TWENTY EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME October 11, 2020 · 2020. 10. 7. · Friday: Eph 1:11-14/Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 12-13 [12]/Lk 12:1-7 Saturday: Eph 1:15-23/Ps 8:2-3ab, 4-5, 6-7 [7]/Lk

REV. JOHN A. SEDLAK Pastor/Trust Administrator

[email protected]

Mass Schedule Weekday & Sat. Morning: 8:00 am Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm Sunday: 9:00 & 11:00 am Holy Days: As Announced

Sacrament of Reconciliation Weekday & Sat. Morning: 7:30-7:50 am Saturday Vigil: 4:00-4:45 pm Sunday: 8:30-8:45 am & 10:30-10:45 am

(30 minutes before all other Masses)

Office Hours Monday-Wednesday: 8:15 am - 3:45 pm (Angela) Thursday: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm (Dr. Dreliszak)

Mailing Address PO Box 187 4263 Route 981 United PA 15689

Website www.saintflorian.org

Phone Numbers Parish Office/Rectory: 724-423-4431 FAX: 724-423-4438 Pastoral Emergencies: 412-582-0425 Catechesis, Faith Formation & Evangelization (CFFE) Office: 724-423-5087 Preschool: 724-423-4437 Social Hall: 724-423-9008 St. Vincent de Paul Helpline: 724-205-4406

Staff CFFE Director: Dr. Joseph Dreliszak Preschool Director: Lottie Hirak Preschool Aides: Mandy Kelly Diane Kauffman Music Director: Steven Makar Parish Secretary and Bookkeeper: Angela Reese

Pastoral Council Terry Foriska Tammy Sofranko* Mike Reese Nicole Stull Don Scekeres Dave Shimko *Recorder

Finance Council John Boggess Kathy Sobinsky Stephanie Soflak Jerry Yasher David Lazor* Emily Uhrin Mark D’Amico *Chair

TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME October 11, 2020

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Our mission is to build up the Kingdom of God by offering ourselves

with Jesus for the true good of every person.

EUCHARISTIC SELF-OFFERING PRAYER I am all Yours, O most loving Jesus, through Mary, Your Mother.

MASS INTENTIONS (Request Form on back of bulletin)

Sat., Oct. 10 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Sun., Oct. 11 9:00 AM 11:00 AM Mon., Oct. 12 8:00 AM Tue., Oct. 13 8:00 AM Wed., Oct. 14 8:00 AM Thu., Oct. 15 8:00 AM Fri., Oct. 16 8:00 AM Sat., Oct. 17 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Sun., Oct. 18 9:00 AM 11:00 AM

Weekday +Philip Budny by Evelyn DePalma +Donna Smail MacNeil by Dad & Family Twenty Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time +Adrienne Ponzetti by Family For the Parishioners Weekday +Gerald Farzati by Karen, Ed, Megan & Erik Weekday Living and Deceased Members of the St. Florian Altar Society Weekday +Mary Lou Yasher by Steve and Connie Urban St. Teresa of Jesus +Anna & Andrew Mondock by Betty & Paul, Anna & Ron Weekday +George Sprock Jr. by Karen Hunka & Sons St. Ignatius of Antioch +Louis Lopes by John Kopczak +Bonita Magda Massena & Carol Ann Magda Link by Mother Margaret Magda & Family Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time For the Parishioners Living and Deceased Members of the Catholic Daughters of America

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Mutual VFD Fish Fry Friday October 16, 2021

~ 3PM - ? Take-out Only ~ 724-423-4541

Must wear mask at pickup

ST. FLORIAN OFFERTORY STEWARDSHIP:

October 3-4: Adults: $5,241.00; Loose: $97.00; Par ish Endowment: $230.00 Candles: $141.00; St. Vincent de Paul: $20.00; Debt Reduction: $100.00; Peter’s Pence: $41.00; World Mission Sunday: $3.00. TOTAL: $5,873.00.

God Bless you!

Bulletin Deadline: submissions for the bulletin are due by Monday at 9 am to: [email protected].

