Saint John Bosco Catholic Church “United as one, in Christ, to Worship and Love, Witness and Serve”

10508 112th St. SW, Lakewood, WA 98498 Office Hours: Tuesday – Friday 9:00am to 5:00 pm

Parish Phone: (253) 582-1028 Parish Website: www.stjbosco.org Emergency Anointing of the Sick: (206) 225-8058

Mass Schedule St. John Bosco

Saturday 5:00 PM Sunday 9:30 AM

Immaculate Conception in Steilacoom

Sunday 7:30 AM Weekday Mass Schedule St. John Bosco

Wed., Thurs., & Fri. 8:00 AM

Eucharistic Service Mon. & Tues. 8:30 AM

Confessions

Sat. 4 – 4:45 PM or by appt. Legion of Mary Prayer Line

Joann Jones & Marie Cadungug 1 (253) 227-1735

Parish Staff

Pastor: Fr. Marc Powell Pastoral Associate

Terri Nelson terrinelson@stjbosco.org Pastoral Assistant for Faith Formation & Youth Ministry

Cassie Denning cassiedenning@stjbosco.org

Pastoral Asst. Liturgy, RCIA & Sacramental Preparation

Mary Lou Colasurdo maryloucolasurdo@stjbosco.org

Pastoral Asst. for Administration

Debbie Pedraza debbiepedraza@stjbosco.org Secretary

Laurie Kaiser lauriekaiser@stjbosco.org Facilities

Mike Arnett (253-961-1456) mikearnett@stjbosco.org

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Mon. 2/17 8:30am Eucharistic Service Tues. 2/18 8:30pm Eucharistic Service Wed. 2/19 8:00am Frank Kazsimer † Thurs. 2/20 8:00am Florentina Abuan † Fri. 2/21 8:00am Joaquina Camba †

Faith Formation: No class, Sunday, February 16th, President’s Day Week-end. Classes resume, Sunday February 23rd. Youth Ministry: No class, Sunday, February 16th, President’s Day Week-end. Classes resume, Sunday February 23rd. Confirmation: No class, Sunday, February 16th, President’s Day Week-end. Classes resume, Sunday February 23rd.

Any questions please contact Cassie Denning at: cassiedenning@stjbosco.org

Upcoming Baptism Classes 9am to 11am April 11th & June 20th

Please contact Mary Lou Colasurdo to register for the class at: maryloucolasurdo@stjbosco.org

For information regarding RCIA please contact: Mary Lou Colasurdo @ maryloucolasurdo@stjbosco.org

February 15 & 16, 2020

Weekly Collection Including Weekly Online Giving February 1 & 2, 2020

Weekend Collection $12,449.20 Weekly Online Giving $2,772.45 Total Weekly Collection $15,221.65 Budgeted Weekly Goal $13,711.88 Weekly Goal Under/Over Budget $1,509.77 Actual Fiscal Year-to-Date-Giving $404,880.11 (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020) Budgeted Fiscal Year-to-Date Goal $438,780.16 (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020) Under/Over Budgeted Goal ($33,900.05)

SJB CARES Donation Drive

Monetary and item donations are being accepted dur-ing all of February to support OUR LADY OF GUA-DALUPE MATERNITY CENTER and its efforts in assisting mothers and young children in need. Envelopes are located in the front and rear of the church-each envelope has recommended amounts of an item needed by the maternity center. Monetary do-nations, can be dropped in the weekly collection or at the parish office. For those who prefer to donate an item, items can be left in containers that will be available in the church hall. Items that are needed by the maternity center in-clude:

Disposable diapers sizes 4, 5, 6 Pull-Ups Training Pants sizes 4, 5

New infant clothes for layettes Baby socks

Baby receiving blankets Car seats (monetary donation only)

Are We Addicted To Social Media? LIKE MOVIE

A Documentary About The Impact Of Social Media On Our Lives

This is a free event.

