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CHRIST THE REDEEMER CATHOLIC CHURCH
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Dear friends in Christ,
As I write this it is early in the morning on Monday after our
Spring Festival. The remnants of yet another successful weekend are being swept from the parking lot, the Community Center is being cleaned, the games and booths are making their
way back to storage, and the receipts are being tallied. Like all
of the core committee and our volunteers, I’m exhausted. But
the overwhelming emotion I am feeling is one of profound gratitude. I’m so very thankful for the gift of the people of Christ the
Redeemer. Words fail to describe what a tremendous weekend we experienced as the parish came together for the 30th
time to celebrate our families, our friendship and our faith.
Suffice to say we owe a huge debt of gratitude to Mike and
Camille Havelka and all of the Spring Festival committee
members, as well as our hundreds and hundreds of volunteers
who made the event a great success. My thanks to all the
booth workers, food servers, auction helpers, game attendants, flea market and Sweet Shop workers, Knights of Columbus, the Piece Makers, and everyone else. It was a superb job
by all. And, of course, a great big thank you to all of you who
came out to support us during the weekend.
It was one of the more eventful Festivals in terms of logistics. Early on Saturday morning we experienced tremendous
winds and driving rain for about 90 minutes. A couple of the
smaller tents collapsed and there was quite a bit of debris.
Fortunately the tent company made quick repairs and many
volunteers were on hand to clean up (kudos to the Men’s Fellowship Group for their assistance). By noon the weather was
gorgeous and we were ready for a terrific opening night – until
a car accident at the corner of Huffmeister and Cypress N.
Houston knocked out power in the neighborhood. Fortunately
we still had daylight, and with the help of a few generators, we
were able to get underway. The power came back on about an
hour later and the rest of the night was just about perfect. On
Sunday, the clouds kept the heat from being too oppressive
and the rain held off all day, making for ideal conditions. The
grounds were packed and everyone I visited with seemed to
be having the time of their life. I’m always proud to be the pastor of CtR, but I’m just a little more proud on Festival weekend!
Everyone contributes to the success of the Festival, whether
you bought raffle tickets, or worked in the booth, or peeled
potatoes, or priced items in the flea market, or poured Cokes,
or baked a cake, or worked a shift in the game booth (kudos
as well to the Cook family who staffed one booth the entire day
on Sunday). The list goes on and on and on. Everyone is part
of it and everyone contributes to the success of it. That’s Stewardship in action so thank you one and all. I'm always struck
by the generosity of so many people who give of their time,
talent and treasure at the Festival. A number of parishioners
made extra special donations in terms of their resources and
services without cost to us and that in turn helped contribute to
a successful weekend.
As always we are indebted to Mike and Camille, our chairpersons. It’s hard to put into words how much this couple gives
to our community. They always go the extra mile and do this
because of their great love of the parish and the people of our
community. They will be the first to tell you it’s not just them, of
course. The entire core committee gives so much. Each member or couple of the committee is responsible for a given area
of the Festival and they all do their work with dedication and a
May 3, 2015
love for our community. It’s a true act of Stewardship on the
part of them all, most of whom have been giving back to the
parish for many years. They include: James and Rose Gorney
and Wayne and Debbie Ellison, Brandi Loving and Carrin
Booth, who make up the Holub family barbecue that has been
serving us since 1985; Tony and Beckie Croes, who oversee
the auction; Dave and Dianna Perham, Rick and Lynne
Boehm, Paul and Jonna Prodoehl, John and Mary Phillips,
Mike and Peggy Bell, and Mike and Camille’s two children,
Steven Havelka and Rachelle Havelka, as well as Cody
Feagin. Steven and Cody in particular were great troubleshooters throughout the weekend. Thanks to all of these fine
people for their service to our community.
I also want to thank our DJ, master of ceremonies and auctioneer Dan Block who, along with Briz Garcia, did a great job
with the live auction. Tony and Beckie Croes do a superb job
of finding items and organizing the auction, and a good auctioneer is needed to keep the bids coming. It’s three hours of
nonstop auctioneering. That’s not easy on the vocal cords, but
Dan is never at a loss for words! Thanks also to all who bid on
and bought items in both the live and silent auctions. Special
thanks to the many CtR ministries who donated the “Ministry
Baskets” for the silent auction. Once again they all outdid
themselves with incredibly generous and creative donations.
Congratulations also to the grand prize winner of the new
Chevrolet, David and Elizabeth Disser, parishioners of CtR.
When I called David to tell him he won, he mentioned that he
had only minutes before told his wife and daughter, “Well, we
should be getting a phone call any minute telling us we won a
new car.” And then sure enough, the phone rang and I told
him that exact message. How is that for a wishful prognostication? Thanks to all who bought raffle tickets for a chance to
win. I’m sorry that I didn’t call your name!
I appreciate all who stayed after the grand prize drawing to
help break down the tables and chairs. We had the largest
group ever helping out and were done in record time. When
we all pitch in, it doesn’t take that long. Thanks for working
together. It takes a few weeks to settle all the accounts and
we’ll have a full report for you soon. For now I ask that you say
a prayer of thanksgiving to the Good Lord for all who made it
possible, for our core committee, and for all in our community
who offered their time and talent to make it happen. We are
truly blessed to have a Spring Festival that does so much for
the good of our parish.
In other news, the calendar has turned to May and that’s
always a busy month for us at CtR. We celebrated confirmation for our high school youth this past week, and next Saturday, May 9, our 2nd grade Religious Education students will
make their First Holy Communion at 10 a.m. This is the second of our two First Communion groups of children, the first
having done so in the fall. We congratulate them and their parents on this milestone in their faith life. I offer special thanks to
our wonderful catechists and teachers who have helped prepare the children for their First Communion. I hope the children will serve as an inspiration to us all to receive with joy the
great sacrament of the Lord’s Body and Blood. Please note
there will be no confessions on Saturday, May 9 so that we
might prepare for the Mass.
Peace, Fr. Sean
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Parish Calendar
Sunday, May 3 - CAM Food Drive
Masses: 7, 9, 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Catholic Daughter’s Recruitment
Sidewalk
Final Coffee and Donuts
PH
9 a.m. Children’s Liturgy of the Word
Chapel
12:30 p.m. Adult Confirmation Class
PO111
6:30 p.m. AFF Catholic Scripture Study
PO111
6:45 p.m. Youth - Encounter
PH
Monday, May 4
7:30 a.m. Church Cleaning
Church
9 a.m. Mass
Chapel
Noon
Piece Makers
PO111
7 p.m. Baptism Preparation Refresher Class
PO111
7 p.m. Parent Sacrament Registration
PH
7 p.m. Welcoming Committee Mtg.
PO206
7 p.m. Youth Singers
PO112
7:30 p.m. Allegro Ringers
Music Storage
Tuesday, May 5
9 a.m. Mass
Chapel
9:35 a.m. Rosary
Chapel
10 a.m. Journey Through Scripture - Spanish
PO201
5 p.m. Chorister Rehearsal
PO111
7 p.m. Catholic Daughters Subcommittee Mtg
302
7 p.m. Journey Through Scripture - English
PO201
7 p.m. KofC 4th Degree Assembly Mtg
CC
7 p.m. Contemporary Ensemble
Church
7 p.m. Serenity Support Group
PO112
7 p.m. Young Adults Group
PO206,208
Wednesday, May 6
8:30 a.m. CtR Catholic School Mass
Church
9:30 a.m. Familia 3
PO207
10 a.m. Catholic Scripture Study
PO111
6 p.m. Reconciliation
Chapel
6:45 p.m. Youth - Rise
PLC Youth
7 p.m. Mass
Chapel
7 p.m. Catholic Daughters Board Mtg
PO212
Wed, May 6 con’t
7 p.m. Familia
7 p.m. RCIA Inquiry Meeting
7:30 p.m. BSA Troop 573 Mtg.
7:30 p.m. Respect Life Committee Mtg
Thursday, May 7
9 a.m. Mass
10 a.m. Journey Through Scripture - English
11 a.m. Game Day - Seniors
6:30 p.m. Men’s ACTS Team Mtg
6:30 p.m. CtR Choir Rehearsal
7 p.m. Adult Bible Study
7 p.m. Catholic Daughters Subcommittee Mtg
7 p.m. Parent Sacrament Registration
7 p.m. St Anne’s Board Mtg.
7 p.m. Talleres de Oración y Vida (TOV)
Friday, May 8
9 a.m. Mass
10 a.m. AFF Adult Bible Study
6:30 p.m. Alive in the Spirit
Saturday, May 9 - No Reconcilation
7 a.m. Men’s Fellowship
8:30 a.m. AFF Women’s Fellowship G.R.A.C.E.
