VIGIL MASSES FOR SUNDAY Saturday: 4:00 PM - St. Clare of Assisi Church
SUNDAY MASSES 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM - Resurrection Church
WEEKDAY MASSES Monday: 6:30 PM - St. Clare of Assisi Church Tuesday: 8:00 AM - Resurrection Church Wednesday: 8:00 AM - Resurrection Church Thursday: No Mass Friday: 8:00 AM - Resurrection Church
RECONCILIATION Saturday: 2:30 - 3:00 PM at Resurrection Church Saturday: 3:30 - 4:00 PM at St. Clare of Assisi Church or by appointment
WEEKLY ROSARY Mondays and Fridays at noon at the Resurrection Parish's Oratory
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION * The first Friday of each month at 6:30 PM at Resurrection Church
* After the 6:30 PM Mass on the second Monday of each month at St. Clare of Assisi Church
ST. CLARE OF ASSISI'S SANCTUARY LIGHT INTENTION: For the people of the parish
RESURRECTION'S CHURCH SANCTUARY LIGHT INTENTION: ?In celebration of the 60th wedding anniversary of Chuck and Mary Ann Rager
RESURRECTION'S ORATORYFor the people of the parish
THE WEEKLY BULLETIN WILL NOTE ANY EXCEPTIONS TO THE ABOVE SCHEDULE
PARISH OFFICE 110 Maple Avenue Johnstown, PA 15901
Parish Office Hours Monday through Friday 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM
For our parish to survive, it is important that we all continue giving our weekly contributions to the Church. This can be done by mailing your envelopes to the parish office, 110 Maple Avenue.
Also, for your convenience, online giving has been set up through the Diocesan website at www.dioceseaj.org/giving. Click the Make a Donation button under Your Parish Offertory. You can then choose to make a recurring donation or a one-time donation. After entering an amount, be sure to select our parish and enter your banking or credit card information. God bless you at this time of crisis. Our love and prayers are with you and thank you for continuing to support our parish.
The 2025 Jubilee will officially open on December 24, 2024, at 7:00 PM with a Mass presided over by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square. The rite of the Opening of the Holy Door will follow.
God of Comfort, send your Spirit to encompass all those whose lives are torn apart by violence and death in Israel and Palestine. You are the Advocate of the oppressed and the One whose eye is on the sparrow. Let arms reach out in healing, rather than aggression. Let hearts mourn rather than militarize. God of Justice, give strength to those whose long work for a just peace might seem fruitless now. Strengthen their resolve. Do not let them feel alone. Show us how to support their work and bolster their courage. Guide religious leaders to model unity and reconciliation across lines of division. Guide political leaders to listen with their hearts as they seek peace and pursue it. Help all people choose the rigorous path of just peace and disavow violence. God of Love, we lift up Palestine and Israel — its people, its land, its creatures. War is a monster that consumes everything in its path. Peace is a gift shared at meals of memory with Christians, Muslims, and Jews. Let us burn incense, not children. Let us break bread, not bodies. Let us plant olive groves, not cemeteries. We beg for love and compassion to prevail on all your holy mountains. God of Hope, we lift up the cities of the region: Gaza City and Tel Aviv, Ramallah and Ashkelon, Deir El Balah and Sderot, so long divided, yet so filled with life and creativity. Come again to breathe peace on your peoples that all may recognize you. God of Mercy, even now work on the hearts of combatants to choose life over death, reconciliation over retaliation, restoration over destruction. Help us resist antisemitism in all its forms, especially in our own churches. All people, Israelis and Palestinians, deserve to live in peace and unafraid, with a right to determine their future together. God of the Nations, let not one more child or elder be sacrificed on altars of political expediency. Keep safe all people from unjust leaders who would exploit vulnerability for their own distorted ends. Give wise discernment to those making decisions to pursue peace. Provide them insight into fostering well-being, freedom, and thriving for all. Teach all of us to resolve injustices with righteousness, not rockets. Guard our hearts against retaliation, and give us hearts for love alone. Strengthen our faith in you, O God of All Flesh, even when we don’t have clear answers, so that we may still offer ourselves nonviolently for the cause of peace. Amen.
