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The Official Monthly Publication of the Diocese of Lafayette

AcAdiAnA cAtholic July2012 Volume28 Number7

InsidethisissueAuthorDawnEdencomestoLafayette................13

BlessedJohnXXIII’shome-town....................16

ULLstudentsharesperspectiveonFaith&Formexhibit....26

CharleneRichardMasstobecelebratedAug.10.........33

DREhonoredfor32yearsofservice..................35

VillageofHopedinnersupportsworkofHaitimission......43

LifeAwarenessvocationdis-cernmentretreat...........46

41st annual Catholic Charismatic Conference to be held July 27-29

Father Peter Coughlin will serve as one of the main speakers at this year’s con-ference.

Kerry Bueche

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LAFAYETTETheCatholicCharismaticRe-

newal Office for the Diocese ofLafayettewillbeholding itsan-nualconferenceJuly27-29—thelastfullweekendofJuly—attheHoliday Inn on North Evange-lineThruwayinLafayette. Fa-ther Peter Coughlin will presentapriestanddeaconsessionfrom3:00-5:00 p.m. on Friday, July27;allpriests,deacons,andreli-giousbrothersandsistersarein-vitedtoattendfreeofchargebutareaskedtoregister.

Registrationfortheconferenceis $25 per person and $50 perfamilyfortheentireweekend(noindividualdaybreakdown).Theconferencebrochure is availableonline at www.diolaf.org/char-ismatic, or further informationmay be requested by contactingtheOfficeof theCatholicChar-ismatic Renewal at (337) 265-3773onMonday,Wednesday,orThursdayafternoons.

Atthisconference,theRenewalwillcontinuetocelebratethe45thAnniversaryofthebeginningsofthemostrecentoutpouringofthe

charismsandpowerof theHolySpirit in the Catholic Church,which spread like wildfire afteraCatholicretreatofcollegestu-dents atDuquesneUniversity in1967.Inrecentdays,manyhavereferredtotheCatholicChurchasa“sleepinggiant”andtheChar-ismaticRenewal in thisDiocesecallsforallto“Awake!”andbe-comemoreawareof thepresentdangersinourworld,andtoputon the strength of the armor ofGodtofightthebattlesnowandthosetocome(Isa52:1andEph

6:13-17)General registration for the

conferencewillopenat5:00p.m.onFriday,July27,withtheeve-ning general session scheduledfor6:30p.m.withspeakerKerryBueche. This will be followedbyMassandahealingserviceledbyFatherPeterCoughlin,KerryBueche,andprayerministers.

FatherCoughlin is oneof themainspeakersfortheconferenceandwillbetravelinginfromOn-tario,Canada,wherehehasprevi-ouslyservedasDirectorandLiai-sonfortheCatholicCharismaticRenewalServicesoftheDioceseof Ontario. Father Coughlinserves as Executive Director ofTheBreadofLifeRenewalCen-treand is editorof theBreadofLifemagazine.Heleadspilgrim-agestoRome,Assisi,MedjugorjeandtheHolyLand.Heisagiftedteacher and conference speakerinternationally and has authoredUnderstanding the CharismaticGifts,TheFireinMyHeart,He’sAlive!,ExplosionofFire: HolySpiritMinistry,TheHealingMin-istry,andmore. He iscurrently

thepastorofSt.AndrewParishinOakville,Ontario.

Kerry Bueche is a Catholiclay evangelist from the Houma-ThibodeauxDioceseandfounderof theVoice of the Lord Minis-tries, Inc., which covers work-shops, bible foundation, revival,healing services, teaching, andpreaching. He is recognized asan outstanding teacher and iswellknownforhisgiftsinscrip-tureknowledge,wisdom,wordofknowledgeandhealings,andnowhasaTVprogramintheHouma-Thibodeauxarea.Kerryhasbeeninvolved inthe CatholicCharismaticRenewal inL o u i s i a n afor over 30years.

The Conference will continueonSaturday,July28,withregis-trationopeningat8:00a.m.anda general session scheduled for9:00a.m.Themorningwillfea-ture a special sharing by Gloria

Congratulations to newly ordained Father William Schambough


byStephanieR.MartinLAFAYETTE

Congratulations are extendedto Father William Schambough,themostrecentlyordainedpriestoftheLafayetteDiocese.FatherSchambough was ordained byBishopMichaelJarrellonSatur-day, June23,duringceremonieswhichtookplaceattheCathedralofSt.JohntheEvangelistinLa-fayette. Father Schambough isthesonofMaryAnnandRobertSchambough; he celebrated hisfirstMassonSunday,June24,inhis home parish of St.AnthonyofPaduaChurchinEunice.Hisappointment asAssociate PastorofSt.PiusXParishinLafayettewentintoeffectonJuly2.

Father William Schambough was ordained to the priesthood for the Lafayette Diocese on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette. A native of Eunice, Father Schambough is the son of Mary Ann and Robert Scham-bough. Photo by P.C. Piazza

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July Birthdays

Fr..MarkLedoux Jul.04Dcn.ThomasRichardJul.04Fr.RaymondRobitailleJul.04Dcn.EugeneWaguespackJul.11Msgr.RichardGreene,VEJul.12Dcn.ThomasLindseyJul.12Fr.GregorySimien Jul.12Fr.LloydBenoit Jul.13Fr.HowardBlessing Jul.13Fr.JeromeFrey,CJC Jul.19Dcn.KennethWaguespackJul.19Fr.WilliamBlanda Jul.20Dcn.NelsonSchexnayderJul.21Dcn.RodlessLeleux Jul.22Fr.GregoryDowns Jul.25Fr.RexBroussard Jul.28Fr.BlaineClement Jul.28Fr.GarySchexnayderJul.28

Upcoming catechist certification workshops


From the August 26, 1955 edition of the Southwest Louisiana Register, Msgr. Warren L. Boudreaux (Pastor, St. Peter Parish, New Iberia and Dean of the New Iberia Deanery) conducted the traditional Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet during the annual Shrimp Festival in Delcambre. File photo

LAFAYETTEOnJuly27,theLafayetteDi-

ocese’sOfficeofChristianFor-mationwilloffer threeseparatecatechistcertificationworkshopson thegroundsof the Immacu-lataCenterinLafayette.Spaceislimitedandnoonsiteregistra-tionswillbeacceptedonthedayof theworkshops, soearly reg-istrationisrecommended.Reg-istrationformsmaybeobtainedonlineatwww.diolaf.org,underthe office section of ChristianFormation.

The“CatholicChurch”work-shopwillbeconductedfrom9:00a.m.until12:00noon(LevelIV:3 credits, 3 hrs.), with sign-into begin at 8:30 a.m. Descrip-tion:AsmembersoftheCatho-

liccommunityoffaith,wesharein the history and tradition ofChrist’sbody.ThiscourseoffersparticipantsinsightsintoCatho-licbeliefsandtraditionssuchas:Revelation–Scripture&Tradi-tion; Catholic understanding ofOne,Holy,Catholic,andApos-tolic; the hierarchical structureof theChurchand themagiste-rium;theCommunionofSaints;andtheParousia.

Part 1 of “Prayer and Spiri-tualityEchoesModule”willbefrom9:30a.m.until11:30a.m.,withsign-intobeginat9:00a.m.Sign-inforthePart2tobeginat12:00p.m., with the sessionscheduled for 12:30p.m. until 2:30 p.m.

ParticipantsmustnotethattheymustattendbothParts1and2inordertocompletethecourseandreceivetheentitledcredit(LevelIII: 6 credits, 4 hrs.). “Prayerand Spirituality Echoes Mod-ule” explores the relationshipwiththelivingGodthatwecallprayer. It places prayer withinthecontextofone’sspirituality,thenamegiventotheentirelifelived in response toGod’scall.Itincludesthebasicdynamicofprayeraslisteningandrespond-

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday SaturdayFriday

Pray for our departed clergy:Fr.GeorgeBraquet Jul.02,1978Fr.FrancoisBussieres Jul.05,1996Fr.LesliePrescott Jul.09,1998Fr.PhilipBrault Jul.12,1981Fr.JosephVaillancourt Jul.14,1961Fr.JeanLachapelle Jul.16,1950

JulyFr.LouisBertrand Jul.19,1996Fr.JosephNguyen Jul.21,2003Fr.AlfredGaudet Jul.24,1989Fr.StanleyBegnaud Jul.24,1985Fr.JosephLafleur Jul.26,1970Fr.AnthonyIsenberg Jul.27,1954

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ThirteenthSundayOrdinaryTime

Weekday St.Thomas St.ElizabethofPortugalIndependenceDay

FirstFridaySt.MariaGoretti

FirstSaturdayBlessedVirginMary

FourteenthSundayOrdinaryTime

St.AnthonyMaryZaccaria

St.AugustineZhaoRongandcompanions

Weekday St.Benedict Weekday St.Henry BlessedKateriTekakwitha

FifteenthSundayOrdinaryTime

OurLadyofMountCarmel

Weekday St.CamillusdeLellis

Weekday St.Apollinaris St.LawrenceofBrindisi

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St.Bridget St.SharbelMakhluf St.James Sts.JoachimandAnne Weekday BlessedVirginMary

SeventeenthSundayOrdinaryTime

St.PeterChrysologus St.IgnatiusofLoyola

MeetingoftheKing’sMen7:00PM

OurLadyofWisdomChurch,Lafayette









CatholicCharismaticRenewalConference

HolidayInnLafayette

NovenatohonortheBlessedMother6:00PMMass

MonasteryMaryMotherofGraceLafayette

















DayofRecollection9:00AM-3:00PM

OurLadyofSorrowsRe-treatCenter

St.Martinville

Men’sWorkDay8:00AM-4:30PM

OurLadyofSorrowsRe-treatCenter

St.Martinville

RegistrationOpensforCycle6ofVLCFF


HolidayInnLafayette


HolidayInnLafayette

HealingMass7:00PM

OurLadyofMercyChurchHenderson

FoodfortheJourney11:30AM-12:45PMCrownePlazaHotel

Lafayette

CompanionsAlongtheJourneyBereavementGroup

6:00-8:00p.m.ImmaculataCenter,Lafayette

BookSigningw/DawnEden9:30-11:30AM

ImmaculataCenter7:00PM

St.PiusXChurchLafayette

Echoes&SpecializedMethodsWorkshops9:00AM-3:30PMImmaculataCenter

Lafayette

DayofPrayer&ReflectionforCatechists/CatecheticalLeaders

9:00AM-2:30PMImmaculataCenter

Lafayette

The Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions:

General Intention for July:Thateveryonemayhaveworkinsafeandsecureconditions.

Missionary Intention for July:ThatChristianvolunteersinmissionterritoriesmaywitnesstotheloveofChrist.


Carmelites host novenaLAFAYETTE

The community of the Mon-astery of Mary, Mother of Gracein Lafayette would like to inviteeveryone to join them in prayinga novena in honor of the BlessedMother. The novena will beginJuly 8 and conclude on July 16.Mass will be celebrated at themonastery at 6:00p.m. each eve-ningthroughoutthenovena.

ThenovenacoincideswithLou-isiana’s bicentennial celebration,as ameansof acknowledging theever-present intercession of theBlessedMother’s“promptsuccor”throughout the state’s tumultuoushistory of destructive hurricanes,massivefloods,theCivilWar,dev-astatingoilspills,andothernaturaldisasters. Please join the monas-terycommunityintheseninedaysofprayerastheyaskOurLadyofPrompt Succor for her continuedcompassionateprayerstohelpsup-portandstrengtheneveryoneinthedailybattlesoflife.

Worldwide Marriage EncounterBATONROUGE

Timeforsomehomeimprove-ment?

The best home improvementforyourfamilyisarenewed,re-freshed, romantic marriage. AWorldwide Marriage Encounterweekendisagreatinvestmentinyourspouse&children!Youalldeserveit!

The next weekend isJuly 27-29inBatonRouge. Call1-800-586-5469, or visitwww.wwme.orgformoreinformation.

Healing Mass HENDERSON

Our Lady of Mercy ChurchinHendersonwillhostaspecialhealing Mass with Father Em-manuel “Manny” Fernandez onFriday,July20.Confessionswillbeheardbeginningat5:00p.m.,and Mass is scheduled for 7:00p.m.Allareinvitedtoattend.

For more information, pleasecall(337)228-2352.

LAFAYETTEThis fall,HolyCrossChurch

in Lafayette will offer four dif-ferent studies from the Great Adventure Bible Study. TheGreat AdventureisafascinatingstudythattakesoneonajourneythroughtheBiblebygoingdeepintoeachperiodofsalvationhis-toryanddiscoveringtheamazingstory woven throughout all ofScripture.Usingauniquecolor-codedsystem,onewilllearnthemajorpeople,places,andeventsof the Bible and see how theyall come together to reveal theremarkable story of faith. Thestudy consists of a series ofDVDspresentedbyJeffCavins,with workbooks to accompany

theDVDs.Beginning

on Wednes-day, Septem-ber 5, DebraCarroll willfacilitatea24-weekstudyofthe Gospelof Matthewfrom 6:30-

8:30p.m.eachWednesdayintheWisdom Meeting Room, build-ingD. Matthew: The King and His Kingdom shows how Jesusbuildson the foundation laid intheOldTestamenttoinauguratethekingdomofheavenonearth.InMatthew,SeeJesusastheSonof David, the Son ofAbraham,thenewMoses,thetruemanna,thenewTempleand learnwhatthismeanstoday.

Beginningon Tuesday,August 14,Don Berko-wicz will fa-cilitate a 24-week studyon the BookofActs. Thestudy will be

Great Adventure continues at Holy Crossconducted each Tuesday from9:30-11:30 a.m. in the GraceMeetingRoomofAdministratingBuildingA.Acts: The Spread of the Kingdom buildsonTheBible TimelineandMatthew byshow-ing how Christ’s Kingdom onearthisempoweredtocarryouthisworkintheworld.TheBookofActsshowstheChurch,enliv-ened by the Holy Spirit, teach-ing, preaching, healing, and re-storingoutcastsinthesamewaythatJesusdidonearth.

Mr.Berkowiczwillalsofacil-itatea20-weekGreat Adventure StudyoftheGospelofMatthewbeginning on Wednesday, Au-gust15.(Thisstudywillbethesameas theoneofferedbyMs.Carroll, only with a differentstartingdateandmeetingtimes).Thestudywillbeconductedev-ery Tuesday from 9:30-11:30a.m.intheGraceMeetingRoom

in Adminis-tration Build-ingA.

Beginningon Thursday,S e p t e m b e r6, MaureenLorentz willf a c i l i t a t ea 24-weekGreat Adven-

ture Bible Timeline from 6:30-8:00p.m.everyThursdayintheWisdomMeetingRoom.InthisBibleTimelineDVDseries,JeffCavins provides comprehensiveteaching and commentary onfourteen narrative books of theBible covering each period ofsalvationhistory.

Workbooks cost $40 each.Toregister,pleasecalltheHolyCross office at (337) 984-9636or Adult Faith Formation at(337) 654-9671. Registrationmayalsobecompletedonlineatwww.holycrosslafayette.com.

Debra Carroll

Don Berkowicz

Maureen Lorentz

STM RevivalLAFAYETTE

Markyourcalendars!ThecommunityofSt.Thomas

More Catholic High School inLafayetteisset tohost theSTMRevivalonSaturday,August18.Theeventwillbeheldfrom6:00-9:00 p.m. on the grounds of theschool, and the entire public isinvited to attend this free entry,family friendly revival featuringprofessional Christian musicianJoshBlakesley.

The eveningwill also includegreat food, fun jumps, babysit-tingserviceforthechildren,andexhibits of many of Lafayette’scharitable organizations andowner parish youth groups. Araffle will be held, with a bigscreen television to serve as thefirstprize.HighlightvideoswillbeshownofSTMCampusMin-istry, and the evening will con-clude with praise and worshipandEucharisticAdoration. JointheSTMcommunity in thiscel-ebrationof faithas theyprepareforthestartofanewschoolyear.

July Ordination Anniversaries

Msgr.JeffersonDeBlancJul.01,1977Fr.LawrenceAbaraJul.08,1978Fr.JamesBrady Jul.08,2006Fr.BrianTaylor Jul.08,2006Fr.JasonVidrine Jul.08,2006Fr.CyprianEze Jul.09,1988Fr.RichardBroussardJul.15,2000Fr.DenisOsuagwu,CMFJul.15,1989Fr.BryceSibley Jul.15,2000Dcn.JohnGuillet Jul.18,1986Dcn.JamesOliver Jul.18,1998BishopJudeSpeyrerJul.25,1953Dcn.LloydBarriosJul.28,1994Fr.FerdinandDerrera,SJJul.30,1961


Pray for our priestsListedbelowarethepriests

forwhomCatholicsareaskedtopraydailyduringthemonthofJuly.Thecalendar isspon-soredbytheSerraClubofLa-fayette.

01PopeBenedictXVI02BishopMichaelJarrell03Fr.WilliamSchambough04Fr.GregoryCormier05Msgr.DouglasCourville,JCL06Fr.RobertCourville07Fr.AngeloCremaldi08Fr.BarryCrochet09Fr.WilliamCrumley,CSC10Fr.HamptonDavis11Msgr.JeffersonDeBlanc,VE12Fr.EdwardDegeyter13Fr.HerbertdeLaunay14Fr.MichaelDelcambre15Fr.JohnDeleeuw16Fr.MarkDerise17Msgr.KeithDeRouen18Fr.FerdinandDerrera,SJ19Fr.ScottDesormeaux20Fr.AndersonDeSouza,SVD21Fr.KennethDomingue22Fr.GregoryDowns23Fr.WayneDuet24Fr.WillardDugas25Fr.EdwardDuhon26Fr.GilbertDutel27Fr.LuizDutra28Fr.DanEdwards29Fr.DarrenEldridge30Fr.PeterEmusa31Fr.GradyEstilette

Eternal Father, we lift up to You these and all the priests of the world. Sanctify them. Heal and guide them. Mold them into the likeness of your Son, Jesus, the Eternal High Priest. May their lives be pleasing to You. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Men’s work dayST.MARTINVILLE

OurLadyofSorrowsRetreatCenter in St. Martinville willhostaMen’sWorkDayonSat-urday, July 14. All men whocan lendahandwithcarpentry,plumbing, electrical, concretework, and manual labor are in-vitedtoattend.

