Baptisms: Call the of ice two months in advance to schedule an appointment. Marriages: Call at least six (6) months in advance for pre-marriage instruction. Reconciliation: Every Sat. 3:15pm - 4:10pm or by appointment during the week. Anointing of the Sick: Available anytime, please call of ice to make arrangements. Holy Orders: Interested in priesthood or deaconate, please contact Msgr. Daniel Torres 439-7400 Ext. 220

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Sat. Anticipated Mass 4:30 pm Sunday 8:00 am & 10:30 am Tuesday - Friday 8:00 am Holy Days of Obligation 8:00 am & 6:00 pm

Mailing Address: 5383 Elliott Road Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605 (337) 478-3845 Fax: (337) 477-2828 Of ice Hours: Mon. - Thu. 8:30a -12N, 1:00 - 4:30pm Friday - 8:30a - 12N Of iceisclosedfrom12N-1pmforlunchwww.smdpcatholic.com Incaseofemergencies:(337)478-3845(leaveamessage,someonewillbepaged) Main Church 5495 Elliott Rd. Granger/Vincent Multi-Purpose Complex 5326 Elliott Rd.

Reverend Monsignor Jace Eskind jace.eskind@lcdiocese.org Deacon Richard Donahoe rdonahoe@smdpcatholic.com Jackie Goodwill - Administrative Assistant jgoodwill@smdpcatholic.com Pat Foy - Of ice Manager pfoy@smdpcatholic.com Kellie Onxley - Bookkeeper konxley@smdpcatholic.com Joe Whitbeck - Dir. Communications/Facilities/IT jwhitbeck@smdpcatholic.com Leah Arnaud - Records/Receptionist larnaud@smdpcatholic.com Denise Donahoe - Director of Religious Education ddonahoe@smdpcatholic.com Jenny Bellow- Religious Ed. Coordinator - Grades 1-4 jbellow@smdpcatholic.com Melanie Lubrano - Religious Ed. Coordinator - Grades 5-8 mlubrano@smdpcatholic.com Becky Clements - Religious Ed. Coordinator - Grades 9-12 bclements@smdpcatholic.com Terri Wainwright - Religious Ed. Secretary twainwright@smdpcatholic.com Annie Whitbeck - Youth Director youth@smdpcatholic.com Pam Fontenot - Music Ministry/Liturgy Chris Miller - Choir Director

MASS SCHEDULE

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SMdP PARISH LEADERSHIP Parish Trustees

Pastoral Council

Finance Council

W.J. Lechtenberg Veronica Miller

Sally Daigle Mary Kaye Eason

Cindy Hanks Eva Hibbing

Cynthia Honore’ Roland Morton Michael Webre

Stephen Liles David Bruchhaus

Mike Eason David Ieyoub

Tina Higgins Johnette Szydlo Shively Verrette

Upcoming 2nd Collections

June 28 - Holy Father - Peter Pence July 5 - Debt Reduction/Building Fund July 19 - Solidarity - Church in Africa July 26 - SMdP Outreach Aug 2 - Debt Reduction/Building Fund

Jay & Verna White; John Thomas Savoie; Sylvia Elender (B); Irvin Broussard Kenneth O'Blanc

MASS PRAYER INTENTIONS June20-June28,2020

Sat., June 20 4:30 am Sun., June 21 8 am 10:30 AM Tue., June 23 8 am Wed., June 24 8 am Thu., June 25 8 am Fri., June 26 8 am Sat., June 27 4:30 pm Sun., June 28 8 am 10:30 am

Bubba (A) & Shuney Breaux & Floyd & Shirley (A) Fontenot; Lionel Thibodeaux, Jay White & Louis Thibodeaux; Cecil Triche, Whitney & Louise Hebert & Gloria LeLux; Jim Arnaud

Ellis, Edma & Willie Domingue & Family, Michelle & Nanette P. Rougeau & Nicolas Soileau

Parishioners of St Martin de Porres John Thomas Savoie; Patrick Broussard; LeRoy "Lee" LeBlanc, Bill Bonvillain (B), Abbie & Irby Gaspard, Ellis , Dora, Danny & Ricky LeBlanc; Gussie & Lucy Fontenot Raymond (A) & Bernadette Price, Charles & Kathleen Duhon, Eric Jones

Ifyouhavea familymemberdeployedor serving in themilitary,pleasesubmit their names to our “Pray forPeace”military prayer list. Thesenameswillbe lefton the list for the coming yearand removedonlyonyourrequest.Calltheparishof iceat478-3845andaskforLeah.Ty Fuselier Jarron Glass Jeffery Paul Langley

Riley Morris Ronald L. Thompson, II

Isabelle Ledoux & Donita Burton (B) Wilbert "T-Boy" Derouen (B) Harold Bourgeois, Avable & Pearl LaFleur & Emery & Delia Bourgeois; Irvin Broussard Parishioners of St Martin de Porres Desormeaux & Guidry Families; Hilda & Leonard Clifton

It’s nearly the end of June and we are celebrating Ordinary Time, the Twelfth Sunday of such. Easter is over; Pentecost and the feasts that follow have concluded. Now we enter the liturgical period wherein we will read primarily from the Gospel of Matthew (Cycle A), accompanying Jesus throughout this story, growing in our knowledge and awareness of him. Matthew has long been known as the church’sgospel. We read the Sermon on the Mount, with its standard form of the Lord’s Prayer. Matthew tells us about the giving of the keys of the kingdom to Peter, and he uses the phrase uponthisrockIwill build my church. In fact, the very term church appears in this gospel alone among the others. With an infancy narrative, resurrection narrative, and much material unique to Matthew, the gospel is twenty-eight chapters long. Compare that to the sixteen chapters of Mark, which was considered something of a reader’sdigest version of Matthew. So it’s not surprising that the church placed this gospel irst in the canon and preferred reading from it at liturgies. Now we settle in to hear Matthew’s version of the Jesus story for much of the rest of the liturgical year. In the reading we hear today, maybe it is itting that Jesus says to his disciples three times some variation of fear not or do not be afraid. The disciples (and that includes us) are to be fearless. The basis of this fearlessness is the Father, who knows all—even the most seemingly insigni icant things that we do not know (e.g., the hairs on our head). The Father even knows each and every sparrow. We, each human being, are worth more than two sparrows (which themselves were worth only a small coin in antiquity). So the disciples can rest assured: they can be fearless in facing the world, as they are worth a great deal in the sight of God. With this assurance, with this fearlessness, the disciples are emboldened to acknowledge Jesus and preach him to the ends of the earth (Matt 28:19-20). The danger is for those who know Jesus but choose not to acknowledge him before others. As far as they are concerned, Jesus will not acknowledge them before the Father.

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PRAY FOR THE SICK Carrie Burch Jonathon Burch Bob Gary Elnora Granger Ron Harrington Elaine LeDay Julie Mere Mary Ellen Pauley Dorothy Rogers Timothy Sebastien Sheila Thibodeaux Jimmy Vickers

MASS READINGS June 22 - June 28

Mon., Jun 22 - 2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18; Ps 60:3-5, 12-13; Mt 7:1-5 Tue., Jun 23 - 2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36; Ps 48:2-4, 10-11; Mt 7:6, 12-14 Wed., Jun 24 - Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1-3, 13-15; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80 Thu., Jun 25 - 2 Kgs 24:8-17; Ps 79:1b-5, 8-9; Mt 7:21-29 Fri., Jun 26 - 2 Kgs 25:1-12; Ps 137:1-6; Mt 8:1-4 Sat., Jun 27 - Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19; Ps 74:1b-7, 20-21; Mt 8:5-17 Sun., Jun 28 - 2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a; Ps 89:2-3, 16-19; Rom 6:3-4, 8-11; Mt 10:37-42

ATTENDING MASS DURING THE PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS

REMINDERS/SUGGESTIONS

• If you are not feeling well, please DO NOT attend Mass • DO NOT use the drinking fountains • DO NOT use the baptismal font (waterinfontisforbaptismuseonly)

• It’s highly recommended you wear a mask if you attend Mass (removeonlyforcommunion) • If you use the bathrooms, wash your hands thoroughly and use the provided hand sanitizer as well • If attending Mass sit only in the “Green” labeled seating areas • If your kids are small and active during Mass, please consider watching Mass in the church parking lot or watching the Facebook video at home.

• Please avoid touching the pews or other church surfaces unnecessarily (staffmembersmustthoroughlydisinfectaftereachMass.)

• Adoration Chapel is closed until further notice

The Bishop’s dispensation from the obligation toattendMass remains in effect for the faithful of theDioceseofLakeCharles.

ENTHUSIASM AND GRAMMAR

There is a good reason that the writings of St. Paul don’t show up as examples in grammar textbooks. Today’s reading is a case in point. It begins with one of those long Pauline run on sentences that leave lectors gasping for breath. So what? Take a closer look at how Paul’s fervor for his subject matter derails the grammar. There is something admirable about being so caught up in his convictions that the words cannot come fast enough to express them, much less in an orderly fashion. Scripture scholars usually take this grammatical ineptness as a sign of a passage’s early importance in the Christian community, something they were so ardent about that their language never got re ined. What leaves us in this condition? Re-telling the plot line of an action movie or the play-by-play of a sporting event? When was the last time any of us was so excited by our faith in Christ that we were left grasping for words, stumbling over our own errors in speech? It may be bad grammar, but it is an excellent way to inspire others with the message of Christ!

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Parish Of ice Closed at 12N on Fridays StartingJune1-Sept.4

Starting June 1, the parish of ice will close at 12N on Fridays during the Summer months. During the Summer, the parish of ice will operate from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (Closed 12N -1p), Monday - Thursday, Fridays from 8:30 AM - 12N. The week of September 7, the parish of ice will resume regular business hours of 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday. As usual, you can leave emergency messages on the of ice voice mail and a staff member will be paged. HURRICANE PROTECTION

PRAYER

Recited at all Masses from June 1 - November 30

Medjugorje Messages from Mary

Messages Interpreted and updated regularly at: https://www.medjugorje.com/ & https://marytv.tv/ Monsignor Eskind and the parish of ice staff would like your help knowing when fellow parishioners are sick, in the hospital, need prayer, or having surgery etc. Please have an immediate family member call the church of ice at 478-3845 and let us know. The staff and/or Msgr. Eskind would like to follow-up and check on our in irmed brothers and sisters.

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Have you considered Altar Flowers in memory of a loved one or to celebrate a special occasion, like a wedding, convalidation or special anniversary? The lowers will sit in the sanctuary and add beauty to the liturgy and your special occasion will be noted in the bulletin. A donation of $75 - $100 or more will cover the cost of the lowers.

Mass Prayer Intentions Mass intentions are available for every Mass that St. Martin de Porres offers. The suggested donation for a Mass intention is $5. Please consider having a Mass offered for your deceased loved ones. Altar Flowers Donations

Schedule Your Facility Activity

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ThankYouforYourCooperation

Now that the Bishop is allowing service & ministry groups to meet, we will be allowing meetings with new rules. Please call Jackie Goodwill at the parish of ice for the details, 478-3845. Occasionally we allow non-parishioner groups to rent our space - but registered parishioners have irst right to all church facilities. YOU WILL NEED TO SCHEDULE YOUR MEETINGS EVERY WEEK/MONTH UNTIL WE ARE CLEARED FOR FULL OCCUPANCY.

NEW PANDEMIC RULES

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Happy Father’s Day

1. Please follow the directions of the Ushers to ensure as safe and smooth an experience as possible. 2. Please back into the parking place for an easier low during the distribution of Holy Communion. 3. Remain in your vehicle at all times. There will be no bathroom access. 4. You may participate in the celebration of Mass via your personal device (phone, iPad, etc.). There is also the possibility of listening on FM 94.9. This may also be helpful for a better sound if you are participating via live stream. (NofreeWi-Fiaccess) 5. Once Mass has concluded in the Church, the Communion Ministers will be under the Porte-Cochere to distribute Holy Communion. 6. The Ushers will direct vehicles, 2 at a time, to proceed South (towards the Church) and drive under the Porte-Cochere. 7. Approaching the Porte-Cochere, there will be a station to collect your jars of peanut butter (2nd Sunday of the month) and a station to collect your stewardship offering. 8. The irst vehicle will approach the station where Fr. Jace will be standing. The second vehicle will approach the station where Deacon Donahoe will be. We will distribute Holy Communion to every person in the vehicle who is able to receive. Communionisstronglyencouragedinthehand.

9. Once everyone in the vehicle has received Holy Communion, Fr. Jace will signal for the vehicles to proceed to exit via Elliott Road. 10. Once these vehicles have departed, the Ushers will direct the next two vehicles to approach the Porte-Cochere.

Parking Lot Mass & Communion Watch Mass in the Church Parking Lot, Tune to 94.9 FM