St. Gabriel Roman Catholic Church 4700 Pineda Street | New Orleans, Louisiana 70126

Phone: (504) 282-0296 | Fax: (504) 288-8585

Email: stgabriel@arch-no.org | Website: www.stgabe.net

After Hour Emergency Phone: (504) 570-0982

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Mission Statement: Our Par ish Family affirms that by vir tue of our baptism we are called by Christ to proclaim the Good News of God’s uncon-ditional love for all people. As missionary disciples we reach out beyond all boundaries to all people inviting them to join our community of faith while ministering with Christ-like compassion and justice. St. Gabriel the Archan-gel is a predominately African American Roman Catholic Church located in the historic Gentilly Woods neighborhood.

Office Hours

Monday: 10:00am-4:00pm

Tuesday-Thursday

8:00am-4:00pm

Closed on Friday

Mass Schedule

4:00pm Saturday Vigil Mass

8:00am Sunday Mass

10:30am Sunday Gospel Mass

8:30am Daily Mass

In The Chapel

Parish Staff

Pastor

Rev. R. Tony Ricard

Pastoral Associate

Ms. M.L. Madine

Parish Secretary

Mrs. Roz Brooks-Sennett

Maintenance Team

Mr. Christopher Patin

Mr. Willie Daniel

Music Ministry

Ms. Jalonda Robertson

Mr. Eric Hornsby

Parish Guidelines

New Parishioners: Please fill out a registration form in the back of church

or online.

Baptism: Parents must contact the Par ish Office at least 3 months pr ior to

the Baptism for complete guidelines.

School of Religion: Religious Formation for youth Pre-K thru high school.

CCD is held on Sundays at 9:00am during the school year.

Marriage: Please contact the Pastor at least (6) months pr ior to your antici-

pated wedding date for complete details.

Sick/Shut-In: Please inform the par ish office when someone is sick, shut-in

or hospitalized.

Funeral: Please contact the Par ish Office ONLY before making any ar -

rangements with a funeral home.

4:00pm Saturday Vigil: Byron Haydel, Sr ., Wendell Pepin,

Jr., Sidney & Courtney Trepagnier

8:00am & 10:30am Sunday: Jacqueline Car roll, Ster ling

Henry, Leslie Fleming, Byron Haydel, Sr. & Ulysses J. Darens-

bourg

Sick & Shut-In Parishioners: Please pray for Judith

Adams, Gwen Armstrong, Mary Bonapart, Jacqueline

Carroll, Elmo Dix, Harry & Joyce Eves, Leon & Vivian

Gautier, Ethel George, Alice Gilyard, Lynne Guimont,

Miriam Haydel, Brandi Hebert, Lionel Johnson, Sr.,

Carolyn Mercadel, Sr. Maura O’Donovan, Clarke Patterson,

Madeline Pipkin, Jean Proctor, Mary Provost, Marlene Reeves,

Eric Stevens, Woodrow Still, Denise Trepagnier, Eddie Triggs,

King Wells and Christopher Young.

The Sanctuary Candle burns this week in Loving

Memory of Sterling Henry.

The Chapel Sanctuary Candle burns this week in

Loving Memory of Shirley Lewis.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light

shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.

Bible Readings for the Week

Sunday: Is. 7:10-14 ~ Rom. 1:1-7 ~ Mt. 1:18-24

Monday: Jgs. 13:2-7, 24-25a Lk. 1:5-25

Tuesday: Is. 7:10-14 Lk. 1:26-38

Wednesday: Sg. 2:8-14 Lk. 1:39-45

Thursday: Is. 54:1-10 Lk. 7:24-30 Friday: Is. 56:1-3a, 6-8 Jn. 5:33-36

Saturday: 2 Sm. 7:1-15, 8b-12, 14a,16 Lk. 1:67-79

Weekly Offering from Sunday, December 11 , 2016

Saturday Vigil Mass: $1,754.00

8:00am Mass: $1,188.00

10:30am Mass: $3048.00

PSR $60.00

Online Giving: $785.94

Second Collection: Retirement for Religious $363.00

Other: $445.00

Offering Total: $7,643.94

Please Note: It takes $10,500.00 to cover our weekly operational

expenses. Thanks for your continued generosity and support of our Par-

ish Family.

