SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2018 4:30 P.M. MASS – Stacey Beaubouef, Don Fontenot, Fran Meaux, Lloyd Taylor, David Dugas, Elaine Dugas, Elmo, Elie & Theolite Smith, Keith LeJeune, Ladies Altar Society, JC & Bertha Smith, Hubert Bertrand, Emily Adams, Evelyn Sandell, Johnny Vidrine, Benton Smith, Martin Goodly, Joan Bertrand, Madeleine McNulty, Willie Mae LeJeune SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018 7:30 A.M. MASS – Pro Populo (For the People) 10:00 A.M. MASS – Carol Deshotel, Leonard Beaubouef & Sons, Ryan Rozas Fly., St. Martha’s Guild, Mary Ann Goodly, Juan A. Lucero Castellano, Juan A. Lucero Ruiz, Milagros Castellano Perez, Guillermo Consuegra Garicia, Manuela Travieso Rodriguez MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2018 6:30 A.M. MASS – D.C. Reed, Jr. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2018 NO MASS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018 6:30 A.M. MASS – Richard Young (1

st Anniversary)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2018 6:30 A.M. MASS – Phillip Courville

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018 6:30 A.M. MASS – Frank Mougeot SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2018 4:30 P.M. MASS – Don Fontenot, Fran Meaux, Lloyd Taylor, David Dugas, Evelyn Sandell, Benton Smith, Martin Goodly, Madeleine McNulty, Jack Johnson, Ursin & Lillie Carrier, Alice Manuel, Helin McCauley Fly., Liv. & Dec., Seth & Jackie Chandler, Aurlene Guillory, Shirley Papillion SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2018 7:30 A.M. MASS – Pro Populo (For the People) 10:00 A.M. MASS – Carol Deshotel, Leonard Beaubouef & Sons, Ryan Rozas Fly., Taylor/Remy Fly., Liv. & Dec., Matt Taylor, Joan Bertrand, Bon, Gladys & Marsha Manuel, Richard & Neva Davis

_________________________________________________ Last Week’s Collection $2,951.00 BSA Total to Date (Quota - $11,609.00) $3,827.00 2

ND Collection - BSA

PRAYER LIST Tyler Alexander, M/M Robert Andrews, Amy Bairnsfather, Phil Beard, Charles Beaubouef, Tyler Bellow, Jocie Bergeron, John O’Neal Bergeron, Alvin & Sonja Billodeaux, M/M Lincoln Briscoe, Deanne LeBlanc Broussard, Ambrose Bushnell, Bernice Bushnell, David & Natalie Carrier, Linda Beaubouef Cazes, JoAnn Cormier, Brittany Courville, Jeane Daigle, Aiden & Renlee’ Darbonne, Louise Guidry Darbonne, Judy Davis, Donna Dunnehoo, Pam McDaniel Elliott, Noah Ferry, Mary O. Fontenot, Zaylen Frank, Tim Germany, James & Jill Gilbert & Fly., Elaine Giles, Tim Giles, Phielomone Goodly, Freddy & Becky Gorman, Dixie Granger, Rachael Granger, Vergie Granger, Charlene Guidry, Harrison Harmon, Joseph Harmon, Mildred Harmon, Esther Harmon, Jackie Hebert, Gwen Holder, Bob & Charlene Ireland, John, Shenita & Perella Jackson, Joey James, Paul LaFleur, Cindy Langley, Essie Langley, Brian Manuel, Jennifer L. Manuel, Kevin Manuel, Marlin Manuel, Wilson Manuel, Brandy McCarty, Christina McNutt, Leroy Meaux, Patrica Mikas, Glen Morgan, Clifton & Carolyn Morgan, Howard Patin, Sonya Pickett, Hannah Popillion, Ena Prudhomme & Fly., Jimmy Prudhomme, Ann Reed, Brenda Dodd Reed, Dara Reed, Gary Reed, Linda Green Reed, Don & Debra Rider, Salis & Janice Rider, Ann Rooney, Fr. Fred Russi, Pat Abshire Savant, Helen Sheeman, Lois Singleton, Yvonne Smith, Donald Taylor, Diana Tichy, Matthew Truman, Dollyanna Victorian, Kyle Vidrine, Hannah Voeller, Linda Voeller, Linda Weldon, Odelia Wilson, Nicole Young

Vocations Candle and Cross – Semonia Harmon Vocation Candle sponsors needed - $5.00 per candle

Marian Procession & Rosary Rally

This Sunday, October 7th, we have a Marian Procession and Rosary

Rally at 2:00 pm. at the Farmer’s Market. The procession with Our Lady will begin at the Farmer's Market (location of the Rosary Rally) through town and back to the Church. After those two things, we'll go directly into a period of adoration ... 30 - 60 minutes.

