Catholic Church Palomino Lane, Fort Myers, FL P F September 23, 2018 ORIGIN OF THE

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1 St. Joh XXIII Catholic Church Palomio Lae, Fort Myers, FL P F September 23, 2018 ORIGIN OF THE Holy Rosary by: Fr. William Sauders T he rosary is oe of the most cherished prayers of our Catholic Church. Archbishop Fulto Shee said, The rosary is the book of the blid, where souls see ad there eact the greatest drama of love the world has ever kow; it is the book of the simple, which iitiates them ito mysteries ad kowledge more satisfyig tha the educatio of other me; it is the book of the aged, whose eyes close upo the shadow of this world, ad ope o the substace of the ext. The power of the rosary is beyod descriptio. I troduced by the Creed, the Our Father, three Hail Marys ad the Doxology ( Glory Be ), ad cocluded with the Salve Regia, the rosary ivolves the recitatio of five decades cosistig of the Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, ad the Doxology. Durig this recitatio, the idividual meditates o the savig mysteries of our Lord s life ad the faithful witess of our Blessed Mother. Joureyig through the Joyful, Lumious, Sorrowful ad Glorious mysteries of the rosary, the idividual brigs to mid our Lord s icaratio, His public miistry, His passio ad death, ad His resurrectio from the dead. I so doig, the rosary assists us i growig i a deeper appreciatio of these mysteries, i uitig our lives more closely to our Lord ad i implorig His graced assistace to live the faith. We also ask for the prayers of our Blessed Mother, the exemplar of faith, who leads all believers to her So. T he origis of the rosary are sketchy at best. The use of prayer beads ad the repeated recitatio of prayers to aid i meditatio stem from the earliest days of the Church ad has roots eve i pre-christia times. Evidece exists from the Middle Ages that strigs of beads were used to help a perso cout the umber of Our Fathers or Hail Marys recited. Actually, these strigs of beads became kow as Paterosters, the Lati for Cotiued o Page 3 St. Joh XXIII Catholic Parish i Fort Myers, Ic. a Florida o-profit corporatio

2 September 23, 2018 MASS SCHEDULE Daily Masses: Moday-Saturday, 8:00am Rosary-7:30am (Mo.-Sat.) Divie Mercy after 8am Mass Weeked Masses: Saturday Mass 8:00am, 4:00pm, Vietamese Mass 8:00pm Suday, 7:15am, 9:15am, & 11:15am Spaish Mass: 1:15pm first Suday each moth Recociliatio: Saturday 8:30-9:00am First Friday Adoratio: Friday 8:30-9:00am Pastor Rev. Robert Tabbert Parochial Vicars Fr. Saji Ellickal M.C.B.S. Fr. Lawrece M. Nguye Deacos Deaco Rich Klish Deaco Nick Jurasevich Deaco Fracis Head CHURCH OFFICE HOURS: Moday-Friday, 8:00am-Noo 1:00-4:00pm MINISTRY TO THE SICK: A priest is o call 7 days a week, 24hrs a day for these hospitals: Health Park - St. Columbkille Church Lee Memorial - St. Fracis Xavier Church Gulf Coast - St. Joh XXIII RECEIVING THE SACRAMENT: You are able to receive the Sacramet of the Sick before beig admitted to a facility. St. Columbkille - Hope Hospice Health Park Circle, Ft. Myers, FL St. Raphael - Lehigh Acres Health & Rehab Ceter Lee Blvd, Lehigh Acres, FL Hope Hospice Wigs Way, Lehigh Acres, FL St. Leo - Hope Hospice Imperial Pkwy, Boita Sprigs, FL St. Vicet de Paul - Discovery Village Lafayette St, Ft. Myers, FL St. Vicet de Paul - Promise Hospital Lafayette St, Ft. Myers, FL The Missio of St. Joh XXIII Catholic Church is to actively egage all those who desire to more fully accept ad live out the message of Christ, welcomig ad respectig all people regardless of backgroud, history, race or color, as we strive to urture spiritual growth ad persoal holiess o our jourey to become more resposible stewards of God s gifts. Mass Itetios Saturday, September 22d 8:00 AM + Clara Colombo by Herb & Kathy 4:00 PM Daiel & Arlee Duga - Happy 60th Weddig Aiversary 8:00 PM + Deceased Parishioers of St. Joh XXIII Suday, September 23rd 7:15 AM + Eric Gjerpe by Debbie Earle 9:15 AM Felix Jose by his wife, Suja Thomas 11:15 AM + Albert K. Gibbs by Loretta Gibbs Moday, September 24th 8:00 AM + Rose Tucker by Jim & Peggy Schweitzer Tuesday, September 25th 8:00 AM I Thaksgivig for Kahlil Deyto's Birthday Wedesday, September 26th 8:00 AM + Josephie Villa by Judy & Paul Cool Thursday, September 27th 8:00 AM + Mother Mary Rovak by Michael & Cora Rovak Friday, September 28th 8:00 AM + A.J. Cooper by his parets, Tom & Dodie Saturday, September 29th 8:00 AM + Betty Clarke by Bill 4:00 PM + Jim Reiser by Jea & family 8:00 PM + Teresa Suday, September 30th 7:15 AM + Thmas Halle by Joe O'Sulliva 9:15 AM+ Paul delaporte by Joae & Charles Doches 11:15 AM + Ae Washigto by the Satiago family THE 2019 MASS BOOK IS OPEN THROUGH JUNE 2019 To esure availability throughout the year, we must limit requests for the Eglish speakig Masses to o more tha (2) weeked Masses ad (2) weekday Masses for the etire year. Other optios will remai available: Taberacle Cadle $15 per week, Eucharistic Host $15 per week. SEPTEMBER 30TH, READINGS 1ST READING NM 11: ND READING JAS 5:1-6 GOSPEL MK 9:38-43, 45, Miister Schedule September 29th & September 30th Saturday 4:00 PM LECTORS: Ch. Nieset, Ca. Nieset, J. Dalida SERVERS: O. Villarreal, E. Villarreal, C. Villarreal Suday, 7:15 AM LECTORS: T. Peza, D. Davis, F. Carroll SERVERS: N. Wheeler, A. Villiers, N. Villiers Suday, 9: 15 AM LECTORS: J. Daehy, C. Lazo, E. Adrews SERVERS: E. Shaaha, W. Shaaha, A. Charles Suday, 11:15 AM LECTORS: S. Cruz, H. Cruz, S. Cruz SERVERS: T. Gaeta, M. Gaeta, N. Gaeta, M. Iwiski Pastoral Team Busiess Maager Holly Atkis holly@johxxiii.et Maiteace Supervisor Rob Erp Dir. of Faith Formatio Chris Biel chrisdre@johxxiii.et Bookkeeper Aa Thompso aa@johxxiii.et Receptioist MaryA Deas marya@johxxiii.et Admi. Assistat Jeifer Baumgarder jeb@johxxiii.et Coordiator of Parishioer Egagemet Jeifer Egelma jeifer@johxxiii.et Bulleti Editor Collee Leavy bulletieditor@johxxiii.et Director of Music Miistries Thomas Tiehel tom@johxxiii.et Thrift Store Maager Cythia Cozatti thrift@johxxiii.et S. Tamiami Trail #110 Ft. Myers, FL PART-TIME EMPLOYEES: Parish Life Ceter Coordiator Ivette Jaoschka ivette@johxxiii.et Coordiator/High School & Youg Adult Miistry Beth Beham beth@johxxiii.et Coordiator/Middle School & Youg Adult Miistry Kelly Evers kelly@johxxiii.et Faith Formatio Assistat Trisha Fields trisha@johxxiii.et Office Assistat Breda Gregory breda@johxxiii.et Admi. Assistat Barbara Lage blage@johxxiii.et

