St. Anthony Catholic Church Church 115 N. 25 Mile Ave. | Hereford, Texas 79045

Parish Office:114 Sunset Drive 364-6150

School Office: 120 W. Park Ave. Phone 364-1952.

Parish website http://stanthonyscatholicparish.com/ In case of an emergency email: frneusch@gmail.com or 806-570-5706

PARISH PASTOR — Rev. Fr. Anthony Neusch DIOCESE of AMARILLO — Bishop Patrick Zurek

Sign up for R.C.I.A and Small Groups Adult Faith Formation email: janiebanner1@wtrt.net or call 364-6150

or 364-7626

Bulletin Editor Jasmin Enriquez email: jme.stanthonys@gmail.com bulletin deadline is WEDNESDAY.

Church Announcements:

PALM Sunday, Mar. 25:

10 am—11:15 am Elementary F.F.C

NO RCIA

3-6 pm, First Communion Retreat in the school cafeteria

Monday, Mar. 26:

6:30 pm Vocation Ministry

8 pm Knights of Columbus

Tuesday, Mar.27 :

NO Mass

NO “Why We’re Catholic” study—will resume after Easter

7 pm Chrism Mass St. Mary’s Cathedral

Wednesday, Mar. 28:

NO Jr. High / High School F.F.C

HOLY Thursday, Mar. 29:

7:15 pm Mass with Adoration of the

Blessed Sacrament to follow until midnight

GOOD Friday, Mar. 30:

NO School / Church office closed

3 pm Station of the Cross at the church

7:15 pm Liturgy of the Word/ venerations of the Cross/

Communion Service

HOLY Saturday, Mar. 31:

10 am RCIA Vigil rehearsal in the Church

8:30 pm Easter Vigil Mass

EASTER Sunday, Apr. 1:

8:45 am Mass | 11:30 am Mass

NO RCIA

NO Elementary F.F.C

NO Holy Hour

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord March 25, 2018 PASSION

The contrast between the processional reading in today’s

liturgy and the proclamation of the Passion is striking. We are

given a glimpse of how profoundly the word of God is fulfilled

in Jesus.

First he must be hailed as the Messiah, the One who is to

come. He must be acknowledged by all, though they do not

know what they are saying. They think he is the promised king, a

worldly king of the Jews who will free them from the Roman

occupation. They do not yet understand, even the disciples, ex-

actly where this triumphal procession is leading. In our lives, we

too do not know where we are going. It is in faith that we can

follow Christ wherever he may lead us, trusting that death is not

the end, nor evil the victor. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

Parish Office Hours:

*Mon. 10am– 12pm, 1pm-5pm.

Tue. & Thur. 9am-12pm, 1pm-5:30m.

Wed. & Fri.. 9am-12pm, 1pm—5pm.

School Announcements. (806) 364-1952 | Mon.—Fri. 8 am—3:30 pm

HOLY Thursday, March 29:

11:30 am Seder Meal.

1:15 pm Early Release | Extended day closes at 1:15 pm

GOOD Friday, March 30:

NO School.

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord March 25, 2018

NO RCIA

10 am to 11:15 am Elementary F.F.C

Vocation Crucifix

6pm Mass: Volunteer

8:45am Mass: Ernest and Carmen Flood

11:30 Mass: Noel and Mary Ann Esqueda

3—6 pm First Communion Retreat in the cafeteria.

6 PM Holy Hour

MONDAY– 6:45 am Morning Prayer

7:15 am Mass

6:30 pm Vocations Ministries group, A/R

8 pm Knights of Columbus mtg.

TUESDAY– 6:45 am Morning Prayer

7-8 AM Men’s Lectionary Study Group, A/R.

NO Mass

7 pm Chrism Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral

NO “Why We’re Catholic” book study– will resume after Easter

WEDNESDAY –6:45 am Morning Prayer

7:15 am Mass

9:30—11 am Women’s Lectionary Study, A/R (yes, during Holy Week)

6 pm—9pm Fr. Tony will hear confessions

NO Jr. High/ High School F.F.C

HOLY THURSDAY– 6:45 am Morning Prayer

Second Collection Catholic Relief Services, Return Rice Bowls.

7:15 pm Mass followed by Adoration until midnight.

GOOD FRIDAY– 6:45 am Morning Prayer

NO school / Church office closed.

NO morning Book study.

3 pm Stations of the Cross

7:15 PM Liturgy of the Word/ Veneration of the Cross/Communion Service.

HOLY SATURDAY 8:30 PM LITURGY March 31, 2018

10 am RCIA Vigil rehearsal

Easter Vigil 8:30 pm.

Vocation Crucifix taken by Volunteer

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord April 1, 2018

Second Collection Black Bag for Charity

NO RCIA—NO Elementary F.F.C, will resume next week.

