St. John the Baptist Catholic Church

Sunday, June 10, 2018 WEEKEND MASSES

ST. JOHN’S CHURCH 6:00 p.m. — Saturday 8:00 a.m. — Sunday

RIVERSIDE RESORT AND CASINO DON’S CELEBRITY THEATRE

4:00 p.m. — Saturday Physical Address: 3055 El Mirage Way 10:00 a.m. — Sunday Mailing Address: P.O. Box 31230 12:00 noon — Sunday Laughlin, Nevada 89028.1230 Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. WEEKDAY MASSES Monday through Friday ST. JOHN’S CHURCH Telephone: 702.298.0440 F a x : 702.298.0279 8:00 a. m.

E-MailAddress:[email protected] Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Website: LaughlinCatholic.com and First Saturday of the month.

REV. CHARLES B. URNICK, ADMINISTRATOR Deacon Richard Lambert - Pastoral Support - Deacon Dan McHugh

MISSION STATEMENT: To serve the needs of the growing faith community in this part of Southern Nevada, composed of residents, weekend visitors and snowbirds who pray together, work together so as to build up the body of Christ; to be witnesses likewise, to the historical legacy of the first recorded Catholic Mass in Nevada celebrated in Laughlin in 1776 by Father Francisco Garces, a Franciscan missionary.

Confessions: 15 minutes before each Mass Holy Day Masses: Please refer to St. John’s Bulletin

Rosary: Recited before each Mass First Friday and First Saturday Mass and Devotions: St. John’s at 8:00 a. m. Baptisms: Baptisms are normally celebrated on Weddings: Weddings are normally celebrated on Saturdays Saturdays at 11:00 a. m. Registered and active at 11:00 a. m. Registered and active parishioners should con- parishioners should contact the priest one tact the priest at least six months in advance to make the month in advance to make the arrangements. arrangements.

Directions to St. John the Baptist Church: From Casino Dr. go west on Bruce Woodbury Drive (across from the Edgewater Hotel). Continue approximately 3 miles to Needles Highway, turn left. At El Mirage Way (the first traffic light), turn right. Drive approximately 2 blocks, St. John’s is on the corner of El Mirage Way and Banyon Drive.

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SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS CATHOLIC CHURCH

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ADVISORY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN ...... STEVE FORTIER 702.298.5288 EM COORDINATOR ...... BERNIE THOMPSON 928.404.2316 FATHER CHARLIE’S PAGE 7! GIFT SHOP COORDINATOR ...... MAUREEN MULLIN 702.298.1048 GUILD COORDINATOR ...... TRISH NEVIUS 702-420-6242 Pope John XXIII Quotes HIV/AIDS OUTREACH ...... REV. JOSEPH O’BRIEN 702.564.4224 Father’s Day, June 17, 2018 DIR. OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ...... HOPE CASTILLO 702-726-7014 TROOP OUTREACH COORDINATOR ...... Novena of Masses KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS GRAND KNIGHT …….JOE MORANI 928.278.2031 ______LECTORS/COMMENTATORS………… ...... DIRECTOR OF MUSIC ...... LUANN KRUZ 928.754.2650 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INSTRUCTION PRAYER CHAIN ...... YVONNE FATHERREE 702.298.0690 SUPPORT GROUP ...... HOPE CASTILLO 702.726.7014 RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS SECRETARY/SAFE ENVIRONMNT COORD WAUNITA MARO 702.298.0440 Read Page 5!

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TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 5:00 PM BIBLE STUDY MEETING TODAY’S READINGS WEDNESDAY’S OF EACH MONTH

First Reading - After Adam and Eve eat of the for- Leader: Dan Hnatowich 206-795-1554 bidden fruit, the Lord God puts enmity between the ______serpent and the woman (Genesis 3:9-15).

