TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME……….OCTOBER 13, 2019

Reverend John Kha Tran, Pastor ● Reverend Michael Pham, CRM, Parochial Vicar Deacon Dennis Hayes ● Deacon Bob Henkel ● Deacon Steve Klak Deacon John Naber ● Deacon Matt Rust ● Deacon Joe Weir

EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION (MASS): Saturday: 5:00 PM PARISH STAFF Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM Virginia Clack—Housekeeper Mary Alice Greaney—Music Director Weekdays: 8:30 AM (Monday through Saturday) Dana Henkel—Parish Stewardship Director RECONCILIATION (CONFESSION): Jennifer Henkel—Youth Ministry Director We have Confessions on Saturday from 3:30 - 4:30 PM, Beth Jones—Parish Business Manager and at other times by appointment. Eileen Mace—Kolbe Kids EC Program Director Lupe Mendez—Custodian ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Someone who is seriously ill, at home, or in the hospital, or who is Yvette Neider—Parish Night Clerk about to undergo major surgery, should call the parish office, and David Nguyen—Custodian arrange for a Priest to celebrate with them the sacrament for the ill. Sister Vinflora Onije—Pastoral Assistant Miguel Perdomo—Maintenance & Handyman BAPTISM: Phyllis Schoelman—Parish Secretary ADULT BAPTISM: Adults who are preparing to become Catholic, will participate in the Rite of Christian Initiation at Easter. Molly Smith—Director of Evangelization and INFANT BAPTISM: We celebrate infant Baptism on the 2nd Catechesis Saturday of each month, except during Lent. Parents and Diana Thomas—Faith Formation Assistant Godparents of infants to be baptized should attend Baptismal classes, preferably before the child is born. PASTORAL COUNCIL CONFIRMATION: Adults and older youth who have not been Confirmed should Anna Cardona Florence Shah contact the Parish office. Jason Donat Paul Simon Madelyn Henderson Eileen Torres MARRIAGE: George Montes (Facilitator) Jorge Torres Couples who are considering marriage should contact the parish Christian Munoz Chuck Woodruff office, at least six (6) months before the couple's projected Pam Munoz Paul Yim wedding date. Mitch Reece Ken Zavatsky (recorder) PRAYER: : Wednesday at 6:30 PM in Immaculata Chapel FINANCE COUNCIL Evening Prayer: Wednesday at 7:00 PM in Immaculata Chapel

Eucharistic Adoration: Daily in Immaculata Chapel Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Saturday at 4:30 PM in Church Bob Charnock Paul Hains Evie Ornelaz Rosary: Sunday following 10:00 AM Mass Sean Kennedy David Ricke Wilfred Krenek (Facilitator) Ali Rust

10135 West Road Parish Office: (281) 955-7324 Office Hours: Sundays 8:00am-11:00am Houston, TX 77064 Fax: (281) 955-7328 Monday—Friday 9:00am-5:00pm www.stmaximilian.org Kolbe Kids: (281) 970-0979 Evenings: Mon-Wed-Thurs. 5:00pm-9:00pm www.virtusonline.org Saturdays: 9am-3pm SAINT MAXIMILIAN KOLBE Page 2 HOUSTON, TEXAS

I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of God. St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

HEALING AND SALVATION The readings today speak of healing and salvation. In Second Kings, Naaman, a com- mander of the army of the king of Syria, develops leprosy. He goes to a stranger, a proph- et from Israel, when no one else can cure his disease. Much to his surprise, after a simple bath in the river, he is cured. In Luke’s Gospel, cures ten lepers and sends them to the priest. Only one, a Samaritan, returns to thank Jesus for his cure and only he hears the words, “Your faith has saved you.” The psalm and Timothy remind us that salvation in- volves justice, kindness, and faithfulness and forever links us with Jesus. In a world as bro- ken as ours, both healing and salvation are necessary. Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

