St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church PO Box 299 – 1523 Main Street, Danbury, TX 77534

Archdiocese of Galveston – Houston

Pentecost Sunday — May 24, 2015

Mass Schedule: Weekend Masses: Saturday 5:30 pm Sunday 8:00 am, 10:30 am

Weekday Masses: Mon, Wed: 6:00 pm Tues, Thurs: 9:00 am Friday: No Mass ***Special Mass: First Friday Mass: 9:00 am With Adoration to follow 9:30 am — 9:30 pm

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday: 4:00—5:00 pm Or by appointment call 979-922-1240

Devotions in the Church Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Monday, from 5:00 — 6:00 pm First Friday 9:30 am — 9:30 pm

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Devotion: Saturdays, at 5:15 pm

Prayer Group: Every Thursday a prayer group meets in the church at 7 pm to say the Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet & read the latest message from

Medjugorje. All are invited!

Continuing Christian Education Classes: K to 5th grade: Wednesday, 4 to 5:30 pm 6th to 12th grade: Wednesday, 7:00 to 8:30 pm

Sacrament of Baptism Contact either Father Joseph Nguyen or Deacon Gerald Peltier to make arrangements. Preparation classes are required.

Marriage Preparation Diocesan regulations require that pre-marital preparation must begin at least six months before the tentative marriage date. Contact Father Joseph Nguyen or Deacon Gerald Peltier to make arrangements.

Annulments Contact either Father Joseph Nguyen or Deacon Gerald Peltier.

Communion and Anointing of the Sick Anyone who is ill or who is homebound and would like to receive the Sacrament of the Sick, please contact the parish office. Hospital and Nursing Home visits can also be arranged. If you know of someone in the Hospital or Nursing Home and would like Fr. Joseph to visit them, please contact the Parish Office at 979-922-1240.

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) or Children (RCIC) Contact Deacon Gerald or Monica Sebesta to make arrangements or for more information.

God Bless Our Military! We pray for their safety & families! God Bless the USA! We pray for Peace throughout the world!

Pastor Fr. Joseph Phiet-The-Nguyen (979)922-1253 (Residence) (713)501-3020 (Mobile) Email: jpnguyen11@yahoo.com

Parish Administrator Deacon Gerald Peltier (979)922-1247 (Office) (979)922-1156 (Residence) Email: deacon.gerald.peltier@gmail.com

Office (979)922-1240 Fax (979)922-8643

Secretary Imelda Jez (979)922-1240 st1523@sbcglobal.net

Bookkeeper Jan Saman (979)922-1211 bookkeeper1523@sbcglobal.net

C.R.E. Monica Sebesta (979)922-1241 stanthony-cce@sbcglobal.net

Youth Ministry Daryl Peltier (979)922-8106

Altar Servers Deacon Gerald Peltier (979)922-1156

Bazaar Gwen Fief – Chairperson (979)922-1141 Gene Roberts — Co-Chairperson (979)849-4240

Ladies of St. Anthony’s Bobbye Peltier (979)922-1197 Funeral Dinner

Women of Worship Amy Cook (979)824-2437 Meets 2nd Tuesday of Month, 7:00 pm in the St. Anthony Center.

Legion of Mary Ana Mercado (979)922-1127 Meets on Wednesday, 9:00 am in the Parish Office.

Music Ministry Evelyn Boeker (979)849-4727 Meets every Sunday, 9:00 – 10:00 am in the Church

Pastoral Council Pat Stahl (979)922-8144 Next meeting will be announced. Meeting begin at 6:30 pm.

Finance Council Scott Hairston, Chair (281)704-1213 Meets on the 1st Thursday, every Three Months.

Liturgy Committee Marianne Vrazel (979)922-1413

Cemetery Committee Anne Starr (979)922-8562

Pro Life Coordinator Peggy Keillor (979)922-1248

Disaster Committee Deacon Gerald Peltier (979)922-1247

Samaritan Ministry (Parish Office) (979)922-1240

V.I.P. (Senior Ministry) Francis & Betty Fief (979)922-1496 Meets last Thursday of month, 10:00 am in the St Anthony Center.

