MASS TIMES | Sat (anticipated Sun): 4pm | Sun: 6:30, 8, and 10am, and 5pm Mon: 12:10pm | Tues, Thurs, First Sat: 8:30am | Wed, Fri: 6:30 am CONFESSION TIMES | Sat 3:00- 3:45pm | Sun 6:00-6:15am, 7:30-7:45am, 9:15 -9:45am, & 4:15-4:45pm | 30 min before weekday Mass & by personal appt. Clergy Fr. Mark Derise, Pastor Bishop Emeritus M. Jarrell, In Residence Deacon Cliff Tanner Trustees John Allen Prejean Elsie Smith STS. PETER & PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH, Est. 1904 PAGE TWO Dorothy Day: the Model You Want Why she unites Catho- lics divided by politics This Week’s Martyrs and Saints St. Ignatius, St. Luke, and the First American Martyrs Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Mon-Fri after morning Mass until 5pm in the chapel. PAGE THREE Divorce Recovery & Prayer Clinic Two events to help you through hard times PAGE FIVE Office Hours Mon.-Thurs. 8:30am-12pm, 1-4pm; Fri. 8:30am- 12pm;
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MASS TIMES | Sat (anticipated Sun):
4pm | Sun: 6:30, 8, and 10am, and 5pm
Mon: 12:10pm | Tues, Thurs, First Sat:
8:30am | Wed, Fri: 6:30 am
CONFESSION TIMES | Sat 3:00-
3:45pm | Sun 6:00-6:15am, 7:30-7:45am, 9:15
-9:45am, & 4:15-4:45pm | 30 min before
weekday Mass & by personal appt.
Clergy Fr. Mark
Derise, Pastor
Bishop Emeritus M.
Jarrell, In Residence
Deacon Cliff Tanner
Trustees John Allen
Prejean Elsie Smith
STS. PETER & PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH, Est. 1904
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Dorothy Day: the Model You Want
Why she unites Catho-lics divided by politics
This Week’s Martyrs and Saints
St. Ignatius, St. Luke, and the First American Martyrs
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Mon-Fri after
morning Mass until 5pm in the chapel.
PAGE THREE
Divorce Recovery & Prayer Clinic
Two events to help you through hard times
PAGE FIVE
Office Hours Mon.-Thurs.
8:30am-12pm, 1-4pm;
Fri. 8:30am-12pm;
Dorothy Day: The model you want
T wo men walk through one of the world’s great museums criticizing the paintings. You know the story. A guard tells them, “You are not judging the paintings. The paintings are judging you.” I thought about this
when reading a young lefty academic and a conservative culture warrior debating on my Facebook page. I’d posted a link to Peter Wolfgang’s “Why Liberal Churches Have to Close.” Peter runs the Family Institute of Connecticut and speaks from the Catholic right. Chase Padusniak politely noted that Peter objected as much to the politics as the theology. Chase, a doctoral student who writes the Jappers and Janglers weblog, speaks from the Catholic left.
P eter equally politely explained that “It is the heterodoxy and bad catechesis that I was calling out, not poli-tics that differ from my own on matters on which there can be a legitimate plurality of opinion.” Then he
said the striking thing: “Give me a Catholic who is as radical as Dorothy Day but has her fidelity to the Church and I’m totally cool with it, even if I might disagree.”
Very rare
Y ou have to spend a lot of your day reading Christian culture-warring to know how unusual that is. For Peter, the shared faith is everything. Politics — yeah, okay, whatever. You might spray paint the side of
your house with the A within a circle of Anarchism. You might wear a pin with the fist holding the rose of the European socialist parties. You might put on that tie with the bust of — is it Edmund Burke? Tocqueville? — favored by conservatives. You might carry Ayn Rand novels and dress as you did in junior high to show you’re a libertarian.
B ut if your first identifying symbol is the Crucifix, you’re okay with Peter. Who is, mind you, politically very conservative. He not only opposes abortion and gay marriage, as you’d expect from a Family Insti-
tute guy, he’s very conservative all down the line. He thinks well of the president. He wrote on Facebook last year about attending Mass at his childhood parish after 18 years away. “It’s still groovy,” Peter says:
Drums and guitar, an altar boy in shorts and sneakers, an interior so wreck-ovated in the late 90s that my 9-year-old didn’t believe it was Catholic, and a congregation that stands after receiving communion instead of kneeling. And then I open up the bulletin and read six (!) pages of direct actions St. Bridget is taking on behalf of the poor that blows away any conservative parish I know.
