St. John Neumann Parish June 17, 2012 Eleventh Sunday in Ord. Time

St. John Neumann Parish June 17, 2012 Eleventh Sunday in Ord. Time

Page Two June 17, 2012 SATURDAY, JUNE 16, THE IMMACULATE HEART OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 9:00 AM ANNA MAE MILLER (JoAnn Steigerwald) 5:30 PM HARRY CORBETT (John & Marianne Corbett) SUNDAY, JUNE 17, ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORD. TIME 8:00 AM TOM KILIANY (Full Family) 9:30 AM FOR THE PEOPLE OF SJN PARISH 11:30AM HERMAN MORTER (Renew Group) MONDAY, JUNE 18 9:00 AM PAT CONROY (Mike) TUESDAY, JUNE 19 9:00 AM ED MCCLUSKEY (Jack & Mary McCluskey) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 10:00 AM Stonebrook: VINCE DERAMO (Mary Raves) 6:30 PM JOHN & ALICE TUTCHKO (Susan & Tom Tutchko) THURSDAY, JUNE 21 9:00AM MICHAEL GUALTIERI (Mercedes Mages) FRIDAY, JUNE 22 9:00 AM DOUG ROOT (Mike Conroy) SATURDAY, JUNE 23 9:00 AM ARLENE SMITH (Judy & George Siegel) 5:30 PM LYNNE ZICARRI (Full Family) SUNDAY, JUNE 24, THE NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST 8:00 AM NANCY FIVES (Mike Miller Family) 9:30 AM FOR THE PEOPLE OF SJN PARISH 11:30AM ANN SHUCKROW (Tom LaVoice) EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Sat. June 23-5:30 PM N. Dempsey, M. & D. Dewey, B. Schuler, L. Juhascik, G. & E. Mandl Sun. June 24-8:00 AM- C. Hogan, J. & I. Parks, N. Stephens, E. Deutsch, P. Lang, S. Mohrbacher 9:30 AM - R. Cox, F. Greco, T. Hart, K. Deken, D. Migliozzi, S. Schneider, J. O Malley 11:30 AM - A. Janosco, B. Smith, D. Huber, A. Guzzetti, E. Macken, P. & A. Skorupka LECTORS Sat. June 23 5:30 PM V. Furst, J. Schuler Sun. June 24 8:00 AM R. & B. McLaughlin 9:30 AM T. Hartnett, M. Turo 11:30 AM A. Shuckrow, E. Turo THIS WEEK Sunday, June 17 Hospitality Sunday after all Masses 6:00 PM Volleyball Monday, June 18 1:00 PM Over 50 s Planning Committee 7:00 PM 412 Fit Club Tuesday, June 19 6:00 PM Solos - Log Cabin Inn Wed., June 20 6:00 PM Parent/Teen YM Evaluation Thurs, June 21 9:45 AM Scripture Study 10:00 AM Pfaum Curriculum Presentation 1:00 PM Miryam s Dinner Friday, June 22 9:00 AM High School Breakfast Club Sts. John & Paul 9:45 AM Catholicism DVD Sat., June 23 Appalachia workcampers leave READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Kgs 21:1-16; Mt 5:38-42 Tuesday: 1 Kgs 21:17-29; Mt 5:43-48 Wednesday: 2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday: Sir 48:1-14; Mt 6:7-15 Friday: 2 Kgs 11:1-4, 9-18, 20; Mt 6:19-23 Saturday: 2 Chr 24:17-25; Mt 6:24-34 Sunday: Vigil: Jer 1:4-10; Ps 71; 1 Pt 1:8-12; Lk 1:5-17 Day: Is 49:1-6; Ps 139; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80 Deposits June 10 Operating $5,568.50 Building Fd. 6,824.50 Parish Share 6,118.00 Faith Formation 2,340.00 Chimbote 379.00 Funeral 125.00 Misc. 122.44 $21,477.44 ALTAR SERVERS Sat. June 23 5:30 PM R. Koerner, D. Devine, C. Gumash Sun. June 24 8:00 AM M. Leahy, S. Folan, B. Neidhardt 9:30 AM C. & T. Cwalina, S. Liebrock 11:30 AM Swartz Family Victim Hotline: 1-888-808-1235 Web Site: www.stjohnneumannpgh.org Pastoral Council:sjnpc@stjohnneumannpgh.org

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time A PRAYER FOR FATHERS God our Father, We give you thanks and praise for fathers young and old. We pray for young fathers, newly embracing their vocation; May they find the courage and perseverance To balance work, family and faith in joy & sacrifice. We pray for our own fathers Who have supported and challenged us; May they continue to lead in strong & gentle ways. We remember fathers around the world Whose children are lost or suffering; May they know that the God of compassion Walks with them in their sorrow. We pray for men who are not fathers But still mentor and guide us With fatherly love and advice. We remember fathers, grandfathers, And great-grandfathers who are no longer with us But who live forever in our memory And nourish us with their love. Amen. SOLOS...will meet Tuesday, June 19 at 6 PM at Log Cabin in Zelienople for dinner. Please call Bob Lupi at 412-364- 4921 if you plan to attend. DAILY MASS CHANGE EVERY WEDNESDAY, BEGIN- NING JUNE 27 THRU AUGUST 29, DAILY MASS WILL BE AT 9 AM. Page Three SJN VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL JUNE 25-29 For Registered Families: Information packets will be available beginning this weekend, June 16/17 in the church lobby. Please be sure to claim yours as soon as possible. The packets will contain group assignments for your children, iron-on transfers for their T-shirts, music CDs, and other pertinent instructions. VBS Crafts Needs: Empty toilet tissue rolls are needed for one of our crafts projects. Please bring donations to the Education Office and place in the donation box by Mr. James Office. Thank you. THANKS How wonderful to be so beautifully reminded of God's special gift of Eucharist last weekend. Several of our children who just received Jesus in their First Communion did wear their lovely dresses and some young guys looked really sharp in their sportcoats. Help us all to reverently receive and thus become the Body of Christ for each other. We are blessed. Let's be Eucharist- give thanks! BABY BOTTLE CAMPAIGN Today we kick off the annual Baby Bottle Campaign. Please take a baby bottle home and fill it with your spare change. Then bring it back to Mass next week-end. All proceeds will benefit Women s Choice Network to help them buy sonogram machines. GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT CHURCH? The Catholic church is open to all and holds great spiritual treasure and tradition. If you have questions and would like to know more about this church, then come to an informal gathering on Monday night, June 25 at 7 PM. No obligation or pressure, just an open forum. Bring a friend and come. Feel free to call Fr. Al or Barb Stokes for more information. GOD S TIME We either pay attention to or ignore clock time as we play in the summer sun and note the earth s tilt and the lengthening days. We live by time. We reckon time in seconds and minutes and hours, or we use broader chunks like suppertime and summertime. God keeps another sort of time. God speaks to us of saving time, that is, the time of salvation. This sense of time is called kairos, and this time is always now, always present and available, always revealing, often surprising. Ezekiel and the Gospel of Mark remind us that our labor and our plotting and our planning rest in God. For God takes our smallest efforts and makes of them great works. Paul points us to the harvest time, urges us to be watchful for its coming, and calls us to recognize that we must spend our time pleasing God. IT'S ABOUT PARISH WORK We have many young people already working to prepare for Confirmation. They have participated in 5 weekly classes with Mass and started going out to serve the poor in several locations. The SJN community promised them prayers and support at the Rite of Signing at Mass. Do you remember when you said YES to Fr. Al's question concerning this? Hope so because now we ask you to keep that promise. Would you please take a Confirmation candidates' name from the basket next to the Bible in the narthex? Choose this person's name and include them in your daily prayers from now till Confirmation. Perhaps learn more about them from the Spirit book where they have placed their signed covenant. Then write them a note to help them be aware of their important place in the life of this faith community. Leave notes in the box next to the Spirit book. They will be presented at our retreat day in August. So we need the whole parish to do a part of this confirmation prep process for no one comes to the Spirit alone. Help us all grow together in God's life and love!

Page Four June 17, 2012 Steubenville Reunion June 21, 6-10:00 PM For all those students who are attending the Steubenville Youth Conference, this will be a time to gather as a group again after the excitement of the Conference weekend is over and check in with one another. We will be meeting at SJN in the back lot for a cookout and a bonfire! End-of-year Parent & Teen Youth Ministry Meeting -June 20th 6-8:30 Join us on Wednesday, June 20th in Bovard Hall at SJN for our end of the year youth ministry evaluation. We will be serving dinner from 6-6:45 and then spend the rest of the evening discussing our youth program and ways we can make improvements going into next fall. Parents and teens are both invited. RSVP is mandatory. We must know ahead of time if you are planning on coming. Please contact Josh Wattenbarger at josh.cym@gmail.com to register. Breakfast Club - June 22nd 9-11:00 AM Meet for morning mass at Sts. John & Paul and then join us afterwards in the Youth Room as we cook a huge breakfast together. Make sure to bring your Bible though, at the end of breakfast we will take some time to reflect on the gospels readings for the upcoming Sunday's Liturgy. Hope to see you there! Catholic Youth Day Kennywood Friday, July 6th Mark your calendars for Catholic Youth Day at Kennywood! The day begins with Mass at Kennywood and ends with an awesome Praise & Worship Concert! Come celebrate your faith at Pittsburgh's favorite amusement Park! Don't miss it! More details to come... SJN 7th & 8th Grade Summer Retreat Attention all upcoming 7th & 8th grade families (7th or 8th grade fall status) who have registered for the summer retreat at Gilmary. Due to the number of total students we have registered, we have decided to condense the retreats from two down to one. The date of the retreat is that of the 7th grade retreat starting at 12pm on July 16th and going up until pickup at 4pm on the 17th. THIS IS NOW THE RE- TREAT DATE FOR BOTH THE 7TH & 8TH GRADE STUDENTS. 7th grade families, this does not affect you, as it is the original date you had registered for. 8th grade families, you should have received a phone call by now notifying you of the change. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to call Connor at 412.366.2020 ext. 14. With this being said, we still need parent volunteers to help chaperone the retreat. Please contact Connor Flanagan if you are willing and able to help. Any portion of your time is greatly appreciated. We are especially in need of parents to help with the overnight shifts on the retreat. SUMMER S T R E T C H Only 6th, 7th and 8th grader are eligible for a fun Summer S-t-r-e-t-c-h with lots of teens from the surrounding parishes. DON'T MISS OUT on this one! SJN will host the first event on Wednesday, July 11. Fr Al will gather us around the Lord's Table at 9 AM then we will eat, work and play until 3. Lots to do- service to the community, games, basketball, tie-dye shirts and music. Sign up now. Look for permission and registration forms on the SJN website and get in the group! Program continues for 4 more Wednesdays till Aug 8. You aren't obligated to do all 5 if you have summer vacation scheduled in there but come for most of them. It will be a good time for all. Here's the details : It's $50 a person plus $16 for Wildwood Highlands. So don't waste time or money- register now and get the fun and faith and friends that a good summer experience promises. HIGH SCHOOL MENTORS Looking for 9th-12th graders who want to have fun and experience faith with others. Summer Stretch needs YOU. If you are mature and like to be around people and maybe need service hours for school, this is for you. We'll begin with a one day retreat just for mentors and then ask you to participate in the 5 Wednesday (July 11 to Aug 8) programs of service and community builders from 9 to 3 each week. Call the Rel Ed office to sign up now and invite a friend too. BAPTISM PREP Congratulations to our expecting and new parents at SJN. Life is always good! If you would like to have your child baptized into God's eternal life and joy, then you are invited to attend a Baptism Prep session on Sunday, July 15 from 10:30 till noon. Please call the Rel Ed office to register. PREP FOR FIRST SACRAMENTS IN 2013- RECONCILIATION AND COMMUNION We have begun our immediate preparation year for all young people who have reached the age of reason (usually 7 years old) and who desire to receive First Reconciliation and First Communion next spring 2013. All should have attended a prayer reflection and information meeting this month and affirmed their baptismal call to live in the Light. We hope most of you have started the work packets and are growing in a special way toward Jesus this summer with scripture and prayer. If we missed you and your child wants to be part of this sacrament journey PLEASE call the Rel Ed office now so we can set up a meeting time and start this important process of faith with you and your family.

