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Rev. William G. Berkey, Pastor�
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Rev. Thumma Fathimareddy�
Shared Parochial Vicar�
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Sunday��������������8:00 am & 11:30 am�
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Confessions: Saturday 3:00�3:30 pm�
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Confessions: Saturday 3:00�3:30 pm�
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Office Hours: Monday through
Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm�
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Bulletin Articles: The deadline�
for placing articles in the bulletin�
is Monday at Noon.�
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New Parishioners, Welcome!�
Please register as soon as possible. �
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Communion to the Homebound is
provided on a regular basis. Call the
Parish Office to be added to our list.�
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Sacrament of Baptism: By
appointment. Prior to your baby’s
Baptism, you must be a registered,
practicing member of this parish.�
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Sacrament of Marriage: Requires
parish membership by at least one of
the parties for six months prior to
making arrangements for marriage.
Weddings should be scheduled�
one year in advance.�
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Prayer Chain: To request prayer ,
please call Patty 724�245�9746�
or Valeria 724�583�9460�
August 9, 2020�
R O M A N C A T H O L I C P A R I S H �
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101 West Church Avenue�
Masontown, Pennsylvania 15461�
Phone: 724�583�7866 • Fax: 724�583�0373�
Website: www.sfoafayette.org�
A Parish of the Diocese of Greensburg�
A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust�
Saint Francis of Assisi�
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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,�
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� Elijah and Peter each encountered the Lord in an unusual
way in today’s readings. Elijah expected the Lord to come in the
wind, in an earthquake, or with fire, but instead it was in a tiny
whispering sound. The Lord appeared like a ghost to the disciples
during a storm and Peter dared to walk across the raging sea.�
How do we encounter the Lord?�
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Monday is the Feast of Saint Lawrence. He was a deacon.�
He was roasted over an open fire, yelling out “I’m done on this side. Turn me over.”�
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Tuesday is the Feast of Saint Clare. She was a fr iend and follower of Saint Francis. She formed�
a group of women known as the Poor Clares. She served them like Christ, the servant king.�
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Wednesday is the Feast of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal. She was a young woman when she became�
a widow. She founded the Order of the Visitation, a religious order for the widowed, old and ill.�
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Thursday is the feast of Saints Pontian and Hippolytus.�
They were at odds during their lives but reconciled in the end.�
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Friday is the Feast of Saint Maximillian Kolbe. He chose a young father �
at random for freedom of starvation by the Nazi captors.�
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Saturday is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. IT IS NOT A HOLY DAY�
OF OBLIGATION THIS YEAR! Catholics believe that God assumed Mary’s body into heaven. Byzantine Christians
call today the “Dormition” or “Falling asleep.” Still others call today her “Harvesting” into heaven. Pope Pius XII
declared the Assumption a dogma of the faith in 1950 to remind us that creation is good, we are good!�
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Thanks to the Knights of Columbus who purchased a new flag for Masontown.�
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We will celebrate FIRST COMMUNION on Sunday, September 6 , �
at the 9:30 am Mass and at the 11:30 am Mass. �
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Spiritual Communion Prayer: My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.�
I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive�
You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there�
and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen�
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Reflection on the Call to Holiness by Pope Francis�
Humility can only take root in the heart through humiliations. Without them there is�
no humility or holiness. If you are unable to suffer and offer up a few�
humiliations, you are not humble and you are not on the path to holiness. (119)�
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Question of the Week: How can I overcome the fears and doubts I have in my life?�
How can I support others striving to overcome their own fears and doubts.�
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Our Psalm Response this week, “Lord, let us see your kindness and grant us your salvation,”�
reminds us that God proclaims peace. The signs of that peace are found in kindness, truth and justice.�
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Let’s go Pens! Peace, Fr. Bill Let’s go Bucs!
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THE PRESENCE OF GOD�
� After the miracle of Jesus walking on water, the
disciples exclaimed, “Truly, you are the Son of God.”
Most Christians will probably never experience such a
dramatic miracle. Like Elijah, we await the manifesta-
tion of God in other moments. Perhaps the biggest chal-
lenge for the believer is to be constantly attuned to the
possible presence of God in the everyday events of life.
This is a stance that takes some people years to develop.
Others seem to find the Lord easily in the simple things.
As the week unfolds, let us look for the presence of God
in the little things around us. Perhaps, like Elijah, we
will be surprised at what we find; and, like the disciples,
we can add our voice to the confession, “Truly you are
the Son of God.”�
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INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK�
� There is something very sacred about silence.
Silence connects us. It is where the heartbeat of all of
creation � and its life blood and source � are embraced
and where oneness is experienced. When in the presence
of an environment that is silent, the worries, tribulations,
struggles, and challenges of life seem to fade away and
we can experience a peaceful whisper. We can call that
whisper God. Through the practice of contemplative
prayer, we can find our way to that inner place of silence
even in the midst of great distraction, busyness, and
noise. The silence becomes one with us and grounds us.
