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SAINT PHILIP THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH FOUNDED 1909
DIOCESE OF VICTORIA IN TEXAS
304 W. Church St., El Campo, Tx. 77437
979-543-3770 • fax: 979-578-8831
Parish School:
979-543-2901 • fax: 979-578-8835
Parish Homepage: www.stphilipapostle.org
Parish Email: [email protected]
School Homepage: www.stphilipschool.org
Pastor: Reverend Michael Rother
Parochial Vicar: Rev. Peter Oscar Kofi-Amo
Deacons: Deacon Jarrel Nohavitza Deacon Jerome Grahmann Deacon Larry Hoelscher
Sunday Eucharist Schedule
Saturday (Vigil of Sunday) ................................................................ 5:00 p.m.
Sunday ........................................................... 7:00 a.m.; 10:00 a.m.; 6:00 p.m.
Holy Day and Weekday Schedule
Holy Days ........................................................................... (check the Bulletin)
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, First Saturday......................... 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday ....................................................................................... 5:30 p.m.
Friday during School Season ............................................................ 8:15 a.m.
Wednesday at Nursing home ............................................................ 1:30 p.m.
Perpetual Adoration and Rosary
Perpetual Adoration .......................... Monday 8:30 a.m. until Friday 5:00 p.m.
Rosary ............................... 30 minutes before weekday and weekend Masses
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Wednesday 4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.; Saturday 3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.;
by appointment and season schedule during Advent and Lent
~ Pastoral Care Information ~ Sacrament of Baptism: Please inform the Parish office at least six months before due
date. Further instructions and baptismal materials will be provided at the Parish office.
Sacrament of Marriage: Please register at the parish office as soon as possible, but at
least six months prior to anticipated date.
Ministry to the Sick and Homebound: Call the Parish office when a family member is sick
and would like a visit or would like to receive Holy Communion, Reconciliation and Anointing
of the Sick.
New Parishioners and Status: Welcome to St. Philip Parish! Call or come by the Parish office to register. Also notify us when moving out of the parish or when you have a change of family status and address.
Community Mission Statement…We, the people of God of Saint Philip the Apostle, in the
loving and evangelizing spirit of St. Philip, form a family community that challenges each of
us to proclaim and live the gospel messages of Jesus Christ in the world through worship,
evangelization, Christian formation and service.
Administrative Secretary
Leslie Farquhar
Receptionist
Sylvia Peter
Music Director
Janice Cox
Youth Minister
Ana Rodriguez
Technology/Schedules
Leslie Farquhar
Parish Catechetical Leader
Nancy Fenner
School Principal
Gwen Edwards
School Secretary
Amanda Stary
Cemetery Supervisor
Kirk Stary
Parish Administrative Council
Deacon Jarrel Nohavitza
Deacon Jerome Grahmann
Deacon Larry Hoelscher
Lisa Bubela
Gary Charbula
Jeanie Janak
Claudia Raun
Scott Strnadel
Ray Viktorin
Mike Watz
School Advisory Council
Anthony Cisneros
William Key
Jeff Little
Cory Radley
Kyle Wallis
Tyler Williams
Amanda Dorotik
Stacey Ermis
Cemetery Committee
Linda Alvarado
Lynn Cox
Ginger Harris
Dot Hermansen
Mary Jane Kaiser
Gracie Priesmeyer
Jerry Socha
Bereavement/Outreach
Committee
Evelyn Grahmann
Irene Nohavitza
School Endowment Trustees
Linda Bolcik
James Bouligny
Deacon Larry Hoelscher
Gloria Marek
Kim Socha
Donald Sutton
David Zalman
Spiritual Direction
Patricia Hoelscher
Safe Environment Coordinator
Leslie Farquhar
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
April 5, 2020
Remember In Prayer Pray For The Sick…
Brandon Janak, Annabelle Van Deursen, Gary Polasek, Clifton Bram, Anton Tupa, Dolores Priesmeyer, Melody Macha, Milton Machacek, Johnnie Mican, Kristen Lezak, Deacon Jarrel Noha-vitza, Abby Goerig, Sammy Tupa, Dora Casarez, Carly Walker, Butch Witcher, Lester Lutringer, Lisa Respondek Holt, Elsie Stavinoha, Helen Hicks, Fred Prihoda, Wayne Zabodyn, Frank Krenek, Alvin Korenek, Joshua Fowler, Margaret Waters, Leon-ard Hubenak, Dianne Appling, Jennifer Martin, Stephanie Ste-pan, Deacon Ed Wendel, Donna Korenek, Glenn Kahanek, Wes-ton Swoboda, Charles Maerz, David Dunn, Donnie Novak, Regi-na Kacer, Irene Sedlock, Lonnie Roe, Arliss Treybig, Michael Mangel, Rita Addicks, Garret Davis, Ed Wasek, Robert “Bob” Staff, Brandy Kubena, Eugene Graham, Cindy Junek, Tim Tlucek, Bill Culver, Daniel Marek, Linda Seawright, Cindy Riha, Carl Siglock, Frankie Novak, Shirley McMahon, Barbara Milder, Hugo and Anne Schilhab, Lawrence and Edna Shimek and the homebound.