Vocation Crucifix 8:45am Mass: Fritz & Connie Backus

11:30am Mass: Alaniz Family

NO HOLY HOUR

ALTAR SERVERS

Lector Schedule for Mar.31/Apr.1

8:30PM Mass: Ana Copeland, Lisa Blakely, Aida

Lemus, Sara Pesina, Monica Bermea, Debbie Fetsch

and Monica Hernandez

8:45AM Mass: Pat Simnacher and Audrey Meador

11:30AM Mass: Jim Brockman and Jana Hedricks

Mon.7:15AM Daniel Betzen & Faith Mariscal Zepeda

Tues.5:30PM Aron Diaz & Kevin Garcia

Wedn.7:15AM Ringo Hernandez & Pierce Valdez

HOLYThurs.7:15PM Ronnie Fetsch, Alexa Hernadez,

Abram Martinez, Mason McNutt and Larry McNutt

GOOD Fri.7:15PM Kyndal Blair, Camryn Blair,

Ronnie Fetsch and Braedyn Mendoza

HOLY SAT.8:30PM Cadence Copeland, Cooper Coepland,

Ronnie Fetsch, Alexia Hernandez, Abram Martinez,

Larry McNutt and Mason McNutt

SUN. 8:45AM Harrsion Meador, Oliver Meador,

Hope Mariscal Zepeda and Faith Mariscal Zepeda,

SUN 11:30 AM Avery Rodriguez, Abby Rodriguez,

Pete Rodriguez and Slade Rodriguez

STEWARDSHIP of TREASURE

Mar. 11/12 2018 Envelopes–60 Loose Checks–25

Envelopes/Checks $5,639.00

Plates $966.00

Children $33.29

Total $6,638.29

Extra Collection Envelopes

Postage $35.00

Flowers $10.00

FINAL Total = $6,683.29

LITURGY INTENTIONS Mon.7:15AM Thanksgiving for Rain

Tues. 5:30PM Thanksgiving for Rain

Wed. 7:15AM Thanksgiving for Rain

HOLY Thurs.7:15PM People of the Parish

GOOD FRI.7:15PM People of the Parish

HOLY SAT. 8:30PM People of the Parish

SUN.8:45AM People of the Parish

SUN.11:30 AM People of the Parish

All Altar Flowers: are for the deceased and living members

of Catholic Life Insurance branch 54, from Catholic Life.

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

for March 29 / 30 Holy Thursday, 7:15 pm: Barbara Franks, J.R. Garman,

Monica Hernandez, Alice Hund, Walter Paetzold,

Jan Weishaar and Robert Zepeda

Good Friday, 7:15 pm: Barbara Franks, Teresa Garth,

Mary Ann Ramirez, Ray Schalbs, Denise Marnell,

Ray Berend, Monica Valdez

Lector Schedule for March 29 / 30 Holy Thursday, 7:15 pm: Monica Bermea & Sam Urbanczyk

Good Friday, 7:15 pm: Renee Kuper & Monica Bermea

STEWARDSHIP of TREASURE

Mar. 17/18 2018 Envelopes–75 Loose Checks–37

Envelopes/Checks $9,565.00

Plates $1,019.00

Children $48.92

Total $10,632.92 Black Bag for charity Collection

Black Bag $500.00

Extra Collection Envelopes

Postage $10.00

Flowers $804.00

FINAL Total = $11,946.92

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Schedule for Mar. 31/Apr. 1

8:30PM Mass: Janie Banner, Sergio Correa, Elaine McNutt, Helen

Noyes, Jasmin Enriquez, Elvira Enriquez and Farron Urbanczyk

8:45AM Mass: Al Simnacher (SC) Robert Zepeda (SC) Jim Hund (SC)

Gerald Marnell (SC) J.R. Garman, Ray Schlabs, Brenda Yosten

SICK CALL ONLY: Robbie Blakely and Roger Albracht

11:30AM Mass: Aracely Correa, Alyssa Rodriguez, Cynthia Rodriguez,

Teresa Garth, Rick Bordayo, Virginia Bordayo and 1 volunteer.

MARCH and APRIL CALENDAR MAR. 25—PALM SUNDAY

MAR. 25—First Communion Retreat, mandatory for students and parents, in the school cafeteria, 3—6pm

MAR. 26—Knights of Columbus mtg. 8 pm.

MAR. 27—NO Mass

MAR. 27—Chrism Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 7 pm

MAR. 28—YES Wednesday women’s lectionary study.

MAR. 28—NO F.F.C

MAR. 28—Adroation begins.

MAR. 29—Holy Thursday Mass, 7:15 pm

MAR. 30—NO School / Church office closed.