Knights of Columbus Robert Fief, Grand Knight (979)922-1629 Albert Priselac, Deputy Grand Knight (281)733-7963 Meets every third Tuesday, 7:00 pm in the St Anthony Center.

Look for St Anthony’s on: www.saopdtx.org / Facebook

Mass Times for Travel: masstimes.org

Message from the desk of the Pastor

My dear people of God,

As the Father has sent me, so I send you.

We hear in the first reading that as the Holy Spirit comes, the fearful disciples are transformed. Their fear of those who would persecute them gives way to a new courage to proclaim Christ’s resurrection. In the Gospel, Jesus bestows the Spirit on the disciples, sends them to do his work, and gives them power to forgive sins. He prepares us for this period of time when the Hoy Spirit is the life giving principle of our spiritual life.

Recently we have given first holy communion to our parish children. And on Wednesday 22th of April we witnessed Cardinal DiNardo con-firm our young people with the seal of Baptism and Confirmation. All of us who live in the grace of Christ have the Holy Spirit. For nearly two thousand years we have witnessed the power of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church. After the first Pentecost the early church spread throughout the world. It is through the power of the Holy Spirit that the sacraments are the living presence of Christ to each of us. Let us, as a parish family, enter into a deep spirit of prayer. Between the Ascension of Jesus and Pentecost, the disciples with Mary prayed for nine days for the Holy Spirit. Let us pray that the Holy Spirit will bless each of us as individuals and as a parish with life, love, courage and peace.

May God bless you.

Sincerely yours in Christ

Fr. Joseph

EVERY 40 SECONDS, SOMEONE IN

THE U.S. IS HAVING A STROKE!

ON THURS-

DAY, JUNE 04th, in the PARISH HALL, Stroke Scan Inc. is having an ultrasound vascular control screening for our commu-nity. They will be checking 3 areas of the body: The Carotid Arteries in the neck for plaque build up which is the #1 cause of stroke; the lower Abdominal Aorta for Aneurysms which is an important cause of sudden death; and the Arteries in the legs for blockage.

If you want to take advantage of these tests, they will be here on:

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, MAY 30th and MAY 31st for doing registration af-ter services hours or you call for an ap-

pointment: 1-866-935-7226 or 832-447-7355

St. Anthony’s Parish would like to extend our Prayers and Sympathy to the Family of Joe Marin, husband to Lupe, who passed away this week. Please keep the Mar-in Family in your prayers. May Eternal Rest be granted to Joe, O Lord…… May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed through the Mercy of God rest in peace. Amen!!

The Danbury American Legion Post 501 is having Memorial Weekend Service Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 2:30 pm at the Danbury Community Cemetery. We will be dedicating Memorial

markers in honor of two young men killed in World War II. James Honeycutt was killed in Italy and is buried Sicily—Rome Ameri-can Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy. John Cho-vanec died in the Pacific Ocean returning from a bombing run to Japan when the B-29 aircraft ran out of fuel. His name is on a wall in Hawaii. Both young men grew up in Dan-bury. After seventy years our Post namesake will have Memorial markers placed at their Mother’s graves. We welcome everyone to come out and Honor these two young men and all deceased Veterans.

St. Anthony’s Feast Day

Celebration of

Thanksgiving

In honor of our Patron Saint Anthony, we will celebrate St. Anthony’s Feast Day with Mass and celebration on Friday, June 12. More details to come.

Save the DATE!!!

Congratulations to the New Officers for Women of Worship: President - Bobbye Anne Wollam Vice President - Sharon Bulankek Secretary - Jennifer Cazes

Treasure - Tammy Filipp

All ladies of the parish are invited to join this ministry. Age is not a factor. Just come, get to know each other and share your ideas.

