November 1, 2020 All Saints Day

HOLY TRINITY PARISH NOVEMBER 1, 2020 LIGONIER, PA

In your charity please pray for the souls of:

Curtis Krichbaum, a dear fr iend of our parishioner, Bobbie Cramer and husband Butch,

Mr. Krichbaum died on September 20, 2020.

John M. Stas, cousin of our par ishioner , Bobbie Cramer and husband Butch.

Mr. Stas died on September 26, 2020.

Shirley R. (Conway) Laskie, sister of our par ishioner , Lisle Conway and wife Sheral.

Mrs. Laskie died on October 18, 2020.

May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.

November 13 Abigail Frey

November 14 Ava Adams Alex Britton

November 15 Denise Adams Joseph Fry Eileen Iwinski Keith Parsons Betty Jean Sanfilippo Denise Zimmerman

November 18 Suzanne Blasko Alex Blystone Michele Clark Thomas DiDiano, Jr. Emery Glass Richard Gosser Mary Long Edward Monico Jason Pontillo

November 20 Colby Diorio Jill Frey Pat Lawlor Julia Miller Renee Puschnigg Felix Szymkowiak Carole Verscharen

November 21 Nathan Beech Loretta Ellis Maria Horner Elizabeth Morris Natalie Nemeth

November 22 Amanda Iwinski Taylor Knapczyk Jerry Mowrey Ava Page Eleanor Pekich Madeline Van Norman

November 23 Joann Bitzer Iva Droske Avery Horner Sara Klinchok Dylan Sichula

November 19 Olivia Shafron Nicole Trice

November 24 Mary Brant Carole Britton Jennifer Johnston Greg Miller Kathleen Steimer

November 29 Thomas Bridge Christine Gaydos Brooke Snyder Cindy Turcheck

November 30 Jim Duska Justin Herrholtz Abigail Horner Mark Teich

November 28 Mary Benson Shirley Dominic Lisa Nichols Sierra Nichols Sarah Pontillo Jane Ann Verner

November 25 Catherine Grace James Jones Leonard Miller Courtney Myers Sasha Van Norman

November 26 John Molnar Cyprus Saversky

November 17 Wendy Anderson Kristin Duska Angel Kistler John McInchok Jr. Carol Vigliotti

November 2 Caitlin Bridge Croix Giesey David Morus Colton Rashilla Wade Rashilla Steven Wasil

November 3 Paul Dominic Paul Trimeloni

November 5 John Biddle

November 6 Paul Gabelt Jared Kistler Denise McColly Eddie Trzeciak Nash Winters

November 8 Lisa Moeller Eileen Voyten

November 10 Jordan Frei Brook Kovalcik Michael Sisitki Brandon Smith Melania Szep Wilma Ulery

November 4 Patrick Nichols Grace Sedewar William Smith

November 1 Ursula Adams Margaret Cover Annette Quinlisk Gary Sherman Carol Woods

November 11 Michelle Ferguson Denise Glover Tim Zeglin

November 9 Edward Barr Jennifer Jones John Klinchock Charlotte Robertshaw Katherine Robertshaw

November 12 Hunter Gonda Maria Rossi

November 16 Eden Fruehauf Hannah Long Amanda Woods

Happy Birthday Parishioners!! November 7 Kendall Domurot Patrick Michaels Michelle Parrish Lydia Ross Stephanie Van Norman

A Message from Deacon Mike

We will notarize volunteer clearance affidavits following the Saturday Mass on 10/31/20. It only takes a few minutes. You will need a driver's license or some acceptable ID. We have plenty of forms and there is no cost.

Our next "That Man is You" will be on Saturday 11/7/20 at 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM. We will be learning from King Solomon and Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Come and join the conversation, you will not be disappointed. All men are welcome.

Today begins Vocation Awareness Week One Vocation Leads to Another

“Let us not forget that Christian marriage is a vo-cation to holiness in the full sense of the word, and that the example of holy parents is the first condition favorable for the flowering of priestly and religious vocations.” – Pope Benedict XV

Your Unique Mission Why does it matter that people discover their God-given vocations? Because the Church relies on the unique contribu-tion of every soul. As St. John Henry Newman famously reflected: ”God has created me to do some special service; God has committed some work to me which has not been committed to another. I HAVE A MISSION.”

YOU ARE INVITED to a HOLY HOUR FOR VOCATIONS on Thursday, November 5 at 6:30 PM at St John the Evangelist, Latrobe, in celebration of National Vocation Awareness Week. Please join us and spend an hour with Jesus.

