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Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-3pm

Religious Education Office Hours: Monday-Friday 10am-3pm Wednesday 3-7pm during RE

PASTOR: Rev. Sinclair K. Oubre, J.C.L. [email protected]

Deacon Hector Maldonado [email protected] Tommy Ewing [email protected] Deacon Keith Hebert [email protected] MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 5pm  Sunday: 8am Bilingual 10:30am

DAILY MASS Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30am  Wednesday: 6:00pm

RECONCILIATION: Saturday: 3:30-4:30pm

SACRAMENT OF Please call the Pastor to make arrangements for Infant . Baptism class is held the third Thursday of each month at 6:00pm. This can be done at least seven (7) months before the birth in order to make proper sacramental preparations.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Diocesan policy requires a minimum of six (6) months of sacramental preparations for marriage. Engaged couples are invited to call the Pastor for an appointment.

HOLY COMMUNION OR ANOINTING OF THE SICK Please call the Pastor if you or any family members are ill or plan to be hospitalized to arrange the reception of the .

RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS - Catechumenate Those interested in becoming a Catholic or in completing their initiation are invited to contact Deacon Keith Hebert at the Church office to learn more about the Catechumenate Process.

PARISH MEMBERSHIP Welcome to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Community! Please register by obtaining a census form from the Parish Office or at one of the two front entrances to the Church. Please return the census form to the Parish Office or drop in the collection basket. You may also register online at www.stfrancisorangetx.org. From the home page, click on the registration form. We look forward to the opportunity to know and serve you and it is our prayer that you will bless St. Francis Catholic Community with your time, talent, and treasure.

SECOND SUNDAY OF DECEMBER 6, 2020

GOD’S DELAY READINGS FOR THE WEEK In times of great difficulties scoffers taunt us, “Where is God? Why hasn’t your Lord come to save you now?” December 7-13 And we of faith respond much in the same way as Peter did in today’s second reading: the “delay” of ’s second coming is MONDAY Is 35:1-10 not any type of punishment or failure to keep the divine promise, Ps 85:9ab, 10-14 but a loving sign of God’s patience. God is giving everyone the 7 chance to seek repentance. Lk 5:17-26 God does not make life more difficult. Rather, God lessens our burdens as once before for the Jewish exiles returning home to TUESDAY Gn 3:9-15, 20 Judea after captivity in Babylon. It was God who personally led Ps 98:1-4 them, making a “straight highway” for them across the desert. 8 We join with our ancestors of faith, who hoped that they might see Eph 1:3-6, 11-12 God’s Chosen One before them and who eventually realized that Lk 1:26-38 the Lord was also walking with them side by side. WEDNESDAY Is 40:25-31 Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. 9 Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10 AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Mt 11:28-30

Sunday: Second Sunday of Advent THURSDAY Is 41:13-20 Monday: St. ; Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 10 Ps 145:1, 9, 10-13ab Tuesday: The of the Mt 11:11-15 Blessed Mary Wednesday: St. FRIDAY Is 48:17-19 Thursday: International Human Rights Day; begins at sunset 11 Ps 1:1-4 Friday: St. Damasus I Mt 11:16-19 Saturday: SATURDAY Zec 2:14-17 12 Jdt 13:18bcde FEAST OF FAITH Lk 1:26-38 Watching for Christ’s Coming

In the season of Advent, we look to the coming of Christ at the end of time, and we prepare ourselves to celebrate his first SUNDAY Is 61:1-2a, 10-11 coming among us at . Remembrance of the past is combined with preparation for the future. Memory meets action. 13 Lk 1:46-50, 53-54 1 Thes 5:16-24 In a certain sense, the Mass is an Advent prayer. At the Last Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 Supper, did not tell his disciples, “Never forget what I did for you.” Instead, he said, “Do this in remembrance of me.” He calls us to remember by doing, to combine memory with action. In the celebration of the Eucharist, remembering and doing become one. Jesus is as present in our midst as he was in that upper room, breaking the bread and sharing the cup; but it is a new kind of presence, seen only with the eyes of faith. In the heavenly liturgy, there will be no need of sacraments, for there, “celebration is wholly communion and feast” (Catechism of the , 1136). Here, things are different. We have only glimpses and flashes of the beauty that is yet to be. And yet, in the liturgy, we truly participate in the heavenly liturgy. The Mass is our foretaste of the joys of heaven. —Corinna Laughlin, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Weekly Church Schedule

Sunday, December 6 8:00 a.m. Bilingual Mass 10:30 a.m. Mass Saturday December 5 5:00-6:15 9th grade Keysis 5:00 p.m. Ray & Linda Leleux (D) 6:30-7:45 10th grade Keysis 6:30 p.m. Sunday December 6 8:00 a.m. Anita Williams (L) Monday, December 7 10:30 a.m. People of the Parish No Mass Monday December 7 9:00-6:00 Church open 8:30 a.m. No Mass Tuesday, (Immaculate Tuesday December 8 Conception) ** 8:30 a.m. Young at Heart members 8:30 a.m. Mass 6:00 p.m. Lyman & Georgie Knapp (D) 6:00 p.m. Mass Wednesday December 9 7:00 p.m. RCIA 6:00 p.m. Viola Watson (D) Wednesday, December 9 Thursday December 10 9:00-6:00 Church Open 8:30 a.m. Altar Society members See Schedule for RE on following page 6:00 p.m. Mass Friday December 11 8:30 a.m. Jessica Tullier (D) Thursday, December 10 Saturday December 12 8:30 a.m. Mass 5:00 p.m. Kelly Anne Pillsbury (D) 9:00-6:00 Church open 6:00 p.m. Rosary for our Country Sunday December 13 7:00 p.m. Rosary for Our Lady of Guadalupe 8:00 a.m. People of the Parish 10:30 a.m. Paul Webb (D) Friday, December 11 8:30 a.m. Mass 9:00-6:00 Church Open St. Francis of Assisi 6:00 p.m. Rosary for our Country Stewardship of Treasure 7:00 p.m. Rosary for Our Lady of Guadalupe

November 22, 2020 Saturday, December 12 $7,028.95 9:00 a.m Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass 3:30-4:30 Confessions Online Giving 5:00 p.m. Mass $5,643.00

Catholic Campaign for Human Develop. Sunday, December 13 $832.00 8:00 a.m. Bilingual Mass 10:30 a.m. Mass November 29, 2020 5:00-6:15 9th grade Keysis $3,963.00 6:30-7:45 10th grade Keysis

Online Giving ** Rosary for our country prayed each night $3,370.00 at 6:30 p.m. in the Church

Thank you for your continued support!

Religious Education Schedule for Wednesday, December 9

2nd grade 5:30-6:30 p.m. Canticle Building Parents of 2nd grade 5:30-6:30 p.m. Francis/Clare Pre-Keysis (7th grade) 5:30-6:30 p.m. San Damiano Center Pre-Keysis (8th grade) 6:45-7:45 p.m. San Damiano Center Keysis (11-12th grade) 6:30-8:00 p.m. Church (Mass at 6)

On December 8, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the solemn defined by Blessed Pius IX in 1854. As Our Lady Immaculately Conceived is the patroness of the United States of America, this is a holy day of obligation in the United States.

Through the centuries the Church has become ever more aware that Mary, "full of grace" through God, was redeemed from the moment of her conception. That is what the dogma of the Immaculate Conception confesses, as Blessed Pope Pius IX proclaimed on December 8, 1854: "The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Saviour of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of ." — Catechism of the Catholic Church

7 Reasons to Celebrate Holy Days of Obligation:

1. We get to unite with Catholics throughout the world to show how special the day is. 2. We get to unite with Christ in the Eucharist. 3. We get to worship God and love Him. 4. We get to put our priorities in order once again. 5. We get to pray in the highest form of prayer there is – The Mass. 6. We get to stand out from the crowd and proclaim to the world our faith. 7. We get the opportunity to share the faith with a friend who is non-Catholic and may not understand why we do such things.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Saturday, December 12

7:00-9:00 a.m. Mañanitas 9:00 a.m. Mass with Fr. Sinclair

Rosary in Spanish will be prayed in the Church Thursday and Friday, December 10th and 11th at 7:00 p.m.

All are invited and welcome to attend the celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe here at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church

Vocations Cross

For an increase in gratitude among God’s people for the shown them though the holy vocations to the priesthood and in their midst, and that more men and women will faithfully respond to His call, we pray to the Lord.

December 5/6 Gary & Mary Beth Derouen December 12/13 Couvillion Family December 19/20 Floyd and Mary McDuffie December 26/27 **available January 2/3 Paul and Ruby Mayeux January 9/10 Ruth Erb

The Vocations Cross is taken into the home of a parish member each week to pray daily from a brochure for religious vocations. If you would like to sign up, please see the book in the Narthex behind the baptismal font.

Diocese of Beaumont Catholic Clerical Student Fund

You can remember a loved one, living or deceased, with an enrollment to the Beaumont Clerical Student Fund for $5.00 and up, or a memorial for $10 and up.

This is an endowment fund for the education of men for the priesthood for the Beaumont Diocese.

Enrollments are sent for any special occasion, such as births, illness, a special favor, graduations, anniversary, weddings, etc.

For more information, please call Cathy Manshack at (409) 988-5159.

December Mass Schedule

December 5/6 Second Sunday of Advent

December 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Holy Day of Obligation) Mass 8:30 am and 6:00pm

December 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Mass at 9:00 am (See Bulletin for events)

December 12/13 Third Sunday of Advent

December 19/20 Fourth Sunday of Advent

December 24 Mass at 3:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m. Candlelight Christmas Carols 11:00 p.m.

December 25 Christmas Day Mass at 9:30 a.m. (bilingual)

December 26/27 Feast of the of Jesus, Mary and

December 31/January 1 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Holy Day of Obligation)

Mass at 5:00 p.m. & 9:30 a.m. (bilingual)

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