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PARISH STAFF P Rev. Fr. Christopher Chike Amadi, S.S.J. P A A Mrs. Martha S. Creecy (985) 536-2613 Ms. Valencia Dunn (985) 536-2613 ****************************************** P P C Mrs. Charlotte Hooker (504) 559-4573 P F C Mr. Edward Phillips (985) 536-2613 D R E Mrs. Myrtle Lucas (985) 536-2028 D Y M (CYO) Mrs. Tracy Watson (504) 296-7852 E M H C Mrs. Vanessa Noble (504) 220-7674 P W Mrs. Precious A. Joseph (985) 536-3115

RCIA CLASSES Any adult interested in joining the Catholic Faith or knowing more about the Catholic Religion should contact the parish Office to sign up for RCIA faith classes. ******************************************Announcements for the bulletin can be brought to the parish office, faxed or sent via email to olgchurch@arch-no.org The deadline to submit announcements to be placed in the bulletin is on Mondays by 12 noon.

MASS SCHEDULE THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

JUNE 11, 2017

VIGIL MASSES

Saturday 4:00 PM Sunday 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM

WEEKDAY MASSES

Monday NO MASS Tuesday 6:00 PM Wednesday 5:00 PM Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 6:00 PM Sick of the Parish Thursday 8:30 AM Special Intentions Friday 8:30 AM Parish Mass Saturday 8:00 AM (1ST SATURDAY ONLY)

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Begins 1 Hour before each Mass and ends 15 minutes before Mass or by appointment anytime.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Parents and god-parents preparation is held on the 3rd Sunday of each month after the 11:00 a.m. Mass. Baptism will take place on the 4th Sunday of each month. Baptismal registration takes place ONLY at the Parish Office prior to baptism preparation class.

MARRIAGES Please notify the Priest at least eight months prior to planning the wedding.

PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK Please call the rectory if someone is sick or hospitalized.

FUNERALS Please call the rectory before making arrangements with the Funeral Director.

780 Hwy. 44 • P.O. Box 464 Reserve, Louisiana 70084

Rectory: 985-536-2613

Fax: 985-536-1819 Email: olgchurch@arch-no.org

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Parish Office Hours Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Our purpose, at Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church, is to provide a place of spiritual worship and growth for our members, our children, and all visitors. We wish to instill a spirit of prayer, integrity and generosity in each other, with a special concern for the poor, sick, elderly, disabled, the unborn and the weak. We especially encourage our parish members and organizat ions in their practice of the spiritual and corporal works of mercy with the poor and infirmed.

THE MOST HOLY TRINITY JUNE 11, 2017

SATURDAY JUNE 10, 2017 4:00 PM Shirley Ann Johnson, Willi Hall, Cecile Ogretta Wilson-Hall, Joseph Bert Hall, Carl Michael Hall, Special Intentions, Agnes Hall (L) SUNDAY JUNE 11, 2017 8:00 AM Our Lady of Grace Parishioners 11:00 AM Lowery Lennix, Sr. TUESDAY JUNE 13, 2017 6:00 PM Sick & Shut-In WEDNESDAY JUNE 14, 2017 5:00 PM HOLY HOUR 6:00 PM More Vocations to the Priesthood & Religious Life THURSDAY JUNE 15, 2017 8:30 AM Parish Administrative Staff & Families FRIDAY JUNE 16, 2017 8:30 AM Special Intentions

Agnes Hall, Joshua J. Morgan, Allen Wheeler, Joseph Dupas, Olga Leblanc, Alethea Bardell, Anita Perrilloux, Carolyn Cole, Kenisha Anderson, Leroy Houston, Joann Gray, Victoria Dominique, Margie Collins, Brianna Nicholas, Paul Vampran, Hilton Francois, Michael Lipps, Ernest Morgan Jr., Catherine Twine Simon, Trellious Wilkes, Craig Watson, Michelle Marcadel, Cornel Jones, Montrelle Dennis, Romond Taylor, Shirley Johnson, Devon Walker, Rosalee Sylvas, Rosemary Pidgeon, Donald Lipps, Donna C. Jackson, Sandra Simoneaux, Elizabeth Hebert, Sr. John Mary Jackson, Tierney Smith, Torriel Charde Smith, Karen Duhe-Wilson, James Jackson, Travis Thomas, Ceola Gerard, Albert French, Gary Sylve, Arthur D. Parquet, Felton Parquet, Lorita Savoie, Shelia P. Melancon, Gloria Ferrygood, Lois Clement, Chandra Johnson, Lindsay Marts, Dianne Sylve Lewis, John Sylve, Sr., Sharon Parquet, Jeniffer Sylve Banks, Hilton Farlough, Monique Joseph, Theresa Fleming, Beverly Harris, Ruby Porter, Lois Gray, Susan Montufar, Carol Lennix, Anthony Isom, Jr.,Wilhelmina Armour, Emile Rousseve, Amanda Cole, Johnny Bee Griffin, Thomas Parquet, Jr., Melvin Parquet

Why does God love us so much? And why are we able to love others? The answer to these questions is found in the meaning of today’s feast. Trinity Sunday celebrates not so much an idea of three-in-one as the relationship of the Persons of the Trinity with each other and with us.

