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ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH TERRELL, TEXAS SEPTEMBER
27, 2015
RCIA/AFF
Symbolon Rite of Christian Initiation
for Adults/
Adult Faith Formation The 2015-2016
RCIA/Adult Faith Formation year is underway. We meet at Casa St.
John on Thursday evenings from 7:00-8:30. If you are interested in
sitting in on the classes to learn more about your Catholic faith,
please feel free to join us. We are using the new “Symbolon”
program as the foundation. This week’s topic will be: “The Bible”.
For more information contact Karen Mathers at 972-816-0621 or
e-mail at [email protected]
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Young Women’s Group
The Young Women’s Group will meet today, Sunday, September 27th
from 1:30 – 3:00pm in the Parish Hall. If you are a young lady in
grades 7-12 and would like to join us please come out to our
meeting. If you would like information on the YWG you can e-mail
Michelle at [email protected].
_________________________________________________ First Friday in
Honor of the Sacred Heart We will have our monthly Holy Hour on
Friday, October 2nd from 8:30-9:30am. Everyone is invited to come.
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Blessing for Expectant Mothers
Next weekend we will have our monthly blessing for expectant
mothers of our parish after all the Masses.
Saturday, September 26 5:00 PM For the People of St. John’s in
Thanksgiving
for their prayers by Drilma Vezina
Sunday, September 27 8:00 AM Our Immediate & Extended Family
by
Jimmy & Melody Blasingame
10:30 AM For the Bulletin Sponsors by Fred/Trinity
Publications
12:15 PM Pro Populo
Friday, October 2 8:00 AM In Honor of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus
Saturday, October 3 5:00 PM †Drilma Vezina by Tom & Maxine
Koller
Sunday, October 4 8:00 AM Pro Populo
10:30 AM †Sylvia Lozano by Parents
12:15 PM †Israel & †José Luis Navarrete Int. de Rebeca
Navarrete
Sound Catholic practice encourages us to offer the Mass for the
departed and for those in any need. To request a Mass to be
offered, please visit the parish office or return to the office a
completed Mass intention card. Available cards are located in the
foyer of the church.
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Anointing of the Sick
Because of the Privacy Act, hospitals and nursing homes are no
longer able to provide a list of the Catholic patients/residents
for the Churches use in
order to visit and administer the Sacraments of Holy Communion
or Anointing of the Sick. Therefore, I need your assistance when
you have a family member who is hospitalized or in a nursing home.
Please call Fr. Orosco at the Church Office at (972) 563-3643 so
that I may be of assistance.
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Fr. Orosco will be on unavailable this coming week, therefore,
there will be no daily Mass Monday-Thursday. We will, however, have
Daily Mass on Friday, October 2nd followed by Holy Hour
8:30-9:30am.
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TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME/VIGÉSIMO SEXTO DOMINGO DEL
