ST. MARY OF THE PINES CATHOLIC CHURCH August 15, 2021 1050 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop Shreveport, LA 71118 Office 687-5121 • Rectory 687-1818 www.StmaryShreveport.org Fax—(318) 216-3014 Email: [email protected]Rev. Mark Watson Pastor Rev. Raney Johnson Parochial Vicar Kim Long, Director of Religious Education Carol Garceau, Secretary Cayla Witt, Bookkeeper Tom Ticich, Music Coordinator Jenny Hebert, Organist Dan Cezar, Custodian MASSES: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 8:30 a.m. Saturday (Vigil) 4 p.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. & Sunday Spanish Mass 11:30 a.m. CONFESSION: Saturday 3:00—3:45 p.m.; Sunday 10:30 a.m.—11:15 a.m.; or by appointment. BAPTISM: Call the office to schedule a preparation class after which a Baptism date can be scheduled. ADORATION: Following 8:30 a.m. Mass on Tuesday until Holy Hour which is 3 p.m. Benediction at 4 p.m. GIFT SHOP: Tues., Wed., & Thurs. 11 a.m.—1 p.m. CHURCH OFFICE: Monday through Thursday 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. & Friday 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon. W e the people of St. Mary of the Pines are unified by our Baptism to fulfill the mission of the Catholic Church: to proclaim the works of God and to live as Jesus taught. U nder the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we will improve our lives by continuing to understand the teachings of the Catholic Church, sharing with the poor, providing support for our young people, the sick and the lonely, worshipping with reverence and enthusiasm, providing stewardship for the gifts God has committed to our care, and celebrating together as a Christian family.
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ST. MARY OF THE PINES CATHOLIC CHURCH
August 15, 2021
1050 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop Shreveport, LA 71118
Tom Ticich, Music Coordinator Jenny Hebert, Organist Dan Cezar, Custodian
MASSES: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 8:30 a.m. Saturday (Vigil) 4 p.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. & Sunday Spanish Mass 11:30 a.m. CONFESSION: Saturday 3:00—3:45 p.m.; Sunday 10:30 a.m.—11:15 a.m.; or by appointment. BAPTISM: Call the office to schedule a preparation class after which a Baptism date can be scheduled. ADORATION: Following 8:30 a.m. Mass on Tuesday until Holy Hour which is 3 p.m. Benediction at 4 p.m. GIFT SHOP: Tues., Wed., & Thurs. 11 a.m.—1 p.m. CHURCH OFFICE: Monday through Thursday 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. & Friday 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon.
We the people of St. Mary of the Pines are unified by our Baptism to fulfill the mission of the Catholic Church: to proclaim the works of God and to live as Jesus taught.
Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we will improve our lives by continuing to understand the teachings of the Catholic Church, sharing with the poor, providing support for our young people, the sick and the lonely, worshipping with reverence and enthusiasm, providing stewardship for the gifts God has committed to our care, and celebrating together as a Christian family.
Mass Intentions for the Week Saturday 4:00 P.M. + Jennifer Osherowitz 8-14 + Sestilia Poli St. Mary’s Parish Family Sunday 9:00 A.M. + Columbus Severin 8-15 + Nena Tobias + Brandy Balthazar + Rusty Toledo 11:30 A.M. Spanish Mass Monday 8:30 A.M. + Joe Ponseigo Tuesday 8:30 A.M. + Gae Lenox + Clothilda LaCour Wednesday 8:30 A.M. Camden Orr Thursday 8:30 A.M. + Winnie Hunter + Louise Bentzler Friday 8:30 A.M. William Scarlato Family + Jimmie Carter Saturday 4:00 P.M. + M.P. Joseph 8-21 + Tom McClellan + Mae Moulard St. Mary’s Parish Family Sunday 9:00 A.M. + D. Russ McGowan 8-22 + James Jones, Sr. + Rusty Toledo + Martha DeBusk Stauffacher 11:30 A.M. Spanish Mass
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary August 15, 2021
Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. — Luke 1:42
The CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS Court 2770 is collect-ing baby items for Mary’s House for the month of Au-gust. They are in need of receiving blankets, onesies, socks and hats, preferably neutral colors, but of course, will take anything. You may bring them to Mass and leave them in the container in the foyer of the church and they will be delivered the first week in September. For additional information about Mary’s House or Catholic Daughters, please call Cathy D’Angelo @ 393-6008.
Mass Attendance: 4:00 pm—111 Aug. 7 & 8, 2021 9:00 am—175 11:30 am— 149
ADULT FAITH FORMATION CLASS From the Pastor’s desk…. This semester St. Mary of the Pines will offer an adult faith formation class which will focus on the Sacraments of the Catholic Church. Each night we will learn about a different sacrament. The first class will be held on Tuesday, September 28 and the other classes will be held on October 5, October 12, October 19, October 26, November 9, and No-vember 16. Each class will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the church and last for only one hour. I will be the presenter and my goal will be to help us better understand and live these central signs and channels of grace.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OF THE LISTED & FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE ASKED FOR OUR PRAYERS.
If you know someone who needs to be on this list, please let us know.
Felix Larue, James Garcia, Jennifer Booras, Cheryl Hop-kins, Mike & Teresa Hansen, Curtis Leroy McInnis, Patti Pope, Mary Ann Gentry, Evelyn Sepulvado, Alice Ber-nard, Charlotte Dimes-Carter, Daniel Macevicius, Isla Longoria, Mike Howard, Mary Laffitte, Harris Meshell, Judy Messina, Leo McDonald, Dorothy Hoffee, Lou Brown, William Tennison, J.P. Byrd, Adrian DeLoach, William Wright, Tammy Mallory, Tom Ebarb, Sidney Hayes, M/M Gary Lundy, Jr,. Joel Joseph Lundy, Karen LeBlon, Joselyn George, Teresa Wedgeworth Perksins, Carol Sexton, Josh Stewart, John Paul Contario, Aline Cortney, Victoria Valencia, Dorothy Troudt, Todd Nissen, Rodney Walton, Harrison Theodos, Roland Fontenot, Kathy Adcock, Mia Hurst, Paul Sepulvado, Emil Griffin, Jerry Mammarelli, Abby Monette, Blaise Maniscalco, Christine Jacobs, Patricia Leach, Karen LeBlon, Ronnie Coker, Gordon Shaw, Destiny Thomas, John Norton, Destry Lopez, Janie Dalton, Hilbert Hall, Chip Kendall, Waylon Malmay, Doug Miller. For the peaceful repose of the soul of: Vickie Contar-io (wife Randy Contario, and mother of Nena Brown, Katie Morris, & Randal Contario)
********** We pray for Kelly Irvin and all the service men who have been deployed overseas.
+ R.C.I.A.+ R.C.I.A. is an acronym for the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. RCIA is a process through which adults, high school age and older, learn about the Cath-olic faith and the liturgy and Tradition of the Catholic Church with the potential to join the Church. We encourage you to invite spouses, adult children who have not yet been confirmed, other family members and friends to come and see what RCIA is all about. Weekly RCIA sessions will begin on Wednesday, Sep-tember 8th at 6:00 pm in Vandegaer Hall. Prior regis-tration is not required, but is helpful. Please call Deacon Bill at (318) 402-8406 for more information, or call the Parish Office at 687-5121.
St. Mary of the Pines Planning Process
St. Mary of the Pines will have a planning process which will allow parishioners to let me know their dreams for the parish. This process will allow the parish to grow as we come out of the COVID 19 pandemic. I encourage all pa-rishioners to participate in this process. Please attend one of the planning sessions with concrete ideas which will bring needed changes to meet current needs of our par-ish and ideas which will attract outsiders to join our par-ish. The panning meetings will be bilingual. The meet-ings will be scheduled as follows: Monday, Aug. 23 @ 6pm, Tuesday, Aug. 31 @ 6pm & Thursday, Sept. 9 @ 9:15am. The planning sessions will be in Vandegaer Hall. I hope you can attend. Fr. Mark
Notice/Update on Fr. Mark’s Celebration With regret, due to the surge in Covid 19 cases and after
much thought, it has been decided there will be no celebratory community meal after the Mass on August 22.
Fr. Mark will celebrate Mass at 10 am on August 22
and hopes that you would come to that special Mass as he acknowledges with gratitude the 25th anniversary of his
vocation to the priesthood.
Please offer a prayer of thanksgiving for Fr. Mark’s vocation and prayers that other men will be open to the
priestly vocation.
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Magnificat Brunch August 21, 2021 All women are invited to a Magnificat Brunch on Saturday,
August 21, 2021 from 10:30 am until 1:00 pm at the Catholic Center, 3500 Fairfield Ave, Shreveport, La 71104. Our speaker is Linda Balistrella, a life long member of St. Joseph’s Church.
Linda and husband Sam will share their beautiful spiritual journey together while Sam battled prostrate cancer.
