1001 Encinitas Blvd. Encinitas, CA 92024-2828 Phone: 760 753-6254 Fax: 760 753-7118

Saint John School : 760 944-8227 admin@saintjohnencinitas.org www.saintjohnencinitas.org www.saintjohnschool.com

Pastor Father James Bahash Associate Pastor Father Ben Awongo AJ Deacon Bob Beiner School Principal Dan Schuh Music Director Bob Grant

Saturday 5:00pm Sunday 7:30am 9:00am 10:30am 12:00pm (Spanish) and 5:00pm

Daily Monday - Saturday 8:00am Rosary Daily, after morning Mass Novena Tuesday, after morning Mass

Perpetual Adoration 24 hours Sacrament of Penance Saturday 3:30pm - 4:30pm and 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Vocation Holy Hour 1st Friday, 8:00am Mass Baptism and Marriage Please call Parish Office

From the Pastor Have you ever been in one of those awkward situations when you are speaking with some-one and you notice they have lettuce in their teeth, food on their face, or could stand to use a Kleenex because they've got, as my buddy's eight year old daughter would say, "a bat in the bat cave"? It's sometime difficult to point out the faux pas because we don't want to embarrass them. Other times, we just hope that someone else has the courage to do so. But really, out of charity, we should seek a private moment and let them know what they may not be able to see for themselves. As difficult as these situations are very few people like to speak to others about an irregular situation especially when the life they are living is morally compromised. But isn't this our duty as Christians? Never to point out another's flaws, but rather to help them grow in sanctity of life motivated by love? Our example of love comes from the Lord in today's gospel. Jesus finds himself at a well in a Samaritan town and a local woman comes by to draw water. He asks her for a drink. She is amazed at this since men did not talk to women outside the family in those days, nor did Jews have anything to do with Samaritans, let alone drink from their cups or use their utensils. Jesus, for his part, offers her living water (faith) that leads to eternal life. She however, is fixed on earthly realities and thinks he means water from a stream. The passage goes: The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water." Jesus said to her, "Go call your husband and come back." The woman answered and said to him, "I do not have a husband." Jesus answered her, "You are right in saying, 'I do not have a husband.' For you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true." The Lord is thirsty not just for water, but for her faith and her salvation. He desires her health, well being, and above all, her eternal life. The life she is living isn't going to get her to Heaven and so he doesn't ignore her state in life. Rather, he acknowledges it in love and invites her to move beyond the predicament she finds herself in. And so it should be with us. The Lord desires all mankind to be saved and if we love him we too will desire it and work for it. He already knows all the sins we have committed and the guilt we bear but he desires us nonetheless. What he won't do is pretend there is no sin where sin exists. However, he is eager to forgive and restore us to friendship with him. If we but ac-knowledge our sins and confess them then he will take them away. This is the message we bring to the world. Jesus wants your friendship and we can have it if we simply turn to him and away from sin. Our task is to help one another in conversion. So don't be afraid to approach another who may be outside the Church, but do it in love, having confessed and prayed first. When someone approaches you in charity accept their criticism and take it to prayer. We never know how God will choose to speak with us. He knows us inside and out. We have no right to self righteous indignation at the sins of others. Instead, we help each other and pick each other up after a fall, no matter how bad that fall is. The mark of a real disciple is to help another achieve faith's goal, our salvation. Might I suggest that during this Lenten season you invite someone away from the Faith to come home to the Church at least once in these forty days?

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World Wide Marriage Encounter

Would you and your spouse like to rediscover and reconnect with each

other? Spend time together, away from the

distractions and tensions of everyday life to focus on your relationship.

There is an upcoming Weekend scheduled for April 7-9 in Rancho Bernardo

For more info. please contact Mike and Nancy Reisinger at 858 768-9168 or

www.wwme-sandiego.org

Adult Confirmation Classes 2017

Adult Confirmation Classes will be scheduled for April 2017. These classes are for Catholic adults who have received sufficient instruction in the teachings of the Catholic Church. Proof of receiving Baptism, and

Eucharist is required. Confirmation at Saint John the Evangelist will be during May 2017. Completion of the

Confirmation Intake Form and clergy interview is re-quired. For more info, contact Deacon Bob Beiner

through the Parish Office at 760 753-6254 or deacon@saintjohnencinitas.org. Please provide name,

phone number and email address.

