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Mass Schedule
Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. (English) (St. Juan Diego Chapel)
Saturday: 5:00 pm (English) Sundays: 7:30 am (Spanish); 9:00 am (English);
10:30 am (English) & 12:00 pm -Mariachi Choir/English
Eucharistic Adoration Every 1st Friday of the Month in the
St. Juan Diego Chapel 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Reconciliation Confessions in the Parish Chapel every
Saturday - 4:00 pm
Baptisms/Weddings/Quinceaneras - For informa-tion about sacraments or quinceaneras, please visit
our website or call the parish office.
Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo A Franciscan Mission Founded February 20, 1720 * Established as a Parish September 23, 1932.
December 25, 2016
Psalm 96: 1-2, 2-3, 11-12,
Fr. Rogelio Martinez Ruteaga, O. F. M., Pastor
Deacon Frank “Chip” Perry, Deacon Santiago Rodriguez (Retired)
701 East Pyron Avenue, San Antonio, Texas 78214 Phones: Office (210) 922-0543; Fax: (210) 932-2271; Parish Hall: (210) 257-5062
Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Office Hours: Mondays - Fridays 8 am - 5pm; (Closed from 12:00 -1pm)/ Saturday 8 am—12 noon.
Website: missionsanjosechurch.org
The Nativity of Our Lord
Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord.
This Week’s Calendar of Events Sunday, Dec. 25
12:00 am Midnight Mass –Bilingual (Church) 7:30 am Mass—Spanish 10:00 am Mass—English
Monday, December 26
(PARISH OFFICE CLOSED)
6:30 pm Group de Oracion (Chapel/MC) 7:00 PM RCIA (PC)
Tuesday, Dec. 27 4:30 PM Lector Trng (Church) 6:30 pm Mariachi Choir (MC) 6:30 pm Bible Study-the Sunday Word (PC)
Wednesday, Dec. 28 7:00 pm Parents of Confirmation Students (PC)
Thursday, Dec. 29
5:00 pm Womens’A.C.T.S. Meeting (PC)
Friday, Dec. 30 No events scheduled
Saturday, Dec. 31
5:00 pm Mass
Sunday, Jan. 1
8:00 am and 10:00 am Mass only - Solemnity of Mary Holy Mother of God (Church)
NOTE: PARISH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY JANUARY 2, 2017, IN
OBSERVANCE OF The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
We still have a few calendars left. If you have not gotten one, please ask one of the ushers or stop by the Parish Office during regular business hours. Thank You!
Mass Intentions this Week
Saturday, Dec. 24
5:00 pm † Johnnie & † Dorotea Diaz
Sunday, Dec. 25
12:00 am † Ines Resendis, † Emilio Flores, Sr. 7:30 am † Ismael Solis 10:00 am † Deacon Mike Munoz, † Shirley Wright and † Bill and † Gary Humphrey
Monday, Dec. 26
8:00 am In thanksgiving for birth of Gunner Flores and Axel Flores
Tuesday, Dec. 27
8:00 am Andrew & Monica Leo’s Special Intentions Souls in Purgatory
Wednesday, Dec. 28 (Espada) 8:00 am Rosie Salazar - Healing
Thursday, Dec. 29 8:00 am Students, Parents & Catechists
Friday, Dec 30
8:00 am † April Van Hecke & †Richard Lawson
Saturday, Dec. 31
5:00 pm Constable Ruben Tejeda -Blessing & thanksgiving
Sunday, January 1
8:00 am † Ines Resendis 10:00 am † Anita Flores
Prayers for the sick and those in need:
Frances Jordan, Alice Gawlik, Lois Arias, Edward Garcia, Eva Gomez, Elma Amanda Ruiz, Jason Seidel, Willie Acuna, Joann Bronder , Susan Ford, Raymond & Mary Lopez, Frank & Evangelina Claudio, Roberto Ortiz, Lisa Jimenez , Teodoro V. Aguilar, Guadalupe Canedo, Rosa Fuentes, Eddie Torres, Donna Andrews, Ernestine Taylor, Philip Taylor, Amy Callum, Pedro Muriel, Sister Agnesine Heinsch, Doris Tapia, Adela Davila, Frank Marquez , Jr., Rosie Salazar
Collections for Last Week-End
Total First Collection: $4,760.13 2nd Collection for Church grounds: $409.72
Bible Study - The Sunday Word On Tuesdays!
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” John 1:1
Bible study on the Sunday lectionary readings. This class will provide the attendee with a deeper understanding of the Sunday Word (all 3 readings including the psalm), scripture insights, and reflection questions.
♦ Tuesdays from 6:3pm – 8:00pm / in the Parish Hall
♦ Registration required as book needs to be ordered for attendee. Price of regular book is $8 but for large print book the cost is $12.00
Facilitator: Deacon Chip Perry 210-860-2723 or email [email protected]
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
Monday: St. Stephen; Kwanzaa begins
Tuesday: St. John
Wednesday: The Holy Innocents
Thursday: St. Thomas Becket; Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord
Friday: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
Saturday: St. Sylvester I; New Year’s Eve
Seventh Day within the Octave of the
Nativity of the Lord
A very special thanks to all those who came to help clean the church and decorate it for Christmas. Your hard work
helped to create a beautiful and prayerful environment to celebrate our Christmas. Thanks too for all those who contributed their voice and talent in the various parish music ministry groups this Christmas. We appreciate your special gifts that help lift our hearts in prayer.
Christmas.....Pass it On! Fr. Rogelio and the entire parish staff wish all of you a very Merry and Blessed Christmas. As we gather with our families and friends to celebrate this great feast let us not forget those who may not have the same opportunity. So pass on the Christmas joy with someone who may be alone on Christmas or stop by a nursing home and drop off some goodies for the residents. The joy on their faces will be the most rewarding gift you will ever receive this Christmas. Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year!!
Don’t forget to visit our website Missionsanjosechurch.org or our facebook page for more information about our Parish. Also, you can make safe on-line donations on our website by clicking on the “donate” tab. Thank you for your support!
The Parish Office will be
closed on Monday, December 26, in observance of Christmas.
Thank You.
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We will continue to alternate location for our Wednesday Masses
Mass this week: 12/28/16 - Mission Espada
WELCOME TO MISSION SAN JOSE CATHOLIC CHURCH!
Our Parish is not assisted nor does it receive funds from any governmental agency or program.
We rely solely on contributions from our parishioners, visitors, and ministry fundraisers
throughout the year.
Please help us keep the history of this magnificent, holy place alive so that we may continue to
proclaim the gospel of Jesus and so that our community of faith may continue to grow.
Your donations will help us provide maintenance for our Parish. Thank you for your support and
may God bless you.
“For it is in giving that we receive.” St. Francis of Assisi
Safe on-line donation can be made on our website: missionsanjosechurch.org
Holy Days Schedule of Masses
Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord Sat. December 24th the Vigil mass @ 5:00pm (English) Sun. December 25th Midnight Mass (Bilingual); 7:30am mass (Spanish), and 10:00am mass (English)
Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
Sat. December 31 the Vigil Mass @ 5:00pm (English)
Sun. January 1 - (PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF THIS CHANGE) 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM (English)
“ So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger .”
The Hospitality Ministry at Mission San Jose
A Call for Men, Women, and youth to be
a hospitality minister/usher
Ushers and Greeters fill an important role in the service, one that contributes to the atmosphere of worship and the way people feel about our Church when they leave mass. As an usher, you greet people into the presence of God. You are the first face of God people see when arriving to the church. If current ushers want to help at this mass,
please let us know Training will be provided on Thursday, Jan.
12 @ 7pm Contact Deacon Chip @210-860-2723 or
Francisco Suniga at the parish office if you wish to join this ministry.
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This Week: No Breakfast Scheduled; 2nd Collection: Assumption Seminary
Next Week: No Breakfast Scheduled; 2nd Collection: Saint Vincent de Paul
Thank you to all parents, guardians, students, catechists and all those
who help us throughout the Religious Education year. We have completed the first half of our Religious Education year and we still have work to do as students, parents, guardians and catechists. Yet, allow me to take a minute to say: Thank you to all! I continue to ask for prayers from the Mission San Jose Community, for our Religious Education Program. Our Catholic faith needs to flourish in our children, so that they may carry on the flame and light of the Holy Trinity. Christmas is a year round expectation, we should be vigilant, waiting for the coming of the Lord. We should not fall asleep or become indifferent to our Catholic faith, but embrace and learn it. May the peace and joy of this Christmas Season come into your homes and remain with our Mission San Jose community always. Please pray for our RCIA class as well, they are journeying closer to receiving their Sacraments as well. We are all catechists of the Catholic faith, by how we live, conduct ourselves, talk and treat others. We just might be the only bible anyone may encounter or the only image of Jesus anyone will see.
Francisco Suniga Jr., Coordinator of Religious Education
Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord.
THE GIFT OF GOD’S WORD
On this day of gifts and gift‑giving, it seems appropriate that we take a moment to reflect on the great gift of God’s Word. Because it is creative, God’s Word always points to its author, always calls us to respond. Because it is powerful, God’s Word can link the sublime with the ridiculous, the transcendent with the immanent, the divine with the human. Because it is graceful, God’s Word establishes a relationship of deep intimacy between us and God.
At the heart of God’s Word lies a tantalizing tension between the mysterious and the mundane. In our liturgical celebration, this unresolved tension both reveals the meaning of life for us and calls us to respond, to act upon that meaning.
Once accepted and opened, the gift of God’s Word is a gift that keeps on giving and keeps on calling us to give in return. It dares us to be like the gift‑giver and to become gifts for others, not only at Christmas, but at every moment of life. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 Time: 5pm- 7pm
In the Parish Center
Celebration for Deacon Jimmy on his Retirement. More details soon.
