602 N. Gray St Caldwell, TX

567-3273

www.drgacdental.com

In Memory of

† Bernard Rychlik

By Betty Rychlik & Family

Eubanks Production Services, LLC.

Dozer - Sand - Backhoe Gravel - Dump Truck

4048 FM 2000 Caldwell, TX

406-1555 Mobile 272-3622 Office

The sanctuary candle in our Church burns for the glory of

God

In Loving Memory of

† Marcus Almaraz & Benito & Yolan-

da DeLeon

Linda M. Gaas, Insurance Representative Catholic Union of Texas, KJT Life Annuities IRA

596-2606 Home 324-7720 Cell lindamgaas@gmail.com

The Piano Place 979-695-1475 Tuning - Repairs - Moving - Used Piano Available

Samantha Evans - Associate Member, Piano Technician Guild

979-716-4838

hpsgiddings@yahoo.com

Oilfield Service Company

Hilberling Packer Services, Inc.

Knights of Columbus

If you are interested in joining the Knights of

Columbus contact

Grand Knight John Kucera

739-7867

In Loving Memory of Milady L. Kristof

For her generosity to St. Mary’s Parish

10/13/1918 - 12/08/2009

“May perpetual light shine upon her”

Please pray for the

living and deceased

members of the

Drouilhet, Piwonka,

and Beran families.

Insurance - Annuities Margaret Polansky 535-8127

Catholic Family Fraternal of Texas - K.J.Z.T.

JMJ

For Janet

For Janet

Zaskoda Repair, LLC Welding Machine Repair & Service

“In Loving Memory of Monie Kay Zaskoda” Tim Zaskoda, Owner 979-224-0510 Authorized repair center for Lincoln & Miller

Banners,

Small Signs

& Stickers

geraldlickman@yahoo.com

979-574-2202

Homeyer Feed, LLC. 768 SH 36 South, Caldwell, TX

979-567-9355

In Memory of Our Loving

Fathers

† Ernest L. Ofczarzak and

† Gilbert H. Kelm

by Tricia and Kelly Kelm

Prayers for the living & deceased members of the Absnaider, Kacer, Knesek, Pieper and Rab families.

In Loving Memory of † Henry & Milady Brinkman

and † John & Lydia Kovar

By Buddy & Billie Brinkman

Andy’s Towing 979-567-1045

Handi Home Repairs Ted Steadman, LLC

Carpentry * Odd Jobs * Rotted Wood Repair

Custom Furniture * Gutter/Flashing 979-347-0555

HOME-FARM-RANCH

Lawrence Vavra - Agent 6900 C.R. 129 Caldwell, TX 77836 P 979.535.7557 C 979.324.7232 lavavra@yahoo.com

In Memory of

† James Collins and

The Bailey Family

by Col. Darlene Collins

& Dr. Murl Bailey

† Carrie Jean Franzetti

Remember Me O Lord in

Paradise

With All Our Love,

Dad & Marcella

Jeff,

I will love you forever.

Jackie

Thank you to the Military members and their families of our

parish.

This week we ask that you pray for service

member

Victor Amaya

November 22, 2020

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

WE CELEBRATE THE EUCHARIST Wednesday - 8:00 am

Thursday and Friday - 12:00 Noon Saturday - 5:00 pm English and 6:30 pm Spanish

Sunday - 10:00 am This Mass will be livestreamed

Masses are at 25% capacity with 6 feet social distancing.

Reconciliation: Saturday, 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm

or after Weekday Masses

MATRIMONY Contact the priest or deacon at least 6 months prior to the date of

the wedding.

BAPTISM Please contact the Parish Office for information concerning

Baptism.

BISHOP Most Rev. Joe S. Vasquez PASTOR Father Melvin L. Dornak DEACONS Ernesto Valenzuela John W. Young, Jr. PARISH STAFF OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR Tina Vavra office-manager@stmaryscaldwell.com SECRETARY Margie Revilla Beaty margie@stmaryscaldwell.com PASTORAL COUNCIL Adrien Drouilhet

OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday – Friday

8:00 am to 3:00 pm

CLOSED: Holy days & Holidays

BULLETIN INFORMATION

DEADLINE: Tuesdays by 10:00 a.m.

Bulletin submissions must be in writing and submitted by email, fax or dropped

by the office.

500 OLD SAN ANTONIO ROAD, CALDWELL, TX Mailing Address: 500 W. OSR, Caldwell, TX 77836

Phone: (979) 567-3667 Fax: (979) 567-0749 www.stmaryscaldwell.com

www.facebook.com/stmarycaldwelltx Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin

St. Mary Our Lady of Lourdes

Celebrating 125 years

Cultivating our faith; Growing in holiness together

mailto:lindamgaas@gmail.comhttp://www.facebook.com/stmarycaldwelltx

P

LEA

SE P

ray

for

OU

R M

ILIT

ARY M

EN

& W

OM

EN

Please Pray for our honored loved ones serving in the military & their families! Victor Amaya, Cameron Banks, Delores Burkhalter - Otte, Brian Goss, Matthew Hancock, Stephen Hancock, Cooper C. Hott - Jasper, Phillip Jungman, Robert Paul Kochert, Adam Perry, Shawn Earl Phallan, Trevor Rathjen, Matthew Telg, Jesse Tucker, Antonio Vavra, Kevin Wilcox, Christian Wolz, and Alexander Zamora.

Please pray for the spiritual, mental, and physical needs of our parish, especially for the following: Edward Beran, Mildred & Barney Beran, Jake Cedidla, Darlene Collins, Sally Cortez, Adrien Drouilhet, Micki Dumke, Fr. Tom Hanus, Steve Hodges, Ronny Knesek, Hubert Krenek, Dorothy Kubena, Gloria Kubeczka, Isaiah Luke Malagon, Estefana Marmor, Jeannine Dwyer Mayo, Doug Meister, Brody Mitchell, Pat Morgan, Dorothy Muzny, Milton Mynar, Dareatha Neumann, Lori Olivarez, Shirla Parsons, Yvonne Piwonka, Thomas Polansky II, Juanita (Janie) Ramon, Annie Rathjen, Celso Sanchez, Tammy Schoeneman, Joyce Sonnier, William Sowders, Glenn Spitzenburger, Marcie Macha Sten-vall, Doris Strauss, Patricia Tarnowski, Mike Thompson, Juan Torres, Mike Turner, John Vollentine, Pam Vollentine, Glen & Amelia Wearden, Carl Williams, John Wilson, Frank & Martha Wolf, & their families. Persons remain on this list for 4 weeks, unless other arrangements are made with Parish office; to renew your listing on the Prayer List contact the office.

LECTOR SCHEDULE

Saturday, November 21 † Joshua Taylor † Ronald & Rett Pivonka † Barbara Sablatura Deceased members of the Muzny Family Spanish Mass at 6:30 pm For The People of the Parish Sunday, November 22 Mass and live stream at 10:00 am † Henry & Estelle Pivonka † Helen Jurica † Deborah Sue Praesel Brandt Wednesday, November 25 Mass at 8:00 am † Joel Aldaco † Vicky Urias Thursday, November 26 Mass at 11:30 am † Ronald & Rett Pivonka † Jose & Angelina S. DeLeon † Benny & Yolanda DeLeon † Michael Myers Friday, November 27 Mass at Noon † Harry Tichavsky Saturday, November 28 Mass at 5:00 p.m. For The People of the Parish Spanish Mass at 6:30 pm † Inocensio Lazo † Fernando Rangel † Leopoldo & Trinidad Calzada † Florentine Vera † Leonor & Hilario Valenzuela † Beatriz & Manuel Rodriguez Sunday, November 29 Mass and live stream at 10:00 am † Janie Urbanosky † Patsy, Sue & Carl Esparza † Barbara Sablatura † Cherie Smith

MASS SCHEDULE Weekly Collections November 15, 2020 Sunday Collection $ 3,039.25 Online Sunday Collection $ 965.00 Building Fiund $ 160.00

Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Please be generous in this week’s special collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. In the United States, one in six people lives in poverty. With this collection, you support pro-grams that address the causes of poverty and provide a sustainable future for those struggling across the country. In addition, 25% of the funds we collect will remain in our diocese to fund local antipoverty projects. Please prayerfully consider how you can support this collection and work on the margins. More information about the CCHD can be found at www.usccb.org/cchd/collection. Thanksgiving Holiday Office Hours The church office will close at noon on Wednesday, November 25th, and reopen at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 1st. Thanksgiving Mass Schedule On Thanksgiving Day, there will be Mass at Holy Rosary at 9:00 a.m., and at St. Mary’s at 11:30 a.m. There will also be Mass on Friday, November 27th at 12:00 noon.

Hospitality Team Members Needed If you are in the Hospitality Team Ministry, your assistance is requested to serve at weekend Masses. Please call the parish office so that a schedule can be created. If you are interested in joining this ministry, likewise call the office at 979-567-3667. Thank you. Religious Education Our religious education program for grades 1st through 12th will follow a different format this year due to COVID-19. Our next youth Mass will be on December 2nd at 6:00 p.m. Please come celebrate God’s love for us in the Liturgy. Student registration will take place after this Mass. 2020-2021 Confirmation Candidate & Parent Meeting There will be an important informational meeting for parents and eligible students to be confirmed in 2021 on Sunday, De-cember 6th after Mass in the PAC. We will go over require-ments and expectations to prepare for the Sacrament of Confir-mation. Students should have attended the Pre-Confirmation class here at St. Mary’s last year or have a letter from the reli-gious education program he/she attended last year. If you have any questions you can contact Lauren Plachy at 979-406-0002. Catholic Corner-Feast of Christ the King This passage from Matthew might be considered a list of essen-tial duties for the follower of Christ. The Gospel points out that Jesus speaks about the “nations” who gather, so we can see this as both an individual and communal response to God. As indi-viduals and as a community, are we able to see Christ in the needy, the least, the poorest and the forgotten? Our yes, to ac-cepting the Kingdom depends on our willingness to see and respond to them as we would to Christ. KJT Breakfast with Santa Cancelled Due to the pandemic, St. Benedict KJT Society 100 WILL NOT be holding their annual Breakfast with Santa on Decem-ber 5th, 2020. We look forward to seeing all of you NEXT YEAR! Food for Families Food Drive The St. Mary’s Parish Hall will be the host again this year for the KBTX Food for Families Food Drive benefiting the Brazos Valley Food Bank. The drive will be Wednesday, December 2nd from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Donations of non-perishable items will be accepted. KBTX will be on site throughout the day filming. Volunteers are needed, and are asked to please report to the Parish Hall on that day. Volunteers are requested to wear a mask. Thank you. EIM WORKSHOP (during pandemic) EIM Policies require all clergy, religious, seminarians, employ-ees and adult volunteers serving in a ministry requiring EIM compliance to submit an EIM Application for Ministry (one-time only) and attend an EIM Workshop at least once every three years. New employees and new volunteers currently ac-tive in ministry should complete the EIM Application at www.eappsdb.com/austin as a First Time Applicant. Limited EIM Workshops resumed in August for new applicants (or no prior EIM Workshop attendance) and are typically for members of the host parish/school community only at this time; contact your parish/school EIM site administrator for workshop status at your location. In the meantime, temporary online EIM train-ing is available at www.austindiocese.org/workshop for persons

needing to update their compliance; the training page includes instructions on how to login to your EIM account to find infor-mation you will need to provide in order to receive credit for completing the training. For more information, call (512) 949-2447. Private, Stay at Home Retreat with Fr. Albert Haase Would you like to make a private retreat with Franciscan Father Albert Haase in the privacy of your own home? Are you will-ing to commit to 20 minutes of prayer for five days? Cedar-brake Catholic Retreat Center is now offering “My Private Re-treat.” Every day you will have a 30-minute private Skype con-versation with Father Haase, chaplain of Cedarbrake. He will give you a Scripture passage or two to reflect upon and report back the following day. This retreat can be helpful for those who are discerning the next step in life, who might be strug-gling with a personal issue, or who simply want to deepen their relationship with Jesus. Monday to Friday, 30 minutes each day. Register online www.cedarbrake.org and then call the of-fice at (254) 780-2436 to set up Update to Mass Attendance Information St. Mary’s and Holy Rosary encourage the faithful, 10 years of age and older, that enter the parish, to wear face masks. We will also continue to keep 6 feet of distance between families. Our parishes have returned to pre-pandemic Mass schedules. Those who are showing symptoms of COVID-19, those with underlying health conditions making them vulnerable, and those who live with or care for anyone in the previous two cate-gories are encouraged to remain at home and join the church community through livestream. Livestream Masses will be on Sundays at 8:00 am on the Holy Rosary Facebook Page and 10:00 am on the St. Mary’s Facebook Page. Attention Hospitality Teams All Hospitality Team Members must request that all parishion-ers, as they enter the building, put on a mask for Mass. There are masks available on the table for those that do not have one. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. Spiritual Communion “Jesus, truly present in the Most Blessed Sacrament, I love You above all things and I desire to possess You within my soul. Since I am unable at this moment to receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as being already there and unite myself wholly to you. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.” -St. Alphonsus Ligouri

Thanksgiving Day Prayer

O God, when I have food, help me to remember the hungry; When I have work, help me to remember the jobless;

When I have a home, help me to remember those who have no home at all;

When I am without pain, help me to remember those who suf-fer,

And remembering, help me to destroy my complacency; bestir my compassion, and be concerned enough to help;

By word and deed, those who cry out for what we take for granted. Amen.

— Samuel F. Pugh

Sat. November 28th 5:00 PM Sun. November 29th 10:00 AM Josh Burkhalter Gregory Perry Sat. November 28th 6:30 PM Maria Gonzales

MEMORIALS

St. Mary’s Memorial Fund In Loving Memory of † Raymond Kletchka

By Adrien & Pat Drouilhet

In Loving Memory of † Rose Valigura

By Larry & Rebecca Stifflemire Penance Service There will be an Advent Penance Service at St. Mary’s on December 9th at 6:30 p.m. Information on other deanery penance ser-vices will be made available as soon as that information becomes available. Volunteers Needed Volunteers are needed to pray the Rosary

before the 10:00 a.m. Mass on Sundays. For more information or to volunteer, please call Dorman Pullin, 979-567-4021 or 979-324-4082.

Condolences Joseph Lopez passed away on November 16, 2020. As a parish we share the pain of the loss of Joseph with his family. May God grant eternal happiness to Joseph and comfort to his family.

http://www.eappsdb.com/austinhttp://www.austindiocese.org/workshophttp://www.cedarbrake.org