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ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON www.acchtx.org ❁ 713-222-2289 ❁ facebook.com/acchtx

1618 Texas Ave. Houston, TX 77003 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 214 Houston, TX 77001

Mass Times The 16th of February in the Year of Our Lord 2020 Sunday 6:00am English (Ordinary Form) Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00am (Extraordinary Form) (Sexagesima Sunday, trad.) 9:30am English (Ordinary Form) 11:00am Latin (Ordinary Form) Welcome to The Church of the Annunciation! 5:30pm English (Ordinary Form) If you are visiting from out of town, consider making Annunciation Weekday English Mass your parish home when in Houston. Please sign the guest book in our (Ordinary Form) entryways. If you recently moved into the area, our pastor the 6:30am Monday—Friday Reverend Father Paul Felix would like very much to meet you and 12:10pm Monday, Wednesday & Friday welcome you personally to The Church of the Annunciation. Please Weekday Latin Mass see him after Mass. (Extraordinary Form) 12:10pm Tuesday & Thursday Parish Clergy

Saturday Reverend Father Paul Felix, Pastor 8:00am English (Ordinary Form) Reverend Monsignor James Golasinski, Former Pastor | Retired 5:30pm Sunday Vigil Mass - Reverend Father John Ugobueze, Priest in Residence English (Ordinary Form)

Reconciliation Parish Staff 15 minutes before every Mass. Administrative Assistant to the Pastor: Lillian Kish | [email protected] Anointing of the Sick Activities Coordinator: Sherri Lindsey | [email protected] Please call the parish office to Coordinator of Religious Education: Tammy Zanovello | [email protected] going to hospital. Director of Sacred Music: Catherine Schaefer | [email protected] Baptism Porter: Nguyen | [email protected] Please email [email protected] Wedding Coordinator: Denise McKeon | [email protected] Marriage Please email [email protected] Parishioner Registration

To become a registered parishioner, please complete a registration form Regular Devotions located in the church foyer or on our website. Please inform the parish Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament office of any changes to your contact information. Follows Sunday 11:00am Mass and concludes with Benediction at 5:00 pm. Donations Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous To make a financial offering, please visit our website or text the word Medal after the Sunday 5:30pm Mass. “Giving” to 713-322-5125.

Monthly Devotions First Friday Devotion to the Sacred Heart Parish Apostolates, Outreach & Volunteers 8pm Mass; 9pm Devotional Prayers. To learn about the many volunteer opportunities, please email First Saturday Pro-Life Devotion [email protected] Divine Mercy Chaplet follows 8am Mass. Holy League Holy Hour for Men Please call the Parish Office for: Every 2nd Wednesday; begins at 5:30am. Funeral Scheduling, Group Tours of Our Historic Church, Mass Project Mercy Intentions, Re-Issued Sacrament Certificates, Sponsoring a Particular Every 3rd Tuesday with Holy Hour and Sunday’s Altar Flowers (currently $150), and other inquiries. Reconciliation at 7pm; Mass at 8pm. OFFERTORY REPORT PARISH WEEKLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS WEEKLY COLLECTION

February 9 $7,053 | Online Giving $2,169 Sunday, February 16

8:00am St. Bible Study (Foley House) UPCOMING SPECIAL COLLECTIONS February 26: Archdiocesan Social Ministries Collection 9:30am-10:45am Religious Ed March 1: and Indian Missions Collection 9:30am-10:45am & First Holy Communion Prep 11am-noon 12:30pm-5:00pm Eucharistic Adoration 5:00pm Benediction 6:00pm Novena - follows 5:30 Mass Tuesday, February 18 7:00pm Project Mercy Wednesday, February 19 6:30pm RCIA The Diocesan Services Fund supports 60+ programs 7:15pm-9:15pm Choir Practice benefitting 1.7 million Catholics in our Archdiocese. Saturday, February 22 Learn more at archgh.org/dsf. When pledging, please use our parish code 7207. 8:00am Mother/Daughter Spiritual Writing Workshop Sunday, February 23 8:00am St. Jerome Bible Study (Foley House) 9:30am-10:45am Religious Ed 12:30pm-5:00pm Eucharistic Adoration 5:00pm Benediction 6:00pm Miraculous Medal Novena - follows 5:30 Mass

Please pray for our candidates preparing for the Sacraments of First and First Reconciliation as well as our confirmandi. This is a means that the Church as a parish community can aid in the preparation of our candidates in Sacrament preparation.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL #17060

Gentlemen interested in joining Annunciation’s Knights of Columbus Council #17060: for more information please contact Don Quintero, Grand Knight, at 713.444.5225 or both!

