A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust April 28, th Sunday of Easter

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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 April 28, th Sunday of Easter Mass Schedule Saturday: 9:00 AM & 5:30 PM (Vigil) Sunday: 8:00, 9:30, 11:30 AM Weekdays: (M, T, TH, F): 9:00 AM Weds. 6:30 PM Holy Days: 7:00 PM (Vigil), 9:00 AM, 7:00 PM 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 Rel. Ed. 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. Parish Office: Religious Education Office Rochester Road, Pittsburgh, PA (412)

2 CALENDAR Sunday, April 28 Bread Sale 10:45 AM Biblical Walk thru Mass 12:30 PM Renew Facilitators Mt. 1:00 PM Baptisms 6:00 PM Volleyball 7:00 PM Appalachia Mt. Monday, April 29 7:00 PM Pastoral Council 7:30 PM Scripture Study - Romans Tues. April 30 9:30 AM Centering Prayer Weds. May 1 10:00 AM Parents & Tots 6:30 PM Confirmation Prep 7:30 PM MOMS II Thursday, May 2 9:45 AM Scripture Study 7:00 PM Respect Life 7:30 PM Adult Choir Practice Friday, May 3 Sat., May 4 9:30 AM RCIA First Communion Practice THE WEEK AHEAD MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, April 27 9:00 AM Florence Jenkins (Family) 5:30 PM Bill Hill (Rita & Bill Romig) Sunday, April 28, Fifth Sunday of Easter 8:00 AM Edith Caruso (Tim & Lisa Noca) 9:30 AM For the Children of SJN Parish 11:30 AM For the People of SJN Parish Monday, April 29 9:00 AM David Arendez (Carlene Arendez) Tuesday, April 30 9:00 AM Frances Biviano (Rosemary Miller) Wednesday, May 1 6:30 PM Vince Showalter (Mr & Mrs Joseph Reginella) Thursday, May 2 9:00 AM Dolores Lang (Paul) Friday, May 3, Sts. Philip & James, Apostles 9:00 AM Chuck Loch (Carlins Family) Saturday, May 4 9:00 AM Jill Mayhew (Family) 3:00 PM Foley/Hook Wedding 5:30 PM For the Children of SJN Parish Sunday, May 5, Sixth Sunday of Easter 8:00 AM Janet Durant Hlasnik (Charlie & Sarah Schneider) 9:30 AM Mary Flis 11:30 AM For the People of SJN Parish READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 14:5-18; Ps 115:1-4, 15-16; Jn 14:21-26 Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28; Ps 145:10-13ab, 21; Jn 14:27-31a Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6; Ps 122:1-5; Jn 15:1-8 Thursday: Acts 15:7-21; Ps 96:1-3, 10; Jn 15:9-11 Friday: 1 Cor 15:1-8; Ps 19:2-5; Jn 14:6-14 Saturday: Acts 16:1-10; Ps 100:1b-3, 5; Jn 15:18-21 Sunday: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Rv 21:10-14, 22-23; Jn 14:23-29 April 21 Operating $6, Building Fd. 7, Parish Share 5, Faith Formation Bulletin refund VBS Misc $20, Thank you for your generous support of our Parish! 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. EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Sat. May 4-5:30 PM A. McCafferty, C. Hatcher, A. Turo, P. Thompson, B. Schuler, T. Hart, C. Battista Sun. May 5-8:00 AM H. Barcaskey, I. & J. McClenahan, B. Pugh, C. & R. Madia, K. Miller 9:30 AM M. & M. Scheerbaum, F. & C. Mazur, K. Deken, R. Miller, C. Vollmer 11:30 AM - C. Hogan, D. Down, B. Chufo, D. Huber, T. LaVoice, J. Mack, M. Kohler LECTORS Sat. May 4 5:30 PM T. Hartnett, J. Schuler Sun. May 5 8:00 AM P. Lang, P. Quinn 9:30 AM R. Caruso, M. Petrasek 11:30 AM J. McCluskey, C. Perego ALTAR SERVERS Sat. May 4 5:30 PM A. & T. Pritchard, C. Gumash Sun. May 5 8:00 AM M. Mannion, J. & C. Kocent 9 :30 AM C. Alt, T. & D. Antonelli 11:30 AM C. & R. Noel, T. Hogan

3 PARISH NEWS FIRST COMMUNION- TODAY During this Easter season we welcome many precious children to the Table of the Lord for their First Communion. Today, April 28, at the 9:30 and 11:30 Masses, they gathered around the altar to receive the Lord in Eucharist. They also reminded us of that day long ago when we dressed in our finest to receive the "finest gifts" that God could give us. We join with these beautiful children and their families and friends as we thank the Lord for His constant presence in our lives. May God bless and keep them and all of us- like the lambs He gathers- close to His heart. AND NEXT WEEKEND...AT THE 5:30 and 11:30 Masses... Our final preparation begins for all those who will receive First Communion next weekend. Practice is scheduled for Friday, May 3 at 4:30 and 5:30 for these children. Please be prompt and