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Fifth Week of Lent This gospel this week speaks of the resurrection, give us grace to rice from our sins, to come out of our tombs, and with the voice of Jesus, calling us to go out, to go to him. Hope in times so fear, panic and death. Jesus comes to our community as strength, hope, enables us to come out of our tombs and believe in him. Please pray for the youth of our parish. The annual Confirmation retreat was held this weekend. Please welcome back the Youth of our parish from their retreat experience. The Youth will be returning to the parish and will be present at the 10:00 am Mass. The confirmation Mass will be held on this Wednesday March 29, at 7:00 pm. Please welcome Auxiliary Bishop, Italo Del’ Oro to St Hyacinth once again for Confirmation. Please continue praying for our 2023 Confirmation Candidates. Next, this weekend, we will have Saturday March 25th 5:00 pm Mass with Confessions at 3:00 pm. For Sunday, March 26th there will be the 8:00 am and 10:00 am Mass. See you at one of the Masses this weekend. Next, the Music Ministry Choir led by our Director of Music and Liturgy, Mrs. Pamela Pitman, will present the Annual Easter Cantata Sunday, April 2nd at 3:00 pm here at the main Church. Please come out and support the music ministry of our parish. You can get a preview of the Easter music online at Facebook. Please remember that the tornado storm destroyed all our parish systems and we do not have phones, computers, or systems, so I ask for patience as we move to restoration. If you need to contact someone at the parish, please use email. Contact information is on the website at Sthyacinth.org. Next, please continue to pay special attention to parish updates on Facebook, Flock Notes, and the parish website, Sthyacinth.org for information regarding moving forward with parish activities regarding Faith Formation and Liturgy. Please continue to pray for the St. Hyacinth Staff who have continually working diligently to make sure that the work of the St. Hyacinth continues even during this trying time without systems or infrastructure. God Bless Fr. Reginald Samuels

Parish Update 3/16/23 Brothers and Sisters in Christ. First, this year, the Memorial of St. Patrick falls on Friday, March 17, a day of friendly social celebration for many American Catholics. Therefore, Cardinal DiNardo has offered the following dispensation from the obligation of abstinence from meat. While it is not required that anyone make use of this dispensation, those who do wish to make use of it are encouraged to do an extra act of charity or penance in exchange for eating meat on that day. Next, this weekend, we will have the Saturday March 18th 5:00 pm Mass with Confessions at 3:00 pm. For Sunday, March 19th there will be the 8:00 am and 10:00 am Mass. See you at one of the Masses this weekend. Due to the ongoing recovery, construction, and lack of infrastructure on the complex, we will need to continue to limit the activities on campus. St. Claire will be hosting their annual St. Joseph Altar display and Spaghetti Dinner SUNDAY March 19 after the 11:00 am Mass. The faithful of St. Hyacinth has been invited The dinner is free, but in the tradition of St. Joseph Altars, this year St. Claire is donating the proceeds to St. Hyacinth Catholic Church to help with some of the expenses from the tornado. Thank the faithful of St. Claire for for your generosity. Please remember that the storm destroyed all our parish systems and we do not have phones, computers, or systems, so I ask for patience as we move to restoration. If you need to contact someone at the parish, please use email. Contact information is on the website at Sthyacinthorg. Next, please continue to pay special attention to parish updates on Facebook, Flock Notes, and the parish website, Sthyacinth.org for information regarding moving forward with parish activities regarding Faith Formation and Liturgy. Please continue to pray for the St. Hyacinth Staff who have continually working diligently to make sure that the work of the St. Hyacinth continues even during this trying time without systems or infrastructure. God Bless Fr. Reginald Samuels

Parish Update 2/24/23 Brothers and Sisters in Christ. First, this weekend, we will have Saturday (February 25) 5:00 pm Mass with Confessions at 3:00 pm. For Sunday, (February 26) there will be the 8:00 and 10:00 am Mass. See you at one of the Masses this weekend. Due to the ongoing recovery, construction, and lack of infrastructure on the complex, we will need to continue to limit the activities on campus. Please remember we still do not have phones, computers, or systems, so I ask for patience as we move to restoration. Next, please pay special attention to parish updates, Facebook, Flock Notes and the parish website for information regarding moving forward with parish activities regarding Faith Formation and Liturgy. Finally, please continue to pray for the St. Hyacinth Staff who have continually working diligently to make sure that the work of the St. Hyacinth continues even during this trying time without systems or infrastructure. God Bless Fr. Reginald Samuels

Parish Update 2/18/23 Brothers and Sisters in Christ. First, we will have the 10:00 am Sunday Mas (February 19, 2023). Due to the ongoing recovery, construction, and lack of infrastructure on the complex, we will need to continue to limit the activities on campus for this Sunday. See you at the Mass. The Ash Wednesday (February 22, 2023) schedule is : 6:00 am Service with Distribution of ashes 8:00 am Mass with Distribution of ashes 12:00 Noon Service with Distribution of ashes 7:00 pm Service with Distribution of ashes. The contractors have restored power to the complex and are the contractors are evaluating the systems to make sure they are working properly. Thank you for all those who are asking what they can do to help us St Hyacinth get back on track. First, please continue to pray for St. Hyacinth and the people of Deer Park. Next, please continue to support the parish. The tornado has come and gone; however, the bills did not blow away. Finally, please pay special attention to parish updates, Facebook, Flock Notes and the parish website for information regarding moving forward with parish activities regarding Faith Formation and Liturgy. Please continue to pray for the The St. Hyacinth Staff who have continually working diligently to make sure that the work of the St. Hyacinth continues even during this trying time without systems or infrastructure. Please remember we still do not have phones, computers, or systems, so I ask for patience as we move to restoration. Please look out for further updates God Bless Fr. Reginald Samuels

Parish Update 2/11/23 Brothers and Sisters in Christ. First, we will have the 10:00 am Sunday Mass. Due to the ongoing recovery, construction, and lack of infrastructure on the complex, we will need to continue to limit the activities on campus. See you at the Mass. The key word this week is "Power” First, the contractors are continuing to work restore and stabilize the power to the Church complex. Next, due to the complect destruction of the Religious Education building and the bathrooms that were attached to the Church, portable restrooms have arrived and should be hooked up by this weekend. These restrooms will have hot water and will be much nicer than the currently temporary restrooms that we currently have now. Thank you for all those who are asking what they can do to help us St Hyacinth get back on track. First, please continue to pray for St. Hyacinth and the people of Deer Park. Next, please continue to support the parish. The tornado has come and gone; however, the bills did not blow away. Finally, please pay special attention to parish updates, Facebook, Flock Notes and the parish website for information regarding moving forward with parish activities regarding Faith Formation and Liturgy. Please continue to pray for the The St. Hyacinth Staff who have been working diligently to make sure that the work of the St. Hyacinth continues even during this trying time without systems or infrastructure. Please look out for further updates God Bless Fr. Reginald Samuels

Parish Update 2/4/23 Brothers and Sisters in Christ. We will celebrate this Sunday the 10:00 am Mass in the Church. Due to the conditions of the St Hyacinth Church complex and lack of restroom facilities, we must limit the Mass schedule. The mass will be recorded and streamed on YouTube and vemeo and will be available immediately on Sunday. We are asking everyone to exercise caution while on the Church campus. Please understand that there will be extremely limited restroom facilities on the complex. God Bless Fr. Reginald Samuels

Parish Update 2/3/23 Brothers and Sisters in Christ Once again, thank you for all your prayers and support as we work to rebuild our community of St. Hyacinth. We continue to have a lot of work to do. The contractors are still on the Church complex grounds and are continuing to evaluate the damage to the Church complex buildings. Most of the heavy machinery is gone, and it has left the the Church complex looking like a war zone. The contractors are working diligently to repair the roof of the rectory and the Guyot Hall. There was considerable damage to all the buildings on the complex. The contractors are continuing to assess the collapsed Religious Education building and continue to remove debris from the site. Even though the complex has power, thanks to the generators, there are significant issues to the facilities that are currently being addressed. Guyot Hall has power, however, the HVAC systems to the complex have been damaged due to the tornado and will have to be replaced. The rectory has power; and as of today, I have heat. We currently do not have any Church systems in place. We are working to implement a plan of action for a temporary office. In the meantime, please be patient as we move to get back online with the parish systems. The 10:00 Am Sunday Mass is planned for this weekend in the Main Church. The mass will be livestream, so go to our parish website, our YouTube page to view the mass. However, All parish activities have been postponed. In the meantime as well, I ask everyone to please continue to support St. Hyacinth. The Tornado has gone away, but the tornado did not stop the bills. Please continue to pray for St. Hyacinth and the people of Deer Park as we move to recovery. God Bless, Fr. Reginald Samuels

Parish Update 2/1/23 Brothers and Sisters in Christ Once again, thank you for all your prayers and support as we work to rebuild our community of St. Hyacinth. We continue to have a lot of work to do. The contractors are still on the Church complex grounds and are continuing to assess the damage to the Church complex buildings as well as continuing to remove debris from the complex. This work will be ongoing. The contractors are working diligently to repair the roof of the Rectory and the Guyot Hall. There was considerable damage to both buildings. Even though the complex has power, thanks to the generators, there are significant issues to the facilities that are currently being addressed. Guyot Hall has power, however, the HVAC systems to the complex have been damaged due to the tornado and will have to be replaced. The rectory has power; however, it does not have heat. We currently do not have any Church systems in place. We are working to implement a plan of action for a temporary office. In the meantime, please be patient as we move to get back online with the parish systems. All parish activities have been postponed for the week. In the meantime as well, I ask everyone to please continue to support St. Hyacinth. The Tornado has gone away, but the tornado did not stop the bills. I am asking everyone to please continue to pray for St. Hyacinth and the people of Deer Park as we move to recovery. God Bless, Fr. Reginald Samuels

Brothers and Sisters in Christ Once again, thank you for all your prayers and support as we work to rebuild the community of St. Hyacinth. We continue to have a lot of work to do. The contractors are still on the Church complex grounds and are continuing to assess the damage to the Church complex buildings as well as continuing to remove debris from the complex. This work will be ongoing. In my past updates, I told you all that the religious Education building was destroyed, the parish offices were damaged and can no longer be occupied. Guyot hall sustained damage. Several HVAC units were destroyed along with damage to the roof and water damage to the interior of the hall. The rectory sustained damage to the roof and interior. The Church suffered moderate damage. There were several windows that were destroyed and damaged. There were several areas on the Church's roof that were damaged, and several places in the Church's walls were damaged too. The Church complex has been powered by a generator, and now that the power poles on Center Street have ben fixed, we should have our power switched from the generators today. We currently do not have any Church systems in place. As I told everyone at the Mass on Sunday, our parish offices were destroyed, and we do not have phone, computer, internet, or other systems to run an office. We are working with the Archdiocese to implement a plan of action for a temporary office. In the meantime, please be patient as we move to get back online with the parish systems. All parish activities have been postponed for the week. In the meantime as well, I ask everyone to please continue to support St. Hyacinth. The Tornado has gone away, but the tornado did not stop the bills. I am asking everyone to please continue to pray for St. Hyacinth and the people of Deer Park as we move to recovery. God Bless, Fr. Reginald Samuels

Brothers and Sisters in Christ. Parish Update 1/29/23 I want to thank everyone who came out to celebrate the Mass today. Eventhough we have limited facilities, I want to thank the parish faithful who wanted to see the progress that has been made in restoring the Church facilities. We have a long way to go. I need to remind everyone, Due to all the tornado damgage, the parish offices have been completely destroyed. We currently do not have a phone systems, computer system, nor any systems to support a parish office at this time. We are working quickly to reestablish a parish office in order to continue the business of the St. Hyacinth. We ask for your patience as we move reestablish space, computers , internet and phone systems. In the meantime, all parish activities have been postponed and we will update everyone as to when activities will resume. There has just been too much damage to the facilities to open any parish activities now. I asking everyone not to come to the Church complex in the next week. The recovery and restortation phase of the church complex is an ongoing project with heavy machinery and recovery personnel all around.I don't want anyone to get hurt. Please be on the look out for regular parish updates in the days to come. Please continue to pray for the St. Hyacinth and the community of Deer Park. God Bless Fr. Reginald Samuels

Parish Update 1/28/23 Brothers and Sisters in Christ. Wonderful news! We will celebrate this Sunday the 10:00 am Mass in the Church. Due to the conditions of the St Hyacinth Church complex and lack of restroom facilities, we must limit the Mass schedule. The mass will be recorded and streamed on YouTube and vemeo and will be available immediately on Sunday. We are asking everyone to exercise caution while on the Church campus. Please understand that there will be extremely limited restroom facilities on the complex. If you have been affected by the tornado events of Deer Park, we understand that you are not available to attend Mass. We will be praying for everyone affected by these events. Once again, See you at the St. Hyacinth for the 10:00 Mass. God Bless Fr. Reginald Samuels

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ. Once again, I want to thank everyone for their prayers and support as we move forward with the restoration of the St. Hyacinth Church complex. Updates The Contractors are working to restore power to the complex. The Church, Guyot Hall, the Religious Education building along with the rectory should have power by Saturday Morning. Water services have been restored to the Church complex. The contractors are working to clear out all the debris from the damaged building and they will be working throughout the weekend to make this happen. Once again, I ask everyone to limit their travel to the Church complex on Saturday. The contractors are using heavy equipment to clear the campus of debris. ALL parish phone systems are offline and not working, computers servers and computers were damaged by the hurricane, and we have no access to our office equipment. The Archdiocese is working with us to set up our new offices in the near term. I ask for your patience as we move forward with getting our office back. As of right now, all activities, Faith Formation classes, and baptism preparations, Sacrament preparation classes, RCIA are canceled until further notice. We are working diligently on the plan to move forward with Faith Formation and Sacramental preparation. As far as Mass is concerned, Mass for Saturday January 28th is cancelled. Please be on the lookout for further a possible mass for later dates. in the mean time the Archdiocese has set up a Disaster Recovery page for St. Hyacinth. Go to archgh.org In the meantime, if there are anyone in our parish community seeking assistance during this time, Catholic Charities along with other local organizations has set up the Joint Disaster Assistance recovery Center at the Pasadena Convention Center. When: now through Sunday January 29, 2023 at : Pasadena Convention Center 7902 Fairmont Parkway Pasadena, Texas 77507 Hours: 10 am- 6 pm Saturday 1pm - 6 pm Sunday More dates and times will be added as necessary. Please be on the lookout for the lasted updates on possible mass times and Church schedules, and please pray for St Hyacinth and the Deer Park Community. Prayers and Blessings. God Bless, Fr. Reginald Samuels

On behalf of the families of st. Hyacinth Catholic Church, I thank you all for your immediate and generous offers of assistance in the wake of the storm on January 24, 2023. the CHurch building is still standing, but we suffered major damage to our office building, Religious Education Building,Guyot Hall and rectory. We are currently working with the archdiocese to assess damage and plan for restoration. Please keep everyone in prayer, especially the community of Deer Park, Pasadena and Baytown along with all of the First Responders. More information with be posted about resuming Mass and the status of Activites in the parish in the next short days. God Bless Fr. Reginald