february 02, 2020 - the presentation of the lord
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FEBRUARY 02, 2020 - THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD
CONFESSIONS
Half hour before Mass
Saturday 4:00-4:45 p.m.
DAILY MASS TIMES
Monday - Friday
7:00 a.m. (Spanish) &
6:00 p.m. (English)
Saturday
8:00 a.m. (Spanish)
WEEKEND MASS TIMES
Saturday - Vigil Mass
5:00 p.m. (English)
Sunday
8:00 a.m. (Spanish)
10:00 a.m. (English)
12:00 p.m. (English)
2:00 p.m. (Spanish)
4:00 p.m. (Spanish)
6:00 p.m. (English)
OFFICE HOURS
MONDAY
8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
TUESDAY - FRIDAY
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAY
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
ADDRESS
555 E. Del Mar Blvd.
Laredo, Texas 78041
OFFICE PHONE
(956) 722-6215
WEBSITE
www.stpatricklaredo.org
HOLY DAYS OF
OBLIGATION
Office Closed
PASTOR Very Rev. Anthony Mendoza
PAROCHIAL VICAR Fr. Francisco Hernandez
PAROCHIAL VICAR Fr. Pedro Mercado
Priest in Residence Fr. Jacinto Olguín
DEACONS Rev. Deacon Joe Longoria
Rev. Deacon Miguel Robles
Perpetual Adoration is available 24/7 in the Adoration Chapel
Mass Intentions
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2020
8:00 AM Inéz Soria - Por su salud
5:00 PM +David T. Newman
6:30 PM - XV Julissa A. Reyes
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 02, 2020 The Presentation of the Lord
8:00 AM Por Todos los Feligreses de la Parroquia
10:00 AM
+ José I. Maldonado
+ Rosario de Hoyos
+ Santa Teresa Leal
+ Gilberto Leal
+ Francisca Arévalo
+ Anita Arévalo
+ Refugio Arévalo
+ Rosa Flores
12:00 PM Residents of La Bota Ranch
2:00 PM
+ Por Efraín, Carlos y Sergio Alvarado - 7o aniversario
4:00 PM
+ Aurora Palacios de Domínguez
+ Carlos Armando González Snyder - 9o aniversario
+ José María González - 9o aniversario
+ Regina Salazar
Cindy Martínez - Cumpleaños
6:00 PM + Alberto Taboada
MONDAY, February 03, 2020
7:00 AM Almas de la familia Sánchez Urbina
6:00 PM + M/M Rogelio Rios
TUESDAY, February 04, 2020
7:00 AM Javier Reyna - Cumpleaños
6:00 PM + Rosa María Barrios De Dávalos - 15o aniversario
WEDNESDAY, February 05, 2020
7:00 AM Almas de la familia Carrillo
6:00 PM + Jorge Torres Villarreal
THURSDAY, February 06, 2020
7:00 AM + Reynaldo Infante Sr. - 4 o aniversario
6:00 PM
FRIDAY, February 07, 2020
7:00 AM Inéz Soria - Por Su Salud
6:00 PM + Dr. José Molina & + Javier Molina
SATURDAY, February 08, 2020
8:OO AM Luna Valentina Puente - Por su salud
12:00 PM Memorial Mass for Larry Lepovitz
5:00 PM + Guadalupe “Lupe” Medina - 3rd Anniversary
6:30 PM Wedding - Ricardo Ortiz Jr. & Carolina I. Molina
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STAFF ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE DIRECTOR
Viridiana Nevarez Mellado ext. 221
[email protected] RECEPTIONIST
Cristina Garza ext. 210
[email protected] SECRETARY
Karla Xiomara Fernandez ext. 220
[email protected] MINISTRIES DIRECTOR
Lilia L. Salinas ext. 216
[email protected] CCD COORDINATOR
Javier Compean ext. 215
[email protected] CONFIRMATION COORDINATOR
Sylvia Herrera ext. 214
[email protected] FACILITIES & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Vicente Salinas
Mass Intentions
Consider having a Mass said for a birthday, anniversary, or memorial
for someone special. There are Masses available for the 2020 calendar. Please come by the parish office during regular
business hours to reserve your date and time for a Mass intention.
