St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church by Dean Tormey, SJE Parishioner
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November 4, 2018 Photograph of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church by Dean Tormey, SJE Parishioner St. John the Evangelist Mass Schedule: Catholic Church Sunday Mass: Saturday Vigil: 5 PM Established October 4, 1960 Sunday: 8, & 10 AM & 12 Noon 5751 Locust Avenue Daily: 6:30 & 8:30 AM, 5:30 PM during Lent Carmichael, CA 95608-1320 M-F); 8:30 AM (Sat) 916 Area Code Holy Days: 6:30, 8:30 AM & 7 PM Parish Office……………..483-8454 Eucharistic Adoration: Wed & Fri 9 AM to 5 PM School…………………….481-8845 Healing Mass every 3rd Sunday of the Month at 1:30 PM with confession from 1:05 to 1:25 PM Religious Education….…483-4628 Sacraments: Youth Ministry ……483-8454 x 254 Confessions: Fridays and Saturdays 10 min before Parish website: www.sjecarmichael.org morning Masses and 3:45 to 4:45 PM Saturday Parish email: [email protected] Baptism: Call office about parent preparation ses- Rel. Ed: [email protected] sions. Must be registered in the parish. School website: www.stjohnev.com Marriage: Contact the clergy at least six months in School email: [email protected] Fr. Bernardin Mugabo………………………………….......Pastor advance. Fr. Thomas A. Bland………………...….............Pastor Emeritus Anointing of Sick: Call the office at any time. Fr. Alban C. Uba, SMMM…………………………...In Residence Mr. Lawrence Niekamp……………………………. ……...Deacon READINGS FOR THE WEEK Mr. Keith Johnson………………………………………….Deacon Monday: Phil 2:1-4; Ps 131:1bcde-3; Lk 14:12-14 Mr. Jack Wilson…………………………………………….Deacon Tuesday: Phil 2:5-11; Ps 22:26b-30ab, 30e, 31-32; Linda Gospodnetich…………………..……….Business Manager Lk 14:15-24 Mrs. Christine Horton…….…………..………….School Principal Wednesday: Phil 2:12-18; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Sr. Hannah M. O’Donoghue,RSM.Coord.of Religious Education Lk 14:25-33 Mrs. Roseann Garthwait…………..Director of Music and Liturgy Mrs. Cara O’Shea……….....School Director of Music and Choir Thursday: Phil 3:3-8a; Ps 105:2-7; Lk 15:1-10 Mrs. April McDonald……..Chairperson, Parish Pastoral Council Friday: Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17; Jn 2:13-22 Saturday: Phil 4:10-19; Ps 112:1b-2, 5-6, 8a, 9; Catholics Coming Home, Lk 16:9-15 for more information call (916) 483-8454 ext. 150 or Sunday: 1 Kgs 17:10-16; Ps 146:7-10; Heb 9:24-28; e-mail to [email protected] Mk 12:38-44 [41-44] Registration / Change of Address I want to register in the parish. I have changed my address; my envelope # is _________. Name: _________________________________________________________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________ City: _____________________ ZIP ________ Phone: _______________________________ E-mail: __________________________________________________ It may take up to 2 months to start receiving envelopes or for any changes. Place in collection basket. Pastor’s Corner Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time November 4, 2018 Blessed Mary’s Messages: Dear parishioners, it is always You shall love the L, your God, with all your heart, good to visit holy places or the shrines of the Blessed Virgin and with all your soul, and with all your strength. Mary. All the messages of the Blessed Virgin Mary have one — Deuteronomy 6:5 goal: to save souls. Her main purpose is that all of us her children from all corners of the world, from all tribes, ethnics Masses for the Week of November 5 to November and races should be with her and her Son Jesus Christ forever Monday: in Heaven. Her messages are calls from Heaven, asking us to 6:30 a.m. All Souls be the lights of others, especially for those who live in the 8:30 a.m. All Souls darkness of sin, to be peace in this peaceless world, to be hope Tuesday: in this hopeless world. In summary, it is a call to live the 6:30 a.m. All Souls message of the Gospel all the days of our lives. 