Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

DIOCESE OF LAKE CHARLES Established April 25, 1980

The Most Rev. Glen John Provost, D.D.

Bishop of Lake Charles

PARISH STAFF Rev. Father Rommel P. Tolentino Pastor Rev. Fr. Ruben Buller, In Residence Rev. Deacon Christopher Fontenot Pastoral Assistant Principal SLCHS Sister Jeannette Touchet, S.E.C Pastoral Assistant Mr. Robert Marcantel Music Director Mrs. Charlotte Hine Organist Ms. Sue Burke Receptionist Ms. Lavonne “Cookie” White Secretary Mrs. Pam Menou Bookkeeper Mr. Philip Ardoin Maintenance Mrs. Christi Jarreau Principal ICCS

935 Bilbo Street † P. O. Box 1029 † Lake Charles, LA 70602 † (337) 436-7251 † Fax (337) 436-7240

MASSES Saturday Anticipated 4:00 p.m. Sunday 7:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m. (Extraordinary Form) 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday 12:05 p.m. NOVENA Our Lady of Perpetual Help Before 12:05 Mass on Tuesday

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Friday 11:00-Noon; Saturday 3:00 pm 30 minutes before all other Masses. Or call office for appointment. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM A Pre-Baptism class must be attended before the celebration of Baptism. These classes are held the 4th Tuesday of January, March, May, July, September and November. Arrangements for celebration of Baptism may be made by calling the parish office after

having attended the Baptism Class. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Arrangements should be made at least six (6) months before the wedding date by calling the parish office. An appointment must be made for a pre-marriage interview. RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS. An on-going process of formation and education is provided for

anyone who is interested in inquiring into the Roman Catholic faith. The RCIA process is available throughout the year to those who are seeking initiation into the church as well as for those non-Catholics seeking more information about the Roman Catholic church. Information concerning participation in the RCIA process may be obtained through the parish office.

September 06, 2015 sions may result only in venial sins, but real avarice is classified by St. Paul with the greatest sins when he writes of those who are "filled with all iniquity, malice, fornication, avarice, wickedness, full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, malignity, whispers, detractors, hateful to God, contumelious, proud, haughty, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, foolish, dissolute, without affection, without fidelity, without mercy." (Rom. 1:29-31). The desire to possess is deeply rooted in our human nature. It is an appetite both hard to control and diffi-cult to suppress. Under its impulse we find excuses eve-rywhere to acquire possessions: our family must be pro-vided for; we must look out for our old age; for our health; for our safety, and honor. We must have some pleasure! We may be led by avarice to resort to all kinds of means, lawful or unlawful, to acquire and guar-antee the possession of the money, the property, the position we desire. We may lie, cheat, steal, take bribes, give false testimony, and betray friends. We may resort to extortion, violence and murder. We may be cruel and hardhearted to the poor because we are intent only on getting more of what we covet, or at least on preserving what we have. St. Thomas Aquinas points out that one person cannot have a super-abundance of the world's goods without another lacking what is necessary. We see proofs of this everywhere. When many people have a superabun-dance of earthly goods, there is injustice to others. Ava-rice causes much discontent and friction. It foments disunion between the rich and the poor. Remedies for Avarice We fight avarice with generosity, liberality, kindness, and mercy. "Blessed are the merciful for they shall ob-tain mercy." (Matt. 5:7). Generosity bespeaks a healthy disposition of heart. It opens the door to greater love of God, to peace of mind, to consideration for others. Holy Scripture tells us, "It is a more blessed thing to give, rather than to receive." (Acts 20:35). Even if we are not wealthy, we can wean our hearts from material things and spend less money on ourselves in order to be able to give something to the poor, to missions, and to other works of charity. We need to practice charity and detachment in order not to become too much attached to things of this world. We must not let the anxieties of this life, with its riches, its vanity of honors and its passing pleasures, prevent or distract us from seeking the true riches of the life to come. In conclusion, it may be well to add that covetousness may have a spiritual counterpart in our exercises of pi-ety, when we seek only spiritual delight in them for our-selves. We ought rather to perform them with a desire to express our love for God and to fulfill His will, which we know from the first lesson of the Catechism to be the purpose of our life on earth. Source: thesevencapitalsins.com

