St. Christopher the Martyr Catholic Church 309 Manson Ave. Metairie, LA, 70001

Phone (504) 837-8214 Fax (504) 837-8303

PARISH PRIEST:

Rev. Raymond Igbogidi, Pastor

PARISH DEACONS:

Deacon Charles Duke

Deacon Philip McManamon

WEBSITE: www.stchristopherano.com

RECTORY E-MAIL: scmrectory@outlook.com

Stephen Berthelot, Secretary

Office Hours: 9:00 a.m.– 4:30 p.m., Mon. – Fri.

SCHOOL:

Mrs. Ruth Meche, Principal

3900 Derbigny Street - Office, 504-837-6871

Mrs. Mary Hicks and Mrs. Millie Andry, Secretaries

SCS EEC: 504-833-5591

SCS EEC ANNEX: 504-837-5929

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: 504-837-8214

MASS SCHEDULE:

Saturday: (Vigil), 4 p.m.

Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. (6 p.m. 2nd Sunday)

Daily: 6:30 & 9:30 a.m., Mon., Tues., Thurs. & Fri. 9:30 a.m. only, Wed.

COMMUNION FOR THE SICK: Please call the Rectory when someone is unable to attend Mass for any length of time.

NOVENA: Tuesday, following the 6:30 a.m. Mass

BAPTISM: Anyone interested in receiving information concerning Baptism at St. Christopher Parish should go to our website at www.stchristopherano.com and download the required documents. Return the completed documents to scmrectory@outlook.com.

MARRIAGES: Make arrangements six months in advance of wedding date with the priest.

included, call Theo Gomez at 504-301-2413.

the funeral home, please notify the priest as soon as

the Parish Center. This ministry offers compassion and caring for those who have lost a loved one. For more information call Dianne Vasquez at 504-835-0540.

ADORATION CHAPEL: Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Call Jerry Cox at 504-458-3152 or Marlene Baquie at 504-913-5911.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK: 2nd Saturday of the month after 4 p.m. Mass.

CONFESSIONS: Saturday, 3:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Contact the rectory to make an appointment for other times.

www.stchristopherano.com E-mail: scmrectory@outlook.com

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This Weekend, August 29-30, 2020 Sat, 8/29: 4:00 pm Fr. Raymond

Sun, 8/30: 7:30 am Fr. Thomas 9:30 am Fr. Thomas 11:00 am Fr. Raymond

Mon, 8/31: 6:30 am Fr. Raymond 9:30 am Fr. Thomas

Tue, 9/1: 6:30 am Fr. Raymond 9:30 am Fr. Raymond

Wed, 9/2: 9:30 am Fr. Thomas

Thu, 9/3: 6:30 am Fr. Thomas 9:30 am Fr. Raymond

Fri, 9/4: 6:30 am Fr. Thomas 9:30 am Fr. Raymond

Next Weekend, September 5-6, 2020 Sat, 9/5: 4:00 pm Fr. Raymond

Sun, 9/6: 7:30 am Fr. Raymond 9:30 am Fr. Thomas 11:00 am Fr. Thomas

THIS CALENDAR IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

SATURDAY, 8/29: Ronald and Beverly Lambert, Frank and Cy Canale, Kippy Owens, Jr., William “Billy” Simon, Jerome Giardina (Death Anniversary), Michael M. Lux and Ethel A. Lux, Sister Rita Schwarzenberger, Georgiana Gros Welch, and Mary Schwartz.

SUNDAY, 8/30: Missa Pro Populo (All Parishioners of St. Christopher), Jerry Cox, Jr., David Ball, Herbert and Juanita Coakley, David Arcemont (Death Anniversary, Joyce H. Melancon (Death Anniversary), Peggy Loehn, Thomas and Dorothy Stengle, Paul J. Ridolfo, Warren and Alvine Johnson, Loraine Erata, Odette Breaux, Lucas Breaux, Randy Breaux, Philip Breaux, Pearson S. Pratt, Mary Schmitt, Sharon G. Long, David Arcemont (Death Anniversary), Lula Nall, Joyce H. Melancon (Death Anniversary), Frances Daucette, and Fr. Thomas Ededjo (Happy Birthday).

MONDAY, 8/31: John and Ramona Clesi, Fr. Raymond Igbogidi (Happy Birthday).

TUESDAY, 9/1: Alexis Vicari Martindale, Ronnie Schmitt.

WEDNESDAY, 9/2: Schade-Joanen Families, Robert C. Mayer (Birthday).

THURSDAY, 9/3: David Arcemont, Lucille Songy.

FRIDAY, 9/4: Ernest L. White, Sr.

August 22-23, 2020 Envelopes…………………………………. $3,808.50 Loose……………………………………….. $1,209.00_ TOTAL……………………………………. $5,017.50 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (cont.)……………………………... $140.00

MASS INTENTIONS

Offering a Mass intention requires a $5 minimum donation per Mass. Requests can be placed in the collection basket, calling in or mailing it to the rectory. Please indicate if the person is living/deceased. If you wish to send a card to the family, an additional $1.50 charge applies. “Special day” requests need to be into the rectory 2 weeks in advance of the date requested in order to be included in the bulletin.

PLEASE NOTE

The Names for the Mass Intentions are not read at each Mass for each individual or deceased. The intentions are always listed above in the bulletin through hard copy and/or on the website and a copy placed on the altar for the entire week.

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Sanctuary Light

Is burning for

Fr. Raymond Igbogidi (Birthday)

And

Fr. Thomas Ededjo (Birthday)

 SAINTS AND SPECIAL

OBSERVANCES 

 

Flowers on the Altar

In honor of

Fr. Raymond Igbogidi (Birthday)

And

Fr. Thomas Ededjo (Birthday)

Confessions are still offered

every Saturday at 3:00 p.m.

FLOWERS & SANCTUARY LIGHTS for 2020 are now available. The cost is $40 (flowers) and $10 (sanctuary light). If you would like to reserve a

weekend, please call 504-837-8214. Checks for flowers are to be made payable to “St. Christopher Altar Society”. Checks for sanctuary lights should be made payable to “St. Christopher Church”. What a wonderful way to say “Congratulations”, “Happy Birthday”, “Happy Anniversary”, etc.

Sunday: Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Tuesday: World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.

Thursday: St. Gregory the Great.

Friday: First Friday.

Saturday: First Saturday; Blessed Virgin Mary.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: 1 Cor 2:1-5; Ps 119:97-102; Lk 4:16- 30.

Tuesday: 1 Cor 2:10b-16; Ps 145:8-14; Lk 4:31- 37.

Wednesday: 1 Cor 3:1-9; Ps 33:12-15, 20-21; Lk 4:38-44.

Thursday: 1 Cor 3:18-23; Ps 24:1bc-4ab, 5-6; Lk 5:1-11.

Friday: 1 Cor 4:1-5; Ps 37:3-6, 27-28, 39-40; Lk 5:33-39.

Saturday: 1 Cor 4:6b-15; Ps 145:17-21; Lk 6:1-5.

Sunday: Ez 33:7-9; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Rom 13:8- 10; Mt 18:15-20.

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — The name of the LORD has be-come like fire burning in Jeremiah’s heart (Jeremiah 20:7-9).

Psalm — My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God (Psalm 63).

Second Reading — Be transformed; renew your mind; discern what is good (Romans 12:1-2).

Gospel — Those who lose their lives for Jesus’ sake will find them (Matthew 16:21-27). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

PRESENCE

Wherever you see another, there I am. —Rabbinical saying

TRAITS OF A TEACHER

All who undertake to teach must be endowed with deep love, the greatest patience, and, most of

all, profound humility. The Lord will find them wor-thy to become fellow workers with him in the cause

of truth. —St. Joseph Calasanz

PLEASE NOTE

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UPCOMING EVENTS

SEPTEMBER EVENTS

9/1, 7:30 am — Election Novena, Church

9/3, 6:30 pm — Knights of Columbus Meeting, Parish Center

9/4, 7:00 pm — Knights of Columbus Rosary, Church

9/7, Holiday — Labor Day

9/8, 7:30 am — Election Novena, Church

9/9, 10 am — Mission Rosary Makers

9/9, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm — Archdiocesan evening of Confession (Before the Exaltation of the Cross)

9/10, 6:00 pm — Usher Meeting, Church

9/10, 7:00 am — Men’s Prayer Group, Adoration Chapel

9/13, 6:00 pm — CYO Mass

9/15, 9:00 am — Altar Society Rosary (Church), Mass (Church), and Meeting (Parish Center).

E. Solis M. Hagstette

Interested in becoming an Usher? Join us in Church for a meeting for more

information.

Thursday, Sept. 10th at 6:00 p.m.

HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS, ORGANIZATIONAL CHURCH EVENTS, PHOTOS, OR NEWS RECAP FOR THE

BULLETIN???

Please forward to the rectory two weeks in advance of the event. This includes Mass Requests.

