Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

DIOCESE OF LAKE CHARLES Established April 25, 1980

The Most Rev. Glen John Provost, D.D.

Bishop of Lake Charles

PARISH STAFF Rev. Father Rommel P. Tolentino Pastor Rev. Fr. Ruben Buller, In Residence Rev. Deacon Christopher Fontenot Pastoral Assistant Principal SLCHS Sister Jeannette Touchet, S.E.C Pastoral Assistant Mr. Robert Marcantel Music Director Mrs. Charlotte Hine Organist Ms. Sue Burke Receptionist Ms. Lavonne “Cookie” White Secretary Mrs. Pam Menou Bookkeeper Mr. Philip Ardoin Maintenance Mrs. Christi Jarreau Principal ICCS

935 Bilbo Street † P. O. Box 1029 † Lake Charles, LA 70602 † (337) 436-7251 † Fax (337) 436-7240

MASSES Saturday Anticipated 4:00 p.m. Sunday 7:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m. (Extraordinary Form) 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday 12:05 p.m. NOVENA Our Lady of Perpetual Help Before 12:05 Mass on Tuesday

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Friday 11:00-Noon; Saturday 3:00 pm 30 minutes before all other Masses. Or call office for appointment. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM A Pre-Baptism class must be attended before the celebration of Baptism. These classes are held the 4th Tuesday of January, March, May, July, September and November. Arrangements for celebration of Baptism may be made by calling the parish office after

having attended the Baptism Class. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Arrangements should be made at least six (6) months before the wedding date by calling the parish office. An appointment must be made for a pre-marriage interview. RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS. An on-going process of formation and education is provided for

anyone who is interested in inquiring into the Roman Catholic faith. The RCIA process is available throughout the year to those who are seeking initiation into the church as well as for those non-Catholics seeking more information about the Roman Catholic church. Information concerning participation in the RCIA process may be obtained through the parish office.

January 10, 2016 START ENJOYING YOUR GIFT ♦ Go to Formed.org ♦ Enter our parish code on the homepage: J8M3GP ♦ Create a personal account with your email and password ♦ Start enjoying the best Catholic content all in one place! Sincerely yours in Our Lord and Our Lady, Father Rommel Tolentino

Cathedral’s Schedule for 40 Hours Devotion January 19 (Tuesday) —- 12:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. January 20 (Wednesday) —- 6:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. January 21 (Thursday) —-- 6:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. January 22 (Friday) —-- 6:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon

WELCOME!!

It is our pleasure to welcome

The Wendi and Joseph Batte Family to our Cathedral Parish Community.

REMINDER...Today, Sunday, January 10, 2016—the Donor Coach will be in the north parking lot from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Be sure to eat a good meal, be well hydrated, and bring identification. Our goal is to have 10 donors, so in this Year of Mercy please give

so others may live!

Offertory Collections for the past weekends: December 20, 2015..$56,257.74 December 25, 2015..$31,667.65 Catholic Charities…$ 3,252.00

December 27, 2015…………………………….$15,152.32 January 01, 2016………………………………..$ 3.290.52 January 03, 2016……………………………….$16,986.66 December BSA collected……………………. $ 2.622.00 (Note: the Cathedral still owes $14,706 on our quota of $40,247.00)

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Dear Parishioners, Before the Christmas season ends this Sunday with the celebration of

the Baptism of Our Lord, I would like to thank eve-ryone who contributed in any way to our beautiful Christmas liturgies: the Altar Society and Decor Committee for elegantly beautifying our church; the ICCS Children’s Choir for pleasantly singing at our Christmas Eve Mass; the Cathedral Chorale for the amazing Christmas concert and for helping lift our hearts and voices to God at our beautiful Midnight Mass; the Traditional Latin Mass Choir for providing exquisite music at our Extraordinary Form Mass on Christmas Day and the Solemn Pontifical Mass; our Bishop, my brother priests and seminarians who as-sisted at the Midnight Mass; the music directors, can-tors, musicians, Altar Servers, Sacristans, Lectors, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, Ush-ers, etc. who served all our Masses. I thank everyone for your hard work and dedication. My sincerest gratitude to all those who sent me Christmas cards and all kinds of Christmas gifts, in-cluding novena Masses and prayer bouquets. I am touched by your thoughtfulness and overwhelmed by the outpouring of your love and support. May God reward your kindness and generosity! I prayed for you this Christmas season, and I felt the power of your prayers for me as well. A very wise priest once told me that the prayers of the priest for his parish-ioners are certainly important, but the prayers of the parishioners for their priest are equally important. Let us continue praying for each other. The Cathedral’s Christmas gift to our parishioners is a free subscription to Formed.org, where you can stream hundreds of hours of inspiring movies and video series, read over 15 bestselling Catholic eBooks and listen to over 30 audio presentations from the Church’s most compelling speakers! All available from virtually any device...anytime, any-where.

