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Our Devotions

Adoration, Rosary &

Novena: 5:00-6:00 PM M-F

Holy Spirit: Mondays

Divine Mercy/Holy Hour for

Vocation: Tuesday

Perpetual Help Novena:

Wednesdays

St. Jude Novena:

Thursdays

Santo Niño Novena: Fridays

Sacred Heart: 1st Fridays

First Saturday of the

month:

2000 Hail Mary Devotion,

from 9:00 AM

Divine Mercy Devotion:

Sunday 3:00 – 4:00 PM

Parish Office/Business Hours:

Monday thru Friday: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

12 noon – 1:00 PM: Lunch Break

Schedule of Masses and other Services

Sundays: 8:00 and 10:00

AM, and 12 noon Bilingual Mass (English & hymns in

Filipino)

Saturdays: 6:00 PM (Spanish Mass) Daily Holy Eucharist:

M-F 6:00 PM

Confession: Mon-Sat 5:00 – 6:00 PM

Baptism: By appointment & Seminars is necessary

Confirmation:

11th to 12th grade Marriage: Please meet

with the Pastor one year in advance.

Counseling: By Appointment

Funeral: Please contact the Parish office before making

arrangements outside

OUR SERVANTS

ADMINISTRATION

Pastor – Rev. Fr. Arnold Ibarra, PhD

Deacon - Arsenio Reyes

Office Volunteers: Martha Ponce, Francis Paiz, Annie Spencer,

Dora Mendez, Alicia Anaya

Business Coordinator – Anna Rose Nolasco

Sacramental Records – Dr. Connie Nepomuceno

Safe Environment - Monette Reyes

Photographer – Henry Mendez

Webmaster – Ed Candelaria

Property Manager – Robert Mendez

PASTORAL COUNCIL (2015-2018)

Chairperson: Regina Pino

Vice Chair: Rene Jaceldo

Secretaries: Josie McCallister &

Vicky Ortiz

Members:, Rene Jaceldo,

Robert Mendez,

Irene Roberson, Nena Connor,

Alvaro Suarez,

Raine Virginio, Armi Wallace,

Bill Wolff & Patrick Wyrwich

FINANCE COUNCIL

Chairperson: Michael Roberson (2015-2020)

Members – Belma dela Cruz, Dr. Concepcion Nepomuceno

STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL

Chairperson: Jim Irwin Members: Regina Pino, Michael Roberson,

Belma dela Cruz, Suzette Saunders Dr Concepcion Nepomuceno

MINISTRIES

WORSHIP

Acolytes: Vicky Ortiz

Dévotion: Dr. Connie Nepomuceno Hospitality: TBD Lectors: Jill Lewis

Adult Choir: Helen Ona Youth Choir: Noel Casino Sacristan: Rita Cordova

Director of Altar Servers: Russel Cantu Wedding/Quincenera Coordinator:

Alicia Anaya & Annie Spencer

EVANGELIZATION

Religious Education Coordinator: Jet Licon

RCIA : Deacon Jun Reyes, Doris Garza, & Dr.

Connie

Family Life Apostolate: TBD

Guadalupana: Rosa dela Garza

ACTS and Vocation/Director of Liturgy: Deacon

Jun Reyes

Youth: Russell & Bernadette Cantu

SERVICE Filipino Traditions: Pura Frierson

Nutrition: Alma de Paz

Knights of Columbus : Grand Knight

Christopher Anders

Social Concern : Joanne Jaceldo

Stephen Ministry: Jill Lewis

Bill Lenhart Ministry: Charles Jordan

Santo Niño de Cebu Catholic

Church

Address: 5655 Rigsby Avenue,

San Antonio, Texas 78222 Phone: (210) 648-1705 Fax: (210) 648-5365

E-mail: santo.nino.sa@gmail.com

ANNOUNCEMENT

1. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adult (RCIA) is for

Adults or young children seeking to receive the sacraments of baptism, confirmation and Eucharist. To those who wish to join the Catholic faith is welcome to attend the RCIA. Registration is on going. Classes will start in August. Please

contact the office at (210) 648-1705 for more information.

2. Religious Education registration is on going. Please call the office (210) 648-1705 or see Mrs. Jet

Licon for more important information.

3. Bible Study/Faith sharing is every Monday from 7 to 9 pm and catholic movies shown every last Monday of the moth at 7 p.m.

4. Pilgrimage to Holy Land is scheduled for June 11

–20, 2018. Call the office /Dr. Connie at (210) 648-1705 for update.

5. Potluck after noon mass.

6. Holy hour for vocation is every Tuesday from 5 pm and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is

every Monday to Thursday at 5 pm followed by Holy Mass at 6 pm.

7. The youth and adult choirs are looking for new members. Please look for our Choir Directors

(Helen Ona and Noel Casino) if interested or call the office at (210) 648-1705.

8. For “house blessings and/or bringing the Santo Nino” schedule you can contact Ms. Josie at (210) 740-9410 or the office at (210)648-1705.

9. If you want or need an Spiritual Director service, call the office at (210)648-1705. The service is free.

10. We need volunteers in our church especially for Religious Education teachers/catechists. If you

are interested to be a catechist, a training will be given to you. You can call or see Mrs. Jet Licon or the office at (210)648-1705 for more information.

11. Copies of your weekly bulletin can be downloaded on the internet at www.stonino.org/

bulletins.

12. The Sto. Nino Church would like to thank the online donors. Please visit the www.stonino.org to those would like to donate online. Your donations are very much appreciated.

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Prayer Corner

Today’s Gospel MT 13:24-43

The Parable of the Weeds Among the Wheat

Santo Niño de Cebu Catholic Church 5655 Rigsby Avenue, San Antonio TX, 78222 (210)648-1705 (210)648- 5365 santo.nino.sa@gmail.com www.stonino.org

Three layers of evangelization

Go and Make Disciples: A National Plan and Strategy for Catholic Evangelization in the United States (published in 1992) names three important layers of evangelization: (1) Nurture your own faith-growth, (2) invite others to conversion, and (3) transform society through true Christian living. In this Sunday's Gospel reading, Jesus teaches us these same three strategies, using parables.

(1) Nurture your own faith-growth: In the kingdom of God, we are like good wheat growing amidst weeds. This takes effort; the weeds will take over if we're not working daily at growing in holiness. What have you been doing to prevent the weeds around you from taking over and strangling your holiness? How is your faith life benefiting from living in the midst of non-believers and evil? Your Father-Creator is empowering you to grow.

(2) Invite others to conversion: In the kingdom of God, we are like the tiniest of seeds that grow into a bush so large that others benefit from our growth. Who is benefiting from your faith? How is your spiritual growth inviting them into a closer relationship with Jesus? The Holy Spirit is empowering you to evangelize others if you're willing to minister to them using what you've learned from your

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Our Mission:

The Santo Niño Catholic Church is a faith community where all are welcome to celebrate Catholic beliefs embellished by the best Philippine traditions. It is a dynamic parish responding to the spiritual needs of the community to fulfill its evangelical mission and to realize Christ’s call of making disciples of all nations. (Parish Pastoral Council, 21 April 2001)

Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt

You are those who have stood by me in my trials. And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom Luke 22:28–30a, NIV

Lord our God, we thank you that we may be your children and that we may hope in your

Spirit. Your Spirit rules us as people whom you want to draw to yourself, as people who may serve you in their

lives here on earth. Grant that we may be childlike, so that your Spirit can rule us more and more and what is good

may come to many people in all places. May many come to know that their lives are not merely temporal. May they realize that they can live and act in you, and through you

may experience the good that is to come to all nations on

earth. Amen.

J esus proposed another parable to the crowds, saying: "The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his

enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well. The slaves of the householder came to him and said, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from?' He answered, 'An enemy has done this.' His slaves said to him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?' He replied, 'No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them. Let them grow together until harvest; then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters, "First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning; but gather the wheat into my barn." He proposed another parable to them. "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. It is

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Today’s Reflection

experiences.

(3) Transform society: In the kingdom of God, we are like yeast that helps the whole batch swell up and mature into the bread of life that nourishes others. What are you involved in, as a Christian, that improves the world? Is your faith making a difference in your workplace, your community, and your parish? During Mass, as you receive the nourishment of the Eucharist, you are empowered to become Eucharist for the world. Mass ends with Christ commissioning you, through the presider, to be the yeast of goodness that affects those around you.

Questions for Personal Reflection: Maybe you never saw yourself as an "evangelist", but you are! This is your calling as a baptized Christian. Which of the above three areas of evangelization are you most actively doing? Which needs more of your attention?

