Parish Office:

122 E. 5th St., Hoisington, KS 67544 Parish Center Phone: (620) 653-2963

Rectory:

108 E. 5th St., Hoisington, KS 67544 Phone: (620) 653-2695 or 2963

Email: stjohnevangel@dc.kscoxmail.com Website: stjohnevangelistparish.com

Pastor: Pastor: Pastor: Pastor: Fr. Francis OroffaFr. Francis OroffaFr. Francis OroffaFr. Francis Oroffa

Parish Secretary: Parish Secretary: Parish Secretary: Parish Secretary: Loretta Kinman

Director of Religious Education: Director of Religious Education: Director of Religious Education: Director of Religious Education: Pam Willis

Weekend Mass ScheduleWeekend Mass ScheduleWeekend Mass ScheduleWeekend Mass Schedule: : : : Saturday at 5:00 p.m. and 10:00a.m. on Sunday

Sacrament of PenanceSacrament of PenanceSacrament of PenanceSacrament of Penance: : : : 4:00p.m to 4:30pm on Saturdays

Sacrament of BaptismSacrament of BaptismSacrament of BaptismSacrament of Baptism: : : : Call rectory to schedule an appointment for the Baptismal Class.

Sacrament of MarriageSacrament of MarriageSacrament of MarriageSacrament of Marriage: : : : Contact pastor four to six months prior to proposed date of marriage.

Sacrament of SickSacrament of SickSacrament of SickSacrament of Sick: : : : Call rectory in case of emergency or prior to medical procedures or hospital stay.

PRAYER NETWORKPRAYER NETWORKPRAYER NETWORKPRAYER NETWORK: : : : Prayer intentions may be called to Margaret Ann Ney at 653-2917 or to Nancy Kirmer at 653-2466.

Office HoursOffice HoursOffice HoursOffice Hours: Tuesday—Thursday, 9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m.

Fridays: 8:00am—2:00pm Bulletin Announcements: Due by noon on Wednesday

January 27th, 2013

~ 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time ~

RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONRELIGIOUS EDUCATIONRELIGIOUS EDUCATIONRELIGIOUS EDUCATION: We will hold classes on Wed., Jan. 30th: Grades K-5……..4:00-5:00pm Grades 6-12……..7:00-8:00pm

CONFIRMATION IS NEXT WEEKEND: CONFIRMATION IS NEXT WEEKEND: CONFIRMATION IS NEXT WEEKEND: CONFIRMATION IS NEXT WEEKEND: Sunday, February 3rd, Bishop Brungardt will be here at the 10:00am Mass for Confirmation. Please welcome Bishop Brungardt if you have the chance to greet him that day.

• CONFIRMATION RETREAT: CONFIRMATION RETREAT: CONFIRMATION RETREAT: CONFIRMATION RETREAT: This will be Sunday, Jan. 27th. Attend Mass at 10:00am and the Retreat following.

• CONFIRMATION PRACTICE: CONFIRMATION PRACTICE: CONFIRMATION PRACTICE: CONFIRMATION PRACTICE: This will be held on Wednesday, January 30th at 7:00pm in the church with the Confirmandi and their Sponsor (or parent).

SUNDAY SCHOOLSUNDAY SCHOOLSUNDAY SCHOOLSUNDAY SCHOOL: Class will be held on Jan. 27th at 10:00am in the Parish Center. Sunday School in February will be on the 3rd and the 17th.

THOMAS MORE PREPTHOMAS MORE PREPTHOMAS MORE PREPTHOMAS MORE PREP----MARIAN: MARIAN: MARIAN: MARIAN: They will hold a Junior & Senior High Pre-Enrollment (for new students of TMP) on Tuesday, Jan. 29 from 3:30-6:30pm and Wednes-day, Jan. 30 from 4:00-6:00pm if you are interested in attending TMP.

COFFEE & ROLLS and BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKSCOFFEE & ROLLS and BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKSCOFFEE & ROLLS and BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKSCOFFEE & ROLLS and BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS: Please join us after the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, Feb. 3rd for coffee & rolls in the Parish Center. Nurses will also be on hand to take blood pressures.