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is a prayer that was revealed by Jesus to St. Faustina Kowalska. It is recited using ordinary Rosary beads of five decades and is preceded by two opening prayers from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska and followed by a closing prayer. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is prayed on ordinary Rosary beads. See the link below for specific instructions for praying chaplet or the novena.
Use the link below to go to the Divine Mercy page. Each day, the prayers will only take about 10 minutes of your time.
Click here to go to the Daily Lectio Divina Daily Lectio Divina for November.
Pray the Audio Rosary
Click here to go to the Audio Rosary Audio Rosary.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION will be held on First Friday, December 6, from 6:30 to 7:30 PM at Resurrection Church. All are welcome.
EXPOSITION AND BENEDICTION is held the second Monday of each month after the 6:30 PM Mass at St. Clare of Assisi Church. The next adoration will take place on Monday, January 13.
ANDREW ADORATION CHAPEL, 1621 Ferndale Ave, Johnstown: In this blessed time of Eucharistic Revival in our Church, consider visiting and/or committing to an hour at our Perpetual Adoration Chapel. We are always seeking adorers and substitutes. The chapel is open Sunday morning immediately following the 10:30 Mass and remains open until 7:20 AM on Saturday morning each week. Consider giving one hour to our Lord. One does not need to be a member of St. Andrew Parish in order to visit or commit in any way. Currently, we are most in need oww.webparish.cf committed adorers on Tuesday, 12 AM (midnight) to 1 AM, and Thursday morning, 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM. Many hours only have one adorer, and it is preferable to have two each hour. Please call 814-288-4324, Ext. 5, visit https://standrewjtown.weadorehim.com/en/schedule, or feel free to call or text Terri Roy at 815-255-5645 if you feel Our Lord is calling you to sign up for an hour or have any questions. Jesus is waiting for you!
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI: Connect with your Creator, Redeemer, and Spiritual Guide in a stress-free environment at the Eucharistic Adoration every first Friday of the month from 9:30 AM until 5:30 PM at St. Francis of Assisi Church. It is important that each ½ hour or hour have two adorers to adore and protect the Blessed Sacrament.
Our Lord, Jesus Christ, King of the Universe November 24
Sunday is the last Sunday of Ordinary Time for this liturgical year as we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. This feast was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925, at a time when the world was experiencing a rise of secularism, materialism, individualism, and an increasing denial of Christ’s existence and authority. The hope was that the establishment of this feast would accomplish three goals: that nations would see that the Church has the right to freedom, that leaders and nations would see that they are required to give respect to Christ, the King of kings, and that the faithful would be strengthened and encouraged by the reminder that Christ must reign in our hearts, minds, wills and bodies.
We are on the verge of a new Church year and the holy season of Advent, and this week is an ideal time to take stock of our priorities. To see if we really are allowing Christ to reign in all aspects of our daily lives and to ask if He comes first in our schedules, our budgets, and the use of our skills and talents. It’s also a great moment to celebrate! We are not only servants of Christ the King, but we are also His brothers and sisters. This should fill us with great joy! After celebrating the Holy Eucharist, take some time to celebrate at home too. Christ is King!
Let us pray for all that were welcomed home by our Lord this past year.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let Your perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
ST. CLARE OF ASSISI PARISH Lucille Jackson George Trovato Joseph A. Barbera Mario Stumpo Ross DiBuono
RESURRECTIONN PARISH Edward Mesnak Robert Workosky Joseph Baretincic Thomas Seigh Joseph Krstulich Mary Appley Eugene Babik Anna Seminsky Theresa Kinary George Herbert, Sr. Joan Daloni Anna "Jane" Maslak Francis Yuras Edward Wysocki Mary Ann Robatin James Carroll, Jr. Irene Maguth Priscilla Stump Mary H. Miller
Thursday, November 28, is Thanksgiving Day and a special Day of Prayer in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. We pray in thanksgiving for the Harvest and Fruits of the Earth. As our country pauses to give thanks to God, Catholics are encouraged to participate at Mass and give thanks for all the gifts we have received. Please join us in praying the following:
Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his ; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Psalm 100
Father George and the Staff of Resurrection and St. Clare of Assisi Parishes would like to wish all parishioners, their families and their friends a very Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving Day!
