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There will be 7 am Mass on Monday, 9/4, but then no other activities at the parish for the day. Enjoy the holiday!

Reminder that the Sunday schedule changes, effective this weekend. 7 am spoken Mass is added, and the 11 am Mass slips back to 11:30, to make room for Catechesis of the Good Shepherd between Masses. Please see the parish calendar for full details.

Remember that 8/15 is a Holy Day of Obligation (precursor of word "holiday"). Masses at 7 am, noon, and 6 pm (4 adult confirmations in the 6 pm). Parish office is closed and no appointments for the day. Normal evening schedule is moot because of the evening Mass. See parish calendar for more details.

Fr. Bolin will be going out of town after the 7am Mass on Tuesday, July 25th and will be gone through Wednesday, July 26th. There will be no Confessions on 7/25 & 7/26, and no daily Mass on 7/26. The regular schedule will resume as normal on Friday 7/28.

Fr. Bolin leaves for his canonical retreat after the 7am Mass on Monday, July 10th and will be gone through Friday, July 14th.

Recognizing that most people will be enjoying 4th of July festivities, getting ready for fireworks, etc., the 5-7 pm time of confessions, Adoration, Evening Prayer, and Benediction is cancelled for tonight. Pray for America!

The parish office will be closed 7/3 - 7/4. Daily Mass and Confession will still be taking place, at the normal scheduled times.

We will be having our first Vacation Bible School July 24th - 28th. The theme is 'A Journey Through the Sacraments'. The ages are 4-10 years old (older kids can be helpers). Children must be potty-trained to attend. There will be a small fee per family, which will be collected on the first day of VBS. You can register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXehHO_k4OGs0QBA8VIfS-gwnnDt-8nrxkyi4XLhuTZtvGPQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0 . Registration deadline is June 11th.

Tuesday, 5/23 - no Evening Prayer, confessions, Exposition. Friday, 5/25 - Father departs on vacation after the 7 am Mass, so no 12-3pm confessions. Regular Mass schedule for Saturday and Sunday. No daily Masses or confessions 5/29-6/1. Father will return on 6/2 in time for confessions 4-4:45 and First Friday 5 pm Mass. The normal schedule continues from there for First Saturday, etc.

Father will be gone on a couple of days of actual vacation 4/17-4/19, starting after the Monday 7 am Mass, returning late on Wednesday. No regular Confessions or Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on those days.

The parish office will be closed on 4/10-4/14. There will still be a regular Monday 7 am Mass, but nothing else on Monday, 4/10. The normal schedule of Mass, Confession, Adoration, etc., will resume Tuesday, 4/11. Friday, 4/14 is still a Solemnity, so have a meaty Friday.

Please look at the parish calendar for adjustments to the normal schedule, particularly regarding Masses and Confessions, for these 2 weeks - https://stbecketfw.org/events-news.

St. Thomas Becket is always looking for additional members to join our choir. Our adult choir is anyone 18+ and the St. Cecilia’s choir is younger than 18 (they sing at Mass on the 1st Sunday of each month). Please contact Rebecca Pope rebeccaannpope@gmail.com to learn more.

Stations of the Cross will be on Fridays during Lent, starting 2/24 and ending 3/31. Using Form I of the Stations in the St. Gregory’s Prayer Book, page 275, it will be in the church, starting at 6:30 pm, followed by a potluck soup and salad dinner, with bread provided by the parish, and NO DESSERTS.

On March 4th we will be discussing Natural Family Planning in the parish hall from 2:30 to 4:30pm for parishioners. To RSVP, please contact Audrey Elizondo at Audrey@FertilityCareFW.com ASAP.

The 2023 Bishop’s Appeal commitment weekend will be held February 18-19. This is our opportunity as a Parish/Parochial Community to unite with our Ordinariate family to support our shared mission of evangelization. Our Parish goal is $12,000. In the coming week, please take the time to prayerfully reflect on the gifts that you have been given by God and respond to Bishop Lopes’ appeal as generously as possible. Your participation is essential to the success of the Ordinariate. Please join other Catholics from throughout the Ordinariate in supporting this very important appeal next week. Thank you for your support.

The Adoration chapel is ready to receive weekly flowers beside the altar. A sign-up chart is on the outside wall to the right of the chapel. Your arrangement will be cared for & removed as necessary; once the flowers have been disposed of, your vase will be placed in the chapel on the left for you to pick up.

Lenten Discernment Nights for high school & college men will be held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. It will begin with a holy hour followed by dinner. Dates are as follows: Feb 23rd, Mar 9th, Mar 23rd, & Mar 30th. To register email vocations@fwdioc.org or call 817-945-9321.

Peter Stur of In-Ipso (Sign-up at https://in-ipso.org/god-within-2023/) will be coming to St. Thomas Becket for our Lenten Mission each Monday evening throughout February and March (Septuagesima and Lent). He asks for RSVPs by Feb 1. There is a cost associated, but it is small, and the parish is paying half of it. Please see the posters and flyers at the church.