SEVEN SORROWS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 17057 February 24, 2019

Sunday, February 24, 2019

8:00 AM Blood Drive, Gym 10:30 AM Nursery Available, Church Basement 11:30 AM Life Teen Prayer Service, Children’s Chapel 1:00 PM Scripture Study, Drexel Room

Monday, February 25, 2019 6:00 PM Legion of Mary, Cry Room 7:00 PM Scripture Study, Library Tuesday, February 26, 2019

6:30 PM Cub Scouts, Cafeteria Wednesday, February 27, 2019

6:30 PM Religious Education Classes Thursday, February 28, 2019

6:30 PM RCIA, Library 7:00 PM Choir Practice

Friday, March 1, 2019

Saturday, March 2, 2019

6:30 AM TMIY, Upper Cafeteria Sunday, March 3, 2019 10:30 AM Nursery Available, Church Basement 11:30 AM Children’s Rosary Group, Church 1:00 PM Scripture Study, Drexel Room 7:00 PM Confraternity of St. Joseph, Church

DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS

Mon Feb 25 Sir 1: 1-10 Mk 9: 14-29

Tue Feb 26 Sir 2: 1-11 Mk 9: 30-37

Wed Feb 27 Sir 4: 11-19 Mk 9: 38-40

Thu Feb 28 Sir 5: 1-8 Mk 9: 41-50

Fri Mar 1 Sir 6: 5-17 Mk 10: 1-12

Sat Mar 2 Sir 17: 1-15 Mk 10: 13-16

Sun Mar 3 Sir 27: 4-7 Lk 6: 39-45

Sunday, February 24, 2019 8:00 AM +Albert V. Rakus, Sr. 10:30 AM Our Parish Family 6:00 PM +John G. Kyler

Monday, February 25, 2019– School Mass 8:30 AM +Mason Guckavan

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:00 AM +Deborah “Precious” Palermo

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:00 AM +William Bekelja

Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:00 AM +Thomas Ferguson 8:30 AM-6:00 PM Adoration Friday, March 1, 2019 8:00 AM +Vanetta Warren

Saturday, March 2, 2019 8:00 AM Special Intention of Marie Librandi 5:30 PM +Robert James Kerwin

Sunday, March 3, 2019 8:00 AM +Christopher Lee 10:30 AM +Andrew Shivetts

6:00 PM Our Parish Family

Missal Readings for February 23rd & 24th- Pg. 73

OPENING HYMN~ #476 PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS~ #475

COMMUNION HYMN~ #363 RECESSIONAL HYMN~ #539

Mass Intentions

Parish Life

BEGINNING SIGN LANGUAGE CLASS

St. John Neumann Church in Lancaster will be offering a five-week “Beginning Sign Language” class on Thursday evenings this spring. The course instructor will be Jeannie Hubbs who signs at the church’s 11:00AM Sunday Masses. Classes begin on Thursday, March 7th and will be held from 7:00PM to 8:00PM in the conference room of the St. John XXIII Center. Please contact Rosemary Denshaw at sjndisabilityadvocate@gmail.com or by phone: 717-209-2362 no later than March 1st to register. Cost of the program is $20.00.

If you or a family member or friend is disabled and needs assistance to more fully participate in the life of our parish, please contact our Parish Advocate for Disabled Parishioners, Richard Swartz at Richard.Swartz.Law@comcast.net or 717-979-0770.

Rest in Peace Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and all the souls

of the faithful departed rest in peace.

Earl Samuel Shelley, Jr., Barbara Gross & Robert Jones

MEALS ON WHEELS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR MARCH!

Seven Sorrows Parish is responsible for delivery of meals during the month of March, on a Monday thru Friday basis for the Meals on Wheels program. The meals are picked up at 8:45AM at the First Church of God, 245 W. High Street, Middletown. A total of 4 volunteers (2 drivers & 2 runners) are required each day. Volunteers will be provided with a list of names, addresses and directions for their particular route. Delivery of each route requires approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours. If you can help in anyway, please call the “Meals on Wheels” Coordinator, Mickey Zanzinger at 717-944-0321 or a sign up sheet will be available in the Narthex for the next several weeks.

The flowers located at the pulpit this weekend are given in loving memory of Dolores Stichter, by her

husband Richard and family.

