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Sunday Anticipated: Saturday: 4:30 p.m. Sunday: 8:30; 11:00 a.m.; 5:00 p.m. Nursery for 1 year - 4 year olds 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Masses Weekdays: Monday & Wednesday 6:30 a.m. Tuesday & Thursday 5:30 p.m. Friday: (School Mass) 8:10 a.m. Saturday: 7:30 a.m. Holy Days: 8:10 a.m., 5:30 p.m.

FAITH ENRICHMENT (PSR) Meets every Sunday in the school cafeteria at 9:40 a.m. Grades K-12 during the school year.

RECONCILIATION: Monday: 6:30pm-7:30pm Tuesdays: 4:00 –5:00 p.m. Saturdays: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Or by appointment

ADORATION: See inside bulletin for Adoration times and information.

BAPTISM: Please call the office to schedule. Baptism preparation class is required.

MATRIMONY: Please call the office at least six months prior to wedding date.

Annulment Procedure: Lay Advocate Contact Mary Ann Sims, 325-0264

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Since Christmas decorations are already out in the stores, I thought this was a good time to reflect on the beauty of celebrating Christ-mas as Catholics. I found this on The Catholic Register website and it’s by one of my favorite fellow converts, Jennifer Fulweiler. I hope you all enjoy it and maybe it will inspire all of us to slow down and enjoy a Catholic Advent and Christmas. We’re certainly going to give it a good shot at the McKenzie house….but please don’t mention this to our boys just yet - we haven’t broken the news! ;) Have a great week ~ Missy McKenzie, Communications Director

8 SUPER-SIMPLE WAYS TO CELEBRATE ADVENT by Jennifer Fulwiler

Before I was Catholic I’d never even heard of Advent, so, needless to say, I had no idea how to incorporate this liturgical season into our family’s lives after our conversion. The first year I attempted it, I tried to do a wreath and a Jesse Tree and a daily prayer chain and a big St. Nicholas feast and the thing where the kids write down good deeds on slips of paper and put them in baby Jesus’ crib so it’ll be all soft when he arrives. Not surprisingly, I’d bitten off way more than I could chew, and by Christmas had abandoned pretty much all of the endeavors. Last year I was determined not to have another Epic Advent Fail, so I asked readers of my personal blog to give me some suggestions for super simple steps I could take to begin to ob-serve this season. The post received over 100 comments, and I walked away with an arsenal full of Advent ideas so easy that even I could handle them. For fellow converts or anyone else who needs some baby steps to get started celebrating Advent, here are eight of my favorite ideas from my readers: 1. Have special Sunday Advent dinners: “When my boys were little, I didn’t try to do anything each DAY of Advent, ex-cept maybe a special dinner time prayer; but each Sunday we had a special ‘Advent Dinner.’ I would fix a simple dinner and we would eat by candlelight. I had some story / devotion / short activity and we lit the Sunday’s candle…They still talk fondly about those dinners.” – Suzanne 2. Wrap favorite seasonal books: “A friend of mine started an Advent tradition years ago: She would wrap up kids’ books about Christmas with plain tissue paper and put them in a bas-ket. Every night before bed, one of her kids would get to un-wrap a book and together they would read it as a family. The books would get re-used year after year, and so it was exciting to revisit these books which only came out once a year. If you keep your eyes open at rummage sales, you can collect this many books about Christmas easily. The books stimulate dis-cussion and prayer and family time each night.” - Charlotte 3. Wrap your tree in prayer: “We made an Advent paper chain. Each day we chose three things to pray for, and wrote one name on each link: someone we didn’t know (a four-year-old girl in India), someone we did know (a friend or relative), and some way we’d like to grow (patience, etc). We kept add-ing to the chain, and by Christmas could ‘wrap our tree in pray-er.’ Really simple, and okay if you miss a few days here and there.” – Julia 4. Act out the Christmas story with your manger set: “Several times during Advent I like to sit down with the [manger set] figures and read a simple version of the Nativity story with the kids, sort of acting it out by holding the various figures when they are mentioned by the text. Again, no stress about trying to do it every day or anything. Just when I first put it up and then when I have the time. Maybe once or twice a week or so.” - Melanie 5. Have the Holy Family move toward the creche: “We have a Nativity set that we set out on one side of the room. On the other side we set out the Holy Family. Each Sunday of

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Welcome to JESUS THE

GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC CHURCH

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MISSION STATEMENT Jesus the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Monroe of the Diocese of Shreveport is a loving, nurturing family of faith and prayer with the Eucharist as the center of parish

life. With diverse gifts, we proclaim God’s healing love and presence in the world through the Word, worship and service.

