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Holy Eucharist: For shut-ins and those recovering from illness, please contact the

Parish Office to arrange for home visit.

Marriages: The Priests must be notified 6 months before the proposed marriage

date. All couples must be registered and regularly attend Mass. ALL COUPLES are required to attend an Engaged Encounter weekend as part of their marriage preparation.

Anointing of the Sick: Individual celebration upon request—call the parish office.

PARISH REGISTRATION New Parishioners: Please register as soon as you move in by phoning the Parish Office

during the week. To register Kdgn—8th students, please call St. John’s school, 402-486-1860 to obtain the registration information. For high school students, please call Pius X High School at 402-488-0931.

For information about: Grade School CCD Margie Gonser .................402-486-1145 Pre-School Information Sherry Cederberg………...402-466-6491 Rental of Gym/Social Hall St John’s School …………402-486-1860 Prayer Line Requests: Pauline..402-464-1952 / Mary Ann 402-466-2580 Theresa…..wilhelmtheresa@yahoo.com Extended School Care School Office....................402-486-1860 Wedding Coordinator Eileen Perkins .................402-464-9582 RCIA (Faith Instruction) Susan Carlson .............. 402-489-9574 Godparent Teen Program Ron & Theresa Wilhelm… 402-489-5169

Present Parishioners: Please notify the Parish Office of any changes of address or phone

number.

BULLETIN NOTICES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE PARISH OFFICE IN WRITING BY 10:30 AM ON TUESDAY J U L Y 3 1 , 2 0 1 1

PASTOR Rev. Lyle M. Johnson Associate Pastor Rev. Adam M. Sughroue

PARISH DIRECTORY Parish Office: 7601 Vine St…………. 402-489-1946 School: 7601 Vine St…………..402-486-1860 FAX ………………...….402-486-4762 Parish or School Web Site: www.stjohnslincoln.com Bulletin E-mail bulletin@stjohnlincoln.org

MASS SCHEDULE Mon-Sat…………………………………………………………... 8:15 am M, Tu, Th, F………………………………………………………. 6:30 am Wed……………………………………………………………….. 5:30 pm First Friday……………………………….. 6:30 & 8:15 am and 5:30 pm Saturday………………………………………………………….. 4:00 pm Sunday…………………………….7:30 am/9:00 am/10:30 am/12 noon Holy Days (except Christmas & New Year’s) Vigil Mass…………………………………………………………. 5:30 pm Holy Day…………………6:00 am/9:00 am/12:10 pm/5:30 pm/7:00 pm

CELEBRATION OF SACRAMENTS Baptism: Last Sunday of each month at 1:00 pm. All parents are required to

attend the Baptism instruction class if this is your first child to be baptized. The class meets in the Conference Room at 6 pm on the Monday prior to Baptism Sunday . Must be a registered and practic-ing Catholic for six months before the Baptism. Please contact the Parish Office for Baptism instruction arrangements.

Confession: Saturdays from 3:00 to 3:50 pm and 5:00 to 5:30 pm. Vigil of First Fridays: 6:45 to 7:45 pm; Vigil of Holy Days 6:30-7:00 pm.

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THIS WEEK

MONDAY, August 1, 2011 6:30 am 31st Anniversary of Death of Gary Linebaugh 8:15 am Jan Semin TUESDAY, August 2, 2011 6:30 am Anniversary of Death of Lillian Hendrix 8:15 am Betty Donnermeyer WEDNESDAY, August 3, 2011 8:15 am Fred Ferraro 5:30 pm Ann Meduna Thursday, August 4, 2011 6:30 am Richard Dubas 8:15 am Paula Noonan FRIDAY, August 5, 2011 6:30 am For the Repose of the Soul of Walter Barzydlo 8:15 am Mary Carson 5:30 pm DeWayne Gentert SATURDAY, August 6, 2011 8:15 am Don and Eleanore Hook 4:00 pm Paul Penas SUNDAY, August 7, 2011 7:30 am Clarence Sobotta 9:00 am Jen Rezac 10:30 am Lucile Cunningham 12:00 noon For the People

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DAILY MASS SERVERS August 1 - August 5

8:15 am Mon-Fri C. Skaw D. Nguyen

If you cannot serve, please get a substitute. Father is depend-ing on you! Thanks for your help.

The St John’s World Youth Day Pilgrims, Chaperones, and families would like to thank our Parish Family and Organizations for all of your support during the last two and a half years of preparation! We appreciate your many prayers, encouragement, and monetary contributions. The people of St John’s never cease to amaze with their generosity towards our youth! Pilgrims will be available this weekend after Mass to take your petitions so they can be included with our prayers and celebration of daily Mass on our journey to see our Holy Father and grow closer to Our Lord. We will be at a table in the back of Church July 30 and 31, or you may call Rhonda at 402-489-3819. Again, may you be blessed abundantly for your kindness to others yearning to grow in their Catholic Faith! FULL TIME CUSTODIAL POSITION AVAILABLE AT ST JOHN’S. Please contact tim-snyder@cdolinc.net with your information if interested. ENDOWMENT BBQ: Bring the entire family and join us in the annual Endowment BBQ hosted at the home of John and Melissa Carpenter. It will be the evening of Saturday, August 13th. The cost is $60 for the family which goes to-ward the St John’s Endowment Fund. For more information or if you would like to attend, contact Marg Bohy at 402-770-4432 or bohyboyzmom@yahoo.com or Melissa Car-penter at 402-817-3958 or melissa@ieselectricinc.com.

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE

July 31 Collection for the Contemplative Sisters BAPTISMS at 1 pm Aug 1 K of C Meeting at 7 pm in the Library Scrip sold Monday thru Friday 9am to 3 pm in the parish office Aug 2 Aug 3 Used Uniform Sale - School west wing Benediction & Night Prayer 8 pm at the Pink Sisters’ Aug 4 Confessions and Holy Hour 6:45-7:45 pm Aug 5 Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 9 am to 5 pm First Friday Masses 6:30 and 8:15 am; 5:30 pm Aug 6 Mass/Rosary Crusade 8:15 am Church Cleaning 8:45 am Is it your turn? Scrip sold in Parish Office 8:45 to 10 am Confessions 3 to 3:50 pm; 5 to 5:30 pm Aug 7 Transfiguration of Our Lord

It is the tradition of the Church to make reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on First Fridays. We have been concentrating on adoration on First Fri-days by having Exposition of the Eucha-rist from after the 8:15 am Mass until the evening 5:30 pm Mass. It is important that we have at least two adorers for each hour when we have Exposition.

The weekend before each First Friday we have a sign-up sheet in the atrium of the church for parishioners to see which hours are filled and which are vacant. Then you can sign for an hour accordingly. We also welcome adorers to take an hour any day of the week. You may select an hour convenient for you. We ask that you sign in at the book on the podium near the St Joseph statue. (This allows others to know which hours have an adorer) You may take your place in the adoration area on the right of the sanctuary where you are close to the tabernacle, or you may remain in the main body of the Church - anywhere you are comfortable. We encourage new adorers to check the sign-in book to see which hours do not have an adorer. We would like to ex-tend the number of hours that are filled.

COLLECTION REPORT

Sunday, July 24, 2011 Adult Envelopes $ 10,793.13 Plate $ 878.06 Children’s Envelopes $ 65.60 Total $11,736.79

***Our Budgeted Goal is $18,800 per Week**

Direct Withdrawals for June 2011 $5,306.00 (not included in the Sunday Adult Envelopes above)

2004 Renovation Campaign Update thru June 2011 Payments Received $1,129,164.79 Pledges $1,271,101.32

2008 Gratitude Renewed Update thru June 2011 Payments Received $950,903.96 Pledges $1,283,469.60 Diocesan Loan through June 2011 $ 451,953.26 Quarterly Interest Owed (4 1/2 %) +$22,718.42 Loan Payments to date -$203,500.00 Loan Balance $271,171.68

SCRIP Update for July 18 thru July 24, 2011 Amount Exchanged $15,157.50 Profit $ 625.65

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Readings for the Week of July 31, 2011 Sunday: Is 55:1-3/Rom 8:35, 37- 39/Mt 14:13-21 Monday: Nm 11:4b-15/Mt 14:22-36 Tuesday: Nm 12:1-13/Mt 14:22-36 or 15:1-2, 10- 14 Wednesday: Nm 13:1-2, 25---14:1, 26-29a, 34-35/Mt 15:21-28 Thursday: Nm 20:1-13/Mt 16:13-23 Friday: Dt 4:32-40/Mt 16:24-28 Saturday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/2 Pt 1:16-19/Mt 17:1-9 Next Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a/Rom 9:1-5/Mt 14:22-33

SCRIP will be sold in the Church Office from 9 am to 3 pm during the summer. Remember to use SCRIP whenever possible!

