Welcome to the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis King of France...

On behalf of our Archbishop, Most Rev. Gregory M. Aymond, our parishioners, deacons, and priests, I welcome you to St. Louis Cathedral and hope that your visit will be a memorable one.

I invite you to consider the Cathedral your parish away from home. It is my prayer that your time here will be a spiritually uplifting experience. I appreciate your generosity in the support of our Cathedral. It is with your help that we are able to maintain its beautiful state, that we may continue to worship God within these walls as has been done since 1718. May God enrich you with many graces and blessings.

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time September 8, 2019

Fill us at daybreak with Your kindness, that we may shout for joy and gladness all our days.

— Psalm 90:14

SLC VOLUME 62 NUMBER 36

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — You sent your holy spirit from on high and thus were the paths of those on earth made straight (Wisdom 9:13-18b).

Psalm — In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge (Psalm 90).

Second Reading — Paul asks Philemon to accept back his slave Onesimus as a brother (Philemon 9-10, 12-17).

Gospel — Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion? (Luke 14:25-33).

The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time; Grandparents Day Monday: St. Peter Claver Wednesday: Patriot Day Thursday: The Most Holy Name of Mary Friday: St. John Chrysostom Saturday: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Col 1:24 — 2:3; Ps 62:6-7, 9; Lk 6:6-11

Tuesday: Col 2:6-15; Ps 145:1b-2, 8-11; Lk 6:12-19

Wednesday: Col 3:1-11; Ps 145:2-3, 10-13ab; Lk 6:20-26

Thursday: Col 3:12-17; Ps 150:1b-6; Lk 6:27-38

Friday: 1 Tm 1:1-2, 12-14; Ps 16:1b-2a, 5, 7-8, 11; Lk 6:39-42

Saturday: Nm 21:4b-9; Ps 78:1bc-2, 34-38; Phil 2:6-11; Jn 3:13-17

Sunday: Ex 32:7-11, 13-14; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19; 1 Tm 1:12-17; Lk 15:1-32 [1-10]

PRAYER INTENTIONS

Wanda Mary Aizpurua, Steven Bailey, Charlee P. Bath, Rodney Batistella, Kevin Baye, Jason Benigni, Sylvia Beyer, Samuel Blimling, Jr., Walter Bonam, Grayson Bond, Jon Bourdais, Kylan Broussard, John Bruno, Trey Michael Bruno, Barbara Butler, , Diane Centanni, Drew Chambers, Joe & Susie Chenevert, Valerie Claverie, Mary Dahir, Don Daley, Jr. Patricia Daniels, Adrianne DeCarolis, Charles and Ruth Delacerda, Claire Duplantier, Ben Edmunson, Orly R. Elizondo, Brady Evans, Heidi Fletcher, Brad Freichter, Robert Friedman; Dylan Frught, Timmy Giroir, Olivia Gonzales, Michael Goodson, Daniel Grant, Julie Green, Joe Greenwood, Riley Griffin, Ann Griffiths, Louis Hilaire, Harriet Hill, Jessica Hong, Leroy and Joyce Houston, Charlene Hughes, Sput Hughes, Brandon Jackson, Emily Judice, Philip Klaas, Mickey Landry, Gloria Larousse, Tylor Lenart, Fr. Michael Levy, OMI, Kenneth Maes, Maureen Mallory, George Markey, Doug Masters, Joshua McAlister, John Moreale, Jr. Steven Murphey, Maria Nelson, Heather Newell, Hannah Nguyen, Julie Noto, Mike Oddo, C.J. Otillio, Sylvia Otillio; Mark Owens, Christina Margaret Mary Luna Perez, Loriann and Joseph Pliska, Johnny Poche, Irlee Redmann, Joel Rivera, Ronald Rizzo, Deborah Roberts, Michael Rudiger, Nora Saldana, Jim Sansone, Bernadina Sceovern, Emma Scheuermann, Raymond Schexnayder, Schweda Family, Rosalia Serio, Maria Soares, Sister Mary Lou Specha, Jean Stephens, Rebecca Temple & Family, Noah Townsend, Sal Trabanino, Juan Valadez, Jim Viola, Mickey James & Pablo Welsh, Lee Whitaker, Marie Williams, Fritz Windhorst, Danielle Wolfe, Zickert Family, Chris Zimmer

If you are ill or know of someone who is ill and should be included in our prayers, please contact the parish office.

CHURCH SUPPORT

“YOUR STEWARDSHIP IS THE SOURCE OF OUR GROWTH”

September 1, 2019

Due to the Labor Day holiday, this week’s collection totals will appear in the bulletin of September 15th

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORT AND GENEROSITY.

The statement printed above expresses the gratitude felt in response to the generosity of the people of the St. Louis Cathedral parish. For it is your weekly contributions that make much of what is done here at the Cathedral possible. Thanks are extended to those who use Church Support envelopes regularly. If you are not currently using envelopes, please consider doing so that our parish may continue to prosper. If you would like to receive monthly envelopes, kindly visit the Parish Office at 615 Pere Antoine Alley or contact us by phone at 525-9585 ext. 5341.

MASS INTENTIONS

SUNDAY, September 8, 2019

9:00 AM Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Werling+ John Freshno+ Msgr. Crosby W. Kern+ Joseph Vinson+ John D. Lambert+

Fr. John Morin+ Denise Marie DeShazo+ Valri Dandridge+ Ana Lucia Fernandez de Soto Montalvo+ 11:00 AM For the People of the Archdiocese MONDAY, September 9, 2019

12:05 PM Shirley Mae Bouligny+

TUESDAY, September 10, 2019 12:05 PM Doris C. Lowder+

WEDNESDAY, September 11, 2019

12:05 PM Sauro Baietta and children

THURSDAY, September 12, 2019

12:05 PM Elaine Victory Baarocco+

FRIDAY, September 13, 2019

12:05 PM Poor Souls in Purgatory+

SATURDAY, September 14, 2019

5:00 PM Poor Souls in Purgatory+ Friends abd Benefactors of SLC Martin, Florence and Mark Croes+ Susie Showalter Diann and James Hritzo Elaine Victory Barocco+ John Lambert+ Donald Harry Stegman+ Evodna Springer Steve Faught+ Leonard E. Culotta, Sr.+ Mrs. Olga Duranza Janet Walton Giselson+

Cathedral Sanctuary Lamp

Our Sanctuary Lamp burns this week in memory of

Kathleen Blanco

PLEASE PRAY FOR

The Church in the Crescent: Three Hundred Years of Catholicism

in New Orleans

Please note that the Old Ursuline Convent Museum

will be closed from September 9, 2019 - September 22, 2019

for exhibit updates.

Join us for the reopening on Monday, September 23, 2019

TWENTY-THIED SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

September 8, 2019

POST-SUMMER CHALLENGES

With any luck, summer delights will continue a while past last weekend’s Labor Day: refreshing recreation (with maybe an occasional swim) or enjoyable relaxation on the deck (with tasty outdoor grilling). Truth is, for some of us, this year’s Labor Day came way too early. With many schools back in session for a while already, mealtimes and driving schedules needed readjustment to coordinate youth sports with adult commitments. Some religious education and parish programs resumed, too. No surprise, then, that this weekend’s scriptures sound a little like post-summer challenges. For instance, Wisdom reminds us that believers in God can never be content with “timid deliberations” and “unsure plans.” Paul challenges longtime friend and follower Philemon to “let the good you do be voluntary.” Jesus instructs “great crowds” traveling with him—including us—on three things necessary for all true disciples to accomplish. On this early autumn weekend, our scriptures describe disciples’ lifelong labors.

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Plans are underway for the opening of our 2019-2020 RCIA program. The initials R.C.I.A. stand for the "Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults." The RCIA is a program of the Catholic Church oriented towards those who are searching and inquiring about the Catholic way of life. Through the RCIA, the Catholic Church extends an invitation to: 1. Those who are not associated with a community of faith and who wish to become Catholics. 2. Those who want to convert to Catholicism from another faith. (For them, the RCIA is the process through which they will become full-fledged Catholics) and 3. Those who want to learn more about the teachings of the Catholic faith. The RCIA program at the Cathedral is under the direction of Deacon Ron Guidry and meets weekly at the Cathedral Rectory. If you are interested in becoming Catholic or want to learn more about your Catholic faith, contact the parish office for registration details at 504-525-9583 ext. 5342.

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE

It is the tradition of the Archdiocese to offer the Sacrament of Penance (Confession) on or near the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. Confessions will be heard here at the Cathedral on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 from 10:30am through 11:50am. Please consider taking advantage of this opportunity to invite the healing Christ into your heart with His promise of forgiveness and reconciliation.

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ARCHDIOCESAN NEWS

POPE FRANCIS’ PRAYER INTENTION FOR AUGUST

Families, Schools of Human Growth That families, through their life of prayer and love, become ever more clearly "schools of true human growth.”

PRAYER FOR SAFETY DURING HURRICANE SEASON

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 in 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.

During this hurricane season we turn to You, O loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with passing of time.

O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our beloved Mother, we ask you to plead with your Son on our behalf,

so that spared from the calamities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son to reach the heavenly Jerusalem,

where a stormless eternity awaits us. Amen.

DIP JARS NOW AVAILABLE AT CATHEDRAL

Did you want to light a candle but didn’t have any cash? You can now use a credit card to do so by visiting the candle stands behind the pews as you enter the Cathedral. Simply place your credit card into the Dip Jar and you may purchase 3 candles for $6.00. The candles may be redeemed at any stand in the Cathedral. Also, at the request of our visitors, you may now make a $25.00 donation to the Cathedral Restoration and Renovation Fund by credit card, using the Dip Jars located on the walls next to the doors as you exit the interior of the Cathedral. These donations will be used strictly for the maintenance and upkeep of our beautiful Cathedral. Please know that your generosity is greatly appreciated.

*Please note that due to Cathedral hours of operation, confessions will be heard here on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 from 10:30am-11:50am.

Phillip Domingue, Business & Comm. Coordinator

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Phillip Domingue, Business & Comm. Coordinator

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