Workwillbeginat8:00a.m.,with Mass to be celebrated at12:00noon.Lunchwillbepro-videdfortheworkers.Eachdaywill typically conclude around4:30 p.m., but men are encour-aged to come and go whenevertheycan.

For more information, pleasecontactVicGuidryat(337)824-3045ortheCenterofJesusCru-cifiedat(337)394-6550.

Couples’ cruise retreatLAFAYETTE

Fathers Jude Halphen, PhDand Neil McNeill would like toinviteallmarriedcouplestojointhem for a special married cou-plesretreatonboardtheHollandAmericacruiseship.Theseven-daycruiseisscheduledtodepartfromSeattle,WashingtononSep-tember 22, with ports of call toinclude:Juneau,Alaska;GlacierBay; Sitka, Alaska; Ketchikan,Alaska;andVictoria,BritishCo-lumbia.

Space is limited, and earlybooking is recommended to en-sure accommodations. Addi-tional information—includingrates—maybeobtainedonlineatwww.globetrektravel.com.

Marriage anniversary Mass on Sept. 9BREAUXBRIDGE

OnSeptember9,theLafayetteDiocese’sOfficeofMarriage&FamilyLifeMinistrywillspon-sor the annual Diocesan Mar-riage Anniversary CelebrationMass in honor of couples whohave been married 25 or 40years.TheMasswillbehostedbySt.BernardChurchinBreauxBridgeandisscheduledfor2:00p.m.

Bishop Michael Jarrell willcelebratetheMass,andarecep-tion will follow inside the par-ish hall. Couples who wish tobe recognized during the MassmustregisterbeforeAugust24.Toregister,pleasevisittheMar-riage & Family Life section ofthe diocesan website at www.diolaf.org.

Day of RecollectionST.MARTINVILLE

Our Lady of Sorrows RetreatCenterinSt.MartinvillewillhostaDayofRecollectionfrom9:00a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on Satur-day, July21. The focuswillbeon theAdoration of the BlessedSacramentandhelpingCatholicstobetterunderstandandappreci-atetheRealPresenceofJesusintheEucharist.Thereisnocostorregistrationrequired,butpartici-pants should bring a brown baglunchfortheday.Massandtheopportunity for confession willalsobeoffered.

For additional information,please contact Father MichaelChampagne, CJC, at (337) 394-6550.

LAFAYETTEThe Catholic Daugh-

ters of the Americas,Court Immaculata 503,made a generous dona-tion to the cemetery oftheCathedralofSt.JohntheEvangelisttohelppayfor the name plates ofmorethan118individualswhowererecentlylaidtorestduringafuneralMassfortheunclaimed.Theseunclaimed cremated re-mains had previouslybeenstoredbytheLafay-etteParishCoroner’sOf-fice.

BishopJarrellcelebrat-ed the funeral Mass forthe unclaimed on April28. The remains wereplacedintothreeseparatecaskets, including onechild-sized to representseveral infants and one drapedwith an American flag to honormilitaryveterans.

Otherswhowishtomakeado-

Court Immaculata 503 donates name plates for the burial of the unclaimed

On behalf of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Immaculata 503, Regent Cheryl Luke (left) and Treasurer Barbara Bakeler (right) presented Superin-tendent of the Cemetery of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Brady LeBlanc (center) with a check to help pay for the name plates of those who were recently buried during the Lafayette Diocese’s first funeral Mass for the unclaimed. Photo submitted by Cheryl Luke

nation to help pay for the nameplates of those who were laid torest during the funeral Mass fortheunclaimedmaycontacttheCa-thedralofSt.JohntheEvangelist.


2nd collection on Jul. 14-15 to benefit Catholic communicationsbyStephanieR.MartinLAFAYETTE

ChurchparishesintheLafayetteDiocesewilltakeupasecondcol-lectionduringtheweekendofJuly14-15aspartoftheCatholicCom-munications Campaign (CCC).While the CCC is a national col-lection of the United States Con-ference of Catholic Bishops (US-CCB), 50 percent of the moneyraised by this special collectionwill remain here in the LafayetteDiocesetobeusedinlocalCatho-liccommunicationsefforts.Thesefundswillbeallocated tosupporttheOfficesoftheAcadiana Catho-lic, Radio/TV ministry, andWeb-site.

Although the Lafayette Dio-cesehasenjoyedthebenefitsofaCatholicnewspaper ever since itsestablishment in1918, theAcadi-ana Catholic became its officialnewspublicationintheyear1985.Printed on a monthly basis, thenewspaper is distributed by maildirectlytothehomesofpaidsub-scribersandisnowalsoaccessibleonline at www.diolaf.org. Eachissue of the Acadiana Catholicstrives to reportCatholic-oriented

Tell the People airs every Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. on KATC TV-3. Past episodes may also be viewed online at www.diolaf.org, under the Radio/TV Ministry section.

newsstoriesandtopromoteCatho-liceventsastheyoccurthroughouttheeightcivilparishesofthedio-cese. Itsmission is to strengthenthereligiousidentityofthedioceseby informing, inspiring, and edu-cating all individuals through theteachingsoftheCatholicChurch.

AdministratorsoftheLafayetteDioceserecentlyappointedSteph-anieMartintoserveasthemanag-ingeditoroftheAcadiana Catho-lic;shehasreplacedDeaconTomSommers,whoretiredaseditorattheendof2011.

TheOfficeofRadio/TVMinis-tryoverseesallefforts toproduceTell the People, the weekly dioc-esan television program whichairsat10:30a.m.everySundayonKATCTV-3.EachepisodeofTell the People features four separatesegmentsdesignedtopromoteup-comingCatholiceventsinthearea,highlightnewandlong-timeminis-triesoperatingwithinthediocese,andoffercontinuingeducationop-portunities to adult Catholics. Aweeklymessagefromthebishopisalsoincluded.

Additionally, the office of Ra-dio/TVMinistryhasproducedand

distributed the daily rosary seg-ments—in English and French—whichaironseveraldifferentme-dia outlets throughout Acadiana.Theofficealso filmsandproduc-es a number of special diocesanMasses throughout the year, suchas the annual Priesthood Ordina-tionCeremonyand theChristmasEveMidnightMass at theCathe-dral of St. John the Evangelist.Videos of the rosary segments,specialMass,andpastepisodeofTell the People are all availableforviewingthroughtheRadio/TVMinistry’ssectionof thediocesanwebsiteatwww.diolaf.org.

Thediocese’sRadio/TVMinis-try is directed by David Mergist,who also serves as producer ofall programminggenerated by theoffice.

Nearthebegin-ning of 2011, thediocese launchedan improved ver-sionofitswebsiteat www.diolaf.org. The website

houses a section for each of thediocese’s central offices, includ-ingcontactinformationanddetailsonthevariousministriestheypro-vide; in some cases, individualsare even able to use the websiteto submit online registration forcertainprograms,workshops, andevents sponsored by the offices.In addition to sections dedicatedto providing information on allthe diocese’s church parishes andCatholicschools, thewebsitealsooffers access to adiocesancalen-dar of events, breaking Catholicnews,andlinkstootherreputableCatholic resources which can befoundontheinternet.

Tosupporttheselocalministriesastheybringthegoodnewstothe

LafayetteDiocese,please give gen-erously to yourchurch parish’ssecond collectionfor the CatholicCommunicationsCampaign duringthe weekend ofJuly14-15.

Relaunched in early 2011, the improved diocesan website offers access to a wealth of information for the many programs and ministries provided by the diocesan central offices. Please visit at www.diolaf.org.

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Quo Vadis report given at installation of Serra officersbyKathleenToupsLAFAYETTE

AreportontheQuo Vadisvo-cation camp was a highlight oftheprogramattheannualinstal-lationofofficersoftheLafayette

SerraClub,heldatthePetroleumClub.

Father Kevin Bordelon, Serrachaplainanddirectorofvocationsfor the Lafayette Diocese, gavethereport.Hesaidtherewere32young men between the ages of15-25inattendance,andsome20priestsandseveralseminariansofthediocesealsoassistedwiththe

program. Spiritual events, talksbypriests,games,andsportwereall includedontheagenda. TheprogramconcludedwithaEucha-risticprocession,whichseemstohave been most impressive forthoseinattendance.FatherBor-delon advised that about half ofthose in attendance expressed aseriousinterestinavocation.He

planstomakethevocationcampanannualevent.

Father Bordelon also made areport for Bishop Michael Jar-rell, who was unable to attendbecause of a cold. The bishophadpreparedafinancialreportonseminary expenses, which total$1,102,391.95 for the 39 semi-narians attending six seminaries

Julio2012porObispoMichaelJarrell

La relación entrela Iglesia y el Estadoha sido parte de lavida en los EstadosUnidos desde el prin-cipio.Recientesleyesyresolucionesporlosgobiernos estatales yfederalesrespectoalaviday laactividaddela Iglesia han traídoserios desacuerdos.Estosasuntoshansido

tratados frecuentemente en la prensa católica,inclusoenAcadianaCatholic.

Porlapresente,dirijolaatenciónaunapolíti-cadelaDiócesisdeLafayette,bajoeltítulode“ResponsabilidadesPolíticasenlaIglesia”(Fa-vordeverelsitiowebwww.dilaf.org–cf.Man-ualdePolíticasdelaDiócesis103.1-2,eninglés)La política estipula simplemente lo siguiente,“LaIglesiadebe tratarestosasuntos,evitandolapolíticapartidista.”Ladistinciónimportantees la diferencia entre los asuntos y los candi-datos. LaIglesianodeseainvolucrarseenlaseleccionesoenactividadespartidistas.NohayunaleyqueimpidaalaIglesiainvolucrarseenlas elecciones políticas, pero hay un requisitodelDepartamentodeImpuestosInternos(IRS)alefectoqueunaorganizaciónsinfinesdelucro(501-c-3)pudieseperdersuexencióndeimpu-estossiseinvolucraendichasactividades.Esciertoqueestoesunarestricción,peronuncahe

pensadoquehayasidounobstáculoparalamis-ióndelaIglesia. Losamericanos,incluyendolos americanos católicos, resienten que se lesdigacómovotary,porlotanto,existeelpeligrode una reacción contraria. También, siempremehedadocuentadequepuedodaraconocerelmensajedelaIglesiaefectivamentesiperse-veroconlostemas.

Acontinuaciónobservaránalgunasprovisio-nesdenuestraPolíticaDiocesana:

• Las instalaciones de las parroquias,escuelas y otras, así como también las quepertenecen a otros grupos católicos, no debenusarseparaningunaactividad relacionadaconel apoyo o la oposición a un candidato paraunpuestopolítico,nicomositiosparadebatespartidistasocomounescenarioparaanunciospolíticos. El púlpito especialmente no debeusarsenuncaporpersonasquetenganunpuestopolíticooqueesténpromoviendosuspuntosdevistaoposicionespolíticas, tampococomounfórumparaquealgúnindividuo,inclusounsac-erdoteodiácono,apoyenuoponganauncan-didatoofuncionariopúblico.(Modificadoel13defebrero,2009)

• Los boletines y periódicos de las par-roquiasnuncadebenserutilizadosparaapoyaruoponerauncandidatoparauncargopúblicooparaapoyaruoponerseaundeterminadopar-tidopolítico.Tampocolospapelescon“mem-brete”deunaescuelacatólicaoparroquialde-benusarseconestepropósito.

• La distribución de las boletas de vo-tación o la colocación de letreros o carteles

políticos para cualquier candidato o partidopolítico no se permiten en la propiedad de laIglesia.

• Las comunicaciones de “educaciónpolítica”quesugieren,asífueraindirectamente,el apoyoo laoposiciónauncandidatoopar-tidonodebenfirmarse,apoyarseofinanciarsepor ninguna parroquia, escuela católica o unaentidaddiocesana,nidichomaterialpuedeserdistribuidoenlapropiedaddelaIglesiapornin-gunapersona.

• Lasparroquias,lasescuelascatólicasyotras instituciones católicas de la Diócesis deLafayettenohonraránaaquellosquedesafíennuestrosprincipiosmoralesfundamentales.Noselesdarápremios,honoresoplataformaalgunaquesugieranunapoyoparasusacciones.(c.f.LosCatólicosenlaVidaPolítica,U.S.C.C.B.,Junio2004).

Mientrasquetodasestasprovisionesdicenloquenosepuedehacer,laiglesiahainstadoaloslaicosainvolucrarseenlosprocesospolíticos,avotar,aofrecersecomocandidatosauncargo,yatrabajarporelbiencomún.Unfolletomuyútilaesteaspecto,titulado“FormandoConcienciaparaCiudadanosFieles”,estápublicadoporlaConferencia Americana de Obispos Católicos(www.usccb.org)

En la columna del próximo mes, voy acompartirunacartaescritapornuestroprimerobispo,elSeñorObispoJulesB.Jeanmard,so-breeste temaenelaño1951. Laposicióndela Iglesia ha sido increíblemente constante atravésdelosaños.


July2012byBishopMichaelJarrell

The relationshipbetween Churchand State has beena part of Americanlifesincethebegin-ning. Recent lawsand rulings by stateand federal govern-mentswithregardtoChurch life and ac-tivity have brought

about serious disagreements. These issueshavebeendiscussedfrequentlyintheCatho-licpress,includingtheAcadianaCatholic.

Atthistime,IcallattentiontoapolicyoftheDioceseofLafayette, entitled “PoliticalResponsibilities in the Church”.(online atwww.diolaf.org-cf.DiocesanPolicyMan-ual,103.1-2)Thepolicystatessimply,“TheChurchistoaddressissues,avoidingpartisanpoliticsandtheendorsementof,oroppositionto,individualcandidatesforpublicofficeorpoliticalparties.”Theimportantdistinctionisthedifferencebetweenissuesandcandidates.TheChurchdoesnotwishtobeinvolvedinelection or partisan activities. There is nolawpreventingtheChurchfrominvolvementinelectionpolitics,butthereisarequirementoftheInternalRevenueServicetotheeffectthatnon-profitorganizations(501-c-3)might

losetheirtax-exemptstatusiftheyengageinsuchactivities.Itistruethatthisisarestric-tion, but I have never found it to be a realhindrance to theChurch’smission. Ameri-cans, including Catholic Americans, resentbeingtoldhowtovoteand,therefore,thereisthepracticaldangerofbacklash.Also,Ihavealways found that I could get the Church’smessage across effectivelyby stickingwiththeissues.

Some provisions of our Diocesan Policyare:

• Parish, school,andotherChurch fa-cilities, as well as those belonging to otherCatholicgroups, arenot tobeused for anyactivity related to the supportoforopposi-tiontoanycandidateforpoliticaloffice,norasplacesforpartisandebateorasscenesforpolitical advertisements. The pulpit espe-ciallyisnevertobeusedbyofficeholdersorofficeseekerstoadvancetheirviewsortheirpoliticalpositions,norasaforumforanyin-dividual,evenapriestordeacon,tosupportoropposeacandidateorpublicofficial.(Re-visedFebruary13,2009)

• Parish bulletins and newspapers arenevertobeusedtosupportoropposeacan-didateforpublicofficeortoendorseorop-poseaspecificpoliticalparty.Neithermustparish or school “letterhead” stationery beusedinthisway.

• The distribution of marked sampleballotsorthepostingofpoliticalsignsorbill-

boardsforanycandidateorpoliticalpartyarenotpermittedonChurchproperty.

• “Political education” communica-tions that suggest, even indirectly, that aparticular candidate or party is endorsed oropposedarenot tobesigned, supported,orfinancedbyanyparish, school,ordiocesanentity,normaysuchmaterialsbedistributedonChurchpropertybyanyone.

• Church parishes, Catholic schools,andotherCatholicinstitutionsoftheDioceseof Lafayette will not honor those who actin defiance of our fundamental moral prin-ciples.Theywillnotbegivenawards,hon-ors,orplatformswhich suggest support fortheiractions(c.f.CatholicsinPoliticalLife,U.S.C.C.B.,June,2004).

Whilemostof theseprovisions saywhatcannotbedone,theChurchhasconsistentlyurgedCatholiclaypersonstobeinvolvedinthepoliticalprocess, tovote, tooffer them-selvesascandidatesforoffice,and toworkforthecommongood.Ahelpfulbookletinthis regard, entitled, “Forming ConsciencesforFaithfulCitizenship,”ispublishedbytheUnitedStatesConferenceofCatholicBish-ops(www.usccb.org).

Innextmonth’scolumn,Iwillsharealet-terwrittenbyourfirstbishop,theMostRev-erend Jules B. Jenamard, on this subject in1951.TheChurch’spositionhasbeenamaz-inglyconsistentthroughtheyears.

in the course of their studies.This amounts to one-tenths ofthetotaldiocesanbudget.

Serra officers installed byDistrictGovernorIsmael“Gus”Agosta of Alexandria includedWill Charbonnet, president; J.Austin,vicepresidentforvoca-tions; J.HubertDumesnil, vicepresident forprogram;Dr.Mo-seyE.Rausch,vicepresidentfor

membership; Kathleen Toups,vice president for communica-tions and secretary; Mark Bil-leaud, treasurer; E.C. Sibille,MargaretRucks,GeorgeE.Ar-ceneaux, trustees; and FatherBordelon,chaplain.

Retiring president GeorgeArceneaux received a serviceplaque from past presidentE.C. Sibille, who commended

George’stwoyeartermaspresi-dent, in spite of some healthproblems. Arceneaux thankedmembers for their cooperationandassistance.

Opening and closing prayerswere led by Father Bordelonwho reminded Serrans to of-ferprayers forWilliamScham-baughwhowasordainedtothepriesthoodonJune23.

At the recent installation of Serra Club officers, member E.C. Sibille (left) pre-sented outgoing president George Ar-ceneaux with a special service plaque. Photo submitted by Kathleen Toups


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St. Elizabeth Seton Church in Lafayette recently honored parishioner Aline Arce-neaux (right) for all the generous con-tributions she has made to the church parish since its establishment in 1975. A daily Communicant, Miss Arceneaux has served the parish as a weekend Sacristan, lector, Eucharistic minister and adorer, money counter, and in many other capacities. Pictured with Miss Ar-ceneaux is Deacon Nelson Waguespack. Photo submitted by Kathleen Toups

St. Elizabeth Seton honors parishioner

NEWHAVEN,Conn.The Knights of Columbus

announced today that it setall-time records for charitable do-nations and volunteer servicehoursin2011.SupremeKnightCarl A. Anderson released theresultsof theCatholicfraternalorganization’sannualsurvey inapresentationtoitsboardofdi-rectorsandstate leaders,meet-ingJune6-10atitsinternationalheadquarters.

