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New Year’s Eve Mass Dec 31 11:30pm

New Year’s Day Mass JAN. 1 HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION

Jan.. 1 7:30pm

Archdiocesan Men’s Day of Prayer Jan. 17 7:30am 1:00pm

Faith Into Fire Retreat Jan. 24 & 25 8:00am

CCC Ministry Retreat Jan 30 Jan. 31

7-9:30pm 8am-8pm

CCC ORIENTATION Jan. 27 7pm

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December 28, 2008

Prayer Intentions

Please remember the following people in your prayers:

Yvette Arredondo Sylvia Anzaulda Baby Ethan Alexander Baby Kason Gaytan

Baby Jacob Anthony Castillo

CCE/Life Long Faith Formation

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Dec 28 and Jan 3 & 4. Classes will resume on Jan 10 & 11, 2009.

See ya next year !!!

For any of these events see Christine Camacho for more information 713-269-4230.

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First Friday Adoration

January 2, 2009

CCC Chapel

A Prayer for the Family

Jesus, our most loving redeemer,

You came to enlighten the world

with your teaching and example.

You willed to spend the greater part of Your life

in humble obedience to Mary and Joseph

in the poor home of Nazareth.

In this way, You sanctified that family,

which was to be an example for all Christian families.

Graciously accept our family,

which we dedicate and consecrate to You this day.

Be pleased to protect, guard, and keep it

in holy fear, in peace,

and in the harmony of Christian charity.

By conforming ourselves to the Divine model

of Your family,

may we attain to eternal happiness.

New St. Joseph People's Prayer Book

From the Director…

What family gives us the best model in

being a family? What family give us gen-

tleness, humility, patience, and deep mu-

tual concern – the Holy Family of Jesus,

Mary, and Joseph. Our basic call is to

holiness whether we are married, single,

or ordained/religious. We must, each of

us, and each family, and all the commu-

nity must nourish our desire to become a holy and a committed

member of God’s Holy Family.

Pope John Paul canonized many people in order to show us that

holiness can be found everywhere and at all times. He pointed to

single and married couples who were holy and persevered in mari-

tal love, mutual self-giving and harmony, and couples that passed

on their faith to their children. The most important teachers and

the constant models for children is their parents. What the parent’s

model is usually what the children grow to be like and model to

their children.

In our families especially, we have many opportunities to prac-

tice the very virtues Christ asks of us and Paul outlined today in

our second reading. These include patience, fidelity, self-denial,

mercy, and love. Do you see these virtues in your family? Do you

see the fruit of these virtues everyday in your family? If not, what

can you do to see these virtues appear in your family? What kind

of fruit do you see? Is it anger? Arguing? Disrespect? If you

want change in your family, you have to change some things for

the better or you will get the same results, the same old same old.

The Gospel today is a commentary on the importance God puts

on marriage and family life. Having experienced the wonder of the

birth of this child of mystery, born by the power of God’s Holy

Spirit, Mary and Joseph do not keep his presence to themselves

but, as faithful people of the Covenant, see to it the demands of the

Law are fulfilled. The question for you is, “How many of your

children are not baptized, confirmed, or have receive 1st commun-

ion? How many of your extended family or friends have not

helped their children received the sacraments, the teachings, and

the understanding of who God is and how much He loves them?’

As we celebrate this feast, let us invite the infant of Bethlehem to

bring his loving presence into our homes. Let Him bind us to-

gether, healing our rifts and allow us to give ourselves to our lov-

ing God and others. This is how we can truly be God’s Holy Fam-

ily, His Holy People. Amen….. Amen

In Christ+

Fr. Michael

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THE CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC CENTER

EVANGELIZATION TEAM

PRESENTS THE

FAITH INTO FIRE FAITH INTO FIRE FAITH INTO FIRE

RETREATRETREATRETREAT

January 24 & 25, 2009 8:00 am to 5:00 pm each day $30.00 per person Space is limited to 1st – 60) Register Early Registration Sunday’s after Mass Dec. 21st, 28th and Jan. 4th

No children under 16 years old

Public Announcement – Rite of Institution as Reader for Michael Garcia

The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston for-

mally announces that Michael Garcia, a candi-

date for the order of deacon will be instituted into the stable

Ministry of Reader on January 17, 2009 at a Mass to be cele-

brated by Bishop Vincent Rizzotto. If any person knows of

a serious reason why this candidate to the diaconate should

not be called to this ministry or continue to ordination to

the diaconate, please notify Deacon Gerald DuPont, Director

of the Office of the Diaconate, Archdiocese of Galveston-

Houston at 281 703-0227 or at Gerald@gwdupont.com. Please

keep Michael in your prayers as he is instituted into the ministry

of reader. May he always be faithful to the Word which he be-

lieves, reads and proclaims. This announcement is in compli-

ance with Canon 1051,2° of the Code of Canon Law.

Attention all Men!

Who are YOU called to be in 2009?

Join men from all across our Archdiocese at the

Archdiocesan Men’s Day of Archdiocesan Men’s Day of Archdiocesan Men’s Day of Prayer on Saturday, January 17Prayer on Saturday, January 17Prayer on Saturday, January 17ththth

7:45am to 1pm7:45am to 1pm7:45am to 1pm

as we explore the theme of Father & Son, and learn how Jesus relationship to His Heavenly Father can give us guidance as Men today!

Archbishop Daniel Cardinal DiNardo invites all men

to the Archdiocesan Men's Day of Prayer themed

"Father & Son; Who are YOU called to be? at the

Catholic Charismatic Center in downtown Hous-

ton. Attend Mass, hear dynamic speakers,and more!

Go to http:www.mensdayofprayer.org to pre-register

and for more information. Plan to attend and invite

your Father, your teenage Sons, your Priests,

Deacons, and friends! We hope to see you there!"

CCC MINISTRY RETREAT

Jan. 30th and 31st

Ministry leaders must pre-register along with Volunteers,

Team Leaders and Helpers. Each person attending the retreat

must submit completed registration form.

Registration Forms need to be turned by the January 18, 2009

at the Visitors Booth. Or Download registration form at

www.dicoverthecenter.com

MINISTRY RETREAT

LEADERS MEETING

JANUARY 11, 2009 AT 12:30 After Mass - Room 112

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PAGE 3 THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH December 28, 2008

Mary Primerazo, Nicholas Garza,

Emmanuela Emeakoroha, Bibian Ngoei

Onyzeama, Frank Sereníl,

Michael, Jordan, Christopher

Rodríguez, Jonie Sowl, Cynthia

Galaviz, Maria Onuigbo, Joel

Guerrero Jr., Emmuanuel Amalu,

Abigail Moncevaiz, Juanita Esquivel,

Vinson Villarreal, Victoria Vlach,

Luis Levario, Margaret Nneka

Mbachu

Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Sunday in the Octave of Christmas

In the Gospel we do not find speeches on

the family but an event that is worth more

than any word: God willed to be born and

to grow up in a human family. In this

way, He has consecrated the family as the

first and ordinary way of His encounter with humanity.

During His life in Nazareth, Jesus honored the Virgin

Mary and righteous Joseph, being subject to their authority

during the whole time of His infancy and adolescence

(Luke 2:51-52). In this way, He made evident the primary

value of the family in the education of a person. Jesus was

introduced to the religious community by Mary and Jo-

seph, frequenting the synagogue of Nazareth.

With them He learned how to make the pilgrimage to Jeru-

salem, as narrated in the Gospel passage that the liturgy of

the day proposes for our meditation. When He was 12

years old, He stayed behind in the temple, and His parents

took three days to find Him. With that gesture, He led

them to understand that He had to "attend to His Father's

business," that is, to the mission that God had entrusted to

Him (Luke 2:41-52).

This Gospel episode reveals the most authentic and pro-

found vocation of the family: that of supporting each one

of its members on the path of discovery of God and of the

plan he has ordained for them. Mary and Joseph educated

Jesus above all by their example: From his parents, he

learned all the beauty of the faith, of the love of God and

of his law, as well as the exigencies of justice, which finds

its fulfillment in love (Romans 13:10).

