MASS WILL BE LIVE STREAMED
April 6 @ 7:00 P.M.
April 7 @ 7:00 P.M.
April 8 @ 8:00 P.M.
No Weekday Masses April 10-14
Masses for Sunday of Divine Mercy
Saturday, April 15 at 5:00 p.m.
†Florence Bond
†Amanda Butkovich
†Joyce Schilly
Sunday, April 16 at 8:30 a.m.
All Parish Family
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Sunday, April 16 at 8:00 a.m.
Divine Mercy Chaplet - pamphlets located at each door
We the parishioners of St. John the Baptist,
brothers and sisters in Christ, accept as our mission:
to know our faith and share it with others, to continue to grow spiritually with respect for the sacraments, to celebrate the liturgy and the Holy Eucharist as the center of our Christian life, to live by truth and love, to serve those in need, to teach by example, and thereby strengthen and inspire our Parish family in accordance with the Roman Catholic Church.
Office Hours ~ April 10-14
Monday ~ Closed
Tuesday-Friday ~ 8:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Closed for Lunch ~ Noon - 12:30 p.m.
Visit Parish Website For
Bulletins: New & Old
Calendar
Photo Gallery
Monthly Ministry List
Your financial support remains an important part of our Parish life and helps us keep going. Please continue giving your time, talent, and treasure at this difficult time. Please mail, drop-off your offering in collection box or in the mailbox by Parish office front door.
Watch bulletin for more details.
April
9: No PSR or Adult Bible Study Classes
11: Meeting with Diocese of Belleville reprehensive, John Coers
11: Ladies Quilting 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. McLeansboro hall.
13: AA/NA Meeting 7:00 p.m. McLeansboro Hall
14: High School Senior Scholarship Applications due
14: One Strong Youth Trivia Night Fundraiser & Hog Raffle 7:00 p.m. Dahlgren Hall - Sign in & Concessions starts at 6:00 p.m.
15: Piopolis Hall Deep Cleaning 8:00 a.m.
16: PSR Classes and Adult Bible Study 9:30 a.m.
18: Ladies Quilting 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. McLeansboro hall.
18: Scholarship Meeting 6:30 p.m.
18: Parish Council Meeting 7:00 p.m.
20: KC #7118 Meeting at Enfield 7:00 p.m.
20: KC #8745 Meeting at Dahlgren 7:00 p.m.
23: PSR Classes 9:30 a.m.
23: No Adult Bible Study
23: High School Senior Scholarship awarded at the end of Mass.
23: High School Senior Recognition Breakfast after Mass.
25: Ladies Quilting 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. McLeansboro hall.
27: AA/NA Meeting 7:00 p.m. McLeansboro Hall
29: Auction of school and rectory items at Dahlgren 9:30 a.m. All proceeds from the auction will go to St. John Nepomucene Cemetery Fund.
30: PSR Classes and Adult Bible Study 9:30 a.m. - Last Day of Classes
May
2: Ladies Quilting 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. McLeansboro hall.
4: AA/NA Meeting 7:00 p.m. McLeansboro Hall
5: Visit for Sacrament of Penance & Eucharist for sick and homebound. Contact office for appointment.
7: St. Elizabeth's Altar Sodality Meeting 9:30 a.m.
9: Ladies Quilting 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. McLeansboro hall.
11: AA/NA Meeting 7:00 p.m. McLeansboro Hall
QUILTING EVERY TUESDAY
Starting at 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the McLeansboro hall. Everyone is welcomed and if you don't know how to quilt, this is a great way to learn. For more information contact Phyllis Wuebbels 618-895-4895 or Sharon Bigley 618-736-2964.
PRAY FOR & REMEMBER THE SICK & HOMEBOUND
James Frey
Bob Wilson
Kent Karcher
Paul & Helen Wellen
Mary Karcher
Deacon Alfred Karcher
Paula Campbell
Clem Aydt
Tillie Kaufman
Reminder: Due to federal privacy laws, we are not allowed to list people or visit who are sick or in the nursing home without written authorization from that individual or from their immediate family who has authorization. Form can be requested from the office.
REMINDER
Please contact office for funerals and baptisms. For weddings contact office six months before.
PLASTIC TOTE BY OFFICE DOOR
Weekly bulletins
Living Faith Books (April-June) & Books are located at each door in church.
AA & NA MEETING - MCLEANSBORO HALL
Alcohol & Narcotic Anonymous Meeting
Every Thursday Night
7:00 p.m.
For more information contact Jim Bell 618-387-1077
FRANCISAN AT HOME:
Come grow, come explore a really bright sign of hope: https://franciscanathome.com/. It is the most in-depth and faithful array of true formation workshops ever created. Throughout the workshop, your active engagement will be requested; the workshops are not designed for passive viewing only. With a focus upon your mission to join the saints in glory, over 200 workshops in English and in Spanish are available right now, and every month new workshops are added. Click the link below for step by step instruction to register you and everyone else in your family. If you have questions, you can contact Andrea Short or parish office.
WAYS TO GIVE DURING LENT
CRS Rice Bowl
Our CRS Rice Bowl journey has ended, but our prayers, fasting and almsgiving continue as we seek closer relationship with God and our global family. Let us hold in our hearts our sisters and brothers in Guatemala, Bangladesh and Rwanda and commit to share our Easter joy with those in our local community and around the world.
Don't forget to return Rice Bowls by April 16.
to the box in the back of church. Reminder that 25% of what is collected from Rice Bowls stay within Hamilton County to help fight hunger. Checks can be made payable to St. John the Baptist.
Cross Catholic Outreach Wells of Salvation
This is a new program to our Parish. Pray, fast and give to build 69 clean water wells for communities in Ghana, Malawi, and Zambia. To learn more go to crosscatholic.org/lent or click on file below.
PILGRIMAGE TO HOLY LAND
Diocese of Belleville CRS is Hosting
A Pilgrimage of Peace to the Holy Land
December 2-13, 2024
Pilgrimage includes visits to Nazareth, Cana, Sea of Galilee, Mt. Tabor, Mt. of Beatitudes, Jericho, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, CRS Projects in the area, and more! For more information or to sign-up contact Cheryl Sommer at 618-624-2838 or email to crsdiobelle@gmail.com.
WORLWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND
May 5-7 ~ Cape Girardeau, MO
August 4-6 and September 29-October 1 ~ St. Peters, MO
An experience for married couples to rekindle romance, enhance meaningful communication, and deepen and renew commitment. For more information or to apply, go to wwme.org, or call Terry & Eric Engholm at 314-649-7317.
NATIONAL SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS - BELLEVILLE, IL
New Arctic Wings and Shrine Exhibit which is an informative and interactive exhibit that explains how the Shrine came to be and the Oblates behind the inspiration. Exhibit is open Monday through Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (excluding holidays) and is in the Visitors Center. For more information contact 618-397-6700 or email info@snows.org.
BISHOP'S NOTES:
As we celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord, I extend to each of you my wishes for a joyous Easter. I am remembering all the people of our diocese as I stand before the altar at Easter and assure you of my prayers asking that the Risen Lord will bless you abundantly. I encourage each of us to allow the joy of Christ’s victory over sin and death to fill our hearts, and then spread that joy when we greet one another with: “Happy Easter!” Like the first Christians who saw the empty tomb in Jerusalem and encountered the Risen Lord, let us spread the incredible news that Jesus shares his triumph with us so that we can live as God’s children forever. May the Lord lift every burden or sadness in our hearts and fill all of us with his most incredible gift of peace. This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad!
In the Risen Christ,
Bishop Michael McGovern
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