St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Church 3901 Violet Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78410 Parish Office: 361.241.3249 Religious Education Office: 361.241.3372 www.stpeterprince.net Fax: 361.241.0533 REV. EMILIO JIMENEZ, PASTOR PAROCHIAL VICAR: Rev. Piotr Koziel, STL 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 AM August 18, 2013 Twentieth Sunday In Ordinary Time PARISH MISSION STATEMENT We are a welcoming Catholic Community Called by God To live out the Message of Christ In love and service To all people. In the spirit of St. Peter, The patron saint of our Parish, we commit Ourselves to bring The Body of Christ To all. The special Emphasis of our Mission is The Sacrificial Giving of Time, Talent and Treasure. We Trust that the Holy Spirit will empower us to grow Spiritually through Worship and Religious Educa on and also help us go in, with and through Jesus to eternal Life, with God Our Father.
Page 2 MASS INTENTIONS Oct. 18 23, 2016 St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Tuesday 6:30 pm Kathy Cicora - Deacon Al Cicora Wednesday 6:30 pm Dominic F. Rodriguez (In Thanksgiving) - Thursday, Feliciano Rodriguez 8:00 am Parish Family - Banales Family Friday, 8:00 am Leonel Garza, Jr. - Chano Rodriguez Saturday 6:00 pm Bertha Cantu & Family - Banales Family Sunday 8:00 am Tommy Najvar - Ann Najvar 9:30 am Dominic Roman - Maria Roman 10:00 am Manuel Saenz - Family 12:00 pm Deacon Richard Lewinski - Family Woody Jackson - Rogelio & Aurora Rendon Corina Guerrero - Lewinski Family Lucille Esparza - Lewinski Family Elida G. Vasquez - Rogelio & Aurora Rendon Ricardo Favela - Family Manuel Saenz, Jr. - Family Chris Kaspar - Janette & Ernest Scholz 6:00 pm People of the Parish St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Church 10/09/16 Envelopes... $12,500.00 Loose... $1,929.10 Other fees... $601.00 Total... $15,030.10 St. Mary Mission 10/09/16 Envelopes... $453.00 Loose... $125.00 CCD Registration... $163.00 Donation... $250.00 Total... $991.00 DEPENDING ON GOD Getting by with a little help from our friends is not an idea that began with the Beatles. Certainly the idea of getting by with a little help from God goes back at least to the first reading today from Exodus. How we get that help, however, is the key to this weekend s scriptures. No matter how inadequate Moses felt to the task God had given him, he persevered even though he needed help from the people around him. The Israelites especially depended on God for freedom. The woman in the Gospel, desperate and destitute, had no one to depend on, but still she would not give up. She could not afford to bribe the unscrupulous judge, but she pestered him into weariness until finally he met her demands. We sometimes need to turn to others to help us through difficult times; but if we always turn to God, we won t be disappointed, for our help, the psalm assures us, is from the Lord. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Eph 2:1-10; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 12:13-21 Tuesday: 2 Tm 4:10-17b; Ps 145:10-13, 17-18; Lk 10:1-9 Wednesday: Eph 3:2-12; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 12:39-48 Thursday: Eph 3:14-21; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19; Lk 12:49-53 Friday: Eph 4:1-6; Ps 24:1-4ab, 5-6; Lk 12:54-59 Saturday: Eph 4:7-16; Ps 122:1-5; Lk 13:1-9 Sunday: Sir 35:12-14, 16-18; Ps 34:2-3, 17-19, 23; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 16-18; Lk 18:9-14
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 3 Saints & Special Observances MONDAY: Feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch; National Boss Day; Bible Class 8:30 am; Catholics Returning Home - St. William Hall TUESDAY: Feast of St. Luke; Prayer Group Meeting 7:15 pm. WEDNESDAY: Feast of Ss John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues & companions THURSDAY: Feast of St. Paul of the Cross; Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 8:30 am Till 6 pm. Choir Practice 7 pm. Lay Formation 7 pm SATURDAY: Feast of St. John Paul II; Confessions 4:30-5:30 pm; Vigil Mass 6 pm. LAY FORMATION 2016-2017 FALL SESSION 10.20.2016 10.27.2016 11.03.2016 11.10.2016 11.17.2016 12.01.2016 St. Matthew Hall at 7 pm. This session will be taught by Fr. Piotr on Catholic Bioethics THE ALTAR & ROSARY SOCIETY will meet Monday, Oct. 17th at the KC hall at 7 pm. All the ladies of the parish are welcome to attend for more information, please contact Diana Cantu at 361-442-4598. Tickets for their Annual Turkey dinner are available for purchase after Mass or from any member of the Altar Society. Tickets are $10. Each plate comes with turkey, dressing and all the trimmings. Dine in or to go plates are available. Call the parish office for more information. This year s CONVOCATION OF PRIESTS will be held on Monday, Oct. 24 - Oct. 26, 2016. We will not have Mass on Tuesday, Oct. 25 or Wednesday, Oct 26 because Fr. Emilio & Fr. Piotr will both be attending the Convocation. HAPPY ARE THEY Happy are they who grieve not for what they have not, but give thanks for what they do have. Create and Maintain a Safe Environment Recertification Class When: Monday, Oct. 17 at 7 pm Where: CCD Building Room #2 Please check your blue cards for Expiration