ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC PARISH
Costa Mesa, California
served by the Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael's Abbey
THE HERALD
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Dear Friends in Christ,
Greetings from the Norbertine Fathers and Sisters, and the staff, of St. John the Baptist Catholic Parish.
This issue of THE HERALD has information on wonderful upcoming events, the Mass schedule for All Saints Day (a holy day of obligation this year), and contains exciting school updates.
October is "Respect Life Month," and is also the month traditionally dedicated to the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Featured below is an article about the devotion to the Holy Rosary.
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EVERY SATURDAY
11:20 AM
(Pacific Time)
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Pray the Rosary with our Norbertine Sisters
The holy Rosary is a powerful weapon.
Use it with confidence and you'll be amazed at the results.
-St. Josemaria Escriva
Register for Zoom Link:
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SUNDAY, October 6
ITALIAN MASS
6:30 PM
Join us for Holy Mass in Italian!
Refreshments after Mass in the parish hall.
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FRIDAYS,
OCT 11 and NOV 8
6:30 to 8:30 pm
Bible Sharing
with our
Norbertine Sisters
St. John the Baptist Convent
2960 Mendoza Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Our Norbertine Sisters invite young women to a
Monthly Bible Sharing every 2nd Friday of the month.
Please RSVP TO norbertinesrscm@gmail.com
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OCTOBER 11 to 13
BROTHERHOOD OF ST. DISMAS
BIG BEAR RETREAT
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$150 fee to attend
To register for the retreat contact
Daniel Reznor (949) 678-3570 or Mark Gonzalez (714) 231-7512
or scan the QR code or Venmo link above.
Download flyer HERE
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OCTOBER
17, 18, 19
45th Annual
SJB MARIAN DAYS
hosted by our
Vietnamese Community
THURSDAY, OCT 17 - 6:00 PM
Marian Prayers in Vietnamese
Preaching in Vietnamese
Adoration & Benediction
FRIDAY, OCT 18 - 6:00 PM
Marian Prayers in Vietnamese
Preaching in Vietnamese
Confessions (English, Spanish, Vietnamese)
SATURDAY, OCT 19 - 6:00 PM
Marian candlelight Rosary Procession - in 5 languages
Holy Mass (trilingual: English, Spanish, Vietnamese)
Reception following Mass
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OCT 19 TO 29
WARM CLOTHING DRIVE
COORDINATED BY SJB ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
Donation boxes will be located in the patio area of the
parish hall (courtyard side) from Oct 19 through 29.
Accepting gently worn coats, hoodies, sweaters, knit caps, gloves, etc.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
SJB Knights of Columbus Chili Cook-Off
11 am to 4 pm - Join the fun!
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Featuring a free-throw contest, silent auction, face painting,
pumpkin carving, trunk or treat, corn dogs, fries & nachos,
and beer and margaritas!
Sign-up for the chili contest online HERE
Download the event flyer HERE
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2024
SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS
IS A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION THIS YEAR
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MASS SCHEDULE
Thursday - Oct 31 - Vigil Masses
5:30 pm - English (church)
6:30 pm - Spanish (parish hall)
7:00 pm - Vietnamese (church) (also livestreamed)
Friday - November 1
6:30 am - English
8:30 am - English (also livestreamed)
12 noon - Latin
5:30 pm - English
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 at 5 pm
SJB SCHOOL FAITH IN MOTION GALA & AUCTION
Tickets on sale now!
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Our school's 2024 Annual Gala
at the fabulous VEA in Newport Beach!
Plan to "make a night of it" with friends!
It'll be an amazing evening as we raise funds
to support our superb Catholic school.
Click HERE for tickets and sponsorship opportunities.
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WORKING TOGETHER
TO SUPPORT THE KINGDOM OF GOD
"Then Jesus approached and said to them, 'All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.'” Matthew 28: 18-20
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THANK YOU
for your
SUPPORT OF
OUR PARISH!
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If you are donating on a regular basis to the
support of our beloved parish . . .
we thank you.
If you are not yet donating to St. John the Baptist Parish . . .
please make time this month to prayerfully discern how you
can begin supporting our mission of evangelization.
SIGN-UP HERE FOR ONLINE GIVING - it's by far the best and easiest way to make regular donations.
