MASS TIMES Saturday 4:00 PM Vigil Sunday 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM 11:30 AM & 5:30 PM Weekdays Monday & Wednesday, 8:30 AM Friday 8:00 AM Tuesday & Wednesday 6:15 AM SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Monday & Friday 8:00 AM Tuesday & Wednesday 6:00 AM Saturdays 2:45 PM—3:30 PM All others times by appointment only. BAPTISMS Please call the parish office in the early months of pregnancy. WEDDINGS Contact parish priest at least six months prior to anticipated date of wedding. CARE OF THE SICK Notify the parish office of homebound and hospitalized. PRAYER REQUESTS Contact Mrs. Theresa Himel at 755.3709 or email at sjvprayerline@aol.com

PARISH OFFICE Phone 753.7950 Fax 753.7965 Website www.stjeanvianney.org E-Mail churchinfo@stjeanvianney.org Hours Monday thru Thursday 8:30 AM—6:00 PM Friday 8:30 AM—4:00 PM RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE Phone 751. 2926 Hours Monday thru Friday 9:00 AM—4:00 PM SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OFFICE Phone 751. 0502 Hours Monday thru Friday 9:00 AM—4:00 PM SJV PAROCHIAL SCHOOL Phone 751.1831 Hours Monday thru Friday 8:00 AM—4:00 PM PRESCHOOL Phone 752.5356 Hours Monday thru Friday 9:15 AM—2:00 PM

16166 S. Harrell’s Ferry Road Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70816

PARISH STAFF Pastor Rev. Tom Ranzino Deacon Rev. Mr. Brent Duplessis Deacon Rev. Mr. Dan Borne Director of Religious Education Mrs. Denise Louviere Religious Education Assistant Mrs. Betty Wright Director of Youth Ministry Mr. Craig Baker Receptionists/Secretaries Ms. Belinda Smith Mrs. Mickie Marchiafava Director of Social Responsibility Mrs. Lori Aucoin Facilities Manager Mr. Terry Blackwell Music Director Mrs. Karen Ullo SJV School Principal Ms. Wendy Gilmore Assistant Principal Mrs. Cherie Robinson Assistant Principal Ms. Theresa Cannon Director of Preschool Mrs. Amie Williams Asst. Dir. of Preschool Mrs. Dana Sunseri

LAGNIAPPE Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 28, 2012

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Our mission as the Body of Christ in the parish of St. Jean Vianney is to model the love of Jesus by discerning and doing God’s will, consciously Sharing the Word and Eucharist at worship, educating in faith all ages, evangelizing our parishioners for Christ’s mission, and serving justly God’s people, our sisters and brothers within our parish boundaries, our larger Baton Rouge community, and into the world.

CONNECTIONS FOR LIFE Clothing and Household Item

Drive Pease start cleaning out your closets and bundling your clothing and shoes,

household and kitchen items, and costume jewelry donations for our annual Connections for Life Drive. This year’s drive will be held at all the Masses the weekend of November 3rd & 4th. We ask that all clothing be laundered and in wearable condition, and that the other items be in workable condition. Representatives from Connections for Life will be available to receive your donations at a designated site in the parking lot in front of the church. As you may recall, Connections for Life opened in the Gardere Lane area twelve years ago as a non-profit organization to help women without homes or jobs make a better life for themselves and their children, including homeless and battered women and those recently released from prison. The program pays for the women’s first month’s rent and utilities and furnishes the apartment with donated furniture and household items. Then the women are assisted in finding jobs, so they can pay their own rent and begin to pay back the program - so it can help more women. Today, the program is doing well, funded by grants, donations, and support from several area churches. All donations are tax deductible. Be sure to provide your name and address with your donation if you’d like a receipt. Thank you for your generous support of this wonderful program of outreach to the women and children of our community.

Sponsored by our Social Responsibility Ministry

LIFE TOGETHER Dear Friends, Two week ago I arrived back from San Jose, California and the annual meeting of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions. At this national meeting of Liturgists, various topics are considered each year for learning. This year the topic was Understanding Liturgy in a Culturally Diverse Community. Here is a definition of culture that may help: system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms by means of which human beings communicate, perpetuate and develop their knowledge about and their attitude toward life. My experience in San Jose was an immersion in a rather different world----at least that was my impression at the time. During the liturgy we celebrated at the San Jose Cathedral, we experienced Vietnamese Drummers, Korean women with incense, a Mariachi Band, a Samoan Choir, the use of English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Tagalog, Greek and Latin. It seamlessly created our prayer, and carried all in the assembly whether we understood all the words all the time. One of the issues with celebrating Mass in a culturally diverse community is that we often place too much emphasis on use of a variety of languages. However, some cultures are not cultures who rely on the printed word for communication. There is a simple maxim that applies: if you want to be able to pray in a culturally diverse community, one has to come to know something of the various cultures outside of church. When I think about our Parish community, I know that we have among us the presence of Vietnamese, Korean, Latinos, African Americans, Indians, as well as Irish, Canary Islanders, French, Germans, Italians, Scottish to name a few. I want to do some conversations with the Staff and the Council on how we can explore in a more intentional manner the various cultures that make us who we are. On October 11th the Church observed and celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Opening of the Second Ecumenical Vatican Council in Rome under the leadership of Blessed Pope John XIII. So much of what we take for granted in our Church life today takes it’s dynamism from the results of the Council and the courage of Pope John 23rd and the world Bishops who were determined to have the Church enter into the world with relevancy and hope. For instance it is a result of the Council that Catholics are allowed to attend funerals, weddings and other significant events in Protestant Churches or in synagogues. We are encouraged now to participate

in interfaith worship and social action. We are encouraged to read and study the Scriptures with the help of modern Catholic biblical scholarship. The Laity and the ordained share in a common Baptism, and all are called to holiness. The Laity are to be included in the life and mission of the Church because of Baptism. Before the Council the Priest did almost everything during the Mass; the Mass was in Latin, with little encouragement for the Laity to participate at the Eucharist. The priest celebrated with his back to the congregation. People went to communion infrequently, usually during Eastertime. People prayed silently during Mass. The Council brought about a new understanding and an organic renewal in Catholic worship. The primary source of the Christian Spirit was the full, active and conscious participation of all at Mass. The Mass was to be celebrated in the language of the people. All were encouraged to receive Holy Communion as often as possible, under the forms of Bread and Wine. Liturgical ministries were established. The Bible was central to Catholic worship, with Catholics hearing more of the Bible of a three year cycle than any other denomination. For four years the Bishop’s met to consider what is the nature of the Church, how will the Church worship, what is the Church’s belief about human and Religious freedom, our relationship with other’s who believe in God, the call to Religious life, the governance of the Church. These and other issues were not without controversy—but the fruitful-ness of this good work still bears for us in the Church 50 years later. Nothing of the essential nature or beliefs of the Church was changed in any way by this Council, as asserted by some in the Church today who view the Council as a rupture from the Church of the past and even accused this council of heresy. On the contrary, Pope Benedict called the Council a “Council of Reform” noting that “It is precisely in this combination of continuity and discontinuity at different levels that the very nature of true reform consists.” While 50 years ago seems a long time to some of us, the work of the Council is not yet finished. Many of its significant documents are not fully understood by most of the Church, and much of the vision of the Council has not yet been implemented. Also, on October 11th, Pope Benedict opened the Year of Faith for the Church in the world. This can be an opportunity for us to understand, perhaps for the first time, the spiritual riches of the Second Ecumenical Vatican Council. I am working with the Adult Faith Committee on ways in which we will be able to restudy together the documents that came from the Council, so that these spiritual riches will be, as Pope John Paul said “a great grace and sure compass by which we take our bearings in the century now beginning.”

We Call on God in Prayer In the coming weeks, as part of our ongoing Total Stewardship effort, we will initiate our Stewardship of

Prayer campaign. Total Stewardship is a program that invites the involvement of the entire parish family, encouraging generous and shared commitment. We invite you to begin focusing your thoughts on this spiritual topic, prayerfully believing God invites us to call on him. For more reasons than we can name, we call on God in prayer.

