MASS WILL BE LIVE STREAMED
SATURDAY, JULY 23 @ 5:00 P.M.
Mass Intentions for Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Tuesday, July 26 at 6:00 p.m.
Saints Joachim & Anne - Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary Memorial
†Robert Wellen
†Donnie Lueke
††Floyd & Norma Collins
Wednesday, July 27 at 8:00 a.m.
†Pauline Kaufman
From Catholic Extension
Thursday, July 28 at 8:00 a.m.
For God's Healings for Joyce Schilly
††Deceased Rubenacker & Wuebbels Families
From Catholic Extension
Mass Intentions for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday, July 30 @ 5:00 p.m.
All Parish Family
Sunday, July 31 at 8:30 a.m.
†Betty Anselment
†Jack Reyling
†Gary Campbell
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.
REMINDER
Two week bulletin July 30-31 & August 6-7.
Mass will not be lived streamed the weekend of July 30-31.
Office Hours Week of July 25
Tuesday & Thursday
8:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday & Friday
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Visit Parish Website For
Bulletins: New & Old
Calendar
Photo Gallery
Monthly Ministry List
Collection July 16-17
Envelopes (49) $1,258
Loose $ 102
Youth (1) $ 1
Guatemala Mission (12) $ 275
Mass Intentions (7) $ 70
Total $1,706
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.
July
23: Baptism Hoyt Campbell son of Matthias & Olivia Campbell
23-24: Blessing of Vehicles after each Mass.
23-24: Piopolis Co-Ed Softball Tournament - Concession by One Strong Youth
24: Baptism Finley Flannigan daughter of Chad and Jessica Flannigan
24: World Day of Grandparents and Elderly
30: One Strong Youth Fundraiser Chicken & Beer Dance This has been postponed and will be reschuled at a later date.
30-31: Mass will not be lived streamed this weekend. Two week bulletin July 30-31 & August 6-7.
August
1-5: Office Closed
2: Holy Name Meeting 7:00 p.m. Refreshments Dennis & Dave Rubenacker
5: Visit for Sacrament of Penance & Eucharist for sick and homebound. Contact office for appointment.
VBS THANK YOU & RAFFLE WINNERS
THANK YOU to everyone who helped with VBS. To everyone who bought raffle tickets and donated cookies, rice krispies, or brownies thank you, the kids loved them! Raffle Winners:
Quilt-Brittany Bowers
Samsung Chrome Book-Dale Hopfinger
2-$100 Huck's gift cards-Betty L. Anselment and Kayli Short
2-$50 Cash-Pam Carrell and Alex Kolts
$50 Aydt's Gift Card-Deb Karcher
Handmade Wreath-Shelley Allen
Hair Care Set-Pam Aydt
Rada Knife Set w/ Sharpener-Mert Wellen
Fall Basket-Margaret Aydt
Hamilton County Telephone Coop Tote-Denise Campbell
Country Financial Cooler-Astella Clark
Garden Basket-Leah Bowling
Kid Basket-Patsy Aydt
Sidewalk Chalk Paint Set-Rory Hopfinger
2-St. Elizabeth's Cookbooks-Evie Haas and Mark Spotanski
PRAY FOR THE SICK & HOMEBOUND
Larry Hunt
Marie Hopkins
James Frey
Bob Wilson
Kent Karcher
Paul & Helen Wellen
Mary Karcher
Deacon Alfred Karcher
Joyce Schilly
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.
2022 CSMA GOAL $10,630
Pledge-to-Date $2,626
“With confidence in the Lord, I am turning to you today asking for your support of this year’s Catholic Service and Ministry Appeal. My hope is that your generous response will help our ministries grow and the compassion of Jesus will be experienced more profoundly in our communities.” - Bishop Michael McGovern
PLASTIC TOTE BY OFFICE DOOR
Weekly bulletins
Living Faith Books (July-September) & Books are located at each door in church.
THE MESSENGER
2620 Lebanon Avenue ~ Belleville, IL 62221
618-233-8670 ~ editor@bellevillemessenger.org
7/13/2022
Dear Parish Leaders:
Every fall The Messenger celebrates Priesthood Sunday and our diocesan priests with a special PRIEST APPRECIATION ISSUE. This year Priesthood Sunday falls on September 1, 2022. Our priests’ pastoral ministries affect people’s spiritual and personal lives in many ways, often at significant times: the baptism of children or adults; first Eucharist, confirmation, young couples preparing to be married in the church; visitations to a parishioner in the hospital or nursing home, receiving the anointing of the sick, a family funeral liturgy. These are all emotional times that can be made more meaningful or less difficult when a priest walks alongside a family or individual. To celebrate the ministry of priests in our diocese, The Messenger invites parishioners to comment on how priests’ pastoral ministries affect their spiritual and personal lives or the parish community. Please send brief comments to: messenger@diobelle.org Deadline is 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 9. Please note: The comments are free and separate from the Priest Appreciation paid advertisements. For Priest Appreciation paid advertisements contact Bernadette at The Messenger at 618-722-5047 or by email at advertising@bellevillemessenger.org.
Blessings,
Chris Orlet~Editor/General Manager
DIOCESE POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Administrative Assistant for the Office of Faith Formation & Youth Ministry
Click below for more details. Deadline July 31
Click below to view from WWME Marriage on Tap Flyer
THE BELLEVILLE DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN CONVENTION & RAFFLE
October 12 at St. Bruno Parish, Pinckneyville
4 Raffles Prizes ~ Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5
Queen-sixed hand-sewn Quilt, Fall Basket, Lose Yourself in Luxury Basket, & $100
Need not be present to win.
Tickets are located on the bulletin board at each church door or click on link below to view tickets. If interested, place in envelope marked BDCCW Raffle to collection box by September 1. More information about Convention will be posted at a later date.
PIOPOLIS CO-ED SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
Saturday, July 23 ~ 10:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 24 ~ Noon-5:00 p.m.
Concession stand provided by One Strong Mission. Come out for fellowship, good food and support our youth! They will be serving their famous Piopolis nachos with meat!
OFFICE OF WORSHIP BULLETIN SHORTS FOR SUNDAY PRAYER-SHAPING LIFE AND BELIEF
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – July 24
Genesis 18:20-32 ~ Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 6-7, 7-8 ~ Colossians 2:12-14 ~ Luke 11:1-13
About Praying: Abraham is persistent in his pleading with the Lord. And the Lord listens and relents. A disciple asks Jesus, after seeing him pray, how to pray. Jesus gives a form that we use at every Mass and that we hand on to the elect each Lent. He then goes on about persistence in our praying.
† How does my prayer plead for the Kingdom of God to come?
† How does my prayer ask for what I need to do God’s mercy work?
† How does my prayer seek and offer forgiveness?
RESPECT LIFE CORNER
“Married love differs from any other love in the world. By its nature, the love of husband and wife is so complete, so ordered to a lifetime of communion with God and each other, that it is open to creating a new human being they will love and care for together. That power to create a new life with God is at the heart of what spouses share with each other.”
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops “Married Love and the Gift of Life”
RIDGWAY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHICKEN DINNER
Sunday, July 24 from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Dinner includes fried chicken, Mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, coleslaw, hot roll, drink and dessert - $10 a plate.
Take outs are available by calling 272-7615.
PASTOR'S NOTES:
Most of us are not born with the gift of joy. Already written on our hearts, but that doesn't mean it is out of reach. When we spend time in the presence of Jesus, we experience his gracious and amazing love. It swells our hearts and souls. We feel gratitude for this love, and this gratitude leads to joy, because we learn that while feel like we can't control our little section of the world, all will be ok. We learn to let go of things that don't matter and focus on things that matter: our internal beauty and value and the hope of eternal life with Christ. Joy is a gift given to us because of God's great love and our time in adoration of Blessed Sacrament, prepares out hearts to accept it. Be joyful and be spread this joy with others. Have a blessed week, Fr. Slawomir Ptak.
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