416 SOUTH BROADWAY

SCOTTDALE, PA 15683-2119

A Pennsylvania Charitable Trust

A Parish of the Diocese of Greensburg

THE PARTNER PARISH

PASTORAL CENTER

416 South Broadway

Scottdale, PA 15683-2119

Phone: 724-887-6321/724-887-6714

Fax: 724-887-6324

St John the Baptist Hall: 724-887-7013

St Joseph Hall: 724-220-5321

www.stjohnsandstjosephs.org

PARISH STAFF

Rev. Andrew M. Kawecki .................. Pastor/Administrator

Residence Phone .............................................. 724-887-8180

E-mail .......................... akawecki@dioceseofgreensburg.org

Anita Fabian ..................... Parish Secretary/Bulletin Editor

E-mail ............................. afabian@dioceseofgreensburg.org

Jeanne Anderson ..................................... Business Manager

E-mail .......................... janderson@dioceseofgreensburg.org

Linda Benko……………………….Faith Formation/ RCIA

E-mail…………………...lbenko@dioceseofgreensburg.org

Lindaloubenko@aol.com

James Jacquillard…………………………..Music Director

E-mail……………… jjacquillard@dioceseofgreensburg.org

Bill Thompson………………………………Maintenance

E-mail………………wthompson@dioceseofgreensburg.org

OFFICE HOURS

Monday–Friday: ...................................... 9:00 AM–3:30 PM

Closed Daily ................................................. Noon–1:00 PM

Charity Outreach…………………… …. 724-217-6259

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

PRE-K PROGRAM

Early Childhood 3−4 years old

Bonnie Sandusky………… Teacher 724-562-3336

Pre-School Phone………………………….. 724-887-9550

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Weekday Masses

Monday, Tuesday ..................... 8:30 AM (SJE)

Wednesday, Friday ................. 8:30 AM (SJBS)

Weekend Masses

Saturday Vigil ........................ 4:00 PM (SJBS)

Sunday ...................................... 8:30 AM (SJE)

Sunday .................................. 10:30 AM (SJBS)

Holy Days of Obligation

Holy Day Vigil .......................... 6:00 PM (SJE)

Holy Day ................................ 6:00 PM (SJBS)

SACRAMENTS

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Daily before / after Mass and by appt.

Saturday: 3:30–4:00 PM (SJBS)

Sunday: 8:00–8:30 AM (SJE)

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament & Benediction: All are welcome to attend Adoration of the Blessed

Sacrament after 8:30 AM Mass Tuesdays at (SJE) until

concluding at 6:00 PM with Benediction.

Sacrament of Baptism: Baptism is celebrated at Sunday Eucharist. To arrange a date and instructions for the Sacrament please call the Parish Office, 724-887-6321.

Sacrament of Marriage: Arrangements can be made by calling the office at least one year in advance.

RCIA/Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults: Those interested in learning about becoming a member of

the Catholic Faith contact Parish Office, 724-887-6321

Sponsors for Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation are required to provide a certificate of eligibility if they are not a member of our Partner Parish. To be a sponsor, you must be Baptized and Confirmed. Any parishioner needing a certificate of eligibility to be a sponsor for another parish is required to personally visit the Pastoral Center to obtain a certificate at our office during business hours.

NEW MEMBERS

If you wish to join the faith community of the Partner Parish of St. John the Baptist and St. Joseph please contact the

Pastoral Center.

April 15, 2018 Second Third Sunday of Easter

Page 2 FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

Today’s Readings

April 15, 2018 ~ Third Sunday of Easter

First Reading: Peter addresses the Israelites after he has cured a man who was crippled from birth. His words are accusatory,

letting the people know thay rejected the Holy and righteous One and put him to death. Peter’s words are also affirmative. In

them, Peter testifies that the god of their fathers is the same God who raised Jesus, the Holy and righteous One. Jesus’ suffering

fulfilled the message of the prophets; his Resurrection is God’s ultimate act of fidelity, fulfilling his promise of life to his people.

Paul calls the Israelites to repentance and conversion. Our call to change does not stop with Lent. It continues in the Easter

Season!

Responsorial Psalm 4 seems a rather somber hymn for the Easter Season. The psalm’s subdued nature reflects the psalm writer’s

confidence in god’s gentle strength and power. In the refrain, we ask the Lord to shine his face upon us. We want to see God

and to live in his image and likeness as he created us. We celebrate with the psalm writer the wonders God has done for us—

and, as Christians, especially the wonder of his Son’s Resurrection!

Second Reading: From the final chapter of John, from which last Sunday’s Gospel was taken, we move back to an earlier part of

the letter. Are we in Lent? You might ask this question as you read the three short verses of today’s Second Reading. Sin is

the obvious topic of the passage. We hope to remain faithful in love to god’s commandments. We hope not to sin, but the

author of the letter is realistic. God’s children will sin. Yet all is not lost. Jesus Christ with advocate for us with the Father.

Jesus Christ died as expiation for our sins and the sins of the whole world. For this, we are grateful.

Gospel: Jesus offers peace once again to the disciples, as we heard him offer last Sunday. The disciples do not believe it is he.

Jesus recognized that they are troubled, and invites them to see his hands and feet for themselves. Easter joy fills the disciples.

Jesus eats with them and breaks open the Scriptures for them. Their growth in faith continues. Ours must, too, in Easter Time

as we strengthen ourselves for lifelong witness to the Risen One.

Next week: Fourth Sunday of Easter: Acts 4:8-12; Psalm 118:1,8-9,21-23,26,29; 1 John 3:1-2 ; John 10:11-18

Partner Parish of St. John the Baptist

and

St. Joseph

MISSION STATEMENT

T he Living Faith Community of Saint John the Baptist, Scottdale, PA and Saint Joseph, Ever-

son, PA are bridged by our common Baptism, while maintaining our respective ethnic herit-

ages. We are called by Jesus Christ to be a nurturing community through worship and ser-

vice.

W e are committed to preserve our Catholic beliefs centered on the Eucharist as we become

better disciples while continuing to develop strong lay leadership.

G uided by the Holy Spirit, we share a vision for the future. We will become a

vibrant Partner Parish where all feel loved and welcomed.

PARTNER PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS PARTNER PARISH ANNOU

LITURGY CORNER…. . WHAT DOES THAT MEAN???

INRI – Atop a crucifix in a Catholic church or home is sometimes found the inscription INRI. The letters commonly

appear on a banner affixed to the uppermost quadrant of the cross above the head of the crucified Christ. Not all

crucifixes bear the letters, but many do.

The letters abbreviate the Latin inscription Jesus Nazaremus Rex Iudarorum, or “Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews.” According to John’s gos-

pel, Pontius Pilate ordered this inscription to give the name and hometown of the victim and to publicize the grounds for his execution. Soldiers

wrote the words in Hebrew, Latin and Greek—the languages of the Old Testament, the Roman government, and the New Testament. In Christian

art, the words are sometimes completely spelled out, but more commonly the Latin text is rendered as a simple acronym.

The chief priests of the Jews objected that Pilate should have written, “This man said, I am King of the Jews.” Pilate refused to change the text.

His reply became a chilling aphorism of authority in Latin: “Quod scripsi scripsi>“ “What I have written, I have written.” Thus Pilate would not

acknowledge the kingship of Jesus in the trial, but he proclaimed it publicly—if sarcastically—on the cross.

The inscription appears in the other gospels, each time with slightly different wording. Theses are the only known words written about Jesus during

his lifetime. To believers, they affirm the humanity and divine royalty of Jesus.

In Rome, the Church of the holy Cross in Jerusalem claims to have the relic of the original sign.

Catholic Charities will host a Longaberger Basket Bingo on Tuesday,

June 5th 2018 at the Fountain Mills Banquet Hall, 405 Porter Ave.,

Scottdale, PA. A light dinner will be served from 6-7PM. Bingo begins

at 7. Tickets are $25 and include 20 games of bingo, dinner and door

prizes. There will also be 50/50, basket raffles, dessert auction and

cash bar. Each Longaberger basket will be filled with wonderful house-

hold and beauty items as well as other fun treasures!

Call 724-837-1840 for tickets.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Tuesday Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will

resume at St. Joseph’s shortly in a modified time

frame. Adoration will begin following the 8:30 AM

Mass for one hour and will conclude with Bene-

diction at k10:00 AM. This condensed period is necessitated

because of security concerns for our adorers and for our

church.

As we complete an ongoing security assessment at both St.

Joseph’s and St. John’s and implement additional security

procedures, the adoration period may by extended. Please

understand, the safety of our adorers is our primary concern.

Charity Outreach 724-217– 6259

Friday, April 20—10:30-12:30

PRE-SCHOOL NEWS

Altar Time is a part of each day

in our Preschool.

We learn about God.

Registration for the 2018-2019

School Year is going on now.

Our Lady of Fatima Pilgrim Statue

April 15- April 22 David and Kasia Hyde

April 22- April 29 Jason and Lisa Lehman

April 29- May 6 Dori Waters

May 6- May 13 Susan Zylka

May 13- May 20 Colleen Lane

There are still 6 open slots to host the Lady of Fatima Pilgrim Stat-ue. Are you interested in this project? Call Marsha Callaro 724-887

-4562

Generations of Faith

- Next month's session of GOF will be on May 6- instead of the 13th (Notice change in date- because of Mother's Day).

Our topic next month is:

"The Holy Spirit". Everyone is invited to attend!

GOD BLESS OUR FIRST COMMUNION

CLASS. CONGRATULATIONS!

AVA HERNANDEZ

BROCK PRITTS

BRADEN LANE

KOLTEN LEWANDOWSKI

KAYLIE LIGHTNER

TRISTEN TIEDEMAN

April 17 7:00 PM Finance Council

April 18 7:00 PM St. John Festival Meeting

April 21 5:15 PM Catholic Café

April 22 9:00 PM Holy Name Breakfast

St. Joseph Hall

You are invited to attend a special AGO Choral & Organ Grant Event at the

Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Greensburg, PA on Sunday, May 6th at 4

PM, join us as local choirs and organ students from SHU perform

on the recently installed St. Bede organ.