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHURCH/SCHOOL GROUNDS MOWING SCHEDULE SAT AUGUST 6

Team Leader: Mark Rezac Kevin Naumann Richard Norris Robert Naumann Leroy Novak Todd Neeley Thomas O’Connell John Nelson James O’Connell Bernard Newton John Odgaard Brent Newton Richard O’Hearn Information on funerals at St John’s can be found at: http://www.stjohnslincoln.com/funeral-packet “Words move, but examples draw.” Pope John XXIII

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS : Darlene Baker, Ron Barzydlo, Justice Bennett, Paul Bruckner, Kristy Clarke, Harold Dorty, Larry Dvorak, Jack English, Caleb Fech, Albert Joseph, Joyce Kempkes, Kate Knopik, Michael Marsh Family, Tristan Meyer, Marge Musil, Tonya Nelson, John Noble, Steven Poynter, Genna Rathke, Kathy Richardson, Berneice Selko, Joe Sis, Bud Svoboda, Mary Tally, Russell Walters, Wes Welcomer and Carrol Wilson.

MAY THEY BE STRENGTHENED AND HEALED IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON ANYONE LISTED ABOVE THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CALLING THE PARISH OFFICE AT 402-489-1946. THANK YOU.

There will be a second collection this weekend, July 30-31, for the cloistered sisters (Pink Sisters) and the Carme-lite Sisters of Agnew in our Diocese of Lincoln. Please re-member them as they devote their lives in prayer for us. If you forgot your envelope this weekend, you can drop into the basket next weekend! Father Abil Nairki Modi, one of approximately 4000 Com-boni Missionaries who serve the “poorest and most aban-doned” in 40 countries around the world will be speaking at our Masses this weekend. He is originally from Juba and was the first in his family to convert to Christianity. After being ordained as a Comboni Missionary on April 3, 1971 he first worked in Khartoum and Southern Sudan. He was then assigned to South Los Angeles where he worked at Holy Cross Parish. The work he embraced there was pro-moting Holy Hour and Adoration. He currently follows his missionary vocation as a member of the Comboni Mission Center community in La Grange Park, IL. Please be gener-ous in response to this missionary appeal. If we follow Jesus’ example, there will always be more than enough because others will join us with their gen-erosity. The young man gave his loaves and fishes and no one went without.

General Church Cleaning for August 6 at 8:45 AM

Families responsible for church cleaning this Saturday are listed below. At least one member of each family should be present. If you are unable to clean on your Saturday, please call and trade with someone else whose name is on the list that came with your monthly mailing from St John’s OR call Rent-a-Teen at 402-

489-5169.

James Moeller 489-4150 Robin Moreno n/a Curtis Montgomery 486-0149 Clifford Morgan n/a Katie Monzon 580-2782 James Morphew 467-3790 Cheryl Moock 432-0086 Darren Morton 786-2219 Christopher Moore 540-0601 Jeff Morton n/a Jake Moore 416-9642 Patricia Morton 489-9358 James Moore 325-6644 Rick Moses 336-8423 Michael Musil 325-8747 Mary Moss 325-9028

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School Office Hours - The school office is open next week Monday-Friday from 7:30 am to noon. SCRIP will be sold Monday thru Friday in the Parish Office from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.

Love to dance? Pius Thunderette Summer Dance Camp is for you! Girls of preschool age to entering 8th grade are invited to attend. The Camp will be held August 8, 9, and 10 (Mon-Wed) from 9 am to noon. Learn dances and pom routines to be performed the last day of camp and at the first Pius home foot-ball game. Don’t miss the fun! Applications are available online at www.piusx.net or in your school office. Call 402-613-5288 if you have other questions. See you there!

SQUIRES: Our first meeting will be held next Tuesday, August 9th, from 7 to 8 pm in the social hall at St John’s. If you are in-terested in joining the Squires, but haven’t filled out the applica-tion, please bring a parent to help you complete the paperwork. There will also be an investiture ceremony on Sunday, August 28th at 2:00 pm in the social hall. All Squires should attend and families are welcome to join us. If you have questions, please contact Craig Sehnert at 438-1699 or email -csehnert@windstream.net.

Sports Registration All students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades received sports registra-tion forms during the last week of school. These forms are also available on Black Board or in the school office, which is now open on Monday - Friday, 7:30 am to noon. All students are encouraged to sign up before August 20 to receive a discount on their registration price. Volleyball players are especially en-couraged to sign up early so we can determine the number of teams needed for the upcoming season.

