June 25, 2017 - Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary TIme Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor Parish Website: www.stpat.org [email protected]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 Holydays of Obligation: 7:30 am only Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:00-7:25 am (and by appointment) 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
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June 25, 2017 - Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary TIme
Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor Parish Website: www.stpat.org
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
Holydays of Obligation: 7:30 am only Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:00-7:25 am (and by appointment)
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
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 25, 2017
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Saturday, June 24--Vigil of the Twelfth Sun-day in Ordinary Time 4:00 PM: Dr. Leonard & Betty Rolfes; Ewing Latimer Sunday, June 25--Twelfth Sunday in Ordi-nary Time 8:30 AM: Dr. Robert Chastant & Evelyn; Eddie Upton; John Daigle; Phil Simon; Bud & Euna Arceneaux; Martha Lee Stone; Peter Lozada (living) 10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s Monday, June 26--Weekday 7:30 AM: Sick List
Sing to the Lord, praise the Lord,
for he has rescued the life of the poor. — Jeremiah 20:13
Tuesday, June 27--St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Martyr 7:30 AM: Ewing Latimer Wednesday, June 28--St. Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr 7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne; Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living); Col. Kimberly Fedele (living) Thursday, June 29--Saints Peter and Paul, Apos-tles 7:30 AM: Dorothy & Harvey Dupuis Friday, June 30--The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church 7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart Altar Flowers In Loving Memory of: Ewing Latimer Family
Non-Liturgical Devotions Daily Rosary: Monday - Thursday 6:55 a.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Tues-day 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 Friday of the month 7 a.m. Shamrocks—Friday, June 30: Karen Gambel; Andre Arceneaux; Martha Thompson; Daniel & Charlotte Privat.
Prayer for Hurricane Season
O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed your order
and returned to its former quietude. You are still the Master of land and sea. We live the shadow of a danger over which we have no control: the gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can awake from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land and spread chaos and disaster. Dur-ing this hurricane season we turn to you, loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with the passing of time. O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our Beloved Mother, we ask you to plead with you Son in our behalf, so that spared from the calam-ities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of grat-itude, we will walk in the footsteps of your divine Son to reach heavenly Jerusalem where a stormless eternity awaits us. Amen. Bishop Maurice Shexnayder
Holy Hour for Vocations—Second Monday Please join us for our monthly “Holy Hour for Vocations and for the Spiritual Renewal of All Priests” on Monday, July 10th. (because of the 4th of July holiday), from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 406 E. Pinhook Road. Recitation of the Rosary begins at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in these prayers for vocations and persever-ance of vocations to the priesthood and religious life, spon-sored by the Serra Club of Lafayette. Quo Vadis Days Quo Vadis Days (where are you going?) is a time of recrea-tion, fellowship, prayer and discussion to help you explore our Lord’s call in your life. There will be priest, seminari-ans and other young men like yourself gathered together for these days. This vocation discernment camp for young men ages 15-25 is sponsored by the DOL Office of Vocations and will be held at Our Lady of Sorrows Retreat House, 103 Railroad Ave, St. Martinville, June 27-29, 2017. There is no cost, and registration forms can be downloaded from www.lafayettevocations.org or 337-261-5690.
Retreat Information The Jesuit Spirituality Center in Grand Coteau, LA is offer-ing the following retreats: Day of Renewal for Women: Abide in Me Andrea Vidrine– Saturday, July 15, 9:00 am –4:00 pm. Fee: $60.00 (includes lunch). Praying with St. Peter: A Day of Reflection and Prayer Fr. Mark E. Thibodeaux, S.J., Saturday, September 16, 9:00am—4:00 pm. Fee: $60.00 (includes lunch). Silent, Individually-Directed Retreats of 3, 5, or 8 days Beginning on the following dates: Wed. July 5 (for 3, 5, or 8 days); Mon. July 17 or Thur., July 20; Tue., Aug 1 of Fri., Aug. 4; Mon., Aug. 21 or Thur., Aug. 24; Tue., Sep. 5 or Fri., Sep 8. For more information or for an application form to register, please visit the website: jesuitspiritualitycenter.org or call 337-662-5251 M-F 8 am— 12 noon and 1—5:00 pm.
It’s registration time for Cajun Camp 2017 The Deaf Action Center is hosting the day camp for chil-dren ages 5-13 who are deaf, deaf-blind, or hearing disa-bled. The camp is also open to hearing children who are interested in learning sign language. The children will take part in arts and crafts, sports and games, drama projects, field trips, swimming, sign language instruction and a Parent’s Day presentation. The camp runs from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily, from July 10-July 14 and July 17-July 21 at the Deaf Action Center, located in Village Du Lac, 1408 Carmel Drive. Cost is $100 per week, and the deadline to register is June 30. Call the Deaf Action Center at 337-232-3463 for more information. While on vacation… To find a mass and its location, go to www.masstimes.org or call 1(410)676-6000.
