Contact Us
281- 479 - 4298
Search
-
March 3, 2020
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
This weekend readings bring us to the transfiguration in which we witness disciples’ Peter, James and John getting a glimpse of what is to come in the resurrection. Jesus appears before them with face shining like the sun and clothes “as white as light”. Jesus first words on the mountain to his disciples are “Do not be afraid”. What Jesus spoke on the mountain of transfiguration remains true to this day: we are called not to be afraid in the face of the unknown because God is in control and we can place all our faith in Him.
The IGNITE campaign has been going on for a few months here in our parish. Everyone in our parish has been asked to consider in one way or another to contribute to this archdiocese campaign to improve the ministry of our archdiocese. Our Goal Archdiocese IGNITE capital campaign is $750,000 over 3 ½ to 4 years with some $253,000 to be returned to the STHY earmarked for new lighting and flooring in Guyot Hall. Soo far for this quarter, we have received $13,681.50 as our first rebate from the IGNITE campaign..
For 2020, Cardinal DiNardo has assessed our parish DSF goal at $84,000. DSF supports more than 60 ministries and programs that serve the faithful of the Archdiocese and us here at St. Hyacinth. From Catholic chaplains at the hospitals and the Port of Houston, to religious education training for our teachers (who pass on their faith to our children), to outreach to seniors, to youth ministry, to soup kitchens, to Catholic Charities ministry to the poor and disenfranchised, and to training for seminarians, deacons and priests, the DSF provides funding for people and program that serve us all.
My Job as Pastor is to encourage you to enter a deeper relationship with God through Jesus Christ. For the season of Lent, I want to encourage you to use FORMED.org in which we have provided the password to every parishioner.
There are two studies on FORMED.org for Lent, that I am challenging everyone to be a part of:
The first study is called: Into the Desert: A Lenten Study On Prayer: Our Lord teaches that prayer is a relationship and a vital necessity. Follow Jesus into the desert this Lent and discover intimacy with God in this video-based study with daily meditations in the participants guide. This series captures the secret to opening our hearts and minds to Scripture as the means to hear from God and then respond in conversation, basking in his presence and resolving to live in and through his love.
The next offering is: A Lent to Remember, a Lenten encounter with Mercy. This series explores the ways God reaches out to each of us with his mercy. Through Christ’s suffering on the cross in the Paschal Mystery and his perpetual reception of his people in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, God makes his love, his very self, present to us in the world. Our parish Password to FORMED.org is 77GVZ3.
STHY will have our annual Lenten Penance Service on this Tuesday March 10th 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.
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. Thank you 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 and come for dinner and stay for Stations.
Mark your calendars for the May 3rd, for our annual Parish Spring Festival. This will be our eighth festival for our parish in close to 20 years. The Springs Festival 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 of a ticket packet to sell.
God Bless,
Fr. Reginald Samuels