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Parish Staff�Pastor �

Rev. Christopher Luoni�cluoni@youngstowndiocese.org � ���

Director of Faith Formation�Rick Squier �stjoaneducation@gmail.com���

Pastoral Associate�Michalene Murphy�stjoanofarcpamm@gmail.com�

�Mass Schedule�Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m.�Sunday: 8:30 and 11:30 a.m.�Holy Day: 8:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.�

�Pastoral Council Contacts�Chairperson:� Jerry Flauto 330�626�2347�

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Altar & Rosary Society:� Sue Francis 330�626�4160�

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Knights of Columbus #4571:� knights4571@gmail.com�

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Catholics Returning Home:� Carol Pritts 330�626�3468 �

Parish Telephone Directory�Rectory: (330)�626�3424�Religious Education Office: � (330)�626�2050�Hall: (330)�626�2446�Church: (330)�626�3424�

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Tina Wagner, Office Manager� stjoansecretary@sbcglobal.net�

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Larry Hoffman, Maintenance �

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Lyn Spellman, Music Director� (330)�206�1661� David Yanetsky, Organist� (330)�626�1088�

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(Office Hours Mon. thru Fri.,�8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)�Website: www.sjoa�church.org �

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New Parishioners�& Seasonal Visitors�St. Joan of Arc Parish warmly �welcomes you. Please let us know how we can serve you. We invite �you to participate in our activities, �become involved in our Parish �Ministries and encourage you �to register as soon as possible. �Registration forms are available in the narthex or office.�

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We, the Faith Community �

of St. Joan of Arc Catholic �

Church in Streetsboro, Ohio �

are committed to grow in �

the likeness of Jesus Christ. �

Graced by God in the �

celebration of the liturgy �

and the sacraments, we �

are strengthened to go �

forth and to witness to �

Christ’s teaching �

and example.

ST. JOAN OF ARC� STREETSBORO, OH�

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Has your ADDRESS or PHONE CHANGED?�Please be sure to call the Office if you have a �new Address, Phone Number, or when any �

Family Members leave the Parish.��

Mass Intentions�Would you like to have a Loved One remembered in a weekday or weekend Mass? If so, please call the Office at 330�626�3424 and ask for Tina.��

Registration�Would you like to be a St. Joan of Arc Parishioner? Registration Forms are available in the Narthex for your convenience or please call the Office at 330�626�3424.��

Bulletin News�All News for the Bulletin must be in to the Office no later than 9:00 am on Monday the week before the Bulletin is due. �

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For information about our�Generations of Faith�

Program please contact �

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Rick Squier �330�626�3424 �

or email him at:�stjoaneducation@gmail.com �

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LECTOR TRAINING�

We have scheduled two training Sessions for ALL NEW and PRESENT LECTORS: one, on Thursday,

April 26th at 7pm or on Saturday, April 28th at 10am. Please Sign up in the Narthex to indicate

which Session you are able to attend.�

Scott Strunk, Craig Bender, Ann Pahler, Maria Flauto, John Tarby, Kim Lane, Lisa Coughenour, Juanita Luoni, Linda Clark, Daniel Yanetsky, Seamus Casey, Sherry Gorecki, Rick

Basta, Joyce McDaniel, Rita Papesh, Winifred Trickle, Verna Bencie, Patrick McClendon, Carla Kaiser, Phillip Oshinsky, Blair Kotkowski, Kaylee Morley, Doris Gregoire, Kyle Wiencek, Diane McGinnes, Ethan Krish, Stan Debro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Our Parish Community continues to pray for ALL Persons even after their name is removed from the List. A Petition for the Sick is included in the weekend Mass Petitions throughout the year. �

�Lenten CRS RICE BOWL Program�

Encounter THE RISEN CHRIST�We prayed, fasted and gave alms �� and now we

celebrate Easter Joy! Our Lenten Journey with CRS Rice Bowl ends as we encounter our Risen Lord. We reflect on our brothers and sisters we have walked with, and we commit to

bringing Easter Joy to each person we meet in our daily lives. If you have not already done so, please return your filled �CRS Rice Bowls at this time. They may be placed in the �

Basket located in the Narthex and THANK YOU �for your participation in this Lenten Program.�

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OUR SUNDAY OFFERING�

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� Offering for � � 3/25/18 The Collection figure �� On�Line Giving for� 3/25/18� is not available due to the�� Total Giving for� 3/25/18 early printing deadline �� � � � for this Bulletin�� Envelopes Collected: (figures will be available next week) �

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Stewardship�Contributions �

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Stewardship is part of Christian life. Your Sacrificial Offerings, made weekly, enable us to continue Christ’s work in our Parish. Give back to the Lord a portion of all you have been given. 10% of your Income is suggested as your Offering to the Lord � 5% to the Parish � 5% to Charity.��

A Stewardship Thought�

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“Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” --Colossians 3:2

Do you put God first in all things? Possessions, money, power, ego can easily become gods to many of us. Do a quick check of what is important to you. Is God at the very top of the list? If not, your priorities need to be re�adjusted. Don’t let earthly things become a god before God.�

MEETINGS �AND ACTIVITIES �FOR THE WEEK�

�HOLY SATURDAY, March 31 �� Easter Family Fun Day 10am � Noon � Hall�� Blessing of Food @ 1:00 pm � Hall�� NO Confessions �

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EASTER VIGIL begins at 8:00 pm�(Everyone, please gather in the HALL�

� for the beginning of the Easter Vigil) �

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EASTER SUNDAY, April 1 �� MASSES: 8:30 & 11:30 am �

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Monday, April 2�� OFFICE CLOSED�

� NO Mass or Communion Service�Tuesday, April 3�Wednesday, April 4�� Altar & Rosary Meeting @ 7:00 pm�

Thursday, April 5�� ADORATION from 2 � 8pm (in the Chapel)�� Bible Scripture Study 7:00 pm � PCR�� “Jonah/Ruth: Love Crosses Boundaries”�Friday, April 6�Saturday, April 7�� First Communion Retreat�� Confessions @ 4:00 pm�

Sunday, April 8 � 2nd Sunday of Easter�� Children’s Choir @ 10:30 am�

� K of C Founders Day Event @ 3:00 pm � Hall��

Please return your � CRS Rice Bowls� at this time!�

Mass Attendance ~ March 24/25, 2018�

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EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD� APRIL 1, 2018 �

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,�� REJOICE, the Lord is risen! We gather as a community, as one Body in Christ, to celebrate our Risen Savior this Easter. Our celebration should give us hope that salvation can be our s when we follow the way of the r isen Christ. How do we know we are following in his way? That is not an easy question to answer. ��

Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk who served as a priest, mystic and Catholic author offered the following prayer. It is a prayer that we can all benefit from when we pray it often. "My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore I will trust you always, though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone."��The disciples and women who followed Jesus went to the tomb expecting to find him, yet they didn’t. Shocked from the events of the previous three days, they are now in even more turmoil as Jesus is missing from his resting place. Yet, in time, he revealed himself to them and showed them the path to follow. Like the women and disciples, we can sometime feel lost. Thomas Merton offered the prayer above as a way to express that he was not always sure where God wanted him to go. We are never really 100% sure and that is a good thing. If we were totally sure then we would not rely on our loving God. Part of our Easter joy is letting go of self, not always knowing where God will lead us next, but trusting in his plan for he truly knows what is best for us. Some of our greatest men and women; the disciples, the women who followed Jesus, the saints, Thomas Merton, Mother Theresa, Dorothy Day and so many others who seem to have it all put together did not rely on themselves. They relied on God. Let us rely on a loving Savior who will bring us to a tomb that we will find empty. And, in doing so, we will see the need to let go of self so that we can rely on the plan of a loving Savior. This is true Easter Joy. For it is not about us, instead it is about a God who loves us so much that he will allow his only Son to die and rise so that we might have the road that leads to salvation and love. ��

I invite you to review our listing of our Easter Memorials. These men, women and children have gone before us and are in the hands of our resurrected Savior. They have followed Christ and now rest with him in eternal peace. Thank you to the families and friends who have offered these memorials for their loved ones. They are a reminder that we are all one in his name. Let us remember them in our prayers through this Easter season. And, let us never lose hope, for we will be reunited with them again when we follow Christ and leave this world for our eternal salvation. ��

On behalf of the entire staff of St. Joan of Arc Church, I want to wish you and your loved ones a very blessed Easter. We have been blessed as a worshipping community and I will pray that we continue to be blessed as we reach out and call others to join us at the table of Christ. I thank you for your prayers and will keep you in mine as we celebrate together our Easter joy. I am at your service as Pastor of this great community. May Christ bless us abundantly with his goodness and love.�

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A Blessed Easter to all,��Fr. Chris Luoni �

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INSPIRATION �FOR THE WEEK�

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Christ is Risen indeed! �

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We have arrived at the �penultimate feast on the

Church's calendar, the cause of our joy and our hope. Life has

defeated death. Sorrow and suf-fering do not have the last say.

In the resurrection of Jesus we see many reasons to �rejoice. Not only has Jesus conquered the specter of �

visible death, but he restores to us graced life. �

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On Holy Saturday, Jesus descended to the dead and �delivered the just souls into heavenly paradise. What are

our own Saturday tombs? Jesus has the power to open them all. That is our invitation, this day most of all. �

May resurrection joy fill your heart, your family, your �

workplace, and your community. Happy Easter!�

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

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HOLY SATURDAY, March 31 � EASTER VIGIL �� 8:00 PM����������������������������������������For our Parish�

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EASTER SUNDAY, April 1 �� 8:30 AM����������������������������������������For our Parish�

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� 11:30 AM����������������������������������������For our Parish��

Monday, April 2 � OFFICE CLOSED�

� 8:30 AM�������������������������NO MASS or COMMUNION SERVICE�Tuesday, April 3�� 8:30 AM��������������������������������������������������������������Paul Beck (Mom)�Wednesday, April 4�� 8:30 AM�������������������������������������������Joe & Jim Kovolyan (Family)�Thursday, April 5�� 8:30 AM���������������������������������������������Normand Duquette (Family)�Friday, April 6�� 8:30 AM������������������������Fr. Pat Ferraro (First Friday Rosary Club)�Saturday, April 7�� 5:00 PM����������������������������Aaron Winters (Ray & Dennis Hejduk)�Sunday, April 8�� 8:30 AM�������������������������������Bill Rinehart (Sandy & John Brotish)�� 11:30 AM��������������������������������������������������������������������For our Parish�

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BAPTISM PROGRAM�

Parents desiring Baptism for their Child must be Registered Members of St. Joan of Arc and attend one Instruction

Meeting prior to their Child’s Baptism. The next Baptism Preparation Meeting for Parents is scheduled on Monday, May 7that 7:00 pm in the Church. It is desirable (if possible) that

both Parents and Godparents attend this Meeting. �Please call the Office at 330�626�3424 to Register.�

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M�INISTERS’ SCHEDULE�

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� � April 7 � 8, 2018�(If you are unable to come when scheduled,� please arrange for a replacement!)�

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5:00 PM� 8:30 AM� 11:30 AM�Lector:� S. Clark� D. Gregoire� P. Giunto�� M. Heroux� G. Broska� V. Armstrong�Eucharistic:� J. Combs*� K. Mihok*� J. Koroly*�� G. Combs� R. Cross� S. Stockard�� D. Rinehart� J. Pavlick� L. Schettler�� E. Howard� N. Blasiole� L. Petro�� A. Howard� A. Benci� J. Yonish�� El. Howard� C. Davis� J. McKenna�� B. Nowak� A. Novotny� K. Hensley�Servers:� A. Howard� J. Garden� B. Stewart�� L. Fratantonio� A. Novotny� Co. Hensley�� � D. Miller� Ca. Hensley�Arbors of Streetsboro: R. Cross�Gardens of Western Reserve: L. Slovensky � L. Marsh�

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Arbors Bingo � Volunteers needed!�Christian Life Committee will have Bingo, at the Arbors

Nursing Home, on Wednesday, April 11 at 7pm. �Anyone who is able to help, please come join us!�

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Physical Therapy Clinics�Register now for Walsh University’s Physical Therapy Community Clinic on April 7, 10 & 12th. Participants must be 18 years or older. Sessions are open to the public and are offered at NO Charge. The comprehensive screening includes: Physical Therapy Exam, Movement System and Health Screenings, Posture Assessment, and Optional Balance and Fall Prevention Assessment and Individualized Home Exercise Program Education. Space is limited and Registration is Required. For detains or to reserve an appointment, please call 330�490�7566 or email: washdptclinic@walsh.edu or visit our website at www.walsh.edu/dptclinic.��

Divine Mercy Sunday Event�Come for ALL or part of this afternoon�long Celebration of Mercy and Forgiveness on April 8 at St. Ambrose in Garrettsville: 11:15 � Mass & Blessing of Divine Mercy Image. 12:30 � Potluck Lunch in the Hall (bring a dish to share). 1:30�3:30 � Exposition and Adoration of the Holy Eucharist (with every 15 min. Scripture, History, Song or Petitions) 1:30�2:30 � Individual confessions. 3:00 � Divine Mercy Chaplet in song. 3:30 � Reposition and Benediction. There will be Crafts & Activities, in the Hall, for children, so that parents can spend time with our Lord.��

Healing Retreat for Women�Women are invited to a Day of Healing on Saturday, April 28

from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm here at our St. Joan of Arc Parish Hall, 8894 State Route 14, Streetsboro. �

“And I will Heal Them,” is especially designed for women who experience unresolved sorrows of the past and who face

challenging seasons of grief, anxiety and painful relationships. This Retreat is sponsored by the Diocese of Youngstown’s Office of Pro�Life, Marriage and Family Life and will be

facilitated by The Community of Jesus, the Living Mercy, a lay community founded with the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in the Diocese of Cleveland. The Community provides spiritual companionship and ministry to women who seek a healing

encounter with Jesus Christ. To make reservations, please call Mary or Cheryl at 1�800�482�4100 or email at:

BethesdaHouse@aol.com.�

COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS�

2018 Bishop’s Appeal�

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For Catholic Charities and Church�

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“Changing Lives … One Family at a Time”�

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As we Celebrate the Joys of Easter, let us not forget those who are poor, vulnerable and without hope. Each day, thousands of

people struggle with depression, unemployment, substance abuse, isolation and general anxiety about living in the world today. Catholic Charities blends material assistance to satisfy physical needs with

compassion and support to instill a sense of hope among those broken in spirit.. For more information about the Programs offered

by Catholic Charities visit: www.ccdoy.org.

THANK YOU to all who have made a commitment to the 2018 Bishop’s Appeal. If you have not responded,

there is still time. Envelopes are still available.�

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Scripture Readings for the Week of Apr. 1, 2018� �

Sunday:� Acts 10:34a, 37�43/Col 3:1�4/Jn 20:1�9�Monday: Acts 2:14, 22�33/Mt 28:8�15�Tuesday: Acts 2:36�41/Jn 20:11�18�Wednesday: Acts 3:1�10/Lk 24:13�35�Thursday: Acts 3:11�26/Lk 24:35�48�Friday: Acts 4:1�12/Jn 21:1�14�Saturday: Acts 4:13�21/Mk 16:9�15�Next Sun: Acts 4:32�35/1 Jn 5:1�6/Jn 20:19�31�

He bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon

Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,

and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up

in a separate place �� Jn 20:5�7�

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Bible Study �

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Come and join us � as we study Scriptures! �

“Jonah/Ruth: Love Crosses Boundaries”�Thursdays: April 5, 12, 19, 26 & May 3, 10�

7 � 8:30pm in the Parish Council Room�

Facilitated by: Mickee Murphy�Fee: $8 for the book �

(can be paid by first class) �

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To Register, please call the Parish Office at �330�626�3424 or sign up in the Narthex.