St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church 7601 N. Grandview Avenue Odessa, TX 79765 Phone: 432-367-4657 Fax: 432-367-0700 Parish Website: setonparishodessa.org Our Mission Statement To know Jesus and live the Gospel through Word and Sacrament, Fellowship, and Service PARISH STAFF Pastor Rev. Mark Woodruff Parochial Vicar Fr. Timothy Hayter Deacons Mr. Gary Brooks Mr. Salvador Primera Business Manager Mr. Blas Campos Sr. Administrative Assistant Mrs. Victoria Detiveaux Office Assistant Miss Jessica Payen Parish Director of Music Mr. David L. McIntyre III Elementary DRE Mrs. Marilyn Hemann Middle School/High School CRE Youth Minister Mr. Johnny Aldas Y. M. Assistant: Mr. Brian Richards Maintenance Mr. Erik Campos, Mr. Danny Licon, Ms. Noemy Hernandez, Ms. Yolanda Pando, and Mr. Seth Walden Nursery Mrs. Yvette Brusuelas, Mrs. Connie Crawley, Ms. Jennifer Hemann, Ms. Connie Janousek, Mr. Juan Navarrete, Mr. Brian Richards and Mrs. Linda Tilton SUNDAY EUCHARIST Saturday: 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m., & 5:00 p.m. WEEKDAY MASSES Monday thru Friday: 6:30 a.m. Tues, Wed, Friday 5:30 p.m. Thursday 6:00 p.m. (Spanish) Friday: 8:10 a.m. (High School Mass) ADORATION Tuesday 6:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m. CONFESSIONS Saturday 4:00 p.m.- 4:45 p.m. Tuesday 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m. & 6:00-7:00 p.m. PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday 10:30 a.m.-Noon & 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.- Noon & 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Friday: 9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m. NEW TO OUR PARISH? Please call the Parish Office @ 367-4657. PARISH EMAIL [email protected]For more information on sacraments, programs and events please visit our website.
Church Debt Nov. 30TH Balance $ 1,956,797.64 Dec. Payment: 119,673.95 New Balance: 1,843,339.42
MASS INTENTIONS “Mass is Heaven on Earth” – St. John Paul II SATURDAY, JAN. 11: Baptism of the Lord
4-4:45 pm Confessions 5:00 pm +Mark Anthony Campos, by Susan
& Dewey Bryant SUNDAY, JAN. 12: Baptism of the Lord 9:00 am +Yolanda Moncayo, by Eloy & Coral
Prado 11:30 am +Bart & Cindy Campbell, by A.J. &
Marilyn Wacksmann 5:00 pm +Elida Esparza, by Family MONDAY, JAN. 13: St. Hilary 6:30 am Intentions of Fr. Tim, by Michael &
Patricia Garcia TUESDAY, JAN. 14: 1ST Ordinary Week 6:30 am +Ryan Knoche, by Peggy McCall 5:30 pm All Souls Memorial Mass
WED’DAY, JAN. 15: 1ST Ordinary Week 6:30 am All Souls Memorial Mass 5:30 pm +Patricia Rangel, by Family THURSDAY, JAN. 16: 1ST Ordinary Week 6:30 am Living/Deceased of Cain & Wiesner
Families 6:00 pm +R. A. Olivas, by Susan & Dewey
Bryant FRIDAY, JAN. 17: St. Anthony, Abbot 6:30 am +Jessica Chorney Wilson, by Skip &
Andrea Chorney 8:10 am Holy Cross High School Mass 5:30 pm All Souls Memorial Mass SATURDAY, JAN. 18: 2ND Ordinary Sunday
4-4:45 pm Confessions 5:00 pm +Mark Anthony Campos, by Susan
& Dewey Bryant SUNDAY, JAN. 19: 2ND Ordinary Sunday 9:00 am +Oscar Moncayo, by Eloy & Coral
Prado 11:30 am People of St. Elizabeth’s 5:00 pm +Carmen Bitoles, by Juan &
Rebecca Davila If you requested Mass for a specific date and it does not appear, please notify the office,
367-4657, as soon as possible.
Sunday’s 7:30 am Mass Returns Beginning on Sunday, Feb. 2, we will reinstitute the Sunday morning 7:30 am Mass. This will be a bi-lingual Mass – English & Latin (the post-Vatican II Mass). No music. Fr. Mark wants to use a little Latin so we don’t lose our Latin heritage.
Sunday Spanish Mass Once a Month Starting February 2nd, the first Sunday of each month, we will have a Mass in Spanish at 1pm. If this Mass is consistently well attended, we will consider adding a weekly Sunday, Spanish Mass.
Contribution Envelopes Many of you have not received your contribution envelopes. There was a problem with the postal service and several parishes in the area were affected. They have reprinted our envelopes and mailed them out. If you have not received your envelope packet yet it should be forthcoming in the next couple of days. They asked that we let you know that you will more than likely receive the original shipment also. Feel free to throw away any duplicate sets you may receive. They apologized for the inconvenience and thanked us for alerting them to the issue.
FIND YOUR GREATNESS A half-day event:
Sunday, January 19, 2020 2:30-6:30 pm
Odessa Marriott Hotel & Convention Center
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish is teaming up with Catholic Charities of Odessa and DYNAMIC CATHOLIC to present a half-day workshop entitled FIND YOUR GREATNESS. Based on Matthew Kelly’s book THE FOUR SIGNS OF A DYNAMIC CATHOLIC. This half-day event will introduce you to four simple habits that will help you reach your full potential. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased at DynamicCatholic.com or call 859-980-7900. (If cost is a problem, contact Fr. Mark or Fr.
Tim).
7:30 Sunday Mass: Why Latin/English? By Fr. Mark The 7:30 Sunday Mass beginning Feb. 2 will be the Mass as reformed after Vatican II, in other words like all our other Masses except it will be in Latin as well as English. I have several reasons for trying this experiment.
1) Latin is our heritage as Roman Catholics.
We older Catholics knew many of the Mass
prayers in Latin. Maybe this bi-lingual
Mass will stimulate a new generation of
Catholics to love the Latin as we did.
2) A growing number of priests and lay
people are finding something deeply
spiritual in Mass in Latin. We will use the
Ordinary Form which I think has
advantages over the old Tridentine Mass.
Pope’s January Intention Promotion of World Peace We pray that Christians, followers of other religions, and all people of goodwill may promote peace and justice in the world.
Special Thanks for $87k Bequest We made a larger-than-normal payment on our debt for the month of December, thanks to a wonderful bequest made to the parish by the late parishioner Frank Minski. He left $87,000 to the parish in his will. Please remember him in your prayers…and remember, giving to St. Elizabeth’s in your will is a viable option to help support the needs and mission of the parish.
PROJECT ANDREW DINNER Fr. Mark and Fr. Tim are looking for young men, ages 15-35, who might be thinking of the priesthood. Contact either of us at 432-367-4657. Bishop Sis is holding a Project Andrew Dinner in March and we want to invite you to it!
MINISTRY FAIR Become the best version of yourself! Join a parish ministry this year! We are holding a Ministry Fair after all the Masses on January
25th & 26th. Representatives from each ministry will be in the Narthex of the church to answer any questions and take sign-ups.
Help support your parish by using the gifts God has endowed upon you.
Registration for 2020-2021 NOW OPEN! We are now taking applications for the 2020-2021 school year. We are enrolling Freshman, Sophomore and Junior level students. Temporary classroom space at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton will be used during construction of the new campus near Fasken Oil and Ranch in northwest Midland.
Holy Cross Catholic High School @St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish 7601 N Grandview Ave., Odessa
BAPTISM PREP CLASS-Our next class will be Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 6:30 pm. Please call after January 21st to sign-up for the class. 367-4657
To Schedule a Baptism - In order to baptize at St. Elizabeth’s, the parents of the child should be registered members of St. Elizabeth’s, or live within our boundaries. Parents please come to the office to schedule your child’s baptism. You will need to bring in the baby’s birth certificate, from the county, the godparents’ confirmation certificates, if the godparents are married, a copy of their church marriage certificate and proof of Baptism prep classes for parents and godparents.
We do baptisms the 1ST & 2ND weekends of the
month. Baptisms will be held on the 3RD
weekend only if Spanish is requested. The first person to come into the office with all necessary paperwork to register for a weekend will get to pick which day, Saturday or Sunday, for all baptisms that weekend. You must register in the office, before the
date of your child’s baptism and you must
have all paperwork!
Not Catholic? Interested in Finding Out
More about the Catholic Church? If you are not baptized, or if you were baptized in another church, and you think you might be called to the Roman Catholic Church, we have a class called RCIA for you. It meets Sundays at 10:10 am. In the bride’s room (church). Call 367-4657 for information and assistance.
Spiritual Direction Are you being called?
Are you looking to grow in knowledge of yourself and of God? Do you desire that your inner life will more and more conform to the life of Christ? Does our prayer life need to be deepened: You may be called to be in Spiritual Direction. Pope Francis writes “Only through such
respectful and compassionate listening can we enter on the paths of true growth and awaken a yearning for the Christian ideal: the desire to respond fully to God’s love and to bring to fruition what he has sown in our live.” For more information of Spiritual direction or to locate a Spiritual Director you can contact the parish office or Tim George @ 432.770.1939/
Friday: 6pm – 9:30 pm – Dinner Provided Saturday: 9 am – Mass at 5 pm
$50 per couple Childcare provided
This retreat is for those wishing to be married through the church or just wanting to enrich their marriage. Applications are available on the website, in the foyer or in the office.
PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING AVAILABLE Francis Hymel, D.Min., LPC, LMFT of New Hope Counseling. Call for an appointment. His number is 432-687-4673 www.newhopecounseling.net).
HOLY CROSS TUITION FUND We have established the James M. Cox Scholarship to benefit students from St. Elizabeth’s. To donate contact Fr. Mark,
BIRTHDAY! Jan 12– Saleen Carrillo, Danny Carroll, Natasia Corrales, Victor Garcia, Leslie Hernandez, Ricky Lopez, Christopher Martinez, Dianey Salgado, Alexis Morales, Nancy Mosby, Melva Navarrete, Renee Pelopero, Richard Rubalcaba, Rogelio Savala, Steven Schwab, Nayden Sotelo, Crystal Urias, Agnes Villarojo Jan 13 – Amber Anaya, Iris Baeza, Roger Becker, Carlos Chavez, Anita Falcon, Crissy Florez, David Hernandez, Nicolas Ramirez, Alan Roach, Chris Sims Jan 14– Yanelly Amador, Ivan Benavidez, Jose Guevara, Karina Lujan, Theodore Navarrette, Cecilia Olaleye, Gracie Quintela, Romeo Segura,
Ariana Tarango, Anthony Villaloboz, Valorie Villarreal Jan 15– Jose Bueno, Miguel Camarena, Connie Crawley, Robert Hernandez, David Jones, Heather Morales, Krystel Prieto, Missy Prieto, Angel Ramirez, Roland Rubalcaba, Sylvia Sanchez, Julianna Soto, Dang Ta, Ivory Urquidez Jan 16- Troy Abila, Ben Adams, Kevin Enriquez, Melissa Garcia, Robert Gonzalez, Angie Lopez, Anyssa Mata, Madeline Olague, Katherine Toombs, Priscilla Urquidi, Mark Varela, Phoebe Zaragoza Jan 17–Aspen Chavez, Dulce Gallegos, Carol Gonzales, Maria Holguin, Sandra Levario, Nathan Olague, Davi Ortega, Doni Ortega, Rosie Padilla, Kade Ramos, Teodoro Silvas, Daisy Soto, Matthew Torres, Raymundo Villa, Lasha Watson Jan 18- Joel Aguilar, Sergio Bustamante, Andrea Fierro, Jesse Franco, David Franco, Federico Gonzalez, Noemy Hernandez, Patricia Herrera, Susie Wyatt, Mia Luevano, Melissa Marrero, Elloralinda Ortega, Matt Rimmer, Jacob Rodriguez, Khalea Torres
‘Awakened’ Young Adult Ministry Stay up to date with our monthly events on the parish website, on Facebook at SEAS-
AWAKENED YOUNG ADULTS or email [email protected] 1/12- Catholicism, 6:15-8:00pm, Food & Nursery Provided
PLEASE PRAY FOR Donovan Crawley, George Estrada, Elena Garcia, Noah Garcia, Jacob Cobos, Rudy Marquez Jr., Kayla Knox, Brenda Herrera, Jimmy Jones, Berta Castro, Jackie Jordan
Children’s Choir Meeting
Wednesday, Jan. 29th 5 pm in the Bride’s Room
After having such a strong response with the Children’s Choir at Christmas, several parents
and kids have expressed interest in continuing it throughout the year. To ensure that we have
enough interest and parent support, please come to this meeting. We will discuss what the
ensemble would look like for the course of the school year. Please RSVP via email
ACTS stands for Adoration…Community…Theology…Service
Applications are available at all exit doors of the church For more information please contact
Josh Basse at 512-755-1471
THIS IS MY BELOVED SON This Sunday’s celebration of the Baptism of the Lord closes the Christmas season. In the scriptures we see one more epiphany, or manifestation, of the Spirit of God in Jesus—but this time it is as an adult, rather than as a child. Jesus’ baptism also serves as the inauguration of his prophetic mission and the messianic age. Today’s reading from Isaiah describes God’s chosen Messiah, upon whom God’s spirit rests. In the Acts of the Apostles Peter says that “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power” (Acts 10:38). Finally, in the
