St John the Evangelist Catholic Church May 4, 2014

Reverend Michael Onyekuru, M.S, J.C.D. Pastor

Reverend Hernán Quevedo, Parochial Vicar

Reverend Mr. Joseph Barker, Deacon

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Parroquia De San Juan EvangelistaParroquia De San Juan Evangelista

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church is a community of culturally diverse people called to serve God. We fulfill this mission through:

celebration of the sacraments, prayer , education , stewardship & evangelization.

Weekend Masses/Misas Fin de Semana: Saturday Vigil/Sábado 5pm Sunday/Domingo 8am, 10am, 5pm Spanish /Español 12pm, 7pm Haitian 2:30pm Weekday Masses/Misas Diarias: Saturday/Sábado 8:30am Monday-Friday/Lunes-Vie 7am, 8:30am Spanish/Wednesdays/Miércoles 7pm Confessions/Confesiones: Saturdays/Sábados 9am and 4pm

Welcome To Our Parish! Welcome To Our Parish!

Third Sunday of Easter May 4, 2014

St John the Evangelist Catholic Church May 4, 2014

Parish Office: 230 Arnold Street Hapeville, GA 30354 Parish Office Hours: M-Th 9am—2pm Friday 9am—1pm Parish Office Phone: 404-768-5647 Parish Office Fax: 404-767-6416 Emergency phone: 404-762-1037 Parish Email: secretarystjohnevangelist@gmail.com Fr. Michael’s email: pastorstjohnevangelist@gmail.com Parish website: www.stjohnevangelist.net School Office Phone: 404-767-4312 School Office Hours: M-F 7:30A—3:30P School Website: www.sjecs.org

This Week Giving

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Sunday, March 30, 2014 Number of church envelopes: 242

Number of children’s envelopes: 0

Number of loose checks: 58

Weekly Budget $11,137.70

Offertory $9,598.37

Difference ($1,539.33)

Parish registration ~So you have been attending our parish and love our community, yes? Now is the time to register your family here! Please take a moment to fill out a registration form so that we can update our parish ros-

ter and get YOU in the loop!

Parish Information

Are you, a loved one or friend sick or hospitalized? Please call the Par-ish Office. Arrangements can be made to come to your home or go to the hospital to administer the sacra-ments or to visit your loved. We are here for you!

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Third Sunday of Easter Monday: Cinco de Mayo Saturday: St. Damien de Veuster

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — God has raised the crucified Jesus, who now pours forth the Holy Spirit upon us (Acts 2:14, 22-33). Psalm — Lord, you will show us the path of life (Psalm 16). Second Reading — Our faith and hope are in God who raised Jesus from the dead (1 Peter 1:17-21). Gospel — Through his words and in the breaking of the bread, the risen Christ made himself known to two disci-ples on their way to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna-tional Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30; Jn 6:22-29 Tuesday: Acts 7:51 — 8:1a; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, 17, 21ab; Jn 6:30-35 Wednesday: Acts 8:1b-8; Ps 66:1-3a, 4-7a; Jn 6:35-40 Thursday: Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; Jn 6:44-51 Friday: Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 6:52-59 Saturday: Acts 9:31-42; Ps 116:12-17; Jn 6:60-69 Sunday: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Ps 23:1-6; 1 Pt 2:20b- 25; Jn 10:1-10

Today’s second collection is for our Debt Reduction.

Sunday, April 27, 2014 Number of church envelopes: 260

Number of children’s envelopes: 0

Number of loose checks: 51

Weekly Budget $11,137.70

Offertory $9,561.52

Difference ($1,576.18)

STAY WITH US, LORD Walk with us, Lord, along the road of resurrec on! Explain for us, so slow to believe, the things that Scripture says of you. Break the bread of the Eucharist with us whenever we share our lives with our brothers and sisters. Stay with us each me night approaches and the daylight fades in our hearts! —From Come, Lord Jesus by Lucien Deiss, CSSp, copyright © 1976, 1981, Lucien Deiss. Published by World Library Publica ons. p.168

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Each Mass is celebrated for a special intention. For specific dates, please request at least 4 weeks in advance.

