Welcome to St. John the Baptist Catholic Parish February 18, 2018 Parish Office (920)434-2145 www.sjbh.org School Office 2597 Glendale Avenue Green Bay, WI 54313 (920)434-3822 www.gracesystem.org Parish Reconciliation Wednesday Feb. 21st 7:00pm We will begin with a short prayer service in the Church followed by individual confessions. There will be many priests available. All are welcome! KERYGMA NIGHT Kerygma The apostolic proclamation of salvation through Jesus Christ. The core message of the Gospel is called the kerygma. The kerygma informs the central mission and identity of the Church and is the identity of every baptized Christian. God is Love and has created us for a personal relationship with Him. Spend an evening looking at your relationship with God, reflecting on where you are at and where you could be. Pick a night! Thursday Feb. 22nd, 6-7:15pm in the Church or th Monday March 19, 6-7:15pm in the Church There is no cost so bring your family or a friend! So I ask you: Are you looking for empty thrills in life, or do you want to feel a power that can give you a lasting sense of life and fulfillment? Empty thrills or the power of grace? To find fulfillment, to gain new strength, there is a way. It is not a thing or an object, but a person, and he is alive. His name is Jesus Christ. - POPE FRANCIS
Welcome to Saint John the Baptist Catholic Parish Howard, Wisconsin Saturday, February 17 Sunday, February 18 Tuesday, February 20 Wednesday, February 21 Thursday, February 22 Friday, February 23 Saturday, February 24 Sunday, February 25 Oh God, Hear Our Prayer 4:30 pm People of the Parish 8:00 am 10:00am Amy Thor Mildred Deprez 6:30pm People of the Parish 8:30am Marvin VanRite Family 8:30am Ron Rodaer 8:30am Bob & Tine Madigan & Family 4:30 pm Deceased Members of the Parish 8:00 am 10:00am Merlin Kropp Paul Schierl The Rosary is said every Sunday at 7:30am in the Day Chapel before 8:00am mass Stewardship of Treasure From last weeks collection Weekly Contribution Budget $ 22,800.00 Weekly Envelopes $ 15,709.29 Loose Collection $ 1,077.46 Total $ 16,778.75 Scripture Readings February 25th Second Sunday of Lent Reading I Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 Reading II Romans 3:31b-34 Gospel Mark 9:2-10 For the hard to buy for remember we have Amazon, VISA and Discover Card available. Let them pick out their own gift! It s a win/win! Volunteers for Feb 24 & 25 Mar 3 & 4 SCRIP NEWS Milissa Lefebvre & Becky Bond Chris Urban & Steve/Honor Jensen Mar 10 & 11 Lynn & Brian McKean This Week at St. John s Monday, February 19, 2018 Women s Bible Study Fireplace Room, 6:00pm Faith Formation Gr. 1-8 6:00pm Buildings and Grounds Conference Room, 6:30pm Women s Welcome (CRHP) - Faith Formation, Rm, 6:30pm Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Children s Choir Church, 3:20pm Men s Bible Study Shelter Meal Oremus Narthex, 7:15pm Confirmation Retreat Peer Leaders Meeting Library, 7:00pm Social Concerns Fireplace Room, 7:00pm AA Upper Ministry Center, 8:00pm Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Breaking Open the Word - Narthex, 6:30am & 6:00pm Oremus Fireplace Room, 9:30am Senior Citizen Card Party Commons, 12:30pm SBJ Cub Scouts Pack Commons, 6:00pm Site Advisory Council Fireplace Room, 6:00pm Open Fishbowl Ministry Center, Prior to FF Class Faith Formation Gr. 1-8 6:00pm FF Gr. 9&10/Confirmation Reconciliation Church, 7:00pm Thursday, February 22, 2018 That Man is You Narthex, 6:00am Women s Bible Study Fireplace Room, 9:30am Kerygma Experience Church, 6:00pm Catholic Women/Christian Mothers Commons, 6:00pm Friday, February 23, 2018 Stations of the Cross Church, 7:00pm Saturday, February 24, 2018 Women s Bible Study Fireplace Room, 8:00am High School Women Coffee & Club Ministry Center, 9:00am SCHOOL AUCTION Rock Garden, 5:00PM High School Youth Night Ministry Center, 5:45pm Sunday, February 25, 2018 Confirmation Class 7:00pm Children s Stewardship Here are just a few of the many offerings to God from the youth at St. John the Baptist. It was my Birthday! I helpd pike up the basmint. I played Bingo with my great aunt. I swept the floor of my house. I helped at the store I helped my friend & gave my friend a thank you gift I visited my great grandma I jelped with dishes 2X Spelling taken directly from the envelopes! 22 youth envelopes were turned in last week $24.00
