AINT OHN EPOMUK S J N Catholic Church 600 Garth Brooks Boulevard, PO Box 850249, Yukon, Oklahoma 73085 Telephone 4053542743 ● Fax 4053542770 ● www.sjnok.org
Our Sacred Purpose: Through the Holy Spirit, we magnify God's greatness by walking together on our journey of faith and by building bridges that strengthen discipleship on our mission to follow Jesus Christ. Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 2, 2017
Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm Sunday 8:00 am & 10:30 am Weekdays Consult weekly bulletin Holy Days 9:00 am & 6:30 pm Parish Office Hours Monday-Thursday, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm Friday, 8:30 am to 12:00 pm Sacraments Reconciliation: Saturday 4:00 pm Marriage: Contact Deacon Cliff to schedule, allowing 6 months preparation time. Baptism: Baptism Seminars are the 1st Monday of each month. Contact the Parish Office to reserve your place for the seminar. Anointing of the Sick: After Mass on the 1st Wednesday of each month. Visitation of the Sick & Elderly: Contact the Parish Office New Parishioners: Please complete parish registration form
Parish Staff Pastor: Rex A. Arnold [email protected] Associate Pastor: Prabhakar Kalivela [email protected] Deacons: Dan Lombardi [email protected] John Teague [email protected] Cliff Fitzmorris [email protected] Dir. of Liturgy & Music: Robert Noble [email protected] Dir. of Religious Ed.: Mariavis Fitzmorris (PreK-5th grade) [email protected] Youth Coordinator: Jo Anna Bannister (6th-12th grades) [email protected] Dir. of Facilities: Dennis Kastl [email protected] Parish Secretary: Monnie DeHart [email protected] Office Assistant: Sharon Hooper [email protected] Communications: Reyne Vanderburg [email protected] RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults:) [email protected] School Principal: Natalie Johnson [email protected] School Office: 405-354-2509 July 2, 2017 PastE’ L[ŕ9 I was very happy when I heard this Spring that I was Beautification of assigned to St. John Nepomuk Church, Yukon. I came to the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City on May Servant of God 28, 2017, and I came to Yukon on June 20, 2017. I Fr. Stanley Rother am very happy to be assigned here as associate pastor. I am very grateful to Fr. Rex for welcoming SǂǕǖǓDžǂǚ, SdžǑǕ. 23, 2017 10 am, Cox Convention Center me to the parish and for making sure that I have everything needed. I thank the deacons, the parish Oklahoma City staff, and all the parishioners for your warm welcome and for extending your support to make my transition an easy and happy one. My heart is filled with gratitude for at the kind of Archdiocese of Oklahoma City hospitality you extend to me. It is an honor and a Free admissionNTickets not required privilege to be part of this great community of St. John Nepomuk. I will do my best to walk with you RESERVE YOUR SEAT ON THE BUS! in building, in bridging, and in being disciples of Jesus. Cost: $10 (to help defray cost of bus) In today’s gospel Jesus tells his Apostles, "Whoever 7:30 am Buses start loading receives you, receives me." There is a close 8:00 am Depart for Cox Convention relationship between Jesus and those he sends to Center preach the Word. God has started the "sending process" by sending Jesus to reveal God’s love for 12:30 pm Planned departure back to SJN the whole world. Then, Jesus chose and continues to Unfortunately, we will be unable to accommodate choose people to hear and learn the gospel "by wheelchairs. There is adequate space for walkers, heart." Jesus chose us to bear his word in our hearts canes, etc. and minds. He will bless everyone who welcomes us and the word we bear in our hearts. Seating is limited! Call the parish office at 3542743 In Christ, Fr. Prabhakar Kalivela to put your name on the list. Payment must be made by August 1
Everyone is Welcome to Learn “Go forth and reach out to all people at What it Means to be Uniquely Catholic! the margins of society! Go there and be Wednesdays at 6:30pm in Marian Hall the Church, with the strength of the Join us this summer on Wednesday evenings for Holy Spirit.” interactive sessions with Bryan Hooper and other guest speakers. Pope Francis tweet @Pontifex, June 23, 2017 This will be a great opportunity to ask questions, engage in lively discussion, and surround yourself NURSERY with people who will support you in your faith. Each session will last one hour. Topics will include during 10:30 Mass! Scripture, the Sacraments, Church History, Prayer, Liturgy, Spirituality, Apologetics, and more. Please Ages 6 months to 4 yrs. bring your bible, and your friends and family! Enter St. Francis Hall thru outside door on the north side of PAC bldg. July 5NThe Bible is the Living Word: Divine To volunteer contact Dicki Parks: 3544742 or 3158898 Inspiration and Scripture as Prayer Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time LITURGY SCHEDULE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Sunday, July 2, Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, July 2 2 Kgs 4:811, 1416a/Ps 89:23, 1619/Rom 6:34, 8 Nursery 10:15 am St. Francis Hall 11/Mt 10:3742 Monday, July 3 7:30 am Rosary Baptism Seminar 7:00 pm Meeting Room 8:00 am † Laurence Wedman (Wedman family) Tuesday, July 4 10:30 am Pro Populo OFFICE CLOSED A883@/<=+
