ST. MARY OF THE PINES CATHOLIC CHURCH

March 24, 2019

1050 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop Shreveport, LA 71118

Office 687-5121 • Rectory 687-1818 • Fax 687-5124

www.stmaryshreveport.org Email: stmops@bellsouth.net

Rev. Michael Thang’wa F.M.H., Pastor

Rev. John Paul Crispin, F.M.H. Parochial Vicar

Kim Long, Director of Religious Education

Carol Garceau, Secretary Tanyau Bracey, Office Assistant Tom Ticich, Music Coordinator

Jenny Hebert, Organist Catherine Deal, Housekeeper

Ken Birch, Custodian MASSES: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday 8:30 a.m.; Saturday (Vigil) 4:00 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m., & 5:00 p.m., (Spanish Mass at 11:30 a.m.) CONFESSION: Saturday 3:00 p.m. until 3:45 p.m. and by appointment. BAPTISM: Call the office to schedule a preparation class after which a Baptism date can be scheduled. ADORATION: Following 8:30 am Mass on Tuesday until Holy Hour which is 5:00-6:00 p.m. GIFT SHOP: Hours Sunday ,10 a.m. until 1 p.m. and Monday through Friday, 1:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. CHURCH OFFICE: Monday — Friday , 9:00 am- 12 noon and 1:00 pm– 3:30 pm. Closed for lunch from 12:00-1:00 pm.

We the people of St. Mary of the Pines are unified by our Baptism to fulfill the mission of the Catholic Church: to proclaim the works of God and to live as Jesus taught.

Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we will improve our lives by continuing to understand the teachings of the Catholic Church, sharing with the poor, providing support for our young people, the sick and the lonely, worshipping with reverence and enthusiasm, providing stewardship for the gifts God has committed to our care, and celebrating together as a Christian family.

Saturday 4:00 P.M. Marc David + Sam Richardson + Charles Moore + Paul G. Shaw Sunday 9:00 A.M. Myrtle Scarlato 3-24 + Louis Rachal + Deon A.Watson 11:30 A.M. Spanish Mass 5:00 P.M. St. Mary’s Parish Family Monday 8:30 A.M. + Mark Garceau Tuesday 8:30 A.M. + Joe Meshell + Raymond P. Ebarb, Jr. Wednesday 8:30 A.M St. Mary’s Parish Family Thursday 8:30 A.M. Daniel & Sylvia Assuline Friday 8:30 A.M. + Martin “Sonny” Meshell Saturday 4:00 P.M. + Bob Mainiero + Peggy McCallister + Alise Micock Rizalina Riel Sunday 9:00 A.M. + Myrtle Jones 3-31 + Al Morgan + Avelina Jimenez + Theresia Ranches 11:30 A.M. Spanish Mass 5:00 P.M. St. Mary’s Parish Family

Third Sunday of Lent March 24, 2019

The LORD secures justice and the rights of all the oppressed. — Psalm 103:6

March 16 & 17, 2019

Bldg. & Grounds $ 157.00 SVDP $ 2.00 Charity $ 17.00 Black & Indian Missions $ 32.00 Rice Bowl $ 31.00 Church in Central & Eastern Europe $ 6.00 Ash Wednesday $ 60.00

****************** Tithe: Weekly Collection needed $ 9,269.51 Actual Collections $ 9,306.00

Mass Intentions for the Week

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Ps 40:7-11; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps 25:4-5ab, 6-7bc, 8-9; Mt 18:21-35 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: Jer 7:23-28; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Lk 11:14-23 Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6c-11ab, 14, 17; Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-4, 18-21ab; Lk 18:9-14 Sunday: Jos 5:9a, 10-12; Ps 34:2-7; 2 Cor 5:17-21; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 Alternate readings (Year A): 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41[1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38]

The Sanctuary Candle is burning this week in loving memory of Martha DeBusk. May Martha and all the faithful departed rest in peace.

