St. JOHN VIANNEY

 --WEDNESDAY EVENING ACTIVITIES DURING LENT
5:30 p.m. Confessions
6:00 P.M. Stations of the Cross
6:30 p.m. Mass 
All will be at the Chapel location - 
501 North Nolan River Road, Cleburne TX 76033 

 --FATHER STAINBROOK WILL BE AWAY FROM SJV on Wednesday, April 10th, and Thursday, April 11th. He will be attending the "Chrism Mass" and priest gathering for all the Clergy in the Ordinariate (wh
ich takes place at the Cathedral in Houston)  
STATIONS OF THE CROSS will be celebrated on Wednesday, April 10th, at our beautiful Our Lady of Victory Chapel in the Victory Investment Strategies Building (501 North Nolan River Road, Cleburne) at the regular time of 6 p.m.
 
What is the Chrism Mass? 
A Chrism Mass is the Mass at which a bishop blesses the holy oils that will be used in his diocese throughout the year to baptize and confirm catechumens, and for the anointing of the sick. Since only a bishop can bless the holy oils, all Ordinariate priests until 2016 obtained the oils used for anointing from the geographical dioceses in which they reside.  
Since 2016,  with the appointment of Bishop Lopes as our Bishop, the priests of the Ordinariate, like priests in any Diocese in the world, gather together to reaffirm their vows to the Bishop and to receive oils for their congregations. 
 
--Lent is a season when many Catholics make their confessions. St. John Vianney offers Confession every Wednesday at 5:30 at our Nolan River Road Chapel. 
 
--HOLY WEEK AT ST. JOHN VIANNEY, 2019 A.D. 
April 14th,Palm Sunday - 9 a.m. (Gather outside for the procession.)
 
The Cleburne School District will not have school on Good Friday this year, and so we will be able to celebrate the Sacred Triduum of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday at Marti Elementary School (2020 Kilpatrick Street, Cleburne). Why not invite your friends to these special services? 
 
Maundy Thursday -- April 18th, 7 p.m. followed by the traditional Watch Before the Blessed Sacrament until Midnight
Good Friday, April 19th-- 7 p.m.
Easter Vigil,  20th-- 7 p.m. 
Easter Day April 21st-- 9 a.m. 
HE IS RISEN! 
 
EASTER EGG HUNT FOLLOWS!
Can you help with this year's EASTER EGG hunt? The more folks who participate/contribute -- the more fun our kids will be able to have!  
 
 --Bishop Lopes will be celebrating the Sacrament of CONFIRMATION for the North Texas Ordinariate Congregations  on  May 4th, at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Arlington -- If you  or a member of your family would like to be Confirmed into the Roman Catholic Church on that date, please See Father Stainbrook
 
 
--OUR GOLF SCRAMBLE IS COMING IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS !!!! IT'S time to get as many SPONSORS as possible - please see Earl Lutz for more information.  Go to golf tournament link at the top of this page for more details on registration and sponsorship information.
 
--The 2019 Bishop’s Appeal KICK OFF will be held this Sunday, March 3rd. 
 The Bishop's Appeal is our opportunity as a parish/parochial community to unite with our Ordinariate family to support our shared mission of evangelization.
In the coming week, please take the time to prayerfully reflect on the gifts that you have been given by God
and respond to Bishop Lopes’ appeal as generously as you possibly can.
Your participation is essential to the success of the Ordinariate. Please join other Catholics from throughout
the Ordinariate in supporting this very import appeal next week.
 
The Bishop’s Appeal (BA) is an annual appeal to all the faithful in the Ordinariate. It is conducted by the bishop through
all the parishes or parochial communities of the Ordinariate. Contributions are used as funds for the needs and ministries
of the Ordinariate as determined by the bishop. 
A fundraising goal is assigned to each parish (subject to discretionary
adjustments by the bishop)
 
BISHOP LOPE'S 2019 Letter can be read here: https://ecatholic-sites.s3.amazonaws.com/3059/documents/2019/2/19_BA_Letter_to_Parishes.pdf

 The goal 2019 for St. John Vianney Church is $8,000.00 
 
 
--WE HAVE DEVELOPED A NEW "MINISTRY SCHEDULE" for Altar Servers, Ushers, Coffee Hosts, and other Ministries: Check out our website for the schedule and for more information about events at our parish at   www.stjohnvianneycleburne.com


--BISHOPS VISIT
Thank you to all at St. John Vianney who worked so hard to prepare for, serve at, sing during, cater for and clean up after the Bishop's visit last Sunday. It was a marvelous celebration all around!
 
 
 
Congratulations to the 2019 Confirmation Class at St. John Vianney Church! Your parish family is very proud of you! 
 
 
Photo Credits: Warren Gale

 
 
 
--OUR PATRON'S HEART IS ON TOUR OF THE USA, Thanks to the Knights of Columbus
Saint Jean Vianney Relic Pilgrimage
Knights of Columbus holding nationwide tour of Curé of Ars Heart
The Shrine of Ars, France, has entrusted to the Knights of Columbus the major relic of St. Jean Vianney’s incorrupt heart for a national tour in the U.S., from November 2018 through early June 2019.
The Knights of Columbus welcomes this special opportunity to offer for veneration a major relic of the patron of parish priests, whose holiness and integrity is a model for clergy and laity alike.
Please find below the pilgrimage’s schedule and resources for the pilgrimage. The schedule will be updated as new locations are added. Please return to this website for schedule details, which will be added as they become available.
For questions, please email vianney@kofc.org.
To donate to the shrine of Ars, which is renovating its welcome center to provide pilgrims a first-class religious experience, please click here.
The Knights of Columbus are supporting the cost for the St. Jean Vianney Relic Pilgrimage. All donations made through this site will be sent to the St. Jean Vianney Shrine in Ars, France for capital improvement.
Since our church in Cleburne does not meet the criteria for hosting such a tour, we nevertheless offer our prayers for this wonderful event and fully support the Knight's efforts. 
 
 
--VOLUNTEERING
We thank those who responded to this announcement last week, but we are running it again in hopes that more people will respond.
It's a "good" problem to have, but the NEED for VOLUNTEERS in the various guilds and committees here at our growing Church is GROWING too. In other words:
Many of these essential activities (Ushers, Coffee Ministry for example, are now relying on only a few families to serve week after week - and these few families need help.  
As we welcome our new Confirmands this Sunday, and also welcome our Father in God, Bishop Lopes, we should each be asking ourselves  “what ministry is God calling YOU to do for St. John Vianney.” 
 We have many types of ministry that need YOUR help and support. It is not fair to assume that the same few volunteers will continue to shoulder the burden which benefits the whole congregation. (Everyone like coffee and doughnuts, everyone wants a warm smile and a leaflet when they arrive) Please see below how YOU can help.
The ALTAR GUILD is a ministry of service to the Alter. It is open to all women and girls (and men and boys as well!) in the parish who serve on teams.  The more teams we have, the fewer Sunday's each time a particular team will have to be on duty. Please see  Altar Guild Directress, Amanda LoPalo.
We need more ALTAR SERVERS (especially from the men and boys from our recently added families) Please see Father Stainbrook, or Acolyte Director, Brad Mead.  
Our growing CHOIR can always use more voices, too. Please see Choir Director, Pat Tittle
Christian Education is a developing ministry.  Many parents want a Sunday school for our kids. See Belen Morgan or Meagen Klien.
A NEW MINISTRY OPPORTUNITY HAS ARISEN: We are starting a NURSERY during Mass (which began last Sunday), please see Dale Williams to help. (Please Note: all Nursery Volunteers must take the Safe Environment Training Online at https://ordinariate.net/safe-environment   PLEASE take this training as soon as possible.
 
The Hospitality Ministry is made up of Ushers, Coffee and doughnut preparation and clean up and preparing our information table with posters and notices concerning Parish or Diocese Events.  The need for volunteers in this area is CRITICAL! Please see Earl Lutz or Laura Kastner to be our "hosts" on a Sunday.
The Outreach Ministry enables us at SJV to support those in or around our parish and have a presence in the Cleburne Community. See Mike Luchi
Of course that includes the Sign Ministry,  (removing the outside sign every week after mass)  you have a truck, you can help. (We keep the sign in the Holy Blue Trailer at the Lucas home).   See Brett Lucas.                                                                                                                               
Don’t forget we have the Mowing Ministry at 2825. If you have a mower and weed eater, we need you to help keep our property looking top shape. See Dale Williams
It is time to make that Resolution: To Get Involved at St. John Vianney!
WE HAVE DEVELOPED A NEW "MINISTRY SCHEDULE" for Altar Servers, Ushers, Coffee Hosts, and other ministries:  Check out our website for the schedule and for more information about events at our parish at   www.stjohnvianneycleburne.com

 

--A NEW RESOURCE FROM THE ORDINARIATE!
St. Gregory's Prayer Book Paperback –  available, February 20, 2019
by Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter (Author)
The St Gregory's Prayer Book is a beautifully produced leatherette prayer book compiled by the Ordinariates established by Pope Benedict XVI and drawing on the riches of the Anglican liturgical heritage and the exquisite Cranmerian language of the Book of Common Prayer to further enrich the panoply of Catholic liturgy and devotion.
The text includes ancient English collects, introits and hymns available together for the first time for the whole Church as approved examples of Catholic liturgy. In addition to the Liturgical texts, classic translations of traditional prayers and devotions for use in the Church and in the home have been lovingly compiled and edited in St Gregory's Prayer Book.
This lovely book of prayers is user friendly and accessible to Catholic faithful with a love of beautiful language and in search for supplementary resources for their prayer life that are both new and at the same time respectful of Church tradition. With gold blocking on cover and spine, and a silk ribbon marker.
The St. Gregory's Prayerbook can be purchased by pre order on AMAZON, or speak to Warren Gale at the "Book nook" about obtaining a copy.

