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May 10th, 2020 Vol. 38 No. 40
St. Stephen’s Catholic Church 4601 Neely Avenue Midland, Texas 79707 (432) 520-7394 Fax (432) 520-7395
www.ststephensmidland.com
Rev. Rodney White, Pastor Assistant Pastor: Rev. Freddy Perez
Deacons: Leonard Hendon, Luis Mata, Fidel Saldivar, Larry Salazar Director of Religious Education: Gretchen Lara
Music Director: Gabriel Salgado Youth Director: Crystal Villareal
ST. STEPHEN’S CONFESSION SCHEDULE
Starting May 18th we will be resuming our regular schedule in the main Church
Monday - Tuesday - Thursday - Friday 6:45 am - 7:00 am & 5:00 - 5:30 pm
Wednesday
6:45 a.m.-7 a.m.; 5-5:30 p.m.
Saturday 7:45 am - 8:00 am; 4:00 - 4:45 pm
Sunday
8:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.; 11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.; 4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Anytime by appointment.
For those interested in assisting with Mass.
Please to come to either one of our safety
meetings May 12th or May 14th @ 7pm in the
Hall. PLEASE WEAR A FACE
MASK
Update on Public Masses
We are planning to resume public Masses next weekend, May 16 and 17th . We have implemented safety protocols that you should be aware of: If an individual is sick, they are asked to watch Mass online Those aged 65 and older are urged to view Mass online. The “cry room” will be reserved for those over 65. All people at Mass over the age of 2 must wear a face mask, please bring your own. Communion will be distributed in the hand only. Every other pew is to be blocked off and seating will keep 6 feet between family groups. There will be no hand holding. There will be no congregating after Mass is complete. The collection plate will not be passed around but to contribute there will be a basket at the front of the Church. All choir members must maintain 6 feet separation and wear masks.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone! Please be patient that Mass will be a bit different,
we are all trying to figure this out together. Fr. Rodney White Fr. Freddy Perez
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Last Week’s Collection Mailed In / Dropped Off April Online
Regular
Collection $10,173.00 $4,250.00 Second Collection $13,023.60 $325.00 Other Income: $ 440.75 $75.00
**Includes contributions for: Helping Hands, Catholic Home Missions & Rice Bowl
Monday, May 11th– Easter Weekday
Tuesday, May 12th-St.Nereus & Archilleus, Matyrs: St. Pancras, Matyr
Wednesday, May 13th-Our Lady of Fatima
Thursday, May 14th-St. Matthias, Apostle
Friday, May 15th-St. Isidore
Saturday, May 16th-Easter Weekday
Sunday, May 17th-Sixth Sunday of Easter
Mass Intentions For the week of May 10th, 2020
The Quinceanera formation Class scheduled
for this Saturday, May 9, 2020, is cancelled. If you have scheduled a Quince Mass for your daughter at
our Parish and interested in attending the class, please
call me (Gladys) at the Parish office at 432-520-
7394. Classes are scheduled every 2nd
Saturday of the month, with the next one scheduled on
June 13, 2020. YOU MUST PRE
REGISTER AND AT THE LATEST 1 WEEK BEFORE
CLASSES
PARISH OFFICE HOURS OPEN TO PUBLIC
Monday - Thursday 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(closed 12:00 PM- 1:00 PM for Lunch)
FRIDAY Office Closed
The parish office has remained open with revised hours of availability that were effective Monday March 23rd, 2020 for half a day from 8am-12pm to serve the needs of anyone that
may desire to conduct parish business in person during the pandemic. The parish office operates by telephone and email communications only during afternoon hours of 1pm-6pm
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, and 1pm-5pm on Wednesdays. This is a protective measure to help limit person to person contact and reduce potential exposure of COVID-19
in an effort to ensure the health and Safety of our parish staff and priests.
