The Epiphany of the Lord

307 W. Main Street Fredericksburg, Texas 78624 Phone: (830) 997-9523 Fax: (830) 997-1037

January 6, 2019 The Epiphany of the Lord

Cover Photo by Witold Photography Very Rev. John P. Nolan VF, Pastor Rev. Jean Baptiste Magbia Zabusu, Parochial Vicar The Epiphany of the Lord Deacon Patrick Klein Deacon Brian Lewis Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come, Deacon Gregorio Martinez, Jr. the glory of the Lord shines upon you. Deacon Francisco De La Torre

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE AT ST. MARY’S (Is 60:1) Saturday 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m. (Spanish) Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 11:15 a.m. Website: www.stmarysfbg.com 2 PARISH INFORMATION CONTACT US Parish Office….…………….(830) 9979523 Fax…………………………..(830) 9971037 As disciples of Jesus, we commit ourselves to building community as the body of Christ through the Very Rev. John P. Nolan VF, Pastor..…...……...…...ext 26 [email protected] commission given to us at Baptism and reaffirmed in the sacraments of initiation and service. By Rev. Jean Baptiste, Parochial Vicar………….……….ext 22 [email protected] appreciating, celebrating and sharing the gift of who Tim Carder, Pastoral Administrator...…....…………...ext 31 we are, and what we have, we can establish a Linda Reeh, Bookkeeper…………………....………...ext 23 hospitable community that welcomes and cares for the Ethan Weltens, DRE……….………...……………….ext 30 needs of those who join us on our journey of faith. Clare Weltens, Asst. Dir of Catechesis & Formation...ext 33 Royal Henk, Youth Minister………………....……….ext 36 [email protected] SACRAMENTS Mary Ann Murchison, Music & Liturgy….…...……...ext 28 Sherri Bumpas, Facilities Manager……..……..….…..ext 32 Baptism Rumalda Rivera, Secretary……………….…..….…...ext 29 Dena Burr, Secretary……………….….………..….....ext 21 Required classes for parents & sponsors are held at 9 a.m. on the 2nd Saturday of odd numbered months & in Spanish at 7 p.m. on St. Mary’s School the last Tuesday of odd numbered months. 202 S. Orange, (830) 9973914 Marriage John Mein, Principal [email protected] Preparations must be made with the liturgist Cristi Ahern, Assistant Principal at least 6 months in advance. The marriage [email protected] date is confirmed after preparations are Christine Duecker, Office Administrator completed. No weddings are scheduled Susan Nixon, Registrar during Advent or Lent. Mignonne Frantzen, Development Director…………….. [email protected] Reconciliation Saturdays from 45pm at St. Mary’s; Wednesdays 6:30M7pm at Our Lady of ST. MARY'S CEMETERY Guadalupe or by appointment. Parishioners and family members seeking information about our cemetery are invited to come by the parish office Communion during normal business hours. Here a careful review may be Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist are made of all the burial options available while allowing time for a thoughtful decision. available to bring Holy Communion to the sick and elderly of the parish. SOMEONE IN THE HOSPITAL? If a member of your family is ill and would like to see a Holy Anointing priest, please call the parish office. Do not hesitate to call the priest in case of serious illness or injury. Call 8309979523. GABRIEL PROJECT/RESPECT LIFE Stacy Jenschke, Coordinator (830) 9989074. NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING (NFP) Kevin & Lisa McCormack (830) 2577803 Website Offers Daily Readings ALCOHOL & DRUG AWARENESS Among the many opportunities you have visiting the If you or a loved one is affected by alcohol or drug abuse, St. Mary’s website, www.stmarysfbg.com, is to have we can help. Call John or Joy at 9901720 or 4563566. the daily readings available on our home page. We in- Your anonymity will be protected. vite you to browse our website and check out its many features. PARISH UPDATE 3

Monday, January 7 Monday, January 7 7:30 a.m. †Leonhard Aschenbrenner and 6 a.m. Men’s Prayer Group @ HFC †Francis J. Walch 6 p.m. Catholic Daughters Meeting Tuesday, January 8 6 p.m. That Man is You Core 12 p.m. †Shirley Jennings 7 p.m. Disciples of Jesus and Mary 7 p.m. Ultreya @ OLG Hall Wednesday, January 9 7 p.m. †Jessie Rivera Tuesday, January 8 Thursday, January 10 6 a.m. That Man is You @ HFC 8 a.m. Alex E. Jung 9 a.m. Catholic Women's Book Study 9 a.m. English as a 2nd Language @ OLG Hall Friday, January 11 9 a.m. Knopp Retirement Home Prayer Service 7:30 a.m. †Kathryn A. Johnson 9:15 a.m. Fredericksburg Nursing Home Saturday, January 12 10 a.m. Heritage Assisted Living Prayer Service 5:30 p.m. †Viola Barsch 10:30 a.m. Knopp #1 Nursing Home 7 p.m. St. Mary’s Parishioners 11 a.m. Centering Prayer Group 6 p.m. Knights of Columbus Rosary Sunday, January 13 6:30 p.m. Knights of Columbus Christmas Party 7:30 a.m. Living & Deceased Members and 6:30 p.m. ESL @ OLG Hall Benefactors of St. Vincent de Paul Society Wednesday, January 9 9 a.m. Living & Deceased members of St. 6 a.m. Men’s Prayer Group Anne’s Society 8:30 a.m. Office Staff Meeting 11:15 a.m. †Rita Pahl 9:30 a.m. Live Oak Nursing Home 10 a.m. Windcrest Nursing Home WEEKLY COLLECTIONS 5:15 p.m. Youth EDGE December 2223, 2018 6 p.m. RCIA Offertory………………………………….…….$30,113.17 6 p.m. Women’s ACTS @ School Cafeteria Building Improvement.…………………………….$45.00 6 p.m. Catholic Daughters Rosary @ small church AdoptAStudent…………………………………....$40.00 6:30 p.m. Youth LifeTeen Our Lady of Guadalupe…………………………..$470.00 7 p.m. Choir Practice Preservation and Pride...……………………...... $50.00 Holy Family Center Pledge Donations…………...$229.00 Thursday, January 10 Retired Religious Men & Women.……………...…$20.00 St. Mary’s Youth…..……………………………..…$60.00 10 a.m. Knopp 2 & Knopp Assisted Living 11 a.m. Lay Missionaries of Charity December 25, 2018 Christmas Offertory…………………………….………….$18,681.95 Friday, January 11 Building Improvement.…………………………….$30.00 7 p.m. Pan de Vida @ OLG Hall Adopt A Student…………………………………....$40.00 Assumption Seminary……………………………..$477.27 Saturday, January 12 Thank you for your continued generosity & support of St. Mary’s! Sunday, January 13 SECOND COLLECTION 7:30 a.m. Coffee & Donuts

Second collection for this weekend is designated for 9:30 a.m. RCIA AdoptAStudent. 10 a.m. St. Anne’s Society Second collection for January 1213, 2019 is designated 10:15 a.m. Confirmation Prep for Holy Family Center Pledge Donations. 4 PARISH EVENTS Dear Parishioners: I have asked staff to take names off the prayer list for people who have been on the We pray for those who died recently. May list for a particularly long time because of space God embrace them lovingly in eternal life and bring peace and comfort to their limitations. However, please remember that those people will continually be prayed for at daily Mass. family and friends. Thank you, Father John.

