SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

St. John’s Parish – A Covenant Community with St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, Feb. 11 SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 5:00 pm - Russ Moore Sunday, Feb. 12 SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 9:00 am - Pietro Lago and Intentions of Rosa Lago 11:00 am - Parishioners Living & Deceased 12:30 am - Spanish Mass/ Margarita Rosa Rodriguez Monday, Feb. 13 8:00 am - Teresa Tassone Tuesday, Feb. 14 6:30 pm - Deceased Members of Catholic Women’s League Wednesday, Feb. 15 8:00 am - Intentions of Elisa Montin 10:00 am - Mass at Riverside Glen Thursday, Feb. 16 6:30 pm - Pellegrini & Annoni Families, Settimo Soligo, Angus Bourteau, Luigi & Marcella Visentin, Omar Angelone, Rosalind France, Intentions of Monica Ferreira, Marie-Ann Philipps Friday, Feb. 17 8:00 am - Anthony, Giovanni & Francesco Fabiano 10:30 am - Mass at Riverside Glen 7:00 pm - Confirmation/Bishop Douglas Crosby Saturday, Feb. 18 11:00 am - Confirmation/Bishop Douglas Crosby SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 5:00 pm - Anica Stipcevich Sunday, Feb. 19 SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 9:00 am - Maria Pellegrini 11:00 am - Parishioners Living & Deceased 12:30 am - Spanish Mass/Antonio Armas Guerrero

READINGS OF THE WEEK

Monday, Feb. 13 Genesis 4:1-15, 25; Mark 8:11-13 Tuesday, Feb. 14 St. Cyril & St. Methodius Genesis 6:5-8, 7:1-5, 10; Mark 8:14-21 Wednesday, Feb. 15 Genesis 8:6-13, 20-22; Mark 8:22-26 Thursday, Feb. 16 Genesis 9:1-13; Mark 8:27-33 Friday, Feb. 17Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order Genesis 11:1-9; Mark 8:34-38—9:1 Saturday, Feb. 18 Hebrews 11:1-7; Mark 9:2-13 Sunday, Feb. 19 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18; 1 Cor 3:16-23; Matthew 5:38-48

DIOCESAN PRAYER CALENDAR

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Fr. Stanley Zaryczny, C.R. Fr. Brendan McGrath Eudiste Fathers (C.J.M.) Fr. Miro Grubisic, O.F.M. Fr. David Perrin Fr. Joseph de Viveiros, C.R.

The Sacrament of Confirmation

The Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated at St. John’s Church by Bishop Douglas Crosby on Friday, February 17 at 7:00 pm for the candidates from Holy Trinity School and on Saturday, February 20 at 11:00 am for candidates from St. John’s School. Please pray for the young people who will be sealed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Altar Server News

Invitation to all Altar Servers (including those serving at the Spanish Mass) to join us at Woodlawn Bowl for a Bowling Party on Sunday, February 26 from 3:30—5:00 pm. To confirm your attendance, please call Dave at 519-837-0663 or talk to Maylen (Spanish Mass).

Vocation View

“No eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him.” If you feel that you are being invited to spread the God News of God’s love as a priest, deacon, brother or sister, contact Fr. Michael King at 905528-7988 or email: [email protected].

Annual Serra Club Dinner

The Serra Club of Hamilton celebrates the 14th Annual Priesthood & Consecrated Life dinner on Thursday, May 11, 2017. For details refer to celebrationprl.wixsite.com/dinner, email [email protected] or call Margaret 905-628-5682.

Diocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass

Are you celebrating your 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, or 60+ Wedding Anniversary in the year 2017? If you are, you are cordially invited to join couples from across the Diocese of Hamilton for a Wedding Anniversary Mass on Sunday, June 25, 2017 at the Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King at 1:30 pm. (Space allows room for Anniversary couples only - those married 60 years or more may bring 1 guest if you require assistance). Please refer to the poster in the Welcome Area at St. John’s Church for information on how to register for the celebration, or go to www.hamiltondiocese.com.

Novena to St. Joseph

The Sisters of the Carmel of Saint Joseph will pray for your during the Novena to Saint Joseph, March 11-19. Are you troubled? Do you need spiritual support? You can participate in the Novena to Saint Joseph. Send your prayer intention slip with your name and address to Carmel of Saint Joseph, 1127 Carmel-Koch Road, RR 1, St. Agatha, ON N0B 2L0. Requests for prayers help the Carmelites in carrying out their mandate of helping all of us through prayer and sacrifice.

Associazione Trevisani Nel Mondo, Guelph

Festa di Carnevale Sunday, February 26, 12:00 Noon – 5:00 pm at the ICC Tickets: Adults $45.00, Students (age 12-23) $22.00 Children (age 6-11) $15.00 Free admission for children up to 5 years of age For more info, please consult the bulletin board at St. John’s.

The Purpose of the Eucharist

Since the Eucharist is adherence to the person of Christ, then accepting Christ and clinging to him is fully expressed only when we partake in the Eucharist, which is the culmination of faith. During the Eucharist, Christ becomes the gift offered to the Father for our sake. Through the common royal priesthood, we also are called to give a complete offering of ourselves to God in union with Christ who offers himself to the Father. Our adherence to him means communion with his gift. It means giving our lives to God in order for them to be transformed and become a service to the Church and to our brothers.

February 12, 2017 Married Singles Lifestyle

The Married Singles Lifestyle describes couples that may have lost a sense of closeness they once had as marriage partners and are living more like roommates. Retrouvaille teaches couples how to survive times like these in their marriages. This program has helped thousands of couples experiencing difficulty at all levels of marital distress. For confidential information about, or to register for the program beginning with a weekend on March 24, call 905-664-5212 or email: [email protected] or visit the web site at www.retrouvaille.org.

ReDeeming Conflict: 12 Habits for Christian Leaders

5 Tuesdays beginning March 21at 7:00 - 8:30 pm Notre Dame Convent Waterdown Discover how conflict can be a fruitful exchange! In this 5 week program, facilitated by Sr. Mary Heather MacKinnon SSND, D.Min., we will gain valuable insight & understanding through practical habits, faith reflections and saintly models in how we can better dialogue and resolve problems. The fee for this program is $35.00 and includes the text ReDeeming Conflict: 12 Habits for Christian Leaders by Ann M. Garrido. This program would be of interest to anyone in pastoral ministry. Please register before March 7th to reserve your text. Contact Monica at the Discipleship & Parish Life Office at 905-528-7988, ext. 2238 or check out www.hamiltondiocese.com for more information.

Mini-Bus Fundraising Campaign

Guelph & Area Right to Life is gathering change to support prolife advertisements on the back of seven city buses in Guelph. There are several ads, containing much needed educational information about abortion, euthanasia, and local crisis pregnancy support. You can pick up a “mini-bus” to fill with change by the entrances at St. John’s Church. Buses can be returned to the Welcome Area by the end of February.

“Subject Matters” on Salt + Light TV

Watch this new Salt + Light Television Series that promotes the reading and writing of books in our time. In the show, host and producer Sebastian Gomes sits down with contemporary authors and editors to discuss a variety of books of interest, from pressing political and cultural issues to questions and debates about the supernatural. Two criteria are used in the selection of books: Is the book relevant? And, is the book readable? Watch the entire series online at saltandlighttv.org/subjectmatters.

C.Y.O. Children’s Fundraiser

On Thursday, March 2 the C.Y.O. will be celebrating our 32nd annual Children’s Fundraiser. Proceeds from this annual event enable children with special needs and those in financial need the opportunity to attend our C.Y.O. Camp Marydale and Camp Brébeuf camping programs. It is an evening of good food, great friends and fun entertainment - all for a great cause. For more info, please contact Mel Leggat at 905-528-0011, ext. 3608 or [email protected] Services at 519-824-1010 ext. 2262 or [email protected]. Thank you on behalf of all the children this fundraiser supports. The purpose of the Eucharist is your conversion, your turning away from your own will so that it may gradually disappear in your service to others. You go to Holy Communion to be converted, to establish the reign of Christ in your heart from then on, and for his will to become your supreme value. Every reception of the Eucharist should confirm your adherence to his will. Consequently, you should wish that Jesus would foil your plans. The Eucharist should prepare you for this; it should contribute to the gradual demise of your egoism, allowing Christ to grow within you.

Father Tadeusz Dajczer (g2009) Polish priest and professor of Theology in Warsaw

St. John’s Parish Mission Statement We believe deeply that Jesus Christ is in our midst, in ourselves and in each other. In our faith journey we will be the heart, hands, feet and voice of Jesus Christ, reaching out to all.

SACRAMENTS Baptisms Let us welcome, Emma-Leigh Manuel Jarvis and Emma Krystina Wilson Italiano, who were received into the Church recently. May God bless and guide them through the faith and example of their parents, godparents & family.

PARISH OFFERING

Your contributions to the Parish on February 4/5 Capital Fund Organ Repair Seminary Education Fund

$3,866.50 $ 10.00 $ 50.00 $1,009.50

Thank you for your continued generosity! Next weekend: St. Vincent de Paul Collection Tax Receipts

The receipts for your 2016 donations are available in the Welcome Area. They are organized alphabetically. Please check the name before taking them. If you have any problems, please contact the office.

Sunday Offering Envelopes 2017 If you have not yet picked up your Sunday Offering Envelopes, they can be found on a table in the foyer by the office entrance.

PARISH CALENDAR

Monday, February 13 7:00 pm Movie “Fatima” In the upstairs Meeting Room Wednesday, February 15 10:00 am Mass at Riverside Glen Friday, February 17 10:30 am Mass at Riverside Glen 7:00 pm Confirmation/Holy Trinity School NO All-night Adoration this week Saturday, February 18 11:00 am Confirmation/St. John’s School 4:00—4:30 pm Confessions

God Wants to Penetrate Our Heart

Friends, in the Gospel Jesus explains that sinful behavior flows from within our hearts. How often the Bible speaks of the “heart.” By that it means the core of the self, the deepest center of who we are, that place from which our thoughts and actions arise. God wants to penetrate that heart, so that he is the centre of our souls. But there is something terribly black in the human heart. We are made in the image and likeness of God, but that image can be so distorted by sin as to be barely recognizable. Our faith clearly teaches the awful truth of the fall, and we see the evidence of it in the mystery of sin, which is not to be ignored, not to be trifled with, not to be rationalized away. We are all capable of dark and evil acts. I’m not OK and neither are you. We see the tangled web which is sin. Have our hearts become hardened, so that God cannot get in? Is there a deep resistance in us to grace? Bishop Robert Barron