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Divine Mercy Sunday Celebra ons
See Fr. Matthew’s Facebook page for the last days of the Divine Mercy Novena
Masses: Vigil @ 6:00 PM; Sunday @ 9 AM; Sun. Latin Mass @ 1 PM
(on Fr. Matthew’s Facebook/YouTube)
Bishop Malesic’s TV Special “Faith During Crisis: Lord, Have Mercy!”
@ 2 PM on WTAE Channel 4. (Details on last page)
Church of the Good Shepherd A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust 100 G S D P.O. B 99 K , PA 15752-0099
Church of the Good Shepherd ~ Established 1989
A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust ~ A Parish of the Diocese of Greensburg
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For most recent parish updates, visit our website: www.goodshepherdkent.org For health alerts from the Diocese of Greensburg, visit: www.dioceseofgreensburg.org/healthalerts
For text message and email alerts from the Diocese, text “FAITH” to 724.305.3057
April 19, 2020—Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)
Please see information in this bulletin about Masses, Church availability, and Reconciliation during Coronavirus precautions.
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CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD KENT, PA
THIS WEEK at Church of the Good Shepherd
All scheduled events and activities cancelled until further notice
St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, 4th St., Indiana
To protect volunteers and customers, the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store in Indiana is currently CLOSED.
If you need ASSISTANCE through SVdP, please call 724.471.2210 and leave a message. A volunteer will return your call and make arrangements for an interview.
To seek material assistance or counseling services (including tele-counseling) from Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Greensburg, call 724.463.8806 or visit ccharitiesgreensburg.org
Parish Staff & Directory Rev. Matthew J. Morelli, Pastor, [email protected] Mrs. Carol Pike, Administrative Assistant, Safe Environments Coordinator, and Music Ministry Coordinator,
[email protected] Mrs. Danielle Cribbs, Faith Formation, [email protected] Mrs. Carolyn Davis, Faith Formation, [email protected] Mr. Paul Romanchick, Director of Maintenance
The Sanctuary Candle is lit in memory of Joan Demich by Bernie & Be y Jo Rairie.
The Good Shepherd Candle is lit in memory of Edward Ba s g by Children & Grandchildren.
WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE
Until further notice, Masses will be said privately
for the scheduled intention and streamed online.
Second Sunday of Easter –Divine Mercy Sunday Acts 2:42-47; Ps 118; 1 Pt 1:3-9; Jn 20:19-31
Saturday, April 18 (Vigil Mass) All the People of Good Shepherd Parish
Sunday, April 19 August Stango by Josephine Stango
(1 PM Latin Mass is for stated intention at Holy Family Parish, Latrobe)
Monday, April 20, Easter Weekday Acts 4:23-31; Ps 2; Jn 3:1-8 Donna Fabin by Ed Fabin
Tuesday, April 21, Saint Anselm, Bishop and Doctor Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93; Jn 3:7b-15
Jacob Chronoski by Son, Richard
Wednesday, April 22, Easter Weekday Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34; Jn 3:16-21
Linda M. Swalga McCauley by Fr. Matthew & Parishioners
Thursday, April 23, Saint George, Martyr; Saint Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr
Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34; Jn 3:31-36 Edward Chronoski, Sr. by Paul Romanchick
Friday, April 24, Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr
Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27; Jn 6:1-15 Thomas Okopal by Carol Pike
Saturday, April 25, Saint Mark, Evangelist 1 Pt 5:5b-14; Ps 89; Mk 16:15-20
Third Sunday of Easter Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16; 1 Pt 1:17-21; Lk 24:13-35
Vigil Mass Deceased of Baroni Family by Aleta Konkol
Sunday, April 25 All the People of Good Shepherd Parish
(1 PM Latin Mass is for stated intention at Holy Family Parish, Latrobe)
Stay Connected to your Faith
Virtual Prayer Requests—Those who work within the Diocese of Greensburg, at our Pastoral Center, our Parishes, and our schools would like to hold you and
your loved ones in prayer. Prayer requests can be submitted online at www.dioceseofgreensburg.org/VirtualPrayers. These intentions will be prayed for by the clergy and staff of our Diocesan offices, parishes, and schools, and included in the prayer intentions celebrated by Bishop Malesic at his Easter Vigil Mass. If you would like an intention submitted but do not have internet access, please call the Parish Office.
For online Masses and devotions, see the web pages and social media accounts in the “Notes and Schedule” section of this bulletin. Those who cannot access the internet can pray along with daily Masses on television on EWTN (Comcast channel 184 & 799 (HD), Dish channel 261, DirecTV channel 371);
With our Prayers and Sympathy…
Please remember in your prayers the departed soul of Linda Mae Swalga McCauley, our parishioner. We extend our condolences and prayerful support to her family and loved ones.
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. May her soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the Mercy of God rest in peace.
