St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church 2414 Seventeenth Street, Gulfport, Mississippi 39501

Telephone (228) 864-2272 Fax (228) 864-2273 Email: stjohnthee@cableone.net Website: stjohngulfport.org

Staff: Rev. Ryan McCoy, Pastor Deacon David Allen, Pastoral Associate Sr. Mary Kealy, PBVM, Pastoral Associate Teri Patton, Parish Secretary Masses: Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m. First Saturday Devotion: 9:00 a.m. Sunday: 8:00 & 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m. Daily Mass: Monday through Friday: 7:00 a.m. Spanish Mass: Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Holy Days: 6:00 p.m., Vigil, 7:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. Confession: Before and after every Mass; and anytime on request

Pentecost Sunday May 15, 2016

COME, HOLY SPIRIT, COME Many times in the Hebrew scriptures we see God coming to earth as a mighty wind. So when we hear of the mighty wind filling the house in Acts today, we know without being told that God is there, acting among the disciples. God fills them, and us, with the Holy Spirit. The disciples are able to preach the Good News to all the peoples of the earth, gathered there symbolically in Jerusalem. God wants the word to spread beyond the Mediterranean, eventually all the way to the Arctic Sea! And the word is unity. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we are all one in Christ. There are different gifts given to each member of the body, but each gift is a manifestation of the Spirit. Each person, each culture of people has different gifts. That's what makes the body of Christ strong. Let us take care never to suppress another's gifts, even though we might not understand them. To suppress a gift would give injury to the body of Christ. UNITED IN LOVE All throughout this Easter season, we have heard about the radical love Jesus calls us to share in this world. God gives us the Spirit so that we humans have the strength to love as Jesus loved. This love that doesn't discriminate, that celebrates the diverse gifts of God's creation, this is the love that we have the power to share. To love as Christ loves, to act as Jesus did, is something you and I can do because we are filled with the power of the Holy Spirit. We can be people of peace, we can feed the hungry, clothe the naked. We can choose not to go to war. We can choose to lift up the gifts of those different from us. We are Christians--we are people of love. Copyright (c) 2006, World Library Publications. All rights reserved.

Pentecost Sunday May 15, 2016

In one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.

— 1 Corinthians 12:13a

THE FULLNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

The church wakes up to an amazing message this morning. Look around and see who has been called. Listen to the voices of

those who proclaim Jesus is Lord. You’ll find no race of people left out; you’ll find no language on earth unfit to proclaim the glory of God. We call Pentecost Sunday the “birthday of the church.” In many ways, the church is still being born. Only when we all know the peace Jesus of-fered in today’s Gospel will we really know the fullness of the Holy Spirit. St. Paul assures us in today’s second reading that “all of us have been given to drink of the one Spirit.” When we look around us in the church we should see everyone. But we don’t. Not yet. What is holding us back from fully embracing the one Body of Christ? When will we see our differences as manifestations of the same Holy Spirit? Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Welcometo St. John the Evangelist Parish! If you are new to the parish and have not yet registered, please fill out one of the registration forms on the back table or go to our website, stjohngulfport.org and click on the “New Parishioner” tab. Please call the parish office for more information at 864-2272.

C.C.D. (Grades K-12) ................ Sundays, 9:00-10:15 A.M. Knights of Columbus...... 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 P.M. K C Ladies Auxiliary..................... 3rd Tuesday, 6:30 P.M. R.C.I.A. .................................................Tuesdays, 6:30 P.M. St. Vincent de Paul................... 2nd Wednesday, 9:00 A.M. Young At Heart............................... 4th Thursday, 12 Noon

Happy birthday wishes to: Adolph Tolentino celebrates May 14; Nicholas Papania & Jada Vierling celebrate May 15; Heather Phillips celebrates May 16; Doris Shea celebrates May 17; Dakota Love & Deborah Norton celebrate

May 18; Gus Alfonso, Richard McDaniel & Leonard Pa-pania celebrate May 20. God Bless them with many more Happy Birthdays!

***FOR YOUR INFORMATION*** It has come to our attention that one or more individuals are selling advertisements purportedly for leaflets to be passed out at our church. Please be aware that such ac-tivities are not, and will not, be allowed; this activity has no affiliation with our church. No SOLICITATIONS AND NO DISTRIBUTION OF LEAFLETS WILL BE ALLOWED BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER ANY MASS. If you have any questions please feel free to con-tact the Parish Office at 228 864-2272. Thanks!

This weekend we recognize and con-gratulate our high school and college graduates at the 10:30am Mass.

Congratulations to Jessi Hebert and Quinn Frommeyer who graduate from St. Patrick High School and to Becca Hebert who graduates from the University of Southern Miss. We wish you God’s Blessings in your future endeavors!

The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick will be cele-brated on Tuesday, May 24, at 11:15am. This Sacrament of Healing will be celebrated within Mass. We encourage you to bring a neighbor or loved one to this celebration. Everyone is welcome.

We welcome Ronnie Brooks Scarborough to our faith community through Baptism. We offer our congratulations to his parents Mary and Cary Scarborough and godparents Trey and Bryttni Mitchell. May God bless their family and enrich their lives with His love.

