Second Sunday in Lent

CATHEDRAL NOTESFebruary 25, 2018

The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist . 914 St. John Street, Lafayette, LA 70501-6701 . 337-232-1322 . saintjohncathedral.org

Very Rev. Chester Arceneaux, VF RECTOR OF CATHEDRAL PARISH

Rev. Patrick Broussard PAROCHIAL VICAR

Rev. Cyprian Eze IN RESIDENCE

Deacon George Jourdan PARISH DEACON

Mrs. Brittany Primeaux

PARISH SECRETARY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE MANAGER RECEPTION CCS/PARISH FAMILY LIFE ACCOUNTING SACRISTAN Mrs. Danielle B. Huval

Ms. Sasha Massey Mrs. Laura R. Denny Mr. Thomas J. Niel

Mrs. Gesina Arnold Mrs. Andrea Polito Mr. Mike G. Breaux

SACRED MUSIC CEMETERY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR/ORGANIST CANTOR MASS INTENTIONS SUPERINTENDENT & EVANGELIZATION

Mr. Brady LeBlanc Mr. Adam Conque

Mrs. Janice McNeil Mrs. Joan Landry Mr. Marlon Woods Mrs. Kay Aillet Mr. Herbert Gossen

Mr. Stanford Joseph

CATHEDRAL-CARMEL MUSUEM CURATOR GIFT SHOP MAINTENANCE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

THE TRANSIFIGURATION THIS IS MY BELOVED SON,

LISTEN TO HIM

IT IS GOOD THAT WE ARE HERE ADORATION OF THE

BLESSED SACRAMENT FRIDAYS DURING LENT

PRAYER IN THE MODERN WORLD

RETHINK SERIES CONTINUES MARCH 3

FEBRUARY 25, 2018 I SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT

VOLUME 72 • NUMBER 8

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WELCOME TO THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

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WITNESSING CHRIST IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE

WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE

SUNDAY 7:00, 9:00, 11:00 am & 5:00 pm 9:00 The Children’s Liturgy of the Word 9:00 & 11:00 Babysitting is available in the Cathedral Center Grace Suite for children ages 6 months—3 years.

SATURDAY 6:30 am, 4:00 pm(Anticipated)

MON-FRI 12:05 pm (Noon)

MON, WED, FRI (ONLY DURING LENT) 5:30 pm

TUE,THU 6:30 am

THURSDAY 8:15 am (CCS SCHOOL MASS)

RECONCILIATION SCHEDULE

SATURDAY 3:00 pm—4:00 pm

MON-SAT 30 Minutes Before Weekday Mass

CHAPEL SCHEDULE

SUN-SAT 6:00 am—6:00 pm

OFFICE SCHEDULE PARISH OFFICE M-Th 8:30am-4pm; F 8:30am-12pm GIFT SHOP & MUSUEM M-Th 9am-12pm, 1pm-4pm; F 9am-12pm

CEMETERY Daily 7am-6pm

Tapestry of the Crucifixion in the Cathedral Center

This is My Beloved Son, Listen to Him

In today’s Gospel according to St. Mark, we are given his account of the Transfiguration of Jesus on Mt. Tabor. Why would the Church choose this reading for the Second Sunday of Lent? What does this have to do with the Cross?

It is interesting that St. Peter wants to stay on the mountain of Transfiguration. He said, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here! Let us make three tents…” He wanted to stay for as long as possible with Jesus in His glory. This is the same St. Peter who a short time later will run from another mountain, Mount Calvary. Yet, it was the same Jesus who was present in the terrible suffering of the Cross that was present in glory on Mt. Tabor.

Our patron, St. John, was the only person present at both the Transfiguration and the Cross. His love for Jesus allowed him to say at Calvary through the pain of suffering, “It is good that we are here.”

This is our lesson today for our Lenten journey. Do we remain with Jesus through the suffering of the Cross?

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A CHURCH ON A MISSION Parish Mission Statement

We, the Congregation of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Lafayette, acknowledge Jesus as Lord and find in His person and mission our truest identity. Obedient to the promptings of the Spirit, we acknowledge His life and ministry; His dying and rising as profound expressions of the Father’s constant love for all people. We faithfully join Him as ministers in His kingdom. Our mission involves the total restoration of humanity and the salvation of the whole person. Our response to this mission finds expression in programs that promote healing and unity in every aspect of the human person. Like Jesus, we seek to express solidarity with the poor and the oppressed, striving all the while to remove from ourselves and Church structures whatever promotes inequality, injustice and oppression.

Join us in our parish mission this week at any of the above events. Do you see a need missing from our mission that Jesus is asking you to help fill? Give us a call at the parish office. 337-232-1322.

YC-Youth Center CC-Cathedral Center CH-Cathedral Hall

SUNDAY 2/25

MONDAY 2/26

TUESDAY 2/27

WEDNESDAY 2/28

THURSDAY 3/1

FRIDAY 3/2

SATURDAY 3/3

LITURGY & SPIRITUALITY

7:00am Mass 9:00am Mass and

Children’s Liturgy

11:00am High Mass 5:00pm Mass

12:05pm Mass 5:30pm Mass

6:30am Mass 12:05pm Mass

6:30am Mass 12:05pm Mass 5:30pm Mass 7:00pm Choir Practice

6:30am Mass 8:15am CCS Mass 9:15am CCS Living Way

of the Cross Practice

12:05pm Mass 7:15am 24-Hour Exposition in

the Chapel of the Beloved Disciple

12:05pm Mass 12:35pm Lenten

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

5:05pm Way of the Cross

5:30pm Mass

6:30am Mass 3:00pm Confessions 4:00pm Mass for the Third Sunday in

Lent

FAITH FORMATION

12:00pm Maren Grace Thibodeaux Baptism

10:00am Women’s Ministry Book Study (CC)

6:00pm Communion and

Liberation (YC)

6:30pm Parish Mission

7:15am CCS Girls Bible Study (YC)

7:15am CCS Boys Bible Study (YC)

10:30am Come Lord Jesus! Study of the Upcoming Sunday Mass Readings (CC)

6:00pm Come, Lord Jesus! (CC)

10:00am Sloane Breaux Baptism

5:00pm Ana Jane Alleman Baptism

6:00pm ReThink Panel Discussion Series on Prayer

PARISH OUTREACH

9:00am Baby Sitting Under 3 yrs

11:00am Baby Sitting Under 3 yrs

11:00am Padre Pio Prayer Group Rosary

5:05pm Pro-Life Rosary

11:00am KC Lenten Fish Fry

WORKS OF CHARITY & COMMUNITY OUTREACH

6:00pm St. Vincent

de Paul Society Meeting

3:00pm Mission Rosary Guild (CC)

ADMIN AND DEVELOPMENT

6:30am Church Cleaned

6:00pm KC Officers Meeting (KC HALL)

6:00pm Parish Council Meeting

8:00am Church Cleaned

THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH MISSION

MONDAY – February 26, 2018 – Lenten Weekday Hewitt Theriot, Special Intenions TUESDAY – February 27, 2018 – Lenten Weekday Mrs. William Sonnier Sr., (A), Melvin “Bubba” Domingue (A), Nicole Leigh Murphy, Hilda Ann LaBorde, Donald Paul LaBorde, Doris Decoux, Special Intentions, WEDNESDAY – February 28, 2018 – Lenten Weekday William Sonnier, Sr., Special Intentions, Walter Sr., Ella & Chester Vincent, THURSDAY – March 1, 2018 – Lenten Weekday All Souls List, Special Inentions, Ada Moss DeFranceaux, Danielle Pellerin Bodin

FIRST FRIDAY – March 2, 2018 – Lenten Weekday Michael A. Ackal, Sr., Elaine E. Thomas, Howard McGough, Special Intentions, In Thanksgiving, Col. Thomas N. & Lena B. Richie, Sisters of Mt. Carmel, Relatives, Friends & Benefactors, Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel (Della0 Huval, FIRST SATURDAY – March 3, 2018 – Lenten Weekday Jack Denny, A. J. Antoine, Millie & Roy Martin, Sturlese & Savoie Families, Louis Joseph Trahan, Nesa Broussard, Dallas Broussard, Anna Mae Girouard, James N. Mouton, Jesse J. Luquette, Carrie Durand, Special Intentions, Edgar G. Mouton, Marguierite “Margo” Comeaux, Trudy Sturlese Heflin, Mary Olga :Mo” Trent, Sue Ann Voorhies, Special Intentions,

Michael G. Mouton SUNDAY – March 4, 2018 – Third Sunday of Lent Congregation, McElligott & Roy Families, Ussay Pellerin, Diana Lee Gesser, Joy P. Vincent, Tom J. Stoma, Jr., Thelma Moody, Dale & Melva Dugas, Janet Pitt Stemmans, Douglas Trumps, Dr. Salle Jean Toniette, Tommye & Alfred Bonin, Madelle Lockard, Beth Ancelet, Charles, Cecile, David, Chuck Walker, Butcher, Richard, Bourgeois, & Hotard Families, Mattheio J. Genard, John Patrick Kelly, Sr., George & Sylvia Bell, Dr. & Mrs. Zerben Bienvenu, Janise Huter, Murphy Lasseigne, Berverly DeVille, Chanh Thi Nguyen, Louise D. Comeaux, Lisa Maria Yavarian, Gloria Gleason, Denise Gleason, Florence Fogg, Diana Boutin, Viola Gleason, Special Intentions

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MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK

A WORSHIPING COMMUNITY

Call or Come by the Office to Offer Holy Mass for Your Loved

One.

IT IS GOOD THAT WE ARE HERE

MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN

Dn 9:4b-10; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Lk 6:36-38

Is 1:10, 16-20; Ps 50:8-9,

16bc-17, 21, 23;

Mt 23:1-12

Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5-6, 14-16; Mt 20:17-

28

Jer 17:5-10; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 16:19-31

Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a; 17b-

28a; Ps 105:16-21; Mt 21:33-43,

Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 103:1-

4, 9-12; Lk 15:1-3, 11-

32

Ex 20:1-17 [1-3, 7-8, 12-17]; Ps 19:8-11;

1 Cor 1:22-25; Jn 2:13-25

SCRIPTURE READINGS THIS WEEK AT MASS

FRIDAY ADORATION

12:30pm-5:00pm COMMITTED ADORERS

NEEDED visit saintjohncathedral.org

HopeAfterAbortion.org; Project Rachel, 888-456 HOPE (888-456-4673) Rachel’s Vineyard, 877-HOPE 4 ME (877-467-3463) National Helpline for Abortion Recovery, 866-482-LIFE (866-482-5433)

A FAMILY IN CHRIST

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Do You or Your Family Member Need Sacraments? BAPTISMS Baptisms are held following the 4:00 p.m. Mass on Saturday and the 11:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday. Please visit our website for more information and call 6-8 weeks in advance. MARRIAGES Please visit our website for more information and call 8-12 months in advance. ANOINTING OF THE SICK IN EMERGENCIES, CALL AT ANY TIME.

PARISH GIVING

FEB 10, 11

General Offertory $22, 053.42

Specific Ministries $3,044.13

BSA $625.00

Total: $25, 722.55

FEB 17, 18

General Offertory $22, 898.46

Specific Ministries $1, 320.20

Black and Native American Mission

$971.00 Total: $25, 189.66

Upcoming Second Collections

FEB 25 Parish Religious Education

MAR 4 Cathedral Hall

FEB. 26 Lenten Mission with Fr . Billy Massie 6:30pm MAR. 1 Dinner By Design for Marr ied Couples with Br ian and

Lisa Butler 6:00pm MAR. 1 24 Hour First Fr iday Adoration in Chapel of the Beloved

Disciple 6:00pm MAR. 2 Knights of Columbus Lenten Fish Fry 11:00am MAR. 2 Lenten Adoration 12:30pm MAR. 2 Way of the Cross 5:05pm MAR. 3 Lenten Discussion with Fr . Michael Champagne and Mary –Rose Verret 6:00pm MAR. 8 Seder Meal 6:30pm MAR. 11 Catechetical Mass 9:00am, 11:00am, 5:00pm

SAVE the

DATE

MONDAY, FEB 26 at 6:30pm

PARISH SEDER MEAL

MARCH, 8 6:30PM RSVP REQUIRED

Catechetical Mass March, 11 9:00am, 11:00am, and 5:00pm

AROUND THE DIOCESE

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DIOCESAN PRAYER CALENDAR FOR CLERGY, SEMINARIANS, AND RELIGIOUS

MONDAY 2/26

TUESDAY 2/27

WEDNESDAY 2/28

THURSDAY 3/1

FRIDAY 3/2

SATURDAY 3/3

SUNDAY 3/4

Priests Rev. Daniel Picard

Rev. Mikel Polson

Rev. Ruben Primor

Pope Francis Pope Emeritus Benedict

XVI

Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel

Bishop Emeritus

Michael Jarrell

Seminarians Rev. Mr. Korey

LaVergne

Cade LeBlanc

Calvin LeMaire Seth Lemaire Joseph Marcantel

Riley Maturin

Scott Mitchell

Deacons Dcn. Joseph Liuzza

Dcn. Phil Lizotte

Dcn. Louis Lloyd

Dcn. José Luna-Becerra

Dcn. Tim Marcantel

Dcn. Tim Maragos

Dcn. Al Marcel

Religious Sr. Margaret

Rose Cano, MSC

Sr. Kathleen Stakelum,

MSC

Sr. Marie Emma Noel, MSC

Sr. Marlene Labbe, MSC

Sr. Charlotte LeBoeuf,

MSC

Sr. Eileen Brosnahan,

MSC

Sr. Lurlie Boudoin, MSC

OPPORTUNI-TIES FOR CONFES-SION: The priests of the Central Deanery will

be offering five Opportunities for Con-fession during this Lenten Season. Several priests will be present to hear confessions at the following locations, on these dates. All services are from 6 pm to 7:30 pm. Monday March 5: St. Edmond Catholic Church; Tuesday, March 6: Holy Cross Catholic Church; Thursday, March 8: St. Bernard Catholic Church (Breaux Bridge); Tuesday, March 13: Immaculate Hear t of Mary Catholic Church; Thursday, March 15: St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church. All are invited to attend any of these opportunities to be reconciled and forgiven in preparation for Easter.