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 Bulle n announcements e‐mail: bulle n@blessedsacramentlaredo.org 

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

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 By appointment (Please call the Parish Office)

ANOINTNG OF THE SICK By appointment (Please call the Parish Office)

In case of emergency, any time

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. Rosie Cavazos, President 722-1231 ADULT & CHILDREN’S CHOIR Mr. Manuel Ponce 722-1231 CUBMASTER FOR PACK 192 Mr. George Valdez 645-0675 COMMUNION FOR HOMEBOUND Call the Parish Office 722-1231 EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION Mr. David Treviño, Scheduling 712-6294 GIRL SCOUT TROOP 9150 Mrs. Naomi C. Arredondo 236-8672 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL #10939 (Meet 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 P.M.) G.K. Mr. Lawrence Bruni (956) 898-8813

FOURTH DEGREE K.C. ASSEMBLY (Meet 4th Tuesday of the month at 6:30 P.M. in the parish hall) Mr. Jaime A. Garcia 645-7037 LECTORS Mr. David Treviño, Scheduling 712-6294 PARISH COUNCIL Mr. George P. Kazen, President MEN’S FAITH SHARING Meet every Mon. at 7:00PM in the parish hall LADIES’ FAITH SHARING Meet every 1st & 3rd Tue. at 6:30PM in the parish hall QUINCEAÑERA COORDINATOR Mrs. Patsy Salinas 722-1231 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM Mrs. Maria Teresa Hinojosa, Coordinator 286-2842 Ms. Gloria B. Sandoval, Secretary 722-1231 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 Deacon Roger Martinez, Jr. 722-1231

Mass Intentions for the Week

Saturday, September 14, 2019 - The Exaltation of the Holy Cross 6:00PM †Melinda Perez (A) By Family Sunday, September 15, 2019 – TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8:00AM For Parishioners 10:00AM †Dr. Joaquin G. Cigarroa By His Wife & Children †Ramiro Cesar Martinez By Raul & Maria Teresa Perez Hinojosa †Martha T. Elizalde By Rolando Elizalde, Jr. †Minnie Gabriel By M.T. Garza †Olga LaVaude By Hovel Family 12:00PM †Jacob Rathmell (A) By Mine G. Ramirez 5:00PM †Mr. & Mrs. Ociel & Amparo Vasquez By Mrs. Josefa Fuentes & Family Monday, September 16, 2019 - St. Cornelius, Pope, St. Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs 7:00AM †Edmundo Cavazos H. (A) By Family Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - Weekday [24]; St. Robert Bellar- mine, Bishop & Doctor of the Church 7:00AM †Dr. Joaquin G. Cigarroa By His Wife & Children Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - Weekday [24] 7:00AM †Hector A. Garcia (B) By Alicia Garcia & Fam. †Dr. Joaquin G. Cigarroa By His Wife & Children †Lydia Guild By M.T. Garza †Jose Isabel Cavazos (A & B) By Wife & Family †Dr. Sigifredo Perez By Wife & Children 6:00PM †Ofelia Medina & Olga & Sylvia Sada (A) By Mr. & Mrs. Rodolfo Ibarra Thursday, September 19, 2019 - Weekday [24]; St. Januarius, Bishop & Martyr 7:00AM †Dr. Joaquin G. Cigarroa By His Wife & Children 6:00PM †Blas M. Martinez By Rosina U. Martinez & Family Friday, September 20, 2019 - St. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, & Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, & Companions, Martyrs 7:00AM †Dr. Joaquin G. Cigarroa By His Wife & Children 9:00AM †Margaret J. Uribe (A) By Uribe Family Saturday, September 21, 2019 - St. Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist 6:00PM †Alberto Gonzalez (A) By Ada Gonzalez & Annie Mendiola Sunday, September 22, 2019 – TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8:00AM †Mr. & Mrs. Jose B. Gonzalez (B) By Family 10:00AM For Parishioners 12:00PM In Thanksgiving for Miguel Eli Guzman By Mr. & Mrs. Wilfredo Guzman †Victor A. Uribe (B) By Family †Ramon Perales (B) By Perales Family †Mike P. Valdez By Wife & Family †Mr. & Mrs. Rosendo Ancira By Perez Family 5:00PM †Francisco Vela (A) By Mr. & Mrs. Roel Vela (B) Birthday (A)=Anniversary

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 15, 2019

A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me.                      — Psalm 51:12

The Sanctuary Lamp will be burning this week in Loving Memory of:

Rodolfo Ochoa

CATECHETICAL SUNDAY "Stay With Us."

Bishop Robert Barron’s message We live in an increasingly secularized society, which powerfully influ-ences our young people, often compelling them to leave the Church altogether. The 2018 Saint Mary’s Press study, The Dynamics of Disaffiliation in Young Catholics, includes extensive research on young Catholics who have left the church. One of their most alarm-ing findings was that youth stop identifying as Catholics at a median age of 13 for reasons ranging from disbelief to dissatisfaction with Church teaching. Sociologist Christian Smith, renowned for his investigation of the phenomenon of disaffiliation, notes that many of the young people who have stopped identifying as Catholics tended to have “weak signs of attachment to the Church” in the first place. In other words, they were not formed very well in the faith. At the same time, we have signs of hope. I was blessed to partici-pate in the Vatican’s October 2018 Synod of Bishops on young peo-ple, the faith, and vocational discernment”, which found that young people who end religious practice do not necessarily end their spir-itual desire. The Church must walk with young people and their families, listen to them with attention and love, and then be ready intelligently to give a reason for the hope that is within us. Our resources this year are aimed on assisting the many dedicated faithful in their outreach to as missionary disciples particularly to the disaffiliated. Under our theme, Stay with Us, we have produced a variety of articles, videos and podcasts focusing on the encounter, and accompaniment which builds a community that then sends forth as missionary disciples. In his recent Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhor-tation, Christus Vivit! Pope Francis reminds us that in addition to doctrine and morality “It is likewise important that it have two main goals. One is the development of the kerygma, the foundational experience of encounter with God through Christ’s death and resur-rection. The other is growth in fraternal love, community life and service… All Christian formation consists of entering more deeply into the kerygma and incarnating it ever more fully in our lives. (213-214) May our lives be an imitation of Jesus’ encounter with the two disci-ples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35) and accompany those entrusted to us into full community and discipleship. Sincerely yours in Christ, Bishop Robert Barron, Chairman Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis

Our Mother of Perpetual Help Candles will be burning this week in Loving Memory of: Carolina Cavazos

Our Lady of Guadalupe Candles will be burning this week in Loving Memory of:

Virginia Cavazos

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

P ray For. . .

Alfonso E. Santos 15-Sep Dr. Edgar Molina 16-Sep David Gamboa 16-Sep Rachel Link 16-Sep Ana Laura Valdez 16-Sep Gloria Arlene Muñoz 16-Sep Gloria S. Palacios 16-Sep Martin Moctezuma 17-Sep Krystal Perez 18-Sep Mark Cantu 18-Sep Dariana Garza 18-Sep

Blas A. Martinez, Jr. 18-Sep Rolando Perez 18-Sep Agustin Mendoza, III 19-Sep Alejandro E. Villarreal 19-Sep Jesus Gonzalez 19-Sep Alexa M. Rodriguez 20-Sep John Moreland 20-Sep Carolina Rubi Medrano 21-Sep Nina Vela Cuellar 21-Sep Alexa Sophia Perez 21-Sep Yvette Rodriguez 21-Sep

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. As we mourn their pass-ing, let us rejoice at their birth to eternal life.