SEVEN SORROWS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 17057 February 24, 2019

Men of Seven Sorrows BVM: WHEREVER YOU ARE IN YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE, CHRIST WANTS TO ENCOUNTER YOU RIGHT THERE, AND TAKE YOU EVEN FURTHER.

THAT MAN IS YOU. Come and join us for coffee, donuts and fellowship on Saturday mornings in the school cafeteria. If interested in becoming a part of TMIY contact Matt Sheaffer at sheaf418@comcast.net. or call 717-319-9065 to register.

PEANUT BUTTER UPDATE!

Total jars donated to date: 787

We collect all the way up to Holy Week!! (Jif Creamy– 40oz and 48oz Jars)

I can’t even begin to tell you how much this helps us!!

Thank you so much!

TIGERS AND BEARS...OH MY! Come and see the Hershey Bears vs. Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Saturday, March 16th! Game is sponsored as Faith & Family Night at the Giant Center.

Groups of 15 or more receive discounted pricing: 100 Level Seating $21.50 (Originally $29.00) 200 Level Seating $16.00 (Originally $23.00)

Please make checks payable to Seven Sorrows or St. Peter Parish when dropping off your money order to either Parish Office. *Registration and money orders due by: February 20th!

Contact Molly Lahr, Youth Director, to get your tickets!

Prison Ministry Volunteers Needed: Catholic men and women volunteers for prison ministry team, about 3 hours monthly for visiting Dauphin County Prison (Wednesday evenings & Saturday mornings), Camp Hill Prison (Friday & Saturday mornings) and Keystone Work Release (Sunday afternoons). No experience necessary, orientation to be scheduled. Prison Christian Growth Group (PCGG). Info at: http://www.pcggprisonministry.org/ or contact Bob Ribic at: bobribic2@yahoo.com or call 717-571-4217.

MATH TEACHER– Seven Sorrows BVM Catholic School is seeking a Part-time 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Academic Math Teacher for the 2019-2020 school year. All applicants must complete the Harrisburg Diocese Professional Employment Application, have references, and complete the proper clearances. To be considered for an interview, applicants must also provide a pastor

letter. If interested please email a cover letter and resume to Mrs. Rebecca Harvey at rharvey@ssbvm.org or call us at 717-944-5371.

The Application Packet found on the Diocesan website must be completed and submitted. Please see the link below: https://www.hbgdiocese.org/catholic-schools/employment-applications/

“Turn your worry into worship and watch God turn your battles into blessings.”

AFRAID YOU’LL MEET JESUS AT EUCHARISTIC ADORATION?

In the silence of a Holy Hour, He may just be there waiting for you.

A few years ago my wife was leading a bible study on the Theology of the Body at our local Dominican parish, St. Thomas Aquinas. A couple of weeks before Christmas due to her having a cold on the scheduled night for the study, I myself bundled up and trekked out into the snow to lead the study in her place.

Due to the snow, the vigil mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, and little bit of scheduling confusion, only one other person showed up. As a result, I and the other gentleman only stuck very loosely to my wife’s discussion points about “Christ as the new Adam” and ended up simply pursuing tangents and enjoying our conversation. Somehow or another, we ended up talking lengthily about our love for and wonderful experiences of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. For those who might not be familiar, Eucharistic Adoration or Benediction is the practice of “adoring” Our Lord in the Eucharist. Our Lord Jesus Christ, present to us as the consecrated bread and wine, is placed on the altar in the church. The faithful come to pray, worship and adore Him in this Blessed Sacrament. It was moving, to say the least, to find myself on a cold snowy night sitting in the conference room of the parish center, sipping coffee and listening to this gentleman – many years my senior – share his love for the devotion.

It came into the conversation that Eucharistic Adoration could be very inspiring and invigorating to lukewarm believers, as it had often been to both of us. We observed that the faith was, for many of our fellow parishioners, little more than a habit. Many were very involved with the parish, but few seemed to really know Jesus Christ. It was great to see people involved with the liturgies and events – to see new members being received into the Church and receiving the sacraments for the first time. However so many of them seemed to pass quickly through the various programs and initiations only to settle into a comfortable, complacent “Sunday morning at 10:00″ Catholicism.

