Saturday: 3:00-3:45pm. Thirty minutes before all other Masses Weekdays & Weekends or anytime by appointment. Spanish date TBA.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE SACRAMENTO DEL MATRIMONIO:
Contact the priest six months prior to setting the wedding date. A pre-marriage course is mandatory. Contactar al sacerdote seis meses antes de la fecha de la boda. El curso de prepara-cion es mandatoria.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM SACRAMENTO DE BAUTISMO:
For dates and times, please contact the church office.
ADORATION - ADORACION: Day Chapel - Fridays 7:00am - 5:00pm Spanish adoration every first Saturday at 6pm
CLERGY TEAM—GRUPO DE SACERDOTES: Very Reverend Matthew Cormier V.F., Pastor—Párroco Deacon Josue Canelo Deacon Patrick Hebert
SACRAMENT OF THE SICK SACRAMENTO PARA ENFERMOS:
If a parishioner is seriously ill or in danger of death and wishes to receive the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick or a visit from a priest, please contact the church office.
FAITH FORMATION - FORMACION DE FE Jessica Wilson, Parish Catechetical Leader Phyllis Kittling, Adult Religious Education
DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET ORACION DE LA DIVINA MISERICORDIA CANTADA
Sung every Friday at 4:15pm. Todos los Viernes a las 4:15pm
NOVENA - Mother of Perpetual Help Tuesday after 5:30pm Mass
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL MINISTRY (337) 436-7223 - Debra Richard Calls Mondays & Tuesdays ONLY. NO WALK-INS. Appointments only. Atención Lunes y Martes solamente o con cita.
ST. HENRY CATHOLIC CHURCH 1021 8th AVENUE, LAKE CHARLES, LA. 70601
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PASTOR’S MESSAGE —Matthew Cormier MENSAJE DEL PARROCO– Matthew Cormier
GLUTTONY This is part of a series on the seven capital sins. We in southern Louisiana love our food, but is it possible to love food too much? Sadly, for Cajuns like me, the answer is yes. Remember that most vic-es are an excessive love of something good in itself. Food is good. We need it to live. Eating can even be pleasurable. The deadly sin of gluttony is an inordi-nate or disordered love of the pleasures of the table. Gluttony is an abuse of the legitimate pleasure that God has attached to eating and drinking. For those who struggle with gluttony; food or drink can easily become their “god” and the soul becomes a slave of the body. Abuse of alcohol (intemperance) would fall under gluttony. Just think of all the lives and families ripped apart by alcoholism. Like with any addiction, a person’s culpability may be lessened depending on the severi-ty of the addiction. Nevertheless, it does not make it any less wrong or its effects any less harmful. Our Lord’s first miracle was turning water into wine so alcohol is not bad, in itself, but like anything it can be abused. If one drinks to the point that he starts to feel sick or his judgment begins to be impaired, he has entered the realm of grave sin. That sin can be further compounded and lead to graver sins like en-dangering the lives of others by drinking and driv-ing. Wasting one’s money and the money of one’s family on alcohol when it could go to more im-portant things is another sinful side-effect. Gluttony is a grave fault when it incapacities us, for example, eating so much that it makes us ill or una-ble to function. It is also a grave fault when it leads to other grave faults like in the examples above re-garding alcohol abuse. Remember that big word concupiscence? The inclination to sin that we all have because of the Fall of Adam and Eve. Remem-ber that there are three types of concupiscence; con-cupiscence of the eyes, vain-glory, and concupis-cence of the flesh. Gluttony is the first of the sins in concupiscence of the flesh. The other two are lust and sloth. Those will be the next two that we cover. Gluttony can often lead to lust and sloth. Unchastity has been called the “offspring of gluttony”. Gluttony and intemperance weaken the will, making it harder to resist other bodily temptations. Sin only leads to more sin. Sins of the flesh may bring feelings of pleasure for a time, but the pleas-ure quickly passes and then we have to keep feeding the appetite. As important as it is to feed our bodies, we should not feed them more than is good and healthy. Far more important than the feeding of the body is the feeding of the soul which is fed by the divine food of the Eucharist.