If you still prefer to use Offertory Envelopes, complete and submit this FORM and we will send you Sunday Offertory envelopes.
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DID YOU KNOW that the NORBERTINE CANONESSES IN TEHACHAPI have some wonderful (and delicious) ITEMS FOR SALE?
WITH THE HOLIDAYS APPROACHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK.
CLICK CHEESE to peruse their delicious cheese products.
CLICK PRODUCTS to see their other items.
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YOUTH, YOUNG ADULT, & FAMILY MINISTRY UPDATES | |
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Young Adult
Candlelight Mass
Oct 16
Save the date later this month during parish confessions for Candlelight Mass. We host a beautiful and reverent candlelit liturgy in Latin geared toward young adults. The Mass is similar to your typical Sunday Mass at St Michael's Abbey.
We will have booklets for the ordinary form of the Mass in Latin and English at this Mass. This helps us (who do not know Latin) to follow along and participate. These booklets will be available in the center isle before and during Mass. If you bring someone new, be sure to borrow one.
Mass will begin at 7:00pm in the main church. It will be during our weekly parish confession time so reconciliation will be available during and after the Mass.
After Mass, we encourage everyone to head over to a local eatery for fellowship. We will be meeting at In-n-Out off of Harbor boulevard in Costa Mesa.
In-n-Out: 3211 Harbor Blvd, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
"I urge you with all the strength of my soul to approach the Eucharistic Table as often as possible. Feed on this Bread of the Angels from which you will draw the strength to fight inner struggles." - Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
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YOUTH GROUP
This academic year, Youth Group will be special because we will be going to the Abbey most 1st Fridays.
It will be our monthly Spiritual Retreat for High Schoolers and Middle Schoolers.
Fr. Alcuin has secured an Abbey conference room and is also going to organize guest speakers for these monthly retreats.
These Fridays will look similar to our usual youth group minus the pizza, games, and fellowship at the beginning of the night. We will start at 6:30pm (to allow people time to drive to the Abbey). There will be a talk, followed by eucharistic adoration and confessions. Then we will meet at a local pizzeria for fellowship afterwards.
Abbey Address: 27977 Silverado Canyon Rd, Silverado, CA 92676
More info on the pizza place we will meet at will be in an upcoming youth group newsletter!
ALSO - Below are the dates for Youth Groups on Fridays from now until December 2024.
Youth Group Dates:
October 4th (Abbey)
October 11th
November 8th
November 15th
December 6th (Abbey)
December 13th
Special Event Dates:
Six Flags Trip (Saturday, November 16th)
Knotts Trip (February 8th)
Family Night (4th Fridays)
October 18th (No Youth Group) Marian Days
November 1st (No Youth Group) Holy Day
For these dates and more, be sure to check the Youth Ministry calendar on the parish website each week: CLICK HERE
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FAMILY MINISTRY
The Sacred Music Concert by Floriani hosted by the St John the Baptist Family Ministry on September 27th was a huge success! The performance was inspirational, faith filled, and uplifting.
A huge thank you to our sponsors, family ministry volunteers, attendees, and of course to Floriani.
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FAMILY MINISTRY
Family Night - October 25th - Save the Date!
An event for all ages. The October Family Night is our annual All Saints Day Celebration and will include a Saint Costume Competition for children 17 and younger.
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For information about our Youth, Young Adult, and Family Ministries, contact Brandon Tait at brandon@sjboc.org.
Sign-up for the ministries HERE
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Two wonderful SJB School Traditions . . . | |
The evening of September 20th, the SJB church courtyard was transformed into an Italian tratorria!
750+ people from the school community gathered for the 35th annual spaghetti dinner that highlights the opening of the school year.
Special guest this year was Fr. Augustine Puchner, beloved SJB pastor emeritus!
Fr. Godfrey Bushmaker, our parochial vicar emeritus also made a "virtual" appearance.
The air was abuzz with lively conversations as members of the 7th and 8th grade classes served up a delicious dinner, generously sponsored by Pizza D’Oro restaurant. In addition to the great food, there were games, face painting, a photo booth, and opportunity drawings!
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THANK YOU PIZZA D'ORO!
FOR ONCE AGAIN SPONSORING OUR
FANTASTIC SPAGHETTI DINNER!
| The morning of Tuesday, September 24th saw St. John the Baptist parish church filled to capacity with students, faculty, and Norbertine sisters as Fr. Damien Giap, our school rector, celebrated the annual Mercy Day Mass, commemorating the Mercy Sisters who served the school and parish community from the school’s inception in 1959 until the retirement of Sister Mary Vianney, the last Mercy Sister to serve at the school. | |
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Readings and presentations about the sisters from the 8th graders celebrated the opening of the first House of Mercy convent by Venerable Catherine McAuley in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland.
Students also provided beautiful music for the Mass. The school’s 7th and 8th grade Red Team served the Mass, and two Red Team members engineered the livestream of the school Mass.
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INDEED . . .
Wonderful things continue to happen at
SJB School!
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Parents who would like to learn more about our school are encouraged to click the link below:
or call (714) 557-5060
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October is the month of the Most Holy Rosary
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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According to an account by fifteenth-century Dominican Blessed Alan de la Roche, Mary appeared to St. Dominic in 1206 after he had been praying and doing severe penances because of his lack of success in combating the Albigensian heresy. Mary praised him for his valiant fight against the heretics and then gave him the Rosary as a mighty weapon, explained its uses and efficacy, and told him to preach it to others.
When we consider the power of the Rosary as seen in its effects, we find an abundance of proofs of its wonderful value. Many are the favors granted to individuals through its devout recitation: there are few devoted users of the Rosary who cannot testify to experiencing its power in their own lives.
If we turn to history, we see many great triumphs of the Rosary. In 1571 Pope Pius V knew he needed more than just military strength to defend Christian Europe, so he asked that all the faithful pray the rosary, requesting the intercession of the Blessed Mother. At the Battle of Lepanto, the Holy League was victorious and the maritime expansion of the Ottoman Empire was prevented. The Pope attributed the great victory to the fact that at the same time as the battle was ongoing the Rosary confraternities at Rome and elsewhere were holding their processions. Accordingly, he ordered a commemoration of the Rosary to be made on that day, originally called Our Lady of Victory. Two years later, Pope Gregory XIII allowed the celebration of a feast of the Rosary in churches having an altar dedicated to the Rosary.
In 1571 the rosary was still a relatively new prayer form for the universal church. Pope Pius V had issued a decree formally establishing devotion to the rosary in the papal bull Consueverunt Romani Pontifices just two years before the Battle of Lepanto. The Holy Father’s universal promulgation recognized the growing devotion to the Blessed Mother throughout Europe, as well as the increased prayer of the rosary in various locations.
Devotion to the rosary was especially promoted by St. Peter Canisius (who, according to tradition, added the final verse to the Hail Mary, in which we pray, “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death” — printed officially in the Catechism of the Council of Trent in 1566). The first two verses of the Hail Mary are adapted from Luke 1:28 and 1:42.
A second great victory over the Turks, who once again threatened Christian civilization, occurred on August 5, 1716, when Prince Eugene defeated them at Peterwardein in Hungary. Thereupon Clement XI extended the feast of the Rosary to the whole Church.
After a few centuries, the name was changed to Our Lady of the Rosary to more clearly recognize that prayer was the greatest power at work.
The rosary is an invitation to experience the grace of Mary’s spiritual motherhood as she leads us to her Son, Jesus. For this reason, it has been an invaluable source of countless spiritual graces for the saints. Remember, every time we pray the rosary we are given the privilege and honor of pronouncing the holy name of Jesus more than 50 times.
The rosary is also a living prayer form and continues to develop even in recent times. An invocation known as the Fatima Prayer was commonly added in the early 20th century. In 2002 Pope John Paul II added a new set of five reflections, the Luminous Mysteries, which encourage additional meditations on the life of Jesus.
October is a good month to turn off the radio or podcast as we commute to work or school and pray the rosary instead. See what graces the Lord wants to pour into our life from the rose garden of this daily meditation.
- Our Lady to Blessed Alan de la Roche . . . When you say your Rosary, the angels rejoice, the Blessed Trinity delights in it, my Son finds joy in it too, and I myself am happier than you can possibly guess. After the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, there is nothing in the Church that I love as much as the Rosary.
-compiled from various sources, including
Mary in our Life by Fr. William G. Most
Northwest Catholic
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