St. John the Baptist Catholic Church 10955 SE 25th Ave., Milwaukie, OR 972222 503-654-5449 Fax: 503-653-9567 www.sjbcatholicchurch.org 4th Sunday of Easter, May 11, 2014 All are Welcome Parishioners, New Members, Visitors and Guests: Thank you for joining our worshipping community. Please stop by our parish office to register and let us know if we can be of assistance. Sunday Mass English: 7:30am,10:00am, 6:30pm Spanish: 12:00 noon Saturday Vigil Mass 5:30pm Daily Mass-Summer Monday - Saturday 8:30am Sacrament of Reconciliation 4:00-5:00 Sat. or by appointment Adoration Chapel Open 24 hours for prayer. Call the office for the code. Parish Office Tues.-Fri. 9am - 5pm; 10955 SE 25th Ave, Milwaukie, OR 97222 503-654-5449
WELCOME!!! New Members of St. John s having been baptized or made a profession of faith at the Easter Vigil! Mark your calendar Thursday May 29 th at 7pm training will be offered. Please call Pat at the Parish office. A personal invitation from Jesus! Eucharist Ministers & Lectors: St. John s is in great need of more ministers to help at Mass. The 5:30pm Saturday Vigil Mass has the greatest need but there is also the need at other Masses. You are invited to do some soul searching and hopefully be moved to call Pat at the parish office to sign up for this training class. The Church earnestly desires that all the faithful should be led to a full, conscious and active participation in the liturgy. Such participation by the people as a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a redeemed people (1 Peter 2-9) is their right and duty by reason of their baptism. Being fully engaged in the liturgy involves more than being present at the liturgy. It requires offering one s entire self to the service of worship. The critical question we must ask our self is What do I give to the liturgy? How is my self-offering a sign of worship?
Volume 3, Issue 4 May 11, 2014 SJB Youth & Young Adult Ministry Newsletter St John the Baptist Catholic Church Congratulations to the children who received First Holy Communion Isa ALzaabi, Abraham Ayala, Ruby Bentz, Linnea Burton, Luke Combine, Olivia Cordova, Hodge Dauler, Ian Engelsman, Max Halverson, Emely Ferreyra, Claire Kern, Emma Koppy, Alicia Larios, Mason Leritz, Poppy McCoy, Vincent Mendell, Flora Peruzzo, Leon Peruzzo, Elena Raschio, Josephine Robinson, Maria Rohe, Aiden Samson, Andrew Saylor, Marisa Segura, Gus Townsend, Elsa Weiler In my mouth, it tasted like bread, but in my soul it felt like Jesus. - said a first communicant shortly after receiving the Eucharist for the first time.
Music by Richard Rogers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Book by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse Suggested by The Trapp Family Singers By Maria Augusta Trapp Presented at St. John the Baptist Catholic School May 16th at 7:00pm & May 18th at 2:00pm, 2014 Don t miss this opportunity to see our school kids perform!!!
Planting a Mary Garden A down-to-earth devotion! Mary Gardens were a common sight for 1500 years (until the Reformation). Simple devotion to Mary inspired monks, peasants and kings to grow gardens in Mary s honor and the custom lives on today, even in America. Come find out how to be part of this down to earth devotion! When: May 14, 2014, at 7pm Where: Jordan Room in the Parish Center Extras: Door prizes: *Drawing *Brightly colored child-size rake, shovel, gloves, and garden kneeler a perfect gift for a young Mary gardener! Tickets will be $2 (or any generous donation) (proceeds going to the Roof Fund) Introducing SJB s 1st Inaugural Cinco de Mayo Festival Our 1st annual Cinco de Mayo Festival is coming to SJB on SATURDAY, May 17, (Diecisiete de Mayo), 11am 4pm. This Fiesta will bring SJB school families, parish members, and the community together to celebrate the Mexican-American holiday, while showcasing the spirit of SJB and generating funds to support our school. Come out for a fun afternoon of family-friendly carnival games, live Mariachi music, and free entertainment. Kids will enjoy a cake-walk, bouncy-house and taking a swing at their favorite piñata. Win cool prizes with games like Pin the Tail on the Donkey and Rings around the Sombrero! Authentic Mexican fare, made by parishioners, will be available for lunch, including tacos, quesadillas, along with beans, rice, chips and salsa. Enjoy buñuelos a traditional Mexican treat, and refreshing aguas frescas! Fiesta food and games will be available for purchase with pre-paid tickets. Mention this article, or bring the Fiesta Flyer to receive four tickets for the price of two. Mexican beer and margaritas will be available for purchase by adults. Join the partido! Volunteer opportunities and donations are still needed! With your support, we can grow our Cinco De Mayo event into a fun-filled, fund-raising fiesta each year. Don t miss this opportunity to support your school and parish. Thank you to all who were able to donate the items needed!