MAR.30—NO Friday Morning book study on Good Friday.

MAR. 30—Stations of the Cross, 3pm. Liturgy of the Word/Veneration of the Cross/ Communion Service, 7:15 pm.

MAR. 31—RCIA Easter Vigil rehearsal at the church, 10 am

MAR. 31—Holy Saturday/Easter Vigil Mass at 8:30 pm

APR. 1—EASTER SUNDAY

APR. 1—NO Elementary F.F.C

APR. 2—NO School/Church Office Closed

APR. 3— “Why We’re Catholic” study group resumes, 6 pm

APR. 4—Women’s Lectionary study group visits Immaculate Conception Church in Vega—see blurb for more info.

The Engaged Encounter Couples planning on getting married in the Catholic Church

should attend “The Engaged Encounter” 6 Months before the

Wedding. You must register 1 Month before the weekend.

$210 per couple (this includes rooms and meals)

8:15am Sat. – Noon Sun. Upcoming dates:

May 19-20 / July 21-22 / November 17-18.

To register contact: Molly at the Diocese of Amarillo (806) 383-2243

Confession Times: Wednesday: 6 pm-9 pm

Thursday: 6:30 am—7 am

Friday: 7am-8 am

Saturday: 4 pm-5:30 pm

Sunday: 7:45 am-8:45 am and after the 8:45 am

Mass until 11am.

Pray with the Deacon Candidates.

Come pray with the deacon candidates each morning at

6:45 am, in praying the morning liturgy hours,

everyday before morning Mass. Please enter

through the bell tower entrance.

Hereford Senior Citizens Center needs volunteers to

Hostess and serve in food line Monday through Fri-

day 11am 1pm. The Thrift Store needs volunteers to

cashier Thursday and Friday. If you can help one or more

days please call HSCC at 364-5681. Ask for Lyn or

Jeanie. Thank you and God Bless

Holy Thursday,

March 29, 7:15 pm Mass

Followed by Adoration of the Blessed

Sacrament until midnight.

Good Friday,

March 30, 3:00 pm Stations of the Cross

March 30, 7:15 pm Liturgy of the Word/

Veneration of the Cross/Communion Service

Holy Saturday/Easter Vigil, March 31, 8:30 pm Mass

Easter Sunday,

April 1, 8:45 am

April 1, 11:30 am Mass

24 Hour Adoration: 24 hour adoration will be-

gin Wednesday, March 28. If you

would like to sign up for an hour of

adoration please call the church office.

Welcome NEW parishioner, Shelly Fangman,

Shelly works as a crop researcher, we are so excited

to have you here at St. Anthony’s Parish!

Needed: Do you have a digital camera

sitting in a drawer collecting dust?

St. Anthony School Technology is teaching

basic photography to 4th grade through 6th

for the next month and we would love have additional

cameras. Please drop by school if you have one to donate.

Thanks, Elaine

4K & 5K service project

“The Crayon Initiative” They are collection crayons and

will sort them to be recycled and

sent to children’s hospitals, used

crayon may be dropped off at the

school office.

My family prayed _____

rosaries this week.

125 Rosaries were prayed this past week, for

vocations, thank you!

F.F.C students preparing for sacraments: F.F.C students who are preparing for sacraments are

required to attend Mass and sign in after Mass, in the

back of the church. Parents, if you have any questions

please call Aracely Correa, DRE, at364-6150.

WANT To JOIN The Church or at least LEARN about

what we believe and why we do the things we do? RCIA (The Rite of Christian Initiation

of Adults) is the process by which one be-

comes a Catholic or completes Sacraments

missed along the way (Confirmation, Com-

munion, Marriage blessings) or just learn

more of “the Catholic Way of Being Church”. Ask yourself:

Could God be inviting me? How do I sign up? Simply call

Janie Banner, Director of RCIA at 364-7626 OR the church

office at 364-6150. GOD Bless you!

Attention Graduates: May 6th is senior

Mass and is fast approaching and pictures

are now due for a slideshow! Scan and

email photos to

aracelycorrea40@gmail.com.

The deadline is April 18th.

NOTE: Please, only a maximum of 10 photos.

NOTE: Wednesday LADIES Study Group

YES, we meet Holy Week and then on Wednesday, APRIL

4 - rather than the usual study in the Antonian Room - we

will leave at 9:30 to Vega's Immaculate Conception Church

where we have been invited by Chris Artho to see the new

stained glass windows (and pray the Stations of

The Cross). Prayerfully and in fellowship we will

then have lunch at Twisted Tulip. One may call

Martha Paetzold with Ques. @806-282-5914.

