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November 25th, 2007 
TRANSFIGURATION/STS. PETER & PAUL PARISH
WEST HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA 
CHRIST THE KING 

NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS: As a way to prepare for Mass next Sunday, you may pray with the readings for next Sunday’s Mass: Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14; 
Matthew 24:37-44

CHRISTMAS WAFERS - It’s that time again when we will begin selling our Christmas Wafers. Wafers will be on sale beginning this weekend through Christmas week. Each package contains 4 wafers—(1 each of green, blue, yellow & white) at a cost of $2.00 per pack. You can purchase the wafers after all weekend Masses or at the Rectory during normal business hours.

CHURCH CALENDARS - Our 2008 Church Calendars have arrived and will be available for pick up in the back of both churches beginning this weekend. Please feel free to take a calendar home.

CHRISTMAS FLOWERS - All Christmas Flower envelopes will be placed on the altar(s) during the Christmas season. You may request the flowers in memory of a loved one if you wish. 

ATTENTION LECTORS, EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST & ALTAR SERVERS - Your new schedule is available for pick up in the sacristy of each church. Please pick up your schedule as soon as possible. Thank you for all you do for your church! 

THE GIVING TREE - Catholic Social Services supplies our Parish with Christmas Tree “Decorations” that have ‘WISHES’ from some of the children in our area. Please take an “ANGEL” tag and make a child’s wish come true for Christmas…..Please place your unwrapped gifts with the tag attached under the Christmas Tree by Tuesday, December 12th at the latest. They will be taken down to Catholic Social Services on December 13th. 
Thank you for your continued generosity at this Holy and Blessed time of the year. 

CHRISTMAS GIFTS - All Lectors, Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist, Ushers, Organists, Choir Members, Church Cleaners and Altar Servers can pick up their Christmas gift in the Church Sacristy next weekend, December 1-2, 2007. Enjoy!

SANCTUARY CANDLES (TR)
In memory of 
MARIE REESE-MANGIALETTA 
requested by Joe & Dolores Reese

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH AND ALL OUR HOMEBOUND PARISHIONERS. 

TR - Dorothy Barnes


PLEASE PRAY FOR: Rose Marie Tomko (TR), Anthony Novitsky (TR), Mary Baradziej (TR), Agnes Kopes (TR), and Betty Majko (TR) 

MEMORIAL FLOWERS - The fresh flowers by the Tabernacle in Transfiguration Church were donated in memory of MARY FUSETTI. 
Thank You!

WITH SYMPATHY - Please remember in your prayers the souls of JOAN SERRA (TR) and MARY FUSETTI who recently passed away. May they rest in peace and their families be comforted in their loss.

DUE TO THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, OUR BULLETIN WAS SENT TO PRINT BEFORE OUR SUNDAY COLLECTION WAS COUNTED. Therefore, next week’s bulletin shall have 2 weeks of collections listed.

MEETINGS ON THE HORIZON…..
November 29 - 7 PM - Centennial Meeting - Dining Room
December 6 - 7 PM –W. Haz. Knights of Columbus - Past. Ctr

NOTE - If you or your loved one is hospitalized, especially when transferred from a nursing home, or admitted to a surrounding area hospital, please call the rectory and we will gladly include their name on our visitation and weekly prayer list. 

THANK YOU to the ALTAR & ROSARY SOCIETY of Sts. Peter & Paul Church for placing an ad in our bulletin. 

CENTENNIAL VIDEOS - In conjunction with the Centennial Commemorative Book, VHS tapes and DVD’S will also be available. We are still waiting to hear from the publisher for the cost of the book BUT the cost of the Centennial Video will be $25.00 (VHS or DVD)
Order forms are available in the back of Transfiguration Church. Please complete and return with payment to the Rectory. Please specify VHS or DVD when ordering. (Order forms & payment can also be placed in the collection basket)
NOTE - The video will have memories from way back when to the present. The video is done by Joe Sweet of “Sweet Shot Video”. Orders will be taken until the end of November. PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: TRANSFIGURATION CHURCH 

BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN: Questions and Answers about Same Sex Unions - #18
In light of the Church’s teaching about the truth and beauty of marriage, what should Catholics do? (continued)
As leaders of their family - which the Second Vatican Council called a “domestic church” (Lumen Gentium, no. 11) - couples should bring their gifts as well as their needs to the larger Church. There, with the help of other couples and their pastors and collaborators, they can strengthen their commitment and sustain their sacrament over a lifetime.
(Between Man and Woman: Questions and Answers About Marriage and Same-Sex Unions. Copyright © 2003, USCCB. All rights reserved.)

CCD DIRECTOR:
CHERYL KRIEGER
454-2094

November 25 - NO CCD CLASS
December 2 - CCD Class
December 9 - CCD Class
December 16 - CCD Class
December 23 - NO CCD Class
December 30 - NO CCD Class
January 6, 2008 - CCD Class

BLOOD DRIVE - The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at Transfiguration School on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28th from 1 - 6 PM. Please stop by and help out the Red Cross if you can give blood. Every pint helps!

2007 DIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL “Living Our Faith...Loving Our Neighbor - THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS MADE A DONATION TO THE DIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL!

PIEROGIE MAKING - The ladies and gentlemen of Transfiguration Parish will be making pierogies on the following dates and times: New help is always welcome!
Sunday, November 25th - 1 - 5 PM (pot. balls)
Monday, November 26th - 9 AM (pierogie making)
PIEROGIE SALE - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1ST AT TRANS. SCHOOL 10 AM - NOON (or until sold out) COST: $4.50 per dozen. Please call Martha Matushoneck at 459-5371 to place your orders. 

