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ST. ANGELA MERICI Catholic Church
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Office Hours Monday-Friday
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Office Phone: 281-778-0400
Fax: 281-778-0401
Parish Life Center Phone: 281-778-7031
Mailing address 6140 Hwy. 6 PMB 99
Missouri City, Texas 77459
www.stamericigh.com Email:
Bulletin announcements must be print
ready & submitted to [email protected]
no later than noon on Friday (9 days) before the Sunday of publication.
April 29, 2018 ~ 5th Sunday of Easter
Weekday Mass Monday: 9:00 a.m. Tuesday: 9:00 a.m.
Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. Thursday: 9:00 am & 7:00 p.m.
Friday: 9:00 a.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m.
Rosary Friday following Mass
Saturday before 9:00 a.m. Mass
Weekend Mass Saturday: 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Reconciliation Thursdays
6:00 p.m. ~ 6:45 p.m.
Fridays 9:45 a.m. ~ 10:15 a.m.
Saturdays 4:00 p.m. ~ 4:45 p.m.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Thursdays 9:00 a.m. - 6:45 p.m.
9009 Sienna Ranch Road/Sienna Plantation
Welcome Visitors! Please visit our website at: www.stamericigh.com Parish registration forms are located on our website, at the parish office, or at the Church.
Pastor: Rev. John Cahoon [email protected] Parochial Vicar: Rev. Joy Thomas [email protected] Deacon: Deacon Jim Wright [email protected] Parish Administrator: Margaret Myers [email protected] Dir. of Liturgy & Music: Tracy Oliver [email protected] Dir. of Faith Formation: John Masterson [email protected] Dir. of Youth Ministry: Rebecca Jankowski [email protected] Coord. of Elem. Catechesis: Carol Boney [email protected] Bulletin Editor: Tracy Ardoin [email protected] Recording Secretary: Yvonne Laschon [email protected] Receptionist: Linda Cruz [email protected] Bookkeeper: Stephanie Unger [email protected] Ministry Scheduler: Colin Kiernan [email protected] Dir. of Spiritual Life: Kathleen Messina [email protected] Facilities Coordinator: Dennis Palmieri [email protected] Parish Council Chair: Jason Durham [email protected] Finance Council Chair: Kelley Sauer [email protected]
Parish mission statement “St. Angela Merici Catholic Church in Missouri City, TX is a diverse community, united in the Mission of Christ through the Eucharist,
proclamation of the Gospel and service to the people of God.”
Directory and stewardship
Our community—1663 households
If you forgot your offertory envelope, or missed the offering basket and would prefer not leaving cash without
your name attached...We now have offertory envelopes available for your convenience at the front desk.
REALIZING the VISION
~ CAPITAL CAMPAIGN ~
Saint Angela Merici Catholic Church
Parish Stewardship Report - April 2018
*Monthly Budget $122,650.00 Month to Date Offertory $74,679.95 Faith Direct Month to Date $39,557.00 Total Contributions $114,236.95
Land & Start Up Loan Beginning Balance $840,660.90 Monthly Payment $10,000.00 Current Loan Balance $832,377.25
Realizing the Vision Total Pledged $4,029,519.00 Total Collected $2,145,462.62
DIOCESAN SERVICES FUND 2018 GOAL $26,000.00 Pledged $33,318.00 Collected $28,767.00 Rebate to Parish $1,383.50 2nd Collection—Home Missions $2211.26
*The monthly budget takes into account the number of Sundays in the month and any Holy Days.
Upon signing up for e-giving through Faith Direct, we will remove your name from automatic mail outs for future offertory envelope packets unless you notify the parish office.
You may enroll by visiting www.faithdirect.net. Our parish code is TX744.
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Get ready for the party!
Tickets for the event will be on sale beginning May 5th. The tickets are $75.00 per person, which includes dinner, beverages, casino, DJ and photo booth.
$100 Draw down Raffle tickets will be sold at all masses beginning May 5th as well! You have a chance to win the grand prize of $6000, 2nd place prize $2500, or third place prize $1500. Tickets are limited to 300, so don’t wait!
Parish and community Life Mother’s Day flowers will be available for sale on
Mother’s Day, May 13th. Proceeds of this fundraiser will go towards the 2018 St. Angela Merici
Simbang Gabi advent mass.
Thank you for your support!!!
If you still have your Catholic Relief Service Rice Bowls,
please bring them to church when you come to Mass or you can drop them off at the Parish Office. Money collected
will help those around the world and in our area.
Thank you for your generosity!
FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING AN ACTS RETREAT IN OUR ARCHDIOCESE THE FOLLOWING PARISHES HAVE OPEN SLOTS.
