ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST 134 E. Street Bellefonte, PA 16823

REV. GEORGE I. JAKOPAC, Pastor DEACON THOMAS E. BOLDIN . MRS. KRISTINA TICE, School Principal

MASS SCHEDULE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday: 5:00 PM Saturday: 11:00 AM

Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:15 AM CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS Daily: See Bulletin Call Rectory.

BAPTISMS Rectory Phone: 814-355-3134 By Appointment. School Phone: 814- 355-7859 MARRIAGE E-mail: ...... [email protected] Notify Pastor 9 months in advance. Web: www.bellefontecatholicchurch.org *** WEEK OF JUNE 21ST 2015 *** Page Two St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church MASSES FOR THE WEEK Saturday, June 20th 5:00 PM E. James Beigle (Joseph & Antoinette Beigle) Sunday, June 21st (12th Sunday in Ordinary Time) **HAPPY FATHER’S DAY, DADS!!** 8:00 AM Frances & Marjorie Fauble (Mark & Chris Rhine) 10:15 AM Janet Lerner (The Oesterling Family) FATHER’S DAY! This Sunday is Father’s Day. Blessings Monday, June 22nd and Best Wishes are extended to all the Fathers of our 8:00 AM Priscilla Basalla (Joseph & Antoinette Beigle) parish. Your role is crucial in stabilizing faith and family Tuesday, June 23rd values and in mirroring God the Father’s Love. Thanks, Dads!! 8:00 AM Greg Williams (James Manyak) Wednesday, June 24th FORTNIGHT FOR FREEDOM HOLY HOUR 9:00 AM Doris Capparelle (Sue & Terry Royer) The United States Conference of Catholic will once Thursday, June 25th again sponsor a Fortnight for Freedom from this Sunday, 8:00 AM James Rose (The Family) June 21 to July 4. The theme is "Freedom to Bear Witness." Friday, June 26th In observance of the Fortnight, Bishop will preside at a Holy Hour this Thursday, June 25 at 7:00 p.m. at 8:00 AM Communion Service the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Altoona. The Holy Saturday, June 27th Hour will include Evening Prayer, Adoration of the Blessed 5:00 PM Carol Wess (Nancy Kowalczyk) Sacrament, and a homily from the Bishop. All are invited to Sunday, June 28th join Bishop Bartchak and others in prayer for the preservation 8:00 AM Paul Proper (Catherine Proper) of our religious liberty. 10:15 AM Joseph & Leona Veneziano (Sam & Rosemary Berenty) ST. JOHN’S HOLY HOUR: We will have a special Holy Hour on Friday evening, July 3rd, from 7:00-8:00 PM in the LITURGICAL MINISTER/SERVER SCHEDULE: church. We will have Exposition and Benediction, some Saturday, 5:00 PM June 27th communal prayers and quiet time to pray for the USA on the eve of Independence Day. Please try to come and join us. Servers: Sam Yangula & John Jennings E.M.s: Robert Perry & Linda Jabco CONCERNING MASS INTENTIONS: It is certainly a Lector: David Harry blessing and a sign of good spiritual health when a parish gets Music Ministers: Suzanne Egli as many Mass intentions as we do! However, with only one Sunday, 8:00 AM June 28th priest and the amount we are getting, we need to start limiting Servers: Corby Koleno & Thomas McElhinny spots for the remainder of the year! (Yes, we are that booked!) E.M.s: James Eckert & Shirley Boldin So, please keep this in mind that we really can not do “repeat Lector: Jeffrey Drapcho intentions” at this time. We need to be able to accommodate Music Ministers: David Harry & Adam Witmer any future deaths in the parish. Sunday, 10:15 AM June 28th Therefore, these adjustments will go into effect for the remainder of 2015: Servers: Pauline Alterio & Logan Ellenberger • After the one year anniversary of someone’s death, we E.M.s: Brian Alterio & Charles Witmer must limit requested intentions to three masses for the Lector: Brian Alterio remainder of the year! Music Ministers: David Harry & Adam Witmer • Intentions can only be accepted for deceased souls, no longer for any general type of intentions. • Unsaid Masses by the end of the year must be shipped out PLEASE NOTE: ST. KATERI’S along with your stipends to either the missions or to Mt. St. MASS TIME IS NOON ON SUNDAYS! Mary’s Seminary to be said by the priests at these locations. Thank you for your understanding.

