St. Mary, Star of the Sea

Catholic Church Diocese of Corpus Christi

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 . ”

June 23rd, 2019

The Most Holy

Body & Blood of

Christ

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:

Maria Palacios, Michael Maicon, Manuel Moreno,

David Gonzalez, Manuel Perez, & Ruben Rodriguez

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Parents as Teachers Program The Parents as Teachers Program is in need of New Hard Cover Books for ages 0 – 5, English, Spanish or Bilingual. Throughout the year, these books are given to children enrolled in the program to help them develop a love of reading. For more information, please call (361) 884-0651 Ext. 252.

Mother Teresa Shelter, Inc.

We are in need of paper goods - paper towels, tissues, toilet paper, plastic utensils/cutlery, 8 oz. foam cups, and powder laundry detergent. Food donations are also needed - canned goods, coffee and creamer, pancake mix and syrup. Thank you in advance for your generosity. Call (361) 883-7372 for more information or drop off at the Mother Teresa Shelter, 513 Sam Rankin Ave.

Second Collection Next week, we will take up the Peter’s Pence Collection, which provides Pope Francis with the funds he needs to carry out his charitable works around the world. The proceeds benefit our brothers and sisters on the margins of society, including victims of war, oppression, and natural disasters. Please be generous. For more information, visit www.usccb.org/peters-pence.

Food Bank Distribution

Our Food bank will be distributing food on Tuesday, June

25. Distribution is from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon

through the Parish Office.

Fr. James Farewell Lunch

Everyone is welcome to the lunch after the 11:30 mass this

Sunday. Please join us for BBQ chicken and fellowship at

the Parish Hall.

Fr. Prince Kuruvila

Fr. Prince Kuruvila will be serving the parish from July 1st-

July 21st. He will be celebrating the masses and taking care

of all sacramental needs. Please make him feel welcome.

MASS INTENTIONS

06/22 Sat 7:30am-Fathers’ Day Novena Sat 6:00pm-Parishioners 06/23 Sun 8:00am- Deceased members of Knights of Columbus Sun 9:30am-Fathers’ Day Novena Sun 11:30am-†Thomas Diaz De Leon 06/24 Mon 7:30am-Fathers’ Day Novena 06/25 Tue 7:30am-†Luzoria Duzich 06/26 Wed 7:30am-†Gene & †Mary Postert

06/27 Thu 7:30am-Holy Souls in Purgatory 06/28 Fri 7:30am-No Mass 06/29 Sat 7:30am-†Nikola Mirkovich Jr. Sat 6:00pm-Matthew Martinez

Sanctuary Candle burns for Rene Longoria

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sun: The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Mon: The Nativity of St. John the Baptist

Tue: Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time

Thur: St. Cyril of Alexandria

Fri: The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sat: Ss. Peter and Paul, Apostles

TODAY'S READINGS

First Reading -- Melchizedek brought out bread and wine and blessed Abram (Genesis 14:18-20). Psalm -- You are a priest forever, in the line of Melchizedek (Psalm 110). Second Reading -- Paul gives his description of the institution of the Eucharist (1 Corinthians 11:23-26). Gospel -- Jesus spoke to the crowd about the kingdom of God and then fed them with five loaves and two fish (Luke 9:11b-17).

Collection for 06-16-19

Envelopes $ 2245.00 Loose $ 2016.31 Maintenance Fund $ 596.00 Total $ 4857.31

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

We owe today s beautiful feast to a valiant woman who suffered a great deal to establish a feast out of her love for the Eucharist. Juliana was a nun in Belgium in the thirteenth century. She served in a hospital for lepers. She became convinced through her prayer that the liturgical year was incomplete because it had no feast for the Eucharist. Her efforts were not welcome, and a supervising priest sought to punish her for promoting a feast that nobody wanted. He even had her accused of financial mismanagement and banished her from her convent. Shortly after she was exiled, the bishop approved the feast. It quickly spread through Europe. In those days, people very seldom received Holy Communion, and so the processions through the streets with the eucharistic bread not only led to an awareness of Christ s hunger to be with us, but prepared the way for a deeper desire to receive Christ s Body and Blood in more frequent Communion. The feast grew rapidly, but Juliana disappeared into poverty and a hidden life. She ended her days as an anchoress, a woman living in seclusion in a room attached to a parish church. Imagine her delight at seeing us gathered at the table of the Lord on this day, aware of Christ s presence in our midst, sharing fully in Christ s Body and Blood. Our celebration today invests her struggle and sorrows with dignity and meaning.

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 June 23, 2019 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 4 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS