St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church 359 West Areba Ave, Hershey, PA 17033

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1 St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church 359 West Areba Ave, Hershey, PA PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday thru Friday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM *Closed 12:00-1:00 PM Sundays 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Phone: , Fax: office@stjoanhershey.org Website: PARISH OFFICE Rev. Alfred Sceski, Pastor Ext. 102 Rev. Steven Arena, Parochial Vicar Ext. 104 Rev. Michael Opoki, A.J., In Residence Rev. Modestus Ngwu, O.P., In Residence Deacon Rodrigue Mortel, MD Barbara Hasson, Parish Manager Ext. 107 John Triscik, Youth Coordinator Ext. 128 Beth Palmer, Director of Music Ext. 109 Susan Robison, Parish Secretary Ext. 100 Mary Butch, Secretary Ext. 115 Michelle Gutshall, Finance Manager Ext. 103 Jackie Abel, Communications & Development Ext. 121 Earl Tropp. Director of Religious Education Ext. 122 Marcie Warner, Director of Religious Education Ext. 112 Betty Roksandic, REP Secretary Ext. 124 ST. JOAN OF ARC SCHOOL Sr. Eileen M. McGowan, D.M., Principal Ext. 118 Deb Rizzotto, Development Director Ext. 123 Joey Rubinic, Cafeteria Ext. 120 W.I.N.G.S. Program Ext. 117 HOSPITAL EMERGENCIES: CONVENT Parish Mission Statement: We, the Eucharistic Community of St. Joan of Arc Parish, by the grace of God and through our participation in His Word, the Church s sacraments, and prayer, seek our eternal salvation. We live out the doctrines and traditions of our Faith in communion with the holy, catholic, and apostolic Church, established by Our Lord Jesus Christ. With courage, we follow the example of our patron saint and invoke her intercession as we strive to know God, love God and serve God which moves us to actively promote and live the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the midst of our every day life. Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil: 5:15PM Sunday Masses: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30AM, 12:00 Noon, 5:30PM Daily Mass: Monday- Friday: 6:45AM & 9:00AM, Saturday: 9:00AM Rosary & Chaplet of Divine Mercy: 6:30 PM everyday Chaplet of Divine Mercy: 9:30AM Sacrament of Reconciliation: Wednesday 5:00 to 5:30 PM, Saturday 4:00 to 4:45 PM Sacrament of the Sick: Call the office. Sacrament of Baptism: 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month. Parents are required to attend one class. Call the office to register. Sacrament of Marriage: Call the office 9 to 12 months prior to the proposed wedding date.

2 NOVEMBER 13, rd Sunday in Ordinary Time MASS SCHEDULE, READINGS & INTENTIONS Monday, November 14 Rv 1:1-4, 2:1-5; Lk 18: :45 AM Pietro Rossi and Deceased Rossi Family Members 9:00 AM Joseph P. Nocera Tuesday, November 15: Saint Albert the Great Rv 3:1-6, 14-22; Lk 19:1-10 6:45 AM Kevin Breckenmaker 9:00 AM Sallie Parker Wednesday, November 16: Saint Margaret of Scotland; Saint Gertrude Rv 4:1-11; Lk 19: :45 AM Peter & Domenica DeSantis 9:00 AM All Souls Thursday, November 17: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Rv 5:1-10; Lk 19: :45 AM Heart of the Parish and Church Memorials 9:00 AM Andrew Gaydos Friday, November 18 Rv 10:8-11; Lk 19: :45 AM Albert Steuer 9:00 AM Carl Nye Saturday, November 19 Rv 11:4-12; Lk 20: :00 AM Paul Cramer Vigil, November 19 5:15 PM Mary & Frank Purcell Sunday, November 20: The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Readings: 2 Sm 5:1-3; Col 1:12-20; Lk 23: In Hebron, David is hailed as king of all the tribes of Israel. Jesus is anointed king on the wood of his cross, a sign of paradox, of defeat yet final victory. Through his cross we have passed from darkness into the kingdom of light. Mass Intentions: 7:30 AM Michael William Shaffer 9:00 AM All Souls 10:30 AM People of the Parish 12:00 PM Helen Schaffhauser 5:30 PM Mary Frances Tomko We wish to thank the sponsor of the week for advertising in our bulletin... ROZMAN BROS. APPLIANCES TV FURNITURE Next weekend at all the Masses I will give our Annual Report regarding where we stand financially in the parish. But I thought that I would give you a bit of a preview beforehand. First, I can say we are in pretty good shape financially but we can also do a whole lot of improving. We have money in savings. We have been able to make many contributions to charity. We have received generous contributions from individuals both in the form of memorials and as bequests. Our fundraising (the Festival) did great this year. And our Christmas and Easter collections were the highest amounts we ever brought in! But we still had a deficit for the fiscal year Our income is not keeping up with our expenses. This year we had a deficit on the school side of $87,000 and on the parish side roughly $55,000. There are lots of reasons for that but in the end we had savings from our school and from our parish that covered the gap. The real problem we have here at St. Joan of Arc is that our ordinary income (Sunday offerings) is not keeping up with ever-expanding expenses. The last time a pastor spoke about the need to increase our Sunday offering was when Father Burger came to be your pastor in As you can imagine, the collections have remained stagnant while the expenses have only gone up and up. Next week I will talk about some of the ways we can address this issue but basically it will mean asking for those who are faithful givers to increase your Sunday offering; for those who are not giving to begin to give something; to address the convenience of online giving; and also to connect all of this with the concepts of stewardship and evangelization. I know that we can do this together! God bless you all! Our parish s Pastoral Council has been discussing options for additional handicapped parking during Masses. Four additional spaces will be marked with temporary handicap signage in the main rectory parking lot across from the church during the weekends of November 12/13 & 19/20. The use of these spaces will be observed and recorded. If this accommodation will be of benefit to you, please take advantage of it.

