July 26, 2015 - Seventeenth 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

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 26, 2015

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, July 25--Vigil of the Seventeenth

Sunday in Ordinary Time

4:00 PM: Julia Phillips; Mike Guilbeau; Mary

Thibeaux; Cecil & Eva Mae Hebert; Monty &

Pierre Montagnet; John Foreman II & Simone

Rick (living); M/M Alfred Hitter; M/M Eugene

Montagnet, Sr.; Ron & Janell Venable (living);

Sunday, July 26--Seventeenth Sunday in Ordi-

nary Time 8:30 AM: Lorraine Day; Willie Pitre, Jr.

10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s

Monday, July 27--Weekday

7:30 AM: Patsy Robicheaux ((living)

The eyes of all look hopefully to you,

and you give them their food

in due season. — Psalm 145:15

Tuesday, July 28--Weekday

7:30 AM: Ellis Romero

Wednesday, July 29--St. Martha

7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne;

Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living);

Col. Kimberly Fedele (living)

Thursday, July 30--St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop

and Doctor of the Church

7:30 AM: Patsy Robicheaux (living)

Friday, July 31--St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest

7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart

Altar Flowers In loving memory of:

Monty & Pierre Montagnet

Non-Liturgical Devotions

Daily Rosary: Monday - Friday 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 31: Donna

Guilbeau; Susan Cain; Andre Arceneaux; Martha

Thompson

Meetings

Al-Anon meetings are held weekly on Tuesday at

10:00 a.m., and Thursday at 10:30 a.m., at St.

Patrick’s Parish Hall. Meetings are open to any-

one wishing to attend. Alcoholics Anonymous

meets there at 7 a.m. on Monday through Friday

(open), and at 8 am on Saturday (closed).

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

Students from St. Patrick’s who would like to attend CCD

Program—all grades, First Communion and Confirmation,

need to register at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 818 12th. St., Lafayette. Registration begins July 27 until Au-

gust 2, 2015; in the Immaculate Heart Cafeteria: Mondays,

Tuesdays, & Thursdays, 8:30 a.m.—11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. —3:30 p.m. No registrations accepted on Wednesdays

and Fridays. There will be one Sunday registration, August

3rd., at 8:30 am to 12 noon. Late registration begins Mon-day, August 10, 2015 and a $20.00 late fee will be added to

the registration fee. Students will be accepted on a first

come first serve basis. All new students must have their

baptismal certificate on the day of registration. For addi-tional information please call: 235-6323.

Eucharistic Procession along Bayou Teche – “Fete-Dieu

du Teche”

There will be a Eucharistic Procession along Bayou Teche

on Saturday, August 15, Feast of the Assumption, in honor of the 250th Anniversary of St. Martin de Tours and the

Arrival of the Acadians. Father Michael Champagne, CJC,

has announced that Bishop Michael Jarrell has given per-

mission for the Blessed Sacrament to be carried by boat down Bayou Teche from Leonville to St. Martinville. The

day begins with Holy Mass by Bishop Glen John Provost,

D.D., Bishop of Lake Charles, at St. Leo Catholic Church in Leonville at 8:00 a.m. There will be a Procession to

the Landing at 9:00 a.m.; Boat Procession departs at 9:30

a.m. The Procession includes stops at each Church on the

Bayou: Arnaudville, Cecilia, Breaux Bridge, Parks for Ro-sary and Benediction. The Boat Procession will end up at

Evangeline Oak in St. Martinville, where it will disembark

and process into St. Martin de Tours for Benediction, then process down Main Street to Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel

for Vespers and Benediction. All are encouraged to gather

with family and friends along the banks of Bayou Teche for Rosary and Benediction and to greet the Blessed Sacrament

as the Boat Procession passes by. Parish organizations,

families, Cursillo groups, etc., are encouraged to register a

boat with banner and appropriate decorations. Please send an email to fetedieuduteche@gmail.com and a registration

packet will be mailed to you. For more information, please

contact Father Michael Champagne (337-394-5660) or fetedieuduteche@gmail.com.

Gently Worn School Uniforms Needed Gently Worn School Uniforms are once again being col-

lected for needy children in the Lafayette Parish Schools.

Please bring your children’s outgrown uniforms to church

as soon as possible. Sizes 4-20 and all adult sizes are

needed. Shir ts: r ed, white and navy blue, black and

green. Pants/Shorts: navy blue, black and khaki-traditional

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, August 3, 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 vo-

cations to the priesthood and religious life, sponsored by the Serra Club of Lafayette.

Food for the Journey The Central Region of the Diocese of Lafayette pre-

sents “Food for the Journey”, a monthly lunchtime

speaker series designed to help Catholics live out our

faith in our daily lives. Our speaker for August is Rev. Ken Broussard of St. Genevieve, Lafayette, and the

Office of the Tribunal for the Diocese of Lafayette.

“Food for the Journey” will be held on Tuesday, Au-

gust 4, at Wyndam Garden Lafayette (formerly “HOTEL ACADIANA”), 1801 W. Pinhook Road,

beginning at 12:00 noon. An optional lunch buffet is available for purchase 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 in-

formation, please call Mary Bergeron (654-8682).

Reading, Praying, Living God's Word: A Workshop

on How to Pray with the Bible Please join us for a special workshop on “Reading,

Praying, Living God’s Word: A Workshop on How to

Pray with the Bible” on Tuesday, August 11, from 6:00

-8:00 p.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 406 E. Pinhook Road, Lafayette. An ancient approach to

prayerful reading of the Bible known as lectio

divina (or “sacred reading”) teaches us to listen to God’s Word, to apply God’s Word to our lives, and to

pray from the heart. This way of prayer can lead to a

deeper relationship with the Lord. If it is practiced on a regular basis, lectio divina can change our lives and,

through our actions, the world. Facilitated by Fr. Ken

Broussard, this workshop will guide par ticipants in

the practice of lectio divina. Participants are encour-aged to bring their Bibles with them. There is no cost to

attend and pre-registration is not required. For more

information, please contact Mary Bergeron (654-8682).

STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK

Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory……………………..$ 5,507.73

Catholic Communications

Campaign………………..…...$ 540.11 Thank You! The second collection next weekend is for our

Building Fund.

Date

Saturday, August 1

4:00 p.m.

Sunday, August 2

8:30 a.m.

Sunday, August 2

10:00 a.m.

Lectors

Harold Guilbeau Kenneth Phillips Phyllis Roy

Eucharistic

Ministers

Peggy Spruill

Rosalind Allen

Kathy Kalweit

Geneva Phillips

Ted Hampton

Kay Hampton

Kenneth Broussard

Madeline Simon

Janeth Harrington

Altar Servers Janell Venable Mary Kramer Debra Carroll

Ushers

Oren Spruill

Joyce Stelly

Donald & Scottie Vallot Robin Roy

Lionel Jeanmard

Liturgical Roles for August

Readings for the Week

Monday Ex 32:15-24, 30-34; Ps 106:19-23; Mt 13:31-35

Tuesday Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28; Ps 103:6-13; Mt 13:36-43

Wednesday Ex 34:29-35; Ps 99:5-7, 9; Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42

Thursday Ex 40:16-21, 34-38; Ps 84:3-6a, 8a, 11; Mt 13:47-53

Friday Lv 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37; Ps 81:3-6, 10-11ab; Mt 13:54-58

Saturday Lv 25:1, 8-17; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 7-8; Mt 14:1-12

Sunday Ex 16:2-4, 12-15; Ps 78:3-4, 23-25, 54; Eph 4:17, 20-24; Jn 6:24-35

From the Pastor’s Desk

Laudato Si, the pope’s recently encyclical, is still being noticed, which is a good thing. However, not all of that attention has been positive, which we noted in last week’s article. I was reading this week about polls that show Pope Francis’ popularity declining since last year (especially among conservatives, interestingly enough). It would seem that the Holy Father is saying some things that people don’t like, which is almost inevitable as long as he keeps harping about the situation of the poor and the immigrants and income inequality, not to mention his comments about greed and material satisfactions being treated as gods. With regard to Laudato Si, one issue be-ing raised is that it’s “too political”. In other words, get back in your church, and leave running the world to us, who know so much better. Interesting.

First of all, at its root, Laudato Si is not a letter about climate change, though it addresses that. It’s not even primarily about our environment, though it revolves around our care for our common home. This letter is at root about persons created in the image and likeness of God. It is about the inherent dignity and rights of those persons, no matter where they live, no matter their level of wealth (or lack thereof), no matter the color of their skin or whether they have a green card. As such, it’s not really a political document, or a scientific document, but rather a moral document. And the moral teachings Pope Francis is conveying are rooted in that human dignity which is the foundation of all Catholic social teaching.

It is precisely that foundation as a moral document which makes this encyclical truly “radical” in the best since of that word. It is radical in the sense that Jesus Christ and the Gospels are also radical. Jesus and his teach-ings challenge us at the very roots of who we are, in every aspect of who we are, including how we care for our common home (or fail to do so). It is the human person, created in the likeness of God who must remain at the center of all science, of every law, of any economic structure, of any business endeavor, and yes, at the center of all politics. For each and every one of those must be aimed at the well-being of human persons, one and all, re-gardless of ideology or nationality. If business, or science, or politics are not at the service of the common good of all, they have failed in their purpose, and need to be changed. Yes, that is radical.

Perhaps part of the so-called “Francis Effect” was that people looked at him kissing babies, and hugging the handicapped, and said, “Hey, this new Pope is a really nice guy! He even asked us to pray for him!” Then, Pope Francis dared to start telling people things they didn’t want to hear. Not so nice???