OUTSTANDING SPEAKER & AUTHOR IN HOISINGTON: OUTSTANDING SPEAKER & AUTHOR IN HOISINGTON: OUTSTANDING SPEAKER & AUTHOR IN HOISINGTON: OUTSTANDING SPEAKER & AUTHOR IN HOISINGTON: Everyone’s in-vited to come hear Ward Foley, speaker & author of Scarman speak at the Hoisington High School on Sunday, Feb. 24th at 3:00pm. There is no admission fee & refreshments will be served. Ward was born with multiple birth defects, was severely injured by a drunk driver, beaten by troubled teens he was trying to help, and plunging his hands into a 400 degree fryer. Foley could have be-come embittered, but he is anything but a bitter man. He focuses on what he can do, not what he can’t do. His natural wit & humor helped him in school deal with being different and not always being accepted by his peers. This, along with his life story, is what made this book, Scarman and lectures both touching and inspirational. After raising his family, Foley increased the volunteer work he’d been doing & found a very special place in his heart for hospice patients. While speaking & writing about hospice may at first sound gloomy to some, the fact that Ward can sit with a hospice patient is one of the greatest blessing of his life. The stories he tells are touching, inspiring, heartwarming, funny, surprising and heart-wrenching. As the author talks about the many “God moments” where time after time amazing things happen, he doesn’t try to convince the reader to interpret it as he does. He doesn’t talk about what he gives to others; he talks about what others give to him. To me, that is the very foundation of a truly inspirational story.

WORLD DAY for CONSECRATED LIFEWORLD DAY for CONSECRATED LIFEWORLD DAY for CONSECRATED LIFEWORLD DAY for CONSECRATED LIFE————Attention High School & College Age Attention High School & College Age Attention High School & College Age Attention High School & College Age Young Men: Young Men: Young Men: Young Men: You are invited to attend the World Day for Consecrated Life to be held on Satur-day, Feb. 2nd, 2013 at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Wright, KS. Mass will be at 10:30am fol-lowed by a special meal. If you are interested in attending, please call your name into the parish of-fice as soon as possible.

MASS SCHEDULE FOR JAN. 29thMASS SCHEDULE FOR JAN. 29thMASS SCHEDULE FOR JAN. 29thMASS SCHEDULE FOR JAN. 29th————FEB. 3rd:FEB. 3rd:FEB. 3rd:FEB. 3rd:

Tuesday Jan. 29th 5:00pm Mr. Patrick Clinton Wednesday Jan. 30th 9:30am +Mr. Tony Reif (at Country Place) Thursday Jan. 31st 10:00am +Mrs. Viola Bennett Friday Feb. 1st 12:00pm +Mr. Don Schwartz Saturday Feb. 2nd 5:00pm People and needs of St. John’s Parish Sunday Feb. 3rd 10:00am +Mr. Will Rubio

CLAFLIN MASSES: Saturday, Feb. 2nd: Reconciliation at 4:00pm—Mass at 5:00pm

Sunday, Feb. 3rd: Communion Service at 8:00am ODIN MASSES: Sunday, Feb. 3rd: Mass at 8:00am

ASSIGNMENTS FOR NEXT WEEKEND:

5:00pm Sat. 10:00am Sun.

Servers: Abi Hurter and Emma Harmon Alex & Karisa Schremmer, & Jaci Schremmer+ Ushers: Bob Glynn and Gene Beck Leon Steiner and John Breit Lectors: Kacey Demel Joan Schmidt Extraordinary Martha Wondra, and Marion Oborny, Ida Woydziak, Ministers: Dave & Lois McLeland Bishop John Brungardt

Counters: Gloria Larkin & Mary Beth Higgins Home Communion Minister: Madonna Oborny

FOR JAN. 20th:FOR JAN. 20th:FOR JAN. 20th:FOR JAN. 20th: 84 Envelopes…………….$ 3,477.00 Offertory………………...$ 383.04 Total……………………..$ 3,860.04

LOOKING AHEAD…LOOKING AHEAD…LOOKING AHEAD…LOOKING AHEAD…

K-of-C FISH FRY DATES: Friday, Feb. 15th Friday, March 1st Friday, March 15th

ODIN KODIN KODIN KODIN K----ofofofof----C MEETING and SUPER-C MEETING and SUPER-C MEETING and SUPER-C MEETING and SUPER-BOWL PARTY:BOWL PARTY:BOWL PARTY:BOWL PARTY: The Odin K-of-C January meeting will be held on Monday, Jan. 28th at 7:30pm. They will also be holding their annual Super-

bowl Party on Sunday, Feb. 3rd. The event will begin at 12:00pm with a 5 Point Pitch Tour-nament. Raffle tickets can be purchased from any Odin K-of-C member. Door prizes will be drawn throughout the event.

SACRIFICIAL GIVING REPORT

2012 CONTRIBUTION LETTERS:2012 CONTRIBUTION LETTERS:2012 CONTRIBUTION LETTERS:2012 CONTRIBUTION LETTERS: Please take a moment to pick up your let-ter stating your 2012 contributions. They are on the large basket in the vestibule.