T his reminds him of something Bishop Robert Barron said, which he quotes. In seminary people would ask, “Are you a liturgy guy or a social-justice guy?” Barron answers by invoking Dorothy Day.
“She was radically devoted to social change, care for the poor and an end to violence,” he says. “Yet she was converted to a very pious Catholicism rooted in the Eucharist, the Mass, the Rosary, Benediction, retreats and an intense interiority. She brought these two [strands] together in her life, and one fed the other; one returned to the other. That is the model you want.”
Dorothy Day, the model you want
C onservative Peter Wolfgang endorses radical Dorothy Day. He’s totally cool with her, because she com-bined her politics, which he doesn’t share, with an intense Catholicism, which he does. He cares most
about something much deeper than politics.
I suspect that Peter, also Chase, Bishop Barron, and I, see something more in Day than just fidelity to the Church. We see goodness and heroism. We see a desire to take Jesus at His word far greater than we man-
age. Instructions we treat as metaphors — turn the other cheek, go the second mile, give someone your second coat — she lived out at great cost to herself.
Y et, because we can’t have nice things, some Catholics make fun of Dorothy Day for her politics. They attack her as a crank, a fool, a fanatic, at best a naive and gullible utopian and anti-American. She’s their
poster child for absurd liberalism. Her great faith and her heroic life count for nothing with them.
T hey hoot and holler. Reading them when I have to, though I try to avoid it, I want to say: “You may (in theory) be right and she wrong about politics, but even if you were right, you are not worthy to lace up her
boots. You should be embarrassed and ashamed. You are not judging Dorothy Day. Dorothy Day is judging you.” Contrast their carping with “Give me a Catholic who is as radical as Dorothy Day but has her fidelity to the Church and I’m totally cool with it.” You know when St. Paul told the Christians in Corinth, “Be like me”? Here, be like Peter.
(Adapted by Max Harrington. Source: https://aleteia.org/2017/07/05/dorothy-day-the-model-you-want/)
Commentary Corner The critical question pertains to the “wedding garment,” for it is the one thing necessary, in addition to an invitation, to partake in the festivities of the king-dom. Many commentators view this image through the lens of Rev 19:8, where the wedding garment of the Church represents “the righteous deeds” of the saints. This interpretation is legitimate as far as it goes, though a more specific meaning seems intended. If some guests were not worthy of the feast (v. 8), this is because they were unwilling to bear fruit that was “worthy” of repentance (3:8). Likewise, those gathered in from the street were bad and good alike (v. 10). The final verse captures the message of the parable in a short maxim. Many are invited, Jesus says, but few are chosen. The point is that all are called to the kingdom, but not all will be found worthy to posses it. Some will decline the invita-tion and so exclude themselves from its blessings; others will accept it but will not follow through in putting its demands into practice. Those found acceptable are those committed to directing their lives by the gospel. They clothe themselves in the gar-ments of true repentance and Christlike righteousness. -From Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture
Mem. of St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr, Oct. 17 The second Bishop of Antioch, Syria, this disciple of the beloved Disciple John was consecrated Bishop around the year 69 by the Apostle Peter, the first Pope. A holy man who was deeply loved by the Christian faithful, he always made it his special care to defend “orthodoxy” (right teaching) and “orthopraxy” (right practice) among the early Christians. In the year 107, Emperor Trajan visited Antioch and forced the Chris-tians there to choose between death and apostasy. Ignatius would not deny Christ and thus was condemned to be put to death in Rome. Ignatius is well known for the seven letters he wrote on the long journey from Antioch to Rome. Five of these letters are to churches in Asia Minor; they urge the Christians there to re-main faithful to God and to obey their superiors. He warns them against heretical doctrines, providing them with the solid truths of the Christian faith. The sixth letter was to Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, who was later martyred for the faith. The final letter begs the Christians in Rome not to try to stop his martyrdom. “The only thing I ask of you is to allow me to offer the libation of my blood to God. I am the wheat of the Lord; may I be ground by the teeth of the beasts to become the immaculate bread of Christ.”
