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THE CATHOLIC PARISHES
OF OAKMONT, PLUM & VERONA
www.opvcatholic.org
The only official website for our parishes.
School sites can also be accessed from this website.
CLERGY
Group Email: [email protected]
Rev. Kevin G. Poecking
Priest Administrator
Rev. George Dalton
Senior Parochial Vicar
Rev. David DeWitt
Senior Parochial Vicar
Rev. Frederick Gruber
Parish Chaplain
Deacon Joseph Vannucci
Deacon Timothy Noca
Weekend Mass Times
Saturday Vigil: 4:00 PM St. Irenaeus
4:00 PM St. John the Baptist
5:30 PM St. Joseph
6:00 PM Our Lady of Joy
Sunday: 8:00 AM Our Lady of Joy
8:30 AM St Joseph
9:00 AM St. John the Baptist
10:00 AM Our Lady of Joy
11:00 AM St. Januarius
11:00 AM St. Irenaeus
11:30 AM St. John the Baptist
6:00 PM St. John the Baptist
Confessions: Monday 6:00-6:20 PM
St . Januarius
Wednesday 6:00-6:20 PM
St. Irenaeus
Saturday 9:30-10:00 AM
St. John the Baptist
- Or By Appointment -
St. Irenaeus, Oakmont
St. Januarius, St. John the Baptist, Plum
St. Joseph, Verona, Our Lady of Joy, Plum
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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
This weekend we celebrate the annual Solemnity of
Corpus Christi, the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus
Christ! This is the feast that we celebrate every day like last
week’s fest of the Holy Trinity, but we especially hold in high
regard this second weekend after Pentecost. It’s the feast day
that celebrates something special about our Catholic faith and
our belief in the special sacramental presence of Jesus Christ
in His Body and Blood that we have been invited to consume
to have intimate union with God.
This is a great occasion to announce further reopening of
our Churches for Mass and reception of Holy Communion:
1. Starting next weekend, 6/20 and 6/21, we will return
Oakmont and Verona Churches to their regular weekend
schedule. St. Irenaeus will be Saturday at 4 PM and Sunday
at 11AM. St. Joseph will be Saturday at 5:30PM and Sunday
at 8:30AM. We will also add one Mass on Sunday at Our La-
dy of Joy at 8 AM and one Mass on Sunday at St. Januarius
at 11AM. St. John the Baptist Masses will continue as they
have for the last two weekends: Saturday 4PM and 5:30PM,
Sunday 7:30AM, 9:00AM, 10:30AM and Noon. We will contin-
ue this modified weekend Mass schedule for the last two
weekends of June.
2. We will also introduce two parking lot Distribution of Holy
Communion services for those who are vulnerable next
weekend, 6/20 and 6/21 at St. Joseph Church at 10 AM and
Our Lady of Joy Church at 11:30 AM. These services are not
a substitute for participation at Mass. They will be brief and
exclusively for those who are at risk due to age or health
condition in an effort to help those connect with their faith in
the Eucharist, while watching or listening to Mass at home
during the continued pandemic. It is not for people who are
sick with a fever or cough. Those persons should stay at
home and all Catholics are still dispensed from any
requirement to attend Mass. These Communion Services will
have a few short prayers offered and distribution will take
place at a Communion station. Anyone attending will need to
wear a mask through the parking lot, exit the car and
approach the Communion station by foot where each can
remove the face mask only to receive and return to the
car. Everyone should stay parked and present for the
concluding prayer. There will be no “drive through” Those
arriving after Communion is distributed will not be able to
receive at this time. We will continue these services each
week until further notice.
3. Starting Monday, 6/29, we will resume our regular weekday
Mass schedule at each Church.
4. Starting Saturday, July 4 and Sunday, July 5 all weekend
Masses will return to our regular schedule:
In order to maintain as many Masses as we are offering,
we still need people to help with cleaning/sanitizing and
ushering/greeting. I’m hoping that with the opening up of
more of our churches, parishioners can support this by
volunteering to help. Anyone who is planning to attend a
Mass can sign up to volunteer to clean/sanitize, including
lectors and altar servers. Contact Joyce Doyle if you are
willing to help as a usher/greeter. Preregistration is still the
best way to sign up to attend a Mass. Several of our Masses
are full with social distancing requirements and you may not
be able to attend the Mass you choose without preregistering.
Anyone can preregister by calling the parish office or going to
our website: https://www.opvcatholic.org/mass-times. You
can also see a link on this site for a video of what it’s like to go
to Mass under the new circumstances of social distancing and
more. We made a simple adjustment to the seating process
also from last week. We will now only assign row and section.
