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St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Office: 1603 Avenue N * Huntsville, TX 77340 Church: 1323 16th
St. * Huntsville, TX 77340
Ph. 936.295.8159 * Fax 936.295.3543 www.sain
homashuntsville.org
"...there is no inequality of significance amongst us except
holiness..." “No hay desigualdad de importancia entre nosotros
excepto la santidad…”
STAFF
Rev. Fred Valone…..Pastor Felix Ramos………..Permanent Deacon Kathy
Boscarino…….DRE / Y M Maria Delgado……… Elem. CCE Marisol
Urbina…...Administrative Asst. Rick Reed…………...Music Coordinator
Jill Baker………..Nursery Coordinator Pat Norfleet…………..Bookkeeper
Sylvia Vitela…………..Secretary Laura Puente………...Custodian
Adoration/Adoración
Reconciliation / Reconciliación
Mass Schedules
Tuesday / Martes
After 7:15 am Mass until 5:30pm
Tues/Martes 4:30-5:30 pm
Sat/Sabado 4:00-5:00 pm
Saturday/ Sabado 5:30 pm English
Sunday/ Domingo 7:45 am English 10:45 am English 12:30 pm
Spanish
Monday/ Lunes No Mass
Tuesday-Martes
Wed. – Friday/ Miercoles-Viernes
7:15 am
7:15 am
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 28, 2019
The flowers besides the Blessed Sacrament are offered in
thanksgiving for their 61st Anniversary By Gene & Carole
Barrett
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Mass Intentions Of The Week
Sat.
07/27
5:30 pm
Gene & Carole Barrett (61st Anniversary)
Sun.
07/28
7:45 am
Erik Larson (Birthday)
10:45 am
Donna Moore (Special Intention)
12:30 pm
Parishioners
Mon.
07/29
NO Mass
Tues.
07/30
7:15 am
John William & Carmen Heckler
Wed.
07/31
7:15 am
Dawn Everett
Thurs
08/01
7:15 am
John & Florence Verderano
Fri.
08/02
7:15 am
Tony Bracci
Sat.
08/03
5:30 pm
Velma & Shirley Seidel
Sun.
08/04
7:45 am
Parishioners
10:45 am
Cheryl Cummings (Special Intention)
12:30 pm
Ricardo De La Paz
Judy Adib, Veronica Antwi, James Aubey, Irma Avalos, Gene
Barrett, Jordan Ber-geron, Marie Blanchard, Chelsea Brown, Phillip
Caito, Gary Coker, Wren Colligan, Wayne Collins, Sunni Cook, Terry
Cor-ral, Melanie Davis, Kathy Delouche, Colin
Dufour, David Duesing, James Elliott, Patsy Freeman, Mary
Gedelian, Melba & Leroy Hall, Edwin Laake, Doro-thy Laskoskie,
Corrina Lawrence, Paul Legler, Al Losack, Katy Losack, A.J. McGee,
Geno Mancuso, Don Marcotte, Lisa Miller, Mable Milliet, Donna
Moore, MaryAnn Moore, Susan Montoya, Martin Moreno, Lourdes
Mosqueda, Frank O’Donnell, Brenda Piñeda, Marty Reeder, Bob Riley,
Kelly Robinson, Nina Rozell, Andrea Scheel, Ana Marie Santos, John
Sarlay, Jerry Seaton, Kayden Bryn Shipley, Cheryl Smith, Kathy
Stoltz, Jean Stow, Christi Townley, Ray Townley, Dorothy Town-send,
Gordan Travis, Enrique Valadez, Maria Elena Va-lencia, Kathy
Vanecek, Matthew Varnum, Rusty Wallace, Bill Walton, Alma Williams,
Nancy Winkler
Readings for the Week
Monday: Ex 32:15-24, 30-34; Ps 106:19-23 or Ps 34:2-11; Jn
11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42
Tuesday: Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28; Ps 103:6-11; Mt 13:36-43
Wednesday: Ex 34:29-35; Ps 99:5-7, 9; Mt 13:44-46
Thursday: Ex 40:16-21, 34-38; Ps 84:3-6a, 8, 11; Mt 13:47-53
Friday: Lv 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37; Ps 81:3-6, 10-11ab; Mt
13:54-58
Saturday: Lv 25:1, 8-17; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 7-8; Mt 14: 1-12
Sunday: Eccl 1:2; 2:21-23; Ps 90:3-6, 12-14, 17; Col 3:1-5,
9-11; Lk 12:13-21
July 21, 2019
Regular Sunday Donations: $7,038.78 Thank you
for your continued support!
Our gratefulness to God weekly offering
Do Not Neglect to SHARE
What You Have
DSF Report as of July 18, 2019
Parish Goal $37,000.00 Total Amount Paid $30,454.18 Total Amount
Pledged $36,290.00 Number of Participants 109 Under Goal
$6,545.82
YOU ARE INVITED!! Pray Divine Mercy Chaplet And Rosary
every Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at Shrine of Two Hearts
516 Rosenwall Road (Take 45 N Exit 118 then FM 2821 to
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From Fr. Fred’s Desk . . . A little boy was sitting next to a
holy man seated beside the Ganges River. "Will you teach me to
pray?" the boy asked. "Are you sure that you want to learn?" the
holy man responded? "Yes, of course." With that the holy man
grabbed the boy's neck and plunged his head into the water. He held
them there while the boy kicked and screamed and tried to get away.
Finally, after an interminable period the holy man let the boy out
of the water. "What was that?" the boy asked. "That was your first
lesson in prayer. When you long for God the way that you longed to
breathe, then you will be able to pray." This Sunday’s gospel
teaches us about prayer: how to pray and to be persistent when we
pray. Years ago I began a daily ritual of prayer by thinking that
if I set the alarm on my alarm clock five minutes earlier, I would
have 5 minutes to pray the next day. Over time those 5 minutes have
increased. If you are not a morning person, then consider maybe
going to bed 5 minutes later on a regular basis and using those
previous minutes for prayer. What is important is our perseverance
in daily prayer. As Jesus said when responding to satan’s
temptations of Him in the desert, “We do not live on bread alone
but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. “Pope
Benedict in the book, The Joy of Knowing Christ: Meditations on the
Gospels, said that prayer is a life-giving decision: “prayer is not
an accessory or ‘optional’ but a question of life or death. In fact
only those who pray – in other words entrust themselves to God with
filial love – can enter eternal life, which is God himself.” In the
first reading at Mass, Abraham will engage in intercessory prayer
for the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, cities often associated with
sin. When confronting temptations, the Jesus prayer is helpful in
resisting them, Lord Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.
The early Christians would coordinate this prayer with their
breathing: inhaling the words about Christ and exhaling the words
about God’s mercy. The end result of our daily prayer hopefully is
holiness, the vocation of all of Jesus’ disciples.
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Del escritorio del Padre Fred . . . Un niño pequeño estaba
sentado junto a un hombre santo sentado junto al río Ganges. "¿Me
enseñas a orar?" preguntó el niño. "¿Estás seguro de que quieres
aprender?" el hombre santo respondió? "Sí, por supuesto." Con eso
el hombre santo agarró el cuello del niño y hundió su cabeza en el
agua. Lo mantuvo allí mientras el niño pateaba y gritaba e
intentaba escapar. Finalmente, después de un período interminable,
el hombre santo dejó salir al niño del agua. "¿Qué fue eso?"
