MEMORIAL CANDLES FOR THE WEEK OF August 2, 2020

Nancy Hermez (Daniel & Denise Gorski) SN

Pray for Our Sick: Donna Leone, Blake Doss, Marcia Styranec, Robert Arnoto, Regina Graygo, Julia Skalada, Robert Skalada, Tom Kolat, Wendy Pakalnis, Jeannette Rusu, Michael Lombard, Linda Agnew, Heather Hanlon, Carmella Bokros, Hannah Tringhese, Tom Wasko, Dominic Lippillo Jr., Kathy Tomko, Ulisse Sevi, Eleanor Sandy, Anna Leenheer, Loretta Cioci, James Marco, Barb, Tony & Family, Helen Runyon, Irene Parker, Betty Campbell, Theresa Margala, Mary Ann Colaneri, Blake Wilson, Stephana Liptak, Michael Yemma, Agnes Puhala.

Our Sick and Homebound: Christine Peluso Kinsley & Rose Maizel.

For those in Nursing Homes: Dorothy Petro, Patricia Watt, Audrey Slanina, Mary Brenner, Theresa Pitlik, Marie Anos, John Myers, Don Micenjko.

OUR RETURN TO GOD FOR BLESSINGS

Envelopes Online Giving

July 19th Collection: $6,451.00 $365.00 Catholic Exponent: $71.00 Energy: $5.00

Budget: $12,500.00

Safely Home

Please remember in your prayers the soul and family of

Reynold Notareschi

Seventeenth Sunday Ordinary Time July 26, 2020

The following groups will NOT meet until further notice:

Parish Council & Finance Council

Altar & Rosary Society

Knights of Columbus

Centering Prayer Group

Bible Sharing & Discussion

Crochet & Knitting Group

AA Meetings

Miraculous Medal Novena

Eucharistic Adoration

PARISH NEWS

Weekend Masses will continue to be celebrated in the Great Hall for the month of July

We are following our regular Weekly Mass schedule: 9 am Mass on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday at St. Nicholas Lower Church.

Saturday Vigil Mass 4:30 pm at the Great Hall

Sunday 8 am & 11 am Mass at the Great Hall

St. Nicholas Lower Church will be open for private prayer Monday - Friday from 8 am - 2 pm.

Confessions: Saturday 8:30 - 9:30 am St. Nicholas Lower Church Chapel

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

The Parish Office is CLOSED to the public until further notice.

The office staff is available by phone @ 330-755-9819 Monday thru Friday 8am - 4pm.

MASS INTENTIONS & DEVOTION Saturday, July 25 Great Hall 4:30 pm: SN: Anthony L Donofrio (Donofrio Family) Jean Pokopatz Delost (Mother & Family) Nancy Hermez (Mr. & Mrs. B. Githing) Betty Carabbia (Family) Steve Almasy (Pat & Denise Gentile) Jane Pokopatz Ringer (Mother & Family) Maria Agresta (Family) Florence Tirabassi (Husband & Family) Sunday, July 26 Great Hall 8:00 am: SN: Living & Deceased of Christ Our Savior Parish 11:00am SN: Lawrence & Rose Delino (Children) Monday, July 27 Lower Church 9:00 am: SN: Mary Delost (Pete & Judy Morrell) Tuesday, July 28 Lower Church 9:00 am: SN: Marian Honey Gentile (Anne Marie & Joe Musolino) Wednesday, July 29 Lower Church 9:00 am: SN: Evelyn Democko (Altar & Rosary Society) Thursday, July 30 No Communion Service Friday, July 31 Lower Church 9:00 am: SN: Nancy Hermez (Amelia Zaluski) Saturday, August 1 Great Hall 4:30 pm: SN: Virginia Marapese (Family) Danny Lisko (John & Shirley) Angela Cunningham (Sister, Joanne) Nick & Anthony Genova (Ralph & Jane Genova Jr) Helen Martinko (Mrs. Ann Ferreri) Jacqueline Zupko (McCarragher Family) Sunday, August 2 Great Hall 8:00 am: SN: Mary Delost (Steve Quinn) 11:00am SN: Living & Deceased of Christ Our Savior Parish

CONFESSIONS: There will be NO confessions on Saturday,

August 8. Confessions will r esume on Saturday, August 15.

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY ORDINARY TIME

FIRST READING 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12

The LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night. God said, “Ask something of me and I will give it to you.” Solomon answered: “O LORD, my God, you have made me, your servant, king to succeed my father David; but I am a mere youth, not knowing at all how to act. I serve you in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a people so vast that it cannot be numbered or counted. Give your servant, therefore, an understanding heart to judge your people and to distinguish right from wrong. For who is able to govern this vast people of yours?”

The LORD was pleased that Solomon made this request. So God said to him: “Because you have asked for this— not for a long life for yourself, nor for riches, nor for the life of your enemies, but for understanding so that you may know what is right— I do as you requested. I give you a heart so wise and understanding that there has never been anyone like you up to now, and after you there will come no one to equal you.”

