Second Sunday in Ordinary Time January 20, Proud to be a Stewardship Parish

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1 2575 W. El Campo Grande Avenue, North Las Vegas, NV (702) Fax: (702) Proud to be a Stewardship Parish The Schedule of Masses Saturday: 4:00 pm (Vigil for Sundays) Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm & 5:00 pm Tuesday through Friday: 8:00 am Holy Days: See parish bulletin Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday: 2:30 3:15pm or upon request during office hours except on Sundays Morning Prayer Tuesday through Friday: 7:35 am Rosary Tuesday through Friday: 7:15 am (Church opens 7:10 am Tues-Fri) Office Hours Tues. thru Thurs.: 8:30 am 12:00 pm & 1:30 pm 5:00 pm Friday 8:30-12:00 noon Saturday: 8:30 am 4:00 pm Closed Sunday and Monday Second Sunday in Ordinary Time January 20, 2013 Nations shall behold your vindication, and all the kings your glory. Isaiah 62:2

2 Mass Intentions, Parish Calendar and Readings Mass Intentions Saturday, January 19 4:00 pm Joe Cleveland by John and Beverly Harbauer Sunday, January 20 8:00 am Hector Melchor Happy Birthday! 10:00 am The Thomas Family by Indira Thomas 12:00 pm Leo Charnecki by SJNC Marthas and Marys 5:00 pm St. John Neumann Parish Family Tuesday, January 22 8:00 am Holy Souls by The Hernandez Family Wednesday, January 23 8:00 am Edward Skornisak by John and Debbie Krystyniak Thursday, January 24 8:00 am Precila and Teodorico Macaieb by Milagros M. Raon Friday, January 25 8:00 am In Thanksgiving by Fortunta B. Prado Saturday, January 26 4:00 pm Jo Kuntz by Carmella Busco Sunday, January 27 8:00 am Theresa Consic by Carmine Difazio 10:00 am Cyril Riveria by Marthas and Marys 12:00 pm St. John Neumann Parish Family 5:00 pm Frank Visonti by The Hamels Parish Calendar Baptismal Preparation Marthas & Marys Young Adult Choir Children s Choir Adult Choir Men s Club Senior Luncheons Finance Committee Bible Study Staff Meetings RCIA Reader s Workshop Parish Council Jr. High Youth Group High School Youth Group Call the Parish Office for an appointment 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 pm Tuesdays, 7:00 pm Wednesdays, 6:00 pm Wednesdays, 6:45 pm 1st Wednesday, 7:00 pm 2nd Wednesday,bi-monthly 12:00 noon 2nd Thursday, 7:00 pm Thursdays, 8:45 am Thursdays, 10:00 am Thursdays, 7:00 pm Thursdays, 7:00 pm 2nd Thursday, 7:00pm 2nd & 4th Wednesday 6:00-7:30 pm 1st & 3rd Wednesday 6:00-7:30 pm Through the waters of baptism and in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Readings for the Week Monday: Heb 5:1-10; Ps 110:1-4; Mk 2:18-22 Tuesday: Heb 6:10-20; Ps 111:1-2, 4-5, 9, 10c; Mk 2:23-28, or any of a number of readings for the Day of Prayer Wednesday: Heb 7:1-3, 15-17; Ps 110:1-4; Mk 3:1-6 Thursday: Heb 7:25 8:6; Ps 40:7-10, 17; Mk 3:7-12 Friday: Page 2 - January 20, 2013 Acts 22:3-16 or 9:1-22; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Mk 16:15-18 Saturday: 2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9 or Ps 96:1-3, 7-8a, 10; Mk 3:20-21 Sunday: Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10; Ps 19:8-10, 15; 1 Cor 12:12-30 [12-14, 27]; Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21 LOOKING GOOD The best mirror is a friend s eyes. Gaelic proverb Jemmalyn Narciso and Santiago Ortega were welcomed into our faith community on Sunday, January 13, Congratulations! The Parish and Faith Formation offices will be closed on Saturday, January 19th Monday, January 21st in observance of the Martin Luther King holiday.

