St. John the Evangelist 306 St. John Drive Latrobe, PA 15650

Weekday Masses: Monday & Friday 8:00am

Weekend Masses: Saturday—5:00pm Sunday—8:30am

Confession: 1st, 3rd & 5th Saturday @ 11:30am

The Reverend Eric J. Dinga, Pastor

St. John Office — 724-537-8909 St. Rose Office — 724-537-3709

OFFICE HOURS

St. John - Monday 9am - 4pm Wednesday 9:30am - 4:30pm

Friday Closed St. Rose - Tuesday & Thursday

9:00am - 4:00pm

Find us on Facebook: @stjohnandstroselatrobe Website: stjohnandstroselatrobe.org

Peggy Goldberg, Jessica Plummer &

Tammy Richards Partner Parish Secretaries

Tracy O o, Business Manager Eva Japalucci, Faith Forma on Facilitator

Sandy Rubright, Director of Music Kevin Frye, Principal, Christ the Divine Teacher School

St. Rose 4969 Route 982

Latrobe, PA 15650

Weekday Masses: Tuesday & Thursday 8:00am Weekend Masses: Saturday—4:00pm

Sunday—10:30am

Confession: 2nd & 4th Saturday @ 11:30am

Mass Intentions Saturday, June 6 4:00PM Pam Crocker (Mother) SR 5:00PM Mass for the People SJ Sunday, June 7—The Most Holy Trinity 8:30AM Caroline Zadjel (Chuck & Carol Chamberlain) SJ 10:30AM Leann Gisvold (Jerry & Lou Klimchock) SR Monday, June 8 8:00AM Jim & Cathy Copelli 64th Wedding Anniversary SJ Tuesday, June 9 8:00AM Mabel Clark (Vonnie Leason) SR Wednesday, June 10 NO MASS Thursday, June 11—Saint Barnabas 8:00AM AnnaBelle Dicesere (Anonymous) SR Friday, June 12 8:00AM Roma Hamerski (Carol Pratt) SJ Saturday, June 13—Saint Anthony of Padua 4:00PM Margaret Everett (Ron & Children) SR 5:00PM Tony Zabkar (Charlie & Connie Schifano) SJ Sunday, June 14—The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ 8:30AM Anna Belsick (Jeff Derek) SJ 10:30AM Mass for the People SR If there is a funeral Mass at either St. John or St. Rose, there will be NO 8:00AM Mass at THAT Church that day. As the Sanctuary Light burns to remind us of the Real Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, we remember Pam Crocker (SR) and Bob Mosso (SJ). The candles were provided for us this week by Bernice Crocker (SR) and Joe & Anna Margaret Mosso.

“Go so loved the world

that he gave his only Son.” John 3:16a

We are in need of forming a group of volunteers who can assist in cleaning our churches as we re-sume the public celebration of Mass, beginning the weekend of June 6/7. Following diocesan guide-lines for cleaning and sanitation, this must be done between ALL Masses, otherwise we will not be able to continue offering public Mass at this time. Please contact Jerry Wisneski at (724) 532-0166 or at jerry.wisneski@gmail.com for more information for both Saint John and Saint Rose. We appreciate your understanding and willingness to assist with this important matter.

FROM THE DESK OF FATHER DINGA

It is with great joy and enthusiasm that we have re-turned to the public celebration of a Sunday Mass this weekend after almost three months. How fitting that we are able to gather together again on the So-lemnity of The Most Holy Trinity, when we cele-brate the mystery of the very life of God who is Fa-ther, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is this very life of the Divine through which each and every one of us was created and in which we as Christians have been in-corporated in a unique way through Baptism. It is the communion of love in which we are called to live and give of ourselves to one another as fellow members of the Body of Christ. As much as all of us have been looking forward to being in church again for Mass, we need to continue to be mindful of the guidelines that have been given to us by the diocese during this time: Those who feel vulnerable because of their age or

health are encouraged to stay home, while those who are sick should not attend public Masses. Streaming Masses will continue.

People will be seated at least in every other pew using social distancing guidelines.

All communicants will be encouraged to receive the Sacred Host in the hand.

The chalice of the Precious Blood will not be of-fered to the congregation.

The Sign of Peace will no longer include a hand-shake, instead we will turn to the person next to us and offer a reverential bow.

Holy water and baptismal fonts will be drained. This coming Saturday, June 13, Deacon Mark Dun-mire will be ordained to the Priesthood at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral at 10:00 AM. Unfortunately, due to the current guidelines, the ordination is by invitation only, but it will however be live-streamed on the Diocesan website/ Facebook page. Please keep Deacon Mark in your prayers this week as he prepares to be ordained a priest in the service of God’s people in the Diocese of Greensburg.

