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March 10, 2013 - Fourth Sunday of Lent
Baptisms
Parents are encouraged to call the Church during pregnancy to
avoid de-
lays of the sacrament
406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727
Phone: (337) 237-0988 Fax: (337) 233-8868 Rev. M. Keith LaBove,
Pastor
www.stpat.org
Weddings
Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance to
allow time
for preparation
Office Hours
Monday – Thursday: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm; Friday 8:30 am – 12
noon
Celebration of the Eucharist
Saturday: 4:00 pm – Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 am Monday through
Friday: 7:30 am
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:15 am
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Welcome to St. Patrick Church
Fourth Sunday of Lent
March 10, 2013
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Saturday, March 9-- Vigil of the Fourth Sun-
day of Lent
4:00 PM: Harold Abdalla; Hebert & Benoit
Family; Pam Hebert (living); Dr. J. T. Brierre;
J. W. Alexander
Sunday, March 10-- Fourth Sunday of Lent
8:30 AM: Rutledge N. Deas
10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s
Monday, March 11-- Lenten Weekday
7:30 AM: Mary Jean LeBlanc
Tuesday, March 12-- Lenten Weekday
7:30 AM: Joyce Hadley; Beverly Borcherd-
ing; Clifford Weilbaecher, Jr.
Wednesday, March 13 -- Lenten Weekday (Msgr. Charles Mallet)
7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne;
Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living);
Col. Kimberly Fedele (living)
Thursday, March 14-- Lenten Weekday
7:30 AM: Austin Rivault
Friday, March 15-- Lenten Weekday
7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart
Friday—7:10 a.m.
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Opportunities for Confession
Tuesday, March 19, 7:00—8:30 p.m.
Holy Cross Catholic Church
415 Robley Drive, Lafayette
Thursday, March 21, 6:30—8:00 p.m. St. Anthony Catholic
Church
615 Edison Street, Lafayette
Several priests will be present to hear Confessions
Non-Liturgical Devotions
Daily Rosary: Monday - Friday 6:55 a.m.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Tuesday
7:15 a.m.
Rosary for Priests: Wednesday 7:00 a.m.
Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Thursday 7:15 a.m.
Pro-Life Rosary: First Friday of the month 7 am
Shamrocks—Friday, March 15: Donna
Guilbeau; Patsy Robicheaux; Gerrie McGovern;
Charlotte Privatt
Next First Friday:
April 5, 2013
Topic:
The Church is Like a Sacrament
Youth Outreach Retreat St. Pat's Youth Ministry is holding a
midday retreat at the
Parish Hall on Saturday, March 23rd from 10 to 1.
Young people from 10 to 16 are invited. Lunch will be
provided. Please call the parish office at 237-0988 for more
details. Also our youth ministry is putting together
“Easter Baskets” filled with necessities such as cleaning
supplies and toiletries for ten needy families in our area. The
parish will cover basket costs, but if you would like to
be a part of this effort, there is a basket at the back of
church for your donation. Please pray that our young peo-ple
will come to know the value of service to those in
need from this project! Thank you and God bless!
Our Youth Group, Pizza at St. Pat’s, will continue to gath-er on
the Sunday’s of Lent, at the Parish Hall, from 4 to
5:30 in the afternoons.
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St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast Our Annual St. Patrick’s Day
Breakfast will be celebrat-
ed on Saturday, March 16th., at the Petroleum Club,
111 Heymann Blvd., at 8:00 a.m. Once again the
cooks, artisans, craftsmen, seamstress, gardeners, etc., who
wish to provide a door prize are encouraged to
begin their project. Gift certificates from store owners
are also accepted. Please NOTE: it is not necessary to provide a
door prize. Rather this is a way to share one’s
gifts and talents with the members of our church com-
munity. Please sign the tablet at the back of the church if you
are planning to attend as we need to know how
many to prepare for.
An Evening of Affirmation for Caregivers Marlene Foreman,
Clinical Nurse Specialist/Education
Coordinator with Hospice of Acadiana, Lafayette, will
offer ways to assist and affirm those who, for whatever reason,
have become caregivers: of elderly parents/
relatives, spouses, the chronically ill, disabled children/
siblings or to any individual who is in need of care. The
presentation will be held from 6:30pm – 8:30pm on
Thursday, March 14, 2013 at Vandebilt Hall, 205
Church St., Delcambre. The hall is directly across from
Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Delcambre. The
invitation is open to all. No registration is required
and there is no cost. For additional information please
contact Janeth Harrington @ 337.258.0078 or e-mail:
[email protected]’
Tenebrae Service at Cathedral
The Cathedral Choir under the direction of Mr. Thomas Niel will
sing the office of Tenebrae on the evening of
Palm Sunday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m. Tenebrae is an
ancient monastic office normally sung by monks and nuns during
the Holy Triduum. Like most monastic ser-
vices, Tenebrae includes the singing of psalms and anti-
phons in Gregorian chant, as well as other choral pieces which
reference the Passion of our Lord. A highlight of
the service is the singing of the Lamentations of Jeremi-
ah to an unusual and poignant tone which is very an-
cient. The service is also noted for the gradual extin-guishing
of lights in the church until only one candle,
considered a symbol of our Lord, remains. By its light all
depart in silence. During this service the organ remains
completely silent. All of the music sung is "a cappella"
or without accompaniment. This service is open to the
public and offers a wonderful opportunity for prayer and
contemplation during this most holy season. Rev. Ches-
ter Arceneaux, Pastor of the Cathedral, will officiate.
