11 Feb 2018 Most Blessed Sacrament 610-845-2460

www.mbsbally.org 610 Pine Street, Bally PA Pastor: Father Adam Sedar

Email: pateradam3@mbsbally.org Office hours daily are from 8:30am-3:30pm

In the summer Monday thru Thursday. Closed Friday.

Don’t forget Mark Your Calendars

Lent Begins this year

On Ash Wednesday

February 14 2018

See Page 2

for Schedule

Lenten Parish Mission

FEBRUARY 18- 21 2018 7 PM PRAYER SERVICE EACH EVENING

CONFESSIONS 6 PM-6:30 PM EACH EVENING MASS AT 8 AM EACH MORNING

In a real sense the Lenten road to Easter is a

microcosm of our pilgrimage to eternity! Our Restless Hearts Need God’s GPS

From Here to Eternity! with Fr. Denis Wilde, OSA, Associate

Director – Priests for Life Daily Themes: Sunday-Where is that GPS when I need it? Our destiny is mapped with the compass of Conscience and Creed. Monday- That GPS is handed on to us! Our Church lavishes Sacraments to set our eternal bearings. Tuesday- People of Life leave no one by the wayside! All lives matter – born and unborn –rescued, welcomed and revered on the Way. Wednesday- Our Life, Our Sweetness and Our Hope! Our Lady points us to her Son, the Way on our journey, Who in turn offers Truth and Life forever!

Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament all day Tuesday Wine and Cheese social Wednesday after the last service

“A leper came to

Jesus and kneeling

down begged him

and said, "If you

wish, you can make me clean."

Mark 1:

40-45

All Guests and New

Parishioners are

Most Welcome! You can register at our parish on line

at: www.mbsbally.org

www.allentowndiocese.org

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SACRAMENT OF

RECONCILIATION

CONFESSIONS: Monday 6:00-6:30 pm. Saturday 3:15-4:00pm.

6th Sunday

Ordinary Time

Mission Statement: “We are called through Baptism to lead a Holy Life and spread the Good News of Jesus Christ…”

Please Pray for all in our Armed Services ISSN Keith Essig, SGT Jeffrey Ferry, CPT. Kevin Bergan, SGT Brad Kline, USMC 2nd Lt. Peter C. Fisher, SPC Daniel Saylor, CPL Matt Renner, PSC Derrick Avant, SPC Michael Greaves, SGT Vince Sodano, Chief Noah W. Ziegler, MAJ Jeremy Bushyager, SGT Eddie Pierce, CAPT Justin Knepp, PFC Sam S. Myers, Lt. 1st Class Heather Cupitt, Staff SGT Eric J. Crews, Staff SGT, Anthony Lucarelli, MAJ Michael O’Kane, SSG Antonio Rivera, Airman 1st Class Andrew Gerard, SSgt. Michael Viola, Douglas Philip Murray, Staff SGT J.T. Walters, Lt. Justin Hazlett, MSTR SGT Jason Robbins, CPT Tylara Romero, 2nd LT Konrad Thaler, Midshipman Piper Thaler, David Stavish, Capt, USN, Joseph Stavish, Cdr, USN, SPC James O’ Connor, Markus De Larantus, Navy, PFC USMC Emily Gehringer ENS Alex Viola Staff SGT Megan Crews

“Lord, hold our troops in Your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the self-less acts that they perform for us in our time of need. I ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Amen.”

MASS INTENTIONS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12 6:30 PM—Brian Holmstock, by George TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 8:00 AM—Living & Deceased Relatives & and Friends of Henry & Rosemary Buehner WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 7:00 AM—Donald Gehringer, Sr., by the Estate 9:00 AM—In Celebration of Joseph & Anna Mae Melcher’s 65th Wedding Anniversary, Mike & Cindy Repko 7:00 PM--SERVICE ONLY WITH ASHES – No Mass FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 8:00 AM—Meg Britt, by the Estate SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 8:00 AM—Msgr. Joseph Dooley 4:30 PM—Daniel Bauer, by Earl & Grace Ziegler SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18 6:00 AM—Christopher Marinelli, by Michael & Susan Nitroy 7:30 AM—People of Most Blessed Sacrament Parish 10:15 AM-Deceased Members of the LeRoy Koch Family, by Priscilla Melcher

PRAYFUL INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

LEGION OF MARY Tuesday evening at 7:00 PM.

