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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 3rd of January in the Year of Our Lord 2021 Please check our website for Mass guidelines, seat reservations, and possible schedule changes. The Epiphany of the Lord Sunday (The Holy Name of Jesus, trad.) 7:00am English (Ordinary Form) 9:00am Latin (Extraordinary Form) Welcome to The Church of the Annunciation! 11:00am Latin (Extraordinary Form) 5:30pm English (Ordinary Form) If you are visiting from out of town, consider making Annunciation your parish home when in Houston. Please sign the guest book in our Weekday English Mass entryways. If you recently moved into the area, our pastor the (Ordinary Form) Reverend Father Paul Felix would like very much to meet you and 6:30am Monday through Friday welcome you personally to The Church of the Annunciation. Please 12:10pm Monday, Wednesday & Friday see him after Mass. Weekday Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form) Parish Clergy 12:10pm Tuesday & Thursday Reverend Father Paul Felix, Pastor Saturday Reverend Monsignor James Golasinski, Former Pastor | Retired 8:00am English (Ordinary Form) Reverend Father John Ugobueze, Priest in Residence 5:30pm Sunday Vigil Mass - Deacon Kenneth “K.C.” Curtis English (Ordinary Form) Livestream Schedule Parish Staff The following Masses and Vespers are Administrative Assistant to the Pastor: Lillian Kish | [email protected] livestreamed via our Facebook page: Activities Coordinator: Sherri Lindsey | [email protected] -Sunday 9am and 11am Masses Coordinator of Religious Education: Tammy Zanovello | [email protected] -Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 6:30am Mass Director of Sacred Music: Catherine Schaefer | [email protected] -Tuesday through Friday 12:10pm Mass [email protected] -Tuesday through Friday 5pm Vespers Porter: Joseph Nguyen | -All Saturday Masses Wedding Coordinator: Denise McKeon | [email protected] Vespers Parishioner Registration Second Sunday Vespers To become a registered parishioner, please complete a registration form 7:00pm Latin (Extraordinary Form) located in the church foyer or on our website. Please inform the parish Weekday Vespers (Ordinary Form) office of any changes to your contact information. 5:00pm Tuesday through Friday Reconciliation Donations -Sundays following 9am Mass until the To make a financial offering, please visit our website or text the word 11am Mass begins “Giving” to 713-322-5125. -15 minutes before all other Masses Parish Apostolates, Outreach & Volunteers Anointing of the Sick To learn about the many volunteer opportunities, please email Please call the parish office prior to going to hospital. [email protected] Baptism Please call the Parish Office for: Please email [email protected] Funeral Scheduling, Group Tours of Our Historic Church, Mass Marriage Intentions, Re-Issued Sacrament Certificates, Sponsoring a Particular Please email [email protected] Sunday’s Altar Flowers (currently $150), and other inquiries. OFFERTORY REPORT PARISH WEEKLY CALENDAR WEEKLY COLLECTION December 20 $4,131 | On-line Giving $3,283 Sunday, January 3 Collection totals for December 27 were unavailable at the 7:00am Ordinary Form Mass (English) time of printing and will be included in the next bulletin. Extraordinary Form Low Mass (Latin) 9:00am followed by the Blessing Table Extraordinary Form Solemn Mass (Latin) 11:00am followed by the Blessing Table 5:30pm Ordinary Form Mass (English) Monday, January 4 6:30am Ordinary Form Mass (English) 12:10pm Ordinary Form Mass (English) Tuesday, January 5 6:30am Ordinary Form Mass (English) 12:10pm Extraordinary Form Mass (Latin) Wednesday, January 6 6:30am Ordinary Form Mass (English) 12:10pm Ordinary Form Mass (English) Thursday, January 7 6:30am Ordinary Form Mass (English) 12:10pm Extraordinary Form Mass (Latin) Friday, January 8 6:30am Ordinary Form Mass (English) 12:10pm Extraordinary Form Low Mass (Latin) Weekday Vespers Schedule Change Saturday, January 9 Week of January 4: No Vespers 8:00am Ordinary Form Mass (English) Weekday Vespers will resume the normal schedule 5:30pm Ordinary Form Vigil Mass (English) on Tuesday, January12th Sunday, January 10 7:00am Ordinary Form Mass (English) 9:00am Extraordinary Form Low Mass (Latin) 11:00am Extraordinary Form Solemn Mass (Latin) 5:30pm Ordinary