Vision Statement: “Saint Peter Claver Church will engage, energize and empower the people of God to grow and evolve spiritually.”

MISSION STATEMENT St. Peter Claver Catholic Church is a vibrant, spirit-filled, evangelizing community that is grounded in

the Eucharist and celebrates the culture and traditions of our African-American heritage. Strengthened by our belief in Jesus Christ and trusting in God’s Word, we transform our community through

acts of justice by caring for the spiritual and physical needs of His people.

1923 St. Philip Street New Orleans, LA 70116 Office (504) 822-8059

Fax (504) 822-9251 Credit Union (504) 988-7420

Misaada Center (504( 827-0707

Rev. J. Asare-Dankwah Pastor

DEACONS:

Mr. Lawrence Houston Mr. Allen Stevens

PASTORAL STAFF Mrs. Alena Boucree

Director of Religious Education

Ms. Margie Brown Business Manager

Mr. Emeka Dibia Communications

Mrs. Veronica Downs-Dorsey

Director of Music

Mrs. Marinda Lee-Houston Youth Ministry

Mrs. Edith B. Reed Executive Secretary

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST SCHEDULE Saturday Evening: 4:00 p.m. Sundays: 7:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Holy Days: See Liturgy of the Eucharist schedule inside Weekdays: See Liturgy of the Eucharist schedule inside SACRAMENT OF PENANCE 2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. on Saturday or anytime by appt. BAPTISM Appointment with the priest or deacon for preparation is necessary. Call during pregnancy or as soon as possible after the child is born. MARRIAGE Contact the priest at least six (6) months in advance. FUNERAL Contact the Parish Office BEFORE making arrangements with a funeral home. CHURCH OFFICE HOURS Monday–Friday 9:00 am.-5:00 pm. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Grades K-7 – Saturday from 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Meet in the parish hall. WEBSITE : www.stpeterclaverneworleans.org FACEBOOK: www.saintpeterclaverNOLA NEW PARISHIONERS: WELCOME TO OUR PARISH COMMUNITY! We ask that you please call the office to register in the parish.

12th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

12 S I O T JUNE 21, 2020 Scripture Insights

Our readings from Romans provides a twofold contrast of the impact that Adam’s and Jesus’ re-spective acts have on humanity. First, Adam’s sin leads to death and condemnation (consider the Book of Genesis, starting with Cain’s murder of Abel, to all the violence and deaths that follow, including Noah and the flood). Jesus’ gift, how-ever, brings about justification. Second, Paul us-es the phrase “how much more” twice in quick succession (cf. 5:15, 17) to imply that Jesus’ gift has a potentially grater scale of impact, even or especially when Paul has already stated that Ad-am’s sin impacted “all.” This is understandable given Paul’s emphatic description of Jesus’ act as “grace” and a “gift.” Each of those terms signifies a sense of extravagant generosity (cf. Romans 5:6-11. A gift, no matter how generous, cannot be re-ceived until it is recognized. We see Jesus send-ing out the Twelve in Matthew 10 and, in the pro-cess, warning them of inevitable sufferings but also assuring them of God’s salvation. Paul’s Letter to the Romans will help us to make sense of his juxtaposition of persecution and de-liverance, which is also found in today’s Old Tes-tament readings. In his contrast of Adam and Je-sus, Paul presents a conflict of two powers: the old power of violence and death against the new power of justice and life. Receiving Jesus’ free gift of grace is to enter into this conflict, as Paul makes clear in Romans 5:1-5. These resistances, persecutions, and sufferings, however, point to and even prove the coming of the messianic age. That is why Paul suggests that current experienc-es of suffering can lead to endurance, character, and hope. ♦ Cain’s killing of Abel is a fratricide. How

may we think of the violence and deaths around us in similar terms?

♦ What are the violent, death-dealing, and un-

just forces in our society today? ♦ How may we, as followers of Jesus, practice a

generous and extravagant welcome today?

Please continue with your tithing for Steward-ship. You can do on-line giving, mail or bring your weekly contributions to St. Peter Claver

Church Parish Office, 1910 Ursulines Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70116

Your financial support is greatly appreciated.

