ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CATHOLIC CHURCH 134 East Bishop Street Bellefonte, PA 16823

Pastor: Rev. GEORGE I. JAKOPAC, ST. JOHN CATHOLIC SCHOOL DEACON THOMAS E. BOLDIN St. John was Established in 1828 MRS. KRISTINA TICE, School Principal

BAPTISMS: By Appointment MARRIAGE: Notify Pastor 9 Months in Advance SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday: 11:00 AM 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

Saturday, February 27th 5:00 PM Donald Anspaugh (Anspaugh, Neidigh & Kowalski Families) Sunday, February 28th 8:00 AM Ralph Capparelle (Mrs. Lar ry Wolfe) 10:15 AM Johnny Bach (The Jacob Hoover Family) Monday, February 29th 9:00 AM Carmen Rose (The Rose Family) Tuesday, March 1st 8:00 AM Pauline Auman (The Family) CENTRE CREST 1:30 PM Michelle Fike (Fr . George) Wednesday, March 2nd 8:00 AM Robbie Hillard (Connie & Frank Vincente) Thursday, March 3rd 8:00 AM Communion Service Friday, March 4th 8:00 AM Communion Service 1:00 PM School Stations 7:00 PM Stations of the Cross Saturday, March 5th 5:00 PM Everett Bird (Jeff, Bobbi and Family) 6:00 PM Lenten Confessions Sunday, March 6th 8:00 AM Tye Matthew Perry (Vic & Joan Wilson) 10:15 AM Luc R. Andrade (J .P. & Julia Gardner ) LITURGICAL MINISTER/SERVER SCHEDULE: Saturday, 5:00 PM March 5th Servers: Liam Carey & Shaun Carey E.M.s: Julia Gardner & Sandra Kowalski Lector: Derek Rice Music Ministers: Steven St. Amant & Suzanne Egli Sunday, 8:00 AM March 6th Servers: Car ter Boone & Peter Forstmeier E.M.s: Adam Rawding & Brenda Harrison Lector: Adam Rawding Music Ministers: Adult Choir Sunday, 10:15 AM March 6th Servers: Sarah Tobin & Kate Rarr ick E.M.s: Shirley Boldin & Janice Provan Lector: Paul Tobin Music Ministers: Folk Choir PLEASE NOTE: THE MONDAY 9:00 AM SCHOOL MASSES ARE NOW HELD AGAIN IN THE CHURCH . Our EMail Address is saintjohnsoff@gmail.com Our Website: www.bellefontecatholicchurch.org FYI: Our School Website is: www.saintjohnsch.net RECTORY OFFICE HOURS are as follows: Monday through Thursday: 8:30 AM—5:00 PM Fridays: 8:30 AM—12:30 PM

NEXT CCD MASS: Our next CCD Mass will be on Sunday, March 6th at the 10:15 AM. The Mass will be presented by students in K, 1st, 2nd, and 5th Grades. All CCD students are asked to sit with their classes in the front pews.

YOUTH HOLY HOUR WITH BISHOP MARK

A SPECIAL YOUTH HOLY HOUR WITH BISHOP MARK IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 8TH AT 6:00 PM. THE NIGHT WILL INCLUDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CONFESSION AND A SOCIAL IN THE SCHOOL HALL TO FOLLOW. TRY TO ATTEND! DEANERY LENTEN PENANCE SERVICE The Lenten Penance Service for our Deanery will be held at Good Shepherd Church in State College on Monday, March 14th at 7:00 PM. A number of priests will be available for confession including Bishop Bartchak. EXTR@ CONFESSIONS SCHEDULED FOR LENT: FRID@Y NIGHT, M@RCH 11TH: 5:30-7:00 PM FRID@Y NIGHT, M@RCH 18TH: 5:30-7:00 PM S@TURD@Y NIGHT, M@RCH 19TH @T 6:00 PM WEDNESD@Y NIGHT, M@RCH 23RD @T 6:00 PM

HEALING OF GRIEF GROUP MEETING Our next Grieving Group Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 8th after the 8:00 AM MASS in the Rectory downstairs meeting room.

ST. JOHN’S LENTEN CL@SSES-JUBILEE YE@R OF MERCY Tuesday Evenings, 7:00 PM, School Cafeteria (Moderated by Fr, George) Thursday Afternoons, 2:00 PM, Rectory Basement (Moderated by Don and Sara Nagel) Also, we hope to participate in the Divine Mercy Novena starting on Good Friday and culminating on Divine Mercy Sunday (April 3rd) with a special Holy Hour from 2:00-3:00 PM. LENTEN FISH FRY Our next Fish Fry Dinner is held this Friday, March 4th. The dinners are served in the St. John School Auditorium from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM. There is a new menu this year: Adult meals are $9.00 each and meals for children (under 12) are $5.00 each. Children 6 and under eat free. LATIN MASSES COMING TO ST. JOHN’S St. John’s Parish was asked if we would allow the Centre County Latin Mass group to use our church for their monthly Latin Masses. They will be celebrated once a month on Saturday nights after our regularly scheduled 5:00 PM English Mass. It will not replace our regular 5:00 PM Mass - - This is an Extra Mass. I t w ill be celebrated by Fr. Cyprian from St. Vincent’s Arch Abbey. The first Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, March 12th at 7:00 PM.

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PLEASE NOTE: ST. KATERI’S MASS TIME IS NOON ON SUNDAYS!

Page Three Bellefonte, Pennsylvania THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

ALL-DAY ADORATIONS AGAIN SCHEDULED Since our renovations are nearing completion , we will resume our All-Day-Adorations. Our next one is sched-uled for Monday, March 7th immediately following our 9:00 AM School Mass. The adoration will close at 2:00 PM. Plan to come and spend some quiet meditation or prayer time with our Lord during this Lenten season as a Spiritual Work of Mercy. “ST. JOHN’S IN STITCHES.” SEWING GROUP MEETING Our newly formed Sewing Group here at St. John’s will be holding their next meeting THIS Monday, February 29th at 3:00 PM in the downstairs rectory meeting room. If you enjoy sewing, crocheting, knitting, quilting, etc. , please con-sider joining them. If you have any questions, you can reach Rosie Wood at 625-2902 by phone or you can email her at the following address: rosieandwoody3@hotmail.com. BELLEFONTE K OF C “A KNIGHT AT THE RACES” The Knights of Columbus are again sponsoring “A Knight at the Races.” This year it will be held on April 9th at the Milesburg Community Center. The doors open at 5:30 PM w ith post time for the first race at 6:15 PM. The cost of each horse is $15. You must name the horse, the jockey and the stables or farm from which it comes. In each race, we will pay $75 to win (1); $25 to Place (2) & $10 to Show (3) to the owner of the re-spective horses. At the end of the races, we will have an auction for some of the fine prizes that have been donated. Tickets are $5 and are not included in the cost of the horse. Beverages are free and food will be available. Please contact Sam Brezler at cagey54@yahoo.com for more information. Please note that these sell out fast, so contact the Knights as soon as possible to purchase your horse. 2016 MARRIAGE PREPARATION SERIES CLASSES Are you newly engaged or planning to be married in the Catholic Church in the near future? The Family Life Of-fice has information for the Pre Cana Classes required for couples preparing for marriage. There are two local Mar-riage Preparation Series Classes scheduled: One at OLV in State College on Thursday, June 2, 9 & 16 from 7:00—9:30 PM. And one here at St. John’s on Tuesday, October 4, 11 & 18 at 7:00—9:30 PM. The cost is $65 per couple which includes all sessions in a series. Preregistration is required. If you can’t attend these, other sessions are available in other locations in March, April, May and September. Sign up early since some series fill up months in advance. OR you can choose to attend An Engaged Couples Weekend. For more details on the Classes or the Weekends or to register, please con-tact the Family Life Office at 886-5551 or via email: fami-lylife@dioceseaj.org. BAPTISM PREPARATION CLASS SCHEDULED Our next scheduled Baptism Preparation Class is scheduled for NEXT Sunday, March 6th. It will be held in the rectory meet-ing room from 11:30 AM—12:30 PM. This class is for all par-ents wanting to have their child baptized at either St. John’s or St. Kateri. The meeting is a requirement of the diocese that all parents and hopefully, godparents, if they are local, will at-tend. Please call the rectory office (355-3134) with your name and phone number if you would like to attend the class and/or schedule a Baptism. For any questions you can call the rectory or Deacon Tom at 355-4234 or his email: stboldin@verizon.net. FORGIVENESS: Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. __Jean P.F. Richter

