March 29, 2015
ALTAR SERVERS
MASS INTENTIONS
SATURDAY VIGIL, MARCH 28TH
6:00 pm Garrett McCloskey, Aidan O’Connor
PALM SUNDAY, MARCH 29TH
7:30 am Ned Burke, Joseph McCabe
9:00 am Sean Clark, John Boyle
10:30 am Peter Dugery, Liam McHale
12:00 pm Mairead O’Hara, Kaitlyn Powel
MTW
8:00 am Mark Figge, John McCabe
Wednesday (Stations)
7:00 pm Olivia Knott, Emma McGrath,
Mackenzie Lee
HOLY THURSDAY
7:30 pm Mary Kate Kearney, Grace DelPizzo,
Teresa Hegarty, Mairead O’Hara
GOOD FRIDAY
3:00 pm Sean Clark, John Bodner
HOLY SATURDAY, EASTER VIGIL, APRIL 4TH
7:00 pm John Boyle, Matt Monteleone,
Frankie Nieves, Liam McMahon
EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 5TH
7:30 am Ned Burke, Joseph McCabe
9:00 am Joseph Dugery, Sean McCarthy
10:30 am Aidan O’Connor, Joseph Schanne
12:00 pm Cameron Zuccarini, Kathryn Gleeson
SATURDAY VIGIL, MARCH 28TH
6:00 pm Philomena & James Rotandaro
PALM SUNDAY, MARCH 29TH
7:30 am Living & Deceased Members of
St. John Neumann Parish
9:00 am Nicholas F. Trotto
10:30 am Herbert & Eileen Roebuck
12:00 pm Alex Tarsi
MONDAY
6:45 am Special Intention
8:00 am Mary Grace Toscani
TUESDAY
6:45 am Gloria Vadapalas
8:00 am Peggy Collins
WEDNESDAY
6:45 am James Fitzgerald
8:00 am Josephine Dina
HOLY THURSDAY
7:30 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper
GOOD FRIDAY
3:00 pm Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion
HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH
7:00 pm Easter Vigil
EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 5TH
7:30 am Living & Deceased Members of
St. John Neumann Parish
9:00 am Margaret Finley
10:30 am David Shalome
12:00 pm Richard Schwarz
Extraordinary Ministers
of the Eucharist
SATURDAY VIGIL, MARCH 28TH
6:00 pm Kay Frissora, Susan & Rich Bannister
PALM SUNDAY, MARCH 29TH
7:30 am Maryann & Ron Ratigan, Barb Heath
9:00 am John Seykora, Al Wolanin, Chris Cush
10:30 am Leslie Cyr, Emily Petrosky, Karen Fay
12:00 pm Barb, Craig & Hannah Callaghan
HOLY THURSDAY
7:30 pm Sister Carol, Joe Micucci, Tom Lavin
GOOD FRIDAY
3:00 pm Pat O’Donnell, Theresa Bogue O’Donnell,
Adele Samples
HOLY SATURDAY, EASTER VIGIL
7:00 pm Julie & Dave Dougherty, Kevin Momenee
EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 5TH
7:30 am Maryann & Ron Ratigan, Joan Burke
9:00 am Rich Pfeiffer, Pauline Bell, Maureen Wynne
10:30 am Gene Bernicker, Larry & Diane Freedman
12:00 pm Susan Stinson, Annette Pennoni,
Michelle Hartigan
LECTORS
SATURDAY VIGIL, MARCH 28TH
6:00 pm Joan Hadden—Richard Galli
PALM SUNDAY, MARCH 29TH
7:30 am Jean M. DiDominic—Kevin Judy
9:00 am Jim Rowley—Al Phelan
10:30 am Craig Callaghan—Joe Schanne
12:00 pm Virginia LiVolsi—Chris Pushaw
HOLY THURSDAY
7:30 pm Joe Reitano
GOOD FRIDAY
3:00 pm Sister Carol—Joan Hadden
HOLY SATURDAY, EASTER VIGIL
7:00 pm Chris Pushaw—Sister Carol
EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 5TH
7:30 am Larry Paulausky
9:00 am Mike Gormley
10:30 am Joe Schanne
12:00 pm Anthony Tanzola
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This Week at St. John Neumann
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Little Church School
Rosary for Peace—7:00 pm
Adult Bible Study—7 pm
Prayer & Scripture—9:30 am
Stations & Confession—7 pm
Patricia Adams
Dottie Berry
Dr. Mariel Briones
Maryrose Campbell
Mary Canavan
Diana Caron
Timothy Doring
Charles Dougherty
Barbara Johnson
Jeff Leighton
Brenda Logan
Agnes McLaughlin
Passion (Palm) Sunday
March 29th
William Miller
Zachary Miller
