Mass Schedule Sunday Masses– Main Sanctuary All services are online through Facebook Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm Sunday 10:00 am Weekday Services First Saturday 10:00am Tues.– Mass 10:00am Wed.– Mass 10:00am Thurs.– Mass 10:00am Friday – Mass 10:00am Holidays See Bulletin or Website Sacraments and Prayer Reconciliation Wednesday 6:00pm-7:00pm Saturday, 3:30pm-4:30pm Parish Contacts Parish Staff Rae Carter, Greg George, Ray Jones, Don Moore, Deacons Bernice Helpert, Coordinator of Worship Christine Moore, Director of Religious Education Whitney Godfrey, Youth Minister Louis Leanos, Communications & Technology Director Liz Rogers, Music Director Carl London, Facilities Manager Javier De Alva Garza, Facilities Manager Assistant ` Dalene London, Pastoral Council Chair Richard Grandy, Finance Committee Don O’Toole, Van Use Coordinator Church Website: www.stjeromewaco.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stjeromewaco/ Parish Office Hours: 8:30 am-5:00 pm, Mon.-Thurs. 8:30 am-4:00pm Fri. Bulletin Deadline: Noon on Friday 9820 Chapel Road, Waco, Texas 76712 • Church Office 666-7722 • Fax 666-4848 • Brooks Hall 666-6222 • CCE Office 666-6222 Our Vision To experience Christ's love and saving presence in our local community. St. Jerome Catholic Church Parish Office Staff Rev. James Ekeocha , Pastor Karen Fell, Business Manager Mark Falsone , Bookkeeper Preschool Staff Bobby Jetelina, Director Tiffany Burch, Julie Berger, Teachers Kelly Esposito, Stacey Hall, Sharon Speckert, Peggy Steffek, Aides Pastoral Council [email protected]Tim Asyn Dalene London Holly Bennett Pedro Reyes Eileen Bentsen Amy Rhodes Julie Ernzen Ed Rogers Kyle Lewie Richard Sanchez May 10, 2020
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Mass Schedule
Sunday Masses– Main Sanctuary
All services are online through Facebook
Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm
Sunday 10:00 am
Weekday Services
First Saturday 10:00am
Tues.– Mass 10:00am
Wed.– Mass 10:00am
Thurs.– Mass 10:00am
Friday – Mass 10:00am
Holidays
See Bulletin or Website
Sacraments and Prayer
Reconciliation Wednesday 6:00pm-7:00pm
Saturday, 3:30pm-4:30pm
Parish Contacts
Parish Staff
Rae Carter, Greg George, Ray Jones, Don Moore,
Deacons
Bernice Helpert, Coordinator of Worship
Christine Moore, Director of Religious Education
Whitney Godfrey, Youth Minister
Louis Leanos, Communications & Technology
Director
Liz Rogers, Music Director
Carl London, Facilities Manager
Javier De Alva Garza, Facilities Manager Assistant
Welcome to St. Jerome Catholic Church • Waco, Texas 2
Saturday, May 9, 2020 5:00pm † William Drumma Sunday, May 10, 2020 10:00am Legal Protection of Unborn Children † Magie Hapeman For the People Tuesday, May 12, 2020 10:00am † Edward & Evelyn Podsednik Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:00am † Vincent Hapeman Thursday, May 14, 2020 10:00am † Leo Bauer , Friday, May 15, 2020 10:00am Aldo Charame Saturday, May 16, 2020 5:00pm † Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Whitehill Sunday, May 17, 2020 10:00am † Jim & Beverly Oxley † Gabriel Joseph Brandt For the People
A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed. Proverbs 11:25
May 3, 2020
Standard Collection $ 3,502.00 Online Collections $ 12,199.00
Total $ 15,701.00
Thank you for your generous support of
St. Jerome’s. May God bless you, Fr. James
SICK IN OUR PARISH
Bob & Mary Behrens, Clarence Boles, Debbie Braswell, Rob Chapman, Kathy Crow,
Ignacio Estrada, Jacki Fortenberry, Faith Fortenberry, Denne Freeman, Carol Friedman, Alice Gallagher,
Danny Garces, Joe Gough, Mike & Ann Marie Hillman, Joan Jasek, Deacon Ray Jones, James
Kreder, Carl & Billie Kathryn Kuhnle, Maggie Kruger, Ray Lyons, Aunt Myrtle, Linda McDorman, Kaisley Noelle Moss, Jean Pedrotti, MaryAnn Prochaska,
Jean Reboli, Mary Ann Rodriguez, Betsy Schwager, Richard Skurla, Elly Smallwood, Steve & Marsha,
Melissa Reitcher, Betty Strom
Our New Mass Schedule No Mass on Monday Tuesday-Friday at 10:00 am Saturday at 5:00 pm (No morning Mass) Sunday at 10:00 am We will continue to live stream all Masses on our Facebook page. Recordings will be available on stjeromewaco.org.
A Prayer in Gratitude for Our Mothers Loving God, as a mother gives life and nourishment to her children, so you watch over your Church.
Bless our mother. Let the example of her faith and love shine forth.
Grant that we, her family, may honor her always with a spirit of profound respect.
Grant this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Confession Schedule Father will hear confessions by the Mother Teresa Center on Wednesday from 6:00 pm-7:00 pm and Saturday from 3:30 pm-4:30 pm.
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Food Donations
Thanks to your generosity, we delivered 406 pounds of food to Caritas last week.
LITTLE LIONS LEARNING CENTER
Little Lions is seeking a 1/2 day morning Instructional Aide (8:00-12:30) for the Fall of the 2020-2021 school year. Applications can be requested from the director in Brooks Hall, or online ([email protected]).
This is a twenty-two and one half hour per week position that will require:
● Understanding and belief in Catholic doctrine ● EIM certification ● CPR/1st aid training ● Background check and fingerprinting ● A strong desire to work with three and four year olds.
For information regarding any of the ministry events please check out the Youth Ministry section of our parish website or contact the Director of Youth Ministry (DYM) Whitney Godfrey.
Welcome Back Home
I don’t know about you but I’m feeling very excited seeing God’s people return back home. It’s quite moving and comforting to have you return back home to St Jerome. The families of the family of God are returning back to their spiritual homeland. Anyone who has been made to leave their home forcefully, knows what it means to be welcomed back home. It should feel pretty good and uplifting.
The parish church is a home for pilgrims to the heavenly home-land. With the love of the Father and His children in Jesus Christ, the parish church is the most important home in the world today. It is a spiritual home where we gather at the table of the Lord to break bread and have spiritual fellowship in the name of the Lord. Overall, the parish church is where we have this incredible en-counter with Jesus the Lord and experience our lives’ most impor-tant moments. It is at the church that the people of God gathered together makes tangible the encounter of the head and the body in a supernatural communion; the foretaste of the festal gathering in heaven. It is at the church that the memorial per excellence (do this in remembrance of me) is relived and made visible. It is at the church that the Lord feeds his flock with the bread of life, the Holy Eucharist.
So when we were forced into exile as a result of the COVID-19 contagion and regulations, parish churches retreated into the at individual persons’ homes. Today, it is so exciting to see us mak-ing this gradual return to our spiritual home, where communion and fellowship with the Lord will both be spiritual and tangible. For our brothers and sisters who are yet to return home, we hold you in high esteem and pray that it may be well with you in Christ Je-sus. You can be one with us in worship even if you are not physi-cally at church. With love as our guiding principle, the loving thing for many to do will be to stay home for a while. Just know, we can’t wait to behold your faces when it pleases God to bring you home.
As returning pilgrims, it is perfectly okay to feel strange and uneasiness. The events that made us to flee our spiritual home has necessitated some tempo-rary changes. As one people of God, our goal is to be safe and sound; united as a community in worship and love. It is our desire to accomplish this goal, in a way that is as safe as possible and to convey our love and care for each other through the way we prepare and participate at Mass.
We can show our love by going out of the way to keep others safe. Even beyond physical safety, following the protocols helps everyone feel safer. This is a tan-gible act of love, for instance wearing masks is a very important precaution, and a visual symbol of your care for others. Your mask helps keep others safe and lets them know you are attending to their safety. In due time, it will come to pass and Jesus Christ, the corner stone is doing something with us and for us.
As we gather, though still wounded and afflicted but not destroyed, the Lord will continue to remember us, His flock and pilgrim Church. May He continue to stretch out his Hand to us in our suffering. May He perfect in us the work of His love. It’s joy giving that we, the living stones in Christ Jesus, are returned to offer spiritually to offer sacrifices acceptable to Him the almighty Father. Welcome home to St Jerome!
