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UT IN OMNIBUS GLORIFICETUR DEUS ! MAY 31, 2015

THE LITURGICAL WEEK

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, May 304:30pm - Edwina Brodzinski†Sunday, May 31The Most Holy Trinity8:30am - The McMahon Family11:00am - For St. John Parishioners12:30pm - Special IntentionMonday, June 1St. Justin8:30am - Addie Kenny†Tuesday, June 2SS. Marcellinus & Peter8:30am - Priest’s Intention*Wednesday, June 3St. Charles Lwanga & Companions8:30am - Robert L. Decker†Thursday, June 48:30am - Addie Kenny†Friday, June 5St. Boniface8:30am - Ray & Joan StuartSaturday, June 6St. Norbert*No First Saturday Mass - Ann Gordon Peavy†4:30pm - Jim R. Hess†Sunday, June 7Corpus Christi8:30am - Joyce McVay†11:00am - Mary Jo Paterno Paschke†12:30pm - For St. John Parishioners

*Mass Time Change from Regular Schedule

“Behold the Lamb of God

who takes away

the sin of the world.”

CONFESSION

Mondays 7:30 - 8:15am*Wednesdays 4:00 - 5:00pm

Fridays 7:30 - 8:15amSaturdays 3:30 - 4:15pm

*No Confession June 3

DEVOTIONS

*ADORATIONWednesday at 5:45pm

*No Adoration June 3

MORNING PRAYERAfter Mass on Monday, Tuesday,

Thursday & Friday

DIVINE MERCY CHAPLETAfter Morning Prayer on Monday

PRAYERS FOR OUR SICK & SHUT-INS

Please remember the infirmed of our parish, especially those who, by request, have been placed on our parish prayer intention list.

If you would like to be added to this list, please call the parish office. You may also call for a copy of the prayer list.

THE SANCTUARY LIGHTS are lit this week in honor of

Joan & Ray Stuart

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Such people say: “Hosanna in the highest,” meaning: “I implore, Lord; let your salvation be in the highest.” But behold: although there is one God, it says “in the highest,” plural. The reason is that he willed to distinguish the distinctions of the Persons, so that we might consider which things are attributed to the Persons. Thus Hilary says that “eternity is attributed to the Father; appearance,” or beauty, “to the Image; and use,” or delight, “to the Gift.” To the Father, who is the beginning, eternity is attributed; to the Son, who is called “Image” (cf. Col 1:15), beauty is attributed; to the Holy Spirit, who is the Gift, use or enjoyment is attributed. Hence our salvation consists in the stability of eternity, in the beauty of the light, and in the enjoyment of delight. First, I say that our salvation consists in the stability of eternity. A ship is saved when it is on its way to a stable harbor (cf. Ps 107:30); in the same way a human being is not saved during his life on earth (in via), but in the heavenly homeland (in patria). Hence Is 45:17 says: Israel is saved in the Lord through an eternal

salvation. Errors perish and cease to be when people get to know the truth. Second, it consists in the beauty of the divine light. People in this world are in a certain way saved, as the Psalmist says: Show us your face, and we will be saved (Ps 80:4, 8, 20). Yet then they will be saved in a perfect way, as the Psalmist indicates, at the sight of the face in which every good finds its existence, according to the saying in Ex 33:19: I will show you every good. Third, [our salvation consists] in the enjoyment of the divine delight, as the Psalmist says: Your houses will be drenched with abundance (Ps 36:9a). A man who is drunk is beside himself; in the same way the saints in the heavenly homeland (in patria) will be; and from the stream of your pleasure you will give them drink (Ps 36:9b), namely, when they will say: My heart has exulted in being saved (1 Sm 2:1, Lk 1:47).

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Saint Thomas Aquinas († 1274) was a Dominican priest from Italy. He remains one of the Church’s premier Doctors.

THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

“And behold,

I am with you

always, until the

end of the age.”

