ST. MARY OF THE PINES CATHOLIC CHURCH

March 10, 2019

1050 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop Shreveport, LA 71118

Office 687-5121 • Rectory 687-1818 • Fax 687-5124

www.stmaryshreveport.org Email: stmops@bellsouth.net

Rev. Michael Thang’wa F.M.H., Pastor

Rev. John Paul Crispin, F.M.H. Parochial Vicar

Kim Long, Director of Religious Education

Carol Garceau, Secretary Tanyau Bracey, Office Assistant Tom Ticich, Music Coordinator

Jenny Hebert, Organist Catherine Deal, Housekeeper

Ken Birch, Custodian MASSES: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday 8:30 a.m.; Saturday (Vigil) 4:00 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m., & 5:00 p.m., (Spanish Mass at 11:30 a.m.) CONFESSION: Saturday 3:00 p.m. until 3:45 p.m. and by appointment. BAPTISM: Call the office to schedule a preparation class after which a Baptism date can be scheduled. ADORATION: Following 8:30 am Mass on Tuesday until Holy Hour which is 5:00-6:00 p.m. GIFT SHOP: Hours Sunday ,10 a.m. until 1 p.m. and Monday through Friday, 1:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. CHURCH OFFICE: Monday — Friday , 9:00 am- 12 noon and 1:00 pm– 3:30 pm. Closed for lunch from 12:00-1:00 pm.

We the people of St. Mary of the Pines are unified by our Baptism to fulfill the mission of the Catholic Church: to proclaim the works of God and to live as Jesus taught.

Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we will improve our lives by continuing to understand the teachings of the Catholic Church, sharing with the poor, providing support for our young people, the sick and the lonely, worshipping with reverence and enthusiasm, providing stewardship for the gifts God has committed to our care, and celebrating together as a Christian family.

Saturday 4:00 P.M. + Charles Pasquier + Ruth Driver + Bob Mainiero Sunday 9:00 A.M. + Al Morgan 3-10 + Sam Richardson + Pete Metoyer + Cecilia Basnillo Marquev 11:30 A.M. Spanish Mass 5:00 P.M. St. Mary’s Parish Family Monday 8:30 A.M. + Indiana LaCour Tuesday 8:30 A.M. + Peggy McCallister + Pedro David, Jr. Wednesday 8:30 A.M Eddie Sanders 6:30 P.M. + Clothilda LaCour Thursday 8:30 A.M. + Pat McGowan Lang + Clothilda LaCour Friday 8:30 A.M. + For Souls in Purgatory Saturday 4:00 P.M. + Ruth Driver + Bob Mainiero + Alise Micock + Deceased members of Larue Family Sunday 9:00 A.M. In Thanksgiving 3-17 + Peggy McCallister + O.V. “Tiny” Ebarb M/M Tim Glennon 11:30 A.M. Spanish Mass 5:00 P.M. St. Mary’s Parish Family

First Sunday of Lent March 10, 2019

The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. — Romans 10:8

March 2 & 3, 2019

Bldg. & Grounds $ 1,543.00 SVDP $ 245.00 Charity $ 52.00 Church in Latin America $ 3.00 Rice Bowl $ 68.00

****************** Tithe: Weekly Collection needed $ 9,269.51 Actual Collections $ 11,637.42

Mass Intentions for the Week

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Ps 19:8-10, 15; Mt 25:31-46 Tuesday: Is 55:10-11; Ps 34:4-7, 16-19; Mt 6:7-15 Wednesday: Jon 3:1-10; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19; Lk 11:29-32 Thursday: Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8; Mt 7:7-12 Friday: 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 4-6; Mt 16:13-19 Saturday: Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8; Mt 5:43- 48 Sunday: Gn 15:5-12, 17-18; Ps 27:1, 7-9, 13-14; Phil 3:17 — 4:1 [3:20 — 4:1]; Lk 9:28b- 36

The Sanctuary Candle is burning this week in loving memory of Clothilda LaCour. May Clothilda and all the faithful departed rest in peace.

Once again, it is time for our Lenten Ecumenical Services & Luncheon. The first service will be Wednes-day, March 13th. All services begin at 12:00 noon & lunch at 12:30pm.

March 13— St. Mary of the Pines March 20—Christ United Methodist Church March 27—Summer Grove UMC April 3—St. James & Central Christian April 10—St. Stephen & John Calvin Presbyterian April 17—Holy Week—-No service

If you are looking for a weekend away to deepen your relationship with God, please consider attending an ACTS retreat. The upcoming St. Joseph ACTS retreats are scheduled for March 21-24 (Women’s) and April 4-7 (Men’s). Call Melissa Olivier at 402-2464 for de-tails. There are registration applications in the foyer of church. Full & partial scholarships are available if finan-cial assistance is needed. Don’t wait—spots fill quickly.

St. Mary of the Pines Men's Club

Friday Night Fish Fry

March 15, March 22, March 29, April 5,

April 12, 2019

EAT-IN or TAKE-OUT Vandegaer Hall

1050 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop 5:00-6:30 p.m. while supplies last.

CATFISH PLATE MENU

Baked or Fried Catfish Filets

Fries, Cole Slaw, Hush Puppies Coffee or Tea (for eat-in only)

$7.00 per plate

Special Order of— 1 pound FISH ONLY $10.00

Sonny Canatella, Ted Canatella, Ricky Shaw, Chris Redmon, Cheryl Hopkins, Jimmie & Charlotte Carter, Jenny Booras, Mitchell Kern, Joseph Olah, Mary Mitch-ell, James Lundon, Desma Burnett,

John Gauthier, Willie Martinez, Tom Trawick, Cole Pas-quier, Cotton & Doris Ebarb, Carolyn Jowers Laws, Kelly Garsee Joyner, Kevan Kirtland, Hazel Ebarb, Letha Davis, Dave Buckley, Kevin Leone, Greg Rem-edies, Octavio Leon, Estelle Notini, Dale Ebarb, Di-anne Keene, Gary Birch, Doug Hill, Cliff McCain, Len-ny Robinson, Mark Culpepper, Kristen & Logan Brezi-na, Sharon Williams, Sallie Ann Green, Isabella Felici-ano, Pat Richardson, Kari Barras, Martin Roque, Jeff Wellborne, Nellie Lusby, Robert Johnson, Charlie Olivi-er, Jackie Strickland, Trennie Mora, Bob Still, Mike Roy, Vickie Gaines, Nelda Carson, David Bartholomew, Sr., Nancy Sipes, Frankie Gilpin, Layne Lofton, Robert Ratcliff, Robbie Ponseigo, Mary Kozlowski, Maggie Brawley, Cassandra Schuler, Alan Bertrand, Sandra Aponte, Dalton Kubat, Jack Dowden, Stella Nicholson, Angela Yeoman, Kevin King, Zoey Yerger, Sparky Glasser, Arinta Cooper, Charlestia Rattler, Rose Marie Clarke, Helen Paddie, Howard Paddie, Pat Atchley, Isaac Kevin Seymour, Shelia Ann Seymour, Ken & Joy Norton, Larry Alexander, Noah Mortimore, Dawn Mat-thews, Ellen Storey, James & Charlotte Garcia, Monica Anderson, Candis Boyd, James Wesley, Mike Meshell, Susie Jelks, James P. Garcia, Mary Martin, Karen Wil-liams, Ronald Freris, Larry Evans, Patrick Johnson, Donna Saxon, Scout Pylant, Janice Newson. For the peaceful repose of the souls of: Karen Moore (daughter-in-law of Mary Ann Moore). PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE & FOR ALL WHO HAVE ASKED FOR OUR PRAYERS.

Questions of the Week

Adults: How willing are you to profess your faith in Jesus Christ openly to others? Children: Would you still be able to say that you believe in Jesus if others made fun of you for it?

Mass Attendance: March 2 & 3, 2019: 4:00pm…….159; 9:00am…….190; 11:30am…...193; 5:00pm…....99

Financial Assistance for Catholic Students

Application packets for tuition assistance from the Theresian Endowment, the Daughters of the Cross Educational Fund, and the Bishop’s Tuition Assistance are now available for the 2019-2020 school year. Partial tuition assistance is available on a needs-basis for Cath-olic students in the Diocese of Shreveport. Parents may contact any Catholic school office for information, or may apply online at www.tuitionaid.com. Deadline for application is April 15, 2019. For more information, contact the Diocesan Catholic Schools Office at 219-7253.

Annual Diocesan Stewardship Appeal

As of February 28, 2019, our Appeal campaign has benefitted from the following results: 13% of the families of St. Mary of the Pines Church have pledged $23,355 in support of our 2019 Annual Diocesan Stewardship Appeal. Please take time now to offer your Appeal gift if you have not al-ready done so. With the participation of everyone, we should easily reach our pledge goal of $62,500. Brochures, pledge cards and return en-velopes can be found in your pew. Please ask an usher if you do not find one available. Remember that you can also make your gift online or by auto-matic withdrawal using the instructions on the back of your Appeal pledge card.

Father Mike is still planning on leading a group on a tour of Italy September 3rd through September 12, 2019. If anyone is interested in going on this tour, please call the Parish Office and give us your name and number. There will be an information meeting coming up. As soon as the date is set, we will let you know.

Daylight Savings Time begins at 2am on Sunday

Please join the Cathedral of St. John Berchmans for their Lenten Mission with Fr. Andrew Dalton. Fr. Dal-ton teaches a course on Sindonology (study of the Shroud of Turin) at the Science and Faith Institute in Rome. He will focus on the wounds of the Lord’s Pas-sion, as evident in the Shroud, to get us all ready for Holy Week and Easter. He has a compelling, beautiful presentation! March 31st at 6:30 pm and April 1 & 2 at 6:00 pm.

Join us as our Parish honors St. Joseph with a St. Joseph’s Altar

Saturday, March 16, immediately after the 4:00 Mass: We will process the statue of St. Joseph,

follow the Holy Family as they seek shelter in the Tuppa Tuppa Ceremony

finally making our way to Vandegaer Hall where we will pray the Rosary in Italian and English and the altar will be blessed.

Sunday, March 17, immediately after the 9:00 Mass:

We will break the altar, feed the Holy Family and begin serving everyone! This is a celebration of life and answered prayer. The altar is open to all. Come and reconnect with your Italian heritage and, if you aren’t Italian, come and remember the faithfulness of a man who obeyed God when he didn’t understand everything, and remember a people who prayed and

believed that St. Joseph would pray for them. See you there!

We will serve food from the Altar from 10:30 am until 4:00 pm

on Sunday.

Please join us for our Annual St. Vin-cent ‘s Academy Alumnae Tag Day Scholarship Fundraiser! This silent auction will be held on Thursday, March 14th, 2019, at the Catholic Center, 3500 Fairfield Ave. from

6:00pm to 8:00pm. The proceeds from the event benefit the children and grandchildren of SVA Alumnae who are attending Loyola College Prep. Come renew old friendships and perhaps go home with an auction item! Anyone 21 years and older is welcome to attend. Tick-ets are $25 per person and include great food, door prizes, and lots of Irish Fun. The Powers/Craig Duo will provide wonderful music. Come be Irish for the Night!! Questions? E-mail Mary Salvail at svaafundraising@gmail.com

Calling All Parishioners in the Medical Field

We are calling upon all our medical professionals to join us in participating in a refresher course on the proper use of our church AED machine. We hope we never have to use it; but should the need arise, our parishioners will be better taken care of. Once we have all volunteers lined up, we will then schedule the class/meeting. We do thank those who have al-ready answered the call by sharing your name. We hope to schedule a meeting for the training very soon. Please call the church office (687-5121) with your name and phone number if you have not al-ready answered this very important call.

The ladies of Sacred Heart of Jesus of Shreveport will host the luncheon/meeting of the Catholic Women’s League on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Registration will start at 9:30 am and the meeting will begin promptly at 10:30am. It will be held at Sacred Heart of Jesus, Gabriel Hall, at 4736 Lyba St., Shreveport, LA 71109. Cost of the luncheon is $10.00. Canned goods and used clothing items will be collected for the host Church charity of their choice. Please bring your “White Elephant” gift items in a gift bag or paper bag. These items will sell for .50 cents. Call Letitia Miles @ 686-6113 for reservations. Our guest speak-er will be Patty Underwood who will speak about the Daughters of the Cross. We will also have door prizes.

If you are interested in learning the Spanish language, please join us on Tuesday evenings from 6:00-7:00pm in classroom 12.

During Lent we will have Stations of the Cross each Friday evening at 6:00 pm.

Lenten Reconciliation Services

Christ the King March 16 10:00am St. Pius March 20 6:30pm St. Elizabeth Seton March 25 6:30pm Blessed Sacrament March 28 6:00pm St. Jude April 2 6:30pm St. Mary of the Pines April 9 6:30pm St. John School April 10 8:15am Loyola Prep April 10 9:30am Sacred Heart April 11 6:30pm St. Joseph School April 12 9:15am Mary, Queen of Peace April 15 6:00pm St. John’s Cathedral Divine Mercy Penance Service April 28 2:30pm St. Mary of the Pines Divine Mercy Penance Service April 28 2:30pm

ALMSGIVING, PRAYER, FASTING, & TEMPTATION As we begin our season of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving, the reading from Deuteronomy reminds us of our duty of almsgiv-ing, that we “set [our offerings]

before the Lord, [our] God, [and] shall bow down in [God’s] presence” (Deuteronomy 26:10). The reading from Romans refers us to our prayer, reminding us that “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart . . . For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Romans 10:8, 13). These are comforting words, and encourage us to ask God for what we need and to aid us in our prayer. Finally, the Gospel of Luke shows us a fasting Jesus, who was tempted as we are, and who knows what it means to be human. Someone once said that temptation arises when you’re tired and weary, and the devil comes along and makes a perfectly reasonable suggestion. Jesus shows us that, with his help, we too can over-come our temptations, reasonable as they may sound.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — God brought us into this land flowing with milk and honey (Deuteronomy 26:4-10). Psalm — Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble (Psalm 91). Second Reading — The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart (Romans 10:8-13). Gospel — Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus was led into the desert for forty days (Luke 4:1-13).

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