(412) A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust October 7, th Sunday in Ord. Time

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1 It is the purpose of St. John Neumann Parish, a gathered people, to act in word, sacrament, witness and service toward all, in gratitude to God our Father, through Jesus Christ our Brother with the Holy Spirit. as our Guide. A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust October 7, th Sunday in Ord. Time Mass Schedule Saturday: 9:00 AM & 5:30 PM(Vigil) Sunday: 8:00, 9:30, 11:30 AM & 5:30 PM Weekdays: (M, T, TH, F): 9:00 AM Wednesday - 6:30 PM Holy Days: 7:00 PM (Vigil), Sacrament of Reconciliation 9:30-10:00 AM Saturday or by appointment Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated on the last Sunday of every month or during Mass by appointment only. Parents are to attend Baptism preparation classes; for class information please call the Parish Office. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) We welcome those who are interested in becoming Roman Catholic Christians, through a program of formation and prayer. Contact the Parish Office for more information. Sacrament of Matrimony Contact the Parish Office at least six months prior to wedding date. Marriage preparation is required. Parish Membership New parishioners are always welcome! Please call the Parish Office so we may welcome you into our community Rochester Road, Pittsburgh, PA (412)

2 THE WEEK AHEAD WELCOME Whether you come from near or far, we are honored that you have chosen to join us. As your presence here is a blessing to us, may God s presence here be a blessing to you. CALENDAR Sunday, Oct. 7 Blessing of Exp. Parents, Perry Hilltop Collection Blood Pressure Screening Fall Food Drive Beyond Renew begins 3:30 P M High school youth service 6:30 PM Ad Altare dei I & II 6:30 PM Adult Volleyball Monday, Oct. 8 6:30 PM Creed-The Profession of Faith Tuesday, Oct. 9 9:30 AM Centering Prayer 2:00 PM Women s Guild at Vincencian 7:00 PM Communications Committee Wednesday, Oct. 10 9:00 AM World Vision 7:30 PM Centering Prayer Thursday, Oct. 11 9:45 AM Scripture Study 7:00 PM Social Justice Friday, Oct. 12 Saturday, Oct. 13 7:15 AM Habitat for Humanity READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Gal 1:6-12; Lk 10:25-37 Tuesday: Gal 1:13-24; Lk 10:38-42 Wednesday: Gal 2:1-2, 7-14; Lk 11:1-4 Thursday: Gal 3:1-5; Lk 11:5-13 Friday: Gal 3:7-14; Lk 11:15-26 Saturday: Gal 3:22-29; Lk 11:27-28 Sunday: Wis 7:7-11; Ps 90; Heb 4:12-13; Mk 10:17-30 [17-27] WEEKLY COLLECTION SEPT. 30 Operating $5,844,00 Building Fd. 6, Parish Share 3, Faith Formation Sacraments Misc $16, Thank you for your generous support of our Parish! MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, October 6 9:00 AM Pat Conroy (Mike) 5:30 PM Carl Balucha (Susan & Tom Tutchko) Sunday, October 7, 27th Sunday in Ord. Time 8:00 AM For the People of SJN Parish 9:30 AM Jessie Ricchuito (Mr & Mrs Larry Baldasare & Family) 11:30 AM Bill Pappert (Jeanette) 5:30 PM Bill Jenkins (Robert Selman) Monday, October 8 9:00 AM Barb Szmed (Tom) Tuesday, October 9 9:00 AM June Corbett (John & Marianne Corbett) Wednesday, October 10 6:30 PM Philip Overbaugh (Bob & Maryellen Overbaugh) Thursday, October 11 9:00 AM Dolores Lang (Full Family) Friday, October 12 9:00 AM Douglas Root (Paul Lang) Saturday, October 13 9:00 AM Deceased of Meyerl & Craig Families (Ruth Craig) 5:30 PM LaVerne Fujak (Dot Reinhart) Sunday, October 14, 28th Sunday in Ord. Time 8:00 AM For the People of SJN Parish 9:30 AM John & Nellie Yokim (Yokim Family) 11:30 AM Alfred Michalow (Hartnett Family) 5:30 PM Marcella Gigler (Margaret Herman and Family) EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Sat. Oct. 13-5:30 PM P. Thompson, C. & D. Hagen, S. & A. Wirtz, G. & E. Mandl Sun. Oct 14-8:00 AM B. Pugh, K. Miller, K. Deken, E. Deutsch, N. Stephens, C. Hogan, H. O Hallaron 9:30 AM - F. Greco, C. Antonelli, K. Magdic, J. & R. Powers, C. & M. Shepard 11:30 AM - R. Caruso, R. Full, A. Betancourt, D. Schwartz, B. Chufo, B. Smith, D. Migliozzi LECTORS Sat. Oct. 13 5:30 PM L. Young, V. Furst Sun. Oct 14 8:00 AM B. & R. McLaughlin 9:30 AM M. Matera, M. Conroy 11:30 AM J. Full, M. Petrasek ALTAR SERVERS Sat. Oct. 13 5:30 PM A. Marrero, C. Gumash C. Bojarski Sun. Oct. 14 8:00 AM M. Leahy, L. Evankovich D. Devine 9:30 AM Kocent Family 11:30 AM E. Keelan, J. & J. Kenna