10 a.m. First Communion Mass
5 p.m. Mass
6 p.m. KofC Recruitment Weekend
Sunday, May 10
Masses: 7, 9, 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
KofC Recruitment Weekend - All Masses
Mother’s Day Breakfast After 7 and 9 a.m. Masses
11 a.m. Children’s Liturgy of the Word
12:30 p.m. Adult Confirmation Class
1 p.m. Baptisms
6:30 p.m. AFF Catholic Scripture Study
PO208
PO111
CC
PO201
Chapel
PO201
PO111
CC
PO111
301
302
PH
PO113
PO201
Chapel
PO111
CC
PO201
PO112
Church
Church
Sidewalk
Sidewalk
PH
Chapel
PO111
Church
PO111
Stewardship o
off our Treasures
Faith Direct , Our Electronic Giving Program
Visit www.fathdirect.net to securely enroll online by using our
church code: TX150.
Collections: Week of April 26, 2015
Envelopes (513) received
Loose
Mailed In
Faith Direct (Electronic Giving)
Collected:
Budget:
Over/(Under)
Weekly
$ 54,578
$ 65,309
($10,731)
$ 23,266
$ 11,980
$
300
$ 19,032
Year to Date
$ 2,874,446
$ 2,808,287
$66,159
One Faith, One Family Capital Campaign
Total Pledged
Total Paid to Date
Total Contributing Families
Total Project Cost (est.)
Total Registered Households
$ 6,165,091
$ 5,765,027
1,534
$11,700,000
6,205
Diocesan Service Fund (DSF)
Goal
$298,000
Pledged to Date
$256,443
Paid to Date
$166,163
Participating Families
793
Thank you for your pledge to our 2015 DSF campaign.
CHRIST THE REDEEMER CATHOLIC CHURCH
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Parish Prayer List
Let us keep the following people in our prayers:
Sue Kuvick, Sara Aleman, Jean Carnes, Ashley
Fuchs, Roque and Pate Croes, Susie Hewitt Mena,
Carmen Fewell, Charlotte Rivet, Adrian Cavestany,
Reynaldo Taupo, Joseph Herold, Robert Liller, Daisy Cerdena, Doris Callender, Sue Lymberopoulos, Brian
Kellogg, Eddie Holik, Alfredo Bustamante Sr., Debra Hart
and Family, Bruce Wild, Amara Castillo, Paige Michele
Crenshaw, Jacob Bryand, James Siragusa, Kasara
Rathbun, Sharon Lerner, Joe Folkers, Kristen Brazil, Kirk
Colvin, Ryan Johnson, David Aleman, Murphy Gauthreaux,
Janis Gauthreaux, Krystal Garcia Rathbun, Daniel S.
McKey, Cindy White, Ron Andreo, Marie Ricca, Lisa Ross
Smith, Ken Drilk, Daphne Kowalski, Perry Wolfe, Catherine
Kaltwasser, Susie Prather, Margie Holley, Janie Krechting,
Steven Able Cook, Brenda Harlan, Jacob Bryand, Ann
Grant, Gloria Krancher, Terry Harper, Carole Theunissen,
Rachel Wickman, Vincent Salario, Bernice Kmiec, Michael
A. Muench, Jr., Terry Williams, Mark Vargas, Robbie Lee,
Bobby Wotipka, Joe Pilat, Sylvia Binford, Rosiana Lee, Beth
Kash Bryant, Ed Russek, Karan Mason, Kristofer Wells,
Jules Rizzo, Thelma Smith, Ginger Elznek, David Taveirne,
Anabelle Anzaldo,
Bob and Maggie Schaefer, Elsie
Forino, Smith Santos, Joseph Pomilla, Logan Mulvany,
Sandra Wall, Janice Oncale, Clem Huerstel, Lucille & Ervin
Dormak, Toby Smith, Alan Pichan, Marites Wente, David
Hawkins, Ronnie Rodriguez, Phil Carpenter, Robin
Wetmore, Rosalie Zavodny, Stephanie Moore, Mildred and
Sugwsie Slaceder, Brittany Moore, Ray Waguespack, Sr.,
William Lewis, Sherrie Higgins, Shannon Zureich, Nancy
Smalling, Lynne Tupper, Cedric French-Galan, Paul Kellog,
Laurie Garcia, Lena Luzadello, Matt Zimmerman, Catherine
Burnham, Jean Anderson, Wendy Marquart, Donna Jordan,
Christopher Geisheker, Rose Marie Sacco, Shae Clark,
Jerry Polermo, Blake Blasingim. Please keep all the sick of
our parish in your prayers.
If someone in your family is in need of prayer, please
contact the Parish Office to have their name placed in our
bulletin. We will keep the name on for two months unless
otherwise notified.
Prayer List for our Service Men & Women
Please keep the following in your prayers as they serve
our wonderful country in Afghanistan: Capt. Philip Yarborough, Jack Anthony Holland, 1st Lt. Michael Lambert,
MM3 Shane Beasley, Luis A Palomino, SSgt. David Perez, PFC Andrew Clepfer, Capt. Jeff St. Amant, Capt. David Torres. Keep all our service men and women in our
prayers. Visit our website for a full listing of servicemen
and women at www.ctrcc.com.
Please call the Parish Office to add the name of your loved
one in the Armed Services in combat zones to our prayer
list. If your soldier is back in the states, please call so we
may take his/her name off this list and share your joy.
May 3, 2015
Stewardship Corner
The good steward lives the advice of St. John,
loving in deed and in truth, rather than just
talking about it.
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (EMHC) assist the
celebrant with the distribution of the Eucharist during Mass and
Eucharistic celebrations. Interested registered parishioners must
be faithful Catholics who have received the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and First Eucharist, are at least 18 years of
age, and are in good standing with the Church. EHMCs receive
spiritual, theological and practical preparation to fulfill their roles
with knowledge and reverence. Formation sessions are throughout the year and commitment for one year is suggested. Contact
Anne Marie Brandt at annemarie.brandt@yahoo.com.
Mass Intentions for the Week of May 4, 2015
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
7 p.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
5 p.m.
7 a.m.
9 a.m.
11 a.m.
Souls in Purgatory
Peter Kearney
Zenaida de Guzman Samonte†
John King†
Heminia Boitel†
Tony and Clara Dorcz†, Albin Sovolak†
Eva O. Smith†
Parishioners
Jason Plata†, Ruby Donahue†,
Alfred and Florence Kenjura†
5 p.m Veronica Garza†, Bert Reinders†
Readings for the Week of May 3, 2015
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Acts 9:26-31; Ps 22; 1 Jn 3:18-24; Jn 15:1-8
Acts 9:26-31; Ps 22; 1 Jn 3:18-24; Jn 15:1-8
Acts 9:26-31; Ps 22; 1 Jn 3:18-24; Jn 15:1-8
Acts 15:1-6; Ps 122; Jn 15:1-8
Acts 15:7-21; Ps 96; Jn 15:9-11
Acts 15:22-31; Ps 57; Jn 15:12-17
Acts 16:1-10; Ps 100; Jn 15:18-21
Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; Ps 98; 1
Jn 4:7-10; Jn 15:9-17
MANY THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR OF THE WEEK
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Please be sure to patronize our sponsors and thank them for
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no cost to Christ the Redeemer.
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Vocations Corner
Vocation Chalice Schedule
Let us join our prayers with those of Truman and
Mary Ann Davis at 5 p.m. this Saturday.
Next week: Sunday, May 10: David, Linda, Todd
and Robbie Watso at the 9 a.m. Mass.
Liturgical Music
God Bless Your Church with Strength!
Today we sing a new hymn, but not a new tune!
(Remember that the word hymn refers to the text.) “God
Bless Your Church with Strength!” was written in 1984 by
John A. Dalles, a Presbyterian minister and a prolific hymn
writer. Dalles’ hymns are found in numerous hymnals, including, of course, the Presbyterian Hymnal. I found the version we sing today in “Worship, Fourth Edition,” by GIA Publishing. Dalles originally set his text to a tune by J.S. Bach,
but it is not a tune that our CtR assemblies are familiar with.
The Worship Hymnal sets this text to the tune DIADEMATA,
which we all know. You may recognize DIADEMATA as the
tune to the well-known “Crown Him with Many Crowns.”
“God Bless Your Church with Strength!” is a wonderful
text, and it is so appropriate for today’s Gospel! The hymn is
based on the very selection from John’s Gospel that we hear
today, in which Jesus tells us, “I am the vine, you are the
branches.” Look at the second stanza:
God, bless your Church with life!
May all our branches thrive,
Unblemished, wholesome, bearing fruit,
Abundantly alive.
From you, one Holy Vine,
In freedom may we grow.
Sustain us in our mission, Lord,
Your love and peace to show.
We sing this today as we are sent forth at the end of Mass –
sent forth to fulfill our mission of showing God’s love and
peace to the world.
I hope you enjoy singing this beautiful new hymn.
Peace and love,
Bridget Kelly Wenk
Youth Singers meet at the usual time this week.
Choristers rehearse at the usual time this week and will sing
at the First Communion Mass next Saturday.
The CtR Choir will rehearse at 6:30 Thursday in Room 111.
The Classics
Senior parishioners 50+, couples, widows and widowers, join
the Classics for fellowship at CtR! Call Ann Muench at 281-8889964 or email her at asmuench@comcast.net. For our trips,
contact Jude Grabert at 281-859- 0521. We will be traveling to
Galveston for a harbor tour on May 6. RSVP with Jude.
Liturgy
Fifth Sunday of Easter
This passage in John’s Gospel about the vine and the
branches is one of the most beautiful in all the Gospels. It is
the image of pruning that is meant to teach us about how
kind and loving God is toward us.
When I was first married and living in western Massachusetts, I worked as a seamstress at a Trappist monastery. The Trappist monks live an extremely ascetical life
and observe silence. They only speak to pray and in necessary situations. Most days, they speak aloud not a word,
except to pray. In this particular monastery, their work was
cultivating apple trees and growing berries and fruit they
would turn into preserves.
In the course of the years I worked there, I would observe one of the older monks whose specialty was pruning
the apple trees. There were hundreds of them and he spent
all day out there deciding which branches were the ones
that should be “pruned” in order to make the tree more capable of producing good fruit. He was their expert
“pruner.” A machine couldn’t do that. He had to look over
the tree and decide what was best for the tree, then prune
the tree.
I used to walk out there some afternoons while he was
working and watch him. One day, I said to him, “You must
be able to do a lot of praying and feel very close to God
when you’re working out in the peace and quiet of this orchard.” He stopped and, I remember the moment well, a
tear crept into his eye as he said, “Oh, indeed I do. I love
these trees and I know them well. I always think of John’s
Gospel when Jesus talks about the fact that he is the vine
and we are the branches, and that the Father prunes away
the branches that are in the way. And while I’m pruning I
say to the Lord, ‘Thanks for doing that to me. You have
pruned me, and shaped me, and helped me become what I
never could have become without you. I’m not perfect, and I
know I need more pruning, but you are always there to
make me more into your image.’ The Lord has done wonderful things for me, and I’d be nowhere without Him.”
I’ve never forgotten that, and this Gospel passage has
meant more to me because of it. It’s about the goodness of
God, the love of God, for each of us. I hope that you and I
can be more conscious of that, and thank God like that
monk did. Even if there are some sufferings in our life, God
can turn them into something helpful, something hopeful. God is always taking care of us, pruning us and shaping
us more and more into His own image.
Now and then we should turn to God and say, “Thank
you for taking such good care of me, in ways I don’t even
realize. You’ve been good to me, and I’d be nowhere without you.”
Easter joy be with you,
Carol Moses
CtR on the Web
To learn about our different ministries and for all the latest
CtR information, check us out online at www.ctrcc.com.
CHRIST THE REDEEMER CATHOLIC CHURCH
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Religious Education
2015-16 Registration (Pre-K 3 through 7th grade)
Online registration for 2015-16 is open for everyone. Visit
ctrcc.com/re.
Volunteer/Student Registration for VBS 2015
Mt. Everest Conquering Challenges with God's Mighty
Power
Registration for volunteers (for those entering 8th grade or
above) is now open. Online registration for participants is
now open at ctrcc.com/vbs. Participants can be 3 years must be potty trained -through entering 5th grade in the fall of
2015. Space is limited. Cost is $30 per child. Contact Jill Dimiceli, Coordinator of R.E. and VBS, at jdimiceli@ctrcc.com for
information. Registration forms are also in the Parish Office.
Registration for Catholic Faith Camp (CFC)
Catholic Faith Camp (formerly Catholic Children's Camp) will
be held July 20-24. Registration for volunteers (for those entering 8th grade or above) and participants is now open
online.
CFC is a week of activities ending with Mass on Friday. CFC
is open to elementary children entering 3rd grade through
entering 6th grade in the fall of 2015.