Sunday, November 24 Resurrection Church 4:00 P.M.
O Christ Jesus, we acknowledge You, King of the Universe. All that has been created has been made for You. Exercise upon us all Your rights. We renew our baptismal promises renouncing Satan and all his works and pomps. We promise to lead a good Christian life and to do all in our power to procure the triumph of the rights of God and Your Church. Divine Heart of Jesus, We offer You our poor actions in order to obtain that all hearts may acknowledge Your sacred royalty and that thus the reign of Your peace may be established throughout the universe. Amen
Rorate Mass Saturday, December 7 at 6:00AM Resurrection Church
The Rorate Mass is an ancient tradition celebrated during Advent that anticipates the coming of Christ, the Light of the World, and gives praise to God.
The Mass is held early in the morning before sunrise, so the church is lit only by candlelight. As the Mass progresses, the church gradually becomes brighter, just as our lives are brightened by the coming Christ.
Beginning the Mass in darkness and having the church gradually become brighter as daylight approaches allows us to contemplate the world in darkness before the coming of Christ and then the change that occurs as the Light enters the world and brings joy and salvation to His people.
THE SOLEMNITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION MONDAY, DECEMBER 9 A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
O Immaculate Mother, Queen of our country, open our hearts, our homes, and our land to the coming of Jesus, your Divine Son. With Him, reign over us, O heavenly Lady, so pure and so bright with the radiance of God’s light shining in and about you. Amen.
St. Anthony of Padua Church, Windber Wednesday, December 11, 6:00 PM
St. John Gualbert Cathedral Sunday, December 15, 2:00 PM
St. Benedict Church Sunday, December 15, 5:00 PM
Our Mother of Sorrows Church Monday, December 16, 6:00 PM Tuesday, December 17, 6:00 PM
Visitation of the B.V.M. Church Wednesday, December 18, 6:00 PM
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church Windber, Wednesday, December 18, 6:00 PM
St. Patrick Church Thursday, December 19, 6:00 PM
Almighty God, our Rock and our Salvation, we beg you to pour out your Holy Spirit upon our nation. Heal the divisions that separate us and remove all obstacles to authentic unity.
May you guide this great country of ours and lead our citizens to embrace one another as neighbors and fellow countrymen, created in your own image and likeness. Give us a fresh opportunity for renewal and true solidarity for the common good of our homeland.
May we return to our true identity as people of faith and charity. Help us to always remain One Nation, Under God, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all. Amen.
LECTOR TRAINING
There will be two make-up Lector training sessions for anyone who missed the previously scheduled classes. The first will be before the Saturday Mass on November 30, at St. Clare of Assisi Church, at 3:00 P.M. and on Sunday, December 1, at 9:15 A.M. at Resurrection Church. Those who attended the previous training do not need to attend.
ADVENT FAITH-SHARING
Faith-Sharing sessions for Advent will be conducted by Barb Dryzal on Sunday mornings, beginning on December 1, after the 8:00 A.M. Mass in Resurrection Church hall. Deacon Nelson will also conduct the same classes on Tuesday evenings at the Oratory starting on December 3, at 6:30 PM. There will be a sign-up sheet at the back of the Resurrection Church, however, walk-ins are always welcome.
MINISTRY GUIDELINES
Guidelines for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and Lectors can be found below. These guidelines reinforce the training sessions presented by Deacon Nelson and can be referenced as needed.
WOMEN OF THE BIBLE meets on Thursdays at 6:00 PM at Resurrection Oratory. Join us in learning about the remarkable women in the Bible and discussion on how these women? relate to us today.
