Anderson Food Pantry open Thursday morning
Due to a diocesan directive this week, St. Joseph’s will no longer raffle firearms. The year-long raffle will be finished out with the winner receiving a $500 Visa gift card instead. Winner number 40 will be drawn Sunday, June 5.
Anderson Food Pantry located, 367 Fanthorp St. will open Thursday, June 2 from 9 a.m. until noon. All residents of Grimes County in need of food may participate. For more information, contact Renee Fredwood, 936-873-5005.
St. Joseph’s annual Memorial weekend bazaar was successful as usual. The highlight of this event each year is presenting the “Mayor’s Cap” to a member of the parish. This year’s recipient was Rufus Pavlock. Raffle winners from St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Memorial weekend bazaar in Stoneham include: John Deere Riding Lawnmower – Kendall Funderbuck; Outdoor BBQ Grill – Patsy Arreola; $500 gift certificate – Marvin Burzynski; six $200 gift certificates – Rose Marie Faterkowski, Lillian Smith, Christe Piercy, Gilbert and Cathy Busa, Rose Marie Faterkowski and Bill Jones; Queen-size quilt – Kenny Corbitt; and five $100 gift certificates – Kim Allphin, Rose Marie Faterkowski, James Seigle, Tommy Tomkivits and LaVearne Backhus.
The Knights of Columbus Council #4054 honors the following members for their significant contributions to recent council activities in April. Knight of the Month was Fr. Eli Lopez and Family of the Month was Jarl and Donna Renn. The next blood drive and pancake breakfast at St. Stanislaus is Sunday, June 26.
Speaking of Fr. Eli Lopez, the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston is moving Fr. Eli to All Saints Catholic Church in Houston. His new assignment will begin July 1. Fr. Eli has served St. Stanislaus and Christ Our Light for the last five years. His replacement will be announced within the next couple weeks. A farewell and birthday celebration for him will be held at St. Stanislaus in Anderson after the 4:15 p.m. Mass in the parish hall Saturday, June 11.
Don and I hosted Fr. Eli, Fr. Adam McClosky and Fr. Ed Kucera for a good home-cooked meal at our home Sunday, May 22. We all had a delightful visit. After supper, we took a walk around our property (mostly to walk off what we just ate) and Fr. Eli took lots of pictures of the Longhorns. Anyone who follows him on Facebook knows he’s a big picture taker. Both parishes will miss Fr. Eli, he has been a delight to all his parishioners.
St. Stanislaus Catholic Church will host vacation bible school June 14-17 from 5-8 p.m. Register your child at www.myvbs.org/ ststanislaus. For questions, contact Jessica Prado, 979- 574-4806.
A Retirement Reception was held Thursday, May 19, for Connie Wetuski and Lisa (Lara) Hurst. These two retired from Anderson-Shiro CISD at the end of the school year and will be greatly missed. Connie is retiring after 19 years. She started her career as an aide at Anderson-Shiro then taught math and science to 3rd graders for several years. Connie spent the last nine years as the instructional coach - a job to professionally develop teachers. Lisa has been at Anderson-Shiro the last 14 years where she was a fifth grade science teacher and the Gifted and Talented teacher. Lisa has taught school for a total of 34 years. Congratulations and Happy Retirement!
Happy Birthday to those celebrating this week: June 2 – Hershel Perry, Jr. and Pat Raum; June 3 – Jeffrey Pasket; June 4 – Aryas Polansky, Cliff Mayton, Hayden Darst, Rachel Anderson and Angela Welsh; June 5 – Lance Schroeder, Sheryl Borski, Aidan Owens and County Judge Joe Fauth; June 6 – Holly Bankston, Carolyn Neuman, Charles Grassl and Kyra VanHorn; June 7 – Candi Hesterman, Cole Schroeder and Rickey Katkoski; and June 8 – Sean Winn and Ken Mock.
Happy Anniversary to those celebrating this week: June 2 – Marshall and Carolyn Ashorn, 49 years; June 2 – Donnie and Debbie Klawinsky, 38 years; June 2 – Greg and Reagan Hoffart, 15 years; June 2 – Joe and Linda Toler, 43 years; June 2 – Clint and Erika Capps, five years; June 5 – Walter and Judy Kimich, 46 years; June 5 – Robert and Holly Bankston, 18 years; June 6 – Tony and Betty Pavlock, 52 years; June 6 – William and Erica Borski, 13 years; and June 8 – Ray and Martha Biggs, 48 years.
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