3 Fr. Jim s Letter, Stewardship and Second Collection Nonetheless, no matter what precautions we take, there is no 100% full proof way to avoid the spread of the flu virus. A little prevention, however, can go a long way. Dear Parishioners and Friends of St. John Neumann, A LITTLE PREVENTION CAN GO A LONG WAY Last weekend you heard in the pre-mass announcements some rather obvious and logical ways we all can try and stay healthy during this current flu season. This weekend I d like to present in writing what was heard before all the Masses last weekend. As many of you have heard in the news, this season seems to be a bit more active and serious than the recent past. Therefore, I d like to make a few points to help us all stay as healthy as possible. First, if you do have the flu or are not feeing well, it would be better to stay at home and wait to come back to church once you are recovered. Please remember that God understands and that it is not a sin to miss Mass if you re not feeling well. It would be better to get well first rather than spread any virus to others. Second, if you are present and not feeling well, it would be very prudent to observe the following points: 1. Avoid any physical contact with others. 2. If you are about to sneeze or cough, please do so into a Kleenex or hanky, or if it s sudden, please avoid covering your sneeze or cough with your hands and do so into your upper arm area. 3. At the sign of peace, if you are not feeling well or if you would rather not share the sign of peace with a physical handshake, please offer a gesture with your hand as you wish the peace of Christ to those near you. 4. If you are not feeling well, you should avoid receiving the Precious Blood. You may, however, approach the minister of the Precious Blood and make the appropriate reverence, which is a bow of your head while standing. After making this reverence, you can then proceed to your seat. If everyone observes these rather obvious precautions, we should probably remain relatively healthy. One more note: Please realize, however, that not all coughs and sneezes are due to a virus. Someone may have allergies or something that is not contagious. Nonetheless, it would be very prudent to observe the aforementioned precautions. I know these comments may seem to be rather obvious and logical, but it doesn t hurt to remind us all of the simple ways we can observe to remain as healthy as possible. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation! Peace always, JANUARY 12/13 1st Collection $ 18, nd Collection $ 3, Total for these collections $ 22, Church Attendance 2,932 (our church holds 663). Attendance 1st Hospitality 4:00 pm 452 $ 3, $ :00 am 411 $ 2, $ :00 am 748 $ 3, $ :00 pm 649 $ 2, $ :00 pm 672 $ 3, $ Mail in $ 1, $ -0- Electronic $ 2, $ Make your Stewardship and/or Sunday Offering On-line It s secure, convenient & easy to setup! Donating electronically is an efficient way to make contributions to the parish. To view the on-line donations program, visit our parish website at and click on the blue box in the upper right corner of the home page. Thank you for your continued support of St. John Neumann! Page 3 - January 20, 2013

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5 Parish and Community News Lay Dominican Community Meeting Bl. Bartolo Longo Lay Dominican Community of Las Vegas invites you to pray and study with us in community. Catholic men and women of every walk of life belong to Lay Dominican communities. We join together to pray, to study, and to be of service to others. WOW, we cannot tell you enough how blessed we are for the giving hearts of the St. John Neumann parishioners participation in the Angel Tree Campaign! We are so grateful for our growing partnership. It truly does make a difference and our cup runneth over! God s blessings and Merry Christmas to each of you and to your flock! Thank you for responding to God s call to help. Partners in Life The Staff and Board of the WRCSN SJNC Monthly Service Statistics Food Pantries Report Statistics for the month of December Ages 0-17 Ages Ages 60+ Households Reg. Service: Extra Service: Totals for the month: 985 1, Lay Dominicans of Las Vegas will meet on the fourth Saturday on January 26, 2013 from 9:30 am to 12:00 noon at St. Thomas Aquinas, Newman Center UNLV Campus, 4765 Brussels St., Las Vegas, NV Please join us. For more information or for future dates and times, call: Mr. Dan Morin OP at danwmorin@nescape.net or Fr. Albert Felice-Pace OP , cell TV MASS THANK YOU Thank you to all the parishioners who attended the TV masses on Monday, January 7th at St. Elizabeth s. Whether you attended one mass or all four, your participation helps the homebound feel very much a part of our faith community. May God bless you! The next TV masses will be taped on February 8th at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. These masses for the shut-ins can be viewed every Sunday morning on the CW Network or cable channel 6 at 7:30 am. Page 5 - January 20, 2013