Whoever is in Christ is an new creation; the old things have
passed away;
behold, new things have come.
—2 Corinthians 5:17
Gratitude Fr. Keith wishes to thank all of you for the
birthday
wishes and gift, grateful for the generosity of so many.
Save the Date For the three most important celebrations of our
Church
year. Thursday, March 28th, 6 pm: Evening Mass of
the Lord’s Supper. Friday, March 29th, 3:00 pm: Com-memoration
of the Lord’s Passion. Saturday, March
30th, 8 pm: The Easter Vigil of the Lord’s Resurrection.
These are the celebrations for which prepare all through
Lent.
Doors
You will have noticed that we have begun replacing the doors on
our church. Please excuse any inconvenience,
as some doors may be temporarily unavailable for use.
However we began with the door at the handicapped ramp so that
door would be available this weekend. The
work should be completed soon. Thank you for your
ongoing generosity which makes this project possible.
Reminder—Baby Items
Next weekend is time to bring baby items to be given
away to those mothers who choose life for their babies.
Immediate need: diapers for infants and sizes 3, 4 &
5; wipes; body wash; baby lotion, diaper bags. Also
needed: bath towels; wash clothes; twin and queen sheet sets.
The kindness of your donations help this ministry.
Thank you!
In Transition Now that the See of Peter is vacant, we continue
to pray
for God’s guidance in the selection of the successor to
Benedict, Pope Emeritus. Our Friday morning Mass (7:30 a.m.)
will continue to be For the Election of a
Pope, until a new Pope is selected or until Holy Week.
Please keep the Cardinal-electors and the entire Church in your
prayers.
Second Collection Next Weekend
Next week, the second collection will be for: 1. The Church in
Central and Eastern Europe and
Africa. This collection supports the essential and un-
met pastoral needs of the church of the region. It also makes
scholarships available for students studying to
serve their local church. 2. Catholic Relief Services to
support six Catholic agencies that touch more than 100 million
lives around the world. Please be generous!.
STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK
Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us
Offertory………………….$ 4,285.70
Building Fund…………….$ 1,204.00 Thank You!
mailto:[email protected]
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Date
Saturday, March 9
4:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 10
8:30 a.m.
Sunday, March 10
10:00 a.m.
Lectors
Angie Kovacs Kenneth Phillips Michael Doumit
Eucharistic
Ministers
Rosalind Allen
Harold Guilbeau
Candis Thompson
Geneva Phillips
Susan Cain
Patsy Robicheaux
Leroy Abshire
Barbara Abshire
Janeth Harrington
Server
George Eaton Melinda Voorhies Phyllis Roy
Ushers
Janelle Venable
Joyce Stelly
William & Stephanie Bacque Robin Roy
Jenny Feehan
Liturgical Roles for March 2013
From the Pastor’s Desk
During the last couple of weeks, we have been exploring the
“desert of the heart”. We’ve looked at how, like
much of spirituality, this desert is more about letting go than
it is about holding on. Today we focus on dealing with
guilt, which can easily clutter up our desert and keep the time
in the desert from being an occasion of grace. Guilt often leaves
us feeling unworthy and unlovable, preventing us from experiencing
and accepting the healing love of God.
There are people out there who are convinced that all guilt is
bad for us, and we need to do whatever is neces-
sary to be rid of all guilt. I can understand that approach,
because guilt can be toxic, to our relationships, and to our
spirituality if it is not handled correctly.
The first distinction we need to make is between realistic and
unrealistic guilt. Guilt is primarily a feeling, and
not all our feelings reflect the truth. (For example, feeling
ignored may result from the other person just not seeing us!)
There are times when bad things happen, sometimes seemingly as a
result of our actions, that we are not responsible for. We do not
have control over everything in our lives or in our relationships.
Just because we did not prevent some-
thing from happening doesn’t mean we caused it. The first task
is to take responsibility only for those things over
which we had at least some measure of control. Guilt can be
particularly toxic is we simply wallow in it. In a perverse way,
self-pity and beating ourselves up
over real or imagined failures brings with it a strange kind of
satisfaction. If we often wallow in guilt, it can feel safe,
comfortable and familiar. It can often help us to avoid
responsibility for our own lives, as we give in to despair. That
response to guilt needs to be avoided.
All of that said, there is a manner in which guilt can be
healthy and even essential to spiritual growth. The fact is we
do
sometimes act wrongly. We call it sin. And there is nothing
wrong about feeling guilty about our sinful actions. Quite
to the contrary, the absence of guilt in the face of hurting
another is itself pathological. But this realistic guilt needs to
spur us into action. That action begins with repairing the harm
we’ve done, if at all possible. Next we strive to learn
from the experience, perhaps gaining insight into ourselves and
our motivations. Most importantly, guilt can lead us to
turn to God, seeking the assistance of his grace and mercy. It
is only God’s grace that can transform our hearts and lives. Guilt
can often be a reminder of the futility of trying to live a good
life without God’s grace. Guilt can be the
thorn in our side that leads us to change.
Readings for the Week
Monday Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13b; Jn 4:43-54
Tuesday Ez 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-16
Wednesday Is 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14,17-18; Jn 5:17-30
Thursday Ex 32:7-14; Ps 106:19-23; Jn 5:31-47
Friday Wis 2:1a, 12-22; Ps 34:17-21, 23; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
Saturday Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-12; Jn 7:40-53
Sunday Is 43:16-21; Ps 126:1-6; Phil 3:8-14; Jn 8:1-11
