833 Main Street
Agawam, MA 01001
[email protected]
www.stjohnagawam.org
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
Monday — Thursday
9:00 - 3:00
Friday - Closed
Office Phone: 786-8105
Fax: 455-3100
Administrator:
Father Tomasz Parzynski
Priest in Residence:
Father John Lis
Business & Pastoral
Administrator, Director of
Religious Education:
Sal Circosta
455-3215
[email protected]
Pastoral Minister:
Mary Scannell
786-4499
[email protected]
Organist/Music Director,
Director of Youth Ministry:
Joe Dziok
[email protected]
455-3215
Secretaries:
Paula Raiche
[email protected]
Exie Haynes
[email protected]
Child Advocate:
Debbie Whitehead
455-3215
Chairman of Parish Council:
Judith Cross-Donahue, J.D.
Chairman of Finance Council:
Alfred Casella, J.D.
Religious Education Classes:
Grades Pre-K - 6:
Sundays, 9AM-10:15AM
Grades 7 - 11:
Sundays, 7PM-8:15PM
Saint John the
Evangelist Parish
Sunday, January 11th, 2015, Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS:
EUCHARIST:
Mass on Saturdays 5:00pm
Mass on Sundays 8:00am, 10:30am, 6:00pm
Traditional Latin High Mass on Sundays at 12:30pm
Mass on Weekdays: Monday-Saturday at 8:00am
Traditional Daily Latin Low Mass: 6:45am on Mondays, Fridays, & Saturdays
Mass on Holy Days: To be announced
Eucharistic Adoration: Tuesdays 7:00pm-8:00pm & Wednesdays 8:30am - 3:00pm
CONFESSION:
Reconciliation - Friday from 7:15 am -7:45 am .
Saturdays 7:15-7:45, 4:00 to 4:45 pm, and after the 5:00 pm Mass
Sunday 7:00-7:45 am. Or by Appointment.
BAPTISM:
Baptisms are scheduled on the last Sunday of every month. Please call the office to
schedule with Fr. Tomasz.
MARRIAGE:
To be arranged at least one year in advance. Please call the office.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK:
If you or a loved one needs the anointing of the sick, please call the rectory office for
Father Tomasz, or see Father after Mass.
CONFIRMATION:
If your child needs to be confirmed, please contact the Office of Religious Education to
enroll your child in classes. If you are an adult and need to make your
Confirmation, please contact the same office and ask about the RCIA program.
HOLY ORDERS:
Are you thinking about a vocation to the priesthood or religious life? If so, please call
Father Tomasz at the rectory office, or call Father Gary Daily and the Office of Vocations 413.452.0811.
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT:
We are a Roman Catholic community inspired by the Holy Spirit to follow the example
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by sharing, growing and spreading God the
Father’s love through our parish ministries, and by coming together as a community in
Weekly Offerings for
January 3-4, 2015
Regular Funds: $4,176.00
Maintenance: $1,266.00
Fuel: $87.00
Loose: $313.00
Mass Intentions for the Week
TOTAL: $5,842.00
Thank you!
Special Collections:
Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day:
$7,736.00
Solemnity of Mary,
Mother of God (New
Years): $2,715.00
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for the
following intentions by the priest celebrant:
Saturday, January 10th, Sunday Vigil Mass
5:00pm Michaela Romano
Requested by Albert & Nancy
Sunday, January 11th, The Baptism of the Lord
8:00am Yoneko “Fran” Taupier, 13th Anniversary
Requested by Husband, George & Children
10:30am Katie, for Health & Healing
Requested by Family
12:30pm (Latin High Mass) Ray Lanzano
Requested by Frances Donafrio
6:00pm Claire Barry
Requested by Father John Lis
Monday, January 12th
6:45am (Latin Mass) Benjamin (Kowalski) Krause
Requested by the Krause Family
8:00am Barbara H. Kimball
Requested by a Friend
Tuesday, January 13th, St. Hilary
8:00am Nancy West
Requested by a Friend
Wednesday, January 14th
8:00am Paul Bowler
Requested by Barbara & David Quaglini
Thursday, January 15th
8:00am Mary Blascak
Requested by a Friend
Friday, January 16th
8:00am Claire Barry
Requested by Exie Haynes
Saturday, January 17th, St. Anthony, Abbot
8:00am Jim Miller
Requested by Pat & Bob Messier
Saturday, January 17th, Sunday Vigil Mass
5:00pm Bob Gregory
Requested by his Wife, Pauline
Sunday, January 18th, 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:00am Paul Bowler
Requested by Elaine & Michael Bourbonnais
10:30am M/M Francois Roy & Jessie Tibbetts, Sisters
Requested by Mr. & Mrs. Herve & Lynn Mathieu
12:30pm (Latin High Mass) Eugene McLean
Requested by Friends
6:00pm Marie Claire Barry
Requested by Dr. Romano
SANCTUARY LAMP
January 11th—January 17th
WILL BE LIT IN MEMORY OF:
All Deceased Pastors of St. John’s
By: Father Tomasz Parzynski
“Totos Tuus Tuesdays”
Tuesday Nights Eucharistic Adoration
Join us every Tuesday for evening adoration in the
Church, from 7PM-8PM. This will focus on the
youth and young adults, but the entire parish is welcome to join us adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. There will be some music, silent time, and
community prayers. Please join us this Tuesday,
and every Tuesday! Bring a friend!
