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SAINT JAMES CHURCH 6613 Highway 18St. James, LA 70086225.265.4210 : phone225.265.4225 : faxOffice Hours: Mon, & Wed.7:30am - 2pmTue, Thur -8am - 3pmFri. - 8am -11am
OUR LADY OF PEACE CHURCH 13281 Hwy 644Vacherie, LA 70090225-265-3953: phone225-265-2507:fax Office Hours Mon-Fri - 8:00am - 4pm
SAINT PHILIP CHURCH 1175 Highway 18Vacherie, LA 70090225.265.9348 : phone225.265.9348 : fax.Office Hours: Mon-Fri - 9:00am - 12pm
CLERGYRev. Matthew [email protected]
Rev. Brad DoyleParochial [email protected]
Deacon Ricky Oubre
STAFF: Mr. Stepen CastilleDirector of [email protected]
Ms. Stephenie AubertCoordinator of Religious [email protected]
Ms. Claire Amedee [email protected]
Ms. Julie Chiasson [email protected]
Mrs. Carol Ann Hymel [email protected]
Ms Jeanie Hymelstjameschurch @canecatholics.com
Mrs. Gretchen Ketchensstjameschurch @canecatholics.com
Ms. Pamela Williams
GOD HAS A DIFFERENT PLAN We begin the season of Advent with a heartfelt call for our own repentance. We remember God's faithful love for us, and call upon God to help us to turn back. For "behold, you are angry, and we are sinful" (Isaiah 64:4). In the first reading and in the psalm, we recall God's promises and lament our unfaithfulness and our guilt. We call upon God's might and power in order to save us. With Isaiah, we ask God to "rend the heavens and come down, / with the mountains quaking before you" (Isaiah 63:19).Yes, God is faithful to us, because we are the work of God's hands. God is the potter, we are the clay. And yet, our concept of how God will come to save us is rooted in our own expectations of a warrior God who crushes mountains and thunders into our lives with great noise and glory. But God has a different plan: the Incarnation.Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.
Growing PainsWelcome to the new combined bulletin of our cluster parishes! For many of our parishioners the new format of the bulletin will be familiar. For others, this will be a little bit of an adjustment.
Over the past Thanksgiving, there was a family moment that relates to the trial of fitting the news from three parishes into one bulletin. My brother and two sisters came to my parents’ house in Baton Rouge for Thanksgiving. I was happy to see my siblings and even more excited to see my nieces and nephews. As a family, we like to do activities together like walk to the park or ride bikes. As we were getting ready to go to the park, the eldest niece (8 years old) was having a hard time with her shoes. Her frustration spilled over into loud lamentations, “Daddy, this shoe doesn’t fit! My toe goes all the way to the end!”
Growing pains are inevitable for growing bodies; I would suggest the same is true of growing parishes, too. This bulletin is one sign that the three parishes are coming together as a cluster – a small sign of growth – even though this change will be an inconvenience, or pain, to some parishioners.
I felt the first weekend of Advent was appropriate to start the combined bulletin because in Advent we begin a new liturgical year in the Church. A good way to ring in the new liturgical year is celebrating the Sacrament of “fresh starts”, also known as Confession. I mentioned in last week’s homily that we have a Penance Service at Our Lady of Peace at 7pm on Wednesday, December 6. If you haven’t gone to Confession this year or in years, take advantage of this time where we’ll have many priests you’ve never met before. (I know that’s a selling point!) I hope we can all grow during this season of Advent.
Peace,Fr. Matthew
THE HOLY MASS -WEEKDAYS MON 8am Our Lady Of PeaceTUE 8am St. Philip WED 8am Our Lady of Peace THU 6pm St. Philip FRI 8am St. James
THE HOLY MASS -WEEKENDS SAT 4pm OLOP
6pm St. PhilipSUN 8am St. James 10am OLOP
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION SUN 7:15-7:45pm St. JamesSAT 3:00 – 3:45pm OLOPSAT 5:30 - 5:50pm St.PhilipIf you need to go to Confession outside one of these times, please call the office
Sacrament of Baptism - Call Office to schedule
Sacrament of Marriage - call the parish at least six months in advance before setting date or making preparations
Baptismal Seminar - 2nd Thursday of the month at St. Philip rectory immediately following Mass (6:45pm) Call the office to register at least one day prior to the class. Or you can register on the website - www.canecatholics.com
PRAYER LINE St. JamesEnola Matherne 225.265.3820Myrna Schexnayder 225.405.1590
St. PhilipCecile Hymel 225.265.7705
Our Lady of PeaceMarlene Weber 225-265-4528
Flowers and Sanctuary Candles Our Lady of Peace: Sanctuary Candles -Kelsey Hymel by Teen Hymel Adoration Chapel - Equilla Keller by Keller Family
St. PhilipSt. Philip - Rev. Clarence Waguespack by Claire Amedee
St. James Sanctuary - John Roussell by Harriett Weber
You can call the offices to schedule your Candle requests for 2018.
Pour le ChristMP3: Music, Prayer, Praise, and Play, is a high school youth event for the Diocese of Baton Rouge. It floats to different churches and always includes a lot of fun, opportunity for confession, and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Dinner is included. Depending on amount of interest, we will provide transportation. We will meet at St. James Church parking lot at 4 PM on Saturday Dec. 09th, and will return to St. James by 10:30 PM on that same night.
Go to www.canecatholics.com to register.
December 6 – Cluster Penance Service - 7:00pmOLOP
December 7/8 Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary St. Philip - Vigil; 6:00 p.m.OLOP - 6:30 a.m., 6:30 p.mSJ- 8:00 a.m.,
December 11 – Advent Mission at 6:00pm at OLOP
December 12 - Parishes Offices Closed for Deanery Christmas Luncheon
Dec. 24/25 Christmas Eve 4:00 p.m. OLOP and SP 11:00 p.m. OLOP Christmas Day8:00 a.m., SJ 10:00 a.m., OLOP
Jan. 1, 2018 New Year’s Day (Not a Holy Day)
♢ EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA!
FAITH FORMATION St. James
Sunday, Dec. 3, 10 & 17 Grades 7-9 at 9:30am
Tuesday, Dec. 5, 12 & 19Grades 1-6 at 5:00p.m.
St. Philip Monday, Dec. 4, 11 & 18Grades 1-6- 5:00 - 6:15
Grades 7-9- 6:30-8:00pm
Our Lady of PeaceMonday, Dec. 4 & 18Grades K-4- 5:30-6:45 Grades 5-10 - 7-8:15pm
Confirmation Classes The next classes for Confirmation and 10th grade students from St. James and St. Philip will be at St.James at 9:20am
on Dec. 17, 2017.
The next morning at St. Vincent de Paul for Confirmation students is. December 9. Please check your
schedule to see when you signed up.
Our Lady of Peace confirmation students’ visits to the homebound -
December 10, 2017
First Reconciliation Our Lady of Peace
Tues., Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. in church. Parents, grandparents, godparents and friends are invited and encouraged to
attend.
St. James/St. PhilipSaturday, Dec. 9
8:30am at St. Philip for students and parents from St. James
and St. Philip.
RCIAat Our Lady of Peace on
Sundays at 6:30pm
Baptisms will be held at Our Lady of Peace on December 10th at 10am Mass.
Call the office to schedule.
December in the Cluster
What’s Coming Up Mon. Dec. 4 - KPC at SJ - Knights - 6:30, Ladies - 6pmTue. Dec. 5 - Good Children Society - 11am
Choir - SP - 4pmKPC Ladies - SP - 5:00pmSpirit of Praise Choir - OLOP - 6:00pm
Wed. Dec. 6 - Cluster Penance Service- OLOP -7pmThur. Dec. 7 - Gospel Choir Practice - SJ - 6:30pmSat. Dec. 9 - Birthday Party for Jesus - OLOP- 9:30amSat. Dec. 9 - MP3 - 4:30 - 10:30pmSat. Dec. 10 - Baptisms at OLOP - 10am
Prayer Groups/Bible StudyBible Study @ OLOP - 9am, Dec. 4 & 18
Under the Mantle of Our Lady Women’s Prayer Group - Dec. 9 and 23 at 7:30am in Holy Cross Hall at OLOP
Men’s Prayer Group OLOP- 7:00am on Dec. 30, 2017Charismatic Prayer Meeting - Wednesdays at 7pm at OLOP
In Memoriam Donovan Paul Kliebert
Funeral and burial at Our Lady of Peace November 26, 2017
Henry DominoFuneral & Burial at OLOP
December 1, 2017
Gloria Dupree Burial at St. PhilipNovember 24, 2017
May they rest in peace!
Penance Service The Advent Penance Service for our area will be held on Wed., Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Peace. Several priests from our Southwest Deanery will be present to hear confessions. Please use this opportunity to go to confession before Christmas.
Birthday Party for Jesus Children ages birth through 12 are invited to a Birthday Party for Jesus on Sat., Dec. 9, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the church hall. Children will decorate a birthday cake, take a party picture, make a Christmas craft, take a book walk, hear a Christmas story, play games and share other surprises. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Grandparents are also welcome to attend with their grandchildren. The $10 registration fee per child and form are due in the church office by Mon., Dec. 4. Forms are available in church and in the chapel foyer. We are taking up to 100 children for thisevent, so please register early.
Senior Dinner Dec. 3 All senior citizens are invited to attend the annual Senior Citizen dinner on Sun., Dec. 3 at 11 a.m. in the Community Center at Our Lady of Peace. This year the gospel choir is hosting the event, along with the Knights and Ladies Auxiliary of St. Peter Claver and the Good Children’s Society. Each organization is asked to bring inexpensive gifts to be used as door prizes. Advanced donations are accepted.
Donations Accepted for Poinsettia Tree Notre Dame de la Paix Catholic Daughters is sponsoring the Poinsettia Memorial Tree for Christmas again this year at Our Lady of Peace. Plants are $10 each. Special envelopes are in the chapel foyer. Write the name of the person memorialized in your donation as well as the name and phone number of the person making the donation. Place the envelope in any church collection on or before Dec. 17. For more information, call Helen Gravois, 985-209-5137. If anyone from St. James or St. Philip would like to participate you can put a plain white envelope marked with the same information as above in the collection and it will be sent to Our Lady of Peace.
Collection for St. Joseph Abbey In March of 2016 thirty buildings on the St. Joseph Abbey campus were damaged by flood waters. The estimate for damages was in the millions of dollars. St. Joseph Seminary College is the largest Catholic seminary college in the United States with over 140 students from 22 dioceses in seven states. As many of the
priests in our diocese were educated at the seminary college, it is very important for us to support the monks in their efforts to restore the affected buildings.This year the Bishop has authorized a special collection to benefit the abbey and the seminary. This collection will be taken up on the weekend of Dec. 9 & 10 at all churches in the diocese. Please be generous in your response to this appeal. (This collection replaces the collection for Retired Religious)
Thank You for Your Support More than thirty years ago, the Diocese of Baton Rouge established the Bishop’s Annual Appeal with a desire to expand ministry and increase Catholic influence in each city and rural community in the diocese. All those Moved by Faith have helped make an historic vision a success, and neighbors in need have been the greatest beneficiaries. If you have already mailed your contribution this year, please accept our thanks for your gift of support. If you’ve not yet made your commitment, we invite you to do so this weekend, as offertory envelopes will be available at the doors of the church for your convenience.Each contribution furthers the building of the kingdom of Christ in our day. “I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you” (Mt 17:20b).Prayerfully remember the many essential ministry efforts funded through each campaign, and celebrate God’s blessing and your parish’s generous involvement. For additional information concerning the impact of your gracious gift or to donate online, visit www.baabr.org.
For more information on what is going on in the cluster, and to register for upcoming events such as Baptismal Seminar, Youth group functions, please go to our cluster website:
www.canecatholics.com
Donald Sr. & Genevieve Abadie Norman AllenBetty BecnelBluebeck, Irene & Jamin Becnel Bryon Becnel Christopher David Becnel Daniel BecnelDano & Diane R. BecnelJ. G. & Marietta Becnel Joseph Lloyd BecnelJoseph Marcel Becnel Maurice Sr. & Daisy K. Becnel Mr. & Mrs. Jules E. Becnel Olga Becnel Roland & Honorine Becnel Emilca & Hazel Bourgeois Gaspard & Ronnie Brazan Denis, Eve & Denis Jr. Chenier Frederic Clarke Edward, Anna & Eddie Clement Joseph “Lal” and Frances Constant Leslie CortezLester, Lois & Neil Cortez Terry & Bertha CortezDonald Delatte, Jr.Bernard, Esther & Karen Dumas Edwin Joseph DumasJanet Becnel FolseReid & Jeanne FolseChance & Doris FrazierDavid Mark Granier
Andrew GravoisEdwin “Menew” Gravois Eloise B. Gravois Jessica Rodrigue Busscher Honora GravoisJoseph N. Gros, Jr.Joseph Sr. & Olympe Gros Raymond L Gros, Sr. George Grow, Jr.Gillis & Mabel GuillotKelsey HymelLynn & Gayle HymelJohn & Laura Isom y.Willie & Josephine IsomEva D. and Joseph I. James Warren A. JefferyByron J. & Morris Keller, Jr. Johnny J. & Jarran Keller Ora Lee L. KellerFrancile Baker LabatCecilia W. LoupPhilip & Inez MarseThomas & Thelma MarseTy Michael MartinezJos., Gladys & Ern. Narcisse Fly. Clamce & Alvin OubreEddie & Therese Oubre Fly. Eugenia Steib OubreFreddie P. Oubre, Sr. family Hurby J. OubreJoseph Sr. & Hilda Oubre family
Herman ReuletJoyce ReuletLloyd Reulet familyAlwin RodrigueAugust & Alice RodrigueChester & Joyce W. Rodrigue Manuel RodrigueTodd RodrigueElodie RomeMary D. RomeRoger & Eugene RomeV. J. RomeJerry RougeeLucien & Edna RougeeRaymond RougeeElmond J. Saul FamilyFernand & Lorne Schexnayder, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Guy Schexnayder Sidney & Isabelle SimonAlvin Joseph “Specky" SteibAndre & Iona SteibBenoit & Alice Steib & Rashaud Charles SteibFlo, Regina, Mark, Donavon Steib Paul & Alice I. SteibRosemond & Vivian SteibBernice T. SteinLeonard J. SteinOscar Zeno, Sr. & Larry
Adorers Needed Adorers are needed for the Adoration Chapel. To ll one of these time slots or any other, call Rose Brazan, 504-621-4092. Sun.: 3-4 a.m., 12 noon-1 p.m.Mon.: 12 midnight-1 a.m., 3-4 p.m.Wed.: 1-2 a.m., 3-4 a.m.Thur.: 1-2 a.m.; 2-3 a.m.Fri.: 1-2 a.m.; 4-5 a.m., 1-2 p.m., 7-8 p.m. 10-11 p.m.,
COLLECTION AMOUNT
Offertory $ $2,611.00
ST. JAMES
COLLECTION AMOUNT
Offertory $ $2,093.00
Thanksgiving
ST. PHILIP
COLLECTION AMOUNT
Offertory $4,676.50
Thanksgiving $689.00
Chapel $135.00
Repairs & Replacements $320.00
OUR LADY OF PEACE
In Loving Memory