ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE Master, to whom shall we go? You are the Holy One of God. (John 6: 60)

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1 V I N E L I N C O L N, N E B R A S K A ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE Master, to whom shall we go? You are the Holy One of God. (John 6: 60) Jesus then said to the Twelve, Do you also want to leave? Don t we wish we could see the expressions on their faces when He turned to them with this painfully penetrating question? Were they staring at the ground, afraid to make eye contact? Were there small nervous coughs and throat-clearings, as they waited to see how each other would answer? Finally, Peter speaks up: Master, to whom shall we go? Without minimizing the difficulty of Jesus statements, Peter tells Him they are willing to stay because they are convinced He is the Holy One of God. They are willing to suspend judgment on whatever Jesus says, no matter how preposterous it sounds, because they believe He is Divine. They trust Him. As it later turned out, Jesus completely fulfilled the shocking statements that turned many of the disciples away. At the Last Supper, He transformed bread and wine into His Body and Blood; the disciples consumed Him that way. At the Ascension, they watched as He returned to His throne in heaven, just as He foretold. Their eyes of faith gave them the vision they needed to see this fulfillment. The Bread of Life discourse teaches us not to turn away from the impossible promises Jesus has made. If He said it, He means it. The Church always plants us in the response Peter made to Jesus: You have the words of eternal life. Amen! Alleluia! Lord Jesus, we want to trust your promises, no matter how impossible they sound. Please strengthen us to do that in your Eucharistic grace. - Fr. Lyle M. Johnson and Fr. Adam M. Sughroue PASTOR Associate Pastor Rev. Lyle M. Johnson Rev. Adam M. Sughroue PARISH DIRECTORY Parish Office: 7601 Vine St School: 7601 Vine St FAX Parish or School Web Site: Bulletin bulletin@stjohnlincoln.org MASS SCHEDULE Mon-Sat... 8:15 am M, Tu, Th, F. 6:30 am Wed.. 5:30 pm First Friday.. 6:30 & 8:15 am and 5:30 pm Saturday.. 4:00 pm Sunday.7:30 am/9:00 am/10:30 am/12 noon Holy Days (except Christmas & New Year s) Vigil Mass. 5:30 pm Holy Day 6:00 am/9:00 am/12:10 pm/5:30 pm/7:00 pm CELEBRATION OF SACRAMENTS Baptism: Last Sunday of each month at 1:00 pm. All parents are required to attend the Baptism instruction class if this is your first child to be baptized. The class meets in the Conference Room at 6 pm on the Monday prior to Baptism Sunday. Must be a registered and practicing Catholic for six months before the Baptism. Please contact the Parish Office for Baptism instruction arrangements. Confession: Saturdays from 3:00 to 3:50 pm and 5:00 to 5:30 pm. Vigil of First Fridays: 6:45 to 7:45 pm; Vigil of Holy Days 6:30-7:00 pm. A U G U S T 2 6, Holy Eucharist: For shut-ins and those recovering from illness, please contact the Parish Office to arrange for home visit. Marriages: The Priests must be notified 6 months before the proposed marriage date. All couples must be registered and regularly attend Mass. ALL COUPLES are required to attend an Engaged Encounter weekend as part of their marriage preparation. Anointing of the Sick: Individual celebration upon request call the parish office. PARISH REGISTRATION New Parishioners: Please register as soon as you move in by phoning the Parish Office during the week. To register Kdgn 8th students, please call St. John s school, to obtain the registration information. For high school students, please call Pius X High School at For information about: Automatic Deductions... File Downloads - Direct Payment Contribution Form Eucharistic Perpetual Adoration Cindy Kruml Extended School Care School Office Godparent Teen Program Nikki Konz Grade School CCD Margie Gonser Lucinda Murillo Prayer Line Requests: Pauline / Mary Ann Theresa..wilhelmtheresa@yahoo.com Pre-School Information Sherry Cederberg RCIA (Faith Instruction) Susan Carlson Rental of Gym/Social Hall St John s School Wedding Coordinator Eileen Perkins Present Parishioners: Please notify the Parish Office of any changes of address/phone number. BULLETIN NOTICES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE PARISH OFFICE IN WRITING BY 10:30 AM ON TUESDAY