MASS CARDS To schedule a Mass please stop by the Rectory Office

between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Mon-Thurs.

PRAY FOR OUR PRIESTS

Mon Feb 12—Fr. Marian Paskowicz Tue Feb 13—Fr. John Paul Wed Feb 14—Deceased Priests Thur Feb 15—Fr. Gregory Pendergraft Fri Feb 16—Fr. John Pendzick Sat Feb 17—Fr. Dominic Pham Sun Feb 18—Fr. Quyet Pham

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Every Tuesday from 8:30am-6:30 pm

Followed by Benediction and Miraculous Medal Novena

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Readings for Sunday, February 11, 2018 LV 13:1-2, 44-46

1 COR 10: 31—11: 1 MARK 1: 40-45

UPCOMING EVENTS!! Sunday, February 11th Happy Valentine’s Day!! Monthly Meeting - 12:30—2:00 pm Light lunch provided. Let Heather know if you will be coming. Finish selling goodies upstairs then come on down! Please note the time change above! Friday, February 23rd BEAR CREEK: Tubing, Skiing & Snow Boarding 5:00—10:00 pm Prices will be sent in an email. Sign up by Feb. 5th- no exceptions! Family, friends and those with season passes are also welcome! Mission Trip deposits DUE! If you are planning to come on the Mission Trip to Cumberland, MD in June, your deposits were due back in December. There are still 9 spots left. Any questions about this trip, please contact Heather. Steubenville deposits DUE! If you are planning on attending Steubenville in July, please turn your deposits in by February 1st. Any questions about this trip, please contact Heather Heather Shainline is our Director of our vibrant Youth Group. She can be reached at: youthgroup@stcolumbkill.org

Youth Group (7th-12th Grades) St. Francis Academy

St. Francis Academy 610 Pine Street Bally, PA 19503 http://www.sfabally.org/ Feb. 14 - Ash Wednesday Liturgy 9:00- Kick Off for Annual Magazine Drive Feb. 16 - NO School Liturgy It’s time for Jump Rope for Heart. The students have collected donations for the American Heart Association, and now they will do their part by jumping in gym class.

Grades 3-8 will jump on Monday, Feb. 12. Grades K-2 will jump on Friday, Feb. 16.

NO MORE PAPER RECYCLING, PLEASE in the school parking lot. Reminder-Registration and re-registration for the 2018-19 school year is taking place now. Any questions, please call school 610-845-7364. Mark you calendars for Home and School Association Designer Bag Bingo on March 5. Please continue to save your Redner’s receipts and BoxTops for Education for the school. Plastic cash is sold at MBS after all Sunday masses and through school on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

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ASH WEDNESDAY February 14 7:00 PM—Robert Houk – Matthew Graczyk STATIONS OF THE CROSS February 16 7:00 PM—Thomas & Philip Heid – Marlena Agricoli SATURDAY February 17 4:30 PM—Zane, Shae & Quinn Alderfer SUNDAY-February 18 6:00 AM—Volunteer 7:30 AM—Devon & Brayden Richard - Liam Cunningham 10:15 AM-Theresa Patterson – Hayden Shields – Giovanni Cavaliere STATIONS OF THE CROSS February 23 7:00 PM-Alicia & Makayla Jones

Altar Servers

YOUTH HUMOR OF THE WEEK

The CCD teacher was teaching her students in class about the nature of sin and that there were two kinds of sin, both mortal and venial sin. This was leading up to the children’s going to their first Confession. She then asked the class, “Can you tell me what we must do before we can expect forgiveness of sin?” Johnnie raised his hand and she said, “Yes, Johnnie? And Johnnie said (Drum roll) “We must first...sin!”

