ALL STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND MASS REGULARLY WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL – Come explore the Jerusalem Marketplace! Our Vacation Bible School will be June 20-24, 2022 from 9:00 am -11:30 am in the Holy Rosary Church Hall. All ages are welcome! Preschoolers are invited to join in with their parents. Kids can enjoy the adventures of the marketplace. Teens and older are invited to help. Please call Barb Kowalski to register, volunteer, or ask questions – 814 934-6142. SAINT MARK’S/HOLY ROSARY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2021/2022
Director of Religious Education – Suzanne Barry
2022 FIRST HOLY COMMUNION – This Saturday, April 30, 2022, our 2nd Grade Students will receive their First Holy Communion at the 10 AM Mass at Holy Rosary. Special thanks to their teacher, Cathy Vorndran, their parents, Suzanne Barry (Director of Religious Education), and Pastor, Father Ronald V. Osinski. Please keep these young people in your prayers. Our Prayerful Congratulations to: Colton Creamer, Logan Hileman, Lucy Hileman, Rosalynne Leyo, Toby Pucciarella
2022 CONFIRMATION– On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, our 11th Grade Students will be Confirmed at the 7:00 pm Mass at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament by Bishop Mark Bartchak. Special thanks to their teacher, Cathy Tellish; Director of Religious Education, Suzanne Barry and Pastor, Father Ronald V. Osinski for preparing these young people for this special sacrament. God Bless these and all the candidates of the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese who will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation this year. May they strive to become the disciples who God plans for them to be. Please keep these young people in your prayers. Our Prayerful Congratulations to: Emma Barefoot, Gavin Ferguson, Destiny Kelly, Grace Stetter, Taylor Weston.
OUR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM is in need of a full-time teacher and substitute teachers. If any parents or anyone you know are willing to help our program out, please let Father Ron or Suzanne Barry know. We can’t have a Religious Education Program without sufficient teachers. As you know, our classes are 1 hour and 25 minutes long, and it’s a great way to grow in our faith. Teachers do have to have clearances and take two trainings before they are able to teach. The clearances are good for 5 years and our parishes absorb the costs. If you already have your clearances and Mandated Reporting training, we will simply need a copy of them. Thank you for your consideration for your children’s faith needs.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELIGIOUS EDUCATION TEACHERS WERE COMMISSIONED at the 8:30 am Mass Sunday - September 19, 2021, at Saint Mark’s. God Bless our Teachers.
TEACHER’S PRAYER Lord, I know I have a responsibility to teach children about you. Please help me every step of the way. I pray that I can answer all questions posed to me by the students. I ask you to guide me to instill in the young people a love of God, respect for themselves and others, and a continuing exercise of replacing negative thoughts with positive ones, thus changing from bad to good all their thoughts and deeds. Amen. Teachers for this year: 1st Grade – Cindy Petucci 2nd Grade – Cathy Vorndran 3rd & 4th Grades – Dottie Schirf 5th & 6th Grades – Gina DeRubeis 7th & 8th Grades – Sara Hunter 9th & 10th Grades – Sherry Hancock 11th Grade – Cathy Tellish Substitute Teacher – Suzanne Barry ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT’S PRAYER Lord, I know I have a lot to learn about you and about how to live my life. I come to you with my concerns. When I feel lonely because no one seems to care; when I get angry because life seems so unfair; when I feel closed in by pressures to succeed, accomplish, and excel; when I get confused about what is right and when I am afraid, take my hand and walk with me. Amen. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saint Mark's 2022 church envelopes are available for pick up. They are on the tables at the back of Saint Mark's church. Thanks to all children who have taken them home and are using them. The ones not picked up will be distributed at the Religious Education Classes. It is important to get into the habit of using envelopes to help support your parish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THANK YOU to Max Sankey and mother, Melissa, for their much-appreciated work in cleaning our classrooms as we prepare for another year of classes for our Religious Education Program. God Bless You both for a job well done! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONGRATULATIONS TO SAINT MARK’S AND HOLY ROSARY 2022 GRADUATING SENIORS
Your Parish Family wishes you “Good Luck and God’s Blessings” in all your future endeavors. “May you always feel God’s presence in your life.”
Your parishes could use your talents. Please think and pray about becoming a Lector, Usher, Eucharistic Minister, or Adult Server. Contact Father Ron if you are interested or have questions. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION – SAINT MARK’S AND HOLY ROSARY
KEEP THESE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM HOLY ROSARY AND SAINT MARK’S PARISHES IN YOUR PRAYERS
Supporting your church by putting an envelope into the collection basket at every Mass is a very good habit to get into.