Juliette Awon Anne Blacquiere Helen Bormolini Patty Bormolini

Jack Brice Ann Brown Rita Cobb

Rosalie Cooper Maria Copley

Murray Copely Ella Evans Gary Filla

Lionel Jardin Pam King Gary Lane

Carolyn Lewis June Mantle Tom Mulling

Gerald Nichols Beulah Northern

Wayne Ray Pacita Robinson Shirley Shikany Donna Starkey

Tom Stonecipher Arlene Styer

Zachary West Richard White Terri Wilson Gary Wright

Prayer Requests

Business Office Parish/School Meg Warner

mwarner@stjohnevangelist.net

Parish Secretary secretarystjohnevangelist@gmail.com

Religious Education Daphny Keel

dapkee@msn.com

Baptism Classes English Nick Goodly

ninjgoodly@aol.com

St John the Evangelist School Karen P. Vogtner, Principal

Staff

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Ministries

St Vincent de Paul Mercedes Walker, President

404-766-3944

Sacristan Sue Yarber

Music Grady Belcher, Carla DeBord,

Erica Deloney, Ed Wilder

Saturday, May 3 8:30am Gail Boos & Family (L) ~ Pastor 11:00am For the First Communicants 5:00pm Barbara G. Brice (L) ~ Carla Brice Ross Sunday, May 4 8:00am Carlton Pierce (D) ~ Betty Pierce 10:00am Kim Khahum & Khanh Nguyen & Family (L) ~ Pastor 12:00pm St. John’s Parishioners 2:30pm For All Sick Persons 5:00pm John & Grace Egbejimba & Family (L) ~ Pastor 7:00pm Jerry & Stella Nnanabu & Family (L) ~ Pastor Monday, May 5 7:00am Bill & Beckie Harrell (L) ~ Warner Family 8:30am Joe Meyer (D) ~ Mary Dean Tuesday, May 6 7:00am Anthony Rubino & Family (L) ~ Pastor 8:30am Rev. Michael Baltrus (L) ~ Christina Bialoglow Wednesday, May 7 7:00am Mrs. Anna Ofordum (D) & Mr. John Ofordum (D) ~ Sr. Rosita Ofordum 8:30am All Souls ~ Vui Minh 7:00pm Ruth Casey & Family (L) ~ Pastor Thursday, May 8 7:00am Rev. Patrick Donaghey (D) ~ SJE Parish Family 8:30am Lorenso Ninh Q. Minh (D) ~ Ninh Family Friday, May 9 7:00am Louis Kuntz & Family (L) ~ Pastor 8:30am Lorenso Ninh Q. Huy (D) ~ Ninh Family Saturday, May 10 8:30am Tim & Joann Hohmann & Family (L) ~ Pastor 11:00am For the First Communicants 1:00pm For the First Communicants 5:00pm Julia Okoro & Family (L) ~ Pastor 7:00pm For the Confirmandi

Ministry Schedule May 10th and 11th

Ushers/Greeters 5:00 pm Barbara Brice 8:00 am Alfred Wallace 10:00 am Gary Filla & Sue Yarber 5:00 pm Tim Pothier

Lectors 5:00 pm Verble Alexander 8:00 am Pat Jardin 10:00 am Sr. Jody Creten 5:00 pm Vernella Joseph

Extraordinary Ministers 10:00 am Lerma Anderson, Christina Bialoglow,

Chevonne Brawner, Dreidra Brawner, Anne Bruno-Gaston, Patricia Bullock, Gloria Chukwuma, Johnny Warrior, Valencia White

ENTRANCE How else but through a broken heart. May the Lord Christ enter in?

—Oscar Wilde

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The St John’s Gift Shop is open for your great gift requests. Come by and see what we have to offer or even what we can order especially for you!

Baptism Class... The next class is on June 8th at 8AM in the Peter Claver Room next door to the Gift Shop. If you are interested in having your child baptized, please call Nick Goodly @ 678-414-4383.

Did you know that St John’s is on Face-book? Check it out and like us at St John The Evangelist Catholic Church.

JOIN THE KNIGHTS FOR: Rosary: First Thursday of each month beginning at 6:30 pm

All activities are at Council Hall

on Dogwood Dr.

