FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT APRIL 7, 2019

SAINT JOHN OF GOD

Office Telephones Parish Office/Residence...... 412-771-5646 Parish Fax...... 412-331-0678 Deacon Leonard Thomas...... 724-206-3210 Music Minister...... 412-812-4549 Catholic Parish Cemeteries Association ...... 412-256-9370 Social Hall (Bingo and Pizza Kitchen) ...... 412-331-8530

Mass Schedule ~ Low Gluten Hosts Available For Communion ~ ~ See Priest Before Mass ~

Saturday Vigil...... 4:30 PM Church Sunday...... 9:45 AM Church Celebration of the Sacraments Weekday Schedule Monday—Friday...... 9:30 AM Church Infant Baptism: Second Sunday Confessions: Saturday 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM Please call office to schedule.

Adult Baptism: The R.C.I.A. Parish Clergy program sees to the needs of adults who wish to become Rev. David G. Poecking Deacon Tim M. Killmeyer Catholic. Rev. Robert J. Zajdel Deacon Leonard M. Thomas Rev. Alan E. Morris Rev. Regis J. Ryan, ret. Reconciliation (Confession): 3:30 Rev. Michael R. Ruffalo Rev. Louis F. Vallone, ret. PM to 4:15 (Church) and by appoint- ment. Staff Holy Eucharist: Available for those Ms. Elna Johnson, Director of Music who are sick and confined to home. Mrs. Mary Ann Jones, Director of Finances Call the Parish Office and we will Mrs. Janice Lipa, Parish Secretary, [email protected] bring the Eucharist to you. Mr. Wayne Summers, Maintenance Supervisor

Anointing of the Sick: Available for those who are seriously ill or antici- Safe Environment Coordinator pating surgery after Mass every Mrs. Karen Vinci-Stack, 412-303-7745 Sunday at the Church.

Marriage: Anyone who wishes to Scheduler of Ministries marry should contact the Office at Jeri Stotlemyer, least six months prior to the desired [email protected] date. www.news.va/en Inactive Catholics: Are lovingly (Vatican News) welcome back to the faith.

New Parishioners are joyfully Bulletin Deadline: invited to join our community. Tuesday Noon Please call the Parish Office.

CHURCH: 1011 Church Ave. McKees Rocks, PA 15136 www.RocKenRocatholics.org ST. JOHN OF GOD PARISH MCKEES ROCKS, PA

AN OPEN INVITATION OF WELCOME FIFTH SUNDAY Non-Catholics and non-parishioners are always OF LENT welcomed guests. Inactive, unsure or irregular Catholics are lovingly MASS INTENTIONS encouraged to reconnect with the Faith. Saturday, April 6 to New parishioners are joyfully received in our Sunday, April 14, 2019 community. Please call the parish office. Saturday Vigil, April 6: 4:30 PM Church Our hearts are large and there is plenty good Anniv - Thomasina Cosentino (Cosentino Family) room for all.

Sunday, April 7: 9:45 AM Church DDDDDDDDDDD In Honor of Saint Nunzio Sulprizio (Pete Cesarespada) ______NOVENA TO ST. ANTHONY WEEKDAYS — 9:30 AM CHURCH

Monday, April 8: Ken Lex & Lex Family (Family) Throughout our lives we call upon the saints to intercede for us and Tuesday, April 9: JoAnne Heinlein (Tecza & Meyer Families) help guide us on our way in life. We Tuesday, April 9: St. Anthony Novena Prayers recited will continue the 13-week solemn following the 9:30 AM Mass in St. Mary’s Church and at novena to St. Anthony this Tues- 6:30 PM in St. Mary’s Church, the Solemn 13-week day, April 9. The novena prayers will Novena to St. Anthony (week 4) be recited after the 9:30 A.M. Mass and again at Wednesday, April 10: Marge McMahon (Family) 6:30 P.M. in St. Mary’s Church. Let us come together to honor St. Anthony and ask his help for Thursday, April 11: Anniv - Charles Moss (Kathleen) the special needs that each of us have. Friday, April 12: Bernie Walsh (Henry Leja)