parents are always welcome to stay for practice. Keep all these children and their families in your special prayers. PICTURES Group picture will be taken each week on Sunday at 11am in the Youth Room. Please be there by 10:50. Picture takes 5 minutes if we are all on time. BREAD This weekend, April 27 & 28, you can smell the delicious bread and take some home to share. All donations benefit the hungry people served by Catholic Relief Services. Put it on your shopping list and let your contribution feed many. CENSUS UPDATE We have begun work on updating our census files. Over a period of the next six months, you will be receiving a letter asking you to update the information we currently show on file. We appreciate your prompt response - please feel free to drop off your corrected census sheet in the collection basket during Mass, or return to us via mail. If you have any questions, please call the parish office (ext. 10). SJN CREW PLANS DISASTER RECOVERY FOR HURRICANE SANDY ON NJ COAST Plans are being made to work with the Northeast Monmouth County, New Jersey Habitat for Humanity leaving Sunday, Sept. 29 and returning to Pittsburgh Friday, Oct. 4. Housing will be in a Redemptorist retreat center. Adults from SJN have been to Mississippi six times for Hurricane Katrina and last November to Tuscaloosa, AL for home building with Habitat after a tornado there. If interested, please contact Sarah Schneider at saranjs1@aol.com or call her at A collection will be taken for this cause on the first weekend of September. CONGRATULATIONS! With gratitude to Our Lord, we are pleased to make the following announcement: We congratulate Richard J. Caruso of our parish who has been called by his Bishop, the Most Reverend David A. Zubik, D.D., to the Order of Diaconate to be conferred at an ordination ceremony to be held on Saturday, June 15 at St. Paul Cathedral, Pittsburgh. DID YOU KNOW...HELP YOURSELF Next to the Bible in the narthex, you can find some wonderful reading resources for children. These weekly reflection sheets help our Scripture readings come alive for us. Use them here or take them home or send them to your grandkids. CALLING ALL GOLFERS! What better time to think about Golf than NOW? What better way to enjoy Golf than with good friends, good fun, and good times at the 3rd annual SJN Golf Outing on Monday, May Shannopin Country Club. If you have been to the previous two outings, you know how much fun we have! Brochures are available at the church, on the SJN website or by ing nunduke@comcast.net. The golf committee is seeking donations for silent auction items for the May 20th event. Donations may be placed in the Donation Center with a note attached or contact the office (ext. 10). THE PROMISE OF THE RAINBOW- EASTER SEASON The rainbow fills our church with the reminder that God's promise is now! We are the Easter people who live in the assurance that God's promise will never end. Alleluia is our song and everyone should see it in the joy we share. Look up and remember the love that God shines down on us in every color of light and life around us. Praise God- Alleluia! DIVORCED & SEPARATED SUPPORT GROUP The Divorced and Separated support group jointly sponsored by Sts. John & Paul, St. Richard and St. John Neumann parishes will begin its next 13 week cycle of meetings on Monday, May 6. This group provides caring support to anyone who is experiencing the pain of separation or divorce. Meetings are on Monday evenings from 7:00-8:45 PM and will be held at Sts. John & Paul Church in Room 10 of the Cardinal DiNardo Center. Anyone who has questions or would like more information should contact Ralph Joy ( or rjoy205@verizon.net)

4 SACRAMENTAL CONFIRMATION Thanks to all Fr Al's meetings, concern and care for our young people, we are well on our way to Confirmation. All 6th and 7th graders and a few 8th graders too who missed the Rite of Signing, are invited to come forward on Pentecost, May 18/19 to celebrate that rite and to remind us of the power of the Spirit that enables us to follow Christ. Our classes for the 8th graders who are beginning the immediate preparation for Confirmation begin May 1, Wednesday night at 6:30 with Mass. These classes continue on every Wednesday of May( 5 sessions) All candidates are expected to participate and need to be registered. We are blessed to have these young people come to the church with the encouragement of their families and sponsors. Please look at the Spirit Book in the narthex and choose one or two of them to keep in prayer as we continue this time of preparation. And of course everyone is welcome at the Wednesday 6:30 Mass. Come! ANOINTING OF THE SICK Anyone in need of the power of the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is invited to come to the 9 AM Mass on Sat. May 4. This sacrament offers strength to us in body, mind or spirit. If you are in need of this sacrament immediately, please call Fr. Al to make arrangements. RCIA On May 4 at 9:30 our new members, neophytes (new light) will formally meet for the last time. If you can, come and have coffee with them on Saturday, May 4. They need you to encourage them to continue to grow in this Christ light that they found in the sacraments. Please introduce yourself to them and support them with your prayers. BAPTISM PREP Blessings to anyone who is expecting a child or who has recently welcomed new life into their family. One of the greatest gifts we can share is the life of Christ through the sacraments. So if you desire to ask for this gift of Baptism for your precious child, please come on May 19 from 10:30 till noon to remember, pray and reflect on the importance and power of this sacrament in your family and in the church family. Please call the Rel Ed office. MARRIAGE PREP Many thanks to Rick and Carol Caruso, DJ and Sandy Jagus, Laurie Reese, Mark and Carole Shepard, Mimi Stullken and Fr Al for sharing their time and stories. Our parish hosted 25 couples on Saturday, April 27 for a day of Marriage Preparation. We are delighted to have so many from near and far seeking to receive the sacrament of Matrimony in the church. We pray that this step on their journey holds them close to Christ. Sometimes living the vocation of married life gets difficult in this world so please hold them in your prayers too. YOUTH MINISTRY High School Youth Group Rummage Sale This Coming Week-end We will be collecting clothes for our Youth Ministry Rummage sale at SSJP starting today, Sunday, April 28th through Thursday, May 2nd. After Thursday no more clothing will be accepted. The sale itself will take place May 3-5th. We are accepting clothing at SJN in the donation center. Stop at the rummage sale - you may be surprised as to what you will find... a whole new wardrobe awaits! High School Youth Group: Our next youth night will be next Sunday, May 5th from 6:30-8:30pm at SSJP in the Upper CDC! Tell your friends! This is our second to last youth group! First Friday Mass, Adoration & Movie Night! Join the High School Youth Group as we gather for Mass at 8pm in the Grotto Chapel at SSJP on Friday, May 3rd, We stick around after Mass for a time of adoration and then head over to the youth room for snacks and a movie! Bring a friend! We'll see you on the 3rd! New Youth Ministry Website! The Youth Ministry Program has a new website! Please visit to get all the up to date news on youth ministry! EDUCATION PROTECTING GOD S CHILDREN ALL CHURCH VOLUNTEERS ARE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN PROTECTING GOD S CHILDREN, the child sex abuse awareness session. The local sessions scheduled are: Sts. John & Paul Monday, April 6:30 pm ST. JOHN NEUMANN Sunday, May 1:30 pm St. Ferdinand Tuesday, May 9:00 am St. Ferdinand Tuesday, May 6:30 pm St. Athanasius Monday, June 6:30 pm Questions - Please call the Rel. Ed. office (ext. 15) to begin the process. SonWest Round Up VBS, JUNE Registration brochures are available now in the Church Lobby and the SJN Religious Education Office. Any teens and adults planning to help, please complete the volunteer form on the last page. You will be contacted. PRAYER MINISTRY Please pray for the new additions to our prayer list. If you would like to add someone to the list, instructions are provided at You can also contact the parish office, Kathy Buzzard at or send an to sjnprayer@gmail.com. Scott Atwood Geraldine Schranghamer

5 SOCIAL Over 50 Club Our next meeting is Monday, May 20 at 12 Noon - please mark your calendar. Our speaker will be Dan Tuhala, Game Commissioner. If you cannot attend, please call Mary Ann at by Monday, May 13. We do not meet in June and July - August 19 will be the picnic. MISC. FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH?? LIGHT OF LIFE - Emergency men s shelter that offers counseling & life skills training.?? BLESSING OF EXPECTANT PARENTS?? BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING THANKS Thank you to all who supported our monthly Hoagie Sale which benefits the work of SJN. SCRIPTURE STUDY You are always welcome to join our adult group on Thursday morning from 9:45 till 11:30 as we read and reflect on the coming Sunday's Scriptures. No prior study is required just an open heart and a desire to learn more about our Bible story and heritage. The door is open and the coffee ready for you in Conf Room A. Recycling here at SJN Did you know that you can bring your empty computer ink cartridges & old cell phones to our collection box. It is located in the donation center in a box right inside the door. The donation center is underneath the steps coming in from the back parking lot. We also would like your grocery bags, gentle used clothes, bedding, anything your would like to pass on to a new home. Also, don t forget about the St. Vincent DePaul collection bins in the upper parking lot. THE WAYS OF LOVE One can feel the energy of a young, growing church in today s first reading. For Paul and Barnabas, it s smooth sailing. For the sponsoring church at Antioch, good news. The second reading - a vision - offers a picture of triumph, pure and simple. We might paraphrase God s direct words to read: Don t you see? I make all things new! The young church remains new and young to this day if and when it follows the command Jesus lays down in the Gospel: Love one another. The attitude and actions of love define the disciples and identify them with their master. Every person on this earth can be a disciple. For discipleship does not depend on learning or sophistication or age or arcane knowledge of secret cults. We are asked to study and practice the ways of love, right here and right now in the company of ordinary people. COMMUNITY HABITAT Please join SJN on Saturday, May 11 & June 8 for their next Workdays 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, or contact Jay Deily to sign up at or jndeily@verizon.net. LIVING ROSARY & MAY CROWNING Join the Knights of Columbus on May 8 at 7 PM at their Council Home at 250 Swinderman Rd. Wexford. Several girl scout troops & 1st Communicants will participate in the Crowning of Mary. They will celebrate rain or shine. MAGNIFICAT PITTSBURGH Join Holly Joy Penzenstadler on Sat., May 18 from 9 am- Noon at the Clarion Green Tree. Holly Joy is the Assoc. Director in the Dept of Youth Ministry for the Diocese of Pgh. Cost is $20. Registration deadline is May 10. Call Pam at or SPRING CONCERT The North Hills Chorale will present its spring concert, How Can I Keep From Singing at 7 pm on May 4 & 3 pm on May 5, in the Visitation Chapel at Kearns Spirituality Center, Babcock Blvd. CATHOLIC CHARITIES FREE HEALTH CARE CENTER Walk for a cause and help Catholic Charities on May 18 at Stage AE and enjoy a 5K or 1 mile walk. Registration starts at 7:30 am; walk at 9 am. WORLD VISION VOLUNTEERS - May 8 Make a positive difference in a needy person s life by going to the World Vision Int l Relief Agency warehouse near Sewickley. We will sort and pack new clothing and other items for shipment to crisis areas around the world. Please call ext. 12 to register. We leave SJN at 9:00 AM, and return to church by 12:15 PM. A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE BY BUD OZAR In today s gospel Jesus tells us: Love one another. Love holds a family together. It is not what a family does which makes it outstanding, rather it is what it has, love for one another. Diocese of Pittsburgh Notification Bishop Zubik and the Diocese has informed us that Fr. John Wellinger, when he was Parochial Vicar at St. James in Wilkinsburg from June 1981-July 1985, abused a victim. If you or a loved one were harmed as a minor by Fr Wellinger or any person representing the Catholic Church of Pittsburgh, please contact our diocesan Victim Assistance Hotline at You need not carry this burden alone.