ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CATHOLIC CHURCH 134 East Bishop Street, Bellefonte, PA 16823

Rev. George I. Jakopac | Deacon Thomas E. Boldin

MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday: 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM & 10:15 AM Daily: See Bulletin St. Kateri: 12:00 PM Sunday CONFESSION: Saturday 4:00-4:30PM BAPTISMS: By Appointment MARRIAGE: Notify Pastor 9 Months in Advance R.C.I.A.: Call the Rectory.

Rectory Phone: (814) 355-3134 | E-mail: saintjohnsoff@gmail.com | www.bellefontecatholicchurch.org

ST. JOHN CATHOLIC SCHOOL School Principal: Mrs. Kristina Tice School Phone: (814) 355-7859 E-mail: sjadmin@saintjohnsch.net School Website: www.saintjohnsch.net

LITURGICAL MINISTER/SERVER SCHEDULE 5:00 PM Saturday, December 29th Lector: Jennifer Gill Eucharistic Ministers: Linda Jabco & Janice Provan Servers: Kyle & Sam Yangula Music Ministers: Natalie Stanton 8:00 AM Sunday, December 30th Lector: Jeff Drapcho Eucharistic Ministers: Kevin Trimpey & Louise Manginell Servers: Jayden & Parker Capparelle Music Ministers: Tradi onal Choir 10:15 AM Sunday, December 30th Lector: Bibiana Polak Eucharistic Ministers: Michael Pavone & Karen Truesdale Servers: Maura Sharer & Maria Co er Music Ministers: Youth Choir

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT The next Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be on Monday, January 7th immediately following the 9:00 AM Mass. It will close at 2:00 PM. PARISH & FINANCE COUNCIL MEETINGS The Parish and Finance Councils will meet Thursday, January 10th in the rectory basement at 6:30 PM and 7:30 PM respectively. TAKING DOWN DECORATIONS We will be taking down the Christmas decorations in the church Monday, January 14th at 10:00 AM (following the 9:00 AM Mass). If you have some time, we would love the help.

RECTORY OFFICE HOURS CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE

Thursday, December 20th: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM December 21-26: OFFICE CLOSED

December 27: Regular office hours resume

EXTRA CONFESSION TIME DURING ADVENT

Sunday, December 23 at 6:00 PM

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Saturday, December 22nd 5:00 PM Vilma & Donald J. Anspauch Sr (Anspauch, Neidigh & Kowalski Families) Sunday, December 23rd 8:00 AM Paul Proper (Catherine Proper) 10:15 AM Tony Nastase, Sr (Wife, Be y) Monday, December 24th – Christmas Vigil 5:00 PM Deceased members of the Frank Faback Family (Janet & Paul Osterling) 7:00 PM Tom & Marian Wayne (Son, Tommy) 10:00 PM Priests & Deacons of the Altoona‐Johnstown Diocese (Deacon Tom and Shirley Boldin) Tuesday, December 25th—Christmas Day 9:00 AM Deceased members of the Dunn Family (The Egli Family) Wednesday, December 26th 8:00 AM Communion Service Thursday, December 27th 6:00 PM Owen & Bessie Herniman (Dick & Nancy Taylor) Friday, December 28th 8:00 AM Barbara Louise Waite (The Family) Saturday, December 29th 5:00 PM Joseph Kresovich (The Family) Sunday, December 30th 8:00 AM Mary, Joseph & Andrew Debrasky (Stan, Bonnie, Philip & Alan) 10:15 AM Peter Priest (Ed & Erin Burke)

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GRADE 11 Confirmation Class 11th Grade Confirmation Class meets on Sundays from 11:15-12:30 PM in the school auditorium. Sunday, December 23—No Class Sunday, December 30—No Class

If you have any 11th grade Confirmation questions, please contact Deacon Tom or Shirley Boldin at 355-4234 or via email at stboldin@verizon.net. R.C.I.A. The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) classes will take a break for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Classes will resume January 6, 2019. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CCD will take a break for the Christmas and New Year holidays. Sunday, December 23—No CCD Sunday, December 30—No CCD Classes will resume Sunday, January 6, 2019 See you next year! SOLEMNITY OF MARY– MASS TIMES January 1, 2019 is the Solemnity of Mary. It is a Holyday of Obligation. Masses will be celebrated on:

Monday, December 31, 2018 at 6:00 PM Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at 9:00 AM

A Special Thank You

Thank you to all the singers, cleaners, decorators and volunteers for all the work they did during

the holidays to make our Christmas season happy, holy and beautiful.—Fr. George

Fourth Sunday of Advent Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. — Luke 1:42

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Lk 1:67-79 Tuesday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14] Wednesday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22 Thursday: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a,2-8 Friday: 1 Jn 1:5 — 2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7b-8; Mt 2:13-18 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35 Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28; Ps 128:1-5 or Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10; Col 3:12-21 [12-17] or 1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24; Lk 2:41-52 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Fourth Sunday of Advent Monday: Vigil of Christmas Tuesday: The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Wednesday: St. Stephen; First Day of Kwanzaa Thursday: St. John Friday: The Holy Innocents Saturday: Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord; St. Thomas Becket

2018 CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE Monday, Dec 24 4:00 PM St. Kateri 5:00 PM St. John’s 7:00 PM St. John’s 10:00 PM St. John’s Tuesday, Dec 25 9:00 AM St. John’s

WEEKLY FINANCIAL REPORT

FOR WEEKEND 12/16/2018

No financial report available due to the early

publication deadline for this week’s bulletin.

School Phone: 814-355-7859 School Email: sjadmin@saintjohnsch.net School Web Site: www.saintjohnsch.net

The Students, Faculty and Staff of St. John Catholic School wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a

Healthy, Happy New Year! MEMORIALS & DONATIONS Each year our students are able to purchase gifts for loved ones at our Santa’s Workshop. It is a wonderful day and many people contribute in a variety of ways from crafting to donated items/money or volunteering to set up, help children shop, wrap gifts or clean up. We are very blessed at St. John school. A huge THANK YOU goes out to the following people: Crafters: Liza Kelleher, Amanda Zanzalari, Jennifer Brezler, Sara Tyson, Aimee Levandoski, Kelly Yost, Elizabeth Soroka, Carrie Lehman, Katie Fisher, Mikey Novosel, Donna Kellogg, Jamie Hockenberry, David and Janice Schaub, Barbara Soroka, Kim May, Erin Stover, Judy Tyson, Patricia Burris, Anne Boyd, Linda Wallis, Will Elliot, and St. John in Stitches sewing group. Prep Team: Natalie Smithmyer, Sara Tyson, Gary Oden, Fred Smithmyer, Aaron Tyson, Liza Kelleher, Mrs. Wendt, Mrs. Pollick, Mrs. Fisher, Mr. Baummer and the AfterSchool students. Santa’s Workshop Elves: Sara Tyson, Natalie Smithmyer, Kelly Berkey, Aparna Dave, Donna Kellogg, Elizabeth Dechow, Brian Alterio, Amy Debach, Paula Brezler, Billie Novosel, Jody McHail, Katie Fisher, Heather Dubin, Angela Zebo-Hosterman, Jeff Puhala, Elise Lindquist, Mindi Suhy, Liza Kelleher, Frannie Ruggiero, Paula and Tony Roland, Barbara Uadiski, David and Janice Schaub, Patricia Bird, Kimberly May and Ann Stitzer.

Thank you and Merry Christmas!

GIANT A+ SCHOOL REWARDS PROGRAM We recently earned $200.71 from Giant for the month of November. This brings our three-month total to $660.00. Thank you to those who have registered their Giant Bonuscards for St. John School. Every time a registered Bonuscard is used when shopping at Giant between Sept. 7 and March 16, our school earns cash.

If you’ve already registered your Bonuscard in past years, you do not need to re-register.

If you have never registered your Bonuscard, please have your 11-digit Bonuscard number handy. Log on to www.giantfoodstores.com and click Register. Follow the prompts to create your online account. Once logged in, select “MY ACCOUNT”, followed by “MANAGE MY ACCOUNT”, then “REWARDS & SAVINGS” to select your school. Please designate St. John the Evangelist Catholic School ID# 21186 in the school designation area.

