June 15, 2014 - The Most Holy Trinity

Baptisms

Parents are encouraged to call the Church during pregnancy to avoid de-

lays of the sacrament

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

The Most Holy Trinity

June 15, 2014

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, June 14--Vigil of The Most Holy

Trinity

4:00 PM: Jules, Isola & Bart LeJeune;

Mike Guilbeau; Rudy Borel; Pam Hebert (living);

Monty & Pierre Montagnet;

James “Jimmy” Delahoussaye

Sunday, June 15--The Most Holy Trinity 8:30 AM: Bella Hernandez;

Agnes Duplechain; Gussie Hernandez;

Paul LeBlanc (living); Junius Ledet; Arthur & Rob-

ert Phillips; Dovic Babineaux; Alexander Benja-

min & Sons; Leroy Ledet & Sons.

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

Monday, June 16--Weekday (11th Week in

Ordinary Time)

7:30 AM: Claire & Jerome Bourque, Sr;

Judy White; George Martin

Tuesday, June 17--Weekday

7:30 AM: Lionel & Cecile Pitre;

John LaMarque

Wednesday, June 18--Weekday (Msgr. Robert Angelle)

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

Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living);

Col. Kimberly Fedele (living)

Thursday, June 19--St. Romuald, Abbot

7:30 AM: Betty Rolfes

Friday, June 20--Weekday

7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart

Altar Flowers

In loving memory of:

Pierre & Monty Montagnet

James “Jimmy” Delahoussaye

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, June 20: Gloria Bou-

dreaux; Maggie Sonnier; Stephanie Bacque; Jo-

sette Delahoussaye; Charlotte Privat.

Fatherhood

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when

a son gives to his father, both cry.

—William Shakespeare

Prayer for Hurricane Season

O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices

of your children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed your order

and returned to its former quietude. You are still the Master of

land and sea. We live the shadow of a danger over which we

have no control: the gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can

awake from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land and spread chaos and disaster. Dur-

ing this hurricane season we turn to you, loving Father. Spare

us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and

whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with the passing of time.

O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our Beloved Mother, we ask you to

plead with you Son in our behalf, so that spared from the calam-

ities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of grat-

itude, we will walk in the footsteps of your divine Son to reach

heavenly Jerusalem where a stormless eternity awaits us.

Amen.

Bishop Maurice Shexnayder

Back from Vacation Many thanks to those who helped out and filled in while

Fr. Keith was away. For those looking for pictures, you

can go to www.keithlabove.com and click on the link for

May 2014, or you can go directly to http://www.keithlabove.com/Santa-Fe-and-Vicinity/SF-2014-

May.

Office Hours

During the Summer months of June and July the office will

open from 8:00 am — 12 noon.

Immaculate Heart of Mary – John Nezey Memorial

Scholarship Golf Tournament

Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church is hosting the Annual “John Nezey Memorial Scholarship Golf Tourna-

ment” on Saturday, June 21, at Hebert Municipal Golf

Course, 1121 Mudd Avenue, Lafayette. Registration be-gins at 12:00 noon. Tournament begins at 1:00 p.m. Pro-

ceeds benefit Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School

and The John Nezey Memorial Scholarship Fund. Tourna-ment fee is $125/player and various sponsorship levels are

available. For complete information, please call Mike

Morrison (337-962-9074) or Dorothy Nezey (337-706-

5417).

Quo Vadis Camp 2014

Attention all Catholic young men ages 14-25: do you know where your life is going? The Lord Jesus has a specific

plan for your life, a particular path to be and to do some-

thing great for his kingdom! Come discover what it is at

the Third Annual Quo Vadis Days Camp. At QVD you will spend time with other young men your age serious about

hearing the Lord's voice in their lives and following him.

These are blessed days of prayer, fun, and fraternity. You will learn to pray better and make great friends. QVD is led

by priests and seminarians of the Diocese of Lafayette and

is sponsored by the Diocesan Office of Vocations. QVD will be held from Tuesday, June 24th to Thursday, June

26th at Our Lady of Sorrows Retreat Center in St. Martin-

ville. There is no cost to attend the camp. Ask your parish

priest for registration information or contact Father Kevin Bordelon at the Office of Vocations, perebor-

delon@gmail.com or 261-5690.

Retracing the Footsteps of Jesus

Fr. Aron Melancon will be leading a pilgrimage to the Ho-

ly Land, October 15-24, 2015. In this nine –day spiritual adventure pilgrims will walk the footsteps of Jesus and ex-

perience holy places like Bethlehem, Nazareth, Cana,

Mount of Olives, Mount Carmel, Gethsemani, the Holy

Sepulchre, the via Dolorosa and many, many others. For more information, contact Kayla Raffary at Magnificat

Travel, 291-1933.

Adopt-a-Senior Lafayette Foundation on Aging, Inc. is inviting people

to contribute to their program for home delivered meals

for seniors. They delivered 117,300 meals this past

year. Forms are available on the table at the main en-trance of the Church.

