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April 10, 2016 - Third Sunday of Easter
Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor Parish Website: www.stpat.org
Office Hours
Monday – Thursday: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm; Friday 8:30 am – 12 noon
Celebration of the Eucharist
Saturday: 4:00 pm – Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 am Monday through Friday: 7:30 am
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:15 am
Baptisms
Seminars are held every other month - register
by calling the office. At-tendance is suggested
during pregnancy.
Anointing of the Sick The Church recom-
mends this sacrament for those who are grave-
ly ill or in danger of death. Call the priest to
arrange a visit.
Weddings
Arrangements must be made at least six
months in advance to allow time for prepara-
tion and planning.
406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727
Phone: (337) 237-0988
Welcome to St. Patrick Church
Third Sunday of Easter
April 10, 2016
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Saturday, April 9--Vigil of the Third Sunday of Easter 4:00 PM: Cecil & Eva Mae Hebert; Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Rolfes; Annette Falbe (liv.); Verna & Wiley Romero; Rusty Foti Family (living) Howard Davis, Jr. Sunday, April 10--Third Sunday of Easter 8:30 AM: Robert Chastant & Evelyn; Eddie Upton; Dr. Almore (Doc) Bordelon; Nick & Earl Chiasson; Carmen Lozada; Gerald Domingue; Helen Vallot 10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s Monday, April 11--Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr 7:30 AM: Francis Stutes; Richard, Kenneth & Ronnie Stutes Tuesday, April 12--Easter Weekday 7:30 AM: Leo Cormier
Wednesday, April 13--Easter Weekday 7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne; Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living); Col. Kimberly Fedele (living) Thursday, April 14--St. John Baptist de la Salle, Priest 7:30 AM: M/M Edras Himel; Rufus & Scott Muisset; Special Intention Friday, April 15--Easter Weekday 7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart Altar Flowers In Loving Memory of:
Duhon, Trahan, Saloom & Richardson Families
“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength, honor and glory and blessing.” — Revelation 5:12
Non-Liturgical Devotions Daily Rosary: Monday - Thursday 6:55 a.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Tuesday 7:15 a.m. Rosary for Priests: Wednesday 7:00 a.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Thursday 7:15 a.m. Pro-Life Rosary: 1st Fr iday of the month 7 a.m. Shamrocks—Friday, April 15: Glor ia Bou-dreaux; Stephanie Bacque; Martha Thompson.
Census Update Remember that if you are a member of the parish, and did not receive a letter from us a few weeks ago, you're not on our membership list! Pick up a census card on the table near the main entrance under the stairwell, and get it back to us. Or use the form un-der "About Us" on our website: stpat.org. And thank you. Organ Concert Series 2016 Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church 2319 Johnston Street, Lafayette, LA 70503 Stephen Hamilton, concert organist, Sunday, April 10th at 2:30 pm. Upcoming Ar tist: Chr istopher Houlihan, October 9th at 2:30 pm. For more infor-mation call 232-8945 Ext. 111
St. Pius X hosts “The New Evangelization Summit” St. Pius X Catholic Church, Lafayette, is 1 of 30 host sites in the U.S. and Canada to host and stream “The New Evan-gelization Summit” on April 15 & 16, 2016. Live in Otta-wa, and webcast to host sites across North America, “The New Evangelization Summit” features Bishop Christian Riesbeck, Rev. Raniero Cantalamessa, Christopher West, Sherry Weddell, Dr. Peter Kreeft, Michael Dopp, and An-gele Regnier. Tickets are $30.00 and must be purchased in advance. Lunch is on your own, but coffee, drinks and snacks will be available. When registering online, please be sure to check “Lafayette, LA” (not “Lafayette, IN”) as your host site. To purchase tickets or for more information, please visit newevangelization.ca or contact Mr. Ashton Mouton at St. Pius X Catholic Church (337-296-6713; [email protected]). Lecture and Gala Dinner Steve Bollman, founder of That Man is You!, will be the keynote speaker on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 6 pm at the Cajundome Convention Center in Lafayette, La. Tickets for the John Paul the Great Veritas Lecture & Gala Dinner can be purchased at www.jpgacademy.org Additional Bus Trip— Jubilee Year of Mercy After “selling out” their Bus Trip in April, St. Mary Church, Lafayette, is offering an additional one-day Pilgrimage Bus Trip on Thursday, May 19, to visit Pilgrimage Sites in the Diocese of Lafayette designated by Bishop Michael Jarrell to reflect on the Father’s mercy and how we can emulate that mercy in our lives. We will attend 7:00 a.m. Mass at St. Mary Church (419 Doucet Road, Lafayette), then depart at 7:45 a.m. from St. Mary parking lot. We will visit, take tours and have our booklets stamped at the Carmelite Mon-astery; St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church, St. Martin-ville; Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, Henderson; Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto and St. Leo Catholic Church, Leon-ville; Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, Opelousas; Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church, Church Point; Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church, Rayne; and Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Lafayette. Each person will receive a booklet “Merciful Like the Father”; inside you will find the Prayer for the Year of Mercy which we will pray at eve-ry location, and we will have our booklets stamped at each site. Lunch (included) will be at Little Big Cup in Arnaud-ville. For registration details, cost and more information, please contact JoAnn LeJune at St. Mary Church (981-3379) or Barbara Thibodeaux, Group (235-3240). Dancing with the Rebel Stars Teurlings Catholic High School presents the second annual Dancing With the Rebel Stars, Saturday, April 30th. At the Cajundome Convention Center. This year’s cast competes for the coveted mirror-ball trophy! Reserve your table or vote for your favorite star at www.tchs.net
Reminder—Baby Items Next weekend is time to bring baby items to be given away to those mothers who choose life for their babies. Immediate need: diapers for infants and sizes 3, 4 & 5; wipes; body wash; baby lotion, diaper bags. Also needed: towels; wash clothes; bedding for bassi-nettes, cradles and cribs. The kindness of your dona-tions help this ministry. Mark Your Calendar—St. Mary Church Bus Trip St. Mary Bus Trip 5 days/4 nights, June 6-10, 2016. Visit Eureka Springs, Bentonville & Branson. Attend “The Great Passion Play” & “The Story of Moses”. For more information call JoAnn LeJune at St. Mary Church (981-3379) or Barbara Thibodeaux, Group Di-rector (235-3240). Integrity of Heart Men struggling with sexual compulsivity and/or an addiction to pornography now have a confidential sup-port group right here in Lafayette. Weekly meetings are held for an hour and fifteen minutes. STRICT CONFIDENTIALITY is observed by all members and a Confidentiality Statement is signed by each member after an initial meeting with the facilitator. Call and leave a confidential message at 337-944-9860 and the group facilitator will return your call and give you more information. Second Collection Next Weekend The second Collection next Weekend will be for Cath-olic Home Missions. This is the name for dioceses and parishes in the United States, including its territo-ries and former territories, which cannot provide basic pastoral services to Catholics without outside help. Basic pastoral services include Mass and sacraments, religious education, and ministry training for priests, deacons, religious sisters and lay people. Surprisingly, the Catholic Church is poorly established in many parts of our country, especially Appalachia, the South, the Southwest along the Mexican border, the Rocky Mountain States, Alaska, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and remote island chains like the Marshalls and the Carolines in the Pacific. Please be generous! STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory………………………$ 4,436.85 Building Fund…………....……$ 2,083.00 Thank You! In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells Peter again and again, “If you love Me, feed my sheep.” He says the same to each of us, “If you love Me, use the gifts I have given you to serve your brothers and sisters”
Date
Saturday, April 16 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 17 8:30 a.m.
Sunday, April 17 10:00 a.m.
Lectors Harold Guilbeau Susan Cain Karen Begnaud
Eucharistic Ministers
Kathy Kalweit Peggy Spruill Rosalind Allen
Suzanne Lavergne Sandra LaGrange Sarah Hamsher
Ken Broussard Madeline Simon Debra Carroll
Altar Servers Janell Venable Glenn LaGrange Nicholas Begnaud
Ushers Oren Spruill George Guidry
William & Stephanie Bacque Ben Berthelot Lionel Jeanmard
Liturgical Roles for April
Readings for the Week
Monday Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30; Jn 6:22-29
Tuesday Acts 7:51 — 8:1a; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, 17, 21ab; Jn 6:30-35
Wednesday Acts 8:1b-8; Ps 66:1-3a, 4-7a; Jn 6:35-40
Thursday Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; Jn 6:44-51
Friday Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 6:52-59
Saturday Acts 9:31-42; Ps 116:12-17; Jn 6:60-69
Sunday Acts 13:14, 43-52; Ps 100:1-3, 5; Rv 7:9, 14b-17; Jn 10:27-30
From the Pastor’s Desk
One of the things I find interesting about the way we pray the Nicene Creed at Mass is that we all bow to-gether at the words, “and became man”. Certainly, it is an appropriate recognition of the importance, and even necessity of the Incarnation. Everything that Jesus said and did and was depends on that moment when he took flesh in the womb of the Virgin, by the power of the Holy Spirit. When we profess our belief in that unique event, it is appropriate to bow down in awe and wonder and thanksgiving.
What I find striking about that is that we don’t bow, or do anything else, when we profess belief in the Resurrection. And that is of course the event which brought about our redemption in Christ Jesus. He came into the world in order that he might suffer, and die, and rise from the dead, in order that we might live with him for-ever. Certainly that could not have happened as it did had he not been born into the world. But the Resurrection remains the finale and high point of Christ’s redeeming work.
In that light, it makes sense that we celebrate the season of Christmas for a couple of weeks, depending on dates and days of the week. But the Easter season goes on much longer, and rightfully so. For almost two months, we continue to celebrate in a special way what we commemorate every Sunday, with each and every Sunday being a ‘little Easter’, (not a little Christmas!) From another perspective, the Christmas season lasts about as long as the poinsettias do. But the Easter season continues long after the demise of the last Easter lily.
All of this brings me to the particular challenge that I think we all face at this time of the year. How do we maintain Easter joy for almost two months? Right now, it’s fairly easy. A few Easter blooms remain, we continue to recall our Baptism with the Sprinkling Rite on some Sundays, and the presence of the Paschal Candle standing front and center is still noticeable. But as the weeks go by, and especially as we get busy with the annual events of each May (graduations, Mother’s Day, start of summer), Easter easily slides into the background. When Pente-cost finally arrives, it comes almost as a surprise, with Easter being a rather distant memory.
So, just a few suggestions. Continue to be attentive to the Scriptures, particularly from the Acts of the Apostles. In Acts, we hear how the Jesus of Easter became a living reality in the lives of the earliest believers. We might also recall on occasion the events of Holy Week. Receive Communion, and remember the night of the First Eucharist. Gaze upon the cross, and recall the events of Good Friday. Imagine going to the tomb that first Easter Sunday morning, and finding it empty. The Lord of Easter is alive and dwelling in our midst!
