TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

CITY CENTER PARISHES SAINT BENEDICT THE MOOR

CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY SAINT MARY OF MERCY 

CITY CENTER PARISH OFFICE 164 Washington Place Pi sburgh, PA 15219

www.divinemercypgh.org Reverend Christopher Donley, Administrator—cdonley@diopi .org

Reverend John Odeyemi, Parochial Vicar—jodeyemi@diopi .org Deacon Samuel Toney—stoney@diopi .org

In Residence : Rev. Edward Bryce Monsignor Ronald Lengwin Rev. Augus ne Wayii

    Business Manager—Chuck Goetz Email: cgoetz@divinemercypgh.org Music and Mission Minister—Noah Pepmeyer Email: noahpepmeyer@gmail.com

SAINT BENEDICT THE MOOR 91 Crawford Steet Pi sburgh, PA 15219 Phone: 412-281-3141 Fax: 412-471-1345 Email: sbtmoffice@verizon.net

Safe Environment - Priscilla Davis Music - Antonia Long

CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY 164 Washington Place Pi sburgh, PA 15219 Phone: 412-471-0654 Fax: 412-471-1345 Email: office@divinemercypgh.org Secretary - Cindy Goetz Music - John Raevens

SAINT MARY OF MERCY 202 Stanwix Street Pi sburgh, PA 15222 Phone: 412-261-0110 Fax: 412-471-1345 Email: office@stmaryofmercy.org

Outreach Staff - Carole Clifford Music - Amanda Bruce, A.R. Valle a Red Door ‐ Heidi Po er Maintenance - Ray Krivanek

Welcome to our Parish Family, Ms. Kathleen O’Leary (Church of the Epiphany) Congratula ons to our newly married couples, Cathy Le and George O’Connor (Church of the Epiphany) Marie Carroll and Christopher Curran (Church of the Epiphany) 9/14-9/15-All Weekend Masses , there will be speakers presen ng informa on regarding the “40 Days for Life” event.

New Parish Office Hours

Monday-Friday 9:00AM-4:00PM City Center Parish Assemblies Sunday, September 15 Saint Benedict the Moor Church Noon

Wednesday, September 18 Church of the Epiphany Parish Hall (Below Church) 6:30 PM

RSVP to fr.wayiiaugustine@ yahoo.com or dianajames@gmail.com

As we con nue to look toward becoming One Parish in Christ in January, two assemblies have been scheduled in our “Grouping”; one at Saint Benedict the Moor Church on Sunday, September 15th at Noon and another in the Church Hall under Epiphany Church on Wednesday, September 18th at 6:30 PM. The exact same informa on will be presented at both assemblies so there is no need to a end both. You may be wondering what you will hear at these mee ngs. It is important to review how we got to this point in the On Mission process so there will be a brief review of the efforts over the last few years that have led us to where we are today. We will then review what will be happening over the next few months which you have already seen on the “ meline” boards that are displayed in each church. A full discussion of the demographics of our three parishes such as the number of registered members, the number of sacraments that have been celebrated over the last year, where our members live, etc., as well as the finances of each parish will be reviewed. The process of arriving at a recommenda on to Bishop Zubik for our new parish name will be discussed as well as how we plan to con nue to respect the history of all three parishes moving forward. The mee ng will conclude a er me is given for ques ons and answers from those in a endance. To respect everyone’s me, the mee ng will last ninety (90) minutes.

Please con nue to trust in God and pray for the success of the On

Mission process in our parishes!

BECOMING ONE PARISH

Please pray for those who have requested our prayers: Jerry Barry, Laurie Bozik, Robert Dougherty, William Egger, Richard Gazzam, Katherine Gross, Margaret Hurney, Marva Josie, D.M.K., Barbara Kuhn, F.M.M., Jessie Marsh, Patricia Morra, Daniel Murphy, Dennis Murphy, Jus n Murphy, Jean O’Hanlon, Mary Ann Pacini, Clara Jane Roy, Marianne Wisdom Oines, C.Z.R., Sr. Mary Ann Troup, Elsie Urban, Bill Vergot, Derrick Gardener, Leah Lindenfelser, Diane and Jim Foley, Elizabeth Kochin

CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist, Lectors and Ushers are needed on Sundays at the 9 AM and 5 PM Masses. Please contact Pat Wilson at 412-527-0465 for more informa on.

***All volunteers must be in compliance with the Diocesan Safe Environment Policy. ***

SAINT MARY OF MERCY

Television Ministry Saint Mary of Mercy’s daily noon Mass is televised and can be viewed seven days a week on Comcast channel 95 in the Greater Pi sburgh area or at www.chris anassociatestv.org.

OFFERTORY Weekday 8/26-8/30 - $1,204.05

First Collection - $1,907.63 Red Door Ministry Collection - $1,473.01

Red Door Ministry: Those in need can receive a bagged lunch Monday through Saturday from 10:30 AM-11:30 AM The actual Red Door is located on the Boulevard of the Allies. New Hours Tuesday - Friday 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM and 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

OFFERTORY First Collection - $1792.52

Second Collection - $326.40

A business woman walking by the Red Door politely asked a young man who was the first in line wai ng for a lunch, "Do they do this everyday?" Recognizing that he didn't hear her ques on, she asked a li le louder a second me, "Do they do this everyday?" Upon realizing that the ques on was being posed to him, Jus n answered with convic on, "Everyday but Sunday and I don't know what I would do without it." She thanked him for the answer to her ques on as tears filled her eyes. As she walked away, it was obvious her heart had been moved with compassion. The following day, the same woman approached with a gentle smile and asked one of the volunteers how she could make a dona on. It's an amazing gi to be a part of something much bigger than oneself. In the case of the Red Door ministry, to be the hands and feet of Christ ministering to those most in need of nourishment, a sense of hope, and a presence of love on the corner of Stanwix Street and Boulevard of the Allies. Truly we are all in this together, and in this, please accept our deepest gra tude for your loving support, dona ons, encouragement, and prayers. At the end of August, we served lunches to a record number of 240 people in one day. Let us thank God together for His con nual provision and infinite mercy that rests upon each and every one of us everyday... even Sunday. “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgo en that we belong to each other.” – St. Teresa

of Calcu a

40 Days for Life Kick-off Event

Date: September 24, 2019 Place: Church of the Epiphany Time: 6:00PM Event Informa on: Immediately following is a prayer procession to Planned Parenthood. You can protect mothers and children by joining this worldwide mobiliza on to pray and fast for an end to abor on! Through prayer and fas ng, peaceful vigils and community outreach, 40 Days for Life has inspired 1,000,000 volunteers!

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

I learned a very valuable lesson, and it is that

we should not ever look up at a person or

judge them by the color of their skin, that’s

the lesson I have learned in first grade. In

late 1960, a six year old girl stepped into the

school where she a ended her first grade all

alone, this courageous black child paved the

way for the integra on of schools at the

troubled mes of New Orleans. Ruby Nell

Bridges, now a civil rights ac vist, was the

one among six young African American

children to integrate an all-white school in

the American South.

SAINT BENEDICT THE MOOR

BIRTHDAYS Roderick Rutherford Jr. 9/8 Brenda Glenn 9/13 Sister Jean Uzupis 9/10 Sister Donna Cronauer 9/14 Pamela Ebo 9/11 Derone Burrow 9/14 Harold W. Lee 9/12

PRAYER LIST...KEEPING FOLKS BEFORE THE LORD Be y Bell, Gordon Bullard, Edward Davis, Dolores Denton, Carol Derewcz, Grace Dixon-Kizzie, Patricia Ellis, Debra Foster, Woody Frazier, Ann Fultz, Richard Gazzam, Janet Glass, Brenda Glenn, Helena Harris, Harold G. Heim, Jr., Osaruyi Osasere Igbineweka, Billy Jenkins, Sandra Johnson, Sean Kraus, Tiffany Livsey, Aisha Lado, Andrew Lyke, Ruth McCartney, Sherry McGinnis, Todd Ma ei, Be y Muse, Josephine O’Connor, Ira Ri er Sr., Mary Samuels, Genevieve Sanford, Debbie Sturm, Vincent Tucker, Barbara Tucker, Lyle Williams, Margaret, Leslie Wilson, Regina Zelik, FMM, DMK, Vic ms of Abuse

SAINT BENEDICT THE MOOR SCHOOL

St. Benedict the Moor School celebrated our first day of the 2019-2020 school year, on Tuesday, August 27, 2019.

Old and new students alike dressed in full St. Benedict the Moor uniform, smiles on their faces, carrying new back-packs full of school supplies, and ready for the challenges of the new school year. As they entered the auditorium, they were greeted by Mrs. Joelynn Parham, our interim Principal, as well as their teachers, who were sta oned at various parts of the auditorium. We are off to a great

start! We ask that you keep us all in prayer as we are

dedicated to providing an inclusive and holis c educa onal

environment that promotes the spiritual, moral, intellectual,

cultural, emo onal and physical development of each student.

PRO-LIFE KICKOFF EVENT Fall Kick-off Event. Tuesday, September 10 at 6:30 PM in Clairvaux Hall (underneath St. Bernard Church in Mt. Lebanon) 311 Washington Road, Pi sburgh. Doors open at 6:30PM for Pro-life resource Fair, 30 minute documentary at 7:30 followed by Melissa's tes mony. The event features speaker Melissa Coles, the birth mother from the 30-minute documentary "I Lived on Parker Avenue."

