SERVICES FOR THE WEEK OF 4/28 TO 5/05 Celebrating 150 years 1869-2019 Sunday: 12 noon ------+ Carmel Pagnotto – Eric, Stephanie, Kayla, & Ben Tuesday: 8:30am ------Communion Service (Chapel) CHURCH OF JOSEPH Thursday: 6:30pm ------Communion Service (Chapel) Second Sunday of Easter – Sunday of Divine Mercy Sunday: 12 noon ------+ Mary A. Probst - Family April 28, 2019 COMMUNION SERVICES FOR THE WEEK Tuesday, April 30th – 8:30am: Terrie Kerstetter Thursday, May 2nd – 6:30pm: Dan Heiser

MINISTRIES SCHEDULE FOR May 5, 2019 Minister of Ministers of Lector: Altar Servers: Greeters: the Eucharist: the Chalice: 925 Huron Avenue P. Kowalski Renovo, Pennsylvania 17764 P. Gentzyel P. Risley J. Kowalski P. Kowalski A. Knauff 570-923-0172 phone/fax J. Morgan E. Ransdorf A. Tarantella [email protected] Website: stjosephchurchrenovopa.org SCHEDULED EVENTS FOR THE WEEK: Office Hours: Monday/Tuesday/Thursday: 9:00am to 2:00pm MONDAY Office hours: 9 am – 2 pm 4/29 Wednesday: 9:00am to 4:00pm / Friday: 9:00am to 12 noon TUESDAY Matthew 25/ Administration 6:00 pm 4/30 Parish Life Mtg. Center WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE: HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION: WEDNESDAY Office hours: 9 am – 4 pm Sunday 12:00 noon Vigil – 6:30 p.m. 5/1 Saturday 5:00 p.m. (SA Lock Haven) Holy Day – 9:00 a.m. (IC Lock Haven) Administration Holy Day – 7:00 p.m. (SA Lock Haven) Church History Class 4:00 pm Sunday 8:00 a.m. (IC Lock Haven) THURSDAY Center Sunday 9:30 a.m. (SA Lock Haven) 5/2 Church Prayer Shawl 6:30 pm Hall SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: FRIDAY COMMUNION SERVICES: Sunday at 11:30-11:45 a.m. Office hours: 9 am – 12 noon 5/3 Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. (Chapel) or by appointment SATURDAY Thursday at 6:30 p.m. (Chapel) OFFICE IS CLOSED 5/4 Administration Pastor Rev. Fr. Joseph Orr [email protected] SUNDAY Religious Ed. Class 10:30 am Center Office Manager Judy Kurutz [email protected] 5/5 May Crowning 12 noon Church Religious Ed. Director Alison Heiser [email protected] Parish Council Chair Daniel Heiser [email protected] Finance Council Chair Terry O’Laughlin [email protected] Volume 11 NO.43 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LOTTO WINNERS FOR APRIL: St. Joseph’s Parish would like to THANK all those who made our Holy Week and Easter celebrations so spiritually uplifting for the parish. Thanks are Winners of $100 Prize Seller extended to all those who exercised their ministries in our church – cantors, #124 Veronica Vaughan Theresa O’Donnell choir, lectors, Eucharistic ministers, altar servers, ushers, and greeters. Thanks #238 George B. Simon Rectory are given to Cathy Dremel, Joe & Pat Kowalski and all those who arranged the Holy Thursday’s Seder Meal. And thanks to all who made the time to attend the services Winners of $50 Prize Seller offered; it was so nice to see so many of you there. God bless. #162 Jim & Sue Morgan Wendy Janerella

#113 Vicky Penton Mary Ann Kennis ST. JOSEPH’S PANCAKE BREAKFAST

After Mass on May 12th, we will be having a pancake breakfast in honor of our precious Winners of $25 Prize Seller mothers and our wonderful religious education students. All are welcome to come down #083 Fred Miller Janice Kelley to the church hall after Mass to help us recognize the importance of them both in our #224 St. Joseph Cemetery Rectory parish and our lives. #230 St. Joseph Cemetery Rectory #196 Shirley Kisko Terri Buranosky th Matthew 25 Parish Outreach will meet this Tuesday, April 30 at 6:00pm in the parish The next drawing will be May 22, 2019. administration center. We are looking for new members, so if you are interested please come to the meeting. MINISTRIES DRIVE Be a Good Shepherd. Give Help. Build Hope. Change Lives. There are 14 ministries MAY CROWNING The religious education students will crown our Blessed Mother Mary and adorn supported by the CMD. 100% of your gift goes directly to these ministries! This week’s her with flowers at Mass next Sunday, May 5th. May is dedicated to our Blessed featured ministry——they provided services to the most vulnerable in Mother Mary. Please consider filling May with special devotions, prayers, and our communities by offering physical, emotional and spiritual support. Last year reflections of our Blessed Mother. $506,334 went to fuel, utility and rent assistance; counseling, pregnancy support, programs for at-risk children, and homeless shelter support. LIVING th The Altar and Rosary Society will be having a living rosary on Sunday, May 12 . CHURCH HISTORY Please meet in the church parking lot by 11:15AM that morning. We will process into the church from the parking lot. In case of inclement weather, we will meet in the back The next church history class will meet on Thursday, May 2nd at 4:00pm. of the church. Please bring your rosary and come honor our Blessed Mother.

