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  • Education
    • Lenten Reflections - Deacon Joe
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    • Religious Education Program (REP) >
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      • Religious Ed Forms
      • REP Payments
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    • Faith Enrichment
    • FORMED
    • Vacation Bible School
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Knights of Columbus: 08-04-2019

7/31/2019

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If you are a practicing Catholic male of 18 years or older, you are invited to join the Knights.

www.kofc6693.org

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I Thirst Event on 08-21-2019

7/31/2019

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Our next bible study will be on Wednesday, August 21 at 7:00 pm in the parish center. Join us as we discuss “Living the Christian Life” and learn about James 2:14-26. Read and research before you come. Bring your bible, pen, paper, and questions and be prepared to grow your knowledge of our faith. Arrive early so we can start promptly and please bring a friend! Guided by Fr. Modestus.

Lynn: (717) 503-1600

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Respect Life: 08-04-2019

7/31/2019

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“Precisely in an age when the inviolable rights of the person are solemnly proclaimed and the value of life is publicly affirmed, the very right to life is being denied or trampled upon, especially at the more significant moments of existence: the moment of birth and the moment of death”
—Pope St. John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae © 1995, Libreria Editrice Vaticana. (Used with permission) All rights reserved
 
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I Thirst Event on 07-31-2019

7/26/2019

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Sharing God’s Extraordinary Love: Gain insight and learn the real meaning behind an all-too-familiar passage about love. Join us on Wednesday, July 31 at 7:00 pm in the parish center, as we study 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. Read and research the scripture in advance. Come with your bible, pen, paper, questions, and comments, and be ready to grow your faith. Please arrive early so we can begin promptly. Guided by Fr. Modestus.

Lynn: (717) 503-1600

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Respect Life Blurb: 07-28-2019

7/26/2019

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“Father and maker of all, you adorn all creation with splendor and beauty, and fashion human lives in your image and likeness. Awaken in every heart reverence for the work of your hands, and renew among your people a readiness to nurture and sustain your precious gift of life.”

—A Prayer for Life, Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers

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5th Annual Caring Card Collection - Update July 2019

7/26/2019

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The Living Our Faith ministry will conduct the 5th Annual Caring Cards Collection on October 19 & 20. New regulations regarding materials allowed into our State and County Correctional Facilities have required some changes to our program:
Donations can no longer be accepted at SCI Camp Hill, our PA State Corrections Facility. As such, we sought out and have found a new donation partner, our local Dauphin County Prison. Depending on the volume we collect, cards may also go to other county prison facilities.
  • We can no longer accept calendars. Calendars containing plastic or metal parts like staples cannot go into our prisons. Therefore, we have decided to stop collecting calendars at this time. We deeply regret our inability to accept the beautiful wall calendars you have so generously donated in past years.
  • We cannot accept cards that indicate a donation has been made in a prisoner's name. They often come from missionary and faith-based organizations.
  • As in the past, the sorters greatly appreciate your efforts to match envelopes with cards of the same size. Please remember to start collecting new and unused Christmas and all-occasion cards (with envelopes). Your cards will be given to inmates so they can maintain contact with family members who also suffer during their separation. They can bring hope and a new commitment of change to those who receive them.
 
Questions may be directed to Ann Searer at asearer@comcast.net or (717) 533-9636
 
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Respect Life: 07-21-2019

7/19/2019

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“As a mom who had my first baby in college, I know that an unexpected pregnancy can sometimes bring fear, shame, and doubt. However, I also know that an unexpected pregnancy can bring joy, excitement, awe, gratitude, and deeper love than I knew was possible—not to mention the little bundle who inspires these sentiments!”
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— USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, from 10 Ways to Support Her When She's Unexpectedly Expecting
 
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From the Pastor: 07-21-2019

7/19/2019

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I have been hearing many positive comments about the Summer Mass Schedule and am thinking about making the changes permanent. (I need to get permission from the bishop about changing the Mass times.) I know there are some who liked the old schedule but let me argue a few reasons why a change, in the long run, will be for the better:
  • Parking! Parking! Parking! Having an hour in between Masses has made all the difference when it comes to parking.
  • Sometimes when Mass is longer than an hour (it really is difficult to keep Masses like Christmas, Palm Sunday, and Easter less than an hour…there are just more things to do on those days) or those days when the priest is, ahem, preaching “enthusiastically,” the little bit of extra time really makes coming and going from the parish a little easier
  • It is very, very good to fill the church. The singing is better, the responses are better and there is the real feeling that we are a big and bustling parish…which we are!
  • There is more time before Mass for quiet prayer and reflection.
  • The priests at Saint Joan of Arc have taken on as a permanent assignment the Mass at Indiantown Gap every Sunday morning at 7:30 am. We have the same number of Masses each weekend so we are not getting a sleep-in!
These are just some of the reasons why keeping the Summer Mass Schedule makes sense. I am sure I will hear from you before a final decision is made! Thanks for listening and being open to this possible change! Father Al
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Food Collection: 07-27-2019

7/16/2019

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The Knights of Columbus will be collecting non-perishable food items and personal care items for the Hershey Food Bank before each Mass on July 27 & 28. We also accept monetary donations. All checks should be made to the Hershey Food Bank. Donations are tax-deductible.
 
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Flea Market & Rummage Sale: 08-02-2019

7/16/2019

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St. Joan of Arc Parish Office
305 West Areba Ave.
Hershey, PA 17033

Phone: 717.533.7168    
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Fax: 717.520.0526 
Email: office@stjoanhershey.org
St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church
359 West Areba Ave.
Hershey, PA 17033


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1525 Sand Hill Rd
Hummelstown, PA 17036 

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Website: school.stjoanhershey.org
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