SAINT MARK PARISH REVEREND DANIEL T. STRAUGHN, S.T.L. PASTOR ADMINISTRATION CENTER 1125 Romine Avenue McKeesport, Pennsylvania 15133

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1 31 March 2013 EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD REVEREND DANIEL T. STRAUGHN, S.T.L. PASTOR ADMINISTRATION CENTER 1125 Romine Avenue McKeesport, Pennsylvania 15133

2 Rosary prior to daily morning Mass MONDAY, April 1, 2013 COMMUNION SERVICE (Intention Fulfilled Privately) 8:30am Private Intention..... LB TUESDAY, April 2, :30am Raymond Shorty Yurich... PV (George E. Lion) WEDNESDAY, April 3, :30am Edward J. Perkoski LB (Wife, Julia) THURSDAY, April 4, 2013 COMMUNION SERVICE (Intention Fulfilled Privately) 8:30am Dan Busch PV (Betty Busch) FRIDAY, April 5, :30am Florence Tomedolskey... LB (Frances Jakubek, Margaret Mellott) SATURDAY, April 6, :30am Janet Kovac... PV (Daughter, Anna) 6:00pm Debby Pikula... LB (Aunt Monica Hancharik) SUNDAY, April 7, :00am People of Saint Mark Parish.... PV 11:00am EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD 31 March 2013 Norma Yurich... PV (Joe and Rae Zurovcik) SNOW CANCELATIONS For everyone s safety, a delay or cancelation at South Allegheny Elementary Middle or Senior is our notice of cancelation of morning Mass (or Service). Baptism Instruction Class The next Baptism class for parents: Monday, 6 May at Saint Robert Bellarmine Readings for the Week of March 31, 2013 Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/Jn 20:1-9 or Lk 24:1-12 or Lk 24:13-35 Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33/Mt 28:8-15 Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41/Jn 20:11-18 Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10/Lk 24:13-35 Thursday: Acts 3:11-26/Lk 24:35-48 Friday: Acts 4:1-12/Jn 21:1-14 Saturday: Acts 4:13-21/Mk 16:9-15 Next Sunday: Acts 5:12-16/Rv 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19/Jn 20:19-31 MCKEESPORT, PA The sacrifices of our parents and grandparents allowed us to become Saint Mark Parish we now are asked to sacrifice for the future of our Saint Mark Parish. Stewardship Due to an early submission of the bulletin, the stewardship for 24 March 2013 will be reported in the next bulletin. Next Weekend: Second Collection Maintenance/Buildings & Grounds In our offertory packet is an envelope specifically marked Maintenance/Buildings & Grounds. This green envelope is used for a second collection on the first Sunday of each month. Any money collected is earmarked for continued maintenance/improvement to our parish properties. As permitted by the Diocese of Pittsburgh, this collection is non-assessed income. Your generosity ensures our parish property is adequately maintained. Thank You! Donations Food Bank: $ Port Vue Citizens Committee Sanctuary Lamp/Altar Bread & Wine This week the Sanctuary Lamp at our Liberty site burns for Aimee and Adam Straughn. This week the Sanctuary Lamp at our Port Vue site burns for Earl Hemminger, III from Janice Hemminger. This week the Altar Bread and Wine is offered for the health and wellbeing of Wm. Patrick and Camilla Peggy Straughn. Activity Schedule Monday, April 1, :30-7:30pm, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, LB 7:15pm, Rosary, LB 7:00pm, Capital Campaign Phone -A -Thon, PV Tuesday, April 2, 2013 All Day, Photo Directory Family Photos, PV Wednesday, April 3, :00am, Miraculous Medal Novena, LB All Day, Photo Directory Family Photos, PV 6:30-9:00pm, Youth Group Open House, PV 6:30-9:00pm, Bingo set-up, LB Friday, April 5, :30-10:30pm, Youth Group Bingo, LB Saturday, April 6, :00am-2:00pm, First Holy Communion Retreat, PV 3:00pm, Pampered Chef fundraiser, LB HAPPY EASTER! Praise GOD! Alleluia! GOD Bless you! GOD loves you! The women who had come from Galilee with Jesus took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; but they did not ind the body of the Lord Jesus. -Lk 24:1b-3

3 EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD MARCH 31, 2013 $1,300 April Lottery Raffle Ticket April s monthly ticket plays the 7:00pm PA Lottery on Monday, April 1, Tickets for the April Lottery Raffle are sold after Mass. Saint Mark Parish 50/50 In your offertory packet, there is a tan colored envelope marked 50/50 Drawing--Donation $5.00. On Monday, April 29, 2013, all envelopes are placed in a drum and one lucky winner is drawn to win half of the take. March winner will be announced in next bulletin. The $14,000 Big Money Ticket Back by popular demand - Tickets go on sale soon! The drawing is Saturday, 3 August and the winner is chosen from the first 7:00pm PA Daily Number drawn. Requests for specific numbers will be taken beginning Monday, 1 April through Monday, 15 April by contacting our Parish Administration Center: or stmarkparish1101@comcast.net. *Numbers given on a first come, first serve basis* Our Saint Mark Parish FESTIVAL is August 1, 2, 3, 2013 Benefits our entire parish family! Festival Craft Baskets Donations of new (never been used) items for our specialty baskets can be placed at the back of each worship site. Thank you for your generosity! Basket themes: Easter - Any Easter item Spring Cleaning - Cleaners, bucket, sponge Socks - Any size or style sock; adult or child Cleaning - Sponges, cleanser, mop, dusting item Puzzle Books - Crossword, sodoku or puzzle books Hot Wheels Cars - Any type of car or hot wheel. Planting - Any seeds, gardening tool or planting tool. Stewardship Group Meeting Our next Saint Mark Parish Stewardship Meeting is Tuesday, April 9, at 7:00pm at Father Rowan Hall, Liberty site. Through our Baptism, we are made ONE in CHRIST JESUS. Please help us to help our parish with facilitating or volunteering with our various and MUCH NEEDED fundraising activities. WE NEED YOUR HELP! Please help! Thank you! CCM & Ladies Guild Communion Sunday: Saturday, 6 April, 6 pm Liberty Site Prayers before Mass begin at 5:45 pm Meeting: Monday, 8 April 2013 Rosary 7:15 pm Liberty Site Meeting 7:30 pm Father Rowan Hall Program speaker is Karen Novak, McGinnis Sisters Stores, "What Would Jesus Eat?" Why the diet Jesus followed is ideal for twenty-first century living as well. CCM & Ladies Guild Fashion Show on Sunday, 21 April 2013, 1 4 pm Tickets purchased from Dorothy Swartz or Shirley Zirkle. A $500 grant from Kohls benefits Mon Yough Catholic School. Everyone welcome! Spring Fling Bingo Our Saint Mark Parish Youth Group annual Spring Fling Bingo is Friday, 5 April. Tickets are $ Pre-purchased or reserved tickets are eligible for $ pre-sale door prize. Doors open 5:30pm; early bird 6:30pm. All paper format; guaranteed jackpot of $ Food, bake sale, Chinese Auction, baskets and 50/50 raffle. To purchase tickets, please contact a Youth Group member or volunteer, or Lori DiMarco: Thank you for your continued support of our Youth Group! Volunteers Invited to Help Clean Volunteers requested to help clean the churches and meeting rooms. Vacuuming, mopping, dusting, removing garbage, washing pews, cleaning windows, refilling supplies, etc. are necessary to keep our facilities maintained. Whatever you can do is a help! Please contact Pat Muic to coordinate your help. Your time and energy are greatly appreciated. Thank you! Thank you! Van Drivers Needed Volunteers are invited to assist in driving our parish van in helping our homebound parishioners get to Mass. If interested, please call Thanks! PNA Vendor/Craft Show The Glassport PNA is hosting a Vendor/Craft show on Saturday, 27 April, 12:00pm-4:00pm in the banquet hall. Any interested vendors or crafters please call Holly Gordon Saint Mark Parish Pictorial Directory A special THANK YOU to Judy Zajicek and the Photo Directory Project Team for your hard work and dedication in making our Twentieth Anniversary Pictorial Directory possible and a huge success! You are gifts from God! Thank you! And God bless you all!

4 EASTER SUNDAY OF JUNE THE 2, RESURRECTION 2002 OF THE LORD MARCH 31, 2013 Resurrection Flower May your life be planted firmly in the Heart of the Risen Christ. May you be watered by His Grace. May His Love flow freely through all your veins. May you grow sturdy roots which deeply penetrate His Heart s desire. May the Light of God shine on you, lift you up from earth, and bring you to full bloom in this Garden of Life. May you, in turn, cause many lives to be planted in the Fertile Soil of His Most Sacred Heart. - CS First Holy Communion Mass First Holy Communion Mass is 11:00am, Sunday, 14 April at our Port Vue site. All of our parish family and friends are invited and welcome to celebrate this very special sacrament with our children. Please come and be a part of building faith in our young people. Please note, celebration of Mass will take longer due to the amount of children receiving First Holy Communion. Sacrament of Confirmation Confirmation for Saint Mark Parish and Queen of the Rosary is 7:00pm on Thursday, 25 April at Queen of the Rosary in Glassport. Please keep these young adults in your prayers. Tickets on sale 20 th Anniversary Celebration of our Saint Mark Parish 28 September 2013 Tickets are on sale the first weekend of April for our Anniversary Celebration scheduled for 28 September 2013 at Youghiogheny Country Club. Cost of the ticket is $50 per person. Cocktails and hors d oeuvres are from 6-7pm, dinner is at 7pm, followed by dancing. Cash bar. Dinner music provided. Please plan to join our parish family in celebration of our memories and our bright future. Tickets are limited. Welcome into the Faith With great joy, our Saint Mark Parish welcomes into the Faith: Coleson Keith Wilt, Sarah Nicole Pacewicz, Haley May Gribschaw, Kylie Ann Gribschaw and Alina Marie Gribschaw. We pray their family and friends may always be their best example of Faith. Praise God! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His mercy endures forever. Let the house of Israel say, His mercy endures forever. Love, Forgiveness, Healing, New Life, Freedom, Reconciled Relationships, Peace, Unity, Strength, Joy and so much more is offered to us through the RESURRECTION of JESUS! Praise GOD! HE LOVES US so much! Special Thanks to all of our Saint Mark Parish family for all you do in helping us realize and build-up the Body of Christ as one family as The Church Alive! We all so devoutly and courageously engaged our Lenten journey from darkness to light to help us realize that God s love provides light and life! Allow God s love to permeate and heal our hurts, sadness, wounded pride, failed expectations and frustrations, and to give us the necessary strength and humility to let go, to forgive and be forgiven, so we can be truly free in the lightness of being God so desires for us all. Special Thanks to Doctor Maureen Crossen for offering us her wisdom and spirituality that helps us all in our common journey as one family in our Church of Pittsburgh. Special Thanks to our Fish Fry Facilitators and Team and all our volunteers who sacrificed their time, energy and resources in working so diligently many days each week in coordinating, preparing and serving the delightful dinners and offering us all an opportunity for service, fun and fellowship. Special Thanks to our Pierogie-makers and volunteers for giving of yourselves so lovingly for the sake of our entire parish family. Special Thanks to our Capital Campaign Facilitators and Volunteers who are coordinating our efforts to help us all thrive for many years to come as the Church of Pittsburgh and Saint Mark Parish. The sacrifices of our parents and grandparents helped us become Saint Mark Parish -- we all are now called to sacrifice for the future of Saint Mark Parish and Church of Pittsburgh. Special Thanks to our 20 th Anniversary Edition Photo Directory Facilitator and Team for working so hard to help our family be well-represented in our new photo directory. Our new directory is to be a wonderful memento of our 20 th anniversary as well as a fantastic resource for our parish. Special Thanks to our Ladies of Charity for visiting the homebound and nursing home parishioners, and offering them and all those in need such care and kind gifts on our behalf. Special Thanks to our Christian Mothers for being examples of holy motherhood, hospitality, kindness and prayer. When we have good mothers, we have good families and healthy parishes. Special Thanks to our Stewardship Group Facilitator and volunteers for your tireless efforts in helping us all be good stewards of God s many gifts and meet our operational expenses by facilitating our many and much needed fundraisers. Special Thanks to our Social Planning Group for coordinating all of our many festive gatherings of fellowship and fun. Special Thanks to the volunteers who assist with our coffee grounds on Sunday mornings in providing us with a relaxed atmosphere, sweet treats and socializing. Special Thanks to our office volunteers, money counters and cleaners for helping us maintain our facilities, keep a good accounting of the generosity of others and do all that we do. Special Thanks to our Liturgy Team, ministers, sacristans and servers for planning, coordinating and assisting with our Holy Week and Easter celebrations. Again, a Special Thanks to you all for everything you do for our parish and Church of Pittsburgh! When we give of ourselves in holy sacrifice for the sake of others, and for the sake of all those after us, we truly realize our call and our Catholic identity as the Body of Christ the Church. Praise God for you all! Keep praying for our Church Alive! And please pray for me! HAPPY EASTER! Alleluia! In God s mighty and tender love, Father Daniel

5 MCKEESPORT, PA To live our Faith, we need to know our Faith! Year of Faith: 11 October 2012 to 24 November 2013 " They called the Church together and reported what GOD had done with them and how He had opened the door of faith..." (Acts of the Apostles 14:27). Corporal Works of Mercy and Divine Mercy Sunday Corporal Works of Mercy are kind acts where we help our neighbor with their everyday material and physical needs. Works of mercy are not actions that happen by accident; they happen when we are proactive. When we think about what we should do as followers of Jesus, the corporal Works of Mercy remind us that our Catholic faith is to be put into action. We cannot say that we love as God loves and then ignore the needs of our neighbors. Corporal Works of Mercy are not abstract qualities, they are concrete actions spoken by Jesus. When we perform corporal acts of mercy, we are not doing so to earn grace, please God or draw attention to our own holiness. We do so to reveal God s presence to others and as an act of stewardship, to respond to the overflow of Grace that we ourselves have received. As sacramental people, we express ourselves beyond words, relying on actions and gestures that reveal God s Love and express our Love for God and neighbor. - Paprocki- Practice Makes Catholic THE CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY: (1) Feed the hungry (2) Shelter the homeless (3) Clothe the naked (4) Visit the sick (5) Visit the imprisoned (6) Give to the poor (7) Bury the dead. Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska (Born August 25, Died October 5, 1938) Saint Faustina s struggles were like our own and on the outside her life was ordinary. But on the inside her soul was transformed daily through prayer and God s mercy. Through Saint Faustina, Jesus commissioned a painting that would portray His mercy; it is now known as the Divine Mercy image. Throughout her short life, the Lord Jesus assigned her three basic tasks: Pray for souls, entrusting them to Gods incomprehensible Mercy. Tell the world about God s generous mercy. Start a new movement in the Church focusing on God s Mercy. Jesus, I trust in you. - Saint Faustina The Feast of Divine Mercy is the first Sunday after Easter.