Please fill up the row assigned to you from first in to the left,
middle (if available) and center. The ushers and greeters were
asked to be extra friendly and welcoming last weekend, but
please allow them to seat people efficiently with limited
conversation.
It was so exciting to see people in Church last weekend. I
think all of the priests were very happy to be with folks who felt
ready to attend. At most of my Masses, people applauded
after the opening rite that they were so happy to be back in
Church again. The simple joy of something we took for
granted for so long was very visible. Please take your time in
feeling safe and ready to attend Mass again. Continue to
watch our livestream, and attend Holy Communion services to
keep healthy and safe. It is slowly getting back to some kind
of normal. But we need to continue to be cautious and patient
as we celebrate our faith in the continued pandemic
conditions. Thank you all for your cooperation and patience
as we work through this together. HAPPY FEAST OF
CORPUS CHRISTI!
In Christ’s love, Father Kevin
Fr. Kevin Poecking
Administrator, OPV Catholic Churches
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SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE MOST HOLY BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST
READING I DT8:2-3, 14B-16A
Moses said to the people: "Remember how for forty years now the
LORD, your God, has directed all your journeying in the desert, so as to
test you by affliction and find out whether or not it was your intention to
keep his commandments. He therefore let you be afflicted with hunger,
and then fed you with manna, a food unknown to you and your fathers,
in order to show you that not by bread alone does one live, but by every
word that comes forth from the mouth of the LORD.
"Do not forget the LORD, your God, who brought you out of the land of
Egypt, that place of slavery; who guided you through the vast and
terrible desert with its saraph serpents and scorpions, its parched and
waterless ground; who brought forth water for you from the flinty rock
and fed you in the desert with manna, a food unknown to your fathers."
RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20
R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!
Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. For he has
strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children
within you.
R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!
He has granted peace in your borders; with the best of wheat he fills
you. He sends forth his command to the earth; swiftly runs his word!
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R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!
He has proclaimed his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances
to Israel. He has not done thus for any other nation; his ordinances he
has not made known to them. Alleluia.
R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!
READING 2 1 COR 10:16-17
Brothers and sisters: The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a
participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a
participation in the body of Christ? Because the loaf of bread is one,
we, though many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.
R. Alleluia, alleluia. JN 6:51
I am the living bread that came down from heaven, says the Lord;
whoever eats this bread will live forever.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
GOSPEL JN 6:51-58
Jesus said to the Jewish crowds: "I am the living bread that came down
from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread
that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."
The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this man
give us his flesh to eat?" Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to
you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you
do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood
has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true
food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my
blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and
I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will
have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from
heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this
bread will live forever."
SOLEMNIDAD DE CORPUS CHRISTI�
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A fines del siglo XIII surgió en Lieja, Bélgica, un Movimiento Eucarístico cuyo centro
fue la Abadía de Cornillón fundada en 1124 por el Obispo Albero de Lieja. Este
movimiento dio origen a varias costumbres eucarísticas, como por ejemplo la Exposi-
ción y Bendición con el Santísimo Sacramento, el uso de las campanillas durante la
elevación en la Misa y la fiesta del Corpus Christi. Santa Juliana de Mont Cornillón,
por aquellos años priora de la Abadía, fue la enviada de Dios para propiciar esta
Fiesta. La santa nace en Retines cerca de Liège, Bélgica en 1193. Quedó huérfana
muy pequeña y fue educada por las monjas Agustinas en Mont Cornillon. Cuando
creció, hizo su profesión religiosa y más tarde fue superiora de su comunidad. Murió
el 5 de abril de 1258, en la casa de las monjas Cistercienses en Fosses y fue ente-
rrada en Villiers.
Desde joven, Santa Juliana tuvo una gran veneración al Santísimo Sacramento. Y
siempre anhelaba que se tuviera una fiesta especial en su honor. Este deseo se dice
haber intensificado por una visión que tuvo de la Iglesia bajo la apariencia de luna
llena con una mancha negra, que significaba la ausencia de esta solemnidad. Julia-
na comunicó estas apariciones a Mons. Roberto de Thorete, el entonces obispo de
Lieja, también al docto Dominico Hugh, más tarde cardenal legado de los Países
Bajos y a Jacques Pantaleón, en ese tiempo archidiácono de Lieja, más tarde Papa
Urbano IV.
