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ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC COMMUNITY Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston 215 East Tenth Street • Houston, Texas 77008-7025 Parish Office 713 864-2653 Fax 713 864-0761 Web Site: allsaintsheights.com PARISH STAFF William Oliver Pastor MASS SCHEDULE Gary Hilbig Deacon Saturday 5:30 PM (English) Rodolfo Cerda Deacon Sunday 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM (English) Juan F. Pareja Deacon 12:30 PM (Spanish) Joseph Blanco Hispanic Minister Weekdays: Tue - Fri 8:00 AM David V. Dwigans Business/Facilities Mgr ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Michele Rooney Bookkeeper Wednesday 8:30 AM - 7:00 PM Dan Schwieterman DRE RECONCILIATION Adriana Guzman Youth Minister. Saturday 4:30 PM or by appointment Irene Chavez RE Admin Assistant ANOINTING OF THE SICK John Guzman Pastoral Assistant First Friday of the month after Morning Mass. Mary Gahr Director of Music Gonzalo Ramos Spanish Choir BAPTISM Classes offered five times a year. Lupe Padilla Parish Secretary MARRIAGE Allow six months for preparation. Dalia Mendoza Receptionist Call church office for appointment. © Seraphic Icons, “Trinity” icon, by Robert Lentz, OFM Maria Crouch Housekeeper INSTRUCTIONS for ADULTS First Holy Com- Courtesy of Trinity Stores, www.trinitystores.com 800.699.4482 Baldemar Gonzales Custodian munion & Confirmation - Call the church office. The Epiphany of the Lord La Epifanía del Señor January 3, 2016 3 de enero 2016 Rise up in splendor, Jerusa- Levántate, brilla , Jeru- lem! Your light has come, salén ! Su luz ha llegado , la the glory of the Lord shines gloria del Señor brilla sobre upon you. ti. — Isaiah 60:1 - Isaías 60 : 1 Join us next week as we reveal the brand new All Saints Bulletin! It is loaded with new content, and has everything for all ages! Sunday, January 3 NO CCE CLASSES Make sure you pick yours up after Mass. 8:30 AM Mass (English) 10:30 AM Mass (English) 12:30 PM Mass (Spanish Reunanse la siguiente semana cuando revelemos el Monday, January 4 Nuevo boletin de la Iglesia de Todos los Santos. 8:00 AM Mass (English) ¡Estara lleno de nuevo contenido, y tendra algo Tuesday, January 5 para todas edades! 8:00 AM Mass (English) Aseguren que se lleve el suyo consigo despues de la Wednesday, January 6 Santa Misa. Eucharistic Adoration from 8:30 AM until 7:00 PM 8:00 AM Mass (English) Thursday, January 7 8:00 AM Mass (English) Friday, January 8 8:00 AM Mass (English) 6:30 PM Volunteer Dinner (Parish Hall) Saturday, January 9 Make sure you Like us on Facebook to see what is 5:30 PM Mass (English) going on in our community! Sunday, January 10 8:30 AM Mass (English) 9:15 AM CCE (English) 9:45 AM Adult Bible Study 10:30 AM Mass (English) 11:15 AM CCE (Español) Pastor’s Chronicle Crónica del Pastor The emphasis of today’s feast the Epiphany of the El enfásis de la Fiesta de hoy de la Epifanía del Señor Lord is on the people St. Matthew identifies as “magi from es en la gente que San Mateo identifica como los “Magos del the east.” The term magi originally referred to a caste of Per- oriente.” El termino mago originalmente se referia a una catego- sian priests with special claims to interpret dreams. In Mat- ria de sacerdotes Persianos con el poder especial de interpretar thew’s story they appear as astrologers who looked at the sueños. En el cuento de Mateo ellos aparecen como astrologos movement of the stars as a guide to major events. During the quienes buscaban en el movimiento de las estrellas una guía 1300’s these astrologers came to be depicted as three kings, sobre acontecimientos grandes. Durante los 1300s estos as- and given names: Casper, Melchior and Balthasar. And they trologos llegaron a ser presentados como tres reyes, y nombra- were depicted as being one of each of the three known races dos: Gaspar, Melchor y Baltazar. Y fueron presentados como de at the time---black, brown, whites. This was to show that cada raza conocida en ese tiempo—negro, café y blanco. Esto Jesus came to save all the peoples of the earth. fue para demostrar que Jesus vino a salvar a todo pueblo de la It is the same message today God has and is being tierra. revealed, and that God desires the salvation of all peoples of Es el mismo mensaje de hoy que Dios ha sido y sigue every race and nation. The Church teaches that God did not siendo revelado y que Dios desea la salvacion para todo pueblo stop revealing himself when the last book of the Bible was de cada raza y nación. La Iglesia enseña que Dios no paró de completed, but rather He continues to reveal himself through revelarse a sí mismo en cuanto el último libro de la biblia