MOTHERS DAY REMEMBRANCE ENVELOPES Easter Flower Memorials – 2019 Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 12th. Please return your Mother’s Day In Loving Memory of: Elizabeth Bratton and Martha Mills by Barb Mills remembrance envelopes to the parish office by May 6th. In Loving Memory of: Irene Mc Guire by Sisters: Mary Theresa & Shirley

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING Improvement Fund th In Loving Memory of: Gene Monoski by Patty & Jim Cozzi ($20) The next Parish Council meeting is scheduled for May 8 at 6:30pm. Please make sure to mark your calendars and plan to attend.

PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS Prayer Shawl will meet this Thursday, May 2nd at 6:30pm in the Church Hall. New members are CONGRATULATIONS to Jeremy Zuback for winning a $25 Amazon gift card for welcome. saying the most prayers during our prayer competition held at the beginning of April. Jason Zuback came in second and Dalton Ross came in third. Honorable mention goes

th to Marra Ballard, Kennadee Ballard and Ella Ballard who also did a great job. *CORRECTION: The meeting will be held May 9 at 7:00pm. DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY The Sunday after Easter was designated by St. John Paul II as DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY. The message of The Divine Mercy is simple. It is that God loves us– all of us. And, he wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins so that we will call Experience Peace, Tranquility & upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His joy. The Divine Mercy message is one we can call to mind simply by Healing at the home of Padre Pio remembering ABC: in the USA A - Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach Him in prayer Join Fr. Dave Peles and Michael Russo constantly, repenting of our sins and asking Him to pour His mercy out for a day-long Pilgrimage to the upon us and upon the whole world. B - Be merciful. God wants us to receive His mercy and let it flow National Center for St. Padre Pio June 26, 2019 through us to others. He wants us to extend love and forgiveness to others Round trip bus fare is $55.00 per person (based on 40 passengers) just as He does to us. Lunch is $21.00 per person C - Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to know that the graces of His All gratuities are included mercy are dependent upon our trust. The more we trust in Jesus, the more Located in beautiful Barto, Pennsylvania, the National Centre for Padre we will receive. Pio is a scenic destination filled with the peace and prayerfulness of Padre Pio’s spirit. Built to resemble Padre Pio’s friary in San Giovanni This message and devotion to Jesus as The Divine Mercy is based on the writings of Saint Rotondo, Italy, the Centre offers a number of outdoor statues, a Faustina Kowalska, an uneducated Polish who, in obedience to her spiritual director, magnificent chapel, and a full museum filled with cultural and religious wrote a diary of about 600 pages recording the revelations she received about God's relics. Explore the gallery, and visit the center to see each location for mercy. Even before her death in 1938, the devotion to The Divine Mercy had begun to yourself. spread. The message and devotional practices proposed in the Diary of Saint Faustina are completely in accordance with the teachings of Church and are firmly rooted in the The bus for the Pilgrimage will leave the upper parking lot of St. Gospel message of our Merciful Savior. Properly understood and implemented, they will Benedict Church at 7:00 AM on June 26th. The bus will depart from the help us grow as genuine followers of Christ. Spend time to learn more about the mercy of Padre Pio Center at 4:30 PM. For more information contact: God, learn to trust in Jesus, and live your life as merciful to others, as Christ is merciful Deacon Michael Russo to you. Telephone (814) 288-3036 or Email