Screening Dates & Locations:

Feb. 20th, 7pm - All Saints, Puyallup Mar. 18th, 7pm - St. Anthony, Renton

Learn More! https://www.thelikemovie.com

Pilgrimage To Cathedrals and Shrines In France May 26 - June 8, 2020/Cost $4,390.00

Join Fr. Tim Ilgin and fellow pilgrims as we travel in Paris, Normandy, and Burgundy. Experience the culture, history and spiritual heritage of the first daughter of the Church. Celebrate God’s beauty in the Notre Dame gothic cathe-drals in Reims, Amiens and Chartres with their “spiritual architecture”. Visit the home and convent of St. Therese, the little flower in Liseux, and the convent in Nevers where St. Bernadette lived out her life. Visit Rouen, city of 100 spires, Tours, Cluny, Vezelay, and many more places. For complete information call:

Evelyn Czapiewski at 253-229-5554

SACRAMENT OF THE SICK & COMMUNION CALLS

We are most anxious to help our parish families because of illness, handicap, or age. If you or a family member is ill or hospitalized and you wish to receive the Sacraments, please call the parish office so that we may support you during these difficult times. Our parish office number is 253-582-1028. Emergency ONLY number for an emergency Anoint-

ing of the Sick request 206-225-8058

Advertiser of the Week: Kathleen Forrest Attorney at Law 253-222-3424 kathleenforrestlaw.com

( Please be sure to let our advertisers know you saw their advertisement in our bulletin)

WELCOME We welcome you to St. John Bosco Parish, celebrating with us, whether you are new to the area/parish or maybe

not so new but just have not registered. If you are not registered, please complete the form below and place it in the collection basket or mail it to the parish office. Thank you. (This is not a registration form). NAME_________________________________________________________ PHONE____________________________ ADDRESS_______________________________________________________CITY_____________________ZIP_______________

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St. John Bosco Catholic Education Scholarship Grant Application 2020-2021

The 2020 – 2021 St. John Bosco Catholic Education Schol-arship Grant Applications for grades K - 12 are now availa-ble at the information desk right outside the parish office.

Applications are due February 28, 2020

Retrouvaille Considering Separation or Divorce?

Wait! There is an alternative. Retrouvaille has brought healing to tens of thousands of troubled marriages world-wide. Your situation may seem hopeless, but there is al-ways hope, and you are not alone in your struggle. For con-fidential information about Retrouvaille, or to register for our upcoming program on Feb. 21-23, 2020, call 206-706-2608 or go to www.helpourmarriage.org.

SJB Food Bank

The SJB Food Bank Garden group is thinking about spring! We are happy to report we donated 6200 pounds of produce to Nourish food bank including produce grown, gleaned and donated. Thank you to all the hard work of our group and all of you who contributed to helping us feed our hungry neighbors. Watch for opportunities to help us get our garden started on Saturday’s during Lent. This is a wonderful op-portunity for service and building our community!

Many of us were delighted to hear our Youth Choir sing on Christmas Day. We are encouraging all youth ages 6 - 18 to join us again to sing on Easter Sunday. All youth are wel-come! We will begin rehearsals directly after the 9:30am Mass on Sunday, March 1. No need to sign up...just show up!

SJB Book Club - Saturdays at 6pm in the Library

Upcoming Meetings: Feb. 15th, 22nd & 29th

Listening Hearing Devices If you have one of SJB’s listening hearing devices ( No. 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9) that are stored in the sacristy to be used for Mass, please return it to the sacristy in the basket marked Listen-ing Hearing Devices for servicing.

Women at the Well YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!

Items are needed at the Food Bank for our neighbors in need. Our next meeting is Monday at 7pm on February 17th.

Rachel’s Corner - Hope and Healing After Abortion Is your heart haunted by the circumstances and experience of an abortion? Did you know God longs to heal your heart and remind you of His love for you? Come on a Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat and allow Him to transform your pain with His mercy. Upcoming retreats March 6th through the 8th and April 24th through the 26th. For questions call 206-920-6413.