OUR LADY OF PROMPT SUCCOR

CATHOLIC CHURCH 2120 Elliott Street, Alexandria, Louisiana E-Mail Address: Uolpsc@bellsouth.netU Tel: (318) 445-3693 Fax (318) 445-8471 Website Address: TUwww.olpschurch.orgUT                                                                            

JANUARY  29,  2012               Vol.  XVII  No.  10                                                                                                                                                                                                      

WWWWWWW CONFIRMATION FOR OLPS high school juniors will be Sunday, Feb. 5 at 12:00 P.M. Please continue to pray for our 51 Confirmation candidates as they complete their preparation for this sacrament. – Father Dan

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DEACON ORDINATIONS: Our diocese’s 15 candidates for the diaconate will be ordained on Saturdays, Feb. 4 and Feb. 11, at 10:00 A.M. at the Cathedral. Benny Broussard, Todd Marye and Michael Young of our parish will all be ordained on Feb. 4. A public reception will follow each ordination in Olinger Hall. – Father Dan THE ALTAR SOCIETY is accepting dues for 2012. Dues are $10 for seniors and $15 for all others. All dues help support the ministry of the Altar Society. We hope that you will prayerfully consider donating to support this ministry within our church. Payment can be made to the OLPS Altar Society and mailed to Lucy Pearson at 1313 Wakefield, Alexandria, LA 71303. God Bless! – Wendy Carbo, President ABBEY YOUTH FESTIVAL: Register now for the Abbey Youth Festival to be held March 10 in St. Benedict, LA. Festival speakers include Mark Hart, Mother Adela, L’Angelus, and Archbishop Gregory Aymond, and the monks and seminarians of St. Joseph Abbey+Seminary College. Registration deadline is Feb. 24. The Abbey Youth Festival is designed to provide young people with an opportunity to experience a day of prayer and faith formation with an exposure to the Benedictine tradition. Its focus is evangelization and vocational discernment by means of liturgy, prayer, worship, music and education appropriate for Catholic young people. For more information, go to www.abbeyyouthfest.com. BISHOP HERZOG is in Rome this week for his Ad Limina Apostolorum (“To the Threshold of the Apostles”) visit to the Holy See. The appointments being kept by the Bishop in Rome fulfill his obligation of visiting the tombs of the Apostles Peter and Paul, of meeting with the Holy Father, and of offering an account of the diocese to the various offices in the Vatican. Please pray for the Bishop as represents us to Pope Benedict.

WEEKLY PARISH EVENT CALENDAR Monday, Jan. 30 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK 10:00 A.M. Outreach Prayer Group (L) 6:00 P.M. Rosary (Church) Tuesday, Jan. 31 3:00 P.M. St. Cecilia Choir (Music Room) 5:00 P.M. Community Services Commission (L) 6:30 P.M. RCIA Pre-catechumenate (Life House) 7:00 P.M. Adult Choir (Music Room) Wednesday, Feb. 1 4:00 P.M. Youth Band (ND) 5:00 P.M. Parish Supper (OH) 5:45 P.M. Joyful Noise Choir (Music Room) 6:00 P.M. Pastoral Council (Rectory) 6:15 P.M. Junior High (Life House) 6:30 P.M. CCD (School) Thursday, Feb. 2 10:00 A.M. Rosary (Church) 4:00 P.M. Bear Cub Scouts (OH) Friday, Feb. 3 9:00 A.M. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Church) 9:00 A.M. Altar Society (L) 3:00 P.M. Children’s Holy Hour (Church) Saturday, Feb. 4 9:00 A.M. Parish Donut Social sponsored by ACTS (L) 10:00 A.M. Deacon Ordination at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral 12:00 P.M. Deacon Reception (open to the public) (OH) Sunday, Feb. 5 9:15 A.M. ‘Sunday Morning Lagniappe’ Bible Study (L) 10:30 A.M. Children’s Liturgy (L) 12:00 P.M. Liturgy of Confirmation (Church) 2:00 P.M. Confirmation Reception (MR) 2:30 P.M. Divine Mercy Chaplet and Rosary (Church) 4:15 P.M. ‘Sunday Evening Lagniappe’ Bible Study (L) 5:30 P.M. Children’s Liturgy (L) 7:00 P.M. High School Youth (OH)

Madonna Room (MR) Lourdes (L) Fatima (F) Olinger Hall (OH) Notre Dame (ND)

OLPS FLOWER MEMORIAL DRIVE: We have a few additional dates that maybe of interest to someone. Please call Lea Miguez at 443-7392 if you are interested. June 3 and July 1 are available for the Tabernacle Flowers. July 7 is available for the Blessed Mother Flowers.

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OLPS CATHOLIC SCHOOL WEEK 2012 Jan. 29 thru Feb. 4 is Catholic Schools Week 2012. The Catholic Community across the nation will celebrate Catholic Schools through events and activities that embrace all aspects of providing a strong Catholic education; the church parish, the students, the parents, the local community and our nation. OLPS has planned a very active Catholic Schools Week for our students, parents and supporters. Please see the schedule of events and activities below and join us for the celebration through prayer and participation. Sunday, Jan.29

• 9:00 A.M. Mass to celebrate Our Church Parish. All are invited to attend.

Monday, Jan. 30 • Home &School BBQ Lunch! Stay in for lunch and

OLPS will deliver BBQ sandwich lunches to your office or home (for orders of five or more). Lunches are $6 each. For more information or to help, contact Tonya at 449-9073 ext. 210.

Tuesday, Jan. 31 • Sixth grade Science Fair in Olinger Hall • Jumpy Slides for OLPS students. Classes will take

turns having time to play on four types of FUN JUMPIES, sponsored by the OLPS H&S Association. Volunteers are needed to help supervise the students while jumping. Please contact Tonya at 449-9073 ext. 210 to help.

• OLPS Volunteers lunch. OLPS volunteers dine in the OLPS cafeteria with their student.

Wednesday, Feb. 1 • OLPS students OUT-OF-UNIFORM

Thursday, Feb. 2 • Parents’ and Grandparents’ 8:00 A.M. Mass in the

OLPS church for grades K-3. • Magician Darryl Miller performs for the OLPS student

body. • Special Community Guests dine in the OLPS cafeteria.

Friday, Feb. 3 • Parents’ and Grandparents’ 8:00 A.M. Mass in the

OLPS church for grades 4-6. • OLPS Catholic Schools Week Pep Rally and annual

OLPS Boys vs. Girls basketball game (for OLPS students only).

THE FLOWERS BY THE TABERNACLE are given in loving memory of JOHN HARRISON MILLER, JR. by Morgan Miller and “Jack” John Miller III. THE FLOWERS BY OUR LADY OF PROMPT SUCCOR are given this week in loving memory of RAYMOND AND SARA WHITEHEAD by Charles and Linda Perot. bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

OLPS YOUTH HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH BAND rehearses on Wednesdays from 4:00 to 5:00 P.M. The band is open to anyone in ninth through twelfth grades. Come join us in the Lourdes Room. JUNIOR HIGH: Our Junior High group (seventh and eighth graders from all schools) meets on Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:30 in the Life House. For more information, contact Kristine Antoon at 445-8473 or jrhigh@olpschurch.org.

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH NEWS YOUTH GROUP: High School youth meet after the 5:30 P.M. Mass this Sunday. Contact John Lyons at 445-8473, ext. 213 or youth@olpschurch.org. ‘CHILDREN OF HOPE’: The next First Friday holy hour will be Friday, Feb. 3 from 3:00 to 4:00 P.M. in church. The program includes Eucharistic Adoration, prayers, music, rosary and meditations for children especially in grades two through six. OUR SEMINARIANS: Brian Seiler, Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, OH; Dutch Voltz, Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans, LA OUR CANDIDATES FOR THE PERMANENT DIACONATE: Benny Broussard, Todd Marye, Mike Young PLEASE PRAY for all our service men and women serving in Afghanistan and other parts of the world, and here at home, among them Peyton Abbott, Bill Aldridge, Paul Arbour, Chris Armstrong, Jesse Barth, Chad Bordelon, Beau Bradford, Chaplain Father John Brocato, Shawn D. Bryant, Gregory Carbo II, Orlando Carnales, Ray Constantino, Thomas Cooper, John V. Daigle, Mike Deville, Scott Deville, Dirk Erickson, David Fields, Chaplain Father John Gabriel, Shaun Gordon, Christian Griffiths, Joseph Anthony Gonzales, Jr., Jesse Karinsny, Derrick Kozielski, Stephen Lee, Brandon McNamara, Christopher Nuss, Ledena Piper, Seth Sibley, Jared Slay and Francis Jerome Vanderlick. If you know someone serving whose name is not on our list, please contact the church office. OLPS PARISH SUPPERS are held every Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:30 P.M. in Olinger Hall. The Knights of Columbus Council 8029 hosts and prepares the suppers. Meals are $4.00

per plate. Eat in or take out; you are encouraged to stay and eat in the Hall and visit with other members of our church family. You may check the bulletin online at www.olpschurch.org for weekly updates on the parish supper. Feb. 1 Menu: Chicken and sausage gumbo, rice, crackers, and dessert. JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS: Come hang out with Cooper Ray, musician and inspirational speaker from Baton Rouge, this Wednesday, Feb. 1 in Olinger Hall. Let’s meet in church for 5:30 P.M. Mass, then walk to Olinger Hall for parish supper (bring your $4.00) and stay there for the evening. Enjoy and faith-filled night with music, fun and worship from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. Refreshments will be served. – Kristine Antoon, junior high ministry coordinator

OUR  LADY  OF  PROMPT  SUCCOR  Mailing  Address:  401  21st  Street,  Alexandria,  La.    71301  

Church  Office/Rectory  Telephone:  445-­‐3693  Choir  Director/Organist  Telephone:  487-­‐8528  

Life  House  Telephone:  445-­‐8473  Fr.  Daniel  P.  O’Connor,  V.F.,  Pastor  

Fr.  Emmanuel  Chinaka,  Associate  Pastor  Fr.  Chris  Nayak,  In  Residence  Mary  Floyd,  Parish  Manager  

Annette  Curley,  Accountant/Margaret  Shiver,  Receptionist  Sr.  Virginia  Lee  Vanderlick,  C.D.P.,  President  of  OLPS  School  

Jo  Tassin,  Principal  of  OLPS  School  Sr.  JoAnn  DeLoach,  M.S.C.,  Pastoral  Associate  Paul  Hood,  Director  of  Religious  Education  Linda  Perot,  Director  of  Music  Ministry  

Josh  Blakesley,  Associate  Director  of  Music  Ministry  John  Lyons,  Coordinator  of  High  School  Ministry  

Kristine  Antoon,  Coordinator  of  Junior  High  Ministry  Sarah  Duncan  Mealer,  Church  Nursery  Coordinator  

Brandon  Callahan,  Maintenance  Supervisor    Michael  Upton,  Finance  Council  Chair  +  Bill  Aldridge,  Pastoral  Council  Chair  

Mark  Lemaire,  School  Council  Chair  SACRAMENTS/LITURGY/DEVOTIONS  

Mass:  Saturday  4  PM  Sunday  7,  9  &  10:30  AM;  5:30  PM    

(Nursery  Available  for  9,  10:30  AM  &  5:30  PM  for  Newborns  through  3  yrs.)  Weekdays:  6:30  AM  &  5:30  PM  

Holy  Day  of  Obligation:  Vigil  -­‐  5:30  PM  Holy  Day:  6:30  AM;  12:05  P.M.  &  5:30  PM  

Children’s  Liturgy  of  the  Word  (For  ages  4  -­‐  8  yrs.)  Sundays  at  10:30  AM    

Sacrament  of  Penance:  Saturdays  3:00  -­‐  3:50  PM  and  Weekdays  before  Mass  Sacrament  of  Matrimony:  Please  contact  the  Priest  no  less  than  four  months  in  advance  

in  order  for  marriage  preparation  to  begin.  Sacrament  of  Baptism:  Baptismal  Preparation  Class  quarterly.  Register  in  advance  by  calling  the  Church  Office  (445-­‐3693).  

Baptisms  are  ministered  by  appointment.  Sacrament  of  Holy  Eucharist:  For  the  sick  and  homebound.  

Contact  Sister  JoAnn  DeLoach,  M.S.C.  at  445-­‐3693.  Anointing  of  the  Sick:  Please  contact  our  Parish  Priests  at  445-­‐3693.  

Adoration  of  the  Blessed  Sacrament:  The  Blessed  Sacrament  is  exposed  from  9:00  AM  -­‐  5:00  PM  every  Friday  in  the  Church.  RELIGIOUS  FORMATION  PROGRAMS                          

CCD  -­‐  Wednesdays  during  the  School  year,    6:30  -­‐  7:30  PM  

Junior  High  -­‐  Wednesdays  during  the  School  year,    6:15  -­‐7:30  P.M.  

