Santo Niño de Cebu Catholic Church 5655 Rigsby Avenue, San Antonio TX, 78222 (210)648-1705 (210)648- 5365 santo.nino.sa@gmail.com www.stonino.org

Our Mission:

The Santo Niño Catholic Church is a faith community where all are welcome to celebrate Catholic beliefs embellished by the best Philippine traditions. It is a dynamic parish responding to the spiritual needs of the community to fulfill its evangelical mission and to realize Christ’s call of making disciples of all nations. (Parish Pastoral Council, 21 April 2001)

Reflection

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time August 25, 2019

The sign of heaven

This Sunday's scripture readings are signposts on the road to the narrow gate at the entrance of heaven. Isaiah says that God knows our works and our thoughts. To help us sanctify our works and purify our thoughts, so that we can see the fullness of the glory of God when we die, he sets a sign among us. It is Jesus. His life -- how he lived and how he died -- are a sign of how to enter heaven.

He says in the Gospel reading that many will attempt to enter salvation who are not strong enough. Strong enough for what?

Throughout the Gospel, Jesus gives us the answer to that: We must be perfect in love. That does not mean that mistakes and other imperfections will lock us out of heaven. The key that opens the gate to heaven is love, and if we throw love away, we

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Today’s Gospel : LK 13:22-30

J esus passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, "Lord, will only

a few people be saved?" He answered them, "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough. After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door, then will you stand outside knocking and saying, 'Lord, open the door for us.' He will say to you in reply, 'I do not know where you are from. And you will say, 'We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.' Then he will say to you, 'I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers!' And there will be wailing and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves cast out. And people will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline at table in the kingdom of God. For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

The Narrow Door; Salvation and

Rejection

Prayer Corner

Pray: Lord, teach me

how to love You with all my being, and may that love help me to care for

my brothers and sisters and for myself, too, as

You want me to do. Amen.

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Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time August 25, 2019

throw that key away.

It's very unlikely, however, that we will ever completely throw love away, even though we sin. But we are told to be perfect in love. This means loving fully. Always. Unconditionally. Sacrificially. Radically.

To be perfect in love, we need to have the Lord's own love. We need Jesus to dwell in us and reach others through us. On our own, we cannot love fully, but when we rely on God to give us his love for others, we have perfect love.

To rely on God's love and feel confident in it, we have to get rid of anything that blocks his love: unforgiveness, vengeful attitudes, lingering resentments and cynicism, and the apathetic ignoring of the needs of others.

The reading from Hebrews tells us not to disdain the discipline of the Lord. No matter what causes our hardships and trials or who's to blame, God uses them to perfect us in love. If we recognize these as opportunities to grow in love -- if we seek God in them and let him stretch our ability to love -- we become more like Jesus. We make the path toward heaven straight, and what is lame and disjointed in our spirituality is healed.

Questions for Personal Reflection: Who in your life is difficult to love? (Don't forget to consider the unloving behaviors you have toward yourself.) How might God be using these hard-to-love people to strengthen your ability to love more perfectly?

Questions for Family & Community Faith Sharing: People who are difficult to love are saint-makers, because they give us opportunities to identify and overcome (with God's help of course) the imperfections in our ability to love. What happens if we give God permission to change us when we wish someone else would change? How is this a key to heaven?

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(Reflections, Continued from page 1) Weekend Mass Intentions

Sat.—6:00 PM—1. Souls of Frances Paiz, Johnny Hinojosa, Rosario Huemer, Lupita Perez; 2. Recovery of Alicia Anaya, Jolisa Gonzalez and Lupita Herrera; 3. Intentions of Evelyn Lopez and for her family

Sun.—8:00 AM—1. Recovery of Lolita Pepper, Carmen Steele, Helen Daley, and Paul Yap; 2. Souls of Jack/John Saunders, Norman Nepomuceno, and Bob Lewis; 3. Special intention of Robert/Nel Mendez

Sun.—10:00am—1. Soul of Dina Sorio, Zenaida Sorio and intentions of the Two Thousand Hail Mary’s Devotion; 2. Recovery and health of Narciso Sorio, Sr. and Clarke Lewis; 3. Special intentions of Jun Sorio and Suzette Saunders.

