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June 2013, ALOYSIUS ALIVE, page 1

As hurricane season approach-es, St. Aloysius Parish is develop-ing an emergency response plan to seek out those who may have special needs during an emergen-cy -- such as a hurricane, tornado, fire or extended blackout -- and gather the information needed to remain in contact and assist in any way possible.

Here are some steps to take now:

• Parish members who may need assistance with evacua-tion should register with the St. Aloysius office staff before hur-ricane season begins. Emergency response volunteers may not be able to help when the storm ar-rives.

• Parishioners who need a con-stant electrical power source for

medical needs can register with their local power company. Most companies give special priority to homebound patients, but it may take time before crews can begin work. (See contact information listed below)

• Make prior arrangements with your physician and medical supplier if you require medical devices that operate on electricity so that office staff can assist.

• If you require oxygen, check with your supplier about emer-gency plans.

• If you must evacuate, make sure to bring any medications, special equipment, walkers, wheelchairs and other aids, along with written care instructions.

• Help family members, neigh-bors, friends and fellow parishio-

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Childcare Center news .................................. 10

Cub Scout news ............................................ 11

New parishioners welcomed ......................... 12

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Parish preparing emergency

response planSpecial-needs parishioners can register to receive help

Photos from Easter preparations and Holy Week celebrations, Pages 4-6

Second-graders celebrate First Eucharist, Page 3

Eighth-graders earn honors at gradua-tion events, Page 8

When I asked what the theme was for this issue of Aloysius Alive, I was told that it was just an issue to wrap things up, bringing a closure to the year.

For students, another school year is over and it’s time to wrap things up and say goodbyes. Some will see their friends again when they come back to school after the summer. Others will move on to different schools or even to different cities. Some will see each other again, while others will lose touch because of new obligations, commitments or responsibilities.

For some adults, it’s also time to wrap things up as we get a new job or receive a new assignment. Priests aren’t exempt from this. Father Al will say goodbye to us, just as Father

Peter will at St. Thomas More’s. They, like all priests who are reassigned every year, are busy packing and ty-ing up loose end – wrapping things up and preparing for a new phase in their lives.

Liturgically, May and June also are usually the time when the Gospel readings are about Jesus “wrapping up” his earthly existence and minis-try. We hear Jesus’ last words to his disciples before he left, how he said goodbye to them and promised that he’d send the Holy Spirit to continue his presence and his work among them.

It isn’t just the time to wrap things up, however. It’s also the time to give thanks for the presence and love of those who have touched our lives,

enriched us and forever changed us – perhaps in ways we don’t even real-ize until much later. Whether they’ve been in our lives for a long time or just passed through briefly, these have all left footprints in our hearts and we’re forever grateful.

There’s always the temptation not to want to let go but to hold on to our friends. Yet how else can we grow? How else can the students gain new knowledge and insight, or be exposed to exciting adventures, if they won’t let go of their old schools? How else can we advance our skills and in our career unless we’re willing to venture forth, letting go of our comfort zone?

Only when the earthly Jesus went away, as he reminded his friends, could the Holy Spirit come. Then he

can be with us in a new way, a more intimate way, a more powerful way. This opens up new beginnings: the ultimate Christian paradox of suffer-ings leading to healing, sadness trans-formed into joy, and death pointing the way to life.

So as we wrap things up and grieve the going-away of those who are dear to us, let us give thanks for their love, celebrate their memories and trust God’s promise that we’re always together in God’s loving embrace. It was in this sense that I encour-aged the class of 2013 to be happy and joyful because, as St. Paul said, we should not be like those who are without hope.

Fr. Than N. Vu

Letter from the Pastor: Wrapping Up and Being Happy

, June 2013, ALOYSIUS ALIVE

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Emergency, From Page 1ners with special needs by pre-paring their homes and property for emergencies, shopping for supplies and discussing a disaster plan.

• If you do not evacuate, com-pile the phone numbers of friends and family members so you can make quick arrangements to stay with them in the event of a power outage. And identify the nearest hospital that could help provide emergency electricity for life-support equipment. Your family members living in a nursing home also need assistance to prepare for a storm.