Friday, April 12: Mother of Sorrows Novena Prayers BAPTISMAL PROGRAM FOR NEW recited following 9:30 AM Mass, St. Mary’s Church. AND EXPECTING PARENTS

Friday, April 12, Stations of the Cross, 3:00PM, Church The class will be held this Sunday, April 7, from ______1:00 to 3:00 P.M. in the Gathering Place at Saturday Vigil, April 13: 4:30 PM Church St. Mary’s. For more information or to register, Dec’d Members of Frankl & Yunker Family (Grandchildren please call Tom Adams, 412-999-2985. & Great-Grandchildren)

Sunday, April 14: 9:45 AM Church BIBLE STUDY Bridgett McDermott & Deceased Family Members (Family) Our Bible Study will continue this Mon., April 8, Readings for the week of April 7, 2019 from 6:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. in the Gathering Place. For more information, please call Tom Adams at Sunday: Is 43:16-21/Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 [3]/ 412-999-2985. Everyone is welcome! Phil 3:8-14/Jn 8:1-11 Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or THE LIGHT IS ON FOR YOU! 13:41c-62/Ps 23:1-6 [4ab]/Jn 8:12-20 Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9/Ps 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21 [2]/ This Wednesday, April 10, 2019 from 6:00 pm to Jn 8:21-30 9:00 pm rediscover the healing power of God’s love. Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95/Dn 3:52, 53, 54, The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be held at all 55, 56 [52b]/Jn 8:31-42 Catholic parishes throughout the Diocese of Pitts- Thursday: Gn 17:3-9/Ps 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [8a]/ burgh. If you’ve been away for a long time, don’t Jn 8:51-59 worry - The Light Is On For You! Friday: Jer 20:10-13/Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-7 [cf. 7]/ Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28/Jer 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13 [cf. Psalm 126: 10d]/Jn 11:45-56 The Lord has done great things for us; Next Sunday: Lk 19:28-40/Is 50:4-7/Ps 22:8-9, 17-24 we are filled with joy. [2a]/Phil 2:6-11/Lk 22:14--23:56 PARISH OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. (MONDAY THRU FRIDAY) Saint John of God, Pray for us. ST. JOHN OF GOD PARISH MCKEES ROCKS, PA

YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS QUOTE FROM THE POPE

Teens in grades 9-12 are invited to Called by “Don’t be afraid to go to the Sacrament of Name on Sunday, April 28 from 4:00 pm to 8:30 pm Confession, where you will meet Jesus who forgives at St. Paul Seminary. The event includes Sunday you.” Pope Francis Mass, dinner, dynamic talks, and a time of adoration and worship. There is no cost. To register, contact The Rosary is prayed at 9:00 AM before Steve Swank by April 11 at 412-771-7480 or swan- the 9:30 AM Mass Monday through Friday [email protected]. in St. Mary’s Church.

THE WEEK AHEAD PARISH WEEKEND ATTENDANCE March 30 / 31 April 8 (Mon.) - Bible Study, 6:30-7:30 PM , Gathering Place at St. Mary’s Saturday...... 346 Sunday...... 312 April 9 (Tues.) - St. Anthony Novena Prayers recited following the 9:30 AM Mass in St. Mary’s Church and at Total Weekend Attendance ...... 658 6:30 P.M. in St. Mary’s Church (week 4).

PARISH FINANCIAL TOTALS April 10 - For the Weekend of March 30 / 31 WEDNESDAY NIGHT BINGO in MOS Social Hall - Doors open at 5 PM Early Birds, 7 Regular Offertory ...... $4,210.00 PM and Regular Games begin at 7:15 PM. (This is ordinary income from contributions for the general running of the parish. It is subject to a 17.6% tax to the April 12 (Fri.) - Mother of Sorrows Novena Prayers recited following 9:30 AM Mass, St. Mary’s Church. Diocese of Pittsburgh.)

