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, April 8th Servers: Isaak Bloom & Josh Culley Lector: Angela Basalla Eucharistic Ministers: Julia Gardner & Sandra Kowalski Narrator (Reading of the Passion): David Files Music Ministers: Folk Choir 8:00 AM Sunday, April 9th Servers: Erin Cronin & Ty Cronin Lector: Christine Surovec Eucharistic Ministers: Christine Surovec & Adam Rawding Narrator (Reading of the Passion): Adam Rawding Music Ministers: Adult Choir 10:15 AM Sunday, April 9th Servers: Noah Ladlee & Ella Ladlee Lector: Charles Witmer Eucharistic Ministers: Char les Witmer & Kr istina Tice Narrator (Reading of the Passion): Joseph Pietrowicz Music Ministers: Teen Choir

ALL-DAY ADORATION Our next All-Day Adoration will be held this Monday, April 3rd im m ediately follow ing the 9:00 AM school Mass. It closes at 2:00 PM. Come for a quiet Lenten visit with the Lord. Please Note: There is no adoration scheduled on Monday April 17th. PARISH & FINANCE COUNCIL MEETINGS The Parish Council & Finance Councils will both hold meetings this Thursday, April 6th at 6:30 PM & 7:30 PM respectively. They are held in the rectory basement meeting room. THIS WEEK’S LENTEN SCHEDULE: Friday, April 7th 6:00 Confessions (Last Friday evening Confessions scheduled) 7:00 PM Stations of the Cross Saturday April 8th 6:00– 7:00 PM Confessions Fr. Cyprian will also hear confessions. (This would be a good night to go!) Note: We will still do the regular 4:00 PM Saturday Confessions. ****** HOLY WEEK ****** WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12th 6:00 -7:00 PM Confessions (Last Chance before Easter) HOLY THURSDAY, APRIL 13th 7:00 PM Mass with Adoration until 11:00 PM GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 14th 1:00 PM Service of the Lord’s Passion 7:00 PM Live Stations St. Kateri: Service of Lord’s Passion at 7:00 PM HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 15th 10:00 AM Practice for servers and lectors 11:00 AM Blessing of Easter Baskets 8:30 PM EASTER VIGIL EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 16th: Regular Mass times at 8:00 AM and 10:15 AM **** UPCOMING EVENTS IN APRIL**** Sunday, April 23rd, Divine Mercy Sunday 2:00-2:45 PM Confessions 3:00 PM Prayer Service with Fr. Boniface Hicks Confessions and social to follow. Monday, April 24th 7:00 PM Confirmation Practice Wednesday April 26th 7:00 PM Confirmation with Bishop Bartchak Thursday April 27th 6:00 PM First Communion Practice Saturday, April 29th 10:00 AM First Communion ATTENTION EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS The Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown will start offering the Communion Cup once again and exchanging the sign of peace the weekend of Palm Sunday, April 8th and 9th. Please resume the regular schedule.

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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, April 1st 5:00 PM Marian Albarano (Nancy Kowalczyk) Sunday, April 2nd 8:00 AM Paul Proper (Mother, Catherine Proper) 10:15 AM Thomas Gueiswhite (The Oesterling Family) Monday, April 3rd 9:00 AM Benefactors of St. John School (The St. John School Staff) Tuesday, April 4th 8:00 AM Anne & Harry Keeler (Roadarmel Family) Wednesday, April 5th 8:00 AM Communion Service Thursday, April 6th 6:00 PM Louise Drapcho (The Family) Friday, April 7th 8:00 AM Josephine Dunn (Jim, Donna & Family) 6:00 PM Confessions 7:00 PM Sta ons of the Cross Saturday, April 8th 5:00 PM Jerome Basalla (Wife, Genny) Sunday, April 9th PALM SUNDAY 8:00 AM Clinton Swartz (Wife, Sylvia) 10:15 AM Francis Bonfa o (Kay & Becky) 12:00 Noon La n Mass Celebra on

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100TH ANNIVERSARY OF FATIMA APPARITIONS This year marks the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to three shepherd children in Portugal from May to October 1917. Pope Francis has encouraged the faithful to take advantage of the spiritual benefits at Marian celebrations during this centennial observance. In the Dio-cese of Altoona-Johnstown, Bishop Mark will lead celebrations beginning with one on Saturday, May13 with the Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima at 11:30 AM along with the recitation of the Rosary and Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Altoona. The faithful may obtain a plenary indulgence during the Cen-tennial Fatima Observance as announced by Pope Francis. To obtain the plenary indulgence, the faithful must fulfill the ordinary conditions (Go to confession and Communion, be interiorly detached from sin, and pray for the intentions of the Holy Father) as well as do special Fatima visits/devotions. TUNE INTO WJVM 90.3-FM & WEJO 104.7-FM IN LENT! (i-Phone & Android apps for the stations are available- visit waob.org for details.) We are now recording for the April prayer slots. We thank the members of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Rev. Patrick McArdle #448 and St. John the Evangelist Church in Bellefonte for their re-cent recording. If you would like to pray or receive our monthly programming e-blasts, contact Sheryl Balkey at (814)238-6288 or voiceofdivinemercy@gmail.com. Remember, just $100/day keeps our Catholic voice on the air. Your tax-deductible donation may be mailed to: Voice of Divine Mercy, PO Box 862, State College, PA 16804-0862. We ask that you keep the homebound, hospitalized, and imprisoned members of our listening audience in your prayers throughout Lent. And please remember those in our local RCIA programs who will be entering into the fullness of the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil. “BREWING THE FAITH” PROGRAM “Brewing the Faith” is for all people that are 40 years of age and above, and want to learn more about the Catholic faith. The events will be held at the Ramada Conference & Golf Hotel at 1450 South Atherton Street in State College. Gatherings are held on Wednesdays from 7:00 PM to about 8:30 PM. This season’s presentations highlight the similarities between various faiths and the Catholic faith on several specific topics. The following dates, speakers, and topics are as follows: April 19th Similarities of the Islamic Faith: Allah, Prophets and Books oh my! Speaker: Zakariya Khayat, The Islamic Society of Central PA. April 26th Similarities of the Anglican Faith: One Holy and Catholic Speaker: The Most Reverend Council Nedd II, PhD, DHum, Anglican Bishop of St. Alban’s Anglican Church. May 3rd Similarities of Judaism: Rites of Atonement and the Sacrament of Reconciliation Speaker: David E. Ostrich, Rabbi of Congregation Brit Shalom. May 10th Similarities of the Hindu Faith and Catholicism Speaker: Fr. Anthony Sudherson, Our Lady of Victory Church. CEMETERY SPRING CLEAN-UP Please remove any decorations or flowers from the grave sites at St. John’s Cemetery by Friday, April 21st so that cleanup for the spring and summer season can begin. Anything that is not removed by that date will be discarded by the cemetery clean-up crew. Please also remember that nothing is to be planted in the ground at the gravesites and all wreaths should be placed as close to the tombstones as possible or on top of the stones. We appreciate your cooperation in helping to make our cemetery maintenance as easy as possible. If you have any questions, please contact Joseph Schoch at 359-2302. BINGO FOR APRIL With the Knights of Columbus now sponsoring our Bingo, they have decided to hold one each month. The next BINGO is scheduled for Tuesday, April 18th. The doors open at 6:00 PM. The Bingo games begin at 7:00 PM. The cost to play is $20. Food and beverages are available. Come and bring a friend/neighbor to play and try to win one of the bigger prizes!

ORDINARY COLLECTION INCOME RECEIVED: Adult Offertory: $ 5,866.00 Loose Offertory: $ 1,153.50 Children’s Offertory: $ 46.00 Special Monthly: $ 140.00 Votive Candles: $ 124.43 ORDINARY COLLECTION TOTAL $ 7,329.93 EXTRA ORDINARY INCOME RECEIVED: Maintenance Fund: $ 82.00 Catholic Register Subscriptions: $ 16.00 Easter Flowers: $ 595.00 Fr. O’Malley Fund: $ 65.00 Solemnity of Mary Collection: $ 5.00 EXTRA ORDINARY TOTAL: $ 763.00 ORDINARY & EXTRA DEPOSIT TOTAL:$ 8,092.93 ************************************************* SCHOOL COLLECTION AMOUNT: $ 310.00 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: (Diocesan or Others) Black & Indian Missions: $ 10.00 Catholic Relief Services Collection: $ 275.00 Catholic Charities Collection: $ 47.00 Bellefonte India Collection: $ 5.00 ******************************************* AS ALWAYS

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND YOUR GENEROSITY

WEEKLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR WEEKEND 03/26/2017

FINAL LENTEN BREAKFAST The final Lenten Breakfast/service, sponsored by the Council of Churches, will be held from 7:00 —7:45 AM this Wednesday morn-ing, April 5th at The Trinity Methodist Church on Howard Street, Bellefonte. A light breakfast will be accompanied by an inspirational message given by a local pastor or deacon. There is no charge to attend and reservations are not needed. If you have any questions, please contact Frank Densevich at 355-4658. PARISH PICNIC SCHEDULED FOR JUNE MARK YOUR CALENDARS! St. John Church will hold a PARISH PICNIC on June 11th at Governor’s Park. Since there is no Fun Festival scheduled for this year, we will have an “ole’ fashioned” picnic for all our parish families to come together and enjoy. All the details will be forthcoming in future bulletins, but we wanted to give you the date so you can jot it down on your calendars. Hopefully, you have received the letter and Cash Raffle Tickets that were mailed out to all parishioners last week. We sent each family a total of five books of tickets at $5.00 a book of 6 tickets. If you can purchase them all, that’s great! If not, perhaps you can sell some to a friend or neighbor. This Cash Raffle will be our church’s only fund raiser for this year so we appreciate your full participation. All ticket stubs and money need to be returned to the rectory (via mail, dropped off or placed in the collection basket) by the week of June 4th since the drawing will be at our Church Picnic on June 11th. EARLY BULLETIN DEADLINES THROUGH EASTER Please forward any info to be inserted in the bulletin as soon as possible because of early submission deadlines.

MEMORIAL AND DONATIONS We have received donations in memory of Elizabeth “Betty” Lutchko from the following persons: Frank & Nan Moerschbacher; Stefanie Tomlinson; Ron & Diane Lidgett At this time of year, we begin to plan and budget for next school year, as well as look for ways to help some of our families with tuition payments. We’d be so grateful if you’d consider giving a donation to our school in honor or memory of a loved one. Another option is the Angel Fund. Money given to this fund can be donated anonymously and is used to assist with the tuition of families who are in need. The donor may designate a particular student(s) or they may request that the school administration choose the recipient. Please consider contributing to this very worthwhile fund and help with the financial stability of St. John School. To make a donation, please call the school office. Thank you for any assistance that you can give to some very thankful families. Thank you to all of our benefactors and God bless your support of and your generosity to our school. READING COMPETITION We would like to congratulate our two Reading Competition teams for the wonderful job they did at the March 25th competition. We are so proud of their hard work and the great ambassadors that they were for St. John School. The team members on the St. John Reading Rockstars: Joshua Culley, Anna Dello Stritto, Meadow Mindziak, Johnathan Nadolsky, Katelyn Packer, Madeline Soroka and Alexandria Zanghi. Team members on the St. John Scholastic Superstars: Eric Clark, Ava Hockenberry, Kyle Klimek, Grace Novitsky, Evelyn St. Amant, Gauge Schnars, Sophia Scott and Ruthann Smoyer. Thanks so much to Mrs. Michelle Russell and Mrs. Natalie Stanton for mentoring and leading these wonderful students! DIOCESAN FORENSICS COMPETITION We wanted to announce exciting news regarding several of our school alumni and parishioners. Sarah Grove and Samuel Yangula competed in the Diocesan Forensics Competition for our region, with Sarah earning 1st place in the Drama Duo category and Sam earning 1st place in the Impromptu Speech category. They both went on to compete in the diocesan championship round, with Sam earning first place honors for the entire diocese. We are extremely proud of Sarah and Sam for representing our parish family so exceptionally. Way to go, Sarah and Sam!...St. John School alumni! STATIONS OF THE CROSS Parishioners are invited to join St. John School as we pray the Stations of the Cross each Friday at 1:00 PM during Lent. The only exception will be during Holy Week when there will be no School Stations at 1:00 PM on Good Friday. During Holy Week, our 4th Grade Class will present two Live Stations of the Cross, one on Wednesday, April 12 at 10:00 AM and the other on Good Friday at 7:00 PM. KINDERGARTEN & PRE-K REGISTRATION FOR 2017-2018 Please call the school office at 355-7859 if you have not registered for our Kindergarten or Pre-K for next year. Very limited openings are still available. Registration forms can be obtained in the School Office or found online at www.saintjohnsch.net. Please call Tina in the school office at 355-7859 for more information ******************************************** MEMORIAL DONATION REC EIVED St. John’s Church recently received another Memorial donation in memory of John Zelenky. This m em orial gift w as given by Home Instead Senior Care in State College. Thank you for remembering St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church with these memorial gift donations.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES The final CCD classes for the 2016/17 school year for students in Kindergarten through 10th grades are this Sunday, April 2nd. They are held in our St. John School classrooms from 9:00—10:00 AM. Direct any questions to Mark & Denise Leskovansky at 355-3278. CONFIRMATION CLASS The Confirmation Class will have their Rite of Sending Forth during the 10:15 AM Mass next Sunday, April 9th. The next Confirmation class is also scheduled for next Sunday, April 9th from 11:15 AM until 12:30 PM in the school auditorium. 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 DIVINE MERCY ROSARY The Divine Mercy Rosary recently hosted by The Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Rev. Patrick McArdle #448 will be aired on our Catholic Radio Station WJVM 90.3 FM and WEJO 104.7 FM on April 11th at 11:00 AM and again at 11:00 PM. C D of A MONTHLY MEETING The Catholic Daughters will hold their next meeting this Thursday evening, April 6th. It will be held in St. John School Auditorium. The Social begins at 6:30 and the meeting starts at 7:00 PM.

PROLIFE BABY SHOWER BINGO The Catholic Daughters are sponsoring a Pro Life Baby Shower Bingo this Sunday, April 2nd. It will be held from 1:00—3:00 PM in St. John School Auditorium. The cost is $5.00 plus a new,

unwrapped baby item. Light refreshments will be served. All proceeds will benefit several Pro Life charities. The afternoon will feature Bingo games, a Gift Bag Auction and a 50/50 drawing. Come have fun, support Pro Life and you can also visit the booths of Pampered Chef, Stella Dot, Lularoe, and Snap Jewelry. BUS TRIP FOR MATTHEW KELLY ONE-DAY SEMINAR A one-day spiritual seminar, sponsored by our Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Rev. Patrick McArdle #448, is OPEN TO ALL ST. JOHN PARISHIONERS. You don’t want to miss this one! The theme is “Living Every Day With Passion & Purpose” with well known speaker and host, Matthew Kelly. This event will take place at St. Bernadette Parish in Monroeville, PA. A Fullington bus will leave St. John Church parking lot at 9:00 AM on Sunday, May 21st. The program is from 2:00—6:00 PM and includes an event bag containing a book, a CD and journal & pen. The bus which will stop for lunch and supper, will return to Bellefonte at 10:00 PM. The cost of $75.00 includes the bus and event ticket and snacks. Make your check out to Catholic Daughters of Americas and mail to Rita Russell 1138 Zion Ridge Ave., Bellefonte, PA 16823. Your check confirms your reservation. Payments are due by next Tuesday, April 11th. If you have questions, please call Rita Russell at 383-2497.

K of C “KNIGHT AT THE RACES” The Bellefonte Knights of Columbus will be sponsoring their annual “A Knight at the Races” next Saturday, April 8th. It will be held at the Milesburg Community Center. Doors open at 5:15 PM and post time for the

first race will be 6:15 PM. Each race pays $75.00 to win(1); $25.00 to Place(2); and $10.00 to Show(3) to the owner of the respective horses. At the end of the races, some of the fine prizes that have been donated will be auctioned off. This year’s event will also feature silent auctions, a live auction, Chinese auction, and a gift card board, along with the many door prizes. Beverages are free and food will be available or you can bring your own. Tickets are $5.00 If you have any questions regarding this fundraiser, you can contact Sam Brezler at Caebon.outlaw.54@gmail.com.

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