SOLEMNITY OF THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD “WHERE IS THE NEWBORN KING OF THE JEWS?” JANUARY 5, 2020

Welcome to

ST. JOHN NEUMANN CHURCH 102 W. Hillside Rd. Laredo, Texas 78041

Parish Website: http://www.sjneumannlaredo.org

Rev. Fr. Salvador Pedroza, Pastor

email: frpedroza@dioceseoflaredo.org

Rev. Fr. Jose Luis Balderas, Retired, Priest in Residence Deacon Gerardo Morales

Office: (956) 726-9488 Fax (956) 726-0540 Office Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Parish Ministries Note:

Altar Servers

Catalina Montemayor (956) 744-0141 Email: sismont@att.net

Altar Society Ruby Hernandez (956) 763-6160

Bible Reflection/ Classroom 2 Miguel Angel Rios (956) 236-1248

Extraordi. Ministers of Holy Communion

Lydia Guevara (956) 282-8111 Email: lydiaguevara65@gmail.com

Faith Formation Director Julie Rodriguez (956) 726-9488 Ext. 13 Email: cre@sjnlaredo.org

Lectors Corina Salinas (956) 763-1472 Email: corinavsalinas@gmail.com

Music Ministry Jessica Cardenas

Pastoral Council Lilia G. Castillo (956)740-6968

Email: autumnleaves22@gmail.com

Finance Council David Cardwell, Chair (956)763-3627 Email: dcardwel@stx.rr.com

Youth Group Christy Pedraza (956)645-5959 Email: cpedraza@stx.rr.com

Parish Office Staff Secretary-Nina Valdez Ext. 15 sec@sjnlaredo.org

Bookkeeper-Claudia Flores Ext. 11 bk@sjnlaredo.org

Faith Formation (CCD) Ext. 13 Julie Rodriguez, M.A. cre@sjnlaredo.org

Bulletin Announcements

Deadline is the Tuesday, before pub-lication date. Send to: sec@sjnlaredo.org

Weddings

Arrangements need to be made with the pastor 6 months in advance.

Regular Mass Schedule Saturday: 6 PM Vigil (Spanish)

Sunday: 9:00 AM (English)

12:00 Noon (English)

6:00 PM (Spanish)

Weekday Mass at 12:15 noon Tues. & Thurs - 12:15 p.m. Span Weds. & Fri. - 12:15 p.m. English

Reconciliation (Confesiones)

Saturday: 4:15 – 5:30 PM & by appt.

Baptisms Parents need an interview with Fr. Pedroza. Interviews are the 3rd Tues-day of each month. Baptism Prepara-tion classes are on the 4th Thursday of each month with Deacon Gerardo Morales. Please stop by the parish of-fice for additional information needed prior to registering for the class or for an appointment with Father.

Quince Años For more information, please call or stop by the parish office.

Parents, please be sensitive to the other parishioners. If your baby or child be-comes restless, is speaking loudly or is noisy during the Mass, please take them outside to the hallway or to the Chapel.

Padres, por favor sean sensibles a los demás feligreses. Si su bebé o niño (a) se pone inquieto o hace ruido durante la Santa Misa, por favor llevelo afuera al pasillo o a la capilla. Un acomodador puede mostrarle el lugar. Attention: Please remember to silence or turn off your cell phones & media devices before entering the church. Please refrain from bring-ing chewing gum, food or drink into the church or chapel.

St John Neumann, C. S. S.R.

1811-1860

Parish Mission Statement

We, the community of St. John Neumann, desire to guide all souls toward God. This we accomplish by evangelizing through our ministries. Our liturgical celebrations center around the Eucharist.

Our Vision

We seek to become a spiritual home where God’s love for us and our love for Him abounds freely and within an atmos-phere of brotherhood and good will.

Nuestra Misión Parroquial Nosotros, la comunidad de St. John Neu-mann, deseamos guiar a todas las almas a Dios. Logramos esto evangelizando a través de nuestros ministerios. Nuestras celebraciones litúrgicas están centradas en La Eucaristía.

Nuestra Visión Deseamos convertirnos en un hogar espi-ritual donde el amor de Dios por nosotros y nuestro amor por El abunde libremente dentro de un ambiente de buena voluntad

Welcome to our parish!