When we become friends with silence, friends with God,
we can hear the gentle whisper of God’s voice saying,
“Come, stay here. Trust me and you will not fall.”�
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PRACTICE OF HOPE�
� God meets us in the most unexpected places,
sometimes in the tiny whisper as at the cave at Horeb,
sometimes in the midst of the storm�tossed sea. When
we find ourselves in deserted places, we seek to have the
courage to meet the Lord in whatever way he appears and
allow ourselves to be transformed. Seek inspiration in
the witness of those whose lives have been transformed
by their encounter with God. Who has been an example
for you, showing courage to meet God wherever God
chooses to be revealed? �
� Consider the new perspective that emerged from
Thomas Merton’s openness to encountering God. In
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, he wrote of standing
on a corner in Louisville, Kentucky, and realizing that he
is at one with each person there. Contemplative prayer is
nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it
means taking time frequently to be alone with him who
we know love us.” (CCC #2709, quoting St. Teresa of
Avila). Seek to encounter God as a friend and rest in the
knowledge of God’s love for you.�
PARISH NEWS AND EVENTS�
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Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, it will not be possible
to hold the Summer Celebration this year. Both the Car
Show and Labor Day Festival are cancelled. A couple
of alternate ideas are being considered for September and
October. More information will follow.�
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Thank you to those who are responding so graciously to
the required Five�Year Clearance Updates! If you have a
computer, the process is easy. Log onto the Diocese of
Greensburg website, scroll down to PROTECT + Obtain
Your PA Clearances, then click on the required link,
complete and submit the form. The documents needed
are: PA Criminal History Check; PA Child Abuse, the
Affidavit for volunteers and Virtus. If you don’t have a
computer or need assistance, please call the Parish Office.�
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The Saint Francis of Assisi Christian Mothers will meet
at 6:30 pm on Thursday, August 13, at the social hall in
Footedale. We will be using social distancing and masks.
Questions? Call Patty at 724�245�9746.�
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Stewardship�
Elijah recognized the voice of God not in the strong�
and heavy wind, not in the earthquake and not in the fire,
but in a tiny whispering sound. May we find enough�
quiet in our clamorous world to hear His voice and�
discern what He is calling us to do and be.�
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Thank you for last Sunday’s offertory ...�
$6,012; online $239; for a total of $6,251.�
2020 Memorial Candle Request�
Remember a deceased loved one or honor a loved one or
a special occasion by sponsoring a memorial candle. The
candles will burn in their memory/honor for one week. �
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� _____ Sanctuary ($20)�
� _____ Blessed Mother ($10)�
� _____ Saint Joseph ($10)�
� _____ Sacred Heart ($10)�
� _____ Saint Anthony ($10)�
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In memory/honor of ____________________________�
Requested by __________________________________�
Phone __________________________�
Date / Week of _________________________________�
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Payment is due at the time of scheduling. Please return
the completed form with payment to the Parish Office.�
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From the Diocese of Greensburg�
For the foreseeable future, all people will remain�
dispensed from the obligation to attend Mass�
on Sundays. Those who feel vulnerable because�
of their age or health are encouraged to stay home,�
while those who are sick should not attend public�
worship. Streaming Masses will continue.�
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Bishop Malesic has accepted into the Priestly�
Formation Program for the Diocese of Greensburg:�
Kevin Richardson of St. John the Evangelist Parish,�
Uniontown. Please pray for Kevin and please continue�
to pray for all of our seminarians and those discerning�
a call to priesthood, diaconate or religious life.�
� On Saturday, August 15, we celebrate the feast of
the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven.
Because she belonged to Christ, Mary, our queen, is
raised on high, a great sign for all who believe in her Son.
This is Mary’s greatest feast! It is the solemnity of her
death, burial and resurrection � her Passover. It is also the
patronal feast of the Diocese of Greensburg.�
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� Celebrating Mary’s Assumption into Heaven
strengthens our belief that the human body is sacred and
destined for glory. Just as Christ was raised from the
dead in bodily form, we recognize that when she fell
asleep in death, Mary was also raised bodily into heaven.
Assumption Day is sometimes thought of as Mary’s
“harvesting” into heaven and is a day to thank God for the
bounty of growing things. The blessing of flowers, herbs
and garden produce is traditional this day.�
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This year this Holy Day is NOT a day of obligation.�
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Parish Sympathy is expressed to Betti Corazzi�
on the recent death of her sister, Patricia M. Arnold.�
May God grant her eternal life and comfort her family.�
Sacred Steps�
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Sacramental Celebrations�
at Saint Francis of Assisi Parish�
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Parish Sympathy is expressed to the families of�
† Eleanor M. Sigwalt�
who was buried Thursday, August 6;�
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† Joseph William (Niedojadlo) Nehi�
who was buried Thursday, August 6.�
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May God grant them eternal life and comfort�
their families. May they rest in peace.�
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Assumption Prayer�
Dear Lord, if the day of death is the day of birth into
Heaven, Your Mother was never so young as on the
morning of her Assumption. Help us to grow old as she
did while continually becoming younger, until the day
when we will be children enough to enter the Kingdom.
