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107 Church Street / P.O. Box 108
Gregory, TX 78359
(361) 643-4505
PARISH STAFF
PASTOR
Fr. James Puthenparambil
PARISH SECRETARY
Noreen Saenz
BOOKKEEPER
Womack & Womack
DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
David Daniel Solis
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION STAFF
Belen Pena, Assistant D.R.E.
Janie J. Garcia, Office Coordinator
C E L E B R AT I O N O F M A S S
Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm
Sunday Masses: 7:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, 5:00 pm
Weekday Masses: 5:30 pm Tuesday
8:30 am Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
5:30pm First Friday
Holy Days of Obligation: 8:30 am & 6:30 pm
Vigil Mass: 6:30 pm
PARISH OFFICE
Office Hours: Monday-Friday: 9 am-12 pm;1pm-5 pm
Fax: (361) 643-1509 Website: www.iccgregory.org
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE: 643-8327
Office Hours: Wednesday
RCIA Classes on Tuesday
CCD Classes on Wednesday
5:00pm - 8:45pm
7:00pm
6:00pm & 7:15pm
LITURGICAL MUSIC
Saturday 5:00 p.m.
Rosendo Ortiz
Sunday
7:00 a.m.
Eddie & Gina Lopez
10:00 a.m.
Tony Rios
12:00 noon
Karla Peña
5:00 p.m.
Pedro (Lisa) Solis
PRAYER & PRAISE
Saturday
6:00 p.m.
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Please register by contacting the Parish Office
MINISTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
Finance Committee
Jamaica Coordinator
Sacristans
Javier Solis
Mike Lopez
Jesse Gomez
Juan Rodriguez
Choir Coordinator
Naida Rios
Communion Ministers Isidro Peña
Altar Servers
David D. Solis
Lectors
Rene Sanchez
Ushers
Ramiro Peña
Altar Society
Nena Garcia
CfC & Retreat Team
Noreen Saenz
Divine Mercy
Sonya G. Hartnett
ICC Food Pantry
Adriana Moreno
Immaculate Heart of Mary Nydia Tamez
Knights of Columbus
Edward Lara
Sacred Heart
Lupe Lopez
St. Bernadette Angels Belen Peña
Vacation Bible School Tycee Sanchez
Prayer & Praise
Jeronimo Garcia
290.5953
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BAPTISMS: Third Saturday of the Month at 10:30 a.m.
BAPTISM CLASS: Tuesday prior of Baptism at 7:00pm; Must register at office
RECONCILIATION: Saturdays 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
MARRIAGE: By appointment only; Notice to Pastor
six (6) months prior to wedding.
QUINCEANERAS: Must be enrolled & attending Rel. Ed.
Notice to Pastor six (6) months prior.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Anytime by request.
COMMUNION FOR THE SICK: Contact the office.
July 26, 2015
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
SATURDAY
5:00 PM:
JULY 25, 2015
+ Jose O. Lucio, +Anita Lucio de Ortiz
SUNDAY
7:00 AM:
10:00 AM:
JULY 26, 2015
+Richard Ortiz [Janie Ortiz]
+ Joey Valencia (Valencia Family)
+ Lorna Gomez (Family)
+ Rodrigo Cantu Sr. (Gallegos Family)
+Maria R. Flores (M/M Danny Velasquez & Fam.)
+ Jose Ortiz ( Lisa Couch)
+Maria G. Perez (Family)
For the parishioners of Immaculate Conception
12:00 PM:
5:00 PM:
MONDAY
TUESDAY
5:30 PM:
[Garcia & Lucio Family]
700.12
1957.00
210.08
161.25
$3,029.45
SATURDAY
5:00 PM:
August 1, 2015
SUNDAY
7:00 AM:
10:00 AM:
12:00 PM:
5:00 PM:
August 2, 2015
Amparo, Estevan, Isidro
Raymond, Maria, Chom Yo
Rachel O., Jessie C., Ofelia A.