February 18, 2018 Dear people of God, We are a large and active parish. But, beneath all the lifechanging activity that occurs, there is much more potential. Even more basically is the deep concern that we all have an ongoing personal relationship with Christ Jesus. It is his work, his grace, his love that saves and inspires us. It is his mandate that we use every word and action to spread the gospel. For this reason, our parish is among 15 parishes that are pilot parishes for the Parish Mission and Capital Campaign Planning. We will be assessing the various ministries, activities and the needs of our buildings for updating. Are we using every word and action to spread the good news? As we work at being one of the pilot parishes, so will all the other parishes of the diocese of Green Bay be doing. Truly this is a huge endeavor for us as well as the entire diocese. It will require our best efforts. After all, this is what we desire to do. This is our time! The following are the people who we have asked to The following are the people whom we have asked to serve on a planning team of our parish for the next six months. Please surround all of us with prayer as the evil one will often attempt to thwart any effort that seeks to spread the gospel! We are not afraid and so we move ahead Fr. John Bergstadt Jean Payette Andrew Mulloy Dave WIthee Katie Westhoven David Yeghiaian Kelly Williams Susan Castleton Tony Nowak Resources: Deacon Manny Torres & Jeff Taylor Thank you for the strong and consistent support that you bring to this Beloved Parish! We have received a very positive response to making the announcements before Mass begins. It enables people to enter worship when those important items are completed before mass begins. For this reason we ask that you try to come a little bit earlier as the announcements are made about five minutes before Mass begins. We are also aware that if you end up at the outer edge of either parking lot it is a considerable walk to get to the church and can take more time that you might have anticipated. We appreciate your coming to church here and we want to the experience to be as prayerful and fruitful as we can. Thanks for all the cooperation that you give! SHOULD I GIVE TO THE BISHOP S APPEAL? As I sit at my desk writing this article, I just got off the phone with a close friend who happens to belong to another parish in our diocese. He just got back from a two week vacation, since he is retired, and was opening his mail. He was reading through the letter asking for him to consider donating to the Bishop s Appeal. And the Bishop wanted to remind him why it was important for him to support the Bishop s Appeal. He started off by saying what a fun time he had fishing and too bad I didn t care for salt water fishing. And then he got around to how much he should give to the Bishop s Appeal. He said, Every year I get one of these in the mail and sometime I decide to give and sometime I don t. Yet they keep sending me a letter every year. What do you think I should do? Wow, what an opening. I could give him two barrels full of what I know about the Bishop s Appeal. Such as the following taken from a brochure: Your gift to the Bishop s Appeal helps Catholic Charities reach out to those in need by providing individual and family counseling. Catholic Charities teaches people financial responsibility, provides adoption and pregnancy counseling to birth parents and adoptive parents, guides individuals with unplanned pregnancies, and offers other counseling services. Your gift brings faith formation to people of all ages. Parishes and Catholic schools are able to provide strong religious curriculum, train educators and youth leaders. The Bishop s Appeal supports Camp Tekakwitha summer camp for our youth. Within parishes, your gift assists in training and supporting pastoral ministers, parish staff, deacons and lay ministers. It supports outreach ministries, adult faith formation, and we also support campus ministries for young adults. These are just a few ways your gift to the Bishop s Appeal makes a difference. But I didn t do that. I said, You need to decide for yourself how much the good that the Bishop s Appeal does impacts your own life. It s not just about asking you for a donation but about making a commitment to help those less fortunate than yourself. About how making ministry happen goes a long way to making our world a better place. Only you can decide what is important. And with that, he said he would be sending his gift. But he still gave me a hard time about not going fishing with him. This year s Bishop s Appeal has only been ongoing for just over one week. Already our parish has reached 24% of our goal. If we could continue at this pace we would be done before Easter. I want to thank the 88 households that have already given this year. And I ask the rest of us to pray and decide how we can help to make ministry happen in our parish and the Diocese. May God bless us all.
February 18, 2018 RECONCILIATION OPPORTUNITIES WEST SIDE Penance Services Wed, Feb 21-7 pm @ St John the Baptist Tues, Feb 27 6 pm @ St Agnes Wed, Mar 14 6:15 pm @ Nativity Reconciliation Opportunities Wed, Feb 28 6:30 pm @ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Tues., Mar 13-6:15 pm @ Nativity Wed, March 28 6 pm Lenten Penance Service @ St. Willebrord Confession & Silent Adoration 5:30 pm @ Annunciation Thurs, Feb 15, Feb 22, Mar 1, Mar 15, Mar 22 Confession opportunities during Lent before weekend Masses: NEW - @ St Joseph - Sundays of Lent from 9:30-10:00 before 10:30 am Mass St. Jude & St Patrick Saturdays 3-3:30 pm. Reconciliation February 20 March 24 Tuesdays @ 5:30pm St John Saturdays @ 9:30am 10:30am St John Lenten Giving Tree As we prepare our hearts and minds for Lent, we remember those among us that need assistance. The Social Concerns Committee will once again be putting up the Lenten Giving Trees February 24-25. Select an ornament, return your donation by March 18th. Items being collected this year are; grocery and gas cards, laundry soap, diapers, socks and underwear and paper products. Thank you for your generosity! ALL ST. JOHN'S PARISH WOMEN You are welcome to join the Catholic Women/Christian Mothers for our business meeting. Thursday, Feb. 22nd in the school commons DID YOU KNOW... Kerygma: (from the Greek: keryssein meaning to proclaim and keryx means herald ). Kerygma refers to the initial and essential preaching, announcement or proclamation of the Gospel message. Kerygma is the heart of the Gospel, the core message of the Christian faith which all believers are called to proclaim. (Disciples on the Way Overview - Bishop Ricken- Green Bay Diocese Website) The most basic form of the kerygma contains five elements. Creation - God is love and has created me for relationship with Him. Fall- I have broken my relationship with God by my sin. Redemption - Jesus restores my relationship with God through his life, death, resurrection. Salvation - Jesus invites me to trust Him, to turn from sin and to give my life to Him. Re-Creation - Jesus has poured the Holy Spirit into my heart to bring me to new life in His Church and send His Church on mission so that others can experience that new life. (Encounter & Conversion Disciples On The Way - Green Bay Diocese Website) The word, kerygma, appears in the Gospel of Matthew 12:41, Luke 11:32 and in the Letters of St. Paul (Rom 16:25, 1 Cor 1:21, 2:4, 15:14, 2 Tim 4:17 and Titus 1:3). Social: 6:00pm Meeting: 6:30pm On our agenda will be our annual Spring Get Away being held on Wednesday, May 2nd, along with May Crowning/Living Rosary details. Come join us, and bring a friend to share the good news of what our organization is accomplishing for our parish. THANK YOU FROM THE KofC! THANK YOU to everyone who attended the KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Spaghetti Dinner on January 27! Through your generosity, $1,000 was raised to support KofC Youth Programs here at St, John s; and an additional $100 was added to our ongoing contribution to the KofC Persecuted Christians Fund (aiding our brothers and sisters in the Middle East). Watch the bulletin for future announcements about the next KofC Fund-raiser Dinner!!
