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August 23, 2020 Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Roman Catholic Communities of
Sts. Peter and Paul, in Bellville, and
Immaculate Conception, in Industry
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
936 South Front Street, Bellville, Texas 77418 – P.O. Box 808 (mailing address)
Web Page www.stsppbellvilletx.org
Rev. Timothy Bucek - Pastor
Rev. Ron Cloutier ‐ Guest Priest
Deacon Gerald DuPont - Permanent Deacon
David Montonati - Business Manager
Cassie Malinowski ‐ Secretary
Telephone ‐ 979‐865‐2368 FAX ‐ 979‐865‐9929
email ‐ [email protected]
Office Hours Monday ‐ Friday:
8:00 am ‐ 4:30 pm
Sacrament of Marriage Registration in the parish is required.
Please contact the parish office at least six months prior to the
anticipated wedding day.
Sacrament of Baptism Preparation and registration is
required for parents and godparents. Please contact the parish office.
Registration Information We welcome you to come join us in worship. Please call the parish office to request a registration form. You
can return the form in in the Sunday collection. If you have any questions
or if we can be of further service, please call the parish office.
Whatever you bind on
earth shall be bound in
heaven; and whatever
you loosed on earth
shall be loosed in
heaven – Mt 16:19
Mass Schedule Saturday - 5:00 pm Sunday - 10:00 am
Tuesday & Thursday - 7:30 am Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturdays 4:15 pm before Mass Religious Education
Sundays 8:30 am - 9:45 am Wednesdays 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Kimberly Harrelson – Director
([email protected]) Cynthia Luongo - Youth Minister
979-865-3432 Music Ministry & Cantor - Tim Tlucek
Musician - Chris Nava Sts. Peter and Paul Social Services Ministry
979-865-2368 Liturgical Arts & Environment
Bernice Harlan, Marilyn Zaskoda Maintenance - Daniel Alanis Finance Council
Chuck Scianna, Justin Lischka, Keith Linseisen, Michele Inglish,
Kathy Husband Pastoral Council
Jamie Elick, Laurie Gaddy, Rose Coody, Gaby Avila
15994 Highway 159 West, Industry, Texas 78944
P.O. Box 808, Bellville, Texas 77418 (mailing address)
Mass Schedule Sunday - 8:00 am
Wednesday - 6:30 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation
By appointment only. Parish Hall - 979-357-2831 Religious Education
Sundays 9:15 am - 10:30 am Emma Jackson – Director
([email protected]) 979-357-2830
Music Ministry & Cantor Peggy DuPont
Musician - Chris Nava
St. Vincent Society of Immaculate Conception
979-357-2833 Liturgical Arts & Environment
Neely Vasicek, Theresa Kopech, Tomi Beth Drab, Steve Short
Finance Council Jamin Swantner, Pat Balke,
Carol Bonaccorso, Mike Drab, Bernie Stephan
Pastoral Council Mable Meyers, Neely Vasicek,
Matt Menefee, Georgianne Schmid, Chapo Castillo
Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands (Psalm 138)
Sts. Peter and Paul Minister Schedule
Saturday, August 29, 5:00 pm Mass
Lectors: Cheryl Maeker
Eucharistic Ministers: Linda Spencer
Altar Servers: No Altar Servers at this time
Hospitality: Jackie Schrader, Susan Huff, Helen & Charley Burchfield
Sunday, August 30, 10:00 am Mass
Lectors: Kellie Dinges
Eucharistic Ministers: Pete Eichelberger, Adrian Dinges
Altar Servers: No Altar Servers at this time
Hospitality: Laurie & Glenn Gaddy, Mary Lou Carson, David Wasaff
Immaculate Conception Minister Schedule
Sunday, August 30, 8:00 am Mass
Lectors: Patricia Allee
Eucharistic Ministers: Neely Vasicek, Matt Menefee
Altar Servers: No Altar Servers at this time
Hospitality: Leebert & Elna Brune, Cory & Jamie Halfmann
To help at Mass as a Hospitality Minister, Altar Server, Extraordinary Minister of
Holy Communion, Lector, or Choir Member, please call the Parish Office
979‐865‐2368.
This Week’s Events Sunday, Aug. 23 ‐ 8 am, Industry, Mass 10 am, Bellville, Mass Tuesday, Aug.25 - 7:30 am, Bellville, Mass Wednesday, Aug.26 - 6:15 pm, Industry, Rosary 6:30 pm, Industry, Mass Thursday, Aug.27 – 7:30 am, Bellville, Mass Friday, Aug 28 - Bellville & Industry, CCE Online Registration Deadline Saturday, Aug. 29- 5 pm, Bellville, Mass Sunday, Aug.30 ‐ 8 am, Industry, Mass 10 am, Bellville, Mass
Purchase CCSF Cards as Gifts
The Catholic Clerical Student Fund (CCSF) raises funds to be used in the education of young men to the Priesthood at St. Mary’s Seminary in Houston. The primary fundraiser are the sale of prayer cards, which make great Christmas or birthday gifts. To purchase cards, Sts. Peter & Paul parishioners can contact Jackie Stewart and Immaculate Conception parishioners can contact Cecilia Vasicek.
Have you been thinking about exploring the Catholic faith? Would you like to learn more about what Catholics believe and how we worship? Whether you are deeply interested or merely curious, we invite you to join us to explore the Sunday scriptures, answer questions, and discuss basic Christian beliefs from a Catholic perspective. Meetings are very informal and everyone is
welcome. For more information, please call the rectory office (979-865-2368) or contact Deacon Gerald DuPont.
Aug 22 - 5 pm Bellville Victor Kujawa †
Aug 23 - 8 am Industry Bill Vasicek † 10 am Bellville Dean & Karen Haviland ††
Aug 25 - 7:30 am Bellville Lydia Hinze †
Aug 26- 6:30 pm Industry Joe & Bertha Gottselig ††
Aug 27 - 7:30 am Bellville Margaret Dilorio †
Aug 29 - 5 pm Bellville Bilski Family /†
Aug 30 - 8 am Industry Stanley Jozwiak † 10 am Bellville Bruce & Hazel Ruth Husband ††
If you would like to honor a loved one with
a Mass offered in their name, please call
the Parish Office 979-865-2368.
Flowers
Sts. Peter & Paul Aug 23 - Jan McGuire & Bea Jackson †† Aug. 30 - David & Kim Jackson Anniversary
Immaculate Conception
Aug 23- Mike & Tomi Beth Drab Aug. 30 - Menefee Family
Red Rose Sts. Peter & Paul Aug 23 - Willie & Jeanette Krolczyk Aug. 30 - Emilia Rosiler †
Immaculate Conception
Aug 23 - Mike & Tomi Beth Drab
Aug. 30 - Menefee Family
Bulletin Submissions
To get an item published in the bulletin:
Send it to our email - “[email protected]”
Call 979-865-2368 - select option 5
Fill out a form in the gathering space.
All submissions are due by noon on the Tuesday before publication.
Weekly Collections and Attendance
Sts. Peter and Paul
Collection: $9,736.40
Attendance: Aug 15 - 77 / Aug 16 - 81
Immaculate Conception
Collection: $2,500.00
Attendance: Aug 16 - 79
Make Your Weekly Donation Online
Immaculate Conception Church and Sts. Peter & Paul Church now accept online donations. With many parishioners who are still uncomfortable or unable to attend mass due to age or medical issues, we encourage you to use our online giving. It is a very easy process. Just go to the Sts. Peter & Paul website, https://stsppbellvilletx.org/ and click on the tab labeled “On-line Giving (Industry)” or “On-line Giving (Bellville)”and follow the prompts.
Donations for Seafarers
Seafarers coming into the Port of Houston need our help!
We ask you to bring one or more of the items below with you to church and put them in the box provided in the back of church. The items needed include: combs, bath soaps, disposable razors, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoos, pencils, pens, small writing pads, puzzles, envelopes, deodorants, needle & thread, white tube socks, brown cotton gloves, knit caps, aspirins, handkerchiefs, Band-Aids, key chains, small photo albums, Texas souvenirs, disposable or single use cameras, books, plastic shoe boxes, shaving cream (no aerosol cans).
This year we would like to get plastic shoe boxes for the seafarers. They are easier to store and the seafarers can use them to keep their stuff in. Our goal is to
collect 200 boxes. The last day for donations is Sunday, September 13. The boxes will be wrapped at the Bluebonnet Deanery Meeting in Bellville at 9:30 am, Tuesday, September 15.
The Divine Point of View
Divinely wise souls often infuriate the worldly-wise because
they always see things from the Divine point of view. The
worldly are willing to let anyone believe in God if he pleases,
but only on condition that a belief in God will mean no more
than belief in anything else. They will allow God, provided that
God does not matter. But taking God seriously is precisely
what makes the saint. As St. Teresa put it, “What is not God to
me is nothing.” This passion is called snobbish, intolerant,
stupid, and unwarranted intrusion; yet those who resent it
deeply wish in their own hearts that they had the saint’s inner
peace and happiness. – Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
CCE Virtual Pub Trivia Night a Success
A big thanks to everyone who participated in Sts. Peter & Paul VIRTUAL PUB TRIVIA NIGHT. It was a fun fest laugh riot. The team: “Water to Wine” won this year’s Trivia Night!