Congratulations to our Confirmandi who celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation Thursday, May 12! They prepared for this day for a long time through prayer, study and discernment of God's Will to receive this holy and sacred Sacrament. May the Lord strengthen them with the outpouring of his Spirit so that they may be his faithful and loving disciples. May this Sacrament em-power them to be the eyes, ears, feet, and the mouth of Jesus to those they meet each day. Amen Congratulations to Ayanna Lombard, Bennett Papania and Emily Vitteck.

Congratulations to Dean and Mike Craft on the anniversary of their wedding! Dean & Mike celebrate their 45th anniversary on May 15. May God bless them with many more happy years together!

XLT Adoration Every Tuesday, at 7pm. Come enjoy some one-on-one time with Jesus for an hour He wants to hear your troubles, your needs, your joys, your prayers...come and ADORE Him! If you've never been, let this be your invitation. Adoration with live worship mu-

sic. Confessions will be available. Everyone is wel-come!!

May is the Month of Mary! We should make a special effort this month to

reflect on Mary’s special relationship with God and her role in the Church. Her life should serve as an example to all of us.

Please remember to pray the Rosary in honor of our Blessed Mother Mary.

We will recite the Rosary 30 minutes prior to each Mass.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION “Order” and “presbyter” are not everyday words in our vocabulary, since we think of order as a quality of life rather than a collective noun, and “priest” usually does just fine in everyday conversation. Yet each word has deep roots in our tradition. At an ordination we select men for service to the community. Ordo is a Latin word drawn not from pagan religious life but from Imperial Rome. It meant a distinct body standing apart from the people, such as a body of people responsible for civil governance, senators for example. Think of the selectmen or board of governors in your civic home, and you will get the idea. The church borrowed the term to describe the place of certain people within the people of God, thus the “order of deacons,” “the order of presbyters,” and even “the or-der of virgins, catechumens, widows, neophytes, peni-tents,” and so on, as distinct groups within the church. Just as ancient Rome had various uniforms for the ranks and stations in civil life, so too did certain garments give clues to membership in an “order” in the church. So, our tradition favors the idea of an ordination liturgy not as receiving something so much as being received. This is clearly expressed in the liturgy. The “kiss of peace” is given only by the ordaining bishop and priests to the newly “ordained,” not by the faithful, the deacons, or the concelebrating bishops who are present. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Jubilee Year of Mercy May 15, 2016

Solemnity of Pentecost Announcing the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis challenged us to proclaim God’s mercy “to everyone without exception . . . again and again, with new enthusi-asm and renewed pastoral action” (Misericordiae Vultus, 12). Pentecost proclaims that the door locked for fifty days is thrown open at last. No longer closed in on itself, the community speaks to crowds from different backgrounds, distant lands, exotic languages. Everyone hears their native language. The Spirit does not restore Babel’s uniformity, but forges unity-in-diversity of language, race, nationality—embracing all without exception. During this Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pentecost’s Spirit summons us afresh from mediocrity and isolation to share God’s mercy with the world. “This is our mission!” Francis exclaims. We are “given the gift of the ‘tongue’ of the Gospel and the ‘fire’ of the Holy Spirit, so that while we proclaim Jesus risen, living and present in our midst, we may warm . . . the heart of the peoples, drawing near to Him, the way, the truth, and the life” (Regina Coeli address, Pentecost Sunday, May 24, 2015). —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. Papal quotes Copyright © 2015, Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with permission.

Ultreya Announcement: The West Harrison County Ultreya will be held at St. James Church in Gulfport on Monday, May 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Any Cursillistas and anyone want-ing to learn more about Cursillo are welcome to attend! Scheduled speakers are Don Schiffner, lay talk, and Dea-con David Allen, spiritual talk. St James Ultreya point of contact is Roberta Hosler, 228-383-3646.

The Young at Heart will gather for lunch and fellowship on Thursday, June 26th at 12 noon in Presentation Hall. The main dish will be provided. Please bring your favor-ite vegetable, salad or dessert dish to compliment the meal. Please plan to come enjoy some delicious food, good company and exciting games of bingo. This will be the last meeting for the summer. The next meeting will be Thursday, September 25th. Have a great summer!

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Saturday: +Juan Mendez; +Pearl & Blackie Dartez Sunday: 8:00am–People of the Parish 10:30am– +Dr. Else Tracy; +Juan Mendez For the Holy Souls in Purgatory 6:00pm– +Johnny & Betty Fayard; +Anthony Davis Monday: +Cecil Dubuisson Tuesday: +Matthew & Thelma Serpa Wednesday: +Mackie Fayard Thursday +Juan Mendez Friday: +Juan Mendez

Collections May 7-8 Identifiable: $3338 Unidentifiable: $916 Catholic Communications: $383 ACH: $70

Thank you for your generosity!

