ST. JOHN VIANNEY PARISH February 28, 2016

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ST. JOHN VIANNEY PARISH
2415 BAGLEY STREET ~ FLINT, MICHIGAN 48504-4613 ~ PHONE: 810.235.1812
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF FLINT
St. John Vianney
St. Mary
St. Matthew
St. Michael
OUR MISSION
We, the faith community of St. John Vianney, are called by God to be a
people of prayer, to live the Word, and to celebrate the Sacraments. We
commit ourselves to become a warm and welcoming community,
reaching out to others in need. By calling forth the varieties of gifts,
talents and ministries, we seek to provide an open environment with
opportunities for all to grow in holiness and loving service.
Rev. Fr. Tom Firestone, Pastor
Fr. James Mangan, Parochial Vicar
Fr. Zachary Mabee, Parochial Vicar
Fr. Dan Kogut, Powers Chaplain
Deacon Anthony Verdun, Sr.
Deacon Paul Donnelly
Youth Director: Maureen Kelsey
Music Director: Meg Waddell
Parish Financial Director: Jenny Snellgrose
Administrative Coordinator: Melinda Holm
Secretary: Cathy Wenzel
Bulletin Editor: Pat Gardner
School Office: Diane Deitering
School Principal: Lara Daniel
Day Care Center: Nancy Gallagher
Parish Office Hours
Monday - Friday
8:30 AM - 4 PM
Websites
www.sjvflint.com
www.sjvkids.org
Contact Information
Fax
SJV School
Day Care Center
Powers High School
235.4911
235.5687
234.9410
591.4741
Outreach Ministry
N.E.W. Life Center
239.8710
Sr. Judy Blake & Sr. Carol Weber
Angel’s Outreach Ministry
655.4059
Deacon Anthony & Susan Verdun
Please call the Parish Office for Parish registration, Communion to shut-ins, anointing of
the sick, funeral arrangements, Mass intentions, sacramental preparation for children not
enrolled in the school and inquiries about
becoming Catholic.
Prayer Chain Ministry
For spiritual,
physical or emotional
need. Please call
Karen
732.7582
Pat
635.3716
Parish Office 235.1812
Confidential
Reconciliation
Saturday 3:30 PM
Sunday 10:30 AM
Eucharistic Liturgies
Daily Mass: Monday- Friday: 10:30 AM
Saturday: 4:00 PM
Sunday: 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM
7:00 PM
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Saint John Vianney Parish
SJV LENTEN SPEAKER SERIES
Our next date for our Lenten Speaker Series will be
Wednesday evening, March 9th, beginning at 7 PM in the
Social Hall. Fr. Zachary Mabee will be our guest speaker.
Please join us on the 9th of March.
THE WORDS OF POPE FRANCIS
“Life is a journey, along different roads, different paths,
which leave their mark on us. We know in faith that Jesus
seeks us out. He wants to heal our wounds, to soothe our
feet which hurt from traveling alone, to wash each of us
clean of the dust from our journey.”
Parish scholarship forms are available
for the 2016-2017 school year.
Applications will be accepted for any
parish children enrolling in St. John
Vianney School or Powers High
School. Forms are available in the
church office; please stop by to pick
yours up or call 235.1812 to have it mailed. Deadline to
return it is April 8, 2016.
EASTER SHUT-IN TREE
Next week (March 5th/6th,) we will be putting up the names of
the sick and shut-ins on the tree in the back of the church.
Christian Service would like to invite you to join us in extending our community to the individuals who are sick or shut-in
and unable to attend Mass due to extended age or medical
conditions. This Lenten Season is a great time to consider
taking a small amount of time to send an Easter Card to the
Shut-ins. In the gathering area in the back of the Church, we
will be putting up a Sick and Shut-in Tree with names of individuals who have given us permission to send cards to them.
We will provide individual seasonal papers with names, and
you can take as many as you would like to send. Each shut-in
has more than one name on the tree. If you would like to send
cards to all of the shut-ins, please call or stop by the church
office or call the church office at 235.1812. It is important to
know you do not need to know the person individually, God
knows them. Simply take a seasonal card with the name and
address of a shut-in, purchase an Easter card, sign your name
and St. John Vianney Parish on the card, and mail the card
and feel wonderful. Remember you are God’s hands.
OUR WEEKLY OFFERING FOR FEBRUARY 21, 2016
Stewardship of Treasure
$5,670.00
Loose Collection
407.00
Children’s Stewardship ~ 20 Envelopes
33.00
Visitors ~ 44 Envelopes
762.00
Worldwide Evangelization Appeal
5.00
Black and Indian Collection
415.00
Ash Wednesday
36.00
Online Giving
755.00
Total Weekly Collection
$8,083.00
St. Vincent de Paul
$11.88
37TH ANNUAL IRISH NIGHT
Mark your calendars for Sunday,
March 13th! That’s the date for Heartbeat’s Annual Irish Night, held at the
Holy Family Parish Center in Grand
Blanc.
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED!
Cost for tickets is $25 per person;
$30 at the door; $50 for a family
(2 adults and children under 18).
Ticket price includes Irish Dinner,
Beer, Wine, Pop and Entertainment. Deadline to purchase
advance tickets is March 4th.
Mail your check to Dan Clements, 9019 Bayhill Drive, Fenton, 48430, made payable to Heartbeat. For additional information, please call 232.3101 (Heartbeat Office) or
248.390.3756 for Dan Clements. Donations for the Silent
Auction are needed. Please call 694.0861 to donate.
Thank you to everyone who has shared the
many blessings they have received, with
your generous gift to our Diocesan Services Appeal. Our gifts to DSA will support
adoption services, counseling services,
services for the aging and the blind and
sight impaired… programs for those who
are deaf and hard of hearing… programs
for those who are struggling in their marriage - as well as exciting programs like our Diocesan Youth
Leadership Camp, training teens in our diocese to serve as
Disciples of Christ. These are but a few of the more than
100 ministries in our diocese that are made possible by our
contributions to DSA. If you have not yet made a gift or a
pledge, I invite you to join the faithful of our parish community who have taken an active role in the mission of the
Church. Your gift to our Diocesan Services Appeal will enable our diocese to continue providing the vital services and
ministries that help bring the love of God to those who face
hardships.
SAVE THIS DATE!!
The Parish Volunteer Appreciation Dinner
will be held on Saturday, March 12, 2016
after the 4 PM Mass in the Parish Center.
Anyone who has spent time working
around the parish this past year in any capacity is welcome. More information will
follow.
Parish Life Commission.
THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE
A grandmother and a little girl whose face was sprinkled with
bright red freckles spent the day at the zoo. The children were
waiting in line to get their cheeks painted by a local artist who
was decorating them with tiger paws.
'You've got so many freckles, there's no place to paint!' a boy in
the line cried.
Embarrassed, the little girl dropped her head. Her grandmother
knelt down next to her. 'I love your freckles,' she said. 'Not me,'
the girl replied.
'Well, when I was a little girl I always wanted freckles,' she said,
tracing her finger across the child's cheek. 'Freckles are beautiful!' The girl looked up. 'Really?'
'Of course,' said the grandmother. 'Why, just name me one
thing that's prettier than freckles.' The little girl peered into the
old woman's smiling face. 'Wrinkles,' she answered softly.
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Saturday, February 27th
4-8 pm YG Mass & Movie Night
3:30 pm Reconciliation
Sunday, February 28th
10:30 am Reconciliation
12 Noon Living Stations Practice
Monday, February 29th
5-8 pm Mercy Monday ~ Confessions at
St. Matthew Parish
Tuesday, March 1st
6 pm Cub Scouts
7 pm Financial Peace University
7 pm Generation Change
Wednesday, March 2nd
8 am St. Joseph Guild
Thursday, March 3rd
6:30 pm Choir
Friday, March 4th Day of Abstinence
8:45 am Soup Kitchen
10:30 am School Mass
11 am-1 pm Grief Support Group
11:30 am Stations of the Cross/Exposition of
the Blessed Sacrament until 4 pm
3:30-7 pm K of C Fish Bake
Saturday, March 5th Food Collection Weekend
2 pm Rosary at Kith Haven
3:30 pm Reconciliation
Sunday, March 6th Food Collection Weekend
10:30 am Reconciliation
12 Noon Living Stations Practice
The real art of conversation is not only to say the
right thing at the right time, but also to leave
unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Altar Servers for This Week
Adult: February 29th ~ March 4th ~ Marcia Loje
Saturday, March 5th, 4 PM
Declan, Liam, Patrick Mulqueen
Sunday, March 6th, 8 AM
Nora Moncada and Albert Renick
Sunday, March 6th, 11 AM
Jude & Ronan Streby
Sunday, March 6th,7 PM
Simon & Lillian Hudgens
Saturday, February 27th
3:30 pm
Confessions
4:00 pm
+Lorena Zeilinger by Family
Sunday, February 28th Third Sunday of Lent
8:00 am
All St. John Vianney Parishioners
10:30 am
Confessions
11:00 am
+Lola Mitchell by Michael Blain
7:00 pm
+Imogene George by Ronnie Legutko
Monday, February 29th
10:30 am
+ Carol Sauvage by Shirley Seidel
Tuesday, March 1st
10:30 am
+Gualberto Semilla by Marc &
Rosemarie Rideout
Wednesday, March 2nd
10:30 am
+Gabriella Basilius by Family
Thursday, March 3rd St. Katharine Drexel, Virgin
10:30 am
+Thomas Kersten by Fr. Jay Kersten
Friday, March 4th School Mass St. Casimir
Day of Abstinence
10:30 am
+Billie Foster by Jo Ann Davis
11:30 am
Stations of the Cross
Saturday, March 5th
3:30 pm
Confessions
4:00 p.m.
+Fred Rademacher by Family Life
Commission
Sunday, March 6th Fourth Sunday of Lent
8:00 a.m.
The Feehan and O’Connor Families by
Pat & Sharon O’Connor
10:30 am
Confessions
11:00 a.m.
+Fr. Larry Delaney by The Patrick
Bade Family
7:00 p.m.
+Janice Ezop by Fr. Tom Firestone
ALTAR CARE
WEEKLY REFLECTIONS
It is always tempting to look at what others do and evaluate
our own behavior in that light. It can make us feel very good
and satisfied with ourselves. The problem is that we are
using the wrong yardstick. We are not to compare ourselves with others. The yardstick we are to use is Jesus.
He has told us how to behave and showed us by example.
According to that measure, there is always room for improvement. Lest we become discouraged, Jesus has also
told us that the Spirit will be with us. Pray for the grace to
see yourself clearly and for the courage to grow and
change.
Team 5 is scheduled for the week of
March 5th-6th.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.
He pardons all your iniquities, He heals all your ills.
Psalm 103:2-3
MCLAREN MINISTRY
February 28th
Dr. Connie McClanahan, John Kirk, Ethel Hooker
March 6th
Dr. Connie McClanahan, Richard Black, Cindy McNea