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MASS INTENTIONS Saturday March 18 5:00pm Parishioners Evelyn Maduza † Sunday Third Sunday of Lent March 19 Ex 17:3-7; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42 7:30am Catherine Elwood † 9:00am John O’Dwyer † 10:30am Joseph Marrero † 12:00pm Jose Sanchez † 5:00pm Special Intention Monday Saint Joseph

March 20 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Rom 4:13, 16-22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a

8:00am Special Intentions Tuesday Dn 3:25, 34-43; Mt 18:21-35 March 21 8:00am Gene Johnson † Wednesday Dt 4:1, 5-9; Mt 5:17-19 March 22 8:00am James F. Mollo † Thursday Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo March 23 Jer 7:23-28; Lk 11:14-23 8:00am Msgr. Harnett † Friday Blessed Oscar Romero March 24 Hos 14:2-10; Mk 12:28-34 8:00am Virginia Rozman † Saturday Annunciation of the Lord March 25 Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Lk 1:26-38 8:00am Elizabeth Schmude † 5:00pm Catherine Elwood † Sunday Fourth Sunday of Lent March 26 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41 7:30am Dorothy and Raymond Spagnola † 9:00am Special Intention 10:30am Maureen Balsam † 12:00pm Parishioners 5:00pm Walter Lee †

Pilgrimage to Holy Land May 16-27

Under the spiritual direction of Father Carl Gismondi, Pastor, Saint Anne’s, San Diego.

Travel to the Holy Land For more information contact John or Natalie

at 778 655-0387 or info@oc-travel.com

Lenten Penance Services are celebrated this Monday (20) at Saint Thomas More, Oceanside, at 7:00pm, and on Wednesday (22) at Saint Patrick, Carlsbad, also at 7:00pm. Forgiveness!

Park N Pray A Catholic Women's Group Wednesday 8:30am in the

Leucadia Room. Moms, Prayer Intentions, Community Service.

Info: Mary Goulet 760 445-2022 & Heather Moore 760 468-7665

The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul wishes to thank you for recent envelope donations of $1639.00. Together, we are

helping families & singles, who are facing job loss, illness, eviction or homelessness, to find services they

desperately need.

No School Monday (20), School will resume on Tuesday (21) First Eucharist Retreat Wednesday (22) 4:00pm

Stations of the Cross Friday (24) 10:30am

Saint John School

Pre-school - Grade 8 Principal : Dan Schuh

760 944-8227 or www.saintjohnschool.com

Remember to patronize our advertisers for making the bulletin

possible. Thank you!

Please Keep in Your Prayers Karen Adamsen, Mary Allegretti, Martha Amador, Valdemar Amaya, Ruth Ariza, Anthony Baggio, Thomas Baglio, Rosily Bara-tono, Julia Bauer, Cindy Bausch, Bob Behler, Joe Blair, Aiden Blenderman, Nancy Bradley, Maura Brown, Pat Cadenhead, Taylor Camisa, Yolanda Cassios, Ma. Eugenia Cazares, Tim Cobb, Joe Corder, Rob Crewse, Phyllis Davidson, Maria Day, Edward Dillon, Barbara Dorion, Ashlie Dunlap, Thomas Fitz-patrick, Greg Fix, Kathy Fix, Nick Fix, Patty Fix, Toni Germanus, Manny Gonzales, Carolyn Goohs, Elizabeth Gretsch, Mark Hagen, George Hall, Myrna Heffner, Lily Hiuderliug, Atsuko Hosaka, Charles Jarzynka, Aria Johnson, Maria Johnson, Cheyne Johnston, Neal Kusumoto, Eva King, Susanne Knuttila, Skyler Koehne, Stella Lubera, Julianne Maier, Andy Maduza, Sharon McGuire, Pat McKinley, Robert McLoughlin, Lucy Mee, Maria Mendez, Patty Moore, Dolores Muoio, Toni Naidenoff, Luz Nieve, Eileen O’Connor, Grace Oreb, Mary Ann Pavnic, Joaquin Perez, Peter Pongwattana, Jennifer Proder, David Quessenberry, David Rambeau, Ashley Ray, Tom Rechsteiner, Genieve Robideau, Eliza-beth Roney, Selena Sandoval, Douglas Schmude, Lori Smith, Gina Stack, Kim Stelloh, Jane and Jim Studrawa, Andrew Todd, Nancy Tsoubris, Jerry Tunnero, Grant & Griffin Waller, Ken Watts, Ber-nard Wessel, Jerry Werth, John Whitty & Dave Wibbelsman.