First Communion Retreat TODAY: First Communion Retreat is March 25 in the school

cafeteria from 3 pm—6 pm and is manda-

tory for both students and parents to attend,

if you have any questions please call

Aracely Correa, at 364-6150.

St. Anthony’s Catholic School Endowment Report 2017

Corpus beginning of the year 2017 $591,419.83

Donation for the year $34,166.61

Corpus end of the year $625,586.44

Total interest earned for the year

and to be paid to St. Anthony’s School $23,673.30

Interest paid to school since 1989 $441,060.23

Secretary-Treasurer

Glynn Yosten

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ATTENTION F.F.C PARENTS, For the remainder of the year the gates will be locked dur-

ing F.F.C hours. Parents, dropping off your child for class,

please walk them to their classroom. Also please pick up

your child at the south main door. This is to avoid any

child leaving without informing their teacher.

Elementary F.F.C students are dismissed at 11:15 am

and Jr. High and High School F.F.C students are

dismissed at 8:15 pm

From the desk of our pastor, Father Tony Neusch.

The Donkey

by G.K. Chesterton

When fishes flew and forests walked

And figs grew upon thorn,

Some moment when the moon was blood

Then surely I was born;

With monstrous head and sickening cry

And ears like errant wings,

The devil’s walking parody

On all four-footed things.

The tattered outlaw of the earth,

Of ancient crooked will;

Starve, scourge, deride me: I am dumb,

I keep my secret still.

Fools! For I also had my hour;

One far fierce hour and sweet:

There was a shout about my ears,

And palms before my feet.

Palm Sunday is a moveable Christian Feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus’ trium-

phal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in all four canonical Gospels. During Palm Sunday Mass, palms are distributed

to parishioners who carry them in a ritual procession into church. The palms are blessed and many people will fashion them

into small crosses or other items of personal devotion. These may be returned to the church, or kept for the year. Because the

palms are blessed, they may not be discarded as trash. In the Gospels, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a young donkey, and to the lav-

ish praise of the townspeople who threw clothes, or possibly palms or small branches, in front of him as a sign of homage. This was a

customary practice for people of great respect. Palm branches are widely recognized symbol of peace and victory, hence their pre-

ferred use on Palm Sunday. The use of a donkey instead of a horse is highly symbolic, it represents the humble arrival of someone in

peace, as opposed to arriving on a steed in war. A week later, Christ would rise from the dead on the first Easter.

Holy Thursday is the commemoration of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ, when he established the sacrament of Holy

Communion prior to his arrest and crucifixion. It also commemorates His institution of the priesthood. Jesus celebrated the

dinner as a Passover feast. Christ would fulfill His role as the Christian victim of the Passover for all to be saved by His

final sacrifice. The Last Supper was the final meal Jesus shared with his Disciples in Jerusalem. During the meal, Jesus

predicts his betrayal. The central observance of Holy Thursday is the ritual reenactment of the Last Supper at Mass. This event is

celebrated at every Mass, as party of the Liturgy of the Eucharist, but it is specially commemorated on Holy Thursday. He also estab-

lishes the special priesthood for his disciples, which is distinct from the "priesthood of all believers." Christ washed the feet of his

Disciples, who would become the first priests.

Fast Abstinence; Passover begins at sunset.

Good Friday is the day on which Jesus Christ, having been betrayed by Judas and sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate,

was crucified for the sins of mankind. Good Friday is the second day of the Easter Triduum, the period from the Mass of the

Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday through Easter Sunday. The stations of the Cross will be led at 3 PM in the Church. THEN

WE BEGIN the next part of the Veneration SERVICE at 7:15 PM.

Holy Saturday the Vigil of Easter. It is important to not be late. It is the close of the season of Lent and penance, and the

beginning of paschal time, which is one of rejoicing and a faithfully fantastic night of experiencing God! Holy Saturday to

pray and to confer the sacrament of baptism. The vigil last through the night until dawn on Easter Sunday, when the Alleluia

is sung for the first time since the beginning of Lent, and the faithful—including the newly baptized—break their 40-hour

fast by receiving Communion.

Easter is the principle feast of the ecclesiastical year. Easter Sunday comes at the end of 40 days of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving

known as Lent and is the beginning of the Easter season of the liturgical year. Easter is commemorating the slaying of the true lamb

of God and the resurrection of Christ, the corner-stone upon which faith is built, it is also the oldest feast of the Christian Church, as

old as Christianity, the connecting link between the Old and New Testaments. Through spiritually with Christ on Good Friday, the

day of His Crucifixion, so that we can rise with Him in New life on Easter. Since Easter represents the fulfillment of God's promises

to mankind, it is the most important holiday on the Christian calendar.

Life

Thought for Reflection: [Christ Jesus] humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death,

even death on a cross. — Philippians 2:8