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March 12, 2019
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
As Christians our ultimate goal is to be Christ-like, to reflect the glory of Christ in all of our interactions and bring honor to God. In our pursuit of this righteous goal, the clearer we see Jesus, and we witness how He transforms our lives to be like His. In the Gospel this week, the symbolism of the face of Jesus changing in appearance is representative of His glory. As we witness His glory, we share that glory.
STHY will have our annual Lenten Penance Service on Tuesday, March 19th at 7:00 pm in the Church. We will have multiple priest confessors available for the Sacrament of Reconciliation that night. I encourage you to come and experience this most powerful and healing sacrament. Especially if you haven’t been to confession in a long time, now would be an ideal time to come and be reconciled to God and the Church. It would be a great way to end the Lenten Season and get yourself in the right frame of mind for Easter.
Saturday, March 23rd we will have our Sixth annual Parish Ministry Retreat. Our Director of Liturgy and Music, Mrs. Pamella Pitman, has worked hard over the last several months planning a wonderful retreat for all those who participate in the liturgy of STHY. On behalf of St. Hyacinth, I want to say a special thanks to guest speakers who will come and share their wealth of information on the Liturgy of the Church with us; Fr. Orrin Halpeska, Deacon Heath Hampton, Fr. Jones Jayaraj, Maureen Bacchi, Kelly Chen, Matt Matthews, Connie Wilson, Gonzalo Ramos, Sharon Reese, Deacon Joe & Sandra Trevino, Deacon David Johnson, Deacon John Rapacki and Deacon Charles Pitman.
Our 2018 STHY parish mission will start on Sunday March 24th - March 27th at 7:00 pm with our mission host Deacon Bill Wagner . Deacon Bill has traveled all over the world offering engaging and inspirational missions. After a successful business career, Bill felt called to “give it all up” and live on faith preaching God’s word in the Church. Bill comes from a unique perspective and truly understands the struggles of attempting to live a Christian life in a secular world. You will not be disappointed in his real -life stories, wonderful sense of humor and compelling message.
With the season of lent, we welcome our Friday Fish Fry sponsored by our Knights of Columbus. Those of you who have attended in the past know that this dinner is not to be missed. Every Friday during Lent, from 5-7:30 p.m., the K of Cs will be serving a delicious fish dinner in the Parish Hall. Be sure and thank the Knights for their hard work on the dinners. It’s a great testament to stewardship in action, so thank you brother Knights!
Also following the Lent Fish dinners, every Friday we will have Stations of the Cross in the church beginning at 7:00 p.m. I hope many of you will want to spend 30-45 minutes on Friday nights with this popular Lenten devotion. It’s a great way to spend a Friday evening; come for dinner and stay for Stations.
We are in the process of organizing a Pilgrimage to Italy for October 2019. We plan to visit the cities of Venice, Padua, Siena Macerata, Florence, Assisi and Rome. From the dates of October 7th -18th, 2019, we will be visiting historical religious sites and museums along with celebrating Mass throughout the tour. Tour information flyers are in the Narthex near the monitor, or go to our website, Sthyacinth.org and click Parish Pilgrimage 2019 under the Parish Life tab, and/or you can contact the parish office at
281-479-4298.
Mark your calendars for the weekend of April 27 and 28th, for our annual Parish Spring Festival. This will be our seventh festival for our parish in close to 20 years. The Springs Festival theme this year is “All Star Weekend”. Raffle ticket packets are available and are on sale now. I highly encourage you to make your commitment to helping our parish at the festival and pick up a ticket packet to sell.
Finally, I send out my sincere thanks to all who made a pledge for our Building Faith, Family and Future…our Sanctuary… our Home… Capital Campaign. I truly appreciate your generosity and support.
God Bless,
Fr. Reginald Samuels