SOLEMNITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD January 1, 2017

Queridos Amigos,

¡¡¡Feliz año nuevo!!!

Qué hermosa celebración tuvimos aquí del nacimiento de

Nuestro Señor. Gracias de nuevo a todos los que nos ayudaron a

tener una Navidad tan maravillosa aquí. Y seguir celebrando!

Recuerden, celebramos durante toda la temporada de Navidad,

no sólo el 25 de diciembre!

También quisiera extender un agradecimiento personal a todos

los que me dieron pequeñas tarjetas de Navidad o regalos o /

golosinas. Gracias por siempre hacerme sentir parte de sus

familias, y muy bien amado. Ciertamente no merezco ninguna

de sus bondades. Los amo mucho y les agradezco mucho a

todos ustedes!

Al comenzar el Año Nuevo tenemos que arrancar fuertes y

hacer algunas buenas resoluciones para seguir adelante.

Se cuenta de San Antonio del Desierto que él hizo un gran

progreso a lo largo de toda su vida imaginando que nada de lo

que había hecho hasta ese momento contaba para nada y que

estaba comenzando ese nuevo día como si fuera su primer día

de ser un cristiano. Así que cada nuevo día comenzó con

renovado celo y vigor. ¡Que comencemos el Año Nuevo con

pensamientos santos!

¿Puedo sugerir algunas resoluciones de Año Nuevo?

1) Vaya a por lo menos una misa diaria cada semana, o más si

usted puede.

2) No vayas más de un mes sin confesarse.

3) Rece el Rosario todos los días, ya que este ano (2017)

observamos el 100º aniversario de Nuestra Señora de Fátima.

4) Sea más generoso con los pobres y necesitados y venga a

ayudar a nuestra Despensa de Alimentos al menos una o dos

veces al mes.

5) hágase voluntario para un ministerio de la iglesia como ser un

ministro extraordinario de la Sagrada Comunión, un sacristán,

un lector, o ayudar con CCD o el grupo de jóvenes.

Saque sus propias resoluciones espirituales también! Cuanto

más concreto y práctico mejor.

Dios te bendiga. ¡Que el 2017 sea un año de repleto de gracia y

crecimiento espiritual para toda nuestra comunidad!

En Cristo,

Padre Simón

Dear Friends,

Happy New Year!!!

What a beautiful celebration we had here of Our Lord's

birth. Thank you again to everyone who helped us to have such a

wonderful Christmas here. And keep celebrating! Remember,

we celebrate through the whole Christmas Season, not just on

December 25th!

I would also like to extend a personal thanks to everyone who

gave me little Christmas cards or presents or Christmas treats /

goodies. Thank you for always making me feel very much a part

of your families, and very well loved. I certainly don't deserve

any of your kindnesses. I love you all very much and am very

appreciative of all of you!

As we start the New Year we have to set out strong and make

some good resolutions to follow through on.

There is told the story of St. Anthony of the Desert that he made

great progress through his whole life by imagining that nothing

he had done to that moment now counted for anything and that

he was starting this new day as if it were his first day of being a

Christian. So each new day he started out with renewed zeal and

vigor. May we start the New Year with such holy thoughts!

May I suggest a few New Years resolutions?

1) Go to at least one daily Mass each week, more if you can.

2) Do not go more than a month between your confessions.

3) Pray the Rosary everyday as we observe this year in 2017 the

100th anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima.

4) Be more generous to the poor and needy and come to the Food

Pantry at least once or twice a month.

5) Volunteer for a church ministry such as being an extraordinary

minister of Holy Communion, a sacristan, a lector, or helping

with CCD or Youth Group.

Come up with your own spiritual resolutions too! The more

concrete and practical the better.

God bless you. May 2017 be a year of tremendous grace and

spiritual growth for our whole community!

Yours in Christ,

Fr. Simon

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BIENVENIDOS

Como lo he dicho antes es un honor

poder servir a nuestra hermosa

comunidad hispana. Dicho esto

quiero que sepan que si tiene

cualquier necesidad Sacramental,

podemos ayudarles. Se ofrece

Bautismo, preparación para el

Matrimonio, etc. Lo mas fabuloso es

que ahora también es en Español

aquí. Por favor, venga o llame a la

oficina para que le podamos asistir en

sus necesidades espirituales. También,

los niños están invitados a que asistan

a las clases de Catecismo que

comienzan en enero 11 de 2017. Lo

único que tienen que hacer es

registrarse antes. Tenemos las formas

necesarias en la oficina. No se

preocupen porque nosotros les

ayudamos con todo eso.

WEEKLY PARISH CATECHISM ASSIGNMENT

Material to be read and mastered before:

January 11, 2017

Lesson 20, Pg. 127-132:

The Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth

Commandments of God

Readings are in the New St. Joseph Baltimore Catechism.

This book is provided free of charge to all who come

every Wednesday night at 6:30pm

COME JOIN US!

We have wonderful bible studies and adult education

at our parish. Every Wednesday night at 6PM we have

for the whole family and fun classes for children ages

pre-K to 5th grade We start up again on January 11.

Also our incredible Youth Group meets every Sunday

from 4pm to 6pm. This is for all young people in

middle school and high school. In addition to

learning about the Bible and our Catholic Faith, we

have a lot of fun and have trips and service projects.

With all the bad influences out there, it is so great to

have here such a large and active Youth Group where

solid Christ-based friendships can be formed.

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Please also come and help us with our very active

Parish Food Pantry

The food pantry operates every Saturday of the month.

Anyone interested in volunteering, please come at 8:30 am!

This is a truly beautiful ministry, an essential part of living the

Gospel and really helping many in need here in our

community. The Food pantry helps literally hundreds of

families in this area. If you are interested, please call Rosie

Buchan at (575) 309-5040 for further information.

The Food Pantry is currently in need of the following items:

Cans of Soup, Peanut Butter, Small Juice Drinks, Granola

Bars, Oatmeal. ALSO we are taking donations of NEW

blankets and coats.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. You can place items in

the baskets in the back of the church or bring them into the

parish office. Thank you and may God Bless you.

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¡FELIZ AÑO NUEVO! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Traditional Latin Mass

Every Sunday at 2pm we have Mass

at our mission church in Melrose It’s right off of highway 60, turn north onto the Tucumcari Truck Route,

i.e. NM 268 which is the street furthest west in Melrose, and it’s right

there on the east side, our beautiful little white church with a blue roof.

Come and experience the beautiful, ancient Mass of the Church!

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SUNDAY January 1, 2017

8:30 A.M. † Judy Vaughan

10:30 A.M. In honor of Mary the Holy Mother of God

ST. CATHERINE MISSION - Melrose 2:00 P.M. Chris Barnard

MONDAY January 2, 2017

5:30 P.M. † Paul Sandoval

TUESDAY January 3, 2017

7:00 A.M. Jack & Betty Schonberger

WED January 4, 2017

12:10 P.M. † Ron Leninger

THURSDAY January 5, 2017

NO MASS NO MASS

FRIDAY January 6, 2017

5:30 P.M. † Judy Vaughan

SATURDAY January 7, 2017

5:30 P.M. Ubaldo & Roselia Vicuña

SUNDAY January , 2017

8:30 A.M. For the people

10:30 A.M. † Elias Nieto

† Antonio Guzman

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Sacred Heart has a group of “Prayer Warriors” who

will seek God’s intervention on your behalf. All it

takes is a phone call to:

Jeanne Kriegshauser

(575) 762-9214 or

Mary Shockley

(575) 763-0953,

FELIZ NAVIDAD! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

This year the Christmas present that our parish is giving to

Jesus for His birthday is to make a beautiful little shrine to

honor Jesus’ Mother. It will be a wonderful place where

people can go to light candles and invoke the prayers of the

Mother of God

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TITHES & OFFERINGS

December 25, 2016

Not available at time of publication

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CHURCH CLEANING-December 31, 2016

* Dorothy Molina, Debbie Alexander, Abby Salguero

ALTAR LINENS January: Jo Denise Burns

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EXTRA ORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

TO THE HOMEBOUND & NURSING HOMES

January 1, 2017

Retirement Ranch Tina Majkrzak

Clovis Health Care The Candelarias

Home Route Marcy Kos

¡Aquí en nuestra parroquia!

Todos los sábados a las 5:30 de la tarde

MINISTERS – SATURDAY – January 7, 2016

SACRISTANS

5:30 P.M. Luis Campoz

ALTAR SERVERS

5:30P.M. Marvin Campos

Ilana Hernandez

Angelina Ruiz

LECTORS

5:30 P.M. Cindi Cantu

Lorraine Hernandez

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

5:30P.M. Lola Bryant

Katie Haynes-Burns

Gabby Campos

Luis Campoz

MINISTERS – SUNDAY – January 8, 2017

SACRISTANS

8:30 A.M. Mike & Anna Nagro

10:30 A.M Carlos and Dora Rivero

ALTAR SERVERS

8:30A.M. I-Joseph Vickers

Evan Van Beek

Esperanza Tafoya

10:30A.M. Francisco Rodriguez

Jacob Rodriguez

Dalton Doss

LECTORS

8:30 A.M. Katie Haynes-Burns

Leo Gramke

10:30A.M. Raymond Cortes

Jean Kaplan

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

8:30 A.M. John Schonberger

Mary Shockley

Lee Smith

Robert Timmons

10:30A.M. Betty Hicks

Jim Hicks