LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat: 28: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
+Paula Angelo from Tyler &
Arica Hardgrove
Sun: 29: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
3rd Sunday after Pentecost
Peter & Paul Prime Apostles
+Dolly Vrabel from Myron
Terlecky
Mon. 30: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Tues. 1: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Wed. 2: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Thurs. 3: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Fri. 4: 10:00 am @ Infant Jesus
For World Peace thru the
Most Blessed Mary & the
Rosary from Sacred Heart
Society
Sat: 5: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
For the parishioners
Sun: 6: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
4th Sunday after Pentecost
For the parishioners
Collection Report
Week of 06/22/2025
$ 599.00 Sunday Offering
$ 6.00 Children
$ 50.00 Renovation
$ 10.00 Peter Pence
$ 23.00 Holy Day
$ 165.00 Candle
$ 853.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 19
Sunday: 13
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:
Michael Volsko- Briarfield Manor, Kevin Ulrich- Ivywoods Manor, Minerva Zepeda at Oasis, John Porubensky-Windsor House at Omni manor, Margaret and William Zigarevich at home. May God grant to all the sick and homebound of our parish many blessed, happy and healthy years.
UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:
The NEW total collected is $141,363.90 for the Capital campaign. We continue to work towards our goal of $200,000. Thank you for your continued generosity and support to our church.
SANCTUARY CANDLE REQUEST:
The sanctuary candle request sheet for 2025 is on the back table in the church. Cost remains $10 per candle. Please call Paula @ (330) 799-5983 for ALL requests. Money can be deposited in the weekend collection.
LITURGICAL REQUESTS:
Liturgical request for 2025 are now being taken. Please call Paula @ (330)799-5983 for specific dates.
COOKOUT:
Thank you to all who came out last Wednesday for the cookout and Group A of the Byzantine Social Club for organizing the event. It was a wonderful evening. The next event will be the Church Picnic on Wednesday, July 30th in the church pavilion. Please watch the bulletin for further details.
SACRED HEART SOCIETY:
JUNE is the month of the Most Sacred Heart Of Jesus.
Sacred Heart Society membership dues are now being collected for the year 2025. Dues are still $5.00 per year and can be sent to treasurer:
Mary Jane Backus
5645 Clingan Rd. Unit 23-A
Struthers, Ohio 44471
New members are always welcome.
Jesus, I trust in You!
CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE:
The Archdiocese of Pittsburgh will again honor couples who are celebrating significant year anniversaries of their marriage-10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 or additional years that are multiples of five during 2025. The celebration will be held on Sunday, September 7, 2025 at St. Elias Church. Please call Paula @ (330)799-5983 by August 3rd to sign up. If you are unable to attend, certificates will still be mailed.
KENNYWOOD:
Byzantine Family Day at Kennywood Park is on July 24th. Park hour is
11:00 am-9:00 pm. Tickets are $28 for ages 4+ and children under 3 are free. To order tickets call Fraternal Communications Department @ 1-800-722-4428, ext. 3810 or cchamberlain@ GCUusa.com. Deadline to order tickets is Thursday, July 10th. Tickets will be sent by US mail between 3-5 days after payment and tickets can only be used on July 24th.
SANCTUARY CANDLES:
Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of June 29-July 5, 2025 the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Mary Drahuschak from Tyler & Arica Hardgrove. The right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Mary & +Nicholas Terlecky from Myron Terlecky.
ST. PETER AND PAUL
By Pope Benedict XVI
“Apostles of Christ, pillars and foundations of the city of God” … [the] liturgy sings. Their martyrdom is considered the true act of birth of the Church of Rome. The two Apostles gave their supreme witness close to each other in time and place: here in Rome, St. Peter was crucified and afterwards St. Paul was decapitated. Their blood mingled as if in a single witness to Christ, which prompted St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, in the middle of the second century to speak of the “Church founded and organized at Rome by the two most glorious Apostles, Peter and Paul” (Adversus Haereses 3, 3, 2). A little later, from North Africa, Tertullian exclaimed: “How happy is the Church of Rome on which the Apostles poured forth all their doctrine along with their blood” (De Praescriptione Haereticorum, 36). For this very reason the Bishop of Rome, the Successor of the Apostle Peter, carries out a special ministry at the service of the doctrinal and pastoral unity of the People of God scattered across the world.
THE VALUE OF LIFE.
CHRYSOSTOM: Note the acceleration of images: just when the lilies are decked out, he no longer calls them lilies but “grass of the field.”13 He then points further to their vulnerable condition by saying “which are here today.” Then he does not merely say “and not tomorrow” but rather more callously “cast into the oven.” These creatures are not merely “clothed” but “so clothed” in this way as to be later brought to nothing. Do you see how Jesus everywhere abounds in amplifications and intensifications? And he does so in order to press his points home. So then he adds, “Will he not much more clothe you?” The force of the emphasis is on “you” to indicate covertly how great is the value set upon your personal existence and the concern God shows for you in particular. It is as though he were saying, “You, to whom he gave a soul, for whom he fashioned a body, for whose sake he made everything in creation, for whose sake he sent prophets, and gave the law, and wrought those innumerable good works, and for whose sake he gave up his only begotten Son.” THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW, HOMILY 22.1.14
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