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Liturgical Ministries November 1St, 2020 ST. JOHN the BAPTIST Sts MASS INTENTIONS for Beloit & Cawker City Reading 1 RV 7:2-4, 9-14 November 1st, 2020 Saturday October 31 6:00 p.m. Beloit †Thayne Horne Reading 2 1 JN 3:1-3 Solemnity of All Saints Sunday November 1 8:00 a.m. Cawker City †Rosie Koster Gospel MT 5:1-12A Ordinary Time, Cycle A 10:00 a.m. Beloit Liv./Dec. Members of Ladies Guild Canonical Pastor: Fr. Jarett Konrade Monday November 2 8:00 a.m. Cawker City †Ruth Ellen Dubbert (All Souls’ 10:00 a.m. Beloit E-mail: [email protected] Liv./Dec. Members of Legion of Mary Day) Cemetery Tuesday November 3 8:00 a.m. Beloit Jonathan & Christine Budke & Family ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Wednesday November 4 7:00 p.m. Beloit +John M. Schmitz CATHOLIC CHURCH (CCD Mass) Thursday November 5 8:00 a.m. Beloit Aubrey Gengler 701 E. Court St. Beloit, KS 67420 Friday November 6 6:45 a.m. Beloit +Martinus Kohler Parish Office Saturday November 7 9:00 a.m. Beloit People of the Parish 622 E. Main St. Beloit, KS 67420 6:00 p.m. Beloit +Leon Krier Sunday November 8 8:00 a.m. Cawker City Dec. Members of Henry & Anna Moritz Family 10:00 a.m. Beloit +Gene Stone & Sons Phone: 785-738-2851 Fax: 785-738-3410 -The 2021 Mass Intention calendar is open. www.stjohnsbeloit.org -Mass for All Souls’ Day will be celebrated at 10:00a.m. MASS SCHEDULE / RECONCILIATION / PARISH OFFICE STAFF on Monday, November 2nd at St. John’s Cemetery. HORARIO DE MISAS CONFESIÓNES Office/Business Manager -Please join the CCD students for Mass at 7:00p.m. on Wednesday, November 4th. Tuesday……………….....….8:00 a.m. Tuesday – Thursday Jamie Jermark Wednesday………...…….....6:00 p.m. Before Mass / Antes de la misa [email protected] Liturgical Ministries (First Wed. CCD Mass.......7:00 p.m.) Saturday Parish Secretary Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Saturday—6:00 pm Sunday – 10:00 a.m. Thursday……………..……..8:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Brenna Dlabal Friday…………………….…6:45 a.m. [email protected] EMHC: Doug Thiessen, Arlene Thiessen, Ginger Ruth Emerson, Brad Ellenz, Curt Frasier Saturday…………………….6:00 p.m. Other times by appointment / Faith Formation & Evangelization Robinson (First Saturday.……..…….9:00 a.m.) O por cita Jon Konrade Lectors: Amber Martin Janet Hesting, Emilee Stadler Sunday……………………...10:00 a.m. [email protected] Gift Bearers: MINISTERIO HISPANO Parish Council President Grade School / Escuela primaria Organists: Gary De Kler Valerie Walter Maria Diers 785-534-0078 Justin Gengler 712 E Main St. Beloit, KS 67420 785-738-3941 Altar Servers: Greg Walter, Brooks Dunstan, Cadyn Timmy Greenwood, John Greenwood, ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC SCHOOLS / Secretary / Secretaria: Stacy Perez [email protected] Brummer Nicholas Greenwood ESCUELAS CATÓLICAS DE SAN JUAN Middle/High School / Escuela secundaria Ushers: A.J. Baxa, Annabeth Moritz, Bill Wendell, Hector Soler, Rita Soler, Tom Stover, Olivia Principal: Marcy Kee [email protected] 209 S. Cherry St. Beloit, KS 67420 785-738-2942 Corey Isbell, Kohler Isbell Wright, Gerald Zimmer Asst. Principal: Joe Holdren [email protected] Secretary / Secretaria : Vickie Eilert [email protected] Nov. 7-8 Saturday—6:00 pm Sunday – 10:00 a.m. Sts. Peter & Paul EMHC: Rachel Elsen, Larry Heidrick, Pat Heidrick Sheri Eilert, Cassie Kopsa, Linda Cox CATHOLIC CHURCH 612 12th Street Cawker City, KS 67430 Lectors: Phil Kirchoff Jeri Dubbert, Rita Soler MASS SCHEDULE RECONCILIATION PARISH STAFF Gift Bearers: Monday…….8:00 a.m. Sunday Parish Council Organists: Shelby Gengler Elaine Peters Sunday………8:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Steve Weber Knights of Columbus Altar Servers: Rachel Gengler, Parker Isbell, Dominic Kaden Lomax, John Lomax, Lauryn Dubbert Or by Appointment Randy Paxson Eilert SS. Peter & Paul Cemetery Ushers: John Highland, Larry Heidrick, Leo Eilert, Daniel Eilert, Mike Broeckelman, Dave Gene Mick Luke Bates, Max Peters, Pat Heidrick Dubbert, Tyler Dunstan, Craig Gengler, Hall Rental Brad Johnson Kathy Webster: 545-5103 SACRAMENTS Amazon Smile Program Isle of Lights Rachel’s Vineyard Retreats BAPTISM The link to help donate to our school: We are in need of seven volunteers (12 years Healing the pain of abortion one weekend at a Call the parish office to make appointments for this http://smile.amazon.com/ch/26-0841410. and older) to help set up the Catholic Church time. Next retreat: November 6-8, 2020 sacrament as well as for instructions. Christmas light display in the Isle of Lights. 