3 PARISH NEWS YEAR OF FAITH From October 11, 2012 till November 2013, our Holy Father has proclaimed a Year of Faith. Pope Benedict XVI describes this Year as "a summons to an authentic and renewed conversion to the Lord." There are many ways to keep this year focused on the Lord. Here are two suggestions... Begin to re-open the door of faith you received in Baptism by using the website and clinking on one of their links, e.g., YEAR OF FAITH VID- EOS, Y OF F SAINTS, Y OF F Q AND A, Calendar, etc etc. OR buy a Year of Faith Companion Book from Magnificat for $2.50. This little booklet contains personal prayer, study and daily reflections. It's purpose is to guide us and live the Year of Faith to the full- with the "joy and renewed enthusiasm of the encounter with Christ." Order it from the Rel Ed office now. BREAD FOR AFRICA Don't miss the opportunity to put good bread on your table and bread for others to live on. Bovard Hall will smell delicious the weekend of Oct 13/14 and your donations will go to the Catholic Relief Services to feed the starving in Africa. TOOTSIE ROLL COLLECTION Next week-end, October 13 & 14, the Knights of Columbus will be here for their annual Tootsie Roll collection for the benefit of St. Anthony s Regional School Program for exception children and the McGuire Memorial Home for handicapped children. SPIRITUAL BEYOND RENEW STILL THINKING ABOUT IT? As they say Just Do It! Sign up now - you won t be sorry. Renew starts October 7 for six weeks. There are still openings and days available to meet your schedule. Join others to share scripture, faith and friendship. Come join BEYOND RENEW groups as they discuss ACTS: The Good News of the Holy Spirit. Contact Linda Young at WOMEN OF THE PARISH UNITE!...at your women s retreat on January at St. Paul s Retreat Center. This may be the most important week-end of the year for you. We are also seeking a retreat coordinator. Call Sharon Wirtz for information at SCRIPTURE STUDY How about including Scripture Study in your Thursday morning schedule? An adult group gathers to read and reflect on the Sunday readings from 9:45 to 11:30 AM. It is an informal meeting and includes some history of the scripture writers and some shared experiences of Gospel living. All our experiences contain the wisdom of the God. Join us to spend some time looking for the Lord's light and voice in our busy world. No RSVP - just an open door and a welcoming place in Conference Room A. LOW GLUTEN HOSTS SJN offers low gluten hosts for those who require it. We have taken every precaution to assure you that the hosts will not be cross contaminated. Please call the Parish Office if you are interested in receiving these hosts. SACRAMENTAL RCIA- YOU ARE INVITED Consider this fall a special time for you to learn more about the RCIA process and this invitation to take a closer look at our Catholic Church. There is no obligationjust an invitation to come and see. We have many treasures in this faith tradition and we'd love to share them with you. Call a friend and come. Call Fr. Al or Barb Stokes for more information or just come on Wednesday night, October 10 at 7 PM or Saturday morning, Oct 13 at 9:30 AM. We are ready to begin and we need you to walk this journey with us as candidate, catechumen or part of the team. What role are you seeking? BAPTISMS, SEPTEMBER, 2012 We Welcome into our Community of Faith Wynn Thomas Cunningham, son of Cleveland and Kathryn (Buckley) Cunningham Emma Grace Gasbarro, daughter of Andrea and Karen (Schacht) Gasbarro EDUCATION CATHOLIC AMERICAN SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 6:30-8:30 PM (following the 5:30 PM Teen Mass) Bovard Hall, SJN Parish Calling all High School youth! On Sunday, October 14, we are having High School Youth Group! Are we Catholic Americans? Or American Catholics? What s the difference you ask? Come learn about the role our faith should play in a world that is so politically focused. Bring a friend! We look forward to seeing you there!

