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St. Margaret of Scotland Parish
Fourth Sunday of Easter -World Day of Prayer for Vocations
May God Bless the children who are receiving Eucharist for the first time today during the 10:00 am and 12:15 pm Masses.
Congratulations to Christina Moskal for being installed in the National Honor Society at Chartiers Valley High School. Christina, a sophomore, has been on the High Honor Roll every quarter!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Giant Eagle “Apple for the Students” Program. With the points collected I was able to order the following items for the students:
32" LCD TV/DVD Combo
Epson Duet Ultra Portable Projection Screen
JVC DVD Player
The program will begin again next year in October.
The Green Tree Garden Club (a non-profit organization) plants and maintains various gardens in Green Tree. On Saturday, May 8 from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm they will hold their annual fundraiser, Spring N' Things Plant Sale. Come to browse and shop at the Green Tree Fire Hall at 825 Poplar Street. The sale includes perennial plants, geraniums, flea market, bake sale and Chinese Auction. See you there!
The Holy Name Society will meet on Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 2:00 pm in the Hoehle House.
Are you doing your Spring cleaning? If so we have the ideal place for you to put your unwanted items. We are still collecting for the Rummage Sale. Response has been great! We appreciate your generosity, please spread the word. We take most of your unwanted items - we especially need furniture and jewelry. We can also accept vintage designer men's and women's clothing. Donations are accepted on Saturdays from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm at the Convent side door. For an evening appointment, call 412-531-0747.
Help is needed to pick up furniture donations. If you know of someone with a good back and a couple hours of time, we would be very grateful for their help. The Rummage Sale will be on Saturday, May 22, from 8:30 am until 2:00 pm at the Convent. Proceeds from the sale will go into the Festival Fund which benefits both the school and parish. For more information, call Dena Rose at 412-531-0747.
The Carlow University Women of Spirit Institute will present 3 Summer Workshops for high school girls who have completed grades 8-12 as of June 2010. The workshops will run from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm. The three workshops are:
Cost is $225, which includes breakfast, lunch, T-shirt, journal and all transportation to off-campus sites. Space is limited. Need-based financial aid is available. Contact Laurie Petty at 412-578-8851 or email "by email" <ljpetty at carlow dot ed>.
This is our last week for this CCD session. Registration forms have been sent home with the students. Classes will be filled on a first come, first served basis. Class times will remain the same, grades K thru 8, Monday and Tuesday from 6:15-7:45 pm.
Baptism class for parents of children to be baptized will be Sunday, May 16 after the 12:15 pm Mass. Please call to register 412-921-1613.
ALTAR SERVERS - MAY 1 -2, 2010:
Saturday, May 1
4:00 pm - Liam Horgan and Joseph Kobily
Sunday, May 2
8:00 am - Daniel Crawford and Rachel Savko
10:00 am - Jaclyn Kuzma and Ian McFarland
12:15 pm - Christopher Stack and
Alex Williams
If you or someone you know would like to receive a Prayer Shawl, or if you would like to take part in this ministry by making a shawl, please call 412-921-1613. There is no charge to those who would like to have the comfort of a Prayer Shawl.
If you guessed our Parish Festival you are correct. The dates are June 7-12, 2010. It is hard to believe that it is only 7 weeks away! To volunteer visit the Parish Festival website at http://smosfestival.com/.
If you or a family member is ill and would like prayers said for them, you can call 412-341-4214 with your intention.
Angels' Place, located at 600 Fordham Avenue in Brookline offers Free Childcare/Preschool. Their staff is qualified, warm and caring individuals. The program is developmentally appropriate and is NAEYC accredited. Pre-School focuses on Kindergarten readiness, play, social skills and family involvement. For more information, call 412-531-6667.
Bishop Canevin High School Spring Musical “Curtains” will be April 28-May 1 at 7:30 pm in the school auditorium/gym. Reserved seats are $6 and General Admission bleacher tickets are $5. For tickets, call 412-922-7400.
Weekly OfferingOffertory $10,019.48 |
Adolescence is not the only time we are brought to a new place in life, but it can certainly be one of the more poignant times, and for some the first time among many yet to be cracked and scrambled upon our plate. How we make it through adolescence can baffle anyone who seeks order and predictability. The years can be a silent call of the wild, or they can drag us out of childhood's bed into a new and far-off morning. Somehow we do find our way through that maze of adolescence and into various sizes of maturity, yet never without dead ends or blind alleys, and always over time - sometimes much time.
There are other mazes as well - midlife, parenthood, divorces, the death of a spouse, retirement --enough of them it seems, that we are tempted to think of it all as one maze, life-long, groping our way on some endless quest. Hindsight offers some clarity, though at times it seems too late. Nevertheless, we look back and say we made it, even if with bruises and scars. Yet we made it, now wondering how, then with continual plodding because the treadmill would not stop.
For the disciples of Jesus his words then begin to make sense. “I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand” (John 10:27-28).
At some point believers look at their lives through the lens of faith and recognize some greater wisdom, some nurturing presence, intertwined with their own, that has led them to a new place of grace. It is a grace to acknowledge God's presence in his way.
Today is World Day of Prayer for Vocations, with the theme of “Witness Awakens Vocations.” Please pray for our priests, brothers, deacons, and women and men in consecrated life, that they be great witness to the whole Church and that their examples strengthen within our youth the desire to seek God's will for their lives.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
4:00 pm Fred Vater (Jane Vater)
Sunday, April 25, 2010 - Fourth Sunday of Easter
World Day of Prayer for Vocations
8:00 am For Our Living and Deceased Parishioners
10:00 am Walter Pfeiffer (Clara)
12:15 pm Leslie and Gloria Martin (Children and Grandchildren)
Monday, April 26, 2010
9:00 am Joseph Doyle (Wife and Family)
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
9:00 am Isabelle Scotti (Sisters)
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - SS. Peter and Louis
9:00 am Michael J. Mullen (Dolores Hirschfeld)
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - St. Catherine
9:00 am Pauline Snyder (Charlene Kaminski and Family)
Friday, April 30, 2010 - St. Pius
9:00 am Gasparo Provenzano (Maria and John Verbene)
Saturday, May 1 , 2010
4:00 pm Marguerite Kroner (Christy Family)
Sunday, May 2, 2010 - Fifth Sunday of Easter
8:00 am Guerino Carrabbia (Sam and Angela Verbene)
10:00 am For Our Living and Deceased Parishioners
12:15 pm Helen Fortun (Lorraine Bender)