Lenten Ecumenical Services & Luncheon. All services begin at 12:00 noon & lunch at 12:30pm.

March 27—Summer Grove UMC April 3—St. James & Central Christian April 10—St. Stephen & John Calvin Presbyterian April 17—Holy Week—-No service

Second Collection: March 30/31: Next week, our par-ish will take up The Catholic Relief Services Collec-tion. Funds from this collection provide food to the hun-gry, support displaced refugees, and bring Christ’s love and mercy to all people here and abroad. Please give generously to the collection, and help Jesus in dis-guise. Learn more about the collection at Www.usccb.org/catholic-relief.

Calling All Parishioners in the Medical Field

We are calling upon all our medical professionals to join us in participating in a refresher course on the proper use of our church AED machine. We hope we never have to use it; but should the need arise, our parishioners will be better taken care of. Once we have all volunteers lined up, we will then schedule the class/meeting. We do thank those who have al-ready answered the call by sharing your name. We hope to schedule a meeting for the training very soon. Please call the church office (687-5121) with your name and phone number if you have not al-ready answered this very important call.

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St. Mary of the Pines Men's Club

Friday Night Fish Fry

March 29, April 5, & April 12

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CATFISH PLATE MENU: Baked or Fried Catfish Filets, Fries, Cole Slaw, Hush Puppies, Coffee or Tea (for eat-in only)….$7.00 per plate

Special Order of— 1 pound FISH ONLY $10.00

The Ladies Guild of Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church will hold a GIANT garage sale on Satur-day, April 6th between 7:00 am and 3:00 pm. The church is locat-ed at 7738 Barksdale Blvd. in Bossier City. All proceeds will be

used to continue their charitable projects.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — “I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have come to rescue them” (Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15) or Exodus 17:3-7. Psalm — The Lord is kind and merciful (Psalm 103) or Psalm 95. Second Reading — Those who think they are stand-ing secure should take care not to fall (1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12) or Romans 5:1-2, 5-8. Gospel — I shall cultivate the ground around the fig tree and fertilize it; it may bear fruit in the future (Luke 13: 1-9) or John 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42].

Sonny Canatella, Ted Canatella, Ricky Shaw, Chris Redmon, Cheryl Hopkins, Jimmie & Charlotte Carter, Jenny Booras, Mitchell Kern, Joseph Olah, Mary Mitchell, James Lundon, Desma

Burnett, John Gauthier, Willie Martinez, Tom Trawick, Cole Pasquier, Cotton & Doris Ebarb, Carolyn Jowers Laws, Kelly Garsee Joyner, Kevan Kirtland, Hazel Ebarb, Letha Davis, Dave Buckley, Kevin Leone, Greg Remedies, Octavio Leon, Estelle Notini, Dale Ebarb, Dianne Keene, Gary Birch, Doug Hill, Cliff McCain, Pat Richardson, Mike Roy, Frankie Gilpin, Mary Kozlowski, Maggie Brawley, Stella Nicholson, Kevin King, Zoey Yerger, Sparky Glasser, Arinta Cooper, Charlestia Rattler, Rose Marie Clarke, Helen Paddie, Howard Paddie, Pat Atchley, Isaac Kevin Sey-mour, Shelia Ann Seymour, Ken & Joy Norton, Larry Alexander, Noah Mortimore, Dawn Matthews, Ellen Storey, James & Charlotte Garcia, Monica Anderson, Candis Boyd, James Wesley, Mike Meshell, Susie Jelks, James P. Garcia, Mary Martin, Karen Williams, Ronald Freris, Larry Evans, Patrick Johnson, Donna Saxon, Scout Pylant, Janice Newson, Rita Thoma, Wil-lie Jean Bradley, Ana Nicolas, Angel Nicolas, De’Andre Robison, Orvin & Una Maxwell, Carrie Maxwell, Bob Doran, Eddie Sanders, Dakota Franks, Layne Lofton, Carlos Brown, Jr., Kyla Carter, Tammy Wallace, Vin-cent Todaro. For the peaceful repose of the soul of: Trennie Mora (mother of Tom Mora & Cherry Williams). PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE & FOR ALL WHO HAVE ASKED FOR OUR PRAYERS.

