St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church

7601 N. Grandview Avenue Odessa, TX 79765

Phone: 432-367-4657

Fax: 432-367-0700 Parish Website: setonparishodessa.org

Our Mission Statement To know Jesus and live the Gospel through Word and

Sacrament, Fellowship, and Service

PARISH STAFF Pastor

Rev. Mark Woodruff

Parochial Vicar Fr. Timothy Hayter

Deacons Mr. Gary Brooks

Mr. Salvador Primera

Business Manager Mr. Blas Campos Sr.

Administrative Assistant Mrs. Victoria Detiveaux

Office Assistant Miss Jessica Payen

Parish Director of Music Mr. David L. McIntyre III

Elementary DRE Mrs. Marilyn Hemann

Middle School/High School CRE Youth Minister

Mr. Johnny Aldas Y. M. Assistant: Mr. Brian Richards

Maintenance Mr. Erik Campos, Mr. Danny Licon,

Ms. Noemy Hernandez, Ms. Yolanda Pando, and Mr. Seth Walden

Nursery

Mrs. Yvette Brusuelas, Mrs. Connie Crawley, Ms. Jennifer Hemann, Ms. Connie Janousek, Mr. Juan Navarrete, Mr. Brian Richards and

Mrs. Linda Tilton

SUNDAY EUCHARIST

Saturday: 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m., & 5:00 p.m.

WEEKDAY MASSES

Monday thru Friday: 6:30 a.m. Tues, Wed, Friday 5:30 p.m.

Thursday 6:00 p.m. (Spanish) Friday: 8:10 a.m. (High School Mass)

ADORATION

Tuesday 6:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m.

CONFESSIONS

Saturday 4:00 p.m.- 4:45 p.m. Tuesday 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

& 6:00-7:00 p.m.

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Monday 10:30 a.m.-Noon & 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Tuesday-Thursday

9:00 a.m.- Noon & 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Friday: 9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.

NEW TO OUR PARISH?

Please call the Parish Office @ 367-4657.

PARISH EMAIL

office@setonparishodessa.org

For more information on sacraments, programs and events please visit our website.

Holy Family

December 28 – 29, 2019

Readings for the Week Monday: 1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-10; Lk 2:36-40 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13;

Jn 1:1-18 Wednesday:Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8;

Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21 Thursday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28 Friday: 1 Jn 2:29 — 3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-6;

Jn 1:29-34 Saturday: 1 Jn 3:7-10; Ps 98:1, 7-9; Jn 1:35-42 Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12

Budget to Actual

Weekly goal $ 28,525.00 Previous Week 31,631.94

Alleluia!! Keep Praying! $ 3,106.94

Envelope Receipts $ 22,442.00 Online Giving 8,233.50 Loose Plate 956.44 Total $ 31,631.94

Catholic Charities Collection $ 6,295.00

Church Debt

Nov. 30TH Balance $ 1,956,797.64

MASS INTENTIONS “Mass is Heaven on Earth” – St. John Paul II SATURDAY, DEC. 28: Holy Family

4-4:45 pm Confessions 5:00 pm +Simona Mancha (8TH Anniversary),

by Luis Mancha SUNDAY, DEC. 29: Holy Family 9:00 am +Ezequiel Rios, by Family 11:30 am +Alonzo Molinar, by Wife &

Children 5:00 pm People of St. Elizabeth’s MONDAY, DEC. 30: 6 Christmas Octave 6:30 am Maria & David DiClementi (Wedding

Anniv.) by Patricia & Joe Wiesner TUESDAY, DEC. 31: 7 Christmas Octave 6:30 am Nicholas Badley, by Patricia & Joe

Wiesner TUESDAY, DEC. 31: MARY MOTHER OF GOD

5:30 pm Karen Cleere (B’d), by AJ & Marilyn Wacksmann

WED’DAY, JAN. 1: MARY MOTHER OF GOD 10:00 am +Jessica Chorney Wilson, by Skip &

Andrea Chorney THURSDAY, JAN. 2: Sts. Basil & Gregory 6:30 am Living/Deceased, Cane & Wiesner

Families 6:00 pm +Louis & Dorothy Wiesman, by AJ

& Marilyn Wacksmann FRIDAY, JAN. 3: Holy Name of Jesus 6:30 am Donna Cox (Intention), by David &

Cathi Boutin 5:30 pm +Ryan Knoche, by Peggy McCall SATURDAY, JAN. 4: Epiphany

4-4:45 pm Confessions 5:00 pm Virgin Mary, by Arturo W. Cordova SUNDAY, JAN. 5: Epiphany 9:00 am +Louis & Dorothy Wiesman, by AJ

& Marilyn Wacksmann 11:30 am +Consuelo Moncayo, by Eloy &

Coral Prado 5:00 pm People of St. Elizabeth’s If you requested Mass for a specific date and it does not appear, please notify the office,

367-4657, as soon as possible.