Psalm - With the Lord there is mercy, and fullness “JOURNEY THROUGH SCRIPTURE” of redemption (Psalm 130). Wednesdays: 8:00 - 9:15AM

Second Reading - We have an eternal dwelling from Would you like to grow more deeply in your God, not made with hands (2 Corinthians 4:13 — 5:1). faith? Do you have the desire to learn more

Gospel - “Whoever does the will of God is my about scripture? Would you like to meet other brother and sister and mother” (Mark 3:20-35). members of our parish family?

Come and read the Sunday Scriptures and dis- PROMISES cuss how we can apply them to our daily lives. Today’s liturgy is full of promises. The reading from Our text, “At Home With the Word”, has Genesis promises a final triumph over the power of helpful insights that encourage a practical re- sin and a return to a new creation. The reading from sponse. Everyone is invited! Second Corinthians promises that all who follow ______Christ will have to struggle. It also promises, how- ever, that we can persevere if we but recognize that ST. JOHN’S GUILD Christ is within us, renewing us daily, and giving us the courage and the strength we need to endure. The Read Page 4!

Gospel promises that doing God’s will makes us ______

“family” with Jesus, who forgives all sin and triumphs PRAYER SHAWL GROUP/BROKEN ROSARIES over evil. Read Page 4! Today might be a good day for us to make some prom- ______ises as well. We can promise to stop kidding ourselves RIVER OF LIFE PRAYER GROUP MEETING about our own tendencies to selfishness and sin. We FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018 can promise ourselves to believe—really believe—that SJB CHURCH @ 4:30 PM while we are not sinless, we are forgiven. We can This is a renewal based group. Please see Sheila promise ourselves to combat evil and sin by acting as for more information or come to the prayer group sisters and brothers not only to the Lord, but to one meeting. another as well.

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June 9, 2018 PRAY FOR THE HEALTH OF through June 17, 2018 Robert Allen - Ricardo Aguayo - Andy Anderson - Jason Baughman - Charlene Bearden - Olga Benavides - Courtney Berry - George Brakel - Don Coyle - Kash Commers - Donna Saturday 4:00 p.m. All Parishioners of St. John Del Nero - Michael Doherty - Angie Elena - Polly Gabaldon - June 9 the Baptist Michael Gifford - Jo Ann Gordon - Naileah Handlin - Ted 6:00 p.m. Rose Huff Hardy - Richard Helge - David Hemmelspack Jr. - Philip Her- rich - Michael Iannantuoni - Tony Kapaldo - Dick Kosters - Thomas Koral - Koswenda Family - Sean Lenhart - Dottie Sunday 8:00 a.m. †Edward G. Clements Lewis - Jeanette Martin - Raphael & Natalie Martiney - Rob June 10 10:00 a.m. Living & Deceased Members McLintock - Ernesto Mendosa - Jeff Moniz - Alfega Martin of the Zoller Family - Joe Nava - Pat Moulzolf - Betty Najaka - Alicia Pelayo - 12 Noon Alex Wizeman Judy Polhill - Sam and Amalia Quesada - John Reed - Tom Rojo - Larry H. Rose - Colleen Ross - Cindy Rouquie - Yolanda Monday 8:00 a.m. †Mary Bombace Sandoval - Gary Saxe - Mike and Rebecca Schliskey - Marie June 11 Southard - Barbara Survillas - Jeffrey Survillas - George and Amy Taboada - Bob Terrian - Dwayne Thiel - Kay Tuesday 8:00 a.m. †Peg Knippel Thompson - Zack Trimmen - Darren Weeda - Jeff White- head - Charles Williams - Karen Wischnack June 12 Names remain on our list 2 months and then are removed.

Call the office 702-298-0440 when the health of you or Friday 8:00 a.m. Kathleen Cochran your loved one has improved or if a name needs to be re- June 15 (Happy Birthday) moved. For many years, on page 3 of our bulletin, we have listed the Saturday 4:00 p.m. †Jerry Block names of relatives and friends for whom prayers have been June 16 6:00 p.m. All Parishioners of St. John requested. While we try to keep that list updated, some of the Baptist the names have remained there for years and occasionally we learn that one or several have died years ago. The list is really designed for those in immediate and serious need of Sunday 8:00 a.m. †Letitia Brower the prayers of our parishioners and visitors. June 17 10:00 a.m. †Diane Morrison Also, in view of the current privacy laws in our nation, indi- 12 Noon Father’s Day Novena viduals may not wish to have their names published at all. We have tried to be careful about this and respect their privacy. We must continue to do so. READINGS FOR THE WEEK In an effort to accomplish the goals of keeping the list cur-

Monday: Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3, Ps 98:1-6; rent, immediate, and within the privacy laws, a completely June 11 Mt. 5:1-12 new list will be begun on the first weekend of July 2018. No names will be carried over from the current list. Only Tuesday: 1 Kgs 17:7-16; Ps 4:2-5, 7b-8; Mt 5:13-16 members of a person’s immediate family (parent, child, sib- June 12 ling, grandparent) or the person himself/herself may add a

Wednesday:1 Kgs 18:20-39; Ps 16:1b-2ab, 4, 5ab, 8, name to the list by submitting the name in writing and sign- June 13 11; Mt 5:17-19 ing that you have permission to add the name. Names will remain on the list for 2 months and will then be removed Thursday: 1 Kgs 18:41-16; Ps 65:10-13: Mt 5:20-26 automatically. If you wish to renew a name on the list for June 14 another two months, you will need to notify the church of- Friday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-16; Ps 27:7-9abc, 13-14; fice one week before the name expires. June 15 Mt 5:27-32

Saturday: 1 Kgs 19:19-21; Ps 16:1b-2a, 5, 7-10; ST. JOHN’S PRAYER CHAIN June 16 Mt 5:33-37 If you want a particular petition prayed

Sunday: Ez 17:22-24; Ps 92:2-3, 13-16; for, please call Yvonne Fatherree at June 17 2 Cor 5:6-10; Mk 4:26-34 702.298.0690.

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ST. JOHN’S GUILD 1:00p.m. St. John’s Church Every First Thursday of the Month (September through May)

For information regarding the Guild, please call Trish Nevius 702-420-6242 or Ethel

Neuens at 928-763-6167. New members are Membership in the Knights of Columbus is open to always welcome—please join us. We are in- all practicing Catholic gentlemen 18 years or volved in many charitable works for our par- older. For information, please call Grand Knight ish, as well as in our community. Joe Morani @ 928-278-2031 ______or visit www.facebook.com/kofc12690.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

PRAYER SHAWL/CHARITY YARN GROUP

The group meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday MONTHLY DEVOTIONS of the month at 10AM at the American Le- SACRED HEART OF JESUS gion Post 60 in Laughlin except for Decem- Every First Friday of the Month ber. We crochet/knit prayer shawls, hats, After the 8:00 a.m. Mass gloves, scarves as well as afghans and chemo is the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, hats for the Colorado Food/Clothing Bank, Holy Hour, and Benediction, followed by Bullhead City Domestic Violence Shelter, Hourly Adoration: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.; various Veteran’s and cancer organizations.. 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.; 11:00 - 12:00 noon; Open to anyone in the community who knits/ 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Sign up for an hour in the crochets or would like to learn. Yarn dona- vestibule of church. How beautiful it would tions are always appreciated. be to have several people keeping watch Call Kathleen at 702-357-9372 for more in- with The Lord. formation.

BROKEN ROSARIES

If you need your rosary fixed, it can be IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY dropped off at the church office or call Every First Saturday of the Month Kathleen Whitehead at 702-357-9372. After the 8:00am Mass Please put the rosary in an envelope with your name and number in case of questions or to Devotional prayers to call when the rosary has been repaired. the Blessed Virgin Mary There is no charge to repair your rosary. following the 8:00 am

Mass.

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BASIC CATHOLIC PRAYERS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION UPDATE! FAITH FORMATION CATECHIST OUR FATHER Are you interested in sharing our Catholic faith, and Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hal- enjoy working with children? Then why not consider lowed be Thy Name; Thy Kingdom volunteering your time as a catechist for First Com- munion. come, Thy will be done on earth as it Volunteer forms are available in the Pamphlet Rack in is in Heaven. Give us this day our the vestibule of the church. Fill form out and turn in daily bread, and forgive us our tres- at the office. God bless you! passes as we forgive those who tres- Hope Castillo, DRE ______pass against us; and lead us not into RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS temptation, but deliver us from evil. Each year St. John the Baptist offers the Rite of Amen. Christian Initiation for Adults. RCIA functions as a HAIL MARY twofold program. Firstly, for Catechumens who are persons that are not baptized, and are seeking initia- Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is tion into the Catholic Church. Secondly, are the Can- with thee. Blessed are thou among didates who have received baptism and wish to com- women and blessed is the fruit of plete their Sacraments of Holy Communion and/or Confirmation. The catechetical process is completed thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother at the Easter Vigil, where we welcome our new broth- of God, pray for us sinners now and ers and sisters into the fullness of the Body of Christ. ______at the hour of our death Amen. ACT OF CONTRITION SECULAR ORDER OF DISCALCED CARMELITES: THE JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH GROUP

O my God, I am heartily sorry for Carmelite Seculars, together with the Friars and Nuns, are having offended Thee, and I detest sons and daughters of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Teresa of Jesus. In our Secular Vocation, all my sins because I dread the loss we strive to live a life of prayer, centered on the Gospels, of heaven, and the pains of hell; but the Liturgy, and the Evangelical Councils of Chastity, Pov- erty, Obedience, and the spirit of the Beatitudes in our most of all because they offend daily lives. Is God calling you to a Secular Vocation? For Thee, my God, who are all good and more information, please call Elizabeth at 702-837-6160 or Mary at 702-528-2702. ______deserving of all my love. I firmly re- LAS VEGAS CATHOLIC DIOCESAN CONFERENCE solve with the help of Thy grace, to September 7 & 8, 2018 confess my sins, to do penance, and SOUTH POINT HOTEL AND CASINO 9777 Las Vegas Blvd., South — Las Vegas, NV to amend my life. Amen. The Diocese of Las Vegas is excited to promote the 2018 GLORY BE TO THE FATHER Diocesan Conference. We appreciate the support of your Glory be to the Father, and to the parish in sharing the good news of our upcoming event by publishing upcoming news in your bulletin for the next com- Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was ing months. We are proud to see our theme “Hope Grows in the beginning is now, and ever shall Here - Crece La Esperanza” coming to life in our Diocese. be, world without end. Amen.

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June 3, 2018 Collection

Stewardship (173) ...... $4251.00 Loose ...... $2752.06 Catholic Stewardship Appeal ...... $653.00 Sisters of St. Francis ...... $5061.70 Gift Shop ...... $257.33 Poor Box ...... $50.03 Votive Lights ...... $24.06 US Troops ...... $0.00 TOTAL ...... $13,049.18 CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS Attendance: 1010

______for the TROOPS TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Once again, we will be making Christmas Stock-

The cathedral is a treasure in a diocese and in our ings to stuff and send to our military personnel at tradition. It is not simply a “big church,” as some bases and ships throughout the world, as well as say, some parish churches are larger. What makes with our veterans in VA hospitals and facilities. a cathedral is the presence of the chair, called a Patterns for the Christmas Stockings are avail- cathedra (Latin for seat) reserved for the bishop. able at the church throughout the week, as well as at the Riverside during our weekend Masses. There are many instances in our country of a local Individuals and groups are invited to join in mak- church (diocese) outgrowing a cathedral. In Balti- ing the stockings and bringing them to the church more and St. Louis, the former cathedrals are his- by the end of October. toric treasures in the heart of the old city, but new and larger structures now function as the seat Small items are needed for the Christmas Stock- of the bishop. ings. We will be seeking snacks in the fall, but throughout the summer we will be glad to accept When a bishop dies or retires, it is said that “the playing cards, toiletries, pens, notepads, and seat is vacant,” and when the new bishop is in- other useful items for the men and women stalled, the central ritual is the moment when the decree of the Holy Father is read and the new who serve our great American nation. bishop is escorted to the cathedra. No one but 2018 Second Collection Schedule the bishop sits in the cathedra during a ritual, but June 9 and 10 ...... Building Fund in Los Angeles the cathedra in the Cathedral of June 16 and 17 ...... Catholic Stewardship Appeal Our Lady of the Angels is accessible, and no one June 23 and 24 ...... Building Fund June 30 and July 1 ...... Peter’s Pence seems to mind when a visitor tries the cathedra July 7 and 8 ...... Catholic Stewardship Appeal out for the bishop’s point of view. July 14 and 15 ...... Building Fund

______July 21 and 22 ...... Diocesan Elem. Catholic School Tuition July 28 and 29 ...... Building Fund ACTIONS Actions speak louder than words, let your words teach, and your actions speak.

AMERICAN FLAG This flag, which we honor and under which we serve, is the emblem of our unity, our power, our thought and purpose as a nation. It has no other character than that which we give it from generation to generation.

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FATHER’S DAY - JUNE 17, 2018 “See You In Church” Novena of Masses POPE JOHN XXIII QUOTES It is a beautiful tradition to remember our fathers on Father’s Day each year on the At Confirmation last Saturday, Bishop Tho- third Sunday of June. As in the past, this year I mas very kindly compared me to Pope John am offering a Novena of Masses for our fathers, XXIII by quoting the beloved Holy Father, living and deceased. A Novena of Masses is a se- about a light shining in the window. I got cu- ries of 9 Masses on 9 consecutive days, so we will rious and found a few other quotations from begin the Novena of Masses on Father’s Day Pope John XXIII (who was pope from 1958 (June 17th) and end it on Monday (June 25th). to 1963) which I think you may enjoy: On the days that we do not normally have a Mass here at the parish, I will offer the Novena Mass “Do not walk through time without leaving privately. Here’s the schedule: worthy evidence of your passage.” Sunday, June 17th - 12:00 Noon Mass (Riverside) Monday, June 18th - 8:00 AM Mass (St. John’s) “Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We Tuesday, June 19th - 8:00 AM Mass (St. John’s) must always remember this. The actual words Wednesday, June 20th-Private Mass (Fr. Charlie) matter less.” Thursday, June 21st - Private Mass (Fr. Charlie) Friday, June 22nd - 8:00 AM Mass (St. John’s) “Whoever has a heart full of love always has Saturday, June 23rd - Private Mass (Fr. Charlie) something to give.” Sunday, June 24th - 10:00 AM Mass (Riverside) Monday, June 25th - 8:00 AM Mass (St. John’s) “It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem If you would like to include your father, grandfather, Godfather, uncle or other significant male father- and decide I must tell the Pope about it. figure in this Novena of Masses, please return this Then I wake up completely and remember form to St. John’s BEFORE Father’s Day. These names that I am the Pope.” will be placed on the altar at St. John’s Church during the 9 days of the Novena. You may include a donation for this Novena of Masses, but it is not required. “Before everything else, fidelity to the

Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. FATHER’S NAME______Jesus did not found several churches, but one single Church.” Circle one: LIVING DECEASED

“A peaceful man does more good than a OTHER LIVING MALES to be remembered: learned one.” ______“Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.” ______

OTHER DECEASED MALES to be remembered: “The family is the first essential cell of hu- man society.” ______

“The Rosary is a school for learning true ______Christian perfection.”

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