EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

SCHEDULE FOR APRIL – JUNE 2010

GENERAL NOTES:

The deadline for requests for off-days, etc. to ensure that they can be properly considered in time before the next Schedule (JULY - SEPTEMBER) comes out is SATURDAY, JUNE 5.  Please don’t be late, as I will need to get the next Schedule out early, since I will be out of town/the state most of June and July.  And where I’ll be in southern Indiana, the folks have just found out that there are “new-fangled gadgets” other than rotary phones, so don‘t even talk about computer access!

REMINDER—Effective January 1, 2010, my “new” (and only) e-mail address is listed below.

Our thoughts and prayers go with Diane Arke, Joe and Joanne Hancharick, and Jean Clawson as they retire from the Extraordinary Minister Apostolate.

H1N1 Flu/Communion Cup Ban Update:

This just in from the Bishops of the United States: “OK, folks, ‘winter break’ is over.  Back to ‘work’”.  Or words to that effect.

As a result of what I’m sure was the intercession of St. Camillus of Lellus, patron saint of the flu, a sufficient number of the pathogens, microbes and/or other contagions that caused the H1N1 “crisis” have been “neutralized”.  As a result, as I’m sure you all know by now, the Bishops have lifted the ban on receiving Communion from the Cup.  Therefore, starting with the Easter Triduum (Holy Thursday on April 1; no, this is not an April Fools Joke), I will again be scheduling seven EMHC’s for weekend Masses (five for the 7:30 AM Mass). 

Even though five months have passed since we last used the Cup, hopefully we all remember where they’re stored, how to fill them before Mass, etc.  For those (like me) who struggle with brain fades and almost complete memory loss from time to time, the Mass Procedures can be found on the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton web site:

http://www.steas-mech.org/EMHC_Mass_Procedures.html

Speaking of the Triduum, you are asked to attend the Holy Thursday Mass (in albs) on April 1 at 7:00 PM.   We will meet in the Parish Center at 6:45 PM.

Please don’t forget the Parish Adoration Hour for Vocations from 7:00-8:00 PM on the following Sundays:

MAY 2

Some of the Ministers have asked for a brief re-cap on what is involved in setting up for Daily Mass after the 11:00 AM Sunday Mass.  To that end, I have placed in the credence table closet excerpts from the aforementioned Mass Procedures, including a picture showing how the altar should be set up, along with a list of vessels, linens and related items and where they can be found.  Another copy is located in the Priest’s Sacristy cabinet that houses the daily Mass chalice, etc.  Hope this helps.

I have also been asked for an explanation of how best to get Msgr. King’s vessels back into their carrying/storage case so that the lid will close.  A legitimate question, since I, myself, struggled with this the first time I had to do it.  But the solution lies somewhere between solving the Rubik’s Cube and the Sunday Sudoku in the Patriot-News.  Here’s what to do.  In the case, Monsignor has his chalice, the flat paten that he uses at Mass, and a silver bowl-like paten that he rarely if ever uses.  After Mass, return the flat paten to its protective covering, then place it inside the “bowl” part of the bowl-like paten (which is in its own separate protective covering). Then turn the combination upside down, such that the order from top to bottom is (1) bowl-like paten; (2) flat paten); and (3) chalice.  I don’t think any other order will work.  I may be wrong, but I fear any other combination risks bending/denting one or more of the vessels, something that probably is frowned upon by canon law, not to mention Msgr. King.  Hope this helps, too.

I have assigned 7 EMHC’s for the 7:30 AM Easter Sunday Mass, instead of the usual five.

Please check both sides of every page of this Schedule.  I’m starting to get “complaints” about Ministers not showing up for their scheduled Masses.

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Gene Olinger

2203 Spring Run Drive

Mechanicsburg, PA  17055

766-7322 (H)

ollieathome@hotmail.com

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EASTER TRIDUUM SCHEDULE:

HOLY THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 7:00 PM:

  *  Gene Olinger

   (H) John Christoph

     Jeannie Ishman

     Brian Olinger

     Rita Shurilla

Don Wargo

Guy Tanguay—Foot Washing Representative of EMHC’s only

NOTE—Ministers assigned to this Mass are asked to be in the sacristy at 6:30 PM, in order to go over procedures unique to this Mass.  A copy of these Procedures is attached to this Schedule for these Ministers.  Please take the time to review them beforehand.