ORDINARY COLLECTION INCOME RECEIVED: Adult Offertory: $ 6,286.00 Loose Offertory: $ 728.00 Children’s Offertory: $ 66.50 Special Monthly: $ 171.00 Votive Candles: $ 80.32 ORDINARY COLLECTION TOTAL: $ 7,307.82 EXTRA ORDINARY INCOME RECEIVED: Maintenance Fund: $ 149.00 Father O’Malley Fund: $ 30.00 Catholic Register: $ 231.00 Easter Collection: $ 25.00 EXTRA ORDINARY COLLECTION: $ 435.00 ORDINARY & EXTRA DEPOSIT TOTAL: $ 7,742.82 ************************************************* REGULAR SCHOOL COLLECTION TOTAL: $ 2,596.10 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: (Diocesan or Others) Bellefonte India Collection: $ 20.00 Black & Indian Mission Collection: $ 16.00 Catholic Relief Collection: $ 1.00 Holy Name of Mary School Fund: $ 166.00 Religious Retirement Fund: $ 4.00 Holy Land Collection Fund: $ 5.00

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND YOUR GENEROSITY

WEEKLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR WEEKEND 02/21/2016

CHURCH INTERIOR PAINTING IS NEARLY COMPLETED!! We hope everyone has been enjoying the unfolding of our newly painted church interior and new décor. We had again contracted with Towne and Country Painting (who painted our church nearly 15 years ago) to repaint the interior. In addition to the interior décor, we have decorated the altar with five BEAUTIFUL wall paintings in the shape of medallions. They were painted by a litur-gical artist from the Clarion, PA, area named Mary Eliza-beth Birkos. Mary is not only a talented artist, but a master “craftsman” who has served as the general con-tractor on 16 church renovations. Mary specializes in working at her studio on statue repair and restoration. You can see photographs of some of her work on her website at www.Ecclesiastical-Artist.com. Mary’s paintings certainly enhance our worship services with these stunning visual liturgical symbols. Thank you all for your patience through this renovation process. ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL COMMITMENT SUNDAY This Sunday is Commitment Sunday for Our 2016 Annual Catholic Appeal. You should have received a letter and a pledge envelope from the diocese. Our parish goal for this year is $59,889. We thank you for again supporting this annual diocesan fund appeal which supports so many ministries, besides sending any “over goal” amounts back to our church. In 2015, we received over $7,000 back into our parish. Please be as generous as possible to help us meet and go over our goal again this year. Your ACA gifts and/or pledges help to support more than 20 ministries, programs and services that are sponsored by your diocese.

