OF ARC CATHOLIC CHURCH

21, 2018 Page 1 ST.January JOAN OF ARC CATHOLIC CHURCH (View this bulletin on-line at www.stjoanofarcfl.com) 13485 Spring Hill Drive Spring Hill Florida 34609 ~ Telephone: (352) 688-0663 Fax: (352) 686-7937 JANUARY 21, 2018 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel. Mark 1:15 Eucharistic Liturgies Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and Spanish Mass: 1:00 p.m. Daily Mass: 9:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. & by appointment Pastoral Team Please call the Parish Office at (352) 688-0663 for information regarding any of the following: Baptism for Children: Parent preparation. Matrimony: If you are contemplating marriage at St. Joan of Arc Church, please be mindful that there is a six month prior notice request required. RCIA/RCIC: Rite of Initiation into the Catholic faith. Ministers of the Eucharist: Please notify the Parish Office if you, or someone you know is sick, in the hospital, homebound or shut-in. Rev. Patrick Rebel, Pastor Rev. Jerry Murphy, Assisting Rev. Edward Reiter, Assisting Rev. Michael Kouts, Assisting Rev. Paul Coughlin, Assisting Deacon Lee Hinderscheid Deacon Fred LaPiana Deacon José Cruz Anne Cofone, Business Manager/Secretary Mary Jo Waggoner, Director of Faith Formation Joyce Thorpe, Director of Music Nancy Lovelock, Youth Minister Parish Office Hours Martha s Helpers: Services for our homebound. In His Footsteps Soup & Sandwich Lunch: Served on the second Thursday of each month from Noon 2:00 p.m. in our Parish Hall and on the fourth Thursday of each month for the homebound only. Parishioners in need of assistance: St. Vincent de Paul Society (352) 556-3670 Mary & Martha s Gift Shop: Wednesday: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Saturday: 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Sunday: 7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Closed during all Masses Emergencies Only: (352) 666-3156 Priests Mass Schedule for Jan. 27/28 (subject to Change) 4:00 pm Fr. Jerry 7:30 am Fr. Ed 9:00 Fr. Pat 11:00 Fr. Pat 1:00 pm Fr. Pat Monday - Thursday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Friday: 9:00 a.m. - Noon (Closed daily 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.) Phone: (352) 688-0663 E-mail: jchrchca@tampabay.rr.com Website: www.stjoanofarcfl.com Religious Education/Faith Formation For information on all programs of: Rel. Ed. & Youth Ministry: (352) 686-7864 Rel. Ed. StJoanRelEd@gmail.com Youth Group: SJOA-Youth@TampaBay.rr.com Notre Dame Catholic School Phone: (352) 683-0755 Website: www.ndcsfl.org

Page 2 (View this bulletin on-line at www.stjoanofarcfl.com) Notes from the Pastor BEING PRESENT: What Technology Cannot Replace The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us that we are made to live in communion with God and each other (CCC 45, 959). We desire connection in one way or another. The key is discerning whether our technology helps us to deepen our relationship with God and to those around us. Technology should help us connect with others, defend the voiceless, proclaim our belief or aid in our worship of God. We can find prayers, Mass readings and Scripture commentary online. If, on the other hand, technology becomes a distraction from God s plan and we seek relationships outside of God and others, we are letting ourselves be used by technology. We may feel over-connected with the internet. We have to answer every email within ten minutes. We may also feel the necessity of having to see the latest and greatest on our favorite entertainment site. However, if we change our routine and not look at the internet so often, we may be surprised how little we miss the computer. We will then find more time for people, prayer and the things that truly matter to us. Warning Signs of Technology Overuse: We have fewer deep close relationships with people than we used to. We often feel resentful when family, work or social commitment interrupt our online activities. We frequently use handheld devices to get online or text message during mealtime, Church services, family celebrations or other occasions that are traditionally times of bonding with God or the people around us. We spend more time online for fun than we do in prayer or meditation. If these statements sound familiar, our Internet and social media use is probably throwing our life out of balance. If this is true, then we need to seek out moments of time for unplugged silence during the day. We can refocus ourselves by taking time for prayer or going outside into