"How is it having a roommate?" That's the question I have been asked since Fr Al arrived to live in residence and become a part of our communities of St. Mary and St. Joseph. I actually have had three roommates through the years: Bridget, the Beagle, Y2K the cat, and John Paul, the cockatiel. They have been my companions in the rectory with whom I have had to relate to and take care of as I come and go throughout the day. The question might be "How is it having another roommate?"

Help couples explore the realities of marriage and to more fully understand how to have a sacramental marriage.

A Training Class will be held on Tuesday evening, September 19 from 6:30-8:30 pm.

(Remember, you don't have to have a perfect marriage to be a Sponsor Couple - both of you don't even have to be Catholic!)

For more information, call Carol Reissig, 936-582-2882 or Pam Alexander, 936-447-6994 or Marcy Felderhoff, 936-597-4638

Look for sign-up form elsewhere in bulletin. Please pass on this form to your friends and loved ones and encourage them to take advantage of this class each week beginning Sunday, Oct. 1st after 10:30 am mass.

Remember, this isn't a class just for those wishing to become a Catholic - it's also a class for those wanting to know more about what Catholics believe and why! Perhaps your husband or wife is a Catholic and you want to know and understand more about what they believe. Now is your chance to find out!

Come join us in a relaxed, informal study coming up this fall. If you would like more info, please e-mail Walter & Francell Busa at: rockbluff@mscc.net or call 936-870-4145

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Volunteers are always needed: sponsors, paperwork (filing, attendance records, etc), presenting lessons, preparing/serving food, etc

FR. ED'S BLESSING MAY BE GOOD
THE ARCHBISHOP'S BLESSING IS BETTER...

The 2006 Wedding Anniversary Jubilee Masses honoring Golden (50th) and Silver (25th) Anniversary marriages for couples with weddings in 1956 or 1981 will be held on Saturday, October 21st at St. Rose of Lima Church, 3600 Brinkman St., Houston, and on Sunday, October 22nd at St. Frances Cabrini Church, 10727 Hartsook St., Houston. Whether or not couples attend a ceremony, they are eligible to receive a special certificate from Archbishop Daniel DiNardo.

Couples wishing to participate are asked to please call the parish office [936-894-2223] and register their name, address, home telephone number and wedding date with the secretary. Deadline for registration is September 18. Soon after receiving the couples' names, the Archdiocesan Office of Family Life Ministry will send registered couples a letter with detailed information about the Masses. They will then have the opportunity to R.S.V.P.

R. E. Monthly News Buzzzzz

Hello Students. The R.E. Staff is looking forward to spending an AWESOME year with you. We have a new program with Great textbooks. The books are just great!! You will be amazed with all we have cooked just for you. Join us in the fun and excitement of learning about the MOST AWESOME SPIRIT in your life: JESUS! He is an amazing friend to have.

Everyone should be registered for their classes and ready to start on Wednesday, September 13th. Parents and students will meet in the hall for the Student/Parent meeting and to pick up your packets. Teachers will be taking them to the classroom. All parents and any students that are not registered will remain in the hall for an overview on what the year will consist of: Late registration will follow the parent/student meeting.

Parents, please volunteer to help even if it's once a month.

Dates to Remember

September: 6 Teacher's workshop and classroom preparation
9 am - 7 pm. Classrooms will be open for teachers to prepare their rooms for the students.
Teacher's workshop/meeting at 7 pm

September 13 Classes begin. Parents and students meet Parish Hall 7 pm

September 24 High School/Confirmation Youth Social 4-6 pm. Parish Hall. Look under Youth Social for Details

Bee Hive News

Bee Hive News will feature exceptional students and their monthly achievement. Look for your name.

Confirmation Buzz:

We are kicking off the New Year with plenty of opportunities for participation for our youth within the parish community.

We are very proud of our newest additions to the St. Mary's choir... Megan Fountain, Keslie Gonzales, Colleen Fuller, Joshua Welsh, and Justin Felderhoff.

Linda Armstrong will begin working with the youth on Sunday's beginning September 10th. They will sing with the choir the first and third Sundays at 9am and practice from 10:30-12 Noon. The second and fourth Sundays, they will sing at 10:30 mass and practice from 9-10:30 am.

A very special Thanks to Linda Armstrong for making it possible for the youth to participate in the Choir.

YOUTH! YOUTH! OUR YOUNG ADULTS WILL BE BUZZING ALL AROUND THIS YEAR. LOOK FOR THEM AND GIVE THEM A BIG HAND FOR JOBS WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Look for our Youth at the Fish Pond, Face painting, and Snow Cone Booths at the Bazaar.

The youth will be serving the after mass coffee on Sunday, September 10th. (Youth don't forget to bing your baked goods and come help serve.)

YOUTH SOCIAL: Fun! Fun! Fun! Sunday, September 24th from 4-6 pm, we will have our First Youth Social. Volleyball, Softball, and Refreshments-report to the Parish Hall in your casual attire. You will get to meet and get to know your Confirmation Classmates.

As you can see, we are counting on the youth to provide many services to our parish community. If you have any questions about the youth projects or would like to help on one of these projects, please

contact: Maureen Sykora - Phone: 936-448-2338 Email: maureensykora@aol.com

MANDATORY VIRTUS TRAINING
SEPTEMBER 14, 2006

VIRTUS training will be held in the St. Mary's Hall on Thursday, September 14, 2006 promptly at 7:00 pm. The doors will be locked and training will begin at 7:00 pm. The Archdiocese will be sending a representative to perform the certified training.

Those who ARE REQUIRED to attend from BOTH St. Mary's and St. Joseph's who are THOSE WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY certified from the following groups:

1. Religious Education Staff including Teachers, Aides, Hall Monitors, Confirmation Students, Office Personnel, and ANY PARENTS who are planning on visiting, sitting in, substitute teaching, or being part of any religious education program. Other parents are welcome to attend.

2. Altar Server Coordinators

3. Office Staff

4. Sacristans

5. Those who are involved in the Youth Choir Program

6. Eucharistic Ministers

There is no fee for this certification; however, if you have regular contact with CHILDREN in your church ministry, you ARE REQUIRED to attend this training and receive your certification.

St. Mary's Choir has begun preparation of Advent and Christmas music this month. If you have been meaning to join the choir but just haven't gotten around to it, now's the time!

Some special musical events coming up include a Taize prayer service in Remembrance of the Dead on Sunday, November 12; "Praise at the Pavilion," an ecumenical singing convention under our own outdoor pavilion on Sunday, October 15, from 3-5 p.m. (lots of singing and instrumental groups from many area churches, followed by a covered dish dinner in the Hall. All are welcome!); festival of ministries in September.

Join us at choir practice on Wednesdays at 7pm in the Church, and raise your voices in God’s praise.

Jubilate Deo!

The St. Joseph's Altar Society will begin meeting again in September. Our first meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 after the 9:00 am mass

Don't forget the Guardian Angels monthly meeting on Tuesday September 5, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. in the SM FLC. Come join us for some fun. Also, it's GAME DAY again. It will be on Thursday September 21, 2006 in the SM Hall from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00

At the regular monthly meeting held on Tuesday, August 15, St. Mary's Men's Club elected new
officers: Robert E. 'Bob' Armstrong, President; Larry Alexander, Vice-President; Ron Kloster, Secretary; Roy Champagne, Treasurer; and Neil Rosenberg and James Bochat were elected as Directors.

We wish to give a big THANK YOU to our outgoing officers for a wonderful job that they did: John Tryon, President; Steve Krauser, Secretary, and Nolan Ulbricht, Treasurer.

Sept 1: 1 Cor 1:17-25 Ps 33:1-2,4-5,10-11 Mt 25:1-13

Sept 2 [BVM] : 1 Cor 1:26-31 Ps 33:12-13,18-21 Mt 25:14-30

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept 3: Dt 4:1-2,6-8 Ps 15:2-5 Jas 1:17-18,21-22,27 Mk 7:1-8,14-15,21-23

Sept 4: 1 Cor 2:1-5 Ps 119:97-102 Lk 4:16-30

Sept 5: 1 Cor 2:10-16 Ps 145:8-14 Lk 4:31-37

Sept 6: 1 Cor 3:1-9 Ps 33:12-15,20-21 Lk 4:38-44

Sept 7: 1 Cor 3:18-23 Ps 24:1-6 Lk 5:1-11

Sept 8 The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Mi 5:1-4 Ps 13:6  Mt 1:1-16,18-23

Sept 9 St. Peter Claver: 1 Cor 4:6-15 Ps 145:17-21 Lk 6:1-5

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept 10: Is 35:4-7 Ps 146:7-10 Jas 2:1-5 Mk 7:31-37

Sept 11: 1 Cor 5:1-8 Ps 5:5-7,12 Lk 6:6-11

Sept 12 [The Most Holy Name of Mary] : 1 Cor 6:1-11 Ps 149:1-6,9 Lk 6:12-19

Sept 13 St. John Chrysostom: 1 Cor 7:25-31 Ps 45:11-12,14-17 Lk 6:20-26

Sept 14 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross: Nm 21:4-9 Ps 78:1-2,34-38 Phil 2:6-11 Jn 3:13-17

Sept 15 Our Lady of Sorrows: 1 Cor 9:16-19,22-27 Ps 84:3-6,12 Jn 19:25-27

Sept 16 Sts. Cornelius & Cyprian: 1 Cor 10:14-22 Ps 116:12-13,17-18 Lk 6:43-49

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept 17: Is 50:4-9 Ps 116:1-6,8-9 Jas 2:14-18 Mk 8:27-35

Sept 18: 1 Cor 11:17-26,33 Ps 40:7-10,17 Lk 7:1-10

Sept 19 [St. Januarius] : 1 Cor 12:12-14,27-31 Ps 100:1-5 Lk 7:11-17

Sept 20 Sts. Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang and Companions: 1 Cor 12:31—13:13 Ps 33:2-5,12,22 Lk 7:31-35

Sept 21 St. Matthew: Eph 4:1-7,11-13 Ps 19:2-5 Mt 9:9-13

Sept 22: 1 Cor 15:12-20 Ps 17:1,6-8,15 Lk 8:1-3

Sept 23 St. Pio of Pietrelcina: 1 Cor 15:35-37,42-49 Ps 56:10-14 Lk 8:4-15

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept 24: Wis 2:12,17-20 Ps 54:3-8 Jas 3:16—4:3 Mk 9:30-37 Sept 25: Prv 3:27-34 Ps 15:2-5 Lk 8:16-18

Sept 26 [Sts. Cosmas & Damian] : Prv 21:1-6,10-13 Ps 119:1,27,30,34-35,44 Lk 8:19-21

Sept 27 St.Vincent de Paul: Prv 30:5-9 Ps 119:29,72,89,101,104,163 Lk 9:1-6

Sept 28 [St. Wenceslaus; St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions] : Eccl 1:2-11 Ps 90:3-6,12-14,17 Lk 9:7-9

Sept 29 Sts. Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and the Archangels: Dn 7:9-10,13-14

Ps 138:1-5 Jn 1:47-51

Sept 30 St. Jerome: Eccl 11:9—12:8 Ps 90:3-6,12-14,17 Lk 9:43-45

Date	Mass Time	Intention	Requested By { } denotes the living
09-03-06	7:30 am	Cody Wayne Brill	Caroline Holub
09-05-06	9:00 am	{Bernard & Bernadine Syzdek} 53rd Anniversary	Family
09-07-06	9:00 am	Jimmy & Phillip Baranowski	Family
09-10-06	7:30 am	Cody Wayne Brill	David & Mary Ann Waters
09-12-06	9:00 am	Martin Herzog	Pauline Mock
09-14-06	9:00 am	Alan Hyman	Family
09-17-06	7:30 am	Charlie & Ophelia Burzynski	Charlie & Helen Burzynski
09-19-06	9:00 am	Frank Imhoff	Imhoff Family
09-21-06	9:00 am	Joe Wright, Marion Imhoff & Mary LeBlanc	Imhoff Family
09-24-06	7:30 am	Charlie & Ophelia Burzynski	Charlie & Helen Burzynski
09-26-06	9:00 am	Martin Herzog	Phyllis Hamilton
09-28-06	9:00 am	Living & Deceased Members of the SJ Altar Society	SJ Altar Society Members