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October 22, 2019Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ
Please welcome to our parish this weekend the Fr. Ron Mrozinski from Cross Catholic Outreach. He will preside at all the liturgies this weekend and share with the community the mission work of Cross Catholic Outreach.
In our Gospel this week, it is the Samaritan among the ten leapers who returns to Jesus to give thanks and glory to God. Jesus upholds a Samaritan as the hero within the parable about how to love our neighbor. We have to remember that the Samarians during the time of Jesus were not the best of neighbors to the Jewish community. During our Gospel reading, Jesus tells the healed man who returns to give thanks that his faith has saved him, and he is telling us this week that our faith will save us.
The IGNITE campaign is composed of 6 distinct case elements. Five of the case elements: Seminary renovations, Catholic Education Scholarships, Faith Formation Funding, Harvey Relief, and a Future Disaster Fund will touch every Catholic in out Diocese, today and for generations to come. STHY will be keeping one third of all the monies raised in our parish. By working together, we will be able to replace the flooring and lighting systems of Guyot Hall to make it a more hospitable gathering place for our parish community.
Several weeks ago, we handed out brochures containing an outline of the IGNITE campaign. This brochure included information on the case elements, our parish case and the upcoming reception schedule for the parish. Please check your schedule for an available reception date and place it on your calendar. Please RSVP one of the receptions at [email protected].
Our Holy Father, Pope Francis has encouraged the Church to have a special collection next weekend October 19th and 20th for The Society for the propagation of the Faith. This is Holy Father’s Chief missionary arm, providing resources for more than 1150 mission dioceses the world over. The special second collection will go towards the support of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in their efforts to train some 80,000 seminarians preparing for the priesthood and about 10,000 men and women preparing to serve as religious brothers and sisters.
Mark your calendars to join us for “Trunk or Treat” - our annual fun day for the young people of the parish on Saturday, October 26th from 4:00 pm -8:00 pm in Guyot Hall.
On July 1, 2019 we began a new fiscal year at STHY as did all of the parishes in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. One of the chief responsibilities of a pastor is sound management of the Church’s temporal goods and prudent and balanced management of all financial responsibilities. Copies of the FY 2018 - 2019 financial report are in the Narthex and or online at Sthyacinth.org.
It is hard to believe but November is right around the corner. There are several events at the beginning of the month. First, on for the Feast of All Saints, there will be 2 scheduled Masses. On October 31st will be the vigil Mass at 7:00 pm, then on November 1st there will have Mass at 8:00 am and 7:00 pm.
There will be a special Luminaria Mass for All Souls Day Saturday November 2nd at the 5:00 pm Mass. If you want to purchase a special luminaria candle for the Luminaria Mass, envelopes are in the back of the Church or go on line at STHYACINTH.org.
Finally, I will ask everyone to continue to keep 40 of our parishioners in your prayers as we finish our final leg of our parish pilgrimage in Italy this week. As the pilgrimage leader, I have been presiding over all of the masses and services during our time away. Please be assured that I have been praying for each and every one of you during this pilgrimage. I hope that you will continue to follow our actions on my Facebook page.
God Bless
Fr. Reginald Samuels