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Every Men’s Meeting 6:00 am Sat. Every Mass For Life 8:30 am Sat. Every DIG for TEENS 7:00 pm Wed. Nigerian Style Mass July 9 10:30 am

Café Catolica July 10 5:15 pm 11 de Caminando Con Jesus 7:00 pm Julio 15 de Encuentro de Servidores 9:00 am Julio Familias Llenas de 16 de 1:30 pm Su Gracia Julio Psalm 1 Men’s Retreat July 22 7:00 am

Date Night July 29 6:30 pm 5 y 6 de Nueva Vida 8:00 am Agosto OFFICE, STAFF, MASS, & RECONCILIATION INFORMATION

MAILING ADDRESS: REGULARLY SCHEDULED MASS AND EVENTS 1949 Cullen Blvd., Houston, Texas 77023 MONDAY: Center and Offices Closed P.O. Box 230287, Houston, Texas 77223 Off: (713) 236-9977 Fax: (713) 236-0073 TUESDAY: 12:00 Noon - English MASS / Chapel WEDNESDAY: 12:00 Noon-Spanish Mass / Main Sanctuary Web Page: www.cccgh.com Prayer teams are available after Asamblea OFFICE HOURS: 7:00 - 9:00 pm - Women’s Bible Study, Room 120 Monday ...... Closed THURSDAY: 6:00 - 7:00 pm - Adoration of the Tuesday ...... 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Blessed Sacrament in the Chapel Wednesday ...... 9:00 am to 4:00 pm 6:30 - 7:00 pm - Rosary before Mass - Main Sanctuary Thursday ...... 9:00 am to 4:00 pm 7:20 - 7:30 pm - Praise & Worship-Main Sanctuary Friday ...... 9:00 am to 4:00 pm 7:30 pm - MASS PASTORAL STAFF: 2nd Thursday of each Month before Mass Rev. Mark Goring, CC, Director ...... Ext. 105 Blessing of the Salt, Water and Oil. Rev. Francis Frankovich, CC, Assoc. Dir.. Ext. 106  FRIDAY: 12:00 Noon - English MASS—Chapel Rev. David Bergeron, CC, Assoc. Dir...... Ext. 107 8:00 pm Spanish Mass Director Emeritus: Rev. Richard Paulissen, M.M. SATURDAY: Scheduled Events [email protected] 6:00am Fishers of Men Prayer Group—Room 111 OFFICE STAFF: 8:30am Mass for Life/Chapel Alicia Driscoll, Assistant to Administrator………….....… Ext. 102 SUNDAY: 9:00 am - 9:45 am - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Aleida Hinojosa, Administrative Assistant to Director….. Ext. 101 9:30 am - 10:00 am - Liturgy of the Hours (Chapel) Jennifer Benitez, Receptionist……………………………. Ext. 100 10:00 am - 10:30 am - Praise & Worship Main Sanctuary Ann Martinez, English Ministry…………….…..…………. Ext. 103 10:30 am - MASS Joe Lopez, Security/Maintenance……………….…….… Ext. 111 Nigerian Mass: 2nd Sunday 1:00 pm in Main Sanctuary Gloria Morales, Hispanic Ministry Assistant……….…... Ext. 104 José Molina, Security/Maintenance………………….… Ext. 111 Fellowship upstairs in fellowship hall after Mass Margaret Colunga, Data Management………..…...…….. Ext. 110 Vietnamese Mass every 4th Sunday at 3:00 pm rm. 111 Mela Gutierrez, Bookstore Assistant…………………….. Ext. 113 SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK Noris Redondo, Hispanic Ministry Coordinator…...... … Ext. 109 Please call the office for appointment. Skip Davey, Administrator…………..………….……….…. Ext. 108 Bookstore Manager………………………………………. Ext. 112 SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Sunday……….. 9:30 am - 10:20 am MARRIAGE & ANNULMENTS PREPARATION: Deacon Michael Garcia…...…………………………………….Ext. 114 Wednesday…...11:00 am - 11:50 am Thursday……... 6:30 pm - 7:20 pm DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Friday…………..6:30 pm - 7:50 pm Fr. David Bergeron…………………………………..……..…..Ext. 107 or by appointment ENGLISH MINISTRY: For Baptisms, email Marisa at: [email protected] Ann Martinez, Coordinator ……………………………... Ext. 103

