HARDEE HOME CENTER Quality Lumber at The Best Prices Around See Us For Your Plumbing, Electrical & Flooring Needs 32437 Veterans Memorial Drive Gueydan……………………………...337-536-6727 603 Main Street - (P.O. Box 28) - Gueydan, La. 70542 337-536-9258 saintpeterchurch.org Rev. Fr. Corey Campeaux-Pastor Holy Mass Schedule Monday No Mass Tuesday 5:15 p.m. Wednesday Noon Thursday 5:15 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m. (Gueydan Guest Home) Saturday 4:00 p.m. Sunday 7:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. St. David 8:30 a.m. Confession: Saturday 2:45-3:45 p.m. & 30 minutes before all other Masses or by appointment. Baptism: Arrangements made by the parents with the Pastor. Godparents must be Confirmed and practicing Catholics. Marriage Arrangements made by the couple with the pastor no less than 6 months before desired date. Anointing: Emergency calls are answered immediately; call office for Holy Communion or Anointing of the Sick at home or in a hospital. Office Hours: Monday: Closed Tues-Thurs 8am-3pm Friday-8 am-Noon Lunch: Noon– 1pm June 3, 2018 Corpus Christi S aint Peter the Apostle Catholic Church Corpus Christi is a festival that has been celebrated by many Christians, particularly the Catholic Church, in honor of the Eucharist since 1246. The name “Corpus Christi” is a Latin phrase that refers to the body of Christ. FAITH N FUN July 9-13, 2018 More details in following weeks!
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HARDEE HOME CENTER Quality Lumber at
The Best Prices Around
See Us For Your
Plumbing, Electrical
& Flooring Needs
32437 Veterans Memorial Drive Gueydan……………………………...337-536-6727
603 Main Street - (P.O. Box 28) - Gueydan, La. 70542
337-536-9258 saintpeterchurch.org
Rev. Fr. Corey Campeaux-Pastor
Holy Mass Schedule
Monday No Mass
Tuesday 5:15 p.m.
Wednesday Noon
Thursday 5:15 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m.
(Gueydan Guest Home)
Saturday 4:00 p.m.
Sunday 7:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
St. David 8:30 a.m.
Confession:
Saturday 2:45-3:45 p.m. &
30 minutes before all other
Masses or by appointment.
Baptism:
Arrangements made by the
parents with the
Pastor. Godparents must be
Confirmed and practicing
Catholics.
Marriage
Arrangements made by the
couple with the pastor no
less than 6 months before
desired date.
Anointing:
Emergency calls are
answered immediately; call
office for Holy Communion
or Anointing of the Sick at
home or in a hospital.
Office Hours:
Monday: Closed
Tues-Thurs 8am-3pm
Friday-8 am-Noon
Lunch: Noon– 1pm
June 3, 2018 Corpus Christi
S aint Peter the Apostle
Catholic Church
Corpus Christi is a festival that has been celebrated
by many Christians, particularly the Catholic
Church, in honor of the Eucharist since 1246. The
name “Corpus Christi” is a Latin phrase that refers
to the body of Christ.
FAITH N FUN
July 9-13, 2018
More details in following weeks!