Holy Trinity Parish

342 W. Main St., Ligonier, PA 15658

Parish Business Office: 724-238-6434

Mon.-Wed. & Friday 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Thursday 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Parish Website: www.holytrinityligonier.org

FaceBook: HolyTrinityChurchLigonier

Rev. Anthony J. Carbone, Pastor

Mara Bradford, Business Manager

Addy Evangeliste, Parish Secretary

Bennett Porchiran, Director of Music Ministry

Tina Komarinski, Youth Coordinator Jonathan Durkota, Facebook Administrator

You can donate a portion of your liver, and it will regenerate, or grow back, in months. To be a living donor you must:

Be between the ages of 18 and 55

Be in general good health

Have an unselfish desire to contribute to another person’s life in a healthy way

Talk to your loved one about being a living donor for them. To learn how you can give life, visit UPMC.com/LivingDonorLiver and click Register to be a Living Donor.

Phone: 412-647-5800 Fax: 412-692-4154 Living Donor Registration: livingdonorreg.upmc.com.

Please help if you can or know someone who can for Kim Daffinger, daughter of our parishioner, Mr. Willi Daffinger.

Christian Mothers/Blackburn Center During this month of Thanksgiving, November 2020 we cannot collect the items in the Church to help Blackburn Center. So we are asking you to take/donate some of your “gently used/nearly new” items to Christian Layman Corp Thrift Store (724-834-4464) in Greensburg, PA. Monday - Saturday from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM. They work with Blackburn Center. Thank you for your support. Next year we will resume our “items collection,” God willing. May God bless you this Thanksgiving. Veronica Sander

FOOD PANTRY NEWS:

Are you aware that Ligonier Valley Food Pantry is housed here at Holy Trinity & is among several pantries across Westmoreland Co under the direction of West-moreland County Food Bank, Inc.?

Twice a year we collect specific food items for The Ligonier Association of Churches for the food pantry. Also, once a month a second collection is taken to help the food pantry. For those who can’t assist financially we would like you to consider another option. By offering one single grocery item a week we can provide a significant supplement to what the local pantry has to help our neighbors in need.

Watch the bulletin for next weeks item, pick one up on your shopping trip during the week and drop it into the shopping cart on your way into Mass the next weekend.

Please NO GLASS JARS!

Next weeks item is:

Canned Tuna or Chicken

The Envelope for Retired Religious and Diocesan Priests is this weekend

The collection for Retired Religious and Diocesan Priests will be conducted in the Diocese of Greensburg the weekend of October 31 - November 1. Since 1999, this collection has helped support the retired diocesan priests’ fund. Twenty - five percent of the total of this year’s collection will be designated for that purpose, and the remainder of the collection will be passed on to the National Religious Retirement Office for distribution to the various religious communities applying for assistance. Today, the majority of women religious in congregations and men in religious orders are past age 60, and a significant number are past age 80. Many institutes do not have the resources to meet the dramati-cally escalating costs of care for their growing populations of elderly. This collection helps meet that need.

There are still more 2020 weekday Mass Intentions available until December. If you would like to have a Mass said for your loved one, please contact the Parish Office.

Please Remember in Your Prayers Bishop Brandt, Fr. Anthony Wozniak, Fr. Willie Lechnar,

Fr. Stephen West, Annie Williams, Dorothy Holtzman, Amy Newhouse, Karen West, Sister Shelly Sharbaugh, OSB., Janet Franks, Adele Griffith, Martha Knupp, Ashley Mullen,

Jake McDermott, Bonnie Baloga, Dale Hall, and Kim Daffinger.

FROM THE DESK OF FATHER ANTHONY………………………………………..

