Pastor Father Brian Corcoran Associate Pastor Father Ben Awongo AJ

Pastor Emeritus Monsignor Timothy Harnett Deacon Bob Beiner School Principal Dan Schuh Music Director Julie Marner

1001 Encinitas Blvd. Encinitas, CA 92024-2828 Phone: 760 753-6254 Fax: 760 753-7118

Saint John School : 760 944-8227 admin@saintjohnencinitas.org www.saintjohnencinitas.org www.saintjohnschool.com

“Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity!” ... It was great to see so many join us for our Christmas celebrations! A very special ‘Welcome home’ to all of our family members back with us for the Christmas vacation! Family! ... The religious Christmas Season extends until the feast of the Baptism of Jesus, at the age of 30, and the beginning of his public life, this year cele-brated on Sunday, January 10. ... This Sunday (27), is the feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. “Every effort to make society sensitive to the importance of the family is a great service to humanity!” Pope John Paul ll. ... December 27 is normally the feast of Saint John the Evangelist, but is rightly superseded this year by the Holy Family! Celebrate John, too! ... Monday (28) is the feast of the Holy Innocents, those infants massacred after the birth of Jesus! ... Next Sunday (3), is the feast of the Epiphany, which marks the arrival of the Three Kings at Beth-lehem, and the manifestation of Jesus as the Savior for all people. “Wise ones still seek Him!” ... The New Year is upon us! ‘Welcome’ 2016! ‘Thank you’ 2015! Join us for a special Family Mass on Friday (1), at 9:00am. ... New Years Day, Friday (1), is also the feast of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, and is designated as a World Day of Prayer for Peace. It is a holyday, but not of obligation. New beginnings! ... Our Altar Society, with Joi Catlin and many more ladies of the Altar Society, decorated our church for Christmas. Brilliant! ... John Derrico, and our Saint Vincent de Paul Soci-ety, with a lot of ‘little’ and ‘not so little’ helpers, distributed some 153 Christmas Baskets to needy families, serving over 820 people. ‘Thank you’ for your great generosity and for all you make possible. ... Julie Marner, our Music Director, coordinated the beautiful music at all of our Christmas celebra-tions, aided and abetted by our wonderful musi-cians and cantors! Thank you! ... Liz Beiner and our RCIA team welcome adults who are interested in becoming Catholic. Join them each Tuesday at 7:00pm in the Hall! ... Our young adults (age 18 - 39) activities can be found at www.yamsd.org.

... 99 of our Seniors participated in our Luncheon on Thursday (17), with a delicious lunch prepared by Gloria and Cupid Catering, ably served by our 8th Grade students, and joyfully entertained by our 2nd Grade students! Father Bernie Rapp, formerly of Saint Peter, Fallbrook, and now retired, joined us for the delicious lunch. ... Our Saint John School children return to the classroom next Monday (4)! ... Our Religious Education classes for Grades 1-6 and Junior High, resume on Monday (4), and for our High School, the week of Sunday (10). Enjoy! ... Saint John School and our Faith in Action pro-gram is featured in a nice article and photo on Page 4 of the current issue of our Diocesan news-paper, ‘The Southern Cross’! ... Our parish website is www.saintjohnencinitas.org and our school website is saintjohnschool.com ... Did you get your 2016 Church Calendar yet? If not, there may still be some available in the Parish Office. Keep up to date! ... Here at Saint John, we are blessed with Adora-tion of the Most Blessed Sacrament, 24 hours, day and night, except during Sunday Masses. Wow! ... ‘Online Giving’ is very simple, secure and effec-tive. Take a moment to visit our parish website, click on ‘Online Giving’ and away you go! ... Be sure to patronize our advertisers on the back of this bulletin! They make it possible. ... Our Sunday 9:00am Mass is streamed live to the Internet each week. Connect to it from our website, or go to www.saintjohnlive.com ... Through the efforts of Saint Bernadine of Siena, who died in 1444, devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus was promoted through the inscription of the monogram of the Holy Name, IHS, and the addi-tion of the name Jesus to the Hail Mary. Sunday (3) is normally the memorial of the Holy Name! ... Be sure to find time over the Christmas to visit the beautiful Crib Scene in the church. Bring the children and grandchildren, and tell the story! Joy! ... Yes, it’s a good time to make new resolutions! Go at it! How about exercise, diet, family, prayer, literature, music, home, friends, service, Sundays, parish, attitude, interest, habits? Strive for excel-lence, not perfection! ... A very happy New Year to all! ... “Let go of the past and go for the future. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined!”

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Fresh Coffee and Delicious Donuts Holy Name Society

hosts coffee and donuts

every Sunday after morning Masses.

Come join us in the Parish Hall.

Saint John School

School Resumes Monday (4)

Pre-school - Grade 8

Principal : Dan Schuh 760 944-8227 or

www.saintjohnschool.com

Please Keep in Your Prayers Karen Adamsen, Martha Amador, Ruth Ariza, Phyllis Azarro, Anthony Baggio, Thomas Baglio, Rosily Baratono, Cindy Bausch, Bob Behler, Aiden Blenderman, Maura Brown, Taylor Camisa, Joe Corder, Rob Crewse, Jack Da-vare, Edward Dillon, Barbara Dorion, Kathy Fix, Patty Fix, Hiram Lee-Gonzalez, Manny Gonzales, Carolyn Goohs, Monsignor Harnett, Maria Jaque, Maria Johnson, Cheyne Johnston, Jim Kelly, Paul Kenny, Eva King, Skyler Koehne, Stella Lubera, Pat McKinley, Robert McLoughlin, Lucy Mee, Maria Mendez, Joey Mixon, Patty Moore, Luz Nieve, Eileen O’Connor, Grace Oreb, Mary Ann Pavnic, Joaquin Perez, Peter Pongwattana, David Quessenberry, David Rambeau, Ashley Ray, Elizabeth Roney, Lori Smith, Gina Stack, An-drew Todd, Grant and Griffin Waller, Bernard Wessel and John Whitty.

We pray for our sick and deceased at daily Mass.

New Year’s Day Family Mass this Friday, January 1, at 9:00am

Happy New Year!

Jubilee of Mercy

Friday, January (1), Mass at 9:00am Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God

World Day of Peace Opening of the Holy Door of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major

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Remember to patronize our advertisers for making the bulletin possible. Thank you!

Saint Thomas More Church, 1450, S Melrose, Oceanside Jubilee Year Door of Mercy

Altar Society Catwalk for a Cause

Fashion Show & Champagne Luncheon Saturday, March (5)

$30 ticket Perfect gifts!

Call Michele at 760 846-1006

Adults wishing to learn more about our Catholic faith! Would you like to discover more

about what it means to be a Catholic?

We would love to help you on your journey!

Tuesday (29) at 7:00pm in the hall. For more info, Liz Beiner at

760 753-6254.

This New Year’s Eve, at the turning of the year, you may catch a glimpse of the old year, a cartoon figure of a hunched old man with a sickle, Father Time. Where else but in this column could you learn that this is in fact a pope? December 31 was in the old calendar the feast of St. Sylvester. Legend says that Sylvester healed the Emperor Constantine of leprosy, and presided at the liturgy of baptism for the grateful emperor. In 314, he was chosen pope, and it fell to him to organize the peacetime church, free at last from persecution. He founded the Lateran Basilica, the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome. In northern Europe “Sylvester Night” is a time of great parties with eating, dancing, and singing - recalling perhaps the joy of the church in the fresh air of Sylvester’s papacy. In Poland, there was great fear as the year 1000 approached that an immense dragon would devour the earth and set fire to the heavens. The people prayed earnestly to St. Sylvester, trusting that the saint would not permit such suffering on his feast day. They’ve been celebrating ever since! Many New Year’s customs have pagan roots, like the British “First Footer” tradition. The idea is that the first person setting foot into your house in the new year determines the luck for the year ahead. The ideal first footer was not a bit like old Pope Sylvester, but rather a tall, dark-haired man carrying the right gift. A hand-some first footer meant the year ahead would be pleasant, and if he carried bread or a shovel of coal there would be food and warmth in the future. Who will be your household’s first footer? —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Volunteers are needed for:

