JANUARY 14, 2007


SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME


SACRED HEART PARISH

MASS INTENTIONS

Monday, January 15

10:15 a.m.    Helen Schoenweitz +

                   Lucille Gosch +

Saturday, January 20

5:00 p.m.         Frank & Mary Tupa +

                   Theo Krhovjak +

                   Julius & Catherine Vyvjala +

Sunday, January 21  

8:30 a.m.         All Parishioners

Sacrament of Reconciliation: 4:15 p.m. Saturday, before weekday Masses and anytime on request.

 

 

SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Proclaim His Marvelous Deeds

to All the Nations.

Monday: Heb 5:1-10    Mk 2:18-22

Tuesday: Heb 6:10-20    Mk 2:23-28

Wednesday: Heb 7:1-3, 15-17    Mk 3:1-6

Thursday: Heb 7:25-8:6    Mk 3:7-12

Friday: Heb 8:6-13    Mk 3:13-19

Saturday: Heb 9:2-3, 11-14    Mk 3:20-21

Sunday: Neh 8:2-4, 5-6, 8-10    1Cor 12:12-30

   Lk 1:1-4;4:14-21

 

PLEASE, pray for the sick, especially,

Marvin Barta, Della Brosch, Retha Cleghorn Colt

Freytag, Jerry Gordon, Karl Halamicek, Jerry Hall,

Billie Mae Janekca, Hortensia Lombrana,

Felipa Morales, Bennie Olmos, Bessie Pechacek,

ChristinaPena, Rodolfo Pena, Patricia Prihoda,

Diane Raef, Suzanne  Sacks, Lillian Vinklarek

and Carolyna Zurovec.

 

ALTAR SERVERS

January 20

Nancen Kainer, Zachary Kalina 

January 21

Erin Vire, Zane Ponder           

 

OUR PEOPLE IN THE SERVICE: Dustin Blackwell, Everett Andy Estrada, Laura Estrada, Coleen and Shawn Foust, Jamie Grifaldo, Derek Hajdik, John Kalina, Stuart Mica, Scott Morrill, Casey Pavlicek, Joey Ramirez, Robert E. Riley III, James Robinson, Peter Scott, Samuel Simpson, Miranda Thibodaux and for all returning from serving.

 

 

 

STS. CYRIL & METHODIUS PARISH

MASS INTENTIONS

Sunday, January 21

10:30 a.m.    All Parishioners

 

THANKS to those who donated the flowers for Christmas!

 

CHRISTMAS FLOWERS are behind the Church.  Help yourselves!!

 

 

 

I WILL be at 45th Annual Southwest Liturgical Conference Study Week in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma this week.  The theme this year is the Day of the Lord (Dies Domini).  The days will be filled with talks and workshops about the meaning of Sunday and what it means to “Keep Holy the Lord’s Day.”

 

 

LENT 2007: Small groups are now forming for Disciples On the Journey.  Groups meet once a week during the six weeks of Lent to discuss the Sunday readings and to share in their faith using the Diocese of Victoria booklet Disciples on the Journey.  Look for sign up sheets next weekend.  Group Leaders are needed!

 

FOURTH DEGREE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS are selling tickets for their only fund raiser of the year; 4 to 5 lbs fully cooked Smoked Briskets for $25.00.  Presale only! To be picked up at Sacred Heart Parish Hall, Flatonia on Sunday, February 11, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.  Contact Fourth Degree members or Edwin Zapalac, 865-3307 or Ted Bratton, 865-2489. 

 

 

FLOWER CONTACTS for January are Bernice Freytag, 865-3793 and Bernice Schacherl, 865-3922. 

 

A MENS ACTS WEEKEND RETREAT will be March 8 – 11.  The retreat is being presented by Catholic lay men from parishes within the Hallettsville Deanery.  Registration forms are in the vestibule of the Church!

 

TEXAS RALLY FOR LIFE, JANUARY 27: Join thousands of Texans in the march to the State Capitol from Republic Square (4th and Guadalupe) starting at 1:00 p.m.  For more information visit www. texasrallyforlife.org or call 512-477-1244.

CISTERN & FLATONIA

CZECH HERITAGE DAY

is Sunday, February 18 and will start with Mass at 2:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart, Flatonia.  Czech Heritage Singers will sing at Mass.  Music and singing with svacina in the afternoon.  Everyone is invited!

 

MISSIONS

WHAT is a Mission?

WHO remembers when the last Mission was at Sacred Heart… at Sts. Cyril & Methodius?

 

 

 

Flatonia Knights of Columbus Council 3295

BBQ Chicken Supper

PLATES TO GO ONLY

$6.50 Per Plate

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Sacred Heart Parish Hall

To Benefit the Rev. Allen M. Black Scholarship Fund.

 

SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES: Francis was born in a castle in France in 1567.  When he was baptized, his mother said: “Now, my son, you are the friend of the angels, the brother of Jesus, the temple of the Holy Spirit, and a member of the Church.  Now you must belong to God forever.”

    Francis received Holy Communion as often as he could.  He said: “Jesus is the teacher of holiness.  I go to Him because I want Him to teach me how to become a saint.  Of what use to me is all I learn in school if I do not become holy?”

     Francis became a lawyer, but he then was inspired to follow Jesus.  He be a priest and was later made bishop of Geneva.  He died in 1622.  He is honored as the patron of spiritual writers and his feast day is January 24.

BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS

January 15       Lillie Branecky, Adrienne Brunner

January 16       Maricela Grifaldo, Merlene Jurek

                        Esther Lee Prihoda, Brandon Cruz

                        Felipe Olmos

January 18       Patricia Estrada, Lili Larson

                        Isea Montenegro, Salomon Monsano

January 20      John Mares, AJ Fike

                        Alfredo Manzano, Agnes Krhovjak

                        Stephanie Velasquez, Amy Vrana

January 21       Lauren Schultz, Patricia Branecky     Manuel Villegas

THROUGH BAPTISM WE LIVE:  Like the disciples in the gospel, we are to “believe in him.”  This means that we are to make a lifelong covenant with God.  Traditionally, this is how we understand our baptism.  It is our initial celebration of a relationship with God that is intimate, loving, lasting.  Our fidelity during this life assures us that death is not a separation but an entrance into eternal life where the wine never runs out, the rejoicing never ceases, and the depths of love are never exhausted.

     During Ordinary Time we journey with Jesus through a Gospel (this year, Luke’s Gospel) toward our fulfillment at the messianic banquet.  Let us taste the wine, and know that the good only gets better!

 

ABOUT LITURGICAL MUSIC: You can only sing about the saving acts of God if your recognize them.  Sometimes these saving acts come in extraordinary ways, but most often they come in the quiet events of ordinary, everyday living. 

     The prayer is to see them so that you can believe.  Be on the lookout this week for how Christ will turn the ordinary water of your life into the wine of salvation. 

     The purpose of liturgical music is not to entertain us but to help us surrender to the transforming action of the liturgy.  During Ordinary Time the liturgy pulls us into the paschal mystery journey of ongoing Christian living.  The liturgical music we sing during this period is meant to help us deepen our understanding of and participation in that journey. 

 

 

OUR GIFT TO GOD THIS WEEK

Sacred Heart

Weekend-$2,223.00

Sts. Cyril & Methodius

Weekend - $314.00