SOLEMNITY OF THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD “WHERE IS THE NEWBORN KING OF THE JEWS?” JANUARY 5, 2020

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH & NEEDS OF:

Joanne M. Aguirre

Pedro Garza, Jr.

Zenaida Martinez

Marcelo Ramirez Irma Reyna Yolanda Rios

Rebecca Benavides

Estella Gonzalez Sydney Santos

Radames Mendiola

Sylvia Ramirez Julio Rivera Maria Romo

Ernesto F. Barreda Josie Carrillo

Jonathan Gonzalez

Gloria Montemayor

Juan Manuel Rodriguez

Cesar Casso Gustavo Ceja

Dolores Wise Barrera

Osvaldo Montiel Jesse Sanchez Jr Desiree Silva

Alberto Cortez Alberto I. Cortez

Agustin Maldonado

Deacon Gerardo Morales

Daniel Sotelo Alberto Taboada

Lily Esquivel Linda Maldonado

Imelda Perez Jose O. Ramirez

Vitor Teniente Senobe Valdez

Linda Garcia Oscar-Maldonado

“Johnny” Rendon

Maria Luisa Zapata

FAITH FORMATION NEWS

We Resume Classes

Faith Formation classes resume on Tuesday, January 7 for Holy Communion students and Wednesday, January 8 for Confirmation students.

Sacramental Required Classes for Parents

There are four sacramental classes for parents during the second semester. Please reserve the following dates. You are required to attend 2 of the 4 listed classes. Saturday, January 25th, Saturday, February 22nd, Saturday, March 7th, and Saturday, March 28, 2020. Classes start at 10 a.m. and end at 12 noon.

Keeping the Spirit of Christmas

Parents, let us reflect on the importance of our call to edu-cate our children. Please continue to bring them to Mass and to reflect on our Christian values.

Have a Happy and Blessed New Year,

Julie Rodriguez, M.A.P.S.; M.A. Ed.

NOTICIAS DE FORMACIÓN EN LA FÉ

Regreso al Segundo Semestre de Clases

Empiezan de nuevo las clases el martes, 7 de enero pa-ra los alumnos de Primera Comunión y para los alumnos de Confirmación, las clases se reanudan el miércoles, 8 de enero.

Clases sacramentales requeridas para padres

Las reuniones sacramentales para los padres se ofrecerán durante el segundo semestre. Tenga en mente las siguien-tes fechas. Se requiere que usted asista a dos de estas clases. Sábado, 25 de enero, sábado, 22 de febrero, sába-do, 7 de marzo y el 28 de marzo del 2020. Comienzan a las 10:00 a.m. y terminan a las 12:00 del mediodía.

Entremos en el espíritu Navideño

Reflexionemos en la importancia de la educación a nues-tros hijos. Por favor continúe trayendo a sus hijos a la Misa y a reflexionar en los valores cristianos.

Prospero Año Nuevo,

Julie Rodriguez, M.A.P.S.; M.A.Ed.

Please call or stop by the parish office if you would like for us to know of someone in need of prayer or healing and if you would like for us to reach out to them, please give us their address and phone number.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

We invite everyone to join us every Thurs. from 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Let us make time to spend a moment in prayer in

the presence of the Blessed Sacrament.

ADORACIÓN EUCARÍSTICA Te invitamos todos los jueves

de las 7 a las 8 de la noche. Hagamos tiempo para pasar un momento de oración

ante el Santísimo Sacramento.

Will you not stay with me one hour?

BE ONE WITH JESUS IN

Eucharistic Adoration

Sobres del Año 2020 Las cajas de sobres estan disponibles en las mesas en el pasillo cerca de la entrada de la Iglesia. Recuerde que es importante utilizar los sobres para ayudarnos a mantener un buen registro de sus contribuciones y asistencia a Misa. Si usted es nuevo en la parroquia, favor de llenar un formulario de inscripción si le gustaria recibir sobres. Las formas se encuen-tran en frente de la oficina parroquial y tam-bien en la entrada de la Iglesia. Gracias.

Please remember to pick up your offertory box. Remember it is important to use the enve-

lopes so that the bookkeeper can keep track of your contributions. If you are a new parish-ioner, please fill out a registration form which can be found at the front of the church or in front of the parish office. Thank you.

SOLEMNITY OF THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD “WHERE IS THE NEWBORN KING OF THE JEWS?” JANUARY 5, 2020

LAST WEEK’S TITHE

Children’s $ 142.00 Sat. 6:00 PM $ 1,601.00

Weekdays $ 233.00 Sun. 9:00 AM $ 1,431.00

Candles $ 60.41 Sun.12:00 PM $ 1,251.00

Christmas $ 3,831.00 Sun. 6:00 PM $ 960.00

Total $ 9,510.22

MASS INTENTIONS

SATURDAY– JANUARY 4, 2020

6:00 p.m. † Ofelia Hernandez

SUNDAY - JANUARY 5, 2020

9:00 a.m. For The People of God

12:00 p.m. † Virginia Ruiz & †Virgina

Treviño

6:00 p.m. El Santisimo - En Acción de

Gracias

MONDAY - JANUARY 6, 2020

No Mass on Mondays

TUESDAY – JANUARY 7, 2020

12:15 p.m. † Alfredo Martinez, Jr.

WEDNESDAY - JANUARY 8, 2020

12:15 p.m. † Miguel Antonio Erazo

THURSDAY - JANUARY 9, 2020

12:15 p.m. † Carlos J. Puente

FRIDAY - JANUARY 10, 2020

12:15 p.m. Gloria Rodriguez

The Sanctuary Candle will be burning In Thanksgiving

By Berta Belcher

The Altar Flowers this weekend are

For †Alfredo Martinez, Jr. In Memory of his 2nd Anniversary

By His Sister and Family

St. John Neumann

Second Collections in January

January 5 - Building/Repair/Maintenance Fund January 26 - Church in Latin America

FEAST OF ST. JOHN NEUMANN, JANUARY 5TH

FEAST OF ST. JOHN NEUMANN

John Nepomucene Neumann was born on March 28, 1811 in Prachatice, in the Kingdom of Bohemia, which is now in the Czech Republic. By the time he was twenty-four, he had learned six languages. He immigrated to the United States in 1836 and was naturalized as a United States citizen in Baltimore on February 10, 1848. He was or-dained and later became the Fourth Bishop of Philadelphia from 1852-1860. While he was Bishop of Philadelphia, he founded the first Catho-lic Diocesan school system in the United States. He was the first United States Bishop to be canonized. He was canonized by Pope Paul VI on June 19, 1977. His Feast days are January 5th, the date Of his death.

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

Today the Magi gaze in deep wonder at what they see: heaven on earth, earth in heaven, man in God, God in man, one whom the whole universe cannot contain now en-closed in a tiny body. St. Peter Chrysologus The Epiphany commemorates the visit of the Magi to the Holy Family.

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We wish to thank you for your prayers, kind wishes Christmas cards and gifts. We are grateful to you. You and your families will be remembered in our Masses during this Christ-mas season and coming New Year.

God Bless You,

Rev. Salvador Pedroza, Pastor Rev. Jose Luis Balderas, Retired, Priest in Resi-dence Les agradecemos profundamente por sus tar-jetas de Navidad, regalos y sobre todo, sus ora-ciones. Les tendremos presents en nuestras Misas durante la temporada Navideña y el próximo Año Nuevo. Dios los bendiga,

Rev. Salvador Pedroza, Párroco Rev. Jose Luis Balderas, Sacerdote Retirado en Residencia

UPCOMING THIS MONTH

Tuesday, Jan. 7th- Faith Formation classes resume!

Sunday, Jan. 5th– Feast of St. John Neumann

Sat. - Sun., Jan. 11-12 - Nocturnal Adoration

Sunday, Jan. 19th - Pro-Life Rosary Walk

Tuesday, Jan. 28th - Fr. Pedroza’s Birthday

Mt:2:1-12

WHO WERE THE THREE WISE MEN

The three wise men who came to seek and honor the infant Jesus were named Gaspar, of India, Balthasar, of Arabia and Melchior, of Persia.

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