Christ, Prince of Peace, Ford City

& St. Lawrence, Cadogan

Pennsylvania Charitable Trusts

Christ, Prince of Peace

740 Fourth Avenue Ford City, PA 16226 (P) 724-763-9141 (F) 724-763-9142

Office Location 718 4th Ave Ford City, PA 16226 * Sunday Mass Schedule

Sunday………..8:00 AM Sunday...........11:00 AM

* Confessions Noon

Prayer Chain Barbara Pierce 724-763-6198

Coordinator of Homebound Communion Ministry

Sara Green

Bereavement Dan Kerr Stacy Klukan Judy Lyon Joan Moore

Website : fccatholic.org

St. Lawrence

114 Main Street Cadogan, PA 16212 (P) 724-763-9141 (F) 724-763-9142

Office Location 718 4th Ave Ford City, PA 16226

* Daily Mass Schedule Monday - Friday .....8:00 AM

* Sunday Mass Schedule

Saturday ……...5:00 PM (Live Streamed)

Sunday ………..7:00 PM

Prayer Chain Candace Lias 724-763-1978

Facebook : Friends of St. Lawrence

Partner Parish Office Hours

Monday-Thursday 9:00 AM-3:00 PM

Friday Closed

Directors of Music Michael Heilman & Sandy Reich

Knights of Columbus

Thomas Goughnour 724-763-7558

St. Vincent de Paul Store 123 Market Street

Kittanning, PA 16201 724-548-8845

Divine Redeemer School

Tom Dinga-Principal 726 Fourth Avenue

Ford City, PA 16226 724-763-3761

Bulletin Deadline-Monday 3 PM

Christ, Prince of Peace & St. Lawrence Office Staff

Susan Gallovich sgallovich@dioceseofgreensburg.org

Business Manager

Kimberly Halutick khalutick@dioceseofgreensburg.org

Administrative Assistant

©Diocesan

Reverend Alan Polczynski Pastor

apolczynski@dioceseofgreensburg.org

Reverend Alan Grote Regional Chaplain

agrote@dioceseofgreensburg.org

June 14, 2020

Parishes of the Diocese of Greensburg

PROCESSIONAL HYMN I Am the Bread of Life Verse 1: I am the Bread of life. You who come to me shall not hunger; And who believe in me shall not thirst. No one can come to me unless the Father beckons.

Refrain: And I will raise you up, and I will raise you up, And I will raise you up on the last day.

Verse 2: The bread that I will give Is my flesh for the life of the world, And if you eat of this bread, You shall live forever, you shall live forever. Refrain

GLORY TO GOD

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father.

Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.

For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

FIRST READING - Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a

Moses said to the people: "Remember how for forty years now the LORD, your God, has directed all your journeying in the desert, so as to test you by affliction and find out whether or not it was your intention to keep his commandments. He therefore let you be afflicted with hunger, and then fed you with manna, a food unknown to you and your fathers, in order to show you that not by bread alone does one live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the LORD.

"Do not forget the LORD, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery; who guided you through the vast and terrible desert with its saraph serpents and scorpions, its parched and waterless ground; who brought forth water for you from the flinty rock and fed you in the desert with manna, a food unknown to your fathers." R. Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you. R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. He has granted peace in your borders; with the best of wheat he fills you. He sends forth his command to the earth; swiftly runs his word! R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. He has proclaimed his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel. He has not done thus for any other nation; his ordinances he has not made known to them. Alleluia.

R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.

SECOND READING—1 Corinthians 10:16-17

Brothers and sisters: The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because the loaf of bread is one, we, though many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf. R. Thanks be to God.

WORSHIP AID

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

GOSPEL - John 6:51-58

Jesus said to the Jewish crowds: "I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."

The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have l i f e within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever." R. Praise to you Lord, Jesus Christ

NICENE CREED

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.

RECESSIONAL Alleluia! Sing to Jesus

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Verse 1: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus! His the scepter, his the throne. Alleluia! His the triumph, His the victory alone; Hark! The songs of peaceful Zion thunder like a mighty flood; Jesus out of ev’ry nation has redeemed us by his blood.

Verse 2: Alleluia! Not as orphans Are we left in sorrow now; Alleluia! He is near us, Faith believes, nor questions how. Though the cloud from sight received him, When the forty days were o’er, Shall our hears forget his promise? “I am with you evermore.”

THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST JUNE 14, 2020

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

This Sunday we celebrate a second solemnity during this period of Ordinary Time in the liturgical calendar. Today is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. This day was once called Corpus Christi, which is Latin for “Body of Christ.” In the revised Lectionary the name for this day is expanded to reflect more completely our Eucharistic theology. Today’s Gospel is taken from the Gospel according to John. The reading is part of a discourse between Jesus and a crowd of Jews. The discourse comes shortly after the miracle of Jesus’ multiplication of the loaves and fishes. In John’s Gospel, miracles such as this are identified as “signs” through which people come to believe that Jesus is the Son of God. These signs are followed by dialogue, or discourse that interprets and explains the miracle. In John’s Gospel, Jesus’ multiplication of the loaves is said to have occurred near Passover, thus linking it to the Exodus story and God’s saving action toward the Israelites. Having seen Jesus multiply the loaves and fishes, the crowd pursues him, perhaps seeking more food but also looking for another sign. Jesus tells the crowd that he is the bread of life. He explains that just as God gave the Israelites manna to sustain them in the desert, so now God has sent new manna that will give eternal life. It is in this context that Jesus repeats those words in today’s Gospel and tells them again that he is the living bread that came down from heaven. Jesus’ words are not well understood by the crowd; they argue that Jesus is not from heaven but born of Mary and Joseph. The crowd also has trouble understanding how Jesus could give them his flesh to eat. Jesus tells them that when they eat his flesh and drink his blood, they will remain forever connected to him. These are difficult words, but they are important because they seek to show us our intimate connection with Jesus. This is the mystery that is at the heart of our Eucharistic theology. In the elements of bread and wine, Jesus’ Body and Blood are truly present. When we share in the Body and Blood of Christ, Jesus himself comes to dwell within us. This communion with the Lord makes us one body, brings us eternal life, and sends us forth to be Christ’s Body in the world.

Monday - June 15

7:30 AM Rosary

8:00 AM Mass at St. Lawrence Church

Janet Holizna (by Tim & Barb Szymanski)

Tuesday - June 16

7:30 AM Rosary

8:00 AM Mass at St. Lawrence Church

Michael Markilinski (by Ray & Sandy Kaplon)

Wednesday - June 17

7:30 AM Rosary

8:00 AM Mass at St. Lawrence Church

Frank Szymanski (by M/M J. Gary DeComo)

Thursday - June 18

7:30 AM Rosary

8:00 AM Mass at St. Lawrence Church

Evelyn Edwards (by Chuck & Judi Fantlizzo)

Friday - June 19 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

7:30 AM Rosary

8:00 AM Mass at St. Lawrence Church

Robert Phillips (by Wife - Teresa & Family)

Saturday - June 20 Immaculate Heart of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

NOON Confessions at Christ, Prince of Peace

Twelfth Sunday

In Ordinary Time

5:00 PM Mass at St. Lawrence Church

For All Fathers - Living & Deceased

Sunday - June 21

7:30 AM Rosary

8:00 AM Mass at Christ, Prince of Peace Church

For All Fathers - Living & Deceased

11:00 AM Mass at Christ, Prince of Peace Church

For All Fathers - Living & Deceased

7:00 PM Mass at St. Lawrence Church

For All Fathers - Living & Deceased

Attention Graduates

Christ, Prince of Peace Parish and St. Lawrence Parish would like to honor our 2020 Graduates. Please drop off a picture and your information at the Partner Parish Office or email it to khalutick@dioceseofgreensburg.org.

THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST JUNE 14, 2020

WELCOME BACK Christ, Prince of Peace and St. Lawrence would like to welcome back their parishioners and guests to the celebration of the Mass. The parishes are thankful for all the support you have given them through this trying time. With the return of the Mass and other liturgies there will be notable differences. The Mass times and locations are some of the temporary changes along with the ones listed below. Those who feel vulnerable because of their age or health

are encouraged to stay home at this time, while those who are sick should not attend public Masses. The Bishop’s Mass on Sunday mornings and our Partner Parish Mass on Saturday evenings will continue to be streamed.

For the foreseeable future, all people will remain dispensed from the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays.

People will be seated at least in every other pew using social distancing guidelines. Everyone from one household may sit together.

