Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church

Effective July 6^th
the Parish Office will be open
by appointment only,
9:00 am – 1:00 p.m.,
Monday – Friday.
 
Please call (806) 771-2673 beforehand to ensure someone is available to take care of your request.  As required by the Diocese face coverings are mandatory.

Dear Parish Family Member:
 
I, along with all the priests of the diocese, have received new instructions from Bishop Coerver.  In light of these new directives, I have revised our parish guidelines (see below) to remain in compliance with our Bishop and the Catholic Diocese of Lubbock.
 
I want to thank you once again for your willingness to care for the health and safety of all of our fellow parishioners. Many people have expressed their appreciation for all the precautions that we are taking to keep each other healthy. I know this is a sacrifice, but we are a strong community.  We will take care of each other and we will face these challenges together.
 
St. John the Baptist, pray for us!
 
Sincerely In Christ,
Fr. David

A huge thank you to our Knights of Columbus.  Because of their fundraising and physical labor, we now own a large storage shed on our property that allows us to stop paying for 2 storage facility areas.  Our growing church really needs this space to hold all our liturgical decorations and more!  
Click on the link to view pictures: https://stjohnbaptistlbk.org/photoalbums/new-storage-shed-complete

All of the videos from our St. Cecelia Project can now be found on our Music Ministry page under the Ministries tab!  We want to thanks all those who have worked so hard on these beautiful songs. https://stjohnbaptistlbk.org/music-ministers

     It’s important to know that, although our obligation to attend Mass is dispensed at this time, we are never dispensed from honoring the Third Commandment to “keeping holy the Sabbath.” Sunday remains to be set apart as another opportunity to grow in communion with the Lord.  This Sunday, try an Act of Spiritual Communion.  While there is no formula prescribed by the Church to make an act of spiritual communion, prayers composed by various saints are part of the Church’s rich treasury of devotions. Below are prayers composed by St. Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787).