St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Church

St. Peter, Prince of the
Apostles Church
3901 Violet Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78410
Parish Office: 361.241.3249
Religious Education Office: 361.241.3372
www.stpeterprince.net
REV. EMILIO JIMENEZ,
PASTOR
PRIESTS:
Msgr. Seamus McGowan
Rev. Joseph Olikkara
DEACONS:
Allen Cicora
Eluterio Farias
Richard Lewinski
WEEKEND MASSES:
Saturday: 6:00 PM
Sunday: 8:00 & 10:00 AM
& 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM
Confessions are heard on
Saturday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM
And by appointment.
St. Mary Mission
Mass, 9:30 AM
Sr. Susana Renteria, PCI
Phone:
361-947-4601
August
18, 2013
Twentieth Sunday
Twentieth Sunday in
In
Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time
August 17, 2014
Nineteenth Sunday
In Ordinary TimeAug. 17,
2014
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
We are a welcoming Catholic Community Called by God To live out the
Message of Christ In love and service To all people.
“In the spirit of St. Peter, The patron saint of our Parish, we commit Ourselves to bring
The Body of Christ To all.
The special Emphasis of our Mission is ‘The Sacrificial Giving’ of Time, Talent and Treasure.
We Trust that the Holy Spirit will
empower us to grow Spiritually through Worship and Religious Education and also help us go in, with
and through Jesus to eternal Life, with God Our Father.”
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St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles
MASS INTENTIONS
Aug. 18-24, 2014
Monday
8:00 am Special Intention
Tuesday
6:30 pm Alyssa & Elisabeth (B-day) - Blanca
Wednesday
Garcia
6:30 pm Dominican Sisters of St. Thomas
Thursday
Aquinas
8:00 am †John Kahanek - Jean & Eddie
Friday
Schwirtlich
8:00 am †David Najvar - Evelyn Martini
Saturday
6:00 pm †Felipa & Lorenzo Herrera - M/M Joe
COLLECTIVE MASSES
Alaniz
Sunday
8:00 am †Lois & Charlie Hickey - Paul Hickey
9:30 am †Margarita Lopez - Alberto Lopez
10:00 am Msgr. Michael Heras - Elbert & Jane
Ocanas
12:00 pm CaSandra Hernandez (18th B-day) - Dustin
†deceased members of Cath. Life Ins.
Special Intention - Rose Ann Tijerina
†James Saul, Sr. - Mark & Leeanne Pearl
†Smitty Leonard - Thomas & Diana
Matula
†Adella Matula - Thomas & Diana Matula
6:00 pm People of the Parish
ST. PETER, PRINCE OF THE
APOSTLES CHURCH
Envelopes..................................................... $13,625.00
Loose .............................................................. $1,754.15
Other Fees ..................................................... $1,623.00
Total ............................................................. $17,002.15
ST. MARY MISSION
Envelopes.......................................................... $407.00
Loose ................................................................... $70.00
Total .................................................................. $477.00
CALLED TO ACT IN GOD’S NAME
“Let all the nations praise you!” (Psalm
67:4) today’s psalm response exclaims. In the
psalms and other Hebrew scriptures, this kind
of invocation is actually an invitation to God to
act, to intervene in human lives in a manner
that will cause everyone—not just the Chosen
People—to give praise. Stated a bit more
strongly, it is something of a “put up or shut
up” challenge to God, the sort of strong statement the psalmists of Israel, trusting in their
intimate and loving relationship with God, were
not afraid to make.
The Gospel has its own exclamation, announcing the appearance of the Canaanite woman with “Behold!” (Matthew 15:22) “Behold!” is a
scriptural flag that tells us that God is about
to act or announce something through an individual or a situation. In the case of Jesus, God
was going to act through this woman, whom nobody among Jesus’ followers would have believed
to be an agent of the divine will. Like the
psalmists, we might passively inform or perhaps
even actively challenge God to do something so
that everyone will come to belief, but God will
always turn the tables on us. It becomes our
calling, our duty (as it was for Jesus) to behold
the situations and persons of our daily lives so
that God can act through us, so the Kingdom
can be announced through our living.
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
This Week at St. Peter Church
MONDAY: Mass 8:00 am; Rosary 7:30 am
TUESDAY: Feast of St. John Eudes; Mass 6:30 pm;
Rosary 6:00 pm
WEDNESDAY: Feast of St. Bernard; Mass 6:30 pm;
Prayer Meeting 7 pm.
THURSDAY: Feast of St. Pius; Mass 8 am. Adoration
of the Blessed Sacrament 8:30 am - 6:30 pm; Choir
Practice 7:30 pm.
FRIDAY: Feast of The Queenship of the Blessed
Virgin Mary; Mass 8 am; Rosary 7:30 am.
SATURDAY: Feast of St. Rose of Lima; ; Blessed Virgin Mary; Confessions 4:30 - 5:30 pm; Vigil Mass 6:00
pm
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STEWARDSHIP BY THE BOOK
In today’s second reading, St. Paul
tells The Romans, “God’s gifts
and his call are Irrevocable.”
To what is God calling
me today? What gifts are
mine to share?
C.I.A. (Catholics in Action)
Young Adult group meets every
Sunday evening at 7 pm. For more information, call Ruben @ 249-8066.
Sanctuary light
is burning for Virgini Temple & Ron
Ordner the Week of Aug. 17-23
By Dan Byerly
LAY FORMATION
The next class will be
Thursday, Aug. 21
at 7 pm in St. Matthew Hall.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday:
Ez 24:15-24; Dt 32:18-21; Mt 19:1622
Tuesday:
Ez 28:1-10; Dt 32:26-28, 30, 35cd36ab; Mt 19:23-30
Wednesday: Ez 34:1-11; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 20:1-16
Thursday:
Ez 36:23-28; Ps 51:12-15, 18-19;
Mt 22:1-14
Friday:
Ez 37:1-14; Ps 107:2-9; Mt 22:34-40
Saturday:
Ez 43:1-7a; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Mt 23:1
-12
Sunday:
Is 22:19-23; Ps 138:1-3, 6, 8;
Rom 11:33-36; Mt 16:13-20
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
We are still taking registration for the 2014-2015
school year. If you have not registered early and
would like to secure a specific day and time,
please pick up a registration form in the Church
foyer or come by the CCD Center. Some of our
classes are already full. We will be registering at
the CCD Center from 9 am till 2 pm on the following Sundays: August 17 & 24.
Our first day of CCD classes will be on Monday,
August 25 and on Wednesday, August 27. Also,
please note the time changes on the registration
forms for Wednesday’s middle and high school
students. We will have more information soon at
all Masses regarding the changes and the addition of a Middle (6th, 7th & 8th) & High School (9th
- 12th) Youth Groups on Wednesday evenings.
We are very blessed to have the majority of our
catechists and aides return this year; however,
we do need a few more catechists, aides and traffic volunteers for both Monday and Wednesday
evenings. Please call Priscilla or Julie at 2413372 or 241-3369. Thank You!
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Attention! Attention!
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL EDGE
Will begin August 27 at 6pm-7:15pm
All graders from 6th-8th are invited. This is a great opportunity to have
a relationship with Christ., discuss challenges at school, home and life.
We will try to bring a more understanding of our catholic faith and much
more. We will do all this while having fun. Come check it out at least
once and You decide. Hope to see you there!
For more information call
Ruben Galabeas at 361-249-8066
THE HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH
GROUP
We will continue to meet on Wednesdays from 7pm-9pm.
If you are a 9th-12th graders, then this might be what you’re
looking for. Don’t let anyne tell you that learning about our catholic faith and God is borring and not cool. It’s VERY COOL!
But don’t take my word for it. YOU come see for yourself. New
members are always welcome. We hope to see you there.
For more information call
Ruben Galabeas at 361-249-8066
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Living God’s Word
Each of us must choose to step into some
unknown, guided by our God-given vision
of what our lives must be about, a vision
to which others are often blind. At these
moments one can feel both most alone
and most alive.
The Knights of Columbus, #7290 Is
having a Rummage sale on September
6th. If you have any
items that Need to be picked
up, please call Ron Davis @ 361-2900387 or Art Molina @ 361-739-4302
KC Council #7290 & The Altar and Rosary Society
are Sponsoring a dinner & dance with a Raffle on
Saturday, September 13 at the KC Hall,
Hwy 77, Robstown, TX.
Time: 7 pm to 12 Midnight. Ticket:
$100 per couple
Grand Prize $5,000.00
One @ $1,000.00 Two @ $500.00
25 @ $100.00
Only 300 tickets sold. Must present this ticket at
entrance. No children under 18 years old.
1st ticket drawn will be the Grand Prize and
Will not be revealed until all other prizes have been
drawn. Drawing will start at 9 pm.
Need not be present to WIN
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
FOR ADULTS.
If you are interested in becoming a Catholic, receiving the Sacraments or being married in the
Catholic Church - come to a reception for RCIA
participants on Sunday, Aug. 24 at 10 am in St.
William Hall. Classes will meet on Sundays (once
a week). Please call Joe Alaniz @ 241-2411 or the
parish office @ 241-3249 if you need more information or to register for classes.
ARE YOU, OR SOMEONE YOU
KNOW, widowed or divorced?
Don’t go it alone! Being Widowed
or divorced is painful and lonely.
It takes someone who has been
through your same circumstances
to know what you are going through. Like the
group that meets at 7 pm every Monday for nine
weeks starting this September 15th at St. Patrick’s Church Parish Hall on Alameda. This group
is sponsored by the Diocesan Family Life Office.
You can learn to cope with your grief by sharing
your experience. Come join us by calling John
Moses at 813-5825 (email [email protected])
or Charlene at 887-77603 for more information.
Texas Career Academy is offering FREE training for
entry level careers in the roadway construction industry. It’s a two-week training program. Deadline for applications is Aug 25. Interviews will be done Aug. 26 &
27. Call 817-272-9632 . For more information call the
parish office @ 241-3249.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday expressed outrage at
violence aimed at religious minorities in Iraq, where fleeing children have died of thirst, and called on the world "to stop these
crimes." In a strongly worded message during his traditional
Sunday blessing, Francis said the news from Iraq "leaves us in
dismay and disbelief." He cited "the thousands of people, including Christians, who have been brutally forced from their homes,
children who have died from thirst during the escape and women
who have been seized." He also spoke of "the destruction of religious, historic and cultural treasures."
'Do not you hate in the name of God! You
can not make war in the name of God.'
Pope Francis speaks from a window overlooking St. Peter's Square during
his Sunday Angelus.
The pope urged the international community to find "an efficient
political solution that can stop these crimes and re-establish the
rule of law." He said his personal emissary, Cardinal Fernando
Filoni, would depart Monday for Iraq "in order to better ensure
those dear suffering populations of my closeness to them." Filoni, the Vatican's ambassador in Baghdad during the Iraqi war,
will travel to Iraq to show solidarity with Christians, who have
been among those targeted by Islamic State militants for elimination. Filoni has acknowledged in an interview with Vatican Radio
the difficulty in reaching the region where thousands of refugees
are starving.