Cardinal Dolan, Mass Program, Saint Francis University

Eucharistic Liturgy Thursday, March 30, 2017 Saint Francis University

Loretto, Pennsylvania

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The Rev. Gabriel J. Zeis, T.O.R. Endowment in Franciscan Studies and Roman Catholic Theology Students at Saint Francis University have a unique opportunity to delve into the study of their faith and the Catholic-Franciscan tradition that are a vital part of the University’s mission thanks to a generous endowment fund that is covering the costs of workshops, lectures, and travel related to Franciscan and Roman Catholic themes.

In 2013, the Lou and Pat DiCerbo committed $1 million to the University to create this new endowment fund, The Rev. Gabriel J. Zeis, T.O.R. Endowment in Franciscan Studies and Roman Catholic Theology, in support of furthering the school’s CatholicFranciscan mission. DiCerbo is a 1959 graduate of Saint Francis, a 1997 Distinguished Alumnus of the University, and a member of the Financial Services Management Hall of Fame.

Activities supported by the fund reach out to those who share affinity with the University’s patron saint, St. Francis of Assisi, as well as St. Clare and Servant of God Dorothy Day (a Catholic social activist whose name adorns the University’s peace and justice center.)

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His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan Presider

Most Rev. Mark L. Bartchak Bishop, Altoona-Johnstown Diocese

Very Rev. Richard L. Davis, T.O.R. Minister Provincial Province of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Rev. Malachi Van Tassell, T.O.R., Ph.D. President, Saint Francis University

Rev. Joseph Lehman, T.O.R. Ph.D. Vice President for Mission Integration

Rev. Bro. James Puglis, T.O.R Deacon

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Processional Song: Glory In The Cross

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Let us ever glory in the cross of Christ who redeems us with his blood.

Let us tell the story of the cross of Christ and the pow’r of his saving love.

Like a lamb he was slain; he carried our shame to show us the mercy of God Let us ever glory in the cross of Christ and the triumph of God’s great love.

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Penitential Act Deacon: You were sent to heal the contrite of heart:

Lord, have mercy.

All:

Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: You came to call sinners:

Christ, have mercy.

All:

Christ, have mercy.

Deacon: You are seated at the right hand of the Father to intercede for us:

Lord, have mercy.

All:

Lord, have mercy.

Presider: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.

Let Us Pray Presider: We invoke your mercy in humble prayer, O Lord, that you may cause us, your servants, corrected by penance and schooled by good works, to persevere sincerely in your commands and come safely to the paschal festivities.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

All: Amen

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Liturgy of the Word First Reading: Exodus 32:7-14 The LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once to your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt, for they have become depraved.

They have soon turned aside from the way I pointed out to them, making for themselves a molten calf and worshiping it, sacrificing to it and crying out, ‘This is your God, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt!’

The LORD said to Moses, “I see how stiff-necked this people is.

Let me alone, then, that my wrath may blaze up against them to consume them.

Then I will make of you a great nation.”

But Moses implored the LORD, his God, saying, “Why, O LORD, should your wrath blaze up against your own people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with such great power and with so strong a hand?

Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent he brought them out, that he might kill them in the mountains and exterminate them from the face of the earth’?

Let your blazing wrath die down; relent in punishing your people.

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, and how you swore to them by your own self, saying, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky; and all this land that I promised, I will give your descendants as their perpetual heritage.’”

So the LORD relented in the punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people.

The Word of the Lord.

All:

Thanks be to God

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Responsorial Psalm 95

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Gospel: John 5:31-47 Jesus said to the Jews: “If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not true.

But there is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that the testimony he gives on my behalf is true.

You sent emissaries to John, and he testified to the truth.

I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.

He was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light.

But I have testimony greater than John’s.

The works that the Father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.

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Moreover, the Father who sent me has testified on my behalf.

But you have never heard his voice nor seen his form, and you do not have his word remaining in you, because you do not believe in the one whom he has sent.

You search the Scriptures, because you think you have eternal life through them; even they testify on my behalf.

But you do not want to come to me to have life. “I do not accept human praise; moreover, I know that you do not have the love of God in you.

I came in the name of my Father, but you do not accept me; yet if another comes in his own name, you will accept him.

How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God? Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father: the one who will accuse you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.

For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me.

But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?�

The Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ All: Praise To You Lord Jesus Christ.

Homily Universal Prayer

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Presentation of the Gifts: The Lord Is My Light

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Priest:

Pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.

All:

May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church.

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Prayer over the Gifts Presider: Grant, we pray, almighty God, that what we offer in sacrificemay cleanse us in our frailty from every evil and always grant us your protection. Through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

Preface Dialogue Presider: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Presider: Lift up your hearts.

All: We lift them up to the Lord.

Presider: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. All: It is right and just.

Preface

HOLY

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SAVE US, SAVIOR

AMEN

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Presider: At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say: All: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

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Presider: Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that, by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

All:

For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and for ever.

Presider: Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles: Peace I leave you, my peace I give you; look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will. Who live and reign for ever and ever.

All: Amen.

Presider: The peace of the Lord be with you always.

All:

And with your spirit.

Deacon: Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

LAMB OF GOD

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Presider: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

All:

Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

Communion Hymn: Eat This Bread

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Communion Hymn: Loving and Forgiving

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Communion Meditation: Restless Is The Heart

— Bernadette Farrell

Prayer after Communion Presider: May this Sacrament we have received purify us, we pray, O Lord, and grant your servants freedom from all blame, that those bound by a guilty conscience may glory in the fullness of heavenly remedy.

Through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen

Conferral of the Honorary Degree Rev. Malachi Van Tassell, T.O.R., Ph.D.

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Recessional Hymn: Lead Me Lord

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HIS EMINENCE

TIMOTHY CARDINAL DOLAN

Arguably one of the most influential Catholics in the United States, and, certainly among the most recognized, Timothy Cardinal Dolan and all of his Irish charm heads up the Archdiocese of New York, second largest Catholic diocese in America, serving over 2.5 million faithful.

The oldest of five children, Cardinal Dolan was born in St. Louis in 1950. He entered a preparatory seminary school at 14. He was graduated from Cardinal Glennon College and then completed his preparation for ordination at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. While there he earned a license in sacred theology. He was ordained in St. Louis in 1976.

For three years Cardinal Dolan served as associate pastor in a suburban St. Louis parish, before taking up graduate studies in American church history at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Cardinal Dolan was awarded the Ph.D. in 1983. His dissertation research focused on Archbishop Edwin V. O’Hara of Kansas City. During the first half of the 20th century, O’Hara was a tireless advocate for social justice and a vocal proponent of greater lay involvement in the church.

Cardinal Dolan returned to St. Louis and parish work for the next four years.

He moved back to Washington in 1987 to take up duties as secretary at the U.S. Apostolic Nunciature, a diplomatic mission of the Holy See in the United States. Cardinal Dolan served as the liaison between Catholic dioceses and the nunciature.

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Cardinal Dolan revisited familiar ground once again five years later when he took up the post of vice rector at his alma mater, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary.

During this period he also taught church history at both the seminary and nearby St. Louis University.

In 1994 he was named rector at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.

The then Monsignor Dolan celebrated the 25th anniversary of his ordination in 2001. That same year Pope St. John Paul II named him the auxiliary bishop of St. Louis.

Just a year later he was elevated to archbishop and assigned to the archdiocese of Milwaukee.

On February 3, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him archbishop of New York. Three years later he was named to the College of Cardinals.

Cardinal Dolan has served a three-year term as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He is now chair of the Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities. He is well known for his defense of orthodox theology.

He is a modern communicator, speaking to his flock via web pages, blogs satellite radio and podcasts, as well as through books and the pulpit.

Cardinal Dolan is the author of nine books, including the highly praised A People of Hope: The Challenges Facing the Catholic Church and the Faith That Can Save It, a work he co-wrote with John L. Allen, Jr., in 2011.

His other titles include Some Seed Fell on Good Ground: The Life of Edwin V. O’Hara (1992); Priests for the Third Millennium (2000); Called to be Holy (2005); Advent Reflections: Come Lord Jesus (2007); To Whom Shall We Go?: Lessons From the Apostle Peter (2008); Doers of the Word: Putting Your Faith Into Practice (2009); True Freedom: On Protecting Human Dignity and Religious Liberty (2012); and Praying in Rome: Reflections on the Conclave and Electing Pope Francis (2013).

Timothy Cardinal Dolan is a priest, prelate, and scholar, and a critically important voice of Catholicism in the 21st century.

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Acknowledgements Choirs

Saint Francis University Holy Name Parish Ebensburg, PA Organ

Rev. Christopher Dobson, T.O.R. Keyboard

Theresa Wilson Reader

Emma Catalano Servers

T.O.R. Formation Community Gift Bearers

Lou and Pat DiCerbo Ushers and Greeters

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Lou and Pat DiCerbo A distinguished alumnus of Saint Francis University (Class of 1959), Lou DiCerbo, CLU, ChFC is one of the most celebrated general agents in the history of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, and is known as an icon in the life insurance based financial service industry.

Throughout his career, DiCerbo excelled as an insurance professional, especially in various leadership roles. When he was named the manager of the New York agency of Penn Mutual in 1967, it ranked 76th out of 100 agencies in the Penn Mutual organization, generating only one-third of the income needed to meet expenses and break-even.

DiCerbo is the chairman of the Round Table of New York, and was the first person to serve as president of all three financial service associations in the city of New York: General Agents & Managers Association, New York Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors, and New York Society of Financial Service Professionals. He has also served as president of the New York City Life Underwriters Association, and as national director of GAMA International, where he also served on the Board of Directors. In 1984, DiCerbo was the featured speaker at LAMP’s annual meeting, and he received the prestigious GAMA International Management Hall of Fame award in 1995.

DiCerbo is governor of Legatus International, an organization of Catholic business owners and their spouses, a member of President’s Council at Ave Maria University in Naples, Fla., and the 1990 recipient of the Torch of Liberty Award from the United Jewish Appeal.

DiCerbo and his wife, Pat, are involved in several philanthropic activities including the Sisters of Life, the Reverend Gabriel J. Zeis, T.O.R. Endowment in Franciscan and Roman Catholic Studies, and the St. Francis Forum which celebrates the life works of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Clare and Dorothy Day. He and Pat will be married 53 years in May. They are the proud parents of three children, Louis, Joy, and Cheri, and two sons-in-law, Brian and Parm, who donate their time and treasure to help the less fortunate.

They also have four grandchildren. The DiCerbos reside in Manhasset, New York.

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Peace Prayer of

Saint Francis of Assisi Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.

O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

Amen.

Support the Endowment To learn how you may support The Rev. Gabriel J. Zeis, T.O.R. Endowment in Franciscan Studies and Roman Catholic Theology, contact the Office of Advancement at 814-472-3021 or visit francis.edu/endowments.

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