HISPANIC MINISTRY: Join us @ 6:30 pm in the Noris Redondo, Coordinator………………………….…... Ext. 109 Sanctuary to pray the Gloria Morales, Assistant….………………………….…... Ext. 104 Holy Rosary Every Thursday BOOKSTORE HOURS Evening before Mass Tuesday……..10:45 am - 2:00 pm Wednesday….10:45 am - 2:00 pm Thursday….… 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Not open after Mass MASS FOR LIFE Friday……….10:45 am - 2:00 pm and 6:00-8:00pm Every Saturday 8:30 am Sunday………12 Noon - 1:30pm After Mass Only Followed by a Rosary at Planned Prayer Intentions Parenthood 4600 Gulf Freeway Luz M. Gascot, Alisha Rivera, Julieta Hernandez, Teresa Morales, Sr. Kathleen Smith, Ector Mata, Karen Davis, Johnny Gonzalez, Readings for the Week of July 9, 2017 Phocion & Cheryl Park, Toni Ford, Epifania Denbo, Mary Ann Monday: Gn 28:10-22a; Ps 91:1-4, 14-15ab; Mt 9:18-26 Colunga, Ronald Balsam, Fr. Greg Gregory, Theresa Valadez, Tuesday: Gn 32:23-33; Ps 17:1b, 2-3, 6-7ab, 8b, 15; Mt 9:32-38 Ivonne Rodriguez, Matilda & Robert Gonzales, Bernadette Garza, Eunterio Flores, Fr. Francis Frankovich, Conchita Bruno, Omar Wednesday: Gn 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a; Ps 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19; Eduardo Pena, Adam Sanchez, Gus Kemp, Nora Elizondo, Ruben Mt 10:1-7 Granados, Chris & Marco Lopez, Carmen Velasco, Adrianna Thursday: Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5; Ps 105:16-21; Mt 10:7-15 Lopez, Edgar Lopez, Dawn Peters, Victorio Rangel, Pam Winkler, Friday: Gn 46:1-7, 28-30; Ps 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40; Mt 10:16-23 Sandi & Bobbi Embesi, Kathy Ricks, Humberto Isassi III, Jane Woodring, Jesse Flores, Alyssa Martinez, Gloria Castro, Dorita Saturday: Gn 49:29-32; 50:15-26a; Ps 105:1-4, 6-7; Mt 10:24-33 Martinez, Victor Villarreal, Suzanne Elizondo, Joshua Castro, Sunday: Is 55:10-11; Ps 65:10-14; Rom 8:18-23; Mt 13:1-23 [1-9] Monica Garcia, Preston Lewis, Flor Vasquez, Rudy Reyna, Catali- na Rivera, Mack Arevalo, Javier Lazo, Elsie Cobb, Mary Hood, Benjamin Thomas, Rudy Terrazas, Deacon Gerald DuPont, Jesus SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Lopez, Elijah Mondragon, Abraham Flores, Mary & Jesse Sunday: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cordero, Barbara Ryan, Virginia Gonzalez, Sandra Longoria, Tuesday: St. Benedict Alyssa Hernandez, Rita Ochoa, Linda McKnight, Roger & Martha Sherman Thursday: St. Henry In Memoriam Friday: St. Kateri Tekakwitha † Baby Michael Whatley †Isidro Saldana †Santos Martinez Saturday: St. Bonaventure THIS WEEK AT THE CENTER….. FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 9, 2017 Saint Bonaventure Saint of the Day for July 15 (1221 – July 15, 1274) Bonaventure: Franciscan, theologian, doc- email; www.CafeCatolica.com tor of the Church, was both learned and holy. Because of the spirit that filled him and his writings, he was at first called the Devout Doctor; but in more recent centu- ries he has been known as the Seraphic Doctor after the “Seraphic Father” Francis, because of the truly Franciscan spirit he possessed. Born in Bagnoregio, a town in central Italy, as a boy he was cured of a serious illness through the prayers of Francis of As- sisi. Later he studied the liberal arts in Paris. Inspired by Fran- cis and the example of the friars, especially of his master in theology, Alexander of Hales, Bonaventure entered the Fran- ciscan Order, and became in turn a teacher of theology in the university. Chosen as minister general of the Order in 1257, he was God’s instrument in bringing it back to a deeper love of the way of Saint Francis, both through the life of Francis which Rev. Luke Millette Kevin Becker (NYC) he wrote at the behest of the brothers, and through other works A CALL TO SAINTHOOD: which defended the Order or explained its ideals and way of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati life. Patron of Young Adults Saints John Jones and John Wall Saint of the Day for July 12 Monday July 10 (c.1530 – 1598; 1620 – 1679) Catholic Charismatic Center These two friars were martyred in England in the 16th and 17th centuries for refusing to deny their faith. 1949 Cullen Blvd. Houston, 77023 John Jones was Welsh. He was ordained a diocesan and was twice imprisoned for administering the sacraments before leaving England in 1590. He joined the at the age of 60 and returned to England three years later while Queen was at the height of her power. John ministered to Catholics in the English countryside until his imprisonment in 1596. He was condemned to be hanged, drawn, and quartered. John was executed on July 12, 1598. John Wall was born in England but was educated at the Eng- lish College of Douai, Belgium. Ordained in in 1648, he entered the Franciscans in Douai several years later. In 1656 he returned to work secretly in England. In 1678, Titus Oates worked many English people into a fren- zy over an alleged papal plot to murder the king and restore Catholicism in that country. In that year Catholics were legally excluded from Parliament, a law which was not repealed until 1829. John Wall was arrested and imprisoned in 1678, and was executed the following year. John Jones and John Wall were canonized in 1970 franciscanmedia.org

