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PARISH OFFICE HOURS MONDAY-THURSDAY: 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.
FRIDAY: 9:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M.
SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 11:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m. (Misa en español)
WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE Tuesday-Friday 8:00 a.m.
RECONCILIATION (CONFESSIONS) Wednesday: 6:30-7:15 p.m.
Saturday: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED
SACRAMENT Monday: 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
First Friday of each month:
8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
22800 Aldine-Westfield Rd., Spring, TX 77373 Office 281-353-5053 * Fax 281-355-8847
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
www.stjta.org
CLERGY: Rev. Charles J. Samperi, Pastor Ext. 117
Deacon Ray Oden, Administrator Ext. 111
Deacon Alfonso Chicas Ext. 113
Deacon Paul Pinon Ext. 119
Deacon Rene Ramon Ext. 115
Deacon Art Zepeda, Retired Ext. 118
PASTORAL STAFF: Don Nguyen, Director of Music Ext. 123
Chela Mescia, Secretary Ext. 125
Cathy Uvalle, Secretary Ext. 120
“Living our timeLess CathoLiC Faith in a Contemporary worLd”
First Sunday of Lent February 22, 2015
ST. JAMES THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH SPRING, TEXAS
ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK
SUNDAY, February 22, FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT 7:30 a.m. Mass - Amelia Garcia + 9:00 a.m. Mass - Pro Populo 11:00 a.m. Mass - Anne McCarthy + 1:00 p.m. Misa en Español - Juanita Tapia de Ortiz+ 2:30 p.m. Chime Practice (Apostle/Music Rms)
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MONDAY, February 23 8:00 a.m. Rosary 6:45 p.m. Boy Scout Meeting (JP II Rm) 7:00 p.m. Adoration _______________________________________________________
TUESDAY, February 24 7:30 a.m. Rosary 8:00 a.m. Mass - 8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer 9:00 a.m. Spring Timers (Parish Hall) 6:00 p.m. Reconciliation Prep/Confession (Church) 6:00 p.m. Confirmation (Parish Hall) 7:00 p.m. Troop Meetings (JP II Rm) ________________________________________________________
WEDNESDAY, February 25 7:30 a.m. Rosary 8:00 a.m. Mass - 8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer 10:00 a.m. Bible Study (St. James Rm) 6:00 p.m. Faith Formation Classes Grades: 9-12 (Parish Hall)
6:30 p.m. Confessions (South Confessional) 7:00 p.m. High School Youth Nights (Parish Hall)
______________________________________ THURSDAY, February 26 7:30 a.m. Rosary 8:00 a.m. Mass – Alicia Rochester-Montgomery + 8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer 6:00 p.m. Bible Study (St. James Rm) 7:00 p.m. Boy Scout Troop Committee Meeting (JP II Rm) ________________________________________________________
FRIDAY, February 27
7:30 a.m. Rosary 8:00 a.m. Mass - Luis Tesley Rankin + 8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer 12:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross (Church) 6:30 p.m. El Shaddai Prayer Group (JP II Rm) 7:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross (Church) 7:00 p.m. Grupo de Oracion (Parish Hall)
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SATURDAY, February 28 8:00 a.m. Retiro: Encuentro Con La Palabra (Parish Hall) 10:00 a.m. Spanish Baptism (Narthex) 3:30 p.m. Confessions (South Confessional) 5:00 p.m. Mass - Amelia Garcia +
MINISTRIES/ORGANIZATIONS:
Altar Society: (Theresa Avila) ………………………………………[email protected] Boy Scouts Troop #355, Cub Scouts, American Heritage Girls: (Paul Hall) ………………………………………………………[email protected] Catholic Daughters of the Americas: …………………………………………………..(Paula Willis))[email protected] Couples for Christ/FFL: (Joel Santa Cruz) …………[email protected] El Shaddai DWXI Prayer Group: (Joyce Ramos)……[email protected] Family Fun Night: (Kim Oden)……………………………[email protected]
Grupo de Oración: (Maria Esther Alvarez) Knights of Columbus #6557, Respect Life: (Robert Cobb) …………………………….………………………………[email protected]
Parish Council: (Sarah Alaniz)
Springtimers: (Betty Frey)…………………………………[email protected]
THE PEOPLE ON THE PRAYER LIST
Matthew Noonan, Vicky Smith, Billy Mayo, Mary Jonak, Teresa Ozog, Joshua
Jones, Eva Munoz, Leann Molina, The Muncey Family, Felix Gomez & Family, J.C. Gallagher, McGahey Family, Robert Cobb, Vennessa Rive-ra, Carl Borders Family, Denise Fayard, Laura Samudio, Manuela Casas, James Jenkins, Bobbye Jenkins, Cecilia Araya, Anita Zepeda, Jeannie Steffensmeier, Jackie Walton, Paisley McCabe, Jean Lesieux, Maria Teresa & Raymond Barrau, Rita Coppa, Ilona Legradi, Maria Isabel Cortez, John Martinko, Joan Lariccia, Mason Coronado, Randy Hamala, Chris & Mike Ferron, Richard Baca, Sam Carroll, Rosa Cedillo, Maria Partida, Carol, Beverly, Maggie, Magdalena Diaz, William Jack-son, Maria, Selena, Maureen Kroeger, Manuel Garcia, Sr. Pedro Gar-cia, Manuel Garcia Jr., Ted Landa, Mark New, Heidi Richmond, Mary Parker, Consuelo Herrera, Lloyd Sherbert, Janell McCormick, Virgil Muncey, Mary Lopez, Irene Wilson, Matthew Wood, Paul Bernard, Ramona Trevino, Malena Trevino, Joe Trevino, Cloid Hall, Jimmy Arnold, Gary Grant, Felipe Cavazos, Mary Consford, Keylee Hum-phreys, Pierce Counts, Laura Counts, Martha Calvin, Vincent Sanzone, Donna St. Clair, Hai Nguyen, John Lyke, Moises Woods, Andrea Duran, Hannah Henry, Raymond & Michelle Vera Jr.,Pat Schultz, Zeny Naguit, Gail Nevlud, Mary Ahr, Erin Musick, Joseph Moone.
PARISH INFORMATION NEWCOMERS: A warm welcome to you. We hope that you find a home with us here at St. James. If you would like to become a regis-tered member of our parish family, please pick up a registration form locate on either side of the doors. If you wish, you may stop the parish office or please visit our website at STJTA. org. We will be happy to assist you in any way. INFANT BAPTISM: We are excited about you having your baby bap-tized here at St. James. For information concerning Baptism, please contact the parish office or please visit our website at STJTA. org. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: The church is here for you in times of sickness. If you wish to receive the Anointing of the Sick, please con-tact the parish office or see the priest or one of the deacons before or after mass. He will be glad to assist you. MARRIAGE: Congratulations on your upcoming marriage. The church wishes to assist you in preparing for this important sacrament. Couples should contact the parish office at least six (6) months prior to the wedding date so that we can adequately prepare you to receive this sacrament or please visit our website at STJTA. org. RCIA: The church welcomes you as a son or daughter. We hope that you find a home with us here at St. James. If you are interested in becoming Catholic and learning about our faith, please speak to the priest or one of our deacons. You may also wish to visit It is our our website at STJTA. org. It is our pleasure and privilege to assist you on your journey of faith.
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
Please pray for one of our Parishioners, ZENY NAGUIT, who has just been admitted to the Heart and Kidney Trans-plant List. Zeny’s survival rests on getting these much needed transplants. You can help Zeny and all the other patients like her who are waiting for transplants by follow-ing this link:
http://patients.transplants.org/zenynaguit.
NEW PARISH APP IS HERE! St James has launched our own app for iPhone and Android smart phones. To download our app, visit:
myparishapp.com. The app will allow us to better communicate with you
throughout the week and keep you updated with relevant parish news or updates. The app is very well designed
and very intuitive. It will be a great resource for parishion-ers by providing daily Mass readings, Catholic news and
prayers, convenient prayer and Confession reminders, our bulletins and more.
We hope for our new app will be a tool for fostering stronger
parish life at St James and better engaging the New Evangelization.
—PARISH NEWS
Adult Confirmation classes will be held
every Tuesday evening beginning on
April 14th and ending on May19th, from
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
in the St James Room
The Rite of Confirmation will be on
May 24th 2015. Please contact the parish office
at 281-353-5053 to register for the classes.
Birthright will be handing out
baby bottles after all the masses
next weekend. This is an excellent
Lenten project for your family. As
you and your children fill the
bottles with money to help support Birthright,
you can take the opportunity to talk about the
precious gift of life that God has given us and
our obligation to stand up for life.
FORMS OF PENANCE: Prayer ~ In prayer, we encounter and walk with God. Dur-ing the Lenten season, we are encouraged to make opportunities for individual and common prayer. Opportunities for prayer can include attending Mass, praying the Liturgy of the Hours, praying within the family, visiting a chapel, prayerfully reading the Bible, reciting the rosary, or praying before the Blessed Sacrament. Fasting ~ By refraining from eating, we signify our oneness with the Lord, acknowledge our need for conversion, and give witness to our solidarity with those less fortunate. Catholics who are 18 years and older and in good health are bound until their 59th birthday by the obligation to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Traditionally, the canonical obligation of fasting has been understood in the Church as the taking of only one full meal a day. Almsgiving ~ This penitential practice entails giving money or other resources for the benefit of those in need. One possible source of this money is that which has been saved from fasting or other means of self-denial.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Fridays at 12noon, and 7 p.m. (see 7 p.m. schedule below)
February 20: Stations of the Cross February 27: Stations of the Cross March 6: Children’s Stations of the Cross March 13: Stations of the Cross March 20: Stations of the Cross March 27: Stations of the Cross
2015 Lenten Reconciliation Services Wednesday, March 4th @ St. Anthony @ 6pm (w/Sts. Simon and Jude) Thursday, March 5th @ St. Mary Magdalene @ 6:30pm (w/St. Martha & St. John of the Cross)
Tuesday, March 17th @ Prince of Peace @ 6pm (w/St. Anne & St. Ignatius) Wednesday, March 18th @ Christ the Good Shepherd @ 7pm (w/St. Edward & St. James)
ST. JAMES THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH SPRING, TEXAS
DSF 2015 ~ “GO FORTH AND BEAR FRUIT THAT WILL LAST…”
Parish Goal for 2015: $87,000.00 Amount Paid: $4,434.00 Amount Pledged: $12,860.00 # of participants: 44 % paid at: 5.13% Report date: 2/16/2015
—-STEWARDSHIP
Sign up for Online Giving by visiting www.stjta.org
OUR GIFTS TO GOD Thank you for your generous stewardship
Week ending February 14-15, 2015
Regular Collection (227 envelopes) $11,267.21 Mailed in contributions: $ 3,858.80 Online Giving: 2/9-2/15/2015 $ 2,424.62 Total: $17,550.63 Attendance: 1583
SCHEDULED SECOND COLLECTIONS: 1st Sunday: Debt Reduction 5th Sunday: Social Ministry
FEBRUARY 2015 22 Sunday GN 9:8-15;PS 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9;1 PT 3:18-22 23 Monday LV 19:1-2, 11-18;PS 19:8, 9, 10, 15;MT 25:31-46
24 Tuesday IS 55:10-11;PS 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19;MT 6:7-15
25 Wednesday JON 3:1-10;PS 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19;LK 11:29-32
26 Thursday EST C:12, 14-16, 23-25;PS 138:1-2AB, 2CDE-3, 7C-;MT 7:7-12 27 Friday EZ 18:21-28;PS 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-7A, 7BC-8;MT 5:20-26 28 Saturday DT 26:16-19;PS 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8;MT 5:43-48
READINGS THIS WEEK
PLEASE PATRONIZE OUR BULLETIN SPONSORS
Diocesan Services Fund (DSF) 2015:
" You will be enriched in every way for great
generosity" 2 CORINTHIANS 9:11
MORE PARISH NEWS
Knights of Columbus Council 6557 will award $1000 Educational Scholarships to
graduating high school seniors. Two scholarships will be awarded to relatives of council members
and one will be awarded to a St. James graduating parishioner. Applications are due
NLT March 1, 2015. Contact Bill Moeller at (832)594-4980 for details and an application.