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-128, 129-130 R. Lord, I love your commands. I have said, O LORD, that my part is to keep your words. The law of your mouth is to me more precious than thousands of gold and silver pieces. R. Lord, I love your commands. Let your kindness comfort me according to your promise to your servants. Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight. R. Lord, I love your commands. For I love your command more than gold, however fine. For in all your precepts I go forward; every false way I hate. R. Lord, I love your commands. Wonderful are your decrees; therefore I observe them. The revelation of your words sheds light, giving understanding to the simple. R. Lord, I love your commands.

SECOND READING Romans 8:28-30 Brothers and sisters: We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined he also called; and those he called he also justified; and those he justified he also glorified.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

R. Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; for you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the kingdom. R. Alleluia, alleluia.

GOSPEL Matthew 13:44-52

Jesus said to his disciples: “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind. When it is full they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away. Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.

“Do you understand all these things?” They answered, “Yes.” And he replied, “Then every scribe who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old.”

ST. NICHOLAS SCHOOL NEWS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FACEBOOK: ccd_cos PHONE: 330-755-6245 ext. 114 & 104

EMAIL: jamie.miller@youngstowndiocese.org

CCD: Please return your registration and surveys as soon as possible to help us better prepare for next year. Please check out our Religious Education Facebook page for Children's bulletins and fun summer activities. We know that this is a difficult time and can be especially difficult for our children to understand. There are resources available at catechistcafe.weebly.com to help parents talk to their children about the coronavirus.

The Christ Our Savior FOOD PANTRY at HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, sponsored by our Parish St. Vincent de Paul

Society, is open from 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM on MONDAYS for anyone in need of assistance.

Until further notice we are asking everyone to open their trunks and remain in their cars. Our food pantry volunteers will load your groceries. Thank you for your cooperation.

Saint Nicholas School is taking registrations for the 2020-2021 school year. Come and check out what our school has to offer: Therapy through Art, Virtual Reality classroom, STEM program, and much more. A second chance to apply for the EdChoice Scholarship opens July 15th, 2020. Students who are attending or would be attending an eligible school can apply for the EdChoice Scholarship. A list of designated schools can be found on the Ohio Department of Education website under EdChoice Scholarships. Call the school for more detailed information to complete the registration process 330-755-2128. Cash For Cans – This is for aluminum beverage cans. No plastic, glass, newspapers, etc. (Cans cannot be crushed). Please save your cans over the summer. Thank you to all who support the Cash for Cans program. Saint Nicholas School Mission Statement: Saint Nicholas School is a Catholic elementary school, founded in 1928 and serving families with students in grades kindergarten through eight. The school exists to provide an academically excellent Catholic education and promote high standards in behavior and respect. Saint Nicholas School serves the church and Struthers communities as well as the Mahoning Valley bonded together as a family in faith. We are deeply committed to nurturing our students through the teaching of the scriptures and promoting and modeling of service in accordance to the Gospel values. MOBILITY ON LOAN UPDATE: Through the

generosity of the parishioners of Christ Our Savior Parish the Knights of Columbus’ Mobility on Loan ministry has a nice inventory of wheelchairs, potty chairs, walkers, and crutches available for loan. We take this opportunity to thank all of you that have made donations to this ministry. Please know, we cannot perform this ministry without your generosity. Since the needs of the parish community are always changing, our inventory can never be “large enough”. Please continue to remember us when you have a spare wheelchair etc., to donate. Some have offered us hospital beds, please note that we cannot accept these. Our wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, and potty chairs are available for temporary loan, at no cost to the parishioners and immediate families of Christ Our Savior Parish and the brother knights and their families of Council 4471. We welcome brother knight, Bob Sepesy to our ministry, therefore any parishioner having a need for one of the above listed devices or having one to donate, may contact brother knights Joe Wilkos at 330-782-6858, Bob Sepesy at 330-770-9543, or Andy Brincko at 330-782-2400. PLEASE NOTE: In response to the current Covid-19 pandemic we are sanitizing our equipment prior to delivery, but we strongly suggest that anyone receiving one of our pieces of equipment re-sanitize them upon receipt before use. ALSO NOTE: To help us keep this ministry going, please

remember to return your loaned item when your need for it has

passed. Contact Joe, Bob, or Andy to arrange for your returns.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS: Council 4471 is again conducting face-to-face meetings on the first and third Monday evenings of the month. Meetings begin at 7:00 PM. Meetings are now being held in the Great Hall where social distancing can more readily be practiced.

Brother knights are required to wear masks during the meetings and hand sanitizer is being made available. A new slate of officer’s has been elected for the 2020-2021 fraternal year. Congratulations to brother Bob Granchie our new Grand Knight and to the rest of the new and retained Council 4471 officers.

HUBBARD ST. PATRICK CHURCH TAKE-OUT RIB FEST DINNER

Hubbard St. Patrick Church, 357 N. Main St., Hubbard, Ohio, will hold a take-out Rib Fest Dinner on Saturday, August 8, 2020, from Noon to 7:00 pm. Dinner includes 1/2 slab St. Louis Style Pork ribs, Homemade Macaroni & Cheese and Homemade Coleslaw. The cost is $20.00 per dinner. For more information, call 330-534-1928.