Secretary: Juanita Pineda
Hours: Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Friday10:30-12:30 p.m.
Thursday: Office will be closed

Office: (806) 839-2892
Fax: (806) 590-8101
Home: (806) 839-2738

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

Music Director: Irene Martinez
Co-ordinator of Sacristan:
Alvaro Alonzo
DRE Director: Irene Martinez
Asst: Geneva Garcia
Guadalupana President:
Christine Reyna

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

Hall Rental: Contact Martin Pineda at least 15 business days before your event at 806-839-2738.

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.

MASS INTENTIONS:
If you would like to reserve a Mass in-tention for a living or deceased person please visit our parish office. There is a suggested $5.00 stipend per Mass.

RCIA: If you are interested in exploring the Catholic faith or finding out more about the RCIA program, please call Martin or Juanita Pineda at 839-2738.

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.

There will be a blessings for every month.
Second Sunday-Birthdays
Third Sunday-Anniversaries
Fourth Sunday-Travelers-Religious Articles

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: Juanita Pineda at home or the office.

MASS INTENTIONS:
If you would like to reserve a Mass in-tention for a living or deceased person please visit our par-ish office. There is a suggested $5.00 stipend per Mass.

Saturday, September 15 @ 5:00 p.m.
Mass Intention: “Missa Pro Populo”
1st Reader/Prayer of the Faithful: Anna Rey
2nd Reader/Announcements: Alvin Alonzo
Ministers: Juanita Perez

Sunday, September 16 @ 11:00 a.m.
Mass Intention:
1st Reader/Prayer of the Faithful: Teri Martinez
2nd Reader/Announcements: Marissa Ramirez
Ministers: MaryJane Balderas
Ushers: Juan Castillo, Michael Rangel
Kitchen Sale: Jamaica Committee

Wednesday, September 19 @ 8:30 a.m.
Mass

Friday, September 21 @ 8:30 a.m.
Mass

Saturday, September 22 @ 5:00 p.m.
1st Reader/Prayer of the Faithful: Irene Martinez
2nd Reader/Announcements: Julie Aragon
Ministers: Anna Rey

Sunday, September 23 @ 11:00 a.m.
Mass Intention: “Missa Pro Populo”
1st Reader/Prayer of the Faithful: Zackery Garza
2nd Reader/Announcements: Alvin Alonzo
Ministers: Teri Martinez
Ushers: Danny Garcia, Bobby Pineda
Kitchen Sale: Pat’s Group

FROM THE PASTOR’S HEART:
THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS
Where you there when they crucified my Lord … is an emotional and heart wrenching hymn that we sing on Good Friday service and other times during the Stations of the Cross. On Good Friday, during the adoration of the Holy Cross, the priest, standing before the altar and facing the people, receive the Cross, as he uncovers the veiled cross with these words "Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the salvation of the world." And the congregation responses "Come, let us adore." This brings us back the memories of Sacred Paschal Triduum.
On Friday, September 14th the Church celebrated the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The Exaltation of the Holy Cross is also understood as the Triumph of the Holy Cross. Crucifixion is such a cruel method of execution that the world has known, and yet, the Cross of Jesus is the crowning sign of our redemption. The cross represents a culpable act, crucifixion, which tortured and killed many people throughout the centuries. Not only was it a tool that many used for the sake of public executions, it was chosen in part because of the pain it inflicted upon the one awaiting death. The cross brought fear and dread to people. It has become a universal symbol for the followers of Christ. The Cross is the altar on which Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for our sins.
Just as with all other evil, God was able to take the evil of the cross and transform it into a power of good. Jesus rearranged the world with the cross as the tool which he used for that reconfiguration, so that it no longer had to be associated as a sign of brutality. What was a sign of defeat, a sign of evil, was taken over and transformed into a sign of victory and the goodness of God. The cross therefore became the sign of the powerlessness of power to sustain itself, showing that such power with its brutality towards others will come to an end. For that Jesus had to ascend the cross and take on that cruelty upon himself.
The first reading from the Book of Numbers 21:4-9 recalls how Moses raised up a bronze serpent in obedience to God. The people who looked at it were healed. The cross is now raised up. Believers now look at it and venerate it because of the holiness Jesus has imbued to it. Christians look at it under the mantle of the resurrection. Christians elevate it and see it as the sign that true power and grace cannot be annihilated by evil. It has become transformed and made holy, and now it can be embraced by those who follow Jesus and fight against the sin and structures of sin in the world. They now lift it up like Moses did the serpent-staff. The Gospel of John 3:13-17 tells that Jesus, lifted up on the Cross, is the source of eternal life. Paul's letter is a great hymn about Jesus. Although He was God, for our sakes he accepted death on a cross.
The Church continues to be the bearer of peace in our troubled world as we raise high the Cross of Christ. The cross can be our protection, but only if we let it remind us that the true way of greatness is taking up our cross and following Jesus all the way in humility and love and not by taking up the cross so that we can use it as a weapon to strike others for our own pomp and glory. Only then can we have it as our weapon of peace, the means of victory against our true enemies, sin and death. Let us prayerfully adore the Cross of Christ because of the wood of a tree, joy has come to the whole world.
Peace of Christ, Fr. Sylvester DSouza