4 PROTECTING GOD S CHILDREN SJN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1 PM Please call , ext. 11 to register. If you plan to volunteer for any SJN programs this fall, your clearances must be complete. CHILDREN'S BULLETINS Did anyone miss them? Let us know. This is a neat resource but we aren't sure if people were using it. If you think it should continue, let us know in the Rel Ed office. DAVID STAGE AE FRIDAY, NOV 6:30 PM Join us for an awesome evening of worship and entertainment! We will carpool from SJN, leaving at 5 PM. (If you are a parent and willing to drive please let us know.) Full payment is required before we order tickets. Make checks payable to St. John Neumann Parish. Contact Connor at ext. 14 with any questions. All payment is due by Wednesday, October 10. Youth Ministry Oct 7- NHCO Food Sorting (3:30-5:30PM) High school Oct 10 - God the Father (6:30-8:30PM) Middle school Oct 14 - Faithful Citizenship (6:30-8:30PM) High school Oct 18 - Halloween Party (8-10PM ) High school Oct 24 - Jesus Christ (6:30-8:30PM) Middle school All events meet in Bovard Hall SOCIAL SOLOS...will meet on WEDNESDAY, October 18, (note day change) at 6 PM at Water Hole Restaurant at Hartman s Golf Course, Zelienople. Please call Bob Lupi at if you plan to attend. OVER 50 CLUB Please mark your calendar for October 15 at Noon for our next meeting. A funny comedian will be the entertainment for the day. Call Nancy Dempsey at if you are unable to attend. Hope to see you! THANK YOU BEAUTY AND FEAST Special sincere thanks to Amy Pusateri for all her time and work in organizing a unique showcase of vendors in Bovard Hall filling it with beauty products and a delicious feast. Megan Miller donated some wonderful flavors of Rita's Ice to really make it delightful and yummy! Rachel Donley watched over a neat raffle display and notified all the winners! Also almost $200 was donated by the vendors to our Youth Ministry program. Thanks to all who helped, enjoyed, exhibited or bought something. It was a good time to see a lot of interesting products. Hope you made a connection. THANKS for PETS and Blessings to ALL In the spirit of St Francis of Assisi and to commemorate his feast day, Oct 4, we offered a prayer of blessing on a wide variety of animals. Let us continue to give thanks for all God's creatures and show it by the care we give God's world. Thanks to Fr Al and all who participated in this prayer. OUTREACH HABITAT Please join SJN on our Saturday, October 13, Workday with Beaver County Habitat for Humanity. Adults and teens (16 yrs. and up) are invited. We leave SJN at 7:15 and return by 4 PM. We can accommodate 8-10 people on the job site. For more info, visit the volunteer site: Contact Jay Deily to sign up at or jndeily@verizon.net. CAN YOU HELP WITH TOILETRIES, TOWELS OR LINENS? Pleasant Valley Men s Shelter is in particular need of bars of soap, deodorants and shampoos. These can be full size or even the travel size items. Perhaps you have unopened hotel size containers left from your summer vacation. They have also requested twin bed sheet sets and bath towels. These can be gently used and for laundry purposes the preference is white or light colors. All items can be placed in the Men s Shelter bin in the donation center under the stairs. As Mother Teresa stated, Love is doing small things with great love! APPALACHIA WINE DINNER Save the date of Nov. 10th and come to the Wine Dinner featuring French wines and a French menu. Tickets are $30 and will be available soon. This event sells out so get yours early. SHARING TREE There will be an organizational meeting after the 9:30 AM Mass on October 14 in the Parish Office for anyone (any age) interested in helping with the Sharing Tree this year. We need many hands to help writing out tags for the tree. Call the Parish Office (ext. 10) if you have any questions. COAT DONATIONS ACCEPTED North Hills Community Outreach is accepting clean, gently worn or new coats to distribute to low income families. Coats may be donated until Oct. 29. Drop them off in SJN s donation center. Adult XL, 2X, 3X and children s sizes are especially needed. Also needed are hats, gloves, scarves and boots.

