The Catholic Community of Penn Hills and MonroevilleJan 31, 2021  · The three tenors Jose arreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti were performing together in Los Angeles.

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other.

The Catholic Community of Penn Hills and Monroeville

Monday, Wednesday, Friday St. Bernadette 9:30am

Tuesday, Thursday

St. Susanna 9:30am

Saturday St. Bernadette 4:00pm St. Susanna 5:00pm

Sunday St. Bernadette 8:00am St. Susanna 9:00am St. Bernadette 11:00am St. Susanna 11:30am

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From Father Thom

The three tenors Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti were performing together in Los Angeles. A reporter asked them about rivalry among

them, and they said there was none. But the reporter was not satisfied and kept coming back to the issue of rivalry among the three superstars. Then Domingo explained, “You have to put all of your concentration into opening your heart to the music. You can’t be rivals when you’re together making music.” As Christians are, we called to be rivals or are we called to make music together? In January we celebrated the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, more simply known as Christian Unity Week. That the different Christian churches together agree to set aside one week for intensive prayer and action in view of Christian unity shows that they all feel the need for more unity among believers in Christ. The World Christian Encyclopedia has documented 34,000 different Christian denominations. The figure keeps rising. Many Christian churches today spend much of their resources not in spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth but in fighting and cannibalizing other Christian churches. To maintain their identity and show that they are distinct from other Christian churches, they emphasize their differences rather that the things they have in common. They fight each other and forget that as Christians we are called to make music together in the world. This is a misunderstanding of what Christianity is all about, as Paul tells us Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. The varieties of gifts God gives to His daughters and sons for the common good, we have selfishly used as grounds for rivalry. As a parent, how do you feel when you bring home gifts for your children as a way of making the whole family happy, and they start a fight. Imagine then how God feels at the way His children are using His gifts as cause for sibling rivalry and violence. And God has a very large family with many, many

children. The disunity and infighting among Christians is an abuse of God’s gifts. It is a scandal to the world. It is a sin for which we all need to repent. Many people feel uneasy when they hear of Christian unity. They fear that Christian unity means putting everyone into the same mold, the same form of worship, the same way of serving God. No, Christian unity is not Christian uniformity. God gives His children varieties of gifts. Some are more intellectual and love to spend hours reading and reflecting of the Word of God, others are more charismatic and would rather sing praises, pray in tongues, shout alleluia and make a joyful noise to the Lord, and yet others are more service oriented and would rather spend their time helping the sick and feeding the hungry. Paul encourages us to engage in different services and ministries because we have different spiritual gifts. But he warns that we should not be so engrossed in the various works we do for the Lord, that we forget the one Lord of the work. In the various services we see diversity, in the one Lord we see unity. Christian unity, therefore, is a unity in diversity. The disunity in Christianity is a scandal to the world that we are called to bring to God. It is a scandal that weakens the Christian message and witness. What moral right have we to ask the world to reconcile their differences when we as Christians cannot reconcile our own differences? Let us today ask God’s forgiveness for all of God’s children for the sin of disunity. Let us pray for Christian unity, and resolve to extend a hand of reconciliation and friendship to our estranged brothers and sisters in the Lord. Lord, hear the prayers of your people and bring the hearts of believers together in your praise and in common sorrow for their sins. Heal all divisions among Christians that we may rejoice in the perfect unity of your Church and move together as one to eternal life in your kingdom. Amen.

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Our Parish Community

We’re busy finishing the recording of 2020 contributions to our parish. If you’d like us to send you such a report of your annual giving totals, please send us an email at [email protected] or call our parish office at 412-373-0050. We’d like to suggest that we send you this report via email, but if you’re unable to receive an email, please let us know!

Year End Statements

Did you make a New Year's resolution to learn more about the Catholic faith, maybe to honor Blessed Mother more? Do you want to be ready for the start of Lent?

Legion of Mary Meeting St. Gerard Majella Prayer Garden

11AM Saturdays

Legion of Mary Meetings

Each year in February, the Church celebrates the Holy Sacrament of Marriage. In this time of Virtual Events, we invite you to email or call the Office at 412-373-0050 and register. We invite you to email us a picture of you from your wedding, or have your family take a photo of you holding your picture and include in the email the number of years married. We will post them to our website. Since the Diocese had to suspend its annual Golden Wedding celebration at the cathedral, we want to especially highlight those who are married 50 years or MORE!

“Virtual” World Marriage Day Celebration

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Bishop David J. Bonnar was ordained as the sixth Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, on Tuesday, January 12, surrounded by family, co-workers and parishioners from Pittsburgh. Bishop Bonnar, a priest of the Diocese of Pittsburgh for 32 years, served at St. Bartholomew in Penn Hills.

CDS Weekly Financial Update

Bishop David Bonnar

Photos: Bishop Bonner celebrates a funeral Mass at CDS St. Bartholomew Church.

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Ash Wednesday Notes

Ash Wednesday is not a Holyday of Obligation, nor is the reception of ashes required of Catholics. Still, attendance at a Mass or Liturgy on Ash Wednesday is a dearly-held tradition of many Catholics. At Christ the Divine Shepherd Parish, we will conduct a number of liturgies on Ash Wednesday (February 17, 2021), in order to allow the faithful to gather for prayer and the distribution of ashes.

Recently, the Holy See in Rome addressed the question of the method of the distribution of ashes for 2021 on Ash Wednesday. They made a couple of modifications for this year, in light of the pandemic: • Here in America, we’re accustomed to receiving ashes on our forehead, in the form of a cross. Elsewhere

in the world (including in Rome!), ashes are sprinkled directly on the head on Ash Wednesday. This is an approach that is ancient in its origins, and is found in the Bible:

“Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth upon their heads.” (Nehemiah 9:1)

“Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long tunic in which she was clothed. Then, putting her hands to her head, she went away crying loudly.” (2 Samuel 13:19)

In baptism, we are washed clean from original sin and anointed as “priest, prophet, and king” on the top of our head. It is fitting that ashes, a reminder of our sin and of baptism into death, be sprinkled on the crown of our heads, because at Easter, we celebrate the resurrection of Christ, the conquering of sin and death, and baptism into life.

This year, ashes will be sprinkled on the top of the head. We would ask that, as you approach the

minister, you bow your head so as to allow the sprinkling of ashes.

• Typically, as the ashes are being imposed on each person, the minister says “repent and believe in the Gospel” or “remember that you are dust and unto dust you shall return.” This year, the minister will pronounce this reminder once, to the entire congregation – prior to the beginning of the distribution of ashes – and will distribute ashes in silence.

Christ the Divine Shepherd - Ash Wednesday Schedule

9:30 am Mass at St. Bernadette (In-person and Online via Live-Stream ) 4:00 pm Mass at St. Susanna (In- Person and Online via Live-Stream) 7:00 pm Liturgy of the Word at St. Bernadette

Ashes will be distributed at each of our liturgies. Please RSVP for an Ash Wednesday service at cdsmph.org/rsvp beginning February 1

Stations of the Cross will begin on Friday February 19, 2021. This year Stations of the Cross will be held at 4:00 pm and alternate between Monroeville and Penn Hills. We will also broadcast Stations of the Cross via on our website and media platforms each Friday at 6:00pm. Watch the bulletin for the complete schedule.

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Divine Mercy Academy

National Catholic Schools Week

Since 1974, National Catholic Schools Week is the annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. It starts the last Sunday in January and runs all week, which in 2021 is January 31 – February 6. The theme for National Catholic Schools Week 2021 is “Catholic Schools: Faith, Excellence, Service.”

Kindergarten Update

Kindergarten started back to school in January reading about the birth of their savior Jesus! They completed a craft where the students cut out and glued the manger and hay on paper and placed baby Jesus in the soft bed. This was a follow up activity to the season of Advent. The students are researching Arctic animals this month in their science class. They are reading non-fiction books and then writing their own informational texts of what they learned. Word building has been a fun part of their language arts

class. The students enjoy using play-doh to make letters and sight words. They write these words in sentences and put them in ABC order. In math class they are continuing to read word problems and write their own addition and subtraction sentences to solve each question. The students really enjoy using a variety of manipulatives to act out each problem to solve it.

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Our Parish Community

FEAST OF FAITH: I Confess One form of the penitential rite at the beginning of Mass is the traditional Confiteor, or “I confess,” a prayer that was formerly prayed by the priest alone at the foot of the altar, but which is now prayed by the entire assembly. The Confiteor is at once personal—“I confess”—and communal, prayed aloud, together. We recognize that sin does not

just separate us from God; sin comes between us and others, isolating us. We acknowledge that sin has many dimensions, individual and communal: sins of thought, sins of speech, sins of action, sins of omission. Sin is not

something that happens to us; sin is something we do. In the Confiteor, we take responsibility for our own actions. The repeated insistence on our “fault,” with the ritual gesture of striking the breast, an ancient sign of penitence, is not

meant to lower our self-esteem. Rather, it acknowledges our human instinct to transfer the blame whenever we can (“The devil made me do it!”). This prayer stops us short. We take responsibility for ourselves, our actions, our failure to

act. Then we cry out to God in those ancient words, Kyrie, eleison—Lord, have mercy. For the sinner who repents, there is mercy. This truth is at the heart of our faith, and it is where the Mass, our feast of faith, begins.