Rosary Rally

SJoA invites you to join in a Public Square Rosary Rally on Sat., Oct. 13, at noon at the Farmers Market.

March for Life Pilgrimage 2019

The March for Life Pilgrimage to Washington, D.C. will take place January 14 – January 19

th, 2019, for teens in grades 9-12 and adults.

The cost of the trip is $625.00, which includes travel, lodging, most meals, supplies and entry fees into various events and sites. A deposit of $200.00 is due with the registration form to Mrs. Corinne by Wednesday, October 10, 2018. The remaining balance is to be paid

by Monday, December 17th. Fundraisers will be held to help defer the

cost to parents. Contact Mrs. Corinne to register.

Little Ceaser’s Pizza Kits Fundraiser

The youth group is selling Little Ceaser’s Pizza Kits. Order your kits from the rectory or from a youth member until October 12

th. Kits will be

delivered Monday, October 22nd

at 3:30 P.M. at the church hall. Proceeds benefit youth events and activities during the year.

Youth Group Bake Sale

The youth group will have a bake sale Sunday, October 7th after 7:30

and 10:00 A.M. Masses. Proceeds will benefit youth events and activities during the year.

Thank You

We would like to thank Fr. Conner and all those that prayed for our family during out time of grief.

– Shirley Cezar Papillion Fly.

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Sunday, October 7th

– Marian Procession, Rosary Rally & Adoration at 3:00 P.M. beginning at the Farmer’s Market; Bazaar Meeting following the Marian Procession; Holy League at 5:00 P.M.

Monday, October 8th – Knights of Columbus at 6:30 P.M.

Wednesday, October 10th

– ADORATION 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.; CCD and Youth Group

Saturday, October 13th

– America Needs Fatima Rosary Rally at 12:00 P.M. at the Farmer’s Market

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Standard of Attire for Entering this Church

No shorts.

No dresses or skirts above the knee.

No sleeveless shirts or dresses.

No form-fitting clothes.

Shoulders, front, and back must be covered.

In other words …

“Worship the Lord in holy attire.” - Psalm 96:9

OCTOBER 27TH & OCTOBER 28TH

RAFFLE TICKETS AND MEAL TICKETS ARE ON SALE

Saturday, October 27th

4th Annual Gumbo Cook-Off

Registration Fee $25 – Deadline to enter is October 22ND

GUMBO SUPPER for $5 per bowl & BINGO Begin at 5:30 PM

Sunday, October 28th

Tickets for BBQ Pork or Chicken Dinners are $10.00.

$1 Raffle: 1st Prize – Cajun Microwave

2nd Prize – 55” HDTV

Live & Silent Auctions / Bingo / BBQ / Sweet Shop / Kid Zone / Live Music

Donations for Bingo, Silent Auction and Live Auction will be taken in the hall after either Masses Sunday, October 14th or bring donations to the rectory anytime during regular office hours. For questions, please contact Ryan Rozas @ 337-302-0274, Kenny Berry @ 337-534-9515 or the rectory during regular business hours.

Financial Success of the Bazaar Depends on Attendance. Invite your Family and Friends to join us!!

What Are You Looking For?by Joe Sixpack

A young man had spent his youth enjoying the pleasures of the world—both legitimate and sinful pleasures. Then one day he was in a serious car accident that put him in the hospital badly injured with the prognosis that he may never walk or be normal again…if he lived at all. Lying in the hospital bed, he had a lot of time to think. He began to realize how foolishly he’d been wasting his life looking in all the wrong places to find happiness through pleasures of the body. He promised God that if He healed him, he would spend the rest of his life living for Him. God answered the young man’s prayer and did indeed heal him. So the young man left the hospital and built a shack out of old boards in the forest near a monastery. He would go to the monastery every day to participate in the Mass and receive Communion. One day, many years later, a hunter came upon the shack and pushed in the door to see inside. There he saw the man, now old and bent and gray, kneeling on the floor in front of a crucifix in prayer. The hunter, surprised to find such a sight, asked the man, “Tell me, old man, what are you looking for out in the forest all alone?” The old man slowly rose from the floor and looked deeply into his visitor’s eyes for a moment. Then he asked, “And what are you looking for, may I ask?” “I’m looking for deer,” the hunter replied. The old man said, “I’m looking for God.” These two men are in the very same place looking for two completely different things. One is in the old man’s place when he was young, looking for the pleasures of the world…in this case the legitimate pleasure of hunting. The old man is looking for God. There are two very different kinds of people in the world: those looking for the pleasures of the world, and those looking for God and finding happiness in knowing, loving and serving Him in this world. The world can’t give any of us a true, lasting happiness, because we weren’t made for this world. God made us to find true happiness in Him alone. As the great St. Augustine said, “You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.” There is certainly nothing wrong with making use of the pleasures of the world, as long as they are the legitimate pleasures that don’t offend God with sin. God intends us to enjoy certain legitimate pleasures, just as any parent wants his children to enjoy good pleasures. But this story makes the excellent point that our primary purpose in life is to seek the knowing, loving and serving of God. As Jesus said, “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be yours as well” (Matthew 6:33). Before I became a Catholic, I sought pleasure in things. I sought pleasure in women and possessions and adventures. I had a thriving business that made me very wealthy while still in my twenties. However, I was never happy. I kept telling myself that if I could obtain the next business goal or financial goal I could finally have all I wanted and be happy. I pushed and I