MEMORIALS & DONATIONS We appreciate the generosity of our alumni and would like to thank the following for their support of Catholic educa-tion by their donation to our annual fund: James D. Plumb, MD; John T. Saylor; Kristin A. Schneeman; and Red Horse Tavern (Justin T. Leiter) We have also received a donation from Frank Corage in memory of Mary & Ronald Baney. Thank you to all of our benefactors and God bless your generosity to and in support of our school. 125TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER DANCE Please join us at Mountainview Country Club on Satur-day, April 2, for hors d’oeuvres at 6:00 PM and dinner at 7:00 PM. Entertainment provided by DJ Eric Gates. RSVP forms are available on the heaters in the rear of the church. Additional information can be found on our web-site, www.saintjohnsch.net. 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 Wednes-day, March 23 at 10:00 AM, and the other on Good Friday at 7:00 PM. GIANT A+ PROGRAM We recently earned $234.47 from Giant for the month of January. This brings our three-month total to $1004.39. Thank you to those who registered their Giant Bonus-cards so that we are able to earn cash for out school. POT O’GOLD ONLINE AUCTION St. John Catholic School’s 4th Pot o’ Gold Online Auction is ONE WEEK AWAY. The auction will be live Monday, March 7th at 8:00 AM through Monday, March 14th at 10:00 PM. We've been adding new items every day for you to preview, so be sure to check it out at www.biddingforgood.com/saintjohnsch. Do you still want to donate merchandise, collectibles, gift certificates or services? We will accept donations up until Friday, March 4th. Contact sjadmin@saintjohnsch.com or call 814-355-7859. KINDERGARTEN & PRE‐K REGISTRATION FOR 2016‐2017 Please call the school office at 355-7859 if you have not registered for our Kindergarten or Pre-K for next year. Limited openings are still available. Registration forms can be obtained in the School Office or found online at www.saintjohnsch.net. Children must be five years old before September 1, 2016 to be eligible for Kindergarten. You must bring a birth certificate, baptismal certificate, immunization records and a $75 non-refundable registration fee with you to register. Children must be three or four years old before Septem-ber 1, 2016, to be eligible for the three-year and four-year Pre-K Program, respectively. Continued……..

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES The next scheduled CCD Classes for Kindergarten through 10th Grades are on Sunday, January 10th at 9:00 AM in the school. 11TH GRADE CONFIRMATION CLASS Please Note: The next 11th Grade Confirmation Class will be held NEXT Sunday, January 3rd from 11:15 AM to 12:30 PM in the school auditorium. For any questions or concerns, please call Deacon Tom or Shirley Boldin at 355-4234 or email stboldin@verizon.net. ST. CLEMENT CHURCH IN JOHNSTOWN SUPER BOWL/SUPER CASH SWEEPSTAKES TICKETS FOR SALE Win a trip for 2 to SUPER BOWL 50 in San Francisco, CA, (winning package includes MANY extras) plus $1,500 travel cash. Grand Prize Winner has $10,000 cash option. Donation is $10. For more information or tickets, please contact Dave Pavlik at (814)243-9446 or dapavlik@atlanticbb.net or call Suzie or Nancy at St. Clement Church at (814)255-4422. Thanks for participating. GIRLS’ VARSITY VOLLEYBALL COACH NEEDED AT ST. JOE’S CATHOLIC ACADEMY A Head Coach is need for the Girls’ Varsity Volleyball Program at St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy. Interested applicants should send an email and coaching resume to SJCA Athletic Director, Chad Walsh at cwalsh@stjoeacad.org. If you have any questions, please call him at (814)808-6118. 2016 ADULT ENRICHMENT CLASSES OFFERED Deacon Chip Young will be offering the following two courses, Sacraments and Church History, at Holy Spirit Parish in Lock Haven. The 8 week course Sacraments will be held Wednesdays from 6:30 — 8:30 PM beginning on January 6th. The 10 week course, Church History will be held Wednesdays from 6:30 — 8:30 PM beginning on March 9th. To register, please contact Marybeth at the Office of Adult Enrichment and Lay Ecclesial Ministries at (814)361-2000 or email her at mheinze@dioceseaj.org. Registration forms are also available online at www.dioceseaj.org/lay-ecclesial-ministry. All are welcome to sign up and attend. CHURCH CLEANING/DECORATING THANK YOU! Many thanks to the Catholic Daughters and to everyone who showed up to help clean and decorate our church for the Christmas Season. It looks truly beautiful as always! We would also like to extend our grateful thanks to everyone and anyone who volunteered in any way this past year to help our church functions run so smoothly. We are so blessed with having such a generous and caring parish family here at St. John’s. May God bless you for a Happy New Year! CHARITY If you truly want to help the soul of your neighbor, you should approach God First with all your heart. Ask Him simply to fill you with Charity, the greatest of all virtues; with it you can accomplish what you desire. —St. Vincent Ferrer