ATTENTION LADIESATTENTION LADIESATTENTION LADIESATTENTION LADIES: It has been brought to our attention that as it

states in the Altar Society handbook, the Co-Chairpersons will either need to lead the ro-sary at the vigil of a deceased member or call someone to do it for them. Joan Rziha has agreed to remind the co-chairpersons of this when she calls you to let you know you will need to call for cakes & salads for funeral din-ners. (Thanks, Joan!) We have for too long, been depending on just a few ladies of our parish to take on this re-sponsibility but now this change needs to be made. We all, as members of the Altar Soci-ety, are to sit together when attending a vigil to pray the rosary together for our fellow

member who has passed. And just a reminder, all women 18 years of age & older are automati-cally members of the Altar Society.

USHERS:USHERS:USHERS:USHERS: Please take a few minutes after the weekend Masses to pick up the gray Prayer Cards in the pews and stack them at each end of the pews. We would appreciate this!

RACHEL’S VINEYARD RETREATS:RACHEL’S VINEYARD RETREATS:RACHEL’S VINEYARD RETREATS:RACHEL’S VINEYARD RETREATS: Women & men of abortion, weep no more. Jesus is calling you to follow Him. Give your-self the gift of a retreat weekend. Rachel’s Vineyards Retreats are healing the pain of abortion one weekend at a time. Next Retreat: February 1-3, 2013 call877-447-4383 or go to rachelsvineyard@salinadiocese.org to regis-ter. Confidential!

+ = Cross bearer

PROPROPROPRO----LIFE MESSAGE FOR JAN. 27th:LIFE MESSAGE FOR JAN. 27th:LIFE MESSAGE FOR JAN. 27th:LIFE MESSAGE FOR JAN. 27th: There is a blood test from Seque-nom, a San Diego-based testing company, that allows the mother to know earlier in her pregnancy (perhaps as soon as 10 weeks) that her child may have Down Syn-drome. This noninvasive test will endanger many more unborn chil-dren with Down Syndrome, the majority of whom are aborted based on existing technology as are 93% of those prenatally diagnosed with potential “birth defects.” STEWARDSHIP MESSAGE JAN. 27th: STEWARDSHIP MESSAGE JAN. 27th: STEWARDSHIP MESSAGE JAN. 27th: STEWARDSHIP MESSAGE JAN. 27th: The US Bishops’ pastoral on stewardship reinforces today’s reading from I Corinthians: “Because its individual members do collectively make up the Body of Christ, that body’s health & well-being are the responsibility of the members—the personal responsibility of each one of us. We are all stew-ards of the Church.”

ALTAR SOCIETY LADIESALTAR SOCIETY LADIESALTAR SOCIETY LADIESALTAR SOCIETY LADIES: Just a re-minder that your 2013 dues of $10.00 are now due. Thanks so much to the 102 ladies who have already paid theirs.

SMALL BIBLE STUDY SMALL BIBLE STUDY SMALL BIBLE STUDY SMALL BIBLE STUDY GROUP: GROUP: GROUP: GROUP: Our Spring Study Group session will meet on Thursday, January 31st at

1:30pm in the Parish Center. Everyone is welcome to join us!

KKKK----ofofofof----C FREEC FREEC FREEC FREE----THROW CONTEST:THROW CONTEST:THROW CONTEST:THROW CONTEST: All boys & girls ages 10-14

are welcome to participate in the Hoisington K-of-C Free-Throw Contest at the City Auditorium on Sun-

day, January 27th. Doors will be opened at 12:30 and the contest be-gins at 1:00pm. Please come join the fun!

TTTTEEEEXXXXAAAASSSS HHHHOOOOLLLLDDDD ‘‘‘‘EEEEMMMM PPPPOOOOKKKKEEEERRRR TTTTOOOOUUUURRRRNNNNAAAA----MENT: MENT: MENT: MENT: Everyone is invited to compete in a Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament to raise funds for area charities at 7:30pm on Satur-

day, Feb. 2nd at the Hoisington K-of-C Hall.

PLEASE SIGN UP!PLEASE SIGN UP!PLEASE SIGN UP!PLEASE SIGN UP! We have a sign-up sheet in the vestibule for ministers needed for our Ash Wednesday Mass on Wed., February 13th at 7:00pm. Please take a minute and sign up if you can help.

FOOD BANK SUNDAY: FOOD BANK SUNDAY: FOOD BANK SUNDAY: FOOD BANK SUNDAY: Next Weekend, Feb. 3rd, is Food Bank Sunday. Please bring your non-perishable items to church & place them in the large basket in the vestibule.

