W ! P , F V BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH

DIOCESE OF LAREDO 2219 Galveston St., Laredo, TX 78043‐3002 • Phone: (956) 722‐1231 • FAX: (956) 722‐2823

Website: www.blessedsacramentlaredo.org Bulle n announcements e‐mail: bulle n@blessedsacramentlaredo.org 

Reverend Fr. Wojciech Przystasz, Administrator Deacon Roger Mar nez, Jr., Permanent Deacon Reverend Msgr. Stanley A. Sliwiak, Ph.D., Re red

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday through Friday 8:00 A.M to 12:00 N.N.

and 1:00 P.M.- 5:00 P.M.

SUNDAY MASSES

Saturday: 6:00 P.M. Sunday: 8:00 A.M. (Español) 10:00 A.M. 12:00 N.N. 5:00 P.M.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Parents MUST be registered parishioners (considered registered parishioners if have actively been attending Sunday Masses prior to baptism). Baptisms are administered on the 3rd Sunday of each month. Baptismal instruction is offered on the preceding Thursday.

PARISH STAFF Mrs. Josie R. Arellano, Bookkeeper

Ms. Gloria B. Sandoval, Parish Secretary Mrs. Consuelo M. Perez, Bulletin Editor

Mr. Manuel Ponce, Director of Music

DAILY MASS Mon., Tue., Thu. and Fri. 7:00 A.M. Wednesday 7:00 A.M. & 6:00 P.M.

FIRST FRIDAY: 5:30 P.M. FIRST SATURDAY ONLY: 9:00 A.M.

SACRAMENT OF HOLY MATRIMONY

Couples should inquire about premarital prepa-ration and available church dates at least six (6) months prior to planned wedding date. Do not make any arrangements before contact-ing the parish office.

BLESSED SACRAMENT SCHOOL Mrs. Selma J. Santos, Principal

1501 North Bartlett Avenue Laredo, TX 78043

Phone: (956) 722-1222 Fax: (956) 712-2002

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OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP Wednesday after the 6:00 P.M. Mass.

ADORATION OFTHE BLESSED SACRAMENT First Friday 5:30 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.

Third Thursday of each month 7:00 A.M . - 6:00 P.M.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday, 4:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.

Wednesdays, 30 min. before the evening Mass By appointment (Please call the Parish Office)

ANOINTNG OF THE SICK By appointment (Please call the Parish Office)

In case of emergency, any time

ACTS CORE Blas A. Martinez 722-1231 ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Miss Hope Gonzalez 722-1231 ALTAR SERVERS (Training on Saturday mornings at 9:30AM in the church) Miss Suzie Schafer 722-1231 ALTAR SOCIETY (Meet 2nd Monday at 3:30PM in the parish hall) Mrs. Rosie Cavazos, President 722-1231 ADULT & CHILDREN’S CHOIR Mr. Manuel Ponce 722-1231 CUBMASTER FOR PACK 192 Mr. George Valdez 645-0675 COMMUNION FOR HOMEBOUND Call the Parish Office 722-1231 EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION Mr. David Treviño, Scheduling 712-6294 GIRL SCOUT TROOP 9150 Mrs. Naomi C. Arredondo 236-8672 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL #10939 (Meet 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 P.M.) G.K. Mr. Lawrence Bruni (956) 898-8813

FOURTH DEGREE K.C. ASSEMBLY (Meet 4th Tuesday of the month at 6:30 P.M. in the parish hall) Mr. Jaime A. Garcia 645-7037 LECTORS Mr. David Treviño, Scheduling 712-6294 PARISH COUNCIL Mr. George P. Kazen, President MEN’S FAITH SHARING Meet every Mon. at 7:00PM in the parish hall LADIES’ FAITH SHARING Meet every 1st & 3rd Tue. at 6:30PM in the parish hall QUINCEAÑERA COORDINATOR Mrs. Patsy Salinas 722-1231 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM Mrs. Maria Teresa Hinojosa, Coordinator 286-2842 Ms. Gloria B. Sandoval, Secretary 722-1231 ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY Miss Yolanda Valdez 722-1231 YOUTH GROUP “LIFE IN CHRIST” (Meet every Wed. @ 7PM in the P.H.) Mr. & Mrs. Felipe & Lali Martinez 722-1231 YOUTH LECTORS Deacon Roger Martinez, Jr. 722-1231

Mass Intentions for the Week Dear Parishioners, This weekend we begin the new Liturgical Year and Advent season. It’s a time of devout and joyful expectation. In Latin "Adventus" means “coming”. We recall the cry of the early Christians: Maranatha!: “Come, Lord Jesus”; it is a time of vigilant waiting, that prepares us to welcome the mystery of the Word Incarnate, who enters the world through the immaculate womb of Blessed Virgin Mary. Advent has two fold character: as a season to prepare for Christ’s second coming to us at the end of time, and as a season to pre-pare for Christmas. The first period includes the time of Advent from the first Sunday until December 16. The readings of the Masses at this time prepare us for the second coming of Christ, the Judge of the living and dead. The second part of Advent, from December 17 to Dec. 24, is the time of our spiritual immediate preparation to celebrate the Nativity of our Lord. Advent 2018 is marked with a special liturgical event. This Sunday we will use for the very first time the first-ever Spanish language Roman Missal created and approved for use in the U.S. Church. This new Missal replaces the Missal from Mexico, which was being used for Spanish Masses, and incorporates U.S. feast days and popular feast days from south of the border. This new Missal uses language that the average Spanish speaker in the United States speaks and understands. For example, rarely do we use the pronoun “vosotros”. This pronoun will be permanently replaced by “ustedes”. This Missal closely mirrors the third edition of the English language Roman Missal, which was released in 2011, and for that reason it is something very important for liturgi-cal uniformity. The Advent Season always seems to go by very fast; therefore from the very beginning let us take the opportunity to deepen our faith and prepare ourselves for Christmas. Blessed John Henry Newman in his homily for the Advent Season said: “Advent is a time of waiting, it is a time of joy because the coming of Christ is not only a gift of grace and salvation, but it is also a time of com-mitment because it motivates us to live the present as a time of responsibility and vigilance. This ‘vigilance’ means the necessity, the urgency of an industrious, living ‘wait’. To make all this hap-pen, then we need to wake up, as we are warned by the apostle to the Gentiles: ‘Besides this you know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.” (Rm 13:11). We have to remember, that there is no good preparation for the Nativity of the Lord without the Sacramental Confession. There-fore, as it has been in the past, we will have our annual Advent Penance Service, on Thursday, December 13 from 6 p.m. through 7 p.m. with several priests available to hear our Confes-sions. Please make plans to receive this Sacrament. May the Lord bless us during this holy season and the Blessed Virgin Mary lead us to Her Son Jesus.

Yours in Christ, Fr. Wojciech

Saturday, December 1, 2018 - Weekday [34]; Blessed Virgin Mary; First Saturday 9:00AM †Margaret C. Uribe (A) By Uribe Family 6:00PM For Parishioners Sunday, December 2, 2018 – FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT 8:00AM †Eliseo San Miguel & Esperanza Gonzalez By Mr. & Mrs. Jose A. Gamboa 10:00AM †Eloisa Gonzalez (B) By Family 12:00PM †Pablo Albidrez (B) By Family 5:00PM †Maribel Valdez By Valdez Family †Gaetano Lanese By Lanese Family All the Souls in Purgatory By Roberto J. Santos Family Monday, December 3, 2018 - St. Francis Xavier, Priest 7:00AM †Blas M. Martinez (B) By Family Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - Advent Weekday [1]; St. John Demascene, Priest and Doctor of the Church 7:00AM All the Souls in Purgatory Wednesday, December 5, 2018 - Advent Weekday [1] 7:00AM †Juan Manuel Guerra By Esther C. Juarez 6:00PM †Roberto A. Ramirez (A) By Minerva G. Ramirez & Family Thursday, December 6, 2018 – Advent Weekday [1]; St. Nicholas, Bishop 7:00AM All the Souls in Purgatory Friday, December 7, 2018 - St. Ambrose, Bishop & Doctor of the Church; First Friday 7:00AM All the Souls in Purgatory 9:00AM †Oscar & Berta Garcia (A) By Angie Garcia 6:00PM For Parishioners Saturday, December 8, 2018 - THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY; Holy Day of Obligation 9:00AM In Thanksgiving By Rosina U. Martinez & Fam. 11:00AM †Daniel J. Cantu (B) By M/M Antonio Martinez 6:00PM †Lupe Treviño (B) By Tomas Cantu & Family †Jesus Guillen (A) By Family Sunday, December 9, 2018 – SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT 8:00AM For Parishioners 10:00AM †Santos & Guillermina Perales (A) By Estela Ochoa & Son 12:00PM Connie Acevedo (B) By Rose Garcia 5:00PM †Laudelina Fierros Martinez By Sylvia Bird (B)=Birthday (A)=Anniversary

The Sanctuary Lamp will be burning in Loving Memory of: Blas M. Martinez

Our Mother of Perpetual Help

Candles will be burning

this week in Loving Memory of:

Benjamin Botello &

William Simpson

Our Lady of Guadalupe Candles

will be burning this week

in Loving Memory of:

Margarito Requejo

First Sunday of Advent ● December 2, 2018

BIRTHDAY WISHES . . . . . .and God’s many blessings to all those cele-brating a birthday or anniversary this week.

BELATED BIRTHDAY WISHES . . . Jordan Ramos 30-Nov

Teodoro Aguero, Sr. A. Alarcon Baby Graciela Bernal Randy S. Blair Olivia G. Cavazos Wayo Cavazos Alicia M. Charles David Charles Hugo Adolfo Cipres Pamela M. Cortez Patsy Dees Easton Louie Deleza Erika M. Deleza William Dickinson Jose Duarte Maria del Carmen Duarte

Angel Flores Cayetana Flores Christian Flores Giovanni Flores Jesus Gonzalez Ma. Yolanda Gonzalez Reagan Goodman Megan Gribble Yvonne Gribble Baby Emiliano Ibarra Lidia S. Laurel Servando E. Laurel, Jr. Anthony Leija, Jr. Lawrence Link Gilberto Maldonado Nora McCain Maria Przystasz Sergio Rendon Mrs. Josefina Requejo Jose Luis Requejo

Rodolfo Requejo Baby Gabriel E. Rodriguez Liz Rodriguez Mario A. Rodriguez Raymundo O. Salinas, Jr. Eduardo Alfonso Santos Baby Jose Alberto Serna Msgr. Stanley Sliwiak Jose Luis Sotelo Jim Switzer Nora G. Urbach Adriana Valdéz Ana Laura Valdéz Francisco H. Valdéz Luz Maria Valdéz Mike Valdez Raymond S. York Zulie York Barbara Zepeda

P ray For. . .

Manuel Barrera 02-Dec Genaro Soliz 02-Dec Sergio J. Palacios 03-Dec Brandon Gutierrez 03-Dec Rosina M. Silva 03-Dec Elena Zapata 03-Dec

Nicholas Molina 05-Dec Misha Davila 06-Dec Ady Duncan 06-Dec Dr. Fred Potts 06-Dec Kimberly Cantu Acuna 07-Dec Kiana Lee Izaguirre 08-Dec

We especially pray every Wednesday after the evening Mass during the Novena of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. Let us pray also for those whom God has called home recently especially Marilou C. Gonzalez. As we mourn their passing, let us rejoice at their birth to eternal life.

The Solemnity of The Immaculate Conception Saturday, December 8, 2018

The Solemnity of the Immaculate Concep-tion of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is one of the most important Marian feasts celebrat-ed in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church, the patronal feast day of the United States. Because it is such an

important feast for the U.S. Church, it is the only holy day of obligation (besides Christmas) in the U.S. that remains a holy day of obligation even if December 8 falls on a Saturday or Monday and takes precedence be-fore other celebrations (such as First Friday). Our Holy Mass Schedule is: Friday, December 7th (Vigil Mass) at 6:00 PM; Saturday, December 8th 9:00 AM (Spanish) and 11 AM (English). Please note that while evening Mass on Saturday, December 8th at 6 PM will be celebrated as the Vigil of the Second Sunday of Advent a person who didn’t attend the Immaculate Conception Mass can satisfy the obliga-tion by attending this Mass but must attend Mass again the following day, on Sunday. Two days of obligation means two Masses attended.

Blessed Sacrament Church ACTS COMMUNITY

Next Sunday, December 9, 2018 ● 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. CASA BLANCA BALLROOM

Doors Open at 1:00 P.M. TICKETS: $20.00

10 games (3 specials will be sold separately)

Gift cards ranging from $150.00-$400.00 will be awarded.

For more information contact:

Gloria Tellez (956) 645-8928 Mary Garcia (956) 744-4170 Ida Gutierrez (956) 206-8116

U PCOMING WOMEN’S ACTS RETREAT. All women of Blessed Sacra-ment Church and surrounding parishes are cordially invited to spend the weekend of January 10-13, 2019 with our Lord. Applications for the retreat are available in the parish office and in the church.

Collection for the weekend of:

Thank you for your continued support and generosity!

UUPCOMINGPCOMING SECONDSECOND COLLECTIONSCOLLECTIONS. . .. . . BLESSED SACRAMENT SCHOOL: THIS WEEKEND: DECEMBER 1 & 2 RETIREMENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS: NEXT WEEKEND: DECEMBER 8 & 9

Thank you so much for your continued support!

ALTAR SOCIETY CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON

Our Annual Christmas Party will take place on De-cember 8, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the La Posada Phillip V Room. Music to be provided by Hector De Leon.

Altar Society members are asked to bring a $10.00 door prize. The cost is $25.00 per person. ALTAR SOCIETY & KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL #10939

ANNUAL TOY AND BLANKET DRIVE CONTINUES THRU DECEMBER 14TH

We ask that you please contribute to children of any age (from 1 mo. to 18 yrs. old) because they all deserve to receive at least one gift for Christmas. Please indicate if the gift is for a boy or girl and for what age it would be appropriate. If possible, please also donate at least one blanket for the elderly. The Altar Society bins for the toys and blankets will be at the foot of the altar as always. The Knights of Columbus “Angel Tree” stands at the left hand side of the altar.

November 17 & 18 , 2018

Envelopes $7,871.44 Loose 780.37 School Mass 216.40 CCD 85.25 TOTAL $8,953.46

Second Collection CCHD: $1,991.75

November 24 & 25, 2018 Envelopes $5,543.15 Loose 1,335.54 School Mass (Holiday) .00 CCD 87.75 TOTAL $6,966.44

Thanksgiving Collection

S.V. de Paul Society: $1,637.00

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