W ! P , F V BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH

DIOCESE OF LAREDO 2219 Galveston St., Laredo, TX 78043‐3002 • Phone: (956) 722‐1231 • FAX: (956) 722‐2823

Website: www.blessedsacramentlaredo.org 

Reverend Fr. Wojciech Przystasz, Administrator Deacon Roger Mar nez, Jr., Permanent Deacon Reverend Msgr. Stanley A. Sliwiak, Ph.D., Re red Deacon Dennis R. Garza, Permanent Deacon

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday through Friday 8:00 A.M to 12:00 N.N.

and 1:00 P.M.- 5:00 P.M.

SUNDAY MASSES

Saturday: 6:00 P.M. Sunday: 8:00 A.M. (Español) 10:00 A.M. 12:00 N.N. 5:00 P.M.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Parents MUST be registered parishioners (considered registered parishioners if have actively been attending Sunday Masses prior to baptism). Baptisms are administered on the 3rd Sunday of each month. Baptismal instruction is offered on the preceding Thursday.

PARISH STAFF Mrs. Josie R. Arellano, Bookkeeper

Ms. Gloria B. Sandoval, Parish Secretary Mrs. Consuelo M. Perez, Bulletin Editor

Mr. Manuel Ponce, Director of Music

DAILY MASS Mon., Tue., Thu. and Fri. 7:00 A.M. Wednesday 7:00 A.M. & 6:00 P.M.

FIRST FRIDAY: 5:30 P.M. FIRST SATURDAY ONLY: 9:00 A.M.

SACRAMENT OF HOLY MATRIMONY

Couples should inquire about premarital prepa-ration and available church dates at least six (6) months prior to planned wedding date. Do not make any arrangements before contact-ing the parish office.

BLESSED SACRAMENT SCHOOL Mrs. Selma J. Santos, Principal

1501 North Bartlett Avenue Laredo, TX 78043

Phone: (956) 722-1222 Fax: (956) 712-2002

NOVENA TO

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP Wednesday after the 6:00 P.M. Mass.

ADORATION OFTHE BLESSED SACRAMENT First Friday 5:30 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.

Third Thursday of each month 7:00 A.M . - 6:00 P.M.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday, 4:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.

Wednesdays, 30 min. before the evening Mass OR

by appointment (Please call the Parish Office)

ACTS CORE Blas A. Martinez 722-1231 ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Miss Hope Gonzalez 722-1231 ALTAR SERVERS (Training on Saturday mornings at 9:30AM in the church) Miss Suzie Schafer 722-1231 ALTAR SOCIETY (Meet 2nd Monday at 3:30PM in the parish hall) Mrs. Maria Teresa Hinojosa, President 286-2842 ADULT & CHILDREN’S CHOIR Mr. Manuel Ponce 722-1231 BROWNIE TROOP 9150 Mrs. Naomi Arredondo, Troop Leader 236-8672 CUBMASTER FOR PACK 192 Mr. George Valdez 645-0675 COMMUNION FOR HOMEBOUND Call the Parish Office 722-1231 EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION Mr. George P. Kazen, Scheduling 722-5347 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL #10939 (Meet 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month at 7:30 P.M.) G.K. Mr. Javier Medellin (956) 568-2763 (956) 763-4410

FOURTH DEGREE K.C. ASSEMBLY (Meet 4th Tuesday of the month at 6:30 P.M. in the parish hall) Mr. Hector Herrera (956) 723-0308 LECTORS Mr. George P. Kazen, Scheduling 722-5347 PARISH COUNCIL Mr. George P. Kazen, President MEN’S FAITH SHARING Meet every Mon. at 7:00PM in the p. h. LADIES’ FAITH SHARING Meet every 1st & 3rd Tue. at 6:30PM in the p. h. QUINCEAÑERA COORDINATOR Mrs. Patsy Salinas 722-1231 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (CCD) Mrs. Maria Teresa Hinojosa, Coordinator 286-2842 ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY Miss Yolanda Valdez 722-1231 YOUTH GROUP “LIFE IN CHRIST” (Meet every Wed. @ 7PM in the P.H.) Mr. & Mrs. Felipe & Lali Martinez 722-1231 YOUTH LECTORS (Assignment Pending)

Saturday, August 19, 2017 - Weekday [19]; St. John Eudes, Priest, Blessed Virgin Mary 6:00PM For Parishioners