3 St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church Liturgical Ministry Schedule for November 20, 2016 Hershey, Pennsylvania 5:15 PM 7:30 AM 9:00 AM 10:30 AM 12:00 Noon 5:30 PM Lector P. Graybash M. Gette B. Hasson D. Hennigan B. Hopstetter N. Silvis EMHC J. Nolan D. Sheehan J. Phillippy M. Rothermel K. Robinson V. Ruiz-Velasco J. Pantalone K. Willey L. Rogers K. Burkhart M. Waiter V. Saplala A. Reeves C. Yakstis M. Rogers S. Cordaro G. Bixler J. Triscik D. Morgan R. Barry L. Demers Sr. Eileen Servers M. O Hara A. Kulina N. Hamilton D. Kreiss J. McInerney L. Ruiz-Velasco M. O Hara D. Kulina A. Hamilton M. Neves T. McInerney M. Yee S. O Hara B. Seesholtz Z. Rebarchak L. Hamilton D. Matas V. Yee MC D. O Hara C. Roche K. Zachary L. Hamilton M. Matas A. Aluquin Money Counters: F. Wetherhold, E. Gliot, J. Detweiler, J. Albanese, J. Tobias, M. Duval STEWARDSHIP We Are A Tithing Parish Following God s Plan For Giving Weekly Tithing: $35,329 Weekly Budget: $28,462 Year to Date Budget Variance: -$21,100 Weekly Heart Of The Parish: $2,431 Today s Special Collection: Disaster Relief for Hurricane Matthew (US & Caribbean) Parish News & Reminders Details for each of these items can be found in the following pages of the bulletin and/or by visiting our parish website at: SUPPORT FOR SISTER PARISH (HAITI): Anyone who is interested helping, in any way, with the efforts to support our Sister Parish in Tarasse, Haiti is invited to a planning meeting on November 22nd at 6:30pm in the rectory. Upcoming Special Collections: Nov. 19 & 20: The Matthew 25 collection allows the Diocese of Harrisburg to address the basic needs of food, shelter and clothing on a local level. 25% of the collection will be returned to our parish to benefit our Love Thy Neighbor Fund which supports the same needs within our parish community. Nov. 24: Our collection taken on Thanksgiving Day this year will once again be donated to the Hershey Food Bank. Please make checks payable to St. Joan of Arc. OUR CONDOLENCES: Please pray for the soul of Marguerite Caso, wife of Peter Caso, who died recently. The parish community of St. Joan of Arc Church extends our deepest sympathy to her family and relatives on their loss. ALTAR FLOWER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Main Altar: In loving memory of Pietro Rossi and deceased Rossi Family Members, by his daughters Respect Life Rose: In loving memory of Mary Ann Saukaitis, from her daughter, Marygenevieve THE PILGRIM CROSS: If you would like to take the Pilgrim Cross into your home for one week per year and pray for vocations, please call the parish office. The Pilgrim Cross will be in the home of: Week of 11/14-11/21: Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Buser & Family Week of 11/21-11/28: Glenda Bixler MASS ATTENDANCE: November 5 & 6, TOTAL: : : : : : : The November Areba Club meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 in the cafetorium at 4:00pm. Doors open at 3:30pm. The program this month will be a presentation by Officer Mike McCormick, of the Derry Township Police Department, and his dog, K9 JACK. Coffee, Tea and Cake will be served after the program. Hope to see all of you there. Please remember November is the month we collect personal items for the veterans at the Lebanon VA.

