Nativity of Saint John the Baptist ~ June 24th, 2018

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1 330 Oak Street Manistique, MI : Nativity of Saint John the Baptist ~ June 24th, 2018 PASTOR: Rev. Benedetto Paris (Fr. Ben) Cell Phone: Rectory: benjparis10@hotmail.com PARISH OFFICE: Julie Knuth Parish Office: Hours: sfparish1@gmail.com FAITH FORMATION / Patty Faketty EUCHARIST: SAT: SUN: 4 pm Divine Infant Gulliver 5:30pm St. Francis 9am & 11am St. Francis TUES: 9am St. Francis WED: FRI: 9am St. Francis 10:30am Medicare (MCF) 9am St. Francis 9am St. Francis CONNECT: Website Facebook Catholic-Parish-and-Divine-Infant-of-Prague -Mission sfdsparish Parish sfparish1@gmail.com

2 Dear Friends in Christ, Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist. St. John was the herald of the Lord, Jesus Christ! Interestingly, this feast came to be celebrated in accord with the Sacred Scripture according to Luke (1:36). It was six months before the birth of the Lord (quoting John 3:30). Another interesting aspect is that from this time forward, the daylight begins to grow shorter while after the birth of Jesus, it begins to increase. It was John who prepared the way of the Lord. As it says in one of the Gospels this weekend: The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the desert until the day of his manifestation to Israel. John knew what his calling was, and he lived it very well. May we be inspired by John and not only his testimony, but his courage in proclaiming coming of the Lord. Last weekend, we celebrated the marriage of two young people in our Church. Erin Elizabeth Beckman, daughter of Kevin and Christine Beckman and Kirk Thomas Willard, son of Robert and Sandra Willard were united in marriage in a ceremony here at St. Francis de Sales on Saturday, June 16. Let us pray for this couple as they begin their married life united in the Lord. May they be guided by the Holy Spirit as they now form their family! Also, let us pray for our married couples that they will be not only enlightened but strengthened by the Lord. Money continues to come in for our roof fund. As you now know, we have reached our goal. Our Emergency Roof Campaign is now officially over Thank You to Everyone who gave to this effort. We truly appreciate it! At this point, we are just awaiting final approval from the diocese in order to proceed. But, financially speaking, we are there! By the way, a question that comes about is this: what about excess funds that are collected? They will be kept for any repairs needed for our roof at St. Francis de Sales. There will be a report forthcoming about the monies spent from what we collected. All of the money for the roof will go to the roof fund that s it. We are anticipating work on the interior of the Church (damage that was done due to roof leakage). This is something that we have to work with our insurance company. But it s too premature to even think about this until our roof has been repaired hopefully very, very soon! At Divine Infant of Prague, we are facing a shortfall. As you heard Dr. Klumpp speak about this weekend, there is a little more involved in our project there. I am hoping that the people of Gulliver will step up to the plate as the people at Manistique have done. I am open to all ideas as to how to achieve this. While I do not think that we need a capital campaign like we had at St. Francis de Sales, I think that there are other way s to raise the necessary funds. Maybe we could have a second collection for a few weeks? What do you think? Please let me know your thoughts but we have to move quickly. We are so -o-o-o-o-o-o close at Gulliver I m hoping that we can get the work done there as soon as possible. With your help, we will! Vacation Bible School begins tomorrow. They have a nice program planned. I will be stopping by as much as I can. But St. Francis de Sales ** BISHOP BARAGA WORDS OF WISDOM ** Divine Infant Envelopes $ 3, Envelopes $ Loose $ Loose $ Candles $ Candles TOTAL: $ 3, TOTAL: $ $ 4, SFDS Roof $ 9, $ TOTAL $ 113, TOTAL $ 18, I think that this will be a tremendous opportunity for our young folks to spend some time at Church learning more about the Bible and how it influences our lives. I think that everyone will have a great time. Last week I had to cancel the Holy Mass for three days. I will be travelling to Marquette on Tuesday, so I m going to try something: I am going to move up the Mass ½ hour to 8:30 AM just for Tuesday. I have to be on the road by 9:00 so this will a relatively short Mass. But it may be a pattern for the future if I can swing it. So please note that the Mass on Tuesday, June 26 is at 8:30 AM THIS DATE ONLY. That s it for now. Our story continues. Pray for me as I pray for you! Remember: Smile! God loves you and so do I! Choose life! ~ Fr. Ben