PRAYER LINE OUR PARISHIONERS & If you want to be a part of the prayer line or need FRIENDS WHO ARE ILL prayers, please call Diane Reeh at 8309978217. Sondra Adams, Andy Andrade, Please join us in praying the Annette Annen, Catarina Arias, Chaplet of Divine Mercy on Sundays Frances Barnum, Scott Behrends, Vivian Behrends, at 3pm in the small church. James Blume, Fenton Borjas, John Boyers, Louis Brewer, Jack Brown, Lisa Brown, Minnie Carrion, Gloria Castenada, Jesse Castillo, Cary & Cheryl Friendly Reminder… Collins, Richard Cortez, Rachel Cox, Bonnie Cren- welge, Michele Crenwelge, Victor Diaz, Brenda If you reserve a space in Doss, Marie Durst, Joselyn Eckhardt, Ed Finn, Kevin Fritz, Yndra Gonzalez, Cindy Grohmann, JJ the hall, remember to get Guajardo, Lottie Guevara, Juanita Guevara, Tami your key from the office Harris, Reuben Heinemann, James Helms, Sam Monday thru Friday, Higgins, John Huecksteadt, Viola Immel, Peter 8am5pm. Jacoby, John Jenschke, Jerry Jenson, Larry Jung, Emmie Klein, Ruth Klein, Brenda Klier, Tammie Knopp, LeRoy Kusenberg, Richard LaMarre, Winona Leger, Irene Loth, Ann Luedecke, George Teams of Our Lady & Nelda Marion, Victor Meier, Larry Metzger, For additional information about Teams of Camille O’Connor, Wanda Orton, Robby Parker, Our Lady, you can contact Riley or Martha Kothmann Nicole Parker, Heather Brennan Patrick, Gladys (325) 3477840 or [email protected] Pehl, Leroy Petsch, Peter Pouthier, Carrie Pyka, Lindsey Pyka, Keeley Reavis, Alton Reeh, Arnie & Myrtle Rieff, Javier Rivera, Parker Robertson, Gluten Free Hosts Available St. Mary's does have hosts that are gluten Danny Roeder, Kim Ross, Joe Salinas, Jesus Sanchez, Evelyn Schaetter, Barbara Scherer, free & approved for use by the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops. Caroline Grace Schmidt, Amelia Schneider, Irene Please contact the sacristan or deacon no Segner, Maria Sons, Dolores Staudt, Donna K later than 15 minutes prior to the start of Staudt, Ruby Stehling, Silvia Stewart, Annie Mae Mass to arrange for a glutenfree host during distribu- Stone, Robert Straube, Glen Tarang, Lori Voight tion of Holy Communion at Mass. Titsworth, Gil Ulbricht, Michael Usener, Ryan Usener, Ezekiel Valdez, Kenneth Verstuyft, Linda Vollmar, Tom Wallace, George E Weber, Stacey We invite the children of our parish to Weber, Werner Weber, AJ Weinheimer, Steven join us each fourth Saturday of the Weinheimer, Grace Worlie and Ray Zdan. month at 12:30 p.m. in the Main Church for our Children’s Rosary! Our next one is January 26, 2019. It is an opportunity FOR THOSE DEPLOYED for the children of our parish to come together & offer Lee Alinez, Casey Burow, Alejandro this most sacred devotion in honor of Our Lady, and Espinosa Jr., Daniel Ray Flores III, unite their prayers with Holy Mother Church! Praying Ismael Garcia, Sammy Garcia, Luke the rosary regularly bears great fruit in the family. In- Hamilton, Mario Mata and Jacob quiries, please contact Mary Boldy (830)483 4830 or Carolyn Schultz (830)9988631. Newsom. ARCHDIOCESAN INFORMATION 5 On The Way¡Ándale! Campaña de Capital Capital Campaign On The Way¡Ándale! Stewardship Message: Mensaje de corresponsabilidad: Stewardship involves a Mensaje de mayordomía: willingness to give from the Mayordomía implica una very core of who we are and disposición a dar de los muy what we have M from núcleo de quienes somos y lo substance rather than que tenemos M de sustancia abundance. en lugar de abundancia.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter LET US Great Marriages Don’t Just Happen, PRAY Couples Make Them! TOGETHER Give the gift of time and yourselves to your spouse. Join us for the next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend in San Antonio. ENGLISH: March 29 M 31, 2019. www.mesanantonio.org or call or text Ed “IN ALL MY ACTIONS GRANT ME THE GRACE OF and Cindy Turski at 6024214154 for more info. BEING MY LIGHT, MY GUIDE, MY STRENGTH SPANISH: March 8 M 10, 2019, please call or text AND THE LOVE OF MY HEART.” 2103876337. 6 PARISH HAPPENINGS

That Man is You! is an interactive men’s program combin- ing the best research from science with the teachings of the Catholic Faith and the wisdom of the saints to develop the vision of a man fully alive. By honestly addressing the pres- sures and temptations that men face in our modern culture, That Man is You! seeks to form men who will be capable of transforming homes and society. Program Information: Tuesday Mornings at 6am We would like to thank everyone who so St. Mary’s Holy Family Center graciously brought us all kinds of goodies, Beginning January 8, 2019 cards and donations. We are very blessed to be Registration: part of this St. Mary’s family. For more information or to register for this free program, please contact Ethan Weltens at 8309979523 or ewel- Many Blessings, [email protected].