Sarah Murnaghan
Cynthia O’Connor
Barbara O’Neill
Joe Parente
Ted Peters
Bob Pushaw
Sandy Shea
Michael Shelly
Kennedy Snyder
Dan Sullivan
Paul Troy
Palm will be distributed at all the
Masses
Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday
Mass at 6:45 and 8:00 am
Wednesday
Stations of the Cross: 7:00 pm
Followed by Sacrament of
Reconciliation
Please Pray for the Deceased
Holy Thursday
Graham Shafer
Deacon Bill Radezski
Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 7:30 pm
May the souls of the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Amen.
Good Friday
Meditation and Prayer on the
Lord’s Seven Last Words
1:00 to 2:00 pm
Prayer for Peace
Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion
3:00pm
For peace in the world and
an end to terrorism and all
war, we pray to the Lord.
Holy Saturday
For the safety of our military serving all over the
world, we pray to the Lord.
Easter Vigil Mass: 7:00 pm
For all Christians who are persecuted and martyred
because of their faith, we pray to the Lord.
Masses: 7:30, 9:00 and 10:30 am
and 12 noon
Easter Sunday
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SCJN SCHOOL NEWS
Good Friday Collection
for the Holy Places in
Palestine
The Good Friday Collection is
requested by our Holy Father, Pope Francis, to support Christians in the Holy Land. Franciscans and
others in the Holy Land are housing and feeding the
poor, providing religious formation and education,
maintaining shrines and parishes, and conducting
pastoral ministry. Please be generous.
Fast and Abstinence on Good Friday
14 years of age and older—abstain from meat.
18 to 60 years of age—limit themselves to a full
meal on Good Friday, while the other two meals
are to be light.
Monday 3/30
Spring Plant sale pickup 3-6pm
3-4:30pm Girls on the Run
Tuesday 3/31
Gr ade 1 Class tr ip-NJ Aquarium
Final day to file for BLOCS
AOH non-perishable food drive
ends
No play practice
Wednesday 4/1 Spr ing unifor m begins
Grandparents/Special Friends Day
4/400 Drawing
11am Dismissal—
No transportation home
Thursday 4/2
Holy Thursday—No school
Friday 4/3
Good Friday –-No school
Easter Flowers
If you would like to donate Easter
flowers in memory of a loved
one, Offering envelopes are on
the windowsills in Church. Your
intentions will remain on the Altar throughout the Easter season.
4/400 Club
Have you purchased the winning ticket yet? The drawing
is Wednesday, April 1st at
Grandparents Day. Winner
need not be present to win. Tickets are available
after weekend Masses, at school, or by calling Sue
Cush at 610-547-1814.
Morning
Person
Wanted
Try your luck! Tickets cost $100 and only 400
tickets will be sold.
4 prizes awarded:
1st $8,000
2nd $ 800
3rd $ 500
4th $ 300
Proceeds benefit SCJN School
Lent is coming to an end and
the time for returning the
contents of your Rice Bowls
is here.
Please be kind
enough to write a check for
your family’s Lenten sacrifices, mark it Rice Bowl, and
drop it in the Collection basket. Thank You.
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For
St. John Neumann
Rectory
8:30am to 2:00pm, Mon-Fri,
Responsibilities – weekly shopping, light
housekeeping, laundry, prepare breakfast
and lunch
Call rectory office: 610-525-3100
[email protected]
33 Days to Morning
Glory
Garage Sale—April 11th & 12th
33 Days to Morning Glory is a
life-changing 33-day program
in which participants consecrate themselves to Jesus
through Mary. The program
will begin the week of April 6.
It consists of a short daily
reading, reflection questions, and a weekly
meeting. The meeting includes prayer, small
group discussion on the week’s readings, and
DVD presentation. Consecration date is May
13, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima.
There will be two meeting times to choose
from:
Wednesday evenings 7:00-8:30 PM – start
date April 8.
Saturday mornings 8:45-10:15 (after the
8:00 AM Mass) – start date April 11.
Cost: $19 per person for materials (If this is a
burden, a donor has agreed to cover the cost)
For those who can’t attend meetings, materials
may be purchased for participation from home.
For more information or to sign up, please contact Mike Gormley at 610-246-1639 or
[email protected].
We need lots of “accomplices” to
help with setting up and cleaning up our
Garage Sale. Volunteer slips can be
dropped in the box in the back of church
or just come!
Drop-offs and pick-ups begin this
Wednesday, April 1st, at 1:30 pm. See
enclosed flyer for all the details!
LENT 2015
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
LOCAL PARISHES
Penance Services
St. Thomas of Villanova
(on University Campus)
Monday, March 30
7:30 pm
St. Pius X
Tuesday, March 31
7:00 pm
St. Anastasia
Wednesday, April 1
7:00 pm
Wednesday, April 1
7:30 pm
Confessions
St. John Neumann
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SJN Adult Group
Pope Francis alluded to the TV news, which we
may take more generally as raising the issue of
mass media, Internet social media and other forms
of popular culture. Engaging these forms of culture is not something that should happen on autopilot; to engage these forms of culture constructively
also requires discernment. The Catechism of the
Catholic Church, in discussing the domestic
church, notes that the world today is “often alien
and even hostile to faith.” In a fragmented culture,
where the social and media environment may undermine parental authority in general, and Catholic
parenting in particular, parents and children need
to reflect on their family’s way of being in the
world without belonging to the world.
When any of us—but especially children—
encounter culture, it shapes our imaginations and
ambitions. In large part, all of us—but especially
children—learn our expectations for a good life in
part from the images, films, music, and stories in
our lives It is therefore up to parents, the extended
family, godparents, adult mentors, and educators to
monitor this exposure, and to ensure children’s imaginations are fortified and fed with wholesome
food, with material that protects their innocence,
gives them an appetite for the adventure of Christian living, and evokes a vocational approach to
life. Beauty and contemplation should be part of a
child's ordinary environment so that children can
learn to perceive the sacramental dimension to reality. Parents, elders, godparents, relatives, fellow
parishioners, catechists, and teachers need to model these attitudes for children. The formation of
young people necessarily includes “book
knowledge.” Spiritual literacy means knowing the
facts of the faith. But it is even more vital to teach
children how to pray, and to give children role
models, adult examples for them to witness and
aspire toward. Older children and adolescents can
become appropriately self-conscious and reflective
about the ambient culture, as well as beginning to
form a more mature perspective on prayer and vocational discernment. These important themes
should be part of preparing to receive the
Sacrament of Confirmation which itself gives
grace to enable faithful discipleship on these questions.
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Mark Your Calendars!
Cocktail Party
LaLocanda Restaurant
Newtown Square, PA
Tuesday, April 28th, 5 pm to 7 pm
(heavy appetizers will be included for the
full two hours free). Beverages will have
to be purchased at a SJN reduced rate.
Cost will be $10 per person.
This affair will benefit our Adult Group.
Checks to be made out to SJN Adult
Group. Send to Jeanne McDonnell,
140 Clemson Rd., Bryn Mawr, PA 19010.
Please have all checks in by April 24th.
Anyone wishing to have dinner at the
restaurant after the cocktail party, telephone for reservations 610-353-7033.
SAVE THE DATES!
Garage Sale—April 11th & 12th
Confirmation—April 18th
IHN—April 19th
First Holy Communion—April 26th
“Godspell” - May 1st & 2nd
SJN Adult Group Trip to NYC to
9/11 Exhibit— June 16th