nature or even going into Church to pay God a visit. Adapted from Our Sunday Visitor by Jennifer Fulwielder January 21, 2018 Notitas del Diácono La historia que se relata acerca de Nínive pone todo el énfasis en la disponibilidad sin límites de Dios para perdonar. Nínive había sido uno de los peores enemigos de Israel. Aunque el libro de Jonás se había escrito tres siglos más tarde, Nínive era todavía considerada como uno de los opresores más despiadados y crueles de Israel. En realidad, ellos nunca cambiaron su comportamiento. Pero Jonás imagina qué sucedería si lo hicieran. No importa cuán horrible hubiese sido su comportamiento, si se arrepentían, Dios los perdonaría. El perdón de Dios no conoce límites. No sólo se le concedía a Israel cada vez que se arrepentían, sino que también se le ofrecía a su enemigo más terrible. Se le ofrece a cualquiera que se vuelva hacia Dios. Dios cambia de dirección en su promesa de aniquilar a Nínive. Esto decepciona a Jonás, puesto que Nínive es un enemigo declarado. Pero Dios prefiere perdonar que castigar. Es difícil resistir el castigar a aquellos que nos han hecho daño. Jonás no puede aceptar eso. Pero eso es precisamente lo que Dios está dispuesto a hacer. La semana pasada escuchamos el relato del llamado de Andrés y Simón. Hoy escuchamos la versión notablemente diferente de Marcos. En esta versión Andrés y Simón están pescando. Esto le da la oportunidad a Marcos de que Jesús, al llamarlos, se refiera a la profesión de ellos: Síganme y haré de ustedes pescadores de hombres (Marcos 1:17). El discipulado demanda ambas cosas: seguir a Jesús y compartir la buena nueva con los demás. Pregunta de la semana De qué manera refleja mi vida que soy discípulo de Jesús? Comparto la buena nueva a través de mis palabras y obras?

January 21, 2018 (View this bulletin on-line at www.stjoanofarcfl.com) Page 3 T M S. J A P J,,,. THE DEMANDS OF DISCIPLESHIP Today we encounter readings that already have a Lenten feel about them. Nineveh undergoes a forty-day fast, the psalmist reminds us that God alone can show sinners the way, Paul shows us how fleeting the things and events of this world are, and Jesus cries out Repent! before he calls his new followers. Come after me, Jesus says, but if we are to truly live out the commands and demands of our discipleship through baptism, we must first know our need for conversion, our repentance, our need to believe in the gospel fully. Today s Gospel opens with the stark reminder of what befell John the Baptist for completely living out his vocation as the herald of Christ and the gospel: he was arrested, imprisoned, and martyred. Though few of us will experience consequences that extreme, we must all be ready to risk some sort of rejection as, heeding the call of Jesus, we live out the kingdom of God at hand, repent of our sins, and believe in the good news of salvation. TODAY S READINGS First Reading The people of Nineveh believed God and turned from their evil ways (Jonah 3:1-5, 10). Psalm Teach me your ways, O Lord (Psalm 25). Second Reading The world in its present form is passing away (1 Corinthians 7:29-31). Gospel This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand (Mark 1:14-20). READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 2 Sm 5:1-7, 10; Ps 89:20-22, 25-26; Mk 3:22-30 Tuesday: 2 Sm 6:12b-15, 17-19; Ps 24:7-10; Mk 3:31-35 Wednesday: 2 Sm 7:4-17; Ps 89:4-5, 27-30; Mk 4:1-20 Thursday: Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Mk 16:15-18 Friday: 2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5; Ps 51:3-7, 10-11; Mk 4:26-34 Saturday: 2 Sm 12:1-7a, 10-17; Ps 51:12-17; Mk 4:35-41 Sunday: Dt 18:15-20; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; 1 Cor 7:32-35; Mk 1:21-28 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children Tuesday: St. Vincent; Saint Marianne Cope Wednesday: St. Francis de Sales Thursday: The Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle Friday: Ss. Timothy and Titus Saturday: St. Angela Merici; Blessed Virgin Mary TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION One of the most unusual Catholic churches in the world is in Amsterdam: Our Lord in the Attic, or as the locals say, Ons Lieve Heer op Solder. What looks like a beautiful narrow brick mansion alongside a canal is a clever disguise for a very well-preserved seventeenth-century home and a secret church. During the Reformation, the Netherlands was divided into Protestant Holland and the Spanish Netherlands, now known as Belgium, a Catholic stronghold. Protestant reformers