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Administrative Secretary Susan Schmidt Receptionist Sylvia Peter Music Director Janice Cox Youth Minister Marilyn Goerig Parish Catechetical Leader Nancy Fenner School Principal Gwen Edwards School Secretary Amanda Stary Cemetery Supervisor Kirk Stary Parish Administrative Council Deacon Jarrel Nohavitza Deacon Jerome Grahmann Deacon Larry Hoelscher Lisa Bubela Bobby Jean Kainer Bob Little Tish McAlister Claudia Raun Scott Strnadel Ray Viktorin School Advisory Council Anthony Cisneros Jeff Little Rhea Prasek Cori Radley Elizabeth Tupa Kyle Wallis Tyler Williams Jason Zalman Cemetery Committee Linda Alvarado Lynn Cox Ginger Harris Dot Hermansen Mary Jane Kaiser Gracie Priesmeyer Jerry Socha Bereavement/Outreach Committee Evelyn Grahmann Irene Nohavitza School Endowment Trustees Linda Bolcik James Bouligny Deacon Larry Hoelscher Gloria Marek Kim Socha Donald Sutton David Zalman Spiritual Direction Patricia Hoelscher Safe Environment Coordinator Susan Schmidt SAINT PHILIP THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH FOUNDED 1909 DIOCESE OF VICTORIA IN TEXAS 304 W. Church St., El Campo, Tx. 77437 979-543-3770 fax: 979-578-8831 PARISH SCHOOL: 979-543-2901 fax: 979-578-8835 Parish Homepage: www.stphilipapostle.org Parish Email: apostle@stphilipapostle.org School Homepage: www.stphilipschool.org Pastor: Reverend Michael Rother Parochial Vicar: Rev. Peter Oscar Kofi-Amo Deacons: Deacon Jarrel Nohavitza Deacon Jerome Grahmann Deacon Larry Hoelscher Community Mission Statement We, the people of God of Saint Philip the Apostle, in the loving and evangelizing spirit of St. Philip, form a family community that challenges each of us to proclaim and live the gospel messages of Jesus Christ in the world through worship, evangelization, Christian formation and service. Sunday Eucharist Schedule Saturday (Vigil of Sunday)...5:00 p.m. Sunday... 7:00 a.m.; 10:00 a.m.; 6:00 p.m. Holy Day and Weekday Schedule Holy Days...(check the Bulletin) Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, First Saturday...8:00 a.m. Wednesday...5:30 p.m. Friday during School Season...8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Nursing home...1:30 p.m. Perpetual Adoration and Rosary Perpetual Adoration...Monday 8:30 a.m. until Friday 5:00 p.m. Rosary...30 minutes before weekday and weekend Masses Sacrament of Reconciliation Wednesday 4:45 p.m. 5:15 p.m.; Saturday 3:45 p.m. 4:45 p.m.; by appointment and season schedule during Advent and Lent ~ PASTORAL CARE INFORMATION ~ Sacrament of Baptism: Please inform the Parish office at least six months before due date. Further instructions and baptismal materials will be provided at the Parish office. Sacrament of Marriage: Please register at the parish office as soon as possible, but at least six months prior to anticipated date. Ministry to the Sick and Homebound: Call the Parish office when a family member is sick and would like a visit or would like to receive Holy Communion, Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick. New and Status: Welcome to St. Philip Parish! Call or come by the Parish office to register. Also notify us when moving out of the parish or when you have a change of family status and address.

2. SAINT PHILIP THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH Prayer Intentions at Mass May 21- May 27 MON 8:00 a.m. TUE 8:00 a.m. WED 1:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. THU 8:00 a.m. FRI 8:30 a.m. SAT 5:00 p.m. SUN 7:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. + Robert Strnadel + Evelyn Lincke Intentions SPS 8th Grade Graduation Mass; + Hugo and Marcella Kaiser + Larry Borak + Werner Pavlik + Stanley Kruppa Intentions + James Bacak + Alphonse and Viola Heimann LITURGICAL MINISTERS FOR MAY 26 & MAY 27 SATURDAY 5:00 p.m. Lectors: Tish McAlister, Essie Leslie Cantor: Carol Smolik Altar Servers: Juliann Little, Kiara Romo, Carson Whitington, Chelsea Korenek (Thurifer) Hospitality: Steven and Wendy Korenek, Gary and Claudette Tupa Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Shebra Adler, Dennis Edwards, Gwen Edwards, Jeanie Janak, Allan Janak, Don McAlister SUNDAY 7:00 a.m. Lector: Nelda Schmidt Altar Servers: Grant Bubela, Konley Socha, Jace Zalman, Blaine Kight (Thurifer) Hospitality: Zachary Edwards, Terry Priesmeyer, Roy and Janice Smaistrla Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Lisa Bubela, Aaron Faas, Mike Smaistrla, Jason Zalman SUNDAY 10:00 a.m. Lectors: Colleen Rasmussen, Ginger Harris Cantor: Judy Barrett Altar Servers: Grace Amestoy, Braden Amestoy, Bryan Cisneros, Bryce Rasmussen (Thurifer) Hospital/Meridan: Dale Kight Nursing Home Ministers: Janet Holub and Sandra Kachmar Hospitality: James Holik, Gerry Mikeska, Ray Viktorin, Dennis Korenek Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Irene Nohavitza, Mary Kay Price, Ron Price, Keith Strnadel, Jimmie Triska, Ceci Triska SUNDAY 6:00 p.m. Lector: Rhys Kennedy Cantor: Meredith Radley Altar Servers: Ariel Barker, Melanie Barker, Matthew Van Antwerp, Tyler Van Antwerp (Thurifer) Hospitality: Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Lynn Cox, Jan Dornak, Phil Dornak, Kim Melanson, Jamie Rubio, Sherrie Witcher Pentecost Sunday May 20, 2018 A Message From Our Pastor Father s Formed.org Suggestion of the Week READ - Nonfiction - CATHOLIC THEOLOGY Mary: The Church at the Source by Ratzinger & von Balthasar We have come to the end of the Easter Season with the celebration of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles at Pentecost. This event marks the beginning of the Church with the apostles charged with Her care. However, they were not left without help and guidance. The Spirit that descended upon the apostles has remained with them and their successors throughout the life of the Church. We have the same Spirit guiding us today as was guiding the apostles when they stepped out to bring the faith to all nations and every peoples. God s Spirit will remain with us until the end of time as Jesus promised: I will be with you until the end of the age (Matthew28:20). I will ask the Father to send the Spirit of Truth, your advocate, to be with you always (John14:16). Therefore, we need not worry about which step we, as a Church, are to take, for God attends to our needs along the way He puts out before us. We need only to submit to the Spirits promptings. We also have the model of the Church in Mary whom we venerate in a special way throughout this month. Many times, in the liturgical calendar, the celebration of Pentecost falls during this month, and appropriately so. Mary as the model of the Church, is the greatest human example of submitting to the Spirit s promptings. She, throughout her life, sought to follow God s will and please Him in everything. When He sent His messenger to announce His will that she be the mother of His Son, Mary answered in the only way her spirit would allow: I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word (Luke 1:38). Mary then is the great example of giving oneself over to God s will and entrusting oneself to Him who is with us in His love. The Church as a whole and in its parts we together as one and as individuals are called to submit to the Spirit entrusting ourselves to the Him for He has come upon us and will remain with us always. By this submission we know the love and protection of God the Father and can hope in one day living eternally with Him in His Glory. REMEMBER IN PRAYER Pray For The Sick Leslie Meek, Brandon Janak, Colton May, Bruce Cornelson, Annabelle Van Deursen, Bill Maxwell, Evie Meek, Rosie Merta, Everett Clark, Gary Polasek, Clifton Bram, Anton Tupa, Dolores Priesmeyer, Melody Macha, Henrietta and Milton Machacek, Josephine Dusek, Johnnie Mican, Meriam Riha, Jeff Zamazal, Kristen Lezak, Deacon Jarrel Nohavitza, Diane Cerny, Bubba Baker, Abby Goerig, Sammy Tupa, Henrietta Preite and all the homebound.

NEXT SUNDAY S READINGS MAY 27, 2018 3. FIRST READING - Deuteronomy 4:32-34,39-40 Moses said to the people: "Ask now of the days of old, before your time, ever since God created man upon the earth; ask from one end of the sky to the other: Did anything so great ever happen before? Was it ever heard of? Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of fire, as you did, and live? Or did any god venture to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by testings, by signs and wonders, by war, with strong hand and outstretched arm, and by great terrors, all of which the LORD, your God, did for you in Egypt before your very eyes? This is why you must now know, and fix in your heart, that the LORD is God in the heavens above and on earth below, and that there is no other. You must keep his statutes and commandments SECOND READING - Romans 8:14-17 Brothers and sisters: For those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a Spirit of adoption, through whom we cry, "Abba, Father!" The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if only we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him. GOSPEL - Matthew 28:16-20 The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they all saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus approached and said to them, "All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. that I enjoin on you today, Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may have long life on the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you forever." in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age." Key Scriptural Passage: Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. ( Acts 2:3-4) Questions for Discussion: Adult: When has the Holy Spirit given you the strength to act with courage? Child: When and where do you need the Holy Spirit s help to speak out? Readings For The Week Monday.Jas 3:13-18/Mk 9:14-29 Tuesday....Jas 4:1-10/Mk 9:30-37 Wednesday...Jas 4:13-17/Mk 9:38-40 Thursday. Jas 5:1-6/Mk 9:41-50 Friday..Jas 5:9-12/Mk 19:1-12 Saturday..Jas 5:13-20/Mk 10:13-16 Month of Mary One of the best ways to honor Mary is to pray the rosary daily if possible, either as an individual, with your family, or with a group. Month of Our Lady In addition to the numerous feast days honoring Our Lady under her many titles and virtues, the entire month of May is especially given to her praise. In the words of Pope Paul VI, May is a month which the piety of the faithful has long dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God For this is the month during which Christians, in their churches and their homes, offer the Virgin Mother more fervent and loving acts of homage and veneration; and it is the month in which a greater abundance of God s merciful gifts comes down to us from our Mother s throne. Pray For Our Seminarians: James Dvorak, Dalton Ervin, Chase Goodman, Tran Dinh, Nick Aparicio, Ryan Kapavik, Aaron Padila, Luke Prihoda, Adam Shimek, Scott Dornak, Philippe Dubourdieu and Caleb Krischke Pro-Life Corner It s easy to love life when it s beautiful and perfect. But the real test of our love is to love, respect and defend ALL human life from beginning to end, young and old, born and unborn. Church Dinners in the Area: May 27: Sts Cyril and Methodius Church in Shiner spring picnic at the KC Park. Fried chicken, stew dinner. $10.00 per plate. Dine in or plates to go. Auction, bingo, cake walk, country store, games, music, and drawing. Vocation Prayer Cross If you or your family is interested in praying one week for vocations, please call Nelda Schmidt at 543-7259. It is a spiritual imperative that we all pray for vocations, especially from our own parish. If you have never considered this, now may be the time. Pray For Those Serving In The Military and Law Enforcement Capt. A. J. Peters USMC, Nathan Cox, ECPD, E-5 MM2 Zachary Elledge US Navy, Lance Corp. Casey Winfield, USMC, US Army Staff Sgt. David Haugh, Robert Drapela, Coast Guard, Master Chief Sub-Lant Zachary Montello, Lance Corp. Mason Miller, USMC, Spec. Christopher Alford, U S Army, LCDR Jarrod Smith, US Navy, Chris Bird, Texas Game Warden, Wharton County, Sr. Airman Lane Kocian, Air Force, Sheriff Shannon Srubar, WCSO, Chief Deputy Clint Savino, WCSO, Captain Larry Hensley, WCSO, Captain Jason Mican, WCSO, Deputy Calvin Pfeil, WCSO, SRO Jeffery Pfeil, ECPD, Greg Pasak Travis County SO, James Scott DOJ, James Sanders, Houston PD

4. SAINT PHILIP THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH Youth and Young Adult Ministry News... Camp David Jr. High Retreat (entering 6th-exiting 8th) Spiritual Renewal Center 1st Session June 10-12, 2018, or 2nd Session June 13-15, 2018. Cost per person $75.00 (includes food and lodging for two nights.) Space is limited to 50 participants. Registration deadline is May 23 and registration forms are available at the rectory. Camp David Elementary Day Camp - June 13, 2018. (Students entering 3rd through 5th grade.) The cost per person is $25.00 (includes food and all craft supplies.) Registration deadline is May 23 and registration forms are available at the rectory. The 12th Annual Vocation Camp "Quo Vadis?" will be held July 1st through July 4th at Camp Kubena in Ledbetter, TX near La Grange. Please encourage and invite the young men of your parish to attend! The registration form and fee are due by June 23. The total fee for the camp is $75.00. The camp is open to all young men who are going into the 9th grade next school year through 21 years of age. Please call Fr. Tommy Chen with any questions at (361) 552-6140. Knights of Columbus #2490 will sponsor a Community Blood Drive Wednesday, May 30, from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Columbus Club Hall. Go to giveblood.org and use sponsor code 5911 to schedule an appointment or call Richard Raun at 541-3775. The following First Communion pictures may be picked up at the church office: Levi Anderson, Rowan Babcock, Konnor Beal, Kylee Brown, Keaton Koudela, Emma Labay, Natalie Salgado, Christopher Stewart, Jude Thibeaux, Holly Trochta, and Brock Zarate. Please come by the church office between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon; and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. If your child attends St. Philip School, those pictures will be at the St. Philip School office. Flowers - May 20 Main Altar and Ambo: Flowers given by Dr. & Mrs. Ben Berkovsky, Lillian Vrana, Daisy Zella, Bill & Frances Sulak and M/M Victor L. Valchar Jr. Remember in Prayer: Welcome the Newly Baptized Ellis Kainer, Archer Bridges, Margaret Aertker, and Ellen Aertker **Bulletin Sponsor of the Week: MIKESKA S BBQ & CATERING Let us support our bulletin advertisers and encourage others to do the same A Significant Day And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were (Acts 2:2) The Holy Spirit s arrival on that first Pentecost was signaled by a rush of wind. We all know what it s like when our windows are open just as a summer storm rises up. Curtains fly, papers become airborne, house plants shudder, dust is scattered. A rush of wind disrupts the orderliness of our home. The coming of the Holy Spirit, as celebrated each year at Pentecost, can also disrupt ways that have become comfortable and orderly. The Church always needs Pentecost. We need the breath of God s Spirit to blow away any complacency or malaise that has settled into our faith. Jesus breathes on his disciples and they receive the Holy Spirit. With that reception comes the power to share the Good News of salvation, Today, this is no less true for us. From Scripture John 20:19-23, Jesus Gives Us The Holy Spirit. In this Gospel, St. John tells of Jesus appearances to his apostles after the Resurrection. These events were the beginning of the birth of the Church. First the apostles were in the upper room with the door and windows closed and locked. Yet Jesus appeared in their midst. After he showed them his wounds they recognized him. That tells us something about his resurrected body. After Jesus rose from the dead he had a glorified body. He wasn t limited by the physical world and he wasn t immediately recognized even by those to whom he was close. That s a foretaste of what we can expect when we receive our glorified bodies at the end of time. Second, he breathed on the apostles. Jesus said to them, Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and who sins you retain are retained. In Scripture the breath of God was symbolic of his Spirit. Jesus was giving them the Holy Spirit. After receiving the Holy Spirit, the apostles were given the authority to forgive sins. That was the establishment of the Sacrament of Penance. Stroke Scan Plus will be held at St. Philip the Apostle Church Mikeska Fellowship Center on Hoskins Broadway Street on Friday and Saturday, May 25 and May 26. Do you have: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, family history of stroke, heart attack, or aortic aneurysm? Are you: a smoker, diabetic, overweight or physically inactive? Identify a potentially serious disease that may be life threatening. Call today to schedule your appointment at 832-437-7355 or toll free at 866-935-7226. Don t miss this opportunity. It could be the best decision you ever make. These screenings are not part of a routine physical. Stroke Scan Plus will be bringing its mobile ultrasound stroke-prevention team here for early detection and prevention. For more information, please refer to the flyer in this bulletin.

