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COVID 19 Pandemic -Things to Know About Our Parish
Our pastors are working hard during this COVID-19 pandemic to communicate the gospel to our parishioners and the community by utilizing Periscope, Zoom, Facebook and our Website. After two and a half months of closure, the church reopened on May 4th for daily Mass at 9:00 am; Spanish Mass on Monday and Thursday, English Mass on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. The 5:00 pm Saturday Mass for English and 6:30 am Sunday Masses for Spanish began on May 31st and June 1st. The daily and week-end Masses will continue to be live streamed also, due to the need for social distancing with only 25% in attendance. For the in-person gatherings, masks are required, and bringing your own sanitizer is encouraged. The church will be opened daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm for private prayer and Adoration. Many of our ministries, music ministries included, are inactive until further notice. Our church is open and welcoming to our community; however, we realized our church community must consider their own safety and boundaries and are encouraged to come back on their own pace. For now, we are prayerful that an antidote and vaccine for Covid-19 will soon become available.
BEFORE COVID 19 -Things to Know About Our Parish
We celebrate the Eucharist with six (6) Masses each week-end. On Saturdays, our 5:00 o’clock Vigil Mass is in English, moderately attendance, It includes a wonderful choir that sings mostly the traditional music that Catholics have enjoyed over the many, many years. Our 7:00 o’clock Mass is in Spanish, with an amazing Spanish Choir singing lively and charismatic songs. On Sunday, our 6:30 am Mass is in Spanish and well represented with attendance, the choir is excellence. A wonderful beginning for the early riser. Our Mass at 8:30 am is in English, with a Gospel Choir singing those songs you are used to hearing in the Protestant churches, of course, the choir also sings a fair number of the classic Catholic hymns. Our 10:30 am Mass is in Spanish and the choir sings the classic Spanish songs for the Catholic Mass. Our 8:30 am, English and 10:30 am, Spanish are our most largely attended Masses. Our last Mass is the 12:30 pm, our Life Teen Mass, with a divine Life Teen Choir, singing awesome contemporary songs, that the young and old enjoy. The celebrants for the Masses - our priests - all give inspiring, teaching, relating homilies, giving us insight to the scriptures meaning and how it relates to our life today.
Our week-days Mass, starting at 9:00 am., is celebrated Monday through Friday. A Mass is also celebrated as 9:00 am on Saturday mornings. The Rosary is recited every day before the week-day, Saturday and Sunday Masses. The Holy Days of Obligation Masses – is at 9:00 am for English and 7:00 pm for Spanish, unless an otherwise announcement of a different time.
Need for a new beginning? Through the sacrament of Reconciliation, we receive God’s forgiveness for our personal sins, and are reconciled with God, the Christian community and ourselves. Confessions are heard every Saturday from 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm. Priests are also available for confession at other times by appointment.
Baptism for infants are administered only six months of each year – February, April, June, August, October, and December on the last Saturday of the month. Parents and Godparents must attend preparation classes. Contact the Parish office for more information
Couples planning for Marriage should contact the Parish Office to make arrangement with a priest at least 6 months prior to the wedding date so that proper preparations can be made.
Caring for individual who are sick is very important in our parish. Eucharist to the Sick - Communion may be brought by the priest or Eucharistic Minister to the individuals who are confined to their home. The seriously ill person is encouraged to request the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. Contact the Parish Office or one of the Eucharistic Minister to make arrangements for communion at home. Contact the Parish office for Anointing of the Sick.
Quinceañeras – The young lady must be registered and must be attending the program of Religious Education. Arrangements must be made six (6) months prior to the celebration. Contact the Parish Office for more information.
What does God ask of us?
An occasional remembrances, a small act of worship to ask for forgiveness, at time to offer Him our distresses, at another time to render thanks for the favors He has given us, to find consolation with Him. A place to have a gently, humble, loving communion with Him. Our Chapel is located within the main building of the church. You are provided with the best atmosphere for prayer and meditation in the presence of the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. This is an excellence place to meet the Lord Jesus, talk to Him and recover your inner peace and happiness.
Our Location/Telephone/Office Hours - 4025 Grapevine Street, Houston, Texas 77045 (One block North of West Fuqua – behind Kentucky Fried Chicken between Bathurst and Whiteheater) - See Map. Telephone Number – 713-433-9836.
Fax number – 713-433-3949. Office Hours are from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
Our resident priests, Fr. Brandon B. Nguyen, C.S.Sp., pastor and Fr. Joseph Huy Dinh, C.S.Sp., parochial vicar, are from the religious order of The Congregation of the Holy Spirit and Immaculate Heart of Mary. A Roman Catholic congregation of priests also known as the Spiritans. The Holy Ghost Fathers, Brothers and Associates bring a commitment of social justice making sure all people are welcomed and loved.
Our week-days Mass, starting at 9:00 am., is celebrated Monday through Friday. A Mass is also celebrated as 9:00 am on Saturday mornings. The Rosary is recited every day before the week-day, Saturday and Sunday Masses. The Holy Days of Obligation Masses – is at 9:00 am for English and 7:00 pm for Spanish, unless an otherwise announcement of a different time.
Need for a new beginning? Through the sacrament of Reconciliation, we receive God’s forgiveness for our personal sins, and are reconciled with God, the Christian community and ourselves. Confessions are heard every Saturday from 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm. Priests are also available for confession at other times by appointment.
Baptism for infants are administered only six months of each year – February, April, June, August, October, and December on the last Saturday of the month. Parents and Godparents must attend preparation classes. Contact the Parish office for more information
Couples planning for Marriage should contact the Parish Office to make arrangement with a priest at least 6 months prior to the wedding date so that proper preparations can be made.
Caring for individual who are sick is very important in our parish. Eucharist to the Sick - Communion may be brought by the priest or Eucharistic Minister to the individuals who are confined to their home. The seriously ill person is encouraged to request the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. Contact the Parish Office or one of the Eucharistic Minister to make arrangements for communion at home. Contact the Parish office for Anointing of the Sick.
Quinceañeras – The young lady must be registered and must be attending the program of Religious Education. Arrangements must be made six (6) months prior to the celebration. Contact the Parish Office for more information.
What does God ask of us?
An occasional remembrances, a small act of worship to ask for forgiveness, at time to offer Him our distresses, at another time to render thanks for the favors He has given us, to find consolation with Him. A place to have a gently, humble, loving communion with Him. Our Chapel is located within the main building of the church. You are provided with the best atmosphere for prayer and meditation in the presence of the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. This is an excellence place to meet the Lord Jesus, talk to Him and recover your inner peace and happiness.
Our Location/Telephone/Office Hours - 4025 Grapevine Street, Houston, Texas 77045 (One block North of West Fuqua – behind Kentucky Fried Chicken between Bathurst and Whiteheater) - See Map. Telephone Number – 713-433-9836.
Fax number – 713-433-3949. Office Hours are from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
Our resident priests, Fr. Brandon B. Nguyen, C.S.Sp., pastor and Fr. Joseph Huy Dinh, C.S.Sp., parochial vicar, are from the religious order of The Congregation of the Holy Spirit and Immaculate Heart of Mary. A Roman Catholic congregation of priests also known as the Spiritans. The Holy Ghost Fathers, Brothers and Associates bring a commitment of social justice making sure all people are welcomed and loved.
Our Religious Education Program
All Religious Education classes are held every Saturday from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. RICA classes for those 18 years old and over, are held on Sundays (10:00 – 1:00) and Thursdays (7-8:45pm).
Contact St. Benedict’s School of Religion for more information.
Contact St. Benedict’s School of Religion for more information.
Our Patron Saint - St. Benedict the Abbot - “Listen and attend with ear of your heart.”
If you are a current parishioner, we hope you visit us often to keep up with the happenings at St. Benedict’s Church. If you are a past parishioner, we hope our site will keep you informed of happening at St. Benedict’s. We hope you will look through our website and find out more about us and join us as we worship. We invite your involvement in our many ministries and programs and look forward to seeing you at one of our Masses.
Register as a member of St. Benedict the Abbot Catholic Church. Please click below and print out the registration form, or pick up on in the Parish Office.
Whether you are a parishioner of St. Benedict or someone seeking to know us better, we thank you for visiting our website.
Register as a member of St. Benedict the Abbot Catholic Church. Please click below and print out the registration form, or pick up on in the Parish Office.
Whether you are a parishioner of St. Benedict or someone seeking to know us better, we thank you for visiting our website.
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Weekend Mass Schedule
Saturday Vigil: 5:00pm Sunday: 8:30am, 12:30pm Horas de Misas
Sábado: 7:00pm Domingo: 6:30 am, 10:30 am |
Address: 4025 Grapevine St. Houston, TX 77045 | (713) 433-9836
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