Second. November 25, Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

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1 416 SOUTH BROADWAY SCOTTDALE, PA A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust A Parish of the Diocese of Greensburg November 25, 2018 THE PARTNER PARISH PASTORAL CENTER 416 South Broadway Scottdale, PA Phone: / Fax: St John the Baptist Hall: St Joseph Hall: PARISH STAFF Rev. Andrew M. Kawecki... Pastor/Administrator Residence akawecki@dioceseofgreensburg.org Caroline Stynchula.Parish Secretary/Bulletin Editor ...cnstynchula@dioceseofgreensburg.org Chris Whoric...Finance Secretary .dwhoric@dioceseofgreensburg.org Dianne Sutton...Faith Formation/RCIA ...dsutton@dioceseofgreensburg.org James Jacquillard...Music Director jjacquillard@dioceseofgreensburg.org Bill Thompson.. Maintenance wthompson@dioceseofgreensburg.org OFFICE HOURS Monday Friday:... 9:00 AM 3:30 PM Closed Daily... Noon 1:00 PM Charity Outreach ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PRE-K PROGRAM Early Childhood 3 4 years old Bonnie Sandusky..Teacher Evelyn Connors Pre-School Phone Second Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time LITURGICAL SCHEDULE Weekday Masses Monday, Tuesday... 8:30 AM (SJE) Wednesday, Friday... 8:30 AM (SJBS) Weekend Masses Saturday Vigil... 4:00 PM (SJBS) Sunday... 8:30 AM (SJE) Sunday... 10:30 AM (SJBS) Holy Days of Obligation Holy Day Vigil... 6:00 PM (SJE) Holy Day... 6:00 PM (SJBS) SACRAMENTS Sacrament of Reconciliation: Daily before / after Mass and by appt. Saturday: 3:30 4:00 PM (SJBS) Sunday: 8:00 8:30 AM (SJE) Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament & Benediction: All are welcome to attend Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament after 8:30 AM Mass Tuesdays at (SJE) until concluding at 10:00 AM with Benediction. Sacrament of Baptism: Baptism is celebrated at Sunday Eucharist. To arrange a date and instructions for the Sacrament please call the Parish Office, Sacrament of Marriage: Arrangements can be made by calling the office at least one year in advance. RCIA/Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults: Those interested in learning about becoming a member of the Catholic Faith contact Parish Office, Sponsors for Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation are required to provide a certificate of eligibility if they are not a member of our Partner Parish. To be a sponsor, you must be Baptized and Confirmed. Any parishioner needing a certificate of eligibility to be a sponsor for another parish is required to personally visit the Pastoral Center to obtain a certificate at our office during business hours. NEW MEMBERS If you wish to join the faith community of the Partner Parish of St. John the Baptist and St. Joseph please contact the Pastoral Center.

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3 PARTNER PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS St John & St Joseph Partner Parish Cash Bash will be held this year on January 26, Since Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner, why not take some tickets and see if any of your friends or family members would like to buy some. They also make great Christmas Gifts! If you would like any, please contact the Pastoral Center, Jason Taft, Diane Figg or June Morrocco. Charity Outreach Charity Outreach will be open the following dates: Dec. 4th Dec. 14th 3:00pm - 5:00pm 10:30am - 12:30pm PRE SCHOOL NEWS Advent Event December 1st at 1:00pm Reservations by November 19th We are having a Basket Raffle & Silent Auction. If you would like to make a donation, please contact the School. Thank you for all you do for us!! TEACHER BONNIE SANDUSKY TEACHER AIDE EVELYN CONNORS Every Sunday at 10:30 Mass in the Part ner Parish, your youngsters have an opportunity to participate in the Children s Liturgy of the Word, where the Sunday s readings are explained to them on their level. It is truly a wonderful experience for them. So, parents, send them to experience the Love of God! Join us for Breakfast with Santa on December 9th at St. John the Baptist Social Hall, from 9:00am to 12:00pm. The menu will include: Pancakes, Sausage, & Eggs and the cost is $6 per person. Santa will be there for photo opportunities as well!! Refreshments provided, All are welcome!! Movie Night at St. Joseph s Hall Decmeber 2 from 3:00pm to 6:00pm! "30 Days Of Giving" Our Partner Parish of St John & St Joseph will be participating the "30 Days Of Giving" What better way to prepare for Christmas then to participate in this. Each day a gift, scripture and Parish event or prayer request are listed. All gifts, except for Christmas Day, will be used at Charity Outreach. All gifts can be left in the back of each church and will be given to Charity Outreach. Please consider doing this wonderful gift idea to benefit Charity Outreach.