╬The Baptism of the Lord╬

ST. LOUIS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL GREAT TUITION GIVE-AWAY$$ Win Tuition for one year at SLCHS!!! Invest in a child’s future—redeemable for up to two years. (Expires August 1, 2017) For every 500 tickets sold, an-other tuition prize will be awarded! All proceeds benefit St. Louis Catholic High School. Drawing to be held Janu-ary 30, 2016—-Need not be present to win. Prize is transferrable. Cannot be redeemed for cash and does not include registration fee. Cost per ticket: $25.00; can be purchased: slchs.org or at school’s office, 1620 Bank Street...436-7275 or email avincent@slchs.org for more information. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

Cathedral’s Altar Society Spring Trip The Cathedral’s Altar Society is planning a Spring Trip to New Orleans. We will leave from the Ave Maria Hall parking lot at 6:30 A.M. on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Our first stop in New Orleans will be at the Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos Shrine. We will then go

to the WWII Museum to have lunch with the Victory Belles and follow that up with a tour of the museum called a “Trip to Berlin and then on to Tokyo”. Our last stop in New Orleans will be for coffee and beignets at Café du Monde. We are scheduled to return to Lake Charles at 8:00 P.M. In order to reserve your spot, either mail a $130.00 check or a $50.00 non-refundable deposit check payable to ICC Altar Society to Karen Fills, 1513 Anita Street, Sulphur, LA 70663. The full cost of the trip is due by April 1, 2016. If you have any questions, please call Karen at 337-625-8436. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Respect Life Banquet—-Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Tickets remain available for the Annual Diocese of Lake Charles Respect Life Banquet. Guest speaker will be Ramona Trevino, a former Planned Parenthood manager turned pro-life activist. Tickets are $50 each. Doors open at 6:00 PM with a silent auc-tion and dinner is at 6:30 PM. The event is being held in the Buccaneer Room of the Lake Charles Civic Center. To purchase tickets please call Caroline Matt at the Diocese—337-439-7400. Proceeds from the banquet benefit diocesan pro-life ministries.

■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ CATHOLIC MISSION TRIP...The Abrazando Cristo Mission Trip for 2016 will be July 1-10 to Nicaragua. Cost of the trip is $1,950.00 (covers all air and ground transportation, meals, lodging, tips, taxes, retreat and mission shirts). For an information packet/registration form please contact Monsignor Daniel Torres at 337-439-7400 or contact by e-mail connie.perkins@lcdiocese.org. A $300.00 non-refundable deposit with the registration form is due by January 11th to secure a seat. Onlly 25 seats are available. First come, first served. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Abraham’s Tent is in need of sleeping bags and blan-kets. If you are able to provide one, or more, of these items, please take them to Abraham’s Tent. Your generosity is greatly appreciated!

THIS WEEK January 11...KC’s meet, 6:00 P.M., Ave Maria Hall. January 13...ACTS meets, 5:30 P.M., Ave Maria Hall January 13...Choir practice, 6:00 P.M. January 13...RCIA Inquiry, 6:00 P.M., Day Chapel January 14...RCIA Catechumenate, 6:00 P.M., Day Chapel January 14...Symbolon XVII, 6:00 P.M., Ave Maria Hall January 15...Men’s Prayer Breakfast, 6:30 A.M. January 15...G.N.A.T.S. meet, 9:00 A.M., Library

■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ WOMEN’S PRAYER LUNCHEON All women are invited to the Bishop’s Prayer Luncheon on Wednesday, January 13, 2016, beginning at 11:30 A.M. in the Ave

Maria Hall of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral. Please bring your Bible; our scripture reading will be He-brews 4:14—5:14. Cost: $15.00 per person, checks to be made out to the Diocese of Lake Charles, 414 Iris Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601. Please enclose a self-addressed and stamped envelope to be used to send your ticket to you.

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Rose Michelle Alcazar-Fontenot, daughter of Lea and Kyle Fontenot

and Mary Eleanor Higgins, daughter of Margaret and Michael Higgins

were welcomed into the Family of Christ through the Waters of Baptism

on January 03, 2016 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Our Cathedral Parish Family extends its Best Wishes and Congratulations to Erika Dequiado and Sean Matthew Andrepont and to Mary Paige Peterson and Kyle Daley Each young couple was united in Christian Marriage on January 02, 2016 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Walk and Pray LOCAL “MARCH FOR LIFE”, New Life Counseling’s 20th Annual Pro-Life Candlelight Memo-rial Prayer Vigil, Friday, January 22, 2016, 6:00 P.M. Meet at Lake Charles Civic Center Steps and Walk United to District Courthouse Steps for one Hour Prayer Service! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

Our Cathedral Faith Community joins

in prayer for Gilbert J. Leger, Jr., father of Gil

Leger, who died on December 22 , 2015. We pray that he will find

peace and joy in the presence of Our Lord. We extend our sin-cere sympathy to his family and to all who mourn his death.

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SATURDAY, January 09…(4:00)—-Conrad A. Langley, Jr.; George Mathews; Hidalgo and Fazzio Families; Lauren Prejean. SUNDAY, January 10…(7:30)—-Parishioners

(9:30)—-Monsignor Wayne Richard; Villa Maria; Reynald Fontenot; Al O’Byrne Family; Bette Fontenot & Family (living); Larry Eagle & Family (living); Veronica Lafanette & Family (living); ); Virginia Kate Mather & Family (living). (11:15)...Bea Chavanne; Blair Tadlock & Family (living); Alicia Manthey & Family (living); Chris Jones & Family (living); Dawnita LeLeux (living). (5:00 P.M., Extraordinary Form)—-Ellie Rose Clancy (living) MONDAY, January 11….(12:05)—-Darrell C. Ward. (5:30 P.M., Extraordinary Form)—Amanda Caraway (living) TUESDAY, January 12..(12:05)—Paul Burke, Jr. WEDNESDAY, January 13…(12:05)—Paula Burke Abel. THURSDAY, January 14... (12:05)—Xavier Perez. FRIDAY, January 15…(12:05)—-Lee Trahan SATURDAY, January 16...(4:00)—-Gladys and Delma Devillier; Joseph A. & Louise Bertrand and Gerald Simmons; Billy Brown; Jesse Stutes; Aladin Stutes Family. SUNDAY, January 17…(7:30)—-Parishioners (9:30)—-Mercedes Casey; Lauren Jardell (living); Forest Guidry Family; Billie Chavanne (11:15j)—-John Ottemweller (5:00 P.M., Extraordinary Form)—-Mrs. Richert (living) ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Watch Glad Tidings, 6:00 A.M., KPLC-TV—-every Sunday. (You can also see the program by clicking the Glad Tidings link under the Resources tab at live.lcdiocese.org.) ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Renowned International Speaker and Author Katrina Zeno will speak on “Theology of the Body”, Saturday, January 16th, 8:15-11:15 A.M., Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 2700 Maplewood Drive, Sulphur. Cost: $10. Call Jamie at 337-625-9719 for further information. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ HABITAT FOR HUMANITY—-The second Cathedral Parish Faith Build work day at the Habitat for Humanity home, 1502 O’Brien St., will be from 8 AM to about 3 PM, Saturday, January 16th. The Ca-thedral is one of 20 area churches of various faiths involved in the Faith Build. Our church’s last work day was Thursday, October 15th. The house is nearly completed, and January 16th is the last scheduled Faith Build work day. If you would be willing to assist, please contact Vincent Lupo at 436-5458 or 802-9813. No particu-lar skills are required. There is a supervisor on hand to tell us what to do and how to do it. All tools are provided as are water and lunch. Please prayerfully consider assisting with this benefi-cial project. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ CARMELITE DAY 2016—-Blessed Among Women—a Saturday with Sisters..a mini-retreat for high school and college age girls...Saturday, January 16th at Our Lady of Prompt Succor in Sulphur. Spend time with the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus from St. Louis, MO, includ-ing Holy Mass, talks on the theme and on discernment, chant-ing of the Divine Office, adoration and, of course, some fun!! 8:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M.

Remember to pray for our brave men and women who are serving in the armed forces, and for the veterans who have served our country. Pray for their families as well.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK January 11-17, 2016

Pray For Our Friends Who Are Ill Megan Allen; Sam Ange, Jr; Steven Scott Ardoin; Can-dice Ashford; Brian Babineaux; Mary Baker; Alysa Bar-rett; Philip Bell; Gloria Bennett; Charles Benoit; Emily & Rusty Benoit; Buddy Bertrand; Randy Biagas; Robert Blanchard; Jim & Elsie Blanchard; Roland

Bodin; Carly Book; Linda Borck; Annette Bosse; Agnes Breaux; Heath Breaux; Clifton “T-Boy” Breaux; Michael Breaux; Hubert Broussard; Jennifer Broussard; Jim Brown; Doug Burguieres; Luke Burnham; Ray-mond Cordova; Peggy Hardy Carlson; Emily Carlton; Kirk Carlin; Jeff Chaisson; Betty Chaisson; Harry Chesson; Hagan Brice Cole; Cohen Cole; Pearl Collins; John L. Conner; Claude Conner; Jodi Conner; William Corbett; Addie Cormie; Annie Cormier; B.J. Cruz; Debbie Cur-lee; Sydnie Dailey; Julie Davis; Chad Delahoussaye; Hubert Delome; Sam Desontos; Debbie Diffee; Ernie Dimaline; Irene Ducharme; Buddy Ducote; Shirley Duhon; ;Charles Elter; Dee Elter; Davis Charles Elter; Jan Eustamante; Julie Farque; Jason Fontenot; Julie Percle Fontenot; Tucker Fontenot; Phil & Philip Fontenot; David Fontenot; Paige Ford; David Fruge; Margie Heard; Brooklyn Hebert; Hadlee Henry; Terry Ray Glasglow; Mary Elise Gosselin; Regina Gray; John Green; Luitgard Gretz; Bertha Guillory; Valerie B & Ernie Harvill; Joanne Heard; Patricia Hebert; Dolores Hodges; Karson Hoffpauir; Cynthia House; Daniel Hudspeth:Dennis Hughes; Jessica Hulin; Jeff Hunsicker; Perry Hunsicker; Paula Russell Jacob; Mary Jeffers; Hayden Jones; Michael Jones; Harry Jouette; Emily Judice; Bernard Kadulbar; Paula Kanesaw; John Knight; Chris Stemmann; Warren Thomas; Mr. & Mrs. L.C. Howard; Aubrianna Johnson; Darrell Jones; Carol Kershaw; Mike King; Kelly Langley; ; Vivian Langley; John M. Langley II; Della Lemaire; Dale Lutgring; Tommy Martinez; John Lavern; Anthony Le-Bato; Glinda LeBlanc; Jennie LeBouef; Rosalie LeDoux; Emma Leger; Beth Loftin; Melanie Lupo; Amanda Martin; Bertha Martinez; Mary Matthews; Julia Mere; Jason Miller; Robbie Morgan; Joseph Morris; Matthew Lucas; Angelique Nathan; Billy Navarre; Lois Neveu; Dena Nodier; Fred Nodier; Dorothy Orsot; Lucas Orsot; Joe Pappion Family; Larry Parker; Sue Parker; Wilma Pawlowski; Phyllis Penning; Joan & Landy Peluso; Robert Pitre; Sheila Pousson; Frances Prejean; Laxsa Prejean; Jim Rawley; Lena Roush; Barry Reed; Mufide Mary Rende & Family;Jody Richard; Jim Ricklefsen; Judy Rogers; Wes Rollo: David Ross, Jr.; Stacey Rougeau; Felica Saer; Collette Schindler; Christian Skrnich; Martha Shively; Mark Schram; Michael Scimemi; Sandy Smith; Ashley Wheat Sipes; LaVona Taylor; Lyndon Thomas Simien; Lorena Stutes; Stephanie Houssiere Sucre; Lisa Sullivan; Ona Thacker; Margaret Thompson; Bobby & Maxine Tupper; Carmen Varela; Gwendolyn Veazey; Ed Watson; Arvel West; Daniel Whitting-ton; Mary Wiltz; Sue Williams; John Young; Matthew Young; Debra Willard. Please contact us if you wish a name to be taken off the list…. 436-7251

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Sm 1:1-8; Ps 116:12-19; Mk :14‑20 Tuesday: 1 Sm 1:9-20; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Mk 1:21‑28 Wednesday: 1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20; Ps 40:2, 5, 7-10; Mk 1:29‑39 Thursday: 1 Sm 4:1-11; Ps 44:10-11, 14-15, 24- 25; Mk 1:40‑45 Friday: 1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a; Ps 89:16-19; Mk 2:1‑12 Saturday: 1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1a; Ps 21:2-7; Mk 2:13‑17 Sunday: Is 62:1-5; Ps 96:1-3, 7-10; 1 Cor 12:4-11; Jn 2:1-11;