St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church 800 Gornto Rd Valdosta GA, 31602 San Jose Mission 421 W Marion Ave, Lake Park, GA 31636 (All mail and phone calls should be directed to St. John Church) Phone: 229-244-2430 Fax: 229-244-5352 www.stjohnevang.org / stjohns@stjohnevang.org bulletin@stjohnevang.org / www.myparishapp.com June 10, 2018 Mass Schedule Saturday 5:00pm Sunday 7:30am, 9:30am, 12:00pm 2:00pm (Spanish) San José, Lake Park Mass Saturday 7:00pm Thursday 7:00pm Daily Mass Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 11:00am Wednesday 8:55am (School Mass ) during academic year only. and 6:00pm (All Masses in the main church.) Adoration Sunday 3:00 ~ 4:00pm St. Joseph Chapel Wednesday 3:30 5:40pm Church First Tuesday 7:00pm (Bilingual) Church Reconciliation: Wednesday, 5:00 5:40pm / Saturday, 4:00 4:45pm, or by appointment.
Church Office Staff Lynn Barfield Administrative Asst./Bulletin Editor Michelle Kirkpatrick Finance Director Church & School Susan Kramer Director of Religious Education Lynne Salek Office Assistant School Staff School - 244-2556 Dr. Barbara Stanley, Interim Principal Marian Mitchell, Secretary Church Office Hours Monday 1:00~-4:30pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:00am~4:30pm (Closed for lunch 12:00~1:00 pm) Friday 9:00am~1:00pm YOUTH MINISTRY High School (Wednesday 6:00pm) Penny and Daniel Storey 229-263-1566 Catholics on Campus (Newman Center) 1524 N. Oak St. Mass Sunday @6:00pm Wednesday Blaze Night @ 7:00pm Bethanie Bass 229-561-4456 Parish PASTORAL COUNCIL 2017-2018 Meetings 3rd Wednesday of the month President, Steve Findlay 229-740-9491 Vice-President, Genevieve Harmon (229)834-5499 Secretary, Barbara Cunningham 229-630-2265 St. Francis Center Sr. Nuala Mulleady, Director Laura Dunning, Asst. Manager 229-242-8656 sfc520@att.net Tues., Wed., Thurs. 10:00-2:00 2nd Saturday of each month 8:00am - Noon VIRTUS Our parish uses the VIRTUS Safe Environment Program. For more information go to: https://diosav.org/ childyouthprotection Pastoral Staff Fr. Brian LaBurt, Pastor Fr. Dawid Kwiatkowski Parochial Vicar Pastoral Emergency 229-469-6464 Deacon James Burns 229-794-9422 Deacon Columbus Carter 229-245-8276 Outreach to the Sick Deacon Pete Falkenhausen 229-563-3980 pfalkon5@mchsi.com Marriage Preparation Deacon David Lasseter 229-251-7874 DeaconDavidLasseter@outlook.com Baptism Preparation Deacon Paul Worth RCIA and Prison Ministry Spiritual Direction 229-263-5659 Mr. Cesar Reyes Hispanic Ministry 706-662-6267 cesarareyes@icloud.com Parish registration Newcomers to the parish are asked to register with the office as soon as possible. We would like to meet you and give you a welcome packet! BAPTISM Classes are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm in the St. Joseph Chapel. Baptism packet/registration must be picked up in advance. please stop by the Church Office. MARRIAGE Contact the church office at least six months in advance. BULLETIN INFORMATION Items for the bulletin are due on Monday morning at 8:00am the week of publication. Please e-mail information to: bulletin@stjohnevang.org The next bulletin deadline is June 11th for the bulletin to be published June 17th. Monday, June 11th 11:00am Special Intention Tuesday, June 12th 11:00am (SI) President Donald Trump Wednesday, June 13th 8:55am NO SCHOOL MASS (Summer Break) 6:00pm (SI) Elias Herron Thursday, June 14th Note change in time 9:00am (SI) Jean Moyer 7:00pm (San José) Friday, June 15th Note change in time 9:00am +Kyle Augello Saturday, June 16th 5:00pm +Anna and Charles Hauser 7:00pm (San José) Sunday, June 17th 7:30am +Ben Hutchison 9:30am +Fred Bajalia 12:00pm +Nick Godwin 2:00pm (Spanish) People of the Parish 2
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 10, 2018 Dear Parishioners of St John the Evangelist, I would like to personally invite you all to the Ordination to the Priesthood on June 30th at 10:00 at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah. Deacon Chris Hassel and I will be ordained priests of our Diocese of Savannah. Your parish has been such a big part of my formation, not only giving confirmation to God's call to the priesthood, but also motivating me to want to give myself more fully to this life after witnessing the charity and the effectivity of God's work in this community. Thus, I encourage those of you who are able to come to attend the ordination. Ordinations are a beautiful part of our Catholic heritage and are filled with powerful symbolism; Savannah is also not a bad place to spend a Saturday. I hope to see many of you there and I hope to celebrate Mass at St. John in the near future. Thank you all once again for all of your support and know that I am praying for you all here during my last days in Rome. In Christ, Dcn. Drew Larkin The parish has chartered a bus for the ordination on June 30th. There are still seats available contact