Baby Bottle Boomerang Update

On Mother's day, May 10th, we began the Baby Bot-tle Boomerang 2015 fundraiser for the Pregnancy Help Center and Safe Haven Maternity Home. One of the services your donation will fund is a project

called H.O.P.E. (Help Offered in a Pregnancy Experience), a 12 week program. Classes are offered on Tuesday evenings from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. H.O.P.E. classes include finances, career skills, nutrition, childbirth, parenting, breast-feeding, finding a church, infant CPR, SIDS, newborn care, Bible study, shaken baby syndrome, postpartum depression, and job interviewing skills. The classes are free of charge, but certain requirements must be met, including registration, attendance, and completion. The Brazoria County Pregnancy Help Center's website is: www.pregnancyhelpcenter.org if you would like to know more about the project. Our own Angela Pieper returned two full baby bottles on May 17. Hers were

the first bottles returned for this year's fundraiser. Good work, Angela!

Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Immaculate Mary (St. Anthony and Most Holy Trinity), will meet in the St. Anthony Center on Monday, May 25, 2015. Social time begins at 6:30 p.m., with the meeting at 7:00 p.m. All women are invited to at-tend.

A buddy of mine is very demanding. Recently he had a consulting job in another city. When he walked into the hotel, he demanded that they give him their best accommodations. They put him in the Honeymoon Suite. He stayed with a nice couple from Nebraska.

SENIOR MASS for St. Anthony’s graduating seniors will be next Sunday, May 31st, at the 10:30 am mass. Please make an attempt to be there. Mass and a blessing are a way to start your road ahead of you.

Loretta Filipp Veronica Gardner Jacko Garrett Mary Harris Toni Herron Mike Jaremko Libby Jez Camdyn Jones Elsie Kadera Mary & Clarence Kinnett Joe Knopp Joyce Korenek Leonard Korenek Michael Korenek Teri Korenek Levi Landry Amanda Larson Jamie Larson Mary F. LeCompte

For more Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Order!

[Please keep in your prayers:]

Sr. Evelyn Korenek, Sr. Anna Marie Vrazel, Fr. William Kelly, Fr. Bill Oliver, Fr. Carl Tenhundfeld

For Our Young Adults Attending College!

For all the Babies & Children in the Hospitals and for their parents!

For All Mom’s To Be & Their Unborn Babies!

For women considering Abortion, that their hearts be open to life!

Our Men & Women in the Military! ***For Those Who Are Quick to Judge!

For those in the Nursing Home, the Homebound and the Hospitalized!

We pray for all The Poor Souls in Purgatory —

May their Souls rest in peace!

God Bless the Farmer — Pray for their needs

For those with Idle minds—the Devil’s Workshop

Emma Aaron Elena Achille Tommaso Achille Peggy Albert Mary Ann Clawson-Albritton Shannon Austin David Baldwin Hannelore Bayerl Jeremy Bazar Pat Bernshausen Robert Boles Vikki Buckheit Kayla Cadenhead Dick Curran Brenda Dirba Charles Dixon Meghan Ewald Gwen Fief Tennie Fief

Dan Scott Mildred Scott Christopher Shepherd Kathy Shores Elsie Shuman Bill Siegel Michael Sifford Vicki Sims Ray & Sharron Starr Elba Taylor Will Thompson Nancy Veselka Joe Vrazel Jeanette Vrazel Patrick Vrazel Emma Lee Wafford Bill Walcik * Cleo Wendel Emil Zapalac Charles Zieber

John Lollar Angie Lostracco Ron Martindale Henrietta McAdams Bea Mercado Estella Mercado Robert Mercado, Jr Allison Miller Debbie Miller Joel Miller * Drew Nolen Jennifer Peltier Lucy Pierce Judy Priselac Alice Rektorik Antonio Rodriguez Robert Ruiz James Russek Elizabeth Sanders Georgia Schaatt

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Pro Life Corner: “Abraham Lin-coln recognized that we could not sur-vive as a free land when some men could decide that others were not fit to be free and should therefore be slaves. Likewise, we cannot survive as a free nation when some men decide that others are not fit to live and should be abandoned to abortion or infanti-cide.” Join the fight to end abortion

and euthanasia. ~~President Ronald Reagan

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Stoneham, TX—106th Annual Homecoming & Bazaar—

Sunday, May 24th —Grimes County 30 miles west of Conroe at 11323 CR 304 off Hwy.105.

