St. JOHN VIANNEY

--THE FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION WILL BE CELEBRATED WITH A VIGIL MASS, this FRIDAY, December 7th at 6:30 p.m. at our Chapel location (501 North Nolan River Road) 
 
--The St. John Vianney Holiday Bazaar is THIS SUNDAY December 9th. !! 
Coordinator Laura Kastner has provided these suggestions on how to help for the Bazaar;
1). Set-up for the Bazaar will be Saturday, December 8th from 1:00-3:00 PM at Marti Elementary School.  All non-parishable items should be brought then. 
 
2). Banquet tables and Christmas Table cloths are needed for set-up on Saturday. Please contact Laura at  lhk6770@gmail.com if you have one to share.
 
3). Perishable (homemade food for the bake sale) should be brought early before Mass on December 9th.  We will need time to price the items.  All items should be packaged and ready to sell.  
 
4). No items will be sold until after Mass. 
 
Our Annual Bazaar is both a necessary Fund Raiser and a Fun time for all - Please Mark Your Calendars for this event.
 
--"THANK YOU" to all who contributed to the COLLECTION FOR THE RETIREMENT FUND FOR PRIESTSon December 2nd. If you would like to participate, envelopes are available at Sunday Mass. More information can be found at www.ordinariate.net
Your Ordinariate Clergy is grateful for your support.
 
 
--STEWARDSHIP AT SAINT JOHN VIANNEY
St. John Vianney  Church has embarked on the 2019 Stewardship Campaign. Thank you to Dr. Pete Krone for giving the first talk on Christ the King Sunday. For the next two weeks,  members of our Parish  will give short talks about giving and stewardship at Sunday Mass. 
 
Pledge cards for both the Church and the Building Fund will be available, and will be collected on Rose Sunday, (December 16th) 
 
PLEASE prayerfully consider how you can support our Church and our Building Project this upcoming year.
 
ALSO on December 16th, we will have the promised PARISH INFORMATION MEETING after Mass. 
This meeting will share where we are in our parish finances, and where we are in our building campaign. 
 
Please plan to stay after Mass and attend this meeting.
 
Parishioner, Neil Norman has crafted these fun (and timely) buttons about "2825" (our nickname for the new property) Pick one up any Sunday after Sunday Mass to spread the word about the new church (building) in town!


 
---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!) 

 
--The  Monday Night Book Club is reading " THE POWER OF SILENCE" by Cardinal Robert Sarah. All are welcome!  For more information, please see Book Club Coordinators Tex Ann Quimby or Phil Kastner after Mass.
 
 
--- Bishop's Appeal Update: the Chancery has sent a six month UPDATE of our Progress in the 2018 NISHOP'S APPEAL. Many thanks to all who have pledged to the project and fulfilled their pledge.  If you would still like to make a pledge to the Appeal, please contact  www.ordinariate.net  for information. 


--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. 
 

2018 BISHOP’S APPEAL BEGINS THIS WEEK

The 2018 Bishop’s Appeal will be launched THIS weekend, February 10-11. This is our opportunity as a congregation 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 2018 Bishop’s Appeal goal for St. John Vianney is $7,235 (U.S. Dollars). 

Click on image below to be taken to the Bishop's Appeal website.




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!