ST. BENILDE

ST. BENILDE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

1901 Division Street • Metairie, Louisiana 70001

Church Office: (504) 834-4980 • Church Fax: (504) 834-4997 • Church Email: [email protected]

www.stbenilde.org

CLERGY Rev. Robert T. Cooper, Pastor Rev. H.L. Brignac, Sacramental Asst. Deacon Biaggio DiGiovanni Deacon Stephen Gordon Deacon Clifford Wright

BAPTISMS First and Third Sundays of the month at 12 Noon. Please call the Parish

Office for more information.

MATRIMONY Please contact a priest/deacon 8 months prior to your wedding.

FUNERALS Arrangements may be made at the Parish Office.

Sunday, August 14, 2016 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

ORDINARY FAMILIES

EXTRAORDINARY FAITH

DEVOTIONS Holy Hour in Church

Monday, 6:00-7:00 p.m.

Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Following 7 a.m. Mass on Tuesday

NEWCOMERS Call the Parish Office to receive a New

Parishioner Registration Packet.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

St. Benilde Conference (504) 233-3246

ST. BENILDE SCHOOL Mr. Matt Downey, Principal

1801 Division Street • Metairie, LA (504) 833-9894

MASS TIMES Saturday Vigil … 4 p.m.

Sunday … 9:00, 11:00 a.m. & 6 p.m. Monday—Friday … 7:00 a.m.

Monday and Thursday … 5:30 p.m. First Saturday … 8:45 a.m.

HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION See Inside the Bulletin for Schedule

CONFESSION TIMES Saturday … 3:00—3:45 p.m. Sunday … 5:00—5:45 p.m. Monday … 6:00—6:45 p.m.

and by appointment at the Parish Office

DIVINE MERCY ADORATION CHAPEL Eucharistic Adoration from 7:00 p.m. Sunday

till 4:00 p.m. Saturday

Parish Motto—Building the Kingdom of God

Ministers of the Liturgy August 13 & 14, 2016

Saturday - 4 P.M. Intention: Joseph Segari, Flora Maria Be,

Patrick C. McKinney, Merle & Charles Dittmer,

Rose Marie Greco Federico, Calvin Tozel,

Barbara Burke, Marian & Auburn Quigley,

George Spaulding, JoAnn Meyer,

Josephine Meyer, Reparations Sacred Heart,

Marcellus & Theresa Groetsch

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:

A. & P. Delaup

Cantor: Trish Foti

Sunday - 9 A.M. Intention: Ray Dunn


M. Evola, P. Fleming, J. Tusa, P. Cifreo

Song Leaders: Traditional Choir

Sunday - 11 A.M. Intention: Fr. Joseph Cazenavette (L),

Miriam Whitman (L), Dianne Z. Harrison,

JoAnn Meyer, Mary & Jules Haydel,

Melvin Ducote, Kelvin Ducote, Leona Egan,

Hampton & Patty Weiss (L), Ebling Family,

Colgan Family, Joseph Donald Bernard


P. & R. Serio, J. Hutchinson, R. Oleksik

Song Leaders: Contemporary Choir

Sunday - 6 P.M. Intention: Parishioners


A. Calongne, B. Henry

Cantor: Lauren Gisclair Pianist: Beth Kettenring

Weekday Masses Monday 7:00 a.m. Don Rowan, Sr.

5:30 p.m. Calvin Moret

Tuesday 7:00 a.m. Marian Quigley

Wednesday 7:00 a.m. Thanks to St. Jude

8:15 a.m. Sr.Therese Fletchinger,SSND

Thursday 7:00 a.m. Special Intention (L)

5:30 p.m. John Neighoff

Friday 7:00 a.m. Charles Holloway

The Church Sanctuary Lamp burns in memory of

The Souls in Purgatory

The Blessed Mother

Votive Lamps burn

For Protection During the

Hurricane Season

Adoration Chapel

Sanctuary Lamp burns

in memory of

Stuart and Gloria Fourroux

Adoration Chapel Candles

burn for an Increase in

Priestly Vocations

Altar Ladies Week of August 14

A. Delaup

Linens Large - B. McCloskey

Small - S. Roniger

The St. Joseph Votive Lamps

burn in

Thanksgiving for a Prayer

Answered

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The Altar Flowers are in memory of

