St. Theresa Catholic Church

Secretary: Diana Gomez

Hours: Mondays & Thursdays
5:30-7:30 p.m.

Saturday from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Office: (806) 839-2892
Fax: (806) 590-8101
cell: (806) 559-0617
E-mail: sainttheresahc@gmail.com

Music Director:
Irene Martinez

Coordinator of Sacristan:
Alvaro Alonzo

DRE Director: Irene Martinez
Asst: Geneva Garcia

Guadalupana President:
Christine Reyna

Victim’s Assistance Coordinator Oscar Reyes 806-543-9178 oreyes_lubbock@yahoo.com

Confessions: Saturday at 4:30 p.m. or by appointment.

Hall Rental: At least 15 business days before your event contact the Secretary: Diana Gomez

Announcements: If you want your
announcement to be posted, it needs to be submitted by Thursday before 1:00 p.m. Due to our deadline of turning in the bulletin for print there will be absolutely NO exceptions. For announcements please contact: Ermelinda: 285-2140 or leave her a message.

RCIA: If you are interested in exploring the Catholic faith or finding out more about the RCIA program,  Contact the secretary: Diana Gomez 

If you are not married by the church or an adult that is not confirmed and would like to receive these sacraments or if you are interested in joining the Catholic faith and would like more information come
visit with, call or text Fr. Jacob.

Baptisms: Parents and Godparents are
required to attend Baptismal classes.
Call the Parish Office. Must be registered parishioners at least 2 months prior to date of Baptism. ($20.00 Donation)

Marriage: Must be at least 18 years old and a member of St. Theresa’s. Please contact the parish office at least six months before the wedding. ($150.00 Donation) Classes every Thursday from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

CCE classes: Elementary: Sun. 9:30 a.m. Youth Night for all Junior High and High School : Wed. 7:00 p.m.

Quinceaneras: Although a quinceañera is not a sacrament, in order to celebrate a quinceañera you need to:
A. Be a registered member.
B. Be enrolled in the two year CCE classes.
C. First communion
D. A $75.00 donation.
E. Attend a Quinceañera Retreat
F. Contact office at least 6 months prior to date requesting.

Funeral Guidelines are as follows:
* Deceased may be brought to the Church no earlier than 4:00 p.m. day of Rosary and picked up at 9:00 p.m.
* On Funeral days: 10:00 a.m. funerals– bodies brought to Church at 9:00 a.m.
* 2:00 p.m. Funerals-bodies brought to Church at 10:00 a.m.

**Take Communion to homebound: contact the Secretary: Diana Gomez

 

Sunday, March 7 @ 11:00 a.m.
Mass

Thursday, March 11 @ 12:00 noon
Mass

Thursday, March 11, 2021
Exposition and Confessions
5:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.

Friday, March 12 @ 8:30 a.m.
Mass
Sunday, March 14 @ 11:00 a.m.
Mass

The website:
catholicsubstance.com
you can explore just a little of the great mystery of our faith.

Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope, but do it with gentleness and reverence, keeping your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who defame your good conduct in Christ may themselves be put to shame. —1 Peter 3:15-16
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resources/apologetics/apologetics/quick-and-easy-apologetics

March 7, 2021
3^rd Sunday of Lent

“You shall not carve idols for yourselves in the shape of anything…” - EXODUS 20:4

How many “gods” do you put before God?“Idols” do not always take the shape of physical things, things we can touch and feel.  Those are easy to recognize.  Many times they take the form of things we cannot touch and are much harder to spot like pride, power, ego, time, comfort or health.  Pray for God’s help to prune our vices and to grow in virtue.

 Parishes & Around the Diocese

OUR LADY OF VICTORY RADIO: Visit 102.9 FM website at http://www.olvradio.com to hear live streaming of EWTN.
Traveling outside of Lubbock? Please let us know where you can hear this low-power broadcast by emailing us at catholiclubbock@gmail.com.

OUR LADY OF FATIMA RADIO- PLAINVIEW: Tune in to LP 100.7 FM 24 hours a day, seven days a week! Mass streamed live on Sundays at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.

TWITTER: Bishop Coerver is now on Twitter. You can follow him
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CONNECT WITH THE DIOCESE OF LUBBOCK:www.catholiclubbock.org on Twitter & Instagram

SEND South Plains Catholic story ideas, stories, and photos (including names and explanations) to: PO Box 98700, Lubbock, Texas 79499-8700, or email lflores@catholiclubbock.org. 

SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
O my sweet Jesus, I believe that you are truly present in the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar.
 I love you above all others and above all things. I earnestly desire to receive you into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally, I pray
that you will please come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace you as if you were already there, and unite myself to you with all my heart and soul.
I pray that you will never permit me to be separated from you. Amen

CONTRITION – Perfect and imperfect

IN THE ABSENCE OF CONFESSION. . . Remember your First Confession and being taught we must be sorry for our sins to be forgiven?

There are two types of sorrow (contrition) for sins.
-Imperfect Contrition -- focus on ourselves, fear of even greater punishment. –

Perfect Contrition -- focuses on the Other. Not the fear of hell, rather offending One who is all-loving. Perfect Contrition focuses on the relationship rather than the sin, the Redeemer rather than oneself.

Why seek out the Sacrament of Reconciliation?
-Personal abandonment to the Mercy and Grace of God
What about now with the pandemic and “shelter in place?” - Rely on the words of Psalm 103:8, “Merciful and gracious is the LORD, slow to anger, abounding in mercy.”

- With Perfect Contrition, seek the Lord.
- Allow His Grace to penetrate the core of your being.
-Earnestly pray an Act of Contrition. - Resolve to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation as soon as possible.
-Continue to restore your relationship with the Lord.
-Be confident that His Love is greater than our offenses; His mercy is everlasting.
 

REPORTING ABUSE OR NEGLECT: Our clergy (bishop, priests, and deacons), seminarians, men and women in Consecrated Life, lay staff, and volunteers are trained to recognize and to report any disclosure or suspicion of physical abuse, sexual abuse, sexual assault, or neglect to the appropriate authorities. It is the policy of the Diocese of Lubbock to report any allegation of sexual abuse of a minor or vulnerable adult to law enforcement. (More information online) Once local law enforcement, or the child abuse/vulnerable adult hotline has been called, information regarding an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor should also be reported to Victim Assistance Coordinator Oscar Reyes at (806) 543-9178 or to diocesan officials.

VIRTUS SAFE ENVIRONMENT ONLINE TRAINING - The Diocese of Lubbock announces our affiliation with VIRTUS; a platform for Safe Environment training. This training is available online in Spanish and English. Its mainstay course, Protecting God's Children assists the church in its efforts to recognize and stop sexual abuse. To register for VIRTUS and access the online training course please go to www.catholiclubbock.org and click on the Safe Environment tab. The VIRTUS link will be located at the bottom of the page. If you have any questions, please contact Belinda Aguirre at 806.792.3943 Ext. 211.