This section of the bulletin will be updated every two months. Please call if you wish someone to stay on this list. Please pray for: Dorothy Bankhead, Ken & Rose Ormsbee, Mike Hamilton, Josephine Harrison, Katherine Hiter, Betty Martin, Danielle Taylor, Sean Taylor, Desiree O’Rourke, Jeremy Drobil, Hope Burstad, Clara Porteous, Carlos Arroliga, Rosie Shepherd, Michelle Xavier, Tiffany Xavier, Arnulfo Rojas, Jose Verde, Tom Adelstein, Diego Ibarra, Carolina Ibarra, Gerardo Munoz, Gabriela Ramirez, Natalie Klepacz, John O'Dowd, Celia Cano, Rafael & Carmen Rangel, Callie Shelton, Tate Lewis, Delia San Agustin, Jeff Armstrong, Francisco Cruz Garcia, Paul Shurbet, Jim Miles, Brian Perry, Mary Crumpler, Acela Pacheco, Silvana Cordova, Milena Cordova, Claudia Cordova, Greg Frazier, Francisco Rodriguez, Jack Rater, Paula Lapeyrouse, Henry Cordova , Dr. Raul Cordova, Willy Cordova, Gerardo Morales, Rosa Ramirez, Sebastian Cordova, Chris Dux, Al Bastinelli, Matilde Alvarez, Ricardo Martinez, & Doug Skender.

Weekly Finance Statement Annual Budget 2020: $542,049

Weekly Requirement: $10,424 Offertory Collection (Sat/Sun):$5,906 Online Giving: $1,655

Total Collection: $7,561

Year to Date Budget: $343,992 Year to Date Collections: $236,685

Average gift per family/week: $42.00 (envelopes only)

Your gifts are very important to us and we appreciate your generosity!!

Twenty-First Sunday In Ordinary Time August 23, 2020

Reading: Isaiah 22:19-23 Epistle: Romans 11:33-36 Psalm: 138 Gospel: Matthew 16:13-20

Pope Francis Prayer Intention for August The Maritime World

We pray for all those who work and live from the sea, among them sailors, fishermen and their families.

Daily Readings August 24-29

Monday: Rv 21:9-14; Ps 145; Jn 1:45-51

Tuesday: 2 Thes 2:1-3; Ps 96; Mt 22:23-26

Wednesday: 2 Thes 3:6-10; Ps 128; Mt 23:27-32

Thursday: 1 Cor 1:1-9; Ps 145; Mt 24:42-51

Friday: 1 Cor 1:17-25; Ps 33; Mt 25:1-13

Saturday: 1 Cor 1:26-31; Ps 33; Mk 6:17-29

Holy Mass Intentions Week of August 23-29

Sunday: 9:00 a.m. OLV Parishioners 12:00 p.m. Adolfo Morales+ (Morales Family) 5:30 p.m. Kathleen Brown Gardner+ (Cochran Family) Monday: 12:10 p.m Herman Reddell+ (JoAnn Reddell) Tuesday: 6:00 p.m Constancio Alcover + (Helen Wegner) Wednesday: 12:10 p.m Ossie+ & Lucy+ Dixon –Wedd. Anniv. (Oriel Carey) Thursday: 8:00 a.m. Fr. Denzil (JoAnn Reddell) 8:00 p.m. St. Monica (Community of Couples #2) Friday: 8:00 a.m. Souls in Purgatory (Yes, Lord Prayer Group) Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Owen Luster+ (Guzman Family)

August 22 & 23

Flowers for the Tabernacle

In Honor of:

Joan & Wendell Moore

27th Wedding Anniversary

Faith Formation Registration

August 22-23 & 29-30

Register after all weekend Masses in the Gym

Registration for those continuing Sacramental Formation and for the online Faith Formation program.

Christian Initiation Classes are starting August 25. If you are interested in finding out more about the Catholic faith or you know someone who is interested, please call the church office or Helen

Ressler at 903-785-6210. The classes will meet on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. in the Activity Center.

Reception to Welcome New Priests and Sisters To Our Lady of Victory

Wednesday, August 26th

5:30 —7:30 pm Come-and-Go

St. Michael Activity Center

Please Note: Attendees must wear a masks and observe social distancing!

Catholic Charities has received a grant to provide a free car seat or baby cribbette (like a play pen) for those in need in the diocese. I you have a family in need of one of these items, please contact Patty Brittain, Deputy Director in charge of Infant Safety. 903-258-9492 ext 104.

The Extraordinary Form Latin Mass has been postponed. A Flocknote will be sent in the future announcing the re-scheduled date and time.

Dominican Sisters of Fatima

Coordinator of Pastoral Care of Families Sor Inocencia (aka Sr. Innocence)

family@olvparis.org Marriage and Family are essential building blocks of our society and our Church. Our parish will seek to foster and nourish the sacredness of each Domestic Church as a sup-port to living as a disciple of Jesus Christ. Our initial ef-forts will focus on family life and marriage formation and enrichment.

Coordinator Youth Evangelization Sor Estefania (aka Sr. Stephanie)

youth@olvparis.org Young people benefit from help in maturing in their rela-tionship with Jesus and cultivating skills for living and sharing their faith as Christian disciples. Our parish will seek to build upon the foundation of Baptism and Confir-mation in providing opportunities for young people. Our initial efforts will focus particularly on Junior High and High School age students.

Coordinator Faith Formation Sor Dolores (aka Sr. Delores)

faith@olvparis.org Ongoing formation in the Faith is properly part of the life of every disciple of Jesus Christ. Our parish seeks to pro-vide opportunities for people of all ages to grow in their understanding and living of their faith. Our efforts will focus on assisting families with formation for the celebra-tion of the Sacraments and providing opportunities for chil-dren and youth to benefit from ongoing systematic faith formation. Assisting: Sor Visitación (aka Sr. Visitation)

Eucharistic Adoration to Resume Sept. 2nd Our parish will resume Eucharistic Adoration with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in our Adoration Chapel on Wednesday, Sept. 2nd. We would like to resume our previous schedule of daily Expo-sition but that will depend on how many people can start coming back for their hours of Adoration. For now, we hope to at least fill the hours from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thurs-days and we will expand the schedule as much as we can if we have more adorers. We need to hear from you! If you had an hour before, please let us know if you want to take it again or if you want another hour during the week. If you have not been an Adorer before, we would love to have you participate and we would be glad to explain the details to you. If you have an irregular schedule and can't commit to the same hour every week, you can serve as a substitute and we will notify you weekly of available hours so you can choose a slot for that week. We encourage individuals and families to come to Adora-tion. We have a large selection of books for children and adults, in both English and Spanish. Cleaning supplies for sanitizing will be available so you can wipe down the area where you want to pray in the chapel when you ar-rive. We ask that masks/social distancing be used if people from more than one household are in the chapel at the same time. To sign up for an hour or for more information, please send a mes-sage to: Adoration@olvparis.org OR call/text the coordinators: MaryBeth Burns 903-491-1201 Sandi Rhoades 903-495-6692 Good friends find pleasure in one another’s company. Let us know pleasure in the company of our best Friend, a Friend who can do everything for us, a Friend who loves us beyond measure. Here in the Blessed Sacrament we can talk to Him straight from the heart. ---St Alphonsus de Liguori