St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church

Weekly Bulletin for June 15th, 1997

Masses for the Week

Tuesday 7:00pm Month's Mind Mass for Father Ponisciak Light refreshments will be served following Mass. We hope the entire parish will be able to be present!
Saturday 6:30pm Theodore Sestak (Helen Popovich)
Sunday 10:30am Pauline Ross (Mary Resh)

Join in Singing

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Among the most the vital of our responsibilities as a community of faith, is sharing in worship with one another. Our Sunday celebration, the Mass, is best celebrated when we all participate. All hymns are located in the misalette.

Gathering 32 Come, Our Almighty King (p147)
Preparation of the Gifts 35 Gift of Finest Wheat (p148)
Communion 36 At That First Eucharist (p148)
Meditation 29 On Eagle's Wings (p146)
Recessional 13 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (p140)

Donations

The following additional donations have been received in memory of Father Cy and are being gratefully acknowledged:

Rowland & Sara Hoopes, John & Jean Cisarik, Mary K. Sabocsik, The Arvay Family, Ann Florian

Donations received in memory of Mary Zevtchin:

Anna Neri Robert & Mary McCoy, Gary & Ruth Anne Boyd Mr. & Mrs. John D.McCorkle, Mary R. Sabocsik Mary Shesko Family, Rose Guldan Mary K. Sabocsik, Ann Florian David & Elaine Fioriglio, Leonard, Barbara & Brian Sabocsik, Dennis, Anita, Darrell & Andrea Sabocsik

A Family Perspective

Today's Gospel calls dads to be men of faith and hope. The Gospel speaks of "the smallest of all seeds which grows and becomes the greatest of shrubs." Our seemingly insignificant acts can have a tremendous effect on our children.

Our smallest acts of love, attention and approval are acts of faith and hope. Faith, because we show our belief and confidence in our children; hope, because we will not see the results of our parenting for many years. Like the farmer in the Gospel, we sow and nurture the seed, trust the seed and the earth, and then await the harvest.

Choir News

Just a reminder, the Adult Choir will sing on Tuesday evening at 7:00pm for the Month's Mind Memorial Mass for Father Cy.

If you haven't returned your folder, now would be a good time to do so.

Dear Parishioners,

The family of your late pastor, Rev. Cyril S. Ponisciak, wishes to express it's great appreciation to the friends and parishioners of St. Joseph's Church for all Mass offerings, memorials, and all other expressions of sympathy which were extended to us during the recent loss of our brother and uncle. Your many kindnesses will be remembered in our prayers during this most difficult time.

Thank you,
The Ponisciak Family

Women's Club News

Picnic

A "special, special thank you" to Andy Levenite for the wonderful job she did organizing and implementing our First Annual Parish Picnic last Sunday. Thanks also to her wonderful crew who spent many hours preparing the food for this affair. Everything was perfect - including the weather (which I'm sure was the direct intercession of Father Cy. He loved parish "get-togethers!")

The Picnic was such a huge success, we have already booked a date for next year. Thank you for your support and we hope everyone enjoyed themselves.

Installation Dinner

Our Installation Dinner will be held next Sunday, June 22nd at 5:30pm at Stottsville Inn. Entree selections are:

  • Crab Cake $20.00
  • Chicken Rebecca $18.00
  • Tortellini Michaelango $14.00

Please call Ann Cigas with your entree selection if you have not already done so. Reservations can be made up to Monday, June 16th. Any women of the parish is invited to attend.

Advertisers

Please remember to patronize the following businesses who have supported the Women's Club during the month of May.

Pacer Pools 269-7800

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Pelet Welding 384-5048

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Jeff & Sue Ford's Beauty Salon 384-5395

Ford's can help you with all of your beauty needs. They do perms, nails, hair color & styling, tanning, etc.

Zorba's Diner 384-1252

Zorba's are located in East End of Coatesville, and have a wide variety of American and Greek Specialities.

Family Life Information

Parenting Leadership Training - is offered on the evenings of July 16 and 23rd, for anyone interested in presenting S.T.E.P. (Systematic Training for Effective Parenting) to the parents of their parish/cluster.

Marriage Encounter Weekend - The greatest gift we can give our children is our love for one another. To refresh your marital love, make a Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next weekend will begin on June 20th. For information on this, please call Dan & Kathy O'Shea at 1-800-456-8330.

Natural Family Planning - classes will begin on June 18th at 7:30pm at the Family Life Office on the campus of St. Charles Seminary, Wynnewood.

Separated, Divorced & Widowed - support group meets monthly at 7:30pm in the school meeting room of St. Joseph, Downingtown. For information on this, please call Clara Shinpaugh at (610)873-8390.

Phases - a nine week program addressing issues of separation/divorce, will be starting at St. Anastasia, Newtown Square on June 26th.

Encourage - support group for parents, relatives, and friends of homosexual persons. Meets monthly. For more information on this, please call Courage/Encourage at (215)587-4505. Confidentiality is assured.

For more information or registration form for any of the above, please call the Family Life Office at (610)660-9002.