Renovations complete all Masses at
St. John the Baptist ~ Piopolis, IL
We the parishioners of St. John the Baptist,
brothers and sisters in Christ, accept as our mission:
to know our faith and share it with others, to continue to grow spiritually with respect for the sacraments, to celebrate the liturgy and the Holy Eucharist as the center of our Christian life, to live by truth and love, to serve those in need, to teach by example, and thereby strengthen and inspire our Parish family in accordance with the Roman Catholic Church.
Mass Intentions for the Second Week of Advent
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Holy Day of Obligation
Monday, December 9 at 7:00 a.m.
Robert Wellen
Monday, December 9 at 6:00 p.m.
Norman Rubenacker
Thursday, December 12 at 8:00 a.m.
†Paula Campbell
†Aurelia Anselment
†Don Aydt
Friday, December 13 at 8:00 a.m.
††Gus, Agatha, & Howard Karcher
For All Living & Deceased Priests
Mass Intentions for the Third Sunday of Advent ~ Gaudete Sunday
Saturday, December 14 at 5:00 p.m.
All Parish Family
Sunday, December 15 at 8:30 a.m.
†Paul Wellen
††Deceased Family of George & Edith Haas
†Larry Rawls
Sacrament of Reconciliation before weekend masses.
Office Hours
December 9-13
Monday ~ Closed
Tuesday - Friday ~ 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Closed Noon - 12:30 p.m. for Lunch
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Bulletins: New & Old
Calendar
Photo Gallery
Monthly Ministry List
Your financial support remains an important part of our Parish life and helps us keep going. Please continue giving your time, talent, and treasure. Please mail, drop-off your offering in collection box or in the mailbox by Parish office front door.
Watch bulletin for more details.
December
8: PSR & Bible Classes at Piopolis Hall 9:30 a.m.
10: Ladies Quilting 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. City Hall/Market Street
11: Happy 89th Birthday Msgr. Joseph Lawler
11: Memorial Mass for Archbishop Emeritus James P. Keleher 12:10 p.m. Belleville Cathedral
12: AA/NA Meeting 7:00 p.m. City Hall/Market Street
15: PSR Sunday - Rosary: HS and 5th & 6th - Greet: First Communion - Petitions: Confirmation
15: PSR Christmas Program After Mass
15: One Strong Breakfast with Special Visitor after Christmas Program
15: Sarah Kroger Concert 6:30 p.m. St. John the Baptist Church - Meal starting at 4:30 p.m.
17: Christmas Memorials for Needy in Parish due to office.
17: Ladies Quilting 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. City Hall/Market Street
18: Christmas Penance Service 6:00 p.m. - second priest available
19: KC #8745 Meeting at Dahlgren 7:00 p.m.
19: KC #7118 Meeting at Enfield 7:00 p.m.
19: AA/NA Meeting 7:00 p.m. City Hall/Market Street
22: No PSR or Bible Study
22: Decorate for Christmas after Mass
24: No Ladies Quilting 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. City Hall/Market Street
QUILTING EVERY TUESDAY
Starting at 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the City Hall, 601 E Market Street, McLeansboro, IL. Everyone is welcomed and if you don't know how to quilt, this is a great way to learn. For more information contact Phyllis Wuebbels 618-895-4895 or Sharon Bigley 618-736-2964.
PRAY FOR & REMEMBER THE SICK & HOMEBOUND
James Frey
Bob Wilson
Kent Karcher
Helen Wellen
Mary Karcher
Deacon Alfred Karcher
Clem Aydt
Tillie Kaufman
Greg Karcher
Charlie Lueke
Marion Wellen
Reminder: Due to federal privacy laws, we are not allowed to list people or visit who are sick or in the nursing home without written authorization from that individual or from their immediate family who has authorization. Form can be requested from the office.
REMINDER
Please contact office for funerals and baptisms. For weddings contact office six months before.