4 NOVEMBER 13, 2016 SUNDAY, November 13: Second Sunday Social 9:00 AM REP K-Gr 6 2:00 PM Lebanon Deanery CCW Meeting 6:30 PM Life Teen 7:00 PM Confirmation Prep MONDAY, November 14 9:45 AM Legion of Mary 3:00 PM Cadette Girl Scouts - Troop :00 PM Edge 7:00 PM Bible Study 7:00 PM Boy Scouts - Troop 108 7:15 PM St. Vincent de Paul TUESDAY, November 15 9:30 AM Little Rock Scripture Study 4:00 PM Areba Club Meeting 6:30 PM Cub Scouts WEDNESDAY, November 16 7:15 AM Wednesday Morning Coffee 7:45 AM Gospel Reflection Group 4:15 PM REP K-Gr 6 5:00 PM Confessions 6:30 PM RCIA 7:00 PM I Thirst - Wild Goose Series THURSDAY, November 17 6:30 PM Girl Scouts - Troop :00 PM Adult Choir Rehearsal 7:30 PM Knights of Columbus FRIDAY, November 18 3:00 PM Junior Legion of Mary SATURDAY, November 19 6:30 AM That Man Is You 4:00 PM Spaghetti Dinner 4:00 PM Confessions SUNDAY, November 20 9:00 AM REP K-Gr 6 1:00 PM Baptisms 6:30 PM Life Teen 7:00 PM Confirmation Prep PRAYER INTENTIONS The following parishioners or family members are ill. Please remember them and all the sick of the parish in your prayers: Vincent Savini, David Liddy, Kaitlin Buser, B.J., Jessica Harris, Ethna Shank, Joan Ott, Frank Bolduc, C.J., David Harris, Lily Carney, Roseanne Ayala, Ken & Diane Kolovich, Nancy Stewart, Edward Nerino, Ashley Tatangelo, Joseph Fagnani, Bob Swartz, Alexa Socha, Rose Marie Smith, Terrence Singer, Barbara Harlacker, Julie Hoffman, Mary Frances McAndrews, Carol Merlo Knackstedt, Steven Butsko, Charles Rippon, Kevin Gleeson, Amy Ott Hatfield, Robert Szustowicz, Irene Schuck, Nicholas Stranges, Steve McCracken Life Teen & EDGE... 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time YOUTH NEWS This Week: Work the Work -You ve heard of talk the talk and walk the walk but this week we enter into what it means to work the work as we are called to serve others and recognizing the joy and mercy of God and sharing it with others. Next Week - Nov. 20: Life Teen Social-After the weekend retreat, Fan the Fire, we are going to have some fun and games. Invite your friends!!! EDGE - All 6 th graders- 8 th graders are invited to EDGE on Monday nights from 7-8:15 in the Youth Room (Meeting Room C). Our next EDGE nights will be November 14th & 21st. SJA School news... Religious Education news... St. Joan of Arc School will hold its Annual PTO Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday, November 19th from 4pm-8pm in the school cafeteria. The evening will be filled with live entertainment, fabulous basket raffles, delicious food & fellowship. Dinner includes a tossed salad, Italian bread, spaghetti & meatballs, dessert and choice of beverage. Tickets are $9 for adults, $5 for kids 3-14, and free for kids under 3. Dine-in or Take Out. Contact the school office for tickets, Follow the REP Facebook page for Reminders, Program News & Updates! Bulletin Content: Requests for bulletin announcements are due MONDAY by 9:00am. ALL REQUESTS must be submitted as you would like the information to appear in the bulletin and include the date(s) of the bulletin(s) you would like it included. Request forms are available on the parish website and in the parish office. Your attention is greatly appreciated.