the church office to reserve your seat (229-244-2430) SEMINARIAN RECOGNITION DINNER Friday, June 15th Social begins at 6:15pm / Dinner at 7:00pm Tickets are $20.00 per person (available at the Church Office / or call Don Martin at 229-244-8749) All proceeds go directly to the seminarians of our diocese! If unable to attend, donations may be made to: Seminarian Dinner Fund, Knights of Columbus. Please mail to: 306 N. St. Augustine Road, Valdosta, GA 31601. DAILY MASS SCHEDULE Please make note of the temporary change for Mass on Thursday, June 14th and Friday, June 15th. *see schedule on page 2 Early Bulletin Deadlines Please note the following due dates for upcoming bulletins: July 1st / information due by June 25th July 8th / information due by June 26th July 15th / information due by July 2nd July 22nd / information due by July 3rd bulletin@stjohnevang.org 3
JOINED BY FAITH; CALLED TO SHARE SACRIFICIAL GIVING Week of May 27th Offertory $ 11,083.75 Online $ 3,485.00 Debt Reduction $ 705.00 Online $ 125.00 Your generosity is greatly appreciated! BISHOP S ANNUAL APPEAL Dedicate yourself to conversion of heart and generosity of spirit! Parish Target: $88,170.00 *Received: $55, 834.07 (as of 5/31/18) Percent of target: 63.33% Parishioner Participation: 22.97% Number of Donors: 158 Fr. Brian is in need of some parishioners who would be willing to lead the rosary before the Masses on Saturday at 5:00pm and Sunday at 12:00 Noon. Parishioners are currently leading the rosary before the 9:30am Mass on Sunday morning and daily Masses throughout the week. Please contact the church office if you are interested in helping 229-244-2430 DIOCESAN LOAN BALANCE $1,223.02 May Payment Principal $5,318.73 Interest $33.87 Total $5,352.60 Newman Center Line of Credit $25,020.00 TOTAL PARISH DIOCESAN DEBT $26,243.02 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL SUPPLIES NEEDED! Don t leave us high and dry! We need lots of provisions to get us through VBS week please take a tag, or two, from the donation table located in the vestibule of the church and return the item to the church office (or leave under the table in the box) by Monday, June 18th! Please pray for a successful week for our participants and volunteers! ATTENTION MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION FOR HOMEBOUND AND SHUT-INS Deacon Columbus Carter is updating his ministry list. Please contact him with the names and information for those you visit. E-Mail: carter_cj@bellsouth.net / 229-244-245-8276 Do you want others to pray for you and your intentions? The Tuesday Night Prayer group meets in the chapel from 7:00 to 8:00pm. We pray for the intentions of those who request prayers. Please forward any requests for prayer to the attention of Deacon David Lasseter at DEACONDAVIDLASSETER@Outlook.com 4
Prayer intentions For Those Who Have Died Edward Godwin, husband of Frances Godwin Brian Mallon, father of Elizabeth Rowe For our sick Jerriann Levy, Tomas Gonzalez Vigo, Janet Sparling, Gunner Bachman, Louise Okuma, Deacon James Burns, Christa McNutt, Irene Gallagher, Suzanne Holt Miller, Henry Wright, Anne Ellison, Brian Goldstein, Tammie Schmidtlein, Ashley Jones, Mauring Lathron, Ward Joseph Porch, Bob Consolini, Sue Hamel, Richard DeMuzzio, Lauren Mills, Marion Kovach, Ken Hotcaveg, Allan Wehner, Gary Leff, Tina Joiner, Myrna Mujica, Gladys Rivera, Nick Herndon, Cathy Chamberlain, Ben Rivera, Shawn Wilson, Sandra Miller, Anthony Petty, Peter Swayze, Sharon Roland, Joyce Lenz SAFE ENVIRONMENT TRAINING SESSION Thursday, June 14th, 6:00pm, Maturi Room Advance registration required: https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/ All volunteers, 18 years-old and over, who in the course of their ministry come into contact with youth on a regular basis are required to have this certification. This includes volunteers with the parish school, VBS, scouts, youth ministry and some liturgical ministries. For more information call the church office at 229-244-2430. SUMMER READING FOR YOUTH The Young People s Book of Saints. (age 8 and up). Saints are the men and women who best love Christ and His Church. They may be kings or queens, statesmen or soldiers, scholars, visionaries, workmen or beggars. They teach us the real meaning of human history, and they show us how to live in any walk of life or set of circumstances. Included in this anthology are famous saints Francis of Assisi, Dominic, Joan of Arc, Ignatius of Loyola, Teresa of Avila but also more obscure ones, such as Raymond Lull and Hugh of Lincoln. Many of these saints were martyrs, killed in periods of persecution. Others died trying to bring the knowledge of Christ to pagan tribes. Yet others built up the Church through their example and their teaching, but were never called upon to shed their blood. These beautifully written stories follow one from another, linked through time in such a way that the reader easily obtains a vivid picture of the sweep of history, the history of Christendom as it unfolds in the lives of individual men and women right up to modern times, with the first citizen of the United States to be pronounced a saint, Mother Cabrini. Every saint is different, every one a unique personality. Each of them finds his vocation and destiny in a different way teaching us that God has in mind for you and me a very special adventure that will be all our own. The purpose of our lives is to find that mission that only we can fulfill in the body of the Church, for the love of God and our neighbor. (Available through Amazon) 5
