February 1, 2015 - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Baptisms

Seminars are held every other month - register by calling the office. Attend-ance is suggested during pregnancy.

406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727

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

Parish Website: www.stpat.org

Weddings

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

for preparation

Office Hours

Monday – Thursday: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm; Friday 8:30 am – 12 noon

Celebration of the Eucharist

Saturday: 4:00 pm – Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 am Monday through Friday: 7:30 am

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:15 am

Welcome to St. Patrick Church

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

February 1, 2015

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, January 31--Vigil of the Fourth

Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 PM: Wayne Hebert; Mike Guilbeau;

Fr. Keith LaBove ((living); Emily & Lannie Webb

Sunday, February 1--Fourth Sunday in Ordi-

nary Time 8:30 AM: Beverly Welch; Lorraine Day;

Julia Phillips; Joseph & Eldie Woods

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

Monday, February 2--The Presentation of the

Lord

7:30 AM: Brandy Letchworth

Tuesday, February 3--St. Blaise, Bishop and

martyr; St. Ansgar, Bishop

7:30 AM: Carolyn Sittig

Come, let us bow down in worship;

let us kneel before the LORD who made us.

— Psalm 95:6

Wednesday, February 4--Weekday

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

Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living);

Thursday, February 5--St. Agatha, Virgin and

Martyr

7:30 AM: Richard Gilette

Friday, February 6--St. Paul Miki and Compan-

ions, Martyrs

7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart

Altar Flowers

In Loving Memory of:

Monty & Pierre Montagnet

Non-Liturgical Devotions

Daily Rosary: Monday - Friday 6:55 a.m.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Tuesday

7:15 a.m.

Rosary for Priests: Wednesday 7:00 a.m.

Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Thursday 7:15 a.m.

Pro-Life Rosary: 1st. Friday of the month 7 a.m.

Shamrocks—Friday, February 6: no cleaning

Annual Diocesan Collections

Please note that the Building Fund Collection is

always picked up on the first Sunday of the

month. National Collections are planned for the

third Sunday of the month (except the World

Mission Sunday, because of the BSA collection).

Following is a list of the Diocesan Collections to be taken

throughout the year.

Corrected

Annual Diocesan Collections—2015

Church in Latin America January 17-18

Aid to Church in Eastern

Europe & Africa & Feb. 14-15 (combined) Black & Indian Missions

Catholic Relief Services March 14-15

Holy Land (Good Friday) April 3 Catholic Home Missions April 18-19

Peter’s Pence June 20-21

Catholic Communications July 18-19

Catholic University of America September 19-20 Bishop’s Services Appeal October 17 –18

World Mission Sunday October 24 –25

Cath. Campaign Human Dev. November 14-15 Retirement Fund for Religious December 12-13

Food for the Journey The Central Region of the Diocese of Lafayette presents

“Food for the Journey”, a monthly lunchtime speaker series

designed to help Catholics live out our faith in our daily

lives. Our speaker for February is Rev. Michael DeBlanc, Associate Pastor of St. Genevieve Catholic Church, Lafa-

yette. “Food for the Journey” will be held on Tuesday,

February 3, at Hotel Acadiana, 1801 W. Pinhook Road, beginning at 12:00 noon. An optional lunch buffet is avail-

able for purchase beginning at 11:30 a.m. All are welcome

to come “eat and be fed”- please bring a friend! Pre-registration is not required. For more information, please

call Mary Bergeron (654-8682).

Theresians Lenten Day of Reflection The Roses of Acadiana District of Theresians International

is sponsoring a “Lenten Day of Reflection” for women on

Saturday, February 21, from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at St. Pius X Elementary School Theater, 201 East Bayou Park-

way, Lafayette. This year’s retreat, entitled “When There’s

a Calling, There’s a Cross”, features speakers Diane Alex-ander, Deacon Philip Lizotte and Rev William “Bill” Rus-

koski. A light snack and lunch are included. Please go

to www.acadianatheresians.com for information and to reg-

ister and pay on line. For additional information, please contact Gerry LeBlanc (233-0015 or gple-

blanc@cox.net). For registration questions, please contact

Cheryl Angelette (344-5142), Virginia Champagne (962-3944) or email either at register@acadianatheresians.com.

Aquinas Institute Spring 2015 Course Offering

Ecclesiology: Nature and Mission of the Church

Instructor: Mr. Joshua Brumfield, M.A.

As an introduction to ecclesiology, this course seeks to pro-

vide a concrete understanding the theology of the Church with attention to given to implications of this theology for

Christian life. We will explore the origin, nature, structure,

and mission of the Church with reference to Old Testament precursors to the Church as well as various New Testament

text. Some of the topics to be discussed are: the divine

origin of the Church, the Church as the body and bride of

Christ, the papacy, episcopal collegiality, Eucharist and the Church, and the Church in the modern world. Ecumenical

concerns may also be considered in connection with some

of these topics, time permitting. Location: St. Thomas More in Eunice (Social Hall). Dates: Thursdays 7:00PM-

9:15PM; February 5, 12, 19, 26, March 5, 12. Registra-

tion fee: $60 per course. College Student Discounted Reg-istration: $30 with a valid College ID Registration is availa-

ble online www.AquinasLafayette.org or contact Aquinas

Institute Coordinator, Katie Austin via email:

Katie@ourladyofwisdom.org or call 337-232– 8742. Checks payable to “Aquinas Institute.”

On Retreat Fr. Keith will be out of town for retreat from Monday,

evening, February 2nd through Friday, February

6th. Please keep him in your prayers.

Holy Hour for Vocations

Please join us for our monthly “Holy Hour for Voca-

tions and for the Spiritual Renewal of All Priests” on Monday, February 2, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at St. Pat-

rick Catholic Church, 406 E. Pinhook Road. Recitation

of the Rosary begins at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in these prayers for vocations and perseverance of

vocations to the priesthood and religious life, spon-

sored by the Serra Club of Lafayette.

Day of Recollection at St. Edmond

The St. Edmond’s Altar Society will host a Day of Rec-

ollection on Thursday, February 19, at St. Edmond Catholic Church, Lafayette. The event is scheduled to

begin at 9:00 a.m. with registration starting at 8:00

a.m. Coffee, donuts and juice will be served during registration, followed by recitation of the Rosary inside

the church. Other activities of the day include the cele-

bration of Mass, the opportunity for Confession, medi-

tation on the Stations of the Cross and Benedic-tion. Retreat Master will be Rev. William Scham-

bough, Pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Mil-

ton. Father Schambough is originally from Eunice and was ordained on June 23, 2012. He served as Associ-

ate Pastor at St. Pius X, Lafayette, for 2 years and was

named Pastor at St. Joseph, Milton, in July

2014. There will be five priests available for Confes-sion before Mass. Tickets for the Day of Recollection

are $12.00 per person which includes a baked chicken

dinner. Tickets must be purchased prior to February 13. To obtain a ticket, please contact RaNelle Simon

(337-232-2849) or send your check made payable to St.

Edmond’s Altar Society, 116 Delmar Lane, Lafayette, LA 70506. You may also pick up tickets at St. Ed-

mond’s office, 4131 West Congress Street, Lafayette.

St. Mary Church Bus Trip St. Mary Church, Lafayette, is offering a bus trip to

New Orleans to visit the Blessed Francis Seelos Center,

Notre Dame Seminary & more on Thursday, March

5, 2015. Price per person is $59. Reservations are nec-essary and full payment must be made. For complete

reservation information, please contact Barbra

Thibodeaux (235-3240) or JoAnn LeJune at St. Mary Church (981-3379).

STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK

Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory……………………..$ 4,697.47 Thank You!

Date

Saturday, February 7

4:00 p.m.

Sunday, February 8

8:30 a.m.

Sunday, February 8

10:00 a.m.

Lectors

Angie Kovacs Larry Lewis Brenda DeMette

Eucharistic

Ministers

Rosalind Allen

Kathy Kalweit

Peggy Spruill

Ted Hampton

Kay Hampton

Suzanne Lavergne

Leroy Abshire

Barbara Abshire

Janeth Harrington

Altar Servers Janell Venable Melinda Voorhies Harry DeMette

Ushers

Oren Spruill

Joyce Stelly

Rachelle Trahan

Keith Toups

Jenny Feehan

Lionel Jeanmard

Liturgical Roles for January

Readings for the Week

Monday Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 [22-32]

Tuesday Heb 12:1-4; Ps 22:26b-28, 30-32; Mk 5:21-43

Wednesday Heb 12:4-7, 11-15; Ps 103:1-2, 13-14, 17-18a; Mk 6:1-6

Thursday Heb 12:18-19, 21-24; Ps 48:2-4, 9-11; Mk 6:7-13

Friday Heb 13:1-8; Ps 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9; Mk 6:14-29

Saturday Heb 13:15-17, 20-21; Ps 23:1-6; Mk 6:30-34

Sunday Sunday: Jb 7:1-4, 6-7; Ps 147:1-6; 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23; Mk 1:29-39

From the Pastor’s Desk

The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the International Union of Superiors General has desig-nated next Sunday, February 8, as an annual day of prayer and awareness against human trafficking. February 8 is the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, born in 1869, who was kidnapped when she was a 9 year old child and sold into slavery in Sudan and Italy. She was tortured by her various owners who branded her, beat and cut her. In her biography she notes one particularly terrifying moment when one of her masters cut her 114 times and poured salt in her wounds to ensure that the scars remained. After being sold a total of five times, Bakhita was purchased by Callisto Legnani, the Italian consul in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. It was in Italy, where Legnani brought her to serve as a nanny for his daughter, that St. Josephine became Christian and eventually won her freedom through the courts. Once Josephine was freed, she became a Canossian nun and dedicated her life to sharing her testament of deliverance from slavery and comforting the poor and suffering. She was declared a Saint in 2000.

St. Josephine’s story of torture and abuse had a relatively happy ending, since she, unlike many others, survived her enslavement. The tragedy is that children and adults, men and women, continue to be kidnapped and sold into slavery, often for use in pornography and for prostitution. Others are enticed to leave their coun-tries with promises of work and success, only to learn that they have been trapped in a world of abuse and degra-dation. Human slavery exists.

Consider these numbers: Nearly 1.5 million victims are currently laboring in conditions of forced labor, sexual exploitation and servitude in the United States, Canada and developed countries of the EU. 55 percent of forced labor victims are women and girls, as are 98 percent of sex trafficking victims. Children aged 17 years and below represent 26 percent of total victims, representing a total of 5.5 million child victims worldwide.

On February 8, Catholics all over the world are encouraged to pray to create greater awareness about this phenomenon. Through prayer, we not only reflect on the experiences of those that have suffered through this affront to human dignity, but also comfort, strengthen, and help empower survivors.

St. Josephine Bakhita serves as powerful model for African women, and for all who value freedom and human dignity. Her name says much about her. Bakhita was the name given her by her captors. Josephine was the name she chose when she was baptized, finding freedom in Christ and in service to others.