October 13, 2019

Website•www.catholiclykenswilliamstown.org

Harrisburg Diocese Website • www.HbgDiocese.org E-Mail • OurLadyHelpofChristiansParishLykens@hbgdiocese.org Rev. Michael Opoki, AJ • frmopoki@hbgdiocese.org • 717-453-7895

Deacon George Garber Jr • dggarber@hbgdiocese.org • 717-362-3233

Parish Secretary • Tiffany Jones • 717-453-7895 * TJones@hbgdiocese.org

Parish Bookkeeper • Susan Torrey • 717-453-7895 * storrey@hbgdiocese.org

CCD Coordinator • Nora Valovage • 717-453-8207 *nvalovage@hbgdiocese.org

Parish Maintenance • Michael Orowski • 717-222-8535

Parish Pastoral Council • Anne Romberger • 717-647-9182

OLHC Parish Council of Catholic Women • Deb Bush • 717-453-9984

SHJ Parish Council of Catholic Women • Rosemary Boyer • 717-647-4485

SHJ Sacristans • Sheila Sowers • 717-647-4963 & Noreen Gochenaur • 717-523-2180

SHJ Hershey Park Fundraiser • Anne Romberger • 717-647-9182 & Jean Daniel • 717-647-9837

Knights of Columbus • Thomas Vottero • 717-692-4935

Alcoholics Anonymous • Meet at OLHC Parish Hall • Sunday and Thursday @ 7 pm

Meals on Wheels • rburns@dauphinc.org • Robert Burns • 717-780-6315

Matrimony: Couples contemplating marriage in the

Diocese of Harrisburg are to approach a Priest at least nine to

twelve months before the date on which they plan to marry.

No date may be finalized until the priest establishes the

couple’s freedom to marry and determine their readiness for

marriage.

Registration- New Parishioners are invited to visit the Parish

Office 9am - 2pm, Monday & Thursday or 11am – 4pm on

Tuesday & Wednesday. When moving or changing your

phone number, please notify the parish office.

The Sacrament of Baptism: 12:30pm: First Sunday of the

month Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Lykens.

12:00pm: Third Sunday of the month Sacred Heart of Jesus

Church, Williamstown. Pre-baptismal instructions must be

completed in order to have your child baptized. Call the

parish office before planning your child’s baptism.

The Sacrament of Penance:

Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Lykens:

Saturdays 3-4pm & Mondays 7:45-8:15am

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Williamstown:

Wednesdays 7:45- 8:15am

Saturday Vigil Mass:

4:15pm Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Lykens.

Sunday Morning Mass:

8:15am- Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Lykens.

10:45am -Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Williamstown.

Weekday Mass: Please see the inside of the bulletin

Holy Day Mass:

11am -Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Lykens.

7pm -Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Williamstown.

Visitation of the Sick: Please notify the Rectory when a member

of the parish is in the hospital or if someone is unable to attend

Mass and wishes to receive Holy Communion. Anyone going into

the hospital for surgery should contact the priest to receive the

Anointing of the Sick before surgery.

“We, the parish community of Our Lady Help of Christians and Sacred Heart of Jesus, are a welcoming Catholic

community in the Diocese of Harrisburg. Being nourished and strengthened by the graces we receive in the Eucharist

and the other Sacraments, we are committed to praying and working together as one. Guided by the Holy Spirit, we

strive to live the Gospel of Jesus in our lives and to bring the truth of Christ’s salvation to the communities around us.”

Our Lady Help of Christians Church Lykens, PA

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church Williamstown, PA

Our Lady Help of Christians Church

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church Parish Office: 732 East Main Street

Lykens, PA 17048

717-453-7895

FAX: 717-453-9426

Open: 9am-2pm Mondays & Thursdays

11am – 4pm Tuesdays & Wednesdays

October 13, 2019

Saturday, Oct. 12

4:15pm @ OL

In memory of Susan Messner By: Ed Messner

Sunday, Oct. 13

8:15 am @ OL

10:45 am @ SH

Twenty-Eighth Sunday In Ordinary Time For the People of the Parish In memory of Michael Brennan By: Joe & Patti Welsh

Monday, Oct. 14

8:30am @ OL

In memory of Nicholas Cumer By: Vanessa Valovage

Tuesday, Oct. 15

8:30am @ SH

Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin & Doctor of the Church In memory of Mike Brennan By: Neil Readinger

Wednesday, Oct. 16

8:30am @ SH

In memory of Karen Leiter By: Mike Leiter

Thursday, Oct. 17 Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop & Martyr Thursday Evening Rosary In SHJ Church At 7PM

Friday, Oct. 18

8:30am @ OL

Saint Luke, Evangelist In memory of Thomas Hayden By: Fr. Mark O’Neil Council (K of C)

Saturday, Oct. 19

4:15pm @ OL

In memory of Thomas F. Kelley By: Francis Kelley

Sunday, Oct. 20

8:15am @ OL

10:45am @ SH

Twenty-Ninth Sunday In Ordinary Time In memory of Ralph Stanley Aucker, Jr. By: Clara Valovage For the People of the Parish

Our Lady Help of Christians Sanctuary Lamp burns: For All Souls

Sacred Heart of Jesus Sanctuary Lamp burns: For All Souls

Kade Matter,

Ava Matter, Kiarah Barge

Our Lady Help of Christians Church

MINISTERS OF THE LITURGICAL

CELEBRATIONS

Our Lady’s Offertory Collection

October 6, 2019 Totals: $6,499.00

2018 Offering: $3,080.00

Envelopes Returned: 68

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church

MINISTERS OF THE LITURGICAL

CELEBRATIONS

Sacred Heart Offertory Collection

October 6, 2019 Totals: $2,324.00

2018 Offering: $1,378.00

Envelopes Returned: 36

Saturday, Oct.19, 2019 @ 4:15pm

Altar Servers – Olivia Savage, Nolan Savage

Lector- Noreen Gochenaur

Greeter- Christina Reiner

Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 @ 8:15am

Altar Servers- Kade Matter, Ava Matter,

Kiarah Barge

Lectors – Warren Thoma

Greeter – Warren Thoma

Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 @ 10:45 am

Altar Servers – Francesca Ziegler, Delaney Bixler

Lector- Joseph Mihalick

Eucharistic Minister – Nancy Brennan

Greeter – Anne Romberger

2nd

Collections:

Oct. 13th

: Debt Reduction

Oct. 20th

: World Mission Day

Oct. 27th

: Fuel Fund

TODAY’S READINGS & HYMNS

October 12th

/13th

Scripture Readings: Page: 221

Entrance: BB#544

Preparation: BB#508

Communion: BB#323

Sending Forth: BB#196

Parish Office Hours

The parish office will be closed this Monday,

October 14, 2019 in observation of Columbus Day.

It will reopen on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 9am.

An Update From The Capital Campaign Committee

Total as of October 9, 2019

Cash: $57,068.00

Pledges: $30,000.00

October 13, 2019

Please Remember Those Who Have Requested Prayers

Doris Schaeffer

*Almonzo

*Kathy Begani

*Andrea Bixler

*Laethum Boothe

*Rita Bordner

*Kathy Platzer Dougher

*Joyce Dolan

*Laretta Doyle

*Bernard Doyle

*Justin Drahovsky

*Jack Esterline

*Linda Evans

*Brenda Garber

*Anna Hain

*Brett Kaden

*Vincent Kennedy

*Shelly Klinger

*Evelyn Koppenhaver

*Mary Jane

Koppenhaver

*Donnie Laing

*Natalie McMaster

*Jimmy Modrijan

*Joyce Moyer

*Jim Murray

*Jeannie Nard

*Joe Pendal

*Ken Rebuck

*Margaret Shadle

*Pat Shutt

*Dorothy Snesavage

*Cathy Steppy

*Penny Stine

*Anna Trawitz

*Mary Trumpeter

*Mary Underkoffler

*Katie Wallace

*Steve Welker

*Marlene Wiest

*Roz Wilson

*Jim Willier

*Timothy J. Wixted

*Priscilla Wrubel

*Alice Yuslum

* Unborn Children

Names will remain on the list for 6 weeks at a time, unless requested indefinitely.

* denotes indefinitely. Please notify the parish office when a name may be removed from the Indefinite List.

denotes children. Names may be added, removed and renewed at any time by contacting the Parish Office.

Our next monthly meeting is scheduled for Wednesday,

October 16, 2019 at 7:30pm at the Knights Home.

October 13, 2019 Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Saying thank you

Reading I 2 Kings 5:14-17 (Elisha’s cure of Naaman)

Reading II 2 Timothy 2:8-13 (Paul’s faithfulness to the

gospel)

Gospel Luke 17:11-19 (ten lepers)

Key Passage Then one of the lepers, when he saw that he was

healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He

prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was

a Samaritan. (Luke 17:15-16)

Adult Whose generosity do you tend to take for granted? How

will you change this?

Child When have you failed to say thank you? Why does this

matter?

FORMED - pick of the week

True Reformers, Episode 5: Teresa of Avila

Wealthy and headstrong, Teresa was an unlikely choice for

a great reformer. But after years as a complacent Carmelite,

she learned from divine inspiration what living totally for

God could be.

Prayer Shawl Ministry: Our meeting will resume this coming

Wednesday, October 16th, at 7:00 pm in Our Lady's social

hall. All skill levels are welcome. We will gladly teach those

people who are eager to learn how to knit or crochet.

Letter From the Bishop

Included in this week’s bulletin is a letter from Bishop

Gainer, in which he refers to a survey. Copies of that

survey as well as FAQ sheets regarding the material in

the letter have been placed in the back of both

churches as well as the side entrance of Our Lady’s.

Please feel free to take a copy of both.

Father’s Forum NET (National Evangelization Teams) MINISTRIES. This is part of a letter that I received from Paul Ives, Ministry

Partnership Coordinator

“NET Ministries is grateful for the faith formation that Vanessa

Valovage has received from your community prior to becoming a

NET missionary and we are grateful for the ministry partnership

coming from parishioners who have supported Vanessage (that is

how it is written in the letter) with both their financial gifts and

prayers….In this upcoming year the travelling teams of NET

ministries will reach over 90,000 youth with the Gospel while five

Discipleship teams will spend hundreds of hours evangelizing

youth through faith formation classes, small groups and other

discipleship activities that help Catholic youth enter into a deeper

relationship with Christ…… Their witness is a great testament to

others in demonstrating that the Gospel is alive and relevant with

today’s Catholic youth across the country….. Thank you for

sharing Vanessage (Vanessa) with us. We are grateful for the

sacrifice and generous service Vanessage (Vanessa) will make this

year for Catholic youth.”

God is good!!! All the time!!!

All the time!!! God is good!!!

October 13, 2019

Sacred Heart PCCW News & Upcoming Events

November 1st: Sycamore Springs Apple Dumpling Sale

$5.00-Regular ; $5.25-Sugar Free

Orders and money due Monday, October 21st

Order forms can be picked up at the back of both churches

and placed in the collection baskets. OR Place your order by

calling Dawn @ 717-647-9124 or Anne @ 717-647-9182.

November 5th

: PORK N SAUERKRAUT DINNER. Pork paired

with delicious Sauerkraut made from the Knights of Columbus

served with Mashed Potatoes, Applesauce, Dessert and Beverage.

$10.00 per ticket, call Dawn at (717) 647-9124 or JoAnn at (717)-

2287 for tickets.

Anyone who is interested in donating a dessert, please call Anne

at (717)-647-9182.

