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ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY – FRIDAY 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 20000 Loop 494 New Caney, Texas 77357 Church Office: 281-399-9008 Fax: 281-399-1500 Weekend only: 832-370-3930 Church Web site: www.sjotctx.org E-mail: [email protected] BAPTISM/BAUTIZO: Parents and Godparents are required to attend a baptismal class prior to their child's baptism. To register, please stop by the office Wednesday-Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Para registrarse favor de ir a la oficina, Miércoles — Viernes, de 9 a.m. a 3 p.m. Para mas información llame a la oficina de la parroquia. WEDDINGS/BODAS: Contact the church office at least six (6) months prior to wedding date. Llame a la oficina de la Iglesia seis (6) meses antes de la fecha de su boda. RCIA: If you are a non-Catholic wishing to become a Catholic or if you are a baptized Catholic needing 1st Communion and Confirmation, call the CCE office, 281-399-9008 ext 304. Si usted no es Católico pero desea ser Católico o si usted ya esta bautizado pero no ha recibido su Primera Comunión o Confirmación, llame a la oficina de catecismo 281-399-9008 ext 304. October 22, 2017 Year A World Mission Sunday WEEKEND MASSES Saturday: 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. MISA EN ESPANOL Domingo: 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. WEEKDAY MASSES Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 8:30 a.m. MISA EN ESPANOL Lunes: 7:00 p.m. COMMUNION SERVICE Friday 8:30 a.m. SPECIAL DEVOTIONS First Friday & First Saturday of Month 8:30 a.m. Preciosísima Sangre Jueves: 11 p.m.-3 a.m. HOLY HOUR/ADORACION Monday/Lunes – Friday/Viernes 7:00am – 8:00am Monday/Lunes 7:30 p.m. — 9:00 p.m. Wednesday/ Miércoles 9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Silent hour 9 a.m.-10 a.m 8 p.m.-10 p.m. CONFESSIONS/ CONFESIONES Saturday/Sábado: 4:00 p.m. — 4:45 p.m. Monday/Lunes: 6:00 p.m. — 6:45 p.m. Monday to Friday: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m . Chaplet of Divine Mercy Lunes al Viernes: 3:00 p.m-4:00 p.m. Coronilla de la Divina Misericordia WELCOME! ¡BIENVENIDOS! Pastor: Fr. Linh Nguyen MISSION STATEMENT BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST JESUS, WE UNITE, WE LOVE, WE EVANGELIZE TO ALL DECLARACIÓN DE MISIÓN BAUTIZADOS EN CRISTO JESUS, NOS UNIMOS, NOS AMAMOS Y EVANGELIZAMOS A TODOS

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OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY – FRIDAY 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

20000 Loop 494 New Caney, Texas 77357 Church Office: 281-399-9008 Fax: 281-399-1500

Weekend only: 832-370-3930

Church Web site: www.sjotctx.org E-mail: [email protected]

BAPTISM/BAUTIZO: Parents and Godparents are required to attend a baptismal class prior to their child's baptism. To register, please stop by the office Wednesday-Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Para registrarse favor de ir a la oficina, Miércoles — Viernes, de 9 a.m. a 3 p.m. Para mas información llame a la oficina de la parroquia. WEDDINGS/BODAS: Contact the church office at least six (6) months prior to wedding date. Llame a la oficina de la Iglesia seis (6) meses antes de la fecha de su boda. RCIA: If you are a non-Catholic wishing to become a Catholic or if you are a baptized Catholic needing 1st Communion and Confirmation, call the CCE office, 281-399-9008 ext 304. Si usted no es Católico pero desea ser Católico o si usted ya esta bautizado pero no ha recibido su Primera Comunión o Confirmación, llame a la oficina de catecismo 281-399-9008 ext 304.

October 22, 2017 Year A World Mission Sunday

WEEKEND MASSES Saturday: 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. MISA EN ESPANOL Domingo: 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. WEEKDAY MASSES Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 8:30 a.m. MISA EN ESPANOL Lunes: 7:00 p.m.

COMMUNION SERVICE Friday 8:30 a.m.

SPECIAL DEVOTIONS First Friday & First Saturday of Month 8:30 a.m. Preciosísima Sangre Jueves: 11 p.m.-3 a.m.

HOLY HOUR/ADORACION Monday/Lunes – Friday/Viernes

7:00am – 8:00am Monday/Lunes

7:30 p.m. — 9:00 p.m. Wednesday/ Miércoles 9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Silent hour 9 a.m.-10 a.m 8 p.m.-10 p.m.

