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107 Church Street / P.O. Box 108
Gregory, TX 78359
(361) 643-4505
www.iccgregory.org
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 to the 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: Fax: 361-643-1509
Office Hours: Monday - Friday
9:00am - 12:00pm
1:00pm - 5:00pm
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE: 643-8327
Office Hours: Wednesday
RCIA Classes on Tuesday
CCD Classes on Wednesday
Saturday
Sunday
5:00pm - 8:45pm
7:00pm
6:00pm & 7:15pm
LITURGICAL MUSIC
5:00 p.m.
Rosendo Ortiz
7:00 a.m.
Eddie & Gina Lopez
10:00 a.m.
Tony Rios
12:00 noon
Karla Peña
5:00 p.m.
Pedro Solis
Youth Choir
Pedro & Lisa Solis
PRAYER & PRAISE
Saturday 6:00 p.m.
In Chapel
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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
Crusaders for Christ
Fred Flores
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
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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.
June 28, 2015
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
SATURDAY
5:00 PM:
SUNDAY
7:00 AM:
10:00 AM:
JUNE 27, 2015
+ Miguel Salcido (Alicia Ortiz)
+ Maria G. Perez (Orlando & Zulema Torres)
FATHER’S DAY NOVENA
JUNE 28, 2015
+Richard Ortiz (Family)
+ Salvador Ayala (Ana, Alfredo, & Terri Ayala)
FATHER’S DAY NOVENA
+Ramon P. Flores & Jesus Flores (Raymond G. Flores &
Family)
12:00 PM:
5:00 PM:
FATHER’S DAY NOVENA
LOOSE COLLECTION
ENVELOPE COLLECTION
SECOND COLLECTION
CHILDREN’S COLLECTION
JUNE 21, 2015 TOTAL
SATURDAY
5:00 PM:
July 4, 2015
Angie Solis
SUNDAY
7:00 AM:
10:00 AM:
12:00 PM:
5:00 PM:
July 5, 2015
Janie Ortiz
Brenda Flores
Rene Sanchez
Jessie L Gomez
+ Viola Sowell (Anita Zambrano & Family)
+ Nora Ortiz & Miguel Ortiz (Nydia Tamez & Family)
+Maria G. Perez (family)
MONDAY
JUNE 29, 2015 ~ NO MASS
TUESDAY
JUNE 30, 2015
5:30 PM:
FATHER’S DAY NOVENA
WEDNESDAY
JULY 1, 2015
8:30 AM:
OPEN
THURSDAY
8:30 AM:
JULY 2, 2015
OPEN
FRIDAY
5:30 PM
JULY 3, 2015
+ Andrea G. Solis (Modesto & Benita Hernandez)
SATURDAY
5:00 PM:
JULY 4, 2015
+ Christina Rossel (Family)
+ Nora Ortiz (Alicia Ortiz)
JULY 5, 2015
+ Richard Ortiz Sr. (Family)
+ Salvador Ayala (Ana, Alfredo & Terri Ayala)
+Jesus H. Moreno (Graciela E. Moreno)
+ Jose H. Moreno (Graciela E. Moreno)
+ Jesus & Guadalupe Cavazos (Family )
SUNDAY
7:00 AM:
10:00 AM:
12:00 PM:
5:00 PM:
OPEN
+ Pedro Solis Sr. (Dora Hernandez)
+ Daniel E. Flores (Family)
TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — God did not make death, nor does God rejoice in the
destruction of the living (Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24).
Psalm — I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me (Psalm 30).
Second Reading — Your abundance should supply the needs of the
others (2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15).
Gospel — Your faith has saved you (Mark 5:21-43 [21-24, 35b-43]).
FOUNDING PRINCIPLES
Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.
—Thomas Jefferson
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SATURDAY
5:00 PM:
July 4, 2015
Louis, Lupe, Isabel
SUNDAY
7:00 AM:
10:00 AM:
12:00 PM:
5:00 PM:
July 5, 2015
Amparo, Estevan, Brenda
Raymond, Maria , Chom Yo
Rachel Flores, Jessie, Ofelia
Jessie, Juan
† 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, Maria 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, Minerva 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.
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Ss. Peter and Paul Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19
The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church Gn 19:15-29; Ps 26:2-3, 9-12; Mt 8:23-27
Gn 21:5, 8-20a; Ps 34:7-8, 10-13; Mt 8:28-34
St. Thomas Gn 22:1b-19; Ps 115:1-6, 8-9; Mt 9:1-8
Eph 2:19-22; Ps 117:1bc-2; Jn 20:24-29
Independence Day Gn 27:1-5, 15-29; Ps 135:1b-6; Mt 9:14-17;
Ez 2:2-5; Ps 123:1-4; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mk 6:1-6a
THE LORD OF LIFE At this bountiful time of year, our Sunday readings teem with life and abundance. Both the
first reading, from the book of Wisdom, and the Gospel passage from Mark assure us that God did not make death
or even will us to be ill. Illness and death entered the world through the presence of evil, the Wisdom author tells us.