Fall Festival Raffle Winners 2019 Knights of Columbus Council # 10720 Samsung 55” TV Admission Degree Mark and Mary Ann Provost Thursday, October 17th $500 American Express Gift Card 7:30pm, in Education Building (Candidate should arrive by 6:45pm) Yvonne McNeilly Arceo Apple Watch Series 4 Nike Edition The Knights of St Maximillian Kolbe invite all Julian Salinas men 18 years of age and older, who are commit- $400 American Express Gift Card ted to making their community a better place, Dorothy Battaglia while supporting their Church to become mem- iPad Mini WiFi 64GB bers in our local council. Being a Knight is more Vinh Vu than camaraderie; it is being involved in the com- $300 American Express Gift Card munity; it is supporting our local Church, while Nancy and William Carew enhancing your own faith. It is about protecting XBOX ONE S with NBA Bundle and enhancing your family life. Please contact Mike Gallagher at 832-545-7878 to learn more Will Smith about the Knights of Columbus and to sign Samsung HW-R550/ZA Sound Bar up for the Admission Degree. Dave Alega $200 American Express Gift Card Ruben Torres S.O.S. SISTER ACT THIS THURSDAY!

Congratulations!! Help the Sisters of the Spirit (S.O.S.) welcome Sister Vinflora Onije, our parish pastoral assis- tant and member of the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Mercy religious order, this Thursday, HELP STOCK THE FOOD PANTRY! October 17th, at 6:30pm in Kolbe Hall! We will host a lively Q&A session with Sister Vinflora The Food Pantry at St. Maximilian on her calling to this ministry and the special could use your help in getting the moments her daily life holds. Bring your ques- shelves stocked in preparation for the tions, a potluck dish (if you’d like), and even a coming holidays and to help those in teen or young lady to enjoy this fun evening of need in our community. Be sure and friendship and faith! Contact Deena Everest at pick up a grocery bag from one of our [email protected] or Mayra Wade at volunteers after Mass! Thank you! [email protected] with questions. TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OCTOBER 13, 2019 OUR PARISH MISSION

We are the Christian Community of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, a Catholic parish of the Archdiocese of Galveston- Houston. Embracing our many and diverse gifts, we are united in Christ Jesus. Challenged by the teachings of Our Lord, and inspired by the example of our Patron, we strive to serve God, and to minister to others, in prayer, sacrament, faith formation, and charity.

Sunday, October 13 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saturday, October 19 Eucharist (Mass) Church 8:00 am Eucharist (Mass) Chapel 8:30 am Coffee/Donuts Fellowship Gajowniczek Building 9:00 am Baptism Preparation Class Room 215 8:30 am Eucharist (Mass) Church 10:00 am Legion of Mary Meeting Room 203 9:15 am RCIA Session Room 215 11:30 am Prayer Blanket Sew-In Room 211 9:30 am Eucharist (Mass) Church 12:00 pm Reconciliation Church 3:30 pm BSA Religious Emblem Class Kolbe Room 1:30 pm Eucharist (Mass) Church 5:00 pm Youth Faith Formation, Sunday Session Gajowniczek Building 2:30 pm Sunday, October 20 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Adult Faith, Consoling the Heart of Jesus Eucharist (Mass) Church 8:00 am Room 215 6:30 pm Coffee/Donuts Fellowship Gajowniczek Bldg 9:00 am Eucharist (Mass) Church 10:00 am Monday October 14 RCIA Session Room 215 11:30 am Eucharist (Mass) Chapel 8:30 am Eucharist (Mass) Church 12:00 pm Kolbe Kids ECP Gajowniczek Building 9:10 am BSA Religious Emblem Class Kolbe Room 1:30 pm ESL Classes Room 206 1:00 pm Youth Faith Formation, Sunday Session Men’s ACTS Team Meeting Kolbe Hall 6:30 pm Gajowniczek Bdlg 2:30 pm Devotional Power Hour Prayer Chapel 7:00 pm Adult Faith, Consoling the Heart of Jesus Boy Scout Troop Meeting Gajowniczek Building 7:00 pm Room 215 6:30 pm Catholic Daughters Meeting Room 215 7:00 pm

Tuesday October 15 Eucharist (Mass) Chapel 8:30 am Kolbe Kids ECP Gajowniczek Building 9:10 am Children’s Choir Rehearsal Canticle Hall 6:30 pm Columbus Day Sisters of the Spirit Meeting Kolbe Hall 6:30 pm Monday, October 14th Jr. High Youth Group Youth Room 6:30 pm Young Adult Ministry Meeting Room 201 7:00 pm

Wednesday, October 16 Eucharist (Mass) Chapel 8:30 am Kolbe Kids ECP Gajowniczek Building 9:10 am ESL Classes Room 206 1:00 pm Food Pantry Kolbe Hall 3:30 pm Rosary Chapel 6:30 pm Prayer & Life Workshop Room 205 6:30 pm Adam McClosky will lead a pilgrimage High School Youth Group Youth Room 6:30 pm to the Holy Land. The eleven day pilgrimage will Adult Choir Rehearsal Canticle Hall 7:00 pm Evening Prayer Chapel 7:00 pm visit places where Our Lord lived, suffered and Prayer Blanket Ministry Meeting Room 211 7:00 pm died for our salvation. Mass will be celebrated at Adult Faith, Symbolon Study Room 215 7:00 pm the sacred sites. The dates are March 2-12,

Thursday, October 17 2020. If you are interested there are brochures in Eucharist (Mass) Church 8:30 am the parish office. Inspirational Tours is arranging Kolbe Kids ECP Gajowniczek Building 9:10 am the pilgrimage and spaces are limited. Sisters of the Spirit Meeting Kolbe Hall 6:30 pm Knights of Columbus Meeting Room 215 6:30 pm Youth Faith Formation, Thursday Session Gajowniczek Building 6:30 pm

Friday, October 18 That Man Is You Ministry Meeting Kolbe Hall 5:30 am Eucharist (Mass) Chapel 8:30 am Adult Faith, Consoling the Heart of Jesus Room 215 10:00 am Kolbe Seniors Gajowniczek Building 11:00 am Marriage Encounter Group Meeting Room 215 6:30 pm

2019 50th Wedding Anniversary Jubilee Mass Sunday, October 20th @ 3pm Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart SAINT MAXIMILIAN KOLBE CATHOLIC CHURCH Page 4 HOUSTON, TEXAS

KOLBE SENIORS TODAY’S READINGS

Kolbe Seniors will meet on Friday, October First Reading -- Naaman, cleansed from his leprosy, 18th at 11am for a catered lunch by Luby’s. returns gratefully to Elisha (2 Kings 5:14-17). Our speaker will be Susan Giles from Amaz- Psalm -- The Lord has revealed to the nations his sav- ing Place and she will give our Seniors helpful ing power (Psalm 298). information on how food and exercise play an important role in keeping out brain sharp. Second Reading -- If we have died with Christ we Please let Helen Delaney know by Tuesday, shall also live with Christ (2 Timothy 2:8-13). October 15th if you plan to join in for lunch. Only people who call or answer Genius will Gospel -- Ten lepers are healed by Jesus, but only one, a Samaritan, returns to give him thanks (Luke have a lunch ordered for them. You can reach 17:11-19). Helen @ 281-794-8796. The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass (c) Kolbe Seniors have several new bus trips 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corpora- tion. All rights reserved. planned: October 29th—a free U.S. Army Concert Band and Soldiers Chorus at Klein Collins High ATTENTION MEN OF ST. MAXIMILIAN! Are you School. The bus will leave at 5:30pm. looking to deepen your relationship with God? November 8th—the new Holocaust Museum. Build friendships with other like-minded men? The bus will leave at 10:15am. Seek to be the best man you can be? Then Come December 7th—we will go to Navasota to see Join the THAT MAN IS YOU! men's group. There the play “Charlie Brown Christmas”. is a new series beginning entitled "The Fight of December 13th—we will go to Champion For- Faith". Join us EVERY FRIDAY at 5:30am in Kol- est Baptist Church to see their Christmas Spe- be Hall with Breakfast, Video at 6am, Small Group cial. Discussion at 6:30am, and Closing Prayer at 7am. All Seniors are welcome to join us. Call or text Becky Keels @ 713-724-1075 for more information on bus trips. La Pieta International Prayer Group of Houston, Texas WE OFFER OUR CONDOLENCES invites you to a Healing Mass with We offer our condolences to the family of Emma De Guzman Randye Peters. We also offer our sympathy to Dale Maddox at the passing of her husband, Friday, October 18th @ 6:10pm Mike Maddox. Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let 109 N. Frazier St., Conroe, 77301 perpetual light shine upon them. May Randye Main Celebrant: Father Philip Wilhite

and Mike’s souls, and the souls of all Your Monday, October 21st @ 6:30pm faithful departed, by Your loving mercy, rest in Prince of Peace Catholic Church peace. 19222 Tomball Pkwy., Houston 77070 Main Celebrant: Bishop George A. Sheltz

KSHJ 1430AM is hosting the next Catholic Prayer Breakfast for men and women in NW Houston on For more information: Tuesday, November 5th @ 7am @ Los Cucos Mexi- www.lapietainternationalprayergroup.org can Restaurant on Hwy. 290 in Jersey Village. The www.lapietainternational.com cost is $10 which includes a hot breakfast buffet, an inspirational talk, prayers led by a local Priest, and a LOVE ♥ PEACE ♥ JOY dynamic community of fellow Catholics from area par- ishes. Why not come see why this quarterly event keeps growing and growing? We are also looking for Reconciliation $250 table sponsors. Register online at Saturdays at 3:30pm GRNonline.com or by phone @ 832-786-4500. TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OCTOBER 13, 2019

Monday, October 14 St. Callistus I Patrick J. Nelson † 8:30am Confirmation Preparation Has Begun If you Jaime Moore, Intentions th have a child who is 10 grade or older and Tuesday, October 15 St. Teresa of Jesus needs Confirmation, please contact Molly Smith Alveraize Saizan, Intentions 8:30am ([email protected]) to register him/her Isidro Cillo † for the classes. The first class has already

been held and no new students will be added Wednesday, October 16 St. Hedwig, th St. Margaret Mary Alacoque after November 11 . For a complete list of Maria Quiroz † 8:30am requirements (including two consecutive years Monico Aguirre † of Faith Formation), please contact Molly or see Madelyn Eliza Boyd, Intentions the Youth Confirmation page on the website.

Thursday, October 17 St. Ignatius of Antioch Bennie Wesneski † 8:30am Mike and Sue Gallagher, Intentions

Friday, October 18 St. Luke Margaret Battle, Bill Carew, Michael Margaret Yong † 8:30am Mrs. Jeanette Coury, Intentions Cartafalsa, Denise Caskey, Emilio Chavez-Cody, Kayson Clay, Patricia Saturday, October 19 Ss. John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues, and Companions Crim, P.S. Crim, Martha Dardnel, Dennis Bermea and Lee Bermea † 8:30am Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Deacon Fred Bernice Guess † 5:00pm Dinges, Mark Durocher, Bobby

Sunday, October 20 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Embesi, Aurora Enciso, Jennifer Foty, Missy Parishioners of St. Maximilian 8:00am Fouts, Joseph Gallagher, Carol Ann Geary, Eric Elridge Dupont, Sr. † 10:00am Gensch, Richard Geveshausen, Beatriz Joseph Gallagher, Intentions Gonzales, Anita Gordon, Kenny Gordon, Adria James W. Cozart, Jr. † 12:00pm Gould, Francisco Grados, Jesse Guevara, Mack Fernando Narvaez † Harper, Janelle Hoffart, Rachel Huebel, Irma Jacinto, Linda Johnson, Monsignor Milam Kleas, Corine Konvicka, Laurine Krejci, Tommy Kubeskie, Mrs. Hoang Le, Mark MacFarlane, The Chapel Sanctuary Rachele Marchisio, Ashley Mueller, Mark Neagli, Candles & Flowers at the John Oggero, Father Roy Oggero, Kristen Altar of the Blessed Sacrament Ornelaz, Richard Ornelaz, Carmen Ortiz, Richard for the week of October 14th Patronella, Jerry Pendlum, Stan Petty, Drake are in loving memory of Pope, Chris Raggio, Oralia Ramirez, Kent Celedonia and Tranquilino Rogers, Nelda Ruiz, Alveraize Saizan, Maria Velasquez + Senjudo, Ernest Sepulveda, Doug Shepherd, Tony Sliva, Grace Smith, Lance Smith, Nancy Snyder, Irma Sosa, Ken Switzler, Diana Thomas, Ruth Tolentino, Janet Vasko, Linda Villanueva, Jerelyn Walker, Linda Webb, and Adam Wendel.

If you would like someone added to our Parish Prayer List, please contact the parish office @ 281-955-7324. Going forward the Prayer List in the bulletin will be reviewed periodically and names on the list over 90 days will be removed unless we receive notifi- cation to retain them. May God bless you, protect you and please keep all those on our list in your prayers. Thank you. SAINT MAXIMILIAN KOLBE CATHOLIC CHURCH Page 6 HOUSTON, TEXAS Are you talented with technology? If yes, we invite you to serve during Mass and run the We invite you to spend 10, 15, 20, 30 minutes or an PowerPoint program, following the Order of the hour with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in the Im- Mass. This can be a rewarding ministry, for a maculata Chapel. There are about 300 committed and dedicated adorers in Adoration person, family or couple, giving you a unique praying an hour every day so that you way to serve our parish. We would like to add can come and visit Jesus exposed in more talented volunteers for each Mass. Train- the Holy Eucharist. If you would like ing will be provided! Please let us know if you to commit to an hour of Adoration, are interested in serving. You may contact Da- please call Susie Charnock at 281- na Henkel in the parish office @ 281-955-7324 813-1492. or [email protected]. Thank you for considering! Day of the week Hours Needed Monday 1:00 a.m.—2:00 a.m. ♫ MUSIC MINISTRY ♫ Monday 10:00 a.m.—11:00 a.m. Tuesday 3:00 a.m.—4:00 a.m. Sing for Joy! The St. Maximilian Music Minis- Thursday 2:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. try is looking for new members to join this Thursday 3:00 a.m.—4:00 a.m. growing ministry. Do you have a love of mu- Thursday 12:00 p.m.—1:00 p.m. sic? Do you have a desire to sing at our par- updated: 09/30/19 ish liturgies? This might be the place for you to serve! We are in need of all voice parts, guitars, violins and flutes. There is an occa- Calling all Ushers and Greeters sional need for drummers and trumpets, as well. The Adult Choir rehearses on A meeting for Ushers and Greeters is being Wednesdays in Canticle Hall beginning at held on Tuesday, October 22th in Room 215 7pm. Come join us! In addition, our Chil- from 6:30 to 8pm. We will be going over pro- dren’s Choir will rehearse on Tuesdays cedures currently in place and discuss any from 6:30pm to 7:30pm in Canticle Hall. suggested changes. Both Ushers and The Children’s Choir is open to 3rd—8th grad- Greeters are encouraged to attend! Food ers, with some exceptions for younger chil- will be served, please RSVP whether coming dren. Email [email protected] to or not so we can make sure there is enough see how you can get involved! food. You many contact Jude Wiggins @ [email protected] or 713-466-3400 for more information or to RSVP. White Mass and Dinner Reception Blessing those in the medical profession Saturday, October 19th @ 5pm Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral For Safety! For more information: Please do NOT let small children approach catholichealthhouston.com/whitemass the candle stands unattended. Parents, watch your children when near the candles. Thank you!

Our Kolbe Seniors and Catholic Daughters have made a joint commitment to support a local charity, Casa Juan Diego. There will be an on-going col- lection of used items of which they can use. Casa Kolbe Kids’ Early Childhood Program! needs wheelchairs and supplies such as adult dia- Kolbe Kids’ accepts children 18 months pers, wipes, underpads and towels and sheets through 4 years old. If you are interested (slightly used). If you would like to donate some of in enrolling your child or taking a tour of these items, please contact Mary Ann Harvey at our school, please contact Eileen Mace [email protected]. There is also a need for @ 281-970-0979. silverware, dishes, along with pots and pans. TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OCTOBER 13, 2019

Let sleep find you holding your Bible, and when your head nods let it be resting on a sacred page. St. Jerome

IGNITE: Our Faith, Our Mission Parish Goal: $1,442,331.00 Pledged: $697,615.00 Paid: $198,645.59 Offertory for October 5th and 6th Percent Paid: 13.77% Percent Pledged: 48.37% Offertory $28,413.00 Pledged Under Goal: $744,716.00 Debt Reduction $1,404.00 Paid Under Goal: $1,243,685.41 Coffee and Donuts $21.50 Youth Envelopes $271.00 Number of Participants: 207 Fall Festival $50.00 Total Number of Households: 2,132 Other Donation/Chapel $250.00 Friendly Reminder: Dominican Sisters $9,025.00 IGNITE donation checks should be made payable to Propagation of the Faith $25.00 IGNITE. All IGNITE checks are sent to the Archdio- This Collection total is: $39,459.50 cese for processing. Thank you for your generosity. 5:00 PM Mass Attendance: 623 Total Envelopes used: 49 “Do Not Neglect to SHARE What You Have” Envelope Offering: $2,098.00 “Keep doing good works and sharing your resources, Loose Cash/Checks: $10,962.00 for these are the kinds of sacrifices that please God.” DSF 2019 Parish Goal: $138,000.00 8:00 AM Mass Attendance: 290 Pledged $86,054.18 Total Envelopes used: 61 Envelope Offering: $4,443.00 Paid $78,409.67 Loose Cash/Checks: $1,431.00 Percent Paid 56.82% 10:00 AM Mass Attendance: 653 Pledged Under Goal $51,945.82 Total Envelopes used: 69 Paid Under Goal $59,590.33 Envelope Offering: $3,520.00 Loose Cash/Checks: $2,285.00 Number of Participants 301

12:00 PM Mass Average Participant Pledge $285.89 Attendance: 461 Total Number of Households 2,132 Total Envelopes used: 49 Envelope Offering: $2,521.00 Loose Cash/Checks: $1,163.00 OUR PARISH DEBT Original Loan, October 2010: $5,200,000

Total attendance at Masses: 2,027 Amount to be paid: $370,488.33 Offertory envelopes used: 228

Checks should be made payable to St. Maximilian Kolbe. STEWARDSHIP REFLECTIONS DO NOT MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO CASH! That we regularly take time to thank God for all the blessings He bestows on us. Please do not tape offertory/donation envelopes. “Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?” Luke 17:18 Most of us live “easy” lives. We have food, SECOND COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND shelter and clothing. We go on vacation every year and own a car or two. Most of us take There will be a second collection next week- this all for granted. Did you ever notice that end for the Propagation of the Faith. Please people with the least amount of possessions be generous. are usually the most grateful? Shouldn’t this be the other way around? Take time every day and thank God for all He has given you. SAINT MAXIMILIAN KOLBE CATHOLIC CHURCH Page 8 HOUSTON, TEXAS

The Holy Father’s Intentions for 2019: OCTOBER: Evangelization—Holy Spirit That the breath of the Holy Spirit engender a new missionary “spring” in the Church.

World Mission Sunday READINGS FOR THE WEEK Sunday, October 20th Monday: Rom 1:1-7; Ps 98:1-4; Lk 11:29-32

Power Hour Prayer Time; Tuesday: Rom 1:16-25; Ps 19:2-5; Lk 11:37-41 Mondays @ 7pm Immaculata Chapel Wednesday: Rom 2:1-11; Ps 62:2-3, 6-7, 9; Lk Call Jeanette @ 281-914-3676 11:42-46

for more information. Thursday: Rom 3:21-30; Ps 130:1b-6ab; Lk 11:47- 54

Friday: 2 Tm 4:10-17b; Ps 145:10-13, 17-18; Lk 10:1 -9

Saturday: Rom 4:13, 16-18; Ps 105:6-9, 42-43; Lk 12:8-12

Sunday: Ex 17:8-13; Ps 121:1-8; 2 Tm 3:14 -- 4:2; Lk 18:1-8

A.C.T.S. CORE TEAM OPENINGS The ACTS Core Team exists to support the St. Maximilian's "Day of Prayer for Life" ACTS retreat teams at St. Maximilian and to see Help save a life. Invite a friend. Saturday, October 19, 2019 to it that ACTS continues for many years at our Where: Outside the Planned Parenthood parish. The thirteen members of the ACTS Core Abortion Clinic, 4600 Gulf Freeway Team meet once a month. In January, two When: Come any time for one-two hours women and two men complete their terms and between 7am - 1pm. roll off of the Core Team leaving openings for Receive a free "Life-to-the-Max" t-shirt. For more information about carpooling, new members to serve a three-year term. These riding a shuttle bus or to sign up, four Core Team positions are filled by someone contact Tom at 281-380-0403 or Karen who has attended an adult ACTS retreat and has at [email protected] or served on an ACTS retreat team. Core Team 281-639-1999. members are practicing Catholics in good stand- ing with the Catholic Church and are registered parishioners of St. Maximilian. Are you called to • Are you interested serve on the ACTS Core Team? Please spend in becoming Catholic some time in prayer and be open to the guid- or do you know someone ance of the Holy Spirit. Contact Alex Garcia who may be? ([email protected]) or Mary Gwynne • Were you baptized as a child ([email protected]) for more infor- and never completed your Sacraments? mation. Let us know if you are called to serve! • Do you just want a refresher course in We would appreciate your answer by November your faith? 30th. • If the answer to any of these is “ÝES” then RCIA may be for you! Contact Deacon Matt Rust at Come and pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy each [email protected] or Thursday at 3pm in the Immaculata Chapel. All Molly Smith in the parish office. are welcome. Classes have started! Come join us! TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OCTOBER 13, 2019 MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS FRANCIS FOR WORLD MISSION DAY 2019 Baptized and Sent: The Church of Christ on Mission in the World Dear Brothers and Sisters, For the month of October 2019, I have asked that the whole Church revive her missionary awareness and commit- ment. The title of the present Message is the same as that of October’s Missionary Month: Baptized and Sent: The Church of Christ on Mission in the World. Celebrating this month will help us first to rediscover the missionary di- mension of our faith in Jesus Christ, a faith graciously bestowed on us in baptism. Our filial relationship with God is not something simply private, but always in relation to the Church. Through our communion with God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we, together with so many of our other brothers and sisters, are born to new life. This divine life is not a product for sale – we do not practice proselytism – but a treasure to be given, communicated and proclaimed: that is the meaning of mission. We received this gift freely and we share it freely (cf. Mt 10:8), without excluding anyone. God wills that all people be saved by coming to know the truth and experiencing his mercy through the ministry of the Church, the universal sacrament of salvation (cf. 1 Tim 2:4; Lumen Gentium, 48). The Church is on mission in the world. Faith in Jesus Christ enables us to see all things in their proper perspective, as we view the world with God’s own eyes and heart. Hope opens us up to the eternal horizons of the divine life that we share. Charity, of which we have a foretaste in the sacraments and in fraternal love, impels us to go forth to the ends of the earth (cf. Mic 54; Mt 28:10; Acts 1:8; Rom 10:18). A Church that presses forward to the farthest frontiers requires a constant and ongoing missionary conversion. How many saints, how many men and women of faith, witness to the fact that this unlimited openness, this going forth in mercy, is indeed possible and realistic, for it is driven by love and its deepest meaning as gift, sacrifice and gratuitousness (cf. 2 Cor 5:14-21)! The man who preaches God must be a man of God (cf. Maximum Illud).

Fundraiser Donations Still Being Ac- cepted Online Through October 25th towards the Walk for Life @ www.houstoncoalition.org; click donate, then click picture, then choose a St. Maximilian team member. Many thanks to all who walked, ran or donated to the fundraiser for HCL, which runs three pregnancy centers, help- ing women both before and after their baby is born. We want expectant moms to know, we are here to help them choose life. For more information contact Karen at [email protected] or 281-639- 1999.

The Men’s ACTS Retreat Team for 2020 is now forming. If you are considering serving on the team for the first time, or if you have served in the past, please join us on Mondays at 6:30pm in Kolbe Hall for our team kickoff meeting. Information will be provided regarding teaming expectations, preparations for the retreat, and of course singing! Even if you are not sure, COME! You get to catch up with your brothers. The Men's ACTS retreat will be held on January 23rd - 26th, 2020. We are all called to serve. Will you join us in answering God’s call? St. Maximilian Men’s ACTS Leadership Team 2020 Desi Mireles, Director Dillard Dillafosse – Co-director Dave Everest – Co-director Will Smith – Music director Deacon Matt Rust -Spritual Director