A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust November 2012 Sunday in Ord. Time

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 November 2012 Sunday in Ord. Time 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. 2230 Rochester Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 (412) 366-2020 www.stjohnneumannpgh.org

THE WEEK AHEAD CALENDAR Sunday, Nov. 25 1:00 PM Baptisms 6:30 PM Ad Altare dei I & II 6:30 PM Adult Volleyball Monday, Nov. 19 Tuesday, Nov. 20 9:30 AM Centering Prayer 7:00 PM Beyond Renew Core Team Mt. Wednesday, Nov. 21 7:00 PM Centering Prayer 7:00 PM Appalachia Dance Planning Mt. Thursday, Nov. 22 9:45 AM Scripture Study Friday, Nov. 23 - HS Youth Fall Retreat 6:00 PM Advent Family Activity Saturday, Nov. 24 9:30 AM RCIA Parish Office: 412-366-2020 Religious Education Office 412-366-5885 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 Victim Assistance Hotline: 1-888-808-1235 READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Rv 14:1-3, 4b-5; Lk 21:1-4 Tuesday: Rv 14:14-19; Lk 21:5-11 Wednesday: Rv 15:1-4; Lk 21:12-19 Thursday: Rv 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a; Lk 21:20-28 Friday: Rom 10:9-18; Mt 4:18-22 Saturday: Rv 22:1-7; Lk 21:34-36 Sunday: Jer 33:14-16; Ps 25; 1 Thes 3:12 -- 4:2; Lk 21:25-28, 34-36 DUE TO THE EARLY BULLETIN DEADLINE, THE WEEKLY CONTRIBUTION FOR NOV. 18 WILL BE PUBLISHED NEXT WEEK. MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, November 24, St. Andrew Dung-Lac, Priest and Companions 9:00 AM Louis Falvo (Teresa Casper) 5:30 PM Frank & Giovanna Dentici (Family) Sunday, Nov. 25, Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of The Universe 8:00 AM Tom Kiliany (Family) 9:30 AM Joey Milbert & Bernadette Landis (Eleanor Miller) 11:30 AM Ann Shuckrow (Family) 5:30 PM For the People of SJN Parish Monday, Nov. 26 9:00 AM Nancy Frankart (Mike Conroy) Tuesday, Nov. 27 9:00 AM William Woelfer (Lois) Wednesday, Nov. 28 6:30 PM Louis Mambuca (Ficarri Family) Thursday, November 29 9:00 AM Jack Geary (Jeanette Pappert) Friday, November 30, St. Andrew, Apostle 9:00 AM Michael Dominick (Family) Saturday, Dec. 1 9:00 AM William Keyser (Cathy Gillis) 5:30 PM Bill Jenkins (Family) Sunday, Dec. 2, FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT 8:00 AM For the People of SJN Parish 9:30 AM Edith Caruso (Carlins Family) 11:30 AM Leo & Norma Weir (Yokim Family) 5:30 PM Charmaine Ambross (Judy & George Siegel) EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Sat. Dec. 1-5:30 PM B. Schuler, L. Juhascik, T. Hart, M. & D. Dewey, N. Dempsey, L. Emark Sun. Dec. 2-8:00 AM R. Caruso, J. & I. McClenahan, M. McCluskey, P. & F. Ermlich, T. Kiliany 9:30 AM - S. Schneider, J. O Malley, C. Vollmer, R. Miller, C. & E. Gillis, M. Kohler 11:30 AM - B. Furiga, P. & A. Skorupka, D. & E. Brett, A. Janosco, D. Migliozzi LECTORS Sat. Dec. 1 5:30 PM V. Furst, J. Schuler Sun. Dec. 2 8:00 AM P. Lang, H. Barcaskey 9:30 AM P. Quinn, J. Nabuda 11:30 AM V. Siclari, P. Furiga ALTAR SERVERS Sat. Dec. 1 5:30 PM Root Family Sun. Dec. 2 8:00 AM C. & S. Ebbert, S. Liebrock 9 :30 AM Kocent Family 11:30 AM S. & M. Siclari, A. Johnson

PARISH NEWS SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, December 3 at 3PM Celebrate the season with this magnificent concert, featuring arrangements on traditional Christmas carols for full choir, piano, organ, saxophone, and much more. Led by St. Barnabas Pennies for Patients Committee chairperson Kristi Festa and pianist/organist Daniel Ficarri, this concert benefits the Pennies for Patients campaign, a drive to collect 3 million pennies to support the patients of St. Barnabas Health System. Donations gladly accepted at the door. Reception