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Avarice (Greed) and its

Remedies Covetousness, or avarice (greed), is

an inordinate love of worldly goods. It is a desire to ac-cumulate and possess material things. It induces us to employ all sorts of means, just or unjust, in order to acquire them. Actually, it is a sign of mistrust in god and His Divine Providence. If we are covetous, we do not love God, our neighbor, nor ourselves. We love money and possessions. We do not love and serve God, because no man can, at one and the same time, love and serve two masters: God and Mammon. We know this from the words of Christ. (Matt. 6:24). Neither do we love our neighbor, because we are ready to carry out, any kind of injustice to increase our own fortune. We do not even love our own self, at least not our soul, for we do not use our possessions to add to our spiritual treasure, but to sell our soul to the devil. If we do not love God, our neighbor, or ourself, we have no charity, and without charity how can we enter Heaven? Without charity, how can we fulfill our obligations to God? We will deny and forsake Him. Holy Scripture warns us, "The desire of money is the root of all evils." (1 Tim. 6:10) Our inordinate love or covetousness may not be just for money, but for other things as well: books, pictures, china, cutlery, jewelry, cars, houses, real estate–anything. So whether we are rich or poor, we may be guilty of avarice or covetousness. And, as in the case of the others, this vice increases the more we gratify it. We may discover this vice of avarice in ourselves by our hardness of heart toward the poor, or to our relatives, or in our reluctance to contribute to the support of the Church. We may discern it by our stingy use of what we have, or in our being too saving with what we ought to use. It may be found in our indifference to charitable works, in our want of zeal for what may cost us some-thing, in our hoarding up money or whatever it is to which we are attached; in paying our debts grudgingly; in being disturbed at trifling losses; in refusing to give or lend. The malice of the true miser is an obvious and revolting evil. He loses no opportunity to increase his wealth. He employs every means to add to his savings, without regard to justice or injustice. He lives a poor and miser-able life. He groans over the least misfortune or loss. He has but one thought–his money. And more often than not, he dies in squalor and poverty, thought possessing a handsome fortune. Probably we could not classify ourselves as misers, but even lesser degrees of this vice work havoc in our spiri-tual life. It blinds us to the value of spiritual things. We have no time nor taste for God when we are always seeking material and temporal things. Our Lord warns us in a parable that if we are not watchful, the cares and riches of this world will crowd out of our soul the seeds of faith and piety. Our attachments to posses-

╬Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time╬

The Bishop’s Golf Classic will be held on Friday, October 2nd at the National Golf Club in Westlake. The event benefits seminarian education and the priest retirement fund of the Diocese of Lake Charles. The diocese currently has 16 seminarians in various

stages of formation and 11 retired priests. The tourna-ment is a four-person scramble. Sponsorship levels are as follows: Four person team—$500; Hole Sponsor—$125; Green Sponsor—$300; Banner Sponsor—$1000. Deadline for sponsorship is September 25th. You may register online at the diocesan website at www.lcdiocese.com or you may contact Larry DeRoussel at 794-8339 or by email lderoussel@laia.com for information.

■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ALTAR SOCIETY NEWS...Altar Society is ready to start a new year and will hold a social/planning meeting on Tuesday, September 15th, at 10:00 A.M. in the Ave Maria Hall. We will be scheduling our future meetings, events and bake sales, as well as reviewing our differ-ent committees. Dues of $15 will be collected. All cur-rent and future members are invited and encouraged to attend.

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movie is an absolute theological and Mariological mas-terpiece! It will make you want to love her more than ever.

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WELCOME!!! It is our pleasure to welcome

The Jennifer and Joshua Trouth Family to our Cathedral Parish Community.

=========== St. Margaret Calca Chew Festival, September 27th begins with 7:00 AM Mass —- live music, silent auction/live auction, games, dancing, food (barbeque chicken dinners, jambalaya, shrimp etouffeé, gumbo and much more. Closes at 3:00 P.M. ================================ SECOND COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND, September 12th and 13th…...Catholic University of America.

Offertory Collection last weekend, August 29th and 30th…$11,431.11 Habitat for Humanity— $ 1,928.60

THIS WEEK September 09….RCIA Inquiry, 6:00 P.M..., Day Chapel September 10….RCIA Catechumenate,6:00 P.M.- Day Chapel September 10….Symbolon 7, 6:00-8:00 PM, Ave Maria Hall September 11….G.N.A.T.S. meets at 9:30 in the library. September 12….Confirmation class, 9:30-12:00 Noon, Ave Maria Hall September 12/13…”Unbound”...a speaker will address the Congregation at each Mass seeking sponsors for the needs of the marginalized and vulner- able in countries where the economy is suffer- ing…for the elderly and children especially. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

Sacrament of Confirmation Plans for Confirmation Preparation are being made. If you are a parishioner of the Cathedral Parish, a junior in high school and desire to receive the Sacra-ment of Confirmation, please inform us

of this by coming to the church office or by calling the office (436-7251) and giving your name and address. If you do not attend St. Louis Catholic High School, it is important that you have been involved in a religious education program prior to this.

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP...The death of a loved one has a powerful impact on a person’s life. But the surround-ing world often expects survivors to move quickly beyond their loss. The grieving process takes time and deserves atten-tion..out of your pain can come profound, transforming healing. The next support group sessions will be on Mondays, Septem-ber 21st, 28th, October 5th, 12th and 19th. Immaculate Con-ception Cathedral Ave Maria Hall, 5:00 P.M. Please call the church office, 436-7251, and let the receptionist know if you plan to attend or if you have questions, ask for Sr. Jeannette. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

The Cathedral Parish is grateful to Eagle Scout Candidate John Dalton who painted the yellow stripes in our parking lots as his Eagle Project. Job well done, John!! Eagle Scout Candi-

date Thomas Abrahams is seeking donations for his Ea-gle Project which will be to restore the Cathedral’s con-templative garden with a retaining wall and paver path. If you would like to donate you can get the information from a flyer in church or call the Cathedral Office at 436-7251.

Tomorrow, Monday, September 7th, is Labor Day. The Cathedral Office will be closed. 12:05 Mass will be celebrated. Ex-

traordinary Form Mass will be celebrated at 5:30 P.M.

Pastoral Council Election Many thanks to all who agreed to be nominated for the three upcoming seats on the Council. Only six could be selected to run, but we greatly appreciate the willingness of all those whose names we re-ceived. Those nominated are: Dr. Keagan Le-Jeune, Nicole Foreman, Andrea Prejean, Houston Middleton, Jarred Watson and Dr. Keane O’Neal. The voting will take place at the weekend Masses on September 19th and 20th. EARLY voting takes place in the parish office from the 14th to the 18th for those who will not be present at the Cathedral on election weekend. Parishioners 18 and over are eligible to vote. Check next weekend’s bulletin for photos and bios of the candidates.

SATURDAY, September 05…(4:00)—-Gladys & Delma Devillier; Joy Barkate; Tom White (living); Kenneth DeBlanc; Bob Hale. SUNDAY, September 06…(7:30)—-Parishioners

