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Dear friends in Christ,
We’re happy to welcome two new faces to our CtR community this week. First, Joe Russell has joined us as our new principal organist. Joe comes to us from Philadelphia and is a student at Rice University studying Music and Organ Performance. Rice has an excellent reputation for those wishing to study organ. You may recall that Joe’s predecessor, Dorothy VanDine, also came to Houston to study at Rice. She completed her undergraduate and then stayed to finish a master’s at the University of Houston (another great school for music performance), and has moved to New York City to continue her education and career. We’re happy to have Joe with us, and he’s fitting in fine with Bridget Wenk, our Director of Music Ministries, and the choir. He’ll be playing at the Saturday evening Mass and at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday mornings. Welcome, Joe!

Dear friends in Christ,
Welcome back! With the new school year underway (CtR School began this Thursday, Aug. 17 with 440+ kids enrolled in grades Pre-K through 8) and with the local Cy-Fair schools preparing to open next week, I welcome all who are with us this weekend for the first time or perhaps the first time in several months. The start of a new academic year always brings a spike in our attendance at Mass as people make their way back to church after various summer trips and vacations. I pray that this coming school year will be a blessing to our children in the community. May they be filled with gifts of wisdom and understanding. May it also be a time of joy and peace for the many teachers and administrators from our parish who do such good work in our local schools. God bless you all!

Dear friends in Christ,
This Tuesday, Aug. 15, is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a Holy Day of Obligation. Our Masses will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 14 (vigil) and at 9 a.m., 4:30 p.m., and 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 15. I encourage you to join us as we honor Our Lady’s assumption into the heavenly realm.

Dear friends in Christ,
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, which always falls on Aug. 6. When that day is a Sunday like it is this year it’s a chance for us to highlight the beauty and joy that emanates from Jesus as He was transfigured high upon the mountain in the presence of Peter, James and John. The voice from upon high that called out “Listen to him” should still ring in our ears today. Do we hear it?