Saint John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church Saint 50 John Jefferson Street +++ Uniontown PA the Evangelist A Parish of the Diocese of Greensburg + + + A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust Roman Catholic Church Parish Office + 88 S Pennsylvania Avenue + Uniontown PA 15401 50 Jefferson Street Uniontown PA 15401 Parish Office: 88 S. Pennsylvania Avenue Uniontown PA 15401 Parish Staff A Parish of the Diocese of Greensburg A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust Pastor: Father James D. Tringhese jtringhese@dioceseofgreensburg.org 724-437-7569 Business DECEMBER Manager: 11, Rita 2016 Rae WEDDINGS rrae@dioceseofgreensburg.org BAPTISM OF CHILDREN 724-437-7569 Faith Formation Director: Molli E. Vassar mvassar@atlanticbb.net First Sunday of the Month 724-439-8723 is Pastoral Assistant: Alice A. Yezbak At least six months ayezbak@dioceseofgreensburg.org notice is SUNDAY MASS OUTSIDE OF MASS 724-437-7569 needed. Marriage Preparation Parish Secretary: Julia Henry jhenry@dioceseofgreensburg.org Second Sunday of the 724-437-7569 Month is Saturday Evening: 5:30 pm is required. Date DURING 10:30 Parish am FAX: Mass 724-437-6277 Sunday: 8:30 am and 10:30 am Contact the Parish Office. Information contact Molli Vassar WEEKDAY MASS Parish Website: RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION Saint SACRAMENT John the OF Evangelist RECONCILIATION www.sje-parish.org OF ADULTS Regional Catholic School Mon, Tues, Wed, Parish Fri: Email: 8:30 Principal: Saturdays: Christine 11:00 Roskovensky am am stjohnrcchurch@atlanticbb.net For information contact Molli Vassar chrisros@atlanticbb.net ADORATION OF THE BLESSED HOLYDAY MASSES Office Hours SJE SACRAMENT Regional School Office: Please Monday check - Friday: the Parish 8:30-11:30 Bulletin AM and Thursdays: 724-438-8598 8:00 am 4:30 pm 12:30-4:30 PM PARISH STAFF Closed 11:30 AM-12:30 PM Pastor: Closed Father Holydays James and D. Tringhese Holidays jtringhese@dioceseofgreensburg.org Baptism of Children Business Manager: Rita Rae rrae@dioceseofgreensburg.org First Sunday of the Month Faith Form. Director: mvassar@atlanticbb.net Outside of Mass Sunday Mass Molli E. Vassar Second Sunday of the Month Pastoral Saturday Assistant: Evening: Alice 5:30 A. Yezbak PM ayezbak@dioceseofgreensburg.org During 10:30 AM Mass Parish Sunday Secretary: 8:30 AM Julia and Henry 10:30 AM jhenry@dioceseofgreensburg.org For information contact Molli Vassar Parish Phone: 724-437-7569 Parish Fax: 724-437-6277 Weekday Mass Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 8:30 AM Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults P W : Holyday Masses For those S considering J becoming E a Catholic www.sje-parish.org Please check the Parish Bulletin For information R contact C Molli S Vassar Parish Email: Principal: Christine Roskovensky stjohnrcchurch@atlanticbb.net Sacrament of Reconciliation Office Hours: Saturdays Monday-Thursday: 11:00 AM 9:00 4:00 & Friday: 9:00-3:00 WEDDINGS: chrisros@atlanticbb.net At least six months notice is needed. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Closed 11:30 Marriage Preparation is required. Thursdays: am-12:30 pm, 8:00 Closed AM-6:00 Holy PM days and Holidays SJE Regional School Office: 724-438-8598 Contact the Parish Office
Page 2 ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH Mass Schedule Saturday December 10, 2016 5:30 p.m. For the People of the Parish Sunday December 11, 2016 8:30 a.m. +James & Martha Nesser (Family) 10:30 a.m. +Shimko & Gavorcik Families (A. Raho) Monday December 12, 2016 8:30 a.m. +Frank Zaycosky (S. Zaycosky) Tuesday December 13, 2016 8:30 a.m. +Helen Lucostic (Family) Wednesday December 14, 2016 8:30 a.m. +Patricia Dillon Lombardo (P. & L. Dillon) Friday December 16, 2016 8:30 a.m. +Noah J. Smith (Family) Saturday December 17, 2016 5:30 p.m. +Patrick Maher, Sr. (J. Vrabel) Sunday December 18, 2016 8:30 a.m. +Lois Murphy (Family) 10:30 a.m For the People of the Parish Ministers Schedule Sat., December 17 & Sun., December 18 5:30 p.m. 8:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Eucharistic Ministers: L. Conrad M. Brown D. Bryant B. Crutchman J. Gebe D. Cummings K. Paull M. Gebe J. Henry K. Paull P. Seighman B. Johnston J. Riffle P. Sokol R. Newhouse E. Rosso P. Springer D. Price B. Yantko S. Tracy R. Price Greeters: Brant Family W. Hensel R/D Price L. Conrad J. Lindsay P. Richardson M. Hackney M. Patchan L. Zaycosky Lector: V. Bilonick E. Mulac J. Kolonsky Servers: J. Jellots T. Kalich T. Newhouse A. White B. Lemansky L. Urani J. White B. Lemansky S. Urani Children s Liturgy - Sunday, December 18 (P) T. Gamon (A) K. Richardson Schedule of the Week Monday, December 12 Adult Bible Study (PC)....6:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 14 Choir Practice (C)...7:00 p.m. Thursday, December 15 Eucharistic Adoration (C)..8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. RCIA (PC)...6:00 p.m. Advent Penance Service @ St. Francis of Assisi, Masontown...7:00 p.m. Friday, December 16 Parish office closes at 12:00 Noon Saturday, December 17 Advent Penance Service (St. Therese with St. John) @ St. John the Evangelist, Uniontown...1:00 p.m. Sunday, December 18 Children s Liturgy (PC)......during 10:30 Mass Papal Blessing Saint John s Pastor and Parishioners received a very special gift. It is a Papal Blessing bestowed on us by the Holy Father, Pope Francis as a commemoration of the Holy Year of Mercy which has just concluded. The official document of the Papal Blessing is framed and hangs in the vestibule of the church. Please take a look at it when you are in church. The blessing was requested and given to Saint John s by Father Emil Payer, retired priest of the diocese and former Associate Pastor at Saint John s. We thank him for his gift. Attention Christian Mothers On Wednesday, December 14, 2016 we are asking any Christian Mother who are able to help to please come to the Parish Center at one o clock to help with the Christmas decorating. If you cannot help with the decorating, we need help in sending out Christmas cards to members of the Christian Mothers and members of our parish who we want to remember this Christmas holiday.
Third Sunday of Advent, December 11, 2016 Page 3 Steward of Treasure December 4, 2016 Adult $ 9,078.00 Children $ 5.00 Loose $ 498.00 Maintenance $ 634.00 Candles $ 90.00 Catholic Education $ 28.00 Thanksgiving $ 69.00 All Saints $ 30.00 Immaculate Conception $ 87.00 Retired Religious $ 15.00 Poverty Relief $ 24.00 Initial Offering $ 5.00 Christmas Flowers $ 185.00 Christmas $ 242.00 Oplatki Wafers $ 123.00 Children/Family Appeal $ 10.00 Solemnity of Mary $ 15.00 Total: $11,138.00 Collection Counters for December 18, 2016 J/I Monahan K. Coburn B. Rozzell Family Ornament Making Party Mark Your Calendars for this year's Family Ornament making party! Sunday, December 11 from 1-4 in our Parish Center will again be open for all of our parish children and their families to enjoy an open house of ornament making and holiday snacks. There will be coca and cookies, and things to make for the littlest hands and some bigger ones too. And, we may even get another visit from St. Nicholas who will tell us the story of the real person whom the Church honors as the spirit of kindness and generosity during this season. No reservations are required and everyone is invited, so please come! If you would like to help with the fun, please call Erin Green at 412-925-4740. With Deepest Sympathy Condolences are extended to the family of Alice Enany Kagel, sister of Kathy Enany Bush and Saundra Enany Faris of our parish. May God grant her eternal rest and comfort to her family. Christmas Eve Cantata The members of the Adult Choir invite you to begin the celebration of Christmas Eve by joining them as they present Morning