St. Francis of Assisi CATHOLIC COMMUNITY 4300 Meeks Drive, Orange TX 77632 Office: 409-883-9153 Fax: 409-883-9154 Web: www.stfrancisorangetx.orgOffice Email:[email protected]Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-3pm Religious Education Office Hours: Monday-Friday 10am-3pm Wednesday 3-7pm during RE PASTOR: Rev. Sinclair K. Oubre, J.C.L. [email protected]Deacon Hector Maldonado [email protected]Deacon Tommy Ewing [email protected]Deacon Keith Hebert [email protected]MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 5pm Sunday: 8am Bilingual 10:30am DAILY MASS Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30am Wednesday: 6:00pm RECONCILIATION: Saturday: 3:30-4:30pm SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Please call the Pastor to make arrangements for Infant Baptisms. Baptism class is held the third Thursday of each month at 6:00pm. This can be done at least seven (7) months before the birth in order to make proper sacramental preparations. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Diocesan policy requires a minimum of six (6) months of sacramental preparations for marriage. Engaged couples are invited to call the Pastor for an appointment. HOLY COMMUNION OR ANOINTING OF THE SICK Please call the Pastor if you or any family members are ill or plan to be hospitalized to arrange the reception of the Sacraments. RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS - Catechumenate Those interested in becoming a Catholic or in completing their initiation are invited to contact Deacon Keith Hebert at the Church office to learn more about the Catechumenate Process. PARISH MEMBERSHIP Welcome to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Community! Please register by obtaining a census form from the Parish Office or at one of the two front entrances to the Church. Please return the census form to the Parish Office or drop in the collection basket. You may also register online at www.stfrancisorangetx.org. From the home page, click on the registration form. We look forward to the opportunity to know and serve you and it is our prayer that you will bless St. Francis Catholic Community with your time, talent, and treasure. Facebook.com/St.Francis.Church.Orange
MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 5pm Sunday: 8am Bilingual 10:30am
DAILY MASS Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30am Wednesday: 6:00pm
RECONCILIATION: Saturday: 3:30-4:30pm
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Please call the Pastor to make arrangements for Infant Baptisms. Baptism class is held the third Thursday of each month at 6:00pm. This can be done at least seven (7) months before the birth in order to make proper sacramental preparations.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Diocesan policy requires a minimum of six (6) months of sacramental preparations for marriage. Engaged couples are invited to call the Pastor for an appointment.
HOLY COMMUNION OR ANOINTING OF THE SICK Please call the Pastor if you or any family members are ill or plan to be hospitalized to arrange the reception of the Sacraments.
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS - Catechumenate Those interested in becoming a Catholic or in completing their initiation are invited to contact Deacon Keith Hebert at the Church office to learn more about the Catechumenate Process.
PARISH MEMBERSHIP Welcome to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Community! Please register by obtaining a census form from the Parish Office or at one of the two front entrances to the Church. Please return the census form to the Parish Office or drop in the collection basket. You may also register online at www.stfrancisorangetx.org. From the home page, click on the registration form. We look forward to the opportunity to know and serve you and it is our prayer that you will bless St. Francis Catholic Community with your time, talent, and treasure.
Sunday: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Wednesday: St. John Eudes Thursday: St. Bernard Friday: St. Pius X Saturday: Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
WHY PRAY? The “foreigners” as Isaiah calls them, the “Gentiles” as Paul calls them, or the “Canaanites” as Matthew calls them are called to worship the one true God in prayer. As we listen to today’s readings, perhaps we are tempted to ask: Why pray? The question is rhetorical; it is tantamount to asking why should friends talk to one another or people in love kiss one another. Prayer is a way of relating to God, a way of talking to God. The apostles had the opportunity to talk to Jesus in the flesh. We have the opportunity to talk to Jesus Christ in prayer. Our relationship with him must be enthusiastic; it cannot be faint-hearted. John Donne, a fifteenth-century poet, knew what the qualities of good prayer were. Donne asks God to treat him differently from most Christians. The poet does not want God to merely “knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend,” but also to “break, blow, burn, and make me new” (Holy Sonnets, XIV).
Weekly Church Schedule Sunday, August 16 8:00 a.m. Bilingual Mass 10:30 a.m. Mass Monday, August 17 No Mass 9:00-6:00 Church open Tuesday, August 18 8:30 a.m. Mass 9:00-6:00 Church Open Wednesday, August 19 9:00-6:00 Church Open 6:00 p.m. Mass Thursday, August 20 8:30 a.m. Mass 9:00-6:00 Church Open Friday, August 21 8:30 a.m. Mass 9:00-6:00 Church Open Saturday, August 22 3:30-4:30 Confessions 5:00 p.m. Mass Sunday, August 23 8:00 a.m. Bilingual Mass 10:30 a.m. Mass
August 16, 2020
Altar Flowers Donated by:
Lloyd & Joyce Blanchette in honor of
Our children and grandchildren
Blessed Mother Flowers Donated by:
Earl and Paula Perkins in
Thanksgiving for daily blessings
Saturday August 15 5:00 p.m. Michael Welton (D) Sunday August 16 8:00 a.m. People of the Parish 10:30 a.m. Jim Stimac (D) Monday August 17 No Mass Tuesday August 18 8:30 a.m. Jack Oldani (D) Wednesday August 19 6:00 p.m. Viola Watson (D) Thursday August 20 8:30 a.m. Philip DuChamp and family(L) Friday August 21 8:30 a.m. Ray & Linda Leleux (D) Saturday August 22 5:00 p.m. Gerald Beach (D) Sunday August 23 8:00 a.m. People of the Parish 10:30 a.m. Rosey & Sunny Molina (D)
St. Francis of Assisi Stewardship of Treasure
August 9, 2020
$6,174.00
Online Giving $4,310.00
Thank you for your continued support!
