MASSES THIS WEEK AT EPIPHANY

							MASSES THIS WEEK AT EPIPHANY
(†) (DENOTES DECEASED)
Sunday, July 1, Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
   8:00 a.m. Reverend Robert Spangenberg, C.S.Sp. (†) (D.C.)
 10:00 a.m. Dianne Ulrich (Daughter)
 12:00 p.m. Margaret DeCort (†) (Family)
   5:00 p.m. J.P. Murphy Family (†) (W.M.)
Monday, July 2, Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
   7:00 a.m. David R. and Family (Family)
 12:05 p.m. Pawlak Family (†) (H.&M.B.)
   5:15 p.m. Mass for the People
Tuesday, July 3, Saint Thomas, Apostle
   7:00 a.m. Gisella “Sally” Libonati (M.F.)
 12:05 p.m. Barbara DiPofi (†) (Anniv.) (D.D.)
   5:15 p.m. Poor Souls in Purgatory (W.M.M., Jr.)
Wednesday, July 4, Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
   7:00 a.m. Eugene R. (Family)
 12:05 p.m. Peggy Sciulli (†) (D.C.S., Sr.)
   5:15 p.m. NO MASS
Thursday, July 5, Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria
   7:00 a.m. Kathleen R. (Family)
 12:05 p.m. John Jainar (†) (T.W.)
   5:15 p.m. Poor Souls in Purgatory (W.M.M., Jr.)
Friday, July 6, Saint Maria Goretti
   7:00 a.m. Louis O’Neil (†) (V.O.)
 12:05 p.m. Louise C. Webber (†) (B/day) (J.W.)
   5:15 p.m. Robert P. Horgos (Spl.Int.) (R.P.H.)
Saturday, July 7, Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
 12:05 p.m. James Stankovich (†) (Anniv.) (D.S.)
   2:00 p.m. Brian Kanpr and Selena Casinelli (Wedding)
   6:00 p.m. J.P. Harris Family (†) (Family)
Sunday, July 8, Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
   8:00 a.m. Marie “Connie” Brescia (†) (B.E.)
 10:00 a.m. Ted Maloney Family (Spl.Int.) (M/M E.M.)
 12:00 p.m. Michelle Moore Bosko (†) (M.A.E.)
   5:00 p.m. Peter A. and Dorothy Morganti (†) (G.K.)

CELEBRANTS AT EPIPHANY THIS WEEK
Rev. Carmen A. D’Amico - 12:05 p.m. Saturday
Rev. E. Daniel Sweeney - 7 a.m. Monday, Wednesday; 12:05 p.m. Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday; 5:15 p.m. Tuesday
Rev. John F. Walsh - 12:05 p.m. Tuesday, Friday; 5:15 p.m. Monday, Thursday, Friday
Rev. Douglas F. Peduti, S.J. - 7 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
Saturday, July 7 (Vigil)       6 p.m.    Rev. Peduti
Sunday, July 8                 8 a.m.    Rev. Peduti
                              10 a.m.    Rev. Walsh
                              12 noon    Rev. Walsh
                               5 p.m.         Rev. Walsh

FOURTH OF JULY SCHEDULE - There will be no Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament or 5:15
p.m. Mass. The parish office will be closed. Have a blessed holiday.

PARISH HALL CHAIRS - To date, 76 chairs have been bought for the parish hall. Our goal is to
purchase 100 chairs. Please help us by buying a chair or two. The cost per chair is $38. Please
mark your check or envelope “Chair.”
MISSION APPEAL THANK YOU - The Passionists send their thanks for the exceptional
response on the part of the members of Epiphany Parish to their appeal the weekend of June 9
and 10, 2007, and for the many kindnesses shown to Father Don Ware, C.P. They assure us
that the people served through Passionist Overseas Missions will be forever grateful. Our Holy
Father, Pope Benedict XVI, in his Missionary Prayer intentions stated: That Catholics in the world
may grow in mission awareness and offer missionary work support and collaboration and that all
Christians may be ever more aware of their calling to be missionaries in and out of season. The
parishioners of Epiphany have expressed this “support and collaboration” through their most
generous response to the annual mission appeal.

