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May 24th, 2020 Vol. 38 No. 42
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
We have implemented safety protocols that you should still 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
Faith in the time of coronavirus
PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH WITH US AND VISIT THE PARISH WEBSITE FREQUENTLY
FOR WEEKEND MASS AND IMPORTANT PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS AND DOSA
UPDATES
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
PARISH OFFICE HOURS OPEN TO PUBLIC
Monday –Tuesday- Thursday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM (closed 12:00 PM- 1:00 PM for Lunch)
Wednesday
8:00 AM– 5:00 PM (closed 12:00PM—1:00PM for Lunch)
FRIDAY
Office Closed
The parish office has gone back to normal business
hours.
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ST. STEPHEN’S CONFESSION SCHEDULE
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.
Last Week’s Collection Mailed In / Dropped Off May Online
Regular
Collection $15,635.00 $5,525.00 Second Collection $3,387.00 $570.00 Other Income: $1,121.00
**Includes contributions for: Helping Hands, Catholic Communications Campaign, Catholic Home Missions, Catholic Relief
Services, Easter Flowers, Holy Land, Poor Parish/Mission Assistance, Mother’s Day Remembrance Memorials
Monday, May 25th– St. Bede the Venerable
Tuesday, May 26th– St. Philip Neri, Priest
Wednesday, May 27th-St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop
Thursday, May 28th-Easter Weekday
Friday, May 29th-Easter Weekday
Saturday, May 30th– Easter Weekday
Sunday, May 31st-Pentecost Sunday
Mass Intentions For the week of May 24th, 2020
If you would like to make an announcement for your ministry or event please email : [email protected]
as far in advance as possible. The bulletin deadline is Tuesday at 10am. We encourage you to get any announcements to us the week before
to ensure we have space for your message. Thank you!
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May 24 Eduviges Aguirre Enrique Catalan
Celinda Hernandez Mary Medrano Angie Sanchez Melissa Tejada Enrique Urias
Bryan Velasquez May 25
Ricardo Barrera Jr. Jaime Carrasco
Daniel Cervantes Hermelinda Galindo
Jonah Garcia Veronica Griego
Yanely Hernandez Rick Moreno
Manessa Smith Nicklaus Stewart
Sofia Torres Damian Vasquez Jr.
Alizay Vasquez-Rodriguez
Michael Vizcaino May 26
Carmen Barto Debora Buchanan
Jesse Galindo Daniel Garcia Jesse Galindo Lauren Klein
Alex Krol Alexandria Leyva
Ted Meade III Natalee Primera Jaime Ramos Maleny Ramos Maria Esther
Reynosa Neri Vengas
May 27 Aldo Aranda Jacob Boss
Mike Edward Cardenas
Lee Cardone Nadyeli Castillo
Alma Chavarriars Waylon Corley
Joseph Gallegos Jaxen Hill
Emmanuel Ortega Charles Perry
May 28 Larry Armador Martha Aranda
Maria Flores Larry Galindo
Stetson Gonzalez Jacqueline Marquez
Gabriel Moreno Steve Mueller Juan Sanchez
Ricardo Sanchez Holly Waugh
May 29 Waddy Altman Vincent Egely Flor Gonzalez Maria Licon Lluvia Loya
Ace Marquez Richard Mast Kathryn Orth
Caitlin Clare Pause Sonya Santiago Matthew Stice Keith Trasko
May 30 Zavyan Nicholas
Alvarado Gina Kollar
Mirella Medoza Emma Padja Beatriz Urias
May 31 Armando Acosta
Bobby Amalla DeeDee Arnzen
Aj Gomez Debra Gonzales Liam Guzman
Natalie Jordaan Art Lopez
Kimberleigh Lujan Marco Manriquez Madalyn Marquez Stephanie Rivas
Griselda Rodriguez Jo Ann Viney
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, Claudia Molina, Valerie C., Andy Stone, Daniel & Alicia, Isaiah V., Julia G, Julia H.
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!
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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
Romans 15:13 Beautiful One, I pray that You – the God of hope – fill me with all joy and peace as I
trust in You, so that I may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Righteous God, I declare that I remain filled by You so that I can continue to walk in Your authority wherever I go. There is no God above or beyond You, so Lord, please
continue to manifest Yourself in me, Amen
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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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
The Engaged Encounter scheduled for June 5-7, 2020 will be held via ZOOM on June 6 & 7, 2020. If you are interested in attending this
session, please register as soon as possible. Packets with information and materials needed
for the ZOOM session will be mailed to each couple prior to the weekend. Certificates of completion will be mailed after the Engaged
Encounter weekend.
The cost of the Engaged Encounter ZOOM weekend in June is $150.00. Couples can
register using the attached form or on the San Angelo Diocese website using the link below: https://sanangelodiocese.org/ee-registration-
form
If you have any questions regarding this, please contact Gladys at the Parish office, 432-520-
7394 or directly to: Susan Counts Secretary
Christ the King Retreat Center 325-651-5352
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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 1 Family $467.95 Water 2 Families $1,122.63 Rent 35 families $46,067.11 Total $47,657.69
Helping Hands of Midland 1301 Brinson Lane
(432) 520-8900
Beginning this week our new store days will be Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. We will no longer be open on Tuesdays.
Thank you!
It’ a Family Affair! With school out early this year, Helping Hands cashier Ana Gamino had better plans than to let her kids stay home for the summer. 9-year-old Arturo, 8-year-old Mia, and 5-year-old Jose Hernandez come to Helping Hands with mom each day, and after schoolwork is done, they help out in the store. Arturo helps customers take their purchases to their cars when the store is open and makes sure all carts are brought back in. Mia and Jose have proven to be invaluable in helping to sort the small toys that we receive (sorting by whether they are for girl, boy or baby), and then they bag them up to be sold. In their free time when they are not busy riding scooters in the back, they can be found piecing together puzzles that we have gotten in that need to be checked for completeness. What a blessing it is to have this wonderful family helping us out. We honestly don’t know what we would do without them. Great job, kids (and you, too Ana)!