June 26, 2016 - 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 26, 2016

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, June 25--Vigil of the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 PM: Cecil & Eva Mae Hebert; Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Rolfes; Clarence Champagne; Johnny Leon Ducote Sunday, June 26--Thirteenth Sunday in Ordi-nary Time 8:30 AM: Robert Chastant & Evelyn; Eddie Upton; Dr. Almore (Doc) Bordelon; Nick & Earl Chiasson; Cynthia Odom; Leo Cormier 10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s Monday, June 27--St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 7:30 AM: Rufus & Scott Hymel Tuesday, June 28--St. Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr 7:30 AM: Joan Braungart

Wednesday, June 29--Saints Peter & Paul, Apos-tles 7:30 AM:Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne; Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living); Col. Kimberly Fedele (living) Thursday, June 30--The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church 7:30 AM: Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Rolfes Friday, July 1--Blessed Junipero Serra, Priest 7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart Altar Plants In memory of: Len & Yvonne Courcier Daniel Sonnier Family

“No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom of God.” — Luke 9:62

Non-Liturgical Devotions Daily Rosary: Monday - Thursday 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 1: Gloria Bou-dreaux; Stephanie Bacque; Josette Delahoussaye; Martha Thompson. Pics Available For those interested, Fr. Keith’s photos from his re-cent trip can be seen online at: http://www.keithlabove.com/Santa-Fe-and-Vicinity/SF2016-May

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

Food for the Journey The Central Region of the Diocese of Lafayette presents “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, Pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Rayne, and Director of the Office of Vocations and Seminarians and Director of the Office of Ongoing Formation of Priests for the Diocese of Lafayette. PLEASE NOTE: Our Seminarians will join Fa-ther Bordelon and introduce themselves as part of this presentation. “Food for the Journey” will be held on Tues-day, July 5, at Wyndham Garden Lafayette (former ly “Hotel Acadiana”), 1801 W. Pinhook Road, beginning at 12:00 noon. An optional lunch buffet is available for pur-chase beginning at 11:30 a.m. All are welcome to come “eat and be fed”- please bring a friend! Pre-registration is not required. For more information, please call Mary Ber-geron (654-8682). Additional Trip Added: St. Mary Church Local Pil-grimage Bus Trip for Jubilee “Year of Mercy” After “selling out” their Bus Trip in April, St. Mary Church, Lafayette, is offering an additional one-day Pilgrimage Bus Trip on Thursday, August 11, to visit Pilgrimage Sites in the Diocese of Lafayette designated by Bishop Michael Jar-rell to reflect on the Father’s mercy and how we can emu-late that mercy in our lives. We will attend 7:00 a.m. Mass at St. Mary Church (419 Doucet Road, Lafayette), then de-part at 7:45 a.m. from St. Mary parking lot, returning about 6:00-6:30 p.m. We will visit, take tours and have our book-lets stamped at the Carmelite Monastery; St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church, St. Martinville; Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, Henderson; Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto and St. Leo Catholic Church, Leonville; Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, Opelousas; Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church, Church Point; Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church, Rayne; and Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Lafayette. Each person will receive a booklet “Merciful Like the Father”; inside you will find the Prayer for the Year of Mercy which we will pray at every location, and we will have our booklets stamped at each site. Lunch (included) will be at Little Big Cup in Arnaudville. To se-cure a reservation, $70 registration is due to Barbara Thibodeaux by July 11. For complete details and registra-tion information, please contact JoAnn LeJune at St. Mary Church (981-3379) or Barbara Thibodeaux (235-3240). Divorce Recovery Program The Office of Marriage and Family Life offers a 6-week divorce recovery program for those who have suffered from divorce/separation. The next series will begin July 10, 2016. Please visit website, www.diolaf.org/divorcerecovery to register or to find out more information. Prayer Calendar for Priests and For Seminarians Support vocations and perseverance of vocations to the priesthood by praying for a Priest and a Seminarian each day. The July calendar is available on the table at the main entrance of the church.