APPALACHIA WORK CAMP VOLUNTEERS - Those going to Appalachia are reminded to have
all their belongings brought to the church hall by 7 p.m., Thursday, July 5. We shall depart on
Friday, July 6, at 7:30 a.m. after the morning Mass.

PLEASE PRAY THIS WEEK FOR Father Sweeney and the volunteers from Epiphany Parish
who will be leaving for Kentucky on Friday to build and repair homes for those in need. May God
protect them and bless them and their work.

MONTHLY REMEMBRANCE - If you would like to make a donation in memory of a loved one(s)
to offset the cost of the altar bread and wine, please call the parish office. The priest will pray for
your loved one(s) at each Mass as the bread and wine are offered up, and a note will be placed in
the bulletin each week. The donation for a month is $100.

THE SANCTUARY LAMP burns continuously signifying the presence of the Lord in the
Tabernacle. A 14-day candle is now burning in loving memory of Leah Kaufman and Lorraine
Kaufman for the two weeks of June 24 and July 1.

BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE is on the stand in front of the Blessed Mother’s altar. Please write in
the book the names of your loved ones who have passed away. We will pray at all the Masses
for them. You may wish to light a large candle in their memory. Suggested donation is $2.

PLEASE REMEMBER THE SICK AND HOSPITALIZED IN OUR COMMUNITY: Ann Albrecht,
Mary Barry, Ruth Barry, Damien Brown, Patricia Conte, Tom Carmody, Michael Delaney, Dory
Dominguez, John Easterday, Joe Esia, Mary Florian, Mary Gaita, Gordon Gladden, Tara Hilliard-
Sposito, Mary Hoover, Nicole Jenkins, Cassie Karwonski, John Kaufman, Bobbie Klette, Frances
Krieger, Michael Lavezoli, Antoinette Libonati, James Marraway, Virginia Lee Sweeney
McCarthy, John and Thomas G. and Elizabeth, Donald and Steve Pezich, Linda Rachuba,
Catharine A. Rihn, Sue Rush, Jason Spade, Jodi Stebler, Ethel Thomas, Joyce Thompson, Mary
Wisdom, Anthony Zucco, and all the members and friends of Epiphany.
Remember those who are serving in the military all over the world. Pray for Peace.

                                       LED BY THE SPIRIT
"For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh." - -
Galatians 5:17
   We find the same opposition of life according to the flesh and life according to the Spirit in
Romans. Here, too, as in Galatians, it is placed in the context of the Pauline doctrine on justification
by means of faith, that is, by the power of Christ Himself operating within man by the Holy Spirit. In
this context Paul takes that opposition to its extreme consequences when he writes: "Those who live
according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the
Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the
mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not
submit to God's law, indeed it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are
not in the flesh. You are in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not
have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him. But if Christ is in you, although your bodies are
dead because of sin, your spirits are alive because of righteousness" (Romans 8:5-10).
  Here again are the words of Galatians: "Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity,
licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit,
envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like..." (5:19-21). "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control..." (5:22-23). In the Pauline
doctrine, life according to the flesh is opposed to life according to the Spirit. This is not only within
man, in his heart, but, as can be seen, it finds an ample and differentiated field to express itself in
works. Paul speaks of the works which spring from the flesh—it could be said, from the works in
which the man who lives according to the flesh is manifested. He also speaks of the fruit of the
Spirit, that is of the actions, of the ways of behaving, of the virtues, in which the man who lives
according to the Spirit is manifested. In the first case we are dealing with man abandoned to the
threefold lust, which John said is "of the world." In the second case we have before us what we have
already called the ethos of redemption. Only now are we able to clarify fully the nature and structure
of that ethos. It is expressed and affirmed through what in man, in all his "operating," in actions and
in behavior, is the fruit of dominion over the threefold lust—of the flesh, of the eyes, and of the pride
of life (of all that the human heart can rightly be "accused" of, and which man and his interiority can
continually be suspected of).
  If mastery in the sphere of ethos is manifested and realized as "love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control,” then behind each of these realizations,
these ways of behaving, these moral virtues, there is a specific choice, that is, an effort of the will, the
fruit of the human spirit permeated by the Spirit of God, which is manifested in choosing good.
Speaking with the language of Paul, "The desires of the Spirit are against the flesh" (Galatians 5:17).
In these desires the Spirit shows Himself to be stronger than the flesh and the desires brought forth
by the threefold lust. In this struggle between good and evil, man proves himself stronger, thanks to
the power of the Holy Spirit, who, operating within man's spirit, causes his desires to bear fruit in
good. Therefore, these are not only—and not so much—"works" of man, as "fruit," that is, the effect
of the action of the Spirit in man.
Excerpted from General Audience given by Pope John Paul II on December 17, 1980

A SINCERE THANK YOU to everyone who cooked, baked and otherwise volunteered their time
and talents to help with Father D’Amico’s anniversary celebration this past weekend. It was a
wonderful affair.

PLEASE WELCOME to our parish community family Joseph, Jennie and Theresa DiPaolo and
Heather Hudek.

WINDOW RESTORATION UPDATE - We are making arrangements to have the main three-panel
window on the Saint Joseph/Tabernacle side of the church removed. Once the process begins it will
take roughly 16 months to restore the three windows. Please help us with this project. Your donation
in any amount will help us with this critical restoration. Contribution envelopes are provided in the
pews.

NATIONALITY FOOD FESTIVAL - Planning is underway for this year’s Festival to be held on
October 12, 13 and 14. We thank Armando and Patricia Massicci for chairing the Money Wheel
once again. Also, our thanks go out to Ted and Nancy Dutkowski for chairing the Polish booth
and to Joe and Mary Senoski for chairing the German booth. There are a number of
opportunities for volunteers before, during and after the festival. If you are interested and willing
to help in any aspect of this event, please contact Father Dan Sweeney at 412-471-0257,
extension 15.

FESTIVAL SPONSORS NEEDED - We are seeking sponsors for our Nationality Food Festival.
So far, Mr. Lou Vitti made a donation of $1,000. If you or your business would like to help us,
please contact Father Dan Sweeney at 412-471-0257, extension 15, for information on
sponsorship levels and benefits.

PLANNING A WEDDING IN 2008? - We are now accepting wedding dates for 2008. Times are
at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday. And, as you are making your plans, why not consider
Epiphany’s McDowell Hall for your reception. We can accommodate up to 350 people. You will
not be disappointed. Call Father Dan Sweeney for details at 412-471-0257, extension 15.
FISH FRY - We want to thank all our dedicated volunteers for their hard work and our wonderful
patrons who supported our fish fry. We are now closed for the summer. Our Fish Fry will resume
on Friday, September 7.

LUCKY DAYS CALENDAR WINNERS
Note: Winning numbers are from the 7 p.m. PA Daily Lottery.
    DATE                    NUMBER                                 WINNER           $$$$$
06-18-2007                       372 ............................. Pam Vrabel         $25
06-19-2007                       815 .................. Karen Olsakovsky              $25
06-20-2007                       267 ............. Pat and Cathy Fagan                $25
06-21-2007                       898 ................................ UNSOLD          $25
06-22-2007                       419 ........................... Kathy Green          $25
06-23-2007                       613 ........................ Sarah Stramat           $50
06-24-2007                       194 ................................ UNSOLD          $25
                                            LAST SUNDAY’S OFFERTORY
1st Collection ........................................................ $1,684.00
2nd Collection. ..................................................... $ 365.00
Total (THANK YOU) ............................................ $2,049.00