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VOLUME 46, NUMBER 39 September 24, 2017
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
40 DAYS FOR LIFE & LIFE FEST 201740 DAYS FOR LIFE & LIFE FEST 2017 Page 3Page 3
SINGLE SENIORS MINISTRYSINGLE SENIORS MINISTRY Page 5Page 5
DIOCESAN MOTHER DAUGHTER PROGRAMDIOCESAN MOTHER DAUGHTER PROGRAM Page 6Page 6
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF ST. THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CHURCHTHE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF ST. THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CHURCH
September 24, 2017 Page 2 Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
SACRAMENTAL LIFE
Weekend Mass Saturday: 4:30 p.m.
Sunday: 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 5 p.m.
Weekday Mass Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 7 a.m.
Tuesday: 6 p.m. Thursday: 8:45 a.m.
Communion Service Saturday: 8:45 a.m.
Reconciliation Thursday: 8 a.m.
Saturday: 3:15 p.m. and by appointment
Baptism Call the parish office in the early
stages of pregnancy.
Marriages Call the parish office at least six
months before the wedding to make arrangements.
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT In a caring environment dedicated to celebrating the Catholic faith and modeling the life of Jesus Christ, St. Thomas More Church provides worship, education, ministerial and social opportunities for the spiritual growth of the parish family.
PARISH STAFF Parish Administrator
Fr. Michael Alello Parochial Vicar Fr. Pat Broussard
Permanent Deacon Rev. Dr. Clayton Hollier Permanent Deacon Rev. Mr. Joe Scimeca
Director of Administration Mrs. Melanie Johnson
Director of Religious Education Ms. Sarah Neau
Executive Secretary/ The Tower Mrs. Ellen Guidry
Sacristan Mrs. Kay Fetterman
Youth Ministry Miss Rosie Vutera (9th—12th grades)
Maintenance Mr. Alex Ho
Activity Center Custodian Mr. Roosevelt Hamilton
Church Campus Custodian Ms. Marie Irvin
STM School Principal Dr. Judy Armstrong
STM Preschool Principal Mrs. Pam Faciane
TODAY'S READINGS First Reading -- Turn to the LORD, who is generous in forgiving (Isaiah 55:6-9). Psalm -- The Lord is near to all who call upon him (Psalm 145). Second Reading -- Live your lives in a way worthy of the gospel of Christ (Philippians 1:20c-24, 27a). Gospel -- The last will be first, and the first will be last (Matthew 20:1-16a).
How different are the Lord’s ways from our own (1)! Gracious and good to all (Ps), the Lord is equally generous in compassion and love to those who are quick to respond to his invitation , as well as to those wo are slow to hear his
call (3). May the Lord Jesus always be our life (2).
READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Ezr 1:1-6; Ps 126:1b-6; Lk 8:16-18 Tuesday: Ezr 6:7-8, 12b, 14-20; Ps 122:1-5; Lk 8:19-21= Wednesday: Ezr 9:5-9; Tb:13:2, 3-4abefghn, 7-8; Lk 9:1-6 Thursday: Hg 1:1-8; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 9:7-9 Friday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a; Ps 138:1-5; Jn 1:47-51 Saturday: Zec 2:5-9, 14-15a; Jer 31:10-12ab, 13; Lk 9:43b-45 Sunday: Ez 18:25-28; Ps 25:4-9; Phil 2:1-11 [1-5]; Mt 21:28-3 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Tuesday: Ss. Cosmas and Damian Wednesday: St. Vincent de Paul Thursday: St. Wenceslaus; St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions Friday: Ss. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels; Yom Kippur (Jewish day of atonement) begins at sunset Saturday: St. Jerome
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St. Thomas More Parish and St. Louis King of France Parish have adopted Wednesday, Sept. 27, and Monday, Oct. 2,
during the 40 Days for Life prayer event.
Please consider joining us for one or more hours of prayer, and spread the word to others about this important life-saving effort. Call the church office to participate in one of our days of prayer, or if you cannot join us on our adopted days, please participate on another day. The prayer vigil will take place on the public right of way outside Delta Clinic, 756 Colonial Drive Baton Rouge, Louisiana. To access the vigil calendar, please see www.40DaysforLifeBR.com. To get more information, or to volun-teer to help, please contact Shelly Romero at [email protected], Danielle Van Haute at (225) 242-0164 or email [email protected], or visit www.40DaysForLifeBR.com.
