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Pastor: Fr. Glenn Kohrman Parochial Vicar: Fr. Sunday Akuh Music Director: Andrew Nemeth Office: Located at H.F. Rectory Hours: Mon & Wed 8-4 Tue & Thur 8-3 Phone: 233-5414/H.F. 282-2317 Fax: 233-5414 Parish Secretary: Sue Cencelewski St. John’s Grade School Principal: Mr. Brian Carver Phone: 232-9849 Fax: 232-9855

Liturgical Celebrations Weekdays: See inside bulletin Saturday Eve (Vigil Mass): 5:00 PM Sunday: 10:00 am ”pm “en Espan֮ol 1:00

Holy days of obligation that fall on weekdays Vigil Mass: Check Bulletin Holy day: 8:00 AM Weekdays: Before Mass Saturday: 4:00-4:45 pm Anytime by Appointment

Sacrament of Call parish office to set date.

Sacrament of Matrimony Arrangements must be made with the pastor at least six months to the wedding date.

New Parishioners You are most welcome. Please stop by the rectory to register.

Bulletin Deadline Monday– 3:00 PM.

Email Addresses: [email protected] 3526 St. Johns Way, South Bend, IN 46628

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MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2021 LIFTING OF THE GENERAL DISPENSATION 9:00 AM Jan Cencelewski by Family  Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades has announced that TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2021 the general dispensation from the Sunday 9:00 AM MooneySchneider Family by Joan Mooney obligation will expire effective June 11, the  WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2021 Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of 9:00 AM Joseph Szalay by Kathleen Jesus.Because the Eucharist is the source and  summit of the Christian Life, all Catholics are THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2021 9:00 AM Raymond Mooney by Kathleen required to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy  Days of Obligation unless a serious FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2021 obstacleprevents them. Let us unite, abiding  9:00 AM  Louis Martinez by Kathleen     together in hope. For more details SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2021 5:00 PM For Our Parish Community andupdatedliturgical directives, including  information on exemptions, mask mandates, SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2021 10:00 AM Joyce Pawlak social distancing and more, 1:00 PM Cruz Aldana visitwww.diocesefwsb.org/covid19.     ~~~~~~ This Week in our Parish   Monday, June 7, 2021 DIOCESAN  9:30 am  High school youth are invited to join Bishop  Kevin C. Rhoades and nationally acclaimed Tuesday, June 8, 2021 speaker Father Agustino Torres, CFR, at 7:00 pm Choir Practice  Headwaters Park in Fort Wayne on Saturday, Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Aug. 28, for Diocesan World Youth Day. This After Mass  Divine Mercy/Bible Study annual celebration in downtown Fort Wayne  offers young people a dynamic celebration of Saturday, June 12, 2021 our faith with speakers, food trucks, music, 4:004:45pm Confession before Mass activities and Mass and Adoration  with Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades. Sunday, June 13, 2021 1:00 pm La Misa en Española Learn more and register atdiocesefwsb.org/youth conference. “God's Love Unites Us!” Program  Thank you to all parishioners who have completed and submitted your Commitment Card. For those parishion- ers who have not yet had the opportunity to submit their card, this is the final weekend. We invite all faithful parishioners to complete a card as our parish goal is 100% participation! You may return your card by: mailing it to the church using the preaddressed enve- lope included with the letter, or bringing it to Mass next Sunday.   As a friendly reminder, electronic giving is an easy, safe and secure way to support St. John the Baptist Church whether it be a recurring weekly or monthly gift or to make a onetime donation directly from your bank ac- count or credit card. Please let us know if this is some- Our Sacrificial Giving thing you might be interested in and mark it on the card.  We are grateful for your support! Due to bulletins having to be submitted early, I will  not have the totals until next weeks bulletin.

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Fr. Glenn’s Pen Parish News  th Prayer Chain: Do you need prayers? Call Urban IV on September 8 , 1264 issued the Papal Bull the St. John’s Prayer Chain and within hours Transiturus making the universal for these intentions will be in the prayers of every the entire Church soon after he witnessed a Eucharistic Mira- member of the prayer chain. To start the pray- cle. The Feast originally and in some places still today is cel- er chain, call  Sylvia Ryan at 5742332869. ebrated Thursday after the feast of the Most Holy . In    ~~~~~~~~ 1263 a German priest, Peter of Prague was struggling with his  faith, and it is said that he prayed that his faith may be Hospital & Home Communion Calls: If you strengthened. The next day while offering mass the host be- are in the hospital or homebound and would gan to bleed. Is so happened that Pope Urban IV was at the like to receive Communion or a visit from Fr. neighboring town of . After an investigation it was Glenn, please call the Rectory at 2335414 or judged to be a miracle and made the feast of Corpus Christi at 2822317. Also if you know of universal for the entire Church. One can visit Orvieto today any parishioner that is in a nursing home or assisted living, please let us know so we can and see these relics. One can also visit the Church of St. visit them. Thank you Christina in Bolsena and see the blood stained stones where  the miracle took place.   ~~~~~~~~   Parish Survey’s: If you haven’t completed Faith is really under assault in our world. Surveys suggest your survey yet, kindly do so as soon as possi- that only 30% of Catholics believe in the real presence. This ble.  seems close to the percentage of those Catholics who regular-  ly attend mass. With many there is a grave concern whether   ~~~~~~~~ or not people will return to the practice of mass after this  Livestreaming of our Masses can be found wretched pandemic. I think it is safe to say that those who on Facebook. Search St. John the Baptist understand our faith, there will be no problem. We should not of South Bend.  need miracles for proof of our faith, but humanly speaking  miracles are amazing. Jesus says,    ~~~~~~~~   If I do not perform my Father’s works, do not Holy Hour of Reparation following the 6pm believe me; but if I perform them, even if you do Mass on Monday, June 21st at Holy Family not believe me, believe the works, so that you Church. Please plan to join in adoration and may realize [and understand] that the Father is prayer. The third Monday of each month will in me and I am in the Father.” be observed in the same manner. All are invit- ed.   There are many miracles that have been scientifically studied and have even discover the blood type of Jesus, namely blood type AB. Interestingly while type O is the universal donor,  type AB is the universal receptor. It is just like God to ar- range the world in such a way that He can accept everyone School News who wants to follow Him. God has the traits of the universal  20212022 School Registration is receptor.  now   OPEN!!! I call these strange miracles, Catholic freak out stories. Mira-  cles may not change the hard of heart but if they are honest it In order to consider your student’s reg- will give them pause to ponder the veracity of the Christian istration complete we are requiring a claims. $25 registration fee to be paid. We will  not apply for the school choice scholar- This next week we are having a 40 hours devotion (at Holy ship until a registration is complete. If Family), 40 hours of that culmi- you have any questions, please feel nates with the Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus which is Fri- free to contact the business office at day after the feast of Corpus Christi. My hope is that many 5742335414.  will make time to spend some presence before the Lord this week in adoration.

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