June 28, 2015 - Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor Parish Website: www.stpat.org

stpat.org@gmail.com

Office Hours

Monday – Thursday: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm; Friday 8:30 am – 12 noon

Celebration of the Eucharist

Saturday: 4:00 pm – Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 am Monday through Friday: 7:30 am

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:15 am

Baptisms

Seminars are held every other month - register

by calling the office. At-tendance is suggested

during pregnancy.

Anointing of the Sick The Church recom-

mends this sacrament for those who are grave-

ly ill or in danger of death. Call the priest to

arrange a visit.

Weddings

Arrangements must be made at least six

months in advance to allow time for prepara-

tion and planning.

406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727

Phone: (337) 237-0988

Welcome to St. Patrick Church

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

June 28, 2015

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, June 27--Vigil of the Thirteenth

Sunday in Ordinary Time

4:00 PM: Mike Guilbeau; Mary Thibeaux;

Eva Mae Hebert; Mrs. Albert Boudreaux

Sunday, June 28--Thirteenth Sunday in Ordi-

nary Time

8:30 AM: Lorraine Day;

Paul & Marie Jean LeBlanc

10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s

Monday, June 29--Saints Peter & Paul,

Apostles 7:30 AM: Lynn Kallam Ditch

Tuesday, June 30--The First Martyrs of the

Holy Roman Church

7:30 AM: Bella Hernandez; Gussie Hernan-

dez; Manilla Conques

Wednesday, July 1--Blessed Junipero Serra,

Priest

7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne;

Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living);

Col. Kimberly Fedele (living)

Thursday, July 2--Weekday (Msgr. Mallet)

7:30 AM: Jimmy Cappell; Sadie & Pete Lalande;

Rose Mary & Stanford Gauthier

Friday, July3--St. Thomas, Apostle (Msgr. Mallet)

7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart

Altar Flowers In loving memory of:

Eva Mae Hebert

You changed my mourning into dancing; O LORD, my God,

forever will I give you thanks.

— Psalm 30:13

Non-Liturgical Devotions

Daily Rosary: Monday - Friday 6:55 a.m.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Tuesday

7:15 a.m.

Rosary for Priests: Wednesday 7:00 a.m.

Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Thursday 7:15 a.m.

Pro-Life Rosary: 1st. Friday of the month 7

a.m.

Shamrocks—Friday, July 3: Jerry & Dee

Boudreaux; Betty Fournet; Martha Thompson

Fr. Keith Away

Fr. Keith will be taking some vacation time off

this week, from Wednesday, July 1st through

Monday, July 6th. Please pray for safe travels.

Prayer for Hurricane Season

O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices

of your children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed your order

and returned to its former quietude. You are still the Master of

land and sea. We live the shadow of a danger over which we

have no control: the gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can

awake from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land and spread chaos and disaster. Dur-

ing this hurricane season we turn to you, loving Father. Spare

us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and

whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with the passing of time.

O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our Beloved Mother, we ask you to

plead with you Son in our behalf, so that spared from the calam-

ities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of grat-

itude, we will walk in the footsteps of your divine Son to reach

heavenly Jerusalem where a stormless eternity awaits us.

Amen.

Bishop Maurice Shexnayder

Laudato Si On June 18, 2015, Pope Francis released the anxiously

awaited encyclical, Laudato Si: On Care for our Common

Home, addressing our shared responsibility to care for the

earth, for the good of all. By going to our website, www.stpat.org, you can find the text of this (lengthy) letter,

on the Vatican web site. American Magazine offers an

overview, Top Ten Takeaways from ‘Laudato Si’, as well as an in-depth listing of resources and a video.

Come to the Well – July 18—9:00 am— 4:00 pm Today’s fast paced society provides little time, space or

support for those who have suffered loss. “Come to the

Well” is a day of hope for those suffer ing the loss of a

loved one, including loss by suicide, accidental death, in-fertility, miscarriage, illness, stillbirth, SIDS, adoption

placement, abortion, and any other life losses. Those who

work in bereavement ministries or reproductive grief are also invited. Pre-registration is required. Cost is $25 per

person. RSVP with payment by July 10, 2015. Checks are

to be made payable to: DOL-Office of Pro-Life Aposto-late. Address: 1408 Carmel Dr. – Lafayette, LA 70501 ◦

Contact: Trista Littell at 337.261-5607 for more infor-

mation.

St. Mary Church Bus Trip

St. Mary Church, Lafayette, is offering an overnight Bus Trip on September 8-9, 2015, to visit the Our Lady of

Guadalupe Shrine in Port Arthur, Texas, and the “Moody

Gardens and More” in Galveston, Texas. We will depart

Lafayette on Tuesday morning (September 8) at 6:30 a.m. from St. Mary parking lot (419 Doucet Road, Lafayette).

We will visit the Shrine in Port Arthur and then proceed to

Galveston. Some highlights of Galveston will be Moody Gardens, Driving Tour of Galveston, Bishop’s Palace,

Mass at St. Mary’s Basilica, overnight at Comfort Inn and

more. For registration details, cost and more information,

please contact JoAnn LeJune at St. Mary Church (981-

3379) or Barbara Thibodeaux (235-3240).

Healing Hearts “Healing Hearts” is a Support Group for women whose

relationships have been affected by pornography or sexual

addiction of a loved one. Meetings are held in the evening during the week for 1 hour and 30 minutes, in Lafayette.

This is a highly confidential group. Confidentiality state-

ment must be signed by all members before the place and

time of meeting will be disclosed. Please call 337-404-6113 Voicemail and the group facilitator will return your

call as soon as possible.

Holy Hour for Vocations Please join us for our monthly “Holy Hour for Voca-

tions and for the Spiritual Renewal of All Priests” on Monday, July 6, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at St. Patrick

Catholic Church, 406 E. Pinhook Road. Recitation of the Rosary begins at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome to join

in these prayers for vocations and perseverance of vo-

cations to the priesthood and religious life, sponsored by the Serra Club of Lafayette.

Food for the Journey The Central Region of the Diocese of Lafayette pre-

sents, “Food for the Journey”, a monthly lunchtime

speaker series designed to help Catholics live out our

faith in our daily lives. Our speaker for July is Rev.

Kevin Bordelon, Incoming Pastor of St. Joseph

Catholic Church, Rayne, and current Director of the

Office of Vocations and Seminarians and current Di-rector of the Office of Ongoing Formation of Priests for

the Diocese of Lafayette. PLEASE NOTE: Our Sem-

inarians will join Father Bordelon and introduce

themselves as part of this presentation. “Food for

the Journey” will be held on Tuesday, July 7, at Ho-

tel Acadiana, 1801 W. Pinhook Road, beginning at

12:00 noon. An optional lunch buffet is available for purchase beginning at 11:30 a.m. All are welcome to

come “eat and be fed”- please bring a friend and please

come welcome our Seminarians! Pre-registration is not required. For more information, please call Mary

Bergeron (654-8682).

Food for the Journey Seminary Burse In celebration of the 10-year Anniversary of “Food for

the Journey” and with great gratitude, the Central Re-

gion of the Diocese of Lafayette has created a “Food for the Journey Seminary Burse” through the Office of

Vocations and Seminarians. Donations for seminary

burses are placed in a trust fund, with interest used to pay for the education of men preparing for the priest-

hood. To contribute, please make check payable to

“Diocese of Lafayette” (with notation “Food for the

Journey Seminary Burse”) and mail to Office of Voca-tions, Diocese of Lafayette, 1408 Carmel Drive, Lafa-

yette, LA 70501. For more information, please call

Mary Bergeron (654-8682).

STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK

Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory……………………..$ 3,976.17

Peter’s Pence…………………$ 932.87 Thank You!

The second collection next weekend will be for our

Building Fund.

Date

Saturday, July 4

4:00 p.m.

Sunday, July 5

8:30 a.m.

Sunday, July 5

10:00 a.m.

Lectors

Marguerite Montagnet Kenneth Phillips Roibn Roy

Eucharistic

Ministers

Merrick Stelly

Candis Thompson

Janell Venable

Geneva Phillips

Ted Hampton

Kay Hampton

Leroy Abshire

Barbara Abshire

Jean Arcenaux

Altar Servers Rosalind Allen Melinda Voorhies Andre Arceneaux

Ushers

George Guidry

Joyce Stelly

Donald & Scottie Vallot Lionel Jeanmard

Joyce Stelly

Liturgical Roles for June

Readings for the Week

Monday Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19

Tuesday Gn 19:15-29; Ps 26:2-3, 9-12; Mt 8:23-27

Wednesday Gn 21:5, 8-20a; Ps 34:7-8, 10-13; Mt 8:28-34

Thursday Gn 22:1b-19; Ps 115:1-6, 8-9; Mt 9:1-8

Friday Eph 2:19-22; Ps 117:1bc-2; Jn 20:24-29

Saturday Gn 27:1-5, 15-29; Ps 135:1b-6; Mt 9:14-17

Sunday Ez 2:2-5; Ps 123:1-4; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mk 6:1-6a

From the Pastor’s Desk

The U.S. Bishops wrote: “Racism is an evil which endures in our society and in our Church. Despite apparent advances and even sig-

nificant changes in the last two decades, the reality of racism remains. In large part it is only external appearances which have changed. In 1958 we spoke out against the blatant forms of racism that divided people through discrimi-natory laws and enforced segregation. We pointed out the moral evil that denied human persons their dignity as children of God and their God-given rights. A decade later in a second pastoral letter we again underscored the con-tinuing scandal of racism called for decisive action to eradicate it from our society. We recognize and applaud the readiness of many Americans to make new strides forward in reducing and eliminating prejudice against minorities. We are convinced that the majority of Americans realize that racial discrimination is both unjust and unworthy of this nation. We do not deny that changes have been made, that laws have been passed, that policies have been im-plemented. We do not deny that the ugly external features of racism which marred our society have in part been eliminated. But neither can it be denied that too often what has happened has only been a covering over, not a fun-damental change. Today the sense of urgency has yielded to an apparent acceptance of the status quo. The climate of crisis engendered by demonstrations, protest, and confrontation has given way to a mood of indifference; and other issues occupy our attention.”

These words form the beginning paragraphs of the pastoral letter entitled “Brothers and Sisters to Us”. It was issued by the U.S. Bishops in 1979, some 35 years ago. Tragically these words continue to ring true. Recent-ly the evil of hatred and prejudice condemned by the Bishops bore its rotten fruit in the murder of nine inno-cents, praying in church, in Charleston, South Carolina. But racism is not restricted to that state, or to the heart of one deranged murderer. Racism is alive and well in America, and it is evil.

One line from the bishops stands out for me, where they say, “We are convinced that the majority of Americans realize that racial discrimination is both unjust and unworthy of this nation.” While true of many, this is not true of all. So-called “white supremacist groups” who aided and abetted this most recent outrage, actually take pride in their racism and hate. By that very fact, they prove themselves supreme to no one, no matter the color of their skin. Racism is evil.