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May 10, 2015 - Sixth Sunday of Easter
Baptisms
Seminars are held every other month - register by calling the office. Attend-ance is suggested during pregnancy.
406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727
Phone: (337) 237-0988 Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor
Parish Website: www.stpat.org — [email protected]
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
Welcome to St. Patrick Church
Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 10, 2015
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Saturday, May 9--Vigil of the Sixth Sunday of
Easter
4:00 PM: Mike Guilbeau; Judith A. White;
Dr. Nicholas Olivier; Jules, Isola & Bart LeJeu-
ne; Wallace & Romaine Venable; Bertha Bernard
Mary Thibeaux; James J. Boudreaux (living);
Eva Mae Hebert (living); Mary Lou Broussard
Sunday, May 10--Sixth Sunday of Easter 8:30 AM: Lorraine Day; Julia Phillips;
Elnora Jordan; Cecelia Ledet; Helen Vallot;
Dana Guidry (living); Patsy Robicheaux (living);
Gerrie McGovern (living); Roberto & Betty Perea
& Bobby
10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s
Monday, May 11--Easter Weekday
7:30 AM: Joyce Weilbaecher; Lucy LeBlanc;
Brian Callier
Tuesday, May 12--Saints Nereus and
Achilleus, Martyrs; St. Pancras, Martyr
7:30 AM: Bella Hernandez; Gussie Hernandez
Manilla Conques
Wednesday, May 13--Our Lady of Fatima
7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne;
Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living);
Col. Kimberly Fedele (living)
Thursday, May 14--St. Matthias, Apostle
7:30 AM: Joyce Hadley;
Margie Edwards (living); Rozellyn Romano (living)
Friday, May 15--St. Isidore
7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart
Altar Flowers In loving memory of:
Julia Phillips
Deep Debt My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw.
All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in
life to the moral, intellectual, and physical education I re-ceived from her. —George Washington
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: 1st. Friday of the month 7
a.m.
Shamrocks Needed!
The holiest of moments often requires mundane
preparations. Our Shamrocks are men and wom-
en who are available to do a light cleaning of our
church (dusting, vacuuming, etc.) on select Fri-
day mornings, after the 7:30 a.m. Mass. We need
more people to participate in this Ministry, please
call the office at 237-0988 if you can help.
Shamrocks—Friday, May 15: Donna Guil-
beau; Andre Arceneaux; Susan Cain
Volunteers Needed at United Christian Outreach
UCO was incorporated in October 1977 and is an
ecumenical organization with 23 member churches.
The organization is located at 422 Carmel Drive,
Lafayette and provides help of food, clothing, utility
assistance, and medicine, for clients “inside” the city
limits only; opens 4 days a week: Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday (from 10 am to 1:30 pm).
The workers are ALL volunteers and represent only 7
churches at this time (St. Patrick being one of them).
Volunteers are desperately needed at this time to as-
sist in the areas of office work, food distribution,
clothing inventory, and purchase/picking up food
from one of its local partners. Volunteers may offer
their services in any capacity, once a week, once a
month, every week and as a sub. If interested please
contact Geneva Phillips at 280-2065 or Kay Hampton
at 706-8334
Prayer for the Persecuted, Monday, May 18th Join us on at St. Pius X, 6 - 7 pm, to pray for all of those
in Syria and Iraq who have been mercilessly persecuted by
ISIS. Millions of our brothers and sisters have been forced
to flee their homes and lives due to violence. Many end up in refugee camps, but even more seek shelter in abandoned
and dilapidated buildings. Children are unable to go to
school and families are often without basic living essen-tials. However, with God there is hope. Let us lift those
who are suffering in prayer, where we know they will not
be forgotten, and pray that God will change the hearts of those in ISIS. We will also learn from the Southeastern di-
rector of Catholic Relief Services, Cullen Larson, how our
Church is changing lives in these regions in our name, and
the action we can take to ensure that this work continues.
Theology of the Body
The very foundation of society is the FAMILY and the family is in CRISIS!! What can be done? The Holy Spirit
has the ANSWER! Following the Spirit's lead, Saint John
Paul II developed "The Theology of the Body". This AMAZING teaching is presented as a 4-session video se-
ries facilitated by Adele Guillot will be offered at St. Leo
the Great. Sessions are May 11, 18, June 1 and 8. All ses-
sions begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall, 300 W Alexan-der Street, Lafayette. Everyone 18 years or older is invited
to attend. There is no fee. Please register by May 11 by
calling the office at 337-232-2404.
Open House In Observance of the Year of Consecrated
Life—Sundays May 24, June 28, July 26, Aug. 30, Sep.
27, Oct. 28, Nov. 22, Dec. 27 Get a close-up view of the Consecrated Life and gain a Ple-
nary Indulgence. Pray Midday Prayer and Evening Prayer
with the Community of Jesus Crucified (Midday prayer 11:45 am; Evening Prayer 6:15 pm). The Gate and Chapel
will open from 8:30 am till 6:30 pm at Our Lady of Sor-
rows Retreat Center, 103 Railroad Avenue, St. Martinville. For more information, call Fr. Michael Champagne (337-
394-6550).
Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Retracing the Footsteps of Jesus
Fr. Aaron Melancon will be leading a pilgrimage to the
Holy Land October 15-24, 2015. In this nine-day spiritual adventure, pilgrims will walk in the footsteps of Jesus and
experience holy places like Bethlehem, Nazareth, Cana,
Mount of Olives, Mount Carmel, Gethsemani, The Holy Sepulchre, the via Dolorosa and many, many others. For
more information, contact Kayla Raffary with Magnificat
Travel at 291-1933
Reminder—Baby Items Next weekend is time to bring baby items to be given
away to those mothers who choose life for their babies.
Always needed: diapers for infants and sizes 3, 4 &
5; wipes; body wash; baby lotion, diaper bags. Also needed shampoo; towels; wash cloths. The kindness of
your donations help this ministry.
Mass for Elderly
A “Mass for Elderly” will be held on Sunday, May 31,
at 2:00 p.m. at Immaculata Chapel, 1408 Carmel Drive, Lafayette. This is a time to honor all Senior Citizens
with Bishop Jarrell celebrating Mass. We are encour-
aging families to bring their elderly loved ones. A re-
ception will be held immediately following in Marian Hall, provided by Ladies of Grace of the Knights of
Peter Claver. Sponsored by the Diocesan Commission
for the Pastoral Care of Elderly”. For more infor-mation, please call Stephanie Bernard, Program Coor-
dinator (261-5545).
Men of God Retret
The Community of Jesus Crucified is hosting a silent
retreat for Men. The retreat will address the call to ho-
liness and reflect upon the means provided by the Church to become real men of God. The retreat will be
led by Fr. Michael Champagne, CJC at Our Lady of
Sorrows Retreat Center (103 Railroad Ave., St. Martin-ville) beginning at 7pm on Friday May 29 and ending
on Sunday May 31 at about 3pm. There is no cost for
the retreat but register early as space is limited. For information and to register call Vic Guidry, 824-3045.
Nepal—Special Collection
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal in the late morning of April 25, toppling buildings and homes,
causing widespread panic, and claiming thousands of
lives. Our Church mourns the terrible suffering of our brothers and sisters affected by this powerful earth-
quake. Please join with the Catholic community across
the United States in responding to our suffering broth-ers and sisters through a special collection for the work
of Catholic Relief Services in Nepal. CRS is the offi-
cial humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in
the U.S. and is already responding to urgent needs for shelter, water and food in Nepal. For more information,
go to CRS.org. We will offer the opportunity to sup-
port the work of CRS through a special collection next
weekend May 16-17.
STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK
Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory……………………..$ 4,262.16
Building Fund...………….…..$ 1,644.87 Thank You!
Date
Saturday, May 16
4:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 17
8:30 a.m.
Sunday, May 17
10:00 a.m.
Lectors
Janell Venable Susan Cain Karen Begnaud
Eucharistic
Ministers
Peggy Spruill
Oren Spruill
Candis Thompson
Geneva Phillips
Sarah Hamsher
Sandra LaGrange
Jerry Boudreaux
Dee Boudreaux
Robin Roy
Altar Servers George Eaton Glenn LaGrange Nicholas Begnaud
Ushers
George Guidry
Joyce Stelly
William & Stephanie Bacque Joyce Stelly
Lionel Jeanmard
Liturgical Roles for May
Readings for the Week
Monday Acts 16:11-15; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Jn 15:26 — 16:4a
Tuesday Acts 16:22-34; Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8; Jn 16:5-11
Wednesday Acts 17:15, 22 — 18:1; Ps 148:1-2, 11-14; Jn 16:12-15
Thursday Acts 1:15-27, 20-26; Ps 113:1-8; Jn 15:9-17
Friday Acts 18:9-18; Ps 47:2-7; Jn 16:20-23
Saturday Acts 18:23-28; Ps 47:2-3, 8-10; Jn 16:23b-28
Sunday Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9; Eph 4:1-13 [1-7, 11-13]; Mk 16:15-20
From the Pastor’s Desk
This week at daily Mass, we reached the part in the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 15, that recounts the sto-ry of the Council of Jerusalem. That council marks the beginning of a tradition in the Church that continues to this day. Called ‘ecumenical councils’, they are gatherings of church leaders representing and overseeing the entire church. Normally, they are called because some major conflict or issue has arisen, and the purpose is to discern the path that the Church should take going forward.
That first Council, in those early decades of the Church was attended by the apostles, as well as people like Paul and Barnabas who were active in proclaiming the newly received Gospel message. The central question was whether one needed to become Jewish (be circumcised, follow the Mosaic law, etc.) in order to be a disciple of Jesus. As we know, the decision was made that God was calling Gentiles as well, and so began the gradual split of Christianity from Judaism.
Since then there have been a total of 21 Ecumenical Councils, the most recent of which was of course Vati-can Council II, just 50 years ago. Normally named after the place where they are held, the early church councils have names such as Chalcedon, Constantinople, Nicaea, etc. They dealt with core issues of the faith such as un-derstanding the Trinity, the true nature of Jesus as human and divine as well as with the place of Mary in the sto-ry of salvation. Our Nicene Creed, which we pray every Sunday, takes its name from that Council of Nicaea.
While there were eight councils held in the first 1000 years of the Church, there were nine held in the 400 years between 1123 and 1500. They are not held at particular intervals, but rather in response to issues that arise in the life of the Church. So for example, the Council of Trent was called in 1545 in response to the Protestant Reformation, as well as the need to enact reforms in the Church. So in our day, the Second Vatican Council was called to help the Church to minister more effectively in a rapidly changing world, even as the Church was becoming more and more a world-wide Church. It is not unusual for reforms of the Church to be a major re-sult of these councils. They have often been sources of controversy as well.
All of this history is to recognize that there have been challenges all along the way, from the very begin-ning. No matter what the issue, faith has always taught that it is the Holy Spirit guiding the Church through these times of conflict and confusion. And therein lies our hope. Much has changed in the Church over the centuries, even as we continue to proclaim One Lord, one Faith, one Baptism.