3 September 23, 2018 Saturday, September 22d Blood Pressure Check by the Nurses after all Masses K of C Table for NAMI Walks Ifo Wome's Guild Table Ticket Sales Broadway Palm & Pasta Dier Prayer Walk/Abortio Cliic: Meets after the 9:15am Mass Vigil Mass 4pm Vietamese Mass 8pm Suday, September 23rd 7:15, 9:15 ad 11:15am Masses Blood Pressure Check by the Nurses after all Masses K of C Table for NAMI Walks Ifo Wome's Guild Table Ticket Sales Broadway Palm & Pasta Dier Kick off Mass for Faith Formatio at the 11:15am Mass Ope House for New Faith Formatio Families/CCR 12:15pm Moday, September 24th Me's Gospel Forum/CCR 7am Craftie Ladies/Villas 1pm Commuity Outreach/CCR 7pm Tuesday, September 25th Opeig the Word/CCR 9am Bereavemet 1pm Spaish Rosary/Cry Room 6pm Boy Scouts/Villa 7pm Matthew 10 - Jesus Commissios the Twelve/CCR 6:30pm Wedesday, September 26th Blessed Little Agels/IMAG 10am First Night Faith Formatio Sessio I 4:15pm Childre's Choir Practice 5:25pm First Night Faith Formatio Sessio II 6pm MSYG - Kick off Celebratio/ CCR 6pm Middle School Choir Practice 7:15pm - 8pm Thursday, September 27th Choir/Choir Loft 6pm RCIA Iquiry - Prayer Process/ Church 6pm Friday, September 28th Faith & Film/CCR 5:30pm Saturday, September 29th Vigil Mass 4pm Pasta Dier 1st Seatig/ CCR 5:30pm NAMI Walks/City of Ft. Myers Pier 6pm Pasta Dier 2d Seatig/ CCR 7pm Vietamese Mass 8pm Suday, September 30th 7:15, 9:15 ad 11:15am Masses/Hospitality Kick off for Cofirmatio/CCR 5pm ORIGIN OF THE Holy Rosary cotiued Our Father. For example, i the 12th cetury, to help the ueducated better participate i the liturgy, the recitatio of 150 Our Fathers served as a substitute for the 150 Psalms, ad became kow as the poor ma s breviary. T he structure of the rosary gradually evolved betwee the 12th ad 15th ceturies. Evetually 50 Hail Marys (or more) were recited ad were liked with verses of psalms or other phrases evokig the joys of Mary, i.e. scees i the lives of Jesus ad Mary. I 1409 Domiic of Prussia, a Carthusia mok, popularized the practice settig 50 phrases about the lives of Jesus ad Mary with 50 Hail Marys. Durig this time, this prayer form became kow as the rosarium ( rose garde ), actually a commo term used to desigate a collectio of similar material, such as a athology of stories o the same subject or theme. Evetually, the sorrows of Mary ad the heavely joys were distiguished, brigig the umber of Hail Marys to 150. Evetually, the 150 Hail Marys were joied to the 150 Our Fathers, a Hail Mary followig each Our Father. I the early 15th cetury, Hery Kalkar (d. 1408), aother Carthusia, divided the 150 Hail Marys ito groups of 10, with each group marked by a Our Father. By the 16th cetury, the structure of the five-decade rosary was based o the three sets of mysteries joyful (Auciatio, Visitatio, Nativity, Presetatio ad Fidig i the Temple), sorrowful (Agoy i the Garde, Scourgig, Crowig with Thors, Carryig of the Cross ad Death) ad glorious (Resurrectio, Ascesio, Petecost, Assumptio ad Coroatio). I 2002, our beloved late Holy Father, Pope Joh Paul II, istituted the lumious mysteries: Baptism at the Jorda, Weddig Feast of Caa, Proclamatio of the Kigdom of God, Trasfiguratio ad Istitutio of the holy Eucharist. Also, after the apparitios of Our Lady at Fatima i 1917, the prayer Mary taught to the childre has geerally bee added at the ed of each decade: O my Jesus, forgive us our sis, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heave, especially those i greatest eed of Thy mercy. T raditio does hold that St. Domiic (d. 1221) devised the rosary as we kow it. Moved by a visio of our Blessed Mother, he preached the use of the rosary i his missioary work amog the Albigesias, a group of faatical heretics. The Albigesias, amed after the tow of Albi i souther Frace where they lived, believed that everythig material was evil ad everythig spiritual was good. For this reaso, they deied the icaratio of our Lord; for them, Jesus the true God becomig also true ma ad acceptig our huma ature was simply uthikable. Followig this teachig, each perso s soul was imprisoed i the evil body. Therefore, they abstaied from marital love, because o oe should impriso aother soul i a body. Their greatest act of religio was called the edura, a act of suicide which freed the soul from the body. They also fought agaist ay authority that represeted a kigdom of this world, assassiatig royal ad Church officials alike. The Church codemed these heretics, ad St. Domiic tried to covert them through reasoable preachig ad geuie Christia love. Ufortuately, royal authority was less compassioate. (Just as a aside, a travel show televised a program o souther Frace, ad visited the tow of Albi, otig that these people were persecuted by the Church ; the arrator failed to report that these people were suicidal heretics whose teachigs jeopardized the souls of the faithful.) Nevertheless, St. Domiic used the rosary as a useful istrumet to covert the Albigesias. S ome scholars take exceptio to St. Domiic s actual role i formig the rosary sice the earliest accouts of his life do ot metio it, the Domiica costitutios do ot lik him with it, ad cotemporaeous paitigs of St. Domiic do ot iclude it as a symbol to idetify the sait. I 1922, Dom Louis Gougaud stated, The various elemets which eter ito the compositio of that Catholic devotio commoly called the rosary are the product of a log ad gradual developmet which bega before St. Domiic s time, which cotiued without his havig ay share i it, ad which oly attaied its fial shape several ceturies after his death. However, other scholars would argue that St. Domiic ot so much iveted the rosary as he preached its use to covert siers ad those who had strayed from the Faith. Moreover, at least a doze popes have metioed St. Domiic s coectio with the rosary i various papal prooucemets, sactioig his role as at least a pious belief. The first such metio was made by Pope Alexader VI i PAGE 3

