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PARISH STAFF

Parochial Administrator: Rev. Tony Ripp, M.S.C.

Dir. of Religious Education: Donna Sciacca

Parish Secretary: Rebecca Tirpok

Finance Manager: Carolyn Marchese

PARISH SPIRITUALITY

Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:00pm

Sunday: 8:00am & 10:30am

Mon - Fri: 8:35am

Holy Days: 9:00am & 7:30pm

CONFESSION: Saturdays 4:15pm - 4:45pm or by appointment. REGISTER: Please contact the parish office to register when you move into the parish. Only registered parishioners, in good standing, can receive a Certificate of Eligibility to act as a Godparent or sponsor.

BAPTISMS: The Sacrament of Baptism is administered on the fourth Sunday of every month. Parents are encouraged

to invite family members to the 10:30 Mass as the Sacrament of Baptism takes place immediately following the Mass. Parents and Godparents must attend an enrichment class approx. 1 month prior to the Baptism. You will need to call the Parish Office to register for this class. A Godparent must

be a committed, practicing Catholic, and if from another parish, must provide a certificate of eligibility from their pastor. This certificate should be brought to the enrichment class. A Christian of other denominations may serve as a Godparent along with a practicing Catholic.

MARRIAGE: A Saturday Mass for the Sacrament of Matrimony may be celebrated no later than 1pm. Couples planning marriage are to contact the parish office & schedule a meeting with our wedding coordinator no later than 6 months in advance of the wedding. Shorter preparation

periods must be approved by our Pastor. Couples will meet several times with the Pastor throughout the preparation process. Couples are to attend a Pre-Cana program approved by our Pastor.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Please call the rectory at anytime for the Sacrament of the Sick. Also the Holy Eucharist will be brought to the sick and shut-ins upon request to the Parish Office. We celebrate a Communal Anointing of the Sick in June, near the Feast of St. John the Baptist.

Mass Intentions for the Week of August 12 - 18, 2019

Morning Prayer in St. Joseph Chapel, Mon. – Fri. at 8:15am

DAILY MASS at 8:35am in the Chapel

Monday: William Focht (Jack Lynch)

Tuesday: Leo Inglin (Harold Rick)

Wednesday: Elizabeth Petritsch (Loving Family)

Thurs. - The SOLEMNITY of the ASSUMPTION OF MARY

Mass at 9am & 7:30pm

Friday: Chandra Leggette (The McCords)

WEEKEND MASSES

Saturday

5pm: Jillian& Jenn Vinceguerra (Kathy Vinceguerra)

Sunday

8am: Intentions of Dominic Chiarello (Donna Sciacca)

10:30am: Parishioners’ Intentions

Meetings this Week

Mon. Aug. 12: Prayer Shawl, 7pm – Marian Room Wed. Aug. 14: Holy Land Pilgrimage Mtg., 7pm – Marian Rm. Sat. Aug. 17: Men of Faith, 8am – Marian Room & Chapel

2019 Weekly Mass Collection

Envelope / Parish Giving

Sunday, August 4th: $5,756.00 / $ 499.00

Thank you for your generosity!

For the most up to date information on our parish visit

our website at: www.stjohnsottsville.org and don’t forget to like us on facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/ottsville

What’s easier?

A prearranged electronic donation or remembering your envelope each week! Did you know that you have the option to make a donation of your weekly tithe contribution electronically instead of using an envelope? You can set up a one-time, monthly or weekly donation to St. John’s with a few clicks of a button.

Visit www.stjohnsottsville.org and click on the

Parish Giving link at the bottom of our home page

for step-by-step instructions.