TYME weekly sessions will start again Faith Enrichment Classes in August. Registration forms for Fall Classes Watch Bulletin for Summer Events! will be available in August. Watch bulletin for details! July 10th-14th Confirmation Yr 1 Class Now Enrolling! 8:00am-5:00pm All families with a child eligible for Confirmation Cost is $75 should have received a letter with information on the includes: Activity fees, next Year 1 Confirmation class. If you did not, please contact the Youth Coordinator at lunch, and T shirt [email protected]. Enrollment deadline August 18. A WORK CAMP FOCUSING Parents must meet with Jo Anna Bannister prior to ON OUR CATHOLIC FAITH enrollment. Call parish office 3542743, or email [email protected] WHICH CALLS US TO SERVE OTHERS Open to All Youth Entering 6th9th Grade in the Fall of 2017 Register now! Vatican releases online questionnaire for youth You may also register & pay online at To involve young people in preparations for the www.SJNOK.ORG. Synod of Bishops on youth in 2018, the Vatican has Volunteers needed. Must be 10th grade or older released an online questionnaire to better and have Safe Environment training. understand the lives, attitudes and concerns of 16 to 29yearolds around the world. The questionnaire can be found on the synod's Our Lady official site: youth.synod2018.va/content/ synod2018/it.html and is open to any young of Guadalupe person, regardless of faith or religious belief. C+>2963- S?77/< C+7: Answers to the questionnaire, along with Our mission is to nurture positive contributions from bishops, bishops' conferences Catholic values in young people. and other church bodies, "will provide the basis for the drafting of the 'instrumentum laboris,'" or We promote the personal and working document for the assembly. spiritual growth in each young person by developing their prayer Young people from all backgrounds are encouraged life and social skills, independ- to take part in the questionnaire because every ence, and respect for others. Open to youth fin- young person has "the right to be accompanied ishing 3rd grade12th grade. Contact Office of without exclusion," synod officials had said. Youth & Young Adult Ministry, 4057219220, Church can "accompany young people in their email [email protected] or visit website: choices, which give value and fulfillment in life" and www.archokc.org to say something about oneself that hasn't been asked in the questionnaire. The Vatican's preparation for a synod generally UPCOMING Safe Environment Training includes developing a questionnaire and soliciting input from bishops' conferences, dioceses and AUGUST 28 AT 7 PM IN MARIAN HALL religious orders. This is the first time the Vatican's SEPTEMBER 9 AT 9:30 AM IN MARIAN HALL synod organizing body put a questionnaire online and sought direct input from the public. Please call the parish office A at 354 2743 to register! Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Please assist those in our community. Put your spare change in the poor boxes. Youth Ensemble St. Vincent de Paul Ministry 405-312-8684 † [email protected] Grades 6-12 YǐǖǏLj ADžǖǍǕ Practice July 20 & 27 YAM MINISTRY 7pm –8pm Meets every 1st Tuesday and 4th Saturday in Marian Hall. Come join us! Lead 5pm Mass July 29 Our next meeting is T?/=.+C, J?6C 11 +> 6:00 :7 July 2, 2017 News from the Archdiocese... (Get more information: ArchOKC.org) The Catholic Pastoral Center, CPC, is located at 7501 NW Expwy, Oklahoma City *Rosary for Life Norman. 6:30 pm every C+>2963- C2+<3>3/= A88?+6 A::/+6, Sunday at the abortion center, 2453 Wilcox Drive, S/:>/7,/< 1617 Norman. In case of inclement weather, meet at More info to come! the chapel at St. Thomas More, 100 Stinson St, Norman. Con- tact Connie Lang at 4052491041, [email protected]. *Rosary for Life OKC. Every morning at 11:30am to pray the Rosary at 1240 SW 44th (the corner of SW 44 & We Need YOU to be a 2017 Sponsor Blackwelder Ave) near the abortion center. *Rother Heritage Gallery The gallery at the CPC is for our Inaugural presenting “The Shepherd Cannot Run: A retrospective on the life of Father Stanley Rother.” Exhibit open 9am4pm Monday St. John Nepomuk Catholic Friday, and from 9am to Noon on July 29 & Aug. 19. The archdiocese's archivist will be available to assist groups or oth- Church & School ers interested in Father Rother's story. Exhibit is free. Special tours arranged by calling 4057215651, ext. 141. The official trailers for the Fr. Rother documentary in English and Spanish FALCON 5K & FUN RUN can be found at the website at stanleyrother.org. *Archbishop’s Dinner 2017. Archbishop Coakley and the board of directors of the Catholic Foundation of Oklahoma September 30 invite you to attend the 2017 Archbishop’s Dinner at 7 pm Aug. 8 at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, 7000 NW Grand Blvd in Nichols Hills. Individual tickets $250. Proceeds For more info: benefit the Saint John Vianney Fund, a permanent endowment [email protected] supporting seminarian education for the Archdiocese of Okla- homa City. Call 4057214115, cfookc.org/dinner.
