Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower

Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the Blessing of the Cornerstone 1929-2019

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time October 6

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel & St. Thérèse Parish • Discalced Carmelite Fathers of San Antonio 1715 N. Zarzamora St., San Antonio, TX 78201

Welcome to the Basilica of the Little Flower

90th Anniversary Mass of the Basilica’s Cornerstone Blessing

Saturday, Oct. 12 at 5 p.m.

Join us in celebrating this milestone as we look to the future of the Basilica and its restoration. Following the Solemn Mass, a reception and gala din-ner will be held at Little Flower School and the Parish Hall. All proceeds of the evening will support the Ba-silica Restoration Project. Tickets are $100 per per-son. The keynote speaker for the evening will be Cecilia Abbott, the First Lady of Texas. Our emcee for the evening will be local TV newscaster Randy Beamer. The finale of the evening will be Fuerza Flamen-ca flamenco dancers.

Find out more about the 90th Anniversary, the Basilica, the Restoration Project, the Carmelites,

and St. Therese at: littleflowerbasilica.org

Upcoming Events

For more events, visit our website: littleflowerbasilica.org

Altar Society Meeting Sunday, Oct. 27, 9:15 a.m., Pastoral Center The Altar Society will be participating in several autumn events to bring together parishioners and visitors in an atmosphere of faith and fellowship! New & current mem-bers are invited to worship together at the 5:30 p.m. Mass on Saturday, Oct. 26

Pre-Rose Festival Raffle

Congratulations to Dolores Cox, winner of Week 3’s $50 gift card!

Our final winner is Norma Gonzales!

The Rose Festival Raffle takes place Oct. 20th, don’t forget to turn in your raffle tickets for a

chance to win!

Your contributions make a difference!

Week of Sept. 29 Parish Operations Donations: $5,897.45 St. Thérèse Feast Day (Second Collection): $1,054.05 Average Monthly Operations Shortfall: $5,416.67

Second Collection

Oct. 6: Hope for the Future/ Catholic Schools* Hope for the Future helps families obtain the spir-itual and academic benefits of a Catholic school education through need-based tuition assistance. Please help support these families!

Oct. 13: St. Vincent de Paul Society* The St. Vincent de Paul Society assists the Little Flower community. It serves an average of 70 fami-lies in the community per month by providing assis-tance with utilities, rental, prescription payments, and food while sharing with them the love of Christ.

*Not all second collections go towards parish operations, second collections such as these are not included in the Parish Donation report. Consider making an extra donation the Church Maintenance Fund or increasing your Sunday offering to help the parish!

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Restoration Fund

Interested in donating to the Basilica’s Restoration Project? The Basilica is showing its age, with struc-tural cracks and other deterioration. According to an engineer’s assessment, structural repairs amount-ing to approximately $14 million are necessary to adequately address the problems of water infiltra-tion. Following that is interior remodeling, estimated at an additional $5.6 million.

To read more about this project and donate, visit: littleflowerbasilica.org/restoration-project

Parish Donations Help to support the needs and operation of your parish through the first

Sunday collection, church maintenance fund, or online giving!

O u r 9 3 r d A n n u a l R o s e F e s t i v a l i s

fast approaching. Please support the Little Flower Basilica

Rose Festival Raffle!

If you did not receive raffle tickets in the mail or would

like more tickets, please contact the Basilica administra-

tion office at (210) 735-9126 ext. 100.

Keep forgetting your weekly envelopes? Register for online giving today!

Visit or call the Basilica administration office for help on setting up your recurring gift,

or visit our website at littleflowerbasilica.org/online-giving/

Have you heard?

Your weekly Mass donations aren’t the only way you can help us overcome our monthly deficit. Supporting parish fundraisers like

Sunday Breakfasts & the Rose Festival all contribute to Parish Operations!

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Festival Raffle Prizes

Grand - $2,000 Gift Card

2nd - $1,000 Gift Card

3rd - $500 Gift Card

4th - $250 Gift Card

5th - $200 Gift Card

6th - $150 Gift Card

7th - $100 Gift Card

8th - $100 Gift Card

9th - $100 Gift Card

10th - $100 Gift Card

Community News We invite you to get involved at the Basilica!

Share Your Time and Talent with

Little Flower Organizations!

Faith Formation: Cameron Gal-

van

Brown Scapular: Maria Medina

Altar Society: Dolores Cox

St. Vincent de Paul: Richard

Aguilar

English Choir: Elaine Bir

Spanish Choir: Janeth Villase-

ñor

Children’s Choir: Thelma Mon-

tez

Eucharistic Ministers & Lectors English: Brenda Villarreal Spanish: Carmen Leija

Homebound: Rosemary Saucedo

Ushers: Fred Garcia

Altar Servers: Charles Luevano

Arts & Crafts: Rosie Cardenas

Interested in joining an organization? Find out more about these organiza-

tions on the Basilica’s website.

Contact the Basilica administration office:

(210)735-9126 ext. 100

824 Kentucky Ave., 78201 littleflowerbasilica.org/organizations

Community News We invite you to get involved at the Basilica!

Faith

Upcoming Events

− Lectio Divina (in Spanish) Mondays at 7 p.m. Reflection with Fr. Luis Belmonte, OCD, at Casa del Carmen (828 Kentucky Ave.)

For more events, visit the Basilica’s website: littleflowerbasilica.org

The Basilica is a center of spiritual and apostolic activity, where we invite you to renew your

commitment to God and begin a new journey in faith.

Extraordinary Ministers Needed

Form a closer relationship with Jesus Christ through the Eucharist! Volunteer with the church as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion (EM). EMs assist our Carmelite Fathers by helping distribute Holy Communion at Mass and by visiting the sick and home bound.

A short training session teach-es ministers about the handling of the Eucharist and special situations that sometimes arise. Training for this minis-try is being offered soon.

To join this Ministry text:

Brenda (210) 325-2117 or

Colleen (210) 317-4456

Did you know?

The choice of St. Thérèse as our provincial patron can be traced back to the events of her beatification in 1923. In

February 1923, the final act of the Apostolic Process of St. Thérèse’s cause for beatification and canonization was com-pleted, as the decree approving her miracles was read in

the Consistorial Hall of the Vatican. Pope Pius XI then gave a speech in which he gave tribute to the Little Flower. “With all our heart we congratulate the religious family of Carmel on

the new flower which the charity of the Divine Heart has caused to spring up in their garden…”

Lord, hear our prayers… The following family, friends and members of Little Flower Parish need your prayers.

Contact the parish office to have names added to the prayer list.

Sandra Hage Kay Shaw Susan Richter Mary Curiel Mr. & Mrs. Cadena Dorothy Vasquez Deacon James Garza Homer & Maria Gaytan Elizabeth Ng George Zentella, Jr. Elizalde Family Richard & Pocahontas Corbett Nadia Guillen & family Mr. & Mrs. Phalen Antonio Zepeda

Darlyne Cox Casas Family Ubaldo Cortez Nodal Roger Acosta Michael Villarreal, Jr. Kenneth Narendorf Diana Valague Henrietta Vara Joyce Zurovec Alexander Salazar Dora Villarreal Jimmy Joe & family Judy Gardner Helen Murphy Maxine Cadena

Mario & Rosa Alfaro Amalia Moreno Ricardo Luna Margarita Villarreal Ed Zoller Andy Nicolau Jonathan Diaz & Xavier Ann Garza Zane & Jennifer Narro Angela Salinas Peggy Moore Angela Gonzales & family Jessica McCann Audra Carter Gilette Family

Isaac Gonzalez Jimmy Joe & family Rita & Larry Cantu Steve Borrego Victoria Kosub Pam McCluskey Brody Gaston Esperanza Martinez Elizabeth Guerrero Carmen Sanchez Lina & Frank Limon Serna Limon Family

Mass Schedule

Sunday: 8 a.m., 10 a.m. (Spanish), 12 p.m., 2 p.m., and 6 p.m. (Spanish) Monday-Friday: 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday: 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. (Vigil) Daily: 7 a.m. at the Carmelite Nuns Convent, 6301 Culebra.

SPECIAL MASSES

Tuesday: Carmelite Community Mass at 6 p.m.

1st Friday of the Month: Mass for the Sick at 6 p.m.

RELIC VENERATION Tuesday: after the 6 p.m. Mass, First-class relics of the Little Flower available to the public to touch and venerate.

Confessions

Tuesday: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday: 4-5 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. For appointments call the administration office.

SPIRITUAL DIRECTION For appointments to meet with a Carmelite priest call the administration office.

EVENING PRAYER (VESPERS)

Saturday: 5 p.m.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Thursday: 6:30-7:30 p.m. (Holy Hour) Daily: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. St. Elias Chapel

Mass Intentions Masses are often offered in celebration of anniversaries, re-membrance, birthday, and graduation. They might also be offered for souls in purgatory, for health and spiritual well-ness, and other intentions. Suggested donation is $10. Call or visit the Basilica administration office to schedule your Mass!

Sunday, Oct. 6: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 8 a.m. Sick & Troubled who seek Frederick Ozanam’s Help 10 a.m. For Our Parishioners 12 p.m. + Salvador & + Luisa Campos 2 p.m. Little Flower Mass Association 6 p.m. + Ernestina Alvarado Monday, Oct. 7: Our Lady of the Rosary 12 p.m. + Myong & + Jeannie Williams 6 p.m. Special Intentions Tuesday, Oct. 8: Weekday [27] 12 p.m. Asher Gamman 6 p.m. For Our Benefactors Wednesday, Oct. 9: Weekday [27] 12 p.m. + Fr. Raphael Kitz, OCD 6 p.m. J. Brett Leyden & Family Thursday, Oct. 10: Weekday [27] 12 p.m. Dr. Matthew & Kathleen Harrison & Family 6 p.m. + Rebecca Cuellar Valdez Friday, Oct. 11: Weekday [27] 12 p.m. + Patricia Ann Malone 6 p.m. Special Intentions Saturday, Oct. 12: Blessed Virgin Mary/ Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time [Vigil] 8 a.m. Benito Rojas 5:00 p.m. Fr. Emmanuel Nnadozie, OCD

Mass Enrollments The Discalced Carmelite friars would like to invite you to en-roll your loved ones, living or deceased, in the Little Flower Carmelite Mass Association, named in honor of our beloved patroness. As a token of your love, we will send an enroll-ment certificate to your loved one to be enrolled.

Enrollments are for one year and $25 per individual or family. Enroll your loved ones by visiting the Basilica website: littleflowerbasilica.org/mass-association/ or the administration office.

General Information

Province of St. Thérèse Basilica Administration Office

824 Kentucky Ave, 78201 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Tel. (210) 735-9126 ~ Fax (210) 735-1389

Discalced Carmelite Friars Pastor & Rector: Fr. Luis Belmonte-Luna, OCD

Community: Fr. Marion Bui, OCD Fr. Henry Bordeaux, OCD

Fr. Bonaventure Sauer, OCD Fr. Emmanuel Nnadozie, OCD

Staff Front Office ext. 100

Executive Director: Susana Cantu ext. 114 Business Manager: Laura Cole ext. 105 Bookkeeper: Consuelo Salazar ext. 104

Records: Sylvia DeHoyos ext. 102 Faith Formation: Cameron Galvan ext. 110

Facility Coordinator: Colleen Ortegon ext. 108 Maintenance: Tony Dominguez

Little Flower Gift Shop 920 Kentucky Ave., 78201

Tel. (210) 736-3889