New Year’s Masses This is a holy day of obligation!

Dec. 31: 5:30 pm Te Deum, following 5:30 Mass

Jan. 1: 10:00 am

OFFICE HOURS CLOSED Dec. 31 & Jan. 1

FORMER EPISCOPALIANS/METHODISTS If you have joined the Roman Catholic Church and want more information about the Anglican Ordinariate, please call Fr. Mark – 432-367-4657. The Ordinariate seeks to integrate Anglicanism with Roman Catholicism!

FAKE BEGGARS From time to time you may see people begging at the doors after mass with signs. Fr. Mark & Fr. Tim have repeatedly told them about Catholic Charities but they refuse to use its services. We believe they are FAKE and we ask that you do not encourage them by giving them money. Give your charitable dollars to Catholic Charities.

New Year’s Eve Te Deum End the year with a Plenary Indulgence!! A Plenary Indulgence is available to those who pray/sing the Te Deum in church on Dec. 31, thanking God for His blessings during the concluding year. The other conditions for a plenary indulgence must be fulfilled: confession, Holy Communion, and prayers for the pope’s intentions. We have scheduled the Te Deum to follow the 5:30 pm on Dec. 31. The 30-minute ceremony will include Adoration and the Te Deum.

FIND YOUR GREATNESS A half-day event:

Sunday, January 19, 2020 2:30-6:30 pm

Odessa Marriott Hotel & Convention Center

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish is teaming up with Catholic Charities of Odessa and DYNAMIC CATHOLIC to present a half-day workshop entitled FIND YOUR GREATNESS. Based on Matthew Kelly’s book THE FOUR SIGNS OF A DYNAMIC CATHOLIC. This half-day event will introduce you to four simple habits that will help you reach your full

potential.

Tickets are $25 and may be purchased at DynamicCatholic.com or call 859-980-7900. (If cost is a problem, contact Fr. Mark or Fr. Tim).

Question of the Week Can you say you always give thanks to the Lord,

or do you fall short in thanking the Father?

Jesus is the one Gift you can always keep unwrapping!

Pope’s December Intention The Future of the Very Young

That every country take the measures necessary to prioritize the future of the very young,

especially those who are suffering.

Registration for 2020-2021 NOW OPEN! We are now taking applications for the 2020-2021 school year. We are enrolling Freshman, Sophomore and Junior level students. Temporary classroom space at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton will be used during construction of the new campus near Fasken Oil and Ranch in northwest Midland.

Holy Cross Catholic High School @St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish 7601 N Grandview Ave., Odessa

Contact Carolyn Gonzalez for more information. cgonzalez@holycrosschs.org

432-235-1094 – School Office

SALVATION IN DAILY LIFE This Sunday is the feast of the Holy Family, which comes on the first Sunday after Christmas Day. Today’s feast celebrates how the humanity of Jesus (including his entire family life) has brought saving significance into the daily rhythms of our human family life. The scriptures offer instruction and encouragement on how to share—within our families, parish families, and the wider human family—the love that God shares with us in Jesus. Selections from Sirach, Psalm 128, and Colossians encourage us to reflect divine love and thus find holiness in all our human relationships. The reading from Matthew’s Gospel offers a living example of love in the actions Joseph took to protect his young family from danger and to nurture them within the larger family of faith of their time. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

PROJECT ANDREW DINNER Fr. Mark and Fr. Tim are looking for young men, 15-35, who might be thinking of the priesthood. Contact either of us at 432-367-4657. Bishop Sis is holding an Andrew Dinner in March and we want to invite you to it!

BAPTISM PREP CLASS-No classes in January. To Schedule a Baptism - In order to baptize at St. Elizabeth’s, the parents of the child should be registered members of St. Elizabeth’s, or live within our boundaries. Parents please come to the office to schedule your child’s baptism. You will need to bring in the baby’s birth certificate, from the county, the godparents’ confirmation certificates, if the godparents are married, a copy of their church marriage certificate and proof of Baptism prep classes for parents and godparents.

We do baptisms the 1ST & 2ND weekends of the

month. Baptisms will be held on the 3RD

weekend only if Spanish is requested. The first person to come into the office with all necessary paperwork to register for a weekend will get to pick which day, Saturday or Sunday, for all baptisms that weekend. You must register in the office, before the

date of your child’s baptism and you must

have all paperwork!

MUSIC MINISTRY Handbell Choir

The Handbell choir rehearses on Sundays, 6:30-7:30PM and plays on Christmas, Easter and special occasions throughout the year. Contact

David McIntyre for more information.

SEAS Chorale Sing at 9 am Mass (8:30 am Rehearsal) Rehearsals Wednesdays 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Singers of all abilities are welcome! Just come willing to learn.