Lastly, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all those who have expressed their sympathy in any way on the passing of my grandfather on May 30. The assurance of your prayers is truly appreciat-ed and will continue to be a source of peace and comfort for me and my family in the days and weeks ahead. May the Lord bless you for your kindness and may he grant my grandfather eternal peace.

Father Dinga

In your charity, please pray for the repose of the

soul of John Nelson, grandfather of Father Dinga. May he rest forever in the peace of the Risen Christ.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Sunday, June 7 First Reading Exodus 34:4B-6, 8-9 Responsorial Psalm DN 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 Second Reading 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Gospel John 3:16-18 Monday, June 8 First Reading 1 Kings 17:1-7 Responsorial Psalm 121:1BC-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 Gospel Matthew 5:1-12 Tuesday, June 9 First Reading 1 Kings 17:7-16 Responsorial Psalm 4:2-3, 4-5, 7B-8 Gospel Matthew 5:13-16 Wednesday, June 10 First Reading 1 Kings 18:30-39 Responsorial Psalm 16:1B-2AB, 4, 5AB and 8, 11 Gospel Matthew 5:17-19 Thursday, June 11 First Reading Acts 11:21B-26; 13:1-3 Responsorial Psalm 98:1, 2-3AB, 3CD-4, 5-6 Gospel Matthew 5:20-26 Friday, June 12 First Reading 1 Kings 19:9A, 11-16 Responsorial Psalm 27:7-8A, 8B-9ABC, 13-14 Gospel Matthew 5:27-32 Saturday, June 13 First Reading 19:19-21 Responsorial Psalm 16:1B-2A and 5, 7-8, 9-10 Gospel Matthew 5:33-37 Sunday, June 14 First Reading Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14B-16A Responsorial Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 Second Reading 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 Gospel John 6:51-58

Guidelines for Prayer List

From this point on, names that are placed on the prayer list will remain on the list for one month’s time unless specifically requested otherwise. Thank you.

Prayer List In your charity of prayers, please pray for: Teri Scurci, Kristen Novosel, Brent Smetanka, Regina Aniballi, Al & Bill Steinmetz, John Belsick, Rita D’Angelo, Shane Ostrosky, Frankie & Paul Guzik, Amy Newhouse, Ron Lekawa, Dorothy Wanichko, Joanne Zimmerman, “Toots” Harvey, Andy Noel, Rose Marnell, Mary Price, Joe Strazzera, Polly, Betty Quick, Janet Franks, Lily Chung, Lauren Wilkins, Sam Fowler, Ashley Mullen, Carol Perna, Moonie Deguffroy, Patsie S., Jack Munchinski, Jim Spillar, Susan Daly, Jim Schoming, Steve Yandrick, Flo Palasta, Mary Margaret Palek and Eugene Lekawa. Please call either office to place a name on the prayer list.

Stewardship—St. Rose 5/31/2020

Weekly $2,235 U & M 230 Catholic Accent 20 Cemetery 16 Ascension 82 Communications 29 Donation 250

Stewardship—St. John 5/31/2020

Weekly $ Building School Lent Ascension Easter Holy Land Communications

DLA UPDATE ST. JOHN 157 DONORS $43,172 ($33,933) ST. ROSE 170 DONORS $36,157 ($33,486)

As of Monday, June 1, our Partner Parishes has resumed the usual daily and Sunday Mass schedule. Please note that each church will re-main open until 3:00PM for private prayer on the days that Mass is celebrated at that parish. Therefore, neither church will be open on Wednesdays nor Saturdays during the day (except for confessions). The regular confession schedule will also resume as of June 6; however, there will be an alterna-tive area (other than the confessional) designat-ed in each church so that the required social dis-tancing norms may continue to be observed. Please note: there will be NO CONFESSIONS the next two Saturdays due to the Priesthood Ordi-nation (13th) and the Permanent Diaconate Or-dination (20th) at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral. Also, as of June 1, our Partner Parish office schedule will be as follows: Monday: 9:00am—4:00pm (St. John) Tuesday: 9:00am—4:00pm (St. Rose) Wednesday: 9:30am—4:30pm (St. John) Thursday: 9:00am—4:00pm (St. Rose) Friday: CLOSED—BOTH PARISHES

