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Barbara FreeRuth WingebachPro PopuloElsie Elmer William & Pauline TierneyElsie Elmer Eucharistic AdorationFrank GranoEucharistic AdorationPast & Present Altar SocietyRoy, Pauline, David HarmanVerl DiskinRuth WingebachPro Populo

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Mass Schedules & Intentions for April 7th-15th

Altar Servers:

Ushers

E. M. E.

Lectors:

Gift Bearers 

4:00 PM 

 Noah Popejoy

Bill Harman

& Dave Petrey

Sharon Giacometti

Renee Popejoy

Margaret Setina

& Gay Kranker 

8:00 AM

Kaylee Bogina

Greg Bogina

& Mike Ashbacher 

Tracey Bogina

Linda Broyles

Barbara Doue

& Mary Sayre

Next Sunday(4/15/2012)Next Saturday (4/14/2012)

Notes from the Pastor: Happy and Blessed Easter! 

Easter is the feast of all feasts! For me, it is even more meaningful than Christmas! Try to im-agine this: you were joyful at the birth of your child. What if your child died, then after three daysthe child come back to life. The joy would certainly be unimaginable and immeasurable! This isthe joy of Easter! And this is the good news to all of us, especially those among us whose lovedones have already departed: they are alive! The proof? Our Lord’s resurrection!  

What’s the proof that Jesus rose from the dead? I questioned that before when I was growing

up. But as many people have realized, I found the answer with the lives of the apostles – their wit-nessing: how they lived and how they died! According to the Acts of the Apostles and the Epis-tles, they lived like brothers and sisters, loving, helping, forgiving, and united to one another in thename of Christ! How they died? They chose to die a martyr’s death: stoned, beheaded, crucified,

flayed alive, burned at the stake…if they were spreading a lie that Jesus rose from the dead, would

they be willing to die a horrible death for the sake of a lie? Think about that! But of course this isa matter of faith. And I always say: for those who believe, no proof is needed. For those who donot believe, no proof is sufficient!

And the most wonderful news of all: Jesus’ death and resurrection saves us and restores us

 back to God! That’s why we are called an Easter People because of our Easter faith! Without

Christ’s resurrection, we will not be here! Now the challenge is on us! God calls us to live and, if 

opportunity provides, die like the Apostles and many Christians did! We are called to be His wit-nesses!

I thank all the people who made our Holy Week celebrations successful and meaningful! For Girard: special thanks to Joan Davied and all volunteers to be lectors, EME’s, gift bearers, sacris-

tans; to Faith Paoni and all our altar servers especially to Lucas Gorentz; to Nancy Hofer andthose who helped her decorate our church, and to Ruth Duling and all our musicians and choir; toMichelle Puckett and our CYM kids for the Easter Egg Hunt! I thank the 12 volunteers for thewashing of the feet! Thanks for the humility!

MASS SCHEDULE 

GIRARD  ARMA 

Sat. 5:30pm 4:00pm

Sun. 10:00 am 8:00 am

CONFESSION

Sat. 2:00-2:45pm 3:15-3:45pm

Weekdays before Mass;anytime by appointment.

STAFF Fr. Roger Lumbre

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Janel Scales/Marcel Normand Bookkeeper/Bulletin Editor 

Judy Smerchek  Secretary

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For Arma: special thanks to our musicians Jan Harmanand Sharon Doherty; to Joan Barbieri and her Art andEnvironment committee in decorating our church andcovering the statues! Thanks to all those who donated or contributed for the Easter lilies! God bless you all!Fr. Roger 

Door Prizes-Along with the Spaghetti Feed tickets, weare selling door prize tickets for a $1.00 donation or 6 for $5.00. The prizes will include cash prizes from area mer-chants, some merchandise from area merchants, and ahand made quilt by Cindy Keith. A complete list will beissued soon.

Planning Committee-The last meeting for the PlanningCommittee for the Spaghetti Feed will be Monday, April9th, at 6:00 in the rectory. Those who need to attend areas follows: Betty Rons, Karen Pryer, Joan Barbieri, Mar-garet Setina, Linda & Joe Broyles, Debra & TomAmershek, Cindy Keith, Pat Westhoff, Judy Smerchek,Emil Pronier, Joan Black, Barbara Esposito, and MaryAnn Boyd.

Cooks Meeting-There will be one more Cooks Meeting,Monday, April 16th, at 6:00 in the hall. The names toattend will be in next week’s bulletin. 