Star: Celebrating the Everlasting Light of Christmas prior to the Midnight Mass. The cantata whose central them is Jesus, the light of the world will begin at 11:25 p.m. The choir s prayer is that each of us finds hope in the message of the music and encouragement in the unconditional love of God. Christmas Concert Broadcast Through the generosity of an anonymous donor, the Christmas Cantata preformed by our Choir, prior to the Midnight Mass will be broadcast on WMBS 590 radio at 2:30 PM on Christmas Day. Please inform family, friends and especially the homebound about this broadcast. May God bless this generous donor. Mt. Macrina Manor s Live Nativity Mt. Macrina Manor s 23nd annual drive-through Live Nativity Will be held on the grounds of Mt. Macrina on Sunday, December 11, 2016 From 5:00 to 7:00 PM The Nativity will be set up along the Friendship Circle Adjacent to the facility There will be Christmas carols and the Angels passing out candy canes! Five hundred luminaries will line the driveway that leads to the Nativity. The event is free of charge. Everyone is welcome. For information phone Mary at 724-430-1021
Reflection 3rd SUNDAY OF ADVENT "The blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised." Jesus has quite a résumé. When asked whether or not he is the long awaited Messiah, Jesus replies with this list of his credentials as proof of his position. These signs and wonders speak volumes, to be sure. But perhaps the most interesting line on the list is his concluding one, "the poor have the good news proclaimed to them." Why does he count this among his litany of miracles? What is so remarkable about sharing good news? Perhaps Jesus included this element of his work-- the preaching of good news--to remind his followers that the physical healings were not the ultimate goal of his mission. Rather, the spiritual healing that comes from hearing the good news of salvation is what Jesus was really about. The "poor"--which in a sense means all of us sinners, trapped by the poverty of the sins that enslave us-- are freed by Jesus' message of a loving God who wants to bring us into his kingdom. Our poverty is erased by his richness. His mercy "undoes" our sin and we are invited to become the children of God who share in the glories of his heavenly abode. Sometimes it's tempting to just want the visible miracles. But the invisible ones--the conversions that take place in the silence of the human heart-- are truly the more important works of God. Such interior transformation is what leads us to eternal life; even a physical cure won't last for eternity-- death still comes at some point. But the really good news is that this miracle of conversion is available to all of us. And this season of Advent is the perfect time to let God work his miracles in our hearts. Sanctuary Candle In acknowledging the Real Presence of Christ, the Tabernacle Candle will burn in loving memory of Mary Pasquale requested by Suzanne McMonagle Tom & Cathy Murtha Ceil & Binky Sages
You are invited to A Time to Remember Sunday, December 11, 2016 At Kezmarsky Funeral Home 71 Pennsylvania Ave. Uniontown, Pennsylvania Musical Prelude 6:00 PM Memorial Service 7:00 PM Light Refreshments to Follow To submit a photo of a loved one for the memorial video, please email them to: Kezmarsky@Coordinated360.com Or deliver to the Funeral Home by 5 PM On Friday, December 9th-Be sure to include their name as it should appear on screen. Readings for the Week Sunday: Is 35:1-6a, 10/Ps 146/Jas 5:7-10/ Mt 11:2-11 Monday: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/Jdt 13/Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47 Tuesday: Zep 3:1-2, 9-13/Ps 34/Mt 21:28-32 Wednesday: Is 45:6b-8, 18, 21b-25/ Ps 85/Lk 7:18b-23 Thursday: Is 54:1-10/Ps 30/Lk 7:24-30 Friday: Is 56:1-3a, 6-8/Ps 67/Jn 5:33-36 Saturday: Gn 49:2, 8-10/Ps 72/Mt 1:1-17 Next Sunday: Is 7:10-14/Ps 24/Rom 1:1-7/ Mt 1:18-24