You don’t want to miss this! Tickets are 20.00 per person and should be mailed to
Magnificat Nowela Chapter P. O. Box 4293
Shreveport, LA 71134 Last date to receive the checks will be August 19th.
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
O, God, Father of all Mercies,
Provider of a bountiful Harvest,
send Your Graces upon those You have called to gather the fruits of Your labor; preserve and strengthen them in their lifelong service of you. Open the hearts of Your children that they may discern Your Holy Will; inspire in them a love and desire to surrender themselves to serving others in the name of Your son, Jesus Christ. Teach all Your faithful to follow their respective paths in life guided by Your Divine Word and Truth. Through the intercession of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, all the Angels, and Saints, humbly hear our Prayers and grant Your Church's needs, through Christ, our Lord.
NUEVOS HORIZONTES Asunción
LA SANTIDAD DE MARÍA La Asunción nos recuerda que después de su vida terrenal, ya que María era la Madre de Jesucristo, no tenía pecado y vivió una vida fiel fue llevada al cielo en cuerpo y alma. LA ESPERANZA Y LA VICTORIA DE LA CRUZ En el Día de la Asunción, la primera lectura es del Libro del Apocalipsis. Esta lectura presenta el nacimiento del Mesías del Pueblo de Dios. La mujer se enfrenta a un gran dragón rojo que represen-ta a Satanás. El dragón quiere destruir al niño. Por el nacimiento del Mesías Juan no se refiere a la natividad, sino a la Cruz – el entronizamiento de Jesús. La muerte de Jesús, que es su glorificación, es también el momento del asalto y la derrota de Satanás. Precisamente al morir en la cruz, a Juan la Iglesia aparece como una mujer, embarazada del Mesías, una mujer que se convertirá en la novia del Cordero. Aunque Jesús ha prometido que las "puertas del Hades" no prevalecerán contra la iglesia, también debemos esperar que la iglesia alguna vez estará bajo el fuego del dragón hasta el final. En esta escena el Pueblo de Dios es llevado al cielo, que es simbólico de la Resurrección. Hoy celebramos el momento en que María fue llevada al cielo como resultado de su papel en la historia de la salvación. Mientras continuamos experimentan-do los efectos del pecado y el poder del mal en nuestro mundo, sabemos que a través de la muerte de Jesús y nuestra fe en su muerte y resurrección seremos llevados a la vida eterna como lo fue María. LA VISITACIÓN Y LA MAGNIFICAT En la Visitación, María visita a Isabel ya que ambas están embarazadas. María saluda a Isabel y Juan el Bautista salta en el vientre de Isabel. Esta escena muestra que incluso en el vientre de Isabel, Juan experi-menta la presencia de Jesús, quien es el Salvador. Isabel exclamó en alta voz: "!¡Bendita tu eres entre las mujeres, y bendi-to el fruto de tu vientre (Lucas 1:42)!" "Dichosa tu por haber creído que se cumplirían las promesas del Señor (Lucas 1:46)". Isabel dice que María es bendecida porque Dios la eligió para ser la Madre del Salvador y porque ella tenía fe en la palabra y vivía constantemente la palabra de Jesús. La respuesta de María es alabar a Dios. María ora: " Proclama mi alma la grandeza del Señor; y mi espíritu se regocija en Dios mi Salvador, porque se fijó en su humilde sierva (Lucas 1:46-48)". María alaba a Dios por las formas en que Dios tiene misericordia de ella y de todos aquellos que le temen en cada época. Esto incluye lo que Dios está haciendo por Israel en el nacimiento del Mesías. En la Magnificat, María se muestra a sí misma como la humilde sierva de Dios cuya vida es un cons-tante si a Dios. María coopera con la obra de la gracia de Dios en su vida. LA SANTIDAD DE LA PERSONA HUMANA El Papa Pío XII proclamó la enseñanza de la Asunción en la bula Munificentici-muss Deus poco después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Unos 75 millones de personas murieron en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, incluidas muchas que murieron como resultado de genocidio deliberado, masacres, bombardeos masivos e inani-ción. El Papa habló una palabra de esperanza a un mundo devastado escribiendo sobre la dignidad del cuerpo y la vida eterna que nos espera en el cielo. El Papa Pío XII escribió en Munificenticimuss Deus “Finalmente, tenemos la esperanza de que la creencia en la Asunción corporal de María al cielo hará que nuestra creencia en nuestra propia resurrección sea más fuerte y la haga más efectiva". Esta fiesta es un recordatorio de que, si somos fieles a la voluntad de Dios, experimentaremos una resurrección similar a la de Jesucristo. Cristo entregará el reino al Padre y entonces todos los que pertenecen a Cristo recibirán la vida eterna. Cristo debe destruir los poderes que mantienen cautivo a los vivos y esto incluye la Muerte. Esta Fiesta nos recuerda que la muer-te no es la última palabra de Dios. Nuestra fe en Dios y en la muerte y resurrección de Cristo nos da la esperanza de que algún día experimentaremos la plenitud de la vida eterna. INTERCESIÓN A MARÍA María no esta sólo pasivamente esperando que nos unamos a ella en el cielo. María quiere ayu-darnos en nuestra propia lucha para llegar al cielo. Sólo tenemos que llamarla para pedir ayuda. Que alcancemos el cielo a través de la fe en Dios y con la ayuda de su intercesión. Que oremos por la intercesión de María mientras viajamos para unirnos a ella en la vida eterna.
