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HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH MONT BELVIEU, TEXAS December 11, 2016
RECONCILIATION Saturday 5 - 5:45pm or by appointment ADORATION 1st Saturday 8am HOLY DAYS 8am & 6pm
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Mission Statement
Called forth by the Holy Eucharist, we are one family committed to sharing our blessings within our parish and with the world community, in order to promote the dignity and sanctity of human life.
BULLETIN DEADLINE
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MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday: 6pm Sunday: 8:30 & 10:30am Tuesday: 6pm Wednesday - Friday: 8am 1st Saturday: 8am
PARISH OFFICE
Monday - Tuesday, 8am – 2pm, Wednesday - Thursday, 8:30am - 2:30pm, Friday, 8am - 1pm (281) 576-4990 Fax (281) 576-4915 Of ice Email: of [email protected] Physical Address: 10739 Eagle Drive, Mont Belvieu, TX 77523 Mailing Address: PO BX 290, Mont Belvieu, TX 77580 Join us on Facebook— Holy Trinity Catholic Church Mont Belvieu Website: www.htcc-mb.org STAFF Deacon, Mr. Eugene R. LeBlanc, (281) 383-2294, [email protected] Parish Secretary, Catherine Lemelle, (281) 576-4990, of [email protected] Bookkeeper, Lori Hargrave, [email protected] Business Manager, Lydia Schneider, [email protected] Liturgy, Tammy Smith Pastoral Council, Jeanne Newman, Chairperson, [email protected] OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
CCE, Jim Bergstrom, (713) 515-2403 Mary Cole, (832) 721-8112 Con irmation, Melissa Ocker, (832) 414-7494 Luke Ocker, (281)513-7374 TYM, Brad & Ginger Downs, (281) 513-9281 TYM Twitter, @holytrinitytym RCIA, Tami Landry, (281) 385-0803, [email protected]
Rev. Khanh Ho, Pastor
Let us pray for the grace of being open, open to being touched and healed by the power of God in Christ.
TYM helping to provide Christmas to underprivileged children in Houston through the Navidad En El Barrio charity.
The Third Sunday of Advent
Monday OurLadyofGuadalupe
6pm Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Zec 2:14-17; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Jdt 13:18bcde, 19; Lk 1:26-38
Tuesday St.Lucy
6pm In loving memory of Shirley Lavergne by Carol Bartz Zep 3:1-2, 9-13; Ps 34:2-3, 6-7, 17-19, 23; Mt 21:28-32
Wednesday St.JohnoftheCross
8am For safety of students as they travel home from college. Is 45: 6b-8, 18, 21b-25; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Lk 7:18b-23 Thursday 8am
Birthday blessings for Dennise Cernosek Healing & strength in marriages
Is 54:1-10; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-12a, 13b; Lk 7:24-30 Friday LasPosadasbegins
8am For Andrea Robles as she celebrates her Quinceria today Is 56:1-3a, 6-8; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 7-8; Jn 5:33-36 Saturday 6pm For the women preparing to attend the ACTS retreat Gn 49:2, 8-10; Ps 72:1-4ab, 7-8, 17; Mt 1:1-17 Sunday ForuthSundayofAdvent
8:30am 10:30am
Holy Trinity Parish family For vocations to the priesthood and religious life
Is 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-6; Rom 1:1-7; Mt 1:18-24 December 14-28 – No CCE, Christmas Break, classes resume January 4 January 5-8 – Women’s ACTS Retreat January 16-20 - Priests Retreat
December 12 — 18 Mass Intentions Readings
Youth: God speaks to us in our intuitions and imagination, as he did to Joseph in this dream. What is your experience of hearing God speak in this way? What is God asking of you? Adults: What experiences do you have of God “speaking to you” and directing your life and work? How does God speak to you in prayer?
Collection December 4, 2016 Collection $ 5,362.00 Building Fund $ 9,007.00 Second Collection $ 451.00 Various $ 20.00 TOTAL $ 14,850.00 Building Fund Bank Account Balance $ 622,741.00 Bishop’s Faith Appeal as of November 15, 2016 Goal: $41,190.00 Pledges: $35,987.00 Payments: $30,172.00 Donors: 99 Short: $11,018.00
Online Collection Collection $ 204.53 Building Fund $ 603.52 TOTAL Online Deposit $ 808.05
Solemn Vespers We will gather again on Saturday,
December 17, following 6pm Mass to pray Solemn Vespers as a community. Come join us to pray in this time of preparation as we await the Nativity of Our Savior!
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Celebration There will be a Mass on Monday, December 12 at 6pm to celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe, with a meal afterwards.
CDA Poinsettia Sale A Big Thank You to those who purchased their Poinsettia(s) from CDA! We wish you a very Merry Christmas! CDA #2548
TYM will be selling SUPER BOWL
SQUARES! We’ve got your lucky number!!
HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH MONT BELVIEU, TEXAS December 11, 2016
Dear God, as You hold these people in the palm of Your hands, please give them peace of mind, comfortable rest and fulfillment of Christ. Sara Gonzalez Tanguma, Sadie Rabalais, John Butler, Arturo Mares Gomez, Marylene Simon Williams, Mary Mudd, Luke Rivera, Paris Cornelius, Katie McCoy, Vickey Sandifur, Shirley Blacksetter, Jordon Ludtky, Gavin Nettles, The Koswenda Family, Ben Sager, Sr., Rita Abshire, Jeanne Cash, Jose Yzquierdo, Edie Henry, Mr. Ponce, Sally Wigdalski, John Andy Ward, Sandra Plant, Joan Pisoni, Weston Crowe, Toni Ramirez, Rosie Ramirez, Evelia Perez, Brad Wesson, Linda De La Cruz, Maria Ramirez, Jane Boxmann, Augustine & Gloria Ybarra, Yvette Rivas, Jayme Sanders, Jessiann Macia, Elsa Guiterrez, Lena Rivas, John Smith, Josie Delgado, Kyle Cliburn, Jack Dennis, Jose Felix Cerino, Carolyn King, Wes Lester, Sam Wingate, Daniel Conejo, Taylor C. Hudnall, Maeva Flavien, Lisa Myers, Maxine Culpepper, Rosa Lee Franta, Tommy Howard, Brandon Mudd, Rosa Maria Santos. Pray for our soldiers: Jacob Chandler, Shaun Hadley, Briel Lemelle, Augie Marshall, Galen (Jimmy) Mudd, Emmanuel Lemelle, Korey Lemelle & all serving our country.
A promise to protect….pledge to heal! Your local Victim Assistance Coordinator is available to help you or anyone who has been abused or victimized by someone representing the Catholic Church. We will listen to your needs and support you. We will help you make a formal complaint and arrange a personal meeting with the bishop or his delegate, if desired. We encourage you to come forward and speak out. The Victim Assistance Coordinator in your diocese is:
Mrs. Becky Richard, MS, LPC 409-924-4433 [email protected]
3rd Sunday of Advent
ThetraditionalnamefortheThirdSundayofAdventisGaudeteSunday.ThenamecomesfromGaudeteinDominosemper,Latinfor“RejoiceintheLordalways,”openingwordsoftoday’sentranceantiphon(briefscripturaltextthatisusuallyreplacedbyanopening
hymn).BecauseoneofAdvent’stasksistoprepareusforChrist’sreturnattheendoftime,thisseasononcehadapenitentialqualitysimilartothatofLent.GaudeteSundaywithitsrosevestmentsandrelaxationofausteritiessoftenedtheperiodandgaveaglimpseofitsful illmentjustasitscounterpart,LaetareSunday,didatthemidpointofLent.Viewednowasaseasonofdevoutandjoyfulexpectation,Adventretainsverylittleofitsoldpenitentialfocus,butwestillhavetheoptionofusingtheliturgicalcolorofrosetodayaswerejoicethatChristmasisnear,andChrist’ssecondcomingisnearerthanitwasyesterday.This bulletin insert was written by Marion Eagen, a liturgist and musician in the diocese of Scranton, Pa. © 2002 Resource Publications, Inc., 160 E. Virginia St. #290, San Jose, CA 95112, (408) 286-8505. All rights reserved.
Christmas Eve, 5pm, Children’s Mass
Midnight Mass
Christmas Day, 9 & 11am Masses
New Year’s Eve, 6pm Mass
New Year’s Day, 8:30 & 10:30am Masses
From the Diocese….
Married Outside the Church? If you cannot receive the sacraments due to marriage outside the Church, and you wish to return to the Eucharist, please make an appointment with a priest or deacon of the parish to determine what canonical process may be possible to remedy your situation. Anointing of the Sick. If you are ill or planning to enter the hospital and wish to be anointed, please call the parish of ice and make an appointment for anointing before you enter the hospital. Parishioners with chronic illness or in advanced age are urged to attend the communal anointing services when announced in the bulletin. Remember: Once you have been anointed, you do not need to be anointed again during the same illness unless several months have passed. Hospitalization. If you wish to receive the Sacraments of Anointing of the Sick, Reconciliation (Confession) and Holy Communion (1) At Catholic hospitals, please register as a Catholic and notify the Spiritual Care Department; (2) At Commercial Hospitals, please register as a Catholic (so the Catholic chaplain will know you are there); (3) At Denominational Hospitals, please register as a Catholic and ask the Pastoral Care Department to notify the Catholic chaplain.
Building Committee James Prochazka, David Workman Finance Council Charlotte Carley, Broderick Dargin, Richard Drew, Dennis Mudd
