Mass Times: Saturday 4:00 p.m.

Sunday 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.

Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m.

Sign Language Interpretive Mass: 2nd & 4th Sunday at 9:00 a.m.

Holy Days of Obligation: 6:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., and 6:00 p.m.

Dominican Monastery: Daily at 6:45 a.m.

Sacrament of Reconciliation:

Saturday 2:30 p.m.—3:30 p.m. (except when a wedding Mass takes place—

then 3:00 p.m.—3:30 p.m,)

Adoration: Wednesday 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Mission Statement We the parishioners of St. John Neumann Catholic Church are a welcoming, evangelizing, stewardship

community rooted in the Eucharist, Sacred Scripture, and Tradition which enables us to encounter the

Lord and supports us in living out our baptismal promises as missionary disciples of Jesus Christ.

Father Dan Powell Pastor FrDan@sjnlancaster.org ext. 216

Father Sola Adewole Parochial Vicar frsola2006@gmail.com

Deacon Peter Jupin Permanent Deacon peterjupin@comcast.net 572-4378

Deacon Michael Oles Permanent Deacon moles5@comcast.net ext. 241

Deacon Tim Sahd Transitional Deacon t.sahd1@gmail.com

Suzanne Wood Principal, St. Anne School woodsuzanne@stannelancaster.org 394-6711

Terry Klugh Principal, Lancaster Catholic High School tklugh@lchsyes.org 509-0315

Tom Conner Parish Manager tconner@sjnlancaster.org ext. 226

Sue Toole Financial Secretary stoole@sjnlancaster.org ext. 214

Coleen Kibler Director of Religious Education (DRE) ckibler@sjnlancaster.org ext. 212

Melissa Steffy Assistant to the DRE msteffy@sjnlancaster.org ext. 213

James Hamilton Coordinator of Youth Ministry jhamilton@sjnlancaster.org ext. 219

Eleanor Nuffort Coordinator of Parish Health Ministry enuffort@sjnlancaster.org ext. 229

Kurt Kehler Coordinator of Music kmk@pa.net

Barbara Wagner Parish Secretary bwagner@sjnlancaster.org ext. 227

Linda Gowarty Support Staff lgowarty@sjnlancaster.org ext. 210

Kim Mikulski Support Staff kmikulski@sjnlancaster.org ext. 210

Rosemary Denshaw Disability Advocate sjndisabilityadvocate@gmail.com 209-2362

Address: 601 East Delp Road * Lancaster, PA 17601 Phone: 569-8531 Fax: 569-2135

Website: sjnlancaster.org facebook.com/SJNLancaster @Fr_Dan_Powell #dailyhomily

Parish App: Text App to 88202 padredanny sjnlancaster2017

Pastor’s Message Happy Easter!

The Lord is truly Risen. He wants to be alive in us! He wants to live with us every moment of every day. May we be open to the grace that only our Risen Lord can give! Let these words from Mark’s gospel bring us hope!

When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary, the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go and anoint him. Very early when the sun had risen, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb. They were saying to one another, “Who will roll back the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” When they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back; it was very large. On entering the tomb they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe, and they were utterly amazed. He said to them, “Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him. But go and tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you.’” - Mark 16:1-7

Sister Parish News:

Second Grade letters from the students of St. Anne School have been written and will be sent after Easter. Our children are indeed enjoying this new "pen pal" experience!

Catholic Daughters of the Americas

Catholic Daughters Court Queen of Peace #1023 of Lancaster (founded by K of C Council #867) meets the third Sunday of the month at St. Philip the Apostle Church Parish Activity Center (PAC) from 1-3PM. All Catholic women ages 18 and up are invit-ed to come and see what we are about – spirituality and service to church and community! See our local April calendar below:

Wednesday, April 4th 5-8PM – Friendly’s Family Fun Night, Centerville Restaurant – All are welcome. Thank you for supporting the CDA Education Contest for our youth grades 4-12

Sunday, April 15th 1-3PM – Meeting/Book Club In His Eyes: Becoming the Woman God Made You to Be - Bring your bible. (St. Philip’s PAC)

St. John Neumann Conference

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

A long-time senior parishioner with health issues would greatly benefit from having a shower in her bathroom.

