~ Parish founded in 1799 by the Servant of God, Father Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin ~
Parish church raised to the honor of a minor basilica by St. John Paul II in 1996
Basilica of Saint Michael the Archangel
Home of the Prince Gallitzin Chapel House and the Shrine of Our Lady of the Alleghenies
A parish of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
Very Rev. Father John David Byrnes, JCL, JV, Rector
Deacon Richard T. Golden
321 St. Mary Street PO Box 10 Loretto, PA 15940- 0144
Rectory / Parish Office 472- 8551
St. Michael School 472 - 9117
Our Lady of Loretto Hall 886-4619
Parish Secretary
Mrs. Sherri Krug
Bingo 471-2764
Parish e-mail [email protected]
Parish Website
basilicasm-loretto.org
Parish FAX 814 - 471 - 4959
Parish Office Hours
Monday – Friday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday Masses
Saturdays at 4:00PM
Sundays at 8:00AM
10:30AM
Celebration of Sacraments:
Penance/Reconciliation ( Confessions )
Saturdays 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM or anytime by request
Anointing of the Sick upon request for the sick or homebound.
Infant Baptism
by previous arrangement and preparation.
Baptism Preparation Process
Marriage
Please call the parish.
472-9808
Religious Ed Sunday-call 846-5114
9 months notice /pre-marital preparation required. Please call the parish.
Christian Initiation of Adults
Prayer:
Celeste Stolz
Persons interested in becoming Catholic are welcome!
Christian Initiation Process
Cindy McMullen 471-6658
Eucharistic Adoration/Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
6 PM Holy Hour Every Wednesday Night
Forty Hours Eucharistic Devotions
Celebrated the Last Weekend in June (25-26, 2017)
Rosary for Vocations
twenty minutes prior to Sunday Mass
Devotions to Our Lady of Loretto
Every Monday after 7:30AM Mass
Parish Mission of Our Lady of Loretto
Celebrated during the Fourth Week of Lent
DIRECTORY
Diocesan Tribunal Office, Hollidaysburg Fr. Byrnes 693 – 9485
Father’s e-mail [email protected]
Education/Faith Formation
St. Michael Catholic School
Mrs. Renee Phister, Principal
472- 9117
Bishop Carroll Catholic High School
Mrs. Lorie Ratchford, Principal
472-7500
CCD Religious Education/ Confirmation Process
Ms. Celeste Stolz, Director
472-9808 Religious Ed Sunday-call 846-5114
Parish Life
Catholic Fraternal Organizations
Parish Council Mrs. Mary Ann Baker
472-5124
Legion of Mary
Mrs. Janet Zabrosky
472-6097
Finance Council Mr. Nick Byrne
419-9593
Knights of Columbus Mr. Nick Byrne
419-9593
Liturgical Music Mr. Jonathan Nagy
244-1876
Secular Franciscans Mrs. Betty Soisson
472-4667
Catholic Outreach
Diocesan Website www.ajdiocese.org
Vocations Office, Hollidaysburg 695-5579 x2681
Diocesan Family Life Office, Lilly 886-5551
Dorothy Day Center, Saint Francis University 472 -3359 472-2877
Catholic Charities, Johnstown 535-6538 Altoona 944-9388
Crisis Pregnancy/Pro-Life 1-800-395-HELP * www.optionline.org * [email protected]
www.hopeafterabortion.com
National Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-8255
Away from Loretto on Sunday?
www.masstimes.org will find the nearest Catholic Church
May 21, 2017 – SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
MASS INTENTIONS
Sunday, May 21
Fifth Sunday of Easter
8:00AM People of the Parish
10:30AM JR Taddy (Brenda, Jacob, Hanna, & Halle)
Monday, May 22
Easter Weekday
7:30AM Mary Motchenbaugh (Ron & Audrey Lee family)
Tuesday, May 23
Easter Weekday
7:30AM Rose & Joseph Spinner (family)
Wednesday, May 24 Easter Weekday
7:30AM Rita M. Farabaugh (Jackie & staff at Just Like Home)
6 PM Weekly Eucharistic Holy Hour
Vigil -The Ascension of the Lord
7:00PM Orlo & Pauline Thomas (Ed & Cindy McMullen)
Thursday, May 25
The Ascension of the Lord
8:45AM Ella Marie Parrish (family)
6:00PM People of the parish
Friday, May 26
Saint Phillip Neri
8:45AM Edward Byrne (John & Joyce Archey)
Saturday, May 27
Vigil: Seventh Sunday of Easter
4:00 PM Russ Itell (Doodie Williamson)
Sunday, May 28
Seventh Sunday of Easter
8:00AM Marty Hanlon (Joe Krug)
10:30AM People of the parish
7:00PM Kalvin Yahner (mom, dad & sisters)
+ EASTER SEASON 2017 +
FROM THE DESK OF FATHER JOHN:
Dear Parish Family,
Congratulations to our 2017 Confirmation Class! The following young parishioners received the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit last Wednesday evening, May 17. Trista Bradley, Nathan Butterbaugh, Jodie
Caretti, Andrew Crusciel, Tanner Driskel, Mackenzie George, Shane Grove, Kylie Guzic, Matthew
Hammond, Sherry Hines, Morgan Krug, Gavin Link, Makala Little, Adam McMullen, Shane Seymour,
Kase Spielvogle, Christian Stoltz, Neil Sutton, Hannah Grace Wirfel, Katanna Yohn, Emily Zabrzeski
Ascension Thursday – is a Holy Day of Obligation. Mass will be celebrated this Wednesday evening
May 24 at 7:00 PM and Thursday May 25 at 8:45 AM (with our students from St. Michael School) and again at
6:00 PM. We will celebrate our Eucharistic Holy Hour as usual at 6 PM on Wednesday May 4, but it will
end with simple reposition of the Blessed Sacrament before Mass, rather than solemn Benediction.
St. Michael Basilica’s MAY DAYS are MAY 27 Sat 4PM – 8:30 PM and MAY 28 Sun 11AM 4PM NEXT WEEKEND
Please make plans to come support your parish on Memorial Day Weekend! Do you know all that May Days
supports?
 This fundraiser pays Our Lady of Loretto Community Hall loan payment. Since the hall opened in 2005, it
has been used not only as a gymnasium for the school and community, but also for: special dinners, funeral
luncheons, fundraisers, Loretto Volunteer Fire Company's events, and Bingo. We receive absolutely no
funding from any state, county or local agencies; therefore, we must rely on fees, private donations
and fundraisers. The hall is a very important asset to our community.
 May Days donates all of the proceeds from the chicken Bar-B-Que dinner to Tomorrows Hope, which
is a shelter for Veterans with medical challenges. This is a great way for our parish family to follow the
Beatitudes, reach out to those in need, and honor our Veterans!!!
Outdoor Masses/ Shrine of Our Lady of the Alleghenies - Our 7 PM Summer Sunday night Masses will
begin next weekend! We are still in need of more parishioners to volunteer to help in the weekly set up/take down
of our weekly Masses. If you missed the meeting, but would still like to sign up to help on certain weeks, please
e-mail Steve& Monica Hogue at [email protected]. This is also a good opportunity for Service Hours for
our teenagers!
Please Don’t Feed the Fish! We will be going back to a more “natural” look for the pond/fountain at the base of
the Shrine of Our Lady of the Alleghenies….and we will be adding fish! PLEASE DON’T FEED THE
FISH! It is not healthy for them and we want to enjoy them throughout the Summer!
The Parish Pastoral Council Meeting – originally scheduled for Sunday May 21at 6:30 PM is CANCELLED.
New Altar Servers – will have practice today at 9:30 AM. Future practices will be on Sunday May 28 and June 4,
11, 18, 25. New Servers will be blessed and installed at our 40 Hours Eucharistic Devotions on Monday evening
June 26 at 7PM
Memorial Day Parade and Mass - On Memorial Day, participants in the parade are to gather
at the top of town in the SFU parking lot. The parade will begin at 9:30AM. I will celebrate Mass at the outdoor
Shrine of Our Lady of the Alleghenies at 10:00AM (in case of inclement weather, inside the Basilica).We will
proceed to our cemetery for military services following Mass. Questions? Call the Loretto American Legion at
472-9966. The Parish Office is CLOSED on Memorial Day.
The New 2017 Catholic Ministries Drive- It is a new day for us in the Diocese! The great news is that there is
no longer an Annual Catholic Appeal with a parish bill/assessment attached! Instead, I invite your generosity to a
this drive which supports Catholic Charities (care for the poor and strengthening families)Formation/Education
for Youth, Future Deacons and Future Priests (care for nurturing youth, forming clergy and laity). I ask that
those families and individuals who have registered recently in the parish to join our long-time parishioners in
helping support the 2017 Catholic Ministries drive.
40 HOURS EUCHARISTIC DEVOTIONS - As I mentioned in a recent homily, more than two centuries ago,
the Servant of God, Father Demetrius Gallitzin first made it possible for our Eucharistic Lord to reside here in the
tabernacle. Father Gallitzin had great devotion to the Eucharist. In the late 1800’s, Bishop John Neumann of
Philadelphia (now St. John Neumann) made a concerted effort to spread the practice of the “Forty Hours”
Eucharistic devotion. This devotion, which had existed for some time in Europe, was described by St. Charles
Borromeo as being the length of time Jesus spent in the tomb, overnight prayer, so that Catholics could adore the
Lord in a way that helped them enter more deeply into the Paschal Mystery, over a
particular two or three days in their parish. Though the devotion had taken place
here and there in the young United States, St. John launched the formal 40 Hours
devotion in 1853 in Philadelphia, and the next parish to embrace it was St. Aloysius
in Cresson. St. Michael’s began the practice soon after. It is time to revive this
important devotion.
We will begin the 40 Hours Eucharistic Devotions following the 7 PM Outdoor
Mass on Sunday evening June 25. We will process from the Shrine with the
Blessed Sacrament into the basilica. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will
continue in the basilica all night, and all day Monday June 26, concluding with 7 PM
Sung Evening Prayer, the blessing of our new Altar Servers, and a closing procession to the Shrine of Our Lady
of the Alleghenies and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament outdoors. Celebrant for the 40 Hours will be newly
ordained Father Peter Crowe. More to COME!!!
40 Hours Hospitality for Clergy Dinner- Prior to our closing of the 40 Hours Devotions, our parish will host a
dinner for visiting clergy on Monday evening June 26 in St. Michael School Cafeteria. Sherry Lokesak has
volunteered to coordinate. We are in need of volunteers to help with cooking and serving. There will be a meeting
to plan this dinner/organize serving on Ascension Thursday evening May 25 at 7 PM in the basilica hall. Please
volunteer to help!
Come Holy Spirit! - Sunday June 4 is Pentecost Sunday, the “birth” of the Church empowered by the
Holy Spirit and the final celebration of the Easter Season. To celebrate, we would like to revive our parish
tradition to GO RED. Will you help? You are welcome to WEAR something Red (June 3 and 4) to Mass
on Pentecost Sunday! I will select new members for our Parish Pastoral Council at the Pentecost Vigil Mass.
NO 11:30 AM Confessions – on Saturday May 27. I will be concelebrating the Ordination of our two new priests
at the cathedral in Altoona.
PRAYER LIST
Elaine Terreri, Capt. James Clapper, Alan Backman, Alan Biter, Tiffany Biter, Anita Knouse,
Dorothy Knopp, Olivia McConnell, Debbie Eckenrode, Rosemary Wyland, Jack McConnell, Toots Volk, Valerie Thomas,
Luke Eckenrode, Edna McConnell, Christopher Ruffing, Tina Ruffing, The intentions of the Alumni Circle of Prayer, our
Military, and the Sainthood Cause of our founding Pastor, the Rev. Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin.
STEWARDSHIP OF TIME AND TALENT
(R) May 22, 23, 24
Sister Marilyn, CCW
Liturgical Ministries: May 22-28
(EM) May 22, 23, 24 (if deacon is present, he assists)
ALTAR SERVERS: May 22-24
Mornings: May 22, 23, 24 Braden Phister, Michael Poorman
Holy Hour Wednesday, May 24 6PM -7PM Michael Poorman, Nathan Little
May 24-25 THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD
7:00PM Neil Sutton, Charles Carothers
8:45AM St. Michael School Students
6:00PM Sam Wirfel, Nicholas Wirfel
May 27-28
4:00PM Maya Baker, Jimmy Wyland, Mia Wyland
8:00AM Heather Rieg, Crystal Byrne, Matt Byrne
10:30AM Maddie Phister, Braden Phister, Kayden McMullen
7:00PM Wyatt Kosicki, Dominic Walk, Charles Carothers
READERS:May 24-25 The Ascension of the Lord
7:00PM Bob Chumrik
8:45AM St. Michael Students
6:00PM Carol HInes
READERS: May 27-28
4:00PM Cindy McMullen
8:00AM Chris Krug
10:30AM Renee Phister
7:00PM Bob Chumrik
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION May 24-25 ASCENSION
7:00PM Cindy McMullen, Bob Chumrik
8:45AM St. Michael School Teachers
6:00PM Carol Hines, Janet Hogue
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION May 27-28
4:00PM Cindy McMullen, Donna Schenk
8:00AM Chris Krug, Suzette Spinner
10:30AM Renee Phister, Dolly Foor
7:00PM Mary Lessard, Celeste Stolz, Bob Chumrik, Barb Sherry
MUSIC MINISTERS: May 27-28
ORGANISTS: 4PM Joel 8AM Joel 10:30AM Jonathan 7PM Jonathan
CANTORS: 4PM Doug 8AM Carol 10:30AM Steph
7PM Monica
STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE
May 14, 2017
Offertory $7,048
Online Giving $485
"Online Giving is available at basilicasm-loretto.org"
Total $7,533
Weekly Goal $6,800
Difference +$733
Our Deepest Sympathy Please remember, in your prayers, the families of Dorothy Donoughe and Frederick
Bradley Jr. who passed away recently. May angels lead you into paradise, and until we meet again may God
hold you in the palm of His hand.
ST. MICHAEL SCHOOL NEWS
We congratulate Nicole Barnett and Ashley Kubat for being selected as recipients of the Cardinal Donald
Wyerl Scholarship through Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania. Each has been awarded a scholarship
in the amount of $3,000 that will be applied to their tuition at Bishop Carroll Catholic High School. Way to Go!
Seventh grade will present “Public Service Announcements” to the fifth, sixth, and eighth grade classes on
Friday, May 26th @noon. This project was implemented through their guidance lessons under the direction of
their Guidance Counselor, Ms. Gdula to increase student’s awareness of the dangers of cyberbullying, texting
while driving, drug use, smoking, and other social issues that challenge our youth today.
The Bishop Carroll student ambassadors will host an “End of the School Year Party” FREE for all students in
grades 6, 7 and 8 on Saturday, May 27th from 6-9PM at the Bishop Carroll cafeteria and courtyard. There will
be music, games, pizza, drinks, popcorn, and many fun activities from 6-7:30 PM and a movie beginning at 7:30
PM. Students are asked to bring with them any games they would like to play and a willingness to have fun! For
more information about this event, please call Mr. Nagy @ 472-7500 ext. 105 or email him at
[email protected]
“BINGO!” In collaboration with Vale Wood Farms Summer Jubilee, Saint Michael School has partnered with
Vale Wood to host the “COW PATTY BINGO!” Tickets are $5 each or five for $20. Festivities will be held on
Sunday, June 4th from 11 AM – 6PM. Prizes are as follows: First Plop- $100; Second Patty - $150; Third Cow
Patty - $250; and the Last Plop of the day - $500. Winners need not be present to win! Tickets can be purchased
through the school office or any school family. Thank you in advance for your support!
Since we will not be hosting the breakfast during June, July, and August Gift Cards from our “SCRIP” program
will continue be available for purchase throughout the summer by simply phoning the school office @ 472-9117
or by contacting Viki Krug @674-8099; Rachel Beiswenger @ 886-2633; or Joanne Pompa @ 886-9567 to
place your orders. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We are willing to make accommodations
for our loyal supporters. If you have any questions, please contact us. Thank you for your continual support!
We will be attending Mass as a school family on Thursday, May 25th (Feast of the Ascension) @8:45AM. Sixth
grade will be assisting with the ministries. All are welcome to join us.
Any new family interested in registering their child at Saint Michael School can do so by phoning the school
office @ 472-9117 to make an appointment.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
WEEKLY REFLECTION: Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your
love.
Monies collected for Operation Rice Bowl amounted to $101.00 thank-you to everyone who gave so
generously. Every penny counts when we share with those in need. May God bless you for your generosity!
Congratulations to our Junior Class who received the Sacrament of Confirmation this week. May you be
blessed and filled with wisdom and strength in the love of your faith.
Trista Bradley, Nathan Butterbaugh, Jodie Caretti, Andrew Crusciel, Tanner Driskel, Mackenzie George,
Shane Grove, Kylie Guzic, Matthew Hammond, Sherry Hines, Morghan Krug, Gavin Link , Makala Little,
Adam McMullen, Shane Seymour, Kase Speilvogle, Christian Stoltz, Neil Sutton, Hannah Grace Wirfel,
Katanna Yohn, Emily Zabrzeski, Lauren Alexander, and Jared Delauter .
NEWS FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR
Choir practices will resume in the fall. If you are interested in joining the music department as a cantor or
choir member please contact Jonathan Nagy at 244-1876.
LITURGICAL REFLECTION According to the tradition in the Catholic Church, the spouses are the ministers of
Christ's grace in the Sacrament of Marriage. The man and woman mutually confer upon each other the holy
sacrament by expressing their consent before the Church. The ordained minister is the official witness of the
Church to this nuptial commitment. The spouses make a freely willed, public statement of their commitment to
one another in the name of the Lord. The Church gathers at the Sacrament of Marriage to celebrate with the bride
and bridegroom as they ground their love on the love of the Bridegroom, Christ, for his Bride, the Church. The
newly married man and woman receive sacramental grace to live out their nuptial promises.
A PAGE FROM OUR HISTORY
Seventy Years Ago - 1800 - “WHAT WE HAD”
[Pt. II] “Seventy years ago there were
pack saddles, pack horses and by-ways over the mountains, over which salt, pig iron, and store
goods, were packed.
Seventy years ago we had tinder boxes (small wooden boxes to hold
ignition items for fires), flints, steel rasps, powder and tow (dried weeds for starting fires) with
which we kindled fires.
Seventy years ago we had the flail, the sickle, the large wood fire,
wooden forks, wooden plows, wooden wagons and sleds, and lots of hard work at grubbing
(clearing the land of trees and stumps for fields and gardens), making rails, c hopping, burning
brush, and such like labor.
Seventy years ago we had two months school per year in an old
cabin, puncheon floors (log with one smoother surface), long narrow windows, greased paper lights
(paper greased to contain the light in windows or lamps), high, round wooden benches, and a
roaring wood fire.
Seventy years ago we had pine-knots, dipped or mould fallow candles (bees
wax candles made in molds), iron lamps, with hog’s lard and other contrivances for light.
Seventy years ago we had, for reading in, large prayer books, psalm books and bibles, painted in
large type, so that old people could see to read without spectacles.
Seventy years ago we had
tents for churches, preaching in the open woods, or in old round log cabins with slab seats and a
board platform for a pulpit.
Seventy years ago we had herb tea, rye coffee, home made sugar,
mush and milk, rye bread, buttermilk and cheese, pork and mutton.
Seventy years ago we had
fox hunts, militia musters and reviews, apple b utter boilings sometimes, raising (groups of
neighbors who helped raise barns, houses, etc.) , rolling frolics, scutching (step in processing of
cotton) frolics , chopping frolics, grubbing matches, and coon hunts.
Seventy years ago we
carded the wool with hand cards, spun it on wheels, kicked it thick instead of fulling it, dyed it
with barks and wore it in wamnses (?).
Seventy years ago we had linen shirts, linen dresses, tow
cloth pants (course linen work pants), linen sheets and pillow slips, linen table cloths, and home
made garments to go to church in.
Seventy years ago we had water mills, or tread mills, and
often we lived on hominy (ground corn to make grits), or pounded the grain into meal, and cooked,
or baked it in metal ovens over a wood fire.
Seventy years ago we had cabin houses, cabin
barns, cabin stables, clapboard roofs, weight poles, trees and stumps, lots of hard work, frequent
visits, plenty of strong, course food, and mannerly children. Seventy years ago Ohio was the backwoods, inhabited chiefly by Indians, as were all the other States and territories west of that region.
Oh, dear! What seventy years have done!” Rob Roy.
f.i.s.
LORETTO COMMUNITY
May Days ~
One way to help out with this fundraiser is simply to bake a cake! We are in need of cakes
and would appreciate any flavor, color, or variety you can bake!
Our basket raffle is a big part of the weekend! Please help by making a basket! You may drop baskets off at: the
rectory, MaryAnn’s or Theresa’s (prior to May 26)
If dropping baskets off the weekend of May Days, please do so at the following times:
Friday, May 26 ~ 5:30-7:30PM at Our Lady of Loretto Hall
Saturday, May 27 ~ 9:00-11:00AM at Our Lady of Loretto Hall
Flea Market- will be held at the School Hall during May Days Weekend. We are looking for donations. Please
note that we cannot accept exercise equipment, clothing, or electronics.
