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Day Date Time Intentions Sat 08/29 5:00 pm B-day intentions of Fr. Emmett Hall, offered by Deacon Larry Seidemann B-day intentions of Geri L. Salazar, offered by Mom & Dad †Bob Yenco, offered by Barb Yenco †Alexander Hernandez, offered by Stephen & Elise Hernandez 7:00 pm †David Garcia, †Adela Ponce, offered by Famiy Garcia †Imelda Flores, offered by Lorena Quinonez Sun 08/30 8:00 am For the People 10:00 am B-day intention of David Muñoz, offered by Janie Muñoz Special intentions of Patrick Hernandez, offered by Stephen & Elise Hernandez 25th B-day intentions of Caphlene Seidemann, offered by Deacon Larry Seidemann 12:00 pm B-day intentions of Gabriela Vela, offered by Deacon Larry Seidemann Linaje de †Maria Luisa Alva, offered by family Vazquez Linaje de †Encarnacion y †Cevero Macias Torres Mon 08/31 8:00 am Communion Service Tues 09/01 8:00 am B-day intentions of Maria Hernandez, offered by Deacon Larry Seidemann †Alexander Hernandez, offered by Stephen & Elise Hernandez Wed 09/02 8:00 am B-day intentions of Elizabeth Seidemann, offered by Deacon Larry Seidemann †Jose Luis Hernandez, offered by Leonor Hernandez †Alexander Hernandez, offered by Stephen & Elise Hernandez Thurs 09/03 8:00 am Special intentions for the RCIA team, offered by Deacon Lawrence Seidemann †Alexander Hernandez, offered by Stephen & Elise Hernandez Fri 09/04 8:00 am †Alexander Hernandez, offered by Stephen & Elise Hernandez
Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time August 30, 2020
Weekly need for Operational Expenses is 10,746.00 Sunday Offering 08/23 $4,891.00 Building Fund 08/23 $ 817.00 WeShare online week of 08/23 $1,842.25 Thank you all for your support of the parishes operational expenses. Online donations for the Sunday offering and Building Fund may be made at: www.stfrancislancaster.org. Collection envelopes may also be mailed via USPS to the parish office or dropped in secure drop box on south side
of parish center door.
Honest towards ourselves and towards anyone else who is our friend; brave towards the enemy; magnanimous towards the defeated; polite always: this is how the four cardinal virtues want us to act. Friedrich Nietzshe
Readings for the week of August 30, 2020 Sunday: Jer 20:7-9/Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 [2b]/ Rom 12:1-2/Mt 16:21-27 Monday: 1 Cor 2:1-5/Ps 119:97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102 [97]/Lk 4:16-30 Tuesday: 1 Cor 2:10b-16/Ps 145:8-9, 10-11, 12- 13ab, 13cd-14 [17]/Lk 4:31-37 Wednesday: 1 Cor 3:1-9/Ps 33:12-13, 14-15, 20-21 [12]/Lk 4:38-44 Thursday: 1 Cor 3:18-23/Ps 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 [1]/Lk 5:1-11 Friday: 1 Cor 4:1-5/Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 27-28, 39-40 [39a]/Lk 5:33-39 Saturday: 1 Cor 4:6b-15/Ps 145:17-18, 19-20, 21 [18]/Lk 6:1-5 Next Sun: Ez 33:7-9/Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 [8]/Rom 13:8-10/Mt 18:15-20 Observances for the week of August 30, 2020 Sunday: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Thursday: St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church Next Sun: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time ©LPi
Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your hus-band, smile at your children, smile at each other – it doesn’t matter who it is – and that will help you to grow up in great-er love for each other. Mother Teresa
Please keep the sick members of our Parish family in your prayers: Jayden Hatcher, Esteban Lira, Jim Moorman, Pete Romero, Annabelle Sanchez, Diana Diaz. Jane Dacey, Jerry Miceli, Bob Hanson, William Weissman, Tina Storti, Raquel Baiza, Kenneth Cruz, Jr., Richard Oishei, Kenny Gunderman, Margie & Sam, Jesus Aguilar, Rosendo Lopez, Julia Lopez, K C Pena, Leah Pena, Lillie Munoz, Andres Gillian, Rosa Trujillo, John Gary, Marie Thompson, Oscar Guerrero, Lourdes Vela, Severina Vela, Isidra Reyna, Enemencio Jaso, Alveno & Ruby Dickson, Connie & Bob Tezyk, Mary Brown, Catalina Gonzalez, Brianna Dean, Nicolas & Angelo Florido, Rosa Maria Santos, Yolanda Diaz, Inez Pena, , Josefina Aguero, Laurie Williamson, Osvaldo Mendoza Jr., Abigail Renata, Jerry Donoho, Abraham Perez, Yamil Ramirez, Luis Maldonado, and all those who are not listed and still are in need of our prayers. If you have a person to add on this prayer list, please call the office at 972-227-4124. You can also write the names of your sick loved ones in the notebook on the stand in the Narthex. Lancaster, TX Page 3
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PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COVID-19 —GATHERINGS POSE A RISK OF INFECTION —ATTENDING MASS REMAINS VOLUNTARY
MASKS ARE IMPORTANT AND SHOULD BE WORN.
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LAS CUBREBOCAS SON IMPORTANTES Y DEBEN SER USADAS.
The Vision of Stewardship I love the original movie Willy Wonka and the Choco-late Factory. All the way through while I watch the film I still laugh and feel like a child. It is only the last line with which I have an issue. Wonka by now has chosen Charlie to succeed him as head of the chocolate factory. They board an elevator that proceeds to crash through the roof and begins to fly. Wonka then asks Charlie if he ever heard of what happened to the boy who got everything he ever wanted. After Charlie says no, Wonka explains, “He lived happily ever after.” As I get older, I can say I have met several people who got all or most of all they have ever wanted, but unlike Charlie, it did not lead to endless bliss. In fact, as a Christian I know that that statement of Wonka’s is a lie. The secret to living happily ever after lies in not getting all you ever wanted, but instead in giving all you ever wanted away. A person can’t have any sense of that reality until they begin to see his or her life transformed by Jesus. When we have accepted the challenge placed before us and made a choice to live a certain way daily, we can find ourselves transformed. Following Jesus is not easy, but it is the only true way to find authentic joy. When we have emptied ourselves and allowed him to fill the open spaces in us, we become different. We are trans-formed and, if enough of us in a parish community ex-perience the same journey, our parish is transformed as well. Then we begin to transform the world around us. Don’t be fooled: A flying elevator is cool, but it pales in comparison to what can happen when we find a new life in Jesus Christ. – Tracy Earl Welliver ©LPi
La Visión de la Corresponsabilidad Me encanta la película original Willy Wonka y la Fá-brica de Chocolate. Todo el tiempo mientras veo la película todavía me río y me siento como un niño. Es solo la última línea con la que tengo un problema. Wonka ya ha elegido a Charlie para sucederlo como jefe de la fábrica de chocolate. Suben a un elevador que se estrella contra el techo y comienza a volar. Wonka luego le pregunta a Charlie si alguna vez escu-chó lo que le sucedió al chico que consiguió todo lo que siempre quiso. Después de que Charlie dice que no, Wonka explica: "Vivió feliz para siempre." A me-dida que envejezco, puedo decir que he conocido a va-rias personas que obtuvieron todo o casi todo lo que siempre quisieron, pero a diferencia de Charlie, no condujo a una felicidad sin fin. De hecho, como cris-tiano, sé que esa declaración de Wonka es una mentira. El secreto para vivir felices para siempre radica en no obtener todo lo que siempre quisiste, sino en regalar todo lo que siempre quisiste. Una persona no puede tener ningún sentido de esa realidad hasta que comience a ver su vida transforma-da por Jesús. Cuando aceptamos el desafío que se nos presenta y tomamos la decisión de vivir de cierta ma-nera todos los días, podemos encontrarnos transforma-dos. Seguir a Jesús no es fácil, pero es la única forma verdadera de encontrar alegría auténtica. Cuando nos hemos vaciado y permitido que Él llene los espacios abiertos en nosotros, nos volvemos diferentes. Estamos transformados y, si suficientes de nosotros en una co-munidad parroquial experimentamos el mismo viaje, nuestra parroquia también se transforma. Entonces, comenzamos a transformar el mundo que nos rodea. No te dejes engañar: un elevador volador es genial, pero palidece en comparación con lo que puede suce-der cuando encontramos una nueva vida en Jesucristo. - Tracy Earl Welliver© LPi
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English and Spanish Lectors- We are accepting donations to help defray the cost of the Lectionary workbooks for Church year B beginning on November 29, the 1st Sunday of Advent. These workbooks are $10 each. If you are able to make a do-nation, you can mail them, place in an envelope and drop them off at Church or put them in the south door drop box on the parish center. Thank you for your help!
