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Parish Staff & Contacts
Website: stsjjmcatholic.org
Pastors: Fr. Ward Stakem, OFM, Cap. : 724-777-9432 & Fr.
James Kurtz, OFM, Cap. : 412-421-3962
Locations
St. John the Evangelist - 668 Clearfield Road, Fenelton, PA
16034 Phone: 724-287-7590
St. Joseph - 315 Stoney Hollow Road, Cabot, PA 16023 Phone:
724-352-2149
St. Mary of the Assumption - 821 Herman Road, Butler, PA 16002
Phone: 724-285-3285
Staff Members
Karyn Roenigk Business Manager, Safe Environment Coordinator
Email: [email protected] Fax : 724-352-7174
Linda Green Parish Calendar & Sacramental Coordinator,
Payroll Administrator
Email: [email protected] Fax: 724-285-4715
Jennifer Stahoviak Bulletin Editor, Mass Intention Scheduler
Email: [email protected] Fax: 724-287-3550
Bulletin Email: [email protected]
Music Directors
Steven Yealy 717-451-2082 Email: [email protected]
Gerard Conroy
Carol Michel
Children’s Faith Formation
Debi Gross- Catechetical Administrator - CFF Main Office:
724-352-3030 Email: [email protected]
Laura Eakman- CFF Program Assistant - CFF St. John Site:
724-287-0426 Email: [email protected]
Adult Faith Formation
Angie Robb 724-352-3443 Email: [email protected]
Preschool Coordinators
St. Joseph Amy Majersky 724-352-0333
St. Mary Amy Pettinato
Members of the Capuchin Community: Br. Walter Robb, Fr. Albert
Alexandrunas, Br. Joe Day, Fr. Lester Knoll, Fr. Victor Kriley, Fr.
James Kurtz and Fr. Ward Stakem
Sacraments
Baptism - Instruction is required for first time parents. Please
call your Parish Office for details and
scheduling arrangements.
Marriage - Arrangements must be made at least six months prior
to the wedding date. Please contact your
Parish Office.
Confessions held on Saturdays, St. Mary- 11am-12pm and St.
Joseph-12pm-1pm
Contact the parish office or Fr. Ward or Fr. Jim directly to
schedule a confession by appointment
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
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On Monday, January 4, our new parish, St. Francis of Assisi,
officially begins. As we celebrate the Epiphany of the
Lord, the manifestation of God’s love for us in the person of
Jesus Christ, let us pray that God will continue to pour
out divine mercy upon us through our new parish. As the Magi
brought their gifts to the new-born king, let us offer
the gifts of ourselves, our time, talents, and treasure, for the
success of our new parish. Let us pray that our united
parish will be a joyful witness to the reality of divine love in
our world today.
Tomorrow we welcome Fr. Matthew McClain as our Pastor, and Fr.
Louis Pascazi as one of our Senior Parochial Vicars.
Fr. Ward Stakem, OFM, Cap. and Fr. James Kurtz, OFM,Cap. will
also be Senior Parochial Vicars, completing the clergy
team for our new parish, St. Francis of Assisi, as well as the
newly formed parish of St. Clare of Assisi. Despite sharing a
united pastoral team, St. Francis and St. Clare will remain
separate parishes. Continue to pray for our clergy team and
staff as they learn and navigate these changes. We pray that the
united strength and dedication of our newly formed
parishes guided by our new clergy team, will help us focus on
our Vision, to be A Community of the Faithful, Animated
and Transformed by the Spirit, to lead the People of our Time to
God.
Part of taking 3 parishes and merging them together as 1 is
having one Parish Data System. Offertory envelopes will
still be mailed to each user as always, but every parishioner
now has a new number for St. Francis of Assisi. We realize
that at the beginning there may still be old envelopes trickling
in, we will be sure they are credited to the correct
parishioners. A lot of thought and work has gone in to comparing
all of the collections used by our individual parishes
and what was best to use or forego moving forward. Of course
Sunday offertory, Holy Days and Diocesan collections
will all remain the same. Any changes are minor, we used the
best options from each parish for the new parish. There
will be a Parish Share Program envelope (Green PSP logo on
white) the first Sunday of every month. This will be how
ALL PSP funds are collected moving forward. Pledge cards will no
longer be utilized. Every family should have received
their first packet of envelopes from St. Francis of Assisi. If
you haven’t, or have any other questions, please contact the
parish office. We appreciate your patience as we all work to
move forward together.
As our new parish begins on January 4, we will also begin a new
Sacramental Register. All baptisms, first communions,
confirmations, marriages and deaths will be recorded in the new
St. Francis of Assisi Register. All existing registers from
the three former parishes will be retained at the Diocese of
Pittsburgh Archives & Records Center. If you need proof of
a sacrament for any reason moving forward, you will need to
contact the Archives & Records Center directly.
Sacramental Record Request Forms can be printed from the website
(diopitt.org/sacramental-record-request) then
mailed with a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Diocese of
Pittsburgh Archives & Records Center
1050 Logue St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15220
If you do not have the ability to access or print the form, you
can call the center at 412-456-3158.
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Saturday
January 2
Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops
& Doctors of the Church
4:00 PM St. Mary Regis Green Cathy Green & Family
5:30 PM St. Joseph John Mamros Michael & Shelley Giobbi
Sunday
January 3
The Epiphany
of the Lord
8:00 AM St. Joseph Ellen R. Rosenberger Vogel St. Joseph
Christian Women & Mothers
8:30 AM St. John Mary Heist Betty & Trudy Neff
10:00 AM St. Mary Mike Spohn Friends
11:00 AM St. Joseph Briella Joy Conroy Spontak Family
Monday, January 4 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
8:00 AM St. Mary Andrew Durand St. Joseph Christian Women &
Mothers
Tuesday, January 5 St. John Neumann, Bishop
8:00 AM St. John Joe Snyder Neigh Family
Wednesday, January 6 St. Andre Bessette
9:00 AM St. Joseph Buck Trimbur Family
Thursday, January 7 St. Raymond of Penyafort,
Priest
8:00 AM St. Mary Mike Spohn Ida Lucas
Friday, January 8 9:00 AM St. Joseph Charles Jordan Clair
Mitch
Saturday
January 9
9:00 AM St. Joseph Cloyd Fair Joe & Shirley Green
4:00 PM St. Mary Dale Karenbauer Marge & Deb
5:30 PM St. Joseph Garry Mackrell Phil & Barb
Birckbichler
Sunday
January 10
The Baptism
of the
Lord
8:00 AM St. Joseph Paul & Patty Fisher Michael & Shelley
Giobbi
8:30 AM St. John Rev. John Palko Gary & Yolanda Cypher
10:00 AM St. Mary Terry Collins Mickey & Cheryl Weiland
11:00 AM St. Joseph Doris Otto Family
Date Time Location Intention Offered By
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Please note the important numbers for Reporting Child Abuse
below:
Diocesan Victim Assistance Coordinator Office: 412-456-3093 Hot
Line: 1-888-808-1235 PA Childline: 1-800- 932-0313
Request a candle to be lit at the Blessed Mother or Sacred Heart
of
Jesus at St. John Church, for a special intention or in
memory/honor of a
loved one. The intention will be noted in the bulletin and the
candle will burn all week for your request. An intention form may
be found in back of St. John or
contact Jenn at the office. Donation request is $5.
Please remember in your prayers the sick, suffering, and
homebound of our parish community, especially those listed below
from our parish grouping.
Roland Schubert Jacob Robb Gregory Robb Bernice Durand Geraldine
Wiefling Elaine Lydon Marge Steinhiser John Lorenz Kathy Miller Joe
Krall
Lois Davanzati Elizabeth Rakarich Evelyn MacDonald Jeannie White
Agnes Widenhofer John Prokopchak Dick Leroy Carol Rowley Alice
Spinneweber Dan Jonczak Jr.
Judy Convery Nicholas Miller Mary Carbin Jim Edwards C.J. Kriley
Loretta Schnur Janet Biscetlia Fr. Victor Kriley, OFM, Cap. Fr.
Gary Stakem, OFM, Cap
Pray for all members of our armed forces, especially those from
our parish families.
Kyle Campbell Michael Fritz Tylor Grant White
Matthew McCandless Jimmy Adley Russell Bauer
Brandon Bauer Trevor Cottage Jordan Cottage
Nicholas Cottage Stephen Konyha Dustin Michel
If you or a loved one would like added to St. John’s prayer
chain, please
contact Rose Chuba at 724-285-1134
Please call your Parish Office or email Jenn at
[email protected] to add or remove names from the
grouping prayer lists.
Couples anticipating baptism for
their “first” child are asked to at-
tend a preparation session. God-
parents are encouraged to attend also. Please call the
Parish Office at 724-352-2149 to pre-register. The new, online
version of
the Pittsburgh Catholic can be found at
www.diopitt.org
We ask that you continue to sign up for weekend Masses, the link
to the Sign Up Genius page is on our website,
stsjjmcatholic.org. Or go directly to:
signupgenius.com/go/8050d4da9af29a7ff2-january
If you do not have online access, call your parish office and we
will sign you up.
2020 Contribution Statements Contribution statements will be
mailed by January 31st
to each parish household who has made a financial
contribution during 2020. Questions, please call the
Parish Office.
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New Protocol for Scheduling
Mass Intentions
It’s working! Mass intentions for 2021 for St.
John, St. Joseph and St. Mary locations will be scheduled
through the Parish Office at St. John’s in Coylesville only.