3 June 24th, 2018 has Officially Ended! and WITH OVERWHELMING SUCCESS!! Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Our theme for Vacation Bible School this week is COME, FOLLOW ME AND I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN. Please take a few minutes to complete the word search and reflect on how we can all be fishers of men. R D N H E E G T F I S H E R S E E I E I C J I E D K P B T P L K H A M Q S P V J B R E F P P F I T R H B E E O R N L J X O S M N E F I T I W O L L O F E U I F G G A E L N T H H A W WINNERS OF THE 52 CLUB RAFFLE (for the week of 06/18/18) $ 50 $ 25 $ 15 $ 10 P O M M J D O R E Y H E D O T I E T E O X O T B U E Z R G A N C S C V N K M P E R K R O O X U C A S T V L L A E W N O B S E L P I C S I D F E F W D F J E C O A K L N N R E M O C L F O M V W A A E D E F O H S X O G H A G E W N F A T H E R Q A E V N J S A Q H V R Y A W Z AFRAID BOAT COME FISHERMEN GALILEE JESUS MEN PEOPLE SIMON ANDREW BROTHER DISCIPLES FISHERS GOOD JOHN NETS PETER TOGETHER BELIEVE CAST FATHER FOLLOW JAMES KINGDOM NEWS SHORE WORKER READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 24th, 2018 Itemized Slips ONLY Date must not be more than 1-month from the day you turn it in. Must have date on slip Please fold slips they must all be straightened out, which is easier if they re folded. Prayer Line Coordinator: Sylvia Raredon/SF ~ Pat Hogan/DI Homebound Ministry ~ Joanne Sartori Catholics Returning Home~ Mary Desjarden RECONCILIATION: Wednesday 11:30am /or anytime by appt. BAPTISM: Pre-baptism class required for parents. Please contact the parish office to set up a class time. MARRIAGE: Arrangements must be made at least 6 months in advance. Pre-marriage classes required. Parish Pastoral Council: Robert Urban CJ Jenerou Mary McCune John Hogan, Gulliver Renee Santi Martha Johnson Roger Irie Mary Ellen Debelak Dave Fisher St. Francis de Sales School Principal: Mr. Don Erickson don.erickson@sfdsraiders.com Administrative Assistant: Barb Weber Parish / School FAX number:

4 June 23rd thru July 1st NO MASS Wed 6/27 Thurs 6/28 June 30th Saturday 5:30pm July 1st Sunday 9:00am July 1st Sunday 11:00am Sacristan Roger Tom Wendy Lectors J. Villemure (P) L. Selling J.Miller (P) M. McCune Ciborium M. Strasser E. Szydlowski J. VanDyck Chalice R. Deloria S. Raredon R. Irie M. Jenerou S. Szydlowski D. Barber C. Selling M. Hoholik L. Tegtman K. Miller J. Nord W.Nord Altar Servers K. Morrison K. Neadeau E. Zellar J. Zellar A. Noble J. Noble Music Julie/ Steve Patty/Terry Patty/Anna Thank you to our bulletin SPONSOR-OF- THE-WEEK

5 DATE TIME EVENT PLACE Tuesday June 26th BVM Wed. SFDS Following 4pm Mass next meeting date is: July 11, 2018 will meet at the Hiawatha Facility. 4th degree will meet at 4:45pm; dinner at 5:45pm; 3rd degree meets after dinner. Fellowship for all will follow the meets the last Thursday of each month in the BVM room at SFDS Church. August 30th at 6pm meeting will be held at Men s Club St. Francis de Sales Parish & Divine Infant The Men s Club will be meeting on Wednesday September 26th at 7pm in the school library. New members are always welcome!

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