With the continuing threat of COVID-19 the normal fall festival activities are changing this year. The parish of St. Francis will be having a raffle drawing on Sunday October 4, after the 12 pm Mass.
The prizes are as follows:
1st Prize: $2,000 in Visa Gift cards 2nd Prize: $1,500 in Visa Gift cards 3rd Prize: $1,000 in Visa Gift cards 4th Prize: $750 in Visa Gift cards 5th Prize: $500 in Visa Gift card 6th Prize: $250 in Visa Gift card
If you would like to make a monetary donation to help in purchasing the prizes, it would be most helpful. An enve-lope of 10 raffle tickets will be mailed to each parishioner to purchase. They are $5 each or 5 for $20. This raffle will help defray the cost of the HVAC Repairs on the chapel unit. More details will be announced in the coming weeks, via the church bulletin, website, and Flocknote.
Thanks for your help! ********************************************** Para honrar a San Francisco de Asís, nuestro Santo Patrono, cada año el primer fin de semana de octubre tenemos un evento de recaudación de fondos. Debido a la pandemia de COVID-19, no podemos organizar nuestro tradicional Festi-val de otoño. Este año tendremos un sorteo el domingo 4 de octubre, al terminar la misa de 12 PM.
Los premios son los siguientes:
1st Prize: $2,000 in Visa Gift cards 2nd Prize: $1,500 in Visa Gift cards 3rd Prize: $1,000 in Visa Gift cards 4th Prize: $750 in Visa Gift cards 5th Prize: $500 in Visa Gift card 6th Prize: $250 in Visa Gift card
Necesitamos donadores para completar los premios de la rifa de otoño, si desea hacer una donación monetaria para ayudar con los premios, sería de gran ayuda. Se les envia-
rá por correo un sobre de 10 boletos para la rifa a cada feligrés para que compren/vendan boletos. Son $ 5 cada uno o 5 por $ 20. Este sorteo ayudará a cubrir el costo de
las reparaciones de la unidad de aire de la capilla. Se anunciarán más detalles en las próximas semanas, a tra-vés del boletín de la iglesia, el sitio web y Flocknote.
¡Gracias por tu ayuda!
UT Dallas Newman Campus Ministry-The Newman Campus Ministry invites new and returning students at-tending UT Dallas to continue to grow their faith by be-coming part of the Ministry. As many students, especial-ly new ones, will be taking classes online, we would like to make them aware the Ministry will be active both online and on Campus as permitted. Please refer questions to Deacon John O’Leary, Chaplain, Campus Ministry at UT Dallas [email protected]
Catholic Charities Adoption Orientation— Catholic Charities Dallas is holding two more adoption orientations in 2020: September 9th & November 11th. The CCD Pregnancy, Parenting, & Adoption staff uses a child-centered approach to build healthy families, strength-en parenting, and promote openness to adoption. Our orien-tations are offered in English, and provide families with information about adoption and what they can expect. Pro-spective adoptive parents can speak with our Birthparent Counselor, Adoption Case Managers, and learn about the benefits of openness in the adoption process. To register and for more information, contact Diamond Grundy at Catholic Charities Dallas: 972-629-3106 or [email protected].
Pope Francis recently declared September 1 as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, as the Orthodox Church has done since 1989. According to Pope Francis, “The annual World Day of prayer for the Care of Creation offers to individual be-lievers and to the community a precious opportunity to renew our personal participation in this vocation as cus-todians of creation, raising to God our thanks for the marvelous works that He has entrusted to our care, in-voking his help for the protection of creation and his mercy for the sins committed against the world in which we live.” Join the “World Day of Prayer” by visiting https://catholicclimatemovement.global/world-day-of-prayer/ El Papa Francisco declaró recientemente el 1º. de septiembre como la “Jornada Mundial de Oración por el Cuidado de la Creación”, como lo ha hecho la Iglesia Ortodoxa desde 1989. De acuerdo al Papa Francisco, “La Jornada Mundial de Oración por el Cuidado de la Creación, que se celebrará anualmente, ofrecerá a cada creyente y a las comuni-dades una valiosa oportunidad de renovar la adhesión personal a la propia vocación de custodios de la creación, elevando a Dios una acción de gracias por la maravillosa obra que Él ha confiado a nuestro cuidado, invocando su ayuda para la protección de la creación y su misericordia por los pecados cometidos contra el mundo en el que vivimos.” Únase a la “Jornada Mundial de Oración” visitan-do https://catholicclimatemovement.global/es
Religious Education
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RE Registration Open for 2020-2021 ATTENTION PARENTS PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO RE-ENROLL YOUR CHILDREN FOR THEIR SECOND YEAR FORMATION. THEY ARE NOT RE-ENROLLED AUTO-
MATIC AND MUST PAY REGISTRATION FEES AS WELL. For any questions about the RE program at St. Francis, email [email protected]. Read the bulletin regularly to keep up with RE and all other parish events.
All students will need a 2” Binder. Sunday’s Tentative Start Dates 9/13/2020 & 9/20/2020
First Session @ 8:30 a.m. Second Session @ 10:50 a.m.
Tuesday’s Tentative Start Dates 9/15/2020 & 9/22/2020 6:30 pm to 8:15 pm
Wed’s Tentative Start Dates 9/16/2020 & 9/23/2020 6:30 pm to 8:15 pm
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Inscripciones abiertas para el 2020-2021 ATENCIÓN PADRES DE FAMILIA, NO OLVIDEN RE-INSCRIBIR A SUS HIJOS PARA SU SEGUNDO AÑO DE
FORMACIÓN. LOS ESTUDIANTES NO SE RE-INSCRIBEN AUTOMATICAMENTE Y HAY QUE LIQUI-
DAR CUOTAS TAMBIÉN. Para cualquier pregunta sobre el programa de Educación Religiosa en St. Francis, envíe un correo electrónico a [email protected]. Lea el bo-letín regularmente para mantenerse al día con ER y otros eventos de la parroquia. Todos los estudiantes necesitan una carpeta de aros de 2”.
Tentativamente inicio de clases 9/13/2020 & 9/20/2020 Primera Sesión a las 8:30 am
Segunda Sesión a las 10:50 a.m. Martes inicio de clases 9/15/2020 y 9/22/2020
6:30 pm a 8:15 pm Miércoles inicio de clases 9/16/2020 y 9/23/2020
6:30 pm a 8:15 pm
RCIA: Any adult 18 years an older that would like to com-plete his/her sacraments of initiation: Baptism, and/or Communion and/or Confirmation, please send an email to [email protected] with your personal information and what sacraments you are lacking. I encourage any candidate to Become Parish Members of St. Francis of Assisi. ********************************************* RICA: Adultos mayores de 18 años interesados en comple-tar sus sacramentos de iniciación católica: Bautismo, Co-munión y o Confirmación. Por favor de mandar un correo electrónico a [email protected] con su información perso-nal y que sacramento necesitan. Se les invita a registrarse como Parroquianos de San Francisco de Asís.
Volunteers Needed: Have You Considered Volunteering To Help in the Religious Education Program? If interested, please send me an email to : [email protected] ****************************************************************** Se Necesitan Voluntarios: ¿¿Usted ha considerado ser volun-tario para ayudar en el programa de educación religiosa? Si está interesado, por favor envíeme un correo electrónico a: [email protected].
GOSPEL MEDITATION - Secular pursuits only bring a temporary amount of satisfaction and fulfillment. As much as we may think that achieving worldly success, economic security, personal well-being, and self-fulfillment are worthy goals to ob-tain, they all are dependent on external variables and can lead to emptiness. We are trained to be very pragmatic and productive. Unless we are able to check off all of the boxes or comply with specific measurable requirements, our value and worth becomes questionable. Corporations, educational institutions, systems, structures, and secular ideology rarely consider deeper, more spir-itual, and human contributions a person can and needs to make. To the secular mind, the wisdom and ideals of the Gospel are making less and less sense. Consider for a moment this ques-tion: “What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?” While Jesus is asking this very challenging question to people who are considering his message, many in our world are in a quite different place. Whether we realize it, many folks are asking a much different question. Why would you not want to gain the whole world and secure your life? If you look at where a lot of folks are investing their time, energy, and re-sources, it becomes obvious where current priorities rest. Modern day comforts and possibilities are backing us out of our relationship with God. The fire burning in every human heart is trying to find its satisfaction in the things that humans have created and not God. Being altruistic and offering compassion for those most in need becomes a political responsibility or responsi-ble gesture. We realize that our hearts need to be centered on something and someone who calls us out of ourselves, but we struggle and battle with naming the source of that call. God places the desire to seek, find, and love Him in the core of every soul. We are not abandoned and left to fend for ourselves. But we can easily get confused. We know that when we extend ourselves to another self-sacrificially, we are doing what is just and right. We know that we can work through suffering and loss and come out better and more whole on the other side. Our minds need to be renewed so that they can begin to un-derstand that there is much more to who we are, and that faith plays a pivotal role in achieving our true and everlasting goals. It is when we see that it is only faith that can bring us to this height-ened awareness of ourselves and God that it will begin to make sense. Then, we can put things in proper perspective and consider being a disciple. ©LPi
MEDITACIÓN DEL EVANGELIO – Este domingo, Pedro es de nuevo el protagonista para dar respuesta a Jesús. Sin embar-go, esta vez su respuesta no es acertada. Es decir, el Padre del cielo no le revela la respuesta. En su amor por el Maestro, Pedro siente que es su deber no dejar que Jesús suba a Jerusalén y sufra. En este diálogo entre ellos debemos observar dos cosas. En la respuesta del domingo pasado se dio revelación divina. Venía de Dios. Cuando las cosas vienen de Dios existe un proceso de dis-cernimiento en la persona. En la segunda respuesta, Pedro se dejó llevar por emociones personales. Querer alejar la cruz, situación inevitable para Jesús. Jesús anuncia su Pasión y la cruz tiene un papel protagónico. La cruz es el camino seguro hacia el Viernes Santo, para Jesús y para cada uno de nosotros. Este Evangelio nos llama a morir a muchas cruces que cargamos en la vida sin sentido. Usted quizá se pregunta. ¿Cuáles cruces? Pues, nada más y nada menos que al egoísmo, falta de caridad, de fidelidad y flojera para hacer cosas buenas por los demás. Jesús, dice en el Evangelio. “El que quiera seguirme, que renuncie a sí mismo, cargue con su cruz y me si-ga”. (Mateo 16:24). ¿De qué sirve trabajar tanto y acumular cosas materiales si al final perdemos el cielo? Ya sabemos lo que dijo el Papa Francisco: “Nunca vi un camión de mudanza detrás de un cortejo fúnebre”. El sufrimiento, nunca es querido por nadie, pe-ro, puede significar caminar en nuestro interior y encontrar su misterio para dar frutos como los santos que gastaron su vida al servicio del Reino. ©LPi
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