• image

Information - Fr. Joseph

  • MISSION SCHEDULE TEMPLATE
    This Mission Template with detail suggestions can be found here in PDF Format

    (Adjustments can be made at the discretion of the pastor)

    Optional Saturday morning AMass before the Mission:  Open to all Catholic women 18 and over whether or not they are married or have children.

    Presentation and Q & A: Regarding the Confraternity of Christian Mothers.  

    NOTE: If you are inviting the women to bring children, it would be good to provide child care so that the moms can be free to participate fully; there could be a social time afterwards, perhaps with food. 

    If it seems better to have the gathering for the women of the parish to hear about the Confraternity of Christian Mothers on Monday or Tuesday, I am happy to schedule that at the discretion of the pastor.

    _________________________________________________________  

    PARISH MISSION

    Fr. Joseph will preach at all the weekend Masses and serve as the celebrant for one or more of the Sunday Masses at the discretion of the pastor. Adjustment can be made if there is a Sunday evening Mass. Please contact Fr. Joseph if you prefer to have the Mission conferences scheduled for Monday through Wednesday.  

    A parish mission is intended for the entire parish. The regular schedule of parish activities, meeting, groups etc.. should be suspended during the days of the mission and all should be invited to attend the evening conferences. The presence and participation of the pastor (and associates, if they exist) is expected for the events and sacramental assistance of the faithful during the parish mission.

    Fr. Joseph will make himself available for vocation talks to youth or young adult groups as well as the school or religious education program if they are being conducted during the days of the mission. He is also available during the daytime hours for the Sacrament of Confession and spiritual direction. He is also available to visit the sick and shut-ins during the days of the mission.

    A freewill offering envelope is placed in all of the pews for the Sunday Masses and throughout the Mission. There are other Mission materials inside the donation envelope, including a promotional flier for the Archconfraternity of Christian Mothers. 

    Fr. Joseph's ministry supports the education of our students in formation and our elderly friars. The envelope indicates that the faithful should make out any checks to the parish, and the pastor would make out a single check to my Capuchin Province that would be mailed after the Mission which would include the total of the freewill offering, the reimbursement for travel and any sacramental stipends. 

    Please make one check payable to: PROVINCE OF ST. AUGUSTINE Please mail the check to:

    PROVINCE OF ST. AUGUSTINE
    c/o Mr. Joseph Kusnir, CFO
    220 – 37th Street
    Pittsburgh PA 15201

    If the pastor would prefer to make a direct deposit
     we can make those arrangements.

     _______________________________________________________________

    SUNDAY:    

    Confessions begin while rosary is prayed by the parish; relics of St. Padre Pio and Blessed Solanus Casey will be available for veneration. Perhaps the confessions could begin at 6:00 pm? Adjustment can be made by the pastor.          

    Mission talk 6:30 pm: 1st Mission Conference   

    ‘The Greatest Threat to Holiness Today”   

    Confessions are available after the conference and, once again,  relics of St. Padre Pio and Blessed Solanus Casey would be available for veneration.  

    MONDAY:   

    Confessions begin at 6:00 pm while the rosary is prayed by the parish. Confessions are available, and the relics of St. Padre Pio and Blessed Solanus Casey would be available for veneration.  

    6:30 pm: 2nd Mission Conference   

    “Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry: How to raise faithful Catholics and encourage the return of those who have left their Catholic faith.”  

     Confessions are available and relics of St. Padre Pio and Blessed Solanus Casey would be available for veneration.  

    TUESDAY:   

    Confessions begin at 6:00 pm while the rosary is prayed by the parish. Confessions are available, and the relics of St. Padre Pio and Blessed Solanus Casey would be available for veneration.  

    6:30 pm: Mass with the closing Mission conference serving as the homily:

    “The Solution: forgiveness and the Holy Eucharist”  

    The Mass concludes with the Apostolic Blessing. No Confessions will follow the Mass, but the relics of St. Padre Pio and Blessed Solanus Casey would once again be available for veneration.

  • ___________________

  • OTHER OPTIONS

    • It is possible to have families at the optional Mass on Saturday morning. After the Mass, the fathers and children could go to the parish hall for the Social: that is, during the time of the presentation and Q & A with the women.
    • You have permission to record or livestream the Mission talks for those unable to attend.
    • The relics should be placed on a table or stand which is accessible to the faithful. They should be placed on a corporal, with cleaning cloths, near the front of the sanctuary (If there is to be exposition of the Blessed Sacrament the relics should be put away while the Blessed Sacrament is exposed).
    • At the discretion of the pastor the Mission conferences may be given during Exposition and Incensation of the Blessed Sacrament and conclude with Benediction – that would be for Sunday and Monday only because of the Mass on the final evening which closes the Mission.