2. Saint Philip the Apostle Catholic Church
A Message From Our Pastor
Father’s Formed.org Suggestion of the Week PROGRAMS – BIBLE STUDIES
Lectio: Salvation with Dr. Michael Barber In the Book of Isaiah, a prophesy is given to the Israel-ites who are in exile in Babylonia. They were taken there by the Babylonians in the Babylonian conquest of the Kingdom of Judah. This prophesy in Chapter 40 is given as a message of comfort that God had not abandoned the people, but that His people were not put out of His heart. His glory would be revealed and the people of Judah would be restored. Verse three prophesies: “A voice proclaims: In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!” We find out in the beginning of Mark’s Gospel that John the Baptist takes on this role preparing the people and the world for the coming of the Messiah. John the Baptist’s message is also a message of comfort for God’s people that God is with them, and will soon deliver them from the exile that sin brought onto humanity. John the Baptist went before the Lord to prepare the people’s hearts to receive him when he came. Palm Sunday is last hurrah of preparation for the cele-bration of the passion, death, and resurrection of the Sav-ior. We must finalize the preparation of our hearts to re-ceive the grace of the Spirit to enter into the Paschal event of the resurrection that we too, one day in Christ, will be resurrected. Let Sunday’s celebration prepare your heart for the outpouring of God’s grace in this time of upheaval of our lives. May it strengthen you to live more fully your faith in God. If the prophets along with John the Baptist teach us nothing else, let them instill in our hearts and minds the truth that God is with us. We are never far from His mind and heart.
Prayer Intentions at Mass April 6 - April 12
MON 8:00 a.m. Parishioners Intentions
TUE 8:00 a.m. Leslie Farquhar (Special Intention)
WED 1:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
No Mass at Garden Villa + Thomas Kachmar, Harper Prasek
THU 7:00 p.m. A. J. and Jo Ann Hlavaty (Special Intention)
FRI 3:00 p.m. Good Friday Service
SAT 7:45 p.m. + John J. Naiser
SUN 7:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
Parishioners Intentions + Victor Dybala + Leon H. Cranek
A Prayer to Combat the Coronavirus Pandemic… Most Merciful and Triune God, We come to you in our weakness. We come to you in our fear. We come to you with trust. For you alone are our hope. We place before you the disease present in our world. We turn to you in our time of need. Bring wisdom to doctors, Giving understanding to scien-tists. Endow caregivers with compassion and generosity. Bring healing to those who are ill. Protect those who are most at risk. Give comfort to those who have lost a loved one. Wel-come those who have died into your eternal home. Stabilize our communities. Unite us in our compassion. Remove all fear from our hearts. Fill us with confidence in your care. Jesus, I trust in you. Jesus, I trust in you. Jesus, I trust in you. Amen. St. Roch and St. Sebastian, pray for us!
How To Celebrate Holy Week… During the weeks of Lent, we have prepared for this final week by fasting, pray-ing, and almsgiving, all with the purpose of opening our-selves more fully to God’s presence in our lives. During Ho-ly Week, we walk with Jesus, we suffer with him, we die with him, and finally, we rise again: new creatures, brought deeply into the joy of redemption and new life now, and we pray, forever. On these days, we are offered a gift: Biblical symbols and liturgical gestures that help us to enter into the salvific events of Jesus’ death and resurrection. We don’t just watch, but we participate in each of them as strive to follow Christ more closely.
Please Note: Palms will not be distributed until we gather as a congregation at Mass.
Sacrificial Giving: 3-29-20 ...................................................... $2,216.00 Maintenance ................................................... $50.00 School ............................................................. $35.00 5th Sunday Collection .................................... $50.00
Key Scriptural Passage: Jesus emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death-even death on a cross. (Phil 2:7-8)
Questions for Discussion: Adult: How will you try to imitate the obedience and humili-ty of Christ during this Holy Week? Child: What could you do to show respect for Jesus this week as the church remembers his death and resurrection?