There is hand sanitizer dispenser at the entrances of the churches for your convenience.

Masks are to be worn. After you receive the Host please step to the side, take down your mask, consume the Host and put your mask back on.

All communicants will be encouraged to receive the Sacred Host in the hand.

The chalice of the Precious Blood will not be offered to the congregation.

There will be baskets up front for you to drop in your offertory, envelopes, and gifts before Mass or when you come forward for communion.

The Sign of Peace will no longer include a handshake, instead we will turn to the person next to us and offer a reverential bow or wave.

Holy water and baptismal fonts will be drained.

Musicians are being asked to limit music, and choirs are not permitted at this time.

There are also mandates for cleaning and sanitization.

Temporary Mass Times Monday - Friday 8:00 AM at St. Lawrence Church

Saturday - 5:00 PM at St. Lawrence Church This Mass will continued to be lived streamed on the Partner Parish Youth Group Facebook page.

Sunday - 8:00 AM at Christ, Prince of Peace Church 11:00 AM at Christ, Prince of Peace Church 7:00 PM at St. Lawrence Church

Theology III Christopher Pujol | Mount St. Peter Parish, New Kensington

Christopher Pujol graduated from Valley High School in New Kensington in 2012 and in 2016 he earned his bachelor’s degree in international relations from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. He is attending Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. In his free time, he enjoys studying languages, reading about medieval history and global

politics, playing tennis, camping and hiking.

Theology I Craig Alexander | St. Peter Parish, Elizabethtown

Craig Alexander, originally from Harrisburg, recently retired from Penn-Dot as a Roadway Programs Technician Supervisor. He is

currently a Seminary student at Saint Vincent Seminary, Latrobe. He enjoys reading, walking, hockey, and Sudoku.

Welcome

Seminarians

THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST JUNE 14, 2020

Volunteer Clearances

There is two new updates with the Virtus program that ALL VOLUNTEERS need to complete. Log into Virtusonline and sign in. Click on Toolbox Click on “See available training modules” To complete the first update, Under Safe Environments, Choose: #1 Keeping the Promise Alive This segment includes 5 questions along with a video for each one. After watching the videos (which are no more that 5 minutes long), you will be asked the same question again. Choose your answer and continue to the next question. Once completed, please print the document and return it to the Partner Parish Office. #2 Virtus-Protecting God’s Children Recertification. This segment is also a question and answer series. Again, once completed, please print the document and return it to the Partner Parish Office. We are in the process of calling any volunteers that need to turn in updated clearance documents to the Partner Parish Office. If you have a question call the Partner Parish Office at 724-763-9141.

BAPTIZED INTO THE FAITH Congratulations and Welcome to

Noah William Wininger May the Lord Jesus Christ grant that

he may receive the fullness of His grace.

Catholic Charities offers virtual counseling Social distancing can take a toll. So can waiting in line to get into a grocery or hardware store. It’s not unusual to feel angry, or frustrated, or confused. For some people, the pandemic restrictions can magnify feelings of anxiety, depression, interpersonal conflict, grief and a wide variety of other issues. Catholic Charities provides virtual counseling to help address those issues and more. Taking care of your own emotional well-being is very important to you and the people you love. You don’t need to face these feelings alone. Call Catholic Charities at 724-837-1840 or email counseling.@dioceseofgreensburg.org.

Pathways registration open for 2020-21 Registration is open for Pathways, which is the diocese’s commitment to adult faith formation and nurturing mature discipleship. There are 12 evening sessions, three workshops and a closing retreat. Pathways is tentatively scheduled for Tuesdays from 6:30-9 PM at St. John the Baptist Parish, Scottdale. To register online, go to www.dioceseofgreensburg.org/pathways. Or email pathways@dioceseofgreensburg.org or call the Office of Faith, Family and Discipleship at 724-552-2598. Financial assistance is available from the Francis Fund. For information or to apply for a scholarship, call 724-837-0901, ext. 1249. The schedule is tentative, pending restrictions on gatherings that might be in place in September.

to Doris Herbst who celebrated her 89th birthday on June 8th.

