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January 18, 2015

Second Sunday in Ordinary

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PARISH MEMBERSHIP

Registration forms are available on the pamphlet rack in the Church. Please notify the office when you are mov-ing outside or within the parish and if your contact in-formation is changing.

HOSPITALIZED & HOMEBOUND PARISHIONERS Please notify the office if a parishioner is hospitalized or homebound that they may receive the pastoral care of the Church.

BULLETIN DEADLINE

Friday of the previous week at 10:00am. All announce-ments should be in writing or sent via email.

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Rev. Father Daniel Gee

Pastor

Rev. Fr. Tom Shepanzyk Parochial Vicar

Deacon Rafael Goldsmith Permanent Deacon

Deacon Mark Jerge Permanent Deacon

Patty Sonak Administrative Assistant

Kathy Brown

Parish Secretary

Karen Pondo Parish Secretary

Phil Rexrode Facilities Manager

Dr. Jeffrey M. Alban Director of Music & Organist

David Wallace Director of Religious Education

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120 West Main Street

Front Royal, VA 22630

540-635-3780

www.sjtb.org

540-635-2683 (fax)

[email protected]

Monday—Friday

9:00am-12:00pm & 1:00pm-4:00pm

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Sundays: 5:00pm (Saturday Vigil Mass) 7:00am, 8:30am, 10:30am, 12:30pm (Extraordinary Form)

3:00pm - Spanish

Weekdays: Monday - Saturday, 8:30am

Wednesday, 6:30pm

Extraordinary Form Weekday Mass:

Monday, 7:00am

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Confession: Mon., Tues., & Fri., ≈ 9:00-9:30am Wednesday, 5:30-6:00pm

Saturday, 9:15-10:00am & 3:00-4:00pm Baptism: Second and fourth Sundays of each month. Parish membership is required and an in- structional class is required for parents. Marriage: Arrangements must be made at least six (6)

June 2, 2019

Ascension of the Lord

PARISH MEMBERSHIP

Registration forms are available on the pamphlet rack in the Church. Please notify the office when you are moving outside or within the parish and if your contact infor-mation is changing.

HOSPITALIZED & HOMEBOUND PARISHIONERS

Please notify the office if a parishioner is hospitalized or homebound that they may receive the pastoral care of the Church.

BULLETIN DEADLINE

Friday of the previous week at 10:00am. All announce-ments should be in writing or sent via email.

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120 West Main Street

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540-635-3780

www.sjtb.org

540-635-2683 (fax)

[email protected]

Monday - Friday

9:00am-12:00pm & 1:00pm-4:00pm

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3:00pm (Spanish)

Weekdays: Monday - Saturday, 8:30am

Wednesday, 6:30pm

Extraordinary Form Weekday Mass:

Monday, 7:00am

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Confession: Monday, Tuesday, & Friday, ≈ 9:00-9:30am

Wednesday-5:30-6pm

Saturday, 9:15-10:00am & 3:00-4:00pm Baptism: Second and fourth Sundays of each month. Parish membership is required and an instructional class is required for parents. Marriage: Arrangements must be made at least six (6) months in advance. Parish membership is

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Adoration: Monday 9am - Saturday 8:00am

June 27, 2021

Thirteenth Sunday

of Ordinary Time

The Second Collection on July 3/4 is for the Religious Education. UPDATED SPECIAL NOTICES:

MASS: The Sunday and Holy Days Mass obligation in the Diocese of Arlington has been reinstated begin-ning on Saturday, June 26 and Sunday, June 27, 2021. We welcome and encourage the Faithful to return to full in-person participation in the Sunday Eucharist, the source and summit of our Catholic faith! This obligation does not apply to those who are ill; those who have rea-son to believe that they were recently exposed to the coronavirus, or another serious or contagious illness; those confined to their home, a hospital, or nursing facili-ty; or those with serious underlying health conditions. St. John’s Updates

To subscribe to email updates, please email dwallace@ sjtb.org Other updates and information can be found on the Facebook page, SJTB DRE, the YouTube channel “SJTB DRE” and St. John’s website: www.sjtb.org Assignments Call the parish office if you’d like to vol-unteer as an altar server, lector, usher or Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion.

Holiday Office Hours

The parish office will be closed on Monday, July 5th, in observance of Independence Day.

Eucharistic Adoration

All night adoration is resuming! Please contact Mary Margaret Price (540) 635-0645 to sign up for a holy hour. There are many open spots; in particular, men are needed for the overnight hours.

“The Church and the world have a great need of Eucha-ristic worship. Jesus waits for us in this Sacrament of Love. Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Him in adoration and in contemplation that is full of faith and ready to make reparation for the great faults and crimes of the world. May our adoration never cease.”

(Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Cenae, Feb 1980) Welcome Back

We welcome the Faithful returning to in-person participa-tion of the Sunday Mass! We are so happy to have you here!

Community Night Baseball Game!

Bing Crosby Stadium: Friday July 2nd, gates open at 6:45pm. Free admission with flyer. Invite your family and friends! Pregame festivities begin at 7pm. Sponsored by Christendom College and our Knights of Columbus 7771.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Gn 18:16-33; Ps 103:1b-4, 8-11; Mt 8:18-22 Tuesday: Vigil: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 19:2-5; Gal 1:11-20;

Jn 21:15-19 Day: Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19 Wednesday: Gn 21:5, 8-20a; Ps 34:7-8, 10-13; Mt 8:28-34 Thursday: Gn 22:1b-19; Ps 115:1-6, 8-9; Mt 9:1-8 Friday: Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67; Ps 106:1b-5; Mt 9:9-13 Saturday: Eph 2:19-22; Ps 117:1bc-2; Jn 20:24-29 Sunday: Ez 2:2-5; Ps 123:1-4; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mk 6:1-6a

Mass Intentions for the Week: June 28 - July 4, 2021

Monday Saint Irenaeus, Bishop & Martyr 7:00am +Ruben D. Vicente/Manuel Vicente 8:30am Father’s Day Novena

Tuesday Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles 8:30am Fr Clarence Trinkle/D. D’Andrea Wednesday Weekday

8:30am +Joseph & Lorraine Sargis/Sargis Family 6:30pm The Chow Family/Teresa Favilla

Thursday Saint Junipero Serra, Priest 8:30am +Rebecca Barkley/Sandy Wood Friday Weekday/First Friday

8:30am +John S. Carman/Steve Young Saturday Saint Thomas, Apostle 8:30am Gemma Stanford/Marge Rao

Saturday Vigil - 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00pm +Anthony Cerroni/M/M Frank McDonough Sunday Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00am +Diana Whitehead/Teresa Favilla 8:30am Fr. Jerome Fasano/Tuyet Chisholm 10:30am Parish Family

12:30pm Harry McMahon & family/M/M McGuirk 3:00pm Regina Keller/Christina Furtado

Welcome Fr. Gee and Fr. Tom!

Please give a warm welcome to St. John’s new priests:

Fr. Daniel Gee (pastor)

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Women of St. John’s Corner

Welcome to

The Women of Saint John’s Group!

For all women parishioners 18+

Connect with us! Email list: [email protected] Facebook:

https://m.facebook.com/ womenofstjohns/

The Women of St. John is seeking new board members! Please email [email protected] if you are interested!

Holy Hour followed by Fellowship

7-8pm the 1st Tuesday and 3rd Wednesday of the month at the Adoration Chapel

Religious Freedom Week 2021

Religious Freedom Week, June 22-29, is as an opportunity to celebrate the founding freedom of our nation, as well as the work that must be done to ensure religious freedom remains a priority. To learn more about Religious Free-dom Week and how you can participate, visit:

arlingtondiocese.org/religiousfreedomweek2021/

From the Office of Religious Education

David M Wallace, Director| [email protected] | (540) 635-3780

Darryl & Susan Adams, Confirmation Coordinator & RE Assistant | [email protected] We welcomed our new pastor, Fr Daniel Gee, on June 24. What is a pastor and what is his role? According to the Code of Canon Law: “The pastor (parochus) is the proper pastor

(pastor) of the parish entrusted to him, exercising the pastoral care of the community committed to him under the authority of the diocesan bishop in whose ministry of Christ he has been called to share, so that for that same community he carries out the functions of teaching, sanctifying, and governing, also with the cooperation of other presbyters or deacons and with the assistance of lay members of the Christian faithful, according to the norm of law” (c 519). “To become a pastor validly, one must be in the sacred order of the presbyterate. Moreover, he is to be out-standing in sound doctrine and integrity of morals and endowed with zeal for souls and other virtues; he is also to possess those qualities which are required by universal or particular law to care for the parish in question” (c 521). “A pastor is obliged to make provision so that the word of God is proclaimed in its entirety to those living in the parish; for this reason, he is to take care that the lay members of the Christian faithful are instructed in the truths of the faith, especially by giving a homily on Sundays and holy days of obligation and by offering catechetical instruction. He is to foster works through which the spirit of the gospel is promoted, even in what pertains to social justice. He is to have particular care for the Catholic education of children and youth. He is to make every effort, even with the collaboration of the Christian faithful, so that the message of the gospel comes also to those who have ceased the practice of their religion or do not profess the true faith. The pastor is to see to it that the Most Holy Eucharist is the center of the parish assembly of the faithful. He is to work so that the Christian faithful are nourished through the devout celebration of the sacraments and, in a special way, that they fre-quently approach the sacraments of the Most Holy Eucharist and penance. He is also to endeavor that they are led to practice prayer even as families and take part consciously and actively in the sacred liturgy which, under the authority of the diocesan bishop, the pastor must direct in his own parish and is bound to watch over so that no abuses creep in” (c 528). Next week, we’ll continue looking at the role of the pastor, as well as learn what exactly a “parochial vicar” is.

CCD 2021-2022: We are hoping to resume regular in-person catechism classes in the fall, on Tuesday afternoons/ evenings. We are looking for catechists who can help rebuild our program. Visit the parish website for online enroll-ment. We need students to fill our classrooms. Who’s ready to help proclaim and build the Kingdom?

Farewell, Thank You, And Welcome!

The Knights Council of St John the Baptist wish to thank Father Fasano as our pastor for his many years of service along with Father Cozzi as our parochial vicar and adminis-trator. We also want to welcome Father Gee and look for-ward to assisting Father with the needs of the parish.

Council Newsletter - Did You Read It?

The Council's newsletter "Knights in Action" was sent by e-mail to all members on 28 May21. Please contact Leo Car-ling (540-631-7555) if you did not receive it or need to up-date your e-mail address.

June 28 – St. Irenaeus “Just as bread from the earth, when

it receives the invocation of God, is no longer common bread but the Eucharist, made up of two elements, one earthly and one heavenly, so also our bodies, in receiving the Eucharist, are no longer corruptible, for they have the hope of resurrection.”

Contact us

GK Joel Bockrath, [email protected]

Field Agent: Ryan McVearry (240) 440-1850 [email protected]

Knights of Columbus

John Carrell Jenkins Council #7771 www.kofc7771.org

Peter Hickson Manuel A. Vicente Robert Cooke Devon Smith Lxex Robles Nathan T. Christman Vince E. Cruz Truman Sayre, Jr. Brady Anderson Steven Gregg Kristina Grdina Ben Cabreva David Kelleher Andrew Shorter Dominic Vieira Bobby Saxon Seumas X. O’Reilly Clement M. O’Reilly Alex Rojas Chris Reinhard Kieran Vieira Richard Skelton, Sr. John Bowes Elisabeth Crooks Jonathan Hamilton Justice M. Parrott Sean Conroy David Rogers Zachary Francis Stephen L. Jerome Mark Belton David Larsen David Schmitt Joseph Marsch Christine Marsch Brian Tilley Forest Shelby Steven Held, Jr. Stephen Bill Benjamin Gregory David Parnes Heather Bill-Blanchard

Timothy Smith Jeffrey Bayne Sean Smith David Berry Jason Pettingill Esther Alger Matthew Farrall Emma Morgan Jasmine Frank Jamie Troutman Christian Carino Daniel Heywood

Kevin Corella

Active Military Prayer List

FORMED

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Church’s foremost presenters. Check it out at www.formed.org This week’s feature:

Apostolic Fathers: Handing on the Faith

Parish Code: QBKRGW

DIVINE MERCY SAID: "At three

o'clock, implore My mercy, especially for sinners; and, if only for a brief moment, immerse yourself in My Passion, particu-larly in My abandonment at the moment of agony. This is the hour of great mercy for the whole world. I will allow you to enter into My mortal sorrow. In this hour, I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of Me in virtue of My

Pas-sion..." (St. Faustina Diary 1320) Used with permission of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the BVM

Scriptural Reflections

Each Thursday in Fr. Ruehl Hall, 10:15 to 11:15AM. All parishioners are welcome. For more information please con-tact Deacon Goldsmith at [email protected].

