3390 Sarah St. Beaumont, TX 77705-3098

Email: parish@omomcc.org *Office: 409-842-5533 * Fax 409-842-4710 * Website: www.omomcc.org

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm, Closed Saturday and Sunday

Religious Education and Youth Ministry: Margaret Denson

409-842-0112 Office, 409-454-7127Cell

Social Outreach 409-842-1206—Pear Orchard Federal Credit Union: 842-4343

Eucharistic Worship Celebration

Week Day Mass: Mon., Wed - Thu & Fri. 6:30am-Tue. 6:00pm

Weekend Mass Schedule: Sat. Vigil: 4:30pm—Sunday 7:00, 10:00am

Reconciliation: Saturday 3- 4:15pm or by appointment

Adoration: First Friday from 12 Noon to Saturday 12 Noon

Baptism every 2nd Sunday of the month—RCIA: Thursday 6:30-7:30

Bible Study: Tuesday Night after Novena

Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church

Fr. Noel Effiong, MSP - Pastor

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT, YEAR A

Pray for the Sick and Shut-In and

their Care Givers

Prayer List:

Mary Durio, Leo Monroe, Ella Mae Moore, Percy Wheeler,

Mabel Green, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Pierre, Joseph Paige, Earl Johnson, Sadie Patter-son, Julia Poullard, Rudolph Antoine, Frank Buxie, David Miller, Barbara Smith, Mary Pickney, Henry Smith, Theartis Carr, Ronald and Dorothy Fontenot, Eva Carter, Viola Colone, Willie Mae and Annie Mae Rideaux, Raymond Shaw, Morris Allen, Francis Davies, Rosa Ladia, Herman Davis Sr., Clarence Guidry, Sr., Benjamin and Mary Lou Wheeler, Ignace Sennet, Rufus Williams, Leroy Jr. and Willie Mae Lewis, Ray Latour III

MASS INTENTIONS

Mon Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62, Ps 23, Jn 8:1-11

Tue. Nm 21:4-9, Ps 102, Jn 8:21-30

Wed. Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95, (Ps) Dn 3, Jn 8:31-42

Thu. Gn 17:3-9, Ps 105, Jn 8:51-59

Fri. Jer 20:10-13, Ps 18, Jn 10:31-42

Sat Ez 37:21-28, (Ps) Jer 31:10-13, Jn 11:45-56

Readings

SAT. 4/1/2017 4:30PM

R. A. Brown Family

Ethel Mouton Sandra F. Bailey

For the Parish Fr. Effiong

SUN. 4/2/2017 7:00AM

My Deceased Grandmothers Brenda Smith

10:00AM

Special Intentions for Fr. Lowell Case Collins Family

Edgar Jordan Jordan and Richard Families

Pro Life

Special Ints. For Harold Williams

Toni Prados

MON. 4/3/2017 6:30AM

Special Intentions

TUE. 4/4/2017 6:00PM

Betty Nichols Jennifer Nichols

WED. 4/5/2017 6:30AM

Ashby Lewis Sheril Sheaves

THUR. 4/6/2017 6:30AM

Special Intentions

FRIDAY 4/7//2017 6:30AM

Lillian Lambert Cobb and Lambert Families

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Duplechain

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Duplechain

Mass Schedule for Lent Mon. Wed. Thru and Friday

6:30 am Tue. 6:00pm

Friday Stations of the Cross 12 Noon and 6:00pm

Our Mother of Mercy Church April 2, 2017

Living the Eucharist

Included in the bulletin today is the fifth of six inserts that are part of our parish Living the Eucharist program. The title of this week’s insert is “Becoming Bread for Others”. Today’s insert gives us an understanding of our role as it relates to the Church’s Social Mission and the Eucharist.

Monsignor Kelly Catholic

High School

COMMUNITY: We seek to educate the

whole student in spirit, mind and body and

value the gifts and talents of all people.

SPIRITUALITY: Daily prayer, Weekly

Mass in chapel, Monthly All-School Mass,

Annual class retreats, Liturgical prayer

services and Purposeful service in the

community.

