St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Church

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1 St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Church 3901 Violet Road, Corpus Christi, TX Parish Office: Religious Education Office: Fax: REV. EMILIO JIMENEZ, PASTOR REV. JAISON MATHEW PAROCHIAL VICAR PRIESTS: Msgr. Seamus McGowan DEACONS: Allen Cicora Eluterio Farias WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday: 6:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 & 10:00 AM 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM Confessions are heard on Saturday from 4:30-5:30 PM and by appointment. St. Mary Mission Mass, 9:30 August AM 18, 2013 Twentieth Sunday In Ordinary Time PARISH MISSION STATEMENT St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Catholic Church is a welcoming community dedicated to promo ng a devout life of prayer and teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ through living the sacraments in a spirit of generous service.

2 Page 2 MASS INTENTIONS Jan , 2018 St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Tuesday 6:30 pm Bruce Lowman - Vic & Marguerite Vatzlavick Wednesday 6:30 pm Joe Cordo - Donor Thursday 8:00 am Charles B. Alexander - Joe & Gloria Alaniz Friday Banales Family 8:00 am David Najvar - Diana & Sam Gonzalez Saturday 6:00 pm Special Intention - Margaret Ann Boerm Sunday 8:00 am Louie & Minnie Sablatura - Evelyn Martini 9:30 am Adelina Chavez - Deanna Lauer 10:00 am Mary Pat Juranek - Paul Cortino 12:00 pm Pauline Neslony - Nyle Leshikar Louis Petru - M/M Harry Boerm Corina Guerrero - M/M Ronald Klepac Deacon Richard Lewinski - St. Peter s RCIA Alex Rosas - Agnes Marion Bertha Roznovsky - Carol Klepac 6:00 pm People of the Parish St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Church 01/07/17 Envelopes... $14, Loose... $2, Other Fees... $ Total... $16, THE LAMB OF GOD Behold the Lamb of God! We hear this phrase every Sunday at Mass, but there s a good chance that many Roman Catholics do not know who in the Bible originally spoke it. The phrase appears only in the Gospel of John, on the lips of John the Baptist, who utters it twice. In today s Gospel reading, John proclaims Jesus as the Lamb of God, and two of John s own disciples then follow Christ. A little bit later Andrew, who heard John and then followed Jesus, brings his brother Simon to be re-named Cephas, or Peter. A careful look at these Bible verses shows us the mission of everyone baptized into the Body of Christ: we must always proclaim our faith in Christ, so that others will follow him. We may not know how the will of God might work through those we bring to Christ; that is not the point. The point is that our ongoing mission as a church is to bring others to Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. St. Mary Mission 01/07/17 Envelopes... $ Loose... $ Total... $ READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Sm 15:16-23; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23; Mk 2:18-22 Tuesday: 1 Sm 16:1-13; Ps 89:20-22, 27-28; Mk 2:23-28 Wednesday: 1 Sm 17:32-33, 37, 40-51; Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; Mk 3:1-6 Thursday: 1 Sm 18:6-9; 19:1-7; Ps 56:2-3, 9-13; Mk 3:7-12 Friday: 1 Sm 24:3-21; Ps 57:2-4, 6, 11; Mk 3:13-19 Saturday: 2 Sm 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27; Ps 80:2-3, 5-7; Mk 3:20-21 Sunday: Jon 3:1-5, 10; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Cor 7:29-31; Mk 1:14-20 Online Cityof.com/goodnews

3 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 3 CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS: This year the Catholic Daughters will be having a Father/ Daughter AND Mother/Son Dance combined on Saturday, February 10th in St. Mathew Hall from 7 to 10 pm. Tickets are $10 per person and all ages welcome. We will have dinner, dancing, games, and lots of fun! This year s theme is a Hawaiian Luau. Tickets will be sold by the Catholic Daughters after the Sunday 10 am and 12 pm masses. Tickets are limited since we will need a headcount for dinner. Please take this time to build those loving relationships and memories with your children! Contact Catherine Martinez for more information or to purchase tickets at The Catholic Daughters will have their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 6 pm at the CCD Center. New members are always welcome. Come join us and see what we re all about VOCATION VIEW If you need an example of a person responding to a vocational call, look at Abraham - called In old age to leave his country, father a child, then asked to sacrifice the child. What faith! Vocation is a risky response to a unique call from God. JANUARY 17 Nueces Co. Junior Livestock - NO CLASSES - Wednesday Classes only! TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Ordinary Time began for us this week. On the old calendar, the feast of the Presentation, still more than two weeks away, was the last day of the Christmas season. Sadly, Bethlehem is hardly a place of peace on earth these days. The ancient Christian community has been largely uprooted by political strife. The Church of the Nativity stands (barely) in remarkable disrepair and disorder in Manger Square. The roof is crumbling, the major doorways are blocked, the wiring is faulty, and the worship life is disrupted by quarrels among Eastern Christians. The church was founded by the Emperor Constantine in 325, destroyed in a Samaritan revolt in 539, and rebuilt by the Emperor Justinian. When the area came under Muslim control in 638, the holiness of the church was respected, and in return Christians allowed Muslims to pray in the south aisle, a right still upheld. Earlier in that century, invading Persians were ordered to destroy all churches, but when they saw the magi carved over the doorway of the Church of the Nativity, they spared it out of respect for their ancestors who bore gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the same city. The Crusaders restored and redecorated the church by the twelfth century, and it is their plan that survives. Down a few stone steps is a stone grotto with a silver star marking the place of Christ s birth: when the star was stolen in 1847 it triggered an international crisis that exploded into the Crimean War. Since 1852, the church has been shared by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Armenian Churches. The Greeks are in charge of the grotto, but don t enjoy the best of friendships with the Armenians. Catholics have the care of the Chapel of the Manger, and avoid the squabbles by a separate entrance to the Franciscan monastery church of St. Catherine. Pray for peace in Bethlehem! RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FEBRUARY 14 Ash Wednesday (Students must attend mass with their families & sign in instead of attend ing CCD class). 18, 21 Tuloso Midway Intercession - NO CLASSES 18 Rite of Election (Mandatory - RCIC Stu- dents & RCIA 3:00 pm Corpus Christi Cathedral. 25 Classes Resume (Sunday Classes). 28 Classes Resume (Wednesday Classes). CHAINS OF GRACE: The chains of grace are so powerful, and yet so sweet, that though they attract our heart, they do not shackle our freedoms. St. Francis de Sales

4 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 4 THANK YOU to all those involved in the planning and participating in the Epiphany skit and party last Saturday evening. It was a wonderful event.. Mark your calendars for Saturday, January 27th, to celebrate Father Jaison s 10th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood and also to formally welcome him to our parish with a pot-luck dinner following the 6 pm Mass. If your last name ends in A-O, please bring an entrée/casserole or side dish. If your name ends in P-Z, please bring a dessert or bread item. The Altar and Rosary Society will meet in the KC hall on Monday, January 15 at 7:00 pm. All the ladies in the parish are welcome to attend. Widowed and Divorced Support Group If you, or someone you know, is suffering from the pain and loneliness of divorce, or death or separation of a spouse, you can get help. A grief support group meets for ten consecutive Mondays at 7 p.m. at St. Patrick s Catholic Church Parish Hall located at 3350 S Alameda St. The next session begins Jan. 8, For more information, contact John Moses at (361) Newman Center: College Bound? Do not leave your faith at home! Join your Newman Catholic Campus Center for Mass, Bible studies, fellowship and fun. At TAMUK, contact Nina Joiner at (361) or NJoiner@DioceseCC.org; at TAMUCC and Del Mar, contact Amy Barragree at (361) or abarragree@diocesecc.org; at CBC-Beeville, contact Santos jones at (361) or sjones@diocesecc.org. To find a Newman Center near you, check on Alzheimer's & General Support Group meets second Wednesday of the month at 12 p.m. at Lindale Center/Caregiver SOS located on 3133 Swantner St. in Corpus Christi. For more in Corpus Christi. Program provides a multifaceted system of support services for family caregivers. For more information call (361)

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