seized all the Catholic parishes in Holland and de-catholicized them. New laws forbade the celebration of the Mass in public. St. Nicholas Church was renamed Old Church by the new owners, and the dispossessed Catholics got to work hiding St. Nicholas Parish in the upper floors of this mansion. Other Catholics did the same thing, but this is the only hidden church that survives today. Sunday Mass is still celebrated here. It s a beautiful hideaway, with nothing spared in regard to marble, gilding, a pipe organ, and classic Dutch painting. A few steps away, the Old Church, begun in 1250, stands emptied of the statues and carvings of its Catholic days, its windows replaced by plain glass. The new tenants gave up when it came to the ceiling, which is still painted with saints, biblical scenes, and merchant ships. The Dutch reformers were tolerant sorts, and as long as the Catholics kept out of sight, they were out of mind. Catholicism was at last tolerated in Holland after 1853, but in 1924 when the International Eucharistic Congress was held in Amsterdam, processions of Catholics were still forbidden in the streets. Today, Roman Catholics are about 19 percent of the population, and there s no need for any of them to hide in the attic. Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. GIFT What I am is God s gift to me. What I become is my gift back to God. Anonymous

Page 4 (View this bulletin on-line at www.stjoanofarcfl.com) January 21, 2018 Notes from Deacon Lee SATURDAY Jan 20 4:00 p.m. Irene Costa (D) req by Husband Joseph SUNDAY Jan 21 7:30 a.m. Mary Trojanowski (D) req by Family 9:00 a.m. Andrew Campelli (D) req by Frank and Linda Mezzacapo 11:00 a.m. Vito Gassi (D) req by Vickie Gassi 1:00 p.m. For our Parish Community Monday Jan 22 9:00 a.m. That all pregnant women choose life. TUESDAY Jan 23 9:00 a.m. Anna Sliazis (D) req by Josephine Hodkins WEDNESDAY Jan 24 9:00 a.m. For our military, those who have served and those currently serving. THURSDAY Jan 25 9:00 a.m. Dorothea Graca (D) req by Her Loving Husband John FRIDAY Jan 26 9:00 a.m. Carmine Colotti (D) req by Daughter SATURDAY Jan 27 9:00 a.m. That our Altar Servers always remain faithful to Jesus Christ our Lord 4:00 p.m. Fr. Ray O Neill (D) req by Sue Page SUNDAY Jan 28 7:30 a.m. For the Souls in Purgatory 9:00 a.m. Louis Gustin (D) req by Giner and Vinnie DeChiara 11:00 a.m. Louis Bladgett, Sr (D) req by Daughter Georgia 1:00 p.m. Para nuestra comunidad parroquial Stewardship Report for Dec 24-25, 2017 Attendance: 942 Envelopes Used: 2229 Envelopes : $ 4146.00 Offertory Cash $ 1446.00 Second Collection: $ 396.00 Total: $ 5988.00 Christmas: $12634.51 In today s Gospel, Jesus began the formation of our Christian church when he called four fisherman -- Simon (Peter), Andrew, James and John -- to follow Him. We are told that they abandoned their nets and followed Him. What is so amazing is that they didn t hesitate to follow the call of Jesus to a life of service that they didn t understand at the time. They apparently trusted Jesus not even knowing that he was the Son of God, the Savior of the world. Jesus calls each one of us to also follow Him by serving others; and we know that He is the Son of God. Why is it that we so often hesitate or even refuse to answer that call? Jesus once said, Amen I say to you, whatever you did for the least brothers of mine, you did for me. How do we know how and when to serve our brothers and sisters as Jesus expects us to do? The best way to discern our service to others is through prayer. Let us spend time with Jesus each day and be open to His call to serve. St. Joan of Arc Parish has numerous organizations in which we can serve the needs of others. We all have something to give, whether it is our time in prayer for those in most need of God s healing, mercy or forgiveness; or whether it be our actual service in one of our many parish organizations. There have certainly been many times in our lives when we received the help we needed. Now is the time for us to give our time and talent to others in need. In addition to serving others, let us also consider sharing our financial resources with them. We are now at the beginning of our 2018 Annual Pastoral Appeal. This is our ongoing way to assist those organizations throughout our diocese who need our financial support. These organizations include Catholic Charities, our seminary, our schools and our prison ministries. For where your treasure is, there also lies your heart. Matthew 6: 21 (Deacon Lee is ill. Please keep him in your prayers.)

