The Gospel of John contains no record of
Jesus teaching the Lord’s Prayer. But if we read closely chapter 17 of John, several elements of the Our Father appear. The unity integral to that prayer compels Peter today to seek out someone to “become with us a witness to his resurrection.” The night before he dies, Jesus begs his Father, “Keep them in your name.” And the Psalmist proclaims,
“All my being, bless his holy name.” We can do the same thanks to our belonging to the company Christ has given us in his one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
www.StMatthewTheEvangelistParish.org
Rectory Office Hours: Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Phone: (570) 544-2211 Fax: (570) 544-2317
No matter what your present status in the Catholic Church; no matter what your current family or marital situation; no matter what your past or present religious affiliation; no matter what your personal history, age, background, race, ethnicity, etc.; you are Invited, Welcomed,
Accepted, Loved and Respected at Saint Matthew the Evangelist Parish!
SAFE ENVIRONMENT COORDINATOR: Sr. Meg Cole (610-332-04421x19)
VICTIM ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR: Wendy S. Krisak (1-800-791-9209)
WEEKDAY MASS AT 8:00 AM
MON
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John and Stella Chicora by Children
TUE
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Helen D. Maletz, Julia Malec, Josefa Smiszek, and for the Living and
Deceased Wives and Mothers of our Parish by Father Leo
WED – Czwarc Family by Joanne Bobby Family
THU
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Mary Davis by Sister, Sylvia
FRI
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Ed and Violet Skibiel by Frank and Theresa Grigalonis
SAT
– 4:00 PM –
Charles Anascavage by M/M Joseph L. Skibiel
SUN – 8:30 AM – Fritz Doran by Doran Family
10:30 AM – Living and Deceased Parishioners
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REQUIESCAT IN PACE: May Jesus, our Ascended Savior, welcome into the
Paschal Feast of Eternity EILEEN SCHULTZ, a member of our Parish Family, who died Tuesday, May 12, and was buried from our Church Saturday, May
16. May Mary, Queen of Heaven, comfort Eileen’s family and friends.
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THE WEEKLY CALENDAR
: O Lord, hear my voice, for I have called to you; of you my heart has spoken: Seek his face; hide not your face from me, alleluia. (Cf. Ps 27 (26):7-9)
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER, MAY 17 – SACRAMENT OF
RECONCILIATION: 8:00 AM and 10:15 AM.
THE FAMILY PRAYER CHALICE FOR VOCATIONS (FPC):
Jesus told us to ask the Harvest Master to send laborers into his harvest. May the prayers of our participating families bear fruit. Thanks to THE KELLY FAMILY for hosting the FPC for
Vocations this week. Sign up in Church vestibule.
FAMILY PERSPECTIVE: Jesus was worried about his disciples and he turned to prayer. No matter how much time we spent trying to “guard and protect” our children, each day they become less dependent on us and we must let go and let God. Prayer and parenting go together.
PRO-LIFE REFLECTION: Abortion should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction against the voiceless. The TRUE Pro-life citizen does not just wish or hope for an end to abortion, they pray and work for it!
STEWARDSHIP: “Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.” – 1 John
4:15. How strong is your faith? When you have an opportunity to defend your faith or clarify a question about your faith, do you do it?
Or, do you remain silent so that others don’t think you are weird? Pray for the courage to be strong in your faith and share your witness with others. LAST WEEK YOU CONTRIBUTED: Sunday: $3,059; Insurance:
$409; Holy Day: $553; Expenses: $8,829.31 (ordinary); $5,194.50 (school subsidy). Thanks for your generosity!
EASTER SEASON CHARITY: ST. VINCENT DE PAUL FOOD PANTRY
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Your donation of all TYPES OF MEALS IN A BOX will allow the SVDP Society to aid the needy of our area. Volunteer to help our SVDP Society Outreach and
God’s Bountiful Table.
Call Edward Butler at 570 544-2739.
