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115 Trinity Drive Center Township Aliquippa, PA 15001 Phone:724-775-6363 Fax: 724-775-3848

Website: www.sfcabrini.us E-mail: info@sfcabrini.us

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Third Sunday of Ordinary Time January 21, 2018

Financial Stewardship For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matt. 6:21

On Mission for the Church Alive! www.OnMissionChurch Alive.org

The Kingdom of God is at Hand In the early days of the Church, the Christian community thought that the coming of the Kingdom and Jesus return in glory was quickly approaching. They lived their lives with constant anticipation and expectation so that they would be prepared for the day of the Lord to come. 2,000 years later we are still waiting for that day when the Lord will come again to judge the living and the dead and welcome the just ones into his Kingdom in heaven. Yet, we are also aware that the Kingdom is currently at hand in and through the Church on earth. This means that each of us, no matter our state in life, plays a role in building up and strengthening the Kingdom of God. The On Mission for The Church Alive! initiative seeks to do just that: build up the Kingdom of God, the

Church, so that it can grow and thrive. The Church is alive and is given greater vibrancy the more we are engaged in its life and work. Let us all do our part to contribute to the flourishing of our parish communities in the weeks and months ahead. Visit onmis-sionchurchalive.org to learn more and to stay informed.

Report for January 14, 2018 464 donors; 1,403 envelopes mailed (33%)

Weekly Offertory $ 9,079 Weekly Off. Online (142 donors) $ 1,998 Food Bank $ 503 Parish Share 2017 $ 1,636 Total Collection $ 13,216

Over/(Under) Weekly Off. Budget.. $ (1,923) Over/(Under) Annual Off. Budget to Date $ 861

Second Sunday of January 2017 $ 10,512 Parish Share 2017 Year-to-date $ 194,981 Parish Share Challenge Grant $ 50.00 Parish Share Challenge Grant To Date $ 105.00

Parish Share News Last year we received a generous challenge grant in order to expand the number of partici-pants in the Parish Share Program and to increase contri-butions. All new, first-time, contributors to PSP will have their donation matched dollar for dollar, up to a total do-nation to the Parish of $10,000. As of this date, weve received $55 from two donors. If youve considered a PSP gift before, but never followed through, this is an opportunity to double your money. New donors are asked to mark their Parish Share envelopes FIRST TIME DONOR so that we can count your donations toward the challenge before it expires on Feb. 28, 2018. Thanks!

Giant Eagle Gift Card "Success Story" I needed to pur-chase textbooks for my second semester at Robert Morris University. Wanting to support Catholic education, I went online (http://shopwithscrip. com using enrollment code ABD561E158672) and bought $300 worth of Barnes &

Noble gift cards. Because B & N manages the bookstore at RMU, I was able to use the gift cards to buy my textbooks. My purchase netted $12 for Our Lady of Fatima School; over my remaining six semesters, Ill make at least $84 for Catholic education. If 12 college students used gift cards, such as no-fee VISA cards, B & N cards or Amazon gift cards, for their textbooks, wed make over $1,000 each semester! Help us out!

Parish Office Hours Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Closed for lunch: 1 - 2 p.m.

Please Note:

Monday mornings at the parish office are extremely busy. If your

call or visit can wait until after lunch, or another day, it would be greatly appreciated.

Reminder for All 8th Grade Families ALL documenta-tion for Confirmation must be submitted by next week-end, January 28/29, 2018.

ALL First Communion Families Please join me for an informative meeting on Tuesday, January 30, at 7 p.m. in O'Connell Hall to discuss the preparation of the Sacra-ments of Reconciliation and First Holy Communion.

All Families If inclement weather develops and class is cancelled, you will receive a telephone message and the cancellation will appear on the three television stations.

Office Hours The office is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. until 4p.m.

Preschool Registration St. Frances Cabrini Preschool will be accepting registrations for September 2018. Any child registering must be 3, 4, or 5 years of age before September 1, 2018. The following items are needed when registering your child. Childs birth certificate (new students only), recent immunization records (new students only), and a $25 non-refundable registration fee (all students). A check is preferred, payable to St. Fran-ces Cabrini Preschool. ALL PRESCHOOL REGIS-TRATIONS MUST BE MADE BY THE PARENT(s) OR THE LEGAL GUARDIAN ONLY! NO REGIS-TRATIONS WILL BE TAKEN BY PHONE. Registrations taken DAILY in the preschool office from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. until all classes are filled. All classes will be filled on a first come, first served basis. For additional infor-mation please call the pre-school office at 724-774-4888.

