Second Sunday of Advent December 6, 2015 Second Sunday of

Second Sunday of Advent December 6, 2015 Second Sunday of

Second Sunday of Advent
December 6, 2015
Second Sunday of Advent
December 6, 2015
Fr. Federico Capdepón, V.F.
Dean, Pastor
Fr. Damian Flanagan
Parochial Vicar
Mrs. Mary E. Fernández, Ed.S.
School Principal
Mrs. Patricia Zapatero
Director of Religious Education
Roberto Berrocal
Music Director
OFFICE HOURS
(Horas de Oficina)
Monday thru Friday/Lunes a Viernes
8:00am-4:30pm
Phone: 305-444-8363
[email protected]
CHURCH HOURS
(Horas de la Iglesia)
Daily/Diario 9:00am-7:00pm
MASS SCHEDULE
(Horario de misas)
SATURDAY VIGIL
5:30pm (English)
SUNDAY
9:00am (English)
10:30am (English, live broadcast)
12:30pm (Español, transmisión en vivo)
5:30pm (English)
7:00pm (Español)
DAILY MASS (Chapel)
Misa Diaria (Capilla)
8:00am (English)
7:00 pm (Spanish, Tue. & Thurs.)
RECONCILIATION
(RECONCILIACIÓN)
Saturdays/Sábados 4:45-5:30 pm
Before Sunday Masses if a priest is
available.
Antes de las misas del domingo si hay un
sacerdote disponible.
BAPTISMS & MARRIAGES
(Bautizos y Matrimonios)
For information, call the office.
Para información, llame a la oficina.
MISSION STATEMENT
St. Hugh Catholic Church is a diverse community of faith manifesting our love for
God through our generosity, and putting our faith into action by working together to
impact positively the lives of our parishioners, visitors and the community in general.
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December 6, 2015
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Lecturas de la semana
Sunday
Second Sunday of Advent
Bar 5:1-9; Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5,
6; Phil 1:4-6, 8-11; Lk 3:1-6
Monday
Saint Ambrose, Bishop and
Doctor of the Church
Is 35:1-10; Ps 89:9ab, 10, 1112, 13-14; Lk 5:17-26
Tuesday
THE IMMACULATE
CONCEPTION OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Gn 3:9-15, 20; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab,
3cd-4; Eph 1:3-6, 11-12; Lk
1:26-38
Wednesday Is 40:25-31; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8,
10; Mt 11:28-30
Thursday
Is 41:13-20; Ps 145:1, and 9,
10-11, 12-13ab; Mt 11:11-15
Friday
Saint Damasus I, Pope
Is 48:17-19; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6;
Mt 11:16-19
Saturday
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a, 12:1
-6a, 10; Jdt 13:18, 19; Lk 1:2638 or Lk 1:39-47
2nd Sunday of Advent (Cycle C)
Pastor’s Corner
For the upcoming Christmas season, stores and businesses intensify their marketing
strategies and one can only wonder at modern techniques to increase sales. But
Advent, and especially this weekend’s readings, point out to us our great need for
Christ. If Christ had asked us to be in charge of announcing His coming, what would we
have suggested He do? Perhaps we would have rejected starting this announcement in
the desert. And yet, as Scripture tells us, “God’s thoughts are not our thoughts, nor
our ways His ways.”
John the Baptist, His herald, preaches conversion, that is, a change of heart to receive
the Lord. And he does this in the most humanly absurd way; yet, it is the most efficient
in order to announce the most important event in the history of humanity. We need
conversion. To believe is to experience it; and as long as we believe, we continue to
change. If the change stops, we have stopped believing. Conversion, change, is
reconciliation, living in union with God and with our brothers and sisters. We all wish
to live in joy and peace. But praying for God’s kingdom to come while we put obstacles
to that coming by our personal and social sins is bad manners indeed. This Advent let
us retake the right path in our lives. Let us walk with the Lord who cleanses us from
our sins today and always.
My sincere thanks to the members of Coral Cubana and their director Andrés Trujillo
for visiting our church and performing at Mass today.
The Christmas toy drive for the children of the Grove Outreach and Mission St. Ann in
Homestead is starting. We will be receiving toys until December 13 th. Bring a toy and
put a smile on a child’s face. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
“Could you not watch one hour with
me?” (Mk 14:37)
JOIN US FOR EUCHARISTIC
ADORATION
THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON
THURSDAYS IN THE CHURCH
From 8:30 am to 7:00 pm
“¿No podían velar una hora conmigo?”
(Mc. 14, 37)
ADORACIÓN EUCARÍSTICA
LOS JUEVES DURANTE TODO EL DÍA
EN LA IGLESIA
De 8:30 am a 7:00 pm
Fr. Federico
2o Domingo de Adviento (Ciclo C)
Rincón del Párroco
Con ocasión de las próximas fiestas navideñas, los comercios intensifican su propaganda y uno
no puede menos que maravillarse de la técnica moderna para vender más y más. Pero el
Adviento, y en especial las lecturas de este fin de semana, nos señalan la gran necesidad que
tenemos de Cristo. Si Cristo nos hubiera encargado de anunciar su venida, ¿qué le habríamos
sugerido? Tal vez hubiéramos rechazado iniciar este anuncio en el desierto. Sin embargo,
como nos dice la Sagrada Escritura, “los pensamientos de Dios no son nuestros pensamientos,
ni nuestros caminos son los caminos del Señor”.
Juan el Bautista, Su heraldo, predica una conversión, es decir, un cambio de corazón para
aceptar al Señor, y lo hace de la manera más absurda, humanamente hablando, pero a la
vez, la más eficaz para anunciar el acontecimiento histórico más importante de la humanidad.
Necesitamos la conversión. Creer es convertirse. Seguir creyendo es seguir convirtiéndonos.
Interrumpir la conversión es dejar de creer. Conversión es reconciliarnos, es decir, vivir unidos
con Dios y con nuestros hermanos. Todos deseamos vivir en la alegría y en la paz. Pedir que
venga el reino de Dios e impedirlo con nuestros pecados personales y sociales es una mala
educación. Que en este Adviento tomemos de nuevo el sentido recto de nuestras vidas.
Caminemos junto al Señor que hoy y siempre nos purifica de nuestros pecados.
Gracias de corazón a la Coral Cubana y su director Andrés Trujillo por acompañarnos hoy en
la celebración de la Eucaristía..
La recolección de juguetes para los niños del Grove Outreach y Misión Santa Ana en
Homestead ha comenzado. Recibiremos juguetes hasta el 13 de diciembre. Traiga un juguete
y haga sonreir a un niño. Gracias desde ahora por su generosidad.
P. Federico
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STEWARDSHIP IN ACTION
COMUNIDAD EN ACCIÓN
MASS INTENTIONS
Intenciones Misas
Sat/Sab, December 5
5:30 pm
 Eugenia Colmenares
 María H. Vázquez
Sun/Dom, December 6
9:00 am
 Anthony Sosso
 José M. Rodríguez Haded
The St. Hugh-Steinway Concert Series
presented violinist Aisha Syed on Friday,
November 20. Congratulations to artistic
director Roberto Berrocal and to the committee
for bringing us such outstanding artists
throughout the year.
La serie de Conciertos St. Hugh-Steinway
presentó a la violinista Aisha Syed el viernes 20 de
noviembre. Felicitaciones a su director artístico
Roberto Berrocal y al comité de la serie por presentar
en St. Hugh a estos excelentes artistas.
With the lighting of the Advent wreath on
November 29, the community started the
celebration of the season of Advent in preparation
for Christmas. Let us prepare the way of the Lord!
Al encender la corona de Adviento el 29 de
noviembre, la comunidad comenzó la celebración del
tiempo de Adviento en preparación para la Navidad.
¡Preparemos el camino del Señor!
LET US PRAY FOR / Oremos por
Lila Cruz, Hannah Moss, Annette Méndez, Andrés Hidalgo, Carlos y Martha Zapatero,
Jacques Vera, Morelia Campos, Danilo Argote, Sister Barbara Makar, John Amador, Marcela
Gómez, Martha Gómez, Darío Pulgarín, Fr. Manuel (Tito) Soler, Charlie Winchester,
Milagros Segarra, Catherine Gallego, Jake Mark Lugo, Esperanzita Noriega, Evelyn Sandoval,
Marcia Besada, Carmen Dono, Olga Alonso, Eduardo Gómez, Raquel Alvarez, Luis
Rodríguez, Gabriel Medina, Wilfrido Díaz, Jennifer Cameron-Hew, Hilda Parisi, Maryann
Zappala, Patricia Cardona, Jaimito Cruz, Carmen Naquin Hebert, Shafia Sánchez, Eddy
Valdés, Orlando Telles, Angie Crespo, Nancy Bernaldes, Marialis Mercedes Masa, Grisel
Llerena, María Beatriz, Vicente Bononi do Valle, Gladys Giner, Armando Otero, Nancy
Solano, Sister Kathleen Donnelly, Linda Mayers, Tania Pérez. Marta Yee Vinas, Ricardo
Rumbos, Enrique Consuegra, Peter Alzola, Miriam Castillo, María Elena Cruz, Rafael Flores,
Rosa Machado, Gloria Beyra, Elyna Pérez, for the members of our armed forces, their
families and all victims of war.
10:30 am
Thanksgiving Alejandro
Posada
 Peggy Saenz
12:30 pm
 Alina Cepero
 Evelio Sotolongo
 Luis Iglesias
5:30 pm
 Melissa Rodríguez
 Michael Harrington
7:00 pm
Por la salud de Sandra DuqueMorella
 Deliza Rodríguez
Mon/Lun, December 7
8:00 am
 Sister Luisa María Valdés
 Lucille Mary Owocki
 David & Michael Superville
Tue/Mar, December 8
8:00 am
School & Parish Community
6:30 pm
Parish Community
Wed/Mier, December 9
8:00 am
 Eugenio Ramón Navarro
 Hilda de Cols
Thu/Jue, December 10
8:00 am
Thanksgiving Sebastián Lazo
7:00 pm
Acción de Gracias Michael
Contreras
 Luis Moncada
Fri/Vier, December 11
8:00 am
 Florence S. Ferré
THE IMMACULATE
CONCEPTION
DECEMBER 8th
IS A HOLY DAY OF
OBLIGATION
LA INMACULADA CONCEPCIÓN
8 DE DICIEMBRE
ES FIESTA DE OBLIGACIÓN
Mass in English 8:00 am
Bilingual Mass 6:30 pm
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St. Hugh
MINISTRIES
Ministerios
Altar Servers: Juan Alayo
[email protected]
Bible Classes: Karen Bonvecchio
[email protected]
CCD: Patricia Zapatero
[email protected]
Centering Prayer: Maritza Ramos
[email protected]
Clases de Biblia: Patricia Zapatero
[email protected]
Emmaus Men: Manuel Núñez
[email protected]
Emmaus Women: Claudia Martínez
[email protected]
Encuentro en la Palabra:
Milagros Contreras
[email protected]
Grove for Ghana: Bob Dudley
[email protected]
Grove Outreach: Lily Montero
[email protected]
December 13
Health and Wellness:
María Socorro Torres-Burgos
[email protected]
Job Bank: Marta Carbonell
[email protected]
Knights of Columbus: Marc Spinola
[email protected]
Marriage Covenant Experience:
Joe & Jane Mastrucci
[email protected]
Matrimonios en Victoria:
Rolando & Irene Silva
[email protected]
Mindo Medical Mission:
Jason Gaetan
[email protected]
Ministry to the Sick:
Mariana Caballero
[email protected]
Music Director: Roberto Berrocal
[email protected]
Pastoral Ministry Coordinator:
Cristina Fundora
[email protected]
RCIA: Cristina Fundora
[email protected]
RICA: Eleazar & Leticia Terán
[email protected]
Sunday, December 6
Second Sunday of Advent
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MINISTRIES
Ministerios
ST. HUGH NEWS
NOTICIAS DE LA PARROQUIA
Congratulations to all the women who are taking part in the Emmaus
Retreat in Spanish, this weekend. We thank all the volunteers for their hard
work. Let us keep them in our prayers. The next retreat, in English, will be held
April 15-17, 2016.
Felicitaciones a todas las mujeres que participan en el retiro de Emaús en español
este fin de semana. Gracias a todas las voluntarias por su trabajo. Oremos por ellas. El
próximo retiro, en inglés, tendrá lugar del 15 al 17 de abril de 2016.
Congratulations and thank you to the members of Coral Cubana and director
Andrés Trujillo for their performance of the Christmas Cantata at the 12:30 pm
Mass this Sunday.
Felicitaciones y sinceras gracias a los miembros de la Coral Cubana y su director
Andrés Trujillo por su presentación de la Cantata de Navidad en la misa de las 12:30
pm hoy.
The feast of the Immaculate Conception is Tuesday, December 8th. It is a
holy day of obligation. There will be a Mass at 8 am in English, and a bilingual
Mass at 6:30 pm, both in the church. No Mass in the chapel this evening.
La fiesta de la Inmaculada Concepción es el martes 8 de diciembre. Es fiesta de
obligación. Las misas son a las 8 am en inglés y a las 6:30 pm, bilingüe, ambas en la
iglesia. No habrá misa en la capilla ese día.
The Christmas toy drive for the children of the Grove Outreach and Mission
St. Ann in Homestead has started. We will be receiving toys until December 13 th.
Bring a toy and put a smile on a child’s face. Thank you in advance for your
generosity.
La recolección de juguetes para los niños del Grove Outreach y Misión Santa Ana
en Homestead ha comenzado. Recibiremos juguetes hasta el 13 de diciembre. Traiga
un juguete y haga sonreir a un niño. Gracias desde ahora por su generosidad.
Come have your picture taken with St. Nicholas today, after the 9 am, 10:30
am and12:30 pm Masses and help the Youth Group raise funds for their activities.
Venga y tómese una foto con San Nicolás hoy después de las misas de 9 am, 10:30
am y 12:30 pm. Ayudemos al grupo juvenil a recaudar fondos para sus actividades.
Catholic Relief Services is committed to alleviating the refugee families who
flee the poverty and strife in the Middle East in hope of a better future for their
children. Please help! Visit their website, www.crs.org, or the St. Hugh webpage,
to donate.
Catholic Relief Services está comprometido en brindar alivio a las familias de
refugiados que huyen de la pobreza y la lucha en el Medio Oriente en busca de un
futuro mejor para sus hijos. ¡Usted puede ayudar! Visite su página web, www.crs.org, o
la página de St. Hugh para hacer su donación.
Our catechumens and candidates have begun their journey towards Easter
with the Rite of Acceptance celebrated Sunday, November 22. Please keep all of
them in your prayers that God will give them light as they seek to join the
Catholic Church.
Nuestros catecúmenos y candidatos han comenzado su trayecto hacia la Pascua con
el Rito de Acogida que celebramos el domingo 22 de noviembre. Ténganlos presente en
sus oraciones para que el Señor los ilumine en su preparación para unirse a la Iglesia
Católica.
Respect Life: Yamileth Rivera
[email protected]
School News: Julie Méndez
[email protected]
Spanish Choir: Andrés Trujillo
[email protected]
St. Hugh Charities: Liliana Villanueva
[email protected]
St. Hugh Immigration Services:
Karlene Punancy
[email protected]
St. Vincent de Paul: James Hartnett
(Call the office)
Ushers & Hospitality Ministry:
[email protected]
Youth Director: Francisco Dueñas
[email protected]
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THE ADVENT WREATH
St. Hugh
LA CORONA DE ADVIENTO
The Advent wreath is part of our long-standing Catholic tradition. By the Middle
Ages, Christians adapted the tradition of Germanic peoples using wreaths with
candles during December and used Advent wreaths as part of their spiritual
preparation for Christmas.
The Advent wreath consists of a circle of evergreen branches with four candles,
three purple and one rose, representing the four weeks of Advent. The purple
ones symbolize the prayer, penance, sacrifices and goods works undertaken at
this time. The rose candle is lit on the third Sunday, Gaudete Sunday, the
midpoint of Advent, when preparation is now half over and we are close to
Christmas. The lighting of the candles symbolizes the expectation and hope
surrounding our Lord’s first coming into the world and the anticipation of his
second coming to judge the living and the dead.
La corona de Adviento es parte de la tradición católica. Durante la Edad Media, los
cristianos adapataron la tradición de los pueblos germánicos que usaban coronas con
velas durante diciembre, y usaron coronas de Adviento como parte de su preparación
espiritual para la Navidad.
La corona de Adviento es un círculo de ramas verdes con cuatro velas, tres moradas y
una rosa, representando las cuatro semanas de Adviento. Las moradas simbolizan la
oración, penitencia, sacrificios y buenas obras que se llevan a cabo en este tiempo. La
rosa, que se enciende el tercer domingo o domingo Gaudete, expresa que ya estamos
cercanos a la Navidad. Estas velas simbolizan la esperanza que rodea la primera
venida del Señor y la anticipación de su regreso glorioso a juzgar a vivos y muertos.
Second Sunday of Advent
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The POPE SPEAKS/HABLA EL PAPA
The Jubilee of Mercy / El jubileo de la Misericordia
Jesus Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy. These words might
well sum up the mystery of the Christian faith. Mercy has become
living and visible in Jesus of Nazareth, reaching its culmination in
him. [The Father] sent his only Son into the world, born of the
Virgin Mary, to reveal his love for us in a definitive way. Whoever
sees Jesus sees the Father (cf. Jn 14:9). Jesus of Nazareth, by
his words, his actions, and his entire person reveals the mercy of
God.
Pope Francis
Bull Misericordiae Vultus, No. 1
Jesucristo es el rostro de la misericordia del Padre. El misterio de
la fe cristiana parece encontrar su síntesis en esta palabra. Ella
se ha vuelto viva, visible y ha alcanzado su culmen en Jesús de
Nazaret. [El Padre] envió a su Hijo nacido de la Virgen María para
revelarnos de manera definitiva su amor. Quien lo ve a Él ve al
Padre (cfr Jn 14,9). Jesús de Nazaret con su palabra, con sus
gestos y con toda su persona revela la misericordia de Dios.
Papa Francisco
Bula Misericordiae Vultus, No. 1
Saints this Week/Santos de la Semana
December 7th, St. Ambrose. Born in Trier around 340,
Ambrose was elected bishop of Milan at age thirty-five. An
eloquent preacher and faithful defender of the faith, he extolled
the virginity of Mary and defended the divinity of Christ against
the Arian heresy. Ambrose died in 397, and is regarded as one
of the four original Doctors of the Church.
Diciembre 7, San Ambrosio. Nació en Tréveris hacia el año 340,
y fue elegido inesperadamente obispo de Milán a los 35 años de
edad. Predicador elocuente y fiel defensor de la fe, alabó la
virginidad de María y defendió la divinidad de Cristo contra los
herejes arrianos. Ambrosio murió el año 397 y es considerado uno
de los cuatro Doctores originales de la Iglesia.
CONGRATULATIONS AND BLESSINGS
To the couples getting married in December
Rick Omar Barrera & Melissa Beatriz Montenegro
Adalberto Alfonso & Kristell Marie Valverde
Daniel Travieso & Karelyn Blanco
Yaniel Miguel Cantelar & Lyan Zamora
Jorge Arturo De la Llama & Laura Márquez-Reyes
Raúl José Rojas Velasco & Mariana Elizabeth Fernandes Marín
Jorge Ignacio Portuondo & Lisamarie García
Javier Mesa & Jennilyn García
Luis Alfonso Valdés Bartroli & Karina Isis Alvarez
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BOOK NOOK
Recommendation for this week:
Rediscover Advent, by
Matthew Kelly, Franciscan
Media, $8.99
An invitation to look more
deeply into the spirituality of
Advent and prepare to
celebrate the birth of Jesus
Christ while renewing your
enthusiasm for being Catholic.
Great for individual reading or
group study,
SACRIFICIAL GIVING
This
week
at
St. Hugh
Esta
semana
en
St. Hugh
St. Hugh
Monday, December 7
7:00 pm Bible Class in English
Library
7:00 pm Encuentro en la Palabra
School Chapel
Tuesday, December 8, The Immaculate Conception
8:00 am School and Parish Mass (English)
Church
6:30 pm Bilingual Mass
Church
7:00 pm Ignite Middle School Group
Library & Music Room
7:00 pm Confirmation 2 Class
Social Studies Room
7:00 pm Centering Prayer
School Chapel
7:15 pm Pre-Baptismal Class (Spanish)
5th Grade Room
7:30 pm RCIA
6th Grade Room
7:30 pm RICA
7th Grade Room
Wednesday, December 9
8:30 am Bible Class in Spanish
Rectory Chapel
6:30 pm CCD Classes
School
7:30 pm Matrimonios en Victoria
Music Room
Thursday, December 10
8:30 am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Rectory Chapel
7:30 pm Lay Ministry Class
Social Studies Room
Friday, December 11
6:30 pm Girl Scouts
Library, 3K, 4K Rooms
6:30 pm Boy Scouts
Music, Social Studies
and other rooms
Sunday, December 13
Last Day of Christmas Toy Drive
Blessing of Baby Jesus at all Masses today
6:30 pm
EPIC Youth Group
Library
COLLECTION FOR
NOVEMBER 22nd
Colecta del 22 de noviembre
$15,422.35
SECOND COLLECTION
CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
Segunda Colecta
Campaña para el Desarrollo
Humano
$3,947.16
COLLECTION LAST WEEK
Colecta de la semana pasada
$16,309.54
THANKSGIVING DAY
COLLECTION
Colecta de Acción de Gracias
$1,085.00
PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE
If you own a paid up life insurance policy that is no longer required for its
original purpose, you might consider making it a gift to the parish. Contact
your financial advisor and ask about the tax advantages of such a gift.
PLANEANDO PARA EL FUTURO
Si usted posee un seguro de vida ya pagado que no es necesario para sus fines
originales, usted podría considerar el donárselo a su parroquia como un regalo.
Póngase en contacto con su asesor y pregúntele acerca de las ventajas fiscales de
su donación.
Second Sunday of Advent
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Thanksgiving
School
Mass
Thanksgiving Day has special meaning for us for we know that gratitude lies at the very heart of
stewardship. Saint Hugh School and Church showed their gratitude by giving back to the
community with a bountiful collection of food that was represented in the offertory during our
Thanksgiving school mass. The congregation was welcomed by the second grade class as they
were gathered in front of the altar dressed as Indians and pilgrims. The mass was filled with
uplifting songs of thanks and praise sung by the second and third graders.
At the conclusion of the Mass the students who represented the school through various fall
team sports were recognized and the November students of the month were honored for their
demonstration of what encompasses the spirit of Saint Hugh. We have much to be thankful
for!
Virtue of the Month:
GOODNESS
During the month of December, St. Hugh students will
focus on the virtue of Goodness. Goodness is
recognizing we are made in the image and likeness of
God, and making choices to demonstrate our love for
God and our neighbor. They will learn the story of the
first saint of Chile, Saint Teresa de los Andes.
She was an ordinary person, yet she focused her life on
Jesus and tried to love others as He loves them.
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St. Hugh
First Grade Thanksgiving
Celebration
Celebrating Thanksgiving with her students is by far one of
the first grade teacher’s, Mrs. Rico, favorite things to do. “It
is a time that we set aside just to give thanks for all our
blessings.” To celebrate the season, the first graders
prepared a Thanksgiving Prayer Celebration for their parents.
Dressed in beautiful fall clothes, the children recited an
animated version of the poem “T’was the Night Before
Thanksgiving”, and also sang for their families. They gathered
with their parents around the table to pray before enjoying a
fun and delicious feast blessed by Father Damian. Thank you
to all the moms, dads, and grandparents that came and help
make it such a special time.
On Friday, November 20, St. Hugh students and faculty celebrated the feast day of
Saint Hugh with the annual field day where they enjoyed different athletic events,
among them this tug-of-war between teams led by Fr. Federico and our principal,
Mrs. Fernández.