Mark’s stories of Jesus healing a hemorrhaging woman and resuscitating a dead little girl make it clear that Jesus is
from God. As the Son of God he does not will that anyone suffer illness or death. In the face of such power, the second reading, from Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians, provides a stark contrast. Jesus, who could raise the dead
to new life, “though he was rich, for your sake he became poor” (2 Corinthians 8:9). Our gift of new life from Christ
demands our response in charity.
EL SEÑOR DE LA VIDA En este tiempo tan fecundo del año nuestras lecturas dominicales rebosan con vida y abundancia. Tanto la primera lectura, del libro de la Sabiduría, como la tercera del Evangelio de san Marcos nos aseguran que Dios no creó la muerte, ni quiere que
suframos de ninguna enfermedad. Fue por la envidia del diablo que la muerte entró al mundo, según nos dice el Sabio. Y lo que san Marcos
nos cuenta sobre la curación de la hemorroisa y cómo revivió la hija de Jairo nos muestran claramente que Jesús viene de Dios. Como Hijo
de Dios, Jesús no quiere que nadie sufra enfermedad ni muerte. Pero en el contexto de tanto poder, la segunda lectura, de la segunda carta
de san Pablo a los corintios, nos presenta un fuerte contraste. Jesús, que puede levantar a los muertos a una nueva vida, “siendo rico se hizo
pobre por ustedes” (2 Corintios 8:9). Así pues, la nueva vida que recibimos como regalo de Cristo exige una respuesta: nuestra caridad.
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
June 28, 2015
You changed my mourning into dancing;
O LORD, my God,
forever will I give you thanks.
— Psalm 30:13
TREASURES FROM OUR
TRADITION
The premier poet of the English
language, Geoffrey Chaucer, introduced one of his most beloved characters, the “Wife of Bath,” by this telling
remark: “Husbands at church door she
had five.” Four times widowed, she
was setting off on a pilgrimage, notably
without number five. The church door
is a curious detail, pointing to the fourteenth-century wedding custom of
marrying on the porch of the parish
church. The goal was to give maximum
publicity to the consent of the groom
and bride, and so consent was moved
from the bride’s home to a public venue. The priest would stand in the
doorway and begin by sprinkling the
couple with holy water. He needed to
make sure they weren’t too closely
related and give them some instruction. He would direct the groom to
pay the bride’s family a dowry, and
then announce the monetary amounts
to the interested passersby. Only then
would the guests enter the church for
the wedding Mass, during which the
bride and groom would hold lighted
candles. The gradual move from home
to church and the shift from the bride’s
father to the priest’s authority helped
to protect the freedom of brides who
weren’t quite as confident as the Wife
of Bath.
TRADICIONES DE
NUESTRA FE
Muchos hispanos que vivimos
en Estados Unidos somos personas bilingües. Podemos leer la
Palabra de Dios en inglés o español. Por ejemplo, el texto de Juan
21:15-19, en el que Jesús le pregunta a Pedro si lo ama. El texto
en inglés nos dice que Jesús le
pregunta tres veces: Peter, do you
love me? Pedro le responde: Lord,
you know that I love you, mientras
que en español le dice: “Señor, tú
sabes que te quiero”.
La diferencia es casi imperceptible, pero importante. El texto
original fue escrito en griego y
usaba dos palabras que significan
amor, ágape (amor que se sacrifica) y fileo (amor fraterno). En
inglés, Jesús y Pedro usan la misma
palabra, love, mientras en español
Jesús dos veces pregunta por
“amor”, y Pedro responde con
“querer”. La tercera vez, Jesús se
acopla a Pedro y sólo pregunta en
torno al “querer”, reconociendo
que en ese momento, Pedro no
puede darle más que eso. Jesús le
asegura que algún día Pedro sería
capaz del amor ágape entregando
su vida por él. Jesús se acopla a
nosotros pidiendo lo que le podemos dar y ayudándonos a crecer
hasta que podamos darle toda
nuestra vida.
The Pope tweets…. follow him at Pope Francis @Pontifex
We need to build up society in the light of the
Beatitudes, walking towards the Kingdom with
the least among us.
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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 ~
Peter’s Pence 2nd Collection
In the second collection today, we are supporting Pope Francis in
his charitable works. The Peter’s Pence Collection is taken up
worldwide to support the most disadvantaged: victims of war,
oppression, and natural disasters. This is an opportunity to join
with our Holy Father, Pope Francis, and be a witness of charity to
our suffering brothers and sisters. Please be generous in today’s
collection.
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Join us for a Special
Eucharistic Adoration on Friday July
3rd from 7:00pm 8:00pm in the Chapel
Be one with Jesus in Eucharistic Adoration
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Vacation Bible School : July 6-9, 2015
for more details contact Tycee Sanchez
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Immaculate Conception Church
Parish Raffle
Raffle Tickets are available for our Parish $100
Raffle, if you would like to purchase, sell or know of
someone interested in one or more ticket you may
contact any of the Organization or Ministry Leaders
or the Parish office for more details.
Raffle Drawing is on Sunday August 16th @ 2:00pm