TIEMPO ORDINARIO
Prayer Requests
Richard Collier Nick Morales, Sr. Laurie Lisius Kinkaid Jack
Sikors Richard Lozano Sr. Stella Childers Amalia Ibarra Brenda
Newburn Mike Gonzales Raul Rivera Kenneth Elliott Dorothy Newburn
Ma. Mercedes Sanchez Tom Boyd Deborah Dubcak Krueger Mason Gumler
Patricia Reyes Felipa Garcia Stanley Ewaniak Joe Wages Sylvia
Stenda Donna Lain Lee Wilde Margarito Soto Rosario Rodríguez
Colleen McNamara Ma. Consolación González Laurie Rangel Tommy
Locour Mike Beaty Jackson Patterson Olivia Nicole Yates Mayra
Anguiano Erica Vargas Michelle Elliott Margaret Wages Dolores Boyd
Nathan Wright Elsie Rittmuller Henry Taft Claire Taft Dennis Kiger
Ida Gunstanson David Carmona Soledad Valencia John Jones Steven
LaPoint Claire Vargas Bill Blankenship Ginger Guthrie Suzzane
Sikors Owen George Lyon Don Coleman Sheila Wages Myrna Wharton
Yamileth Martinez Chris Stader Jerry Lain Rebecca Elliott Warren
Soto ________________________________________________
Ministry Schedule for the Weekend of
October 3/4
Lectors: Sat. 5:00pm Cathy Burton/Karen Mathers Sun. 8:00am
Marianne Marsden/Gerald Garcia Sun.10:30am Karie Hammond/Shelilah
Dean Ushers: Sat. 5:00pm Sherry Goelden*/Debbie P./Paul
M./Volunteer Sun. 8:00am David Bendele*/Robert B./Wayne M./Rachel
H. Sun. 10:30am Richard Jr.*/Dennis C./Calvin H./Steve H.
Extraordinary Ministers Sat. 5:00pm Karen Mathers/Gary Whalin/Linda
Whalin Sun. 8:00am Chris Probst/Dan Probst Sun. 10:30am Melinda
Sanchez/Bill Bedrick/Argie Benavidez Shelilah Dean/Tammy Guerra/Bud
McClure
Join the National Life Chain! Hwy. 205 in Terrell
(Meet in Discount Tire’s parking lot
• Stand with thousands of pro-lifers throughout the USA! You’ll
be a light in a darkened world as you help put an end to abortion
through prayer!
• Bring your whole family! Rain or shine! • Water, lawn chairs,
umbrellas and strollers are
welcome! • Signs proclaim “Abortion Kills Children,”
“Adoption the Loving Option,” “Jesus Forgives & Heals,”
“Lord, Forgive Us and Our Nation,” “Abortion Hurts Women,” “El
Aborto Mata Niños,” “Life – the first Inalienable Right” and “Pray
to End Abortion”
• Stand 25-30 feet apart. Do not park in front of an open
business.
LIFE CHAIN is a peaceful and prayerful public witness of
pro-life Americans standing for one hour praying for our nation and
for an end to abortion. It is a visual statement of solidarity by
the Christian community that abortion kills children and that the
Church supports the sanctity of human life from the moment of
conception. _________________________________________________
Monday, September 28 1:00 PM Crochet meeting at Casa St. John
7:00 PM Grupo de Oración en la Casa St. John Friday, October 2 8:00
AM Daily Mass 8:30-9:30 AM Holy Hour Saturday, October 3 6:00 PM
Pláticas Pre-Bautismales en el Salón Parroquial
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Last Week’s Collection: 5,139.47 FY’15-16 Budgeted Average:
6,400.00 FY’15-16 Average Sunday Coll. thru 8/31/15: 6,232.26
Candles: 63.25 Attendance: 917
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ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH TERRELL, TEXAS SEPTEMBER
27, 2015
Religious Education classes will start in October. We are
pleased to announce that the repairs to the Parish Center are
complete! Religious Education classes will start on the following
days:
*Sunday classes: October 18, 2015, 9:15am – 10:15am. *Tuesday
classes: October 20, 2015, 6:30pm – 7:30pm. *Wednesday classes:
October 21, 2015,
6:30pm – 7:30pm.
_________________________________________________ Catechetical
Sunday:
What does the Word “Catechetical” mean?
Fr. Orosco will commission and bless all catechists at the
10:30am Mass on Sunday, October 11th. The root word of
“catechetical” is “catechesis,” from a Greek word meaning “to echo,
or resound.” Catechesis is the act of resounding or bringing the
Church’s teachings to the world. Catechists are those who teach in
the name of the Church. Why do we have a special day to commission
catechists? Catechesis is a distinct and special ministry in the
Church. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church makes clear,
“Catechesis is intimately bound up with the whole of the Church’s
life…her inner growth and correspondence with God’s plan depend
essentially on catechesis” (#7). The ministry of teaching in the
name of the Church has a profound dignity, which is why catechists
are formally commissioned by the Church. On this day the Church
highlights this ministry and invites the entire church community to
think about our responsibility, because of our baptism, to share
our faith with others.
Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time
On the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus tells his
disciples not to worry about someone driving out evil in his name.
He warns about giving scandal, especially to children and calls for
a radical avoidance of evil. We are to separate ourselves from it
and choose to turn away from sin and its sources as radically as if
to cut off our hand or pluck out our eye. It’s about life
itself.
The week is filled with special days, including Tuesday's, Feast
of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels; Wednesday's
Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church, and
Thursdays rembrance of the Little Flower, Saint Thérèse of the
Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church. Friday is the
Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels.
The first readings continue with the prophet Zechariah of the
period of recovery after the exile. “They shall be my people, and I
will be their God, with faithfulness and justice.” The Book of
Nehemiah, like Ezra, chronicles this history. The prophet Baruch
gives us a prayer of the people in captivity and God's reply, “Fear
not, my children; call out to God!”
We continue reading Luke’s Gospel, as the disciples argue about
who is the greatest. Jesus points out a young child and asks them
to strive to be the “least” not the greatest. Jesus stops his
disciples from preventing people, not of their group, from healing,
because they are with Jesus, too. When Nathanael believes because
Jesus could say where he had been, Jesus tells him that as a
follower, “You will see greater things than this.” People come up,
offering to follow Jesus, but have excuses for why they can't do it
now. Jesus calls them to not “look back” once they have said,
“yes.” He sends his disciples to other towns: “The harvest is rich
but the workers are few.” Jesus tells us to humble ourselves like a
defenseless child. He prays, “I give you praise, Father, Lord of
heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from
the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.”
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TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME/VIGÉSIMO SEXTO DOMINGO DEL
TIEMPO ORDINARIO
TODO AQUEL QUE…
- Dé a beber un vaso de agua… - No engañe con el peso en el
mercado… - Espere a que terminen de subir los pasajeros
antes de arrancar… - No deje su bolsa de basura en la puerta
del
vecino… - Ceda su asiento a los ancianos, o señoras con
niños en brazos… - Se muestre atento y servicial en las
ventanillas… - Tenga un poco de paciencia…
Por el hecho de que son de Cristo (y todo ser humano es hermano
de Cristo), LES ASEGURO QUE NO SE QUEDARÁ SIN RECOMPENSA”.
_________________________________________________ Hora Santa
Todos están invitados a la Hora Santa cada miércoles a las
6:45pm. Nos reunimos en la Iglesia para honrar al Sagrado Corazón
de Jesús.
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Grupo de Oración
El Grupo de Oración se reúnen cada lunes a las 7:00pm en la Casa
St. John.
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Clases de Pre-Bautismales
Ofrecemos clases Pre-Bautismales cada primer sábado de cada mes
a las 6:00pm en el Salón Parroquial. Favor de llamar a la oficina
(972-563-3643) para más información.
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Enfermos
Si usted o alguien que usted conozca está necesitado en recibir
comunión o el Sacramento de la Unción de los Enfermos favor de
llamar al Padre Orosco en la oficina de la Iglesia al número
972-563-3643.
Grupo de Muchachas Jóvenes El Grupo de Muchachas Jóvenes se van
a reunir hoy domingo, 27 de septiembre de 1:30-3:00pm en el Salón
Parroquial. Esta junta es para las jóvenes en grado 7-12.
_________________________________________________ Primer Viernes en
Honor del Sagrado Corazón
Vamos a tener la Hora Santa el viernes, 2 de octubre de
8:30-9:30am. Todos están invitados.
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Especial
El próximo fin de semana después de la Misa vamos a tener una
bendición especial para las madres de nuestra parroquia que
están
embarazadas.
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Las clases de la Doctrina empezaran en octubre.
Nos complace en anunciar que las reparaciones en el Centro
Parroquial han terminado. Las clases de Doctrina empezaran en los
siguientes días: Clases de los Domingos: 18 de octubre, 9:15am –
10:15am Clases de los Martes: 20 de octubre, 6:30pm – 7:30pm Clases
de los Miércoles: 21 de octubre, 6:30pm – 7:30pm
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El Padre Orosco va a bendecir a todas las catequistas el
domingo, 11 de octubre en la Misa de las 10:30am.