Saint John Bosco Church 1983 ~ Celebrating Thirty-Five Years ~ 2018 Twentieth Sunday in ordinary Time August 19, 2018 CONTACT: PARISH OFFICE: 2114 Oakmere Drive Harvey, LA 70058 PHONE: 504.340.0444 EMAIL: office@saintjohnboscochurch.org WEBSITE: saintjohnboscochurch.org MASS & CONFESSION SCHEDULE: SATURDAY: SUNDAY: WEEKDAY: Confession: 8AM, 5PM Vigil 7:30, 9:00, & 11AM; 5PM 7AM Monday - Friday Saturday 3:45-4:30PM (And by appointment) Father Larry Urban, SDB, Pastor Father George Hanna, SDB Deacon Kevin Steel
Fr. Larry s Corner of the Bulletin Today s Gospel continues our study of the 6th chapter of the Gospel of John, or Bread of Life Discourse as experts call it. Remember John began this chapter by telling us one of Jesus greatest miracles, the feeding of a great crowd of people (over 5000) with five loaves of bread and a couple of fish. Jesus and John called this miracle a sign. For the last two weeks we have heard Jesus interpret the meaning of this sign. Having faith in Jesus has been the main focus of what had been said about the meaning of this sign so far. For example, two weeks ago we heard Jesus say: I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst. Or this is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent. Today s passage introduces another important element in interpreting the meaning of this sign. Jesus tells us the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world, and he insists that we are Collection for August, 2018 to eat his flesh and drink his blood. This Collection.. $6816.00 sounded a little gross to the crowd listening and some of them began to walk away. Jesus didn t say wait come back. I didn t mean that literally! What Jesus did was repeat it again and again. Six times in the next six verses he tell us we must feed on this bread if we want to enter eternal life. This certainly makes me think about how Jesus continues to feed us with this Bread in Communion each week. It makes me think about whether I really believe this sign and if so why I don t make it more important, why I give so little thought to it. When people ask me whether it s a sin to miss Sunday Mass, the answer is another question: why would anyone miss Mass if we believe that we are receiving Jesus own body and blood! God bless!
CALLING ALL KIDS! We are looking for boys and girls, grades 3 through high school, to be ALTAR SERVERS. This is a very important ministry of helping the Priest and solemnizing the Mass on Weekends. No experience is necessary we will show you what to do. If you are interested, meet with Fr. Larry in the Church after the 9:00am Mass on September 2nd. OUR PARISH CHOIR Our Parish Choirs for children, youth, and adults are seeking new singers for the 2018 19 season. The choirs sing regularly at Weekend Masses September through the Feast of Corpus Christi. Rehearsals are on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings, and begin next month. Of special significance this year is the celebration of our parish s 35th Anniversary in October, and the celebrations of Christmas, Holy Week, and Easter. Out choirs are open to everyone who enjoys an occasional musical challenge and who wants to sing for the greater glory of God. As well, a commitment to regular attendance at rehearsals and Masses is desired. For more information, please speak to the organist after any weekend Mass, or contact the church office. St. Rosalie Italian Festival September 21st, 22nd and 23rd Come pass a good time at the St. Rosalie Italian Festival. We have a great band line up with a little bit of everything from rock n roll to swamp pop and even a little country! So make sure you mark your calendars and come on by Check out the Face Book page for line up!!
Please take a bottle after Mass on August 18th & 19th and return it the following weekend filled with coins, dollars, or a check to support this life affirming ministry!
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Archbishop Shaw Annual Shrimp & Jambalaya Festival Saturday, September 15 @ 11am Music by The Strays The Bag of Donuts Country Music sensation Kayla Woodson from the Voice!! Tickets available soon Parish Religious Educational Program (PREP) Parish School of Religion (PSR) is for grades 1st thru 8th not in Catholic School Meets on Monday from 6:30 to 7:30pm At St. Rosalie School First Class September 10th The West Bank High School of Religion is for grades 9 thru 11 not in a Catholic School Meets once a month On a Saturday at St. Cletus from 9:00am to 12:00 Confirmation Classes All 11th grade Catholics both in Catholic and Public Schools must also participate in the parish Confirmation Preparation Program if they are to be confirmed in May More information to follow For more information contact parish office or Mitzie Leonard, DRE @ 504 319 9336
Knights of Columbus Regular Business Meeting August 20th Social: 6:00pm 6:40pm Rosary: 6:40pm Meeting: 7:00pm (Door prize to one lucky Bro. Knight in attendance) Guitar Mass/ʺGlory Boundʺ Our Guitar Mass will be on Saturday, September 1st at 5pm. Please come and join our Guitar mass ʺGlory Boundʺ. Men s Club Meeting Our next Men s Club meeting will be held on September 4th at 6:30pm. All men in the parish are invited to attend. Coffee and Donuts Please come and join us after the morning masses on September 16th for coffee, donuts and fellowship. Hope to see you there! Sanctuary Candle The Sanctuary Candle is in memory of Peter John Paul Nguyen Bread and Wine Celebration of the Eucharist is in memory of Joseph Busch Check Out Our Website @ www.saintjohnboscochurch.org Altar Flowers Mass Intentions Aug 18 7am Marguerite Hart & Family 5pm Happy Birthday Maria Couevas +Neil Joseph Folse, Jr. +Wayne Delaune & Vincent J. Rotolo (AOB) +Joseph Busch +Joseph Landry (MOD 8/20) +Ky & Samantha Nguyen & Tuan Vu +Peter John Paul Nguyen +Yvonne Mirabin (MOB day) +Paul Louis Nguyen Dinh Dzung Aug 19 7:30am Special Intention +Vernon Guillot +Martin & Benedetto Families +Ky & Samantha Nguyen & Tuan Vu +Beverly Damico (MOB day 8/21) +Ruperta Escano 9am +Parishioners 11am +Penelope Solis 5pm +Fred LeBlanc (MOD 8/24) Aug 20 7am Happy Birthday Josef Thanh Bui Aug 21 7am Happy Birthday Hop Chu Aug 22 7am Special Intentions Aug 23 7am +Jay Muller Aug 24 7am +Corrine Winter Aug 25 8am Marguerite Hart & Family 5pm Fr. Michael Fraser +Abdon & Quiaoit Families +Wayne Delaune +Ky & Samantha Nguyen & Tuan Vu +Peter John Paul Nguyen +John Hefti +Robert & Notile Klein +Frances, Darlene & Donna Hefti +Aubrey Champagne +Peter Dong Truong Nguyen Aug 26 7:30am +Ky & Samantha Nguyen & Tuan Vu 9am Parishioners of St. John Bosco 11am +Phaolo Nguyen Huu Nghia (MOD 8/27) +Deceased Pham Family +Carmelita A. Villavasso +CJ & Jackie Cheramie +Xavier Verdin +Paul Louis Nguyen Dinh Dzung 5pm +Penelope Solis Marguerite Behette & Family Saint John Bosco Pray for Us!!