1024 Maple Way June 9, 2013 Parish Office: 412-271-1515 Braddock PA 15104-1612 Fax: 412-271-1222

Website: www.goodshepherdbraddock.org Serving the Communities of Braddock, Braddock Hills, North Braddock and Rankin

Good Shepherd Church Sacred Heart Church Braddock Avenue at Frazier Street 1600 Brinton Road Braddock PA 15104-1612 A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust Braddock Hills PA 15221-4902

Mass Schedule Weekday Mass: Monday—Thursday—9:00 AM Saturday Vigil: 4:00 PM Sunday: 11:00 AM Sunday Masses: 9:00 AM

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday at 3:00 PM at Good Shepherd Church or by appointment

Parish Staff Parish Telephone Numbers Reverend Albert J. Semler, Pastor Parish Office: ...................... .412-271-1515 Mrs. Michele Catone, Parish Secretary (micky52@comcast.net) Fax…………………………...412-271-1222 Sr. Marita Charley, OP, Director of Development Convent ……………………...412-271-1736 Mr. Herbert A. Dillahunt, Director of Music (nasard@aol.com) Music Ministry……………. 412-271-1326 Ms. Carol Funk, Parish Office Manager e-mail…….….gshepoffice@comcast.net Miss Joan Hojnacki, Religious Education Religious Education…… 412-271-2630 Mr. Frank Koncerak, Director of Maintenace Sr. Judith Stojhovic, RSM, Principal of East Catholic East Catholic………....….. 412-351-5403 School Fax:……..……….412-372-9114 Sacrament of Baptism: Parents are required to attend a Pre-Baptism Class. Please call Joan at 412-271-2630 to

register. Previous arrangements are necessary. Instruction in the Faith: The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (R.C.I.A.) program is offered for those interested

in the Catholic Faith. Contact the Parish Office at 412-271-1515. Sacrament of Marriage: The prospective bride & groom are to make arrangements with the priest at least six

months prior to the Wedding. All couples are required to attend a marriage preparation class. Parish Prayer Line: Intentions may be placed on the Prayer Line by calling Jen at 412-673-1136. New Parishioners are always welcome. Call the Parish Office to register or to notify of a change of address.

Good Shepherd Catholic Parish

With God All Things Are Possible!

June 9, 2013

From the Pastor’s Desk Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

SUMMER FESTIVAL: It’s our week for fun, fun and more fun. We will see if the plans we made were right on or “ack.” Let’s not think that way. My theory is if something’s not right “just change it” or tweak it but move on. The world is still spinning. Be POSITIVE and MOVE ON. All the set up and tear down people are in place for Monday and Tuesday evening, thanks to them and Frank. Herb is still signing up volunteers. Bakers are needed for each day. Bring your goodies to the bake shop between 4:00 and 9:00 PM each evening. My Brinton Tower friends and shut ins are praying for a safe and enjoyable Summer Fest. I am SO IMPRESSED by your support of pop, water and gifts. THANK YOU! Shuttle Service: Our bus will leave the grounds at 6:00 PM and every half hour thereafter for pick up and drop off. Parking and pick ups will be available at Propel Parking Lot, Fairways (leave space near building for their customers), along Brinton Manor Drive and Brinton Tower back lot (closer to Norm’s garage). Signs will be posted at pick up areas. Volunteers: Please come to the Information Booth at 5:30 PM so that you have time to accept your assignment and set up. **Please Note: Those who asked for specific assignments are asked to be on time because they are handed out on a first-come, first-serve basis. DEACON ORDINATION: On Saturday, June 15th Joseph Dougherty will be ordained to the Diaconate as will my cousin Kenneth Marlovits. Joe will become a Permanent Deacon and Ken a Transitional Deacon, which means he is on his way to be ordained a priest next year. Kindly keep them in your prayes. Ken is my fourth cousin. His mom was a Semler girl who was a neighbor and good friend as we grew up. Ken has a first cousin, Father Andrew Semler in the Dallas, Texas Diocese. I have two first cousins who are priests also. It seems to run in our family. Then of course Dad has two sisters who were Sisters of Divine Providence. Some of you had one, Sister Imelda Semler as principal at our former St. Joseph Parish/School. Since June 15th is also our Festival weekend, we will celebrate with Joe the next weekend. Deacon Joe will serve in his deacon role on Saturday at the 4:00 PM Mass. We will then go to the Thomas J. Usher

Gymnasium to have a reception. Then again at the 9:00 AM Mass after which you may congratulate him in the vestibule as we have to be at Sacred Heart for the 11:00 AM Mass. After this mass we will go to our Sacred Heart Hall for another reception. What will Deacon Joe do at Mass? The Deacon has a part in the Penitential Rite. He reads the Gospel and the Prayers of the Faithful (Petitions). He invites the assembly to exchange the sign of peace and finally he dismisses the assembly. Now all of these occur unless the Celebrant forgets which has been known to happen. The Deacon can also preach the Homily at mass, baptize and various other activities. I am extremely happy for Joe and I hope he will be assigned here. But we never know the assignments until after ordination. I’ll hopefully share his assignment with you on the weekend of June 15-16.

