M I N I S T R I E S A N D O R G A N I Z A T I O N S Finance Committee Javier Solis 290.5953 Jamaica Coordinator Mike Lopez 438.9054 Sacristans Jesse Gomez 229.0102 Juan Rodriguez 229.5515 Choir Coordinator Naida Rios 774.3778 Communion Ministers Isidro Peña 548.5772 Altar Servers David D. Solis 500.7307 Lectors Rene Sanchez 876.0904 Ushers Ramiro Peña 222.8857 Altar Society Nena Garcia 643.7851 CfC Retreat Team Noreen Saenz 563.1688 Crusaders for Christ Fred Flores 534.4428 Divine Mercy Sonya G. Hartnett 739.0087 ICC Food Pantry Adriana Moreno 543.7642 Immaculate Heart of Mary Nydia Tamez 688.0333 Knights of Columbus Edward Lara 229.2260 Sacred Heart Lupe Lopez 777.0131 St. Bernadette Angels Belen Peña 558.4320 Vacation Bible School Tycee Sanchez 876.0904 Prayer & Praise Jeronimo Garcia 704.2136 BAPTISMS: Third Saturday of the Month at 10:30 a.m. BAPTISM CLASS: Tuesday prior of Baptism at 7:00pm; Must register at office RECONCILIATION: Saturdays 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. MARRIAGE: By appointment only; Notice to Pastor six (6) months prior to wedding. QUINCEANERAS: Must be enrolled & attending Rel. Ed. Notice to Pastor six (6) months prior. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Anytime by request. COMMUNION FOR THE SICK: Contact the office.

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Gregory, TX 78359 (361) 643-4505

www.iccgregory.org

PARISH STAFF PASTOR

Fr. James Puthenparambil

PARISH SECRETARY Noreen Saenz

BOOKKEEPER

Womack & Womack

DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION David Daniel Solis

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION STAFF Belen Pena, Assistant to the D.R.E. Janie J. Garcia, Office Coordinator

C E L E B R A T I O N O F M A S S Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm Sunday Masses: 7:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, 5:00 pm

Weekday Masses: 5:30 pm Tuesday 8:30 am Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 5:30pm First Friday

Holy Days of Obligation: 8:30 am & 6:30 pm Vigil Mass: 6:30 pm PARISH OFFICE: Fax: 361-643-1509 Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00am - 12:00pm 1:00pm - 5:00pm

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE: 643-8327 Office Hours: Wednesday 5:00pm - 8:45pm RCIA Classes on Tuesday 7:00pm CCD Classes on Wednesday 6:00pm & 7:15pm

L I T U R G I C A L M U S I C

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Rosendo Ortiz Sunday 7:00 a.m. Eddie & Gina Lopez 10:00 a.m. Tony Rios 12:00 noon Karla Peña 5:00 p.m. Pedro Solis Youth Choir Pedro & Lisa Solis

P R A Y E R & P R A I S E Saturday 6:00 p.m. Chapel

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SATURDAY July 25, 2015 5:00 PM: David, Louis, Juan

SUNDAY July 26, 2015 7:00 AM: Isidro, Pedro, John 10:00 AM: Melinda, Michael, Raymond 12:00 PM: Ofelia R., Jessie C, Rachel F. 5:00 PM: Juan, Jessie H, Cindy

July 19, 2015 SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

SATURDAY July 25, 2015 5:00 PM: Rudy Rivera

SUNDAY July 26, 2015 7:00 AM: Armando Garcia 10:00 AM: Jesus Garza 12:00 PM: Rachel Ortiz 5:00 PM: Anita Zambrano

SATURDAY JULY 18, 2015 5:00 PM: +Diana Schicker (Family) + Raphael “Ray” Casares ( Family) + Andrea Solis (Felicitas Solis) SUNDAY JULY 19, 2015 7:00 AM: +Richard Ortiz (Janie Ortiz) 10:00 AM: + Lorna Gomez (Family) +Maria R. Flores (M/M Danny Velasquez & Fam.) 12:00 PM: OPEN 5:00 PM: OPEN For the parishioners of Immaculate Conception MONDAY JULY 20, 2015 ~ NO MASS TUESDAY JULY 21, 2015 5:30 PM: OPEN WEDNESDAY JULY 22, 2015 8:30 AM: OPEN THURSDAY JULY 23, 2015 8:30 AM: OPEN FRIDAY JULY 24, 2015 8:30AM OPEN SATURDAY JULY 25, 2015 5:00 PM: OPEN SUNDAY JULY 26, 2015 7:00 AM: +Richard Ortiz (Janie Ortiz) 10:00 AM: + Joey Valencia (Valencia Family) + Lorna Gomez (Family) + Rodrigo Cantu Sr. (Gallegos Family) +Maria R. Flores (M/M Danny Velasquez & Fam.) 12:00 PM: + Jose Ortiz ( Lisa Couch) 5:00 PM: +Maria G. Perez (Family) For the parishioners of Immaculate Conception

† Belief ~ Trust ~ Faith † Prayer is the most powerful against trails, the most effective medicine against sickness and the most valuable gift to someone we care for.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK, especially the following: Irma Adame, Hermelinda Alcoser, Robert Alvarado, Victoria & Oscar Arrendondo, Jesse & Ophelia Avila, Leonor Banda, Rosa Barrera, Brae L Benavidez, Allen Bohns, Esteban Cantu Jr, Rosario Cantu, Tamara Bode, Ben Chapa, Gabriel & Matthew Claudio, Sammy Coronado, Estella Cortez, Pedro R Costilla III, Lino Cruz, Michael Duenes, Dominic De Leon, Nessiah Encinia, Alma Escobedo, Adan Flores Sr, Alberto Flores, Arturo Flores, Eudelia Flores Fabian Flores, Bryce Ganley, Aurelia Garcia, Belia Garcia, Concepcion Garcia, Jose L Garcia, Josie Garcia, Juana S Garcia, Juanita Garcia, Oscar Garcia, Ramiro Garcia, Reyes Garcia, April Garza, Angie Garza, Elias Garza, Joe Garza, Jacob Goldapp, Alejandra Guerrero, Denis Guzman, Conner Heinz, Carolina Hernandez, Isis Hernandez, Juan ‘Chuco’ Hernandez, Manuela Hernandez, Maria Hernandez, Jesse Hinojosa, Manuel Hinojosa, Sr., Fidel Labeija, Elia Lopez, Lupe Lopez, Lori Lucio, Tina Juarez, Anna Juarez, Solomon Kahookele, Christopher Manka, Olga Moreno, Mimi Obregon, Candelaria Ortiz, Carmen Ortiz, Diana Ortiz, Jerry Oritz, Oralia Ortiz, Socorro Ortiz, Sophia Parker, Raul Padilla, Anita Pena, Luis Pena, Jr., Aurora Perez, Fela Perez, Johnny Pereida, Maria Pequeno, Raul and Lenore Quintanilla, Josie Ramirez, Ramona Ramirez, Valentin Ramirez, Esther Rangel, Juan Reyes, Pepe Reyes, Santos Reyes, Datnacio Rivas, Anna Rivera, Antonio Rodriguez Jr., Domingo Rodriguez, Elena Rodriguez, Esequiel Rodriguez, Juan Rodriguez, Tony Rios, Sr., Tony Rios, Jr., Noreen Saenz, Richard Saldivar, Vanessa Steele, Teresa Sierra, Alfonso Solis, Braulia Solis, Grace Solis, Licha Solis, Luis Solis, Mona Lisa Solis, Felicitas Trevino, Gloria Trevino, Joe & Sara Trevino, Maria L. Valdez, Chris Vela, Cynthia Vela, Miranda Vela, Alejandro Veliz, Renee Young and Leticia Zepeda.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — I shall gather the remnant of my flock and bring them back to their meadow (Jeremiah 23:1-6). Psalm — The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want (Psalm 23). Second Reading — You who were once far off have become near by the blood of Christ (Ephesians 2:13-18). Gospel — When Jesus saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, and he began to teach them many things (Mark 6:30-34).

LOOSE COLLECTION 761.35 ENVELOPE COLLECTION 2229.00 SECOND COLLECTION 0.00 CHILDREN’S COLLECTION 176.75 JULY 12, 2015 TOTAL $3,167.10

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Ex 14:5-18; Ex 15:1bc-6; Mt 12:38-42 Tuesday: Ex 14:21 — 15:1; Ex 15:8-10, 12, 17; Mt 12:46-50 Wednesday: St. Mary Magdalene   Ex 16:1-5, 9-15; Ps 78:18-19, 23-28; Jn 20:1-2, 11-18 Thursday: Ex 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20b; Dn 3:52-56; Mt 13:10-17 Friday: Ex 20:1-17; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 13:18-23 Saturday: St. James   2 Cor 4:7-15; Ps 126:1bc-6; Mt 20:20-28 Sunday: 2 Kgs 4:42-44; Ps 145:10-11, 15-18; Eph 4:1-6; Jn 6:1-15

MISSION God has created me to do some definite service. God has committed some work to me which has not been committed

to another. I have a mission. —John Henry Newman

CHRIST’S PRESENCE IN THE WORLD There’s a bit of a “missing link” in the first two sentences of today’s Gospel from Mark. In the first, the apostles return from having been sent out on mission two by two (“one who is sent” is the meaning of “apostle”). Their instructions were to preach repentance, drive out demons, and heal the sick in Jesus’ name. In the second sentence, Jesus tells them to come away with him and rest a while. It would be nice for us to imagine that, between those two sentences, a look of amazed gratitude and pleasure crossed the face of Jesus as he hears of the kingdom proclaimed in his name, and how they didn’t have to shake the dust off their feet anywhere. They deserved a rest! It might not be bad for us, when we gather together with Jesus as the apostles do today, to do this kind of debriefing, allowing the Lord to hear what we’ve sought to do in his name, our successes, our failures, our need to get away with him for a while to be fortified for further work in God’s name. For we, the baptized, are not only the flock of Jesus Christ; through water and the power of the Spirit we have also become the Body of Christ, the presence of the Shepherd for the life of the world.

LA PRESENCIA DE CRISTO EN EL MUNDO Hay una cierta “conexión” que falta entre las dos primeras oraciones del Evangelio de hoy. En la primera los apóstoles regresan de la misión a la que habían sido enviados de dos en dos (“apóstol” en griego significa “enviado”). Habían sido enviados a predicar la conversión, a expulsar a los demonios, y a sanar a los enfermos en el nombre de Jesús. En la segunda oración, Jesús les dice que se vengan con él a un lugar solitario para descansar un poco. Nos gustaría pensar que, entre esas dos oraciones, una expresión de placer y gratitud cruzó el rostro de Jesús al oír como el Reino ha sido proclamado en su nombre, y como no tuvieron que sacudirse el polvo de los pies en ninguna parte. ¡Bien se merecían un descanso! A nosotros tampoco nos vendría mal, cuando nos juntamos alrededor de Jesús como los apóstoles en el Evangelio de hoy, que nos tomáramos un descanso, para que el Señor pueda escuchar lo que hemos hecho en su nombre –nuestros éxitos, nuestras decepciones, nuestra necesidad de “escaparnos” un rato con él para que nos fortalezca para seguir trabajando en el nombre de Dios. Ya que nosotros los bautizados no somos sólo el rebaño de Cristo; por el agua y el Espíritu hemos sido transformados en el Cuerpo mismo de Cristo, la presencia del pastor para dar vida al mundo.

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In Confession, Jesus welcomes us with all our sinfulness, to

give us a new heart, capable of loving as he loves.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE

El evangelista Mateo (14:21) recuenta que cuando Jesús multiplicó los panes, dio de comer a “unos cinco mil hombres, sin contar las mujeres y los niños”. Este pequeño detalle lo tiene sólo él. Mateo escribió su Evangelio para los cristianos de origen judío, por lo cual contiene muchos detalles que solamente reconocen aquellas personas de origen judío. Por ejemplo, el detalle acerca del número y la clasificación de personas que comieron del pan multiplicado. En aquella época, la religión judía sólo permitía la participación del varón. Las mujeres y los niños no contaban para el culto, ni en la toma de decisiones en la casa. Por lo tanto, al subrayar la presencia de las mujeres y los niños, Mateo indica que en la Iglesia o comunidad cristiana, las mujeres y los niños participan activamente. También ellos comen y reciben de la bondad de Jesús. Esto engrandece la maravilla del milagro, porque el número de personas que comieron se multiplica. Pero más importante aún, subraya la apertura de la comunidad nueva, instaurada por Jesús, la Iglesia, donde ni mujeres ni niños deben ser relega-dos.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

When Catholicism encounters a culture, it tends to approach the culture with a measure of respect for its key customs, especially those touching family life. Around the world, these long‑established customs are often received into the liturgy, sometimes with a new level of interpretation. From Old Mexico, the custom of the lasso (“cord”) has migrated across borders, and is now firmly established in the marriage liturgy of Spanish‑speaking Catholics in the United States. It’s a large cord, sometimes resembling rosary beads, looped around the necks of the newlyweds in a figure‑eight shape. It is a great honor for a person, normally a godparent or close relative, to place the lasso around the shoulders of the couple, groom first. The lasso, a symbol of profound unity, remains in place throughout the liturgy until removed, usually by the priest. The bride keeps the lasso as a memento of the day, a sign of her ties of love to her husband in heart and home. The tender ministry of the godparent in this ceremony clearly links this sacrament of vocation with baptism. It’s not unusual to see the lasso made of fragrant orange blossoms, harking back to very ancient pre‑ Christian rituals seeking the blessings of fertility and happiness.

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 19, 2015

Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up a righteous shoot to David.

— Jeremiah 23:5a

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PARISHIONER REGISTRATION We are currently in the process of updating our parish data-base, if you are a new or current parishioner we do ask that that you take a few moments to fill out a registration form.

Forms can be found in the entrance of the church and online at the parish website www.iccgregory.org/parishioner

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ICC Parish Raffle To purchase and/or if you are interested in selling a $100.00 Raffle Ticket, you may contact any ICC Organization Leader or Ministry Leader listed on the parish bulletin or contact the Parish office. The Raffle Drawing will be on Sunday, August 16th @ 2:00pm in the CCD Building, Holy Spirit Room.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Immaculate Conception Parish welcomes Everyone to join

us as we celebrate a Historic and Joyous occasion of the

DEDICATION and CONSECRATION of the NEW PARISH CHURCH

Official Date and Time is

Saturday, August 1, 2015 @ 5:00 p.m. Mass Presided by His Excellency,

Most Rev. Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey

For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst." Matthew: 18:20

The ctÜ|á{ cÜtçxÜ Heavenly Father, You have gathered us together as a parish to

be Your visible life in our world. Here we unite in worship, Proclaim Your word, celebrate the Eucharist, and are Sent forth to share Your love and make disciples. Lord, we take your Great

Commission seriously and long for our parish to be so on-fire that we draw people to You. Help us in that endeavor, as we

strive to work together - ordained, religious, and laity. Please make our parish amazing, through Your power and Your grace.

Amen.