REGISTER NOW FOR VBS 2018 June 25-29 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 NOON Parish Center Grades K-3 Thru 5 th (Must have turned 3 by Sept. 1, 2017) (Rising 7 th graders are eligible to be Assistant Crew Leaders (Rising 8 th graders and up are eligible to be Crew Leaders) Volunteer youth are required to attend a training session ----watch for details! REGISTER AND VOLUNTEER ON-LINE ONLY! ADULT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AND WELCOME!! Limited spaces available --register early! Priority will be given to those who register and pay by June 4 th! $35.00 per child (multi-sibling, 3 or more, discount available) Register, volunteer and pay online by visiting: https://vbspro.events/p/stjohnkids Scan the QR code above to visit the registration website, find the link on St. John s website, or on our Facebook page. For more information call Susan Kramer at the Church Office 244-2430 From Kindergarten to First Grade! Mrs. Germaine s K5 class performed recently to mark the end of their school year and transition to first grade. 6
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT http://www.uscatholic.org/church/2011/02/whats-history-adoration-blessed-sacrament Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is not something new. It is a centuries-old practice rooted in an essential teaching of Catholic Christianity: Jesus Christ is truly and completely present in the Eucharist. Like many practices of our faith, however, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament developed gradually. In the earliest years of Christianity, consecrated bread would be brought home from the celebration of the Eucharist to be given to those not able to be present at the liturgy because of illness. It was also to be consumed by the faithful during the week to keep them connected to the Eucharist and the community they celebrated with. In about the fourth century monasteries began to reserve the Eucharist, and by the 11th century, reservation still mainly for the sick and dying was a regular feature of churches. While reverence was certainly given to Christ present in the sacrament, it was not yet customary to pray before the reserved sacrament. In the 11th century the French monk Berengar of Tours began to teach that the bread and wine in the celebration of the Eucharist could not change physically into the body and blood of Jesus Christ. Pope Gregory VII demanded a retraction from Berengar saying that the body and blood of Christ were truly present in the Eucharist. This resulted in a refining of the church s teaching on the real presence. In response, eucharistic devotion burst forth throughout Europe: processions, visits to the Blessed Sacrament, and other prayers focused on the reserved sacrament became part of Catholic life. Around the same time, elevations of the bread and the wine were added to the eucharistic prayer at Mass. For some, the moment of seeing the consecrated host overshadowed the rest of the liturgy. Times of extended exposition of the Blessed Sacrament outside the Mass grew out of this action, and eventually a blessing with the exposed Eucharist, or benediction, developed. The feast of Corpus Christi developed in the 13th and 14th centuries. Processions became traditional on this day, and other devotions, including adoration, gained popularity. Eucharistic Congresses, held since the late 19th century (most recently in Canada in 2008), continue to promote this devotion. Since the Second Vatican Council, a great deal of attention has focused on the reform of the liturgy and a deepening of eucharistic theology and piety, but the practice of adoration remained in many places. Like the practice of the earliest Christians, adoration can keep us connected to the community s celebration of the Eucharist. Our parish offers adoration on Wednesday afternoon from 3:30 5:40pm and on Sunday from 3:00 4:00pm in the St. Joseph Chapel. On the first Tuesday of each month we offer adoration in a bilingual praise and worship format from 7:00-8:00pm everyone is welcome! This coming week there will be additional opportunities for adoration: Monday: (6/11) 7:00 8:30am, Tuesday (6/12) and Wednesday (6/13) 6:30-8:00am St. Jospeh Chapel (located at church office) 7