyphics. This development naturally affects our communicating of the teachings of our faith tradition, and if we want to share our faith with our young people texting it may be one way to do it. Recently a staff member in our diocesan youth ministry shared with me (by e-mail, of course!) what the Ten Commandments would look like if God had texted them. I share this with you so that you can see how our young people are likely to communicate the “you shalls” and “you shall nots” among themselves. IF GOD TEXTED THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 1. no1 b4 me. srsly. Dnt wrshp pix/idols 2. no omg’s 3. no wrk on w/end (sat 4 now; sun l8r 4. pos ok – ur m&d r cool 5. dnt kill ppl 6. :-X only w/ m8 7. dnt steal 8. dnt lie re:bf 9. dnt ogle ur bf”s m8 10. myob It may lose in translation, but it’s the same truth, and the foundation of our faith. The next time you want to say something about the faith to someone under 20, try the challenge of doing it in their medium and in their own language (and be thankful that we still have real words that can actually be spoken to real people!). Be at peace, Father Dennis Mende
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