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18 June 2017 Most Blessed Sacrament
610-845-2460 www.mbsbally.org
610 Pine Street, Bally PA Pastor: Father Adam Sedar
Email: [email protected] Office hours daily are from 8:30am-3:30pm
Save the date- Friday October 13th we will host a very special presentation by Dale
Alquist, president of the American Chesterton
Society. GK Chesterton was one of the most
influential and important figures of the last
century and his writings continue to be a source of great inspiration for
people today. More information will be
coming soon!
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY !!!!
Prayer for Our Dads! We give our thanks, Creator God, for the fathers in our lives. Fatherhood does not come with a manu-al, and reality teaches us that some fa-thers excel while others fail. We ask for Your blessings for them all and forgiveness where it is needed. This Father's Day we remember the many sacrifices fathers make for their children and families, and the ways--both big and small--they lift children to
achieve dreams thought beyond reach. So too, we remember all those who have helped fill the void when fathers pass early or are absent; grandfathers and uncles, brothers and cousins, teachers, pastors and coaches and the women of our families. For those who are fathers, we ask for wisdom and humility in the face of the task of parenting. Give them the strength to do well by their children and by You. In Your Holy name, O God, we pray. Amen. Rev. Chuck Currie
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless you eat the flesh of the
Son of Man and drink his
blood, you do not have life
within you “
John
6: 51-58
Due To Spring Cleaning of our
Church!
June 20th Adoration Only from
5:30-6:30 PM Evening Prayer & Benediction will be
held at 6:30 PM
www.allentowndiocese.org
Mission Statement: “We are called through Baptism to lead a Holy Life and spread the Good News of Jesus Christ…”
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SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
CONFESSIONS:
Tuesday 6:00-6:30 pm. Saturday 3:15-4:00pm.
Feast of
Corpus Christi
Please Pray for the
following members who
are in the Active Military serving our Country.
ISSN Keith Essig SGT Jeffrey Ferry CPT. Kevin Bergan SGT Brad Kline USMC 2nd Lt. Peter C. Fisher SPC Daniel Saylor CPL Matt Renner PSC Derrick Avant SPC Michael Greaves SGT Vince Sodano Chief Noah W. Ziegler MAJ Jeremy Bushyager SGT Eddie Pierce, CAPT Justin Knepp PFC Sam S. Myers Lt. 1st Class Heather Cupitt Airman Jimmy McGlory Staff SGT Eric J. Crews PVT Nathaniel Walters Sr. Airman Anthony Lucarelli MAJ Michael O’Kane SSG Antonio Rivera Airman 1st Class Andrew Gerard PVT Daniel Walters Sr. Airman Michael Viola Douglas Philip Murray Sr. Airman J.T. Walters Lt. Justin Hazlett MSTR SGT Jason Robbins CPT Tylara Romero 2nd LT Konrad Thaler Midshipman Piper Thaler David Stavish, Capt USN, Joseph Stavish, Cdr USN, SPC James O’ Connor. RCT Emily Gehringer PLEASE LET US KNOW IF ANY OF THOSE LISTED HERE ARE NOT ACTIVE MILITARY. PLEASE... Call Parish Office! Thank you!
“Lord, hold our troops in Your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the self-less acts that they perform for us in our time of need. I ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Amen.”
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MASS INTENTIONS MONDAY, JUNE 19 8:00 AM-Donna & Edgar Blankenbiller, by Mary Ann TUESDAY, JUNE 20 8:00 AM-Florence Hertrich, 12th Anniversary, by Joe WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 8:00 AM-John Fronheiser, by Carl & Amelia Eddinger FRIDAY, JUNE 23 8:00 AM-Willard Stauffer, by Wife and Children SATURDAY, JUNE 24 8:00 AM-Amanda Binsfeld, by Susan & Scott Kenna 4:30 PM-Henry & Carrie Grill, by Dave & Eleanor SUNDAY, JUNE 25 6:00 AM-People of Most Blessed Sacrament Parish 7:30 AM-Albert Babilon, by Buddy & Mary Ann Sobjak 10:15 AM-Eileen Bourgeois, by Betty Seroski
PRAYFUL INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
LEGION OF MARY Tuesday evening at 7:00 PM.
MASS CARDS To schedule a mass please stop by the Rectory office .