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Pray for the Repose of Souls

Marie Galasso Danny Monaco

Frances Sims Edward Bitler

Thank you to all who donated to the Christmas Flower Fund. Visit

cdsmph.org/christmasflowers to view the donor list.

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Monday: Heb 11:32-40; Ps 31:20-24; Mk 5:1-20 Tuesday: Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 [22-32] Wednesday: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15; Ps 103:1-2, 13-14, 17-18a; Mk 6:1-6 Thursday: Heb 12:18-19, 21-24; Ps 48:2-4, 9-11; Mk 6:7-13 Friday: Heb 13:1-8; Ps 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9; Mk 6:14-29

Readings for the Week

Sunday, January 31, 2021 8:00AM, St Bernadette, (LA), For the People of our Parish 9:00AM, St Susanna, (TM), Robert Cantini—Matthew Zielinski 11:00AM, St Bernadette, (TM), Restored Health for our Friends and Family— Staff 11:30AM, St Susanna, (RT), Carl Abinanti -- Mary Ann Konop Monday, February 1, 2021 9:30AM, St Bernadette, (LA), John & Violet Palatas -- Janet & Dan Tuesday, February 2, 2021 9:30AM, St Susanna, (TM), Theresa Borish -- In Loving Memory, Daughter Susanne Wednesday, February 3, 2021 9:30AM, St Bernadette, (RT), Eileen Giuliani -- William Kocan Thursday, February 4, 2021 9:30AM, St Susanna, (TM), George K. Beck -- Family Friday, February 5, 2021 9:30AM, St Bernadette, (LA), Paul Krueger -- Joe Wilkevich Saturday, February 6, 2021 4:00PM, St Bernadette, (LA ), Kristin Topolosky -- Mom & Dad 5:00PM, St Susanna, (TM), Melissa Busbey -- Roz & Kathy Sunday, February 7, 2021 8:00AM, St Bernadette, (RT), Jay Bahr -- Lois & Ray Weaver 9:00AM, St Susanna, (LA)*, For the People of our Parish 11:00AM, St Bernadette, (TM), Steven Prazenica -- Mom & Dad 11:30AM, St Susanna, (RT ), Bill Storch -- Linda & Lauren Ciccarelli

Legend LA Fr Larry Adams TM Fr Thom Miller RT Fr Rick Thompson

* Incense will be used at

Mass.

Mass Intentions

Our Live-stream Masses continue every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, at 9:30am.

Sunday we live-stream at 9:00am and 11:00am.

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A reminder that our Church Buildings open a half-hour

prior to the start of Mass.

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Rev. Larry Adams, Moderator of Team Ministry

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Rev. Thomas Miller, Team Ministry

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Rev. Richard Thompson, Parish Chaplain

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Deacon Michael W. Kelly, Pastoral Associate

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Deacon Richard M. Tucek

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Mrs. Bess Biamonte, Pastoral Associate

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Mr. Joshua Bandish, Director of Music Ministry

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Ms. Mary Lou Bender, Assist. Dir. of Music

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Mrs. Cindy Karell, Organist

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Mr. Jerry Brandl, Business Manager

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Mrs. Cathy Cowan, Bookkeeper

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Deacon Lee Miles, Dir. Faith Formation

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Ms. Irene Swackhammer, Assist. Dir. Faith Formation

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Ms. Kathy DeStefano, Secretary

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Mrs. Sandy Palmieri, Secretary

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Ms. Ginny Beck, Secretary

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Mr. Tim Jacob, Maintenance Coordinator

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Mrs. Eileen Almeter, Maintenance

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Ms. Nanette Iorio, Maintenance

Office Hours

The Parish Office located at 245 Azalea Dr, Monroeville PA. Is currently closed for all walk-in business. For assistance please call the office at 412-373-0050 between 10am and 1pm, Monday through Friday or email us at [email protected].