The Sanctuary Lamp is burning this week for the health of:
Alaia Isabella Rodriguez
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Bulletin Deadline Ministries, please make sure to submit your announcements
10 Days prior to date published via
Email at [email protected]
Serve Our Lord, Serve your Parish
Are you looking for a way to become involved? Do you
feel a calling? Do you have a special talent you would like to share
with the parish? Anyone interested who would like to share their time
& talent with any of the various ministries and groups we have here
at St. Patrick are encouraged to contact any of the ministry or group
leaders for more information.
January 25th and 26th, 2020 Total Sunday’s Offering $23,260.80
Online Giving $1,307.00
M I N I S T R I E S ADORATION Ariel Gómez (956) 740-9567 BEREAVEMENT Lucy Cárdenas (956) 763-9145 EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION Dody Foster (956)723-6119 HOSPITAL E. EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Ángeles Guajardo (956) 436-2540 ALTAR SOCIETY Karla Torres [email protected] ALTAR SERVERS Marilú Gorecki (956) 722-6215 LECTORS (English) Victor Ordoñez (956) 236-4598 MUSIC Lupita Chapa (956) 763-6724 USHERS (English) Narciso Castro (956) 740-2226 MEN’S CLUB Narciso Castro (956) 740-2226 JAIL MINISTRY Eduardo/ Gina De la Miyar - (956) 237-3226 Rodolfo/ Maru Portillo (956) 235-4382 GEO JAIL MINISTRY Polo Ramírez (965) 237-3290 ACTS CORE Alexandra Agüero (956) 235-4058 LIFETEEN & EDGE Gwen Garza (956) 729-7090 CHALLENGE & CONQUEST Rosalba Montalvo (956) 286-5997 APOSTOLES DE FATIMA Ivonne Aguirre (956) 744-8737 CABALLEROS DE JESUS Guillermo Abboud (956) 237– 3876 LECTORS (Spanish) Chelly De la Garza (956) 206-1531 USHERS (Spanish) Lupe Solís (956) 337-0519 COMMUNIDADES DE EVANGELIZACION Rosalinda Reyes (956)337-3163 [email protected] CHOICE WINE Javier Compean (956) 722-6215 MARRIAGE COUNSELING Velma Martínez (956) 744-2679 DISCOVER THE BIBLE Carlos Guzmán (210) 316-5950 LORD TEACH ME TO PRAY Cynthia Snyder (956) 763-5065 STA. TERESITA Karla Torres [email protected] Sandra Hernández (956) 242-9332 ENCUENTRO DE NUESTRA SEÑORA Reynaldo Guajardo (956) 237-4795 GOOD SHEPHERD Patty Verduzco [email protected]
Remember on Sundays parking available at the Fire Department and Constables will help you cross the street.
Recuerden los domingos esta disponible el estacionamiento en el Departamento de Bomberos. Los alguaciles les ayudarán a cruzar la calle.
PARISH AND MINISTRY NEWS
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“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.” This quote, attributed to President Abraham Lincoln, expresses how the beauty and order of the universe attest to the existence of an intelligent Creator. If the universe can be thought of like a beautiful and finely tuned watch, it is reasonable to assume that a watch requires a watch-maker. There are of course theories (such as the “Big Bang” theory) as to how the universe could have come into existence without an intelligent designer. Such theories attempt to explain how beauty and order could have been the product of chance physical forces at work on inanimate matter. However we have greater evidence for the existence of God from our own knowledge of what it means to be a person. The meaning of personhood is easy to understand by contrasting ourselves to the animals (non-persons). Animals almost always follow their particular instincts, even when they have no way of knowing why they should do so. A good example is the very predictable behavior of salmon. They hatch in a creek, swim down to the ocean, spend years there growing strong, then they swim against a river’s current, jump over waterfalls past hungry bears and return to the creek where hey were hatched, in order to lay their eggs and die. If they could freely choose whether or not to do this, then their behavior would not be so predictable. Persons also have instincts in the sense that we are inclined to breathe, to eat, to reproduce, to stay alive, etc. But, unlike animals, we can freely choose whether or not to follow our instincts. This is most dramatically seen in the human ability to commit suicide (which is a serious sin and no person should ever consider doing this). Our ability to go against even our strongest instincts shows that we have true freedom of choice, and that is why human behavior is so un-predictable. Because of our free will, persons can freely choose to love others, which indicates that our dignity immeasurably surpasses that of the animals. But what is the source of our personhood? While we may theorize that our material being came from inanimate matter, it is impossible that our personhood could have come from a non-person. Our
ability to freely choose, as persons, can only be reasonably traced back to other persons, such as our parents, our grandparents, our great-grandparents, etc. But in tracing our personhood in this way, we cannot go back in an infinite way to the source of our personhood. As some point there must have been a Person who had no source for His personhood, a Person who was not caused by other persons. That un-caused first cause of all personhood must be a Person Who always existed
(or always exists), Whom we call God. In fact, as Catholics we believe that God is not only the ultimate source of all person-hood, but that He has a direct role in the creation of every person. May we help all persons to get to know Him better, especially by our choices to love others!
