Welcome Back to School
This coming week, our St. John the Evangelist School year begins. Welcome back, returning students, and a special welcome to our new fifth-grade teacher, Mrs. Karie Williams; our new K5 teacher, Ms. Dariana Rios; and newly enrolled students and their families. Let us pray for all children and students as this school year begins. We pray that all may grow in the love and knowledge and service of God, as well as growing intellectually in their reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Families who send their children to public schools, please visit the Parish website to register them for Religious Education classes, which begin in early October. Religious education is very important to enhance our children’s love of God. And good news: Religious Education classes at St. John’s are free to attend.
Order of Initiation for Adults (OCIA)
St. John’s has an active Order of Initiation for Adults (OCIA) program. If you or someone you know is an adult who would like more information about becoming a Catholic, would like to be Baptized or Confirmed, or would like to make your First Holy Communion, classes will begin in October. Please contact the parish office if you would like to sign up.
Feast Days Celebrated This Week
Please join us this week for the 8:00 am Morning Mass as we celebrate the feast days of some great men and women.
Monday, August 24, St. Bartholomew: St. Bartholomew was one of the original Twelve Apostles and is known for his integrity, courage, and dedication to spreading the Gospel in India, Persia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt, despite persecution. He was executed, along with St. Jude, for spreading Christianity in Armenia in the year 69 or 71 AD.
Tuesday, August 25, St. Louis: St. Louis IX, King of France from 1226 to 1270, was canonized in 1297. He is remembered for his deep Catholic faith, service to the poor, and healthcare reforms. He is the Patron Saint of the city of St. Louis in Missouri.
Tuesday, August 25, St. Joseph Calasanz: St. Joseph was a Spanish Catholic Priest and educator. He is known for founding the Pious Schools, which provided free education to poor children; he is the Patron Saint of Catholic Schools and education.
Thursday, August 27, St. Monica: The mother of St. Augustine, she is remembered for her steadfast faith, patience, and intercession, credited with leading both her husband and son to Christianity. She is the Patron Saint of wives, mothers, and those praying for loved ones.
Friday, August 28, St. Augustine: Known as the Doctor of Grace, St. Augustine’s writings covered topics such as original sin and divine grace. His feast day reminds us of the transformative power of faith and repentance. His journey from a life of worldly pleasures to deep spirituality exemplifies the possibility of a personal transformation through God’s grace.
Saturday, August 29, The Passion of St. John the Baptist: This feast day commemorates the martyrdom of St. John the Baptist, who was beheaded in the year 30 AD. He was a cousin of Jesus, sent by God to prepare the way for Christ. He preached repentance and lived a life of fasting and humility. His bold truth-telling led to his imprisonment and eventual death at the hands of King Herod.
Parish Blood Drive
The next St. John’s Blood Drive, administered by the Christian Women Society, is just eight weeks away on Monday, September 14. With that in mind, please do not donate blood at any other upcoming blood drive; schedule with our blood drive instead. Your efforts truly make a lasting impact as our blood drive gives patients and their families the gift of a brighter tomorrow. Your generosity brings hope and healing to those who need it. Our parish goal is to collect 35 blood products to help meet the high demand from local hospitals for patients such as new mothers, car accident victims, and heart surgery patients. Each donation means three patients will benefit from this lifesaving gift.
Today and Every Day Be a Peacemaker
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus asks his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” In response, the disciples say, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” But what all of those readings—reflective of the popular consensus—have in common is that they are wrong.
Having heard the results of this popular opinion survey, Jesus turns to his inner circle, the Twelve, and asks, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter alone speaks: “You are the Christ [the Messiah], the Son of the living God.”
He would have said Mashiach, “the anointed,” the one who would gather the tribes and cleanse the temple and defeat Israel’s enemies. But then he added that startling phrase, “Son of the living God.” Even at this relatively early stage in Jesus’s ministry, Peter intuited that Jesus was much more than a prophet, rabbi, or seer, however significant. He knew that there was something qualitatively different about his master.
Having heard the results of this popular opinion survey, Jesus turns to his inner circle, the Twelve, and asks, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter alone speaks: “You are the Christ [the Messiah], the Son of the living God.”
He would have said Mashiach, “the anointed,” the one who would gather the tribes and cleanse the temple and defeat Israel’s enemies. But then he added that startling phrase, “Son of the living God.” Even at this relatively early stage in Jesus’s ministry, Peter intuited that Jesus was much more than a prophet, rabbi, or seer, however significant. He knew that there was something qualitatively different about his master.
Bishop Robert Barron
St. John’s is fortunate to have 24-hour Perpetual Adoration. Please take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to draw closer to God.
There are FOUR open hours of Adoration:
Mondays 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Fridays 2:00 to 3:00 a.m.
Saturdays, midnight to 1:00 a.m. and 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
We are also seeking Adorers for several hours during the week, with many options to fit your schedule! Please consider an hour during the day, the evening, or overnight.
You are welcome to sign up temporarily to see how it works with your schedule. Please call or text Mary-Eileen Swart at (414) 687-3512 if you are interested.
Live-streaming: Mass and Adoration
We are live-streaming daily and Sunday Masses as well as Adoration for those who are unable to attend:
Daily Masses:
Monday thru Saturday 8:00 am
Weekend Masses:
Saturday at 4:30 pm
Sunday at 8:30 and 10:30 am
If you miss the Livestream, you can watch the upload of each Mass on our YouTube channel.
Scrip is available at most weekend Masses (unless it's a holiday weekend), or during regular business hours at the parish office.
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