December 6th

: Sacred Heart PCCW Christmas Party – catered by Mr. Jeff Pendal & Holiday Cheer Raffle Drawing

Gift Certificates:

1st Prize: $150.00 to PA Wine & Spirits

2nd Prize: $50.00 Armstrong Winery

3rd

Prize: $50.00 Broad Mountain Winery

4th

Prize: $25.00 Lykens Valley Beverage

5th

Prize: $25.00 to Nelson’s Beer Distributors.

Our Lady’s PCCW NeWs

November 9th: Christmas Bazaar: Our Lady’s

PCCW will be holding its 45th

Annual Christmas Bazaar on

Saturday, November 9, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the

parish’s social hall. In addition to our jewelry, craft and bake

good stands we will be including a Chinese Auction this year. As

always, donations for the bazaar will be greatly appreciated. We

can use baked goods, crafts, new items or theme baskets for the

Chinese Auction, lottery tickets or food items for our kitchen.

Boxes will be placed in the front entrance of the church for

donation items. If you are making a monetary donation, please

make checks payable to “Our Lady Help of Christians PCCW.”

We ask that lottery ticket or monetary donations be dropped off at

the parish office. Please contact Deb Bush at 717-453-9984, if

you will be donating food items for the kitchen. Phone calls will

be made to the ladies of the parish during the month of October

inquiring about baked good donations. Volunteers will be

welcomed with open arms!

December 16th: “save the date”: Our Lady’s PCCW

Christmas Party will be held on Monday, December 16, 2019, at

the parish’s social hall. The meal will be catered by Mr. Jeff

Pendal. Ladies…please save this date on your calendars!

We are Baptized and sent!

Next week is World Mission Sunday, in a special Extraordinary

Missionary Month. We are called through our baptism to be part

of the Church’s missionary efforts, through prayer, self-sacrifice

and support of missionary vocations through material aid.

Remembering that we are baptized and sent as a Universal

Church of Christ on mission in the world, we can….

PRAY: for the Church’s worldwide missionary work

OFFER: financial HELP and CHARITY through The Society

for the Propagation of the Faith for vulnerable communities

throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Pacific Islands.

CATECHESIS ON ANGELS

By Jim Gontis

Department: Evangelization and Catechesis

Part III

St. Augustine teaches us that each angel is its own species. The

only proper names of angels that we know with certainty are the

names of the three archangels named in Scripture: Saints

Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. Because we do not know the

names of the other angels, we are not to name angels, including

our Guardian Angels, cf. Directory for Popular Piety #271.

Naming shows a certain authority over. Parents name their

children, children do not name their parents.

Following up on the previous point, our Guardian Angels have

each been given a different name by God, as has every other

angel. If we named them, we would almost certainly be calling

them by a different name than God gave them. It would be as if

my name were James (it is) and someone who does not know my

name decided he was going to call me Bob, even though he has

no earthly idea what my real name is. I might think that a bit

odd. I dare say that you might as well. Besides, we do not have

authority over our Guardian Angels, though God has given them

some authority over us---“to light and guard, to rule and guide.”

The depiction of angels as little cherubs as we often see on

Christmas cards is not an accurate depiction. Angels are

extremely powerful spiritual beings with great powers of

intellect and will. Following on the prior point, angels never

become babies and babies never become angels…babies can

become saints, but not angels. Human persons always retain

human nature, even unto eternity. Angels always retain angelic

nature, even unto eternity. Because they are awesome creatures,

when angels do take on physical appearance and appear to

human beings in Scripture, very frequently the first words they

must say to those humans to whom they appear are: “Fear not.”

Word Of Life – October 2019 Intercessions For Life: October 13th For all who have been wounded by participating in abortion:

May they receive healing I Christ’s mercy and glorify the Lord;

We Pray To The Lord.

“With the help of an abortion healing ministry, couples can

successfully work through abortion-related challenges. God’s

grace can bring true healing to the relationships of those who

trust in His infinite mercy.” USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life

Activities

We are looking for a couple of volunteers from both

parishes who would be willing to launder the ministry

albs(robes) for their parish. Please contact the parish office

if you are interested in volunteering. (717)453-7895.