OUR PARISH STEWARDSHIP Received March 30-April 9, 2020
Weekly: $ 2,760.00 Monthly: $ 942.00 For Improvements to Our Parish: $ 58.00 Easter Flowers $30.00 Holy Thursday $ 150.00 Easter Collection $ 1,125.00 Mother’s Day Memorials $ 50.00
Total Income: $ 5,188.00
Fiscal Year-to-Date:
Collected: $ 130,927.05 Needed to Meet Budget: $ 173,698.00 Variance Over or (Under): ($ 42,153.95)
Diocesan/Other Collections:
Home Missions of the Americas $ 50.00 Holy Land (Good Friday) $ 190.00
Alleluia! SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY) APRIL 19, 2020
THANK YOU to all who have continued to give to our regular collections during this time. It makes a big difference in how our time apart will affect the financial health of the parish.
Diocesan Lenten Appeal
We have exceeded our Diocesan Goal for this year’s DLA—this means that all other money given towards the DLA will remain in our parish. If
you have not given yet, please consider doing so—can you help us reach our $40,000 goal? Options for online giving to Parish Offertory and DLA are on the Parish Website. Another update on our progress will be included in next week’s bulletin.
Parish Website “Resources” Page
During this time, many prayers and other resources are available for prayers, devotions, and learning that can take place at home. A new page on the parish website contains many of these. Others can be found on the Diocesan Facebook Page. Some of these include the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (below), Stations of the Cross, the Divine Mercy Novena (which begins Good Friday), links to youth and adult faith formation resources, and an opportunity for a Diocesan-sponsored Coloring Contest.
Visit the new page by going to the parish website (goodshepherdkent.org) and clicking the link for “Resources for Home Use” under the “Parish Life” tab.
Prayer Chain
A new Prayer Chain will be available the first Sunday of May. Please note the following updates as you hold all the sick and deceased friends of our parish in prayer:
Ongoing Prayer: Ray & Janet Dobrosky
For the Repose of the Soul of:
Linda Mae Swalga McCauley + April 10, 2020
To add or remove someone from the Parish Prayer Chain, please call or email the Par ish Office.
IT SEEMS THAT WE MAY BE WEARING THEM FOR AWHILE
SO, WHY NOT HAVE
HAND CRAFTED MASKS MADE WITH LOVE AND CARE
BY MARILYN, CAROLYN AND DONNA (LIFE LONG FRIENDS OF ONE OF OUR PARISH MEMBERS)
A $5.00 CHARGE COVERS THE COST OF MATERIALS & MASKS CAN BE PICKED UP
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Li le White Books—Included in this Bulle n
The “Little Books” series for Advent, Lent, and Easter contains reflections to nourish your faith in these unique seasons. A copy of the Little White Book for Easter is included in this bulletin so these reflections can be “deployed” to help you in this time.
If you would like a copy of The Word Among Us or an additional copy (copies) of the Little White Book for yourself or someone else, please contact the parish office, and we will make arrangements to get them to you.
Church of the Good Shepherd Updated Notes and Schedule during Coronavirus Precau ons
(in accord with Bishop Malesic’s Guidelines and Mandates of 4 April 2020)
To remain in effect until further notice (subject to changes of instructions from CDC/State/Diocese): For up-to-date news, visit goodshepherdkent.org and dioceseofgreensburg.org/healthalerts
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS: — All non-emergency Communion calls are suspended until further notice. In cases of emergency (i.e. danger of death/near death): Hospitals: Please ask the hospital to contact the Hospital Chaplain. If you are unable to reach the
chaplain, please call Fr. Matthew. Nursing Homes: Please ask the nursing home to call Fr. Matthew. At Home: Please call Fr. Matthew.
Church Hours: All Churches and Chapels are closed (with few exceptions) until fur ther notice. For this reason, Eucharistic Adoration is also cancelled until further notice. All organized activities (except ministers assisting with live-streamed Masses) are cancelled.
