Celebrations Mass Schedule

Sunday Masses– Main Sanctuary

First Saturday 7:00 am (Grotto)

Saturday Vigil 6:00 pm

Sunday 8:30 am, 11:00 am

Sunday 5:00 pm

Weekday Services– Ave Maria Chapel

Tues.– Mass 5:30pm

Wed.– Mass 7:00am & 5:30pm

Thurs.– Mass 5:30pm

Friday – Mass 7:00am & 12:15pm

Holidays

See Bulletin or Website

Sacraments and Prayer

Baptism Preparation classes held the First Monday of each month,

6:30-8:30pm in Jordan Hall.

Reconciliation Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 5:00-5:30pm and Sunday

7:45-8:15am, 10:15-10:45am, 4:15-4:45pm.

Marriage Contact Father James at least 6 months in advance.

Rosary Saturday at 5:25pm before 6:00pm Mass.

Third Sunday at 7:50am before 8:30am Mass.

Third Sunday at 10:20am before 11:00am Mass.

First Fridays at 11:30am in the Ave Maria Chapel.

Eucharistic Adoration — First Friday, see page 4.

Fridays from 7:30am—Noon

Parish Contacts Parish Staff

Rae Carter, Greg George, Ray Jones, Deacons

Christine Moore, Director of Religious Education

Daryl Nagel, Senior Youth Minister

Brenda Martinez Junior Youth Minister

Louis Leanos, Stewardship & Technology Director

Liz Rogers, Music Director

Carl London, Facilities Manager

Javier De Alva Garza, Facilities Manager Assistant

` Emily Hunter, Pastoral Council Chair

Bill Parrish, Finance Committee

Don O’Toole, Van Use Coordinator

Church Website: www.stjeromewaco.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stjeromewaco/

St. Jerome Catholic Church December 30, 2018

9820 Chapel Road, Waco, Texas 76712 • Church Office 666-7722 • Fax 666-4848 • Brooks Hall 666-6222 • CCE Office 666-6222

Vision Statement To love the Lord with all our hearts, minds and

souls and to love our neighbors as ourselves.

January 6, 2019

St. Jerome Catholic Church

Parish Office Staff Rev. James Ekeocha, Pastor

Karen Fell, Business Manager

Patty Augeri, Administrative Assistant

Preschool Staff

Bobby Jetelina, Director

Tiffany Burch, Julie Berger, Teachers

Sr. Frisca Guria, , Aides

Pastoral Council pastoralcouncil@stjeromewaco.org

Tim Asyn Julie Ernzen

Jeff Bauer Emily Hunter

Eileen Bentsen Ed Jasek

Peter Campbell Anne Peter

Amanda Chasteen

Parish Office Hours: 8:30 am-5:00 pm, Mon.-Fri.

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Saturday, January 5, 2019 7:00am † Bob Ryan

6:00pm † Jim & Beverly Oxley

Sunday, January 6, 2019

8:30am Epifani Family 11:00am † Carolyn Liberda

5:00pm † Jacob Field

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

5:30pm Members of Red C Radio

Wednesday, January 9, 2019 7:00am † Gayle Smith

5:30pm † Bob O’Berne

Thursday, January 10, 2019

5:30pm Special Intention

Friday, January 11, 2019 12:15pm † Loretta Hoenig

Saturday, January 12, 2019 6:00pm † Leon Andrus

Sunday, January 13, 2019 8:30am † Joyce Kostohryz

11:00am Marcella Kaska 5:00pm † For the People

Week at a glance:

Sunday, January 6, 2019

Building Fund Collection

Coffee & Donuts after the 8:30am & 11:00am Masses

9:45am-10:45am Faith Journey

10:30am-11:45am Children’s Liturgy, Jordan Hall

12:30pm Parish Epiphany Party, Mother Teresa Center

3:00pm Band Practice, Sanctuary

Monday, January 7, 2018

6:00pm Boy Scouts, Brooks & MTC Gym

6:00pm Women’s Society Board Meeting, 1AA

6:30pm Baptism Class, Jordan Hall

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

9:45am-11:30pm Bible Study, 3AA

6:15-8:16 Bible Study, Jordan Hall

6:30pm Amazing Parish, 3AA

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

6:30pm CCE, Brooks Jordan, Annex

6:30pm Confirmation Class, John Bosco Hall

6:30pm R.C.I.A., Raphael Hall

Thursday, January 10, 2019

6:30pm Rosary Guild, 1AA

7:00pm Parish Council Meeting, 3AA

6:30pm Waco Catholic Moms Group, Jordan Hall

2019 Collection Envelopes & Calendars

The 2019 collection envelopes and calendars are available

in the foyer.

