St. John the Baptist Catholic Church

In Luke’s Gospel today, Jesus talks to the big crowds following him.  That audience extends through time and embraces us.  We’re traveling with him, too.  And today we hear Jesus teaching with “hard sayings”: If we don’t hate those we love, if we don’t hate even our own life, we cannot keep following him.
Can Jesus [...]

Download pdf in English – brochure or flyer – or Spanish – brochure or flyer.  Prepared by the California Catholic Conference Education Committee (July 2010).
(En Español) Most of California’s Catholic families with school-age children choose to enroll them in the state’s public schools-rather than in Catholic or other private schools. However, many families [...]

Monday August 30 at 7 PM there is a meeting in the church with Fr. Mike.  Fr. Mike will be talking about the Fr. Ray situation.  All are invited to attend.  If you can not make it, you should be able to watch and listen on the parish webcam.  Just click on the link above.

Please join us from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 19, for our parish Festival to enjoy kids’ carnival games, ethnic foods, Grandma’s Garden, entertainment, and a Brazilian barbecue.
Ethnic groups, especially new ones, are invited to enhance our selections at the international food court. We’re lining up Filipino, Brazilian, German, Mexican, Italian and [...]

In last Sunday’s column, I talked about a human heart bloated with ego due to pride, wealth and glory.  I wish to bring back this issue because this is the same human condition that our Gospel of today addresses.
Our Gospel today, the parable of the banquet, deals with the motive and behavior of a [...]

The seventh annual St. John’s English Tea will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, in the courtyard between the church and school auditorium.
Don’t miss this special, elegant event featuring homemade traditional tea sandwiches, scones and assorted sweets. Donation is $20 for adults, $10 for children 12 and under.
Please contact Roberta Montgomery at 237-5293 [...]

Arrangements for Patty’s funeral are:
Vigil: Friday Aug. 27 at Saint Joseph Cemetery
Holy Angels Funeral & Cremation Center
4-8 PM viewing.  Rosary at 7 PM
see  www.cfcsfuneral.org/locations/st-joseph-san-pablo for information on the cemetery
Funeral: 2 PM Saturday Aug 28 at St John the Baptist Church
A pot luck reception will follow in the St. John the Baptist School auditorium.

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Our Gospel this weekend is about the parable of a narrow door.  In the story that ensues, Jesus exhorts us that one has to strive to enter through the narrow door.  A closer reading of the story gives us the obvious implication that the narrow door referred to is the door to salvation, a [...]