Thanks to our St. Peter Claver Parish Family and our visitors

A Father’s Day Prayer

God our Father, you govern and protect your people

And shepherd them with a father’s love. You place a father in a family As a sign of your love, care,

and constant protection.

May fathers everywhere be faithful To the example shown in the Scriptures:

Steadfast in love, forgiving Transgressions, sustaining the family,

Caring for those in need.

Give your wisdom to fathers that they may encourage and guide their children.

Keep them healthy so they may support a family.

Guide every father with the spirit of

your love that they may grow in holiness and draw their family ever closer to you.

Amen.

Scripture Readings for: June 22-28, 2020

Monday-06/22/20 2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18 Matthew 7:1-5 Tuesday-06/23/20 2 Kings 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36 Matthew 7:6, 12-14 Wednesday-06/24/20 Isaiah 49:1-6 Acts 13:22-26 Luke 1:57-66, 80 Thursday-06/25/20 2 Kings 24:8-17 Matthew 7:21-29 Friday-06/26/20 2 Kings 25:1-12 Matthew 8:1-4 Saturday-06/27/20 Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18-19 Matthew 8:5-17 Sunday-06/28/20 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a Romans 6:3-4, 8-11 Matthew 10:37-42

Schedule June 22-28, 2020

All meetings have been cancelled until

further notice!

CENSUS 2020 HEAR ME. SEE ME. COUNT ME.

STAND UP AND BE COUNTED!

In this New COVID – 19 environment Louisiana desperately needs every federal dollars we can get. Funding for Education, Healthcare, Affordable Housing, Public Safety, Street and Infrastructure Repair is determined by census data. Programs such as Childcare Assistance (CCAP), Head Start, Medicaid and Medicare, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), WIC, FEMA, Foster Care programs and Affordable Housing depend on these federal dollars. Your participation guaran-tees more resources coming to your communi-ty!! For each person who goes uncounted Loui-siana loses $2,291.00 each year for 10 years. That is a lost to our communities as well. That’s less money for our children, the elderly, hospitals, streets, pumping stations, police and fire stations. Can we count on you to complete your census either online, by phone or mail? 9 Questions + 10 Minutes = 10 years of funding. Convince five (5) family members or friends to complete their census as well.

Micah Project St. Peter Claver Team along with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and the Power Coalition are working together to be sure our com-munities are in the 2020 Census #

We will be contacting you soon. Complete the Census: By Paper with the Census form that was mailed to your house; Online at My2020census.gov; By phone : 1-844-330-2020.

9 Questions+10 minutes = 10 years of funding

#HearMeSeeMeCountMe

ST. PETER CLAVER CHURCH NEW ORLEANS, LA St. Peter Claver Homebound and

Sick Parishioners

Please pray for the following parishioners and friends who are homebound or ill: Edith Henry, Alice Allen, Gwendolyn Rocque, Joycelyn Johnson, Stanley & Beatrice Grant, Pearl Dupart, Aaron LaCabe, Bernice Stein, Javette and Michael Garner, John & Claire Bidol, Demetria Bernard, Jerald LaPierre, Robert “RJ” LaPierre, Doris Finister, Marie Walker, Chris Price, Shirley Walton, Antoinette Johnston, Cindy Armstrong, Ralph Walker, Albert & Miriam Bou-cree, Audrey Evans, Vint Barney, Yvette Brown, Shirley Pratt, Lorraine Bowman, Linda Hunter, Ruby Perry, Barbara Phillips, Inaclaire Buckley, Louise Jenkins, Toki Joseph, Joseph Williams, Gerard Robinson, Sr., Emelda Petit, Johnnie Petit, Scarlett Crawford, Vivian Plessy, Debra Gray, Lionel and Marion Evans, Verlyn Mallory, Marva Batiste, Bronson Lee, John Parker, Maureen Nut-ting, Cynthia Bluford, Victoria Leslie, Lorraine Bart, Myrtle Dorsey, Bernell Johnson, Wilma Wilson, Wendell Baptiste, Maxine Rixner, Jeremy Tauriac, Shonne Pierce, Wylene Jones, Nowell Lackings, Sr., Roslind Louis, Lydia Edwards, Ted Nutting, Joseph Washington, Delores Chapital, Rockial Riley, Jerri Queen, Malcolm Lear, Flor-ence Lee, Sarah Lafitte, Gail O’Brien, Marynell Fernandez, Charlie Mae Thompson, Gloria Oliver, Myrtle Williams, Edward Brown, Lucille Ander-son, Charmaine Prevost, Evelyn Shokes, Henry Head, Ethylene Permillion, Pamela Pleasant & Mary Ellen LeBlanc

VOCATION PRAYER

Lord Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father, and Mary Immaculate give to our young people the gener-osity necessary to follow Your call and the cour-age required to overcome all obstacles to their vocation. Give to parents that faith, love and spirit of sacrifice which will inspire them to offer their children to God’s service and to rejoice whenever one of their children is called to the priesthood or religious life. May Your example and that of Your Blessed Mother and Saint Jo-seph encourage both young people and parents and let Your grace sustain them. AMEN.

St. Peter Claver Church “D.O.V.E.S. Ministry

Our love, sympathy and prayers go to our Parish-ioners who have lost family members during these difficult times. Any parishioners experi-encing the recent loss of an immediate family member, please contact the Bereavement Minis-try through the Parish Office, (504) 822-8059, so we can offer support and prayers.

OUR FAMILY PRAYER

Loving and faithful God, through the years the people of our archdiocese have appreciated the prayers and love of Our Lady of Prompt Succor in times of war, disaster, epidemic and illness.

We come to you,

Father, with Mary our Mother, and ask you to help us in the battle of today against violence,

murder and racism.

We implore you to give us your wisdom that we may build a community founded on the values of

Jesus, which gives respect to the life and dignity of all people.

Bless parents that they may form their children in faith. Bless and protect our youth that they may be peacemakers of our time. Give consolation to those who have lost loved ones through violence.

Hear our prayer and give us the perseverance to

be a voice for life and human dignity in our community.

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Our Lady

of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us.

Mother Henriette Delille, pray for us that we may be a holy family.

SANCTUARY LIGHT Will burn in memory for:

Mr. James J. Batiste

Requested by: Marva Batiste, wife &

Lucille Batiste, daughter

Visit St. Ann’s Shrine

(2100 Block of Ursulines Ave.)

Will reopen after quarantine

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS… Congratulations

Parish Family, please join us in congratulating the children who made their Fist Communion on Friday, June 5, 2020. They are: Dehmi Allen, Macyn Clayton, Tye Colin, Neal Davis, Ariel Fefie, Karsyn Holmes, Autumn McMillian, Madison Mathieu, Guillaume Rene, Myles Reynolds, Gia Robinson, Baelyn Rousseve, Kameron Sears, Jr., Keyah Woods. May you continue to follow the Good Shepherd and partake of His Body and Blood. We look forward to seeing you each Sunday at Mass. NOTE: Last week we forgot one of our (Communicants, Madison Mathieu).

Bible Study Quote: “Therefore, do not be afraid of them. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the dark-ness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. “He’s Got Your Back (Romans 5:12-15)...In this reading from the Let-ter to the Romans, St. Paul shows how God loved and supported mankind when we were at our worst. In verses 5-8 he explains how Jesus vindi-cated man from sin. Spiritual death, physical death and eternal death came to us through Adam's sins. Adam was our representative and he failed when tempted. Because of his failure, humanity is gripped with open rebellion against the Creator. But we can’t blame Adam, because we sin on our own (v.12). Humanity tried to control these tendencies through laws. The Gentiles tried re-straint through the natural law and other codifica-tions. The Jews tried restraint under the Law of Moses (see 2:14-15). Yet, all failed, and all were subject to death. In the face of this failure, God said, I’ve got your back. DISCUSSION QUES-TIONS: Who do you reflect the most in your daily life, Jesus, or Adam?

June 20-26, 2020

Saturday, June 20, 2020 4:00 p.m. Ms. Leah Chase Mr. Edgar Chase, Jr. Mr. Wayne Reese, Sr. Ms. Joyce Evans Mr. John Bidol (Living) Sunday, June 21, 2020 7:30 a.m. Parishioners of St. Peter Claver Mr. Kenneth Carter Ms. Lydia Broyard Ms. Florence Bradley Mr. Jules Bakewell, III Jules, Jr., & Pauline Bakewell Mr. Gerald P. Norris, Sr. Mr. Curley M. Dauzart, III 10:00 a.m. Ms. Lydia Broyard Ms. Diane Davis Ms. Mary Ann Dabon Mr. John John Mr. Jiar Joseph Means Ms. Jade Gibson Ms. Rachel Willis Ms. Gladys Shief Mr. Paul Steib Edward and Edna Walker Mr. Percy Walker Mr. Herbert Meyers, Sr. Mr. Herbert Meyers, Jr. Mr. Don Meyers Mr. Jareath M. Francis, Sr. Mr. Herbert Richardson Michelle, Caden & Cylie McCullum Living & deceased mem bers of the Crusto, Fleury, Graham, Saulney, Prevost & Wilson families Ms. Mary Ellen LeBlanc Walter & Jennifer Bonam (living) Tuesday, June 23, 2020 7:30 a.m. Mass-Church Wednesday, June 24, 2020 7:30 a.m. Mass-Church Thursday, June 25, 2020 7:30 a.m. Mass-Church Friday, June 26, 2020 7:30 a.m. Mass-Church

Thoughts on Stewardship

Every person should walk unhesitatingly according to their own personal gifts and duties in the path of a living faith which arouses hope and works through charity.

FATIMA ROSARY All will continue praying the Rosary in the privacy of their homes at 4:00 p.m. until further notice.

Don’t forget to join in our St. Peter Claver Church Prayer and Fasting.

(We will continue our prayer line through the month of June, 2020; Mon-day-Friday at 12:00 noon). Please dial this number, (339-207-7387), there is no access code. We have had an extremely great turnout, please join us. Also, join us on Sunday mornings for our “Live Mass” at 10:00 a.m.

CORONAVIRUS PRAYER

Let Us Pray: Loving and faithful God, the coronavirus reminds us that, we have no power and we are dependent on You and You alone. We place ourselves in Your mighty and loving hands. Merciful God, please give eternal rest to all who have died from the virus. Loving God, please put your healing hand on those who are ill in the vari-ous hospitals and at homes, and give your protec-tion to us in this time of fear and uncertainty. Eternal God, please calm our fears and help us to trust You as our faithful and true God. Mighty God, please enlighten our government leaders as they are faced with important decisions. Give Your blessing to those in health care and our first responders and protect them. We ask this in faith, for You are God, living and reigning forever and ever.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 7:30 am Mass

3 7:30 am Mass

4 7:30 am Mass

5 7:30 am Mass 6:00 pm 1st Com-munion

6 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass

7 7:30 am Mass 10:00 am Mass

8 9 7:30 am Mass

10 7:30 am Mass

11 7:30 am Mass

12 7:30 am Mass 2:00 p.m. Knights of Peter Claver Fish Fry

13 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass

14 7:30 am Mass 10:00 am Mass

15 16 7:30 am Mass

17 7:30 am Mass

18 7:30 am Mass

19 7:30 am Mass

20 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass

21 Father's Day 7:30 am Mass 10:00 am Mass

22 23 7:30 am Mass

24 7:30 am Mass

25 7:30 am Mass

26 7:30 am Mass

27 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass

28 7:30 am Mass 10:00 am Mass

29 30 7:30 am Mass

St. Peter Claver Catholic Church June, 2020

CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS St. Peter Claver Church #784950 1910 Ursulines Avenue New Orleans, LA 70116 TELEPHONE 504 822-8059 CONTACT PERSON Edith Reed EMAIL: ereed@spclaverchurch.org SOFTWARE MSPublisher 2010 Adobe Acrobat XI Windows 7 TRANSMISSION TIME Wednesday 2:00 p.m. SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION June 21, 2020 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 8 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS We only need 300 bulletins printed