St. Christopher Catholic School Principal Mrs. Claudia Cavazos 713-649-0009

PARISH OFFICE: 713-645-6614 FAX NUMBER 713-640-1640

OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday 10:00am-7:00pm Closed 12:00pm-1:00pm for lunch

Bookkeeper: Amelia Banda Receptionist: Diana Torres Sacramental Records: Louisa Espinoza

Director of Religious Education: Maria Fernandez 713-645-6142 Office Assistant: Nereida Medrano Confirmation Coordinator &Youth Ministry: Lam Hoang 713-454-6641 Music Director: Michelle Pham 713-454-6623

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday Vigil: English 5:00 PM Sunday: English 8:00 & 10:00 AM Español: 12:00 PM Vietnamese: 4:30 PM English: 6:30 PM

DAILY MASS SCHEDULE: Monday - Saturday: 8:30 AM

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday: 4:00 - 4:50 PM or by appointment

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Every Friday: 9:00AM—12:00 Noon in the Church

PASTORAL STAFF:

Rev. Joseph Thu Le, Pastor Rev. Hieu Nguyen, Parochial Vicar

Deacon Allan Frederiksen Deacon Benito Tristan Jr. Deacon David Mitchell

St. Christopher Catholic Church Archdiocese Of Galveston-Houston 8150 Park Place Blvd., Houston, TX. 77017 Website: www.stchristopherhouston.org

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February 4, 2018 Total Collection $ 9,705.00 Children Mass $ 174.00

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — The leper will dwell apart, making an abode outside the camp (Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46). Psalm — I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation (Psalm 32). Second Reading — Do everything for the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31 — 11:1). Gospel — The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean (Mark 1:40-45). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna-tional Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

“UNITAS Class”

Engaged Couples & Civilly Married, Couples seeking the

Sacrament of Marriage! It is time to register!

Time: 6:45 P.M. - 9:05 P.M. in Meeting room

Fee Enrollment: $150.0Domingo: 10 classes

Note: Couples co-habiting or only civilly married may not receive the Eucharist and / or seek absolution in confession until your marriage situation is validated. If you had a prior marriage that needs to be annulled, we can help you with this process. Please contact 713 645-6614 or visit the Rectory to sign up.

Adult Confirmation Classes

Confirmation classes for adults meet at 7 pm in Adult Education Room 1.

Please bring a copy of your birth certificate and a recent copy of your BAPTISMAL RECORD obtained from the

parish where you were baptized, this record must be less than 6 months old. Hope to see there.

Steps for Students Saturday, February 17, 2018 13th Annual Race!

1. Go to steps4students.org. 2. Click on St. Christopher Catholic School Select individual you would like to apply donation to or donate by writing a check to St. Christopher Catholic School.

Fish Fry

Friday, February 16, 2018 5:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. in the gym

Enjoy the fish fry. The Stations of the Cross in the Church at 7:00pm

February 14, 2018

6:30 A.M. English Mass - Chapel 8:30 A.M. English Mass - Church

12:00 Noon English Service Only - Church 6:00 P.M. English / Vietnamese Mass - Church

8:00 P.M. English / Spanish Mass - Church

Volunteer Needed

We are presently looking for a Eucharist Minister Scheduler. All volunteers interested

or for further information please call the Church Office at 832-808-1679.

Church Offices Temporary phone number

832-808-1679

Office Hours 10am to 4:30pm

Office closed from 12 to 1pm for Lunch

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 11, 2018

Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. — 1 Corinthians 10:31

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St. Christopher Catholic School School Bulletin Announcements

Week of February 11, 2018

The School Office is open 7:30 AM until 3:30 PM Monday thru Friday. Please come by, call the School

Office 713-649-0009 or visit our web site: sccs1939.org for information.

Monday, February 12, 2018 ~ Dance, Think, Exercise, Run-ning A & Spanish Clubs ~ Volleyball Club ~ No Sacrament Class ~ Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences Tuesday, February 13, 2018 ~ Altar Server Practice – Team St. Dominic ~ Choir Practice ~ Volleyball Club ~ Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences Wednesday, February 14, 2018 ~ Ash Wednesday - School Mass 8:30 AM – 6th Grade in charge of Liturgy – Vocations Cross 3rd Grade – Altar Server Team St. Dominic ~ Volleyball Club Thursday, February 15, 2018 ~ Spring Pictures ~ Chess Club ~ Volleyball Club Friday, February 16, 2018 ~ Mass – 8:30 AM – 4th & 5th Grade ~ Archdiocesan Spelling Bee – 6th – 8th Grades Saturday, February 17, 2018 ~ Steps for Students Sunday, February 18, 2018 – Family Sunday – Parents, Stu-dents, Faculty and Staff are invited to attend the 10:00 AM Mass – Monday, February 19, 2018 – BAD WEATHER MAKE-UP DAY Office Depot 5% Back to Schools Program Help our school earn FREE SUPPLIES! Our school will earn up to 5% of your qualifying purchases to use for FREE supplies. You can credit our school year-round! Here is how it works: Every time you shop at OFFICE DEPOT/OFFICE MAX, Give them our School ID#770097760.

