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March 14, 2021 606 Cedarwood Drive Friendswood, TX 77546-4551 281-482-1391 281-482-4886 (fax) Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette www.maryqueencatholicchurch.org www.lasalette.org March 14, 2021 LENT SCHEDULE Daily Masses Sunday Parish Sacrament of Reconciliation Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 16 and Fridays and 4:30 p.m. (Life Teen Music) 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. 1st Friday Exposition of Daily Rosary the Blessed Sacrament Wednesday after 8:30 a.m. Mass 9 a.m. - 5:45 p.m. 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday (except First Friday) Exposition of the Saturday Blessed Sacrament 8:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Wednesday Saturdays 4 to 5 p.m. The Priests who serve Mary Queen Catholic Church are Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette. Pastor: Rev. James H. Kuczynski, M.S. Parochial Vicar: Rev. Sibi Kunninu, M.S. Priest in Residence: Rev. Paul Mandziuk, M.S. Deacons: Vince Eklund, 281-482-1391 Darrell Moulton, 281-482-1391 Paul Robison, 281-482-1391 Derick Soares, 281-482-1391 Chuck Turner, 281-482-1391 Pastoral Administration If you are new to Mary Queen parish or visiting, please Office Administrator Jim Miller, ext. 309 stop by with any questions regarding our parish. We Archivist Anita Shorosky, ext. 315 would love to meet you! If you have been attending Bookkeeper JoEllen Baker, ext. 313 Mary Queen Church and consider this your parish Bookkeeper Ray Valadez, ext. 313 community, please register with the Parish Office so we Coordinator of Ministries & Functions Rose Mary Baez, ext. 219 can keep an accurate census. If you have questions or Communications Coordinator Erin Graham, ext. 334 would like additional information, please contact our Receptionist Loretta Delaney, ext. 310 parish office. Registration forms may be found in the Parish Office, Welcome Desk (in Church narthex), or on Pastoral Formation the website: www.maryqueencatholicchurch.org Director of Adult Faith Formation & RCIA & Confirmation Coordinator Eby Kurian, M.A., ext. 319 Director of Elementary Faith Formation Barbara Aubuchon, ext. 333 Director for Adolescent Catechesis and Evangelization Terri Ryan, ext. 317 Echo Apprentice Emily Daversa, ext. 329 Come Worship With Us! Our Parish community worships together at Sunday Music Ministry Mass, Daily Masses, Holy Hour and Morning Prayer. Music Director Samuel Sentmanat, ext. 227 We pray the rosary after the 8:30 AM daily Masses (except Wednesdays & First Fridays). Food Pantry/Social Concerns Coordinator of Food Pantry/ Social Services Ministry Chris Austgen, ext.. 328 Facilities Management Facilities Manager Chuck Turner, ext. 316 Maintenance Chris Meaux, ext. 316 Maintenance Coordinator Charles Ganter, ext. 316 Sacramental Life Sacrament of Baptism: Congratulations for Choosing Life! Parents should contact the Parish Office to register for preparation. Archives & Room Reservations Sacrament of Reconciliation: Peace Be With You! Saturday 4:00 - 5:00 PM or by appointment. If you need to update your personal information in the parish database, have questions regarding Mass Sacrament of Matrimony: The Lord Bless You! Contact Intentions, need to request a copy of your baptism one of the priests at least six months in advance for preparation. certificate, etc., please contact Anita Shorosky at [email protected] or call 281-482- Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick: May the Healing Love of Christ Surround You! If you know someone who is sick 1391. or in the hospital, contact the Parish Office so we can visit and include them in our prayers. All Ministries and Organizations who need to reserve a room and/or schedule events for the calendar need to RCIA: Christian Initiation of Adults: Journey With Us In contact Rose Mary at [email protected]. Faith! For inquiry into the Catholic Faith, contact the Parish Office. If you have questions, please call the Parish Office, Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM, at 281-482-1391. 2 La Salette Reflections Fr. Rene Butler, M.S. and Wayne Vanasse Saturday, March 13 8:30 AM Alex Gudelosao, Jorge & Claudia, Rudy Galicia, Jr. Going Back up to Jerusalem 5:30 PM Robert Narloch, Bill Torok, Joel Diaz (4th Sunday of Lent: 2 Chronicles Sunday, March 14 36:14-23; Ephesians 2:4-10; John 7:30 AM All Our Parishioners 3:14-21) 9:30 AM Patrick Michael Davis, Frank & Carlotta Garza, Cyrus, the King of Persia, respected the cultures and Barbara Ferstl – Birthday Blessings religions of the peoples under his rule. But he must have 11:30 AM Frank Descant, Ron Willenborg, Brett & Stephanie Martin received some sort of revelation from the God of Israel, 4:30 PM Nancy J. Soyke, Atia Bourque, George Trejo for he wrote, “All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord [he Monday, March 15 uses the name YHWH], the God of heaven, has given to me.” 6:30 AM JoAnne Mazgaj, Phyllis Williams, Rudy Galicia, Jr. He authorizes the Jewish exiles throughout his vast 8:30 AM Alejandro Bunao, Jr., James Tevis, kingdom to return, that is, to go up to Jerusalem. Living & Departed Loved Ones of Ben & Beth Drone Today’s Psalm reflects the time of exile, and shows how Tuesday, March 16 precious Jerusalem was to God’s people. 6:30 AM Rudy Galicia, Jr., Martin Gately, Holy Souls in Purgatory Going back up to Jerusalem is a wonderfully apt image 8:30 AM Bernard Severino, Vincent Smith, Luis Correa Ibanez of Lent. Going implies a goal. Going back means Wednesday, March 17 conversion. Going up suggests struggle. Lent is all of 6:30 AM Rudy Galicia, Jr., Luisa Gudelosao these. 6:30 PM Daniel Jansky, Bella Grace Woodrum, Ernest Heeb Let us begin with the notion of struggle. One of the Thursday, March 18 greatest gifts God has given us is free will, which we 6:30 AM Rudy Galicia, Jr. rightly defend for ourselves and others. But St. Paul 8:30 PM Edgar & Mechtilde Hartmann, reminds us today that we are God’s handiwork, “created Millie Talley – Birthday Blessings, in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has Living & Deceased Family Members of Vinnie Soccomanno prepared in advance, that we should live in them.” Accommodating our will to the divine will comes at a Friday, March 19 certain cost. 6:30 AM William Vasen, Rudy Galicia, Jr., Jarryd Morton Returning, in the language of Lent, is a turning back to 8:30 AM Joseph Leba, Nguyen Family, Marilyn Karam our Savior. A single example from Scripture will serve: “I Saturday, March 20 have brushed away your offenses like a cloud, your sins 8:30 AM Rudy Galicia, Jr., like a mist; return to me, for I have redeemed Living & Deceased Members of Gautreaux Family you” (Isaiah 44:22). 5:30 PM Dan Foster, Tony Diotalevi, The goal, finally, is not a place, or a work. It is the time— Living & Deceased Loved Ones of Clint & Dottie Carlin long ago or recent—when we were most aware of the truth enunciated in today’s Gospel: “God so loved the Sunday, March 21 world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who 7:30 AM Carolyn “Katy” Ray, Williams & Wiltz Families, believes in him might not perish but might have eternal Victor Nicholson life.” Rediscovering this for ourselves, would we not want 9:30 AM All Our Parishioners everybody in our life to know this? 11:30 AM Erna Bartol, Leo Braun, Antoinette Falta Helton The message of La Salette contains all these elements. 4:30 PM Terry Kern, Nancy J. Soyke, George Trejo Some of it is hard to understand and accept. It is a call to turn back to God. It proposes a general goal, and a more specific one as well. As La Salette Laity, Sisters and Missionaries, might we not find the “good work that God has prepared for us” in Mary’s words: “Make This Message Known”? Mass Intentions There are three Intentions per Mass and will be filled on a Wayne Vanasse, and Fr. René Butler, M.S. first-come, first-served basis. Please include the preferred date and an alternate date for each request. A limit of 12 Masses per family may be requested. To make requests, visit maryqueencatholicchurch.org/mass-intention-form. 3 Date Weekly Offering Received Weekly Budgeted Amount Difference February 13- $24,979.57 $36,617.50 ($11,637.93) February 19, 2021 Offertory: February 13-February 19, 2021 This includes offertory at Mass, mail-in and online giving. Weekly Offertory: $24,979.57 Food Pantry: $936.00 Master’s Plan Debt Reduction: $1,002.00 Ash Wednesday: $2,411.00 Upcoming 2nd Collections March 14 - Catholic Relief Services Collection March 21 - Easter Flowers April 11 - Future Development and Maintenance Mary Queen Parish App April 25 - Home Missions We invite you to download the Mary Queen App to your phone. Current Loan Balance February 10, 2021 To contribute or to set up a recurring contribution on $2,845,289.25 the app, text the words MARY QUEEN to 77977, scan this QR Code or go to https://pushpay.com/g/ maryqueencatholicchurch. As you set up your recurring gift, you will complete the creation of your new 2021 DSF Summary account. as of February 9 If you need assistance with setting up your account, Parish please contact the Finance Department at Goal: $170,000.00 [email protected]. Total Amount Paid: $17,444 Total Number of Gifts Received: 94 Total Number of Mary Queen Donors: 80 Total Number of Mary Queen Households: 2,864 DSF 2020 goal $165,000.00 DSF 2020 total given $187,307.50 DSF 2020 rebate to Mary Queen $22,307.50 4 Lenten Alms Giving Charity is a frequent and important theme of the Gospels.
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