SAN JUAN CATHOLIC MISSION 304 PLANT AVE SE BRANFORD, FL 32008

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1 SAN JUAN CATHOLIC MISSION 304 PLANT AVE SE BRANFORD, FL Epiphany January 3, 2016 Welcome Home Rev. Sebastian George, CMI Pastor This Church is our heavenly Father s house, a place of solace and grace, so feel at home here. Enter reverently, pray quietly, sing joyfully, listen attentively, give cheerfully and come back gladly. Remain in the Church after Mass for some personal quiet time with the Lord, or exit quietly to the Parish Hall for f e l l o w s h i p a n d s h a r i n g. Whether you are a registered p a r i s h i o n e r, n e w t o o u r community or a visitor Welcome to San Juan Mission San Juan Mission Statement San Juan Catholic Mission adheres to the laws of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church for faith guidelines to meet all spiritual needs of the parishioners and faith community with evangelization as one of our primary goals. Mass - Liturgy Sunday Mass 9:30 am Daily Masses: In Bulletin & Announcements Mass in Spanish Saturday 7:30 pm Youth Mass Third Sunday First Friday Adoration (no Mass) 11:00 am to 3:00 pm First Saturday Rosary 9:00 am (Confessions - shortly before all Masses or by appointment) Church Office: Office Fax: sanjuancruz@live.com Website: sanjuanmission.org FaceBook: facebook.com/sanjuancatholicmission Office Hours Tuesday, & Thursday 9:00 am to Noon or by Appointment Wednesday 3-5 pm

2 Deacon s Page January 3, 2016 JMJ Deacon Paul s Corner Angels of Mercy Community Clothes Giveaway Program Thank you Adam & Emily Kersch for bringing us the Advent Concert and your friends The Flowers of St. Francis Xavier, playing the music. The Angels of Mercy is beginning a new program to help those in need. On every third Friday of the month, beginning on January 15th, the Angels will be distribuang clothes to those that need assistance. We will be accepang donaaons of slightly worn, clean, winter jackets, clothes and blankets for children and adults. Please bring your donaaons to the church during office hours or on Sunday s. This clothes drive will conanue unal further noace. December 27 Notes Amount Offertory Saturday Mass Offertory Sunday Mass Other/ Designated Land, Explorers, Ladies Guild, Youth Group/Mary Garden/flowers The Sanctuary Light Memorial is available. The Hosts Memorial is available Designated Ret Religious Total Deposit This program cannot be successful without the help of everyone. Please, help us to help others. For more informaaon see Sharon Hudson. January Mass Intentions Jan 3 Jacob Wilwol RIP Altar Candle Memorials Available for 2016 Jan 10 Vivian King RIP Jan 17 Mary Wilwol RIP Jan 24 Oliver Seidner RIP Jan 31 Ritchey Family SI

3 Birthdays & Events January 3, 2016 Birthdays During the month of January we celebrate the Birthdays and other Grand Events of these Treasured Parishioners Birthdays 1 James Burne< 2 Veronica Ritchey 2 William Johnson 3 Jeff Smith 3 Shawn Smith 3 Cynthia Luna 4 Jennifer Samson 10 Nancy Roman 12 Hiutl Marquez 15 Juan Sandoval 17 Bob McGann 18 Roque Roman 19 Suzanne Riordan 19 Jennifer Iodice 20 Sandy Newman 21 Patricia Kreinbihl 23 Chris Samson 24 Keira Samson 25 Bill Heithaus 27 Virginia Montoya New Faces around the Parish A Special Thanks to Sharon & Jim Hudson for putting up our January Respect Life Cross Display Assisted by Ken Lemmon, Bart Pierron and John Riordan and his children Chris & Judy Kenner

4 Youth Ministry January 3, 2016 Youth Group Come Join the Fun Explorers Join One - Join in Youth Ministry - Join Both Teen High School Youth Rally Some of our Youth may be interested in Joining other High School students from across the diocese for a weekend of music, faith, fellowship, and fun! From skits to games, talks to prayer, sports to small groups, all culminating with mass this will be one weekend to energize and revitalize their faith! The purpose of the youth conference is twofold: first, to evangelize. The goal is to offer a weekend that invites and excites the young people into a deeper discipleship of Jesus Christ. Everything they do points to Jesus, from the music to the workshops and culminating with the liturgy. Second, they offer the young people an opportunity to see a larger church community with teenagers from across the diocese. There is great value in seeing and participating in big church so that the young church can grow in fellowship together. San Juan Mission is a Mission of St. Madeleine Catholic Parish Rev. Sebastian George, Pastor NW US Hwy 441, High Springs, FL (386) Prime-Osborne Convention Center March 11-12, 2016 Emergency Deacon Paul (904) Rev. Sebastian George at St. Madeleine ATTENTION See bulletin board in restroom hallway for Diocesan Safe Environment/ Sexual Abuse Prevention and Reporting Procedures.