Fr. Keith Garvin Susan McKenzie Lisa Patrick Charles Sampognaro Kathi Savage

J. Randy Smith Kelly B. Southern Justin Tarver Eric Thibodeaux

Delle Tyler (VP) Andi Holyfield (Sec.) Tom Brock Kerri Frantz John Guerriero Jr.

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ADORATION Family Friendly Adoration & Confession Mondays 6:30pm-7:30pm (except for 3rd Monday of month - Healing Mass) Traditional Adoration Tuesdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:20 pm. We will have the Benediction and Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament at 5:20 p.m. followed by the Holy Mass at 5:30 pm. Thursday Adoration Thursday Adoration will continue from 6:00-8:00 p.m. HEALING MASS—October 19th Every 3rd Monday of the Month 6:30 p.m. Come unto Me . . . all who are weary and I will give you rest. Bring what hurts . . . bring your scars, bring the load that you carry . . . and I will give you rest.

COLLECTIONS Weekly Revenue Budget $16,076.00 Collection October 4 $18,919.00 Variance $ 2,843.00 ALL SAINTS CANDLE MEMORIAL SUN., NOV. 1 11:00AM MASS If you would like to have someone remembered who has passed away since November 1, 2014, please call the church office 325-7549 by Thur., Oct. 29 to reserve a candle for your loved one. Family members or friends will present the candles after the homily.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: JGS School Fall Festival Oct. 10 6:00pm-8:00pm JGS Campus Confirmation Parent meeting Nov. 4 6:00pm. Classes begin Nov. 11, 5:45pm - 7:30pm RCIA FALL 2015 SCHEDULE EVERY TUESDAY 7:00PM-8:30PM PARISH HALL We have 22 candidates to date and several 5+ Catholics who have signed up as a refresher. We seem to be adding new folks every week or so and alt-hough the deadline for Registration is near, IT IS NOT YET TOO LATE, for anyone interested in learning more about our Catholic faith to join us on Tuesday evenings in the Parish Hall at 7:00 PM or to contact the Church office (325-7549) for additional information. Oct. 13: The Saints Oct. 20: Who’s Who?

Oct. 27: Catholic Practices and Catholics and the Church Nov. 3: Catholics and Prayer p

SECOND COLLECTION—WORLD MISSION SUNDAY Next weekend on October 17th and 18th we will celebrate World Mission Sunday. This year we are invited to support the 1,150 of the youngest dioceses in Africa, Asia, the Pacific islands, and parts of Latin American and Europe. Please keep the Missions in your pray-ers and please be generous in next weekend’s collection for the So-ciety of the Propagation on the Faith. JGS SUPPER CLUB SAT., OCT. 17 6:00 PM PORTICO BAR & GRILL (2230 Tower Dr.) Come join other JGS Parishioners for food, fun, and fellowship (and the game will be on!). Be sure to sign up in the Gathering Space so we’ll know how many for to make reservations. IST. PASCHAL CC HERBAL HARVEST SAT., OCT. 24 SPCC WEST MONROE 9:00AM - 3:30PM www.stpaschalchurch.org Make plans to attend this annual fun, family event featuring the fa-mous SPCC Herbal Chicken Salad, arts, crafts, and herb plants!

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MEMORIAL FLOWERS This weekend’s flowers are given in memory of Carolyn Garteiser by the Jesus Good Shepherd Choir.

Envelopes for memorial flowers are available in the Gathering Space and can be dropped in the Office Mailbox or brought to the church office during normal business hours.

Sunday, October 11 Wis 7:7-11; Heb 4:12-13; Mk 10:17-30 8:30 A.M………………………………………………For the Parish 11:00 A.M………………………………………… Fr. David Richter 5:00 P.M. ……………………………………… .Fr. Edmund Moore Monday, October 12 Rom 1:1-7; Lk 11:29-32 6:30 A.M…………………………………………………R.J. Ducote Tuesday, October 13 Rom 1:16-25; Lk 11:37-41 5:30 P.M………………………………………………Aaron Soigner Wednesday, October 14 Rom 2:1-11; Lk 11:42-46 6:30 A.M….Dianne & William Hannah Family Living & Deceased Thursday, October 15 Rom 3:21-30; Lk 11:47-54 5:30 P.M…………………………………………………..Poor Souls Friday, October 16 Rom 4:1-8; Lk 12:1-7 8:10 A.M……………….……………………..Sam and Tony Danna Saturday, October 17 Rom 4:13,;16-18; Lk 12:8-12 7:30 A.M……………………………………………..Louise Mansour 4:30 P.M………………………………………………..Angele Zacca Sunday, October 18 Is 53:10-11; Heb 4:14-16; Mk 10:35-45 8:30 A.M……………………………………………..Leonard M. Cox 11:00 A.M………………………………………………For the Parish 5:00 P.M. ……………………………………………..Marietta Brown

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HOMEBOUND MINISTRY The Homebound Ministry enjoys the privilege of visiting and taking

communion to the sick and shut-in of our parish. If you know of someone who is recovering from a short term illness or who is

more permanently homebound and would like to have this service, please call the church office, 325-7549 or Adeline Inzina at 323-8649

OUR PARISH FAITH COMMUNITIES All groups are open, everyone is welcome!