Today we celebrate All Saints Day! The Church has been celebrating a feast for All Saints since at least the seventh century. St. Bernard of Clairvaux offers a reflection for All Saint Day – “Why should our praise and glorification, or even the celebration of this feast day mean anything to the Saints? Clearly, if we venerate their memory, it serves us, not them. But I tell you, when I think of them, I feel myself inflamed with a tremendous yearning. Calling the saints to mind inspires, or rather arouses in us, above all else, a longing to enjoy their company…. We long to share in the citizenship of heaven to dwell with the spirits of the blessed…. In short, we long to be united in happiness with all the Saints.” We all hope to be in Heaven some day, but more than likely we will spend some time in Purgatory before entering into heavenly glory. We are reminded that there are countless saints in Heaven and that we ourselves have a place there, if only we reject sin and strive to live as Jesus taught us to live. In the Preface that we hear today, we address God, praying, “[T]oday by your gift we celebrate the festival of your city, the heavenly Jerusalem, our mother, where the great array of our brothers and sisters already give you eternal praise. Towards her, we eagerly hasten as pilgrims advancing by faith, rejoicing in the glory bestowed upon those exalted members of the Church through whom you give us, in our frailty, both strength and good example.” When we celebrate All Saints Day and remember the Saints, we also are celebrating our call to be holy – this is a time to rejoice that many are already praying for us as we continue our journey here on earth. Please take a few moments to check out the “saints posters” created by our young parishioners who are preparing for Confirmation. The posters are displayed in the church. Tomorrow we celebrate All Souls Day, or as it is also known, The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed. We prayed for the souls in Purgatory and continue to pray for them as they undergo their purification from sin and selfishness in order that they might enter into heavenly glory. This purification frees them from any attachments that would lead them away from God. As we celebrate All Saints and All Souls, we recall the great Catholic doctrine of the “Communion of Saints,” in which we profess our faith every time we pray the Creed at Mass. The Saints reigning in Heaven, the Souls suffering in Purgatory, and we the Faithful here on earth, who are striving to love God and neighbor and are battling evil, make up the Communion of Saints. The Saints pray for us and the souls in Purgatory, while we can ask the Saints to help us on our earthly journey. We also offer prayers and sacrifices for the souls in Purgatory. We will celebrate two Masses tomorrow for the souls in purgatory, at 8:00AM and 7:00PM. On Sunday, November 15 at the 11:00AM Mass, we will have a Mass of Remembrance for our parishioners who have died this past year and also for those persons for whom we provided funeral services. I know that many citizens have already exercised their right to vote, but if you have not yet voted, please do so this Tuesday, November 3. It is important that we exercise this right. I also encourage you to make use of your Catholic conscience when you cast your ballot. We reviewed several truths of Catholic teaching the last few weeks in the bulletin. We must always respect innocent human life from the moment of conception until natural death. However, we do not have to be people of faith to know and believe that an unborn child is a human person. This is simply a fact of science. If the most defenseless of us are not protected and valued, none of us is protected and valued. Eventually “our turn” will come to be terminated. If a particular life is considered to be unwelcomed, unwanted, unnecessary, it is logical to conclude that any life can be considered to be unwelcomed, unwanted, unnecessary. Today begins Vocation Awareness Week! The Office for Pr iestly Vocations of the Diocese of Greens-burg reminds us: “Did you know that in our country, compared to 60 years ago, there are 20,000 fewer priests and 129,000 fewer religious sisters? At the same time, the Catholic population has grown steadily. During Vocation Awareness Week, please pray that young people in today’s society will hear and respond to God’s call. And do your part to encourage them to consider the priesthood and religious life.”

October has come to a close, but please don’t forget the Rosary, our Pro-Life intentions, and the Missions. Although the Church emphasizes these aspects of Church life during the month of October, we need to remind ourselves throughout the entire year that Mary’s intercession is powerful, that we must always guard the sacredness of human life, and that we should be participating in evangelization and mission efforts every day.

Have you noticed how often a conversation ends these days with the words – or some variation of them – “Stay safe”? I suppose this is in response to the pandemic, and while it is laudable to be concerned about another person’s physical safety and health, we should also be concerned with that person’s spiritual state. What if we encouraged one another to “Be Holy” or to “Stay Holy” or to “Try to be Holier”? While no one wants to get sick or to be sick, sickness is part of the fallen world in which we live. The world is passing – and so is sickness. How ever we experience death, and let’s face it, we all will, our death will be the gateway to eternity. During November, the Church focuses on the Four Last Things – Death, Judgement, Heaven, and Hell. We will all experience three out of the four. Let’s strive to be Saints – there is a place in Heaven, we hope and pray.

GOD THE FATHER OF MERCIES, HAVE MERCY ON US! GOD THE SON, JESUS CHRIST, CRUCIFIED AND RISEN FROM THE DEAD, ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN, HAVE MERCY ON US! GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT, DESCENDING UPON US IN GLORY, HAVE MERCY ON US!

REMEMBER LORD, YOUR SERVANTS, WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US

WITH THE SIGN OF FAITH AND REST IN THE SLEEP OF PEACE.

NOVEMBER 2, 2019 – NOVEMBER 1, 2020

JOHN P. VUCINA NOVEMBER 19, 2019 KATHERINE A. STIFFEY NOVEMBER 19, 2019 THADDEUS “TED” GEROME JANUARY 13, 2020 DIANNE SCHRAMKO JANUARY 31, 2020 PATRICIA LOUGHRAN FEBRUARY 4, 2020 GERALDINE LEIDEN FEBRUARY 12, 2020 FRANCIS X. YANDRICK FEBRUARY 14, 2020 NANCY M. VUCINA FEBRUARY 15, 2020 ROSE MARY GARDILL MARCH 4, 2020 ALEXANDER WIDICH APRIL 7, 2020 ANNA B. THOMAS APRIL 22, 2020 DANIEL E. BRENISER MAY 12, 2020 DONNA J. SPRINGER MAY 18, 2020 LARENE M. FULCOMER MAY 19, 2020 ANITA COURT JUNE 4, 2020 JESSIE GARZA JULY 27, 2020 RONALD L. DERK, SR. OCTOBER 1, 2020

ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO THEM, O LORD,

AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE ON THEM, MAY THEY REST IN PEACE. AMEN.

