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 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. 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 7:30 P.M.) G.K. Mr. Blas A. Martinez (956) 744-0867

FOURTH DEGREE K.C. ASSEMBLY (Meet 4th Tuesday of the month at 6:30 P.M. in the parish hall) Mr. Javier Martinez (956) 251-3720 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 Dennis R. Garza 722-1231

Mass Intentions

for the Week

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 1, 2018

You changed my mourning into dancing; L , my God, forever will I give you thanks. — Psalm 30:13

The Sanctuary Lamp will be burning

this week in Loving Memory of : Mr. & Mrs. Edmundo Cavazos H

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

As Independence Day draws near, we think of the men and women of the military who serve with courage and compe-tence, some far from home. How does the Church accompa-ny them? In 1939, Pope Pius XII created an independent jurisdiction of the Catholic Church called the “Military Vi-cariate.” In 1985 Pope John Paul II created the “Archdiocese for Military Services, USA.” Spanning the globe and serving nearly one and a half million Roman Catholics, more than one thousand priests minister in hospi-tals, on military bases of all the armed forces, on ships at sea, and on the battlefield. The AMS does not ordain priests, but accepts priests on loan from religious orders and dioces-es. In 1824 a Jesuit priest named Adam Marshall enlisted in the Navy and died at sea in 1825. He was assigned as a “schoolmaster,” but he sought out and ministered to Catho-lic sailors. Twenty years later, President Polk was worried that the war with Mexico was seen as anti-Catholic, so he recruited two Jesuit priests to serve in the army as chaplains. At the time of the Civil War, only about ten percent of Americans were Catholic. Military policies forced Catholic soldiers to attend Protestant services. The Church protested this rule, and many priests volunteered to become chaplains. Their witness and the courage of the “Nuns of the Battle-field” (several orders of sisters who assisted Civil War vic-tims) helped temper prejudice against Catholics and pave the way for the life and ministry of this vigorous and unique archdiocese. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. 

Saturday, June 30, 2018 - Weekday [12]; The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church; Blessed Virgin Mary 6:00PM †David C. Leyendecker By Wife & Family Sunday, July 1, 2018 – THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8:00AM †Amanda Herrera (A) By Garcia/Herrera Families 10:00AM †Benjamin Botello By Botello Family 12:00PM For Parishioners 5:00PM Meagan Sanchez (B) By Mom Monday, July 2, 2018 - Weekday [13] 7:00AM All the Souls in Purgatory By E.C. Juarez Tuesday, July 3, 2018 - St. Thomas, Apostle 7:00AM †Angela P. Acevedo By Amparo A. Garcia Wednesday, July 4, 2018 - Weekday [13]; Independence Day 7:00AM †Maria Eugenia Lopez (A) By Sons & Family †Stacy Alyson Young (A) By Shawn D. Young †Deacon David Vargas By Family 6:00PM †Manuel Gamboa (A) By Daughters & Granddaughters Thursday, July 5, 2018 – Weekday [13]; St. Anthony Zaccaria, Priest; St. Elizabeth of Portugal 7:00AM †Danniela Victoria Arellano (A) By Patsy & Melissa Gutierrez and Gutierrez Family Friday, July 6, 2018 - Weekday [13]; St. Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr; First Friday 7:00AM †Maria T. Garcia By Amparo A. Garcia 5:30PM †Pablo Jorge Castillo By Parents Saturday, July 7, 2018 - Weekday [13]; Blessed Virgin Mary; First Saturday 9:00AM †Yolanda Palacios (A) By Peña Family 6:00PM †Rafael & Isabel Peña and daughter Imelda Hammen By Alicia V. Sanchez & Family Sunday, July 8, 2018 – FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8:00AM For Parishioners 10:00AM †Ann L. Escamilla (A) By Manuel G. Escamilla, Jr. 12:00PM †Javier Valdez By Valdez Family †Deacon David Vargas By Family 5:00PM †Emma G. Ramirez (A) By Veronica Ramirez (B)=Birthday (A)=Anniversary