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ARE YOU READY? A Reflection on the Gospel of Luke

A Holy Day of Obligation

THE SOLEMNITY OF

THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY

Thursday, August 15th

Mass times: 9am & 7:30pm

FATIMA HOUSE RETREAT CENTER Bedminster, PA

“A Quiet Country Retreat” Offering Day & Overnight Retreats for Individuals

and Small Groups

Our Programs Are Open to All

Monday, 7pm

Adoration & Prayers Wednesday, 9:30am

Adoration & Prayers

3rd

Sunday, 12pm

Adoration & Prayer

for Vocations 1st Saturday, 10am

Rosary, Confession,

Mass & Lunch

For more information or directions, please call Joan Black

at 215-536-3508, visit fatimahousebedminster.webs.com

In this short version of the gospel from Luke, Jesus addressed the expectations of the Christian community about the end of the world. Be ready! Jesus began the discourse with two traditional images for action: girded loins and lamps light [12:35]. Girded loins prepared one for running. Lamps light referred to movement at night. Taken together, the images painted quick, nighttime travel. In the context of Luke 12, the night referred to the trials (the dark times) before the Final Judgement. In other words, the Christian community were to be prepared for fast action, in spite of persecution. Jesus then used two parables for anticipation: the waiting servants [12:36-38] and the watchful homeowner [12:39]. The parable of waiting servants had two additional images that referred to the heavenly feast. First, the servants waited for the master to return from the wedding banquet. Such a feast had overtones of the Kingdom, when God would dine with his people. Second, the master would return to serve the servants a great feast! (The leader as servant model was standard in the Christian movement. After all, Jesus did wash the feet of the apostles at the Last Supper). Notice, this scenario matched Luke's world view. After his resurrection, Jesus rose into glory at the Ascension. This was his wedding feast. The early Christian community expected his return at any moment as King and Great Judge. Then, he would reward the faithful (i.e., he would serve the servants). The heavenly wedding feast and the future feast of the Kingdom were glimpsed in the Eucharist, where the Lord is fully present and received by the faithful, but not as yet clearly seen. In this parable, Luke describes the ideal attitude of those who gathered for fellowship on the Lord's Day: celebrate his presence (the heavenly banquet) and actively await for his coming (the Kingdom feast) by serving each other. Those who celebrated this way were truly b lessed! The watchful homeowner shifted the focus of the community. No longer were sights on the Lord. No, they gazed upon the enemy, the marauding Evil One! Satan came to borough his way into the community and steal away as many souls as he could. Hence, the community needed to look after its own against the temptations of immoral and amoral behavior. Jesus capped these few versed with an admonition. Be ready! You don't know when the Son of Man will come.

Prepare for Eucharist this Sunday in prayer .

We celebrate his return every time we break bread with him in the Eucharist. We taste him now. But we will realize him in his fullness at the end of time. So, in the Eucharist, we have a "partially realized eschatology." In these brief parables, Luke understood the relationship between the weekly fellowship and the coming of the Lord. The next time we celebrate Eucharist, let us remember we receive what we hope for and we touch what we yearn for. The presence of the Jesus as Lord over all!

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TEACH the CHILDREN

2019-2020 PREP SCHOOL YEAR UPDATES

Download our 2019-2020 PREP Calendar from our

website. Click PREP from drop down box under

Faith Formation.

First Day of PREP: Monday, September 16th

Tuesday, September 17th

On the first day of classes...A parent or guardian

must accompany and be seated with their child in

the school gym. After Opening Prayer, the

Catechists will be introduced & the students

dismissed to their classrooms. A brief orientation

meeting for the parents will immediately follow.

2020 SACRAMENT Meetings & Important Dates

Sacrament of First Reconciliation

~ Parent Meeting- Nov. 21, 2019 at 6:30pm

Sacrament Service Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 6pm

Sacrament of First Holy Communion

~ Parent Meeting – Thurs. March 19, 2020, 6:30pm ~ Retreat – Sat., April 25, 2020 - 9am – 12:30pm ~ Rehearsal – Thurs. April 30, 2020 at 6pm

Sacrament Mass Sat., May 11th at 10AM

Sacrament of Confirmation

~ SAINTS ALIVE Retreat: Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020 12pm-5pm Pope John Paul II High School, Royersford, PA ~Final Candidate & Sponsor Mtg: Thurs. April 2nd 6:30pm ~ Rehearsal: Tues. May 12th at 6pm (PREP not in session)

RITE OF CONFIRMATION within the MASS Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 4pm