fue the teaching of Jesus Christ and further through the living terminado, sino que El continua revelándose por medio de las enseñanzas de Jesucristo y mas alla de eso por medio de la Tradition of the Church. Basically we believe that God con- tradición viviente de la Iglesia. Fundamentalmente, creemos que tinues to be revealed to us through the Holy Spirit active in Dios continua revelandose a nosotros por medio del Espíritu the Church and the world. Santo que actua en la Iglesia y en el mundo. Two important teachings are revealed in the Epipha- Dos importantes enseñanzas se revelan en el cuento de ny story 1) not all who hear the message of Jesus will re- la Epifanía 1) no todos quienes oyen el mensaje de Jesus le re- spond to it, accept it and live it; such persons are represented sponderan, lo aceptaran y lo viviran; tales personas son repre- by King Herod, who upon learning of Jesus, only sought to sentadas por el rey Herodes, quien al saber de Jesus, solo kill him. 2) God desires the salvation of all, not only specific buscaba matarlo. 2) Dios desea la salvacion para todos, no solo people or a particular culture or race. selectas personas o un grupo o raza en particular. In the end it is our mission to be revealers of Jesus to En fin, es nuestra mision ser reveladores de Jesus a others. The glitz, glamour, and charm of the Christmas sea- otros. El brillo, el hechizo, y la carisma de la estación Navideña son is over. In the days ahead we are to continue to remind se ha terminado. En los próximos dias nos toca continuar re- people of the good news that the risen and saving Christ in cordandole a la gente de la Buenas Nuevas que el Cristo resucit- our midst to complete God’s saving plan. A small kindness, a ado y salvador esta en medio de nosotros para completar el Plan generous act of help for a person we know or even a com- Salvificante de Dios. Un acto de bondad, un generoso hecho de plete stranger, a visit to a sick parent or friend, all these can ayuda para una persona que conocemos o aun un extranjero, una be to others a light of revelation, like the star that led the Ma- visita a un padre o amigo enfermo, todo esto puede ser para ot- gi to Bethlehem. And that is what Epiphany is about: the ros una luz de revelacion, igual como la estrella que guio a los light of Christ made visible for all to see in our good deeds. Magos a Belen. Y eso es de lo que se trata la Epifania: la luz de Cristo hecha visible para que todos podamos verlo en nuestras buenas obras. Fr Bill Padre Bill “Together in Holiness” Catholic Marriage Conference April 2, 2016 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Come to the 2nd annual Together in Holiness Catholic marriage conference! The theme for the day is “Family as a School of Love”. The one-day event includes inspiring presentations, Mass, Eucharistic adoration, and Reconcili- ation. Speakers are Den. Harold Burke-Sivers, known around the world as the “Dynamic Deacon”’ Emily Stimpson, a popular author; Denise Hunnell, Fellow of Human Life International; and Arland Nichols, President of the John Paul II Foundation. Cost: $45/individual, $5/childcare. Learn more and register at www.TogetherInHoliness.org. Grocery Request for January The St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry at All Saints Church requests donations of the following items We would like these fellow parishioners for for the month of August: donating a Poinsettia in honor of a loved Soup one. All of the Poinsettias will be on the altar. Thank you for your continued support. The Food Pantry is open Monday through Thursday Donor In Memory of 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM and the first Saturday of each month 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Jane Botello Jose & Cardera Garcia All Saints Celebration of Confirmation Lupe Baci Gil Family All Saints Celebration of the Sacrament of Confirma- Rosemary Adamo Pillittere Family & Adamo tion will be Sunday January 24th 2016at 5:30pm Family Our Celebrant will be Eminence Daniel Cardinal Di- Claire T. Conners Rita & Joe Conners, Fames Nardo. All are invited to the mass followed by a re- McEnrus ception in the Parish Hall. Betty Williams M. Rachel Soza Castillo & Sosa Families Confirmation Candidates and Sponsors will have a retreat Saturday January 23, 2016 from 9:00am to Patricia A. Vargas Pauline Z Vargas 2pm. Please pray for our candidates. We will meet in the Church. Josie Yeg For more information please contact Adriana at 713- 864-2653 ext. 219 or Adria- James Hewlett Benjamin & Angeline Pi- [email protected] lotti & Jack & Betty Hewlett Celebrando El Sacramento de Confirmación el 24 de Enero 2016 Terri A.