Liturgy Corner Confirmation Thursday, May 15 th at 7pm with Archbishop Sample. We have 34 students receiving the sacrament of Confirmation Thursday. Please join them at this beautiful liturgy as they complete their sacraments of initiation. A question I am often asked is why children receive the sacraments of initiation in a different order than those coming into the Church at the Easter Vigil. Since the reinstatement of the catechumenate the church has recovered the original theology of confirmation as an initiation sacrament. It is a sacrament of beginning. Adult catechumens are initiated in the same way the original catechumens were in the beginning centuries of the church: baptism, confirmation and first communion are received in the same ceremony at the Easter Vigil. These three sacraments are celebrated in such a way that they seem as one. In the early church, even infants were initiated in this way. However, in the fifth century, two things happened to cause the initiation sacraments to break apart. First, the church began to develop a theology of original sin, which soon led to infants being baptized as soon as possible after birth. Secondly, the church was growing as such a pace that bishops could no longer be at the baptisms of all these infants. To maintain some connection with initiation, the bishops required that they themselves be the ministers of confirmation. Later the church legislated that baptized children be confirmed at least by the age of reason or about seven years of age. In the late Middle Ages, the law evolved so that children could not be confirmed before the age of reason. That is our current law today. Another factor in this development is that communion began to be seen as something too important and too special for a 7 year old to understand. Communion began to be delayed later until the child was considered mature enough to receive the sacrament. So from the 17 th century until early in the 20 th century a typical initiation process would be for a child to be baptized as an infant, confirmed in early grade school and receive first communion in early adolescence.. In 1910, Pope Pius X wanted to encourage Catholics to share in communion regularly. To make this happen he removed the maturity aura from communion and lowered the age of first communion to the age of reason. Thus the change in the order of receiving the sacraments for children; baptism as an infant, first communion at the age of reason and confirmation early adolescence. (source: 101 Most-asked Questions about Liturgy) Adult Enrichment Happenings 24 week Bible study entitled The Bible Timeline: The Story of Salvation. Will begin September 11 th and run through March 19 th with breaks for Thanksgiving and Christmas. One session will be held on Thursday evenings and a daytime session, if enough participation, will be offer during the day on Wednesday. Do not let the 24 weeks deter you from attending, as the sessions are easily to make up. Thank you to the several who have already registered for this class. I welcome others to commit themselves to diving deeper into the Scripture. You will learn how the key people, places, and events in the Bible fit together to reveal God s Plan for humanity. Please contact Pat at 503-654-5449 or pat.raschio@gmail.com if you have questions or to register. Low Gluten Host (0.01%) St. John s has purchased a new low gluten host. If you need to receive the Blessed Eucharist with this low gluten host please follow these procedures at Mass. At communion time arrange yourself to be the last person in the priest line. When it is your turn to receive tell the priest you need a low gluten host and he will go to the tabernacle to get you one and then give you communion. If you have questions please call Pat at the parish office. Parishioner News Ralph Rigdon: A Huge THANK YOU!! for 60 years of ministry to the music department of Saint John's, and congratulation on your retirement. Ralph plays the organ, in recent years at the 7:30am Mass and on Fridays of Lent playing for stations of the cross. Cards may be sent to him at the home address as listed in the parish directory. Fellow parishioner Marie Kalibak died April 28 th. There was no funeral service. She has been a parishioner since May 2000.
Daily Scripture Readings Monday, May 12 Acts 11:1-18; Ps. 42:2-3; 43:3-4; John 10:11-18 Tuesday, May 13 Acts 11:19-26; Ps. 87:1-7; John 10:22-30 Wednesday, May 14 Acts 1:15-26; Ps. 113:1-8; John 15:9-17 Thursday, May 15 Acts 13:13-25; Ps. 89:2-27; John 13:16-20 Friday, May 16 Acts 13:26-33; Ps. 2:6-11; John 14:1-6 Saturday, May 17 Acts 13:44-52; Ps. 98:1-4; John 14:7-14 Sunday, May 18 Acts 6:1-7; Ps. 33:1-19; 1 Peter 2:4-9; John 14:1-12 Weekly Mass Intentions Monday, May 12 8:30:+Emilie Dedicatoria from Vee Tuesday, May 13 8:30: +Mike Callahan from John White Wednesday, May 14 8:30:Wilbur Potratz from Potratz Family Thursday, May 15 8:30: +Robert N. Dansenier from Dotti Stai Friday, May 16 8:30: +Luis Garcia from Fernando Galindo Saturday, May 17 8:30:YLI Members from YLI Group 5:30:Lawrence Schmitz from Dolores Brown Sunday, May 18 7:30:+Lora Osterman from Family 10:00: For the People of the Parish from the Pastor 12:00: +Federico & Maria Elba Galindo from Fernando Galindo 6:30:+Wayne Boell from Mary Vaetz Advertiser of the Week Medical Alarms Protecting Catholic Seniors! Freedom Med Alert Push*Talk*Help is on the Way 1-877-297-0485 Special $19.95 per month plus free shipping Altar Servers Sacrament of Baptism Please call the parish office to schedule an appointment for this class. The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated the first Sunday of the Month directly following the 10 am Mass. One baptismal preparation class is required. The preparation class seeks to help parents understand the Rite of Baptism and to prepare and support parents in the on-going faith formation of their child. Saturday, May 17 5:30: Julie Olson Hannah Martell Sunday, May 18 7:30: Jack Gabrish Maggie G. 10:00: Emily Hawkins Annie Guasco Grace Bienapfl 12:00: Dolores H. Alonso R. Yesenia Mata 6:30: Kyle O. Kallie O. Prayer Concerns for May Alicia Arellanno Isabel Arellanno Sara Bukowski June Roach Elizabeth Bartholomew Please call the office if you would like your name on the prayer list 503-654-5449
Calendar for the Week Monday, May 12 After School Care 3:15pm Daycare Room After School Project 3:15pm Jordan AlaTeen/AA/Alanon 6:30pm Parish Center Spanish Prayer Group 7:00pm Church Youth Group 7:30pm Teen Room Tuesday, May 13 Good Grief Group 10:00am Saalfeld After School Care 3:15pm Daycare Room YLI 6:30pm Jordan RCIA 7:00pm Saalfeld SVDP 7:00pm Church Choir Practice 7:00pm Church Financial Peace University 7:00pm Library Wednesday, May 14 Pinochle 1:00pm Saalfeld After School Care 2:15pm Daycare Room Wedding 4:00pm Church Last RE Class 5:30pm Parish Campus Thursday, May 15 Staff Meeting 9:30am Jordan Pillow Ministry 1:00pm Jordan After School Care 3:15pm Daycare Room Children s Choir 3:30pm Church School Advisory Council 6:00pm Library Choir 6:00pm Church Spanish Bible Study 7:00pm Jordan Confirmation 7:00pm Church Reception to follow in parish center Friday, May 16 School Teacher Appreciation Lunch 8am-2pm Jordan After School Care 3:15pm Daycare Spanish Health Promoters 5:30pm Cafeteria/LL Catequistas Cena 5:30pm Saalfeld Saturday, May 17 Men s Group 7:00am Jordan Spanish Baptism Class 10:00am Jordan Wedding 11:00am Church Private Baptism 1:00pm Church Confessions 4:00pm Church Vigil Mass 5:30pm Church CINCO DE MAYO 11:00AM 4:00PM Sunday, May 18 Liturgy Commission 8:45am Jordan Liturgy of Word 10:00am Jordan Spanish Band 10:45am Jordan Spanish Lit of Word 12:00pm Jor/Café Boy Scouts 5:00pm Cafeteria Blood Pressure Checks after AM Masses & Spanish Mass in Saalfeld Room Coffee & Donuts hosted by YLI Parish Staff Pastor Rev. Jorge Hernandez, OFM email: frjorge@sjbcatholicchurch.org Parochial Vicar Rev. Richard Juzix, OFM email: rjuzix@sjbcatholicchurch.org In residence Brother Louis Khoury, OFM st.cyril.ffc@frontier.com Brother Ryan Thornton rthornton@sjbcatholicchurch.org Parish Office 503-654-5449 Administrative Assistant... Mary Jenck Tues.-Friday 9am - 5pm email: parishoffice@sjbcatholicchurch.org School Office 503-654-0200 Mon. - Fri. 7:30am-4pm www.sjbcatholicschool.org Principal Ted Havens 503-654-0200 thavens@sjbcatholicschool.org Administrative Assistant Dana Day: ddaysjb@msn.com or dday@sjbcatholicschool.org If you are interested in what is happening at the school check out our website -- www.sjbcatholicschool.org Pastoral Associate Pat Raschio 503-654-5449 email: pat.raschio@gmail.com Business Manager...Barbara Downey bdowney@sjbcatholicchurch.org 503-654-5449 Deacon...Gerald Delgado Gerald.delgado@comcast.net 503-722-1892 Deacon...Jim Hix hixes@comcast.net 503-652-2430 Care Ministry Coordinator...Barbara Dunlap bdunlap@sjbcatholicchurch.org 503-654-5449 Youth Ministry/Religious Education Coordinator Patrick David...503-659-2760 pdavid@sjbcatholicchurch.org Music Ministry Coordinator...John Payne makebeautifulmusic@gmail.com 503-707-5903 Bookkeeper...Debbie Clark dclark@sjbcatholicchurch.org 503-654-5449 Development Director...Libbie Allen lallen@sjbcatholicchurch.org 503-654-5449 Hispanic Ministry Coordinator...Leticia Chavez lchavez@sjbcatholicchurch.org 503-654-5449 Pre-School Director...Christa Weiler 503-653-9688 Maintenance...Randy Miller rmiller@sjbcatholicchurch.org 503-654-5449
Care Ministry Gladness of heart is the very life of man, cheerfulness prolongs his days. Sirach; 30: 22 Blood Pressure Screening will be available on Sunday, May 20th, 2014 after the 7:30am and 10:00 am, and Noon Mass. High blood pressure is called the silent killer. This is because many people who have it don t know it. Normal blood pressure is less than 120/80. Know your blood pressure and remember to check it regularly. Doing so can save your life. Here are some things you can do to help control your blood pressure. Choose heart healthy foods, Maintain a healthy weight, Get up and get active, Manage stress, Limit alcohol and quit smoking. Church Financials Through April - 2013-2014 Fiscal Year THIS YEAR LAST YEAR July 2013 April. 2014 July 2012 April. 2013 Operating INCOME: Offertory: $584,680 $632,894 Other Income: $ 82,605 $ 56,799 TOTAL INCOME: $667,285 $689,693 Operating EXPENSES: Operating Expenses $573,219 $559,769 Subsidy to School $ 83,640 $ 79,471 Archdiocese Assessment $ 72,468 $ 69,811 TOTAL EXPENSES $729,327 $709,051 INCOME (LOSS) ($ 62,042) ($ 19,358) If you have questions, please call the Parish Office at 503-654-5449 or e-mail our Business Manager: bdowney@sjbcatholichchurch.org (Please pray that our needs will be met)