Volume LXXVIII July 13, 2022

St John Vianney Cleburne, TX

Is a Catholic Church under the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter

Saturday, Sunday Masses & Confessions

Marti Elementary School, 2020 W. Kilpatrick, Cleburne, TX

Monday - Friday Daily Mass & Confession:

Our Lady of Victory Chapel, 501 N. Nolan River Rd, Cleburne, TX 76033

July 16, 1251- St. Simon Stock appealed to Our Lady of Mt Carmel: "Flower of Carmel, Blossom-laden Vine, Splendor of Heaven, Mother Divine, none like to thee, peerless and fair, to Thy Children of Carmel grant favors, O Star of the Sea."

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The brown scapular, also known as the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, is the most popular devotional scapular. Its popularity stems in large part from the famous apparition of Mary to St. Simon Stock, an English Carmelite, who lived during the mid-thirteenth century.

In the apparition, Mary reportedly held in her hands the brown habit of the Carmelite Order, offered it to St. Simon, and said, "This will be for you and for all Carmelites the privilege, that he who dies in this habit will be saved." The key words are these: "he who dies in this habit will be saved." In other words, the promise of Our Lady most likely meant that a faithful Carmelite religious who keeps his vows and lives according to the constitutions of his order, of which his religious garb is a symbol, will die in the state of grace. This promise does not seem so extraordinary when one considers that a faithful Carmelite religious is bound by his vows and constitutions to live a life of renunciation, dedication to prayer, and love of God and neighbor.

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Comments on wearing the Scapular

"It's like Fire Insurance, you get it and hope you don't need it!"

- Char Vance, well known former Episcopalian healed of debilitating leg injuries in Medjugorje 1990.

THIS COMING WEEK'S MASS TIMES

OFFICE CLOSED ON TUESDAYS - NO MASSES ETC.

Wed - Jul 13 - St. Henry

5:45pm - Confessions

6:00pm - Rosary

6:30pm Mass

6:30pm - Sun Choir Rehearsal

Thurs - Jul 14 - St. Takeri Tekakwitha

8:30am Mass

6:00pm - Sat Choir Rehearsal

Fri - Jul 15 - St. Bonaventure

11:00am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Noon Mass

Saturday - Jul 16 - Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

Marti Elementary

4:15pm - Confessions (closet in back of stage)

5:00pm - Mass

Sun - Jul 17 - 5th Sunday after Trinity - Parish Potluck

Marti Elementary

8:15am Confessions (closet in back of stage)

9am Sung Mass

Mon - Jul 18 - St. Camillus de Lellis

11:15am Confessions

11:00am Mass

Tues - Jul 19

Office closed No Confessions No Mass

7:00 - 9:00pm - #5 Class - Consoling the Heart of Jesus (CTHJ)

Led by Paul & Mary Vinson with Fr. Michael Gaitely via formed.org

Wed - Jul 20 - St. Apollinaris

5:45pm Confessions

6:00pm Rosary

6:30pm Mass

7:00pm - Sun Choir Rehearsal

Upcoming Events:

Thursday, Jul 14 - Our SJV Women’s Fellowship group will be gathering at Jessica Kinler’s home from 6:30 - 8:30pm.

Jessica will be providing appetizers and desserts for us to enjoy. Yum! Thank you Jessica!

Her address is 6601 E FM 4, Grandview TX 76050.

Sunday, Jul 17 - Potluck after 9:00am mass. Mexican Food style.

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Coming Soon:

August 7th – Celebrate SJV Feast Day w/ Parish meeting, appetizers, and dessert (potluck style) after Sunday Mass
August 13th – Back to School celebration at the Kinler’s house
August 15th – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (HDO)

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SAVE THE DATE –

St. John Vianney & the Knights of Columbus will hold their annual Golf Scramble fundraising event Friday, September 30, 2022 at the Squaw Valley Lakes Golf Course in Glen Rose, Texas. Contact Earl Lutz or Steve Franklin to sign-up as a sponsor or player.
Science Tests Faith - Sun Oct 16, 11:30 - 1:00pm following 9am mass & potluck
Pray & Plan to invite friends, watch for more information coming!

Update on Fr. Christopher Stainbrook:

Fr Stainbrook continues to heal. Please keep him in your prayers.

"Pray for your shepherds. They are your bridge to heaven."

- BVM, Medjugorje

Consoling the Heart of Jesus Retreat Class #5

Week 5: Obstacle 2: Our Weaknesses, Sinfulness & Attachment

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, along with the teachings of Sts. Thérèse of Lisieux, Faustina Kowalska, and Louis de Montfort are brought together by Fr. Michael Gaitley, MIC, to lead us to trust in Jesus, the Divine Mercy

Tuesdays, Jul 20, 27

7pm - 9pm

Victory Building

501 N. Nolan River Rd, Cleburne 76033

Contact Stephanie to RSVP and to receive zoom link

scwooten63@icloud.com

Stephanie will bring your books

Retreat Leaders:

Elizabeth Victory 817-223-1645 elizabethvictory@hotmail.com

Paul & Mary Vinson - 214-287-3605 sweetmamav@gmail.com

Open to men and women! There are 23 registered.

Thanks to your generosity, our parish wired a 2nd donation Tuesday of Holy Week to Poland.

The Poles and the Ukrainians are very grateful and are praying for us!

How to donate:

Checks to St. John Vianney, memo, Ukraine Refugees in Poland
stjohnvianneycleburne.com website – special button- Ukraine Refugees in Poland
Go to or mail checks to Pinnacle Bank Cleburne: St. John Vianney Catholic Church – Ukraine Refugees in Poland Acct – very important
Contact: 817-558-2518
stjohnvianneycleburne@yahoo.com

May God bless your prayers and generosity!

Click here for Program for the Visitation of St. Bernadette relics - Jul 20-22

Relics Are a Biblical Concept —

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St Bernadette Soubirous Story

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Feast Day – February 18

Born at Lourdes, France, on January 7, 1844. She was the oldest child of a miller named Francis Soubirous and his wife, Louise. She went by Bernadette as a child, and lived in abject poverty with her parents. She suffered from asthma, and was a poor student, which kept her from making her first Holy Communion until she was 14.

On February 11, 1858, while collecting firewood with her sisters along the banks of the Gave River near Lourdes, she alone saw a vision of a beautiful woman inside a cave above the riverbank. She was dressed in white and blue with golden roses on her feet. St Bernadette’s report was not immediately accepted, even by her mother, but her visions of the Lady drew increasingly larger crowds. Despite great hostility on the part of the socialist civil authorities, St Bernadette Soubirous’ reports of the visions continued, and on February 25 Our Lady told St Bernadette to “Drink of the fountain,” and caused a spring to flow from the earth.

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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 join us on the second Monday of each month at the Our Lady of Victory Chapel, we start with the Rosary at 6:15pm.

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