Readings for the week of October 11, 2020 Sunday: Is 25:6-10a/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 [6cd]/Phil 4:12-14, 19-20/Mt 22:1-14 or 22:1-10 Monday: Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31—5:1/Ps 113:1b-2, 3-4, 5a and 6-7 [cf. 2]/Lk 11:29-32 Tuesday: Gal 5:1-6/Ps 119:41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48 [41a]/Lk 11:37-41 Wednesday: Gal 5:18-25/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [cf. Jn 8:12]/Lk 11:42-46 Thursday: Eph 1:1-10/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6 [2a]/Lk 11:47-54 Friday: Eph 1:11-14/Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 12-13 [12]/Lk 12:1-7 Saturday: Eph 1:15-23/Ps 8:2-3ab, 4-5, 6-7 [7]/Lk 12:8-12 Next Sunday: Is 45:1, 4-6/Ps 96:1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10 [7b]/1 Thes 1:1-5b/Mt 22:15-21 ©Liturgical Publications Inc.

Second Collection Mission Sunday Collection

October 17-18, 2020 NEXT WEEKEND we will celebrate World Mission Sunday. Pope Francis invites the entire Church to support mission dioceses in Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands, and parts of Latin America and Europe, where priests, religious and lay leaders serve the world’s most vulnerable communities. Please keep the Pope’s missions in your prayers and be generous in next week’s collection for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

Sanctuary Light In Memory of George Trout

By: Family

Prayers for Emil Lucas who died recently. May we continue to pray for him and his family

during this time of sorrow.

MINISTRY SCHEDULE

Saturday, October 10, 2020 ~ 5:00 PM Lector .......................................................................... J. Lesko Eucharistic Ministers ........................ G. Kovacina, D. Mizikar Altar Server ............................................................ D. Mizikar

Sunday, October 11, 2020 ~ 9:00 AM Lector ...................................................................... C. Stercho Eucharistic Ministers ............................ H. Szewczyk, S. King Altar Server ................................................................. J. King

Sunday, October 11, 2020 ~ 11:00 AM Lector ........................................................................ M. Sopko Eucharistic Ministers .......................... W. Bossart, T. Jackson Altar Server ........................................................... T. Jackson

Saturday, October 17, 2020~ 5:00 PM Lector ......................................................................... A. Reese Eucharistic Ministers .............................. C. Kelly, R. Mizikar Altar Server ............................................................. M. Reese

Sunday, October 18, 2020 ~ 9:00 AM Lector ....................................................................... M. Sopko Eucharistic Ministers ............................... J. Mizikar, J. Lesko Altar Server ............................................................. J. Mizikar

Sunday, October 18, 2020 ~ 11:00 AM Lector ................................................................... M. D’Amico Eucharistic Ministers ..................................... B. & R. Obusek Altar Server ............................................................... D. Reese

Parishioner, Jane Smail, has recently moved into St. Anne’s Home. She is happy to be there and would like her friends at St. Florian to know that she is doing well. If anyone would like to send Jane well wishes her address is: St. Anne Home Claire Garden, C006 685 Angela Drive Greensburg, PA 15601

Faith Formation News

K to 7 Faith Formation:

Monday October 12th, 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm

Elementary Faith Formation Classes for Students in K-Grade 7 will meet on Monday, October 12 from 6:00 -7:15 pm. On site and working from home options are available for parents. It is not too late to enroll for this semester. Contact Dr. Dreliszak if you have any questions.

Adult Education Opportunities

Adult Faith Sharing: Adult Faith Sharing will RESUME on Sunday, October 18 after the 9:00 am Mass in the Social Hall. Face masks will be required along with social distancing.

PREPARATION FOR CONFIRMATION 2021

Information meeting for those current 8th graders who will be celebrating Confirmation in spring, 2021 along with their parents will meet this Sunday, October 11 following the 11:00 am Mass in the Social Hall. A schedule for the year will be provided along with the sharing of information concerning sponsors. At least one parent should accompany each candidate.