preguntó el niño. El hombre sabio le respondió: "Te acabo de dar tu
primera lección en oración. Cuando buscas a Dios de la misma manera
que buscas desesperadamente por aire al sentirte ahogar. De la
misma manera se aprende a orar con dedicación". El evangelio de
este domingo nos enseña acerca de la oración: cómo orar y ser
persistentes cuando oramos. Hace años comencé un ritual diario de
oración pensando que si ponía la alarma en mi despertador cinco
minutos antes, tendría 5 minutos para orar al día siguiente. Con el
tiempo esos 5 minutos han aumentado. Si no eres una persona de la
mañana, entonces considera irte a la cama 5 minutos más tarde de
forma regular y usar esos minutos anteriores para la oración. Lo
importante es nuestra perseverancia en la oración diaria. Como dijo
Jesús al responder a las tentaciones de Satanás hacia Él en el
desierto, “No vivimos solo de pan, sino de cada palabra que sale de
la boca de Dios. "El Papa Benedicto en el libro, La alegría de
conocer a Cristo: Meditaciones sobre los evangelios, dijo que la
oración es una decisión que da vida:" la oración no es un accesorio
u "opcional" sino una cuestión de vida o muerte. De hecho, solo
aquellos que oran, en otras palabras, se entregan a Dios con amor
filial, pueden entrar en la vida eterna, que es Dios mismo.” En la
primera lectura en la misa, Abraham participará en la oración de
intercesión por la gente de Sodoma y Gomorra, ciudades a menudo
asociadas con el pecado. Al enfrentar las tentaciones, la oración
de Jesús es útil para resistirlas, Señor Jesús, Hijo de Dios, ten
piedad de mí, un pecador. Los primeros cristianos coordinarían esta
oración con su respiración: inhalando las palabras acerca de Cristo
y exhalando las palabras acerca de la misericordia de Dios. El
resultado final de nuestra oración diaria con suerte es la
santidad, la vocación de todos los discípulos de Jesús.
HAPPINESS . . . Since happiness is nothing else but the
enjoyment of the Supreme good, and the Supreme good is above us, no
one can be happy who does not rise above oneself. —St.
Bonaventure
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Confirmation Retreat 2019 STAY Edge (7th & 8th Grade)
Witness Camp 2019
Junior High Youth Rally STAY 1st Communion STAY Lifeteen Large
Group
Confirmation 2018 STAY Lifeteen Community Activity STAY Lifeteen
Small Group
Come join us! Registration is in progress. Forms are in the
parish office, back of the church and online at
https://www.saintthomashuntsille.org
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Virtus, Protecting God’s Children
The CMG Safe Haven online training has replaced VIRTUS,
protecting god’s children.
All training is online https://galvestonhouston.cmgconnect.org/
Those taking the training for the first time or renewing their
training may go to their CMG Connect account. They may log on
us-ing their VIRTUS user ID and 1234 as the password. They may
change their password once they log in.
If they do not remember their user ID, they may contact one the
following:
1. Kathy Boscarino @ (936) 295-8159 or
[email protected]
2. CMG at [email protected]
New users will register as a “new user” Please do not create an
account of you have been trained before. The following individuals
below will now be required to complete Safe Haven online training
as well: 1. Individuals who have never attended training. 2.
Individuals who are currently due for refresher train-ing and had
not attended VIRTUS training. 3. Individuals who are out of
compliance or past due After approval the certification will be
good for 5 years
Protegiendo a los hijos de Dios
La capacitación en línea de CMG Safe Haven ha reemplazado a
VIRTUS, que protege a los niños de Dios. Todo el entrenamiento está
en línea https://galvestonhouston.cmgconnect.org/ Aquellos que
tomen el entrenamiento por primera vez o la renueven pueden
ingresar a su cuenta de CMG Connect, pueden iniciar sesión con su
ID de usuario de VIRTUS y 1234 como la contraseña. Si no re-cuerdan
su identificación de usuario, pueden comunicarse con las
siguientes:
Kathy Boscarino @ (936) 295-8159 o
[email protected]
CMG, [email protected] Después de la aprobación, la
certificación será válida por 5 años. Los nuevos usuarios se
registrarán como un "nuevo usuario". No cree una cuenta en la que
haya recibido capacitación ante-riormente. Ahora se requerirá que
las siguientes personas a continuación completen la capacitación en
línea de Safe Haven también: 1. Personas que nunca han asistido a
la formación. 2. Las personas que actualmente deben recibir una
capacita ción de actualización y no hayan asistido a la
capacitación de VIRTUS. 3. Personas que están fuera de cumplimiento
o vencidas
It’s time to get ready for……
Saint Thomas Ladies Annual Rummage Sale
August 2nd & 3rd
Donated items may be brought to the CCE Bldg. Monday - Thursday,
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
SECULAR FRANCISCANS . . . Would you like to give more time to
God, but wonder how to do that when your life is so busy? Do you
long for holiness, and feel a need for support in growing
spiritually? Perhaps your heart has been moved by stories of St.
