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St. John the Baptist Sunday, May 9, 2021 HAPPY

MOTHER’S

Physical Address: 3055 El Mirage Way Mailing Address: P.O. Box 31230 Laughlin, Nevada 89028.1230 DAY!!! Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday *Office closed on Fridays* Telephone: 702.298.0440 F a x : 702.298.0279 E-MailAddress:[email protected] Website: LaughlinCatholic.com

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

MISSION STATEMENT: To serve the needs of the growing 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.

Rosary: Recited before each Mass

Baptisms: Baptisms are normally celebrated on Saturdays at 11:00 a. m. Registered and active parishioners should contact the priest one month in advance to make the 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

ADVISORY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN STEVE FORTIER 702.298.6399 GIFT SHOP COORDINATOR MAUREEN MULLIN 702.298.1048 FATHER CHARLIE’S PAGE 6-7! GUILD COORDINATOR TRISH NEVIUS 702-420-6242 HIV/AIDS OUTREACH REV. JOSEPH O’BRIEN 702.564.4224 Dedication of the Garces Center DIR. OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION HOPE CASTILLO 702-726-7014 RITE OF CHRISTIAN INIT. (RCIA) REUBEN CASTILLO 702-726-7014 Mother’s Day Novena of Masses TROOP OUTREACH COORDINATOR JOHN REED 218-390-4270 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS GRAND KNIGHT FRED WELLS 702-298-5359 DIRECTOR OF MUSIC LUANN KRUZ 928.754.2650 Some Thoughts on Motherhood PRAYER CHAIN YVONNE FATHERREE 702.298.0690 SUPPORT GROUP HOPE CASTILLO 702.726.7014 Colorado River Holy Water SECRETARY/SAFE ENVIRONMNT COORD SHEILA PATTON 702.298.0440

“In Plain Sight”

Sixth Sunday of Easter Confessions

TODAY’S READINGS ______5:00 PM STUDY MEETING First Reading-The gift of the was WEDNESDAY’S OF EACH MONTH poured out on the Gentiles also (Acts 10:25-26, 34 -35, 44-48) Leader: Rod Johnston 928/444-3790 NO PUBLIC MEETINGS AT CHURCH! Psalm-The Lord has revealed to the nations his ______saving power (Psalm 98) “JOURNEY THROUGH SCRIPTURE”

Second Reading- is love (1 John 4:7-10) Wednesdays: 8:00 - 9:15AM

Gospel-No one has greater love than this: to lay Would you like to grow more deeply in your down one’s life for one’s friends (John 15:9-17) faith? Do you have the desire to learn

more about scripture? Would you like to

THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT meet other members of our parish family? Come and read the Sunday Scriptures and We have a unique episode in the Acts of the Apos- discuss how we can apply them to our daily tles today. A whole roomful of people are baptized with the Holy Spirit before they are baptized with lives. Our text, “At Home With the water! The verb used-”the Holy Spirit ‘fell’ on Word”, has helpful insights that encourage them” (Acts 10:44)-is characteristic of the way a practical response. Everyone is invited! the Spirit works throughout the book of Acts: pow- erful and surprising. Though this “baptism” is not Marilyn Tolone 909-618-3498 the normative way the New Testament describes NO PUBLIC MEETINGS AT CHURCH! baptism, it is still a good reminder today that the ______ST JOHN’S GUILD INFORMATION Holy Spirit is not controlled by whether or not we pour water, but rather that our sacramental signs READ PAGE 4! ______reveal the presence of the Spirit at work among us. And we have a double reinforcement of how this word is accomplished from a Letter and a Gospel bearing John’s name. It is love, self-sacrificing and KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS self-giving love, that manifests the Spirit of NIGHTLINE NEWSLETTER! in our midst. It is love that is the greatest of Read Page 4! commandments. The Spirit is manifested equally _ through those who live in that love.

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May 8, 2021 PRAY FOR THE HEALTH OF Through May 16, 2021 PLEASE CALL SJB OFFICE TO INSERT NAMES ON THIS PAGE OF THE BULLETIN! Saturday 4:00 p.m. tJoan DeMaio Read Paragraph 5 May 8 6:00 p.m. All Parishioners of St. John the Baptist (underlined and in bold)

Sunday 8:00 a.m. Mother’s Day Novena for specific information/instruction.

May 9 10:00 a.m. tRose Ellen Stedron Irene Ainsworth - Jeannine Ballister - Bob 12 Noon Mary Kesgan Blanks -Brenda Don Carlos - Vincent Manuel Monday 8:00 a.m. Mother’s Day Novena David - Aidan Brown - Alicia Denley - Sylvia May 10 Manzilla - Jeff and Kim Moniz - Todd Perdon Tuesday 8:00 a.m. Mother’s Day Novena - Amalia & Sam Quesada - Molly Rose - Mar- May 11 garita G. Tamayo - Barbara Tonecha - Linda Friday 8:00 a.m. Mother’s Day Novena Williams May 14 Names remain on our list 2 months and then are removed. Call the office 702-298-0440 when the health of you or Saturday 4:00 p.m. tBob Allen your loved one has improved or if a name needs to be re- May 15 6:00 p.m. tAna & Francisco Roberto moved.

For many years, on page 3 of our bulletin, we have listed the Sunday 8:00 a.m. All Parishioners of St. names of relatives and friends for whom prayers have been May 16 John the Baptist requested. While we try to keep that list updated, some of

10:00 a.m. Seigworth Family the names have remained there for years and occasionally we learn that one or several have died years ago. The list is re- 12 Noon Mother’s Day Novena ally designed for those in immediate and serious need of the

prayers of our parishioners and visitors.

Also, in view of the current privacy laws in our nation, indi-

viduals may not wish to have their names published at all. We READINGS FOR THE WEEK have tried to be careful about this and respect their privacy. We must continue to do so.

Monday: Acts 16:11-15; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; In an effort to accomplish the goals of keeping the list cur- May 9 Jn 15:26—16:4a rent, immediate, and within the privacy laws, a completely

Tuesday: Acts 16:22-34; Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8; new list will be begun on the first weekend of July 2020.

May 10 Jn 16:5-11 No names will be carried over from the current list. Only members of a person’s immediate family (parent, Wednesday Acts 17:15,22—18:1; Ps 148:1-2, child, sibling, grandparent) or the person himself/herself May 11 11-14; Jn 16:12-15 may add a name to the list by submitting the name in

writing and signing that you have permission to add the Thursday Acts 18:1-8; Ps 98:1-4; name. Names will remain on the list for 2 months and will May 12 Jn 16:16-20 then be removed automatically. If you wish to renew a name

Friday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113:1-8; on the list for another two months, you will need to notify May 13 Jn 15:9-17 the church office one week before the name expires.

Saturday Acts 18:23-28; Ps 47:2-3, 8-10; May 15 Jn 16:23b-28

Sunday Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9; Eph 1:17- ST. JOHN’S PRAYER CHAIN May 16 13; Mk 16:15-20 If you want a particular petition

prayed for, please call Yvonne Fatherree at 702.298.0690.

Page Four St. John the Baptist Catholic Church May 9, 2021 ST. JOHN’S GUILD 9:00 AM at St. John’s Church Every First Tuesday of the Month (September through May) For information regarding the Guild, please call Trish Nevius 702- 420-6242. New members are always welcome—please join us. We are involved in many charitable works for our parish, as well as in our community. * * * CONFESSIONS are heard by Fr. Charlie 20 minutes be- fore each Mass or you can set up a time to meet with Membership in the Knights of Columbus is open him. ______to all practicing Catholic gentlemen 18 years or older. For information, please call Grand FEAST OF FAITH Knight Fred Wells at 702/298-5359 or visit The Creed www.facebook.com/kofc12690. Following the readings and the homily, we ______stand together and say or sing the Creed, our K OF C NIGHTLINE NEWSLETTER profession of faith. The Creed is a solemn

The Knights of Columbus- we speak of ourselves as statement of belief, a “rule of faith” (General “the strong right arm of the church.” Let us re- Instruction of the Roman Missal, 67). It solve, then, to believe in the Church and to love states the core of what we believe about God the Church so much that we contributed to its or- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The ganization, purification and reform. The task you language of the Creed is knotty and difficult need to take home with you today is this, never at times, precisely because its purpose is to give up the struggle to support your faith, your express with precision what we believe about church and your priest. Contact Fred Wells (702- God. The Creed that we pray most often, the 298-5359) and he can give you additional infor- , came out of the earliest ecu- mation about joining us. menical councils: Nicea in 325 and Constantino- MONTHLY DEVOTIONS ple in 381. It originated in a time of great controversy about the divinity of Christ, and OF JESUS thus the longest section of the Creed relates Every First Friday of the Month to Christ, truly human and truly God. After the 8:00 a.m. Mass is the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Holy The Creed is both communal and personal: it is Hour, and Benediction, followed by Hourly Adora- “we” but it is also “I”. In the Rite of Christian tion: 9:00 a.m.- 10:00 a.m. Initiation of Adults, it is only after listening to 10:00 a.m.- 11:00 a.m. the teaching of the Church and professing 11:00 a.m.- 12:00 noon faith in the Holy Trinity that the candidate is 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. admitted to the sacraments. So it is every Sign up for an hour in the vestibule of church. How Sunday. We listen to the word, we profess our beautiful it would be to have several people keeping faith, and then we come to the altar. watch with The Lord. * * * * * * * *

