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St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Virtual Mass

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - July 12, 2020

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/oGRSAielzSc

Thank you for joining our virtual congregation. We look forward to sharing our Sunday Masses with you. Fr. Charlie

View past Virtual Masses with Fr. Charlie.

New Episode of Thursdays with Charlie! Episode 10 of Thursdays with Charlie - "Age Quod Agis" "Ora Pro Nobis" will premiere Thursday, July 2, 2020 at 1:00 pm PST. To watch it click on the video below.

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/n_-6r2N3zCw

To watch past episodes click here! Fr. Charlie will be back with another episode on Thursday, July 16th.

Drone Video of Church and Construction Progress - July 7th - Click on the video below to view a drone video of St. John the Baptist Church and the construction progress on the Father Garces Center as of July 7th taken by Robert Bilbray. If the video does not play go to this link: https://vimeo.com/436116073.

Father Garc'es Center, Laughlin, Nevada July 7th, 2020 from Robert Bilbray on Vimeo.

To see past construction progress vidoes click here to be taken to the drone video archive page.

Please pray for all those affected by the corona virus. God Bless and stay safe.

Spiritual Holy Communion
The Church encourages frequent, even daily, Holy Communion, but if at any time we cannot go to Mass in or out of this season of the coronavirus, we can still unite ourselves to the Eucharist through making a spiritual Communion.

By making an Act of Spiritual Communion, we express our faith in Christ’s Real Presence in the Eucharist and ask him to unite himself with us. Here is the Act of Spiritual Communion written by St. Alphonsus de Liguori:

My Jesus,
I believe that You
are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love You above all things,
and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment
receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart.

I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You.

Never permit me to be separated from You.

Amen.

More information from the Diocese of Las Vegas

Diocese of Las Vegas Discontinuance Order
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
To counteract the spread of the Corona Virus, the Diocese of Las Vegas has ordered all Catholic Churches closed until further notice.

1. No one may be in the church even for private prayer.
2. Links to Masses and Holy Week services will be available here.
3. If you need a priest in an emergency only, Father Charlie can be reached at 702-580-4988.

MISSION STATEMENT: To serve the needs of the growing faith community in this part of Southern Nevada, composed of residents, weekend visitors and snowbirds who pray together, work together so as to build up the Body of Christ; to be witnesses, likewise, to the historical legacy of the first recorded Catholic Mass in Nevada celebrated in Laughlin in 1776 by Father Francisco Garces, a Franciscan missionary. We really are "THE BIRTHPLACE AND THE HEART OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH IN NEVADA." And more and more, we are serving the growing spiritual needs of folks not only in Nevada, but also in Arizona and California. We are truly a tri-state parish located in the Southern tip of Nevada.

New Facebook Page: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church has a new Facebook page. Click on the Facebook Icon in the upper right corner or go to www.facebook.com/laughlincatholic

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