Sunday, August 20, 2017 – TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8:00AM †Felipe & Olivia Cuellar (B) By Andres F. & Martha C. Segovia 10:00AM †Juan & Ester Rodriguez By Manuel Escamilla Family 12:00PM †Luis A. Ponce By Ponce Family 5:00PM †Justo Penn Leyendecker By Family Monday, August 21, 2017 – St. Pius X, Pope 7:00AM †Mario & Aurora V. Cortez By Joe & Olga Valadez Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary 7:00AM †Ellen Bailey Young By Joe & Olga Valadez Wednesday, August 23, 2017 -Weekday [20]; St. Rose of Lima, Virgin 7:00AM †Ricky Vasquez By wife, son & family 6:00PM †Rodolfo A. Santos (A) By Santos Family Thursday, August 24, 2017 – St. Bartholomew, Apostle 7:00AM †Charles Bruni (B) By Bruni Family Friday, August 25, 2017 - Weekday [20]; St. Louis, St. Joseph Calasanz, Priest 7:00AM †Mrs. Zulema Daves (A) By Daves Family 9:00AM †Mary Sandlin By Amistades Saturday, August 26, 2017 - Weekday [20]; Blessed Virgin Mary 6:00PM †Raquel M. Gage By Joe A. Gage, Sr. & Family Sunday, August 27, 2017 – TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8:00AM For Parishioners 10:00AM Jose Manuel Ponce (B) By Ponce Family 12:00PM †Amalia Martinez By Family 5:00PM †Doris M. Rodriguez (A) By her daughters (B)=Birthday (A)=Anniversary

Mass Intentions

for the Week

CALLED TO ACT IN GOD’S NAME

“Let all the nations praise you!” (Psalm 67:4) today’s psalm response exclaims. In the psalms and other Hebrew scriptures, this kind of invocation is actually an invitation to God to act, to intervene in human lives in a manner that will cause everyone—not just the Chosen People—to give praise. Stated a bit more strongly, it is something of a “put up or shut up” challenge to God, the sort of strong state-ment the psalmists of Israel, trusting in their intimate and loving relationship with God, were not afraid to make. The Gospel has its own exclamation, announcing the appear-ance of the Canaanite woman with “Behold!” (Matthew 15:22) “Behold!” is a scriptural flag that tells us that God is about to act or announce something through an individual or a situation. In the case of Jesus, God was going to act through this woman, whom nobody among Jesus’ followers would have believed to be an agent of the divine will. Like the psalmists, we might passively inform or perhaps even actively challenge God to do something so that everyone will come to belief, but God will always turn the tables on us. It becomes our calling, our duty (as it was for Jesus) to behold the situations and persons of our daily lives so that God can act through us, so the Kingdom can be announced through our living. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

LLAMADOS A ACTUAR EN EL NOMBRE DE DIOS

“¡Que todos los pueblos te alaben!” (Salmo 67:4) exclama la respuesta del salmo de hoy. En el salterio y en otras escrituras hebreas, este tipo de invocación es en realidad una invitación a Dios para que actúe e intervenga en las vidas humanas de tal manera que haga que todos –no

sólo el Pueblo Elegido –exprese alabanzas. Dicho algo más fuerte, es como desafiar a Dios para que “aguante o se calle”, el tipo de pala-bras duras que los salmistas de Israel, confiando en su íntima rela-ción de amor con Dios, no temían expresar. El Evangelio tiene su propia exclamación que anuncia la apari-ción de la mujer cananea con un “Entonces” (Mateo 15:22). “Entonces” o “he aquí” es una señal en la Biblia que nos indica que observemos con mucha atención, que Dios está por actuar o anunciar algo por medio de un individuo o una situación. En el caso de Jesús, Dios iba a obrar a través de esta mujer, a quien ninguno de los segui-dores de Jesús hubiera creído pudiera ser una agente de la voluntad divina. Como los salmistas, puede que informemos en forma pasiva a Dios o quizás hasta activamente le desafiemos para que haga algo para que todos lleguen a creer, mas Dios siempre nos volteará las posiciones. Se convierte en nuestro llamado, nuestro deber (como lo fue para Jesús) observar atentamente las situaciones y a las personas en nuestra vida diaria para que Dios pueda actuar a través de noso-tros, para que el Reino sea anunciado en nuestro diario vivir.

Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 20, 2017  

Observe what is right, do what is just; or my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed.

— Isaiah 56:1

The Sanctuary Lamp will be burning this week

in Loving Memory of: Cristina Serna

Our Mother of Perpetual Help Candle will be burning this week

in Loving Memory of: Ricky Vasquez

BIRTHDAY WISHES . . . and God’s many blessings to all those celebrat-ing a birthday or anniversary this week.

