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August 3, 2008 September 7, 2008 September 28, 2008
October 5, 2008
OCTOBER 26, 2008 November 02, 2008 November 23, 2008
December 7, 2008
December 21, 2008 August 9, 2009
August 22, 2010 December 21, 2014
Fourth Sunday Of
Advent
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OFFICE, STAFF, MASS, & RECONCILIATION INFORMATION
OFFICE STAFF: Alicia Driscoll, Assistant to Administrator………….....… Ext. 32 Aleida Hinojosa, Receptionist……………………………. Ext. 10 Ann Martinez, Administrative Assistant to Director…..…. Ext. 18 Joe Lopez, Security/Maintenance……………….…….… Ext. 27 Gloria Morales, Hispanic Ministry Assistant……….…... Ext. 23 José Molina, Security/Maintenance………………….… Ext. 27 Margaret Colunga, Data Management………..…...…….. Ext. 19 Mela Gutierrez, Bookstore Assistant…………………….. Ext. 20 Noris Redondo, Hispanic Ministry Coordinator…......… Ext. 23 Pat Allison, English Ministry .............................................. Ext. 16 Skip Davey, Administrator…………..………….……….…. Ext. 31 Teresa Valadez, Bookstore Manager……………… Ext. 20
MARRIAGE & ANNULMENTS PREPARATION:
Deacon Michael Garcia…...…………………………………….Ext. 12
DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Fr. David Bergeron…………………………………..……..…..Ext. 24
ENGLISH MINISTRY:
Patricia Allison, Parish Renewal Liaison Ext. 16
HISPANIC MINISTRY: Noris Redondo, Coordinator………………………….…... Ext. 23 Gloria Morales, Assistant….………………………….…... Ext. 23
BOOKSTORE HOURS Tuesday……..10:00 am - 2:00 pm Wednesday….10:00 am - 2:00 pm Thursday….… 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Not open after Mass Friday……….10:00 am - 2:00 pm and 6:00-7:30 pm & after Mass Sunday………12 Noon - 2pm After Mass
REGULARLY SCHEDULED MASS AND EVENTS
♦MONDAY: Center and Offices Closed
♦TUESDAY: 12:00 Noon - English MASS / Chapel ♦WEDNESDAY: 11:00 - 11:50am Confession 12:00 Noon-Spanish Mass / Main Sanctuary Prayer teams are available after Asamblea 7:00 - 9:00 pm - Women’s Bible Studies, Room 120 ♦THURSDAY: 6:00 - 7:00 pm - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel 6:45 - 7:10 pm - Rosary before Mass - Main Sanctuary 7:20 - 7:30 pm - Praise & Worship-Main Sanctuary 7:30 pm - MASS 1st Thursday of each Month before Mass Blessing of the Salt, Water and Oil. ♦ FRIDAY: 12:00 Noon - English MASS—Chapel 8:00 pm Spanish Mass ♦SATURDAY: Scheduled Events 6:00am Fishers of Men Prayer Group—Room 111 8:30am Mass for Life/Chapel ♦SUNDAY: 9:00 am - 9:45 am - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 9:30 am - 10:00 am - Liturgy of the Hours (Chapel) 10:00 am - 10:30 am - Praise & Worship Main Sanctuary 10:30 am - MASS Nigerian Mass: 2nd Sunday 1:00 pm in Main Sanctuary Fellowship upstairs in fellowship hall after Mass ♦SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK Please call the office for appointment. ♦SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION:
Sunday……….. 9:30 am - 10:20 am Wednesday…...11:00 am - 11:50pm Thursday……... 6:30 pm - 7:20 pm Friday…………..6:30 pm - 7:50 pm or by appointment
Prayer Intentions Monica Garcia, Preston Lewis, Flor Vasquez, Michelle Mancias, Barry Jackson, Rudy Reyna, Bobbi & Sandy Embesi, Catalina Rivera, Mack Arevalo, Javier Lazo, Elsie Cobb, Joe Flores, Jorge Alvarado, Jackie Lyons, Mary Hood, Elilia Zuniga, Mayia Uresti, Matilda Gonzales, Benjamin Thomas, Rudy Terrazas, Deacon Gerald DuPont, Bishop
Christian Riesbeck, Jesus Lopez, Carmen Garcia, Elijah Mondragon, Abraham Flores, Mary & Jesse Cordero, June Isassi, Barbara Ryan, Tony Galicia, Virginia Gonzalez, Sandra Longoria, Zamora Family,
Alyssa Hernandez, Rita Ochoa, Isa Montes & Family, Margarito Lara, Linda McKnight, Roger & Martha Sherman
In Memoriam † Sixto Silva † Anita Flores † Maricruz Espinoza †Allen McKay King
Readings for the Week of December 22 - 27, 2014 Monday: 1 Sm 1:24-28; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lk 1:46-56 Tuesday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14; Lk 1:57-66 Wednesday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Lk 1:67-79 Thursday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14] Friday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22 Saturday: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8
MAILING ADDRESS: 1949 Cullen Blvd., Houston, Texas 77023 P.O. Box 230287, Houston, Texas 77223 Off: (713) 236-9977 Fax: (713) 236-0073
Web Page: www.cccgh.com OFFICE HOURS: Monday ..................... Closed Tuesday .................... 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Wednesday ............... 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Thursday ................... 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Friday ........................ 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
PASTORAL STAFF: Rev. Mark Goring, CC, Director ................ Ext. 11 Rev. Francis Frankovich, CC, Assoc. Dir.. Ext. 14 Rev. David Bergeron, CC, Assoc. Dir. ....... Ext. 24
Director Emeritus: Rev. Richard Paulissen, M.M. [email protected]
NO MASS FOR LIFE SATURDAY DECEMBER 27TH
REGULAR SCHEDULE WILL RESUME SATURDAY JANUARY 3, 2015
There will be NO 7:30 pm Mass December 25, 2014 or
January 1, 2015 Rosary and Mass will
Resume January 8, 2015
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This week at the Center….. THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 21, 2014
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
PEACE ECHOING MARY’S DECISION The angel Gabriel today confronts Mary with a mystery. The mystery of salvation in Christ is not a mystery that is solved, but a reality beyond our comprehension that we must choose to enter into. In the liturgy of the Eastern Church, everyone waits to see if Mary will enter into the mystery: God waits, Adam and Eve and all the souls of the dead who long for paradise wait, angels wait for new heav-enly companions. And there is much rejoicing when her de-cision is “yes.” We have less dramatic choices offered to us, but the mystery of our salvation in Christ is by no means “solved.” We may understand it a bit better due to Mary’s “yes.” We may be a bit closer to it through the passion, death, and res-urrection of Jesus Christ. But it still remains a mystery to which we all must give our own “yes.” Soon we will be singing “O come, let us adore him.” May our Advent prayer, our echo of Mary’s “yes,” continue then, so we may enter into the mystery of our salvation in Jesus Christ, God among us. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
Saints and Special Observances Dec.ember 21 - 27, 2014 Sunday: Fourth Sunday of Advent; Winter begins Tuesday: St. John of Kanty Wednesday: The Vigil of Christmas Thursday: The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Friday: St. Stephen Saturday: St. John
...and the angel said to her in reply, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the Child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God….for nothing will be impossible for God” Luke 1:35-37
CCC Offices will close 12:00pm (noon) December 24, 2014
and Re-open 9:00 am January 2, 2015!
Have a Blessed and Safe Christmas and
a Happy New Year!
Great Gift or Stocking Stuffer! Order yours Today!
Final Practice Sunday afternoon December 21, 2:00 - 3:30 pm room 111-A for more info call Fred @832-701-8599
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www.cccgh.com ENGLISH MINISTRY, YOUTH AND FORMATION NEWS www.cccgh.com
Mary Primerano (12/22) Nicholas Garza (12/22) Emmanuela Emeakoroha (12/22) Angelina Garcia (12/22) Curtis Strauss (12/22) Ana Gaitan (12/22) Juan Reyes (12/22) Patricia Flores (12/22) Clementina Cardenas (12/23) Bibian Uzoma (12/23) Diana Chapa (12/23) Juan Arredondo (12/23) Dianne Gongora (12/24) Maria Amaya (12/24)
Michael Sundholm (12/24) Jonie Sowl (12/25) Elizabeth Hinojos (12/25) Cynthia Galaviz (12/26) Maria Onuigbo (12/26) Peter Blessinger (12/26) Juan Fuentes (12/26) Marco Silva (12/26) Abigail Moncevaiz (12/27) Juanita Esquivel (12/27) Vinson Villarreal (12/27) Jose Leon, Jr. (12/27 Rosa Henriquez (12/28)
JOIN W.O.W. for a MONTHLY Pro-life Outreach
Last Saturday of EVERY Month Walking, Praying, & Fasting against Human Trafficking 4300 Telephone Rd. 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
December 27 From age 15 and older are invited with
Parental Supervision only For more Information: [email protected]
Breaking Bread Homeless Ministries News From The Streets…
I Believe In Miracles By Mary Martha Primerano Last Sunday after church I was approached by a sweet home-less fellow named Bill, and he asked me what my last name was. When I said, “Primerano” he whipped out a TX Drivers License and other important cards belonging to me! I was shocked to see these items now in my hand because last sum-mer on Thursday, Aug. 6th(to be exact) my wallet was lost or stolen-whatever happened to it, I’m still not sure. I decided then not to let this steal my joy and took it in stride cancelling all my cards. There was one thing I couldn’t fix. The fearful thoughts of identity theft that tormented my mind. I finally took it to God and reminded Him of His promise found in Psalm 37: 23-24. The steps of the godly are directed by the Lord and He delights in every detail of their lives -You see I have been meditating on this for the past year. Really letting it soak into my spirit. So in childlike faith I simply had a talk with God and said something like this. “Look God I don’t like the idea of all my important cards with my identity being out there. I don’t know where that wallet could be - but one thing I do know is that You know where it’s at. I understand that you love me as your child so I’m asking you to please get these cards back. Amen“. So that takes us to Sunday, Nov. 23 with God sending Bill our homeless friend delivering all of my cards to me. He explained how he was walking along the highway feeder road and saw all these items on the ground and picked up only the important looking cards. Some may ask (as I did). Why did it take so long? Is it any wonder that I would receive my cards on the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving? To remember that God has me in the palm of His hand, and to keep a thankful heart. Eph. 5:20 At all times and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father. If interested in volunteering please contact: Walt Primerano 713.661.7167 or [email protected]
“Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting; the woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” Proverbs 31:30.
W. O. W. WOMEN’S CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP December Outreach
Sat. DECEMBER 27th, St. Dominic Center, 10:30-11:30a.m. 2401 Holcombe Blvd. Hou. Tx. 77021
For more information [email protected]
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UPCOMING EVENTS, RETREATS at the CCC, AROUND THE ARCHDIOCESE AND MORE
Catholic Charities
Women’s Retreat 2015
Married Couples Retreat
Faith in the Fire
Healing Retreat
Kerygma Texas
Fr David Bergeron, CC Celebrant and priest for the weekend Register at KerygmaTexas.com or call 903-343-3567
The Almost Perfect Couple…..
Workshop i s open to married couples who want to improve their
couple communication. This workshop is January 17, 2015. at St.
Dominic Archdiocesan Center 2403 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77021
Room 140. 9a.m.-5p.m., Event is free but donations are welcome. For
more information please call 713-741-8711.
The Perfect Christmas Gift for a Special Person in your Life
January 24 & 25, 2015
Register Sundays after Mass or online at: www.cccgh.com
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PAGINA 6 CUARTO DOMINGO DE ADVIENTO, CICLO B, COLOR MORADO 21 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2014
ANUNCIACIÓN
Lc 1, 26-38 Con este domingo estamos ya muy cerca de Navidad: dentro de poco vamos a celebrar el nacimiento de nuestro Dios en medio de nosotros. Al final de este empo de espera, la Iglesia quiere presentarnos, una vez más, esa gran figura de adviento que es la Sma. Virgen María. La primera lectura de hoy nos recuerda las promesas de Dios a David. A par r de allí, toda la historia del pueblo elegido gira en torno a estas grandes promesas. Pero en el empo de María queda sólo un pequeño resto de personas que man ene viva esa fe expectante. La Sma. Virgen no sólo forma parte de este grupo fiel, sino que es, a la vez, su centro y su culminación. En la Anunciación ha llegado, por fin, esa hora que fue anunciada por los profetas y que el pueblo esperaba desde hacía siglos. El encuentro del ángel con María resulta uno de los momentos más grandes de la historia de Israel y de toda la humanidad. Esta historia pasa ahora por Ella, depende de Ella, culmina en Ella - pero en provecho de todos. De una manera única se tocan el cielo y la erra, la grandeza de Dios y la pequeñez de su creatura. A Ella Dios la ha elegido para revelar su misterio, mantenido en secreto durante siglos. En el seno de María se hará realidad la promesa de Dios: “El Señor le dará el trono de David, su padre y reinará sobre la casa de Jacob para siempre”, le anuncia el ángel a María. El llamado a María, por medio del ángel, es significa vo para el actuar de Dios frente al hombre. Podemos verlo, sobre todo, en tres caracterís cas: (1) Dios prefiere a los humildes, a los pequeños, a los sencillos. Por eso escoge a María, “la esclava del Señor”. Ella es humilde, porque conoce la distancia infinita que hay entre Dios y Ella. María se siente una hija pequeña e insignificante de su pueblo. Por eso se turba cuando el ángel la saluda: “Alégrate, llena de gracia, el Señor está con go”. (2) Una segunda caracterís ca: para los sucesos verdaderamente grandes de la historia y de nuestra vida, Dios no elige la agitación y la turbulencia del mundo, sino elige la soledad y la tranquilidad. Los mayores momentos suelen ser los más silenciosos y ocultos. Así sucede también en este encuentro singular entre el cielo y la erra: ene lugar en la soledad y paz de la casa de María, ignorado por el mundo. (3) Además, la Anunciación nos revela, que Dios toma en serio al hombre y su libertad. Por eso no quiere realizar sus planes de salvación sin la colaboración y el consen miento libres del hombre. En la escena del Evangelio, este respeto de Dios ante la dignidad y libertad del ser humano se expresa de un modo impresionante. Dios le da a María la posibilidad de aceptar o rechazar su misión. Dios pone el des no de la humanidad en las manos de esta virgen sencilla. La respuesta de María en esta hora decisiva resulta ejemplar para todos nosotros: “Hágase en mí según tu palabra”. Ella acepta,
“CANTARÉ ETERNAMENTE TUS MISERICORDIAS, SEÑOR” aunque no vea ni comprenda. Por eso, lo más extraordinario de María, en la hora de la Anunciación, es su fe. María es la primera creyente de la Iglesia: “La Madre de todos los creyentes”, como la llaman los Padres de la Iglesia. Ella es modelo de nuestra fe, no sólo en la hora de la Anunciación, sino también en toda su vida. El ángel se re ra y Ella queda sola, sola con su gran misterio, sin posibilidad de explicárselo a nadie. Y se inicia su doloroso camino de fe. Desde ese mismo momento comienza a ser la Madre Dolorosa. Recordemos nomás su situación di cil frente a San José, el nacimiento en la miseria, la matanza de los inocentes, la fuga a Egipto, hasta la muerte de su Hijo en la cruz. Ésta y no otra es también nuestra suerte, si queremos ser cris anos autén cos. La fe no es un seguro cómodo de la vida. Sino es un salto en el vacío, un camino de lucha con nua, que incluye también la cruz. Pero tenemos en María una Madre que nos precedió en este camino y que nos acompaña, de nuevo, con su ayuda, su es mulo y su consuelo. Y al final de nuestra vida, Ella nos espera para llevarnos a la Casa del Padre, para siempre. Queridos hermanos, en esta misma fe vamos a prepararnos también, como la Sma. Virgen, para la gran fiesta de Navidad, el milagro de la Noche Buena, la llegada del Dios hecho hombre a nuestra erra.
¡Qué así sea! En el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo. Amén.
Padre Nicolás Schwizer Instituto de los Padres de
Schoenstatt
HORARIO NAVIDEÑO El Ministerio Hispano del CCC
NO tendrá actividades a partir del 20 de Diciembre, reanuda
actividades el Viernes 2 de Enero, * Rosario 6:30pm * Hora Santa 7pm * Misa 8pm *
LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: 1 Sm 1:24-28; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lc 1:46-56 Martes: Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Sal 25 (24):4-5ab, 8-10, 14; Lc 1:57-66 Miércoles: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Sal 89 (88):2-5, 27, 29; Lc 1:67-79 Jueves: Vigilia: Is 62:1-5; Sal 89 (88):4-5, 16-17, 27, 29; Hch 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] Noche: Is 9:1-6; Sal 96 (95):1-3, 11-13; Ti 2:11-14; Lc 2:1-14 Aurora: Is 62:11-12; Sal 97 (96):1, 6, 11-12; Ti 3:4-7; Lc 2:15-20 Día: Is 52:7-10; Sal 98 (97):1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14] Viernes: Hch 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Sal 31 (30):3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22 Sábado: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Sal 97 (96):1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Domingo: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 o Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Sal 128 (127): 1-5 o Sal 105 (104):1-6, 8-9; Col 3:12-21 [12-17] o Hb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19; Lc 2:22-40 [22, 39-40]
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ACTIVIDADES Y EVENTOS DE LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA
PAGINA 7 21 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2014