From them He learned first of all that one must do God's

will, and that the spiritual bond is worth more than that of

blood. The Holy Family is truly the "prototype" of every

Christian family that, united in the sacrament of marriage

and nourished by the Word and the Eucharist, is called to

carry out the marvelous vocation and mission of being a

living cell not only of society but of the Church, sign and

instrument of unity for the whole human race.

Let us now invoke together the protection of Mary Most

Holy and of St. Joseph for every family, especially for

those in difficulty. May they be supported so that they will

be able to resist the disintegrating impulses of a certain

contemporary culture which undermines the very basis of

the family institution. May they may help Christian fami-

lies throughout the world to be the living image of the love

of God.

Benedict XVI, Feast of the Holy Family 2006

Saturday Night Alive in the Spirit Prayer Gathering

Join us as we come to give our full attention to Jesus - We are led by the "Spirit" and are open to the charisms of the Holy Spirit that lend themselves to corporate prayer.

When: January 10th. Time: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m Where: At the Center, Fellowship Hall F1 & F2

Facilitator: Fr. Ed Wade Teaching by: Marsha Morthland

Being open to the Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Charismatic prayer meetings are gatherings to lift up the

name of Jesus, give praise to God, to proclaim and listen

to Scripture, prophecy, teaching, sharing, exhortation,

testimony and witness, and knowing the power of the

Spirit, to care for the needs of the community both small

and large through petition and intercession. They are

gatherings where even in the smallest of groups, Jesus is

there in the center.

BENEDICT XVI WANTS MORE

TEAMWORK WITH MOVEMENTS

Encourages Pastors to Value Contribu-tion of Charisms VATICAN CITY, OCT. 31, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Young ecclesial movements are a gift from God and their con-tributions should be valued and welcomed with trust, Benedict XVI says. "One of the positive elements and aspects of the communities of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal is precisely the importance given by them to the charisms and gifts of the Holy Spirit and their merit lies in having reminded the Church of the actuality [of these gifts]."

Regularly Scheduled Mass and Events

•MONDAY: Center and Offices Closed

•TUESDAY:

12:00 Noon - English MASS / Chapel

•WEDNESDAY:

12:00 Noon-Spanish Mass / Chapel Prayer teams are available before and after Mass 7:15 - 9:00 pm - Men’s Bible Studies, Room 110, 7:15 - 9:00 pm - Women’s Bible Studies, Room 108

•THURSDAY: 6:00 - 7:00 pm - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 6:30 - 7:15 pm - Confessions or by appointment 7:00 - 7:30 pm - Prayer Teams / Rm. 120 7:00 - 7:30 pm - Rosary - Chapel 7:20 - 7:30 pm - Praise & Worship-Main Sanctuary 7:30 pm - HEALING MASS 1st Thursday of each Month before Healing Mass Blessing of the Salt, Water and Oil.. Prayer teams are available before and after Mass

•FRIDAY:

12:00 Noon - English MASS / Chapel 1st Friday-English - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the Chapel, 10:00 pm - 5:00 am 6:30 pm - 7:45pm Confessions or by appointment 8:00 pm Spanish Mass Prayer teams are available before and after Mass

•SATURDAY: Scheduled Events •6:00am Men’s Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm - 8:15 pm Charismatic Prayer Meeting in Chapel, Charismatic Prayer Meeting second Saturday of each month. See Bulletin for Special Scheduled events or Masses 10:00am - Choir practice every 1st & 2nd Saturday Main Sanctuary • 9:00am - RCIA Meeting in Room 112

•SUNDAY:

9:00 am - 9:45 am - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 9:30 am - 10:00 am - Confessions or by appointment 9:30 am - 10:00 am - Liturgy of the Hours (Chapel) 10:00 am - 10:30 am - Prayers Teams / Rm. 120 10:00 am - 10:30 am - Praise / Main Sanctuary 10:30 am - MASS Prayer Teams are available before Mass in room #120 and after Mass in the Main Sanctuary. Nigerian Mass: 2nd Sunday 1:00 pm / Chapel Fellowship upstairs in fellowship hall after Mass African Women: Every 3rd Sunday after Mass in room 112

BAPTISMS: Announced at Mass on Sundays prior to start of classes or call 713-236-9977 (English, Ext. 40) (Spanish, Ext. 33)

SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK

Please call the office for appointment.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION:

Sunday……….. 9:30 am -10:00 am Wednesday…...11:00 am -11:45 am Thursday……... 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm Friday………….6:30 pm - 7:45 pm Or by appointment.

ORIENTATION MEETINGS FOR 2009

To be a member of the Center you must attend. 4th Tuesday of every other Month at 7:00pm. In Room. 112.

PAGE 4 THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH December 28, 2008

Readings for the Week of December 28, 2008

MEN’S PRAYER MEETING

Come join the men of the Center

Every Saturday Morning● 6: 00 am●CCC Chapel

OFFICE STAFF:

Adela Castro, Data Manager……….. ……………..…………..… Ext. 19

Alicia Driscoll, Secretary……………..……………………..… Ext. 32

Alfonso Ramirez, Security/Maintenance………………............. Ext. 27

Ann Martinez, Administrative Assistant to Director…………. Ext. 13

José Molina, Security/Maintenance…………………..……… Ext. 27

Margaret Colunga, Receptionist…………………..………….. Ext. 10

Pat Allison, Stewardship & Ministry……………..….……….. Ext. 18

Ruben Campbell, Hispanic Ministry………………….....…… Ext. 22

Skip Davey, Administrator…………..……………….………..…. Ext. 31

Teresa Valadez, Bookstore Mgr.……………….………….…… Ext. 20

MARRIAGE / ANNULMENTS: Deacon Steven Griesmyer Sr. (Leave a message with receptionist)…. Ext. 10

ENGLISH MINISTRY:

Patricia Allison, Charismatic Renewal Laison……………….Ext. 18

HISPANIC MINISTRY:

Ruben Campbell, Coordinator………………………………...Ext. 22

BOOKSTORE Tuesday………10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Wednesday…...10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Thursday……. . 7:30 pm Mass, (before & after Mass)

Friday……….. 10:00 am - 2:00 pm and

7:30 pm Mass, (before & after Mass)

Sunday……….Before & after 10:30 am Mass

Sunday The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Sir 3:2-7, 12-14 or Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Ps 128; Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 or Heb 11:8, 11-12,17-19; Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22, 39-40 Monday Saint Thomas Becket, bishop, martyr 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96; Lk 2:22-35 Tuesday 1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96; Lk 2:36-40 Wednesday Saint Sylvester I, pope 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96; Jn 1:1-18 Thursday The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21 Friday Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops, doctors 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98; Jn 1:19-28 Saturday The Most Holy Name of Jesus 1 Jn 2:29—3:6; Ps 98; Jn 1:29-34 Sunday The Epiphany of the Lord Is 60:1-6; Ps 147; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12

PAGE 5 DOMINGO NATIVIDAD 28 DICIEMBRE DEL 2008

Eventos de la Comunidad Hispana

LA SAGRADA FAMILIA DE NAZARETH

¿Qué ocurrió con aquella familia de José, María y Je-

sús?

- Algunos -bastantes- tropezaron en su pobreza; y ahí

se quedaron. Los de Belén fue sólo eso lo que vieron en

aquella pareja joven, con el hijo a punto, que llamaba a

sus puertas. Vieron la angustia de sus ojos, su atuendo

sencillo, sus pocas pertenencias. Y les cerraron la puer-

ta. La pobreza siempre es molesta, mala vecina de mesa

en el banquete, inoportuna compañera de viaje, des-

agradable inquilina de una casa bien. Vieron sólo eso:

una familia pobre.

- Otros, más tarde, verían en ellos a una familia corrien-

te: dos jóvenes que un día, al mirarse, habían descu-

bierto que se querían; y tanto se quisieron, que decidie-

ron compartirlo todo; y hoy pasean en brazos la cose-

cha de su amor, un hijo envuelto en pañales y en cari-

ño. Una familia como tantas que llenan la tierra y apun-

talan la vida para que no se acabe. Una familia con el

amor en el centro: mejor o peor entendido, más puro o

más equivoco, más o menos duradero, pero amor. Eso:

una familia corriente.

- Había que tener muy limpios los ojos, muy lleno el

corazón de fe en las promesas del Señor, para descu-

brir, en aquella familia pobre y corriente, a la esperada

familia salvadora: el hogar que Dios se preparó para

encontrarse definitivamente con el hombre. Hubo dos

ancianos -Simeón y Ana- que tuvieron ojos y corazón

para descubrirlo. Y sus vidas se llenaron de luz. Ya

todo tenía sentido, ya había camino, Dios se había

puesto muy cerca, ya podían morir en Paz.

¿Qué ocurre con nuestras familias, aquí y ahora?

- Muchos no llegan a descubrir su razón de ser. Se que-

dan en la anécdota de sus limitaciones, de su difícil

convivencia, de su frecuente fracaso; y no llegan aden-

tro. La ven como una inútil traba para su libertad total, o

como una anticuada manera -innecesaria ya- de organi-

zarse la vida, o como una instancia molesta que no deja

al Estado, o a la ideología de moda, manipular a las per-

sonas. Los que ven así a la familia, ¿cómo van a preocu-

parse por defenderla? Todo lo contrario: le ponen zanca-

dillas, fomentan sus disensiones, propician su inestabili-

dad.

- Otros, más sanos, ven a la familia como la pieza clave

de la estructura social; como punto de encuentro, como

lugar privilegiado donde el amor germina y crece. Cons-

cientes, sí, de sus limitaciones, descubren también sus

posibilidades. Ven que un niño, sin ella, se perdería en

el largo camino hacia la madurez; que el amor, sin ella,

se moriría de frío o de sequedad; que, sin ella, la soledad

acabaría ensombreciendo el ya difícil paisaje de la con-

vivencia.

- Unos pocos, con más luz en los ojos del corazón, lle-

gan a descubrir en la familia una presencia más honda,

más envolvente y amiga: Dios. Han aprendido a mirar la

vida desde otra altura, alumbrada con otra luz; de ahí

que vean en la familia un reflejo, un eco de la eterna y

perfecta familia de Dios: Padre, Hijo y Espíritu. Ven en

ella el cuenco ideal donde acoger el agua de la Palabra y

darla a beber a sus hijos; el remanso sereno donde, en

diálogo sin prisas, vayan aprendiendo a conocer, a amar

al Padre Dios; el rincón caliente donde su fe se vaya

haciendo fuerte antes de echarse a la vida.

Hoy, mirando largamente a esta "sagrada familia" de

José, María y Jesús, comprendemos que el cielo no está

lejos: que puede empezar aquí, si en cada una de nues-

tras familias se cultivan los valores que hicieron feliz a

aquella familia de Nazaret.

¿QUIERES TENER UN ENCUENTRO CON DIOS?

ESTE 10 Y 11 DE ENERO DEL 2009 ESTAS INVITADO A RECIBIR EL REGALO DE DIOS

HORARIO SABADO DE 8:00 A.M. A 7:00 P.M.

DOMINGO DE 8:00 A.M. A 4:00 P.M.

SALON 205 (SEGUNDO PISO)

CURSO

DE

EVANGELIZACION

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Eventos de la Comunidad Hispana

PAGE 6 DOMINGO NATIVIDAD 28 DICIEMBRE DEL 2008

Actividades de la Semana

♦ Martes: Ensayo de Ministerio de Música 7 - 9 p.m. - Santuario Principal

♦ Martes y Jueves: “Nuevo Amanecer”, Apoyo para adictos 7 - 9 p.m. - Cuarto 106

♦ Martes y Viernes: Sesiones de Al– Anon 10 a.m. –12 p.m. Cuarto 106

♦ Miércoles: Rosario, Asamblea y Eucaristía de 9:30 a.m . - 1:00 p.m. - Capilla

♦ Miércoles y Viernes (Primero de mes): Exposición del Santísimo

♦ Miércoles: Grupo de Jóvenes Adultos “Agua Viva” de 7 - p m

♦ Jueves: Crecimiento o Formación de 7 - 9 p.m . - Cuarto 205 F1

♦ Viernes: Rosario, Asamblea y Eucaristía de 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. - Santuario Principal

♦ Miércoles y Viernes (Segundo del mes): Bendición de Sacramentales e imágenes