February 18, 2018 Principal s Reflection Andrew Mulloy Lent in Our Catholic School CHECK OUT OUR VIBRANT YOUTH MINISTRY! Service Saturday: Feb 24th 9 a.m.-noon We re serving our parish community! It s going to be great time as we bond and serve parishioners! Sign ups can be done with Kym or Sherry in the parish offices! High School Youth Night: Feb 24th 6-8 p.m. in the Ministry Center Have you heard about our AMAZING Youth Ministry Opportunities this summer? Mission Trip: Love Beings Here on June 17-22nd Middle School Day Camp: July 16-20th Steubenville North for High Schoolers: July 25-31st or July 27-29th YOU PICK! Need more information on the Summer options, contact Kym Allex in the parish offices today! KEEP INFORMED AND UP TO DATE ON ALL UPCOMING EVENTS! Facebook: St. John the Baptist Youth ministry Twitter: stjohn_youth Instagram: st.johnthebaptistyouthministry One of the beautiful parts of the Catholic school experience is that staff and students are able to fully engage in the church s liturgical seasons. In Lent, our daily routines change and our faith s rich biblical experiences become an even more integral part of school culture. This year, students and staff will enter into the season through the three pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Students and classrooms will commit to becoming better versions of themselves. The entire school will increase its prayer life by adding the Stations of the Cross, a school-wide holy hour, and the Sacrament of Penance to the schedule. We will create a large physical prayer chain using slips of paper that classroom write intentions on. This year, we developed a fasting calendar. Our teachers identified things the school community will abstain from each day. For example, one day we might abstain from talking out of turn or from our favorite snack. Lastly, we will join the parish in the CRS Rice Bowl collection and will host a collection for the Freedom House, a family advancement center in Brown County. Please pray that our St. John the Baptist School community grows closer to Christ this Lent. For over a decade, The Northeast Wisconsin Passion Play, has presented a powerful musical drama depicting the ministry and passion of Christ through an original script, contemporary Christian score and dance. March 22, 23 & 24 @ 7pm March 24 & 25 @ 1 pm Xavier Fine Arts Theatre 1600 W. Prospect Ave, Appleton Special discount to the Saturday, March 24th 7:00 pm show: all seats $6.00. This special price is only available by contacting the Xavier Box Office and asking for the Congregation Discount when ordering. For more show information or to purchase tickets, please visit: www.newpassionplay.org
February 18, 2018 ESTO VIR MEN S CONFERENCE Date: March 3rd Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Place: St. Pius X Church Appleton, WI. This year s speakers include Patrick Madrid, Fr. Eric Nielsen, Jason Simon. The event will be emceed by Relevant Radio's Fr. Rocky. We also offer break-out sessions led by the Diocese of Green Bay s Adult Faith Formation Coordinator, Joe Tremblay and also the founder and director of SPIRITUS, Eden Foord. Calling All Women! Have you been searching for a way to jump start/go deeper in your relationship with God, be all you can be and spend time with your sisters in Christ? In Mary s Footsteps Women s Conference, entitled To Jesus, through Mary featuring, Mother Mary Catherine, Foundress of Missionaries of the Word; Kitty Cleveland, singer, songwriter and lay Catholic Evangelist; Rose Sullivan, Executive Director, National Conference Diocesan Vocation Directors and Deborah Gretzinger, Coordinator of Faith Formation St. Agnes Parish. Mass will be celebrated by Bishop David Ricken. Where: Good Shepherd