ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC CHURCH HEALDSBURG, CALIFORNIA JANUARY 18, 2015 PASTOR’S DESK Saturday, January 17 E 5:00pm Joe, Mary & Jim Ambrosi+ Sunday, January 18 E 8:00am Dawn Potter+ E 10:00am Josephine Camaur Int. S 12:00pm Maria Feliz Meza Medina+ Monday, January 19 E 9:00am Tuesday, January 20 E 9:00am Wednesday, January 21 E 8:15am Marge Widick+ E 9:00am Dolores Fannin+ Thursday, January 22 E 9:00am Friday, January 23 E 9:00am Sandy Marcia Int Saturday, January 24 E 9:00am Mass for Life E 5:00pm Richard Eschenhorst+ Sunday, January 25 E 8:00am Dawn Potter+ E 10:00am Josephine Camaur Int. S 12:00pm Maria Feliz Meza Medina+ Nancy Biagi Rebecca Jayne Jeanne McGreevy Adam Olchawa Roni Rochester Fr. Walt Rogina Tim Gleadall Jim Killean Wilbur Moniz Oliva Ramirez Mary Rodriguez Kathleen Tyree Speakeasy & Casino Night A Speakeasy & Casino Night is coming to benefit St. John School. Mark your calendars for Saturday, February 7th and come support St. John School! Enjoy a night filled with gaming, dancing, silent auctions, no host bar, good people, and a good time!! Ticket prices are $40 or 2/$75 for pre-sale and $50 at the door. Raffle St. John School is thrilled to announce we will be having a free tuition for 1 Child Raffle again this year! All are welcome to participate, from current school families, parishioners, grandparents, relatives and prospective parents. Raffle tickets are $100.00 each and the drawing is to be held at our Speakeasy Spring Fundraiser, February 7th. On Vacation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WALK FOR LIFE Join fellow Catholics at the 11th Annual Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco on January 24, 2015. Walk for Life, begins at 1:30. Last year’s Walk drew 55,000 people, 16 bishops, and “affectionate greetings” from Pope Francis! For information visit www.walkforlifewc.com NOTE: You are invited to attend this special event with others from our Parish. There will be a special Mass for Life here at St. John’s at 9:00am. Following Mass at 9:30am, those who will be attending the Walk for Life will carpool to San Francisco. Everyone is welcome to attend the Mass for Life whether or not they attend the Walk for Life. Contact Suzanne Crotty for more information at 433-6647. Rally for Life As we approach the 42nd anniversary of Roe vs Wade, we see that our decades-long endurance has born good fruit: Since the late 90s there is a 30% reduction in abortions; the American public now decidedly tilts pro-life, especially young people; state legislatures are saving thousands of lives by passing Women’s Right to Know laws, and Parental Involvement legislation; more regulated than ever, abortion clinics across the land are closing down by the dozens. But the fight is hardly over. There are still over 1 million abortions annually. The specter of legal assisted suicide rises in many states. With all this in mind, the leadership team of Sonoma County Pro Life once again cordially invites you to participate in our annual Rally for Life. It will be held at the Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa on Sunday, January 25th, from 2:00pm – 4:00pm. Come out and be a witness for the Sanctity of Life. All are welcome. There will be noted speakers, great music, and effective prayer. We have miles to go before we sleep. Catholic Schools Week St. John the Baptist School celebrates the beginning of Catholic Schools Week with our Pancake Breakfast and Open House NEXT Sunday, January25th. Please join us between 8am – 12 noon for our 7th grade- sponsored Pancake Breakfast and fill up with some delicious food before heading over to our Special Children’s Mass at 10am. After Mass we will be having a School Open House from 11am – 12:30pm. Everyone is invited and encouraged to visit our classrooms, Pre-K – 8th grade. Meet our incredible teachers and preview our curriculum. We will have applications for enrollment available for the 2015-2016 school year. Feel free to contact the School at 433-2758 or visit our website at www.sjshbg.org. THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME LITURGICAL MINISTERS January 24th – 25th GREETER LECTOR 5PM Rettig Knights of Columbus Crab Cioppino Feed The Annual Cioppino dinner to support the 8th grade trip to Washington, DC will be Saturday Jan. 31 at 6pm. Everything is included with wonderful dinner, tickets are $55 and are available in the parish office and by calling 433-6742 or 433-4632. The Parish Office will be closed this Monday, January 19th for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Girimonte Lopez Lopez Thomas Spadoni Spadoni Rutherford Ernst Ernst Flanagan Gonzalez Migneron 10AM Johnson Madden Torres Williams T. Crotty Dawson Grace McMahon Munsell Stewart 1/17 1/20 1/20 1/21 1/21 1/22 1/23 Sat. Tues. Tues. Wed. Wed. Thurs. Fri. 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 9:30am 6:00pm 7:00pm 1:00pm Mora Mora Brown Garvin Madden Passalacqua Sarao ICF Polenta Dinner Prayer Group (Español) RCIA Bible Study Generations of Faith Legion of Mary(Español) Rosary January 10th – 11th Second Collection for Latin America Today we will take up the Collection for the Church in Latin America. Your gifts to the collection will fund catechesis, marriage and family life programs, and seminarian education in Latin America and the Caribbean. The support you give today will provide opportunities for years to come. Please support the Church in Latin America and be generous in today’s collection. Ambrosi Barbieri Elliff SERVER 8AM WATCHING FOR THE MESSIAH Today’s Gospel story of John and his disciples seeing and following Jesus sounds so simple and casual, it’s easy to miss the significant acts of faith that are made. John points to Jesus: “Look,” he says, “there is the Lamb of God.” John’s faith in Jesus is evident, so evident that John’s disciples immediately leave his side to follow this Jesus. The two disciples make their own act of faith. They follow Jesus, spend time with him, and are quick to spread the good news of their discovery: “We have found the Messiah.” It is easy to forget that the expectations of generations, the hopes of many ages of faithful people were being fulfilled in these simple acts of faith. The Lamb of God, the Messiah, foretold by the prophets, had finally come. Nearly everyone among the Jewish people was watching for the Messiah back then; who in our own society watches for signs of the presence of the Messiah today? EM st 1 Collection ………..………………..….………..... $7,048.50 ---//--Second Collection this weekend…….….….Latin America Second Collection next weekend…….…..School Support Spiritual Enrichment Center The Spiritual Enrichment Center will be providing a mini Bible study on Matthew’s Gospel, centered around The Sermon on the Mount. Jesus drew huge crowds with his powerful message of forgiveness and inclusion. This same truth and message is being re-asserted by Pope Francis. There will be 4 lectures on Monday nights, beginning January 19th from 7 – 8:30pm in Room A, St Rose Parish Hall. Jo Beth Giordani will be the facilitator and you may contact Jo Beth at the Spiritual Enrichment Center at 546-1781 for further information.