The SANCTUARY LIGHT burns as a reminder of the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the tabernacle. The light burns this week in memory of † Alfred Rinehimer, as requested by his wife, Ruth.
Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat TM
March 2 – 4, 2012
Canna Valley Inn
Bed & Breakfast
Etter, PA
Space is limited – please register early
Totally Confidential
Please Call Joy: 717-788-4959 or email
RVpamd@gmail.com or
www.rachelsvineyard.org
If you are suffering from the pain and hurt of an abortion experience, we invite you to attend this healing weekend. If you are the mother, father, grandparent, sibling or medical personnel involved with this experience this weekend is for you. There is no judgment - only love, mercy, compassion and forgiveness, as we journey together to place that begins with the darkness of choice and ends in the healing arms of our Lord Jesus. All inquiries are totally confidential.
PREGNANT ??
Anyone who has concerns, questions or might be seeking advice regarding pregnancy has a place to call. This ministry is being sponsored by the Respect for Life Committee. Jesus challenges us to follow His example and be there for one another at anytime. A volunteer, Lourene Reynolds, R.N., is available for any individual who needs a listening ear. All information is strictly confidential. Lourene is available anytime and can be reached at (home) 717-569-3649 or (cell) 570-417-3208.
- Till the 2012
- Christmas Bazaar?
November 16&17, 2012
As you decorate your house for the holidays and later as you put your decorations away - Please remember the Floral Design Team.
We will be in need of:
*Angels, Santas & Snowmen
Wreaths, Swags & Stockings
*Balls, Snowflakes, Stars & Candles
*Stems of berries, fir & winter candles
*Candle rings
*Seasonal containers, Platters, and wooden bases
*Floral tape, "U" pins, moss & designer foam
We will NOT be accepting trees larger than 18 inches.
We Thank You so very much for this year's generous response. It is through your donations that we are able to create and offer such a variety of designs.
If you have a Christmas Bazaar Yard Sign, please return it to the parish office or craft room. They are reusable as we will put new dates on it for next year!
Thank you!
Meetings are held every Tuesday from 7:00-8:30pm in Our Lady's Center. The evening includes Scripture reading, contemporary music, a brief teaching, and intercessory prayer. You are welcome to participate or sit back and observe. "Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in their midst." Matthew 18:20. For further information or to request prayer, please contact Frank or Alberta Turcio at 569-6163.
Please pray for: vocations to the priesthood and religious life, especially for our own seminarian, Samuel Miller, who is discerning the priesthood.
Find the Redemptorists Online at redemptorists.net
Looking for a few bytes of spiritual food during the week?
Want to know more about what the Redemptorists do?
Curious about how to join us?
Visit redemptorists.net. There you'll find daily audio homilies preached by Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province. This is also the place for province news, vocation retreat schedules, and a gift shop.
Follow the Redemptorists on Facebook and Twitter, too.
All this and more at redemptorists.net!
Pray for Redemptorists!
In this Year for Priests, we invite you to pray for our priests, for the Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province who serve our parish. Brochures are available in the narthex. Learn more about the Redemptorists at: Redemptorists.net - listen to daily audio homilies, visit our gift shop, and find our how you can join the mission!
Online Advent Reflections
As we prepare to celebrate Christ’s birth, the Redemptorists invite you to our website — redemptorists.net — where you’ll find reflections on the Gospel readings for each Sunday of Advent. New reflections will be posted every Wednesday.
While you’re there, we hope you’ll take a few minutes to listen to some genuine Redemptorist stories. Each week we’ll feature a new video story from a different Redemptorist — telling his vocation story, tales from the missions, and more!
You can also view the reflections and videos on Facebook: facebook.com/RedemptoristsBaltimore.
Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System
Introductory Sessions of the Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System and NaProTECHNOLOGY®, a means of monitoring one's reproductive and gynecologic health held regularly throughout the Diocese. Applicable to all reproductive categories including breastfeeding and pre-menopause. In addition to achieving or avoiding pregnancy, this system can help in evaluation and treatment of infertility, repetitive miscarriage, abnormal bleeding, ovarian cysts, pelvic pain, PMS, and perimenopausal symptoms.
Registration required. To register for upcoming sessions at Holy Spirit Hospital, The Center for Women’s Health (Colonial Park), St. Catherine Laboure (Harrisburg), St. Patrick’s (York), please contact Spirit FertilityCare Services (717) 909-9414 or fertilitycare@hsh.org.
