June 8, 2014 - Pentecost Sunday

Baptisms

Parents are encouraged to call the Church during pregnancy to avoid de-

lays of the sacrament

406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727

Phone: (337) 237-0988 Fax: (337) 233-8868 Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor

Parish Website: www.stpat.org

Weddings

Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance to allow time

for preparation

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

Welcome to St. Patrick Church

Pentecost Sunday

June 8, 2014

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, June 7--Vigil of Pentecost Sunday 4:00 PM: Mike Guilbeau;

Albert John Boudreaux; Rudy Borel,

Hebert & Benoit Families

Sunday, June 8--Pentecost Sunday 8:30 AM: Bella Hernandez;

Agnes Duplechain; Gussie Hernandez

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

Monday, June 9--Weekday (10th Week in or-

dinary Time)

7:30 AM: Sick of the Parish

Tuesday, June 10--Weekday

7:30 AM: Joseph Guidroz (living)

The Gifts of The Holy Spirit Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Knowledge, Forti-

tude, Piety, Fear of the Lord.

Wednesday, June 11--St. Barnabas, Apostle (Msgr.

Charles Mallet)

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

Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living);

Col. Kimberly Fedele (living)

Thursday, June 12--Weekday

7:30 AM: Sick List

Friday, June 13--St. Anthony of Padua, Priest and

Doctor of the Church

7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart

Altar Flowers

In loving memory of:

Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne

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, June 13: No cleaning.

The Fruits of the Holy Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal

glory. The tradition of the Church lists twelve of

them: charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, good-

ness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty,

self-control, chastity.

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

Back from Vacation Many thanks to those who helped out and filled in while

Fr. Keith was away. For those looking for pictures, you

can go to www.keithlabove.com and click on the link for

May 2014, or you can go directly to http://www.keithlabove.com/Santa-Fe-and-Vicinity/SF-2014-

May.

Office Hours

During the Summer months of June and July the office will

open from 8:00 am — 12 noon.

Immaculate Heart of Mary – John Nezey Memorial

Scholarship Golf Tournament

Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church is hosting the Annual “John Nezey Memorial Scholarship Golf Tourna-

ment” on Saturday, June 21, at Hebert Municipal Golf

Course, 1121 Mudd Avenue, Lafayette. Registration be-gins at 12:00 noon. Tournament begins at 1:00 p.m. Pro-

ceeds benefit Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School

and The John Nezey Memorial Scholarship Fund. Tourna-ment fee is $125/player and various sponsorship levels are

available. For complete information, please call Mike

Morrison (337-962-9074) or Dorothy Nezey (337-706-

5417).

Quo Vadis Camp 2014

Attention all Catholic young men ages 14-25: do you know where your life is going? The Lord Jesus has a specific

plan for your life, a particular path to be and to do some-

thing great for his kingdom! Come discover what it is at

the Third Annual Quo Vadis Days Camp. At QVD you will spend time with other young men your age serious about

hearing the Lord's voice in their lives and following him.

These are blessed days of prayer, fun, and fraternity. You will learn to pray better and make great friends. QVD is led

by priests and seminarians of the Diocese of Lafayette and

is sponsored by the Diocesan Office of Vocations. QVD will be held from Tuesday, June 24th to Thursday, June

26th at Our Lady of Sorrows Retreat Center in St. Martin-

ville. There is no cost to attend the camp. Ask your parish

priest for registration information or contact Father Kevin Bordelon at the Office of Vocations, perebor-

delon@gmail.com or 261-5690.

Catholic Relief Services

Deacon Steve Swope from Catholic Relief Services will be

visiting St. Patrick’s Parish the weekend of June 14th &

15th. Catholic Relief Services is the official international

relief and development agency that assists the poor and

vulnerable in 100 countries on behalf of the Catholic Com-

munity in the United States. Deacon Steve is part of a na-tional effort to raise awareness on behalf of poor overseas

and to provide different opportunities for you to get in-

volved in the work of CRS.

Adopt-a-Senior Lafayette Foundation on Aging, Inc. is inviting people

to contribute to their program for home delivered meals

for seniors. They delivered 117,300 meals this past

year. Forms are available on the table at the main en-trance of the Church.

Reminder—Baby Items Next weekend is time to bring baby items to be given

away to those mothers who choose life for their babies.

Immediate need: diapers for infants and sizes 3, 4 & 5; wipes; body wash; baby lotion, diaper bags. Other

items: Infant Toiletries: shampoo; body wash; lotion.

The kindness of your donations help this ministry.

“Gently Worn” School Uniforms Needed

“School Uniform Outreach” will continue to collect

and process used uniforms. Various agencies will dis-tribute the uniforms to the needy children in the Lafa-

yette Parish Schools. Please bring your children’s out-

grown uniforms to church ASAP. Uniforms are being

processed for the 2014-15 school year. The need is

great! Sizes 4-20 and all adult sizes are needed.