Immaculate Heart of Mary Council 4420 3383 Dogwood Dr. Hapeville

Check us out on the web… www.stjohnevangelist.net

We have been updating our website including putting our bulletins on the website under the News tab. If you miss picking up a bulletin, you can go to the website and see all the news.

RECOGNIZING JESUS St. Peter speaks to us twice today. In the first reading, we hear an excerpt from his sermon on Pentecost; in the second, part of his first Le er. Once a frightened, uneducated fisherman who o en said just the wrong thing, now Peter is speaking what he knows to be true. Everything Jesus had said now makes sense. His death and rising were all part of God’s plan, and our faith and hope can be cen-tered on God. Today’s Gospel tells the story of Jesus’ walk to Emmaus with two of the disciples. Frightened, sad, and confused, the two don’t recognize Jesus, who tells them what we heard Peter say above: all this had to happen as part of God’s plan. In the end, these disciples recognize Jesus as we are to recog-nize him—in the breaking of the bread. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

The SJE SVDP Needs Food Dona ons:

The St. Vincent de Paul Food Pan-try is in desperate need of canned vegetables. The request is for cans of peas, green beans, corn, carrots and/or mixed vegetables.

Please consider purchasing these items dur-ing your next visit to the grocery store. Thank you for your generosity and support!

Church Cleaning May 10 Asemota Family May 17 3rd Order of OLM

Altar Linens

May 10 Karla Banos May 17 Tammy Ruppel

Call to Clean

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TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION “Mystagogy,” reflection on the Easter mysteries, is the chief task of these great fifty days, a “pentecost,” in other words, of grace and renewal. Every Sunday we have accounts of Resurrection appearances of the Lord, and sketches of the earliest efforts at being church. Lent is described as a journey to the font, and Easter may be described in similar terms, since at the very beginning an angel tells the apostles that the Risen Lord “has gone before you into Galilee.” Galilee, of course, was the place where Jesus did his finest work, his preaching, his healing, his gathering the lost and the marginalized to the table. At Easter, we hurry to catch up, putting our renewed baptismal promises to work in our own personal Galilees, our little worlds waiting for a word of grace, a healing, an act of pardon, an invitation to share a meal. The water often splashed on our Sunday assemblies in Eastertide reminds us: these are the golden, shining days of grace, days to nurture the heart, to speak to one another about things that really matter. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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La Cruz. La esperanza había quedado sepultada. Los discípulos huyeron (todos menos Juan). La tumba engullía el cuerpo del Maestro, mientras unas mujeres lloraban, sin comprender el porqué de aquel misterio. Los milagros, las parábolas, los discursos, el entusiasmo de la gente. Mil recuerdos pasaban por la mente de los primeros discípulos. ¿Había sido un sueño? ¿Vivieron una ilusión vana? ¿Un engaño, un fra-caso, un sinsentido? Al tercer día, el domingo, brilló la esperanza. Son mujeres las primeras que dan el anuncio, que trans-miten la noticia. Luego, el mismo Jesús, crucificado victorioso, confirma la fe de los hermanos. Nace la Iglesia. Quienes habían sucumbido al miedo, a la angustia, a la desesperanza, escuchan con una alegría profunda, completa, palabras de consuelo: “Paz... No tengáis miedo”. Han pasado muchos siglos. La tumba vacía es un testigo mudo de que la muerte fue vencida. La aparente derrota del Maestro se ha convertido en bandera salvadora. Los sucesores de Pedro, de San-tiago, de Juan, de Pablo, han llevado, llevan y llevarán, el mensaje hasta el último rincón de la tierra, hasta el corazón que viva angustiado, triste, lejos de la dulzura de Dios. Obispos y sacerdotes, religiosos y religiosas, misioneros laicos, hombres y mujeres de todas las edades, serán anunciadores, serán testigos de Cristo resucitado. No hemos de tener miedo. Nos lo repetía Juan Pablo II, en la carta “El rápido desarrollo” (24 de enero de 2005): “¡No tengáis miedo de la oposición del mundo! Jesús nos ha asegurado «Yo he vencido al mundo» (Jn 16,33). ¡No tengáis miedo de vuestra debilidad y de vuestra incapacidad! El divino Maestro ha dicho: «Yo estoy con vosotros todos los días hasta el fin del mundo» (Mt 28,20). Comunicad el mensaje de es-peranza, de gracia y de amor de Cristo, manteniendo siempre viva, en este mundo que pasa, la per-spectiva eterna del cielo, perspectiva que ningún medio de comunicación podrá alcanzar directamen-te: «Lo que ni el ojo vio, ni el oído oyó, ni al corazón del hombre llegó, lo que Dios preparó para los que le aman» (1Cor 2,9)”. No dejemos que el mundo nos absorba, nos inunde con sus placeres pasajeros y falaceos; dejemos que el Espíritu de Dios inunde nuestra vida y nos lance a este gran reto para cada uno de nosotros: Ser mensajeros de la Buena Nueva de la Resurrección para aquellos que están en medio de la oscuridad y las situaciones de muerte que destruyen nuestra vida. Todos podemos ser comunicadores, todos podemos dar testimonio del mensaje. Sin miedo, porque Jesús sigue aquí, a nuestro lado. Con alegría, porque el Padre nos ofrece, siempre, sin límites de tiem-po, su misericordia. En la valentía que nos da el Espíritu Santo, que es Consolador, que nos defiende, que nos vivifica. Así podremos compartir un tesoro que no es nuestro, que es para todos. Un tesoro que alguien, quizá muy cerca de mí, necesita conocer para dejar dudas y tristezas, para descubrir que el Padre nos ha amado, que nos lo ha dicho todo en Jesús, su Hijo amado.”