NOTE—Only one Minister of the Host has been assigned to this Mass, since there will be two concelebrants.  However, this Minister may be assigned duties other than just distributing Communion (please see the attached Procedures).

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GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 7:00 PM:

  *  Gene Olinger

      Ann Burk

      Dan Cassidy

      Judy Kinney

      Don Wargo

NOTE—Ministers assigned to this Service are asked to be in the sacristy at 6:30 PM, in order to go over procedures unique to the Good Friday Service.  A copy of these Procedures is attached to this Schedule for these ministers.  Please take the time to review them beforehand.

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EASTER TRIDUUM SCHEDULE, CONTINUED:

EASTER VIGIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 7:00 PM:

  *  Gene Olinger

    (H) Rita Shurilla

Sue Fletcher

Jeannie Ishman

Rob Rumbaugh

     Don Wargo

NOTE—Ministers assigned to this Mass are asked to be in the sacristy at 6:15 PM, in order to go over procedures unique to this Mass.  A copy of these Procedures is attached to this Schedule for these ministers.  Please take the time to review them beforehand.

NOTE—Only one Minister of the Host has been assigned to this Mass, since there will be two concelebrants.  However, this Minister may be assigned duties other than just distributing Communion (please see the attached Procedures).

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HOLY THURSDAY (APRIL 1) ADORATION SCHEDULE

NOTE—The wearing of your alb during your period of adoration is recommended.  This is a change from the past.  The reason is that not all of our EMHC’s know everyone else, so it is not always easy to be able to identify one’s replacement.  By following this recommendation, if someone comes into the Cry Room Chapel wearing an alb, there’s a pretty good chance that the EMHC replacement has arrived, and it’s not just a non-EMHC parishioner coming for adoration.

REMINDER—“The Most Holy Sacrament, when exposed, must never be left unattended even for the briefest space of time. It should therefore be arranged that at least some of the faithful always be present at fixed times.…”

(Section 138 of “Redemptionis Sacramentum”)

Therefore it is incumbent that the following ensure that s/he switch with another adorer or else obtain a substitute if unable to meet his/her period of adoration.

             8:00 -   8:30 PM        JEANNIE ISHMAN

             8:30 -   9:00 PM        BEV JAMES

             9:00 -   9:30 PM        BARBARA STRATIS

             9:30 - 10:00 PM        MARY RUMBAUGH

           10:00 - 10:30 PM        CHERYL MYERS

           10:30 - 11:00 PM        ALLEN BRUMBAUGH

           11:00 - 11:30 PM        BRIAN OLINGER

           11:30 - 12:00 PM        GENE OLINGER

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SACRAMENTAL SCHEDULE

FIRST EUCHARIST—SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1:00 PM:

 *   Jim Deppen #

    (H) Regina Mowery

    (H) Rick Mowery

           Dolores Kauffman

           Marian Fulcomer

           Rhonda Harpster

           Donna Nebistinsky

IMPORTANT NOTES PERTAINING TO FIRST EUCHARIST:

·         Ministers assigned to this Mass are asked to be in the sacristy at 12:30 PM, in order to receive instructions unique to First Eucharist.  A copy of the First Eucharist Mass Procedures is attached to this Schedule for these ministers.  Please take the time to review them beforehand.

·         EMHC(s) marked with “#” above have a family member making their First Communion.  Since the Minister-In-Charge is involved, the remaining EMHC’s are asked to stay behind and clean up after Mass, so that the MIC can join the reception for the First Communicants.

·         Ministers assigned to this Mass are invited to stay afterwards and join the reception for the First Communicants in the Parish Center!!

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CONFIRMAND MASS AND BREAKFAST—SATURDAY,

APRIL 17, 9:00 AM:

  * LaDawnna Clancy

     Joe Bahret

     Justina Brumbaugh

• NOTE—Ministers assigned to this Mass are invited to stay afterwards and join the Confirmands in the Parish Center for Breakfast!!

