St. John the Baptist Catholic Church

Zachary, Louisiana

Our Lady of the Assumption Mission

Clinton, Louisiana

Bringing more than 1,300 families closer to Christ

~A Parish since 1964~

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Saturday Vigil Mass

4:00PM - St. John's

(throughout Daylight Savings Time)

Sunday Morning

7 & 11AM-St. John's

9:00AM-OLA, Clinton

OLA

Tuesdays-6:30PM

St. John's

Wednesday-7:00AM Thursday-7:30AM

Friday-7:30AM

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Reconciliation

  Saturdays

3:00 PM-St. John's

(Throughout Daylight Savings Time)

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6:15PM-OLA

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Holy Rosary

Tuesdays

6:15 pm-OLA

Sundays

10:00 am-SJB 

Confession

On Wednesdays, confession may be scheduled  by appointment with Father Bayhi

Adoration

The Adoration Chapel at St. John's is open from Noon until 6 PM, Monday-Friday.

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Prayer of the Holy Rosary is held at St. John's

every Sunday,

beginning at 10:00 AM, and on the 1st Sunday of each month at Our Lady, beginning at 8:30 AM.

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Ministers of the Eucharist

11 AM Mass instructions

BEFORE MASS

• All EME's are responsible for FINDING A SUBSTITUTE if you are unable to serve at your assigned time.
• Ministers of the Eucharist should dress appropriately to serve.  Men should wear coat and tie except during warm summer days when a shirt and tie are acceptable.  Women should be sufficiently covered wearing a dressy dress or dressy pants suit.  If not wearing a dress, women should have three pieces:  pants or skirt, top and coat or jacket. Sandals are appropriate for women, as long as they are not flip-flops.
• Meet in the Sacristy at least 15 minutes before Mass and sign in. If you are not in place (signed in) by ten minutes before Mass begins, we are required to find a substitue from the congregation.  Important:  Should you arrive after a replacement has been found, you will be asked to take a seat and the substitute will continue in your position.
• After Father leads a prayer with all servers, ministers, and lectors, you may rejoin your family seated in the congregation.
• 3H and 4H are responsible for placing Father’s chalice and purificator on the altar before Mass.  They should also place the empty chalices (4), purificators (4) and empty ciboria (3) on the Credence Table.  They should also place the gifts of wine and unconsecrated hosts on the gift table at the entrance of church. See details in the Sacristy for the complete set-up routine for each Mass.  Note:  Throughout the period during which the distribution of the Precious Body has been suspended.  We will use only enough Ministers of the Eucharist to distribute the Precious Body.  Therefore, your duties for set-up and clean up may change during this time.
• When approaching the Altar, all persons serving ON the Altar are to approach with hands folded in prayer position, bow or genuflect toward the Tabernacle, and proceed to your position. When leaving the Altar, your hands should remain folded in the prayer position.  Also, even though you may have just bowed to the Tabernacle while completing your duties as EME, when you reach the bottom step, you are to again bow or genuflect, showing reverence to the Blessed Sacrament.
• Please do your best to never turn your back to the Tabernacle when on the Altar.  When you are serving during Mass, your bow or genuflection is to the Blessed Sacrament, not to Father or to a deacon.
• As soon as Father begins the Agnus Day (Lamb of God), Ministers of the Eucharist are to immediately proceed to the
  Altar and join the formation as quickly as possible. Please do not stop to shake hands or offer other signs of peace, thereby delaying the distribution of the Blessed Sacrament.
• If serving the Precious Body, Ministers of the Eucharist are to sanitize hands at the Credence Table and join the formation.  When returning from Communion Srvice, purify your hands in the Oblution Dish at the Tabernacle, then turn to the Credence Table and sanitize your hands again, and re-join the formation.
• As Father places the Blessed Sacrament back in the Tabernacle, Ministers of the Eucharist--and all others on the Altar--are to bow to the Tabernacle.  When dismissed by Father, proceed down to the front, center of the Altar, turn back, reverence the Tabernacle again by bowing or genuflecting, and return to your seat.
• If, after serving all those in line in your section, there is a large crowd still in need of Communion in Our Lady's Chapel (the overflow section), one other person should proceed to the Baptismal Font and assist Cup 7 with that line.  If Father has already gone to that section, no one else needs to assist.  All others should return to the Altar, placing ceboria and chalices on the Altar (please to not move Communion Hosts--The Blessed Sacrament) from one vessel to another on the Altar.  Father will do that.
• Never give "Jesus to Go."  It is forbidden to give anyone additional Communion Host(s), whether in hand or in a Pix, to be taken to any other person or to be consumed at a later time.  Should anyone ask for such, please politely explain that it is not possible or, if needed, quietly approach Father and explain the situation.   Anyone who is officially commissioned to deliver Communion to the infirmed or to shut-ins should place a Pix on beside the Tabernacle before Mass and Father will place one host in that during Communion service.
• If someone approaches you in the Communion line who is not Catholic (usually, they will have their hands crossed over their chest), you may bless them with the sign of the cross on their forehead.  If they seem unfamiliar with the proper way to receive the Blessed Sacrament or if they seem a little out-of-place, it is perfectly appropriate to politely ask if they are not Catholic.  If they state that they are not, you should always bless them in the prayerful hope of worldwide Christian unity. 
• If you or a Communicant drops the Blessed Sacrament on the floor, you--not they--should immediately pick it up.  If you are comfortable consuming it yourself, you may do so.  If you are not, please keep it in your hand and give it to Father when you return to the Altar or you may place it in the Sacred Repository after Communion.  NEVER discard the Precious Body, as it truly is the Body of Our Lord and must be shown the utmost reverence and respect.
• If you, or a Communicant spills the Precious Blood on the floor, stop your line, immediately get a linen purificator, place it over the entire spill and be certain that others step around it until after Mass. This is the Precious Blood of Christ and must not be contaminated in any way. When in doubt, always ask Father but never walk on or allow anyone else to walk on any spills.