— Matthew 28:20

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DAILY MASS READINGS

May 31 SunThe Most Holy Trinity Dt 4:32-34, 39-40/Rom 8:14-17/Mt 28:16-20 June 1 Mon Tb 1:3; 2:1b-8/Mk 12:1-12 June 2 Tue Tb 2:9-14/Mk 12:13-17 June 3 Wed Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a/Mk 12:18-27June 4 Thu Tb 6:10-11; 7:1bcde, 9-17; 8:4-9a/Mk 12:28-34 June 5 Fri Tb 11:5-17/Mk 12:35-37 June 6 Sat Tb 12:1, 5-15, 20/Mk 12:38-44 June 7 Sun The Most Holy Body and Blood of ChristEx 24:3-8/Heb 9:11-15/Mk 14:12-16, 22-26

FINANCIAL FACTS

The donations for Nepal & India earthquake victims were $2,495.50

This is the collection report for the Sunday Masses of May 23 & 24, 2015.

This Week Y.T.D.Actual $ 5,670 $347,642Budgeted $ 7,038 $330,808Variance ($ 1,368) $16,834 (unfavorable)

For sacramental emergencies, please call 828-859-9574, ext. 6If you or anyone you know is homebound or hospitalized, even temporarily,

please call the office so that we may arrange for them to be visited by one of our Extraordinary Ministers.

PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS

QUO VADIS DAYS Attention all Catholic young men ages 15-25! Do you know where your life is going? The Lord Jesus has a great plan for you! You are invited to attend the third annual Quo Vadis Days (QVD) camp to spend time with other young men your age looking at the Lord’s call in your life while having fun. QVD is led by priests and seminarians of the diocese and is supported by the diocesan Office of Vocations. QVD will be held from June 15-19, 2015 at Belmont Abbey College in Belmont. The cost of the camp is $100.00. If you are interested, please visit our website, www.charlottediocese.org/quo-vadis-days or contact Father Christopher Gober, Director of Vocations at (704) 370-3327.

PRIESTHOOD———

"If some of you hear the call to follow Christ more closely, to dedicate your entire heart to Him, like the apostles John and Paul, be generous, do not be afraid, because you have nothing to fear when the prize that you await is God himself, for Whom, sometimes without ever knowing it, all young people are searching." -Blessed John Paul II

Summer Schedule Notice Wednesday Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament remains at 5:45pm. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will be at 6:15pm. No Adoration June 3rd.

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

9am to 5pm — Friday, June 5th

Please sign up in the Church vestibule

Reminder: Each Adorer is requested to arrive 5 minutes before your assigned hour.

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PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS

PARISH LIFE AT A GLANCEPARISH LIFE AT A GLANCEPARISH LIFE AT A GLANCEPARISH LIFE AT A GLANCEMon June 1 9:00am

5:30pmDivine Mercy ChapletSchola Choir Rehearsal, Church

Tue June 2 — —

Wed June 3 — —

Thur June 4 9:30am Patriotic Rosary, Church

Fri June 5 9am - 5pm First Friday Adoration, Church

Sat June 6 — —

ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS OF

ST. JOHN THE BAPTISTApplication Deadline: Monday, June 15, 2015

Who: If you are a confirmed, active, registered member of the parish; a 2015 H.S. graduating senior and will be enrolling in college in the fall of 2015, then you are eligible to apply. What: First Year College Scholarship for the 2015-2016 academic year in the amount of $1,000. One Recipient only.Where: Applications available via parish office or parish website: www.stjohntryon.com.