Our Lady of Guadalupe Candles

will be burning this week in Loving Memory of: Antonio Cavazos

The Sanctuary Lamp will be burning

this week in Loving Memory of : Ann L. Escamilla

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

Luis M. Muñoz 01-Jul Liz Villarreal 01-Jul Alejandro J. Garza 01-Jul Ashlee Saldaña 02-Jul Meagan Renae Sanchez02-Jul Maria Teresa Perez-Hinojosa 02-Jul Veronica Cigarroa 03-Jul

Jacqueline Valadez 03-Jul Michael J. Puig, II 03-Jul David Treviño 04-Jul Maria E. Martinez 04-Jul Leopoldo “Beto” Lopez06-Jul Rene Valadez, Jr. 06-Jul Mike Garza 07-Jul

Teodoro Aguero, Sr. Wayo Cavazos Alicia M. Charles David Charles Pamela M. Cortez Patsy Dees Easton Louie Deleza Erika M. Deleza William Dickinson James Dodson Angel Flores Cayetana Flores

Christian Flores Doris Gallagher Jesus Gonzalez Ma. Yolanda Gonzalez Reagan Goodman Megan Gribble Yvonne Gribble Baby Emiliano Ibarra Anthony Leija, Jr. Gilberto Maldonado Nora McCain Maria Przystasz Jose Luis Requejo Rodolfo Requejo Baby Gabriel E. Rodriguez Liz Rodriguez

Raymundo O. Salinas, Jr. Eduardo Alfonso Santos Baby Jose Alberto Serna Jim Switzer Adriana Valdéz Ana Laura Valdéz Francisco H. Valdéz Luz Maria Valdéz Mike Valdez Efrain Valle Raymond S. York Zulie York Barbara Zepeda

P ray For. . .

Collection for the Weekend of: June 23 & 24, 2018 Envelopes $5,516.00 Loose 984.68 School (Summer Vacation) .00

CCD 27.00 TOTAL $6,527.68

Thank you for your continued support & generosity!

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 passing, let us rejoice at their birth to eternal life. Please Note: This list will be updated again 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.

S econd Collection . . . Peter’s Pence CollectionPeter’s Pence Collection

This weekend: June 30 & July 1This weekend: June 30 & July 1 Today is the Peter’s Pence Col-Peter’s Pence Col-lectionlection, a worldwide collection that supports the charitable works of Pope Francis. Funds from this collection help victims of war, op-pression, and natural disasters. Take this opportunity to join with Pope Francis and be a witness of charity to our suffering brothers and sisters. Please be generous today. For more information, visit www.usccb.org/peters-pence.

U pcoming Second Collection. . . Blessed Sacrament SchoolBlessed Sacrament School Next weekend: July 7 & 8 Next weekend: July 7 & 8

The Month of July is Dedicated to the Most Precious Blood of Jesus

The month of July is dedicated to the Precious Blood. The devotion is as old as Christianity. The early Fathers say that the Church was born from the pierced side of Christ, and that the sacraments were brought forth through His Blood.

"The Precious Blood which we worship is the Blood which the Savior shed for us on Calvary and reassumed at His glorious Resurrection; it is the Blood which courses through the veins of His risen, glorified, living body at the right hand of God the Father in heaven; it is the Blood made present on our altars by the words of Consecration; it is the Blood which merited sanctifying grace for us and through it wash-es and beautifies our soul and inaugurates the beginning of eternal life in it." We Pray: Almighty, and everlasting God, who hast appointed Thine only-begotten Son to be the Redeemer of the world, and hast been pleased to be reconciled unto us by His Blood, grant us, we beseech Thee, so to venerate with solemn worship the price of our salvation, that the power thereof may here on earth keep us from all things hurt-ful, and the fruit of the same may gladden us for ever hereafter in heaven. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. catholicculture.org

First Friday Devotion

Holy Hour with Benediction Friday, July 6th after the 5:30 p.m. Mass

All parishioners are invited to an hour of adoration with our Lord. During these crucial times it is very important to spend time with Jesus present on our altar to implore His help for all of our needs.

First Saturday Devotion to Our Lady

Saturday, July 7th at 9:00 a.m.

O heart most pure of the Blessed Virgin Mary, obtain for us from Jesus a pure and humble heart.

Sweet heart of Mary, be our salvation. CatholicCulture.org

. . . JULY 4, 2018 The Parish Office will be closed on

Wednesday, July 4, 2018.

Have a safe and enjoyable Fourth of July holiday!