A parish of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, served by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
There will be a Pancake Breakfast for Parish Relief, sponsored by the Mater Dei Knights of Columbus, on Sunday, Jan. 21st. A Pancake breakfast will be served after the 9am High Mass;
Lunch and remaining pancakes will be served after 11:30 am Mass.
As a reminder, the Pancake Breakfast is a fundraiser for the needy of Mater Dei Parish. Your suggested donation
of $5 per adult and $3 per child supports the Parish Relief Fund
Due to changing life circumstances for some of our choir members, we are losing a few mid-year here. We are about to start our preparations for Lent/Holy Week, and the many feasts of the Easter season thereafter.
If you have any singing experience (or can play organ!), can read/understand music notation, please consider contacting me to join one of the choirs! We are especially in need of some new men.
Maybe you are new to the parish and considering it: now would be a great time to jump in!
*Special Note: if you have children, please know that we have an allowance for preschool+ children in the choir loft if they need to be with you.*
Please contact me at music@materdeiparish.com ASAP if you are interested in joining the choir program.
Thank you!
Kimberly Walters – Mater Dei Music Director
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There will be buses from Mater Dei Parish to the North Texas March for Life on January 20th.
Buses will load at the Mater Dei parking lot at 11:45am, then travel to the Cathedral of Guadalupe on Ross Ave at Pearl St. in Dallas. Participation in the March for Life is set for 12:30 to 2:30pm. This will be followed by a social event. The bus will load at approximately 4:00pm, for the return to the Mater Dei parking lot.
Please sign up to reserve your spot on the bus
https://materdeiparish.com/busreservations
In order to know how many buses we need to get, the dead line to Sign-up is Friday, Jan.12th by noon.
2nd Annual Adult Family Conference:
The Temperament God Gave You
With Guest Speakers and Authors Art & Laraine Bennett
With decades of study, prayer and practical experience, Art and Laraine will show us how to identify our own temperament and use it to help fulfill God’s calling in our life.
The conference will consist of three talks from the Bennetts, the Holy Rosary, light breakfast, and catered lunch.
It will be from 9am to 4pm with a book signing afterwards. Mater Dei Parishioner registration will be from Jan. 7 – Jan. 20. Non-parishioners can register Jan. 21 – Jan. 25. Online registration is required $10/adult. Childcare will be $5.00/child. Spots are limited.
Please register online (link below) or in-person after the Sunday Masses, Jan. 7th, 14th & 21st
https://materdeiparish.
Conference Schedule for Saturday, January 27th
8:00-9:00 AM Mass
9:00-9:30 AM Light Breakfast
9:30-9:40 AM MC & Father Longua introduction
9:40-10:25 AM Art and Laraine Bennett’s Talk # 1: The Temperament God gave You – overview
10:25-10:50 AM Exercise #1 with the Bennetts: Temperament Test – – Do you know your temperament? Do you know your spouse’s temperament? Do you know your children’s temperament? This time is for each individual to determine his/her temperament
Break
11:00-12:00 PM Art & Laraine Bennett Talk #2: How does my temperament relate to how I communicate to my spouse, co-workers and friends?
12:15-1:15 PM Catered Lunch provided & Book Table
1:15-1:30 PM (Chapel) Father Longua Talk #3 : The Importance of the Rosary in the family.
1:30-2:00 PM (Chapel) The Holy Rosary
2:10- 3:10 PM Art & Laraine Bennett Talk #4: What now? Loving Encounters and not Just Transactions.
3:10-4:00 PM Exercise #3 with the Bennetts: Creating a Healthy Environment in the family; Reinforcing intimacy in all stages of the marriage.
4:00-4:30 PM Individual time with the Bennetts
4:30-5:00 PM Book Signing
1) Friday evening, 5:30pm – Epiphany water blessing, which includes some liturgical singing by members of the choir.
2) Saturday, 9:30am mass – high mass for the feast of Epiphany, with Schola Marianum singing. We will sing Victoria’s “Missa O Magnum Mysterium”, and choral settings of the Gradual, Offertory, and Communion chant propers of the feast, set by William Byrd, and one by Asula.
3) Sunday, 9am mass – Feast of the Holy Family
Music will be sung the St. Cecilia and St. Maria Goretti girl choirs! Music will include choral hymn settings of Jesu Redemptor Omnium, “Dies est Laetita”, as well as the chanted hymn, “Resonet in Laudibus” and possibly “Ave Verum Corpus” by Perosi.
I hope you find their sweet voices uplifting in your prayer at mass.
A blessed Epiphany to all this weekend!
Mrs. Kimberly Walters, Music Director