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 CMF, Associate Pastor Deacon Christopher Doumit, Pastoral Assistant [email protected]stjosephparishonline.org MASS S CHEDULE Saturday Vigil Mass — 4:00 p.m. Sunday — 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Monday — 6:45 a.m. at Our Lady of Victory Tuesday — 5:30 p.m. at Saint Joseph Wednesday— 6:45 a.m. at Saint Joseph Thursday — 5:30 p.m. at Saint Joseph Friday — 6:45 a.m. at Our Lady of Victory First Saturday — 8:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Victory S ACRAMENT OF CONFESSION Every Saturday from 3:00 p.m. to 3:40 p.m. 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. If possible please conduct parish business by phone or email. RECEPTIONIST/BOOKKEEPER/CEMETERIAN Mrs. Gail Borel — [email protected]RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Mrs. Sherry Hebert — [email protected]EUCHARISTIC ADORATION The Adoration Chapel has reopened. The Main Church is also accessible from this entrance for your convenience. FUNERALS Please contact the Church Office to make Funeral Service arrangements prior to your appointment with the Funeral Home. S ACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Please contact the Church Office to make arrangements for your child’s Baptism. S ACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Please contact the Church Office six months prior to the desired date of marriage. No dates for marriage are reserved until after the first marriage interview with clergy. S ACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE S ICK Please contact the Church Office to set up an appointment. Please pray for our parish family members who are sick: 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. Stuart Sandoz, Duffy Domingue, Eric Clements, David Louviere, Hayden Ransonet, Trevor Louviere, Austin Willett, Willey Poirrier, Inez Barras, Butch and Debbie White, Lydia May, Louis “CoCo” Landry Jr., Jerry Fruge, Jimmy Clifton, Rowena Borel, Megan Scully, Dawn Derouen, Falyn Sonnier, Rickey Sonnier, Caline Provost, Patricia Freyou, Lecia Broussard, Jason Walker, Michael Theriot, Roshondra Nora, Noah Abraham, Jimmy LeBlanc, Chad Borel, Ashley Hebert, Stephen Dugas, Jon-Luke Lancon, Jade Delcambre, Pat Villermin, Ira Bourque, Hailey Thomassee, Lon Prioux, Francis Crochet, Brennan Wingfield, Lawrence Albert, Betty Suire, Joe Judice, Lisa Adcock, Nola Champagne, Kathleen Heitkamp, Lori Brasseaux, Jamie Brady, Lisa N. Dugas, Nona Bourque, Leroy Begnaud, Betty Champagne., Robin Wisdom, Keri Bonin Boutte, Leroy and Gloria Courville, Robert, Mary and Kelly Hicks, Anna Richard, Wayne LeBlanc, Melvin Broussard, Daniel Horton, III, Raymond Bergeron, Max Borres. 18 th Sunday in Ordinary Time August 1, 2021 Draw near to Your servants, O Lord, and answer their prayers with unceasing kindness, that, for those who glory in You as their Creator and guide, You may restore what You have created and keep safe what You have restored.
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Saint Joseph Catholic Church P. O. Box 365 117 South Main St.
MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil Mass — 4:00 p.m. Sunday — 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Monday — 6:45 a.m. at Our Lady of Victory Tuesday — 5:30 p.m. at Saint Joseph Wednesday— 6:45 a.m. at Saint Joseph Thursday — 5:30 p.m. at Saint Joseph Friday — 6:45 a.m. at Our Lady of Victory 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. 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. If possible please conduct parish business by phone or email.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION The Adoration Chapel has reopened. The Main Church is also accessible from this entrance for your convenience.
FUNERALS Please contact the Church Office to make Funeral Service arrangements prior to your appointment with the Funeral Home.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Please contact the Church Office to make arrangements for your child’s Baptism.
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Please contact the Church Office six months prior to the desired date of marriage. No dates for marriage are reserved until after the first marriage interview with clergy.
SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK Please contact the Church Office to set up an appointment.
Please pray for our parish family members who are sick: 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.
Stuart Sandoz, Duffy Domingue, Eric Clements, David Louviere, Hayden Ransonet, Trevor Louviere, Austin Willett, Willey Poirrier, Inez Barras, Butch and Debbie White, Lydia May, Louis “CoCo” Landry Jr., Jerry Fruge, Jimmy Clifton, Rowena Borel, Megan Scully, Dawn Derouen, Falyn Sonnier, Rickey Sonnier, Caline Provost, Patricia Freyou, Lecia Broussard, Jason Walker, Michael Theriot, Roshondra Nora, Noah Abraham, Jimmy LeBlanc, Chad Borel, Ashley Hebert, Stephen Dugas, Jon-Luke Lancon, Jade Delcambre,
Pat Villermin, Ira Bourque, Hailey Thomassee, Lon Prioux, Francis Crochet, Brennan Wingfield, Lawrence Albert, Betty Suire, Joe Judice, Lisa Adcock, Nola Champagne, Kathleen Heitkamp, Lori Brasseaux, Jamie Brady, Lisa N. Dugas, Nona Bourque, Leroy Begnaud, Betty Champagne., Robin Wisdom, Keri Bonin Boutte, Leroy and Gloria Courville, Robert, Mary and Kelly Hicks, Anna Richard, Wayne LeBlanc, Melvin Broussard, Daniel Horton, III, Raymond Bergeron, Max Borres.
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time August 1, 2021
Draw near to Your servants, O Lord, and answer their prayers with unceasing kindness, that, for those who glory in You as their Creator and guide, You may restore what You have created and keep safe what You have restored.
July 25, 2021
Regular Sunday Offering Envelopes $ 4,985.00
Regular Sunday Offering Loose $ 2,832.00
Weekly Budget $ 7,385.00
Regular Collection Total $ 7,817.00
Difference +$ 432.00
Present Loan Balance $ 294,417.58
Donation Against Loan Balance $ .00
Insurance Balance 2020-2021 $ 23,614.00
Insurance Collection $ 387.00
The Sanctuary Lamp is burning for Vance Breaux, Sr.
The Vocation Chalice is in Church Please pray for vocations. If you would like to have the vocation chalice
in your home please call the rectory office at 229-4254
Flowers on the Altar For the Community
The Bi-Monthly Statue is in the home of Parishioners
The Weekly Statue is in the home of Parishioners
Saint Joseph Altar Candles are burning for Pliny Walet, Charles and Jackie Poirrier Family
Delcambre and Breaux Families Jon-Luke Lancon, Deyna Champagne Harold Champagne and Chad Romero
Landry and Champagne Families Ancestors and Descendants and Souls in Purgatory Addicts, Protection from and end to Corona Virus
Vance Breaux Sr., Carl and Cathy Mestayer
MINISTERS FOR NEXT WEEK
Readers Eucharistic Ministers
Altar Servers
August 7 4:00 p.m.
Emily Begnaud Deacon Chris Volunteers
August 8 8:00 a.m.
Kyle Mestayer Deacon Chris Volunteers
10:00 a.m. Betty Guidry Deacon Chris Volunteers
Mass Intentions — 7/31 — 8/07
Sunday 8:00 a.m. — George Dugas, Dugas and Vaughn Family, John Michael Steiner, Jay Gonsoulin Family, Paul Sonnier Family and Clyde Warfel Family, Loto and Leah Louviere, Antoine “Boy” LeBlanc Family, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Albert Sr., Champagne and Landry Families Ancestors and Descendants and Souls in Purgatory, Pope, Priest, Religious, Protection from and end to Corona Virus, Maude Granger, ,Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Granger, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Granger, Dr. Raymond Schneider, Elaine Schneider, Skip Schneider, Lolly Harbin, Breaux and Delcambre Families, Lenwood Delcambre, Dugas, Borel and Chataignier Family, Joe and Rita Habetz, Mary Kay Habetz, Tom Voorhies, Oris Cormier, Special Intention, Keri Bonin Boutte, Special Intention, Tracey Defelice Guilbeaux, Cathy Defelice, John Lacour Family, Rosalie LeJeune Family, Special Intention, Lovell Romero, Clifton and Shirley Maturin and Family, Joseph and Helen Bastian and Martin Dailey, Virginia Landry, Adeline and James Hebert and Chelsie, Mark Tauzin, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Broussard, Lora Bloom, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Boudreaux, Noelie Seneca, Jason Suarez Family, Cameron Barrilleaux Family, Destani Armstong Family, Mike Judice, Suzette Judice, Antoine Judice Family. 