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March 29-30, 2014 Fourth Sunday in Lent

Scripture Readings: 1 Samuel 16:1 6-7, 10-13. Ephesians 5:8-14.

John 9:1-41. This gospel is many things: a miracle of healing, a constant play on the theme of light and darkness, a rebuke of the Pharisees. It illustrates John's method of using an event to develop around it a teaching, and to give one more testimony of the belief that Jesus is divine.

NEXT WEEK'S SCRIPTURE READINGS: Ezekiel 37:12-14. Romans 8:8-11. John 11:1-45.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturdays from 3:30-4:30 pm; Wednesdays from 5-6 pm or anytim by request.

EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES Saturday, March 29 5 pm-Vince Macaluso-Marie Macaluso and Family Sunday, March 30 8:30 am-Ann Marinello-Ruth DeLuca Sunday, March 30 .,., , 10:45 am-J01m Gabata-Joseph & Karol Scartelli Sunday, Mar h 30 6 pm-People of the Parish & Susquehanna University Students Tuesday, April 1 Sf Francis Paola 12 oon-Adoration Chapel-John Gabala-The Kreamer Family Wednesday, April 2 .. , '" 7 am-Adoration Chapel-Mario Stello-Bob & Edna Cravitz Wednesday, April 2, .. , , 3 pm-Selinsgrove Center-Pat Rock-St. Pius X Palish Thursday April 3 ., ,.... 12 Noon-Adoration Chapel-Elinor Zimmetman-Michael & Michelle Schlenker Friday, April 4 St. Isidore 7 am-·· Adoration Chapel-Prayer Box Intentions Friday, April 4 10:30 am-The Manor-Dr John Gabala-Liz Kotarski Saturday, April 5 5 pm-J.D, Smith-Rachel Tomaszewski Sunday, April 6 8:30 am-Stella Gate -Tim and Carla Minori Sunday, April 6 10:45 am-Christopher H. Thomas, Jr.-April Giesen Sunday, AprlJ 6. 6 pm-People of the Parish & Susqueharula University Students

BISHOPS ANNUAL LENTEN APPEAL-THE LIGHT OF FAITH St. Pius X has mailed to each household a Bishop's annual Lenten Appeal letter and response envelope. Additional

envelopes are available in the Narthex and the Parish office. You may place your pledge/donation in the collection basket or return it to the parish oftice. OUf parish assessment/goal this year is $ 69,200. We ask that you give prayerful consid­eration to what you will give. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

PLEDGES TO DATE: $ 31,845

127 pledges from 738 families

BALANCE DUE: $37,355

The Parish has assistive listening devices available for those who wi. h to use them during weekend Masses.

GOD'S PLAN FOR GIVING TITHING

SUPERMARKET GIFT CARDS SALE

Last Week's Collection $ 11,968.18 Children & Teen Envelope Collection 46.50 Total Income for March 22-23, 2014 12,014.68

Last Year's Collection 10,1 09.27

PARISH INDEBTEDNESS Loan Amount $ 1.900,000.00 Principal Balance 1,326,088.27 Monthly Interest 6,630.44

DEBT RED CTiON Month of March Year-To-Date (fiscal year) Goal 8,000.00 oal 72,000.00 Actual 5,304.00 Actual 44,456.76

We appreciate your continuing support of our Sup nuarket Gift Certificate program from Giant Food Stores and Weis Markets. Remember, you receive full value for the amount of gift cards purchased, and St. Pius X Parish receives 10% from Giant and Weis Markets.

Profit from last week $ 419.00

Gift C rtificates are available to purchase before and after each weekend Mass in the Narthex. Gift cards are also available during the week from the Parish office, Monday-Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm.

MINISTRY SCHEDULE: WEEKEND OF APRIL 5-6, 2014

5 pm 8:30am 10:45 am

Extraordinary Belinda Albright, Dennis Van, Sherry Evans, Linda Houser, Michael & Sarah Tirpak, Ministers John & Lorraine Yagel, Brandon Bucher, Kathy Dalius, Libby Thomas,

Madaline Moleski Joseph & Karol Scartelli Bill Switala

Reader Jim Stemoroski Lauren Finnerty Ross Merante

Servers Aaron Dues, Connor Andretta, Becca Bausinger, Jared Hoffman, Austin LaBant, Noah Kohan, John Cerezo Kaitlin Pauling Madison Dominick

Ushers John Abromitis, Don Adamsky Bob Bausinger, Ron Butkera Bob Cravitz.. Bob DeVine

Music Minister Diane Jay Mark Kain Carla Minori

Please pray for our family, friends and loved ones who are ill and/or hospitalized:

David Bailey William Colegrove Caleb Fornal Joe Kontura Sam Miriello Lisa Startzel Juanita Barlow Mary lou Coukart Vicki Fox Harvey Kreamer Judy Moyer Gregory Ulsh Julia Becker Diane Deluca Missy Gabala Tim legg Sue Mull Helen Underhill Bruce Bennett Fr. Phil DeRea Reilly Grzywacz Andy Litavec Michael Muller Chester Wands Jane Bennett Richard Donahoe Gary Gwynn III Michael Maimone Melanie Oliveri Madison Wasser Kyle Blett Fran k Doughtery Christopher Hunt Billy McDonald Billy Pensyl Fred White Christian Bohling Thomas Downs Jim Jackson Emma Merante Nancy Ruffatto Walter Worhacz Don Borruso David Everett David Kehler Eddie Miller Francis Sebastian Betty Yagel Donald Bowersox Gloria Fidler Kathy King Tony Minori Susan Shemanski Shirley Zoch

MEN'S RETREAT Men Engaged in Spiritual Combat: Faith in a Secular Age: On May 10, Catholic men will have the oppor­

tunity to encounter the Lord Jesus in a profound way by learning about the dail spiritual battles we face in the world and how to win. Dr. Ralph Martin will deliver the Keynote Address and a workshop. Other workshops will be offered by 12 dynamic speakers over two sessions. he Holy Sacrifice f the Mass. Eucharistic Adora­tion and the opportunity for Confession will be available. The conference will take place at Bishop McDevitt High SchooL Bishop Ronald W. Gainer will be in attendance. Cost is $30 per person. lunch included. Don't miss the grace! For more infonnation go to: www.hbgdiocese.org/men, cal! (717) 657-4804 ext 227 or email jgontis@hbgdiocese.org. Registration forms may also be found in the ~ arthex. Please call or text Craig DeFazio ifyoII are planning on attending tllis retreat at 570-898-4778. so lie can !lave an idea ofhow many men are attending from St. Pius X.

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Scriptures & Lunch will meet on Thursday, April 3, 2014 in the parish library after the Noon Mass.

RECITATION OF THE HOLY ROSARY The Rosary is prayed: Monday-Thursday-l 1:40 am-Adoration hap 1:

Tuesdays- 7 pm -Adoration Chapel and Thursdays- 5:30 pm -in the Church

MASS AT THE MANOR OF PENN VILLAGE & EMERIT S GRAYSON VIEW Mass will be celebrated on the First Friday of each month at 10:30 am in the Chapel at the Manor located

on Route 204 in Selinsgrove. Also, on the second Friday of each month, Mass will be celebrated at the Emeritus at Grayson View at 10:30 am. Parishioners are welcome to attend Mass and if able, are asked to help esco11 residents to Mass.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION OPEN! GS The following days and hours are available: Mondays from 12 noon -1 pm; Tuesdays from Midnight-l

am and 4-5 am, Anyone interested in these hours, please contact Libby at 570-809-2199.

HaLY WEEK CHOIR The choir will be providing music for Holy Week including Tenebrae, Holy Thursday, Good Friday

and Easter Vigil. Rehearsals will be at 7 pm on the following Thursdays, April 3 and 10. here is no better way to experience Holy Week then by singing in the choir. New members are always welcome. W could also use additional instrumental ists such as flute. violin, guitar or other. If you have any questions, contact iane 570-658­7568 or deebjay t verizon.net

COLLEGE MAS 0 SUNDAY EVE IN SAT 6 PM During the time that Susquehanna University is in session, a Sunday ev ning Mass is celebrated at St. Pius

X Church. A Mass will be celebrated on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 6 pm.