Questions for Community Faith Sharing: Give an example from your own life (or from the life of someone you know or have heard about) that illustrates one of the three goals above. What about the other goals? Make sure that, in your discussion as a faith sharing group, examples are given for all three goals of evangelization.

© 2017 Terry Modica, Catholic Digital Resources, www.catholicdr.com. Printed by permission. To view or subscribe to daily Good News Reflections, visit www.gnm.org.

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STEWARDSHIP (Collection) REPORT AND ATTENDANCE

Collection Last Sunday

July 16, 2017:

1st Collection ……………………………………………… $ 2,368.86

2nd Collection: Capital Project: R.E. Classroom 466.72

Attendance ….………………………………………………...……329

July 30, 2017 Second collection is for

Capital Project: Religious Education Classroom

“Thank you for your goodwill and generosity.”

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the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the 'birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.” He spoke to them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened." All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables. He spoke to them only in parables, to fulfill what had been said through the prophet: I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has lain hidden from the foundation of the world. Then, dismissing the crowds, he went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field." He said in reply, "He who sows good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the good seed the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. Just as weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all who cause others to sin and all evildoers. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears ought to hear."

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Registration is now open for online for Assembly

2017, taking place on Saturday, November 4, on the

campus of St. Mary’s University. Keynote Speakers will

be bishop Robert Reed, Sherry Anne Weddell and Fr.

Pedro Nunez. Register for Assembly 2017 by visiting the

Archdiocese website at www.assemblysa.org.

Estan abiertas las inscripciones en linea para la

Asamblea 2017, que se llevara a cabo et sabado, 4 de

Noviembre, en las instalaciones de la St. Mary’s

University. Los ponentes principals son el Obispo

Robert Reed, Sherry Anne Weddell, P. Allan Figuero-

Deck, P. Guillermo Campusano y P. Pedro Nunez.

Registrate para la Asamblea 2017 visitando el sitio web

de la Arquidioces en www.assemblysa.org. o llamando

at (210) 734-1191.

Your word is a lamp to my feet

and a light to my path. Psalm

119:105

DAILY READINGS (July 24—July 30, 2017)

DAY READING/S GOSPEL

MON 1st—EX 14:5-18 MT 12:38-42

TUE 1st—2 COR 4:7-15 MT 20:20-28

WED 1st—EX 16:1-5, 9-15 MT 13:1-9

THU 1st—EX 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20B

MT 13:10-17

FRI 1st—EX 20:1-17 MT 13:18-23

SAT 1st—EX 24:3-8 JN 11:19-27

SUNDAY 7/30/2017

1st—1 KGS 3:5, 7-12 2ND—ROM 8:28-30

MT 13:44-52

Mass Intentions

WEEKEND MASS INTENTIONS

For the Weekend From July 22—23, 2017

Sat.— 6:00 PM: 1. for the souls Alice Hernandez, Charlie/Margie Graf, Delia Olney; 2. Health/Recovery of Frances Paiz, Fred Fisher, Lupita Perez, Manny Portillo, Maria/Luis Davila.

Sun.—8:00 AM: 1. for the health and recovery of Adelina Soriano, Carmen Steele, Dancie Grace Vieyra, Helen Daley, Jacob Ponce, and Sr Lolita; 2. for the special intentions of Robert/Nel Mendez.

Sun.— 10:00 AM: 1. For the soul of †Dina Sorio and all the intentions of the 2000 Hail Mary’s Devotion; 2. Intentions of Barbara Keller and Family; 3. for the health and recovery of Adelina Soriano, Carmen Jaceldo, Dr. Linda Belvis, Edwin and Margaret Kubena and Rosario Medina.

Sun.— 12:00 Noon: 1. for the health and recovery of Carmen Jaceldo, Dr. Tony dela Cruz, Fred Fisher and Mila and Victor Sanchez.

WEEKDAYS MASS INTENTIONS

For the Week From July 24— 28, 2017

1. For those who have died that eternal rest may grant unto them, we pray to the Lord:

2. For the health recovery of our parishioners, that they may experience the healing of Christ, we pray to the Lord:

Lord Hear our Prayers.

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Total Collected for R.E.

classroom project

$ 29,133.17

$ 130,866.83 The road to take.

Religious

Education

Projected Cost

$ 160,000.00

Note: The project cost is subject to change depending on the

Construction cost and material cost of the project.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSROOM BUILDING PROJECT

COLLECTION AND FUNDRAISINGREPORT

AS OF JULY 16, 2017