5 St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church PARISH MINISTRY NEWS, MEETINGS, & EVENTS It's Time for a Spiritual Audit! In virtually every aspect of Life, corporate, athletic, education etc., there is a constant evaluation process to measure growth and improvement. Now it is a good time to assess our spiritual progress. Have we made a difference? If God were totally our "faith in action" would He be pleased with what we have done (or failed to do)? Evils plague our society, such as abortion, pornography "comprehensive sex" education, tax funding of Planned Parenthood, and other anti-god, anti-life and anti-family issues. As Christians, we know that the Bible commands us to be active in serving God. Service is an action word, so we know that we cannot serve God by sitting on the sidelines, or being a "fence sitter". Are we as Catholics influencing our world, or is today's relativism and secularism influencing us much more? Are we setting an example to the next generation to protect marriage and to defend life, from conception until natural death, or are we just "passively" pro-life? Do we speak up when in a position to defend innocent life? Do we hold our elected representatives accountable? Obviously, we cannot do it all, but we can certainly do something! Literally, thousands of lives are at stake each and every day. If we do nothing we collude with the pro-aborts, the purveyor of pornography and those that wish to remove God from society. By doing nothing, we reap what they sow! Newly Married We congratulate & rejoice with these couples of our parish community whom recently united in marriage: Neil Sullivan & Emily Marlin Anthony Calvello, IV & Anne Marie O Holla Benjamin Hagan & Sarah Drobnock Newly Baptized Our parish community welcomes these newly baptized children of God: Bowen Ferry, Shane Reiley, Olivia Tulli, Gianmarco Hansman Hershey, Pennsylvania NEWS CHRISTMAS BAZAAR: The St. Joan of Arc Council of Catholic Women thanks everyone who supported our Christmas Bazaar in any way! It was a very successful event and proceeds will benefit our parish. Winners of our raffle baskets and craft items are: Money Tree - Carol Walters Mother Teresa Basket - Betsy Ingraham Coffee/Tea Basket - Joe English Bath & Body Basket #1 - Marie Bowman Bath & Body Basket #2 - Carol Luciani Basket of Cheer - Anna Murray Pasta Baket - Rose Zaccagnini Candle Basket - Ann Hess Art Basket - Mary Ann Wayne Candy Basket - Carol Luciani Family Game Night - Katie Freisen Christmas Lap Afghan - Rosemary Connolly ATTENTION YOUNG ADULTS (Age 21-35) Our Young Adult Ministry meets on the 2 nd and 4 th Wednesday of the month from 7-8:30pm in Meeting Room C. We will not have a meeting on November 23 rd. If you are interested or have any questions, please call John in the Youth Office at Ext 128 or him at stjaonofarclifeteen@gmail.com. This year s Caring Cards and Calendars collection was a great success. With the help of wonderful volunteers, we completed the sorting and boxing in record time with more boxes and even a greater number of pounds than last year. In 2015, we processed 11 boxes weighing a total of 340 pounds. This year we filled 13 boxes totaling 412 pounds of cards and calendars. You, our generous donors, also helped expedite the process by matching more cards with envelopes and by donating more appropriate cards. On behalf of our Living Our Faith members and our brothers in the Camp Hill State Prison system, thank you! You will brighten many lives and keep the flame of hope burning for those who often feel they have none. Please keep saving cards (don t forget those after- Christmas sales too!) and watch for those 2018 wall calendars. See you next year.

6 NOVEMBER 13, 2016 THANK YOU for your support of our volunteer s trip to Father Beiting Appalachian Mission Center in Louisa, Kentucky. Because of your generosity, we were able to help a family complete improvements to their home before the winter weather set in. This building was an addition to an old mobile home. We were able to rebuild much of the foundation, replaced some of the exterior paneling, build soffits on part of the building and extended the roof over one of the doors. The owner had collected six different styles of exterior siding in four different colors. We were able to install siding around the whole house with some added materials from the Mission Center. We also installed skirting around three sides of their home. We helped the homeowner install insulation in the attic and installed 4 of the 5 doors inside of their home (we had to order the last door, which the homeowner will install). This trip would not have been possible without your encouragement, prayers and financial support. Because of your generosity, this family will have a warm, secure place to live before the winter weather sets in. 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time "I THIRST" PRAYER GROUP Please join us as we continue THE WILD GOOSE series on Wednesday evening November 16th. at 7pm in the cafeteria. Our topic will be "The Spirit of Adoption". The video presentation will be followed by small group discussion and reflection. Come quench your thirst for God. Follow us on Facebook at: ITHIRSTSJA Does your family know how you want to be cared for if you suddenly fall ill and can t speak for yourself? Discussing death and dying with our families is one of the most important things we can do to improve our own lives and the lives of our loved ones. Nurses from Penn State Health Community Outreach invite you to join us to play an engaging card game about end of life issues. The game includes questions about a variety of topics related to life, death and dying. For more information visit Nov. 16 or Nov. 21 (Choose a date!) In the SJA School Library from 7-9pm. Pre-registration is preferred but walk-ins are welcome. To register please contact Julie Groh at brogroh@msn.com or Christmas Flower Memorials If you would like to memorialize flowers for a loved one on Christmas, complete the form below and return it to the parish office no later than MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2016 before 12:00 PM. Please do not return these requests through the collection basket. Christmas flower requests will not be taken over the telephone. ***Please Print Clearly*** In Loving Memory of: Dedicated by: Submitted by: Phone: Donation enclosed of: $ Please make checks payable to: St. Joan of Arc