At Mass this weekend:
* VBS Song presented at 10:30 AM Mass - super fun!* Benevolence Collection
* SEED cards, as always!
* Sign-up for Marriage Encounter
Two Classes starting July 10:
The Oremus study program teaches you the essentials of an effective and fruitful prayer life. Over the course of eight weeks you will discover how God speaks to you, even in the smallest encounters. Following the Tradition of the Catholic Church and the wisdom of the saints, you learn how to express yourself to God in prayer, and how to hear his voice. At Emmaus Parish, in the PLC. Tuesdays, 6:30 - 7:45 PM with Greg Holloway facilitating. Material Fee is $20, please bring to first class. Click here to register.
The Eucharist: "The Lamb of God," "The Bread of Life," "The Body and the Blood of Christ"... these are phrases we know from the Mass. But do we understand what they mean in the greater and deeper context of Scripture and Church teaching? Acclaimed author and teacher, Dr. Brant Pitre, rigorously digs down to the biblical roots of the Eucharist, through its foreshadowing in the miraculous events of the Old Testament, the Gospels, and Apostolic teaching. At Emmaus Parish, in the PLC. Tuesdays, 9:30 - 11:00 AM with José Juan Valdez, MA, facilitating. Material Fee: donation. Click here to register.
Help Needed - Service Hours for Teens!
We have some yard work and clean-up work to do on our beautiful Emmaus campus. This is a great chance to get some service hours completed! Work times are the first Thursday in July and August, July 5 and August 2. Meet at 9:00 AM at the Parish Office. Even 30 minutes of time makes a big difference and is so appreciated! Keep Emmaus Beautiful!The Knights of Columbus Bingo Night on Friday, July 20 will be supporting FOCUS: Fellowship of Catholic University Students. There will be food and fabulous air conditioning! Come on out and support FOCUS! More information on Bingo on the parish website: www.EmmausParish.org/Bingo
Ministry Fair Sign-ups - Only Twelve Spots Left!
We are having a Ministry Fair at Emmaus on the weekends of August 18-19 and 25-26. All ministries are invited to participate and promote what they do. Information and sign-ups for ministry participation is here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409094fa4ab2ea6ff2-emmaus
Here are the ministries already signed-up:
Mobile Loaves & Fishes
Knights of Columbus
Ladies of Charity
Respect Life
Hispanic Music Ministry
Parish Social Ministries
Hispanic Ministries
Fall Fest Volunteers
Weddings & Quinceaneras Coordinators
Called To Be Friends
Annulment - Pathway to Healing
Rebuilding Life After Crsis
Liturgy Ministries
Criminal Justice Ministry
Liturgical Music Ministry
Emmaus Early Childhood
Men of Emmaus Prayer Group
Prayer Blanket Ministry
Welcome & Registration Committee
Welcome Renewal Weekend for Men
The Parish Office will be closed on Wednesday, July 4. The office will also be closed on every Friday during July (July 6, 13, 20 and 27).
Parish Directory Updates
We have begun preparing the Parish Directory (Guidebook) for 2018 with the hope that it will arrive at everyone's home in early September. Please, if you do not wish to be included in the parish directory (name, address, phone), you must call the Parish Office and let us know. THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO UPDATE / CORRECT YOUR CONTACT INFO with the parish - just give us a call! Directories are mailed to all those that are listed in it.
If you would like to take-out an ad in the directory for your business, please email beverly.aviles@emmausparish.org. Thanks!
Click the picture to enter the Auction.
Just Some of the Great Items in our Online Auction:
- Dedicated parking space for Mass
- Jazzercise membership
- Titleist golf balls
- CD of Paola Narvaez
- Rustic 'Amen' mantel piece
- Custom stone mail box, for your home
- George Strait in Las Vegas
- She-Shed furniture from Gala,
- And there's more!
- Dedicated parking space for Mass
- Jazzercise membership
- Titleist golf balls
- CD of Paola Narvaez
- Rustic 'Amen' mantel piece
- Custom stone mail box, for your home
- George Strait in Las Vegas
- She-Shed furniture from Gala,
- And there's more!
And the Funnies...
A husband was worried that his wife was losing her hearing and he thought she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure what to do, he called the family doctor to discuss the problem. The doctor suggested a simple test that he could perform at home. "Stand about 40 feet away from your wife," said the doctor, "and in a normal speaking voice ask her a question. If she does not respond, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."That evening the wife was in the kitchen cooking dinner, and the husband was watching TV in the family room. He said to himself: "I am about 40 feet away now, let's see what happens."
In a normal tone he asked: "Honey, what's for dinner?" No response. So the husband moved closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and repeated the question. Still no response.
He then went into the dining room, where he was about 20 feet from his wife and asked the question a third time. Again no response. He then walked up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away from his wife and loudly repeated the question. Still nothing!
Finally he walks up to her and calmly says: "Honey, what's for dinner?"
"For the fifth time, we're having spaghetti," said his wife.
Three friends were stumbling home from a bar one night and found themselves on the road which led past the old cemetery. "Come have a look over here," said one friend, "It's Michael Roseberg's grave. He lived to the ripe old age of 93."
"That's nothing," said the second friend. "Here's one named Patrick O'Grady, it says here that he was 99 years old when he died!"
Just then the third friend yells out: "Holey-Moley! Here's a guy who lived to be 145!"
"What was his name?" asks friend number two.
The third friend stumbles, and awkwardly lights a match to see what else is written on the marker, and exclaims: "It's Miles, from Dallas."
