St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Church

3901 Violet Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78410

Parish Office: 361.241.3249 Religious Education Office: 361.241.3372

www.stpeterprince.net Fax: 361.241.0533

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Catholic Church

is a welcoming community dedicated to promoting a devout life of prayer and teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ through living the sacraments in a spirit of generous service.

August 18, 2013 Twentieth Sunday In Ordinary Time

REV. RAJU D. THOTTANKARA PASTOR (361) 774-0254 PRIEST: Msgr. Seamus McGowan DEACONS: Allen Cicora Eluterio Farias WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday: 6:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 & 10:00 AM 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM Confessions are heard on Saturday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM and by appointment. St. Mary Mission Mass, 10:00 AM

MASS INTENTIONS Aug. 6-11, 2019

Tuesday 6:30 pm †Gerald Sherman - Ray & Carol Malish Wednesday 6:30 pm †Minerva Craig - Terry Falcon Thursday 8:00 am †Martha Krejci - Vic & Marguerite Vatzlavick Friday 8:00 am †Tommy and Ann Najvar Family Saturday 6:00 pm †Benjamin & Juanita Zuniga - Tony & Yolanda Zuniga †Earl Nesloney - Coffman Family †Joyce Phillips - Nelton & Kathleen Salch Sunday 8:00 am †Bobby Rowland - Patricia Franklin 10:00 am (St. Mary’s) Reyes Family - Joe & Lydia 40th Wedding Anniversary - Joe & Lydia 10:00 am †Jose Cano - Nancy & Gerald Mooney 12:00 pm People of the Parish 6:00 pm †Sean Riley - Randy & Lynette Hilton

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USING OUR TIME WISELY A jar of honey lasts practically forever. The oldest jar of honey ever discovered was over five thousand years old. Honey is quite differ-ent from market-fresh produce, then; because most fruits and vegetables last only a few days, we treat them carefully. At this time of sum-mer, we rush to find recipes for cherries and cucumbers so we won’t waste a single one. We wouldn’t feel that same urgency about honey. In our own way, we are as delightful and fragile as ripe produce. Today’s readings urge us not to spoil, but to make good use of our lim-ited time on earth. Ecclesiastes reminds us that because God provides for us now and always, we can manage our daily affairs without anxiety. Saint Paul encourages the Colossians to keep thoughts of heaven in everything they do, and Jesus himself asks us to treasure not earthly wealth, but God alone.

St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Parish 07/28/19 Envelopes ............................................. $9,995.23 Loose ..................................................... $2093.17 Other fees ................................................ $292.00 Total .................................................... $12,380.40 St. Mary’s Mission 07/28/19 Envelopes ................................................ $520.00 Loose ......................................................... $92.00 Total ....................................................... $612.00

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Nm 11:4b-15; Ps 81:12-17; Mt 14:13-21 Tuesday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Lk 9:28b-36 Wednesday: Nm 13:1-2, 25 — 14:1, 26-29a, 34-35; Ps 106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-23; Mt 15:21-28 Thursday: Nm 20:1-13; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Mt 16:13-23 Friday: Dt 4:32-40; Ps 77:12-16, 21; Mt 16:24-28 Saturday: 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2, 5-9; Jn 12:24-26 Sunday: Wis 18:6-9; Ps 33:1, 12, 18-22; Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 [1-2, 8-12]; Lk 12:32-48 [35-40] Online Cityof.com/goodnews

Monday: Prayer Group Meeting 7 pm. Tuesday: Mass 6:30 pm. The Transfiguration of the Lord. Wednesday: Mass 6:30 pm. Feast of St. Sixtus II and Companions; St. Cajetan Thursday: Mass 8 am. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 8:30 am - 6 pm. Feast of St. Dominic Friday: Mass 8:00 am. Feast of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Saturday: Confessions 4:30 - 5:30 pm; Vigil Mass 6 pm. Feast of St. Lawrence.