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT! www.cccgh.com ENGLISH MINISTRY, YOUTH AND FORMATION NEWS www.cccgh.com Breaking Bread Homeless Ministries News From The Streets… A Changed Life By Mary Martha Primerano Ever have one of those days when you are just hot, tired, and wondering, “Are we making a difference God?” Well, I did one Saturday after ministry. On a hot June afternoon, I told God point blank. “I’m sorry God, but I just want to see that we are making a difference here on the streets. You will just have to forgive me God but, I’m having a moment. Have you ever had a moment? When you come naked to Jesus (as my co- worker puts it), and lay it all on the table. Well I did, and told Him I wanted to see lives changed by Him. Well it didn’t take Him long to answer that hearts cry. Last Saturday during ministry I heard someone call out my name. I turned around to find that it was our friend Ron. You see Ron lived outside of a gas station off I-45. We would stop by and visit, and provide him with a bag filled with groceries, toiletries’ and some cloth- ing. We even setup the portable shower for Ron on one hot summer day. But today he came to look for us, and tell us how God has blessed him this past year and a half with a good job at a chemical plant, an apartment, a car, and even restoration with his wife and children. As Ron stood there sharing I be- gan to realize that God was giving me the cry of my heart. Here before me was a man with a changed life by 5 Mondays 3 Locations God. I see that we are like For dates, location and details farmers with a time to plant, and Visit www.cafecatholica.weebly.com a time to reap. Let’s keep praying to the Lord of harvest for more Changed Lives, and workers to plant those seeds.

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The Companions of the Cross Gala Stephanie Galaviz (7/9) Jessica Iduarte (7/12) Douglas C. Davila (7/9) Enrique Martinez (7/13) is October 7, 2017 Fr. Ed Wade (7/9) Maria Lopez (7/13) with a Antonio Ortiz (7/9) Jordann Morales, (7/14) Live and Silent Auction Micaela Salomon (7/9) Diorica Almand (7/14) Jeanette Garza (7/9) Elyssa Nunez (7/14) Please consider donating items for this event Lorie Treviño (7/10) Pricilla Alemon (7/15) Roselin Benitez (7/10) Rebecca Roberts (7/15) We are currently collecting these items Juan Ruvalcaba (7/11) Perla Hernandez (7/09) throughout July to the end of August Corbin Valencia (7/11) Ivan Martinez (7/10) Thank You in Advance! Irene P Garcia (7/11) Ada Nunez (7/10) Irma Lyndon-Live Auction Coordinator Luz Carina Torres (7/11) Erica Luviano(7/13) [email protected] Kristian D. Ayvenes Jr. (7/11) Michael Figueroa (7/12) Christine Camacho-Silent Auction Coordinator Jonathan Gomez (7/12) [email protected] UPCOMING EVENTS, RETREATS at THE CCC, AROUND THE ARCHDIOCESE AND MORE

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Caregivers Retreat Day of Prayer for Caregivers Fatima Pilgrimage Growing in God’s Peace and Love: Day of Prayer 100th Anniversary of Fatima for Caregivers of children and adults with disabilities Saturday, August 12 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Cenacle Retreat House, 420 N. Kirkwood, Hou.,77079. $35 by August 4; includes lunch. Presented by Carole Polzer and co-sponsored by the Ministry with Persons with Disabilities for the Archdiocese. For more information, register online at archgh.cvent.com/DayofPrayer2017 or call 713-741-8730.

Café Catolica OCTOBER PILGRIMAGE to The Rachel’s Vineyard PORTUGAL & SPAIN Retreat is Catholic Pilgrimage to Portugal & Spain with It is for women, men, their Fr. Michael Scherrey, C.C. Oct 18-30, 2017. families and friends 13 days following in the footsteps of Saints Anthony suffering after abortion. of Padua, Teresa of Avila & John of the Cross with visits to Fatima, Garabandal and key sites of the El Camino pilgrimage trail. Price includes all costs except lunches. Departing For more info and to from Toronto $3499 CDN (approx. $2820 US) per register, call or email: person (double occ.) Land only $2695 CDN Julie Fritsch at (approx $2100 US). Limited space. [email protected] For information & registration contact Laurie Courchesne-Dooley (613)732-5739 e-mail or Cindy Renaudo at [email protected] [email protected] PAGINA 6 XIV DOMINGO DEL TIEMPO ORDINARIO, CICLO A 9 DE JULIO DEL 2017

