Tuesday 5:30pm Wednesday 12:00pm Thursday 5:30pm 7:00pm (Spanish) Friday 12:00pm Sacrament of Reconciliation Tuesday 6:00pm–7:00pm Wednesday & Friday 11:30am–11:55am Saturday 4:00pm–4:45pm or by appointment Confession Schedule for Lent inside bulletin
PALM SUNDAY MARCH 25, 2018
As we enter Holy Week, we are concluding our Lenten homily series on the seven deadly wounds. The seven deadly wounds are abandonment, fear, confusion, rejection, powerlessness, shame, and hopelessness. These seven deadly wounds can lead us to the seven deadly sins when we seek to medicate our wounds with sin rather than God. You can go to www.stmartindp.org/lenten-study-2018 to view .pdfs of the daily reflections. This week we reflect on the deadly wound of hopelessness. Dr. Ed Smith says words that indicate the deadly wound of hopelessness are, “It’s never going to change and there is no hope”. (Dr. Ed Smith, Beyond Tolerable Recovery, Appendix). This wound can lead us into any of the seven deadly sins. For example, if we don’t feel anything is going to change then we can fall into sloth where we only do what makes us comfortable. Palm Sunday has an entrance gospel that describes when Jesus enters Jerusalem and a Passion Narrative when we would normally proclaim the Gospel. The Gospel detailing Jesus’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem is one of great hope. The Messiah has triumphantly entered the city of Jerusalem and will deliver his people from their suffering. This hope quickly changes to hopelessness during the Passion Narratives as the people saw their messiah suffer and die. The prophecy of the Messiah coming to save his people had given many hope but now it seems like nothing will ever change and there is no hope. During Holy Week we are invited to walk into those places of our lives where we feel there will be no change and there is no hope. By going to these places rather than running from them, we will experience the triumph of Christ on Easter. I want to update you on our parish Building Project for the St. Dymphna Center.
1. On February 20th the Dripping Springs City Council approved our Wasterwater Service and Fee Agreement. This will allow us to proceed to the next step in the process of connecting to the city sewer system. I am grateful to all the parishioners who showed up to support us during that vote at City Hall.
2. On March 6th our Site Development Permit was approved by the City of Dripping Springs. We then gave our Construction Manager at Risk, NAVCON Group LLC, the notice to proceed with the site work for the St. Dymphna Center.
3. NAVCON hopes to begin the site work process in late March. Once site work begins we will lose access to the road by the dumpster that connects the church parking lot to the Parish ED Center and Parish Office. The ED Center and Parish Office will only be accessible via the RR 12 driveway at that point.
4. We are still in the process of getting our Building Permit from the City of Dripping Springs. I am grateful to Michael Monaghan, Building Committee Head, and Claycomb Associates Inc., our architects, for their assistance in this process. I will update you once we have the Building Permit.
Jesus help us go to you when we struggle with hopelessness, Fr. Charlie
HOLY WEEK
Tuesday, March 27th Chrism Mass (Bilingual)
St. Vincent de Paul Church 9500 Neenah Avenue • Austin, Texas 78717
10:30am
St. Martin de Porres Confessions: 5:00pm – 5:25pm & 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Mass – 5:30pm
Wednesday, March 28th Confessions: 11:00am – 11:55am
Mass – 12:00pm Mary’s Way of the Cross – 12:30pm
Holy Thursday, March 29th No Confessions Scheduled Today
7:30pm – Mass (Bilingual) In lieu of the 5:30pm Mass
Eucharistic Adoration after Mass in the Church 11:45pm – Night Prayer Midnight – Reposition
Good Friday, March 30th No Confessions Scheduled Today
8:30am – Morning Prayer 1:00pm – Friday of the Passion of the Lord 3:00pm – Divine Mercy Novena – Church 3:30pm – Youth Live Stations of the Cross 7:00pm – Stations of the Cross (Spanish) 8:30pm – Tenebrae – Church
Holy Saturday, March 31st No Confessions Scheduled Today
8:30am – Morning Prayer 3:00pm – Divine Mercy Novena – Chapel 8:40pm – Easter Vigil (Bilingual) In lieu of the 5:00pm Mass
Easter Sunday, April 1st Regular Mass Schedule
8:15am – Mass with Children Homily (Overflow in Hall)
9:30am – Blessing of the Easter Meal – Portico
11:00am – Children’s Mass (Overflow in Hall) 1:30pm – Mass (Spanish) 3:00pm – Divine Mercy Novena – Chapel 5:00pm – Youth Mass
Semana Santa
Martes, 27 de marzo Misa Crismal (Bilingüe)
Iglesia de St. Vincent de Paul 9500 Neenah Avenue • Austin, Texas 78717
10:30am
St. Martin de Porres Confesiones: 5:00pm – 5:25pm y 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Misa – 5:30pm (Ingles)
Miércoles, 28 de marzo Confesiones: 11:00am – 11:55am
Misa – 12:00pm (Ingles) Vía Crucis de María (Ingles)
12:30pm en la Iglesia (Ingles)
Jueves Santo, 29 de marzo No Habrá Confesiones Hoy
7:30pm – Misa (Bilingüe) En lugar de la Misa de las 7:00pm
Adoración Eucarística después Misa en la Iglesia 11:45pm – Oración de la Noche
Medianoche – Reposición del Santísimo Sacramento
Viernes Santo, 30 de marzo No Habrá Confesiones Hoy
8:30am – Laudes (Ingles) 1:00pm – Viernes Santo de la Muerte del Señor (Ingles) 3:00pm – Divina Misericordia (Ingles) – Iglesia 3:30pm – Vía Crucis en Vivo 7:00pm – Vía Crucis (español) 8:30pm – Tenebrae – Iglesia
Sábado Santo, 31 de marzo
No Confesiones Programada Para Hoy 8:30am – Laudes (Ingles) 3:00pm – Divina Misericordia (Ingles) – Capilla 8:40pm – Vigilia de Pascua (Bilingüe)
En lugar de la Misa de 5:00pm
Domingo de Pascua, 1 de Abril Horario de Misas Regular
8:15am – Misa (Ingles) (Desbordamiento será en el Salón Parroquial 9:30am – Bendición de la comida de Pascua 11:00am – Misa (Ingles) (Desbordamiento será en el Salón Parroquial 1:30pm – Misa (Español) 3:00pm – Divina Misericordia (Ingles) – Capilla 5:00pm – Misa (Ingles)
Texas Trotters On March 27th, the Texas Trotters will make their monthly trek to the Mexican American Culture Center in Austin. The movie playing is Marcelino, Pan y V ino. Left on the doorsteps of a monastery as an infant, Marcelino is raised by Monks. He is well cared for but longing for the mother he never knew. English subtitles. A light breakfast and lunch will be served courtesy of AARP. We carpool from the Church parking lot at 8:15am. Our church senior group, the Texas Trotters will hold their monthly brown bag lunch meeting April 6th after the First Friday noon Mass. We meet afterwards at the Parish Hall to plan future activities in and around central Texas. Any and all seniors are invited. For more information contact Donna Miller at 512-301-7811.
Pastoral Council
Please prayerfully consider participating as a member of the St. Martin de Porres Parish Pastoral Council leadership team. The Pastoral Council is a six (6) member advisory leadership team who by consensus works with the Pastor to give council and advise on the pastoral needs and issues of the parish. We also participate as lay leaders who work closely with parish ministry leadership in implementing our evangelization plan. We have two vacancies which need to be filled to replace outgoing members Steve Fournier and Patrick Manning. The membership term is a 3-year term. The incumbent members are Susan Bonner - Chairperson, Chery Lutz - Recorder, Angie Reynolds, Dan Wierzbowski, Steve Fournier, and Patrick Manning.
There will be a Discernment Event held on Tuesday, April 10th at 7:00pm in the Education Building Conference Room for any parishioner interested in becoming a member of the Pastoral Council team. All parishioners are welcome to participate in the process which will take place during this evening event. For additional questions, or to become a pastoral council candidate for discernment, please contact Susan Bonner at [email protected].
3rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt & Family Picnic
Hosted by Ministry of Mothers Sharing
Pack your picnic blankets and Easter baskets and join us for the 3rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt & Family Picnic.
When? Sunday, April 8 after the 11:00 Mass
Where? In the grassy area outside of church
For every child participating in the Egg Hunt, please bring a non-perishable food item to donate in support of our St. Vincent de Paul food pantry.
Thank you in advance for your generosity! If you have any questions, contact Emily Austin at [email protected].
Donations: There is a box in the Nar thex for donations of items for stuffing the eggs (wrapped candy, stickers, erasers, etc.)
Today is Palm Sunday and the beginning of the holiest of Christian weeks. Let us pray for the grace to take up our own cross and to follow Jesus through death to new life.
During Lent, through your gifts, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul was able to bring the mercy of Jesus into the hearts of the poor, by assisting families, providing food, utility and rent bills.
Our next meeting will be Tuesday, March 27th at 7:00pm in the Ed Center.
Food Pantry Needs: Rotel Tomatoes, Canned or Packaged Tuna and Chicken, Chili, Soups, Canned Peaches, Cheese/Peanut Butter Crackers and Granola Bars.
From the Sidewalks of Austin
Around the globe, 40 Days for Life volunteers have reported that 247 abortion minded mothers have chosen life because of our prayers in front of the abortion facilities during this Lenten Vigil. That’s 247 innocent little lives saved from a cruel death, and 247 mothers spared a lifetime of regret! Here in Austin, we have 3 of those confirmed saves. Here is one of the stories: “We were praying in front of Whole Women’s Health today and a teenage girl, a boy, and her mom walked in. I immediately felt the need to reach out to her somehow, but I’m not a trained sidewalk counselor so I usually just pray, pray, pray. She went into the clinic and I kept thinking maybe she will turn around and come back out. A few minutes later she did!! We started waving at them, smiling and we showed them the sign for a free ultrasound. They were able to walk over to the Agape Pregnancy Resource Center bus parked across the street and she chose life for her baby today!!!”