PARISH SHARE PROGRAM April 12 (Fri.) - PIZZA KITCHEN FRIDAY! To order please call 412-331-8530 on Fridays, 8 AM to 1 PM. PSP Assessment for 2019 ...... $69,353.00 Orders must be picked up by 3:30 PM. PSP Collected beginning12/1/18 ..Thank You!.. $25,502.00 Remaining on 2019 Goal ...... $43,851.00 April 12 (Fri.) - Stations of the Cross, 3:00 PM, Church

(This is the tax paid to the Diocese. We must remit this entire amount to the Diocese by Dec. 31. Any surplus SAINT MALACHY then remains in the parish, tax free.) FAITH FORMATION NEWS

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS The Parent Meeting for First Communion will take place on Thursday, April 11, at 7:00 pm in Weirauch Campaign for Human Development ...... $ 709.00 Hall. This is an important meeting that all second grade

(These collections are mandated by the Diocese for parents should attend. specific purposes. These moneys are remitted in total to the Diocese and are not taxed.) VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

This summer’s VBS will take place June 24-28 at Saint Malachy and the theme is “Roar: An African Adven- HOSPITAL ture!” Volunteers are needed in a variety of areas. If you would like to help, please contact Steven Swank at Please pray for all parishioners who are in the hospital. 412-771-7480 or [email protected]. Also for all those ill at home, in nursing homes, and shut-ins; that they may continue to receive the Lord’s Blessings. WOMEN’S RETREAT WEEKEND SYMPATHY All women of the RocKenRo Grouping are invited to We wish to extend our sympathy to the Family of attend the annual Women’s Retreat Weekend at St. Joanne Barthurst and Mary Klue whom God has called Paul of the Cross Retreat Center on April 26-28. home. Please remember them and all our dearly Please consider giving yourself the gift of quiet time for departed and their families in your prayers. prayer and spiritual growth in a serene and friendly en- “May the Angels lead them into paradise, may the vironment. For information call Emilie , 412-771-1717 martyrs receive them at their coming and take them to or the Retreat Center, 412-381-7676 to register. Jerusalem, the holy city.” Brochures are in the Church. The retreats fill quickly. FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT APRIL 7, 2019

SEVEN CHURCH PILGRIMAGE Go, and From Now On Do Not Sin Any More - Jesus encounter On Holy Thursday, April 18, join Deacon Len with the woman in today’s Gospel Thomas and Benito Stallings for the RocKenRo may be one of the most beautiful Seven Church pilgrimage. The evening will begin at presented in the Scriptures. Jesus St. Malachy with Holy Mass at 7:00 pm celebrated saves the woman from near certain by Fr. Ruffalo, followed by a pilgrimage to the follow- death as the scribes and Pharisees ing area Churches: Holy Trinity, St. Joseph, St. Mar- are ready to stone her on account of her sins. Jesus garet Mary, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Philip, St. stops them in their tracks as he says, “let the one John of God and St. Malachy (Solemn Adoration among you who is without sin be the first to throw a and Final Station). stone at her.” More importantly, he works to trans- The bus will meet pilgrims at St. John of God form her heart and her life through his words and parking lot for a 6:30 pm departure for the 7:00 pm actions of forgiveness, not condemnation. How Mass at St. Malachy. The evening will conclude at encouraging it is to hear Jesus say, “neither do I 11:30 pm following Solemn Adoration at St. Mala- condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin any chy. We would love for you to join us! If you are more.” Those words are not meant only for that interested, please reserve your place on the bus by woman, but also for us. We hear Jesus speak those signing up at www.RocKenRocatholics.org or call words in prayer as we turn to him for strength when 412-787-2140. we know we’ve done wrong. We also hear those words from the priest in Confession as our sins are GOOD FRIDAY forgiven and we are sent forth, “the Lord has freed AT ST. JOHN OF GOD you from your sins. Go in peace!” As we are Join us on Good Friday - April 19, 2019 - from 1:30 – restored to union with God in Reconciliation, and 3 pm for the Liturgy of the Passion & Death of the strengthened in the unity as we deepen our relation- Lord at St. John of God Parish. Fr. David Poecking ship with him, our unity with our sisters and brothers will be the celebrant. For more information, please in the Body of Christ is also renewed. This unity can visit www.RocKenRocatholics.org. only serve us well as we journey together On Mission for The Church Alive! May we be inspired not to build each other up as we build up our CROSS-WALK Church. Visit onmissionchurchalive.org to learn On Good Friday, April 19, beginning more and to stay informed. at 9:00 am, a Cross-Walk will begin at St. Mary’s Church proceeding up BLESSING OF BIKES Broadway Ave. and ending at the On Palm Sunday, April 14, immediately following the First Baptist Church on Russellwood 9:45 am Mass in St. Mary’s, we will have the annual Ave. across from the Sto-Rox High Blessing of Bikes sponsored by the Mon Valley HOG School. We will be stopping periodi- (Home Owners Group) around 11:00 am. If anyone cally for prayer, scripture readings, and songs. has a motorcycle bike (preferably) or any bike and Please join us on Good Friday to remember Jesus’ would like to be a part of the blessing, you are most death on the cross for our sin. All participants are welcome. asked to carry or wear a cross as they walk. If you cannot walk, please join us at the beginning and/or SANCTUARY CANDLE - WEEK OF APRIL 7 ending locations. ST. MARY’S - PARISH FAMILY OF SAINT JOHN OF GOD

