Your Catholic Community of Avella, Bulger, Burgettstown, Imperial, McDonald, and Oakdale. Our Lady of Lourdes

1109 Main St. Burgettstown, PA 15021

724-947-3363

St. Ann 967 Grant St.

Bulger, PA 15109 724-796-3791

St. Alphonsus 219 W. Lincoln Ave. McDonald, PA 15057

724-926-2984

St. Columbkille 103 Church Rd.

Imperial, PA 15126 724-695-7325

St. Michael 95 Highland Ave. Avella, PA 15312

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St. Patrick 7322 Noblestown Rd. Oakdale, PA 15071

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Sacraments - Gifts of Divine Life BAPTISM Call the Rectory Office to schedule. NOTE: Parents must attend a Baptism Seminar before the actual Baptism. You must register ahead of time if you wish to attend. Please call 724-695-7325 or stcolumbkilleparish@comcast.net

RECONCILIATION Saturday: 12:00-12:30 p.m. St. Columbkille 3:15-3:40 p.m. St. Alphonsus 3:15-3:40 p.m. St. Michael 4:15-4:40 p.m. Our Lady of Lourdes Tuesday: 7:30-7:45 a.m. St. Patrick Thursday: 7:30-7:45 a.m. St. Patrick Friday: 7:30-7:45 a.m. St. Ann

EUCHARIST See Mass schedule inside. Communion to the sick and shut-ins: every Sunday by an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion.

CONFIRMATION Adults: For information, please call the rectory. Youth: After 3 consecutive years of Religious Instruction.

MARRIAGE Arrangements for a marriage date should be made six months in advance. All couples are required to receive pre-marriage instructions. For information, please call the Rectory Office, or the Faith Formation Office of the Diocese of Pittsburgh at 412-456-3114, or www.diopitt.org.

St. Columbkille, Imperial, Pennsylvania July 28, 2019 Page 2 Reporting Sessions in July for our New

Parish Sessions have been held throughout the

month of July at rotating sites, to enable the majority of parishioners to attend. Come to hear and discuss next steps as we envision a NEW parish. The remaining sessions are: Sunday, July 28, after the 11 a.m. Mass at St. Michael’s, and Monday, July 29, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Columbkille. It’s important that we all have the benefit of the best and latest information as we come together. Don’t miss this opportunity to become informed!

Our next baptism class will be held on Monday, August 19, at 7 p.m. in St. Michael Parish Hall. This class is open to any parishioners in our six-parish grouping who are having their first child baptized. You must register ahead of time if you wish to attend. Please contact Carmela at 724-695-7325, or stcolumbkilleparish@comcast.net.

Thank you for the 2019 Missionary Co -op Appeal contribution of $2,511.00 Our parish joined with Catholics throughout the world to

support the work of the Missions and enable the poor to receive practical help and experience God’s love and mercy. Thank you for your generosity.

The annual St. Columbkille Holy Name Society’s Rich Ivcic Golf Outing is set for Monday, August 5, 2019, at the Fort Cherry Golf Course. The cost this year is $75. per golfer. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. The outing includes 18 holes of golf with a cart, hot dog and chips at the turn, prizes, challenges at the par 3s to win cash prizes, and dinner at the parish hall. Our goal, as always, is to raise money for the West Allegheny Food Pantry Please consider joining us as a single or with a foursome for the golf outing. Men and women are welcome to join us for this worthy cause. We hope you will join us for a day of fun and getting to know one another!

RICH IVCIC MEMORIAL GOLF OUTING Monday, August 5, 2019, at the Fort Cherry Golf Course

$75.00 Active Military (with ID) - $60.00 per golfer

Please print each Golfer’s name. Make checks payable to St. Columbkille Holy Name Society

#1 ______________________________________________ Phone #_____________________ #2_______________________________________________Phone #_____________________ #3_______________________________________________Phone #_____________________ #4_______________________________________________Phone #_____________________

Amount Due $______________ Return form to: Arthur Hilgert, 112 Farmcrest Dr., Oakdale, PA 15071

The six parishes of our grouping are now accepting registrations for the 2019-2020 school year. You can either send in a paper form, or submit your registration electronically via the parish website. For more information, please visit https://www.grouping329.org/ccd-registration.