THE BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP will meet on Sunday, January 12 at 4:00 PM in the Sewing Room (former Sweet Shoppe). We will be discussing "Joy To The World" by Scott Hahn. Looking ahead, our next read will be “The Three Ordinary Voices of God” by Matthew Kelly.
RESURRECTION PARISH'S CHOIR REHEARSALS will be held on Thursday evenings from 6:30-7:30 P.M. in the church choir loft. If you have any interest in joining our choir, especially for Christmas, please contact Emily: (814) 242-4995, emilyroy411@gmail.com. Music ministry is a very beautiful experience, and we hope you will consider singing with us! There will be no rehearsal Thanksgiving week.
THE SEWING GROUP: The group will gather on Wednesday, December 11 at 11:00 A.M. in Oratory Hall for a Christmas celebration.
THE LADIES’ AUXILIARY will hold their Christmas Social for members on Wednesday, December 11, starting at 5:30 PM in Resurrection Hall. Members are reminded to bring a side dish or dessert (and bottle of Christmas cheer, if you like!) to share as well as a Christmas exchange gift ($10 in value – if you wish to participate in the exchange).
WE ARE IN THE FINAL MONTHS OF THE 2024 CATHOLIC MINISTRIES DRIVE: Please mail your contributions directly to the Diocese of Altoona/Johnstown or you may make an online gift at www.dioceseaj.org/giving. All gifts received beyond the parish target amount will be used for your parish. As of October 31, 2024 Resurrection Parish has received 15,345.00 towards the goal of $31,643.00 and St. Clare of Assisi Parish has received 12,350.00, exceeding their goal of $8,472.00.
LECTOR TRAINING MAKE-UP SESSIONS: There will be two make-up Lector training sessions for anyone who missed the previously scheduled classes. The first will be before the Saturday Mass on November 30, at St. Clare of Assisi Church, at 3:00 P.M. and on Sunday, December 1, at 9:15 A.M. at Resurrection Church. Those who attended the previous training do not need to attend.
ADVENT FAITH-SHARING: Please note the day change for Barb Dryzal's sessions. Faith-Sharing sessions for Advent will be conducted by Barb Dryzal on Friday mornings, beginning on November 29, after the 8:00 AM Mass in Resurrection Church hall. Deacon Nelson will also conduct the same classes on Tuesday evenings at the Oratory starting on December 3, at 6:30 PM. There will be a sign-up sheet at the back of the Resurrection Church, however, walk-ins are always welcome.
BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS for the December 1 bulletin are due in to the parish offices by Tuesday, November 26 at 9:00 AM.
RESURRECTION HOLIDAY ROLL SALE will be held on Saturday, December 14 from 9:00 AM until noon at Resurrection Oratory Hall. Pick up some Nut, Poppy Seed and Pineapple Cream Cheese Rolls for the Christmas season.
THANK YOU to the Ladies Auxiliary for their generous donation of $5,000 to the Parish. Thank you for sharing your time and talents in providing support to our Parish through spiritual, social, educational, and fund-raising activities.
LITURGICAL MINISTRY SCHEDULES: Printed copies of the liturgical ministry schedule for the winter months are available in the priest’s sacristy. The schedules can also be found on each parish’s web site. Emailed copies have been sent to those having registered email addresses. The next schedule will be for the seasons of Lent and Easter. As always, thank you for your service to the Lord and to your parish.
Fr. George and the staff and Parishioners of Resurrection and St. Clare of Assisi Parishes would like to wish Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rager a very Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary. Chuck and Mary Ann were married on November 21, 1964 at St. Casimir Church.
