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CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK MAY 31, 2020
WELCOME TO
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
CHURCH
Please note that the Parish Office is only opened Monday thru Thursday 9:00 am to 12:00 noon until further notice due to Corona Virus re-strictions. Only essential staff members are authorized to work in the office.
St. John the Evangelist
Church
Extensions Schedule of Holy Day/Holiday Masses (((. 4 Cancellation of Weekday/Weekend Masses(. 5 Parish/Business Office ((((((((((. 6 Wedding Office ...((((((((((((..7 Religious Education Office((((((((...8 General Calls to Fr. Carlino((((((((. 9 Last Rites of the Church(((((((((..335
Human Concerns Committee
We will be participating in the ‘Personal Care Closet’ drive again this year. We will be dividing the items collected between Catholic Charities (Schenectady office) and Schenectady High School. The clients that Catholic Charities serve live on fixed, limited incomes. Once basic needs are met, they have little or no money left for other necessary items such as personal care products, cleaning and laundry supplies. The ‘Personal Care Closet’ provides these types of items that cannot be purchased with food stamps and are not usually available through food pantries or other sources. A number of students at Schenectady High School are in need of personal hygiene products that their families have a hard time affording. We would like to help both these worthwhile programs. Some of the items needed are: Combs, Brushes, bars of wrapped soap, shampoo, conditioner, Old Spice deodorant, Axe deodorant, Secret deodorant, Q-tips, floss, mouth wash, paper towels, Chapstick, toilet paper, facial tissues, dish soap, sponges, laundry detergent, household cleaning products, toothpaste and toothbrushes, toothbrush holders, feminine pads/tampons, feminine hygiene wipes, body wash, body lotion/powder (regular size and also travel size to fit in school lockers/book bags), etc. We will be starting this drive the weekend of June 6/7 and ending June 20/21. You can place your donations in the boxes marked ‘Personal Care Closet’ located at each of the Church entrances. Thank you in advance for your generosity and support for this very worthwhile collection. If you have any questions, please feel free to - Kathy Carney - 518-377-7444.
From last weekend, Palm Sunday, and continuing every weekend until the return of the public celebration of Masses, I will be offering a Mass on YouTube so you will be able to celebrate with me by watching it. I will do my best to alternate these celebrations
between St. Anthony’s and St. John’s Churches.
To view the Masses, beginning 4 PM every Saturday
until and including 5 PM every Sunday:
1. Access the Internet on your Computer, Tablet, or
Cell Phone.
2. Use your search engine (Google, Bing, etc.) to go
to the YouTube website.
3. The Masses will be on the following YouTube
channel: St John - St Anthony Church Schenectady.
4. Click on the Mass date for the video.
PASTORAL CARE DEPARTMENT Do you know someone who is homebound and would like to receive a visit/Communion? Please call our Pastoral Care Coordinator, Doreen Murdock 518-372-3381 ext. 234.
Dear Church Family & Friends,
Though Masses and events are canceled God’s love, grace and mercy are not. We look unto Him the author and finisher of our faith.
St. John’s Church is open from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday through Friday, Saturdays 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm and Sundays 9:30 am - 10:30 am for individuals to pray but not for a gathering of groups. St. Anthony’s is also open on week days from 7:00 am to 2:00 pm., Saturdays from 2:00 to 4:00 pm and Sundays from 2:00 to 4:00 pm We need to follow the 6 ft. apart distance and be protective at these crucial times.
For those of you have booked Masses previously and the Masses were not said during this time of the Corona Virus, we will reschedule at a later date. We will do our best to notify you ahead of time to those we can. Weekly bulletins are available on line (www.SJEChurch.com) and (www.stanthonyschurch.com).You are all in our prayers. We miss seeing you face to face. Now unto Him who can do exceedingly above all that we ask or think((Ephesians 3:20) may the Holy Spirit lead and guide us into all truth (John 13:16) during this time of transition. Peace be with you.
CATHOLIC COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN
Sunday, June 7, is the collection for Catholic Communication Campaign. Please send your donation envelope with your offertory envelope to the parish office. Thank you
PENTECOST SUNDAY
EYEGLASS & HEARING AID RECYCLING PROGRAM:
Take time to help those in need by giving the gift of sight and sound. The Lions International Eyeglass/Hearing Aid Recycling Program provides glasses and hearing aids to people in need in our community, as well as in developing countries. If you have either of these items that you no longer use, please place them into any of the three collection boxes at the entrances of our Church. Thank you.
ARMED SERVICES PRAYER PLAQUE
If you would like to submit a picture of a St. John the Evangelist Parishioner serving active duty in any branch of the military for inclusion on the Armed Services Prayer Plaque, email it to [email protected] or send a 5” X 7” or smaller photograph to the parish office at: St. John the Evangelist Church - Attn: Armed Services Prayer Plaque, 806 Union Street, Schenectady, NY 12308. Include a paper with their name, branch of service, and where they are stationed.
St. Anthony’s Church Food Pantry
Sister Maria Rosa and the Venerini Associates distribute food to needy families during the year. Help us restock our supply so that we may continue the good work. Please join us by dropping off any of the following nonperishable food items, or a monetary donation of any amount. No gift is too small. This is what we are in need of: Canned Fruit, Canned Applesauce, Canned Cranberry Sauce, Canned Vegetables, Canned Green & Yellow Waxed Beans, Soups, Boxed Stuffing, Canned Sweet Potatoes, Canned Yams, Boxed Scalloped Potatoes, Canned Beans, Canned Peas, Canned Corn, Canned Stews, Pudding, Cereal, Pasta, Pasta Sauce, Jelly/Jam, Peanut Butter, Cooking Oil, Tuna Fish, Mayonnaise, Canned Meats. We couldn’t do it with out you. Let’s continue to feed others both spiritually and physically. Deuteronomy 15:11 “For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.” Thank you for your help!
Collection 05/24/20 $3,593.00 Eastern European Collection $ 10.00
Candles 05/24/20 $ 52.00
IS ABORTION EVER OKAY? Give us the grace(. When the sacredness of life before birth is attacked, to stand up and proclaim that no one ever has the authority to destroy unborn life. John Paul II
DO YOU HAVE 2-3 HOURS PER MONTH TO HELP
SOMEONE IN YOUR COMMUNITY?
• 1 in 8 persons over 65 and nearly half of those over 85 will be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease.
• 80% of Alzheimer’s patients are cared for at home
by family. •
Caring for someone with memory loss can be both isolating and exhausting for family members. THESE FAMILIES NEED YOUR HELP! Belonging to a Care Team, you only give the time you can when you can be-cause there are several of you to share the role of help-ing the family. The average volunteer offers just 2-3 hours per month. The team provides non-medical sup-port and friendship. All volunteers are offered training and continued support from the staff at Eddy Alzhei-mer’s Services. If you would like to receive more infor-mation about our Faith In Action Care Team Program, please contact Sandy Monahan at Eddy Alzheimer’s Service email [email protected] or 518-238-4167.
LightHouse CD's are available - During this
time when Masses aren't! Receive Hope, Joy, Discernment and Knowledge at this very unusual time in our Church History. St. John's doors are open M-F 7am-3pm for prayer. Come and sit with Jesus in the Tabernacle, pray with the Stations of the Cross, pray the Rosary before our Blessed Mother, and take a look at the inspirational talks in our Kiosk by the Union St. doors. You will find talks from famous Theologians such as the Venerable Bishop Sheen, Scott and Kimberly Hahn, Jeff Cavins, Fr. Larry Richards, Matthew Kelly, Fr. Michael Schmitz, and the beloved St. Teresa of Calcutta. St. John's pays $3 for each CD, please be generous so that this evangelizing tool can continue.
Respect Life - Learn a natural way to plan your
family with the Creighton Model FertilityCare system. The Creighton Model is a research-based method of avoiding or achieving a pregnancy that observes a woman's cycle. The system can also be used by women to monitor their health, and it can be used in treatment for reproductive health issues and infertility. Instruction can be in person or online. Go to giannaofalbany.com or contact Monica Marra RN, FCP for more information. (518)749-0561 or email [email protected]
CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK MAY 31, 2020
St. John the Evangelist Parish Membership
Parishioners are individuals who are formally reg-istered and active in our Parish. Please complete this form if you wish to join our Parish family. You may return this form to the Parish Office by dropping it in the collection basket or mailing it to the Parish Office.
Check One: _______New Registration (Please send Parish Registration Forms)
_______Change of Address (New address is listed).
Name: __________________________________________
Address: __________________________________________
City: ____________________Zip Code: __________
GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO SIGN UP FOR E-GIVING
INTENTIONS INCLUDED IN WEEKEND
MASSES BEING SAID ON YOUTUBE
SATURDAY, 06 – 06 - 20 4:00 PM Andrew Furchak & Dolores Furchak Smith by Family Birthday Remembrance - Joan Valente by Daughters ‘ Rev. Arnold J. English by Margaret T. Connoly Purgatorial Society SUNDAY, 06 - 07 – 20 7:30 AM Rose Pileggi by Family Marie D. Whipple by Estate
9:30 AM Deceased Members of Paurowski, Tajkowski & Nynek Families by Estate Deceased Members of Martino & Panetta Families & Tony Palleschi by Mr. & Mrs. Albert Martino Hon. D. Vincent Cerrito by F. Teresa Mc Carthy, MD., Vida Mc Carthy Cerrito, Esq., Amour Johnson, MD., and Families Birthday Remembrance - Flordeliz Aquino by F. Teresa Mc Carthy, MD., Vida Mc Carthy Cerrito, Esq., Amour Johnson, MD., and Families
5:00 PM Paul & Matilde Monaco & Deceased Family Members by Stapleton Estate
A Coronavirus Prayer Loving God, Your desire is for our wholeness and well being.
We hold in tenderness and prayer the collective suffering of our world at this time.
We grieve precious lives lost and vulnerable lives threatened.
We ache for ourselves and our neighbors, standing before an uncertain future.
We pray: may love, not fear, go viral.
Inspire our leaders to discern and choose wisely, aligned with the common good.
Help us to practice social distancing and reveal to us new and creative ways to come together in spirit and in solidarity.
Call us to profound trust in your faithful presence,
You, the God who does not abandon.
Sunday Readings for May 31, 2020,
Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A
1st Reading Acts 2:1-11
Responsorial Psalm Psalms 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34
2nd Reading 1 Corinthians 12:3B-7, 12-13
Alleluia
Gospel John 20:19-23
Catholic Charities
is in need of volunteers at our soup kitchens, food pantries and even our camp. First and foremost our soup kitchens and food pantries. The Welcome Table and Sister Maureen Joyce Center are both in need of volunteers to help cook and serve food. SMJ needs volunteers on Mondays and Thursdays, The Welcome Table may need volunteers on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The Roarke Center in Troy also needs volunteers on any given day to help put boxes of food together. Our camp director has also asked for young able-bodied people to help build decks for the incoming Summer. Contact Abbie Terwilliger, Community Volunteer Catalyst, Catholic Charities at 518-453-6650 ext. 6673.
WORKS OF MERCY Sizes 8 to 18 Needed! The Good Neighbor Program has an urgent need for these sizes in boys and girls clothing, including pants, long and short sleeve shirts, and hooded sweatshirts. New underwear and socks are also needed. Please leave in white baskets at parking lot entrances.
PENTECOST SUNDAY
RESOURCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY
211 is a Resource in your Community – Burning question? Dial 211. Funded by the United Way, local and state government and private nonprofit organizations, 211 is a one stop resource for food, housing, child care, health care, substance abuse, financial problems and more available 7 days a week from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm in Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and Washington counties. 211 offers fast, accurate infor-mation on safety, relief and recovery services during nat-ural disaster or regional emergencies.
ATTENTION SINGLE WOMEN Could God be calling YOU? Do you think God may be calling you to the religious life – a life of love and service through the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience? Would you like to learn more about such a life? If you would like to learn more about the religious life, please contact Sister Laurie-Marie, C.R. at [email protected] or call (518) 453-6690 for more information. Our Lady of Vocations, pray for us!
Mental Health Awareness Month Mental Health treatment can make a difference. Taking the first step can be a challenge, but remember “You Are Not Alone”. Join the National Alliance on Mental Illness WHY CARE? Campaign. Caring matters. Caring makes a difference. Please continue to include all those who experience mental illness, their families and care providers in your prayers.
PLEASE OBSERVE THE ONE-WAY TRAFFIC SIGNS IN AND OUT OF OUR CHURCH PARKING LOT.