date A HOSPITALITY MIN- ISTRY TRAINING session will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 7 pm in St. Matthew Hall. Everyone, wishing to join this Ministry, is encouraged to attend. FMI, please call Diana Gonzalez at 361-442-9876. Please note - Create and Maintain a Safe Environment certification is required (which includes a background check). More information will be presented at the Hospitality Training. Thank you in advance for your prayerful consideration to serve on this ministry of welcome and unconditional love. Hope to see many smiling faces on Oct. 25! THE CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAS will meet on Tuesday, October 18th at 6:00 pm in the CCD center. All members and potential members are encouraged to attend this meeting and offer their time and talent in charity and unity. Ladies who have recently joined are parish are welcome to attend and join our CDA. Please contact Catherine Martinez @ 361-876-6650 for more information. ST. THERESA CATHOLIC CHURCH is having a SPOOKFEST 2016 - de la Fiesta On Sunday, Oct. 30 from 11 am to 5 pm Brisket & Sausage Pates served (w/potato salad, beans, dessert & drink) Live & Silent Auctions, Country Store, Food & Games. For more information call 361-289.2759
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary time Page 4 PARISH HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL OUR ANNUAL PARISH HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL Will be on Saturday, October 29 @ 7 pm In St. Matthew Hall parking lot. There will be fun and games for all ages and the Knights of Columbus will provide hotdogs, chips & drinks. All we ask is that our CCD students donate a bag of candy to go towards the game prizes. GIRLS ARE ASKED TO BRING A BAG OF CHOCOLATE CANDY & BOYS MAY BRING ANY OTHER KIND. Please send it with your son/daughter to class before Oct. 26th. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE! This is an excellent opportunity for our Confirmation Students To acquire their service hours. Please sign-up in the CCD Office.
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 5 Next weekend, October 22 & 23, we will have Father Libby Baluarte, from the Diocese of Sorsogon, Philippines, present information about a mission appeal for his Diocese. The proceeds from this appeal will be used for the following projects: For the education of their 160 seminarians (90 in High School, 53 in College, 17 in Theology). Most parents of these seminarians are poor and cannot support them financially for priestly education, which has become more expensive through the years. The Province of Sorsogon is one of the poorest in the region of Bicol, which is often hit by natural calamities such as typhoons and volcanic eruptions. The entire country suffered so many catastrophes by a monster super typhoon in November 2013. For the implementation of the Sixth Phase of the Diocesan Ecclesial and Evangelization Program (DEEP), which started in 2014 through the next five years, is one of our greatest needs. We need a sizable budget amount for the systematic formation of the leaders of various commissions, namely, commissions on Family and Human Life; the Laity; the Youth; Mission; Media for Evangelization; Worship; Education; Service; and Temporalities. These none pastoral commissions are tasked to the DEEP 6 in the Vicarial level, the parochial level, the chapel level down to the smallest unit of our basic ecclesial communities. Please be generous for the mission! TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION From the early medieval period, it was expected that the many bishops of Italy travel to Rome at least once every three years to give a report of their ministry, with a footnote granting the bishops of Sicily a visit every five years. By the eleventh century, the idea of bishops visiting the tombs of the apostles was a very strict requirement for all within reasonable reach of Rome. The age of discovery and the expansion of the Church into remote corners of the earth made this an unreasonable burden in many cases, yet every bishop was required at least to send a representative to Rome every five years. In 1911, Pope St. Pius X established the rule for a quinquennial (meaning once in five years ) report, called an ad limina. This literally means to the threshhold, and refers to the expectation that the visiting bishop will go to the thresholds of the tombs of the apostles Peter and Paul and to a personal audience with the Holy Father. An exemption was given to so-called mission territories, which in 1911 included the United States. The reports were still required, but could be filed by letter with an office of the missions called Propagation of the Faith. This status was changed in 1917 and since that time all American bishops have been subject to the ad limina. These reports, carefully kept in the Vatican archives, are a treasure trove for historians, providing snapshots of culture and faith and a record of the Church s resilience even in times of persecution and change. Grief Support Sessions Mondays, 6:30 pm at St. Patrick Church. Have you lost a loved one? Do not suffer alone. Find support in these sessions with others who have also suffered loss. For more information call John Moses (361) 813-5825.