Sun.—12 noon—1. Souls of Dr. Tony dela Cruz, Bienvenida and Carlos Yap, Bartolome and Thelma Yap, Aubry Woost, Denise Hogan, Mr. Miller and Mrs. Sarmiento; 2. Health of Belma de Cruz, Clarke Lewis and Dr. Ted Jaceldo and recovery of Clarke Lewis; 3. Safety for DanielWallace and his troop in the border; 5. Birthday of Annie Spencer.

Sun.—2 pm—1. Soul of Santos Adames; 2. Recovery of Juan Anaya; 3. Special intentions of Evelyn Lopez and for her family..

Karen Bortvet from Hillsboro, OR. joined Maryknoll Lay

Missioners in 2013. Prior to Maryknoll she got a BA in Political

Science and Spanish from University of Portland. Karen as

Maryknoll Lay Missioners worked in Cambodia. Her primary

focus was the work at the Deaf Development Programme as

the Communication Coordinator: developing the

communications strategy; documenting DDP’s many activities

through photos and videos; visiting the provinces to document the field work

of DDP; Facebook’; writing blogs; creating mini-videos about the Deaf

community; welcoming visitors or coordinating volunteers.

Karen will speak at all masses at Senyor Santo Nino de Cebu parish the

weekend of September 7-8 to share her mission experience as a part of the

2019 Missionary Cooperation Plan in the archdiocese of San Antonio. The

second collection will be taken to support Maryknoll Lay Missioners. Your

kind welcome and generous support is most appreciated.

Maryknoll Lay Missioners is a Catholic organization inspired by the mission of

Jesus to live and work with poor communities in Africa, Asia, and the

Americas, responding to basic needs and helping to create a more just and

compassionate world. Maryknoll Lay Missioners sends and supports long –

term missioners who work in Health care, Education, Pastoral Work, Justice

and Peace and Economic Development. To learn more, visit www.mklm.org

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Mass Time

Att

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dan

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Offertory/

Collection

No Second

collection

SAT : 6:00 PM 67 $579.00

SUN: 8:00 AM 46 $563.00

10:00 AM 113 $650.52

12:00 NN 103 $1,136.16

2:00 PM 92 $243.06

WED: 11:00 AM Assumption Mass

$52.00

Total

Adj Bank Bal.

421 $2,523.95

$2,523.73

Donation/MI/Other

General Income

$501.00

Attendance and Offertory Aug 10—11 & 14, 2019

STEWARDSHIP REPORT AND ATTENDANCE

DAY READING/S GOSPEL

MON 1st—1 THES 1:1-5, 8B-10

MT 23:13-22

TUE 1st—1 THES 2:1-8 MT 23:23-26

WED 1st— 1 THES 2:9-13 MT 23:27-32

THU 1st—1 THES 3:7-13 MK 6:17-29

FRI 1st—1 THES 4:1-8 MT 25:1-13

SAT 1st—1 THES 4:9-11 MT 25:14-30

SUNDAY 09/01/2019

1st—SIR 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 2nd—HEB 12:18-19, 22-24A

LK 14:1, 7-14

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time August 25, 2019

DAILY READINGS (August 26— September 1, 2019)

Your word is a lamp to my feet

and a light to my path.

Psalm 119:105

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. San Lorenzo Raffle tickets for five dollars and Gala Dinner tickets for forty-five dollars are available for sale in the foyer. Please support our church’s fundraising.

2. Due to limited Gala Night hotel hall accommodation for three hundred people, the Gala dinner tickets will be on a first-come-first-serve basis. When the capacity exceeds three hundred, the church will no longer accept dinner ticket stubs, and the seller will return the money to the buyer.

3. Mass Intention box is next to bulletin board in the foyer. You can write down your prayer intention with the date and time of mass for your intention, place them in the envelope and insert it in the box. Donations are appreciated. All envelopes will be collected every Thursday.

4. Shalom Retreat Registration for Aug 30—Sept 1 is on going. Registration Fee is $50 dollars. For more details call the office at (210) 648-1705.

5. Those who are interested in being an Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion or Lectors are invited to attend a meeting about the ministries on Saturday, August 24, 2019, at 10:30 AM in the Hall.

6. Sacramental Theology class with Dr. John Chitakure will resume on Saturday September 14. There will be only one other class remaining in October; date and time to be determined.