Questions of the Week

Adults: What important work could bear fruit in your life right now if you have more confidence in God’s loving care? Children: What great work would you like to do as you grow older? What can you do to begin now?

Mass Attendance: March 16 & 17, 2019: 4:00pm…….139; 9:00am…….220; 11:30am…..189; 5:00pm….....82

AARP is once again offering tax preparation service at Southern Hills Park. They are there Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. You do not need to be a member of AARP in order to take advantage of this free service.

Annual Diocesan Stewardship Appeal

As of March 7, 2019, our Appeal campaign has benefitted from the following results: 26% of the families of St. Mary of the Pines Church have pledged $42,605 in support of our 2019 Annual Diocesan Stewardship Appeal. Please take time now to offer your Appeal gift if you have not al-ready done so. With the participation of everyone, we should easily reach our pledge goal of $62,500. Brochures, pledge cards and return en-velopes can be found in your pew. Please ask an usher if you do not find one available. Remember that you can also make your gift online or by auto-matic withdrawal using the instructions on the back of your Appeal pledge card.

Father Mike is planning on leading a group on a tour of Italy September 3—September 12, 2019. If anyone is interested in going on this tour, please call the Parish Office and give us your name and number. There will be an information meeting coming up. As soon as the date is set, we will let you know.

Lenten Reconciliation Services

St. Elizabeth Seton March 25 6:30pm Blessed Sacrament March 28 6:00pm St. Jude April 2 6:30pm St. Mary of the Pines April 9 6:30pm St. John School April 10 8:15am Loyola Prep April 10 9:30am Sacred Heart April 11 6:30pm St. Joseph School April 12 9:15am Mary, Queen of Peace April 15 6:00pm St. John’s Cathedral Divine Mercy Penance Service April 28 2:30pm St. Mary of the Pines Divine Mercy Penance Service April 28 2:30pm

During Lent we will have Stations of the Cross each Friday evening at 6:00 pm.

Lent Invitation

Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows invite you to join us in our chapel Mass, Monday-Friday, at 5:00pm. On Fridays, following Mass, you are welcome to stay and pray Vespers and the Stations of the Cross with us. Mass and prayers will be from 5:00-6:00pm. Our address is 9894 Norris Ferry Road. If there are any questions, please call 797-0213.

St Vincent de Paul Society, St Mary’s of the Pines Conference A Request for Assistance from a Friend in Need in February Friend in Need receives $882 SS Retirement Benefits Her rent is $255, all bills included. She moved to Shreveport after being displaced and left homeless after hurricane Harvey hit Houston in September of 2018. She lost everything except a few clothes she managed to grab before being rescued. She saw an add in the paper for Cedar Hill Apartments, a rent-control apartment complex for people age 62 and older in Shreveport, while she was living with friends in the Baton Rouge area, and applied for an apartment. She called the St Vincent Help Line on February 21 requesting a mattress set. We contacted her, and she told us her story that all she had was a suit case with a few clothes. She was scheduled to move in on 02/25. Though your generosity, the parishioners of St May of the Pines and other Catholic Churches in the Shreveport Bossier area, St Vincent de Paul maintains a small storage area where we keep donated furniture and household items. She took procession of her apartment on Monday, February 25, but it was raining and we could not deliver her any-thing. We called her and offered to loan her an air mattress until we could deliver her furniture, but she said no she could sleep on the floor because she did not want to be too much trouble. At the time she called we did not have any mattress sets but purchased a reconditioned mattress set for her. On Tuesday morning, 02/26, we delivered the mat-tress set, bed frame, couch, two small recliners, two lamps, one end table, one small table with leaves, pots, pans, dishes and bed linens. We also brought her a box of food. At the time she only had one coffee cup. She was very appreciative and asked that we thank everyone who had donated. This is just one story of how your donations change the lives of others who are not as fortunate as we and in need of a Hand-Up to improve theirs.

Calls Received from the St Vincent de Paul help line for February 2019 Calls Received 45 Home Visits made 35 Hours of time spent in service 146 Miles driven in service 400 Food Baskets delivered 7 Furniture delivered 9 pieces plus pots, pans, dishes,

bed linens We are only 9 disciples of God and could use more volunteers to assist in God’s outreach to the Friends in Need in our area. Please remember us in your prayers and consider sharing your time and talent with us. With your kind donations, St Vincent DePaul can give that one person or family the Hand-Up that may help change their lives. Thank you for your prayers and donations, St Vincent de Paul Society, St Mary of the Pines Conference

Please join the Cathedral of St. John Berchmans for their Lenten Mission with Fr. Andrew Dalton. Fr. Dal-ton teaches a course on Sindonology (study of the Shroud of Turin) at the Science and Faith Institute in Rome. He will focus on the wounds of the Lord’s Pas-sion, as evident in the Shroud, to get us all ready for Holy Week and Easter. He has a compelling, beautiful presentation! March 31st at 6:30 pm and April 1 & 2 at 6:00 pm.

St. John Berchmans Catholic School

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Embrace this Lenten season! *The Power of a Changed Mind* *The Power of Our Brokenness*

*The Power of Freedom* Join us for three nights of Lenten exploration. Employing music, prayer, and reflection, we will unpack those barriers that separate us from be-coming who we are created to be.

St. Jude Catholic Church/Benton March 24-26

6:15pm each evening Followed with refreshments

MID-LENT CHECK-IN God says to Moses, “This is what you shall tell the Israel-ites: I AM sent me to you . . . The LORD, the God of your [ancestors], the God of Abraham,

the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob” (Exodus 3:14, 15). As Jesus would later say, God is not a God of the dead, but of the living, and so we believe that the dead will one day rise. At this midpoint of Lent, we pause to con-sider how our repentance is leading us to the Resurrec-tion, to our reunion with the great “I AM.” Part of our repentance involves working to secure justice for all and helping our neighbor to live in God’s ways. We encourage each other and nurture each other, like the compassionate gardener of today’s Gospel, who tells the owner of the orchard that he will nurture the tree, fertilize it, and perhaps it will bear fruit.

Open House—Shreveport Chapter of Catholic Schoolhouse

Shreveport Catholic Schoolhouse is a local Catholic homeschool program that is more than an academic co-op. Catholic Schoolhouse is a structured program that meets weekly for homeschoolers of all ages that includes chorus, two hours of classroom instruction, hands-on science, art projects & opportunities for so-cializing, volunteering, & field trips. Open house dates are available to you to try our group as a family and see if it is a good fit !!! Thursday, April 11, 2019 at St. Mary of the Pines. For more information & to register: www.ShreveportLA.CatholicSchoolhouse.com/OpenHouse ShreveportCSH@gmail.com or text or call Amy at (612) 384-2151.

Sacred Heart Secular Franciscan Fraternity and Our Lady of Kibeho Newly Forming Group (NFG)

Rite of Profession Deacon Charles Thomas & Ms. Cloteial Umoja will receive the rite of profession into the Secular Francis-can Order to follow Christ in the manner of St. Francis of Assisi. The celebration of The Rite of Profession, in the context of the Mass Rite of Permanent Profes-sion, marks the culmination of the five years of prepa-ration & begins their lifelong commitment to live the gospel! A reception will follow immediately. (April 6th at 11:00 am at Our lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church, 1558 Buena Vista St.). For more infor-mation, call Nadalie M. Thomas, O.F.S., Director For-mation, (318) 222-3791.

The beautiful flowers in front of the Altar are in honor of the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Rodger and Deborah Swan. Congratula-tions on this special and happy occasion. May God bless you!!

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