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St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
This Week at St. John’s
8:00 am Rosary
Between Masses MBM - Parish Hall
PSR - Annex Classrooms
6:00 pm Spaghetti Supper
7:00 pm RCIA
Daily Mass/Offerings
MON
7:00 am Men’s Prayer Group - Community Room
8:30 am MDO - Parish Hall
3:00 pm Leap Frog
TUE
8:00 am Rosary
7:00 pm Adoration until 8pm
WED
8:30 am MDO - Parish Hall
3:00 pm Leap Frog
THUR
8:00 am Rosary
FRI
7:00 am
10:00 am
11:00 am
5:00 pm
5:30 pm
Monday Mass 12:10pm
Souls in Purgatory
Anonymous
Tuesday Mass 8:30am
Frank Soldevila
Yates Family
Wednesday Mass 12:10pm
Damaris Foping
Laura Schrock
Adoration until noon
Prayer Shawl Ministry - Community Room
Confessions until noon
Stations
Fish Fry
Alcoholics Anonymous meets on Mon., Wed., at noon; Mon., Wed., Fri., at
5:30pm; Thurs. at 8:30am; Men only, Thurs. at 5:30pm.
Emotions Anonymous meets on Sat. at noon.
Thursday Mass 8:30am
Christine Wenger
Laura Schrock
Friday Mass 6:45am
Mass 12:10pm
Maxine Nelson
Lee Family
Saturday Emeritus Mass 10:00am
This Week’s Readings
MON Dn 9:4-10 Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13 Lk 6:36-38
TUE Is 1:10, 16-20 Ps 50:8-9, 16-17, 21, 23 Mt 23:1-12
WED Jer 18:18-20 Ps 31:5-6, 14-16 Mt 20:17-28
THURS Jer 17:5-10 Ps 1:1-4, 6 Lk 16:19-31
FRI
Gn 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28 Ps 105:16-21
Mt 21:33-43, 45-46
SAT Mi 7:14-15, 18-20 Ps 103:1-4, 9-12 Lk 15:1-3, 11-32
SUN Third Sunday of Lent
Ex 20:1-17 or Ex 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17 Ps 19:8-11
1 Cor 1:22-25 Jn 2:13-25
Mass Date &Time
Sun. March 8
8:30 am
Comm. Minister
A. Mullen (H)
Lectors
J. Roux
Ushers
B. Newman
J. Townsend
D. Sharpe
P. Lee
Servers
D. Bianco
S. Bianco
Sun. March 8
11:00 am
M. Davis (H)
J. Sherman
D. Clinton
M. Smidebush
G. Read
J. Lindbeck
C. Stinnett
P. Stinnett
CM/Sick
P. Smith
B. Smith
B. Sawyer
If you are unable to serve at your assigned time, it is your responsibility to obtain a substitute. Should you have a question concerning
scheduling, or if you know that you will be unable to serve next month contact Joan Cleary for Communion Ministers & Lectors at 234-9586/
joancleary@bellsouth.net; or Nancy Roberts for Altar Servers at 234-4079/mdrandnar@bellsouth.net.
416 South 5th St. Oxford, MS 38655
Check out our website:
www.stjohnoxford.org
E-mail us at:
office@stjohnoxford.org
Office: 662-234-6073 Fax 662-234-6079
Catholic Campus Ministry At Ole Miss Phone: 662-234-6073
Rev. Joe Tonos, Pastor
Brad Noel, Campus Ministry Advisor
Mary & Scott Leary, TYM Directors
Tara Luber, PSR Director
Ted Klingen, Deacon
Fr. Joe at home: 236-1298
tonos@stjohnoxford.org
ccmolemiss@gmail.com
mwleary8@aol.com
taraluber@gmail.com
tklingen@yahoo.com
Sunday Masses: Sunday 8:30 am, 11:00 am, 5:00 pm - 403 University Avenue
Daily Mass: Tues, Thurs 8:30 am Mon, Wed, Fri 12:10 pm - 403 University Avenue
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sunday, 7:45am, 10:30am & 4:15pm, or by appointment.
Nursery: Downstairs 8:30am, 11am, 5pm-6pm on Sunday
Parish Center Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:30am-4:30 pm and Friday 8:30am-noon
Second Sunday of Lent
March 1, 2015
How are we doing?
Starting Monday, March 2 through Sunday,
March 8, you will have an opportunity to participate
in a parish survey.
Fr. Joe and the Parish Council are interested in
YOUR thoughts concerning our parish, our
outreach and what direction we need to take for
the future.
Go to www.promatura.net/survey/stjohn.htm and
follow the instructions.
A hard-copy of the survey will be available for people
to fill out next Sunday March, 8.
Welcome to all our visitors and guests and we hope you enjoy your stay here in Oxford.
Newcomers to our parish please call the parish office at your earliest convenience to be registered.
Matrimony: Couples should call 6 months in advance for required preparation.
Baptism: Parents may call Fr. Joe for preparation.
Parents of all children enrolled in parish programs must be registered in the parish.
Bulletin submissions must be sent to the office by noon on Wednesday in writing via email or in person.
Current laws do not permit the Church to get information on hospitalized patients. If you know of someone in the
hospital or recovering at home, please let the Church know so we can schedule a visit.
Our Congratulations to…
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Jane & Paul Cassisa, on their 33rd Wedding Anniversary, February 27th
Christine & Jeremiah Grant, on their 7th Wedding Anniversary, February 23rd
First Friday: On Friday, March 6, we will have
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Campus Ministry
Adoration Tuesday 7-8pm in the church.
Women’s Book Study (Tues, 8:15pm in the St.