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY DEEP DEBT-My mother was the most beautiful Every First Saturday of the Month after woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my the 8:00am Mass. mother. I attribute all my success in life to Devotional prayers to the moral, intellectual, and physical education the Blessed Virgin Mary I received from her. following the 8:00 am Mass. George Washington

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BASIC CATHOLIC PRAYERS RCIA FAITH ENRICHMENT RCIA catechetical sessions are open to OUR FATHER those who wish to gain a greater Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hal- knowledge of the Catholic Church. lowed be Thy Name; Thy Kingdom Please join us with our new converts for come, Thy will be done on earth as it any of the sessions you would like to is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily attend. Schedules with a selection of bread, and forgive us our trespasses topics are available in the vestibule of as we forgive those who trespass the church. No sign-up is required. against us; and lead us not into tempta- Director of RCIA, Reuben Castillo ______tion, but deliver us from evil. Amen. INITIATION OF ADULTS HAIL MARY RCIA is a process of instruction Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is (catechesis) for those adults that are with thee. Blessed are thou among considering God’s call to become Catho- women and blessed is the fruit of thy lic. Through RCIA, the church extends womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of an invitation to those who have no as- God, pray for us sinners now and at the sociation with a community of faith or hour of our death Amen. want to convert from another faith. Within the same process RCIA provides ACT OF CONTRITION an opportunity for baptized Catholics, O my God, I am heartily sorry for hav- who wish to complete their sacrament ing offended Thee, and I detest all my of confirmation. sins because I dread the loss of heav- For further information, please call: en, and the pains of hell; but most of 702-726-7014. all because they offend Thee, my God, who are all good and deserving of all 2021 Second Collection Schedule my love. I firmly resolve with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do May 8-9……………………………………………....Building Fund May 15-16…………....Catholic Com/Univ. of America penance, and to amend my life. Amen. May 22-23…………………………………………..Building Fund May 29-30……………...Catholic Stewardship Appeal GLORY BE TO THE FATHER June 5-6………………….Catholic Stewardship Appeal Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

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DEDICATION OF THE GARCES CENTER “Sleep at this point is just a concept, something I’m looking forward to investigating in the future.” - Bishop George Leo Thomas has a very busy schedule so Amy Poehler the earliest opportunity he can come to Laughlin to dedicate the Garces Center is Sunday, October 10, “The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing 2021. We will have the ceremony with the bishop at but leftovers. The original meal has never been 2:00 PM on Columbus Day weekend. Incidentally, our found”- Calvin Trillin church was dedicated on October 11, 2003 also on Co- lumbus Day weekend. It will be a beautiful celebration! “The majority of my diet is made up of foods that my kid didn’t finish.”- Carry Underwood COLORADO RIVER HOLY WATER-In honor of Fr. Francisco Garces, for whom our new building is named, “Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful we have blessed & packaged special containers of holy little creature to love, you can get a puppy.” -Barbara Walters water using water from the Colorado River, the very same source of water that Fr. Garces used for bless- “I asked Mom if I was a gifted child? She said ings & baptisms almost 250 years ago. Each bottle also they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me.”-Calvin contains chips of real turquoise which was revered by “When your children are teenagers, it’s important the local tribes as a sign of peace, health & life. We to have a dog so that someone in the house is hap- cannot sell the holy water because it is blessed, and a py to see you.”- Nora Ephron blessed item cannot be sold. But if you would like one, a donation of $3.00 will cover the cost of the com- “As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.” memorative bottle & the turquoise chips. Anything extra -Oscar Wilde will be given to the Garces Center. If you would prefer to bring your own water in your “Raising a kid is part joy and part guerilla war- own containers, Fr. Charlie will be happy to bless the fare.” - Ed Asner water at no charge. Not a bad idea to keep some holy “I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t water in our homes in these tumultuous times. afford. Then I want to move in with them.” -Phyllis Diller * * * * * * * SOME THOUGHTS ON MOTHERHOOD TO THINK “I love to play hide and seek with my kid, but some ABOUT AS WE CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY 2021 days my goal is to find a hiding place where he can’t find me until after high school.” “If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?” - Milton Berle “I’ve conquered a lot of things...blood clots in my lungs-twice...knee and foot surgeries...winning “Nothing is really lost until mom can’t find it.” Grand Slams being down to match point...to name “I used to have functioning brain cells, but I traded just a few, but I found out by far the hardest is them in for children.” figuring out a stroller!”-Serena Williams

“My mother’s menu consisted of two choices: Take it or “Children are like crazy, drunken small people in leave it.”- Buddy Hackett your house.”-Julie Bowen

“I slept in until 7:30 a.m. this morning. The sink “Mothers of teens know why some animals eat their young.” clogged, the dog has a purple stripe down his back, and the chocolate cake is gone. So worth it.” “Dear mom, thank you for keeping all the bad stuff I did from dad.” “The fastest land animal is a toddler with something in his mouth.” “I don’t think so mommy!” is what my child said af- ter, “Can you please pick up the popcorn you threw “Bedtime is the leading cause of dehydration in chil- all over?”-Anna Faris dren.” Mom: “Eat your vegetables. There are starving kids “If I wasn’t at work, I just wanted to stay home and in Africa who have nothing to eat.” Kid: “Can we party with my little man-and by ‘party’ I mean, of mail them my broccoli?” course, endless rounds of ‘Itsy Bitsy Spider.” -Olivia Wilde “A mother is the person you can always call to see how long chicken lasts in the fridge.” “Silence is golden. Unless you have kids. Then silence is just suspicious.” “Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your chil- dren.”-Sam Levenson

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“See You In Church” MOTHER’S DAY NOVENA OF MASSES

It is a beautiful tradition to remember our mothers on Mother’s Day each year. This DECREE FROM BISHOP THOMAS year, as in the past, Father Charlie would like to offer a Novena of Masses for our mothers, living and deceased. A Novena of Masses is a Dispensation from the Obligation to series of 9 Masses on 9 consecutive days. So Attend Mass Extension we will begin the Novena of Masses on Moth- April 25, 2021 to May 30, 2021 er’s Day, May 9th, and end it on Monday, May 17th. On the days we do not normally have a While I have granted permission to begin Mass at the parish, Father Charlie will offer the reopening of public Masses, due to the the Novena Mass privately. Here’s the sched- ongoing gravity of the present moment and ule: the restrictions being placed on us during Sunday, May 9th - 8:00 AM Mass the civil reopening place, I hereby extend Monday, May 10th - 8:00 AM Mass the dispensation for all Catholic faithful of Tuesday, May 11th - 8:00 AM Mass the Diocese of Las Vegas and those Catho- Wednesday, May 12th– Private Mass (Fr. Charlie) Thursday, May 13th - Private Mass (Fr. Charlie) lic visiting within the geographic boundaries Friday, May 14th - 8:00 AM Mass of our Diocese, from the obligation of at- Saturday, May 15th - Private Mass (Fr. Charlie) tending Sunday Masses and Holy Days of Sunday, May 16th - 12 Noon Mass Monday, May 17th - 8:00 AM Mass Obligation up to and including Sunday, May 30, 2021. If you would like to include your mother, grand- mother, Godmother, aunt or other significant fe- Sincerely yours in Christ, male friends or family members in this Novena of

Most Reverend George L. Thomas, Ph.D. Masses, please return this form to St. John’s no later than THURSDAY MAY 6th. These will be Bishop of the Diocese of Las Vegas 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 a donation is not required. FIRST SHOW IN THE GARCES CENTER!

Our first show in the Garces Center is sched- MOTHER’S NAME______uled for Sunday, May 23, 2021. The show is called “In Plain Sight” and will feature MAGIC Circle one: LIVING DECEASED by John Rotellini.

OTHER LIVING FEMALES to be remembered: Let us all help Father Charlie celebrate 47 years as a priest! ______Celebrate our American freedoms as we come out of the pandemic! ______

Masks must still be worn by mandate of the government of Nevada. OTHER DECEASED FEMALES to be remembered: Showtime is 4:00 PM.

______Tickets are available for $15.00 per person.

It’s been along time since we had a show! ______

Profits go to support the Garces Center.

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