Parish Activities Calendar for November & December, 2020

A=Atrium C=Church H=Social Hall L=Loft PL=Parish Library SL= Old School Library PMR=Parish Meeting Room

All Times Are PM Unless Otherwise Indicated

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2nd Env. for retired Religious and Diocesan Priests

2 8:00 AM Mass and 7:00 PM Mass

3 Adoration 8:30 AM to 3:30 - C

4 5 6 7 “That Man is You” 6:00 AM - 7:30 AM - A

Bible Study after 5:30 PM Mass - A

8 2nd Collection for Catholic Accent

9 10 Holy Hour 3:00 - 4:00 - C

11

12 13 14 Bible Study after 5:30 PM Mass - A

15 16 17 Holy Hour 3:00 - 4:00 - C

18 19 20 21 “That Man is You” 6:00 AM - 7:30 AM - A

Bible Study after 5:30 PM Mass - A

22 2nd Collection for Food Bank

23 24 Holy Hour 3:00 - 4:00 - C

25 26

Parish Office Closed

27

Parish Office Closed

28

Bible Study after 5:30 PM Mass - A

29 30 1

Adoration 8:30 AM to 3:30 - C

2 3 4 5

Bible Study after 5:30 PM Mass - A

Mass Intentions

ALL SAINTS DAY NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Saturday, October 31 5:30 pm + In Memory of Mary Louise Karns Birthday Remembrance by Daughter, Judith

Sunday, November 1 - All Saints Day 8:00 am For All Parishioners 11:00 am + Cecelia & Stephen Shepard by Cindy & Larry Busch

Monday, November 2 - All Souls Day 8:00 am + All Souls by Mission Office 7:00 pm + Mass for All Souls

Tuesday, November 3 8:00 am + Nancy Kalkstein by The Sabo Family

Wednesday, November 4 8:00 am + Pat Smith by Ellie Camp

Thursday, November 5 8:00 am + Charles Jerasa by Wife, Evelyn

Friday, November 6 8:00 am + Kirk Doel by The Sabo Family

Saturday, November 7 5:30 pm + Paul & Anne Coyne by Bennett & Tricia Porchiran

Sunday, November 8 8:00 am + Donna Springer by Mary Springer 11:00 am For All Parishioners

Could you not watch one hour with Me?

Eucharistic Adoration Every First Tuesday 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

All other Tuesdays 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.

You are invited to commit to an hour’s adoration for the first Tuesday of each month by signing

the schedule sheet located in the Narthex.

Mass Attendance for October 24 & 25, 2020 5:30 p.m. 70 8:00 a.m. 85 11:00 a.m. 100 Total 255

YOUR GENEROSITY For October 24 & 25, 2020 Adult Envelopes $6,134.00 Loose Cash $102.00 All Saints $5.00 All Souls $5.00 Immaculate Con. Of BVM $5.00 Solemnity of Mary $5.00 Christmas Offering $10.00 Total Ordinary Income for Bills $6,266.00

Catholic Accent $39.00

Capital Reserve $10.00

Christmas Flowers $5.00

Food Bank $155.00

Total for Specific Purposes $209.00

Retired Religious $20.00

World Mission Sunday $35.00

Total Diocesan Collections $55.00

Total Deposit $6,530.00

Online Gifts through the Diocese $225.00

Total Offertory $6,755.00

A message from our Pastor: Our parish offertory remained relatively strong during the spring due to the generosity and steadfast support of our parishioners. Many parishioners mailed to the parish office and/or dropped off their contributions at the parish office, while others took advantage of our new online giving platform. Online givers have two options available to them – they can donate on our parish webpage or on the diocesan webpage. Parishioners continued to be faithful to their Diocesan Lenten Appeal commitments and pledges. The main fundraiser for our Community Service group has been cancelled – parking cars in our parish parking lot during the October Fort Ligonier Days. This fundraiser provided much needed financial support to the Communi-ty Service team for the whole year. The team provides gifts to needy children at Christmas, Blizzard Baskets in winter, food at Thanksgiving and Easter and material assistance all year long to those in need. We hope still to be able to offer assistance to community members in need at Thanksgiving and Christmas. You can continue to make a commitment online or by sending donations directly to the parish via U.S. Mail or by visiting our website for online offertory. www.HolyTrinityLigonier.org.