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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 Chris Anders

Social Concerns : 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.

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 16, 2017

Prayer Corner

Today’s Gospel MT 13:1-23

The Parable of the Sower

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

THE SEED SOWN ON

RICH SOIL

This Sunday's readings are

about sowing seeds. The

important thing to

remember about seed

sowing is that the effort is

worthless if the seeds are

not changed by being cast

to the ground. Each seed

must give up its former self,

dying in the dirt while new

life stirs within it. Only

then can it send out a

tender, first root, which will

multiply and grow stronger

and deeper to support

upward growth. Even so, it

has to be properly

nourished to survive.

If all this takes place, the

end result is a plant that

looks nothing like the seed,

which as it grows develops

the ever-more important

mission of benefitting the

wider world of Nature

beyond itself.

As we listen to Jesus

explain the parable, we say

yes, we want to be seeds

that become fruitful lives.

But desiring it does not

automatically transform us.

What is it that makes the

soil of our lives rich and

growth-producing?

The reading from Isaiah

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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

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. Isaiah 61:10, RSV

Lord our God, grant that we may find the power of your

Spirit so that we may live on a higher level, no longer

controlled by our lower natures but strengthened to

take up the battle of life. May we be children of the Spirit

and may we walk in the Spirit. Guard us against carelessness

and keep us joyful and courageous. Help us and

counsel us on all our ways so that we may honor you and testify that you are our God,

our true help. Amen.

O n that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd

stood along the shore. And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for lack of roots. Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold. Whoever has ears ought to hear." The disciples approached him and said, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" He said to them in reply, "Because knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted. To anyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away. This is why I speak to them in parables, because they look but do not see and hear but do not listen or understand. Isaiah's prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says: You shall indeed hear but not understand, you shall indeed look but never see. Gross is the heart of this people, they will hardly hear with their ears, they have closed their eyes, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and be converted, and I heal them. "But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but

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Today’s Reflection

WHAT KIND OF HEART DO YOU HAVE?

http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/bible/matthew/13:1

tells us that it is God

himself who is the rich soil

-- God and his Word. Saint

Paul reminds us in the

second reading that

suffering is part of creation

(seeds must fall in the dirt

and die in order to produce

a fruitful life). Redemption

grows from suffering and

death.

We will never feel truly

fulfilled until we've

surrendered to the soil and

have allowed God to

nourish our growth.

Questions for Personal

Reflection:

What tender, new roots do

you have that are sprouting

from times of suffering and

loss? What blessings are

springing up from them?

What ministry (what benefit

to others) could be a fruitful

gift of these blessings?

Questions for Community

Faith Sharing:

Share what it means to give

up your former self to allow

new life to stir and grow.

What is the will of God

(what does the Word say)

regarding the end result?

Give examples from your

life or from the lives of

others.

© 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 9, 2017:

1st Collection $ 2,793.31

Attendance ….…..……345

Today’s Second

collection is for

Capital Project: Religious

Education Classroom

“Thank you for your

goodwill and generosity.”

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 16, 2017

PASTORAL EVANGELIZATION ACTIVITY:

“House Blessing and

Bringing the Santo Niño to your Homes”

The Santo Niño Pastoral Council together with

our Pastor Fr. Arnold Ibarra, visit families to

proclaim the good news and blessed their families

and homes.

Do you like your home and your family be

blessed and share the good news with joy and zeal

for a renewed spirit?

If Yes! contact Ms. Josephine Nasis at (210) 740-

9410, or the office at (210) 648-1705 for

schedules.

did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it. "Hear then the parable of the sower. The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom without understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was sown in his heart. The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy. But he has no root and lasts only for a time. When some tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, he immediately falls away. The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit. But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or

thirtyfold." †

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Your word is a lamp to my feet

and a light to my path. Psalm

119:105

DAILY READINGS (July 17—July 23, 2017)

DAY READING/S GOSPEL

MON 1st—EX 1:8-14, 22 MT 10:34—11:1

TUE 1st—EX 2:1-15A MT 11:20-24

WED 1st—EX 3:1-6, 9-12 MT 11:25-27

THU 1st—EX 3:13-20 MT 11:28-30

FRI 1st—EX 11:10—12:14 MT 12:1-8

SAT 1st—SGS 3:1-4B or 2 COR 5:14-17

JN 20:1-2, 11-18

SUNDAY 7/23/2017

1st—WIS 12:13, 16-19 2ND—ROM 8:26-27

MT 13:24-43

Mass Intentions

WEEKEND MASS INTENTIONS

For the Weekend From July 15—16, 2017

Sat.— 6:00 PM: 1. for the souls Alice Hernandez; 2. Health/Recovery of Frances Paiz, Lupita Perez, Manny Portillo, Maria/Luis Davila and Victor/Mila Sanchez.

Sun.—8:00 AM: 1. for the health and recovery of Adelina Soriano, Carmen Steele, Dancie Grace Vieyra, Fred Fisher, Helen Daley, Jacob Ponce, Lolita Pepper, Maria Zamora, Pablo Yap, and Sr Lolita; 2. for the special intentions of Robert/Nel Mendez;3 for the soul of Roy Whitaker, Luis/Franceska De Santos and Helen Pablo.

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, Dr. Linda Belvis, Edwin and Margaret Kubena and Rosario Medina.

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

WEEKDAYS MASS INTENTIONS

For the Week From July 17— 21, 2017

1. For those who have died especially for the soul of Dr. Siegfred and Freda Nadela, Bill/June Lenhart, Bob Lewis, John Saunders, that eternal rest may grant unto them, we pray to the Lord:

2. For the health recovery of our parishioners specially to Dr.Tony dela Cruz and Dr. Linda Belvis, that they may experience the healing of Christ, we pray to the Lord:

Lord Hear our Prayers.

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 16, 2017

Total Collected for R.E.

classroom project

$ 28,666.45

$ 131,333.55 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 JUNE 25, 2017

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