GULA Esta es una parte de una serie sobre los siete pecados capitales. A nosotros en el sur de Luisiana nos encanta nuestra comida, pero ¿es posible amar demasiado la comida? Tristemente, para Cajuns como yo, la respuesta es sí. Recuerde que la mayoría de los vicios son un amor exce-sivo a algo que es bueno en sí mismo. La comida es bue-na. La necesitamos para vivir. Comer puede incluso ser placentero. El pecado mortal de la gula es un amor des-medido o desordenado de los placeres de la mesa. La gula es un abuso de los placeres legítimos que Dios ha unido a comer y a beber. Para aquellos que luchan con la glotonería; la comida o la bebida puede convertirse fácilmente en su "dios" y el alma se convierte en un es-clavo del cuerpo. El abuso de alcohol (la intemperancia) estaría bajo la gula. Sólo piensen en todas las vidas y familias destrozadas por el alcoholismo. Al igual que como cualquier adic-ción, la culpabilidad de una persona puede disminuir dependiendo de la gravedad de la adicción. Sin embar-go, no lo hace menos equivocado o sus efectos menos dañinos. El primer milagro de nuestro Señor fue conver-tir el agua en vino así que el alcohol no es malo en sí mismo, sino que como cualquier otra cosa que puede abusarse de él. Si uno bebe hasta el punto de que co-mienza a sentirse enfermo o su juicio comienza a verse afectado, ha entrado en el reino del pecado grave. Ese pecado puede ser agravado aún más y conducir a peca-dos más graves como poner en peligro la vida de los de-más bebiendo y conduciendo. Malgastar el dinero y el dinero de la familia en alcohol cuando podría usarse en cosas más importantes es otro efecto secundario peca-minoso. La gula es una falta grave cuando nos incapacita, como, por ejemplo, comer mucho de lo que nos hace mal o nos enferma. Es también una falta grave cuando lleva a otras faltas graves, como en los ejemplos anteriores so-bre el abuso del alcohol. ¿Recuerdan la palabra grande concupiscencia? La inclinación al pecado que todos te-nemos a causa de la caída de Adán y Eva. Recuerden que hay tres tipos de concupiscencia; la concupiscencia de los ojos, la vana gloria, y la concupiscencia de la car-ne. La gula es el primero de los pecados de la concupis-cencia de la carne. Los otros dos son la lujuria y la pere-za. Esos serán los dos próximos que cubriremos. La gula a menudo puede conducir a la lujuria y a la pereza. La incastidad ha sido llamada "el linaje de la gula". La gula y la intemperancia debilita la voluntad, haciendo más difícil resistirse a otras tentaciones corporales. El pecado solo lleva a más pecado. Los pecados de la carne pueden traer sentimientos de placer durante un tiempo, pero el placer rápidamente pasa y luego tene-mos que seguir alimentando el apetito. Por ser impor-tante el alimentar a nuestros cuerpos, no deberíamos darles de comer más de lo que es bueno y sano. Mucho más importante que la alimentación del cuerpo es el alimento del alma que es alimentado por el divino ali-mento de la Eucaristía.
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February 17th—February 23rd, 2020 in Memory/Honor of:
Day Chapel — Henry Martin Jackson+
Parish office will be closed Monday, Feb. 24—Wednesday, Feb. 26th
Ash Wednesday Masses are at 6:30am, 12:05pm & 5:30pm
(5:30pm Bilingual Mass)
Stations of the Cross during Lent will be Fridays at 5:30pm in the main Church
beginning Friday, February, 28th
Live Stations of the Cross will be on Good Friday, April 10 at 4:30PM in the
Parish Parking Lot. To sign up or more infor-mation call church office or Miguel 337– 249-0192
La oficina de la Parroquia estara cerrada el Lunes 24 al Miercoles 26 de Febrero
Las Misas del Miercoles de Ceniza son a las 6:30am, 12:05pm & 5:30pm
(5:30pm Misa Bilingue)
Viacrucis (en ingles) sera todos los Viernes a las 5:30pm empezando el
Viernes 28 de Febrero
El Viacrucis en Vivo sera el Viernes Santo, 10 de Abril a las 4:30PM en el
Estacionamiento de la Parroquia. Para mas informacion o registraciones llame a la oficina de
la iglesia o a Miguel 337-249-0192
Lent & Holy Week Schedule 2020 Palm Sunday: April 4—4pm Vigil Mass April 5—8:00am, 10:30am, 12:30pm (Spanish), 5:00pm Mass Procession with Palms at 10:30am Mass. Wednesday of the Holy Week office closed April 8 - 10:00am Chrism Mass Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Holy Thursday: office closed April 9 - 7pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper Main Church. Adoration in Community Center until midnight Friday of the Passion of the Lord: office closed April 10th Confessions 11:00am - Noon 3:00pm The Lord’s Passion Main Church 4:30pm Live Stations of the Cross Community Center Parking Lot. Holy Saturday: April 11 - 8am-11am Church Cleaning & Decoration 3-4pm Confessions 8pm Easter Vigil in the Main Church Easter Sunday: Resurrection of the Lord April 12 - Mass times: 8am, 10:30am, 12:30pm (Spanish) and 5pm.