John's Community Room)
 Good Cheer This Wed (8pm @ Bouré): :
"Examples From the Past" (1 Cor 10) with special
Emeritus Mass: We will have Mass on Saturday,
guest Jacob Whelan.
March 7 with the Anointing of the Sick at 10:00am at
 Join us for "Rosary in the Grove" (NEW!)
Emeritus. Anyone is welcome to join us.
Thursdays, 6:30pm at the Grove stage!
southernfriedcatholicism.com
Mission Mississippi meets facebook.com/CCMOleMiss | @CCMOleMiss
on Tuesday, March 3 at 6:45am at North Oxford Baptist Church. Please consider joining other Christians in
Jane Cassisa S’ship for High School Seniors:
prayer for solidarity and racial reconciliation.
The annual Jane Cassisa Scholarship applications for
graduating Catholic High School seniors from St. John’s
will be posted online or available through the parish
Lenten Fish Fry:
The Oxford Knights of Columbus Council 10901 will office beginning Monday, February 16. The scholarship
is a $3,500.00 award to a Mississippi University (or
be holding their annual Lenten Fish Fry every Friday
LSU)
given to the outstanding young man or woman
during Lent at the Parish Hall 5:30-7:00pm. Catfish
who
lives out their Catholic virtues in the public
dinners will be served as dine-in or take-out.
forum.
Please vote for the Knights of
Mass at 6:45am with Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament to follow until noon. Confessions will be heard
from 11:00am until noon. Mass at 12:10pm.
Columbus Fish Fry as THE BEST IN OXFORD by
going to http://oxfordeagle.com/ and clicking on
the BEST OF OXFORD icon.
Frances Breaux Smith S’ship for HS Seniors:
The Frances Breaux Smith Award applications for
graduating Catholic High School seniors from St. John’s
will be posted online or available through the parish
Stations of the Cross:
office beginning Monday, February 16. The scholarship
Stations are at 5:00pm in the church each Friday during
is a $3,000.00 award to any U.S. university given to the
Lent. Please make an effort to join fellow parishioners
outstanding young man or woman who lives out their
in this journey each week.
Catholic virtues in the public forum. This is a NEED
BASED scholarship. Families participating must provide
Thanks!
a Certificate of Need.
Thanks to everyone who donated blood during our
blood drive. They collected 19 units of blood!
Daylight Savings Time:
The Knights of Columbus will cook breakfast between
the morning Masses on March 8th. Please come down
after Mass and join fellow parishioners for a good
southern breakfast for $3.
Remember to set your clocks one
hour forward next Saturday night
for Daylight Savings Time.
Pray for our sick and home-bound:
Marcie DeRuyscher, Fran DeVoe, Ron Knapp,
Gladys Baglioni, Steve Sura, Marie Adams, Candy
Gambrell, Joan Lucey, Sam Provenza, Pat Shields,
Robin Lovelady, Noel Torma, Tiffany Torma, John
Robert Phillips
Edith Mabry, mother of Forrest Hinton; Jeanne
Bowen, mother of Peggy Smith; Brenda Holliday,
sister of Judy Graham
Emeritus: Margaret Ferguson, Eileen Kingery,
Mattie Miller, Ruth Hill, Ann Elise Kimbell
Yalobusha Nursing Home: Christienne Acuff
VA: Robert Stack, Rudy Franck, Gene Valley,
Paul Gowan
Oxford Rehab: Fidelioso Reveles, Jeanette Reardon,
Justo Gonzales
Hermitage: Glennys White, Bud Gaia
Rest in Peace: May God receive the soul of
Raymond Gusmus, resident of the VA, who died
February 20th. Please keep his family in your prayers.
Drawdown 2015:
The parish’s big social event is scheduled for May 1,
2015 at the Oxford Convention Center! The Delta’s
party band, The Krackerjacks, are the featured
performers and expect good food, good drinks,
premium silent auction items and very good time.
Also, take a chance on winning $10,000.00!
Mark the date down and bring a friend!
Adult Faith Formation:
AFF will join Meet Between the Masses this morning.
The prayer shawl ministry
group meets on Fridays at
10am in the Community
Room. Anyone interested in
knitting or crocheting a
prayer shawl for the sick or
grieving or a blanket for a
newborn, please join us.
Call Terry at the office for
more information.
Financial Blessings
Operating Fund:
Anticipated Weekly Operating Expenses
Fiscal Year 2014/2015
$ 9,300.00
Weekly Contribution
$ 8,521.18
OnLine Giving
$ 4,387.00
Total
$12,908.18
Building Fund:
Weekly Contribution
OnLine Giving:
Total
$ 553.71
$ 1,400.00
$ 1,953.71
Black & Indian Mission
$
342.01
Thank you!
Try Online Giving! Log on to “www.stjohnoxford.org”
PSR/TYM
TYM:
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NO CLASS the next week, March 11. Happy
Spring Break!
TYM Summer Retreat: July 17-19. Limitless; Jn.
10:10. " The thief comes only to steal and kill and
destroy; I came that they may have life and
have it ABUNDANTLY."
PSR: There will be no PSR March 8th or March
15th. Hope everyone has a wonderful Spring Break!
Baptism for Older Children:
Children over the age of 7 can be fully initiated into
the Church (Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist).
Fr. Joe will offer a short course for these children
concomitant with the PSR time (9:45 am Sundays).
Please let Tara Luber or Mindy Sawyer know if you
are interested. The course will precede Easter Sunday.
Women’s Rosary
The ladies of St. John will meet on
Monday, March 2, at 11:30 a.m., in the
Cry Room at church to pray the
rosary.