Juan, Cindy, Stephanie
JULY 27, 2015 ~ NO MASS
JULY 28, 2015
Thanksgiving to Santa Niño de Atoche (Maria Lara)
WEDNESDAY
JULY 29, 2015
8:30 AM:
Thanksgiving to Saint Michael ( Maria Lara)
THURSDAY
8:30 AM:
JULY 30, 2015
Thanksgiving to St. Gabriel the Archangel (Maria Lara)
FRIDAY
8:30AM
JULY 31, 2015
Thanksgiving to St. Raphael the Archangel (Maria Lara)
SATURDAY
5:00 PM:
AUGUST 1, 2015
+ Maria R. Flores (M/M Danny Valasquez & Fam.)
+ Lorna Gomez (Family)
SUNDAY
7:00 AM:
10:00 AM:
AUGUST 2, 2015
+Richard Ortiz (Janie Ortiz)
+Jesus & Guadalupe Cavazos (Cavazos Family)
+Lorna Gomez (Family)
+Maria R. Flores (M/M Danny Velasquez & Family)
+Richard, +Enrique, + Ernest Escobedo (Family)
OPEN
+Daniel E. Flores (Family)
12:00 PM:
5:00 PM:
LOOSE COLLECTION
ENVELOPE COLLECTION
SECOND COLLECTION
CHILDREN’S COLLECTION
JULY 19, 2015 TOTAL
First Reading
Psalm
Second Reading
Gospel
SATURDAY
5:00 PM:
August 1, 2015
SUNDAY
7:00 AM:
10:00 AM:
12:00 PM:
5:00 PM:
August 2, 2015
Janie Ortiz
Brenda Flores
Rene Sanchez
Jessie L. Gomez
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Ex 32:15-24, 30-34; Ps 106:19-23; Mt 13:31-35
Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28; Ps 103:6-13; Mt 13:36-43
St. Martha
Ex 34:29-35; Ps 99:5-7, 9; Jn 11:19-27, or Lk 10:38-42
Ex 40:16-21, 34-38; Ps 84:3-6a, 8a, 11;,Mt 13:47-53
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Lv 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37; Ps 81:3-6, 10-11ab;
Mt 13:54-58
Lv 25:1, 8-17; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 7-8; Mt 14:1-12
Ex 16:2-4, 12-15; Ps 78:3-4, 23-25, 54;
Eph 4:17, 20-24; Jn 6:24-35
WORKING AND SAVING ~ Anonymous
Work hard and save your money so when you’re old
you will be able to buy the things only the young can enjoy.
TODAY’S READINGS
Elisha feeds a hundred people with twenty barley loaves (2 Kings 4:42-44).
The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs (Psalm 145).
Paul urges the Ephesians to live in a manner worthy of the call they received (Ephesians 4:1-6).
Jesus feeds a large crowd with five barley loaves and two fish (John 6:1-15).
† Belief ~ Trust ~ Faith †
Prayer is the most powerful against trails, the most effective medicine against sickness and the most valuable gift to someone we care for.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK, especially the following:
Irma Adame, Hermelinda Alcoser, Robert Alvarado, Victoria & Oscar Arrendondo, Jesse & Ophelia Avila, Leonor Banda, Rosa Barrera, Brae L Benavidez, Allen
Bohns, Esteban Cantu Jr, Rosario Cantu, Tamara Bode, Ben Chapa, Gabriel & Matthew Claudio, Sammy Coronado, Estella Cortez, Pedro R Costilla III, Lino Cruz,
Michael Duenes, Dominic De Leon, Nessiah Encinia, Alma Escobedo, Adan Flores Sr, Alberto Flores, Arturo Flores, Eudelia Flores Fabian Flores, Bryce Ganley,
Aurelia Garcia, Belia Garcia, Concepcion Garcia, Jose L Garcia, Josie Garcia, Juana S Garcia, Juanita Garcia, Oscar Garcia, Ramiro Garcia, Reyes Garcia, April
Garza, Angie Garza, Elias Garza, Joe Garza, Jacob Goldapp, Alejandra Guerrero, Denis Guzman, Conner Heinz, Carolina Hernandez, Isis Hernandez, Juan ‘Chuco’
Hernandez, Manuela Hernandez, Maria Hernandez, Jesse Hinojosa, Manuel Hinojosa, Sr., Fidel Labeija, Elia Lopez, Lupe Lopez, Lori Lucio, Tina Juarez, Anna
Juarez, Solomon Kahookele, Christopher Manka, Olga Moreno, Mimi Obregon, Candelaria Ortiz, Carmen Ortiz, Diana Ortiz, Jerry Oritz, Oralia Ortiz, Socorro
Ortiz, Sophia Parker, Raul Padilla, Anita Pena, Luis Pena, Jr., Aurora Perez, Fela Perez, Johnny Pereida, Maria Pequeno, Raul and Lenore Quintanilla, Josie
Ramirez, Ramona Ramirez, Valentin Ramirez, Esther Rangel, Juan Reyes, Pepe Reyes, Santos Reyes, Datnacio Rivas, Anna Rivera, Antonio Rodriguez Jr.,
Domingo Rodriguez, Elena Rodriguez, Esequiel Rodriguez, Juan Rodriguez, Tony Rios, Sr., Tony Rios, Jr., Noreen Saenz, Richard Saldivar, Vanessa Steele, Teresa
Sierra, Alfonso Solis, Braulia Solis, Grace Solis, Licha Solis, Luis Solis, Mona Lisa Solis, Felicitas Trevino, Gloria Trevino, Joe & Sara Trevino, Maria L. Valdez, Chris
Vela, Cynthia Vela, Miranda Vela, Alejandro Veliz, Renee Young and Leticia Zepeda.
FEEDING THE WORLD With today’s two accounts of feeding miracles and the psalm response about the Lord’s hand feeding us, it is
easy to gloss over the marvelous hymn in Ephesians. It is built around the most potent biblical numbers: one, three, and seven. The
core of it is the word “one” expressed seven times. Three of these describe the church: one body, one Spirit, one hope; the next three
are the foundations of the church: one Lord [Jesus], one faith, one baptism. All of these are bound up together in the one Father of
all. While we might feel daunted by the prospect of duplicating the wonders worked by Elisha and Jesus in the feeding of multitudes,
Ephesians gives us a more realistic way to live and “feed” others as the church: by living in humility and gentleness, by acting with
patience, bearing with each other in love, and always seeking and striving to preserve unity through peace. Who among us cannot
increase the way we “feed” the church and the world by living this way? We are always called upon to “feed” the world in the literal
sense; but our mission as church tells us that others are also fed by the way we live and act each moment of each day.
ALIMENTANDO AL MUNDO Al oír las narraciones de cómo Eliseo y Jesús multiplican los alimentos, y el salmo responsorial sobre como la mano del Señor nos alimenta, es fácil caer en la tentación de pasar por alto el maravilloso himno de la carta a los efesios en la Segunda lectura. El himno se centra en
los números más potentes de la tradición bíblica: el uno, el tres y el siete. La médula del himno es el número uno, repetido siete veces. Tres de ellas se refieren a la Iglesia: un solo cuerpo, un solo Espíritu, como también una sola es la esperanza. Los próximas tres son los fundamentos de la Iglesia: un solo Señor,
una sola fe, un solo bautismo. Y todos estos se juntan en un solo Dios y Padre de todos. La idea de repetir los milagros obrados por Eliseo y por Jesús al
alimentar las multitudes nos desalienta, claro está, pero la carta a los efesios nos ofrece un modo más realizable de vivir como Iglesia y de alimentar a los
demás en la Iglesia: ser siempre humildes y amables; ser comprensivos y soportarnos mutuamente con amor, y esforzarnos en mantenernos unidos en el
Espíritu con el vínculo de la paz. ¿Quién de nosotros no puede “alimentar” a la comunidad de la Iglesia viviendo de esta manera? Es verdad que siempre
estamos llamados a “alimentar” al mundo en el sentido literal de la palabra, pero nuestra misión como Iglesia también nos dice que a los demás también
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 26, 2015
The eyes of all look hopefully to you, and you
give them their food in due season.
~ Psalm 145:15
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE
Sooner of later, as they plan their wedding
liturgy, a couple will receive some advice
about a “unity candle.” They need one, they
are told (at great expense); it is a tradition;
it is what Catholics have always done. Not
so. In the last thirty years or so, the custom
has enjoyed wide popularity in the United
States. It has never been officially part of
our liturgy, and it exists in tension with
some of our core symbols. Usually there are
two smaller candles and one larger one to
be lit from the smaller. Large candles in our
tradition always mean Christ, and smaller
ones are always tokens of our baptismal
candle. If the candles are meant for a kind
of renewal of baptismal vows, then the
meaning is clearer, yet this is seldom the
understanding. Why, then, are those
smaller candles extinguished?
Para los hispanos y las personas de otras
culturas, el recuerdo y vinculación con
nuestros antepasados es algo muy
importante. De hecho, en las
culturas latinoamericanas se usan los
apellidos del padre y de la madre para
enfatizar de dónde y de quiénes provienen. Muchas personas han conservado
esta misma tradición aquí en Estados
Unidos. Este sentido de conectarnos a
nuestros antepasados también se encuentra en la fe cristiana. Mediante la
imposición de manos, por citar un ejemplo, llegamos hasta los apóstoles. Podríamos decir que los cuatro evangelios subrayan esta vinculación con los orígenes de
nuestra fe. La forma en que lo hacen,
aunque pequeña, es interesante. Luego
de que todos comieron de los panes y los
peces multiplicados por Jesús, recogieron
doce canastos llenos de pan. En cierta
manera, los evangelistas aseguran que el
pan que Jesús dio al gentío de su
tiempo nos lo sigue dando hoy en la
eucaristía. Ahora, este pan es la carne de
Jesús, quien se hace ofrenda y hostia
(sacrificio) por nosotros.
It’s hard to tell where these pesky
candles came from. Some suggest that the
Presbyterian Church, which has a very lean
wedding liturgy, introduced them as an
option for extending a short service.
Generally, it’s been experienced as a “photo
opportunity” rather than a genuine
liturgical ritual. The “unity candle,” a recent
invention rather than an authentic tradition,
has not been approved as an adaptation to
our rite, and it is to be hoped that it will
gradually disappear from view.
The Pope tweets…. follow him at Pope Francis @Pontifex
The emptier a person’s heart is, the more he or
she needs to buy, own and consume. #Laudato Si
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Heavenly Father, You have gathered us together as a
parish to be Your visible life in our world. Here we unite
in worship, Proclaim Your word, celebrate the Eucharist,
and are Sent forth to share Your love and make disciples.
Lord, we take your Great Commission seriously and long
for our parish to be so on-fire that we draw people to
You. Help us in that endeavor, as we strive to work together - ordained, religious, and laity. Please make our
parish amazing, through Your power and Your grace.
Amen.
~ Parish News ~
PARISHIONER REGISTRATION
We are currently in the process of updating our parish
database, if you are a new or current parishioner we do ask
that that you take a few moments to fill out a registration
form. Forms can be found in the entrance of the church
and online at the parish website:
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ICC Parish Raffle
www.iccgregory.org/parishioner
To purchase and/or if you are interested in selling a
$100.00 Raffle Ticket, you may contact any ICC Organization Leader or Ministry Leader listed on the parish bulletin or contact the Parish office.
The Raffle Drawing will be on Sunday, August 16th @
2:00pm in the CCD Building, Holy Spirit Room.
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Immaculate Conception Parish welcomes Everyone to join
us as we celebrate a Historic and Joyous occasion of the
DEDICATION and CONSECRATION
of the NEW PARISH CHURCH
Official Date and Time is
Saturday, August 1, 2015 @ 5:00 p.m.
Mass Presided by His Excellency,
Most Rev. Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey
For where two or three have gathered together in My
name, I am there in their midst." Matthew: 18:20