The idea is that the Father expressed himself as the Word. Since it was a perfect expression, the Word is his Son and equal to the Father. The love of Father and Son is expressed as the Holy Spirit. Being a perfect love, it too is equal to Father and Son. So even the idea of the Trinity is based on love. But God’s love was so great, God went even further. God created us to be loved by God.

In the second reading Paul blesses the Corinthians with the “love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.” The book of Genesis (3:18) says that it was not good for man to be alone. So God created woman, and through man and woman all humanity, to be able to love each other. Though human love is not perfect, the love of man and woman can produce another person, a child. The three Persons of the Trinity share one life in God. But through baptism, we also share in God’s life. Just as parents love to see how their children look like them, so God loves to see the divine in us.

The first reading reminds us of God’s closeness to humanity. Moses can speak to God and God responds by granting his request. The Gospel tells how much God loves the world, that God’s own Son was sent to die for us. But we sometimes forget that God’s love comes first. We think that the more loving we are, the more God will love us. But love comes from God (1 John 4:7–11), so when we love someone it doesn’t make God love us more; we love because God loves us first. Our decision to love is a response to God’s love, and our ability to love is itself a gift from God. The meaning of life, the universe, and everything is Love, the love of the Trinity for each other and for us. The question now is, how well do we use that gift of God’s love by loving each other?

SCRIPTURE VERSE: God so loved the world that he gave his only Son. — John 3:16a

WEEKLY SCRIPTURE READING (JUNE 11, 2017 TO JUNE 17, 2017)

Sunday: Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9; Dn 3:52-55; 2 Cor 13:11-13; Jn 3:16-18 Monday: 2 Cor 1:1-7; Ps 34:2-9; Mt 5:1-12 Tuesday: 2 Cor 1:18-22; Ps 119:129-133, 135; Mt 5:13-16 Wednesday: 2 Cor 3:4-11; Ps 99:5-9; Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: 2 Cor 3:15 — 4:1, 3-6; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Mt 5:20-26 Friday: 2 Cor 4:7-15; Ps 116:10-11, 15-18; Mt 5:27-32 Saturday: 2 Cor 5:14-21; Ps 103:1-4, 9-12; Mt 5:33-37

OUR LADY OF GRACE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH RESERVE, LA

SANCTUARY LIGHT IN THE CHURCH The Sanctuary Light will be lit for:

Requested By: From:

SANCTUARY LIGHT IN THE CHAPEL The Sanctuary Light will be lit for:

The Linton Family Requested By: Jennifer Brooks

From: June 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

JUNE 3-4, 2017 SUNDAY COLLECTION $ 5579.00 BUILDING FUND $ 3300.00 PETER’S PENCE $ 321.00 TOTAL $ 9200.00

BIBLE STUDY: Tuesday’s at 6:30 PM in the former rectory. All are invited and

SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK Our Lady of Grace Church Parish continues to partner with Second Harvest Food Bank to distribute food to those in need. Food will be distributed from Our Lady of Grace Parish Hall (Former Rectory) on Thursday, June 8, 2017 and Thursday, June 22, 2017 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Please see the flier on the bulletin board in the foyer of the church.

SOCIAL SALAD TEA Join Our Lady of Grace Church for a Social Tea celebrating our 80th anniversary. The tea will be held on Sunday, July 16th, 2017 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM in OLG gym. The cost is $20.00 per person. Please see the flier on the bulletin board in the foyer of the church for more information.

PETER’S PENCE COLLECTION: BE A WITNESS OF CHARITY

Thank you for your generous support in last week’s Peter Pence Collection! Our contributions will be combined with those from our brothers and sisters around the world to help Pope Francis provide essential relief to people in need. If you missed the collection, it is not too late to give, visit www.usccb.org/nationalcollections, and click on the “How to Give” link on the left.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY/ANNIVERSARY TO ALL OUR

PARISHIONERS CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY OR ANNIVERSARY IN

THE MONTH OF JUNE. MAY YOU BE BLESSED WITH YEARS OF GOOD HEALTH

AND HAPPINNESS.

THANK YOU In gratitude to God for the huge success of our 80th Anniversary Mass Celebration and Banquet last Sunday. I would like to express our deep and special appreciation to Archbishop Aymond for celebrating the Mass, his kind words during the Homily and for his fatherly presence. To all who worked in various committees, and took part in any way to bring these events to a success, we say thank you. For all our special guests, the Fourth Degree Knights of Peter Claver, and to anyone else who attended, please note that you will always be remembered in our prayers. To our dedicated parishioners, as a family of God’s people, we continue to “thank God for our past and present, as we look forward to our future.” Thank you all and may God, through Mary’s intercession continue to bless us in our various ministries, through Christ our Lord. Amen. Rev. Christopher C. Amadi, SSJ Pastor

CONGRATULATIONS GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRANTS

On Sunday, June 11, 2017 the Archdiocese of New Orleans will honor couples celebrating Jubilee anniversaries with a special Golden Anniversary Prayer Service at St. Philip Neri Church in Metairie. Archbishop Gregory Aymond will preside over the prayer service honoring couples who have been married 50 years. Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Willie J. Wallace, Jr., who will be honored during the celebration. May God continue to bless you in your marriage. PRAYER FOR PROTECTION AGAINST

STORMS AND HURRICANES Our Father in Heaven through the intercession of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, spare us during this Hurricane season from all harm. Protect us and our homes from all disasters of nature. Our Lady of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.