Partner Parishes of the Diocese of Greensburg Welcomes you to

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1 Partner Parishes of the Diocese of Greensburg Welcomes you to 416 SOUTH BROADWAY SCOTTDALE, PA A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust A Parish of the Diocese of Greensburg March 17, 2019 Second Sunday of Lent March 16: 5:15pm Catholic Café March 17: 7pm Men s Group March 18: 7pm Cantor Workshop March 19: 6pm Feast of St. Joseph Mass 6:30pm 6-7:30pm Boy Scouts Living Stations Practice March 20: 12pm Stations of the Cross 7pm 6pm Finance Council RCIA March 21: 1pm Creation Care Team Presentation 6pm 7pm Knots Knitting March 22: 11-6pm Fish Fry Holy Name Society 10:30-12:30 Charity Outreach 7pm What s Happening in our Parish Stations of the LITURGICAL SCHEDULE Weekday Masses Monday, Tuesday... 8:30 AM (SJE) Wednesday, Friday... 8:30 AM (SJBS) Adoration after Tuesday Morning Mass 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. SJE Sacrament of Baptism: Baptism is celebrated at Sunday Eucharist. To arrange a date and instructions for the Sacrament please call the Parish Office,

2 Office Hours Monday thru Wednesday & Friday: 9:00-3:30pm Closed on Thursday Office Number: Fax Number: Parish Staff Rev. Andrew Kawecki Pastor/Administrator Residence: Caroline Stynchula Parish Secretary/Bulletin Editor Chris Whoric Finance Secretary Dianne Sutton Faith Formation/RCIA Who s Who in our Parish.. We hope this community becomes your spiritual home for years to come. We encourage all to be active participants in our celebrations as we worship and praise God. Expect the best from this faith community:. Most importantly, expect to grow in your relationship with God. Of course, we need your help in being a strong community of faith. Be open to the Holy Spirit. Be a good steward of your gifts of time, talent and treasure. Get involved! We re sure you will find a ministry in which to participate. We look forward to getting to know you! Ministries Finance Council & Festivals Diane Figg & June Morrocco Art & Environment June Morrocco/Mike Banaszak Mary the Undoer of Knots Group Evelyn Connors Evangelization Marsha Callaro Altar Servers Mike Banaszak/Frank Rudnik St. Joseph Society Barb Shemo Men s Group Joe Flora Pastoral Council Enid Strict Worship Council Mary Catherine Gallagher James Jacquillard Music Director jjacquillard@dioceseofgreensburg.org Bill Thompson Maintenance wthompson@dioceseofgreensburg.org Holy Name Society Jason Lehman Cantors/Choir Jim Jacquillard Youth Group Caroline Stynchula/Kristen Felentzer Lectors Frank Rudnik Eucharistic Ministers of Holy Communion Chuck O Malley Catholic Daughters of America Dolly Glowacki

3 FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT March 17, 2019 ~ Second Sunday of Lent Page 2 Partner Parish of St. John the Baptist and St. Joseph MISSION STATEMENT The Living Faith Community of Saint John the Baptist, Scottdale, PA and Saint Joseph, Everson, PA are bridged by our common Baptism, while maintaining our respective ethnic heritages. We are called by Jesus Christ to be a nurturing community through worship and service. We are committed to preserve our Catholic Beliefs centered on the Eucharist as we become better disciples while continuing to develop strong lay leadership. Guided by the Holy Spirit, we share a vision for the future. We will become a vibrant Partner Parish where all feel loved and welcome. This Week s Scripture Readings... Monday: Dn9:4b-10; Ps79:8-9,11,13; Lk6:36-38 Tuesday: 2 Sm7:4-5a, 12-14a,16; Ps89:2-5,27,29; Rom4:13,16-18,22; Mt1:16, 18-21,24a or Lk2:41-51a Wednesday: Jer18:18-20; Ps31:5-6,14-16; Mt20:17-28 Thursday: Jer17:5-10; Ps1:1-4,6; Lk16:19-31 Friday: Gn37:3-4,12-13a,17b-28a; Ps105:16-21; Mt21:33-43,45-46 Saturday: Ex17:3-7; Ps95:1-2,6-9; Rom5:1-2,5-8; Jn4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26,39a,40-42 Sunday: Ex3:1-8a,13-15; Ps103:1-4,6-8,11; 1Cor10:1-6,10-12; Lk13:1-9 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 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. I don t know where to start.. - Reading the Bible Pick a daily time when you are most alert and least distracted, one that you can easily make a routine. Start with a simple goal. Don t attempt to read an entire book in one sitting. Spend 15 minutes. Read a chapter, or better yet, a few verses. The Book of James is a great place to start. It contains some awesome advice on how we should live our lives. Pray before you start. Invite the Lord to speak to you through what you are about to read. Ask him to show you one simple thing you can apply to your life. Journal about the things God is speaking to you. This is helpful for further reflection and application during the rest of the day, as well as for reference in the future. Create a physical reminder of something you read. Draw. Paint. Write a poem. Take a picture. Make something with clay, wood, or Legos. These become symbols of the work God is doing in your life. You can even keep them in a personal shrine in your room. They will be great reminders that God is always with you. Carry your Bible with you throughout the day. You never know when you might be inspired to open it. Imagine if we treated the Bible like our phones always accessible.

4 AROUND OUR PARISH.. The Partner Parish of St. John the Baptist & St. Joseph is sponsoring a Pilgrimage to Rome and the Holy Land in September Space is limited to 20 people. We will be having an informational meeting in April to go over the cost & itinerary. Anyone that is interested, please call Liz Croushore at by March 16, 2019 Regional Penance Services: Monday March 25, :00 PM St. Florian, United Easter Cash/Gift Card Giveaway Tickets on sale now! TEACHER BONNIE SANDUSKY Saturday April 6, :00 AM St. Pius X, Mt. Pleasant Tuesday April 2, :00 PM St. John, Connellsville TEACHER AIDE EVELYN CONNORS Thursday April 11, :00 PM St Raymond, Donegal Saturday April 13, :00 AM St. John, Scottdale Monday April 15, :00 PM St. Aloysius, Dunbar Mary, the Undoer of Knots Group will meet Thursdays during the Lenten Season Charity Outreach Charity Outreach will be open the following dates March 22nd 10:30am 12:30pm April 12th 10:30am 12:30pm April 23rd 3:00pm 5:00pm St. Joseph Society next meeting will be March 16th at 6pm. The item for Charity Outreach this month is box cereal Youth Group Living Stations practice will be March 19th, 6-7:30pm, at St. John the Baptist Church. Join us to learn all about Jesus sacrifice for us! A HUGE Thank you to all who came out & supported the Youth Group during the Mardi Gras Pancake Dinner!! They were able to raise $357 to put towards future activities!! Cantor Workshop on March 18th, at 7pm at St. John the Baptist. This is open to all who feel a calling to Cantor & will be ran by Tom Octave, from the Diocese The Diocesan Lenten Appeal kicked off this past weekend! Please look within your hearts to help our Parishes during this appeal to help us to attain our goal & remain as a Parish that is not in debt. Carter Poorman, our Partner Parish Catechumen this year. Please keep him in your prayers The Partner Parish of St. John the Baptist, Scottdale and St. Joseph, Everson will host a Lenten Concert on Sunday, March 31 at 7:00 pm at St. John the Baptist Church. The musical theme, Jerusalem, Our Destiny A Walk through the Triduum, will include musical selections which explore the Breaking of Bread, Jesus suffering on the cross and His glorious resurrection. The Mary Lou Ross concert will be conducted by Mr. Thomas Former St. John the Baptist Parishioner Octave, Diocesan Director of Sacred Music. A light reception will follow in the parish social hall. All are Please be sure to keep her & her family in your welcome to share in this musical journey as we prepare for Holy prayers Week.

5 WORDS FROM OUR PASTOR. No doubt, the Blessed Mother and the Apostles held the sites of our Lord s sorrowful passion in esteem. We might even think of the Blessed Virgin going to visit the places where she met Christ on the way to Calvary and even praying at the very hill of our redemption. Early Christians in the Holy Land remained devoted to these various stations. The stairs and praetorium where Christ was tried by Pontius Pilate was well known as was the place of our Lord s Crucifixion and Resurrection. Pilgrims coming from the West desired to see these places and desired to know how Christ traveled from the place of His unjust condemnation to His Crucifixion the Via Dolorosa or Via Sacra. The Stations of the Cross, then, have their origin in the actual locations in Jerusalem. Pilgrims wishing to bring this moving devotion home with them. In the 400s, Saint Petronius erected a series of chapels dedicated to the important shrines of Jerusalem in Bologna, Italy. During the Crusades, when pilgrimages and travels to the Holy Land resumed, there was a renewed interest among Europeans in the Via Sacra. By the 11th century, pilgrims had popularized the devotion. The Franciscans, who were granted administration of the Christian holy places in Jerusalem in 1342, increased its popularity. In the 1400s, the Stations of the Cross became extremely popular in Europe; however, they were usually series of outdoor shrines. In 1686, Pope Innocent XI granted to the Franciscans the right to erect Stations of the Cross within their churches. It was only as late as 1862 that the right erect the Stations of the Cross without a Franciscan was extended to bishops throughout the Catholic Church. Today, the faithful receive a plenary indulgence (with the usual conditions) for making the Stations of the Cross. You can find the exact details from the official Enchiridion below. Exercise of the Way of the Cross (Viae Crucis exercitium) A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful, who make the pious exercise of the Way of the Cross. In the pious exercise of the Way of the Cross we recall anew the sufferings, which the divine Redeemer endured, while going from the praetorium of Pilate, where he was condemned to death, to the mount of Calvary, where he died on the cross for our salvation. The gaining of the plenary indulgence is regulated by the following norms: 1.The pious exercise must be made before stations of the Way of the Cross legitimately erected. 2.For the erection of the Way of the Cross fourteen crosses are required, to which it is customary to add fourteen pictures or images, which represent the stations of Jerusalem. 3.According to the more common practice, the pious exercise consists of fourteen pious readings, to which some vocal prayers are added. However, nothing more is required than a pious meditation on the Passion and Death of the Lord, which need not be a particular consideration of the individual mysteries of the stations. 4.A movement from one station to the next is required. But if the pious exercise is made publicly and if it is not possible for all taking part to go in an orderly way from station to station, it suffices if at least the one conducting the exercise goes from station to station, the others remaining in their place.

