Church Doors Open –M-F 8:30 am – 5:30 PM

DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET

Weekdays at 3:00 PM Sun., June 26 - 10:30 AM

Holy Cross –Office Staff

June 12, 2016 Holy Cross San Luis St. Ann

Saturday/Sunday $ 3543.00 $ 539.00 $ 0.00 Cemetery Fund $ 819.00 $ 94.27 $ 0.00

Next Week’s Second Collection: Peter’s Pence

Saturday, June 18: Blessed Virgin Mary 5 PM Holy Cross – Freddy Amador (D)

Sunday, June 19: Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8 AM San Luis – Deceased Mbrs – Holy Cross, San Luis & St. Ann (D) 9:30 AM Holy Cross– Theresa Stratmann Bowles (D) Monday, June 20: Weekday – Summer Begins| NO MASS Tuesday, June 21: St. Aloysius Gonzaga

8 AM Holy Cross– Pete Styra (D) Wednesday, June 22: St. Paulinus of Nola, Bishop 8 AM Holy Cross– Anton “Tony” Tam (D) Thursday, June 23: Weekday 5 PM Holy Cross – Ernest Sertuche (D) Friday, June 24: The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist 10 AM Yktn Manor – Gilbert Hinojosa (D) Saturday, June 25: Weekday 5 PM Holy Cross – Lambert and Lillian Respondek (D)

Sunday, June 26: Father’s Day! 8 AM San Luis – Louis Strieber (D) 9:30 AM Holy Cross– Edmond Plasczyk & deceased family mbrs (D)

HOLY CROSS PARISH EVENTS LISTED IN BOLD HIGHLIGHT June 19 Father’s Day | Return Gabriel Project Baby Bottles 21 DeWitt Cnty Gabriel Project Mtg- 6PM-Meyersville 26 K of C Ceremony – Shriner – Call Mike Yeretsky 26 Festival Meeting – Activity Ctr – after 9:30AM Mass All Parishioners are encouraged to attend. 29 Diocese Library Fun Day 10 AM – 11 AM - Free July 2 Guadalupanas meeting – 10 AM – San Luis 4 St. John Parish- 128

th July 4

th Picnic - Schulenburg

3-6 Quo Vadis Vocation Camp for Young Men 5 Gabriel Project @6:30PM-101 W. Convent St., VCT

7-10 Holy Family Teen ACTS Retreat 12 Knights of Columbus meeting – 7 PM Activity Ctr. 21 Bishop Cahill Annual Charity Banquet – 6:30 PM VCT 22 150

th Anniversary - Sisters of the Incarnate Word &

Blessed Sacrament – Jubilee Mass – Holy Family Aug 13-14 Retrovaille: Spiritual Renewal Center 20 Safe Environment Training – 9 AM – Activity Center 21 Divine Mercy Service/Reception – 2:30 PM

25-28 Kenedy Women’s ACTS Retreat

Spring Festivals 6/19 –Runge-St. Anthony’s Annual Picnic 7/4 – Schulenburg, St. John’s 128

th Picnic

A Ritual of Expression of Conversion A holy door or porta sancta has been

used since the fifteenth century as a ritual expression of conversion. Pilgrims and penitents pass through it as a gesture of leaving the past behind and crossing the threshold from sin to grace, from slavery to freedom, and from darkness to light.

Often these rituals are associated with prayers, pilgrimage, sacrifice, confession, and indulgences.

But a holy door finds meaning only when the believer associates the door with Christ. Jesus is the Door! In the words of Pope Francis, “There is only one way that opens wide the entrance into the life of communion with God: this is Jesus, the one and absolute way to salvation. To him alone can the words of the Psalmist be applied in full truth:

‘This is the door of the Lord where the just may enter” – Psalm 118:20

Bishop Cahill Annual Charity Banquet will be held 6:30 PM, Thursday, July 21 @ Victoria Country Club. $100 pp. Call 979-543-8412 or 361-649-5750 for tickets.

The Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament cordially invite you to join them as they celebrate the 150th Anniversary of their Victoria Foundation in 1866. Jubilee Year Opening Mass will be on Friday, July 22, 2016 at 5:30 pm. Bishop Brendan Cahill will preside over ceremony, at the Holy Family Catholic Church. Reception to follow.

All parishioners are encouraged to attend the Holy Cross Festival Kick-Off Meeting after the 9:30 AM Mass on June 26 in the Activity Center. For the festival to be a success, your participation is needed.

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2016 Vacation Bible School Thank you to all the volunteers

and children who participated.

JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY WEEKLY COLLECTIONS

NEXT WEEK’S ASSIGNMENTS

MASS TIMES & INTENTIONS THIS WEEK

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Please remember in your prayers the souls of all who passed away last week, Especially Mary Muniz

“Eternal rest grant unto them Lord & let perpetual light shine upon them”

Also pray for physical and spiritual healing of: Fr. Dan Morales, Braden Brown, Mary Helen Villarreal, Robert Sierra, Henry Vargas, Robert Zaiontz, Melvin Sinast, Lottie Wojtasczyk, Melvin Gallegos, Maurice & Elaine Shenkir, Mary Helen Miller, Hedwig Jendry, Raul Salinas, Sr., Arturo Salinas, Elena Garcia, Lola Amador, Lambert Styra, Robert Migura, Carolyn Buske, Susan Villarreal, Damian Fanelli, Janie Salinas, Gloria Sanford, A.J. Wolpman, Courtney Soliz, Raul Garcia, E.J. Biemer, Henry Amador, Augustin Serrano, Ortencia Serrano, Kathy Banda, Angela Hahn, Irene Boerm, Billy Barrier, David Moczygemba, Michelle Binz Enterline, Linda Torres, Grady Glover, Carolyn Mueller, Irene Mungia, Mary Lou Vela, Debbie Rios, Anthony Corpus, Johnny Waggoner, Cee Cee Yeretsky, Mary Helen Torres, Gloria Salinas, Lisa Bossee, Myrlin Wagner, Roman Fanelli, Irene Ibrom, Yolanda &Shaun Wollerman, Jo Ann Griffin, Hunter Jacob, Lillie Perez, Johnny Ray Garza, Lawrence Waltersdorff, Kathy Howard, Randy Smidt, Antonio & Minerva Guerrero, Margie Smith, Mary & Roland Metting, Dolores Rosalez, Martin Guerrero, Jr., Raul D. Tambunga, Robert Jendrzey, Amber & Anthony Rios, Agustina Rosales and Luran. Reminder: if you have listed someone on the Prayer List & they are doing better, please call the office to remove them from this list. Thank you

Bert Kenna, FIC Independent Broker Agent Financial Services & Fraternal Benefit since 1901 Phone: 361-293-9657 bert.kenna@att.net

CALENDAR of EVENTS

DIVINE MERCY SERIES

Episode 10—The Final Question (25 mins) – Ends June 19 The historical reality of the Second Greatest Story Ever Told includes every one of us—if we’re willing to enter the story. Father Gaitley concludes the series with inspirational & practical tips to show us how.

Access it today on Formed.org Use Parish Code: C637QG

Program will be available again in the fall. For Marian Consecration, go to programs tab, see “33 Days to Morning Glory”.

PARISH PRAYER LIST

Saturday, June 25 5:00 PM Holy Cross Lector: Mike Yeretsky Minister of Communion Cindy Dubose Altar Servers: Philip and Andrew Yeretsky

Sunday, June 26___ 8:00 AM San Luis Lector: Elvira Ybarra Minister of Communion: Rebecca Hinojosa Altar Servers: Jerry Alvarez

Sunday, June 26__ 9:30 AM Holy Cross Lector: Sylvia Hernandez Ministers of Communion: Dicky & Susan Rodriguez, Lorene Migura Altar Servers: Emily and Katy Gwosdz

IF YOU CANNOT SERVE, PLEASE FIND A REPLACEMENT

The 100th Anniversary Pictorial Directories have arrived! Everyone who had their picture taken for the Pictorial

Directory, please come to the office to get your book. Office hours: 8:30 AM-3:30 PM daily. Limited quantity available.

Call to reserve your copy 564-2893

ANNUAL CHARITY BANQUET

WHAT IS A HOLY DOOR?

Parish Catechetical Leadership Training July 12, 14, 19, 21 from 9-4 PM at 1505 E. Mesquite Lane, Victoria, TX $150 cost per person. For more info call Christella Alvarez at 361-573-0828 ext 2227 or go to www.victoriadiocese.org.

SISTERS OF THE INCARNATE

FESTIVAL PLANNING MEETING

DEWITT COUNTY GABRIEL PROJECT

OFFICE OF CATECHETICAL MINISTRY

Please returned filled baby bottles in the basket at the back or in the collection baskets. Checks can be made out to the Victoria Gabriel Project, with reference to the: DeWitt County Chapter.

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FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CHRIST The great fifty-day celebration of Easter has concluded, as have the feasts honoring the Holy Trinity and the Body and Blood of Christ. Last week we began a long stretch of Ordinary Time that will bring us to late November. Saint Paul tells us today that those who are baptized “have clothed yourselves with Christ” (Galatians 3:27). This scripture is echoed in the Church’s baptism ritual when we sing, “You have put on Christ, in him you have been baptized.” This message is inspiring and sobering at the same time, for

in today’s Gospel, we get to the heart of what it means to be clothed in Christ. The Lord tells us, “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23). For the next twenty-two weeks we are called to take up the cross and, with Saint Luke as our guide, follow in the footsteps of Christ.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading Zechariah foretells the Messiah (Zechariah 12:10-11; 13:1). Psalm My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God (Psalm 63). Second Reading There are no distinctions or divisions; we all belong to Christ (Galatians 3:26-29). Gospel Peter proclaims Jesus as the Christ; Jesus speaks of his great

suffering to come (Luke 9:18-24). Reading I The man said, “This one is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called ‘woman’” (Genisis 2:18-24). Psalm May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives (Psalm 128). Reading II He who consecrates and those who are being

consecrated all have one origin (Hebrews 2:9-11) Gospel Whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it (Mark 10:2-16 [2-12]).

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Rectory open M-F 8:30-noon & 1-3:30 pm

Sacrament of RECONCILATION on Saturday 4:00 pm until Mass time or by appointment.

Special services held during Advent and Lent

Please contact the office to prepare for Sacraments as children or adults.

Monday: 2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18; Ps 60:3-5, 12-13; Mt 7:1-5 Tuesday: 2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36; Ps 48:2-4, 10-11; Mt 7:6, 12-14 Wednesday: 2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3; Ps 119:33-37, 40; Mt 7:15-20 Thursday: 2 Kgs 24:8-17; Ps 106:1b-5; Mt 7:21-29 Friday: Vigil: Jer 1:4-10; Ps 71:1-6, 15, 17; 1 Pt 1:8-12; Lk 1:5-17 Day: Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1-3, 13-15; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80 Saturday: Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19; Ps 74:1b-7, 20-21; Mt 8:15-17 Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-11; Gal 5:1, 13-18; Lk 9:51-62

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JUNE 19, 2016 TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

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FATHERHOOD A father carries pictures

where his money used to be.