New Year Message 2019

Dear brothers and sisters, greetings and happy New Year! The experiences of life have taught us that a New Year does not give us a clean slate, but gives us a fresh start with eyes set on a new horizon. Since we are participants in the mystery of the divine life her-alded in the Incarnation event, we can enter the New Year with a refreshed vision of faith, a renewed com-mitment to Christ and a fervent belief that God is with us always.

Remember, the joy of the Christmas season is that God pitched his tent and dwells among us. So, if God is with us, the end of one calendar year and the begin-ning of another does not change God’s abiding pres-ence and love for us. God is ever faithful and un-changeable, even though the circumstances of life and seasons of the calendar year do really change. As powerful as is the fact of sin and evil; there is more powerful presence among us as the Son of God be-came flesh and blood to dwell among us.

Friends, with the dawn of the year 2019, all of us en-dowed with grace have a journey to make. Jesus Christ becomes a permanent companion on this life journey. We are no longer alone in our journey through the dessert. Begin to walk with Jesus, make him the closest companion of your life. Make his Gos-pel, his Church, his Sacraments a vital part of your life. You will find gradually coming to life again within yourself a new man, a new woman, undeterred for the mission to make disciples of all nations.

As Church, let the good news of the Incarnation reso-nate in our hearts and fill us with potent passion and joy to bring Christ to the world in which we live. Trusting in the words of the angel, “be not afraid,” let us say a resounding YES to God this 2019. Yes, to the divine life within us, yes to the mission of Christ, the Church and our St Jerome church to make disciples. And we will be willing to risk our life as the gospel teaches.

I enjoin you all therefore, to enter this New Year with a renewed sense of joy and trust in the Lord Jesus. In the same spirit, let us reassure one another that our love for them “will be like wine, it will get more re-fined and more precious with time.” This is the true essence of our being in God.

With love in Christ Jesus,

Fr. James Ekeocha

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St. Jerome Epiphany Party

Sunday, January 6th

12:30pm

Mother Teresa Center

The entrée will be provided

by the Parish

Last name starts with:

(Please bring a dish & dessert for 8)

A-G cooked vegetables, or casserole

H-K potatoes, rice or starchy dish

L-Q salad, bread/rolls or fruit tray

R-Z relish tray, pickles, olives

or deviled eggs

The Sanctuary Candle is burning this week

in loving memory of Louis Valis

Our Gifts to God

A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will

himself be refreshed. Proverbs 11:25

December 23, 2018

Standard Collection $11,683.50

Building Fund $1,045.00

Children’s Collection $108.00

Online Collections $3,004.41

Total $15,840.91

December 25, 2018

Christmas Collection $10,458 .00

Children’s Collection $107.26

Total $10,565.26

Due to the bulletin schedule, contributions for

January 30th will be recorded in the next bulletin.

Thank you for your generous support of St. Jerome’s.

May God bless you. Fr. James

Employment Opportunities at St. Jerome

We have an opening for a part-time bookkeeper. If you are

interested, please submit an employment application

(available at stjeromewaco.org) and an updated resume to

the parish office. If you have any questions please call (254)

666-7722.

Game Day at St. Jerome

Come join your fellow parishioners today, Sunday,

January 6th, at the Mother Teresa Center for Family

and Youth from 2:00pm-4:30pm. Table games, such

as Dominoes, Skip Bo, Chicken Foot and cards will

be available in Raphael Hall. For more information,

email J.D. Kosarek at jpk81@grandecom.net

Readings for the week of January 6, 2019

Sunday: Is 60:1-6/Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 [cf. 11]/Eph

3:2-3a, 5-6/Mt 2:1-12

Monday: 1 Jn 3:22—4:6/Ps 2:7bc-8, 10-12a [8ab]/Mt 4:12-17,

23-25

Tuesday: 1 Jn 4:7-10/Ps 72:1-2, 3-4, 7-8 [cf. 11]/Mk 6:34-44

Wednesday: 1 Jn 4:11-18/Ps 72:1-2, 10, 12-13 [cf. 11]/Mk

6:45-52

Thursday: 1 Jn 4:19—5:4/Ps 72:1-2, 14 and 15bc, 17 [cf. 11]/

Lk 4:14-22a

Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13/Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 [12a]/Lk 5:12-

16

Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21/Ps 149:1-2, 3-4, 5 and 6a and 9b [cf.