Francis of Assi-si, or the Peace Prayer attributed to him, and you
are seeking that same holy simplicity, true peace and perfect joy?
If so, Christ may be calling you to explore the Secular Franciscan
life. We would be happy to meet with you to share about the
Franciscan journey. We meet the 4th Saturday each month at 12:00
noon in the Adult Education Building. Please contact Stephen
Far-low, OFS at (936)355-1855.
Religious Education Volunteers Needed . . .
Sign up Today!
We are preparing for the 2019-2020 Faith Formation year and need
many hands! There are a number of grades in need of volunteers to
help as Catechists and Aids. Please prayerfully consider joining
the Faith Formation team for 2019-2020 to serve our children and to
grow in your own faith. You may reach Kathy Boscarino, Religious
Educa-tion Director and Maria Delgado, Elementary Coordinator at
(936)295-8159 or [email protected] or
[email protected].
Educación Religiosa Necesitamos Que Nos Des
Una Mano Súmate Como Voluntario! Estamos preparándonos para el
año 2019-2020 para la Formación de Fe y necesitamos más manos!
Necesitamos voluntarios para varios grados el próximo año.
Necesita-mos catequistas y asistentes. Por favor considere unirse
al equipo de Formación de Fe del año 2019-2020. Por favor orando
considere la invitación para servir a los niños de nuestra
parroquia y crecer en su propia fe. Puede comu-nicarse con Kathy
Boscarino Directora de Educación Religiosa y María Delgado
Coordinadora de educación Elemental. Teléfono: (936) 295-8159 vía
correo electrónico: [email protected]
[email protected]
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The Fire of Your Love: The Incorruptibles
By Will Oliver
The Incorruptibles almost sounds like a Marvel Team-up group
like the Avengers or the Defenders. In this case, they do have
super-powers, but not like the Marvel types, more like
super-natural powers. Oh, and it just so happens that all of the
incorruptibles are also dead. Strange, I know.
When most people die, their bodies normally decompose because of
the enzymes in their bodies and the bacteria that surrounds them.
There are some, however, whose bodies do not decompose, hence they
are the incorruptible. In their cases, the bodies become
dessicated, or simply put: they dry up. To be clear, this is not
the process of mummifi-cation for no chemicals are used to cause
the dessication, and a body is not considered incorruptible if it
has been embalmed. It addition to it being a natural process, there
is also one unique factor associated with incorruptible bodies and
that is the smell. It is said they put off a sweet or floral
smell—the “odour of sanctity”—very often described as the smell of
roses. Mummification does not emit a pleasant odor, and
decomposition certainly does not.
The Roman Catholic Church holds the belief that the reason some
are incorruptible is because of divine interven-tion. As is often
the case, those who are incorruptible are either saints or the
beatified (those on their way to saint-hood). If a body is believed
to be incorruptible, Canon Law does allow for the inspection of the
body by a bishop or pontifical commission for verification. If the
body is declared incorruptible and they are a saint/beatified, they
may be placed under an altar allowing for mass to be celebrated
over the corpse. You will see this if you visit many of the large
churches in Europe.
The first time I had ever heard of incorruptibility was on my
first trip to Italy, when we visited family in Lucca and went to
the Basilica of St. Frediano. It was there that I saw the incorrupt
body of Saint Zita. She was born in 1218, outside of Lucca, and at
12 was sent inside the walls of Lucca to serve as a nanny. She did
so for the next 48 years of her life. She went to mass daily and
did all she could to help the poor in Lucca. She died in 1272. Over
time, more and more miracles were attributed to her, eventually
numbering 150. Toward the cause of Beatification, her body was
exhumed and was found to be incorruptible. She was exhumed several
more times over the next hundred years, and her body remained
incorruptible. In 1696, she was canonized, and she is the patron
saint of maids and domestic servants. Her body remains on display
in the Basilica, under a side altar, to this day.
Although there are hundreds of saints and beatified who have
been declared incorruptible, perhaps the most famous of them is
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes. Born in 1844, at the age of 15, she
was visited by Mary. The first visit-ation occurred on February 11,
1858, and the last was on July 16 of that year. Unused to the
attention she received from her visions, she joined the sisters of
Charity, but later contracted tuberculosis and died in 1879 at the
age of 35. Her body was exhumed in 1909 and found to be
incorruptible. Her body was again exhumed in 1919 and 1925, and
both times, she remained mostly in the same state, with only some
discoloration. She was beatified in 1925 and declared a saint in
1933.
For further reading on The Incorruptibles, pick up a copy of
Joan Carroll Cruz’s book by that title (Tan Books 1977).
PIDIENDO AYUDA . . . Las beatitudes alaban al pobre de espíritu.
Una de las características de quienes son pobres de espíritu es su
habilidad para pedir ayuda; ellos saben cuando otros pueden
proveerles lo que les hace falta. Las lecturas de hoy nos animan a
practicar la pobreza de espíritu pidiéndole a Dios aquello que
necesitamos. ¿Qué podría ser más natural pedir a Dios que buenas
cosas? Dios es, después de todo, el hacedor de la bondad y el dador
de buenas cosas. Pidiendo ayuda a Dios nos pone en una conversación
con Dios. Esta conversación o conversaciones pueden ser de muchas
formas. La lectura del libro del Génesis muestra a Abraham
negociando con Dios de una manera graciosa, pero como un hábil
negociador; por otro lado la carta de san Pablo a los colosenses
alaba a Dios respondiéndonos aún cuando no lo merecemos. En el
Evangelio de san Lucas, Jesús no solo nos da las palabras y frases
para usar en nuestras conversaciones con Dios (el Padre Nuestro),
sino también promete que Dios siempre escuchará nuestras oraciones.
Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
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My Own Church Parish . . . .
To Register yourself or update your family information go to
https://galveston.parishsoftfamilysuite.com If you have any
questions please contact Kathy Bos-carino by email at
[email protected]
Mi Propia Iglesia . . . . Para registrarse o actualizar su
información familiar vaya a:
https/galveston.parishsoftfamilysuite.com Si tiene alguna pregunta,
contáctese con Kathy Boscarino por correo electrónico
[email protected]
CHURCH SECURITY INFORMATION
Following the church shootings last year near San Antonio the
parish's Security Committee has taken steps ensure the safety of
all St. Thomas the Apostle parishioners. The first step restricts
access to the church during liturgical services. Once Mass has
begun all doors into the church will be locked from the inside with
the exception of the double doors facing 16th Street. Anyone
arriving late for Mass will only be able to enter the church
through the 16th Street doors. Parishioners will be able to exit
the church through any of the locked doors as well as the doors
fac-ing 16th Street. Signs will be posted around the church
building to remind parishioners of the locked doors. The staff at
St. Thomas the Apostle Church takes the safety and security of all
the parishioners very seriously. We are confident that the steps
taken at this time will minimize any problematic incidents.
INFORMACION DE SEGURIDAD DE LA IGLESIA
Después de los tiroteos de la iglesia el año pasado cerca de San
Antonio, el Comité de Seguridad de la parroquia tomo medidas para
garantizar la seguridad de los feligreses de Santo Tomás. El primer
paso fue de restringir el acceso a la Iglesia durante los servicios
litúrgicos. Cuando haya comenzado la misa, todas las puertas de la
iglesia estarán cerradas de adentro con la excep-ción de las
puertas dobles que dan a la calle 16. Personas que lleguen tarde a
misa solo podrá entrar a través de las puertas de la calle 16. Los
feligreses podrán salir a través de cual-quiera de las puertas
cerradas. Se colocarán letreros alrededor del edificio de la
igle-sia para recordar a los feligreses de las puertas cerradas. El
personal de la Igle-sia Santo Tomás toma muy en serio la segu-ridad
de todos los feligreses. Estamos se-guros de que los pasos tomados
minimizarán incidentes problemáticos.
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