DURING MASS

• Ministers of the Eucharist come forward at the sign of peace and line up in front of the Altar and bow before proceeding to the left of the Altar.
• 7H receives Communion from Father at the Altar, then takes the chalice from Father and follows him to each EM to offer the Precious Blood to the other Ministers of the Eucharist.  7H returns Father’s chalice to the Altar and returns to their position to the left of the Altar.
• The Host ministers (3H, 4H and 7H) step forward to receive a ciboria with consecrated hosts from Father.
• Father hands a chalice to the Cup ministers (1C, 2C, 5C and 6C).
• Cup ministers 1C and 2C proceed to their designated stations to offer to the choir.
• As the choir receives Communion, all Ministers of the Eucharist proceed to their stations to offer Communion to the congregation.

DURING COMMUNION

• Ministers should share the Precious Body and Precious Blood in a reverent and inviting manner, attempting to make eye contact with each communicant.
• Cup ministers are reminded NOT TO ALLOW INTINCING (dipping a consecrated Host into the Precious Blood).
• If you finish at your station and see a significant backup at another, you should go to give assistance (no more than two, which may include Father, as stated above).
• Cup ministers can assist when other cup ministers are running low, but DO NOT POUR FROM ONE CHALICE TO ANOTHER.

AFTER COMMUNION

• After Communion, the Ministers of the Eucharist proceed to the Sanctuary and place the ciboria and/or empty chalice on the Altar. 
• Ministers of the Eucharist must stop near the Altar and consume any remaining Precious Blood before putting the empty chalice on the Altar.
• Purificators should be neatly folded and placed on the Altar.
• Ministers of the Eucharist return to their position on the left side of the Altar and remain there until Father returns the unconsumed consecrated hosts to the Tabernacle.  After bowing in reverence, all EMs may then return to their seats in the congregation but you should stop at the base of the Altar, bow again, then proceed.
• Remember, at all times when approaching, serving on, or leaving the Altar, your hands should be folded in prayer position.

LECTORS/COMMENTATORS

BEFORE MASS

• All Lectors/Commentators are responsible for FINDING A SUBSTITUTE if you are unable to serve at your assigned time.
• Lectors should dress appropriately to serve.  Men should wear coat and tie except during warm summer days when a shirt and tie are acceptable.  Women should be sufficiently covered wearing a dressy dress or dressy pants suit.  If not wearing a dress, women should have three pieces:  pants or skirt, top and coat or jacket. Sandals are appropriate for women, as long as they are not flip-flops.
• Meet in the Sacristy at least 15 minutes before Mass and sign in. If you are not in place (signed in) by ten minutes before Mass begins, we are required to find a substitute from the congregation.  Important:  Should you arrive after a replacement has been found, you will be asked to take a seat and the substitute will continue in your position.

     DURING MASS 

• Lector 2 takes the Lectionary and the Book of the Liturgy (the cloth binder) to the Altar about 3 minutes before Mass begins.  Bow at the center of the Altar, with hands folded in prayer formation, and proceed to the Ambo.  Read the "Welcome" page in the front of the binder.  Note:  Be certain to see if Children's Liturgy is scheduled for that Mass, or if there are any special notations for that particular Mass.   Follow the directions on that page.  When you ask the congregation to stand and join you in the celebration of the Eucharist, wait about 30 seconds (once the choir has begun the Processional Hymn) and step down off the Altar--with hands in prayer formation--positioning yourself about 5 feet to the left off the center carpet.  Wait there until the procession makes it to the Altar, bow with everyone on Father's queue, and take your seat until it is time for you to read.
• Lector joins the procession, just behind the Cross, carrying the Book of Gospels.  When you approach the Altar and everyone bows or genuflects (on Father's queue), step up and place the Book of Gospels on the center of the main Altar, bow and take your seat until after the Gloria is sung or spoken.
• After Father leads a prayer with all servers, ministers, and lectors, you may rejoin your family seated in the congregation.
• After Father completes the Penitential Rite and Opening prayers, and after the Gloria is sung or spoken, Lector 1 will approach the Altar, bow, and approach the Ambo (lectern) with hands folded in prayer.  Note: It is fine to walk in front of Father in the process.
• When you approach the ambo, adjust the mic so you can be heard and begin the reading (Be sure the lectionary is marked before Mass begins.  It is virtually impossible to find the right readings once you get to the ambo without uncomfortable delays).
• If the Responsorial Psalm is to be spoken (check the Liturgy packet before Mass), pause about 15 seconds and continue with that reading.  DO NOT SAY "The Responsorial Psalm is. . . "  They already know that you're about to read the Response.  Just proceed.
• When you complete your reading, return--with hands folded in prayer formation--to the center of the Altar, where the 2nd lector will join you.  You both bow and Lector returns to his/her seat while Lector 2 approaches the ambo.  **When the Response is sung by the choir, there is no need for Lector 1 to wait on the Altar.  Take your seat after the choir begins to sing.  Lector 2 will proceed to the Altar and then to the ambo at the end of the song, in that case.
• When Father completes his homily (sermon), Lector 1 will return to the Altar, again with hands folded in prayer, and read the General Intercessions/Prayers of the Faithful.