Fete-Dieu du Teche Fȇte-Dieu du Teche, Eucharistic Boat Procession down Bayou Teche, will take place on the Feast of the As-sumption, Tuesday, August 15. All are invited to a Mass in French at 8 am at St. Leo the Great in Leon-ville to begin the day. Bishop Douglas Deshotel will preside and give the homily. At the end of Mass, there will be a procession from Church with the Blessed Sacrament to the boat landing. At 9:30 am 50 boats will disembark in procession and make their way down Bayou Teche, retracing part of the actual journey of our Acadian ancestors, toward St. Martinville, arriving around 5 pm. Confessions will be heard at each of the stops along the way. Registrations are now being ac-cepted for boats that would like to participate. For more information about the day or to register a boat visit our website at www.fetedieuduteche.org, send us an email at [email protected], or call (337) 394-6550. Gently Worn School Uniforms Needed Gently Worn Public School Uniforms only, are once again being collected for needy children in the Lafa-yette Parish Schools. Please bring your children’s out-grown uniforms to church as soon as possible. Sizes 4-20 and all adult sizes are needed. Shirts: red, white and navy blue, black and green. Pants/Shorts: navy blue, black and khaki-traditional style. The need is great! Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend Marriage Life can be hectic and overwhelming. There never seems to be enough time. We are always caught up taking care of everyone and everything except each other. You think, where can we find the time to talk and if we do, how can we really, fully understand and reach one another? There is an answer. Learn a new way to re-discover one another by using a unique com-munication technique that will bring new life to your relationship. Sign up today for a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. It will be one of the most im-portant and significant decisions you make. LAMS-wwme.org or call Jack & Angel LaBate at 470-297-8560 or [email protected] The next week-ends are July 14-16 and October 20-22, 2017 at Bish-op Robert Tracy Center in Baton Rouge. STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory……………………… $ 4,235.15 Peter’s Pence…………………..$ 677.00 Thank You!
The second collection next weekend will be for our Building Fund.
Lectors Janell Venable Gerrie McGovern Bill Ganucheau
Eucharistic Ministers
Kathy Kalweit George Eaton Peggy Spruill
Larry Lewis Suzanne Lavergne Maggie Sonnier
Leroy Abshire Barbara Abshire Janeth Harrington
Altar Servers Rosalind Allen Mary Kramer Debra Carroll
Ushers Oren Spruill George Guidry
Donald Vallot Jason Sonnier
Ben Berthelot Lionel Louvierre
Liturgical Roles for July
From the Pastor’s Desk
So, I write this, Tropical Storm Cindy is churning in the Gulf, while bands of rain sweep over Acadiana, as well as to the east and west of us. It’s not a Cat 5 storm, and hopefully will not do too much damage. But I can’t help but think of so many of our neighbors who still cringe and sweat when they hear warnings of ‘Flooding”, since they know all too well how quickly that can happen, and how devastating it can be.
When you read this, it will be over (we hope), but in the meantime, we find ourselves in the curious situa-tion of almost wishing disaster on someone else. I mean, that storm is going somewhere, and we don’t want it here, so we hope (and pray?) that it rolls over some other part of the coast. “Dear God, please send Cindy to someone else’s house!” No, that’s not what we mean, but praying about weather puts us in a rather strange situa-tion.
Praying about weather always brings me back as well to the days after the disaster of Katrina. There were those (unfortunately) who decided that the destruction in New Orleans was God’s judgment upon the sin-ners who sinned there, almost as if New Orleans were the only city with sinners! My take on that was that if God did target New Orleans, his aim needs work, since he basically missed the French Quarter.
The fact is that you and I live on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, where there are sometimes hurricanes. I’m always somewhat amused by the predictions of a “more active” or “less active” hurricane season. Let’s face it. We don’t really care how many storms there are, as long as they don’t come to my house! And sometimes, the storm will come to my house.
All of this does, I think, teach us something about prayer, starting with the fact that the power of prayer is not about me getting what I want. If we pray at all, we acknowledge that God is the one in charge, not us, and that most prayer is aimed at changing us, not God. (If God and I are in a relationship, which one in that relationship needs to change???)
Consider the Scriptures. It is not a saga of people who escaped the storm. It is rather countless stories of people who went through the storm, by God’s grace. The culmination of that, of course, is the story of the cross — Jesus himself didn’t escape that storm — he came through it, alive and victorious. And that is the challenge of facing any storm, whether from the weather or from any of life’s events. Where is God in this? How can this event draw me closer to God? What needs to be changed in me, as the rain falls, and the wind blows?
Readings for the Week
Monday Gn 12:1-9; Ps 33:12-13, 18-20, 22; Mt 7:1-5
Tuesday Gn 13:2, 5-18; Ps 15:2-4ab, 5; Mt 7:6, 12-14
Wednesday Gn 15:1-12, 17-18; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Mt 7:15-20