DEACON SANTIAGO’S PRAYER KNEELER & PRAYER INTENTION BOOK

Santiago’s Prayer Kneeler will arrive on Monday, June 1st and will be in the Church through Sunday, June 7th! How fortunate that Friday, June 5th will be a First Friday with Eucharistic Adoration all day. What a wonderful opportunity for parishioners to offer a Holy Hour of Eucharistic Adoration for Santiago and all our priests and seminarians! A Prayer Intention Book for Santiago is on the back table in the vestibule and will remain with us up to his ordination week (the last week of June). Please take a moment to offer your thoughts, wishes, Holy Hours and prayers for Santiago in the coming weeks. We thank all of you who have and will offer prayers for Deacons Santiago and Casey Coleman, for the sanctification of our priests and for an increase in vocations. Prayer cards (tan with image of crucifix) are available on the table in the vestibule—feel free to take with you and continue to offer prayers for Deacons Santiago and Casey. We thank Mary’s Sons for this blessed opportunity and the graces that will undoubtedly flow from our prayers. Mary’s Sons is an apostolate established by lay Catholics in our diocese. Their mission is to promote prayer, support and love for our priests through daily prayer, sacrifices, and by supporting monthly Eucharistic Adoration and Holy Hours in our parishes for an increase in vocations and for the sanctification of our priests.

THE FOOD BANK COLLECTION is June 6th & 7th

Please bring your canned goods and/or donate by way of the second collection at Masses.

Items needed this month: jelly, syrup, soup, instant potatoes, soap

Thank you from Thermal Belt Outreach

FAITH FORMATION — ATTENTION FAMILIES

If you are a NEW family to St. John the Baptist Church, or you have a child entering first grade (public school or home school) this fall, please contact Theresa Fitch in the parish office to place your family’s name and address on the “FF registration list” for this coming year of Faith Formation Classes. NOTE: All families must be registered with the parish in order to enroll in Faith Formation Classes—please contact Andrée Harrison in the parish office to register with the parish. Faith Formation Registration /Enrollment will take place in August 2015.

Theresa D. Fitch828-859-9574 ext. 3, stjohnff@windstream.net

DONUTS & DOGMA: JUNE 7TH Donuts & Dogma will resume next Sunday, June 7, 2015. Be sure to join Fr. Arnsparger and your fellow parishioners for some delicious coffee and “donuts” and dynamic discussion.

NOTICE: SEE LITURGICAL SCHEDULE CHANGES ON PAGE 1

Please note that when a regularly scheduled Mass cannot be celebrated here, Fr. Arnsparger will offer the previously requested intention at a private Mass.

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FAITH FORMATION————————————YOUTH GROUP ————————————

ATTENTION ALL FAITH FORMATION FAMILIES & CATECHISTS

The Faith Formation Year has come to a close. I thank the parents, the primary catechists of their children, for their support of the FF program. I extend a big “Thank you” to our catechists who shared their love of the Church and Catholic faith by teaching the FF classes each week. Kudos to our awesome teens and grandmothers who served as “assistants” in three of the classes. And a special note of thanks to our wonderful substitute catechists who filled in, often at a moment’s notice. On behalf of the students and families, I offer our deep appreciation to Fr. Arnsparger and Deacon Kingsley for their spiritual guidance, for our weekly Church visits for Adoration and Benediction, as well as Father’s visits to the classrooms. Faith Formation classes will resume in September, 2015. Registration will be in August.

TOTUS TUUSJULY 26—31, 2015

Totus Tuus is returning to our parish again this summer! Parents and youth, mark your calendars now for Sunday, July 26 through Friday, July 31, 2015. Totus Tuus, “Totally Yours,” is a fun and energetic parish-based summer catechetical program — a week-long “parish mission” for Catholic youth (grades 1st — 6th and 7th — 12th) led by college-aged teams of two men and two women. Any questions, contact Theresa in the parish office or at stjohnff@windstream.net. Totus Tuus enrollment forms will be available on the back table this weekend. Sign up now!

“God is good…all the time!” “All the time…God is good!”

We need your help! We are in need lunches daily for the team and volunteers. Anyone interested in hosting an evening meal for the TT Team or providing support for this extraordinary program please contact Theresa Fitch in the parish office. Questions? Please call me!

Youth,

Totus Tuus Enrollment forms will be on back table in vestibule this weekend! Sign up sooner than later! You won’t want to miss it. Have a wonderful summer. Check your emails regularly for Ignite Your Torch. RSVP where needed. Also, we welcome and need you to volunteer at Totus Tuus during the day (Mon-Fri July 27-31). Great service hours and just plain fun! Contact Ms. Fitch in the parish office to sign up to volunteer.

