HOLY ROSARY
PARISH
The Dominican Friars
serving the Archdiocese
of Galveston -Houston
3617 Milam St. G Houston, Texas
77002 H www.
holyrosaryparish.org
WEEKLY
SCHEDULE
Pastoral Message
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
MASSES
November 9, 2014
Today, we have our second round of parish assemblies following each
Mass. The purpose of today’s assemblies is to seek your approval of the
parish mission statement and goals, which the pastoral council drafted
since the time of our first parish assemblies on September 13 and 14. We
also hope to spend some time with you today brainstorming ideas on
how we can achieve our goals. Each assembly will take an hour. You are
cordially invited to attend one of them, even if you did not sign up to
do so on Goal Sign-up Sunday. To the degree that parishioners own the
pastoral plan and help to put it into action is to the degree that it will
help us grow as a parish and become more active in our faith. I hope
we can count on your participation—if not in attending one of today’s
assemblies, then in helping implement the plan later on.
After today’s assemblies, the pastoral council will meet to ponder the
ideas from the weekend and turn some of them into objectives, which
will help us achieve our goals. The council hopes to release to the parish
the entire pastoral plan—together with its mission statement, goals, and
objectives—by the end of January. Implementation will then begin at that
time and is expected to take five years to carry out.
Again, I hope to see you at an assembly today. May God bless you, and
please continue praying for the success of our pastoral planning process.
—Br. Ian
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.
RECONCILIATION
WEEKLY
SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
11:30 a.m.– noon,
4:00–5:00 p.m.
LITURGICAL
CALENDAR
WEEKDAYS 11:30 a.m.– noon
and 4:40–5:10 p.m. Mon.–Fri.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
ROSARY
4:50 p.m. Mon.–Fri., 4:35 p.m. Sat. and Sun.
STAFF DI RADORATION
ECTORY
EUCHARISTIC
Fridays, 12:45–5:00 p.m. (5:05 Benediction)
STAFF DI R ECTORY
Telephone 713-529-4854, enter an extension:
Fr. Ian G. Bordenave, O.P. (Pastor) 101
[email protected]
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Juan M. Torres, O.P. CALENDAR
(Parochial Vicar) 103
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Fr. Isidore V. Vicente, O.P. (Parochial Vicar) 104
Fr. Anthony Hung Tran, O.P. (Chaplain)
Ava Voissem (Parish Secretary) 101
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Geoff Green (Business Administrator) 109
businessadmin@holyrosaryparish . org
Valerie Chase (Special Projects) 102
Juan Maldonado (Bookkeeper) 108
Upcoming Events
Parish Assembly Weekend will take place this weekend,
November 8-9.
Laura Chase (Wedding Coordinator) 110
David Paxton (Music Director) 105
Baptism scheduling 101
Anointing of the sick (visitations) 101
Fr. Juan will be at the Southern Dominican New Orleans Gala from
November 11-14 as part of his assigned responsibilities.
Religious Education Center (3535 Louisiana)
Janet Hafernik, C.R.E., 713-526-4389
Michelle Scenna (Religious Education Secretary)
Saturday, November 29, from 9 to 11 a.m., join the Special Events
Committee in decorating the church for Advent.
Priory (Friars in residence, 713-526-6322)
Fr. Richard Williams, O.P. (Prior); Fr. Bryan Fontenot, O.P.; Fr. Martin Iott, O.P.; Fr. Richard Patrick, O.P.
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Assistance for those in need
St.Vincent de Paul Society, 713-529-2156
LITURGICAL CALENDAR
NOVEMBER 9–15, 2014
Sun. Ezekiel 47:1–2, 8–9, 12
I Corinthians 3:9c–11, 16–17
John 2:13–22
We pray especially for those
named at this week’s Masses:
8:00 † Wayne Helton
9:30 For the people of the parish
11:00 † Michael Alexander
12:30 † Josephine Salerno Poncio
5:00 Paula Selle
Mon. St. Leo the Great, pope
and doctor of the Church
Ti 1:1-9; Lk 17:1-6
12:05 Donald Egers
5:15 Marion Bell
Tue. St. Martin of Tours, bishop
Ti 2:1-8, 11-14; Lk 17:7-10
12:05 † Dr. James Considine
5:15 Agnes Shimanek
Wed. St. Josaphat,
bishop and martyr
Ti 3:1-7; Lk 17:11-19
12:05 Hope Prince
5:15 Thelma Sanchez
Thu. St. Frances Xavier Cabrini,
virgin
Phlm 7-20; Lk 17:20-25
12:05 Francisca Machura
5:15 † Delores Flaherty
Fri.Weekday
2 Jn 4-9; Lk 17:26-37
12:05 Yolanda Palmer
5:15 † Mary Shannahan
Sat. St. Albert the Great, O.P.,
bishop and
doctor of the Church
Sir 6:18-21, 33-37; Mt 25:14-23
12:05 Edward Groff
5:00 † Michelene G. Toomey
Parents: Please use the
breezeway or courtyard
to quiet crying infants
Reflection on the Sunday Scriptures
“Omnium Urbis et orbis ecclesiarum mater et caput.” That is the inscription
high over the doorway of the main entrance of the Basilica of St. John Lateran.
For all of you Latinists the translation should be easy: “Mother and Head of all
the churches of the city and of the world”. That is quite a title for a Church, even
for a Basilica, and in such a title we find the meaning for the celebration of the
Feast of this day “The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica”. It is one of the FOUR
Basilicas (a word from the Greek “basileos” meaning king) in Rome, the others
being St. Peter, St. Paul Outside the Walls, and Santa Maria Maggiore (St. Mary
Major). Because of those Latin words this feast day is celebrated on this day
because November 9, in 324, this first Christian Basilica was dedicated. First it
was dedicated to St. John the Baptist and then later to St. John the Evangelist.
Now the large new neoclassic temple is dedicated to Christ the Redeemer of
the World.
Its name comes from the family that owned the Palace of the Laterani Family and who donated the land next to the palace. The Popes for centuries lived
in that donated Palace adjoining the church until the 14th century. In such a
place many Ecumenical Councils were held and the church was and still is
“The Pope’s Cathedral”, meaning where his CATHEDRA or Chair is, as the
successor of St. Peter. You may remember how Pope Francis, after his election
as Pope went to St. John Lateran to take possession of Cathedra, HIS CHAIR,
symbol of his authority to teach, without error, in matters of Faith and Morals.
Throughout human history every culture has designated certain sites to be
respected and revered because those special places mark a special religious experience. Rome for us has many such places: the tomb of St. Peter, the house of
Paul’s arrest, the martyrs’ places of their deaths, the Catacombs. Many, indeed.
But Emperor Constantine marked a new beginning. In the Palace of the Laterani that he occupied, there is a large baptismal font that no doubt many of you
have seen where he was baptized a Christian. It is there that a new beginning
of the Church took place, no longer under the darkness of the catacombs and
where the Popes, the Ecumenical Councils, the Tradition continued.
But before we get all tangled up in these necessary historical externals, let
us remember that WE ARE A LIVING CHURCH, because as sacred as a building is, the people who fill it and what they do there, reminds us of our sacredness, created by God and recreated in Baptism. By it, “we become holy temples of
the Spirit” (I Cor. 3: 16). As St. Paul reminds his beloved community in Corinth,
we are each being formed into a dwelling place for God on earth. Each one of us, indeed, is then a temple of God’s Spirit.
Maybe, it is time to make an inventory and clean house as Jesus did in
this Sunday’s Gospel (John 2: 13-22) and allow the Divine Guest to make our
dwelling suitable for the sacred bearers we are called to be. We who believe in
Jesus are responsible to be holy places where others will find God. But we are
also Church, a collective witness of integrity, justice, mercy, and love to all the
world. We are a voice that speaks out for what is right, defends the dignity
of the poor and cares for them, as the face of the broken Christ, and prays for
God’s guidance for us all.
Not bad for anyone associated with these concepts. No matter if it is a
magnificent temple or a lowly hall where the mysteries of God are reenacted
and the Sacraments are celebrated in order to make people HOLY. That is the
best temple.
May God’s peace be with you always.
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—Fr. Vicente
Religious Education News
Baptismal Class for Parents will take
place Saturday, Dec. 13, from 9 a.m. to
noon. Please contact Janet to register.
Symbolon, great videos to deepen
your walk with God. See the Lateran
Basilica of which Fr. Vicente speaks,
hear how others sow a thought, reap
an action, sow an action, reap a habit, sow a habit, reap a character, sow
a character, reap a destiny. What
thoughts are you sowing? What destiny will you reap?
Lending Library, come visit the REC
or the parish library for uplifting, instructional reading selections or movies especially for an Advent devotion.
Community Activities, Adopt-aFamily, putting up the greenery in the
church (Nov. 29, we still need tall people), St. Nicholas Day (Dec. 7) and our
annual Advent Breakfast (Dec. 14).
Please go to the web site, or contact
Janet Hafernik at 713-526-4389 or
[email protected].
Open House
Today, November 9, St. Thomas High
School, located at 4500 Memorial Dr.,
invites families of boys in 5th, 6th, 7th,
and 8th grades to an Open House beginning at 1 p.m.
Adopt-a-Family
We are accepting donations for Adopta-Family for Christmas. Find out more
by contacting Maria Correa at 713-7245262 or email at mcorrea@mlrcentral.
com. Holy Rosary helped approximately seven families the first year to
more than twenty last year. Your generosity made it possible. Please see the
insert for more information.
Southern Dominican Gala’s
Wine Auction
Fr. Juan Torres, O.P., is requesting monetary donations towards next year’s
Southern Dominican Gala Wine Auction. Please make checks payable to
“Southern Dominican Gala” (in the
memo area, please write “wine”), and
send it to the parish office, Attn.: Fr.
Juan Torres, O.P. All contributions are
greatly appreciated and tax deductible.
Please save the date for the next Gala
on Sunday, April 26, 2015, at the Houstonian. The gala will offer wonderful
auction items and fine wines!
Memories of a WWII Soldier
Next Wednesday, November 19, World
War II veteran and consummate storyteller Luke McConn shares his personal stories, bringing home a first-hand
view of the sacrifice and valor of the
Allied Forces. For information on ticket prices and location, please contact
Valerie Chase at [email protected]. All proceeds to benefit the formation of young men into
Dominican friars, as well as the care of
the semi-retired and infirm friars of the
Southern Dominican Province.
Young Adult News
November 13: Luminous Thursday
Rosary and Coffee, please join us in
prayer. It is important as individuals and as a group. We meet in the
Religious Education Center at 7 p.m.
to pray the Luminous Mysteries. Afterwards, we relocate to Glazed: The
Doughnut Café, 1333 Old Spanish
Trail, for coffee, doughnuts, and fellowship
For more information, please email us
at [email protected] or find us
on Facebook.
Centennial Campaign
We began renovations to the sacristy
and candle room. This project should
last 3-4 months and will bring needed modernizations to these areas. We
hope to begin renovation of the church
during Lent of 2015 so we can worship
in a newly renovated church in time for
Easter. If we are unable to begin in Lent
2015, work is likely to begin Lent 2016.
All the centennial campaign pledges
have been made. So many have responded generously and we thank you
for your faith and suppport in the projects. This is absolutely wonderful, and
your pledge payments are both appreciated and critical to getting the project
done. Thank you all for your generosity towards this campaign.
Diocesan Activities
This Monday, November 10, the UST
2015 Thomas Aquinas Lecture will
present Professor Rémi Brague at Jones
Hall, 3910 Yoakum at 7:30 p.m. This
event is free and open to the public.
For more info please call 713-525-3591.
For Better and For Ever: An evening
with Fr. Rob Ruhnke on Wednesday,
November 12, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at
St. Martha Catholic Church, 702 Woodland Hills Dr., Kingwood. Please RSVP
by Oct. 31 to [email protected] or call 636-856-0422.
Gabriel Project Ministries is sponsoring
a live concert featuring David Michael
Moses on Sunday, November 16, from
12:30 to 3 p.m. This concert is free to
all those who bring an item to donate.
The concert will take place at the CoCathedral of the Sacred Heart–Cathedral Center, 1701 San Jacinto. For more
info go to www.sacredhearthouston.
org and click on the Baby Grace button.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK: Kevin G. Gardner II, Gloria Guerrero, Kevin Gardner Sr., Bob Reeder, William Beaver,
Alex Jimenez, Joe Kowis, Wayne Andrews, Frank Mustachia, Itze Soliz, Mary Jo Spurr, Richard Galvan, Angel Davis,
Hoa Thi Dang, Dr. Hubert Ried, Jean Ried, and Bob Rogers.
ALTAR FLOWERS: The flowers on the main altar are donated in memory of the deceased members of the Melville,
Fretz, and McKirahan families. Please remember them in your prayers.
COLLECTIONS FOR NOVEMBER 2: This fiscal year, the weekly parish offertory goal is $24,000. Last week’s
total giving was $20,774.12. For the fiscal year, we are $48,977.86 below our goal. God bless your generosity.
The parish’s 2014 Diocesan Services Fund goal is $125,900. As of this week, we have received $128,242.46 in pledges
towards that goal, and $122,261.41 has been paid.
For all who give sacrificially to support Holy Rosary Parish and its ministries, and who support the Archdiocese
through the DSF as it ministers in ways a single parish cannot, we offer our heartfelt thanks.
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Black Bag Collection
In the Gospel we find the
truth that loving God isn’t
merely a matter of fervor in
our hearts, but that it must be
expressed in doing good for
the sake of others. Through your gifts, the
Society of St. Vincent de Paul was able to
show that love to our neighbors by assisting 31 families or single persons, providing
$10, 573.41 for rent, $1,498.84 for utilities,
$186 for transportation, and $310 in food.
Thank you! Call 713-529-2156 for help, or
if you want to help the SVdP Society in
this charitable ministry. The Poor Box (in
the rear of the church) proceeds are used
by SVdP Society to benefit those in need.
Donations may be made at any time.
Residential Real Estate Agent
RUTH ANN STREIFF
713.524.0888
[email protected]
We believe this is a worthwhile investment. The printing cost of the bulletin
will average $250 per week. We hope that
you will consider advertising to help offset our costs. To advertise, please contact
[email protected].
Please come and join us for
Wednesday Lunch
An Outreach Ministry of Holy Rosary
A $5.00 lunch is served after the 12:05 Mass
in the parish hall.
(Nov. 12 menu: Roast Beef)
Support Our Bulletin!
To help, please contact Maria Correa
at [email protected] or 713-724-5262
Bring this ad for a
10% discount after 5:15 Mass.
Closed Sundays and Mondays
Prayer for Peace
Lord, the plight of the Middle East is deep and the
suffering of Christians is severe and frightening.
Therefore, we ask you, Lord, to spare their lives and
to grant them patience and courage to continue their
witness of Christian values with trust and hope. Lord,
peace is the foundation of life. Grant them the peace
and stability that will enable them to live with each
other without fear and anxiety and with dignity and joy.
Glory be to You forever.