Diocese of Amarillo Bishop: Most Rev. Patrick Zurek Pastor: Rev. Father John Valdez A PERSONAL RESPONSE OF FAITH Today’s Gospel starts with a conversation with which Jesus begins his journey to Jerusalem—and the cross. As his followers, we strive to march with him, even to the cross. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians tells us that we who have been baptized have “clothed” ourselves with Christ. Being one with Christ, we must no longer discriminate according to nationality or race, according to social status, accord- ing to gender. The prophet Zechariah, centuries before anyone heard of Jesus, spoke of how the people find God’s message uncomfortable, and so turn against the messengers. Later, though, the people awaken to the realization of what they have done and are moved to repentance. Thus, they are always welcomed back by God, who always gives us grace to do the right thing, however difficult it may be. Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 23, 2013 Diocese of Amarillo Bishop: Most Rev. Patrick Zurek Pastor: Rev. John Valdez
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Diocese of Amarillo Bishop: Most Rev. Patrick Zurek
Pastor: Rev. Father John Valdez
A PERSONAL RESPONSE OF FAITH
Today’s Gospel starts with a conversation with which Jesus begins his
journey to Jerusalem—and the cross. As his followers, we strive to march with
him, even to the cross.
Paul’s Letter to the Galatians tells us that we who have been baptized
have “clothed” ourselves with Christ. Being one with Christ, we must no longer
discriminate according to nationality or race, according to social status, accord-
ing
to gender.
The prophet Zechariah, centuries before anyone heard of Jesus, spoke of
how the people find God’s message uncomfortable, and so turn against the
messengers. Later, though, the people awaken to the realization of what they
have done and are moved to repentance. Thus, they are always welcomed back
by God, who always gives us grace to do the right thing, however difficult it
may be.
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 23, 2013
Diocese of Amarillo
Bishop: Most Rev. Patrick Zurek
Pastor: Rev. John Valdez
LITURGY INTENTIONS Monday 7:15 am MORNING PRAYER Tuesday 7:00 pm Ann Meyer RIP
Wednes. 7:15 am Bud Kearn RIP Thurs. 7:15 am Armando Perez RIP
Friday 8:15 am Alvin ―Butch‖ Davis RIP
SATURDAY 6 PM Joe Schumacher RIP
SUNDAY 9 AM Robert Kubacak RIP
11:15 AM FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE PARISH
COMMUNION MINISTER SCHEDULE
June 29 - 6 PM: Rita Huckert, Donna Kemp, Dolores Gerber, Linda Aranda, Glynn Yosten (L) June 30 - 9 AM: Al Simnacher SC, Brenda Yosten SC,
Pat Simnacher, Larry McNutt, Krysha-Kryn-Daniel Jesko (L)
SICK CALL ONLY: FRITZ BACKUS, SAM VALDEZ,
RONNIE FETSCH June 30—11:15 AM: Rosa Garza, Suzanne Carrasco,
Irma Sauceda, Kaylan Cirilo, Samantha Guerrero, Virginia & Rick Bordayo
STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE
JUNE 15-16, 2013 108 Env. 54 Loose Cks.
Envelopes $7,910.00
Plates $ 990.81 Children’s $ 55.50
TOTAL $8,956.31
+ 2nd Collection / Special Funds: PETER’S PENCE $ 915.16
Postage Fund $ 30.00 Parish Activity Center Fund $ 64.00 Sub Total $ 94.00
TOTAL $ 9,65.47
WEEKLY BUDGET INTAKE NEEDS = $10,090.85
REGULAR INCOME INTAKE THIS = $ 9,965.47
Monday 7:15 am MORNING PRAYER
Tuesday 7:00 pm Alyssa-Abby-Avery Rodriguez
Wednesday 7:15 am Gavin Urbanczyk, Dylan McGinty
Thurs. 7:15 am Faith Diaz, Victoria Betzen Friday 8:15 am Johnny Dan-Andreya-Jonathan Alaniz
SATURDAY 6 PM Anthony Tijerina
Andrew & Alexia Hernandez
SUNDAY 9 AM Richard Knight, Darren Schlabs Victoria Betzen
11:15 AM Lexie & Logan Chesher, Nevaeh Nicely
ALTAR
SERVERS
TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JUNE 23, 2013 9 AM MASS Mixed Choir w/Cheryl B. 11:15 AM MASS NO MUSIC —> Joe & Susie Ruiz return the Vocation Prayer Crucifix. Tom & Joyce Schlabs & Family take Crucifix for a week of prayer. ALL ARE WELCOME TO THE SAN JOSE JAMAICA TODAY from 12-8
at Dameron Park. ENJOY MUSIC and FUN for all ages. More info can be found below.