FAITH FORMATION NEWS

Important Sacramental Information:• Attention Confirmandi: Sponsor certificates must

be signed by the sponsor’s parish priest (including St John the Baptist parishioners)

• Rehearsal for Sacrament of Confirmation: Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 10:00am. Meet at the church.

• Sacrament of Confirmation: Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 7pm. Arrive by 6:15pm. Meet in the social hall.

“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.” — St Catherine of Siena

REFLECTION FOR YOUR SUMMER PRAYER LIFE…

“In this trying time that our country is going through we Catholics and especially we students, have a serious duty to fulfill: our self-formation. [...] We, who by the grace of God are Catholics... must steel ourselves for the battle we shall certainly have to fight to fulfill our program and give our country, in the not too distant future, happier days and a morally healthy society, but to achieve this we need constant prayer to obtain from God that grace without which all our efforts are useless;

…and finally, the sacrifice of our passion and of ourselves, because without that we cannot achieve our aim.”

— Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassiti

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A N N O U N C E M E N T SWORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES 2015 —————Love Is Our Mission, The Family Fully Alive

• September 22-27, 2015!

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Families and individuals, called together from all over the world in faithful

celebration of the family—the sanctity of love and life

• Love is Our Mission Preparatory Catechesis

• Website: WorldMeeting2015.org

• Families can look forward to seeing and hearing Pope Francis, guest speakers, celebrations, kids’ activities, and prayer, all of which will bring renewal and

transformation for you, your loved ones and the world.

May 2015—Light in a dark worldThe Church is obliged to resist the spread of false rationales for marriage. Pope Francis has observed:“Again and again, the Church has acted as a mediator in finding solutions to problems affecting peace, social harmony, the land, the defense of life, human and civil rights and so forth. And how much good has been done by Catholic schools and universities around the world! This is a good thing. Yet, we find it difficult to make people see that when we raise other questions less palatable to public opinion, we are doing so out of fidelity to precisely the same convictions about human dignity and the common good. (131).” Love is Our Mission

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SAVE THE DATESt. John the Baptist Catholic Church

SAVE THE DATE

May 31 The Most Holy Trinity

Jun 7 Corpus Christi

Jun 12 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Jun 20 K of C LAMB Dinner, Social Hall

Jul 3 Parish Office Closed for Independence Day

Jul 26 — 31 Totus Tuus Week

Aug 20 Confirmation

Sep 11 - 12 Eucharistic Congress, Charlotte NC

ATTENTION ALL LITURGICAL MINISTERSThe 3rd quarter liturgical minister schedule (July, August, September 2015) is in the early planning stages. Please contact Theresa Fitch in the parish office: stjohnff@windstream.net or 859-9574 x3, if you are not available to serve in the next quarter or if you have any changes in your mailing address or phone number. Thank you.

   SECOND ANNUAL "SUMMER FEST" On Saturday, June 20th, following the 4:30pm Mass, the Knights of Columbus will sponsor a dinner to benefit those with intellectual disabilities. All proceeds will be donated to the L.A.M.B. Foundation of North Carolina.  The menu includes hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, cole slaw, dessert, coffee, tea, lemonade and soda. Beer and wine are included. Tickets will be available before and after Masses on June 6th & 7th and June 13th & 14th.  Adults  $10.00                 Child $ 5.00   (12 and under) Start the summer season by joining us for this wonderful dinner  to benefit    L.A.M.B.  (LEAST AMONG MY BRETHREN).

If you cannot attend the dinner, please consider making a donation!

Eucharistic CongressSpeaker

information is posted

on the website: www.goEucharist.com

THE SANCTUARY LIGHTS ...are available from June 20 until the end of the year. The suggested donation is $20 per week. Please see Andrée in the parish office if you would like to to offer the lights in memory of or in honor of someone.