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www.ctkbelton.org Christ the King Catholic Church Belton

From Fr. John Kim

Welcome to Christ the King!

Thank you for joining us at Christ the King Catholic Church. We are happy to have you with us today, and hope that you feel welcome. Our parish is a very busy community of faith. Are you new to the Catholic Church? Have you been away from the Church for some time? You are invit-ed to worship with us. Contact our parish office if you would like to learn more about the Catholic faith, discuss plans for marriage or baptism, or schedule a chat with Fr. John. If you would like to become a member of our parish, you can register online, or pick up a form in the office. We look forward to seeing you again soon!

Palm Sunday When Jesus entered Jerusalem, all the people waved the branches of palm while saying, “Hosanna! […] Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come!” indicating that the Promised One had finally come to Jerusalem. Exciting and joyful celebration of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem while waving the triumphant branches of palm soon turned into the angry mob crying “Crucify him! Crucify him!” in a few days. Their expec-tation was a liberating leader and political Messiah who would free them from Roman oppression. But God’s plan was not our plan. Jesus suffered, died and was resurrected so that all humanity became free from the bond of death – the consequence of Original Sin.

Reflection As we enter Holy Week, Palm Sunday emphasizes that we are not God and that God’s plan is bigger than our plan. Thus, we should let God be God and trust In God’s providence in our life. What was your hope and plan that did not happen in the past? From God’s view, why do you think that it would not happen? What are the fruits of faith, hope and love out of that experience?

Sacred Paschal Triduum The heart of the entire liturgical year, the Sacred Paschal Triduum (the “Three Days”), will be held this Holy Week. We celebrate the very heart of our faith, Jesus’ Passion, Death and Resurrection – often referred to as the Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ. We remember how Jesus instituted his amazing gift – the Holy Eucharist – to us by celebrating the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper. We witness his suffering and crucifixion, fulfilling God’s will, on Good Friday. Then, we see how light conquers the darkest night and witness God’s salvific plan for each one of us on Easter Vigil.

Reflection Forty days and forty nights of Lent prepare us for this moment – the “Three Days!” It is not just a “go-to-church” request, but it is an invitation to immerse ourselves into the Paschal Mystery. When was the time you joined the Holy Triduum liturgy? If you haven’t been to any of the Holy Triduum services, I warmly invite you to experience God’s amazing love and glory over our sin and death.



THE SICK Lorrie Anderson

Blane Bartek Amy Bottoms

Emily Cabaniss Curtis Doss

Dale Duncan Mark Edwards Joan English

Quintan Fabiano Angel Flores Family Fr. Edward Frazer

Jackie Garcia Silvia Garcia

Rolfe Geisselbrecht Angel Guajardo Mary Guajardo Frank Guerra

William Harlow Froylan Hernandez

Jose Hernandez Elena Juarez

Samuel Kaiser Josh Loving

Marianne Luby Jeanne Luttrall Alex Mendoza

Ken Murray Jesus Olivarez, Jr

Elena Ornales Anna Paruzinski John Paruzinski

Patti Quinn Lourdes R.T. Myra Ramos

Cody Rhoades Dennis Risenger Louis Rodriguez

Betty Rogers Elizabeth Rogers Brandon Rojas

Jose Rojas Myra Rourke Leon Savard

Jerry Simpson Stephanie Van Sickler

Henry Taylor Marian Testa

Robert Trevino Patricia Trujillo

Manuel Vasquez Mildred Vasquez Raymond Vriseno

Nettie Wall Frank Weis

Jesus Zapata

OUR SERVICE MEMBERS Phillip Aiello

David L. Gomez Deana S. Gomez Matt Jakircevic Reggie Jamo Jason Piper

Daniel J. Scott Wilbert Witt

After 30 days, names will be removed from the lists. Call the church office to extend the date.

Please pray for... Mass Intentions Stewardship

Lent Reflections with Fr. Barron

This week’s Lenten booklet reflection by Fr. Robert Barron mentions the message of Palm Sunday. He connects the Old Testament prophecy of Ezekiel’s vision that the Glory of God would return to the temple from the east. (Ez 43:1-2) As the Jewish people saw Jesus coming to Jerusalem, from the east, they would remember this vision. They would believe the glory of Yahweh returning, they would believe that Jesus was the “meeting place of heaven and earth”! Also, Jesus would fulfill the Prophecy of Zechariah that “your king comes to you… riding on a donkey (Zech 9:9) Another interesting fact that was given in our reflection today, was that by placing a sign over the cross of the crucified Jesus in Hebrew, Greek and Latin, claiming Jesus is King of the Jews, Pontius Pilot became the first great evangelist! Listen to the readings today and see how the Gospel brings” Heaven and earth together; God is Victorious, Jesus is Lord.”

