Saint Francis of Assisi St. John St. Joseph St. Mary April 25, 2021 Saint Francis of Assisi Parish Staff & Contacts St. John the Evangelist St. Joseph St. Mary of the Assumption 668 Clearfield Road 315 Stoney Hollow Road 821 Herman Road Fenelton, PA 16034 Cabot, PA 16023 Butler, PA 16002 Website: saintfrancisparish.net Administrative Office—315 Stoney Hollow Rd., Cabot, PA 16023 Office Phone: 724-352-2149 Extensions listed below Pastor: Fr. Matthew McClain Ext. 203 Email: [email protected] Senior Parochial Vicars: Fr. James Kurtz, OFM, Cap. Ext. 202 Email: [email protected] Emergencies: 412-421-3962 Fr. Ward Stakem, OFM, Cap. Ext. 201 Email: [email protected] Emergencies: 724-777-9432 Fr. Louis Pascazi Ext. 210 Email: [email protected] Staff Members Karyn Roenigk Business Manager, Safe Environment Coordinator Ext. 204 Email: [email protected] Fax : 724-352-7174 Linda Green Parish Calendar & Sacramental Coordinator, Payroll Administrator Ext. 220 Email: [email protected] Fax: 724-285-4715 Jennifer Stahoviak Bulletin Editor, Mass Intention Scheduler Ext. 216 Email: [email protected] Fax: 724-287-3550 Music Directors Steven Yealy Email: [email protected] Gerard Conroy Email: [email protected] Carol Michel Email: [email protected] Children’s Faith Formation Debi Gross- Catechetical Administrator - CFF Main Office Ext. 206 Email: [email protected] Laura Eakman- CFF Program Assistant - CFF St. John Site Ext. 217 Email: [email protected] Adult Faith Formation Angela Robb Ext. 208 Email: [email protected] Preschool Coordinators St. Joseph Amy Majersky Ext. 209 St. Mary Amy Pettinato Ext. 221 Sacraments Baptism - Instruction is required for first time parents. Contact Linda for details and scheduling. Marriage - Please contact Linda, arrangements must be made 6 months prior to the wedding date. Confessions held on Saturdays, St. Mary- 11am-12pm and St. Joseph-12pm-1pm Date Time Location Intention Offered By Saturday 4:00 PM St. Mary Alice Spinneweber Tom & Ruthann Cook April 24 St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, 5:30 PM St. Joseph Agnes Osche Family Priest & Martyr 8:00 AM St. Joseph John Burke Jim & Jean Spafford Sunday, 8:30 AM St. John April 25 Reverend John Palko Gary & Yolanda Cypher 4th Sunday of Easter 10:00 AM St. Mary For the Parishioners of Saint Francis of Assisi World Day of Prayer for Vocations 11:00 AM St. Joseph Marino Quercio Sr. Traggiai Family Monday, April 26 8:00 AM St. Mary Bill Cranmer Family Tuesday, April 27 8:00 AM St. John Ralph DiGregorio Donald & Joanne Turka Wednesday, April 28 9:00 AM St. Joseph Marilyn Hilderbrand Tom & Cindy Wagner St. Peter Chanel, Priest & Martyr; St. Louis Grignion de Montfort, Priest Thursday, April 29 8:00 AM St. Mary Mike Spohn Ann & Skip Culleiton St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin & Doctor of the Church Friday, April 30 9:00 AM St. Joseph Irene McLafferty Rob & Kathy Shick St. Pius V, Pope Saturday 9:00 AM St. Joseph Scott Walker Mike & Beth Kelley May 1 4:00 PM St. Mary Dorothy Schnur Family St. Joseph the Worker 5:30 PM St. Joseph In honor of Fr. Albert for the 60th A Friend year of being vowed Sunday, 8:00 AM St. Joseph Jean Crytzer Patty & Dick Sanderson May 2 8:30 AM St. John Don Kennedy Children 5th Sunday Of 10:00 AM St. Mary Michael Schnur Mom & Dad Easter 11:00 AM St. Joseph Vince Green Sr. Lucille Green Please remember in your prayers the sick, suffering, and homebound of our parish community, especially those listed below from our parish grouping. Ben Cypher Kathy Miller Judy Convery Marek Wabiszewski Joe Krall Nicholas Miller Robert Rakarich Lois Davanzati Mary Carbin Rose Hinch Elizabeth Rakarich Jim Edwards Marge Karenbauer Evelyn MacDonald C.J. Kriley Mary Lou Beilstein Jeannie White Loretta Schnur Jacob Robb Agnes Widenhofer Janet Biscetlia Bernice Durand John Prokopchak Fr. Victor Kriley, OFM, Cap. Elaine Lydon Dick Leroy Fr. Gary Stakem, OFM, Cap Marge Steinhiser Carol Rowley John Lorenz Dan Jonczak Jr. Pray for all members of our armed forces, especially those from our parish families. Gabre Knoch Tylor Grant White Russell Bauer Nicholas Cottage Kyle Campbell Matthew McCandless Brandon Bauer Stephen Konyha Michael Fritz Jimmy Adley Jordan Cottage Dustin Michel Please call or email Jenn to add or remove names from the grouping prayer lists. Please continue to sign up for weekend Masses, the link is on the main page of our website, www.saintfrancisparish.net. Or go directly to https:// www.signupgenius.com/go/8050D4DA9AF29A7FF2- maymass We ask that you please