Deceased Parishioners

Stewardship of Treasure Weekend of August 6 & 7

Envelopes ……………………………………$5,717.00

Loose ………………………………………….2,860.00

Electronic Giving …………………………………….0

Repairs & Maintenance ……………………..2,178.00

Msgr. Richaud Fund …………………………...209.00

Totaling …………………………………….$10,757.90

“Let us focus on generosity, or returning God’s gifts

with increase, through the generous sharing of our time,

talent and treasure.” ~

Fr. Cooper

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Aug. 20/21 4 PM K. Hartdegen, J. Rodosta 9 AM C. Rispoli, B. Soleto, R. Meche, B. O’Hara 11 AM D. Childers, R. Meece, S. Gordon, L. Peters 6 PM M. Drawe, D. Powers

After the summer break, the Men’s Club will

resume its monthly meetings this Monday, August 15, at 7:30 p.m.,

in the cafeteria. Jennifer Van Vrancken, Councilwoman for Jefferson Parish District

5, will be the speaker. Please join us!

Out Of Reverence For The Lord Jesus

who so generously shares with

us His Body and Blood in the

Eucharist, worshipers are

earnestly invited to remain with

the congregation until Mass is

concluded.

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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Solemnity of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is NOT a Holy Day of Obligation this calendar year. However, because of the importance of this Feast Day in the Universal Church, we will have Mass on Monday, August 15 at 7 am and 5:30pm. Even though the obligation has been dispensed this year, all are invited and encouraged to attend Mass to ask for the special intercession of our Lady. Please note that the Parish Office will be closed on Monday, August 15, in observance of the Feast Day.

Annulment Writing Workshop

The Archdiocese of New Orleans will offer a writing workshop for persons seeking an annulment in the Catholic Church or for persons responding to an annulment. The workshop will be held in St. Mary Magdalen School in Metairie. The series will be for five (5) Tuesdays, September 13, September 20, September 27, October 4 and October 11. Hours are 7:30 PM– 9 PM. The materials for the series cost $25. To register or for more information, call Cathy at the Family Life Apostolate at 504-861-6243.

R.C.I.A.

The R.C.I.A. Program is open to those who have never

been baptized, baptized Christians seeking to become

Catholic, and Catholics desiring a better knowledge of

their faith. Weekly meetings are held on Mondays,

beginning September 12, at 7:30 p.m., in the library.

Please call the Parish Office for more information.

Fr. Cooper’s Corner

The Assumption of Our Blessed Mother 2016

A man had just died. Arriving at heaven’s gate, St. Peter interviewed him. “Have you ever loved a woman?” “No,” the man replied, “Not a single one.” “Did you have special friends?” “No,” he answered. “How about your parents, brothers and sisters?” “I lost my parents as a child, and I have no brothers and sisters.” “Perhaps you have a pet that you cared for? Have you any love for nature?” “No.” St. Peter shook his head in disbelief and asked, “What took you so long to get here? You’ve been dead for ages!” Love makes life truly meaningful and worth living. To be more precise, love brings about life in its fullness. This truth is what we celebrate tomorrow on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven. On November 1, 1950, in his Apostolic Constitution “Munificentissimus Deus,” Pope Pius XII promulgated as a dogma revealed by God that: “Mary, the immaculate perpetually Virgin Mother of God, after the completion of her earthly life, was assumed, body and soul, into the glory of heaven.” The dogma of the Assumption of Mary is based, according to the Fathers of the Church, on four arguments: first, Mary is the Immaculate Conception – she did not incur the general curse of sin and so her body was “exempted from the general law of dissolution and immediately assumed into the glory of Heaven, in accordance with God’s original plan for mankind.” Second, she is the Mother of God – there is likeness to her Son, in body and soul. Third, her perpetual virginity – her body was preserved in unimpaired virginal integrity. And fourth, she participated in the work of Christ – she enjoys the full fruit of the Redemption, which consists in the glorification of soul and body (cf. Dr. L. Ott, Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, p. 209). Understandably, these profound theological points cannot be sufficiently discussed in this bulletin article. Instead, allow me to give you a very practical way of understanding this dogma of the Assumption of Mary. The Assumption of Mary can be adequately explained by only one word: love. Based on our experience, love is overpowering. It is a force that moves us towards the object of love and to be united with it. People who love money are always running after money and grasping it so tightly. Those who love cars are always with their cars. And couples who are in love tend to be together all the time, longing for physical and spiritual intimacy. There is some irresistible force in love that pulls the person towards the beloved. In the case of Mary, her love of God is so great that her whole being is pulled closer to God. It practically lifted her up to heaven, body and soul. In Mary, the true meaning of love is clearly shown – love always leads to God. This is what St. John wrote: “No one has ever seen God. Yet if we love one

another, God remains in us and his love is brought to perfection in us…God is love, and whoever remains in love, remains in God and God in him” (1 Jn 4:12,16). Bishop Fulton Sheen expressed it beautifully: “If the distant moon moves all the surging tides of earth, then the love of Mary for Jesus and the love of Jesus for Mary should result in such an ecstasy as to ‘lift her out of this world’” (The World’s First Love, p. 134). He mentioned the example of the saints who, overfilled with love and deeply immersed in prayer, experienced the spiritual phenomenon of levitation, that is, they “are literally lifted off the earth.” This levitation would be very natural for Mary, for her whole being, body and soul, free from all sins and thereby free from all inner tensions and divisions caused by sin, has no opposing force that would pull her down. Everything in her is perfectly united and integrated, and moving only in one upward direction towards complete union with God. The Psalmist eloquently expressed


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this desire of the soul: “O God, you are my God – for you I long! For you my body yearns; for you my soul thirsts, like a land parched, lifeless and without water” (Ps 63:2). Mary’s Assumption, then, can be easily understood by love. It is also love that is the source and cause of her perfect beauty. Being intimately close to God, she radiates His infinite beauty. In countless portraits, icons and images of Mary, artists have all tried to portray her face. Yet all their attempts fell short of capturing the full extent of her ineffable beauty. Matt Monro sang about that: “Anyone who sees her, soon forgets the Mona Lisa. It would take, I know, a Michelangelo, and he would need glow of dawn that paints the sky above – to try and paint a portrait of my love!” Nevertheless, this leads us to a very practical lesson on how to be beautiful: be in love, truly in love with God – like Mary! For instance, Mother Teresa, soon to be canonized a saint of the Church, was not a beautiful woman physically. But as one looks at her for some time, her aura of holiness can be sensed, and her face gradually shines in a certain way that makes one believe she is indeed beautiful. A well-known author, Martin Buxbaum puts it, “Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty – they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.” That is the beauty of somebody who is in love, whose life is completely immersed in the love of God. This celebration of Mary’s Assumption inspires us to hope. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said: “For over a thousand years, the Church has greeted Mary, the Mother of God, as ‘Star of the Sea’: Ave maris stella! Human life is a journey. Life is like a voyage on the sea of history, often dark and stormy, a voyage in which we watch for the stars that indicate the route. They are lights of hope. Who more than Mary could be a star of hope for us?” (Spe Salvi, 49). Let us turn to Mary. She gives us hope that, like her and through her maternal intervention, we will find the way to heaven, our true and lasting home.

Our Lady Queen of Heaven, Mother of Mercy

Join The MIR Group on a one-day Jubilee

Year of Mercy Pilgrimage, honoring Our Lady

Queen of Heaven and Mother of Mercy. Opportunities will be available to complete all of

the requirements to receive the Jubilee

Indulgence!

On Monday, August 22, 2016 (the Feast of the

Queenship of Our Lady), the day will begin at 8 a.m. with

reconciliation at Divine Mercy Church, continue with tours

of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, The National Shrine of

Our Lady of Prompt Succor, and Divine Mercy Church,

and conclude with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 3 p.m.

followed by Mass. Fr. Paul Clark, Parochial Vicar at Divine

Mercy, will be our Spiritual Director for this pilgrimage. Cost

is $50 which includes transportation on a top of the line motor

coach (with a restroom), all tours, all tips/gratuities, &

donations to churches. Please, bring a bag lunch to eat on the

bus between churches. You may register online at

www.themirgroup.org ($1.75 online processing fee) or mail a

check to “The MIR Group” One Galleria Blvd., Ste 744,

Metairie, LA 70001. Spaces are limited, so register NOW!

Questions: [email protected] or call Carol at

(504) 256-3322.

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Mary A Biblical Walk with the Blessed Mother

Please join us for an eight-part bible study featuring Dr. Edward Sri. Filmed on location in the Holy Land, Mary: A Biblical Walk with the Blessed Mother will place you in the midst of the powerful drama of her earthly life, taking you through her joys...and her sorrows. You will learn how she works in our lives today, drawing us ever closer to her Divine Son. Seeing Mary in this way will change you forever. Mary will become a part of your daily life, and in your daily life, you will become more like Christ.

Class begins on Thursday, September 8—the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It will continue each Thursday through October 27. Sessions will be from 6:15 to 8 p.m. (following 5:30 p.m. Mass) in the Teen Center. Registration forms are available on the parish website and in the Parish Office. The fee of $25 covers the workbook for the class. Make checks payable to “St. Benilde Church Bible Study.” For more information please visit www.stbenilde.org/Mary-in-the-bible, or contact Judy Zeringue at [email protected].

http://www.themirgroup.org/

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St. Benilde Foodie Fest Sponsorship and Donation Form

Foodie Festival Dates – October 28 - 30, 2016

We are requesting your financial support for our annual fair fundraiser. Your support is vitally important to the success of our fair. We are focusing our fundraising for businesses that the St. Benilde community supports or those with existing ties to the St. Benilde community. With any sponsorship or donation, your business name will be displayed during the three day event. We are requesting donations in two forms: Cash sponsorships and or Gift certificates, discounts or merchandise that is to be given away as prizes. The St. Benilde Foodie Fest is the biggest and most important fund-raising event of the year for the School and Church. This fair is what allows us to make improvements to our teacher and student classrooms, buildings and the community. Your donation is tax deductible and a donation letter will be provided if needed.

Company Name: _________________________________ Phone______________________________________ Contact: ________________________________________ Phone _____________________________________

Gold Sponsorship $ 1,000 +

Individual advertising sign on the Stage

Business name/logo (size 2x2) printed on back of Shirts for advertisement

Full business listing (name/log, address, phone, web-link) on our festival Home page and sponsor website page

30 Raffle Tickets, 2 Tee Shirts, 5 weekend Ride bracelets, 10 Sponsorship food tickets

Silver Sponsorship $ 500 - $999

Individual advertising sign at the Beer Booth


Full business listing (name/log, address, phone, web-link) on our festival website sponsor page

25 Raffle Tickets, 2 Tee Shirts 2 weekend Ride bracelets, 8 Sponsorship food tickets

Tee Shirt Sponsorship $ 400


Signage of Company displayed on fairgrounds

Name listing on our festival website sponsor page

20 Raffle Tickets, 2 Tee Shirts, 6 Sponsorship food tickets

Food/Game Booth Sponsorship $250

Signage of company displayed on Food booth


15 Raffle Tickets, 4 Sponsorship food tickets

Cash Donations and/or Gift Certificates and Merchandise – Minimum $50


1 Raffle Ticket, 2 sponsorship food tickets

August 14, 2016

ST. BENILDE CATHOLIC CHURCH – ID # 113850

1901 DIVISION ST.

METAIRIE, LA 70001

504-834-4980

NANCY CAROLLO

504-834-4980

MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAYS - 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M.

FRIDAYS - 9 A.M. TO 12 NOON

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

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