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Our Parish Mission: Christ calls our parish family to be a Our Parish Mission: Christ calls our parish family to be a Our Parish Mission: Christ calls our parish family to be a

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SSAINTAINT PPAULAUL CCATHOLICATHOLIC CCHURCHHURCH Address: 140 Walnut Street, Weirton, WV 26062

Phone: 304-748-6710 Web site: stpaulcommunity.net Prayer Line: 304-748-4245 & 304-564-3114

Pastor: Rev. Larry W. Dorsch E-mail: lwdorsch@comcast.net

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Our St. Paul Parish and School

Capital Campaign

continues with pledges coming in from many parishioners. We are grateful to all who have been able to make a pledge. We are also grateful to those who have considered the Campaign but prayerfully decided their personal financial situation does not allow them to make a pledge at this time. We

count on their prayers and hope in

future years they may be able to help.

For those who have not yet decided on a pledge or a gift, please give some thought

this week to what you may be able to do to assist your parish community in meeting this

responsibility to care for our school building. There are additional pledge/gift envelopes in the back of the church if you need an additional or a replacement. There are also a few packets with the explanatory

booklets and brochures if you did not receive one in the mail.

Any questions about the Campaign can be directed to St. Paul School (304-748-5225,

or to our Pastor, Fr. Larry Dorsch (304-748-6710).

Phase 1: CAMPAIGN PROGRESS AS OF

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2015

DONOR PLEDGED AMOUNT

Penn/WV Charity $100,000.00

Pugliese Foundation $25,000.00

Anonymous Charity $20,000.00

Serra Foundation $20,000.00

Alumni Gift $10,000.00

St. Paul Christian Mothers $15,000.00

St. Paul Holy Name $10,000.00

Local Charity $25,000.00

St. Paul Parishioners 141,815.00

School Parents 12,500.00

Businesses 1,950.00

TOTAL $381,265.00

GOAL $500,000.00

BALANCE NEEDED $118,735.00

CCOMMUNITYOMMUNITY BBREADREAD BBASKETASKET

Don’t forget non-perishable foods, soaps, paper products for distribution at our ecumenical food pantry. The month of July we are asked to bring Chicken

Helper & Tuna Helper. Bring them to the offering baskets to be presented at .mass.

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Free Hot Meals are provided at First Methodist Church on West Street 5-6:30 Mon-day, Wednesday and Friday. Volunteers needed Mondays and Wednesdays from

about 4 pm until 6:30. Please, if you can help, call Lori Duke 304-670-9544.

Geek NeededGeek Needed

The parish needs someone to oversee our website and keep information updated. The Diocese offers technical assistance with the details and the management of the page itself is not technically difficult. If you have the time and interest, please call the

parish office.

LITURGICAL MINISTERS FOR JULY 18-19

Ministers of

Communion Lectors Altar

Servers

Greeters Ushers

Saturday

July 18

5 pm

Frances Veltri

Lawrence Pearce

Sharon Higgins

Debra Marino

Not Filled Rebecca Biacco

Carolyn Cooper

Mary Hadobas

Mary Kay Schuetz

John Cummings

John Porco

Ron Panko

Joseph Veltri

Sunday

July 19

8:30 am

Mary Ann Kinder Tracey Kinder Jeannie Duffy

Diane McAfee

Elena Mastrantoni

Joanne Darmelio

Philip Darmelio

Mark Marino

Mikki Marino

Thomas Beaumont

Paul Duffy

Patrick Gurrera

Thomas Lorello

Sunday,

July 19

11:00 am

Melissa Perkins

Geo Brandenburg

Marlene Hamilton

Edie Wilson

Michelle Martin

Cynthia Harcharik

Carla Gianni Young

Joanne Bugin

Gary Impellicceiri

Hannah Gryszka

Claire Stewart

Donna Bohach

Cathy Horstman

Barbara Sistilli

Patricia Valero

Robert Baker

Charles Bugin

Robert Chuma

Ed Halsey

Sunday,

July 19

6 pm

Michael Cucarese

Bennie Parr

John Egan Kristen Mastrantoni

A.D. Mastrantoni

Michael Mastrantoni

Mark White

This week: The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Amos 7:12-15 Ephesians 1:3-14 Mark 6:7-13

Next week: The Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jeremiah 23:1-6 Ephesians 2:13-18 Mark 6:30-34

Adult Bible Study There will be no Tuesday evening Bible Study until

Fr. Larry returns from his African trip on July 16.

Dear Parishioners:

By today, Fr. Matt and I should be back in Nairobi after our real safari in the Masai Mara Wildlife Refuge. Hopefully, we have seen elephants and hippos and wild beasts in their native wild habitat and survived the bumpy roads to get to them. Back in the capital of Kenya for just the night, we have an early morning flight all the way across the breath of Africa, east to west. We are going to Ghana to meet another young man who was so good to me when I was in Kenya back in 2001. Peter Nbwodo was a seminarian at the time who showed me all around Nairobi on the back of his bicycle! He subsequently left the seminary and returned home. I helped him a bit financially

and he has built up a successful business, married a beautiful Ghanian woman and the two of them have three sons. Peter has invited us to visit and so we will get to see the capital of Ghana, Acura, for a couple of days. We will be returning to New York on Thursday. Jambo! - Fr. Larry

Laudato Si: On Care for our Common Home On Care for Our Common Home (Laudato Si') is the new appeal from Pope Francis ad-dressed to "every person living on this planet" for an inclusive dialogue about how we

are shaping the future of our planet. Pope Francis calls the Church and the world to acknowledge the urgency of our environmental challenges and to join him in embarking

on a new path. This encyclical is written with both hope and resolve, looking to our common future with candor and humility.