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May 10 Ramon Domingo
Jesus Dominguez Jr. Austin Escamilla
Juan Carlos Gomez Estephanie A
Jimenez Monica Molinar Oscar Montanez Rachelle Reyes
Marcelo Santamaria Rubi Tovar
Nivardy Velasco Jesus Villa
May 11 Tatyana Baeza
Katrina Hernandez Cristal Lujan Leslie Mora
Nathan Nanez Paul H Pause Yvonne Reyes Chole Salinas
Deveka Sepulveda May 12
Savannah Brooke Barger
Humberto Catalan Janet Cooley
Sammy Flores Pollyanna Fryt Faye Hodges Martin Lerma
Theresa Martinez Kevin Ramirez Janie Velarde
May 13 Claudia Gabaldon Cecilia Granados Isaiah Hernandez
Gaby Jimenez Sherlyn Juarez Chelsea Lyles
Thomas Murphy Imelda Ortiz
May 14 Cinnthia Browning
Anna Maria Carrasco
Kevin Kohl Connor Lopez Rick Martinez
Beatrice Payan Gabriel S Rodriguez
Omar Rosas Angel Villegas
May 15 Anglela Carrillo
Karla Fernandez Michael Gomez Jr. Jaymie McIntosh
Cecilia Reyes Luz Saenz
Cinthia Salinas Robert True
May 16 Arleth Barrera
Paula Bass Monica Bernal Chad Brown
Braulio Cabello Elyssa Carasco
Humberto Carrasco
Cole Chavez Michael Cipriani
Tyler Fincher Robert Gamino Alberto Jordan
Jonathan Ochotorena
Isabella Marie Patton
Nidia Porres Julia Saucedo
Luke Tambunger Morgan Mills Urias
May 17 Martin Garcia
Debbie Glennan Michael Jarldane Yvette Ramirez Jeffrey Smith
Angel Jesus Navarrette, Paula Lucero & Family, Megan & Cody Anthony, Larry, Kayla and Pat White, Bob Breeze, Brenda VladyKo, Mona, Fran, Gerry & others , Noah Garcia, Yulisa Garcia, Crystal Garcia, Emma Valdez, Yolanda Rodriguez & Garcia Family, Joe Munoz lll, Terisa
Garza, Jesus Munoz, Ana Morin, Julio Rodriguez, Mingo Lujan, Stephanie Mendoza, Anna Marie Lunsford, Ignacio (Jr.) Villegas, Zaman Kachir, Raquel Ramirez, Katherine Kirwan, Elia Sauceda, Goyo Valeriano, Selena Jaquez, Enzo Villa, Michelle Franco, Denisse Feregrino, Juan Miguel Flores, Lisa Esther Punete, Olivia Anzures, Maria Esther Estrada, Felix Munoz ll, Jose Martinez Jr. ,Precious Medires, Julian Rodriguez, Ruth Alvardo, Burdette Family, Vasquez Family, Isaiah V., Carlota V., Rod T., Judy D., Mary Helen Smith, Candace Rosas. A.J Garrett, Dolores Higgins, Alexia Aguirre, Larry White, Arthur Garcia, Domingo Carrizales, Colter Marcum, Joe Teagarden, Raul Lujan, Adamari Rosas, Gloria K, Magdalena Mendoza, Stella Torres, Alma Garcia, Joe Teagarden, Dayton Martinez, Natalie Gamboa, Ruby Morales, Alfonso Marquez, Avery King Jr., Dora Lopez, Mary Bryan, Elida Rodriguez, Mendoza Family, Christian Molina.
Email [email protected] or call the office at 520-7394 to be added to the prayer list! If someone needs to be removed from prayer list please contact the
office to remove request. Thank you!
Envíe un correo electrónico a [email protected] o llame a la oficina al 520-7394 para ser incluido en la lista de oración! Si alguien necesita ser
removido de la lista de oración, por favor comuníquese con la oficina. Gracias!
RCIA will be put off until further notice. It's free, childcare is provided, we have a lot of fun as we learn our wonderful Catholic faith, and we always have
something good to eat. RCIA stands for the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and it’s a journey of exploration and initiation into the Catholic Church RCIA is a fun, safe, faith-building discovery of Jesus Christ and the Church He started. RCIA will change your life. It will bring you closer to Jesus. Is God calling you? The Catholic Church welcomes you! If you are interested in RCIA, all you have to do is send an email to me at [email protected] for more information.
RCIA News by Bill Berry
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Youth News
PEEK AT THE MONTH… ALL TEENS INVITE
May: • We have activities still going on for
the youth on Zoom. If your youth is interested please send us an email. for grades 6th-12th. Thank you and God Bless!
Crystal Villareal : Ph: (432)-520-7394 [email protected]
Munch-N-Lunch Tuesday’s!
Munch-N-Lunch has been
postponed until further notice.
Young Adults/
Jovenes Adultos
Confirmation Mass As of right now the Confirmation Mass that was scheduled May 16th. Will be
postponed until further notice. We will be posting and making announcements when we know more about the Mass.
Thank you for understanding during these times
We invite everyone to Pray the Rosary from your home every Monday at 7:30pm. With the COVID-19 going on we are supposed to be practicing social distancing but that doesn't mean you can’t continue to Pray the Rosary where ever you are.
Vacation Bible School 2020
With so many unknowns and the safety and health of our kids and volunteers being of utmost
importance, we have decided to cancel St. Stephen's Vacation Bible School for the summer
of 2020. It is disappointing, as we always look forward to VBS, seeing God work in the lives of our kids and through our volunteers, but we are
confident this is the right decision. We made this decision now so that we can work
on other fun and impactful ways to reach our kids and families during our current situation.
Thank you for your prayers and your continued support of our Kids Ministry!
*ATTENTION PARENTS OR GRADUATES OF 2020* Please check out the ststephenscatholicchurch.com website for a form to fill out for the Graduate to receive a Graduation
gift. Scroll over to Events & News for a drop down menu to
select a English or Spanish Graduation form.
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Faith in the time of coronavirus
PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH WITH US AND VISIT THE PARISH WEBSITE FREQUENTLY FOR DAILY MASS AND IMPORTANT PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS AND DOSA UPDATES
Please visit our parish website for daily mass each day at 1pm:
https://ststephensmidland.com
Know you are in our prayers during these concerning and challenging times. St. Stephen's parish is a caring faith community. You are invited to contribute your intentions so that we may all join in lifting them in prayer, please visit our website to submit a prayer request.
https://ststephensmidland.com/prayer-requests
St. Mary’s Central Catholic School in Odessa, Texas is accepting applications for the position of principal for grades PreK-8 grades for the 2020-2021 school year.
Qualifications: The applicant must have a Master’s degree in education and 3-5 years teaching
experience. The applicant should have integrity, vision, strong communication and interpersonal skills, and experience with budget disbursement. The applicant must be an active, and practicing
Catholic.
St. Mary’s Central Catholic School is committed to quality and excellence in developing the whole child in a faith environment. Applications are available on the SMCCS Odessa, TX website: Careers,
Employment
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the
power of the holy Spirit.” — Romans 15:13
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www.helpinghandsmidland.com
Because we feel it is important that you know how and where your donations to Helping Hands are spent, here is what was done in the past week: Electric 3 families $1,208.94 Water 1 family $ 185.50 Gas 4 families $605.66 Rent 43 families $46,868.65 Medical 1 family $612.67 Total $49,481.42
If you are working with our youth, going to youth retreats, doing Vacation Bible School, CCD classes, homebound ministries, you are
required to do a background check with the San Angelo Diocese and go to an ethics class. To obtain a background check form, either see
Gladys at the Parish Office or you can download from https://www.sanangelodiocese.org/background-checks.
Sr. Elsa Garcia’s Ethics Classes for 2020 All classes below are at St. Ann’s Catholic Church
*CLASSES WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE* *May 16 Saturday English 2:00 to 4:30 pm (Annex) *October 3 Saturday English 2:00 to 4:30 pm (Parlor)
*June 13 Saturday Spanish 2:00 to 4:30 pm (Annex) *November 7 Saturday Spanish 2:00 to 4:30 pm (Parlor)
*July 11 Saturday English 2:00 to 4:30 pm (Annex) *December 5 Saturday English 2:00 to 4:30 pm (Parlor)
*August 22 Saturday Spanish 2:00 to 4:30 pm (Annex) You have to pre register either by calling Gladys at our parish office (432)520-7394 or email at [email protected]
Helping Hands of Midland 1301 Brinson Lane
(432) 520-8900
We feel blessed to be able to continue giving as much assistance as we do to those needing help with rent due to layoffs in the oilfield and loss of jobs due
to COVID-19. We again remind you that none of this would be possible without your continued support of Helping Hands. God bless you for your
generosity! We are back up and running with our new, revised website and we are now on Facebook. We invite you to check out both the site and the page, and we would appreciate any feedback you might have and we welcome your ideas
on how to improve on them. Helping Hands Midland On-Line
Visit our Website and Facebook Pages:
Website: HelpingHandsMidland.com • Information about our all-volunteer charitable organization
• How to request financial assistance • Donation sites and instructions
Facebook: Helping Hands Midland Store
• News about the store • See selected items posted for sale
