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HOLY ROSARY
PARISH
The Dominican Friars
serving the Archdiocese
of Galveston -Houston
3617 Milam St. G Houston, Texas
77002 H www.
holyrosaryparish.org
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SCHEDULE
Pastoral Message
June 14, 2015
As summer approaches, our Dominican student brothers, after finishing their final exams at Aquinas Institute of Theology in Saint Louis,
MO, have also just finished a family vacation. Now they are heading in
different directions to do summer internships. Let me share what they are
doing during the summer months.
Bro. Carl Joseph Paustian, O.P. and Bro. Thomas More Barba, O.P.
will be spending the rest of the summer at a Spanish immersion and cultural program at the UNAM (Universidad Autónoma de México) in Mexico
City. Bro. Hugo Rojas, O.P. will be going to Africa to learn Arabic at the
Dominican Center of Islamic Studies in Cairo, Egypt and to help in a parish
served by our French Dominican brothers. Bro. Joseph Paul Albin, O.P. is
already working for three weeks with Catholic Relief Services in Burkina
Faso and then will depart for Kenya to work in an orphanage with the
Missionaries of Charity and will live with the Dominican student brothers
in Nairobi. Bro. Nicholas Reynolds, O.P. will do his CPE (Clinical Pastoral
Education) at Emory Hospital while living with the Dominican friars in
Atlanta, GA. It’s always been part of our Dominican formation to expose
the young friars to the worldwide presence of our Order. These experiences
are priceless and can’t be learned in books.
Furthermore, Bro. Mariano Véliz, O.P. and Bro. Francis Orozco,
O.P. will be ordained priests on Saturday, June 20, at St. Peter’s Church in
Memphis, TN. After ordination Bro. Mariano will continue his ministry at
St. Anthony de Padua Church in New Orleans while Bro. Francis will be a
Campus Minister at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. Finally, after simple
profession in early August our novices, Bro. Anthony John Mathison and
Bro. James Martin Nobles, currently at St. Albert the Great Priory in Irving
TX, will officially become Dominicans and will move to St. Louis, MO to
start their first year of theological studies.
Please pray for all of them. As Dominican Friars our promise is to
keep you in our daily prayers. It’s due to your amazing generosity that
these young friars continue their formation towards becoming the future
preachers in the South of the US. To support our formation program please
send a check, payable to Dominicans Friars, to my attention, or contact
Valerie Chase at ext 102, to give your tax deductible gift by credit card.
In St. Dominic, with my deepest gratitude,
—fr. Juan, O.P.
O ur Par ish M ission S tatement
We, Holy Rosary Church, established in 1913, are led by the Dominican Friars and are dedicated to
Our Lady’s honor. Coming from different backgrounds and from across the area, we gather to worship
and glorify God with the reverent celebration of the Mass, the sacraments, and the venerable traditions
of our Catholic faith. Faithful to the Magisterium and our love of God and neighbor, we strive to live
and spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We gratefully return to God all that He has given us by using our
gifts and talents to build up His Church, support our parish family, and welcome all who yearn for Christ.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
MASSES
Saturday 5:00 p.m. (Sunday Vigil)
Sunday
STAFF DI R ECTORY
English: 8:00, 11:00 a.m., 12:30, 5:00 p.m.
Vietnamese: 3:15 and 6:30 p.m.
Latin: 9:30 a.m.
STAFF DI R ECTORY
Weekdays
12:05 p.m. Mon.– Sat., 5:15 p.m. Mon.–Fri.
CONFESSION
WEEKLY
SCHEDULE
LITURGICAL
CALENDAR
Saturday
11:30 a.m.–
noon,
4:00–5:00 p.m.
Weekdays 11:30 a.m.– noon
and 4:40–5:10 p.m. Mon.–Fri.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
ROSARY
Mon.–Fri. 4:50 p.m., Sat.–Sun. 4:35 p.m.