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CONFIRMATION—SATURDAY, MAY 8, 10:00 AM:

      *      Brian Downey #

    Guy Tanguay #—Minister of Incense

    Justina Brumbaugh   

    Donna Nebistinsky #

    Joe Pivovarnik

              Gene Olinger—Sacristan

IMPORTANT NOTES PERTAINING TO CONFIRMATION:

·         The names of the Ministers assigned to the Confirmation Mass will be submitted to the Diocese, in accordance with its request.  If any EMHC is unable to serve at Confirmation, please inform the Coordinator of Religious Education (Candice Straka, 697-3545) of the name of your substitute as soon as possible, so that the substitute’s name can be forwarded to the Diocese.

·         All EMHC’s assigned to this Mass are asked to be in the sacristy no later than 9:30 AM, in order to go over procedures unique to Confirmation.  A copy of these Procedures is attached to this Schedule for these Ministers.  Please take the time to review them beforehand.

·         Fr. Waldron will concelebrate Mass with the Bishop. Both will distribute the Host at Communion, along with the Minister-In-Charge (MIC) and a Deacon.  The remaining four Ministers will distribute the Cup at Communion.

·         EMHC(s) marked with “#” above have a family member being confirmed, or they are sponsor(s) and/or 8^th Grade CCD Teachers.  So that those EMHC’s can join the reception for the Confirmands as soon as possible, the remaining EMHC’s are asked to stay behind and clean up after Mass.

·         Prior to Mass, the Sacristan will be responsible for setting up the Credence Table and Offertory Table. 

·         Prior to Mass, the MIC should light the tabernacle candles, as usual, along with the altar candles.  The Deacon will dress the altar at the Preparation of the Gifts, but the MIC should bring the appropriate items to the altar.  The Deacon will retrieve and return the ciboria to the tabernacle before and after Communion, and undress the altar. 

·         Ministers assigned to this Mass are invited to stay afterwards and join the reception for the Confirmands in the Parish Center!!

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HOLY DAY MASS SCHEDULE

VIGIL OF THE SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD—WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 7:00 P.M.:

* Bob Burk

   Marian Fulcomer

   Dolores Kauffman

   Bill Leavens

   Brian Martin

SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD—THURSDAY,

MAY 13, 9:00 A.M.:

*  Gene Olinger

   Monica Hersey

   Don Wargo

SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD—THURSDAY,

MAY 13, 7:00 P.M.:

*  Richard Taylor

   Brian Olinger

   Joe Powell

   Patricia Sanker

   Tom Watson

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MESSIAH VILLAGE VISITATION SCHEDULE

NOTE—This Schedule marks the first time that our newest EMHC’s (marked by an “(N)” below) will be scheduled for a Messiah Village visit.  The “veteran” Minister assigned is asked to take the time to train the new Minister for the entire visit, rather than just visiting one or two residents and then sending them off on their own for the remainder.  It would be preferable, but is not mandatory, if this “training session” did not involve the Special Care (Alzheimer’s) Unit.

APR   4          Joe Pivovarnik, Allen Reeves, and Ed Sheehe

APR 11          Priest

APR 18          Ken Centazzo, Joan Moore (N) with Eileen Strauch, and Mary Rumbaugh
APR  25          Dolores Kauffman, Sam Lappano, and Don Wargo

MAY   2          Allen Brumbaugh (N) with Justina Brumbaugh, Monica Hersey, and
                                    Barbara Stratis

MAY   9          Nick Chasler (N) with Tom England, John Mizerak, and Tom Watson

MAY 16          Priest

MAY 23          Arlene Bagin, Bob Bagin, and Rob Rumbaugh

MAY 30          Bob Burk, Alexis Fludovich (N) with LaDawnna Clancy, and Brian Olinger

JUN   6          Diana Buser (N) with Regina Mowery, Rick Mowery, and Donna Nebistinsky

JUN 13          Priest

JUN 20          Kathy Chasler (N) with Jeannie Ishman, Sue Fletcher, and Lynn DeMartyn

JUN 27          Rhonda Harpster, Bill Leavens, and Dave Straka

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