Dear Parish Family and Friends,

On behalf of the Regina

Academy at St. John the

Baptist School Board, we

are all very excited to

announce the hiring of our

new Head of School,

Tami Koerber. In her own words,

“The Catholic Church’s long history of excellence in education has greatly

impacted my own life, first as a student, then as a parent, and finally as a professional educator. I am thrilled and deeply grateful for the opportunity to join the families and staff at the Regina Academy at St. John the Baptist! The zeal for Catholic, classical education is evident in everyone I have met. I look forward to advancing the mission of the school in forming students to know, love and serve the Lord with all their heart, strength and mind. I also look forward to supporting the parents, as primary educators, in living out our precious Catholic heritage.” Tami Koerber’s passion is for leading children from

wonder to wisdom through the teachings of the Catholic

faith with the classical education model. She has been in

the field of classical education for more than twenty years

as an administrator, teacher, and consultant. Her

background also includes a decade spent in Catholic

pro-life ministry supporting diocesan offices with program

development.

As a believer in the power of the Catholic classical

model, Tami is known as an inspirational and deeply faith

driven educator and leader. She has a diverse expertise in

classical teaching for all ages of children, from classroom

to private tutoring. Areas of interest for Tami are faculty

training and curriculum development. Tami also served as

a trained classical education consultant with Mother of

Divine Grace School. In this role she guided families to

teach the Catholic classical model in their home, including

adapting the methodology for students with learning

challenges.

Mrs. Amy Mattle, Admissions Director

amattle@rasjb.org / 267-424-5762

Mr. Matthew McKernan, Dir. of Institutional Advancement

mmckernan@rasjb.org / 610-960-7062

www.rasjb.org

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LITURGICAL MINISTERS WORKSHOP

Presented by REV. GERALD DENNIS GILL, Dir.

Archdiocese of Philadelphia Office for Divine Worship

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2019 9AM – 12PM

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC CHURCH 4050 Durham Rd., Ottsville, PA 18942

To Register the Parish Office

610-847-5521

Divine Worship

Lex orandi, Lex credendi

Schedule

8:15am – 8:45am: Registration Check-In

(Light Refreshments will be available)

9am – 10am: Elements of a Divine Worship Mass

10:00am – 10:15am: Break

10:15am – 11:15am: Lector Formation

11:15am – 12pm: Extraordinary Minister of

Holy Communion Formation

Refresher Course for All current members of our Lector and EM Ministries.

REMAIN IN MY LOVE INITIATIVE FOR THE RENEWAL OF CHRISTIAN

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE

Sunday, September 15, 2019 2:00 PM-4:30 PM The Family as the Domestic Church

Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul Chapel 17th & Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103

Join us during the third and final year of the Archbishop’s Remain in My Love initiative! At this mini-conference, national Catholic speakers will present the splendor of Christ’s teachings on the high dignity of the vocation of marriage and Christian family life. This event is for everyone! Married and engaged couples, individuals and families are most welcome. The conference will include national speakers, a couple’s personal witness, prayer & time for Q&A.

No charge to attend, but please RSVP at our website www.archphila.org/remain2019

Childcare will be provided. • Free parking is available.

EASTERN UPPER BUCKS SENIOR CENTER

8040 Easton Rd. (Route 611), Ottsville, PA

610-847-8178

TODAY - SUNDAY, AUGUST 11th Doors Open at 12pm / Games start at 1pm

20 Games for $15 + 4 specials avail. to purchase

Door Prizes, and 50/50

Lunch & Snacks available to purchase

The Marianist Family Retreat Center

417 Yale Ave., Cape May Point, NJ 08212

A Mid-Week Retreat for Men and Women Sept. 23 - 26

This retreat is for first timers, as well as, for those wishing to rekindle their contemplative prayer experience. There will be daily Eucharist, input, sharing and quiet personal time to practice prayer and reflect on one’s experience. The silence and contemplative space of the retreat house and the beach at Cape May Point in early fall will provide an opportunity to experience that which we will ponder. This retreat will invite the retreatant to deepen their relationship to God by engaging in Lectio Divina, Centering Prayer, and Ignatian Prayer techniques. Cost: $155/pp (incl. meals, room & program) For more information call Anthony Fucci, Center Dir. at 609-884-3829 or visit www.capemaymarianists.org

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Please remember in your prayers our parishioners, who are sick, homebound, in the hospital, under hospice or residential care.