READINGS FOR FEB. 5: Job 7:1-4, 6-7; Psalm 147; 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23; Mark 1:29-39 SUNDAY LAGNIAPPE TOPICS ON FEB. 5: Lourdes Room, 9:15 A.M. – Apologetics Lourdes Room, 4:15 P.M. – The Book of Acts of the Apostles IN MEMORY: DOUGLAS BROUSSARD; PAULINE RAND NARDINI

Please pray for Mr. Broussard; Mrs. Nardini (mother of Mr. Carson Nardini, Jr.); and those of our parish who have recently died and for the consolation of their families.  PLEASE  PRAY  FOR  THE  SICK:  Owen Anderson; John Aymond; Ruth Bergeron; Thomas Cain; Larry Carbo; Verna Carbo; Maci Callahan; Theresa Cataldie; Sophie Chestovich; John Finley; Delores Gauthier; Camille Head; Chuck Hardy; Josey King; Bruce LaBorde; Robert Maddox V; Maxine Meadows; Linda Pratt; Willard Price; Jeffrey Riggs; Geneva Scarbrock; Hazel Schmolke; Genevieve Smith; Steve Tatum; Barbra Vincent; Ruth Wallace; Steven White; Katherine Wood; Father Bernard Zagst; and all the homebound of our parish.

MASSES OF THE WEEK SUN., JAN. 29: 7:00 A.M. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vanderlick 9:00 A.M. Intention of Our Church Parish; Tony Fiorenza; Al

Beach; Gordon Ducote; Bob Foster; Myrthlee Vanhoof; Intention of Father Dan O’Connor; Living and Deceased Members of the Gueringer/Gagnard

Families; Evelyn Gravel; Kenneth W. Heldt, Mary E. Heldt, Patricia A. Heldt, 10:30 A.M. Herman Sykes 5:30 P.M. Our Parish Family MON., JAN. 30: 6:30 A.M. Norma B. Lemoine (anniv.) 5:30 P.M. Bessie Tamburo (anniv.) TUES., JAN. 31: 6:30 A.M. David Ezernack 5:30 P.M. James Steven Hellweg WED., FEB. 1: 6:30 A.M. Mae Hyde (anniv.) 5:30 P.M. Jimmy Dale LaFleur, Sr. THURS., FEB. 2: 6:30 A.M. Charles A. Bush 8:00 A.M. Lucy Gauthier 5:30 P.M. Ollie Wood Carey (anniv.) FRI., FEB. 3: 6:30 A.M. Carlos Collins (anniv.) 8:00 P.M. Daisy Aymond 5:30 P.M. Stephanie Jean Lomonte (anniv.) and deceased members of the Lomonte Family SAT., FEB. 4: 8:00 A.M. Dena Flynn 4:00 P.M. Dena Flynn (anniv.); John Cangelosi, Jr.; Milton

Daigre; Al Beach; Tony Fiorenza; Howard B. Gist, Jr.; Mary Jean Curley Simpson; Alice Gremillion; Intention of Rodrick ‘Benny’ Broussard; Antonio Solon; Joseph J. Bellais; Eastlyn Bellais McGinnis; James McGinnis; Evelyn Gravel

SUN., FEB. 5: 7:00 A.M. Our Parish Family 9:00 A.M. Al Beach; Jennie L. Testa and deceased members of the Lomonte Family; Myrthlee Vanhoof; Living and Deceased Members of the Gueringer/Gagnard Families; Dave and Irene Dufour; David Ezernack; Joseph M. Brown, Sr.; Kenneth W. Heldt, Mary E. Heldt, Patricia A. Heldt; Ernestine Loden 10:30 A.M. Jay Herrington 5:30 P.M. Leland McCullough, Jr. OLPS MINISTRY COMMISSION OPPORTUNITIES BUILDINGS/MAINTENANCE: Chair – Steve Gauthier, 487-0309.

COMMUNICATIONS: Chair – Katie Flynn Vanderlick, 792-1939. COMMUNITY SERVICES: Chair – Susan Harrison, 201-1177. HOSPITALITY: Chair – Jenny Tassin 792-3953. LITURGY: Chair – Chris Armstrong, 641-9916. PARISH AND FAMILY LIFE: Chair – Stacey Besselman, 794-5807. SPIRITUALITY/EDUCATION: Chair – Paul Mathews, 619-9406. STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE: Michael Young, 308-3004.

GIFTS  REPORT  –  CHURCH  SUPPORT  Income needed for Jan. (five Sundays) 87,500.00 Gifts on previous weekends in January 54,715.00 Gifts given last weekend 14,530.00 Income still needed for January 18,255.00

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY ‘WHERE  WE  BELONG’  CAPITAL  CAMPAIGN  

Campaign Goal 5,300,000.00 Pledged to Date 3,381,690.00 Collected to Date 1,799,879.00