Some of the Precious Souls on their journey to Sainthood
Servant of God ~Venerable ~ Blessed ~ Saint
Sr. Henrietta Delille (1812-1862) - Venerable Henriette Delille is the first United States native born African American whose cause for canonization has been officially opened by the Catholic Church. She was born a free woman of color and lived her life in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1836 Henriette drew up the rules and regulations for devout Christian women, which would eventually become the Society of the Holy Family. The group was founded for the purpose of nursing the sick, caring for the poor, and instructing the ignorant. Venerable Henriette Delille lived her prayer: "I believe in God. I hope in God. I love. I want to live and die for God." Her obituary ends with this quote: “For the love of Jesus Christ, she made herself the humble servant of slaves” https://www.henriettedelille.com/
Sr. Thea Bowman (1937-1990) - She was born in 1937 and reared in Canton, Mississippi. As a child she converted to Catholicism through the inspiration of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity who were her teachers and pastors at Holy Child Jesus Church and School in Canton. These religious communities nurtured her faith and greatly influenced her religious vocation. Sister Thea Bowman’s life was always one of Gospel joy, enduring faith, and persevering prayer even in the midst of racial prejudice, cultural insensitivity, and debilitating illness. Her personal holiness witnessed to the faith and endurance of her ancestors, the hope expressed in the Spirituals, compassion for the poor and marginalized, her devotion to the Eucharist, and the radical love embodied by St. Francis of Assisi. In 2018, the Diocese of Jackson, MS opened the cause into the investigation of her life as a Servant of God. https://www.sistertheabowman.com/
Captain Leonard LaRue (1914-2001) also known as Brother Marinus From Captain to Monk-Captain Leonard LaRue never wanted to be called a hero, though he saved 14,000 lives by one incredible act during the Korean War. By the morning of December 23, 1950 after only 13 hours, the Meredith Victory had packed 14,000 refugees on board and, still carrying jet fuel, steered into waters infested with enemy submarines. The ship had no escort or any way to defend itself against potential attacks. Without any supplies, or accommodations for that many and 3 days at sea in freezing temperatures, not 1 person perished and they arrived at a small island named Geoje with 3 additional passengers. 3 babies were born during the rescue. In 1954, LaRue left the sea to join the Benedictine congregation of St. Ottilien at St. Paul’s Abbey in Newton, New Jersey. He made his first profession on Christmas Day, 1956, and took his final vows at the Christmas midnight Mass three years later. The name he chose, Mari-nus, was both a tribute to the Blessed Virgin Mary and an appropriate appellation for a man of
the sea. His response when asked about trying to rescue the refugees, “He just reached over and he touched the holy Bible and said, ‘The answer is here—no greater love hath a man than to lay down his life for his friends.’” He is a true servant of God. Our very own, Fr. Sinclair Oubre is instrumental in moving his cause through to sainthood. https://aosusa.americommerce.com/store/pg/51-Cause-for-Brother-Marinus/Capt-LaRue-clone1.aspx
Dorothy Day (1897-1980) Dorothy was baptized as an Episcopalian. In 1916, she left the university and moved to New York City where she worked as a journalist on socialist newspapers, participated in protest movements, and developed friendships with many famous artists and writers. Dorothy had grown to admire the Catholic Church as the “Church of the poor” and her faith began to take form with the birth of her daughter Tamar in 1926. Her decision to have her daughter baptized and embrace the Catholic faith led to the end of her common law marriage and the loss of many of her radical friends. While covering the 1932 Hunger March in Washington, D.C. for some Catholic magazines, she prayed at the national Shrine of the Immaculate Conception that some way would open up for her to serve the poor and the unemployed. The following day, back in New York, she met Peter Maurin, a French immigrant and former Christian Brother, who had a vision for a society constructed of Gospel values. Together they founded the Catholic Worker newspaper which spawned a movement of
houses of hospitality and farming communes that has been replicated throughout the United States and other countries. Dorothy Day lived a life faithful to the injunctions of the Gospel. Cardinal John O’Connor of New York initiated the cause of her Sainthood in 2000. The Vatican approves the cause and granted the title “Servant of God.” In November 2012, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops readily endorsed her cause. http://dorothydayguild.org/
Help serve our Catholic Community! Membership for 2020-2021
ST. FRANCIS ALTAR SOCIETY
JOIN US IN SERVICE! There is much to do and we are seeking members to join us in our good works and fellowship. The Altar Society is a worthwhile ministry. Funds generated through membership dues and fund-raisers are used for altar needs: the supplying of altar bread and wine, candles, vessels and vestments for priest, deacons, and altar servers. We purchase the palms distributed on Palm Sunday and other altar needs. We are responsible for light altar cleaning on a weekly basis and major cleaning of the church twice a year. We realize that many of our ladies work & cannot attend meetings. We still want you to be part of our membership. When you can attend a meeting or help with something we might be doing, that will be great! Our meetings are normally held on the second Thursday of each month at 9:30 a.m. in the St. Francis/St. Clare room. Annual membership dues of $20.00 are collected each August. Our membership year is from August 1st through July 31st each year. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please join us as we look forward to a year of working together in fun and fellowship! Simply fill out the form and we will see that you are put on our membership roster for 2020-2021. Mail your form and $20.00 check made payable to St. Francis to: Mary Rollins, 2886 Ben Mac Rd, Orange, TX 77632, drop it by the church office or drop it in the collection basket in an envelope marked Altar Society. Name ___________________________ (h) Phone ___________ (c) Phone _____________ Mailing Address___________________________________________________________________ Email_________________________________________Birthdate_____________________
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