One reason we decided upon for this rut was that many people who became active in the church had not previously come to know Jesus Christ – in fact maybe they never even knew that they could have a personal relationship with their God or that that was the kind of relationship He wanted.

These misconceptions are unfortunate ones. The Catholic faith is tasked with making Christ present in the world, making Him present in the sacraments. Yet many people to go through all the programs, prayers, and motions and somehow miss the person of Christ, the most important part of the faith. Even among those Catholics who attend the holy sacrifice of the mass every week, there are still many who would balk or stare at their feet were the doctrine of the “real presence” of Christ in the Eucharist explained in their midst.

With all this in mind we conjectured that Eucharistic adoration, if we were able to get people to attend, could be particularly effective in trying to fill in that crucial gap in the faith lives of many Catholics in our community. The devotion is unique and powerful in the simple and frank way in which it faces the participant with the presence of Christ. In addition, the meditative silence that usually accompanies a Holy Hour is uniquely purifying. We agreed that more people ought to be persuaded – nay, dared – to try a Holy Hour.

In fact our conversation confirmed what I have thought for a while: Not just that Adoration is a great devotion (for the obvious reasons) but that it is a particularly great devotion for the souls of modern men and women (for slightly less obvious reasons). It is my opinion that Eucharistic Adoration could be that spark that finally starts thawing a few of our many “frozen chosen”. —JonMarc Grodi/Dec 04, 2014

SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

MINISTER, LECTOR, ALTAR SERVER SCHEDULE

March 2nd & 3rd

5:30PMG. Mackarevich, D. McNulty, R. McNulty, R. Rowe,K.Shreiner

8:00AM L. Christner, C. McQuaid, K. Neely, N. Nezovich

10:30AM S. Bell, J. Fornadley, B. Fortunato, R. Goles, S. Spadone

LECTORS:

5:30PM J. Lawruk

8:00AM J. Stene

10:30AM K. Orfanelli

ALTAR SERVERS

5:30PM C. Adragna, K. Taggart, K. Thear, R. Thear

8:00AM G. Arnold, H. Arnold, F. Astfalk, M. Astfalk 10:30AM L. Carnes, P. Carnes, E. Attivo, P. Attivo

Barb Potochick, Julie Kowalski, Paul Steere, Joan Martin, Charlotte Kovalchik, Susan Rudman, Meg Rowe,

Bernice Wilsbach, Richard Woodworth

FINANCIAL UPDATE

Offertory income for the week ending:

2/16/-2/17- $8,196.00

ROSARY OF SEVEN SORROWS LEADER SCHEDULE

March 2nd & 3rd 5:30 PM P. Varankar 8:00 AM L. Fortunato

10:30 AM T. Via

SCRIP VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE

March 2nd & 3rd

5:30 PM S. Demko 8:00 AM C. Astfalk

10:30 AM L. Bell

COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN NEWS

SCRIP TIP OF THE WEEK

GOD’S HOUSEKEEPERS THIS WEEK

Stay tuned!!!

If school is closed due to inclement weather the meeting will be canceled.

March 4th– CCW Meeting 7:00PM, Drexel Room

March 7th– Dauphin District Meeting at St. Joan of Arc, 7:00PM

LA SANTA MESSA PER LA FESTA DI SAN GIUSEPPE ITALIAN MASS FOR THE FEAST OF SAINT JOSEPH

WHEN: Sunday, March 17th TIME: 1:00PM PLACE: Church of the Holy Spirit 300 West Pine Street Palmyra 17078 CELEBRANTS: Reverend Joshua R. Brommer Reverend Anthony Dill

Through the generosity of the Collura and Manzella families we will have a traditional Saint Joseph Altar created in the social

hall. The Italian Apostolate Ministry Committee will provide a dinner reception after Mass.

For more information please contact: MARIA DISANTO at 717-554-5698 or email: disanto1@comcast.net or

MARIELLA AMATO at 717-278-9420

There will be a Charismatic Mass with Prayers for Healing on Tuesday, March 5th at 7:00PM at St. Theresa Church, 1300 Bridge St., New Cumberland. Reverend Donald H. Bender, Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes, Enola will be the Celebrant. All are welcome. For more information, contact Loretta at 717-737-7551 or Mary Ann at 717-564-7709

MARRIAGE ANNULMENTS

The Tribunal of the Diocese of Harrisburg will be giving 2 presentations within the diocese concerning marriage, divorce and annulment according to Church teaching. These presentations will be helpful for divorced Catholics, those divorced who wish to marry Catholics, those parish leaders involved in the RCIA process and any others who may have a vested interest because of family or friends.

March 21st– St. Joseph Parish, York, 7:00PM March 25th– Diocesan Conference Center, Harrisburg, 7:00PM

No prior registration is required. For further information, please call 717-657-4804, extension 304, or email: tribunal@hbgdiocese.org.

Interfaith Council Food Bank Drive March 9th & 10th

These items are needed:

Syrup & pancake mix, canned tuna, canned soups and broth, canned vegetables & fruit, jello, pudding, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, canned tomato products (diced, stewed, crushed), cans of chili, beef stew, spaghettioes, ravioli, condiments such as ketchup, mustard, mayo and pickles, boxes of cereal, soap bars , toilet paper and other paper products.

Thank you in advance for your donation!

THANK YOU! With your support and generosity, our parish was one of the eight which took part in the Souper Bowl Sunday Soup Sale. A total of 1300 quarts of homemade soup were donated from soup makers

throughout the Diocese. Sales in eight parishes totaled $14,136.00. At Seven Sorrows we sold 124 quarts and raised $1,127.00. Your donations benefited the Homes for Healing of Catholic Charities. THANK YOU so very much for all your support in making and purchasing soup!

BAPTISM CLASS The NEXT baptism class will be held on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13TH at 6:30PM in the Rectory Meeting Room. All first time parents and those who have not attended a class within the last three years are required to attend. Call the parish office at 717-944-3133 to register for the class.

“Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.”—Elizabeth Andrew

The Funeral Luncheon Ministry is in need of several persons to organize luncheons for funerals on a rotating basis. Please notify the parish office at

717-944-3133 if you would be interested to help with this most important ministry.

SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FAMILY CONNECTION

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Green)

Greetings,

It is easy to choose to be with others when they are acting politely and respectfully. But children do not always act this way, especially with other family

members. We can probably all recall a family meal in which such behavior was not observed. Yet we probably chose to sit through the meal anyway. We regularly give our children second chances—and often third and fourth chances—hoping that our generosity will be rewarded. That is how God acts with us. The ethic that Jesus describes seems like an impossible task: to give when asked and to do good to those who hate us. Yet family life is filled with opportunities to act generously and to love without measure. This is what we parents try to do every day. This is what we ask our children to learn. We are reminded that when we love generously and gratuitously, we love as God loves us. This is the meaning of mercy. As you gather as a family, identify some things that family members are expected to do each day (prepare meals, go to school or work; complete homework assignments, complete household chores, behave appropriately at school, at work and at home; and so on). Discuss whether it is easy to live up to these expectations. Why or why not? (Source “Sunday Connection” Loyola Press) REMINDER: March 6th is “Ash Wednesday” Mass. All students will report to the church by 6:45PM. Attendance will be taken. Your child/children will be released after Mass. All parents and guardians are encouraged to attend. Pax Christi, Ray

YOUTH MINISTRY

We’re called to be witnesses, not lawyers or judges.

Contact Information, Molly Lahr, Youth Ministry Director, at 717-856-6840 or ignite@ssbvm.org

MADE FOR MORE-VISIONS OF THE PROMISED LAND

DATE: Tuesday, April 2nd TIME: 7:00-9:30PM LOCATION: Bishop McDevitt High School (1 Crusader Way, Harrisburg 17111) High School students are invited to join Molly Lahr, Youth Director, to learn about Saint John Paul II’s Theology of the Body through live music, art and presentation. Contact Molly Lahr to get your tickets! Students are responsible for their own transportation because parking will be limited! Please make checks payable to Seven Sorrows or St. Peter Parish when dropping off your money order to either Parish Office. *Registration and money orders due by February 27th!

STUEBENVILLE CONFERENCE

Summer 2019

FYI: Any student (graduating 8th grader to upcoming senior in high school) who missed

Steubenville Summer Conference meeting, there is a MAKE-UP MEETING on Thursday, February 28th from 7:00PM-8:00PM at Seven Sorrows Drexel Room.