EASTER SEASON VOTIVES: (1) SANCTUARY: In Thanksgiving by
Mother. (2) ALTARS: BLESSED VIRGIN MARY: I MO Anna and Michael
Orlosky; Special Intention by Stan and Sally Gober; IMO Mary Davis by Sister,
Sylvia; IMO Vince Kalochie by Helen, CoCo and Family. DIVINE MERCY:
IMO Vince Kalochie by Dave and Barb Sincavage; For the Health of George
Homa and Special Intention by Wife and Family . (3) BEFORE: ST. JOSEPH:
Special Intention. Call 570-544-2211 to memorialize votives.
BELATED MOTHERS’ DAY VOTIVES: STATIONS: IMO Rita Powlick by
Joseph and Daughter, Rita.
MONDAY, MAY 18 –
MAY VISITATION OF THE SICK: Beginning today and continuing until completion. Call 570-544-2211 to have someone added.
ST. MATTHEW’S TRAVELERS’ MOHEGAN SUN CASINO BUS TRIP:
Cost $24; Rebate $30! Bus leaves R&J 8:00 AM; Quandel’s in Minersville 8:30
AM. Call Julie (570-544-5231) or Millie (570-628-5413).
TUESDAY, MAY 19 –
ST. MATTHEW RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM:
2015-2016 REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW DUE. $65 FOR FIRST CHILD
WITH A $5 DISCOUNT BEFORE EARLY REGISTARTION DEADLINE ON
JUNE 30. ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION FORMS CAN BE FOUND IN THE
CHURCH VESTIBULE.
ALZHEIMER’S CARE GIVER’S SUPPORT GROUP:
6:00 PM Presentation, Providence Place, Pottsville. Topic this month: “Questions and Answers”.
Light Refreshments will be served. Call 570-628-6950.

PENTECOST SUNDAY, MAY 24 – THE FAMILY PRAYER CHALICE FOR VOCATIONS (FPC): THE CARPENITO FAMILY (10:30
AM) will host the FPC this week. Call 570-399-5056 or sign-up in the Church Vestibule for July and August!
MAY 24 – ST. MATTHEW THE EVANGELIST ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS: 6:00 PM Prayer Service.
Vigils can be memorialized in memory/honor of a loved one. Call Edward Butler at 570-544-2739.
SECOND COLLECTION ENVELOPE: (1) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT: Your contribution will help defray the cost of improvements for all Parish buildings. (2) Please check your Sunday Church Envelope Boxes for the envelopes you might have missed. Kindly catch up!
(3) Please write the amount of your donation on your envelope. Thank you!
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MINISTERS AT MASS FOR PENTECOST SUNDAY
OFF. PROC.
LECTORS
SAT 4:00 PM Skibiel Family Al Boris
E. M. of H. C.
Gloria Paltanavage
SUN 8:30 AM Doran Family Nicole Forney Tom Mundy
ALTAR SERVERS
Fletcher Eades
Max Wigoda
Emily Purcell
Abby Schoffstall
10:30 AM Parishioners Rosalie Novack Sister Margaret Bella Kuehn
Gabriel Kuehn
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COMING EVENTS: Please be sure to mark your calendar!
MAY 25
– RECITATION OF THE ROSARY:
10:00 AM, St. Mary Star of the Sea Cemetery. You are invited to pray for the deceased buried in
St. Mary Star of the Sea Cemetery. May God grant them eternal light and peace!
NOTRE DAME CLUB OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY “ANNUAL POTTSVILLE MILE”: Benefits St. Joseph Center for Special Learning,
Pottsville. For more information or to register or to become a sponsor, please email Bill Kern at williamnkern@comcast.net.
MAY 27
– GOD’S BOUNTIFUL TABLE:
11:30 AM to 1:30 PM, Fr. Ricapito Annex (570-544-6484).
MAY 28
– MONTHLY ROSARY:
6:15 PM, Church. The Patriotic Rosary is a powerful prayer for divine protection and mercy for our nation and its rebirth. Please join us in praying the Rosary during Mary’s month of May!