HARRISBURG DIOCESA~ COUNCIL OF CA 'HOLIC WOMK' ONVE;'o/TION

"BE THE VOICE OF CATHOUC WOMEN"

Please join us for our 89th Annual HDCCW Convention, Monday. May 5 lr0111 9 am - 4 pm at The Cardinal Keeler Center, H ITisburg. Registration will take place from 8 AM - 9 A . Bishop Ronald Gainer and priests of the diocese will concelebrate Mass. Our keynote pea 'er will be Sister Geralyn Schmidt, SCC. There will be exhibits, a meditation room and a silent auction to benefit the HDCCW Scholarship Fund. Reli­gious articles and fair trade items will be available for purchase. All are welcom (regardless if you are a member of your Parish CCW or not) for this special day of spirituality and fellowship with women from around our Diocese. Cost for the day is $25.00 which inclu es continental br akfast and lunch. Please contact Debbie at 717-514-8815 or mvdbO 1uyverizon.net to register. Deadline is Monday, April 21. W sincerely hope to see you there~ lIats arc encouraged.

CAPSULE CALENDAR Sunday, March 30- 9:30-10:30 am-PREP classes-lower level Sunday, March 30- 6:45-8:30 pm-St Pius X Youth Group-Family Portrait-Lower level Monday, March 31-6 am -12 Midnight-Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament-Adoration Chapel Tuesday, March 25-12 am-12 Midnight-Adoration of the Bl",ssed acrament-Adoration Chapel Tuesday, April I -7 pm-Rosary Prayer Group- doration Chapel Wednesday, April 2-12 am-12 Midnight-Adoration of the Blessed Sacram nt-Adoration Chapel Wednesday, April 2-6-7 pm-Kid's Choir Practice Thursday, April 3-12 am-12 midnight-Adoration of the Bless d Sacrament-Adoration C lapel Thursday, April 3-12:30 pm- Scriptures & Lunch-Parish Library Thursday, April 3-7-8:15 pm-RCIA-Iower level Thursday. April 3- 7 pm-St. Pius X Parish Choir Practice-Church Friday, April 4-12 am-6 am-Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament-Adoration Chapel Friday, April 4-5-6:45 pm- Lenten Soup Dinner-Lower Level Friday, April 4-7 pm-Stations of the Cross-Church Saturday, April 5-6 pm-Gift Program-Consoling the Heart ofJesus-Lower Level

P.R.E.P. NEWS

PREP PHONE UMBER: 570.374.41 13 E-MAIL: PREPSTPIUSX@GMIL.COM

PREP CLASSES are held on Sundays from 9:30-10:30 am.

Life Teen Youth Ministry Meetings 6:45-8:30 pm. April6-F'amily Portrait LIKE our page on April 13- World Youth Day- Trip to Harrisburg for rally and dance face book at: April 27 Alleluia, Alleluia www.facebook.com/ ?Questions? prepstpiusx@gmail.com or 570-374-4113 stpi usxparishyouth

Y UTH MINISTRY BEACH TRIP Attention all students in grades 6-12, You are invited. Destination Cape Henlopen State Park. Father Dan's

Annual Youth Beach Trip June 22-27, 2014. Fr. Dan has invited YOU to this 5 day summer extravagan­za packed with daily Mass, boardwalk trip, beach games, volleyball, biking, swimming, and so much more. A gO-Cali night has been requested and approved. Your $25.00 deposit is requested by Easter Sunday. For more information call Laura Williams at 570-374-4113 or prl.:pstpiusx a gmatl com

STATIO S OF THE CROSSILENTEN SOUP DI . ERS Stations of the Cross will be held on Fridays of L nt at 7 pm in the Church. Prior to Stations, a Lenten Soup

dinner will be held in the social hall located on the lower level. The dinner will be held from 5- 6:45 pm. There is no charge. PI ase join the Catholic Campus Ministry students as they host the dinner on Friday, April 4,2014. On April 11th, the 7th grade PREP students will be leading us in the Living Stations of the Cross.

DEANERY LENTE T PE A CE SERVICES 7pm Monday, April 7- St. Joseph, Danville Tuesday, April 8-St. Monica, Sunbury

Wednesday, April 9- St. Pius X, Selinsgrove Thursday, April 10-, 1. Joseph, Milton

Friday, April Il-Sacred Heart, L wisburg

ST. PIUS X KID'S CHOt SCHEDULE The SPXC Kids' Choir will rehearse for the 10:45 am Easter unday as on Wednesday, April 2 from 6-7

pm and April 9 and 16 from 5-6: 15 pm in the church. For the full schedule and other details. please contact Julie at longjulie@verizon.net or 570.743.0360.

K IGHTS OF COLUMBUS EWS The St. Katharine Drexel Assembly ·ourth Degree Knights of .olumbus will be hosting an informational

open house for Third Degree Knights, those that will be Third 0 gree prior to. ay 30. 2014, or those interest­ed in becoming members of the Fourth Degree on June 1. The open house will be held on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. at 7:30 p.m. in the Knights of Columbus room at St. Pius X ~hurch in Selinsgrove. Wives are most welcome. and light refreshments will be served. For additional information regarding this open house please contact Faithful avigator Tom Frederick at 570-898-4726.

CRAB CAKE SALE

St. Pius X Knights of Columbus ar now selling fresh made CAPTN CHUCKY'S crab cakes. Cakes are $5.00 each and are available in boxes of four, six, or twelve. Orders will be taken after the Masses this week­end and up until March 31. Make checks payable to COL MBUS CLUB. Cakes will be delivered the week­end of April 5-6. The Knights thank you for your continued support!

Please consider remembering St. Pius X Church in your will and estate planning.

CHECK OUT FR. DAN'S BLOG: piusthoughts.btogspot.com

CATHOLICS COME HOME St. Pius X Catholic Church is offering a six week series entitled ., atholics Come Home" beginning

Wednesday evening, April 23, 2014 from 7-8:30 pm. The sessions provide an opportunity for Catholics who have not been active in their faith to discuss questions and concerns. Pre-registration is requested.

If you know someone who is no longer active in the Church, please invite them to join us. For information ask them to call Catholics Come H me coordinator, Joe Scartelli at (H) 570-374-9954 or © 570-313-7606 or parish office 570-374-4113.

THE HARRISB 'RG BEGI! i IG EXPERIENCE Have you lost a loved one through separation, divorce, or death? The Hanisbuig Beginning Experience is a peer min­

istry for the Separated, Divorced and Widowed, rooted in the Catholic hurch, s rving people of all faiths. Beginning Experience weekends offer hope for a new beginning. a sense of community, and an opportunity for healing among those you can trust - people who have experienced a similar loss. During the we kend, a team of adu Its who have experienced the loss ofa spouse will lead participants through a series of presentations, private reflections, and small group sharing.

The next weekend is scheduled for June 13-15,20 J4 at Camp Hebron, 971 Camp Hebron Rd., Halifax, PA (just a few miles North of Harrisburg, PA). The Weekend begins Friday at 8 p.m. and ends Sunday about 5 p.m. A Beginning Expe­rience Weekend will be the best gift you could give yourself.

For information and an application form contact, harrisburgbe@gmail.com, call 717-512-2718, or go to www.beginningexperience.org.

SAVE THE DATE: ST PIUS X A NUAL GOLF TOURNAME T-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2014 ! FAMILY PIG ROAST, OLLOWI G THE TO RNEY A 1:30 PM. Details to foHow.

VOLU TEERSNEEDED The cleaning angels ministry is looking for individu ls or teams to help with cleaning duties at the church.

