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Parish Administrators

Father John McShane

First Administrator

July 1992 - July 1996

Father John was our founding priest. He purchased the rectory and obtained the pro-perty for the building of the church. He began our history here in Laughlin and has left a lasting legacy here.

Father Kevin McAuliffe

Second Administrator

August 1996 - June 1997

Father Kevin had the shortest tenure in Laughlin (only 11 months) and he was respon-sible for moving the Masses to the Riverside Resort.

Father Peter Romeo

Third Administrator

July 1997 - July 1999

Father Peter sold glass fish to raise money for the building fund and increased the parish savings in preparation for eventually building the church.

Father Ray Schultz

Fourth Administrator

August 1999 - June 2001

Father Ray continued to accumulate funds and to increase the momentum for the building of the church.

Father Frank Yncierto

Fifth Administrator

July 2001 - June 2008

Father Frank completed the plans for the church, oversaw the construction, and dedication of the church in October 2003.

Father Charlie Urnick

Sixth and Current Administrator

July 2008 - Present

Father Charlie designed the parish caasino chips and other souvenirs, oversaw the paying off of the mortgage, and was instrumental in having St. John's be raised from a mission to the status of a parish.

November 23, 2023

November 23, 2023

Lk 17:11-19 Aware of Jesus’ compassion and power to heal, the lepers shout to him from a distance. Once cured they go off to the high priest for the ritual cleansing that will restore them to the community. It is the one, a Samaritan, who realizes what has been done for him and returns to Jesus to thank him. We pray for a constant attitude of gratitude. You love us and do so much for us. Thank you! This content comes to you from Our Sunday Visitor courtesy of your parish or diocese.

Christ’s presence

November 23, 2023

“The Risen Jesus is always alive and present in his Church, above all in the Eucharist, the sacrament of his Body and Blood. Christ’s presence among us is not only a consolation but also a promise and a summons. It is a promise that everlasting joy and peace will one day be ours in the fullness of his kingdom. But it is also a summons to go forth, as missionaries, to bring the message of the Father’s tenderness, forgiveness, and mercy to every man, woman, and child.” — Pope Francis Reflection : What are you most thankful for today? How do you express this gratitude? When has recognition of God’s gracious blessing in your life moved you to reach out to others? How have you helped “to bring the message of the Father’s tenderness, forgiveness, and mercy to every man, woman, and child”? This content comes to you from Our Sunday Visitor courtesy of your parish or diocese.

The greatest desire of our heart

By Scott P. Richert • November 22, 2023

When my sisters and I were young, my mother would spend all of Advent baking cookies and making candy. That may hardly seem remarkable; after all, countless millions of Christmas cookies are baked and consumed every year between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. But my mother didn’t eat any of the cookies she baked, and neither did we — not before Christmas, that is. Every sugar cookie, Polish wedding cake, fruit cookie, square of fudge, and chunk of peanut brittle was packed away in vintage green Tupperware or metal tins (depending on whether they were intended for us or for relatives and friends), to be brought out only once Christmas Day had dawned. Four or five decades later, that seems remarkable, because what economists call “delayed gratification” is simply not part of American life anymore — and that’s as true of Catholics and other Christians as it is of the average American. Fifty years ago, the question “What do you want for Christmas?” meant something different than it does today, when a couple of clicks on Amazon can satisfy the desire of a child of any age with next-day (or even same-day) delivery. When I was a child, I thought as a child, which meant that, of course, I wanted to eat just one sugar cookie hot out of the oven, or sneak one piece of fudge. But Mom never let me do so, because satisfying my desire wasn’t the point of her baking. In fact, if anything, the purpose of all of her preparations throughout Advent was the opposite: to increase my desire, and to direct it toward its proper end. If you eat it before Christmas, a Christmas cookie is just a cookie. A bigger lesson My mother entered into eternal life in the early morning hours of Nov. 1, All Saints Day. Through the days and nights before she quietly passed from us, my father and my sister Monica and I held those hands that had mixed and shaped and baked all of those cookies just a few feet away from where the hospital bed was set up in the living room of the house that had been our family home for all but a handful of months of my parents’ 56 years of marriage. Polish wedding cakes and peanut brittle were the last things on our minds as we prepared ourselves and one another for a life without her. But a few days later, when Father Charles Hall, the priest who had anointed Mom seven weeks earlier and who would celebrate her funeral Mass on Nov. 6, asked us for a particular memory of Mom that would help him to understand who she really was, the first thing that came to mind was her Advent baking. Everything we do reveals something about where our heart lies. Too often, by necessity as much as by choice, we are caught up in the here and now. There’s work to be done, bills to be paid, clothes to be washed, children to be fed. But as much as necessity may seem to force our hand, there’s an element of choice in our actions as well. And that choice involves not simply what we do but why we choose to do it. I do not know, and of course, I cannot ask her now, whether Mom intended to teach us a lesson with her Advent baking. But as we talked with Father Charles, we realized that she had done just that. To be a Christian means to live always with a sense of longing, of that joyful expectation tinged with sorrow that comes from knowing that the greatest desire of our heart will never be fulfilled in this earthly life. That, perhaps more than any other part of the Christian experience, is a reality that the modern world rejects. A few hours after our mother passed from this life, my sister and I stood beside our father in the church where we had first received the gift of faith, and we sang with all the saints in glory of the life yet to come. And as we prayed for the repose of my mother’s soul, we gave thanks for the years we had spent with her, and for the cookies and candy through which Mom had prepared us all for living that day and the rest of our lives in the deep longing for, and joyful expectation of, our reunion before the throne of God. This article comes to you from Our Sunday Visitor courtesy of your parish or diocese.

Thank you, God

November 20, 2023

Thank you, God, for the flowers in the fields, the birds of the air, our family and friends far and near. Open my eyes to see the beauty all around me and help me to carry the light and joy of the Risen Christ in my heart all yearlong. This content comes to you from Our Sunday Visitor courtesy of your parish or diocese.

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