Sunday 1:00am, 2:00am Tuesday 1:00am Wednesday 2:00am, 3:00am, and 4:00am Friday 4:00am and 5:00am Saturday 11:00pm

We also need another volunteer for Day Captain to take charge of arranging substitutes for regular ador-

ers on the Captain’s assigned day. Ken Poggenburg 760 635-2573

Lupe Cardona (Sp) 760 519-3287

Perpetual Adoration is prayer in the presence of the Most Blessed Sacrament ... 24 hours, day and night, seven days a week. All are welcome!

Perpetual Adoration

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MASS INTENTIONS Saturday December 26 5:00pm Don and Joan Sielaff † Sunday The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph December 27 Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 Col 3:12-21; Lk 2:41-52 7:30am Gene Walsdorf † 9:00am Doris Kelsall † 10:30am Jesse Romo † 12:00pm Parishioners 5:00pm Truman King † Monday The Holy Innocents December 28 1 Jn 1:5-2:2; Mt 2:13-18 8:00am Sean Madden † Tuesday 1 Jn 2:3-11; Lk 2:22-35 December 29 8:00am Bernadette Flynn † Wednesday 1 Jn 2:12-17; Lk 2:36-40 December 30 8:00am Special Intention Bill Lewis † Thursday 1 Jn 2:18-21; Jn 1:1-18 December 31 8:00am Patrick Pidgeon † Friday Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God January 1 Nm 6:22-27; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21 9:00am Parishioners Kathleen Duffy †

Marco Antonio Arballo † Saturday Saints Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen January 2 1 Jn 2:22-28; Jn 1:19-28 8:00am T.J. Steer † 5:00pm Judy Deken † Betty Miller † Sunday The Epiphany of the Lord January 3 Is 60:1-6; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 7:30am Special Intention 9:00am Sherrianne Richards † Kelsey Dresser † 10:30am Joan Barry † 12:00pm Parishioners 5:00pm Pauline Baker †

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE

El primer domingo después de la Navidad celebramos la fiesta de la Sagrada Familia. Los latinos somos un pueblo muy unido en familia. Para nosotros es más que un pequeño grupo compuesto de padre, madre, hijos e hijas. La familia para nosotros los latinos es un conjunto grande de abuelos, abuelas, tíos, tías, primos, p r i m a s , c o m p a d r e s , comadres, suegros, suegras y otros más además del padre, la madre y los hijos. Para los latinos una fiesta que celebra la familia de Jesús es la cosa más natural del mundo. Extrañamente esta fiesta no es muy antigua. En realidad es una celebración que data de comienzos de la época moderna en el siglo XVII. Antes de estas fechas la familia de Jesús casi siempre era entendida como compuesta por Jesús, María y Ana (la madre de María). Se daba por hecho que José estaba por allí. Pero en el siglo XVII muchos perdieron sus padres pues tenían que ir a las fábricas a trabajar. Por eso el magisterio instituyó la conmemoración de la Sagrada Familia de Jesús, María y José para recordar a los padres cristianos su deber ante sus hijos y su esposa.

