WISDOM. FAITH. HOLINESS. CHARITY. SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIMES JANUARY 17, 2016 PARISH SS.FRANCIS & JOHN PARISH STAFF MISSION Pastor: Rev. Mary Peter Linh Xuan Nguyen STATEMENT (x. 102; [email protected]) Guided by the Sacramental Assistant: Fr. Arockiadas Arokiasamy Holy Spirit, (Phone: (502) 863-3404; [email protected]) we are an Deacons: Rev. Mr. John Calandrella & Rev. Mr. Skip Olson evangelizing community of faith Business Manager: Maggie McGuire sustained by the (x.104; [email protected]) Eucharist. Through our Liturgical Music Director: Marleda Upton ([email protected]) commitment to stewardship, Administrative Assistants: Teri Ward & Gina Stewart Catholic education, (x.100; [email protected]) and life-long Regional Accountant: Michelle Burgmaier (x.105) formation, we welcome, Volunteer CCD (K-5) Coordinator: Paula Rodman nourish and empower ([email protected]), Barbara Mardell our family, ([email protected]) challenging one another to Coordinator of Youth Life: Ben Horn live out the Gospel. (502-320-1080; [email protected]) “LIKE” US! WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIMES ENGLISH AND SPANISH BAPTISMS are celebrated HISPANIC BAPTISM PREP CLASS is the 2nd SUNDAY JANUARY 17, 2016 on the 2nd & 4th weekends of each month Sunday in Jan., Mar., May, Jul., Sept., during Mass. Otherwise, a private baptism will Nov. after 12:30 p.m. Mass in the undercroft. Saturday St. Francis 4:00 p.m. be performed on the 3rd Saturday of every Para obtener información de bautismo de St. John 6:00 p.m. month at noon. Contact Jennifer Allen for more hispanos, póngase en contacto con Isidro info. at 502-868-7407 ([email protected] ). Rocha (859) 552-8784/Lissette Nieto Sunday St. John 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. Baptism preparation classes are on the 2nd (801) 706-3025. St. John Spanish 12:30 p.m. Sunday in Jan., Mar., May, Jul., Sept., Nov. at 3p in the undercroft. Monday St. John 5:30 p.m. Tuesday St. John 8:30 a.m. ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH ST. JOHN CATHOLIC SCHOOL 604 East Main Street Wednesday St. John Noon 106 Military Street CCD (August-May) Georgetown, KY 40324 Georgetown, KY 40324 5:30 p.m. ST. FRANCIS DE SALES CHURCH Principal: Dan Mardell (x.103) Thursday St. John 7:00 a.m. 4086 Frankfort Pike Administrative Assistant: Jennifer Noffsinger (Reconciliation 6:30 p.m. / Georgetown, KY 40324 Phone: 502.863.2607 (x.101) Adoration until 8a Friday). Phone: 502.863.3404 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 502.863.2259 Friday St. John 5:30 p.m. Website: E-mail: [email protected] www.stjohnschoolonline.org Website: www.ssfrancisjohn.org SS. FRANCIS & JOHN CATHOLIC PARISH JANUARY 17, 2016 MASS INTENTIONS MINISTERS OF THE LITURGY MONDAY, JAN 18: Weekday JAN 23 @ 4:00p (SF) Readings: 1 Sm 15:16-23 / Mk 2:18-22 Sacristan: Open 5:30p (SJC): Memory of John Mulraney Ministers of Hospitality: Open TUESDAY, JAN 19: Weekday Servers: G. Stewart, J. Stewart Readings: 1 Sm 16:1-13 / Mk 2:23-28 8:30a (SJC): Memory of Virginia Pendergast Eucharistic Ministers: C. Dziubakowski, R. Hamilton Lector: C. Cleveland WEDNESDAY, JAN 20: St. Fabian, Pope and Martyr; St. Sebastian, Marytr Readings: 1 Sm 17:32-33, 37, 40-51 / Mk 3:1-6 JAN 23 @ 6:00p (SJ) 12:00p (SJC): Memory of Mary Katherine Tackett Sacristan: K. Fister Ministers of Hospitality: T. Fister, S. Craft THURSDAY, JAN 21: St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr Readings: 1 Sm 18:6-9, 19:1-7 / Mk 3:7-12 Servers: S. Griese. C. Griese, J. Coburn 7:00a (SJC): Memory of John Mulraney Eucharistic Ministers: Deacon, P. Weber, J. Coburn, B. Stripplehoff, M. Parker FRIDAY, JAN 22: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children Lector: R. Griese, T. Hall Readings: 1 Sm 24:3-21 / Mk 3:13-19 5:30p (SJC): Memory of Edward Knierim JAN 24 @ 8:30a (SJ) SATURDAY, JAN 23: Weekday, St. Vincent, Deacon and Martyr; St. Sacristan: N. Sebring Marianne Cope, Virgin; BVM Ministers of Hospitality: B. Mayer. S. Holdt Readings: 2 Sm 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27 / Mk 3:20-21 4:00p (SFC): Memory of John Mulraney Servers: N. Mayer, A. Mayer 6:00p (SJC): For Intentions of Ss. Francis and John Parish Eucharistic Ministers: D. Whelan, S. Whelan, K. Hargrave, S. True, SUNDAY, JAN 24: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time K. Bryson Readings: Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 / 1 Cor 12:12-30 or 12:12-14, 27 / Lectors: B. Sebring, N. Sebring Lk 1:1-4, 4:14-21 8:30a (SJC): Memory of John Mulraney 10:30a (SJC): Memory of Finley William Ellison JAN 24 @ 10:30a (SJ) 12:30p (SJC): Memory of John Mulraney Sacristan: K. Dahl Ministers of Hospitality: K. Schilder, J. Caldwell Servers: M. Dahl, C. Dahl, J. Noffsinger Eucharistic Ministers: J. Carter, K. Dahl, J. Noffsinger, M. Andres, Prayer List M. White PLEASE PRAY FOR: Fr. Steve Roberts; Laura Simms Bowra, sister of Har- Lectors: B. Conklin, G. Caldwell old Simms; Jim Hurtt, cousin of Shauna King-Simms; Beth Menke Red- wine, friend of Shauna King-Simms; Chad O’Neil; Zachery Killinger; Pam Homebound Ministers: Group 1—Orberson/Droz Group 2—Olson Harper, sister of Cynthia McWhorter; Diana & Pat Curran, friend of Sharron Spalding; Luanne Rountree, daughter of Catherine Culler; Ike Bailey, broth- COUNTERS FOR JAN 27: J. Kessler, D & J Schweitzer er of Hugh Bailey; Joy Walker, sister of Hugh Bailey; Chris Bailey, son of DATES TO KNOW Carol and Hugh Bailey; Kara Mardell; Scott Featherston, son-in-law of John Coburn; Jenny Harvey, friend of Diana Ishmael; Bob and Susan Huber, JAN 17: Knights of Columbus Free Throw Contest, 12:30p, Georgetown Parents of Connie Stidham; Raymond Massie, brother of Jean Sparks; College Gym; Second Collection for Opportunities for Life Chris Peterson, nephew of Mary Lou Baumgardner; Dan Elliott; Jean JAN 18: Parish Office Closed; Debt Reduction, 6:30p, 8th Grade Classroom Sparks; Louise Calandrella, Dcn. John Calandrella's mother; Dcn. John & JAN 19: High School Youth Group, 6p, 8th Grade Classroom; Claudia Calandrella. JAN 20: CCD, 5:30p; Knights of Columbus, 7:30p, UC; Dinner Social, 8:30p, NC JAN 21: Eucharistic Adoration, 7:30a Thur to 8am Fri, SJC PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR ACTIVE DUTY PARISHIONERS AND RELATIVES: Matthew JAN 25: Bible Study, 9:30a, SJC; Finance Committee, 6p, 8th Grade Class- Brown, Stephen Carter, Jon Kovach, Joseph Whelan, James Parker, and room Chelsea Carter JAN 26: Bible Study 7p, MH; Rosary, 8am, NC JAN 27: CCD, 5:30p; Taize Prayer, 8:30p, NC JAN 28 Eucharistic Adoration, 7:30a Thur to 8am Fri, SJC JAN 29: Gala meeting, 6p, UC SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIMES JAUNYARY 17, 2016 A MESSAGE FROM FATHER LINH SAINT OF LIGHT, SAINT OF DARKNESS FROM WORD ON FIRE BY BISHOP ROBERT BARRON Like so many others around the world, I was overjoyed to hear of the recent decision of the Vacan to canonize Mother Teresa, a woman generally recognized, during her lifeme, to be a “living saint.” Mother Teresa first came to my aenon through Malcolm Muggeridge’s film and aendant book Something Beau- ful for God. Of course Muggeridge showed Mother’s work with the dying and the poorest of the poor on the streets of Kolkata, but what moved me the most were the images of the saint’s smile amidst so much squalor and suffering. She was a very bright light shining in exceponally thick darkness. Mother’s life reveals so many aspects and profiles of holiness, but I would like to focus on three of them. First, she shows something remarkable about love, which is not a senment but rather willing the good of the other. I think it is fair to say that Mother Teresa went to extremes in demonstrang love in this proper sense. She renounced praccally everything that, in the opinion of the world, makes life pleasant—wealth, material goods, power, comforts, luxuries— in order to be of service to those in need. Further, for decades, she personally reached out to the most vulnerable in one of the worst slums in the world and sent her sisters to some of the most disagreeable places on the planet. Most of us, I imagine, manage to love to a degree, but few ever express this theological virtue more dramacally and radically than she did. This is not simply admirable; it constutes a crucial witness to the nature of love. Unlike the other virtues, both natural and theological, love has no limit. Jusce, limitlessly expressed, excludes all mercy; too much temperance becomes a fussy puritanism; exaggerat- ed courage is rashness; unlimited faith is credulity; infinite hope devolves into presumpon. But there can never be too much love; there is never a me when love is inappropriate, for love is what God is, and love constutes the very life of heaven. Mind you, in heaven there is no need for faith and hope fades away. But in that supremely holy place, love remains in all of its infinite intensity and radicality. Mother Teresa’s way of life, accordingly, is an icon of the love that will obtain in heaven, when we are drawn uerly into the very life of God. A second feature of Mother’s holiness is her dedicaon to prayer. When I visited the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata some years ago, what impressed me most was a life-size statue of Mother Teresa in the very back of the chapel, in the atude she customarily assumed when she prayed: legs folded under her, palms facing upward, head bowed.