The work requires only 1 or 2 hours a month. At this time, we are in need of two people to help with mopping and cleaning pews and kneelers. For more information, Contact Pat eiland-Hess 570-374-9445 hdhess@verizon.net OR Faye Straub 570-539-8482 fslogg hughes. net

HERSHEY PARK Discount tickets to Hexsbcypam are available to parishioners at a significant savings. Order forms are

available in the Book and Magazine rack in the Narthex and in the parish office. Orders must be received at the parish by Sunday, April 27. 2014. Checks should be made out to t. Pius X Church.

BISHOP RO ALD W. GAl ER MASS OF INSTALLATIO DVDI

A DV of the Mass of Installation of Bishop Ronald W. Gainer will be available for $20. To order please visit the Diocesan w bsite at www.hbgdiocese.org or mail a check, payable t : Diocese of Harrisburg, along with your name, address, phone number and email addr ss to: Installation Mas' DVD, Communications Office, 4800 Union Deposit Road, Harrisburg, PA 17111-371 O.

RELAY FOR LIFE EWS The Relay for Life Team will be holding their annual yard sale on May 2 & 3 in Freeburg. We are accept­

ing donations of items for thi sale. If you have an thing to donat . please call Pauline at 570-374-2745 or Barb at 570-743-7438. Thank you!

PRAYE SUAWL MI ISTRY EWS The Prayer Shawl Ministry will meet on Sunday, April 6,2014 from 12-2 pm. w members are always

welcome! Also, we are looking for folks to make rosaries (for our prayer shawls & for the prison ministry). Contact Kathy Dalius for more information: kathydal@ptd.n t 570-374-9883.

PLEASE HELP US SERVE YOU BETTER In a continued effort to encourage full participation of all the baptized in our parish, we would like to reach

out to people with any special needs or disabilities. It would help us to do this better if you tell us what kind of help you need. Please contact the parish office at 570.374.4113 or email usatspxc@ptd.net.

GIFT EWS

t. Pius X Annual PaJm Sundav Seder Dinner (With Something Special!)

The Seder Dinner is the Passover meal that Jesus presided over on the Thursday night before His passion. The language used at the Seder would have been Hebrew since Hebrew had been the common language among the Jews for at least 1000 years before Jesus" time. The something special tltat will be pan of this year's Seder celebration is that we will observe it both in Hebrew and in English. Come and experience the dinner that Jesus and his 12 apostles ha that fateful Thursday night hearing the language they spoke and heard. Join your fellow parishioners to experience this 3000 year old tradition by meeting on the church lower level on Palm Sunday, April 13, 1:00-3:00 pm. Children are especially welcome. Participants at the dinner are asked to bring a salad or side dish to share. The parish will provide the lamb, wine and dessert. Reservations are necessary: To register: please call or email theParishOffice(570.374.4113/spxc@ptd.net) or CaroJ/Paui Parowski (570.539.4283 / prp@hughes.net) with information about the number planning to attend.

pedal for Holv We k-A Film: The Passion oUlre Christ

For many people Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ has become a part of their Lenten journey. This film excels at making the Passion come to life and feel REAL. If you hav n t seen it. this is your opportunity to better understand the torment Jesus suffered during his Passion. If you have seen it, sharing its viewing with your fellow parishioners could reinforce and deepen the Holy Week experience for you. All who view this film have a better understanding of the Passion and a deeper desire and ability to comfort Jesus in his time of torment. The pr sentation will begin promptly at 7 pm on Tuesday, April 15 in the church's lower level. For your planning, the film runs 2 hrs, 4 min and is rated R for violence. The dialogue in the film is in Hebrew and Latin (with English subtitles) and therefore sounds as it would have in Jerusalem at that time. The parish will provide water and soft drinks. We hope to see you the evening of Tuesday, the 15th as we remind ourselves of what our loving Savior enduredfor us.

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EASTER I'LOWER OFFERl G FORM

Please return by Sunday, April 13, 2014

Donation: $10.00 for each flower

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YOU MAY BRING THIS FORM TO THE PARISH OFFICE OR

PLACE IN THE COLLECTION BASKET.