10:00 a.m. — Alvin and Faye Tauzin, Edmonia Tauzin, Marcel and Nadage Broussard, Jimmy Eldridge, Elaine Plessala and Eldridge Family, Cheryl Segura, Pliny Walet Family, Agnes Breaux, Louis and Elbay Judice, Boots Thomas, Joe Boudreaux and Justin Boudreaux, Katie Boutte, Sandra Angelle and Glenn Angelle, Solari Family, David Hebrt, Earline Landry, Linda Theriot, Evan and Owen Allen, Jan Bourque, Louto and Anite Gondron and Family, Evie Viator and Breaux and Viator Families, Clayson and Lillian Dugas. Monday 6:45 a.m. OLV — Landry and Champagne Families Ancestors and Descendants and Souls in Purgatory, Pope, Priest, Religious, Protection from and end to Corona Virus. Tuesday 5:30 p.m. StJo — Roy Thibodeaux, Alma Jo Landry, Landry and Ryan Family, Landry and Champagne Families Ancestors and Descendants and Souls in Purgatory, Pope, Priest, Religious, Protection from and end to Corona Virus. Wednesday 6:45 a.m. StJo — John Michael Steiner, Landry and Champagne Families Ancestors and Descendants and Souls in Purgatory, Pope, Priest, Religious, Protection from and end to Corona Virus, Roy Thibodeaux, Andrew “Toupee” Bonin, Jason Suarez Family, Cameron Barrilleaux Family, Destani Armstong Family. Thursday 5:30 p.m. StJo — Roy Thibodeaux, Landry and Champagne Families Ancestors and Descendants and Souls in Purgatory, Pope, Priest, Religious, Protection from and end to Corona Virus. First Friday 6:45 a.m. OLV — Rhule, Mabel and Wayne Gondron, Steve and Donna Berard Family, Special Intention, Gam and Velma Gondron, Roy Thibodeaux, Landry and Champagne Families Ancestors and Descendants and Souls in Purgatory, Pope, Priest, Religious, Protection from and end to Corona Virus, Judice and Walet Families. First Saturday 8:00 a.m. OLV — Steven and Donna Berard Family, Ancestors and Descendants, Special Intention, Champagne and Landry Families Ancestors and Descendants and Souls in Purgatory, Pope, Priest, Religious.
Saturday 4:00 p.m. — Landry and Champagne Families Ancestors and Descendants and Souls in Purgatory, Pope, Priest, Religious, Protection from and end to Corona Virus, Ronald Albert, Aymar “Poon” and Beulah Dugas, Ide Dugas Family, Alexis Laviolette Family, Wayne LeBlanc, Lily Mae and Alvin LeBlanc, Otto Sr. and Laurence Girouard, Terradot Family, Theresa Girouard Allen, Chad Romero, Deyna Champagne, Harold Champagne, Audrey Crochet, Jordan Prince and Special Intention, Barry Eldridge and Ned Broussard Families, Melvin Dugas, Roy Sr. and Gladys Berard, Forbus and Myrtle Mestayer Sr., Granger and Mestayer Family, Ronald, Sr. and Mildred Gonsoulin, Leed and Mabel Gondron, Fred Laviolette, Louis and Grace Moran, Gloria and Sam Delcambre and Family, Virginia Frioux, Lennet and Marie Antoinette Crochet, Clenie and Eve Segura and Billie, Sally Domingue, Cabrol and Domingue Family, Martha Escagne Rodriguez, Lloyd Broussard, Claude and Felicie Granger, Nancy Broussard, Clarence and Hilda Landry, Billie and Armance Barrilleaux, Kay Dooley and William and Dolores Dooley, Earl Mestayer, Kim Decuir, Ossie Romero, Jr., Joan Herring, Chase Sonnier, Paul Crochet, John Lacour Family, Rosalie LeJeune Family, Special Intention, Dupoy and Lasseigne Family, Eula Mae Champagne, Eugene Braquet, Louto Braquet, Jr., Dr. John Rellus Hebert, D.D.S., Roy Thibodeaux, John and Barbara Perez, Vance Breaux, Sr., Dr. Harold Heitkamp, John Sonnier, Jr. and Marie and John Sonnier, Sr.
Please make an appointment for your home
Exorcism and Blessing Make it happen!
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Prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood
Almighty and eternal God, in Your unfailing love You provide ministers for Your Church. We pray for those whom You call to serve the Diocese of Lafayette as priests Inspire in them a generous response. Grant them courage and vision to serve Your people. May their lives and service call Your people to respond to the presence of Your Spirit among us that, faithful to the Gospel and hope of Jesus the Christ, we may: announce glad tidings to the poor proclaim liberty to captives, set prisoners free and renew the face of the earth. Amen.
Please pray for our priests, deacons and religious
Eternal Father, we lift up to You these special sons and daughters. 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.
August 1 Pope Francis
Dcn. Adam Conque/Sr. Elvira Brown, MSC
August 2 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Dcn. Frank Cormier/Sr. Jacklyn Bunch, MSC
August 3 Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel
Dcn. Mike Crain/Sr. Margaret Rose Cano, MSC
August 4 Bishop Emeritus Michael Jarrell
Dcn. Harry Darce/Sr. Maria Luz Cervantes, MSC
August 5 Rev. Abelardo Gabriel, SVD
Dcn. Kenneth David/Sr. Consuelo Champagne, MSC
August 6 Rev. William Gearheard
Dcn. Daniel Didier/Sr. Brenda Comeaux, MSC
August 7 Rev. Taj Glodd
Dcn. Sammy Diesi/Sr. Jo Ann DeLoach, MSC
Attention All Parents of School-Age Children
There will be a mandatory Parent Night on August 16, 2021, from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. for all parents who have students in our religion program.
Registration ended on July 15, 2021, so that textbooks and classroom accommodations can be made. We are unable to make any exceptions to this unless a family is new and just moving into the Village of Loreauville.
Please call the Parish Office at 229-4254, or email [email protected], with any questions. We are looking forward to assisting you in your child’s Christian formation.
YOU’RE INVITED! On Sunday, August 15, 2021, Sister Tracey Matthia Dugas will be celebrating her 25th Anniversary of Religious Profession as a Daughter of Saint Paul at the 10:00 a.m. Mass. You and your family are invited to celebrate with her and her family. There will be a reception following the Mass at Saint Theresa Hall. On Saturday, there will be a Eucharistic Prayer Vigil for Vocations in Church at 7:00 p.m. followed by a small reception. Please call the Parish Office at 229-4254 to let us know if you plan to attend the Vigil and/or Reception (for a proper headcount) before Thursday, August 5 at 1:00 p.m. Thank you!
Knights of Columbus Council #4676
Red Beans, Rice,
and Sausage Dinner
Saint Theresa Hall
Sunday, August 22, 2021 Serving from 10:00 a.m. until
12:30 p.m. Donation: $5.00
Catholic Charities of Acadiana Mobile Diner Program
Coming to Our Lady of Victory Food Pantry
every Wednesday at Noon! For more information contact:
Ms. Cindy Louis (337) 962-6704
Loaves, Fish, and Shepherds by Fr. Paul D. Scalia Our Lord’s multiplication of the loaves and fish occupies a privileged place in the list of miracles. It is the only one recorded by all four Evangelists and the only one that prompts such a strong response from the crowd: they want to make Him king. It points us to the Eucharist, the Source and Summit of our Faith. Thus, in this scene our Lord announces the inestimable Gift of the Eucharist. In His treatment of the Apostles, He also outlines how the Church’s Shepherds are to continue nourishing us.
Perhaps most significantly, He tests them first: “Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?” He asks this question not because He needs the answer but because Philip and the others need to think about it. The temptation for the Apostles is to rely on human means. As Philip observes, “Two hundred days’ wages worth of food would not be enough for each of them to have a little.” Andrew chimes in with the same natural way of thinking: “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what good are these for so many?” These are voices of discouragement because they are voices of worldly thinking.