Love is patient, love is kind. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:4, 7-8
LOOK FOR THE ANGEL TREES at Resurrection and St. Clare of Assisi churches on Saturday and Sunday, November 16 and 17. Resurrection Parish will be purchasing gifts for the children of the Cambria City Mission and the seniors of Villa Crest Personal Care Home. St. Clare of Assisi Parish will be purchasing gifts for the babies of The Gabriel Project. When taking a tag please remember to write the number that is on the tag in the book located by the tree, and sign your name and phone number. Please return gifts by Friday, December 6 to the respective Parish Office or on Saturday, December 7 (St. Clare gifts only) to St. Clare of Assisi Church or Sunday, December 8 (Resurrection Gifts only) to Resurrection Church.
PINEAPPLE CREAM CHEESE ROLLS: We will be baking Pineapple Cream Cheese Rolls on Saturday, December 7 beginning at 8:00 AM at the Resurrection Oratory Hall. All help would be most appreciated.
THE RESURRECTION PARISH JANUARY 2025 SIZZLER CALENDAR TICKETS will be on sale beginning on Sun., Oct. 6. They may be purchased before or after the Sunday Masses, at the Parish Offices, Remmco Plumbing or at Symon’s Car Wash during regular business hours. You may also call Pat Gregorchik at 539-6320 for more information or to purchase Sizzlers. The cost is $20.00 per ticket. They make wonderful Christmas and birthday gifts!
CELEBRATE THE SEASON BREAKFAST: Please join us on Sunday, December 8 after the 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM Masses in Resurrection Church Hall as we celebrate the Season and enjoy a hearty breakfast. The cost is $5.00 per person. All are welcome. There also will be some Christmas activities for the children.
The breakfasts will restart in 2025 on the second Sunday of each month (January 12, February 9, etc.). Serving will take place after the 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM Masses. All are welcome to help. Ninth, 10th, and 11th grade students can receive service hours. The cost remains $5.00.
THE WEST END FOOD PANTRY is in need of donations for the upcoming Holiday Season. Items needed include: 29 oz. cans Sweet Potatoes, instant mashed potatoes, Stove Top Turkey Stuffing, canned gravy and vegetables, Cranberry Sauce, canned Pumpkin, Noodles for Soup, cake/cookie mixes, Jello mix, paper products, etc.. Please place non-perishable food items in the marked containers at the back of the church. Thank you.
THE 2024 CATHOLIC MINISTRIES DRIVE. Your sacrificial gifts of prayer and treasure will make an immediate impact on ministries that focus on evangelization, serving those in need, and the formation of our priests and deacons. During Lent and throughout the year, we are challenged to renew our spiritual devotions and duties, and one of those holy duties is to support the Church. This year, our campaign’s theme is Encountering Christ. During this time of Eucharistic Revival, Encountering Christ is an invitation to grow in your living relationship with Christ in the Eucharist, to open your heart to serving your brothers and sisters, and to fulfill your holy duty of supporting the Church with gifts of your time, talent, and treasure.
Please mail your contributions to the Diocese of Altoona/Johnstown, or make an online gift by clicking the button below. 100% of your gift goes directly to these ministries. All gifts received beyond the parish target amount will be used for your parish. The target amounts for 2024 are: Resurrection Parish, $31,643.00; and St. Clare of Assisi Parish, $8,472.00.
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Catholic Charities: Altoona: 814-944-9388 Johnstown: 814-535-6538 St. Vincent de Paul, Johnstown: 814-535-4357 SVDP Family Kitchen: 814-539-7811 Crisis Pregnancy/Pro-Life: Birthright of Johnstown: 814-535-8231 Gabriel Project- Gail Bala: 814-539-0155 Diocesan Family Life Office: 814-695-5579
YOUNG ADULT GROUP (18-39): The next Theology on Tap is November 20 at 6:00 PM at the Boulevard Grill with Fr. Andriy Kelt, Pastor of Saint Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Northern Cambria, speaking on the Eastern Liturgies. Theology on Tap will be a week early on November 20 and December 18 because of the holidays. All young adults aged 18-39 are welcome to join us for faith, food, and fellowship! For more information or to sponsor our group contact Geoffrey Stumpo at (814) 659-7415 or geoffstumpo@gmail.com.
