Immaculate Conception Church Diocese of Corpus Christi

107 Church Street Gregory, TX 78359 361-643-4505 Fax: 361-643-1509

Religious Ed Office: 361-643-8327 Website: iccgregory.org

Office Hours:

Monday-Friday: 9 am-12 pm;1pm-3:30pm

PASTOR

Rev. James Puthenparambil

PARISH SECRETARY David D. Solis Jr.

BOOKKEEPER

John Womack & Co.

DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION David D. Solis Jr.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION STAFF

Belen Pena, Assistant D.R.E. Janie J. Garcia, Office Coordinator

C E L E B R A T I O N O F M A S S Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm English Sunday Masses: 7:00 am Spanish 10:00 am & 12:00 pm English 5:00 pm Bilingual

DAILY MASS Tuesday 5:30 pm Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 8:30 am First Friday & Fridays of Lent 5:30 pm

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION CHAPEL Daily: 7:30 am –9:00pm

*Note Daily Mass is celebrated in the Chapel *

P R A Y E R & P R A I S E Saturday 6:00 p.m. Chapel

DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET

Recited Daily 3:00 p.m. Chapel

ST. JUDE NOVENA Tuesday 6:00 p.m. Prayer Garden

BAPTISMS By Appointment only. Third Saturday of the

Month. Contact Parish Office for more information and registration

RECONCILIATION

Confessions are heard on Saturdays from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm and on request

MARRIAGE

By Appointment only: Contact Parish Office 6 months prior to proposed wedding date.

QUINCEANERAS

Must be enrolled & attending Religious Education Classes. Contact Parish Office 6 months prior to

proposed date.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK Anytime on request

COMMUNION TO THE SICK

Contact the Parish Office

LITURGICAL MUSIC Choir Coordinator: Naida Rios 774.3778 Saturday 5:00 pm Rosendo Ortiz Sunday 7:00 am Gina Lopez 10:00 am Tony Rios 12:00 pm Karla Peña 5:00 pm Pedro Solis

BULLETIN

ANNOUNCEMENTS & MASS INTENTIONS

Mass intentions: For Intentions to appear in the Bulletin they must be submitted by Monday 3:15 pm. Donation of $5 per intention is suggested. Announcements: Any Mass Announcements must be submitted by Friday 12:00 pm. and approved by Pastor.

“BUT WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?”

-Luke 9: 20

SATURDAY June 25, 2016 5:00 PM: Louis, Amelia, Lupe SUNDAY June 26, 2016 7:00 AM: Ysidro, Pedro 10:00 AM: Ophelia, Raymond, 12:00 PM: Jessie C., Ofelia, Terri O. 5:00 PM: Juan, Lucy, Jessie

June 19, 2016 Immaculate Conception Church - Gregory, Texas

SATURDAY June 25, 2016 5:00 PM: Rudy & Isabel SUNDAY June 26, 2016 7:00 AM: Armando 10:00 AM: Kaitlyn 12:00 PM: Jessie C. & Ofelia 5:00 PM: David

SATURDAY June 18, 2016 5:00 PM:Johnny Lopez (Minerva Lopez) Raphael “Ray” Casares (Family) Diana Schicker (Family) Lorrie Lucio (Linda Saldana) Eliseo Garcia Jr. & Luis Lara (Lisa Garcia) Teodoro & Felicitas Zambrano (Family) Concepion & David Rangel (Family) Juan “Chuco” Hernandez (Jesusa & Family) SUNDAY June 19, 2016 7:00 AM: Richard Ortiz Sr. (Janie Ortiz) Salvador Ayala (Terri, Fred & Ana Ayala) Juan G. Perez (Family) Jose Trevino & Gonzalo Elizondo (Family) Raymond Lopez Sr. (Raymond Lopez Jr.) Jose Lara (Family) Jesus Lozano (Family) Happy Father’s Day Felix Aguirre (Maria Fernandez) 10:00 AM:Maria R. & Eugenio Flores (Juan Flores & Family) Estacia Moreno (Graciela E. Moreno) Lorrie Lucio (Charles & Sandra Bartosh) Angel Carvajal (Family) Castulo Martinez & Abel Flores 12:00 PM: Father’s Day Novena Lelia Guzman (Guzman Family) Adrian G. Flores (Family) Socorro Ortiz (Terri Ortiz) Jose Valencia & Julio Hernandez (Valencia Family) Joe Benevides Sr. & Jr. (Family) 5:00 PM:Ruben Cortez Sr. (Gracie Hernandez) Simon Zambrano & Jesus Bazan (Jesus Zambrano) MONDAY June 20, 2016 NO MASS TUESDAY June 21, 2016 5:30 PM: Father’s Day Novena Maria R. Flores: 1 yr Anniversary (Juan Flores & Family) WEDNESDAY June 22, 2016 8:30 AM: Father’s Day Novena THURSDAY June 23, 2016 8:30 AM: Father’s Day Novena FRIDAY June 24, 2016 8:30 AM: Father’s Day Novena SATURDAY June 25, 2016 5:00 PM: Father’s Day Novena Johnny Lopez (Minerva Lopez) Lorrie Lucio (Linda Saldana) Teodoro & Felicitas Zambrano (Family) Concepion & David Rangel (Family) SUNDAY June 26, 2016 7:00 AM: Richard Ortiz Sr. (Janie Ortiz) Salvador Ayala (Terri, Fred & Ana Ayala) 10:00 AM:Maria R. & Eugenio Flores (Juan Flores & Family) Special Intentions for Angelita Hysquiaerdo (Chom Yo Garcia) 12:00 PM:Lelia Guzman (Guzman Family) Adrian G. Flores (Family) Socorro Ortiz (Terri Ortiz) Esteban Ortiz (Calendaria Ortiz & Family) Salvador Arnold Solis Jr. (Virginia Solis & Family) 5:00 PM: Father’s Day Novena

† Belief ~ Trust ~ Faith † Prayer is the most powerful against trials, the most effective medicine against sickness and the most valuable gift to someone we care for.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK, especially the following: Alfredo & Hermelinda Alcoser, Robert Alvarado, Victoria Arredondo, Leonor Banda, Estevan Cantu Jr, Adan Flores Sr, Eudelia Flores, Juana S. Garcia, Alejandra Guerrero, Manuela Hernandez, Senaida Hernandez, Manuel Hinojosa, Sr., Fidel Labeiga, Lupe Lopez, Juanita Jimenez, Tina Juarez, Mimi Obregon, Angie Ochoa, Candelaria Ortiz, Carmen Ortiz, Anita Pena, Luis Pena, Jr., Johnny Pereida, Jose Posas, Raul and Lenore Quintanilla, , Esther Rangel, Cole Rivas, Datnacio Rivas, Esequiel Rodriguez, Richard Saldivar, Vanessa Steele, Alfonso Solis, Braulia Solis, Licha Solis, Gloria Trevino, Joe & Sara Trevino, Cynthia & Miranda Vela, Alejandro Veliz, Jose E. Zamora

Please Call the Office to add or remove an ill person.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Summer begins 2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18; Ps 60:3-5, 12-13; Mt 7:1-5 Tuesday: 2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36; Ps 48:2-4, 10-11; Mt 7:6, 12-14 Wednesday: Ss. John Fisher and Thomas More 2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3; Ps 119:33-37, 40; Mt 7:15-20 Thursday: 2 Kgs 24:8-17; Ps 106:1b-5; Mt 7:21-29 Friday: The Nativity of St. John the Baptist Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1-3, 13-15; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80 Saturday: Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19; Ps 74:1b-7, 20-21; Mt 8:15-17 Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-11; Gal 5:1, 13-18; Lk 9:51-62

MINISTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

Parish Council Pres. Mike Lopez 438.9054

Finance Committee Javier Solis 290.5953

Sacristans Jesse Gomez 229.0102

Juan Rodriguez 229.5515

Communion Ministers Ysidro Peña 534.9587

Altar Servers David D. Solis 500.7307

Lectors Rene Sanchez 876.0904

Ushers Ramiro Peña 222.8857

Altar Society Nena Garcia 774.2604

Divine Mercy Sonya G. Torres 730.6165

ICC Food Pantry Adriana Moreno 543.7642

Immaculate Heart of Mary Nydia Tamez 688.0333

Knights of Columbus Edward Lara 229.2260

Sacred Heart Amelia Flores 443.9811

St. Bernadette Angels Belen Peña 558.4320

Vacation Bible School Tycee Sanchez 876.0904

Prayer & Praise Jeronimo Garcia 704.2136

Youth Group Brian & Tori Garcia 946.9971

Andrew & Alma Guerra 633.1110

LOOSE COLLECTION 644.00

ENVELOPE COLLECTION 1,902.00 BUILDING FUND 332.00

CHILDREN’S COLLECTION 65.00 SECOND COLLECTION 00.00

June 12, 2016 TOTAL $2,943.00

Up and Coming Parish 2nd Collections: June 25th & June 26th Peter’s Pence Collection

July 2nd & July 3rd Building Fund

Jubilee Year of Mercy June 19, 2016

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Today, as he often does, Luke portrays Jesus “praying in solitude” (Luke 9:18). The Jubilee Year of Mercy invites us to rediscover the value of silence as the prayerful setting in which to reflect on the ways in which God’s mercy transforms our lives, in order to make mercy the heart of our own lifestyle. But in a line that sounds odd, Jesus “rebuked” his disciples “and directed them not to tell anyone” (9:20–21) after they professed their faith in Jesus as “the Christ of God” (9:20). Jesus challenges us also to profess our faith not by what we say, but by what we do: take up our own cross daily (9:23) and “bear one another’s burdens” (Galatians 6:2). Our gratitude for God’s mercy toward us should make us instruments of God’s mercy toward all. Then, as Zechariah prophesies in today’s first reading, the fountain of God’s mercy will open to purify the whole world from the sin and selfishness that cause suffering and sorrow to so many (Zechariah 13:1).

Travel with Fr. James on a Canonization of

Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta -

Rome & Assisi Trip.

Where: Rome, Assisi

Dates: Sept. 1st - 7th, 2016

Cost: 3,200.00 Airfaire and All-included. To

register, please contact (855) 842-8001 or (508) 340– 9370.

You can also register online at www.proximotravel.com

Church Cleaning Schedule Week of: Organiza on June 20 Sacred Heart June 27 Immaculate Heart of Mary July 4 EM’s & Lectors

ONLINE GIVING We now have an online giving feature integrated into our parish web-site. It is easy and safe to use. You can find it on www.iccgregory.org

(mobile friendly)

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Zechariah foretells the Messiah (Zechariah 12:10-11; 13:1). Psalm — My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God (Psalm 63). Second Reading — There are no distinctions or divisions; we all belong to Christ (Galatians 3:26-29). Gospel — Peter proclaims Jesus as the Christ; Jesus speaks of his great suffering to come (Luke 9:18-24).

LOVE & MERCY CONFERENCE presented by

Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity JULY 8th - 9th. Friday: 6pm—9:30pm Saturday 9am—6pm (Mass @ 9am) English & Spanish Tracks offered, Youth Track and Child Care. Speakers: Fr. Peter Marsalek, Fr. Eduardo Montemayor, Fr. Mark Whelan, Fr. Samuel Medley, Fr. Jeff Eppler, Fr. Tony Blount, Sr. Anne Marie

Walsh, Dcn John Purk, Dr. Joseph Biberstein and Conrad Gonzales To Register or for more information: www.ourladyofcc.org or call 361-289-9095 ext 301

FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CHRIST The great fifty-day celebration of Easter has concluded, as have the feasts honoring the Holy Trinity and the Body and Blood of Christ. Last week we began a long stretch of Ordinary Time that will bring us to late November. Saint Paul tells us today that those who are baptized “have clothed yourselves with Christ” (Galatians 3:27). This scripture is echoed in the Church’s baptism ritual when we sing, “You have put on Christ, in him you have been baptized.” This message is inspiring and sobering at the same time, for in today’s Gospel, we get to the heart of what it means to be clothed in Christ. The Lord tells us, “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23). For the next twenty-two weeks we are called to take up the cross and, with Saint Luke as our guide, follow in the footsteps of Christ.

SEGUIR LOS PASOS A CRISTO La gran celebración de cincuenta días de la Pascua ha concluido, al igual que las fiestas en honor a la Santísima Trinidad y al Cuerpo y la Sangre de Cristo. La semana pasada comenzamos el largo tramo del Tiempo Ordinario que nos llevará hasta el final de noviembre. San Pablo nos dice hoy que los que han sido bautizados “se han revestido de Cristo” (Gálatas 3:27). Este mensaje es inspirador y al mismo tiempo nos alecciona, ya que en el Evangelio de hoy, vamos al centro de lo que significa estar revestidos de Cristo. El Señor nos dice, “si alguno quiere acompañarme, que no se busque a sí mismo, que tome su cruz de cada día y me siga” (Lucas 9:23). Durante las veinte y dos semanas que siguen somos llamados a tomar la cruz y, con san Lucas como guía, seguir en los pasos a Cristo.

FROM THE OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS ED.

The religious Education Office will be closed during the remainder of the Month of June and

the Month of July. We will begin with CCD registrations for

the 2016-2017 year in August. We are currently seeking volunteers to assist with

the Religious Ed. Program for the coming year. From

catechists, assistant teachers, substitutes, to office help. If you are interested please call parish office. 361-643-4505

Lectors & Extra Ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

If anyone is interested in become a Lector or Extra Ordinary

Minister please grab and fill out a registration form located in the entrance of the Church. We are currently seeking for ALL Mass times.

Welcome to His Excellency

Bishop Mar Jose Porunnedam,

Bishop of Diocese of Mananthavady, India

Happy Father’s Day from

Fr. James and parish staff.