Shirts: red, white and navy blue, black and green.

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

CJC Summer Saint Series on Lay Saints Priests of the Community of Jesus Crucified at Mater

Dolorosa Chapel, 103 Railroad Ave. in St. Martinville,

will be conducting the talks, on Fridays June 6, 20,

July 11, 25, and Aug. 1 from 7:00 – 8:30 PM. The lives, teachings, and works of certain lay saints will be

studied. Who are these lay persons who became saints?

How did they become saints? What struggles did they have and how did they use them to become holy?

What can these lay saints teach us today? There is no

charge and no registration necessary. Call Fr. Michael Champagne, CJC at (337) 394-6550 for further infor-

mation.

Second Collection New Weekend Next week the second collection will for Peter’s

Pence, which provides the Holy Father with the funds

he needs to carry out his most important charitable works. The proceeds benefit the most disadvantaged:

victims of war, oppression, and disasters. Your gift

makes you a pilgrim of charity around the globe.

STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK

Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us

Offertory…………………….$ 4,320.85 Building Fund……………….$ 1,698.39 Thank you!

Date

Saturday, June 21

4:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 22

8:30 a.m.

Sunday, June 22

10:00 a.m.

Lectors

Kathy Kalweit Linda Garber Brenda DeMette

Eucharistic

Ministers

Oren Spruill

Peggy Spruill

Candis Thompson

Suzanne Lavergne

Fred Vallot

Sandra LaGrange

Robin Roy

Monica Mullins

Phyllis Roy

Altar Servers George Eaton Glenn LaGrange Harry DeMette

Ushers George Guidry

Joyce Stelly

Rachelle Trahan

Keith Toups

Jenny Feehan

Lionel Jeanmard

Liturgical Roles for June

Readings for the Week

Monday 1 Kgs 17:1-6; Ps 121:1bc-8; Mt 5:1-12

Tuesday 1 Kgs 17:7-16; Ps 4:2-5, 7b-8; Mt 5:13-16

Wednesday Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3; Ps 98:1-6; Mt 5:17-19

Thursday 1 Kgs 18:41-46; Ps 65:10-13; Mt 5:20-26

Friday 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-16; Ps 27:7-9abc, 13-14; Mt 5:27-32

Saturday 1 Kgs 19:19-21; Ps 16:1b-2a, 5, 7-10; Mt 5:33-37

Sunday Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9; Dn 3:52-55; 2 Cor 13:11-13; Jn 3:16-18

From the Pastor’s Desk

You may remember that while I was away last month, I offered excerpts from Pope Francis’ letter on the “Light of Faith”. As we celebrate the feast of Pentecost, it seems fitting to look at those three main themes in light of the Holy Spirit.

We began with a relationship with Jesus. Yet this relationship must also be a bond of love with the Father of Love and with the Spirit of Truth, given the unity of the Trinity. Pope Francis wrote: “In faith, Christ is not simp-ly the one in whom we believe, the supreme manifestation of God’s love; he is also the one with whom we are united precisely in order to believe.” We cannot be united to Jesus without a relationship with the Father and Spirit as well. As such, the indwelling of the Spirit, given at Pentecost, draws us into the life-giving love of the Holy Trinity. As the Word was made Flesh and dwelt among us, so the Spirit is the indwelling of God within our hearts.

The second theme was of a relationship that is with and within the Church. It was as the disciples were ‘gathered together’ in that upper room that the Holy Spirit was given them. They received the fulfillment of Jesus’ promise (to send His Spirit) not simply as individuals, but as a body of believers, the nucleus of a budding Church. That same Spirit continues to be given, yes, to individuals, but always in the midst of and for the benefit of the Church. Pope Francis writes: “Because faith is born of an encounter which takes place in history and lights up our journey through time, it must be passed on in every age. It is through an unbroken chain of witnesses that we come to see the face of Jesus.” Our very desire for the Spirit, and our reception of the gift, are dependent upon the wit-ness of those who have gone before us.

The third point we touched on was that faith is for the good of society. Note that after the apostles re-ceived the gift of the Spirit, they did not remain in that upper room slapping each other on the back and celebrat-ing their good fortune. They went immediately out into the world to proclaim the Good News. Pope Francis writes: “Precisely because it is linked to love (cf. Gal 5:6), the light of faith is concretely placed at the service of jus-tice, law and peace. Faith does not draw us away from the world or prove irrelevant to the concrete concerns of the men and women of our time.” Christ came for the salvation of all.

All of this points to the heart of what it means to ‘live in the Spirit’ who has been given to us. We are inca-pable of manufacturing this relationship with Jesus, in the midst of the Church, for the good of the world. It is al-ways gift. Perhaps we should remember to be grateful.