Bishop Oscar Cantú, S.T. D., D.D. 1240 S. Espina Most Rev. Ricardo Ramírez, C.S.B., D.D., Bishop Emeritus Las Cruces, New Mexico, 88001 Very Rev. Bill McCann, Rector Phone: (575) 524-8563 Rev. Marcel Okonkwo Fax: (575) 523-2252 Deacon Joseph E. Misquez Web: www.cathedralofihm.com Deacon Ruben Gutierrez Email: ihmcathedral@qwestoffice.net Parish staff Edward Fragoso Parish Business Administrator Irene Gomez Director of Religious Education Virginia D. Contreras Office Manager Ester Geck Receptionist/Data Entry Vicky Moreno Bookkeeper Dolores Orozco Evening Receptionist Jimmy Montoya Custodian/Groundskeeper Michael Chavira Maintenance Johnny Carrillo Weekend Custodian

Mass Schedule Monday—Friday 8:15 am Tuesday and Thursday 6:00 pm (Spanish) Saturday 8:15 am 5:30 pm Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am (Spanish) 11:00 am 1:00 pm

Reconciliation Monday—Friday 8 am Saturday 4 pm—5 pm Tuesday—5:30 pm (Spanish)

Sacramental Information Baptisms — Please call the office for more Information. Marriage — Those planning on getting married please contact the front office for information. Adult Sacraments — Classes run from September until Easter. Please call the office for more information. Interested in Becoming Catholic? — Please call the office for more information about RCIA. Holy Orders — Any one interested in serving the church as a priest or deacon should see one of the parish priests.

We the people of Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral are a multicultural, Roman Catholic Community of believers on a faith journey. We answer the call of our Baptism to serve God as Disciples of Christ and seek to evangelize people of all walks of life. We serve God and each other by ministering in our parish, our community and our homes, through lives rooted in the Word, Worship and Service.

The Cathedral depends on the financial support of friends like you. Please consider the Cathedral when you give to charity. All donations are tax deductible. Our Legal title is: Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, Inc.

TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, AUGUST 14, 2016

MONDAY, August 15 8:15 AM + Mr. and Mrs. Librado Ramos and Deceased Family Members TUESDAY, August 16 8:15 AM + Carlos and Eloisa Saucedo By: Family 6:00 PM + Mario Valenzuela By: Family

WEDNESDAY, August 17 8:15 AM + Michael Guerrero By: Maria Casey

THURSDAY, August 18 8:15 AM + Josefa Martinez By: Fitch and Garcia Families 6:00 PM + Hector and Mary T. Zamora By: Family

FRIDAY, August 19 8:15 AM + Henry and Piet Warmerdam By: Family

SATURDAY, August 20 8:15 AM Our Parish Family 5:30 PM + Elvira Barron By: Mr. Mrs. Salvador Fino, Jr. SUNDAY, August 21 7:30 AM + Mr. and Mrs. Jose Fernandez and Sons By: Grace and Family 9:00 AM + Jerry Provencio By: Family 11:00 AM + Jose Villanueva, Sr. and Jose Villanueva, Jr. By: Family

1:00 PM + Julian Harper By: Sally and Lance Harper

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2; Ps 132:6-7, 9-10, 13-14; 1 Cor 15:54b-57; Lk 11:27-28 Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Ps 45:10-12, 16; 1 Cor 15:20-27; Lk 1:39-56 Tuesday: Ez 28:1-10; Dt 32:26-28, 30, 35cd-36ab; Mt 19:23-30 Wednesday: Ez 34:1-11; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 20:1-16 Thursday: Ez 36:23-28; Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; Mt 22:1-14 Friday: Ez 37:1-14; Ps 107:2-9; Mt 22:34-40 Saturday: Ez 43:1-7a; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Mt 23:1-12 Sunday: Is 66:18-21; Ps 117:1, 2; Heb 12:5-7, 11-13; Lk 13:22-30

There will be a second collection on the weekend of August 20-21, 2016. It will be for

Catholic Charities.

Habrá una segunda colecta el fin de semana de Agosto 20-21, 2016. Será para Caridades

Católicas.

The office will be closed on Monday, August 15th in observance of The

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

La oficina estará cerrada el lunes 15 de agosto en celebración de la Asunción de la

Virgen María.

Sunday, August 14 2:30 p.m. Spanish Baptisms, Cathedral Monday, August 15 Holiday, Office Closed Tuesday, August 16 6:00 p.m. 1 pm Choir Practice, Room 1 6:30 p.m. Spanish ACTS Men, Room 9-10 7:00 p.m. English ACTS Men Meeting, Room 4 7:00 p.m. English Prayer Group, Room 109 Wednesday, August 17 9:45 a.m. Social Justice Commission, Room 9-10 6:30 p.m. Religious Education, Teachers Workshop, Finley Hall 8:00 p.m. All Night Vigil, Adoration Chapel Thursday, August 18 10:00 a.m. Sue Platt, Bible Study, Room 115 5:30 p.m. Pro-Life Meeting, Room 105 6:00 p.m. Talleres de Oracion y Vida, Room 115 7:00 p.m. La Divina Misericordia, School Chapel 7:00 p.m. 11 am Choir Practice, Cathedral Friday, August 19 6:00 p.m. Mariachi Choir Rehearsal, Room 1 7:00 p.m. El Buen Pastor Spanish Prayer Group, Room 105 Saturday, August 20 10:00 a.m. Grief Assistance Program, Room 109

WHEN: Wednesday, August 17th Wednesday, September 14th Wednesday, October 12th Wednesday, November 9th WHERE: CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY ADORATION CHAPEL

TIME: 8pm till 8am (Closing with Holy Mass at 8:15 am)

PRAYER INTENTIONS: Our country's return to Christian morals! Peace and healing of violence and terror in our cities and the world!

NEEDS: Individuals who are able and willing to stay the entire night and say the rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet every hour on the hour. The remaining time may be spent praying your individual prayers or visiting with our Lord in adoration. CONTACT: Mary Brunt (575) 527-9123 Gloria Lithgow (575) 522-1532 While we realize many cannot stay the entire 12 hours, any time you can spend in prayer and adoration would be a huge blessing and would help in this worthwhile prayer event.

May Our Lord Jesus and Our Blessed Mother's Blessings be with you to help us succeed in reaching the goals of these intentions by sacrificing your time and devotion.

Attention All Catechism

Teachers

There will be Mandatory training

on these dates:

Wednesdays August 17th and

31st

Where: Finley Hall

Time: 6:30 -8:00 pm

BENEFIT GREEN ENCHILADA DINNER Sponsored by Knights of Columbus

Assembly 0684

For Catholic Charitable Funds Knights of Columbus Hall

2755 E. Idaho Ave. Las Cruces, NM

Sunday, August 28, 2016 From 10:30 am to 5:30 pm

$7 per plate For tickets please call: Mannie Morales at 575.522.0437

Living God’s Word Each of us must choose to step into some unknown, guided by our God-given vision of what our lives must be about, a vision to which others are often blind. At these moments one can feel both most alone and most alive.

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PLEASE PRAY FOR THE MEMBERS

OF OUR PARISH WHO ARE ILL

Marc Griffin Myrna Banaag Hortencia V. Butler Pat King Robert Medina Danny Gutierrez Arnulfo Gutierrez Eloy Flores Rita Fernandez Betty Trujillo Danny Trujillo Guillermo Jaquez Mary Moyers Mary Montes Marian Collins Josefina Guzman Daniel Diaz Margie Franzoy Virginia Chavez Ernestine Elaine Woods Eduardo Chavez Josie Sedillo Manuel Ramirez Margaret Marrufo Vince Salazar Teresa Angel Cynthia Zaragoza Steve Lucero Daniel Telles Crystal Little

If you would like to add a name to the list please call the parish office

at 524-8563.

WELCOME TO RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 2016-17

Registration for children and youth classes will begin after each Sunday Mass: August 13-14 and

20-21 or in the office during the week.

Please encourage family and friends to enroll their children.

BIENVENIDOS A LA EDUCACION RELIGIOSA 2016-17

Pueden inscribir a sus nin os o jo venes despue s de cada misa durante los fines de semana de agosto 13-14 y 20-21 o en la oficina durante la semana.

Anime a sus familiares y amigos a inscribir a sus hijos.

Join us for three very

special evenings of

Healing and Hope

through Spoken Word

and Sacred Song with

Grammy winning

Christian Music

legend, best-selling

author, and TV host JOHN MICHAEL TALBOT

on August 24 - 26, 2016 at 7 pm.

Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral.

Each night is unique!

Tickets are not required but a love offering

will be received each evening to support the

ministries of John Michael Talbot and The

Brothers and Sisters of Charity!

Does your marriage need a little summer spruce up? All marriages do!

If you are interested in learning ways to spruce up your marriage and communication a Worldwide Marriage encounter is waiting for you! There will be a Marriage Encounter in Las Cruces the weekend of August 26-28, 2016.

If you have any questions please call Eric and Caitlin Pfeifer at 575-313-4363.

Bishop Emeritus Ricardo Ramirez’s 80th birthday – 50 years in the priesthood

35 years as a Bishop

Thursday, September 8th Mass of Thanksgiving and Reception

Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, 7 pm

Sunday, September 11th

Classical Concert University Singers and La Catrina String Quartet

Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary 3 pm

Reception to follow in Finley Hall

MARRIAGE BANNS

Ariel Ibuadno/Brenda Phillips

September 3, 2016

SAINT JOAN of the CROSS (1666-1736)

Feast Day - August 17

One fine day Jeanne encountered a poor widow and pilgrim from Rennes, named Francoise Fouchet, who predicted that Jeanne would one day spend her life in care for the poor. An encounter with the shabby old woman many dismissed as insane prompted St. Joan to dedicate her life to the poor. For Joan, who had a reputation as

businesswoman intent on monetary success, this was a significant conversion. Born in 1666 in Anjou, France, Joan worked in the family business—a small shop which was near a religious shrine—from an early age. After her parents’ death she took over the shop herself. She quickly became known for her greediness and insensitivity to the beggars who often came seeking help. That was until she was touched by the strange woman who claimed she was on intimate terms with the deity. Joan, who had always been devout and even scrupulous, became a new person. She began caring for needy children. Then the poor, elderly and sick came to her. Over time she closed the family business so she could devote herself fully to good works and penance. She went on to found what came to be known as the Congregation of St. Anne of Providence. It was then she took the religious name of Joan of the Cross. By the time of her death in 1736 she had founded 12 religious houses, hospices and schools. Pope John Paul II canonized her in 1982.

From Pope Francis in the encyclical Laudato Si (2015) paragraph 64 / presented by Social Justice Ministry of C-IHM But we should be particularly indignant at the enormous inequalities in our midst, whereby we continue to tolerate some considering themselves more worthy than others. We fail to see that some are mired in desperate and degrading poverty, with no way out, while others have not the faintest idea of what to do with their possessions, vainly showing off their supposed superiority and leaving behind them so much waste which, if it were the case everywhere, would destroy the planet. In practice, we continue to tolerate that some consider themselves more human than others, as if they had been born with greater rights.

De parte del Papa Francisco en la encíclica Laudato Si (2015) del párrafo 6/presentada por el Ministerio de Justicia Social de IHMC. Pero debemos estar particularmente indignados por las enormes desigualdades entre nosotros, que podamos seguir tolerando que algunos se consideran a sí mismos más valiosas que otros. No vemos que algunos están sumidos en una pobreza desesperada y degradante y sin salida, mientras que otros no tienen la menor idea de qué hacer con sus posesiones, en vano mostrando su supuesta superioridad y dejando tras de sí tantos desechos que, si se diera el caso en todas partes, destruiría el planeta. En la práctica, sigamos tolerando que algunos se consideran a sí mismos más humanos que otros, como si hubieran nacido con mayores derechos.

We are accepting donations for the Silent Auction (nice items) and for the White Elephant

Sale during the Harvest Fest. Please bring clean used items to the office

during the week. NO CLOTHES PLEASE

DON’T FORGET

Make your Offering Electronically.

If I were to take a guess, you pay at least one bill by direct debit. So, why not make your offering the

same way.

ENROLL TODAY!!

Call 524-8563 for more information or visit our website at www.cathedralofihm.com.