(9:30)—-Monsignor Wayne Richard; Timothy Hebert; Concetta and Curtis Cardone, Sr. & Curtis Cardone, Jr. (11:15)—-Joshua Lee Graham ( 5:00 P.M., Extraordinary Form)—-Christina Matz (living) MONDAY, September 07….(12:05)—-Bishop Jude Speyrer. (5:30 P.M., Extraordinary Form)—Marianne Marchand. TUESDAY, September 08…(12:05)—Kathleen White (living). WEDNESDAY, September 09…(12:05)—Charles & Rhena Rock. THURSDAY, September 10... (12:05)—Roberta B. Myers. FRIDAY, September 11….(12:05)—Richard Theunissen. SATURDAY, September 12…(4:00)—-Conrad A. Langley; Bea Chavanne; Fr. Al Volpe; Scalisi & Mansueto Families; Jesse “Bob” Navarro. SUNDAY, September 13…(7:30)—-Parishioners. (9:30)—-Gilmore & Zoe Lassman; Enos Miller; Gauthreaux, Percle &) Gremillion Families; Villa Maria (11:15)—-Joe Champeaux (5:00 P.M., Extraordinary Form)—-Paul Pernoud. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Watch Glad Tidings, 6:00 A.M., KPLC-TV—-every Sunday. Next Sunday, September 13th, Bishop Glen John Provost is joined by Father Matthew Cormier, Parochial Vicar of OLQH Catholic Church, for a dialogue on the Gospel of the day (Mark 8:27-35). In the news segment, hear stories of the diocese, the region, the state and the world. In the second half hour, on Lead Kindly Light, Bernadette Ponton talks with Constance Darbonne on the Spiritual Work of Heritage. (You can also see the program by clicking the Glad Tidings link under the Resources tab at live.lcdiocese.org.) ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Spend an Evening with Bishop Provost and Friends…”A Tribute to

Frank Sinatra.” The Bishop’s Gala—-Saturday;, December 12, 2015—-6:30 P.M. to 11:30 P.M.—-at the Lake Charles Civic Center—-Ticket costs are $125 each or $1,250 for a table of ten. A night of socializing with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra “A Tribute to Frank

Sinatra” Big Band music, dancing, great food and exciting auction items. Proceeds benefit the Communications efforts of the Dio-

cese to evangelize on television, in print and on the web. Tickets are available now at the Chancery, 414 Iris Street and on-line at Diocesan website —-lcdiocese.org or for more information, call

Connie at 337-439-7400. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Children’s Church will begin on Sunday, September 13th, during the 9:30 Mass...Sharing the gospel with our children, ages 4 & up. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ PARENTS PLEASE NOTE….During Mass no child should be per-mitted to go to the rest rooms unattended by an adult! ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Remember to pray for Pope Francis as he plans to visit the U.S. and keep him in our prayers while he is here. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤

VIC, Very Important Christians, will meet on Mon-day, September 14th, at 11:00 A.M., Southern Spice Restaurant. Note the date change since the first Mon-day, September 7th, is Labor Day. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤

READINGS FOR THE WEEK September 07th—13th, 2015

Pray For Our Friends Who Are Ill

Megan Allen; Sam Ange, Jr; Steven Scott Ardoin; Can-dice Ashford; Brian Babineaux; Mary Baker; Alysa Bar-rett; Philip Bell; Charles Benoit; Emily & Rusty Be-noit; Buddy Bertrand; Randy Biagas; Robert Blanch-ard; Jim & Elsie Blanchard;Roland Bodin; Carly Book; Linda Borck; Annette Bosse; Agnes Breaux; Heath Breaux; Clifton “T-Boy” Breaux; Michael Breaux; Hubert Broussard; Jennifer Broussard; Billy Brown; Jim Brown;

