Thirty - First Week In Ordinary Time - St Hyacinth Catholic Church

October 25, 2022

by Fr. Reginald Samuels

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ

In this Sunday’s gospel, we have Zacchaeus who is very curious about Jesus coming to his town. Zacchaeus goes out of his way to see Jesus and Jesus to everyone surprise , invites himself to Zacchaeus ‘s home. Jesus does the unexpected and we always should seek Jesus in our everyday life to do the unexpected. Jesus comes to us in every moment of our lives, and He is there for us when we need him. However, we cannot keep Jesus in a box so to speak. We cannot limit Jesus to our own expectations. The son of man is free to work his wonders and miracles on those He chooses. We should just be thankful that there is no limit to his love.

The weekly parish budget is $15,795.43. This budget amount is cost to run this parish on a weekly basis. One of the principal goals of 2022 is to increase the number of people that are contributing to the Church through our electronic giving platform. We have over 1104 registered families here at STHY that maybe giving to our parish in the Sunday collection; however, we don’t have a record of them using their envelopes or electronic giving. You can enroll for online giving through https://www.sthyacinth.org/online-giving .

Speaking of Stewardship, we have our stewardship weekend this weekend . As part of Stewardship weekend, there will be a ministry fair in Guyot Hall. All the ministries of the parish will be present to answer questions in regard to their roles in the Church. We as everyone to be open to joining a ministry here at St. Hyacinth.

We have released the FY 2021- 2022 financial statement for the parish. The statements online at https://www.sthyacinth.org/parish-financial-review you can pick up a copy in the narthex of the Church.
I want to say a special thanks to everyone who has contributed to the 57^th parish anniversary gift of a Statue of St. Hyacinth. Thanks to everyone’s generosity, we have surpassed our goal and have collected $19,076 for the Statue. Thank you for your generosity. The Statue is due to arrive to our parish the second week of December. Please keep your fingers crossed.

For the Feast of All Saints, October 31st vigil Mass will be at 7:00 pm, on November 1st the Masses are scheduled for 8:00 am and 7:00 pm.

There will be a special Luminaria Mass for All Souls Day, Wednesday November 2^nd at 7:00 pm. You can purchase a special luminaria candle for the Luminaria Mass, go online at Sthyacinth.org and click the banner for the Luminaria mass. Request for candles will be accepted through Friday October 28^th.

We are organizing a Pilgrimage to the Marian shrines of Europe for October 2023 and all are welcome to sign up. Some of the places that we will be visiting are Fatima, Barcelona, Madrid, Lourdes, and Paris. From the dates of October 9th – 21st, 2023, we will be visiting historical religious sites and museums along with celebrating Mass throughout the tour. Tour information flyers are in the Narthex, or our website: Sthyacinth.org and click the banner for the pilgrimage, or type in : https://www.sthyacinth.org/marian-shrines-pilgimage-2023 or you can contact the parish office at 281-479-4298. There will be a special pilgrimage informational meeting on Wednesday November 9th at 7pm in which Inspirational Tours owner Moses Kano will be here to answer your questions in regard to the pilgrimage.

God Bless
Fr. Reginald Samuels