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
Along with the reform of the Roman Canon and the redrafting of an ancient Roman prayer in Eucharistic Prayer II,
two additional prayers were announced in 1969. Eucharistic Prayer III is a fresh composition. Like Eucharistic Prayer II,
it has no preface of its own, but the presider chooses from a long menu of possible prefaces to become part of the prayer
on a particular occasion. Also, like Eucharistic Prayer II it has a way to insert the name of the deceased in Masses for the
dead such as funerals and memorials. The General Instruction of the Roman Missal views Eucharistic Prayer III as the
best substitute for Eucharistic Prayer I on Sundays and feasts.
In practice, this prayer is used very often at Sunday Mass, and its texts are familiar to all members of the assembly. In
this prayer, notice that the priest extends his hands over the gifts and calls down the Holy Spirit to change them into the
Body and Blood of Christ. This call of the Holy Spirit is called the epiclesis, and Eastern Christians consider it to be the
consecration. Latin Christians have long considered the "institution narrative" to be the consecration. Partly in response
to a deep sensitivity to the East, the reformers took care to structure all our new prayers with a strong epiclesis. The
poetry and images of Eucharistic Prayer III are fruitful sources of meditation. Why not take a sentence or two into your
private prayer? --Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.
CALL UPON THE LORD The very first line of today's first reading summons us to seek the Lord and to call upon God. This sentiment is echoed
in the refrain for today's responsorial psalm: "The Lord is near to all who call upon him" (Psalm 145:18a). Saint Paul is
the embodiment of someone who constantly sought the Lord. In the excerpt we read today from his letter to the
Philippians, we find Saint Paul toward the end of his life, a life he describes as completely consonant with Christ. He
writes, "For to me life is Christ" (Philippians 1:21). To find out what it means to live life completely in accord with Christ
we need look no further than today's Gospel. There we find that God's love and mercy are immeasurable for all those who
seek and call upon the Lord.
ST. THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CHURCH 11441 Goodwood Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA 70815
www.stmchurch.org Office Phone: 225-275-3940 Office Fax: 225-275-1407
Parish Office Hours
Monday thru Friday: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. (Closed during the lunch hour, 12—1 p.m.)
Oīertory $ 19,044.77
Maintenance $ 927.00
Building Fund $ 600.00
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MASS INTENTIONS
THE WEEK AHEAD AT ST. THOMAS MORE
PRAYER LIST Please remember in your prayers these seriously ill persons: Joyce Ashford, Patricia Bailey, Thomas J. Bevans, Gordon Bordelon, Vergie Bordelon, Don Broussard, Johnnie Broussard, Danny Bruce, Becky Byrd, Bobby Byrd, Susan Campbell, Ray Delaune, Charles DiPalma, Richard Dillon, Andre Dugas, Richard Empson, Lima Fola, Helen Fox, Rose Garrett, Ruth Gauthier, Denise Gautreau, Deacon Ray Gibson, Clifford George, June Guidry, Evelyn Heisler, Mark E. Hill, Mollie Landaiche, Art Landry, Charlotte Mathes, Curtis Mitchel, Sandra Navarre, Marie Noto, Loressa Pecoraro, John Perkins, Lydia Pourciau, Theresa Riffino, Caleb Searle, Frank Searle, Mary Ann Siciliano, Midge Sutherland, Warren Thomasson, Grace Thompson, Hoa Tran, Jamie Watts, D.J. Webre,
Thomas Webre, Aiden Welsh.
*If you are hospitalized or in a rehabilitative facility, we would like to visit and pray with you during your stay — please call or have a family member call the parish office. Because of privacy laws, local hospitals are no longer informing parishes when parishioners are admitted.
PRAYER CHAIN: For serious or urgent prayer requests, call Sharon Hebert at 978-1246. If no answer, please leave your name and phone number for a callback.
Parish Stewardship Summary Fiscal Year 07/01/17 — 06/30/18
Collections for the week of September 3, 2017
In today’s Gospel, the vineyard owner says, “I am free to do as I please with my money, am I not?” We are likewise free. Is a generous return to the Lord in thanksgiving for His many blessings among the choices we have made?
SANCTUARY LIGHTS The sanctuary light in the chapel will burn in memory of Woodrow and Marjorie Beard the week of Sept. 24 as requested by their family.
MASS INTENTIONS Monday, Sept. 25 – 7 a.m.: Fred and Edna Nackley, J. Ben Meyer, Anna Mai, Giuse Binh Tuesday, Sept. 26 – 6 p.m.: Manny Fernandez, Anna Mai, Guise Binh, Earl Bulot Wednesday, Sept. 27 – 7 a.m.: J. Ben Meyer Thursday, Sept. 28 – 8:45 a.m.: Rosemary Monjure, Ricky Metz Friday, Sept. 29 – 7 a.m.: J. Ben Meyer Saturday, Sept. 30 - 4:30 p.m.: George Campagna Sr., Joey Langlois, Jack Manno Family, Althea Caro, Bert Guiberteau Sr. Sunday, Oct. 1 – 8 a.m.: Joan Butt, Frank and Maria Serio and Family, Bert Guiberteau Sr., Jack Julius Carona; 10 a.m.: Cory Hurst, Marilyn Blanchard, Earl Bulot, Marjorie Beard, Henry Guidry; 5 p.m.: For the People
Monday, Sept. 25 - James Bible Study, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26 – James Bible Study, 9:30 a.m.; RCIA, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Sept. 27 – Come Lord Jesus, 1:30 p.m.; Small Group Bible Study, 4 p.m.; Parish Choir, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Night Rosary, 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28 – Men’s Ultreya, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 – Confession, 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1 – Confirmation Session, 6 p.m.
“Evening in Fatima”
Saturday, October 7, 2017
St. Thomas More Church
4 pm Rosary
led by Knights of Columbus
4:30 pm Vigil Mass
5:30 pm Presentation
STM Activity Center
“The 100th Anniversary
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Dinner will be provided by Dana and Sheri Vutera. *Seating is limited.
Please call 225.281-9278 to reserve your seat.
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SINGLE SENIORS
A VOCATION VIEWA VOCATION VIEWA VOCATION VIEW
Life in service of the Lord is never dull, and often challenging. Consider life as a priest, brother or sister. For help as you think about this, Call Fr. Andrew Merrick at 225.336.8778, [email protected].
Oct. 11: Cards ; RSVP Joyce Matherne, 272-2348, by Oct. 9.
Sept. 25: Lunch at Nagoya Buffet, 3202 S. Sherwood Forest Blvd. Call Rose Sheppard at 293-6421. Oct. 15: Memorial for deceased members, 5 p.m. Mass and dinner
Life Fest - October 7th 10 am - 4 pm
with the Annual Respect Life Mass
at 4 pm Proclaiming the Gospel of Life as Missionary Disciples
Join us for 3nd Annual Diocesan Life Fest on Saturday, October 7, 2017, at the Catholic Life Center (1800 S. Acadian Thruway) The keynote presenter will be Brian Pedraza, Ph.D., assistant professor of theology at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University. Breakout session topics will focus on accompanying those who are:
x� facing the end of life
x� experiencing an unplanned pregnancy
x� wanting to understand human trafficking
x� struggling with depression & suicidal thoughts
x� seeking hope & healing after an abortion
to register or for more
information visit www.mfldiobr.org
St. Padre Pio Prayer Group Invitation October is known as the month of the Most Holy Rosary, es-pecially October 7th for Our Lady of the Rosary. Padre Pio had a devotion to Our Lady especially Mary’s Immaculate Heart where “Pio’s heart appears in full harmony with the heart of our Heavenly Mother…[his] love and trust Padre Pio placed in Mary Most Holy, on his personal reply to the mes-sage of Fatima…Our Lady of Fatima asked especially for the
prayer of the Rosary. And who could count the hours Padre Pio spent in prayer for the conversion and salvation of sinners? And who more than he held the rosary in his hand, night and day, filling all the free moments of the day with the most devout recital of the Rosary? And with how much loving insistence did he not recommend the Rosary to everyone as a means of salva-tion!
We must make a holy resolution to grow always in this devotion with a gen-erous reply to the message of Fatima, reciting fervently the Rosary every day, praying and offering our sufferings for the conversion of sinners, receiving Communion on the first Saturdays of the month in the hope that the consoling words will come true for us: “I promise salvation to all those who practice de-votion to my Immaculate Heart. These souls will be most dear to God, and like flowers I will place them before his throne.” Like this we can even look to the future of the Church and humanity with serenity, trustful in the prophetic word of Mary who in her third apparition of 13 July 1917 announced: “In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.” ” (Padre Pio and the Immacu-late Heart of Mary, by Most Rev. Paola Carta, Bishop Emeritus of Foggia)
The St. Padre Pio Prayer Group invites all family members to the Mysteries of the Rosary by Padre Pio, Consecration to Our Lady, Communion Service, Benediction and Prayers to Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Oct. 7 at 8 a.m. at St. Thomas More Church. God bless and Our Lady of Fatima protect you and your families!
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