Statement on the Occasion of the Promulgation of Laudato Si’

by Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz Drawing extensively from the teaching of his predecessors, the Pope teaches that care for the things of the earth is necessarily bound together with our care of one another,

especially the poor. This interdependency extends from the deep respect due every human person to all living beings and to the earth where we make our home. “Each

creature has its own purpose…and the entire material universe speaks of God’s love.” The Pope uses the term “integral ecology” to draw our attention to a rich treasury of

thought that people of faith bring with them to conversations about the human person and our environment. He states, “We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world, and that being good and decent

are worth it.”

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PRAY FOR OUR SICK MEMBERS Weirton Medical Center: Mary Paris Acuity, Mary Solomon Allegheny General, Pittsburgh: Joseph Gurrera Laurels—Henry Vierbicky Brightwood—Louise Strauss, Golden Oaks—Theresa Petroski Country Club Nursing Home: Frances Oliver Weirton Geriatrics—Inez Oliver Wyngate: Virginia Yoklic, Marino Silvestri , Vivian DeMarco Serra Manor—Lillian Beagle Chris Dorich is at 71 Darlington Rd, Room 141, Beaver Falls, PA 15010

Life Line Screening will be held at the Weirton Christ United Methodist Church on Tuesday, July 28th. All five tests for $149, Carotid Artery, Heart Rhythm Screening,

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Peripheral Arterial Disease Screening & Osteoporosis Risk assessment. Join the nearly 8 million people who have been screened. Appointments

are limited, register today. Please call 888-653-6450 or www.LineLineScreening. Com/community-partners

NEW SUMMER OFFICE HOURS

Every Friday in the summer the church office will be closed at noon.

Burgettstown Community Blood Drive sponsored by Our Lady of Lourdes Parish will be held on Sunday, July 19, 2015, from 8 am to 1:30 pm at Our Lady of Lourdes School/McCashin Hall/First Floor, 1111 South Main Street, Burgettstown, PA. All participating donors will receive a limited edition Donor-Rita-Ville T-shirt (while supplies last) and entered into our Cheesburger in Parrot-dise random drawing to win a tabletop grill with accessories. As an added bonus, all participating donors will also receive entry into a random drawing for a pair of tickets to the August 13 Jimmy Buffet concert (four winners; two CDC/fixed sites and two mobiles). Please contact Marianne Green at 412-722-4410 or merrilgreen@gmail.com Walk-ins welcome.

Mark your calendars to Save the Date!

Greater Weirton Senior Center King & Queen Card Party will be held on Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 2 pm. Donation $8.00. They serve a great lunch, door prizes, table prizes, Chinese auction and raffles. For more information and to purchase tickets, please call the Senior Center at 304-748-3490.

St. Paul Christian Mothers Autumn Glory Card Party will be held on September 27, 2015 at 2 pm in the school cafeteria. All Christian Mothers were given 50/25/25 raffle tickets to sell. Please return these tickets by placing them in the collection basket in an envelope marked Christian Mothers.

OUR PARISH THIS WEEK

Saturday July 11

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Confession Sunday Eucharist: (Chuck Oliver)

Sunday July 12

8:30 am

11:00 am 6:00 pm 7:00 pm

Sunday Eucharist: (Living & Deceased Members of Christian Mothers & Holy Name) Sunday Eucharist: (For All Our People) Sunday Eucharist: (Albert Collo) Alcoholics Anonymous in cafeteria

Monday, July 13

8:00 am Weekday Eucharist: (Evalyn Hirkala)

Tuesday, July 14

8:00 am

Weekday Eucharist: (Joe Krinock)

Wednesday July 15

8:00 am

Weekday Eucharist (Patricia Starosciak)

Thursday July 16

8:00 am

Weekday Eucharist: (Anna Danielle Shultz)

Friday July 17

8:00 am Weekday Eucharist: (Lydia Angelo)

Saturday July 18

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Confession Sunday Eucharist: (Nick Barber)

Sunday July 19

8:30 am 11:00 am 6:00 pm 7:00 pm

Sunday Eucharist: (Helen Larch) Sunday Eucharist: (In Thanksgiving - Anna Pellegrino) Sunday Eucharist: (For All Our People) Alcoholics Anonymous in cafeteria

Don’t forget your parish, please consider giving a percentage of whatever remains in your estate to the parish memorial endowment fund. Bequests for the parish should read, “To the Most Rev. Michael J. Bransfield, Bishop of Wheeling Charleston or his successors in office for the exclusive use of St. Paul Parish (or School) in Weirton, WV Memorial Endowment Fund.”