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St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Office: 1603 Avenue N * Huntsville, TX 77340 Church: 1323 16th St. * Huntsville, TX 77340
Ph. 936.295.8159 * Fax 936.295.3543 www.saintthomashuntsville.org
"...there is no inequality of significance amongst us except holiness..." “No hay desigualdad de importancia entre nosotros excepto la santidad…”
STAFF
Rev. Fred Valone…..Pastor
Felix Ramos………..Permanent Deacon
Kathy Boscarino…….DRE / Y M
Maria Delgado……… Elem. CCE
Marisol Urbina…...Administrative Asst.
Rick Reed…………...Music Coordinator
Jill Baker………..Nursery Coordinator
Pat Norfleet…………..Bookkeeper
Sylvia Vitela…………..Secretary
Laura Puente………...Custodian
Adoration/Adoración
Tues/Martes 4:30-5:30 pm
Sat/Sabado 4:00-5:00 pm
Reconciliation / Reconciliación
Tuesday / Martes
After 7:15 am Mass until 5:30pm
Saturday/ Sabado 5:30 pm English
Sunday/ Domingo 7:45 am English 10:45 am English 12:30 pm Spanish 5:30 pm English
Monday/ Lunes No Mass
Tuesday-Friday / Martes-Viernes
7:15 am
Mass Schedules
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe November 25, 2018
The flowers beside the Blessed
Sacrament are in thanksgiving on
the 65th Wedding Anniversary
Of
Edward & Doris Pasket
By
Cecil Marquart
Mass Intentions Of The Week
Sat.
11/24
5:30 pm
Parishioners
Sun.
11/25
7:45 am
Edward & Doris Pasket
(65th Anniversary)
10:45 am
Al & Pat Sailer
(55th Anniversary)
12:30 pm
Emmanuel Vicente
Alcaraz
Mon.
11/26
No Mass
Tues.
11/27
7:15 am
Elfega Alvaraz
Wed.
11/28
7:15 am
Mike Hillman (Birthday)
Thurs.
11/29
7:15 am
Fr. John Kellick
Fri.
11/30
7:15 am
John William Heckler
Sat.
12/01
5;30 pm
Living & Deceased members
of DiStefano & Hightower
Families
Sun.
12/02
7:45 am
Fr. Joseph Nguyen Huu
Lue
10:45 am
Michelle Fonteno
12:30 pm
Parishioners
5:30 pm CSC
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Rv 14:1-3, 4b-5; Ps 24:1bc-4ab, 5-6;
Lk 21:1-4
Tuesday: Rv 14:14-19; Ps 96:10-13; Lk 21:5-11
Wednesday: Rv 15:1-4; Ps 98:1-3ab, 7-9; Lk 21:12-19
Thursday: Rv 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a; Ps 100:1b-5;
Lk 21:20-28
Friday: Rom 10:9-18; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 4:18-22
Saturday: Rv 22:1-7; Ps 95:1-7ab; Lk 21:34-36
Sunday: Jer 33:14-16; Ps 25:4-5, 8-10, 14;
1 Thes 3:12 — 4:2; Lk 21:25-28, 34-36
Judy Adib, Veronica Antwi, James
Aubey, Irma Avalos, Gwynetta Baker,
Gene Barrett, Jordan Bergeron, Chelsea
Brown, Linda Buckley, Fidelis Burton,
Phillip Caito, Gary Coker, Wren Colligan,
Sunni Cook, Terry Corral, Melanie Da-
vis, Colin Dufour, Ray DuPree, Alicia Gasca, Mary
Gedelian, Ingrid Gonzalez, Tino Gonzalez, Floyd Gru-
pa, Sylvia Hogenmiller, Billie Jenkins, Dorothy Jordan,
Sandra Kilgore, Isabel Kirwin, Edwin Laake, Al
Losack, Katy Losack, Geno Mancuso, Don Marcotte,
Marie Martinez, Lisa Miller, Mable Milliet, Donna
Moore, MaryAnn Moore, Susan Montoya, Lourdes
Mosqueda, Brenda Piñeda, Bob Riley, Nina Rozell,
Andrea Scheel, Ana Marie Santos, John Sarlay, Kay-
den Bryn Shipley, Nathan Shroyer, Cheryl Smith, John
Paul Sorrell, Kathy Stoltz, Jean Stow, Ray Townley,
Dorothy Townsend, Matthew Varnum, Maria Elena
Valencia, Kristina Villarreal, Shirley Villareal, Rusty
Wallace, Bill Walton, Alma Williams, Nancy Winkler
Instruments of God’s Mercy 2018 Diocesan Services Fund
Parish Goal $37,000.00
Total Amount Paid $45,780.67
Total Amount Pledged $51,389.00
Number of Participants 132
Over Goal $8,780.67
With Arise Season 1 coming to an end,
we need to continue our Call to Action
as we have done each week of Arise.
Some suggestion are:
1. Commit yourself to daily morning and evening pray-
er using Christian Prayer (Liturgy of the Hours) or
something that works for you where you are on your
spiritual journey.
2. Become active in one of our parish ministries.
3. Cross yourself and pray a blessing on meals not just
at home but also when you are eating out.
4. Read Holy Scripture daily for at least 15 minutes.
Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you, read slowly, meditate
on what the Scripture is saying to you. Perhaps even
explore Lectio Divina.
The last Sunday 5:30 p.m. student Mass for this
semester is December 2nd.
Parish Pastoral Council News
The next Parish Pastoral Council meeting will be held
in the parish hall at 7:00 pm on Thursday, November
29th, 2018. Some of the agenda items we will dis-
cussing are the upcoming capital campaign, updates
on the building project, and short term parish goals.
We welcome all parishioners to come and see your
Parish Pastoral Council working on behalf of St.
Thomas the Apostle Catholic Community.
The Parish Pastoral Council members are:
Father Fred Valone, Richard Zajac - Chair-person,
Mark Klespsis - Vice-chair, Beth Friel - Secretary, La-
vonne Zaiontz, AJ McGee, Imelda Isaias, Gene
Hunziker, Antonio Carrillo, Ralph McHargue, and
Phil Miller.
We hope to see you there!
The Knights of Columbus, Council #7153 will be sell-
ing Scrip (gift cards) until Sunday, December
23. Products will be available at “The Hut” after the
5:30, 7:45 and 10:45 Masses. Thank you for your
support!
ST. THOMAS 2018
ADVENT SERVICE
Tuesday, December 11th,
6:30 p.m. . . . Bilingual
Register now for Adult Confirmation
preparation.
Candidates must be:
18 years and out of High School
Have celebrated the Sacraments
of Baptism and (1st) Communion
Desire to receive the Sacrament
of Confirmation
Please Contact
Kathy at 936-295-8159
Adult Confirmation 2019
The Thanksgiving Food Drive—a success!! The Thanksgiving & Christmas Can Food Drive has two
parts: Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Thanksgiving
Can Food Drive brought in the needed 80 bags with
some left over for the Christmas project.
For us to fulfill our goal we will need the
remaining 50+ bags to be returned for the
Christmas Project.
Remaining bags may be left at the back of
the church or brought to the church office.
This is perhaps the most successful can food drive for
the “projects.” It wouldn’t have happened without
your support. Many hands-light work ☺
Thank-you!!!
Regístrese ahora para la preparación
de confirmación de adultos.
Los candidatos deben:
Tener 18 años y fuera de la
Secundaria
Haber celebrado los Sacramen-
tos de Bautismo y (1ª) Co-
munión.
Deseo de recibir el Sacramento de la
Confirmación.
Favor de contactar
Kathy al 936-295-8159
Confirmación de Adultos 2019
A BIG “Thank You” to all our Bazaar
Angels and all our parish family for
your continued support of our yearly
Bazaar. The net profit is $49,714.74.
STAY Life Teen Events
November 7, 2018 Class/Clase
November 14, 2018 Class/Clase
November 21, 2018 No Class/No Clase
November 28, 2018 Class/Clase
December 05, 2018 Class/Clase
December 12, 2018 No Class/No Clase
December 19, 2018 Clase/Live Nativity
Kathy Boscarino, Director
(936) 295-8159 (936) 520-6524
Www.sainthomashuntsville.org 7th –12th grades
Upcoming Events 2018
EDGE Events
11/18/2018 Class/Clase
11/25/2018 No Class – Thanksgiving
12/03/2018 Class/Clase
12/10/2018 Last Class/última clase
12/13/2018 Edge Night 6:00 pm-7:15
Edge Returns 1/07/2019
Holiday Project Food Drive
Forgot to return your Holiday Project food bag?
Don’t worry. We still need them for the Christmas
Bags. Simply bring them to the church on Sundays
or to the office during the week.
Thank you for supporting the Holiday Project Food Drive
Lifeteen 11/07/2018
As you prepare for your Thanksgiving
Festivities remember to reach out to a
friend, family
member or
neighbor during
this holiday that
rests in
community.
Happy Thanksgiving
2018 ADVENT PENANCE SERVICES - NORTHERN DEANERY
PARISH
Christ Our Light . . . Navasota
Sacred Heart . . . Conroe
St. Joseph . . . New Waverly
St. Joseph . . . Stoneham
St. Mary’s . . . Plantersville
St. Matthias . . Magnolia
St. Stanislaus . Anderson
St. Stephen Martyr . . Point Blank
St. Thomas . . . Huntsville
DATE
(At St. Stanislaus)
Thursday, Dec. 18th
Thursday, Dec. 6th
NONE
NONE
Wednesday, Dec. 19th
Tuesday, Dec. 4th
NONE
Tuesday, Dec. 11th
TIME
6:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Bilingual
Bilingual
Bilingual
Bilingual
Bilingual
Thank you to everyone who helped with the parish Thanksgiving project. Again, we far exceeded our
goal. Whether you helped locate needy families, packaged food, made a monetary donation, or helped deliver food to
our families, the response has been overwhelming and our community is blessed by your generosity.
Now it’s time to spread Christ’s light for Christmas! Look for “paper Christmas light cards” hanging around church.
Each card has a Christmas gift request on it. Take a card (or two!), purchase the item and return it (and the card) to
church or parish hall in the designated box by December 10. We’ll package the gifts for each family and deliver them
on Saturday, December 22 in time for Christmas.
Packaging work schedule will be coming soon if you want to help with that phase of the project. Contact Mary at
[email protected] or 936-295-6935.
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Gracias a todos los que ayudaron con el proyecto del Día de Gracias de la parroquia. Una vez más,
hemos superado nuestro objetivo. Si usted ayudó a localizar a las familias necesitadas, embolsar alimentos, hizo una
donación monetaria o ayudado a entregar alimentos a nuestras familias, la respuesta ha sido abrumadora y nuestra co-
munidad ha sido bendecida gracias a su generosidad. Ahora es el momento de "Iluminar la Navidad de algui-
en". Busque "luces de Navidad de papel" colgadas alrededor de la Iglesia. Sobre cada luz tiene un encar-
go de Navidad. Lleve una luz (¡ o dos!), compre el artículo y devuelva con la luz afija a la Iglesia o al salon parroquial
en la caja designada antes de 10 de Diciembre. Nosotros alistamos los regalos para cada familia y los entregaremos
el Sábado 22 de Diciembre antes de laNavidad.
Horario de trabajo de empaquemiento viene pronto si usted quiere ayudar en esta fase del proyecto. Contacte a Mary
a [email protected] o al 936-295-6935.
La ampaña de Alimentos de Acción de Gracias, ¡un éxito!
Acción de Gracias y Navidad. La campaña de alimentos de Acción de Gracias puede traer las 80 bolsas
necesarias y quedaron algunas para el proyecto de Navidad. Para que cumplamos con nuestra meta,
necesitaremos que se devuelvan las más de 50 bolsas para el Proyecto de Navidad. Las bolsas
restantes pueden dejarse en la parte posterior de la iglesia o llevarse a la oficina de la iglesia. Esta es
quizás la unidad de alimentación de lata más exitosa para los "proyectos".No hubíera sucedido sin su apoyo. Muchas
manos de trabajo ligero. ☺ Gracias!!
The Fire of Your Love: The Feast of Christ the King
By Will Oliver
Today we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King, essentially both the end and the transition to a New Year in
our Church. Liturgically speaking, it marks the end of ordinary time, and our new liturgical year (Cycle C) begins
next week with the first Sunday of Advent. Relatively speaking, however, the Feast of Christ the King happens to be
one of the newer celebrations within our Church.
Pope Pius XI (1939-1958) instituted the Feast of Christ the King in 1925 through his encyclical Quas
Primas, which translates as “In the First.” At that time, the Church was facing the problem of people falling away
from the faith. Not only were many Christians beginning to doubt Christ's authority and existence, so too were many
Catholics, and many of them were also challenging the Church's power to continue Christ's authority.
By 1925, the Christian world had witnessed the rise of non-Christian dictatorships, especially in Europe, and
many Catholics were being taken in by these earthly leaders with their false promises; promises that sound good, but
never quite turn out the way everyone believes they will. These dictators often asserted their authority over the
Church, and many tried to eliminate its authority by eliminating the Church itself. One only has to look south of our
borders to 1926 when the Mexican Government attempted to do just that with the passage of the “Calles Laws” (¡Viva
Cristo Rey!).
Pius XI believed that the faithful had lost sight of who their true leader really was. If they stopped putting
faith in their dictators who promised them a better life if they gave themselves over to government, and instead put
their faith in Christ the King, they would know the truth and so remain faithful to the Church. So, just as the Feast
of Corpus Christi had been instituted when devotion to the Eucharist was at a low point in Church history, the Feast of
Christ the King was instituted during a time when respect for Christ and the Church was waning, when the feast was
needed most. And it is still needed today.
As Pius XI wrote in the closing of the encyclical, “[we] briefly enumerate the blessings which we hope and
pray may accrue to the Church, to society, and to each one of the faithful, as a result of the public veneration of the
Kingship of Christ. When we pay honor to the princely dignity of Christ, men will doubtless be reminded that the
Church, founded by Christ as a perfect society, has a natural and inalienable right to perfect freedom and immunity
from the power of the state . . . nations will be reminded by the annual celebration of this feast that not only private
individuals but also rulers and princes are bound to give public honor and obedience to Christ . . . The faithful,
moreover, by meditating upon these truths, will gain much strength and courage, enabling them to form their lives
after the true Christian ideal.”
On this Feast of Christ the King, remember that “He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him
are called and chosen and faithful” (Rev. 17:14).
CRISTO ES REY
El último domingo del año litúrgico celebramos la fiesta de Cristo Rey. Puede que entendamos las
lecturas de hoy como acontecimientos que sucedieron hace mucho, mucho tiempo o predicciones que se
harán realidad algún día en algún lugar. Pero en realidad nos invitan a aclamar a Cristo como nuestro Rey
aquí y ahora. Las palabras de Jesús a Pilatos en el Evangelio nos recuerdan que su Reino trasciende el tiempo
y el espacio. Y las profecías de Daniel y del Apocalipsis nos dan motivos para ser fieles a Cristo, nuestro
Rey, aquí y ahora.
Al terminar el año con esta fiesta proclamamos nuestra fe en que Jesucristo es el único Rey de todos los
tiempos, pueblos y de toda la Creación. Sin importar cuál sea nuestra nacionalidad ni qué idioma hablemos:
Cristo “y ha hecho de nosotros un reino” (Apocalipsis 1:6), en un pueblo unido en el amor y la paz por toda
la eternidad. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.
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My Own Church Parish . . . .
To Register yourself or update your family information
go to https://galveston.parishsoftfamilysuite.com
If you have any questions please contact Kathy Bos-
carino by email at
Mi Propia Iglesia . . . . Para registrarse o actualizar su información
familiar vaya a: https/
galveston.parishsoftfamilysuite.com
Si tiene alguna pregunta, contáctese con Kathy
Boscarino por correo electrónico
CHURCH SECURITY INFORMATION
Following the church shootings last year near San Antonio
the parish's Security Committee has taken steps ensure the
safety of all St. Thomas the Apostle parishioners. The first
step restricts access to the church during liturgical services.
Once Mass has begun all doors into the church will be
locked from the inside with the exception of the double
doors facing 16th Street. Anyone arriving late for Mass
will only be able to enter the church through the 16th
Street doors. Parishioners will be able to exit the church
through any of the locked doors as well as the doors
facing 16th Street. Signs will be posted around the
church building to remind parishioners of the locked
doors. The staff at St. Thomas the Apostle Church takes the
safety and security of all the parishioners very seriously. We
are confident that the steps taken at this time will minimize
any problematic incidents.
INFORMACION DE SEGURIDAD DE LA IGLESIA
Después de los tiroteos de la iglesia el año pasado cerca de San
Antonio, el Comité de Seguridad de la parroquia tomo medidas
para garantizar la seguridad de los feligreses de Santo Tomás.
El primer paso fue de restringir el acceso a la Iglesia durante los
servicios litúrgicos. Cuando haya comenzado la misa, todas las
puertas de la iglesia estarán cerradas de adentro con la ex-
cepción de las puertas dobles que dan a la calle 16. Personas
que lleguen tarde a misa solo podrá entrar a través de las
puertas de la calle 16. Los feligreses podrán salir a través
de cualquiera de las puertas cerradas. Se colocarán
letreros alrededor del edificio de la ig-
lesia para recordar a los feligreses de
las puertas cerradas. El personal de la
Iglesia Santo Tomás toma muy en serio la
seguridad de todos los feligreses. Estamos
seguros de que los pasos tomados minimiza-
rán incidentes problemáticos.
