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NO DAILY MASS THIS WEEK 

Father Preston will be attending a Life Teen Camp Wild Sky this week! He will be gone Monday through Thursday. While he is gone, we will not have daily Mass. The schedule will resume on Tuesday, with Mass @ 5:00 pm at SJA.

Last Weekend!!!!  Last Weekend!!!!   Last Weekend!!!!   Last Weekend!!!!   Last Weekend!!!! Last Weekend!!!!

BABY BOTTLE BOOMERANG FUNDRAISER 

The Pregnancy Help Center in Lake Jackson is hosting a fundraiser, which began last weekend on Mother’s Day, and will conclude on Father’s Day, which is Sunday, June 15. To contribute to this fundraiser — ° take a baby bottle home from the back of the church ° fill it with coins, cash, and/or a check (please make payable to The Pregnancy Help Center) ° return your bottle back to church on Father’s Day By filling a bottle, you are making an impact right here in our community through the life-changing ministry at The Pregnancy Help Center! Don’t want to fill a bottle? Scan the QR code on the flyers at the back to give online!

SAVE THE DATE: YOUNG FAMILIES SUMMER POTLUCK DINNER 

The OLPH/SJA Young Families Group invites all families raising babies and toddlers to a Summer Potluck Dinner on Friday, June 27 at 6:00 pm! This group is a community of young parishioners who value fellowship, fun, and raising strong Catholic children. This dinner will be held at a private residence with extra diapers and snacks. To RSVP, please text 214-717-3760.

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! Please call the office for more information on how to complete this training at home or in the office. 

TDB 2ND COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND 

Next weekend, you will find envelopes stamped with brown turkeys either in the pews or near the collection box. Before the Turkey Dinner Bazaar, there will be 2 weekends where the second collection is taken up specifically for TDB donations. These weekends are June 21 & 22, and July 26 & 27. If you would like to help offset the cost of our fundraiser, please put your donation inside one of the turkey envelopes and place it in the second collection slot of the collection box!

2025 Turkey Dinner Bazaar Raffle Tickets are here!!! 

Your packet is at the parish you are registered at. Please take the envelope with your name. Each envelope contains $60.00 worth of tickets. All families are asked to sell $60.00 worth of tickets to friends and family.  If you don’t see your name, please take an envelope marked blank behind the z’s.  Return all money, sold and unsold tickets in an envelope into the collection plate or bring by the office. Please write your name on your envelope if you take one marked blank.  If you sell all your tickets and need more, you may take an envelope marked blank or come by the office.    

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO SEW? 

The SJA Altar Guild is looking for volunteers who like to sew! At times, they need help making prayer blankets. If you’re interested, please call Linda Miska at 979-236-3978

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!! 

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.

ANNUAL CZECH KOLACHE KLOBASE FESTIVAL 

The KJT Society No. 40 (Catholic Union of Texas) is having its 34th Annual Czech Kolache Klobase Festival on Saturday, June 14, at Riverside Hall in East Bernard, from 11 am to 6 pm! Admission: $10 per person (covers parking & all events) Children 12 & under are Free! Sausage/BBQ Chicken Plate lunch available for purchase at 11 am (Drive-thru available). Come enjoy indoor entertainment, a kolache eating contest, arts/crafts, a cake walk, raffle, and a silent auction! Visit www.kkfest.com for more info!

HAPPENING THIS WEEK

Sunday, June 15 Father’s Day

Please return your Baby Bottles back to either church.

1:30 pm Social Sunday----OLPH Hall

Monday, June 16 

8:15 am Legion of Mary (English) — OLPH hall

6:00 pm Legion of Mary (Spanish) — OLPH hall

Thursday, June 12

 6:00 pm OCIA Class---OLPH Hall