PRAY FOR OUR PRIESTS Mon: June 19 Father Charles Dene Tue: June 20 Sick and infirm priests Wed: June 21 Msgr. Thomas Derzack Thu: June 22 Msgr. Joseph DeSantis Fri: June 23 Msgr. Edward Domin Sat: June 24 Father Bruno Dongo Sun: June 25 Msgr. Joseph Dooley Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Every Tuesday of the year from 12:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
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Sunday June 18, 2017 Readings DT 8:2-3, 14B-16A 1 COR 10: 16-17 JOHN 6: 51-58
Stewardship
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Fr. Adam’s Corner
Fiscal Year July 2016-June 2017
Weekend of June 10 and 11 Wkly. offering necessary for Budget… $ 10, 317.48 Actual Weekly Offering …………...........$ 9,539.00 Net Weekly Shortage....…………………..-$ 778.48 YTD Budget Offering…………………. $ 515,874.00 YTD Actual Offering Income…………. $ 485,136.00 YTD Shortage..………………………...- $ 30,738.48
Bingo Donation $317.00
At this time of year, with it being “ordination season”, I natu-rally find myself reflecting on the gift of the priesthood. It is, as St. John Paul II wrote, both gift and mystery. While it is a challenging life, it is also the greatest adventure one could ever undertake. What could be greater? Well, nothing. That in no way is to look down upon other vocations, for I have the highest regard for both religious and married couples. But the priesthood is exceptional, not because of who we priests are in and of ourselves, but precisely because of what God does in and through us, who He makes us to be, though we are most unworthy of this awesome dignity. As I think about the priest-hood, I cannot also help think about the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. They are bond so intimately together that we can even say the priesthood exists for the Holy Eucharist and the Holy Eucharist would not exist without the priesthood. Of all the blessings of being priest, and there are many, none of them can quite compare with celebrating the Mass. To speak the words of our Lord as if they were my own! To hold and look upon the sacred host as it becomes the true Body of Christ, and likewise to hold and gaze into the chalice as the wine becomes His Precious Blood, is beyond my poor ability to adequately describe. It is a moment of awe, of fear, of be-ing overwhelmed by love. I share this for a couple reasons. One, today, the Feast of Corpus Christi, is our parish feast day! I invite you to really take some time this week to think about the Holy Eucharist. Has the Lord’s true presence be-come “commonplace”, something perhaps taken for granted or are you in total awe of the mystery? Does thinking about His presence in this great sacrament make you want to fall on your knees before Him and bow you face to the ground in adoration? If so- good! Come into His presence and do that! If not- why not? Come and visit Him in the Blessed Sacrament and let His Sacred Heart open up your heart. Now today is also Father’s Day. As I wish all our father’s a very happy day, and I offer you my prayers today, I also want to encourage you and challenge you to lead your family in a growing devotion to the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Bring your children to the church each week, not just to Sunday Mass, but stop in one other time during the week and lead your children in prayer before the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. It will be one of the greatest fatherly acts you can do for them. On this Father’s Day I also want to encourage and challenge you to do something else. Encourage your sons and grandsons to consider becoming a spiritual father, a priest of Jesus Christ. As I said above, it is a life filled with many blessings. Is it a life of many challenges and sacrifices? Yes it is. Any-thing worth doing is. But the blessing of being so close to the Lord at the altar far surpasses everything else. It is also true that there is no greater way of making a difference in the world than offering the sacrifice of Christ in the Holy Mass and forgiving sins. The last son of this parish ordained to the priesthood was in 2011, Father Jeremiah of the Friars of the Renewal and the last son ordained as a diocesan priest was in 2000, Father Andy Gehringer. That’s seventeen years ago, far too long for such a great parish! Let’s get praying and encour-aging our young men to be open to the Lord’s call. Good fa-thers will do that best by bringing them to church to visit the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Peace! Fr. Adam
In 2016 Most Blessed Sacrament parish celebrated a year-long commemoration of our 275 anniversary. The legacy of Fr. Theodore Schneider S.J. was a prominent part of that anniversary year because of his evangelization efforts in this region of Pennsylvania as well as New Jersey, New York, Delaware and Maryland. Fr. Schneider credited fellow Jesuits, St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. Francis Xavier as having inspired him and influenced his own missionary zeal. Fr. Schneider left his beloved Germany never to return again, and arrived in the US around 1738. The highlights of the trip included a walking tour of Fr. Schneider’s hometown, including his parish church, Saint’s Peter and Paul and a wonderful barbecue at his ancestral home. We also spent a day at the University of Heidelberg where Fr. Schneider was educated, served as a chaplain at the local hospital and was the rector of the university. We also enjoyed a trip to Speyer with its enormous, beautiful, and historic cathedral. GREAT MEMORIES!
Please come to Fr. Schneider Hall to view a slide show about the trip and plaza dedication following the
10:15 Mass on July 9th.
WATCH AND PRAY! Throughout the Gospels, Jesus calls us to vigilance and prayer. The “Liturgy of the Hours” is one important way to honor this command, praying in unity with the Church throughout the world at various times of the day. On Saturday, June 24 at 8:45am (after the 8am Mass), our seminarian John Maria will have a short talk that will ex-plain the Liturgy of the Hours, its history and how to get started. No prior knowledge is needed, all are welcome!
Week of June 19-22 2017
Vacation office hours will be 9 AM to noon.
Closed Friday, June 23rd.
DEDICATION TO FR. SCHNEIDER IN GERMANY
UPCOMING EVENTS! Newsletters Summer newsletters will be available soon. More activities will be added as the summer continues! Have suggestions? Please let Heather know. Thank you for your patience! Mission Trip Medical Forms/final payments Any participant who has NOT gotten their medical form signed must do so ASAP in the main office. If you have not turned in your final payments, please hand them in now. Mission Trip Materials needed Our teens need some materials for their mission trip. If you would like to make a donation, please go to the signupgenius link below and mark down what you would like to donate. There will be a box in the Narthex labeled "Youth Group Mission Trip Donations". Please leave items in the box. Any monetary dona-tions should be given to the office in an envelope marked "Mission Trip donation". Please put your name on your dona-tion. We would like to pray for your during our Mission trip. Thank you for your support and generosity! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090b45aaaa2da0f85-mission Saturday, June 17th Mission Trip send-off Mass Please join us at the 5:00pm Mass as we "send-off" our teens and chaperones before they go on their first mission trip to Do-ver, DE! Family and friends are invited to come to Mass. All participants going on the trip should attend to receive their cross-es and t-shirts. If you have any last minute questions for Heather, stay after Mass and she can help you out. Contact Heather at: [email protected]
Youth Group (7th-12th Grades) St. Francis Academy
St. Francis Academy 668 Pine Street Bally, PA www.sfabally.org June 26 Uniform swap in the cafeteria 5-7 pm. Come to do-nate uniforms. Come to pick up used uniforms! Congratulations to those who earned honors for the third trimester: First Honors Gr. 8-Isabela Caruso, Blandin Conklin, Hannah Millet, Erin Smola Gr.7-Monica Guerin, Liam Gundersen Second Honors Gr. 8-Marissa Keenan, Aaron Kline, Connor McGill, Annalise Santiago, Sydney Trimbur Gr. 7-Tyler Derkotch, Autumn Kline, Charlotte LaMagna, Theresa Patterson Honorable Mention Gr. 8 Andrew Dalickas, Paul Dalickas, Jacob Foley, Matthew Graczyk, Enrique Sanchez Gr. 7-Anthony Adamkovic, Marlena Agricoli, Makayla Jones, Maureen Ryan, Diego Sanchez, Annika Snyder, Benjamin Waltenbaugh. Registration for the 2017-18 school year is ongoing for PreK-8, offering a full day Kindergarten program. Please call the school or visit our website, www.sfabally.org, for more information.
Plastic Cash News Summer sales at school Enter through the kitchen door off the side parking lot. Tuesdays 9:30-10:30 a.m. and Thursdays 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Last summer sale day is August 17.
YOUTH HUMOR FOR THIS WEEK An exasperated mother, whose son was always
getting into mischief, finally asked him, 'How do you expect to get into Heaven?'
The boy thought it over and said, 'Well, I'll run in and out and in and out and keep slamming the
door until St. Peter says, 'For Heaven's sake, Johnny, come in or stay out.'
Yep—St. Peter was smiling!
