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Saint Francis of Assisi
St. John St. Joseph St. Mary
March 21, 2021
Saint Francis of Assisi Parish Staff & Contacts
St. John the Evangelist St. Joseph St. Mary of the Assumption
668 Clearfield Road 315 Stoney Hollow Road 821 Herman Road
Fenelton, PA 16034 Cabot, PA 16023 Butler, PA 16002
Website: saintfrancisparish.net
Administrative Office—315 Stoney Hollow Rd., Cabot, PA 16023
Office Phone: 724-352-2149 Extensions listed below
Pastor: Fr. Matthew McClain Ext. 203 Email: mmcclain@diopitt.org
Senior Parochial Vicars:
Fr. James Kurtz, OFM, Cap. Ext. 202 Email: frjim@saintfrancisparish.net
Emergencies: 412-421-3962
Fr. Ward Stakem, OFM, Cap. Ext. 201 Email: frward@saintfrancisparish.net
Emergencies: 724-777-9432
Fr. Louis Pascazi Ext. 210 Email: frlou@saintclareparish.com
Staff Members
Karyn Roenigk Business Manager, Safe Environment Coordinator Ext. 204
Email: karyn@saintfrancisparish.net Fax : 724-352-7174
Linda Green Parish Calendar & Sacramental Coordinator, Payroll Administrator Ext. 220
Email: linda@saintfrancisparish.net Fax: 724-285-4715
Jennifer Stahoviak Bulletin Editor, Mass Intention Scheduler Ext. 216
Email: jenn@saintfrancisparish.net Fax: 724-287-3550
Music Directors
Steven Yealy Email: steven@saintfrancisparish.net
Gerard Conroy Email: gerard@saintfrancisparish.net
Carol Michel Email: michel317@zoominternet.net
Children’s Faith Formation
Debi Gross- Catechetical Administrator - CFF Main Office Ext. 206 Email: debi@saintfrancisparish.net
Laura Eakman- CFF Program Assistant - CFF St. John Site Ext. 217 Email: laura@saintfrancisparish.net
Adult Faith Formation
Angela Robb Ext. 208 Email: angela@saintfrancisparish.net
Preschool Coordinators
St. Joseph Amy Majersky Ext. 209 St. Mary Amy Pettinato Ext. 221
Sacraments
Baptism - Instruction is required for first time parents. Call the office for details and scheduling.
Marriage - Please contact the office, arrangements must be made 6 months prior to the wedding date.
Confessions held on Saturdays, St. Mary- 11am-12pm and St. Joseph-12pm-1pm
A Message from Fr. Matt …
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The other day I was talking to my sister in her kitchen about something kind of serious, for adults anyway. My niece
came in and said, “Uncle Matt, did you hear?” I wasn’t sure what she was talking about. Did something bad happen?
Something good? Did she decide which school she is attending? So I told her that I don’t think I had heard. She then
very excitedly told me about what had happened at the Grammy Awards the night before! Harry Styles wore three
different outfits. The first and the third were “fire,” that means good. The second outfit was a little “sketch,” that
means bad. She told me a bunch of things about Taylor Swift and other Grammy winners. She loves music and was
excited to share, so I was excited to listen. When she was done, my sister and I laughed and continued our serious
conversation.
When I read the Gospel for this week I thought that Andrew and Phillip probably felt similarly. They come to Jesus
and say, “Hey Jesus, there are some Greek guys who want to speak with you.” Jesus doesn’t say, “Ok, one second,” or
“Sure, bring them over.” He launches into this very powerful talk about the Son of Man being glorified and glorifying
the Father and grains of wheat dying and him being lifted up and drawing everyone to Himself. Now is the time for
this to happen, Jesus says. If I were Philip or Andrew, I probably would have said,
“Wow, this is intense. I guess that’s a ‘no’ then to meeting with these Greek
guys?!” I mean, that wasn’t really an answer to their question. Or was it?
Saint John Paul II often talked about Jesus as the answer. He said:
“Only in Christ can men and women find answers to the
ultimate questions that trouble them...It is Jesus you seek
when you dream of happiness...it is he who provokes you
with that thirst that will not let you settle...it is Jesus who
stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives.”
Jesus is the answer to the questions of our hearts. Only Jesus. His answer to
Philip and Andrew is stating that what He is going to do in the days to come will
be the answer to everything. It is the answer because Jesus will embody unselfish love. He will take on all of our
crosses so that we will never have to carry ours alone. He will take on all of our sins so that we can have hope when
we feel trapped in them. He will give a way to purify our hearts through Him. We can rediscover the clean heart that
God has placed in us, as the Psalm says, and find again God’s Law written on our hearts as Jeremiah prophesied in
the First Reading. Jesus will do this because of His love for you. Jesus is the answer to every question.
So how is Jesus the answer to my niece’s question about if I had heard about the Grammys? If I had started talking
about Jesus, she would have felt like maybe I didn’t care much about her excitement. It is not talking about Jesus that
you and I are called to, although sometimes it is; rather we are to show Jesus to the questioner. We can do that by
showing that you care, that you are interested. By being more about the other person than you are about your own
agenda. This is how you answer with Jesus. Like those Greeks in the Gospel, people today are desperate to see Jesus,
many times without knowing it. The Lord is calling on us, in these last days of Lent, to show people Jesus. Let Him be
the Answer. He is really good at it. Be hopeful. Smile at others like the goodness written deep down in your heart
recognizes the goodness written deep down in theirs. Be more interested in the other person. Show them that they
matter and so does what interests them. Show them Jesus. He is the answer. Make this your goal in every
conversation and encounter this week.
Peace and Love,
Fr. Matt
Date Time Location Intention Offered By
4:00 PM St. Mary Heagy Family Heagy Family
Saturday
March 20 5:30 PM St. Joseph Carrie Smith Mary Kay & Barbara
8:00 AM St. Joseph Rick & Diane Givan Joe & Ledia Bzorek
Sunday
March 8:30 AM St. John Lucille Burns Daughter & Family
5th Sunday of Lent 10:00 AM St. Mary Skip Green Wife & Family
11:00 AM St. Joseph Juenna Lytle Friends
Monday, March 22 8:00 AM St. Mary Gerard Green Joe & Regina Green
Tuesday, March 23 8:00 AM St. John Family The Birches
St. Turibius of Mogrovejo,
Bishop
Wednesday, March 24 9:00 AM St. Joseph Carrie Smith St. Joseph Christian
Mothers & Women
Thursday, March 25 8:00 AM St. Mary Alice Spinneweber Joanne Meehan
The Annunciation of
the Lord
Friday, March 26 9:00 AM St. Joseph Katie McLafferty Family
9:00 AM St. Joseph John Burke Jim & Jean Spafford
Saturday
4:00 PM St. Mary Dale Karenbauer Marge & Deb
March 27
5:30 PM St. Joseph Rose Marie Snyder Family
8:00 AM St. Joseph Parishioners of Saint Francis of Assisi
Sunday
March 28 8:30 AM St. John Irene McLafferty Family
Palm Sunday
of the 10:00 AM St. Mary Alice Spinneweber George Spinneweber
Passion of the Lord
11:00 AM St. Joseph Victoria Raub Lisa Raub
Please remember in your prayers the sick, suffering, and homebound of our parish community, especially
those listed below from our parish grouping.
Robert Rakarich Kathy Miller Dan Jonczak Jr.
Rose Hinch Joe Krall Judy Convery
Marge Karenbauer Lois Davanzati Nicholas Miller
Mary Lou Beilstein Elizabeth Rakarich Mary Carbin
Jacob Robb Evelyn MacDonald Jim Edwards
Gregory Robb Jeannie White C.J. Kriley
Bernice Durand Agnes Widenhofer Loretta Schnur
Elaine Lydon John Prokopchak Janet Biscetlia
Marge Steinhiser Dick Leroy Fr. Victor Kriley, OFM, Cap.
John Lorenz Carol Rowley Fr. Gary Stakem, OFM, Cap
Pray for all members of our armed forces, especially those from our parish families.
Gabre Knoch Tylor Grant White Russell Bauer Nicholas Cottage
Kyle Campbell Matthew McCandless Brandon Bauer Stephen Konyha
Michael Fritz Jimmy Adley Jordan Cottage Dustin Michel
Please call or email Jenn to add or remove names from the grouping prayer lists.
This week’s Sacred Heart candle at St. John is The Sanctuary Candle at St.
In Memory of Michael Moran
by Don & Josi Nebel
Mary this week is in memory of
O most holy Heart of Jesus, fountain of every Skip Green
blessing, I adore you, I love you and will a lively
sorrow for my sins. I offer you this poor heart of
mine. Make me humble, patient, pure, and Please continue to sign up for weekend Masses, the link
wholly obedient to your will. Grant, good Jesus, that I may to the Sign Up Genius page is on the main page of our
live in you and for you. Protect me in the midst of danger;
website, saintfrancisparish.net. Or go directly to
comfort me in my afflictions; give me health of body,
assistance in my temporal needs, your blessings on all that I www.signupgenius.com/go/8050D4DA9AF29A7FF2-
do, and the grace of a holy death. Within your heart I place march. We ask that you please sign up by Thursday.
my every care. In every need let me come to you with If you do not have online access, please call the office by
humble trust saying, Heart of Jesus, help me. Thursday, and we’d be happy to sign you up for Mass.
Amen.
Last week, scam text messages
This week’s Blessed Mother candle at St. John is were sent to parishioners whose
In Memory of Anshe Tomsey
cell phone numbers were
by Don & Josi Nebel
published in the bulletin. Please
Remember, O most gracious Virgin know that no member of our clergy or staff would ever text or
Mary, that never was it known that email asking you to do them a favor. Do not respond to these
anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy
types of messages. Thank you
help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided.
Inspired with this confidence, I fly to thee, O The financial report printed in
Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee do I come;
last week’s bulletin was a combined
before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother
total for January & February. Sorry for
of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions,
but in thy mercy hear and answer me. the confusion. An updated financial
Amen report will be published next week.
Children’s Faith
Formation
2021 Communication
Holy Thursday, April 1
March 21- Corner
CGS Group B 9:15-10:45 AM
(St. Joseph)
CFF 9:45-11:00 AM (St. John)
Confirmation Rite of Election 11 AM Mass
Holy Thursday, April 1 Confirmation Class 6-7:30PM (St. Joseph)
Mass of the Lord’s Supper - 7:00 pm St. Mary March 28-
CFF/CGS II Group A 9:15-10:45 AM (St. Joseph)
Silent Adoration until 11:00 pm CFF 9:45-11:00 AM (St. John)
CGS II Group C 6-7:30PM (St. Joseph)
Good Friday, April 2 Edge 6-7 PM (St. Joseph)
The Passion of the Lord - 1:30 pm St. John
Stations of the Cross - The Marian Guild of
6:30 pm St. Joseph & 7:00 pm St. Mary St. John will be collecting
non-perishable food items,
Holy Saturday, April 3 paper or household
products for their annual Easter giving baskets for those
Blessing of Easter Foods - 12:00 pm St. Joseph
in our community. Drop off bins are located in the back
Easter Vigil Mass - 8:30 pm St. Joseph of St. John Church and CCD Center. Donations will be
accepted through March 23rd. Monetary donations or
Easter Sunday, April 4 gift cards may be dropped off at the office. Thank you
as always for your generosity to help those in need.
8:00 am - St. Joseph
8:30 am - St. John
Easter Meal Almsgiving Collection
10:00 am - St. Mary for Catholic Charities of Butler
11:00 am - St. Joseph We will be collecting food items at our
St. Mary and St. Joseph church locations
Please visit the April sign up page to register for Catholic Charities to distribute to those in need in our
for any of the Holy Week services. area We will be providing food items that they can use
to prepare their Easter meal.
https://www.signupgenius.com/
Drop off bins will be in back of St. Joseph, St. Mary and at
go/8050D4DA9AF29A7FF2-april
CFF at St. Joseph. Donations MUST be received by Mass
time on Palm Sunday, March 28 . th
The 40 Days for Life Vigil continues every day until Palm
Any questions or If interested in volunteering to help
Sunday, outside of Planned Parenthood in Pittsburgh,
from 7am to 7pm. A weekly trip to the Vigil on Thursdays contact Cil -724-352-2149 ext.205
departs from St. Joseph, Cabot at noon and returns cecilia@saintfrancisparish.net.
around 4pm. Contact Cil (cecilia@saintfrancisparish.net, If you or someone you know could use a meal box, please
724-352-2149 ext. 205) with any questions or if contact your church office to let us know.
interested, carpooling can be arranged. Please visit
40daysforlifePittsburgh.com for more information. Thank
you for all those supporting this effort with your prayers, Stations of the Cross
fasting and almsgiving! Friday, 3/26 at 7:00pm - St. John
First Eucharist Next weekend, Palm Sunday,
St. Francis of Assisi Parish has 21 children preparing to
make their First Eucharist on the first two weekends in
the palms will be blessed indoors
May. and will be available to pick up as
Let us remember them in prayer as they prepare to join
their parish family at the Lord’s table. you exit the Church
65th Annual Fish Fry - With a Twist
Drive Through Only
Saint Mary of the Assumption
Lord Jesus, Bless the children coming forward to receive One Left!! Friday, March 26 2-6 PM
Holy Communion for the first time. All Dinners $10.00
May this day be an initial step into a life- long love of the Includes: PAN “demic” FRIED fish fillet
Eucharist. Give them a hunger for this sacred food so that they french fries, green beans,
turn to You for comfort, guidance, and wisdom as they grow in
coleslaw, bread and dessert
full discipleship. Thank you for their innocence and goodness.
May they grow in Christian maturity and, by the power of the The second fish fry at St. Mary on March 12th sold
Holy Spirit, become Christ’s witnesses in the world, 1,050 dinners! Much gratitude to all who have helped
spreading and defending the faith. out in any way and to all the faithful patrons who
came out to support this great event, even if it’s not
the “ususal” way! Keep up the great work everyone!
Confirmation
St. Francis of Assisi Parish has 18 youth who are
preparing to celebrate their Confirmation on
May 13 and May 20, 2021.
Let us pray for them as they continue to prepare for HOPE AND HEALING ARE POSSIBLE!!!
For those struggling with addiction or substance abuse, for their
this Sacrament. families and for those who have lost loved ones to the disease of
addiction and overdose. We come together in prayer! PLEASE
JOIN US FOR ROSARY AND SPECIAL INTERCESSIONS
TUESDAYS: March 30th ; 7-8pm
**NO GATHERING ON THE 23RD.**
WHERE: ABBA’S HOUSE, 320 W. MAIN ST., SAXONBURG
Holy Trinity, guide and protect the candidates as they ****CDC recommends wearing a mask****
Out of the depths I call to you, Lord; Lord, hear my cry!
prepare to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation. –Psalm 130:1
Questions: patomaszewski@zoominternet.net
Help them to discern God’s will in their life and fill
them with the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit (wisdom,
First Reconciliation
knowledge, right judgment, courage, understanding,
Congratulations to all the children who made
reverence, wonder and awe) to empower them to serve
their First Reconciliation this month.
God as a true disciple through
Your grace and in Your love. May they continue to celebrate and
embrace the healing power of God’s
Amen. forgiveness.
CONSECRATION TO ST. JOSEPH
In keeping with Pope Francis’ proclamation of The Year of
St. Joseph, we are offering an opportunity to participate
in a consecration to him. What does it mean to conse-
crate yourself to St .Joseph? In its most basic sense, it
means that you acknowledge him as your spiritual father
and that you want to be like him. In return, St .Joseph will
provide his undivided attention, protection and guidance.
Using Fr. Don Calloway’s book “Consecration to St. Jo-
seph: The Wonders of our Spiritual Father,” we will begin
this 33 day program the week after Easter. There are sev-
eral ways that you can participate. You may join with the
Bible Buddies on Wednesdays (Apr. 7th) or the Faithful
Friends on Thursdays (Apr. 8th) from 10am to 12pm in
Novena Prayer to St. Joseph the café, or you may work on the program on your own.
In addition, if there is enough interest, another in person
O Glorious St. Joseph,
session or a Zoom meeting may be scheduled. Participa-
Faithful follower of Jesus Christ,
tion in the Consecration requires that you purchase Fr.
to thee do we raise our hearts and hands,
Calloway’s book. The date of our Consecration will be
to implore thy powerful intercession
determined in accord with our completion date in the
in obtaining from the benign Heart of Jesus
middle of May. For information regarding the program
all the helps and graces necessary for
itself go to https://www.consecrationtostjoseph.org/
our spiritual and temporal welfare,
introduction.html. To register for the Consecration con-
particularly the grace of a happy death,
tact Angela Robb at angela@saintfrancisparish.net.
and the special favors we now implore
(State your intentions)
O Guardian of the Word Incarnate, Each year the Diocese recognizes the crowning achievement of
we have confidence that thy prayers on our behalf those couples celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with
will be graciously heard before the throne of God. Amen. a Mass presided by Bishop Zubik at St. Paul’s Cathedral, fol-
lowed by a cookie reception. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the
O Glorious St Joseph! 2020 Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass has been postponed to
through thy love for Jesus Christ April 18, 2021 at 2:30 pm at St. Paul Cathedral. Bishop Zubik will
and for the glory of His Name, celebrate the Mass. Masks must be work and safe social dis-
hear our prayers and obtain our petitions! tancing practices will be followed. The deadline for reservations
is March 30. Couples can RSVP by contacting the parish office
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, assist us! and giving the following information:
* Husband's name
* Wife's name (including maiden name)
* Couple’s mailing address and phone number
A second Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass for those with
2021 anniversaries will be held on October 10, 2021. RSVPs for
the October 10 Mass are due on September 1.
Medjugorje Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Dan Waruszewski
June 30 - July 10, 2021
Are you seeking to grow in your love and knowledge 40th Anniversary Pilgrimage to Medjugorje. Price of $2,795
includes: round-trip air from Pittsburgh; all transfers in motor
of God’s Word? Join some of the nation’s most dy- coach; breakfast and dinner in Hotel Villa Grace in Med-
namic Scripture scholars on March 27 for a one-day jugorje; all applicable taxes and English speaking guide. De-
virtual event that will be streamed via Zoom! This posit of $500 due before April 10, 2021. For additional infor-
virtual event is free for all registrants! mation, please contact Bernadette 412-563-3857 /
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