Archive for August, 2016
Aug. 28
Dear friends in Christ,
With classes officially underway for nearly all of our families with children, we are quickly returning to the hum of the school year. After our three-day weekend next week for Labor Day, we’ll settle into a nice rhythm. Our Religious Education classes will begin later in September (more on that in a moment), and a great deal of our ministries will be offering programs, meetings and classes as the fall begins to unfold. In particular, there are some great offerings for Bible studies. Please check the bulletin or our parish website regularly and come and see all that CtR has to offer. There is something for everyone.
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Aug. 21
Dear friends in Christ,
Welcome back! With the new school year underway (CtR School began on Aug. 11 with 391 kids enrolled in grades Pre-K through 7th) and with the local Cy-Fair schools preparing to open tomorrow, I welcome all who are with us this weekend for the first time or perhaps the first time in several months. The start of a new academic year always brings a spike in our attendance at Mass as people make their way back to church after various summer trips and vacations. I pray that this coming school year will be a blessing to our children in the community. May they be filled with gifts of wisdom and understanding. May it also be a time of joy and peace for the many teachers and administrators from our parish who do such good work in our local schools. God bless you all!
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Aug. 14
Dear friends in Christ,
Recently we had a discussion in our Parish Office about the abbreviation “BVM.” If I were to write those three letters – BVM –without any other reference, would you know what they mean? I always assumed members of a Catholic parish would know, but I was told that it might confuse some people. Well, OK, but we need to brush up on our Catholic lingo! BVM stands for “Blessed Virgin Mary.” I’ll even use it in a sentence: Tomorrow, Monday, Aug. 15, is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the BVM.
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Aug. 7
Dear friends in Christ,
It’s an exciting week for us at the parish as our CtR Catholic School begins its third year with the first day of school this Thursday, Aug. 11. We will be welcoming nearly 400 students this year in grades Pre-K 3 through 7th. I look forward to being at the door bright and early on Thursday morning to welcome them. It’s always a day of wide-eyed amazement for some, and a few tears for others as well. (And that’s just the parents!) Please keep our students and staff in your prayers that the Holy Spirit might enlighten our hearts and minds throughout this coming school year.
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