All are Welcome Parishioners, New Members, Visitors and Guests: Thank you for joining our worshipping community. Please stop by our parish office to register and let us know if we can be of assistance.

Sunday Mass English: 7:30am,10:00am, 6:30pm Spanish: 12:00 noon

Saturday Vigil Mass 5:30pm

Daily Mass-Summer Monday - Saturday 8:30am

Parish Office Tues.-Fri. 9am - 5pm; 10955 SE 25th Ave, Milwaukie, OR 97222 503-654-5449 parishoffice@ sjbcatholicchurch.org

Sacrament of Reconciliation 4:00-5:00 Sat. or by appointment

Adoration Chapel Open 24 hours for prayer. Call the office for the code.

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church 10955 SE 25th Ave., Milwaukie, OR 972222 503-654-5449 Fax: 503-653-9567

www.sjbcatholicchurch.org

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Parish Staff Pastor Rev. Jorge Hernandez, OFM email: frjorge@sjbcatholicchurch.org Parochial Vicar Rev. Richard Juzix, OFM email: rjuzix@sjbcatholicchurch.org Parish Office 503-654-5449 Administrative Assistant........... Mary Jenck Tues.-Friday 9am - 5pm email: parishoffice@sjbcatholicchurch.org School Office 503-654-0200 Mon. - Fri. 7:30am-4pm www.sjbcatholicschool.org Principal—Teresa Wirsching twirsching@sjbcatholicschool.org Administrative Assistant—Dana Day: ddaysjb@msn.com or dday@sjbcatholicschool.org If you are interested in what is happening at the school check out our website -- www.sjbcatholicschool.org Pastoral Associate Pat Raschio 503-654-5449 email: pat.raschio@gmail.com Business Manager.......................Barbara Downey bdowney@sjbcatholicchurch.org 503-654-5449 Deacon........................................................Jim Hix hixes@comcast.net 503-652-2430 Care Ministry Coordinator............Barbara Dunlap bdunlap@sjbcatholicchurch.org 503-654-5449 Youth Ministry—TBA Religious Education Coordinator Jessica Crewshaw.........................503-659-2760 jcrenshaw@sjbcatholicchurch.org Music Ministry Coordinator...............John Payne makebeautifulmusic@gmail.com 503-707-5903 Bookkeeper........................................Debbie Clark dclark@sjbcatholicchurch.org 503-654-5449 Development Director.........................Libbie Allen lallen@sjbcatholicchurch.org 503-654-5449 Hispanic Ministry Coordinator…...Leticia Chavez lchavez@sjbcatholicchurch.org 503-654-5449 Pre-School Director ........................Tena Oehler 503-653-9688 Maintenance.......................................Randy Miller rmiller@sjbcatholicchurch.org 503-654-5449

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Calendar for the Week

Monday, Jan. 12 Mass 8:30am Church After School Care 3:15pm Daycare Children’s Choir 3:30pm Church Religious Education 5:30pm School AlaTeen/AA/Alanon 6:30pm Parish Center Spanish Prayer Group 7:00pm Church

Tuesday, Jan. 13 Mass 8:30am Church Good Grief Group 10:00am Saalfeld After School Care 3:15pm Daycare YLI 6:30pm J ordan RCIA 7:00pm Parish Center St. Vincent de Paul 7:00pm Church Meeting 7:00pm LL Meeting Rm

Wednesday, Jan. 14 Mass 8:30am Church Bible Study 10:00am Saalfeld Pinochle 1:00pm Saalfeld After School Care 2:15pm Daycare Spanish Religious Ed 5:30pm Parish Center Confirmation 7:00pm Saalfeld Middle School RE 7:00pm Teen Rm

Thursday, Jan. 15 Mass 8:30am Church Staff Meeting 9:30am Parish Office (Office is closed during the meeting) School Choir 10:45am Church Pillow Ministry 1:00pm Jordan After School Care 3:15pm Daycare Bible Study 7:00pm Saalfeld Spanish Bible Study 7:00pm Cafeteria Choir 7:00pm Church

Friday, January 16 Mass 8:30am Church After School Care 3:15pm Daycare

Saturday, January 17 Men’s Group 7:00am Jordan Mass 8:30am Church Spanish Baptism Class 10:00am Jordan Confessions 4:00pm Church Vigil Mass 5:30pm Church

Sunday, January 18 Youth Band 11:15am RE Office Spanish Liturgy of Word 12:15pm S/J/C Boy Scouts 5:00pm Café Coffee & donuts hosted by YLI

Prayer Concerns for January

Marlene Gaul

Our condolences to Janice Kreilich on

the death of her sister,

Patricia Deplanche. Her funeral was on

Saturday, Jan. 10th at 11:00am at Visit-

ation Church in Verboort.

