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

Pastor: Rev. GEORGE I. JAKOPAC St. John’s Church was Established in 1828 ST. JOHN CATHOLIC SCHOOL Deacon: THOMAS E. BOLDIN St. John’s School was Established in 1890 MRS. KRISTINA TICE, School Principal

BAPTISMS: By Appointment MARRIAGE: Notify Pastor 9 Months in Advance SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday: 4:00-4:30PM CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS: Call the Rectory.

MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday: 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM and 10:15 AM Daily: See Bulletin Rectory Phone: 814) 355-3134 E-mail: saintjohnsoff@gmail.com Web:www.bellefontecatholicchurch.org School Phone: (814) 355-7859 School Website: www.saintjohnsch.net

LITURGICAL MINISTER/SERVER SCHEDULE: 5:00 PM Saturday, November 19th Servers: Joshua Culley & Isaak Bloom E.M.s: David Harry & Sandra Kowalski Lector: Theresa Pfaff Music Ministers: Stephen St. Amant & Suzanne Egli 8:00 AM Sunday, November 20th Servers: Grace Files & Mar ia Cotter E.M.s: Christine Surovec & Christopher Ross Lector: David Files Music Ministers: Adult Choir 10:15 AM Sunday, November 20th Servers: Parker Capparelle & Jayden Capparelle E.M.s: Michael Pavone & Shirley Boldin Lector: Frank Clemson Music Ministers: Folk Choir

NEXT ALL - DAY ADORATION Our next All-Day Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is scheduled for next Monday, November 21st. It will begin immediately following the 9:00 AM School Mass and will close at 2:00 PM. Plan to come for a quiet visit in the presence of our Blessed Lord. EARLIER DEADLINES FOR BULLETIN NEWS Please keep in mind that with the holidays approaching, we will have earlier deadlines for submitting information in our weekly bulletins. Please email or call the rectory as soon as possible so your message can be included in a timely manner. Thanks. IT’S TIME FOR OUR “FALL BINGO” Our “Fall Bingo” night is here! It will be held THIS Thursday, November 17th. The doors open at 5:00 PM for food and games of chance in St. John School Auditorium. Bingo games begin at 7:00 PM. Plan to join us for our final Bingo for 2016. If you could provide a dessert to sell during the evening, please bring it to the auditorium by 5:00 PM. Come and enjoy some good food, some good friends and have some fun! You might even win some holiday spending money!! OFFICE HOURS FOR THANKSGIVING WEEK Next Thursday, November 24th is Thanksgiving Day. Please note that our rectory office will be closed both Thursday the 24th and Friday, November 25th. THANKSGIVING DAY MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED AT 9:00 AM. “SILVER CIRCLE” HELPS IHM SISTERS We still have tickets available for the Silver Circle Membership. By purchasing a ticket, at a cost of $25.00, you are entered into a monthly drawing which continues through June 2017. Prizes range form $50—$1,000. Your ticket purchase helps our retired Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters who reside at Our Lady of Peace Home in Scranton, Pa. Tickets are available at the rectory office. Please stop by during regular business hours or call to reserve one (355-3134) . Payment can be made directly or placed in the collection basket or mailed to the office. If you want more information about the Silver Circle Membership, please visit www.Sistersofihm.org/silvercircle or call them at (570)346-5431. Thanks for your support of the IHM Sisters. 35th ANNUAL BELLEFONTE VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS With Christmas only about 6 weeks away, there will soon be many holiday events to choose from. One annual celebration held right here in Bellefonte is The Bellefonte Victorian Christmas weekend celebrating its 35th year! This year, St. John’s Church is listed in the program (on page 30) giving a brief history of our church and inviting the public to an Open House. The “Open House” will be held on Sunday, December 11th from 12:00 Noon—3:00 PM. W e hope to display several historic church items during this open house, as well as, show off our beautifully renovated and decorated church interior. Pick up a copy of The 35th Annual Bellefonte Victorian Christmas 2016 Event Guide w hich is available at many of our area businesses. Plan to come and visit your church during the Victorian Christmas Celebration weekend and learn more of our rich history in the community. YEAR OF MERCY COMING TO A CLOSE Our Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis as the “Year of Mercy” will end next Sunday, November 20th which is the Solemnity of Christ the King. A liturgical reflection from the diocese is printed on the following bulletin page.

** WEEK OF NOVEMBER 13, 2016 ** Page Two St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church

MASS TIME AT ST. KATERI CHURCH IS AT NOON EVERY SUNDAY!

