September 27, 2015 - Twenty –Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor Parish Website: www.stpat.org

stpat.org@gmail.com

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

Baptisms

Seminars are held every other month - register

by calling the office. At-tendance is suggested

during pregnancy.

Anointing of the Sick The Church recom-

mends this sacrament for those who are grave-

ly ill or in danger of death. Call the priest to

arrange a visit.

Weddings

Arrangements must be made at least six

months in advance to allow time for prepara-

tion and planning.

406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727

Phone: (337) 237-0988

Welcome to St. Patrick Church

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 27, 2015

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, September 26--Vigil of the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 PM: Mike Guilbeau; Judith A. White; Cecil & Eva Mae Hebert ; Jules, Isola & Bart LeJeune; Wallace & Romaine Venable; Charles Menard; Charles Thompson; Carliss Thompson; Chuck Thompson; M/M Charles Bachus; Brian & Simone Rick (liv.) Sunday, September 27--Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 AM: Lorraine Day; Helen Vallot Robert Chastant & Evelyn; Eddie Upton 10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s Monday, September 28--St. Wenceslaus, Mar-tyr; St. Lawrence Ruiz & Companions, Mar-tyrs 7:30 AM: M/M Edras Himel

The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul;

the decree of the Lord is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple.

— Psalm 19:8

Tuesday, September 29--Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels 7:30 AM: Mrs Hilda Guidroz Edwards Wednesday, September 30--St. Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church 7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne; Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living); Col. Kimberly Fedele (living) Thursday, October 1--St. Therese of the Child Je-sus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church 7:30 AM: Bella Hernandez; Gussie Hernandez; Manilla Conques Friday, October 2--The Holy Guardian Angels 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, October 2: Gloria Bou-dreaux; Maggie Sonnier; Stephanie Bacque; Jo-sette Delahoussaye.

A Family Blessing Lord of all, Bless our families. Be they formed by blood or by circumstance, Make them holy. As you reveal yourself to us in three persons: Father, Son, and Spirit, And in the relationship that flows among the three, May we find you in our relationships. In our marriages, in our families, In our households, in our communities, In our global humanity. May we look across all that divides us And see family, And embrace as a family does. And love as a family ought to. For where two or three gather in your name There are you in the midst. There indeed are you, The one for whom we long so deeply.

Pope Francis via the Web The U.S. Bishops (USCCB) will be making available video of the various events marking Pope Francis visit to the U.S. for those not present. Events will be live-streamed, and available on demand after their conclusion. We will have a page on the parish web site (stpat.org) providing these links, as well as other information on the Holy Father's vis-it. The Fall Cardinal Newman Lecture Series continues at Our Lady of Wisdom Church and Catholic Student Center on Tuesday, September 29, at 6:30 p.m. featuring “The Truth About Money” presented by Frank Hanna III, Entre-preneur and Catholic Philanthropist. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required for the Newman Lecture. St. Mary Bus Trip to EWTN St. Mary Church, Lafayette, is offering an overnight Bus Trip on November 17-20, 2015, to visit EWTN and the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament. This pilgrimage includes an overnight stay at St. Bernard Abbey Retreat & Confer-ence Center in Cullman, Alabama; a pilgrimage to EWTN in Irondale, Alabama. Priests from the order of the Mis-sionaries of the Eternal Word will be available for Mass and Confessions, and we will have the opportunity to join the studio audience for an EWTN Live Show. We will then travel to Hanceville, Alabama to Our Lady of the An-gels Monastery before returning home on November 20. For registration details, cost and more information, please contact JoAnn LeJune at St. Mary Church (981-3379) or Barbara Thibodeaux (235-3240). Deadline to reg-ister is October 1st. Join EWTN for Pope Francis’ Visit to the U.S! EWTN will provide live coverage of the Holy Father’s Masses, national addresses and the World Meeting of Fam-ilies in Philadelphia. EWTN will be there every step of the way so you don’t miss a moment! Visit www.ewtn.com for more information, up-to date schedules and online streaming. Healing Hearts “Healing Hearts” is a Support Group for women whose relationships have been affected by pornography or sexual addiction of a loved one. Meetings are held in the evening during the week for 1 hour and 30 minutes, in Lafayette. This is a highly confidential group. Confidentiality state-ment must be signed by all members before the place and time of meeting will be disclosed. Please call 337-404-6113 Voicemail and the group facilitator will return your call as soon as possible. The second collection next weekend: Building Fund

Pastor Vacation Fr. Keith will be leaving town on vacation with Fr. Mike Guidry after the last Mass on Sunday, Oct. 4th, and will be out through Friday, Oct. 16th. Please pray for their safe travels. He will also be on retreat in Moss Bluff the third week of October, from Monday evening, Oct. 19th, through Thursday, Oct. 22nd. 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, October 5, 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. Father Glenn Meaux’s 2nd Annual Golf Classic Cross Catholic Outreach presents Father Glenn Meaux’s 2nd Annual Golf Classic on Monday, October 5, at Oakbourne Country Club. Proceeds from this event will be used to support Father Glenn’s Kobonal Haiti Mission. Sponsors and golfers are welcome and needed! For complete details or to register for this tournament, please visit www.CrossCatholic.org/GolfClassic, call 800-914-2420 ext. 235, or email Veria Samaroo at VSamaroo@CrossCatholic.org.

2015 National Black Catholic Men’s Conference The “2015 National Black Catholic Men’s Conference” sponsored by the Bowman Francis Ministry Team will be held at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Lafayette (formerly Hilton Hotel), in Lafayette, LA on October 8-11, 2015. This year’s Conference will be co-hosted by Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Lafayette; Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Lafayette; and St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Breaux Bridge. This Conference provides a forum for African American males and youth to discern the critical issues and challenges facing them in the community. It also provides and environment of mentorship and support for those seeking a vocation to the priesthood, brother-hood or diaconate. For registration or additional infor-mation please call Rev. Thomas James, SVD at (337) 380-9713 or visit www.ihmchurchlafayette.com or www.bowmanfrancisministry.com. Hope to see you at the Conference! STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory……………………..$ 4,145.39 Catholic University of Am…..$ 530.33 Thank You!

Date

Saturday, October 3 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, October 4 8:30 a.m.

Sunday, October 4 10:00 a.m.

Lectors

Marguerite Montagnet Kenneth Phillips Phillis Roy

Eucharistic Ministers

Rosalind Allen Kathy Kalweit Peggy Spruill

Geneva Phillips Ted Hampton Kay Hampton

Kenneth Broussard Madeline Simon Robin Roy

Altar Servers Janell Venable Glenn LaGrange Debra Carroll

Ushers

Oren Spruill Joyce Stelly

Donald & Scottie Vallot Lionel Jeanmard Joyce Stelly

Liturgical Roles for October

Readings for the Week

Monday Zec 8:1-8; Ps 102:16-21, 29, 22-23; Lk 9:46-50

Tuesday Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a; Ps 138:1-5; Jn 1:47-51

Wednesday Neh 2:1-8; Ps 137:1-6; Lk 9:57-62

Thursday Neh 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12; Ps 19:8-11; Lk 10:1-12

Friday Bar 1:15-22; Ps 79:1b-5, 8-9; Mt 18:1-5, 10

Saturday Bar 4:5-12, 27-29; Ps 69:33-37; Lk 10:17-24

Sunday Gn 2:18-24; Ps 128:1-6; Heb 2:9-11; Mk 10:2-16 [2-12]

From the Pastor’s Desk

One of the things that has fascinated me since Pope Francis has become Pope is the way in which so many things he says are greeted as if they were brand new ideas, never before spoken in the history of the world. And while Pope Francis’s approach and style may well be different, I have to tell you that he just isn’t that original. Now that he has landed on our shores, it seems that some people are deeply disturbed by his message, leading them to brand him a Marxist, a pawn of the one-world-government conspiracy, and worse. Apparently he has said some pretty outrageous things. Here’s a few:

He keeps talking about justice for all, rather than just a few. He wants to judge the success of economic systems (including sacred capitalism) according to how those systems affect all people rather than just a privi-leged elite. He also wrote a whole letter about how we (all of us) have responsibility for taking care of “our com-mon home”, when all we’re doing is ravaging the earth to make more money. This pope also seems to approve of negotiations and agreements between peoples and nations that keep every one safer. He’s probably also against war, if you can believe it. None of this is new — it has been said by previous popes, and is an integral part of the social teachings of the Church. So you see, he’s not that original.

It also seems that he’s got a not so hidden agenda about human dignity. Every time he encounters a situa-tion where people are suffering and oppressed, he claims that those people have a dignity given them by God that cannot be ignored. And he says we need to respect that dignity, even if they are not yet born, if they speak a dif-ferent language, or live in a different culture, or even if they are immigrants! You’ll notice that this South Ameri-can pope keeps talking about the hungry, the thirsty, the ill, the naked and the imprisoned. Well, he didn’t come up with that list either. If you look at Matthew 25, (Jesus’ account of the last judgment), you’ll see that Pope Fran-cis stole that list right out of the Bible. As a matter of fact, a lot of these new and outrageous things the Holy Fa-ther is saying are very, very close to things that Jesus himself said. Nothing original here!

Yes, there’s something different about him. I think it’s about his simplicity, and his authenticity. He’s be-ing driven around Washington, D.C. in a Fiat, surrounded by limos and big black SUV’s. And he doesn’t fit into the media driven categories of liberal or conservative or even Marxist. For him, as Pope, it’s about the Good News of the Gospel. It’s about the beauty of God’s creation, especially the dignity of human beings. It’s about proclaiming God’s love and mercy, over and over again, to everyone. And that upsets people. Strange.