St. John Neumann Parish is a gathered people, acting in word, sacrament, witness and service toward all, with gratitude to God our Father, through Jesus Christ our Brother with the Holy Spirit our Guide. A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust 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, April 19 Hospitality Sunday Appalachia Art Stand up Sale 10:30 AM Baptism Prep Class 1:00 PM 1st Holy Communion Practice 6:30 PM Adult Volleyball Monday, April 20 11:30 AM Over 50 s Lunch 7:00 PM Monday School 7:00 PM Information Desk Volunteers 7:30 PM Middle School Small Group Tues. April 21 10:30 AM & 7 PM Intro to the Bible 7:00 PM MOMS Weds. April 22 Hoagie Sale 6:30 PM Ignite Middle School 7:00 PM MOMS Thurs, April 23 9:45 AM Scripture Study 7:00 PM Choir Friday, April 24 9:00 AM Level II Catechist Training Sat. April 25 Habitat Parish Office 412-366-2020, ext. 10 Religious Education Office 412-366-5885 Reverend Albin C. McGinnis, Ext. 20 Pastor & Trust Administrator Pastor2@stjohnneumannpgh.org Richard Caruso, Ext. 16, Permanent Deacon Barbara Stokes, Ext.13 Director for Rel. Education, Family & Sac. Ministries Barbara Matera, Ext. 18 Dir. for Rel. Ed, Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Julie Amatangelo, Ext. 14 Director of Youth Ministry Jessica Baier, Ext. 10, Director of Music Ministry Andrew James, Ext. 11, Facilities Manager Larry Badaczewski, Ext. 56, Pastoral Counselor Jeanette Pappert, Ext. 15, Protecting God s Child. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30; Jn 6:22-29 Tuesday: Acts 7:51-8:1a; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, 17, 21ab; Jn 6:30-35 Wednesday: Acts 8:1b-8; Ps 66:1-3a, 4-7a; Jn 6:35-40 Thursday: Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; Jn 6:44-51 Friday: Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 6:52-59 Saturday: 1 Pt 5:5b-14; Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17; Mk 16:15-20 Sunday: Acts 4:8-12; Ps 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29; 1 Jn 3:1-2; Jn 10:11-18 MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, April 18 9:00 AM Marsha Reiling (John & Susan Labos) 5:30 PM Carl Bauer (Ginny & Jerry Crawford) Sunday, April 19, 3rd Sunday of Easter 8:00 AM Jacqueline Schuetz (Family) 9:30 AM For the People of SJN Parish 11:30 AM Pat Caruso (Rick & Carol Caruso) Monday, April 20 9:00 AM Robert & Armella Funk (Cindy Fink) Tuesday, April 21 9:00 AM Helga & Kurt Mueller (Tom & Barbara Joyce) Wednesday, April 22 6:30 PM Robert Colwell (Linda & Bert Smith) Thursday, April 23 9:00 AM Pat Conroy (Mike) Friday, April 24 9:00 AM Eddie Rush (Full Family) Saturday, April 25, St. Mark, Evangelist 9:00 AM Francis Craig (Ruth Craig & Family) 5:30 PM Ron Neugebauer (Mike & Mary Ann) Sunday, April 26, 4th Sunday of Easter 8:00 AM For the People of SJN Parish 9:30 AM Myrna Olszewski (Good Shepard Catechists) 11:30 AM Sylvia Schiberl (Full Family) EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Sat. April 25-5:30 PM P. Scheller, E. & G. Mandl, L. Emark, A. McCafferty, E. Marshall, K. Masters Sun. April 26-8:00 AM N. Stephens, B. Walls, C. & E. Gillis, K. Miller, J. Rahenkamp, H. Barcaskey 9:30 AM - M. Turo, F. Greco, S. Schupansky, D. & J. Anke, K. Magdic, M. Jezerc 11:30 AM R. Full, P. & A. Skorupka, A. & J. Burke, J. & B. Powers LECTORS Sat. April 25-5:30 PM V. Sheridan, M. Petrasek Sun. April 26-8:00 AM B. & R. McLaughlin 9:30 AM M. Decker, M. Conroy 11:30 AM - J. Full, C. Perego ALTAR SERVERS Sat. April 25-5:30 PM A. Bella, K. Smith, L. Evankovich Sun. April 26-8:00 AM C. & C. Quinn, N. Bridges 9:30 AM D. & S. Folan, A. Siclari 11:30 AM Kocent Family April 5 April 12 Operating $24,119.50 $8,266.00 Camp. Alive 5,851.50 4,707.00 Parish Share 8,396.81 9,285.00 Good Friday 1,900.00 95.00 Golf 750.00 Light of Life 678.00 Misc. 311.42 $41,329.23 $23,231.00
