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ARRANGING BAPTISM

Baptism First (Spanish) and Last (English) Sundays each month. Call Parish Center to arrange. Before date is confirmed, parents must have/obtain:

Registration in SJB Parish: Family from another parish must obtain written permission from “home” parish for Baptism at SJB. Certificate of Eligibility to Serve as Sponsor: Each Catholic Sponsor (1 required; 2 preferred) must obtain Certificate of Eligibility from “home” parish. Parishes generally do not issue certificates to persons not already registered nor to persons who left the parish more than 6 months previously. Letter of Pastor for Christian Witness: One baptized non-Catholic may serve as a Christian Witness and must present Letter of Good Standing from current Christian pastor. A Catholic not eligible to Sponsor may not be Christian Witness.

ARRANGING MARRIAGE

Wedding Planning begins with engaged couple’s meeting a parish priest here at least six (6) months before desired wedding date. Please do not make financial commitments before confirming church date/time.

If a member of the couple was previously married, a Declaration of Nullity (Annulment) of the prior marriage may be necessary. Please contact parish priest for detailed information.

Marriage Convalidation Couples in a civil or non-Catholic religious union without our Church’s explicit permission are not in a valid Catholic marriage. They cannot receive other sacraments or serve as Catholic Sponsors for Baptism and Confirmation. This situation often is easily remedied by “convalidation”, a simple ceremony popularly called “getting a marriage blessed”. Call Parish Center to arrange.

Saint John Bosco Roman Catholic Church

Parish Center Office 215 E. County Line Road

Hatboro, PA 19040

Tel. (215) 672-7280

Faith Formation Office (PREP) Tel. 267-803-0774. St. Vincent de Paul Society Tel. 215-882-2707.

Staff Rev. Gary J. Kramer, Pastor

Rev. Gerald C. Ronan, Parochial Vicar Rev. James E. McVeigh, Weekend Assistant

Deacon Daniel J. Rouse, Financial Administrator Mrs. Diane Falchetta, Secretary

Loretta Ceniviva, Secretary Mrs. Christine Flack, Faith Formation Coordinator

Mrs. Lisa Quaranto, Music Director & Youth Ministry Coordinator

Mrs. Janet Shepherd, Bulletin Editor

Office Hours Mass Cards/Mail/Messages/Documents/Facility Keys are available only during open Of-fice Hours:

Mon. to Thurs.: 9 am to 12 noon; 1 to 4:30 pm; Eve. 6:30 to 8:00 pm by appt. Fri.: 9 am to 12 noon; 1 to 4 pm. Eve. closed. Sat./Sun.: Closed.

Schedule of Religious Services

Sunday Sat. Eve. Vigil Masses: 4:00 pm (English); 7:00 pm (Spanish) Sun. Morning Masses: 7, 9, & 11 am Mon. to Fri. Confession: 8:15-8:35 am. Holy Mass: 8:45 am. Saturday Confession: 8:30-8:50 am. Rosary: 8:30 am; Holy Mass: 9:00 am Novena: After Mass to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. Confession: 3-3:30 pm; 6-6:30 pm.

Where are you going on vacation this summer? Join the Church Bulletin Contest! Bring back the Parish Bulletin from the church in the area that you are visiting. When you get home,

drop the bulletin at the Parish Center with your name, phone number & email address! A prize will be awarded in September 2017 to the family who

has the bulletin from the farthest point! Happy Travels!

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Dear Graduate! Graduation is a time to celebrate your achievements, prepare for a future of opportunities and embrace a world of infinite possibilities. As you get ready to go out into the world, we ask God to lead you. We pray that God will guide you while you pursue your dreams. Most of all we ask God to give you a caring heart to look for ways to help the people you meet on your life’s

journey. Your Parish Family of Saint John Bosco asks God to bless you and your abilities. We would like to keep in touch with you after graduation. If you would like to receive updates of all the latest SJB news, please send us your email address at sjbadultfaith@saintjohnbosco.org. Reach for the stars! The sky’s the limit! Happy Graduation!

Yours in Christ, Reverend Gary Kramer Pastor EVERY YESTERDAY IS A MEMORY OF DREAMS. EVERY TOMORROW IS A VISION OF HOPE.

Sunday, May 28, 2017 “PUT THE ‘MEMORIAL’ BACK IN MEMORIAL DAY”

To many it is merely a 3-day weekend. For some here on the East coast it is about going to the shore. For all of us it has become the unofficial start of summer. But, of course, it is actually a day set aside to honor those in our military who paid the ultimate price. So where did it come from? Memorial Day hasn’t always been around and unlike some holidays it was not created by the greeting card industry. Some excellent insights can be found in the suggested 1999 Memorial Day speech from the US Army Armylink site. Here is an enlightening excerpt from the speech. “The observance of this day was born of compassion and empathy in 1863. As the Civil War raged, grieving mothers, wives, daughters, sisters, and other loved ones were cleaning confederate soldiers’ graves in Columbus, Mississippi, placing flowers on them. They noticed nearby that the Union soldiers ‘graves, were dusty, and overgrown with weeds. Grieving for their own fallen soldiers, the Confederate women understood that the dead Union soldiers buried nearby were the cherished loved ones of families and communities far away. They cleared the tangled brush and mud from those graves as well as their own soldiers’ graves and laid flowers on them too. Soon the tradition of a “Decoration Day” for the graves of fallen soldiers spread. On May 5,1866, when the Civil War was over, Henry Welles of Waterloo, New York, closed his drugstore and suggested that all other shops in town also close up for a day to honor all soldiers killed in the Civil War, Union and Confederate alike. It was a gesture of healing and reconciliation in a land ripped apart by conflict. Sixteen years later, in 1882, the nation observed its first official Memorial Day, a day set aside to remember and honor the sacrifice of those who died in all our nation’s wars. For decades, Memorial Day was a day in our nation when stores closed and communities gathered together for a day of parades and other celebrations with a patriotic theme. Memorial Day meant ceremonies at cemeteries around the country, speeches honoring those who gave their lives, the laying of wreaths, the playing of Taps. Sadly, many Americans have lost this connection with their history. The patriotic core – the spirit of remembrance – is absent. Families might still gather for picnics, but for many of them, Memorial Day, like the military itself, is largely cut off from its historic meaning.” So have a picnic, go to the shore, or take advantage of a special sales event. Do all those and more, but take time to attend a ceremony, decorate a grave of a soldier, or set aside a moment of quiet reflection to honor those who paid the ultimate price so that we have the freedom to do all those things and so much more. Put the “memorial” back in Memorial Day

Phil Adamo, Jr. Patricia Ambrose

Rosemary Anthony Judy Baran

William J. Brady Joseph Campbell

Helen Cannon Linda Cunningham Louise D’Agostino

Ellen Dardis Lois Dudley

Valeria Fetzer Florence Flavell Charlie Gaffney Rita Garafolo William Gaida

Nancy Alexander Horner Lilly Ibbotson

Bryce Ingraham Jayden Ingraham Matthew Istvan

Tim Keebler Joseph Kraft

Maris Kraft Gail Maines

Lucas McCrea Marianne Obert-Thorn

Michael Rizzo Fr. Gerald Ronan

Rolene Rose Catherine Sarsfield

Gail Schultz Sun Soon

Felicia Soto Esteban Vera, Sr. Frank Waltrich

Jim Wyatt

How we list: We list sick persons for one month at their own or family member’s request. To place/extend a listing, please call Parish Center.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK AND INFIRM

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Please Pray for Our Faithful Departed

Eternal Rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and all the souls of the Faithful Departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.

Please submit items for Bulletin Sun. issue dates (left)

by 12 noon on submission dates (right):

June 18…………………………..Tues., May 30

June 25…………………………..Wed., June 7

July 2…………………………...Mon., June 12

Please send info./questions to Bulletin Editor at Parish Ctr. Email Bulletined@saintjohnbosco.org.

Adoration Chapel Mon.: after 8:45 am Mass to 7 pm.

Tues. to Fri.: 8 am to 7 pm.

Sat. & Sun. Closed. The chapel is closed on weekends for security reasons. Please do not try to

enter the Church outside of these hours. Prayer Intention Candles (6) burn all week alongside Blessed Sacrament when Chapel is open. This week the candles represent these intentions:

John F. Salviola, Ella Covaleski How We List: Just send your name with intention & offering to ADORATION CANDLE c/o Parish Center. Please name one Person, Couple (engaged or married), Family, Group per request. Candles are available for living or dec’d. Offering: $ 15.

MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK

5/29 MON. 8:45 AM For all of our Deceased Veterans 5/30 TUES. 8:45 AM Poor Souls in Purgatory 5/31 WED. 8:45 AM James & Theresa Murt 6/1 THURS. 8:45 AM Frank J. Domeracki 6/2 FRI. 8:45 AM Thomas & Anna Slavin

SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2017 9:00 AM Brendan Coughlin 4:00 PM Rosemary Gana 7:00 PM Pro Populo (For the People) SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 2017 7:00 AM Margaret & John Clark 9:00 AM Dolores Yanni 11:00 AM The Kent Family (Living)

We welcome into the Church and our Parish:

Ariana Samantha Hernandez Andryck Alfredo Hernandez Ramirez Dulce Maria Lopez Ramirez Pablo Lopez Ramirez Alan Julian Santos Amador Gabriel Flores Varela

Sunday Amount* Difference 5/7/17 $12,907.61 5/8/16 12,939.00 - 31.39

5/14/17 14,591.44 5/16/16 10,047.60 + 4,543.84 * INCLUDES E GIVING

Home Missions 5/07/17 $ 1,998.00 5/08/16 1,500.00 + 498.00

Church Doors 5/14/17 $2,309.00 5/16/16 1,733.00 + 576.00

St. VINCENT de PAUL SJB’s Conference Volunteers help local persons and families with financial and food needs. Call Parish SVdP Tel. 215-882-2707 to: Request assistance, Volunteer, or donate.

Food Pantry at SJB regularly needs replenishment of these items: Rice, noodles, macaroni, cereal, pancake mix & syrup, soup, canned tuna and chicken, condiments, catsup, mustard, mayonnaise, canned vegetables, canned fruit. Personal items are especially needed such as: soap, toothpaste and mouthwash, deodorant, laundry detergent and liquid dish soap.

Craft Like Crazy Info. 215-718-7841.

Weekly gathering each Thursday, 9:30 to 11:30 AM in Parish Ctr. Craft, create, chat, teach’n learn,

share’n be inspired.

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP

Sundays ~ 12:15 – 1:30 pm SAINT JOHN BOSCO ROOM

(back entrance of school)

June 4 5) Spiritual Elements of Grief & Healing The Values of Memories

To Register: call Bernice (215) 443-8439

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Because the need for vocations is great, Saint John Bosco has established a

vocation awareness

program involving a traveling statue. A statue of the

Sacred Heart of Jesus is traveling for one year from household to household within our parish. You are invited to bring the statue to your home for a week. *There are a few open weeks during the last quarter of this year.

This is a unique opportunity for you to have special prayer time. Usually the statue is transferred over the weekend at church. Traveling devotions help keep prayer and spirituality close to home for many. If you would like to host the Statue in your home, please fill out and return the following form to the Parish Center. You will be contacted with detailed information.

Yes. I wish to host the Sacred Heart of Jesus Statue.

Family Name: _________________________

Tel.: ________________________________

Drop in any Collection Basket or at Parish Office.

Be a part of the SJB Diaper Drive! Sun., June 11 has been designated for the

COLLECTION OF DIAPERS (all sizes).

Please bring a box & place in the Ushers Room. The diapers will be

collected and distributed to those less fortunate through the Saint Vincent de Paul Society.

Thank you from the BOTTOM of our hearts for helping babies in need.

You’re invited to a birthday party!

When? On Pentecost Sunday Where? Saint John Bosco

Why? To Celebrate the Church’s Birthday!

Pentecost is probably one of the most important days on the Church

calendar! Pentecost is the birthday of the Church! So, let’s celebrate! Wear red to

church that weekend! The priests will wear red vestments to symbolize the love of the Holy

Spirit! Be sure and stop by the tent for a hot dog or a birthday cupcake after

the 4PM Mass on Sat., June 3.

The feast of Corpus Christi is one time when our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament is exposed not just to

faithful Catholics but to all the world. Please join us for our annual Corpus Christi Procession on

Sun., June 18 immediately following the 11:00 Mass.

Three altars will be erected in the front parking lot. This is a time when Catholics can show their love for Christ in the Real Presence by honoring Him in a very

public way. It is also a wonderful way in which we can show our love for our neighbors by bringing

Our Lord and Savior closer to them.

Polish Festival June 22-June 24, 2017

St. Adalbert's Parish: Thompson St. & Allegheny Ave. Port Richmond section of Phila.

6 to 10 p.m. Nightly Thursday: Polish American String Band Friday: DJ Patty Pat and Alumni Night

Saturday: Continental Polish Music Games of chance, Polish food, refreshments & much more. Info call the rectory 215-739-3500.

Rain or Shine!

St. John Bosco Senior Club Meeting

Wed., June 14 at 12:00 in the Cafeteria. Hoagies will be served.

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Capital Improvements Campaign (Yellow Envelopes)

Beginning this year you might have noticed on your yellow envelopes “New Church Exterior Doors”.

Our monthly Capital Improvements Collection will go for our new church doors. The cost of the new doors is approximately $ 85,000.00 for twelve (12) of them. Father has signed the contract and the doors have been ordered. So far we have saved $ 25,000.00 for this project. Again, THANK YOU for your generosity on this project.

Periodically we shall update you on the progress of reaching our goal of $ 85,000.00.

SAVE THE DATE. The Cross and the Light is

coming to Saint John Bosco 3/8, 3/9, and 3/10~ 2018!

It’s not just a show. It is an intentional encounter event.

“They're taking the Stations of the Cross off the walls

of the church and into the hearts of the people.” ~Val Clark, Channel 7 News Reporter, Detroit MI Please like The Cross and the Light on Facebook!

For more information check out their website www.crossandlight.com

See future bulletins for more information!

Second Collections: Month of June 6/4/17 Capital Improvement

(New Exterior Doors for Church) 6/11/17 Father's Day Remembrance

(env. can also be found in the vestibule) 6/25/17 Peter's Pence

Are your closets overflowing?

Are you doing your spring housecleaning and cleaning out

your unwanted items?

If you have items you would like to donate, SJB will gladly accept

donations for the

Fall Festival Attic Treasures booth.

Boxes will be outside the gym starting Tuesday, Au-gust 1st.

Looking to give your used books to a good cause?

Donating books is a great way to keep them out of the trash and give them a

new life with someone who will value them as you did.

If you have books you'd like to get rid of, you can donate them to the Fall Festival for the

Bosco Book Booth. Boxes will be outside the gym starting August 1st.

The Parish Office will be closed Monday, May 29, for

Memorial Day. Please pray for all who died

in military service.

Graduation Corner We would like to congratulate the following students for their accomplishments:

Anastasia Ballasy will be graduating from Archbishop Wood High School. She has received Distinguished Honors and First Honors all four years in high school and was inducted into the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society. Anastasia was awarded a Presidential Scholarship to Susquehanna University where she will major in English-Publishing & Editing and Psychology with a minor in Spanish. She has also accepted the college’s invitation to enroll in the Honors Program, which is treated as a second minor.

Sara E. Taylor will be graduating from Archbishop Wood High School and has been accepted to Manor College where she will pursue a career in the Dental Field.

Join us in celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima

Pope Francis has granted a plenary indulgence opportunity for the 100th Anniversary of the Fatima

apparitions. At St. John Bosco we will be offering the faithful an opportunity to gain this indulgence on the

13th of each month from May- October 2017. The requirements for this indulgence are to pray before a statue of Our Lady of Fatima solemnly exposed for

public veneration on the 13th of each month from May to October 2017 and devoutly participate in a

celebration of prayer in honor of the Virgin Mary. This must include the Our Father, the Creed and invoking Our Lady of Fatima. To obtain any indulgence, the

faithful must also fulfill the ordinary conditions: go to Confession and Communion within a week, be interiorly detached from sin, and pray for the

intentions of the Holy Father. You may join us at the formal prayer opportunities or use the booklets to pray on your own and venerate the statue on the 13th of the month May—October 2017.

June 13 Tuesday 6:30 PM English 7:00 PM Spanish Adoration Chapel

Rosary and required prayers for indulgence.

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Pilgrimage to the Blue Army Shrine

For the 100th Anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima

Sun., Aug. 13 8:30 AM—5:00 PM

Cost: $25.00

Includes: bus and donation to shrine. Please bring a brown bag lunch.

Itinerary: 8:30 AM depart from St. John Bosco, arriving at Shrine approximately 10:00 AM 10:30 Confession/lunch/gift shop 12:00 Rosary Procession with Pilgrim Virgin Statue 12:30 Speaker: Reverend Chris Alar 1:00 PM Mass followed by Benediction, Eucharistic Procession, Enrollment in Brown Scapular (if desired), Blessing of Religious Articles and Divine Mercy Chaplet 2:30 Free time to explore grounds/gift shop 3:30 Depart Shrine for St. John Bosco, arriving approximately 5:00 PM

Yes! I would like to go on the pilgrimage to the Blue Army Shrine in Washington, NJ. Name: _________________________________________________ Phone #_____________________________ Email: __________________________________ Please return with payment in an envelope marked “Blue Army Pilgrimage” to the PREP office or in the regular Sunday collection.

Join us