ST. JOHN SCHOOL NEWS…...CONTINUED KINDERGARTEN & PRE‐K REGISTRATION FOR 2016‐2017 Students currently enrolled in the three-year-old Pre-K must re-register for the four-year-old class. Please be sure to bring birth certificate, immunization records and a $35 non-refundable registration fee with you to register. Please call Tina in the school office at 355-7859 for more information. ****************************************************************************** RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES CCD Classes are held every Sunday morning from 9:00 - 10:00 AM in our St. John School classrooms. These religious education classes are for Kindergarten through 10th Grades. JARED BOX PROJECT During the Lenten season, items continue to be collected through March 13th for the Jared Box Project. Any of our parishioners and all of our CCD students are encouraged to participate. The CCD students in grades Kindergarten, First and Seventh grades will be putting together the boxes. They can include crayons, glue sticks, stickers, coloring books, small toys, bubbles, journals, toothbrushes, toiletry items, etc. The following items cannot be accepted: dolls, candy or any perishable items. 11TH GRADE CONFIRMATION CLASS Please note: The next 11th Grade Confirmation Class will meet on Sunday, March 6th from 11:15 AM to 12:30 PM in the school auditorium. For any questions or concerns, please call Deacon Tom or Shirley Boldin at 355-4234 or email at stboldin@verizon.net. CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS MONTHLY MEETING The Catholic Daughters will hold their next monthly meeting this Thursday, March 3rd. It will begin with a social at 6:30 PM and the meeting begins at 7:00 PM. It is held in the St. John school auditorium. Social chairpersons for this month are Jennifer Gill and Mindy Terpak. CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS MARCH BAKE SALE The weekend of March 19th and 20th, our CD of A Court will be holding a pre-Easter Bake Sale before and after all Masses. It will be held in the school auditorium. Look for more details in future bulletins and posted flyers. TUNE INTO WJVM 90.3-FM OR WEJO 104.7-FM RADIO THIS LENT The Lenten homilies of Bishop Robert Barron and his fellow bishops are featured during the “Heralds of Faith” program which airs weekdays at 9:30 AM and noon. (Note: Free i-Phone & Android apps for the station are available: visit waob.org for details.) We are now recording groups/families for our March prayer slots. If you would like to pray or receive our new monthly programming e-blasts, contact Sheryl Balkey at (814)238-6288 or voiceofdivinemercy@gmail.com. We thank the members of the Catholic Scripture Study from OLV and Good Shepherd parishes for their recent recording. Remember, just $100/day keeps our Catholic voice on the air. Our 501(c)3 organization is volunteer-run and your tax-deductible donation may be mailed to: Voice of Divine Mercy, PO Box 862, State College, PA 16804-0862.

LENTEN RICE BOWL BOXES Again this year we have distributed Lenten Rice Bowl Boxes to our CCD students to serve as a Corporal Work of Mercy. Extra boxes are available in the back of the church on the registers. Donations go to Catholic Relief Service programs for those in need.

910066 St. John Evangelist Church 134 E. Bishop Street Bellefonte, PA 16823 814-355-3134 Contact: Fr. George Jakopac gjakopac@archbalt.org Software Using: Win 8 Adobe DC Publisher 2013 Transmission Time: Wednesdays, 11:30 am Special Instructions: