September 20, 2015 - Twenty –Fifth 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

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 20, 2015

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, September 19--Vigil of the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 PM: Mike Guilbeau; Cecil & Eva Mae Hebert ; Phil Simon; Bud & Euna Arceneaux; Charles Menard; Jules, Isola & Bart LeJeune; Dr. Leonard Rolfes (living) Sunday, September 20--Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 AM: Lorraine Day; Robert Chastant & Evelyn; Eddie Upton; Kakki Purslow (liv.); Joseph B. Cormier 10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s Monday, September 21--St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist 7:30 AM: Rufus Mouissett & Son

The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace.

— James 3:18

Tuesday, September 22--Weekday 7:30 AM: Mike Purslow (living); Mrs. Nellie Richard Wednesday, September 23--St. Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest 7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne; Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living); Col. Kimberly Fedele (living) Thursday, September 24--Weekday 7:30 AM: Julia Phillips Friday, September 25--Weekday 7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart Altar Plants In loving memory of: Len & Yvonne Courcier Daniel Sonnier Family

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, September 25: No clean-ing. Thanks to all the volunteers who participate in this Ministry! On September 24th, Pope Francis will address a joint session of Congress. EWTN will provide coverage of his address to Congress. EWTN will also provide live coverage of the Holy Father’s Masses and the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. Visit www.ewtn.com for more in-formation.

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

Pope Francis via the Web The U.S. Bishops (USCCB) will be making available video of the various events marking Pope Francis visit to the U.S. for those not present. Events will be live-streamed, and available on demand after their conclusion. We will have a page on the parish web site (stpat.org) providing these links, as well as other information on the Holy Father's vis-it. Canonization of Blessed Junipero Serra The Serra Club of Lafayette is planning a Mass to be held on Wednesday, September 23, at 5:30 p.m. at Our La-dy of Fatima Catholic Church in honor of Blessed J uni-pero Serra’s Canonization. The Mass will be followed by a Holy Hour for Vocations and the Spiritual Renewal of Priests sponsored by the Serra Club. All are invited.

The Fall Cardinal Newman Lecture Series continues at Our Lady of Wisdom Church and Catholic Student Center on Tuesday, September 29, at 6:30 p.m. featuring “The Truth About Money” presented by Frank Hanna III, Entre-preneur and Catholic Philanthropist. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required for the Newman Lecture. St. Mary Bus Trip to EWTN St. Mary Church, Lafayette, is offering an overnight Bus Trip on November 17-20, 2015, to visit EWTN and the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament. This pilgrimage includes an overnight stay at St. Bernard Abbey Retreat & Confer-ence Center in Cullman, Alabama; a pilgrimage to EWTN in Irondale, Alabama. Priests from the order of the Mis-sionaries of the Eternal Word will be available for Mass and Confessions, and we will have the opportunity to join the studio audience for an EWTN Live Show. We will then travel to Hanceville, Alabama to Our Lady of the An-gels Monastery before returning home on November 20. For registration details, cost and more information, please contact JoAnn LeJune at St. Mary Church (981-3379) or Barbara Thibodeaux (235-3240). Deadline to reg-ister is October 1st. Integrity of Heart Men struggling with sexual compulsivity and/or an addic-tion to pornography now have a confidential support group right here in Lafayette. Weekly meetings are held for an hour and fifteen minutes. STRICT CONFIDENTIALITY is observed by all members and a Confidentiality Statement is signed by each member after an initial meeting with the facilitator. Call and leave a confidential message at 337-944-9860 and the group facilitator will return your call and give you more information.

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, October 5, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at St. Pat-rick 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 vocations to the priesthood and religious life, spon-sored by the Serra Club of Lafayette. Father Glenn Meaux’s 2nd Annual Golf Classic Cross Catholic Outreach presents Father Glenn Meaux’s 2nd Annual Golf Classic on Monday, October 5, at Oakbourne Country Club. Proceeds from this event will be used to support Father Glenn’s Kobonal Haiti Mission. Sponsors and golfers are welcome and needed! For complete details or to register for this tournament, please visit www.CrossCatholic.org/GolfClassic, call 800-914-2420 ext. 235, or email Veria Samaroo at VSamaroo@CrossCatholic.org.

2015 National Black Catholic Men’s Conference The “2015 National Black Catholic Men’s Conference” sponsored by the Bowman Francis Ministry Team will be held at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Lafayette (formerly Hilton Hotel), in Lafayette, LA on October 8-11, 2015. This year’s Conference will be co-hosted by Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Lafayette; Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Lafayette; and St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Breaux Bridge. This Conference provides a forum for African American males and youth to discern the critical issues and challenges facing them in the community. It also provides and environment of mentorship and support for those seeking a vocation to the priesthood, brother-hood or diaconate. For registration or additional infor-mation please call Rev. Thomas James, SVD at (337) 380-9713 or visit www.ihmchurchlafayette.com or www.bowmanfrancisministry.com. Hope to see you at the Conference! STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory……………………..$ 5,430.89 Thank You! The second collection this weekend is for The Catholic University of America.

Date

Saturday, September 26 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, September 27 8:30 a.m.

Sunday, September 27 10:00 a.m.

Lectors

Kathy Kalweit Linda Garber Karen Begnaud

Eucharistic Ministers

George Eaton Harold Guilbeau Candis Thompson

Susan Cain Suzanne Lavergne Sarah Hamsher

Andre Arceneaux Jean Arceneaux Robin Roy

Altar Servers Rosalind Allen Fred Vallot Nicholas Begnaud

Ushers

Oren Spruill Joyce Stelly

Donald & Scottie Vallot Lionel Jeanmard Joyce Stelly

Liturgical Roles for September

Readings for the Week

Monday Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 19:2-5; Mt 9:9-13

Tuesday Ezr 6:7-8, 12b, 14-20; Ps 122:1-5; Lk 8:19-21

Wednesday Ezr 9:5-9; Tb:13:2, 3-4abefghn, 7-8; Lk 9:1-6

Thursday Hg 1:1-8; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 9:7-9

Friday Hg 2:1-9; Ps 43:1-4; Lk 9:18-22

Saturday Zec 2:5-9, 14-15a; Jer 31:10-12ab, 13; Lk 9:43b-45

Sunday Nm 11:25-29; Ps 19:8, 10, 12-14; Jas 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48

From the Pastor’s Desk

On the eve of Pope Francis visit to our shores, I suspect he will baffle many, because he doesn’t fit into their sound-bite categories. Yet the only lens that will reveal the truth is to see him as a man of God, called to preach the Gospel, to teach the faith. One example: Why is a Pope talking about the environment, and climate change? Here are a few quotes from his letter, Laudato Si, which shows clearly the foundations of his message.

“66. The creation accounts in the book of Genesis contain, in their own symbolic and narrative language, pro-found teachings about human existence and its historical reality. They suggest that human life is grounded in three fundamental and closely intertwined relationships: with God, with our neighbour and with the earth itself. According to the Bible, these three vital relationships have been broken, both outwardly and within us. This rupture is sin. The harmony between the Creator, humanity and creation as a whole was disrupted by our presuming to take the place of God and refusing to acknowledge our creaturely limitations. This in turn distorted our mandate to “have domin-ion” over the earth (cf. Gen 1:28), to “till it and keep it” (Gen 2:15). As a result, the originally harmonious relationship between human beings and nature became conflictual (cf. Gen 3:17-19). It is significant that the harmony which Saint Francis of Assisi experienced with all creatures was seen as a healing of that rupture. Saint Bonaventure held that, through universal reconciliation with every creature, Saint Francis in some way returned to the state of origi-nal innocence.[40]This is a far cry from our situation today, where sin is manifest in all its destructive power in wars, the various forms of violence and abuse, the abandonment of the most vulnerable, and attacks on nature.

“69. Together with our obligation to use the earth’s goods responsibly, we are called to recognize that other living beings have a value of their own in God’s eyes: “by their mere existence they bless him and give him glory”,[41] and indeed, “the Lord rejoices in all his works” (Ps 104:31). By virtue of our unique dignity and our gift of intelli-gence, we are called to respect creation and its inherent laws, for “the Lord by wisdom founded the earth” (Prov 3:19).

“76. In the Judaeo-Christian tradition, the word “creation” has a broader meaning than “nature”, for it has to do with God’s loving plan in which every creature has its own value and significance. Nature is usually seen as a sys-tem which can be studied, understood and controlled, whereas creation can only be understood as a gift from the outstretched hand of the Father of all, and as a reality illuminated by the love which calls us together into universal communion.”