Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 23, 2017

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1 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 23, 2017 ESTABLISHED IN 1980 * 919 SPENCE RD., VAN ALSTYNE, TX Parish Mission Statement Holy Family is a Catholic community that unites for prayer and communion so that we may grow in our bap smal discipleship and share the good news of the Gospel. Mailing Address: P O Box 482 Van Alstyne TX, Parish Office: For a Priest: Emergency A er Hours: Website: janis@holyfamily-vanalstyne.org Fr. Eugene Azorji, Pastoral Administrator Fr. Juan Carlos Marin, Parochial Vicar Deacon Patrick A. Hayes Mass Schedule/Misa Dominical Sunday: 9:00 am - English Mass 12:00 pm - Spanish Misa Thursday: 9:00 am - Daily Mass St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church Mailing Address: 411 Paula Road McKinney, Texas General stmichael@stmichaelmckinney.org Fr. Eugene: freugene@stmichaelmckinney.org Fr. Juan Carlos: frjuancalos@stmichaelmckinney.org Main Phone: Fax: St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church Weekend Masses Vigil Mass Saturday - 5pm (English) Sunday Masses / Misa Dominical Sunday 8:00am & 11:30am ) Domingo 9:30am & 1:30pm Weekday Masses Mon., Wed, & Fri 8:00am Tues. & Thurs. 5:30pm Confessions Thursday 6:00pm - 7:00pm Saturday 3:00-4:00pm Blessed Sacrament Thursday s at 6:00pm

2 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 23, 2017 Baptisms/Bautizos Baptisms: 2nd Sunday of each month Bautizos: 1er Domingo del mes Pre Baptismal Class Registration: Registration required by the Sunday before class begins. Classes are held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Parents: Bring copy of child s birth certificate. Both parents must attend class. Godparents: Must be practicing Catholics. Copy of marriage certificate through the Catholic church. Both godparents must attend class. As a courtesy, please do not bring children to class. First Communion/ Confirmation/ Primera Comunion Confirmacion TBA 2018 TBA 2018 First Friday Adoration 6:00 8:00 pm Sacraments/Sacramentos Anointing of the Sick/Uncion de los Enfermos Please call the Parish. Confessions/Confesions Immediately following the 1st Mass-30 mins. Antes de la misa Marriage/Matrimonio Both must be free to marry in the Catholic Church. Arrangements should be made at least 6 months prior to planned Wedding date. Holy Orders/Vocaciones Talk to your Parish priest or call Father Edwin A Leonard, Vocations Director, at Believe in the Power of Prayer (5/21/17) Tony Grisolia Georgia Grisolia Barbara Heath Ann Lageose Thomas Andrea Thomas Sara Carrieri Chris Hayes Marylou Raupach Brooke Roberts Deborah Grisolia Audrey Benson Rita Yzquierdo Joan Polus Pray for the Repose of the Souls of deceased members of Holy Family and their Relatives: Weekly Attendance/Offerings A endance : July 16, Offerings: July $ 1,56.85 Building July 16, 2017 $ Solidarity-Church in Africa July 16, 2017 $ th Annual Dallas Ministry Conference Make plans now to a end the upcoming 11th Annual Dallas Ministry Conference! The conference will be held from October 19th October 21st at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Conven on Center Dallas (Hall C). DMC schedule: h p://bit.ly/2ujt8an DMC Parking: h p://bit.ly/2uacs9y DMC registra on: h p://bit.ly/2u0kjqb All Catechist-Aides-Monitors Come to the office and register promptly if you plan on attending the Dallas Conference October 19th, 20th, and 21st of October. The opportunity is a great experience in spiritual growth. Holy Family will register as a group as the cost will be more economical. Weekly Calendar Sunday, July 23 8:30 am Rosary 9:00 am Mass English 12:00 pm Spanish Mass Monday July 24 Tuesday, July 25 Wednesday, July 26 Thursday July 27 9:00 am Mass Bible Class Immediately Following 7:00 pm Youth Choir Practice Friday July 28 8:00pm Adult Spanish Choir Saturday July 29 11:00 am Quince Faith Formation Have you REGISTERED?? If not you need to stop by the office and do so. Time has run out for prompt registration. Those who attended 7th grade last year must get registered for Confirmation and last years first grader need to promptly register so they can make their First Communion. Students in all grades need to continue their growth in their Faith. Parents please come by and fill out your paperwork. All fees are due at time of registration. New students must provide a cop of their Baptism and if you have not registered at Holy Family it will be necessary to do so to enter them in Faith Formation. See you soon!!! LOVING SOMEONE To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage Lao Tzu

3 Miscellaneous St. Mary s Adult Faith Forma on team welcomes Fr. Anthony Corcoran as he presents The Voice of Chris anity in the Former Soviet Union on Sunday, July 23rd at 11:30 a.m. in the Parish Center-727 S Travis St. Sherman, TX Fr. Anthony will introduce us to the Catholic Church in Russia and explain the challenges of serving a country where the majority of Russians consider themselves to be Orthodox Chris ans. Father Anthony will share stories of the people and places he has experienced since arriving in Siberia in 1997, where he was a missionary Priest for 12 years. For the past 8 years, Fr. Anthony has served as the regional superior for all Jesuits working in the Russian Republic and surrounding countries. Upon his return to Russia in August, he will be the Director of the only Catholic school in Siberia. TODAY AT 11:30 AM Silver and Gold Mass The 4th Annual Diocesan Silver and Gold Anniversary Mass celebra ng 25, 50 and 50+ Years of Marriage will be held on Saturday, August 26, 2017, at 2:00 PM at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe. This celebra on is for couples celebra ng their 25th anniversary (married in 1992), 50th anniversary or 50+ years of marriage (married in 1967 or before), during Registra on is required, visit h ps:// Anniversary couples that register will have reserved sea ng. Families and guests are welcome to a end and will be seated in open sea ng. A fes ve recep on will be held following the Mass at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. Register before Monday, August 21, See Bulle n Board for more informa on in Ves bule!! Catholic Pro-Life Commi ee Saturday, August 12, :30 AM - 12:00 PM St. Patrick Catholic Church, 9643 Ferndale Rd, Dallas, TX This bilingual Mass for the diocese will be celebrated by Bishop Greg Kelly with Fathers Josef Vollmer-König and Jason Cargo with the Cathedral Children's Choir. The Mass will include a special blessing for parents of children lost before birth by miscarriage, s llbirth or abor on, or for any other reason a er birth. Parents will also be invited to par cipate in a white rose procession and to add their child(ren) to a Book of Remembrance to be held in prayer by the Sisters of Life. (Par cipa on in any aspect of the event is voluntary.) Following Mass, light refreshments will be served. For more informa on, contact Susan Pla, or Esta Misa bilingüe para la Diócesis se celebrara con el Obispo Greg Kelly con los Padres Josef Vollmer- König y Jason Cargo con el Coro de los Niños de la Catedral. Durante la Misa, se ofrecerá una bendición especial para los padres que perdieron hijos debido a un aborto espontáneo, una perdida fetal, un aborto provocado, o hijos fallecidos por cualquier otra razón después de ya haber nacido. Se invitará a los padres a par cipar en una procesión de rosas blancas y a anotar el nombre de su(s) hijo(s) en un Libro Conmemora vo, el cual se mantendrá bajo la oración de las Hermanas por la Vida. (La par cipación en cualquier aspecto de este evento es voluntaria.) Para mayor información, favor de comunicarse con Eileen Kuhlmann, o ekuhlmann@prolifedallas.org.

4 Mass Opportunities Pastoral Healing Seminar for Clergy / Seminario para el Clero sobre la Sanación Pos- Aborto Friday, August 18, :00 AM - 3:00 PM St. Monica Family Center, 9933 Midway Rd, Dallas (Lower Lounge) The Healing after Abortion Ministry of the Catholic Pro-Life Committee is hosting a complimentary training for clergy. Bishop Greg Kelly will open the seminar with a personal reflection on being a part of this ministry, followed by presentations by clergy, professional counselors and ministry retreat graduates on a variety of topics, including the emotional and spiritual wound of abortion, the theology of forgiveness, and healing after a miscarriage. (Seminar qualifies for annual diaconate continuing education credits.) Attendance is free, and clergy are welcome to bring one lay, parish/ministry leader as their guest. Pre-registration for priests, deacons, and their guests is required by August 11 at (Simultaneous translation is available upon request at registration.) For more information, contact Eileen Kuhlmann at or ekuhlmann@prolifedallas.org You may enable JavaScript to see this address.. El Ministerio Sanación después del Aborto del CPLC, está ofreciendo un entrenamiento gratuito para el clero sobre el tema de la asistencia pastoral para los que han vivido el aborto. El entrenamiento incluirá presentaciones del clero, consejeros profesionales, y graduados de retiro. Habrá traducción simultánea en español disponible para todas las presentaciones. La registración es gratuita y se puede hacer en Se le invita al clero a que registre a una persona en liderazgo de comunidad en su parroquia para que asista como su invitado. Para más información, comuníquese con Eileen Kuhlmann Remembrance Mass for Children / Misa Conmemorativa por Niños Saturday, August 12, :30 AM - 12:00 PM St. Patrick Catholic Church, 9643 Ferndale Rd, Dallas, TX This bilingual Mass for the diocese will be celebrated by Bishop Greg Kelly with Fathers Josef Vollmer-König and Jason Cargo with the Cathedral Children s Choir. The Mass will include a special blessing for parents of children lost before birth by miscarriage, stillbirth or abortion, or for any other reason after birth. Parents will also be invited to participate in a white rose procession and to add their child(ren) to a Book of Remembrance to be held in prayer by the Sisters of Life. (Participation in any aspect of the event is voluntary.) Following Mass, light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Susan Platt, or splatt@prolifedallas.org You may enable JavaScript to see this address. Esta Misa Bilingüe para la Diócesis se celebrara con el Obispo Greg Kelly con los padres Josef Vollmer- König y Jason Cargo con el Coro de los Niños de la Catedral. Durante la Misa bilingüe para la diócesis, se ofrecerá una bendición especial para los padres que perdieron hijos debido a un aborto espontáneo, una perdida fetal, un aborto provocado, o hijos fallecidos por cualquier otra razón después de ya haber nacido. Se invitará a los padres a participar en una procesión de rosas blancas y a anotar el nombre de su(s) hijo(s) en un Libro Conmemorativo, el cual se mantendrá bajo la oración de las Hermanas por la Vida. (La participación en cualquier aspecto de este evento es voluntaria.) Para mayor información, favor de comunicarse con Eileen Kuhlmann,

5 The Gospel Challenge to Enjoy our Lives Ron Rolheiser, OMI Joy is an infallible indication of God s presence, just as the cross is an infallible indication of Christian discipleship. What a paradox! And Jesus is to blame. When we look at the Gospels we see that Jesus shocked his contemporaries in seemingly opposite ways. On the one hand, they saw in him a capacity to renounce the things of this world and give up his life in love and self-sacrifice in a way that seemed to them almost inhuman and not something that a normal, full-blooded person should be expected to do. Moreover he challenged them to do the same: Take up your cross daily! If you seek your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life, you will find it. On the other hand, perhaps more surprisingly since we tend to identify serious religion with self-sacrifice, Jesus \challenged his contemporaries to more fully enjoy their lives, their health, their youth, their relationships, their meals, their wine drinking, and all the ordinary and deep pleasures of life. In fact he scandalized them with his own capacity to enjoy pleasure. We see, for example, a famous incident in the Gospels of a woman anointing Jesus feet at a banquet. All four Gospel accounts of this emphasize a certain raw character to the event that disturbs any easy religious propriety. The woman breaks an expensive jar of very costly perfume on his feet, lets the aroma permeate the whole room, lets her tears fall on his feet, and then dries them with her hair. All that lavishness, extravagance, intimation of sexuality, and raw human affection is understandably unsettling for most everyone in the room, except for Jesus. He s drinking it in, unapologetically, without dis-ease, without any guilt or neurosis: Leave her alone, he says, she has just anointed me for my impending death. In essence, Jesus is saying: When I come to die, I will be more ready because tonight, in receiving this lavish affection, I m truly alive and hence more ready to die. In essence, this is the lesson for us: Don t feel guilty about enjoying life s pleasures. The best way to thank a gift-giver is to thoroughly enjoy the gift. We are not put on this earth primarily as a test, to renounce the good things of creation so as to win joy in the life hereafter. Like any loving parent, God wants his children to flourish in their lives, to make the sacrifices necessary to be responsible and altruistic, but not to see those sacrifices themselves as the real reason for being given life. Jesus highlights this further when he s asked why his disciples don t fast, whereas the disciples of John the Baptist do fast. His answer: Why should they fast? The bridegroom is still with them. Someday the bridegroom will be taken away and they will have lots of time to fast. His counsel here speaks in a double way: More obviously, the bridegroom refers to his own physical presence here on earth which, at a point, will end. But this also has a second meaning: The bridegroom refers to the season of health, youth, joy, friendship, and love in our lives. We need to enjoy those things because, all too soon, accidents, ill health, cold lonely seasons, and death will deprive us of them. We may not let the inevitable prospect of cold lonely seasons, diminishment, ill health, and death deprive us of fully enjoying the legitimate joys that life offers. This challenge, I believe, has not been sufficiently preached from our pulpits, taught in our churches, or had a proper place in our spirituality. When have you last heard a homily or sermon challenging you, on the basis of the Gospels, to enjoy your life more? When have you last heard a preacher asking, in Jesus name: Are you enjoying your health, your youth, your life, your meals, your wine drinking, sufficiently? Granted that this challenge, which seems to go against the conventional spiritual grain, can sound like an invitation to hedonism, mindless pleasure, excessive personal comfort, and a spiritual flabbiness that can be the antithesis of the Christian message at whose center lies the cross and self-renunciation. Admittedly there s that risk, but the opposite danger also looms, namely, a bitter, unhealthily stoic life. If the challenge to enjoy life is done wrongly, without the necessary accompanying asceticism and self-renunciation, it carries those dangers; but, as we see from the life of Jesus, self-renunciation and the capacity to thoroughly enjoy the gift of life, love, and creation are integrally connected. They depend on each other. Excess and hedonism are, in the end, a bad functional substitute for genuine enjoyment. Genuine enjoyment, as Jesus taught and embodied, is integrally tied to renunciation and self-sacrifice. And so, it s only when we can give our lives away in self-renunciation that we can thoroughly enjoy the pleasures of this life, just as it is only when we can genuinely enjoy the legitimate pleasures of this life that we can give our lives away in self-sacrifice.

6 Informa on Page Holy Family Quasi-Parish Date: Sept 18, 2011 Janis Hicks Transmission Date / Time Tuesday 12:00pm Special Instruc ons