Youth Ensemble Sing and play at 11:30 am Mass

(10:30 am Rehearsal) All high school vocalists and

instrumentalists are welcome!

Not Catholic? Interested in Finding Out

More about the Catholic Church? If you are not baptized, or if you were baptized in another church, and you think you might be called to the Roman Catholic Church, we have a class called RCIA for you. It meets Sundays at 10:10 am. In the bride’s room (church). Call 367-4657 for information and assistance.

Elementary CCD

January News Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Classes will begin in 2020 on Sunday, January 12 and Wednesday, January 15.

Adult Bible Study Opportunities

Men A new men’s bible study,

led by Fr. Timothy, the Augustine Institute’s Lectio series on the Eucharist, will begin

January 13TH. They will meet on Mondays, at 7pm,

in the Bride’s Room. Hope to see you there!

Women Women’s bible study. They are studying “Walking

with Purpose: Opening Your Heart”. It will begin again, January 8, 2020,

with a Coffee Connect. All women are welcome to join us for Coffee Connect!

For information please contact Sondra Eoff, sondra@oppartnerinc.com

Spanish Thursday: Rosary and prayer 6 – 9 pm.

It begins with a Spanish Mass in the chapel.

2 Day Married Couples Retreat

Friday & Saturday January 24 & 25, 2020

Friday: 6pm – 9:30 pm – Dinner Provided

Saturday: 9 am – Mass at 5 pm $50 per couple

Childcare provided This retreat is for those wishing to be married through the church or just wanting to enrich

their marriage. Applications are available on the website, in the foyer or in the office.

THE LIFE CENTER The Life Center empowers individuals and families through education to choose life and sexual wellness through teaching, helping and healing programs. We have a pack-n-play in the foyer of the office building for donations of new or gently worn baby clothes and maternity clothes or new diapers, wipes, formula, car seats, strollers and swings. Please donate what you can to help!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Dec 29– Desiree Baiza, Rylee Chavez, Jane Anne Dial, Erika Fanous, Jenifer Flores, Yaritzah Galindo, Beyonce Garcia, Oscar Hernandez, Michael Hyde, Emily Kopenitz, Anthony Lujan, Tenesia Pointer, Leticia Ramirez, Ruby Talamantes, Tomasa Telles Dec 30– Beatriz Arroyo, Ava Beltran, Linda Bustillos, Ailene Castillo, Sylvia Clark, Karen Cleere, Jacqueline Franco, Faith Frederick, Diana Gallegos, Benjamin Garcia, Nickolaus Garcia, Jay'D Gonzales, Stephanie Gonzalez, Ivan Lozano, Melissa McClure, Tim Parker, Marty Pinkstaff, Jacqueline Sanchez, Jacqueline Torre Dec 31 – Zachary Attaway, Riley Chavarria, Patrick Evaro, Gabriel Garcia, Adalie Holguin,

Aaron Knoll, Janis McAdoo, Chris Paulsen, Jesus Prieto, Ray Reyna, Adriel Rivas, Saul Romero, Yvette Townsend, Cash Villarreal, Mateo Vuelvas, Julian Zeigler Jan 1– Zoe Barron, Bryan Bejarano, Marina Carrasco, Severo Carrasco, Raymond Chavez, D.J. Flores, Jacinda Florez, Ann Friday, Joe Garza, Nicodemus Garcia, John Lujan, Sally Hernandez, Arturo Hinojos, Esperanza Hinojos, Michael Johnson, Cirildo Luna, Yvonne Mann, Adam Mesa, Juan Diego Molinar, Kristin Puga, Ronnie Ramirez, Michelle Rincon, Alyssa Sanchez, Corbin Serrano, Arturo Urquidi, Emanuel Yanez Jan 2– Malina Andrade, Aundrea Colomo, Alexandra Diaz, Irving Escobedo, Levi Hinojos, Christopher Hurtado, Omero Pando, Xavier Quiroz, Mateo Soto, Mary Spencer, Margaret Stamps, Nicholas Wade Jan 3- Jaylen Acosta, Grace Becker, Kathleen Bordner, Joe Caballero, Xandria Cisneros, Phyllis George, Karla Gonzales, Ivan Hinojos-Payan, Lauren Hostetter, Corey Hunt, Josie Mediano, Delia Montoya, Amber Moreno, Amerissa Olivarez, Rojelio Ontiveros, Dusty Piper, Marili Sisneros, Bertha Smith, Bernice Suchil, Benjamin Villarreal, Daniel Villela

Jan 4– Barron Becker, Yvette Brusuelas, Elsa Caballero, Omero Campos, MariaIsela Carrasco, Avyn De La Cruz, Mark Eilers, Esteban Flores, Janaly Franco, Zoe Fuentez, Servando Lozano, Cynthia Maldonado, Layla Perez, Jaime Santos, Melissa Sotelo

PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING AVAILABLE A professional Catholic counselor is available. His name is Francis Hymel, D.Min., LPC, LMFT of New Hope Counseling. Call for an appointment. His number is 432-687-4673 (www.newhopecounseling.net).

PLEASE PRAY FOR Donovan Crawley, George Estrada, Elena Garcia, Noah Garcia, Dr. Robert Bennett, Jacob Cobos, Rudy Marquez Jr.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION In the last century, a few new feasts were blended into the Church year, including today’s. After World War I, the chaos of daily life in Europe made its impact felt on the family structure. Partly to offer Christians an image of hope and holiness in married family life, and also to promote the welfare of children, today’s feast was instituted in 1921. In 1969, it became a feast of Christmas. The prayers today remind us not only of family life, but of life in the community of faith.

We ponder the mystery of a God who loves us dearly enough to embrace the struggles, joys, and daily sorrows of family life. The message of Christmas shines through: God-with-us is available to us in the ordinary patterns of our lives and commitments. The lives of people who raise their children in difficult circumstances, and of people who remain faithful to life in the Church in spite of some of their own family struggles, occupy a special place in our hearts today in prayer. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

SAINT THOMAS BECKET (1118-1170) December 29 To anyone who imagines conflict between religion and politics to be a modern phenomenon, history witnesses otherwise. Martyred under Henry VIII in 1535, Thomas More declared, “I die the king’s good servant, but God’s first!” Thomas Becket could have said the same four centuries earlier. As Henry II’s closest friend and trusted chancellor, Becket, the king presumed, could be counted on, if made archbishop, to deliver the church to royal control. But Becket experienced a profound conversion, confirmed by the ordination liturgy’s rich symbolism of the bishop as Good Shepherd and the church as Bride of Christ.

Renouncing secular responsibilities, distributing his wealth to the poor, Thomas became the church’s uncompromising champion. Faced with this “new” Becket, the king’s previous friendship turned into a ferocious, almost irrational hatred. As eight centuries later, Archbishop Romero would be martyred at the altar of Christ’s sacrifice, Becket was slain before the altar of Canterbury Cathedral by royal agents, neither the first nor last good shepherd to lay down his life as the price of freedom for Christ’s church and justice for Christ’s sheep. —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

YOUTH NIGHT is

a privilege and a necessity,

it is Community Building and

OPEN to

All who desire to grow in faith!

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and ends at 9:00 p.m.

NO Youth Night (6th – 12th)

January 1st & 8th

Youth Nite Winter Break

We will resume Youth Nite on January 15th

When we return we will be COMMUNITY Night.

Bring a friend!

On the Menu: Sandwich Bar

During the school year, we shut down promptly at 9:00 p.m. and we will

require assistance in ensuring the Youth Building is in good working order

(due to Holy Cross High School utilizing the facility)

Youth

MINISTRY

Steubenville 2020 – Lone Star

Dallas, Texas

June 19-21, 2020

Theme

Restored

Registration for NEXT year’s

Steubenville conference in Irving,

Texas is NOW ONGOING!

We have LIMITED SPOTS

remaining.

Cost will be $400.

Deposit of $150 is due

ASAP

Next payment of $150 is due

May 1st. NEXT Parent Meeting is

January 16th at 7:00 p.m.

Other Activities Planned

Six Flags over Texas

(Thursday)

Grapevine Mills Mall

(Friday)

Medieval Times

(Sunday)

focus

CCD Youth Night Schedule

Reminder that there is NO YOUTH

NIGHT!!!

We resume youth night on

January 15th.

Enjoy your Winter Break!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Please enjoy the celebrations

leading into the NEW YEAR

and be safe! Don’t forget to

start your NEW YEAR right with

MASS!!

CCD Classes are on Winter

BREAK!

NO CLASSES on

December 29th

& January 5th.

Classes resume Jan. 12th

“Do not say, 'I am only a child'; for you shall go to all to whom I

send you, and you shall speak whatever I command you. Do not be

afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.” –

St. Jeremiah

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A Brief Note from the Office of Youth Ministry As we begin the NEW YEAR, I wanted for us to take a moment and ask ourselves a

very simple, yet complicated, question: WHO AM I? Often times, we identify ourselves with the traits we exhibit; artist, actor, singer; or by the profession or job we do; youth minister, teacher, doctor; or by our vocation; husband, wife, father, mother. But in truth, that does

not define WHO WE ARE. Often times we may or may not reply to this question with: I am a Christian. And if we do? How far down the list is that reply? As followers of Christ, is that not what should be FIRST and everything else comes from that? Perhaps now is a great opportunity, as we begin the NEW YEAR, for us to resolve to do something we may always

INTEND to do, but may forget to do fully and NOT JUST ON SUNDAYS; for us to show others just how we are good Christians - how we are called to be followers of CHRIST!

Happy New Year!!!