HOLY EASTER BLESSING OF FAMILIES THURSDAY MASS Each year the bishops of the Diocese of Pittsburgh Mass on Holy Thursday will take place at 7:00 pm at welcome families to St. Paul’s Cathedral in the Saint Malachy Church. Just as the twelve apostles afternoon on Easter Sunday. You are invited! Come had their feet washed by Jesus at the Last Supper, meet Bishop David Zubik and auxiliary bishops we are seeking twelve volunteers (four participants William Waltersheid and William Winter. Families will from each parish in our grouping) to participate in receive an individual greeting, blessing and photo- the foot washing ritual. If you would like to represent graph. Our bishops will receive families any time Saint John of God Parish, please contact Steven between 2:00 and 5:00 pm. Join us for this beautiful Swank at 412-771-7480 or [email protected]. Easter tradition! ST. JOHN OF GOD PARISH MCKEES ROCKS, PA

Sunday, April 14, 2019 SERVICE OF LOVE St. Malachy School FLEECE TIE BLANKETS Calendar Party You are invited to come and make polar fleece tie at the blankets that will be donated to the American Pittsburgh Airport Marriott Cancer Society. These blankets are distributed to A ladies (only) luncheon local hospitals and MD offices where patients With auctions, prizes, and raffles. receive their treatments. Bring a SHARP pair of scissors and 1 and 1/2 yards each of 2 coordinated Consider Hosting a Table! fleece fabrics (3 yards total). You can also buy a For more information contact: NO-Sew polar fleece tie kit (sized 48 x 60 inches) at any local craft type store. If you have never made Lori Kunes one of these blankets we can show and help you. [email protected] Please join us for an evening of fun and fellowship Denise Corona and feel free to bring a friend. The next meeting for [email protected] this year is Wednesday, April 10 from 6 to 8 pm in St. Malachy Church Hall. If you have any questions, St. Malachy School please feel free to call Pat Kulak at 412-262-1162 or 412-771-4545 Patty Beasock at 412-331-0685. RAFFLE

RUMMAGE SALE A Money Raffle will be held in conjunction with the St. Malachy Calendar Party on The Little Sisters of the Poor are having a rummage April 14. Tickets are $5.00 a chance. sale of clothing, furniture, household items, jewelry, Winning ticket will be pulled at the Calendar Party books and assorted items. Their Home is located in the and winner need not be present. Tickets are avail- Brighton Heights neighborhood at 1028 Benton Ave- able at the St. Malachy School Office by calling 412- nue, Pittsburgh, 15212. The sale is April 11, 12, and 13 771-4545. from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm daily. Saturday is the bag sale. All proceeds will benefit the elderly Residents living at the Home. This is the first of only two sales HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL this year. For more information or directions, please Bishop Canevin High School presents the musical contact the Home at 412-307-1100. Pippin on Thursday, April 25; Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27. Showtime - 7:30 pm. Call 412- 922-7400 #0 for tickets. $10.00 chair seating / $7.00 bleacher seating.

CAN YOU HELP DELIVER EASTER FLOWERS?

We are looking for volunteers to help the Ladies of Charity deliver Easter flowers to the shut-ins of our parish. If you can help please call Alice Kilonsky at ROBINSON FARMERS MARKET 412-331-6986. The flowers will be available on Saturday, April 13. Thank you. Save the date - the Robinson Farmers Market will open on May 13, 2019! Now in our third season, we are seeking interested parties who would like to help COMMUNITY make the Market the best it can be. If you have EASTER EGG HUNT ideas for how to improve the market and are Families are invited to a FREE Easter Egg Hunt on passionate about supporting local small businesses, the OLSH campus next Sunday, April 14! Continen- providing access to healthy foods, and evangeliza- tal breakfast and activities for all ages start at 10:30 tion in our community, please consider applying am, and a classic Egg Hunt for children ages 10 and today! See the banner on RocKenRocatholics.org under will begin at 11:00 am. (Mass also available at for more information or to apply. 9:00 am in the OLSH Chapel with the Felician Sisters.) Register online at Please keep our Priests, Seminarians, www.olsh.org/apps/form/2019OLSHEaster EggHunt. Deacons and all Religious in your prayers. FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT APRIL 7, 2019

TV MASS LIVE THE LITURGY FOR THE HOMEBOUND We are all sinners, and we all need mercy. If met Is someone you love unable to join us at church with sincerity and true repentance of heart, an en- during this holy time of Lent and Easter? For the counter with God’s unconditional and all-forgiving faithful at home or in healthcare settings, the Heart love will lead to true conversion and a new life of of the Nation Sunday TV Mass brings spiritual grace. There is no point to condemnation or exces- comfort and the blessings of joy-filled hope in our sive punishment. We do not need to wag fingers or Risen Savior. Please invite anyone you know who make people feel inferior. Jesus met the woman cannot get out to church to tune in Catholic Mass on caught in adultery with compassion. He did not con- TV or watch online anytime on Sundays at demn her. People have not always been faithful to www.HeartoftheNation.org. (For those who can get God. We have not always been faithful to God. Yet, to church, the TV or online liturgy does not fulfill the God waits for us to return and trusts that His seeds Sunday Mass obligation.) of forgiveness and mercy will take root. We do not know if the woman left Jesus and sinned no more. It’s not important. APP SPEAKER

Plan to come to hear the second speaker in the LEARN ABOUT 2019 Spring Speakers Series of the Association of MARRIAGE ANNULMENTS

Pittsburgh Priests: Greer Gordan, Ph.D., a Catholic Divorced Catholics and everyone else who may be theologian, author, and lecturer from Baton Rouge, interested in learning about the annulment process LA, known for her teaching, publications, and work are welcome to attend a free workshop with Jay in the fields of evangelization and catechesis. Conzemius, JCL, Tribunal Director and Judge. He Gordon is one of eight women invited by the Vatican will speak at six locations during Lent. Topics will to respond to John Paul’s Encyclical on Women and include: theology of marriage; ministry of the tribu- is the author of the prayer journal “Give Us This nal; marriage annulment types; why, when and how Day.” She will speak on the topic: “Truth in the to start the petition for annulment process; and a Heart: The Church, Entitlement, and Sexual Crimes” process overview. Afterward participants can ask next Sunday, April 14, at 2 pm. Please come for a questions and/or start the process. No reservations prayerful exploration of the crisis in our Church to are required, but if you do plan to attend please the Kearns Spirituality Center, 9000 Babcock Blvd. email [email protected] or call 412-456- in Allison Park (behind the Motherhouse of the 3033 so that seating arrangements can be made. Sisters of Divine Providence). Cost is $20. To regis- The presentations are scheduled on the following ter or for more information, contact Fr. John Oesterly dates, times, and locations: Mon., April 8 - Saint at 412-232-7512 or [email protected]. Kilian, Cranberry Twp, Church Hall; Thurs., April 11 Saint Barbara, Bridgeville, Saint Barbara Hall. Don’t forget to take home a copy of your Pittsburgh Catholic Newspaper, a weekly gift to In a Troubled Marriage? you from our parish for your enjoyment!” Please call Retrouvaille at 412-277-3434 or email [email protected]. OLSH HAM BINGO More information is available at www.helpourmarriage.com. The OLSH Theatre Department will host the annual OLSH Ham Bingo in the AAC next Saturday,