FIRST CONFESSION

FIRST CONFESSION INFORMATION MEETING FOR PARENTS WITH CHILDREN IN GRADE 2 WILL MEET WITH FR. JOHN AND DR. DRELISZAK IN CHURCH AFTER THE 11:00 AM MASS ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18th. MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASTURES WILL BE FOLLOWED. AT LEAST ONE PARENT OF EACH CHILD SHOULD BE PRESENT FOR THIS IMPORTANT SESSION.

CATECHESIS, FAITH FORMATION AND EVANGELIZATION Week to Week: October 11 to October 18, 2020

Sunday— Confirmation Information Meeting with Mr. Lesko and

Dr. Dreliszak for 8th graders preparing to receive

in the spring on 2021.

AT LEAST ONE PARENT SOULD ATTEND

Monday — FAITH FORMATION CLASS FOR STUDENTS IN

GRADES K—7 6:00 PM to 7:15

Thursday — Dr. Dreliszak at Rectory 10:00 to 2:00

Sunday — Adult Faith Sharing– After 9 AM Mass — Social Hall

First Confession Meeting for Parents of children in

Grade 2 after the 11:00 am Mass in the Social Hall

Festival Replacement II Tickets are available in the

back of church

ST. FLORIAN POSTER AND ESSAY CONTEST

The Poster and Essay Contest is open children in grades K to 12 who are registered at St. Florian Church. The Posters and

Essays are to raise awareness about Vocations using the theme “SERVANTS OF GOD AND FISHERS OF MEN”.

Children in K to 6 are encouraged design a Poster based on the theme with a certificate and prize of $50 awarded to one winner

in that grade range.

Students in grades 7 to 12 are encouraged to write an Essay on the theme with a certificate and prize of $100 awarded to the

winner in that grade range.

Contact the Parish Office for full information.

Deadline to enter is October 19th Winner will be announced October 26th at the Faith

Formation Gathering. Winners must be present to win.

THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE

We are conducting our annual “Thanksgiving” Food Drive

for those in need. All items will be shared with our local

food bank and will be used to help in time for thanksgiving.

This project will run throughout October. Many thanks for

supporting this “Corporal Work of Mercy”. The following

items are needed:

Instant Potatoes Instant Stuffing

Gravy Cranberry Sauce

Boxed dessert Pudding

Canned Pumpkin 5lb container of shortening

Jello Canned vegetable

4lb bag of sugar Bread crumbs

THANK YOU FOR

YOUR GENEROSITY…

SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING WHO RECEIVED THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION ON

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30:

Thomas “Anthony” Dillon Addison “Catherine” Reese

Morgan “Marie” Reese Lukas “Luke” Rivardo

Emma “Alena” Scanlon Logan “Sebastian” Snively

Special thanks to their parents and to their catechist, Mr. Joseph

Lesko for working with them over these past several months. May they continue to be open to the Holy Spirit as they continue

on their journey of faith.

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD

Please Note: Children’s Liturgy of the Word will be postponed for the immediate future and will resume when restrictions at

Mass are lifted

WAYS TO GIVE

During this time of closures throughout the church, please consider keeping up your weekly contributions to

St. Florian. Sunday Masses have resumed but the obligation to attend is still commuted. If you are not attending Mass,

please consider these options for giving.

ONLINE GIVING: Our parish offers Online Giving, a web-based electronic contribution application. This service is safe and secure. And it is convenient for you and for our parish staff. Sign up for Online Giving by visiting our parish website at www.saintflorian.org and selecting the “Donate” link in the top right hand corner.

US MAIL: Contributions can be sent through the mail service to: St. Florian Church

PO Box 187 United, PA 15689

STOP BY THE PARISH OFFICE: Parish Office Hours are listed on page 1 of the bulletin. Feel free to drop by anytime with your offertory envelope. A locked mailbox is available outside of the Rectory Front Door.

Thank you to The Community Foundation of Fayette County, who have generously donated the extra face masks that we have present for those who need them at Mass.