Sacrament of Baptism Please call the parish office to sched-ule an appointment for this class. The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated the first Sunday of the Month directly following the 10 am Mass. One baptismal prepa-ration class is required. The preparation class seeks to help parents understand the Rite of Baptism and to prepare and support parents in the on-going faith formation of their child.

Sunday, Jan. 18 7:30: Michael Weber Carly Weber Allison Weber 10:00: James Menor John Menor Anna Keller 12:00: Victor Moreno Violeta Moreno Danna Guzman 6:30: Isaac Nguyen Katleyn Yarno

Saturday, Jan. 17 5:30: Jack Gabrish Maggie Gabrish

Altar Servers

Weekly Mass Intentions

Monday, Jan. 12 8:30: Pauline Boyes from SJB

Tuesday, Jan. 13 8:30: +Lou Casale from the Family

Wednesday, Jan. 14 8:30: +Lou Casale from the Family

Thursday, Jan. 15 10:00am: +Dorothy Kennedy from

Janice Attenhofen Friday, Jan. 16

8:30: +Nick Franciscone from Joan Towner Saturday, Jan. 17

8:30: +Hedeliza Bowles from Gary & Miriam Leonard

5:30:Franciscan Sisters from Mary Vaetz Sunday, Jan. 18

7:30: +Irene D’Cruz from Maureen Rodrigues 10:00: For the People of the Parish from the Pastor

12:00: +Betty Jones from Jean Hill Rutter 6:30:+Rose A. Johnson from Dotti Stai

Daily Scripture Readings

Monday, Jan. 12 Heb. 1:1-6; Ps. 97:1-9;

Mark 1:14-20 Tuesday, Jan. 13

Heb. 2:5-12; Ps. 8:2-9; Mark 1:21-28 Wednesday, Jan. 14

Heb. 2:14-18; Ps. 105:1-9; Mark 1:29-39

Thursday, Jan. 15 Heb. 3:7-14; Ps. 95:6-11; Mark 1:40-45

Friday, Jan. 16 Heb. 4:1-11; Ps. 78:3-8;

Mark 2:1-12 Saturday, Jan. 17

Heb. 3:12-16; Ps. 19:8-15; Mark 2:13-17 Sunday, Jan. 18

1 Sm. 3:3-19; Ps. 40:2-10; 1 Cor. 6:13-20; John 1:35-42

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Offertory Donations - Fiscal year to date compared to prior 2 years

Month 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013

July $ 46,159 $ 63,937 $ 62,336

August $ 51,964 $ 51,625 $ 51,116

September $ 63,225 $ 60,344 $ 63,589

October $ 49,082 $ 52,397 $ 53,194

November $ 57,499 $ 53,189 $ 55,069

Total: $ 267,929 $ 281,492 $ 285,304

Change from prior year: Down $13,563 Down $3,812

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RCIA Today during the 10am and noon masses the first rite for RCIA is being celebrated. It is known as the Rite of Acceptance and the Rite of Welcome. The period of inquiry is the first phase on the journey of faith. It is a time of getting acquainted and feeling comfortable in the company of other seekers and Catholics. After a period of in-quiry and a conversation with the RCIA director the person may seek acceptance into the Or-der of Catechumens, through the Rite of Acceptance. During this Rite, the inquirer stands amidst the parish community and states that he or she wants to become a baptized member of the Catholic Church. The parish assembly affirms this desire and the inquirer becomes a "catechumen." At this same rite those already baptized Christian are seeking full Communion of the Catholic Church. They too have completed the period of inquiry and through the rite are committing to deeper instruction leading to the sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist. They will become “candidates.” Please keep the following in your daily prayers:

Michael Bedinge

Giovanni Alego Calderon

Mariah Franco

Bill Heestand

Victoria Heestand

Christian Hernandez

Rachel Mueller

Jessel Ortiz

Amber Ploussard

Marvin Rivera

Lord, help us to recognize you in the sick,

poor and suffering.