5 Some Events of 2015 January 3, 2016

6 Youth the Soup Kitchen The Corporal Works of Mercy in Action San Juan Youth Ministry Feeding the Hungry At the Lad Soup Kitchen - December 23, 2015

7 Youth the Soup Kitchen

8 Tom Rogachesky Cell: SCAFF s Market IGA Branford & Bell Shown by Appointment Orlando Classic Cars klassix@aol.com Ofc: Fax: Office: 1262 SE Baya Drive Cuzin s Café Suwannee Avenue Branford, Fl Smokin Oak Meats Suwannee Iron Works & Fencing All Types of Welding & Fabrication Sem Caparelli, Vice-President CR 48 Ofc: (386) O Brien FL Cell: (386) suwanneeironworks2@live.com In Loving Memory of the Deceased Members of the Pugh & Samson Families In Loving Memory of the Deceased Members of our Family Deacon Paul & Nancy Branford Family Medical Center Bienvenido Samera, M.D.,FAAFP, P.A Family Practice Hwy. 129, 303 Suwannee Ave. (386) P.O. Box 846 After Hrs. (386) Branford, Fl Fax (386) In loving memory of the Miller Children Bobby, Jean & Rick In memory of the Woltering & Ritchey Families Available In loving memory of the Ball & Emig Families Center for Nutrition Shirley Rogachesky (386) San Juan de la Cruz Ora Pro Nobis {pray for Our Treasured Patrons Joe & Ida Annarumma Rebekah & Mercy Samson Jeff & Chris Biller Carolyn Blattenberger Frank & Margie Caparelli Jim & Sharon Hudson Richard & Wendy Conover Doris Jackson Family Charles & Maria George Pablo & Lupe Jimenez Richard & Kathy Smith Jessica Walbridge Family Ken & Ann Lemmon Gail March Teri McDowell Ross & Claire Oliverio Pierron Family Maxine McGrath Janet Pugh Jake Pugh, Jr. Don & Anne Rae Veronica Ritchey Shirley Rogachesky Robert Pfeifer Chris Samson Janet Samson Jennifer Samson Joshua Samson Lillian Barbera Theresa Schumacher Tom & Kathy Wilwol Roy & Margie Stanfield Frank & Stella Vadakin Ed & Sandy Newman Bob & Carole McGann Bill & Millie Heithaus Call the Midwife Angie Fennell, LM, CPM Licensed & Insured Lake City Birth, LLC Personalized Prenatal, Home Birth & Postpartum Care Call for free consultation! Available In loving Memory of Kathleen and Marsha Hertel Available

9 Meditations on Mercy: January 2016 For each month of the Jubilee of Mercy, we offer reflections based on scripture passages that Pope Francis uses in his Bull Misericordiae Vultus (MV). By beginning with a scripture passage and a reference to paragraphs in Misericordiae Vultus, each reflection offers a way to more deeply embrace the call to embody mercy that is asked of every Christian. These reflections can be done on your own, with your family, or with small groups in your parish. GATHERING (10 minutes) Pray: Prayer of Pope Francis for the Jubilee of Mercy ( content/gdm/en/giubileo/bolla.html) Discuss: Outside of our group activity, how did you see the mercy of God working in your life over the past few weeks? JANUARY 2016 Mi 7:18-20; MV, no. 17 Who is a God like you, who removes guilt / and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance; / Who does not persist in anger forever, / but instead delights in mercy, / And will again have compassion on us, / treading underfoot our iniquities? / You will cast into the depths of the sea all our sins; / You will show faithfulness to Jacob, / and loyalty to Abraham, / As you have sworn to our ancestors / from days of old. Happy New Year! January is often a month of new beginnings and new resolutions. In this Jubilee Year, we are asked to make acts of mercy a priority in our lives and to live out the compassionate love of God. In this passage from Micah, we are reminded of God s eternal promise to us. Throughout the Old Testament, we read stories of God s covenant that he made with his chosen individuals (through Noah, Abraham, and Moses). This covenant is more than a promise; it is also a relationship between God and his people. This relationship continues with the New Covenant, which is made through the life, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus, and with our participation in the New Covenant through the sacraments of the Church. God, who is ever faithful, will never break his covenant with us. Even if we fail or fall away, God still yearns for our return. Pope Francis highlights verses as an illustration of God s compassion and mercy toward us. No person and no action can compare to the generous mercy and compassion that God has for us. Even though we may break our part of the covenant relationship, God pardons our sins because of his great love. God delights in mercy God s merciful attitude is not a chore or a bother for God. Rather, pardoning sins and drawing people back into a relationship brings joy to God. As we make our annual resolutions, don t forget to include one about acting as God acts, with love and compassion to everyone we encounter. If you have trouble keeping this resolution, just remember that God will always keep his resolutions! REFLECTION QUESTIONS 1. After reading about God s covenant with us and God s enduring love and compassion, what are some things we can do to strengthen