[email protected] COMMUNION SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY All Are Welcome Tuesday, April 30 – 8:30AM – Terrie Kerstetter Thursday, May 2 – 6:30PM – Dan Heiser Tuesday, May 7 – 8:30AM – Terrie Kerstetter Thursday May 9 – 6:30PM – Dan Heiser Love in an Age of Loneliness: A Day Retreat on the Family. Tuesday, May 14 – 8:30AM – Terrie Kerstetter Take an opportunity to regain focus and be inspired in your marriage and Thursday, May 16 – 6:30PM – Dan Heiser family life. Featuring talks by well-known speakers and authors Kimberly Tuesday, May 21 – 8:30AM – Mike Fedele Hahn and Mike Aquilina, Mass with Bishop Mark, Confession, Adoration, and lunch. Thursday, May 23 – 6:30PM – Dan Heiser Saturday, June 22nd, starting at 9am at St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy in Boalsburg, PA. Tuesday, May 28 – 8:30AM – Mike Fedele The first 100 to register will receive a free copy of The First Society by Scott Hahn. Thursday, May 30 – No Communion Service due to Holy Day (Ascension Thursday) Register at: https://stjoeacad.org/love-in-an-age-of-loneliness/

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION “As the Father has sent me, so I send you” (John 20:21). This week, reflect FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE on how Jesus sends you forth to use wisely your unique combination of God- April 21, 2019 given talents with love and mercy. Weekly projected expenses $2,872.00 FAMILIES AND THE GOSPEL John 20:19- Week’s regular collection/Easter $3,495.00 31 Monthly $30.00 Jesus connects PEACE and FORGIVENESS in today’s gospel. In our families we will only Total: $3,525.00 experience peace to the extent we forgive one another. Peace is purchased with the currency of forgiveness. When we allow our anger and pride to lock out others, we also lock out peace and Easter Flowers: $40.00 harmony. Holy Land: $247.00 Votive: $24.00

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK AND SHUT-INS ENVELOPES Adults Children George Fantaskey, Gootsie Severino, Steve Keiper, Jennifer Sauter, Sandy Francis, John “Tink” Green, Ann Used 140 10 Overgord, Juliann Thorson, Helen Daywalt, Ronnie Lullo, Tom Daywalt, John Laubscher, Kay Hirlinger, Total distributed 216 33 Connie Shope, Deanna Dare, Donald Felty, Bill O’Neill, Karen Tomko Strobel, Susan Nelson, Catherine

Monoski, Betsy Crouse, Colleen Grotzinger, Chris Rall, Martha Kapp, Thomas Packer, Sam DeSanto, Bill Thank you for your generosity and support!

Leary Jr., Melinda O’Neill-Lewis, Liz Testa, Bart Pickering, Katherine Huggler, Gayle Jenkens, Jimmy Coover, Warren Payne, Elaine Charcalla, John Kapp, Geraldine Kelley, Mary Louise Linberg, Joey Herridge, Pat Wilson, Fran Brolley, Ron J. Long, Nesha Hopstetter, and Jerry Miller. Catholic Home Missions Appeal Support the Catholic Home Missions Appeal today! Right now, over 40% of in ------the United States are considered mission territory because they are unable to fund Next Sunday’s Theme: essential pastoral work in their communities. Your donations support programs, such as Let us bring honor to Jesus’ name by our words and actions. religious education, seminary formation, and lay ministry training, to build vibrant faith Because of what he taught and preached, Jesus was sentenced to die. And yet, God communities right here in the United States. Please be generous. exalted him, raising him from the dead. Those who are Jesus’ disciples continue to teach and preach what he first proclaimed. In doing so, they exalt him and bring honor to his OPERATION RICE BOWL: If you have not returned your rice bowl boxes, we ask that you name. do so as soon as possible. You can put them in the collection basket or drop them off at the parish office during the week. READINGS FOR 3rd SUNDAY OF EASTER- May 5, 2019

First Reading Response Second Reading Gospel – Parents must be registered members of St. Joseph’s Parish. One sponsor (Godparent) must be Acts 5:27-32,40b-41 Ps 30 Rv 5:11-14 Jn 21:1-19 a practicing, confirmed Catholic. Both must be Christian. Godparents and Parents must attend the Baptism preparation Program. Call the office at 570-923-0172.

WEDDING ARRANGEMENTS – Must be made at least 9 months in advance. Please call the office at GO THROUGH LIFE LIKE A LITTLE CHILD, 570-923-0172 ALWAYS TRUSTING, ALWAYS FULL OF SIMPLICITY AND HUMILITY, CONTENT WITH EVERYTHING, REGISTRATION – We welcome all guests and visitors. If you live in the area, please call the Parish Office to register and become a fully active parishioner of . HAPPY IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE. -ST. FAUSTINA SICK CALL – Please notify the office when a member of the parish is in the hospital, or is unable to attend Church and wishes to receive Holy Communion at home.