Saturday, Mar. 28 5:00pm † Andrea Garcia Sunday, Mar. 29 8:00am † Javier Maldonado 10:30am † Frank Smith 5:00pm Pro Populo Monday, Mar. 30 8:00am † Henry Taylor Tuesday, Mar. 31 6:30pm † Henry Taylor Wednesday, Apr. 1 8:00am Living and Deceased Mem-

bers of Catholic Life Ins. Branch 31

Thursday, Apr. 2 6:30pm † Lynne Plham Saturday, Apr. 4 5:00pm Pro Populo Monday, Apr. 6 8:00am † Pilyoung Grissom Tuesday, Apr. 7 6:30pm Gladys Wilde Wednesday, Apr. 8 8:00am † Pilyoung Grissom † Deceased

March 22

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Thank you for your generosity!

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Parish Office Easter Schedule

The Parish Office will be closed:

Holy Thursday, April 2nd

Good Friday, April 3rd

Easter Monday, April 6th



Faith Formation

YOUTH

Easter Schedule There will be no Religious Education classes on Easter Sunday, April 5th. Classes will resume on April 12th. Have a blessed Easter! Sunday Night Lights (High School) Thank you Fr. Charlie Garza for coming to Christ the King to host our Holy Hour on Healing! What an awesome way to finish up Spring Break and enter more deeply into this Lenten season. We're so thankful to all who helped make the night possible including our very own Kyle Heitmiller who led us in worship. May God bless you and your minis-tries! This week SNL will be about "Carrying the Cross of Christ" to lead us into Holy Week. Our speaker will be Sally Rios talking about her spiritual journey and being a disciple. See you then! There will be no SNL on Easter Sunday. Enjoy your time with you family and we'll see you on the 12th! Due to a diocesan holiday, we will not be having a Teen Staff Meeting on the Monday after Easter. Look for an email about upcoming events. Confirmation 2 Students On Sunday, April 12 we will begin confirmation classes for teens who plan to be confirmed this fall. We will meet after the 10:30 a.m. mass. All parents are invited to attend the first teaching session for more information. The full sched-ule is on the CTK website, select the Youth Ministry button, and you will see it listed under News. CRU Catholics (UMHB Students) Exciting news! Christ the King will be hosting a retreat for college students on April 18th-19th at the Rosebrock Ranch. The retreat will be on the topic of "Discernment of Gifts " and we encourage all Catholic college students to attend, even if you are not currently a member of the Cru Catholic Organization. The retreat costs $20 and we will be coordinating rides to the retreat center. Fliers with addition-al information are available at the Cru House. Please email Abby Riley at [email protected] for more information or to reserve a spot!

Thank you all who joined us for our Lenten Holy Hour this past Tuesday. Any time with the Lord is time well spent so we're so glad you took your time to walk with Christ. Please keep your fellow Catholic students in your prayers during this Holy Week. Thank you and God Bless!

ADULT

Pope Francis proclaimed 2015 a Year of Consecrated Life, starting in November, 2014, and ending in February, 2016. Its purpose, as stated by the Vatican is to “make a grateful remembrance of the recent past” while embracing “the future with hope.”

“Our brothers and sisters in Christ living consecrated lives make great contributions to our society through a vast number of ministries,” said Archbishop Jo-seph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ken-tucky, president of USCCB. “They teach in our schools, take care of the poor and the sick and bring compassion and the love of Christ to those shunned by society; others lead lives of prayer in contemplation for the world.”

Let us pray for all those who are living consecrated lives:

Prayer to Our Lady for Vocations Most holy Virgin, who without hesitation offered yourself to the Almighty for the carrying out of his plan of salvation, pour trust into the hearts of young people so that there may always be zealous pastors who are able to guide the Christian people on the way of life, and consecrated souls who may know how to witness, in chastity, poverty, and obedience, to the freeing presence of your risen Son. Amen. —Pope John Paul II, Message for Vocations Sunday 2001



Around the Parish

Gabriel Project The Cross of Simon is now in the Narthex with cross-shaped paper tags listing the various supplies needed to support the Ga-briel Project, a local support program for women in crisis preg-nancies. Please pick up a cross, like Simon did for Jesus. Pur-chase the item, and return it to the crib that will be in the Narthex beginning March 21.

Ashes to Easter God so loved the world that he gave his only Son. We can help make things new with small and joyful sacrifices and generosity now. Put something in your Lent container each day. This will help special diocesan Mission Projects. Return your Lent box on Easter. Moreover, Please pray for the Missions.

Live Stations of the Cross The next practice for Live Stations of the Cross is Sunday, March 29 at 3:00 p.m. in the Christus Center.

EGG STUFFING PARTY! We need help to stuff eggs for the An-nual Easter Egg Hunt. We will meet on Wednesday, April 1st at 6:30 p.m. in the portable buildings. Many hands make light work! If you have questions contact Ami Kachner at 214-727-5757.

EASTER EGG HUNT The 2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be on Easter Sunday, April 5th immediately following the 10:30 a.m. Mass. It will take place in the field next to the Parish Hall. Please remember to bring your Easter basket to collect your eggs. There will be a nice spot to take a family photo, too. All kids are welcome to join us!

Joyful Hearts Mothers Ministry Joyful Hearts Mothers Ministry would like to invite the moms and children of the parish and area to join us for our Easter Potluck, craft, and egg hunt. We will meet in the Parish Hall on Wednesday, April 8th at 10:00 a.m. For more details or to RSVP, contact Sarah Spellman at 540-845-0215.

JClub Book Fair - April 18 and 19 Sponsored by the Joyful Hearts Mothers Ministry Are you looking for a way for your children to have access to quality books and music that highlight our Catholic beliefs and values? Are you Looking for 1st Communion, Confirmation gift books? Then look no further than JClub - Where the “J” stands for Jesus!

Join us after all Masses: Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19 in the Christus Center

Divine Mercy Sunday On Sunday, April 12 Celebrate the Feast of Divine Mercy at St. Helen Catholic Church in Georgetown from 3:00-4:00 p.m. with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Exposition of the Blessed Sac-rament and Benediction. The 9-Day Divine Mercy Novena begins on April 3, Good Friday. Our Lord specifically asked that the Chaplet be recited as a Novena, especially on the nine days before the Feast of Mercy. Our Lord promised, "By this Novena (of Chaplets) I will grant every possible grace to souls" (Diary 796). Medicine & the Gospel of Life Abortion, contraception, abortifacient drugs, In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), embryonic stem cell research: some of the most controver-sial issues of our time. These are topics of daily conversation and affect the most intimate aspects of our lives, yet many of us either don’t know or don’t understand the Church’s teaching on them. To prepare us for these conversations, to help us learn what the Church teaches, why the Church teaches it, and ethical alterna-tives, Founding President of The John Paul II Foundation for Life and Family, Arland Nichols, will present “Medicine & the Gospel of Life” on April 18 from 8:30 a.m. until noon at St. Michael’s Catholic Academy. “Far from a never-ending list of no’s, the Church’s teachings on these issues are primarily an affirmation of great goods to which the Church proclaims a resounding ‘YES!’” A continental breakfast will be included. Tickets are $10 and are available at www.jpiilifecenter.org in the Calendar of Events. For more information: [email protected] or 512-407-2900. Penance Services in the Killeen/Temple Deanery If you were not able to attend the CTK parish-wide penance ser-vice last week, here is a list of upcoming penance services in our area:

• March 30, 7 p.m., St. Paul Chong Hasang in Harker Heights, English, Spanish & Korean

The complete list of penance services in the Austin Diocese can be found at www.austindiocese.org, select News and Events, then Lenten Penance Services. Church Women of the Temple Area All ladies and gentlemen of the community are invited to attend the Annual Silver Tea on Thursday, April 16, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at UMHB Musick Alumni Center and Museum at the Parker House on the campus of UMHB. Parking is available in the lot across the street from the Meyers Christian Studies Building, 908 Martin Luther King St. The FUMC-Belton bus will shuttle persons from the lot to the Alumni Center. A bus from the First Baptist Church Temple will shuttle persons from their parking lot at 8015 West Adams Ave. Pick up time is 2:30 pm. The bus will return at 3:30 pm A Love Offering will be accepted to benefit Churches Touching Lives for Christ, Helping Hands Ministry of Belton, Central Texas Youth Services Bureau and Central Texas 4C Inc.

Around the Diocese



Congratulations Lenten Schedule

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Friday Evenings during Lent

5:00 p.m. Spanish

6:00 p.m. English

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Tuesdays 6:00 p.m. - 6:25 p.m.

Thursdays 5:30 p.m. - 6:25 p.m.