Prayer Chain

Those with prayer intentions are asked to contact the FAITH

FORMATION CENTER. Please call 724-423-5087 and your

request will be forwarded to those who have agreed to take part

in this special ministry. New members on our Parish Prayer

Chain are always welcome to join.

Louise Pat Terry Jerome Carol Fred Rich Bucky Leona James Roberta Bob Patty Richard Ron Matthew Forest Anna Paul Henry Karen Betty Ed Marilyn Chuck Daniel Glenn Justin Josephine Fred Forrest Louise Greg Martha Steve Dennis Avis Remmington Maria David Those Suffering from the Corona Virus Health and well being of ALL throughout the world

May we continue to remember these individuals in our daily prayers!

St. Florian Preschool

The Preschool is looking for donations of plastic cookie cutters to be used with Playdoh. If you have any old cookie cutter that you are looking to get rid of, please contact the preschool at 724-423-4437. Thank You!!

Connectionsby Joe Lesko

The Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time The parts that suggest a connection between the Old Testament and the New Testament make a reference to sumptuous banquets. Major religious events use a banquet filled with “rich and pure” food and wine as well in celebrating as a family. In addition weddings and any extra-ordinary events call for banquets as well. Feasts as the Passover or the joining of families in a covenant seal relationships with the Lord and per-sons involved to solidify a major jointure. Recall that the Lord and Moses called for a banquet to seal the Ten Commandments. Isaiah describes a banquet on Mount Zion to celebrate Yahweh’s kingship with His chosen people. Mount Zion is the highest point of Jerusalem; consequently, the Temple, a visible symbol of Yahweh’s presence, has been built there. The Jews use Zion and Jerusalem to have the same reference to Yahweh’s home. Isaiah reminds the exiles of the celebration at Zion when they shall return to their home and reconnect with Yahweh to symbolize the righteous relationship of eternal happiness they have with the Lord. This banquet shall be a festival of the choicest and finest food and wines. On this mountain, the highest physical point in this holy city, Yahweh shall come to uncover the earth that veils all people. The word veil refers to the buried ones covered with earth. The reference is to the destruction of death and the promise of eternal life. The sentence of death in the Book of Genesis has been canceled. The final verse praises and thanks Yahweh for His deliverance. Again Matthew’s Gospel is an episode of Jesus teaching in the Temple area where His audience has been comprised mainly of the chief priests and the and elders of the people. He has made His triumphal entry into the Jerusalem and has infuriated these religious leaders. His message to them are parables about His divine mission and by whose authority He has been sent to preach and teach to create a new covenant. Today’s address to them is a long history of God’s dealings with the Jews. It has been a series of invitations to a spiritual life and describes their reactions to God’s summons to share in these messianic blessings. The scene in this passage is again the Temple area on the Wednesday of the first Holy Week, within the shadow of Calvary. The parable is a lesson as before directed to the vain Pharisee s who have not, in their haughtiness, accepted the requisite for God’s plan for redemption and salvation for all mankind. The parable features a king and his servants who symbolize God and His prophets. This Jewish audience concludes that Jesus’ words are blasphemous and He should be arrested and killed. Knowing their thoughts, Jesus teaches that time is not too late for redemption. God always has an abundance of mercy . A call to a wedding feast centers the action of the parable. The audience is symbolic of those Jews who refuse to accept Jesus as the Messiah. He calls but they reject His call. Each group shows a perverse attitude in their rejections, a total dishonor to the king who then orders his servants to call those outside the city. These are sinners and tax collectors, considered unworthy by the religious leaders. One comes with an inappropriate garment, symbolizing one who accepts the call but has not kept the prescribed behaviors that the Lord gave to Moses and to Jesus. He has soiled his baptismal garment (sinning) “that was washed in the blood of the Lamb.” He lost his moment to repent (that is washing his garment). His place is darkness not one of light and continuous joy of the messianic blessing (the wedding banquet at end time). The “call” is not just a positive response but a prescribed life style of behaviors are included. Dire consequences occur with deviance from these behaviors that do not conform with God’s prescripted Laws and decrees. All acts has consequences. Man’s choices come from God’s gift of free will to accept or reject the gift of grace as his means of acceptance to a life of acting according to God’s Laws.