School supplies and food items have “Box Tops for Education” on them now. Please continue to save these for our school. You can drop them in the weekend collection marked “Box Tops for School” or by the school office any time! Thank you!!

Traveling Chalice Program

I would like my family to be

on the list to receive the Traveling Chalice.

Name: ___________________________________

Address: __________________________________

Telephone: ________________________________

Email: ___________________________________

What Mass do you attend?

Saturday 5:00 PM Sunday 8:00 AM Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday 6:30 PM

GIVE GOD THE GLORY A curious feature of the first half of Mark’s Gospel is the pattern of Jesus working a miracle, then telling the recipi-ent of the miracle to keep still about it. Many theories have been offered: Mark is setting the stage for the great “secret” revealed when Peter will proclaim Jesus the Messiah at Caesarea Philippi; more skeptical commentators offer that Jesus, fully aware of human nature, knew that the way to spread the news was to tell people to keep it secret. The insight into this secret-keeping that serves us well, however, is that Jesus was initiating his public ministry according to the pattern that Paul describes. He was doing it for the glory of God—not for his own benefit, but for that of all. Paul would later write in Philippians that Jesus “humbled” himself to become like us. And we see this humility at work in today’s healing of the leper. Jesus is trying to reveal the presence of God’s reign among the people, not so that he himself might receive the glory, but so that God would be glorified through him. Imitating this pattern, which Paul encourages the Jewish and Greek Christian factions in Corinth to do, still serves us well today. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

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Mass Intentions / Intenciones de las Misas

Sunday / Domingo 02/11/2018 8:00 am Joseph D. Villegas Rosa C. Villegas 10:00 am Drs. Fred/Veronica Osadebe & Children 12:00 pm Edgar Rodriguez Gerardo Castillo 6:30 pm Esther Medina Becky Alderete Monday / Lunes 02/12/2018 8:30 am

Tuesday / Martes 02/13/2018 8:30 am Juan Ruiz (Birthday)

Wednesday / Miércoles 02/14/2018 8:30 am

Thursday / Jueves 02/15/2018 8:30 am Thomas J. Cody Friday / Viernes 02/16/2018 8:30 am Victoria D. Olmedo (Birthday)

Saturday / Sabado 02/17/2018 8:30 am 5:00 pm Jim McFall

Pray for those individuals reported sick: Oremos por nuestros hermanos enfermos:

Sr. Zachary, Juanita Jimenez, Lily Yruegaz, Lucy Aguirre, Larry Cas-arez, Sara Rodriguez

La Sociedad Guadalupana les invita a rezar el Santo Rosario

los Viernes a las 7:00 p.m. en la Capilla de nuestra parroquia.

Además nuestras peticiones personales.

VENGAN, los esperamos!

Pray for Special Intentions

of Thomas Cody

Cáliz Viajero

Quiero que mi familia esté en la lista para recibir el Cáliz Viajero.

Nombre: _____________________

Dirección: _____________ ______

Teléfono: _________________________________

Correo: ___________________________________ Electrónico: ¿Durante que misa prefiere recibir el cáliz? Sábado 5:00 PM Domingo 10:00 AM Domingo 8:00 AM Domingo 12:00 PM Domingo 6:30 PM También se puede registrar por correo electrónico mandando un email a: scchalice@gmail.com.

Pray for these who have died: Oremos por nuestros hermanos recientemente fallecidos:

Stieve Skweres, Mrs. Ann Yates, Audrey Fillip, Hager Drigo, Maria Toledo

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Jas 1:1-11; Ps 119:67-68, 71-72, 75-76; Mk 8:11-13 Tuesday: Jas 1:12-18; Ps 94:12-13a, 14-15, 18-19; Mk 8:14-21 Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-6ab, 12-14, 17; 2 Cor 5:20 — 6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday: Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25 Friday: Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-6ab, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15 Saturday: Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32 Sunday: Gn 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15

Pray for our Seminarians:

Thuc Nguyen, Houston Okonma

La Iglesia número oficina temporal es

832-808-1679

Horario 10:00 - 4:30 pm cerrada 12 a 1:00 pm (hora de comida)

Week of February 18, 2018 The Black and Indian Mission Collec on (BIMC) exists to help diocesan communi es to build the Church and preach the Gospel of Jesus among the African American, Na ve American, and Alaska Na ve people of God. Enlivening Parish Helping Educators Life & Catechesis Reach Kids

Empowering Encouraging Evangelizers Voca ons

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LECTURAS DE HOY

Primera lectura — El leproso habitará solo, fuera del campamento (Levítico 13:1-2, 44-46). Salmo — Tú eres mi refugio; me rodeas de cantos de liberación (Salmo 32 [31]). Segunda lectura — Haz todo por la gloria de Dios; sean imitadores de Cristo (1 Corintios 10:31 — 11:1). Evangelio — Jesús, después de haber curado a un hom-bre leproso, le pide que no se lo cuente a nadie (Marcos 1:40-45). Salmo responsorial: Leccionario Hispanoamericano Dominical © 1970, Comisión Episcopal Española. Usado con permiso. Todos los derechos reservados.

“Clases de Unitas”

A las parejas que están comprometidas en matrimonio o que están casadas por el civil, se les invita a asistir a las Pláticas Pre-Matrimoniales.

6:45 P.M. a 9:05 P.M. en el salón de juntas Inscripción: $150.00 - Por favor de llame a la Rectoría 832-808-1679 para inscribirse.

Clases de Confirmación Para Adultos

Las clases de confirmación para adultos comienzan a las 7 pm en la Sala de Educación para Adultos 1. Por favor traiga una copia de su certificado de nacimiento y uno copia reciente de su REGISTRO BAUTISMAL obtenido de la parroquia donde fue bautizado, este registro debe tener menos de 6 meses.

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA

Lunes: Stgo 1:1-11; Sal 119 (118):67-68, 71-72, 75-76; Mc 8:11-13 Martes: Stgo 1:12-18; Sal 94 (93):12-13a, 14-15, 18-19; Mc 8:14-21 Miércoles: Jl 2:12-18; Sal 51 (50):3-6ab, 12-14, 17; 2 Cor 5:20 6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Jueves: Dt 30:15-20; Sal 1:1-4, 6; Lc 9:22-25 Viernes: Is 58:1-9a; Sal 51 (50):3-6ab, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15 Sábado: Is 58:9b-14; Sal 86 (85):1-6; Lc 5:27-32 Domingo: Gn 9:8-15; Sal 25 (24):4-9; 1 Pe 3:18-22; Mc 1:12-15

14 de febrero de 2018

6:30 a.m. Misa en inglés - capilla 8:30 a.m. Misa en inglés - iglesia

12:00 p.m. Servicio en inglés - iglesia 6:00 p.m. Misa en inglés / vietnamés - iglesia

Devoción a la Divina Misericordia Les a que nos acompañe a rezar la coronilla a la Divina Misericordia los Viernes 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. en el Salón de Ed. II. También reflexionamos en Sagradas Escrituras del domingo siguiente con el motivo de estar mejor dispuestas a recibir la Palabra de Dios durante la Misa Dominical.

Se Busca

Voluntario/a para preparar el calendario de los Ministros Extraordinarios de la Eucaristía. Para ofrecerse como voluntario/a o mas información

favor de llamáramos al 832-808-1679.

LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES Domingo: Sexto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario; Día Mundial del Matrimonio; Jornada Mundial de los Enfermos Lunes: Nacimiento de Abraham Lincoln Martes: Martes de Carnaval; Mardi Gras Miércoles: Miércoles de Ceniza; Ayuno y Abstinencia; Día de san Valentín Viernes: Abstinencia; Año nuevo lunar (chino) 4716 Sábado: Los Siete Santos Fundadores de la Orden de los Siervos de María

El Movimiento Familiar Cristiano, unido al

Ministerio Hispano, les invitan al Retiro Nueva Vida

Sábado 17 de Febrero de 7:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. y Domingo 18 de Febrero de 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

En el gimnasio de esta Parroquia. Este evento es gratuito, les esperamos!

Sexto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario 11 de febrero de 2018

Todo lo que hagan ustedes, sea comer, o beber, o cualquier otra cosa, háganlo todo para gloria de Dios. — 1 Corintios 10:31

CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS St. Christopher Church #515202 8150 Park Place Boulevard Houston, TX 77017 TELEPHONE 713 645-6614 CONTACT PERSON Louisa Espinoza EMAIL: bulletin@stchristopherhouston.org SOFTWARE MS Publisher 2013 Adobe Acrobat X Windows 7 TRANSMISSION TIME Thursday 11:00 February 11, 2018 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 6 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS