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May 31st, 2020 Vol. 38 No. 43

St. Stephen’s Catholic Church 4601 Neely Avenue Midland, Texas 79707 (432) 520-7394 Fax (432) 520-7395

www.ststephensmidland.com

Rev. Rodney White, Pastor Assistant Pastor: Rev. Freddy Perez

Deacons: Leonard Hendon, Luis Mata, Fidel Saldivar, Larry Salazar Director of Religious Education: Gretchen Lara

Music Director: Gabriel Salgado Youth Director: Crystal Villareal

Blessings on your Ordination

Anniversary of 17 years of Priesthood

on May 31st!!

The Diocese of San Angelo has an immediate opening for the position of Diocesan Finance Officer. The Diocesan Finance Officer is responsible for

providing, developing and maintaining financial accountability standards and ethics for all diocesan matters. The Diocesan Finance Officer directs, manages and supervises the financial operations of the Chancery in conjunction with the

Bishop. The Diocesan Finance Officer manages the diocesan assets and advises management in financial operations. Applicant must be licensed as a Certified Public Accountant. Familiarity with diocesan financial operations is

preferred, but other accounting experience will be considered. Experience as a chief finance officer or other high-level accounting or finance position is a plus. The position requires excellent communication and organizational skills. Applicants should have proficiency with information technology,

including knowledge of spreadsheet, database, and accounting computer applications. Job duties and other information regarding the position are

available at the Diocesan website, sanangelodiocese.org. Resumes should be sent to Mike Wyse, Chancellor, at P.O. Box 1829, San Angelo, Texas 76902-1829,

or emailed to mwyse@sanangelodiocese.org.

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ST. STEPHEN’S CONFESSION SCHEDULE

Monday - Tuesday - Thursday

- Friday 6:45 am - 7:00 am & 5:00 - 5:30

pm

Wednesday 6:45 a.m.-7 a.m.; 5-5:30 p.m.

Saturday

7:45 am - 8:00 am; 4:00 - 4:45 pm

Sunday

8:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.; 11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.; 4:15 p.m. -

4:45 p.m. Anytime by appointment.

Last Week’s Collection Mailed In / Dropped Off/ Collection May Online

Regular Collection $6,200.00 $2,150.00 Second Collection $1,445.71 $310.00 Other Income: $643.00

**Includes contributions for: Helping Hands, Catholic Communications Campaign, Poor Parish/Mission Assistance,

Mother’s Day Remembrance Memorials, Building Fund

Monday, June 1st– The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the church

Tuesday, June 2nd-Saints Marcellinus and Peter Martyrs

Wednesday, June 3rd-St, Charles Lwanga & Companions, Martyrs

Thursday, June 4th– Weekday

First Friday, June 5th- St. Boniface, Bishop and Martyr

First Saturday, June 6th-St. Norbet, Bishop; BVM

Sunday, June 7th– The Most Holy Trinity

Mass Intentions For the week of May 31st, 2020

If you would like to make an announcement for your ministry or event please email : Bulletin@ststephensmidland.com

as far in advance as possible. The bulletin deadline is Tuesday at 10am. We encourage you to get any announcements to us the week before

to ensure we have space for your message. Thank you!

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May 31 Armando Acosta

Bobby Amalla DeeDee Arnzen

Aj Gomez Debra Gonzales Liam Guzman

Natalie Jordaan Art Lopez

Kimberleigh Lujan Marco Manriquez Madalyn Marquez Stephanie Rivas

Griselda Rodriguez Jo Ann Viney

June 1 Mae Almand

Sophia Blanco Joseph Brosig Susan Burns Joel Damron Blake Higgins Nancu Leung

Kemberly Villegas June 2

Ryan Almand Gia Marie Alva

Martin Alva Priscella Fuentez–

Scheel Sigfrido Galindo

Richard Gutierrez Benita Maldonado

Eliana Montoya Adam Ortega

Victor Sanchez Kimberly Sosa

Chuck Strugeon Ivan Villa June 3

Erin Denlinger Peter Hallmeyer Francisca Loya

Alliana Luna Billy Lynn June 4

Carmen Damron Natalie Delumpa-

Alexanra Alan Espinoza

Margarito Guevara Stuart Mizzles Ariana Ramos John Anthony

Ramos Yvonne Salazar

Barney Seidenberger Kelsi Sentena Alyssa Sotelo

Alejandra Tejeda Jessica Thompson

June 5 James Bradford John Halldorson Jennifer Juarez Jesus Marquez Selena Pacheco Jennifer Rudloff Yolanda Tinoco Sarah Wiesman Gunnar Ybarra

June 6 Geronimo Carrillo

Ervey Catano Dayran Cruz

Christopher Garcia Delia Ramos

Bertha Sanchez Matthew Sentena

Nina Sledge Alexzander Torres

June 7 Yazlyn Almazan Delma Barriga

Jeff Bussel Liza Carrasco Alexis Chavez

Billy Foster Briana Gonzalez

Craig Grenvik Raquel Hernandez

Marisela Madrid Pete Molina

Shannon Murphy William Percifull Briana Ramos Marlene Rooks

Faith Siruta William Siruta

Bob Breeze, Brenda VladyKo, Mona, Fran, Gerry & others , Noah Garcia, Yulisa Garcia, Crystal Garcia, Emma Valdez, Yolanda Rodriguez & Garcia Family, Joe Munoz lll, Terisa Garza, Jesus Munoz, Ana Morin, Julio Rodriguez, Mingo Lujan, Stephanie Mendoza, Anna Marie

Lunsford, Ignacio (Jr.) Villegas, Zaman Kachir, Raquel Ramirez, Katherine Kirwan, Elia Sauceda, Goyo Valeriano, Selena Jaquez, Enzo Villa, Michelle Franco, Denisse Feregrino, Juan Miguel Flores, Lisa Esther Punete, Olivia Anzures, Maria Esther Estrada, Felix Munoz ll, Jose Martinez Jr. ,Precious Medires, Julian Rodriguez, Ruth Alvardo, Burdette Family, Vasquez Family, Isaiah V., Carlota V., Rod T., Judy D., Mary Helen Smith, Candace Rosas. A.J Garrett, Dolores Higgins, Alexia Aguirre, Larry White, Arthur Garcia, Domingo Carrizales, Colter Marcum, Joe Teagarden, Raul Lujan, Adamari Rosas, Gloria K, Magdalena Mendoza, Stella Torres, Alma Garcia, Joe Teagarden, Dayton Martinez, Natalie Gamboa, Ruby Morales, Alfonso Marquez, Avery King Jr., Dora Lopez, Mary Bryan, Elida Rodriguez, Mendoza Family, Christian Molina, Claudia Molina, Valerie C., Andy Stone, Daniel & Alicia, Isaiah V., Julia G, Julia H.

Email Frontdesk@ststephensmidland.com or call the office at 520-7394 to be added to the prayer list! If someone needs to be removed from prayer list

please contact the office to remove request. Thank you!

Envíe un correo electrónico a frontdesk.sscc@att.net o llame a la oficina al 520-7394 para ser incluido en la lista de oración! Si alguien necesita ser

removido de la lista de oración, por favor comuníquese con la oficina. Gracias!

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Youth News

PEEK AT THE MONTH… ALL TEENS INVITE

June: • We have activities still going on for the

youth on Zoom. If your youth is interested please send us an email. for grades 6th-

12th. Thank you and God Bless!

Crystal Villareal : Ph: (432)-520-7394 crystal@ststephensmidland.com

Munch-N-Lunch Tuesday’s!

Munch-N-Lunch has been postponed

until further notice.

Young Adults/

Jovenes Adultos

We invite everyone to Pray the Rosary from your home every Monday at 7:30pm. With the COVID-19 going on we are supposed to be practicing social distancing but that doesn't mean you can’t continue to Pray the Rosary where ever you are.

Vacation Bible School 2020

With so many unknowns and the safety and health of our kids and volunteers being of utmost

importance, we have decided to cancel St. Stephen's Vacation Bible School for the summer

of 2020. It is disappointing, as we always look forward to VBS, seeing God work in the lives of our kids and through our volunteers, but we are

confident this is the right decision. We made this decision now so that we can work

on other fun and impactful ways to reach our kids and families during our current situation.

Thank you for your prayers and your continued support of our Kids Ministry!

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The Engaged Encounter scheduled for June 5-7, 2020 will be held via ZOOM on June 6 & 7, 2020. If you are interested in attending this

session, please register as soon as possible. Packets with information and materials needed

for the ZOOM session will be mailed to each couple prior to the weekend. Certificates of completion will be mailed after the Engaged

Encounter weekend.

The cost of the Engaged Encounter ZOOM weekend in June is $150.00. Couples can

register using the attached form or on the San Angelo Diocese website using the link below: https://sanangelodiocese.org/ee-registration-

form

If you have any questions regarding this, please contact Gladys at the Parish office, 432-520-

7394 or directly to: Susan Counts Secretary

Christ the King Retreat Center 325-651-5352

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www.helpinghandsmidland.com

Because we feel it is important that you know how and where your donations to Helping Hands are spent, here is what was done in the past week: Rent 29 families $31,172.90 Total $31,172.90

Helping Hands of Midland 1301 Brinson Lane

(432) 520-8900

We were not surprised at all to read last week that unemployment in Midland has jumped to over 10%...numbers we have not seen in many, many years. And while the calls for help have slowed down a little (due mainly to people now receiving their unemployment checks), the demand for assistance is still extremely high compared to what we are used to in Midland. There are still people having trouble receiving their unemployment checks and it is very difficult to reach these offices for help. The same problem is occurring with the IRS to check on status of stimulus checks. Still, it is a blessing to live in a country where the help is so readily available. And it is an additional blessing to have caring people who are so willing to share what they have with those who are less fortunate. We cannot thank you enough for all of your support that allows us to help those who are falling through the cracks. In an effort to operate our thrift store more efficiently we have changed our store days from Tuesday and Saturday to Wednesday and Saturday. That will give us an additional day to stock the store for our Tuesday shoppers. We still pray that the day will come when we can return to being open three days each week. Due to lack of volunteers we are still unable to send our trucks out to homes to pick up your donations. They can be brought to us at our facility at 1301 Brinson every day Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. till 2 p.m. or they can be brought to our trucks parked outside of St. Stephen’s Catholic Church (4601 Neely) any day during daylight hours. We again remind you that we have updated our website and Facebook pages and we ask you to please check them for updates on a regular basis.

The addresses are: WEBSITE: helpinghandsmidland.com

FACEBOOK: helpinghandsmidlandstore And remember, we are always open to your suggestions on how we can improve our operation. May your week be blessed.