4a]/Jn 3:22-30

Next Sunday: Is 40:1-5, 9-11/Ps 104:1b-2, 3-4, 24-25, 27-28,

29-30 [1]/Ti 2:11-14; 3:4-7/Lk 3:15-16, 21-22

Pickle Ball Demo/Workshop

We will have a Pickle ball workshop on Jan. 13 from

2:00pm - 4:00 pm in the Mother Teresa Center Gym.

If you want to learn how to play the fastest growing

game in USA (outside of TX) this is your chance. It is

sort of like tennis and ping pong and bad mitten

combined. We will supply the net, paddles and balls,

all we need now is YOU! If you are interested please

call Bill McBride @ 224-6418 or E-Mail him

at bill_mcbride@baylor.edu before Jan. 11.

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Rosary Making Guild The Rosary Making Guild meets at 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm on

the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month in classroom 1AA

located in the West Annex. Cord and metal rosaries are

made. For information call Deacon Rae Carter @ 776-7624.

Faith Journey Class Join us on Sunday mornings from 9:45-10:45am in Raphael

Hall while CCE classes are meeting. We will not

meet the week of the MOSTJ pancake breakfast each month.

We are studying Epic: A Journey Through Church History

which comes with a workbook, timeline, bookmark, and

access to online videos. If you can’t attend, you can purchase

the book for $27.

Pastoral Council Upcoming Capital Campaign scheduled to run July 2019 –

December 2019

Continuing with Sunday donut fellowship.

Email us at: pastoralcouncil@stjeromewaco.org. For full

minutes, please see the Church Website: https://

stjeromewaco.org/pastoral-council

RCIA RCIA classes will resume for the New Year on January 9,

2019. May God’s blessings rest upon all during this Holy

Season and throughout 2019.

Women’s Society

Our next meeting will be on January 21st at 6:30pm in

Jordan Hall

Pot Luck Dinners

Join us for our fun and relaxing potluck. This will be

held after the 6:00pm Mass on January 19th. You can

drop off your main dish, salad or dessert in Jordan Hall

before Mass. Come and enjoy community at its best.

Knights of Columbus Council 13005 Take a little time to serve your Parish and community

by becoming a Knight. The dues are only $36.00 per

year and the majority of this goes to State and National

emergency relief funds. We meet on the first Thursday

of every month. We serve a meal at 6:30 and the

meeting starts at 7:00. The wives have an opportunity

to meet with other wives if they so desire.

Men of St. Jerome (MOSTJ) The Men of St. Jerome World Famous Pancake

Breakfast will be held in Jordan Hall on Sunday,

January 13th starting at 9:30 am. Breakfast includes

two kinds of pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage,

biscuits and gravy, fruit, milk, juice and coffee. All are

welcome. We invite new men to come help.

Information Bill Leek at 254-716-3416.

That Man Is You

That Man Is You! – Thursday Group meets at 5:50

am and the Saturday Group meets at 8:00 am. The new

semester will begin in February. Watch the bulletin for

more information.

Pro-Life Join us for a Rosary for Life at Eucharistic Adoration

(Sept-May, except January) after mass every Thursday

before First Friday in Ave Maria Chapel. Join

Catholics nationwide in praying for the respect of all

human life during a special novena called 9 Days for

Life from January 14th through the 22nd.

Visit 9dayforlife.com to sign up to receive daily

intentions. For more information, please contact

JoAnn Wiese at 254-772-8663 or jwiese@hot.rr.com.

Columbarium If you would like to find out more about the St. Jerome

Columbarium, please contact one of the following

Committee members: Mary Cunningham Hilliard 254-

722-7896 mcunningham@hot.rr.com, Bobby Jetelina

254-723-0652 bobby.jetelina@grandecom.net, Katie

Ryan 254-319-4040 kryan5213@gmail.com, Peter

Campbell 254-855-9597 peter_campbell@baylor.edu.

Scripture Study and Continuing Adult Education The classes will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. Anyone

who would like to begin Scripture Study in Jan. are

welcome and encouraged to attend. Books are available at

class. You do not have to be a Scripture Scholar to attend.

Classes are on Tuesdays: Morning - 9:45 am to 11:30 am

in Classroom 3C in the Annex or Evening- 6:15 pm to 8:15

pm in Jordan Hall.

Please call Deacon Greg George at 254-424-3061 if you

have any questions or want further information. Blessed

Holiday season to all.