2 ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE Lincoln, NE pg 2 MASS INTENTIONS FOR THIS WEEK MONDAY, August 27, :30 am All Souls Day Intentions of Don and Lona Uerling 8:15 am Jon Junkin TUESDAY, August 28, :30 am Willis Harvey 8:15 am Pat Regan WEDNESDAY, August 29, :15 am For the Repose of the Soul of Merle Bouges 5:30 pm Bo and Henrietta Hain THURSDAY, August 30, :30 am Bill and JoAnn Schulte 8:15 am Mary Kosch FRIDAY, August 31, :30 am Adolph and Emma Hottovy 8:15 am Richard Dubas SATURDAY, September 1, :15 am 75th Birthday of Connie McKee 4:00 pm Gonzalo Mendoza SUNDAY, September 2, :30 am Helen and Hilary Lassek 9:00 am Mary Carson 10:30 am Tim Kramer 12:00 noon For the People DAILY MASS SERVERS August 27 to August 31 8:15 am Mon-Fri K. Kramer L. Morphew B. Miller J. Newland If you cannot serve, please get a substitute. Father is depending on you! Thanks for your help. Mary, Queen of the Home Rosary Group will meet this Tuesday, August 28th at 7:30 pm at the home of Louise Schroeder, 1224 Silver Ridge Rd. For more information you can call her at Widowed, divorced, separated, and single ladies of St John s Parish are invited to meet for lunch this Friday, August 31st at 11:30 am at The Venue Restaurant, 4111 Pioneer Woods Drive. Hope to see you there! Adult Bible Study - First meeting will be Sunday, September 9th at the home of Donna Kruml, 7821 N Hazelwood Drive, at 7:00 pm. This is a very important meeting. We will be discussing what we should do about a new study book and other matters. Please all come! For information call St John s Ladies Bible Study will have a welcome coffee on Tuesday, September 11th at 9:00 am in the Family Room at St John s. We will start our Bible Study the following week and will then regularly meet on Tuesdays from 9 am to 11 am in the Family Room. All ladies of the parish are invited; we welcome new members! If you have any questions, please call Sue Waldren at A steward is thankful to the God of generosity and does not become trapped in selfishness, greed, or consumerism. Today, Sunday August 26 after all Masses, let s welcome our 48 families newly registered since January. Cookies, rolls and drinks will be served after all Masses in the Family Room. Please join us - both new and old members of our family here at St John s - for this Welcoming event! RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) - or Adult Faith Education classes will begin on September 10th. Classes are held on Mondays from 7 pm to 8:30 pm in the Social Hall. These inquiry sessions are for those who may be interested in becoming Catholic and for Catholics desiring to deepen their understanding of the Catholic Church or serving as a candidate sponsor. Child care will be provided. For more information or to register for the class call Susan Carlson, Registration before Labor Day is appreciated but not required. THIS WEEK S SCHEDULE August 26 August 27 August 28 August 29 August 30 August 31 September 1 YOGURTINI 48TH AND O Street (next to Super Saver and Dollar Tree) Yummy frozen yogurt and all the toppings you can pile on!! Please come and join the World Youth Day pilgrims today Sunday, August 26, from 12 Noon to 4 pm. A portion of what they make will be donated to the pilgrims. Be sure to tell them you are from St John s! St John s Annual Harvest Festival is coming soon - September 16th. We are looking for new helpers in many areas. If you are interested in helping with the Festival, please put your name and phone # in an envelope marked Harvest Festival or call the rectory at More Sign-up for Godparent Teen program after all Masses Baptisms at 1:00 pm Pre-K Classes Begin School Magazine Sales Kick-off Benediction and Night Prayer 8 pm at the Pink Sisters Grade School CCD 6:30 to 8 pm Mass/Rosary Crusade 8:15 am Church Cleaning 8:45 am (is it your turn?) SCRIP sold in Parish Office 8:45 to 10 am Confessions from 3:00 to 3:50 pm and from 5:00 to 5:30 pm

3 TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME August 26, 2012 pg 3 PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS : Ron Bar zydlo, Just ic e Bennett, Paul Bruckner, Rita Butler, George Chick, Robert Darnell, Harold Dorty, Larry Dvorak, Jack English, Keith Feaster, Caleb Fech, Lillian Fish, Shannon Gocke, Dean Graham, Dan Hicks, Albert Joseph, Joyce Kempkes, Kate Knopik, Michael Marsh Family, Tonya Nelson, John Noble, Al Ochsner, Marcia Oyer, Steven Poynter, Genna Rathke, Lou Rice, Al Schroeder, Bernice Selko, Margaret Sykora, Mary Tally, Avery Vaska, Russell Walters, Wes Welcomer, Carrol Wilson and Ann Zitek. MAY THEY BE STRENGTHENED AND HEALED IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON ANYONE LISTED ABOVE THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CALLING THE PARISH OFFICE AT THANK YOU. That Man is You - Year 2! As we prepare to send our kids back to school, it is also time to begin prayerful preparation for the 2nd year of the That Man is You program at St John the Apostle parish. The That Man is You program is a lay apostolate that is provided free of charge to the men of the parish. The program focuses on the development of men as spiritual leaders of their families and communities. It consists of a 30 minute video presentation and 30 minute small group discussion covering key topics promoting Catholic doctrine and moral teaching. We will be meeting on Wednesdays mornings from 6:15 to 7:15 am. In the first year over 60 men from St John s and over 350 men across Lincoln benefited from this program. If you are new to the program, now is the perfect time to get involved! This program will be held at St John s starting on Wednesday, September 12th. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Kirk Newland at or at knewland023@gmail.com. SINCERE THANKS to all St John s parishioners who gave to the Matt Talbot Kitchen Food Drive last weekend. Because of your generosity, we were able to deliver many, many bags of food for them to place on their pantry shelves. The volunteers at Matt Talbot were happy to see the truck pull up with the back end completely filled with bags of food. Once again, Blessed Pope John Paul Squires Circle #5529 from St John s want to thank you for all of the donations! Church Cleaning for September 1 at 8:45 AM Families responsible for church cleaning this Saturday are listed below. If you are unable to clean on your Saturday, please call and trade with someone else whose name is on the list that came with your monthly mailing from St John s OR call Rent-a-Teen at Ron Hanway Stephen Hartung Gabrielle Happold Nick Hatfield Scott Hardesty Rose Hauptman Leon Harre n/a Jon Hawkins Cindy Harris n/a Geraldine Hayek David Harrison Jeff Hebenstreit Geoff Harrison John Hegel Readings for the Week of August 26, 2012 Sunday: Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b/Eph 5:21-32 or 5:2a, 25-32/Jn 6:60-69 Monday: 2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12/Mt 23:13-22 Tuesday: 2 Thes 2:1-3a, 14-17/Mt 23:23-26 Wednesday: 2 Thes 3:6-10, /Mk 6:17-29 Thursday: 1 Cor 1:1-9/Mt 24:42-51 Friday: 1 Cor 1:17-25/Mt 25:1-13 Saturday: 1 Cor 1:26-31/Mt 25:14-30 Next Sunday: Dt 4:1-2, 6-8/Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27/Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, PLEASE NOTE: SCRIP is now being sold in the school office from 8 am to 3:45 pm on school days; from 8:45 to 10 am on Saturdays in the Parish Office; and before and after all weekend Masses in the Atrium. FOOD PANTRY DONATIONS...August is St John s month to contribute to the St Francis Food Pantry. Please bring nonperishable food for the needy of Lincoln and the surrounding area. Checks can be made out to St Francis Food Pantry and put in the collection basket. A cart will be available for your food donations. COLLECTION REPORT Sunday, August 19, 2012 Adult Envelopes $14, Plate $ 1, Children s Envelopes $ Total $16, ***Our Budgeted Goal is $18,800 per Week** Direct Withdrawals for July 2012 $ 8, (not included in the Sunday Adult Envelopes above) 2004 Renovation Campaign Update thru July 2012 Payments Received $1,133, Pledges $1,271, Gratitude Renewed Update thru July 2012 Payments Received $1,116, Pledges $1,283, Diocesan Loan through July 2012 $451, Quarterly Interest Owed (4 1/2 %) +$36, Loan Payments to date -$356, Loan Balance (now below $135,000!) $132, Cost of Summer 2011 Stewardship (ramp/classrooms) $88, Less: Amount collected to date -$87, Balance Remaining $ Church Endowment Donations for July 2012 $ 1, School Endowment Donations for July 2012 $ SCRIP Update for August 13 to August 19, 2012 Amount Exchanged $ 21, Profit $

4 ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE Lincoln, NE pg 4 EVENTS OF INTEREST TO ST JOHN S YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES CCD classes begin this Wednesday, August 29th from 6:30 to 8 pm. If you have not yet registered come a few minutes early or call Margie at or Lucinda at Please bring Baptismal information or a copy of the certificate for grades Kindergarten, 2nd and 5th. UPCOMING UNIFORM STORE DATES: Wednesday, August 29th 7 to 8:30 pm Wednesday, Sept 5th 7 to 8:30 pm Saturday, Sept 8th 9 am to noon ATTENTION! All St John s youth ages 9 to 14, boys and girls, are invited to compete in the annual Knights of Columbus Soccer Challenge on Saturday September 8th on the St John s soccer field. No experience necessary! Each contestant kicks a soccer ball 15 times from the penalty line at a sectioned goal to accumulate points. Winners will receive trophies and advance to district, regional and state competitions all hosted at St John s. Competition begins at 9 am with registration and warmups starting at 8:30. Questions? Please oontact Don McKee at or him at don.mckee@pius.net. ST JOHN S MOMS We offer support, advice and friendship to other Catholic moms as we strive to put ourselves and our children on the path to greater holiness. Thursdays 9:15 am In the Social Hall Bring your children and join us for prayer, discussion, and sharing as we grow in our vocation to Catholic motherhood. Meetings are informal, fun, and a great way to meet other families. Get on our list to be sure of our schedule for meetings, service projects, Bible Study, and social events. (Special location on Sept 6) We are always looking for ways to make our parish more family friendly. We hope that you can join us! For more information contact Robyn Furasek rubeschke@hotmail.com Amber Soden asoden@windstream.net CHAIR BACK VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - It s that time of year again! St John s Home and School Association is now signing up volunteers for our Husker Football Chair Back Fundraiser. This is a great way to get into the stadium for FREE to take part in game day excitement, while helping our school raise $8000 each year. Please contact Cathy Barry, Jeremy Baumfalk, or Kelly Soden to reserve your opportunity. Hurry, games are filling up quickly! Volunteers must be at least 14 years of age and have not lettered in a high school activity. For more info: Cathy Barry Cathleen_barry@dell.com Jeremy Baumfaulk jbaumfalk@nebrr.com GodTeen Update All high school students entering grades 9 thru 12 for the school year are invited to join St John s GodParent Program. Find us after Mass in the Atrium this weekend August to sign up and get your registration form. Any questions? Please call Nikki@ or her at dankonz@windstream.net. The 2013 Brazil WYD Pilgrims are hosting a Garden Exchange after ALL weekend Masses through the harvest season. Look for the tables outside. Gardeners - bring your extra produce to Mass on Saturday and Sunday! Non-Gardeners - Come check out what the gardeners grew and enjoy the fruit of someone else s labor! Free will donation to the WYD pilgrims. Consider Rent-a-Teen to help out our St. John s teens who will be attending World Youth Day Brazil If you have an odd job, babysitting, church cleaning, pet walking/sitting, house or garage cleaning, garden tilling or yard work, or errands to be done, please call Deb at to schedule your help. Baumert, Cecava, Lockhorn, McClellen, Milburn and Weskamp teens will be at your service! SAVE THE DATE The WYD 2013 Brazil Pilgrims are planning an Outdoor Movie Night on Friday, September 7. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs and enjoy a movie on the lawn! More details to follow. HELP WANTED AT ST JOHN S SCHOOL: Extended Care Program Opening: St John s Catholic School has an employment opening for the Extended Care Program, working most afternoons after 2:30 pm, and possibly morning hours before 8 am. Must be 19 years of age or above. Applications may be filled out at St John s School office. If questions, please contact Dennis Martin, Principal, at , ext Sept 5 Sept 7 Sept 12 Sept 16 Sept 19 Sept 26 GODTEEN CALENDAR Opening Mass and Ice Cream Social Outdoor Movie Night First Home Meeting Harvest Festival - Service Home Meeting Parents Night Part-time custodial position available at St John s School for cleaning. 20 hours per week. Contact Tim at St John s School, , ext Free On-line Course for our Year of Faith can be found at: It is our wish that this course will not be a purely academic affair, but that it will lead to a deeper encounter with Christ. Check it out!

5 TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME August 26, 2012 AREA EVENTS OF INTEREST TO ST JOHN S PARISHIONERS The next CALIX meeting (for those concerned with alcoholism) will be held today, Sunday August 26th at Madonna, Ryan Memorial Chapel, 5401 South St. The meeting starts with Mass at 5 pm. Covered dish meal to follow. For more information call Craig D at The Marian Mantle Silent Strength Prayer Group will meet this Tuesday, August 28th, at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in the Flanagan Room at 3 pm. Bring your rosary; we recite the Divine Mercy Chaplet and pray the rosary in honor of Our Lady of Sorrows, and other prayers, for the return of prodigal children to the Church. The meeting is for one hour and then there is Mass at 4 pm in the Chapel for those who wish to attend. If you have questions, call Kathy at Pro-Life Mass and Rosary Walk: Join the pro-life community in praying for an end to abortion in Lincoln by participating in Mass at St Peter Parish at 8:15 am this Saturday, September 1st and a rosary walk to Planned Parenthood at 48th and Old Cheney following Mass. You are also welcome to come for only the walk, beginning around 9 am in front of the Church, which will include a 6 block walk and conclude around 9:40 am. 6th Annual Carmel Walk at the Carmelite Monastery, 9300 W Agnew Road, Agnew, NE will be held next Saturday, September 8th at 8:30 am. The walk begins in the country at 9 am and continues for about 2-1/2 miles with music, prayers and reflection time. There will be a break, so feel free to bring a backpack with snacks. Holy Mass celebrated by Father Claudio Grassi, OCD from Brescia, Italy at Carmelite Monastery around 11:30 am. (Sponsored by Ecclesial Carmelite Movement of Lincoln pilgrimagewalk@windstream.net) CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH E-BOOK Study the Catechism in our new, easy-to-navigate format. Go to: DIOCESE OF LINCOLN SISTERS OF THE WEEK Sr Mary Veronica of the Passion from Omaha, NE Sr Therese of The Child Jesus pg 5 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MOW SCHEDULE for September 1st Team Leader: Rey Alcalde Severin Wemhoff Riley Wieser Jude Werner Ronald Wirth Michael Wernke Jerome Wohleb Chris Weskamp Philip Wolfe Robert White Stephen Wolsleger Donald Wieser James Wood C Edwin Woolman Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan: Two Become One Marriage, the clinging together of husband and wife as one flesh, is based on the fact that man and woman are both different and the same. They are different as male and female, but the same as human persons who are uniquely suited to be partners or helpmates for each other. The difference between man and woman, however, cannot be restricted to their bodies, as if the body could be separated from the rest of the human person. The human person is a union of body and soul as a single being. Man and woman are two different ways of being a human person. To read document go to: Harvest Festival News Need to be away, can t come and play? Wish you could win a prize? Be early, and buy a chance for Lucky Chance prizes after Mass starting next weekend, Sept 1 2 and again Sept 8-9. Cost is $.25 per chance, or 5 chances for $1.00. You will have a chance to win the Early Bird Raffle and your name will be in the price barrel at the Festival, too. Good luck! Let s try for 100 Bountiful Baskets to auction off this year at the Festival! Here are a few good ideas to get you started: Couch Potato Basket (popcorn, nuts, TV Guide, slippers, etc.); Family Night Basket (cards, dice, scoring pads, dominoes, puzzles, M & M s). If you ve never contributed a Bountiful Basket, please consider it for this year. Help us get to 100 Baskets! This year at the Harvest Festival we are doing a special auction, and we are in need of wood items that are in great condition. Wood bar stools, wood shelves, wood treasure boxes, wood child size benches, wood framed full length mirrors, wood small tables, wood trunks anything made of wood! If you would be willing to donate any good saleable wood item(s) please contact Sue Klein at Pick up of wood items available! Got your Lottery Tickets sold yet? They are ready to be picked up in the Atrium. Sell! Sell! Sell!!! Please come to pray a group rosary at 9:30 am on Tuesdays at Planned Parenthood, located at the NW corner of 48th & Old Cheney. Over 20 plus innocent lives are ended each Tuesday. from Paxico, KS Sr Elizabeth of The Trinity from Louisville, KY All three are Junior Professed Novices of the religious order Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Please say a prayer for the seminarians and the postulants who are studying for our diocese. CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS GodTeens Sign-up RCIA Begins Ladies Bible Study Welcome Coffee St John s Harvest Festival Altar Society Brunch Craft Fair August September 10 September 11 September 16 October 13 November 3

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