Calendar of Events Monday, May 21 - Book study session at 10:00 a.m. - Meeting House. - Prayer Cenacle will meet - 4:30 p.m. - Sacred Heart Rm. - CDA rosary at 6:30 p.m.; meeting at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 22 - Book study session at 6:00 p.m. - Meeting House. - Upper room prayer group meeting at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 23 - St. Philip 8th grade graduation at 6:00 p.m. Healing The Whole Person Jesus responds today to brokenness, disease, and pain with transformative love and restoration. Through three days of teaching, worship, prayer, and testimony, you ll encounter God in a powerful way, and experience deeper freedom as the Father speaks to you in the depths of your heart, and through the supernatural graces of the sacraments. Whether you re struggling with life, or you just want more in your walk with God, this conference will empower you with tools, revelation, and a greater desire to live your life passionately on fire for God. Grounded in Church teaching, you ll engage the topics of Facing our Brokenness, Encountering the Father s Love, and Living in Freedom. Saint Philip the Apostle Catholic Church is hosting a Healing the Whole Person retreat, led by the John Paul II Healing Center, on July 12-14th. Learn more on our website www.stphilipapostle.org, and register for this amazing retreat at http://jpiihealingcenter.org. Online registration closes on July 2, 2018. For local questions you may contact Pat Hoelscher @ pat623@icloud.com St. Philip School 8th Grade Graduates The following graduates will be honored at the Wednesday, May 23 Mass at 6:00 p.m. in the Church. We congratulate them and wish them all the best in high school: Braden Amestoy, Kolin Cerny, Brooklyn Dixon, Jack Dorotik, Carter Hlavinka, Ella Jenkins, Blaine Kight, Janice Lin, Darby Lutrick, Riki Nardiello Also Lucas Pfeil, Meredith Radley, Kyle Rasmussen, Matthew Reyna, Jacob Schilhab, Hannah Sutton, Haley Tupa, Carson Whitington and Reid Williams. Deadline to submit information for the Church Bulletin: Tuesdays at Noon SAINT PHILIP THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH 5. Dr. Ross Wyatt Anderson DDS, FAGD, FICOI Fellow-Implant Dentist 979-543-4291 Board Certified in both Intravenous Sedation and General Dentistry Anderson Dental & Implant Center of Wharton County Please call Sylvia at the parish office: 979-543-3770 or email: sylviap@stphilipapostle.org 979-541-9261 979-543-3853 Tommy & Rena Dluhos, St. Philip Catholic School is seeking to fill a position on the School Advisory Council to begin in June. Obligations include monthly meeting attendance, with occasional special sessions necessary for a three year term. If you are interested in giving of your time and talent to our local Catholic School, please call the parish rectory at- 543-3770. St. Philip Catholic School Super Prize Drawing Winner for May 11 is Julie Strnadel. Mark your calendar. We will conclude the 10:00 am Mass on Sunday, June 3 with a Eucharistic procession that will process around the St. Philip football field. If not attending this Mass you may wait at the main entrance of the church around 11 a.m. Honoring Senior Class of 2018...A Mass will be held to honor the graduating class of 2018 Sunday, June 3, at 6:00 p.m. Seniors are asked to wear their gowns (no caps) and line up in front of the church by 5:45 p.m. A reception hosted by the Catholic Daughters will follow in the Mikeska Fellowship Center for seniors and their families. Perpetual Adoration After 17 years of adoration, we have AVAILABLE TIMES due to illness, and other various reasons. We are needing to fill the following slots: Tuesday from 1:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m., Thursday from 12:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m., Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Friday from 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., and 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Please call Janet Holub at 543-6130 if you can spend the best hour of your week with Jesus. Sacrificial Giving: 5-20-18... $9,117.00 Maintenance... $124.00 School... $145.00 Charity... $10.00 WP HK Dr. Carolyn Bubela, Chiropractor - Parishioner - 979-532-4476 docc@crescentchiroandacu.com PHILIP J. HUNDL ATTORNEY AT LAW PARISHONER (979) 543-5335 wphk-law.com (800) 929-1725

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