Staff. Safe Environment Coordinator. Scheduler of Ministries. Jeri Stotlemyer, (Vatican News)

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1 FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER APRIL 29, 2018 SAINT JOHN OF GOD Office Telephones Parish Office/Residence Parish Fax Deacon Leonard Thomas Music Minister Catholic Parish Cemeteries Association Social Hall (Bingo and Pizza Kitchen) Mass Schedule Celebration of the Sacraments Infant Baptism: Call office to schedule. Adult Baptism: The R.C.I.A. program sees to the needs of adults who wish to become Catholic. Reconciliation (Confession): 3:30 PM to 4:15 (Church) and following the 4:30 PM Mass (Church) and by appointment. Holy Eucharist: Available for those who are sick and confined to home. Call the Parish Office and we will bring the Eucharist to you. Anointing of the Sick: Available for those who are seriously ill or anticipating surgery after Mass every Sunday at the Church. Marriage: Anyone who wishes to marry should contact the Office at least six months prior to the desired date. Inactive Catholics: Are lovingly welcome back to the faith. New Parishioners are joyfully invited to join our community. Please call the Parish Office. ~ Low Gluten Hosts Available For Communion ~ ~ See Priest Before Mass ~ Saturday Vigil...4:30 PM Church Sunday...9:45 AM Church Weekday Schedule Monday Friday...9:30 AM Church Confessions: Saturday 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM and 5:30 PM Rev. Louis F. Vallone Rev. Robert J. Zajdel Parish Clergy Rev. Regis J. Ryan Deacon Leonard Thomas Staff Ms. Elna Johnson, Director of Music Mrs. Mary Ann Jones, Director of Finances Mrs. Janice Lipa, Parish Secretary, parish@sjogparish.com Mr. Wayne Summers, Maintenance Supervisor Safe Environment Coordinator Mrs. Karen Vinci-Stack, Scheduler of Ministries Jeri Stotlemyer, sjogscat@gmail.com (Vatican News) Bulletin Deadline: Tuesday Noon CHURCH: 1011 Church Ave. McKees Rocks, PA

2 FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, April 28 to Sunday, May 6, 2018 Saturday Vigil, April. 28: Edna Priddy (Alice & Harry Jester) 4:30 PM Church Sunday, April 29: 9:45 AM Church Frances Shazer (Bobbie Casper) WEEKDAYS 9:30 AM CHURCH Monday, April 30: Neal Musmanno (Family) Tuesday, May 1: Joan Sobol Thomas (M.J.W.) Tuesday, May 1: St. Anthony Novena Prayers recited following the 9:30 AM Mass in St. Mary s Church and at 6:30 PM in St. Mary s Church, (week 7) Wednesday, May 2: In Honor of the Blessed Mother (Steffie) Thursday, May 3: Parish Family of Saint John of God Friday, May 4: Charlotte Leja (Husband & Family) Friday, May 4: Mother of Sorrows Novena Prayers recited following the 9:30 AM Mass in St. Mary s Church Saturday Vigil, May 5: 4:30 PM Church George Cerovski with wife, Margaret remembered (Daughter, Mary & Family) Sunday, May 6: Amedeo DiNardo (Family) 9:45 AM Church AN OPEN INVITATION OF WELCOME Non-Catholics and non-parishioners are always welcomed guests. Inactive, unsure or irregular Catholics are lovingly encouraged to reconnect with the Faith. New parishioners are joyfully received in our community. Please call the parish office. Our hearts are large and there is plenty good room for all. NOVENA TO ST. ANTHONY We will continue the 13-week solemn novena to St. Anthony this Tuesday, May 1 (week 7). The novena prayers will be recited after the 9:30 A.M. Mass and again at 6:30 P.M. in St. Mary s Church. Let us come together to honor St. Anthony and ask his help for the special needs that each of us has. BIBLE STUDY Our Bible Study will continue this Monday, April 30, from 6:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. in the Gathering Place at St. Mary s. For more information, please call Tom Adams at All are welcome. BAPTISMAL PROGRAM FOR NEW AND EXPECTING PARENTS The next class will be held on Sunday, May 20, from 1:00 to 3:00 P.M. in the Gathering Place at St. Mary s. To register or for more information, please call Tom Adams, Readings for the Week of April 29, 2018 Sunday: Acts 9:26-31/Ps 22:26-27, [26a]/ 1 Jn 3:18-24/Jn 15:1-8 Monday: Acts 14:5-18/Ps 115:1-16/Jn 14:21-26 Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28/Ps 145:10-21 [cf. 12]/ Jn 14:27-31a St. Joseph the Worker: Gn 1:26--2:3 or Col 3: / Ps 90:2, 3-4, [cf. 17b]/Mt 13:54-58 Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6/Ps 122:1-5 [cf. 1]/Jn15:1-8 Thursday: 1 Cor 15:1-8/Ps 