Volume XXXVII Sept 15, 2021
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
St John Vianney Weekly Update
St. John Vianney is a Catholic Church under the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter
THIS COMING WEEK'S EVENTS
Wednesday: OLV Chapel

5:oopm-6:30pm Adoration
6:30pm Mass
6:00pm Rosary
7pm Choir

Thursday: No Mass

Friday: OLV Chapel
11:15 Confession
Noon Mass

Saturday: Marti Elementary
4:15pm Confessions (closet in back of stage)
5:00pm Vigil Mass
5:45PM Presentation

Sunday: Marti Elementary
8:15am Confessions (closet in back of stage)
9:00am Mass


Monday: OLV Chapel
11:15 Confession
Noon Mass

Tuesday: OLV Chapel
11:15 Confession
Noon Mass

Wednesday: OLV Chapel
5:00pm-6:30pm Adoration
5:45 Confessions
6:00pm Rosary
6:30 Mass
7PM Choir
Religious Education: Please register your children with Laura Kastner for classes starting in the fall: lhk6770@protonmail.com. Volunteers needed!
LECTIONARY FOR THIS WEEK.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
  • Our Bishop Steven Lopes - Keynote speaker at the Nat'l Catholic Prayer Breakfast, Mon Sept 13, will rerun at 1pm CT on EWTN this Sat Sept 18. EWTN is available online, phone app, social media etc.
  • Includes very interesting, brief talks from Sister of Life Sr. Mary Elizabeth
  • Tribute to Jimmy Lai, Catholic Hong Kong businessman imprisoned for pro-democracy
  • Humorous Bible scholar & former Protestant evangelist, Jeff Cavins
  • Bishop Lopes address about 2:45pm. Click to watch on Facebook
  • EWTN on Facebook


  • Pre-K and Primary (1-5) Sunday School starts September 19th
  • Pool Party for Middle school and high school at the LoPalo's 3-6 PM on September 19th
  • Party for the Pre-K and Elementary kids Saturday night September 18th after mass. We will have hot dogs and chips and a bouncy house.


  • Life Chain - Oct 3rd, CHS Rock Stadium 1200 Block W. Henderson, Cleburne 2 - 3pm Signs provided
  • lifechain.net

St. John Vianney Catholic Church and The Knights of Columbus Council 16042 held their annual Golf Scramble at Squaw Valley on August 27th. The proceeds from the tournament are to help build a new church and help the Knights in their community projects.

We would like to thank the following sponsors for their financial support:
  • Platinum Sponsors – Pinnacle Bank, SouthWest Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram, Lyness Construction, Vaughn’s Cowtown Bail Bonds, Business Aviation Safety Consortium, Peter K. Krone, MD., Top Notch Books, Eddy Patterson, FIC Knights of Columbus and Catholic Answers KATH 910AM.
  • Gold Sponsors – Crosier-Pearson Funeral Home, DFW Waste Oil Service, Pinnacle Bank and Dale Williams.
  • Silver Sponsors-Gentry Custom Homes, Goulding Real Estate.
  • Bronze Sponsors-Rosser Funeral Home, United Cooperative Services, Cleburne Drug, Jeff England Motor Company and Dr. Richard M. Adams (Family Foot Care).
  • Special Sponsors-Buck Realty, Farmers Insurance-Dennis Mark, Hazlewood Barkley Foundation, Turner-Monahan, PPLC and St. Anthony’s Church Supplies.
  • Golf and Door Prize Donations-Lost Oaks Winery, Turquoise Scissors, Ricks Automotive, Sunrise Café, Barrera’s Tex Mex, La Fiesta, Trovato Street, Plaza Theater Company, Pecan Plantation Golf Course, De Cordova, Golf Course, Squaw Valley Golf Course, Cleburne Links Golf Links, Ft. Worth Embassy Suites, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, Fish City Grill, Buffalo Creek BBQ, Grumps and Castle Collections.

We would also like to thank Steve Keppler and his staff at Squaw Valley for their excellent support in hosting this tournament.
This Sunday, September 19, 2021, the Cleburne Pregnancy Center Director, Meredith Bailey will join us for mass and speak for a few minutes during the announcements at the end of mass.
You're welcome to visit with her and ask questions after mass!!!
Join the Knights!
St John Vianney and St Josephs has a great opportunity for all good Catholic men, the Knights of Columbus. If you are not a member, please join by emailing me at the link below. If you are a member, we are meeting again, please come and join us on the second Monday of each month, at St Josephs parish hall.
The Cross
Feast of the Holy Cross

Today we celebrate something that to an atheist would seem very odd, a form of execution. The cross in Jesus’ time was very simply a means to end lives of enemies to the state, whether they be criminals or the unfortunate folks that were frowned upon by the reigning authorities. Even to a Christian, to honor a form of execution might seem different, until you look at what that device did for all creation.
The cross itself was instantly turned into an object of veneration. After the death and resurrection of Christ, many believers would flock to Golgotha, the site of the crucifixion...of all crucifixions. So many came that the empire covered it in a mound of dirt and built a temple of Venus over the site. The mother of the emperor 200 years later ordered the site excavated and found the real cross that Jesus was crucified upon. They knew they had found it when two people in close proximity that were ill were healed instantly upon the crosses uncovering.

From the moment after the crucifixion, the cross has been venerated. It should remind us of the sacrifice that God made for us. It should remind us of God’s love. It should remind us that we should make a response.

Christ emptied Himself for us. We likewise should empty ourselves for Christ. Our hopes, our dreams, our desires should not be our own, they should be God’s. This is hard. We grow up dreaming of “our” future. We dream of what we will do and what we will see. We forget that we are created by God for His purpose, to do otherwise is to be outside of God’s plan and likely to be miserable. Look at the use of alcohol, drugs, prescription drugs today. We have an epidemic of sad and unhappy people that make themselves comfortable by partaking in things that hurt the body. Finding God’s call for our lives is the real answer.

Empty yourself, just as Christ did. See the cross as the constant reminder of God love for you and His call for your life. Put down your own thoughts as to your life, and follow God and the cross, it is there that you will find true happiness.
Parish Council 2020

Joe Lopalo
Nancy Lucas
Shelly Hall
Phil Kastner
Building Committee 2020

Dale Williams
Joe Lopalo
Brad Mead
Patty Genster
St John Vianney Catholic Church Cleburne TX.
The Rev. Scott Wooten fr.scott.wooten@ordinariate.net
940-867-3860