Judy Allen William Allen Brian Bacuzzi Peter Bacuzzi Theresa Barlow David Bell Jr. Mary Anne Bishop Ashley Blair Michael Bolin Melissa Bowles Pablo Cabasa Rodolfo Cabasa Carol Campbell Brandi Carter Socorro Crabbe Jennifer Davis Susanne Davis Don Enroth Elizabeth Flanders MaryAnn Galle Dan Goad Lorraine Goad Anna Grice Vicky Grice Anne Haddock Oren Haddock Emily Hale

Jessi Hebert Celeste Hewes Loyce Hire Joy Holley Glenn Hughes Baby Lillian Jackson Darron Johnson Bethanie Jones Roy Jones Mary Kealy Les Knighten Gary Lacy Theda Lake JoAnn Liner Faye Lizana Walter Lolley S. J. Marengo Jace Mathews Patricia McGoey Matt McLane Sylvia McNeil Rhonda Mires Margaret Moran Mary Ann Nehrentz Edward Panter Linda Papania Trey Patterson

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Please Remember in Your Prayers

Prayer is the door through which all God’s Graces comes to us -St. Theresa of Avila

If you or anyone in your family is ill at home or in the hospital and would like us to visit you-please call the parish office at 864-2272.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Filled with the Holy Spirit, the apostles begin to speak in tongues (Acts 2:1-11). Psalm — Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth (Psalm 104). Second Reading — In one Spirit we are baptized into one body and given to drink of one Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13) or Romans 8:8-17. Gospel — Jesus Christ appears to the disciples and sends them on their mission with the power to forgive or retain sins through the Holy Spirit (John 20:19-23) or John 14:15-16, 23b-26. The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Inter-national Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Jas 3:13-18; Ps 19:8-10, 15; Mk 9:14-29 Tuesday: Jas 4:1-10; Ps 55:7-11a, 23; Mk 9:30-37 Wednesday: Jas 4:13-17; Ps 49:2-3, 6-11; Mk 9:38-40 Thursday: Jas 5:1-6; Ps 49:14-20; Mk 9:41-50 Friday: Jas 5:9-12; Ps 103:1-4, 8-9, 11-12; Mk 10:1-12 Saturday: Jas 5:13-20; Ps 141:1-3, 8; Mk 10:13-16 Sunday: Prv 8:22-31; Ps 8:4-9; Rom 5:1-5; Jn 16:12-15

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Pentecost Sunday Monday: Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Wednesday: St. John I Friday: St. Bernardine of Siena Saturday: St. Christopher Magallanes and Companions; Blessed Virgin Mary; Armed Forces Day

Tired of writing checks? Electronic giving forms are on the tables in the back of the church. All parishioners are encouraged to consider electronic giving. Please fill out the form and return it to the parish office. You can al-ways increase, decrease or cancel your giving by calling the church office.

Fr. John Ugochukwu, chaplain at Memorial Hospital celebrates Mass in the hospital chapel on the 1st floor on Wednesday at 11:30am and also for the Rehabilitation patients on Friday at 11:30am. Parishioners who are able to attend Mass should tell their nurses they would like to attend Mass. Families and friends are welcome. If you or anyone in your family is ill at home or in the hospital and would like us to visit you-please call the par-ish office at 864-2272.

The second collection at all Masses this weekend is for Catholic Communication Campaign. The second collection at all Masses next weekend is for Catholic School Support.

Calendar of Events May 17 XLT Adoration, 7pm 24 Anointing of the Sick at 11:15am 26 Young at Heart, 12:00 noon in Presentation Hall

We really appreciate those who donate toward the flowers for our church. Sometimes dona-tions are made in honor of an event (anniversary, birthday, etc.) or in memory of a loved one. If you would like to have flowers

placed in church, please contact the parish office at 228 864-2272.

We have a prayer group that meets every Thursday af-ternoon from 5:15-6:15pm. Everyone is invited to join us. For more information call the Parish office, 864-2272.

Please support our Bulletin Advertisers! Please take a bulletin home with you and look at all our advertisers. We deeply appreciate their gener-osity and their support of our parish. When you pa-tronize them, please thank them for their support of our parish.

Weekly prayer group Thursday’s at 10:00am. Call An-nette Seymour 326-0851.

Prayer Groups

The Holy Land Experience with Jeff Cavins ~ January 11-24, 2017

Fr. Mark Ropel will be on the tour as one of the spiri-tual leaders. TOUR COST PER PERSON: From New Orleans/MSY: $4375 per person based on double occupancy. Single sup-plement $850 TOUR INCLUDES: • Round trip economy class from JFK or EWR to Tel Aviv • 11 night accommodations based on double occupancy • Air taxes, fuel surcharges and fees, subject to change until ticketing • Full buffet dinner & breakfast daily per hotel night • Round trip transfers by private motor coach • Qualified, licensed English-speaking Israeli guide • Porterage for one suitcase per person • All hotel taxes & service charges • Group travel insurance coverage during tour For Information Please Contact: Emily Cavins at 763-420-1074 or cavinspilgrimages@gmail.com A deposit made by check for $300 ($150 nonrefundable) per person and a completed reservation form is required to make a reservation. Final Payment: September 9, 2016 Registrations received after Sept.1 subject to $100 sur-charge To download a registration form including “Tour Terms and Conditions” go to: www.jeffcavins.com Brochures are on the back table.