PSP UPDATE: The Parish Share Campaign 2019 is moving along nicely. As of July 8, we have collected $20,130 on pledges totaling $30,390; leaving a balance due of $10,260. Gifts and pledges add up to $67,626.02, which is $1,230.98 less than our goal of $68,857. For your information, the last month for collecting outstanding balances for the 2019 Campaign is January, 2020. Keep in mind that all excess Parish Share is retained by the parish for our needs. The next submission is August. Just a reminder, we only send payments to the processing company once a month. Any payments received after the reporting date will be reflected in the next mailing (September). Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the rectory office. Thank you for your stewardship.

Please help the Outreach Committee fill backpacks for the children of the WA school district. Supplies needed are: Notebooks, folders, pens, pencils, highlighters, crayons, colored

pencils, erasers, glue sticks, and plastic pencil boxes. Please place items in the blue bin in the Narthex. Monetary donations, prayers and help filling backpacks on Sunday, August 11, following the 11 a.m. Mass.

HELP IS NEEDED! Looking for a Personal Caregiver for an 84-year old female for two to four days a month. Please call 724-344-3652.

We are looking for volunteers to help with our high school youth ministry program. Sessions are usually twice a month, on Sunday evenings. If you are interested in offering your gifts and talents to the youth of our parish, please contact Fr. Zach at 724-947-3363, or zgali-yas@diopitt.org

Parish sympathy and promise of prayers are extended to the family of Robert Cinna; Patricia DeBor, sister of Paul; and Marlon Bartos, son of Julia. May they, and all the faithful departed, rest

in the loving arms of our heavenly Father.

Saint Columbkille Church Support—Last week’s collections

Offertory…………...... $5,329.00 Food Pantry …………$300.00 Maintenance………...…. $73.00 Mission Co Op…………$65.00 Backpacks.………..…..... $25.00 Peter’s Pence…………..$5.00 Social Ministry….……….$50.00

Thank you for your continued generosity and support to your parish.

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 3

Liturgy Schedule / Mass Intentions for the week at our faith family of six Saturday, July 27 Vigil for Sunday 4:00 PM St. Alphonsus Deceased of Kargle Family (Ray & Judy Kargle) 4:00 PM St. Michael Dolores V. Sprowls (Bruna Bettinazzi) 5:00 PM Our Lady of Lourdes Clara Quader (Mary Ann Badia) 6:30 PM St. Columbkille Georgia Hackett (Barb) Sunday, July 28 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 AM St. Columbkille Temporal & Spiritual Welfare of Andrea (Blanche) 8:30 AM St. Alphonsus John & Genevieve Baldigowski (Family) 9:00 AM St. Ann Mary Bokulich (JoAnne Bokulich) 9:00 AM Our Lady of Lourdes Cecilia Garritano (Lou & Louise Dugas) 10:30 AM St. Patrick Roberta Scuoteguazza (Family) 11:00 AM St. Columbkille For Our Parish Family 11:00 AM St. Michael Fred Hofrichter (Knights of Columbus, Bishop Boyle Assembly 0972) Monday, July 29 St. Martha 8:00 AM St. Alphonsus Joseph Patrick (Family) 8:00 AM St. Columbkille Mary Alice Posner (CM/G) Tuesday, July 30 St. Peter Chrysologus 8:00 AM St. Patrick Liv/Dec’d Members of Leitl & Moeschl Families (Rudi & Elisabeth Moeschl) 8:30 AM St. Michael Robert Gordon (Joe & Kay Danna) Wednesday, July 31 St. Ignatius of Loyola 8:30 AM Our Lady of Lourdes Robert Smiell (Aubrey & Abe Petzel) 7:15 PM St. Columbkille William Cox (Mark & Maureen Dindak) Thursday, August 1 St. Alphonsus Liguori 8:00 AM St. Patrick Audrey S. Dofner (Family) 6:30 PM Our Lady of Lourdes Lena Mavrich (George & Mary Stamos) Friday, August 2 St. Peter Julian Eymard 8:00 AM St. Ann Nancy Warner (Family) 8:00 AM St. Alphonsus Matthew Camino (living) (Family) Saturday, August 3 Vigil for Sunday 4:00 PM St. Alphonsus Deceased of the Kargle Family (Ray & Judy Kargle) 4:00 PM St. Michael Leo Cantwell (Mike Kancel) 5:00 PM Our Lady of Lourdes Pete Cherok (Wife, Helen & Children) 6:30 PM St. Columbkille Heather Finnegan, Birth. & 3rd Anniv. (Finnegan Family) Sunday, August 4 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 AM St. Columbkille Tex Villani (Mike & Tana Bowen) 8:30 AM St. Alphonsus Clara Mihalics (Vince & Carol Fiano) 9:00 AM St. Ann Stanley Semerod (Carl Tropfeck) 9:00 AM Our Lady of Lourdes Mary Sendreak (Marybeth Sella Monseau) 10:30 AM St. Patrick Betty Hickey/Robert Hickey (Jack Hickey) 11:00 AM St. Columbkille Anne Gallant (Peggy Rutkauskas)

Men of our parish...save the date: Men's Retreat is set for Feb. 7-9, 2020. Contact Matt Lewis at 412-339-4351 or thebeast3508@gmail.com; Mike Kiss at 412-551-7598; Mchael.kiss@thermofisher.com if interested, or would like more info. All men of our six parishes are invited to make this retreat!