Parish Office will close for Holy Week Wednesday, April 8th - Monday, April 13th
Sunday, 10:30 AM Altar Servers: Lorenzo Caesar, Markel Guillory
Lectors: Wayne Rigmaiden, Celeste Aubry
Extraordinary Ministers: Elena Thomas
Sunday, 12:30PM (Spanish) Mass Altar Servers: Luis & Juan Garcia
Lectors: Maria Velazquez, Isaira Canelo
Extraordinary Ministers: Deacon Josue Canelo
Sunday, 5:00PM Altar Servers: Not Filled
Lectors: Paula Sheffield
Extraordinary Ministers: Not Filled ________________________________________________________
PRAY FOR OUR LOVE ONES IN THE MILITARY
Robert Davis, Joseph David Carmouche III, Erik L. Jackson, Kenneth Reed, Luther Thomas Jr., Jason Soileau, Marieta A. Bias, Mark Theriot Jr., Roy James Vital Jr., Trawn & Angela Poe, Jerome Louis, Bryan Soileau, Carl Bellard, Marissa Thibodeaux Jones, Jason Jones, Matthew Goodwin, Desmond Keith LaFleur, Jason Arceneaux, Corey Beverly, Chris Rhodes, James Compton, Brian Johnson, Clinton Willis, Michael Knatt, Marcus Hughes, Nicholas Cormier, Desmond Keith Lafleur, Anna Lee Lafleur, Clifton Knight, Destiny Obrien, Hayley Rene Paul
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VOCATION CROSS The Pitre Family
has the Vocation Cross. Let us join them as we pray for Vocations.
VIRGEN PEREGRINA Para recibir a la imagen de la Virgen en sus hogares,
contactar a Paty Lopez 337-707-4470. Unámonos en oración.
¿Buscas mejorar tu vida espiritual? ¡Se voluntario para una hora de
Adoración Eucarística!
La Adoración del Santísimo Sacramento es en la Capilla los viernes de
7AM – 5PM. Si no puedes hacerlo todos los viernes,
regístrate como sustituto. "Confía todas las cosas a Jesús en el Santísimo
Sacramento y a María Auxiliadora y verás lo que son los milagros." - San Juan Bosco
Por favor manténgase en SILENCIO en y alrededor de la Capilla
Adoración y Alabanza en Español: cada primer Sábado de mes a las 6:00PM en la Capilla
CCD sthenry.church/religious-education
Sundays 9:15am-10:15am Saturday, March 28th—1st Communion Retreat
CCD (Catecismo para niños) sthenry.church/religious-education
Domingos 9:15am-10:15am Sabado, 28 de Febrero—Retiro de 1ra Communion
Looking to improve your spiritual life? Volunteer for an hour of
Eucharistic Adoration!
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is held in the Day Chapel on Fridays from
7AM – 5PM. If you can’t do every Friday, sign up as a substitute.
"Trust all things to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and to Mary Help of Christians and you will see what miracles are." - St. John Bosco
Please observe SILENCE in and around the Chapel.
Adoración
Eucarística
Syllabus for The Bishop’s Breakfast with Men & Luncheon with Women 2019-2020
Pro-Life Prayers & Rosary 9:30AM @ St. Henry
Rosary every 1st Saturday of the month in the Chapel @10AM
Oración Pro-Vida & Rosario 9:30AM @ San Henry
Rosario cada 1er Sábado de mes en la Capilla a las 10AM.
KPC# 168 FISH FRY
FRIDAY, February 21, 2020 10:00am until sold out
Parish Community Center
$10.00 Dinners include: Fish, Green Beans, Potato Salad, Bread
For orders call: 337-309-7555 or 337-499-9226
St. Paul’s Letter to Thessalonians,
Timothy & Titus
Men’s Breakfast Women’s Luncheon
1 Letter to Timothy 4-6 March 6, 2020 March 4, 2020
2 Letter to timothy 1-4 April 3, 2020 April 1, 2020
Letter to Titus 1-3 May 8,2020 May 6, 2020
READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Jas 1:1-11; Ps 119:67-68, 71-72, 75-76; Mk 8:11-13 Tuesday: Jas 1:12-18; Ps 94:12-13a; 14-15, 18-19;
JOB OPENING There is an opening for a part-time housekeeping
position at St. Henry Catholic Church. To in-quire, please contact Debbie Knight at the church office 337.436.7223
OFERTA DE TRABAJO Hay una vacante para un puesto de limpieza de medio tiempo en la Iglesia Catolica de San Henry. Para mas in-formacion, por favor contacte a Debbie Knight en la oficina de la iglesia 337.436.7223
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS! MARQUEN EN SUS CALENDARIOS!
PILGRIMAGE TO SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND FRANCE
June 8-19, 2020 with Msgr. Jace Eskind and Msgr. Ken Hedrick, Spiritual Directors. Trip includes Eucharistic Miracle at Santarem, Portugal; Apparitions Chapel at Fatima, Portugal; Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Birthplace and Convent of St Teresa, Avila, Spain; Basilica of St. Ignatius, Loy-ola, Spain; and Mass at the Grotto, Lourdes, France. Info at 337-291-1933.
PEREGRINACIÓN A ESPAÑA, PORTUGAL Y FRACIA 8-19 de junio, 2020 con Mons. Jace Eskind y Mons. Ken Hedrick, Directores Espirituales. El viaje incluye el milagro eucarístico en Santarem, Portugal; Capilla de las Apariciones en Fátima, Portugal; Catedral de Santiago de Compostela, Es-paña; Lugar de nacimiento y Convento de Santa Teresa, Avila, España; Basílica de San Ignacio, Loyola, España; y misa en la Gruta, Lourdes, Francia. Información al 337-291-1933.
Retreat for Healing After Abortion
If you are struggling with guilt, depression, regret or oth-er difficult emotions from an abortion, you are not alone.
Come experience the healing love of Jesus Christ on a Rachel’s Vineyard weekend retreat: February 21-23,
2020 at the Saint Charles Center in Moss Bluff. The weekend retreat is sponsored by Diocese of Lake
Charles and will combine discussions, spiritual exercises, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, a Memorial Service and a Mass of Entrustment. Participation is strictly confiden-
tial and offers a beautiful opportunity to experience God’s love, forgiveness and compassion.
The cost is $225.00 for meals, private room with private bath, and all retreat materials.
Financial assistance is available.
For more information or registration contact: RV of SWLA 337-439-7400 ext.317 or E-mail [email protected]
Catholic Mission Trip The Abrazando Cristo Mission Trip for 2020 will be July 10-19 to Puerto Rico. Cost of the Trip is $2,200.00 (covers all air and groud transportation, meals, lodging, tips, taxes, retreat, and mission shirts). For an infor-mation packet/ registration form please contact Felicia Borel at 337-477-1236 or contact by email [email protected]. a $3,000 non refundable depos-it with the registration form is due by Jan. 12th to secure seat. Only 25 seats are available.
PRO-LIFE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER Needs items for mothers who have chosen life for their babies and are on the Earn While You Learn Program. Please consider donating by going to Amazon Smile New Life Counseling agency baby registry at:
https:ww.amazon.combabyreg/1HCB1T58O0R4X, New Life Counseling - 631 E. School St.,
Lake Charles, LA 70607. Items needed: Diapers # 4, Pull Ups diapers, Baby Shampoo, Baby Lotion, Baby Cornstarch Powder, Baby Wash, Baby Cereal, Bottle Brushes, etc.
Viaje de la Misión Católica El Viaje de la Misión Abrazando a Cristo para el 2020 será del 10 al 19 de Julio a Puerto Rico. El costo del viaje es de $2,200.00 (cubre todo el transporte aéreo y terrestre, comidas, aloja-miento, propinas, impuestos, retiro y camisas de la misión). Para un paquete de información / formulario de registro, póngase en contacto con Felicia Borel al 337-477-1236 o póngase en contac-to por correo electrónico Felicia.borel-lcdiocese.org. un depósito no reembolsable de $3,000 con el formulario de registro debe ser además del 12 de enero para asegurar el asiento. Solo hay 25 asientos disponibles.
St. Theodore 36th Annual Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
St. Theodore’s Altar Society of Moss Bluff will have their 36th Annual Chicken and Sausage Gumbo on February 23rd in the Activity Center behind the Church at 785 Sam Houston Jones Parkway in Moss Bluff, LA 70611. Serving time is 9:30am—1:00pm. Bring your own containers for take-out orders. Tickets are $7.00 per serving and can be purchased by calling Linda Mathis at 337-855-2367 or the Church office at 337-855-6662. Cold drinks and des-serts will also be available for purchase. Some of the en-joyable good times will include the live music by Danny Moore, Cake Walks, Dancing, Door Prizes will be given
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EN NUESTRA DIOCESIS
The Eleanor Figaro Scholarship Program
Tuition assistance for St. Louis Catholic School. Applications are available at St. Henry Church Office. Deadline to return applications is Friday, March 9th, 2020
PENSAMIENTO DE LA SEMANA
CONCIENCIA—Trabaja para mantener viva en tu corazón la chispa del fuego celestial, esa que se llama conciencia.
HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE September 22 to October 2, 2020
The Equestrian Order of The Holy Sepulcher of Jerusa-lem, Southeastern Lieutenancy, is offering a pilgrimage to the Holy Land for the period of September 22 to October 2, 2020. The trip departs Newark, non-stop to Tel Aviv, and includes first class hotels, private motor coach trans-portation, breakfast, dinner and all fees and taxes. Upon arrival in Tel Aviv, we will be met by a local guide who will be our leader throughout the trip. Cost for the pilgrimage is $3,673.00 per person, double occupancy. NOTE: Rev Fr. Ruben Buller will be the priest for this pil-grimage & Mass will be said daily. A copy of the bro-chure covering the pilgrimage is available either by email or “hard copy” by contacting Roz or Pierre Allemond, Lieutenancy Pilgrimage Coordinators, at 318-452-6443 or e-mail them at [email protected] with your name, address, and telephone number. You can also view details on our webpage at sleohs.com, and at the news/events dropdown, click pilgrimages. This tour is already half-filled and limited to 45 individuals. In order to be considered one must submit the application and $300 deposit soon. This pilgrimage is offered on a first come first served basis and is being marketed nationwide.
11 DAY PILGRIMAGE TO GERMANY, SWITZERLAND & AUSTRIA
June 15 to 25, 2020
With Passion Play in Oberammergua.
Join Rev. Fr. Rommel Tolentino $3,999 Per Person
Round Trip Air from Houston, Tx
Includes First class hotel, doble occupancy, 2 meals a day: Breakfast and Dinner, Daily sightseeing, Daily Mass, Air-
port Taxes, Fuel Surcharges, Passion Play Package and Trip Protection Plan.
For more information, please visit https://www.nativitypilgrimage.com/frrommel-
CONSCIENCE—Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience. —George Washington
Finding Calcutta: Memoirs of a Photographer Marie Bissell Constantin, the author of Finding Calcut-ta: Memoirs of a Photographer, who photographed and spent time in Calcutta at Mother Theresa’s Monas-tery, will speak at McNeese State University’s SAGE Series at 3 p.m. on Monday, April 6, in the Seed Cen-ter. Individual admission is $20, payable ahead or at the event with a card or check or at a Series price of $65 for any six admissions. A direct link to registration is as follows: https://aceweb.mcneese.edu/wconnect/ace/CourseStatus.awp?&Course=20SLSAGE%20%20%20%20&DirectFrom=Schedule, www.mcneese.edu/leisure, 337-475-5130, or [email protected] .
Programa de Becas Eleanor Figaro
Asistencia para estudiar en el colegio Católico San Lou-is. Las aplicaciones están disponibles en la oficina de la Iglesia de San Henry. La fecha límite para entregar las solicitudes es el viernes 9 de marzo de 2020
