Thank You and a warm Horseshoe Bay welcome to Fr. Charles Brunick, C.S.P and Fr. John Jamnicky

The Pontifical Good Friday 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 collection also helps to preserve the sacred shrines. If you wish, you may offer an envelope marked Holy Land Collection any time during Holy Week.

Fr. Ruben and the Parish Staff wish all the parishioners of St. Paul‘s a very Blessed and Happy Easter.

Easter Flower Rememberances

The Schwarz Family		Bessie & Fred Court		Viola Mantz
Jane & Leo Markley		Agatha Simcik		Robert Timrick
Rozella & Jack Scott		Bill Bedortha		Blanche Wieschowski
Eloise & Leonard Mathews		Mikulencah Family		Julie & Floyd Cordes
Nicholas Jeffrey Mathews		Pawelek Family		John Cordes
Bohnert Johnson Families		Micky Virdell		Lena & Rudolph Kral
Tom & Marie Rowan		Dennis & Bessie Wilde		Julia & Julius Smejdovec
Don & Elva Ewer		Fuller Family		Mattie Jo & Earl Gless
Frank and Marie Carter		Dave Krekowski		Magdalena & Charles Gless
Shirley & Parker Conrad		Don & Joan Niemann		Laura & Hamilton Whitten
Bill Shields		Parents of Larry & Kathy Stahl		Philip & Concetta Drago
George & Anna Adams		The Bard Family		Ann Marie Beauchamp
Francis & Gladys Shields		Charlotte Pawlicki		Jim Jones
Oswald Fey		AC & Genevieve Heilman		Boyle Family
Anita Fey		Clarence & Cecelia  Arendt		Jim May

 
Birthday Bicentennial
200 years, Servant of God Isaac Hecker, Founder of the Paulist Fathers
December 18, 1819 – December 18, 2019
 
From Ashes to Easter
Please return the Diocesan Ashes to Easter Lenten Mission boxes by Sunday, April 28 ^th.
 
Parish Volunteer Appreciation Dinner
The Parish Volunteer Appreciation Dinner will be held next Sunday, April 28 ^th at 6:00 pm in the Linda Finn Family Life Center.  Doors will open at 5:30 pm.  A catered barbecue dinner will be served with water and tea provided, but you can bring a beverage of your choice if you prefer.  Tickets are not required.  For additional information or to sign up if we missed you at mass contact Sue Olfers at sueolfers@gmail.com or Diana Virdell at mdvirdell@yahoo.com.
 
Men of Faith Host Fellowship Social at the Finn Family Life Center
Everyone is invited to a Spring Event featuring fellowship, pork sandwiches, wine and soft drinks from Perissos Vineyard and Winery near Burnet.   Owners Seth and Laura Martin will speak on their journey "From Grace to Grapes”.   The event will be held in the Finn Family Life Center at 6 pm on Thursday, May 2nd. Tickets ($10) will be available from the parish office or from Sam Morrison, Dick Heilman or Frank Trogus at Sunday masses. (only 200 tickets are available).

Interested In Becoming A Catholic
If you are interested in becoming a Catholic or know someone who is, please contact Lowell Crable to inquire about our RCIA program, which is offered year round and customized to fit the schedule and learning needs of each individual.   lowellcrable@gmail.com or 512.496.8067   
     
Mark your calendar for EIM Workshop on May 18.  All Parishioners involved in any ministry at St. Paul Church are required to attend a workshop on Ethics and Integrity in Ministry (EIM) at least once every 3 years.  If you are new to ministry/St. Paul or if you last attended a workshop in 2016, you need to sign up for this workshop.  There will not be another offered at our parish before sometime in the late fall.  All attendees must pre-register no less than 24 hours before the workshop date.  More information on how to sign up will follow.  Check the bulletin.

From Fr Ruben
First, I want to wish you a very Happy Easter. The liturgies and decorations in our church this past week lead us to experience Christ’s death and resurrection in such a beautiful and hopeful way. Thanks to all who helped.  I also want to welcome Fr Charlie Brunick, CSP, who celebrated with us this past week. He is staying with me till May. I also want to apologize for not having mass on Palm Sunday. There was a technical communication problem.

Secondly, I was moved by the tragic fire at Notre Dame de Paris this past week. The pictures of the fire are horrifying. Fortunately, the relics, blessed sacrament and stained glass were saved. From the light shining through the rose window and the ashes of Notre Dame Cathedral, I see a sign. Beauty, order, harmony and most of all hope were not consumed by the fire.

Thirdly, I saw my doctor this Wednesday, April 17.  The testing that he did last week (PET scan, blood, bone marrow) confirmed my condition. I have stage 2 Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which is good news. He also has the base data he needs to follow the progress of my treatment. And most importantly we discussed the treatment plan and schedule. I have a few preparatory appointments this next week. I have my first treatment on Monday, April 29 ^th. I am both anxious and relieved at the same time. I am finally getting on with the treatment. There is hope.
I have a more detailed account of my Cancer journey on the website  www.caringbridge.org. If you would like to follow, please send an email to the office and you will be invited.
I appreciate your continued thoughts and prayers.

***The Office will be closed on Monday, April 22nd ***
 
 Thank you for your generous contributions totaling  $8,288.00
 


 

 

The Catholic Church teaches to men their true relations to God and to their fellow-men, and by the practical application of the principles which govern these relations are removed the errors and vices which hinder the establishment of the reign of God in men’s souls and everywhere upon earth.”                                                                                               (The Church and the Age 1887)

If you have asked Father Hecker to pray for you or another person who is ill, and you believe something miraculous has happened, please phone Father Paul Robichaud, CSP, at 202-269-2519 and tell him your story.