Religious Education: Please note that there are NO CLASSES for CCD on Sunday, January 18th in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. Classes will be back in session
on Sunday, January 25th. Enjoy the day off!
Please remember in your Prayers:
Please pray for the sick and dying of our parish.
Remember all who are in hospitals, nursing homes and
homebound.
For all those who have died:
Donna Atkinson
Fernande Berube
Marguerite DalMolin
Yvette LaBonte
Patricia Lynch
George Milar
Jeanette Richard
Lawrence Veins
Eleanor Wojcik
Susan Anderson
John M.R. Chase, Sr.
...and members of the parish.
May the Lord welcome them into His Heavenly Kingdom.
Note: If you have a friend or relative who has recently
passed away and would like them included, please email:
[email protected]
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH
Catholic Women’s Club of Agawam
Kick Back and Relax After the Holidays!
Jan. 12th at 6:30PM
The Board of Directors of THE AGAWAM
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S CLUB would like to invite
you all to our Annual Movie Night on January 12,
2015. We will be showing the wonderful musical
“Jersey Boys”. We will be meeting downstairs in the
St. Michael Conference Room (Sal’s Classroom)
at 6:30 pm. Please park in the rear of the parish center. The Board of Directors will be providing
refreshments. Please join us for an evening of the
music from the 60‘s! It will be a trip down memory
lane! Won’t you join us and bring a friend?
Bible Study & Faith Sharing: All are welcome,
whether you’ve ever read the Bible before or not,
you’re welcome to join us every Tuesday morning from 9:30-10:45am in the Father Joyce
Room in the Parish Center. Please feel free to
stop in and see what we're all about. We have
anywhere from 12 to 20 people (men & women).
If you don't think you can come every week don't
worry - come whenever you can! God's Word
lives and He promises that it will not return to
Him void. For more information and questions
please contact: Mikie Cook at (413) 786-3773.
Men’s Bible Study:
Are you looking to understand the bible more?
Join us weekly on Wednesdays from 6:30 -7:45
pm in the lower Parish Center. Come feed off
the word of God and discuss its general application and practical use in our lives as men. We
will also study the Catechism teachings on each
chapter we cover. For more information and
questions please contact: John Lemke at (413)
262-4195.
AGAWAM, MA
Atlantic Canada Cruise Tour
St. John’s Travelers presents an Atlantic Canada Cruise
Tour to Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island. July 5-11,
2015. 7 Day with 9 meals. Tour includes deluxe motor
coach transportation, 1-night private stateroom on board
ship, 5-nights hotel accommodations, taxes, baggage handling, & port taxes, 9 meals (4 Breakfasts, 5 Dinners)
guided tours of Nova Scotia (Lunenburg & Peggy’s
Cove), Halifax, Prince Edward Island. All sightseeing
and admission fees, tickets for the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo, full time tour escort and gratuities for
driver, escort, & local guides is all included.
Tour prices: Double Room: $1647.00 p/p, Single:
$2227.00, and Triple: $1577.00. Single rooms are extremely limited. Information meeting on Mon. Jan. 13
at 6PM. Tour deposit: $250.00 each by Feb. 15, 2015.