sign up by Thursday. If you do not have internet access, please call the office by Thursday, and we’d be happy to sign you up for Mass. Warm wishes and blessings to all those baptized last week in our parish. Request a candle to be lit at the Blessed Mother or Welcome to our faith community! Sacred Heart of Jesus at St. John for a special intention or in memory/honor of a loved one. The intention will Joanna Marie Roush be noted in the bulletin and the candle will burn all week for your request. An intention daughter of Matthew and Emily Roush form may be found in back of St. John or contact Jenn. Donation request is $5. Atlas James Sarver son of Ty and Oliva Sarver Scheduling Mass Intentions Nolan James Benninger Mass intentions for St. Francis of Assisi (St. John, St. son of Chad and Michelle Benninger Joseph and St. Mary locations) are scheduled through Jenn. Contact Jenn by phone (ext. 216) or email to Robyn Tulk Hartle schedule your request. The stipend for each Mass is $10. Please send your check made payable to Saint Francis of daughter of Ronald and Sarah Hartle Assisi, indicate the date and intention in the check memo line and mail to 315 Stoney Hollow Road, Cabot 16023. A message from Fr. Matt . Dear Brothers and Sisters, Have you noticed that for the last couple weeks St. Peter keeps bringing up the same topic? He keeps saying Jesus “whom you crucified.” Each time he brings up this subject, he gets in trouble. I almost feel like pulling Peter aside and saying, “Pete, my man, take it easy with this. It almost seems like you want to get in trouble!” Guess what? He did. Today is Good Shepherd Sunday. What does “good” mean? When we say a dog is a good dog, we usually mean that the dog obeys, is compliant, maybe that he doesn’t constantly bark. So what is a good person? Is it the same an- swer? Someone who obeys, is compliant, and keeps their mouth shut? I think this is what our society believes. A good person in our culture, someone who is “woke” as it is described, follows these new rules that say all truth is subjective and equal, as long as our truth is tolerant of everyone else’s. Anything is ok, as long as we “co-exist.” A “good” person these days has to accept this or if they don’t, they have to keep their mouth shut or they’ll get can- celled. Do you know who wouldn’t be considered “good” in our culture today? St. Peter! He spoke the uncomfortable truth. He did it because he didn’t believe that he was called to merely tolerate others or co-exist with them. Peter believed that he was called to love them and loving them meant telling them the truth. Not his individual, subjective truth, but Truth that comes from God. Peter got in what civil rights leader John Lewis used to call “good trouble.” Jesus was all about “good trouble.” We so often like to imagine Jesus with a soft smile. A kind face. Jesus laughing. Jesus playing baseball with the kids. (There really is a picture of that. I’ve seen it!) I know that Jesus is sweet and kind. Jesus is compassionate and merci- ful. Nothing is more true. As His followers, we should strive to be those things, too. But, that isn’t all that Jesus is. My grandma had a picture of Jesus in her house that used to kind of freak me out. Jesus’ eyes were always looking at you, no matter where you were in the room, and He had a look on his face that said, “Bring it!” In almost every mo- ment of His ministry, Jesus is poking the society, the people of Israel, the Roman rulers. He turns over tables. He rat- tles cages. He sheds light on hypocrisy. He doesn’t hold back in criticizing their self-serving religion. He does all of this and it gets Him in trouble. Jesus is threatened and He says, “Bring it!” He is beaten and spit on and crucified and He says, “Bring it!” He is defiant rather than compliant. He does not shut his mouth. He doesn’t give in. He doesn’t compromise Truth. It is a truth that offends some, but He is ok with that because the Truth He stands for doesn’t depend on our agreement. It is the Truth that comes from the One who made us. This gets Him into trouble, but it’s “good trouble”! This week, let’s challenge ourselves about what we think is a good person. Let’s ask ourselves if we are good people. Let us be sweet to each other, kind, compassionate and merciful. But like our Shepherd, let us be more. No matter what our culture says, good people do not merely tolerate each other or seek to simply co-exist. Good people love each other, and love means telling the truth and the truth is hard and divisive sometimes.