Join in the fun at the North Fayette Township Community Days on Sat., Aug. 3,

2019, for a 5K Race, Kids 1 Mile Run, and 1 Mile Family Fun Walk – registration at 7:30 a.m. There will be entertainment throughout the day beginning at 1 p.m., as well as, Food, Vendor Booths/Games, Family Fun Zone Entertainment, and Petting Zoo. The day will close with a Fireworks display by Zambelli at 10:15 p.m. On Sun., Aug. 4, 2019, there will be a Car Cruise. All activities take place at Donaldson Park.

Invite a friend to join the Catholic Community. Have you had family or friends ask about your Catholic faith? Do you know someone who is seeking something deeper in their lives? Invite them to explore the Catholic faith through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). People who are unbaptized or who have been baptized in another faith but wish to be-come Catholic are invited to learn about the faith, encoun-ter Jesus Christ and His love in prayer and liturgical wor-ship, and lead a life of disci-pleship supported by a faith community. If you or some-one you know is interested, contact Sharon Serratore to learn more about being initi-ated into the church: 724-926-2984 or minis-try329@gmail.com

“The Lord’s Prayer.” But do we really know “HOW to pray”? The disciples did not ask Jesus for a “prayer”, but rather to be taught how to pray. Perhaps this prayer that we know as the “Our Father” is actually a formula for “how to pray.” Throughout the Gospels, we often find Jesus going off alone to pray to the Father for guidance. Prayer is a way for us to communicate with God. It is a way for God to let us know His will by speaking to us in the quiet of our hearts. But how do we pray? Do we ask for healing of the sick, food for the hungry, help for the needy? Or do we ask God to make us happy, or healthy, or wealthy? Perhaps we barter with God - if you let me win the lottery, I will donate a portion of my winnings to the poor. If we look closely at the form of prayer that Jesus taught His disciples, we will see that it is not about changing God or God’s will. It is about changing us, that is, being open to, recognizing, and accepting God’s will. Probably our hardest part of prayer is being open to God’s will. Because of our human nature, we want to be in control. We want to believe that we know what is best for ourselves. Losing that control makes us feel vulnerable. So we pray to God asking for a preconceived solution to our needs and concerns. But if we are not open to doing God’s will, we may fail to recognize or respond to an opportunity to continue His work. And since God does not force His will upon us, our free will, at times, causes us to make the wrong choice. However, if we have a solid and open prayer life - a solid and open relationship with God, He will continue to provide us with other opportunities and choices. As the concluding parables to this Sunday’s Gospel tell us, if we are persistent with our requests, God will provide us with the “good gifts.” The gifts that HE knows are the true answers to our prayers, the gifts that hopefully we will accept. Spend some time this week slowly and thoughtfully reading today’s Gospel. What word or phrase resonates with you? What situation in your life might that word (or phrase) speak to? What is God asking you to do?

The Living Word

Jay Speca - Director of Faith Formation

All are invited to all picnics! …..St. Ann, Aug. 4, 1-4 p.m. …..Our Lady of Lourdes, Aug. 18 …..St. Michael, Aug. 25, 1-5 p.m. at Breezy Heights Pavilion …..St. Alphonsus, Sept. 8

~ Fr. Paul ~ Fr. Paul

Mark your calendar! The next training session will be for ushers, greeters, & hospitality, and will take place on Thursday, September 12, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Alphonsus.

Parish Membership: Anyone wishing to become a member of the parish, may register by going to the website (grouping329.org) or by calling one of the parish offices. Letters to serve as Confirmation or Baptism Sponsor can be issued only to registered and participating parishioners who meet sponsorship eligibility.

PARISH CALENDAR THIS WEEK

Wed., July 31 Holy Hour/Benediction 7-8 p.m. St. Alphonsus

Thurs., Aug. 1 Holy Hour/Benediction 5:30-6:30 p.m. OLOL

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