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Katharine Drexel Parish
Mass Intentions
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If the Mass is being said for your loved one, and you would like to
take up the Offertory gifts, please tell one of the ushers
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Mon. May 14 ~ St. Mathias
8:30 a.m.– Prayer Service
Tues. May 15 ~ St. Isidore
8:30 a.m.– Thanksgiving (family)
Wed. May 16 ~
8:30 a.m.- All Souls
Thurs. May 17 ~
8:30 a.m. - Special Intention (family)
Fri. May 18 ~ St. John I
8:30 a.m. - Gene & Assunta Luciani (estate)
Sat. May 19 ~
4:00 p.m. - Jane Tyrpak (Kathleen Riley)
Sun. May 20 ~ Pentecost Sunday
10:00 a.m.- Louise Bartel (family)
Toni Morcelle (Aunt Shelly)
Gloria (Granny) Heft (Bill & Arlene Szalay)
A Great Way to Remember Living & Deceased
Members & Friends of our Families:
2 lamps burn perpetually in church - The Sanctuary Lamp
and The Book of the Gospel Lamp. Donation is $10 each
for 7 days. Please call the rectory for more information.
Altar & Rosary Society News
A huge Thank You to all who participated in our annual Va-
riety Raffle. We awarded 55 prizes to the lucky winners.
Your continued support is greatly appreciated!
May is Mary’s Month
We remember Mary in a special way during the month of
the May. In Pope Francis’s most recent exhortation, Rejoice
and Be Glad, he wrote about how the Blessed Mother ac-
companies us on our journey through life.
“Mary is the saint among the saints, blessed above all
others. She teaches us the way of holiness and she walks
ever at our side. She does not let us remain fallen and at
times she takes us into her arms without judging us. Our
converse with her consoles, frees and sanctifies us. Mary
our Mother does not need a flood of words. She does not
need us to tell her what is happening in our lives. All we
need do is whisper, time and time again: ‘Hail Mary…’”
(Gaudete et Exsultate, no. 176)
St.
Mary, Star of Evangelization
At this moment in history, the Church has unprec -
edented opportunities to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ
to all people and nations. By her vocation as the Virgin
Mother of God, Mary is a singular model for the Church’s
mission of evangelization and catechesis.
Through the power of the Holy Spirit, she bore the only-
begotten Son of God, whose Word made flesh, into the
world in a wholly unique and unrepeatable proclamation.
She was her Son’s first catechist. She formed him by her
human knowledge of the Scriptures and of God’s plan for
the salvation of his people, by her habit of daily prayer to
the Father, and by her resolute surrender to his will.
Mary was not only Christ’s first teacher but also Christ’s
first disciple. Within the intimacy of family life, Christ
formed her in knowledge of his divine Sonship and of his
obedience to the will of his heavenly Father. Through her
intercession with Christ during the wedding at Cana, “his
disciples began to believe in him” (John 2:11). Traditionally
the Church has understood that Mary was present with the
other disciples in the upper room when “there appeared to
them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on
each one of them. And they were all filled with the holy
Spirit” (Acts 2:3-4).
As the “Virgin of Pentecost,” Mary is truly the Mother of
the Church. Through her union with Christ and her unique
proclamation of his Gospel, she continually draws believ-
ers to the Church and participates in the sacrifice of her
Son and in the Church’s work of salvation. The faithful en-
counter Jesus through Mary. She is the certain path to
Christ. “By her complete adherence to the Father’s will, to
his Son’s redemptive work, and to every promotion of the
Holy Spirit, the Virgin Mary is the Church’s model of faith
and charity” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 967). She is an
incomparable sign of hope for the Church. . . Her pilgrim-
age of faith leads the pilgrim People of God on their jour-
ney to encounter the Lord and finally into communion with
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
This article is an excerpt from the National Directory for Catechesis (Washington, DC: USCCB,
2005) 300–301.
Copyright © 2005, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. All rights
reserved.
Peace & Everything Good,
Father Jim
Wishing all of our mothers,
grandmothers, and
godmothers a blessed and
Happy Mother’s Day!