6 Sister Mary Schmidt Lecture at Seton Hill University April 11 Sister of Charity of Nazareth Teresa Kotturan, SCN, will present Leave No One Behind A Call to Preferential Option for the Poor through Sustainable Development Goals April 11 at 7 p.m. at Cecilian Hall in the Administration Building at Seton Hill University. The program is part of the Sister Mary Schmidt, SC, Lecture Series, a joint project of the Sisters of Charity and Seton Hill University. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, call , ext or visit THE WELL Men s Conference to be held March 30 The diocese s Men s Ministry Team will host THE WELL Men s Conference on March 30 at Greensburg Central Catholic. The event includes workshops, open discussions, the sacrament of reconciliation and adoration, and it concludes with Mass celebrated by Bishop Malesic. The keynote speaker will be Mike McCoy, an Erie native who is a former Notre Dame and NFL star. Register at Any man that would like to attend the conference, please contact the Pastoral Center, as the Parish will help with the fee! Mass to honor beatification of Blessed Clelia Merloni March 24 at Cathedral Bishop Malesic will celebrate a Mass honoring the beatification of Blessed Clelia Merloni, foundress of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus congregation, March 24 at 11:30 a.m. at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Greensburg. A reception will follow. The sisters are inviting all former students, coworkers, friends and benefactors to join them. The sisters currently serve at Clelian Heights in Greensburg. They have also ministered at Geibel Catholic High School and St. Rita and Immaculate Conception parishes, Connellsville and at schools and parishes in Brookline, Butler, Brushton, New Castle, Oakmont, McKees Rocks and Pittsburgh. For more information or to reply, dlopez47us@yahoo.com or call Hours for the Lord at St. Thomas More University Parish April Hours for the Lord was started in 2014 by Pope Francis as a way of encouraging each local church to make the sacrament of reconciliation, along with Eucharistic Adoration, available for a continuous period of 24 hours. 24 for the Lord will be held at St. Thomas More University Parish, Indiana, beginning at 1 p.m. Friday, April 5, through 1 p.m. Saturday, April 6, featuring Praise and Worship Friday, April 5 from 8:30-10 p.m. For more information, please visit Our Lady of Grace Parish to host Irish tenor Emmet Cahill May 6 Irish tenor Emmet Cahill, who has performed with Celtic Thunder, will be in concert at Our Lady of Grace Parish, Greensburg, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 for general admission to the concert; $45 for the concert and a meet and greet with Cahill at 5:45 p.m. Tickets are available at emmetcahill.com. Saturday Mass, Soup and Bread Lunch at Diocesan Heritage Center in Lent The Diocesan Heritage Center will host Mass followed by a Soup and Bread Lunch on the remaining Saturdays in Lent (March 23 and 30; April 6 and 13). Mass is at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Chapel at the Christ Our Shepherd Center. The simple lunch follows. The Heritage Center will host a Lenten Exhibition that will be open on Saturdays in Lent from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

7 March 17, 2019 SecondSunday of Lent Mass Intentions for the Week of March 16, 2019 Saturday, March 16 NO MORNING MASS SJBS 4:00 PM +Stanley Niezgoda- Juliana & Ben Dalansky Sunday, March 17- SJE 8:30 AM +Parishioners SJBS- 10:30 AM +Mary Martin Richard Williams Monday, March 18 Woodcrest-7:00pm + Zenon & Grandparents Przemek Tuesday, March 19 SJE 6:00 PM + Living & Deceased Members of St. Joseph Society Wednesday, March 20 SJBS 8:30 AM + MaryAnn Knipple M/M Regis Melego Thursday, March 21 NO MORNING MASS Friday, March 22 SJBS 8:30am + Mary Kosick Fr. Andrew SJE 7:00pm + Stations of the Cross Saturday, March 23 SJBS 4:00 PM +Stella Rozycki- Children Sunday, March 24- SJE 8:30 AM +Parishioners SJBS- 10:30 AM +Joseph Altomari Lena Altomari St. John the Baptist Envelopes $ Loose $ Candles $50.67 Ash Wed $ Diocese $ Building $ Easter $25.00 Total $ Cemetery $ Our Gifts for God March 10, 2018 St. Joseph Envelopes $ Candles $54.00 Ash Wed $ Diocese $ Building $ Easter $10.00 Total $ Just a friendly reminder to use a check & if you are putting in for multiple weeks, please only use one envelope! 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 MINIS- TERS ARE WILLING TO HELP VISIT THE HOMEOUND, PLEASE CALL JEAN DOMUROT AT OR 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 March 23-24, 2019 SERVERS LECTOR EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS 4:00 PM P Ware E Tiedeman Knepper*, Morrocco, C Bradley T Tiedeman 8:30 AM C Konieczny Rudnik Skowronek*, Shemo, Figg R Skowronek 10:30 AM Callaro Domurat A Capo*, S Capo, C Sandusky Hernandez