We pray for our sick and deceased at daily Mass.

Lenten Fish Fry Join us Friday (24), and

every Friday during Lent, for our Lenten Fish Fry.

5:00pm - 9:00pm in the hall.

$5 for Adults, $3 for kids Bingo is $10 for 10 cards.

Stations of the Cross

Join us Friday (24), and every Friday during Lent, for Stations of the Cross

at 6:00pm in the church.

Birth Choice Baby Bottle Drive

Collection boxes at the entrance to the Church after all Masses on March 25th & 26th. No amount is too small. Baby Bottles can be turned into the parish office

after March 25th & 26th. Thank you!

We are looking for more substitutes, especially nighttime.

Volunteers are needed for: Sunday, 12:00am Thursday, 2:00am

Saturday, 3:00am and 12:00pm (noon)

We also need another volunteer for Day Captain to take charge of arranging substitutes for regular adorers on the

Captain’s assigned day

Ken Poggenburg 760 635-2573 Lupe Cardona (Sp)760 753-7784

Perpetual Adoration is prayer in the presence of the Most Blessed Sacrament ... 24 hours, day and night, seven days a week. All are welcome!

Perpetual Adoration

Contributions

$15,714.00 was contributed last weekend (12), with 342 families using envelopes.

Saint John Lenten Penance Service

Join us Monday (27) at 7:00pm

Many visiting priests!

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Del Pastor Alguna vez ustedes han estado en una situación incomoda en la que cuando están hablando con alguna persona notan que tienen lechuga en sus dientes, comida en su cara, o necesidad de usar un Kleenex, porque ellos tienen, como diría la hija de mi amigo, que tiene ocho años de edad “un bate en la jaula de bates”. Algunas veces es difícil hacerles notar la “metida de pies”, porque no queremos avergonzarlos. Otras veces, solamente esperamos que alguna otra persona tenga el valor de decirles algo. Pero en realidad, por caridad, nosotros necesitamos buscar un momento privado para decirles lo que ellos mismos no pueden ver. Como son tan difíciles estas situaciones, pocas personas les gusta hablar con otros sobre situaciones irregulares, especialmente, cuando la vida que ellos están viviendo esta comprometida moralmente. Pero, ¿no es esta nuestra obligación como Cristianos? Nunca hacer sentir mal a otros, pero si ayudarlos a crecer en santidad, en una vida motivada por amor? En el Evangelio de hoy, encontramos el ejemplo de amor que nos viene del Señor. Jesús se encuentra en un pozo, en un pueblo de Samaria y una mujer local se acerca a sacar agua. Él le pide que le de a beber. Ella se asombra por esto ya que en esos días los hombres no hablaban con las mujeres fuera de su familia, ni los Judíos tenían nada que ver con los Samaritanos, menos tomar de sus tasas o usar sus utensilios. Jesús, por su parte, le ofreció agua viva (fe) que lleva a la vida eterna. Sin embargo, ella esta fija en realidades de la tierra y piensa que Él le está hablando del agua de un arroyo. El pasaje dice así: "Señor, dame de esa agua para que no vuelva a tener sed ni tenga que venir hasta aquí a sácala” Jesús le dijo: “Ve a llamar a tu marido y vuelve”. La mujer le contestó: "No tengo marido. Jesús le dijo: "Tienes razón en decir: “No tengo marido”. Has tenido cinco, y el de ahora no es tu marido. En eso has dicho la verdad”. El Señor tiene sed, pero no solamente de agua, pero sí de su fe y de su salvación. Él desea su salud, su bienestar, y más que otra cosa su vida eterna. La vida que ella está viviendo no la llevará al cielo, entonces, Él no ignora su estado de vida. Más bien Él lo reconoce con amor y la invita a que salga de la situación en la que se encuentra. Así también, debe de ser con nosotros. El Señor desea que todos los hombres se salven y si lo amamos también nosotros debemos desearlo y de trabajar por nuestra salvación. Él ya conoce todos los pecados que hemos cometido y la culpa que sentimos, pero Él no desea menos para nosotros. Lo que Él no hace, es pretender que no hay pecado donde existe pecado. Sin embargo, Él está ansioso por perdonarnos, y restaurar nuestra amistad con Él. Si nosotros reconocemos nuestros pecados y los confesamos, entonces Él nos los quita. Éste es el mensaje que nosotros debemos traer al mundo. Jesús quiere tu amistad y la podemos tener simplemente si nos acercamos a Él y nos retiramos del pecado. Nuestra tarea es: ayudarnos los unos a los otros a la conversión. Entonces, no tengan miedo afrontar a otros que posiblemente están fuera de la Iglesia, pero háganlo con amor, confesándose y orando primero. Cuando alguna persona se acerca a ti en caridad, acepta su critica, y llévala en oración. Nunca sabemos como escoge Dios para hablar con nosotros. Él nos conoce por dentro y por fuera. No tenemos ningún derecho a indignarnos por ser justos hacía los pecados de otros. En vez, ayudémonos los unos a los otros y levantémonos cuando nos caemos, no importa que tan grande sea la caída. La marca de un discípulo verdadero, es el ayudar a otros a lograr la meta de Fe, nuestra salvación. ¿Me permiten hacerles una sugerencia? durante ésta estación de Cuaresma inviten a alguien, que se ha retirado de la Fe a venir a casa, a la Iglesia, por lo menos una vez durante estos cuarenta días.