DOMINGO DE RAMOS "DE LA PASIÓN DEL SEÑOR" 25 DE MARZO DE 2018
Hoy es Domingo de Ramos, vamos con almas en sombras, sombras que se llegan a convertir en oscuridad si nos falta la virtud de la Esperanza. Cuando eso sucede hay noches en las que parece que el tiempo se ha detenido y jamás veremos el amanecer en ellas oímos el palpitar de nuestro corazón y cada latido nos duele. Noches de negrura espiritual en las que todo parece agrandarse, nuestra pena, nuestra angustia y nuestro malestar. Nos pesa la vida y en el silencio de esa noches nos parece que no hay pena como nuestra pena. Pero si hay un poco de esperanza en nuestro corazón, estamos salvados. Sabemos de casos que esa gran "desesperanza" ha llegado a tal límite, a tal profundidad que no se ha encontrado otra solución que el buscar la "puerta falsa". Es el escape, el terminar con algo que pesa demasiado y el sentirse sumergido en las tinieblas de una noche "sin mañana"... sin esperanza. Eso fue lo que les faltó a esas vidas, la esperanza. Cuando hay Esperanza a pesar de la desilusión y del dolor, siempre habrá otro camino que no sea el de la desesperación y el total aniquilamiento del verdadero yo. Es cierto que hay situaciones en la vida que son como la más oscura de las noches, noches en que las horas parecen no pasar...pero cuando hay fe, cuando sabemos que tenemos un Dios Padre que sabe de nuestro sufrimiento, cuando nos sabemos amados por El, a pesar de que nuestro sentimiento de soledad sea inmenso, si nos dejamos arropar y abandonar en sus brazos y en los de nuestra Madre María Santísima, la Esperanza, de saber que Dios nos ama, llegará con su luz que sabe consolar. La ESPERANZA, es una virtud que tenemos que cultivar como la flor más delicada y valiosa. Tres son las virtudes teologales : Fe, Esperanza y Caridad, cuyo objeto directo es Dios Sin ellas es muy difícil caminar por la vida y no podemos olvidar que la Esperanza siempre será la luz en nuestras noches cuando las penas y las dificultades las hagan muy oscuras. Quiero informarte donde estamos en el proceso de construir el edificio nuevo:
1. La parroquia recibió permiso el 20 de Febrero de la ciudad de Dripping Springs de conectar con el alcantarillado de la ciudad.
2. El 6 de Marzo, la ciudad de Dripping Springs dio permiso de iniciar construcción en el sitio donde vamos a construir el edificio nuevo. El 6 de Marzo, la parroquia dio permiso a NAVCON Group LLC de iniciar construcción en el sitio nuevo.
3. Es la esperanza de la compañía de construcción, NAVCON, de iniciar construcción en el sitio en el último parte de Marzo. Vamos a perder acceso a la calle que conecta el área de establecimiento cerca de la iglesia a la área cerca de la oficina y centro de doctrina. Durante este tiempo la única forma de manejar a la oficina parroquial y centro de doctrina es por RR 12.
4. Estamos en el proceso de obtener permiso de iniciar construcción con el edifico actual. Vamos a preparar el sitio primero y después continua con el edificio actual.
Dios ayúdanos cuando faltamos esperanza en nuestras vidas,
Padre Charlie
TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE Esta es Semana Santa, semana en la cual los cristianos conmemoramos con palmas, y ramos los eventos centrales de nuestra fe; eventos que alimentan nuestro espíritu con el pan y el vino del amor divino; eventos
que se clavan en nuestras almas como Cristo en su cruz; eventos que nos hacen resucitar de nuestros problemas con la esperanza pascual de la liberación de todo aquello que nos perjudica, que nos agobia, que nos oprime y nos deprime. Estaremos allí con nuestros parientes y con gente que no conocemos pero que son nuestros hermanos y hermanas en Cristo gracias a los eventos de la semana en que Jesús entró glorioso a Jerusalén, partió el pan, falleció en el árbol de la cruz y fue sepultado. Esta Semana nos une al misterio pascual de Jesús. Celebrando estos ritos antiguos y variados por todo el mundo. Durante esta semana el tiempo y el espacio se cancelan para unirnos a los misterios que celebramos, a nuestras familias, a los cristianos por todo el mundo y a través de los siglos.
--Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.
Para facilitar las solicitudes de oración en las parroquias, hemos creado un servicio centralizado de listado de oraciones. Las solicitudes se enviaran una vez a la semana, a menos que sean urgentes.
Para someter las solicitudes de oración: Vaya al APP de su Parroquia y haga clic en el enlace de “Prayers”. Abajo a la derecha haga clic en “Request” y complete la información solicitada. Asegúrese de hacer clic en el botón “Let others know”, y finalmente someter “submit”.
O Envíe su solicitud de oración por medio de correo electrónico a [email protected], incluyendo:
Nombre de la persona por la que orar. Su nombre y relación con la persona por la que se pide la oración.
Si le gustaría ser incluido como ‘Guerrero de Oración” (Prayer Warrior) y recibir avisos de rezo, por favor envíe su solicitud a: [email protected]
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