THIS WEEK

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16 9:00 am - PSR - Jubilee Hall 10:30 am - Children’s Liturgy of the Word 10:30 am - Baptisms MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17 6:00 pm - Confirmation Class - Jubilee Hall TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 9:30 am - Coffee & Prayer - Marian Hall 7:00 pm –HFS Papa Bear Meeting - Jubilee Hall 5:00 pm –RCIA –Conference Room WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 No Mass THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 No Mass 6:00 pm - Rosary - Chapel 9:00 am 9:00pm –STEM Night Parish Hall FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 8:00 am - Pre-K3 Mardi Gras Parade SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 3:00 - 3:30 pm -Confession Daily Chapel 4:00 pm –Mass SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 8:00 am - Mass 10:30 pm - Mass 1:00 pm - Port Allen Mardi Gras Parade

Phone: (225) 383-1838 Additional Information on Website: holyfamilychurchpa.org Fax: (225) 383-1839

A Family of Faith

Holy Family Catholic Church 474 N. Jefferson Avenue, Port Allen, Louisiana 70767

Reverend David E. Allen, Pastor Deacon Minos Ponville, Jr.

Jennifer LeJeune, Religious Ed. Director Melissa Herpin, Administrative Assistant

Karen Ardoin, Bookkeeper/Secretary Alise Ashford, School Principal Leigh LeBlanc, Pre-K3 Director

Church Office Address: 474 N. Jefferson Avenue Mail to: P.O. Box 290, Port Allen, LA 70767

Church E-mail address: info@holyfamilychurchpa.org

MASSES: Saturdays: 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass

Sundays: 8:00 & 10:30 am Tuesday - 5:00 pm (Novena following)

Wednesday - 5:00 pm, Thursday - 8:00 am, Friday - 12:00 noon

CONTRIBUTION INFORMATION

FOR YOUR TAXES? We are no longer automatically mailing out your charitable contributions for Holy Family Church.

If you need your donation information from us, please contact the office by emailing us at info@holyfamilychurchpa.org or calling 383-1838. We will be happy to send that information to you or have it ready for you to pick up from our office.

What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and what has not entered the human heart, what God has prepared for those who love him, this God has revealed to us through the Spirit.—1Corinthians 2:9-10

CHOICE “If you choose you can keep the commandments,” Sirach tells us. God “has set before you fire and water; to whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand” (Sirach 15:15, 16). This is a great mystery: God does not control us so completely that we cannot choose our own path. We have certain boundaries, of course, but no one but we can choose our way within those boundaries. In today’s reading from Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus reminds us of our freedom and our responsibility for our lives. He calls us to look beyond the words of the commandments, all the way to their meaning. Look beyond the adultery to the selfishness that poisons our love. Look beyond the murder to the anger that eats away at our compassion. Look beyond the perjured testimony to the lies and deception that drive our behavior. Our vocation is to choose life for ourselves, and to choose a path through our part of the world that helps make life possible and more abundant for others as well. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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: Jas 1:19-27; Ps 15:2-4ab, 5; Mk 8:22-26 Thursday: Jas 2:1-9; Ps 34:2-7; Mk 8:27-33 Friday: Jas 2:14-24, 26; Ps 112:1-6; Mk 8:34 — 9:1 Saturday: 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 4-6; Mt 16:13-19 Sunday: Lv 19:1-2, 17-18; Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13; 1 Cor 3:16-23; Mt 5:38-48

Want a quick and easy way to access the readings? Check out our website at holyfamilychurchpa.org

for a link to the daily readings online.

STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE COLLECTION COUNTERS - Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Ruth Stanley, Carla Bergeron, Eve Riviere

COLLECTION REPORT for - February 2, 2020 General Collection – Identified Givers - $ 8076.00

Unidentified Givers - $ 452.40 Total General Collection - $ 8528.40

Total Jubilee: The Next Step Collection - $ 3483.00 The LIL’ Church Collection - $ 52.40

A VOCATION VIEW Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – February 16, 2020 Anyone who will not take up his cross is not worthy to follow

Jesus. Therefore, pray that many more generous men and women will be willing to embrace the cross and follow Jesus as a priest, brother or sister. If you think God is calling you, call Fr. Andrew Merrick at (225) 336-8778, amerrick@diobr.org.

COLLECTION REPORT for Monthly Automatic Bank Draft February 10, 2019

General Collection – 66 Givers - $ 6612.00

Total Jubilee: The Next Step - 58 Givers - $ 3536.00

AUTOMATIC BANK DRAFTING Each with his own gift, in proportion to the blessing

which the Lord, your God, has given to you. Deuteronomy 16:17

Giving is an act of prayer, offered in thanksgiving to a gracious God who has—in Christ—freely given us all things. Join the 66 families who are using and loving this service to make their monthly contributions. You can rest assured that this service is safe. It is handled through our bank’s online banking system, which uses up to date security and anti-fraud verification systems. Forms are available at church as well as on our website for you to fill out, attach a voided check and return it to the church office by either placing it in a sealed envelope labeled “Automatic Bank Draft” and drop it in the collection at Mass or mail it or bring it to our office.

HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL 7TH/8TH GRADE QUIZ BOWL TEAM

Please join me in congratulating our Holy Family School 7th / 8th grade Quiz Bowl Team who won the Diocesan Quiz Bowl this past

week. Great Job Team!!

STEM FAMILY NIGHT

Holy Family School invites you and your family to attend a free open house style event to put your problem solving skills to the test as you design and construct solutions to challenges and

participate in interactive activities related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

On Thursday, February 20th, from 5:30 pm –7:30 pm in the Parish Hall.

If you need any additional information, please contact Mrs. Annie Cagle, HFS Technology Coordinator, at

acagle@hfspa.com.

CONFESSIONS: Saturdays: 3:00 to 3:30 pm or any day by appointment. BAPTISMS: Couples should contact the parish office during pregnancy to register for a Baptism

Seminar (usually held every other month, even numbered months). Godparents also must attend a Baptism Seminar.

MATRIMONY: Couples must contact priest at least SIX months before making other arrangements. SICK CALLS: Parishioners are urged to contact priest to inform him of persons who are ill. SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Offered at daily Mass or privately to those

who are facing surgery or illness. Call the office. NEW PARISHIONERS: Are requested to contact the Parish Office to register as parishioners. ADORATION: Tuesday & Wednesday - 5:30 - 8:30 pm; Thursday & Friday - 9:00 am - 12 Noon

OUR MISSION STATEMENT Holy Family Parish is a loving, caring community of devoted and committed Catholic Christians. Our mission purpose is to spread and deepen the Kingdom of God among all people. Our aim is to carry out this mission through our strong tradition of faith and family, through a strong sacramental and liturgical life, through a total Catholic educational program, through a ministry to the social needs of the community and through evangelization.

LENTEN MORNINGS OF REFLECTION

ALL ARE WELCOME!

The Marianite Associate Steering Committee for Associates, Sisters, Family and Friends will be hosting two opportunities to attend a Lenten Morning of Reflection, Saturday, March 7th at Holy Family or Saturday, March 28th in Covington, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm. Jennifer LeJeune, DRE, Holy Family Parish, will be the presenter for both events. The theme is “God’s Love Keeps Going and Going and Going…” Lent gives us this opportunity to ENERGIZE. Come re-charge or even change your batteries. Allow yourself time to open the eyes of your heart to prepare for what’s to come… the Resurrection. Be prepared for music, prayer, quiet reflection, sharing of fellowship, and much, much more. If you have any questions, or would like to register, contact Jennifer LeJeune, 225-336-4463 or jlejeunehfc@gmail. com To view the flyer and for more information, please visit www.holyfamilychurchpa.org/MSC_reflection_flyer.pdf

ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX

“Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do in love.”

St. Therese translated "the little way" in terms of a commitment to the tasks and to the people we meet in our everyday lives. It is a way in which we can serve God, our

loving Father, through simplicity and love.

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, the confirmation group were invited to perform a small action with great love, by making Valentine cards for the homebound. They were reminded that something as small as making cards, can result in something big in the hearts of others.

Please keep our Confirmation candidates and students in your prayers as they journey to celebrating this beautiful Sacrament.

COFFEE & PRAYER On Tuesday, January 28th, all those present at Coffee & Prayer were invited to decorate SNOWFLAKE cookies. Theme of the day was UNIQUE AS A SNOWFLAKE! Just as every snowflake is unique, every person is unique because God created us in his own image (Genesis 1:27). He made YOU so you could share in His creation. We discussed how our life is our gift and ways we can appreciate each other and become beautiful, shining and unique snowflakes. One way is to be thoughtful of others. So, each guest was asked to decorate sugar and gingerbread cookies that would be distributed to the homebound. A SPECIAL THANKS to Toni Brantley, Michelle Cagle and Paula Currier for baking, directing and preparing the cookie bags for the homebound.

ALL ARE INVITED to join us for the next session of Coffee & Prayer, Tuesday, February 18th, 9:30 am, Marian Hall. Any questions, please contact Jennifer LeJeune at 336-4463 or jlejeunehfc@gmail.com.

THANK YOU The Port Allen Food Pantry would like to thank the parishioners and visitors of Holy Family Parish who contributed to the pantry through the Advent Giving

program. The total funds collected came to $3,166. This money will greatly help them through this coming year to continue their social responsibility ministry of feeding the

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