Rev. Robert Miller, Administrator Paul Kuppe, O.F.M., Cap., Senior Parochial Vicar

Mark Carter, O.F.M., Cap, Parochial Vicar Michael Greb, O.F.M. Cap. (McGuire Memorial)

Cemetery Inquiries: 724-323-0033

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM We are happy to welcome the newest members of our parish. To schedule a baptism, please call the office. Parents must be active members of the parish.

SPONSORS (GODPARENTS) For Baptism or Confirmation must be a registered member for at least three months and to actively participate in the life of the Church including Sunday Mass.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Arrangements should be made with a priest at least six months in advance . Pre-marriage classes, as well as meetings with the priest, are necessary. One party to be married must be a registered parishioner and practicing Catholic.

INSTRUCTIONS IN THE FAITH The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) and Christian Initiation of Children (CIC) are offered for those interested in the Catholic Faith. For information, contact the Parish Office. Call Fr. Mark for more info: 443-844-8417.

PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK If you or anyone you know would like to receive the Anointing of the Sick, Recon-ciliation, or Holy communion, please call the Parish Office

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAMS Religious education classes at St. Felix are Sundays. at 9:30 AM in the Up-per hall. Call Danielle Tabin, Coordinator at: 724-775-2487 for more info.

Religious Education classes At St. Cecilia, for grades 1 to 6 are Sundays beginning with 9:15 AM Mass followed by class at !0:30. Seventh and Eight graders meet Sunday evenings from 6 to 7:30 PM. Call Mrs. Chris Patsch 724-775-2761 for more info.

SCRIPTURE STUDY AT ST. CECILIA’S Groups meet Sundays at 10:30 AM and Thursdays from 1:30 to 2:30 PM in the Religious Ed Center to study next Sunday’s Gospel. For information, contact the Parish Office.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Meets the 1st Thursday of the month at 7 PM in St. Cecilia’s Rel. Ed Center

HOLY NAME SOCIETY Meets 2nd Sunday of the month at 9:30 AM in St. Felix Lower Hall

ST. ANTHONY NOVENA Tuesdays after Mass

www.beavercatholic.com

SATURDAY VIGIL MASSES 4 pm Holy Family

5 pm St. Cecilia 6 pm SS. Peter & Paul

SUNDAY MASSES 7:30 am SS. Peter & Paul

9 am Holy Family 9:15 am St. Cecilia

10 am SS. Peter & Paul 11 am St. Felix

12 Noon SS. Peter & Paul

CONFESSIONS

WED. 6:15-6:45 pm St. Cecilia SAT. 12 –1 pm SS Peter & Paul SAT. 3:10-3:45 pm Holy Family

OFFICE HOURS Mon—Fri: 9 AM to Noon & 1 to 4 PM

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Fourth Sunday of Lent March 31, 2019 Laetare Sunday

“My son, replied the father, you are with me always, and everything I have is yours. But we

had to celebrate an rejoice! This brother of yours was dead, and has come back to life. He

was lost, and is found.”

St. Cecilia Candle Intention Week of March 31, 2019 Fran Dionisio By

Friends & Family of St. Cecilia

SAINT CECILIA PARISH March 31, 2019

Renee Laure, Gary Heagy, Kathy Ebers-berger, Sarah Clansy, Wanda Gaston, Walt Czartoryski, Shannan Edge, Frank Reda, An-na Groves, Victoria, Judith, & Dan Dettorre, Sr.& Jr., Mary K. Leahy, Catherine Hutsky, Louie Hapach, Dolly Roberto, Janet Makar, Antoi-nette Perrone, Diane

Nazdam, Wyatt Newlin, Jo Haslett, Concetta Cantenzarite, Nancy Mignanelli, Thomas Samchuck, Eddie Mangelli, Audrey Kohl-man, Clare Fusco, Richard Cairns, Leo Wolfe, Tom Carcaise, Cathy Kinlock, Joe Sutej, Bernie Frank, Paschal Indovina, Leslie King, Carmella MatsooK, Leon Smith, Tom Lipnicky, Marlene Lip-nicky, Ruth Ann Debo, Henry Mathlage, Linda Lombardo, Mary Pat Beatty, Arlean Francis, Bill Graham, Calvin Weischedel, Tim Barnick, Margaret Miller, Diana Neal , Elsie Maier

Served by Fr. Bob Miller , Administrator, assisted by Fr. Paul Kuppe and Fr. Mark

Carter, Capuchin Franciscan Friars of the Province of St. Augustine . Pray that more

young men and women will respond generously to God’s call to serve the Church.

Diocesan Victim Assistance Hotline:

If you would like to explore the possibility of becoming Catho-lic or if you are Catholic and want to better understand your faith, we invite you to join us on a journey of discovery. We journey together and that is exactly what the RCIA is all about, journeying together toward a deeper relationship with Christ and a deeper understanding of our Catholic faith. Contact Fr. Mark for further info: 724-775-0801 or sparkfrcarter@yahoo.com or just come Tuesdays, 7 PM to the Lower room of Office Bldg. Congratulations Matthew V. Arbutina, Nate Sarver, and Tony Sabo who will formally profess their faith in our Church this coming Holy Saturday, April 20. Pray that the Lord will always keep them in the hallow of his hands.

A fool’s awakening In every life there are defining moments when we (finally) grow up. The witty and wise Brian Doyle recalls one such moment in an essay in The Christian Century [February 19, 2014].

It was a summer afternoon. His father announced that cousins were coming from Connecticut for dinner the following Sunday to their New York home. Young Brian had plans and made clear his unhappiness at having to change them. His dad said something calm and reasona-ble; Brian responded rudely. His mother responded quiet-ly but sharply; Brian said something “breathtakingly self-ish.” His sister said something gentle and kind; Brian said something cutting and sneering and angry. And in that moment, facing his dad, mom and sister, young Brian “realized I was being a fool.” The middle-age, more mature and considerably wiser Brian remembers: “It wasn’t that I was embarrassed, though I was embarrassed, later. It was more like for a second I saw who I actually was rather than who I thought I was, or wanted to be, or wanted other people to think I was. I understood, dimly, for an instant — I believe for the first time in my life — that I was being a fool. “I kept on being a fool, of course. You cannot escape yourself that quickly, not as a teenager, or later either, it turns out. Often you keep playing a bad hand even when you know it’s a terrible hand and you should laugh and throw down your cards and say something self-deprecating and apologize and tiptoe into the next mo-ment. Often you stay inside the prison of your confidence and ostensible dignity even as you peer through the bars, mortified. “As I remember I stormed off and the world spun on relentlessly through the stars and the cousins came over and we all grew much older,” he writes. His family moved from their New York house a long time ago. But Brian Doyle imagines that there may be living in their old house, “at this very moment, a seething teenager, sitting at [our old table], facing the yew hedge, seeing a hint of who he might grow up to be, if he can stop being a fool. With all my heart, I wish him well.” For the young Brian Doyle, that moment of recogni-tion of his selfishness and rudeness is his moment in the “pig sty.” The prodigal (probably no older than Brian) final-ly realizes how irresponsible and foolish he has been when he’s finally reduced to feeding another man’s pigs. We all have those “pig sty” epiphanies: when we finally face the mess our self-ishness, our insensitivity, our dishonesty have made of our lives and the lives of those we love. Lent calls us to em-brace God’s grace: grace that enables us to lift our-selves out of the mud of our sins to reconnect again with family and friends, grace that empowers us to jettison our selfishness and deceptions and re-create our broken lives in the healing peace of the Risen Christ.

FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Mar. 31 Human Development Collection Apr. 10 6 PM Light is on for Confessions Apr. 13 9 AM Pastoral Council Apr. 13-14 5 PM & 9:15 AM Distribution of Palms Apr. 18 7 PM Holy Thursday Mass, SSPP Apr 18 8:30 PM SSPP 7 Church Adoration bus trip Apr. 19 Noon Service of the Passion Apr. 19 1:30-3 PM Take Out Fish Sandwich $8 @ Apr. 20 Noon, Blessing of Food Baskets Apr. 20 8:30 PM Easter Vigil Mass Apr. 21 9:15 AM EASTER SUNDAY MASS Apr. 21 10:30 AM Annual Easter Egg Hunt Apr. 25 3-7 PM St. Felix Spaghetti dinner May 4 Night at the Races May 28 6 PM Christian Mothers Picnic

PRAY ALSO FOR SAFETY OF OUR TROOPS SSG David J. Ribar, In Army;

& Ryan Whipple in the Air Force

The Voice of Justice invites all parishioners to pray the ro-sary every Wednesday in Lent at 6:30pm for the intentions of Beaver County Prisoners. Al-so, prayer cards are available on the table in the narthex with the name of a particular prison-er on one side and a prayer for prisoners on the other. Please feel free to take one and pray for that particular person during Lent.

The Christian Mothers of St. Frances Cabrini Parish will hold a Lenten day of recollection Tues., April 9, from 9:30 AM until 3 PM. Fr. John Lynam, Ad-ministrator of Immaculate conception/St. Hilary Parish in Wash-ington, PA will be the celebrant, which will include devotions, confession, buffet luncheon, door prizes , 50/50 raffle and Mass. Cost $15@ due by Mar. 28. There will be no refunds or tickets sold at the door. Mail your reservations with check pay-able to “St. Frances Cabrini Christian Mothers” and send to SFC Christian Mothers Day of Recollection, C/O St. Frances Cabrini Parish, 115 Trinity Drive, Aliquippa, Pa. 15001 For info, call Pat Depenhart at 724-312-0965.

Lord, look kindly upon your servants: Sarah Crisi, James Stenger, Anna Inman

now freed from the bonds of mortality, and count them among your saints in heaven.

Hop On Down the Bunny Trail!

All children, up to age 13, are invited to join our annual Easter Egg Hunt following the 9:15

Liturgy on Easter Sunday, April 21st. Please RSVP at the Reli-

gious Ed. Center (724) 775-2761 so we know how many eggs the Bunny

needs to hide!

All children are welcome so please include any visiting

family members. Extra hands will be needed to monitor the grounds and

help with safety.

YOUR HOLY WEEK/ EASTER SCHEDULE

IS INCLUDED IN APRIL’S ENVELOPE

April 1 Monday (Jn 4:43-54) Lenten Weekday 7:00 PM Edmund & Helen Kupczynski By Ed & Vivian Wick April 2 Tuesday (Jn 5:1-16) Lenten Weekday 7:00 PM Deceased Members of the Guido Family By Chuck & Suzie Mignanelli April 3 Wednesday (Jn 5:31-47) Lenten Weekday 7:00 PM Mary Kuppe By Fr. Paul April 4 Thursday (Lk 11:14-23)

NO MASS April 5 Friday (Jn 7:1-2) 7:30am For the sick & elderly of St. Cecilia Parish April 6 Saturday (Jn 7:40-53) 5:00 pm Janet Iovine By Gerri Heuring April 7 Sunday (Jn 11:-1-45) Fifth Sunday of Lent

9:15 am Donato DeFelic By Al Gallo

Dear Parishioners: Wednesday, April 10, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. is the Bishop’s “The Light is on for You” evening. All four churches will be open for the Sacrament of Penance. There are also additional noon confessions each Satur-day during Lent, please check the bulletin. The clergy team is also making the sacrament available for all the children in Religious Education. Please pray for those who will be baptized and those Christians who will become members of our church at the Easter Vigil. They are: St. Cecilia – Tony Sabo and Nate Sarver; St. Felix – Matthew Arbutina; Saints Peter and Paul – Rachel Brieve, Grant Fetrow, Rolando Gacad, and Aaliyah McGinnis How is your Lent going? Remember if you fall, pick yourself up, gently dust yourself off and resume your journey with your eyes fixed on Jesus. As we think about the Passion of Jesus, there might be some aspect, a detail in the story that is particularly meaningful for you this year. You might see a parallel in your life or someone you love. This is a great blessing. Anything we can do to connect ourselves to Jesus’ passion will only make us stronger and help make His love ever more personal and real. Support for both Fish Fries has been outstanding. Great work, everyone!! Thanks to all the wonderful customers and thanks to the wonderful volunteers who make this work so well. CONFESSIONS THIS WEEK: Wednesday – April 3, @ St. Cecilia, 6:00-6:45 pm; Saturday – April 6, @

Saints Peter and Paul @ 12 noon; St. Cecilia at Noon and Holy Family @ 3:00 p.m Fr. Bob

Baptism is a major event. To understand the serious responsibilities of both parents and godparents, there will be Pre-Baptism Sessions on , Apr. 7, May 5, & June 2 at 2 PM in the Reli-gious Ed Center. To register for one session, or for more info, please call Gary or Tina Grimm at

