Welcome New Members

Wherever you are on your faith jour-

ney, we welcome you to join our par-

ish community. To be considered an

active, participating member of the

parish, and thus eligible for sacra-

ments, sponsor eligibility, and par-

ish family discount at St. Mary’s and

Notre Dame, We take into account a

family or individual ministry in-

volvement, and Mass attendance.

Your collection envelopes, or online

giving receipt, are the only way we

can determine your attendance. You

may register by calling or emailing

the Parish Office.

Communion to the Sick

If you are unable to attend Mass be-

cause of sickness or age, we are hap-

py to bring the Eucharist to you.

Phone the Parish Office to schedule

a visit.

Anointing of the Sick

The Sacrament of Anointing is not

just for the moment of death. If you

are seriously ill or having surgery,

please contact the Parish Office to be

anointed and receive both the spir-

itual and physical gifts which the

sacrament can give. Please call the

Parish Office at 304-623-2334 or in

case of emergency call Fr. Kent at

304-374-2115. In the case of an emer-

gency, please let us know in a timely

manner. We will need time to get in

touch with Fr. Kent and time for his

travels to the destination of need.

Sacrament of Matrimony

Couples planning marriage must

contact the parish office at least 6

months in advance. You will need to

meet with Fr. Kent prior to taking

the Weekend for Engaged Couples.

Information for a Marriage Week-

end Retreat for Engaged Couples

and to register, go to wvmarriage.org

or olphwv.com. Stop by or call the

Parish Office for assistance.

Sacrament of Baptism

Parents anticipating the baptism of

their baby in the next few months

should plan to meet with our Bap-

tism Prep Team. To schedule your

class and Baptism please email Jim

McCullough at jim@olphwv.com.

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May 6, 2018

8092 Third St

Stonewood, WV

Office Hours: 9am-4pm Mon.-Fri.

Phone: 304-623-2334

Emergency: 304-374-2115

Fax: 304-622-9021

Notice our new email address

E-Mail: info@OLPHWV.com

Website: olphwv.com

Facebook.com/olphwv

Twitter @olphwv

Instagram.com/olphwv

Pastor:

Rev. Fr. D. Kent Durig

E-Mail: frkent@olphwv.com

Pastoral Associate:

James McCullough

E-Mail: jim@olphwv.com

Secretary:

Linda Insani

E-Mail: lindainsani@olphwv.com

Financial Administrator:

Mary Ellen Lydon

E-Mail: maryellen@olphwv.com

Maintenance:

Dan Caroli

E-Mail: dancaroli@olphwv.com

Weekday Mass Schedule

Tue. & Thurs. 6PM Chapel

Wed. & Fri.: 9AM Chapel

Weekend Mass Schedule

Saturday: 5PM

Sunday: 8AM & 10AM

Eucharistic Adoration

Fri. 9:30am-4pm Chapel

Reconciliation

Saturday: 4:15PM

and by appointment

Holy Days

Posted in Bulletin and social media.

No Daily Mass or Adoration when

there is a Funeral, or a School

weather cancelation or delay.

Safe Environment

To report an incidence of

suspected child sexual

abuse, contact your local law en-

forcement agency, or confidentially

contact WV Child Protective Services

at 800.352.6513. To report suspected

cases of sexual abuse by personnel of

the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston

to the Diocese, contact the Diocese at

888.434.6237 or 304.233.0880.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

!From Fr. Kent and the Office Staff

to all parishioners

born in the month of May,

God bless you and

may you have many more.

Will be celebrated, TODAY, Sunday, May 6, at the 10

am Mass. Those participating are: Joshua Brown,

Noah Thompson, Cadence Blake, Kaden Lehasky,

Stephen Minigh.

Everyone is invited to Reception in the parish hall im-

mediately following the Mass.

THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH

May 6,

10am First Communion

3:30 RCIC, RCIT, RCIA

CATHOLIC MEN’S FELLOWSHIP

Catholic Men’s Fellowship: we are currently on a short

hiatus. We look forward to returning to our regularly

schedule Saturday morning gathering on Saturday,

May 19th at 7:00 A.M. when we will continue our cur-

rent series called Knowing Jesus and His Church by

Father Larry Richards host of EWTN Open Line Thurs-

day, founder of The Reason For Our Hope Foundation,

a captivating teacher, preacher, retreat master and au-

thor.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Shirley Brown has started a group called Harrison County Catholic Moms Group that includes

moms from OLPH, IC, All Saints, St. James and St Ann catholic Churches. H.C, catholic Moms Group

is a newly created group for all Catholic moms with school age children or below. We want to reach

out to all moms, whether they are new moms with and infant or more seasoned moms with high-schoolers. All are

welcome! We have a closed group on FB where you can connect with us and see our upcoming events, If you don’t

have a FB account, you can contact us via email shirleybrown@olphwv.com and we will put you on our email list.

Upcoming events: Wed. June 6, 6-8:30pm Painting at the Starving Artist, Sun. June 10, 12:30pm Latin Mass with

our Families, St. Patrick’s Church, Weston.

Attention Please! We are in great need of Ministers of the Altar, and Greeters for funerals. If you

would be interested, please call the office at 304-623-2334.

SAVE THE DATE

May 19,

7am Catholic Men’s Fellowship

May 20,

10am Graduation Mass

May 26,

7am Catholic Men’s Fellowship

May 26-27

All Masses Bethlehem Olive Wood Carvings

June 3,

NO 8AM MASS

10am Mass

Fr. Kent’s 25th Ordination Anniversary

2pm Mass (Fulfills Sunday Obligation)

! ! ! ! ! ! !!!!The OLPH food pantry is now abundant, thanks to

everyone that has donated cases and boxes of non-

perishables. Please keep watch in the bulletin for any

needs as they may arise.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

Knights of Columbus Council 872, Clarksburg is proud

to be hosting this year’s West Virginia State Knights of

Columbus Convention. All Knights in the area are in-

vited to attend the Convention Mass which will be held

at Immaculate Conception Parish on Saturday, May

19th, 2018 at 4:30PM. There will be a recitation of the

Rosary at 4:00PM prior to the Mass. We hope you will

join us.

MINISTRY ANNOUCEMENTS

Altar Ministry

The new Ministry Schedules are now in the sacristy, on

the website and on the OLPHWV mobile app. Be sure to

review the schedules and know when you are scheduled

to serve. It is your responsibility to find a substitute. If

you want to join the ministry please stop by or call the

Parish Office, or reach out to Paula Taylor paulatay-

lor@olphwv.com.

Music Ministry

Please consider joining the Music Ministry and use the

talents God gave you by sharing them with your church

family. We welcome singers and musicians of any type.

If you want to join please stop by or call the Parish Of-

f i ce , o r reach out to Renee Wyat t

reneewyatt@olphwv.com.

Mary Martha Ministry

Inspired by the service of Martha and Mary in the Gos-

pel of St. John. As Martha dedicated herself to Christ

and his friends at the table we dedicate ourselves to

taking care of preparations for a meal when a parish-

ioner passes away. This group of fifteen men and wom-

en, like Mary, welcomes everyone to sit down and be

treated as Christ. A meal includes spaghetti, meatballs,

salad, bread, drinks, and desserts. Donations are ac-

cepted and appreciated to continue our ministry. To

make arrangements for a parishioners funeral dinner or

to volunteer, please contact Jim Carvelli.

Perpetual Daughters Ministry

Please consider joining the Perpetual Daughters Minis-

try and use the talents God gave you by sharing them

with your church family. If you want to join the minis-

try please stop by, call the office or reach out to Mary

Shields.

Food Pantry Ministry ← New Shopping List Provided ←

Please continue to bring Non-Perishable Items in sup-

port of our Food Pantry. We now have a little bit of

extra space in the sacristy for your donations, so

please be generous. All food items being donated are

to be brought to the Church only. Please check the expi-

ration dates of the items being donated. Check the post-

ing weekly that is to the left for Pantry needs. Cut it out

and take it to the store with you. If you wish to assist

with this ministry please reach out to Amanda Phares

amandaphares@olphwv.com. Thank you for your !"#$%&�

OLPH FOOD PANTRY NEEDS

Please take me shopping with you.

