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Saint Joseph Catholic Church P. O. Box 365 117 South Main St.
Loreauville, Louisiana 70552 (337) 229-4254 FAX (337) 229-4255
Rev. Barry F. Crochet, Pastor Rev. Godwin Nzeh CM, Associate Pastor Deacon Christopher Doumit, Pastoral Assistant
[email protected] stjosephparishonline.org
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 21, 2018
Please pray for our parish family members who are sick: Jess Koch, Lisa Adcock, Kendall Romero, Alicia Durand, Janice Stacy, Joseph Huval, Marie Lee Prioux, Troy Barras, Kelly Ransonet, Jessica Scott, Mary Smith, Brian Thibodeaux, Cora Laviolette, Jackie Savoy, Barry Thibodeaux, Doris “Boutte” Barras, Michele Dugas Burke, Paul Crochet, Craig Breaux, Helen Simon, Ross Rouly, Jamie Brady, Holly LeBlanc, Faye Gary, Tony Berard, Glenn Romero, Stuart Sandoz, Duffy Domingue, Eric Clements, David Louviere, Judy Judice, Hayden Ransonet, Clark Provost, Trevor Louviere, Vanessa Courville, Woodrow Ruiz, Austin Willett, Willey Poirrier, Inez Barras, Dennis and Helen Bastian, Butch and Debbie White, Gwen Borel, Guy Thibodeaux, Lydia May, Louis “CoCo” Landry Jr., Jerry Fruge, Jimmy Clifton, Michelle Breaux, Rowena Borel, Megan Scully, Terrel Dressel, Maxine Latiolais, Dawn Derouen, Deacon Chris Doumit, Beulah Dugas, Matil LasSalle Romero., Falyn Sonnier, Rickey Sonnier., Caline Provost., Jan Bourque, Lecia Broussard, Ronald Albert, Sr.
We invite you to submit the names of people who are in need of our prayers.
Please note that our office will purge the names on our sick list every quarter. We ask anyone who lists someone’s name to please call the parish office to add or remove a name.
MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil Mass — 4:00 p.m. [5:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Victory] Sunday — 7:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. [9:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Victory] Monday, Wednesday and Friday — 6:45 a.m. at Our Lady of Victory Tuesday and Thursday — 5:30 p.m. at Saint Joseph First Saturday — 8:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Victory
SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION Every Saturday from 3:00 p.m. to 3:40 p.m. [5:00 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. at Our Lady of Victory] and one-half hour before all weekday Masses, or by appointment during office hours.
OFFICE HOURS Monday through Thursday — 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
RECEPTIONIST Ms. Sherry Prioux — [email protected]
BOOKKEEPER/CEMETERIAN Mrs. Gail Borel — [email protected]
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Mrs. Sherry Hebert — [email protected]
YOUTH MINISTRY/CONFIRMATION COORDINATOR Mrs. Jeanne Stiles — [email protected]
MUSIC MINISTRY Mrs. Janice Carboni (4:00 p.m.) Mrs. Jeanne Stiles and Mr. Dro Gondron (10:30 a.m.)
BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE Mr. Jimmy Clifton
SACRISTAN Mr. Jerry Frugé
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION The chapel is open every day from 6:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
FUNERALS Please contact the parish office prior to contacting the funeral home. Funerals are celebrated in the morning of Tuesdays through Saturdays no later than 11:00 a.m. A Funeral Vigil is celebrated on the preceding evening at 6:00 p.m.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Baptism classes are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:45 p.m. in the rectory. Baptism are held on the second and fourth Saturday of each month at 10:00 a.m. Please contact the parish office for scheduling.
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Couples must contact the pastor at least six months prior to the proposed wedding date.
SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK Contact the parish office to schedule a pastoral visit.
SAFE ENVIRONMENT Contact the parish office.
Pictures From Our Past
Father Groschen in the choir loft in church. Note the rope to ring the church bells. During this Centennial Year of our Diocese, we will try to publish pictures from our parish history. If you have any pictures you would like to share with us we would be most grateful.