MAY GOD BLESS OUR LITTLE ONES WHO WILL MAKE THEIR FIRST COMMUNION ON APRIL 28. THEY ARE: Elizabeth Bird, Cecilia Kaye, Cas-

sandra Kramer, Elle Lipnicky, Adalee VanZalinge, & Brendan Valentine

ST BLAISE GUILD ANNUAL SPAGHETTI DINNER

Palm Sunday, Apr. 14, 11 to 5 PM In the Lyceum, Eighth St., Midland. Homemade meatballs, spaghetti, salad, bread, dessert & bev-erage. Adults: $10; Children 12 and under: $4.

PSP Goal $73,020.29

Collected $9,828.00

Balance Due $63,192.29

Sunday Collection Budgeted Mar. 24 $6,718.00 $7,000.00

11 AM to 7 PM

Walk through the liturgy with Bishop Barron in his new DVD Series The Mass on Thursday Apr. 4, 7—8:30 PM. You'll be transformed through insights into this most privileged and inti-mate encounter with our Lord Jesus Christ. Participants in this seven-part series will see (on our beautiful new 72 inch screen) how the Mass brings us out of the fallen world and into the heavenly realm; how it resonates with a call from God and a response from his people, the Church; and, most importantly, how we are intimately joined with the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus through the Holy Eucharist.

SPREAD THE WORD

FISH DINNERS $10 FISH SALADS $12

FISH SANDWICHES $9 SHRIMP DINNERS $10

NEW CHESAPEAKE BAY SPECIAL DINNER

(Fish, Shrimp & Crab cake included) $12.00

OTHER SIDES DISHES & DESSERTS AVAILABLE

EAT IN OR TAKE OUT 724-775-3775 OR 724-775-3776

SACRIFICE JARS During Lent we will use the “Sacrifice Jars” as we did last year. Through your past sup-port, we collected enough do-nations to provide meals for the Men’s Shelter in Beaver Falls. This year we will divide the donations between two great causes. We will continue

to have the Youth Group do the dinners for the Shelter but we also want to give a portion to be used by our Voice of Justice Committee for the students in Rochester Elementary School. 210 children here in our own community are provid-ed with backpacks which contain enough foods items to tide them over through the weekend. Please be generous with your Sacrifice jars. They will be collected by Easter Sunday.

WHAT AN OUTPOURING OF LOVE, AND COMMIT-MENT TO MAKE OUR FISH FRY SO SUCCESSFUL.

ANYONE WHO SEES THE NUMBER OF VOLUN-TEERS WORKING SO HARD FOR THE SEVERAL

HUNDRED PEOPLE WHO COME TO OUR FISH FRY IS INSPIRED. OUR THIRD WEEK NET PROFIT WAS

$6688 = 856 MEALS)

GOOD FRIDAY, APR. 19 TAKE OUT FISH SANDWICHES ONLY

SAINT FELIX CHURCH

450 13TH ST, FREEDOM, PA.

SPAGHETTI DINNER THURSDAY,

APRIL 25, 2019 3:00 PM TO 7:00 PM

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Simon, Jim Stephenson, Carol Yannachione, Jill Ma-jors, Patricia Gerard, Kim Manupelli, Barbara De-Paolis, Joann Borkovic, Diana Neal, Gary Lucente

ALSO PRAY FOR OUR TROOPS: James Bonaparte, Austin Johnson (Army); Jacob Dishler (Marines) Ryan Whipple,

John Garizas, Josh Scott (Air Force).

Office Hours: 9 AM to Noon— Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday Secretaries: Autumn Bedolatti, Elisa Penjidore, Janet Smith, Jill Young

BP. BARRON’S VIDEO AND DISCUSSION OF

THE MASS MONDAYS AT 7 PM AT HOLY FAMILY THURSDAYS AT 7 PM AT ST. CECILIA

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

FRIDAYS OF LENT 7:30 PM AT ST. FELIX & ST. CECILIA

6:30 PM AT HOLY FAMILY 2 & 4 PM SS PETER & PAUL

THE LIGHT IS ON FOR YOU

TO GO TO CONFESSION WED. APRIL 10, 6-9 PM ALL CHURCHES

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

FRIDAYS NOON TO 7 PM ST. CECILIA & SS PETER & PAUL

When you come to St. Cecilia’s for fish on Friday, why not plan to spend some time with the Lord either before or after you have your dinner. The Church will have adoration of the Blessed Sacra-ment from 11 AM until 7 PM every Friday of Lent. Our society and our world desperately needs your/our prayers.

PARISH SHARE: The annual Campaign is now un-derway, which helps us to be good stewards of God’s blessings by returning some of those gifts to our parish and the wider Church of Pittsburgh. It’s important to un-derstand that Parish Share funds will NOT be used for the compensation fund to help those who were abused by members of our diocesan clergy, or for related legal ex-penses. Parish Share supports the most pressing needs in our parishes, and all funds raised above our goal of $16,985 will stay right here. Thanks, as always, for your generous support and fidelity to your pledge.

SAINT FELIX SWEEPSTAKES!!!!!!!

Please assist St. Felix parish ministries, and at the same time have many, many chances to be a winner in our exciting

MAY 2019 ST. FELIX BIG MONEY SWEEPSTAKES.

Friday evenings a straight hit is $1500. Saturday evenings a straight hit is $1200.

Mon. to Thurs. a straight hit is $1000.

Prizes are also awarded on “box hits”.

(Example: Ticket 1234 would win $50 if the number 2314 is drawn.)

Tickets are $20@ and the winners will be determined by the 7:00 pm PA Lottery Big

4 drawing.

March 31 Sunday (Jn 9:1-41) Fourth Sunday of Lent 11:00am Seth Weismantle By Roy & Ginny Whipple April 2 Tuesday (Jn 5:1-16) Lenten Weekday 8:30am Barbara Finkler By Finkler Estate April 3 Wednesday (Jn 5:17-30) Lenten Weekday 7:30am McClintock Family By McClintock Estate April 4 Thursday (Jn 5:31-47) Lenten Weekday 8:30am Donald Salvino By Janice Salvino April 7 Sunday (Jn 11:1-45) Fifth Sunday of Lent 11:00am Bernie Bartolovic By Mom & Dad

Apr. 7 9:30 Childrens’ First Confessions Apr. 10 6 PM Light is on for Confessions Apr. 14 11 AM Distribution of Palm Apr. 21 8 & 11 AM EASTER MASSES Apr. 25 3-7 pm Annual Spaghetti Dinner

PSP Goal $16,985.00

Collected $2,255.00

Balance Due $14,730.00

Hall Rental: 724-774-7698 Prayer Chain: 724-728-0125 Prayer Shawl Min: 724-775-3340 Cemetery: 724-323-0033

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Holy Thursday Mass SS. Peter and Paul 7:00PM

Followed by Adoration in all four Churches

Good Friday Service

St. Cecilia 12:00noon; Holy Family 1:30PM; St. Felix 3:00PM

SS Peter & Paul 7 PM Stations of the Cross

Holy Saturday Easter Vigil St. Cecilia & SS. Peter & Paul 8:30PM

Easter Sunday

Holy Family 9:00 & 11:00AM

St. Cecilia 7:30 & 9:15 10:30AM Easter Egg

Hunt St. Felix 8:00 & 11:00 Ss. Peter & Paul 7:30,

10:00 & 12:00

Sunday Collection Budgeted Mar. 24 $1,735.00 $2,500.00

Holy Family Parish and the Holy Name Society sponsor a Holy Thursday Church Walk every year. This year we are happy to extend an invitation to all churches in our group. This is a very popular event and visit-ing our neighboring parishes throughout the diocese is a tradi-tion we hope to continue for years to come. The Holy Name Society sponsors the bus and all seats are usually filled! This year we will leave from Ss. Peter and Paul after the 7:00 Mass on Holy Thursday. The churches we will be visiting are St Catherine in the South Heights, Good Samaritan, Our Lady of Peace, and the four churches in our grouping. We need to know how many people so we're able to accommodate all "walkers". A sign up sheet is available in the back of church or just call the office and give your name.

910046 CONTACT: Jill Young 724-775-0801 ST CECILIA PARISH 628 VIRGINIA AVENUE ROCHESTER, PA 15074 MESSAGES: PLEASE DO NOT STAPLE BULLETINS. THANK YOU.