Payment in full: due by May 15, 2015. Optional
traveler’s insurance: $86.00 p/p for double and triple,
$107.00 for single.
For more information & reservation contact Emile Cote’
2 Meadowbrook Manor, Agawam. Call: 413-335-9440.
March for Life in Washington, D.C.
Attention all Youth and Adults! St. John the Evangelist Parish is sponsoring a bus to go to the March
for Life in Washington D.C. on Thursday, January
22nd. The bus will depart along with all of the buses
for the Diocese of Springfield from St. Stanislaus
Basilica in Chicopee on Wednesday, January 21st
with a send off Mass at 7PM and then will arrive in
Washington D.C. early Thursday morning. We will
attend Mass at the National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception and have breakfast at Catholic University and then go to the National Mall where the March
for Life begins. We will arrive back in Chicopee
very early Friday morning. Please consider joining
us on this pilgrimage to stand up for the right to life
for all.
For more information, please email or call Joe:
[email protected] or call 786-8105.
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST PARISH NEWS AND EVENTS!
The Catechism of the Catholic Church
THE NECESSITY OF BAPTISM
From the Parish Council
& Finance Council:
1257 The Lord himself affirms that Baptism is necessary
for salvation. He also commands his disciples to proclaim
the Gospel to all nations and to baptize them. Baptism is
necessary for salvation for those to whom the Gospel has
been proclaimed and who have had the possibility of asking for this sacrament. The Church does not know of any
means other than Baptism that assures entry into eternal
beatitude; this is why she takes care not to neglect the
mission she has received from the Lord to see that all who
can be baptized are "reborn of water and the Spirit." God
has bound salvation to the sacrament of Baptism, but he
himself is not bound by his sacraments.
You are invited to join us for an Open Parish
Meeting on Monday, January 12th at 7:00PM in the
Father Joyce Room. This will be a joint meeting
with the Parish Council and Finance Council
regarding the questions and concerns of parishioners
over the current events. There will be an
introduction period of approximately 15 minutes,
then a one-hour reserve for parishioners to speak;
this will be handled with 30 “2-minute” periods for
parishioners to voice their concerns. There will be a
sign-up sheet available shortly before the start of the
meeting. Afterwards there will be a short question
and answer period for the two councils. All are
invited and welcome to attend and express your
concerns, ask questions, or just listen.
1258 The Church has always held the firm conviction that
those who suffer death for the sake of the faith without
having received Baptism are baptized by their death for
and with Christ. This Baptism of blood, like the desire for
Baptism, brings about the fruits of Baptism without being
a sacrament.
1259 For catechumens who die before their Baptism, their
explicit desire to receive it, together with repentance for
their sins, and charity, assures them the salvation that they
were not able to receive through the sacrament.
1260 "Since Christ died for all, and since all men are in
fact called to one and the same destiny, which is divine,
we must hold that the Holy Spirit offers to all the possibility of being made partakers, in a way known to God, of
the Paschal mystery." Every man who is ignorant of the
Gospel of Christ and of his Church, but seeks the truth
and does the will of God in accordance with his understanding of it, can be saved. It may be supposed that such
persons would have desired Baptism explicitly if they had
known its necessity.
1261 As regards children who have died without Baptism,
the Church can only entrust them to the mercy of God, as
she does in her funeral rites for them. Indeed, the great
mercy of God who desires that all men should be saved,
and Jesus' tenderness toward children which caused him
to say: "Let the children come to me, do not hinder
them," allow us to hope that there is a way of salvation
for children who have died without Baptism. All the more
urgent is the Church's call not to prevent little children
coming to Christ through the gift of holy Baptism.
If you or a loved one (child or adult) needs the
Sacrament of Baptism, please call the Church
Rectory Office to set up a meeting! 786-8105
Parish Choirs at St. John’s
Interested in singing in our Choir?
All ages and talents are welcomed
and encouraged to join! We have
Rehearsals every Wednesday
night at 6:30PM in the Church.
Please see Joe Dziok for more
information. 413-455-3215
YOUTH MINISTRY
Are you a teenager looking for something more in
life? Do you know a teen who is? If so, consider
joining our Youth Ministry here at St. John’s, the
Evangelizers! We meet once a week and are in the
midst of renovating the lower parish center into a
youth center.