The drop off for flea market items is at the following times:
Friday, May 26 ~ 5:30-7:30PM at St. Michael School Hall
Saturday, May 27 ~ 9:00-11:00AM at St. Michael School Hall
Have any questions?...please contact Theresa Lysic 886-8677 or Mary Ann Schenk 472-6895 Abby Rice 8866853 ~ Lois Stoltz 886-8738 ~ Vickie Wirfel 886-7891
Thank you for supporting Birthright by purchasing carnations at the Masses last weekend. We raised over $600
for this good cause.
The Loretto Volunteer Fire Company will not hold their monthly breakfast in June, July or August. We will
resume the monthly breakfast on Sunday, September 3rd 2017. We would like to thank you for your past support,
Have a great summer and see you in September.
Gift Cards from our “SCRIP” program will continue be available for purchase throughout the
summer by simply phoning the school office @ 472-9117 or by contacting Viki Krug @674-8099; Rachel
Beiswenger @ 886-2633; or Joanne Pompa @ 886-9567 to place your orders. All proceeds benefit St. Michael
School. Thank you for your support!
The Franciscan Friary in Loretto. We have 16 friars in need of nursing care and we are interested in hiring
CNA’s. Please call 327-5570 or 740-381-2203.
The Prayer Shawl Ministry will meet during May on Wed. the 3rd and Wed. the 24th at 7:00 PM in the Basilica
Hall. All are invited to come stitch and pray with us. If anyone knows of someone who would like a prayer shawl
please call 472-9465.
Special Event Hall Rental Our Lady of Loretto Community Hall is available for dances, receptions, social events
and more. The St. Michael School Hall can also be rented for a smaller occasion. Call Katie ~ 886-4619.
St. Michael BINGO - Our Lady of Loretto Hall 471-2764 - $20 Admission both nights all
Regular & Double Games pay $100- 3rd Regular Game pays $200 -Special Games pay $300 except Jail Bars &
Top 3/Bottom 3 pay $600 Whopper Coverall $1,800-Two Full cards 1st pay $1,000 2nd pays $300 Tuesday
Doors open at 5:30 Games begin at 7PM Friday Doors open at 6:30 Games begin at 8pm. Full Kitchen is open
with nightly specials - hamburgers, pizza, homemade desserts and more! Popcorn, coffee, tea, hot cocoa, and are
FREE every night!!
AROUND THE AREA
HOLY NAME PARISH, EBENSBURG, is sponsoring its 56th Annual Festival on June 2, 3 & 4 featuring a Fish
Dinner (Fried or Baked) on Friday from 4:00 to 7:00 PM, (Adults $10.00, children under 12 $5.00) and a Turkey
Dinner on Sunday from 11:30 AM to 6:00 PM, (Adults $9.00, children under 12 $4.50). Take out dinners
available. Refreshments, rides, games, baked goods, kiddie corner, flea market, basket raffle with over 100
baskets and more!
HOLY FAMILY PARISH in Portage Is holding a second Annual Wine Tasting Event on Saturday, June 3, 2017
7:00 - 10:00 p.m. We will have Wine Tasting & Sales, Food, and Merchandise! Tickets are $20 in advance; $25 at
the door (includes wine tasting, wine bag and wine glass the night of the event) Featured Wineries: B & L Wine
Cellars; Germantown Winery; Starr Hill Vineyard & Winery;Twisted Vine Winery
Must be 21 years of age or older. Valid ID required. No outside coolers, food or alcohol permitted. No refunds.
For Tickets call: Janet @487-5106 or the Parish Office @ 736-4279.
There will be a Healing Mass on Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at 7:00 PM, at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Fr.
Bill Kiel, from the Diocese of Greensburg, will be the main celebrant. All are welcome, especially those in need of
physical, emotional, or spiritual healing, and those who support and care for them as well. Music for the Mass will be
led by the Cathedral Charismatic Prayer Group Music Ministry. For more information, please call 814-941-3832.
Our Lady of Fatima Pilgrimage in a Day. The Franciscan Friars, T.O.R. offer you the opportunity to join us for
a “Pilgrimage in a Day” at our Mount Assisi monastery in Loretto, PA, in honor of Our Lady of Fatima. Join us in
a day of prayer and reverence as we honor the 100th Anniversary of Our Lady’s appearances at Fatima. We are
offering two dates: Tuesday, June 13 and Sunday, August 13. (11AM to 8:30PM)This will offer you the
opportunity to experience a meaningful pilgrimage in a holy place while remaining close to home. For questions
or more information please contact: Fr. Jonathan St. Andre, TOR 419-8842 or Lisa Weakland 419-8880.