MASS TIMES:

Monday—12:00 Noon Tuesday—7:00 a.m. Wednesday—12:00 Noon Thursday—12:00 Noon Friday—8:00 a.m. Saturday—5:00 p.m. Sunday—7:45 a.m., 9:15 a.m. (in Spanish); 11:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m. RECONCILIATION (Confession) Saturday 3:00 p.m.—4:30 p.m.

NOTRE DAME CATHOLIC CHURCH

Corner of Water and Washington Street, Kerrville, TX 78028

Pastoral Center: 909 Main St.

830-257-5961 Fax: 830-895-9771 Faith Formation 830-896-4233

School 830-257-6707 www.notredamechurch.cc

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 am-5:00pm, Closed 12:00 noon-1:00 pm

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday—August 9, 2021 Dt 10:12-22, Mt 17:22-27(413)

Tuesday—August 10, 2021 2 Cor 9:6-10, Jn 12:24-26(618)

Wednesday—August 11, 2021 Dt 34:1-12, Mt 18:15-20(415)

Thursday—August 12, 2021 Jos 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17, Mt 18:21—19:1(416)

Friday—August 13, 2021 Jos 24:1-13, Mt 19:3-12(417)

Saturday—August 14, 2021 Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2, 1 Cor 15:54b-57, Lk 11:27-28(621)

Sunday—August 15, 2021-THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab, 1 Cor 15:20-27, Lk 1:39-56(622)

“I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”

John 6:51

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Fr. Rafal A. Duda, Parochial VicarFr. Rafal A. Duda, Parochial VicarFr. Rafal A. Duda, Parochial VicarFr. Rafal A. Duda, Parochial Vicar

August 8, 2021

MASS TIMES:

Monday—12:00 Noon Tuesday—7:00 a.m. Wednesday—12:00 Noon Thursday—12:00 Noon Friday—8:00 a.m. Saturday—5:00 p.m. Sunday—7:45 a.m., 9:15 a.m. (in Spanish); 11:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m. RECONCILIATION (Confession) Saturday 3:00 p.m.—4:30 p.m.

MESSAGE FROM FR . DAVID

THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

AUGUST 15, 2021

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our

life, our sweetness and our hope. To

you do we cry, poor banished children

of Eve. To you do we send up our

sighs, mourning and weeping in this

valley of tears. Turn, then, most

gracious advocate, your eyes of mercy

toward us; after this our exile, show

unto us the blessed fruit of your womb,

Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet

Virgin Mary. Pray for us, O holy

Mother of God, that we may be made

worthy of the promises of Christ.

The Many Names of Our Lord

In Holy Scripture we find many names or titles for Our Lord, besides Jesus. Among them are: “Lamb of God”, “Rabbi”, “Teacher”, “Messiah”, “Christ”, “Son of God”, “Son of Man”, “Man of Sorrows”, “Lion of Judah” and Messiah.

Names were very important in the Hebrew life and culture, as was genealogy. As you read the Old Testament, you’ll notice that whenever a man is named, it is almost always in the form of (his name), son of (his father’s name). Genealogy and ancestry were very important to the Israelites because they wanted to emphasize and stress the importance of connection to the Beginning. Before the Fall of Adam, humanity enjoyed an uninterrupted and unimpeded relationship with God the Father, and the ancient Jews wanted to preserve that memory.

But why is Jesus named or referred to in the New Testament in so many different ways? The answer to that is because there are so many different aspects about Him and how He is the fulfillment of prophesy.

One in particular is “Lamb of God”. The name Lamb of God as applied to Jesus is rooted in ancient Hebrew history. God had sent plagues to Egypt in order to persuade Pharaoh to release the Israelites from bondage, yet Pharaoh resisted. So God sent one final plague to break Pharaoh’s will. Those who belonged to God were to be spared if they took a male lamb, slaughtered it and placed some of its blood on their doorposts. When God visited the land to take the firstborn of each household, including Pharaoh’s, He would pass over those houses that had the blood of the lamb on them. This of course became the Feast of Passover.

The Passover and the slaughter of the lamb is a reminder that God is faithful and powerful to rescue His people from bondage and death. Yet, the annual slaughtering of the lamb is just that: annual. It must be continually repeated because although it signifies God’s cleansing and renewal, the sacrifice of an ordinary lamb in and of itself has no power to take away all sin.

