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] Facebook.com/St.Francis.Church.Orange 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: 6:00pm 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. SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 18, 2021 READINGS FOR THE WEEK THE DAYS ARE COMING July 19-25 Separation, isolation, and hostility are terrible things. We are, sadly, too familiar with all of them in our modern life, MONDAY Ex 14:5-18 whether we look at world events or events in our own neighborhoods and families. All three readings today refer to 19 Ex 15:1bc-6 these same sad human conditions. Mt 12:38-42 The prophet Jeremiah describes world conditions as if the people of his time were sheep who had been scattered by poor TUESDAY Ex 14:21 — 15:1 leadership and corrupt shepherds. But “the days are coming,” he assures us (Jeremiah 23:5), when a new shepherd, a just king, 20 Ex 15:8-10, 12, 17 will come. We meet that king in the second reading and the Mt 12:46-50 Gospel. Paul reminds us in the Letter to the Ephesians that all divisions can now cease in Christ Jesus, who has brought us WEDNESDAY Ex 16:1-5, 9-15 together through his blood. In Mark’s Gospel we see Jesus himself, looking with pity on those searching for him as if they 21 Ps 78:18-19, 23-28 were sheep without a shepherd. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Mt 13:1-9 THURSDAY Sg 3:1-4b or 2 Cor 5:14-17 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES 22 Ps 63:2-6, 8-9 Sunday: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jn 20:1-2, 11-18 Tuesday: St. Apollinaris Wednesday: St. Lawrence of Brindisi Thursday: St. Mary Magdalene FRIDAY Ex 20:1-17 Friday: St. Bridget 23 Ps 19:8-11 Saturday: St. Sharbel Makhlūf Mt 13:18-23 SATURDAY Ex 24:3-8 FEAST OF FAITH 24 Ps 50:1b-2, 5-6, 14-15 The Prayer Over the Offerings Mt 13:24-30 In the liturgy of the 1570 Missal, this prayer was called the “secret” prayer. It was “secret” not because its content was SUNDAY 2 Kgs 4:42-44 mysterious, but because it was prayed in silence by the priest, who only recited the conclusion aloud: . per omnia saecula Ps 145:10-11, 15-18 25 saeculorum. With the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, Eph 4:1-6 we again hear these rich prayers spoken aloud. They remind us Jn 6:1-15 to prepare ourselves for what is to happen in the Eucharistic Prayer, for it is not only the bread and wine that will be transformed. The Prayer Over the Offerings is a prayer for transformation, an expression, in a few words, of all that we hope that the liturgy will accomplish in our lives. We ask God to accept the gifts we present, and to change us even as God hallows the bread and wine. As we listen carefully to the Prayer Over the Offerings, we are reminded of what it is that we seek in the Eucharist: to be made holy; to be drawn closer to God; to come to eternal joy, unity, peace, and salvation. —Corinna Laughlin, Copyright © J. S. 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Weekly Church Schedule Sunday, July 18 8:00 a.m. Bilingual Mass 10:30 a.m. Mass 6:00 p.m. Men’s ACTS team meeting 6:30 p.m. Rosary for our Country Saturday July 17 Monday, July 19 5:00 p.m. Kevin & David Wilson (D) No Mass 9:00-6:00 Church open Sunday July 18 9:00-12:00 VBS 8:00 a.m. Lucano Meza (D) 6:30 p.m. Rosary for our country 10:30 a.m. People of the Parish Monday July 19 Tuesday, July 20 8:30 a.m. No Mass 5:45 a.m. Men’s Prayer Group 6:15 a.m. Women’s Prayer Group Tuesday July 20 8:30 a.m. Communion Service 8:30 a.m. Communion Service 9:00-6:00 Church open 9:00-12:00 VBS Wednesday July 21 6:30 p.m. Rosary for our country 6:00 p.m. Communion Service Thursday July 22 Wednesday, July 21 8:30 a.m. Communion Service 9:00-6:00 Church Open 9:00-12:00 VBS Friday July 23 6:00 p.m. Communion Service 8:30 a.m. Communion Service 6:30 p.m. Rosary for our country Saturday July 24 Thursday, July 22 5:00 p.m. Nancy Ehrman (D) 8:30 a.m. Communion Service Sunday July 25 9:00-6:00 Church Open 8:00 a.m. People of the Parish 9:00-12:00 VBS 10:30 a.m. Caleb Granger’s birthday (L) 6:30 p.m. Rosary for our country Friday, July 23 8:30 a.m. Communion Service St. Francis of Assisi 9:00-6:00 Church Open Stewardship of Treasure 9:00-12:00 VBS 6:30 p.m. Rosary for our country July 4, 2021 Saturday, July 24 $6,604.00 3:30-4:30 Confession 5:00 p.m. Mass Online Giving 6:30 p.m. Rosary for our country $3,865.00 July 11, 2021 Sunday, July 25 8:00 a.m. Bilingual Mass $7,432.50 10:30 a.m. Mass (Men’s ACTS Commissioning Mass) Online Giving 6:30 p.m. Rosary for our country $3,305.00 Thank you for your continued support! July 18, 2021 St. Francis of Assisi and Fr. Sinclair Oubre Altar Flowers have scheduled a Memorial Mass Donated by: On Mary Jo Winfrey in honor of Wednesday, August 11, 2021 David and Mary Jo’s 29th Anniversary 6:00 p.m. Blessed Mother Flowers For those who died of Covid Donated by: The book we use for All Souls Day is set up in the Mary Jo Winfrey in honor of back of Church in the Narthex for anyone to fill in David and Mary Jo’s 29th Anniversary names of those who they know died of Covid. Vocations Cross For an increase in gratitude among God’s people for the mercy shown them though the holy vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life in their midst, and that more men and women will faithfully respond to His call, we pray to the Lord. July 17/18 Cathy Martinez July 24/25 Jet & Bridget Toohey July 31/Aug 1 Kathy Arceneaux August 7/8 Harry Langston August 14/15 Diana Breaux August 21/22 Floyd & Mary McDuffie August 28/29 Keysis youth ministry September 4/5 *Available September 11/12 *Available September 18/19 *Available Prayer for Hurricane Season O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed your order and returned to its former quietude; you are still the Master of land and sea. We live in the shadow of a danger over which we have no control. The Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can awake from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land and spread chaos and disaster. During this hurricane season, we turn to You, O loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with the passing of time. O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our Beloved Mother, we ask you to plead with your Son in our behalf, so that spared from the calamities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son to reach the heavenly Jerusalem where a storm-less eternity awaits us.