ST. SYLVESTER CHURCH

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Monday, September 3 - St. Gregory the Great

8:00 am Walsh Family (Mary Jernstrom)

Tuesday, September 4

8:00 am Diana Baxendell (Family)

Wednesday, September 5 - St. Teresa of Calcutta

8:00 am Georgine Frankenfield (Louise Cappetta)

Thursday, September 6

8:00 am Anniv. Mary Therese Grasmick (Family)

Friday, September 7

8:30 am Birth. Regina Barrios (Christina Bolanos)

Saturday, September 8 - The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

8:00 am Birth. Ambrose Huber (Family)

4:00 pm Leonard Aniuk (Andy & Wannie)

Sunday, September 9 - Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

9:00 am Michael Kedzuf (Family)

11:00 am For the Parish

TYPES OF PRAYER. Prayer is a way we communicate our

needs, thankfulness and gratitude to God. There are many form of

prayer that can be used to communicate with God. Over the next

few weeks we will explore some of these forms and how we can

use them to communicate with God. THANKSGIVING. This is self-explanatory. We all have had

something good happen to us. When we do, we usually give

thanks to God for all he’s done for us. That’s Thanksgiving

prayer! We should thank God every morning for each day and

thank Him in the evening for helping us through the day. That’s

our way of giving thanks to God for the blessings that are ours!

RCIA - Do you want to know more about the Catholic faith?

Are you baptized in another faith and would like to be Catholic?

Are you baptized Catholic but need communion and/or

confirmed? Classes for the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

(RCIA) will begin in September and will conclude with the Easter

Vigil in April. There will be an inquiry session on Monday,

September 17th at 7:45pm in the Rectory Meeting room where

more information will be given. Classes meet on Monday’s at

7:45pm in the Rectory Meeting room. Please contact Deacon

Andy at 412-882-8593 x202 or by email at

awhite@saintsylvesterparish.org for more information. ***************************************************** EUCHARISTIC ADORATION - Please take some personal

time to visit Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament on Friday,

September 7th from 9:15 am to 3:00 pm in the Church. It is very

important that the sign-up sheets that are available at the parking

lot side door and the back of the Church be filled. Exposition of

Jesus on our altar can only be possible if adorers are present

throughout the day. Personal prayer is powerful!

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

CCD REGISTRATION WAS EMAILED DURING THE FIRST WEEK

OF AUGUST to all families who were in the program this past

school year. Registration forms are also available in the Rectory.

CCD classes are held on Monday and Tuesday evenings from

6:15-7:30 for children in 1st - 8th grade. If you have a child

starting 1st grade in September, or are new to the parish and have

school aged children, contact Mrs. Carolyn Eisenbarth, Dir. of

Religious Education at 412-882-8593 X 219 or email

ceisenbarth@saintsylvesterparish.org to register. We are looking

forward to another faith-filled year of learning and living our

Catholic faith. CCD classes will begin Sept. 17 and 18. Monday

classes are filling up, so register right away.

Note from Deacon Andy

BEGINNING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH

THE MORNING MASS WILL BE

CELEBRATED AT 8:30AM

4:00 pm 9:00 am 11:00 am

Lectors:

J. Stankus

E. Moeller

L. Covato

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:

R. Robson H. DelSardo L. Swanson

K. Sokac J. Budd D. Chodor

C. Crnovic D. Miller T. Lenart

M. G. McCann C. Graziano M. Benford

J. Winter S. Fishbaine H. Jenney

C. R. Austin K. Scott P. Woods

Deacon Andy T. DelSardo C. Eisenbarth

Altar Servers:

A. Stephenson

S. Wrubleski

J. Budd

A. Budd

Z. Czapko

C. Betz

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion/Lectors

Saturday, September 8- Sunday, September 9

RECTORY OFFICE HOURS

Monday 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Tuesday 9:00 am - 8:00 pm

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Saturday and Sunday - 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

FOOD BANK COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND: Our

monthly collection for the Brentwood Food Pantry is next

weekend September 8-9. We will collect our usual canned goods,

paper products and cleaning supplies. Also school supplies:

notebooks, pens, folders and binders are still needed. Thank you

for helping!

LADIES OF CHARITY NEWS: Our next meeting is this

Thursday, September 6th, 7PM in the Rectory meeting room. We

will be making sandwiches for Shepherd’s Heart after the

meeting. Cookies needed. Our next trip to bring dinner to the

women at Bethlehem Haven is Wednesday, September 12th. The

Ladies of Charity National Assembly is in Pittsburgh this month,

September 20-23.

CRITICAL NEED FOR BLOOD DONATIONS: There is a

nationwide shortage of blood supplies to help in emergencies.

The Brentwood community has always stepped forward to help

and there will be an opportunity to donate on Labor Day,

Monday, September 3rd from 10 am- 3 pm at the Brentwood

Library Community Room. Walk-ins are always welcome but

you can make an appointment by calling 412-354-8846 or email

Terri Ward at tward@itxm.org. Each blood donation saves 3

lives.

BEREAVEMENT SPEAKER AT ST. ELIZABETH’S: Dr .