EUCHARISTIC
STAFF DI RADORATION
ECTORY
Friday 12:45–5:00 p.m. (5:05 Benediction)
STAFF DI R ECTORY
Telephone 713-529-4854, enter an extension:
Br. Ian G. Bordenave, O.P. (Pastor) 101
[email protected]
Fr.LITURGICAL
Juan M. Torres, O.P. CALENDAR
(Parochial Vicar) 103
j t o r re s @ h o l y ro s a r y p a r i s h . o rg
Fr. Isidore V. Vicente, O.P. (Parochial Vicar) 104
Fr. Anthony Hung Tran, O.P. (Chaplain)
Ava Voissem (Parish Secretary) 101
o f f i c e @ h o l y ro s a r y p a r i s h . o rg
Geoff Green (Business Administrator) 109
businessadmin@holyrosaryparish . org
Valerie Chase (Special Projects) 102
Juan Maldonado (Bookkeeper) 108
Laura Chase (Wedding Coordinator) 110
David Paxton (Music Director) 105
Baptism scheduling 101
Anointing of the sick (visitations) 101
Religious Education Center (3535 Louisiana)
Janet Hafernik, C.R.E., 713-526-4389
Michelle Scenna (Religious Education Secretary)
re c s e c re t a r y @ h o l y ro s a r y p a r i s h . o rg
Priory (Friars in residence, 713-526-6322)
Fr. Martin Iott, O.P. (Prior); Fr. Bryan Fontenot, O.P.;
Fr. Richard Patrick, O.P.
Assistance for those in need
St.Vincent de Paul Society, 713-529-2156
LITURGICAL CALENDAR
DECEMBER
21–27,
2014
JUNE 14–20,
2015
Sun. Ezra 17:22–24
II Corinthians 5:6–10
Mark 4:26–34
We pray especially for those
named at this week’s Masses:
8:00
9:30
11:00
12:30
5:00
For the people of the parish
† Janell Pustejovsky
† Renato Javier Jr.
† Josephine Salerno Poncio
Kelly Somoza
Mon. Weekday
2 Cor 6:1-10; Mt 5:38-42
12:05 Paul Tran
5:15 † Fr. Joseph Konkel, O.P.
Tue. Weekday
2 Cor 8:1-9; Mt 5:43-48
12:05 Jeanne Bessette
5:15 Dr. and Mrs. Major
Bradshaw
Wed. Weekday
2 Cor 9:6-11; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
12:05 Nikki Tankus
5:15 † Lawrence M. Hermes
Thu. Weekday
2 Cor 11:1-11; Mt 6:7-15
12:05 Katherine Chase
5:15 Laura Hafernik
Fri. St. Romuald, abbott
2 Cor 11:18, 21-30; Mt 6:19-23
12:05 Peter J. Capetillo
5:15 † Wayne Willis
Sat. Weekday
2 Cor 12:1-10; Mt 6:24-34
12:05 † Paul Bordenave Sr.
5:00 Sunday Vigil
† Verna and Harry Jadloski
Parents:
Please use the Time-Out Room
to quiet crying infants.
Reflection on the Sunday Scriptures
CORAGGIO!! This is an Italian word that means COURAGE!!! It was
one of the many words that was part of many of the messages imparted
by our late Pope John Paul II, now Blessed. It was a message that he delivered to Bishops, to Priests, to the faithful in many of his pastoral visits to
many nations to encourage the listeners to live their Faith joyfully, no matter what the circumstance of life they were in. The word is similar to the
phrase he used many times toward the end of his life. “Non abbiate paura”
he would say or DO NOT BE AFRAID. The faithful, who had learned so
well from his teachings, congregated below his living quarters, in St. Peter’s square in Rome as the Pope was dying and displayed many signs,
some handmade, with the same word he had used: CORAGGIO!!, they
would pray for him as his transition to eternity was nearing.
In today’s second reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians (5: 6-10), we heard Paul exhorting and saying to the new Christians
from the city of Corinth in Greece, “we are always courageous.” They needed to hear that because Corinth was a big city with all the liberal trappings
of a sophisticated and diverse cultural society which was not conducive to
the seeding and growing of the new faith. Much courage was needed as
the new Christians were subject to the ridicule of the progressive elite but
where Paul saw an opportunity for Evangelization. But first and foremost,
they needed to be COURAGEOUS to be credible witnesses of the message
and doctrine of the Lord Jesus that Paul had preached to them.
Courage is indeed needed by all of us as we face the storms of life. No
doubt most of us have been battered by the high and perilous waves that
have looked so menacing in the sea of our life. These are too innumerable
to count: from the betrayal and shattered dreams of love lost, of jobs terminated, of uncertainty about the future to the more profound storms of
breakdown of relationships, of abandonment, of suffering incurable diseases like terminal cancer, of death of our loved ones, including the loss of
spouses, of our children, all these storms rage around us and are almost insurmountable. It is only through Faith that we are able to remain standing,
through pure grace, as we wish to adhere to the very words of Jesus as he
awakes to the cries of his disciples who see that their boat, and themselves,
are sinking in the Sea of Galilee and says to them: “Where is your courage?
How little faith you have” (Mt. 8:26).
Courage is something that we will need from day to day. When we face
a new day, when we face our daily and family tasks, we have to work in
an inimical environment, when we have hidden our identity for fear of being rejected, when we have not uttered the right words, gently but firmly,
in professing the truth and the doctrine of the Lord Jesus that we embrace,
when we have lived by the norms of the world in our style of life, when
we have failed to see Jesus in the small or big storms of life. Ultimately that
courage is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Fortitude which enables us
to be faithful no matter what the cost.
“Do Not Fear,” Jesus will tell his disciples many times, “CORAGGIO!!”
Blessed John Paul would say. In the different vicissitudes of our life we
are reminded of those words, especially in times of testing and pain. Many
times it is easier said than done. Test the waters. Sometimes they are raging
with life storms of all kinds. Just remember the magic words of Jesus
“Do Not Fear.” We shall survive by His Grace.
May the peace and fortitude of the Holy Spirit be with you.
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—Fr. Vicente
Religious Education News
Please go to the web site, or contact
Janet Hafernik at 713-526-4389 or
[email protected].
Human Trafficking
On Friday, June 19, Misa Nguyen, Program Director of United Against Human Trafficking, will speak at the Junior League of Houston. Tickets are
$100 per person. For more information
about the luncheon, please contact Virginia Kazmierczak at 281-242-8764.
Welcoming Committee
The Pastoral Council is moving forward
with plans to build a Welcoming Committee. If you are interested in becom-
ing a part of this ministry or are already in this ministry, please contact
Malcolm Granberry at wmalcolmg@
gmail.com or Tuyen Tran at [email protected].
Mark Your Calendars!
The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a blood drive on Sunday, July
5. The Gulf Coast Blood Center will be
in the Parish Hall collecting blood from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please be generous and
donate for those in need.
Office Closure
Due to vacations and those leaving for
Br. Mariano’s ordination, the parish office will be closed Friday, June 19.
Fathers’ Vacations
Br. Ian will attend the celebration of Br.
Mariano’s ordination in Memphis, TN,
the weekend of June 21-22. He will be
leaving on June 19.
Fr. Juan will be on retreat from June 18
through July 2.
Weekday Lay Readers
Please consider giving of your time to
help with the 5:15 p.m. weekday Mass.
Holy Rosary is in need of voluneers
who can substitute when the regular
readers are taking vacations. Call Ava
in the parish office at 713-529-4854 or
email at [email protected].
Young Adult News
Mondays in July: Join us at St. Michael Catholic Church for Cafe Catholica. The following events schedule is
as follows: confession at 5:15, Mass at
6:15, dinner at 7:15 and ending with a
guest speaker at 8:15.
July 6: Sr. Miriam James Heidland,
SOLT, True Love: More than a #Snap.
July 13: Sr. Mary Guido, r.c., Path to
#Happiness: Decisions in the modern
world.
July 20: Daniel Cardinal Dinardo, Follow Me, #Invite to Service.
July 27: Christopher Kaczor, Ph.D,
Commit to Truth, #Myths of the Church.
For info, go to the web site www.CafeCatholica.com or visit us at [email protected] or on Facebook.
Worldwide Marriage
Encounter
The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ is the most precious gift
that God has given to each one of us.
God feeds us, nourishes us, and gives
us the grace that transforms us to live
the holy life He has called each of us
to live. Allow God to give you grace
in abundance and transform your marriage relationship. Sign up today to attend one of the upcoming Worldwide
Marriage Encounter Weekends. Contact Brian & Tina Little at 281-773-4014
or go online to houstonme.org.
Ongoing Ministry
Adopt-a-Family is an active ministry
as there are needs throughout the year.
Maria Correa and the Youth Group are
looking for donations of non-perishable food, bottled water, gently used
clothing, paper products, and those
generous with their time to deliver
these items. Please contact Maria Correa at [email protected] or at
713-724-5262 to learn more. Please pray!
New Members Needed
Our Holy Rosary Knights of Columbus
council wants to offer our parish assistance with the many programs that are
offered throughout the year. To do this,
we need new members willing to offer
a few hours each month to assist our
parish and the Knights of Columbus
organization. Feel free to talk to any of
the Knights in our parish about what
the Knights have to offer and how to
become a Knight. Contact Don Payne
at [email protected] or at 713254-4396 if you are interested.
2015 Summer Workshop on
John Paul II’s Gospel of Life
The John Paul II Forum for the Church
in the Modern World sponsors a workshop each year especially for the formation of educators and those in parish
ministries. This year we are excited that
Rolland Millare and Dr. John Hittinger
will lead our sessions on Evangelium
Vitae (The Gospel of Life) at St. Mary’s
Seminary in Houston June 8 to 11 and
a special session at University of St.
Thomas the morning of June 12. A $100
donation is suggested for study materials and daily lunches but no one will
be turned away. For registration and
more info go to www.jp2forum.org.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK: Kevin G. Gardner II, Gloria Guerrero, Kevin Gardner Sr., Bob Reeder, William Beaver,
Alex Jimenez, Wayne Andrews, Vivien Hobart, Bernardo Perugache, Frank Mustachia, Mary Jo Spurr, James Nowlin,
Richard Galvan, Kathy Housel, Paul Feehery, Angel Davis, Dr. Hubert Ried, Jean Ried, Bob Akeroyd, Bob Rogers, Phyllis Ottis,
Eddie Lewis, Nhiem Nguyen, and Norma McLellan Pribyl
ALTAR FLOWERS: Jaime and James Sinton donated the flowers on the main altar in celebration of their wedding.
Please remember them in your prayers.
COLLECTIONS for June 7: This fiscal year, the weekly parish offertory goal is $24,000.
Last week’s total giving was $20,017.48. For the fiscal year, we are $69,528.19 below our goal.
The parish’s 2015 Diocesan Services Fund goal is $130,000. As of this week, we have received $104,049.30 in pledges
towards that goal, and $88,805.81 has been paid.
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Unbound
On June 20-21 Rev. Arthur Kirwin, O.P. and Rev. Greg
Schmitt, CSSR will be here to speak of the work of Unbound, which is a lay Catholic sponsorship ministry that
helps children and elderly in 21 developing countries. To
learn more, go to www.unbound.org or call 800-875-6564.
Plans for the Summer?
G.K. Chesterton foresaw and wrote about the issues we
struggle with today: social injustice, the culture of death,
the decline of the arts, assaults on religion, and attacks on
the family and on the dignity of the human person. Come
discover the great Catholic writer Pope Pius XI described
as “Defender of the Faith” in San Antonio at the Menger
Hotel, August 6-8, for this Annual Chesterton Conference. Speakers include Dale Ahlquist, Joseph Pearce,
Kevin O’Brien, Dr. Peter Howard, and many more. Register today by calling toll-free 800-343-2425 or at https://
www.chesterton.org/2015conference/.
1734 West Alabama St.
Your gifts to the SVdP are like mustard seeds...
In today’s gospel our Lord compares the mustard seed to
the Kingdom of God—from the smallest seed to the largest
tree. Your gifts to the St. Vincent de Paul Society also grow.
We are able to help people financially, help them regain their
dignity, offer hope, and to seek God. Through our love and
alms giving we are the Kingdom of God on earth. Please
keep our Society in your prayers and in your gifts. Use the Poor Box in
the rear of the Church for your donations. As a member of the Diocesan
St. Vincent de Paul Society, our conference provides those in need with
vouchers for clothing from the two distribution centers in the city on I-45
and in Bellaire. We also can request through the Diocesan office furniture
that may be needed. Please consider calling them if you have furniture/
household goods or clothing to donate. They will arrange to pick it up
just call 713-434-6581. There is a great need at this time for furniture. Can
you help fill this need?
Call 713-529-2156 if in need of assistance or if you would like more information
about the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
• Houston, Texas 77098
• 713-521-0066
Please join us
in the parish hall for
Wednesday
Lunch
An Outreach Ministry
of Holy Rosary
Lunch is served
after the 12:05 Mass, and a
$5 donation is requested.
June 17 menu:
Chicken Vincent
Reinforcing Family Unity
Prayer for Consecrated Persons
Holy Rosary’s St. Valentine’s Marriage Guild invites
married couples of all ages to the following events:
God our Father, we thank you for calling men and
women to serve in your Son’s Kingdom as sisters,
brothers, religious priests, consecrated virgins, and
hermits, as well as members of secular institutes.
Renew their knowledge and love of you, and send
your Holy Spirit to help them respond generously
and courageously to your will. We ask this through
our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
June 27, Saturday: Parish family Picnic Event is still
in the planning stages. Ideas, help, suggestions are all
welcome. Come be a part of the community of Holy
Rosary!
August 22, Saturday: Family Vacation Bible School at
Holy Rosary. It’s a family treat and retreat!
August 29, Saturday: Couple’s Night Out, restaurant to
be determined. Any ideas? Please let us know!
For more info, please contact Christian Hinkie at chinkie@
gmail.com or Catherine O’Brien at [email protected].
Pope Francis has proclaimed 2015
the Year of Consecrated Life
Stewardship Series
The Underlying Values of Stewardship
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay
tithes of mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the
weightier things of the law; judgment and mercy and fidelity.
These you should have done, without neglecting the others.”
- Matthew 23:23
The meaning of the term “stewardship” is often misconstrued among many Catholics to mean “give more money to
the Church”. In truth, stewardship is a spirituality based on the
underlying values of our Christian identity, trusting God, being
thankful, and love. In the passage above, Jesus makes it clear
to the Pharisees that although they tithe, they have neglected
greater aspects of their faith. What we give is important, but
it does not make us stewards. We can only become stewards
through how we practice our faith.
It may be helpful to think of the well-known aspects of
stewardship – time, talent, and treasure – as though they are
legs on a stool. The presence of each leg is necessary to support
the stool itself; if one leg is missing, the stool collapses. Are we
complete if we give generously to the Church but fail to pray?
What about if we serve in a parish ministry but fail to regularly
attend Mass? No, of course not – we must be willing to give
our time, talent, and treasure to be stewards.
It’s the willingness to give that’s often tough for us. Our
culture and the things we observe in the world teach us to be
individualistic and selfish. These values are not Catholic; they
erode our willingness to give and keep us from building up
Christ’s church. Most of us probably inwardly believe that we
don’t want to be individualistic or selfish, regardless of how we
outwardly act. We want to be good people… Godly people.
In order to do that, there are core values that we, as
Catholics, need to subscribe to in our faith journeys. These
values are described below, and most of you reading this will
probably think to yourselves “These are all things that I believe
to be true.” However, almost all of us find it challenging to live
out some aspects of what we believe. Maybe it’s difficult, or
maybe sometimes we just don’t know how.
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The three legged stool of time, talent, and treasure shows us how to live out our beliefs – but that
will be the subject of our next column. For now, let’s introduce identity, trust, gratitude, and love – the four
core values of stewardship.
Identity
Our Christian identity has its basis in the idea that God is our creator. It is the belief that we belong
to God and so does the world. He made it all; we own nothing for ourselves. Everything that we have been
given is a gift from God– not just resources, but our time on earth and the talents we are born with - and
we have been asked to be stewards of those gifts. Accepting that we belong to God means accepting that we
are not here to satisfy our own needs and wants with the gifts He gives us. We are here to serve God. As
Christians, this forms our identity.
We know that our identity is who we are as people. Identity is not who we say we are, but who we
actually are. It’s not something we can fake. Most of us can probably point out someone who says they’re
someone that they’re not at least some of the time. God knows who we are all of the time; you can’t fool
Him. It’s not enough to say we’re Christians, or to say we’re servants of God. We must actually serve.
Trust
If we can accept that we belong to God it follows that we should also trust God, accepting that He is
in charge of our lives. Extending our Christian identity to trusting in God can be difficult. We see what is
happening in the world, and can become hard to imagine that everything going on has a place in His plan,
but it does. Even in the most difficult of times, and even when evil is present in the world, God has a way
of making good things spring forth. All we have to do is trust.
The core value of trust extends to us being trustworthy. We must believe and trust that God will provide for us, but we must also be trustworthy to God, to each other, to our parish, and to our diocese. When
difficult decisions present themselves, it is important to not cheat. We must trust God and be trustworthy
for God. Again, this is not something we can express only in words; we must express it in our actions.
Gratitude
If we accept that we are made by God for God, and that we must trust God and be trustworthy, then
it is natural to develop gratitude for God. Everything we have is a gift! In our culture, we tend to envy
what others have and to always want more for ourselves, yet most of us would not want to be described
as greedy or envious. Whether we realize it or not, the vast majority of us have received blessings beyond
measure.
Imagine if we did not have enough to eat, didn’t have air conditioning to keep us cool during the
summer, lacked hot water to bathe in, or didn’t have flush toilets. That sounds deplorable, right? Yet, this
describes how more than half of the world’s population lives their daily lives. Imagine also if our parish
of 1,000 families represented the entire world. Only 70 of those families would own a car – the rest would
either be walking or riding a bicycle to Mass.
Given our relative wealth, true gratitude should be an easy value for us to accept. Yet, how many
people ever say “I have all that I need”? Given the material things our culture tends to value, it can be a
challenge. In order to become stewards, though, this is a challenge we must accept. Just like with trust,
gratitude is not something we can express only in words. We must express it in our actions.
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Love
Accepting our Christian identity, trusting in God, and being gracious for what God has given us
naturally lead us to love God. Indeed, love is a requirement of being Christian – it is not optional. It is helpful to think of the term “love” as being interchangeable with the term “charity”; indeed, in the context of
theological virtue, they are the same. The catechism defines charity as the theological virtue by which we
love God above all things for his own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God.
This concept of love and charity going hand in hand is readily illustrated in the sacrament of marriage. If we saw a marriage in which one spouse constantly gives and gives, and the other only receives, we
likely wouldn’t call that love. In a marriage in which both spouses give and receive out of appreciation for
each other, we would probably be more likely to say love exists. This can be extended to our relationship
with God. If we constantly receive and rarely give anything back, do we really love God? No – we have to
give back. We can’t just say we love God – we have to show it in our actions.
We cannot allow pride – a false love of one’s self – to get in the way of our love for God. When we
start to believe that our accomplishments are our own or that we have gotten where we are all by ourselves,
we lose sight of the fact that nothing is possible without God. Just as God gives us everything, there comes
a moment for all of us when He takes it all back.
Takeaway
One of the most ongoing and heated debates in Christianity is whether we are saved by faith alone
as Paul teaches, or whether we are saved by faith and works as James teaches. In truth, the teachings of
Paul and James do not contradict each other. If we love God, accept Him as our creator, trust in Him, and
are truly thankful for His blessings – in other words, if we have faith - it is evident in our actions. It’s not
a conscious thought process – we act naturally out of love, and our actions are a gift to God. Our faith and
our works essentially become the same.
In our next column, we will revisit the ways we can give – time, talent, and treasure. Before we get
there, try to think about the values of identity, trust, gratitude, and love. If we accept these values, and our
actions show that we accept these values, then giving won’t seem so difficult after all – it becomes natural.
Have a blessed week!
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The St. Thomas More Secular Franciscan Fraternity invites
you to attend one of our meetings to see if God may be
calling you to grow deeper in your spiritual life by
following in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi.
We meet on the 4th Sunday of the month from 2:00 to
4:00 pm in the Religious Education building (across
Milam Street from the church) here at Holy Rosary.
For more information, call Kathy Wohnoutka at
281-578-3211 or email at [email protected].
“Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.” - St. Francis of Assisi
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