January 21, 2018 (View this bulletin on-line at www.stjoanofarcfl.com) Page 5 ADULT FAITH FORMATION To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under Heaven. - Ecclesiastes 3:1 a time to die Please pray for the deceased of our parish, who recently passed away. Especially for: Stanley Eilers and Ann Clinger CCW IS OFFERING A RETREAT FOR ALL WOMEN OF THE PARISH Through Videos and discussions, come study the writings of the Vatican II Documents with Mary Jo Waggoner, our Director of Faith Formation. This is the Council that updated our church in our modern world. Pope St John XXIII called the Second Vatican Council, a significant event which, to this day, continues to affect the very flow of contemporary human history. Set against a dramatic backdrop of world events, The Faithful Revolution: Vatican II is the first filmed series to document this council, its decisions, and its profound impact on all of humanity. Told through the eyes of many men and women who witnessed this event firsthand, The Faithful Revolution is an important historical documentary for all Catholics. These videos and discussions will be held in the Nursery room, Tuesdays, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM. The following are the topics that we will discuss. Feb 6 Genius of the Heart Feb 13 Inspired Awakening Feb 27 Human Dignity Mar 6 A World Transformed Mar 13 The Dynamics of Hope Sign up prior to Feb 6 at 352-686-7864 so proper amounts of handouts can be available. Please leave your name and email for contact information. THERE IS NO COST FOR THIS SERIES! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! To everyone who generously gave to our 2017 Annual Pastoral Appeal. Your faithful support has helped bring thousands within our diocese closer to God through the ministries, programs, and services funded through APA. We have much to be thankful for and participation in APA tops the list! Again, THANK YOU! The CCW is giving a retreat on Feb. 3, 2018. Mary Jo Waggoner will be presenting the topic: "Celebration of the Eucharist. All women are welcome. We will begin at 9am with Mass, then together we will pray the rosary and then proceed to the parish hall for a light breakfast. Mary Jo will then start her presentation. At 12:30 we will break for lunch and Mary Jo will finish by 2 pm. Tickets will be on sale after all Masses, the charge for the day will VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Are you an experienced cook? Would you like to volunteer by helping our St. Joan of Arc Knights of Columbus as a cook for fundraising events at our church? This would include menu and meal prep in our Parish Social Hall kitchen. One of the perks of this volunteer work is that it's not an "everyday" task, it's just when our Knights of Columbus have fundraising events. If you think this is something you would like, please call our Office at 352-688-0663. Thank you! BIBLE CLASSES continue on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM in the Library. Please come to study the Book of James. Everyone is welcome!

Page 6 (View this bulletin on-line at www.stjoanofarcfl.com) MASS INTENTION REQUESTS Offering Mass for a special intention has been a long standing tradition in the Catholic Church. It is usually considered that special graces are received by the person who the intention is for. Masses are said for many reasons; for a deceased person, for a living person, in honor of someone s birthday, in honor of someone's anniversary, etc. The name of the person or persons we are praying for is mentioned in the general intercessions, by the priest at Mass and in our weekly bulletin. If you would like to have a Mass said for someone, living or deceased, please go to the Parish Office. A Mass Card will be given to you as a reminder of the time and date you requested. A NOTE TO PARISHIONERS Any parishioner wishing to obtain a 2017 Tax Financial Statement, please contact the Parish Office to request it. THANK YOU. January 21, 2018 BLESSING OF THE THROATS St. Blaise is the patron of Throat problems and the Wool trade. St. Blaise was a well educated physician who became Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia. He was persecuted by Agricola, the famous Roman general who ordered Blaise to renounce his faith. When Blaise refused he was thrown into prison where he helped sick prisoners and famously saved a child who was choking on a fish bone. Blaise refused to renounce his faith and was tortured by having his flesh torn with wool combs. He was finally beheaded on the orders of Agricola. Because of saving the child he was named the Patron Saint for Throats. St. Blaise Day is celebrated on Feb. 3rd each year. If you would like your throat blessed, please come to celebrate Mass on Saturday at 9:00 AM on February 3rd. IN HIS FOOTSTEPS The In His Footsteps Soup & Sandwich $1 Campaign will be held after each of the Masses this weekend. Thank you for your generous support to our program.