El obispo Roberto se impresionó favorablemente y, como en ese tiempo los obispos
tenían el derecho de ordenar fiestas para sus diócesis, invocó un sínodo en 1246 y
ordenó que la celebración se tuviera el año entrante; al mismo tiempo el Papa orde-
nó, que un monje de nombre Juan escribiera el oficio para esa ocasión. El decreto
está preservado en Binterim (Denkwürdigkeiten, V.I. 276), junto con algunas partes
del oficio. Mons. Roberto no vivió para ver la realización de su orden, ya que murió el
16 de octubre de 1246, pero la fiesta se celebró por primera vez al año siguiente el
jueves posterior a la fiesta de la Santísima Trinidad. Más tarde un obispo alemán
conoció la costumbre y la extendió por toda la actual Alemania.
El Papa Urbano IV, por aquél entonces, tenía la corte en Orvieto, un poco al norte de
Roma. Muy cerca de esta localidad se encuentra Bolsena, donde en 1263 o 1264 se
produjo el Milagro de Bolsena: un sacerdote que celebraba la Santa Misa tuvo
dudas de que la Consagración fuera algo real. Al momento de partir la
Sagrada Forma, vio salir de ella sangre de la que se fue empapando en
seguida el corporal. La venerada reliquia fue llevada en procesión a Orvieto
el 19 junio de 1264. Hoy se conservan los corporales -donde se apoya el
cáliz y la patena durante la Misa- en Orvieto, y también se puede ver la
piedra del altar en Bolsena, manchada de sangre.
El Santo Padre movido por el prodigio, y a petición de varios obispos, hace
que se extienda la fiesta del Corpus Christi a toda la Iglesia por medio de la
bula "Transiturus" del 8 septiembre del mismo año, fijándola para el jueves
después de la octava de Pentecostés y otorgando muchas indulgencias a
todos los fieles que asistieran a la Santa Misa y al oficio.
En 1317 se promulga una recopilación de leyes -por Juan XXII- y así se
extiende la fiesta a toda la Iglesia. Ninguno de los decretos habla de la
procesión con el Santísimo como un aspecto de la celebración. Sin embar-
go estas procesiones fueron dotadas de indulgencias por los Papas Martín
V y Eugenio IV, y se hicieron bastante comunes a partir del siglo XIV.
La fiesta fue aceptada en Cologne en 1306; en Worms la adoptaron en
1315; en Strasburg en 1316. En Inglaterra fue introducida de Bélgica entre
1320 y 1325. En los Estados Unidos y en otros países la solemnidad se
celebra el domingo después del domingo de la Santísima Trinidad. En la
Iglesia griega la fiesta de Corpus Christi es conocida en los calendarios de
los sirios, armenios, coptos, melquitas y los rutinios de Galicia, Calabria y
Sicilia.
Finalmente, el Concilio de Trento declara que muy piadosa y religiosamen-
te fue introducida en la Iglesia de Dios la costumbre, que todos los años,
determinado día festivo, se celebre este excelso y venerable sacramento
con singular veneración y solemnidad; y reverente y honoríficamente sea
llevado en procesión por las calles y lugares públicos. En esto los cristianos
atestiguan su gratitud y recuerdo por tan inefable y verdaderamente divino
beneficio, por el que se hace nuevamente presente la victoria y triunfo de la
muerte y resurrección de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo.
https://www.aciprensa.com/recursos/historia-de-la-solemnidad-del-corpus-
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DATE TIME CH PRIEST INTENTION/REQUESTER
SATURDAY - 4:00 PM STI POECKING Maria Marchese (Don & Gerry O’Leary)
The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ (Vigil) 6/13
4:00 PM SJB DALTON Joe Noca (John & Gloria Kutzner)
* 5:30 PM STI POECKING Edward & Eleanor Wallace and
Robert & Nancy Hazlett (Richard Wallace)
5:30 PM SJB DEWITT Richard Claypoole (Wife, Marie)
SUNDAY– 7:30 AM STI POECKING Sharon Flannery (Maria Franco & Family
The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ (Vigil) 6/14
7:30 AM SJB DALTON Esther Theiss (Marla Elder)
9:00 AM STI DEWITT Janice McAndrew (Janet McAndrew)
* 9:00 AM SJB POECKING Clarence & Helen Vandzura (Deemer & Minto Fam.)
