St. Matthias the Apostle Catholic Church
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St. Matthias the Apostle Catholic Church “A welcoming community, committed to fostering a deeper love of Jesus through faith, family, and service to others.” Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston Established 1978 April 18, 2021 Third Sunday of Easter Lord let your face shine on us (Psalm 4) En ti, Señor, confío. Aleluya (Salmo 4) 302 South Magnolia Blvd. www.st-matthias.net Magnolia, Texas 77355-8535 Office Hours: Monday – Thursday: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Office: 281-356-2000 Fax: 281-789-4243 Live Stream Schedule Sacraments Communications/Website Reconciliation: Tues.-Fri. 11:00-11:30am Mary Ann Zanoff 713-857-9582 Tuesday - Friday: Mass 10:30 am Saturday 3:30 - 4:30pm Emaús Saturday Mass: English 5:00 pm Baptisms: Contact the parish office Luis Laborda 713-351-9003 Not Live Streamed Matrimony: 6 months in advance Friends of St. Francis/Hospitality Anointing of the Sick: 8am Mass 1st Fri. Ruth Ann Van de Bogert 262-325-7560 Sunday Masses: English 8:00 & 10:30 am of each month or call the parish office Funeral/Wedding Ministry Spanish 1:00 pm First Eucharist & Confirmation: Sandy Bartlett 936-597-6420 Call the parish CCE office Goldenrods Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Ginny Mock 281-252-6043 Tuesday – Friday: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Parish Staff Grupo de Oración Pastor Fr. Christopher Nguyen Angela Aguirre 832-775-4270 Deacon Sidney “Butch” Prewitt Guadalupanos Deacon Rafael Millet Rosa García 281-250-4762 Deacon Pat Hancock Healing with Hope Brenda Reder-James 281-460-0112 Parish Manager Barbara Lowell Knights of Columbus Parish Dir. Rel. Ed. Marlene Grauvogl Richard Arce 832-969-9389 Dir. Youth Ministry Sylvia Perez Legion of Mary Bookkeeper Marita Karger Sheila Smith 713-249-1245 Secretary Sandra Medrano Men's Club Choir Director Marco Quintanilla 936-931-9036 Movimiento Familiar Cristiano Pastoral Council Silvia Mosqueda 281-203-4959 Victor Guevara 832-797-2469 RCIA Finance Council Joyce Page 713-829-2767 Glynn Trahan 713-292-7571 Respect Life Building Committee Mary Ann Zanoff 713-857-9582 Jerry Strenk 936-449-6686 St. Vincent de Paul Capital Campaign Cabinet Don Hayes 281-259-7300 Tom Condon 281-382-8097 Stewardship Committee Acolytes Kathleen Oates 281-356-6294 Greg Zanoff 281-259-3763 Ushers / Greeters Arts & Environment Tom Mayhew 281-259-5577 Deborah Okopinski 832-588-0732 SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021 THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER WORSHIP FULFILLMENT It is interesting that during the Easter season, when we do not hear a reading from the Old Testament, it becomes so important. This is particularly true today. April 19, 2021 - April 25, 2021 Peter’s speech begins with a prayer formula familiar to Monday No Daily Mass Jews: “The God of Abraham . .” (Acts 3:13). It likewise Tuesday 10:30 am Benjamin Duran † contains the potent phrases “Holy and Righteous One” Wednesday 10:30 am Marcos Alcantar † and “mouth of all the prophets” (3:14, 18). Peter was Thursday 10:30 am Tina Aggoun † stating in no uncertain terms that the law, psalms, and Friday 10:30 am For the Health of Richard Nava prophets had been fulfilled in Christ. This is reinforced by Saturday 5:00 pm Jesús & Carlos Avila † Jesus himself in the Gospel passage, when he states that Sunday 8:00 am Joseph Todd † everything in the scriptures (to the early Christians “the 10:30 am John Landry † scriptures” were what we call the Old Testament) had to 1:00 pm Parishioners of St. Matthias be fulfilled. Above all, Jesus and Peter both emphasize that we are witnesses to all of this, and are sent forth to Deceased † Living (liv) bear witness to it in the world. The Latin Missa, from which our word “Mass” comes, means “sent” (as in To request Mass Intentions or to provide altar flowers for “mission”). As we leave Mass today, let us remember to the weekend, contact the parish office. be witnesses to all that has been fulfilled in the risen World Day of Prayer of Vocations Christ. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. World Day of Prayer, Sunday, April 25, 2021 also known as "Good Shepherd Sunday." The purpose of this day is to Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament publicly fulfill the Lord's instruction to, "Pray the Lord of is held: the harvest to send laborers into his harvest" (Mt 9:38; Lk Tuesday - Friday, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 10:2). Please pray that young men and women hear and “I am here, come visit Me” respond generously to the Lord's call to the priesthood, diaconate, religious life, societies of apostolic life or secular TODAY’S READINGS institutes. First Reading — The author of life you put to death, but Thank You God raised him from the dead (Acts 3:13-15, 17-19). Ben & Ginny Mock want to thank all parishioners and staff Psalm — Lord, let your face shine on us (Psalm 4). for their love and support after the death of our daughter, Second Reading — We have an Advocate with the Phyllis Mock Calhoun. Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one (1 John 2:1-5a). “We appreciate the kindness shown to us and our family”. Gospel — Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day (Luke 24:35-48). PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK IN OUR PARISH The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Lynn Glover, Vincent R Perez, Andrea Corolla Phillips, Harold Don Larson, Maddy Atkinson, Richard Jauma, Don Sowersby, Robert READINGS FOR THE WEEK Lorenzo Mooreo, Bobby Holub, Sloane Bohnert, Jaren Kiyokawa, Monday: Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30; Peter P. Bui, Barbara Harper, Jobo Aguirre, Ellen McDougal, Kendall Jn 6:22-29 Paxton, Natalie Palomo, Pat & Sue Zaiontz, Manuel Camacho, Felipa Lopez, Kenshin Degeyter, James Fayard, Kevin Sifford, Tommy Tuesday: Acts 7:51 — 8:1a; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, Mattern, Katherine Palasota, Alicia Payne, Cindy Stroberg, Martha 17, 21ab; Jn 6:30-35 Fey, Billy Ray Mosley, Irene Valverde, James Smith, Anne Bradford, Edwina Kaminski, Marlene Gondek, Patty Havlin, Richard Nava, Wednesday: Acts 8:1b-8; Ps 66:1-3a, 4-7a; Jn 6:35-40 Kimberly Copeland, Carolyn & Bob Foster, Guadalupe Rodriguez Thursday: Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; Jn 6:44-51 Names on the prayer list will be removed after 2 months. If you want a name to continue longer, please contact the parish office. Friday: Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 6:52-59 If a family member, a neighbor or someone you know from our Saturday: Acts 9:31-42; Ps 116:12-17; Jn 6:60-69 parish is homebound and is in need of Holy Communion and/or prayer, please notify the office so that arrangements can be made Sunday: Acts 4:8-12; Ps 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29; for home or hospital visits. 1 Jn 3:1-2; Jn 10:11-18 WEEKLY CONTRIBUTION Bazaar News SUMMARY Our annual parish bazaar this year will be on Weekend of April 10-11, 2021 Sunday, May 2. Mark your calendars for a Weekly Collection (137) - $ 5,445.00 fun day with fellow parishioners. Checks/Cash - $ 3,301.60 Online Giving - $ 4,592.81 The Lonely Road Band will be playing at noon. There will St. Vincent de Paul - $ 6,520.93 be plenty of good food and the Men's Club famous BBQ Maintenance Fund - $ 154.30 dinner, games and rides for the kids, live and silent auc- tions, and more. BBQ dinners will be available to enjoy on site or To-Go using a drive through line in our front lot. Second collection next weekend - Home Missions T-shirts are on sale after the Masses in April for $10. They Our deep gratitude to parishioners and visitors for can also be bought online and picked at the bazaar ticket your continued support to the ongoing work of booth on May 2. To order online, go to our parish website, Christ at St. Matthias. click "Community", click "2021 Annual Bazaar", then go to Sponsor a New Church Paver the "Bazaar Event Website". Order Deadline - April 30 Your help is needed in a number of ways so this fun event You still have time, until the end of April, to sponsor an for our parish will be a success. engraved paver to be placed in the sidewalk leading up to our new church. Please signup to volunteer after the weekend Masses to help out with one or more of the many activities at the ba- This is an opportunity to create a lasting memory with a special zaar. Many volunteers are needed to run the activities and prayer, your family name, or other engraved message including games which will only be fun and successful with your religious artwork. help. Orders for either 4” x 8” and 8” x 8” pavers can be placed Bazaar setup days are planned for the mornings of Apr 24 online at our parish website, www.st-matthias.net, or by using and May 1 starting at 8am. the order form available in the narthex and online. If you like baking, please plan on baking cakes or other If you plan to purchase multiple pavers, please use a desserts that can be cut up for the BBQ dinner or used as a separate order form for each paver or order online where all prize in the cake wheel booth.