6 Parish and Community News Visiting Mary The St. John Neumann Visiting Mary can visit the home of a registered parishioner for one week. She can be picked up on Saturday afternoon at 3 pm and must be returned to the parish office by 12 pm the following Saturday. The statue comes with prayers, songs, meditations and directions on how to pray the rosary, as well as some special intentions requested by our administrator. Visiting Mary Schedule 1/26 Maria Fresnosa 2/2 - Gene and Adrienne Autry 2/9 Nellie V. Nacua 2/16 Manuela Martinez SJNC Marthas & Marys We invite you to join us at our next meeting which is scheduled for February 7 pm in the Youth Room. All women ages 18 and over are welcome to join us for prayer, fellowship and fun. Military Care Package If you have a loved one deployed, the SJNC Marthas and Marys Women s Group would like to send them a military care package. Please send the address info to sjncmarthasandmary@yahoo.com and include your relationship to them. Sunday Donut Hospitality needs you! First of all, a BIG SJNC Thank you to our Sunday Donut Hospitality ministers for their dedication to the Hospitality ministry during 2012! Now that we are back with Sunday donuts, we really need help for the 12:00noon Mass! After this Mass is when we need to clean up the Youth Room and kitchen. If you enjoy the Sunday Donut Hospitality, please consider volunteering once or twice a month to lend a hand. Contact Elsie Lyon through the parish office at Thank you in advance for your willingness to to help us continue this great ministry. Page 6 - January 20, 2013 Just a note. Please don t dog ear (turn down the corners) pages of our new parish hymnals. If we take good care of these beautiful new books they will serve our parish for a long time. Thank you for your consideration. Lectionary Based Scripture Study Join us for our next class on Thursday, January 24th at 8:45am. We will reflect on next Sunday s Gospel (Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21). The Spirit of the Lord has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives.

7 A VISIBLE GOD We find it difficult to convey ideas to people unless we can actually show them something, demonstrate what we mean. God, who is invisible and truly beyond human understanding, apparently faces the same difficulty. People want to see, not just listen to an idea. So God gave us Jesus Christ, God made visible in the world. During these past weeks we have seen how Jesus was revealed as an infant to the shepherds and the magi, and then began his adult public life at his baptism by John. Today s Gospel reading tells us of his first sign, providing wine for the wedding guests at Cana. Around the Diocese TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION The cause of church unity is commended to Christians for prayer and action every year around this time. This week is not so much to focus on the many divisions within the Christian family, but on bonds of faith and mission. Even though Christians have always shown an inclination to fracture, spin off, and mutate into new expressions, recent history shows some new points of convergence and agreement. Catholics are more firmly rooted in the word of God, for example, and many Protestants are more likely to celebrate Communion than in years past. Some denominations are merging and pooling resources, and people from various traditions are collaborating on projects. Of course, even Jesus, God made visible, was not always easily understood in his own day, nor is he even now. So we have to ponder what we see: the poverty and simplicity of his birth, his humility and openness before John the Baptist, his kindness and compassion toward people in their ordinary problems, such as running short of wine at a wedding. Yet it is in coming to know Jesus that we come to know God. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. Worldwide Marriage Encounter Jesus worked his first public miracle at the wedding feast in Cana. Jesus produced an overabundance of wine which many believe symbolizes the overabundance of grace Jesus gives to the couples in the sacrament of matrimony. We have more grace than we could ever need available to us, no matter what circumstances we face, and all we have to do is call out to our blessed Savior, Jesus Christ. Allow God to strengthen, renew, rekindle and even transform you marriage sacrament; sign up today to attend a Marriage Encounter weekend. The next weekends are February and May 3-5, 2013, in the Las Vegas area. Early registration is highly recommended. For more information, call Wayne and Marcia Kessler at For information on Spanishlanguage weekends, call Javier and Maria Lopez at or Page 7 - January 20, 2013 The call of this week is to be mindful of the diversity of our traditions and customs while treasuring what we hold in common. The old advice to lighten up is good medicine, because sometimes our differences are delightful and amusing. If someone says, Let us pray, a Catholic might close the eyes, bow the head and fold hands; a Protestant reach out and clasp hands with the person in the next chair; and someone belonging to an Orthodox tradition might stand up with eyes wide open. Each has taken a different path, but the goal is always the same. This is a week not for focusing on the well-worn paths of divergence, but for mutual delight in a common goal. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. Retrouvaille (Re-tro-vi)... Has helped thousands of couples in all stages of disillusionment!! You can save your marriage!! Is your marriage suffering from distress? Poor Communication? Misunderstanding? Are you considering Separation or Divorce? Give your marriage a new beginning!! Join us for the upcoming Retrouvaille Weekend APRIL 19-21, Call Chuck and Carol Moore at (702)