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Religious Education Saint John School Dan Schuh 760 944-8227 Religious Education Ann McGinnis 760 436-0664 ‘Faithways’ Junior-High 760 753-4279 Youth Ministry Isaac Deken 760 753-3679 Hispanic Ministry Mary Moran 760 436-4366 Music Ministry Bob Grant 760 753-6254

Adult Faith R.C.I.A Liz Beiner 760 753-6254 Perpetual Adoration Ken Poggenburg 760 635-2573 Perpetual Adoration (Spanish) Lupe Cardona 760 753-7784 Centering Prayer Shirley Shetula 760 525-6721

Organizations Altar Society Joi Catlin 760 470-6316 Boy Scouts Blane Adessa 760 944-0626 Cub Scouts Richard Weston 760 230-6183 Catholic Men’s Fellowship David Pavnic / Freddy Picciano 760 753-6254 Culture of Life Jennifer Grethel 760 753-6254 Guadalupanos Olivia Reynaga 760 753-5230 Holy Name Rick Decker 760 753-6254 Knights of Columbus Pat Connors 760 822-3639 Marriage Encounter Mike and Nancy Reisinger 760 753-6254 Saint Vincent de Paul Sandra Watson 760 753-3056 Seniors Nettie March 760 753-6254

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ANOTRSE COMO MIEMBROS ACTIVOS DE LA PARROQUIA ES IMPORTANTE

PARA TODOS Y NECESARIO PARA LAS PERSONAS QUE NECESITAN CARTAS

DE RECOMENDACION Varias personas están pidiendo cartas de reco-mendación por varias razones. Es importante que estén anotados como miembros activos de la parro-quia. Para anotarse, les pedimos que pasen a la oficina del Ministerio Hispano los domingos después de Misa o entre semana. Pueden llamar para más información al 760 436-4366.

CARIDADES CATOLICAS

Los invitamos, y les avisamos que algunos abogados y personas de la oficina de Caridades Católicas vendrán a dar informa-ción sobre sus derechos en relación a contac-to con oficiales de inmigración o la policía. También, ofrecerán información y ayuda a las personas que desean hacerse ciudadanos. El miércoles, 29 de marzo del 20217 A las 6:30 p.m. en el Salón Parroquial. Para más información llamen al 760 436-4366

JUNTA PARA LOS COORDINADORES DE LOS MINISTROS

EXTRAORDINARIOS DE COMUNION

El Martes, 28 de Marzo a las 7:00 p.m. En el California Room

Hablaremos sobre la Semana Santa Si tienen alguna pregunta por favor llamen a

Mary Morán al 760 436-4366

SACRAMENTO DE RECONCILIACION COMUNITARIO—CONFESIONES

Vendrán varios sacerdotes que hablan Español, para escuchar nuestras confesiones.

El lunes, 27 de marzo, del 2017 A las 7:00 p.m. en la iglesia.