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Reconciliation - Confesiones Saturdays: 3:30 –4:45 p.m. Or by appt. Daily Mass Schedule Weekday: 7:30 a.m. In the Chapel Mondays - Communion Service Tuesday - Friday Mass English Only Rosary recited after mass Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday: 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 8 a.m. & 10 a.m. English

Domingo: 12 p.m. Español Rosary recited 30 minutes before each mass Sunday Mass are being lived streamed via Facebook - English 10 am. La misa de Domingo está siendo transmitida en vivo a través de Facebook - Español 12:00 p.m.

Mailing Address: 905 Water St. Bastrop, TX 78602 Physical Address: 804 Pine St. Bastrop, TX 78602 Office Phone: (512)321-3552 After Hours Emergency: Fax# (512)332-0404 (512)549-3709 Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00a.m.-5:00 p.m. Closed during lunch 12 pm-1 pm

Sacraments/Sacramentos

Reconciliation\Confesiones: Saturdays\

Sabados: 3:30 –4:45 pm

Please call the Office for\ Favor de Llamar la oficina 512-321-3552 para Baptism & Marriage \Bautismos & Matrimonios; Anointing of the sick \Uncion de los Enfermos.

33nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - November 14th & 15th, 2020

Ascension Parishioners

Altar flowers can be donated in memory of someone or to honor a special occasion. Contact the Parish office cost is $90.

Knights of Columbus & Ascension KOC Auxiliary (KOCA) 2020-2021 Scholarships

Both of these organizations will be awarding scholarships this school year. This opportunity is open to Ascension Catholic Church parishioners. Applications are due no later than Feb. 18, 2021 at Ascension Parish Office. Applications are avail-able at the parish office or at the counselor’s office of your school. Contact Information: Bastrop KOC #14943: Jeff Kirk 361-779-6894 jeff.kirk @sbcglobal.net KOCA: Kathy Kirk 361-877-8997 or KathyCKirk@sbcglobal.net

Thank you to everyone who has already pledged a gift to the Catholic Services Appeal. We are still working toward our parish goal of 100% participation. Each and every gift is important and will help so many! If you have yet to make your gift, please prayerfully consider how you can best support the CSA and the vital programs and ministries it funds throughout our diocese. You may complete and return your pledge card in the collection basket or make a secure gift online at austindio-cese.org/csa. Gracias a todos los que ya han hecho un compromiso con el Llamado Para Los Servicios Católicos. Todavía nos estamos moviendo hacia nuestra meta parroquial de una participación del 100% ¡Cada una de las donaciones es importante y ayudará a muchos! Si usted no ha hecho una donación aún, por favor considere en oración cómo puede usted apoyar de la mejor manera al CSA y los programas y ministerios vitales que financia a lo largo de nuestra diócesis. Usted puede completar y regresar su tarjeta compromiso en la canasta de la colecta o hacer una donación en línea de manera segura en austindio-cese.org/csa

Well done my good and faithful servant To those who use well what they are given , Even more will be given and they will have an abundance Matthew 25:14-30

Bien hecho mi Servidor bueno y fiel A los que usan bien lo que se les da, Aún más se les dará y tendrán abundancia Mateo 25:14-30

Holy Hour

Thursday

Nov. 17th

7 p.m.

†Delfina Davila †Mary Louis Spencer †Michael Lundgren †Carole Weiland Vicente Zavala Mario Pacheco Charlie Pacheco †Briena Nicole Salazar Pete & Lupita Vigil Blaine Potts Zachary Beauchamp Richard Barrios Domingo Villareal †Mario Javier Rosales, Sr †Martha Herschap †Victor Solis †Frank Rodriguez †George Martin Mary Butler Rebecca Casias Dottie Adams Connie DeFabian Mary LaBlanc Julia Mahone Donna Arthur Paul Cross Jesse Moran †Willie Coy †Jose Maria Resendes †Julia Mahon Sylvia Lopez Robert Wilhelm Gary Rosenauer †Crispina Ramirez Angel Valdez †Bob Enger †Pablo A. Henriquez Ventura †Peggy Pacheco †Prisca Lopez Ernesto Vigil †Perla Denise Jimenez Carmen Torres Jenne Papas †Georgette Treviño †Barbara Wernette Richard Gonzalez †Margarito Fernandez Lloyd Greenhall †Michael Mangrum Desmond Devitt †Victor H. Rodriguez Antonia Rodriguez Luis Ozuna Warren Pederson Christie Love †Raul Rangel David Runk †Billie Dombrowski Juanito Maldonado †Wayne Dayton †Cesar Muñoz Lomeli †Paul Anthony Garcia Moises Martinez †James Robertson Anne Robertson †Susa Campos Jordanna Richesin †Simon Aguirre Mondragon

†Rita Hornak Carmalita Perales Kathleen Golden Joe Alba †Carmen Marlén Medina Acosta Virgil Fontenot

PARISH STAFF\EMPLEADOS Rev. Ramiro Tarazona: Pastor pastor@ascen.org

Deacon Paul Cooke: pascooke@gmail.com Deacon Corby Weiss: deaconcorby@ascen.org

Debbie Moore: Bus. Admin. dmoore@ascen.org Deborah Esquivel: D.R.E. desquivel@ascen.org Priscilla Ruiz, Youth Director: p_ruiz@ascen.org

Debi Goode: Dir. of Liturgy dgoode50@austin.rr.com Kathy Venzon: Bookkeeper kvenzon@ascen.org

Margie Soto: Secretary mainoffice@ascen.org

Call parish office to add someone to the prayer

Nov. 7th & 8th, 2020

Week

YTD

Regular Collection

$7,425.14 $389,081.74

Operating Expenses

$7,220.19 $387,077.55

Children’s $14.22 $3,43392

Youth $0.00 $6,673.76

Building Fund $74.28 $11,913.10

Second Collection

$10.00 $15,022.60

Bulletin Submissions due by Monday 5 pm

Altar Servers: Nicole Herring 512-308-2094 Altar Society: Sandy Simon 512-971-9321, Ssimon1221@yahoo.com Baptism: Deacon Corby: deaconcorby@ascen.org English Choir: Raymond Tatum—rjtatum@gmail.com Spanish Choir : Cresencio Vega (512)844-9084 Evangelization: Tessy Dorantes—(512)848-4420 Extraordinary Ministers: Debbie Moore (225)802-4702 Finance Council Chair: Reid Sharp Hispanic Ministry: Guadalupe Lopez 512-799-6927 & Cresencio Vega (512)844-9084 Knights of Columbus: Benny Drozd -361-550-3594 KOCA: Susie Eberts (817) 905-3541;susie.eberts@gmail.com Lectors (English): Debi Goode dgoode50@austin.rr.com Lectors (Spanish): Guadalupe Lopez 512-799-6927 Nursing Homes (weekdays) Ginger Morris gmorris19@austin.rr.com; (512)299-2925 Weekend Nursing Home & Home Bound: Karen Pinard (512)321-6939 Kep_1965@yahoo.com Visitation Ministry: Sue Cooke 443-744-1079/ sfcooke@gmail.com Pastoral Council Chair: Pat Malek (512)897-2542/ (512)321-5829 Prison Ministry: Dan Krischke- handydan@texas.net Sacristans: Generosa Lowden 512-303-0703 Sandwich Ministry: Steve Venzon (512)718-9408 THAT MAN IS YOU - Men’s Ministry - Larry Martin -512-789-5120 Legion of Mary English: Ginger Morris (512)299-2925 Legion of Maria Español: Leticia Vasquez (512)529-5713 Ushers: TBA Pro Life: Deacon Paul Cooke pascooke@gmail.com Funeral Food Coordinator: Putzie Martin putzie55@gmail.com CRSP Hombres: Edwin Montenegro (512)748-8003 CRSP Mujeres: Cecilia Ibarra (512)545-6901 Danza Matachines: Jose Reyes jgreyes.it@gmail.com RCIA: TBA Rey Jesus: Noe Cespedes (512)718-3076 Carismaticos: Guadalupe Muñoz lmunoz9@icloud.com & Angelica Navarette 512-718-0097

Ministry Volunteer Directory

Due to the continued rise in COVID -19 cases face coverings and social distancing continue to be required and will be enforced upon entering the church for all services and the parish office. We also ask that

proper use of face coverings (should cover the entire nose and mouth) and hand sanitation be followed. Debido al continuo incrementio en casos del COVID -19, máscaras faciales y el distanciamiento social continúan siendo requerido y se aplicará al ingresar a la iglesia para todos los servicios y la oficina parroquial. También pedimos que se siga el uso adecuado de máscaras faciales (debe cubrir toda la nariz y la boca) y el saneamiento de manos.

Bastrop County COVID-19 Testing/Pruebas

Bastrop County Citiizens Cuidadanos del Condado de Bastrop

To make free appt. and check eligibility visit or call. Para hacer una cita gratis y verificar la elegibiliada visite or llame.

Bastropcountycovid19.org 512-972-5560 Mon-Fri 8am - 5 pm

Sat. 9 am - 1 pm

O Mary, you always brighten our path as a sign of salvation and of hope. We entrust ourselves to you. Health of the Sick, who, at the Cross, took part in Jesus’ pain while remaining steadfast in faith, O loving Mother, you know what we need, and we are confident you will provide for us as at Cana in Galilee. Intercede for us with your Son Jesus, the Divine Physician, for those who have fallen ill, for those who are vulnerable, and for those who have died. Intercede also for those charged with protecting the health and safety of others and for those who are tending to the sick and seeking a cure. Help us, O Mother of Divine Love, to conform to the will of the Father and to do as we are told by Jesus, who took upon himself our sufferings and carried our sorrows, so as to lead us, through the Cross, to the glory of the Resurrection. Amen.

Under the protection we seek refuge, O Holy Mother of God.

In our needs, despise not our petitions, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen

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Mon. Nov. 16th Rv 1:1-4,2:1-5/Lk 18:35-43 (497) Communion Service Tues. Nov. 17th Rv 3:1-6,14-22/Lk 19:1-10 (498) †Pedro Marrero

Wed. Nov. 18th Rv 4: 1-11/Lk 19:11-28 (499)

†Isabel Salo

Thurs. Nov. 19th Rv 5: 1-10/Lk 19: 41-44 (500)

Health of Jose Antonio Celedon Tello

Fri. Nov. 20th Rv 10: 8-11/Lk 19:45-48 (501)

†Joana Reyna Marquez

Sat. Nov. 21st Rv 11:4-12/Lk 20:27-40 (502)

Sun. Nov. 22nd Ez 34:11-12,15-17/1 Cor 15:20-26,28/

Mt 25: 31-46 (160) Saturday 5:00 p.m. †May Lou Spencer Sunday 8:00 a.m. †Heriberto Vasquez 10:00 a.m. †John Weiss 12:00 p.m. Feliz Cumpleaños Samantha Piña

Catholic Social Teaching

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: We all want to be considered God’s good and faithful servants and God gives us all we need to be his disciples: Sacraments and their grace, God’s word and a community of faith. What we need to do is to risk pouring out our lives as Jesus did and not clinging to our life and gifts out of fear. We can do this by giving our lives away and learning that so much more is given when we spend ourselves in God’s service to others. If you don’t believe this, ask someone who has served in a ministry to others like the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Communion ministry to the sick, prison ministry, pro-life ministry or any other in your parish. They will report the rich rewards they receive. 33ero. Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario: Todos queremos ser considerados siervos fieles y buenos y Dios nos da todo lo que necesitamos para ser sus discípulos: los sacramentos y su gracias, la palabra de Dios, la comunidad de fe. Lo que necesitamos hacer es arriesgarnos a derramar nuestras vidas tal como Jesús lo hizo y no aferrarnos a nuestra vida y dones por miedo. Podemos hacer esto al dar nuestras vidas y al aprender que mucho más es dado cuando nos damos a nosotros mismos en el servicio de Dios hacia los demás. Si usted no cree esto, pregúntele a alguien que ha servido en un ministerio para los demás tal como la Sociedad de St. Vincent de Paul, el ministerio de la comunión para los enfermos, un ministerio para encarcelados, un ministerio pro-vida o cualquier otro en su parroquia. Ellos le platicarán a usted las ricas recompensas que recibieron.

ECC envelopes available at the office for anyone needing to make a payment on their pledge. Sobres de ECC estan disponibles en la oficina de la iglesia para aquellos que necesitan hacer un pago en su promesa.

A Powerful Force -Fr. Mike Schmitz “To have Christian hope means to know about evil and yet to go to

meet the future with confidence.” -Pope Benedict XVI

How does one live with hope? This world seems so lost at times. Even more personally, our lives seem so painful and senseless at times. It all just seems so pointless. If you have ever asked this question, that is a very a good sign that you have a certain degree of hope, because you have taken action in asking for an answer. And hope is almost always going to be connected to action. Hope is powerful. Hopelessness is also powerful. But these two things are not powerful in and of themselves. What I mean to say is, hope is not merely optimism or wishful thinking. Often people I work with who share their desire to live in hope seem to reveal that what they really long for is optimism. While optimism can be a nice thing for most people on most days, it is virtually useless when needed the most. Those with hope are willing to act. Those without hope are content to wish. If you desire to be a person of hope, a person who has the will that what is good might be a reality, you must be a person of two things: meaning and action. We live in a hopeless age. Don’t get me wrong- there is a lot of optimism, but very little hope. The source of this hopelessness is a profound lack of meaning in most people’s lives. Many of us live our lives looking forward to “the next thing.” We say things like, “it might be rough now, but once I get that ----, then it will be fine.” There is nothing wrong with looking forward to something, but sooner or later we discover that it just doesn’t deliver. We go on to the next thing and are no better off. We miss the meaning of the moments of our lives because we have forgotten that all of life is meaningful. All of us are confronted with situations where we cannot escape and where wishing isn’t enough. As Christians, we know that God has made this world good. We know that evil and suffering and death are not a part of his plan for our lives. But that he is with us in the midst of even the worst and most destructive storms. We know he can work out for the good of everything that comes against his children. We have this hope, this confidence, that our lives have meaning. And if our lives have meaning, then all our choices have meaning too. Many people are paralyzed by their situations or their lives. Too many of us look at the challenges of the moment and choose to “wish” rather than to hope. But wishing is hopelessness in disguise. It leads nowhere. Hope leads us to action. How does a person grow in hope? By reconnecting with God’s story. By being reminded that we believe that there ismore to this life than just this life. By being committed to the truth that God is in all things and all moments and that our decisions matter. And then... then simply beginning to make choices. Decide. Act on these decisions. You cannot do everything, but you can do something. Do what you can, and you will find that hope has become a powerful force in your life. FOCUS: We have this hope, this confidence, that our lives have meaning. And if our lives have meaning, then all our choices have meaning too. REFLECT: What gives your life meaning? Fr. Mike Schmitz is the chaplain for Newman Catholic Campus Ministry at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

beautiful HOPE: Finding Hope Every Day in a Broken World. Pope Francis, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, Matthew Kelly, Dr. Allen R. Hunt, Fr. Mike Schmitz, Sr. Miriam James Heidland, Fr. Jacques Philippe and many more contributors. Beacon Publishing, N Palm Beach Fl. Pp.17-22

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