Collection for October 14, 2018 Regular Sunday Offering Envelopes (64%) $ 4,380.00
Regular Sunday Offering Loose (36%) $ 2,656.00
Weekly Budget $ 9,500.00
Regular Collection Total $ 7,036.00
Difference -$ 2,464.00
Completion Loan Balance $ 122,606.30
Completion Collection $ 246.00
Insurance Balance 2018-2019 $ 33,259.70
Insurance Collection $ 45.00
143 of 1314 families used collection envelopes (11% participation). 230 of 1314 families attended Mass this weekend (17% attendance).
Thanks to those who practice Sacrificial Giving and give of their time, talent and treasure as an act of profound Christian stewardship.
Mass Intentions — 10/20 — 10/26
The Vocation Chalice is in the: Adoration Chapel
Please pray for vocations. If you would like to have the vocation chalice in your home please call Jeanne Stiles at 229-4254.
The Sanctuary Lamp is burning for: Fred Laviolette, Mr. and Mrs. Collins Louviere and Kerney, Mr. and Mrs. Will Roberts
The Bi-Monthly Statue is in the home of: Catherine Dugas
The Weekly Statue is in the home of: Gail and Basil Borel
MINISTERS FOR NEXT WEEK Date and
Time Lector
Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers
Altar Servers
October 27 4:00 p.m.
Roberta Degeyter Marcus Hebert Sherry Hebert
Nicholas Gondron Kristyn Dorsey
October 28 7:00 a.m.
Kasie Gondron Lotti Frioux
Otto Griouard Kylie Kay Mestayer
10:30 a.m. Victoria Landry Claire Breaux
Joel Dugas Fran Dugas
Raymond Bergeron
Evan Walet Ethan Walet Mason Walet
Saturday 4:00 p.m. — Kay Dooley, Justin Boudreaux, Philip Hebert, Sr. Family, Elton Bourque Family, Louis, Mae Mae and Ronald Broussard, Cobey Braquet, Aymar “Poon” Dugas, Ide Dugas Family, Alexis Laviolette Family, Moise Louviere, Martha Louviere, Jeanette Theriot, Harold Louviere, Vernon Louviere and Family, Loretta and Lloyd Dressel, Ken Segura, Earl Mestayer, Audrey Kern, Sam Delcambre and Family, Irving Judice, Mr. and Mrs. Octave Judice, Kamryn Dorsey, Amy Landry, Bella Price, Sue Crochet, Dot and RD Verret, Barry Boudreaux, Alan Olivier, Ernest and Rita Migues, Simon and Rose Migues, Wayne LeBlanc, Lily Mae and Alvin LeBlanc, Rusty Judice, Tasey Eldridge, Clarence Champagne and Family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Prados and Family, Breaux Family, Audrey Crochet, Jordan Prince and Enoe Judice Sr. Family, Joseph Dressel, Kimberly Decuir, Decuir and Dugas Family, J.O. Sr. and Marie Neuville and Ted Neuville Family, Barry Eldridge and Ned Broussard Families, Melvin Dugas, Roy Sr. and Gladys Berard, Forbus Mestayer Sr., Granger and Mestayer Family, Ronald Gonsoulin Sr. and Mildred Gonsoulin, Leed and Mabel Gondron, Fred Laviolette, Louis and Grace Moran, Virginia Frioux, Lennet and Marie Antoinette Crochet, Dorothy T. Latiolais and Kathy Latiolais Holtzclaw, Clenie and Eve Segura and Billie, Jay and Judy Gonsoulin Family, Paul Sonnier Family and Clyde Warfel Family, Sally Domingue, Cabrol and Domingue Family, Lorraine Huval, Preston and Agnes Huval, Martha Escagne Rodriguez, Lloyd Broussard, Claude and Felicie Granger, Nancy Broussard, Clarence and Hilda Landry, Otto Sr. and Laurence Girouard, Terradot Family, Theresa Girouard Allen, Antoine Judice Families, Suzette B. Judice, Kelly Louviere, Sylvia Thibodeaux, Francis and Art Mazerole, Billie and Armance Barrilleaux, Herman Walet,Oneil and June Landry, Al Broussard Jr. Family and Abby Dugas Broussard Family, Will and Lily Roberts, Collins and Doris Louviere, William and Dolores Dooley, Francis and Lorena Dupoy, Theresa Lasseigne, Chad Romero, Deyna Champagne. Sunday 7:00 a.m. — Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Braquet Jr, Sue Crochet, Dot and RD Verret, Barry Boudreaux, Alan Olivier, Sandra P. Horton, John Michael Steiner, Joe and Rita Habetz, Thomas Voorhies, Howard and Irene Duplantis, Louis Landry, Loto and Leah Louviere, Cathy Braquet Latiolais, Mark Braquet , Antoine “Boy” LeBlanc Family, Mr. and Mrs.
Johnny Albert Sr., Champagne and Landry Families and Souls in Purgatory, Maude Granger and Mr. and Mrs. Francis Granger, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Granger, David Provost, Dr. Raymond Schneider, Elaine Schneider, Skip Schneider, Lolly Harbin, Breaux and Delcambre Families, Lenwood Delcambre, Roy Freyou Family and Frank Fruge Family, John Prados. 10:30 a.m. — Odette Gondron Blanchard, Emile Gondron Family, Joel Blanchard Family, Odillon Guillot Family, Albert J. Lissard, Jr. Family, George Thibodeaux Family, Donald Lasseigne, Louis and Verna Dugas, Philip Hebert Jr, Neil Hebert, Lionel Duplechain, Jr and Lionel Duplechain, Sr, Brian Derouen, Loto Sr, Leah and Loto Louviere Jr and Gam and Velma Gondron Family, Ury Louviere, Sue Crochet, Alvin and Faye Tauzin, Edmonia Tauzin, Marcel and Nadage Broussard, Jimmy Eldridge, Elaine Plessala and Eldridge Family, Sylvia Thibodeaux , Gam and Velma Gondron and Family, Cheryl Segura, Jeanette “Jan” Crochet, Pliny Walet Family, Agnes Breaux, Florence “Flo” Mestayer, Louis and Elbay Judice, Boots Thomas, Joe Boudreaux and Justin Boudreaux, L.J. and Anita Grivat and parents, Louis Landry, Una and Otto Landry, Widley Louviere, Anita and Lennet Grivat, Antoine Judice Families, Suzette B. Judice, Kelly Louviere, Butsy Walet, Sandra Angelle, Glenn Angelle, Percy Granger. Monday 6:45 a.m. OLV — Mr. and Mrs. Collins Louviere and Kerney, Mr. and Mrs. Will Roberts, Sue Crochet, Landry and Champagne Families and Souls in Purgatory. Tuesday 5:30 p.m. StJo — Aimee Peltier, Emmerette Peltier, Elsie Crochet, Sandra Sandi Angelle, Lucien and Lorena Angelle, Georgean Babin, Sue Crochet, Landry and Champagne Families and Souls in Purgatory. Wednesday 6:45 a.m. OLV — Steve and Donna Berard Family, Ancestors and Descendants, Sue Crochet, Landry and Champagne Families and Souls in Purgatory, John Michael Steiner. Thursday 5:30 p.m. StJo — Sue Crochet, Landry and Champagne Families and Souls in Purgatory. Friday 6:45 a.m. OLV — Mabel L. Gondron, Sue Crochet, Janice Mestayer, Ella Freyou, Landry and Champagne Families and Souls in Purgatory, Walet and Judice Families.
Please pray for our priests and seminarians Eternal Father, we lift up to You these and all the priests and seminarians of the world. Sanctify them. Heal and guide them. Mold them into the likeness of Your Son, Jesus, the Eternal High Priest. May their lives be pleasing to You. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.
Oct 20 Rev. Wayne Duet/Tanner Darbonne 21 Rev. Willard Dugas/Brent Didier 22 Rev. Edward Duhon/Cameron Domingue 23 Rev. Jacob DuMont, LC/Casey Dugas 24 Rev. Nicholas DuPre’/John Dugas 25 Rev. Gilbert Dutel/Tre’ Fontenot 26 Rev. Dan Edwards/Andrew Furka
Flowers on the Altar are in loving memory of: Kamryn Dorsey 5th Death Anniversary
Saint Joseph Altar Candles are burning for: Pliny Walet Family, Agnes Breaux, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers Courville, Special
Intentions, Chad Romero, Deyna Champagne
The Knights of Columbus will sponsor a Patriotic Rosary at Saint Joseph Church on Sunday, October 28, 2018, 4:00 p.m. This Rosary is part of a novena of nine months with
the intention of praying for the elections to be held this Fall.
YOUTH GROUP
MEETING Sunday, October 21 after 10:30 a.m. Mass Saint Theresa Hall
Temporary Mass Schedule Change The Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Mass
at Our Lady of Victory is temporarily cancelled on these Saturdays:
October — 20, 27; November — 3 The regular Mass schedule will resume on November 4.
Youth Group and Confirmation Class
Jambalaya Fundraiser Pork and Sausage Jambalaya, corn, cole slaw and a roll
$10 per dinner * * * Catered by Kajun Katering November 3, 2018 from 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Centennial News
Sunday, October 21, 2018 A dream comes true — In October 1948, a long held dream of Bishop Jeanmard came true. Lafayette was to have a minor seminary for young men to begin their studies towards the priesthood. Thirty-three young men were in the first class of students. The official dedication of Immaculata Minor Seminary took place on October 24, 1949, with Bishop Cicognani, the Pope’s apostolic delegate to the United States, officiating. The seminary was run by the Society of Mary (Marists) who served as faculty, and the Sisters of the Holy Family who oversaw the domestic arrangements. Immaculata Seminary consisted of four years of high school and the first two years of college. It closed as a seminary in 1977. Centennial Mass – All are invited – The closing Mass for the Centennial Year of our Diocese will be December 12, 2018 at the Cajundome Convention Center at 6:00 p.m. Our Diocese and the wonderful people of our diocese and how God has poured forth His Love and guidance upon us in these last 100 Years will be the focus – A Century of Love. Along with the Mass, there will be a Historical Display before and after the Mass as well as a presentation of the many people and cultures of our Diocese. The doors will open at 4:30 p.m. because there will be much to be a part of and see. All Catholics throughout our whole Diocese are invited and encouraged to attend. Please mark your calendars. Centennial Yard Signs — From now until December 12, 2018, lets us all put out our Centennial Yard Signs in solidarity of faith, knowing that God continues to make us His Church with His grace. If you need a yard sign, they can be purchased at the following four locations - Acadian Religious, Crossroads Bookstore, Cathedral Gift Shop and the Diocese Chancery Office (1408 Carmel Drive). Centennial Items for Sale — A limited amount of items were created for this Centennial Year and are true collectors’ items which will only be available during the remainder of this year: Centennial History of the Diocese of Lafayette (book), Centennial Paperweight (color design), Centennial Christmas Ornament and the new Silver Commemorative Coin with a designer box. If you would like to have a Centennial remembrance, you can purchase them at Acadian Religious, Crossroads Bookstore, Cathedral Gift Shop and the Diocese Chancery Office (1408 Carmel Dr). These items can also be viewed on the Diocesan Centennial Webpage.
Sunday, October 21st is National Catholic Daughter Sunday. Our mission statement is: Catholic Daughters of
the Americas strives to embrace the principle of faith working through love in the promotion of justice, equality, and the advancement of human rights and human dignity
for all.
CDA engages in creative and spiritual programs which provide its members with the opportunity to develop their
God given talents in ways that positively influence the church and all people.
Some of the things we do in our local court #1401 (Our Lady of Good Council) are to host receptions after First Communion and graduation Mass every year. We also
serve at whatever other parish events that we are asked to participate in. We financially contribute to many state and
national charities.
If you are 18 years of age or older and would like to join CDA, you can call our regent, Gloria Courville, 229-6748.
On the “Enduring of Evil” by James Schall, SJ
In his treatise “On Pastors,” Saint Augustine wrote: “‘You have failed to strengthen the weak,’ says the Lord. He is speaking of wicked shepherds, false shepherds who seek their own concerns and not those of Christ.”
The turmoil about deviant pastors and bishops is not wholly a new one. Christ, in a famous passage, stated that the Scribes and Pharisees sat on the Chair of Moses. Follow what they say, not what they do. The weak need the strength of the strong. But the strong can choose themselves over others.
The corruption of the shepherds affects more than themselves. Their corruption essentially consists in their establishing their own rules, not in following the example laid down by Christ for that office.