Beef & Pork BBQ Dinner w/all the trimmings— begins at 11 am

Auction—begins at 2 pm in Hall

Booths ~ Games ~ Crafts ~ Live Entertainment

Www.smsj.org or 936-894-2223

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you. 1 Mathew 5:44 Some people may talk bad about you and try to bring other people down. They may judge you but in the end only God can judge us. Almost every person has an enemy and the enemy tries to make you feel like you're not good enough and that you aren't worth it. The devil is trying to make us feel like that and our enemies symbolize the devil. I know that God will al-ways be by my side through everything and all we can do is pray for those people that they will eventually be on God's side instead of bringing people down. ~~Kylie

Kylie’s Corner

Fifty days after the Passover, the People of Israel celebrated “Pentecost,” observing the giving of the law on Mount Sinai, when God wrote the law with his own finger on the tablets of stone. The feast was originally rooted in the celebration of the harvest. It was on that Pentecost Day that the apostles reaped the harvest of the Lord’s Passover of suffering, crucifixion, and resurrection, and received the Holy Spirit, who writes the law on our hearts. This same Holy Spirit who came mightily on Pentecost comes to us. The same Spirit is in us, by our baptism and confirmation – the same Spirit who transformed the apostles, who raises the dead, and who changes bread and wine into Christ’s Body and Blood. That same Spirit is in us, and this should give us tremendous confidence in following Christ. The Holy Spirit, the “Lord and Giver of Life,” brings us back to our truest selves as he illumines us regarding the sanc-

tity of life. The Spirit brings many gifts, and one of them is to enable us to see creation in its proper relationship to God – including the crown-ing of his creation, the gift of human life. When we do not have this light of the Holy Spirit, the law we have to follow seems like an imposition from the outside that limits our freedom. That’s what people in the world sometimes feel about our attitude toward abortion and euthanasia. They think we are “restricting rights.” But when the Holy Spirit fills us, he gives us an inner attraction to all that is right and good, so that we do not feel pushed where we would rather not go, but rather pulled by the attractiveness of what is good and right.

Pentecost & the Early Church Word Search: Amazed, Anointed, Baptized, Believers, Bewil-dered, Bread, Brethren, Crowd, Determined, De-votion, Endowed, Faithful, Filled, Fire, Galileans, Healing, Jerusalem, Language, Miracles, Multi-tude, Perplexed, Power, Preaching, Prophesy, Salvation, Sermon, Signs, Sins, Teachings, Thou-sands, Together, Upper Room, Witness

Those Special Dates to Remember:

May 24 Pentecost Sunday 25 Memorial Day 25 Church Offices Closed due to Memorial Day 25 No Mass or Adoration due the Memorial Day Holiday 25 Catholic Daughters Meeting, 6:30 pm SAC 27 Deacon Gerald Peltier Anniversary of Ordination [37 yrs.] 27 Legion of Mary, 9:00 am — Church Office 29 V.I.P.’s Fellowship & Games, SAC — 10:00 am 30/31 Stroke Scan Representative speaking at all masses 31 Graduating Senior Mass, 10:30 am 31 Taco Breakfast, Rhonda Wendel

June 3 Legion of Mary, 9am, Church Office 4 Stroke Scan 5 1st Friday Mass, 9am / Adoration, 9:30 am to 9:30 pm 12 St. Anthony Feast Day Celebration with Mass

May Church Cleaners:

Maria Gutierrez Family

Thank you to all our Church Cleaners and Their Families.

The Sanctuary Lamp is Burning

DANBURY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS District: 59

Council 9817

Fellowship Sunday every 3rd Sunday of the month.

KC’s will supply Kolaches & drinks-9:15-10:15 am

Sunday, June 21st, is the next Fellowship Sunday !

Next meeting June 16, 2015

Please Pray for Priests

Dear Lord, we pray that the Blessed Mother wrap her mantle around your priests and through her intercession strengthen them for their ministry. We pray that Mary will guide your priests to follow her own words, “Do whatever He tells you” (Jn 2:5) May your priest have the heart of St. Joseph, Mary’s most chaste spouse. May the Blessed Mother’s own pierced heart inspire them to embrace all who suffer at the foot of the cross. May your priest be holy, filled with the fire of your love seek-ing nothing but your greater glory and the salvation of souls. Amen.

St. John Vianney, pray for us.