 

 

The Resurrection: Foundation of our FaithMost of us take the Resurrection for granted. We’ve heard the

story so often and have attended Mass on so many Easter Sundaymornings that the reality of what actually happened can escape us.We have to step back to that FIRST Easter morning and relive thoseevents with the apostles before we can begin to appreciate the fantas-tic event we’re celebrating at the Saturday vigil and on Easter Sun-

day!Jesus died on Friday in a humiliating execution. His enemies were

happy for they had won their battle against the Teacher. His follow-ers were shocked, for they believed He was the Messiah. Now, in-stead of leading His people, on this FIRST Easter Sunday morning,His followers were hiding, fearful of arrest. It wasn’t supposed to end

this way. Jesus, Himself, had told them differently, but no one lis-tened and no one believed. He had told them of His own impendingdeath. Now, the women who had followed Him were returning to thetomb to complete the Jewish burial rite. They found the huge stonerolled back and the tomb empty. They hurried back to the Upper Room and told Peter and the others that the body was not there.Something had happened and they didn’t quite know what. But, by

day’s end, they’d be faced with the most alarming fact in the history

of the world!Mary Magdalene had stayed behind at the tomb when the other 

women had left and what she saw frightened her beyond belief. Asshe wandered, she came across a man she thought was the gardener.She inquired as to where the Master’s body had been taken, and she

heard the living voice of Someone she knew was dead. “Oh, my

God!” she exclaimed, for there in her midst was the man she had seen

executed just two days before! Jesus told her, “Go and tell Peter and

the others that I have risen, as I told them in Galilee.” Still shaking,

she ran to tell them that Jesus was alive. The apostles were skeptical,some did not believe her. Peter and John ran to the tomb and returnedto say the tomb was, indeed, empty. The apostles were afraid that theauthorities would blame them for the missing body; therefore, theyremained in the upper room all day, fearing that Roman soldiers werelooking for them. Toward evening, they grew hungry and sat at tablewith the bread and honey that they had. In the middle of the meal,they heard a strange sound and Jesus was suddenly standing there before them. He told them not to be afraid and showed them themarks of the nails and the wound in His side, saying, “See, it is really

me; I have died, but I am risen from the dead.”  That is the startling fact upon which our whole faith is based. In-

stead of His death being the end of His work; it was just the begin-ning. His Resurrection had turned the whole world on end. The apos-tles were commissioned to go to the four corners of the earth, bring-ing His message to everyone. They had been a small band of fright-ened, confused disciples and on Easter morning, they became themessengers of the Living God. Our Faith was born that day andthrough the years, we’ve built our whole Christian life around this

faith that will carry us to the glory of eternity!Article by Marcel Normand

COLLECTIONS

Last Week July 2011 to date

Contributions $1,562.92 $49,344.67

Expenses $3,939.92 $50,039.28

Over/ (Under) ($694.61)

Saint Joseph’s Upcoming Events 

Finance Council Parish Council Next Meeting Next Meeting, Tuesday, April 17thTBA 6:00 in the rectory

St. Ann Altar Society  Knights of Columbus

 Next meeting, 1st Tuesday of Month, 7pm

Wednesday, April 18th St. Michael Parish Hall

Parish Pastoral Council Officers:

Chair Pat Westhoff 

Members at Large Emil Pronier, Betty Rons & Marcel Normand

Secretary Karen Pryer 

Worship Committee:

Chair Karen Pryer Lectors Marcel Normand

E.M.Es Joann Black Music Jan Harman

Ushers/Greeters Bill Harman Sacristan Larry Pronier 

Altar Society: Judy Smerchek 

Parish Finance Council:

Chair Fred Bogina

Members Bill Harman, Judy Wingebach, Linda Broyles

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Tickets for Spaghetti Feed-Joe and Linda Broyles will be handingout the Spaghetti Feed tickets for those who did not get them lastweekend. They will be in the back of the church after Mass.

Lawnmower Bids-We are taking sealed bids on a Grasshopper lawnmower. It is a 23 horse power 61” cut. Any parishioner may drop a

sealed bid in the collection basket or mail the bid to St. Joseph Catho-lic Church. If you wish to see the mower contact Fred Bogina at 347-4443. All bids need to be received by April 10th. The Finance Coun-cil has the right to accept or reject any bids.

Easter Lilies-The lilies on the altar this morning are in memory of the following: Kenneth Harris, Kenneth E. Harris, Ray Barto, Oscar Cleland, Bill & Florence Talarico, Beverly Talarico Jenkins, Frank Ales, Isadore Stefanie, Emma Marchetti, John Varsolona Sr., Rose &Jack Podpeckan & family, the families of Ron & Joan Black, thefamilies of Sam & Joan Barbieri, Bogina families, Blazic families,Keith families, Sweeny families.

 ST. JOSEPH, DEFEND US IN OUR BATTLES