NEW PARISH MISSALS - This year, we are giving our parishioners the opportunity to memorialize our Annual Parish Missals that will be used for the liturgy of the Mass. These Missals will be kept in the Church. We will begin using our new Missals on the First Sunday of Advent, which is Sunday, December 2nd. You can memorialize a Missal in memory of a friend or a loved one. The donation is $10.00  There will be a special bookplate (label) placed on the inside cover of the Missal with the name of the person(s) being memorialized along with the name(s) of those donating the Missal. PLEASE SPECIFY DESIRED CHURCH…... If you are interested in memorializing a Church Missal, please fill out the form below, and return it, along with your donation, by mail or you can drop it in the collection basket in a plain white envelope marked “Church Missal”. We will begin putting the Memorial Labels in the books as they come in - beginning in the front of the church and working our way back. Donations will be accepted until the end of 2007 only. MISSAL MEMORIAL - $10.00 EACH (please print) _____ TR IN MEMORY OF: _____ STS _________________________________________ DONATED BY: _________________________________________ (Please list your phone number in case we have any additional questions)  _____________________________ THANK YOU to everyone who has donated a Church Missal for the 2008 Church year. Click For a Print Version

KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS - The West Hazleton Knights of Columbus is currently selling “Keep Christ in Christmas” car / refrigerator magnets at a cost of $5.00 each. They are very beautiful and a great Christmas treasure. Please contact Jim Kaschak at 455-2150 if you are interested in purchasing one of the magnets.

SOUTHERN LUZERNE DEANERY GATHERING - You and your family are all invited to this celebration of our Catholic Faith. The Feast of Christ the King marks the conclusion of our liturgical year and affords us an opportunity to thank God for the many blessing He has bestowed upon us this past church year. The 

VESPER SERVICE shall be held at Saint Joseph’s Church in Hazleton at 5 PM on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25th. Come and let us worship the Lord.
There will be light refreshments served after the Vesper Service in St. Joseph’s church basement. All are welcome!
ALSO - THERE WILL BE NO 6:30 PM MASS ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH AT TRANSFIGURATION CHURCH.

QUOTES FOR INSPIRATION AND ACTION - If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all. 
- Anna Quindlen


CENTENNIAL WINE GLASSES - Our second order of Centennial Wine Glasses have arrived and we are selling them at a cost of $5.00 each or a gift box of 4 for $20.00 Anyone who attended the Centennial Dinner at Genetti’s can tell you how beautiful they are. Each glass has a picture of the Transfiguration Church etched on the front with the Centennial year on the back. 
We have a limited quantity available and they will be sold on a first come, first serve basis. Please come to the rectory to purchase your commemorative Centennial Glasses. 
A SAMPLE OF THE GLASS IS ON DISPLAY IN THE BACK OF TRANSFIGURATION CHURCH.

LIFELINE - Whoever wants to keep his life just for himself will lose it. Only by giving ourselves do we receive our life. In other words: only the one who loves discovers life. And love always demands going out on oneself, it always demands leaving oneself. Anyone who looks just to himself, who wants the other only for himself, will lose both himself and the other. Without this profound losing of oneself, there is no life. -Pope Benedict XVI, 
Homily at St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna, 9-9-2007

USED POSTAGE STAMPS - Just a friendly reminder to please continue to save your used postage stamps. I will be taking them to one of our parishioners in a Nursing Home later in January. The stamps are collected for the Catholic Diocese of Northern Alaska where they trade them in for cash. ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 6th, 2008, I kindly ask that you bring in your used stamps and drop them off in the back of the church. Soon everyone will be receiving lots of Christmas Cards, and that means lots of used stamps. Any help you can give the Diocese of Alaska will be greatly appreciated.

THE DIOCESAN PRAYER:
Heavenly Father, hear our prayer. Moved by your Holy Spirit dwelling within our hearts, we humbly ask you, Father, to bless the Diocese of Scranton at this time of profound parish renewal. Send your Holy Spirit upon our clergy, religious and lay faithful, so that we may imitate the fidelity, love and zeal of the early Church. Grant us the humility to preserve and teach the Catholic faith which has been handed on to us, so that we may worship you in Spirit and in Truth. Increase our charity, so that we may generously attend to those who pass before us in need. Bless us with missionary zeal, so that through the proclamation of the Good News, we may be salt, light and leaven to those who are distant from your love.

Holy Mary, Mother of God and our Mother, Saint Peter, Saint John Neumann, Saint Katharine Drexel and all the saints, allow us to join our prayers to yours. Through our union with you in prayer, lead us to the glorious banquet of Heaven, where you praise the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, who is Lord forever and ever. Amen.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION - His Excellency the Most Reverend Joseph F. Martino, D.D., Hist. E.D., Bishop of Scranton, and the Office for Parish Life/Family Life wish to invite couples celebrating their 25th or 50th wedding anniversary in 2008 to a diocesan Wedding Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, May 4th. The event includes a 2:30 PM Mass at St. Peter’s Cathedral followed by a reception. Please contact our Parish Office at 454-3933 if you wish to receive an invitation before January 10th, 2008.

A MEMORIAL was given to Transfiguration Church in memory of JOSEPH V. ZAVADA by Agnes Gildea. Thank you for remembering Transfiguration Church.

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