You may call Jenn, St. John’s Office Manager, on Tuesdays or
Thursdays at 724-287-7590 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. to schedule
your intentions. The stipend for each Mass is $10. Checks are to be
made payable to St. Joseph Church and mailed to 315 Stoney Hollow
Road, Cabot 16023 with a check memo notation of the Mass Intention
and date scheduled. OR
You may visit Jenn in person at St. John’s on Tuesdays or
Thursdays between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Checks are to be made payable
to St. Joseph Church and given to Jenn. OR
You may email the Mass intentions to
([email protected]) OR mail to (St. John the Evangelist
Church, 668 Clearfield Road, Fenelton, PA 16034). Jenn will respond
to your request confirming the date and time that she is able to
schedule your intentions. After confirmed, please send your check
made payable to St. Joseph Church, indicate the date and intention
in the check memo line and mail to 315 Stoney Hollow Road, Cabot
16023
Thank you for your patience and willingness to support this
transition.
Grouping 439—St. John-St. Joseph-St. Mary Merger Progress
Report
Unified Children’s Faith Formation Program
New Parish Administrative Center — St. Joseph campus
Common Bulletin
Common Parish Website stsjjmcatholic.org
Shared Adult Faith Formation Programs
Mass Intentions—schedule thru St. John
New Parishioners—signup thru St. Mary
Collection Counter Forms in place for January 2021
Collection Envelopes in process for 2021
New Parish Sacramental Registers Ordered
Unified Staff Meetings
Unified Pastoral Council
Grouping Bank of choice— First Commonwealth selected
Combined Parish Databases
Combined Online Giving in process
Staff Positions—defined job descriptions/responsibilities
New Parish Logo in process
New Quicken software installed
New Parish Phone System
Attention: Online Givers St. John, St. Joseph, and St. Mary
parishioners who currently make their
contributions online, please note that the website online
portals are shut down now thru January 4. You will not be
able
to change, delete or add contributions during this period.
Your
designated transactions will still occur. Nothing will
change.
You do not need to do anything.
If you are thinking about signing up for online giving. A
good
time would be after February 1, 2021. There will be one
portal
on the website for all three churches under our new name -
St. Francis of Assisi. Questions, please call 724-352-2149.
The decision has been made to extend the Children’s Faith
Formation Break until
Sunday, January 17, 2021.
I appreciate your patience as we maneuver through these
unprecedented times.
The faith formation of our children is paramount as adults and
youth question so many changes and
challenges in our lives.
I ask that while we are unable to meet in-person for CFF, that
families make it a priority to continue faith
formation in their homes.
Catechists will be contacting each family with materials and
resources to assist you in this
endeavor.
"Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened and do not be
dismayed,
for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
Joshua 1:9
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HOPE AND HEALING ARE POSSIBLE!!! Our families and friends need
our prayers during this time of
uncertainty, fear and anxiety. Those struggling with addiction
or substance abuse are extremely vulnerable!
PLEASE JOIN US FOR ROSARY AND SPECIAL INTERCESSIONS TUESDAYS:
January 5th,12th and 19th, 2:30-3:30pm
January 26th, 7-8pm WHERE: ABBA’S HOUSE, 320 W. MAIN ST.,
SAXONBURG, 16056
****CDC recommends wearing a mask**** For God commands the
angels to guard you in
all your ways. - Psalm 91:11 Information:
[email protected]
Know Someone Who Needs Prayer?
These are very difficult times for many of us. If you know of
anyone who needs comfort and prayer, please consider giving them
one of our prayer blankets. They are made with love by the ladies
of the ministry and are then blessed and wrapped. All recipients
are lifted in prayer every week by the ministry ladies. We have
blankets for men, women, children and infants. We also have a
variety of beautifully crocheted shawls and baby blankets. Please
help those in need of comfort and prayer. You can contact any
ministry member or call Suzanne at 724.360.0027 or Karyn Roenigk at
St. Josephs, 724.352.2149. Peace and blessings You may have noticed
that St. John’s doors
are missing. With part of our Church
Alive! funds, allocated to restoring items
within the Church, the main doors and
hardware are being refurbished. Temporary doors are in
place until the doors and hardware are completed and
re-installed. As a reminder, in case of an emergency,
there are exit doors located in each sacristy. Emergency
Exit signs above the doors on both sides of the Altar.
Christmas Books
Please pick up a book to keep or share this
Christmas Season! You may want to read more about the essential
teachings of Mother Teresa or how to find hope in a broken
world.
Perhaps you know someone who is question-ing, “Why are we here?”
or “What’s life all
about?” who may benefit from The Search. You’ll find these books
in all of our churches. If the book you were looking for isn’t
there, please contact Angie Robb at (724) 352-3443 or
Epiphany Blessing of the Home
20 + C + M + B + 21
On the Feast of the Epiphany, the family gathers
to ask God’s blessing on their home and on
those who live in or visit the home. It is an
invitation for Jesus to be a daily guest in our
home, our comings and goings, our
conversations, our work and play, our joys and
sorrows. A traditional way of doing this is to use
chalk to write above the home’s entrance. The
letters have two meanings. They are the initials
of the traditional names of the Three Magi:
Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar who were sanctified by their
adoration of the infant Jesus. They
also abbreviate the Latin words, “Christus mansionem benedicat,”
meaning, “May Christ bless
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