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ALTAR SERVERS June 24 and 25 2017 SATURDAY 4:30 PM—--Troy Viola -Olivia Campbell- Sarah Imhoff SUNDAY 6:00 AM Autumn Kline 7:30 AM Sean & Nichole Bertino - Shane Clark 10:15 AM Madison & Mikaela Holley – Kyle Kelsch Altar Server Training! Assisting at Mass is an awesome way of living out your faith and serving the Lord. We are currently training new servers (2 sessions), and doing review sessions for current servers (1 session). All training is being held between June 26 & July 12 If you are 5th grade and older, and you’re interested in being an altar server, call the rectory this week to speak with our seminarian John Maria. We will sign you up for training! Current Servers: Tuesday, June 27 from 7-8pm -or- Wednesday, July 5 from 1-2pm New Servers (2 sessions): Session 1: Monday, June 26 from 7-8pm -or- Wednesday, June 28 from 10-11am Session 2: Tuesday, July 11 from 7-8pm -or- Wednesday, July 12 from 10–11am
PARISH STAFF Pastor - Father Adam Sedar Deacons - Thomas J. Murphy & Mike Boyle Administrative Assistant - Cindy Repko Financial Secretary - Sue Nitroy Parish School, St. Francis Academy - Deacon Thomas J. Murphy, Headmaster Preschool Teacher—Susan Stroud Director of Religious Edn - Deacon Murphy RCIA Coordinator—Deacon Murphy
Parish News and Events PILGRIM STATUE OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA The Legion of Mary Sign-up Sheet for June is in the back of church. For more info call Deacon Mike 484-336-9849. CHURCH HOUSE CLEANING Please note the church is closed Wednesday, June 21st after the 8:00 AM mass and will reopen Friday, June 23rd SUMMER SERVICE HOURS Attention students: Over the summer months get a jump start on your service hours. The parish can always use extra helpers. BINGO- the second Sunday of every month. Contact Janice at 610-987-8851. MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT CARNIVAL July 19th, 20th, 21st & 22nd. Call Tammi Eccleston at 610-282-1100 ext. 1287 or 215-679-9198 or email [email protected] to volunteer your services. SOUP KITCHEN July 22nd & 23rd
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS :A meeting of the Knights of Columbus Most Blessed Sacrament Council #16745 on Tuesday, July 11 at 7:30 PM. The meeting is in Fr. Schneider Hall. Men over the age of 18-years old interested in the Knights of Columbus please contact Jerry Judge at 610-791-5379.
SOUP KITCHEN UPDATE JULY 22nd & 23rd. Help is needed Saturday and Sunday to serve.. Donations should be placed in an envelope labeled “SOUP KITCHEN” and placed in the collection basket. For more information please call Zoe Derkotch at 610-718-6077. .
News, Ministries & Organizations BULLETIN DEADLINE For July 9th due by June 27th at noon. Please email your info to Cindy Repko at: [email protected]. Widow and Widowers Grief Support The next “REACH OUT” will be at MBS’ Fr. Schneider Hall at 1 PM on June 25th. The following meeting will be at St. Columbkill’s office meeting room on July 9th at 1 PM. Summer is here, ready or not. Some will find this summer particularly stressful. Given due respect, working through grief can bring us to new discoveries as we respond to life’s changes. For more information please call Dn. Mike Boyle at 484-336-9849.
MBS Carnival July 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd. Only 30 Days until Bally Burgers!!! GET YOUR TICKETS! Carnival refreshment tickets can be purchased after all masses in the back of Church or weekdays during business hours at the rectory. 11 tickets for $10.00 - what a bargain! Carnival Chance tickets will be available up until the draw-ing on Saturday, July 22th. All parishioners should have received their tickets. If you did not, please contact the rectory during business hours Tuesday – Friday 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM at 610-845-2460.
CCD TEACHER NEEDED A 1st Grade teacher is needed. If interested please call Dea-con Murphy at 610-845-7364.
FLOWER SALE Donations from the sales will go to Mary’s Shelter. For more information please call Chuck at 610-702-2187
PARISH STAFF Youth Ministry - Heather Shainline: [email protected] Adult Choir - Rob Zambanini Youth Choir—Fred Carr Diocesan Victim Assistance Coord. Wendy S Krisak, MA, NCC, LPC Direct Line 800-791-9209 Diocesan Safe Environment Coord. - Sr. Meg Cole, SSJ,MS.LMFT, 610-332-0442, ext. 19
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