DAILY MASS: I am running this notice one more time so that vacationers might be aware. We now have our morning masses at Good Shepherd Church on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 9:00 AM. I will be at the East Catholic School Mass on Fridays at 9:00 AM. With the school on summer recess, I just might attend the 9:00 AM mass at St. Maurice when I do not have a funeral here. Also on First Fridays I have mass at Brinton Tower.

Local Churches, Weekday Mass Schedule St. Colman, Turtle Creek: M-F 8:30 AM Holy Cross, East Pittsburgh: M-F 8:00 AM Madonna del Castello, Swissvale: M-S 7:30 AM St. Maurice, Forest Hills: M: 9:00 AM; and 7:00 PM (With Novena) T-F 7:00, 9:00 AM; S: 9:00 AM Word of God, Swissvale: (St. Anselm) M-F : 9:30 AM (Just a FYI: St. Colman Church has a Sunday evening Mass at 5:30 PM.)

VACATION SWEEPSTAKES RAFFLE: We had nine winners on our May raffle. Three of our people won $100.00 and six won $50.00. It was fun watching the numbers and looking for the winners. Our profit was about $1,600.00.

Thanks to all who supported this fund raiser.

Love and Peace, Father Semler

See You at Summer Fest

2013!

Good Shepherd Music Ministry Recital Join us this afternoon, Sunday, June 9, at 3:00 PM at Good Shepherd Church. Several members of the Good Shepherd Music Ministry will present an hour recital. Some of the pieces on the program include: Ave Maria

(complete), sung by Melissa Kaczmar-ski; You Raise Me Up (by Josh Groban) sung by Pearl Daube; Great Day (spiritual), sung by Jay Mains; Stay (by Rihanna) sung by Anna Yezovich; I Dreamed a Dream (from Les Mis) and Landslide (Stevie Nicks) sung by Maria

Yezovich; All Through the Night, sung by Claire Ye-zovich and Josephine Cunningham; Pie Jesu (Andrew Lloyd Webber) sung by Pearl Daube & Melissa Kaczmar-ski; For Good (from Wicked) sung by Maria Yezovich and Pearl Daube; Panis Angelicus (Franck) sung by Steve Koncerak; If I Can’t Love Her (Beauty and the Beast) sung by Mike Yezovich; plus a few others still to be de-cided. The recital should last a little over an hour.

SENIORS MEETING: JUNE 19, 2013 ** PLEASE NOTE**

The Senior Citizen Meeting for June 12th has been changed to June 19th due to Summer Fest. Father’s Day will be celebrated with a luncheon at this meeting. The donation is $4.00.

Picnic tickets for the July 10th Picnic will be on sale. Donation is $15.00

If you are unable to come to the meeting in June and need a ticket for the picnic, call Helen at 412-824-6874 or Betty at 412-824-8819.

New members are always welcome!

Second Collection for Tornado Victims

Next Weekend, June 15th & 16th

Summer Fest 2013! Wednesday & Thursday, June 12 & 13

6:00—10:00 PM Friday & Saturday, June 14 & 15

6:00—11:00 PM Sacred Heart Church Grounds

Good Food....Games… Rides…

Sweet Treats at the Bake Shop.. Bingo....Raffles…Basket Raffles

D.J. on Friday and Saturday Fireworks on Saturday!

Bring your family and friends.

Join your parish family

Don’t miss out on the fun!

Stewardship: Time - Talent - Treasure

Sunday, June 2nd: $5,634.00 Parishioners receiving env: 652 Env used:309 Loose Offertory Collection: $198.00 Monthly Collection: $1,079.00 Env used: 93 Loose Monthly Collection $ 78.00 Votive Candles: $194.00

Thank you for your generosity!

Monthly Commemorative Celebration The MCC for June will be celebrated Thursday, June 27th at 9:00 AM at Good Shepherd Church. Intentions are to be turned in by Thursday, June 20th.

St. Vincent de Paul Society In the Gospel we see how Jesus was moved with pity and said to the widow, “Do not cry,” and the people knew that “God had visited his people.” When you hear the cries of the poor and reach out to help them, deep in their hearts the poor know that “God has visited them.”

Phone: 412-437-8370

Apples for Students Please take the time to be sure you are signed up at Giant Eagle for the school code of East Catholic and that you have chosen it as your participating school. You may check the code online at www.gianteagle.com or you may call 1-800-474-4777. The Giant Eagle code for East Catholic is 1135. The old codes will soon be eliminated and we could lose those points. Please make the change today! East Catholic Code: 1135.