Saturdays 3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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Thursday, April 2nd, 6:30 p.m.

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Friday, April 3rd

Live Sta2ons of the Cross (CTK Grounds) 12:00 p.m.

Sta2ons of the Cross in the Sanctuary 3:00 p.m.

Solemn Venera2on of the Cross 6:30 p.m.

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Saturday, April 4th, 8:30 p.m.

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Sunrise Mass at the Marian Gro9o 6:00 a.m.

Mass en Español 8:00 a.m.

Solemn Mass 10:30 a.m.

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Sunday, April 12

Chaplet of Divine Mercy 2:30 p.m.

Mass 3:00 p.m.

Last Sunday we had a wonderful opportunity to witness the convalidation and blessing of several marriages. Join us in congratulating these special couples! Congratulations on Marriage Convalidations for Pat and Kristine Ramirez, Libby and Kevin Schanzmeyer, and Crystal and Ricky Vriseno! Blessings on Gay and Morris Padgett, and Yola and Vieng Sourathathone!

Divine Mercy Sunday at Christ the King

April 12



en Español CTK Office Directory

OFFICE HOURS Monday ................................. 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tuesday - Friday ..................... 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Closed for lunch .................... 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. OFFICE TEAM Administration Nora Collazo ....................... [email protected] Elida Castro ................... [email protected] Esther Murillo ....................... [email protected] Accounting Marty Seger ......................... [email protected] Communication Krista Kaulfus ........... [email protected] RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Director of Catechesis & Formation Krissie Lastovica ............... [email protected] Religious Education Assistant, K - 5th grades Marcie Gonzalez, RE ...... [email protected] Religious Education Assistant, 6th - 8th grades Teresa Hays, RE ..................... [email protected] Director of Youth Ministry Abby Riley ................................ [email protected] Director of Sacred Music Pam Fette .................................................. 493-1477 Finance Council Chair....................................... Tom Blair Pastoral Council Chair ........................ Margaret Donohoe

Contact the parish office for social needs such as be-reavement, illness, Eucharist to the homebound, births, etc. For weddings, contact the office six months prior to the desired wedding date to schedule a consultation. For baptisms, register to attend a preparation class.

Special Thanks!

De Las Cenizas a la Pascua Dios amό tanto al mundo que le dio a su único hijo. Podemos ayudar a renovar las cosas hoy con pequeños y gozosos sacrificios y con generosidad. Por Favor deposite algo en su alcancía de Cuaresma todos los días. Esto ayudará a Proyectos especiales Misioneros Diocesanos. Regrese su alcancía de Cuaresma en la Pascua. Y por favor, ore por las misiones.

THANK YOU Abby Riley and our very talented teens for lending your musical blessings to last Sunday’s evening Mass. We look forward to your next perfor-mance soon!

RAFFLE

TICKET

SALES

Raffle ticket sales are off to a great start! We are nearly at the half-way mark, so it is time to turn in raffle money and/or unsold tickets. We have a limited number of tick-ets and they are in high demand, so please turn them in after mass or drop them off at the church office. We ap-preciate your support!

THANK YOU to the CTK Welcome Ministry for using your bright shirts and brighter smiles to make visitors and new members feel welcomed at Christ the King. It was a lovely way to enjoy fellowship (and cookies) after last weekend’s masses!

Help Wanted

We need help on Thursday, April 2 at 9:00 a.m. decorating the church and the Christus Center. The decorations need to be removed after the Mass that evening. We also need help on Saturday, April 4 at 9:00 a.m. decorating the church for the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday Masses. If you can help the Women’s Ministry, please drop by!



Grand Prize: 2015 Nissan Rogue S ($24,000) 2nd Prize: Kubota Zero-turn Mower ($4,900)

3rd Prize: H.E.B. Gift Card ($2,000) 4th Prize: Vizio 60” Smart TV ($850)

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7th Prize: Xbox One Game System ($400) 8th Prize: iPad Mini Tablet ($400) 9th Prize: iPad Mini Tablet ($400) 10th Prize: iPad Mini Tablet ($400)

TOTAL PRIZE VALUE OVER $34,000! * Prize values are approximate.

Saturday, May 2nd Sunday, May 3rd

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DONATIONS NEEDED!

Drink Booth Canned Drinks Bottled Water

Auction Items Gift Certificates

Wines Jewelry

Sporting Event Tickets Theatre Tickets

Household Items Vacation Time-shares

Small Appliances Concert Tickets Holiday Items

Tools Sports Memorabilia

Ice Chests Electronics

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