Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church 66192 St. Mary Drive, Pearl River, Louisiana 70452 www.sppcprla.com A Öٮݫ Ê¥ ÄÙù ø, òÙù Ùò. óùÄ ÖùÝÝ, Ä Pastor Father Travis Clark [email protected]Mass Schedule Monday No Mass Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:00 a.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Saturday 5:00 p.m. (Vigil) Sunday 7:00, 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. Holy Day Masses Vigil and Holy Day Mass Ɵmes vary; please see bulleƟn and website. Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 4:00 to 4:45 p.m. Wednesday 6:00 to 6:15 p.m. or by request Special Devotions Tuesday St. Jude Novena immediately following 8 a.m. Mass Thursday Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena following 8 a.m. Mass Thursday PatrioƟc Rosary in Church at 7 p.m. First Friday The Most Blessed Sacrament & EucharisƟc AdoraƟon following 8 a.m. Mass unƟl 5 p.m. closing with BenedicƟon Office Hours Monday 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday - Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Friday 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Contact Phone: (985) 863-7935 Fax: (985) 863-5431 Email: [email protected]Parish Mission Statement: It is the mission of our Church Parish to follow the commands of Jesus to Saints Peter and Paul: “Feed My sheep” and “Carry My name among the nations.” August 25, 2019 Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church
66192 St. Mary Drive, Pearl River, Louisiana 70452 www.sppcprla.com
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Pastor Father Travis Clark [email protected] Mass Schedule Monday No Mass Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:00 a.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Saturday 5:00 p.m. (Vigil) Sunday 7:00, 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. Holy Day Masses Vigil and Holy Day Mass mes vary; please see bulle n and website. Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 4:00 to 4:45 p.m. Wednesday 6:00 to 6:15 p.m. or by request Special Devotions Tuesday St. Jude Novena immediately following 8 a.m. Mass Thursday Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena following 8 a.m. Mass Thursday Patrio c Rosary in Church at 7 p.m. First Friday The Most Blessed Sacrament & Eucharis c Adora on following 8 a.m. Mass un l 5 p.m. closing with Benedic on Office Hours Monday 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday - Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Friday 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Contact Phone: (985) 863-7935 Fax: (985) 863-5431 Email: [email protected]
Parish Mission Statement:
It is the mission of our Church Parish to follow the commands of Jesus to Saints Peter and Paul: “Feed My
sheep” and “Carry My name among the nations.”
August 25, 2019
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
LOOKING GOOD
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READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday, August 26 1 Thes 1:1-5, 8b-10; Mt 23:13-22 Tuesday, August 27 1 Thes 2:1-8; Mt 23:23-26 Wednesday, August 28 1 Thes 2:9-13; Mt 23:27-32 Thursday, August 29 1 Thes 3:7-13; Mk 6:17-29 Friday, August 30 1 Thes 4:1-8; Mt 25:1-13 Saturday, August 31 1 Thes 4:9-11; Mt 25:14-30 Sunday, September 1 Sir 3:17-18, 20, 28-29; Heb 12:18-19, 22-24a; Lk 14:1, 7-14
TODAY’S READINGS
Sunday, August 25
First Reading — Brothers and sisters of every race and lan-guage will be brought to Jerusa-lem. Isaiah 66:18-21 Second Reading — Strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees. Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13 Gospel — People from east and west, north and south recline at table in the kingdom of God. Luke 13:22-30
THE PASSION OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
August 29
THE PASSION OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST The Church, having celebrated the earthly birthday of St. John the Bap st on June 24, today [August 29] honors the anniversary of his martyrdom. Be-sides our Lord and our Lady, St. John the Bap st is the only one whose birth and death are thus celebrated. Today’s Gospel [August 29] relates the circumstanc-es of his execu on. He had the courage to blame Herod to his face for the scan-dal of his illegal union with his sister-in-law, Herodias, whose husband was s ll alive. Herodias contrived to make Herod imprison him and took advantage of an unexpected opportunity to obtain through her daughter Salome the behead-ing of the saint.
Don’t you love it when the underdog wins? When the Cardinals beat the Yankees for the championship or the Blues beat the Redwings, or the Rams beat anyone? Even when I watch a game with no St. Louis teams playing, I s ll like to root for the underdog. That is what I like about today’s Gospel: the last will be first and the first will be last. Some say that Jesus was referring to the Jews, God’s chosen people, whom Jesus called first to be His disciples. When they rejected Him, the call went out to the Gen les, who became followers. Or perhaps in Jesus’ me, He was talk-ing about the leaders of the Jews, the Scribes and Pharisees. These refused to follow Jesus, while ordinary Jews who did not feel threatened by Jesus’ teach-ing became disciples. In a way, you can understand why the leaders rejected Jesus. They made a nice living out of the offerings made by ordi-nary Jews. As long as they could decide who could enter the temple, they had a nice income flow. They were smart enough to include the poor, by asking them for smaller offerings. And who could argue with them? They worked for God. How dare Jesus say that they would be cast out, while people from the rest of the world would enter the Kingdom of God! And how about us? Remember that the Gospel was not wri en for non-believers. Are we threatened by Jesus’ message? Just as the scribes and Phari-sees considered themselves important in God’s eyes because of their office, do we consider ourselves “saved” because we call ourselves Chris ans? Do we re-spect all people, or just the ones we like? Are we generous to the poor, or just to our friends? Do we give good example to the people we work with? Do we follow our conscience, or do we follow the crowd? Entry into the Kingdom of God is not a fashion statement. We don’t get there by looking good. We are invited by Jesus to be last on earth so we can be first in the Kingdom. Tom Schmidt
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION The wonderful diversity of life and worship among Roman Catholics of East and West is an example of God wri ng straight with crooked lines. The steady hand of the villainous Emperor Diocle an drew a line across Europe and Africa that split the empire in two, and for the most part determined how Chris ans would worship two thousand years later. Italy’s heel and the far northern city of Trieste fell on the Eastern side and have had a form of Eastern liturgy ever since. Constan nople, which soon be-came the seat of the Roman Empire, became a base for Chris anizing the East up to Russia and Poland. Poland was on the Eastern side, but a series of wars and medieval mayhem pushed the religious boundary back to the Ukraine, and Poland remains an outpost of the La n Church to this day. An old rule of thumb declared that whatever religion was observed by the local prince, the people had to follow. This gave rise to persecu on and migra-
on as people sought tolera on for their expressions of faith. In the United States, we are accustomed to peaceful collabora on among Chris ans of East and West, a situa on that challenges churches that s ll feel the pinch of age-old division. James Field
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PRAYER FOR STUDENTS Lord God, in your wisdom and love you surround us with the mys-teries of the universe. Send your Spirit upon these students and fill them with your wisdom and bless-ings. Grant that they may devote themselves to their studies and draw every closer to you, the source of all knowledge. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers
PRAYER FOR TEACHERS Lord God, your spirit of wis-dom fills the earth and teaches us your ways. Look upon these teach-ers. Let them strive to share their knowledge with gentle pa ence and endeavor always to bring the truth to eager minds. Grant that they may follow Je-sus Christ, the way, the truth and the life, forever and ever. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers
Mass Intentions Monday, August 26 No Mass Scheduled Tuesday, August 27 8:00 A Altar Society Members Living & Deceased Wednesday, August 28 6:30 P Purgatorial Society Thursday, August 29 8:00 A Cathy Downey Friday, August 30 8:00 A † Jeff Howell Saturday, August 31 5:00 P † Captain Pete Vogt † Deacon Pat Downey † Deacon Richard Calkins Glenn Bunting † Joseph Purcella, Jr. † Joseph D’Antoni, Jr. † Ken & Adele Salzer † Lee & Yvonne Tracey † Louis J. Mangano, Jr. † Louis J. Mangano, Sr. † Manuel Selva † Marcelle Ernewein Miriam Strickland † Rosemary Poche Roszczynialski/ Stottman Families † Shanon R. Smith † Tina Mangano Sunday, September 1 7:00 A † Margaret Jorns 8:30 A † Andrew Lambert Cecilia Miller Dave Anderson † Deacon Pat Downey Fr. Jerry Daniels † Fr. Michael B. Fraser Gail Garay † Gertrude Fiorella John, Jr. & Jackie Ross Kathy Sharp Ken & Bev Cowart † Lee Fandal † Ruth Anderson Vilma Aracely Obregon Shaw 10:30 A People of the Parish
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This week, the Tabernacle lamp in the Sanctuary burns in memory of † DRU HIGGINBOTHAM †
Ternae Lamp
Pope Francis' Prayer Inten on for August
Let us pray with the Holy Father, “that families, through their life of prayer and love, become ever more clearly
‘schools of true human growth’.”
The lovely flowers adorning the altar this weekend were donated in memory of
† GLORIA ZERINGUE † by her loving family.