Scripture Readings For The Week:

Monday Sir 17:20-24/Mk 10:17-27 Tuesday Sir 35:1-12/Mk 10:28-31 Wed Sir 36:1, 4-5a, 10-17/Mk 10:32-45 Thurs Sir 42:15-25/Mk 10:46-52 Friday Sir 44:1, 9-13/Mk 11:11-26 Saturday Sir 51:12cd-20/Mk 11:27-33 Sunday Dt 4:32-34, 39-40/Psalm 33:4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22/Rom 8:14-17/Mt 28:16-20

Saint Michael the Archangel

St Michael the Archangel, de-

fend us in battle; be our defense

against the wickedness and

snares of the Devil. May God

rebuke him, we humbly pray and

do thou, O prince of the heaven-

ly host, by the power of God,

thrust into Hell Satan and all the

other evil spirits who prowl

about the world seeking the ruin

of souls. Amen.

Legion of Mary meets Wednesday morning, 9:00 am, in the Church Office. They are always looking for new members. If you want more information contact Cecilia Bernshausen, 979-922-8783.

Saturday, May 30th—5:30 pm Lector: Jan Peltier E.M.: Jan Peltier, Gwen Fief Altar Servers: Gunnar Lander

Sunday, May 31st —Sunday — 8:00 am Lector: Maureen Vrazel E.M.: Maureen Vrazel, Cynthia Wendel Altar Server: Jerome Geissen

—Sunday -- 10:30 am Lector: Therese Kahla E.M.: Mary Jean Hawkins, Doris Elaine Lewis, Judy & Emil Prihoda

First Friday Schedule: June 5, 2015 9:00 am Mass / Adoration [9:30 am to 9:30 pm]

Please sign up for adoration so someone can be there for each hour.

Healing is attending daily Mass, Adoration and Confession!!!

If you cannot make your hour, please contact Cecilia Bernshau-

sen at 922-8783 or contact someone to fill in for you. First

Friday adoration will be for Vocations, St. Anthony’s Parish

and your own special intentions.

Collection Totals for: May 16th / 17th

Regular Collection $3,165.00 Children’s Collection $18.00 Diocese: Catholic Communications $603.00

Thank you for your generous donations. God bless!

2015 DSF Summary Report for St Anthony’s Church: Parish Goal: $22,900.00 Total Amount Paid: $26,715.00 Total Amount Pledged: $29,285.00 Total Number of Participants: 67

MASS Intentions:

Monday, May 25th —Memorial Day [No Adoration] No Mass due to Memorial Day Holiday

Tuesday, May 26th 9:00 am † Dennis Lassman & Healing & Blessings for Family

Wednesday, May 27th 6:00 pm Healing of David Baldwin & Blessings, Prayers & Guidance for the Family

Thursday, May 28th 9:00 am † Vladimir Listak — Birthday Remembrance

Friday, May 29th No Mass

Saturday, May 30th 5:30 pm † Alfred & Jake Geissen

Sunday, May 31st 8:00 am The Parish Family of St. Anthony’s 10:30 am † Mario Mercado—Birthday Remembrance & Blessings for St Anthony’s Graduating Seniors

The next Taco Breakfast will be Sunday, May 31, 2015 after the 8 & 10:30 am masses.

Taco’s will be sold for $1.50 each.

The Women of Worship Schedule:

The Ladies are taking a break for the summer. Have a good sum-mer and see you after the break.

All ladies of the parish are encouraged and welcome to attend meetings and events.

The Flowers in front of the Blessed Mother, Sacred Heart, St.

Joseph, St. Anthony or the Altar ….

In Loving Memory or Honor of……..

Donated by the Family of ……..

Unfailing Prayer to

St. Anthony

Feast Day: June 13th

O Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of Saints, your love for God and Charity for His creatures, made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. Encouraged by this thought, I implore you to obtain for me (request). O gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears of the sweet Infant Jesus, who loved to be folded in your arms; and the gratitude of my heart will ever be yours. Amen.

In Memory of

Karen Babin Brooks &

Blessings & Healing of Family

Church Offices will be closed Mon-day due to Memorial Day Holiday