For information regarding sessions in the Lancaster area, contact Lancaster Care for Women’s Fertility, (717) 669-8404 or laurie.weitzel@gmail.com
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Suffering faces the one afflicted with two alternatives. One can either dwell on the pain and thus despair of any hope for a better tomorrow (Job)...or one can allow that suffering to hone the spirit and enlarge the heart to accept the gracious, life-giving, healing power of Christ (Mark). Once restored, the former sufferer is called to minister with sympathy and strength (I Corinthians) to all those in need. Like the wounded and risen healer, the sufferer can impart hope, joy and purpose to even the darkest days.
Were it not for the resurrected Jesus and the reign of God present in him, life would be a meaningless cycle of misery (Job).
Even though the gospel ministry is its own reward, the laborer may not be cheated of his just recompense (I Corinthians).
Once healed and made whole, the true disciple is compelled to minister that same healing and wholeness to others (Mark).
Coming Soon:
Jan. 31 - OMPH Open House 9 - 11 AM
Feb. 8 - Silver Liners meeting after 9am Mass
Feb. 11 - 5pm Mass will be a Valentine’s Mass
Feb. 19 - Social Justice Network Meeting 6:00 pm in Room 104.
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Extraordinary Minister Training
The next training will be Wednesday, February 15, 7:00-9:00pm, at St. John Neumann, Lancaster.
Please call or come in to the parish office for a complete 2011-2012 training schedule and application for mandate from Father O'Blaney.
More ministers are needed to serve at the 5:00, 7:30 & 11:00 Masses.
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Girl Scout Cookies
BrownieScout Troop 284, which meets at St. James, will be selling Girl Scout cookies after all the Masses the weekend of February 18-19. Please stop by the kitchen across from Our Lady's Center to support the girls! |
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Joe Paterno Memorial Mass
Bishop Joseph P. McFadden will offer a Memorial Mass for Joe Paterno on Wednesday, February 15, at 4:00pm in Saint Patrick Cathedral, 212 State Street, Harrisburg.are welcome to attend.
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Hospital Stays
If you or someone in your household is in the hospital, please contact the parish office and provide the hospital and room #, Particularly if the admission is to Ephrata Community Hospital.
Upon admission, have it noted that the patient is a Catholic and parishioner of St. James Catholic Church (you must specify Lititz so as not to get confused with St. James Episcopal Church in Lancaster) and ask for the hospital to contact us. There have been several instances in the past couple of months in which we were unaware that a parishioner(s) had been in the hospital. If we know you are there we can work to arrange a visit. If it is an emergency situation that necessitates an immediate visit please call the parish office or, between 4pm-8am, please call the emergency line at 717-341-5393 or ask the nurse to page the Catholic chaplain on call.
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Tax receipts for
2011 Charitable Contribution
In an effort to save postage, we have been emailing donation statements. If you have not received one and have an email address, please email Phyllis Schwartz, bookkeeper, at pschwartz@hbgdiocese.org and we will send one to you. If you’d like to pick up a copy, just let us know and we’ll have it ready for you. Thank you, and God bless you for all your church offerings!Joe Paterno Memorial Mass
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Baked Goods Needed
St. James Monday Night Bingo is in need of desserts to sell. Please consider providing a dessert one Monday a month. For additional information, please contact the parish office.
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Silver Liners
The next Silver Liners meeting will be held Wednesday, February 8 after the 9:00am Mass. Come hear and interesting talk by Don Lohr, "From Somerset to Manheim." Refreshments will be served. Please pay annual dues, if you have already done so. |
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VALENTINE’S MASS
On Saturday,February 11, 2012, the 5pm Mass will be a Valentine’s Mass. We will celebrate renewed love, honor, and commitment. St. James invites you to renew your marriage vows at this special Mass. Also, following the Mass there will be a small reception. We hope that you and your entire family will join us! RSVP by contacting the parish office at 626-5580 or email Anne at ACorvelle@hbgdiocese.org |
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Gluten Sensitive?
Here at St. James, we have hosts available during Communion that are practically gluten-free. They have a gluten content of 0.01%, which is a negligible amount for most. They are made, stored, and shipped in a dedicated gluten-free environment.
How can I go about receiving these hosts? All you have to do is ask the priest or extraordinary minister for a gluten-free host and they will be happy to oblige! |
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Electronic Bulletin
The parish staff is working hard to continue being good stewards of the earth and its resources. Their goal for 2012 is to reduce printed materials even more than they already have. Beginning in the early part of 2012, the Sunday bulletin will be available electronically, as an emailed PDF file. If you would prefer to receive our weekly bulletin in this manner, please send an email to: acorvelle@hbgdiocese.org
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Volunteers Needed
St. James Bingo
We are in need of multiple volunteers to assume the responsibilities formerly performed by MaryAnn Smith. This includes coordination of purchasing and preparation of food for the Monday Night Bingo kitchen. Duties can be shared if we have enough volunteers.