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Parish Information

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Confessions

Baptisms will be celebrated following the Sunday 11:00 am Mass at St. Bernadette and the Sunday 11:30am Mass at St. Susanna. Please call Deacon Mike at the parish office at 412-373-0050 X112 to plan your celebration of Baptism!

Baptism

A Reminder that Private Prayer is held alternately in both Monroeville and Penn Hills.

• St. Bernadette will be open for Private Prayer Monday, Wednesday and Friday for a half-hour before and after the 9:30am Mass and Thursdays from 4pm-6pm

• St. Susanna will be open for Private Prayer Tuesday and Thursday for a half-hour before and after the 9:30am Mass and Wednesdays from 4pm-6pm

• Adoration will take place at St Susanna from 4pm till 5pm, and at St Bernadette from 5pm till 6pm, on their respective private prayer days.

Private Prayer

Diocesan Victim Assistance Coordinator: 412-456-3093 (Office) 1-888- 808-1235 (Hot Line) PA Child Line: 1-800-932-0313

St. Vincent dePaul assistance line: 412-436-9208

At Christ the Divine Shepherd Parish, the Sacrament of Reconciliation is celebrated on Saturday at noon at St Bartholomew Church. It is celebrated in “drive-up” style in your car (no confessions will be celebrated inside the church), following all applicable standards put in place by civil authority (i.e., social distancing, use of masks in public places, etc).

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The Order of Mass

Entrance Chant

Greeting Priest: The Lord be with you All: And with your spirit

Penitential Rite 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.

Liturgy of the Word

First Reading : Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Responsorial Psalm : If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts (Psalm 95). Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Gospel: Mark 1:21-28 Priest: “The Lord be with you”

All: And with your spirit. Priest: “A reading from the holy Gospel according to ...”

All: Glory to you, O Lord. After the Gospel, the Priest says “The Gospel of the Lord”

All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

1.) Let searching hearts rejoice in God: Come, glory in His holy name. Hope in the Lord to find your strength. And in His presence to remain. 2.) Give thanks to God, invoke His name; Proclaim His deeds throughout the earth. Sing praises, lifting up your voice; Make melody, recount His works. 3.) To God, the Triune One, we raise. Eternal hymns of endless praise. O Father, Son, and Paraclete, We praise your name in word and deed.

I confess to almighty God and to you my brothers and sisters that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I ask Blessed Mary—ever virgin—all the angels and saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.

Lord Have Mercy, Christ Have Mercy, Lord Have Mercy

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The Order of Mass

Homily

Profession of Faith

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 (all bow) 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.

Prayer of the Faithful Offertory Whatsoever You Do

Liturgy of the Eucharist

Invitation to Prayer

Priest: Pray, brothers and sisters that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God the almighty Father

All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church.

Priest: The Lord be with you. All: And with your spirit. Priest: Lift up your hearts. All: We lift them up to the Lord. Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God

All: It is right and just

(Refrain) Whatsoever you do to the least of my people, that you do unto me.

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The Order of Mass

Sanctus

Mystery of Faith

All: Save us Savior of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free. Great Amen

The Lord’s Prayer

Sign of Peace At the present time, the optional “sign of peace” has been suspended at our liturgies.

Lamb of God

Priest: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those who are called to the supper of the Lamb.

All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

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The Order of Mass

Spiritual Communion Prayer My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love you above all things and I de-

sire to receive you in my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally, come at least spir-itually 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.

Communion Chant Let your face shine down upon your servant, deliver me in your mercy. Lord, let me knot be confounded,

for I have called upon you.

Final Blessing

Deacon: The Mass is ended, go in peace. All: Thanks be to God. Hymn at the Dismissal Hymn to Christ the Divine Shepherd

1.) Jesus, Shepherd of the faithful, Guide us all by love’s command. When we hear Your voice and follow

none can take us from Your hand. We are Yours, O Lord who suffered, our the robes washed in Your blood: Yours the hand which dries our weeping, leading us to grace’s flood.

2.) Through the valley of our suffering You our Shepherd go before, With Your cross as staff supporting: but Your Gospel gives us more; Bread of Life to every sustain us, Cup that overflows our need; Spirit’s unction

that confirm us, signing us as Yours, indeed!

Communion Hymn Lead Me Lord

(Refrain)

Lead me, Lord, lead me, Lord by the light of truth to seek and to find the narrow way. Be my way; be my truth; be my life, my Lord, and lead me, Lord, today.

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