And the teacher could only smile :)

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Fr. Adam’s Corner

Dear Parishioners:

Lent is fast approaching! Sorry for those who are looking forward to some chocolate sweets for St. Valentine’s Day, but this year the 14th is Ash Wednesday. Don’t worry, those sweets will be even better if you save them until the next day or maybe even Easter! Are you working on that personal plan for Lent? I hope so and remember there are many opportunities here in the parish to help make this Lent the best one yet. Some things you may want to include in your Lenten plan: Daily Mass, which during Lent will be followed by the public praying of the Chaplet of Di-vine Mercy; Tuesday Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament, with Benediction at 6:30PM every week; Stations of the Cross every Friday at 7PM; confes-sions from 6-6:45PM each Friday; a daily visit to the Blessed Sacrament; making use of our parish sub-scription to Formed, a fantastic Catholic website, re-member all you have to do is go to formed.org and use our parish code: 6MT3PW, from there you can create your own username and passcode; come to our Sunday Lenten presentation and discussion, on the second to fifth Sundays of Lent from 11:30-12:30. And remember that we have our Parish Lenten Mission, Our Restless Hearts Need God’s GPS From Here to Eternity! with Fr. Denis Wilde, OSA, from February 18-21 at 7PM each evening. You can get daily reflections for Lent on the Formed website and we’ll also have some booklets available. There is al-so a weekly program on Formed for preparing to par-ticipate in Mass every Sunday, I’d recommend you check this out. This program offers reflections on the readings and personal (or small group) prayer guides for the whole week. Well, that is certainly a lot to keep us moving during this Lenten Season. I pray that it will be for all of us a season of great grace and renewal in our identity as disciples of our Lord. I pray that our parish will become even more centered on the real presence of Our Lord in the Holy Eucha-rist. Every week I will offer my personal Formed “pick of the week”. This week it is “Guadalupe, the Miracle and the Message”, which you can find under Docu-mentaries, and was produced by the Knights of Co-lumbus. Check it out! Peace Fr. Adam

PASCHAL CANDLE If you are interested in memorializing our annual Paschal Candle, please contact Cindy in our Parish Office at: 610-845-2460. The Candle is a symbol of the Risen Christ and the Light of Christ that forever overcomes the darkness of sin and death. FISH FRY NEWS See you at the Fish Fry February 16th!!! Bring your friends and your appetites. Baked goods can be dropped off at carnival building on Thursday or Friday morning. Extra menus available at the back of Church for you to take to your workplace. Delivery available to local businesses for the lunch orders. Volunteers needed each Thursday, Friday and Saturday of each fish fry. Never too late to volun-teer! Margaret at 610-248-2171. Mchova1084@gmail.com. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED We need more volunteers to serve as ushers at our weekend Masses. We need 3 or 4 taking up the collection on the floor and at least 1 in the loft. If you can help, please see one of our ushers before Mass. You can call the parish office, too. Remember many hands make lighter and happier work. STEWARDSHIP

Sunday Collection for January 28, 2018 $8,789.00

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS: Joseph Martignetti, father of John and Jim, who died recently that he may rest in the eternal peace and love of Christ. BINGO CREW #2 Caller: Lorraine Levitsky Floor: Help Needed Kitchen: Donna Gerhart-Wendy Miller Bakers: Mary Ann Garber-Doreen Eidle- Barbara Stahl BINGO Volunteers are needed, no experience necessary. Contact: Janice Szilli 610-987-8851.

