THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
SUNDAY, August 17th  NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.
7:30 a.m. - People of the Parish.
Isaiah 56:1, 6-7
9:00 a.m. - Leo Garza, Jr., departed.
Romans 11:13-15, 29-32
11:00 a.m. - Raymond Skeens, departed.
St. Matthew 15:21-28
6:00 p.m. - George Miller, departed.
Mon., August 18th Weekday. ………………………………………………………………..7:00 a.m. - Leo Garza, Jr., departed.
Ezekiel 24:15-24 / St. Matthew 19:16-22
9:20 a.m. - Intentions of Christopher J. Spalding.
Tues., August 19th St. John Eudes, French Priest & Founder, 1680. ….7:00 a.m. - Leo Garza, Jr., departed.
Ezekiel 28:1-10
9:20 a.m. - Intentions of Armando David Garza.
St. Matthew 19:23-30
Wed., August 20th  St. Bernard, Abbot at Clairvaux & Doctor, 1153. ..7:00 a.m. - Joe Aguilar, departed.
Ezekiel 34:1-11 / St. Matthew 20:1-16
9:20 a.m. - Intentions of Julio C. Vasquez.
Thurs., August 21st  St. Pius X, Pope, 1914. ………………………………………….7:00 a.m. - William J. Nypaver, departed.
Ezekiel 36:23-28 / St. Matthew 22:1-14
9:20 a.m. - Intentions of Seth J. Galemore.
Fri., August 22nd The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. …………..7:00 a.m. - In Thanksgiving for Gabriel Garza.
Ezekiel 37:1-14 / St. Matthew 22:34-40
9:20 a.m. - Mary Barcellona, departed.
Sat., August 23rd  St. Rose of Lima, Virgin, 1617. ………………………………10:00 a.m. - Camerina C. Valle, departed.
Ezekiel 43:1-7a / St. Matthew 23:1-12
SUNDAY, August 24th  TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. [St. Nathaniel Bartholomew, Apostle & Martyr, 1st Century]
7:30 a.m. - People of the Parish.
Isaiah 22:19-23
9:00 a.m. - Intentions of Dn. Orr & Dn. D’Agostino.
Romans 11:33-36
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(17 Ordination Anniversary-29 Aug.)
St. Matthew 16:13-20
11:00 a.m. - Intentions of Judy Warwick.
6:00 p.m. - Armando Garza, departed.
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WE WELCOME EVERYONE who is visiting the parish
today, and invite you to register online and make the parish
your spiritual home. Register at www.AtonementOnline.com.
CHILD CARE is available today (Sunday) for the 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.
Masses in the Pre-K room of the school building.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: We have lost a number of
adorers for the night time hours and one daytime hour. We still
need at least one more adorer for several times who will commit to an
hour while the Blessed Sacrament is exposed. These hours
are Fridays at noon, Saturdays at 2am and 7pm, Sundays at
2am, 3am and 4am. Please contact Tricia Delaney at 695-6105
or pddelaney@icloud.com to sign up or for more information.
Evangelization and Fellowship Group: We are a group of
Catholics who meet to study, discuss and then act on what we find is
expected of us for the new evangelization. Come join us as we learn
and labor together to more authentically live out our lives as disciples
of Jesus Christ. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Fridays each month, from
7-8:30pm in the Common Room of the school building. Please
contact David Delaney at 210-695-6105, or pddelaney@icloud.com or
Seth Galemore at 620-212-3473, seth.galemore@gmail.com for more
information.
Fall 2014 Inquiry Class begins next Sunday August 24th
from 10:30-12:00 in the Common Room (#201). The
purpose of the Inquiry Class is to help those considering entering into
full communion, or returning to full communion with the Catholic
Church, and to understand the basics of what the Catholic Church
teaches and why. It is also suitable for Catholics already in full
communion as a way to brush-up and increase one’s knowledge of
the Catholic faith. The Inquiry Class goals are to guide each
interested person to better understand and embrace the Catholic
Way, the Fullness of Truth and the Sacramental Life of the
One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.
The Inquiry Class leadership is sponsoring a Pot-luck Reunion
for all past, present and future Inquiry attendees this evening
at 6:00 p.m. for Social Hour in Saint Anthony Hall. Please
bring a dish to pass! We’ll start dinner at 7:15 p.m. for those
coming from Mass. Info: Alan Becker at 210-273-9426 or
alanmbecker@gmail.com.