If you are a licensed plumber and are able to help, please call Bill Henckler at 717-393-6705.

If you are able to make a donation to help defray the cost of this bathroom alteration, please contact Bill Henckler.

Thank you for caring.

The St. John Neumann Conference is a non-profit charity in accordance with IRS Section 501 (c) (3).

LENTEN APPEAL

The 2018 Bishop’s Annual Lenten Appeal is off to a great start. Thank you to all whom have pledged to this

year’s appeal. To date we have received pledges totaling $170,885.00 towards this year’s Bishop’s Annual Len-

ten Appeal. Still, we need all of you to contribute. If you have not yet made a gift to the Bishop’s Annual Len-

ten Appeal, we invite you to do so today. Every dollar raised to make our goal supports important Diocesan

ministries and services and every dollar raised over our goal will be kept in the Parish to help us.

Mass Intentions

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD

Readings for the week of April 8, 2018 Divine Mercy Sunday

First Reading: Acts 4:32-35

Second Reading: 1 John 5:1-6

Gospel: John 20:19-31

PARISH CALENDAR EVENTS Sunday, April 1—Easter Sunday

NO Coffee and Donuts

NO Religious Education or EDGE

Monday, April 2

Parish Office Closed

NO Religious Education

Choir Rehearsal/7:00 p.m.—8:30 p.m./Music Room

Tuesday, April 3 Prayer Shawl and Social Ministry/9:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m./Room

16

Confirmation Interviews/5:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m./Church

Wednesday, April 4 Adoration/9:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m./Church

YM Weekly Wednesday Hangout/6:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m./Rooms

10, 13, 14 & Conference Room

Thursday, April 5 Confirmation Interviews/6:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m./Church

Off The Streets/7:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m./Emerald

Friday, April 6

Saturday, April 7 TMIY/6:30 a.m.—8:00 a.m./Social Hall

Regional Meeting of Lay Dominicans/8:00 a.m.—2:30 p.m./

Social Hall

Women’s Ministry/8:30 a.m.—10:00 a.m./Room 11

Lay Dominican Mass/9:00 a.m./Church

Sunday, April 8 Coffee and Donuts/following all Masses/Social Hall hosted by

Serra Club

Religious Education/8:00 a.m.—11:00 a.m./Classrooms, St.

John XXIII Center

First Communion Photo Sessions/1:00 p.m.—6:00 p.m./Church

EDGE/6:00 p.m.—7:30 p.m./St. John XXIII Center

Welcome New Parishioners

Ricardo Cadet and family Gregory Herr and family

Elaine Box and family James and Catherine Knipper

Carissa Schweiss Joseph & Ellen Culver

Michael Lapinsky and family Kyle Wilbert

Carol Cryer

SATURDAY, MARCH 31—EASTER VIGIL

8:00 p.m. All of Our Special Intentions

SUNDAY, APRIL 1—EASTER SUNDAY

7:00 a.m. All of Our Special Intentions

9:00 a.m. All of Our Special Intentions

11:00 a.m. All of Our Special Intentions

MONDAY, APRIL 2

9:00 a.m. John Lozzi (The Lozzi Family)

TUESDAY, APRIL 3

9:00 a.m. Lee Dugan (Deacon Mike & Kathy Oles)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4

9:00 a.m. Scott Rudy (Bob & Angela Richards)

9:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Adoration, Divine Mercy Chaplet 3:00 p.m.

THURSDAY, APRIL 5

9:00 a.m. James Caldwell (Bonnie Caldwell & Barbara Titus)

FRIDAY, APRIL 6

9:00 a.m. Ronald S. Giordano (Lou Deering)

10:00 a.m. SAS Dennis Quinn Family (The Quinn Family)

(Living)

SATURDAY, APRIL 7

4:00 p.m. Rita Fetterman (Teresa Palmer)

SUNDAY, APRIL 8

7:00 a.m. People of the Parish

9:00 a.m. Dennis DeVorchik (Judy DeVorchik)

11:00 a.m. The Tocci Family (Amilia Fuccio)

Wedding Banns

Bann III: Fred Dietz / Angela Nestico

Sick and Shut Ins:

Please notify the Parish Office, 569-8531, if you

have a loved one from the parish who is in need of

our prayers and would like their name placed in the

bulletin. Also, call if you desire weekly or monthly Communion

brought to you in your home or if you know of someone who

does.