Here is the constant temptation of bishops and priests: to rely on human ingenuity and worldly resources rather than on Christ. It’s naturalism, the error of thinking that what a diocese or parish really needs can be found in what the world supplies. If only we have more money, the right resources, the best programs, greater social media presence, etc.
Christ’s Church, born from His pierced side, lives by His grace. We might use human means and worldly resources (as our Lord used bread and fish, the help of the Apostles, and baskets for the fragments). But we do not rely on them. We use worldly means; we rely on divine grace.
Our current crisis is not due to a lack of human ingenuity or worldly resources. The Church as constituted in Germany is wealthy — and obsolete. It is a crisis of faith and the lack of a supernatural
outlook, a failure of confidence in His grace and truth. This scene indicates that such has always been the temptation of the shepherds, and that only by way of such confidence can shepherds feed the flock.
In Saint Mark’s account, when the Apostles voice their concerns about the hungry crowd, Jesus responds, “Give them some food yourselves.” This response has the same purpose as His question about buying enough bread: to bring the Apostles face to face with their — and the world’s — inadequacy. It also leads us to a second pastoral lesson: our Lord incorporates the Apostles into His working of the miracle. He has them tell the people to recline. He has them distribute the loaves and fish. He thus makes them coworkers in the feeding of His flock, participants in that divine work.
Consider the situation of the Apostles. They had to possess both the authority to accomplish what He asked and the humility to do it as ministers. Yes, He had entrusted this task to them, not others. Still, it was His miracle, not theirs. If they don’t exercise that authority, the miracle is impeded. If they don’t do so humbly, it becomes about them and is, again, impeded.
Ecclesial authority is ordered to the handing on of what Christ has given. The twofold temptation for shepherds has always been either to neglect their genuine authority or to abuse it for selfish gain. Or both. As this scene indicates, they are to be ministers, not masters, of Christ’s grace and truth. Theirs is but to do and disappear.
Then comes the final, somewhat curious, command: “Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted.” It seems superfluous. Surely, the One Who multiplies loaves and fish need not concern Himself with leftovers. Of course, He gives the command not for His own benefit but for theirs — and ours.
It is an apostolic duty to gather up what Christ has given — so that it can be handed down to others. This is the grave obligation the Shepherds have to Tradition. They have authority precisely so that they can gather up and hand down the Church’s liturgical and doctrinal
patrimony. Failure to do so detaches their authority from Tradition and thus distorts it. Without the content of Tradition, without a reference to generations past and future, authority becomes just an exercise of power here and now. It leads to a magisterial positivism that values Church authority, not because of its service to what was received and should be handed on, but simply because it has the power to compel.
Such an exchange of authority for positivism traps the faithful in a particular moment of time. It makes them prisoners of the present, temporal orphans with no tradition to receive and, therefore, nothing to hand on to future generations. This dangerous situation makes the faithful prey to whatever new ideas or, more likely, ideologies come along. With no Tradition in which they can stand and by which they can discern, they fall easily into error.
Like the crowds that followed our Lord into the deserted place, the faithful need true shepherds — who rely on Christ’s grace and Truth, who exercise genuine authority humbly, and who faithfully preserve and hand on the Church’s Tradition. Fr. Paul Scalia is a priest of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, where he serves as Episcopal Vicar for Clergy and Pastor of Saint James in Falls Church. He is the author of That Nothing May Be Lost: Reflections on Catholic Doctrine and Devotion and the editor of Sermons in Times of Crisis: Twelve Homilies to Stir Your Soul.
Those Disastrous Trade-Offs by Randall Smith One of the valuable lessons classic economics can teach us is that there are always trade-offs. If you invest in one thing, you won’t be investing in another. You can see the bridge you spent money on, but you don’t see the hundreds of things not done because you spent money on the bridge.
When I was chairman of my university’s curriculum committee, proposals abounded trumpeting wonderful new courses. My question was “What are you going to stop doing in order to do this?” “No, no,” people insisted, “we will continue doing all the wonderful things we do now.” “No, you won’t,” I would say. “Everyone is working a full schedule. So the only way you could possibly do all these new things is to stop doing some of the things you do now.”
