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Baptism of the Lord January 12, 2020
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Blessings on the Newly Bap-tized Members
of our Parish Family!
Baptism of the Lord
January 12, 2020
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Our Vision and Mission Statement guides our pastoral planning
Established in 1922, the parish family of St. John the Baptist Church welcomes and invites all people to our community, especially those in need. Guided by the Holy Spirit we are sustained by the Sunday Eucharist, the Word of God, and the Sacraments. All are encouraged to share their time, talent and treasure as we grow in love through our Catholic faith and the life, death and resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
PASTORAL STAFF Phone: 631-929-4339
Pastor: Father Frank Schneider, ext. 16 [email protected] Deacon: Fred Finter, ext. 44 [email protected] Deacon: Vincent Pozzolano, ext. 45 [email protected] Faith Formation Coordinator: Mrs. Jane Oliva, ext. 12 [email protected] Outreach Director: Deborah O’Hare, ext. 22 [email protected] Music Coordinator: Liz McNeill (631) 495-8913 [email protected] Youth Minister: Michael Clauberg, ext. 18 [email protected] Pastoral Assistant: Barbara Johnston Bookkeeper: Lindsay Finter, ext. 17 [email protected] Receptionist: Sue Kozakiewicz, ext. 10 [email protected] Preschool Director: Mrs. Gayle Mercurio, ext. 14 [email protected] Secretary: Susan Plattner, ext. 19 [email protected] Maintenance: Servio Ortiz Weekend Priest Assistants: Father Ted Howard and Msgr. John Bennett
Parish Outreach Hours: Tues & Thurs 10am-2pm; Tues 7-8:30pm
Parish Office Hours Monday - Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Website: www.sjbwr.org General Mailbox/Front Desk: ext. 10. Contact us by email: [email protected]
Pastoral Council Members, 2019-2020 Dan Bealey
Linda Bealey Rosemary Desimone
Dr. Barbara Fontana (trustee) Michelle Gaffney Michelle Gallucci
Kevin Heavey Vinny Manzello
Maria Maxell Rich Rossin (trustee)
Finance Committee, 2019-2020
Dr. Barbara Fontana, Trustee, ex officio
Richard Rossin, Trustee, ex officio
John Dennehy, Chair
Steven Gallagher
John Hauser
Robert Lutz
Lisa Kelly
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Our parishioners have wonderful stories about St. John the Baptist Parish!
These stories are the life of our parish!
Will you share with us
some of your personal and families stories?
Feel free to write something down: drop it off before Mass, leave it in the office, email, etc.
Or set up a time to talk with John O’Hare who is
coordinating this Jubilee project! [email protected]
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Summary
December 9, 2019
The Worship Committee coordinates preparations for Christmas, and so much of our meeting was devoted to these details. The crèche is placed in church during Advent
as a sign of our awaiting the Nativity, and it is fully set up after Masses on the Fourth Sunday of Advent. This year the trees were brought in before the 4th Sunday in order to make the parish decorating-the-church event easier. No trees are illuminated until Christmas Eve. The two 4:00 Christmas Eve Masses are the most-attended of the year. All chairs are used and many parishioners know it is best to come early. We discouraged “saving seats” with coats in fairness to those who arrive earlier. Liz McNeill and Jim MacDougall work together on the choir and brass ensemble music concert before the 10:00 Christmas Eve Mass. There was a rehearsal on the Monday before Christmas to make sure that everyone is on the “same page.” Fr. Frank prints up a program that lists the music pieces done by both groups. Under the direction of the Pastoral Council, the Worship Committee has also been working on details for the 100th Anniversary Year for our parish. Barbara Johnston, Liz McNeill and Cheryl MacDougall are working together to create a special prayer to be used during the anniversary year. We will continue to discuss how we would like to use it during the year. The “Jubilee Year” is a time of renewal (“a year of favor from the Lord”) and the Worship Committee has finalized details for a Parish Mission during Lent of 2022. Msgr. Jim Vlaun (Catholic Faith Network) and a team of priests will be at our parish the weekend of March 12 and 13, 2022, and host an evening session the following week. The Committee is also searching for a hymn that we can use as part of our 100th year. “One spirit, One Church” is a strong possibility at this time. There will be opportunities for reconciliation and healing during the anniversary year, including a healing service and reconciliation events. Fr. Frank will lead a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in winter/spring 2022, “In the Footsteps of John the Baptist,” and he is working on a year-log bulletin series that will help us understand our patron saint better, presenting John the Baptist in the Scriptures, tradition, and iconography. Finally, the renewal of Church Interior will take its next step and the repair of the sanctuary floor and back wall will probably occur over the summer . The church will be able to be used for Masses and funerals. The work will not interfere with weddings that have been scheduled.
