St. John the Baptist April 9, 2017 Immaculate Conception

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST APRIL 9, 2017 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 540 MAIN STREET PALM SUNDAY 1640 NEW GERMANY ROAD SUMMERHILL, PA Office Hours 9 AM – 3:30 PM M-F NEW GERMANY, PA

Fr. Leon Hont, O.S.B. Pastor WEBSITE: www.stjic.org Rectory Address: P.O. Box 248 Rectory Phone: 495-5241 - Fax 495-9522 [email protected] 538 Main St., Summerhill, PA 15958

MASSES FOR THE WEEK ALTAR SERVERS SCHEDULE Mon. April 10th Monday of Holy Week SJ – Holy Thursday 7 PM : Gracie, Connor, AnnaW., Gus IC 7:45 AM Alice Mazich Good Friday 2 PM Stations: Gracie & Connor Good Friday 3 PM: Kayla U. Daniel Y. & Anna Burkey th Tues. April 11 Tuesday of Holy Week Holy Saturday 8:30 PM: Anna K., Tyler & Daniel IC 7:45 AM Sam Carpenter Easter Sunday 8 AM: TJ and Nathaniel Beyer Easter Sunday 10 AM: Anna B., Anna W., Jessica P. Wed. April 12th Wednesday of Holy Week IC 7:45 AM Margie Yamrozik IC - Holy Thursday 7 PM: Evan & Emma & Kayla W. IC 7:00 PM Stations of the Cross Good Friday 1 PM: Jacob, Claire & Nadia Holy Saturday 8:30 PM: Bob, Eli, & Bryon th Thurs. April 13 Mass of the Lord’s Supper Easter Sunday 7 AM: Benno Smith (Holy Thursday – Sacred Triduum begins) Easter Sunday 9 AM: Monica K. & Josh W. SJ 7:00 PM Dorothy Shrift IC 7:00 PM Reta & Tim Wess SACRAMENT OF PENANCE SJ: Monday, April 10th from 4:30 to 5:30 PM and Friday, April 14th Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion Wednesday, April 12th from 4 to 5 PM. IC 1:00 PM Celebration of the Lord’s Passion IC: Tuesday, April 11th from 5:30 to 6:30 PM and SJ 2:00 PM Stations of the Cross Wednesday, April 12th from 11 AM to Noon and 7:45 SJ 3:00 PM Celebration of the Lord’s Passion PM to 8:15 PM. Or anytime by appointment.

th Saturday, April 15 Holy Saturday – Easter Vigil GIFT BEARERS - SJ & IC next week. IC 8:30 PM Celebrant’s Intention SJ Sat 8:30 PM Salamon Family SJ 8:30 PM Celebrant’s Intention SJ Sun 8 AM Volunteer Needed SJ Sun 10 AM Volunteer Needed th Sunday, April 16 – EASTER SUNDAY IC Sat 8:30 PM John Shrift Family SJ 8:00 AM For the Parish IC Sun 7 AM Volunteer Needed SJ 10:00 AM Private Intention IC Sun 9 AM Dan Fels Family IC 7:00 AM Private Intention ****************** IC 9:00 AM For the Parish THE PARISH OFFICE will be closed on Holy ************************ Thursday & Good Friday, April 13th & 14th. HOLY WEEK SERVICES IN BOTH PARISHES: Thursday Mass & Procession 7 PM at SJ & IC. COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB: Monday, April 24th - Washing of Feet; Commissioning of "Winner" by David Baldacci, at 7 PM, in Marian Hall. Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion; Adoration until 10 PM. SJ & IC CCD Students all are reminded to bring in Friday IC at 1 PM and SJ at 3 PM for Good their rice bowls for Catholic Relief Services to their next Friday Liturgy. Stations of the class. Cross at SJ at 2:00 PM. Saturday IC & SJ Mass is at 8:30 PM. SJ & IC NO CCD CLASSES next Sunday, April 16th. Easter Sunday IC Masses at 7:00 & 9:00 AM. It's Easter. Classes resume at both SJ & IC parishes on SJ Masses at 8:00 & 10:00 AM. Sunday, April 23rd.

