St. Francis of Assisi

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1 St. Francis of Assisi CATHOLIC COMMUNITY 4300 Meeks Drive, Orange TX Office: Fax: Web: Office Facebook.com/St.Francis.Church.Orange Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-3pm Religious Education Office Hours: Monday-Friday 10am-3pm Wednesday 3-7pm during RE PASTOR: Rev. Sinclair K. Oubre, J.C.L. Deacon Hector Maldonado Deacon Tommy Ewing Deacon Keith Hebert MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 5pm Sunday: 8am Bilingual 10:30am DAILY MASS Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30am Wednesday: 6:30pm RECONCILIATION: Saturday: 3:30-4:30pm SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Please call the Pastor to make arrangements for Infant Baptisms. Baptism class is held the third Thursday of each month at 6:00pm. This can be done at least seven (7) months before the birth in order to make proper sacramental preparations. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Diocesan policy requires a minimum of six (6) months of sacramental preparations for marriage. Engaged couples are invited to call the Pastor for an appointment. HOLY COMMUNION OR ANOINTING OF THE SICK Please call the Pastor if you or any family members are ill or plan to be hospitalized to arrange the reception of the Sacraments. RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS - Catechumenate Those interested in becoming a Catholic or in completing their initiation are invited to contact Deacon Keith Hebert at the Church office to learn more about the Catechumenate Process. PARISH MEMBERSHIP Welcome to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Community! Please register by obtaining a census form from the Parish Office or at one of the two front entrances to the Church. Please return the census form to the Parish Office or drop in the collection basket. You may also register online at From the home page, click on the registration form. We look forward to the opportunity to know and serve you and it is our prayer that you will bless St. Francis Catholic Community with your time, talent, and treasure.

2 E S O T M 3, 2019.THE INSIDE SHOWS In this third Sunday of our reading from the Sermon on the Plain, Jesus speaks of the inner soul and its outer expression. He uses images as he teaches. He addresses all of us. Jesus sees a plumb line connecting the soul with the soul's expression-words and actions. He uses exaggeration to drive home his point. We are urged to clear out the debris that blinds us. He knows that we have an uncanny ability to be blind to our own weaknesses, though they be as big as a board. He knows, too, how willingly we seem to ferret out others' smallest speck-like flaws. And this, too, is for our general consumption; solid old goodness and solid old badness will show eventually. The old Latin saying, which echoes Jesus images, is true: What is bred in the bone will out in the flesh. By and by, the inside will show through. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Many Catholics who are not active in the Church will still seek out ashes this Wednesday. Likewise, many Jews who are not otherwise observant will follow the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, with great exactness, fasting and refraining from work and entertainment. People customarily dress in white as a symbol of purity and a reminder of God s promise that our sins will be made white as snow. While the overture to Ash Wednesday for Christians may be a festive Mardi Gras celebration, for Jews it is the New Year feast of Rosh Hashanah. Ten days before the Day of Atonement to God, people are expected to repair breaks in human life. These are days for offering forgiveness and seeking to repair harmed relationships with family, friends, or coworkers. Everyone is expected to seek out someone and clear the air by asking for understanding for any mean words or thoughtless deeds in the past year. Perhaps the ashes you receive will be invested with deeper meaning if you follow a similar plan. This year, Rosh Hashanah will be September 29, and Yom Kippur October 8. A conversation with some Jewish friends or neighbors about their experience of a season of repentance may be a blessing on your Lent. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: St. Casimir Wednesday: Ash Wednesday; Fast and Abstinence; Almsgiving Thursday: Ss. Perpetua and Felicity Friday: St. John of God; Abstinence Saturday: St. Frances of Rome For the scriptures used at Mass every day and to hear a reflection: go to and select the day of the month and reflections in the menu on the left side of the page. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Sir 17:20-24; Ps 32:1-2, 5-7; Mk 10:17-27 Tuesday: Sir 35:1-12; Ps 50:5-8, 14, 23; Mk 10:28-31 Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-6ab, 12-14, 17; 2 Cor 5:20 6:2; Mt 6:1-6, Thursday: Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25 Friday: Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-6ab, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15 Saturday: Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32 Sunday: Dt 26:4-10; Ps 91:1-2, 10-15; Rom 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13

3 Saturday March 2 5:00 p.m. Jack Oldani (D) Sunday March 3 8:00 a.m. Bernice Hymes (D) 10:30 a.m. People of the Parish Monday March 4 No Mass Tuesday March 5 8:30 a.m. Irene & Andrew Sedlak (D) Wednesday March 6 Ash Wednesday 8:30 p.m. Mike & Nemecia Pachuca (D) 6:30 p.m. Ed Smith (D) Thursday March 7 8:30 a.m. Darren Trace LeBlanc (L) Friday March 8 8:30 a.m. Volney Pinder (D) Saturday March 9 5:00 p.m. Dena LeBlanc (D) Sunday March 10 8:00 a.m. People of the Parish 10:30 a.m. Sunny & Rosey Molina (D) St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Stewardship of Treasure February 23/24 $8, Online Giving $2, In Our Parish Sunday, March 3 8:00 a.m. Bilingual Mass 10:30 a.m Mass 7:00 p.m. Rosary for Religious Freedom Monday, March 4 No Mass Tuesday, March 5 5:45 a.m. Men s Faith Sharing 6:15 a.m. Women s Faith Sharing 8:30 a.m. Mass 9-5:30 p.m. Monthly Adoration 5:30 p.m. Quinceanera Class #3 7:00 p.m. RCIA Wednesday, March 6 Ash Wednesday 8:30 a.m. Mass 10:00 a.m. Parkinson Awareness 5:30 p.m. Religious Education 6:30 p.m. Mass Thursday, March 7 8:30 a.m. Mass 6:00 p.m. St. Vincent de Paul mtg. Friday, March 8 8:30 a.m. Mass 5-7:00 p.m. Fish fry 7:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross Saturday, March 9 3:30-4:30 Reconciliation 5:00 p.m. Mass Sunday, March 10 8:00 a.m. Bilingual Mass 10:30 a.m. Mass Thank you always for your generosity!

4 March 2/3, 2019 Altar Flowers Donated by: The Hymes family in memory of Bernice Hymes Blessed Mother Flowers Donated by: Lanston Fall in memory of Misty Smitherman Morgan Catholic Daughters of America Court St. Cecilia will be meeting here at St. Francis in the San Damiano Center Tuesday March 12 6:30 p.m. Refreshments provided Guest speaker: Fr. Sinclair Oubre All Catholic women are invited! Ash Wednesday March 6 Eucharistic Ministers Lectors Altar Servers Ushers Ash Wednesday 8:30 a.m. Kellie Barfield Mary Gravett Frank Lomonte Charles Trahan Pat Belcher Jerome Dimas Thomas & Kennedy Abshire John Bagley Frank Thomassee William Gravett Darren Abshire Ash Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Mary Henson Andy Sonnier Elisa Sonnier Cherry Vigil Spanish Lector Kent Crow Brayden McRae Dayne Seay Melany Monson Albert Rucka Joe Murphy Shirley Reinoehl Ministry Schedule for March 9/10 Eucharistic Ministers Lectors Altar Servers Ushers 5:00 p.m. Louise Claybar Jerry Ehrman Marshall Stone Paula Perkins Mark Frey Ruth Erb Matthew Erb Jenna McCorvy Joe Murphy Pat Cockerill Shirley Reinoehl Tom Brzezinski 8:00 a.m. Irene Pachuca Chris Leger Spanish Lectors Jocelynne Martinez Catty Martinez Floyd McDuffie Debby LaFleur 10:30 a.m. Charlean Lindsey Charles Trahan Cindy Maldonado Mary McDuffie Ken Marciniak Deborah Marciniak Kiera Howington John Mayeux Matthew Brown Becky Atkins Matt Himel Jim Mouton Diana Breaux

5 2019 Bishop s Faith Appeal Bishop Guillory and our parish ask for your support for 2019 Bishop s Faith Appeal. Our theme this year Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly is a call to all of us to create a community of welcoming believers here in Southeast Texas who reflect God s mercy and act with justice. You can help create that type of community by supporting diocesan ministries and Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas through a prayer and financial commitment today. Those ministries help to feed the hungry through our own Hospitality Center in Port Arthur. They support marriages through our Family Life Ministry s many retreats. And they evangelize to the young through Diocesan Youth Ministry and Campus Ministry at Lamar. That s just a small part of what they do to build a just community that extends mercy. Remember, God asks that your gift only be proportional to what you have been given. Please make your prayer and financial commitment. Ministries you are helping: African American Ministry Family Life Ministry Ministry to the Sick Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas Permanent Diaconate Formation Stewardship Superintendent of Catholic Schools Tribunal Youth Ministry Hispanic Ministry Holy Family Retreat Center Infirm Priests Campus Ministry Office of Worship Evangelization and Catechesis Apostleship of the Sea Communications Continuing Education Criminal Justice Ministry

6 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Sunday March 3rd at 10:30 is a Youth Mass The next Confirmation Class will be Sunday, March 3rd at 5:00 p.m. Quinceanera Class #3 on Tuesday March 5th at 5:30 p.m. in the Youth Room Wednesday March 6th is Ash Wednesday. Mass schedule is 8:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Keysis will meet in the Hall around 6:00-6:15 and walk over to Mass. Dismissal will be right after Mass so there will NOT be class this night. Some of our St. Francis youth went on a visit to St. Mary s Seminary, Houston with Fr. Sinclair Pictured with Fr. Sinclair and the youth are: Thomas Vu, seminarian and Jonathan Maida, Seminarian along with Katie Brown our JH youth minister They were able to join the seminarians for Mass, brunch and a tour of the beautiful seminary. Continue to pray for our current seminarians and future vocations to the priesthood and religious life

7 St. Mary Catholic School 2600 Bob Hall Road Orange, TX A Catholic Education since 1924 Now registering for the school year. The benefits of a Catholic School education for your child or grandchild are invaluable St. Mary School has been an academic beacon for 95 years and continues to deliver a quality, faith-based education from PreK3 through 8th grade. While the tuition is affordable, there are scholarship opportunities available Please call the school for more details at

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