Your Help Is A Blessing

To Those In Need. NEEDED NOW IN THE PANTRY

Catchup/Mustard

Spices

Mayonnaise

Juice/Juice Boxes

Small Laundry Detergent

Syrup

Canned Fruit

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! A HUGE THANK YOU goes out to everyone that helped to make our

renovations possible, beginning with

your pledges and donations. To the

Diocese of Wheeling/Charleston, con-

tractors, cleaning people, Bishop Mi-

chael Bransfield, Ministers of the Al-

tar, Concelebrating Priests, Fair-

mont State University Department

of Music, musicians and choir, can-

tors, instrumentalists, and everyone

that help with the reception, concert,

and pot luck dinner. Without your

support this could not have been

possible.

Traveling?

Check out www.masstimes.org

for Nationwide Mass Times

Parish Attendance and Collection

for April 28-29

5pm-110 8am-77 10am-252

Envelopes–116

Regular Collection $ 6818.00

Ed. of Seminarians $ 20.00

Peter’s Pence $ 55.00

Priest Retirement $ 20.00

Attention

Please write separate checks for contributions and

building fund. We have found that writing one check

creates a problem in bookkeeping because the money is

counted separately and goes to two different bank ac-

counts.

GOSPEL MEDITATION

"I have called you friends." Authentic friendship can

seem hard to come by these days, especially in our tran-

sient society. We move away from family, change jobs,

switch parishes, and end up in entirely new places with

entirely new people. When we look for new friends, we

all have different qualities we're looking for. While we

may think of certain standards of behavior necessary to

be a "good" friend, we would hardly refer to them as

rules or "commandments."

In fact, if a friendship or romantic relationship--new

or old--becomes characterized by imposed obligations,

we would rightly be suspicious. Friendships, we under-

stand, ought to be characterized by freedom. We love

the person, even sacrifice for them at times because,

within ourselves, we want to maintain the friendship.

So why does Jesus use the language of command as he

calls the Apostles his friends? "You are my friends if

you do what I command you."

Jesus is radically transforming the concept of com-

mandment. In the Jewish heritage of the Apostles, they

would hear the word "command" and immediately think

of the strict Levitical law and distance from God. In

introducing the language of friendship, Jesus ties

"commandment" to inner freedom of heart. The disci-

ples have this freedom precisely because they know

"what [the] Master is doing." Jesus has invited his fol-

lowers into intimate friendship all along. He shares

openly with them. He has patience with their flaws. He

isn't scandalized by their failures. He celebrates their

successes. We, too, have been called by love and invited

into a relationship with Jesus. It is you and I that Jesus

chooses and appoints. He does so personally, not from a

distant mountain shrouded in clouds. This "new com-

mandment" to "love one another" is received around the

shared table in the breaking of the bread.

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Prayer Requests

Pray@olphwv.com

Send a prayer request to the above email that is for-

warded to Fr. Kent for his immediate intentions.

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! Jerry Biesczad, Fred Molina, James Athey, Tim Jones, Mary Galasso, Jane Zinn, Thelma DeFazio, Judy