CONFESSIONS/CONFESIONES Saturday/Sábado:

4:00 p.m. — 4:45 p.m. Monday/Lunes:

6:00 p.m. — 6:45 p.m.

Monday to Friday: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m . Chaplet of Divine Mercy Lunes al Viernes: 3:00 p.m-4:00 p.m. Coronilla de la Divina

Misericordia

WELCOME! ¡BIENVENIDOS! Pastor: Fr. Linh Nguyen

MISSION STATEMENT

BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST JESUS, WE UNITE, WE LOVE, WE EVANGELIZE TO ALL

DECLARACIÓN DE MISIÓN

BAUTIZADOS EN CRISTO JESUS, NOS UNIMOS, NOS AMAMOS Y EVANGELIZAMOS A TODOS

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“Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God.” — Matthew 22:21 Pg. 2

Regularly Schedule Mass and Events

October 2017

________________________Saturday, 21______________________ TODAY’S READING: Rom 4:13, 16-18; Ps 105:6-9, 42-43; Lk 12:8-12 4:00 p.m. –4:45 p.m Confessions Church 5:00 p.m. Mass Mary Magdalena Chinh Nguyen (D), George Brown (D) Church _____________________Sunday, 22_________________________ TODAY’S READING: Is 45:1, 4-6; Ps 96:1, 3-5, 7-10; 1 Thes 1:1-5b; Mt 22:15-21 7:00 a.m.—11:00 a.m. A.C.T.S. Hombres St. Raphael 9:00 a.m. Mass Church 9:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. RCIA (Sp) Cross Center 11:00 a.m. Misa Sofía Wong & Family (SI) Iglesia 1:00 p.m. Misa Iglesia 5:00 p.m. Misa Iglesia _______________________Monday, 23_______________________ TODAY’S READING: Rom 4:20-25; Lk 1:69-75; Lk 12:13-21 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy Church 6:00 p.m.— 6:50 p.m. Confessions Church 7:00 p.m. Modesto Sánchez (D) Iglesia 7:oo p.m.-8:15 p.m. Prep– class Cross Center 7:30 p.m. –9:00 p.m. Adoratoion/Adoración al Santísimo Iglesia _______________________Tuesday, 24_______________________ TODAY’S READING: Rom 5:12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21; Ps 40:7-10, 17; Lk 12:35-38 8:30 a.m. Mass Dottie Day (D) Church 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy Church 7:00 p.m.—8:15 p.m. CCE Classes Cross Center 7:00 p.m. -8:15 p.m. RCIA (Eng) St. Paul 7:00 p.m.--9:00 p.m. Grupo de Oración Church ______________________Wednesday, 25____________________ TODAY’S READING: Rom 6:12-18; Ps 124:1b-8; Lk 12:39-48 8:30 a.m. Mass: Stephen Toan Dinh (D) Church 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Adoration/Adoración al Santísimo Church 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Grupo de Oración St. Peter 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Taller y Oracion y Vida St. Joseph 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy Church 6:00 p.m.-6:50 p.m. Youth Choir Church 7:00 p.m.—8:15 p.m. CCE Classes Cross Center 8:15 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Adoration/ Adoración al Santísimo Iglesia _______________________Thursday, 26______________________ TODAY’S READING: Rom 6:19-23; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 12:49-53 8:30 a.m. Mass Betty Rees (B) Church 8:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m. Food Pantry Office Bldg 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Adult Bible Study Library 3:00 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy Church 7:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Legion of Mary (Spa) St. Joseph 7:00 p.m.—8:15 p.m. CCE Classes Cross Center 7:30 p.m. KoC Meeting St. Michael 11 p.m.- 3:00 a.m. Sangre Preciosa de Cristo Iglesia _______________________Friday, 27________________________ TODAY’S READING: Rom 7:18-25a; Ps 119:66, 68, 76-77, 93-94; Lk 12:54-59 3:00 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy Church 7:00 p.m.—9 p.m. Taller Oracion y Vida St. Joseph 7:30 p.m. Ultreya (Spa.) St. Peter _______________________Saturday, 28______________________ TODAY’S READING: Eph 2:19-22; Ps 19:2-5; Lk 6:12-16 4:00 p.m. –4:45 p.m Confessions Church 5:00 p.m. Mass Darryl Byrd (B.D.) Church

Pastoral Council Mike Borski, Chair Person [email protected] [email protected] C: 281-850-8359 H: 281-601-6073

María Villanueva, Vice-president [email protected] 281-954-1265

Financial Council T.B.D

Administration: Teresa Valdez [email protected] 281-399-9008 ext 302

Faith Formation DRE Lectors - English Cursillo Children’s Liturgy: Debbie Davis [email protected] 832-391-1318 281-399-9008 ext. 304

Liturgy/ Bulletin Evangelina Ramon [email protected] 281-399-9008 ext. 301

Spiritual Advisor Deacon Alfredo Soto [email protected] 832-660-8245

Annulment Assistance Tommie Valle [email protected] 832-594-1049

Knights of Columbus 13166: Gregory W. Metoyer [email protected] 713-376-6105

Catholic Daughters 2500: Delores Green [email protected] 281-399-9868

Vocation Committee: Freddie Santos [email protected] 832-372-0118

Youth Coordinator: Amanda Silva [email protected] 832-235-0535

Maintenance Committee: Hector Gomez [email protected] 713-408-2507

Social Life Committee: Maria Gomez [email protected] 832-489-0928

Hosanna & Emmanuel Choir: Jeanne Fuchser [email protected] 281-802 -2146

EM Ministers - English: Rachel Borski [email protected] C: 281-601-6073/H: 832-256-3632 Sacristan - English: Mike Rees [email protected] 832-368-8387

Los Apóstoles de San Juan: Laura Campos: [email protected] 346-226-9389

Legión de Maria Maria Gonzalez, Presidente: 281-571-1250 Celestino Revuelta,Vice-Presidente: [email protected] 832-318-5475

Adoración Preciosísima Sangre: Juan Carlos Nanez [email protected] 832-886-8082

EM Ministers - Spanish: Virginia Santillan [email protected] 281-520-1960

Lectors - Spanish: Esthela Hernandez [email protected] 832-655-3732

ACTS Valerio Rubio, Facilitador [email protected] 281-660-3805

Aydee Guerrero, Co-Facilitadora [email protected] 832-977-0203

Movimiento Familiar Cristiano: Evaristo Estrada [email protected] 832-244-9908 Linda Estrada [email protected] 832-244-9903 Coro de ABBA Padre: Guillermina Solis [email protected] H: 281 -572-2043 C: 936-647-8904

Coro Jesus Bambino: Rebeca Salas [email protected] 281-798-0470

Coro San Juan de la Cruz: Juan Santoyo [email protected] 832-579-2336

Mother’s Day Out Susan Schwers [email protected] 281-253-4677

Saint John of the Cross Contacts

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“Den, pues, al César los que es del César, y a Dios lo que es de Dios”. — Mateo 22:21 Pg 3

Ill of the Parish Enfermos de la Parroquia

Bill Frederick, Aurora Morris, Mirthala Martínez, Mary Gor-man, Bob Woelfel, Armando Ascentncio, Destiny Medina, Bernice Novosad, Reyna George, Elpidio Avila, T.J. Mulhern, Joe Pomilla, George Macaluso, Mary Kathryn McGee, Evelyn Woelfel, Dee Fontz, Guadalupe Alexander Carbajal, Estela Cruz Ramírez, Kirby Knight, Martin Zepeda Jr., Ines Salinas Valdivieso, Marie Coose, María Salas, Tere-sita Rocha, Arlyne Covarrubias, Fred Ullrich, Juana Lara, Ursala Thurley, Janet Therens, Rose Kasprzak, Vicenta Pe-na, Patricia Rodríguez Rivera, Raymond Ramírez, Agustín Barrón, Sara Parker, Deborah Zepeda, Margaret Macaluso, Nicolás Andablo, Ranulfo Otero Jr., Clara Clinton, Donna Giacona, Lizbeth De León, Jimmy McGee, Debbie Gard-ner, Marcus Marchette, Alfredo Hernández, Esperanza Jaimes, Robert Ray, Floyd B.

**Please notify the office if the status of your loved one has changed. We will keep the names for 3 weeks only. Thank you for your cooperation. **Por favor de notificarle a la oficina si hay algún cambio con sus ser querido. El nombre de su ser querido estará por 3 semanas solamente. Gracias por su cooperación.

STEWARDSHIP UPDATE Yearly Estimated Budget $ 364,000.00 Estimated YTD– July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018 $ 105,928.39 Weekly Estimated Budget $ 7,000.00 Actual Collection For Oct. 14 & Oct. 15 $ 7,017.21 (Over/Under Budget) Oct. 14 & Oct. 15 $ (17.21) Flower Collection Oct. 14 & Oct. 15 $ 50.00 Children's Collection Oct. 14 & Oct. 15 $ 344.52 Food Pantry Coll. Oct. 14 & Oct. 15 $ 2,284.66

YTD Collection for Children

7/1, 2017— 6/30, 2018 $3,844.04

New Parishioners: Please register. Registration forms can be obtained from ushers after or before mass, or you may stop by the parish main office Mon – Fri from 9am-5pm.

Parroquianos Nuevos: Por favor sea parte de San Juan de la Cruz registrándose. Pase a la oficina a solicitar una forma de registración de lunes a viernes de 9:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m. o pidiéndosela a un acomodador antes o después de Misa.

WELCOME! !BIENVENIDOS! New Members for the month of October

New Parishioners welcome to our church/ Bienvenidos a nuestra parroquia a las siguientes familias: Mr. & Mrs. Adrian Solis, Mr. & Mrs. Hipolito Aguilar, Mr. & Mrs. Cristobal Romero, Mr. & Mrs. Fernando Gonzales.

Food Pantry: Peggy Beyer [email protected] 281-627-4706 H.A.A.M. 281-446-1004 www.haamministries.org

Art and Environment: Marlene Idoux [email protected] 281-399-8826

Vida Nueva en Cristo: Flor Cepeda [email protected] 281-948-3347

Grupo Folklórico/ Dancers: Edith Salinas: [email protected] 281-306-1617

Parish Library / Book Study Cecilia McDonald [email protected]

832-434-2301 Altar Server - Spanish: Federica Garay (all masses) [email protected] 832 –316-0541

Ultreya Vicente/Ramona Rico 832-588-4716 or 281-748-1132 [email protected] Pedro Landaverde (representative) [email protected] 832-526-2274

Greeters - Spanish: Maria Aldana 7 PM, 11 AM: [email protected] 832-814-8467 Maria Paredes 1 PM: 832-401-7287

Ushers - Spanish: Luis Norberto 5PM 832-887-6962 Arturo y Maria Aldana 11 AM [email protected] 832-814-8467 Maria Paredes 1 PM: 832-401-7287

Saint John of the Cross Contacts— continued

DSF 2017 Update As of 10/19/2017

If you have not had the opportunity to donate to the Di-ocesan Service Fund this year, please fill out an envelope located at the entrance of the Church or visit www.archgh.org/dsf. Help us attain our parish goal of $32,000.00

Si usted no ha tenido la oportunidad de enviar su dona-ciones este año, al Fondo de Servicio Diocesanos, por favor use los sobres que están en la entrada de la Iglesia o www.archgh.org/dsf.

Parish goal: $32,000.00 Meta Parroquial

Total Amount paid: $25,077.36 Cantidad Pagada

Total Amount Pledge: $26,004.86 Cantidad Prometida

# of Participants: 142 # de Participantes

Average Participant pledge:

183.13 Promedio de Cada Promesa

Paid Over (Under) Goal ($6,922.64) Pago Hecho (Sobre bajo) la Meta

Pledged Over (Under) Goal

($5,995.14) Promesa Hecha (Sobre bajo) Meta

Percent Paid 78.37% Porciento Ya Pagado

ALL SOULS DAY A memorial table will be set up to the side of the altar. You may bring a small framed picture of your faithfully depart-ed loved one and place on the table to commemorate them throughout the month of November. All Souls day envelopes are located at the entrance of the church. You can take one with you and fill out the information needed and deposit the envelope in the provided box by the altar.

DIA DE LOS FIELES DIFUNTOS Al lado del altar estará una mesa para conmemorar a las almas de nuestros difuntos. Usted puede traer una foto pequena de su ser querido que ya ha partido y colocarla sobre esta meza para ser recordado en las misas del mes de noviembre. Tambien tenemos sobres especiales ponga ahi toda la informacion requerida y deposítela en la caja especial que esta en el altar.

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Sanctuary Candle

Saturday October 21-27, 2017

Betty Rees (B)

Requested by: Mike Rees

Pg. 4

ADORATION: I wait silently at the doors of the church. I wait and hope that you would come. St. John of the Cross offers Adora-tion of the Blessed Sacrament on Mondays from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Wednesdays from 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m., 8 p.m.-10:00 p.m. and Monday-Friday from 7a.m.- 8a.m. Come and spend some time with the Lord.

Silent hour/ Hora en silencio 9AM-10AM ADORACION: Yo espero en silencio a las puertas de la Iglesia. Espero y deseo que vengas a acompañarme. San Juan de la Cruz ofrece Adoración al Santísimo Sacramento los Lunes de 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. y los Miércoles de 9:00 a.m.– 11:30 a.m. y 8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Lunes - Viernes de 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Ven a pasar tiempo con el Señor.

OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCE to the family of: Joseph “Joe” Pomilla

“Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God.” — Matthew 22:21 Pg. 4

Date: Monday—Thursday

Time: 9AM-12:30PM

Where: SJOTC Cross Center Building

Age: 18months-5rs. If not en-rolled in school.

For more information contact Susan Schwers @ 281-253-4677

FOOD PANTRY NEWS October is peanut butter, jelly & plastic bags month. Thank you for all your help. La despensa de nuestra parroquia esta solicitando donaciones de crema de cacahuate y mermeladas. De antemano le damos gracias por sus donaciones.

Open Thursday Only / Abierto Jueves Solamente 8:30a.m. - 11:30 a.m. FOOD PANTRY REPORT

158 People were helped this past week 158 Personas que se ayudo la semana Pasada $ 1,200.80 Worth in groceries given out Oct. 12, 2017

TAMALE SALE

Sat./ Sabado Oct. 28th & Sun./Domingo Oct. 29th

after the 5PM, 9AM, 11AM & 1PM masses

$10/dozen Pork, Spicy pork, chicken & Beef Tamales will be frozen in vacuum seal packs

Parish Breakfast

Sunday/ Domingo Oct. 29th after 9AM & 11AM masses $4 panckes & sausage plate

$1 chorizo & egg taco

$1 beans

$5 menudo bowl All breakfast includes a beverage choice of coffee, milk or water

Save the Date/ Reserva la fecha

St. John of the Cross Fall Bazaar November 12, 2017

10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Raffle tickets are sold after each Mass $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00

Prizes : 1. John Deere riding Lawn mower/ Cortadora de Zacate marca John Deere

2. 256GB I-Pad Pro

3. 3 piece Grill set/ Asador de carne de 3 piezas

4. 55 inch Toshiba T.V./ Television de 55” 4K Ultra HD Toshiba

5. X-Box 1

6. Mountain Bike/ Bicicleta escala montañas para Hombres

Silent Auction Items Needed

CDA is sponsoring the silent auction for the Bazaar. We will need auction items donated that are in good condi-tion. Please no clothes or shoes. Donations can be brought to the church office and marked “For Silent Auc-tion”. Or you can give them to Sheila Morley (281-312-1234) at the 5:00 P.M. Mass on Saturday or Linda Cam-pos (832-233-4051) at the 9AM Mass on Sunday. We will be taking auction items until Sunday, November 5th. Thank you for your support.

CDA NEWS

The Catholic Daughters will be collecting 2018 wall calen-dars for the residents Pine Shadows Retreat Nursing Home in Porter. There is a box located at the entrance of church so you can deposit the calendars. Last day to donate your calendars is December 17. Thank you our friends at Pine Shadow really love getting their calendars. Las Hijas Católicas están solicitando calendarios para el siguiente año 2018, para regalarles a los residentes del asilo “Pine Shadows” en Porter. A la entrada de la iglesia encontrara una caja donde los puede depositar. Muchas gracias de parte de las Hijas católicas y los residentes del asilo Pine Shadows.

Boda in October

Felicitaciones al Sr. Arturo Garcia y Sra. Emilia Rodriguez ellos celebraron sus 21 años de matrimonio el 14 de octobre 2017.

Knights of Columbus # 13166 Is hosting 2 fundraisers for our parish A parish breakfast and a Tamale sale

FAITH All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.—Ralph Waldo Emerson

FE Todo lo que he visto me enseña a confiar al Creador todo lo que no he visto. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Den, pues, al César los que es del César, y a Dios lo que es de Dios”. — Mateo 22:21 Pg. 5

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR BULLETIN ADVERTISERS:

This bulletin is subsidized completely by those compa-nies whose advertisements appear on the back of this page. Please patronize our advertisers. If you desire to be a sponsor of our bulletin, you may call J.S. Paluch Company Maria Gutierrez at 832-296-3260 (bilingual)

Youth Ministry

How do others encourage or challenge you to grow in faith, hope and love? 1 Thes. 3:6-13 All Youth are welcome at youth gathering.

JR. High November 7th from 7-8PM in St. Gabriel (youth RM) High School November 2nd from 7-8PM in St. Gabriel (youth RM)

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION What makes the Eucharistic Prayers for Masses with Children different from the others? First, there is the in-tended assembly, which is described as comprised of mostly children of school age. There are three Eucharistic Prayers for Masses with Children available to us now in the missal. The first one has a very simple form, easily grasped by even a young child. The second has a great deal of participation by the assembly—repeated sung ac-clamations. The third has a number of variations that can be tricky for a priest to handle if he hasn’t prepared care-fully. All of this work does point to a true treasure of our tradition: children are part of the Sunday assembly, pre-cisely because they are baptized members of Christ’s body. By contrast, the churches of the Reformation tend to look upon children as members in training, and see worship as an adult activity. Sunday school happens downstairs while the adults celebrate Holy Communion upstairs. In a phrase, that’s not Catholic. Children belong to Christ and to the assembly. So, the desire to care for the children in the assembly, to draw them into the pray-er, and to adapt our rituals and texts to their needs is deeply Catholic, a true pastoral effort to help draw every-one into the praise of God. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE En tiempos pasados, cuando los fieles latinoame-ricanos se enfermaban gravemente se mandaba traer al sacerdote para que le administrara los “santos óleos” o la “extremaunción”. Nadie quería ver a un sacerdote acérca-sele con los óleos porque significaba que uno estaba por morir. Gracias a Dios, las reformas del Concilio Vaticano II han regresado al sacramento de la Unción de los Enfer-mos su sentido original. Este sacramento es celebrado para todos los que tengan alguna enfermedad seria, aun-que no sea de muerte. El sacramento es para pedir con-suelo para el enfermo y si es voluntad de Dios, la salud. Este sacramento no debe ser reservado para preparar al paciente para la muerte. Santiago, en su carta a los cristianos, nos dice que si uno de nosotros está enfermo que llame al presbí-tero de la Iglesia para que lo unja con óleo o aceite san-to. Y añade que la oración hecha con fe perdonará los pecados del enfermo y lo sanará para que recupere su vida cotidiana. Este sacramento, como todos los sacra-mentos, son para la vida, tanto la vida cotidiana como lo vida eterna.—Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

Forty Days For Life

An hour doesn't seem like much, but God can use your hour of prayer to save a life. Of course, you have to make a commitment to do it.

Do you need a nudge of encouragement? We have one for you. And it's very powerful.

It's from someone who knows the power of your prayers on the sidewalk. She watched many vigils from inside her Planned Parenthood abortion facility in Bryan, Texas before joining that vigil. She knows the power of going out to pray ... and the consequences of deciding not to go out to pray.

Listen to this moving, heartfelt message from former Planned Parenthood manager Abby Johnson. To see Abby's story go to https://40daysforlife.com/2017/10/12/day-16-heres-nudge/ Nuestra Parroquia ha sido invitada a unirse a muchas otras iglesias en la diócesis para ayunar desde hoy hasta el 5 de noviembre para ponerle fin al aborto sobre todo orar mucho.

World Mission Sunday

Today is World Mission Sunday– a day that leads us to the heart of our Christian faith - leads us to mission! Your generosity on World Mission Sunday supports the work of priests, religious and lay leaders in the Missions who share our faith with those most in need. This year we can even “chat” with our chief missionary, Pope Francis, and learn more about his missionaries. Learn more at Chat-withThePope.org. Chat - Pray - Give this World Mission Sunday.

Domingo Mundial de las Misiones

El Día de hoy es el Domingo Mundial de las Misiones, un día que nos dirige al corazón de nuestra fe cristiana; nos dirige a la misión. Su generosidad en el Domingo Mundial de las Misiones apoya la obra de sacerdotes, lideres reli-giosos y laicos en las misiones que diseminan nuestra fe entre quienes tiene las necesidades mas apremiantes. Este año incluso podemos “chatear” con nuestro misione-ro principal, el papa Francisco, y conocer mas sobre sus misiones y los misionarios. Mas información en ChatWi-thThePope.org. Chatear, orar, y dar en este Domingo Mundial de las Misiones.