Form Mass (English) Second Sunday Vespers 7:00pm in the Extraordinary Form RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS There will be NO RCIA class this Wednesday, Jan 6. Take the opportunity to attend Holy Mass. Class resumes Jan. 13, 2021 at 6:30pm in the church. RCIA classes for this session are in progress. However, inquirers are always welcome. As you begin this new year, resolve to come into the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church or to complete your Sacraments of Initiation. Classes are held at the church on Wednesday evenings at 6:30pm. Email [email protected] with your name and mobile number. We look forward to contacting you and becoming part of your journey. Wise men still seek Him. Are you discerning a call to the priesthood or religious life? Do you know about the Houston Donate as you shop! Vocations office? Please contact the staff there to Amazon will donate a percentage of the price of your eligible discuss God’s plan of service for you in His Church. AmazonSmile purchases to our parish. Shop at AmazonSmile by Go to houstonvocations.com visiting Smile.Amazon.com. Select Annunciation Catholic Church or call (713) 652-8239. (location: Houston. TX) as your as your preferred charity. Mass Intentions Sun., Jan 3 7:00am Kathleen McEvoy 9:00am Morgan and Johnny Heffernan The Season of Epiphany 11:00am Richard and Estela Lucker by Philip Kosloski Secondary intention People of the Parish The days and weeks after Epiphany were traditionally 5:30pm In Gratitude to Infant Jesus of Prague their own season. For many centuries, the Catholic Church celebrated a Mon. Jan 4 “Christmas cycle” that typically began at the end of 6:30am Amie Mudry November and extended through the end of January. Within 12:10pm Luis McGovern † this liturgical cycle, there existed three distinct seasons. The first season was “Advent” and continues to be Tues., Jan 5 celebrated as it has always been. The second season was 6:30am Wheatherford Family “Christmastide,” which included the days of Christmas from December 25 until January 6. On January 6, the feast of the 12:10pm Thomas Kuncewicz Family † Epiphany, inaugurated “Epiphanytide,” a third season that ran until the beginning of the Pre-Lenten liturgy. Wed., Jan 6 6:30am Ms. McStravick Catholics who participate in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite are familiar with this season and continue 12:10pm George and Marguite Minich † to observe it today. Similarly, the Anglican Ordinariate (Roman Catholics who observe certain Anglican traditions) Thur., Jan 7 maintain an Epiphany season that lasts until Ash 6:30am Ms. Lue and Dorothy Porter Wednesday. 12:10pm Urbanski and Kuncewicz Family † Currently most Roman Catholics follow the General Calendar that includes a brief Epiphany “season” between Fri., Jan 8 the Sunday of the Epiphany and the Feast of the Baptism of 6:30am Judy Alexander the Lord. After that, the Church switches gears and begins a 12:10pm John and Ethel Sullivan † new season called “Ordinary Time.” In Latin this period of time is called “Tempus Per Annum,” more literally translated as “time during the year.” Sat., Jan 9 It is a time when the Church focuses on the life of Christ and 8:00am In Honor of Our Lady his public ministry. 5:30pm Fr. Victor Brown † Interestingly, the color for both seasons (Ordinary Time and Epiphanytide) is green, with the exclusion of certain Sun., Jan 10 feast days (Epiphany and the Feast of the Presentation, or 7:00am Anne Purcell White † Candlemas, for example). This color symbolizes a season of 9:00am Sy Tran and Huong Nguyen regeneration and renewal, themes connected both to Jesus’ 11:00am William and Lillie Avila childhood and public ministry. Secondary One of the advantages to the season of Epiphanytide is People of the Parish intention the prolongation of various spiritual Christmas themes. The 5:30pm Paul Turlock † Christmas cycle remains one of the shortest periods of time in the liturgical year and it is often beneficial to meditate on the beauty of the incarnation and it significance in our lives. However, the new season of Ordinary Time does not forbid us from maintaining this spirit during these days, but encourages us to slowly transition our thoughts from Jesus’ childhood to his public ministry. 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