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UPDATEs
HOLY WEEK MASS SCHEDULE- All celebrations are held privately by the celebrant and closed to the public. Videos will be streamed on Facebook and will be uploaded shortly thereafter on this site: (hover on Home for Holy Week page)
Palm Sunday: Mass in English at 10 am, Spanish at Noon
Holy Thursday: Mass at 7pm, Bilingual
Good Friday: English 3pm, Spanish at 7pm
Easter Vigil, to be streamed Live by Bishop Strickland at Stphilipsinstitute.org at 8:30pm
Easter Sunday, Mass at 10 am, English and 12:00 pm SpanishDue to Smith County issuing a Stay at Home order, Fr Paul will be coming into the office Tues Wed Fri and Sun - he will be working with the office closed to the public and will be available only by phone until further notice. In case of an emergency or for any other reason you may still reach Fr Paul or Deacon Ragland or Tracy at anytime. The church will still remain open for prayer following the guidelines sent to us by Bishop Strickland. Fr. Paul will be saying private masses with the church doors locked at the time he will say the Mass. The Mass will still be streamed live on our FB page @StBonifaceChandler. Will update you more as information is available!
Remember to still GIVE to support the Church and all her work. It's easy to do on our website, click on the DONATE tab and choose the category. TIthing is our biblical duty and brings great blessings....
A great resource for our Faith is the FORMED Catholic learning website. This is free through our parish, just paste this into your browser:
www.stbonifacechandler.formed.org The site is easy to navigate, has adult as well as youth (even preschool!) content and professional movies like Joan of Arc, with big-name stars!! Also, they will soon have Daily Masses streamed on the site. Get FORMED now! -
URGENT !! News from the Bishop and our Pastor
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Holy days of Obligation
Please watch (and participate as fully as possible) on this Site Fr. Paul's Holy Week Masses, or a streaming, live Mass on our Facebook page or EWTN television network. See Home Tab, Holy Week
Remember this is Holy Week with Easter on Apr. 12th. Keep this week solemn as we all pray and reflect in our solitude. Read the daily scripture readings, say the rosary or Chaplet of Divine Mercy and on Friday (Good Friday) celebrate your own family Stations of the Cross! Fr. Paul has also recommended a Prayer to Our Lady for Protection, see Sermon Notes under the Worship tab
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Announcements:
URGENT MESSAGE FROM BISHOP STRICKLAND:
The 2020 Bishop's Annual Appeal is off to a great start! Our parish goal is set at $15,000 and we have committments totalling 69% of that already!! Great job!
"Public Masses, Faith Formation/CCD, as well as non-liturgical events and public gatherings at the church effective immediately are to be discontinued until at least Apr. 30th due to the coronovirus."
See updates above for more on the video updates and frequent messages from Fr. Paul Key.
Our Annual Altar Society/Women's group retreat will be rescheduled.
Parishioners: Please send any address, phone or email updates to Deborah Pelton at winstree@gmail.com or to the church email address stbonifacechandler@gmail.com. Thank-you!VISITORS: Please sign our guest book and include your email address so that we can add you to our mailing list for bulletins and important news!
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Faith Formation
ATTENTION: ALL CLASSES for CCD and Faith Formation are being cancelled through the month of MARCH. Please stay home and be careful around others who may be ill! Handwashing is the best protection!
On Tuesday Evenings, the Adult Faith Formation class meets in the Community room at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend these classes. We start this new yhear with "Walking in Faith". JOIN US !
Childrens' Faith Formation (CCD) Classes - are held every Wednesday from 6:45 to 8:00 pm during the school year. Please ensure that your children who are not in Catholic school are attending these fundamental classes for their faith. It is essential for their spiritual growth!!
Get FORMED !! Our learning source is the internationally known Catholic web education tool, "FORMED" by the Augustine Institute. Use the link: www.stbonifacechandler.formed.org to create your own FREE portal to unlimited, religious education. See our Faith Formation tab for more information. Timely topics for youth, children and even material in Spanish is available..... -
Catholic Link
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Though these times are challenging, there are so many people doing amazing things for the Lord. Here is a list... The post People Doing Amazing Things In This Time Of Trial appeared first on Catholic...
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National Catholic Register
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By Tito Edwards | Praying the Dry Mass: What to Do in Times of Pestilence – The Modern Medievalist at Modern Medievalism +1 God’s Gift of the Periodic Table – Robert Kurland, Ph.D., at Catholic Stand.
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By Scott Hahn | Editor's Note: This excerpt is from the Postscript of the forthcoming book Hope to Die, which Scott Hahn wrote with Emily Stimpson Chapman. Hahn wrote this section...
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By Ed Condon and JD Flynn/CNA. | WASHINGTON, D.C. — After an ordeal that began nearly four years ago, and more than 13 months of imprisonment, Cardinal George Pell is expected to be released...
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Mass Times:
All public Masses, CCD and other classes are SUSPENDED due to the coronavirus.. Please pray for healing of those who are ill and for an end to this deadly virus! Stay safe at home and pray privately, watch online (see Home/Holy Week Tab during this time for Videos of those celebrations) or other streaming Masses until we are all safe. You can also watch Mass on EWTN Live TV, daily and Sundays (times will vary).
The church will be open for private prayer, from 8am to 6pm, daily, and on Thursday evening for Adoration (other than Holy Thursday). Please be mindful of the limitations on this (no more than 5 people at a time, designated spaces only, and at least 6 ft apart. (wipe down area after you have prayed). Be well and safe..... -
Word on Fire - Online Daily Mass
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Our Motto:
“To strengthen the spiritual growth of the community and to nurture personal relationship with Our Lord, Jesus Christ”
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Is 49:1-6Responsorial Psalm 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15 and 17Gospel Jn 13:21-33, 36-38
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Welcome...
...to our visitors and new parishioners!!
We welcome you with great joy to our Parish family.
Father Paul Key, Pastor -
Useful Links
- How to Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy
- EWTN LIve TV streaming
- Formed Catholic Resources
- Battle Ready- Mens' Group
- St. Gregory Cathedral School
- Bishop TK Gorman Catholic School
- Bishop Stricklands Website
- Diocese of Tyler
- Vatican: Holy See
- Texas Catholic Conference - Public Policy Voice of Catholic Bishops of Tx.
- Daily Meditations of Pope Francis
- US Conference of Catholic Bishops USCCB
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Catholic News Service
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Disease and death have darkened the world this Lent and Holy Week, with our societies shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, but "we know that...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Debbie Hill By Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM (CNS) -- Nadine Bitar wore a surgical mask and waited 109 yards from her home in the Old City -- as permitted by the Israeli Ministry of...
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With the elderly notably representing the largest demographic of lives claimed by the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Vatican’s top official on life issues has warned against selective care practices that...
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NEW YORK — Australia’s highest court unanimously acquitted Cardinal George Pell of child abuse on Wednesday, marking a stunning turn of events for the 78-year-old prelate who had previously been the...
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Contact Us:
Parish Office: (903) 849-3234 Email: stbonifacechandler@gmail.com
Pastor, Fr. Paul Key: Cell: (903) 372-1617 Email: frkey2007@yahoo.com
Website Updates or corrections: Deborah Pelton, Cell: (903) 288-8828 or email: winstree@gmail.com