Liturgy Corner

compiled by Pat Raschio The Baptism of the Lord: The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord proclaims a theophany, a revelation or manifestation of the divine Sonship of Jesus by his anointing and appoint-ing to his messianic office. It is the feast that proclaims the Baptism that elevates believers to the status of sons and daughters of God. Surprisingly, on this the last day of the Christ-mas season the Gospel does not tell a story from Jesus' childhood. Instead the Gospel re-veals Jesus' relationship to God: the Son of Mary and Joseph is also God's own Son. We believe that through Baptism we are also made children of God. Beginning today, most or our Sunday Gospel readings will come from Mark, the oldest Gospel. The baptism of Jesus is considered an important manifestation of God in the person of Jesus. Jesus' baptism inaugu-rates his mission. Mark's Gospel moves quickly from the report of Jesus' baptism to Jesus' temptations in the desert to his ministry in Gali-lee after John's arrest. The end of the ministry of John the Baptist is the beginning of Jesus' ministry. In an analogous way, our Baptism in-augurates our mission as Christians. For reflection: Do I try to live out my baptismal call in my daily life? Do I know what my baptis-mal call is? Do I know anyone who is open to hearing the word of God? How can I bring it to him or her? (sources Loyola Press, ministry & liturgy, & At Home With The Word)

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Fatima Prayer Group Fatima Prayer Group meets Sunday, Jan. 11th at 7:15 in the Saalfeld room. All are welcome.

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

On January 1st, Catholic News Service Reports: When Pope Francis met before Christmas with Vatican employees, mostly lay people with families, he asked them to do 10 things. The list sounded remarkably like suggestions for New Year’s resolutions:

Take care of your spiritual life, your relationship with God, because this is the backbone of everything we do and everything we are.

Take care of your family life, giving your

children and loved ones not just money, but most of all your time, attention and love.

Take care of your relationships with others,

transforming your faith into life and your words into good works, especially on behalf of the needy.

Be careful how you speak, purify your tongue of

offensive words, vulgarity and worldly decadence.

Heal wounds of the heart with the oil of for-

giveness, forgiving those who have hurt us and medicating the wounds we have caused others.

Look after your work, doing it with enthusiasm,

humility, competence, passion and with a spirit that knows how to thank the Lord.

Be careful of envy, lust, hatred and negative

feelings that devour our interior peace and transform us into destroyed and destructive people.

Watch out for anger that can lead to vengeance;

for laziness that leads to existential euthanasia; for pointing the finger at others, which leads to pride; and for complaining continually, which leads to desperation.

Take care of brothers and sisters who are

weaker … the elderly, the sick, the hungry, the homeless and strangers, because we will be judged on this.

Mondays 5:30-6:45 in the School Contact Jessica Crenshaw 503.659.2760

jcreshaw@sjbcatholicchurch.org.

Music, teaching, fellowship, and games/activities

that help the lesson sink in.

Watch their faith grow!

Middle Youth Ministry and Pre-Confirmation

Wednesdays 7:00-8:30 PM Teen Room

Great teaching, learning the bible, games, social, and

prizes.

Parent & Child Class

Will be today, January Eleventh at 11:30 We’ll be talking about The Sacrament of Reconciliation, the Thanksgiving aspect of the Eucharist, and there will

be an Epiphany treat/surprise.

Parents, Protect Your Children The Archdiocesan Child Protection Class for parents, (Called to Protect) will be being taught

next week on January 12th and 14th. Please drop off your children at their regular class at attend this session. Volunteers who have not yet taken it should be at this class also.

Monday January 12th at 5:30 PM in the school or Wednesday January 14th at 7:00 PM in the Parish Center.

Low Gluten Host (0.01%) St. John’s has low gluten host. If you need to receive the Blessed Eucharist with this low gluten host please follow these procedures at Mass. At communion time arrange yourself to be the last person in the priest line. When it is your turn to receive tell the priest you need a low gluten host and he will go to the tabernacle to get you one and then give you communion. If you have questions please call Pat at the parish office.

Outside News

Franciscan Spiritual Center, 2512 SE Monroe St. Milwaukie, OR 97222 503-794-8542 Www.FrancisSpCtr.com Book Study: Walk in a Relaxed Manner The Way of St. James, commonly known by the Spanish name El Camino de Santiago, is the name of the many pilgrimage routes to the shrine of the apostle, St. James the great. The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in Northwestern Spain is the destination of the pilgrims and the resting place of St. James' remains. We will journey the well-worn Northern Spain route with Joyce Rupp and her elder traveling companion Fr. Tom Pfeffer, on their 37 day pilgrimage. Whether reading to gain insight for your own pilgrimage on the Camino or simply being present to the rhythm of their ups and downs of the journey as a metaphor for your own walk through life, this book is food for the soul! Purchase Book Separately: Walk in A Relaxed Manner by Joyce Rupp To register call 503-794-8542 Dates: January 14, 21, 28 & Feb , 11 Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm Cost: $75 for series, Book sold separately Facilitator: Mary Jo Saavedra Head-to-Tone: Increase muscle strength and tone, improve balance and reduce your risk of fall-ing. Join this total body conditioning class that will leave you feeling stronger and more mobile, head-to-toe. After a brief warm-up, conditioning exercises will utilize our own body weight, resistance tubing and small rubber balls to challenge the muscles. Balance and flexibility will be incorporated to enhance pos-ture, mobility and stability. Each person will have a chair available for standing balance or seated modifi-cations as needed. Dates: Wednesdays, January thru June starting January 14th Time: 12:00pm-12:30pm Cost: $10.00 per class Facilitator: Herta McClenahan, Health Coach & Personal Trainer YogaFlex: Chair Yoga Class Downward-facing Dog, Warrior II, Triangle, Cobra, Stork Stand and Spinal Twist. Do you wish you could do these yoga poses? Well, you can do these and many more! Don’t let mobility, flexibility or balance issues keep you from experiencing the benefits of yoga. Enjoy modified versions of traditional yoga pos-es and stretches from seated and/or standing positions. Practice deep breathing for better circulation, improved lung capacity, anxiety relief, and overall relaxation. Increase your sense of balance, flexibility and strength. No yoga mats needed. Dates: 5 week sessions, Thursdays, January thru June. Starts January 15th Time: 5:10pm-5:45pm Cost: $15 per class or $60 per 5 week session Facilitator: Herta McClenahan, Health Coach & Personal Trainer

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TAKING THE NEXT STEP Results from our recent parish survey have been compiled

and reviewed, and we are ready to take the next step.

Several Town Hall meetings are scheduled so that every-

one can have an opportunity to help in planning how to

move from assessment to action.

The Tri-Council Leadership Group (including leaders

from the School Advisory Council, Finance Council, and

Pastoral Council) together with our pastor, has identified

four issues to be addressed, based on the results of the

feedback received:

►Create relevant methods to engage a diverse parish family (including demographics, ethnicity, age, and other social factors) and keep them engaged

►Develop Liturgy that combines traditional Catholic and some Catholic innovation

►Need to address all financial realities of running a parish in today’s terms

►Need to understand what God is calling us to do and then do it

It is very important to have many voices be included in this process.

So, YOU ARE INVITED and encouraged

to be a part of renewing our parish community by participating in one or

more of the following sessions:

Saturday, January 17

th at 6:30 pm in the Saalfeld Room

Sunday, Feb.1st at 8:30 am and again at 11:00 am in the Saalfeld Rm

Sunday, February 15th at 1:15 pm in the Saalfeld Room

TBD, General Session, Sunday, 7:30 pm

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Care Ministry News

A Candle Is Lit!

In memory of the loved ones who have died, a candle is lit. The beloved survivors gather to express their thoughts and share their memories; happy and sad they may be; there is amongst each other loving support.

Grief Healing Support Group Eight Sessions Each Tuesday, starting on February 3rd from 2:00pm – 3:00pm. The last session will end on March 24th with a prayer service presided by Fr. Jorge. A reception will follow in the parish center.

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church - Saalfeld Room Provided by the National Catholic Ministry to the Bereaved. Facilitated by Barbara Dunlap, Care Ministry Coordinator

The benefits of a support group are: Provides a safe and confidential place for grief support.

Provides an environment in which bereaved receive hope and get energized to live life.

Helps the survivors realize that they are not alone in their grief.

Educate about the normal grief reactions.

Present ideas for memorializing the deceased. If you have questions and/or are interested in attending, please call Barbara Dunlap at 503-654-5449. If there is any interest in an evening group, please let me know. We need at least five participants who can attend all of the sessions for a group to be

established.

Blood pressure screenings will no longer be available after the 7:30am and 10:00am Masses. Not enough volunteers are available for coordinating, scheduling, and taking blood pressures.