Parish Stewardship Summary Fiscal Year to Date July 1, 2012 to October 21, 2012

Bishop Ott Shelter Meals Cook: Preparation of meals for Bishop Ott Men’s Shelter, 1st Tuesday of each month; and Women and Children’s

Shelter on 3rd Wednesday of each month. [Rotating teams.]

Goal Amt. Rec’d

Year to date Offertory

410,023.00 413,718.00

Weekly Offertory

23,404.00 16,558.71

TOTAL STEWARDSHIP BE GENEROUS, READY TO SHARE

SJV CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS POINSETTIA SALE

Catholic Daughters will be taking orders for

beautiful Christmas poinsettias until Tuesday, November 20th. These make wonderful Christmas gifts or great decorations for your home. Orders for memorial donations will also be taken and the plants used to decorate the church. We are also offering poinsettias as a Tribute to our Troops again this year. They will be used to decorate the church for Christmas as well and the names of the servicemen and women will be listed in the bulletin. Order forms are available in the pamphlet display in the back of church or on the SJV website. Pick-up will be Saturday, Dec. 1st from 3:00 to 5:30. If you have any questions or would like an order form emailed to you, please call Caroline @ 315.0511 or e-mail cdescude@cox.net or Camille @ 281.8111 or e-mail camillegsavoie@att.net. Thanks for your support of Catholic Daughters.

Fr. Tom’s Letter Continued

Thank you to those who have responded so posi-tively in the Capital Campaign. We will reach our goal with your help. We have reached $ 1.7 million in pledges! Today is our annual Parish Family Fest Picnic and Mass. Come to the 10:30 Mass outside in the Church Courtyard, and then spend some time with the many activities during the afternoon: BBQ dinner, Jambalaya Cook-off, Halloween Costume Contest, Balloon Toss, Inflatables, Bingo, Cake Walk, Three Legged Races, and more. Have a great week. Love,

Year of Faith October 2012 – November 2013

Pope Benedict, in declaring A Year of Faith, has asked us as Catholics to strengthen our faith and draw the world to faith by our example. The Pope has also asked us to study the lives of the saints as part of this Year of Faith in order to follow the examples they set for us.

St. Isaac Jogues, SJ St. Isaac was a missionary and one of the North American martyrs who traveled from France to the new world after his ordination. In 1641, he and his companions were captured by the Iroquois, who tortured and killed most of them. He was killed with a tomahawk in

1646 and canonized in 1930. St. Isaac Jogues, pray for us!

FISHING WITH MOM & DAD NOVEMBER 10, 2012 Waddell Wildlife Refuge More information to come!

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Eph 4:32 — 5:8; Lk 13:10-17 Tuesday: Eph 5:21-33 [2a, 25-33]; Lk 13:18-21 Wednesday: Eph 6:1-9; Lk 13:22-30 Thursday: Rv 7:2-4, 9-14; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5:1-12a Friday: Wis 3:1-9; Rom 5:5-11 or 6:3-9; Jn 6:37-

40, or any readings from no. 668 or from the Lectionary for Ritual Masses (vol. IV), the Masses for the Dead, nos. 1011-1016

Saturday: Phil 1:18b-26; Lk 14:1, 7-11 Sunday: Dt 6:2-6; Ps 18; Heb 7:23-28; Mk 12:28b-34

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY NEWS

Together Baton Rouge

Citywide Assembly with Candidates

The Together Baton Rouge (TBR) organization will host a Citywide Assembly with the Candidates on Monday, October 29th at 6:30 p.m. at Mt. Zion First Baptist Church, 356 East Blvd. TBR leaders will invite all candidates for Mayor and Metro Council to this gathering, and will ask them pre-determined questions about issues identified in our community. Everyone is invited to attend, and we will offer a carpool from our church parking lot that evening leaving at 5:45pm. If you are interested, please RSVP on the sign-up sheet available in the church on TBR display board. RSVP’s will determine the seating. Be active in your citizenship and community come see what this is about! For more information, call 753.7950.

Youth Ministry Presents A Movie Night of Faith for the entire Parish

All are invited to watch and discuss

M. Night Shyamalan's Wide Awake Staring Rosie O'Donnell and Joseph Cross

Dinner will be served

Bring a desert to share

Friday, November 2 @ 6:00pm in the Parish Hall

“EVENING OF SPIRITUAL FORMATION” FOR LITURGICAL MINISTERS

On Tuesday, November 27th, there will be an evening of spiritual formation for all who are liturgical ministers. The formation will center on the “Year of Faith” initiative underway in our Diocese and Church worldwide. The focus will be on Finding God. The time will be from 6:30-7:45pm and will be held in Fr. Engels Hall.

FINDING GOD IN YEAR OF FAITH SERIES TO BEGIN

“Finding God”: On Sunday, November 4th, our parish will offer the first in a series of presentations aimed at adult Catholics to help deepen our relationship with God during this “Year of Faith.” Our Diocese has designed a series of seven sessions, which most parishes will be offering over the course of the coming year. These sessions will be built around a video presentation and discussion of a topic related to deepening faith. This first presentation will be entitled, “Finding God” and will be held in the school library from 9:45 to 11:15am. Please take advantage of this opportunity to deepen your relationship with God during this “Year of Faith.”

CROP Hunger Walk November 4th, 2:30pm

The purpose of this 2 mile walk is to raise awareness and funds to make a difference in the lives of hungry and impoverished people locally and around the world. The walk starts at Catholic Charities, 1900 S. Acadian Thruway, and travels towards Catholic High and back. Walkers are encouraged to bring canned goods and make a donation to help others in need. T-shirts are available for walkers that make a minimum donation of $10.00. Twenty-five percent of the funds donated will stay here in Baton Rouge to benefit Catholic Charities, the Holy Grill, and the Food Bank; the remainder will help globally. For more info, see www.brcropwalk.org. Youth may obtain service hours for participating in this event. Contact Cindy Murphy at 603.5853, or dollypress@bellsouth.net. If you want to walk, meet us at Catholic Charities and sign-up on the SJV registration sheet. Come, and enjoy the music, food, and fellowship! It’s a great time!

PARISH OFFICE CLOSED The parish office will be closed on Thursday, November 1st for All Saints day.

Day Light Savings Ends Sunday, November 4th.

Monday, October 29 6:00pm Elem./Jr. Religious Ed. Tuesday, October 30 7:00pm Adoration 7:00pm Christ Renews His Parish Women Wednesday, October 31 Bulletin Articles Due for Nov. 10 & 11 7:00pm RCIA 7:30pm Choir Thursday, November 1 All Saints Day Parish Office Closed Masses 6:15 & 8:00am & 6:30pm

Friday, November 2 6:00pm Youth Night Saturday, November 3 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time Connections for Life Drive Sunday, November 4 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time Day Light Savings Ends Fall Back Connections for Life Drive 9:30am Children’s Church 6:45pm Life Teen High School Monday, November 5 6:00pm Elem./Jr. High Religious Ed.

SJV CALENDAR

Monday, October 29 8:30am Darrel Ledoux Tuesday, October 30 6:15am Don Barnes Wednesday, October 31 6:15am Molly Langlois 8:30am Charles Trascher, III Thursday, November 1 6:15am 8:00am 6:30pm Friday, November 2 8:00am Emile Jacquin

Saturday, November 3 4:00pm Joseph Campagna, Fly Jack Manno, Fly George Campagna, Sr. Joey Campagna Langlois Claudine c. Polito Sunday, November 4 7:30am For Parishioners of SJV 9:30am Ronald LeBlanc 11:30am A. J. Chinche 5:30pm Claire Wagner

MASS INTENTIONS

SANCTUARY LAMP (10/29–11/04/2012)

For the Parish

AUTOMATIC BANK DRAFT Automatic Bank Draft is available as an option for your weekly or monthly tithing and building fund contribution. Please call 753.7950, or come by the parish office for more information.

REMEMBER ST. JEAN VIANNEY PARISH IN YOUR WILL

If this parish has meaning to you and your family, then please consider remembering St. Jean Vianney Parish in your will. Call Fr. Tom for information. (753.7950)