Alastanos, Robin DePolo, Frank Cherubino. Billie

Gabriel, Ambreah Stutler, Ann Barlage, Justin Bishop,

Mike Labdik, Jim Nichols, Margaret Anderson, Jill

Diaz Jenkins, Eric C., Pauline Leroy, Cindy Beatty,

Jana Matish Larson, Brenda Conley, Ann Shepherd,

Becky Betler, Helen Peterson, Ed McNabb, Paul Gray,

Mike Minutelli, Linda Queen, Virginia Folio, Scott

Gonzalez, Mary Runyon, Deanne Caracciolo, Mildred

Benincosa, Donna Reinhardt, Ann Broslawsky, Gino

Colombo, James Vanhoy, Ramona Pishner, Larry

Pishner, Janet Cox, Carson Tucker, Annette Hayes,

Terri Antonacci, Reno Navarini, Patty Mills, Marie

Folio, Naomi Dorsey, Lorraine Oliveto, David

Critchfield, Jordan Blake, Jon Critchfield, Mark

Skasik, Ed Gonzalez, Quentin Gabriel, Mike Skidmore,

Norma Ellis, Jamie Carvelli, Georgia Holland, Tim

Harbert, David Harbert, Karen Rieser, David Martino,

Patricia Pumphrey, Scarlet Taylor, Florence Krivosky,

Josephine Loretta, Jonathan Alfera, Elyse Moser.

To Submit Prayer Requests

There are two ways to request prayer at Our Lady of

Perpetual Help Parish. To have a name placed in this

Remember in Prayer section of the bulletin (we must

have their permission), feel free to contact the Parish

Office at 304-623-2334, ext. 10 or send an email to info

olphst@gmail.com. Help us keep our list current by

letting us know when we may remove a name. Names

will be published for four weeks and then removed. To

renew, please contact the office. You may also write a

prayer request in the Book of Intentions located in

the back of the Church. Mass and Sanctuary Lamp Intentions

Schedule for your loved ones that have passed and

special events (like birthdays and anniversaries).

Please stop by the office

to schedule your intentions.

������������ ��First Reading: Then Peter proceeded to speak and

said, "In truth, I see that God shows no partiality." (Acts

10:34)

Psalm: The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving

power. (Ps 98)

Second Reading: In this way the love of God was re-

vealed to us: God sent his only Son into the world so

that we might have life through him. (1 Jn 4:9)

Gospel: "It was not you who chose me, but I who chose

you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will re-

main, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name

he may give you. This I command you: love one anoth-

er." (Jn 15:16-17) Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass ©2001, 1998, 1970 CCD. The English transla-

tion of Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International

Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

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�Sunday: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48/Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4

[cf. 2b]/1 Jn 4:7-10 or 1 Jn 4:11-16/Jn 15:9-

17 or Jn 17:11b-19

Monday: Acts 16:11-15/Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b

[cf. 4a]/Jn 15:26--16:4a

Tuesday: Acts 16:22-34/Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8 [7c]/

Jn 16:5-11

Wednesday: Acts 17:15, 22--18:1/Ps 148:1-2, 11-12, 13,

14/Jn 16:12-15

Thursday: Acts 18:1-8/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [cf. 2b]/Jn

16:16-20

Friday: Acts 18:9-18/Ps 47:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 [8a]/Jn 16:20-23

Saturday: Acts 18:23-28/Ps 47:2-3, 8-9, 10 [8a]/Jn

16:23b-28

Next Sunday: Eph 4:1-13 or 4:1-7, 11-13/Mk 16:15-20

Sanctuary Lamp

Burning in the Church for All Ministers of the Altar.

Burning in the Chapel for all who suffer from a chem-

ical dependency.

�������������������������SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Saturday, 5pm, May 5

+Paul Strogen (Larry & Flora Price)

Sunday, 8am, May 6

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish

Sunday, 10am, May 6

Fr. Leo Lydon (Joe LeRoy)

Monday, May 7

No Mass

Tuesday, 6pm, May 8

+Genevieve Cunningham (Carmella Sirianni)

+Helen Mihaliak (Romain, Louk, & Petittio Families)

Wednesday, 9am May 9

+Grace Oliverio (Rose Maze)

Thursday, 6pm May 10 St. Damien de Veuster, Priest

+Barbara Beto (Mr. & Mrs. John DeMary)

Friday, 9am, May 11

+Frank Seti (Danny & Pam Sabatelli)

ASCENSION OF THE LORD

Saturday, 5pm, May 12 Sts. Nereus & Achilleus, Martyrs;

St. Pancras, Martry +Yankowski Family

+Kovach Family

Sunday, 8am, May 13

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish

Sunday, 10am, May 13

+Angeline San Julian (Family)

+Kathryn Cyphert (Family)

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