Our E-Mail Address is saintjohnsoff@gmail.com OurWebsite: www.bellefontecatholicchurch.org RECTORY OFFICE HOURS Monday through Thursday: 8:30 AM—3:00 PM Fridays: 8:30 AM—Noon

CONFESSIONS ARE HEARD ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS FROM 4:00 - 4:30 PM

Saturday, November 12th 5:00 PM Jerome Basalla (Wife, Genny) Sunday, November 13th 8:00 AM Deceased Members of the Kelley & McKinley Families (Marilyn Houtz) 10:15 AM Our Parish Family Monday, November 14th 9:00 AM Charles (Chuck) Roth, Jr. (Bill Miller) Tuesday, November 15th 8:00 AM Francios Bourgeat (Kirk, Trish & Chase Aguer) Wednesday, November 16th 8:00 AM Communion Service Thursday, November 17th 8:00 AM John A. Okonski Kilmer (Ellie Scaroni) Friday, November 18th 8:00 AM Patricia Waite Riglin (The Family) Saturday, November 19th 5:00 PM Mary Rose Sharkey (Dennis Sharkey & Family) Sunday, November 20th 8:00 AM Mary & Fred Reinsel (Catherine Proper) 10:15 AM Health & Spiritual Welfare of Nancy Palfey (The Family)

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“St. John’s In Stitches” HOLIDAY QUILT RAFFLE

St. John’s In Stitches” will be raffling off a handmade quilt for the holidays. The size is 67” X 54”and is sewn in green, red, ivory and gold colored material. It can be seen in the vestibule of the church. The ladies from the sewing group will be available before and after all our Masses for the next few weekends selling the tickets for this raffle. The ticket cost is $1.00 each or a book of 6 for $5.00. You can also contact any of the fol-lowing sewing group members to purchase your tickets: Janie Provan at 355-9067; Rosie Wood at 625-2902; or Linda Plozner at 355-3533. The proceeds will benefit St. John’s Sewing Group with their many ongoing projects. CUB SCOUT PACK 35 SEEKS COMMITTEE MEMBERS The Bellefonte Cub Scout Pack #35 is looking for Committee members. They meet the second Wednesday of each month. If you are interested or would like more information, please contact Ida O’Donald at 880-2345 ST. JOHN’S CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE St. John’s will be having the annual Giving Tree Project again this year. This program provides gifts for area residents who may not be able to provide Christmas presents for their families due to medical, financial or other hardships. It also provides gifts for the elderly and disabled in our area nursing homes. Beginning next weekend, November 19th, the Giving Trees will be in the back of the church with “angels” displayed on them. Each “angel” will contain a name of a child, adult or family, along with some items they may need. Please consider taking an “angel” or two to help make this holiday a little bright-er for someone in need. If you know of a family or person who may benefit from this program, please contact Patty Correll at 571-8718 as soon as possible. Each year we usually have about 4—6 angel gifts that are not returned. Gifts still need to be bought for these angels. If you would like to give a financial donation to help with the cost of providing gifts for the ones that are not returned, please call Patty Correll or drop your donation off at the rectory during regular business hours.

A LITURGICAL REFLECTION FROM THE DIOCESE The Liturgy Office of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown has printed the following reflection for this final week of this Jubilee “Year of Mercy”:

“We are directed to think of the end of time, that day when God appears in power and majesty, completing the mission of Jesus Christ with justice and righteousness. How would you live today differently if you knew it was to be your last? This past Jubilee Year of Mercy invites all of us to state that mercy needs to be practiced in our lives. When Jesus comes again in all His glory, may we be mercifully judged as a people who showed great mercy to the sisters and brothers. Compassion, love, kindness, forgiveness and gentleness mark the believer in the name of the Lord. Mercy shared is showing the face of God to another.” REMINDER: To place special prayer requests on the Parish Prayer Chain, please call Christine at 359-2654. And please continue to pray for all those requests. SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS! Please remember to check out and support the advertisers on the back of our church bulletin. Through their sponsorship, St. John’s Church bulletins are published each week! THANK YOU ADVERTISERS for continuing to sponsor our weekly bulletins!

ORDINARY COLLECTION INCOME RECEIVED: Adult Offertory: $ 9,280.46 Loose Offertory: $ 2,047.00 Children’s Offertory: $ 56.50 Special Monthly: $ 2,184.00 Votive Candles: $ 108.34 ORDINARY COLLECTION TOTAL: $ 13,676.30 EXTRA ORDINARY INCOME RECEIVED: Maintenance Fund: $ 187.00 All Saints Collection: $ 1,150.00 All Souls Collection: $ 617.00 Immaculate Conception Collection: $ 1.00 ORDINARY INCOME TOTAL: $ 1,955.00 ORDINARY & EXTRA DEPOSIT TOTAL:$ 15,631.30 ************************************************* REGULAR SCHOOL COLLECTION TOTAL: $ 101.00 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: (Diocesan or Others) Propagation of Faith /World Mission: $ 50.00 Catholic Charities Collection: $ 11.00 Holy Name of Mary School: $ 3.37

WEEKLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR WEEKEND 11/06/2016

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND YOUR GENEROSITY

BAPTISM PREPARATION CLASS Attention New or Expecting Parents: Deacon Tom will hold the next Baptism Preparation Class on Sunday, December 4th from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM in the rectory basement. This class is for all parents wanting to have their child baptized either here at St. John’s or at St. Kateri Parish. This class is an “only one-time” requirement of the diocese for all parents (& hopeful-ly, godparents if they are local) to attend. Please call the rectory office if you would like to sign up for the class and/or schedule a Baptism. For any questions, please contact Deacon Tom Boldin at stboldin@verizon.net or call him at 355-4234. CENTRE COUNTY “THEOLOGY ON TAP” If you are a young adult between the ages of 21 to 30-ish, you are invited to attend any or all of the next three sessions remain-ing of “Theology on Tap Centre County.” Come and join in at the Lettermans Sports Grill (formerly Damon’s) at 1031 East College Avenue in State College. The gathering begins around 7:00 PM until about 9:00 PM. The talk/presentation usually kicks off at 7:30 PM followed by a Q & A period . These sessions are always held on a Wednesday evening. THIS week’s session will be held on Wednesday, November 16th. The speaker is Rob Shearer and his topic is “Stewardship”. Then the final two remaining sessions and their speakers are December 14th: Tony DeGol; Topic: “Media and New Evangelization” AND January 18th: Bishop Mark Bartchak; Topic: “Virtue of Magnanimity” If you have any questions, contact Kristine and Mike Creavy at (717) 574-7201 or check it out on Facebook at “Theology on Tap Centre County.” Plan to attend the next Theology On Tap night this Wednesday …..and invite a friend to come along. SELF PORTRAIT EVERY JOB IS A SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE PERSON WHO DID IT. AUTOGRAPH OUR WORK WITH QUALITY. __Anonymous

Please mark your calendar for the St. John School Christ-mas Pageant on December 13 at 7:00 PM in the Bellefonte Elementary School Auditorium. All parishioners are welcome to attend. DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE AWARD Each year during Catholic Schools Week, we honor an alumnus of St. John School with the National Catholic Education Associa-tion Distinguished Graduate Award. This award, that honors the achievements of Catholic elementary school graduates, was created as “a means of highlighting the people, who as adults, put into practice the values and ideals they learned in their Catholic elementary school.” We are currently accepting nominations for this year’s award. If you would like to nominate a former graduate of our school for this recognition, please send your nomination to sjadmin@saintjohnsch.net. RACE FOR ED We wanted to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who helped with our 8th annual Race for Education on Friday, October 28 at Governors Park. Whether it was by making a donation or volun-teering your time…..we are extremely grateful and blessed. Thanks to the following volunteers who lent a hand on the day of the event: Ann Stitzer, Aparna Dave, Billie Novosel, Blake Ben-del, Brad Milanese, Brenda Brown, Curt Stanton, Jean Gerber, Jennifer Brezler, Michelle Mindziak, Noelle Capparelle, Rachelle Weiser, Sara Tyson, Tony Roland and Torrey Leitzell. Thanks also to the following businesses that supported our school through their monetary donations: Red Horse Tavern, Wireless Made Simple, Plumb’s Drug Store, Linda Lowe Re/Max Centre Realty, Restek Corporation, Bellefonte Lodge No. 206 Loyal Order of Moose, Toby S. Capparelle Trucking and Cindy Evcic State Farm. A special thank you to Mrs. Erin St. Amant, Mrs. Rebecca Shoalmire and Mrs. Natalie Stanton for their many hours of time to plan a fun, fall, exercise-filled day for all! Our total from this event will help us continue to provide a quali-ty education with affordable tuition. Our total as of November 4 was $16,587.00. Because our students surpassed their goal, Principal Tice and the entire Faculty dressed as Star Wars char-acters for school on Monday. We have uploaded some pictures to our school website, www.saintjohnsch.net, so be sure to check them out. We say it many times, and it is very true, we are truly blessed at St. John Catholic School with an incredible, dedicated faculty and staff and an extremely generous school and parish family. GARDNERS CHRISTMAS CANDY SALE All items are priced the same as in the Gardners stores. So, save yourself time standing in line and help the school make up to 40% profit! Orders and money are due November 15. They can be placed in the collection basket this weekend or returned to the school office. Orders will be delivered on December 13. If you are unable to pick up that week, school staff will be happy to deliver your order. Orders can also be placed online at gardnerscandiesfundraising under our group ID# 10-0987. GIVE THE GIFT THAT GIVES BACK! St. John School is so fortunate to have the opportunity to participate in the SCRIP gift card fundraising program. It is truly a very easy and unique way to raise funds for our Catholic school that is at no-extra-cost to families. With each gift card purchased, we are working together to keep St. John School’s quality education affordable, but we NEED the help of our parish families to make this program successful. Information is located in the red and manila envelopes on the registers in the back of the church. Please consider using our program to purchase gift cards for all your shopping and gift giving needs. Pre-Christmas order for national retailers (manila envelopes) is Monday, November 14.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES Our Religious Education Classes for Kindergarten through 10th Grade students are held each Sunday morning from 9:00—10:00 AM in St. John School classrooms. Direct any questions to Mark & Denise Leskovansky at 355-3278. 11TH GRADE CONFIRMATION CLASSES The 11th Grade Confirmation group will have their next scheduled class next Sunday, November 20th in St. John School Auditorium from 11:15 AM—12:30 PM. For questions or concerns, please contact Deacon Tom or Shirley Boldin via email at stboldin@verizon.net or call them at 355-4234. *************************************************************** CD of A ANNUAL HOLIDAY YARD SALE The Catholic Daughters are continuing to collect gently used Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations for their Annual Holiday Yard Sale. The Yard Sale will be held next weekend, November 19th and 20th, before and after all Masses. Any donations can be put in the box in the back of the church; or dropped off this Friday, November 18th between 6:00—7:00 PM in St. John School Auditorium. This is a great opportunity to clear out some clutter and help the Catholic Daughters. For questions, contact Lorraine Fello at 571-8856 or lfello726@gmail.com. CD OF A ANNUAL FALL BAKE SALE The Catholic Daughters Annual Fall Bake Sale will be held next weekend, November 19th and 20th before and after all Masses. All parishioners are invited to donate baked goods for this event. Consider Christmas cookies, muffins, fudge, specialty breads or brownies, festive rice crispy treats, or your favorite baked items. Please drop your donations off at St. John School this Friday, November 18th after 5:00 PM or this Saturday morning after 8:00 AM. Items can also be dropped off anytime next Sunday morning before any Mass. Proceeds from this sale benefit the many CD of A projects. For any questions, call Peg Herbstritt at 353-4526. Thanks for helping.

K OF C MONTHLY BREAKFAST Next Sunday, November 20th, The Knights of Columbus will be having their monthly “ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT” BREAKFAST . The breakfast will be served starting at 8:30

AM until Noon at their hall on Stoney Batter. In addition to the full menu of years past which includes Bacon, Eggs, Sausage, Potatoes, French Toast, Pancakes, Waffles, Sausage Gravy, Oatmeal, Hot Syrup, Juice, Fruit, Coffee, Tea and Hot Chocolate, they have added SCRAPPLE. The cost is still only $8.00 for adults, children under 12 eat for $4.00 while children under 6 eat for Free. Come in and enjoy a great breakfast prepared by and in support of our local Knights of Columbus. K OF C WILL SERVE A FREE THANKSGIVING DINNER Again this year, our Bellefonte Knights of Columbus Council #1314 will be serving a FREE Thanksgiving Dinner at their hall on Stoney Batter. This w ill be a traditional Thanksgiving meal served on Thursday, November 24th from 11:00 AM—2:00 PM. They w ill also prepare take-outs. For more information, contact any K of C member. TUNE INTO WJVM 90.3-FM & WEJO 104.7-FM Free i-Phone & Android apps for the stations are also available. Visit www.waob.org for details. We are now recording “pray-ers” for our November slots. We thank the members of the Penn State Newman Catholic Student Association for their recent recording. If you would like to pray or receive our monthly programming e-blasts, contact Sheryl Balkey at voiceofdivinemercy@gmail.com or 238-6288 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, PA 16804-0862. During the final months of the year, your donations are especially appreciated. Several of our 2017 annual expenses are due in December. God bless you for prayerfully considerng this special request to support our spiritual work of mercy!

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