St.

Damien of Molokai
Parish
Fr. William R. Terza, Pastor
stdamienterzab@verizon.net

Deacon Al Poroda, Permanent Deacon

stdamienporodaa@verizon.net

722 West Main Street, Monongahela, PA 15063

Parish Office: 724-258-7742 Fax: 724-258-8733
Madonna Catholic Regional School: 724-258-3199
Website: stdamienofmolokai.org

April 5, 2015

Parish Mission Statement

Easter Sunday of the

Resurrection of the Lord

St. Damien of Molokai is a Catholic parish family which recognizes and embraces the gifts and talents of our faith filled people. The life of our patron saint inspires us to lead lives of love,
hope and charity. Moving forward, we will grow through our
liturgy, teachings and outreach to all, with the help of God and
the gifts received through the Holy Eucharist.

He had to rise from the dead.

John 20:9
Jesus, thank you for the great sign of your
resurrection! Lord, I believe, help me believe
and trust and love even more.

PASTORAL STAFF
Mrs. Patricia Forsyth, Asst. Dir. of Music
pattyforsyth@comcast.net

Mr. Donald Militzer, Principal

madonnacatholicregional@earthlink.com

Mrs. Kathy Miller, Faith Formation

themillers4@hotmail.com

Mrs. Kathryn Wray, Director of Music

kfwray188@gmail.com

SECRETARIES
Phyllis DeMedio stdamiendemediop@verizon.net
Peggy Romeo stdamienromeop@verizon.net
General email stdamienparish@verizon.net
Safe Environment Coordinator
Helena Glaneman alexsei521@yahoo.com or 724-503-7325

St. Damien Finance Council

Gloria DeRosa, Alfred Galilei, Steven Markovich,
Antoinette Moffit, Richard Pantaleo, Randall Rodriguez

St. Damien Parish Pastoral Council

Kathleen Barkey, Thomas Caudill, Sandra Craig,
Thomas Kustron, Denise Majoris,
Anna Markovich, Debra Reis, Walter Tabory

All Masses and Reconciliation are at

St. Damien of Molokai Church
722 West Main Street

Interim Mass Schedule

Saturday Vigil: 4:00pm
Sunday 8:30am & 11:00am

Daily Mass Schedule

MondayFriday at 8:00am
Weddings
Please make arrangements by calling
the Parish Office 6 months in advance.
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Tuesday 8:30-9:00am
Saturdays 3:00-3:30pm
Baptisms
1st and 3rd Sundays at 12:15pm;
4th Sunday at Mass
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DIOCESAN VICTIM HOTLINE
1-888-808-1235

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St. Damien of Molokai Parish, Monongahela

April 5, 2015
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord

Saturday, April 4, 2015 - EASTER VIGIL

8:30pm Living and Deceased Members of the Parish
Sunday, April 5, 2015 - EASTER SUNDAY
8:30am Living and Deceased Members of the Parish
11:00am Living and Deceased Members of the Parish
Monday, April 6, 2015
8:00am Mary Jo Spinneweber Buono (St. Damien of Molokai
Altar Rosary/Christian Mothers )
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
8:00am Joanne Amoroso (Jim & Billie DelVerme)
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
8:00am Margaret Sadler (Mary Dolfi)
Thursday, April 9, 2015
8:00am John Donovan (Gerry & Ceane Grote)
Friday, April 10, 2015
8:00am Deceased Members of the Vitale & Glass Families
(Vic & Marsha Vitale)
1:15pm Special Intention of the Priest
Saturday, April 11, 2015
4:00pm Harry B. Henrich (Daughter, Barbara Allen)
Sunday, April 12, 2015
8:30am Living and Deceased Members of the Parish
11:00am Robert E. Lee (Dolly & Mike Vugrinovich)
Bible Study Tuesdays @ 11:00am (Parish Center) and Wednesdays
@ 7:00pm (Parish Center)
Eucharistic Adoration (Chapel) This Friday from 12:00noon
6:00pm. Call 724-747-7071 for scheduling.
Padre Pio Prayer Group (Park Ave. School) This Friday 6:007:00pm
Servants of the Little Way (Chapel) The first Tuesday of every
month at 6:00pm.
Holy Name Society (Parish Park) Second Sunday of each month after
the 8:30am Mass.
Catholic Mens Fellowship (Chapel) The first Monday of the month
at 6:30pm and the 3rd Saturday at 7:30am.

DONT FORGET THE

ST. DAMIEN FOOD BANK
pick-up dates are:
Wednesday, April 15th
10am-2pm
Thursday, April 16th
2pm-5pm
Food items needed for April are:
cereal, spaghetti sauce, spaghetti noodles & tuna
PARISH MISSION: Our Lady of the Valley Parish in Donora is having a Parish Mission from April 11-16, 2015 with
the theme being: Gods Mercy. The Mission Priest is Fr.
John Petrikovec, OFM Cap. He has given Mission all
throughout the country and even at St. Elizabeth in Pleasant
Hills and St. Joan of Arc in Library. The Mission will be
held in the Parish Church beginning at 7:00pm each evening. All are welcome!

ST. DAMIEN FAITH FORMATION

April 5: NO CLASSESEaster Break
April 12: 9:30-11am Grades 1-8 & Confirmation Class
April 19: 9:30-11am Grades 1-8 & Confirmation Class
April 26: 9:30-11am Grades 1-8 & Confirmation Class
May 3: First Eucharist at 11:00am Mass
May 16: Confirmation at 10:30am

Delicious St. Damien Donuts will

be on sale next weekend.
Ladies of CharityBakeless Bake Sale
The Ladies of Charity of St. Damien of Molokai Parish will
hold their annual Bakeless Bake Sale Fund Raiser on April
18th and 19th. At each Mass the ladies will be handing out
envelopes for your donation. Our parishioners have been
generous over the years allowing us to help more of those
who came to us for help. We hope you will be as generous
as you were the last couple of years and return your envelopes in the collection basket the following week. Thank
you for your support in our charitable works.

SUMMERFEST CASH RAFFLE MAILING

All parishioners are invited to help put together the
Cash Raffle mailing for SummerFest on Wednesday,
April 22nd. We will meet in the Madonna School
Cafeteria at 6:30pm. Many hands make light work.
Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
ARCM NEWS
Members of St. Damien ARCM are reminded that our
meeting takes place tomorrow, Monday, April 6th in Father Abbate Hall. We are having a Covered Dish & Guest
night. Members are to bring a side dish, salad or dessert to
share. All ladies of the parish who might be interested in
joining ARCM are invited to attend this meeting. The Rosary will be recited at 6:30pm with the meeting to follow.
Members bringing nonperishable items for the Food Bank
will receive a second door prize ticket. April Social will
be Florence Buono, Fran Affinito and Margaret Toretti.
PROTECTING GODS CHILDREN WORKSHOPS
For those who may need to take a Protecting Gods Children Workshop, here is an opportunity that is available to
you.
Immaculate Conception Parish,
119 W. Chestnut St., Washington, PA
JFK Middle SchoolAdult Learning Center
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 6:30pm (3 hours long)
Please contact Beth Endres at 724-225-0382 to register .

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H A P P Y E A S T E R
This and every Easter we are reminded that Jesus is very much alive for he has been
raised from the dead for the sake of our eternal lives. May we celebrate with joy
the promise of the resurrection and continue to proclaim the saving mystery of our
faith: Christ has died, Christ is Risen, Christ will come Again.

Thank You to all who helped with Easter celebrations!

We extend our heartfelt thank you to all those who have worked so hard during Holy Week to enhance our
sacred liturgical celebrations. Most especially we thank:
Stephanie Kotsenas and her team for their planning and decorating of the churches during the week.
Music Ministry for their weeks of preparation and their beautiful music during the Holy Week liturgies
Liturgical Ministers for exercising all of the important liturgical functions that enhance our worship.
Youth for their help with the Easter Egg Hunt and altar serving
St. Damien parish family is truly blessed with many generous souls.
GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU!

Fish Fry Thank You

We offer a special word of thanks to Deacon Al and all those who volunteered to help with our
Ash Wednesday and Fridays of Lent Fish Fries. The food offered was delicious and plentiful
and the profits from the fund raiser were very beneficial to the parish!
RAVIOLI THANKS

We offer a hearty thank you to our ravioli chairperson Carol Pollock

and her whole team of ladies who helped make the delicious ravioli.
These ladies put in a lot of time and effort for this very successful fundraiser!

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY April 12th

The Saint Damien Holy Name Society and Catholic Mens Fellowship Organization invite all
to come celebrate the Feast of Divine Mercy on Sunday, April 12th at 3:00pm in the church.
We will pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy as we ask our God and Father that through His son, our
Lord Jesus, He will have mercy on us and on the whole world which is in such desperate need of
His mercy. We will also venerate the image of Divine Mercy of which our Lord said I am offering
people a vessel to which they are to keep coming for graces; the fountain of my mercy. That vessel has
the signature Jesus, I trust in you. Please remember our Lord promised to open the floodgates of His
mercy on this day. His most special gift of mercy is the promise that the soul that goes to Confession and
receives Holy Communion on the feast day will obtain complete forgiveness of their sins and the punishment for those sins. May we all take advantage of this great gift of mercy from our Lord who is so desperate for your love.

ST. ANTHONY NOVENA

The Solemn 13-week Novena to St. Anthony will continue this week after the 8:00 am Mass on Tuesday. Let
us come together to honor St. Anthony and ask his help for the special needs that each of us has.

Pastoral Impressions by Fr. Bill

ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA!
Happy Easter Everyone! ALLELUIA! HE IS
RISEN! It is so wonderful to gather and celebrate as a people of faith, to celebrate an incredible sacred mystery, a mystery beyond
anything we can imagine or hope for, a mystery which clearly shows the immense power
of love over everything else. This is a mystery which reveals to us a God who loves us
in ways we cant even begin to understand,
wants the very best for each of us, knows
what we are going through---and is willing to
do whatever it takes to keep us close to him
and to one another. That is the loving God
who is intimately connected to and involved
with our lives and our world. And so we rejoice! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Sometime we are burdened with sufferings
and difficulties and we think that no one cares. Today is a day to put those thoughts
aside , put them to rest, and instead recognize
and trust in and rejoice in an image of God
unlike any god humankind has ever imagined
or tried to understand. For God to do what he
did, he must love us beyond our wildest
imagination. For God to suffer as he did he
must want to know in a concrete way what
we feel like when we are hurting. For God to
allow himself to die he must want us to know
that he is willing to go anywhere and do anything for us---that love conquers all and that
no matter what happens in this life, we have
nothing to fear. Love wins. Life wins. God
wins.
And so, we rejoice, for this is GOOD
NEWSthe very best kind of news. May
this day fill you with a peace and joy beyond
your wildest expectations. We are not alone.
Never have been. NEVER WILL BE. Believing that deeply changes everything. Alleluia!
He is Risen!

Offertory Report 03/22/2015

4:00pm
8:30am
11:00am
Total $

Offertory
2001.00
2208.00
2499.00
6,708.00

Our
Offering
Back
To
God

(Weekly Offertory Goal $7,500)

Mass
Attendance
4:00pm 184
8:30am 173
11:00am 249
Total

606

FINAL 2014 PARISH SHARE REPORT

Assessment
$71,950.00
Pledged & Collected
$81,330.00
Over goal
$9,380.00

2015 PARISH SHARE GOAL

$69, 213.00
Pledges collected to date:
$26, 215.00
~ ~ ~ FLEA MARKET ~ ~~
Items for the Flea Market may be dropped
off at the Parish Center every Wednesday,
between the hours of 3:00 and 6:00pm.
MADONNA CATHOLIC REGIONAL
SCHOOL NEWS
Madonna Catholic Regional School
Spring Gala Auction
will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2015
Mary, Mother of the Church
Marian Hall- Charleroi
6:00 11:00 PM
Theme: Kentucky Derby
Tickets cost $35.00 each
Appetizers Delicious Buffet Dinner Dessert
Bar Beer -Wine Mixers - BYOB
Come and enjoy Silent & Live Auctions with Kids
Creations, Sports Memorabilia, Restaurants, Family
Outings, Raffles and more.
Call Jennifer Toprani @ 412-997-0194
to make donations.
Call the school office @ 724-258-3199
to purchase your tickets
ALL ARE WELCOME TO THIS
EXTRA SPECIAL EVENT!