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ya para ser tratado siempre como uno más; su espí- MANSO Y HUMILDE ritu continuo de servicio y dedicación a todos; la ma- nera de su oración y espíritu de obediente amor al DE CORAZÓN Padre. Puede juzgarse como extraño que Jesús se ponga a sí mismo como modelo entre los humildes y mansos; parecería una falta de humildad, precisa- mente. No es así, por supuesto. Lo que sucede es que la humildad, aun siendo grande entre las virtu- des, como todas ellas debe plegarse ante la Reina, que es la caridad. Y aunque parecería más humildad que no hubiera dicho que era humilde, ese silencio hubiera dejado incompleta la medida de su caridad sin límites. Padre Nelson Medina F., O.P.

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Gn 28:10-22a; Sal 91 (90):1-4, 14-15ab; Mt 9:18-26 Un pueblo y un rey humildes.- Las lecturas de Martes: Gn 32:23-33; Sal 17 (16):1b, 2-3, 6-7ab, 8b, 15; Mt 9:32-38 Miércoles: Gn 41:55-57; 42:5-7a,17-24a; Sal 33(32):2-3,10-11,18-19; hoy enfatizan en la humildad y en la gente humilde. Mt 10:1-7 Como esta no es la virtud popular de nuestro tiem- Jueves: Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5; Sal 105 (104):16-21; Mt 10:7-15 po, este domingo viene muy bien a todos, porque Viernes: Gn 46:1-7,28-30; Sal 37(36):3-4,18-19,27-28,39-40; Mt 10:16-23 nos ayuda a descubrir una faceta de la vida cristiana Sábado: Gn 49:29-32; 50:15-26a; Sal 105 (104):1-4, 6-7; Mt 10:24-33 Domingo: Is 55:10-11; Sal 65(64):10-14; Rom 8:18-23; Mt 13:1-23[1-9] que nos hace mucho bien y que en cierto modo es la puerta para muchos otros bienes. Además, la hu- mildad no es una virtud más dentro de una lista de virtudes. Si miramos el conjunto del Antiguo Testa- ACTIVIDADES DE LA SE MANA mento, bien se puede decir que todo el caminar del Martes: pueblo elegido tenía un motivo, y eso es lo que sub- - Ensayo de Ministerio de Música, 7pm-9:30pm - “CAMINANDO CON JESUS” 7pm - 9:30pm raya la primera lectura de hoy: al final, Dios quitará - “Nuevo Amanecer” Apoyo para Adictos 7pm-9:30pm todos los emblemas de grandeza, de lucha y de alti- - “Sesiones de Al– Anon” 9am-11am vez. Como que todo el Antiguo Testamento tenía Miércoles: - Rosario, Asamblea y Eucaristía 12pm, una meta: preparar un pueblo humilde, que pudiera 9:30am-1:30pm. aceptar a un que viene "humilde y montado en un - Grupo de Jóvenes Adultos “Agua Viva” 7pm-9:30pm burrito," según las palabras de Sofonías. Miércoles (Primero de mes): Grandeza de los pequeños.- Ser pequeño es ser - Exposición del Santísimo y débil pero también, a menudo, es ser consciente de Miércoles (Segundo de mes): - Bendición de sacramentales e imágenes esa misma debilidad. Esa conciencia lleva a no con- Jueves: fiar demasiado en sí mismo y sobre todo, lleva a - Crecimiento I y II, 7pm-9:30pm - Formación para toda la Familia, 7pm-9:30pm buscar ayuda o soporte, cosa que suele abrir el co- Viernes: razón hacia Dios. Los pequeños, además, suelen ser - Sesiones de Al– Anon 9am-11am - Asamblea y Formación para Niños 6 a 12 años, capaces de comprender primero que nadie lo que 7pm-9:30pm significan las siguientes palabras: regalo, solidari- - Rosario, Asamblea y Eucaristía 8pm, 6:30pm-9:30pm dad, gratitud y alegría. Todas ellas se pueden resu- Viernes (Primero del mes): mir en una: Evangelio. - Exposición del Santísimo Aprender de Jesucristo.- Ciertamente no hallare- Viernes (Segundo del mes): -Bendición de sacramentales e imágenes. mos maestro de humildad como Jesús. Pruebas ex- Viernes (Cuarto del mes): ternas de su humildad son: el género de vida que - Exposición del Santísimo al terminar la Misa de 8pm llevó, la facilidad con que los pobres comprendían su mensaje de vida y sus palabras; la capacidad su- PAGINA 7 9 DE JULIO DEL 2017

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