Twenty - Fifth Week of Ordinary Time

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Jesus is calling us all to humility, for us to grow closer to God. Being humble dufuses jealousy and selfishness in us and the world. Humility asks the questions of how we can be more of a servant in this world. Since Jesus calls us to share a life of humility, then we need to find ways in which we can service our brothers and sisters in our community and world. The month of October is Respect Life Month with October 6th being Respect for Life Sunday. For Respect Life Sunday, we will witness the horrors of abortion on Center Street. Those that are interested are called to meet in Guyot Hall immediately after the noon Mass and then gather on Center Street to stand silently from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. On the weekend of September 28th and 29th, the Chairman of the Life Chain committee, Mr. Raul Turner, will be speaking at all the Masses in regard to the Life chain event here at St. Hyacinth. For 2024, Cardinal DiNardo has assessed our parish DSF goal at $81,200. DSF supports more than 64 ministries and programs that serve the faithful of the Archdiocese and us here at St. Hyacinth. Envelopes are in the narthex or you can go online and give at: https://www.archgh.org/ways-to-give/diocesan-services-fund-dsf/donate-to-dsf/ Thank you in your generosity in supporting DSF 2024. I do want to address that approximately over 1000 registered families here at STHY are not on record of your giving to the Church. We do acknowledge that many are giving to the Church through the weekend collection; however, St. Hyacinth needs you to start moving toward electronic giving. Please go to https://www.sthyacinth.org/online-giving to sign up and give online. Many in our community continue to need food to feed their families. Our St. Hyacinth St. Vincent De Paul Society is asking for your help to feed our neighbors in need by donating to our ministry gift cards in the amount of $25 from any of our local grocery stores: Food Town, Joe V’s, Aldi, Kroger, HEB, or Walmart. Place your donated cards in the collection basket during any weekend Mass. Thank you for your generosity. God Bless, Fr. Reginald Samuels