Homebound & Nursing Home Ministry If you know of a Catholic residing in a Waco or Hewitt

nursing home or is homebound and not receiving

communion now and would like to begin receiving the

Eucharist weekly, please call Joe or Carole Anne Falsone at

254-848-8241.

First Friday Rosary We pray the Rosary on the First Friday of each month in the

Ave Maria Chapel at 11:30 am.

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Waco Catholic Moms Group

Waco Catholic Moms meets at St. Jerome Catholic

Church in Jordan Hall every other Thursday from 7-9

pm. Our group also hosts play dates, moms nights out,

and much more! For more information, contact

Mandy Sharp at (254) 640-0258 or

wacocatholicmoms@gmail.com. We hope you can

join us!

New Horizons

Our next meeting is Brown Bag & Bingo on January

8th. Join us at 11:45am in Jordan Hall.

Annual Men’s Conference

The 2019 Central Texas Fellowship of Catholic Men’s

Conference is taking place on Saturday, February 23rd

at St. Williams Catholic Church in Round Rock, TX.

This years speakers are Vince Young, Hector Molina

and Jon Leonetti. Register before Dec. 15 for the

discount price of $30. To sign up contact Mike Kelly

at 254-644-2272. The price after Dec.15th is $50

Ethics and Integrity in Ministry All clergy, religious, seminarians and employees, and

all volunteers serving in ministry to minors or the

vulnerable, will need to attend an EIM Workshop.

Please check the Diocese of Austin website for

upcoming Workshops.

Upcoming Workshop

St Louis Catholic School, Waco

Saturday

1/12/2019

10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Birthdays (January 6-January 12)

January 6, 2019—Lynette Allsup, Joseph Arnold, Emily Brown, Cameron Burch, Steve Fell, Natalia Garcia,

Veronica Morgan, Larry Snyder

January 7, 2019—Don Penoli, Bobby Strahan, Alexandria Blanton

January 8, 2019—Octavio Bustamante, Emma Campbell, Carlos DelaCruz, Ronan Tito

January 9, 2019—Julia Boarman, Chloe Fagerberg, Blake London, Antoinette Mitchell, Eric Ochoa, Jan

Rutherford

January 10, 2019—Ximena Bustamante, Jonathan Chavez, Jose George, William Myers, Emily-Lan Nguyen,

Ronald Rieger, Gloria Smith, Lee Ward, Kaitlyn Yezak

January 11, 2019—Paul Beseda, Grace Contreras, Anya Ocampos, Rene Oehm, Bruno Olvera, Sergio

Rodriguez, Jeremy Wilkey

January 12, 2019—Andrew Block, Michael Borucki, Eliasito Convento, Craig Kamradt, Alyssa Laurenti, Emilie

Marek, Kandace Menning

First Friday Adoration Eucharistic Adoration is a quiet time to spend an hour

with Jesus Christ. There will be no First Friday

Adoration in January. Adoration resumes Thursday

January 31st to Friday February 1st in Ave Maria

Chapel, starting at 6:00 pm and ending 12:00 Noon. Call

Bill Leek at 254-716-3416 for information.

Liturgy of the Hours

Liturgy of the Hours will be prayed each morning in the

Ave Maria Chapel on Wednesdays and Fridays, before

the 7:00am Mass and on Mondays, Tuesdays, and

Thursdays, at 7:00am in the Chapel. Everyone is

welcome to come.

St. Jerome's Music Ministry

There are a limited number of our music ministry's

Christmas CD's still available! CD’s are $10 a piece

and can be purchased in the church office during regular

business hours.

12 Day Shrines and Lourdes Faith Journey

October 4th- October 15, 2019—Visting Jeronimos

Monastery, Church of the Eucharistic Holy Miracle,

Santarem, Fatima, Braga, Santiago de Compostela,

Burgos, San Ignacio de Loyala, Lourdes, Carcassonne,

Sagrad Familia, Montserrat and Barcelona Sponsored

by: St Jerome Catholic Church, Waco, Texas. Spiritual

leader for the Pilgrimage will be: Deacon Greg George.

For additional information please call: Glenda Ruiz

(254)732-2404.

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† God Bless Pope Francis

† God Bless Bishop Joe Vasquez and Auxiliary

Bishop Daniel E. Garcia.

† God Bless our Pastor, Fr. James, and our

Deacons.

† Strength & blessings for Fr. James.

† R.I.P. dear Bob Ryan.

† Protection & direction for son & daughter.

† Safe travels for Carol, Rose & Bill, Joan &

George, Jerry, Ann, & all those traveling

during the holidays.

