February 11, 2018 - Sixth 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

Holydays of Obligation: 7:30 am only Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:00-7:25 am (and by appointment)

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

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 11, 2018

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, February 10--Vigil of the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 PM: Dr. Leonard & Betty Rolfes; Howard Fournet; Betty Fournet (living); Ray & Kathy Kalweit (living); M/M J. S. Brown, Sr.; Dr. & Mrs A. P. Sillian; Simone Rick & Brian (living); Sawyer Allums; Mark Babineaux & Ella Trahan; Emma Angers Constantine (living) Sunday, February 11--Sixth Sunday in Ordi-nary Time 8:30 AM: Dr. Robert Chastant & Evelyn; Eddie Upton; John Daigle; George Sigue & Sib-lings; Lorraine Day; Lloyd Sigue; Anne Guidry; Helen Vallot; Deacon Julien Judice; Duane P. Judice; Anna Belle Johnson; Cecelia & Junius Ledet 10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s Monday, February 12--Weekday 7:30 AM: Bella & Yvonne Hernandez; Adam Hernandez

Tuesday, February 13--Weekday

7:30 AM: Cecelia Ledet Wednesday, February 14--Ash Wednesday 7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne; Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living); Col. Kimberly Fedele (living) Thursday, Februray 15--Thursday after Ash Wednesday 7:30 AM: Sawyer Allums Friday, February 16--Friday After Ash Wednes-day 7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart Altar Flowers In Loving Memory of: Phil Simon; Euna & Bud Arceneaux Friday—7:00 a.m.

Non-Liturgical Devotions Daily Rosary: Monday - Thursday 6:55 am Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Tues-day 7:15 am Rosary for Priests: Wednesday 7:00 am Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Thursday 7:15 am Pro-Life Rosary: 1st Friday of the month 7 am Shamrocks—Friday, February 16: No clean-ing this week. We are grateful to all who volun-teer to this Ministry! Mark Your Calendars Our Annual St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast will be held on Saturday, March 17, 8 am, at the Pe-troleum Club. Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. — 1 Corinthians 10:31

Ash Wednesday Blessing Merciful God, you called us forth from the dust of the earth; you claimed us for Christ in the waters of Baptism. Look upon us as we enter these Forty Days bearing the mark of ashes, and bless our journey through the desert of Lent to the font of rebirth. May our fasting be hunger for justice; our alms, a making of peace; our prayer, the chant of humble and grateful hearts. All that we do and pray is in the name of Jesus, for in his Cross you proclaim your love forever and ever. Amen. —Catholic Household Blessings & Prayers

This Wednesday, February 14th., is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten Season. There will only be one Mass at 7:30 a.m. and ashes will be distributed at that Mass. A collection will be taken up at that Mass to benefit the needy. The Lenten Schedule of Masses is: Monday through Friday: 7:30 a.m. Way of the Cross: Fridays 7:00 a.m. Fast and Abstinence The regulations on Lenten fast and abstinence are: • Fasting On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, those who are 18 but not yet 60 are allowed only one full meal. Two smaller meals are allowed as needed, but eating solid foods between meals is not permitted. • Abstinence from Meat Those who are 14 years of age or older are to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent. We invite you to participate in:

Operation Rice Bowl: Throughout Lent, people across the United States will participate in Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl. This Lenten program in-vites people to place a cardboard container (found under the stairwell, near the main entrance of the church) in their homes, and put in the money that is saved because of their fasting and the things they give up for Lent. On Palm Sunday, the Rice Bowl is brought to Mass, and the money collected is forward-ed to Catholic Relief Services. CRS uses the money for development projects in poor nations and hunger re-lief in the local diocese (25% of gifts are donated to various local diners and service centers committed to alleviating hunger and poverty within the Diocese of Lafayette). According to CRS, nearly 14,000 Catholic parishes and schools across the United States partici-pated in Operation Rice Bowl in 2016. Day of Prayer for Women There will be a Lenten Day of Prayer for Ladies on Tuesday, February 27th, 2018, at Our Lady of the Oaks Retreat House in Grand Coteau. The theme will be “Finding an Attitude of Gratitude”. It will begin at 9:00 am and end with Mass at 2:15 pm. The presenter will be Fr. Joe Tetlow, S.J. Total cost is $25.00. Space is limited so please register early. For more infor-mation on this special Day of Prayer, please contact Our Lady of the Oaks at (337) 662-5410.

Centennial News One Native Son to Another On February 17, 2016, Pope Francis accepted the re-tirement of Bishop Michael Jarrell, who served as the sixth Bishop of Lafayette for over 13 years. At the same time, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Douglas Deshotel, previously and Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas, as the seventh Bishop of Lafayette. Bishop Jarrell, a native of Opelousas, and Bishop Deshotel, a native of Basile, follow in the footsteps of Bishop Jeanmard, a native of Breaux Bridge. Remarkably, in our 100th years as a diocese, over 50 of those years, have been led by a Bishop native to Acadiana. Centennial Items Being Sold— Centennial Paper-weight, Centennial Yard Signs and Centennial History Book can be purchased at Diocesan Central Office, Cathedral Gift Shop, Queen of Angels Church in Opel-ousas and St. Martin de Tours Church in St, Martin-ville. Centennial Indulgence—An indulgence granted by Pope Francis can be gained throughout this Centennial Year by all who visit the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist and pray the centennial Prayer (with the usual conditions for an indulgence). Please see the Di-ocesan Webpage for more information. The Centennial Prayer is in the Cathedral or you may print it from the webpage (available in various languages on webpage: diolaf.org). Volunteers Needed Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center is look-ing for volunteers wishing to help as: Extraordinary Ministers of Communion; Piano player and singer for our Sunday Mass in our Chapel; Patient Advocacy; Camp Blue Bird Counselor—Cancer Camp for Pa-tients; St. Bernadette’s Clinic for the Home-less; Golf Cart Drivers. Those interested should contact Marcia DeRoussel, Volunteer Services Coordinator at (337)470-2729 or at Marcia.DeRoussel@fmolhs.org. Second Collection Next Weekend Next weekend our parish will take up the 134th annual National Black and Indian Mission Collection. Our support of this collection helps build the Church in African American, Native American, and Alaska Na-tive communities from coast to coast. Schools, parish religious education programs, and diocesan ministries depend on your generosity to help them spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ! STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory…………….……… $ 4,590.17 Building Fund………….…….$ 2,401.22 Thank You! The second collection this weekend is for Bishop’s Services Appeal.

Date

Saturday, February 17 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, February 18 8:30 a.m.

Sunday, February 18 10:00 a.m.

Lectors Robert Andrus Gerrie McGovern Robin Roy

Eucharistic Ministers

Janell Venable Dana Guidry George Eaton

Ted Hampton Kay Hampton Susan Cain

Andre Arceneaux Jean Arceneaux Janeth Harrington

Altar Servers Rosalind Allen Fred Vallot Debra Carroll

Ushers Kevin & Daylan Phillips Donald Vallot Mike Larson

Jenny Feehan Lionel Jeanmard

Liturgical Roles for February

From the Pastor’s Desk

In his Message for Lent for 2018, Pope Francis calls out the false solutions to life’s challenges offered by our world, promoted by “false prophets”. He goes on here to lay out how Lent can be a journey into the truth:

By devoting more time to prayer, we enable our hearts to root out our secret lies and forms of self-deception,[5] and then to find the consolation God offers. He is our Father and he wants us to live life well.

Almsgiving sets us free from greed and helps us to regard our neighbour as a brother or sister. What I pos-sess is never mine alone. How I would like almsgiving to become a genuine style of life for each of us! How I would like us, as Christians, to follow the example of the Apostles and see in the sharing of our possessions a tangible wit-ness of the communion that is ours in the Church! For this reason, I echo Saint Paul’s exhortation to the Corinthians to take up a collection for the community of Jerusalem as something from which they themselves would benefit (cf. 2 Cor 8:10). This is all the more fitting during the Lenten season, when many groups take up collections to assist Churches and peoples in need. Yet I would also hope that, even in our daily encounters with those who beg for our assistance, we would see such requests as coming from God Himself. When we give alms, we share in God’s providen-tial care for each of His children. If through me God helps someone today, will He not tomorrow provide for my own needs? For no one is more generous than God.[6]

Fasting weakens our tendency to violence; it disarms us and becomes an important opportunity for growth. On the one hand, it allows us to experience what the destitute and the starving have to endure. On the other hand, it expresses our own spiritual hunger and thirst for life in God. Fasting wakes us up. It makes us more attentive to God and our neighbour. It revives our desire to obey God, who alone is capable of satisfying our hunger.

I would also like my invitation to extend beyond the bounds of the Catholic Church, and to reach all of you, men and women of good will, who are open to hearing God’s voice. Perhaps, like ourselves, you are disturbed by the spread of iniquity in the world, you are concerned about the chill that paralyzes hearts and actions, and you see a weakening in our sense of being members of the one human family. Join us, then, in raising our plea to God, in fast-ing, and in offering whatever you can to our brothers and sisters in need!

Above all, I urge the members of the Church to take up the Lenten journey with enthusiasm, sustained by almsgiving, fasting and prayer. If, at times, the flame of charity seems to die in our own hearts, know that this is nev-er the case in the heart of God! He constantly gives us a chance to begin loving anew. - Pope Francis

Readings for the Week

Monday Jas 1:1-11; Ps 119:67-68, 71-72, 75-76; Mk 8:11-13

Tuesday Jas 1:12-18; Ps 94:12-13a, 14-15, 18-19; Mk 8:14-21

Wednesday Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-6ab, 12-14, 17; 2 Cor 5:20 — 6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18

Thursday Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25

Friday Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-6ab, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15

Saturday Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32

Sunday Gn 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15