5 ENTERTAINMENT/ENJOY BOOKS These discount coupon books have arrived and will be on sale at all Masses through Nov. 30. They are $30 each. Use 3 coupons and you will likely recoup the cost of the book. We thank you again for continued generosity and support. You may also contact Laura Juran at or lejuran@verizon.net. GREATER PGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK Volunteer with SJN at the Greater Pgh. Community Food Bank on Monday, Oct. 15. You will be helping families and individuals at more than 350 food banks/agencies in 11 counties. Meet at the church's back doors at 8: 00 AM; return approx 1:30 PM after lunch out together. Limit: 10 volunteers. Register at , ext. 12 with your name, phone #, address by noon, Thurs, Oct. 11. ITEMS NEEDED Perry Hilltop is looking for a washer and dryer. If you have one to donate, please call Peggy at GIFT CARDS Stop in Bovard Hall after Mass to buy some great gift cards along with restaurant & grocery store cards. You get the full value of the card & SJN gets a little percentage to help our Parish. Thank you! PASTORAL CARE FOR CATHOLIC PATIENTS AT UPMC PASSAVANT HOSPITAL Have a family member hospitalized? Would like to have them receive the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick? Simply make your intention known to the patient s nurse. Without any one priest assigned as a chaplain at most hospitals in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, ALL hospitals are provided with a PROTOCAL to serve Catholic patients. The process begins with informing the floor nurse of your desire to have a patient anointed. The nurse is responsible for contacting the unit clerk (or tech), who contacts the operator at the switchboard, who will contact the chaplain who will make arrangements for the patients to be seen by a Catholic priest. This priest will likely not be your parish priest. However, a parish priest is assigned to provide sacramental coverage to area hospitals every day of the year. It is imperative that this process be followed so that necessary parties are kept in the communication loop. With the fewer priests available for service in the diocese, this protocol has been worked out for the good of all. Following this procedure helps to assure that Catholics receive appropriate sacramental care while making the best use of the limited number of priests that are available. Families are encouraged to let the parish know that your loved one has been hospitalized so that they will be prayed for and a visit made when possible. When anticipating surgery, it is strongly suggested that you make a request to your parish priest to be anointed prior to your admission to the hospital. Thank you! MINISTRY ST JOHN NEUMANN PRAYER MINISTRY The St. John Neumann Ministry of Prayer is intended to motivate everyone in the St. John Neumann parish community to pray each day for parishioners and family and friends of parishioners. Please raise up in prayer our recent addition: Daniel Rodgers COMMUNITY SPIRITUALITY IN ACTION, Tuesday, Oct 16 10AM-2 PM, Providence Villa 23rd Psalm Bracelet Meditation Activity Come reflect on the Word of God, while creating a unique piece of jewelry. Facilitator is parishioner Ellen Carlins. Cost is $40 which includes lunch. Please call Ellen at if you are interested in attending. OKTOBERFEST The Sisters of Divine Providence 11th annual Oktoberfest is Sat., October 13 from 1-5 PM. Authentic German dinner: Adults $10, Children $5. Entertainment, bake and craft sale and children s activities will all be available. DIVORCED, WIDOWED, OR SEPARATED? The loss of a spouse through separation, divorce or death is a most traumatic experience. The Beginning Experience week-end is intended to help widowed, divorced, separated folks who would like to pass through the grief and begin to move forward with their lives. Come to a safe place. Travel from heartache to hope. The next weekend will be held October at the Gilmary Center in Moon Twp. For more info, call parishioner Steve Smith at or visit Parish Office: Religious Education Office Reverend Albin McGinnis, Ext. 20 Pastor and Trust Administrator Pastor2@stjohnneumannpgh.org Barbara Stokes, Ext.13 Director for Rel. Education, Family and Sacramental Ministries Barbara Matera, Ext. 18 Director for Religious Education, Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Josh Wattenbarger, Ext. 16 Director of Youth Ministry Connor Flanagan, Youth Minister, Ext. 14 Andrew James, Facilities Manager, Ext. 11 Larry Badaczewski, Pastoral Counselor, Ext. 56 Pastoral Council:sjnpc@stjohnneumannpgh.org Victim Assistance Hotline:

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