Read our Bulletin online: www.thecatholicdirectory.com Choose , then Bellefonte, then St. John’s. Link CCD STUDENTS FIRST COMMUNION PICTURES onto the site each week or you can subscribe to have it auto- If your child is a Religious Ed Student and if you ordered a matically downloaded to your email address! picture from Sue*Nique Photography, please pick up your pictures at the Rectory during regular office hours.

To reach the Rectory Office OnLine: PETER’S PENCE COLLECTION is taken up at all masses Our EMail Address is [email protected] this weekend. Envelopes were in your monthly packets. Extra Our Website: www.bellefontecatholicchurch.org envelopes are also on the registers in the back of the church. Page Three Bellefonte, Pennsylvania TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

**SCHOOL’S OUT AND SUMMER BEGINS...ENJOY!!** WEEKLY FINANCIAL REPORT NOTICE; NEW ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL REPORT FOR WEEKEND 06/14/2015 FORMAT! Two additional donations were received this past week from Barbara Gillespie and M/M Harry Whitehill. ORDINARY COLLECTION INCOME RECEIVED: Thank you for your payments and donations made to this annual Adult Offertory: $ 5,847.00 appeal. Now that we have reached our goal, all new pledges Loose Offertory: $ 732.19 and/or donations come directly to St. John’s Church. Your Children’s Offertory: $ 19.35 continued support of this campaign is very much appreciated. Special Monthly: $ 1,225.00 Votive Candles: $ 43.90 ORDINARY COLLECTION TOTAL: $ 7,867.44 TUNE INTO WJVM 90.3-FM OR LISTEN LIVE @ EXTRA ORDINARY INCOME RECEIVED: WWW.WJVM.ORG! Father’s Day Collection: $ 346.00 Our “Tracing the Footprints of Faith™” series with local priests Maintenance Fund Collection: $ 535.00 will continue throughout the summer. Each priest will witness Fr. O’Malley Fund: $ 25.00 to the workings of the Holy Spirit during his call to the Cemetery fund $ 20.00 priesthood and throughout his priestly ministry. Air dates for EXTRA ORDINARY COLLECTION:$ 926.00 additional interviews will soon be confirmed by WAOB®. ORDINARY & EXTRA DEPOSIT TOTAL: $ 8,793.44 We are currently scheduling for the July prayer recordings. Please contact us at [email protected] or call us REGULAR SCHOOL COLLECTION TOTAL: $ 140.00 at (814)238-6288 to volunteer your family /group. Remember, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: (Diocesan or Others) just $100/day keeps our Catholic voice on the air. Donations Peter’s Pence Collection: $ 75.00 may be mailed to: Voice of Divine Mercy, PO Box 862, State College, PA 16804-0862. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS ******************************************* AND YOUR GENEROSITY ATTENTION CCD TEACHERS: Important Announcement for all St. John’s CCD Teachers: There are 3 things you need .SUMMER FUN DAY” BASKET RAFFLE to do by July 1st, 2015 Our Basket Raffle baskets are now on display in the You may use St. John’s website for links: school auditorium after all Masses. Stop in, check out www.bellefontecatholicchurch.org #1: Obtain a “Pa State Child Abuse Clearance” the wonderful selections we have received and buy If you can’t do it on-line see paper submission some chances! Remember, our Summer Fund Day is instructions below now less than A MONTH AWAY!! #2: Obtain a “PA State Criminal Background Check” Link: Go to https://epatch.state.pa.us/Home.jsp . 2015 SUMMER FUN DAY BASKETS ARE DUE! If you (Look for submit a new Record Check). haven’t yet brought in your Summer Fun Day Basket, If you have any questions about the Pennsylvania State please do so as soon as possible. You may drop them off in Police Request for Criminal Record Checks form (SP4 the back of the church Monday-Friday from 7:00 AM-3:00 164), please call: (717) 783-9973 or toll free 1-888-783 PM, or at Mass times all weekend! -7972. #3: Come to the teacher meeting on Sunday, August th THANK YOU to all who have already donated such wonderful 9 at 9:15 AM, fill out a form called “Disclosure” and baskets to help make our parish “Fun Day” a great success! hand in paper copies of your above two clearances! NOTE: You will pay by Credit Card and the church will reimburse you when you turn them in. ST. VINCENT DE PAUL YOUTH MINISTRY TOURNAMENT

It is time for the annual Ravine International Golf Tournament sponsored by St. Vincent de Paul Youth Ministries at the Park Hills Special Notice: Paid Employees and volunteers who Country Club on Saturday, June 27th. We need participants, team have not lived in PA for 10 years: captains, and sponsors. Proceeds benefit special youth projects in our You will need an FBI Clearance and Fingerprints. area. For more information, please contact Sonny Consiglio at 814- Note: Get the Education Department Fingerprints 943-1981 or email us at [email protected]. Link: www.pa.cogentid.com//index_dpw.htm. For questions about your FBI Clearance, please contact FBI/ SUPPORT YOUR KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Support the Adam Walsh Unit at 717-783-6211 or 1-877-371-5422. Knights while attending a Spike's Game! During all home PAPER SUBMISSION Submit paper applications to: games the Bellefonte Knights will once again run the Cheese ChildLine and Abuse Registry Steak Stand near 3rd base. By purchasing food and beverages Pennsylvania Department of Human Services from this stand you will help with one of our main fundraisers. PO Box 8170 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8170 Hope to see you at the game. Thanks for supporting the K of C. ***************************************************

NOTE: To place any requests on the Parish Prayer Chain, please call A PROLIFE ROSARY is recited every Tuesday at 3:00 PM Christine Surovec at (814) 359-2654. in the church. All are welcome. Come and join us in prayer. $0.50 DRESS DOWN DONATION Our students are permitted to dress out of school uniform on designated days for a donation to the missions listed below. We are pleased to be able to do- nate to these wonderful organizations. --Alex’s Lemonade Stand; Cocoa for Kids: $1,609.77. (This total includes cocoa sales at Victorian Christmas.) --Bellefonte India Mission; Mary Our Help Training Center: $118.32 --Centre County Citizens Concerned for Human Life: $118.87 --Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: $238.85 --Fr. O’Malley Fund: $300.00 --Fulton County Toy Drive: $150.90 --Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary; Peru Mission: $251.94 These totals are in addition to the fundraising that our students do for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through our annual St. Jude Math-a-Thon and the Diocesan Mission Office through our annual Lenten Boxes. As we mentioned earlier this spring, our students raised $3,670.60 and $322.83 respectively for these two organizations.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ESSAY CONTEST We are grateful to the Knights of Columbus for sponsoring the recent essay contest for 4th & 5th grade students. The winners were Erin Cro- nin and Isaac Dechow, who each received $100 from the Knights of Columbus. Congratulations to Erin and Isaac and thank you to the Knights for their constant support of our school and our students!

ST. JOHN SCHOOL PICNIC was held on Sunday, May 31 at DelGrosso Amusement Park. It was a day filled with good food and much fun. Thank you to the Home & School Association for the planning and sponsoring of this event. Thanks also to Leana Topper and Brian & Sharon Yangula for handing our the wristbands to our students and families, Tanya Packer for set- ting up, Chad Packer for grilling the hot dogs and the many families that helped with clean up following the luncheon.

Grade 3 Teacher Full Time Position Available Position avail- able in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown at St. John the Evan- gelist Catholic School, Bellefonte, PA, beginning with the 2015- 16 school year. Candidates must submit a letter of interest, re- sume, the PA Standard Application OR Diocesan Teaching Ap- plication (http://www.dioceseaj.org/education-office), college transcripts, PA Certification, three letters of recommendation (two professional, one from pastor), current (within one year) Act 151, Act 34, and Act 114 clearances, Act 168 Employment His- tory Check, and completion of Diocesan Youth Protection Pro- gram. Send complete application packets to: Ms. Jo-Ann Semko, Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, Education Office, 933 S. Logan Boulevard, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648

SUMMER OFFICE HOURS Although we will be working through- out the summer, we will only be answering the doors from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Wednesdays to allow for completion of cleaning and spe- cial projects. Feel free to leave a message at 355-7859 since we will be answering phones and scheduling appointments throughout the week. SCRIP Gift Certificate summer sales will be available at the school office during Wednesday hours from 9:00 AM–1:00 PM.

FUNDING FACTORY If you have any used HP, Lexmark, Dell, Cannon and/or Sharp ink jet cartridges for recycling, please send them to our school by the end of June. We will be discon- tinuing this fundraiser at the conclusion of this school year. The ST. JOHN SCHOOL NEWS CONTINUED... funds we receive no longer warrant the effort by parishioners and school staff to collect, process and ship them. Many of the cartridges we ship are listed by the Funding Factory to be damaged and therefore, not eligible for recycling monies. Thanks to everyone who has participated in this fundraiser through the years.

LAST CALL: OLV BASEBALL BUS TRIP SCHEDULED Join the OLV Parish trip to the Pittsburgh Pirates. We will attend the Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Atlanta Braves Baseball Game this Saturday, June 27 at 4:05 PM. We will leave the OLV Church Parking lot at 1:00 PM. The seats are Field Box seats in section 103 and are under cover. Total cost is $71 including ticket and bus. Call Chris Kirkpatrick at 237-7832 or email [email protected] to make your reservation. Payment is due at the time of your order. RSVP by THIS Monday, June 22nd.

CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS GABRIELLE PROJECT DIAPER DRIVE The Catholic Daughters are reminding everyone that there is still a need for more diapers for the Gabrielle Project. The Gabriel Project is a Pro-Life movement offering parish-based pastoral care to women, supplying their practical needs as well as offering unconditional love. The NEW box is located up the steps to the LEFT as you enter the church (near the old confessional). If you are able to help, your diaper donations are greatly appreciated. You can contact any Catholic Daughter for more info.

PUT YOUR FAITH FORMATION INTO HIGH GEAR THROUGH JustFaith Is it time for you to put your faith formation into high gear? JustFaith can help you revitalize your perspectives on living the Gospel of Jesus Christ in today’s challenging and broken world. A new JustFaith group is forming. Do you want to be a part of it? Fran, a Good Shepherd parishioner who participated in JustFaith says, “During JustFaith, I enjoyed reading, seeing thought provoking videos, listening to speakers from our community and having wide ranging discussions on Catholic social teaching. JustFaith changed my perspective on social justice issues and I was privileged to learn from and get to know on a deeper level some special members of our parish.” You are invited to be part of the new group forming to participate in JustFaith beginning this fall. An informational meeting will be held at 10:15 AM on July 19 and again at 7:00 PM on July 20 at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in State College. Or, you can contact Fran Moorman at [email protected] or call her at 867-0486 to learn more.

2015 FAITH DAY AT DELGROSSO’S Come to DelGrosso’s Amusement Part in Tipton, PA NEXT Sunday, June 28th and join Catholics from across the Diocese to celebrate our faith and enjoy a day of rides and slides!! Or just come and enjoy America’s best amusement park food! Highlights of the day include: Liturgy at 3:00 PM with Bishop Mark; a picnic in the diocesan pavil- ion at 5:00 PM and over 30 different park rides, games and the Tipton Rapids waterslides and Tipton Waterworks. All day Ride & Slide passes are available for a reduced price of $12 (a $19.95 Value) with a diocesan Faith Day voucher! $3 of each pass will be donated back to the Angel Fund for Camp Zacchaeus and Camp Timothy. Tickets are also available for a picnic after the Mass. Meal tickets must be preor- dered and prepaid by Monday, June 22nd. A nonperishable food item or free-will offering for Catholic Charities will be collected. For more information, contact the parish office or Francine Swope in the dioce- san Youth Ministry Office at 814 317-2646 or on the web at www.dioceseaj.org. 910066

St. John Evangelist Church 134 E. Bishop Street Bellefonte, PA 16823

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