PALM SUNDAY BAKE SALE - SJ Rosary Altar Society will sponsor a Bake Sale on Saturday & Sunday (TODAY) after all the Masses in the gathering area of SJ Church. SJ & IC - ALL 11 TH GRADE CONFIRMATION candidates are reminded that they are EXPECTED to be present for the feet washing on Holy Thursday which will take place at 7 PM Mass at both IC & SJ churches on April 13th. Other volunteers are welcome! IC ADULT CHOIR PRACTICE for Easter will be on Monday, April 10th at 7 PM in the church. New members are always welcome. SJ ROSARY ALTAR Soc. meeting will be on Tuesday, April 11th at 6:30 PM beginning with Rosary in the social hall. SJ & IC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION: Anyone who has a child entering 1st grade for the 2017-2018 school year and will be attending our CCD program, it's time to register your child. Call the rectory at 495-5241 to request the registration form or pick up a form in the back of either church. Must be registered by April 20th, so please call as soon as possible. Any child not baptized at either SJ or IC Church - we must have a copy of his/her baptismal certificate. If any child is attending Holy Name School, please call and let us know. EASTER EGG HUNT: There will be an Easter Egg Hunt and activities on Saturday, APRIL 15THstarting at 11 AM at New Germany Grove Hall, for ages 1 year old to and including 5th grade. Youth Group members should arrive at 9 AM at the Grove. RSVP is appreciated, but not a must. Call Pam at the rectory 495-5241 to RSVP. SPRING TEA FOR SJ & IC ROSARY ALTAR SOCIETY MEMBERS: The annual Spring Tea will be on Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 2 PM at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Wilmore. Any member of our parishes, wishing to attend should call in their reservation by Friday, April 21st. SJ members call Peggy 495-5438 or Violet 495-4084. IC members can email Evie at: [email protected] or call Mary Sue at 495-9426. BISHOP MARK has directed that the precious blood be offered again at all Masses beginning on Palm Sunday weekend, April 8/9. Due to the severity of the flu season, the bishop directed that the blood not be offered during winter months. NGAA SPRING WORK DETAIL will be today, Sunday, April 9 starting at 11 AM. Please bring a rake. Help is needed. STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Wednesday at IC at 7 PM and Friday at SJ at 2 PM. SJ & IC EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: On Holy Thursday, April 13th, during the 7:00 PM Mass at IC and SJ, a Re-Commissioning of the Ministers will take place for all present Eucharistic Ministers in both parishes. You will enter church in the procession and sit as a group in the front pews. All Eucharistic Ministers should try to attend. New Eucharistic ministers are still needed at both churches. Call the rectory 495-5241 to volunteer, ASAP. SJ & IC: Holy Thursday Adoration begins at 8:00 PM and ends at 10 PM. Come and adore the Blessed Sacrament. For adoration, families whose last names begin with these letters follow this schedule: A to M 9 to 10 PM & N to Z 8 PM to 9 PM. Yes, our individual and collective prayers are important. SJ & IC PARISH CHARITIES COLLECTION: Our thrice-annual Parish Charities collection will be taken up on Holy Thursday during the evening Mass. In the past, we have helped local families who have benefited greatly from this fund. Please be generous so we can continue to help these families and any others. Just use the special collection envelope that is in your pack. GOOD FRIDAY COLLECTION FOR THE HOLY LAND: Please be as generous as you can to our less fortunate sisters and brothers in the Holy Land. The annual collection for the Shrines & the people of the Holy Land is taken up on Good Friday, April 14th at both SJ & IC Churches. The special envelope is in your pack for this collection. Thank you! THE FINAL FOREST HILLS MINISTRERIUM LENTEN SERIES will be tonight, Sunday, April 9th at 7 PM at Wesley UMC in South Fork. Free will offering and refreshments served. All are welcome. Good Friday, April 14th will be the Cross Walk starting at 9 AM at Sidman UMC; Good Friday Service at Noon at South Fork First UMC. THE FINAL FISH FRY LENTEN BUFFET at New Germany Grove Hall on Good Friday, April 14th from 3:30 to 7:00 PM. Adults - $10.00 and children 4-12 - $5.00 - under 4 are free. Fish Sandwich/Fries - $6. Take-outs are available until 6 PM. Call 495-4298. Everyone is Welcome. EASTER BASKETS will be blessed after the Masses on Easter Sunday morning in both parishes. Place baskets in the front and pick them up after the Mass. CALICO QUILTERS still have a few seats available for their upcoming trip to Amish Country in Ohio May 10/11. Call Alice at 495-5504 or Mary 472-5266 for more details. We would love to have you join us! CALICO QUILTERS ANNUAL QUILT Show & Pie Social will be held on Sunday, Apri1 30th from 6 to 8 PM at New Germany Grove Hall. Refreshments served at 6:30 PM; Chinese Auction/Basket Raffle at 7:30 PM. If anyone can give donations of prizes and/or pies, please call Gail 495-9203 or Martha 472-5534. Donations are greatly appreciated. IC 4 TH OF JULY PICNIC: Plans are underway for the 2017 Church Picnic. To make it a success each person’s cooperation & participation is needed & appreciated. Anyone who would like to request a job change, or if someone wants their name added to our workers list, please call Cody & Tiffany McCoy at 495- 2772 ASAP & every effort will be made to accommodate. THE CARMELITE COMMUNITY OF THE WORD invites you to our 15th Annual Hands & Hearts Haiti Fet (formerly known as the Paschal Festival), on Sunday, April 30, 2017, at Our Lady of Loretto Hall, 279 St. Elizabeth St., Loretto, PA 15940. The afternoon will include a buffet dinner, silent auction, and a program featuring Francois Victor, a popular presenter for NickyNick Community TV in Brooklyn, NY. Doors open at 1:45 PM; Dinner will be served at 2:30 PM and the program will begin at 3:30 PM. Tickets are $30 for adults and $15 for children under 13. Participants are asked to contribute a new item of children’s and/or teen’s underwear or socks. Contact the CCW Incarnation Center at 814-886-4098 for tickets or for more information. Ticket deadline is April 21, 2017. All proceeds will help us continue our ministry in Haiti. WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES: Celebrating their wedding anniversary in April: Donna & Denis Long, Jeff & Kelly Beyer, Rick & Evie Wess; Mark & Madeline Wirfel, Ed & Ida Beyer, Denny & Joyce Cobaugh, Don & Marlene Enedy, Jim & Linda Beyer, Charlie & Carolyn Lamar, Karen & Troy Eppley, Greg & Sam Stefanik, and Mike & Diane Vivis. Congratulations! THE FAMILY OF CARL BODENSCHATZ would like to acknowledge the many expressions of love, concern & compassion from friends & loved ones during their time of sorrow. Words cannot express the strength you have given us during this time. May God Bless you all! THE THOMAS FAMILY would like to thank everyone for their thoughts & prayers. “God’s Love Lives”. SUMMERHILL BOROUGH is celebrating its 125th Anniversary with a celebration to be held June 9-11, 2017. Volunteers are needed to help plan and organize this event. If you are interested in offering your assistance, planning meetings are held every Thursday at 7 PM in the Summerhill Borough Building. If you can’t attend a meeting, but want to volunteer to work during the weekend or register a booth, call (814) 254-6837 or email [email protected]. VACATION BIBLE CAMP 2017: June 19th -23rd at New Germany Grove from 9 AM to 12 Noon. CALLING ALL HEROES!!! HERO CENTRAL VBC 2017 registration is now open. SUPERHEROES born in 2013 through those entering 7th grade are invited to discover their strength in God! Volunteers (8th grade and older) are needed to make VBC the fun, amazing place that it can be. Early Bird registration runs through May 1st. Hero registration forms are orange and volunteer forms are ivory and are in the gathering space of both churches. All forms are due by May 21st. SJ & IC: Since the Pope, Saint John Paul II, designated the Sunday after Easter Sunday as DIVINE MERCY Sunday; St. John Church, Summerhill, and Immaculate Conception Church, New Germany, will honor this saint's memory by sponsoring public and private prayer on Sunday, April 23, with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at Immaculate Conception Church from 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM. At the 3:00 pm hour, the Divine Mercy prayers will be prayed. All parishioners of our partnered parishes are encouraged to spend some time with our Blessed Jesus. SJ & IC CCD 9th and 10th grade students and Bishop Carroll HS: According to the Diocesan Confirmation guidelines written at the direction of Bishop Mark Bartchak, all 9th and 10th grade CCD and Bishop Carroll students must participate in the Sacramental Devotions (Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament) sponsored by the pastor of the parishes. We at St John and Immaculate Conception churches have scheduled Sacramental Devotions for our 9th and 10th graders to take place on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 23, 2017, at 1:30 to 3:30 pm, at Immaculate Conception Church. Light refreshments will follow in Marian Hall. Regular class for the 9/10 grades of SJ and IC on this day will be attendance for the Sacramental Devotion. It is mandatory that they attend this devotion. This will count as their class for the day. CARATS & CUPCAKES FOR A CURE on Saturday, April 22nd at 5 PM at Carrolltown Fire Company Social Hall. Tickets are $40 each and includes admission, full meal & alcohol, chance to win jewelry & accessories, and the grand prize. First drawing at 5:50 PM. Call Jennifer 243-1974 for tickets. Benefits Relay for Life of Cambria County.