4 HOW TO PRAY THE ROSARY Hold the crucifix, make the Sig of the Cross ad the recite the Apostles Creed. Recite the Our Father o the first large bead. Recite a Hail Mary for a icrease of faith, hope ad charity o each of the three small beads. Recite the Glory Be to the Father ad the Fatima Prayer o the chai/cord. Recall the first Rosary Mystery ad recite the Our Father o the large bead. O each of the adjacet te small beads (also referred to as a decade, recite a Hail Mary while reflectig o the mystery. O the chai/cord, recite the Glory Be to the Fatima ad the Fatima Prayer. Prayer List Please remember i your prayers all of our parish family ad frieds who suffer physically, emotioally or spiritually, especially: Elaie Qua Rya Novajasky Lye Haughey Lida Sayres Carol Clause Erika Arquilla Hlavacek Lida Kircher Marlee LaRose Ages Boller Patricia Esposito Barbara Waigad Mario Leo Loga Belisle Rafael Boluda Michael Mazzilli Dick Fitzpatrick Kate Taylor Jacob Syder Sue Gotsch Joyce Ferrati Eloise Mae Biodrowski Da Murphy Sr. Ralph Godec Chris Spriger Kerri Marie Gaccioe Fr. Jim Hickey Keith Kovalic Debbie Bitz Bates Margie Harrigto Al Olds Nila Molar Elizabeth Adrews Paul A. Locher Jr. Michael Assate Edward Grob Richard Netherly Hele Maio Daiel Gelder These ames are kept i the bulleti for oe moth. If you would like cotiual prayer, please add your ame to the prayer book i the Narthex. The best way to esure your loved oes are cosistetly prayed for withi our greater E-Prayer Commuity - Betsy Egelbrecht at e-prayer@popejoh23.et Their ames will be circulated to a ever-growig list of people who will pray for them by ame! Each succeedig decade is prayed i a similar maer by recallig the appropriate mystery, recitig the Our Father, the Hail Marys, the Glory Be to the Father, ad the Fatima Prayer while reflectig o the mystery. Whe the fifth mystery is completed, the Rosary is completed, the Rosary is customarily cocluded with the Hail Quee ad the Sig of the Cross. Ways to Memorialize For requests to memorialize a loved oe, you may call or stop i our Parish office. Prayers foreteral Life Life is chaged, ot eded. Eteral rest grat uto them, O Lord! Roger Gillis Barbara Rega A Kibelbek Marguerite Hassel TaberacleCadle I Memory of: Requested by: FYI Sue Armmo's Robert "Bob" Ammo The Harley's CREDIT CARD POLICY: We MUST request that ay credit card trasactios made at St. Joh XXIII be a miimum of $25. Thak You! PAGE 4

5 Geeral Aoucemets Have You Listeed to Our Podcasts? Liste to our weekly ispiratioal messages from Father Bob ad homilies from Mass. Visit our site weekly at johxxiii.podbea.com Like our Facebook Page! For all the latest happeigs ad ispiratioal messages Like us o Facebook. Just search St. Joh XXIII Catholic Church". Our Weekly Newsletter: Visit our website, johxxiii.et, scroll dow to Stay Coected ad eter your address. Dowload Our Parish App: Foster a stroger parish life at St. Joh XXIII ad better egage the New Evagelizatio. Dowload our app today at myparishapp.com or search your phoe s app store for myparish. You ca also text the word APP to 88202! St. Joh XXIII Catholic Church Mass Times: Stay up to date ad visit: for our Mass schedule. Directory of Perpetual Adoratio Chapels: If you are visitig, vacatioig or away from home, you ca fid churches that provide Adoratio by visitig org/states/perp.htm Iterested i Servig our Parish Family Durig Mass? Me, wome ad tees may serve as a Greeter, Usher, Lector, or Eucharistic Miister. Please cotact the parish office at (239) , if you feel called to serve i ay of these areas, we ca use your time ad talet! Broadway Palm Tickets: Dier ad the show "42d Street" at The Broadway Palm o Suday, October 28th. Tickets are $65 ad o-refudable. Dier is at 5:30pm ad showtime is 7pm. Tickets will be sold i the Narthex this weeked. For more iformatio cotact Lois Becker at (239) or lastftmyers@embarqmail.com Low Glute Hosts: If you are iterested i receivig low glute hosts at Mass, the please go to the Sacristy before Mass begis to make your request with a Sacrista. Coffee & Douts Hospitality: Additioal people eeded after the 7:15am, 9:15am, 11:15am Suday Masses, to help with coffee ad douts hospitality. You would be part of a team that would rotate o a mothly basis. You must go through the voluteer process. For iformatio cotact Jeifer Baumgarder i the office at (239) Heavely Childre: This miistry was fouded to allow families who have lost childre to gather together with other parets who uderstad the pai of losig a child. Please cotact Emily Johso at emily@ourmiraclesaroudus.com for more iformatio. Jourey to Hope: We offer support ad educatio to families with metal illess or with dual diagosis at our Jourey to Hope mothly 6pm meetig at St. Columbkille. The ext meetigs are October 1st, November 5th ad December 3rd. People Askig For Moey Outside of Church: We remid you that if there is ayoe askig for moey aroud the Church outside of Mass at our exits, igore them. We have bee cotacted by the police regardig a group of professioals who travel to various churches. Be geerous i givig to our Poor Boxes. That is where ad how we ca assist those who are truly i eed. Be sure to take your purses with you to Commuio. FREE Rosary Repair: Sed broke rosaries i a padded evelope to: Betty & Dick Holde, 7930 Estero Blvd., #502, Ft. Myers Beach, FL Rosaries will be retured withi a week of receipt. Old or broke rosaries may also be doated, repaired ad set to the missios. For more iformatio holdebd@gmail.com or call Dick at (239) New Parishioers Philip & Kathlee Fotaie Oelys Caballero-Lopez Rya & Katie Dowey Joseph & Shari Gigliotti Those who are ew to our Parish this year, ad those who ve bee comig for years without beig registered, we eed your help i stayig orgaized ad plaig for our future eeds. Havig a accurate database of our parishioers will help us kow where ad how we eed to grow. Thak you to everyoe who registered with our Parish. If you have ot received a welcome letter, please call the Parish Office to cofirm your registratio. All ew parishioers, ad those iterested i registerig i our Parish, are ivited to atted The New Parishioer Orietatio o Suday, November 11th, 2018 at 12:30pm. This is your opportuity to become iformed ad active members of the Parish ad participate i our various miistries. Registerig at St. Joh XXIII is a declaratio of your desire to be part of a Catholic commuity. Please let the parish office kow your address OR you ca eve update it o the Parish website! Frequetly, those seekig to celebrate Marriage, Baptisms or serve as sposors for Cofirmatio or Baptism request a letter statig that they are parishioers. To receive such a letter, oe must be registered i the parish, atted Mass regularly, ad be committed to stewardship of time, talet ad treasure. Oe meas of verifyig participatio is through the use of parish offertory evelopes. If you choose ot to participate i the support of the parish or are uable to cotribute at this time, please at least ote your prayerful support o your evelope ad place it i the weekly offertory basket. PRAYERS FOR Our Military Persoel PFC Brya Bard Sea Ball Major Bart Boma Staff Sgt. Deis Cosgrove Sgt. Phil Dellibovi Staff Sgt. Chris Domiski 2d Lt. Adrew Duga, Army Captai Adrew Duguay Sgt. Jared Gaudet Tech Sgt Jeffrey K. Gree 1st Lt. Kelly Hall Adrew Herma 1st Lt. Paige Hortma Sgt. Kathlee Hudepohl PFC Michael P Hughes SPC Michael Jedak PFC Adrew Kaopkh Michael Klem Capt. Bradley D. Laux Lt. Jacob Mudo, US Army Sgt. Nicholas Mudo, USMC WELCOME SSGT Athoy Padula LCP James Paleik Master SGT Peter Pariso Sgt. Justi Pigicer, Army Lt. Col. Brady Sexto 2d Lt. Kriste Thompso Christia Trouter, US Navy Alex Zizzo, US Navy Medic PFC Jorda Feil, USA Hayde Lide Aaro Crump, USCG PFC Nathaiel Broemmel Lt. Com. Mark Buoomo Col. Scott C. Woodward Private Nicholas Loeb, ARNG Staff Sgt. Alec DeLuca Adrew Hawkiso, USN Cavalry Scout Specialist, Rya Silva, Army 2d Lt. Greg Fry, USMC Lord God, Almighty Father, Creator of makid ad author of peace, as we are ever midful of the cost paid for the liberty we possess, we ask you to bless the members of our armed forces. Give them courage, hope ad stregth. May they ever experiece your firm support, getle love ad compassioate healig. Be their power ad protector, leadig them from darkess to light. To you be all glory, hoor ad praise, ow ad forever. Ame Mary Grace Jeffrey & Laura Hess Michael Jacio PAGE 5

6 Faith Formatio Cotact Chris Biel THIS WEEK IN FAITH FORMATION: O Suday September 23rd we will have a kick off Mass for Faith Formatio at 11:15am followed by a family orietatio for those who are ew to the Faith Formatio program. The meetig will take place i the commuity room ad will last approximately a hour. Faith Formatio first day of class will be Wedesday September 26th. CHILDREN S LITURGY OF THE WORD is a program for childre ages 4 to 10 that takes place each Suday durig the 9:15am & 11:15am Masses. After the opeig prayer, the childre alog with their Catechist move to the chapel to hear ad discuss the Suday readigs at a level they will uderstad. At the offertory, the childre retur to the assembly for the remaider of the Mass. There is o registratio required for Childre s Liturgy of the Word. While we wat this to be a fu ad egagig experiece for the childre, they are expected to behave i a appropriate maer, respectful to adults ad to God s House. Please talk to your child about this before havig them atted Childre s Liturgy of the Word. Because this is a guided lesso, we ask that childre youger tha age 4 do ot atted. If you would like more iformatio, or to be a part of this program, please cotact Chris Biel at or chrisdre@johxxiii.et OUR POLICIES FOR SACRAMENT PREPARATION: BAPTISM: Cogratulatios o your decisio to baptize your child! At St. Joh XXIII we are happy to help your family prepare for the celebratio. Baptisms are offered for registered members of Sait Joh XXIII ad are scheduled oly after the preparatio process is completed by the parets. Please do ot make arragemets for family members util you have actually received a date. Cotact the office at (239) for more iformatio or to begi the process. FIRST COMMUNION: (also called First Eucharist ad First Recociliatio) Childre i First grade or above, who have expressed a desire ad willigess ad are attedig Mass, are welcome to begi the two year process of preparig for these Sacramets. The first year cosists of regular attedace at Faith Formatio classes or through a Diocesa Catholic school. (Either St. Fracis Xavier or St. Adrew) The secod year cotiues those classes, but also adds i direct Sacrametal Preparatio (Recociliatio ad Commuio) sessios. Cotact Chris at for more iformatio or to begi the process. Parets who Home school their childre must cotact the office durig Year I. CONFIRMATION PREPARATION: celebratig the Sacramet of Cofirmatio is a two year process that ow begis at the start of 9th Grade ad is celebrated i the Fall of 11th grade. (Older tees are certaily welcome also!). Each year cosists of Faith Formatio through the parish Youth Group or a Diocesa Catholic school (Bishop Verot) as well as scheduled Cofirmatio classes ad a retreat. Please ote: Studets from Bishop Verot must register ad atted the preparatio classes at the begiig of 9th grade. If you are eterig the 9th grade or would like more iformatio o our program, cotact Chris at (239) to begi the process. ADULT FAITH Educatio All Are Ivited to Opeig The Word! Opeig the Word is a weekly Bible Study explorig the upcomig Suday Readigs. Whe? Tuesday Morigs from 9am-10am The Next Sessio: Tuesday, September 25th We will use the parish resource, Formed.org to prepare for the Readigs that we hear each Suday. To register go to ad use parish code: 1823ee to see Catholic cotet 24/7. We will watch a short video (7-10 miutes), share what the Readigs say to us, ad discuss how we ca apply them to our lives. This Bible Study meets every Tuesday morig i the church commuity room from 9am-10am All are Welcome! JOIN OUR BIBLE STUDY JEFF CAVINS BIBLE STUDY THROUGH OCTOBER 30TH 6:30-8:30PM IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM It is ot too late to joi our 2d - 8 week Series i the Commuity Room! To REGISTER ad CREATE a ACCOUNT, please visit ad FOLLOW the INSTRUCTIONS to joi our study ad purchase your study set book. It will be shipped to you directly! Cotact for this bible study is: Edith Trafford at lacith@aol.com PAGE 6

7 Youg Adult Miistry xt 107 Cotact Beth Beham beth@johxxiii.et Cotact Kelly Evers kelly@johxxiii.et Welcomig All Youg Adults WINE & PAINT October 4th - Rooted will be hostig a Wie & Pait Evet. Come joi i the FUN from 7pm-9pm. Please cotact Beth or Kelly for more details ad to RSVP. Joi Our Facebook Group: Rooted at St. Joh XXIII for updates ad local happeigs. Youth Miistry xt 107 HSYG Cotact Beth Beham beth@johxxiii.et MSYG Cotact Kelly Evers kelly@johxxiii.et High School Youth Group HSYG - Sudays 5pm to 6:30pm *NOTE NEW TIME September 30th - Youth Group Spirit Nights are ope to high school studets grades Joi the Kick off celebratio with music, games ad food! 2019 PARISH CALENDAR Youth Miistry is sellig ads if you would like to commemorate a special date reserve them ow! Days are $20/each or 6 for $100. Go olie to: Deadlie October 1st. Save the Date: September 29th - Walk with Us #StigmaFree - Our team is Jourey to Hope at St. Joh XXIII Catholic Church as we come together to raise awareess ad fud support for Natioal Alliace o Metal Illess (NAMI) buildig better lives for families affected by metal illess. See page 13 for more details. Middle School Youth Group MSYG - Wedesdays 6pm to 7:15pm September 26th - Kick off Celebratio! Parets ad youth are ecouraged to atted the celebratio. Opeig prayer will start promptly at 6pm followed by dier service. Please brig a dessert to share. At 6:45pm a iformatioal meetig o the seaso will begi followed by the ot so ewlywed family game. Thikig about joiig the Catholic Church, but feel a little lost? The RCIA iquiry stage is the startig place for adults who are thikig about eterig the Catholic Church. Be still, ad kow that I am God. Psalm 46:10 I the iquiry stage, you re just fidig out about Jesus, Christiaity, ad the Catholic Church. Talk to people, walk aroud i our shoes for a bit ad get a feel for the place. As a iquirer, you re ot yet sure exactly what you thik about the Catholic Church. Your mai task here is to develop your faith a little bit, get to kow Christ, prayer, the Catholic Church, ad how Christias live. That s the oly way you ca make a iformed decisio about eterig the Catholic Church. INQUIRY SESSIONS THURSDAY AT 6:30PM September: 9/27: - Pray October: 10/4: - What do Catholics Believe? 10/11: - Most Holy Triity 10/18: - Why be Catholic?/Te Reasos 10/25: - Catholic Practices For questios please cotact Giy Whela at: (239) or vwhela99@gmail.com Have you received the Sacramet of Cofirmatio? Just as bodies ad mids grow, Catholics believe that the soul also eeds to grow i the life of grace. The Sacramet of Cofirmatio builds o the sacramets of Baptism, Recociliatio ad Holy Commuio, completig the process of iitiatio ito the Catholic commuity. Wat to Hear More? Please call the parish office at (239) ad make a appoitmet to meet with Father Bob. PAGE 7

8 Hispaic Miistry ANNOUNCEMENTS St. Joh XXIII Catholic Church The St Joh XXIII Music Miistry is expadig! New vocal, hadbell/chime ad istrumetal esembles for childre, youth ad adults are ecouraged ad welcomed to participate! Come pray i sog ad ejoy fellowship with our woderful spirited music miisters. Groups are available for your participatio. Adults MUSIC MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES Bell Rigers Parish Choir Schola Catorum - for experieced sigers Arimathea Sigers - Resurrectio Choir for Fuerals Childre schoir AND/OR BELL RINGERS K-2; Grades 3-5; Middle School, High School Istrumetalists 7:15am Bell Rigers Nuestra siguiete misa e español será el Domigo 7 de Octubre a la 1:15pm. Los ivitamos a que os acompañe al rezo del Rosario todos los Martes a las 6:00pm detro de la Iglesia. Quie desee participar e la misa como lector u otras actividades puede cotactaros tambié a uestra direcció de correo. Dirija todas sus iquietudes, peticioes y pregutas Nuestro correo electróico para cualquier iformació o petició que desee: cotactohispaosjpxxiii@gmail.com Visite uestro Facebook HispaosJPXXIII 65+ SINGLES OCTOBER 7th 10:45am Metro Parkway Fort Myers, FL FOR MORE INFORMATION AND/OR REHEARSAL SCHEDULES: See Tom after Mass or him at tom@johxxiii.et Make a joyful oise uto the Lord, All ye lads. Serve the Lord with Gladess, Alleluia! - Psalm 100 If you pla o attedig PLEASE RSVP TO: Joa Haak (239) by Friday, October 5th PAGE 8

