THE SAINT JOSEPH WEEKLY
April 24, 2011
  Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord

MASS+DEVOTIONS+CONFESSION SCHEDULE – April 24 – May 1, 2011

Sat         4/23         8:45 pm                 SOLEMN EASTER VIGIL
                                                Parish Family of St. Joseph’s
                                                EASTER SUNDAY: THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD
Sun         4/24        8:30 am                 Parish Family of St. Joseph’s
Mon       4/25        8:00 am                 +Joseph Davis, Jr. – Mother, Emily & Brother, Frankie
Tue         4/26        11:30 am              +Joseph Lewandowski – M/M Leonard Lewandowski
                                12:00 noon           Eucharistic Adoration (If times are covered)
                                6:10 pm                 Evening Prayer and Benediction
                                7:00 pm                 Chaplet of the Divine Mercy Devotions (Holy Hour)
Wed       4/27        8:00 am                 +Edward & Josephine Scanlon – Jane Surniak
Thu        4/28        8:00 am                 +Regina & Judith Rudnik – Frank & Sue    
Fri         4/29        8:00 am                 +Dolores Ostrowski – Walter Ostrowski                       
Sat         4/30         8:00 am*              +Walter Ostrowski, Sr. – Walter Ostrowski
                                4:00 pm                 +Dolores Szczygiel – Stanley (Fettie) Kramarski       
                                                Parish Family of St. Joseph’s        
                                                                DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY                            
Sun         5/01        8:30 am                 First Holy Communion Class
                                2:30 pm                                 Confessions
3:00 pm                 Divine Mercy Holy Hourwith Benediction

*ROSARY will be prayed 30 minutes before Mass.
                                                               
STEWARDSHIP REPORT: (April 17) Regular Sunday Collection, $3,240; + Votive Candles, $145; + Easter Flowers, $10; + Good Friday, $5; + Buildings & Grounds, $190; + Accent, $35; + Cemetery, $50;  TOTAL = $3,675.  May God reward you.

DIOCESAN LENTEN APPEAL:  To date, 121 of our 356 families have pledged/paid $14,530 which is 72% of our $20,145 goal. This includes a Diocesan target of $15,145 plus $5,000 (assessment-free) for our parish needs.  Please consider contributing to this very important appeal ASAP if you have not yet done so.  DLA envelopes remain in the church pews in case the materials mailed to you were misplaced. Every gift is greatly appreciated.  

ST. JOSEPH CONFERENCE OF SVDP SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT for the period of October 2010 – March 2011 is as follows:  Beginning balance, $762.16; Donations from members, $223; Church envelope & other contributions, $2,112; Fund raising proceeds from the Walk for the Poor, $395; TOTAL INCOME, $2,730.00.  Those we served, $2,492.29; Disaster contributions for St. Paul’s Conference in Greensburg to aid the tornado victims, $300; Operating expense, $8.80; TOTAL EXPENSE, $2,801.09.  Ending balance, $691.07.  Total hours for phone consultations is 11.5; Total hours for home visitations is 71; Total number of people helped with financial assistance, such as rent, utilities, and groceries is 26.

HAVE A BLESSED EASTER! So glorious is the event we celebrate today that it is liturgically celebrated for eight consecutive days (an octave) and the Easter season of seven weeks is the longest of the four special seasons in the Church year. St. Augustine compared the Lenten season to our time on earth and the Easter season to the eternity of heaven. It is fitting then that our Lenten penances give way for awhile to savoring some of the foretastes of heaven that God gives us in the beauty of spring, fine foods and joyful get-togethers. Mom and I wish all of you a Happy Easter and we thank you for your wonderful Easter kindnesses. For myself and on behalf of the entire parish, I also wish to thank our choir, church decorators, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, lectors, servers and so many others who gave of their time and talent in extra measure to enhance our Lenten, Holy Week and Easter liturgies.

PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION

• On behalf of St. Joseph’s School of Religion 5th and 6th grade class along with the Youth Ministry, a sincere THANK YOU for your support of our Easter Project.  Our total sales and donations came to $1,526.83 plus a $50.00 donation for Malawai.  We realized a profit of $499.07 on candy sales of $1,425.90.  The Easter Bunny and lotion gifts were completely paid for by donations.   Our total profit was $510.00 after expenses.  Distribution of profits: $200.00 was given to the St. Joseph Conference of the St. Vincent de Paul Society; The Trinitis House in Malawai received $310.00 plus a personal donation of $50.00 for a total of $360.00.  On Palm Sunday, the residents of Scottdale Manor Rehabilitation Center were visited children from our School of Religion and their teacher. The visits were very much appreciated by the residents.  Thank you and God bless you for making our Easter project successful!  Also, thank you to the adult parishioners who visited the sick and helped deliver Easter Bunnies.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION now returns to Tuesdays. The sign-up sheets now in the church foyer have been modified to encourage more than one person to sign up for each time slot. This is intended to increase the number of adorers and also to help to insure coverage if one person is unexpectedly unable to fulfill his or her commitment. In the near future, a second clipboard for Eucharistic Adoration will be placed in the foyer to explore the possibility of extending our Tuesday adoration through the night until the Wednesday 8 am Mass. This would begin June 28th if the extended times can be filled on an enduring basis. During the times from 7 pm until 7 am, two adorers would be required plus a back-up substitute- as- needed. Those who sign up would be committing to their time slot each week for an indefinite period i.e., until they no longer wish to continue or are unable to do so. Those who sign up as substitutes would be committing only to their time slots to fill in when a regular adorer is not able to be present.     

THE BENEDICTINE NUNS OF ST. EMMA MONASTERY, Greensburg announce a Spring Concert with the Igou Family String Ensemble this Wednesday, April 27th, at 7:00 in the Fatima Chapel.  Join us for an evening of great classical music and good company.  A reception will follow the concert.  For additional information, call 724-834-3060, ext. 113 or ext. 139. 

LOST & FOUND  A winter coat was left in the Choir area a few weeks ago.  Please call the parish office if it might be yours.