THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER MASS INTENTIONS Sat., April 25 to Sun., May 3, 2009 SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS This Sunday, April 26, is the final Sunday School day for this catechetical year. Saturday Vigil, April 25: 4:30 PM Church Patricia Deltondo (Daughter, Suzan Schanin) 7:30 AM Church Anniv - Thomasina Cassiani (Husband, John & Family) Olga Crivelli (Peter Tarquinio) 9:30 AM Chapel 11:30 AM Church Anniv - Nick Urich (Wife & Family) WEEKDAYS 9:30 AM CHURCH Monday, April 27: For Parish Family of Saint John of God Tuesday, April 28: Anniv - Fay Nicoletta (Rose Rita) Wednesday, April 29 8:30 AM, Chapel: Students and Staff of Saint John of God School Wednesday, April 29: Joseph Marczak (Jim Keenan) Thursday, April 30: Joseph Keintz (John Blaha) Friday, May 1: Lucy Pesano (Daughter, Margaret Cooper & Family) Wedding, Saturday, May 2, 2:30 PM, Church Robert Neal and Kelly McGee Saturday Vigil, May 2: For Parish Family of Saint John of God Arnold Hoffman (Brother, Bill) 4:30 PM Church 7:30 AM Church 9:30 AM Chapel Anniv - Elizabeth Spadaccia (Angela & Marian) First Communion 11:30 AM Church Readings for the week of April 26, 2009 Sunday: Acts 3:13-19/1 Jn 2:1-5a/Lk 24:35-48 Monday: Acts 6:8-15/Jn 6:22-29 Tuesday: Acts 7:51---8:1a/Jn 6:30-35 Wednesday: Acts 8:1b-8/Jn 6:35-40 Thursday: Acts 8:26-40/Jn 6:44-51 Friday: Acts 9:1-20/Jn 6:52-59 or St. Joseph the Worker: Gn 1:26-2:3/Mt 13:54-58 Saturday: Acts 9:31-42/Jn 6:60-69 Next Sunday: Acts 4:8-12/1 Jn 3:1-2/Jn 10:11-18 Liturgical Publications Inc. PHYLLIS SEIBERT AND STEVE TOMSKO TO BE HONORED Today we are especially honored and blessed to celebrate the catechetical ministries of Phyllis Seibert and during the 9:30 AM Mass in Mother of Sorrows Chapel. Each has taught in faith formation programs for more than 50 years. We applaud their steadfast devotion to passing on the faith to our children and adults through the years. May God bless abundantly Phyllis and Steve for their wholehearted dedication and may they continue to be vessels of God s love for many more years. There will be a reception in the Social Hall following the 9:30 AM Mass. Students should go to the Social Hall after Mass, not to their rooms. Everyone is invited to come and share this special day with Phyllis and Steve. FIRST COMMUNION NEWS RETREAT A Retreat for those preparing for First Communion will be held on Wednesday, April 29 from 8:15 AM to 2:30 PM in the Chapel at Mother of Sorrows. Lunch will be provided for the students. If you have any questions, please call John Fatula at 412-331-8573. CELEBRATION OF FIRST COMMUNION We will celebrate the Sacrament of First Communion next Sunday, May 3 at the 11:30 AM Mass in the Church at St. Mary s. The First Communicants should arrive at the Church by 11:00 AM. GNOCCHI MONDAY, APRIL 27TH We would like to make gnocchi one more time before the Pizza Kitchen closes for the summer. Join us on Monday, April 27 th at 6:30 PM in the Pizza Kitchen in the basement of the Mother of Sorrows Social Hall and we ll have a go at it. If you re interested call me, Mike Ivosevic at (412) 474-3008. Let s get together to make this a successful fundraiser!