Mass Attendance for November 26-27, 2016

4:00pm Mass: 101 8:00am Mass: 62

10:30am Gospel Mass: 228

The Nativity of Our Lord—Christmas

December 24-25, 2016

4:00pm Vigil Mass:

Sacristan: Doris Banks

Altar Servers: Jaylen Johnson | Alexis Hornsby

Lector: Ryan Adams | J illian Smith

Body Minister: Dor is Banks

Blood Minsters: Sharon Brown | Wanda Johnson

8:00am Mass:

Altar Servers: Thaddeus Sterling | Aleyea Mogilles

Lector: Ar leen Muse | Michael Carey

Body Minster: Lillie Fleury

Blood Ministers: Cynthia Darensbourg | J anice Collins

10:30am Gospel Mass:

Altar Servers: Dejon Johnson | Byran Hines | Miguel Johnson

Lectors: David Coleman | Tayla McLaughlin

Body Ministers: Shir ley Judge | Paula Hines | Elvira Henry | Ter -

rie Franklin | Shelbie Debose

Blood Ministers: Ryan Adams | Ava Jackson | Cheryl Daviller |

Rochelle Brown | Michelle Bergeron | Deatro Carey

Gospel Reading Matthew 1:18-24

An angel appears to Joseph, directing him to take Mary as his wife and telling him that the child she will bear will be called Emmanuel.

Joseph and Mary are our models for family life and for ser-vice of God. Even when the circumstances seemed unclear, Joseph trusted God. A Healthy family life is built upon trust; trust in God and trust of one another.

Spend some time talking as a family about the importance of trust in your family life, including the ways in which the children trust the adults in the family as well as the ways in which the adults trust the children. Then read today's Gospel. Talk about Joseph's trust of God and reflect together on how your family trusts in God.

Pray together that your family life will be built on trust, as was the family life of Joseph and Mary. Pray and sing to-gether an Advent song, such as “O Come, O Come, Emman-uel.”

~Loyola Press

If you are took an Angel Ornament

from the Giving Tree please don’t for-

get to purchase a NEW gift and place

the wrapped gift under the Giving Tree

after Mass today. Please remember to

securely attach the ornament to the gift.

Angel Tree Gifts may also be dropped

off in the Parish Office. For more infor-

mation, see Mrs. Barbara Hornsby or Ms. Roz in the

Parish Office.

Saturday, December 24, 2016 The Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord

6:00pm Vigil Mass

Christmas Caroling will begin at 5:30pm with the St. Ga-

briel Gospel Choir.

Security will be Provided

Sunday, December 25, 2016

The Nativity of Our Lord

8:00am Mass in the Church|10:30am Mass in the Church

Saturday, December 31, 2016

The Vigil of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

4:00pm Vigil Mass in the Church

Sunday, January 1, 2016 The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

8:00am Mass in the Church | 10:30am Mass in the Church

Volunteers are needed to help us decorate the church for

Christmas on Thursday, December 22, 2016 from 9:30am-

11:30am. This is an excellent opportunity to earn service

hours. For more information, see Mrs. Bernadette August-

Woods or call the Parish Office.

Sunday, December 25, 2016

Sunday, January 1, 2017

PSR will resume on Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 9:00am.

The Parish Office and the Archdiocesan Administration

Building will be closed from Friday, December 23, 2016

to Monday, January 2, 2107 in observance of the Christ-

mas and New Year’s Holiday. In the event of an emer-

gency please call the after hours phone number.

Alexis Hornsby, a student at Mt. Carmel Academy and an

Altar Server here at St. Gabriel, won the Senior High School

“Keep Christ in Christmas” poster contest.

She will be in the December 24, 2016 edition of the Clarion

Herald.

The Archdiocese of New Orleans will use her picture on this

year’s Archdiocese Christmas Card.

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Yvonne C. Keys | Deceased Members of the Altar Society | Arthur M. Anderson, Sr. & Austin M.

Anderson | Clarence August | Ernest & Agnes Holmes-Campbell | Andrew, Dorothy & Bruce Ber-

geron | Ethel & Herbert Baudy, Sr., & Herbert Baudy, Jr. | Oscar & Irma Bluain and Mary Ellen

Bluain Harris | Clara P. Carey | Lawrence Coulon | Anthony R. Cuillier, Sr. | Maria Darensbourg

| Emily Thomas Evans | Mayo, Greene & Cunningham Families | Victor Gordon | Alton and Odile

Harris | Alfreda Harris Baker | Deacon Melvin C. Jones, Sr. & Miguel Gerard Jones | Brenda Ber-

nadette Joseph | Ernie Willie & Brenda Bernadette Joseph | Willie & Marguerite Holmes Johnson |

Wilbur V. Kennedy, Sr.| Elouise G. Ford & Julietta F. Knight | Deceased Members of KPC Council & Court 330 | Mary B.

McCall | Louis & Labora Miller and Family | Walter J. Minor , Sr.| Sammie S. Oliver | Kimberly Nicole Perry & Alcee

Joseph Perry | George Robertson Jr. | Nelda & Howard Rodgers, Jr. | Clifford & Rachel Young & Beverly Y. Thompson |

The Valeary Family | Leanidous C., Jr & Letria Washington | Malone & Williams Families | Alphonse J. Woods.

Please Note: To honor a deceased loved one in this section of the bulletin please use the “In Memory Of”

envelope in the back of church. Your loved one’s name will appear in this section for (1) Calendar year. For

more information call the parish office.

Brenda Carter

(504) 432-1268

carter855@bellsouth.net