877-I-GRIEVE (877-447-4383) *confidential This will take place early November. Please MARRIAGE ST. JOHN’S SCHOOLS ALUMNI RAFFLE [email protected] Contact the parish office six months in advance of the You could win you the following: contact Julia Rabe at 738-2717 if interested. anticipated date to begin preparation. Mon. – Sat.: $30 HOLY ORDERS Marriage Anniversaries Padre Pio’s Spiritual Communion Prayer Sunday: $50 Anniversary Masses are going to be celebrated Contact one of the vocation directors for our diocese, Fr. Christmas Day: $500 Jesus, truly present in the Most Blessed Andy Hammeke, or Fr. Joshua Werth at 785-827-8746 or at the local parish this year rather than Diocesan New Year’s Day: $50 Sacrament, I love you above all things and I desire [email protected]. Masses. Couples of our parish celebrating their Easter Sunday: $100 to possess You within my Soul. Since I am ST. JOHN’S CEMETERY 1st Anniversary and all anniversaries ending in If you are interested in purchasing burial plots at St. John’s St. Patrick’s Day: $50 0 or 5 this calendar year will be recognized on unable at this moment to receive You Cemetery, please contact Bell Memorials 785-738-2257. November 15th . Please register for the event sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my Tickets are drawn daily! Complete the registration online at the diocesan website or mail in a heart. I embrace You as being already there and ticket below and return it to the Parish Office along registration form (contact parish office). unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to with your donation. Checks made payable to St. John’s BULLETIN DEADLINE: TUESDAY NOON be separated from you. Amen. School Raffle. 3rd Annual Adoption Mass Bishop Vincke will celebrate mass at noon on PRAY FOR THE SICK Friday, November 6th at the Sacred Heart Meal Train Opportunity Lord Jesus, we lift these people to you: Linda O’Hara, Cathedral in Salina in honor of National The Lueger family welcomed a new member to Alex Grotz, Doug Daugherty, Bob Sahlfeld, A.J. Koster, Donation ● Official Adoption Awareness month. The mass is open Virginia Baxa, and Alan Maish. $25 their family, baby Jacinta! A meal train has been to the public and families and individuals set up for them and their family. If you would like Registration touched by adoption are encouraged to attend. Let us pray for our men and to participate and help bring their family a meal, NAME__________________________ women who serve Vote please sign up at https://mealtrain.com/8g65w5 in the U.S. Military. Especially those who are The presidential election is on November 3, members our own parish family: ADDRESS________________________ 2020. It is important that each of us reflect and 2D LT. Megan Rogers, USA-R St. John’s Coaching Position: make a well-informed - HS Track head coach Stephen Magallanes, USA decision when we Please contact the Parish Office if you are SSgt. Brian Kraft, USA CITY, STATE, ZIP___________________ vote. If you have any Sgt. Aaron Mispagel, USMC interested in filling this position! questions about voting LCpl Jacob Greenwood, USMC or would like to CTT2 Brandon Remus, USN PHONE_________________________ receive materials PFC James Murray, USA We Still Need Your Photos _ regarding Catholic Do you have photos from ANY parish events SMSGT Jim Highland, USAF-R Weekly Raffle Winners votes, reach out to Chuck Weber at the Kansas SPC4 Mathias Eck,USA-R (First Sunday Social, Sacraments, Harvest Monday, Oct. 26- Barbara Wendell Miller (Burlington, Catholic Conference. AMN Caleb Eck, USAF IA) Festival, Praise and Worship, CCD, Bible Study LCpl Trey Richard, USMC EMAIL__________________________ Pizza Hut Fundraiser groups, etc.)? Send us anything and everything PVT John Paul Knappert, USA Tuesday, Oct.27- Colleen Thiessen (Topeka, KS) Eat Pizza Hut on Wednesday, November 4th to you have – we have the resources to sort through, PVT Jacob Gengler, USA-NG support St. John’s school! crop and edit – what you might think is a photo SSgt. Eriq Perez, USAF Wednesday, Oct. 28- Dolores Quenzer (Valley Center, SPC Edward Debesis Jr. just for your family photo album, or not a good KS) Inclement Weather Policy quality photo, might be just what we are looking As we move into the season of inclement for! Please help us share with others the Altar Server Corps Thursday, Oct. 29- Mason Stillwell (Beloit, KS) weather, our St. Johns parish office will follow Students interested in joining the Altar Server Corps (who the same schedule as the school for late starts, wonderful faith community we have by sending have received their First Communion and who have Friday, Oct. 30- Beth Davies (Beloit, KS) early releases, and cancellations. your photos to [email protected] as reached at least the 3rd grade) may sign up, be trained, and soon as possible. Thank you! be added to the schedule at any time. Please contact Dave Saturday, Oct.31- Mary Thompson Garst (Wichita, KS) All Souls’ Day DiNuzzo by emailing [email protected] or by Mass for All Souls’ Day will be celebrated at st visiting with him in person.
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