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Saint Holy Joseph Trinity Welcome to the Catholic Parishes of SAINT JOSEPH & HOLY TRINITY 424 N Mesa Verde - Aztec, NM (505)334-6535 42 Road 3520 - Flora Vista, NM (505) 334-6535 Fax (505) 334-5902 - Visit our website: stjosephaztec.org 22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME August 29, 2021 ST. JOSEPH CHURCH SCHEDULE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH SCHEDULE SUNDAY MASS SUNDAY MASS---------------------9:00 AM Vigil -------------------- Saturday 5:15PM WEEKDAY MASS Sunday --------------------------- 11:00AM Thursday-------------------------6:00 PM SUNDAY: 2ND & 4TH , MISSA EN ESPANOL ------------------------------------- 3:00 PM EUCHARISTIC ADORATION First Thursday 5:00PM-6:00PM Weekday Masses Tuesday ----------------------------- 6:00PM Confessions Wednesday ---------------------- 8:00AM Sunday——-8:00AM-8:45AM Thursdays ----------------------- 8:00AM Or call the priest to make First Friday ----------------------- 8:00AM an appointment. Other Fridays -------------------- 8:00AM First Saturday -------------------- 8:00AM Eucharistic Adoration First Friday --------------- 8:30AM-6:00PM CONFESSIONS First Friday ----------------------- After Mass Saturday --------------- 3:15PM-5:00PM SPANISH ROSARY PAROCHIAL ADMINISTRATOR Father Raja Yeruva Welcome...We extend our hearts in a warm Wednesday ---------------------- 1:30 pm welcome to you whether long term residents or First Friday ----------------------- 1:00 pm Rectory: 333-7366 newly arrived in the parish. We thank God that Office: 334-6535 you are with us. If you attend Mass at our Email: [email protected] Church on a regular basis, will you consider OFFICE HOURS: Monday, Tuesday & EACON registering with us? (Children of registered pa- Thursday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. D rishioners should register separately when they Rev. Mr. James Wurzbach reach age 18.) Please register at stjosephaztec.org, Make St. Joseph Church or Holy Trinity Office: 334-6535 or complete the form below, cut and place this in Email: [email protected] the collection basket, or drop this off at the parish Church a beneficiary of your: office. * Will or Living Trust * Life Insurance IRECTOR OF D * Retirement Plan RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Parish: □ St. Joseph □ Holy Trinity Remembering your Church in your es- Father Raja Yeruva tate plan is a beautiful way to express First Name(s): —————————— DRE-Annamarie Dusenbery your lasting Faith. REP Coordinator-Carmen Ray Last Name:______________________ RCIA Mailing Address:__________________ DMINISTRATIVE TAFF Adults who want o learn more about the A S Street Address:___________________ Catholic Faith—for personal enrichment, or Carmen Ray, 334-6535 in order to convert and/or receive the Email: [email protected] City:___________________________ sacraments—are invited to participate in Earlene Olguin, 334-6535 State:________________Zip:________ the RCIA Program (Rite of Christian Initia- Email: [email protected] tion of Adults). Fill out and submit this form Marie Mengler, 334-6535 Phone:__________________________ to the parish office or put this in the collec- Email: [email protected] tion basket and we will contact you. Email:________________________ Mayordomos Names of children and date of birth: Name:_________________________ St. Joseph: ———————————————— Leo M. Olguin Phone:_________________________ 860-3058 ————–——————————- Holy Trinity: Kevin & Carmen Pacheco-Smith _________________________________ E-mail:_________________________ 320-4900 _________________________________ St. Joseph Parish, Aztec, NM Holy Trinity Parish, Flora Vista, NM MONEYCOUNTERS: Monday, August 30, 2021 are REP RCIA NEWS Francis Roberts and Michele Steele. Thank you to all REP NEWS: We are currently registering children for who volunteer for this ministry. REP Classes through Sept. 1st, 2021. We need to order books and need a headcount. Please Register SECOND COLLECTION: The Second collection this at office during office hours or online. Classes will weekend is Parish Improvement. Next week, September start Sept. 15, 2021. If we have students return 5, is Religious Education Program. after Sacrament of Confirmation we need a teach- er and aide for this class which will consist of 9th AUGUST DEVOTION: The month of August is dedicat- graders and up. Pray about being Jesus’ ministers ed to the Blessed Sacrament, and increased adoration in His Church. His Church needs all of God’s chil- of the Eucharist is encouraged. August is also dedicated dren to be His hands and feet. VOLUNTEER!!!! To to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, on August 15th, the comply with Diocesan regulations we will prepare church celebrates the assumption of Mary into heaven. 2nd graders for Reconciliation. 3rd graders will pre- pare for Holy Communion and Confirmation. 4th, MONTHLY INTENTIONS OF BISHOP WALL: Youth-For 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th grades and any of those students children and students, that, like the children in the Gos- who have not received the Sacrament will be in the pel who embrace Christ, they will trust wholly in the Confirmation class. Classes will be divided by age goodness and love of God. group. For example 4th and 5th are one class. All classes will meet on Wednesday evening 6:00 pm. MONTHLY INTENTIONS OF POPE FRANCIS: Intention Depending on how many students we have in each for evangelization-The Church-Let us pray for the grade level will decide how many classes we need. Church, that She may receive from the Holy Spirit the grace and strength to reform herself in the light of the RCIA & NEXT LEVEL FAITH FORMATION will start Gospel. the first week of October. This is an opportunity to invite our friends and family to come into full COM- THE ADORATION CHAPEL AT ST. MARY'S CHURCH MUNION with The Catholic Church. An opportunity to IN FARMINGTON The Chapel of Perpetual Adoration learn more about your faith which results in a growth at St. Mary's church in Farmington has one vacancy to in faith and spiritual maturity. You don't have to be be filled: Sunday 3:00 to 4:00 am. If you would like a teacher, our resources plan the lesson, we utilize a to be assigned to pray weekly at this time, email: series of videos. You just need a desire to serve [email protected] or call Ann God. If you are interested in helping please call Campbell at 505-801-7090. The chapel also needs Jeanne Frame @ 505-860-8573 or the parish of- more substitutes. Reminders: only 4 people are al- fice. Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no lowed in the chapel at one time with assigned adorers feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through having priority, wear a mask inside the chapel, use the which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the hand sanitizer before and after your visit, take the lat- feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the est substitute list home for your use, and keep the chap- hands through which he blesses all the world. Yours are el door locked at all times. Thank you, and may God the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, you bless you for your devotion. are his body. Christ has no body now on earth but yours.”― Teresa of Avila MEN'S CLUB are selling their annual fundraiser RAFFLE TICKETS on a storage shed, $1,000 gift Cer- tificate, Gun Safe, and other items. See a Men’s Club member to buy your ticket, or come by the par- ish office. Tickets are $20.00 each or $100.00 for a book (six tickets). Storage shed is parked on the cor- ner of Aztec Blvd. and Mesa Verde Ave. KNIGHTS OF COLOMBUS, Council No. 15618 : Fam- ily Night-Sept. 13th, @ 6:30 pm. Council Meeng- Sept. 14th, @ 7:00 pm. Officers Meeng-Sept. 28th, @ 7:00 pm. 22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME August 29, 2021 HOLY TRINITY FIESTA FUNDRAISER: Let us to PASTOR’S PORTION build one community between our sister parishes Dear Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ, of St. Joseph and Holy Trinity and support each This reflection is taken from consecration to to Saint other. On Saturday, August 28th we will have an Joseph by Fr Donald H. Calloway, Saint Joseph is Enchilada Dinner as a Fiesta Fundraiser and to the greatest saint in the kingdom of Heaven became welcome Father Raja, starting at 5:30 pm, with God predestined him for that position. This reality Bingo to follow at 7:00 pm. should make our hearts extremely joyful. Rejoice, devout servants of St. Joseph, for you are CONSECRATION TO ST. JOSEPH close to paradise; the ladder up to it has but three August 21st & August 22nd, 2021 rungs, Jesus, Mary, Joseph." St. Leonard of Port Maurice. Who is not aware that, after the Blessed Mother, St. Joseph, of all the saints, the one who is the dearest to God. St. Alphonsus Ligouori. The ex- alted status given to St. Joseph by Doctors of the Church has led to a particular way of describing the love and reverence due to St. Joseph . The following distinctions were created by theologians and are very helpful for understanding the reverence due to God and his saints. Latria (adoration) God. Hyper- dulia (highest reverence) Mary. Protodulia ( first revered) St. Joseph. Dulia (revered) All other saints. In a unique place, over all others, is God. He alone is worthy of adoration. In Greek, the word for ado- ration is latria. Only God is worthy of latria ( ado- ration) .The Virgin Mary, below God but everyone else (including the highest choirs of angels, ) is given a special form of veneration whose Greek name is hyperdulia, which means "highest revered". Saint Joseph, below Mary but above all the other saints. Last but not least are the saints, we acknowledge their holiness and honor them with a type of venera- tion whose Greek name is dulia, which means rever- ence." Faithfully yours in Christ, Rev. Raja Yeruva, Parochial Administrator ST. JOSEPH FIESTA NEWS: This year in order to be safe, the few people who have met for the Fi- esta Planning meetings have decided that we will do outdoor food.
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