María Madre de Dios

Viernes 1, 2016 Octava de Navidad

Año Nuevo Santa María, Madre de Dios Jornada Mundial de Oración

por la Paz; Primer viernes

EL DIA PRIMERO, HABRA UNA MISA PARA LAS FAMILIAS A LAS 9:00 AM

Todos están invitados, además les deseamos un

VIDA FAMILIAR

La vida familiar es sagrada, pero no faltan las dificultades. Este puede ser el mensaje más importante que encontramos en las lecturas de hoy. Si Jesús, María y José pueden tropezar de v e z e n c u a n d o , desconectarse, entonces no nos debe sorprender cuando eso mismo nos ocurre a nosotros también. Y l o s p a d r e s dondequiera que estén (hijos también) pueden ver el parecido y hasta consolarse con el relato bíblico que habla de María y José después de que Jesús les explica porqué se quedó atrás en el templo. Escucharon sus palabras, nos dice Lucas, “pero ellos no comprendieron lo que les acababa de decir” (Lucas 2:50). ¡Amén! Sin embargo, Jesús sí se va con ellos para la casa, y continúa creciendo bajo su cuidado.

Año Jubilar de la Misericordia Fiesta de la Sagrada Familia

Imagina: ¡tres celebraciones de Año Nuevo en el transcurso de menos de un mes!, al final de noviembre, con el Adviento empezó el Nuevo Año Litúrgico; luego el 8 de diciembre, el Año Jubilar de la Misericordia y este viernes que viene, el Año Nuevo 2016. En el Evangelio de hoy, después de tres días de angustia, María le dice a Jesús lo preocupada que ella y José habían estado buscándolo.

María podría estar hablando por toda la h u m a n i d a d . C o n violentas persecuciones religiosas, conflictos n a c i o n a l e s e internacionales en plena ebul l ic ión, nues t ra famil ia y amigos sufriendo de varias d i f i c u l t a d e s , s i n mencionar nuestros

propios problemas personales, ¡qué tanto nuestro mundo necesita a Jesús como otro Nuevo Año empieza cubierto de misterio! Al orar por que la misericordia de Dios se muestre a nuestro mundo y envuelva a cada uno de nosotros este 2016, que las resoluciones este Año Nuevo vivan el Año Jubilar de la Misericordia para los demás, como María fue, un instrumento de la misericordia de Dios y de la paz de Cristo.

CLASES DE CATECISMO PARA TODA LA FAMILIA Regresaremos a clase el viernes 8 de enero, del

2016. Si tienen alguna pregunta, por favor llamen al 760 436-4366.

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Religious Education Saint John School Dan Schuh 760 944-8227 Religious Education Ann McGinnis 760 436-0664 ‘Faithways’ Junior-High Nicole Steele 760 753-4279 Youth Ministry Isaac Deken 760 753-3679 Hispanic Ministry Mary Moran 760 436-4366 Music Ministry Julie Marner 760 753-6254 Adult Faith R.C.I.A Liz Beiner 760 753-6254 Perpetual Adoration Ken Poggenburg 760 635-2573 Perpetual Adoration (Spanish) Lupe Cardona 760 519-3287 Centering Prayer Shirley Shetula 760 525-6721 Organizations Altar Society Joi Catlin 760 470-6316 Boy Scouts Blane Adessa 760 944-0626 Cub Scouts Richard Weston 760 230-6183 Catholic Men’s Fellowship David Pavnic / Chris Cammack 760 753-6254 Culture of Life Jennifer Grethel 760 753-6254 Guadalupañas Olivia Reynaga 760 753-5230 Holy Name Rick Decker 760 753-6254 Knights of Columbus Pat Connors 760 822-3639 Saint Vincent de Paul Sandra Watson 760 753-3056 Seniors Nettie March 760 753-6254

Saturday 5:00pm Sunday 7:30am 9:00am 10:30am 12:00pm (Spanish) and 5:00pm Daily Monday - Saturday 8:00am Rosary Daily, after morning Mass Novena Tuesday, after morning Mass

Perpetual Adoration 24 hours Sacrament of Penance Saturday 3:30pm - 4:30pm and 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Vocation Holy Hour 1st Friday, 8:00am Mass

Baptism and Marriage Please call Parish Office

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