PARISH NEWS HOSPITALITY SUNDAY TODAY, April 19, is Hospitality Sunday. Please join your fellow parishioners in Bovard Hall after the morning Masses for coffee, juice, and donuts. Celebrate the Easter season reconnecting with friends and making new ones. If you would like to help with Hospitality, please stop in the kitchen and we'll introduce you! WHAT A CELEBRATION The Easter Vigil service and reception was amazing! Thanks to all who helped make it happen. Enthusiasm was abundant and joy prevailed. Food was absolutely delicious! Thanks and more thanks for a wonderful celebration of life, light, love and the Lord! HOUSE BLESSINGS AVAILABLE If you would like to have your home blessed by Deacon Rick, please send an email to him at deaconricksjn@gmail.com. You can also give him a call at (412) 366-2020 x16. He ll work with you to schedule a time to come to your home to share scripture and prayers of blessings of the Easter season. BREAD Plan to taking home some great bread next week-end. All donations help feed the hungry through Catholic Relief Services (CRS). MONDAY SCHOOL FOR ADULTS Come on April 20 & 27 to hear Joan Schenker, M. Ed. to learn more about important times/topics dealing with your kids, grandkids - all kids. Even if you aren t in the process of raising kids - they are important! Topics are (4/20) - Raising Responsible Kids and (4/27) - The Teen Brain - danger and opportunity. Come discover more about them and how wonder-ful kids are! Sessions begin at 7 pm in Bovard Hall. Call Barb Stokes to register for one or all three sessions. All are welcome! GOLF OUTING It s time to sign up for the SJN Golf Outing! Mark your calendars for Monday, May 18 at Shannopin Country Club. If you have been with us for the previous outings, we are looking forward to you joining the fun again and if you haven t golfed or joined us for dinner in past years, WEL- COME! All levels of play are encouraged the day is meant to be FUN! Join us afterwards for dinner and enjoy the wonderful company of fellow parishioners! This promises to be another wonderful day of great golf, great fellowship and great fun! Contact Carole Shepard at nunduke@comcast.net or call 724.935.8385. WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! Come to Dinner on us! May 6 Dear new members we are thrilled you have joined St. John Neumann parish. If you weren t able to join us yet for a New Parishioner dinner, please mark you calendars for May 6 th, 2015. Dinner is served in Bovard Hall. It will be very informal everyone in the family is welcomed (our menu will include food your children will enjoy)! If you joined the parish in 2013, 2014, or 2015, you are considered new members. If you joined before then but feel you haven t gotten to know folks in the parish CALL US and come. This month, we ll start at a new time.. 7:00 p.m., right after the 6:30 p.m. mass. If you can join us on May 6, RSVP with Deacon Rick at 412-366- 2020 x16 or send email to deaconricksjn@gmail.com. When you call or email, please leave your name, phone number, and the number in your party. We ll confirm your reservation and you ll be all set. We will hold these dinners every other month so if May 6 th doesn t work for you, look for a bulletin announcement for the July gathering. We look forward to seeing you soon at a New Member dinner. NEW PARISHIONER DINNER We need your help May 6 th Dear parishioners: we are hosting dinners for new members and are seeking folks interested in helping. The next dinner is scheduled for May 6 th. Our meals will consist of SOUP, BREAD, CHEESE, roasts or poultry, and dessert. We welcome people to help cook, setup, serve and cleanup. Most of the food will be prepared at home and brought to Bovard Hall. Set up for the meal will start at 6:00 with meal serving sometime after 7:00 p.m. Cleanup should start by 8:15. Pray about this. Maybe you are called to help with this new ministry. Contact Deacon Rick at 412-366-2020 x16 or send email to deaconricksjn@gmail.com if you are willing to help. Thanks for your consideration. HOAGIE SALE Don t miss our delicious hoagies on Wednesday, April 22. For $6 you can have Italian, turkey, roast beef or 2 pepperoni rolls. Call Rel. Ed. office (ext. 12) to order. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL at St. John Neumann Church Mon thru Fri, June 22-26 Age 4 thru 8 th Grade (Fall 2015 Status) Registration forms are now available in the Religious Education Office and on the parish website under Current Forms. PLANNING SESSIONS FOR VOLUN- TEERS WILL BE SCHEDULED SOON!