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 11 (due to Fourth of July Holiday), 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 vocations to the priesthood and religious life, sponsored by the Serra Club of Lafayette. Pilgrimage to Rome & Assisi – Canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta Rev. Robert Seay, OFM, Pastor of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Lafayette, and its Mission, Good Hope Chapel, will be Chaplain of a pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi for the Canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta from September 1-7, 2016. For more information, please contact Father Seay at St. Paul the Apostle (235-0272). World Wide Marriage Encounter Weekend Rekindle your love for another on a get-away week-end. What better way to celebrate the gift of your unique love than to make time to focus on each other and your marriage? Consider attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend to renew those feelings you had during your first few years together. The next two weekends are July 22-24 and October 14-15, 2016 at the Bishop Robert E. Tracy Center in Baton Rouge. You can get more information or register online at LAMS-wwme.org or by calling 470-297-8560. Gently Worn School Uniforms Needed Gently Worn School Uniforms are once again being collected for needy children in the Lafayette Parish Schools. Please bring your children’s outgrown uni-forms to church as soon as possible. Sizes 4-20 and all adult sizes are needed. Shir ts: red, white and navy blue, black and green. Pants/Shorts: navy blue, black and khaki-traditional style. The need is great! Centennial Campaign As we wrap our participation in the Capital Campaign, we once more thank you for your generosity and your sacrifice. If you missed your opportunity to make your gift, there are commitment cards available on the table under the stairwell. You can also donate via credit card at www.diolaf.org- follow the link for Centennial Campaign. STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory………………………$ 4,059.51 Peter’s Pence…………………..$ 784.28 Thank You! The second collection next weekend will be for our Building Fund.

Date

Saturday, July 2 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, July 3 8:30 a.m.

Sunday, July 3 10:00 a.m.

Lectors Dana Guidry Susan Cain Michael Doumit

Eucharistic Ministers

George Eaton Rosalind Allen Peggy Spruill

Larry Lewis Sarah Hamsher Maggie Sonnier

Leroy Abshire Barbara Abshire Janeth Harrington

Altar Servers Oren Spruill Fred Vallot Andre Arceneaux

Ushers George Guidry Janell Venable

Donald & Scottie Vallot Ben Berthelot Lionel Jeannmard

Liturgical Roles for July

Readings for the Week

Monday Am 2:6-10, 13-16; Ps 50:16bc-23; Mt 8:18-22

Tuesday Am 3:1-8; 4:11-12; Ps 5:4b-8; Mt 8:23-27

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

Thursday Am 7:10-17; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 9:1-8

Friday Am 8:4-6, 9-12; Ps 119:2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 131; Mt 9:9-13

Saturday Am 9:11-15; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Mt 9:14-17

Sunday Is 66:10-14c; Ps 66:1-7, 16, 20; Gal 6:14-18; Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 [1-9]

From the Pastor’s Desk

This past Thursday, Pope Francis was continuing his catechesis for the Holy Year of Mercy at the General Audience. In particular, he was speaking of Jesus’ healing of the leper in Luke 5:12-14. There we read:

“Now there was a man full of leprosy in one of the towns where he was; and when he saw Jesus, he fell pros-trate, pleaded with him, and said, “Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.” Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, “I do will it. Be made clean.” And the leprosy left him immediately. “

Francis recalled that at Jesus’ time, lepers were considered unclean and bound by law to avoid contact with others. Saint Luke tells of one leper, moved by faith, who did not fear to pass among the crowds and beg Je-sus to cleanse him. “All that this man does and says, [this man] who was considered impure, is an expression of his faith!” Francis said, noting he recognizes the power of Jesus, certain of His power to cure him.

“The leper’s supplication,” the Pope explained, “shows that when we present ourselves to Jesus, long speeches are not necessary. A few words suffice, though accompanied by full confidence in His omnipotence and in His goodness. In fact, to entrust ourselves to the will of God means to submit to His infinite mercy.”

The Pope then departed from his text, saying he wanted to share something personal with those present. “In the evening, before going to bed, I pray this brief prayer: ‘Lord, if you will, you can cleanse me!’ And I pray five ‘Our Fathers,’ one for each wound of Jesus, because Jesus has purified us with His wounds.”

“But if I do this, you can also do it at home,” Francis encouraged, telling them to say: ‘Lord, if you will, you can cleanse me!’ As one does this, Francis said, “Think of Jesus’ wounds and say an Our Father for each one of them, for Jesus always listens to us.”

“Lord, if you will, you can cleanse me.” Powerful words, because they speak a fundamental truth about all of us. As a daily prayer, these words remind us of our ongoing need for cleansing, for healing. Perhaps we’re feel-ing like the leper, outcast and rejected, or just unworthy in some way. Or perhaps we’re feeling confident and assured. Either way, the prayer speaks to that fundamental truth about us, and about the desire of Jesus to heal us, if we can manage to let him.

Why five ‘Our Fathers’? Perhaps because the repetition of the prayer which Jesus himself gives us is just a way of sitting with the prayer, sitting in our need, resting comfortably with Jesus, who is the gentle healer. It’s a simple way of just showing up, and letting Jesus touch us, as he wills.