Written last of all the gospels, St. John’s word could be considered the longest reflection on the person and mission of Jesus Christ. From the very beginning of the gospel, the evangelist tells us who Jesus is: “The Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.”
In today’s gospel John the Baptist tells his disciples that Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. So John the Baptist testifies that Jesus entire purpose in the world is for our salvation. Now we are invited to view our lives as a way in which we can bring Christ to others in order for them to share in the salvation that only God can give.
For 2023, Cardinal DiNardo has assessed our parish DSF goal at $85,000. For 2022 St. Hyacinth reached our goal of $84,000. Thank you for your support of DSF. We will be kicking off DSF weekend at the beginning of February. DSF supports more than 60 ministries and programs that serve the faithful of the Archdiocese and us here at St. Hyacinth. It’s truly our baptism calling for generosity as the Cardinal tells us to give because “God is the Strength of My Heart”
FORMED is the revolutionary digital online platform that gives STHY parishioners unprecedented access to video-based study programs, feature films, audio presentations, and eBooks from the Church’s foremost presenters. With your free access to FORMED, 24/7 on your television, smart phone, laptop, I-pad, or Kindle, you can: Prepare for Mass, study the scriptures, watch religious movies and programs as a family, Enrich your marriage with the award winning video programs, and help your children grow in faith and character with engaging children’s materials. Our parish Password to FORMED.org is 77536.
One of our parish goals in 2023 is to increase the number of families supporting St Hyacinth using electronic giving. Currently we have 208 families using electronic giving and Faith Direct. You can register by logging sthaycinth.org directly to https://sthyacinth.org/online-giving and give electronically on line. However, I do want to address the approximately the over 1044 registered families here at STHY that we have no record of your giving to the Church. We do acknowledge that many are giving to the Church through the weekend collection; however, STHY needs you start moving toward electronic giving. In this way we can account for all those who are a part of the parish that are truly giving, and it is an expense of the church for envelopes to be mailed to registered families that are simply not using their envelopes. Thank you for considering supporting our parish in a new way for 2023.
Finally, the STHY Faith Formation department along with our STHY Youth Ministry team are selling BBQ Pull Pork Sandwich meals, which will be available for pick up on Sunday January 22nd. Please place your order by cash, check or credit card in our Faith Formation office by January 15th. Thank you for supporting the Youth Ministry of our parish.
The parish offices will be closed Monday January 16th as we celebrate the National observance of Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.