to immediate follow in Bovard Hall. PANCAKE BREAKFAST The parish s Respect Life Group will be holding its annual Pancake Breakfast to support Pre-born Babies after all Masses on Sunday, December 2. We will be sending a bus from SJN to join in the March for Life on January 22, 2013. The Pancake Breakfast funds will be used to defray the cost so that everyone interested in attending the March will have the opportunity to do so. THANK YOU Thank you for donating to the Retirement Fund of Religious. A sister from Pennsylvania writes, In our prayers, all the sisters remember in a special way the faithful of the dioceses who support the Retirement Fund collection. We realize that their sacrifices and generosity have made this assistance possible. May God reward them. 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. Dec. 1. 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. ST. JOHN NEUMANN PENANCE SERVICE MONDAY, DEC. 10 @ 7 PM SHARING TREE PROJECT Please select tags from the Sharing Tree with individual s names and their gift wishes for Christmas. We are helping agencies this year along with individual families. Once gifts are wrapped, please affix the tag or a facsimile SECURELY to each gift. The gifts must be brought to church NO LATER THAN 12:30 PM ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16. If you have any questions, please call the Parish Office at ext. 10. SPIRITUAL ADVENT RESOURCES Next Sunday marks the beginning of Advent. Our lobby table has many good booklets and children's activities to help you keep the season holy. Some calendars and wreaths aren't here yet so check the table again next week for more. All of these materials help us keep our eyes on the Lord and our hearts open for the Lord to be born in us. Maybe your college kids or grandkids would appreciate something too. INVITE THE FAMILY Bring all the family on Friday night, Nov 30 from 6:30 to 8 as we begin the Advent season with our very own LIGHT UP night. Between story and song and crafts and games we'll remember the REASON for the season. Great time to make a memory and enjoy some new friends and fun. Sign up now by calling the Rel Ed Office. Space is limited. YEAR OF FAITH Since Oct 11 our church has been commemorating this Year of Faith. Pope Benedict XVI prays that we will use it as a special time to better know and spread the message of God's love shown in Jesus to the world. To do this we must all draw closer to Jesus. The church calls this drawing closer to Jesus "conversion" and it means changing direction. There are lots of ways we can do this. The sacrament of reconciliation helps us on the way. This sacrament is available to us every Saturday after the 9am Mass and especially on Dec 10 when we celebrate our Advent Penance Service. Might be good Christmas preparation too. SCRIPTURE STUDY Begin the new liturgical year of Cycle C with a time of reflection and study of the Sunday Scriptures for the first Sunday of Advent. Join the group of adults who meet on Thursday morn from 9:45-11:30 to share the culture and history of Jesus' time. This sharing helps us look at the scriptures in a deeper way and see the power of their meaning in our lives too. Coffee is on and the door is open. Start the year with us. BOOK OF LIFE We remember our dear departed loved ones in a special way during the month of November To commemorate this time we have a Book of Life in the narthex where you can add the name of someone who has died. This book will be retired on Nov. 30 but we will continue to remember your loved ones in prayer at each Mass celebrated here. Please call Barb Stokes if you are interested in getting together for prayer and support before the Christmas holiday.