NEW HORIZONS The Assumption
THE HOLINESS OF MARY The Assumption reminds us that after her earthly life, since Mary was the Mother of Jesus Christ, was without sin and lived a faithful life she was taken up into heaven body and soul. THE HOPE AND VICTORY OF THE CROSS On the Day of the Assumption, the first reading is from the Book of Revelation. This reading presents the birth of the Messiah from the People of God. The woman is confronted by a large red dragon which represents Satan. The dragon wants to destroy the child. By the birth of the Messiah John does not refer to the nativity but instead to the Cross – the enthronement of Jesus. The death of Jesus, which is his glorification, is also the moment of the as-sault and defeat of Satan. Precisely by dying on the cross, To John the Church appears as a woman, pregnant with the Messi-ah, a woman who will become the bride of the Lamb. While Jesus has promised that the “gates of Hades” will not prevail against the church we must also expect that the church will ever be under fire from the dragon until the end. In this scene God’s People are taken up into heaven which is symbolic of the Resurrection. Today we celebrate the time when Mary was taken up into heaven as a result in her role in salvation history. While we continue to experience the effects of sin and the power of evil in our world, we know that through the death of Jesus and our faith in his death and resurrection we will be taken up into eternal life as was Mary. THE VISITATION AND THE MAGNIFICAT In the Visitation, Mary visits Elizabeth as both are pregnant. Mary greets Elizabeth and John the Baptist leaps in Elizabeth’s womb. This scene shows that even in Elizabeth’s womb, John experiences the pres-ence of Jesus who is the Savior. Elizabeth cries out, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb is (Luke 1:42)!” “Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled (Luke 1:46).” Eliza-beth says that Mary is blessed because God chose her to be the Mother of the Savior and because she had faith in that word and constantly lived out the word of Jesus. Mary’s response is to praise God. Mary prays, “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Sav-ior for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant (Luke 1:46-48).” Mary praises God for the ways in which God has mercy on her and on all of those who fear him in every age. This includes what God is doing for Israel in the birth of the Messiah. In the Magnificat Mary shows herself to be the humble servant of God whose life is a constant yes to God. Mary cooperates with the work of God’s grace in her life. THE HOLINESS OF THE HUMAN PERSON Pope Pius XII proclaimed the teaching of the Assumption in the bull Munificentici-muss Deus shortly after the Second World War. Some 75 million people died in World Ward II including many who died in as a result of deliberate genocide, massacres, mass bombings and starvation. The Pope spoke a word of hope to a devastated world by writing about the dignity of the body and the eternal life which awaits us in heaven. Pope Pius XII wrote in Munificenticimuss Deus “Finally it is our hope that belief in Mary’s bodily Assumption into heaven will make our belief in our own resurrection stronger and render it more effective.” This feast is a reminder that if we are faithful to the will of God we will experience a like resurrection to that of Jesus Christ. Christ will hand the kingdom to the Father and then all those who belong to Christ will receive eternal life. Christ must destroy the powers which hold the living captive and this includes Death. This Feast reminds us that death is not God’s last word. Our faith in God and in the death and resurrection of Christ gives us hope that one day we will experience the fulness of eternal life. INTERCESSION TO MARY Mary is not just passively waiting for us to join her in heaven. Mary wants to help us in our own struggle to reach heaven. We need only to call out to her for help. Mary is also our model of faith. May we attain heaven through faith in God and with the help of her intercession. May we pray for the intercession of Mary as we journey to join her in eternal life.
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