Free will offering taken at the door. Proceeds benefit the Grant fund which

supports young students in the study of organ and sacred music at Seton

Hill University. For more info: mcazden@dioceseofgreensburg.org

Special blessings to those who will receive Jesus

April 15, 2018 for the first time, and their loved ones!

“Do This in Remembrance of Me”

Ava Hernandez

Brock Pritts

Braden Lane

Kolten Lewandowski

KaKaylie Lightner

Tristan Tiedeman

APRIL 22, 2018

4:00 PM

M., I. House J. Niezgoda J. Anderson*

S., E. Zylka

8:30 AM

C. . Konieczny M. Cassady L. Banaszak*

K. Skowronek C. Bradley, B. Shemo

10:30 AM

N. Gillott R. Huygens A. Capo*, S. Capo

P. Ware K. Gamon

PLEASE FIND YOUR OWN SUBSTITUTE IF UNABLE TO SERVE

We would like to thank each and everyone one of you who made our 2018 Partner Parish Fish Fry the most successful ever. We made $26,869.59 which con-sisted of

Fish Fry $20,404.59

Bake Sale $5,600.00

Basket Raffle $865.00

Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped prep the food the day before, who worked on day during the fish fry, and those that help come and clean up. We had such a great team effort and everyone got along and enjoyed themselves.

We also want to thank all of the families from the Preschool who made or donated baskets for the basket raffle, your generosity is greatly ap-preciated.

Finally, thank you to Dolly Glowacki, who baked every single week and took orders for her wonderful baked goods. We truly appreciate all that you did.

Holy Name Breakfast– Sunday, April 22– 8:30 AM—Noon

St. Joseph Hall

Ham, Eggs & Potatoes- $6.00

St. Joan of Arc Ladies’ guild is sponsoring a “Pick ‘n Paint”

April 28, 20018, 1:00 PM ~ St. Joan of Arc Social Hall

Cost $35 ~ Includes Painting supplies/ instruction/ canvas

slate or maple syrup bucket for painting/ refreshments

Call the church office for more information 724-329-4522

2018 Diocesan Lenten Appeal

A sincere thank-you goes out to all who have responded to the Diocesan Lenten Appeal. To date the total of pledges and gifts received is:

St. John the Baptist

Parish Goal…………………….$67,415.00

Diocesan Target……………… $37,415.00

Pledged Amount $44,687.00

Amount Received…………… $31,685.00

St. Joseph

Parish Goal…………………… $40,655.00

Diocesan Target……………… $25,655,00

Pledged Amount……………… $25,660.00

Amount Received…………….. $19,125.00

If you haven’t made your gift, please prayerfully discern your gift and return your pledge card at Mass next weekend or return it to the Parish Office. In addition, you can make your pledge online at DLA.dioceseofgreensburg.org

Catholic Café is April 21st following the 4:00 Mass.

It's a pot luck. Come join the fun and discussion!!

Our guest speaker this month is our former pastor

Fr. Len Stoviak.

MASS INTENTIONS

April 14-22, 2018

Saturday, April 14 NO MORNING MASS

SJBS– 4:00 PM + Stanley Niezgoda– Juliana &

Ben Dalansky

Sunday, April 15

Third Sunday of Easter

SJE – 8:30 AM + Thomas Darrell– Dan & Paula

SJBS-10:30 AM Celebration of First Communion

Monday, April 16

WOODCREST 7:OO pm + Joseph Skrobacz– Don & Joan

Orlando

Tuesday, April 17

SJE– 8:30 AM + Eleanor Heesch– Jean & Tony

Chepanoske

Wednesday, April 18

SJBS - 8:30 + Fr. William Gavron– Rick Homistek

Thursday, April 19 NO MORNING MASS

Friday, April 20

SJBS– 8:30 PM + Kenneth Dalansky

Saturday, April 21

St. Anselm, Bishop & Doctor of the Church

SJBS - 4:00 PM + Robert Pinskey– Wife, Gertie

Sunday, April 22

Fourth Sunday of Easter

SJE - 8:30 AM + For Parishioners

SJBS - 10:30 AM + Bill & Kathleen Owens-

Children, Bill, Jr. , Deborah & Diane

April 1, 2018

Envelopes……………………………. $5,158.00

Loose…………………………………… 247.00

Easter………………………………….. 6,128.00

Holy Thursday………………………….. 492.00

Good Friday…………………………….. 538.00

Other…………………………………….. 186.00

TOTAL REGULAR………………… $12,749.00

Cemetery…………………………… 132.00

April 1, 2018

Envelopes……………………………. $3,361.00

Easter…………………………………. 8,073.00

Holy Thursday……………………….. 597.00

Good Friday…………………………. 516.00

Other…………………………………. 234.00

TOTAL REGULAR…………………..$12,781.00

Cemetery……………………………. 70.00

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WEEKLY COLLECTION-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

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BETTY ZOTTOLA

BY

ANITA, JOE, & FAMILY

W. Aldine “Dee” Yothers

Mother of

Kathy (Chris) Petrarca

Buried ~ Green Ridge Memorial Park

Keep her and her family in your prayers

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