ACCESS TO THE CHURCH

We have many dates available If you arrive at the Church for a scheduled event and for Mass intentions. find the front doors locked, please enter through

the side door closest to Texas Street. Suggested offering is $5 per Mass.

Contact Joseph at 713.222.2289 or For smaller gatherings, access may be limited email [email protected] to the side entrance only.

Vocation Discernment

Are you discerning a call to the priesthood or religious life? Do you know about the Houston Vocations office?

Please contact the staff there to discuss God’s plan of service for you in His Church.

Visit houstonvocations.com or call (713) 652-8239. Please e-mail [email protected] with questions and inquiries concerning Religious Education and Sacrament Preparation for Children and Youth. Religious Education meets each Sunday in the Foley House between 9:30 and 10:45am. We will meet weekly until we take our Palm -Passiontide-Easter break in early April. Systematic Catechesis (Religious Education) – Classes are available for children and youth between 5 years (by September 1, 2019) to the end of High School. We meet weekly in the Foley House. The curriculum used during the elementary years (grades 1-8) is Faith and Life from Ignatius Press. The High School years will use the parish edition of the series -Faith and Revelation: Knowing God Through Sacred Scripture. Families preferring to Home School their children in systematic catechesis are encouraged to use the same texts as the parish. SACRAMENT PREPARATION: Youth Confirmation will meet March 8th at 11am – 12:30pm in the Foley House. Candidates should thoroughly read Ch. 7 - The Sacraments of Initiation: Confirmation for the next lesson. Continue service work, study of your chosen patron , and service reflections. First Holy Communion candidates will meet this Sunday at the Foley House. Candidates should memorize the Act of Contrition, Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, and the Angelus in preparation for reception of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation for the first time. Candidates and parents should review all chapters reviewed thus far AND examine their consciences. This sacrament will be available to our candidates on Saturday, March 7th, beginning with Mass at 8am Adult Confirmation – If you did not complete the Sacraments of Initiation as a youth, do not delay in preparing and receiving the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the Sacrament of Confirmation in the near future. Masses are celebrated throughout the Archdiocese in January and at/around Pentecost each year. E-mail the Religious Education office for information concerning this Sacrament.

RCIA: Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. Please pray for the men and women currently learning about the Catholic Faith. They are entering deeper into their studies and growing in knowledge. Offer a pray up to your Confirmation saint for them as they endeavor to choose a Saint who will become a great friend and Heavenly advocate. This Saint will be with them as they are confirmed and guide them as they live the Catholic life. Please also pray for their sponsors and all the RCIA team who journey with them. If you or anyone you know want to learn more about the Catholic Faith or want to complete the Sacraments of Initiation and enter fully into the Faith, email rcia@acchtx. Please include your mobile number.

ANNUNCIATION RESPECT LIFE APOSTOLATE (ARLA)

February 18th, Project Mercy begins at 7pm in our church with a Holy Hour followed by Mass at 8pm. Project Mercy is a monthly (3rd Tuesday) pro-life devotion at Annunciation that makes prayerful reparation for the abortion holocaust. We also pray for the pro-life movement, the conversion and healing of all involved with the tragedy of abortion, and for all considering sins against life. Please join your fellow parishioners in prayer! February 21st through 23rd, Rachel's Vineyard (a Catholic weekend retreat for women and men suffering after an abortion) will be offered in Houston. All inquiries and registrations are strictly confidential. Please visit archgh.org/prolifeevents for information. All February: Learn about current Beginning of Life plus End of Life issues and what our faith teaches! Bioethics courses are being offered this February across the archdiocese. Visit archgh.org/bioethics to learn more and to register! Session topics include: Marriage, Contraception, and Reproductive Technologies; Nature of the Human Person, Moral Decision- making, and Embryology; Stem Cell Research, Genetic Engineering, and Surrogacy Agreements; Dignity and Illness, Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, Advanced Directives & DNR (Do-Not-Resuscitate), Palliative Care, Methods of Determining Death, Nutrition & Hydration, Ordinary & Extraordinary Care, and Pain Management. These edifying classes are for adults, and you needn't be a priest or medical professional to attend. A course on Health Care Ethics & Experimentation will be offered later this year. March 28th, a healing retreat for those experiencing stillbirth, miscarriage, or early infant loss will be offered by the archdiocesan Jerome's Hope Ministry. For more information or to register, please visit archgh.org/prolifeevents. A Catholic medical conference (Converging Roads) will also be held March 28th in partnership with the archdiocesan pro- life office. Please visit convergingroads.com to register. CME & CNE credits are available.