ALTAR SOCIETY COALTAR SOCIETY COALTAR SOCIETY COALTAR SOCIETY CO----CCCCHHHHAAAAIIIIRRRRSSSS FFFFOOOORRRR MARCH: MARCH: MARCH: MARCH: Kate Debes & Loretta Kinman

The Hoisington Ministerial Association is sponsoring our Sec-ond Annual Soup Tasting Event. Come and try a couple dif-ferent soups. All proceeds go to help the needy of our commu-nity. Everyone is invited to attend. Serving: 11:00amServing: 11:00amServing: 11:00amServing: 11:00am————1:00pm1:00pm1:00pm1:00pm When: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013When: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013When: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013When: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 Where: At the Hoisington Activity Center on Susank RoadWhere: At the Hoisington Activity Center on Susank RoadWhere: At the Hoisington Activity Center on Susank RoadWhere: At the Hoisington Activity Center on Susank Road

Cost: $6.00 for those 11 Cost: $6.00 for those 11 Cost: $6.00 for those 11 Cost: $6.00 for those 11 years of age and up. Chil-years of age and up. Chil-years of age and up. Chil-years of age and up. Chil-dren 10 and under eat for dren 10 and under eat for dren 10 and under eat for dren 10 and under eat for free ( 2 cups of soup, dessert free ( 2 cups of soup, dessert free ( 2 cups of soup, dessert free ( 2 cups of soup, dessert and drink included)and drink included)and drink included)and drink included)

MOVIES WITH A MESSAGE:MOVIES WITH A MESSAGE:MOVIES WITH A MESSAGE:MOVIES WITH A MESSAGE: Please join us at the Motherhouse in Great Bend for Movies With a Message. Movies begin at 6:15pm in the Auditorium. Refreshments, movie & discussion. Free-will donation requested. JANUARY 25, 2013: Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) A dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Claire. 124 minutes. FEBRUARY 22, 2013: Doubt (2008) In a Bronx Catholic School in 1964, a popular priest’s ambiguous relationship with a troubled 12 year-old student is questioned by the school’s strict principal. 104 min-utes. MARCH 22, 2013: Journey of the Universe (2011) From the Big Bang to the epic impact humans have on the planet today, this film is designed to inspire a new and closer relationship with Earth in a pe-riod of growing environmental and social crisis. Narrated by Brian Swimme. 56 min. APRIL 26, 2013: The Big Year (2011) Two bird enthusiasts try to defeat the cocky, cutthroat world record holder in a year-long bird-spotting competition. 100 min.

MASS OBGLIGATIONMASS OBGLIGATIONMASS OBGLIGATIONMASS OBGLIGATION: The late John Paul II reminded Roman Catholics of their duty to attend Sunday Mass weekly & implored them not to let weekend pursuits get in the way of their spiritual obligations. Years ago, the late Pope wrote in an apostolic letter to clergy & faithful addressing declining church attendance among the world’s 1 billion Catholics, the Pope said the “holiness of the Lord’s day” must be protected at all costs. He reaffirmed Catholic law that it is a “grave sin” if Catholics skip Sunday Mass deliberately and without legitimate reason. The 100-page letter, titled “Dies Domini” (The Day of the Lord) explored what John Paul de-scribed as “the custom of the weekend… a weekly period of respite, spent perhaps far from home & often involving participation in cultural, political or sporting activities which are usu-ally held on free days. While he did not say that Catholics should refrain from seeking relaxa-tion & diversion during the weekend, he explicitly stated that they include time for religion. “If after six days of work—reduced in fact to five for many people—people look for time to re-lax and pay more attention to other aspects of their lives, this corresponds to an authentic need which is in full harmony with the vision of the Gospel message,” the pope wrote. “In any case, they are obliged in conscience to arrange their Sunday rest in a way which allows them to take part in the Eucharist, refraining from work and activities which are incompatible with the sancti-fication of the Lord’s Day.” John Paul—who cited the Bible’s creation story, canon law & philosophers in his contemplative letter on the Sabbath—said he wrote the document because of declining church attendance, which he blamed in part on a “declining spirit of faith.” Statistics from Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship & Discipline of the Sacraments: 17% of Catholics in Austria attend Mass, while the figure in the city of Rome is 28%. In the U.S., studies show about 1/3 of the 60 mil-lion Catholics attend church weekly, according to the Center for Applied Research in the Apos-tolate at Georgetown University. Medina said attendance in Latin American range from 6-10%, but added that these low figures reflect a shortage of priests in the region. John Paul said the Roman Catholic Church has made efforts to help Catholics fulfill their weekly obligation, such as allowing them to attend Mass on Saturday afternoon/evening and providing Masses throughout the day on Sunday. He said that radio & television broadcasts of Masses are useful for those unable to get to church, but are not acceptable as a regular substitute.