June 16, 2024 Bulletin
LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat. 15: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
+Anna Dean from Mary Ann
& Rick Mosco
Sun. 16: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
4th Sunday after Pentecost
Father’s Day
Health & well-being of
Stephanie Sheely from Mary
& Jerry Novak
Mon. 17: NO LITURGY
Tues. 18: NO LITURGY
Wed. 19: NO LITURGY
Thurs. 20: NO LITURGY
Fri. 21: NO LITURGY
Sat. 22: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
+Leonard (Ben) Slemons
From anonymous
Sun. 23: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
5th Sunday after Pentecost
+Bernadette Litwin from
Mary & Jerry Novak
Collection Report
Week of 06/09/2024
$ 300.00 Maintenance Fund
$ 10.00 Holy Day
$ 90.00 Utility Offerings
$ 195.00 Memory of Paul Jonda
$ 76.00 Candles
$ 2277.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 35
Sunday: 55
On –Line: 6
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:
Nina Zavatsky & Joe Markovitch at home. Dolores Schurko & Louise Macabobby at Hampton Wood and the rest of our parishioners who are in nursing homes. May God grant to all the sick of our parish many blessed, happy and healthier years.
ATTENTION:
If any parishioner or family member is ill & would like to be on the pray list, or receive get-well wishes, please notify Fr. Michael or Paula.
ROSARY:
The Altar & Rosary Society will be praying the rosary on Sunday, July 7th at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.
KENYWOOD DAY:
The 2024 GCU Kennywood Day will be held on Thursday, July 25th. Tickets are $27 for ages 4+, ages 3 and under are free. Deadline to order tickets is Wednesday, July 10th, Go to GCUusa.com for tickets.
BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:
The Byzantine Social Club will be hosting a steak fry on Wednesday, June 26th @ 6:00 pm in the pavilion. If inclement weather-it will be held in the church. Everyone is asked to bring your meat of choice (steak, chicken burgers) to grill and favorite side dish. Please note, all parishioners are invited to participate, you do not need to belong to the social club.
HELPING HANDS:
Thank you to all who came this Saturday for our Helping Hands. A lot of work got completed and the grounds are looking beautiful. We truly appreciate your time, talent and continued support of our parish.
THANK YOU:
We extend our great appreciation to the family of +Paul (Bob) Jonda for their donation of $1455.00 in his memory to our maintenance fund. Bob was a life-long and faithful parishioner who loved his church. Eternal memory to his servant +Paul.
OUT OF TOWN:
Father Michael will be out of town June 17-21. For an emergency, please contact him on his cell phone @ 412-722-4670
CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE:
The annual Celebration of Marriage will be held on Sunday, September 15, 2024 at St. Elias Church. All parishioners who are celebrating their wedding anniversaries of 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 or additional years that are multiple of 5 during this year of 2024 will be honoured. If you are unable to attend, certificates will be sent. Please notify Paula Slemons or Fr. Michael by July14th to relay your information to the Chancery.
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY:
We wish all fathers, grandfathers, fathers-in-law, stepfathers, and godfathers a Happy Father’s Day. May God bless all with happiness, health and a blessed day!
SANCTUARY CANDLES:
The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions.
For the week of June 16-22, For all Our Fathers
FATHER’S DAY
By St. Clement of Alexandria – The Teacher, I, 9 (PG8, 340)
The Word that Hurts but Heals
The word of Wisdom exhorts us thus: ‘Have you sons? Discipline them and break them in from their earliest years. Have you daughters? See that they are chaste, and do not be too lenient with them.’ [Ecclus. 7:23-24] It is true that we love our own children very much, more than anything else. But those who speak only gentle words to them are in fact loving the children they are afraid of hurting only a little. On the other hand, those who correct them strictly are hurting them today but doing them good for the future. Our Lord did not seek what is comfortable today for us. Rather he sought for us a good future. So let us follow his educational method inspired by love. This admonition is a loving reproof that enlightens the mind. Christ our teacher had recourse to it when, for example, he said: ‘O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!’ [Matt. 23:37] Reproof may be made with contempt. Reproof may be made with vehemence, as a violent censure. But reproof may be made to lay bare sins. This is the kind of correction the Lord is constrained to use because in so many people faith has evaporated. Reproof and correction hurt the soul that they heal of its faults. But they keep the death of the soul at bay.
Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church 