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER APRIL 26, 2009 YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS Attention teens in grades 8-12! Join us for a fun afternoon on Sunday, May 17. We ll begin with Mass at Noon at St. Paul Cathedral, then venture over to the Original Hot Dog Shop for lunch, and then return to the cathedral lawn for a game of Ultimate Frisbee! To sign-up, contact Steve at 412-331-8573 or sjgyouthmin@yahoo.com (sign-up deadline is Tuesday, May 12). GRADUATE APPRECIATION MASS Are you graduating from high school, college, law school, etc this spring? If so, you and your family are invited to attend the Graduate Appreciation Mass taking place on Saturday, May 23 at the 4:30 PM Mass in the Church at St. Mary s. Following Mass a reception will be held in the Gathering Place. Any and all grads are welcome, but we ask that you please RSVP by Monday, May 18 to Steve Swank at 412-331-8573. BINGO KITCHEN NEWS The BINGO Kitchen needs some help. One of our primary volunteers needs to take some time off to address a personal issue. If no one steps forward to fill this spot the BINGO Kitchen will only be able to operate with a reduced menu. That means fewer goodies at BINGO and less income for this excellent fund raiser. If you would like to help out, please call Carol Rippole at 412-331-2420. Thank you in advance for helping. PIZZA KITCHEN NEWS The Pizza Kitchen will be open on Friday, May 1 and it will be Falagone Friday (and frozen gnocchi will be on sale, too). After that, the Pizza Kitchen will be closed for the summer and our dedicated, hard working volunteers will be taking a well deserved break. Remember, most of our menu items, especially pepperoni rolls, spinach rolls, sausage rolls and falagones freeze very well. So, stock up this Friday for all your parties (Communion, Graduation, Birthday) or just for a summer get together. We ll return in September. Thank you for your support of the parish Pizza Kitchen. Parish Office Hours: 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. (Monday thru Friday) Bulletin Deadline: Tuesday Noon ST. JOHN OF GOD SCHOOL NEWS REMINDER TO PARENTS AND INVITATION TO ALL The children in Kindergarten, Fourth & Seventh Grades will be performing plays this Tuesday, April 28 at 1:10 PM in the Mother of Sorrows Chapel. The children are very excited and will really impress you with their talent. Please enter through the Chapel doors. MARKET DAY NEWS Market Day Orders are due in to the school by Monday, May 11th. Order pick up is 5/18/09 from 6:15 PM to 7:15 PM. YOUTHTOWNE GOLF AT MARADA Youthtowne is pleased to announce an exciting new Family Golf program being offered to families of St. John of God Parish and School. Our parish has been selected to participate in a pilot program at the newly acquired golf course in Clinton, PA. Marada is a player friendly course, very easy to walk, in a very scenic setting. To learn more about Marada go to www.maradagolf.com. Also on this website are accurate directions to the course from any location. Directions using other map services are not currently accurate. Marada is located approximately one mile West of Youthtowne, Route 30. In order to qualify for this pilot program the following requirements must be met: Participants must be families of St. John of God School or members of St. John of God Parish. A youth must be a playing member of each group (no exceptions). This will never be adults only golf. The green fees and driving range fees will be provided by Youthtowne. Your name must be registered with Mike Patton, the Parish/School Golf Coordinator, in order to participate in this program. You can reach Mike by calling 412-771-0146. To make your tee time, please call Marada at 724-899-2600. THE WEEK AHEAD April 27 (Mon.) - Miraculous Medal Novena Prayers will be recited in St. Mary s Church - Rosary begins 6:30 PM. April 28 (Tues.) - St. Anthony Novena Prayers recited following the 9:30 AM Mass in St. Mary s and at 6:30 PM in Mother of Sorrows (wk 7 of 13 wk novena). April 29 (Wed.) - WEDNESDAY NIGHT BINGO in MOS Social Hall - Doors open at 5 PM May 1 (Fri.) - Mother of Sorrows Novena Prayers recited following 9:30 AM Mass, St. Mary s Church. May 1 (Fri.) - PIZZA KITCHEN AND IT S FALAGONE FRIDAY! To order please call 412-331-8530 on Friday, 8 AM 1 PM. Orders must be picked up by 3:45 PM.
MINISTRY SCHEDULE MAY, 2009 May 2-3 Sat 4:30 PM Sun 7:30 AM Sun 9:30 AM Sun 11:30 AM Emily Halbedl Jacob Scott Michael Dorrenbacher Wesley Dorrenbacher Logan Cordell Christina Phillips Tom Phillips Donna Placon May 9-10 Sat 4:30 PM Sun 7:30 AM Sun 9:30 AM Sun 11:30 AM Patricia Golembiewski Michael Ivosevic Tami Ivosevic Al Condeluci Anna Marie Kilonsky Kevin Barbour Christopher Linnert Carole Yunker Liz Condeluci Kelly Hall Edward McNabb Gloria McNabb May 16-17 Sat 4:30 PM Sun 7:30 AM Sun 9:30 AM Sun 11:30 AM Michael Roussey Alex Adams Tom Adams May 23-24 Sat 4:30 PM Sun 7:30 AM Sun 9:30 AM Sun 11:30 AM Martha Kramer Tami Ivosevic Anna Marie Kilonsky Michael Roussey Jacob Scott Christopher Linnert Alex Adams Tom Adams Carole Yunker Michael Ivosevic Al Condeluci Liz Condeluci Kelly Hall Edward McNabb Gloria McNabb Patrick O Connor MINISTRY SCHEDULE CONTINUED NEXT PAGE...