Remember to register for CCD on Wednesday, August 24th. Stop by anytime on August 24th between 6:30 and 8 pm to reg-ister your children, meet their teachers and pay fees. Religion classes are for Kindergarten thru 8th grade. Classes begin Wednesday August 31st at 6:30 pm. Questions? Call Margie at 402-486-1145. N ATTENTION HUSKER FOOTBALL FANS!

THE 2011 NEBRASKA HUSKER FOOTBALL SEASON IS ONLY ABOUT A MONTH AWAY!!!! WITH THAT BEING SAID WE ARE CURRENTLY SIGNING UP VOLUNTEERS TO WORK AT THE GAMES! YOU CAN VOL-UNTEER IF YOU ARE 15 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, & HAVE NOT RECEIVED A LETTER IN ANY ACTIVITY IN HIGH SCHOOL. *****IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING PLEASE CONTACT****MELINDA MATTSON (CALL OR TEXT) 402-540-4549 OR**** EMAIL AT: MELINDA_MATTSON@YAHOO.COM

DIOCESE OF LINCOLN NOVICE SISTERS OF THE WEEK Sister Pauline of Christ from Issaquah, WA, Sister Miriam Therese of The Holy Face from Valencia, CA, and Sister Lucia

of The immaculate Heart of Mary from Chicago, IL are all Junior Professed Novices with the Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph religious order. Please pray for these Sisters as they study and work toward final vows for our religious orders in the Dio-cese of Lincoln.

EVENTS OF INTEREST TO ST JOHN’S YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES

Box Tops for Education, Campbell’s and Best Choice Collection Program News

Many thanks go to the parishioners and school families who continue to support St John’s School through these collec-tion programs. This past school year, we sent in over 15,000 Campbell’s UPC’s and received DVD’s for the li-brary, computer software, and footballs, tetherballs, and jump ropes for the playground and After School Care pro-gram. We received two checks totaling $2,267 from Box Tops for Education and $300 from the Best Choice UPC redemption program. This goes toward whatever areas of the school that need funding most. Our 4th grade class re-ceived a pizza party from the Student Council for collecting over 5000 of these items this past school year. Please con-tinue to collect Box Tops, Campbell’s, and Best Choice UPC”S as these collection programs continue from year to year. Send them to school with your favorite student(s) or place them in the Rubbermaid container back by the SCRIP desk. Thank you! (Special thanks goes to Betty and Marlene!)

The next CALIX meeting (for those concerned with Alcoholism) will be today, Sunday, July 31, at Madonna’s Ryan Memorial Chapel, 5401 South Street. Mass begins at 5:00 pm. Covered dish meal to follow. Call Craig C. at 402-438-6319, for more informa-tion. St John the Apostle’s Visiting Ministry for the home bound be-gan over five years ago. A small group of parishioners began visit-ing members of the parish who could no longer be active because of infirmities, trying to make them feel a part of the parish. Each member of the ministry is asked to make home visits or to make calls to assigned members of the parish. Shortly after the Visiting Ministry program began, several members of the parish began making use of their special talents making prayer shawls, having read about other communities that did this praying for the recipient as they knitted or crocheted. Thus the Visiting Ministry and the Shawl Ministry joined forces. This is a beautiful way to practice one of the Corporal Works of Mercy. On Divine Mercy Sunday the Shawls are brought to Church and are given a special blessing before being distributed. We have found that this Ministry has been greatly appreciated. Because of the increasing number of infirm, we are grateful for new members to both of these ministries.

Meadowlane Shopping Center Farmers Market is held each Monday from 4 to 7 pm located in the Southeast corner of the parking lot. Anyone interested in becoming a vendor at the Farm-

We recently received a letter of thanks from Matt Talbot Kitchen for our gift of $1,162 (from the SHARE Env.) to help support their hunger relief and outreach services for our commu-nity’s working poor and homeless. The summer months tend to be their busiest and they are so grateful for our help. If you are interested in learning more about their services, visit their web-site at www.mtkserves.org.

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AREA EVENTS OF INTEREST TO ST JOHN’S PARISHIONERS

Attention Business Owners!