Email Joe at: [email protected]
St. John’s Retreat Announcement
Our theme this season is Know Greater Joy. Explore how we
can discover deep and enduring joy in God’s presence no matter the situation. Includes home-cooked meals, inspirational
liturgies & workshops, original music, and free time to rest and
enjoy a walk on our 48 wooded acres. Cost is $295, more if
you can; less if you can’t.
Register at: www.holyfamilyretreat.org or call
860-760-9705. Holy Family Retreat Center - 303 Tunxis Rd
West Hartford, CT.
Men’s Retreat Date: February 20-22, 2015
Women’s Retreat Date: March 6-8 & June 12-14
From our Pastoral Minister,
Mary Scannell:
Pastoral Ministry Hours:
Mary’s hours are Monday-Wednesday from 9am-5pm
and Thursdays from 9am-2pm. Please leave any
messages on her phone at 786-4499
Food Gift Cards:
115 families have received food cards from January
2014 to Thanksgiving. The Women’s Group donated
cards at their meeting– Thanks! 42 families received
food for Thanksgiving, thanks to the parishioner’s
donations, and 12 turkeys were donated.
Giving Tree:
We have 41 families in Agawam for the Giving Tree.
They can pick up their gifts in the Parish Center on
Dec. 21st at noon.
Homebound & Hospitalized
Anyone in the parish who is hospitalized or placed in
any rehab or nursing facility, please notify Mary at
786-4499, including facility and room number.
Bereavement Group
The Bereavement group is on the 5th week. Anyone
who has been going through any kind of loss is welcome, we meet at 10AM on Thursdays. There are 13
sessions listed below:
Sessions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
When your Dreams Fall Apart
Seasons of Grief
Emotions of Grief (1)
Emotions of Grief (2)
When Your Spouse Dies
Your family and Grief
Where is God
Your Greatest Resource
Stuck in Grief or Moving On
Growing Through Grief
Grief Recovery Toolkit
God’s Spirituality Hospitality
Longing for Heaven
The Shawl Ministry/Happy Knitters
Meets on Wednesday at 10AM. This wonderful
group of women have given out 493 prayer shawls to
the sick, along with baby hats to Mercy Hospital. If
anyone has yarn that they can donate to the group it
will be appreciated. Thanks!
Eucharistic Ministers If you are interested in
becoming an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, call Mary.
The Visitation Group meets on the second
Tuesday of each month at 11 a.m. We need more
volunteers for the visitation group. Call Mary.
Nursing Homes:
Anyone interested in giving an hour a month at Heritage Hall, can receive training for the facilities and
homebound. You have to be an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion before the training. Call
Mary.
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
Saint John the Evangelist Parish
Capital Campaign
How to Contribute to Your Pledge:
•
Mailed Contributions: Pledge payments can be
mailed directly to the Parish.
Saint John the Evangelist
Capital Campaign
833 Main Street
Agawam, MA 01001
•
Online @ www.ParishPay.com: Pledge payments can be made completely online through
ParishPay, simply select “Capital Campaign” as
the collection type. You can also save time by
easily establishing recurring payments.
•
Mass Collection Baskets: Pledge payments can
be made during Mass through the collection baskets. Be sure to specify that this donation is for
the Capital Campaign, and not the regular or second collection.
Thank you for your continued support of Saint
John the Evangelist Parish. Your generosity is
allowing us to pave the way to a very bright
future!
Please feel free to contact the Business Office with
any questions or concerns at (413) 786-8105 or
[email protected]
Online Collections Now Available! Donating to St. John the
Evangelist is now easier and more convenient than ever thanks
to a partnership with www.ParishPay.com. Parishioners and
guests can log on, make a one-time or recurring donation, and
never have to worry about envelopes or checks again!
Easy Five-Step Process:
• Log on to www.ParishPay.com
• Search for Saint John’s (Zip Code 01001)
• Create an account, or sign in as a guest
• Select your donation type: Regular Collection, Special Collection (Fuel/Maintenance), or Capital Campaign.
• Make your contribution (one-time or recurring)
Please feel free to contact the Business Office at:
(413) 786-8105 or [email protected] with any
questions. Thank you for your continued support of Saint John
the Evangelist Parish!
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