PLEASE CONTACT JOHN MASTERSON AT THE PARISH OFFICE OR BY
EMAIL: [email protected] FOR MORE INFORMATION
St. Anthony of Padua - Men’s Retreat - May 17-20 - Circle Lake Retreat Center St Rose of Lima – Women’s Retreat - May 31-June - Circle Lake Retreat Center St. Paul the Apostle - Women's ACTS Retreat - June 28 - July 3.—Our Lady of Lourdes
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!!!!
Ladies, Please join us on Friday, May 4 at 7:00pm at the Parish Life Center (PLC) for FIESTA BUNCO!! Bring your favorite Mexican dishes!
Bunco in a game played with dice that is easy to explain, easy to learn and a great game for meeting others! No RSVP necessary. A donation of $5 to the “winnings” is asked. Laugh, Chat, Roll, BUNCO!! See you there!
Questions/Conceerns: contact Rachelle Dillett [email protected]
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The Safe and Secure Ministry at St. Angela Merici is developing a team of professionals from our parish willing to volunteer and
serve as the team leader should a medical emergency take place during one of our weekend masses. By identifying parishioners who have professional training and experience we will be better prepared to handle issues that may arise. If you are interested in finding out more about this valuable service ministry please go to our website http://www.stamericigh.com/safe-secure-ministry
Calling All Medical and Emergency Responders in our Parish. We Need Your Help.
“And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they partook of food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved” (Acts 2:46-7). This month, which we begin with the celebration of Christ’s Resurrection on Easter, may we imitate the Apostles in building a joyful and gener-ous community of faith.. TO ACCESS OUR PARISH FORMED SUBSCRIPTION, GO TO: WWW. FORMED.ORG….PARISH CODE: RCQRM6 MONTHLY FEATURES:
Together in Holiness Marriage Conference Saturday, May 5, 2018 | 8:30AM to 3:30PM
Two Locations: St. Laurence in Sugar Land, and St. Anthony of Padua in The Woodlands
National Speakers: Father Mitch Pacwa, S.J., and Patty Schneier Each location will also feature panel discussions for men and for women on parenting and virtue
Mass | Eucharistic Adoration | Reconciliation
Cost: $59/couple or $35/individual. Early bird discount available until March 30; scholarships are also available upon request
On-site childcare (2-12yrs): $5/child; pre-registration required For more information, please visit togetherinholiness.org or
email Houston conference coordinators at [email protected].
Together in Holiness™ is an initiative of the St. John Paul II Foundation
PARISH LIFE Scripture Readings
Our Sick Andrew Wilson, Joel Rivera,
Kourosh Vahedi, Michael Robbins, Rand Doane, Julio Reyes,
Margaret Kneeland, Patrick Stephens, Balbina Barron, Pablo Miguel Saavedra,
Margarita Perez, Erin Johnston, Joey Myers, Felix Lopez,
Katherine Barone, Aglabena Luna, Ben Cykala, Jr., Ben Hall,
Patty Liu, Annabelle Van Deursen
Our Military CDR Shawn Kiernan, US Navy PFC Jonathon Rivas, US Army
Major Jose Carrejo, Army Reserve Spec. Nicholas Watts
USN Air Corps Robert Mangan Col. James Romero, US Army
Major Jonathan Esparza, US Air Force BU3 Matthew Roche
Capt. Michael Steward, US Air Force SPC John-Benedict Odukwe
Sailor Denzel Buzon, US Navy PVT Jonathan Villasenor, US Army
PLEASE PRAY FOR
Mass Intentions for the Week
If you or anyone in your family is homebound through illness or infirmity or in the hospital or
extended care facility and would welcome a Eucharistic or Pastoral
Visit by one of St. Angela’s Ministers to the Sick, please call the
Parish Office at 281-778-0400.
Fr. John blesses and sends forth our Ministers of Holy Communion to the sick.
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat
29th 30th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Fifth Sunday of Easter St. Pius V St. Joseph the Worker St. Athanasius Ss. Philip and James; National Day of Prayer First Friday First Saturday; Cinco de Mayo
READINGS FOR THE WEEK Mon 30th Acts 14: 5-18; Ps 115: 1-2, 3-4, 15-16;
Jn 14: 21-26 Tues 1st Acts 14: 19-28; Ps 145: 10-11, 12-13ab,
21; Jn 14: 27-31a Wed 2nd Acts 15: 1-6; Ps 122: 1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5;
Jn 15: 1-8 Thurs 3rd 1 Cor 15: 1-8; Ps 19: 2-3, 4-5;
Jn 14: 6-14 Fri 4th Acts 15: 22-31; Ps 57: 8-9, 10 and 12;
Jn 15: 12-17 Sat 5th Acts 16: 1-10; Ps 100: 1b-2, 3, 5;
Jn 15: 18-21 Sun 6th
Acts 10: 25-26, 34-35, 44-48; Ps 98: 1, 2-3, 3-4; 1 Jn 4: 7-10; Jn 15: 9-17
Sat
28th
9:00 am 5:00 pm
†Joseph Cherukara †Javier Martinez Sun
29th 9:00 am 11:00 am 5:00 pm
People of the Parish †John G. Guevara †Lesya Borysko Mon Tues
30th 1st
9:00 am 9:00 am
John Family Raymundo Polanco Wed Thur Fri
2nd 3rd
4th
9:00 am 9:00 am 7:00 pm 9:00 am
Brent Flowers August Meier †Rosa Villa Reyes †Merrill & †Eunice Holliday Sat
5th 9:00 am 5:00 pm
Lucy Abraham †Shirley Simi Sun 6th 9:00 am
11:00 am 5:00 pm
†Joseph Nguyen & †Theresa Do †Joe & †Esperanza Zamora People of the Parish Please stop by the parish office to schedule a Mass.
†Deceased
Youth ministry and Children’s faith formation
Please contact Rebecca Jankowski with any questions concerning EDGE or LIFETEEN at [email protected]
Congratulations to all of our
students that received their First Communion over the last
two weeks. A special thank you to Ms. Carol, our
catechists, volunteers and all of our parents that prepared our
young people so well for these special days!
Registration is now open on our website!
Please go to Faith Formation > Youth Ministry > Summer Events > Middle School Day Camp
Spiritual Life THE FIFTH
SUNDAY OF EASTER The image of Israel as the vineyard God faithfully loves and cares for despite
her inattentiveness and sinfulness was familiar to the disciples who in today’s Gospel hear Jesus say, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.” Jesus assured the disciples they are branches that have already been pruned, examined, and retained. Although this was spoken during the Last Sup-per, this is good Easter news; they are participants in His pas-chal mystery! They are one with Him and now able to pro-duce fruit as long as they remain in Him. But Jesus reminds the disciples that without Him they can do nothing. Abiding in Him they can ask for anything and it will be done. The gift and responsibility is that they are to bear even more fruit. Barnabas, as we hear in today’s First Reading, remem-bered both the gift and responsibility. Without him, St. Paul may have continued to be feared and treated suspiciously by the apostles. His astounding missionary work might have been greatly delayed, though perhaps given his zealous nature in cooperation with the Lord, he would have found another way. In any event, all of them—Barnabas, the Apostles, and St. Paul, in the midst of persecution, fear, and ordinary human weakness lived out St. John’s exhortation in today’s Second Reading to “love not in word or speech, but in deed and truth.” Branches of the True Vine, they brought forth much fruit for the glory of God. For what mission have you been both nurtured and pruned? It is really fun sometimes to imagine ourselves with the missionary zeal of St. Paul traveling great distances. All of us share the same vocation as he; to be disciples of Jesus Christ. But our greatest mission and the discovery of where our salvation lies is most often close to home in our relation-ships with our family, at work, at St. Angela’s, and right in our neighborhood. These are the places where we are pruned as we experience our own weakness and life’s disappoint-ments, humiliations, and betrayals. If we stay connected to the True Vine through prayer and frequent reception of the sacraments we will grow in humility and generosity, better prepared to respond lovingly in the challenges so close at hand. When we try to live the truth that everything is in Him and through Him and with Him for His glory, we more easily leave everything to the Grower and the Vine and simply enjoy the sweetness of being among the fruit. A.M.D.G. kgm
You’ve experienced the pruning. Stay connected to the vine and don’t miss out on the growth. First, and sometimes most of all, we have to show up. Show up and be present, really, this week to your family, those with whom you work and at St. Angela’s.
Christian spirituality is not one dimension of the Christian life, it IS Christian life.For more information contact Kathleen Messina at [email protected]
TAKE IT TO HEART Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love. . . My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they change more hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
–St. Thérèse of Lisieux, named Patroness of the Missions by Pope Pius XI
ST. ANGELA’S READINGS IN SPIRITUALITY BOOK CLUB
May Selection
Meeting St. Paul Today:
Understanding the Man, His Mission and His Message
by Daniel J. Harrington, SJ
Join other parishioners to discuss this book on Tuesday, May 1st at 7PM in the Parish Office
Conference Room to discuss the book. For more information contact
Kevin Corbett at [email protected].
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SCRIPTURE REFLECTION & COMMUNAL PRAYER ~~~~~~~~~
Monday Scripture Reflection
6:30 PM In the Parish Office MORE INFO:
Men’s Friday Scripture Reflection
6:30 AM In the SAM Room MORE INFO:
John Hopkins (713)429-5004
Tuesday Meditation Group
7:00 - 8:00 PM In the Parish Office MORE INFO:
Clarence Mallett (281)778-5443
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Thursdays 9:00 AM — 6:45 PM
MORE INFO: Paula Flowers (713)962-6128
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
6:45 PM Thursdays MORE INFO:
Paula Flowers (713)962-6128
Rosary
Friday following 9:00 AM Mass Saturday before 9:00 AM Mass
Reconciliation
Thursdays 6:00 PM ~ 6:45 PM Fridays 9:45 AM ~ 10:15 AM Saturdays 4:00 PM ~ 4:45 PM
www.kofc14617.org
Family Rosary Program
April 29 is the 5th Sunday of the month. Join your fellow
parishioners at a rosary prayer service hosted by the Knights
of Columbus.
We will meet immediately following the 11:00am Mass on Sunday, April 29 to pray
the rosary as a
corporate body.
The Knights of Columbus would like to thank all those who sponsored, played, and volunteered to make the Fr. Bob Duggan Memorial Golf Tourna-ment a success. In addition to those sponsors below, we would like to thank Classic Chevrolet Sugar Land who offered outstanding prizes (including a new car) for anyone making a hole-in-one on any of the par 3s. They also provided a number of raffle ticket prizes.
Silver Sponsors Gary Bentz & Family Ed Petru & Family Larry Petru and Family Bob Fletcher & Family
Bronze Sponsors Todd Coutee & Family Larry Kaiser & Family Beverage Cart Sponsor Advanced Family Eye Care Hole Sponsors Nora Anne’s Flower Shoppe Terra Associates L.F.L.S. Residential & Commercial Services Alonso Family Dental Sienna Montessori School Sara Lyn Nguyen Realtor
Hole Sponsors (continued) Dakota Air Apollonia Dental Alcorn Law Ninfa’s Missouri City Drop Zone Fitness Viki Peltier – Realtor Larry Prahin & Family Cory Burkhalter & Family Chris Agostinelli & Family Greg Garvin & Family Bob Blair & Family Mike Mosely & Family Pete Dillett & Family Silent Auction Donations David Sepulveda Gary Bentz Ed Petru Mark Rubal Larry Prahin
www.kofc14617.org
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GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKSHOP May 19, Saturday, 9a.m. to 5p.m.; Ave Maria Center, St Laurence Catholic Parish, Sugar Land If you like to experience the power of the HOLY SPIRIT and practice his charismatic gifts, attend this Workshop! This is a hands-on presentation of the charismatic gifts of the HOLY SPIRIT (1 Cor. 12:7-11): the gifts of tongues, interpretation, prophecy, word of knowledge and wisdom, discernment, faith, healing and miracles. Fr. Mark Goring, director of the Catholic Charismatic Center, is our main speaker; he brings with him a team of spirit-filled speakers. The Workshop ends with a powerful healing service. This Workshop is free and lunch is provided. To register, call Deacon Rey Arellano (713-854-8804).
Dominican Sisters Summer Camp 2018
Girls 5th—8th grade: For SUMMER ADVENTURES, join in the fun and games at Dominican Sisters Summer Camp 2018, July 1—July 7, at Camp Kappe. Activities: Archery, Wood Crafts, Singing, Sewing, Arts and Crafts, and more. For further information contact: Sr. Thomas Ann, OP, at 281-684-8011, or go online to www.domhou.org and follow the links under “Ministries” to download a brochure.
DON’T FORGET to support
St. Angela Merici’s Building Fund
by registering your Kroger card for the Kroger Community Rewards Program!!!
Register online at www.krogercommunityrewards.com
Enter NPO #83876 for St. Angela Merici
Thank you for your support!
This quarter 49 households contributed $138.63
Have you ever considered volunteering with SVDP? We could use your assistance in
answering our help line, data input and/or going
on home visits.
If you would like more information on volunteering with SVDP please contact Tracy Ardoin at
[email protected] or come to any of our meetings. Meetings are held the 2nd and 4th
Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm in the Administration building.
St. Angela Merici SVDP Help Line: 281-710-2002
Did you know you can contribute to St. Angela Merici just by shopping at Amazon? Simply go to our website www.stamericigh.com and click on the Amazon logo located on the lower right side of the home page. Shop as you normally would and St. Angela will receive a credit.
Please remember to click on the Amazon logo each time you shop!