DESDE EL CORAZÓN DEL PASTOR
LA EXALTACIÓN DE LA SANTA CRUZ
Donde estuviste allí cuando crucificaron a mi Señor ... es un himno emocionante y conmovedor que cantamos en el servicio del Viernes Santo y otras veces durante las Estaciones de la Cruz. El Viernes Santo, durante la adoración de la Santa Cruz, el sacerdote, de pie delante del altar y de cara al pueblo, recibe la Cruz, mientras descubre la cruz velada con estas palabras: "He aquí el madero de la Cruz, sobre el cual colgaba la salvación". del mundo. " Y las respuestas de la congregación "Ven, vamos a adorar". Esto nos trae de vuelta los recuerdos del Triduo Pascual Sagrado.
El viernes 14 de septiembre, la Iglesia celebró la Exaltación de la Santa Cruz. La Exaltación de la Santa Cruz también se entiende como el Triunfo de la Santa Cruz. La crucifixión es un método de ejecución tan cruel que el mundo ha conocido y, sin embargo, la Cruz de Jesús es el signo culminante de nuestra redención. La cruz representa un acto culpable, la crucifixión, que torturaba y mataba a muchas personas a lo largo de los siglos. No solo fue una herramienta que muchos usaron en aras de las ejecuciones públicas, sino que fue elegida en parte por el dolor que infligió a la persona que esperaba la muerte. La cruz trajo miedo y temor a la gente. Se ha convertido en un símbolo universal para los seguidores de Cristo. La cruz es el altar en el cual Jesús hizo el último sacrificio por nuestros pecados.
Al igual que con cualquier otro mal, Dios pudo tomar el mal de la cruz y transformarlo en un poder del bien. Jesús reorganizó el mundo con la cruz como la herramienta que usó para esa reconfiguración, de modo que ya no tenía que asociarse como un signo de brutalidad. Lo que era un signo de derrota, un signo de maldad, fue tomado y transformado en un signo de victoria y de la bondad de Dios. Por lo tanto, la cruz se convirtió en el signo de la impotencia del poder para mantenerse a sí mismo, demostrando que ese poder con su brutalidad hacia los demás llegará a su fin. Para eso, Jesús tuvo que ascender a la cruz y asumir esa crueldad sobre sí mismo.
La primera lectura del Libro de Números 21: 4-9 recuerda cómo Moisés levantó una serpiente de bronce en obediencia a Dios. Las personas que lo miraron fueron sanadas. La cruz ahora se levanta. Los creyentes ahora lo miran y lo veneran por la santidad que Jesús le ha imbuido. Los cristianos lo miran bajo el manto de la resurrección. Los cristianos lo elevan y lo ven como la señal de que el verdadero poder y la gracia no pueden ser aniquilados por el mal. Se ha transformado y hecho santo, y ahora puede ser adoptado por aquellos que siguen a Jesús y luchan contra el pecado y las estructuras del pecado en el mundo. Ahora lo levantan como lo hizo Moisés con el bastón de la serpiente. El Evangelio de Juan 3: 13-17 dice que Jesús, levantado en la Cruz, es la fuente de la vida eterna. La carta de Pablo es un gran himno sobre Jesús. Aunque Él era Dios, por amor a nosotros, aceptó la muerte en una cruz.
La Iglesia continúa siendo la portadora de paz en nuestro mundo atribulado mientras elevamos la Cruz de Cristo. La cruz puede ser nuestra protección, pero solo si permitimos que nos recuerde que el verdadero camino de la grandeza es tomar nuestra cruz y seguir a Jesús todo el camino con humildad y amor y no al tomar la cruz para que podamos usarla como un arma para golpear a otros por nuestra propia pompa y gloria. Solo entonces podemos tenerlo como nuestra arma de paz, el medio de la victoria contra nuestros verdaderos enemigos, el pecado y la muerte. Oremos en oración por la Cruz de Cristo a causa de la madera de un árbol, la alegría ha llegado a todo el mundo.
La paz de Cristo, Padre Sylvester DSouza

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTIONS

Vigésimo Cuarto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario - Santiago pregunta ¿qué puede significar nuestro amor por Jesucristo si éste no se traduce en acción en nombre de, y para beneficiar, a nuestro prójimo? Él sugiere que esa fe en Jesucristo sea demostrada más profundamente en nuestro cuidado por el necesitado, el que sufre, y el menos privilegiado. La corresponsabilidad incluye proclamar las Buenas Noticias poniendo nuestra fe en acción en nombre de otros. ¿En qué formas hemos estado dispuestos a hacer sacrificios y renuncias por amor a Jesucristo y beneficio de nuestro prójimo?

To access the entire month of readings, Stewardship e-bulletin: http://catholiclubbock.org/Stewardship.html

 Parishes & Around the Diocese

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              EDITION DATE: October DEADLINE: September 21

SAVE THE DATE:
September 29–Blue Mass (1st responders)-10 a.m.
October 7 – Life Chain, 2-3 p.m.
October 7 – Marriage Jubilee Mass
October 11 - NurtureLife Banquet
October 13 - Catechetical Conference
November 3 – Diocesan DCCW Convention, Ralls, Saint Michael
November 11 – Marriage Jubilee Mass
YOUTH RALLY-- March 1 – 2, 2019


JAMAICAS
September 22- Lockney San Jose Fall Festival, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
September 22 – Saint James Seminole, 10-10, City Park
October 6 - Sacred Heart Petersburg, 9 a.m.-10 p.m.
October 9 - Sacred Heart Petersburg 9 a.m.- 10 p.m.
October 13 – Lubbock Holy Spirit Fall Festival, 4-11 p.m.
October 17 -All Saints Fall Festival, Saint Joseph Lubbock, 6:30-8 p.m.
October 20/21- Slaton Saint Joseph Oktoberfest
October 20 -Saint Ann Stamford, 10am-7pm

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.

* See Pastoral Update Page 6 for Open Postion- Diocesan Accounting Coordinator