UPCOMING News, Events and Ministry Information

PARISH STAFF Pastor - Father Adam Sedar Weekend Assistant - Father Kevin Bobbin Deacons - Thomas J. Murphy & Mike Boyle Administrative Assistant - Cindy Repko Financial Secretary - Sue Nitroy Parish School, St. Francis Academy - Deacon Thomas J. Murphy, Headmaster Preschool Teacher—Maria Crail Director of Religious Edu - Deacon Murphy RCIA Coordinator—Deacon Murphy

Parish News and Events

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: The names of the sick of our parish can be found on our website www.mbsbally.org. or in the Prayer Intention Book located at the side entrance of church. The sick are also remembered in the Inter-cessions at every Sunday Mass. BIBLE STUDY All are welcome to join us for Bible study every other Monday evening in Fr. Schneider Hall from 7-8:15 PM beginning The next meeting will be February 19, 2018, and every other week thereaf-ter. LENTEN SCHEDULE 2018 for MBS

Ash Wednesday, February 14th Ashes will be distributed at the 7:00 AM & 9 AM Masses, and a Prayer Service with Ash-es at 7 PM.

Every Tuesday, 8:30 AM - 6:30 PM Eucharistic Adoration. The Church and the world have a great need for Eucharistic worship. Jesus awaits us in this sacrament of love. Let us not refuse the time to go to meet him in adoration, in contempla-tion full of faith, and open to making amends for the serious offenses and crimes of the world. Let our adoration never cease. — Pope Saint John Paul II

Stations of the Cross-Friday evenings at 7:00 PM.

COLEBROOKDALE RAILROAD Join Peter Cottontail aboard the Colebrookdale Railroad for brunch on Saturday, March 24th at 11 AM. Chance tickets will be available after all the Masses beginning February 17th until the drawing on March 18th or at the Rectory 10AM – 2 PM Monday thru Friday. The Lucky winner will receive 4 tickets (2 adult and 2 Children) in the Dining Car. An arm length of tickets for $5 or 2 arm lengths for $10. Proceeds from this raffle will go towards the new roof behind the Museum.

News, Ministries & Organizations WIDOW & WIDOWERS GRIEF SUPPORT NO MEETING on FEB 11th for the next “REACH OUT.” Now rescheduled for FEB 25th at 1 p.m. in Fr. Schneider Hall at MBS. In life, thinks happen to us, more is expected of us and positive change can only happen by God’s work-ing through us. Our “Reach Out” sessions can help by bringing the tools needed to meet the challenges ahead. Call Deacon Mike at: 484-336-9849 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Most Blessed Sacrament Council # 16745 regular Council meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm in Father Schneider Hall. Men 18 years of age & older interested in the Knights of Columbus contact Joe Dusko Grand Knight email at jrdkoc16745@comcast.net or call 610-864-1163. KINIGHTS OF COLUMBUS BEEF & BEER When: Saturday, March 10, 2018. Where: St. Francis Academy Cafeteria. Price: $25 per person or $45 a couple. Tickets: 484-942-7443 or Kmillet6@comcast.net. Buy tickets online at: mbsbally.org LENTEN SCHEDULE AT ST. COLUMBKILL’S Ash Wednesday Mass at 6:30 AM, 9 AM, 4:30 PM & 7 PM. Daily Mass Monday - Friday at 9 AM. During Lent, an additional mass will be celebrated on Wednesday eve-nings at 7 PM and Thursday mornings at 6:30 AM. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Warm wishes to Joe and Anna Mae Melcher who will be celebrating their 65th Wedding Anniversary on February 14th.

PARISH STAFF Youth Ministry - Heather Shainline: youthgroup@stcolumbkill.org Adult Choir - Rob Zambanini Youth Choir—Fred Carr Diocesan Victim Assistance Coordinator Wendy S Krisak, MA, NCC, LPC Direct Line 800-791-9209 Diocesan Safe Environment Coord. - Sr. Meg Cole, SSJ,MS.LMFT, 610-332-0442, ext. 2019 mcole@allentowndiocese.org

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