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Bulletin Series 2019-2020
Understanding the Mass
50. Baptism of the Lord
Christmas time comes to its close when we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord, an event recorded in all four Gospels. To begin his public ministry, Jesus presented himself to be baptized by John the Baptist, and God
manifested Jesus as the divine Son. Because we associate baptism with the forgiveness of sins, the idea that the
sinless Jesus would undergo baptism seems out of place. The evangelists must have thought the same; as a whole, they downplay the incident. But the baptism of Jesus had nothing to do with forgiveness; it had everything to do with manifestation. It was a new beginning because it publicly revealed Jesus’ identity, and that testimony came not from just any witness but from God.
Three incidents in the Bible are traditionally called the “epiphany” events or the “manifestations” of Jesus, newly arrived on the biblical scene: the visit of the magi, the baptism, and the miracle at the wedding in Cana. Prior to 1969 we heard all three of these Scriptures in successive weeks: Jan. 6, Jan. 13, and on the following Sunday. All three stories form a unit because they progressively reveal the identity, the authority, and the power of Jesus.
In today’s calendar the Sunday readings spread over a three-year cycle. On the Baptism of the Lord we hear a different evangelist’s account each year. Only in year C does the following Sunday feature the Gospel of the wedding at Cana to unify the three celebrations.
In the United States we celebrate Epiphany on a Sunday. But in countries where the Epiphany is a holy day of obligation, it is celebrated on Jan. 6. In the United States, the Baptism of the Lord is usually the Sunday after the Epiphany, but if Epiphany comes late, falling on Jan. 6 or 7, the Baptism of the Lord goes to the next day, Jan. 7 or 8, a Monday, in order to make room for the weeks of ordinary time.
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Registration for St. John’s Preschool for the coming year,
September 2020-June 2021, is January 21st and 22nd, 2020.
Watch for information in our upcoming bulletins!
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Our next meeting is Wednesday,
February 12, 2020, at 9:45-11:45!
The Core Team will meet this Monday, January 13th. There will not be a regular Youth Group meeting.
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Parish Outreach
December Numbers 125 Families
63 Seniors, 160 Adults & 99 Children 239 Christmas Presents and 120 Christmas Stockings
55 Christmas Meals We are so grateful for all that you do to make this
possible!!
Outreach’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Gala
Saturday, March 14, 2020 Tickets will be on sale in the Outreach office and Parish office
beginning February 1.
Anyone wishing to work on securing or donating raffles for this fundraiser please contact the Outreach office.
Phone 631-929-4339 ext. 22 Email: [email protected]
Townhouse Raffle Tickets are on sale now at the Parish office and Outreach office for the raffle of a one week stay in a townhouse in Kissimmee, Florida. Dates for your stay are based on availability. All sales benefit the Outreach Ministry. The winning raffle ticket will be drawn on March 14 at the St. Patrick’s Day Gala. You do not have to be present to win. Peggy’s Pantry
coffee tea pancake mix hot cocoa hot cereal
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Mass Reflection Sheets (Grade 6, 7, and 8) are available on the parish website (Faith Formation)
Grades 7 & 8- First Reflections may still be handed in.
Second Reflections due by 2/25/20.
Grade 6 Reflections due by Tuesday, 1/14/20
Those who missed Advent Services in Grades 3-6 may print out make-up assignment from website and submit by Monday, 1/13/20.
Grade Level Masses and Meetings in January 2020
Jan. 12th - Grade 1 Level Mass @ 9:15 am
Jan. 15th - First Reconciliation Parent Meeting 7:00 pm, Downstairs Hall
Jan. 26th - Grade 3 Level Mass @ 11:15 am
Catechist Christmas/ New Year’s Gathering
Wednesday, 1/22/20 @ 7:00 pm in Rooms 3 & 5 - Upstairs Classroom area
Linus Ministry The Linus Ministry will be meeting this Thursday, January 16. This group meets on the third Thursday of the month from 10 am to 12 noon from September through June. The members crochet, quilt and knit blankets for those who are ill and/or homebound. The ministry consists of people whose skill level ranges from expert to beginner. You can contact the Outreach Office at 631-929-4339 ext .22 if you would like to become part of this ministry.
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United States Catholic Conference of Bishops https://www.usccb.org
The readings are available in printed form and also you can listen to them on audio
Catholic Online https://www.catholic.org/bible/daily_reading/
Deacon Keith Fournier’s video of the readings
Mass Presiders
This Weekend: Saturday, January 11, 5:00 p.m. Father Frank Sunday, January 12, 7:30 a.m. Msgr. Bennett Sunday, January 12, 9:15 a.m. Father Frank Sunday, January 12, 11:15 a.m. Father Frank Next Weekend: Saturday, January 18, 5:00 p.m. Father Ted Sunday, January 19, 7:30 a.m. Father Frank Sunday, January 19, 9:15 a.m. Father Frank Sunday, January 19, 11:15 a.m. Msgr. Bennett
SUNDAY READINGS
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Please consider “automated giving” as you reflect on support of our parish family! The fruitful ministries at our parish are examples of how many of you have answered, and continue to answer, that call. To ensure such work can continue requires not only gifts of time, but also of financial help. I ask you to prayerfully consider supporting our parish with electronic donations through Faith Direct. You can find paper enrollment forms in the parish office, or you can sign up online at www.faithdirect.net by using our church code, NY67.
Special Collections:
1/26 Outreach
2019 Catholic Ministries Appeal Goal $47,500
Pledges $23,820 Over (Under) ($23,680)
Donors 100 Percent of Goal 50.1%
Payments $20,760
WEEKLY COLLECTION
The Christmas collection will
be reported near the end of
January.
As baptized Catholics, we are called to preach the Word to others. We can practice the Pillar of Formation by telling our non-practicing or non-Catholic brothers and sisters of the Good News and pray for their formation. We may ask for guidance in our mission from the Holy Spirit.
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Upcoming Baptism Dates:
February 2 March 1 March 15 April 19 April 26
Please remember the faithful departed
in your prayers.
May they rest in peace.
Monday, January 13, 9am
For the Parishioners of St. John the Baptist
Tuesday, January 14, 9am
Kate Hanson
Wednesday, January 15, 9am,
Mary Ryan
Thursday, January 16, 9am
Pasquale Spezzano
Saturday, January 18, 5pm
Dorothy McGuinness
Sunday, January 19,
7:30am
Anton Condzella
9:15am
Regina Ryan
11:15am
James Prianti
For those serving in the Military Michael Brennan, Patrick Hanley, Jeffrey L. Beilman Jr., Ryan Santiro, Thomas G. Verbeeck, Michelle Verbeeck,
Joseph DeMonte IV, Nicholas Altman, Michael Anderson, Devin Henry, Marielle Verbeeck, Cassidy Vail,
Evan Purdy, Sean Tully, Sean Brady, Gregory Walter
For the Homebound, the Sick and in Hospice Care Elizabeth Wiwczar, John Ryan, Robert Tirello
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Eucharistic Adoration The Blessed Sacrament is exposed for Adoration on the main
altar in the church every Wednesday afternoon, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Please join us for prayer and Adoration! 2:00 p.m. Rosary for Life;
3:00 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
Bread, wine, altar candles Should you like to donate the candles, bread, wine for the celebration of the weekend Eucharist, especially in memory of a loved one, please contact the Parish Office, 631-929-4339, ext 10.
Tabernacle Candle
The tabernacle lamp indicates that the Blessed Sacrament is present in church. The red candle can be memorialized for the week of your choice.
All memorials are published in the bulletin.
WEEKLY PARISH CALENDAR
SACRAMENTS (Please see the Parish Website for full details)
Celebration of the Eucharist
Saturday, 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, 7:30 a.m., 9:15 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Summer Masses (last Sunday of June thru Labor Day), Sat, 5:00 p.m., Sun, 7:30 & 10:15 Daily Mass: Monday - Thursday, 9:00 a.m. Holydays of Obligation: posted in bulletin and website
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Saturday, 4:00pm to 4:45pm.
Please feel free to call Fr. Frank and make an appointment to celebrate the sacrament.
Baptism We suggest that you contact us before your child is born! Call or email the Parish Office.
Baptisms are scheduled at least once a month (Sunday) throughout the year. For more information please visit the parish website (under “Sacraments”).
Marriage Contact the Parish Office so that we can arrange the marriage interview and set your date.
Anointing of the Sick Call the Parish Office, or speak to Father Frank before/after Mass.
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Around our Area and our Diocese
MARCH FOR LIFE, Washington, D.C.
Sponsored by Infant Jesus and St. Louis de Montfort Churchcs
Date: Fri., Jan. 24, 2020
Time Departing: 5:00 A.M.
Time Returning: 10:30-11:00 P.M.
Meet At: Infant Jesus Church,110 Myrtle Ave.
Port Jeff, NY 11777
Cost: Adults: $15; Teenagers:$10;
Kids 1-12: Free
Bus Accommodation: Luxury Coach, Bathroom
TV/DVD & VCR
Stops: Breakfast and Dinner
