Immaculate Chapel Hebbronville

06/16/2026

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 5,43-48)

Jesus said to his disciples: "You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.

For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brothers only, what is unusual about that? Do not the pagans do the same? So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect."

06/15/2026

Because of the scarcity of public schools, members of the Mexican community in Hebbronville -Asencio Martinez, Tomas Barrera, Dionisio and Severo Peña, Francisco Barrera and Jose Angel Garza- opened their own escuelita (Spanish-language community school) and named it El Colegio Altamirano. El Colegio enrolled students from kindergarten to sixth grade and imported its material and textbooks from Mexico. The first teacher was Rosendo Barrera until 1907 when he died, then sisters Adelina and Ernestina Carmona continued teaching. Then Miss Emilia Dávila took over, she was born in Saltillo, Coahuila and was a graduate of the Normal School (teacher’s college) in Saltillo. In her role as the sole teacher for decades and her pedagogical experience, she became the “intellectual mother” of Hebbronville’s children. Above, she is pictured with the class of 1911. In 1929, some women of the community with the support of the Franciscans, founded the Sociedad Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez to financially support the Colegio. After serving the community for more than sixty years, the Colegio Altamirano closed its doors in 1958. The building stands across the Scotus College. In 2019 the Sociedad donated the property to the Franciscan friars who currently lease it to the Head Start Program, a federal program that provides comprehensive child development services to the community.

06/15/2026

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 5,38-42)

Jesus said to his disciples: "You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on (your) right cheek, turn the other one to him as well.

If anyone wants to go to law with you over your tunic, hand him your cloak as well. Should anyone press you into service for one mile, go with him for two miles. Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow."

06/14/2026

The parish family of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Hebbronville extends its heartfelt gratitude to Bishop James A. Tamayo for his faithful and dedicated service to the Diocese of Laredo for more than 25 years. We also congratulate him with joy and thanksgiving as he celebrates the 50th Anniversary of his Priestly Ordination.

May the Lord continue to bless him abundantly, and may Our Lady of Guadalupe keep him always under her loving mantle. Thank you, Bishop Tamayo, for your witness of faith, your pastoral care, and your many years of devoted ministry. Ad multos annos!

06/14/2026

06/14/2026

06/14/2026

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 9,36-38.10,1-8)

At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest."
Then he summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.
The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;
Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.
Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus, "Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.
Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'"
Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give."

06/14/2026