Parish Office Hours: Please DO NOT come to the Par ish Office at this time. Carol and Fr . Matthew are still working in the office, though times are not always consistent. You may still send mail to the Parish Office or call and leave a message (Carol or Fr. Matthew will return your call). When you call, you must leave a message to have someone get back to you. You may also reach Fr. Matthew on his cell phone — 724.689.2858. The best and most consistent way to reach Fr. Matthew in non-emergency circumstances is via email: [email protected]
Masses: Public Mass is suspended. Par ish Masses will be celebrated pr ivately for scheduled intentions by Fr. Matthew and streamed online. Tentative times for live stream: Daily 9 AM; Saturday Vigil 6:00 PM; Sunday 8 AM; Latin Mass 1 PM To access streams (live or on demand throughout the day): Parish Website — www.goodshepherdkent.org Diocese Facebook Page (Daily Mass only) — facebook.com/dioceseofgreensburg Fr. Matthew’s YouTube channel — tiny.cc/FatherMorelli Fr. Matthew’s Facebook Page — facebook.com/FatherMorelli (Facebook feed is on the parish website)
(If you cannot find the Mass on one of these sites, try another—sometimes it is a few minutes past the starting time by the time Fr. Matthew can get the software connected to the internet. Likewise, sometimes one stream (like the one on Facebook) drops off, but the one on the other (YouTube) is still working.) Bishop Malesic’s schedule of Masses will be available on the Diocesan Facebook Page/Diocese Website (www.dioceseofgreensburg.org). Sacrament of Reconciliation: By appointment only; please call Fr . Matthew’s cell phone or send email. Where possible, these will be heard outside the Church. Additional opportunities for the Sacrament (including Reconciliation Services) will be scheduled when Churches reopen.
Sacraments of Initiation and First Communion: If we are still under restr iction when these celebrations were scheduled to occur, appropriate provisions will be made to reschedule and details will be shared.
Weddings, Baptisms, Funerals: It is encouraged that all these celebrations be postponed until the threat of COVID-19 has passed. Couples may still schedule future weddings by phone or email. It is encouraged that burial take place at the cemetery and a Memorial Mass be scheduled at a later time. If they do occur while we are still under restrictions, there may be no more than 10 people present, at the celebration including family, funeral directors (for funerals), liturgical ministers, and clergy.
For Bishop Malesic’s full letter, please see www.dioceseofgreensburg.org/healthalerts.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD KENT, PA
BISHOP MALESIC’S DIVINE MERCY TELEVISED SPECIAL
“Faith During Crisis: Lord, Have Mercy!” is a one-hour special scheduled to air on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 19, at 2 p.m. on WTAE Channel 4.
Local families explain the importance of Divine Mercy during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Learn about the history of Divine Mercy then pray the chaplet along with Bishop Malesic. The broadcast will be available to view afterward on the diocesan website, dioceseofgreensburg.org, and TheAccentOnline.org.
For a guide to praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet, go to goodshepherdkent.org, and select “Resources for Home Use” under the “Parish Life” tab.
2020 Paschal Candle
Thank you to our donors who have helped cover the cost of our 2020 Paschal Candle and the flowers that will adorn it throughout this Easter season:
Paschal Candle:
In Memory of Tammy Lawson by parents, James and Veronica Smarsh
and In Honor of Fr. Willie Lechnar by Amelia and Carol Zicha.
Flowers adorning the Paschal
Candle during the Easter Season: In honor of Fr. Willie Lechnar
by Amelia and Carole Zicha.
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY) APRIL 19, 2020
From Fr. Matthew’s Desk
Divine Mercy from the Beginning— The history of our devotion to the
Divine Mercy is a fairly recent one: St. Faustina Kowalksa had her visions of Jesus in the 1930s. The devotion found popularity during the postwar period, especially through the work of a young priest Karol Woytiła (later Archbishop of Krakow and then Pope John Paul II). The recognition of this Sunday as “Divine Mercy Sunday” in the Universal Church only came in the year 2000, when Pope John Paul II canonized St. Faustina. The devotion itself is new, but the truth behind it—that God’s mercy is inexhaustible and that Jesus Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy—have always been connected to this day.
In the early Church this Sunday had a strong connection to the Neophytes—the newly-baptized members of the Church. During the Easter Octave, they would gather in the Church, dressed in the white robes they received after baptism, to hear the bishop unpack the mysteries of grace they encountered through the Easter Vigil This helped them more deeply understand how those mysteries connected to God’s saving work first for Israel, then all of humanity. On this Sunday after Easter, they would return their white robes to the Cathedral (this Sunday was also called Dominica in albis for this very reason). This was not a sign of rejecting their robes, the symbol of baptism, but rather a sign they had accepted and internalized the gift they had received. Through God’s mercy it had been freely given, and with gratitude they freely accepted it.
But even earlier—on the Sunday after the first Easter, we hear in our Gospel that the Apostles huddled in the Upper Room for a second time. Most had been there on Easter to see the risen Christ, except for Thomas, who now stubbornly claimed he needed to see Christ’s wounds in order to believe for himself. When the Lord appeared in the Upper Room that time, He did not chastise Thomas. Instead He gave Thomas exactly what he needed—to see the wounds in His hands, and to place his finger in the wound in His side. Thomas was no less an Apostle because he struggled to believe. Instead, Jesus pulled him upward by giving him what he needed to fulfill his high calling.
This is what the inexhaustible mercy of God does for those of us who seek it. No sin is too large, too long ago, or too ingrained for Jesus to not want to lift us up from it. His Mercy endures forever—it is up to us to be open to receiving the gift Jesus offers.
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