SACRAMENTAL FIRST COMMUNION SING & PRAY Today, Sunday, April 19 come to our one and only sing and pray practice for all those preparing for 1st Communion in two weeks. So much excitement as we get closer and closer to receiving our Risen Lord in Eucharist. Please keep these children and their families in your special prayers. RCIA - MYSTAGOGY Our newest members, Justine Allaway, Jessica Baier, Derek Hyatt and Mike Hatcher will meet each Wednesday evening in April during this time of Mystagogy. These special weeks help us all to deepen the mystery. We rejoice with all of them as they grow in faith. We learn from them too! They have experienced the awesome joy of meeting the Lord. Pray that they and all of us never lose that precious gift of the love for Jesus. BAPTISM PREP If you have been blessed with new life in your family through birth or adoption, we are glad to have you share that life with us through Baptism. The diocese asks us to take this step with knowledge and prayer. A Baptism Preparation Session will be held TODAY, April 19 from 10:30 till noon. YOUTH MINISTRY DATE CHANGE: DIVINE MUSIC Join us on Sunday, May 3rd for Encounter: Divine Music Eucharistic Adoration with praise & worship music. Teens grades 9-12 and your friends are invited. We start with lunch at 12:30pm and end at 2:30pm. Encounter will not meet on April 26 th. Upcoming Encounter dates: May 17 & 31 STEUBENVILLE SUMMER YOUTH CONFERENCE The Steubenville Youth Conference invites you into a life-changing encounter with Jesus Christ through the Sacraments of the Church and the power of the Holy Spirit. This experience of Christ s love gives you a safe place to open your hearts to become His disciple and embrace the mission of the Church. WHEN: July 17-19, 2015 WHERE: Franciscan University, Steubenville, Ohio HOW: By bus (more info to follow) WHO: Teens grades 9-12 DEPOSIT: $75 due now. Spots are limited sign up now. FREE MOVIE TICKETS St. John Neumann Parish has been selected to receive 205 tickets for a new movie LITTLE BOY (a powerful and moving film about a little boy and his big faith) for Thursday, April 23 at 7PM at Cinemark North Hills and XD (McCandless Crossing). You can pick tickets up in the religious ed. office. Donations are welcome, but not necessary. CATHOLIC HEART MEETING Those participating in Catholic Heart Workcamp this summer are asked to attend a very important meeting on Tuesday, April 28 th at 7pm. Please bring: Medical insurance card, and identification. Teens must bring at least one parent/legal guardian. There are still 3 spots open. If you are a teen going into 9 th grade or older, OR an adult who would like to join us for a week of service and fun, call Julie before 4/26. SPIRITUALITY FROM THE STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE This week, April 19, the quote from Pope Francis is: 'We can bring the Gospel to others only if it has made a deep impact in our lives'. WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER No matter how strong the storm, Jesus will be there to take your hands and guide your marriage. Learn what it takes to make a marriage great. Plan to join them April 24-26 at the Wyndham Garden, Pgh Airport. Call 413-635-7775 or visit YourMarriageIsWorthIt.org SCRIPTURE STUDY Easter is not a day. Easter is our life, our faith and our joy! Keep the Easter season alive in a special way by joining the adult Scripture study group on Thursday morning from 9:45 to 11:15. All are welcome as we reflect on the coming Sunday scriptures and especially the life of the early church as we find it in the Acts of the Apostles. The door of Conf. Room A is open and the coffee is ready in the kitchen. Do something new this season and come to read and reflect on the Word with a group. 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. DIVORCED & SEPARATED SUPPORT GROUP...will begin its next 13 week cycle of meetings on Monday, April 27 at Sts. John & Paul Church in Rm. 10 in the lower Cardinal DiNardo Center. This group is jointly sponsored by Sts. John & Paul, St. Richard & St. John Neumann parishes. Meetings are on Monday evenings from 7-9 pm. Contact Ralph Joy at 412-741-5456 or rjoy205@verizon.net for more information. DIVORCECARE FOR KIDS Helping your children heal from the hurt of divorce... At our weekly group, kids make friends with other kids who understand how they feel and the things they are going through. This group also begins on April 27 at Sts. John & Paul Parish at 7 pm. Anyone who has questions, please contact Erik Palmer at 412-491-5511 or erikpalmer@gmail.com.