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Page Five SERVE THE LORD WITH YOUR HANDS & HEARTS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO REGISTER, CALL 412-366-2020, EXT. 12 GREATER PGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK VOLUNTEER TUESDAY, JUNE 26 BENEFITS PERRY HILLTOP FOOD BANK Earn free food for Perry Hilltop Food Bank on Tuesday, June 26 at the Greater Pgh. Community Food Bank near Kennywood Park. We'll pack food on an assembly line for senior citizens in 11 counties (in May we helped pack 1680 boxes). Meet at the church's back doors at 8:00 AM; return approx. 1:30 PM. Limit: 10 volunteers. Register at 412-366-5638, ext. 12 with your name, phone #, email address by noon, Friday, June 22. St. John Neumann parish has been volunteering at GPCFB since January 1991. For more details, please call Sarah Schneider at 412-366-4927. YOUNG ADULTS Don't forget to check out CYANorthHills.org for events for Catholic young adults in the area. You can also find us on Facebook at facebook.com/cyanorthhills. It's summer time so check it out! RETROUVAILLE Has your MARRIAGE become cold or unloving? Are you making plans to move out, considering separation or even divorce? Don t give up - give Retrouvaille a try. The next program is scheduled on July 13. Email 3041@retrouvaille.org or 412-277-3434. GIFT CARDS We have some gift cards that were bought for Christmas shopping that did not sell. Would you please consider purchasing TJ Maxx/Marshalls, Barnes & Noble, Old Navy/Banana Republic/Gap or Kohl s to help reduce our inventory. Thank you! A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE BY BUD OZAR Parenting is a lot like the story of the farmer in the gospel parable today. All growth is the Lord s work. We have no control over the process. In fact the farmer doesn t even understand it, for the seed grows even when he sleeps. As parents we can influence our children but nothing we do can guarantee results. SJN PICTORIAL DIRECTORY Families may sign up for appointments on-line at www.stjohnneumannpgh.org or after Masses on the weekends. Photography will be offered on four more days, July 11-14, 2012. There is no cost to be photographed and every participating family will receive a complimentary 8x10 portrait. Each family that brings in a non-perishable canned food item will receive a $5.00 coupon to apply toward any portraits they do order. Please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to make a treasured family keepsake. Participating households will receive a free directory! ST JOHN NEUMANN PRAYER MINISTRY The St. John Neumann Ministry of Prayer is intended to motivate everyone in the St. John Neumann parish community to pray each day for parishioners and family and friends of parishioners. All in the Parish are encouraged to check the S J N Prayer blog http:// stjohnneumannpghprayer.blogspot.com and respond to Christ s challenge to Pray always and never lose heart (Lk18:1). If you need prayer, please send an e-mail to sjnprayer@gmail.com. Instructions are provided at the St. John Neumann Prayer Blog. You can also call Kathy Buzzard at 412-366-0781 or the parish office at ext. 10. Please raise up in prayer our most recent additions: Anitra Lahey Monica BACKPACKS NEEDED Through July 31, North Hills Community Outreach will collect new backpacks and school supplies to low-income children in all grades including college. Items needed in backpacks, pencils, scissors, crayons, markers, notebooks. You can drop off supplies in SJN s donation center. Contact Vicki at 412-487-6316, option 1 for more information. SUMMER STARS 2012 St. Alexis is having a Summer Day Camp for children ages 4 & 5 for two weeks this summer. Each session will be from 9 AM to Noon. Session 1 (Carnival of Colors) will run from July 16-20 and Session 2 (Pint Size Science) will run July 23-27. One session is $60 and both sessions are $100. Call 724-935-4343. PASSAVANT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION PACEMAKERS & DEFIBRILLATORS June 20 at 12:30 PM Cranberry Twp. Municipal Bldg. Call 412-367-6640 to register PARISH GARDEN Anyone who would like to volunteer 10 to 30 minutes a week to water & weed our Parish Garden, please call Mary Zeak at 412-364-8542. When the garden is in, you will be called to help. Several local food banks are blessed with fresh produce from our garden! PLEASE NOTIFY THE PARISH OFFICE 412-366-2020 (EXT. 10)?? If you have a family member who becomes seriously ill or home bound and would want us to know.?? If there has been a death in your immediate family and you wish to have the person mentioned in the Prayer of the Faithful on Sunday.