Saint Anthony of Padua

The gospel call to leave everything and follow Christ was the rule of Saint Anthony of Padua’s life. Over and over again, God called him to something new in his plan. Every time Anthony responded with renewed zeal and self-sacrificing to serve his Lord Jesus more completely. His journey as the servant of God began as a very young man when he decided to join the Augustinians in Lisbon, giving up a future of wealth and power to be a servant of God. Later when the bodies of the first Franciscan martyrs went through the Portuguese city where he was stationed, he was again filled with an intense longing to be one of those closest to Jesus him-self: those who die for the Good News. So Anthony entered the Franciscan Order and set out to preach to the Moors. But an illness prevented him from achieving that goal. He went to Italy and was stationed in a small hermitage where he spent most of his time praying, reading the Scriptures and doing menial tasks. The call of God came again at an ordination where no one was prepared to speak. The humble and obedi-ent Anthony hesitantly accepted the task. The years of searching for Jesus in prayer, of reading sacred Scrip-ture and of serving him in poverty, chastity, and obedi-ence had prepared Anthony to allow the Spirit to use his talents. Anthony’s sermon was astounding to those who expected an unprepared speech and knew not the Spirit’s power to give people words. Recognized as a great man of prayer and a great Scripture and theology scholar, Anthony became the first friar to teach theology to the other friars. Soon he was called from that post to preach to the Albigensians in France, using his profound knowledge of Scripture and theology to convert and reassure those who had been misled by their denial of Christ’s divinity and of the sacraments.. After he led the friars in northern Italy for three years, he made his headquarters in the city of Padua. He resumed his preaching and began writing sermon notes to help other preachers. In the spring of 1231 Anthony withdrew to a friary at Camposampiero where he had a sort of treehouse built as a hermitage. There he prayed and prepared for death. On June 13, he became very ill and asked to be tak-en back to Padua, where he died after receiving the last sacraments. Anthony was canonized less than a year later and named a Doctor of the Church in 1946.

Saint Barnabas Saint Barnabas, Apostle was born in Cyprus and died in Salamis in the 1st century. The Acts of the Apostles de-scribes Barnabas as 'a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith' (Acts 6:24). His Jewish parents called him Joseph, but when he sold all his goods and gave the money to the apostles in Jerusalem, they gave him a new name: Barna-bas, which means 'son of consolation' or 'man of encour-agement.' Although Barnabas was not among the original Twelve, he is traditionally thought to have been among the 72 commissioned by Jesus to preach; thus, he is given the honorary title of Apostle. Barnabas the Levite lived with the earliest Christians in Jerusalem. He was one of the first to welcome Saint Paul, the former persecutor of the early Church, and his former schoolmate. He persuaded the Christians of Jerusalem to accept Paul's claim that he was now a believer in Je-sus (Acts 9:26-30). Barnabas was sent to Antioch, Syria, to investigate the community of non-Jewish believers there (Acts 11:22 ff), and brought Paul there from Tarsus. It was in Antioch that the followers of The Way were first called Christians. With Paul he took the Antiochean dona-tion to Jerusalem community during a famine. Thereafter he, his cousin John Mark, and Paul returned to Antioch before setting out together on the first mission-ary journey of the Christian church (Acts 13:2ff). They went first to Cyprus, Barnabas' native land, and for this reason Barnabas is honored as the founder of the Cypriot church. Then they continued on to Perga (whence John Mark re-turned to Jerusalem), Antioch in Pisidia (where they were so violently opposed by the Jews that they decided to preach to the pagans), and Iconium (where they were stoned). At Lystra in Lycaonia, they were thought to be gods because of the miracles they worked and the physical beauty of Barnabas. After being taken as pagan gods, they were stoned out of the city, and fled back to Antioch in Syria. When a dispute arose regarding the observance of the Jewish laws and cus-toms, Paul and Barnabas returned to Jerusalem for the council that decided that non-Jews would not have to be circumcised to be baptized. When they returned to Antioch, Barnabas wanted Paul and John Mark to continue their travels with him, but Paul fell out with John Mark--perhaps because John Mark had abandoned them at Perga. In spite of Paul's extremely forceful character, Barnabas took Mark's side, demonstrat-ing that he was a man of considerable determination and courage. The Acts of the Apostles says, "There arose a sharp contention between them. Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus" (Acts 15:39). Paul chose a new ally, Silas, and went elsewhere to strengthen the churches. Little more is heard of Barnabas though it is be-lieved that the rift with Paul was healed because we read about Barnabas later in 1 Corinthians 9:6). (Paul also dis-cusses his relationship to Barnabas in his letter to the Gala-tians.) Tradition says that Barnabas preached in Alexandria and Rome, and was stoned to death at Salamis about 61 AD. He is considered the founder of the Cypriot Church.

510072 St Rose & Partner Parish St John www.jspaluch.com For Ads: J.S. Paluch Co., Inc. 1-800-945-6629

McCABEFUNERAL HOMEJohn D. McCabe, Brian P. McCabe - F.D.