10 Mercy in M otion our relationship with God? Why is it important for us to respond to God s covenant of love and mercy with our own actions of love and mercy? 2. What is one realistic New Year s resolution you can make this year that will help you adopt the attitude of mercy? What are some things you can do that could help you stay on track in keeping this resolution throughout the year? CLOSING PRAYER (5 minutes) Assemble intentions and reflections from this week s gathering. Copyright 2015, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington DC. All rights reserved. Excerpts from Misericordiae Vultus, copyright 2015, Libreria Editrice Vaticana (LEV), Vatican City State. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Scripture excerpts used in this work are taken from the New American Bible, Revised Edition, 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC. All rights reserved. 2

11 The Domestic Church The Church of the Home The Catholic family as a domestic church is the fundamental community or cell of the parish, the diocese, and the universal Church. Christ has called all family members to union with God through Baptism and the other Sacraments and to share in the mission of the whole Church. Family members carry out the Church s mission by fostering mutual love in the home and, through that love, by building up the community of the Church and society. The Christian home is the place where children receive the first proclamation of the faith. For this reason the family home is rightly called the domestic church, a community of grace and prayer, a school of human virtues and of Christian charity. (CCC, no. 1666) The Christian family forms an environment within which faith is professed and witnessed. When family members pray together, engage in lifelong learning, forgive one another, serve each other, welcome others, affirm and celebrate life, and bring justice and mercy to the community, they help each other live the faith and grow in faith. Some families may not understand themselves as a domestic church. Perhaps they consider their family too broken to be used for the Lord s purposes. They need to remember that a family is holy not because it is perfect, but because God s grace is at work in it. What is a family? A man and a woman united in marriage, together with their children, form a family (CCC, no. 2202). A family as defined in the Cate chism may be found in a considerable portion of the households in our nation. Other familial arrangements have developed, such as single-parent families, blended families, and families in which adult children care for their parents as well as their own children. All families are beset with many challenges. They deserve compassion and the hope that they can be faithful to Christ s way of love. The Christian family is called to be a community of faith, hope, and love in an environment of prayer. Aided by a number of other virtues, such as prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance, the family that practices them begins to actualize its spiritual calling as a domestic church. When a family becomes a school of virtue and a community of love, it is an image of the loving communion of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is then an icon of the Trinity. This article is an excerpt from the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults, copyright 2006, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. All rights reserved. Quotes from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, copyright 2000, Libreria Editrice Vaticana United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Photo: CNS/Jose Luis Aguirre, The Catholic Voice.

12 JANUARY 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 3 Mass - 9:30 am Feast of Epiphany Children s Christmas party No Faith Formation 10 Mass 9:30 am Faith Formation 10:45 am YGrp Mtng Noon 17 Mass 9:30 am Youth Sunday Faith Formation 10:45 am Pot luck after Mass 24 Mass 9:30 am Faith Formation 10:45 am YGrp Mtng Noon 31 Mass 9:30 am Faith Formation 10:45 am 4 5 5:30pm Explorers 7 pm-sr. Regina Bible study/sr. Lili Class pm-sr. Regina Bible study/sr. Lili Class :30 pm Explorers 7 pm-sr. Regina Bible Study/Sr. Lili Class pm-sr. Regina Bible Study/Sr. Lili Class Happy New Year! 6 3:30 pm-prayer Shawl 13 Mass 6 pm 3:30 pm-prayer Shawl Family Night 20 3:30 pm-prayer Shawl 27 3:30 pm-prayer Shawl 12/31 Vigil Mass - 7 pm Solemnity of Mary Holy Day of Obligation 1 No adoration Mass - 9 am Solemnity of Mary Holy Day of Obligation 2 Rosary 9 am 7:30 pm -Mass in Spanish :30 Sr. Lili Prayers 7:30 pm Mass in Spanish :00 am Ladies Guild 2-5 pm Clothes Closet Day of prayer for legal protection of unborn Ladies Guild luncheon- Restaurant 11 am 16 5:30 Sr. Lili Prayers 7:30 pm-mass in Spanish 23 5:30 Sr. Lili Prayers 7:30 pm-mass in Spanish :30 Sr. Lili Prayers 7:30 pm-mass in Spanish