MONDAY ABSENTEE VOTING IN PARISH OFFICE
9-noon and 1-5 M-Th / until 3 on Friday Pray for safety of Staffers Elaine and Linda
attending a technology Seminar in San Antonio 6:30 pm – Boy Scout Meeting: School grounds
TUESDAY 7 am – Men’s Lectionary Study: Antonian Room
1:30 pm — ―Messenger‖ MAIL-OUT: Parish Office
WEDNESDAY 8– 6pm – Adoration of Blessed Sacrament:
THURSDAY 6:30 pm — School Board Meeting: Antonian
FRIDAY 6:30 am – Men’s ACTS Prayer Group: N. Building
7 am -- Study ―The Jesuit Guide To (Almost) Everything‖ Martin
SATURDAY 6 PM LITURGY JUNE 29, 2013
VOTE this weekend in PARISH and SCHOOL BOARD
ELECTIONS. THANKS TO EACH NOMINEE
FOR PLACING YOUR NAME ON THE BALLOT WITH
WILLING HEARTS to SERVE the PARISH & SCHOOL!!
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JUNE 30, 2013 9 AM MASS MEN’S Choir/ Cheryl 11:15 AM MASS J. Fowler/C. kollin
Vocations crucifix is returned by Tom & Joyce Schlabs & Family and received by Richard and Monica Bermea & Family
ALTAR FLOWERS
Flowers on the main altar for this weekend are the gift of those at Hereford Welding. Gerald & Denise
Marnell HONOR Fr. JOHN this weekend by providing flowers on Mary’s Altar. Thanks to all. GOD BLESS YOU!
What a true blessing we have as those with green thumbs keep our
grounds lovely and tenderly cared for! Also for the volunteers who take
care of the interior of the church. Without these gracious volunteers, our
décor, inside and out, would truly be missed. We appreciate your time
and talent in making our exterior and interior beautiful.—Danielle Bartels
ABSENTEE
VOTING
IN
Church
Office
All Week
San Jose JAMAICA this Sunday JUNE 23, 12-8 PM in Dameron
Park —> ENJOY MUSIC & FUN for all ages, DJ Shorty, LIVE BANDS, CAR SHOW, FOLKLORIC DANCING, FACE PAINTING, GAMES, FOOD (tacos, brisket,
funnel cakes, burritos, nachos, pizza, hamburgers, hot dogs, fajitas, tamales, gorditas, tortas…) and MORE to BENEFIT SAN JOSE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
PRAY
for
T h a d
Guzman and
his family as
they bury their
18-month-old son. Janette
Fowler is at-
tending the
funeral and
asks us to pray
for the family.
A preacher said to a farmer, ―Do you belong to the Christian family?‖ ―No,‖ said he ―they live two farms down.‖ ―No,
no, I mean are you lost?‖ ―No, I’ve been here 30 years.‖ ―I
mean are you ready for Judgment Day?‖ ―When
is it?‖ ―It could be today or tomorrow.‖ ―Well, when you find out for sure when it is, you let me
know. My wife will probably want to go both
days!‖
THANK YOU GLORIA GARCIA (kitchen coor-dinator) & JULIE LUEB (music leader) for of-fering to help with V.B.S. July 15-18, 5:30-8:30 pm. THERE is still a need for an ASSIS-TANT for JULIE (to help with playing music CDs and leadership = not hard) Please call Coordinator
Kristin Smith @806-220-9643 (leave message) or the parish office @364-6150. The only requirement is to have a safe environment certificate. Ask Charlotte for help with that @364-6150. Thank you.
FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Parishioner RAMON HERNANDEZ,
Jr., 43, husband of CONNIE, died
Thursday, June 13 in Amarillo, following a
lengthy illness. His funeral Mass was Tues-
day, June 18th at St. Anthony’s with Father John presiding.
Burial followed in Saint Anthony Catholic Cemetery. Prayers go
up for his family in this difficult time.
Former parishioner JUAN S. SUSTAITA, 84, died
Sunday June 16 in his daughter’s home in Amarillo following a
lengthy illness. His funeral Mass was Friday morning, June 21 at
St. Anthony’s with Father John presiding; burial followed in St.
Anthony Catholic Cemetery. He and his wife raised ten children.
Prayers go up for his family in this difficult time.
ALICE MIESNER, 92, mother of MARTHA PAET-ZOLD, died Monday afternoon June 17 in a nursing home
in Beaverton, Oregon, where she was a resident. Her funeral
service and burial will be Monday afternoon, June 24th, at Skyline
Memorial Gardens at Portland, Oregon. Prayers are offered for her family in this difficult time.
BLOOD DRIVE WED., JUNE 26, 10-7 at THE Community
Center. ELIGIBLE DONORS get a FREE Keep Calm T-Shirt and
entry for a one year supply of milk (52 gallons) courtesy of Plains
Dairy! Must have a PHOTO ID and be AT LEAST
17. 16 year olds may donate with signed Parental
Consent. Appointments CALL 806-331-8800. Walk-
ins are welcome! GIVE BLOOD! SAVE A LIFE!
THANKS for supporting POPE
FRANCIS’ charitable works in last
weekend’s PETER’S PENCE Collection.
This helps victims of war, oppression,
natural disaster and more needing emer-
gency Thanks for your generosity.
MUSIC TEACHER NEEDED at Saint Anthony
School this Fall. It is a PARTTIME POSITION.
Call the school office at 364-1952 for more information
Landry’s By Name I Have Called You or Streams of Living
Water, please return to the Antonian Room in time for our
use with RCIA. Just replace to the corner cabinet by the
TV. Thanks!!
OTHER LOST AND FOUND: Another pair of nice
(ladies) glasses were left in church over the weekend: They
are Apple Bottoms (in a case) Also a blue butterfly ring. Come by parish office to describe and claim them. Thank you.
THANK
YOU NOTES
MY DAUGHTER AND I THANK so many people for their
help during the loss of my brother ALVARO PEREZ. I espe-
cially THANK Janie & Gerald Perez and Debra & Ernest
Cabezuela for the kind help while Alvaro was ill and for provid-
ing such lovely flowers. THANKS to Charlotte and Aida from the Parish Office for helping us arrange for a funeral mass on
such short notice. We thank Tommy and Annette Albracht,
Robin Gonzales (and her pianist) and Catherine Cortez
for their help with the music and mass. A very special
THANKS to Father John for officiating and providing a
lovely sermon. Delilah Murillo deserves thanks
for preparing food, along with ladies from the par-
ish, and Tonia was so helpful serving and cleaning
after a very nice meal. GRATITUDE goes to my
great nieces from Dallas and Lubbock for taking
care of arrangements for Alvaro with The Heritage
Funeral Home. —God bless you all,
Elida Gonzales and Melinda Guerrero
THANK YOU NOTE
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO helped to celebrate St. Anthony Feast Day: Cooks
–> Mark Banner, Gregg Yosten
and friends, and the clean up crew, servers,
and all our lovely participating parishioners. Have a great summer, Charlotte
BRENT BULLARD is married to Cathy and they have two daughters, Charleigh (6 months) and Callie (5) who will be in K5 this Fall. Brent is a lifetime parishioner who attended St. A‟s School for 7 years. He is employed by Hicks Well Service. For 14 years he has been Scout Master for troop #54; he has helped with the recycling paper barn project for 5 years, played guitar for a year for 11:15 Mass until he became a busy father, and says, if elected to the school board, “It would be good to know what is going on with the school and to get better and more involved.”
CHRIS GROTEGUT is married to Judith and they have twin sons, Josef and Johan, who will be in K5 next Fall at St. Anthony. Chris is in the livestock business as veterinarian-farmer-ag man who has been a member of St. Mary‟s in Umbarger since birth until his family‟s transfer 2 years ago, to be part of St. Anthony Parish and School. He puts his name in nomination for school board because “We actually live in the historical boundaries of St. Anthony Parish and moved our membership here in order to be present for the children and the school, long term.” He added “Basically, it is a place where I can contribute to watching out for the needs of the students and the faculty.”
VOTE FOR TWO to serve SCHOOL BOARD:
Must be at least age 18 and an active member on St.
Anthony Parish list.
JASON JESKO is married to wife Dawn, they have daughter Kinley (3) and son Nehemiah (10 months). Kinley will attend St. A‟s School this Fall and Jason says, by way of getting elected “I hope to have the school ready for her.” He has farmed for 10 years at Westway, has no hobbies, is Grand Knight for the K of C‟s (3 years of his 6 years with the men‟s group) Jason attended St. A‟s School for three years as a child – K5, 1st and 2nd grades.
LISA BLAKELY married Robbie Blakely 36 years ago, they have 5 children and 6 grandchildren, and she has been a member of St. Anthony Parish for 33 years. She has served on the council before and welcomes the chance to do so again, is a 20 year (total years) catechist for CFC, RCIA, and Family Sacramental Prep, served 15 years on the SAPO Core Team and is currently co-director of RCIA. She once served on the liturgical committee (when one existed), is a Lector, and said “It would be an honor to be able to serve on the Council again, if elected.”
VOTE FOR TWO WOMEN TWO MEN: PASTORAL COUNCIL aka PARISH COUNCIL:
FARRON URBANCZYK writes “I married Greg and we have been married for almost 11 won-derful years. We have 3 children: Dylan, Gavin, and Colton. I am employed as a 4 th grade teacher at St. Anthony Catholic School and have been for the past 2 years. I also serve as a Eucharistic Minister. I wish to serve on the Pastoral Council in a meaningful way to continue to develop this wonderful Christian community of faith and action.” Farron is a Eucharistic Minister, a catechist in the school, and came into the Church through RCIA and helps with
hospitality for new RCIA groups.
GERALD MARNELL is married to Denise Marnell. He is a lifelong member of St. Anthony Church and a farmer and rancher in west Deaf Smith County. He graduated from St. Anthony School as well as did all three of their daughters. He is currently a Communion Minister to the Sick and member of the Cemetery Committee. Gerald says “Faith is a gift and needs to be nourished. It is the job of the Pas-toral Council to help Father John nourish the faith at St. Anthony‟s.”
DAVID FETSCH, married Cindy 22 years ago here at St. Anthony‟s - his parish since birth; they have two sons, two daughters. David farms north of Hereford and is a 25-20 year member of the Knights of Colum-bus; he formerly served on the parish council and the cemetery committee. His hobby is cooking, especially BBQ-ing and has fed „the masses‟ in St. Anthony Parish and School at numerous events over the years, cooking for the RCIA Retreatants every Palm Sunday for 17 years. In his words “I said yes to this nomina-tion because Father John and The Lord are telling us we should say “yes” to doing God‟s work. If the people elect me, I will do my best to do that.”
COOKIE STEVENS (formerly Cookie Tarr) has been a member of St. Anthony‟s Parish over 30 years. She has 3 grown children and 3 granddaughters. “I married Jimmy Stevens April 27, 2013 “at last” :) after he completed the RCIA process. I currently am a Lector and help with the parish youth at various events and I have helped with RCIA hospitality.” She wonders, through this chance at being elected to the Pas-toral Council, “What is my gift for thanking God today?” Cookie has also served on the ACTS Team for a Women‟s Diocesan Retreat.
ERNEST FLOOD has been married to Carmen for 47 years and joined the Church in 1988; they have 4 sons and 6 grandchildren. He has spent his life in agribusiness and has served on the pastoral council for 1term, putting his name into nomination again, saying “I would like to encourage people to become involved in our parish so together we can come up with new ideas for growing in our faith.” Ernest has been a Com-munion Minister for 10 years, has served as parish core leader for Why Catholic?, is in the Men‟s Choir, and has been a Lector. He also was co-director for RCIA for 7 years, following up as an RCIA guest catechist-Team member for many years.
BARBARA YAVORNIK writes “I was born in Olympia, Washington. graduated high school and col-lege in the Evergreen State where I met and married my husband Ed. We arrived in Texas in 1987 and have been members of St . Anthony's since that time. I went back to school and earned my Master's degree from WTAMU. (Go Buffs) Ed's Mom is a resident at Hereford Care Center. Ed is the General Manager of the Hereford Country Club and I am a Kindergarten teacher at Bluebonnet Ele-mentary. We are both life long Catholics. We are so happy and blessed to be members of St. An-thony's. It would be an honor to be on the parish council. I was on it many years ago and recommend it for every-one, as you find out what is happening at St. Anthony's and can contribute in this way. I have served St. Anthony's as a lector, Eucharistic minister and greeter.
RONNIE FETSCH, married to Debbie for 30 years, they have two sons; he farms north of Hereford. He has been a Knight of Columbus since age 18 ( 32 years). He attended St. Anthony School from 1st through 6th and is a lifelong member of the parish. He is a Eucharistic Minister and has been involved on teams for the A.C.T.S. Retreats. Ronnie enjoys cooking for the many activities offering food in the parish and for LifeTeen. He serves currently on the cemetery committee. Ronnie has served on the Parish Council before and said “I feel that I can contribute to the parish council by continuing my service to the parish, along with my family…” Also “When I hear Father John preach that God wants our „yes‟ this seems like the way to go and see what happens.”
“If you want to get yourself to do something, get yourself to love doing it! Whatever you love to do, you’re
always eager to do.” (Proved in my job as bulletin and newsletter Editor—For the glory of God!)
