Served by Fr. Tino Barrera, Pastor Keith Fontenot, Deacon Ann Fondren, Secretary Craig Bertrand, Youth Minister; Adult Religious Formation Kim Tran, Director of Religious Education Office Hours are Tuesday through Thursday 8:15 a.m. - 2:00p.m.

St. Catherine School (409) 962-3011 Dale Fontenot , School Principal School Office hours are Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 3:00 to 3:30 p.m. and by appointment.

Sacrament of Baptism: To schedule, please contact the parish office. Instruction and Baptism will be scheduled as needed.

Anointing of the Sick: As a Catholic Community we believe the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is one especially intended to strengthen those who are being tried by illness. Please call the parish office if you would like to receive this sacrament. Celebration of the Eucharist: Saturday: 4:00 p.m. (fulfills Sunday obligation) Sunday: 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Monday: 8:30 a.m. No Mass Tuesday: 6:00 p.m. (Daily Mass) Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. (Daily Mass) Thursday: 8:30 a.m. (Daily Mass) Friday: 8:30 a.m. (School Mass) Sacrament of Matrimony: Diocesan policy requires that an appointment be made with a priest of your parish at least six months prior to marriage. Do Not set a final date for the wedding before interviewing with the priest.

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church 3706 Woodrow Drive Port Arthur, Texas 77642 409-962-5715 Fax 409-548-0967 www.stccpa.com

BISHOP FAITH APPEAL REPORT FOR ST. CATHERINE CHURCH AS OF May 26, 2021

2021 GOAL 2021 2021 Payments # of # % Average Goal Pledges Payments Received Under Goal Families of Donors Giving Pledge $ 28,953.00 $ 26,916.22 $ 20,329.22 $ 8,623.78 278 64 23.02% $ 420.57

July 18th $ 3,786.00

Thanks for your continued support! TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — The people of Israel receive bread from heaven in response to their grumbling (Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15). Psalm — The Lord gave them bread from heaven (Psalm 78). Second Reading — Put on the new self that has been created in God’s way (Ephesians 4:17, 20-24). Gospel — I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger (John 6:24-35).

MASS SCHEDULE August 2, 2021-August 8, 2021

Monday: 8:30 a.m. NO MASS Tuesday: 6:00 p.m. Sadie DeJohn Joseph LeDoux Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. Lloyd & Eloise Thibodeaux Thursday: 8:30 a.m. Sadie DeJohn Friday: 8:30 a.m. All Souls Saturday: 4:00 p.m. Otis & Mae Rose Blanchard Roland Romero Sunday: 8:00 a.m. Phillip Loyacano St. Catherine Parish Family Sunday: 11:00 a.m. Maria Xuan Hoang Paul Hien Bui Nancy Montondon A Candle burns near the tabernacle in Memory of

Agnes Totten

Mass Attendance July 17th @ 4:00 p.m. - 83

July 18th @ 8:00 a.m. - 65 July 18th @ 11:00 a.m. - 140

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 1, 2021 Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life. — John 6:27a

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Nm 11:4b-15; Ps 81:12-17; Mt 14:13-21 Tuesday: Nm 12:1-13; Ps 51:3-7, 12-13; Mt 14:22-36 or Mt 15:1-2, 10-14 Wednesday: Nm 13:1-2, 25 — 14:1, 26-29a, 34-35; Ps 106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-23; Mt 15:21-28 Thursday: Nm 20:1-13; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Mt 16:13-23 Friday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Mk 9:2-10 Saturday: Dt 6:4-13; Ps 18:2-4, 47, 51; Mt 17:14-20 Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:4-8; Ps 34:2-9; Eph 4:30 — 5:2; Jn 6:41-51

Wednesdays and Thursdays during the month of August between 12:00 and 2:00 p.m. Classes start September 15 @ 6:00 p.m. Registration fees

are $40.00 per student. Late fees will be applied after August 31. Registra-tion will then be $60.00 per student. Registration after the 3rd class day (9/29) will NOT be accepted.

SAINT CATHERINE PRAYER LIST Curtis Gary, Marion Rayon, Ralph Burch, Bethany Rodriguez, Agatha Hane, Liz Vidrine, Ora-Faye Blanchard, Lillie Moore, Kimber Fondren, Lana Lukes, Robert Hamm, Terry and Sally Lewis, Don-

ny Broussard, Doug Fournet, Riley Thigpen, Christy Babino, Berry Breaux, David Gray, Diane, Alyssa, & Kevin Austin, Kel Jones, Colin Nepveux, Donna Whitehead, Ronald Nunez, Danny Theriot, Ellen Paulino, Chad Broussard, Lainee Burrell, Michael Geoddertz, Barbara Richard, Conner Stelly, Jeanine Hebert, Gail Hauck, Leroy Broussard, Trey Binagia, Charles Brevell, Dr. Pia Laron, Denise Berry, Joseph Marcel, Alecia Capello, Colton & Anne Cranford, Bannister Baptiste.

WELCOME TO SAINT CATHERINE CHURCH If you are a visitor to St. Catherine Church, you are most wel- comed. Thank you for worshipping with us today. If you wish to register in our Parish, please fill out the form below and drop it in the collection basket and we will send you a full census form to fill out. Thank you! LET US KNOW WHO YOU ARE:

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St. Catherine’s CYM meets the 2nd Sunday of every month after the 11:00 a.m. Mass. All teens from 8th grade to Senior are welcome to join. If you have any questions, please feel free to call Craig Bertrand @ 289-1242. We look forward to seeing you!

PRAYER FOR HURRICANE SEASON O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed your order and returned to its former quietude. You are still the Master of land and sea. We live in the shadow of a dan-ger over which we have no control: the Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can awake from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conven-tional boundaries, invade our land and spread chaos and disaster. During this hurricane season we turn to you, O loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with the passing of time. O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our Be-loved Mother, we ask you to plead with your Son, in our behalf, so that spared from the calamities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the footsteps of your divine Son to reach heav-enly Jerusalem where a stormless eternity awaits us. AMEN

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RCIA 2021 - 2022 RCIA is the process, which adults, youth, and children of catechet-ical age are initiated in the Church. We would like each parishion-er to consider inviting at least one person they may know who is either not baptized or who have been baptized in another Christian tradition and would consider becoming Catholic. In addition, you may invite Catholics who have been baptized, but have not re-ceived their First Communion nor their Confirmation. Invite them to a relationship with God who truly loves them, invite them to our community of faith, (St. Catherine of Siena), and to the Catholic Church. Please call our office and get the name on our list for our upcoming RCIA program!

INSTALLATION MASS FOR FR. TINO Bishop David Toups will be here on Sat-urday, August 7, 2021 at the 4:00 p.m. mass to install Fr. Tino Barrera as our new Pastor. There will be a reception im-mediately following the 4:00 p.m. mass. Please join us in the school cafeteria to congratulate Fr. Tino and wish him well in his new ministry.

THE BREAD OF LIFE Today’s Gospel has the crowd asking Jesus three questions. First, “When did you get here,” to which Jesus responds by rebuking them for their failure to grasp his miracle as a “sign,” an occasion to put faith in him. Their second question about accomplishing the “works of God” has Jesus respond that faith is the “work” that God wishes. Many scholars believe this is John’s answer to the faith-works dichotomy emerg-ing in the early Christian community. Faith is the work of God in the believer, John would have us un-derstand. The third question asked by the crowd is a request for a “sign” that would allow them to put faith in Jesus, as the manna in the desert allowed the Israelites to put faith in the Lord God. Jesus answers by revealing himself as the “bread of life” that “comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

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