Saint Benedict the Moor School and Community News

OFFERTORY 8/25/19 is $3,496.00

EMMAUS RETREAT FOR WOMEN October 11-13, 2019 in the beau ful, historic St. Paul of the Cross Passionist Retreat Center, this weekend provides women a safe and comfortable environment in which to recognize Jesus in their everyday lives and renew their rela onships with the Lord, through both personal reflec on and listening to other women share their own life experiences. You will leave the retreat renewed and refreshed! Space is limited. Financial Assis-tance is available. Register by September 20, so your name is included in the "early bird" raffle! For more info, email 115HabourKey@gmail.com or call Theresa Zingrone at 412-287-5295.

Calling all CCD candidates, CCD will be star ng in October a er mass. We will need a list of candidates, who are inter-ested in receiving their Faith Forma on through our parish. Classes will be twice a month. We are also looking for Catechists, who love God’s children and willing to teach God’s word and work with them to know and share Christ’s love. Please call church office @ 412-281-3141.

CONFESSIONS: CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY Monday and Friday 11:15 AM-11:45 AM SAINT MARY OF MERCY Monday through Friday 11:00 AM-11:45 AM NOVENAS: CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY Saint Rita, Mondays a er 12:05 PM Mass Sorrowful Mother, Fridays a er 12:05 PM Mass SAINT BENEDICT THE MOOR Begins 9 weeks prior to Feast Day after Sunday Mass SAINT MARY OF MERCY Miraculous Medal, Mondays after 12:00 noon Mass

Saturday, September 7 Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Noon Saint Mary of Mercy Members of the Michalski Family †

2:00 PM Church of the Epiphany Wedding of Caroline Rogi and Robert Quinn

4:00 PM Church of the Epiphany Wedding of Kara Bozick and Gary Specht

4:00 PM Saint Mary of Mercy Mary Sherwood † (Peg Sherwood)

Sunday, September 8 USA, Saint Peter Claver, Priest

8:00 AM Saint Mary of Mercy Members of the Michalski Family †

9:00 AM Church of the Epiphany Giuseppe Ba aglia † (Ba aglia Family)

10:30 AM Saint Benedict the Moor Morris Staty † (Simone Hickey)

10:30 AM Saint Mary of Mercy August and Frances Beck Families †

5:00 PM Church of the Epiphany Pat Krivanek † (Family)

Monday, September 9

6:30 AM Saint Mary of Mercy Dorthy Schnabel †

7:30 AM Saint Mary of Mercy Catherine A Weiss † (Daughter)

Noon Saint Mary of Mercy Ellen Marie Brosnan †

12:05 PM Church of the Epiphany In Thanksgiving to Saint Jude (Myrna Dlacich)

Tuesday, September 10

6:30 AM Saint Mary of Mercy Betrose and Petriga Families †

7:30 AM Saint Mary of Mercy Connie Vaskov + (Gina Hu on)

Noon Saint Mary of Mercy Ellen Brosnan †

12:05 PM Church of the Epiphany Max McFarren † (Steve Critchlow)

Wednesday, September 11

6:30 AM Saint Mary of Mercy Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Wheeler Anniversary

7:30 AM Saint Mary of Mercy Arleen E. Kern †

Noon Saint Mary of Mercy Ellen Marino † (Eileen and Joe Sisca)

12:05 PM Church of the Epiphany Theresa, Louis Sr. and Louis Jr. Costen no

Thursday, September12 The Most Holy Name of Mary

6:30 AM Saint Mary of Mercy McConnell Family † (Rodgers Family)

7:30 AM Saint Mary of Mercy John and Veronica Gajdosik † (B. Gajdosik)

Noon Saint Mary of Mercy Vincent and Rose Sweeny †

12:05 PM Church of the Epiphany Derek Gardner (Francis Magnelli)

Friday, September 13 Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

6:30 AM Saint Mary of Mercy Maha Basil † (Eugene and Bernade e Berestecky)

7:30 AM Saint Mary of Mercy Danny Morgan † (Bud and Karen Burke)

Noon Saint Mary of Mercy Robert Adley † (Aileen Adley)

12:05 PM Church of the Epiphany People of The Church of the Epiphany

Saturday, September 14 The Exalta on of the Holy Cross

Noon Saint Mary of Mercy Salvatore Gaetano DiBacco † (Godmother/Aunt Gracey DeIuliis)

4:00 PM Church of the Epiphany Wedding of Leslie Sosovicka and Robert Bock

4:00 PM Saint Mary of Mercy William Chris e †

Sunday, September 15 Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 AM Saint Mary of Mercy Nicolas Melucci †

9:00 AM Church of the Epiphany Luigi Pacini † (Mary Ann Pacini)

10:30 AM Saint Benedict the Moor Deceased Hickey Family † (Simone Hickey)

10:30 AM Saint Mary of Mercy David Stabile †

5:00 PM Church of the Epiphany Helena Gawlowska † (Mr. and Mrs. Robert Anisko)