EDUCATION GOOD SHEPHERD NEWS Good Shepherd sessions resume on Tuesday, November 27 for all levels. We will continue meeting through the first two weeks of December, and then our Intercession begins. During this time the children do not come to the atrium but instead come to a weekly Family Mass at either 4:30 or 6:30 on Wednesdays. The first Family Masses are on December 19. There is no Family Mass on December 26, but they will continue every Wednesday during January. Regular atrium sessions resume the first week of February. FAMILY MASS SERVERS Any Good Shepherd child who is in 3 rd grade or higher can train to be a lector for the Family Masses; anyone in at least 4 th grade can train to be an altar server. Trainings are scheduled for December 7 from 4:30 5:30 pm and December 18 from 7 8 pm in the church. Call 412-366-5885 Ext. 12 to register for these trainings. PROTECTING GOD S CHILDREN CLASS St. Catherine of Sweden, Monday, Dec. 3 @ 6:30 PM YOUTH MINISTRY HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP FALL RETREAT IS THIS COMING WEEKEND! We are looking forward to a great weekend! Please pray for us. Our next social event will be Friday, Dec. 7th for our first Friday Mass, Adoration & Movie night at SSJP. Join us for Mass at 8pm in the Grotto chapel followed by a time of adoration. We will then move to the youth room for a movie! Our next youth group is Sunday, Dec 9th from 6:30-8:30pm in Bovard Hall. Join us as we prepare for Advent and the coming of Christmas. ATTENTION PARENTS: We are looking for volunteers to help coordinate meals for the youth ministry program for the second semester at SSJP. The commitment would be coordinating and organizing a meal twice a month for about 80 or so students. Please contact me, Connor, if you are interested or would like more information. Email flanagan.connor@gmail.com or 412.366.2020 ext. 14 Middle School Youth Group: This Wednesday, Nov. 28th 6:30-8pm. @ SJN We have been on an awesome journey... discovering more and more about each different person of the Trinity. If you are a 7th or 8th grader, join us this Wednesday as we come together to unpack who the last person of the Trinity is... the Holy Spirit. It will be an exciting night. NEW PARISHIONERS We welcome these new parishioners, who have recently joined our parish: John & Charlene Hartman Robert & Dorene Goetz Jaron & Christina (Molinero) Minford Christopher & Amanda Murphy Joseph & Sarah Piccolino Robert & Lesley Roos ARE YOU NEW TO THE NORTH HILLS? If you have just moved into the area - Welcome! We re glad you came to worship with us. If you are interested in joining our parish, you can register on-line or call the parish office (412-366-2020, ext. 10) for a short form to complete. We ll be happy to help answer any questions you may have. SACRAMENTAL WE WELCOME AND ACCEPT YOU WITH ALL OUR PRAYER AND SUPPORT Last Sunday at the 11:30 Mass, we acknowleged some wonderful people into our parish community. All of them are looking at our church and considering this community as the way that will help them follow the Lord. What an awesome compliment and challenge to all of us. Please hold Michael Schwartz, Marlese Robinson, Nilly & Shuang Ran Yeung, Will & Yu Ling Yeung, James & Libby Earley, Connor & Jack Murphy, Mark Brunda and Alexandra (Sasha) Balko) in your thoughts and prayers as they continue to study the scriptures and traditions of the Catholic Church. Now they begin a period of the RCIA/RCIC called the Catechumenate. Some of them hope to be baptized at Easter and are now called Catechumens. Some are already baptized in another faith tradition and we now call them Candidates for full initiation in our church. They are amazing signs to all of us for they have answered God's call to come and follow. God calls all of us to welcome and accept them in this faith journey. Hold them in prayer and encourage them with your friendship. Sunday Missals Many people in the parish use the Sunday Missal to prepare for the Sunday readings. The NEW books have arrived for 2012-2013. They are on display in the lobby and can be purchased for $3. They are a nice gift for some of our elderly or home bound friends who can't always join us for Sunday Mass. SOCIAL Don t forget to mark your calendar for Monday, Dec. 17 at noon, for our annual Christmas Party. It will be a catered lunch with entertainment. Please drop your check off at the Over 50 slot in the Education Bldg. or mail to: Helen Barcaskey, 2615 Warrendale Bayne Rd., Baden, PA 15005 by Monday, Dec. 10

OUTREACH CHRISTMAS CAROLING AT VERLAND Our Verland volunteers and their families are caroling at the Verland Foundation, Ohio Township on Tuesday, December 11 th. We will meet at Verland at 6:00 pm, form two or three groups and visit with the residents and their caregivers in the cottages. We ll sing some songs, offer our prayers and spread some holiday cheer. Contact Andrew James at 412-366-5885 x11or ajames@stjohnneumannpgh.org if you would like to join us. It s a great beginning for the Christmas season. PLEASANT VALLEY MEN S SHELTER We will provide dinner for the Men s Shelter, located on the Northside, on Friday, Dec. 7. As always, we would appreciate assistance with side dishes (pastas, potatoes, vegetables and salads) and also fruits, rolls, desserts and beverages. Please call Phyllis Huber at 412-367-1437 or Cathy Gillis at 412-548-3646 if you can provide an item for the Dec. 7 dinner. THANK YOU The response for toiletries, towels and linens for the Men s Shelter was amazing. We have made two trips in the last month to transport all the boxes we packed. The men are very appreciative and thank all the generous parishioners of SJN. We will continue to collect men s toiletries, bath towels and twin size bedding. Please consider donating a bar of men s deodorant. Also as winter approaches, there is a need for hats, gloves and coats. Likewise extra large sizes of any men s clothing are always needed. We do ask that all itmes be clean and free of stains and tears. Call Ed or Cathy Gillis at 412-548-3646 if you have any questions. VOLUNTEER WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12 AT GREATER PGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK Volunteer with SJN at the Greater Pgh. Community Food Bank on Wednesday, Dec. 12. 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 2:00 PM after lunch out together. Limit: 10 volunteers. Register at 412-366-5638, ext. 12 with your name, phone #, email address by noon, Monday, Dec. 10. St. John Neumann parish has been volunteering at GPCFB since January 1991. GIFT CARDS We are getting ready for Christmas gift card sales and have purchased the following new cards: SIBA $25, Land s End $25, Red Robin $25, Dick s $25, Lowes $25, Macy s $25, Cheesecake Factory $25, Bath & Body Works $10 and Claire s $10. Coming soon we will have $25 Walnut Grove cards that will give us a 25% profit. There are now a great variety of cards for everyone. Thanks for participating in our gift card program. LAST CHANCE - CHIMBOTE OUTREACH With the holiday season upon us we would like to help you decorate your homes with beautiful fresh cut greenery while at the same time using the money from the sale to help those less fortunate. We will be holding a Christmas Evergreen Sale with 24 Wreaths, 30 Ft. Pine Roping and a Christmas Hanging Basket. We will only be taking prepaid orders. Fill in the form (available in the lobby) with your check and drop off or mail to the parish office. Please make checks payable to SJN. DEADLINE IS MON. NOV. 26. Wreaths can be picked up the weekend of December 1 & 2. Entertainment/Enjoy Coupon Books These coupon books will be available throughout November. Look for the box in the lobby or call Laura Juran directly, lejuran@verizon.net or 412-367-4264 for delivery of your book of choice. They make great Christmas gifts. FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH?? BLESSING OF EXPECTANT PARENTS?? PERRY HILLTOP COLLECTION?? BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING HELP NEEDED HELP WANTED Volunteers are needed to change the missalettes in the church pews before the 1 st Sunday of Advent. Tuesday, November 27 th after 9:00 AM Mass has been chosen as the date and time to make the switch. If you would like to help, please contact Andrew James at 412-366-5885 x11 or ajames@stjohnneumannpgh.org. Vincentian Appeals to Faithful Friends Gather near to long-term and personal care residents this holiday season and give the gift of faith, comfort and joy as a volunteer for the Pastoral Care ministry of Vincentian Home in McCandless Township. Provide transport to residents in wheelchairs so that they can attend Mass and Rosary on Sunday through Saturday from 9-11 a.m. Sister Karen is also looking for an organist to play for Mass on Sundays. To apply, please contact Joyce Andrews at 412-548-4060 or jandrews@vcs.org. Volunteer applications are also on the website at www.vcs.org. CELEBRATE OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE St. Paul Cathedral will host a special Mass with Bishop Zubik in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Wednesday, December 12 at 7 pm. The Mass will be followed by a reception in the Cathedral Social Hall. All are welcome to this joyous celebration