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK Please watch upcoming bulletins and our website for information regarding Catholic Schools Week at the end of January. This is a week designated to celebrate what makes Catholic Schools special. We will begin the week with 10:15 a.m. Mass on Sunday, January 27, followed immediately by an Open House in our school. We invite everyone to join us in this celebration of Catholic education.

PRAYER REQUESTS FOR MILITARY If you would like to include a name of someone serving in the military please email or call the rectory office. Please include their rank and branch of service.

Please pray for those serving in the military:

LT Steven Wright, U.S. Navy; CPT James Bickle, U.S. Army Reserve SSG Matthew Bickle, U.S. Army; LtCol Paul B. Wurster, U.S. Air Force CPT Nicholas Taylor, U.S. Army; CWO James Decker, U.S. Navy LTC William Smith, U.S. Army; Amn Chandler Ross, U.S. Air Force LT Patricia Wilson, U.S. Navy; ENS Matthew Goodpaster, U.S. Navy SSgt Joseph Trimpey, U.S. Air Force; LT Jared T. Hallahan, U.S. Navy SrA Floyd Meeker III, U.S. Air Force; Capt Jared Swancer, USMC 2LT Peter J. Muto, U.S. Army; SSgt Jacob Nieto, U.S. Air Force; LtCol Gordon Frankenfield, U.S. Air Force; CMSgt Douglas Campbell, U.S. Air Force. MARCH FOR LIFE BUS TRIP “March for Life” is Friday, January 18, 2019. We are now taking reservations for the 2019 “March for Life” Bus Trip to Washington, DC. Pick up locations will be at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Bellefonte, Our Lady of Victory Parish in State College, and the Service Plaza in Breezewood. The cost is Student $10/Adult $15/Family $30 and checks can be made payable to “Holy Spirit Parish.” If you would like to attend you can print a reservation form online at holyspiritlockhaven.org/parish-news/upcoming-events or call St John’s rectory at 355-3134 or Holy Spirit Parish Office at 570-748-4594. Waivers and payment are due before January 11th. Itineraries and waiver forms can be picked up in the rectory office. For any additional questions please call Holy Spirit Parish at 570-748-4594. CATHOLIC RADIO Share in the gift of WJVM 90.3-FM & WEJO 104.7-FM this Christmas! Enjoy special Christmas programming beginning on Christmas Eve @ 5pm and continuing throughout the octave season. Remember, just $100/day keeps our Catholic voice on the air. Our 501(c)3 organization is volunteer-run and your tax-deductible donation may be mailed to: Voice of Divine Mercy, PO Box 862, State College, PA16804-0862. God bless you for prayerfully considering a year-end contribution to support our spiritual work of mercy. Lastly, we ask that you keep the homebound, hospitalized, and imprisoned members of our listening audience in your prayers at Christmas. “The Spirit of the Season” CONCERT On Thursday, December 27, at 7 PM, at the Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel, 321 St. Mary Street, Loretto, a Christmas Concert will be held featuring La Bella Musica String Quartet, The St. Michael Basilica Choir and the St. Michael School Choir. The performances are under the direction of Basilica Director of Music, Jonathan Nagy. All are welcome to attend. A free will offering will be taken to benefit the Loretto Basilica /Our Lady of the Alleghenies Garden Shrine music program. OUR LADY OF VICTORY MIDDLE SCHOOL Planning for Your Child to be a Middle School Student at OLVCS Next School Year? NOW is the time to complete the online application. OLVCS has openings for students in 6th through 8th grade. There is no application fee for those who apply by December 31, 2018. To learn more and to complete the online application, go to www.olvcatholicschool.org/admissions.

910066 St. John Evangelist Church 134 E. Bishop Street Bellefonte, PA 16823 814-355-3134 Contact: Fr. George Jakopac gjakopac@archbalt.org Software Using: Win 8 Adobe DC Publisher 2013 Transmission Time: Wednesdays, 11:30 am Special Instructions: