July 12, 2015 - Immaculate Conception

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107 Church Street / P.O. Box 108
Gregory, TX 78359
(361) 643-4505
www.iccgregory.org
PARISH STAFF
PASTOR
Fr. James Puthenparambil
PARISH SECRETARY
Noreen Saenz
BOOKKEEPER
Womack & Womack
DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
David Daniel Solis
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION STAFF
Belen Pena, Assistant to the D.R.E.
Janie J. Garcia, Office Coordinator
C E L E B R AT I O N O F M A S S
Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm
Sunday Masses: 7:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, 5:00 pm
Weekday Masses: 5:30 pm Tuesday
8:30 am Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
5:30pm First Friday
Holy Days of Obligation: 8:30 am & 6:30 pm
Vigil Mass: 6:30 pm
PARISH OFFICE: Fax: 361-643-1509
Office Hours: Monday - Friday
9:00am - 12:00pm
1:00pm - 5:00pm
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE: 643-8327
Office Hours: Wednesday
RCIA Classes on Tuesday
CCD Classes on Wednesday
5:00pm - 8:45pm
7:00pm
6:00pm & 7:15pm
LITURGICAL MUSIC
Saturday
Sunday
5:00 p.m.
Rosendo Ortiz
7:00 a.m.
Eddie & Gina Lopez
10:00 a.m.
Tony Rios
12:00 noon
Karla Peña
5:00 p.m.
Pedro Solis
Youth Choir Pedro & Lisa Solis
PRAYER & PRAISE
Saturday
6:00 p.m.
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Please register by contacting the Parish Office
MINISTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
Finance Committee
Jamaica Coordinator
Sacristans
Javier Solis
Mike Lopez
Jesse Gomez
Juan Rodriguez
Choir Coordinator
Naida Rios
Communion Ministers Isidro Peña
Altar Servers
David D. Solis
Lectors
Rene Sanchez
Ushers
Ramiro Peña
Altar Society
Nena Garcia
CfC Retreat Team
Noreen Saenz
Crusaders for Christ
Fred Flores
Divine Mercy
Sonya G. Hartnett
ICC Food Pantry
Adriana Moreno
Immaculate Heart of Mary Nydia Tamez
Knights of Columbus
Edward Lara
Sacred Heart
Lupe Lopez
St. Bernadette Angels Belen Peña
Vacation Bible School Tycee Sanchez
Prayer & Praise
Jeronimo Garcia
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BAPTISMS: Third Saturday of the Month at 10:30 a.m.
BAPTISM CLASS: Tuesday prior of Baptism at 7:00pm; Must register at office
RECONCILIATION: Saturdays 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
MARRIAGE: By appointment only; Notice to Pastor
six (6) months prior to wedding.
QUINCEANERAS: Must be enrolled & attending Rel. Ed.
Notice to Pastor six (6) months prior.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Anytime by request.
COMMUNION FOR THE SICK: Contact the office.
July 12, 2015
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
SATURDAY
JULY 11, 2015
5:00 PM: +Frank L. Hernandez (Dalia Sanchez)
+Ruben Lopez, Sr (Yolanda Lopez & Family)
+Martin Rodriguez, Sr (Gloria Rodriguez & Family)
+ Elvira M. Lopez (Family)
SUNDAY
JULY 12, 2015
7:00 AM: + Ana & Gloria Perez (Family)
+ Richard Ortiz Sr. (Family)
10:00 AM: + Lorna Gomez (Family)
+Rachel Hinojosa (Idolina Esparza)
+Maria R. Flores (M/M Danny Velasquez & Fam.)
+Ramona & Valerie Escobedo (Family)
+Natalia Zamora (Family)
12:00 PM: +Maria Flores (Ernest Saenz & Family)
5:00 PM: + Lydia Zambrano (Family)
+ Antonio Orosco (Family)
For the parishioners of Immaculate Conception
MONDAY
JULY 13, 2015 ~ NO MASS
TUESDAY
JULY 14, 2015
5:30 PM:
OPEN
WEDNESDAY
JULY 15, 2015
8:30 AM:
OPEN
THURSDAY
JULY 16, 2015
8:30 AM:
OPEN
FRIDAY
JULY 17, 2015
8:30AM
OPEN
SATURDAY
JULY 18, 2015
5:00 PM: +Diana Schicker (Family)
SUNDAY
JULY 19, 2015
7:00 AM: +Richard Ortiz (Janie Ortiz)
10:00 AM: + Lorna Gomez (Family)
+Maria R. Flores (M/M Danny Velasquez & Fam.)
+ Esiquiel & Bridiga Escobedo (Family)
12:00 PM:
OPEN
5:00 PM:
OPEN
For the parishioners of Immaculate Conception
LOOSE COLLECTION
ENVELOPE COLLECTION
SECOND COLLECTION
CHILDREN’S COLLECTION
JULY 4, 2015 TOTAL
SATURDAY
5:00 PM:
July 18, 2015
Isabelle Rivera
SUNDAY
7:00 AM:
10:00 AM:
12:00 PM:
5:00 PM:
July 19, 2015
Estevan Cantu
Youth
Rachel Flores
Jessie Gomez
695.41
1311.00
0.00
45.10
$2,051.51
SATURDAY
5:00 PM:
July 18, 2015
Lupe, Louis, David
SUNDAY
7:00 AM:
10:00 AM:
12:00 PM:
5:00 PM:
July 19, 2015
John, Janie, Amparo
Alma, Jesus, Chom Yo
Virgina, Ofelia A.,
Juan, Jessie,
† Belief ~ Trust ~ Faith †
Prayer is the most powerful against trails, the most effective medicine
against sickness and the most valuable gift to someone we care for.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK, especially the following:
Irma Adame, Hermelinda Alcoser, Robert Alvarado, Victoria & Oscar
Arrendondo, Jesse & Ophelia Avila, Leonor Banda, Rosa Barrera, Brae L
Benavidez, Allen Bohns, Esteban Cantu Jr, Rosario Cantu, Tamara Bode,
Ben Chapa, Gabriel & Matthew Claudio, Sammy Coronado, Estella Cortez,
Pedro R Costilla III, Lino Cruz, Michael Duenes, Dominic De Leon, Nessiah
Encinia, Alma Escobedo, Adan Flores Sr, Alberto Flores, Arturo Flores,
Eudelia Flores Fabian Flores, Bryce Ganley, Aurelia Garcia, Belia Garcia,
Concepcion Garcia, Jose L Garcia, Josie Garcia, Juana S Garcia, Juanita
Garcia, Oscar Garcia, Ramiro Garcia, Reyes Garcia, April Garza, Angie
Garza, Elias Garza, Joe Garza, Jacob Goldapp, Alejandra Guerrero, Denis
Guzman, Conner Heinz, Carolina Hernandez, Isis Hernandez, Juan ‘Chuco’
Hernandez, Manuela Hernandez, Maria Hernandez, Jesse Hinojosa, Manuel
Hinojosa, Sr., Fidel Labeija, Elia Lopez, Lupe Lopez, Lori Lucio, Tina Juarez,
Anna Juarez, Solomon Kahookele, Christopher Manka, Olga Moreno, Mimi
Obregon, Candelaria Ortiz, Carmen Ortiz, Diana Ortiz, Jerry Oritz, Oralia
Ortiz, Socorro Ortiz, Sophia Parker, Raul Padilla, Anita Pena, Luis Pena, Jr.,
Aurora Perez, Fela Perez, Johnny Pereida, Maria Pequeno, Raul and Lenore
Quintanilla, Josie Ramirez, Ramona Ramirez, Valentin Ramirez, Esther
Rangel, Juan Reyes, Minerva Reyes, Pepe Reyes, Santos Reyes, Datnacio
Rivas, Anna Rivera, Antonio Rodriguez Jr., Domingo Rodriguez, Elena
Rodriguez, Esequiel Rodriguez, Juan Rodriguez, Tony Rios, Sr., Tony Rios,
Jr., Noreen Saenz, Richard Saldivar, Vanessa Steele, Teresa Sierra, Alfonso
TODAY’S READINGS
Solis, Braulia Solis, Grace Solis, Licha Solis, Luis Solis, Mona Lisa Solis,
First Reading — Amos said, “The LORD took me from following the Felicitas Trevino, Gloria Trevino, Joe & Sara Trevino, Maria L. Valdez,
flock, and said to me, Go, prophesy to my people” (Amos 7:12-15).
Chris Vela, Cynthia Vela, Miranda Vela, Alejandro Veliz, Renee Young and
Psalm — Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation Leticia Zepeda.
(Psalm 85).
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Second Reading — The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has
Monday:
Ex
1:8-14, 22; Ps 124:1b-8; Mt 10:34 — 11:1
blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing (Ephesians 1:3-14 [3-10]).
Gospel — Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two Tuesday: St. Kateri Tekakwitha Ex 2:1-15a; Ps 69:3, 14, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 11:20-24
by two (Mark 6:7-13).
UNFINISHED MISSION
Here’s a simple test to find out whether your mission
on earth is finished: If you’re alive, it isn’t.
—Anonymous
Wednesday: Ex 3:1-6, 9-12; Ps 103:1b-4, 6-7; Mt 11:25-27
Thursday: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Ex 3:13-20; Ps 105:1, 5, 8-9, 24-27; Mt 11:28-30
Friday:
Ex 11:10 — 12:14; Ps 116:12-13, 15, 16bc, 17-18; Mt 12:1-8
Saturday: Ex 12:37-42; Ps 136:1, 23-24, 10-15; Mt 12:14-21
Sunday:
Jer 23:1-6; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 2:13-18; Mk 6:30-34
SENT BY GOD In Amos’ time the vocation of prophet had achieved a very formal status in Israel. The prophets had arisen,
originally, to act as God’s voice when Israel was no longer led by the spiritual/civil figures known as “judges,” but by
monarchs. Over time, the monarchy had appropriated the offices of priest and prophet, established them into companies,
and reserved the right to appoint courtly prophets. Then, as now, when those in power also got to choose who would act
as their official conscience, things sometimes went awry. At such times, God raised up prophets from unlikely places, and
this is how Amos received his vocation as prophet. In last week’s Gospel we heard how Jesus was raised up as God’s
anointed from a place many viewed as unlikely. As we continue to discern our own vocation as baptized disciples, we can be
assured that we are, in Paul’s words, “chosen, destined in accord with the purpose of the One who accomplishes all things
according to the intention of his will” (Ephesians 1:11).
ENVIADO POR DIOS En la época de Amós la vocación de profeta había adquirido una posición muy formal en Israel. Originalmente los profetas
habían surgido como los portavoces de Dios cuando Israel ya no se veía guiado por las figuras religioso-civiles a quienes conocemos como los
“Jueces”, sino por los Reyes. Al correr del tiempo la monarquía de Israel se había apropiado los oficios de sacerdote y de profeta, estableciéndolos
como órdenes, y reservándose el derecho de nombrar profetas oficiales para la corte real. Entonces, como ahora, cuando los que estaban en el
poder escogían a los que iban a servirles de “conciencia oficial”, a veces las cosas se torcían. Y entonces Dios escogía profetas de donde menos se les
esperaba. Así fue como Amós recibió su llamado a profetizar. En el Evangelio del domingo pasado vimos cómo Jesús surgió como el Ungido del Señor
aunque venía de un lugar que muchos consideraban poco probable. Y nosotros, cuando continuamos discerniendo nuestro propio llamado bautismal
a ser discípulos, podemos estar seguros de que estamos, en las palabras de san Pablo: “destinados [para eso], por decisión del que lo hace todo según
su voluntad” (Efesios 1:11).
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 12, 2015
Truth shall spring out of the earth,
and justice shall look down from heaven.
— Psalm 85:12
TRADICIONES DE
NUESTRA FE
Los evangelios relatan que Jesús
envió a los Doce apóstoles y también
a otros setenta y dos discípulos
(Marcos 6:7; Lucas 10:1) “de dos en
dos” a “todos los pueblos y lugares”.
De esta manera le preparaban el
camino. El libro del Eclesiastés
(4:9-12) subraya lo sabio que es andar
de dos en dos a fin de ayudarse y
protegerse mutuamente. El autor
lamenta: “¡Pobre del que está solo,
cuando se cae, no tiene quien lo
levante!”.
Los cristianos nunca podemos ser
cristianos a solas. A Jesús le gustan
los grupos. No tenemos el lujo de ser
individualistas o autosuficientes.
Nuestra misión requiere que vayamos
por el mundo de dos en dos, porque
donde están dos o tres reunidos en el
nombre de Jesús, allí estará él (Mateo
18:20). En el Génesis (7:2) Noé se
lleva los animales de dos en dos, así las
especies se volverán numerosas
comenzando de dos en dos. Jesús
envía sus discípulos de dos en dos para
que nos amemos y ayudemos los unos
a los otros y de esta manera los que
vienen después de nosotros, sean tan
numerosos como las estrellas del
firmamento (Génesis 15:5).
TREASURES FROM OUR
TRADITION
Many marriage customs stand
in tension with modern American
attitudes and values, notably “giving
away the bride,” which is no longer
in the Catholic liturgy, and reminds
us of a time when marriage was a
contract between men (the groom
and the bride’s father). A Mexican
custom, now approved for use in
the United States, has a
very
different message.
An ancient Roman custom
called for smashing pieces of gold
and silver so that bride and groom
could each keep half. This is the
origin of today’s Mexican practice of
the groom giving thirteen gold coins
to the bride, symbolically placing all
his worldly goods into her care, and
a sign of his unconditional trust.
The coins are often given in
beautiful gift boxes and are retained
as an heirloom. Why thirteen? The
standard explanation is that they
represent Jesus and the apostles.
The priest blesses the coins and
pours them into the bride’s cupped
hands. Then she entrusts them to
the groom, who later pours them
back into her hands. This enduring
ritual is in such harmony with our
tradition’s view of marriage that it is
now increasingly performed by
English‑speaking Hispanic Catholics
at weddings in the United States.
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Let us sing as we go. May our struggles and our concern
for this planet never take away the joy of our hope.
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Heavenly Father, You have gathered us together as a parish to
be Your visible life in our world. Here we unite in worship,
Proclaim Your word, celebrate the Eucharist, and are Sent forth
to share Your love and make disciples. Lord, we take your Great
Commission seriously and long for our parish to be so on-fire
that we draw people to You. Help us in that endeavor, as we
strive to work together - ordained, religious, and laity. Please
make our parish amazing, through Your power and Your grace.
Amen.
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PARISHIONER REGISTRATION
We are currently in the process of updating our parish database, if you are a new or current parishioner we do ask that
that you take a few moments to fill out a registration form.
Forms can be found in the entrance of the church and
online at the parish website www.iccgregory.org/parishioner
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ICC Parish Raffle
To purchase and/or if you are interested in selling a $100.00 Raffle
Ticket, you may contact any ICC Organization Leader or Ministry
Leader listed on the parish bulletin or contact the Parish office.
The Raffle Drawing will be on Sunday, August 16th @ 2:00pm in
the CCD Building, Holy Spirit Room.
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Immaculate Conception Parish welcomes Everyone to join
us as we celebrate a Historic and Joyous occasion of the
DEDICATION and CONSECRATION
of the NEW PARISH CHURCH
Official Date and Time is
Saturday, August 1, 2015 @ 5:00 p.m.
Mass Presided by His Excellency,
Most Rev. Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey
For where two or three have gathered together in My name,
I am there in their midst." Matthew: 18:20