The results of the K of C’sAnnualSurveyofFraternalAc-tivity for the year ending Dec.31, 2011 indicate that totalcharitablecontributionsreached$158,084,514—exceedingtheprevious year’s total by morethan $3.4 million. The figureincludes $29,183,386 donatedby the Supreme Council and$128,901,128 in contributionsfrom the organization’s stateandlocalaffiliates.Overallcon-tributionsincreasedforthe12thconsecutiveyear.

Large donations during theperiod included$7.5million insupportofpriestlyandreligiousvocations,$3.6millionforSpe-cialOlympics,$515,000fortheorganization’s Coats for KidsprogramandcontinuingsupportofajointprogramwithProjectMedishare to provide prosthet-icstoHaitianchildrenwholostlimbs during the January 2010earthquake.

Thesurveyalsoindicatedthatthe quantity of volunteer ser-vice hours to charitable causesbyKnightsgrewto70,053,149

Knights of Columbus set records for charitable contributions

— an increase of 3,716 hourscomparedtothe2010total.Atanationalaveragevalueof$21.79perservicehouraccordingtoIn-dependentSector, the totalval-ueoftheKnights’servicehourslastyearexceeds$1.5billion.

AmongtheserviceprogramsreceivingsignificantKofCvol-unteerhoursweretheCoatsforKidsproject,SpecialOlympics,andtheGlobalWheelchairMis-sion.

There were also more than418,000KofCblooddonationsduringtheyear.

Cumulative figures showthatduringthepastdecade,theKnightsofColumbushasdonat-ed$1.406billiontocharity,andprovidedmorethan653millionhours of volunteer service insupportofcharitableinitiatives.

“Atatimewhenmanyinourcommunitiescontinuetoexperi-enceeconomichardship,thein-creasingcharitableworkof theKnights of Columbus is a tes-tament to thepowerof loveofneighborandtothegreatthingsthatcanbedonebythosecom-mitted to the common good,”said Supreme Knight CarlAn-derson.

TheKnightsofColumbuswasfounded by Father Michael J.McGivney,aNewHavenparishpriest,in1882.Ithasgrownintotheworld’slargestlayCatholicorganization, with more than1.8millionmembersthroughoutNorthandCentralAmerica,thePhilippines, the Caribbean andPoland.

Icons on display in Immaculata lobby

Currently on display inside the reception lobby of the Immaculata Center in Lafay-ette, these icons represent the work of local iconographer Christine Daunis. Photo by Stephanie R. Martin

LAFAYETTEA special word of thanks is

extended to Christine Daunis,an iconographerhere in theLa-fayette Diocese, for the loan ofseveralofher icons. The iconsare currently on display at theImmaculataCenterinLafayette,inthereceptionlobby.

Ms. Daunis is a practicingiconographer who resides innearby Carencro. She is a stu-dent of the Prosopon School of

Iconolgy,whichwasfoundedbyRussian iconographer VladislavAndreyev.ShebeganherstudyoficonographyinChatawa,MS,in 2003 and continues to studywiththeProsoponSchoolatSt.Joseph Abbey in St. Benedict,LA.

For more information abouticonpainting,pleasecontacttheLafayette Diocese’s Office ofWorship at (337) 261-5554 orvisitwww.prosoponschool.org.


LAFAYETTETheLafayetteDiocese’sOf-

ficeof thePro-LifeApostolateis pleased to promote an up-coming visit to the area fromDawn Eden, a nationally re-nownedchastityadvocate.Ms.EdenwillbeattheImmaculataCenter in Lafayette on Satur-day,July21,tosigncopies of her bookentitled My Peace I Give You: Heal-ing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints (Ava MariaPress 2012). Thebook signing willbe held from 9:30-11:30a.m.

Later that eve-ning, at 7:00 p.m.,Ms. Eden will alsobe at St. Pius XChurch in Lafay-ette.

A native of NewYork City, DawnEden was born intoaJewishfamilyandlaterbecameagnos-ticasateenager.Inthe 1990’s, she in-terviewedandwroteabout rock legendssuch as Elton John,Brian Wilson, andDelShannon,beforegoing on to writefor the New YorkPost and The DailyNews.Attheageof31, Ms. Eden con-verted to Christian-ity and eventuallyCatholicism. Shewroteherfirstbook,The Thrill of the Chaste,whichwaspublishedinfourlanguagesandearnedherspeakinginvita-tions throughout North Amer-ica, England, Poland, Ireland,and World Youth Day in Syd-ney,Australia.

Ms. Eden has a Master’sDegree in theology, which sheearnedfromthePontificalFac-ulty of the Immaculate Con-ception at Dominican HouseofStudies inWashington,DC.She is also currently studyingtowardapontificaldoctorate.

InMy Peace I Give You,Ms.Eden uses her own story as a

Renowned author Dawn Eden to visit Lafayettebackdrop to introduce numer-ous holy people who sufferedsexual abuse or inappropriate-ness,orotherformsofmistreat-ment and abandonment. Asshe guides readers to discoversaints with wounds like theirown, whose stories bear wit-nesstothetransformingpower

of grace, Ms. Eden also ex-plores different dimensions ofdivine love—sheltering, com-passionate, purifying, etc.—tohelp those who were sexuallywounded in childhood under-standtheiridentityintheabid-ingloveofChrist.

No fee will be charged tothose who wish to attend thebook signing, although dona-tions will be accepted at theevent and registration is rec-ommended.Toregister,pleasecontact the Office of the Pro-LifeApostolatebycalling(337)261-5607.

Congratulations

Congratulations to the following church parishes for having re-cently reached and exceeded their fundraising goals for the 2011-2012Bishop’sServicesAppealcampaign:

Parish Pastor % of Goal MetSt.MartindeTours Fr.R.Richard 101.6%(St.Martinville)O/LofPromptSuccor Fr.B.Crochet 101.3%(NewIberia)QueenofAngelsMsgr.K.Derouen 100.1%(Opelousas)HolyCross Fr.H.Blessing 101.1%(Lafayette)St.BernardChurch Fr.P.LaFleur 104.0%(BreauxBridge)St.Jules Fr.T.Vu 101.1%(Franklin)St.MartindePorres DeaconL.Lloyd 106.1%(Scott) (ParishLifeCoord.)St.Edmond Fr.G.Dutel100.7%(Lafayette)St.Peter Fr.M.Guidry 108.6%(Morrow)ImmaculateConception Fr.T.Vu 143.6%(Verdunville)


Congratulations are extended to Dickie Kibodeaux (left), parishioner of St. Edmond Church in Lafayette, who was recently honored as Veteran of the Year by the Disabled American Veterans organization. Kibodeaux, a Navy veteran who served more than four years on the aircraft carrier Essex, is the van coordinator for DAV Chapter 2, which has the longest run of any DAV chapter in the country. As van coordinator, Kibodeaux is responsible for scheduling and maintaining the van service, as well as recruiting and training those who assist him in those endeavors. Pictured with him is Chapter Com-mander Russel LaBarge. Photo submitted by Mike Day

St. Edmond parishioner honored as Veteran of the Year

byPeterFinneyJr.CatholicNewsServiceNEWORLEANS(CNS)

AnattorneyfortheBenedic-tinemonksofSt.JosephAbbeyin Covington argued beforea three-judge panel of the 5thU.S. Circuit Court ofAppealsJune 7 that a 1932 Louisianalawrequiringanyonesellinga

Louisiana’s restrictions on selling caskets unconstitutional, monks say caskettobealicensedfuneraldirector is unconstitutionalandhasnorationaleotherthan“pure economic protection-ism.”

Themonks,whomakeabout30cypress caskets amonthattheir St. JosephAbbeyWood-works,receivedafavorablerul-inglastyearfromU.S.DistrictCourt Judge Stanwood Duval,whostruckdowntheLouisianalaw,sayingitcreatedanunfairindustrymonopoly.

But the Louisiana StateBoard of Embalmers and Fu-neral Directors, representingthe state’s licensed funeralhomes, appealed the decision,saying the law protected con-sumers by ensuring that anycasketssoldweretherightsizeto fit into Louisiana’s oddlyshaped,above-groundcrypts.

Scott Bullock, an attorneywith the Virginia-based Insti-tute for Justice, a nonprofit,public-interestlawfirmthatisrepresenting the monks, saidthe state law, which requiresanyonesellingacaskettohavea funeral director’s license, is“pureeconomicprotectionism”

thatfavorsoneprivateclassandthereforeisunconstitutional.

“It is irrational to requiresomebody to become a funer-al director just to sell a box,”Bullocksaid.“Itisirrationaltorequire somebody to give uptwo years of their life, installan embalming room and turntheirabbeyintoafuneralestab-lishment simply to sell a box.That’sourfundamentalpoint.”

InoneofhisquestionstoDa-vid Gruning, attorney for thestatefuneralboard,U.S.CircuitJudge Patrick Higginbothamsuggested that the Louisianalawseemed topermit a “clas-sictransferofwealth...withnorationalbasisforit.What’stherationalbasisthatsaysapersonhas toopena funeralhome inordertosellacasket?”

Whilethefuneralboardrec-ognizes that “funeral homesget a benefit” from the statelaw,Gruningsaid“thefactthatthereisaneconomicbenefitisnotfatal”tothelaw’sconstitu-tionality.

He said the state has a “le-gitimate interest in regulatingtheprocessofdeathandburial”andshould“protectagainstthetraumaofawrong-sizedcasketbeingdelivered.”

Benedictine Abbot JustinBrown,whowas joinedat the

hearing by six other Benedic-tinemonksandthreereligioussisters,saidthemonks’casketshave been universally praisedfor their understated beautyandquality.

“Iknowtheyhavenoques-tion when they buy (a casket)from us,” Abbot Justin said.“They’re buying a qualityproductandonethatweattendtowithcareandconcern.”

AbbotJustinsaidthemonksnever would consider goingthroughlicensing tobecomeafuneral home because that isnottheabbey’smission.

“Part of a monastery’s mis-sion is to construct and buildgoods that can be sold to thepublic to help support themonastery,”AbbotJustinsaid.“ThatgoesbacktothetimeofSt.Benedict.Wealreadyknowofcommunitiesofmonkswhoare doing this in other stateswithout any state regulations.We just don’t understandwhywe in Louisiana have to besubjecttothosekindsofregu-lations.”

Adecisionfromthe5thCir-cuitisexpectedinthreetosixmonths.

“We’re hopeful and prayer-ful,” Abbot Justin said. “Theemphasisisonprayerful.”

Benedictine Abbot Justin Brown of St. Joseph Abbey in Covington, La., speaks to reporters outside the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans June 7. The abbey and the state’s licensed funeral homes have been in a legal dis-pute over a 1932 Loui siana law that per-mits only funeral directors to sell coffins to Louisiana residents. CNS photo/Peter Finney Jr., Clarion Herald


ByFrancisX.RoccaCatholicNewsServiceItaly(CNS)

WhenBlessedJohnXXIIImetQueenElizabethIIofEnglandattheVaticanin1961,thepopede-partedfromApostolicPalacepro-tocol by inviting the queen andherhusband,PrincePhilip,insidehislibraryforanunplannedchat.

“When I was a boy, in thecourtyardofmyhouse,wepoorpeasantswouldspeakofyouran-cestor, the Queen-Empress Vic-toria,” the pope told his guest.“Yesterday evening I thought,‘Tomorrow the son of peasantsreceivesherdescendant.’”

Asrecalledbythelatepontiff’spersonal secretary, Archbish-op Loris F. Capovilla, BlessedJohn’s remark epitomizes thedisarmingly humble yet charis-matic personal style he broughttothepapacy.Thecommentalsoreflectstheimportanceheplaced

Blessed John XXIII’s hometown was a school of humility and hard work throughouthislifeonhismodestupbringing inavillageabout25milesnortheastofMilan.

“I come from the country,frompoverty,”saidBlessedJohn.“Happy and blessed poverty --notcursed,notendured--happyandblessed.”

Thefourthof13childreninafamily of sharecroppers,AngeloGiuseppe Roncalli was born onNov. 25, 1881. That same day,he was taken to be baptized innearbySt.Mary’sChurch,wherealmost 23 years later, the newlyordained FatherAngelo said hisfirstMass.

“St.Mary’shasbeentheplacewherewegrewintheloveoftheLord,”he later recalled. “In thischurch, we laid the foundationthat led us to the highest minis-try.”

ThehousewhereBlessedJohnwas born, preserved today as apilgrimagesiteandmuseum,was

shared with other families andbuilt around a common court-yard, which served as a storageareaforfarmtools,hayandcorn.Thedwellingsdoubledasstables,andthebedroomwherehismoth-ergavebirthwassometimesusedforraisingsilkworms.

“Thepeopleheregivetheim-pression of being a bit rough,”saysArchbishopCapovilla,whohaslivedinSottoilMontefor23years.“Theyaren’tceremonious;theyareindustrious.”

LocalmembersoftheRoncalliclan today number more than200,thearchbishopsays,includ-ing his personal physician andthe town’s mayor, both grand-nephewsofthelatepope.

BlessedJohnremaineddevot-edtohisfamilyasheprogressedthroughadistinguishedcareerasaVaticandiplomat.Whileservingaspapalnuncio toFrance in the1940sandearly1950s,hewrotetohisyoungerbrotherGiuseppe,afatherof10children,toconsole

Blessed John XXII is shown greeting his mother in this statue on the site where he was born in Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII, Italy. CNS photo/Paul Haring

The room where Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was born in 1881 is seen in the village of Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII, near Milan, Italy, Feb. 21. The fourth of 13 children in a family of sharecroppers, Roncalli was elected pope in 1958 taking the name John XXIII. CNS photo/Paul Haring

himontheaccidentaldeathofhiswife.

“HereIaminthisgreatParis,whereeverythingastonishes,ev-erything is great and beautiful,”the future pope wrote, “but ev-erydayIthinkofmybrothersornephews,withtheirbacksbared,bent over the furrows, to waterthesoilwiththeirsweat.”

After more than five years aspatriarch of Venice, then-Cardi-nalRoncalliwaselectedpopeonOct. 28, 1958. He never visitedhis hometown again but willedthathisbirthplacebecomethesiteofaseminaryformissionaries.

Today, the seminary complexincludes a chapel with relics ofthelatepope,whowasbeatifiedintheyear2000,androomsfullof votive offerings from thosewho have had prayers answeredthankstohisintercession.Anen-tireroomisdedicatedtoadisplayofpinkandblueribbonsandbaby



ByDennisSadowskiCatholicNewsServiceATLANTA(CNS)

The U.S. bishops June 13 ap-provedaproposaltodraftastate-mentonworkandtheeconomyasawaytoraisetheprofileofgrowingpoverty and the struggles unem-ployedpeopleareexperiencing.

Titled“CatholicReflectionsonWork,PovertyandaBrokenEcon-omy,”themessagewouldadvancethebishops’priorityofhumanlifeanddignitytodemonstratethenewevangelizationinaction,explainedBishopStephenE.BlaireofStock-ton,Calif., chairmanof theCom-mittee on Domestic Justice andHumanDevelopment.

The bishops voted 171-26 dur-ingtheirspringmeetinginAtlantatomoveaheadwithadraftof thedocument. It is expected to bereadyintimeforafinalvoteatthebishops’ fall meeting in Novem-ber.

The message would be a fol-low-up to a Sept. 15, 2011, letterbyCardinalTimothyM.DolanofNew York, president of the U.S.bishops’ conference, in which heurged bishops and priests acrossthe country to preach about “theterrible toll the current economicturmoil is taking on families andcommunities.”

That letterwas sent at theurg-ing of the bishops’ Administra-tiveCommittee,whichdirectsthework of the U.S. Conference ofCatholicBishopsbetweengeneralassemblies.Thecommittee“want-ed something more than a publicstatement,”thecardinalsaidintheletter.

Now, Bishop Blaire explained,the Committee on Domestic Jus-ticeandHumanDevelopmentfeltthat because poverty continues togrow and the economy continuestolag,itistimetoaddressthehu-

Bishops agree to prepare message on work and the economyman and moral costs of the con-tinuingeconomiccrisis inamorepublicway.

“Wecansay toourpeople thatwecanidentifywithwhatyouaregoingthrough,”hesaid.

Themessagewouldbuilduponthebishops’1986pastoralletteronthe economy “Economic JusticeforAll,”BishopBlaireexplained,andwouldfocusonspecificchal-lengesthathaveemergedsincetheeconomic downturn began in late2007.

Inadocumentdistributedtothebishops prior to the discussion,the committee proposed a 12- to

15-pagepastoralmessagetocom-municate the bishops’ pastoralconcernsaswellassolidaritywiththose“leftbehindinoureconomy,”especially workers without jobsandfamilieslivinginpoverty.

A message on the economywould “seek to get beyond someoftheideologicalandpartisanpo-larization” surrounding economicissues,thedocumentsaid.Itwouldrecognize that personal respon-sibility and public action, familystructure and economic structuresandsolidarityandsubsidiarityare

Archbishop Robert J. Carlson of St. Louis, left, and and Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta prepare to vote on an action item during the U.S. bishops’ mid-year meeting in Atlanta June 13. CNS photo/Michael Alexander, Georgia Bulletin

essential,itsaid.“Wearenotout toprovidean-

swers,” Bishop Blaire said in ex-plaining the purpose of the mes-sage.“Neitherareweouttoenterinto the complicated difficult ap-proachestotheeconomy.Thepur-poseistoraiseuptheprinciplesofthechurch,theprincipleofCatho-licsocialteachingsothattheverypeople you are talking about canstruggle with these and evaluatetheirpositioninlightoftheteach-ingofthechurch.”

The message also would serveto lift up the human family andthe moral, social, spiritual and

communitycostsof theeconomicdownturn, Bishop Blaire said. Itwould share and apply Catholicteaching on economic life, workand poverty, particularly pointingto Pope Benedict XVI’s encycli-calsoncharity“DeusCaritasEst”(“God is Love”) and “Caritas inVeritate(“CharityinTruth”).

Themessage alsowould inviteparishionerstobegindiscussingthemoraldimensionsoftheeconomy

and tie the challengesAmericansare facing with the global econ-omy and the situation of workersandthepooraroundtheworld.

Healsosaidindividualdiocesesandparishescouldusethepastoralmessageasneededintheirlocalesandthatitwouldnotleadtoaman-datednationalprogram.

“Itwouldbeadocumentaskingforengagement,askingourpeopleandallwhoareoutthereaspartofthelargercommunitytoengage,toreflect, to pray, to discuss and toseewhattheGospelcanbringintotheeconomy,”BishopBlairesaid.

Several bishops spoke in favorof the motion during a discus-sionperiod.ArchbishopJosephF.Naumann of Kansas City, Kan.,suggested that it also address thegrowing U.S. government’s debtanditsimpactontheeconomy.

Cardinal Dolan will appointmembers of the drafting commit-tee.

U.S. bishops gather for Mass at Sacred Heart of Jesus Basilica in Atlanta June 13 before the start of their mid-year meeting. CNS photo/Michael Alexander, Georgia Bulletin


Charismatic Renewalcontinued from page 3

“Life in the Spirit” seminarLAFAYETTE

Therewillbeaone-daypre-conference “Life In the SpiritSeminar” held on Saturday,July 21st, at the office of theCatholic Charismatic Renewalon West Pinhook Road. Theseminar will be facilitated byJuanitaPolandandPatrickHe-bert from the Diocese of LakeCharleswith“TonguesofFire”musicministry.ThisseminarisarenewalofGod’slove,salva-tion,andthegiftsandpoweroftheHolySpirit,andalayingonof hands for the “baptism” or“renewal”oftheHolySpirit.

Theseminarisagreatevan-gelization tool and strengthensthoseparticipatingintheirper-sonalrelationshipwiththeLord,theirzealforparticipationinthelifeoftheChurch,andstrength-ens theirdesire to reachout tootherswiththegospelmessage.Thisseminarisstronglyrecom-mended to those with a desirefor more in their faith. ThoseinterestedcancalltheRenewalOffice at (337) 265-3773 onMonday,Wednesday,orThurs-dayafternoon.

State of Grace

Graham Smith

Sonnier, a prayer group leaderfromLawtell/Malletandpartofthe choir for St. Ann’s Catho-licChurch.Shehasawomen’sprison ministry and serves ontheLafayetteDioceseCCRAd-visoryTeam.GloriaalsohasaweeklyradioprogramonKSLOinOpelousas,andamonthlyTVprogram on KDGC. Follow-ingMrs.Sonnier’ssharingwillbeMasscelebratedbyFr.PeterCoughlin.Theafternoonsessionwill feature an empowermentsession in thegiftsof theHolySpirit led by Graham Smith,

Coordinatorof the Lafay-ette CatholicCharismaticRenewal, Fr.Peter Cough-lin and Ker-ry Bueche.Through thesacramentsof

Baptism and Confirmation wereceive the gifts, charisms andpower of the Holy Spirit whodwells within us, but we often

need “waking up” and encour-agement to “stir into flame”the gifts as scripture tell us in2 Timothy 1:6. The Renewalinvites all to come and awakeyour spiritual senses, and stirupthepoweroftheHolySpiritwithinyou.

Theeveningsessionwillfea-tureKerryBueche,followedbya word of knowledge healingservicewiththeBlessedSacra-ment and an altar call. Musicministry for the entire week-endwill beprovidedby “Stateof Grace” led by Bret Barras,andMichaelWayneBroussard,songwriter from New Iberia.Music ministry will lead theconference participants in mu-sical thanksgiving, high praise,and liturgical worship, as wellas meditative healing music.TheirmusicwillbeavailableonCD during the weekend. Alsoavailable during the weekendwill be an adoration chapel,prayerministry,andwillfeaturea bookstore and gift-shop pro-vided by the Rosary House ofNewIberia.Fr.PeterCoughlinwill also have his books, CDsandDVDsavailableforsale.

Youngpeopleages13-19areinvitedtoattendaspecialTeenSessiononSaturdayoftheCon-ference from 8:30 a.m. sign-inthrough5:00p.m.withalunchbreak.RegistrationfortheTeenSessionis$5forteensnotregis-teredwiththeirfamiliesfortheconference, and $5 for chaper-ones attending with the teensforthatsessiononly.Massandadoration are included in theschedule for the Teen Sessionaswellasspeakers,testimonies,skits,sharingandgreatmusicalpraise.

The last day of the confer-ence—Sunday, July 29—willfeature speaker Kerry Buecheand a closing morning MasswithFatherCoughlin,whowilloffertheSacramentoftheSickfor the very ill and elderly at-tendingtheMass.

The Catholic CharismaticRenewal exists in over 238countries in the world, havingtouchedover190millionCatho-licsinits45-yearexistence.TheU.S.BishopsAdHocCommit-teedefinesbaptisminthisway:“AsexperiencedintheCatholicCharismatic Renewal baptismin the Holy Spirit makes JesusChristknownandlovedasLordandSavior,establishesor rees-tablishesanimmediacyofrela-tionship with all those personsoftheTrinity,andthroughinnertransformationaffectsthewholeof theChristian’s life.There isnew life and a new consciousawareness of God’s power and

presence.Itisagraceexperiencewhich touches every dimensionof the Church’s life: worship,preaching, teaching, ministry,evangelism,prayerandspiritual-ity, service andcommunity.Be-causeofthis,itisourconvictionthat baptism in the Holy Spirit,understoodasthereawakeninginChristianexperienceofthepres-enceandactionoftheHolySpiritgiveninChristianinitiation,andmanifested in a broad range ofcharisms, including thoseclose-ly associated with the CatholicCharismatic Renewal, is part ofthenormalChristianlife.”


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Blessed John XXIIIcontinued from page 16

pictures,broughtbyonce-infer-tilecoupleswhohadchildrenaf-terprayingtoBlessedJohn.

Pilgrimsandtouristscanalsovisitamuseumhousedinaman-siononpropertyoncebelongingto the Roncalli family. The cu-rator of the collection is Arch-bishopCapovilla,whoattheageof96continuestoserveaschiefcustodianofBlessedJohn’sleg-acy.

Among the museum’s exhib-itsarepersonalobjectsandvest-ments of Blessed John, and thebedwherehediedattheVaticanonJune3,1963.GiftsfromworldleadersanddocumentsfromtheSecondVaticanCouncilattesttothe late pope’s momentous rolein20th-centuryhistory.Yetnoneofthisdisplaydetractsfromtheholysimplicitythathecontinuestoembodyformillions.

“Remember,it’snotnobilityofbirth--beingacountormarquis--orwealth thatbenefits aper-son,” Blessed John once wrote,“but industry, honesty and theGospel,learnedandlived.”

LAFAYETTETheCentralRegionoftheLa-

fayettewillpresentthenextmeet-ing of Food for the Journey onTuesday,August7attheCrownePlazaHotelinLafayette.Anop-tionalbuffetlunchwillbeofferedat11:30a.m.at thecostof$12perperson;thepresentationwillbeginat12:00noon.TheAugustspeaker will be Father MichaelDelcambre,PastorofSt.JosephandSt.RoseofLimaChurchesin Cecilia. Father Delcambre

Food for the Journey was ordainedfortheLafay-ette Dioceseon June 11,2005.

No pre-registrationis required,and all arewelcome toattend. For

additional information, pleasecontactMaryBergeronat (337)654-8682. Detailsmayalsobefound online at www.centralre-giononline.org.

Fr. Michael Delcambre

Certification workshopscontinued from page 4

The Office of Christian Formation also hosted several Catechist Certification work-shops during the month of June. The above photo is from the workshop entitled “Pre-paring Liturgies for Children.” Photo by Stephanie R. Martin

ingtoGod’scall,theAngelusasan example of the dynamic ofprayer,Maryastheperfectmod-elofacceptanceandresponsetoGod’s call, the relationship be-tween personal prayer and thecommunityoffaith,thevariousprayerformsthroughwhichwemakeour response toGod,ob-stacles to the lifeofprayer, theHoly Spirit as source of ourprayerresponse,prayer,service,andasceticismasthethreefoun-dationsofthespirituallife,andtheOurFatherasthebedrockofChristianprayer.

The “Conflict Resolution”workshop will be from 10:00a.m.until12:00p.m.(LevelVI:Conflict Resolution, 3 credits,2hrs.),withsign-in tobeginat9:30a.m. Through lectureanddiscussion, participants willidentify sources of conflict, es-pecially as related to dysfunc-tionwithinfamilysystems;howthesebehaviorpatterns aredis-played in the classroom; howcompassion and understandingarethebasisforestablishingre-

lationshipswithoutwhichdisci-plineisvoidofeffect.

“Making Sleeping Mats fortheHaitiMission”willbefrom2:30p.m.until4:30p.m.(LevelIII,IV,orV:SpecializedMeth-ods, all areas, 3 credits, 2 hrs.OR Level VI: elective substi-tute, 3 credits, OR ContinuingEd. for certified catechists),with sign-in to begin at 2:00p.m.Thisworkshopwillteachparticipantshowtomakesleep-ingmatsout of plasticgrocery

bags.ThesleepingmatsaresenttoFatherGlenMeaux’smissionin Haiti. This could be a greatclassorschoolproject.Inorderto allow participants to beginmaking a sleeping mat, all areasked to bring plastic grocerybags and scissors to contributetothesupply.

Inadditiontotheworkshops,a publisher’s exhibit featur-ingOur Sunday Visitorwillbeavailableforviewingfrom9:00a.m.until3:30p.m.


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Sts. Leo-Seton Catholic School in Lafayette celebrated the success of this year’s an-nual Jog-A-Thon fund raiser followed by the end-of-school field day. Students partici-pated in competitions, water activities, dancing and various games throughout the day. Under the direction of parent and Zumba instructor, Carmen Vidrine, students and staff are pictured in the school’s gymnasium having fun while learning Zumba dance moves. Photo submitted by Sts. Leo-Seton School

Students enjoy end-of-school field day


Dr. Ken LeBlanc (right) recently presented Archbishop Harry Flynn (left) with a portrait he painted. Dr. Leblanc, a Lafayette dentist and artist, was honored to paint the Arch-bishop’s portrait to hang in the lobby of Flynn Hall, a new undergraduate residence hall on the St. Paul campus of the University of St. Thomas in the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis. Having served as Bishop of the Lafayette Diocese from 1986-1994, Bishop Flynn was then made coadjutor archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul—Minneapolis before succeeding his predecessor to become Archbishop of the diocese in 1995. He retired in 2008. Photo submitted by Acadian Companies

Portrait presented to Archbishop Flynn

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Leonville couple honored with bishop’s medal

Congratulations to Nettie Blanchard LaHaye (left) and her husband Joseph Anthony LaHaye (right), recent recipients of the Bishop’s Medal. The medals were presented to them by their pastor, Father Kenneth Domingue, in their home parish of St. Leo the Great in Leonville. Photo submitted by St. Leo the Great Parish

LEONVILLEFather Kenneth Domingue,

pastor of St. Leo the GreatChurch in Leonville, recentlypresented the Bishop’s Med-als to two of his parishioners.TheyareMrs.NettieBlanchardLaHaye and her husband, Mr.JosephAnthonyLaHaye.

Mr. LaHaye received the

Bishop’s Medal because ofhis many years of service tothechurchasaParishCouncilMember,athirdandfourthde-gree Knight of Columbus, andEucharistic Minister. Mr. La-Haye has served as a districtjudgefor30yearsbeforeretir-ing. He also served for manyyearsinCarmeliteGuild,atone

July schedule for Tell the PeopleLAFAYETTE

The Lafayette Diocese’s Of-ficeofRadio/TVMinistryinviteseveryone to tune in for SundayMass at 10:00 a.m. on KATCTV-3. The diocesan televisionprogram,Tell the People, isalsoscheduled to air on the channelimmediatelyfollowingtheMass.

EachepisodeofTell the Peopleincludesthesegments“InsidetheDiocese”withTristaLittell,“Lo-calCatholicNews”withStepha-nie Bernard, “What it Means tobeCatholic”withFatherMichaelChampagne, CJC, and “Inter-viewwiththeBishop”withMsgr.RichardGreene andBishopMi-chaelJarrell.

The June 24 and July 1 epi-sodesofTell the People featuredindividual interviews with Rev.

Mr.DustinDoughtandRev.Mr.BrianHarrington;thesemenwererecently ordained to the Transi-tionalDiaconatefortheLafayetteDiocese.Interviewswiththere-mainingfourmenwhowerealsoordainedtotheTransitionalDia-conatewillairasfollows:Jul.08Rev.Mr.AndreMetrejeanJul.15Rev.Mr.MarkMileyJul.22Rev.Mr.NeilPettitJul.29Rev.Mr.GarrettSavoie

PastepisodesofTell the Peo-pleareavailable forviewingatany time through www.diolaf.org,under theOfficeofRadio/TV Ministry section. Manyother diocesan videos, such asspecial diocesan Masses andceremoniesandthesegmentsoftherosary,canalsobefoundinthisarea.

timehewasPresident.Mrs.NettieLaHayereceived

theBishop’sMedalbecausesheserved on the Parish Council,served as Charter Member oftheAltarSociety.40yearsagoshe formed theSt.LeoRosaryGroupandpromotedamother’s

devotiontoSt.GerardMajella.Also,shehassunginthechoirsinceshewassixyearsold,thusmaking75yearsofcontinuousservicetoherlocalchurch.

Mr.andMrs.LaHayearealsocelebrating their 60th weddinganniversarythisyear.


Father William Schamboughcontinued from page 3

In a June 17 interview on thediocesan television program Tell the People, thenDeaconScham-bough spoke of his educationalbackgroundandhowitinfluencedhis eventual call to the priest-hood.

“I started out at school, St.Edmund in Eunice, elementaryschoolandhighschool,”Scham-bough revealed, “and then I de-cided topursueacareer incom-puter science and management,so I have an associate degree incomputer science from LSU atEunice, and a management de-greefromULatLafayette.”

After earning these degrees,Schambough worked for a timewith ULL’s computing supportservices department. While en-gaged in this line of work, hefound thatnotonlydidheenjoythesenseofbeingabletogiveof

himself to others, but that whileproviding people with com-puter support, he also formeddeeper, more personal relation-ships with them which often ledto discussions about family andfaith. Schambough also statedthat attending daily Mass at thecampus’sCatholicstudentcenter(OurLadyofWisdom)enhancedhis spiritual growth during thistime.

The interview in its entiretymay be viewed online at www.diolaf.org, under the office sec-tionofRadio/TVMinistry.

Duringtheordinationceremo-nyonJune23,FatherKevinBor-delon (Director of Vocations &Seminarians) presented DeaconSchambough to Bishop Jarrell.FatherDonaldMartin,SJ,arep-resentativeofNotreDameSemi-nary where Schambough earnedhis theology degree, offered tes-

byKathleenToupsLAFAYETTE

William Schambaugh was or-dained to the priesthood for theLafayetteDiocesewiththeexhor-tationfromBishopMichaelJarrell“tocarryouttheministryofChristtheHighPriestwithconstant joyandgenuinelove,attendingnottoyourownconcernsbuttothoseofJesusChrist...”

In his homily or instruction,Bishop Jarrell emphasized thethreefoldministryofthepriestasteacher,priestandshepherd.

“As a priest,” he said, “youwill exercise the sacred duty ofteachinginthenameofChristtheteacher.RememberthewordsofSt. Peter we heard this morning,‘Teach the flock of God in yourmidst,notbyconstraint,butwill-ingly as God would have it, notfor shameful profit, but eagerly’(1Peter5:2)....

“Likewise,youwillexerciseinChrist the office of sanctifying,”Bishop Jarrell pointed out. “Forbyyourministry,thespiritualsac-rificeofthefaithfulwillbemademoreperfect.BeingunitedtothesacrificeofChrist,whichwillbeofferedthroughyourhands,inanunbloodywayonthealtar.

“Remember when you gatherothers into the people of God

“. . . .with constant joy and genuine love. . .”through Baptism,” the bishopcontinued,“andwhenyouforgivesinsinthenameofChristandtheChurch in theSacramentofPen-ance,whenyoucomfort the sickwithholyoilandcelebratethesa-credrites,whenyouofferprayersand praise and thanks to Godthroughout the hours of the day,notonlyforthepeopleofGodbutfor the whole world—rememberthen you are taken from amongmen and appointed in behalf ofthosethingsthatpertaintoGod—therefore,carryouttheministryofChristthePriestwithconstantjoyandgenuinelove,attendingnottoyourownconcernsbuttothoseofJesusChrist.

“Finally, dear son, exercisingforyourparttheofficeofChrist,HeadandShepherd,whileunit-edwiththebishopandsubjecttohim,strivetobringthefaithfultogather in one family so that youmayleadthemtoGodtheFather,throughChristintheHolySpirit.

“Keepalwaysbeforeyoureyesthe example of the Good Shep-herd who came not to be servedbut toserve. Keepclosetoyourheart always the words of Jesusto His disciples, ‘let the greatestamong you be the youngest andtheleaderastheservant,’”BishopJarrellconcludedhisinstruction.

timonyonhisbehalf.BishopJar-rellthenelectedSchamboughfortheOrderof thePriesthood, andSchambough made the PromiseoftheElectastheceremonypro-ceeded.

DuringtheLitanyoftheSaints,Bishop Jarrell invited all thosepresenttoprayforSchamboughashewasabouttobeordained.ThiswasfollowedbytheLayingOnofHands,inwhichthebishopplacedhishandsonSchambough’sheadandsilentlyprayedforthegiftofthe Holy Spirit. Bishop Jarrellthen invited all concelebratingprieststoalsolayhandsupontheelect.DuringthePrayerofOrdi-nation, Bishop Jarrell extendedhis hands over Schambough andprayedthathemaybeworthyoftheministry.

Father Thomas Voorhies as-sisted in the vesting as FatherSchambough donned the stoleandchasubleofthepriest.After-wards, Father Schambough onceagainapproachedBishopJarrell,whoanointedhishandswithSa-cred Chrism and presented himwiththePatenandChaliceforthecelebrationofMass.

Music for the ordination cer-emony was provided by the Ca-thedralchoir,cantor,andorches-tra, under thedirectionofmusicdirector and organist Tom Niel.Readers for the Mass includedMary Bergeron (First Reading)and Mitchell Hebert (SecondReading). The Gospel was readby Deacon Mitch Hebert, andBishopJarrelldeliveredthehom-ily.

At theconclusionof theMassand ceremony, a reception washeld inside the Cathedral Cen-ter. Provisions for the reception

weremadecourtesyoftheCatho-lic Daughters of the Americas,withthisyear’shostingcourtbe-ing Court St. Paul #1434 fromSt. Bernard Church in BreauxBridge;thecourt’sregentisKath-leenLandry.TheguestbookforFatherSchamboughwasalsopro-videdbyaCatholicDaughterwhowishestoremainanonymous.

AspecialthanksisextendedtoCathedral Pastor, Father ChesterArceneaux,andallofhisstafffortheircontributionsintheplanningof thisyear’sordinationceremo-ny.Specialthanksisalsoextend-ed to the readers, deacons, altarservers,giftbearers,andalloth-erswhoparticipatedandattendedthisspecialoccasion.

Theordinationceremonymaybeviewedonlineatwww.diolaf.org, under the office section ofRadio/TVMinistry.Theceremo-nywillalsoaironAOC(Cox.Ch.16)atvarioustimes;pleasereferto www.aocinc.org for an exactprogrammingschedule.

Deacon Mitch Hebert read the Gospel (Luke 22: 14-20, 24-30) during the Priesthood Ordination Mass. Photo by P.C. Piazza

Father Kevin Bordelon, Director of Vo-cations and Seminarians, presented Schambough to the bishop. Photo by P.C. Piazaa


Prayers and best wishes to Father William Schambough

Just prior to the Ordination Mass, Rev. Mr. William Schambough (left) posed for pic-tures with Bishop Michael Jarrell (center) and Father Kevin Bordelon (right), Director of Vocations and Seminarians.

The Ordination Mass was open to all who wished to witness this very special occasion, and the Cathedral pews were filled with those who attended to show their support and offer their prayers.

Many of the clergy from throughout the Lafayette Diocese also attended and partici-pated in the Ordination Mass.

Father Donald Martin, SJ, attended the Oridination Mass to represent Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, where Schambough earned his theology de-gree. Father Martin offered his testimo-ny on behalf of Rev. Mr. Schambough before Bishop Jarrell chose to elect him for the Order of the Priesthood.

After hearing Bishop Jarrell announce that he had chosen to elect Rev. Mr. Scham-bough for the Order of the Priesthood, the congregation applauded.

Master of Ceremonies Father William Blanda (right) assisted Bishop Jarrell.

During the Litany of the Saints Scham-bough lay prostrate while Bishop Jarrell encouraged all those in attendance to silently pray for him.


Prayers and best wishes to Father William Schambough Photos by P.C. Piazza(except for First Mass photo)

Bishop Jarrell placed his hands on the elect and prayed that he may be worthy of the ministry upon which he will soon embark.

Alongside Father Curtis Mallet, JCL (left) Father Schambough assisted in the distribu-tion of Holy Communion.

Members of the congregation joined hands as they prayed.

Members of the clergy came forward to offer the Fraternal Kiss of Peace to the newly ordained Father Schambough.

Father Thomas Voorhies assisted Father Schambough with the vesting.

Father Schambough celebrated his first Mass in his hometown parish, St. Anthony of Padua Church in Eunice. Photo provided by Office of Radio/TV Ministry


byJasonKnightLAFAYETTE

OnaMondayinthemiddleofMay,IreportedforworkforthefirsttimeattheHilliardUniversi-tyArtMuseumonthecampusofULLafayette. Anxiousandex-cited,Iwasbuzzedin,introducedaround, and promptly barragedwith museum vocabulary. Thegist of the discussion appearedtobethattheyweresettingupanexhibit called Faith and Form,and I was to help. This exhibitwas intended to showcase sym-bols of the Catholic faith fromchurches in South Louisiana inhonorofthestate’sbicentennial,and—hopefully—tobroadenthemuseum’saudience.Ihadneverworked in a museum prior, nordidIgrowupinaCatholicfam-ily,soIhadnoideawhatIwasgetting into,but Iwascertainlyeagertogetstarted.

Louisiana became a statetwohundredyearsagoin1812,which is reflected in the Faithand Form exhibit. Everythingexcept for the final installation(the actual arranging, placing,andlabelingofalltheitems)hadalreadytakenplace.Muchmoreplanning had gone into acquir-ing and preparing the ciboriaandstatuesofangelsthanIcouldhaveguessed.MuseumCurator,andmynewsupervisor,Dr.LeeGray,andDirectorMarkTulloshad communicated with localpriestsoverthepasttwoyearsto

ULL student shares perspective on Faith and Form exhibit

borrowenoughpieces.Manyofthepieceswerequiteold,someevenolderthanthestateofLoui-siana.TheoldestwasaGermanchalice from1708;anotherwasdatedlate-1800s.

Indeed, a representative sam-ple of religious signifiers linedthe walls of the gallery oncethe week was out.After all thepainting,hanging,mounting,ar-ranging,andlabeling,animpres-sive display of golden chalices,porcelainstatues,woodencruci-fixes, and egg-tempura-paintediconssurroundedus.Inthecen-ter of the room and at three ofthe corners stood thevestmentsofseveralpriestsandofBishopJoseph Francis, who was origi-nally from Lafayette and wasthe fourth African–Americanto become a Roman CatholicBishop. I began to understandhowtheflockwasledwhenthetrack lightingbestowed an auraofmagnificenceuponeachworkofart.

Vestments,Ifoundout,arethetraditionalrobesthatpriestswearto celebrate Mass. Vestmentsaddanairofsolemnitytothelit-

urgy.Theyvaryinstylebecausethey are often customized forspecificpriestsandparishes.Ad-ditionally, each priest possessesmultiplevestments;displayedintheexhibitareseveralvestmentsfor holidays such as Christmas,Independence Day, and Easter.Thereisalsoafuneralvestment.

Speaking of the faithful, thisexhibit was prepared for themasmuchas for those faithful tomuseums. Perhaps a showcaseofobjectswithwhichtheywereacquainted would draw localsthroughthedoor,andtheywouldbe curious enough to peak intotheothergalleriesaswell.

By now, congregations fromlocal parishes have alreadyvis-itedthegallerytoseetheirreli-quaries and monstrances along-side similar objects belongingto other followers. They seemtoappreciatetheFaithandFormexposition.Hopefully, theywillbeinspiredbythemajestyofthisexhibitandfeelcompelledtore-turn toviewotherworksofartThis German chalice, dated late-1800’s, was loaned to the University Art Museum for

its Faith and Form Exhibition by Our Mother of Mercy Church in Church Point. In the Roman Catholic Church, the chalice is used for the consecration of wine. Photo by Jason Knight continued on page 27

This ciborium was loaned to the exhibi-tion by Holy Ghost Church in Opelousas. The ciborium is used to hold the Com-munion hosts during the distribution of Holy Communion; it may also be used to store undistributed hosts in the church’s tabernacle. Photo by Jason Knight


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Faith and Form

whichtakedifferentforms.ThatfirstweekattheHilliard

University Art Museum wastrying. I was an untrained ac-torthrownontothestageduringtheclimacticsceneof theplay.Iwasaskedtobecomeintimatewith unfamiliar works of reli-giousartwork.Labelingspecificpieceswaschallengingwhenwehadseveralsimilarobjectswithdifferenthistories.

However, I now know thedifference between a ciboriumandachalice,amonstranceandareliquary.AlthoughIwasim-mersed into the museum, art,and Catholic cultures simulta-neously, my week and the ex-hibitweresuccessful,andIwasglad to have played my smallpart in the production of Faithand Form, a celebration of lo-cal art and culture now show-ing throughout the summer attheHilliardUniversityArtMu-seum.

Our Mother of Mercy Church in Church Point also loaned this monstrance to the mu-seum exhibition. The monstrance is used for the display of the Eucharist for purposes such as Eucharistic Adoration, or when the Eucharist is to be carried during ceremonial processions. Photo by Jason Knight

A number of religious icons are also included in the University Art Museum’s Faith and Form display. Icons represent an ancient artistic tradition in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church; in recent years, there has been a significant revival of interest in the precise technique used in the creation of these works of art. Some of the icons on view in the Faith and Form display were created by local iconographers Faye Drobnic, Father Rex Broussard, and Father Gregory Cormier. Photo by Jason Knight

The Faith and Form exhibition also contains several crosses, such as the ones shown above, from various lend-ers. Other religious items currently on display include statues, vestments, and reliquaries. Photo by Jason Knight

Jason Knight is a ULL gradu-ate student in the English pro-gram, and also works at the University Art Museum, where the Faith and Form exhibit is

currently on display. The exhi-bition, which includes religious artifacts from several Catholic parishes in the Lafayette Dio-cese, is open to the public and will remain on view through September 1.

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ATLANTA(USCCB)TheU.S.ConferenceofCatho-

licBishops(USCCB)reaffirmedby a unanimous voice vote onJune13arecentstatementoftheUSCCBAdministrativeCommit-teeregardingtheHHSmandate.

At the end of their hour-longdiscussion of religious freedomin the United States, CardinalTimothyDolan,presidentofUS-CCB,askedthebodyofbishopsif itwouldbewilling todeclareitsapprovalof“UnitedforReli-gious Freedom,” the unanimousstatement of the AdministrativeCommittee issued on March 14.BishopStephenBlaireofStock-ton, California seconded Cardi-nal Dolan’s motion, which wasput to the body by a voice voteandunanimouslyaffirmed.

General assembly of bishops unanimously adopts ‘United For Religious Freedom’ statement

“United for Religious Free-dom” describes the bishops as“strongly unified and intenselyfocused in ... opposition to thevarious threats to religious free-dom in our day,” and explainsthattheHHSmandate“demandsour immediate attention.” Thedocument identifies three basicproblems with the mandate: “anunwarranted government defini-tion of religion,” “a mandate toact against our teachings,” and“a violation of personal civilrights.”

“United for Religious Free-dom”isavailableontheUSCCBwebsite at: www.usccb.org/is-sues-and-action/religious-lib-erty/march-14-statement-on-reli-gious-freedom-and-hhs-mandate.cfm.


Sometimes the scripture givesus useful comments to currentevents,itwaspointedoutbyFa-ther Joseph Campion, S.S.J., atthe June 5 program of Food forthe Journey. Father Campion ispastorofSt.FrancisofAssisiPar-ish,BreauxBridge.

FatherCampionbeganhistalkwith a brief historical commentonhiscommunity,theSocietyofSt. Joseph, better known as Jo-sephites. They were started inEngland in 1871; in the UnitedStates, after the EmancipationProclamation, Cardinal Vaughnset up the motherhouse in Balti-more.TheirspecialmissionwastobringtheCatholicfaithtoAfri-canAmericans.Locally,theyarestill in Breaux Bridge, Crowley,Rayne, Church Point and LeB-

Father Campion on scriptural guides to current events

(L/R) Very Rev. Thomas James, SVD, Father Joseph Campion, SSJ, and Mary Bergeron. Photo submitted by Mary Bergeron

eau.Severalyearsago,FatherCam-

pion’s parish in Breaux BridgeservedasarefugeformanyoftheJosephitepriestsduringtheevac-uation of New Orleans becauseof Hurricane Katrina. FatherCampionrecalledthatsomewerecommenting“GodwaspunishingNew Orleans” but he describedthis as a “narrow view.” Suchdisasters,hesaid,“awaken inusGod’s attention, andourneed togetbacktoHim.”

FatherCampionrecalledfamil-iar Old Testament disasters, thedestructionoftheworldforNoah,becausethepeoplehadbecomesowayward.HecitedtheRedSea’senvelopmentof theEgyptiansastheypursuedtheIsraelitesfleeingEgypt, and Jonah, “the reluctantprophet,” who was swallowedby the whale. Other reluctant

prophets were Jeremiah, whoknewfromhismother’swombhewouldbeaprophet,and theOldTestament Joseph,whowassoldintoslaverybyhisbrothersonlytorescuethemduringafamine.

God’smessageisalwaysrepen-tance,FatherCampion remindedthe audience. In these OldTes-tamentstories, therearedescrip-tions of evil prevailing and Godsendinghismessenger to callusbacktoGod.

“Godcreates,werebel,wefall,Godsends someone to saveus,”FatherCampionsaid. “WeneedtoputourselvesunderGod’sban-ner.Wehavetobewillingtobehated,tobedespised,forourloy-altyistoGod,weareagainstthe

waysoftheworld.FatherCampionalsocompared

thecurrentcrisiswiththegovern-menttryingtoimposetheHealthand Human Resources mandatetothefightforcivilrightsandDr.MartinLutherKing.Heremind-edeveryonethattheU.S.bishopshavefiledlawsuitsbutalsocalledforprayer.

“WecannotforgetSt.ThomasMore, who defied Henry VIIIwhentheKingassumedreligiousauthority” Father Campion con-tinued. “More had served theking,butashewenttotheblockto lose his head, he memorablycommented,‘IdietheKing’sgoodservant, but God’s servant first.’Jesustoldus,‘givetoCaesarwhatisCaesar’s,butgivetoGodwhatisGod’s.Wemustspeakthetruthincharity. . .weneedtoput lovebackintoreligion.”

The Holy Father’s announce-mentofaYearofFaithisanop-portunity to reconvert ourselvesto the Lord. Father Campionsuggested,“Thenewevangeliza-tion should begin in the confes-sional.”


ByCarolZimmermannCatholicNewsServiceWASHINGTON(CNS)

The“CharterfortheProtectionofChildrenandYoungPeople”--now10yearsold--wasnotmeanttobe“thelastword”insolvingtheabusecrisis,accordingtothechair-manoftheU.S.bishops’Commit-tee on the Protection of ChildrenandYoungPeople.

Instead,BishopR.DanielCon-lonof Joliet, Ill., said thecharterhasprovidedaframeworkforon-goingefforts.Itsrequirementsare“notatemporaryfix”buthaveto“become part of our culture,” headded.

ThecharterwaspartoftheU.S.bishops’ response to the clergyabusescandalthatwasatopcon-cernwhentheymet10yearsagoinDallas.

Their June meeting took placejustfivemonthsafterTheBostonGlobe began publishing articlesabout the sexual abuseofminorsby priests and accusations of asystemiccover-upbychurchoffi-cials.The reportspromptedothervictimsacrossthecountrytocomeforwardwithallegationsofabusethatputthescandalinthenationalspotlight.

The bishops responded by de-velopinganationalpolicytooustpredators and protect children.Theyadopted thecharterandap-

Charter is framework for making abuse response ‘part of our culture’proved a set of legislative normsto enforce implementation in alldioceses.They also established alay-runNationalReviewBoardtomonitor compliance, commissionstudies of the causes and contextofthecrisis,andrecommendfur-ther actions. Later that year, thebishops formed a national OfficeforChildandYouthProtection.

Adecadelater,thereviewboardwas scheduled to report on theeffectiveness of the bishops’ re-sponse to theabusecrisisat theirJune13-15meetinginAtlanta.

According toAl J. Notzon III,chairmanof theNationalReviewBoard, “striking changes” haveoccurredinthechurch’seffortstopreventandreportabusebutsaidmoreworkstillneedstobedone.

The charter outlined how thechurch leaders would provide asafeenvironmentforchildrenandyoungpeopleinchurch-sponsoredactivities. It established uniformproceduresforhandlingsex-abuseallegations and adopted a “zerotolerance”policy.Italsorequiredbackground checks and traininginchildprotectionforchurchem-ployeesandrequireddiocesesfac-ingallegationsmadeaboutpriestsor other church workers to alertauthorities, conduct an investiga-tionandremove theaccusedper-sonfromduty.

DeaconBernardNojadera,head

oftheU.S.bishops’SecretariatofChild and Youth Protection, saideven with these efforts, manyCatholics are often unaware thatthechurchhastakensuchanactiveroletostopandpreventabuse.

Inpart, thisstemsfrom“pock-etsofallegations”thatcontinuetosurface,hesaid.

Notzon also said that manyCatholics do not know what thechurchisdoingtostopabuseandsaid people often suggest to himthat thechurchdo things it is al-readydoing.

“Word needs to get out aboutwhat’sbeingdone,”hetoldCatho-licNewsServiceMay25fromhisSanAntoniohome.

Hesaidthegeneralpublicalsoshould know what the church isdoing since abuse is a societalproblem. “The church is on theleadingedgeandneedstoshareitsinformation and let others knowtherearevaluablethingstheycanlearnwithout thepain thechurchhadtogothrough.”

Whenabuseallegationsemergeinthechurch,hesaid,theycouldstemfroma failure to implementcharterpolicies,whichthereviewboardinvestigates.

Notzonsaidinrecentyearsthechurch has changed the way ittreats victims from “immediatelygetting defensive” with them totaking a more pastoral role. Healsosaidthecredibilityoftheaudit--measuringhowdiocesescomplywith the charter -- has improved.“Compliance auditors are trainedto look tomake surenot just thelawbutthespiritofthelawisfol-lowed.”

The bishops’ level of com-mitment to the issue proves theyknowthecharterissomethingthatneedstobe“supportedovertime,”he added, noting that the reviewboard’sroleisto“continuallyholdupamirror tothebishopstosay,‘Here is your commitment andhereisyourresponse.’”

A report released in April onthe implementationof thechartershowed that nearly all U.S. dio-cesesareinfullcompliance.

James Marasco, director ofStoneBridge Business Partners,theRochester,N.Y.,companythatconductedthemostrecentaudits,saidintheauditthatStoneBridgehopes to help the U.S. Catholic

Church “continue to restore thetrust of the faithful and heal thewoundscausedbyabuse.”

DeaconNojaderasaidhealingisstillamajoraspectofthecrisisasthe church continues its outreachto survivor victims and familiesand address how abuse affectedtheentirechurch.

“As with any deep wound, ittakes time to heal,” said BishopConlon.

He said the church’s efforts torestorecredibility“takeastepfor-ward and then a step backward,”noting that when church officialsdonotfollowprotocolforreport-ingabuse it “sets thingsback forallofus.”

The bishop said he is grate-ful to pastors and laypeople whohavetakenaleadershiproleatdi-ocesan and parish levels to raiseawarenessofabuse,putstandardsofsafetyandcodesofconductinplace to make the church a safeplaceforchildren.

“Iwant toencourageeveryoneto stay the course,” he told CNSMay25.

“We have to make assurancesthat what happened in the pastnever happens again,” he added,noting that church officials havetobe“astransparentaswepossi-bly can and have to be prayerfulaboutit.”

Deacon Bernard Nojadera, director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection, is pictured at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington May 31. Deacon Nojadera said he is not sure U.S. Catholics un-derstand the steps the church has been taking to prevent and report abuse in the 10 years since the bishops adopted their “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” in 2002. CNS photo/Bob Roller)


“BEFIRE!”ByGrahamN.Smith

I’ve beenp o n d e r i n ga very dis-turbing storythesepastfewweeks,astorythat most ofusknowlittleor nothing

about,butwoulddowelltoheed.Iwenttosee“ForGreaterGlory,”a movie based on the CristeroWar, a four-year long rebellionagainsttheMexicangovernmentofPresidentPlutarcoEliasCallesthattookthelivesof90,000peo-pleonbothsides.

I knew little about this war,although friends who’ve longservedasCatholiclaymissionar-iesinMexicohavetoldmesomethings,mostlyabout themartyrswhogave their lives. ManyofushaveheardofBlessedMiguelPro, the Jesuit priest who waskilled by a firing squad as hestretchedouthisarmsandshout-ed“VivaCristoRey!”(LongliveChristtheKing!)

The rebellionbeganwhen the

government launched a harshcrackdown on the Catholicchurch in the mid-1920’s, en-forcing anti-religious laws thatwereinthe1917constitutionandenacting still more. Churcheswereclosed,foreignpriestsweredeported, and religious schoolswereshut.

I don’t want to oversimplifythis,butinsomethingascompli-catedashowafollowerofJesusshould respond to persecution,that’s inevitable. Early in themovie, there are very passion-ate discussions about whethertocontinuepassiveresistanceortakeuparms.Aneconomicboy-cott ismetwithviolentreprisalsfrom the government, and soonfullscalearmedconflictisunder-way.

“ForGreaterGlory”isanepicfilmwithatopnotchscoreandahugecastthatincludesmanyac-tors well-known in this country.In termsofproductionvalues, itranks with the best I’ve seen inyears. But it’s the message itcarriesthatweneedtotakehomeandprocess.

Film critic Roger Ebert saidthat the movie had “tunnel vi-

sion”becauseitfocusedonCath-olics. It should have includedother religions, he said. Thetruthisthatthe1917constitutionputrestrictionsonallclergy,butitwastheCatholicswhowerethetargetoftheCallesgovernment’spersecution in the mid-1920’s.That’swhy therearenoPresby-terians,Baptists,orMethodistsinthestory.JustCatholics.

But Ebert missed the largerpoint,and that’s theoneweandallotherpeopleoffaith,nomat-terwhatkind,needtoremember.“For Greater Glory” is a sober-ing illustrationofwhatcanhap-pentofreedomofreligionwhenagovernment–anygovernment–decidesthatitstandsinthewayofthatgovernment’sgrandvisionfor reshaping the country. Thepeople who wrote our Constitu-tion knew that scenario – manyhad come from lands where ithad been played out in blood–andtheydidn’twantithappen-ing here. That’s why the FirstAmendment begins with “Con-gressshallmakenolawrespect-inganestablishmentof religion,or prohibiting the free exercisethereof.” Press,speechandev-

erythingelsecomeafter.Freedom of any kind can be

fleeting,andthestruggletokeepit can demand a terrible price.Themaincharactersinthismov-ie, many drawn from historicalfiguresintheCristeroWar,learnthatfirsthand.Weseetheman-guishoverwhat itmeans tofol-lowJesusand,atthesametime,engageinterribleviolence.Weseethemcaughtintheawfulpara-doxbetweenlivinginGod’sloveandrealizingthatthefreewillHegaveuscanproducegreatevil.

In the midst of this, we seemanyembrace“VivaCristoRey!”asmorethanabattlecry.Theyare the lastwordson the lipsof14 year old Jose Sanchez (nowBlessed) as he is brutally mur-deredforrefusingtorenounceJe-sus.Theyarethewordsbywhichmanychosetolive,andtodieinthefighttopreservetheirrighttoworshipfreelyandopenly.

“ForGreaterGlory”isa“must-see” for any religious believer,but particularly for CatholicsandanyoneelsewhocallsJesus“Lord and Savior.” It belongsin every DVD collection to be



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Obituary for Wanda Landry Cambre LAFAYETTE

Funeral services andaMassofChristianBurialforWandaLandryCambre were held on Saturday,June9atSt.MaryChurchinLafay-ette.FatherHaroldTrahan,PastorofSt.MaryCatholicChurch,wascelebrantandconductedthefuner-alserviceswithDeaconNeilPettitassisting. Deacon Patrick Burkeofficiatedatthegraveside.

Wanda Landry Cambre passedaway peacefully at her daughter’shomeaftervaliantlyandgracefullyliving 17 years with Alzheimer’sdisease.ShewasbornonNovem-ber11,1925inNewIberia,Louisi-anatoAlbertJosephLandry,Sr.andClara Marie David. She was pre-cededindeathbyherparents;herhusbandof50years,CharlesCyrilCambre,Sr.;byher fourbrothers;EarlJames,AlbertJoseph,Jr.,Hen-ryDavidSr.,andErnestJoseph;byhersister,Rosemary;byheroldestson,RonaldCyrilCambre;andhergranddaughter, Sydni Ann Cam-bre.

Sheissurvivedbytheoldestofher siblings, her sister Albertena;

andthesecondtoyoungestofhersiblings,herbrother,FatherRalphLandry;herchildren:PatrickCyrilCambreofErath,DionneC.Rob-inson and husband Fredy of NewIberia, Michelle Cambre of NewIberia, Janenne C. de Clouet andhusband Mark Sr. of Lafayette,CharlesCyrilCambreIIIandwifeDeniseRomeroofNewIberia;hergrandchildren,AimeeCambreMar-tin, Kelly R. Standridge, SummerR.Patroni,FredyMackRobinson,MarkdeClouet,Jr.,EllenD.Ritch,Matthew deClouet,Alexandre´ deClouet,LauradeClouet,ClairedeClouet;tengreatgrandchildrenandonetobeborninJuly.

After moving to Lafayette in2002, she made numerous otherfriendswithinhernewchurchpar-ish.AheartfeltthankyougoesouttoherSt.Maryfaithcommunitybe-ginningwithherPastorFatherHar-oldTrahan, theEucharisticminis-ters,andtotheLifeTeenkids;Dr.ChadVincent,Dr.ZebSterns,andthestaffofHeartofHospice,JoannSavoie,VeraLewis,MichelleMi-nor and Sherry Weekly. SpecialthanksalsotothesupportgivenbySisterFatimaandtheLYSASoccerCommunity.

LAFAYETTEThe Knights of Peter Claver

JuniorClaversofAcadianaDis-trict IV will gather at the Ro-bicheauxCenter inLafayetteonSaturday, September 15 for theannualBrownBagproject. TheBrown Bag project is a nation-wideendeavorinwhichalljuniorcourtsandcouncilscometogethertodonateitemsonbehalfoflocalshelters.Thisyear,thecollectionwill target theneed for cleaningsupplies,toiletries,andtowels.

KPC Juniors brown bag project Local participating churches

in this year’s project includeSt.BenedictdeMoorandSt.There-sainCrowley;St.RoseofLimain Cecilia; Immaculate Heart ofMary,OurLadyQueenofPeace,St.Anthony,andSt.Paul inLa-fayette;OurLadyofAssumptioninCarencro; andOurMotherofMercy in Rayne. All donationswill be distributed to The FaithHouse inLafayette andTheAs-sistAgency Women’s Shelter inCrowley.

CharlesFrancisFreydepartedthis world for his true home inheaven at 10:59A. M. on June8,2012attheageof97.Hewasa lifelong resident of New Or-leansandhaslivedinPicayune,MSsince2005.HeattendedSt.Aloysius H.S. and graduatedfromLoyolain1937withade-gree in chemistry. He workedat theAmericanCanCo.wherehemethiswife-to-be,MaryLe-onoraKlopf.Charleswasdraft-ed into the Army in 1941 andservedintheSouthPacificuntil1945.Uponhisreturnheenteredthe family business, L.A. Frey& Sons, becoming president ofthecompanyin1978.HewasalongtimeparishonerofSt.Fran-cisCabriniandamemberofthe

Obituary for Charles Francis Frey

HolyNameSociety.Atthetimeofhisdeath,hewasaparishonerofSt.CharlesBorromeo.

Heissurvivedbyhis8daugh-ters and 6 sons-in-law: MarySarco, Pat & Walter Mattingly,Betty & John Wood, Charlotte& Mark Paris, Joan & MichaelMurphy, Nancy & Sam Cook,Kathleen & Michael Hein andCheryl Frey. He was “Gramps”to25grandchildrenand15great-grandchildren, with 5 more ontheway.

Survivors also include sisterMarieBaehrandbrothersMsgr.Andrew Frey and Fr. JeromeFrey. He will be joyfully re-unitedwithhisparents,AndrewFrancisFreyandMarieThereseDeRose,hiswifeLeonora,sisterAnna Mae, & brothers BishopGerard Frey, Louis, James, andRobert.


A Vacation with the LordOurLadyoftheOaksRetreatHouse,GrandCoteau,La.(337)662-5410

www.ourladyoftheoaks.comRICHARD

TheFriendsofCharleneRich-ardwouldliketoremindeveryonethat theAnnual Mass of PetitionMarking the Death of CharleneRichard will be held at St. Ed-ward Church in Richard on Fri-day,August 10. The rosary willbeprayedat4:45p.m., followedby a presentation from FatherChuck Beierwaltes on the Char-lene Richard Mission House andtheSarnelliHospiceOrphanageinnorthernThailand.Thedirectoroftheorphanage,FatherMikeShea,CSsR,willcelebrateMassat6:00p.m. Musicwill beprovided byNaomiBroussard.

This year’s Mass will markthe53rdanniversaryofthedeath

Charlene Richard Mass to be celebrated Aug. 10

of Charlene Richard, a local girlwho died of leukemia at age 12.Since her death, thousands havevisited her grave to pray for herintercession,leavingbehindwrit-ten prayers, photos, flowers, andotherpreciousitemsbelongingtotheonesforwhomtheypray.

PriortotheMass,FatherJosephBrennan will be in St. EdwardHall to sign copies of his book,My Name is Charlene. Therewillalsobeaboothsetupinfrontof the church to display and sellhandmade crafts made by thechildren at the Sarnelli HospiceOrphanage,andprayerclothsandcards will be distributed by theFriendsofCharlene.Areceptionwillalsobeheldinthehallimme-diatelyfollowingtheMass.

Since her death at the age of 12, thou-sands have visited the gravesite of Charlene Richard to pray for this brave little girl’s intercession. Photo by P.C. Piazza

The annual Mass of Petition Marking the Death of Charlene Richard will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, August 10, at St. Edward Church in Richard. Photo by P.C. Piazza

RenéeHilton-Taylor,MPSSpiritualDirector,OurLadyoftheOaksRetreatHouse

“HandsJoined”istakenfromRenée’sbook,Our Everywhere God: Waking Up to God’s Presence through Poetry

Hands Joined

AsmydayawakensAndI’mdrawnintoprayer,

IjoincountlessothersTheworldover,fromeverywhere.

Theprayersalldodiffer–Ourintentionsarenotthesame.

Thanksgiving,praise,andpetitionArecarriedbeyondthisearthlyplane.

OurGodwaitsexpectantlyAsalltheseprayersarrive–

HischildrentrustinginHisanswers,Keepingtheirfaithalive.

PrayerhasnoclaimOnwhoorwhereyouare.

ItonlyclaimsthatGodanswersNomatterhownearorfar.

So,thehopeforourworldtodayIstojoinourmindsandhearts.

PrayingtogetherinunisonIswherepeaceonearthmuststart.

JesusspokewordsofpeacetoHisdisciplesfirstand,thensentthemtosharethispeacemakingdisciplesofallnations.Hismessagebeganwiththeindividual.Heknewthatwecannotgivetootherswhatwedonothaveourselves.ThesongwrittenbyJillJacksonMillerbringsthismessageofpeacetoourmodernworld:Lettherebepeaceonearth,andletitbeginwithme.

ThemonthofJulygivesusanopportunitytobegratefulforthefree-domsthatwehaveasAmericans.Thisfreedomismeanttopromotepeacenotonlyinourhomelandbutthroughouttheworld.Youarein-vitedtoattendaretreatatOurLadyoftheOakswhereinthequietofprayerfulreflectionyoucanreceiveJesus’giftofpeace.


Summer: a great time for family time

School isout for the summerand itmakesforaperfectopportunitytobondasafamily.Manylocalorganizationsof-fernumerousactivitiesforyourchildrentoparticipateinaswellas theparents.Thelistofat-homeactivitiesisendlessandthankstoonlineresources,youcanfindliststhataretailoredtoyourfamilyandagesofyourchildren.

What are ways to bond with yourchildren for an effective use of long

summerdays?Stimulateyourchildren’sminds;keepthemfreshandkeepthemlearningallsummer.Attendsummerreadingprogramsatyourlocalpubliclibrary.Theseeventsarefreeandthelibrarywebsiteinyourareashouldhaveascheduleofevents.

Otheractivitiestokeepthemlearningarehouseholdscienceexperi-ments,funmathgames,andoutdoorscavengerhuntswheretherearefunfactsaboutwhattheyarelookingfor.KeepGodinyoursummertimeandsignupatyourchurch’svacationbibleschool,whichisal-waysasummerfavorite.

Don’tforgettogetoutdoors!Thereisatontodooutdoorswithyourfamily.Themaingoalistokeepthekidsawayfromsittinginfrontofelectronicsfortheentiresummer.Simplethingsasridingbikes,tak-ingwalks,picnics,playinginthelocalpark,etc.Thelistsforoutdooractivitiesareendless.Becreativeandgetoutside!

Yes,weliveinLouisianawherethesummersaresweltering,andifyouarenotatthepool,outdooractivitieswillbenotonlymiserablebutcouldbedangerous.Somegreatindooractivitiesareteachingyourchildtocook.Invitethemtoassistyouinmeasuringingredients,stir-ring,andpouring.GoogleacountryandlearnhowtomakethefamousfoodfromthatspecificcountrysuchassushiinJapan.Indoorartac-tivitiesarealsofunandendless.Frompaintingtomakingpuppetsforapuppetshow,therearetonsofthingstodotogetherandbecreative!

OPELOUSASAttheOpelousasCatholicSenior

AwardsBanquet,KnightsofColum-busCouncilmemberSteveGuidrozpresented selected studentswith theCatholic Youth Leadership Award.RecipientswereJasmineBerzasandRyanHackettfromCouncil#11270,Amber Deville and Ryan Letullefrom Council #1173, and Ben Fin-chumfromCouncil#3409.BenHar-groder was also presented with theMostRev.JulesB.JeanmardGeneral

Opelousas Catholic students receive honors

AssemblyFourthDegreeKnightsofColumbusMedallion.

Several Opelousas Catholic sev-enth grade students were also hon-ored by qualifying to take theACTaspartoftheDukeUniversityTalentSearchprogram.Thosewhotookthetestandhadoutstandingresultswereinvited for acknowledgment in astaterecognitionceremonyatNorth-western State University. Opelou-sas Catholic’s six honorees wereKristenVidrine, Madeleine Hansen,ElizabethDuplechain,SarahJoubert,ThomasArtall,andLukeGuidry.

Jasmine Berzas (left) and Ryan Hack-ett (right) are recipients of the Catho-lic Youth Leadership Award, presented to them by KC councile member Steve Guidroz (center). Photo submitted by Opelousas Catholic School

Congratulations to those Opelousas Catholic seventh graders who qualified to take the ACT as part of the Duke Uni-versity Talent Search Program. Photo submitted by Opelousas Catholic School

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Our Lady of the Lake and St. Martin de Porres Churches in Delcambre extend best wishes to Mrs. Anna Trahan, who has retired from her 32-year position as Director of Religious Educa-tion for both parishes. Mrs. Trah-an also served as Safe Environ-ment Coordinator and director of Vacation Bible School. Mrs. Trahan and her family are shown with Father Herb Bennerfield (pastor) at a recent reception in her honor. Photos submitted by Father Herb Bennerfield

DRE honored for 32 years of servicebyKathleenToupsLAFAYETTE

“AnoblationisasacrificetoGod,” Bishop Michael Jarrellexplained inhishomilyfor theFeastofCorpus Christi.Bish-op Jarrell was celebrant of the9:00a.m.MassintheCathedralof St. John the Evangelist forthisSundayfeastday.

“Sixmonthsago,aswewerestrugglingwiththenewtransla-tionoftheRomanMissal,Itoldthe priests every one of thoseunfamiliarwords is the subjectofahomily,”herecalled,beforesettingout to explain theword“oblation”intheday’shomily.

BishopJarrellnotedthat“ob-lation” is not a familiar wordbut appearsoccasionally in thescriptural readings—for ex-ample, Moses offering an ob-lation—according to ancientliturgical customs. The ritualrequiredthesacrificeofalivingcreaturewiththefleshconsumedandthebloodalsoconsumedorsprinkleduponthepeople.

“There was a plea for for-giveness and acceptance, or aswe would say, reconciliationbetween the people and God,”Bishop Jarrell pointed out.“Throughthisprocess,Commu-nionofthepeoplewasachieved,communion of the people withGod and communion with oneanother.”

“In the third Eucharisticprayer...therewefindtheword‘oblation’,” the bishop contin-ued. “We are addressing Godwhenwesay‘lookonusweprayontheoblationofYourChurch,and recognize the sacrificialVictimwhosedeathYouwilledtoreconcileustoYourself,grantthat we, who are nourished bythe Body and Blood of YourSonmaybefilledwithHisHolySpirit, and may become onebody,onespiritinChrist...’

“It talks about an oblation,

Bishop Jarrell’s homily on the Feast of Corpus Christiand then it explains what anoblationis.Itisanoblationofthe Church—not one to do atyour house, not one out in theforest, not one to do anywherebyindividuals,”thebishopem-phasized, “and that means it isgiventous,notinventedbyus,and recognizing the sacrificialvictim, the creature offered isJesusChrist,bywhosedeathwewillbereconciledtoGod.ItisChristWhohasbroughttheFa-thertousandWhobringsustotheFather.

“Then grant that we whoarenourishedby theBodyandBloodofYourSon,justasintheoblation of the ancient peoplewho were fed upon the crea-turewhowasofferedanduponwhom blood was consumed orsprinkled upon, so we do withChrist,thatwemaybecomeonebody,thatcommunionwithonebody, one spirit, one Christ,”BishopJarrellprayed.

“This communion is God’svision for the world,” BishopJarrell continued in his expla-nation. “It is a vision JesusChristsharedwithHisdisciplesandwithalloftheChurchafterthem... It isdoneforourCom-munionwithGodandwithoneanother so when you hear thatword, you can think, ‘I knowwhatitmeans.’Itmeansasac-rificetoGod.”

Bishop Jarrell recalled thattheHolyFatherhasproclaimedaYear of Faith beginning withOctober of this year and con-tinuing toNovember2013,ex-pressingconcernoveralackoffaith.

“Ithinkhehadinmindpeo-plewholackbeliefinGod,butIthinkthecrisisoffaithisalotbroaderthanthat.Tosomeex-tentitaffectsallofus,becauseinourworldtoday,mostofus,to one degree or another, have

experiencedasenseof the lossofthesacred.

“Removethesenseofthesa-cred in our living,” the bishoppointed out, “it means we loseallthatweunderstandwasgiv-en to us by God. We lose anunderstanding and belief in anoblationoftheChurch.

“Thesenseof thesacredhasslipped away and it is alwaysa struggle to regain our senseof the sacred. Theoppositeofsacred is secular. Secularityis a toughenemy. . .it says theworldisenough,wedonotneedGod. This is the great enemyfor us to engage,” Bishop Jar-rellpointedout. “Butyouand

I,dearfriends,havecomeheretoday in adesire to experiencethe transcendent in our lives.We will acknowledge God theFather and Creator when werecite the Creed. We will joinwithJesusWhoispresenthereonthealtarinthepersonofthepriest.JesusisalsotheVictimWhoisoffered. ByHispowerthebreadandwinearechangedintoHisBodyandBloodandof-feredtotheFatherWhoreceivesHimwithlove,reconcilingustoHimselfandreturningHimtobeconsumed and thereby broughtinto Communion with one an-other.ThisistheoblationoftheChurch.”


Carencro Catholic would like to congratulate its Class of 2012 and wish them all the best of luck in their future endeavors. Photo submitted by Carencro Catholic School

Carencro Catholic School’s class of 2012

CROWLEYAsthe2011-2012schoolyear

came to a close, Redemptor-ist Catholic School in CrowleyhostedabeautifulMarianProces-sionwhichincludedtheschool’sentire studentbody, faculty,andstaff. The procession began ontheschoolcampus, ledoutontothestreetaroundtheschool,andendedwithaCrowningofMaryinthechurchtohonorourMotherMaryduringthemonthofMay.

Laterinthemonth,theschoolalso bid a fond farewell to its

Redemptorist School closes out the year

8th-gradegraduatingclass.Theclass included Bethany Leon-ards, Katie Hargrave, Chazs-mineGibson,TabithaLeonards,PhilipMahaffey,DamonGuidry,Logan Leleux, Tony Arsement,EmilyCoats,VictoriaCallahan,Kaitlyn Killmer, Nathan Hong,Luke Stutes, Andrew Piron,Adam Foreman, Hannah Pe-titjean,MeghanMatlock,AnsleyBoudreaux, Jacob Duplechain,Christian Breaux, John Mar-ceaux,AliShamsie,andIanLin-scomb.

The 8th grade altar servers of Redemptorist Catholic School were proud to participate in the Marian Procession during the month of May. Pictured above with Father Mat-thew Higginbotham are: (front row) Kaitlyn Killmer and Ansley Boudreaux; (middle row) John Marceaux, Tony Arsement, Philip Mahaffey and Damon Guidry; (back row) Jacob Duplechain, Chrisitian Breaux, and Luke Stutes. Photo submitted by Redemp-torist Catholic School

Congratulation to the 2011-2012 8th grade graduates of Redemptorist Catholic School. Photo submitted by Redemptorist Catholic School

viewed again and againuntil itsmessage soaks into the marrowofourbones.

Idon’tknowifIhavethestuffthatmakesamartyrinme.Whodoes? I’mnot inclined topray

“BEFIRE!”continued from page 31

for it. What I do want is faiththat makes Jesus shine throughmeandmakesotherswanttofol-lowHim,nomatterwhatthecost.That’s where the only real free-domis.

LAFAYETTEThe Lafayette Diocese’s

OfficeofChristianFormationwillhostaDRE/ReligionAd-ministratorDayofPrayeronSaturday,July28,at theIm-maculataCenterinLafayette.The Day of Prayer will bepresentedbyDr.JoAnnPara-dise,PhD,from9:00a.m.un-til2:30p.m.,with sign-in tobeginat8:30a.m.Thiseventis sponsored by Our SundayVisitor.The$10registrationfee includes lunch for theday.

DRE/ReligionAdministra-tors may attend the Day ofPrayerasLevelVI:6credits,5hrs.Catechistsmayattendas personal spiritual growthexperienceforLevelIVorV:

DRE/Religion Administrator Day of Prayer4 credits, 5 hrs. The themeofDr.Paradise’spresentationwill be “Peace I leave withyou;MypeaceIgivetoyou.”Description: In the midst ofour frenetic lives it is some-timesastruggletoclaimthisgift from Jesus. Our retreatwill focus on claiming thegiftofpeace inour relation-ship with God, self, familyandour livesasministersofGod’sWord.Throughprayerand reflection we will en-counter our Lord and openourselves to his promise ofpeace.

Registration forms for thiseventmaybeobtainedonlineatwww.diolaf.org,under theoffice section for ChristianFormation.


byDennisSadowskiCatholicNewsServiceATLANTA(CNS)

TheYearofFaith set tobe-gininOctoberwillgiveCatho-lics the chance to experience a“conversion”byturningbacktoJesusandenteringintoadeeperrelationshipwithhim,thechair-manof theU.S.bishops’Com-mittee on Evangelization andCatechesissaidJune13.

Bishop David L. Ricken ofGreenBay,Wis.,toldthespringmeetingoftheU.S.Conferenceof Catholic Bishops that the2012-13observancestemsfromPopeBenedictXVI’s call for anewevangelizationandwillin-corporate television, radio, so-cialmediaandnumerousonlineresourcestobetterconnect--orreconnect--Catholicswiththeirfaith.

Special emphasis will beplaced on explaining churchteaching through liturgy andprayer, catechetical aids, parishprograms, homily guides andonline applications and web-sites. Already weekly posts onFacebook promote the lives ofsaintsandthosedeclaredblessedandvenerable,whilequizzesonthe Catechism of the CatholicChurchhelpconnectonlineus-erswithtenetsofthefaith,Bish-opRickensaid.

TheYearofFaithopensOct.11, the 50th anniversary of theopening of the Second VaticanCouncil and the 20th anniver-saryof thepromulgationof thecatechism.ItrunsthroughNov.24,2013,thefeastofChristtheKing.

Pope Benedict announcedtheYearofFaithinPorta Fidei (“The Door of Faith”), an ap-ostolic letter released Oct. 17,2011.

The observance envisionedby the pope under his call fora new evangelization does notpropose new teachings but is“rather a ‘re-proposing’ of theGospel to thoseawaitingafirstevangelizationandthosewhoseroots of Christianity are deepbut have experienced a seriouscrisisoffaithduetoseculariza-tion,”BishopRickensaid.

The bishops’ conference has

Year of Faith activities aimed at bringing Catholics closer to Jesus

workedsinceOctobertodevelopnumerous resources includingapologetic material, brochuresrelated to new evangelizationand teaching aids for use byCatholicsaswellasthegeneralpublic,hesaid.

Many of the resources arebeing developed for Spanishspeakersaswell,hesaid.

BishopRickensaidanewon-lineversionoftheCatechismofCatholicChurchisnowavailableontheUSCCBwebsite.Healsoannounced that an online ver-sionoftheUnitedStatesCatho-licCatechismforAdultswillbeavailable soon on the site. Theonlineversionshaveinteractivefeatures and are searchable byspecific terms. Users also willbe able to bookmark specificpassages and will be able toview their selections on tabletsandsmartphones.

Aprayerforthenewevange-lizationaswellas intercessionsfortheYearofFaithalsoarebe-ing developed, Bishop Rickensaid.

In line with an initiative oftheVaticanthatEuropeancitiesimplementa“metropolitanmis-sion”programforLent2013,asimilar effort is being consid-eredfortheUnitedStatesduringthesameperiod.Suchmissionswouldincludecatechesisbylo-cal bishops, the availability ofthesacramentof reconciliation,devotions and popular piety,spiritual exercisesandmission-styleprogramsinlocalparishes,BishopRickensaid.

Emphasisalsowillbeplacedonassisting families inobserv-ingtheYearofFaithwithprayerservices and other catecheticalresources,headded.

Bishop Ricken said annualeventssuchas theCatholicSo-cialMinistryGatheringinWash-ington in February and the ob-servanceofRespectLifeMonthinOctober2013alsowillfocusontheYearofFaith.

More information about theobservanceoftheYearofFaithcanbefoundonlineatwww.us-ccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/how-we-teach/new-evangeliza-tion/year-of-faith/.

CHA urges expanded religious exemption, says government must pay


Providence Hospital in Washington, founded by the Daughters of Charity in 1861, is pictured in a Jan. 30 file photo. The Catholic Health Association in a June 15 letter rejected the Obama administration’s latest “accommodation” for religious employers to the mandate that contraceptives and sterilization be included in most health plans. The CHA said the suggestion to have insurers pick up the costs would be “unduly cumber-some” and “unlikely to adequately meet the religious liberty concerns.” CNS photo/ Nancy Phelan Wiechec

ByNancyFrazierO’BrienCatholicNewsServiceWASHINGTON(CNS)

The Catholic HealthAssocia-tion,amajor supporterofPresi-dent Barack Obama’s healthreform law, is urging the gov-

ernment to expand its definitionof religious employers who areexempt from the requirement toprovide contraceptives and ster-ilization free of charge to their

employees.IncommentsfiledJune15with

theDepartmentofHealthandHu-manServices,thetopthreeCHAofficialsalsosaidtheObamaad-ministration should provide andpay for the contraceptives itself

ifitinsiststhattheymustbepro-videdatnocosttowomen.

Thefive-pagecommentsweresignedbySisterCarolKeehan,a


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A granite plaque honoring the Sisters of Mount Carmel was recently dedicated and blessed by Father Bill Ruskoski. The plaque, which hangs in the lobby of Rayne Catholic Elementary School, was donated by the St. Joseph High School Class of 1959. The Sisters of Mount Carmel arrived in Rayne on Dec. 16, 1891, shortly after which they began Catholic education in Rayne. In attendance at the dedication were: (seated, L/R) Sr. Robert Joseph Mier, O. Carm.; Sr. Chris Griggs, O. Carm.; Sr. Angele Marie Sadler, O. Carm.; and Sr. Teresa Margaret Toups, O. Carm. (Standing, L/R) class members Annette and Fred Gossen and Mary Ann Meyer Reiners; Sr. Clare Cramer, O. Carm.; Patty Wingate Nugent, class member; Father Bill Ruskoski, pastor and school chancellor; Sr. Cheryl Scheaffer, O. Carm.; Sr. Fatima Mouton, O. Carm.; and Sr. Judith Hebert, O. Carm. Photo submitted by Lisa Soileaux/Rayne Acadian-Tribune

Plaque dedicated to Sisters of Mount Carmel

WASHINGTON(USCCB)TheCatechism of the Catho-

lic Church is now available atthewebsiteof theU.S.Confer-ence of Catholic Bishops (US-CCB)inaformatidenticaltoane-book. The new version, cur-rentlyonlyavailableinEnglish,canbefoundatwww.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catechism/catechism-of-the-catholic-church/index.cfm.

AuthorizedbyPopeJohnPaulIIin1986,theCatechism of the Catholic Church was first pub-lished in 1992, with a revisedsecond edition published in2000.Priorto1992,theChurchhadbeenusingauniversal cat-echismapprovedbytheCouncilofTrentin1566.

Since its release in 1992,the Catechism of the Catholic ChurchhasbecomeabestsellerintheChurch,withtheUSCCBalone having sold more than988,000printcopiesofthesec-ond edition. Late in 2011, theUSCCBreleasedthee-bookedi-tion, which has sold more than7,100 copies through Amazon,iTunes and the USCCB onlinebookstore.

“Providing the Catechism inthisparticularelectronicformatwill make this foundational re-

USCCB brings Catechism of the Catholic Church to new browser-based e-book formatsource even more accessible topeople,”explainedBishopJohnWester, chair of the USCCBCommunications Committee.“Itisfreetoanyonewhohasac-cesstotheInternet.”

AvailablethroughanyInternetbrowser,the Cate-chism filed i sp l aysand func-tions asane-book.Users canbookmarkor high-light ar-eas, seefootnotesina“lightb o x ”w i t h o u tl e a v i n gthe origi-nal page,andsearchw i t h i nthe Cat-e c h i s m ,includingbyparagraphnumber.

Until the second half of thetwentieth century, for millionsofCatholicsintheUnitedStates,theword“catechism”meanttheBaltimore Catechism, whichoriginated at the Third Plenary

Council of Baltimore in 1884whenthebishopsof theUnitedStates decided to publish a na-tionalcatechism.TheBaltimore Catechism contained 421 ques-tionsandanswersin37chaptersand gave unity to the teaching

and under-standingofthefaith for mil-lionsofAmer-ican Catho-lics.Itsimpactwas felt rightuptothedawnof the SecondVaticanCoun-cilin1962.

“The Cat-echism of the Catho-lic Church isproving to beas compellingif not more,of an influ-ence on thefaithful,” saidBishop DavidRicken, Chair

of the USCCB Evangelizationand Catechesis Committee.“Ourabilitytousethenewtech-

nologiesmeansthatmanymoremillionswillbeabletofindtheCatholic Church’s teachings ontheir tablets, their smartphones,andtheirlaptops.”

“The USCCB is wisely us-ing technology to serve theirconstituentsandtheyareraisingthebarforengagingusers,”saidDave Gallerizzo, CEO of FigLeaf Software, the interactiveWebagencythatpartneredwiththeUSCCBtocreatethee-book.“There might be some e-bookreadersthathaveafewofthesefeatures, but I doubt you canfindone thatoffersallof thesefeaturesinasingleapplication.”

The new e-book version ofthe Catechism of the Catholic ChurchresidesontheUSCCB’sflagship website, www.usccb.org.Thesitereceivesmorethantwo million visitors per month,with approximately two trillionbytesofdatadelivered.Inaddi-tion to readingcontent,visitorsto the site can share what theyfindwiththeirsocialmedianet-works, receive an RSS feed ofthedailyreadings,andviewvid-eos of reflections on the dailyScripturereadings.

Since its release in 1992, the Catechism of the Cath-olic Church has become a bestseller in the Church.


NEWORLEANSFather Brad Guillory and the

parishionersofSt.JosephChurchand St. Louis Mission Chapel inParks invite everyone along on apilgrimagetoNewOrleansonSat-urday,September8.Limitedspac-esareavailableandwillbegrantedonafirst-come,first-servedbasis.The cost is $55 per person (non-refundable), which includes theround-triponadeluxemotorcoachandgratuityforthedriver,aswellasdonations to theSeelosShrineandUrsulineConvent.ThosewhoareinterestedshouldreservetheirspacesbeforeJuly31.

The motor coach will departfrom St. Joseph Church in Parksat 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, Sep-tember8,withamorningstop in

September pilgrimage to New OrleansBatonRougeforcoffeeandbeig-nets. Once in New Orleans, thegroupwillvisitthenationalshrineofBlessedFrancisXavierSeelos,aRedemptoristpriestbeatifiedbyBlessed Pope John Paul II in theyear 2000. The group will alsovisit the national shrine of OurLadyofPromptSuccorlocatedinthe Ursuline Convent, the oldestbuilding in the Mississippi RiverValley.Freetimewillbeallowedfor shopping and/or lunch in theFrench Quarter before the groupattends5:00p.m.MassattheCa-thedral of St. Louis. Departurefrom New Orleans is scheduledfor7:00p.m.

For further information,pleasecontactIvaClavelleat(337)233-5521.

Congratulations to Father Henry Bordeaux, OCD, who recently celebrated his 50th an-niversary as a Carmelite priest. Father Bordeaux is currently assigned to Little Flower Church in Oklahoma City, OK, but he returned to his native home in Milton where he celebrated Mass at St. Joseph Church. He was assisted by Fathers Aaron Melancon (Pastor, St. Joseph) and Conley Bertrand, and Deacon Cody Miller. Photo submitted by Kathleen Harrison

Milton native celebrates 50 years as a priest in Discalced Carmelite Order

LAFAYETTERegistrationforCycle6ofthe

VirtualLearningCommunityforFaith Formation (VLCFF) willopen on Tuesday, July 10 andcloseonWednesday,August22.Classes within the cycle will beconducted fromAugust 26-Sep-tember29.

IntheLafayetteDiocese,suc-cessful completion of VLCFFcourses may be applied towarda Certificate in Catechesis, ortoward the continuing educationhours required by the diocese’sOfficeofCatholicSchools.Also,since the diocese is a partner inthe VLCFF, all residents withinthediocesemayparticipateatthe

reducedcostof$40percourse.Courses to be offered during

Cycle 6 will include: Adminis-tration in Ministry; Many FacesofAdultLearners;MaryinScrip-ture and Tradition; and PrayingwithChildren.Acompletelistofallcoursesandtheirfulldescrip-tionsisaccessibleonlineatwww.vlc.udayton.edu. A calendar ofremainingcyclesfor2012isalsoavailablethroughthissite.