Altar Flers
RCIA Tract II Begins on September 3 at 7 p.m. (Classroom 7) Archbishop Sheen/Sco Hahn Video Series
Happy
First Day of
PSR Classes! †
Sts. Peter & Paul
Parish School
of Religion †
Pray for the Sick Elmer Poche Gail Garay Glorie e Kiern JoAnn Brewin Joni Dartez Judy Aleman Larry Laughlin Mae Belle Ducote Maria Kalcic
Mary Salzer Brown May Caballero Norris Ripp Pam King Patricia Cuccia Patricia Langsford Shirley Callais Sondra Pare Theresa Zechenelly Virgie Hurstell
Amy Fandal Audrey Bonnet Carlene Ragusa Carroll Fourcade Cathy Smith Diana Bradshaw Dotsy Chedville Ed Roszczynialski Elizabeth Ki el
CHILDREN’S CHOIR RESUMES Are you a young person who loves to sing? Why not share your talent by singing in our Children’s Choir, which will perform during the Youth Masses? Music Director and Organist, Cynthia Ripoll, will meet with par-ents and interested children on Monday, September 9 at 6:30 p.m. in the Church. Please a end this Parent Mee ng and First Prac ce if you are interested. We hope to see you there!
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WEEKLY EVENTS MON
AUGUST 26 8:00a 5:00p
RiteWay Imaging in Parish Hall (for those who registered) Legion of Mary (St. Anthony Hall)
TUES AUGUST 27
8:45a 8:45a
Tuesday Morning Rosary—a er 8:00 a.m. Mass and St. Jude Novena (St. Anthony Hall) Altar Society Rosary (Church) Meet in Hall
WED AUGUST 28 6:00 p Youth Group Mee ng “Theology of the Body” (St. Anthony Hall)
THU AUGUST 29 7:00p Patriot Rosary (Church)
FRI AUGUST 30
SAT AUGUST 31
SUN SEPTEMBER 1 > NO PSR (PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION) CLASSES
A STEWARDSHIP MOMENT The gospel reading today starts with a ques on: “Lord, will only a few people be saved?” Jesus offers only a simple reply: Strive to enter through the narrow gate. Many will try to enter and will not be able. Good stewards know there is only one narrow gate. Not everything will fit. This narrow gate has no room for our accomplishments. No room for our money. No room for our possessions. No room for any-thing else but those who have been good stewards of the Gospel. We can’t custom build our own gates either. There is only one narrow gate that happens to be open for a me, but for how long? What is our plan of ac on to get through the gate?
PARISH FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP Last Sunday, August 18 Envelopes $2,315.00 Loose 1,372.00
Online Giving Unavailable Total $4,518.00 2ND COLLECTION: CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
$1,649.00
Holy Day 831.00
Thank you for your generous offerings.
THERE IS NO SECOND COLLECTION SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEKEND, SEPTEMBER 1.
unable to a end church or out-of-town. 2. You never have to remember to bring cash,
checks or giving envelopes to church. 3. Online giving is secure. You can trust that
your informa on is safe. 4. Giving electronically also helps the church
save money and plan its budget!
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AND SAVE-THE-DATE
Volunteers are needed to help with a re-cep on following the Installa on of Father Travis as pastor of our parish on Saturday, September 7 at the 5:00 p.m. Mass. Father Travis will be installed by The Very Rev. Wayne Paysse, V. F. If you would like to sign-up to bring something from a list of
light refreshments and/or help deco-rate the Parish Hall for this celebra on
and Father’s welcoming recep on, please call the Church Office. Be sure to save-the-date!
Saturday, September 7 | 5:00 p.m.
Register online at www.ccrno.org or call 504-828-1368.
HELPS FINANCE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OUR CHURCH PARISH’S HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS.
In observa on of LABOR DAY
The Church Office will be closed Monday, September 2, and will reopen on Tuesday, September 3, at 1:00 p.m. Have a Happy Labor Day!
LORD TEACH ME TO PRAY 2019 FALL SESSIONS LTMTP is a three-part prayer series based on Igna an Spirituality. Part 1, “Praying Chris an Vir-tues,” helps deepen prayer life and helps discover what to do for dryness and obstacles in prayer. It also introduces the different methods of Igna an prayer, medita on, contempla on and Conscious-ness Examen. A small group will meet with 2 trained facilita-tors for 1—2 hours once a week for 12 weeks to pray and faith share. Pt. 1 for women will begin on September 17 at 9:30 a.m. and Pt. 1 for men will begin on September 11 at 7:00 p.m. Pts. 2 and 3 are also available if you have already a ended Pt. 1 and/or Pt. 2. Please contact Robin Mullet at (985) 649-1119 for more informa on. Learn more about LTMTP at: www.lordteachmetopray.com.
MONDAY, AUGUST 26 RightWay Imaging will be in the Parish Hall on Monday, August 26 for those who have scheduled screenings.
Mark your calendar and join us!