8 Outreach (Pantry hours: Wed. 9am-3pm) Together, we can make a difference! Together, we can say Yes to God! Outreach and RCIA Wish lists for the Pantry: Pasta Sauce, mac n cheese, canned tuna canned vegetables & fruit, soups, Ramen, canned proteins (i.e., chicken, spam) pasta, peanut butter, rice, dried beans. The economic downturn has affected many families in the parish and there are many in our area that are without jobs, shelter, or food during these difficult times. The SJNC pantry is in need of our help. The next time you are at the grocery store please consider purchasing some extra food for our families in need. Please leave your donations in the big wooden box in the lobby. God bless you for supporting the Outreach Pantry. To our Outreach Donors THANK-YOU for All That You Do! We will publish January 16th Outreach Ministry numbers in next week s bulletin Are you a fully initiated Catholic?...One that has received not only Baptism and First Eucharist, but also the sacrament of Confirmation. If the answer is NO, then RCIA is for you. If you or someone you know is considering becoming Catholic, come to a Thursday evening meeting at 7:00 pm and see what it is all about. The process is very interesting. Practicing Catholics are also needed to sponsor those who wish to join the church. Come, learn, ask questions and make friends. RCIA Meeting: January 24, 2013, 7:00 pm in rooms Topic: Sacrament of Marriage Presented by Jim and Cathy Trawinski All adults of the parish are invited to attend!! Page 8 - January 20, 2013

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11 Parish Staff Administrator Visiting Priests Deacons Fr. James Jankowski Msgr. Joe Cosgrove Fr. Albert Felice-Pace Fr. Bob Kiefer Frank Oettinger Andre Richard Director of Business Activities Cheryl Shaffer ext. 201 Administrative Assistant Leonarda Serna ext. 200 Bookkeeper Paula Howley ext. 204 Volunteer Coordinator Mary Santos ext. 211 Pastoral Care Coordinator Kathy Oettinger Maintenance Al Camacho Custodian Tio Serna Dir. Of Children s Faith Formation Cathy Trawinski ext. 210 Asst. for Faith Formation/Reception Araceli Perez ext. 215 Dir. Of Youth Ministry/Confirmation Nora Luz Kriegel ext. 214 CGS Coordinator Helen Silva ext. 217 Dir. Of Adult & Children s Choir Sean Davis Youth Choir Lissy De Jesus Organist Kara Davis Keyboard Jay De Jesus Ministries/Organizations Altar Linens Mary Lou Bodan Altar Servers Marie Ricci Bulletin Editors M. Santos, E. Ramirez Eucharistic Ministers Marge Nelson Gift Shop Nelda Schafer Hospitality Elsie Lyon Marthas & Marys Lori Gabriel Men s Club Al Smith Sick or Homebound Deacon Frank Oettinger Outreach Fr. Jim Jankowski RCIA Paula Howley x 204 Readers Nancy Hoover Sacristans Betty Beck Senior Luncheons Bob Chiodo Marriage Prep (sponsor couples) Deacon Frank Oettinger Ushers Bob & Adrian McKechnie Sacrament of Baptism Preparation time for the parents of the child is three months. Please call the parish office to sign up for a class and begin the process. Baptisms are celebrated during the Mass. Sacrament of Marriage Consult with the priest before you set the date. A minimum of six to eight months preparation is needed. Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick Call the parish office at any time if you or a family member seeks the Sacrament. If possible, please try to call before your loved one is in the active process of dying. Communion for the Sick or Homebound Contact the parish office during office hours. In case of hospitalization, inform the admissions office that you are a Catholic and would like to receive communion. Mass Intentions Scheduled in the parish office. The calendar fills up rapidly, so Mass intentions may have to be scheduled up to a year in advance. House Blessings Parishioners are encouraged to bless their own homes. Holy water and appropriate prayers are provided by the parish. Faith Formation Registration Registration began in April. Classes are held from September to May. Students must complete 2 consecutive years of classes in order to celebrate First Communion or Confirmation. Annulments Please contact Fr. Jim or Deacon Frank Oettinger Vocations Please contact Fr. James Jankowski Parish Council Tony Urevich Shelley Robertson Marie Ricci Jay Rodrigues Arlene Martin John Cruz Jesus Doc Floresca Leticia Cristobal Theresa Rees Parish Finance Council John Kilduff Margo Lamuraglia Victim Advocacy Number Advocacy is available for any individual who has been sexually and/or physically abused. The 24-hour hotline number is: (702)

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