Readings For The Week Monday…………..Is 42:1-7/Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday…………..Is 49:1-6/Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Wednesday……….Is 50:4-9/Mt 26:14-25 Thursday………….Ex 12:1-8, 11-14/1 Cor 11:23-26/Jn 13:1-15
Friday……………..Is 52:13-53:12/Heb 4:14-16/Jn l8:1-19:42
Saturday…………..Gn 1:1-2:2/Mt 28:1-10
On-line Giving: To help you continue your weekly or
monthly gifts to the par ish, an online format has been set up at: www.victoriadiocese.org/donate-st-philip-el-campo.
Holy Thursday Collection is for the Education of Our Dioce-san Seminarians…This collection aids the Diocese of Victoria to educate our seminarians so that an additional amount to the parish’s Diocesan Services Appeal campaign is not needed. Please assist us and our diocese in helping to educate our future priests, who, we pray, will one day be ordained and will serve us in our parishes.
The Pontifical Good Friday Collection… Pope Francis asks parishes to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which helps Christians in the Holy Land. Your support helps the Church to minister in parishes, provide Catholic schools, and offer religious education
Please be generous in these two special collections. Donations may be brought or mailed to the parish office, or you can utilize the online giving mentioned in the left column.
Calendar of Events… - The Chrism Mass will be live streamed on Tuesday, April 7 at 10:00 a.m. from The Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory in Vic-toria. (www.olvcathedral.org) Thursday, April 9 - Parish office will close at 12:00 noon. - Holy Thursday Mass will be live streamed at 7:00 p.m. Friday, April 10 - Parish office closed. - Good Friday Service will be live streamed 3:00 p.m. April 11 and April 12 - Easter Vigil Mass at 7:45 p.m. and Easter Sunday Mass at 9:00
NEXT SUNDAY READINGS APRIL 12, 2019
Knights of Columbus Council 2490
2nd & 4th Tuesdays Columbus Club Hall El Campo
Hall Rental: 979-543-4359
BVM Caritas Medjugorje Pilgrimages
Call: 205-672-2000 Ext. 218 or 219
Visit: www.mej.com Click on “Medjugorje Pilgrimages”
Deadline to submit information for the Church Bulletin: Tuesdays at Noon
Please call Sylvia at the parish office: 979-543-3770
or email: [email protected]
FIRST READING - Acts 10:34,37-43 Peter proceeded to speak and said: "You know what has hap-pened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree. This man God raised on the third day and granted that he be visible, not to all the people, but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name."
SECOND READING - Colossians 3:1-4
Brothers and sisters: If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory.
GOSPEL - John 20:1-9 On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.” So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place. Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead.
**Bulletin Sponsor of the Week: CROSSROADS OIL FIELD SUPPLY, LTD
Prayer for Holy Week...Father , we now enter into the mystery of your Son’s passion, death and resurrec-tion. Jesus suffered for our sins. Let me join the suf-ferings of my life to the passion of your Son. Wash me clean of sin and prepare me to celebrate with joy,
your Son’s resurrection. He is the promise of life eternal. His holy cross has redeemed the world. Your Son, Jesus Christ, suffered and died for us. In his name, have mercy.
Pray For Those Serving In The Military and Law Enforcement
Nathan Cox, ECPD, E-5 MM2 Zachary Elledge US Navy, Lance Corp. Casey Winfield, USMC, US Army Staff Sgt. David Haugh, Robert Drapela, Coast Guard, Master Chief Sub-Lant Zachary Montello, Lance Corp. Mason Miller, USMC, Spec. Christopher Alford, U S Army, LCDR Jarrod Smith, US Navy, Chris Bird, Texas Game Warden, Wharton County, Sr. Airman Lane Kocian, Air Force, Sheriff Shannon Srubar, WCSO, Chief Deputy Clint Savino, WCSO, Captain Larry Hensley, WCSO, Captain Jason Mican, WCSO, Deputy Calvin Pfeil, WCSO, SRO Jeffery Pfeil, ECPD, Greg Pasak Travis County SO, James Scott DOJ, James
1513 N. Mechanic El Campo, TX 77437
979-578-8400 Toll free: 877-578-0100 Lisa Bubela, owner TMF (Parishioner)
WRECKER, TIRE & TRUCK REPAIR, LLC
Mark & Kristine Cochrum
Parishioners
2507 W. Loop
979-543-7374
Crop Care by Air
TRADEWIND
AG, INC. County Road 408
979-543-5712 Paul and Patricia Bruton
Parishioners
Clay and Polly Wilkins Parishioners
119 N. Mechanic at Jackson Street • El Campo
HEAVENLY HELPERS 979-543-2850 - 1603 N. Mechanic, El Campo
CHRISTIAN GIFTS & JEWELRY, BOOKS, MUSIC
ROSARIES, STATUES, MEDALS & MORE
M-F 9:30-5:30 • SAT. 9:30-3:00 JEANIE AND ALLAN JANAK
Susan Radley
Realtors 714 N. Mechanic
979-543-6666 Parishioner
Oil Field Supply, Ltd. 3505 W. Bus. 59 S Hwy., El Campo, Tx
979-543-8698 Mike & Pat Holub, Parishioners
GOERIG BUILDERS New Construction/Remodeling
Leonard & Marilyn Goerig Fellow Parishioners
979-543-9664 (phone & fax)
Lawn Spraying - Weed Control - Vegetation Management Brush Control - Tree Spraying - Deep Root Fertilizing
Pool Maintenance and Supplies 979-543-7811 2601 N. Mechanic 979-543-0277
BBQ & CATERING Carpet * Vinyl * Ceramic Tile * Wood Blinds * Laminate & Wood
MONICA BUBELA
1207 W. LOOP, EL CAMPO 979-543-5500
KNEBEL ELECTRIC Residential Commercial
Industrial TECL17703
Lawrence and Addie Knebel Dennis and Gwen Edwards
Parishioners
1301 N. Mechanic St. El Campo, Tx. 77437-2633
979-543-2200 Fax 979-543-1906 www.prosperitybankusa.co
Rice Farmers Co-op
“Supporting the Church And Community”
106 Market 979-543-6753
Gravel Limestone Select Fill 979-543-3791
979-543-5385 Farm Mfg. Oilfield Fab.
TRAILER SALES Gooseneck & Utility Anthony & Nancy Collins, Parishioners
803 W. Jackson El Campo, Tx.
979-543-4465
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Tupa, Parishioners
Complete Service: Commercial ● Residential ● Agricultural
Kevin & Jennifer Pavlas,
Parishioners
(800) 382-6609 (979) 234-2074
907 S. Wharton St. El Campo, Tx.
218 Merchant St., El Campo 543-5471 Hwy. 59/Blue Creek Rd 543-8252
Come join us for dinner after Mass!
TRISKA FUNERAL HOME Family owned and operated since 1929
Parishioners Jimmie and Ceci Triska
Frank Bubela & Robert Lormand www.triskafuneralhome.com
Modern Cleaners Same Day Service on Request!
Laundry—Dry Cleaning—Alterations Quality Garment Care—Exceptional Service! 221 W. Jackson St., El Campo
Rick & Keri Graff, owners
1817 N. Mechanic St. El Campo, Texas
77437
www.accessstoragetexas.com
979-543-6821 2012 W. Loop El Campo, Tx.
Karl M. Ermis, O.D.
Michael B. Caplan, M.D.
Robert E. Coffee, M.D.
Kayci A. Ermis, O.D.
The Computer Center
Rock’n Properties Ltd. RENTALS
281-620-666 106 W. Strand St. El Campo, Tx 77437
Cathy & John Hrncir, Parishioners
979-578-3258 <> 979-541-3825 Save money on your electricity costs! Call us.
Computer Sales Computer Repairs
Metal Buildings - Barns - Carports
Patio Covers - Building Component Sales
979-543-6941 www.lewingbuildings.com Tristan Couey, Parishioner 1007 S. Wharton St., El Campo, TX
CUSTOM
STEEL
BUILDINGS
Dr. Carolyn Bubela, Chiropractor - Parishioner - 979-532-4476
WP HK
PHILIP J. HUNDL ATTORNEY AT LAW
PARISHONER
(979) 543-5335 wphk-law.com (800) 929-1725
979-541-9261 979-543-3853 Tommy & Rena Dluhos, Parishioners
Jim and Nancy Brooks
Parishioners Brandon Brooks
Fellow-Implant Dentist
979-543-4291
Board Certified in both Intravenous Sedation and General Dentistry
Anderson Dental & Implant Center of Wharton County
ROD INSURANCE GROUP
601 E. Jackson St. El Campo TX 77437
979-543-8884
“Insurance Solutions You Can Trust”
www.rodinsurancrgroup.com
Somewhere in Time Unique Gifts & Antique Store
110 Railroad St. 979-637-1510
Frank and Gloria Marek, Parishioners
214 N, Mechanic St. El Campo, TX 77437
979-543-6211 Gary & Jan Charbula, Owners/Parishioners