St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Church

3901 Violet Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78410

Parish Office: 361.241.3249 Religious Education Office: 361.241.3372

www.stpeterprince.net Fax: 361.241.0533

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Catholic Church

is a welcoming community dedicated to promoting a devout life of prayer and teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ through living the sacraments in a spirit of generous service.

August 18, 2013 Twentieth Sunday In Ordinary Time

REV. EMILIO JIMENEZ, PASTOR PRIEST: Rev. Paulson Panakal Msgr. Seamus McGowan DEACONS: Allen Cicora Eluterio Farias WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday: 6:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 & 10:00 AM 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM Confessions are heard on Saturday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM and by appointment. St. Mary Mission Mass, 10:00 AM

MASS INTENTIONS April 16 - 21, 2019

Tuesday 6:30 pm Chrism Mass at Cathedral Wednesday 6:30 pm Julian Galloway (B-day) - Chano Rodriguez Thursday 6:00 pm (St. Mary) †Richard Magee 7:00 pm †David Najvar - Norbert & Barbara Hoelscher Friday 5:30 pm (St. Mary) Outdoor Way of Cross 6:00 pm (St. Mary) Good Friday Services (No Mass) 7:00 pm Good Friday Services (No Mass) Saturday 8:30 pm †Deacon Richard Lewinski - St. Peter’s RCIA Sunday Team 8:00 am †Mari Garcia - Family 10:00 am (St. Mary’s) Pedro Rios - Maria Leal 10:00 am People of the Parish 12:00 pm †Bacilio Ortiz - Bob & Audri Quintero 6:00 pm Elizabeth Gonzalez Dale & Amy Emshoff - Mom & Dad Stefanie Herod - Mom & Dad Parker, Ryan & Natalie Herod

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THE STORY OF OUR REDEMPTION We begin the final week of Lent with these familiar readings. This year, we hear the Passion from the Gospel of Luke. These readings for Palm Sunday and the Passion used to be read on successive Sundays. Now they are combined into a single feast, so that we may see the whole sweep of the glo-ry and the suffering played out. Jesus ac-cepts the adulation of the crowd, the fore-shadowing of his glory in the Resurrection. He bids farewell to his disciples in his last Passover, and forgives his tormentors as he dies on the cross. Later this week, we enter the Holy Triduum of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, when the whole story of our redemption will play out once again.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 42:1-7; Ps 27:1-3, 13-14; Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday: Is 49:1-6; Ps 71:1-6, 15, 17; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Wednesday: Is 50:4-9a; Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34; Mt 26:14-25 Thursday: Lord’s Supper: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 Friday: Is 52:13 — 53:12; Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25; Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9; Jn 18:1 — 19:42 Saturday: a) Gn 1:1 — 2:2 [1:1, 26-31a]; Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35; or Ps 33:4-7, 12-13, 20- 22; b) Gn 22:1-18 [1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18]; Ps 16: 5, 8-11; c) Ex 14:15 — 15:1; Ex 15:1-6, 17-18; d) Is 54:5-14; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13; e) Is 55:1-11; Is 12:2-6; f) Bar 3:9-15, 32 — 4:4; Ps 19:8-11; g) Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28; Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3-4 or Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 or Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; h) Rom 6:3-11; i) Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Lk 24:1-12 Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9 or Lk 24:1-12 or (at an afternoon or evening Mass) Lk 24:13-35 Online Cityof.com/goodnews

ON TUESDAY, April 16th there will be a Chrism Mass

at the Corpus Christi Cathedral 7:00 pm.

We will not have Mass at

St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Church so we can attend this beautiful Mass

and show our support for our priests in the Diocese.

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION APRIL NEWS

Sunday, April 21 – No Sunday Classes Sunday, April 28 – Sunday Classes resume

Save the dates for Sacramental Preparation Students

First Holy Communion Rehearsal at the Church – Saturday, May 11, 2019

(9 a.m. for First Holy Communion Mass, Saturday May 18 at 6 p.m.) (10 a.m. for First Holy Communion Mass, Sunday May 19 at 10 a.m.)

First Holy Communion Mass – Saturday, May 18 at 6 p.m.

(Arrive by 5 p.m.)

First Holy Communion Mass – Sunday, May 19 at 10 a.m. (Arrive by 9 a.m.)

Confirmation Mass at the Corpus Christi Cathedral – Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.

(Must arrive by 5:30 p.m. at the St. Joseph Hall)

For more information please call the Religious Education office 361-241-3372

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Middle School Youth Group

Mee ng Dates: Wednesday, April 24

Place: St. Ma hew’s Parish Hall Time: 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Parent Volunteers Needed

For more information call Emelda Gambo at 361-726-9169

Service Hours available for all Confirmation Students

Must be CMSE certified Child care is needed for Catholics Returning Home Sessions

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Call the RE office for more information 361-241-3372

The Catholic Daughters will meet on Tuesday, April 16th at 6:30 pm in the CCD Center. They are always looking for new members, so feel free to join them!

If you have questions about membership, you may contact Lisa Porche at (361) 726-8150 or email mamaporche27@gmail.com

They look forward to seeing you there!

Monday: Bible Class 9 am; Prayer Meeting 7 pm. Tuesday: Chrism Mass at the Cathedral 7:00 pm; Wednesday: Mass 6:30 pm; Stations of the Cross 7 pm. Thursday: Holy Thursday: The Sacred Paschal Triduum; Mass 7 pm. Mass at St. Mary’s 6:00 pm. Friday: Good Friday Service 7:00 pm. Fast and Abstinence; Passover begins. St. Mary’s: Outdoor Way of the Cross 5:30 pm. Good Friday Services 6:30 pm. Saturday: The Easter Vigil Mass (Holy Saturday) 8:30 pm.

ALTAR AND ROSARY SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP

Scholarship applications are now available for graduating high school seniors who have a

mother, grandmother, or guardian who is an active member in Altar and Rosary Society.

Applications can be picked up at the Parish Office or in the foyer.

Deadline to submit is May 3rd to the Parish Office. For more information,

Please call Jessica Alaniz at (361)

537-6131 or email: jessicaalaniz@hotmail.com

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR OUR HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE: Holy Thursday Mass 7:00 pm. Good Friday Service 7:00 pm. Holy Saturday Mass 8:30 pm. Easter Sunday Masses 8:00 & 10:00 am, 12:00 Noon and 6:00 pm The Church will be locked after Good Friday Services and only opened at 7:00 pm on Holy Saturday. No Confessions on Holy Saturday. ST. MARY’S MISSION: Holy Thursday Mass 6:00 pm Good Friday: Outdoor (community) way of the Cross 5:30 pm. Liturgical Service 6:30 pm. Easter Sunday: 10:00 am

Second Annual Memorial Scholarship In Memory of Martin & Tomasita Colunga

One page essay on the following question: What is your favorite Bible Verse and why?

Must be registered and attending St. Peter’s Parish. Must be High School Senior.

Deadline May 9th. Please drop essay off at Parish Office.

ESSENTIAL REDUCTION “All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass: Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.”

—Archibald Alexander

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TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Later this week, the Chrism Mass is celebrated in every cathedral in the world in preparation for the Easter Triduum. Only a bishop can conse-crate chrism, pure olive oil infused with rich fragrance, so this liturgy is a sign of the unity of the local Church and the bishop’s ministry to all who will be baptized and confirmed in our parishes in the coming year. Chrism is also used in the ordination of priests and bishops and the con-secration of new altars. Two other sacramental oils, the unscented olive oil for catechumens and for the sick, will be blessed in the same liturgy and transported carefully to every parish by the beginning of the Tridu-um. Remember when Noah’s dove returned with the sign of the world’s rebirth? The dove carried an olive branch, a pledge that God was breathing the world to life again. Yet olives require human nurture. Ol-ives are inedible unless they are cured by human labor. Olive trees grow on sunny slopes, away from the shade of city walls, so they can only be properly tended, cured, and laboriously pressed in peace time. The Chrism Mass with its olive oils expresses God’s deepest desires for us, and our resolve to place our lives in service to God’s saving, healing, loving plan.

July 22 - 26, 2019 At Camp Aranzazu

E xplore is a summer experience for every young man who wants to understand his faith bet-ter, know himself better and make new friends from all over the diocese. Explore is for young men who are enrolled in high school or who will be enrolling this fall, as well as recent high school graduates.

Staffed by priests and deacons, along with seminarians and others thinking about a vocation to the priesthood, Explore often helps a young man consider his own life. In a society that does not seem to understand how someone could accept a vocation to the priesthood, it helps him to meet others who would like to know more and also those who have taken a step by entering the seminary.

For more information, contact the Office of Vocations (361) 882-6191 www.ccpriest.com

The Holy Land Collection Pope Francis has asked our parish to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which helps Christians in the Holy Land. Your support helps the church minister in parishes, provide Catholic schools and offer religious education. The Pontifical Good Friday Collection also helps to preserve the sacred shrines. The wars, unrest and instability have been especially hard on Christians. In these times of crisis, the Pontifical Good Friday Collection provides humanitarian aid to refugees. When you contribute to the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, you become an instrument of peace and join with Catholics around the world in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land.

PLEASE BE GENEROUS! For more information about Christians in the Holy Land,

visit www.myfranciscan.org/good-friday