* PUBLIC ROSARY: We will be lifting our prayers for keeping Christ in Christmas on Thursday, December 12 at 6:30 PM at St. Clement Church and on Saturday, December 14 at 11:30 AM (Please note the time change.) in Central Park, downtown Johnstown. Please join us.
* THE ST. FRANCIS GABRIEL PROJECT is a pro-life ministry which has provided much needed assistance to babies and their families since 2009. Operating from St. Francis Church in Johnstown, we are always in need of gently used baby clothes, grooming products, diapers, and wipes. Volunteers are also welcome. Currently, we have over fifty registered families. For more information, please contact Gale at 814-539-0155.
* PRO LIFE VIGIL is held every Thursday, at 11:00 AM across from the Planned Parenthood on Franklin Street in Johnstown.
* UPJ’S CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRIES STUDENTS are looking to do God’s will by giving back to those in our Johnstown community. If anyone is in need or has any potential work that needs completed (yard work, painting, gutters cleaned, winterization, lights hung, etc..), please contact LaDonna McCrary at (814) 977-4277 or Lam220@pitt.edu
* FR. ARON MAGHSOUDI'S ETHNIC BUS TRIP 2025 - Our parish will host a bus pilgrimage on Saturday January 11 to visit the Nationality Rooms at the Cathedral of Learning of the University of Pittsburgh with a special presentation by the Nationality Room staff and Attorney Joseph Bielecki (it should be excellent). These rooms, uniquely adorned with accurate architecture and furnishings from thirty-one different nationalities, are a true treasure of Western Pennsylvania. Following the tour, Mass will be celebrated at the “Polish Cathedral of Pittsburgh,” Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, after which there will be a tour of historic St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church in The Run (the church shortly after exiting the Squirrel Hill Tunnels). Dinner concludes the evening at Emil’s Lounge with a meal of fried chicken, halupki, kolbasi and all the sides (cash bar). Bus pick up locations at Central City, Boswell, and Latrobe. The cost is per person is $70 and includes dinner. To register please call the parish (814) 754-5224. History, art, architecture, faith, in a rich ethnic mosaic - without leaving Western PA - a good way to spend a day!
* SHADOW STATIONS OF THE CRIB Advent is just weeks away! Please join us on the first Sunday of Advent, December 1 at St. Clement Church at 6:30 PM as we pray the Stations of the Crib. We will use shadow stations with prayer, song, and guided meditation to prepare for Christmas. We will begin with the Annunciation and will travel through the Return of the Holy Family from Egypt. For those who prefer to join us in prayer in daylight, we will be praying the stations with All Saints Parish at their activity center at 505 Center Avenue, Boswell at 2:00 PM on December 1. All are invited!
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Prayer for All Souls
It is a Catholic practice to pray for our deceased brothers and sisters, especially during November so that their time in purgatory will be shortened and their arrival in the Kingdom of God will be hastened. Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord. May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.
Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son Jesus in union with all the Masses said throughout the world today; for the holy souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the Universal Church, in my home and in my family. Amen.
It is recommended we pray this after every decade of the Rosary. Our Lady also imparted to Hungarian visionary Mrs. Elizabeth Szanto Erzebet, (mother of six who died in 1985), the following message on October 13, 1962 on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the last apparition at Fatima.
Proclaiming herself as "The Flame of Love", Our Lady said: "My Daughter, your compassion for suffering souls moved my Motherly heart so much that I will grant the grace that if anyone anywhere will say Three Hail Mary's in reference to my Flame of Love, then on each occasion a soul will be freed from Purgatory.
Furthermore, "In the month of the Holy Souls (November) TEN SOULS WILL BE FREED FROM PURGATORY FOR EACH HAIL MARY...Suffering souls will also feel the effect of the grace coming from my Motherly Flame of Love."
This is our opportunity to storm Heaven with our Rosaries during this month. Think of the number of souls you will all be able to deliver from Purgatory into the Glory of Heaven through your Hail Mary's. They won't forget you!!!
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