† Mary, health restored & strength.

† Marie & Louie

† Alice & Jim

† Carl & Billie

† A & B, bless them with a healthy baby.

† Prayers for all those who are sick.

† Leigh Ann & Co-workers family.

† Friend to find faith & way in life.

† End to abortion.

† Thank you St. Theresa, St. Jude, Blessed

Mother for answered prayers. Good health.

† Deacon Greg, God bless him with health.

† Son, N., good health, happiness, guidance,

safety.

† Daily Thanksgiving, good health, faith,

happiness, protection. For my extended

family, good health.

† Children to return to the church,

grandchildren to be baptized.

† Sister, niece, and family to find peace. Sister

to sell her house.

† Son, baby & wife to come home.

† For my two sons to practice their faith.

† My grandson, Branson, Son David & his new

family, brothers Jeff & John. Successful

family business.

† Prayers for healing for Paul & Reyes H.

† Sister Mary’s health.

Prayer Requests

PLEASE PRAY FOR:

† All the men and women serving in the armed

forces all over the world.

† Safe trip and blessings.

† In great thanksgiving to God for our family

harmony at Christmas

† Thanksgiving for Fr. James, Deacons Greg &

Rae, Sisters Sini & Fisca.

† Abby & Brandon, they are always loved.

† Jr. success in his business.

† Sherry S. to have quick recovery.

† Lorraine to find peace on her new change.

† Bless my sons, Erik & Eryn.

† Bless all my family & friends.

† Bless the world with peace & good health.

† Thanks for prayers answered.

† For Marilyn C, who just began chemo for

cervical cancer.

† For all those who are praying for Jim & Alice.

† Sherry, who is in the hospital.

† For Mary and her continued fight with cancer,

thank you with love.

† Pray for my sister & daughter to be healed,

family member to have a long life.

† Patrick.

Sick in Our Parish

Please pray for the sick in our parish, especially:

Clarence Boles, Debbie Braswell, Mary Clark,

Maureen Cotner, Kathy Crow, Ignacio Estrada,

Carol Friedman, Alice Gallagher, Deacon Greg

George, Francis Graham, Joan Jasek, James Kreder,

Carl Kuhnle, Marie Leanos, Aunt Myrtle, Linda

McDorman, Kaisley Moelle Moss, Jean Pedrotti,

MaryAnn Prochaska, Jean Reboli, James Rieger,

Mary Ann Rodriguez, Betsy Schwager, Richard

Skurla, Elly Smallwood, Steve & Marsha, Betty Strom,

Carol Treese.

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Faith Formation for Youth

CCE News

2 Jan, Wed, and 6 Jan, Sun – NO CCE – New Year’s Break 9 Jan – Wed, CCE begins again

Trivia Corner Who came to see Jesus after he was born, while he was in the manger? Luke 2: 13-20, Shepherds in the fields were told of Jesus by the angels. Matthew, chapter 2: 1-12, Magi arrived from the east.

Contact Christine Moore at 666-6222 office, (972) 955-7854 cell, or by email at: religious-education@stjeromewaco.org

Senior Youth Group

Sunday, Jan. 6: Life Night resumes

DCYC: Feb. 1-3. Sign-up now. Cost for early registration (until Dec. 21), $65.00. Late registration coast: $85.00

Save the Date:

DCYC: Feb. 1-3, 2019, Cost: $65.00. Sign-up now!

Catch up with us on our Instagram site. Follow us at “Stjeromesyg”.

Daryl Nagel, Youth Minister

Contact, info:

666-7722, office

254-715-8610, cell

E-mail: syg@stjeromewaco.org

Junior Youth Group

Junior Youth Group is for those youth 6th-8th grade. For anyone interested in participating in JYG contact Brenda

Martinez (254) 666-7722 or email her at jygstj@stjeromewaco.org. JYG will resume on January 13.

St. Jerome’s Little Flowers Girls Club Little Flowers Girls' Club is a Catholic club for girls ages 5 and up that teaches virtues through scripture, saints'

biographies and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. We meet one Saturday morning a month. Club meetings

begin in September. Contact Renee Clayton at: renee.clayton82@gmail.com, (509) 263-4501.

St Jerome Scouts, Troop 456

Scouts—for information on how to join go to stjeromewaco.org/boy-scouts or email hewittpack456@gmail.com.

Little Lions Learning Center News

If you have questions about Little Lions Learning Center, contact Bobby Jetelina

254-666-6222 or directorlllc@stjeromewaco.org