Sun., Feb 16 St. , 6:00am Kathleen Womack† On Feb. 21, Catholics honor Damian, a Benedictine who strove 8:00am James W. Humphrey Jr.† to purify the Church during the early years of its second millennium. 9:30am Ann Cheatham In his Sept. 9, 2009 general audience on the saint, Benedict XVI described him 11:00am People of the Parish as "one of the most significant figures of the 11th century ... a lover of solitude and at 5:30pm Rich Li the same time a fearless man of the Church, committed personally to the task of reform." Mon. , Feb 17 The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order Born during 1007 in the Italian city of , Peter belonged to a large family but lost both his father and mother early in life. An older brother took the boy into 6:30am Paul Turlock† his household, yet treated him poorly. But another of Peter’s brothers, a priest, took 12:10pm Ryan Phaneuf† steps to provide for his education; and the priest's own name, Damian, became his Tues., Feb 18 younger brother’s surname. Eliseo Nerie Peter excelled in school while also taking up forms of , such as fasting, 6:30am Dolores Nerie† wearing a hair shirt, and spending long hours in prayer with an emphasis on reciting the Psalms. He offered hospitality to the poor as a means of serving Christ, and 12:10pm Dolories M. Pustelny eventually resolved to embrace voluntary poverty himself through the Order of Weds., Feb 19 Saint Benedict. 6:30am Rosie Ortega The he chose to join, in the hermitage of , lived out their devotion to the Cross of Christ through a rigorous rule of life. They lived mainly on 12:10pm Fr. Patrick Cummings† bread and water, prayed all 150 Psalms daily, and practiced many physical Thurs., Feb 20 mortifications. Peter embraced this way of life somewhat excessively at first, which 6:30am The Nguyen Family led to a bout with insomnia. 12:10pm Mike Vukelich† Deeply versed in the Bible and the writings of earlier theologians, Peter developed his own theological acumen and became a skilled preacher. The leaders Fri., Feb 21 St. Peter Damian of other sought his help to build up their monks in holiness, and in 1043 Eliseo Nerie he took up a position of leadership as the prior of Fonte Avellana. Five other 6:30am Dolores Nerie† hermitages were established under his direction. 12:10pm Santiago Behran Serious corruption plagued the Church during Peter's lifetime, including the sale Secondary of religious offices and immorality among many of the clergy. Through his writings Intention Protection of the Unborn and involvements in controversies of the day, the prior of Fonte Avellana called on Sat., Feb 22 The Chair of St. Peter the Apostle members of the hierarchy and religious orders to live out their commitments and strive for holiness. 8:00am Bob Kish, Sr. In 1057, Pope Stephen IX became determined to make Peter Damian a bishop, a 5:30pm Binh Vo goal he accomplished only by demanding the monk's obedience under threat of Sun., Feb 23 excommunication. Consecrated as the Bishop of Ostia in November of that year, he 6:00am Greg Womack also joined the College of Cardinals and wrote a letter encouraging its members to set an example for the whole Church. 8:00am James W. Humphrey Jr.† With Pope Stephen's death in 1058, and the election of his successor Nicholas II, 9:30am Yvette Llorance Peter's involvement in Church controversies grew. He supported Pope Nicholas 11:00am People of the Parish against a rival claimant to the papacy, and went to as the Pope's representative when a crisis broke out over canonical and moral issues. There, he 5:30pm Carmen and Bill Bond was forced to confront rioters who rejected papal authority.

† Deceased Peter, meanwhile, wished to withdraw from these controversies and return to the contemplative life. But Nicholas' death in 1061 caused another papal succession crisis, which the cardinal-bishop helped to resolve in favor of Alexander II. That Pope kept the Cardinal Bishop of Ostia occupied with a series of journeys and negotiations for the next six years. In 1067, Peter Damian was allowed to resign his episcopate and return to the at Fonte Avellana. Two years later, however, Pope Alexander needed his help to prevent the German King Henry IV from divorcing his wife. Peter lived another two years in the monastery before making a pilgrimage to , the birthplace of the Benedictine order. In 1072, Peter returned to his own birthplace of Ravenna, to reconcile the local church with the Pope. The monk's last illness came upon him during his return from this final task, and he died after a week at a Benedictine monastery in Faenza during February of that year. Never formally canonized, St. Peter Damian was celebrated as a saint after his death in many of the places associated with his life. In 1823, Pope Leo XII named him a Doctor of the Church and extended the observance of his feast day throughout the Western Church. source: catholicnewsagency.com Need money? up to $1300

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