MAY 30 – EASTERN EUROPEAN FOOD FESTIVAL: 12:00 Noon to 6:00 PM, Slovak Catholic Social Hall, Reading. Food, beer, wines and other delights in the tradition of Slovak, Ukrainian and Polish. Eat-in or take-out. Call Kathi at 484-525-7861 for information.
MAY 31
– EASTER DUTY: This is the LAST day to fulfill the Easter Precept. CANON 920- #1. All the faithful after having been initiated into the Most Holy Eucharist, are bound by the obligation of receiving Communion at least once a year. #2. This precept must be fulfilled during the Easter Season (First Sunday of Lent to Trinity Sunday) unless it is fulfilled for a just cause at some other time during the year. (Please realize that fulfillment of your Easter Duty would also require the reception of the Sacrament of Reconciliation if you are aware of having committed Mortal Sin, e.g. deliberately missing Sunday Mass.)
JUNE 7 – ST. MATTHEW THE EVANGELIST SPAGHETTI DINNER:11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Parish Center,
120 Oak Street. Spaghetti with Homemade Sauce and Meatballs with a Full Salad Bar. Adults
$8.50; Children $4.50. Eat-in or take-out. Benefits SMTE Parish. Call 570-544-2211.
JUNE 12
– BLESSING OF CARS:
It is a custom on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to bless automobiles. We will do so at 6:00 PM in the Church parking lot (across from the Rectory). We ask that you call to register (570-544-2211).
JUNE 13
– ST. JOHN’S CURIOSITY SHOP:
8:00 AM to12:00 Noon, Russell Building. Various items, toys and games, jewelry, kitchen items, books, candles, vases, craft items, and much more. Food and refreshments available. Call 570-622-5470 for more information.
JUNE 14 – PROTECTING GOD’S CHILDREN CLASS: After 11:30 AM in the rectory education room, Most Blessed Trinity Parish, Tremont.
For any volunteers who need to take the class. Call 570-695-3648 to register.
JUNE 15
– ST. MATTHEW’S TRAVELERS’ SANDS CASINO BUS TRIP:
Cost $25; Rebate $30! Bus leaves R&J 8:00 AM;
Quandel’s in
Minersville 8:30 AM. Call Julie (570-544-5231) or Millie (570-628-5413).
JUNE 15 – 18 – ST. MATTHEW THE EVANGELIST VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM, grades K to 4, at the Good Shepherd Building. Call Sr. Mary Jane Dunleavy at 570-544-2464 to register and for more information. PROGRAM IS OPEN TO CHILDREN FROM ALL PARISHES!
JUNE 21 – FATHERS’ DAY FLOWERS AND VIGILS: We would like to decorate our Church with
Flowers and vigils in memory of/in honor of the husbands, fathers, grandfathers, good men of our
Parish. The Offering for Flowers is $10; Vigils $5. Call the Rectory (570-544-2211) to make arrangements. Thanks for your anticipated help!
JULY 6
– 8 – ST. MATTHEW’S TRAVELERS’ PITTSBURG EXPRESS BUS TRIP:
$429 per person, double occupancy. 2 nights lodging, 2 breakfasts, 2 dinners including a dinner at the Grand Concourse, Duquesne Incline, Gateway Clipper cruise, Guided tour of Pittsburgh including University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, Nationality Rooms, Heinz Memorial Chapel, Tour of Phipps Conservatory and
Botanical Gardens, Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Fallingwater”, Visit to Flight 93 Memorial, souvenir gift. Motorcoach transportation. Baggage handling, meal gratuities and hotel taxes included. YOUR PAYMENT IS YOUR RESERVATION! Call 570-544-5231 or 570-628-5413.
JULY 20
– ST. MATTHEW’S TRAVELERS’ MT. AIRY CASINO BUS TRIP:
Cost $29; Rebate $30! Bus leaves R&J 8:00 AM;
Quandel’s in
Minersville 8:30 AM. Call Julie (570-544-5231) or Millie (570-628-5413).
