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  • Why Must He Die?
    29.01.10
    The Teen Chorale of the TriCounty Choir Institute will  be presenting the Musical Passion Play “Why Must He Die?”.  It will be presented in 13 performances in churches of all denominations during this Lenten season. The twenty-four cast members include college to junior high students from 18 schools including: Aliquippa HS, Ambridge HS,  Avonworth Jr. & HS, Beaver Falls HS, ...
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  • Veritas Events
    18.11.09
    Essay Contest for 8th -12th grade!Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus and Veritas Youth!Topic: Role (responsibility) of a Catholic in our free Society.When: Starting now with a DEC. 20th deadline.Pick up a “Essay Contest Packet” at the rectory, on the Youth bulletin board or next to the Parish bulletins outside the sanctuary.CASH ,Certificates, quotes in our bulletin and other priz...
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  • OC Christmas Caroling
    18.11.09
    OC Christmas Caroling and PartyDecember 12, 2009Gathering Space - 6-8:30PM Attachments: FileDescription OC Christmas Caroling and Party.docDownload for complete information ...
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  • Thanksgiving Dinner
    14.11.09
    Two years ago we began what is becoming a St. James tradition. Our parish family will once again host a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. This will be our third Thanksgiving dinner for all those who might not have family joining them this year or might be eating alone. Come and join Fr. Dan and other parishioners as we give thanks for all God has given us. We will have sign up sheets on the bulleti...
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  • High School Coffee House and Game Night at Gilmary!
    03.11.09
    Saturday Nov. 7th, 7:30-10pm All are welcome!  (6:45 pm meet in St. James Gathering space to carpool) Hang out with friends and enjoy our POOL TABLE, FOOSBALL, AIR HOCKEY, OPEN GYM, CARD AND BOARD GAMES, LIVE  MUSIC, FOOD, and other kids from neighboring parishes, all in our newly renovated space at Gilmary!  All that’s missing is YOU! Bring a friend! Permission Slip Requi...
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  • Life Teen Bible Study
    03.11.09
    This isn’t your parent’s bible study! Come join other teens from around the area to have food, hang out and learn about our gifts and what Jesus tells us about life, love and everything else! Bring a friend! All are welcome! We already met a couple times this year and had fun, laughed and learned things we never knew about being a Christian.  Ask any question in a chilled out atmosphere!...
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  • OC Halloween Dance recap!
    03.11.09
    Over 75 kids had a blast, snacks, danced and won some best costume prizes at our biggest OC dance to date! Much thanks to our organizers and all who helped! All 6th, 7th and 8th graders and friends from all schools are welcome at all OC events! Check out the pictures of dancing and being with friends! We raised $310 for a family in need and charity from this event!...
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Prayer Requests

Remember the Sick

In this space each week, we will let you know who is sick in our parish and in need of prayers.

Please remember in your prayers:

  • Eleanor Skapik
  • Eleanor Farbo
  • Frank Wojtarowicz
  • Michael LoBello
  • Robert Sabatelle
  • Eleanor Paul
  • Robbie Hawranko
  • Sue Etters
  • Dolorita Harasin


...and those who have died


 

Remember those in the Military

  • Michael Mitchell (Army)
  • Col. Joseph Martin (Army)
  • Lt. Brian Naranjo (Coast Guard)
  • S.A. Melinda "Minny" Mowery
  • Col. Mark VanKooten (Air Force National Guard)
  • Captain Christopher Stepanek (Air Force)
  • Lt. Jaymie Stepanek (Air Force)
  • Lt. Col. Bryan J. O’Neill (Air Force) 
  • Jonathan & David Miller (Air Force Academy)
  • Captain Matthew J. DiGiacomo (Army)
  • Austin Kisow (Marines)
  • Ben & Sam Rinaldi (Air Force Academy)
  • Lewis G. Giammaria (Air Force)
  • Major Sean T. Auth (Air Force)
  • Captain Bo Bear (Air Force)
 
 

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As of February 28, 2010
  Last Week July 1 through
Last Week
Collection $17,992 $571,215
Expenses $18,426 $633,306
Over/Under    -$434  $-62,091
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The Mysterious One
Last Sunday we gathered with Peter, John, and James at the mountain of Transfiguration and were summoned to listen to God's chosen Son. This week the scriptures draw us into the mystery of just who that God is. The first reading, perhaps one of the best known in the Bible, recounts the story of Moses and the burning bush, when the mysterious divine name is revealed. The responsorial psalm is a hymn extolling the attributes of God. Saint Paul and the Lord Jesus describe a God who judges and metes out punishment. No matter the lengths to which the scriptures go, we know that no amount of words will ever come close to capturing who God is. Our lives and our Lents are really journeys toward that mysterious One who will one day welcome us into the heavenly home that awaits those who put their trust in God alone.
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All About Change
On this Second Sunday of Lent the scriptures remind us that when we have an encounter with our God, things are bound to change. In the first reading God tells Abram to raise his eyes to the sky, promising descendants as numerous as the stars. Abram's act of faith in the Lord is sealed in covenant, forever changing the course of salvation history. In the Gospel story of the Trans- figuration, always proclaimed on this Lenten Sunday, the Lord Jesus changes in appearance before the eyes of the apostles who, like Abram, raise their eyes to the spectacle in the sky. It is Saint Paul who brings it all together for us: "He will change our lowly body to conform with his "glorified body" (Philippians 3:21). Lent is all about change, all about conversion. Let us cast our own eyes to heaven, awaiting that day when we will be changed-- when we will share in Christ's glory.
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Remember
Once again the Church invites us to enter the desert of repentance. That desert, as today's first reading reminds us, is also a desert of remembrance. This holy season summons us to remember all that God has done for us. Like the Israelites who recalled their captivity and God's work to free them from the Egyptians, we, too, recall those times when we were held captive by sin and experienced freedom through the gift of God's redeeming love.
 
Saint Paul tells us that the word of God is near us; it is in our mouths and in our hearts. May that sacred word prompt us to remember God's great work of reconciliation in our lives and in our community. As this season of Lent unfolds, let us take to heart these words of Saint Paul and spend these forty days calling upon the name of the Lord, asking for forgiveness and healing. (c) Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.
 
A Holy Time
For those of us who live farther north, it is now the heart of winter. And for all of us, north and south, the holidays are over. We may sense the start of a long, hard stretch of blank time. These opening Sundays of “Ordinary Time” reflect this feeling of beginning.
 
Today’s reading from the book of Nehemiah tells with great drama how the people gathered to hear, as though for the first time, a solemn reading of God’s word. As they listened, they fell to the ground and wept. But the prophet said, “Today is holy to the LORD your God. Do not be sad, and do not weep” (Nehemiah 8:9).
 
Today’s Gospel tells a similar dramatic tale. We are presented with the very beginning of Jesus’ public life. The people gathered to listen, and Jesus proclaimed the fulfillment of the prophet’s words. To his listeners— and to us—he announced “a year acceptable to the Lord” (Luke 4:19).
 
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