Susan Ackerman, Lillian Appleman, Patricia Baker, Robert Balbirer, Nancy Beans, John

Becker, Loretta Bodisch, Ross Brinkert, Dominic Chiarello, Anne Colyer, Charlene Cornell, Matthew Crance, Jim Crawford, Chrissy Davis, Joy Davis, MaryJane Deutsch, Dominic Diamond, Larry & Joanne Diehl, Terry Dunn, Arlene Eichlin, Marvin Eichlin, George Farrelly, Charles Fees,Jr., John Finn, Patricia Fite, Crystal Fleck, Sarah Fleck, Thomas Fleck, Herman Fleck, Claire Fratrik, Janet Galen, Kathi Gallegher, Kathleen Gaughan, Dylan Geroni, Kathy Geroni, Marie & Rosalyn Giardullo, Anna Giebler, Mary Halwski, Maryann Hauber, Joyceann Heley, Michael Heuston, Sharon Horvath, Martha Juchnowicz, Carol Knight, Valerie Korbar, Timmy Kosmin, Aleena Lang, Nate Leidtke, Ryan Leven, Kathy Lightkep, Marie Louzon, Jackie Litzenberger, Charles Lutcavage, Loretta Malloy, Jill Martindell, Adelaide McElderry, Carol McGlinchey, Bridget McHugh, Anne McLaughlin, Anne McNichol, Emma Michael, Maria Middleton, Nancy Moreno, Lorraine Mosolgo, Harvey Mueller, James O’Hanlon, Gabrialle Otero, Gary Palmer, Helen Pepkowski, Victoria Pepkowski, Nicholas Powell, Don Raman, Mike Ramos,

Rachael Rice, Gregory Rickert, Joy & Teddy Rodman, Sandy Romaszewski, Sam Rothman, Frederick R. Rude, Dolly Rutherford, Zina Sauerwine, Bob Sheetz, Lana Schell, Ronald Schultz, Sr., Frank & Joyce, Mary Jane Shuman, Baby Ella Stack, Jenna Stanzio, Shane Stroup, Riley Telesca, Sean Thatcher, Baby William Patrick Thomas, Cynthia Tocci, Maddie Tomaszewski, Douglas Toner, Betty Ventresca, Helen Wall, Diane Wesoski, Maryjane Whealton, Tamara Widmer, Edward Wismer, Baby Logan Yoder, Liem Zbyszinski

THANK YOU FOR SERVING & PROTECTING OUR FREEDOMS. Jamie Steven Ayuso, Fionna M. Boyle, Derek Brosius, Christopher Brune, Kyle Crossland, Casey de Lauretis,

David Fisher, Michael Froeder, A.J. Giovino, Aaron Given, Matthew Gumprecht, Bob Hankinson, Victor Hormilla, Stephen Lindmeier, Jason Litschauer, Cory Litzenberger,

Dan O’Connor, Jonathan Pucci, Dusty Rhodes, Craig Russell,Don Valdez.

Ministry Schedule for

August 17 & 18: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Extraordinary Minister

Lector

Altar Server

Music

Saturday

5pm

Peg Glancey Dave Slifer

Marion Wolf NOT FILLED

Helene Bell

NEED

VOLUNTEERS

Liz Torgerson

Fred Furmaniak

Sunday

8am

Cathy Leidtke

Nancy Kaczinski Kevin Murphy

Bea Romaszewski

Marie Burke

Tommy Loughran Kalista Williams Violet Williams

Amletto Pucci

Choir (Acapella)

Sunday 10:30pm

Joan Beebe Jim Black

Wendy DeGroot Leona Russell

Sean Lynch

Dakota Campbell

Elia Logaivau Paige Mattle

NEED VOLUNTEER

Patti Leidner

(Acapella)

ALL BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED by 12:00 pm LATEST on the Monday preceding the intended bulletin publication date. Email submissions to prep@stjohnsottsville.org

Thank you!