Small Faith Communities: Please join us in one of the following: Sunday Morning: 9:45 AM- 10:45 AM in Parish Hall Tuesday Morning: Early Morning Men’s Group 6:30 AM in Parish Hall Wednesday Lunch Hour: Men’s Group In Parish Hall at 11:30 AM Wednesday Afternoon: 1:30pm in Parlor (Scripture study) Wednesday Afternoon: 12:00pm at parishioners home (Women’s Bible Study) Wednesday Evening : In parishioners homes from 7:00 PM-8:30 PM. Thursday Evening : 7:00 PM in Parish Hall

Call the church office if you have questions or would like more information: 325-7549 JGS LIFE GROUP STARTING THIS

WEDNESDAY! EACH WED. (6 WKS) 6:30PM-7:30PM JGS SANCTUARY Topic: Anne the Lay Apostle (modern) Facilitators: Elizabeth & Paul Williams All parish members are encouraged to attend. We will be discussing Jesus’ Rescue Mission of Our Souls as conveyed to Anne, the Lay Apostle since the be-ginning of the new millennia. We will also pray the

Luminous Mysteries, so please bring your rosaries. We are looking forward to seeing all of you on Wednesday! INT’L DAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY MASS TUES., OCT. 20 5:30 P.M. JGS CHURCH You and your family are invited to attend this special Mass and bring with you as a special offering non-perishable food items to be donat-ed to the needy in our area. Those in attendance will be asked to bring their food items forward during the offertory and leave them at the foot of the altar. The St. Vincent DePaul Society will handle distri-bution of the donations to those in need. TRUNK or TREAT WED., OCT. 28 PARKING LOT/PLAYGROUND TIME TBD This annual family event will take place only if we have volunteers! Please consider volunteering - especially if you do not have children of “trick or trunk age” so that their parents can enjoy this special time with their young children. Call or email Missy McKenzie at the church office if you would like to volunteer.

NELA CATHOLIC CHARITIES FUNDRAISER WED., OCT. 28 ULM LIBRARY 6:00 P.M. Catholic Charities of North Louisiana is now renovating a build-ing in the Monroe-West Monroe area and is planning a dinner meeting featuring Bishop Duca on Wednesday, October 28 at the ULM library. The event will kick off at 6:00 p.m. Please note the date. More information will follow soon.

s being on Sept. 29 is going to be held on Oct. 13. Please make a note.

ARISH FAMILY FAITH & FELLOWSHIP NIGHT BEGINS THIS WED., OCT. 14!! rch Family Supper JGS Cafeteria 5:30pm-6:30pm /Faith Enrichment (PK-9th gd) 6:30pm-7:30pm LIFE GROUP* Sanctuary 6:30pm - 7:30pm

r ministries are encouraged to have mtgs/faith groups at the same time at all family members can be involved in a group!

Childcare will be available!

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CONTINUED FROM FRONT Advent we move them a little closer to the creche (they circle the room) and talk about the journey Mary and Joseph took.” - Natalile 6. Sing a special song at dinner: “Sing O Come, O Come Emmanuel before dinner. If an Advent wreath is too much, light some candles. Turn out the lights…Print out four verses of the song. Sing one verse for a whole week, the next verse the next week, etc. Ring bells for the refrain! My mom had little jingle bells that we held really quietly until the refrain—then we belted out “REJOICE! REJOICE!” and rang our bells for all we were worth. Of all the things my parents did to celebrate Advent, this is the one that sticks the most.” - Maia 7. Say a special prayer at dinner: “Use your Advent wreath as a centerpiece (assuming your kids won’t climb on the table and destroy it). Every night at dinner, instead of saying your usual prayer before meals, light the candle and say an Advent prayer. Simple!” - Loni 8. Create a stack of prayer cards: “A really simple tradition I’ve managed for the last couple of years is to get 24 small cards and write the name of a family/friend/country on each one. We fold them and add them to our Advent calendar and pray for their intentions each evening during bedtime prayers. It takes 15 minutes to prepare and you’re sorted for the whole season!” - Lizzie