Cranberry Twp., Ellwood City and Zelienople Grouping St. Gregory Parish

Clergy for Parish Grouping

Third Sunday of Easter

Administrator: Rev. John P. Gallagher 724-776-2888

Senior Parochial Vicars: Rev. Mark L. Thomas 724-758-4411 Rev. James Torquato 724-776-2888 Parochial Vicar: Rev. David J. Egan 724-776-2888

Deacon: Donald C. Pepe 724-452-7245 E-Mail: doncpepe@diopitt.org

Parish Staff Pastoral Associate: Sister Patricia Myers, SHS E-Mail: srpatty1@verizon.net

Director of Faith Formation: Audra Brown E-Mail: ccd@stgregzelie.org Program Manager: Denise Knauff E-Mail: dknauff@stgregzelie.org

Music Director: Adam Blotzer E-Mail: blotzeradam@gmail.com

Safe Environment Coordinator: Diane Devens E-Mail: ddevens@stgregzelie.org

Parish Office: parishoffice@stgregzelie.org 724-452-7245 M-F 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Fax 724-452-4064

Closed for Lunch 12 - 12:30 pm

Business Manager: Julie Strosnider E-Mail: jstrosnider@stgregzelie.org

Parish Secretary: Diane Devens E-Mail: bulletin@stgregzelie.org

Maintenance Director: Jim Bucek

Youth Ministry: Diego Araujo E-Mail: holygregministry@stgregzelie.org

St. Gregory School: 724-452-9731 School E-Mail: schooloffice@stgregzelie.org

Principal: Erin Harris E-Mail: eharris@stgregzelie.org School Cafeteria: Andy Harmer 724-452-8010

Ritzert Hall Rental: 724-452-7245

St. Gregory Website: www.stgregparish.org

Holy Redeemer parishioners traditionally gather on Tues-day evenings in the Easter season to pray the St. Anthony Novena along with Mass. This year, we have the opportunity to pray this novena together. Starting Tuesday, a video of Father Mark reciting the St. Anthony Novena prayers will be posted on our website, along with the prayers. You are invit-ed to watch the video and pray the novena with him at your convenience. The video link and prayers may be found at https://www.holyredeemerparishpgh.com/st-anthony-novena-at-home St. Anthony of Padua is the patron saint of lost and sto-len articles and was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1195. To learn more about him, click https://www.stanthony.org/who-st-anthony/

Liturgical Schedule

Sunday, April 26 Third Sunday of Easter

Saturday Vigil Mrs. Margaret T. Smith - Kim & Jim Bartos-Sharp

Sunday Morning Georg & Franziska Peiritsch - Claire Dorsch

Andy & Alice Mignanelli - Bill & Phyllis Martinek

Monday, April 27 Margaret Smith - Mary & Allen Funovits

Tuesday, April 28

St. Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr; Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort, Priest

Sylvester “Corky” Mashuda - Jenny Mashuda

Wednesday, April 29 St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin Joseph Morris - Paul & Pat Morris

Thursday, April 30

Saint Pius V, Pope Kathy Schott - Audrey Makowski

Friday, May 1

St. Joseph the Worker Herb Milbert - Wife, Eleanora

Saturday, May 2

Saint Athanasius, Bishop Ronie Mathe & Katie Hartman - The Drew Family

Sunday, May 3

Fourth Sunday of Easter Kathryn Smart & Dess Tustin - The Cummings Family

Ronie Mathe - Gloria & Bria Koch

Asleep in Christ: Please pray for the repose of the soul of Rosella Kolling, wife of Bill Kolling, who died recently. May she rest in peace and may the Perpetual Light of Christ shine upon her. Until Further Notice the bulletins for St. Gregory Parish will only be available online at www.stgregparish.org. Due to the very low utilization of paper bulletins, this measure was taken.

Sanctuary Candle

in Memory of

Rachel Mogielski

From: Mom & Dad

Celebrating Easter…..

2020 Style!

Collections March Sunday Offering: $

April 26, 2020

“Save Time and Donate Online!” Online Giving is now available for parishioners with WeShare, an easy and convenient way to save time and support the church. Donating is simple, safe, and completely secure. With WeShare, you can set up a recurring weekly or monthly transaction using your checking, savings, or credit card account. You can decide how much to give to any collection and make changes any time, day or night. Plus, you can leave your checkbook at home on Sundays and not worry about envelopes because second collections are there too.

“Special Thanks to E-Givers” St. Gregory Parish would like to thank the 64 families who are currently giving electronically. You may not see these fellow parishioners place an envelope in the basket every week, they may be placing a slip, like the one above, in the collection basket instead. Truly, their consistent giving does not go unnoticed in our parish office, as well. Each month our parish receives a steady and predictable stream of in-come from those donors who have made the commitment to give to God first by having a designated contribution auto-matically transferred to our parish through our Online Giving Program. If you would like to learn more about this easy, safe and secure way of giving, please contact St. Gregory Parish Office at 724.452.7245 or check out our website at www.stgregparish.org/online-giving.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30; Jn 6:22-29 Tuesday: Acts 7:51 — 8:1a; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, 17, 21ab; Jn 6:30-35 Wednesday: Acts 8:1b-8; Ps 66:1-3a, 4-7a; Jn 6:35-40 Thursday: Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; Jn 6:44-51 Friday: Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 6:52-59, Saturday: Acts 9:31-42; Ps 116:12-17; Jn 6:60-69 Sunday: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Ps 23:1-6; 1 Pt 2:20b-25; Jn 10:1-10

Third Sunday of Easter

St. Gregory has several dozen homemade pierogies from the Christian Mothers Group at Holy Redeemer still available for purchase at $6 per dozen. Please call the Parish Office at 724.452.7245. Southwest Butler Food Cupboard will accept only monetary donations during the Covid19 crisis. Their address is 557 Perry Hwy, Harmony, Pa.

April 26, 2020

Imagine meeting a stranger, a fellow traveler, who butts into the conversation you're having with your friend. The two disciples in today's Gospel are heading to Emmaus, seven miles away from Jerusalem, heartbroken and disillusioned. It's the day of Jesus' resurrection, but no one knew it when these two set out on their journey, maybe going home to resume their pre-Jesus lives because it seemed as if everything was over.

God’s Word for Children Become a Sacrament Advocate

Please Join our Grouping’s new Sacramental Advocate Program. A Sacramental Advocate is someone who prays for, or sends a note of support, to a candidate preparing to receive their Sacraments of First Holy Communion, Confirmation, or for an RCIA candidate. St. Gregory has 39 First Communicants and 40 Confirmation candidates that are need of an advocate! Please email Denise at dknauf@stgregzelie.org if you are interested in helping our kids stay connected to our faith community while their learning experience has been suspended during the Coronavirus shut-down.

Collections March 30 Sunday Offering: $ 4,630.00 April 5 Sunday Offering: $ 17,654.00 April 12 Sunday Offering: $ 8,655.00