(Lucien Deiss, Cssp, from Come, Lord Jesus)�
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Thank you for the memorial donation given to�
Saint Francis of Assisi Parish in memory of�
Josephine Ryan by her family and fr iends.�
If angels could be jealous of men, they would�
be so for one reason: Holy Communion�
� Saint Maximillian Mary Kolbe�
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Saturday, August 8 �� Vigil: 19th Ordinary Sunday�
4:00 pm�M (T)� Irene Sholtis (Ann Hornick)�
4:00 pm�F (B)� Deceased Members Shiner Family (Tony)�
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Sunday, August 9 �� 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:00 am�M (B)� Deceased Zatlokovicz/McNansky Family�
9:30 am�F (T)� Gerald Kremposky Sr. (Wife & Family)�
11:30 am�M (B)� Herb Miller (Debbie & Haley)�
Monday, August 10 �� Saint Lawrence�
8:00 am�M� Betty Berish (Husband, Bob)�
8:00 am�F� Theresa Olesko (Husband Jim & Family)�
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Tuesday, August 11 �� Saint Clare�
8:00 am�M � Teddi Cerullo (Family)�
8:00 am�F� Bridget M. Berisko (Sons Philip & Raymond)�
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Wednesday, August 12 �� Saint Jane Frances de Chantal�
8:00 am�M� Sonny Alexander (John/Susie Maykuth)�
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Thursday, August 13 �� Saints Pontian & Hippolytus�
8:00 am�F� Paul “Butch” Moscovits (Vince/Danielle Palo)�
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Friday, August 14 �� Saint Maximilian Kolbe�
8:00 am�M� Shirley Beck (Don Beck)�
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Saturday, August 15 �� Vigil: 20th Ordinary Sunday�
3�3:30 pm�M� Confessions �
4:00 pm�M (B)� Joseph Dulik (Thelma/Paul Lipchinsky)�
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3�3:30 pm�F� Confessions�
4:00 pm�F (T)� Marge Piccolomini (Joanne/Mark Coletti)�
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Sunday, August 16 �� 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:00 am�M (T)� Josephine Bonessa (Nancy/Rick Zatlokovicz)�
9:30 am�F (B)� David Kish (Roseanne/Bruce Stathers)�
11:30 am�M (B)� Helen Miller (Rosemary Homer)�
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(B) Fr. Bill / (T) Fr. Thumma�
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Sunday Regional Mass: 5:30 pm at�
Saints Cyril & Methodius Church, Fairchance�
Mass Readings for the Week Ahead �
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Monday:� 2 Cor 9:6�10; Jn 12:24�26�
Tuesday:� Ez 2:8�3:4; Mt 18:1�14�
Wednesday:� Ez 9:1�22; Mt 18:15�20�
Thursday:� Ez 12:1�12; Mt 18:21�19:`�
Friday:� Ez 16:1�15, 60�63; Mt 19:3�12�
Saturday:� Rv 11:19, 12:1�10; 1 Cor 15:20�27; Lk 1:39�56�
Next Sunday: Is 56:1�7; Rom 11:13�32; Mt 15:21�28�
�
As Jesus walked on the sea, He said to the disciples,�
“Do not be afraid.” (Matthew 14:22�33)�
�
In the midst of our trials and tribulations,�
the Lord extends His hands to save us. He calms�
our frightened hearts through His quiet presence.�
May our faith in the Lord draw God’s chosen�
people to the new covenant in Christ.�
�
Memorial Candles burn this week in loving�
memory of or for the special intention of:�
�
† Blessed Mother � Shirley Beck�
requested by Don�
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Betty Berish�
requested by husband, Bob�
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† Saint Joseph � Shirley Beck�
requested by Don�
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† Saint Anthony � Personal Intention�
requested by Caroline Marella�
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† Sacred Heart � Anna Marella�
requested by daughter, Caroline�
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Jane K. Grote�
requested by Carletta Fronczek�
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“Do not be disturbed by the clamor of this world which
passes like a shadow. Do not let the false delights�
of a deceptive world deceive you.” � Saint Clare�
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus � Song of Heaven�
� The words of the Sanctus are rooted in scripture.
They recall the song of the seraphim in the Isaiah’s vision
of God in majesty and the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ en-
try into Jerusalem, yet the liturgy adds something new to
these ancient texts. The seraphim sang, “the earth is
filled with his glory” but the liturgy proclaims, “heaven
and earth are full of your glory.”�
� In the Eucharist, earth and heaven meet. For a
moment in time, we join in the song that the angels sing
for all time. The Sanctus raises us to heaven but does not
remove us from the earth. It is the song of the King who
took on our human flesh so that we might share in His
divine life.�
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During the month of August, please pray
with Pope Francis for The Maritime World.
We pray for all those who work and�
live from the sea, among them sailors,�
fishermen and their families.�
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