Proud Supporter Of St. Rose

694-2789“FRIENDS HELPING FRIENDS”

FOR 45 YEARS

(Pre-arrange to guarantee costs for later)

300 West Third Ave., Derry

PARISH MEMBERSHIP FORMNAME: __________________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________________

City:__________________________ State: __________ Zip: __________ Phone: _______________

Please circle one:

New Registration Change of Address Moving out of Parish Requesting Envelopes

Please drop Membership form into offertory basket or mail to the Office.

This form is for___ St. Rose___ St. John

Sales & Service Since 1959

Heating • Cooling

Mullen Refrigeration ServiceIt’s time to schedule your COOLING maintenance

Latrobe 724 537-7203

Campbell Tire Service• BRAKES • RADIAL RETREADS

• RETREADS • EXHAUST SYSTEM

• ALIGNMENT • SHOCK ABSORBERS

• WE CUT ROTORS AND DRUMS •

Rt. 981 Across from Latrobe Chevrolet - LATROBE - 724-539-8080

HUSSCHIROPRACTIC“Live Well Adjusted”

Dr. Dean R. Huss910 Industrial Blvd.

Loyalhanna724.879.4385

www.husschiropractic.com

Take comfort in knowing

we are here for your

ever-changing needs.

Short-Term Rehabilitation

Long-Term Complex Care

Transitional Care

We offer affordable

and maintenance-free

senior living.

Call today to schedule

your tour 724-686-3500

or simply stop by.

www.loyalhannacc.com

543 McFarland Rd.

Latrobe | PA | 15650

Say Good-bye to Clogged Gutters!• LeafGuard® is guaranteed

never to clog or we’ll clean it for FREE*

• Seamless, one-piece system keeps out leaves, pine needles, and debris

• Eliminates the risk of falling off a ladder to clean clogged gutters• Durable, all-weather tested system not a flimsy attachment

Call today for your FREE estimate and in-home demonstration

CALL NOW 412-528-1877LeafGuard operates as LeafGuard of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania under HICPA license

number PA126357 and in West Virginia under license number WV055024.Get it. And forget it.®

*Guaranteed not to clog for as long as you own your home, or we’ll clean your gutters for free.

Receive a $25 Lowe's Gift Card with FREE in-home estimate!

All participants who attend an estimated 60-90 minute in-home product consultation will receive a $25 gift card. Retail value is $25. Offer sponsored

by LeafGuard Holdings Inc. Limit one per household. Company procures, sells, and installs seamless gutter protection. This offer is valid for homeowners

over 18 years of age. If married or involved with a life partner, both cohabitating persons must attend and complete presentation together.

Participants must have a photo ID, be able to understand English, and be legally able to enter into a contract. The following persons are not eligible for

this offer: employees of Company or affiliated companies or entities, their immediate family members, previous participants in a Company in-home

consultation within the past 12 months and all current and former Company customers. Gift may not be extended, transferred, or substituted except that

Company may substitute a gift of equal or greater value if it deems it necessary. Gift card will be mailed to the participant via first class United States Mail within 21 days of receipt of the promotion form. Not valid in conjunction with any other promotion or discount of any kind. Offer not

sponsored or promoted by Lowe's and is subject to change without notice prior to reservation. Expires 3/31/20.

CALL BY 12/31 TO RECEIVE75% 50% OFF

LABOR**After 12/31/19 customer willbe eligible for 50% off labor.

Does not include cost of material.

Offer expires 3/31/20.

x

Chiropractic • Exercise • Diet / Weight Loss

We’ve had your back

for over 25 years.

724-532-3077

Dr. Patrick Landry • Dr. Philip Westerbeck

West-Land Chiropractic in Latrobe

Download Our Free App or Visit

MY.ONEPARISH.COM

Grow in your faith,find a Mass, and

connect with yourCatholic Community

with OneParish!

$29.95/Mo. billed quarterly• One Free Month• No Long-Term Contract• Price Guarantee• Easy Self Installation

Call Today! Toll Free 1.877.801.8608

Medical Alert System

The Most Complete

Online National

Directory of

Catholic ParishesCheck It Out Today!

Catholic Cruises and Tours and The Apostleshipof the Sea of the United States of AmericaTake your FAITH ON A JOURNEY.

Call us today at 860-399-1785 or emaileileen@CatholicCruisesandTours.com

www.CatholicCruisesandTours.com

(CS

T 2

117990-7

0)

Thank you for advertising inour church bulletin.

I am patronizing your businessbecause of it!

Please Cut Out This “Thank You Ad”and Present It The Next Time YouPatronize One of Our Advertisers

✂ConsiderRememberingYour Parish in

Your Will.For further information,

please call the Parish Office.