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READINGS FOR THE WEEK Minister Schedule for May 19 & 20
Mon. May 14 Fri. May 18
Acts 1:15-17,20-26 Acts 25:13-21 Lectors
Psalm 113:1-8 Psalm 103:1-2,11-12,19-20 Sat. 4:00 pm P. Gardner
John 15:9-17 John 21:15-19
Sun. 10:00 am B. Delenkitis, C . Wojnar
Tues. May 15 Sat. May 19
Acts 20:17-27 Acts 28:16-20,30-31 Eucharistic Ministers
Psalm 68:10-11,20-21 Psalm 11:4-5,7
John 17:1-11 John 21:20-25 Sat. 4:00 pm K. Morcelle, R. McDivitt, P. Keyes
Sun. 10:00 am T. Ferrucci, C. Ferrucci, M. Morcelle, P. Krotz,
Wed. May 16 Sun. May 20 A. Szalay, B. Schmitt, T. Karg
Acts 20:28-38 Acts 2:1-11
Psalm 68:29-30,33-36 Psalm 104:1,24,29-31,34
Ushers
John 17:11-19 1 Corinthians 12:3-7,12-13
John 20:19-23 Sat. 4:00 pm N. Fischer, Ron, F. Marranca
Thurs. May 17 Sun. 10:00 am F. DiSanto, J. Tapia, L. Tozzo, C. Leo,
Acts 22:30; 23:6-11
Psalm 16:1-2,5,7-11
John 17:20-26 Greeters
Sat. 4:00 pm B. Slisz, S Schull
Remember to pick up your football
Sun. 10:00 am Albert, D. Mallory, M. Reichmuth
tickets after mass. Take them to work,
family gatherings, etc. We greatly
appreciate your support for Servers
“our” parish!
Sat. 4:00 pm
Please pray for the sick of our parish especially: Sun. 10:00 am M. Lovelace, J. Morcelle, B. Morcelle,
Caroline John Michael Clay Evelina M. Beeman, A. Domros, M. Morcelle
Degman Gerovac Marciniak Adams Brady
Minister Schedule for May 26 & 27
Marylou Gabriel Jodie
Dennis S. Stacey H
Procaccini Russo Sarago Lectors
Petrina Ann Julianna Diane Sat. 4:00 pm R. McDivitt
Mary Wolfe
Schaber Sciandra Siudak Campbell Sun. 10:00 am J. Morcelle, D. Scanlon
Michael Patrick Louis Ralph Bob
Beardi O’Connor Ambrose Koeppel Cassal Eucharistic Ministers
Mike Billy Szalay Ricky Mary Sat. 4:00 pm P. Gardner, C. Sundquist, M. Crapsi
Pearl O.
O’Connor Jr. Wayman Sroka
Sun. 10:00 am T. Ferrucci, C. Ferrucci, P. Krotz, B. Schmitt,
Nancy Deanna T. Karg, M. Morcelle, A. Szalay
Jerry O Ted L. Pat V.
Urban Shelly
Antoinette Jeffrey Mary Anthony Betty Ushers
Sisti Pinkert Kohl Scarozza Ryan
Sat. 4:00 pm Ron, F. Marranca, N. Fischer
Dorothy Frank Richard Adam
Pam Sun. 10:00 am F. DiSanto, J. Tapia., L. Tozzo, C. Leo,
Sojka Garguiolo Fischer Keene
Sister
Annette Michael Ray & Ellie Rosalie Greeters
Anthony
Snyder Antkowiak Jedrysik McDivitt
Reichmuth Sat. 4:00 pm B. Slisz, S. Shull
Carol Rodney Josephine Robert
Bob R. Sun. 10:00 am Albert, M. Reichmuth, I. Glinski
S. Shepherd Meka Stiglmeier
Little Eddie Megan Kim Rich
Kast Galenski Carlucci Rozewski Servers
Also please pray for their care-givers, those in Nursing Homes, Sat. 4:00 pm
Rehabilitation, in Assisted Living and for the intentions of those
Sun. 10:00 am M. Lovelace, J. Morcelle, B. Morcelle,
listed in our prayer basket.
M. Beeman, A. Domros, M. Morcelle
If someone you know is being hospitalized or is
seriously ill, please inform the Rectory. Please pray for our Military Serving Us
Please pray for all the recently deceased. May our Lord, Jesus Sgt. Matthew Keene & Cory Zachrictz
Christ, the Resurrection and the Life, welcome them into the joy of May God Keep Them Safe and bring them home!
eternal life.