ACADEMICS: Student-teacher ratio is 21:1.

Kelly students consistently score above the

SAT and ACT Texas and National averag-

es, from 2012-2016, Kelly graduates were

offered over $33 million in scholarships. For

more information, please contact our Admis-

sions Office at 409-866-2351, ext. 139.

Baptisms will be Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017 at the 10AM Mass. All parents wanting their child baptized on Easter Sunday must

register by April 11th and parents and God parents attend the class on Wednesday April 12th at 7pm in Meeting room 1.

Fr. Noel Effiong: The installation of Fr. Noel Effiong as Pastor of Our Mother of Mercy Church will be held on April 23rd at the 10AM Mass . Mass celebrat-ed by Bishop Curtis J. Guillory , SVD, DD. All are welcome to attend.

Bishop Curtis J. Guillory invites you to attend the Chrism Mass that Bishop will concelebrate with all the priests of the Diocese of Beaumont on Tuesday of Holy Week, April 11, 2017. The Mass will be celebrated at St. Anthony Cathe-dral Basilica at 6:30pm. The Chrism Mass is a most prayerful way to journey through Holy Week.

April is “Child Abuse Prevention Month”

Please join us for our “ Go Blue Day” &

Walk Friday, April 7th @12 Noon. Down-

town Beaumont on Main Street. At Fire

Hydrant Pavilion. “ Wear Blue”. The KPC/

KPCLA will have our last Fish Dinner sale

on Friday, April 7th. Your continued

support is greatly appreciated

ADORATION

The first Friday of the month,

April 7th, 12 noon until 12 noon

Saturday

When life gives your more than you can stand...Kneel.

Come and spend some quiet time with the Lord.

Our Lady Sodality will turn-out April 8, 2017 with rosary at 4:00pm and Mass at 4:30.

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OSERVANCES

2 Sun. Third Scrutiny of the Elect 4 Tue. Optional Memorial of St. Isidore 5 Wed. Optional Memorial of St.

Vincent Ferrer 7 Fri. Optional Memorial of St. John Baptist de la Salle

Stewardship of Treasure Mass Attendance 471

Offering……………..$10,393.51 Second collection………..$628.00 Social Outreach……….$1494.00

2017 Stewardship/Bishop Faith Appeal

This year’s theme is “Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within him,”

On behalf of Bishop Guillory and the more than 110,000 individuals who are served by our diocesan ministries, I thank all those who have pledged to this year’s Bishop Faith Appeal. If you have not made a financial and prayer pledge, we ask you to prayerfully consider doing so. Pledge envelopes and Spiritual Pledge/Intention cards are available in the pews. Jackie Simien, 2017 BFA Chair Greg Pumphrey, Stewardship Committee

25th Annual Diocesan

Third Age Day Celebration

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

If you are 50 or older, come celebrate this diocesan-wide event with us

Our Lady of the Assumption Parish 4445 Ave. A Beaumont

Mass Celebrated by Bishop Curtis J. Guillory, SVD, DD

Living Rosary preceding Mass (9:15)

Luncheon following Mass

Tickets $12- Purchase By April 28, 2017

Available through your Parish 3rd Age Coordinator or at Catholic Charities,

Parish Social Ministry

More Info: 924-4415 or cwilliams@catholiccharitiesbmt.org

EZ 37: 12-14; PS 130: 1-8; ROM 8: 8-11; JN 11: 1-45

Easter is two weeks away. There is an under-standable and logical reason that we hear the Gospel Reading from St. John about Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead on this Fifth Sunday of Lent. Jesus’ Resurrection is ever nearer for us. His miracle of raising Lazarus is the last recorded by John, but its timing is ex-actly what the Lord wished it to be. In the Gospel, Jesus makes it all clear to us. The Lord says, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live.” That understanding and acceptance and rejoicing at the Resurrection is what Lent has been about and what our preparations in these final days of Lent should be about as well

WORK OF THE SPIRIT

Where the human spirit fails,

the Holy Spirit fills.