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Today's Readings
- Good Friday of the Lord's Passion
  
  Reading 1 Is 52:13—53:12
  Responsorial Psalm Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25
  Reading 2 Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9
  Gospel Jn 18:1—19:42
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- Be servants to one another, pope tells prisoners before washing feet
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media, via Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) -- Jesus' gesture of washing his disciples' feet, an act once reserved to servants and slaves, is one that all...
- Pope to priests: Best place to be is among the people
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Just as Jesus always sought to be with the people to serve, teach and heal them, so, too, must priests always be in the midst of God's...
- Fire chaplain helped save religious artifacts from burning cathedral
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By PARIS (CNS) -- A hero emerging from the Notre Dame Cathedral fire April 15 is Father Jean-Marc Fournier, chaplain of the Paris Fire Brigade, who is credited with...

Holy Week Schedule

Holy Thursday (April 18)
        7:00 PM Mass (SH) – Adoration till Midnight (SJ)
        7:00 PM Mass (SP) - Adoration till Midnight (SP)
Good Friday (April 19)
   Noon Service (SJ)
   3:00 PM Outdoor Stations of Cross – from Memorial Museum to Sacred    Heart Church followed by Good Friday Service (5 PM at SH)
   5:00 PM Service (SH)
   7:00 PM Service (SP)
Holy Saturday (April 20)
   8:00 PM Easter Vigil Mass (SH)
   8:00 PM Easter Vigil Mass (SP)
Easter Sunday (April 21)
   8:00 AMMass (SH)
   9:30 AM Mass (SJ)
11:30 AM Mass(SP)
No 5:15 PM Mass

Divine Mercy Sunday (April 28)
                3 PM Divine Mercy Mass (SJ)
10-Day Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

Catholic Community of Gonzales/Waelder
St. James - Sacred Heart - St. Patrick
Join Fr. Stanislaw Fiuk
for a 10-Day Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus
March 2 - 11, 2020
$3200 Per Person
For more information please visit https://nativitypilgrimage.com/frfiuk-gonzales
Recent Deaths

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYER Joe Guevara, Sr, Margie Gonzales, Jerome Pavliska, Christina Perez, Courtney Flores-Ivey, Joaquin Gonzales, Sr., Mary Bea Arnold, Martina Contreras, Nicolas Espaza, Janie Pickering, Martha Hernandez, John Tabera, Julio Proa, Thomas Esparza, Luis Balderas, Ben Gallardo, Paula Castillo, Hinocencio Soto, Louisa Lopez, Rodrigo (Joe) Cansino, and all our parishioners who have died since All Souls Day, November 2. Requiescant en pace!

UPDATED March 29, 2019
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News from the Vatican
- Pilgrims say bare marble of ‘Holy Stairs’ brings them closer to Christ
  
  For pilgrims flocking to Rome’s famed Scala Santa this week as they commemorate the events leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion and death, the opportunity to climb the relic on the bare marble for the...
- Be servants to one another, pope tells prisoners before washing feet
  
  Jesus’ gesture of washing his disciples’ feet, an act once reserved to servants and slaves, is one that all Christians, especially bishops, must imitate, Pope Francis told hundreds of inmates and...
- Pope urges priests to know the names, faces of their flock
  
  Speaking to fellow priests Thursday, Pope Francis compared the flocks they lead to the crowds that constantly surrounded Jesus, who was able to recognize individual people, heal their wounds and who...