• Shop for supplies and store them for emergency use. (Batteries, flashlights, fans, radio,

etc.)• Teach those who may need to

assist in an emergency how to op-erate equipment a special-needs family member may need.

The St. Aloysius Parish staff is compiling a list of parishioners who may need help before, dur-ing and after a storm. If you know of anyone in the parish who may need assistance please have them call the office prior to the disaster. When a disaster occurs, accessing the basic needs such as food, wa-ter and shelter should be the first priority of all. The parish staff will contact disaster relief organiza-tions and governmental agencies to determine the best means of supplying a parishioner’s needs.

Christ at work in and through gifted, talented lay caregivers – that’s the Stephen Ministry vision for St. Aloysius. Stephen Ministry volunteers will help to provide one-on-one confidential Christian care to individuals facing a variety of crises or life challenges – grief, divorce, cancer, financial difficul-ties, hospitalization, chronic ill-ness, job loss, disabilities, loneli-ness, a spiritual crisis or other life struggles. Stephen Ministers are called the “After People” – parish-ioners who reach out to help pro-vide comfort and support to oth-ers after the struggle begins.

The ministry itself will work like this:

Four parishioners will attend a one-week Leader’s Training Course in Dallas, Texas, from Sun-day, July 14, through Saturday, July 20, taught by the Stephen Ministry faculty to learn how to implement and direct the minis-try at St. Aloysius. Most costs for this training are covered by St. Aloysius.

These four trained Stephen Ministry leaders then return home to set up the ministry and recruit and select parishioners to serve as Stephen Ministers and provide them with the care-giving

training to reach out to those in need.

St. Aloysius clergy, staff and other parish-ioners refer those go-ing through a difficult time to the Stephen Ministry leaders, who

then refer those people in need to the Stephen Ministers. Stephen Ministers provide the one-on-one Christian care and heart to those who need us.

St. Aloysius needs both leaders and ministers for this ministry, but before we get the ministers in place we need the leaders. Are you called as a leader or as a min-ister?

Stephen Ministry is a way for the church to fully be the body of Christ. Needs are met, lives are

changed and the church grows stronger in love.

For additional information go to: http://www.aloysiusbr.org/pdfs/Stephen_Ministers_The_Af-ter_People.pdf

For an application to be a Ste-phen Minister go to: http://www.aloysiusbr.org/pdfs/Stephen_Ministries_Application.pdf

To learn more about the good works of Stephen Ministry, visit the website at www.stephenmin-istry.org Please email or call Kim Bueche Hardman at [email protected] or call 939-6962. Prayerfully consider at-tending this meeting and becom-ing a part of Stephen Ministry .... Christ caring for people through people.

Ministry seeks gifted caregivers

During the summer months, many of our regular parish choirs take a break. However, one special choral group will sing for liturgy during June, July and August. The Summer Choir will sing on Sunday, June 2, (the Feast of Corpus Christi) and continue each Sunday through Labor Day. Sum-mer choir is open to all adults, youths and children of the parish. It is an ideal way for a family to share in music ministry together. This choir is designed to allow individu-als and families to try out singing in a church choir without having to commit to a mid-week rehearsal. Summer Choir is flexible. It is organized to accom-modate the vacation and summer schedules of our parishioners.

The choir will rehearse with con-ductor Nathan Walker at 10 a.m. each Sunday in the Convent Choir Room. Instrumentalists will rehearse with Ken Thevenet in church as soon as the 9 a.m. Mass is complete. The Summer Choir will lead the music for the 11 a.m. Mass. For more information about the Summer Choir, contact Ken Thevenet, [email protected] or

(225) 343-6657, ext 3030, or Nathan Walker, [email protected] or (252) 469-4158.

(Please note that on Saturday, June 22, the Sum-mer Choir will sing for the St. Aloysius Celebration during the 4:30 p.m. Vigil Mass. Rehearsal begins at 3:30 pm. There will be no Summer Choir on Sun-day, June 23.)

Choir invites aspiring singers

Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Father Than Vu Ken Duhe

Assistant Editor Copy Editor Laura Duhe Lisa Tramontana

Writers Mindy Piontek Michael J. Acaldo Michael DiResto Cathy Dardenne

Photographers

SATURDAY8 a.m. Mass, Vigil 4:30 p.m.

