1. St. Francis Xavier Parish Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish
St. John Parish
126 Hickory Street
Strawn, TX
Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:00 p.m. (English)
Reconciliation: Before Mass
Established 1912
St. Rita Parish
1109 Blackwell Road
Ranger, TX
Sunday Mass: 8:00 a.m. (English)
Reconciliation: Half Hour Before Mass
Established 1919
St. Francis Xavier Parish
Halbryan and Foch Street
Eastland, TX
Sunday Mass: 9:45 a.m. (Spanish)
Reconciliation: Half Hour before Mass
Established 1920
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish
1108 Avenue F
Cisco, TX
Sunday Mass: 11:30 a.m. (English)
Reconciliation: After Mass
Established 1920
PARISH INFORMATION
Parish Office
1109 Blackwell Road, Ranger, TX
Parish Office Hours: Monday & Thursday, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
If you need Fr. Reehan in an emergency (hospital, Anointing of the Sick, etc.), please call
Pastoral Staff
Father Reehan Antony, S.A.C Parochial Administrator
Ed Ferguson Deacon
Viridiana McQuade Bookkeeper
Ann Geasland Safe Environment Coordinator
Val Loftin Director of Religious Education
Vacant Youth Director
Vacant Adult Formation Director
Vacant Mission Activities Coordinator
In the Parishes · En Las Parroquias
St. Francis, Eastland Monday – Rosario (Rosary in Spanish), 7 p.m.
Tuesday – Estudio Biblico (Bible Study in Spanish), 7:30 p.m.
Friday – Oracion (Evening Prayer), 7 p.m.
Holy Rosary, Cisco Wednesday – Rosary 9 a.m., then coffee & donuts
1st Wednesday – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament after Rosary
Sunday – Bible Study on the Gospel of Mark, 5 p.m.
STEWARDSHIP
February 24 – 25, 2018
Holy Rosary $
Home Missions $
St. Rita $
St. John $
St. Francis $
May God bless you for your generosity.
Calendar of Events/Calendario de Eventos
March 5 Holy Rosary Altar Society Meeting, 5 p.m., Holy Rosary Parish Hall, Cisco
March 5 St. Rita Altar Society Meeting, 6:30 p.m., St. Rita Parish Office, Ranger
March 6 Knights of Columbus Meeting, 7 p.m., St. Rita Parish Hall, Ranger
March 10 Lenten Pilgrimage
March 11 Parish Pastoral Council Meeting, 5 p.m., St. Francis Xavier Church House, Eastland
March 14 Lenten Confessions, 6:30 p.m., Holy Rosary, Cisco and St. Francis Xavier, Eastland
March 18 Lenten Vespers, 6 p.m., Holy Rosary Church, Cisco
March 19 Games Night, 5:30 p.m., St. Rita Parish Hall, Ranger
March 20 Friendship Meal, Conrad Hilton Center, Cisco, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
″Everyone in need of a meal or fellowship is invited to attend.″
April 1 Easter Sunday
April 18 CCD "Annual" Talent Show, 7 p.m., Majestic Theatre, Eastland
April 21 7th Annual North Texas Catholic Men’s Conference, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Good Shepherd Catholic Community, Colleyville. Please visit 
April 23 Sacrament of Confirmation, Mineral Wells
April 28 First Holy Communion, St. Francis Xavier Church, Eastland & St. John, Strawn
Mass Intentions
+Holy Rosary, Cisco – SUNDAY, March 4th
Mass for the repose of the soul of Helen Gaeta
Requested by Autumn Frazier.
+ St. Francis Xavier, Eastland – SUNDAY, March 4th
Mass for the repose of the soul of Jose Angel Sanchez
Requested by the Hernandez Family.
The Path to Sainthood
Blessed Engelmar Unzeitig (1911 – 1945)
Father Engelmar Unzeitig, a young priest with Czech roots, was arrested by the Nazis on April 21, His crime? Preaching against the Third Reich from his pulpit, particularly against their treatment of the Jewish people. He encouraged his parish to be faithful to God and to resist the lies of the Nazi regime. As punishment, Fr. Unzeitig was sent to what has been called the “largest monastery in the world” – Dachau Concentration Camp, which was known for the number of ministers and priests within its walls. The camp housed 2,700 clergy, roughly 95 percent of whom were Catholic priests from Poland. Fr. Unzeitig was just 30 years old, and 2 years ordained, when he was sent to Dachau. Born in 1911, Fr. Unzeitig joined the seminary at the age of 18 and became a priest for the Marianhill Mission Society, whose motto is: “If no one else will go, I will go!”.
When a wave of typhoid fever swept through the camp in
1945, he and 19 other priests volunteered to care for the
sick and dying in the typhoid barracks, an almost-certain
death sentence. On March 2, 1945, Fr. Unzeitig died from
typhoid fever, along with 16 other priest volunteers.
Dachau was liberated by American soldiers just a few
weeks later, on April 29th.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Monday, March 5th
6 p.m., St. Rita, Ranger
Wednesday, March 7th
9:30 a.m., Holy Rosary, Cisco
MASSES THIS WEEK
Monday 8 a.m., St. Rita, Ranger
Tuesday 9 a.m., Holy Rosary, Cisco
Wednesday 9 a.m., St. John, Strawn
Thursday 9 a.m., St. Rita, Ranger Friday 9 a.m., Holy Rosary, Cisco
7:30 p.m., St. Francis Xavier, Eastland
SAVE THE DATE!!!
Lenten Vespers on Sunday, March 18th at 6 p.m. in Holy Rosary Church, Cisco.
SECOND COLLECTION
The second collection next weekend is towards CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES. Please be generous.
Way of the Cross
We will have Stations of the Cross during Lent –
Fridays at 5 p.m. St. Rita, Ranger- ACTS
Fridays at 5:30 p.m. Holy Rosary, Cisco- Altar Society
Fridays at 7 p.m. St. Francis Xavier, Eastland- CCD
Saturdays at 3:30 p.m. St. John, Strawn- ACTS
Soup or non-meat sandwiches may be provided at your parish after Stations of the Cross – optional.
LENTEN PILGRIMAGE
On Saturday, March 10th, our Lenten pilgrimage will start from St. John Church in Strawn at 7:30 a.m., so please arrive early. We need to leave on time to keep our busy schedule!
A thought in times of sorrow:
“There is sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.” Washington Irving ( )