THANK YOU, ST. MARY’S! Father John Nolan & Father Jean Baptiste On behalf of the Knights of Columbus Council 9765, the Catholic Daughters & South Texas Blood and Tissue (STB&T), we wanted to personally thank those who participated in another outstanding St. Mary’s blood drive. Through STB&T, St. Mary’s continues to be consid- ered a top blood drive of the community. Your sharing allowed us to collect 119 units. THANK YOU! SAVE THE DATE for the next St. Mary’s Blood Drive in April: 1st weekend, April 6 and 7, 2019 (Saturday and Sunday) Certified Spiritual Directors at St. Mary’s As we continue this joint venture between the Knights, and Our Lady of Guadalupe STB&T, and YOU the parishioners, these blood drives will only be as successful as “your” individual partici- Terry Duffey: 4329781126 pation. As disease, illness & other emergencies do not Email: [email protected] take time off, please accept our most gracious THANK Susan Duffey: 4323121753 YOU for responding to the challenge and committing Email: [email protected] to be Christlike during this Christmas Season, and Rumalda Rivera: 8309921191 sharing the greatest gift of all, the Gift of Life, Life SAVING blood! Email: [email protected] Kathi Herzog: 8309904735 May God continue to bless our parish and thank you Email: [email protected] for making a difference in our community. We are Gracie Del Fierro: 8309980364 wishing all a very blessed Christmas Season and pros- perous New Year. Email: [email protected] Allison Drury: 8309929674 The Knights of Columbus Blood Team Members Email: [email protected] Michael Tatsch, Chauncy and Sara Howell, Gabe Rodriguez and Bobby Sagebiel MORE NEWS 7 The Catholic Daughters will be hosting St. Mary’s Parish is extremely blessed to their annual Luncheon and Style Show on have designated Teen Masses, allowing Saturday, February 9, 2019, in the Holy our Youth to serve as the Lectors, Cantors, Music, Hospitality and Eucharistic Family Center which will also include a nd th ministers! These Masses are the 2 , 4 & th silent auction and bottle bag grab. This 5 (when there are 5) Sundays. Below is year’s theme will be Catholic Daughters in the schedule through March of 2019: Hats. A limited number of individual tickets are available to women of our parish during the month of December. If you January Teen Masses would like to attend and reserve a seat, please contact Susan nd th 2 & 4 Sundays Schaefer, Ticket/Table Chairman, at 8306692785 or email January 13, 11:15 Mass her at [email protected]. Proceeds from the event are January 27, 11:15 Mass used to fund SMS and high school scholarships, donations February Teen Masses to various community organizations, supporting St. Mary’s nd th School, supporting the youth of our parish and any other 2 & 4 Sundays needs which may arise. For further information, contact February 10, 11:15 Mass February 24, 11:15 Mass Donna Durst, Regent, at 830 997 4664. March Teen Masses 2nd, 4th & 5th Sundays March 10, 11:15 Mass March 24, 11:15 Mass March 31, 11:15 Mass Take your sweet out to eat and then join us for dancing and dessert! St. Mary’s Catholic Church Holy Family Center Saturday, January 26th 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Cost is $20 per father/daughter and $5 for each additional daughter. Tickets are available at both the school and parish offices. Grandpa, Uncle or Brother Escorts are also welcome. Dessert Bar & Refreshments Provided.

The Catholic Daughters will hold their regular meeting on Monday, January 7, 2019 with the social beginning at 6 pm followed by the meeting at 6:30 pm. Dues for the coming year are due at this time. All members and those interested in attend- ing are urged to attend. For more information, contact Donna Durst, Regent, at 8309974664 or 830 9921015. Happy New Year to all. 8 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Faith Formation Youth Ministry

Life Teen and Edge are back!

We are excited to kick off the spring semester this week with an exciting social night! Since our last attempt got rained out, we’re bring- ing back the breakfast themed social night, called RISE AND SHINE! There will be relay races, guessing games, timed competitions, and pancakes! Come on out for an exciting night! Edge’s RISE AND SHINE will be held on January 9 at 5:15 p.m in the holy Family Center. Classes are back Life Teen’s RISE AND SHINE will be immediately in following Edge at 6:30 p.m. in the Holy Family Session! Center.

We hope you have enjoyed your holiday vacation! St. Mary’s Religious Education program starts back from Christmas break TODAY, January 6 at 10:15 a.m.

Another beautiful Children’s Christmas Eve Mass! Thank you to all the parents and youth for making this Mass so special. We also thank our parish for their continued support of our youth.

January Teen Masses 2nd & 4th Sundays January 13, 11:15 Mass January 27, 11:15 Mass For more information about our youth programs, contact Royal Henk at 8304563589 or 8309979523. ST. MARY’S SCHOOL 9

Hope for the Future, the Archdiocesan scholar- ship, applications are now being accepted for 20192020 school year. To learn more, visit https://school.stmarysfbg.com/financialaid We encourage any family to investigate and in- quire about Financial Aid.Please don’t let that be the reason you do not consider St. Mary’s. All information remains confidential.For more information or to schedule a private meeting with the Principal, Mr. Mein, please contact theSchool Of- fice at 8309973914. You can email Mr. Mein at[email protected]. Advertisement compliments of Fredericksburg Standard 10 OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

Gracias, Gracias y Gracias

Le queremos dar las gracias a Nuestra Madre de Guadalupe por un día tan maravilloso que se celebró el 12 de Diciembre. Las mañanitas con Mariachi, sabatinas, danza, comida, presentación, danza, comida, procesión, danza y la santa Misa. Pero para que todo esto sucediera, se tomó muncho desfuerzo de munchas personas. Todos los anos traba- jan con amor a nuestra Madre y comunidad. Muchos de ellos tienen años en la danza y munchos jóvenes que están siguiendo la tradición. Orgullosos de ser Mexicanos. Que Viva Nuestra Reina. Gracias a todos los que hicieron este día tan especial. Dios los bendiga siempre.