--PLEASE NOTE: THE FULL EFFICACY (BENEFIT) OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IS BESTOWED WHEN ONE RECEIVES THE BODY AND BLOOD IN EITHER SPECIES -- IN OTHER WORDS, CHOOSING TO RECEIVE THE COMMUNION HOST AND BYPASSING THE CHALICE, IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE CATHOLIC PRACTICE. (Indeed, for centuries, only the celebrating priest drank from the Chalice) 
Every Catholic is permitted to choose for him/herself whether or not to receive the Precious Blood at Mass.  
St. John Vianney will continue to OFFER the Chalice at Mass, but every communicant is permitted the option of whether to receive Communion in one or both forms. 

 
---NEW BUILDING PLANS AND ARCHITECT DRAWINGS  WILL BE SET UP AFTER MASS ON SUNDAYS - Please stop by and take a look at what our new home will look like!
 



--THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE 6TH ANNUAL WALK FOR LIFE on Saturday. St. John Vianney was well represented at this ecumenical activity. Special thanks to coordinator, Mike Luchi - well done, Mike! 

--The Ordinariate Pilgrimage to the Holy Land is occurring this week. Two of our SJV families, Dale and Claudia Williams, and Brett and Nancy Lucas are amongst the pilgrims. Please pray for His Excellency, Bishop Lopes,  the Ordinariate clergy attending him, our SJV families on the pilgrimage, and all the pilgrims who are embarking on this wonderful, prayerful journey. 
St. Christopher, guide them; St. Michael, protect them!

-- The beloved  SAINT MICHAEL PRAYER becomes a regular prayer at Mass at St. John Vianney Church
 
“Sancte Michael Archangele, defende nos in proelio; contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium. Imperet illi Deus, supplices deprecamur: tuque, Princeps militiae caelestis, Satanam aliosque spiritus malignos, qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo, divina virtute, in infernum detrude. Amen”.
[Saint Michael Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil; may God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen]. 
Bishop Lopes has asked all churches in the Ordinariate, and Bishop Olson has asked all churches in his Diocese of Fort Worth, to begin including the St. Michael Prayer at all celebrations. The St. Michael Prayer  will be included at the end of all Masses (following the Last Gospel) at St. John Vianney Church, beginning thi Sunday. Holy Cards with this prayer are available in the "Book Nook" (along with several other new items!) 


--NEW ORDINARIATE STUDY MISSAL NOW AVAILABLE
 Many of our people from an Anglican background remember the hand sized editions of the "People's Anglican Missal" and the "Book of Common Prayer" 
Those parishioners who were raised Catholic might recall the hand sized "St. Joseph's Sunday Missal" and the "St. Joseph's Daily Missal"
 
Now, by permission of the Holy See, our own Ordinariate "Divine Worship: The Missal" has now been published in a hand held sized "study edition"
 
Information on how to order one from the Catholic Truth Society is provided below. These Study Missals  have been printed in a limited edition, so please order one soon to ensure your copy. (Please click on the link below)
 
  http://www.ctsbooks.org/search?searchTerm=Divine%20Worship%20
 
  PICS FROM HOLY WEEK 2018
Click here for pictures!

--Help the Ordinariate thrive
 Your participation is essential to the success of the Bishop’s Appeal! While regular gifts to your Parish are important, your annual gift to the Ordinariate is equally important. Please join other Catholics from throughout the Ordinariate in supporting this campaign, which will help the Ordinariate grow and thrive! Pick up a pledge card from the Parish today — gifts should be made payable to the Ordinariate — or visit  ordinariate.net/bishops-appeal to give.
St. John Vianney's 2018 Goal is $7326, of which, the Chancery has informed us, $5600 has been pledged - if you have not yet sent in your pledge envelope, please consider doing so this week. 

COFFEE TIME AT SJV after Mass 
We are looking for some additional families to undertake this very important ministry of hospitality on Sunday mornings (Some wags have even called "Coffee Hour" the 8th Sacrament!)  The more families who volunteer, the fewer Sundays each family must shoulder -- if you and your family can help, please see COFFEE HOUR COORDINATOR, EARL LUTZ after Mass. 
 

THE SACRED HEART
After reading the article about the Sacred Heart in June issues of the SJV Weekly Email, several of our parishioners have decided to consecrate their families in a special way by enthroning  the Sacred Heart of Jesus in their homes.  If you would like to consecrate  your home to the Sacred Heart, and want to plan an enthronement celebration, please see Father Stainbrook. (Photos are from the Enthronement Ceremony of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the LoPalo's home last Sunday) 
 

PARISH DIRECTORY UPDATE: The Directory has been emailed to those parishioners who have requested a copy. We have many members, however,  who  do not have emails, or whose emails we do not know. 
              
               Full Color and bound Hard Copies of the Directory are now available for $25, (this is cost)
               In addition, we  will make, when asked, B & W copies, but with no binder or protective sheet, They will be on   sale for $5.00.
 
Of course, these will be available at the Book Nook.

Thank you,

Warren Gale, Directory Coordinator 

NEW PICS ON OUR PHOTO PAGE!!  CLICK HERE!