19:2-5 [5]/Jn 14:6-14 Friday: Acts 15:22-31/Ps 57:8-12 [10a]/Jn 15:12-17 Saturday: Acts 16:1-10/Ps 100:1b-5/Jn 15:18-21 Next Sunday: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48/Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 [cf. 2b]/1 Jn 4:7-10/Jn 15:9-17 PRAYER BREAKFAST Ladies, come to the Magnificat Pittsburgh prayer breakfast on Saturday, May 12, from 9 AM to Noon at the Crowne Plaza, Green Tree. Hear speaker Kelly Reed tell about her journey to God, from cradle Catholic to a time of beliefs that ignored or dissented from Church teachings to a conversion through Mary to a loving relationship with the living Christ. Kelly is a theological scholar and she and her husband have eight children. Cost of the breakfast is $23. To register, call Pam at or Kay at or visit Registration deadline is Friday, May 4. PARISH OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. (MONDAY THRU FRIDAY) Saint John of God, pray for us.

3 THANK YOU!!! A huge THANK YOU to our dedicated and hard working Saint John of God/Saint Malachy Catechists for a wonderful Religious Education year! Have a peaceful and relaxing summer (you certainly earned it)! VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL NEWS Splash Canyon VBS will take place June from 9 AM to Noon each day. Registration forms are available through the Parish Office. Also, volunteers are needed in a variety of areas. If you would like to help, please contact Steven Swank at or swankymca@gmail.com. PARISH WEEKEND ATTENDANCE April 21 / 22 Saturday Sunday Total Weekend Attendance PARISH FINANCIAL TOTALS For the Weekend of April 21 / 22 Regular Offertory... $ 4, (This is ordinary income from contributions for the general running of the parish. It is subject to a 17.6% tax to the Diocese of Pittsburgh.) PARISH SHARE PROGRAM PSP Assessment for $ 78, PSP Collected as of 12/1/17...(Thank You!)... $ 36, Remaining on 2018 Goal... $ 41, (This is the tax paid to the Diocese. We must remit this entire amount to the Diocese by Dec. 31. Any surplus then remains in the parish, tax free.) HOSPITAL Please pray for all parishioners who are in the hospital. Also for all those ill at home, in nursing homes, and shut-ins; that they may continue to receive the Lord s Blessings. SYMPATHY We wish to extend our sympathy to the Family of Erlene Curry whom God has called home. Please remember her and all our dearly departed and their families in your prayers. May the Choirs of Angels receive them, and may they with the once poor Lazarus, have rest everlasting. QUOTE FROM THE POPE Life only fully makes sense when it is given as a gift. It becomes tasteless when it is lived for itself alone. Pope Francis The Rosary is prayed at 9:00 AM before the 9:30 AM Mass Monday through Friday in St. Mary s Church. THE WEEK AHEAD April 30 (Mon.) - Miraculous Medal Novena Prayers - Recitation of the Rosary begins at 6:30 P.M. in St. Mary s Church - held on the 1st & last Monday of each month. April 30 (Mon.) - Bible Study, 6:30-7:30 PM, Gathering Place at St. Mary s May 1 (Tues.) - St. Anthony Novena Prayers recited following the 9:30 AM Mass in St. Mary s Church and at 6:30 P.M. in St. Mary s Church (week 6). May 2 - WEDNESDAY NIGHT BINGO in MOS Social Hall - Doors open at 5 PM Early Birds, 7 PM and Regular Games begin at 7:15 PM. May 4 (Fri.) - PIZZA KITCHEN and it s FALAGONE FRIDAY! To order please call on Fridays, 8 AM to 1 PM. Orders must be picked up by 3:30 PM. SUMMER BREAK Our Pizza Kitchen s dedicated, hard-working volunteers last day will be Friday, May 11. They will then be on a well-deserved summer break! We thank all our workers and all our faithful customers. Watch for reopening day in September. Remember, Friday May 4, is Falagone Friday and all our food items freeze well! Stock up Friday, May 4, and Friday May 11, for your summer picnics and get togethers. SENT All people in their 20s and 30s are invited to a gathering for young adults that will feature live music, free food and drinks, awesome prayer, a dynamic talk, and a time to network with other young adults on Friday, April 27 from 6:30-8:30 PM in the Cardinals Great Hall at Saint Paul Seminary. Leah Libresco, freelance writer, speaker, New Yorker, and former atheist-turned-catholic, will be speaking on Building the Benedict Option: Habits of Hospitality and Prayer. For more information to courtesy RSVP please visit diopitt.org/yam.

4 FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER APRIL 29, 2018 THIS WEEKEND: ON MISSION ANNOUNCEMENTS Today at Mass you will hear about the On Mission for The Church Alive! decisions for your parish. In the announcement you will learn: (1) the final Parish Grouping that your parish will be in; (2) the clergy team assigned to serve the grouping; and (3) the maximum number of Masses for the grouping beginning October 15th. With these announcements, there are still many tasks ahead to bring about the vision for vibrant parishes in our communities. The first task over the coming weeks and months is to build relationships, especially between the parish communities in the grouping and with the clergy teams who are eager to begin serving you. As we continue to share in the joy of the resurrection of Jesus during the Easter season, we must not be discouraged by the challenges that may come. Instead, we are called to go forward with hope for the good of our parishes and for the good of our own lives with God. The information about your grouping and all the groupings is available online at onmissionchurchalive.org and will be shared in your parish bulletin and the Pittsburgh Catholic next weekend. May God bless the Church of Pittsburgh, our parish communities and each of us. SANCTUARY CANDLE - WEEK OF APRIL 29 ST. MARY S - IN MEMORY OF DAVID A. LIPA AND ANDREW R. MARTONIK BY JAN AND FAMILY PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC The special On Mission for the Church Alive! May 4 issue of the Pittsburgh Catholic will be mailed to every registered household in the Diocese. This special issue will be packed with information about On Mission for the Church Alive! and will include the following: Complete lists of parish groupings and clergy assignments related to On Mission for The Church Alive! Multiple articles that give context to these changes. Questions and Answers about On Mission. A glossary of On Mission terms. Feature on a couple who fell in love following a parish merger. An article promoting Hope Reborn, a festival of praise and all-night Pentecost vigil. Special offers from advertisers. There will not be any bulk copies of the Pittsburgh Catholic in the church next weekend, May 5/6. If you do not receive a copy of the Pittsburgh Catholic next week please call the parish office. CONGRATULATIONS! We wish to congratulate Ed and Gloria McNabb who are celebrating their 58th wedding anniversary this Sunday, April 29, May the Lord continue to bless your years together! FLEA MARKET, BAKE SALE, LUNCH AVAILABLE Saturday, May 5, :00 AM - 2:00 PM St. Philip Church Ascension Worship Site 114 Berry Street Pittsburgh, PA (Ingram) For further information call or CLASS OF 2022 WELCOME NIGHT! Join the OLSH family on Wednesday, May 9, at 7:00 PM for a night of fun and excitement as we welcome the incoming freshman Class of 2022! Parents and students are invited to attend and learn more about OLSH and what lies ahead for your child. The evening will include a parent social and team competition for the students. RSVP to the Admissions Office at or jsellman@olsh.org if you are able to attend. Hope to see you there. CANDLE LIGHT MASS Join your friends and neighbors for a monthly Candle Light Mass at Saint Stanislaus Church in the Strip District. The next Mass will be on Friday, May 4, at 8:00 P.M. If you can t make it this month, come any first Friday at 8:00 P.M. For more information, visit facebook.com/beholdpittsburgh. BISHOP CANEVIN SCHOOL YEAR Interested students may visit Bishop Canevin s website, to complete and submit an online application. For more information, please call the Assistant Principal, Karen Walker, at , ext. 212.

5 May 5-6 4:30 PM 9:45 AM Phyllis Aluise Tom Burgunder Victoria Diehl Ellie Dombrowski Mary Ann Scrabis Bob Zitelli Please keep our Priests, Seminarians, Deacons and all Religious in your prayers. Patrick O Connor Eleanor Vith May :30 PM 9:45 AM Phyllis Aluise Tom Burgunder Tom Adams Victoria Diehl Mary Ann Scrabis Donna Spohn Bob Zitelli Al Condeluci Liz Condeluci Wanda Mruczek May :30 PM 9:45 AM Phyllis Aluise Tom Adams Ellie Dombrowski Christina Phillips Tom Phillips Lydia King Mary Ann Scrabis Al Condeluci Bob Zitelli Patrick O Connor Dominic Puppo Eleanor Vith May :30 PM 9:45 AM Al Condeluci Mary Ann Scrabis Wanda Mruczek MINISTRY SCHEDULE ~ MAY 2018 Tom Adams Victoria Diehl Lydia King Christina Phillips Tom Phillips Donna Placon Liz Condeluci Patrick O Connor Eleanor Vith LEARN ABOUT MARRIAGE ANNULMENTS Divorced Catholics and everyone else who may be interested in learning about the annulment process are welcome to attend a free workshop with Jay Conzemius, JCL, judge and moderator of the Diocesan Tribunal on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 10:00 AM, Seminary Campus, Domenec Hall (Room 210), 2900 Noblestown Road, Carnegie. Topics to include: theology of marriage; ministry of the tribunal; marriage annulment types; why, when and how to start the petition for annulment process; and a process overview. Afterwards participants can ask questions and/or start the process. No reservations are required, but if you do plan to attend please AnnulmentsIntake@diopitt.org or call so that seating arrangements can be made. SAM PRAYER MINISTRY (Substance Addiction Ministry) Drug and alcohol dependence and abuse causes great distress for both the afflicted and affected loved ones. The magnitude of the pain and suffering is so enormous it is impossible to calculate. But there is hope and there is help. The Substance Addiction Ministry (SAM) is a ministry of prayer, presentations and personal presence. This Thursday, May 3, 2018, the community SAM Team will gather in the Parish Family Room in the back of the church at St. Margaret Mary in Moon Township at 6:30 P.M., to pray a Rosary for Recovery for all those who are afflicted or affected, or have lost loved ones to addiction. Following the Rosary, there will be an opportunity to gather in fellowship. SAM is a supportive ministry for families and individuals and is NOT intended to replace counseling, therapy, treatment, or participation in 12-step programs.

6 FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER APRIL 29, 2018 FEAST OF THE ASCENSION Thursday, May 10, is the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord and a Holy Day of Obligation. Following is the Mass schedule in St. John of God Parish for this day. May 9, Wednesday Evening Vigil 4:30 PM, Church at St. Mary s May 10, Thursday Holy Day 9:30 AM, Church at St. Mary s 6:30 PM, Church at St. Mary s TOWN HALL MEETING There will be a Town Hall Meeting in the Church following the 6:30 PM Mass on Ascension Thursday, May 10. FOSTER CARE Do you feel called to help local children in need? Make room in your heart and home by fostering a child. Auberle, a regional Catholic agency that helps build strong families, is looking for people interested in learning more about becoming Foster Parents who provide a safe and loving home for youth removed from their home for safety reasons. This could be as short as respiting a child so Foster Care Parents can take a break or as a long-term placement option. If you are interested learning more about the Foster Care process, different ways you can help and have questions you need answered, please call Jeanne Burger, Auberle s Foster Parent support at Learn more about Auberle s mission of helping children, youth and families across Southwestern Pennsylvania by visiting SCRIPTURE REFLECTION Are you ready for a trim? In today's Gospel, we hear the familiar teaching of the vine and the branches. Jesus reminds us that if we remain close to him-living in humility, following God's law, loving our neighbor-we will notice a positive change in our life and the lives of those around us. "Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit." The Holy Spirit is life-giving. He is fruitful. The Spirit of God won't refuse grace to a heart that is open. As we progress through life, learning how to live and love, we grow. Our personalities flower. We discover what it is to be a blessing to others. We also experience lack, loss, and the results of our failures. We know what it is like to "wither" at times, particularly the times when we willingly separate ourselves from Jesus. "Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me." For most of us, this experience of being