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER APRIL 26, 2009 May 30-31 Sat 4:30 PM Sun 7:30 AM Sun 9:30 AM Sun 11:30 AM STO-KEN-ROX MEALS ON WHEEL ANNUAL KITCHEN SHOWER This Thursday, April 30, 2009 at Noon Christ Community Church 900 Chartiers Avenue, McKees Rocks Donation or Kitchen Supplies Door Prizes - Chinese Auction - 50/50 Raffle For more information, call Connie at 412-771-4304 SANCTUARY CANDLE - WEEK OF APRIL 26 ST. MARY S - IN HONOR OF THE BLESSED MOTHER BY STEFFIE MOTHER OF SORROWS - IN MEMORY OF MADELINE CATANZARITE BY HUSBAND AND FAMILY CRIME WATCH MEETING There will be a Crime Watch Meeting on Monday, May 4 at the V.F.W. Post 418, 1238 Chartiers Ave., McKees Rocks at 6:30 PM. Everyone is welcome. PARISH WEEKEND ATTENDANCE April 18 / 19 Saturday... 315 Sunday... 749 Total Weekend Attendance... 1,064 PARISH FINANCIAL TOTALS For the Weekend of April 18 / 19 Regular Offertory Collection...$ 5,845.64 (This is ordinary income from contributions for the general running of the parish. It is subject to a 17.6% tax to the Diocese of Pittsburgh.) PARISH SHARE PROGRAM PSP Assessment for 2009... $93,361.00 Contributions to date... $40,500.20 Remaining on goal...$52,860.80 (This is the tax paid to the Diocese. We must remit this entire amount to the Diocese by Dec. 31. Any surplus then remains in the parish, tax free.) ST. ANTHONY NOVENA The 13-week novena to St. Anthony continues this Tuesday, April 28, 2009 (week 7). The novena prayers will be recited after the 9:30 AM Mass in St. Mary s Church and at 6:30 PM (novena prayers only) at Mother of Sorrows Chapel. FLEA MARKET NEWS Did you find a lot of unwanted items while doing your Spring cleaning? If you did or if you re just getting to that cleaning, don t throw anything away! Save the items for our upcoming Flea Market (to be held this summer). These items may be someone else s treasures. Keep looking in the bulletin for the dates and times you may drop-off your donations. HOSPITAL Please pray for all parishioners who are in the hospital, especially: Willow Lane - John Hanobik Shadyside - Tom Harbaugh Grey s Colonial Manor (13259 State Route 422, Kitanning, PA 16201) - Elizabeth Pochatko Also for all those ill at home, in nursing homes, and shut-ins; that they may continue to receive the Lord s Blessings. SYMPATHY We wish to extend our sympathy to the Families of Madeline Hewlett (mother of Donna Bowes) and Frances B. Surdyn whom God has called. Please remember them and all our dearly departed and their families in your prayers. They whom we love and lose are no longer where they were before. They are now wherever we are.
PASTOR'S CORNER Fr. Lou Vallone The Holy Week ceremonies at both St. John of God and St. Catherine were outstanding: the weather cooperated, the sacristans, lay ministers, servers, choirs and musicians were excellent in their ministries. Moreover, people turned out in record numbers at both places. I was on a Pastor's high with joy. And then the feedback began. The Easter Pastor's Corner about the "Easter bunnies" and being welcoming to visitors and sparse attendees had an intro at St. John of God that St. Catherine did not. I mentioned there that I was writing the Corner at the behest of a parishioner who had seen a family leave the Church at St. Mary at Easter last year when someone complained that all the visitors were taking up the seats of the regular attendees. I received the following in the postal mail that week: "Dear Fr. Lou Vallone, "I was a visitor to your beautiful church (St. Mary) and the services were very nice. I was appalled to read the Pastor's Corner. At the request of a parishioner who witnessed, etc., etc. This tells me that you are not in control of your flock; it is your duty as pastor to bring people together in faith and love. This seemed to me to be one sided. Is the other person going to get the opportunity to state there (sic) case, innocent until proven guilty. Why are you not talking with these people? Do you have a problem dealing with people? Something similar happen (sic) in my parish but our pastor brought the people together in a very civil and understanding way, it made him very respected and loved by the parishioners. I am taking your bulletin to show to my pastor. On another note, did not many people witness the death and crucifixion of Our Lord; you make the conclusion. I was here visiting family and friends and probably will not return to this area in the distant future but know that I will pray for you and your parishioners. At St. Catherine, our sacristan, every day, is Rosemarie Morris. She was the first parishioner I met before my assignment was announced when I stopped one day on my motorcycle to see the church and she did not want to unlock the door to let me in. Rosemarie has been serving as a domestic of the Lord for more than four score years, and her hearing is not what it once was perhaps. I received a voice mail Easter week from someone who said they were visiting at the 9:00 AM Mass and went on for 5 minutes in the message saying how horrified she was that I "hollered" at that "poor old lady" about turning off the water in the fountain. The woman's voice went on about what a mean and terrible priest I was, how she pitied this parish with being stuck with me, and that I upset her so much that she would never return to Mass here as long as I was Pastor. I also received an e-mail at St. Catherine from a nonparishioner questioning why I was spending money to expand the parking lot for such a small church, that we didn't need it. When I pointed out we needed the parking especially for Saturday evening Mass, he opined: "And I don t like a Saturday Mass at 4 p.m. nor at 5 p.m. Those times are way too early. Those times are good in the winter time for the older people but not in the summer time. I like a 7 p.m. Mass on Saturdays. A 6 p.m. Mass on a given Saturday is even too early. In my book also. I don t know why people like an early Saturday evening Mass. Who can afford to go out every Saturday night, hum? That is ridiculous for sure." Sighhhhhhhhhh.......... Jesus Christ is Risen, Alleluia! "God bless you A Visitor" continued next column.. St. John of God Parish Membership Form Name Address City Zip Phone CHECK ONE: New Registration Change of Address Moving out of Parish Want Envelopes Please drop Membership Form into the offertory basket or mail to Rectory.