PRAYER FOR SEMINARIANS
June 3 Connor Poirrier 4 Rev. Mr. Andrew Schumacher 5 Rev. Mr. Brent Smith 6 Michael Vidrine 7 Nicholas Ware 8 Rev. Mr. Kyle White 9 Rev. Kevin Bordelon, Director of Seminarians DAILY PRAYER FOR PRIESTS Eternal Father, we lift up to You these and all the priests 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 June 3 Bishop J. Doglas Deshotel 4 Bishop Emeritus Michael Jarrell 5 Reverend Floyd Calais 6 Reverend John Callahn, SJ 7 Reverend Christopher Cambre 8 Reverend Corey Campeaux 9 Reverend Joseph Campion, SSJ
Think, O God, of our friends who are ill, whom we now commend to Your compassionate
regard. Comfort them upon their sickbed, and ease their suffering. We beg for deliver-
ance, and submit that no healing is too hard for the Lord, if it be His will. We therefore
pray that You bless our friends with Your loving care, renew their strength, and heal what
ails them in Your loving name. Thank you Lord
Carol Badon Ronald Bertrand Tabby Broussard Benoit Arline Bellard Ronald Bertrand Rachel Braud Kim Broussard Martha Frederick
Christine Campbell Tammy Broussard Cormier
Larry Geater Kade Guidry John D. Istre DFL Willie Mae, Wilson LeJeune Joan Ogden
Offerings of the Past Week: St. Peter Church St. David’s
First Collection $ 2428.00 $ 657.00 Second Collection this week-end for church loan
Please keep the sick and healing of our community in your prayers:
The Eucharist is the solution to our present problems. It is not imagined, or a symbol or even our own cleverness. These solutions have all failed to help us just as Israel’s searching after false God’s failed to produce good results. The solution of the Eucharist is God Himself. We can liken it to the effectiveness in the Old Testament when the Ark of the Covenant was carried into battle. Psalm 68 comes to mind, “Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; let those who hate him flee before him!” There is no deficiency in God’s divine solution for us accept our own lack of faith and utilization of God’s sacrament. This Sunday we Laud the God who loves us so much as to become man, suffer and die in our place and then leave us his very self in the Eucharist. Who can bear to wait for an appointment that is even a few minutes late? Jesus waits for us 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. His love is very much unappreciated. This is a crime. We have the greatest power for healing and good in the world, God Himself, and what he most frequently experiences from us is the coldness of indifference at best, or at worst sacrilege (unworthy reception of the Eucharist) at worst. Woe are we who will go to our judgment and have to explain to Jesus why we did not take advantage of the Eucharist. Will there be any excuse worthy enough to escape condemnation? The love and intimacy of God in the Eucharist is greater than any other love or intimacy, even that of a husband and wife. Jesus literally completes us. We are meant for divine life with God. We do not have divine life, so Jesus gives us his own through the Eucharist. A word about the Eucharist: God remains who He is despite what we do or don’t do. When we come to Mass, we encounter the living God. If we make a Holy Communion, (receiving the Eucharist without any conscious mortal sins) we are enlivened. Jesus lives in us and gives us his own life. I heard it described this way once. We need a heart transplant; our heart is completely wasted, and Jesus remedies our need by removing our diseased heart and daily giving us his own heart in the Eucharist. On the other hand, if we make an unholy or sacrilegious communion Jesus is still very much present, but instead of being enlivened we eat and drink condemnation upon ourselves (1 Corinthians 11:29). Jesus is present in the Eucharist, but there is no place for him to dwell. It is as if we give him to the enemy of God to be abused in us. This is a painful truth, but it is true. Now imagine for a moment how many people thoughtlessly receive the Eucharist each Sunday here and throughout the world. It should spark outrage that Jesus is treated that way. If our loved ones were continually ignored, slandered and spat upon, we would not sit idly by. Jesus however, allows himself to be this vulnerable so that all may be saved. What can we do? The number one thing we MUST do is repent of our sin. If we do not recognize our fault and turn away from our sins, then we will not be saved, and it will not be God’s fault. How could it be His fault if we readily and steadfastly refuse even his most basic help? Repenting, we need to regularly return to God through Confession, the Mass and in Eucharistic Adoration. We can liken the receiving of the Eucharist to a kind of chemotherapy that only produces good effects in the body. Spending time with Jesus before the Blessed Sacrament can be likened to radiation therapy which removes the consequences of sin, heals our wounds and makes us to shine like the Lord Himself. The limitation is not in God. The limitation is in our lack of Faith In the name of our Lord who loves us so much and yet is horribly offended, I beg you to examine your conscience before receiving the Eucharist. Confess in the Sacrament of Confession any mortal sins. I beg you also to come before the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass also to receive the divine remedy that nothing and no one else can provide. Let us turn the tide of this world we are living in. With God it is possible. Let us begin by acknowledging the wounded heart of our Lord, worship His Sacred Heart in the Eucharist. Let us acknowledge our own sin and need for repentance, and seek to repair the offenses we perceive through love. Fr. Campeaux
Saturday 6-9 4:00 P.M. St. Peter Church
Mass Intention: In memory of Jude Fluitt, Francis Klein, Cathy Klein Langley Also remembered:
• Francis & Sarah Chatagnier, Dora, Eldie, Garland, Michael, Oscar Sr., Sarah, Ty & Wilton Theriot, Lloyd Quartermont, Living: Oscar Theriot, Sr., Family
• Dunice, T-Joe, Faye, Neelis Bertrand, Anastasie, JD, Joseph Simon (BD), James Smith family, Rodney Stelly, Jr & Sr. Lela Suggs, Father Don-ald Theriot
• Crip (AOD 6-16), Edith Bertrand (BD 6-14), BB,
Evelyn Breaux, Aldis, Marie, Bernice, Jane, Clevenis, Eriste, Craig (AOD 6-15), Brenda, Rob-ert P., Wanda, Wilfred “Blanc” Broussard, Joe Gaspard, Johnnie B. Hebert, Ryan Henry, Ruby, Wallace Istre, Donald, Shawn Linscomb, Jules, Wayne Martin, Albay, Anite Thibodeaux
• Arnold, Duci, Steve, Jr., Theresa Meaux • Allie, Carl Hoffpauir, Ronnie Lougon, Zach
Simon
Tuesday 6-5 5:15 P.M. St. Peter Church Mass Intention: Genevieve, Jimmy, Rodney Simon, Cyndi Simon Alford Wednesday 6-6 12:05 P.M. St. Peter Church Mass Intention: Andrus, Boatner, Marie, Paul, Whitney, Wilsey Hebert Thursday 6-7 5:15 P.M. St. Peter Church Mass Intention: Dwayne, Wayne, C.P. Zaunbrecher families, Lucille, Wilbur Guidry Friday 6-8 9:00 A.M. Gueydan Memorial Guest Home Mass intention: Joseph Boatner Hebert, Clarence, Jr., Sr., David, John, Marie, Theresa, Walter Ber-trand Also remembered: Dwayne, Wayne & C.P. Zaunbrecher families, Lucille, Wilbur Guidry, Living: Isabel Jo Simon (BD)
Sunday 6-10 7:00 A.M. St. Peter Church
Mass Intention: Kathryn M. Hatch, Nolan Leblanc
Family, Dorothy Z. Toups, Joseph Zaunbrecher
Family
Also Remembered: • Lester Potier
• Anastasia Simon
• M/M Wilfred Broussard, Sr., Marvin Compton, Susan Earls, In Memory of Jude Fluitt, Robert Paul Francez, Barbara, Faye, Francis, George, Henrietta, Jim, Lenia, Mildred, Pat Klein, Cathy Langley, Betty, Percy Lapoint, M/M Sidney Lounsberry, Carrie Walpole
cille, Wilbur Guidry • Ethel Lege, Sean Simon • Deceased Vance Benoit, Alexon Cormier fami-
lies, Jerry Cormier, M/M Elly Fuselier, Freddie, Helen LeBeouf, Melisa LeJeune, Darrell, Wilson & Oneita Dupree Marceaux family, Deceased Leon Schexnider family, Cain, Martha, Elma, Wilson Smith
• Rod Stelly • Living: Teresa Richard (BD)
8:30 A.M. St. David Chapel
Mass Intention: Parishioners of St. Peter Church 10:30 A.M. St. Peter Church
Mass Intention: Emick, Helen “Sis” Melancon, Thomas, Nellie, Willie Petry Also remembered: Guy LeDoux & deceased family, Anna Mae, Bert, Johnnie Darbonne, Karl, Dr. Reno Petry, Donald, Joyce Dronet, M/M Relay Adams, Sr., Vernice LeBlanc, M/M Isaac Saltzman, Gordan Sandoz, Anthony, Peggy Terhall, Blanche Walker, R.L. Walker, Jr., Living, Deceased members of Holy Name Society
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The Diocese Comes of Age:Growth of the ChurchAs Jules Jeanmard was formally installed Bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette on December 12, 1918, the
39-year-old Bishop wasted no time in setting forth his vision for growth. The most notable expansion in the early years of the Diocese of Lafayette was in its number of parishes and priests. While the Diocese of Lafayette represented a sizable land area, the popula-tion west of the Atchafalaya River was only 25% of the population of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Lafayette, its
biggest city, had well under 10,000 residents. The new Diocese consisted of 48 church parishes and a total of 72 priests in the area, 27 of which were religious (Jesuits, Josephites, etc.). Forty years later, the Diocese of Lafayette more than tripled its number of priests, with 241 priests serving Southwest Louisiana in 1956. Bishop Jeanmard himself would establish around 60 new parishes in his time as Bishop, a rate of over 1.5 new parishes a year.
Many other significant moments marked the growth of a small rural area into a robust Diocese of Catho-lic activity. An early goal of Bishop Jeanmard was to bring a cloistered Carmelite community to the
Diocese. His persistence paid off, and 18 years after his installation, the Discalced Carmelites established a home in the city of Lafayette in 1936. Bishop Jeanmard saw this powerhouse of prayer as a “lightning rod” for the Diocese. Still today, the Carmelites continue their support and prayer for the work of the Church in the Diocese of Lafayette.
Jeanmard’s pride and joy was St. Mary’s Home, an orphanage located only a few blocks from the Cathedral and the Bishop’s home. Jeanmard worked diligently to open this home in 1923, which would be run by the Sisters of Charity of the Incar-nate Word. Bishop Jeanmard was a true father figure to the boys and girls who lived there. Every afternoon, he would walk over to the home for games of baseball and recreation with the children. In time, St. Mary’s Home would care for over 1,100 children. After 52 years of operation, the orphan-age was closed in 1975.
Early in his episco-pacy, Jeanmard desired to open a seminary in Lafay-ette. Jeanmard, a native of Breaux Bridge, was the first Louisiana priest to be made a bishop, and he was a strong advo-
cate for developing a Diocese of native vocations rather than relying on priests from Europe or Canada. In fact, Jeanmard’s very first Pastoral Letter to the people of the Diocese of Lafayette was on the topic of native vocations. His work to estab-lish a seminary was initially unsuccessful for finan-cial reasons. But on December 8, 1948, the 30th
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anniversary of his consecration as bishop, he laid the cornerstone for Immaculata Minor Seminary.
Bishop Jeanmard worked to establish a place of prayer for the lay faithful of the Diocese of Lafay-ette in the form of a retreat center. In 1938, Jeanmard opened Our Lady of the Oaks Retreat Center in Grand Coteau, which still serves the spir-itual needs of men and women through- out the Diocese by providing retreats. In 1942, Jean-mard oversaw the creation of a Catholic Student Center on the grounds of Southwestern Louisiana Institute (now the Univer-sity of Louisiana at Lafay-ette). Our Lady of Wisdom has grown into one of the largest Catholic Student Centers in the country and continues to serve the students and faculty on the campus. Bishop Jeanmard also oversaw the creation of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic hospital in the city of Lafay-ette, which opened its doors in 1949.
On December 11, 1950, Pope Pius XII appointed Fr. Maurice Schexnayder, a priest of the
Archdiocese of New Orleans, to be the auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette. Bishop Schex-
nayder would spend the next five years as the auxil-iary bishop, assisting Bishop Jeanmard. In time, Bishop Schexnayder took on more responsibilities and public events as Jeanmard’s health began to decline. Jeanmard retired at the age of 76 in 1956, and Schexnayder was appointed the second Bishop of Lafayette. The Diocese of Lafayette looked very different than it did almost 40 years earlier. The actions of Bishop Jean-mard, Bishop Schexnayder, clergy, religious, and lay faithful alike, marked an incredible period of growth within the Diocese.
One month after the Diocese of Lafayette celebrated 40 years since the installation of its first bishop, the Bishop of Rome, Pope St. John XXIII, shocked the world when he called for an ecumenical council on January 25, 1959. The Second Vatican Council began in 1962 and guided the Diocese of Lafayette through the decades to come.
St. Mary’s Home
Our Lady of the Oaks Retreat Center
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 4 2 Pt 1:2-7
Ps 91:1-2, 14-15, 15-16
Mk 12:1-12
Tuesday 5 Acts 26:19-23
Ps 117:1, 2
Jn 10:11-16
Wednesday 6 2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12
Ps 123:1-2ab, 2cdef
Mk 12:18-27
Thursday 7 2 Tm 2:8-15
Ps 25:4-5, 8-9, 10 and 14
Mk 12:28-34
Friday 8 Hos 11:1, 3-4, 8-9
Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6
Eph 3:8-12, 14-19
Jn 19:31-37
Saturday 9 Is 61:9-11
1 Sm 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8abcd
Lk 2:41-51
Sunday 10 Gn 3:9-15
Ps 130:1-2, 3-7, 5-6. 7-8
2 Cor 4:13—5:1
Mk 3:20-35
Perpetual Adoration Let us love being with the Lord! There we can