disconnected and off track generates a desire to return to what is right and good, to return to the vine. But this Gospel is more than "Are you in or are you out?" Even when we remain in God, when we follow Jesus, we are not exempt from the challenge, the pruning. "Everyone that [bears fruit] he prunes." A prudent trim is necessary in the natural world of trees and vines. Dead wood, broken shoots, and diseased branches need to be cut back in order for the plant to bear fruit. Jesus wants us to be healthy! He says as much himself: "By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples." Take a look at your life today. Where are you bearing fruit? Where do you need to be pruned? There will not be a Flea Market this year at Saint John of God Parish. A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE by Bud Ozar Like the vine grower in today s Gospel, parents must prune and cleanse the branches in their family if their children are going to be rooted. Discipline, limits and setting goals are a necessary part of parenting so our children will grow and bear fruit. Don t forget your Pittsburgh Catholic Newspaper, a weekly gift to you from our parish for your enjoyment! Kindly remember Saint John of God Parish in your will. STO-ROX FAMILY HEALTH CENTER QUALITY HEALTH CARE INSURANCES HMO S SLIDING SCALE PAYMENTS OPEN MONDAY - SATURDAY

7 PASTOR'S CORNER Fr. Lou Vallone Next Saturday, May 5, I will celebrate the 45th anniversary of my ordination to priesthood for the Diocese of Pittsburgh. For some reason, we take special note of anniversaries that are multiples of 5, as though they are more meaningful than 21, or 17, or 34 or any other number. This mystifies me a little, since one of the meditations that was offered us in seminary was that if a priest celebrates just one Mass, he has justified all his years of training and God s call to him. I do not want to review my priesthood quantatively: how many Masses, baptisms, weddings, homilies, etc. are represented by 45 years of service. Nor do I have the presumption to evaluate the effectiveness or quality of this past 45 years. Only God knows how well I have served Him and His people, and I don t expect Him to tell me till I have breathed my last on this earth. Instead, I went back to the roots and surfaced some quotes that were formative for me at the time I was ordained. The question is whether I have measured up to them. On my holy card distributed at my first Mass appeared the following quote from Teilhard de Chardin: To the full extent of my power, because I am a priest, I wish from now on to be the first to become conscious of all that the world loves, pursues and suffers; I want to be the first to weep, to sympathize and to suffer; the first to unfold and sacrifice myself to become more widely human and more nobly of the earth than any of the world s servants. On my First Mass program was printed this quote from Polycarp Sherwood, OSB: The specific role of the priest is to make the Paschal Mystery come alive in himself, in the people of God, by the ministry of the Word and of sacrament, and by what subsidiary means his personal capacity may suggest. To this he is commissioned in fellowship with others and only in fellowship with others it is fully operative. In fellowship with others: the bishop, fellow presbyters, and the people of God. In my remarks at my First Mass, I quoted the following definition by Sydney Harris: An idealist believes that the short run doesn t count; a cynic believes the long run doesn t matter; a realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run. (Historically speaking, Jesus was the supreme realist.) In my wallet at the ordination ceremony were these words of Dag Hammarskjold: Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated. These were the landmarks I set my sights on when my priesthood began. I just pray that I am closer to them now than I was then, and will be even closer as the years go on than I am now. Pray for me. And for my classmates of Seven are dead, four are already retired, three of us will retire in October, five are still active in the Pittsburgh presbyterate, one is a bishop, one is in a nursing home, and seven have left the active ministry over the years. Those of us still alive and in Pittsburgh will be celebrating Mass together on Thursday, then having dinner (and maybe have an after dinner libation if we can stay awake long enough.) Ad multos annos! Diocesan Victim Assistance Hotline St. John of God Parish Membership Form Name Address City Zip Phone CHECK ONE: New Registration Change of Address Moving out of Parish Want Envelopes Please drop Membership Form into the offertory basket or mail to Rectory.