Happy Easter, everybody! He is truly

risen!

Weekly Wednesday Hangout

resumes on Wednesday, April 4, 6-

8pm. Come join us as we celebrate the Resurrection! Games, Snacks, Friends and more in the Youth Room every Wednesday!

Encounter – A Night of Music,

Prayer, and Adoration, Friday,

April 6th Join SJN Youth Ministry at St. James

Church in Lititz for an amazing night of

prayer and adoration. Fr. Brian Wayne

will lead the Holy Hour with music

provided by the Sean Patrick Malloy

Band. Encounter begins at 7:00pm and

everyone is welcome to attend, but we

especially invite teens! We’ll be driving

over from St. John Neumann around

6:30pm, but families can also go straight

to St. James Church. Contact James

Hamilton with any questions or to sign

up to go!

Teen Leadership Team Meeting

All High School Teens are invited to be

a part of the SJN Youth Ministry Teen

Leadership Team! We will have our

next meeting on Saturday, April 7, 5-

6:30pm in Room 12. We will be

discussing how to build up Youth

Ministry and ways our teens can be

leaders at St. John Neumann. Please

contact James Hamilton with any

questions.

Next Into the Deep Night – Sunday,

April 22, 4-8pm – It’s Game Night!

Bring your favorite games to enjoy a

rousing evening of fun!

Youth Ministry is selling Hershey Park

tickets. Please see the ad in the bulletin!

Thank you for your support!

Our Parish School Fr. Dan Powell, Executive Pastor,

St. Anne School

The students, faculty and staff of St. Anne

School would like to wish all a very Blessed

Easter.

There will be no school on Monday, April 2.

Classes will resume on Tuesday, April 3.

RSVP’s for the annual Father-Daughter

Dinner Dance are due back in the office by

Tuesday, April 3. Don’t miss this chance to

take your best girl out dancing!

An all school Mass will be celebrated this

Friday at 10 a.m. Leadership provided by the

6th grade. All are welcome.

See if we might be the right fit for your

student. St. Anne School is currently

accepting registrations for the 2018-2019

school year and we would love for you

to join our family! Please contact the

school office at 717-394-6711 for general

information, to schedule a school tour, to

schedule a shadow day, or to pick up a

registration packet. You can also check us out

at www.stannelancaster.org for more

information! We would love to welcome you

into the St. Anne School family!

No class today (April

1/2). Have a blessed Easter! See you on April 8/9.

If you were not able to

turn in your Lenten box, you may bring it with you to class next week.

Attention 7th graders, your Saint

projects were due on March 25. The information on the project can be found in the packet from the parent meeting and on the parish website.

Attention 8th graders,

Confirmation Interviews April 3

and 5. If you have not signed up for a slot please do so.

Bishop Letter are due April 15

Vacation Bible School

will be held Monday,

June 18 to Friday June

23. This year VBS will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon

each day. We have begun our preparations! Are you interested in being a part of our team? We are in need of help with the set decorations, snack prep, running the games station, teaching the kids Bible stories. We are also looking for help with the coordination of the week. Please contact Coleen or Melissa for more information.

Please pray for our students preparing

to receive Sacraments. This year we have 120 students preparing for Sacraments.

Congratulations to our 2nd graders who received their First Reconciliation on March 17. On April 21 they will receive their First Eucharist.

On May 7 our 8th graders will receive

their Confirmation.

In the narthex of the Social Hall we have a prayer companion bulletin board. Please take a name and pray for them as they continue their preparations.

Selling Discounted

Hershey Park Tickets We are once again selling discounted Her-shey Park tickets for the 2018 season. This years, all tickets are $34.85, for 48% savings off the regular price of $67.80. Meal tickets, snack vouchers, and parking passes are also available for purchase at discounted rates. Orders must be returned by Monday, April 30. Order forms can be found in the parish office and online on the Youth Ministry page at www.sjnlancaster.org/ministries/youth-ministry. All sales go to support the Youth Ministry trip to Hershey Park.

IN YOUR PRAYERS REMEMBER THE SICK OF OUR PARISH

ESPECIALLY-

Finnegan Ague, Andy Boyle, Sara Delgiorno, Ryder Getchis, Frances Graham, Flo Howard, Norm Koltunovich, Elaine Lentine, Donna McCauley, Kathleen Sommers, Maria Stofflet, Shirley Summers, William Theros, Ruth Tormas, Kerri Zagari Chronic/Long-term illness: Ginnie Bauer, Ann Chant, Claudia Dommel, Jim Eckenroth, Ann Fedock, Vivian Garrett, George Hansalik, Nancy Kurtz, Janet Kennedy, Pam McDonald, Nancy O’Conor, Peter O’Donnell, Jimena Reyes-Ruiz, Eleanor Rusin, John Scheuerman, Jr., Jim Schmalhofer, Pat Tomlinson and all those in the Prayer Circle/Chain.

Rest in Peace

Maureen Loffredo Ann Martin

“Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them Oh Lord, and Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them.

May All the Souls of the Faithful Departed, through the Mercy of God, Rest in Peace.”

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD

We are a Stewardship Parish

Stewardship Messages from Youth & Children’s Envelopes:

March 25, 2018

“I set the table.” “I cleaned my room.”

“Cleaning my whole room.” “I practiced my piano without being asked.”

Collections

March 25, 2018

Adult Envelopes/Loose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14,943.00

Children & Youth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 137.18

Faith Direct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . $ 7,692.00

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 22,772.18

Please call the office if interested in Faith Direct.

Thank you for your generosity!

Hospital Admissions: Please notify the Church Office

if you or your loved one is admitted to the hospital. We have

missed visiting several of our parishioners because we were

not notified by the hospital’s Pastoral Staff office that they

were admitted. It is important for you to tell the staff on your

floor that you want your parish notified about your

admission. This will enable our parish nurse/pastoral staff to

contact you. You will also be able to get Holy Communion

regularly while you are in the hospital if the Pastoral Office

has you on their list.

PARISH HEALTH MINISTRY

A Time of Rebirth in Our Lives

We have just gone through Lent, a time to check in on the

state of our spiritual health, to grow and strengthen our

relationship with God and spend extra time with our Lord.

We have now come to Easter and with this a sense of hope

and gratitude in what our Lord has done for us. It

demonstrates Our Lord’s love for us, His victory over death

and sin, and His promise for renewal of life for us.

Spring also symbolizes hope and rebirth through the longer

days, warmer weather, the colorful display of spring flowers,

the varying shades of green in the budding trees and bushes

and grass. Along with all these wonderful gifts to our five

senses, the birth of darling baby birds and animals give us a

thrill and sense of hope. Springtime is seen as a time of

growth, renewal and new life being born. It symbolizes the

cycle of life once again starting.

In this Easter Season, be sure to stop yourself periodically on

a daily basis, to spend quiet time with God while you are

paying closer attention to all the beauty He has put on our

earth for us to enjoy. By doing this, it will help you to better

notice and appreciate all the beauty that is all around you. We

get so busy running from one thing to the next that we miss

the little things in our lives that can bring great joy. Besides

making you more aware of the beauty around you, it will help

you relax and fill you with a sense of gratitude.

“Don’t hurry. Don’t worry. You’re only here for a short visit.

So, don’t forget to stop and smell the roses.”

Walter Hagen

May you all have a very Happy Easter Season!

Eleanor Nuffort-Parish Nurse

Gift Cards:

Sales for the weekend of March 24/25: $3,650

Year-to-Date Sales: $142,380

Year-to-Date Earned: $ 8,295.31

Easter Blessings to all and many thanks for your participation in this ministry!

There will be no Gift Cards sales on Easter Sunday.