SUNDAY7 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

HOLY DAYSSchedule will be announced

DAILY MASSESMonday & Wednesday, 6 a.m.

Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 8 a.m.

RECONCILIATION: Saturday at 3:30 p.m. and by appointment for private rite.

FUNERALS: Please contact the Parish Office prior to schedul-ing with the funeral home. If after hours, follow directions on voicemail. PARISH SCHOOL: For information, phone 383-3871, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. NURSERY/CHILDCARE CENTER:For information, phone 343-1338,7:00 a.m. -5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

BAPTISM: Please contact the Parish Office during early months of pregnancy. Baptismal preparation is required. SPONSORS: Baptism & Confirmation sponsors must be con-firmed practicing Catholics in good standing in the Catholic Church, and if not St. Aloysius Parishioners, must provide a let-ter of good standing from the parish where they are registered.

MARRIAGE: Couples are asked to contact the priest at the be-ginning of the period of engagement at least six months prior to the projected date of the marriage.

CARE OF THE SICK: The Eucharist is brought to the sick weekly and hospital visits made weekly. Families of the sick are encouraged to notify the Parish Office.

Mass Schedule

Capital Area United Way http://cauw.org/ 923-2114 or toll-free (877) 923-2114

Federal Emergency Management Agency http://www.fema.gov/ Apply for assistance online Apply by phone (800)621-FEMA (3362)

American Red Cross --Baton Rouge Chapter http://www.batonrouge.redcross.org 291-4533

St. Aloysius Parish 343-6657 http://www.aloysiusbr.org/

National Weather Servicehttp://www.nws.noaa.gov/(504)522-7330

East Baton Rouge ParishCity of Baton RougeRed Stick Readyhttp://redstickready.com

Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergencyhttp://getagameplan.org

Baton Rouge Food Bankhttp://www.brfoodbank.org/index.shtml359-9940

National Hurricane Centerhttp://www.nhc.noaa.gov/(504)522-7330

Disaster AssistanceHere are emergency phone numbers and websites to have on hand:

Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness Telephone NumbersEast Baton Rouge 389-2100Emergency 911Police 389-2000Fire 354-1400Acadian Ambulance (800)259-3333American Red Cross 291-4533Animal Control 774-7700Baton Rouge General Hospital

387-7000 (Mid-City)763-4000 (Bluebonnet)

Entergy (800)368-3749 or 800.9OUTAGE

Family Violence Intervention Center 389-3001Atmos Energy (gas) (800)692-4694Louisiana State Police 754-8500Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center 765-6565Poison Control (800)256-9822Sheriff’s Office 389-5000Water 925-2011Woman’s Hospital 927-1300


Staff, volunteers make First Eucharist a success

By Tricia GreelyMany thanks go to all of the people who helped

to make First Eucharist so special. I would like to begin by thanking Father Than,

Father Al and Deacon John, as well as Ken Thevenet and the musicians, for making the Mass so special for the families. I would also like to thank Edie Bou-dreaux and the St. Aloysius School second-grade teachers, as well as the second-grade catechists for preparing the children for the sacrament.

Many thanks to Patience Appleton and Lisa Songné for their help in organizing the First Eu-charist Retreat and in helping to set up for the First Eucharist Mass, the First Eucharist Planning Committee for sharing their wisdom in preparing for the retreat and the Mass, the First Eucharist Retreat catechists, the ushers and Extraordinary Ministers of Communion who served at the Mass, and Rebecca Valluzzo and the first-grade families who prepared and served food and refreshments at the First Eucharist Reception.


Palm Sunday

In a recent Gospel, Jesus spoke of the “hardness of your hearts” as a means to express how as a people we are capable of closing off our spiritual selves, our hearts and how we try to live in the world with just our humanity; that is without Jesus as our all in all. Growing in my likeness to Jesus, and as your “spiritual father,” I will always hold you close to my heart. I will take with me the “happiness” that Father Than spoke of to the graduating class of 2013 recently. He spoke of how St. Aloysius has a special connection with Church and school and community because of how we as a community of faith all participate to make the world a better place.

Your participation in both Church and school has allowed me to witness their connection in Jesus’ spirituality and His presence in the world. St. Aloysius has found the balance between living in the world and remaining rooted in our faith of God and His Church. My being reassigned to St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Pierre Part does not change the fact that all of you are my “first child” and will always hold that special place in my heart. My memories of celebrating the Sacraments of the Eucharist, Baptism, First Reconciliation, First Communion, Confirmation and Matrimony nourished my priesthood. My celebrating class Masses, spending time in carpool, being with the children while sheltering from storms and just greeting them on campus has enriched and allowed my “spiritual fatherhood” to flourish.

My moving on brings both joy and reservations as all

change seems to affect us -- the joy of having come to know and love all of you as family, with the sadness of not being with you in the future as you all grow as the St. Aloysius family. I will miss having a school with great kids and dedicated teachers and staff. I will miss having an office staff that is so capable and willing to assist their priests and keep us on the straight and narrow path. I will take with me all the love and happiness that is St. Aloysius Parish.

Know that you are all invited to come and visit and that you will be seeing me on occasions. I will have to come and visit Father Peter Dang and let him keep me abreast of all the wonderful happenings that help to make your parish one of the best in the Diocese. God Bless, Father Al Davidson

Father Al Davidson: Goodbye to my Aloysius family

Father Al Davidson


Children’s Wayof the Cross


Holy Weekand Easter


Senior Ministry

Prayer Shawl Ministry LSU Lunch Bunch

Father Greg Daigle sings for participants at the Senior Ministry luncheon.

Father Al Davidson leads the Senior Ministry Lenten retreat.

Father Than Vu blesses the food at the Senior Ministry luncheon.


Eighth-grade graduation

William Joseph Aguillard James Riley Feezel Hunter Christian Molloy Jackson Nolan Anderson Angele LedetFels John Christopher Mongrue Claire Amelia Andries Elisabeth Belle Fontenot Martin Daniel Moran, IIIEmma Helen Antilley Jeanne Michelle Frederic Kaijia Marie Mouledoux Margaret Rose Armshaw Matthew PettesFreeburgh Olivia Nicole Myers Cora Catherine Barhorst Everett Nathaniel Fuselier Victoria Claire NunnallyClaire Marie Bellanger Amelia-Ann Mildred Gillio Sarah Marie OdomAlyssa Danielle Bellelo Brandon Edward Ginn Joshua Colton Parker Andrew Mark Bienvenu Claire Elizabeth Gonsoulin Henry William Péré, IVStephen Thomas Bienvenu Shelby Katherine Granier Lindsey Grace PhillipsRyan Gregory Bodin Elliott James Greenwood Brennan Scott Pizzolato Zachary Paul Bordelon David Joseph Gruner Samuel Burl PrescottOlivia Grace Bosse Peyton Wayne Heap Wilson Charles RaetzschRyan Patrick Boudreaux Colin Gregory Hebert Ryan Marshall Reese Madelyn Lee Bridges Victoria Elizabeth Hebert Rhymes Leo ReganCharles William Broussard Anne Louise Hill Brooks Burnett RichardsonNathan Daniel Burnett Olivia Ann Holland Claire Marie Risher John Christian Burns Hayden Francis Jack Jake Anthony RoviraDelaney Anne Campagna Catherine Anne Karam Marissa Grace RoviraLance Joseph Chaisson Phillip Allen Kerr Sarah Grace Ruiz Ethan Patrick Charlson Katherine Jane Kimbrell Madelyn Jane SchmidtJulianne Chanel Chastain Sophie Emerson Landry Bradford Jennings Smith, Jr.Miguel Andre’ Clouatre Robert Louis Laville Lillie Joane SmithAshlyn Elisabeth Cobb Michael Joseph LeBas Ainsley Claire SonnierJordan Elizabeth Cook Anne Elise LeBlanc Nicholas Hatfield StuartValensia Marie Corceone Jacob Allen Leger Katherine Lee SurekCatherine Grace Cox Benjamin Raymond Leggins Grace Elizabeth TassinEstelle Elizabeth Crawford Abigail Marie Livingston Anderson Jay Thomas Zachary Ryan Crawford John Andrew Lopoo Anna Coleman Thompson Hayden Elizabeth Cresson Amelia Gayle Marchand Baylie Hall ThornhillPatrick Francis Crifasi Robert William Desha Martin Jacob Lyman ThorntonAnna-Kathryn Davis Heather Michelle Matthis Martha Buckner TownAvery Elizabeth Davis Jacob Matthew Meek Sarah May TownCharles Hebert Dial Connor Douglas Michael James Maxwell TrappElla Maria DiResto Christian Kirk Michelet Maggie Elizabeth TroxellCaleb Michael Dugas Kelsey Marie Mire Patrick Anthony VuljoinCaroline Elise Dunn Nicole Marie Mistretta Joseph Michael WaguespackPatrick Joseph Dunn Lauren Elizabeth Mistric Katherine Claire WaitzParker Nye Evans Mia Midori Miyagi Parker Kenneth WallGretchen Clair Falgoust Erin Maria Mockler Emma Grace WoodruffJames Gregory Fazio Aaron Thomas Moffitt