Parish, Chilton When: Saturday, March 10, 2018. @ 8:ooam Cost: Pre-Register Students $1/Adults $45 At the door Students $20/Adults $50 Registration is now open at www.goodshepherdchilton.org/ news-and-events/marys-footsteps-women's-conference. St. Joseph s Winterfest When: Sat., March 3, 5-10:30 pm Where: St. Joseph, 936 Ninth St., Green Bay A FUN night for Adults, FREE admission! Pulled pork, pulled turkey, shredded beef, jambalaya and more!. Oral & silent auction, raffles, bake sale, BINGO, games, music. Cash Raffle - Grand Prize $10,000.00! For tickets, or more info: 920-496-2160. Proceeds to benefit the Quad-Parishes and the Faith Formation Center. SHELTER MEAL SERVED On Monday, February 12th, St. John the Baptist Parish served a hot chili dinner to 148 people (plus seconds) at the New Community Shelter on Mather Str eet in downtown Green Bay. Special thanks to the 10 families who provided chili, the 12 families who baked desserts, 8 families who donated fruit and the parishioners who served. Thanks to all involved for their generosity! If you are interested in helping cook, bake, or serve, please call and let us know. We would be happy to add you to our list of volunteers! Call Ellen Buss at 366-7489 or Mary Graycarek at 676-1332. Join us in prayer for the Confirmation Candidates while they are at class. Parents, Sponsors, and Anyone Interested We will. Pray for candidates Experience different prayer forms Learn what the candidates are experiencing Be in community with other interested adults From 7-8:15pm in Church Feb.18 - Holy Spirit & The Gifts of the Holy Spirit Feb. 25 - Personal gifts March 11 - Prayer & Discernment April 8 - What Makes us Catholic? April 15 - Question & Answer Discussion with panel April 22 - Confirmation and Beyond Come to one, two or all! LOCAL FISH DINNERS! Annunciation Perch Dinner Fridays Mar 16 401 Gray St., Green Bay, 5-7 pm $14 per person. $4 child s plate. St. Jude Fish Bake Fridays Feb 23, Mar 9, Mar 23 1420 Division St., Green Bay, 5-7 pm $8.25 adults, $7.50 seniors, $5 ages 11 and under. Prince of Peace Fish Dinner Friday, February 23rd and March 16th 3425 Willow Road Serving 4:30 7:00PM Baked Fish, potato, coleslaw, rye bread and more. $9 age 10 and up/$4 ages 5 9/Under age 4, free
February 18, 2018 Liturgical Ministries The complete schedule is online at www.sjbh.org/parishcal Give us a call with any questions, we would love to hear from you! Pastoral Team (920)434-2145 Pastor Rev. John P. Bergstadt Ext. 211 Parochial Vicar Rev. Scott Valentyn Ext. 210 Deacons Manny Torres & Nicholas Williams Business Administrator Deacon Manny Torres Ext. 213 School Principal Andrew Mulloy Ext. 221 Evangelization/Spiritual Growth Ruth Holloway Ext. 209 Adult & Young Adult Evangelization Katie Westhoven Ext. 204 Youth Evangelization Kym Allex Ext. 214 Liturgy and Music Karen Buchinger Ext. 232 Faith Formation Coordinator Amy Koehler/Mott Ext 212 Faith Formation Gr/ 1-8/Plus Sacraments Susan Casleton Ext 205 Parish Trustees Jean Payette Bob Buss Council Chairpersons Pastoral Council Melinda Palzewic Meets on the second Thursday of the Month Finance Council David Withee Meets on the Fourth Monday of the Month Council & Committee Meetings are open to all Parishioners Schedule of Worship Weekday Masses Tuesday 6:30pm ; Wednesday thru Friday 8:30am Adoration First Thursday of the Month (Holy Hour 6:30pm) Weekend Masses Saturday 4:30pm; Sunday 8:00am & 10:00am Reconciliation Tuesday evenings from 5:30-6:30pm Saturday 9:30am 10:30am (Or by appointment) Baptism Baptism Class is offered each month and is required prior to Baptism. Register by calling the Parish Office. Marriage Contact Deacon Manny at least eight months in advance.
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