“Anunciar la Pascua

¡No tengáis miedo de vuestra debilidad y de vuestra incapacidad! Jesús ha dicho: «Yo estoy con vosotros todos los días hasta el fin del mundo».

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Jóvenes de Confirmación: Recuerden que los ensayos pa-ra la Confirmación son maña-nal Lunes 5 de Mayo @ 7 PM (deben estar aqui a las 6:30 confirmandos y padrinos)

Retiro de Evangelización Recordamos a nuestra comunidad que ya viene el Retiro de Evange-lización. La fecha es: Mayo 19 al 23 de 8 a 10 PM y Sábado 24 y Domingo 25 de Mayo de 8 AM a 8 PM. No deje pasar esta oportun-

idad para vivir esta experiencia maravillosa en nuestra vida de fe. Las pre-evangelizaciones empezaron en Forest Park los Jueves; en East Point los Viernes y en San Juan los Domingos después de la misas de 12 y 7 PM. Dese la oportunidad, no perderá nada, pero si ganará mucho. ANIMESE !!!!

Celebraciones en San Juan

Primeras Comuniones (Español): Mayo 10 @ 11AM y 1 PM.

Confirmaciones (bilingues): Mayo 10 @ 7 PM. Venga y comparta estos momentos cel-ebrativos con nuestra comuni-dad de fe. Para las Confir-maciones de este año tendremos la presencia del Ar-zobispo Wilton Daniel Gregory, Arzobispo de Atlanta BIENVENIDO a nuestra par-roquia.

Catecismo 2024-2015 Tenga presente que las Inscripciones para el siguiente ciclo catequético será solamente el primer Domingo de Julio (Julio 6, 2014) después de las Misas de 12 y 7 PM. Tenga lista la COPIA del Acta de Bautismo del niño(a), y no lo deje para última hora.

Desierto Recuerde que estamos haciendo la Ex-periencia de Desierto cada Segundo Sábado de mes de 8 a 12 en los salones del catecismo. Venga y partícipe de esta experiencia maravillosa.

Asamblea de Comuinidades Recuerden que las Asambleas de todas las comunidades de San Juan Evange-lista son el segundo y cuarto Viernes de cada mes, a las 8 PM. Próxima re-unión este Viernes 9 de Mayo.

Facebook Si usted es cibernético, puede encontrarnos en Facebook: SanJuanEvangelista

Voluntarios para la Celebración de la Vigilia de Pentecostés Como todos los años, celebraremos con gozo y alegria la Vigilia de Pentecoistés, si esta dis-ponible para colaborar en la animación y real-ización de la misma, dé-jenos su nombre y te-léfono en el libro de quejas. Recuerden que la celebración es el Sábado 7 de Junio @ 8 PM.