Doug Burguieres; Luke Burnham; Raymond Cordova; Peggy Hardy Carlson; Emily Carlton; Kirk Carlin; Jeff Chaisson; Betty Chaisson; Billie Mary Chavanne; Harry Chesson; Hagan Brice Cole; Cohen Cole; Pearl Collins; Charlotte Comeaux; Melanie Compton; John L. Conner; Claude Conner; Jodi Conner; William Corbett; Addie Cormie; Annie Cormier; B.J. Cruz; Debbie Curlee; Sydnie Dailey; Julie Davis; Chad Delahoussaye; Hubert Delome; Sam Desontos; Debbie Diffee; Irene Ducharme; Buddy Ducote; Shirley Duhon; ;Charles Elter; Dee Elter; Davis Charles Elter; Jan Eustamante; Julie Farque; Julie Percle Fontenot; Tucker Fontenot; Phil & Philip Fontenot; David Fontenot; Paige Ford; David Fruge; Nancy Fuller; Margie Heard; Brooklyn Hebert; Terry Ray Glasglow; Mary Elise Gosselin; Regina Gray; John Green; Luitgard Gretz;Tammy Grove; Bertha Guillory; Valerie B & Ernie Harvill; Joanne Heard; Patricia Hebert; Ken Hine; Dolores Hodges; Karson Hoffpauir; Cynthia House; Daniel Hudspeth: Jessica Hulin; Jeff Hun-sicker; Perry Hunsicker; Paula Russell Jacob; Mary Jeffers; Hayden Jones; Michael Jones; Harry Jouette; Emily Judice; Bernard Kadulbar; Jerry Don Kelly; Paula Kanesaw; John Knight; Chris Stemmann; War-ren Thomas; Mr. & Mrs. L.C. Howard; Aubrianna Johnson; Darrell Jones; Carol Kershaw; Kelly Langley; ; Vivian Langley; John M. Lang-ley II; Della Lemaire; Dale Lutgring; Tommy Martinez; John Lavern; Anthony LeBato; Glinda LeBlanc; Jennie LeBouef; Rosalie LeDoux; Emma Leger; Beth Loftin; Melanie Lupo; Amanda Martin; Bertha Mar-tinez; Mary Matthews; McDonald: Julia Mere; Jason Miller; Robbie Mor-gan; Joseph Morris; Matthew Lucas; Angelique Nathan; Billy Navarre; Lois Neveu; Dena Nodier; Fred Nodier; Dorothy Orsot; Lucas Orsot; Sidney Ortego; Joe Pappion Family; Larry Parker; Sue Parker; Wilma Pawlowski; Phyllis Penning; John Poerio; Joan & Landy Peluso; Robert Pitre; Sheila Pousson; Frances Prejean; Laxsa Prejean; Jim Rawley; Lena Roush; Barry Reed; Jody Richard; Jim Ricklefsen; Judy Rogers; Wes Rollo: David Ross, Jr.; Felica Saer; Collette Schindler; Christian Skrnich; Martha Shively; Mark Schram; Michael Scimemi; Sandy Smith; Ashley Wheat Sipes; LaVona Taylor; Lyndon Thomas Simien; Fred Stoma; Stephanie Houssiere Sucre; Lisa Sullivan; Ona Thacker; Margaret Thompson; Bobby & Maxine Tupper; Carmen Varela; Gwen-dolyn Veazey; Sarah Vidrine; Ed Watson; Arvel West; Daniel Whitting-ton; Mary Wiltz; Sue Williams; John Young; Matthew Young; Debra Willard. Please contact us if you wish a name to be taken off the list…. 436-7251

Monday: Col 1:24 — 2:3; Ps 62:6-7, 9; Lk 6:6-11, or, for Labor Day, any readings from the Mass “For the Blessing of Human Labor,” nos. 907-911 Tuesday: Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 13:6 Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 [18-23] Wednesday: Col 3:1-11; Ps 145:2-3, 10-13ab; Lk 6:20-26 Thursday: Col 3:12-17; Ps 150:1b-6; Lk 6:27-38 Friday: 1 Tm 1:1-2, 12-14; Ps 16:1b-2a, 5, 7-8, 11; Lk 6:39-42 Saturday: 1 Tm 1:15-17; Ps 113:1b-7; Lk 6:43-49 Sunday: Is 50:5-9a; Ps 116:1-6, 8-9; Jas 2:14-18; Mk 8:27-35