8:30 a.m. All Souls Wednesday: During the apparition of Kibeho in Rwanda, often the Blessed 6:30 a.m. All Souls Virgin Mary would send the visionary to some people letting 8:30 a.m. All Souls them know what she needed from them or how they were Thursday: supposed to behave. For example, a young man named Gahutu 6:30 a.m. All Souls Paul, who was planning to get married, received a message 8:30 a.m. All Souls that he was supposed to be a priest. Guess what, we studied Friday: together in the seminary and he is a priest. In Medjugorje, the 6:30 a.m. All Souls Blessed Virgin Mary gave so many messages and still gives a 8:30 a.m. All Souls message at every apparition on the 2nd and 24th of the month. Saturday: St. Leo the Great They are good, deep, inspirational, faithful to the Gospel, and 8:30 a.m. All Souls comforting. A Lady named Theresa LOPEZ shared me with a message she our sick and their caregivers: Helena received while visiting holy places in Europe. I did ask her Alleman, Andrea Armstrong, Robert Burns, Geoff Carter, Alicia Cortez, Russ permission to share it with you; read it for yourself and hope Davis, Melissa Duran, Kate Ellis, Karen Emmons, Deb- you decide to visit holy shrines. bie Erichs, Velia Escalante, Juanita Estrellas, Martin Fio- Three blessings. One message: Back in April 2015, my mother rino, Anthony Gabriele, Alison Geoffrey, John Glasgow, (Irene Gonzales, who passed away recently) and I had the Ella Gomes, Gosnell Family, Jimi Grant, Donna Harris, opportunity to go on pilgrimage to Greece and Turkey Tom Harvey, Vicky Heard, George Heffner, Mary Jef- following the historical and spiritual perspective of the seven fries, Eduardo Jimenez, Shirley Jones, Yelena Ka- Churches of Revelation. While in Turkey, we spent some navalchuk, Michelle Keyawa, Jalil Kian, Karen Lydon, time in Ephesus at Meryemana. This is the reconstructed Jennifer Martin, Manuel Molina, Michael Niekamp, house where the Virgin Mary is supposed to have come to live Gilles Ouellet, Lynn Parry, Mike Peterson, Alex Quiroz, during her last days. As we entered this quaint stone structure, Jeff Reynolds, Ruth Salazar, Rena Scherman, Robert we were immediately placed in the front room of the house. A Scholtes, Christopher Scott Paul Scurti, Socorro Sabala, Stacey Spear, Hank Thompson, Katie Walker & all sick Turkish rug led you from the doorway to an Altar, framed by parishioners. the arched interior brick walls. In its simplicity, it was beautiful. After a quick tour through the rest of the house, we Please pray for the repose of the soul of long time were led outside and given time to contemplate what we had parishioner Betty Jones, who died. Her funeral will be just seen. I decided to return to the chapel and on bended November 17 at 11 a.m. here at St. John’s. knees prayed a rosary for the special intentions of many back home. It was during this time of prayer that I received a Steve Patton, Associate Director for Family and Respect message: “Tell him that I have your child in my arms. He is to Life Ministries for our Diocese will be at Our Lady of the Assumption Parish on November 6 at 7 p.m. speaking on reconcile himself to my Son.” I gasped! You must understand “Purgatory - What to Expect”. In 1873 a nun in France began I was not expecting any message. But I knew what it meant. to visited by a soul from Purgatory. Under Obedience she kept My husband and I had been married for 38 years and my focus a detailed account of what that soul told her. He will review of prayer for him was that he would one day return to the the nun’s manuscript to help you better understand. Catholic Church. As a side note: approximately two years into our marriage our only pregnancy ended in a ruptured tubal ..continued ..Well, it took a couple of months after my return pregnancy and after that I was unable to conceive. Catching home, when I felt a push on my shoulder to tell him. I said my breath, I then asked our Holy Mother to guide me in “Babe, while Mom and I were on the pilgrimage, we visited forwarding this message to my husband. He could put up the the house of the Virgin Mary. While I was praying, I received proverbial “wall” at times. I knew this was the most important a message for you.” I continued on with the message. He gave task of my life. It weighed heavy on my mind that he had to me no response. That was OK, but I knew the message wasn’t hear this very important message. ..continued next column.. heard in his heart. ---to be continued next week… Sr. Hannah O’Donoghue, RSM ST. Vincent de Paul: THANKSGIVING IS JUST AROUND 916-483-4628 THE CORNER!! I know it seems like yesterday when we [email protected] sat down to a dinner of turkey and cranberry sauce but it’s back again! The Food Locker is gathering the essentials National-Vocations-Week (Nov. 4-11) Prayer to know one’s for the Thanksgiving baskets, an annual tradition. Needed vocation: “Lord, my God and my loving father, you have made are canned yams, instant mashed potatoes, gravy, canned me to know you, to love you, to serve you, and thereby to find green beans, stuffing, corn, fruit cocktail, cranberry and to fulfill my deepest longings. I know that you are in all sauce, olives, and jello (not sugar free and no things and that every path can lead me to you.