Forfurtherinformationonthepartnership between the Univer-sity of Dayton Institute for Pas-toral Initiativeand theLafayetteDiocese, please contact the Of-fice of Christian Formation at(337)261-5550.

Registration for Cycle 6 of VLCFF

The Catholic Daughter Court Immaculata recently hosted its annual Priests Apprecia-tion Dinner for the clergy of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette; the Cathedral’s summer-assigned seminarians were also included. Pictured above from left to right are seminarian Peyton Bourque, Rev. Mr. Brian Harrington, Father Herb Bennerfield, grand regent Cheryl Luke, Fathers Chester Arceneaux and Kevin Borde-lon, and seminarian Matthew Hebert. Photo submitted by Kathleen Toups

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“IfGod iswithus,whocanbeagainstus?”

This was the theme of thehomily by Father Chester Ar-ceneaux at the prayer serviceduring the hurricane season,sponsored by the Central Re-gion of the Lafayette Diocese.Presidingat theannual serviceintheCathedralofSt.JohntheEvangelist was FatherThomasJames, S.V.D., regional vicar.Representatives from churchparishesintheCentralRegion,which includes thecivilparishofLafayetteandupperSt.Mar-tin,werealsoinattendance.

Father Arceneaux, pastor oftheCathedral,emphasized,“Weare here to become stronger,”citing the Gospel of Mark (4:35-41),whichistheaccountofJesusintheboatwiththeapos-tles,crossingtheseaofGalileeandcalmingthewaters.

“Godiswithusinthemidstof the storms that are beforeus. Southwest Louisiana hasencountered many storms andthefaithofourpeoplehasbeenstrong,”FatherArceneauxsaid.“Weknowasacommunitywe

Cathedral hosts prayer service for good weatherhave been strongest when wepull together in witness to thelove of Christ. This was thethemeofthesecondreading(St.Paul, Letter to the Romans8:31-39). What will separate usfromtheloveofGod? IfGodis for us, who or what can beagainstus?

“Eventhoughweencounteradversity, troubles and storm,

The Cathedral of St. John the Evange-list in Lafayette recently hosted a special prayer service, encouraging the resi-dents of Acadiana to pray for protection during this year’s hurricane season. At-tending the prayer service were (L/R) Very Rev. Thomas James, SVD, Father Chester Arceneaux, Father Cyprian Eze, and Deacon C.J. Smith. Photo submit-ted by Mary Bergeron

we have confidence to carryon in faithandpetition,know-ing that our God loves us,Hewatchesoverus...MaytheLordblessandprotectus,mayhewatchoverusandkeepusal-

waysclosetoHimaswecomein faith and trust in Him,” Fa-therArceneauxconcluded.

Otherpartsoftheprayerser-vicecarriedoutthetheme.Theopening hymn was “O GodOur Help in Ages Past,”andincludedthewords,“Ourhopefor years to come, our shelterfrom the stormy blast” whilethe scripture readings refer-enceddivineintervention.TheLitanyoftheSaintsinvokedfa-miliarnames suchasSt. John,Sts.PeterandPaul,andSt.Ba-sil.Similarly,theintentionsofthegeneralintercessions,“Thatthe Lord of Nature will sparetheGulfCoastdestructionfromthethreatofhurricanes,weprayto the Lord” and the appropri-ate response, “Lord save yourpeople.”

Assisting Father Arceneauxwas Deacon C.J. Smith, whoread the Gospel and led thegeneralintentions.ReadingthescriptureswereJeanneKramerand Adele Blue.Server wasMike Breaux.Also present inthesanctuarywasFatherCypri-an Eze. Cantor was MelodyThibodeaux.TomNeilwasor-ganist.


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TheCityClubinLafayettere-cently hosted a special eveningoffinediningandentertainmentwhich allowed the people ofAcadiana to show their supportfortheSOLTKobonalHaitiMis-sion.ThedinnerwassponsoredbyFatherGlennMeaux,inpart-nershipwithCrossCatholicOut-reach.

Through Father Meaux’s ef-forts, the Society of Our LadyoftheMostHolyTrinity(SOLT)began its work on the HaitiancommunityofKobonalin1989.At that time, Kobonal was “thedarkest corner of the DioceseofHinche”andthepeopletherewerestrugglingtocarryonwitha lifestyle that offered little ornothing to them. Food wasscarce, job opportunities werenearly non-existent, and suffer-ingseemed tobe theonly thingofferedinabundance.However,much has changed there duringthe last two decades, thanks inparttothegenerosityofthepeo-pleofAcadiana.

Today, the SOLT KobonalHaiti Mission has establishednine separate ministries to lendaidtoapproximatelyadozenvil-lages within a 10-mile range ofKobonal. Spiritual formationprograms focus on helping thevillagersknowtheWordofGod.The destitute/elderly program,whichwasoneofthefirst tobeestablished, aims to provide forthosewhoareelderly,widowed,destitute,orphaned,andmentally

Village of Hope dinner supports work of Haiti mission

or physically ill. Other minis-tries,suchastheagricultureandanimalhusbandryprograms,en-couragevillagers todevelop theskills theyneed tobecomeself-sufficient by allowing them togrow their own crops and raisetheir own livestock rather thandependingonoutsidesourcestoobtainthem;theadulteducationprogram furthers this self-suf-ficiency by teaching the adultshowtoreadandwrite.Addition-ally, there is a mission bakerythatprovidesbreadandasewingministry project that providesuniforms for the childrenof themissionschool.Thewaterproj-ectisresponsibleforcreatingac-cess toclean, freshwater to thearea.

Thenthereisthehousingproj-ect, which spearheads the con-struction of simple but sturdyfour-roomhomes for thepeopleinthevillages.Onehundredper-centofallproceedsgeneratedbytherecentVillageofHopedinner

havebeendedicated to thispar-ticularbranchofministry in theKobonalHaitiMission.

“Housingisthemostimportantthingtogivetoafamily,”statedJim Cavnar, president of CrossCatholic Outreach, who visitedLafayetteforthefirsttimeinor-dertoattendthedinner.“Itoffersstability, a place where motherscancookandwherechildrencandohomework.”

CrossCatholicOutreach(for-merly known as Cross Interna-tional) has been in partnershipwith the SOLT Kobonal HaitiMission since 2004, approxi-mately two years after Cavnarand senior vice president BrianSchuttfoundedtheorganization.Priortothatmove,bothmenhadextensiveexperienceinworkingwith other non-profit organiza-tions dedicated to helping thepoor;however,theyhadnoticedthatoftentimesthehelpwasonlyshort-termanddidnotnecessarilyprovideforlong-termoperations.Thus,theirgoalwastoestablish

Since 1989, the SOLT Kobonal Haiti Mission has ministered to some of the world’s poorest through programs which enrich not only their spirituality but also their very way of life. Photo submitted by Cross Catholic Outreach

The ministries of the SOLT Kobonal Haiti Mission have helped to strengthen and im-prove the family structure in approximately 12 villages located within a 10-mile range of Kobonal, Haiti, which was once known as “the darkest corner” of the country’s Diocese of Hinche. Photo submitted by Cross Catholic International

an organization that did fosterlong-terminvolvement,whichiswhy Cross Catholic has formeda relationship with the KobonalHaitimission.

“It’s such a great mission,”stressedMr.Cavnar.“WhatFa-ther Meaux has done there is aprimeexampleofeffectivechar-ity and evangelization, and oneofthethingsthatIreallyadmireis that while he has brought inmissionaries from the U.S., hehasalsodevelopedgreat leader-shipamongthelocals.”

Again, the housing projectservesasanexcellentillustrationof this in the way that it oper-ates.WhileU.S.volunteerswerebroughtintoassistindevelopingtheproject,theyhavealsotrainedlocalvillagerstobeemployedascementworkers,carpenters,andpainterssothattheycancontinuetobuildandprovidehouseswith-in theirowncommunities. It isacurrentgoalofCrossCatholictohelpraisefundingforthecon-struction of 54 of these housesbeforetheendoftheyear2012.

Approximately220peopleat-tended theVillageofHopedin-ner and participated in the liveand silent auctions that wereheldinconjunction.Altogether,the eveninggenerated a total of$263,000,withanetof$230,000insupportofthehousingprojecteffort.

AdditionalinformationontheSOLTKobonalHaitiMissioncanbefoundonlineatwww.solthait-imission.org. Information onCrossCatholicOutreachmaybefoundatwww.crosscatholic.org.

The ministries of the SOLT Kobonal Mission encourage the local people to become self-sufficient. The mission’s school, for instance, is greatly supported by the sewing project ministry, which trains adults to sew so they can provide uniforms for the chil-dren. Photo submitted by Cross Catholic Outreach


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recentlyheldaMassofThanks-giving for the 2011-2012 eighthgradeclassofSt.MichaelSchool.CelebratingtheMasswasFatherGary Schexnayder, Father JaredSuire and Deacon Rodless Le-Leux.Thestudentspresentedredroses to their parents to thankthemfortheirCatholiceducationandguidanceduringtheirtimeatSt.MichaelSchool.

School principal Mrs. MyraBroussard delivered a heartfeltspeech to the class, and FatherSchexnayderpresentedeachstu-dent a certificate of completion.Theeventmarkedabeautifulandspiritualcompletionoftheirtime

Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Michael SchoolatSt.MichaelSchoolandastarttotheirhighschoolyears.

In related news, St. MichaelSchoolalso recentlyheld itsan-nualAcademicPepRally,wherethestudents receivedawards forPrincipal’sList,HonorRoll,Art,President’s Excellence Award,andmanymore.Theschoolalsopresented the Billy McDanielReligion Award to Allie Rich-ard. The award was presentedin memory of Mr. Bill McDan-iel, school facility manager anda dear friend to the St. Michaelfamily. As the recipient, Alliereceivedamedal,certificate,anda$500scholarshiptobeappliedtoward her eighth grade year atSt.Michael’s.

Congratulations to the 2011-2012 eighth grade class of St. Michael School. Photo submitted by St. Michael School

Come & See retreat on August 18ST.MARTINVILLE

OurLadyofSorrowsRetreatCenter inSt.Martinvillewillhost aCome&SeeDayofRecollectiononSaturday,August18,from9:00a.m.until3:00p.m.Thisretreatisforthosewhowouldlikeanswerstothequestions:

• Whatisreligiouslife?• Whatisasister?• Whatisthedifferencebetweenapriestandabrother?• Howdoreligiouslive?• Howdoesonebecomeareligious?• Whatisaconsecratedvirgin?• HowdoIdiscern?Thereisnocosttoattend,althoughparticipantsshouldbringabrown

baglunch.Massandtheopportunityforconfessionwillbeoffered.For additional information, please contact Father Michael Cham-

pagne,CJC,at(337)394-6550.

At St. Ignatius School in Grand Coteau, third graders in Mrs. Catherine Olivier’s class participated in the Bonnie Plants program. Back in October, students began raising cabbage plants at home, and in May they harvested their cabbages and brought them to school to be weighed to see who had grown the largest cabbage in the class. The winner was Victoria Huval, whose cabbage weighed in at 8.5 lbs. Her name will be entered into a drawing with other 3rd grade students from Louisiana for a chance to win a $1,000 scholarship. Pictured above from left to right are Elizabeth Tanner, Adaire Olivier, Cameron Cormier, Victoria Huval, and Caleb Thomas. Photo submitted by St. Ignatius School

St. Ignatius students Bonnie Plants program

Taj Glodd is the sonof Mrs. Zelma Ken-neson Glodd. He issponsoredbySt.The-resaParishinCrowleyandiscurrentlyinhisthird theologyyearatSacred Heart SchoolofTheology,WI.

Rev. Mr. Brian Har-rington is the son ofMr. and Mrs. BenHarrington. He issponsored by the Ca-thedral of St. Johnthe Evangelist Par-ish in Lafayette andis currently in hisfourth theology yearat Mount St. Mary’sSeminary in Emmits-burg,MD.

Matthew Hebert isthe son of Mr. andMrs. Joseph Hebert.He is sponsored bySt. Mary MagdalenParish in AbbevilleandiscurrentlyinhisfourthcollegeyearatSt. Joseph SeminaryCollege,LA.

Quinn Hebert is theson of Mr. and Mrs.Eric Hebert. He issponsored by OurLadyofWisdomPar-ishinLafayetteandiscurrently in his sec-ondcollegeyearatSt.JosephSeminaryCol-lege,LA.

Alex LeBlanc is theson of Mr. and Mrs.Steven C. LeBlanc.He is sponsored byOurLadyoftheLakeParish in DelcambreandiscurrentlyinhissecondcollegeyearatSt. Joseph SeminaryCollege,LA.

All photos by Paul Kieu expect Alex LeBlanc

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Life Awareness vocational discernment retreat Aug. 31-Sept. 2LAKECHARLES

TheDiocesesofBatonRouge,Lafayette,andLakeCharleswillsponsorthethirdLifeAwarenessRetreatfromAugust31-Septem-ber2attheSt.CharlesCenterinLakeCharles.Thisthree-dayre-treatexperienceisopentomenandwomenwithintheagerangeof17-40whoareseekingtodis-cernthecalltoareligiousvoca-tion in their lives. The cost ofparticipating in the weekend is$25perperson,andfinancialas-sistanceisavailableuponrequestfor those inneed. Aninforma-tionalbrochurewhichincludesaregistration formmaybe foundonlineatwww.diolaf.org/aware-ness.Toregister,pleasefillouttheregistrationformandmailitalong with a check made pay-abletotheDioceseofLafayetteto:DioceseofLafayette,OfficeofVocations, 1408 CarmelAv-

enue, Lafayette,LA70501.

The LifeAwareness Re-treat provides anopportunity formen and womenwho are discern-ingacalltoeitherthe priesthoodor consecratedreligious life tointeractwithsev-eral priests andreligious broth-ers and sistersthroughacombi-nationoflectures,groupandprivatediscussions, andprayer. There isnopressureatanytime to make adecision or com-mitment during

the actual retreat.Rather,thegoalistoofferarealisticview of what itmeanstoliveandcarry out a reli-gious vocation intoday’s world toaid individuals intheir discernmentprocess.

“This was themostspiritualandwonderfulexperi-ence of my life,”praised one par-ticipant from thefirst Life Aware-nessRetreat,heldin 2010. “It hastaught me aboutmyself and God.Iamatpeace,yetthirstyformore.”

Dominican Sister Mary Diana Dreger, a physician, sees a patient at St. Thomas Family Health Center South in Nashville, Tenn., in this 2011 file photo. The Catholic Health Association in a June 15 letter rejected the Obama administration’s latest “accommo dation” for religious employers to the mandate that contraceptives and sterilization be included in most health plans. The CHA said the suggestion to have insurers pick up the costs would be “unduly cumbersome” and “unlikely to adequately meet the religi ous liberty concerns.” CNS photo/Theresa Laurence, Tennessee Register

“I wish I had invited morefriends to experience this,” ex-pressedanother.

The Life Awareness Retreatisanovernightexperience,withroom and board provided forthedurationofallscheduledac-tivities.Thisyear’sretreatwillopenonFriday,August31,withregistration and dinner from5:00-7:00 p.m. During dinner,participantswillbeencouragedtobecomeacquaintedwithoneanother, as well as with thepriests and religious brothersandsisterswhowillbeguidingthem throughout the entire re-treat.

Casual dress is recommend-ed for the retreat experience,although participants are re-minded to includeproperattirefortheretreat’sclosingMassonSunday.

DaughterofCharitywhoisCHApresident and CEO; Robert V.Stanek,whorecentlycompletedatermchairingtheCHAboard;andJosephR.Swedish, thechairmanfor2012-13.

The three said the administra-tion’s proposed “accommoda-tion”thatwouldallownonexemptreligiousemployerstoprovidethecontraceptivesthroughathirdpar-ty“wouldbeundulycumbersomeandwouldbeunlikelytomeetthereligious liberty concerns of allofourmembersandotherchurchministries.”

They said the current defini-tionofareligiousemployerintheHHSrulesraises“seriousconsti-tutionalquestions.”

To be exempt from the con-traceptive mandate, a religiousorganization “has the inculcationofreligiousvaluesasitspurpose;primarily employs persons whoshare its religious tenets;primar-ily serves persons who share itsreligioustenets;andisanonprofitorganization” under specific sec-tions of the Internal RevenueCode.

The CHA leaders proposedinstead that an organization bedefined as religious if it “sharescommonreligiousbondsandcon-

CHA urges expanded religious exemption continued from page 37 victionswithachurch”--adefi-

nition already applied in Section414of the InternalRevenueSer-vicecode.

Even if the definition is ex-pandedtoincludeCatholichospi-talsandhealthcareorganizations,aswellasotherministriesof thechurch,“thegovernmentwillneedto develop a way to pay for andprovide such services directly tothoseemployeeswhodesiresuchcoverage without any direct orindirect involvement of religious

employers” under the expandeddefinition, the CHA commentssaid.

CHA spokesman Fred Caesartold Catholic News Service thatthecommentletteris“partofourcontinuing efforts to work withthe administration to resolve thisissueappropriately.”

The CHA comments openedbysayingthatthenationalleader-ship organization for the Catho-lichealthcareministry“haslonginsisted on and worked for theright of everyone to affordable,accessible health care” and had

“welcomed the enactment of thePatientProtectionandAffordableCareAct”anditsrequirementthat“certain preventive services beavailable at no cost to the indi-vidual.”

“Weremaindeeplyconcerned,however, with the approach theadministrationhas takenwith re-spect to contraceptive services,especiallyabortifacientdrugsandsterilization,”thelettersaid.

In a footnote, CHA said thedrugknownasella“caninterferewith implantation of a fertilizedegg,”which theCatholicChurchviewsasanabortion.

CHA said the administration’sproposed “accommodation” an-nounced Feb. 10 “seemed at thetime tobeagoodfirststep,”but“our examination and study oftheproposalasoutlinedthen(andlater) has not relieved our initialconcerns.”

Asoutlinedinan“advanceno-ticeofproposedrulemaking,”the“accommodation” would allownonexemptreligiousemployerstocontractwitha“third-partyadmin-istrator”or“independentagency”that receive funds from othersources,suchasrebatesfromdrugmakers,toprovidefreecontracep-tivestocoveredemployees.

HHS had asked for commentsduring a three-month period thatwastoendJune19.


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