10:30 AM STI DEWITT Carolyn Capozzi (Carol Ann Natali)
10:30 AM SJB
BENEDICTINE
Edwin M. Wagner, Jr. (Pekor-Wagner Families)
NOON STI DALTON Living & Deceased Members of the Parishes
NOON SJB
BENEDICTINE
Barbara Bracco (Children & Family)
MONDAY - Weekday 6/15 * 9:00 AM STI DALTON George Reidenbaugh (Wife, Pat)
6:30 PM SJAN POECKING All Souls in Purgatory, Especially Those Who Died
Unexpectantly (Papciak Family)
TUESDAY - Weekday 6/16 7:30 AM STI POECKING John Wichman (Family & Friends)
* 9:00 AM SJB DEWITT Jaime Vick-Moran (Vick Family)
WEDNESDAY - Weekday 6/17
* 9:00 AM SJB DALTON Tony DiBello (Marlene DeBello & Family)
6:30 PM STI POECKING Carolyn Capozzi (Carol Ann Natali)
THURSDAY - Weekday 6/18 7:30 AM SJB DEWITT Esther Theiss (Marla Elder)
* 9:00 AM STI POECKING Concetta Pampena (Pampena Family)
FRIDAY - Weekday 6/19 7:30 AM SJB POECKING Patricia Hammill (Jerry & Mary Ann Hammill)
* 9:00 AM SJB DALTON Barbara Haygood (Husband)
NOON STI DEWITT Florence Fischer (Family)
SATURDAY 6/20 * 9:00 AM SJB POECKING S&TW Jean Guerriero (Pat Guerriero)
* 4:00 PM STI DALTON Charles DiFatta (Jim & Adeline Brown)
4:00 PM SJB
BENEDICTINE
Edward Holodnik (Children)
5:30 PM SJV DEWITT Richard & Dolores Wallace (Richard Wallace)
5:30 PM SJB
BENEDICTINE
Lawrence & Jean Keenan (Lawrence & Carol Keenan)
SUNDAY - Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time 6/21 7:30 AM SJB POECKING Dorothy Koma (Alex & Joan Signor)
8:00 AM OLOJ DEWITT Dolores Wyzkowski (Norm & Mary Devine)
8:30 AM SJV DALTON Gerald E. Labriola, Sr. (Tom Doyle Family)
*9:00 AM SJB POECKING 50th Wedding Anniv.— Mary & Joseph Cerchiano
10:30 AM SJB POECKING Edwin M. Wagner (Pekor & Wagner Families)
11:00 AM STI DEWITT Anthony Nicassio (Carl & Charlotte Grejtak)
11:00 AM SJAN DALTON Living & Deceased Members of the Parishes
NOON SJB POECKING Daniel Terlizzi (Wife & Children)
* Live Streamed Masses
DON’T FORGET…
THIS IS THE FINAL FEAST
OF SJB PARISH
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OPV CATHOLIC
OPV TOTALS
(By Week)
Offertory Parish Share TOTAL
Average Week
(Pre-COVID)
$31,574.00 $4,760.00 $36,334.00
WEEK
April 19th $19,555.00 $7,722.00 $27,277.00
April 26th $25,497.00 $5,981.00 $31,478.00
May 3rd $31,998.00 $6,182.00 $38,180.00
May 10th $35,911.00 $6,231.00 $42,142.00
May 17th $18,923.00 $2,701.00 $21,624.00
May 24th $24,123.00 $3,675.00 $27,319.00
May 31th $27,481.00 $5,857.00 $33,338.00
MERGER PREPARATION…
This weekend we celebrate the Solemnity of
the Body and Blood of Christ. As we count
down two weeks to the merger of our new
parish, Holy Family Parish, let us remember
that we are a Eucharistic people. The Body
and Blood of Christ that we receive in the
Eucharist is what makes us into the Body of
Christ, the Church. As the Body of Christ we
are his body in our world today, and contin-
ue his mission of bringing the good news of
God’s love to all we meet. As we share in
this Holy Communion, let us pray for our-
selves and our new parish, that we will be
one living, vibrant parish, the living Body of
Christ and Temple of his Holy Spirit.�
HAND SANITIZER
We are in need of more hand sanitizer,
specifically, we need 60-70% alcohol
gel sanitizer with NO moisturizer or scents.
If you spot a good product in your shopping and can
donate it, it can be dropped off at St. Joseph or
Our Lady of Joy rectory offices.�
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OPV CATHOLIC
Don’t let all of the closings
this summer stop the fun!
Register for Vacation Bible School now!
Kids will see the familiar faces they are used to seeing each
summer and hear the message that in no matter the circumstance,
“Jesus’ power pulls us through!” At home kits will be packed and
made available to include all of the crafts, saint cards, and
activities for the week.
