Come, Follow Me Newsletter of the Serra Club of North Houston District 10 Volume 2, Issue 10 October 2017

Jubilarian Mass and Dinner, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017 at All Saints Catholic Church celebrating 25, 50 and 60 years of service with Cardinal DiNardo celebrant!

Sr. Rose Gan Mai Le, OP Years of service 25 years Sr. Lucy Luong Nguyen, OP 50 years Fr. Hung Ngoc Tran, OP 25 years Sr. Cathyrine Phoung Kim Nguyen, OP 25 years

Fr. T. J. Dolce, Cardinal Daniel Di Nardo & Sr. Francesca Kearns handing out awards.

Larry Massey, President Scanlan Foundation, Chairperson Serra USA Audit Com-mittee, Serra Intl. Nominating Committee, Serra Club of Houston Trustee and Past Governor with Cardinal DiNardo, Galveston/Houston, President USCCB.

Fr. Phil "Skipp" Negley intro-duced himself to Ed & Candice Tyrrell. Fr. Skipp is the Spiritual Director for our priests and will be the guest speaker at the Serra Program meeting, Wed., Feb 28th.

Ed Tyrrell, Larry Massey, Candice Tyrrell, Sr. John Michael Wynne, OP, Ann

Timpre-Brennan, Sr. Thomas Aquinas Betlewski, OP, Sr. Maria Guadalupe Hallee,

OP, and Sr. Amata Veritas Ellenbecker, OP.

Sr. Amata Veritas Ellenbecker, OP Sr. Maria Guadalupe Hallee, OP Sr. Thomas Aquinas Betlewski, OP Sr. Maria Goretti Thuy Nguyen, OP Sr. Albert Marie Sarmanski, OP

Seven Sister's moved to Houston from Ann Arbor, MI (five pictured).

Prince of Peace with the top number of high school boys attending the Andrew Dinner with 9 young men, then St. Andrew’s in Channelview with 8 and St. John the Baptist’s in Alvin with 7.

Nine young men discerning from POP who attended the Andrew Dinner pictured above in the Seminary Chapel with two Seminarians:

First row: Stephen Talik, Nicholas Talik, Nathaniel Styskal, Bryan Plasczyk and Andrew McMahan

Second row: Denneghy Mason, Seminarian Luis Garcia & Seminarian Jose Alonso, Patrick Kennedy, David Hebert and Michael Najvar

Seminarians and Dcn. John Hagyari enjoying Ed Tyrrell's 60th Surprise Birthday Party on October 13th.

Dcn. Matthew Suniga, Thuc Nguyen, Dcn. John Hagyari, Kingsley Nwoko and Rick Arriola.

Happy 60th Birthday Ed! We love you.

Wishing Father James a Blessed and Happy Birthday at our Serra Club meeting on October 18th!

On October 28, Serran’s at Christ the Good Shepherd celebrated our Priests by having everyone attending mass put on the sticker saying, “We Love Our Priests!” We also gave out a Holy Card with a prayer for our Priests. It was a big hit and everyone loved the idea and wear-ing the stickers.

Navy Seal, Seth Stone, grandson of Serran’s Chuck and Shirley Varsel, was killed Friday in a training accident. Our kind and wonderful grandson will live forever in our hearts. When Seth was not deployed he was on home res-cue missions flying to be with anyone in the family who needed help and comfort, an angel indeed. As Seth's mom, Debbie, reminded us Seth was tru-ly a hero with a gentle heart. Please keep Seth, Debbie, Heather and Alex (Seth's sister and brother) in your prayers as well as the rest of the family.

Ing this, Seth sought to became Harry's new owner and after a lot of red tape brought Harry to the states. The United States, unlike Australia, per-mitted entry with the type of virus Harry had picked up during his tour of duty. In just a few days Seth settled Harry in with his dad and returned to the battle field and at the end of that tour returned and picked up Harry. That year on his first Christmas home Seth drove across the country to sur-prise us and introduce Harry to his new extended family. It was a Merry Christmas. It is said that Sergeant Harry had more medals than Seth and we teased Seth about that. For sure they were the best of buddies.

Navy Seal with many decorated hon-ors, Seth Stone, and Serran Chuck & Shirley Varsel’s grandson’s, life was taken by a Navy skydiving training expedition in San Diego on Satur-day, Sept. 30th. I would like to share the story of Seth and his dog, Sergeant Har-ry. Harry was an Army dog as-signed to an Australian handler and trained to locate icd's. When Harry and his Australian handler were discharged Australia could not give Harry reentry due to a particular virus Harry had ac-quired overseas.. Harry was go-ing to be put down. Upon hear-

Celebrating Serran Pat Kocan’s birth-day. The next day she fell and broke her fe-mur & hip while at the nursing home giving Eucharist. Please keep Pat in your prayers. She has a long, tough road to recovery.

Favorite quotes from Pope Francis: “How do we pray? Do we pray piously and calmly out of habit or do we place ourselves courageously before the Lord to ask for grace, to ask for what we are praying for? Prayer that is not coura-geous is not real prayer.

DID YOU KNOW that there are special seminaries for men entering the priesthood later in life, seminaries where students range from ages 25 to 60? Many of these men have thought about being a priest at one time or another but, for whatever reason, pushed the idea to the back of their minds. They are men who have made a career change to a second vocation, the priesthood. They’re ordinary people, men who have been electricians, teachers, barbers, policemen, social workers, businessmen, farmers, dentists. Some are widowers, even grandfathers. Diverse though their backgrounds may be, they now share one aim in life: to be-come a priest and serve God’s people. Could you be one of them?

Dates to Remember

October 25th…Dr. Ira his conversion story, Atheist, Jew, Catholic. Christ the Good Shepherd (CGS) @ 7:15PM. November 8th…Arranging seminarian gift bags—CGS @ 7:15. December 3rd...Advent Dinner at Steamboat Steakhouse @ 5PM.

Dates to Remember

December 3rd...Advent Dinner at Steamboat Steakhouse @ 5PM. January 11th-14th...Serra Rally in Phoenix, AZ. January 25th... Installation Mass @ CGS @ 7PM. February 24th...Vocation Expo ...After Mass with Cardinal DiNardo. February 28th...Fr. Phil “Skip” Negley at CGS @ 7:15 PM. ..

May 12th...Deaconate Ordination at the Co-Cathedral @ 10AM. May 26th...New Officer Installation Mass & Dinner @ St. Mary’s Seminary.. June 2nd...Priestly Ordinations at the Co-Cathedral @ 10AM.

Serra Club of North Houston Board Members President… Candice Tyrrell President Elect…Ed Tyrrell VP of Programs...Susan Stawaisz VP of Membership…Phil Duggan VP of Vocations… Carol Cason VP of Communications…Lynn Lewis Treasurer…Pat Kocan Secretary...Yolanda Cadena Trustee...Maria Vitucci Trustee….Patty Sukala-McCollum Trustee….Terrie Mancini Chaplain...Father James Burkart

Serra Prayer for the Perseverance of Vocations O God, You have constituted Your only-begotten Son supreme and eternal Priest for the glory of Your majesty and the salvation of mankind: grant that those whom He has chosen ministers and dispensers of His mysteries may be found faithful in fulfilling the ministry they have received. Amen