God is often blamed for permitting evil in the world. This tolerance, it is claimed, proves that He is not God, or even that He causes evil by not preventing it. Augustine is famous for stating that God could permit evil in a good world if, and only if, by allowing it, a greater good could follow. Evil can thus be the occasion of an unexpected good coming about.
We would not know what mercy is, for instance, if we had nothing to forgive or be merciful about. We are not, however, to do evil in order that good can happen. But if we do evil, the Lord can bring something good from our actions, from the good that remains in us in spite of our sins.
“There are men who want to lead a good life and have already decided to do so,” Augustine continued, “but are not capable of bearing sufferings, even though they are ready to do good. Now it is part of the Christian’s strength not only to do good works, but also to endure evil.”
Some of this understanding of evil was already in Plato. His fundamental principles were these: 1) It is “never right to do wrong.” 2) “Death is not the worst of evils.” 3) “Nothing evil could harm a good
man.” 4) “It is better to suffer evil than to do
it.” Initially, these principles seem
counter-productive. Why not return evil for evil? Why is the man who does both evil and good not better than the one who restricts himself to the good? To do what is evil means to place ourselves first. We are not to lay down our lives for our friends. We are not to lay them down at all if we can help it. We are to trust both our sword and our primacy.
In 1977, Josef Ratzinger wrote that modern thought wants to “redeem suffering by removing it: not redemption through suffering, but redemption from suffering.” Man does not expect “divine assistance but the humanization of man by man.” (Co-Heirs of the Truth, 123)
Man takes the place of God. He will remove suffering by his own means. The ways of God through endurance and suffering are rejected. We are left with what we can make of ourselves in this world. Having set out in a noble cause, as is often the case, we make things worse by following our own rules.
Charlie Brown and Lucy are walking home after school. He asks her: “Did the little boy who sits in front of you cry again today?” Lucy turns to Charlie to explain: “He cries every day! All the simple childhood fears … Fear of being late for school, fear of his teacher, and fear of the principal.”
In the third panel, she goes on: “Fear of not knowing what room to go to after recess, fear of forgetting his lunch, fear of bigger kids, fear of being asked to recite …” Finally, Lucy,
undaunted, continues: “Fear of missing the school bus. Fear of not knowing when to get off the school bus … Fear …”
To all of this, Charlie, obviously dazed by it all, simply says: “Good Grief!!” (You’re the Greatest, Charlie Brown, 1964).
As the weepy little boy in front of Lucy at school had to learn, we have to endure many evils to survive in this world. Some of them are pretty messy. We wonder what the world might be like if nothing evil or even inconvenient were in it.
The Lord gave us an imperfect world to see what we would do within it. Our record is our history. We are supposed to make an already good world more livable. But we can, and often do, make it a hell on earth. We have to endure the sins of others. They have to endure ours.
Some hate God for putting us in this situation of having to choose the good and endure what is evil. Others realize that this fallen world is the only one in which we ourselves could exist. Charlie was right – even our “grief” can be “good” if we endure it. James V. Schall, S.J., who served as a professor at Georgetown University for thirty-five years, is one of the most prolific Catholic writers in America. Among his many books are The Mind That Is Catholic, The Modern Age, Political Philosophy and Revelation: A Catholic Reading, Reasonable Pleasures, Docilitas: On Teaching and Being Taught, Catholicism and Intelligence, and, most recently, On Islam: A Chronological Record, 2002-2018.
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Office (337) 967-9052 [email protected]
Paint, Roofing, Hardware 1304 Hopkins Street, New Iberia,
Opie’s Heating & Air Conditioning
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229-6946
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Serving Breakfast & Lunch
Tuesday-Friday
5:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday 7:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m.
Thursday, Friday
& Saturday Evenings 5:00-9:00 p.m.
R & R Glass Works Repairs & Installation Ricky Bourque, parish-
Dugas Auto Repair Service is our Business! Larry Louviere, Owner 833 Center Street New Iberia, LA
(337) 369-6482 wk (337)369-1123 fax
Raymond F. Schneider Memorial Clinic, LLC
1302 Ed Broussard Rd. Loreauville, LA 337-229-7929
[email protected] Nancy A. Schneider, RNC, APRN
Family & Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
Honoring a legacy of quality, compassionate healthcare
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