Co-Cathedral Music Music for Laetare Sunday: Songs of Sacramental Rejoicing
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CO-CATHEDRAL of the SACRED HEART Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston March 6, 2016 1111 St. Joseph Parkway at San Jacinto / Fannin St. Church Hours — M - F: 6:30 am - 6 pm; Saturday: 9 am - 8:30 pm; Sunday: 6:30 am - 9 pm Weekend Mass Sacrament of Penance (Confessions) English: Saturday Vigil 5 pm Monday - Friday: 30 minutes prior to Mass Sunday 7 am, 9 am, 11 am, 5:30 pm First Thursday of the month: 4:30 - 5:15 pm Vietnamese: Saturday Vigil 7 pm (Weekdays: Confessional near the Sacred Heart transept) Sunday 1 pm Saturday: 3:30 - 4:30 pm Spanish: Sunday 7:30 pm Sunday: 8:15 - 8:45 am (between 7 & 9 am Masses) Weekday Mass 10:15 - 10:45 am (between 9 & 11 am Masses) 7 am, 12:10 pm Monday - Friday 4:30 - 5:00 pm 7:30 pm, Fridays of Lent: Vietnamese Mass, Vietnamese and Spanish 30 minutes prior to Mass followed by Exposition and Benediction (Weekends: Confessional near entrance way on the right) CATHEDRAL CENTRE Parish office is located at the Cathedral Centre. 1701 San Jacinto at Jefferson St. Houston, TX 77002-8215 (Parking behind the Centre) Phone: 713-659-1561 Fax: 713-651-1365 Office hours: Monday - Friday 8 am to 5 pm (Closed: 12 noon - 1 pm) CO-CATHEDRAL of the SACRED HEART Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston His Eminence Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, D.D., S.T.L. Archbishop of Galveston-Houston The Most Reverend George A. Sheltz, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop The Most Reverend Joseph A. Fiorenza, D.D., Archbishop Emeritus The Most Reverend Vincent M. Rizzotto, D.D., J.C.L., Retired Auxiliary Bishop Co-Cathedral Clergy The Very Reverend Lawrence W. Jozwiak, J.C.L., Pastor / Rector The Reverend Anthony Columba Ekanem, MSP; The Reverend Alfonso Dat-Nhan Tran, Parochial Vicars Deacons: Johnny Salinas, Leonard Lockett, John Carrara, Daniel Addis and Khoi Duy Le Co-Cathedral Staff Selma DeMarco-Director of Evangelization and Adult Faith Formation and Interim DRE Stephanie Rocha-Youth Director Crista Miller - Director of Music / Co-Cathedral Organist; Natasha Manley - Music Associate / Wedding Music Michael Emmerich - Co-Cathedral Associate Organist; Jeong-Suk Bae - Co-Cathedral Assistant Organist Bree Delphin - Secretary for Weddings; Elizabeth Perez - Secretary for Sacramental Records and Bulletin Deacon John Carrara - Business Manager; Gwenne Buck - Facilities and Project Coordinator Shannon Wesley - Parish Accounting; Chris Felix - Building Engineer Martha Alvarez - Secretary; Carmen Benitez - Baptismal Secretary/Receptionist; Esmeralda Cervantes - Receptionist Ruben Valenzuela, Trong Pham - Maintenance; Guillermo Herrera, Ray Garcia - Sextons Phone: 713-659-1561 Visit our web site for vital info: www.sacredhearthouston.org New Parishioners: Marriage: Register with the parish office: ext. 101. Contact ext. 131 at least 9 months prior to wedding date. Church Certificates: Vocations for Priesthood and Religious Life: For all sacramental certificates: ext. 137. Contact the Office of Vocations: 713-652-8239 or www.houstonvocations.com Baptism: ext. 101. Holy Communion to the Sick/Homebound: —For infants & children under age 7—713-337-3570. —For 7 years & older (Rite of Christian Initiation Anointing of the Sick: adapted for Children): ext. 142. Any Catholic who is to have surgery due to a serious Children’s Catechesis & Evangelization (CCE): illness; any Catholic whose health is seriously im- paired by sickness or old age should be anointed For pre-K through high school: ext. 142. ASAP, preferably before going to the hospital. First Penance & First Holy Communion: Contact the parish priest to be anointed: ext. 101. For 2nd through 12th grade: ext. 142. Funerals: ext. 101. Confirmation: —For high school youth: ext. 142. Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help: Wednesday before 7 am & 12:10 pm Mass —For adults: ext. 141. Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: High School Youth Ministry: ext. 142. Friday during 7 am & 12:10 pm Mass Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA): Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction: For adults inquiring about becoming Catholic and —First Thursday of the Month (English) baptized Catholics who lack Confirmation and Holy Conclusion of 12:10 pm Mass until 6 pm Communion: ext. 141. —First Friday of the Month (Vietnamese) Evangelization & Adult Faith Formation: ext. 141. 7:30 pm Mass followed by Exposition / Benediction Music Ministry: ext. 152. Parish Outreach: [email protected] Young Adults: [email protected] Tours of the Church: ext. 143 Pastor’s Message p. 3 March 6, 2016 Dear Friends in Christ: 10 Things to Remember for Lent, p. 14 Quí Ông Bà và Anh Chị Em thân mến trong Chúa Kitô: Donate for Easter Flowers, p. 11 Estimados Amigos y Amigas en Cristo: Believe it or not, we are at the half way point of Lent. be frustrated by waiting. Though we have confessions on How are we doing? Did we have wonderful intentions, but Good Friday, there is nothing more holy by waiting until that have we gotten once again too busy with everything else we day. What is holy is being reconciled ASAP! Just as the have to do? Were perhaps some of our Lenten resolutions Gospel from last Sunday stated, we only have so much time too ambitious? Are we perhaps too overworked or over- on this earth. Yes, God is merciful and forgiving. But our stressed that we do not have the energy to do one more thing days are limited on this earth. Do not delay! Be reconciled for Lent? Maybe we should do less and do it better. Maybe now. If you have some fears or concerns about how to go to we should be good to ourselves and rest more somehow. confession, see p. 14 for a web site to address those issues. Maybe we should learn how to enjoy life more and laugh, The Fourth Sunday of Lent is known as Laetare Sunday, smile more, even with our burdens that we all carry. Refer coming from the entrance antiphon, “Rejoice, Jerusalem, and to p. 14 as a reminder on how we are doing in Lent. all who love her. Be joyful, all who were in mourning; exult Many times as a penance in the confessional, I tell people and be satisfied at her consoling breast” (cf. Is. 66:10-11). to do an act of kindness for themselves, especially when I Just like on the Third Sunday of Advent, known as Gaudete sense they are so burdened in life. So often people are sur- Sunday and also meaning rejoice, we may wear rose colored prised with such a penance, yet they would not even second vestments if the celebrant so chooses. These are the only 2 guess it if I asked them to do an act of kindness for someone times of the year we may wear such vestments. Notice how else. They think doing an act of kindness for themselves is the bulletins reflect the liturgical color of the year. being selfish. Remember the two great commandments of Though we are in a penitential season, let us never forget Jesus: love God with all your being and love your neighbor that we are to be joy filled people due to our Christian faith. as yourself (Mt. 22: 35-40). There is a healthy love for self We are reminded from Mt. 6:16 used on Ash Wednesday: in relationship to God and neighbor. One cannot be good for “When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. your neighbor when one is so stressed out and overworked. They neglect their appearance, so that they may appear to If one is, then one cannot be good to others since all too of- others to be fasting.” This applies to any type of sacrificial ten we take it out on others. Selfishness is sinful when it is love. When we truly love someone and make sacrifices for all about self excluding God and others. them, hopefully we are doing it with joy, not with a sour Remember a penance given in the Sacrament of Penance looking face or attitude. The same applies with God. (confession) is not a punishment. Rather it is a sign that we Whether it is living out the joys of the Gospel, the cross or want to do something good in the place of the wrong done. penance, we are doing it out of love and joy for God! That occurs daily in our interactions with others. When we Thank you for the 678 participants who gave of service hurt someone and want to reconcile, do we not try to do on our Caritas Day last Saturday—see pp. 12-13. Refer to p. something good as a sign to that person we are sorry? The 11 on how you can volunteer for our annual party on the lot, same occurs in the Sacrament of Penance. Friday, April 1 which is right around the corner. This is a The bulletin last week gave the “how to go to confes- time for us to gather and just have a good time with one an- sion” guide. As part of your Lenten resolutions, do not wait other as parishioners. Welcome to all our participants in until the last moment to do. Be good to yourself by going Saturday’s Pueri Cantores musical workshop and those sing- now so that you will not have to wait in longer lines and thus ing at the 5 pm Saturday Vigil Mass. Praised be the Sacred Heart of Jesus! Forever, amen! Hãy chúc tụng Thánh Tâm Chúa Giêsu đến muôn đời, amen! ¡Alabado sea el Sagrado Corazón de Jesús! ¡Por siempre, amen! Fr. Lawrence W. Jozwiak Pastor / Rector p. 4 Fourth Sunday of Lent WELCOME to the Co-Cathedral! 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