June 8, 2020 Christ, Prince of

Peace Parish St. Lawrence

Parish

Parish Goal Diocesan Goal

$65,000.00 $42,315.00

$25,000.00 $12,275.00

Total Gifts to date $36,790.00 $16,275.00

% of Parish Goal % of Diocesan Goal

56% 86%

65% 132%

Parish Donor Goal 500 150

Total Donors 182 58

% of Donors 36% 38%

Diocesan Lenten Appeal 2020 Divine Trinity Council #17178 We are happy and proud to announce that through the

generosity of the parishioners from all three parishes by supporting of all of our various fundraisers, a new ultrasound machine has been purchased for use by the Life Choices office and will be installed soon. Bishop Malesic will be coming up to bless the new machine on June 30th at 2:00 PM. Thank you for

all of your support

The next Knights of Columbus regular meeting is scheduled for Wednesday June 17 at 6:30 PM at the Latin American

Club in Ford City.

New members are always welcome!! Call Tom Goughnour for more information 724-954-4968

THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST JUNE 14, 2020

If you have any suspicion about the sexual abuse (or any other type of abuse) of a minor child by anyone please

contact PA Childline immediately at 1-800-932-0313. If the alleged abuser is functioning in a

parish, school or diocesan position as clergy, religious, paid staff or volunteer you are also requested to contact the Bishop’s Delegate for Matters of Sexual Misconduct AFTER you have

called the Childline number and made the report. The Bishop’s

Delegate may be reached at 724-837-0901, Ext. 1221.

The Sanctuary Candle at

Christ, Prince of Peace Church will burn this week in memory of

Timothy Schreckengost by Wife - Jenny

Please pray for the soul of

James Richardson As we are united with Christ in death,

we also become one with Christ in His Resurrection.

June 8, 2020 God bless you for your generosity!

ST. LAWRENCE PARISH June 8-2020 YTD

Regular Offertory $3,541.00 $100,890.32

Mother's Day $30.00

Ascension $50.00

Utilities $220.00

Catholic Accent $50.00

Holy Land $5.00

Communications Media $75.00

Total $3,971.00

Christ, Prince of Peace June 8-2020 YTD

Regular Offertory $11,171.00 $311,129.40

Children $11.00

Easter $35.00

Mother's Day $25.00

Ascension $180.00

Votive $75.76

Utilities $225.00

Holy Land $20.00

Communications Media $63.00

Total $11,805.76

(The regular offertory also includes loose and monthly)

The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Solemnity June 19

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus goes back at least to the 11th century, but through the 16th century, it remained a private devotion, often tied to devotion to the Five Wounds of Christ. The first feast of the Sacred Heart was celebrated on August 31, 1670, in Rennes, France, through the efforts of Fr. Jean Eudes (1602-1680). From Rennes, the devotion spread, but it took the visions of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690) for the devotion to become universal. In all of these visions, in which Jesus appeared to St. Margaret Mary, the Sacred Heart of Jesus played a central role. The “great apparition,” which took place on June 16, 1675, during the octave of the Feast of Corpus Christi, is the source of the modern Feast of the Sacred Heart. In that vision, Christ asked St. Margaret Mary to request that the Feast of the Sacred Heart be celebrated on the Friday after the octave (or eighth day) of the Feast of Corpus Christi, in reparation for the ingratitude of men for the sacrifice that Christ had made for them. The Sacred Heart of Jesus represents not simply His physical heart but His love for all mankind. The devotion became quite popular after St. Margaret Mary’s death in 1690, but, because the Church initially had doubts about the validity of St. Margaret Mary’s visions, it wasn’t until 1765 that the feast was celebrated officially in France. Almost 100 years later, in 1856, Pope Pius IX, at the request of the French bishops, extended the feast to the universal Church. It is celebrated on the day requested by our Lord—the Friday after the octave of Corpus Christi, or 19 days after Pentecost Sunday. Oh most holy Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, I adore You, I love You, and with a lively sorrow for my sins, I offer You this poor heart of mine. Make me humble, patient, pure, and wholly obedient to Your will. Grant, good Jesus, that I may live in You and for You. Protect me in the midst of danger; comfort me in my afflictions; give me health of body, assistance in my temporal needs, Your blessing in all that I do, and the grace of a holy death. Amen.

Thank You to T & J Floral in Ford City for

the donation of the beautiful flower arrangements that are in front of the Blessed Mother and St. Joseph at Christ, Prince of Peace Church and St. Lawrence Church.

Don’t be afraid. Just believe. Mark 5:36