There will be a Couples Night Out with Fr. Ken Geraci of the
Fathers of Mercy. He will be leading married couples in talks entitled,
“Removing the Barriers in Your Marriage” and “Find an Excuse to
Win.” Sept. 5th from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at Blessed Sacrament Catholic
Church, 600 Oblate Dr. The cost is $30 Couple, $15 for an
individual. No Charge for clerics and religious.
One man can make a difference! – ST. BERNARD: Bernard’s
parents both belonged to the highest nobility of the French region of
Burgundy. He was the third of a family of seven children, six of
whom were sons. At the age of nine years, he was sent to school at
Châtillon-sur-Seine in Burgundy where he developed a great taste for
literature and devoted himself for some time to poetry. He had a
special devotion to the Virgin Mary, and he would later write several
works about the Queen of Heaven. In 1098 (Saint) Robert of
Molesme had founded Cîteaux Abbey, near Dijon, with the purpose of
restoring the Rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor. At the age of 23, to
this Abbey in 1113, Bernard and thirty other young noblemen of
Burgundy (Bernard’s extended family members and many friends
under his influence), sought admission into the Cistercian order. The
little community of reformed Benedictines at Cîteaux, which would
have so profound an influence on Western monasticism, grew
rapidly. Three years later, Bernard was sent with a band of twelve
monks to found a new house at Vallée d'Absinthe. This Bernard
named Claire Vallée, or Clairvaux, on 25 June 1115, and the names of
Bernard and Clairvaux would soon become inseparable.
The austere beginnings of Clairvaux Abbey were trying
and painful, but the monastery made rapid progress.
Disciples flocked to it in great numbers and put
themselves under the direction of Bernard. His father
and all his brothers entered Clairvaux to pursue
religious life, leaving only Humbeline, his sister, in the secular world.
She, with the consent of her husband, soon took the veil in the
Benedictine nunnery of Jully-les-Nonnains. The abbey became too
small for its members and it was necessary to send out bands to
found new houses. At the age of 31 in 1120, at the solicitation of
William of St. Thierry, Bernard defended the rule of the Cistercian
order by publishing his Apology. This major work had a profound
reforming effect on the Benedictine Monastery at Cluny, (at its height
with 825 foundation monasteries throughout Europe), and Abbot
Suger, the minister of Louis VI of France, was converted by the
Apology of Bernard. He hastened to terminate his worldly life and
restore discipline in his monastery of St. Denis, where he devoted the
rest of his life, rebuilding the Abbey of St. Denis in what was to be the
first Gothic-style church in the world. The zeal of Bernard extended
to the bishops, the clergy, and lay people. Throughout his life, he had
a profound influence in the Church. On the death of Pope Honorius
II, which occurred on 14 February 1130, a schism broke out in the
Church by the election of two popes, Pope Innocent II and Pope
Anacletus II. King Louis VI convened a national council of the
French bishops at Étampes, and Bernard, summoned there by
consent of the bishops, was chosen to judge between the rival popes.
He decided in favor of Innocent II. This caused the pope to be
recognized by all the great powers, and for the next eight years, he
then went with Innocent II into Italy and reconciled Pisa with Genoa,
and Milan with the pope. It was not until Anacletus died in 1138 that
the schism ended. At this time, Bernard returned to the solicitude of
the monastery where he would write 10 major treatises, hundreds of
sermons, and hundreds of letters, of which 547 survive. Bernard’s
theology and Mariology continue to be of major importance,
particularly within the Cistercian and Trappist orders. Bernard led to
the foundation of 163 monasteries in different parts of Europe. At his
death, they numbered 343. His influence led Pope Alexander III to
launch reforms that would lead to the establishment of canon law. He
was the first Cistercian monk placed on the calendar of saints and
was canonized by Pope Alexander III 18 January 1174. Pope Pius VIII
bestowed on him the title of Doctor of the Church. His feast day is
August 20th.
EVERY FRIDAY: The weekly announcements are now online for the
Sunday approaching. Additionally, the academy posts a weekly
online newsletter to keep you better informed. Log onto our church
and schools sites, and bookmark them as favorite places.
THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE – Fri.-Adoration 7:30am through Sunday
at 7:15am. ● Sat.-Confessions follow the 10am Mass. ● Sun.-Inquiry
Class begins, 10:30am.