MAGNIFICAT A Ministry to Catholic Women Saturday, May 9, 9 am-noon DoubleTree by Hilton (Formerly Sheraton) Speaker: Joan Smith Cost $20, register at www.magnificatpittsburgh.org INTRO TO SCRIPTURE Class will resume on April 21 & 28-7 pm each Tues night or 10:30 am on each Tues. morning. SOCIAL SOLOS - WIDOWERS LUNCH 1 pm Tuesday, April 21 North Park Lounge, 8701 Babcock Blvd. Call Paul Lang at 412-367-1182 if you plan to attend. LACE UP YOUR SNEAKERS The Single Women s Group walk every Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 9 am in North Park. (meet at the boat house.) Whoever shows up walks - no commitment or need to RSVP - just show up! We can walk whatever distance we choose, and at any fitness level - starting out with shorter distances and then walking around the whole lake. Anyone who wants to walk, single or otherwise, is welcome to join in. NEW MEMBERS We welcome these new parishioners, who have recently joined our parish (Feb.-March) Greg & Erin Doemling Rich Doyle Christopher & Rebecca Filiaggi Michael LaValle & Jennifer Gaudio Justin Hartshorne Mark & Britni Hunkele Regis & Kathleen Krol Glenn & Nancy Lenk Kimberly QuaQuarucci Jean Shema Jeffrey & Julia Strejcek Cindy Wilson 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. RECENT DEATHS Please pray for the souls of.. Velma Jo Cavallero, sister in law of Theresa Morini and aunt of Sarah Schneider Frances Conlon, sister of Alice Richmond Fr. Phil Fink May the souls of the faithful departed, rest in peace. PRAYER MINISTRY Please pray for the new additions to our prayer list. If you would like to add someone to the list, instructions a r e p r o v i d e d a t h t t p : / / sjohnneumannpghprayer.blogspot.com. You can also send an e-mail to sjnprayer@gmail.com or call the parish office. Ed Adams Dorothy Harbison Luke Blanock Christina Julian Jodi Dentici Julie Lemankiewicz Jeff Full Kim Zivko OUTREACH HABITAT Habitat & SJN will be participating on April 25 & May 2 service days. This is a great opportunity for you to serve your neighbor & help you meet one of the requirements to attend Appalachia Workcamp this summer. Safety training is required. Call Frank Limbacher at 412-616- 2507 or francis.limbacher@verizon.net. COMMUNITY ST. ALPHONSUS OPEN HOUSE Sunday, April 19, 1:30-3 pm, 201 Church Rd. Wexford See what a great faith-based education they offer by touring classrooms and talking to the teachers & principal. Pre-school, full-day kindergarten and grades 1-8. For more info, call 724-935-1152 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Catholic Hospice is looking for volunteers to support their pro-life mission towards end of life care. Volunteer training will be held on Weds. May 20 from 9am-4 pm. They are also hosting their peace.love.run13.1/5k in North Park on June 21. Call Robyn Aguzzi at 724-933- 6222 for additional info. LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR RUMMAGE SALE - April 23, 24, & 25 CURRENT OPENINGS Providence Heights Alpha School is currently enrolling students in full day kindergarten and grades 1-8. They also offer a K-8th robotics programs and K-3 swimming program that are integrated into the school day, morning care and extended school day program. Call 412-366- 4455 for more info.