MASS WILL BE LIVED STREAMED SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 @ 5:00 P.M.
Mass Intentions for Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time
Wednesday, August 31 at 8:00 a.m.
†Pauline Kaufman
††Pat & Theresa Collins Family
From Catholic Extnsion
Thursday, September 1 at 8:00 a.m.
83rd Anniversary of WWII - For all Victims
First Friday, September 2 at 8:00 a.m.
†Fr. Bernard Reusch 95th Anniversary of Death
†Bob Tennyson
Holy Hour Following
Mass Intentions for the Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday, September 3 @ 5:00 p.m.
†Ralph Loehr
††Anna M. Sturman & Clemens & Frances Aydt Family
Sunday, September 4 at 8:30 a.m.
All Parish Family
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 August 29 - September 2
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Friday ~ 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Thursday ~ Closed
Closed for Lunch ~ Noon - 12:30 p.m.
Visit Parish Website For
Bulletins: New & Old
Calendar
Photo Gallery
Monthly Ministry List
Collection August 20-21
Envelopes (48) $1,478
Loose $ 227
SJB Hall (1) $ 25
CSMA (1) $ 400
Mass Intentions (1) $ 10
Scholarship (10) $ 330
SJB Cemetery (1) $ 400
Total $2,870
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.
August
28: PSR 9:30 a.m.
28: Adult Bible Study begins 9:30 a.m.
29: Holy Name Society Meeting 7:00 p.m. Piopolis hall.
30: Ladies Quilting 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. McLeansboro hall.
September
1: Narcotic Anonymous (NA) Meeting 7:00 p.m. McLeansboro hall
2: Visit for Sacrament of Penance & Eucharist for sick and homebound. Contact office for appointment.
2: Alcohol Anonymous (AA) Meeting 7:00 p.m. McLeansboro hall
4: No PSR or Adult Bible Study
6: Ladies Quilting 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. McLeansboro hall.
6: Parish Council Meeting 7:00 p.m. Piopolis hall
8: NA Meeting 7:00 p.m. McLeansboro hall
9: AA Meeting 7:00 p.m. McLeansboro hall
10: Mass 4:00 p.m., due to Fall Festival Parade at 6:00 p.m.
11: PSR & Adult Bible Study 9:30 a.m.
11: Mass server training after Mass.
13: Ladies Quilting 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. McLeansboro hall.
14: East Vicariate Priest/Deacon Meeting Noon at Lawrenceville
15: KC #7118 Meeting at Enfield 7:00 p.m.
15: KC #8745 Meeting at Dahlgren 7:00 p.m.
15: 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 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 $3,026
Did you know YOUR GIFT to The 2022 Catholic Service and Ministry Appeal can be made online? Visit your Belleville Diocese’s website at www.diobelle.org and click on “Giving”. It’s that simple! Every donation – large or small – is needed to continue our diocesan ministry to those in need. We are counting on YOU. Please visit www.diobelle.org today!
PLASTIC TOTE BY OFFICE DOOR
Weekly bulletins
Living Faith Books (July-September) & Books are located at each door in church.
NA & AA MEETINGS - MCLEANSBORO HALL
Narcotic Anonymous Meetings
Every Thursday Night
7:00 p.m.
Alcohol Anonymous Meeting
Every Friday Night
7:00 p.m.
For more information contact Jim Bell 618-387-1077
Click below to view from WWME Marriage on Tap Flyer
It's time to honor married couples for their long marriages! Do you know of a married couple who danced and partied in the 1930s and 1940s? Did they only listen to radio shows? If you answered YES, please nominate that couple for the Longest Married Couple Project, sponsored by WWME starting today. Nominations can only be made until September 15. Go to wwme.org (Longest Married Couple link) to place your nomination, or call 321-544-3440, or email dick.diane.baumbach@wwme.org.
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.
THE MESSENGER
Don’t miss Bishop McGovern’s inspiring column in every issue! Subscribe to The Messenger at 618-233-8670. To subscribe online go to www.bellevillemessenger.org
RESPECT LIFE CORNER
“No sin or crime is greater than God’s mercy. The sacrifice of the Cross reveals that Christ’s greatest desire is to forgive those with a repentant heart.”
USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities ~ “Death Penalty: Catholic Q&A”
GROUND -BREAKING CEREMONY OF NEW GOOD SHEPHERD MAUSOLEUM AT MOUTN CARMEL CEMETRY IN BELLVILLE:
Tuesday, September 6 at 2:00 p.m.
10101 West Main Street, Belleville
The Very Reverend Steven L. Beatty, V.G., Vicar General of the Belleville Diocese, will officiate. The cemetery’s regular monthly memorial Mass will immediately follow the groundbreaking. Refreshments will be served.
DIOCESE OF BELLEVILLE:
PASTOR'S NOTES
Imagine a lamp. When you flip its switch, light appears immediately. Now think about the sun. Did you know that it takes sunlight more than eight minutes to reach Earth? That's because the sun is so far away. The stars are even farther. It takes years for their light to travel across space to reach us. Our faith is a little like that. Long ago, Abram believed in God. He followed God's commands. Because of this, God gave him a new name, Abraham, and promised that many believers would come after him. Many have! Over thousands of years, countless people have come to believe in god. They have shared their faith all over the world, even handed it down to us. Today, believers are as numerous as the stars in the sky. May we shine just as brightly. Have a great week, Fr. Ptak
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