PLASTIC TOTE BY OFFICE DOOR
Weekly bulletins
Living Faith Books & are located at each door in church.
AA & NA MEETING - CITY HALL
Alcohol & Narcotic Anonymous Meeting
Every Thursday Night
7:00 p.m.
601 E Market Street ~ McLeansboro, IL
For more information contact Jim Bell 618-387-1077
RESPECT LIFE CORNER - ASSISTED SUICIDE 6 PART SERIES
Part 4: Targets Those With Mental Health
The proposal pending in Illinois does not require a psychiatric evaluation for depression. Many people requesting assisted suicide are depressed. The lifetime risk of suicide among patients with untreated depressive disorder is nearly 20% and 75.94% of communities in Illinois did not have enough mental health providers to serve residents in 2021, according to federal guidelines. Tell your state legislators to Vote NO on SB 3499 - assisted suicide. Visit www.ilcatholic.org for additional information and resources.
RETIREMENT FUND FOR RELGIOUS COLLECTION DECEMBER 7-8
Donations collected provide for the care, medicine, and daily needs of over 24,000 senior sisters, brothers, and religious order priests who have dedicated their lives to service. Please give to the Retirement Fund for Religious.
Envelope is located in your envelope packet.
PASTOR'S NOTE:
Thank you to everyone who came for the first mass that we celebrated last Sunday, December 1st in the newly renovated church. The last time the church had new flooring (the red carpet) put down and some work done to the statues was in 1984. Now, with the first Sunday of Advent 2024, we opened a new chapter for St. John the Baptist Parish in Piopolis or St. John's Hill (old name). Our church became modernized but at the same time kept its original beauty and tradition that the German settlers had in mind. As Bishop McGovern mentioned in his homily, our church contains old things renovated, new things, and things that we brought from the other two parishes (St. Clement of Rome and St. John Nepomucene) which became incorporated into St. John the Baptist on March 4, 2019. The sculpture of St. John Nepomucene that stands by the confessional area was brought to Piopolis and renovated in 2019. The mosaic depicting St. Clement of Rome was also transferred to Piopolis in 2019 and installed in the sanctuary area right above the presiding chair. This past year in the spirit of taking care of all church's artifacts that were part of people's faith and tradition, we preserved the beautiful marble altar from St. Clement of Rome and made it the center and heart of the church in Piopolis. From the same white and veiny marble (communion rail) our parishioner, Curtis Richardson, built under my direction a new ambo. The black rod iron motive inserted in the middle of the ambo comes from the original pulpit used in the past at St. John the Baptist Church. I found it in the attic of the school. Thank you to Jacob Wuebbels for taking apart the old ambo and safely extracting the main piece. The top of the pulpit is made from quartz that matches the color of the rest of the marble construction and this piece was donated by Mr. Drone from the countertop shop in Ridgway. Finally, we transferred the biggest items, the pews made from oak and witnesses of years of prayers in our chapel of St. John Nepomucene in Dahlgren. Originally they were spaced in the church four feet apart (middle isle) and we spaced them seven feet apart in Piopolis church to make more space for funeral services and other celebrations. The old steel container for Holy Water which came to the conclusion of its life, was replaced by one made from ceramic and will be the only one in the Diocese of Belleville and possibly the United States because it came from Poland. All of these material things make the church pretty and outstanding as our Bishop said in his homily “a tool to lift our spirit up to God and move us closer to Christ”. We need to remember that God does not need buildings but we do to have a place to get together to worship our ONE and ALMIGHTY GOD. As we gather together for the celebration of the Eucharist day by day in this freshly renovated Church of St. John the Baptist, let us, with our prayers, embrace all of the living and deceased brothers and sisters from all three locations who professed their faith in Christ Jesus. Those churches were and are an expression of that faith which they passed on to us for our good and our salvation. St. John the Baptist, St. Clement of Rome, St. John Nepomucene, pray for us and help us all to prepare for the celebration of Christ’s coming. Amen Fr. Slawomir
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