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pushed until those goals were all that mattered and I became consumed by those things. It eventually caused me to lose absolutely everything—my money, possessions, family, friends, and even my desire to live. It wasn’t until I discovered our holy and ancient faith that I found true happiness. God had to allow a lot of bad things to happen to me to break me of my desire for things over Him, as a man like myself is always tempted to put things before Him. Here it is thirty years later and I’m completely broke at a time when most men are thinking about retirement. Yet I’m happy in my life. I’m deliriously happy. I’ve learned that when I’m most happy is when I’m sharing the faith with others, just like I’m doing now. I’ve come to realize that what the Church teaches us about happiness is the absolute truth. We can only be truly happy when we come to fulfill our purpose in life: to know, love and serve Him in this life, so we can be happy with Him in the next. You can tell a great deal about a person just by listening to what he says and paying attention to what he possesses. We Americans are spoiled rotten—too many years of prosperity have caused us to make gods of things. We want our nice late model cars. We want fine clothing. We want our little electronic goodies. We want lots of things. No one is immune to the temptation. I often see people sitting in the pew before Mass texting to friends on their phones when they should be making a good preparation to receive their Creator in holy Communion. Hmm. Is that phone a god they’ve put before Almighty God? That would seem to be the implication. The smart phone or tablet they have is a legitimate possession and object of pleasure, but it can become a god we place before God Himself…just like anything else in our lives. Much has happened in our country and the world the last several years, and little of it is any good. God has allowed many evils to befall us. He’s trying to send us a message, but I think most of us are too caught up in our own selfishness to see and hear the message. Christianity is under attack around the world. More Christians—especially Catholics—are being martyred than at any time in our history. And we here in our once great country are not able to escape the persecution, although no one is killing us…yet. In case you haven’t noticed, it’s official: you no longer have a right to practice Catholicism the way the Church teaches us to live it. The government and the courts have as much as said so. Think about it. The time is coming—and many people are saying it’s already here—when we will have to make a decision about God and our faith. Suffering in massive, even biblical proportions is on the horizon. What means more to you? Will you continue to focus on things, or will you decided in favor of God? The time is coming soon for us to hear one of two things from Jesus, and you have to decide which you will hear. You can hear Him say: “Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Or you can hear Him say: “Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” If you’re paying attention to world and national events, it’s clear to see the bad times are upon us. No new Congress or President can save us from the persecution that’s begun. No vibrant and growing economy can help us. The world and our nation are in absolute chaos, and Christians are having to give their lives for the sake of jihad, political correctness, and a very sick and perverted modern morality that enslaves rather than liberates. Now is the time to make new habits and get serious about following Christ through His holy Catholic Church, because this is What We Believe...Why We Believe It. Got a question? God to JoeSixpackAnswers.com to learn more.

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• Originally founded by Pope St. Pius V in 1571 to defend Christian nations.

• The mission of the Holy League today is to call men to combat the forces of evil in today’s society. The Holy League strives to call men back to the state of grace and to transforming the culture through prayer, penance, and the sacraments.

• “Catholic men across the centuries have responded to the call to enter the battle, ever ancient and ever new, and I have confidence that you will respond alike to fill the breach in our time.” (Bishop Olmsted - Diocese of Phoenix)

• Men, Holy Mother Church needs you. Will you rise up? Will you "stand in the breach”?

• Be confident. Be bold. Be a saint!

SJoA Holy League meets every Sunday (other than the second Sunday of the month), at 5:00 pm at the parish hall. Men 17 years and older may attend. There is no charge for membership.