FROM THE PASTOR, FR. ANTHONY MENDOZA
Evidence for God from Within Ourselves
Perpetual Adoration is available 24/7 in the Adoration Chapel
FIRE & ICE RETREAT
PARISH AND MINISTRY NEWS
Attention
CCD Parents!
The Children in 1st and 2nd year prep are being tested! Please work with your child. Please note we are monitoring Mass Attendance. We have seen a decline in mass attendance. Mass cards must be turned in after mass to the priest.
St Patrick Church Men’s Club Ministry
Scholarship Applications The Men’s Club Ministry, with the tremendous support of our Pastor and Parishioners, will again be awarding scholarships to high school graduates from our parish. It is the Men’s Club’s desire to award at least fourteen, $1,000 scholarships this school year. The evaluation criteria will have an emphasis on the student’s participation in St. Patrick Church ministries and parish related activities. Scholarship applications may be secured from your school’s academic counselor or may be downloaded from the church web page: www.stpatricklaredo.org - Parish Life tab/Men’s Club. The deadline for submission to the school counselors will be Friday, February 28, 2020.
This meeting is for the LEADER of each ministry. Please only ONE person per ministry. When: February 4th, 2020 - 7:30 p.m.
Where: Rooms # 10 and 11
Thank you for your cooperation!
St. Patrick Teen ACTS invites you to join them for an extraordinary weekend in accordance with the practices and doctrines of the Catholic faith. Sign up starts on February 4th at
9 a.m. on the website: www.stpatricklaredo.org under Teen ACTS. Retreat dates are from March
12th to 15th, 2020 Cost for each retreatant is
$160.00 Financial difficulties should not
prevent anyone from attending the retreat - please contact the life teen website for details
The number of retreatants is limited
If you need more information about the retreat, please contact: Gwen Garza at [email protected]
PARISH & MINISTRY NEWS
Lenten Mission (English)
March 30 through April 2, 2020 - Monday through Thursday 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm Holy Mass each evening 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Mission Hour: Conference with Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament 7:30 pm - Confessions each evening The subjects for the mission conferences are: Baptism: Power to Become Children of God Confession: Resurrection and Reconciliation The Church: That They May All Be One The Eucharist: Heaven on Earth +Mary, Mother of God and Our Mother
The Statements will be mailed out this
week to those that contributed $250.00 or
more last year. If you do not receive it by the
end of next week, please contact our office.
PARISH & MINISTRY NEWS
OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS DEFENDING THE FAITH Conference Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 - for more Information visit the website: ourladyofcorpuschristi.org 2020 Annual Diocesan Conference The New Pentecost: The Holy Spirit Leading us to Holiness - March 28, 2020 / 8am - 4pm For more information and details visit: adc.dofl.org Here I Am LORD-Aquí Estoy Señor( Luke,1:38) Middle School Youth Rally 2020 Saturday, April 4, 2020 Call the Youth Ministry Office: (956)727-2140
Del párroco, p. Anthony Mendoza
La Sagrada Familia
La evidencia de Dios dentro de nosotros mismos "Puedo ver cómo podría ser posible que un hombre mire hacia la tierra y sea ateo, pero no puedo concebir cómo un hombre podría mirar hacia el cielo y decir que no existe Dios". Esta cita, atribuida al presidente Abraham Lincoln, expresa cómo la belleza y el orden del universo dan fe de la existencia de un Creador inteligente. Si se puede considerar el universo como un reloj hermoso y finamente ajustado, es razonable suponer que un reloj requiere un relojero. Por supuesto, existen teorías (como la teoría del "Big Bang") sobre cómo el universo podría haber existido sin un diseñador inteligente. Dichas teorías intentan explicar cómo la belleza y el orden podrían haber sido producto de las fuerzas físicas fortuitas que actúan sobre la materia inanimada. Sin embargo, tenemos mayor evidencia de la existencia de Dios a partir de nuestro propio conocimiento de lo que significa ser un ser humano. El significado de ser humano es fácil de entender al compararnos con los animals. Los animales casi siempre siguen sus instintos particulares, incluso cuando ni siquiera tienen forma de saber el por qué deberían hacerlo. Un buen ejemplo es el comportamiento muy predecible del salmón. Estos pescados nacen en un arroyo, nadan hacia el océano, pasan años allí fortaleciéndose.y después, el salomón nada contra la
corriente de un río, saltan sobre cascadas pasando por osos hambrientos, para luego regresar al arroyo donde nacieron, para poner sus huevos y morir. Si pudieran elegir libremente si deberian de hacer esto o no, entonces su comportamiento no sería tan predecible. Las personas también tienen instintos en el sentido de que estamos inclinados a respirar, comer, reproducirnos, mantenernos vivos, etc. Pero, a diferencia de los animales, podemos elegir libremente si seguimos o no nuestros instintos. Esto se ve más dramáticamente en la capacidad humana de suicidarse (lo cual es un pecado grave y ninguna persona debería considerar hacerlo). Nuestra capacidad de ir en
contra de nuestros instintos más fuertes, demuestra que tenemos una verdadera libertad de elección, y es por eso que el comportamiento humano es tan impredecible. Debido a nuestro libre albedrío, las personas pueden elegir libremente amar a los demás, lo que indica que nuestra dignidad supera de manera inconmensurable a la de los animales. Pero, ¿cuál es la fuente de la condición de ser una persona? Si bien podemos especular que nuestro cuerpo proviene de materia inanimada, es imposible que nuestra condición de ser una persona pueda haber venido de algo que no es una persona. Nuestra capacidad de elegir libremente, como personas, solo se puede trazar razonablement a otras personas, como nuestros padres, nuestros abuelos, nuestros bisabuelos, etc. Pero al tartar de indagar de esta manera, no podemos volver en tiempo de manera infinita a la fuente de nuestra condición de ser una persona. En algún momento debe haber existido una Persona que no tenía una fuente para Su condición de ser una persona, una Persona que no fue causada por otras personas. La primera causa no causada de la condición de ser una persona debe ser una Persona que siempre existió (o siempre existe), a quien llamamos Dios. De hecho, como católicos creemos que Dios no solo es la primera fuente de la condición de ser persona, sino que Dios tiene un papel directo en la creación de cada persona. ¡Que podamos ayudar a todas las personas a conocerlo major, especialmente por nuestra elección de amar a los demás!
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Noticias parroquiales & ministeriales
Se convoca junta para los líderes
de los diferentes ministerios de la parroquia.
¡POR FAVOR, un líder por ministerio!
Fecha: Febrero 4, 2020 Lugar: Salones 10 & 11
¡Gracias por su cooperación!
Mision Cuaresmal (español)
Marzo 23 a Marzo 26, 2020 - lunes a jueves
6:00 pm - Santa Misa 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm : Hora de la misión: Conferencia con la exposición del Santísimo Sacramento 7:30 pm - Confesiones cada noche
Los temas para la conferencia son: Bautismo: El Poder de Ser Hijos de Dios (lunes) Confesión: Resurrección y Reconciliación (martes) La Iglesia : Que Todos Sean Uno (miércoles) La Eucaristía: El Cielo en la Tierra (jueves) + Maria, Madre de Dios y Madre Nuestra
Frances Rizo Margarita Saenz Martinez Inez Soria Christopher Contreras Alemán Luna Valentina Puente
Father of goodness and love, hear our prayers for the sick members of
our community and for all who are in need. Amid mental and physical
suffering may they find consolation in your healing presence. Show your
mercy as you close wounds, cure illnesses, make broken bodies whole and
free downcast spirits. May these special people find lasting health and
deliverance, and so join us in thanking you for all your gifts. We ask this
through Lord Jesus who healed those who believed. Amen
Margaret Verduzco
Aidee Juarez Rogelio Villa Elma Saenz
George W. Kinslow Alaia Isabella Rodriguez