 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
 $25 per child - includes a T-shirt and snack
We have a separate class for children of volunteers who are
too young to participate - 4 years of age to entering 2nd
grade in the fall of 2015. Register at ctrcc.com/cfc. Space is
limited. Contact Amy Palmisano
at amypalmisano1@me.com
to volunteer, or Jill Dimiceli, Coordinator of R.E. and CFC, at
jdimiceli@ctrcc.com. Registration forms also in Parish Office.
First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion
Information and Registration Meeting for 2015-16
Parents of children entering 2nd-5th grade are invited to learn
about the sacrament preparation process and register their
children for the celebration of the First Reconciliation and
First Eucharist during the fall 2015 or spring 2016. Children
must be baptized in the Catholic faith and have had formal
Religious Education for one year prior. Join us from 7-8:30
p.m. tomorrow OR Thursday, May 7 in the Parish Hall.
CtR Catholic Men's Fellowship
Men of the parish are invited to join them in their next discussion from 7-8:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 9 in the Parish Office, Room 111. Come and join us as we build our faith and
share fellowship. Contact John Huston at 713-962-5927 or
Brian Caravantes at 281-433-4528.
G.R.A.C.E. – Women’s Prayer Group
(Growing Relationships in A Christian Environment)
All ladies of CtR are invited to join our faith-sharing community, G.R.A.C.E., at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 9 in the
Parish Office, Room 217. Contact Fredna Kilcommins at 281
-304-0717 or kilcommins@aol.com or Nadia Matt at 713-825
-2732 or nadia.matt@yahoo.com.
May 3, 2015
CtR Catholic School
Apply for 2015-16!
We’re are filling up quickly. We have opened additional
classrooms for most grade levels for the 2015-16 school
year. Apply at ctrschool.com/admissions. You can set up a
tour at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays. Contact the school at 281469-8440.
Substitute Teachers Needed
CtR School would love to add more teachers to our substitute list. If you are interested, please submit your resume to
Sue Robenolt in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Catholic Schools Office at srobenolt@archgh.org. Applications are currently being accepted for before and after
school care substitutes for the 2015-16 school year. Anyone interested should visit www.archgh.org for a support
staff application and background check. Also, submit it to
Jennifer Soliman, 2nd grade teacher, at jennifer.soliman@ctrschool.com.
Sacraments
CtRCS would like to send a warm Congratulations to all
the children making their First Holy Communion and confirmation. You are in our prayers!
Youth Ministry
CtRYM News
CtRYM travel mug sale this weekend after all Masses. Support our youth mission trips and summer camps! Registration for 2015-16 for Rise and Encounter is open at ctryouth.com.
High School
Encounter: Sunday, May 3. Join us 6:45-8:30 p.m. in the
Parish Hall. Doors open for dinner at 6:10 p.m.
Teen Leaders: Teen Leader applications for Rise next year
are available online. Forms must be turned into the Youth
Ministry Office by Friday, May 15.
Senior Banquet: All graduating seniors are invited to join
us for the 5 p.m. Mass on Sunday, May 17 followed by dinner. Register online at ctryouth.com.
Middle School
Rise: Wednesday, May 6. Join us from 6:45-8:15 p.m. in
the Youth Room.
Becoming One With God Prayer Group - Spring
It's spring and Jesus is risen! Our new prayer group will meet
at 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday from May 12 through June 23.
We will be experiencing many prayer forms and sharing
about them throughout our time together. We will be using
music, art, nature, meditation, the rosary and Scripture. Our
last meeting will be a culmination of all these prayer forms in
the liturgy of the Mass and constant prayer within our real
and very busy lives. Come join us and learn how all these
can bring us into unity with our God! Contact Fr. Orrin
Halepeska, orrin.halepeska@ctrcc.com, or Margaret Carnicle, Director of Family Life, margaret.carnicle@ctrcc.com,
today if you’re interested so we can have materials for all
who come!
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
CHRIST THE REDEEMER CATHOLIC CHURCH
HOUSTON, TEXAS
May 3, 2015
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; My spirit rejoices in God my Savior.”
Luke 1:46
1:46--47
Mary plays a prominent role in the
Tradition of the Catholic faith.
Learn what Catholics believe about Mary.
Become Catholic with the
Rite of Christian Initiation
If you are not baptized or are baptized in a Christian faith and are considering becoming Catholic,
join us for answers about Mary and other questions about the Catholic faith.
Inquiry sessions are 7
7--8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays
Sessions for adults and children
Contact Julie Cook, Coordinator, or Deacon Jack Alexander, Director, at
281
281--469
469--5533 or rcia@ctrcc.com.