Jessi Sallenbach will be working on setting up the adver-tising sponsorships for our bulletin the week of August 22nd. Please consider advertising in our bulletin! Ad-vertisements can be purchased for a business, family, or a sponsor ad can be purchased supporting community ser-vice organizations like Emergency Pregnancy Counseling or the Battered Women’s Shelter, etc. We need and ap-preciate your help. If you are interested or would like more information, please call Jessi at the church office at 402-489-1946 Monday through Thursday the week of Au-gust 22nd, or anytime at 402-850-4950. You may also email her at jsallenbach@4lpi.com with any questions.

MARY’S GARDEN has been planted on the west side of the Conference Room. A small army of generous folks helped put this garden together. A very special thank you to all who helped with dirt, plants, stone, the bench and future trel-lis. Mary’s Garden is for everyone!

Please come and enjoy when you are able. RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) or Adult Education Classes will begin on September 12th. Classes are held on Mondays from 7 to 8:30 pm in the Social Hall. These inquiry sessions are for those who may be interested in becoming Catholic and for Catholics desir-ing to deepen their faith and understanding of the Catholic Church. For more information or to register for the class, call Susan Carlson at 402-489-9574. WE NEED YOUR GENTLY USED JEWELRY FOR THE HARVEST FESTIVAL on September 18th. There is a box in the back of the Church to collect your donated jewelry items. Questions? Call 402-489-2705 or 402-423-2487. Thanks for contributing! THE PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY needs you. If you knit, crochet or quilt, your skills are needed. What a great way to relax while praying and doing for our fellow St John’s parishioners. Please contact Betty Dumonceaux at 402-484-7175.

“True joy, happiness and inner peace come from giv-ing of ourselves to others. A happy life is a life for oth-ers.” Henry Nouwen

Divorced, separated and widowed Catholics are invited to a special Mass sponsored by the Family Life Office this Monday, August 1st, at Blessed John XXIII Diocesan Cen-ter, 3700 Sheridan Blvd. Confessions at 7 pm and Mass at 7:30 pm. The presentation will be “Summer Sanctity.” Catholic Business Women will meet this Tuesday, August 2nd from 11:45 to 12:45 at Blessed John XXIII Center, 3700 Sheridan Blvd. Bring your own lunch. Come enjoy a presen-tation by Kim Einspahr and Anne Woita, co-founders of the new Hildegard Center for the Arts. They will speak about the Center’s mission, vision, and Hildegard’s upcoming events; the Lincoln Spiritual Art Tour on August 28th and their recently published book “Seeking the Light”. All are welcome. Call DaNay Kalkowski at 402-435-6000 or Paula Grenemeier at 402-328-5222 with questions. Married couples need to regularly make time for them-selves to keep their marriage strong. Why not make the time for a very special weekend together and make a World Wide Marriage Encounter Weekend for your marriage? The next weekend is August 5-7 in Norfolk. To register, please contact Pat and Janelle Benson at 308-946-3568, pbjbben@yahoo.com or www.wwmesection9.org.

Catholic Social Services Fish Fry will be held this Friday, August 5th at 2241 O Street. Dining room hours are 5-8 pm. Call ahead orders welcome (402) 429-8014. $8 per person or $30 per family—all you can eat! Cash, checks, credit or debit cards accepted. Proceeds go to St Gianna’s Women’s Homes. The Diocese of Lincoln Natural Family Planning Creigh-ton Model Introductory Sessions for August will be held on Monday, August 15th and Tuesday, August 23rd, both at 7 pm. Pre-registration is required. For more information call 402-488-2040. 2 weeks to sign up for Retrouvaille - Do you feel alone? Are you frustrated or angry with each other? Do you ar-gue...or have you just stopped talking to each other? Does talking about it only make it worse? This program has helped tens of thousands of couples experiencing marital difficulty at all levels including disillusionment and deep mis-ery. For confidential information about or to register for the August program beginning with a weekend on August 12-14, call 1-888-317-5654 or go to www.retrouvaille.org . Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House is a ministry of the Diocese of Lincoln. Situated on a spacious acreage amid the rolling hills just east of Lincoln, the retreat house setting offers a serene and peaceful atmosphere of prayer and recollection. Upcoming retreats include August 19-21 with Father Lawrence Stoley for both men and women; Au-gust 26-28 with Father Robert Barnhill for Women only. For more info and dates go to: www.goodcounselretreat.com.

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS

First Day of School August 22 CCD Registration K-8 August 24 RCIA (Adult Education) September 12 Harvest Festival September 18 Altar Society Brunch October 15 Craft Fair November 12