4 Generations of Faith Our Next Session of GOF will be on Sunday, November 11 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM At St. John s School. Our theme will be: Humbleness on the Journey Poverty. Do you know what they are? Come to GOF and find out! Walk in registrations are always welcome. Don t forget your covered dish! December 1-2, :00 PM D. Sebeck Domurat Knepper*, Farrah, T. Sebeck Morrocco 8:30 AM S Skowronek M Banaszak L Banaszak*, C Brad S Konieczny ley, F Rudnik 10:30 AM P Ware T Tiedman Opalinski*, E. Zylka, T Tiedman C Sandusky Our Lady of Fatima Pilgrim Statue Nov. 25 Dec 2 Dec. 2 - Dec. 9 Dec. 9 Dec.16 Dec. 16 Dec 23 Caroline Stynchula Martha Opalinski Sue Kite Donna Kneppers PLEASE NOTE: If you or your loved one are homebound and wish to receive Communion, please call the Pastoral Center, Also, if a member is in the hospital, we have no way of knowing unless the family notifies us. We receive a few Clergy Calls from the hospital...but that does not cover everyone. *****IF ANY EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS ARE WILLING TO HELP VISIT THE HOMEBOUND, PLEASE CALL JEAN DOMUROT AT OR THE PASTORAL OFFICE. November 27 3:00-5:00pm 7:00pm 6:00-7:30pm November 29 6:00-7:30pm Charity Outreach Finance Play Practice Play Practice December 1 1:00pm Advent Event December 2 3:00-6:00pm Youth Group Movie December 3 6:30pm Worship Meeting December 4 3:00-5:00pm Charity Outreach 6:00-7:30pm Play Practice Wigilia Dinner December 14, 2018 The Polish Heritage Club, Inc. invites you to relive the old tradition of an authentic Polish Wigilia or Christmas Eve dinner. Learn the meanings of the customs, traditions, and folklore of Old Poland. Wigilia begins at 6p.m. on Friday, December 14, 2018 at the Uniontown Polish Club 229 S. Mt. Vernon Ave. in Uniontown, PA. Cost is $20 per dinner. Door prizes, basket auctions, and 50/50 are planned. For reservations call Barb

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6 THEOLOGY ON TAP IN THE A-K VALLEY Calling ALL young adults (single, married, parents, etc.)! Join us for Theology on Tap in the A-K Valley on Thursday, November 29 at 7:00 p.m. at Mogie s Irish Pub/Magill s Grill (3210 Leechburg Road, Lower Burrell, PA 15068). The topic of the evening is Living Faithfully in a Sinful World. Food will be provided, and babies in carriers are welcome! Invite a friend! For further information, please contact Ariel at ASchroeder@dioceseofgreensburg.org or Katie at KTylinski@dioceseofgreensburg.org or find us on Facebook at Theology on Tap in the A-K Valley (@akvalleytot). No need to RSVP, just show up! Retreat at Mount St. Macrina House of Prayer Dec. 16 A Christmas preparation retreat featuring Benedictine Father Cyprian Constantine will be held at Mount St. Macrina House of Prayer, Uniontown, Dec. 16 from 1:15-5:30 p.m. (includes dinner). Offering is $35, and the registration deadline is Dec. 12. To register for either retreat, call or hpmsm@verizon.net St. Rita Christian Mothers will hold their annual Christmas Cookie Sale on Saturday, December 8, beginning at 9am, in St. Rita's Bucci Hall on First Street in Connellsville. Featured will be Italian favorites: knots, pizzelles and biscotti, plus a variety of other assorted cookies. Come early for best selection News from the Diocese: Shop for Charity Dec. 3 to benefit Catholic Charities Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Greensburg will host Shop for Charity Dec. 3 from 5-7 p.m. at Prima Diva Boutique, 435 Fallowfield Ave., Charleroi. The shop, which features women s and children s clothing, home décor and gifts, will donate 20 percent of the evening s sales to Catholic Charities. Proceeds will help provide heating fuel, utility assistance, food boxes, diapers and baby items to people in need in the diocese. St. Aloysius Church, Dunbar, is having a Cash Bash on Saturday, December 1st. Doors open at 6 P.M. with the 1st drawing at 6:30 P.M. Tickets are $20. Please call the parish office at for tickets. The Bethlehem Project, a ministry of Blessed Sacrament Cathedral (BSC), will hold a Home for the Holidays Raffle on Sunday, December 16, The Bethlehem Project helps those facing homelessness in Central Westmoreland County. Two types of tickets are available: a Sports and Leisure raffle ticket with a chance to win Penguins Tickets, Steeler Tickets or a wine and liquor basket; and a Basket Raffle ticket with a chance to win one of many prizes. A $10 donation is suggested. For tickets or more information on the raffle or Bethlehem Project contact Katie Zuzik, at BSC at ext. 11 or kzuzik@dioceseofgreensburgh.org Remembering Therefore, Lord, remembering the saving passion of your Son, his wondrous resurrection and ascension into heaven, and looking forward to his second coming, we offer you with thanksgiving this holy and living sacrifice (Eucharistic Prayer III). The Church retraces the whole passage of Christ through suffering and death into the glory of the resurrection and ascension. She remembers too his promise to come again. In the mysteries of Christ she sees the unfolding of the Father s plan, the secret and hidden wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 2:7). Offering the sacrifice of Christ, she gives thanks. Having passed through the heavens (Hebrews 4:14), the ascended Christ, presents himself to the Father in an act of everlasting remembrance and thanksgiving. As the Church remembers and gives thanks, she too, in hope, reaches that inner sanctuary beyond the veil (Hebrews 6:19). Each of the Eucharistic Prayers contains this prayer of remembrance and thanksgiving. The mysteries we recall Christ s passion, death, resurrection, and return in glory are not, like other events, locked in an irretrievable past or inaccessible future. In the Mass they are all present to us, and to the Father. The here and now of the Mass is God s eternity.

7 MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, November 24 NO MORNING MASS Saint Andrew Dung-Lac, Priest, & Companions, Martyrs SJBS 4:00 PM Sunday, November 25 + Sam & Mary Giacomantonio Lena & Family Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe SJE 8:30 AM SJBS- 10:30 AM Monday, November 26 SJE-8:30 AM Tuesday, November 27 SJE 8:30 AM Wednesday, November 28 SJBS 8:30 AM + Josephine Prutz Paul & Mary Koontz + Commissioning of Eucharistic Minis ters//parishioners + Raymond & Regina Rudnik Frank & Susan + Mary Ann DeMagail Tina Simington + Louis & Stella Bandemer & De ceased children- Family Thursday, November 29 NO MORNING MASS Friday, November 30 Saint Andrew, Apostle SJBS 8:30 AM + Fr. Andrew s Feast Day Mother WEEKLY COLLECTION-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST November 11, 2018 Envelopes.$ Loose.$85.00 Candles..$54.00 Maintenance..$ All Saints.. $90.00 All Souls....$50.00 Diocesan Collections..$ Solemnity of Mary.$15.00 TOTAL REGULAR $ Cemetery..$ WEEKLY COLLECTION ST. JOSEPH November 11, 2018 Envelopes. $ Loose. $72.00 Candles..$57.01 Diocesan Collections $ Maintenance $ Thanksgiving $5.00 All Souls.$51.00 All Saints.$80.00 Parish Endowment.$80.00 TOTAL REGULAR.$ Cemetery..$ Saturday, December 1 SJBS 4:00 PM Sunday, December 2 First Sunday of Advent SJE 8:30 AM SJBS- 10:30 AM NO MORNING MASS + Armand & Irene Morrocco Daugh ter June + Parishioners + Jack Ermine Wife & Family If you have any suspicion about the sexual abuse (or any other type of abuse) of a minor child by anyone please contact PA Childline immediately at If the alleged abuser is functioning in a parish, school or diocesan position as clergy, religious, paid staff or volunteer you are also requested to contact the Bishop s Delegate for Matters of Sexual Misconduct after you have called the Childline number and made the report. The Bishop s Delegate may be reached at , Ext

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