On Fridays from July 10— August 5, kids will be able to dance to
fun music, hear bible stories, and watch other testimonial videos
from kids their own ages. Each station will be brought to life in
your own home.
The cost to register is $10/child and the deadline is June 29.
Registrations after that date will be accepted, but there may be a
delay in getting you materials.
For any questions or to register, please email [email protected].
A note about Parish Leadership: While our clergy team has already
been appointed by Bishop Zubik with Father Dalton, Father DeWitt and me as
priests, and Deacon Vannucci and Deacon Noca, I have started the process
of lay leadership selection. Every registered parishioner received a form to
nominate any parishioner in good standing to the Parish Pastoral Council.
The criteria were listed and a prayer was on the page also. Please continue
to pray and carefully discern who you might think would be a good parish
pastoral leader. This process will be a spirit-led discernment with everyone
nominated. We will not be voting. Those whose names are submitted will be
invited to an information meeting to find out more about what the leadership
would entail and how the discernment will proceed. Please submit any names
by next weekend, Sunday, June 21. Names can be submitted by email or by
form drop off or mailed to the parish office. Because the Finance Council is a
more specific skill set, I have selected those to serve on the Finance Council
and appointed them to either a 2 year or 4 year term. There are seven
finance council members, with at least one from each former parish and most
have served on finance council prior to this new parish merge. The Finance
Council, like the Pastoral Council, are advisory councils. There are never
votes or polls. They simply advise the clergy team. The Pastoral Council is
invited to work with the parishioners more, to hear what their joys and con-
cerns are and to bring those issues to the clergy. The Finance Council is only
to work with the clergy team on parish finances. While they will interact with
the Pastoral Council, Finance Council members don’t directly interact with
parishioners in their status as council members. Therefore, I don’t intend to
announce their names publicly, but it’s not a secret either. They may each
share with friends or fellow parishioners if they are serving on the Finance
Council, but it is up to them to disclose that. For both Pastoral and Finance
Councils, I will follow the Diocesan directives and any canonical regulations. I
look forward to working with our new Holy Family Parish Council members!
In Christ’s love, Father Kevin
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PASTORAL COUNCIL MEMBER CRITERIA�
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Our parish needs Christian leadership to help make decisions about our pastoral life and growth. According to the
2010 Parish Pastoral Council Guidelines, One Body, One Mission, the pastoral council will enable us to develop
our sense of Eucharist, Evangelization, Worship, Catechesis, Formation and Stewardship. �
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Leaders should have the following characteristics:�
Desire for spiritual growth in themselves and in the parish�
Enthusiasm about the future directions of our parish�
Willingness to listen, to speak honestly, and to work toward consensus�
Ability to inspire and empower others and to delegate�
Flexibility and openness with people and ideas�
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In order to be considered for the ministry of parish pastoral council leadership a parishioner must:�
Be a registered member of our parish (Anyone registered in our former five parishes).�
Be a fully initiated baptized Catholic.�
Be a participant in the on�going worship life of our parish, especially Sunday Eucharist.�
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Since this is not a Council of representatives there is no need to emphasize representation of age groups. There is
more weight given to individuals whose maturity level allows them to be secure, confident and comfortable in
dealing with consensus and conflict. This comes with experience and age.�
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Please list the names of parishioners whom you identify as having the gifts for Pastoral Council leadership. These
people will be contacted to inform them that they have been named and to ask them to participate in an information
session. They will have the option to remain in the selection process or not.�
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Thank you for your suggestions. Please pray for the selection of Pastoral Council leadership in our parish.�
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Come, O Holy Spirit of the living God, and show us your ways. Guide our parish discernment of those who are called to the
ministry of leadership in and through the work of the parish pastoral council. Grant us wisdom to know our gifts. Call us
to put those gifts at the service of your people. Give us zeal and holy courage to respond generously to your invitation. And
grant your grace to all in our parish faith communities as they seek to live out the mission of Jesus. We pray this in his
name, who with you and the sustaining Father is one God, forever and ever. Amen.
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NOMINATION FORM FOR LEADERSHIP MINISTRY�
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I suggest that the following individuals be invited to consider leadership ministry through service on our new �
Holy Family Parish Pastoral Council. I will continue to pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit during the �
selection process.�
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COMPLETE & SUBMIT BY JUNE 21, 2020
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ST. IRENAEUS PARISH NEWS
387 Maryland Avenue,
Oakmont, PA 15139
RECTORY HOURS:
Monday thru Friday: 8:00 AM— NOON
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH NEWS
444 Saint John Street,
Plum, PA 15239
RECTORY HOURS:
MONDAY THRU THURSDAY 8:00 AM —4:00 PM
FRIDAY 8:00 AM—NOON / SUNDAY 8:30 AM—12:30 PM
Sanctuary Candle for 6/14—6/20
The Sanctuary Candle burns this week for:
Joe Caterino
By MaryAnn Caterino
ST. JANUARIUS PARISH NEWS
1450 Renton Road,
Plum, PA 15239
ST. JANUARIUS PARISH NEWS
MASS INTENTIONS ARE STILL AVAILABLE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT
JOYCE AT X401 OR EMAIL HER AT
ST. JOSEPH PARISH NEWS
825 Second Avenue,
Verona, PA 15147
RECTORY HOURS:
MONDAY 1:00 PM—4:00 PM
TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY 8:00 AM—4:00 PM
ST. JOSEPH NEWS
NO RECTORY HOURS AT ST. JANUARIUS—
PLEASE SEE ONE OF OUR OTHER CHURCHES
2000 O’Block Road,
Plum, PA 15239
OUR LADY OF JOY PARISH NEWS
RECTORY HOURS:
MONDAY THRU THURSDAY 8:00 AM—4:00 PM
FRIDAY 8:00 AM—NOON
MASS INTENTIONS ARE STILL AVAILABLE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
PLEASE CONTACT JOYCE AT X401 OR
EMAIL HER AT [email protected].
If you would like to have the
sanctuary candle burned in memory of a loved one,
please contact Karen Deemer at 412-793-4511 X201
or by email at [email protected].
Notice: Faith Direct On-line Givers at STI
With the merger of churches on July 1, 2020 we will no longer be utilizing
Faith Direct as an online provider after June 26th. We will send information
to those that are currently enrolled with the hope that you will transfer to
the selected company called VANCO.
Sanctuary Candle for 6/14—6/20
The Sanctuary Candle burns this week for:
Janice McAndrew
(Janet McAndrew)
Giant Eagle/Community/Labriolas
Purchasing gift cards is a simple but very effective way to help our
school. Consider purchasing Giant Eagle, Community and
Labriolas gift cards. These cards are sold during the week at the
Parish Office.
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Madeline Elizabeth Roberts—SJB
Savannah Rae Rudolph—OLOJ
SCRIPTURES FOR JUNE 14 - JUNE 21
SCRIPTURES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS�
Sunday: Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a/Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 [12]/1 Cor 10:16-17/Jn 6:51-58
Monday: 1 Kgs 21:1-16/Ps 5:2-3ab, 4b-6a, 6b-7 [2b]/Mt 5:38-42
Tuesday: 1 Kgs 21:17-29/Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 11 and 16 [cf. 3a]/Mt 5:43-48
Wednesday: 2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14/Ps 31:20, 21, 24 [25]/Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
Thursday: Sir 48:1-14/Ps 97:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7 [12a]/Mt 6:7-15
Friday: Dt 7:6-11/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 10 [cf. 17]/1 Jn 4:7-16/Mt 11:25-30
Saturday: 2 Chr 24:17-25/Ps 1 Sm 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8abcd [cf. 1]/Lk 2:41-51
Next Sunday: Jer 20:10-13/Ps 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35 [14c]/Rom 5:12-15/Mt 10:26-33
Recent Funerals and Deaths
Vince Pampena-OLOJ (Correction) Zita J. Puskar—SJB
Kathleen D’Incau-OLOJ Patricia Keefer—SJB
Antoinette “Nell” Spano—STI Frederick Favo—STI
HOPE FESTIVAL BASKET AUCTION
The Basket Auction at our 2020 HOPE Festival will
look a bit different this year. We will have 10 gift card
baskets. We know these are difficult times for many,
but if you are able, we are asking for only gift card do-
nations or cash donations to purchase gift cards. Since
local businesses in the Oakmont, Plum, Verona and
Penn Hills areas are struggling, we can help them by
purchasing local gift cards. Some things requested are
gift cards from hardware stores, restaurants, grocery
stores, hair and nail salons, gift shops, entertainment
venues, and car repair/maintenance shops, to name a
few. We’re hoping for an assortment of baskets with
wide appeal, from Mr. Fix-It to Family Fun to Date
Night. Baskets which any parishioner would be happy
to win and support our local businesses.
Please drop off donations by noon June 12
at either the St. Joseph office,
Mon 1PM – 4PM or Tu - Th 8AM - 4PM
or Our Lady of Joy office,
Mon-Th 8AM – 4PM, Fri 8am – Noon
Please include your contact information.
Thank you for your generosity,
together we will get through this!�
Welcome Our Newly Baptized!
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THE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS OF
OAKMONT, PLUM, & VERONA
St. Irenaeus Preschool (Oakmont) ~ Preschool
St. John the Baptist School (Plum) ~ Preschool-8th Grade
St. Joseph School (Verona)~ Preschool-8th Grade
St. John the Baptist School
8th Grade Graduation
On June 8th, the Eighth Grade students of
St. John the Baptist School celebrated their graduation.
CONGRATULATIONS & BEST WISHES!
St. Joseph School
Kindergarten Graduation
Congratulations to the
Kindergarten of St. Joseph School on their
Zoom Graduation!
Registration is
First Come,
First Served.
Waiting Lists will be
established!
Secure your child’s
spot TODAY!
OPV Schools 2020-21 New Student Registration
3 Year Old Preschool - 8th Grade
St. Irenaeus Preschool (Oakmont) - Preschool
St. John the Baptist School & Preschool (Plum) - Preschool - 8th Grade & KinderPlus
St. Joseph School (Verona) - Preschool - 8th Grade
FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN STILL AVAILABLE AT BOTH
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST & ST. JOSEPH SCHOOLS
Please contact Mrs. Friday at [email protected] for more information
Registration packets can be downloaded from each schools’ webpage
www.opvcatholic.org/schools
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OPV CATHOLIC SPIRITUALITY CORNER
We will keep your loved one on our OPV Prayer List for 3 months.
After that time, if you would still like your loved one to be on the list,
call Karen Deemer at (412) 793-4511 X204 or email at
[email protected] with your request.
DEVOTIONS AND ROSARIES IN OUR GROUPING
Rosary & Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena with Devotions
Every Wednesday after 9:00 a.m. Mass at St. John the Baptist
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Thursdays: Rosary, Divine Mercy Prayer Group, Intercessory Prayer, Adoration, Our Lady of Joy
Confessions
Mondays at St. Januarius from 6:00 PM to 6:20 PM / Wednesdays at St. Irenaeus from 6:00 PM to 6:20 PM
Saturdays at St. John the Baptist at 9:30 AM
St. Anthony Novena
Every Monday at 7:00 p.m. at St. Januarius
St. Jude Novena
Every first Monday after the 6:30 p.m. Mass at St. Januarius
Morning Prayer
After 9:00 a.m. Mass on Tuesdays & Fridays and after 7:30 on Thursdays at Our Lady of Joy
Rosary
Before Mass Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays at Our Lady of Joy
Mondays & Wednesdays in Advent & October at 6:00 p.m. at St. Irenaeus & St. Januarius
Rosary for the Deceased
After the 8:30 a.m. Mass every second Sunday of the month at St. Joseph
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
First Fridays:
8:00 a.m. Friday to Saturdays 8:30 a.m. at St. John the Baptist
9:35 a.m. Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena at Our Lady of Joy
Seven Sisters Apostolate
A group of seven women pray for 1 hour before the Blessed Sacrament on a selected day for each priest in our grouping.
In particular, we ask you to pray for:
Please pray for all those in our parish grouping who are in need, especially
the sick at home, those in nursing homes and hospitals, the unemployed,
those who have lost a loved one and those who feel isolated or abandoned.
Carol Bailey
Gloria Dadowski-Bechtold
Jonette Caldwell
Chuck Cancille
Lorraine Churilla
Phyllis Cosnotti
Phyllis Cybert
Guy DeCarlo
Alice Falkowski
Michael Fanzo
Suzanne Frank
David Gartner
Marian Grasinger
Jean Guerriero
Carol Harrity
Marylou Heiser
Scott Hollinger
Rilyn Hughes
Tim Ignatz
Eleanor Kuhn
Josephine Labriola
Val Jean Lapinski
Theresa Lasher
Mary Lisotto
Ginny Lorence
Jim Majernick
Rene Olean
Frank R. Opice
Frank A. Opice
John Plake
Rosie Ritter
Steve Ruggiero
George Scribe
Jane Seibel
Mary Sneider
Don Tappe
James Vita
Sabrina Walters
Peggy Wright
Betty Zimmers
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OPV PARISH STAFFS/DIRECTORIES �
OPV CATHOLIC PARISH STAFF/DIRECTORY
Parish Offices ………..…..……………………………………………….…….....……..…..…... 412-793-4511
Parish Fax …………...………...……….…...………..……...…………………...…………......…...412-793-4311
General Office & Oakmont/Verona Parish Accounting, Joyce Doyle…(X401).....………..…[email protected]
Safe Environment Coordinator, Barb Pronio…(X101)…...….…...…..……………..…. [email protected]
Plum Parish Accounting, Patty Mahr…(X105).…………..………….….……..…[email protected]
Bulletin Editor / Facilities, Karen Deemer..(X201)...……………..…....……..….…[email protected]
Maintenance Coordinator, Bill Pahlman…(X210)…………...…………..……[email protected]
Music Minister, Amanda Nicholson …………………………………………….……[email protected]
Music Minister, Andrija Andelic…………………………………………………...…[email protected]
Ministry Scheduler, Rita Gurganus...…………………………….……..…….…[email protected]
SOS Ministry, Sal Altomare..……………………………………...…..………......…..……[email protected]
OPV CATHOLIC SCHOOLS STAFF/DIRECTORY
School Offices ……………………………………...…….……………..…….……………..…….412-793-4580
“Beau” Quattrone, School Principal…(X602)........................................................principal@opvcatholic.org
Jeanne Loebig, Vice Principal…(X604)...……………..….……………………..…….……[email protected]
Tina Bucci, Vice Principal:…(X702)…..………………….…..…..……... [email protected]
VICTIMS’ ABUSE HOTLINE………………………..………. (412) 456-3060, or toll free at 1-888-808-1235
All Clergy are listed on the cover page. Additional OPV Staff are listed below:
Mr. David Hall, Business Manager…(X104)………………………………………[email protected]
Sr. Lynn Miller, Social Ministry …(X203)……………………………………….....……[email protected]
Mrs. Stephanie Williams, Faith Formation Director…(X206)……...………………[email protected]
Mrs. Kristin Consuegra, High School Youth & Adult Ministry…(X404)[email protected]
Mrs. Meredith Fraschi, Middle School Faith Formation & Ministry..(X405)[email protected]
Mr. Ronald Donatelli, Christian Initiation…(X211)……………………………….……[email protected]
Mr. Rich Myler, Communication and Technology Manager...(X501)……[email protected]
OLOJ Parish Mission Statement
Our Lady of Joy Parish is a Catholic community of faith dedicated to Mary, the cause of our
joy. We are centered in Jesus Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit and nourished by the
Eucharist. We are a welcoming family, striving to see Christ in all and responding to the needs
of the members of our parish and community. Called to act in faith, hope and love we seek to
become a visible presence of Christ in the world. Our Lady of Joy, pray for us!
SJV Parish Mission Statement
St. Joseph Parish is a faith community, rich in history and strong in its Catholic tradition since
1866. Through the grace of the Eucharist and under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we com-
mit ourselves to building up the Body of Christ through a strong spiritual life, education in the
faith and service to our parish and community.
St. Joseph, pray for us!
SJAN Parish Mission Statement
St. Januarius is a Roman Catholic community of faith focused on the life and
teachings of Jesus Christ. We are grateful to those who have built up St.
Januarius to be a welcoming, active, and spiritual parish. With the Eucharist and
through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we strive to use the gifts and talents
given to us by the Father to support the lives of parishioners at all age levels and
stages of life. We also pledge to live our lives so that through our words and
actions all may feel the presence of Jesus Christ in the world today.
St. Januarius, pray for us!
SJB Parish Mission Statement
Saint John the Baptist Parish is located in Plum Borough,
Pennsylvania and is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese
of Pittsburgh. As a faith community, we strive to imitate
our patron Saint John the Baptist who led others to Christ.
We are committed to keeping our faith alive and growing
through prayer, sacraments, faith formation and service.
Through evangelization and stewardship we encourage
full and active participation of all members. We hope to
reflect the life and love of Christ by strengthening the faith
of our parishioners while reaching out to all God’s people.
Saint John the Baptist, pray for us!
STI Parish Mission Statement
The Faith Community of St. Irenaeus strives for knowledge, service, and faith
through our patron’s guidance and the Holy Spirit dwelling within us. With love,
worship, and solidarity, we are building God’s Kingdom in our families and
communities. Nourished by Word and Sacrament, we give ourselves to Christ
and His Church for the greater glory of God our Father.
“The proper glory of God is man fully alive.”
~St. Irenaeus
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