Jesus is referred to as the Lamb of God in the New Testament because He takes away the sin of the world once and for all. Now that Jesus has come and sacrificed Himself to atone for the sins of all humanity, there is no need to repeat His sacrifice ever.

In the Mass, we do not repeat the sacrifice of Jesus. We do not sacrifice Him again. In the Mass, we make His one, unique sacrifice present and in thanksgiving, we receive, sustain and apply its effectiveness in our lives.

This is the greatest of all the gifts God gives us, and it is our life, our faith and our hope. Alleluia!

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Sunday, August 8, 2021-Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:45 am (Fr. David) People of the Parish

9:15 am (Msgr. Peter Flood) †Ignacio & Delfina Dominguez

11:00 am (Fr. David) †Bobby Jenschke

5:00 pm (Fr. David) †Clark Klein Monday, August 9, 2021— 12:00 pm (Fr. David) †Norman Straumann Tuesday, August 10, 2021— 7:00 am (Fr. David) Mass offered for Salvador Vazquez Wednesday, August 11, 2021— 12:00 pm (Fr. David ) †Lynn Andrews Thursday, August 12, 2021— 12:00 pm (Msgr. Peter Flood)†Bobby Waddell Friday, August 13, 2021— 8:00 am (Fr. David) Mass offered for The Deceased Members of The Venzor/Alvarez Families Saturday, August 14, 2021—Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr 1:00 pm (Dc. Jimmy) Solaya Gorham Quiñceanera Blessing 5:00 pm (Fr. David) †Andrew Miciotto Sunday, August 15, 2021—THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 7:45 am (Fr. Rafal) †Eva Monroy

9:15 am (Msgr. Peter Flood) People of the Parish

11:00 am (Fr. David) †Ellie Trigo

5:00 pm (Fr. Mike Peinemann) †Blas & Juanita Rodriguez

Mass Schedule

NRre Dame Church Ministries

Monday, August 9, 2021 PTC—5:30 p.m. in the Gym Foyer

Cursillos—7:00 p.m. in the Social Center Tuesday, August 10, 2021 ACTS Core—5:30 p.m. in Kemper Hall RM 205

RCIA—6:00 p.m. in the Fireplace RM

Escuelita—7:00 p.m. in the Social Center

Choir Practice—7:00 p.m. in the Church

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Ingles Tambíen—5:00 p.m. in the Fireplace RM

Spanish Choir—6:30 p.m. in the Church

Ministerio Santa Cecilia—7:30 p.m. in the Fireplace RM

Thursday, August 12, 2021 School Meet & Greet—4:30 p.m. in the Gym/School Classrooms

M.O.S.T.(Ministerio Oracion Santa Cecilia)— 7:00 p.m. in the Fireplace RM Friday, August 13, 2021 Divine Mercy—3:00 p.m. in the Church

La Danza—7:00 p.m. in the Gym Saturday, August 14 , 2021 Reconciliation—3:00—4:30 p.m. in the Church

The Sanctuary Lamp will burn this week

for Hector Oranday

by Nelda Dimery & Family

The Second Collection

on

August 14-15, 2021

will be for

St. Vincent de Paul

Thank you for your generosity!

FIRST SATURDAY PRO-LIFE ROSARY

led by the Knights of Columbus

Saturday, September 4, 2021 at 4:15 p.m.

at Notre Dame Catholic Church Kerrville, Texas

Roy Ybarra, William Etchison, Bill Gibson, Marci Denton, Olan Mahlmann, Regina Kelly, Mauricio Reyes, Tom Miller, Steven Soveck, Clifton Leda, Viola Juarez, Laura Abbott, Diane Quinn, Tony Perez, Mila Villagomez, Carl Stakes, Florencia Martinez, Eloida Garcia, Judy Maurer, Frank Moniz, George Saip, Ann Fritz, Louleen Black, Javier Campos, Robert Parks, Frank Nelson.

Please pray for those who have died, and have gone to their eternal rest with the Lord, especially for Cathy Kelly & David Rodriguez. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace.

RCIA INVITATION

“I have called you by name“I have called you by name“I have called you by name“I have called you by name---- you are mine.” you are mine.” you are mine.” you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1

Are you interested in the Catholic faith? Notre Dame will soon begin a new RCIA journey in faith to share this rich faith and our parish family. RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of adults) is a program of prayer and study designed to assist you on your journey to the sacraments and to a life of faith.

We invite you to come join us if you are:

Catholic, desiring to complete your sacraments of first Eucharist and Confirmation.

Unbaptized, and seeking God, possibly in the Catholic tradition.

Baptized in another faith tradition and interested in learning more about the Catholic faith, or feeling called to become Catholic.

Our group is made up of all ages of adults and people from all of the above groups. If you are interested in joining these sessions, please call me:

Gail Stauder, Coordinator of RCIA At: 830-257-5961 or 830-377-8716

I will be glad to meet and talk with you.

St. Maximilian Kolbe was born as Raymund Kolbe on January 8, 1894, in the Kingdom of Poland, part of the Russian Empire. He was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar and a martyr in the German death Camp of Auschwitz during World War II. St. Maximilian Kolbe was very active in promoting the Immaculate Virgin Mary and is known as the Apostle of Consecration to Mary. Much of his life was strongly influenced by a vision he had of the Virgin Mary when he was 12.

"That night I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other red. She asked me if I was willing to accept either of these crowns. The white one meant that I should persevere in purity, and the red that I should become a martyr. I said that I would accept them both." One year after his vision, Kolbe and his elder brother, Francis joined the Conventual Franciscans. In 1910, Kolbe was given the religious name Maximilian, after being allowed to enter the novitiate, and in 1911, he professed his first vows. At the age of 21, Kolbe earned a doctorate in philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He would also earn a doctorate in theology by the time he was 28. St. Maximilian Kolbe organized the Militia Immaculata (Army of the Immaculate One) after witnessing demonstrations against Pope St. Pius X and Benedict XV. His goal was to work for the conversion of sinners and enemies of the Church, specifically, the Freemasons and he would so with the intercession of Mary. In 1918, he was ordained a priest and continued his work of promoting Mary throughout Poland. Over the next several years, Kolbe took on publishing. He founded a monthly periodical titled, "Rycerz Niepokalanej" (Knight of the Immaculate). He also operated a religious publishing press and founded a new Conventual Franciscan monastery at Niepokalanow, which became a major religious publishing center. Kolbe also founded monasteries in both Japan and India. To this day, the monastery in Japan remains prominent in the Roman Catholic Church in Japan. In 1936, Kolbe's poor health forced him to return home to Poland, and once the WWII invasion by Germany began, he became one of the only brothers to remain in the monastery. He opened up a temporary hospital to aid those in need. When his town was captured, Kolbe was sent to prison but released three months later. Kolbe refused to sign a document that would recognize him as a German citizen with his German ancestry and continued to work in his monastery, providing shelter for refugees - including hiding 2,000 Jews from German persecution. After receiving permission to continue his religious publishing, Kolbe's monastery acted as a publishing house again and issued many anti-Nazi German publications. On February 17, 1941, the monastery was shut down; Kolbe was arrested by the German Gestapo and taken to the Pawiak prison. Three months later, he was transferred to Auschwitz. Never abandoning his priesthood, Kolbe was the victim to severe violence and harassment. Toward the end of his second month in Auschwitz, men were chosen to face death by starvation to warn against escapes. Kolbe was not chosen but volunteered to take the place of a man with a family. It is said during the last days of his life Kolbe led prayers to Our Lady with the prisoners and remained calm. He was the last of the group to remain alive, after two weeks of dehydration and starvation. The guards gave him a lethal injection of carbolic acid. The stories tell that he raised his left arm and calmly awaited death. St. Maximilian Kolbe died on August 14 and his remains were cremated on August 15, the same day as the Assumption of Mary feast day.

“Coping with Life Alone in the Beginning” is a one-day program to help participants come to terms with the major loss of a marriage, the feelings surrounding that loss, and the changes that are a part of it. The next retreat is scheduled for Saturday, August 28, 2021 - 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at St. Peter upon the Water: A Center for Spiritual Direction and Formation, located at 234 Indian Creek Road, Ingram, TX 78025-0509. The cost is $40. Participants are asked to bring their own lunches; drinks and snacks will be provided.

This initial session is intended for those whose loss is new and provides a lead in to the Beginning Experience Weekend scheduled for October 8-10, 2021; however, each program is independent of the other and participants can choose to attend either, or both, sessions.

For more information and to register, contact Barbara at (210) 256-2859 (If no answer, please leave a message).