SEPTEMBER 21- 24 – ST. MATTHEW’S TRAVELERS’ WILDWOOD SEAFOOD FEAST BUS TRIP: $399 per person, double occupancy. 3 nights motel accommodations, 3 full breakfasts, 3 dinners including all-you-can-eat seafood buffet featuring a DJ and over 50 different buffet items, one $20 meal credit valid for a 3 course price-fixed meal at Breadsticks in Resorts Casino, one dinner at a local restaurant, trip to Atlantic City casino with a bonus package, visit to Washington Street Mall, Cape May, visit Smithville Village, Wildwoods' famous beach and boardwalk. Motorcoach transportation. Baggage handling, meal gratuities and hotel taxes included. YOUR PAYMENT IS YOUR
RESERVATION! Call 570-544-5231 or 570-628-5413.
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ANNOUNCED MASSES: The following Mass Intentions to be said were given to: REV. LEO J. MALETZ: IMO Joseph Gober requested by
M/M Joseph Komorosky; IMO Anne Wentz requested by Grandson, Dave Wentz, Jr.; IMO Mary Cokus requested by Jay, Nancy, and
Kylene Butcavage; IMO Julia Stabinsky requested by Charles Zurat. REV. DAVID KOZAK: IMO Joseph Gober requested by M/M John
Kryscio; IMO Anne Wentz requested by Margaret Manue; IMO John Letko requested by Bob and Mary Lou; IMO Julia Stabinsky requested by M/M Metro Cremo. PRIESTS AT HOLY FAMILY MANOR: IMO Christine Mickey requested by M/M Frank Trubilla, Matthew Trubilla,
Rosary Society; IMO Helen Sobolesky requested by Frank and Mary Sweitzer, Rosary Society; IMO Pauline Hydock requested by Charles
Copelin, M/M John Hudec, M/M Bill Swartz, Paul and Rose Fesnock, Helen Zurat, Anna Valoshin, M/M Walter Valoshin; IMO Sandra Yeich requested by M/M Stanley Michalski; IMO Atty. Bill Mosolino requested by Ed and Rose Brennan; IMO Michael and Theresa, Walter and
Vera, Joseph and Catherine, and Michael requested by Helen Klebo; IMO Edward Lubinsky requested by Tom and Leann Strencosky; IMO
Joseph Mateyka requested by Eileen DeStefano, Paul and Julie Vinansky, Thomas Poslosky, Bob and Julie Bowers; IMO Anthony
Stabinsky requested by Stan and Alice Poslosky, M/M Metro Cremo (2); IMO Angie Siemanis requested by Bev and Jerry Gavalis, Joe
Lapinsky, Peter Siemanis; IMO David C. Mitsock requested by Drew and Michele Drebitko and Family; IMO Stanley Frompovicz requested by Bill Dallago, Jim and Kay Santai, Eleanor and Mary Strencoski. MSGR. WILLIAM HANDGES: IMO Catherine Stefanosky requested by
Joe Lapinsky, David Frey, Charles and Helen Ann Roberts, Carl and Colleen McBreen and Family; IMO Kenneth Hutton requested by Dad,
Lucille, Andrew and Christine Melochick, M/M Robert Smith, M/M John Miller, Ruth Nebroskie; IMO Edward Mielnikiewicz requested by
Frank Delaney, M/M Steve Mitchell; IMO Marion Nichael requested by Mary Ann and Sophie Genovese, M/M Metro Cremo, Eileen Hydock,
Ginny and Rob Zelusky; IMO Michael Crochunis requested by Madelline Mukeis, Alice Toback; IMO Christine Mickey requested by Eileen
Hydock, Jim and Janet Modena, Glenn and Marylice McFarland; IMO Gerald Malusky requested by Bill and Molly Laudeman, George
Cherrybon Family; IMO Anthony Stabinsky requested by M/M John Miller and M/M Robert Smith, John Barnetsky and Family, Robert
Motuk; IMO Angie Siemanis requested by Rosary Society, Bette Mendini, Helen Sheppo; IMO David Mitsock requested by Charles Lagola
Family, M/M John Lagola.