Young Adults of St. John’s

Are you in your 20's or 30's? You're invited to attend events hosted by the Young Adults of St. John's! Follow event info on FB @youngadultsofstjohnthebaptist,

IG @st_johns_young_adults_va or to join the e-news-letter email [email protected].

Theatrical Leadership Boot Camp

Youth Actors needed! Do you have what it takes to do a Broadway musical in a week? It's all for a good cause! A Theatrical Leadership Boot Camp is an overnight camp held at the beautiful Northern Virginia 4H Centre with food, lodging, and activities provided each day. All mid-dle through high school students are encouraged to at-tend. All ticket sales and concessions will go directly to the Front Royal Pregnancy Center. Check out their new website for more details at TLbootcamp.org.

Children’s Holy Hour

Starting to plan the summer for your children? Please consider time with Jesus by attending a Children’s Holy Hour! We come together to pray every Thursday 3:00-4:00pm. Prayers are said together with children taking turns leading a decade . Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 3:05 and the Holy Rosary is prayed at 3:40. The pur-pose of this hour is to give children a designated time with their parents to pray with their peers, to practice leading prayers, and to learn the importance of sacred silence. Some children may not be ready for the whole hour, so please just come for as long as you are able. Any time with Jesus is time well spent! We ask the par-ish to please pray for these children that they may devel-op a lifelong devotion to Jesus in Adoration! We also ask your pardon during this hour as the children learn the beauty of sacred silence. Any questions: Please contact: Jack & Heather Hsu at [email protected]

Thank you for your prayers!

Any name added to the Prayer List will remain there for 3 months. The request may be renewed by calling the parish office. Please let us know when a name can be removed from

either prayer list. You may also request prayers by contacting our parish prayer chain at [email protected]

or St. Dominic’s Monastery prayer intention email: [email protected]

Pope’s Prayer Intention for June 2021 The Beauty of Marriage

Let us pray for young people who are preparing for mar-riage with the support of a Christian community: may they

grow in love, with generosity, faithfulness and patience. Ignatius Ehlinger Anthony Sheehan Norman Hunt Ann Saul Hoppe Barbara Woodward Gabby Abril Tahlia Fernandez John Janaro Robert Valdez Judith Thompson Judy Ratigan Susan Bill Sophie Shannon Mary Shaffer Anee Stanford Vicki Bailey Pat Schubert Rozie Baker John William Rice Gabrielle Tuttle Mabel Riordan Sean Becket Berry Matthew A. Skube Erik Jurek Roxolana Armstrong Dan Schneible Diann Wetzel Mitch Mumford Gabbi Rodgers Eileen Hawkins Peter Monfasani Carmela Rao Celine Pilegaard Kathy Elar Colleen Stivers George Stivers Peter Centrella Clara Anne Duda Pricilla Landers

PRAYER LIST

Please pray for all homebound members of our Parish, those impacted by Covid and

for the repose of the soul of Max Germain.

For all our Active Military Members and Veterans

Altar Guild Marlene Lundberg, 635-0541

Altar Servers (ages 11-18) Call Church Office, 635-3780

Front Royal Catholics Civic

Educational Group Tom McFadden, Sr. 540-252-9138 [email protected]

Chelsea Academy Felix Hernandez, 540-635-0622

Church Environment Linda Saker, 636-4556

Communion for the

Homebound Call Church Office, 635-3780 Divinum Auxilium

Academy Dian Schmiedicke, 631-0086 [email protected]

Dominicans Third Order Call Church Office, 635-3780

Eucharistic Adoration Mary-Margaret Price, 635-0645

John XXIII Montessori

Center Laura Accettullo, 540-631-0900 [email protected]

John Paul the Great

Montessori Academy [email protected] 540-535-5820 Knights of Columbus Joel Bockrath, [email protected]

Lectors Mary Kay Moose, 635-7628

Legion of Mary/Adults Andrew Armstrong, 540-631-4620

Legion of Mary (Juniors) Maureen Nyman, 540-671-1173 _{Meetings-Mondays 2:20-4:30pm PPH} Little Flowers (Gr. 1-5) Anita Townsend _{[email protected]}

Loaves and Fishes

(Catholic Charities) Jeanne Jackson [email protected] 540-407-0348 or 540-252-4320

Meals for New Moms /

Postpartum Support [email protected] Music & Choirs Jeffrey Alban, 635-3780

Natural Family Planning Susannah Cavanaugh, 540-431-1992

Parents’ Support Group/

Children/Special Needs Winnie Ehlinger, 636-1688 Laurie Adams, 540-683-1767

Padre Pio Academy Johanna Naccash _{[email protected]} Prayer Chain Marlicia Fernandez, 622-2637 _{[email protected]} Prison Ministry Chris Manion, 540-635-9166

Religious Education David Wallace, 540-635-3780

RCIA Parish Office, 635-3780

Senior Group Mick Tamas, 540-692-2815 _{[email protected]} SHELL (Supporting

Home Education and Love of Learning)

Laura H. Clark, 635-3192 [email protected]

St. Edith Stein School for

Girls Dian Schmiedicke, 540-481-9696 St. John’s Community

Newsletter Michael Turner, [email protected] That Man is You! Tom Balint, 540-671-3094

Ushers Call Church Office, 635-3780

Vocations Cross Marlicia Fernandez, 622-2637 _{[email protected]} Welcoming Committee Parish Office - 540-635-3780

Women of St. John’s Parish Office - 540-635-3780

Young Adult Events [email protected]

Youth Ministry Parish Office—540-635-3780

Youth/Drama https://stjohnsdrama.org

St. John’s Contact Information

Sarah French, Director of Youth Ministry [email protected]

THANK YOU MRS FRENCH, as you move away, for all that you have done for the youth of our parish! God bless you!

Make sure to get the most up to date Youth Ministry infor-mation by joining our email list. To be added to the list, please email [email protected]

Vocations

Jesus became poor to enrich us all. Is He calling you to share your riches with others as a priest or consecrated religious? Contact Fr. Michael Isenberg at (703) 841-2514 or [email protected]. Weekly Charismatic Prayer Meeting

All are invited to join in a charismatic prayer meeting at the Goldsmith’s home. We meet every Friday morning from 10:45-12:00. Children are welcome! The format is simple: we start with prayer intentions, pray the rosary, read a scripture verse and pray through it using Lectio Divina, and pray with people for their special intentions. For more information contact [email protected] The Flame of Love

A New Church Approved Devotion: Our Lady's promise to Elizabeth Kindelmann of Hungary: "By my Flame of Love, a new era of grace, never before known on the earth, will begin." The Flame of Love is an extraordinary grace which comes from Mary's Immaculate Heart to us at this time in history. The Flame of Love rosary will be prayed on Friday at 2:00pm in the Adoration Chapel fol-lowed by the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 3:00pm. Please join us. Questions? Please call Boots Sargis 703-786-9111 or Joan Von Ehr 518-698-7143.

Pilgrimage to Italy November 3 - 13

Join Fr. Peter McShurley of St. Agnes Catholic Church in Arlington on a pilgrimage to Italy this fall. This trip fea-tures six nights in Rome and three nights in Assisi and includes round-trip airfare from IAD. You can expect beautiful four-star hotels, private transportation, an in-credible program of Catholic and cultural tours led by master guides, most meals and daily Mass, prayers and spiritural direction. The cost is $4490 per person. Space is limited to 40 pilgrims total. NB: A negative Covid-19 test is required to visit Italy. The vaccine is not required. For more information or to register please visit

www.prorometours.com/italy-arlington or contact Marga-ret at [email protected] or (434) 953-1112.

Religious Freedom Week Prayer

Grant, we pray, O heavenly Father, a clear and united voice to all your sons and daughters gathered in your Church in this decisive hour in the history of our nation, so that, with every trial withstood and every danger overcome - for the sake of our children, our grandchildren, and all who come after us - this great land will always be “one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.