Catholic Fortnight for Freedom The U.S. Bishops have again announced a two week ef-fort of prayer, study, catechesis and public action to em-phasize both our Catholic and American heritage of reli-gious liberty. The second annual “fortnight for freedom” runs from June 21 to July 4. Thursday, June 20th at 7:30 PM the Diocese will sponsor a presentation entitled Women’s Freedom and Religious Freedom in Bishop McDowell Auditorium, St. Paul Seminary, 2900 No-blestown Road. Presenter: Faith D. Daggs, M.D. of the Center for Women’s Health at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, PA. There is no charge for this event. All are wel-come. Visit www.diopitt.org for more information.

Bingo resumes June 18th. Weekly Tuesday Night Bingo

All Paper Bingo Sacred Heart Hall

1600 Brinton Road, Braddock Hills 900 PTS Jackpot - Must Go!

80 PTS Regular Game 150 PTS Specials

Early Birds 6:45 PM Regular Games 7:00 PM For more information, Call 412-271-1515.

Diocesan Toll-Free Number for Abuse Response: 1-888-808-1235

Safe Environment Administrator: : Rose Morgan

Save the Date Our 18th Annual Golf Outing Tee-Off Fore Good Shepherd will take place on Monday, July 29, 2013 at the Grand View Golf Club and Restaurant. Our Honorary Co-Chairpersons are Father Thomas Burke and Randy Blakemore, Plant Manager at U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Plant. Put it on your calendar and inform all of your friends who golf about our outing.

St. Thomas HS All Class Reunion/Mixer DATE: Friday, September 20, 2013 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM PLACE: 3 Lakes Golf Course (formerly the Alcoma Country Club) 6700 Saltsburg Road Penn Hills, PA 15235 DONATION: $15.00 (Tickets not sold at door-only 650 tickets will be sold). CASH BAR: Happy Hour Special from 8 to 9 pm THE TOMCAT $2.00 DJ: Mike “Nunzio” Filippino ‘70 APPETIZERS: Cheese & crackers; vegetables & dip; Swedish Meatballs; and Salami. DEADLINE: September 1, 2013 A block of rooms have been reserved at the Comfort Inn Conference Center 412-244-1600. 699 Rodi Road Pittsburgh, PA 15235. Shuttle Services up to midnight will be available to the Reunion. NOTE: Please send payment and include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Include the name(s) (maiden names too) and year(s) of graduation. Make Check Payable to: St. Thomas HS All-Class Reunion, Marlene (Schueler) Waszkiewicz ‘69, 571 Old Leechburg Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15239.

NO BINGO TUESDAY, JUNE 11TH You are welcome to play

bingo at our festival this week, Wednesday—Saturday, June 12-15.

See you at Tuesday Night Bingo as usual on Tuesday, June 18th.

Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Lk 7:11-17) GS: 4:00 PM Parishioners of Good Shepherd Parish Sunday Morning GS: 9:00 AM Albert Monardo by Wife, Theresa SH: 11:00 AM In Honor of St. Anthony of Padua

by Anna Viselli Monday-Weekday (Mt 5:1-12) GS: 9:00 AM Bernice Mazur by Jakiela Family Tuesday-St. Barnabas, Apostle (Mt 5:13-16)GS: 9:00 AM Phyllis Valko by Marlene Polishen Wednesday-Weekday (Mt 5:17-19) GS: 9:00 AM Cyril & Josephine Sobek by Family Thursday-St. Anthony of Padua (Mt 5:20-26) GS: 9:00 AM Antoinette Balombiny by Husband Friday-Weekday (Mt 5:27-32) No Morning Mass Saturday-Weekday (Mt 5:33-37) No Morning Mass Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Lk 7:36—8.3) GS: 4:00 PM Parishioners of Good Shepherd Parish Sunday Morning GS: 9:00 AM Parishioners of Good Shepherd Parish SH: 11:00 AM Parishioners of Good Shepherd Parish

Good Shepherd Parish June 9-16, 2013

Catholic Youth Day at Kennywood This is not your average day in the park!

Catholic Youth Day will take place at the park on Tues-day, July 9th, starting with Mass at 11:00 AM at Pavilion #5. Tickets are $24.50. Group tickets may be ordered by calling 724-935-4343, ext. 230 or email catholicyouth-day@gmail.com. Ticket orders (less than 10 tickets) can be mailed to you by remitting payment, number of tickets, mailing address and an additional $2 to cover shipping and handling to: Catholic Youth Day at Kennywood, St. Alexis Church, 10090 Old Perry Highway, Wexford, PA 15090.

Sorry! The Mass intention last Tuesday was spelled incorrectly in the bulletin: the Mass was offered for

Joseph & Anna Tomajko.

See you at Summer Fest 2013

Fun.....Games...Foods….Raffles

Rides….D.J….Fireworks

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