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THE ANNUAL OCTOBER COUNT IS UNDERWAY. For our three “Sunday Masses” on October 3-4, the attendance was: 5:00 pm (60), 9:00 am (70), and 11:00 am (62), for a total of 192. TAKE-HOME MISSALETTES are available on the window ledges in the back of church. Everyone is invited to

take one or more for family use at home and or in church. If you bring yours to church, please take it home with you

after each Mass; do not leave it anywhere in the church. Thank you.

OCTOBER IS RESPECT LIFE MONTH. Fr . John will address the pro-life issue in his homily next weekend.

DIOCESAN LENTEN APPEAL (DLA) 2020 Our DLA total pledges have increased to $46,989 and the amount collected is $44,677 with 179 households having contributed. THANK YOU SO MUCH for your generosity and prayers which enabled us to surpass our Diocesan Target ($29,241) and Total Goal ($39,241), gaining at least $15,436 for our Parish needs.

10-YEAR LOAN REPAYMENT REPORT

To date, we have paid back $124,899.34 (including $11,735.90 in interest) on our $300,000 loan plus $35,294.54 interest. Because of extra payments made early, and the temporary suspension of interest payments recently, loan amortization is 20 months ahead of schedule, with full repayment expected in October, 2026, and a projected parish savings of $10,200.29. THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY GENEROUS ON-GOING WEEKLY SUPPORT of St. Flor ian Par ish during

the COVID-19 restrictions. May Our Lord continue to bless you and your families and our Parish Family as well!

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION allows the Lord to make known His personal interest in each of us, and to open up for us a bit of heaven on earth. Consider these words Jesus communicated via locution to a Benedictine monk: “…the underlying problem of so many souls…is…the doubt of my personal love for the soul upon whom I have set My Heart. So many begin to think, ‘He cannot possibly love me in this way or take a real interest in me’ – and so they begin to withdraw from My friendship, to flee My presence, and to greet me only from a distance as one would a passing acquaintance. You must never let this happen. Know that My Heart is set upon you with an everlasting and most tender love, that I look upon you at every moment with all the delicacy of My divine friendship, and with an inexhaustible mercy. Respond to My love by coming to me as often as you can….My Immaculate Mother feels the same way towards you. She too follows you day by day. Every-

thing you do and say interests Her maternal Heart…Dialogue with me, with My most holy Mother, and with My saints…Become the adorer I want you to be, and you will see the heavens open within your soul…you will enjoy…a heavenly joy while yet on this earth.” (In Sinu Jesu p. 84) For September 29-30, the following hours had only one adorer: 9 am, 1 am, 2 am, 3 am and 4 am. At least two adorers should be present for each hour . Thank you. CHURCH IS OPEN 24/7 for silent adoration of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament in the Tabernacle.

Everyone is encouraged to stop in each daily if possible at a convenient time, and to sign our log-in time sheet so

that we can gauge participation in this. For September, at least one adorer was present in church for at least some

part of 354 hours out of the 720 total hours. That’s almost half (49.1%). Please help us toward perpetual

adoration. These are unprecedented times that invite our full turning to the Lord. Thank you for your response.

SUMMER FESTIVAL REPLACEMENT TICKET II Festival Replacement Ticket II is available to be picked up until October 18th. Each parishioner is asked to purchase/sell at least 2 tickets. Tickets will also be available to be picked up during the week in the back of church.

Our first ticket was a great success and we are hoping to repeat this success again Tickets will play on November 23-24-25. Prizes of $500.00, $750.00 and $2500.00 will be distributed over three days.

Please contact Dr. Dreliszak or the rectory if you are able to sell more than 2 tickets. Your support is so great-ly appreciated and needed.

The number plays on the PA Lottery (3 digit) evening drawing. Good luck!