This never went over well. We have students in colleges across the
country who can’t write a paragraph, do basic math, or read a relatively easy forty pages in a work of non-fiction. No one has ever asked them to follow an argument, let alone formulate one. And the little they know about the U.S. Constitution and American history is mostly wrong.
So what were they doing for twelve full years of schooling? It clearly wasn’t twelve years of solid training in reading, writing, and arithmetic. There was precious little history or literature. And these young people have little or no knowledge of the treasures of beauty to be found in nature, art, or architecture. I ask again, “What were these students doing for twelve years instead of reading, writing, and arithmetic, because they clearly weren’t doing as much of that as they needed?”
The problem is not much different — and in some ways worse — in Catholic schools. Twelve years of “Catholic” education, and if you ask students to finish this triad: “Abraham, Isaac, and ______?” they can’t do it. “What is Pentecost?” Blank stares. Ask them to list the Ten Commandments. Ninety percent will get it wrong. They aren’t any better at reading, writing, or math than their peers, and worse yet, at the basic tenets that will lead to salvation. Meanwhile, they’ve been taught to equate Catholic social justice with progressivism.
If you hired someone to take care of your yard, and they worked week after week, Monday through Friday, and at the end of
the year, you found the grass not mowed, weeds choking everything, and all the flowers dead, you might wonder, “What were you guys doing?” If they then showed you the fire pit they dug in your yard, which you didn’t want, and then piles of trees they had cut that you wanted kept, you might understand better what they were doing all that time, but you still might wonder why they did it.
And this gets us closer to the nub of the problem. What is education for? When we thought education began in wonder and was about exploring the world, reading great books, figuring out the complex intricacies of math, and learning to think and express ourselves clearly, and ultimately understanding our relationship to God, we prepared young people pretty well for a worthwhile lifetime. Now that bureaucrats insist education is about preparing people for jobs and for being woke citizens, our students not only aren’t prepared for jobs or citizenship, they can’t do long division, or read Shakespeare or Scripture.
Our society emphasizes process over purpose. The unfortunate consequence is that we also end up emphasizing process over persons. Education is now more about fulfilling the dictates of bureaucrats than about truly fulfilling the future of students.
Bureaucrats who know little or nothing about teaching feel very comfortable telling actual teachers how they should do their jobs. With each passing “bold, new educational initiative” come more forms for teachers to fill out, more interminable meetings about “assessment,” less time for individual instruction, and less opportunity to find creative ways of teaching the basic material students need to know.
And, as every teacher knows, as soon as a new principal or a new superintendent of schools arrives, whether public school or Catholic school, it will be out with the old/new program and in with another bold new program, with new directives to read over, more “teaching training” sessions, different forms to fill out, and more interminable meetings to make sure everyone is completely “on board” with the new program. The results are rarely better than before, usually worse, but this is immaterial because administrators rarely stay around for long and are animated by ideology rather than experience.
So here’s a suggestion: Ask the person applying to be principal of your school or the superintendent of the school system
how many students he or she has taught in an actual classroom. Not, “how many advanced degrees do you have?” or “how many elite administrative positions have you held?” But “how many actual students have you taught?” No one should be managing teachers who hasn’t had at least ten years of successful teaching experience.
Teachers can teach reading, writing, arithmetic, and basic science to students who want to learn. When we try to get schools to do a hundred other things, they will end up doing none of them well. Schools were not organized to be nor are they qualified to be therapy centers or social programming departments. They are also not churches. Unfortunately, many schools have become places where society dumps all the toxic waste from its cultural dysfunction. This is a burden schools cannot possibly bear and still do what they were established to do.
The Catholic liberal arts intellectual tradition provides resources unsurpassed in the world. And at a time when the public schools are destroying themselves, running after every educational and cultural fad, the Catholic Church has an unmatched opportunity to introduce more and more young people to the life-altering wonders of that tradition. It is an opportunity we are repeatedly squandering, and for which our children and grandchildren will not judge us well. Randall B. Smith is a Professor of Theology at the University of Saint Thomas. He is the author of Reading the Sermons of Thomas Aquinas: A Guidebook for Beginners and Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the Scholastic Culture of Medieval Paris: Preaching, Prologues, and Biblical Commentary (2021). His website is: randallbsmith.com.