You can e-mail the Rectory at

scmrectory@outlook.com

The St. Christopher the Martyr Altar Society will have its meeting on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 starting with the Rosary and Mass at 9:00 a.m. followed by a meeting in the Parish Hall. We hope to see everyone attend. If you would like to become a member of the Altar Society, we would like to welcome you and become acquainted.

The Beginning Experience Weekend on November 13-15, 2020 is a wonderful healing experience for those suffering the loss of a spouse either through death or separation/divorce.

The weekend will take place at the William J. Kelley Retreat Center on the St. Augustine Seminary cam-pus in Bay St. Louis, MS. Those who have attended attest to the new hope they have received and the powerful safe and loving environment they found in the experience.

Under the sponsorship of the Archdiocese of New Orleans Family Life Apostolate, this international program has helped thousands navigate the road through grief. Call, text, or email Roslyn at (504) 481-1083 or rosemill@charter.net.

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Please join us in a Novena for a successful election every Tuesday beginning September 1, 2020, for nine weeks following the 6:30 a.m.

Mass.

SAINT GREGORY THE GREAT (540-604) Imagine, fourteen hundred years after death, boasting a best-selling CD! Yet outside the Church and within, Gregorian chant is enjoying a renaissance. Still, the timeless sacred

music that bears his name is but part of Gregory’s legacy. Renouncing civic service for monastic life, Gregory’s administrative and diplomatic skills prompted continual summons from the cloister. Papal ambassador and advisor, he was eventually elected pope himself, renowned as a wise steward of the church’s material possessions, generous benefactor of the poor, sponsor of missionaries, and promotor of monasticism. His liturgical enrichment of the Church endures not only in Gregorian chant, but in eloquent homilies still gracing the Liturgy of the Hours, the “Gregorian Canon” (Eucharistic Prayer I), and his spiritual classic, Pastoral Care, once presented to new bishops at ordination. Of countless impressive papal titles—Supreme Pontiff, Vicar of Christ, Successor of Saint Peter, Prince of the Apostles—the title still so cherished that it heads official documents is the one Gregory coined to describe his papal ideal: Servant of the Servants of God. Together with being designated “the Great,” a fitting epitaph. —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

THE CROSS OF JESUS

The perception of a cross changed dramatically after Jesus’ crucifixion. Before that event, death on a cross was not only horrible, it was degrading. It was a penalty reserved only for the most wretched of criminals. The word “glory” would not have found its way into the same sentence containing the word “cross.” But all that changed with Jesus. Over time, believers began to venerate and honor the cross. They painted, sculpted, and carved images of it. Many lost their own lives for their association with it. Today our reverence for and relationship with the cross recalls little of the contempt original-ly associated with it. As it has been through the ag-es, it is our perception of the cross that determines how we follow Jesus. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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Be transformed by the renewal of your mind,

that you may discern what is the will of God,

what is good and pleasing and perfect.

— Romans 12:2

Advertiser of the Week

We appreciate your cooperation in wearing a face mask in Church.

Thank you!

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ST. CHRISTOPHER OUTREACH HELP LINE

Now that the church is open again, we welcome food donations, which may be placed in the foyer of the church or brought to the rectory. Many people are requesting assistance. We are in need of items such as cereal, grits and oatmeal, and cans of fruit, beans, soup, tomato sauce, and Chef Boyardee. We also need ramen noodles, rice, and pasta mixes, macaroni and cheese, spaghetti and pasta. The boxes we give out are 12” x 12” x 18”, so we are limited to regular-size items, not large, and we do not have the space to handle cold products. Please help us by checking “current best-by” dates. If you are in need of assistance, call 504-831-7692 and leave a message. We will return your call. We thank you on behalf of our parishioners who are in need. We will help as many as our food and finances will permit us. May God bless all of you and keep all of us healthy.

ADORATION CHAPEL

The Adoration Chapel is open Monday-Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Thank

you to all the new and current weekly adorers and substitutes. We can now begin filling the hours with a second adorer! A special appeal is being made for an Extraordinary Eucharistic Minister to repose the Blessed Sacrament and close the Adoration Chapel on Fridays. If you are interested in being an adorer or a sub, please contact the Rectory at 504-837-8214. Thank you.

St. Christopher Parish Census Form

St. Christopher Parish is developing enhanced paper and digital communication capabilities. You can help us by providing us with your information. Go to St. Christopher’s website and use the link that can be found under the resources tab to set up your personal user name and password to the database.

Please take a moment to update your information. It helps the Church in maintaining the most current information on every Parishioner.

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We welcomed our students back to school on Thursday, August 13th.

We pray that God will protect them as they grow, learn, and play.