If interested, please contact the parish office at 626-5580 or acorvelle@hbgdiocese.org
Thank You
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- Sacristans Needed
If you have one weekend per month to serve...
The Sacristan Ministry is in need of volunteers to set up for Masses on weekends. Please consider helping out, even for one or two Masses per month. Our current Sacristans are overworked because we are understaffed. If interested, please contact Nancy Benigni at 627-1777 to obtain more information.
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Parish Guide Book
Our most sincere thanks to Hayes Insurance and Financial for choosing to advertise in our 2011 Guide Book & Directory.
Advertising in our annual & weekly publications helps to reduce or eliminate the cost to the parish for publishing & delivering valuable information.
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Attention Golfers
(Male & Female)
Mark Your Calendars!
St. James Men’s Club Golf Tournament
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Get your foursomes ready now!
(additional details to follow)
If you are interested in sponsoring a hole or donating a prize for the June 2, 2012 Men’s Club Golf Tournament, or if you have questions, please call:
Tom Huegel – 569-4154 Joe Klazas – 626-2520
John Sukenik – 626-1091 Mike Gergal – 626-1584 |
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Celebrating Catholic Education at OMPH School
Please join with the OMPH faculty and school families on Sunday, February 5th at the 9:00AM Mass when we visit your parish to celebrate the gift Catholic education available to the children of St. James Parish. Following the liturgy there will be an opportunity to meet with the teachers and parents to learn more about OMPH School.
OMPH offers a preschool program, a full day Kindergarten and after care program. Students in grades 1 through 8 experience an education noted for academic excellence in an environment which reinforces our Catholic identity. Bussing is provided by your local district.
Registration is now open for the 2012-2013 school year. To learn more about our school, please visit our website at www.omph.org or call the school office at 738-2414 for further information. Financial aid is available to qualifying families.
Margaret Gardner
Principal
St. James Social Justice Network News
The next St. James Social Justice Network meeting is Sunday, February 19 at 6:00 p.m. in Room 104. If you cannot make the meeting but would like to be on our list to help with St. Mary’s Meals, Crispus Attucks, Manna Bag, Fair Trade Sale, etc. please call Phyllis Schwartz, SJN secretary, at 627-0138. Any of these projects would qualify as Community Service for Confirmation students.
“Life Watch” newsletter
Respect Life
"Only with prayer - prayer that storms the heavens for justice and mercy, prayer that cleanses our hearts and souls - will the culture of death that surrounds us today be replaced with a culture of life."
-Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities, U.S. Catholic Bishops
February 7-14 National Marriage Week USA
February 12 World's Marriage Day
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in the garage makes you a car.
Saturday Morning Mass
Respect Life Committee encourages all to attend Mass on Saturday mornings. More abortions are performed on Saturdays than any other day. Prayer is our most powerful weapon to fight the evil of abortion. Consider signing up to pray at the Harrisburg Planned Parenthood. The abortionist in Harrisburg is named Earl McCloud. Pray for him to stop killing the unborn innocents! info@40DaysforLifeHarrisburg.com
http://www.40daysforlife.com/harrisburg
Spiritual Adoption Program
MONTH ONE –
Developing Baby Spiritual Adoption Program
Your spiritually adopted baby has been quite active over the past month. Already your baby is 10,000 times bigger than at conception. Your baby has developed the foundations of his/her brain, spinal cord, and nervous system by the 20th day. His/her heart began to beat on the 21st day. His/her heart is pumping blood through its own circulatory system and the blood type can be different from his/her mother’s. Your baby is most vulnerable during the next month of being aborted. Pray that the Lord of Life might move the heart of his/her mother to give him/her the most precious gift of all -the gift of life.
MONTH TWO – Your baby is making progress developing all of his/her external features and internal organs. His/her brain is functioning at 40 days. His/her mother can hear his/her heartbeat now on an ultrasonic stethoscope. Milk-teeth buds are present at 6 ? weeks. And it has been reported that a two-month old baby can suck his/her thumb. From this moment, your spiritually adopted baby grows and refines his/her body. But everything he/she needs to survive once he/she is born is already present by the end of the eighth week.
MONTH THREE – Your baby is quite active in the womb now - although his/her mother won’t feel him/her for another couple of months. If his/her mother’s womb had a window, you could watch your spiritually adopted baby squint, swallow and move his/her tongue. He/she can make a tight fist if you touch his/her pal He/she is breathing fluid which he continues until birth. He/she obtains the oxygen his/her body needs through the umbilical cord. The baby you are praying for weighs one ounce.
Spirit of Hope: Project Nigeria
In 2007, St. James Parish assisted this mission to provide books for new libraries in Nigeria.
To date, three libraries have been built! Please visit www.spiritofhopepn.com for more information.
Read the latest SJN minutes here.
Job Search Group
A note from Father O’Blaney:
Our parish has a Job Search Group to help people who are unemployed and underemployed. The group provides advice (including one-on-one assistance with cover letters, resumes, interview preparation etc.) and moral support to job seekers. There is no cost or obligation for attending the meetings and it is open to all (within and outside of the parish). Especially encouraged to check out the Group are all who are unemployed or underemployed and anyone who would like to share talents and experience to helpseeking a new job. The Leaders of the Group Gerry Lefchik (569-5123) and Chuck Reynolds (569-3649) invite you to attend any meeting.
The next meeting will be Tuesday, February 14th at 6:00PM ... more information to come.
For planning purposes, please contact Gerry Lefchik or Chuck Reynolds to register to attend. However, even if you have not registered you are welcome to attend.
The link below provides profiles and contact information of some of the client members of the Group. These are talented people who are ready to work in your company or another company that you may know of that has a need of the skills each possesses. Your assistance in helping these people be matched with jobs will be greatly appreciated by the individuals and the companies fortunate to add them as employees.
Look Who's Searching
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Men's Vocation Discernment Retreat
What is your vocation? Do you think Jesus may be calling you to be His priest? Join other men as we gather in prayer and fraternity to spend a weekend discerning our Lord's voice
When: Friday, March 9, 2012-Sunday, March 11, 2012
Where: Bellarmine Retreat Center, Waynesboro, PA
Cost: Free
Who: High School Juniors & Seniors and Men 18 & older
This retreat provides separate accommodations and programs for both groups. Fr. Raymond LaVoie, Vocation Director, and Harrisburg seminarians will lead the retreat. For more information or to register, contact the Office of Vocations at 657-4804 x282 or frrlavoie@hbgdiocese.org
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- Is the Lord calling you to
‘Feed the Hungry’ in 2012?
The Lititz Warwick Community Chest (LWCC) is in desperate need of volunteers.food to local individuals and families in need is just one way to help. If you are unable to deliver food, becoming a phone coordinator is another way to help the LWCC.
This position routes messages to the delivery volunteers on a weekly rotational schedule. In addition, there are other opportunities to help with this busy organization. For each volunteer position, an hour-long orientation will be provided as well as a mentor. Please consider getting involved in 2012 with ‘Feeding the Hungry’ in our local area.
If you have any questions, please call Ed Ulicny at 627-2746 or, better yet, sign up to volunteer using thevoice mail system directly at 627-0770.
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- ATTENTION ADORERS AT
- ST. JOSEPH’S PERPETUAL ADORATION CHAPEL
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- If you change your phone number,
please notify Oliver at 285-3127
or by email:seojogden2@aol.com
AND
the St. Joseph parish office at 397-6921Attn: Mary Ellen
or by email mgardner@stjosephslanc.com so that our records can be updated.
If we do not have a correct phone number on file for you, we cannot contact you if Adoration is cancelled.
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Volunteers Needed
A Woman's Concern
A Woman's Concern, a pro-life pregnancy care center, is seeking volunteer pregnancy counselors. Volunteers are asked to commit to serving one 4-hour shift each week in the office. No experience is necessary and training will be provided. If interested, please call the office at 394-1561 to request a volunteer application.
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Catholic Radio is on the Air!
WHYF AM-720 features Catholic programming from EWTN radio is now broadcasting. This station is an effort of Holy Family Radio a local lay apostolate. This strong AM signal based in Shiremanstown reaches into many parts of our Diocese with quality Catholic programming. Please tune in and give it a listen. For more information contact; Holy Family Radio, Inc., PO Box 6028, Lancaster, PA 17607-6028, holyfamilyradio@pngusa.net, or on the web at: www.yourholyfamilyradio.com
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Volunteers Needed
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- Volunteers for Lititz Meals on Wheels prepare and deliver approximately 50 meals daily, Monday thru Friday, to shut-ins residing within the Warwick School District. Drivers are currently needed for certain days of the week (one day per month), or to substitute from time to time for regular drivers. Meal deliveries begin at 10:45am and drivers deliver to one of four routes covering Brickerville, Rothsville, Kissel Hill and Lititz Borough. If you could help with this important service or would like more details, contact Debby Pegg at 201-2690 (cell) or 627-2559.
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Catholic CDs Available
We are pleased to make available to our parishioners Lighthouse Catholic Media audio CD’s and other Catholic resources. These materials, located in the Narthex, change periodically so feel free to browse the display often. They are provided to St. James, free of charge, by Stewardship: A Mission of Faith, a non-profit organization located in Elizabethtown. Donations are accepted and appreciated!
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Volunteers Needed
Hospice of Lancaster County is seeking volunteers to support patients and programs, particularly those who might be willing to care for or visit with patients in their homes. Volunteers also serve in their inpatient centers, welcome visitors and families, help with clerical tasks and support other programs.
Training is provided. Please call 295-3900 for more information, or visit their website at www.hospiceoflancaster.org, clicking on "How You Can Help" for details about volunteering.
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- GRIEF RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUP
Begins February 13th at 10 AM -11:30 AM
- in room 11 at St. John Newman
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- This FREE program is an opportunity to experience exceptional help toward your healing. We plan to meet approximately 2x’s each month. You may register for this program by contacting Eleanor or Marilyn, the parish nurses, at 569-8531 x229. Registration is required.
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- The Center for Community Peacemaking is looking for volunteers for a new initiative providing support and accountability to sex offenders who have recently been released from incarceration. The program is modeled after similar, very successful programs (70% reduction in re-offending) in Canada, California, Minnesota and Vermont. Volunteer training will take place in February. Anyone interested in more information should contact Keith Regehr at accountabilitycircles@ccp.org
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News from Our Mother of Perpetual Help School
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When You Shop at Giant Food Stores
Help Support OMPH School
Giant Food Stores will again offer their A+ School Rewards Program. It’s simple to register online at www.GiantAplus.com. To designate OMPH School enter ID Code 02130. Each time you shop using your BONUSCARD from October through March OMPH School will earn 1% CASH back on all of your eligible purchases. Last year thanks to our generous benefactors $612.98 was raised for OMPH. Thanks for participating!
- Open House at OMPH School
Registration is now open for the 2012-13 school year at Our Mother of Perpetual Help School. Please join us for an open house on Tuesday, January 31st between 9:00-11:00am to see our students in action. OMPH offers a preschool program for children ages 3 & 4 and a full day Kindergarten program. Students in grades 1 through 8 experience an education noted for academic excellence in an environment which reinforces our Catholic identity. An after-care program is also available. Busing is provided by local districts.
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- Registration Is Now Open for 2012-2013 School Year
Selection of your child’s school is among the most important choices you will make. OMPH School partners with parents in providing a faith-based education for the children of St James Parish. We have a strong tradition of academic excellence, but more importantly, the gospel message and spirit of Catholicism permeate the school day. Our children are blessed to have daily interaction with the Redemptorist Fathers serving OMPH Parish.
Registration is now open to all parish families for Preschool through Grade 8 for the 2012-2013 school year. The Preschool program, for children who are 3 and 4 years old by September 1st, provides developmentally appropriate activities in a Catholic environment and offers an after-care program. Our full day Kindergarten program, for children who are 5 years old by September 1st, provides daily Religion class along with skill development in Language Arts and Math and special classes in computer, library, physical education, art, and music. Students in grades 1 through 8 experience an education noted for academic excellence in an environment which reinforces our Catholic identity. An after school program is also available.
Interested St. James Parish families are encouraged to register by February 1st; registration will then open to non-parishioners.
Please join us at OMPH in Ephrata on Sunday, January 29th as we celebrate the gift of Catholic education at the 9:00am Mass. Following the liturgy there will be an open house and the opportunity to meet the faculty and visit the school. Or visit us on Tuesday, January 31st between 9:00am-11:00am for a personal tour of the school.
To learn more about our school, please visit our website at www.omph.org or call the school office at 738-2414 for further information. Financial aid is available to qualifying families.
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News from Lancaster Catholic High School
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Lancaster Catholic Open House
Families interested in learning more about a superior high school education in a Catholic environment are encouraged to join us on Sunday, January 29 at 1pm. Details are available at www.lchsyes.org/openhouse. A second Open House will be held on Thursday, February 2 for those unable to attend on January 29.
Information about LCHS is also available on our website at www.lchsyes.org.
Diocesan Safe Environment Resources and Lessons
The Diocese of Harrisburg considers the safety of the children and young people in our Catholic schools and Religious Education programs to be of the utmost importance.
If you would like to review the student and parent safe environment resources that are provided each year in our Catholic schools and Parish Religious Education programs, please click on the following link: http://hbgdiocese.org/default.aspx?PageID=2038e026-e283-479d-8ec1-365e01318dfa
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Eucharistic Minister Schedule
Remember all of our service men & women in your prayers.