St. Mary, Star of the Sea

Catholic Church Diocese of Corpus Christi, TX

Mass Schedule Weekend Saturday: 6:00pm Sunday: 8:00am (Spanish) 9:30am 11:30am Daily Mon-Thu, Sat, & First Friday of the Month: 7:30am Holy Days 7:30am, 6:00pm Confession Saturday: 5:00- 5:45pm (or by appt.) Rosary Mon-Sat: 7:00am

“V i r t u e b e g i n s a t h o m e , b u t g r o w s i n a c o m m u n i t y . ”

January 14th, 2018

Second Sunday in

Ordinary Time

Office Telephone 361-758-2662 Fax 361-758-3964 Office Hours 8:30am - 3pm Closed 12-1pm Daily, also Fri., Weekends & Holidays

342 S. Rife St. Aransas Pass, TX 78336 www.stmaryss.org

Staff Fr. James Vasquez Pastor

jvasquez@stmaryss.org

Tony Postert Deacon

deacon@stmaryss.org

361-222-3075

Cynthia Vasquez Dir. Religious Ed.

dre@stmaryss.org

Naiely Solis Secretary

office@stmaryss.org

361-758-2662

Bulletin

bulletin@stmaryss.org

Submissions due preceding Monday.

We we l c ome

a l l our

v i s i t o r s &

gues t s !

In Our Thoughts & Prayers

Remember in your prayers those who are ill, in nursing

homes, hospital or homebound, and:

James Wilson, Sherri Smith, David Martinez,

Beatrice Jimenez, Kim Reeves, Conway Hutto

Juanita Reyes & Ana Gutierrez

Baptism Classes

Baptism classes for parents & sponsors are held every

first Monday of the Month at 6:30 pm.

Please call or e-mail our office to register!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Estudio de Biblia in Espanol

Vamos a tener clase de Estudio de la Biblia los dias 2,9,16

de Enero en la tarde. Las classes seran de las 6:30-8 cada

dia. Nos vamos a enfocar en los acontesimientos alrededor

de el nacimiento de nuestro senor. Las Clases seran en el

salon de la Parroqia.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

The Office will be closed Monday, January 15.

Mass Intentions

We are scheduling Mass Intentions for all of 2018.

Silver and Golden Anniversary Mass

The Diocese of Corpus Christi invites couples who have

completed or will complete 25 (silver) or 50 (golden) of

marriage to an Anniversary Mass with Bishop Michael

Mulvey on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018 at the 9:30 a.m. at

Corpus Christi Cathedral. After the Mass the couples are

invited to a reception in St. Joseph Hall located under the

Cathedral. Registration is online: https://diocesecc.org/

anniversarymass

Getting Help in the Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey

The Diocese of Corpus Christi continues to offer assistance

after Hurricane Harvey. Services include, but are not

limited to food, water, rental assistance, deposit assistance,

utilities assistance, temporary housing/temporary hotel

accommodations, transportation/gas cards, clothes, baby

items, toiletries, cleaning supplies, relocation assistance

and building materials. Please call Catholic Charities of

Corpus Christi, Inc., at (361) 884-0651 or visit us at 615

Oliver Court, Corpus Christi, TX 78408, or you are

welcome to send an email to lmckamie@diocesecc.org

Holy Cross BBQ & Raffle

Holy Cross Catholic Church will be holding their Annual

BBQ Fundraiser & Raffle on Friday, January 19. The event

will begin at 11am and last until 2pm. There is an $8

donation asked for each plate. Holy Cross is located at

1109 N. Staples St. For more information please call Liz

Vesely (361) 563-5498.

MASS INTENTIONS

01/13 Sat 7:30am-†Pete & †Beatrice Esquivel

Sat 6:00pm-Thanksgiving to St. Joseph

01/14 Sun 8:00am-Parishioners

Sun 9:30am-†M.Stella Vera Olivares

Sun 11:30am-†Paul H. Torres

01/15 Mon 7:30am-†Paul H. Torres

01/16 Tue 7:30am-†Annette O’Shea

01/17 Wed 7:30am-†Annette O’Shea

01/18 Thu 7:30am-†Annette O’Shea

01/19 Fri 7:30am-No Mass

01/20 Sat 7:30am-

Sat 6:00pm-In Thanksgiving

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sun: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day

Wed: St. Anthony

Thur: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins

Fri: Julian Calendar Theophany (Epiphany)

Sat: St. Fabian; St. Sebastian

TODAY'S READINGS

First Reading -- Speak, for your servant is listening

(1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19).

Psalm -- Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will

(Psalm 40).

Second Reading -- Do you not know that your body is a

temple of the Holy Spirit within you?

(1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20).

Gospel -- Andrew found his brother Simon and brought

him to Jesus (John 1:35-42).

Collection for 01-07-18

Envelopes $ 1870.50

Loose $ 1782.02

Maintenance Fund $ 1292.01

Total $ 4944.53

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

"Ordinary Time" began for us this week. On the old calendar, the feast of the Presentation, still more than two weeks away, was the last day of the Christmas season. Sadly, Bethlehem is hardly a place of peace on earth these days. The ancient Christian community has been largely uprooted by political strife. The Church of the Nativity stands (barely) in remarkable disrepair and disorder in Manger Square. The roof is crumbling, the major doorways are blocked, the wiring is faulty, and the worship life is disrupted by quarrels among Eastern Christians. The church was founded by the Emperor Constantine in 325, destroyed in a Samaritan revolt in 539, and rebuilt by the Emperor Justinian. When the area came under Muslim control in 638, the holiness of the church was respected, and in return Christians allowed Muslims to pray in the south aisle, a right still upheld. Earlier in that century, invading Persians were ordered to destroy all churches, but when they saw the magi carved over the doorway of the Church of the Nativity, they spared it out of respect for their ancestors who bore gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the same city. The Crusaders restored and redecorated the church by the twelfth century, and it is their plan that survives. Down a few stone steps is a stone grotto with a silver star marking the place of Christ's birth: when the star was stolen in 1847 it triggered an International crisis that exploded into the Crimean War. Since 1852, the church has been shared by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Armenian Churches. The Greeks are in charge of the grotto, but don't enjoy the best of friendships with the Armenians. Catholics have the care of the Chapel of the Manger, and avoid the squabbles by a separate entrance to the Franciscan monastery church of St. Catherine. Pray for peace in Bethlehem!

CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS St. Mary Star of the Sea Church #515192 342 S. Rife Street Aransas Pass, TX 78336 TELEPHONE 361 758-2662 CONTACT PERSON Naiely Solis EMAIL: office@stmaryss.org SOFTWARE MSPublisher 2016 Adobe Acrobat XI Windows 10 TRANSMISSION TIME Wednesday 12:00 SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION January 14, 2018 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 4 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS