St. Francis of Assisi CATHOLIC COMMUNITY
4300 Meeks Drive, Orange TX 77632 Office: 409-883-9153 Fax: 409-883-9154 Web: www.stfrancisorangetx.orgOffice Email:[email protected]
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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] Deacon 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: 6:30pm
RECONCILIATION: Saturday: 3:30-4:30pm
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Please call the Pastor to make arrangements for Infant Baptisms. 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 Sacraments.
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. Solemnity of Christ the King November 25, 2018
.CHRIST IS KING On the final Sunday of the liturgical year we celebrate the feast of Christ the King. It’s easy to understand today’s scriptures as events that happened long ago and far away, or predictions that will come true somewhere, some day. But they invite us to claim Christ as our King here and now. Jesus’ words to Pilate in the Gospel remind us that his kingdom transcends time and place. And the prophecies from Daniel and Revelation give us reason to be faithful to Christ our King right here and right now. By concluding the year with this feast we are proclaiming our faith that Jesus Christ is the one and only King over all seasons, all peoples, and all of creation. No matter what nation we belong to or what language we speak, he “has made us into a kingdom” (Revelation 1:6)—one people united in love and peace for all eternity. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Although our Puritan forebears at Plymouth Rock were almost a hundred years removed from their Catholic roots, the old liturgical calendar still had an unconscious claim on their hearts. We’ve already seen how on Saint Martin’s Day, November 11, medieval continental Europe observed a great harvest day of Thanksgiving, with games, dances, parades, and a festive dinner of roast goose. With the goose went ample draughts of “Saint Martin’s Wine,” the first wine of the new harvest. Martinmas celebrated full barns and larders stocked for the winter. Even after the Reformation, the tradition of eating goose on Saint Martin’s Day was retained in Holland, and it was there that our Pilgrims encountered this tradition. When Governor Bradford sent four hunters out into the Massachusetts wilderness in the autumn of 1621, they did indeed find some geese and ducks, and were persuaded by the indigenous people to try turkey, too. Just as the liturgical calendar has been tweaked over the years, President Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving to the third Thursday in November in 1939, probably to extend the Christmas shopping season. The protest was so great that in 1941 the day established by President Lincoln, the last Thursday in November, was restored. If the Pilgrims had known of the Martinmas connection, they might never have celebrated at all! —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Monday: Rv 14:1-3, 4b-5; Ps 24:1bc-4ab, 5-6; Sunday: Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Lk 21:1-4 Universe Tuesday: Rv 14:14-19; Ps 96:10-13; Lk 21:5-11 Monday: Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Wednesday: Rv 15:1-4; Ps 98:1-3ab, 7-9; Lk 21:12-19 Friday: St. Andrew Thursday: Rv 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a; Ps 100:1b- Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary; First Saturday 5; Lk 21:20-28 Friday: Rom 10:9-18; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 4:18-22 Saturday: Rv 22:1-7; Ps 95:1-7ab; Lk 21:34-36 Sunday: Jer 33:14-16; Ps 25:4-5, 8-10, 14; For the scriptures used at Mass every day and to hear a 1 Thes 3:12 — 4:2; Lk 21:25-28, 34-36 reflection: go to http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings and select the day of the month and reflections in the menu on the left side of the page. St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Stewardship of Treasure
November 17/18
Saturday November 24 5:00 p.m. Knights of Columbus & families
Sunday November 25 8:00 a.m. People of the Parish/Novena Mass in reparation of sins that wound the Body of Christ 10:30 a.m. Ben & Florence Thompson (D)
Monday November 26 Thank you always for your generosity! No Mass
Tuesday November 27 8:30 a.m. Marcus Clay Darby (L) November 24/25, 2018 Wednesday November 28 6:00 p.m. Hilda & CA Davis (D) Altar Flowers Thursday November 29 8:30 a.m. Sr. Mary Rita Domas (D) Donated by:
Friday November 30 Pat Cockerill in memory of 8:30 a.m. Emile & Ellen Dupre (L) Ann Johnson
Saturday December 1 Blessed Mother Flowers 5:00 p.m. Jack Oldani (D) Donated by:
Sunday December 2 8:00 a.m. People of the Parish/Novena Manny & Nene Hababag Mass in reparation of sins that In Thanksgiving wound the Body of Christ 10:30 a.m. Patricia Trahan Daigle (D) Friendly Reminder!
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A mass to honor our deceased members will All Supplies provided. be held at 6:00 pm with a dinner to start at Cost is $5.00 to help defer the cost of 7:00 pm. the supplies.
Brother Knights, please plan to bring your This is for families or anyone that family to enjoy dinner and fellowship. would like to come and make an Advent wreath together. Please RSVP by December 1 to Lanston Fall (409-746-2585) The Advent season is a [email protected], Scott Rollins time of preparation that directs our hearts and (409-883-2691) [email protected] or minds to Christ’s second Frank Thomassee (409-313-0347) coming at the end of time [email protected]. and also to the anniversary of the Lord’s birth on Christmas.
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, formerly referred to as "Christ the King," was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925 as an antidote to secularism, a way of life which leaves God out of man's thinking and living and organizes his life as if God did not exist. The feast is intended to proclaim in a striking and effective manner Christ's royalty over individuals, families, society, governments, and nations.
The Feast of Christ the King~
"That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in Heaven, on earth and under the earth: And that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father."
Philippians 2:10-11 Ministry Schedule for December 1/2 In Our Parish
Eucharistic Lectors Altar Servers Ministers Sunday, November 25 8:00 a.m. Bilingual Mass 5:00 Abby Leger Kent Crow Lauren Corrao 10:30 a.m Mass-Christ the King p.m. Chris Leger Mark Frey Jacob Scheiderer Elisa Sonnier 2:00 p.m. Advent Wreath Workshop Andy Sonnier Monday, November 26 8:00 Mary McDuffie Spanish Lectors Kiera Howington No Mass a.m. Paula Perkins Logan Russell 6:00 p.m. Choir Practice
Tuesday, November 27 10:30 Mary Henson Youth Lectors Audrey Bonnette 5:45 a.m. Men’s Faith Sharing a.m. Robert Vigil Jenna McCorvy 6:15 a.m. Women’s Faith Sharing Cherry Vigil Laney Vigil Linda Wade 8:30 a.m. Mass 6:30 p.m. KC Dinner 7:00 p.m. RCIA
Christmas Poinsettias - $12.00 each Wednesday, November 28 5:30 p.m. Religious Education 6:00 p.m. Mass 6:30 p.m. Jam with the Lamb
Thursday, November 29 8:30 a.m. Mass Purchase poinsettias for the altar this Christmas in memory or in honor of Friday, November 30 someone you love! 8:30 a.m. Mass 5:00 p.m. Girl Scouts
E-mail, [email protected], with your Saturday, December 1 name, phone number, and who you 10:00 a.m. First Reconciliation 3:30-4:30 Reconciliation would like to honor or remember. 5:00 p.m. Mass
You may also call Mary Rollins at Sunday, December 2 8:00 a.m. Bilingual Mass 883-2691 with the information. Please 9:15 a.m. Kindergarten RE leave your name and number and your 10:30 a.m. Mass call will be returned. 7:00 p.m. Rosary for Religious Freedom Your $12 payment per poinsettia must be received by December 7th. Rosary for Religious Freedom Sunday December 2
Religious Education News The next confirma on class meets on Dec. 2 at 5:00.
We are coordina ng the Children's Na vity Program
for Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve Mass this year is at 6:30, so the Na vity will be at 6:00 p.m. Please let us know if your child would like to be involved. Call Cathi Sulak at 883-8232. Inside the church at 7:00 p.m.
December Mass Schedule
December 1/2 First Sunday of Advent
December 7/8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception** December 7th-6:30 p.m. December 8th-8:30 a.m.
December 8/9 Second Sunday of Advent
December 9-11 Advent Mission with Fr. Roger Keeler 6:30 p.m.
December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass at 7:00 p.m.
December 15/16 Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday)
December 22/23 Fourth Sunday of Advent
December 24 Christmas Eve Nativity at 6:00 p.m. Mass at 6:30 p.m.
December 25 Christmas Day Mass at 10:30 a.m.
December 29/30 The Holy Family, Jesus, Mary and Joseph
December 31/Jan 1 The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God** December 31 at 6:30 p.m. January 1 at 8:30 a.m.
**Holy Day of Obligation-The Precepts of the Catholic Church are a description of the absolute minimum actions required of Catholics regarding the Church. The first precept of the Catholic Church is You shall attend Mass on Sundays and on holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor.
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