Website: hhtp://bit.ly/falcon5K *Retreat in Daily Life. If you would like to learn to pray in the midst of your daily life and to live more mindful of God’s love, care and guidance, consider Retreat in Daily Life. Call with questions or to register July 1 to August 31: Nancy COLLECTIONS: Week of June 19-25 Vargas, 4057150283 or Danna Schweitzer, 4052634472. Church Offerings *Project Gabriel. Catholic Charities will have training Offertory Envelopes $ 16,521.50 on July 8 at 9 am for Project Gabriel, a confidential, compas- Children’s Envelopes9.37 sionate parish ministry helping women struggling with un- General Loose754.12 planned pregnancies. Contact Jewel McCorkle, adoption and Building Fund806.00 pregnancy services, 4055233012, or Becky VanPool, parish ACH Banking Transaction703.00 engagement, 4055233000, ext. 245. Training is Oct. 14 at Online Giving: WeShare2,369.63 Catholic Charities, 1232 N. Classen, OKC. Total Weekly Church Offerings$ 21,154.62 *Pastoral Ministry Program. The fall 2017 schedule begins in August and includes “Theology and Methods of Min- Average Weekly Operating Costs*$ 26,962.00 istry,” “Theology of Church,” and “The Prophets.” Cost is $200 *This number supplied by the Finance Committee on 8/31/2016. plus textbooks; personal enrichment/audit: $100 plus text- Surplus/( Deficit )$ (5,807.00) books; and graduates of the programContinuing Education ****************************************** (no credit given): $80 plus textbooks. Classes held at the CPC and video conferencing sites. To register, contact the Pastoral Other Charitable Contributions Endowment Fund$ 16.00 Ministry Office, 405 721 4208, 800 721 5651, ext. 131, [email protected] or [email protected]. Visit http:// St. Vincent de Paul 655.00 archokc.org/officeofpastoralministry/home. For the Needy0.00 Catholic Communication20.00 *Career tech scholarships offered. Catholic Founda- tion of Oklahoma announced 201718 career tech scholarships Priests Medical Fund370.00 for qualifying Catholic residents in the archdiocese. Scholar- Peter’s Pence 1,371.00 ships are $500 to $1,000 per year for one year. Scholarships Total Other Charitable Giving$ 2,432.00 for approved certificate training programs. Application due by Monday, July 3. Contact CFO at 405 721 4115, cfo https://parishsjnok.weshareonline.org/ [email protected] or go online to www.cfook.org. *Annual St. Kateri Honor Dance is 3pm 10pm July 8 at Saint Gregory’s Abbey and University, 1900 W. MacArthur St, Shawnee. 3pm Mass, followed by a pilgrimage to the St. Kateri statue, gourd dancing, supper break, intertribal dancing and Recap for May 2017 dance contests for girls and boys ages 917. Celebrant: Bishop Total Collection$ 129,492.26 David Konderla, from the Diocese of Tulsa. Contact Deacon Roy Callison, American Indian Catholic Outreach coordinator, Total Expenses..……………………………………$ 104,976.00 Surplus for May$ 24,516.26 918 822 3255, [email protected].