Immaculate Conception CCE Registration
Parents, please check your email. Information about CCE registrations were sent to the email address we have on file. Deadline to register is Aug 28. If you are having any issues, please let me know and we will meet in the gathering space of the CCE building to register on church computers.
Padres, por favor revisen su correo electrónico. La información sobre los registros de CCE se envió a la dirección de correo electrónico que tenemos registrada. La fecha límite para registrarse es el 28 de agosto. Si tiene algún problema, hágamelo saber y nos reuniremos en el espacio de reunión del edificio de CCE para registrarse en las computadoras de la iglesia.
God Bless You All, Emma Jackson, DRE, Immaculate Conception Industry
Sts. Peter & Paul CCE Registration Update
We have made a few changes in registration for CCE this year, which will make it easier on both parents and staff. (We have gone paperless!) Please go to the Sts. Peter & Paul website, and click on the Formation tab. To the right you will see where it says “CCE registration” (English and Spanish). It will only take you a few minutes. At the end of the On line registration, you will see a button that will take you to our online payment. Once this is complete, your child/children are registered. All registrations must be completed by August 28th, in order to ensure a place in the classroom, or to have the materials that you will need, if you choose the at home program. (Financial assistance is available upon request).
If you have any problems registering or need any help, please email Kimberly Harrelson at [email protected]
Today’s Readings
First Reading - Eliakim is destined by God to be a father to those who live in Jerusalem (Isaiah 22:19-23).
Psalm - Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands (Psalm 138).
Second Reading - How deep are the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! (Romans 11:33-36).
Gospel - Jesus asked the disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter replied, “You are the Christ” (Matthew 16:13-20).
Readings for the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
Monday: Rev 21:9b-14; Ps 145:10-13, 17-18; Jn 1:45-51 Tuesday: 2 Thes 2:1-3a, 14-17; Ps 96:10-13; Mt 23:23-26 Wednesday: 2 Thes 3:6-10, 16-18; Ps 128:1-2, 4-5; Mt 23:27-32 Thursday: 1 Cor 1:1-9; Ps 145:2-7; Mt 24:42-51 Friday: 1 Cor 1:17-25; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 10-11; Mk 25:1-13 Saturday: 1 Cor 1:26-31; Ps 33:12-13, 18-21; Mt 6:17-29 Sunday: Jer 20:7-9; Ps 63:2-6, 8-9; Rom 12:1-2; Mt 11:29ab
Saints and Special Observances
Sunday: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: St. Bartholomew, Apostle Tuesday: St. Louis, St. Joseph Calasanz, Priest Thursday: St. Monica Friday: St. Augustine Saturday: The Passion of St. John the Baptist
Coffee Fundraiser for SPP Youth Ministry
You can order until Aug 31 through our direct link (no codes needed) and the coffee will be shipped directly to your home for a flat rate of $5 for the entire order.
https://www.stsppbellvilletx.org/coffee-fundraiser
A Catholic family owned, Houston-run business supporting family owned growers with pricing that exceeds "fair trade certification" rates. THANK YOU & ENJOY!!
Patience is the companion of wisdom. - St. Augustine
The Rock
Peter was Jesus’ choice to lead the fragile band of apostles. In today’s Gospel, Simon is given a new name—Peter, the “rock.” In John’s Gospel, Peter is called to be a shepherd. He is expected to lay down his life for his sheep. And tradition tells us that he did just that. But today we think about the durable rocklike quality that Jesus needed in a leader.
Peter was appointed to his leadership position for reasons we are not able to fathom. God knows, and Jesus knew well, that Peter was flawed. We cannot mistake his enthusiasms, though, his manifest love, and his great, exuberant faith. Those virtues saw him through. They are durable, tough, beautiful virtues. They make Peter a sympathetic and lovable person. They provide us with the balance and humor that we need as we consider our own roles in the universal church.
Divine Selection of Leaders
The historical memory of the investiture of Eliakim preserved the oracle of Isaiah, today’s first reading, sheds light on the commissions of Peter in today’s Gospel. By divine decree, Eliakim son of Hilkiah replaces Shebna as master of the palace, a promotion that makes him prominent in the royal house. His great authority is symbolized by the key of the House of David; this means that Eliakim will determine who gains admission to the palace and who does not. Similarly, the authority conferred on Simon son of Jonah means he will function as master of the palace in the kingdom established by Jesus.
Jesus’ words to Peter make it clear that this appointment too is by divine decree. “Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father.” It is not Peter’s resume, but his response in faith to divine revelation that signals God’s choice of him. Jesus announces God’s initiative with a beatitude. And Paul seems to respond with a doxology: “How inscrutable are [God’s] judgments and how unsearchable his ways!”
When I die, God will not measure my head to see
how clever I was. God will measure my heart to see
how loving I was. - Anonymous