“Gently Worn” School Uniforms Needed “School Uniform Outreach” will continue to collect

and process used uniforms. Various agencies will dis-

tribute the uniforms to the needy children in the Lafa-yette Parish Schools. Please bring your children’s out-

grown uniforms to church ASAP. Uniforms are being

processed for the 2014-15 school year. The need is

great! Sizes 4-20 and all adult sizes are needed. Shirts: red, white and navy blue, black and green.

Pants/Shorts: navy blue, black and khaki-traditional

style.

Pilgrimage to Portugal and Spain

November 2-12, 2014 You are especially invited to join Msgr. Curtis Mallet

and Acadiana area pilgrims on a very special journey as

we take a Pilgrimage to Fatima (Portugal) and Spain.

Points of interest will be the Shrine of our Lady of Fati-ma including the children’s home, Santiago de Compo-

stela, Avila, Segovia, Montserrat and Barcelona. While

on this pilgrimage you will get to know the lives of the St. James, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross and

St. Ignatius of Loyola, in a much deeper way. For

more information call (337) 291-1933

CJC Summer Saint Series on Lay Saints

Priests of the Community of Jesus Crucified at Mater

Dolorosa Chapel, 103 Railroad Ave. in St. Martinville, will be conducting the talks, on Fridays June 6, 20,

July 11, 25, and Aug. 1 from 7:00 – 8:30 PM. The

lives, teachings, and works of certain lay saints will be studied. Who are these lay persons who became saints?

How did they become saints? What struggles did they

have and how did they use them to become holy?

What can these lay saints teach us today? There is no charge and no registration necessary. Call Fr. Michael

Champagne, CJC at (337) 394-6550 for further infor-

mation.

STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK

Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory…………………….$ 4,317.22 Thank you!

God so loved the world that he gave

his only Son.

— John 3:16a

Date

Saturday, June 28

4:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 29

8:30 a.m.

Sunday, June 29

10:00 a.m.

Lectors

Rosalind Allen Larry Lewis Michael Doumit

Eucharistic

Ministers

Joy Borel

Candis Thompson

Peggy Spruill

Geneva Phillips

Susan Cain

Marla Davis

Janeth Harrington

Tami Petre

Jean Arceneaux

Altar Servers Janell Venable Fred Vallot Andre Arceneaux

Ushers Oren Spruill

Joyce Stelly

Raymond Garry

Ann Pitre

Robin Roy

Lionel Jeanmard

Liturgical Roles for June

Readings for the Week

Monday 1 Kgs 21:1-16; Ps 5:2-3ab, 4b-7; Mt 5:38-42

Tuesday 1 Kgs 21:17-29; Ps 51:3-6ab, 11, 16; Mt 5:43-48

Wednesday 2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14; Ps 31:20, 21, 24; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18

Thursday Sir 48:1-14; Ps 97:1-7; Mt 6:7-15

Friday 2 Kgs 11:1-4, 9-18, 20; Ps 132:11-14, 17-18; Mt 6:19-23

Saturday 2 Chr 24:17-25; Ps 89:4-5, 29-34; Mt 6:24-34

Sunday Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; 1 Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58

From the Pastor’s Desk

Just the other day, I had a conversation with someone remembering Reader’s Digest Condensed Books. I read quite a few of those growing up, and while today I kind of wonder what I missed in reading the ‘condensed’ versions of some excellent novels, I have no doubt that I read much that I would have totally missed otherwise.

As you and I find ourselves back in Ordinary Time, having completed the season of Easter, the idea of something being ‘condensed’ comes to mind. Since the beginning of Advent, we have celebrated the great events that mark our salvation in Christ. In doing so, we have recalled at the same time the entire history of salvation beginning with Abraham. We have rejoiced in the Incarnation, when the Word was made Flesh. We prepared for and celebrated the heart of the Paschal Mystery at Holy Week, and all the events leading up to the founding of the Church through the Ascension and Pentecost. Along the way, we have re-told once more these great stories of Creation and Exodus, listened to the words of the prophets, and even stood with John at the Jordan as he pre-pared the way for the Christ.

All of this brings us to the two feasts we celebrate this weekend and next. They are in a way ‘condensed versions’ of all those events that have gone before. In the Feasts of Trinity Sunday and of the Body and Blood of Christ, we rejoice in the particular fruits that have flowed from that salvation history.

Beginning with Abraham, or even with creation, and concluding with Christ, God has made known to us so much of the truth about who and what God is. The richness of this revelation is such that we recognize it as mystery, and give it the name ‘Trinity’. In the course of this sacred history, the one God has become known to us as Father and as Son and as Holy Spirit. We name these three as persons, so indivisibly united that they remain one God. This truth remains mystery because this being one in three and three in one can never be totally under-stood or explained. That it is mystery makes it no less the truth.

In the midst of those great revelations come a precious gift we call Eucharist. When Christ wanted to leave us the gift of his very self, he offered his own body and blood, under forms of bread and wine. The totality of Christ’s self-giving, which characterized the entirety of his life and death and resurrection, is somehow given to us sacramentally every time we follow his command: “Eat this bread. Drink this wine. Do this in memory of me.” We call it “Real Presence”. It too is mystery, yet no less the truth.

These feasts offer us the fruits of the faith experience of God’s people through the ages.