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St. John’s Church, Olean, New York Page
Welcome to St. John’s Church
February 5, 2017
Sunday Mass: Saturday : 4:30 pm Vigil Sunday : 8:00 am & 10:30 am Daily Mass: Monday - Friday: 8:00 am Confessions: Saturdays: 3:30 - 4:15 pm (Fr. in confessional until 4:15pm)
Rectory Office
Office Hours:
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Mon - Fri
Address: 931 N. Union Street
Olean, New York 14760
Phone: 716-372-5313
Fax: 716-373-0919
Email: [email protected]
www.stjohnsofolean.com
St. John’s Parish Staff
Fr. John Arogyasami
Temporary Administrator [email protected] Katie Barber, Admin. Assistant [email protected] Ann Sorokes, Youth Faith Formation [email protected] Dianne Braun, Dir. of Music Mark Lang, Dir. of Grounds
Caregiver Support Group:
First Tuesday of every month
6:30 - 7:30 PM
Olean Public Library Conference Room
If you are a caregiver, please join us in
supporting each other, sharing ideas and
developing new ways to handle
everyday caregivers issues
Non –Denominational
Grief Support Group
Meets the 2nd and 4th
Thursday of each Month
6 – 7 pm in the Church Hall
Call Catholic Charities
372-0101 for more information
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help Light burns for glory of God and in remembrance of
Thomasina Aiello Birthday Remembrance
By: Family February 1-15, 2017
Our Sanctuary Lamp burns for glory of God in the
Remembrance of
Gary Filjones By: Mike & Mary Droney
February 1-15, 2017
- Book of the Week - The Threefold Way of
St. Francis By: Murray Bodo, OFM
A spiritually practical work inspired by St. Francis that invites us to love God
through ourselves, others and the natural world
Ministers of the Holy Eucharist
February 11
4:30 PM : C. Kielar, B. Fitzgerald &
C. Moses - NEED SUB for 2/25
February 12
8:00 AM: M & M Wenke and
P. Stromberg
10: 30 PM : R. O’Brien, C. Capito
and C. Mikolajczkyk
Altar Servers February 11
4:30 PM: K. Padlo & M. Sorokes
February 12
8:00 AM: M. Hinz
10: 30 PM : R&R Mikolajczyk and M. Bee
Greeter Schedule February 11 4:30 pm
P. Brady and N. Finley
February 12 8:00 AM
M. Butchello & B/L Sherman
February 12 10:30 AM
D. Hinz Family & D/C Lindamer
Lector Schedule February 11
4:30 PM : M.A. Power
February 12
8:00 AM: M.A. Loskey
10: 30 PM : R. Mikolajczyk
Last Week’s Collection
$4179.00
Our Weekly Costs It costs us, on average, $6,500
each week to meet our expenses. Your donation in the weekly collection is the
source of that revenue. Please do your best
to help us out. Remember: “when our outgo exceeds
our income our upkeep becomes our downfall ”
Thank you for your generous support
Mass
Intentions
February 6 - 12
Monday
February 6
8:00 AM St. Paul Miki,
and companions
& martyrs
† Dorothy Kosciol
Anniversary
By: estate
Tuesday
February 7
8:00 AM
† Walter Batesky
Anniversary
By: daughter, Elena
Wednesday
February 8
8:00 AM St. Jerome
Emiliani,
St. Josephine
Bakhita, virgin
† Clara Pfeiffer
By: Rick & Mary Jean DiMartino and Family
Thursday
February 9
8:00 AM
Mother’s Day Intentions
Friday
February 10
8:00 AM St. Scholastica,
virgin
† Bob LaRuche
By: Carol & Greg
Lindamer
Saturday
February 11
4:30 PM
† Veronica Laing
Anniversary
By: niece, Elena
Sunday
February 12
8:00 AM
† Joseph Melaro
and daughters,
Jean & Joyce
By: Joan and Chuck
Sunday
February 12
10:30 AM
† Thomasina
Aiello
Birthday Remembrance By: Tom & Patty (Aiello) Gattiglio
Thank you for supporting our sponsors
David Carucci,
owner
716-372-2222
Thank you
To all of you that took the time to fill out
the insert confirming your church
registration information and provided us
with your email address, we thank you and
greatly appreciate your cooperation for
helping us update our parish records. Your
cooperation is greatly appreciated.
Thank you again!
Bulletin Deadline is the Friday at
2:00 PM one week before you
want your message to appear.
Sunday February 5 is “Scout Sunday”
We are all proud of our Boy and Girl Scouts
in our area. If you know of a particular
scout in our parish or
neighborhood, make sure to
congratulate and tell them what
a great job they are doing!!
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Coming Soon….Area Events
**Check the Bulletin Boards for more details**
February 8 - Bonnie’s Basketball Faith Night March 1 - Ash Wednesday March 6 - First Reconciliation July 15 - St. John’s Festival
We Pray for the healing of the sick
and for their caregivers
Ron Swick, Carol Misko, Janet Haggerty,
Dan Picccioli, Andy Sauter, Elizabeth Hull,
Rosella Kendzior, Gavin Riley, Carl “Jeff” Veno,
Jennifer Sauter, Paul Hanson, Crystal McCarten,
Sam Veno, Betsey Regal, Terry Shine,
Kevin Wenke, Liz Lerchen and
Sister Julie Ulrich, OSF
Home or Hospital Visits: If you have a family member who is ill and
either homebound or in the hospital and would like a visit, please call the rectory at 372-
5313 , and leave a message if your call is outside the office
hours. Please note, Father is NOT called by the Hospi-tal when some one is admitted. It is up to the family to notify us. Thank you for your cooperation.
It is greatly appreciated!!
Mass Intentions: If you would like to offer up a
mass for someone living or deceased, for special intentions or a healing, please call the office
716-372-5313 or email the office at [email protected] and we will schedule
one for you. The diocesan stipend is $15.00.
Non –Denominational
Grief Support Group
Meets the 2nd and 4th
Thursday of each month
6 – 7 pm in the Church Hall
Call Catholic Charities
372-0101 for more information
We are in need of
Eucharistic Ministers If you are interested in being part of
this Blessed Ministry and would
like to become a minister to help
our flock,
Please contact Jay Sorokes or
Katie Barber at the rectory office or by email to
add your to the list of volunteers
that will be trained.
“Be strong enough to stand alone smart enough to know when you need help
and brave enough to ask for it” -
Do you know of anyone in our parish who needs assistance or help in some area? If you know of someone or if you
yourself could use a “hand up”, please come to the meetings and let us know or put the information in an a sealed
envelope marked “ St. Vincent de Paul” and drop it into the collection basket .
All assistance is strictly confidential
Remember to please pray for the struggling & poor and place any donation in
the “Poor Boxes” located at both church
entrances.
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - As disciples, we are to
be the salt of the earth and light of the world. It is for this
purpose that we have been given our individual talents to
share. If God is calling you to a church vocation call
Fr. Andrew Lauricella at 716-847-5535. You can also
check out our “Priest of the Month” stories on our
website. - www.buffalovocations.org
St John’s Faith Formation
Director : Ann Sorokes
Feb 19 - No Religious Ed Class
President Day
March 1 - Ash Wednesday
March 6 - 1st Reconciliation
March 26 - 1st Eucharist Family
Breakfast in the Church Hall
Please remember in Prayer
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