7. Religious Education class will start on Sunday, September 8, 11:10 am to 12 noon.

8. All clergy, employees, lay church personnel, and volunteers are required Sexual Harassment Training as part of Code of Conduct for the Archdiocese of San Antonio. Safe Environment Training is required for all adults supervising children including catechists, youth ministry, or altar server. Plus, Vulnerable Adult Training is required for anyone who have contact with vulnerable adults. Criminal background check is also required; it is renewed every 3 years. Deadline to complete training is September 30. For questions please contact Joanne Jaceldo by email jjac.1972@yahoo.com

SEPTEMBER 28—29, 2019

SAVE THE DATE!!!

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Our Devotions

First Friday Adoration,

Rosary & Novena: 7:00-

9:00 PM

Holy Spirit: Mondays

Divine Mercy/Holy Hour for

Vocation: Tuesday

Perpetual Help Novena:

Wednesdays

St. Jude Novena:

Thursdays

Santo Niño Novena:

Fridays

First Saturday of the

month:

2000 Hail Mary Devotion,

from 9:00 AM

Divine Mercy Devotion:

Sunday 3:00 – 4:00 PM

Office/Business Hours: Tuesday thru Friday: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

12 noon – 1:00 PM: Lunch Break

Schedule of Masses and

other Services Sundays: 8:00 and 10:00

AM, and 12 noon Bilingual Mass (English & hymns in Filipino)2:00PM Spanish

Saturdays:

6:00 PM (Spanish Mass) Daily Holy Mass:

M-F 6:00 PM

Confession Mon-Sat 5:00 – 6:00 PM

Baptism

By appointment & Seminars are necessary

Confirmation

11th to 12th grade

Marriage Please meet with the Pastor one year in

advance.

Counseling By Appointment

Funeral Please contact the

Parish Office

OUR SERVANTS

ADMINISTRATION

Pastor – Rev. Fr. Arnold Ibarra, PhD Deacon - Arsenio Reyes

Office Volunteers: Annie Spencer, Nena Connor, Alice Maldonado

Business Coordinator – Anna Rose Nolasco

Sacramental Records – Dr. Connie Nepomuceno

Webmaster – Ed Candelaria Property Manager – Robert Mendez

PASTORAL COUNCIL (2018—2021)

Chairperson

Betty Childress Vice-Chairperson

Raine Virgino Secretary

Josie McAllister Members:

Hermosilia Atamosa Russel Cantu Alma de Paz

Pura Frierson David Graves

Alicia Hernandez Robert Mendez

Vicky Ortiz Regina Pino

FINANCE COUNCIL

Chairperson: Armi Wallace

(2019-2020) Members – Jim Irwin,

Michael Roberson, Mel Garcia,

Nelrose Mendez, and Nena Connor

MINISTRIES

WORSHIP

Acolytes: Randal Garcia Dévotion: Dr. Connie Nepomuceno

Lectors: Socorro Candelaria Spanish Choir: Juan Anaya

Adult Choir: Helen Ona Youth Choir: Noel Casino

Wedding/Quincenera Coordinator: Alicia Anaya & Annie Spencer

EVANGELIZATION

Religious Education Coordinator:

Joanne Jaceldo/Mary Ester Rodriguez RCIA : Deacon Jun Reyes & Dr.

Connie Guadalupana: Rosa dela Garza ACTS and Vocation/Director of

Liturgy: Deacon Jun Reyes Youth Minitry: Russell &

Bernadette Cantu

SERVICE Nutrition: Alma de Paz

Knights of Columbus : Grand Knight Sean Flatley

Santo Niño de Cebu Catholic

Church

Address: 5655 Rigsby Avenue,

San Antonio, Texas 78222 Phone: (210) 648-1705 Fax: (210) 648-5365

E-mail: santo.nino.sa@gmail.com

We would like to express our thanks to those

who give online. We would love to see the

number increase with this program, please

consider our online donation.

If you want to give your tithes and donation

online go to our parish website at www.stonino.org and click

online giving logo.

All credit cards are accepted in our online donation.

Online Giving

All are invited to join this

healing mass on July 22, 2019,

Monday, 6:30 PM—8:30 PM at

Santo Nino Catholic Church.

Registration is now open for the Santo Nino

Church Shalom Retreat for August 30 to

September 01, Friday to Sunday, 8AM to 6PM.

Registration is accepted online at https://

payments.shalommedia.org/2019/jesusheals/

sanantonio or in Santo Nino Parish Office.

Cash or check is accepted. Registration Fee is

$50.00 (Lunch included, no accommodation).