9 CARING ABOUT RESIDENTS i LeeCouty The orgaizatio Builders Care, really does care about Lee Couty residets. As a voluteer workig with a local church, we ofte ru ito problems that seem too difficult to fix. We were workig with a family uable to safely leave their home due to stair issues. They had may medical coditios that required them to leave their house. Price quotes for ramps ra ito thousads of dollars that was just ot available. I cotacted Lee Builders Care, ad they assessed the situatio ad decided they could help. They ca provide emergecy costructio services at o cost to eedy ad deservig elderly ad disabled homeowers who caot obtai repairs through traditioal meas. Local member cotractors give doated services ad materials to help our eighbors i eed. This assistace was provided to the wife of a deceased vetera. I wat to thak them for makig her life so much safer as she ca be wheeled out of her home safely ow. A aswered prayer. Sicerely, Hele Tuffy - Parish Nurse HELP RICE VENEZUELA Builders Care i Ft. Myers - (239) For More Iformatio Visit: Please help the sufferig people of Veezuela. Doatios are beig accepted for ay of these items: DRY BLACK BEANS, LENTILS CANNED FOOD: TUNA,VEGETABLES, SARDINES, CHICKEN SUGAR, SALT DRY MILK POWDER KETCHUP, MAYONNAISE COFFEE SPAGHETTI CEREALS, OATMEAL COOKING OIL TOILETRIES TOOTHPASTE/BRUSHES BATH SOAP SHAMPOO DEODORANT DISPOSABLE SHAVERS LAUNDRY DETERGENT POWDER TOILET PAPER FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS OVER THE COUNTER MEDICINES ACETAMINOPHEN IBUPROFEN Please brig your items to the church. Cash doatios are also welcome. Checks payable to St. Joh XXIII (Veezuela o the Memo Lie). Thak you! DONATION DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 1ST

10 ADORATION CORNER Come Sit With Me I aticipatio of the opeig of the Adoratio Chapel, please cosider becomig a Adorer. A visitor to the chapel is called a Adorer because we come to adore the Lord Jesus i His Body, Blood, Soul ad Diviity. Adoratio is a itimate experiece i which the Lord ad Adorer gaze at oe aother i love. BECOME A COMMITTED ADORER What is a Committed Adorer? A idividual who commits to a specific hour (1-hour) of each week to adore Jesus exposed i the Blessed Sacramet at our Adoratio Chapel. What is expected of me if I wish to be a Adorer? Arrive at your scheduled time ad remai preset i the chapel util the ext perso arrives oe hour later. Fid a substitute Adorer i the evet you are ot able to be there. This will be a simple process through our electroic schedulig program. BECOME A SUBSTITUTE ADORER What is a Substitute Adorer? A Idividual who makes themselves available to be a substitute for aother Adorer. What is Expected of me if I wish to be a Substitute Adorer? Be available to cover occasioal hours of Adoratio for aother Adorer, whe requested. You may state which days ad hours work best for you. You will do this through a simple process o our electroic schedulig software program. What are the Fruits of Eucharistic Adoratio? People who observe Eucharistic adoratio experiece a deeper devotio to Jesus, ad this maifests itself i coutless ways. The primary fruits are repetace ad coversio which lead to icreased charity - that is, the love of Christ alive i his people. The adoratio of Jesus i the Eucharist also leads to greater reverece at Mass, a deeper desire for persoal holiess, ad a stroger sese of uio with the parish ad the whole Church. Jesus waits for us i this Sacramet of Love, Let us be geerous with our time i goig to meet Him i Adoratio. May our adoratio ever cease. - St. Joh Paul II Thak You We would like to exted a special thak you to Rebecca Leslie, for dedicatig her time i assistig Fr. Lawrece with the Altar Server schedule over the past year ad welcome our ewest voluteers, Moica Nelso ad Toy Dacosta. We appreciate their time ad effort i learig ad implemetig the ew miistry schedulig software movig forward. We are very blessed to have such a woderful team of dedicated voluteers. "Do thigs for people ot because of who they are or what they do i retur, but because of who you are." - SAINT TERESA BACK DOOR PROJECT Costructio i the church for the back door project bega o Moday, September 17th ad will cotiue through September 28th. Thak You We would like to thak all of the voluteers who doated their time to help with the fall raffle. Thak you for your dedicatio ad commitmet to our Parish family! PAGE 10

11 St. Joh XXIII Catholic Church Weekly Fiacials September 16, 2018 Offertory $19, Buildig Fud $11, Total $30, Mass Attedace 2550 Registered Families 3577 Kid s Offertory Evelopes $0.00 PARISH LIFE CENTER Buildig Status The beautiful floorig i the Parish Life Ceter is completed. The mai room will seat 400 people! No moey is kept o Church property. Thak you for your cotiued geerosity! *Please make your checks payable to St. Joh XXIII 2018 Catholic Faith Appeal 2018 Goal $339,000 Pledge $477, % of Goal % % of Households 27.38% Total $432, MAKING A STOCK TRANSFER Whe makig a stock trasfer to the Diocese of Veice o behalf of St. Joh XXIII, please holly@johxxiii.et to let us kow you made the request. Sometimes a trasfer comes to the Diocese with o ame or o parish ame. This will help us track the trasactio. Thak you. PLANNING YOUR WILL REMEMBER ST. JOHN XXIII A bequest is a woderful way to express gratitude to God for a lifetime of blessigs! The gift you give establishes a lastig legacy of love for others by helpig the Church to cotiue our Catholic heritage through its may miistries. PLEASE NOTE: Leavig moey to the Parish i your will is ot assessed ad 100% goes to the parish. The followig is possible wordig for icludig a bequest i your will: ADORATION CHAPEL Update The widows for the Adoratio Chapel will be desiged by artist Jim Piercey. Visit his website at: I bequeath the greater of $ or % of the residue of my estate to Bishop Frak J. Dewae, (or his successor), Roma Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Veice i Florida, a corporatio sole, whose pricipal office is located at 1000 Piebrook Rd., Veice, FL 34285, For the beefit of St. Joh XXIII Catholic Parish, i Fort Myers, Ic. The actual wordig i your will should be determied by you ad your attorey. For more iformatio, questios, or wish to cosider a gift auity or trust for St. Joh XXIII Catholic Church, the please cotact: Holly Atkis at (239) PAGE 11

12 SEPTEMBER 26 - NOVEMBER 4 IN FT. MYERS ST. JOHN XXIII St. Catholic Joh Church XXIII Catholic Church 40 DAYS FOR LIFE PRAYER VIGIL PERIODS PLANNED PARENTHOOD FACILITY 40 DAYS FOR LIFE PRAYER VIGIL PERIODS COLLEGE PKWY & WINKLER AVE PLANNED PARENTHOOD FACILITY COLLEGE PKWAY & WINKLER AVE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2d 11:30AM-1:30PM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9th 11:30AM-1:30PM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11th 11:30AM-1:30PM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16th 11:30AM-1:30PM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23rd 11:30AM-1:30PM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30th 11:30AM-1:30PM OTHER IMPORTANT DATES: September 25th at 6:30pm 40 Days for Life Opeig Mass at St. Cecilia Catholic Church followed by prayer rally at Plaed Parethood from 7:15pm-7:45pm October 7th - Respect Life Suday EVERY LIFE: Cherished Chose Set October 25th at 8:00am Bishop Dewae s Life Mass at Resurrectio followed by 9am prayer rally at Plaed Parethood Facility. November 4th - Closig Rally - TBD To voluteer for a time period use sig up sheet i Narthex or respectlife@popejoh23.et Rosary COAST TO COAST OCTOBER 7, 2018 May of the coutries which ispired the Europea Rosary Coast to Coast are joiig with the US to hold Rosary Rallies across the world, October 7th, traditioally the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. The formatio of the New Holy League of Natios declares a uited frot i worldwide spiritual battle, defedig the Digity of the Huma perso Life, Marriage, Family, as well as Religious Liberty. This declaratio of war is ot agaist flesh ad blood; but agaist pricipalities ad power, agaist the rulers of the world of this darkess, agaist the spirits of wickedess i the high places. (Ephesias 6:12). Together we are callig upo God, through the powerful itercessio of Our Lady of the Rosary, to heal our coutries ad retur them to Holiess. After the Rosary o the Coasts evet took place i the British Isles (April 29, 2018), Bishop Joh Keea of Paisley, Scotlad reflected: I left thikig there was somethig chaged i the Catholic Church, i the British Isles it was as though Catholics are begiig to get the sese, the ispiratio that all the problems of the world really ca be solved by prayer. It was like a day of New Evagelizatio. It felt like a day of Grace for us. Therefore, I commed it to the Catholics i the Uited States. Joiig the Uited States are Polad, the British Isles, Irelad, Caada, Australia, Lebao, Idia, Mexico, Paama ad other coutries i Cetral America ad South America with more expected to joi i the weeks to come. Each member atio is ecouraged, i additio, to take part i the 54-day Rosary Novea, begiig August 15 (Feast of the Assumptio of the Blessed Virgi Mary) for the itetios of reparatio ad petitio for their Coutries. Each coutry ivolved will be represeted o New Holy League of Natios. Already, over 400 evets have bee registered across the Uited States, with evet plaers orgaizig processios, pilgrimages, ad full parish egagemet. The US Novea for Our Natio will begi August 15th. Idividuals are ecouraged to sig up for daily remiders ad reflectios. Cardial Raymod Burke has stated: Let us ow tur to the powerful prayer of the Holy Rosary, askig Mary Immaculate to itercede with Our Lord to brig healig to our atio ad to ispire i her citizes the holiess of life which aloe ca trasform our atio. PAGE 12

13 SUPPORT THE CAUSE FREE O the Youth Missio Trip this year, we leared about The 177 Project. Tees that have goe to Catholic Heart Work Camp come away with so much but what is most impressive to them is the Eucharistic Adoratio ight the music the meditatio ad beig Preset with Jesus, they come away sayig that was oe of the most powerful momets ad for some it has bee the first time they have goe to Adoratio. This year they left behid their Itetios writte dow for others to pray for i the Millio Itetios Campaig. We would like to ivite you to experiece what they have, make this Your Missio to come October 14th to partake i Adoratio across the atio. This fall, the 177 Project is brigig a eveig of Eucharistic Adoratio ad music to every sigle diocese i the Uited States. Betwee Labor Day ad Christmas, 22 differet artists will help put o almost 200 eveigs of Adoratio across the etire coutry. O October 14th the will be hostig a eveig at St. Joh XXIII ad we would love for you to joi us! Tickets to the eveig are completely free ad you ca get yours o lie at the177project.com or cotact Beth or Kelly i our Youth Miistry Office. It will begi with the Rosary at 6:45pm followed by Eucharistic Adoratio at 7:00pm ad cocludig with a Cocert at 8:15pm. The cotemporary music is Awesome. Please brig the whole family. Oe of the biggest thigs that we wat to do besides gettig people to sped time i frot of the Eucharist ad helpig to cultivate support for cotemporary Catholic music is just to get people prayig for each other. Ca you imagie what a differece we could make i the world if people would just cosistetly pray for oe aother - especially i frot of the Eucharist? To ecourage that, we ve lauched the Millio Itetios Campaig! The cocept is simple. We re collectig prayer requests ad, durig each ad every Holy Hour of the 177 Project, we re goig to sped 10 miutes just prayig for other people aroud the coutry. We will literally be a atio prayig for a atio i the presece of Christ! Our hope, over the fall, is to pray for a millio differet, specific itetios durig this time ad we could use your help. If you re iterested i voluteerig whe the 177 Project comes to St.. Joh XXIII, Beth Beham is our voluteer coordiator ad will be i touch with you from there. Ad do t worry, we close up shop durig Eucharistic Adoratio so you wo t miss a sigle secod with Jesus! WALKS #StigmaFree SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29th CITY OF FORT MYERS PIER 6-9pm Walk Festival 7pm Walk Begis JOIN OUR TEAM Joi our parish team, Jourey to Hope at St. Joh XXIII Catholic Church as we come together to raise awareess ad fuds to support our local chapter of NAMI. Natioal Alliace o Metal Illess is the atio s largest grassroots metal health orgaizatio dedicated to buildig better lives for families affected by metal illess. To Joi Our Team of Walkers, Cotact: Kelly Evers i Youth Miistry (239) xt kelly@johxxiii.et To doate directly to our team, Jourey to Hope at St. Joh XXIII Catholic Church visit walks@amilee.org PAGE 13

14 Faith ad Film NO CHARGE! FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 6PM TO 8:30PM IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM The Faith Alive! Team is sposorig a ew series as part of our parish s Adult Faith Formatio miistry. We will be showig movies i our Commuity Room, followed by a discussio the film. It is a opportuity to discuss a chace to meet other parishioers ad have a faith-filled discussio o a importat topic. Our Fall offerig is High Noo. This 1952 film tells the story of Marshal Will Kame. O the day he gets married ad hags up his badge, the Marshal is told that a ma he set to priso years before is returig o the oo trai to exact his revege. This movie wo four Academy Awards. Please RSVP by September 26th so we kow how much food to prepare. Pizza doated by: The Kights of Columbus RSVP via deacorich@johxxiii.et ANNUAL PASTA DINNER Saturday, September 29th SEATINGS AT 5:00pm & 7:00pm ADULTS $10 CHILDREN 5-12 $5 CHILDREN 4 ad uder FREE PLEASE PURCHASE TICKETS IN ADVANCE - $2 ADDITIONAL FEE AT THE DOOR CO-HOSTED BY: THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL #13624 AND THE WOMEN S GUILD PAGE 14

15 Kights ofcolumbus WHAT S NEW? ad more... Help the Wome's Guild with supplies for our ew Parish Life Ceter kitche by takig a evelope that has a label requestig a amout to purchase items eeded. We have a beautiful ew kitche but we eed supplies i order to fully utilize it. All items must be commercial grade so we ask that you do't purchase items yourself but allow the kitche team to do so. Retur the evelope with check or cash to the collectio basket or church office by October 20th. Thak you for your support! Kights of Columbus Fiacial Secretary Bell Becker awards David Carpeter his secod-degree card. David will be stadig for his third-degree later this moth. Joi David ad the Kights to give back to the Parish. October 28th THE WOMEN S GUILD will be sellig tickets i the NARTHEX THIS WEEKEND AFTER ALL MASSES For Reservatios Cotact: Lois Becker (239) lasftmyers@embarqmail.com The Thrift Store is Lookig for: SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON VOLUNTEER CASHIERS Will trai. Must be good with people: you are the face of our store ad ofte our faith. Cythia for further details or to apply at thrift@johxxiii.et PAGE 15

16 CatholicCommuity HAPPENINGS Safe Eviromet Traiig: As Christia adults, we have a moral ad legal resposibility ad are etrusted by God with the spiritual, emotioal ad physical well-beig of miors ad vulerable adults. To provide a safe ad urturig eviromet for everyoe, we ask all voluteers to atted the Safe Eviromet Traiig Class oce their figerprits have bee cleared. To view the ext sessios go to www. dioceseofveice.org website, click o Offices, Programs ad Safe Eviromet. Select Traiig Schedule to see the list of classes. Click o Start Registratio at the top of the page to register for a class. All registratios must be doe through the Diocese of Veice website. Catholic Chamber Luch Meetig: Please joi the Catholic Chamber of Commerce for a etworkig/luch meetig o Thursday September 27th at Church of the Resurrectio of our Lord Cypress Lake Dr, Fort Myers, FL 33919, from 11:30am. We ivite all Catholic busiesses ad miistries. FREE to atted. No membership required. Please RSVP at toi@floridacatholicchamber.com or call (239) Feast of the Archagels Clambake: Come celebrate the Feast of the Archagels, 3pm o Suday, September 30th, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Retreat Ceter, 3989 S. Moo Drive, Veice. Ejoy a traditioal clambake ad great compay! This will be the perfect opportuity to meet Father Mark Yavoroa, O.M.V., who will be joiig the staff of the Retreat Ceter i September. Space is limited. The cost is $ To register please visit or call (941) Stewardship Day: The Diocese of Veice Developmet Office is hostig a Stewardship Day, 8:30am - 3pm, Wedesday, October 3rd, at Our Lady of Light Parish, Cypress View Drive, Fort Myers. Sice the begiigs of the Church, Christias have embraced stewardship as a way of life. It was a fudametal aspect of discipleship ad remais a powerful process by which God coverts the mids ad hearts of His childre. The cost is $10 ad icludes cotietal breakfast ad luch. To register, please visit the Diocese's website at World Wide Marriage Ecouter: The ext weeked will be at the Hilto Gardes Hotel i Oldsmar October 12th-14th. For more iformatio about takig a private time away, visit flwc-wwme.org or call (813) Guest Speaker at St. Katharie Drexel: Nikki Kigsley will be visitig St. Katharie Drexel to share her testimoy o her jourey from Islam to Catholicism o Saturday, October 13th, o the feast of our Lady of Fatima, from 9am-12pm. Me ad wome are ecouraged to atted, as well as ay frieds or family that would like to joi us. This evet is beig sposored by the Coucil of Catholic Wome. 40 Days for Life: You are ivited to joi Christias i prayig for a ed to abortio through November 4th durig the iteratioal 40 Days for Life fall campaig. Sig up olie at ad pray for a hour i frot of Plaed Parethood. Prayer for Safety Durig Hurricae Seaso: The 2018 "Hurricae Seaso" is uderway ad already there have bee amed tropical storms. The seaso will cotiue through November ad all are ecouraged to pray for protectio from the storms that ofte threate Southwest Florida. The devastatio brought by Hurricae Irma i 2017 reiforces the fact that we eed to pray for God's protectio ad care. Welcome All Me THURSDAY OCTOBER 18TH at Our Lady of Light with guest speaker: ARTIE BOYLE Six Moths to Live, Three Guys o the Ultimate Quest for a Miracle please register at: Welcome allwome THURSDAY OCTOBER 25TH at St. Columbkille with guest speaker: JESS ECHEVERRY Wouded ad Redeemed Like Jesus please register at: Witessig the Faith WITH BISHOP DEWANE Liste the LAST FRIDAY of EVERY MONTH at 10:30am Liste aywhere olie at: RelevatRadio.com SEPTEMBER 28TH PAGE 16

17 6TH ANNUAL WOMEN S RETREAT WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF NOVEMBER 2ND - 4TH, 2018 OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP RETREAT CENTER 3989 South Moo Drive Veice, FL (941) Jesus DATE: Arrival: Friday November 2d Check-I: 3:30-4:30pm Welcome Receptio: 4:30-5pm Dier: 5pm Retreat Begis at: 6pm Departure: Suday, November 4th by 12:00 Noo COST: Icludes all meals. Private bathrooms ad a laai i all rooms. Livig room ad kitche i each Villa. $ per perso for double occupacy. PROGRAM: There will be time for private ad commual prayer, brief presetatios, quiet reflectios, Mass, sharig joyful sog ad fellowship. A packet cotaiig specific details will be mailed out prior to the retreat. WALKING IS NECESSARY AT THE RETREAT CENTER BETWEEN LOCATIONS For more iformatio please cotact Trisha Fields at (239) or trisha@johxxiii.et REGISTRATION FORM Name Phoe ( ) - May we share o the roster? Yes No Address: City/State/Zip Age: ad up Special Needs or Requests: Room locatio, Dietary restrictios, etc. I would like to room with Spaces are limited. Please retur this registratio form ad paymet. Registratios will be accepted based o the date that the check ad completed registratio form are received. A $50.00 orefudable fee will hold your spot. Remaiig balaces are due by October 1, Please make checks made payable to St. Joh XXIII Please retur form ad paymet to the parish office or Drop it i the collectio basket i a evelope marked "Wome s Retreat" FOR OFFICE USE ONLY: Paid $ Date CK# Cash