Wedding Anniversary
If you will be
celebrating a 50, 55,
60, or 65 years or more during 2015,
please call Betty Frey at 281-355-6875.
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
**FAITH FORMATION CLASSES FOR GRADES: 9-12 IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH**
FOR ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL ~
Faith Formation Office: 281-353-5053 ext: 124 Faith Formation Secretary: Rachel Weatherby, [email protected]
Youth Ministry (Middle & High School): A.J. Bituin, [email protected]
CFF Middle School & Elementary: Jackie Brown. [email protected]
(Grades 4-6 & 7-8)
CFF High School & Elementary: Theresa Avila, [email protected]
(Grades 1-3 & 9-12)
(Please visit our webpage at www.stjta.org/Formation & Sacraments for class schedules, information, and forms).
—-FAITH FORMATION
KSHJ 1430 AM – English Catholic radio in Hou-
ston, TX. Tune in for intelli-gent talk, catechesis, apolo-getics, a Catholic perspec-
tive on news and current events, great fun, and lots of
advice on living the faith in our relationships and sharing the faith with our friends and family. Tune in every Monday at 12 noon to “Evangelium Live,”
Houston’s local live program hosted by Joe McClane. Listen on air at AM 1430, online at
GRNonline.com, or on your mobile device – both IOS and Android.
—-DIOCESE NEWS
Called together from all over the world in
faithful celebration of the
family—the sanctuary of love
and life. Visit:
www.worldmeeting2015.org for more information.
In 2013, Pope Francis declared that a
Year of Consecrated Life (YCL) be celebrated
throughout the world. YCL will begin on the First
Sunday of Advent, November 30, 2014. It will close
on the World Day of Consecrated Life,
February 2, 2016.
ST. JAMES THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH SPRING, TEXAS
SERVICIO DEL FONDO DIOCESANO 2015 “VAYAN Y DEN FRUTO ABUNDANTE Y DURADERO…”
Meta de la parroquia 2015: $87,000.00 Pagado: $4,434.00 Promesa: $12,860.00 # de participantes: 44 % pagado: 5.13% Fecha: 2/16/2015
—–MINISTERIO HISPANO
CLASES DE CONFIRMACION PARA ADULTOS
Adultos: Las clases (en Espanol) para la preparacion para recibir el Sacramento de la Confirmacion se llevaran a cabo en la parroquia de Cristo El Gran
Pastor (Christ The Good Shepherd) los dí as lunes comenzando
el 23 de febrero. La Confirmacio n sera el 24 de mayo.
Para mas informacion, comuniquese con el
Diacono Alberto Patetta al 281-376-6831 ext 343 o [email protected].
(Gracias por su ayuda Cristiana De Los Dones)
Fin de Semana del 14 y 15 de febrero 2015
Colecta Regular (227 sobres) $11,267.21 Contribuciones enviadas por correo: $ 3,858.80 Contribuciones Vía línea: 2/9-2/15/15 $ 2,424.62 Total: $17,550.63 Asistencia: 1583
SEGUNDA COLECTA PROGRAMADA: 1er domingo: Reducción de la deuda
5o domingo: MInisterio Social
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2014 IRS STATEMENT REQUEST REGISTERED PARISHIONERS: If you would like to have a statement of your 2014 contributions to St. James to report on your personal income tax form, please complete the information below and return it to the Pastoral Office. Statements will be available as soon as possible. (Donations must have been by Online Giving, direct deposit, mail or in envelope – loose checks and cash are not recorded):
NAME: _______________________________________________________________ ADDRESS: _______________________________________________ or ENVELOPE # _____________
Please Mail_____ Will Pick Up_____
(If picking up, statement will be left in Will Call, outside the Apostle Room.)
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