THIS WEEK SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

The 9th annual Ava and Jacob Saucier Memorial Scholarship

Benefit beginning at 10:30 am

Parish Hall 10:30 am - Children’s Liturgy of

the Word

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 5:00 pm - Mass 6:30 pm - PSR Parent Meeting - Marian Hall

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 5:00 pm - Mass 5:30 pm - Senior Citizen’s Supper - Marian Hall

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 8:00 am - School Mass 10:30 am - Nursing Home Mass 6:00 pm - Rosary - Chapel 6:30 pm - RCIA - Marian Hall 6:30 pm - Yearbook Signing Party - Library

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 12:00 Noon - Mass

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 3:00 – 3:30 pm - Confession Daily Chapel 4:00 pm - Baptisms

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 10:30 am - Catechetical Sunday

Reverend David E. Allen, Pastor Reverend Matt Dupre’, In Residence

Deacon Minos Ponville, Jr. Jennifer LeJeune, Religious Ed. Director

Michelle Cagle, Office Manager Karen Ardoin, Bookkeeper/Secretary

Michael Comeau, School Principal Leigh LeBlanc, Pre-K3 Director

Church Office Address: 474 N. Jefferson Avenue Mail to: P.O. Box 290, Port Allen, LA 70767

Church E-mail address: holyfamilycathol@bellsouth.net

MASSES: Saturdays: 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass

Sundays: 8:00 & 10:30 am Tuesday - 5:00 pm (Novena following)

Wednesday - 5:00 pm, Thursday - 8:00 am, Friday - 12:00 noon

Phone: (225) 383-1838 Additional Information on Website: holyfamilycathol@bellsouth.net Fax: (225) 383-1839

A Family of Faith

Holy Family Catholic Church 474 N. Jefferson Avenue, Port Allen, Louisiana 70767

ROUNDING UP EVERYONE FOR SENIOR SUPPER Howdy seniors!! It's that's time again. Lasso your partner!

Round up your friends! Old and new! Giddy-up and gallop on over to the Senior Supper stampede this Wednesday, September

12th at 5:30 pm in Marian Hall. And before you belly-up to the chow, you can mosey on over to 5:00 pm Mass and make an

evening of things. Yee-haw!

A VOCATION VIEW Did not God choose those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom? Count your blessings, then come and help others count theirs too, as a priest or religious. If you feel you have such a vocation, call or email Father Andrew Merrick at 225.336.8778, framerrick@gmail.com, or visit, www.diobr.org/vocations.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Cor 5:1-8; Ps 5:5-7, 12; Lk 6:6-11 Tuesday: 1 Cor 6:1-11; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 6:12-19 Wednesday: 1 Cor 7:25-31; Ps 45:11-12, 14-17; Lk 6:20-26 Thursday: 1 Cor 8:1b-7, 11-13; Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 23-24; Lk 6:27-38 Friday: Nm 21:4b-9; Ps 78:1bc-2, 34-38; Phil 2:6-11; Jn 3:13-17 Saturday: 1 Cor 10:14-22; Ps 116:12-13, 17-18; Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 2:33-35 Sunday: Is 50:5-9a; Ps 116:1-6, 8-9; Jas 2:14-18; Mk 8:27-35

CHECK THIS OUT!! Did you know that there is a USCCB APP that is filled with Daily Readings, Prayers, Daily Bible Verses, Rosary Podcasts, plus much more! The app is titled Laudate. Download it and search around in it. It may be just the tool you need to help strengthen your daily faith life!

Did not God choose those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs to the kingdom? — James 2:5

SEE BEYOND OUTWARD APPEARANCES The phrase “Sunday best” has lost much of its meaning in our society today. Some lament the loss of people dressing up for church on Sunday; others think it’s a healthy sign that we’re as casual in attire gathered before the Lord as we are elsewhere. No matter which school of thought on this topic we belong to, James would probably chastise us. In either case, we are still focused on external appearance, mistaking it for some sort of favored position before God. True, James criticizes the community that favors the rich and well-dressed while ostracizing the poorly clothed, but even more he criticizes the making of distinctions, making choices based on criteria that having nothing to do with the reign of God. James might turn our attention to the reign of God described by Isaiah, in which people are healed and the earth becomes ripe to bear fruit. Jesus today is focused on this reign of God, healing a Gentile man in a region hostile to his Jewish faith, not mindful of the man’s origins or clothing or status or ability to repay. Isaiah, James, and Jesus in Mark’s Gospel all call us to look more deeply to find where the will of God needs to be done, and has been done, on earth as in heaven. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

FOR THE SEPARATED AND DIVORCED Want to learn more about some of the important people instrumental in our faith? Join us for the series CATHOLICISM: THE PIVOTAL PLAYERS written and narrated by Bishop Robert Barron. You'll discover the places where St. Thomas Aquinas lived, learned, and wrote. Visit the countryside where St. Francis gathered a group of friars and revived the Church. See the places where St. Catherine of Siena ministered and prayed. Trek through England to where Bl. John Henry Newman and G.K. Chesterton left their mark and sparked an English Catholic revival. And through unprecedented HD footage, marvel at the extraordinary art of Michelangelo, from his David statue in Florence, to the Pietà at St. Peter's, to the Sistine Chapel.

One of the three times the series will be offered this fall: Thursday, September 13, 2018 through Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 1:30-3:00pm ● Thursday, September 13, 2018 through Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 6:30-8:00pm ● Monday, September 17, 2018 through Monday, November 19, 2018 - 6:30-8:00pm

Bible study resumes in the Spring beginning on Thursday, January 10, 2019 and Monday, January 14, 2019 and will end on Thursday, February 28, 2019 and Monday, March 4, 2019.

Come by or call the St. John the Evangelist church office (225.687.2402) or call Donna Carville (225.776.3205) to register. The cost of the study guide is $25.00 per participant.

THOUGHTS The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. —Marcus Aurelius

STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE COLLECTION COUNTERS - Monday, September 10

Joyce Barbier, Cindy Landry, Jo Ann Dodd.

COLLECTION REPORT for September 2 Because of the Labor Day Holiday and the printing deadline of this bulletin, the collection report will be listed in the following bulletin.

JUBILEE UPDATE

Because we have been consistently able to double the principal of the Jubilee Campaign Loan, we have gone from owing a balance of $844,493.69 on March 1, 2015 to owing a balance of $472,836.67 as of the printing date of this bulletin.

FEAST OF ST. PADRE PIO On the 50th anniversary of his death, Our Lady of Mercy will celebrate a special Feast Day Mass of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina with celebrant Fr. Steve Rodrigues, capuchin. Sunday, September 23rd ● Our Lady of Mercy Church Sung Divine Mercy Chaplet at 2:30 pm ● Holy Mass at 3:00 pm

CITIZENSHIP DAY On Saturday, September 15, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge will hold its Sixth Annual Citizenship Day Workshop at the main office at 1900 S. Acadian Thruway, Baton Rouge. This is a project bringing free naturalization application assistance to qualified green card holders. Participants will receive an eligibility review with a trained immigration law professional as well as assistance completing the required forms. Please call 225-3760-6849 to reserve your space today!

CONFESSIONS: Saturdays: 3:00 to 3:30 pm or any day by appointment. BAPTISMS: Couples should contact the parish office during pregnancy to register for a Baptism

Seminar (usually held every other month, even numbered months). Godparents also must attend a Baptism Seminar.

MATRIMONY: Couples must contact priest at least SIX months before making other arrangements. SICK CALLS: Parishioners are urged to contact priest to inform him of persons who are ill. SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Offered at daily Mass or privately to those

who are facing surgery or illness. Call the office. NEW PARISHIONERS: Are requested to contact the Parish Office to register as parishioners. ADORATION: Tuesday & Wednesday - 5:30 - 8:30 pm; Thursday & Friday - 9:00 am - 12 Noon

OUR MISSION STATEMENT Holy Family Parish is a loving, caring community of devoted and committed Catholic Christians. Our mission purpose is to spread and deepen the Kingdom of God among all people. Our aim is to carry out this mission through our strong tradition of faith and family, through a strong sacramental and liturgical life, through a total Catholic educational program, through a ministry to the social needs of the community and through evangelization.

“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace.”

Two individuals shared their gifts recently at Holy Family Parish.

The second session of “Prayerful Strokes: Angels Among Us” was hosted on Sunday, August 26th at 3 pm in the Jubilee Hall. Madelyn Hicks, local artist, instructed guests in creating their own masterpiece of an Angel, while the topic of Guardian Angels was discussed by Jennifer LeJeune, DRE.

On Tuesday, August 28th, the coffee and prayer session became “Coffee and Pretzels”. Toni Brantley, shared a pretzel recipe and instructed guests on how to make pretzels. After pretzels were cooked, guests could choose from a choice of butter, garlic butter, salt and/or cinnamon for their topping. Jennifer LeJeune, DRE, talked on the topic of Developing your Prayer Life.

A very special thanks goes out to our instructors and all those that joined us on these two occasions.

Any questions, please contact Jennifer LeJeune at 336-4463 or jlejeunehfc@gmail.com

MANY PARTS IN ONE BODY…. “For by the grace given to me I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than one ought to think, but to think soberly, each according to the measure of faith that God has apportioned. For as in one body we have many parts, and all the parts do not have the same function, so we, though many, are

one body in Christ and individually parts of one another. Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us exercise them: if prophecy, in proportion to the faith; if ministry, in ministering; if one is a teacher, in teaching; if one exhorts, in exhortation; if one contributes, in generosity; if one is over others, with diligence; if one does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. Romans 12:3-8

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