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ST. JOHN XXIII PARIS H 1 Arcade Street ● West Seneca, New York 14224 Office Hours: 9:00am - 2:00pm (M-F) (716) 823-1090 ● www.stjohn23.com Rev. John E. Stanton, Pastor Jennifer Lang, Director of Faith Formation Kathy Skomski, Administrative Assistant Toni Drzewiecki, Administrative Assistant Bill Fay, Director of Music Bill Morris, Buildings & Grounds September 27, 2020

Masses: Sat. 4:00pm (Vigil), Sun. 8:30am & 10:30am Weekday: 8:30am (M-F) Reconciliation: Sat. 3:00pm Week of September 27, 2020 ST. JOHN XXIII PARISH Stewardship in Faith: From the Desk of Fr. John For the week of September 20, 2020 Greetings and welcome to St. John XXIII. “Doing Regular: $ 4,996.00 the will of the Father” is a recurring theme in Mat- thew’s Gospel. Today’s parable is clear: actions speak loud- Help Us! Without Sunday Mass for er than words. By doing what is right, even when it is unpop- several months, our annual collections ular and don’t feel like it, is the way to be judged worthy of have been affected. Would you help Heaven. Commit this week to how God is calling you to us? As you know, our collection reve- work for Him in building up the Body of Christ at home, this nue is down overall, and without regular contri- Parish, and our community. Do all things in God’s name. butions, we will experience problems with bills. My sincere thanks to everyone that made last Friday’s Please prayerfully consider increasing your con- Chicken BBQ such a success. From the volunteers to patrons, tribution if you are able. Help us help you. you helped us have a fantastic fundraiser. Thank you for all God’s generosity can’t be outdone. you do — our Parish has some great reasons to be proud! October is gearing up with more activities as we wade “Dustbusters, Inc.” … Team #2 will clean the through COVID-19. Eucharistic Adoration is this Friday. Church the week of September 27th. Thanks! Next weekend we will “Bless Animals” in honor of St. JOIN THE BINGO FUN . . . WE’RE READY!!! Francis on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Join our Rosary Crusade SATURDAYS 7:00 PM on Oct. 10th, and Blood Drive on Oct. 24th. Also, check Sat. Purple Progressive No. 56 – Guarantee $ 1,000. out www.stjohn23.com for our Sunday Mass, Faith For- Sat. Black Progressive No. 55 - Starting $ 706. mation Program information, and great faith resources. Finally, this week begins October’s Respect Life Month. During this pandemic and dark news reports, consider how Support Our New St. John XXIII Statue can you can better “respect life” better at home and in your View a gallery of production photos of our new relationships with family and friends. God would be pleased. Statue by visiting www.stjohn23.com. Like any God’s blessings, Fr. John. new Parishioner, it needs to be welcomed. Con- [email protected] sider making a Memorial Donation, in honor of your loved ones, to help us. Just include an enve- Donation Update! Thanks to all who have lope with your name, In Memoriam names, and amount. mailed or dropped off their weekly dona- Our Statue’s dedication is Sunday, October 11th. tions. We Are Grateful. Please Help Us. 2021 MASS INTENTION BOOK Family Moment. Don’t let a little dis-

Our 2021 Mass Intention Book is open. $15/Mass pute injure a family or friendship. Intention; $10/Candle. Let us remember and pray for your loved ones. Actions...instead Of Thank You! Words Thanks to all who generously offered As we celebrate Jesus teaches us to their time to help with our Chicken BBQ say what we mean and mean what we last Friday. Chaired by Helen Mellerski, say. The intentionality of our actions is and assisted by the vast volunteers, we important, but intentionality without action is meaning- are grateful. St. John XXIII is the best! less. How we act and what we give serves as evidence of your intentions and indicates where your heart truly Practice Makes Perfect. A warm smile is lies. If you fool yourself into thinking you are someone the universal language of kindness. you are not, it can become difficult to see the truth. Look Have YOU smiled today? for the fruit in your life. Make sure your desires and thoughts are moving you to act. Let your intentions and actions lead others to another place where Jesus can Save The Date: October 10th be found. That’s through YOU! Pray The Rosary With Us! We pray through the power of Christ for the healing of … Robert Rath, Come join us in a Public Square Rosary Rally on Eileen Coughlin, Stephen Boryszewski, Leo Schiffhaer, Alice Morrisley, Saturday, October 10th, at 12 Noon in the parking lot. The Jeanette Watkins, Judy Kelly, Weishaupt, Lynn McKenna, Grace Lord, Fred Postolese, James Hogan, Rosalie Diaspara, Marian Public Square Rosary, sponsored by America, will be one Spoor, Patricia Walczak, Pat Jerard, Mary Perillo, Thomas Lavelle, of 20,000 rallies that will take place all across the United Marge Dutka, JoAnne Hahn, Max Wojciechowski, Mark Bucholtz, Tony Peters, Christopher Travis, Rick Stoddard, Gallagher, Kaylin States on this particular Saturday. Please join us in offer- Kline, Elizabeth Fay, Rick McEvoy, Cheryl Lane, James Ruggiero, ing reparation for the sins and offenses committed Gladys Roche, Norman Dailey, Mary Laubenthal, Heidi Sheehan, Karen Helt, Beverly Smith, Harry Gray, Sharon Quinn, Hugh Bondanza, Bridget against the Immaculate Heart of Mary and to fervently Robinson, Andrew Dodges, Phyllis Elbers, Mary Lou Moebius, Alice Kow- alewski, Patti Catanzaro, Judy Bondanza & Smith. pray for the conversion of the United States. Join us! WEST SENECA, NEW YORK Week of September 27, 2020 From the Desk of Jennifer Lang, Director of Faith Formation Be Faith Formation has begun for this year, and the classes went very well. There is excitement in the air. The kids were glad to be back and it was good to see all of them. I do like this time of year. The days and evenings are cooler, and the beginning of a new academic year always seems to bring a sense of excitement and freshness. God is alive in all the ac- tivities that are planned. Please do me this kindness — pray for our kids as we hand down our beautiful faith. Jennifer Lang, Director of Faith Formation Email: [email protected]

Catechetical Corner Tips to Begin Spiritual Meditation A Weekly Faith Growing Bulletin Corner Did you know that spiritual meditation ______helps foster a deeper relationship Guardian Angels with God, the most important thing The mission of the Guardian Angels you can do with your life? Try these is, as St. Paul tells us, is to serve the future heirs of three ways: (1) Meditate in the morning. New salvation. Every Kingdom, Country, Diocese, Church and Religious Order has its protecting Guardian Angel. habits are hard and it takes some mental energy So has every person. Given to us at the moment of to start one. Start with maybe 15 minutes and ex- our birth, the Angel stays with us all through life, com- tend it, little by little, over several weeks. Don’t forts us in Purgatory, and escorts us, if we are saved, bite off more than you can chew! (2) Set some into Heaven. The greatest joy any of us can give our goals and make them visual. Goals are important Guardian Angel is to receive Holy Communion and —they will help you. (3) Get back into the game make our breast a tabernacle of the Eternal God be- after a slip. God understands … just keep trying! fore Whom this angel can adore. St. Augustine says, “Go where we will, our angels are always with us.” St. Enroll Kids and Grandkids Today! Bernard says, “Make the holy angels your friends.” We FAITH FORMATION REGISTRATION OPEN have nothing to fear under their protection. “Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love SUDDENLY A WALL BECOMES A GATE commits thee here. Ever this day, be at my side, to light, Death is part of a much greater and much deeper to guard, to rule, to guide.” Amen. event, the fullness of which we cannot compre- hend, but of which we know that it is a life- Gratitude: Seize It! bringing event. . . . What seems to be the end The word gratitude is derived proves to be the beginning; what seems to be a cause for from the word gratia, fear proves to be a cause for courage; what seems to be de- feat proves to be victory; and what seems to be the basis for which means grace, graciousness, despair proves to be the basis for hope. Suddenly a wall be- or gratefulness. In some ways comes a gate. We are not able to say with much clarity or gratitude encompasses all of these meanings. Grati- precision what lies beyond the gate. The tone of all that we tude is a thankful appreciation for what an individual do and say on our way to the gate changes drastically. receives, whether tangible or intangible. Gratitude also helps people connect to something larger than them- “Ponder the fact that God has made you a gar- selves as individuals — whether to other people, na- dener, to root out vice and plant virtue.” ture, and ultimately, God. Are you thankful for the —St. things you have in life, or do you take things for Conversion and a change of heart are at the granted? Gratitude actually increases our happiness, core of Jesus’ message. We are works in pro- improves our relationships, and makes us healthier. gress. For the person on fire with the Holy Spirit and centered on God, life reflects an ever-deepening awareness and heightened sense of God’s Listen First — Then Love! presence and a greater willingness to do God’s will. The hyp- The first duty in loving is to listen. After all, ocrite is the one who says ‘yes’ when they really mean ‘no.’ the more one judges, the less one loves. From the start, they had no desire to do the virtuous act but wanted to outwardly appear as if they did. Where are you on the road of integrity? Honesty is all that is required. God is October Is Respect Life. October begins a good with that. It is okay to struggle with your decisions and wrestle with yourself. Conversion happens when our ‘no’ month of Respect Life...All Life. Read a Re- changes to ‘yes,’ regardless of how sinful or out of sync we flection on Baptism and the dignity of the may be at the time. God is anxious to welcome us to Himself. human person at www.stjohn23.com. LITURGICAL SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, September 26, 2020, 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time 1:00pm. Wedding: Natalie J. Vetter & Joshua L. Carpenter 4:00pm. Deceased Mattucci, Thomas, & Liberatore Families - by Family AND: Jack Munro - by Jeremy & Laura Hafner 5:00pm. Anointing of the Sick Sunday, September 27, 2020, 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30am. Geraldine Gervase - by Oldfield Family AND: Rev. Msgr. Kevin T. O’Neill - by MacDonald Family 10:30am. Jim Quinn - by Family AND: Agnes Cox - by Smith Family

Monday, September 28, 2020, St. Wenceslaus 8:30am. Mary Jane Shoemaker - by Gavin Family AND: Patricia Scheuneman - by Husband & Children Tuesday, September 29, 2020, Sts. Michael, & 8:30am. Helen Kalstek - by Family AND: Patricia Walker - by Toni Drzewiecki Wednesday, September 30, 2020, St. 8:30am. Antoinette Piskor - by Toni Drzewiecki Thursday, , 2020, St. Therese of the Child Jesus 8:30am. Joey Grisanti - by JR, Louise, & Micki AND: Kenneth Farren - by Mother & Family Friday, October 2, 2020, The Holy Guardian Angels 8:30am. Louis & Alice Bartus - by Ellie Wieleba Saturday, October 3, 2020, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00pm. Gail & Jerry Steck - by Pat & Sandy Wahl

AND: Angelo & Adela Cecchini - by Arleen & Don Betker Sunday, October 4, 2020, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30am. Robert & Dolorita Gavin - by Bob, Anne, & Kevin AND: Bernard Ruda - by Wife, Mariann 10:30am. Rose Buchina - by Patrick & Sandy Burns AND: Mary Eileen Kraan - by Choir Scriptures for Next Sunday First Reading: Is 5:1-7 Psalm: 80:9, 12-16, 19-20 Second Reading: Phil 4:6-9 Gospel: Mt 21:33-43 The Sanctuary Light will shine this week for Antoinette Piskor, by Toni Drzewiecki. St. Jerome (Sept. 30th) St. Jerome (345-419), was born in Dal- matia, now Yugoslavia. He was ordained a priest and for some time lived the life of a hermit in the desert. There he had many temp- tations. He fought them by studying Hebrew, writ- ing letters, and copying books. Then he continued his studies in Scripture in . He be- came an advisor to Damasus I, who gave St. Jerome the of translating the from He- brew into Latin. It took him thirty years to trans- late the Bible; he did it all by hand. St. Jerome’s version of the Bible, called the , became the official text of the for centuries. He was courageous, stubborn, and hard-working. But most of all, he was completely devoted to God and the Church. We can ask for his help in our studies, with our tempers, and in our love of God and the Scriptures. May he also intercede for us. This Week at St. John’s LessonsSunday &Mass Carols. We. ’Sundayre Open: at Saturday 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Vigil

Healthy (Church), Living: Sunday Fun 8:30 low a.m.-impact (Church) exercises & 10:30 while a.m. sitting (Church). Also view Mass online at www.stjohn23.com. with Kathy Zawadzki. Monday at 9:30 a.m. Knights of St. John. Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Christmas Mass & New Year Schedule Below. Confirmation Class. Sunday at 9:45 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours: Morning Prayer. Healthy Thursday Living: at Fun 9:00 low a.m.-impact exercises while sitting

Boy Scoutswith Kathy. Thursday Zawadzki at 6:30. Monday p.m. at 9:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation. Monday at 6:30 p.m. Bingo. Adjourned until Saturday, January 5th at Faith7:00 Formationp.m. (Grades 6-10). Monday at 7:00 p.m.

Rosary. Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours: Morning Prayer. Thurs. at 9:00 a.m.

Boy Scouts. Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

Eucharistic Adoration. Friday at 9:00 a.m.

Bingo (To Be Determined). Saturday at 7:00 p.m. Next Sunday at St. John’s Confirmation Class. Sunday at 9:45 a.m.

Blessing of Animals. Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

This Friday, October 2nd 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

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