Teodoro Aguero, Sr. Baby Graciela Bernal Yolanda G. Cantu Wayo Cavazos David Charles Mrs. Joaquin Cigarroa Jr. Pamela M. Cortez Patsy Dees Easton Louie Deleza Erika M. Deleza William Dickinson Jose Duarte Maria del Carmen Duarte

Angel Flores Cayetana Flores Christian Flores Giovanni Flores Jose M. Garza Maria Yolanda Gonzalez Jesus Gonzalez Reagan Goodman Megan Gribble Yvonne Gribble Emiliano Ibarra Lidia S. Laurel Servando E. Laurel, Jr. Anthony Leija, Jr. Nancy K. Leyendecker Gilberto Maldonado Alicia C. Martinez Nora McCain

Humberto Perez, Jr. Mary Prevost Mrs. Josefina Requejo Jose Luis Requejo Rodolfo Requejo Gabriel Ethan Rodriguez Eduardo Alfonso Santos Baby Jose Alberto Serna Msgr. Stanley Sliwiak Jim Switzer Nora G. Urbach Raymond S. York Zulie York Sabas Zapata, III Barbara Zepeda

Envelopes $6,125.05 Loose 870.93

CCD 48.69 TOTAL $7,044.67 Friday School Mass $833.88 Second Collection: Blessed Sacrament School $1,941.25

Thank you for your continued support & generosity!

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Third Thursday of the Month

Adoration and Benediction in the Church on Thursday, September 19th from 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. followed by Mass.

“In the Eucharist we have Jesus, we have His redemptive sacrifice, we have His resurrection, we have the gift of the Holy Spirit, we have adoration, obedience, and love of the Father. Were we tb disregard the Eucharist, how could we overcome our own deficiency”? (St. John Paul II)

Collection for the weekend of: Sept. 7 & 8, 2019

A NOTE OF GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION

Dear Fr. Wojciech & Parishioners of Blessed Sacrament Church, On Saturday, August 31st Blessed Sacrament hosted our annual 2019 Central Deanery Altar Servers Re-treat. One-hundred sixty Altar Servers attended this retreat. I would like to recognize Ms. Suzie Schafer, Altar Server parents and your volunteers, for their efforts and invaluable assistance in prepara-tion for this retreat. Please be assured of my prayers for you Fr. Wojciech and your parishioners. Sincerely yours in Christ, Fr. Francisco Quiroz Director of Vocations, Seminarians and Casa Guadalupe House of Discernment

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL #10939

Annual “Rib Steak” Plate Sale

Best steak plates in town

Coming up, Sunday October 13, 2019 Parish Hall ● 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Donation: $7.00 “ Ask any Knight of Columbus member for “plate sale” tickets!

Thank you for supporting their fundraising efforts!

¡Gracias por apoyar sus esfuerzos de recaudación de fondos!

PERDIDO Y ENCONTRADO Bienvenido al “¡Domingo perdido y encontrado!” En caso de que al estar en la iglesia nos haga considerar sentirnos orgullos de ser religiosos, el Evangelio de hoy sugiere que sería más prudente admitir que algunas veces estamos perdidos. Para luego en última instancia estar felizmente contados entre los “encontrados” por Jesús, porque Jesús hoy se enfoca en una oveja perdida, una moneda perdida, un hijo perdido. Jesús lo hace porque los fariseos y escribas, que orgullosamente se consideran religiosos, “empiezan a quejarse” que Jesús “se reúne con pecadores y ade-más come con ellos”. Jesús les advierte, y a nosotros también, dejar de juzgar a los demás. Por el contrario, ¡asómbrate de la extraordinaria gracia de Dios que nos ha encontrado! De hecho, debemos hacernos los amorosos amigos de Jesús tratando de buscar a otros. Así el Éxodo pide, si Dios “cedió en castigo” y nos perdonó, ¿no deberíamos perdonar con gracia a nuestros prójimos pecadores? Incluso Pablo admite su “arrogancia” como “el más importante entre los pecadores”. Nosotros también, felices de ser “misericordiosamente tratados”, debemos compartir con todos los demás la inagotable paciencia de Jesús. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.