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You are invited to a potluck luncheon Sunday, August 4th Following the noon Mass (approximately 1 pm)

to welcome our new pastor, Father Raju and Carlos (seminarian), to our parish. You are asked to bring an entrée and/or side dish enough for your family

plus one more. Dessert and drinks will be provided. You may bring your dish to the parish hall before the noon Mass if you will be

attending it. Let’s all show Father Raju a BIG St. Peter’s Welcome

FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN IN NEED

Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey, D.D. has assigned our parish to host the Foundation for Children in Need on the weekend of August 31 and Sept. 1st. FCN is a lay Catholic Organization providing hope and assistance to the people living in the rural villages of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India for the past 17 years. The donations we receive go far in India, providing rural village children food, an education and medical care. We also provide assistance to the elderly and medical care for village people who of-ten lack access to hospitals. We share the Good News through evangelization with those who have never had the opportunity to know Jesus and His message. We currently run four high schools, five orphanages and two homes for the elderly. We have been helping chil-dren born with Cleft Lip with life changing surgeries. In the past 5 years we have helped 800 children with free surgeries. Your help will have far-reaching effects in our services to the poor in South India. (www.fcn-usa.org ) Please be generous to this wonderful organization.

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St. Mary’s Mission News

Congratulations to Alfredo & Juana DeLeon!

They received the Evangelii Guadium Award

on July 17, 2019

ATTENTION ALL GUADALUPANAS!

Pray you all enjoyed your summer break. We will resume our monthly meeting on Tuesday, August 6

At 6:30 pm with a pot luck dinner. We invite any ladies from St. Peter’s &

St. Mary’s, 18 years of age or older interested in Becoming a member of our society, to please Join us at our meeting at St. Mary’s Hall.

If you have any questions, feel free to call me. Hope to see you all there.

Thank you, Sandra Hernandez, 361-765-0942

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AUGUST NEWS

August 1 - 30 Early Registration. Space is limited! Dome to the Parish Office to register.

**All Sacramental Preparation Students must bring in Baptismal Certificate if baptized.

If not baptized bring in birth certificate long form.

We are in need of Catechist, Catechist aides and traffic control monitors.

August 14 - All volunteers in the Religious Education Ministry, Please come meet with Father Raju! St. William Center at 7 p.m.

Classes start: Wednesday, September 4, 2019 & Sunday, September 8, 2019

For more information please call the Religious Education office

361-241-3372

ADULT RCIA CLASSES STARTING SOON If you need sacraments….please read.

The RCIA program at St. Peter’s will have information and registration on Sunday, August 11, 2019

At 10 am in St. William Hall. The classes are scheduled on Sunday mornings starting at 10 am Until 12 noon. There is no cost for the program. The first class starts on August 18th.

For more information, please call the office of Religious Education at

361-241-3372 or come by the parish office. Thank You

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ATTENTION! ATTENTION!

CMSE (Creating and Maintaining a Safe Environment) Class When: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.

Where: St. Matthew Hall Who to contact: Janie C. Pena at Parish Office

(361) 241-3249 Ext. 106 If you get the greeting please leave a message and she will return your call

We seek to educate on the prevention and reporting of child abuse.

Please make child care arrangements.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Apart from the period from Thanksgiving through Christmas, the summer is a favored time for family re-unions. We trace family trees and recall our origins. Worship has a family tree as well, and the way we cele-brate today has been influenced by various styles and customs through the centuries. We are Western Christians of the Latin Rite. By far, we are the most numerous Western Christians, but there are other ritual families as well. The Archdiocese of Milan in Italy follows the Ambrosian Rite, Toledo in Spain preserves the Mozarabic Rite and the Arab language, and Lyons in France is home to the Gallican Rite. Other liturgi-cal families, such as the Celtic in Ireland and the Sarum in England, faded away after the Reformation. Until recent times, members of some ancient religious orders such as Carmelites and Trappists followed a pat-tern of Mass that varied slightly from the plan observed in Latin Rite parishes. Isn’t the Catholic Church the same everywhere? Not at all. It never has been! The existence of so many li-turgical families in the West reminds us that unity, not uniformity, is what the Church seeks to achieve among her children. We are united in faith, but wonderfully diverse in rituals, ceremonies, languages, cus-toms, and spirituality.

Knight’s Corner Officers for the 2019-2020 Fraternal Year

Grand Knight – John Porche Deputy Grand Knight – Eddie Besinaiz Financial Secretary – Dennis Taylor Treasurer – Gil Gomez Recorder – G R Chapa Chancellor – Joe Salinas Advocate – Joe Quitugua Warden – Art Molina Guards – Tony Gonzalez, Alex Porche Trustees – Arnie Villareal, David Perez, Sid Guzman