Lillian Meyers, Ph.D, who has spoken here at St. Sylvester’s a

number of times, will be a guest speaker at Saint Elizabeth of

Hungary Parish for their monthly Bereavement Support Group

on September 12th from 10:30 a.m.-12 Noon. She is a well-

known speaker and publisher on the topic of grief. Her session is

entitled "Mourning Our Losses Across the Life Cycle." This

meeting will benefit anyone who is coping with any form of loss

in their life. If you are interested in attending, please register by

calling, Karen Michaux, 412-207-1655. The group meets in Pius

Hall, Room 107.

CENTERING PRAYER IN SEPTEMBER: Our centering

prayer dates for September are Wednesdays Sept. 5th and

Sept.19th. On Sept. 5th we will meet in the Providence Room

and on the 19th we will meet in the Rectory meeting room as

usual. Both meetings are at 7PM and we will continue our study

of Open Mind, Open Heart by Fr. Thomas Keating after our

centering prayer. If you would like more information about this

method of contemplative prayer, please call the Social Ministry

office.

LISTENING FRIENDS: A SUICIDE BEREAVEMENT

SUPPORT GROUP: This is a suppor t group for those who

have lost a loved one to suicide no matter how recently or long

ago. Meetings are open to anyone 18 years old and older and meet

the 2nd Wed. of each month 7:30-9PM, St. Benedict the Abbot

Church, 120 Abington Dr. McMurray 15317 in the Religious Ed.

Building Room 204. For more info:

listeningfriends119@gmail.com or 412-854-2179.

JOIN CATHOLICS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN PRAYER

FOR LIFE: Each Fr iday until the end of September you are

invited to answer the U.S. bishops’ call for education, fasting, and

prayer for the legal protection of human life. Find out more:

www.usccb.org/pray

SOCIAL MINISTRY QUOTE: “I plead with you then, as a

prisoner for the Lord, to live a life worthy of the calling you have

received, with perfect humility, meekness, and patience, bearing

with one another lovingly. Make every effort to preserve the

unity which has the Spirit as its origin and peace as its binding

force. There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but

one hope given all of you by your call. There is one Lord, one

faith, one baptism, one God and Creator of all, who is over all and

works through all and is in all.” St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians

4: 1-6 *****************************************************

Noah Wenzel & Leanne Bennett

BAPTISM SEMINAR - Our next pre-Baptism

Seminar will be held on Thursday, September

20th at 7:30 pm in the Rectory. Parents planning

to have a baby baptized within the next few

months must attend this seminar. Godparents are

also invited but do not have to attend.

BIBLE STUDY - The St. Sylvester Bible Study will resume its

meetings for the reading and study of Sacred Scripture on

Tuesday evening, September 4 at 6:30 pm in the Rectory Meeting

Room. “Divine Mercy In My Soul”, the diary of Sister M.

Faustina Kowalska as well as the “Sunday Scripture Readings for

Mass” will be presented during the first semester of the study.

Members of the study group are reminded that they must register

before the series begins and bring their Bible and notebooks for

journaling to the class. New members are welcome. For more

information call Dr. Ross Cafaro at 412-885-1625.

SOCIAL MINISTRY

Report for Weekend of August 25-26, 2018

“No one shall come before the Lord empty handed, but each

of you with as much as he can give in portion to the blessings

which the Lord, your God, has bestowed upon you.” (Deut. 6:17)

Collection Envelopes Amount

Regular Offertory 459 $8,211.40

School Support 5 $81.00

Total 464 $8,292.40

Thank you for your generosity to our parish.

ST. SYLVESTER CHURCH

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

ASK THE MASTER OF THE HARVEST TO SEND OUT

LABORERS FOR HIS HARVEST – As a nation, we pause this

weekend to celebrate Labor Day and as Christians we are invited

to give thanks and praise to God for the gift of human labor that

enriches us. In our daily lives, our work is that which we do to

make a living, to provide for our families and to share the gifts

that God has given us. Our labor involves our hands and minds

and hearts and truly becomes a reflection of the work of God in

creating and sustaining the world. Yet, our labor does not end

when the work day is over. The Lord also invites us, as people of

faith, to labor in his vineyard. Our life of faith cannot be a passive

endeavor. To sit back and simply let God do good for us does

nothing when it comes to sharing faith and truth and making new

disciples. Instead, our faith, like our work, is an active sharing of

the gifts of will, intellect, strength and love that we have been

given. On Mission for The Church Alive! invites us to labor in on

behalf of the Church so that the seeds of faith can be planted in

the hearts of others through word and deed. And as we invite

others to follow God and enter into caring relationships with

them, God can reap a bountiful harvest of the fruits of his love.

Visit onmissionchurchalive.org to learn more and to stay

informed.

COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENTS FESTIVAL OF PRAISE! Hosted by Holy Apostles Par ish at

St. Albert The Great Church at 3171 Churchview Ave., in

Baldwin on September 8th from 7:00 pm-8:30 pm. The theme

is Aware and Alive. Join us for a Spiritually Uplifting Adoration

Service, motivational contemporary worship music provided by

Holy Apostles praise band, inspirational homily by Fr. Mike

Ackerman, and a witness testimonial by Ed Nahm . Light

refreshments to follow. ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND! THE BRENTWOOD SPARTAN MARCHING BAND

FESTIVAL is around the corner. Come out for an evening of

spectacular Marching Band Entertainment. Enjoy great

performances from several local high school bands featuring

many dedicated and talented students. Join us Saturday,

September 15th at 6:00pm on our very own Brentwood Field.

Gates open at 5:00pm. A full concession stand will be available.

Admission is $7.00 for adults, $5.00 for students and seniors 65

and older, 4 and under is free. FIRST FRIDAY FISH FRY - September kicks off the start of

the new fish fry season at St. Joan of Arc (located on Library Rd.

in South Park) with the First Friday Fish Fry on September

7th. Please join our neighbors for fellowship and a delicious

meal. The Fish Fry provides an excellent setting to get together

with friends, neighbors and other parishioners to share a meal and

some good conversation. Great option for lunch or dinner. We

look forward to seeing you at the Fish Fry! COME AND SEE - High school men: come to encounter the

Lord through Come and See, a day of prayer, fun, and

brotherhood on Saturday, September 29, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00

p.m. at St. Paul Seminary. The day will include Mass, adoration,

games, a cookout, a bonfire, and dynamic talks, with Father Mike

Ackerman, Father Tom Sparacino and diocesan seminarians. No

cost. To register, please email Theresa Sullivan at

tsullivan@diopitt.org by September 21.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALING: The recent

revelations on the sexual abuse scandal touch many parishes

and many people. Over the next weeks and months there will

be opportunities to gather and pray for healing for our broken

church and for renewal and reform. St. Mary of the Mount

Parish on Mt. Washington will have a prayer service and

opportunity to share feelings and concerns on Thursday,

September 6th at 7:30PM in the church. At Kearns

Spirituality Center, 9000 Babcock Blvd. in Allison Park,

there will be a gathering for prayer, sharing and healing

Monday, September 17th at 7PM. Please share this

information with those you know who may want to/need to

attend.

WITH SYMPATHY AND PRAYERS - Mary Louise

Bidzilya was buried from our parish this past week. We

express our deepest sympathy to her family and offer them our

prayers.

MEN’S FELLOWSHIP - We invite more men to join us for

prayer on Saturday morning after the 8:00am Mass. You need

not commit for every week but we ask you to try joining us for

Lauds, the morning prayer of the universal Church. For more

information call Stan Cook at 412-882-6882.

ST. SYLVESTER SCHOOL NEWS

WHAT MAKES SAINT SYLVESTER

SCHOOL UNIQUE?

~Small class sizes that allow for individualized attention

~Experienced and dedicated staff - more than half have taught

for 10+ years!

~The school community celebrates weekly mass together

~ Extended Day Program available until 6:00 PM every day

school is in session

~Our sports teams excel! We offer basketball, volleyball,

soccer, cross country, track, and cheerleading.

~"Amigo" partnership between the younger and older students Call the school office to set up a tour - (412) 882-9900. We are

actively seeking enrollment from PreK through eighth grade! LANCER LOOT - October Lancer Loot tickets are available in

the Rectory Office and at the Scrip table after Mass. $5 gives

you 30 chances to be a winner!

St. Sylvester Youth Group will kick off the school year with an

ICE CREAM Social on Monday, September 3 from 6:30-

8:00pm in the youth room. All parish teens and their friends

are welcome.

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

CALENDAR OF EVENTS For the Week of September 2-8, 2018

Sunday, September 2

Monday, September 3

Tuesday, September 4 1:00 pm Rosary Church

6:30 pm Bible Study Rectory

7:00 pm Boy Scouts Church Hall

Wednesday, September 5

7:00 pm Centering Prayer Prov. Room

7:00 pm CCD Volunteer Mt. Rectory

Thursday, September 6

7:00 pm Ladies of Charity Rectory

Friday, September 7

Saturday, September 8

8:30 am Men’s Fellowship Rectory

Readings for the Week of September 2, 2018 Sunday Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Dt 4:1-2, 6-8; Ps 15:2-3, 3-4, 4-5; Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27; Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Monday Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church 1 Cor 2:1-5; Ps 119:97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102; Lk 4:16-30 Tuesday 1 Cor 2:10b-16; Ps 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13ab, 13cd-14; Lk 4:31-37 Wednesday 1 Cor 3:1-9; Ps 33:12-13, 14-15, 20-21; Lk 4:38-44 Thursday 1 Cor 3:18-23; Ps 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6; Lk 5:1-11 Friday 1 Cor 4:1-5; Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 27-28, 39-40; Lk 5:33-39 Saturday The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 13:6ab, 6c; Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 or 1:18-23 Sunday Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 35:4-7a; Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10; Jas 2:1-5; Mk 7:31-37

DIOCESAN ABUSE HOTLINE

In the continuing effort to reach out to anyone

abused in the church, our diocesan church has a

confidential hotline (1-888-808-1235) for anyone

who may have been abused to call for support and

healing.