Methods Course St. Frances Cabrini is offering a METHODS course in elementary Religious Education for all interested catechists and parishioners on Tues-days, February 6, 13, 20, 27 and March 13 (15 hours) from 6-9 p.m. Fee $30. Master Catechist: Deacon An-thony Giordano. To register please contact Deanna at stfrancesschl@comcast.net or 724-774-4888.

Mens Retreat - Deacon Bob There is still time to sign up for the retreat the weekend of Feb. 2 - 4, 2018 at St. Pauls Retreat Center on the Southside of Pittsburgh. The retreat theme is In Christ, United in Mind and Heart. Perhaps this is the message we need to hear as we ap-proach the implementation of On Mission for the Church Alive, United in Christ! Pamphlets are in the vestibule of church. For more information, please contact me at 724-378-0903, Jim Barcaskey at 724-457-7764 or you may wish to go online to St. Pauls Retreat Center, www. stpaulrcpa@cpprov.org or call them at 412-381-7676. Register online at stpaulsretreatcenter-pittsburgh.org.

Childrens Choir The St. Frances Cabrini Childrens Choir has re-sumed Thursday rehearsals for 2018. Contact Mrs. Rossetti at 724-775-6363x102 or music@

sfcabrini for further details. We need YOUR voice in the choir!

Coffee Shop today after the 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Masses. Bring your entire family and enjoy! Consultation and blood pressure readings available by our Faith Community Nurse, Joyce Ott.

Religious Education Contact: Deanna Stacho 724-774-4888, stfrancesschl@comcast.net

Preschool News Contact: Gayle Piroli 724-774-4888, psdirector@sfcabrini.us

We Warmly Welcome Our Newest Parish-ioners Mr. & Mrs. Daniel & Heather (Mason) Bubien and son, Matteo. When you get the opportunity to meet them, please extend a hearty, personal greeting of welcome. St. Frances Cabrini now in-cludes 1,879 families and 4,753 souls in our faith community.

New Parishioners Welcome! We are excited to have you join our parish family!

Grief Share St. John the Baptist Parish, Monaca and St. Frances Cabrini, Center Twp. will once again offer a small group session to comfort those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. Our grief sessions will be held at St. Johns beginning February 6 from 6-8:30 p.m., please call 724-775-3940 to register, and beginning February 8 from 6-8:30 p.m. at St. Frances, please call 724-775-6363 to register. As brothers and sisters in Christ, we offer sup-port with a series of DVDs and open discussions, to help with the journey of grief. To register or for more informa-tion, please call Janet (St. John the Baptist) at 724-462-7460 or Amy (St. Frances Cabrini) at 724-622-2426. No fee is required, and our program is non-denominational.

Parish News Contact: Parish Office 724-775-6363, info@sfcabrini.us

FROM POPE FRANCIS CATECHESIS SERIES on the MASS

Sin separates us from both God an neighbor Hannah Brockhaus

On Wednesday, (1/3/18) Pope Francis emphasized how sin breaks our relationship with God and with our community, which is why at the beginning of every Mass we pause to recognize our sinfulness and ask for forgiveness.

Sin severs: Severs the relationship with God and severs the relationship with our brothers, the relationship with family, with society, with the community: Sin always severs, separates, divides.

The Penitential Rite, at the beginning of Mass, favors the attitude with which to dispose oneself to worthily celebrate the holy mysteries, that is, recognizing our sins before God and our brothers, recognizing that we are sinners.

Pope Francis continued his weekly audience catechesis on the topic of the Mass, focusing on the part where we make a general confession, professing to God and brothers 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.

He emphasized how we even confess to omissions in deed, which means the times we failed to do good. We often feel good because lets say I did not hurt any-one, the Pope said. In reality, it is not enough not to harm our neighbor, we need to choose to do good, seizing the occasions for giving positive testimony that we are disciples of Jesus.

When we pray the Confiteor, as the prayer is called, we confess to both God and our brothers and sisters that we are fellow sinners. And it helps us to understand how sin not only separates us from God, but also from our fellow human being, he said.

Then, when we make the gesture of beating our breast, repeating the words through my fault three times,