Class honorees

Hayden Cresson

Matthew Freeburgh

Zack Crawford


William Joseph Aguillard James Riley Feezel Hunter Christian Molloy Jackson Nolan Anderson Angele LedetFels John Christopher Mongrue Claire Amelia Andries Elisabeth Belle Fontenot Martin Daniel Moran, IIIEmma Helen Antilley Jeanne Michelle Frederic Kaijia Marie Mouledoux Margaret Rose Armshaw Matthew PettesFreeburgh Olivia Nicole Myers Cora Catherine Barhorst Everett Nathaniel Fuselier Victoria Claire NunnallyClaire Marie Bellanger Amelia-Ann Mildred Gillio Sarah Marie OdomAlyssa Danielle Bellelo Brandon Edward Ginn Joshua Colton Parker Andrew Mark Bienvenu Claire Elizabeth Gonsoulin Henry William Péré, IVStephen Thomas Bienvenu Shelby Katherine Granier Lindsey Grace PhillipsRyan Gregory Bodin Elliott James Greenwood Brennan Scott Pizzolato Zachary Paul Bordelon David Joseph Gruner Samuel Burl PrescottOlivia Grace Bosse Peyton Wayne Heap Wilson Charles RaetzschRyan Patrick Boudreaux Colin Gregory Hebert Ryan Marshall Reese Madelyn Lee Bridges Victoria Elizabeth Hebert Rhymes Leo ReganCharles William Broussard Anne Louise Hill Brooks Burnett RichardsonNathan Daniel Burnett Olivia Ann Holland Claire Marie Risher John Christian Burns Hayden Francis Jack Jake Anthony RoviraDelaney Anne Campagna Catherine Anne Karam Marissa Grace RoviraLance Joseph Chaisson Phillip Allen Kerr Sarah Grace Ruiz Ethan Patrick Charlson Katherine Jane Kimbrell Madelyn Jane SchmidtJulianne Chanel Chastain Sophie Emerson Landry Bradford Jennings Smith, Jr.Miguel Andre’ Clouatre Robert Louis Laville Lillie Joane SmithAshlyn Elisabeth Cobb Michael Joseph LeBas Ainsley Claire SonnierJordan Elizabeth Cook Anne Elise LeBlanc Nicholas Hatfield StuartValensia Marie Corceone Jacob Allen Leger Katherine Lee SurekCatherine Grace Cox Benjamin Raymond Leggins Grace Elizabeth TassinEstelle Elizabeth Crawford Abigail Marie Livingston Anderson Jay Thomas Zachary Ryan Crawford John Andrew Lopoo Anna Coleman Thompson Hayden Elizabeth Cresson Amelia Gayle Marchand Baylie Hall ThornhillPatrick Francis Crifasi Robert William Desha Martin Jacob Lyman ThorntonAnna-Kathryn Davis Heather Michelle Matthis Martha Buckner TownAvery Elizabeth Davis Jacob Matthew Meek Sarah May TownCharles Hebert Dial Connor Douglas Michael James Maxwell TrappElla Maria DiResto Christian Kirk Michelet Maggie Elizabeth TroxellCaleb Michael Dugas Kelsey Marie Mire Patrick Anthony VuljoinCaroline Elise Dunn Nicole Marie Mistretta Joseph Michael WaguespackPatrick Joseph Dunn Lauren Elizabeth Mistric Katherine Claire WaitzParker Nye Evans Mia Midori Miyagi Parker Kenneth WallGretchen Clair Falgoust Erin Maria Mockler Emma Grace WoodruffJames Gregory Fazio Aaron Thomas Moffitt

May Crowning

Catholic Youth Leadership End of School

St. Aloysius parishioners Bennett Sherman and Alison Melancon were honored as area winners at the 2013 Catholic Youth Leadership Award Competition held April 7 in Lafayette. Delmas Forbes, Knights of Columbus state youth director, presented the awards.

Julia and Drew Devall wait for their ride on the last day of the school year at St. Aloysius School.


Childcare Center Springs into Action By Jenny Bonaventure

Spring is St. Aloysius Childcare Center’s busiest time of year!

March 8 kicked off the season with our annual fish fry fundraiser. This event was a huge success, netting a profit of $11,464.58. This money will be used to enhance the grounds, fulfill teacher’s “wish lists” for their classrooms and for special events at the center. The fish fry not only benefits the center financially, but also provides an op-portunity for fellowship with the entire par-ish and past families of the childcare center. Thank you to the chairman of the 2013 fish fry, Dale Mouch, the co-chairwoman, Tiffany Fontana, and all of the committee members who worked so hard to make the night a success. Thank you to our local businesses and sponsors and especially to our fellow parishioners who contributed to this worth-while event.

Staff Appreciation Week is very impor-tant at the center. Parents treat staff mem-bers to let them know how much we appre-ciate the care and attention they give to our children each and every day. Monday, the staff enjoyed breakfast; Tuesday, a potluck lunch; Wednesday, flower-grams were given with special notes of thanks; Thursday, a center provided lunch; and on Friday, teach-ers were presented with gifts at the Spring Family Picnic. All SACCC families and care-givers were invited for hamburgers and an opportunity to have lunch with their child and their teachers. Thank you to the Paren-tal Involvement Committee and the Room Parents for coordinating that event.

Other fun activities at SACCC include the Blessing of the Crosses on March 3. Fa-ther Than blessed all the crosses that hang throughout the childcare center. SACCC chil-dren and their families were welcomed at Mass and asked to carry the crosses to the Altar for a special blessing.

Excited little girls and boys hunted for Easter eggs stuffed with candy and little treasures at the Easter Egg Hunt held April 5. Afterward, classes enjoyed Easter parties with family members and classmates.

Spring is a time of new growth, and the children of SACCC experienced this with a new garden, flowers, trees and butter-flies. The children planted a spring garden, which included tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers and other spring vegetables. They also helped beautify the grounds by plant-ing flowers throughout the center, includ-ing milkweed plants to attract caterpillars. Amazingly, these caterpillars slowly turned into monarch butterflies right before their eyes! On April 26, Arbor Day, the children helped plant two satsuma trees on campus in celebration of our beautiful Mother Earth.

And finally, on May 31, we bid a fond fare-well to all the “annex” children and their families moving on to Pre-K at the “big kid school.” We know they will look back with fond memories at the good times and good friends they have made at the St. Aloysius Childcare Center.


By Erick Comeaux

Holding an 8½-foot alligator by the jaw … living the life of a World War II sailor while sleeping aboard a 1945 United States Navy Destroyer … feed-ing an African Ankole longhorn steer by hand … assembling art easels for homeless children at the Bishop Ott Shelter … building and racing your own rocket to the stars … accepting a Medal of Honor from the Bishop. It’s all in a day’s adventure for St. Aloy-sius’s Pack 7 Cub Scouts!

If you have a son in the first through fifth grade and believe that “the most worthwhile thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of oth-ers,” (Sir Robert-Bayden Powell) then this is the ministry for you.

Cub Scouts is one of the oldest, largest and most prominent values-based organizations in the nation. The program is centered on build-ing character, cultivating a sense of citizenship and faithfulness, and supporting personal physical fitness. Our scouts play baseball, basketball, soccer, football, tennis and golf. They compete on swim teams, take art classes, fish, hunt and enjoy all the things that a healthy, well-rounded boy should have the opportunity to experience. They are recognized by the school as outstanding scholars, athletes and community volunteers, and scouting has contributed to their development by taking them on doz-ens of fun and exciting adventures of all kinds with family and friends.

Just in the last two years, St. Aloy-sius’ Cub Scouts have visited fire stations, Kliebert’s Alligator Farm, Folsom’s Global Wildlife Center, the State Capital, the Old State Capital, LSU’s Rural Life Museum, LSU’s Po-lice Station, the World War II Muse-um, the zoo and Bluebonnet Swamp. We’ve been visited by police, the SWAT team, the US Coast Guard, fire-

men, EMS, geologists, zoologists and community leaders. Our scouts have attended LSU football, basketball, baseball and soccer games, slept on the USS Kidd, slept on Zephyr Field, been on local television and enjoyed numerous campouts in the wild.

Our leaders and volunteers at St. Aloysius hold the conviction that helping youth is the key to building a more conscientious, responsible and productive society. Every new expe-rience that we encounter, skill that we learn, or memory that we cre-ate occurs because our neurons are establishing new connections with each other through the formation of new synapses in the brain. Further-more, these new experiences, skills and memories promote myelination, the process by which the sheath ac-cumulates around nerve cells, en-abling brain cells to transmit infor-mation faster and facilitating more complex reasoning processes. Hence, well beyond simply having fun and expanding their horizons, we are ac-tively promoting the development of “executive functioning” in our young boys, which includes planning, rea-soning and decision-making skills that will remain with them through adulthood.

Some people ask, “Why can’t I just do those things on my own?” Well, just like every other ministry at St. Aloysius—prayer, education, social justice, community life—you can. But Jesus said “…where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am in the midst of them.” (Matthew 18:20) Therefore, we build community with other Christian scouts and families, one adventure at a time, and we be-lieve that our pursuit of these goals as a community, rather than as an individual activity, carries the higher blessing and graces of Christ’s pres-ence in our midst. We welcome you to join us today! Your adventure awaits!

Cub Scouts Building Community,

One Adventure at a Time


Welcoming Luncheon

May 19, 2013 5 Pentecost Sunday

Convenient Lifetouch will photograph in the Parish Hall. In your one-hour session you will: • Check-in • Be professionally photographed • Immediately view your photographs • Have and opportunity to purchase additional portraits.

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We will offer photography in the Parish Hall on the following dates and times:

Monday-Friday, June 17-21, 2013 from 3:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m.

Saturday, June 22, 2013 from 10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Monday-Friday, July 8-12, 2013 from 3:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

Saturday, July 13, 2013 from 10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Tuesday-Friday, September 3-6, 2013 from 3:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

(No Saturday pictures due to LSU Home Game)

Monday-Friday, September 23-27, 2013 from 3:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

Saturday, September 28, 2013 from 10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Monday-Thursday, September 30-October 3, 2013 from 3:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

Friday, October 4, 2013 from 3:00-6:00 p.m.

Sign-up online. Be sure to put email address as you will receive an email reminder a few days prior to your ses-sion along with a $10 gift certificate.

Click the link below to schedule your portrait session:

https://www.securedata-trans14.com/ap/staloysiuscatholicchurch/index.php?

Volunteers are needed for celebration day to help with set-up and clean-up. Please call Claire Grandy at the parish office 225-343-6657 to vol-unteer your time.

ALL ARE INVITED!!!

Come celebrate the Feast Day of St. Aloysius Gonzaga our Patron Saint.

Saturday June 22, 2013

4:30 Mass and Celebration in the gyms.

The Celebration Includes: 4:30 Mass highlighting St. Aloysius

Live Music by: Beaucoup Boogie (featuring our very own parishioner Duane LeBlanc)

Dancing Dinner prepared by Knights of Columbus

Games and Jumpers for the Kids

Bobby and Audrey Walker, with grandchildren Rebecca, Ryan and Parker Stanford and Andrew Wilkins.

Rebecca East, second from left, with Whitney, Kate and Mark Sutherland.

Erika Hall, Terry and Lauri Alario, and Tricia Greely.

Devin, Lauri and Jules Alario.

Binh, Quan and Minh Nguyen.

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