St. John of the Woods Mission News

142- Sacrificial Giving 2025

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Mass/Events

Thank you

Mrs. Joan Ellis
Beverly Greco
Beverly Lee
Gerald Ehnat
Yvonne Vidovic
Mr. & Mrs. Larry S Volland
Thomas-Gaye Dolan
James A Hoffman
Daniel-Diana Williams
Dionicia Quinata Tinkler
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Sanders
Twyla Halmrast
Steven Jones
Angie Goldade
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Koch
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Soderlind
Thomas & Joanne Urquhart
Thomas-Carrie Hayden
Cheryl Blau
Fran Zevenbergen
Jim & Pat Land
Irmgard Wilcox
Hollie Sasak
Mr. & Mrs. David Lamb
Theresa M Rice
Darlene Cartwright
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Patnode
Mrs. Cheryl Penry
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Wells
Ma Lucia Montes Rubalcava & Rosario Lujano
Mr. & Mrs. Michael O'Shea
Francisco Joseph San Nicolas
Donna Santos & Gary Rim
Terry-Laurie Keister
Janet Talley
Mr. & Mrs. James Reding
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Samples
Robyn Haechrel
Paul Turley
Joseph & Bernie Mesa
James Enright
Mrs. Brenda Webster
Nancy Jonker
William Keen
Mr & Mrs Ronald Benson
Jaycob & Bernadette Brown
Ann Marie McEntee
Teresa Graham
Mrs Ramona Guffey
Gordon Chisholm
Pat Kowalchuk
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Reuter
Geraldine-Rod Stormshak
Deborah De Witt
Mara Shrader
Lourdes Champaco

Faith Formation

Baptism Class

Class will be offered for parents and godparents who have new born babies and children under 7 years old. PSJXXIII Every Second Saturday

1:00 –2:30pm class in English

By Deacon Theman

At Pope St John XXIII Parish Center. Please call Sr. Theresa at 592-2541 or email <sotheresa2022@psj23.org>

SJOW Children’s Christmas Play:

Christmas Play Practices are Sunday morning 9:30 -10:15

Everyone is invited to share in the joy of the Christmas season with our children as they perform their Christmas Play Sunday. December 15th at 1:00 P.M.

Outreach Community

Report for Home-bound Outreach Ministry

Wednesday December 4th, 2024

· We bring communion, pray, and visit our parishioners at: St. Joseph, St. Clare, Tacoma General and Good Samaritan Hospitals.

· Our ministry with those in hospice gives hope to the dying and a lot of courage and comfort to their families.

· We had a Mass and the Sacrament of the Sick for the people at King Manor nursing home yesterday December 3rd at 9:00AM. Also, we have the Communion service every Monday at 9:00AM.

· The Giving Tree tags were displayed starting on the First Sunday of Advent, December 1st, and will remain up until the Third Sunday, December 15th. We will collect the gifts during this time and distribute them to residents in nursing homes and the homebound before Christmas.

· We are also planning a Christmas Celebration for our seniors, which will include Mass and the Anointing of the Sick, on Thursday, December 19th, at 10:30 AM at PSJXXIII. A reception will follow in the Hall, featuring entertainment by the Pre-K class and a raffle with many gifts and prizes. All are welcome to join!

• Ministry of the Poor at Visitation repots: In month of November, we sent out:

576 Lunches for 288 homeless, 104 bags of groceries, 124 bags of Frozen/produce, 8500 pounds of food.
We gave 140 clothing bank worth $1,500.00.
Food bank for 255 people belonging to 83 families.
40 gas cards ($1,000.00), 25 bus tickets ($125.00)
We have 21 volunteers who served at the site, estimated time 200 hours.
Jeannie Wargo’s family served 50 hot thanksgiving meals to the homeless.
Total 798 people in helped

Pope St. John XXIII STEM ACADEMY

Bishop Frank Schuster will be the celebrant of a Pope St. John STEM Academy school Mass at the Visitation/South Tacoma Chapel location on Thursday, December 19th, 2024 at 9:00 am.

Parish Family- Facilities Team

We need parishioners to join our facility team. Volunteering as part of the facility team is a beautiful way to serve God and your parish community. By helping care for the church, you contribute to maintaining a sacred space where we gather to worship, pray, and seek comfort. Your efforts, no matter how small, help create a welcoming and peaceful environment for others to encounter God. It's a humble and rewarding form of stewardship that allows you to give back to the church that nourishes your faith, while also strengthening bonds with fellow parishioners as you work together for a common purpose.

Contact: Father Tuan, Fr. Hendry after Mass

or Thien Dinh at (253) 279-3361

or thiendinh@psj23.org.

In Loving Memory

In Our Prayer List

Dixie Knoll, Ron Knoll, Glenna Nyegaard, Vanessa Rojas, Carol Kalapus, Danny Sneed, Dave Casey, Debbie DeWitt, Donna Severson, Elizabeth Wells, Jan Tally, Joan Ellis, Joan Halmrast, Jonathan Keen, Keith Browne, Ken Knobbe, Lynn Sneed, Marge Berntsen, Maryann Straling, Natalie Vieira, PJ Carpenter, Susan Teskey.