Who We Are

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 SJA NEW CLASSROOM PROJECT

Our goal is to reach $225,000. We need your spiritual and financial help. YOU can help our youth become better Catholics! Please see Ron Smith or Trish Speers for more information.

TUESDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY 

The meeting on Tuesday mornings is shifting from a bible study, to what will now be called Adult Faith Formation! Currently, the group who meets is watching a series on FORMED called Symbolon: The Catholic Faith Explained. They are learning and discussing the Sacraments, and ways in which we can live out our faith in our lives! If you are available @ 9:00 am on Tuesday mornings, come join them!! 

TURKEY DINNER/BAZAAR 2025 

Mark your calendar! We’re officially 7 months out from the 2025 Turkey Dinner/Bazaar. This year, the TDB is scheduled for Sunday, October 26, and will be held at the Heritage Hall in West Columbia! If you are volunteering in any way, please know you MUST be Safe Environment trained. If you’ve not completed this training, you will NOT be able to help!

ALTAR GUILD FUNDRAISER 

The SJA Altar Guild is having a Tamale & Salsa Sale! $15 per dozen of tamales and $15 per quart of salsa. Bean, Pork, and Chicken tamales are available, and are offered in regular or spicy! Salsa Verde and Salsa Roja are available, and are offered in mild, spicy, or hot. If you’re interested in ordering, contact Mary Amason at 979-299-8331. Orders are due Thursday, April 27, and pick up will be Friday, May 9 at SJA from 11 am — 5:30 pm!

UPCOMING MEN’S RETREAT 

St Cecilia Men’s ACTS Retreat will be held this year from June 5 — 8 at the Holy Name Retreat Center (430 Bunker Hill Road, Houston, TX). For more information, please contact either Ron Smith at 979-248-8868, or Dennis Mican at 979-417-8476!

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 

To be eligible for the SJA Altar Guild Scholarship, you must be a registered and practicing Catholic of SJA, who is graduating in May of 2025. Applications are available for pick up at the Parish Office or in the Sacristy of SJA! Applications must be received by Sunday, April 27. The West Brazos Knights of Columbus Council #8548 are sponsoring 4 scholarships for graduating students from Columbia or Sweeny high school, or home school. Applications are available for pick up at the Parish Office or in either Sacristy. Applications must be received by mail or hand delivered, no later than Friday, May 2. The Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court #2289 — Our Lady Queen of Hope are awarding one $500 scholarship to a graduating senior from St. Joseph’s in Brazoria, OLPH, and SJA. Applications are available for pick up at the Parish Office or in either Sacristy, and must be postmarked or hand delivered by Monday, May 5.

EASTER EGG HUNT 

There will be an Easter Egg Hunt after ALL Masses Sunday! If your child would like to participate, please bring their Easter basket. If you would like to donate prefilled Easter eggs, please bring them before Mass and leave them at the back of the church.

FAMILY ADORATION NIGHT 

Join us Wednesday for Family Adoration with Praise and Worship! This will take place of the junior high and high schooler’s Faith Formation class time. A light meal will be served @ 6:45 pm in the OLPH hall, followed by Adorating beginning @ 7:00 pm inside the church. All parishioners are invited to come and adore our Lord!

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY HOLY HOUR/FILM

Divine Mercy Sunday is next Sunday, April 27. We will have a Holy Hour from 3:00 to 4:00 pm at SJA. Following that, the documentary, The Boy From Milan: Stories of Carlo Acutis will be shown roughly from 4:00 to 5:00 pm. All parishioners are invited and encouraged to attend!

ST. JOSEPH’S ANNUAL CHURCH BAZAAR 

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Brazoria is having their Bazaar next Sunday, April 27 from 11:00 am to 3 :00 pm. Plates are $15 each, and will include Brisket, Sausage, and all the trimmings! Dine in or take To-Go. They will have a Live & Silent Auction, Bake Sale, Country Store, Kids Games & a Train Ride, Raffles, a Cake Walk and more! Live music by Duke Gambino Country Sound.

OLQP PRE-K BOUNCE FAMILY DAY Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic School is hosting a Pre-K Bounce Family Day next Sunday, April 27, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm! Children ages 2 — 4 are invited to come enjoy an afternoon of bounce play, food, and face painting — older siblings are welcome. This event is free for the public to attend, and will include lunch (Hot Dogs)! 

HAPPENING THIS WEEK

Holy Thursday, April 16 

• 7pm---Mass of the Lord’s Supper—SJA  8pm-12am-- Adoration---SJA Hall

Good Friday, April 18 - SJA---All in English

• 12pm Confessions
• 1:30pm Live Station of the Cross
• 2:30pm Rosary
• 3pm The Passion of the Lord

OLPH—All in Spanish

• 4:40pm Confessions
• 5pm Rosary
• 5:30pm Station of the Cross
• 6pm The Passion of the Lord

Holy Saturday, April 19 

• 6pm Confessions—SJA 8:30pm Easter Vigil Mass---SJA

Easter Sunday, April 20 - Regular Sunday Mass Times

• 8:30am English OLPH
• 10:30am English SJA
• 12:30pm Spanish OLPH

Monday, April 21 - Parish Office Closed 

• 8:15 am Legion of Mary (English) — SJA hall 
• 6:00 pm Legion of Mary (Spanish) — OLPH hall 

Tuesday, April 22 

• 9:00 am Adult Faith Formation — OLPH hall 
• 6:00 pm Catholicism 101 — OLPH hall 
• 6:30 pm St. Vincent de Paul Meeting — SJA hall

Wednesday, April 23 

• 7:00 pm Family Adoration — OLPH 

Saturday, April 26 

• 9:00 am First Reconciliation — OLPH 

Sunday, April 27 

• 9 — 10:15 am: 1st Communion Class — SJA hall 
• 3 — 5 pm: Divine Mercy Sunday Holy Hour — SJA

BAPTISM CLASSES

Our next Baptism class will be on Saturday, June 7th.  Please call the church office to register.