April 13. Doors open at 5:00 pm; early birds start at 6:00 pm; regular bingo starts at 6:30 pm. Get six

bingo cards for $5. Food, bake sale, and ticket auction! Call the OLSH Main Office at 412-264-5140 for information. True Value

OLSH 2019-2010 SCHOOL YEAR Kenmawr Plaza Hardware 412-771-6260 Prospective ninth, tenth, and eleventh grade stu- Kenmawr Plaza dents are invited to submit an application for admis- McKees Rocks, PA 15136 sion at www.olsh.org. Class space is limited.

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FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR

The Resurrection and the Life

While most of you this Sunday will be hearing the story of the woman caught in adultery, those at the 10:00 a.m. Mass at Holy Trinity will be hearing the gospel about Lazarus. After Jesus delays his visit long enough for Lazarus to die, we twice hear the protest, “If you had been here, my brother would not have died.” Hear the ache in the sisters’ hearts! They grieve the death of their brother. They know that Jesus—already famous for his healing miracles—could have saved Lazarus, but he didn’t. Maybe God did impressive things in times past, but when it really counts for Mary and Martha, God appears to have failed them.

Is theirs also your story? Does your heart protest against God? Perhaps you lost a beloved friend or relative to premature death. Perhaps you or a loved one suffer from sickness or disability. Maybe you face a seemingly unrecoverable loss, and now in your heart of hearts, you suspect God failed you. If so, you’re in good company, for Martha and Mary felt the same way.

But Jesus is more than just a miracle worker. God is doing more than just twiddling his thumbs while he waits around for the Last Day. God has come to us in Jesus, and Jesus has revealed himself as “the resurrection and the life”: He is the Resurrection and therefore the promise of life after death, but he is also the Life of God already, beginning now, even before death, and never dying. Those who live in Christ may die according to the flesh, as Jesus did, but they never really die in the Spirit: Life in Christ is life forever.

Martha and Mary discover that they and their brother Lazarus were all alive in Christ. Like them we discover and trust that our worldly failures are nothing compared to the Lord’s power to vindicate us. All that you think you missed in this life, all you think you were deprived of, all you could possibly hope for—and much, much more—is fulfilled in Christ and given to you through him.

’ I’ll be away this week. From time to time I help other dioceses with the development of their clergy and other ministers, and this week I make my debut in the Diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming. ’ Next Sunday is (Palm) Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. In some of our churches it was customary for the assembly to share in the reading of the Passion narrative by reciting those lines presented as quotes of multiple speakers. This year, I’m changing that custom, and instead asking just the clergy and liturgical readers to proclaim the Passion. So please participate simply by listening attentively and devoutly: Hear in the spoken word the story of Jesus’ fulfillment of God’s will and your salvation in him. ’ Last week I received some complaints and suggestions for the confessionals at St. Malachy Church. Unfortunately, I don’t fully understand the complaints, and they’re anonymous, so I can’t check with the plaintiffs. All this to say: As a matter of policy, I don’t usually respond to anonymous messages, and it’s best to identify yourself and provide contact information if you have complaints or suggestions. —Fr. Dave

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