Please contact the Parish Office at 722-1231 to add your name or the name of a family member in our birthday list.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

This week we observe another Marian celebration, the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Its original date was May 31, when it was insti-tuted by Pius XII in 1954, but it was eventually moved to August 22 so that its close relationship with the Assumption might be made clear. Mary's queenship is multi-dimensional: she reigns gloriously in heaven as queen and mother; she is the queen who intercedes; she is the sign of the Church in its future glory. Of course, the traditions surrounding the Blessed Mother's queenship extend much further back than the establishment of this feast. In the eighth century St. John Damascene could write, "When she became Mother of the Creator, she truly became Queen of every creature." According to Jewish tradition, the mother of the king was accorded a seat of honor at the right of the king. With Jesus' royal heritage as a descendant and mem-ber of the house of David, Mary quite naturally takes her proper place as the queen mother. Pius XII simply recalled these traditions and gave us a day to remind us of how we can direct our prayers to Mary, our Queen. --James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

Carlos Vichareli 20-Aug Mrs. J.J. Molina 20-Aug Juan Rubio 21-Aug Eliza Adams 22-Aug Jesse L. Garcia 22-Aug Staci Bird 23-Aug Alfredo De Luna 23-Aug Becky Gonzalez 23-Aug

Johana Rubio 23-Aug Alicia V. Cantu 24-Aug Blas A. Martinez 24-Aug Michael J. Sanchez 24-Aug Emily D. Perez 25-Aug Crista Rossell 25-Aug Hope Treviño 25-Aug

Collection for the Weekend of:

August 12 & 13, 2017

Envelopes $6,205.50 Loose 1,131.17

CCD 3.00 TOTAL $7,339.67

Thank you for your continued support & generosity!

¡Gracias por su continuo apoyo y generosidad!

We especially pray every Wednesday after the evening Mass during the Novena of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. Let us pray also for those whom God has called home recently especially Berta Valdez. As we mourn their passing, let us rejoice at their birth to eternal life. Please Note: This list will be updated on September 30th and every 90 days thereafter. We ask that you contact the Parish Office at 722-1231 if you would like for the name of your family member to remain on the “Pray for the Sick” list.

Linda Araiza Berry Family Jesse Buentello Amelia Y. Cantu Pedro Cantu, Jr. Wayo Cavazos Alicia M. Charles Olivia Contreras Pamela M. Cortez Patsy Dees Lillian Dickinson William Dickinson Manuel E. Escamilla Chayo Flores

Christian Flores Florinda Garza Jesus Gonzalez Maria Yolanda Gonzalez Rebecca Gutierrez Julia Herrera Baby Emiliano Ibarra Anthony Leija, Jr. Gilberto Maldonado Zonia Volpe Martinez Nora McCain Ambrose Morales, III Joesi M. Perez Maria Przystasz Baby Gabriel E. Rodri-guez Laura V. Rodriguez Eduardo Alfonso Santos Baby Jose Alberto Serna

Emilio C. Solis William J. Stewart Jim Switzer Adriana Valdéz Ana Laura Valdéz Francisco H. Valdéz Luz Maria Valdéz Frank Vidaurri Raymond S. York Zulie York

P ray For. . .

Religious Education ● (CCD) Registration

This weekend: August 19 & 20, 2017

CHILDREN - First Holy Communion. Children must be 7 years of age or older. Parents must be registered parishioners of Blessed Sacra-ment Church. Parents, please bring with you the following documents: * Child’s baptismal certificate (birth certificate if not yet baptized) * Family’s parish registration number * FEE: $30.00 (one child); $40.00 (two children); $50.00 (three or more children from the same family) YOUTH - Confirmation. Students must be between the ages of 14 to 18. Parents must be registered parishioners of Blessed Sacrament Church. Parents, please bring with you the following documents: * First year Confirmation, the student’s Baptismal and First Holy Commun-ion certificates * Second year Confirmation, parents do not have to bring any documents if the student already attended first year preparation classes here at Blessed Sacrament. However, any student that did not attend first year Confirma-tion preparation classes here at Blessed Sacrament must bring a letter from the Pastor of the Church where they attended the first year. * Family’s parish registration number * Fee: $30.00 Registrations will take place this weekend Saturday, August 19th and Sunday, August 20th from 11:00AM - 1:30PM and will continue thru next weekend, August 26th & 27th in the Parish Hall. PLEASE NOTE: If parents do not bring in the necessary documents that are required, the student will not be registered. NO EXCEPTIONS.

2017 Catholic Sharing Appeal Update

Blessed Sacrament Church As of July 5, 2017

$33,581.40 - Our Gifts To Date/Nuestras Donaciones $43,801.40- Our Pledges To Date/Nuestras Promesas $52,724.00 - Our Parish Goal/Nuestra Meta 156 - Families Participating/Familias Participando

You may make a new gift or fulfill your pledge on the Diocese of Laredo website – https://www.dioceseoflaredo.org/catholic-sharing-appeal

Adult Religious Education If you are an adult 21 years of age or older needing to receive the Sacra-ment of Baptism, Confirmation or Eucharist (Holy Communion), please contact the parish office @956-722-1231 for registration information. Classes will begin soon.