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Sadly missed by Lee Mangano Family
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SAINT MONICA—AUGUST 27 She had smiles for the neighbors, though her husband, Patricius, found her religion and the charity it in-spired annoying. She made tearful prayers in private for a son, outward-ly self-assured but, as his mother knew, inwardly restless, and whose girlfriend of a dozen years had borne his child out of wedlock. Though not the first or last such mother and son, Monica and Augus ne are the Church's most famous, so we keep their feast days back to back, with
Monica's, fi ngly, first. To Rome she followed Au-gus ne, then to Milan, where years of prayer and nagging finally bore fruit in his conversion by Saint Ambrose. For six months, mother and son enjoyed the blessing of rediscovering each other. Just in me! On the way home to North Africa, Monica took sick and died near Rome. No child who has mourned a parent can read, unmoved, Augus ne's tender account, in his Confessions, of Monica's last days. At this me of the year, when parents watch apprehensively as children leave for school, may Monica's perseverance and Au-gus ne's long-prayed-for conversion ease anxiety and kindle hope. Peter Scagnelli SAINT AUGUSTINE—AUGUST 28
St. Augus ne of Hippo is one of the four great La n Fathers of the Church. Augus ne was born in North Africa in present-day Algeria. His mother was St. Monica and his fa-ther, Patricius, a pagan. Augus ne showed early promise as a scholar, but he disappointed his mother by espousing Maniceism, gnos c reli-gion and leading a hedonis c life (a life devoted solely to pleasure), even living with a mistress with whom he had a child. Eventually, due to Mon-
ica’s prayers, he decided to become a Chris an and was bap zed by St. Ambrose in Milan. He be-came a priest and later, the bishop of Hippo. Au-gus ne was a prolific writer and is credited with wri ng one of the first autobiographies, his Con-fession. His books, homilies and le ers are a rich source of theological insight s ll mined today by students of every Chris an denomina on or ec-clesial community.
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Music Director Cynthia Ripoll (985) 774-9917 [email protected] Gina Hattier (5:00) Mike & Cynthia Ripoll (8:30) Harold & Shelia Loyacano (10:30) Patriotic Rosary Every Thursday 7 pm in Church Prayer Chain Catherine Lambert (985) 863-2749 Rosary Eydie Richmond Every Tuesday following 8 am Mass St. Joseph Day Shirley Lightell (985) 863-2603 Ushers & Greeters Howard Hebert, Sr. (985) 863-5319 [email protected] Widows Group Sandra Bailey (985) 250-9013 Stella Jenevein (504) 884-0106 3rd Friday each month Women’s Spirituality Barbara Laughlin (985) 290-9482 Last Sunday each month 11:30 am Youth Group Gabby Kern [email protected] Rachael Johnson [email protected] Every Wednesday 6 pm - 8 pm
MINISTRY DIRECTORY Altar Servers Karen Dickerson (601) 337-6401 [email protected] Altar Society May Caballero (985) 863-2467 Antonians Steve Fecke (985) 863-7646 1st Tuesday each month 7 pm Apologetics Peter Dakin (985) 781-4789 [email protected] Eucharistic Adoration Ellie Ross (985) 960-1613 1st Friday each month Faith Formation-RCIA Angel Vicknair (985) 788-0380 [email protected] Father Seelos Blessing Finance Robert Johnson (985) 863-7935 Floral Design Cathy Downey (985) 863-7947 Grand Adults (GASPP) Alicia O’Brien (985) 863-1938 1st Monday each month Knights of Columbus Scott Fandal (985) 863-3380 3rd Wednesday each month Lectors Office (985) 863-7935 Legion of Mary Laurie Howell (985) 290-6983 Every Monday 5 pm Ministers of Eucharist: Sundays Roger Ruiz (601) 799-4527 [email protected]
BAPTISM: Usually the third Sunday of the month (except during Lent) following 10:30 a.m. Mass. Please call for registra on forms at least three weeks in advance.
MATRIMONY: By appointment with the parish priest or dea-con at least six months in advance. No other arrangements should be made before con-tac ng the priest.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Upon request for the seriously ill, infirm and those undergoing major surgery. Please con-tact the Church Office when someone is home-bound or hospitalized and in need of the sacra-ment.
FUNERALS: Families should contact the priest (office) be-fore making arrangements.
COMMUNION FOR THE ILL OR SHUT-IN
Please call the Church Office if you know any-one who would benefit from this ministry.
WELCOME NEW PARISHIONERS
Please register by filling out a census form lo-cated at the entrances of the church and re-turn to the Church Office or register online at www.sppcprla.com/census. BULLETIN DEADLINE: The Office requires informa on no later