Mem. of Sts. John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs, Oct. 19 Isaac Jogues...gave up [teaching] to work among the Huron Indians in the New World...in 1636….In a few years Father Jogues was captured by the Iroquois….His letters and journals tell how he and his compan-ions...were beaten, tortured, and forced to watch as their Huron converts were mangled and killed….Through the Dutch, [Father Jogues] returned to France, bearing the marks of his sufferings. Several fingers had been cut, chewed, or burnt off….In a few months he sailed [again] for his missions among the Hurons. In 1646, he...set out for Iroquois country [and was] captured by a Mohawk war party, and on October 18 Father Jogues was tomahawked and beheaded. [John] de Brébeuf...came to Canada [in 1636] at the age of 32 and labored there for 24 years. He went back to France when the English captured Quebec...but returned to his missions four years later. Although medicine men blamed the Jesuits for a smallpox epidemic among the Hurons, Jean remained with them. He composed catechisms and a dictionary in Huron, and saw 7,000 converted before his death. He was captured by the Iroquois and died after four hours of extreme torture at Sainte Marie, near Georgian Bay, Canada. (Source: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-isaac-jogues-jean-de-br-eacute-beuf-and-companions/)
Bulletin Contents Parish Announcements
and Contact Info, page 4 Diocesan Announce-
ments, page 5 S. P&P School &
Teurlings Announce-ments, page 6
Parish Staff and Parish Calendar, page 7
Sacramental and New Parishioner Info, page 7
Reader, Euch. Minister and Server Schedule, page 8
Mass Intentions, page 8
Feast of St. Luke, Evangelist, Oct. 18 Luke wrote one of the major por-tions of the New Testament, a two-volume work comprising the third Gospel and Acts of the Apostles. In the two books he shows the parallel between the life of Christ and that of the Church. He is the only Gentile Christian among the Gospel writers. Tradi-tion holds him to be a native of Antioch, and Paul calls him “our beloved physi-cian.” His Gospel was probably written between 70 and 85 A.D. Luke appears in Acts during Paul’s second journey, remains at Philippi for several years until Paul returns from his third journey, accompanies Paul to Jerusa-lem, and remains near him when he is im-prisoned in Caesarea. During these two years, Luke had time to seek information and interview persons who had known Je-sus. He accompanied Paul on the danger-ous journey to Rome where he was a faith-ful companion.
e Our parish is looking for volunteers. Adult altar servers are needed to help serve for funerals. Please contact the Church office if you are interested.
Holy Hours Needed for our Adoration Chapel: We need 2 people for Tuesday from 4-5pm, Thurs-day from 10-11, Friday from 7-8 am as well as 8-9am, also 2 people for 4-5 pm. Call Sadie Boudreaux at (337) 356-5388 to sign up or for more information.
RCIA is offered for adults seeking to become Catholic, or adult Catholics seeking to receive First Holy Communion, Confirmation, or have their civil marriage blessed by God’s Church. It is also available to adult Catholics who simply want to continue learning about their faith. Beginning September 14, RCIA will be available every Thursday from 6:15pm-7:30pm in the parish office. For more information con-tact the parish office.
Parish Library: We are going to reopen the Library in the new part of the church hall on Tuesday nights from 4:30-7:30 pm, when elementary CCD has class. e
e Extraordinary Lay Ministers and Readers: Cynthia Broussard will be preparing the schedules for January-June 2018. Also if you are willing to serve on Holy Days of Obligation, please let her know. If you cannot continue or have a special need, please email her at [email protected]. Also if you are interested in becoming a reader or an extraordinary lay minister please contact the parish office
e That Man is You: The Unveiling of Love Week 6: Man In Communion The Mystery of Man in Communion The Mystery of the Blessed Trinity and
Humanity The Manifestation of the Father in Man The Mystery of Man, Written in the Body Brian’s Reward System and the Idol of
work The Consequences of Never-ending work
in Marriage
Please remember to pray for those in our parish who are sick
and suffering.
PRAYER FOR HURRICANE SEASON O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children. The Sea of Gali-lee obeyed your order and returned to its former quietude; You are still the Master of land and sea. We live in the shadow of a danger over which we have no control: the Gulf, like a pro-voked and angry giant, can awaken from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conventional bound-aries, invade our land and spread chaos and disaster. During this hurricane season we turn to You, O loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with passing of time. O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our Beloved Mother, we ask you to plead with your Son on our behalf, so that spared from the calamities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son to reach the heavenly Jerusalem where a storm less eternity awaits us. Amen.
Please consider putting Sts. Peter & Paul Church and School in your will
e Parish Gumbo Cook Out: Mark your calendar for our parish wide gumbo cook out which will be held in the church parking lot on Nov. 5th after 10am mass. Please bring your own drinks and if you would like finger food desserts! More information is still to come!
O Jesus, eternal Priest, keep your priests within the shelter of Your Sacred Heart, where none may touch them. Keep un-
stained their anointed hands, which daily touch Your Sacred Body. Keep unsullied
their lips, daily purpled with your Precious Blood. Keep pure and unearthly their
hearts, sealed with the sublime mark of the priesthood. Let Your holy love surround them and shield them from the world's
contagion. Bless their labors with abun-dant fruit and may the souls to whom they minister be their joy and consolation here and in heaven their beautiful and everlast-ing crown. Amen. -St. Therese of Lisieux
Diocesan Announcements
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions, a Jubilee Year indulgence is attached to all who visit Our Lady of Fatima Church in Lafayette on the first Saturday of each month (Jan-Dec 2017), as well as on the 13th of the months May-Oct 2017. All are invited.
To obtain the Jubilee Year indulgence (which can also be applied to a loved one), the following conditions must be met: Reception of Holy Communion, Prayers for the Intentions of the Holy Fa-ther, and Sacramental confession within 20 days.
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Let us pray daily for our priests and seminarians of the Diocese of Lafayette
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Oct 15 Rev. Gregory Chauvin & Joshua LaFleur
Oct 16 Rev. Blaine Clament & Alex Lancon
Oct 17 Rev. Nathan Comeaux & Rev. Mr. Korey LaVergne
Oct 18 Rev. Gregory Cormier & Cade LeBlanc
Oct 19 Msgr. J. Douglas Courville, JCL & Calvin LeMaire
Oct 20 Rev. Robert Courville & Seth Lemaire
Oct 21 Rev. Angelo Cremaldi & Joseph Marcantel
e College Missions Company (CMC) Founded in 2016 by college students, CMC is a non-profit dedicated to serving the poorest of the poorest in America. CMC aims to bring college students on mission trips affordably to be Christ’s hands and feet. To support their mission, contact them at [email protected] or visit their website collegemissions.net where you can also learn more about them.
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Remember Me is a faith-based support group for caregivers, family, and friends of individuals who are coping with dementia/Alzheimer’s meeting in the Ministries Building of St. Elizabeth Seton Church (610 Raintree Trail, Lafayette 70507) every third Monday of each month. No cost or regis-tration; those in need of support are invited to come share ideas and resources with one another. For more information contact the parish office at 235-1483.
Tips for Marrying the Right Person: Helping Singles Find Each Other, Contemplate Mar-riage, and Say I Do will be presented by Fr. Jude Halphen, Director of the Office of Marriage and Family Life, on Tuesday, October 17, from 6-8pm. The event is free but requires registration which can be completed by calling (337) 261-5653 or by visiting www.diolaf.org/marriage-enrichment.
Divorce Recovery Hosted by St. Pius X Parish (200 E. Bayou Parkway, 70508), a 12-week divorce recovery program beginning October 18 from 6:30-7:30pm. For more information and registration, please contact Ashton Mouton at (337) 237-5130 or email at [email protected].
Prayer Clinic, a workshop to help Catholics grow deeper in prayer, will be Saturday, October 21, from 9am-3pm at the Our Lady of Sorrows Retreat Center located at 103 Railroad Ave., St. Martin-ville, 70582. The day includes Holy Mass, opportunity for Confession, and several talks with practi-cal helps for developing your spiritual life. The workshop is free and does not require registration, but please bring your own lunch. For more info, call (337) 394-6550.
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Sts. Peter and Paul School
Living Rosary – PleasejoinusaswecelebratetheMonthoftheRosarywithaLivingRo-saryat6pmonTuesday,October24thinfrontoftheschool.Save the Date–TheschoolgalaisscheduledforSaturday,November11thandwillcele-bratethe10thyearofopeningtheschool.Ticketinformationwillbesentsoon. Come Home for Christmas 5K Race/Walk–JoinusonSaturday,December9thinthechurchparkinglotforthisjollygoodtime.Registrationisonlineatcajuntiming.com. Enrollment/Admissions Information-Wewelcometransferstudentsthroughouttheyear.Ifyouareinterestedinschedulingatour,pleasecontactReneeOryat337.504.3400oremailatrory@sts-peter-paul.org.
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Sts. Peter and Paul & Teurlings Catholic
Fr. Hampton Davis, Chancellor Mr. Michael Boyer, Principal
Fr. Mark Derise, Chancellor Dr. Robert Richard, Principal
Jim Andrepont, Advisory Council Chair
Sacramental Information & New Parishioners Baptism: Expectant parents should contact the office four to six (4 - 6) months before the birth of the child. Marriage: Couples planning marriage need to make an appointment with the pastor at least six months before the intended wedding date to begin the preparation process. A wedding date cannot be scheduled without approval of the pastor. Anointing of the Sick: Contact the office to schedule an appointment, home or nursing home visit, and, if death is immanent, contact the office for immediate action. First Communion and Confirmation: Contact the Elementary DRE or High School DRE respectively. Holy Communion for the Homebound: Contact the parish office to request a visit. If you are interested in becoming Catholic or receiving Confirmation as an adult, or if you simply want to learn more about your faith, contact the office to inquire about RCIA. “Jesus said to them, ‘Come, and you will see’” (John 1:39). New Parishioner Forms are found in church and on our website (Policies and Forms, Census Form) and should be submitted to the office. Parishioner funeral: When a parishioner passes away we ask that you please contact the parish office first before going to the Funeral Home. Fr. Mark would like to set up an appointment with the family of the deceased.
Weekly Parish Calendar & Daily Mass Readings
WED 18 THURS 19 FRI 20 SAT 21 Prayer group in church cry room 10am
Catholic Daughter’s meeting in the church hall, Rosary at 6:30 meeting will follow
CLJ Bible Study, 6:30pm in CCD Bldg.
AA, 8pm in Room 11
Feast of St. Luke, Evangelist 2 Timothy 4:10-17B Psalm 145 Luke 10:1-9
AA, 7pm in Room 11
Memorial of Sts. John de Bré-beuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs Romans 3:21-30 Psalm 130 Luke 11:47-54
AA, 8pm in Room 11
Romans 4:1-8 Psalm 32 Luke 12:1-7
AA, 7pm in Room 11
Romans 4:13, 16-18 Psalm 105 Luke 12:8-12
SUN 15 MON 16 TUES 17
Come, Lord Jesus Bible Study, 6pm in CCD Bldg.
AA, 8pm in Room 11
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 25:6-10A Psalm 23 Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20 Matthew 22:1-14
Romans 1:1-7 Psalm 98 Luke 11:29-32
Rosary in church cry room, 9am
That Man Is You: 5-6:30 am in the church hall
CLJ Bible Study, 9:30am in CCD Bldg
Elementary CCD: 1st-4th 5:30-6:30pm5th-8th 7-8pm
AA, 7pm in Room 11
Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr Romans 1:16-25 Psalm 19 Luke 11:37-41
Sts. Peter and Paul Parish Staff Secretary & Bookkeeper, Monica D. Laperous | Dir. of Religious Ed. for 1st-8th, Janet Hebert |
Nicole Habetz Dir. of Religious Ed. for 9-11 & Bulletin Editor | Choir Director, Yvette Weber Broussard
Jackson Andrepoint, Damon Apple, Emilie Leblanc, Jackson Lastrapes
Sun. Oct. 22 6:30am 8am 10am 5pm
Teri Faul, Lan Thi Nguyen Eric Stromer, Karen Molbert, Charles Trahan, Meredith Breaux, Amy Bergeron Charles Frederick, Jeanie Sullivan, Dn. Tanner Mark & Trina Habetz, Dn. Tanner
Glenn Faul Troy Bergeron Lee Bou-dreaux Mary Calais
Adrienne Hendrix, Mary-Ester Leblanc Addie Hodge, Conner Benoit, Madison Lenox, Lily Luneau Brenna Armbruster, Riley Wickman, Hayden Vice, Megan Whittington Nicholas Mire, Seth Trahan, Andrew Devalcourt, Elias Bernard
Oct. 21/22 Eucharistic Ministers, Readers, and Altar Servers
*Please remember: if you are unable to attend your scheduled Mass, you are responsible for finding a substitute
May your grace, O Lord, we pray, at all times go before us and follow
after and make us always determined to carry out good works.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS Sts. Peter and Paul Church #525201 1110 Old Spanish Trail Scott, LA 70583 TELEPHONE 337 235-2433 CONTACT PERSONS Nicole Habetz EMAIL: [email protected] SOFTWARE MSPublisher 2016 Adobe Acrobat X Windows 10 PRINTER HP Laserjet 6P TRANSMISSION TIME Mon. Oct. 2 @ 9:00am SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION October 8, 2017 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 9 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
