O.M.I., was appointed pastor. Many improvements have been added
since Father Stanley Guzik O.M.I. cam to the parish. Chief
among these have been the construction of a new parish school and
the beautifying of the church grounds. Father Guzik is
assisted now by Father Thomas O'Connor O.M.I., who also is in charge
of a small mission in Pflugerville, Texas, located about 14 miles
outside the city limits.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church is truly an impressive
parish. As one stands in front of the church on Sunday morning
one can observe people coming to Mass in large numbers. There
is a special spirit evident here, a long-standing loyalty, a love of
their church which they have stood by through the lean years. |
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During this period of seventy-five years, many Oblate pastors and
associates have labored in priestly work in this parish. With
a most sincere "Thanks be to God", Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish and
its parishioners celebrate their Seventy-fifth Jubilee. God
has abundantly blessed this parish in the seventy-five years of its
existence under the Oblate Fathers. Truly the early Oblate
Fathers lived and worked here according to the motto of their
Congregation-which still lives on today-"He hath sent me to
evangelize the poor, and the poor are evangelized." What the
future holds for this parish the next seventy-five years only God
Himself knows, but if the spiritual and material growth continues
and parallels the first seventy-five years, the next seventy-five
will be truly golden ones too. |