August 1 1918 Infant Judice
1925 Joseph Lassaigne 1927 Robert Narcisse
1933 Adrien Gonsoulin 1949 Mrs. Abraham Mitchell (Melanie Fontenette)
1960 Adeum * 1987 Ron Aaron Sonnier
2005 George Dugas 2006 Sable Romero Delaune
2015 Braylon “BB” Armonie Batiste 2018 Keith Wyatt
August 2
1881 Fernand Dugas 1902 Anthony Broussard
1915 Willis Gondron 1943 Leucien Bonin
1976 Irving Broussard 2008 Mike Pastor
2017 Claude Chastant 2020 Alma Jo Landry
August 3
1883 Belizare Bonin 1895 Ulinor Vincent
1904 George Alfred Bourques 1905 Emilié Broussard
1922 Mrs. Joseph Prince 1936 Mrs. Placide Bonin (Marie Granger)
1963 Albert Suard 1978 Steve Crochet Jr. 1985 Ophe J. Viator Sr. 2020 Robert Guillotte
August 4
1900 Mrs. Aug. Antoine 1902 Mathilde John
1922 Elizabeth Magloire 1925 Gabriel Dugas 1929 Ozaire Dugas
Happy Birthday! May God richly bless you on your special day. It will be our privilege to remember you at the altar during the celebration of Holy Mass as we offer the Victim.
Father Crochet and Father Godwin
Fête-Dieu du Teche 2021 to take place Sunday August 15 in honor of the Christian famly. Seventh Annual 40-mile Eucharistic Procession will be offered in prayer for
the sanctification and unification of families. This year the Assumption boat procession occurs during the Year of Saint Joseph and the Year of the Family. Families are encouraged to register a family boat or gather as a family at one or more of the stops along the procession route.
The day begins at 8:00 a.m. with Sunday Mass in French by Bishop Douglas Deshotel at Saint Leo the Great Catholic Church in Leonville. Following the Mass there will be a procession with the Blessed Sacrament and a statue of Mary and Saint Joseph to the nearby boat landing. Families are encouraged to join the procession as a family and follow to the boat landing for Benediction. At 9:30 a.m. boats will depart in procession down the Teche toward Saint Martinville, retracing the voyage made by the Acadians over 250 years ago. Bayou residents are encouraged to gather as a family and greet the Blessed Sacrament as it passes near their home.
The boat procession will stop at churches in the towns along the Teche for Rosary and Benediction: • A r r i v i n g a t
Arnaudville behind Saint Francis Regis at 10:20 a.m.
• Arriving behind Sa in t Jose ph Church in Cecilia at 11:45 a.m.
• Arriving at the Pavilion behind Saint Bernard Church in Breaux Bridge at 1:35 p.m.
• Arriving at the park behind Saint Joseph Church in Parks at 3:15 p.m.
• Finally arriving at Old Market Street in Saint Martinville at about 4:45 p.m.
Upon arriving in Saint Martinville, a foot procession will commence to Notre Dame de Perpetual Secours for Benediction, then to Saint Martin de Tours for Benediction, and finally down Main Street to Mater Dolorosa Chapel for Solemn Vespers and Benediction at 6:00 p.m. Confessions will be heard in mobile units at each of the stops along the way.
Pope Francis has granted participants of Fȇte-Dieu du Teche a Plenary Indulgence. The indulgence is valid on August 15 for those who attend the 8:00 a.m. French Mass in Leonville, those who make the procession by boat, and
those who participate in the devotions at one of the many stops along the Teche. Those who are impeded for a serious reason from physically attending the procession may also gain the indulgence by spiritually uniting their prayers and trials. The Holy Father asks participants to pray for fidelity to the Christian vocation, for the good of the family, and for priestly and religious vocations. If you have a boat, register now:
If you don’t have a boat, follow by vehicle and join us at one or all of the stops for the Rosary and Benediction. For more information visit our website at www.jesuscrucified.net, visit us on FaceBook at:
