August 27, 2017 - Twenty-First 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

Holydays of Obligation: 7:30 am only Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:00-7:25 am (and by appointment)

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-First Sunday in Ordinary Time August 27, 2017

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, August 26--Vigil of the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 PM: Dr. Leonard & Betty Rolfes; Wallace, Romaine & Ron Venable; Rickey Romer— Healing & Thanksgiving; Amee McDonald (living); Nora Broussard In Thanksgiving Sunday, August 27--Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 AM: Dr. Robert Chastant & Evelyn; Eddie Upton; John Daigle; Chris Gambel; Elzia & Thelma Lavergne; Robert & Julia Phillips; Oscar & Elnora Jordan 10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s Monday, August 28--St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 7:30 AM: Rufus & Scott Mouisset Tuesday, August 29--The Passion of St. John the Baptist 7:30 AM: Larry J. LeBlanc

Wednesday, August 30--Weekday 7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne; Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living); Col. Kimberly Fedele (living) Thursday, August 31--Weekday 7:30 AM: Pete & Mary Ann Lavergne (living) Friday, September 1--Weekday 7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart Altar Flowers In Loving Memory of: Elzia & Thelma Lavergne

“Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven;

and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

— Matthew 16:19

Non-Liturgical Devotions Daily Rosary: Monday - Thursday 6:55 am Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Tues-day 7:15 am Rosary for Priests: Wednesday 7:00 am Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Thursday 7:15 am Pro-Life Rosary: 1st Friday of the month 7 am Shamrocks—Friday, September 1: Stephanie Bacque; Josette Delahoussaye; Martha Thomp-son; Karen Gambel.

“My soul is like a house, small for you to enter, but I pray you to enlarge it. It is in ruins, but I ask you to remake it.” —St. Augustine

On Racism “Racism is a poison of the soul. It’s the ugly, original sin of our country, an illness that has never fully healed. Blending it with the Nazi salute, the relic of a regime that murdered millions, compounds the obscenity. Thus the wave of public anger about white nationalist events in Charlottesville this weekend is well warranted. We espe-cially need to pray for those injured in the violence.” “But we need more than pious public statements. If our anger today is just another mental virus displaced tomor-row by the next distraction or outrage we find in the me-dia, nothing will change. Charlottesville matters. It’s a snapshot of our public unraveling into real hatreds brutally expressed; a collapse of restraint and mutual respect now taking place across the country. We need to keep the im-ages of Charlottesville alive in our memories. If we want a different kind of country in the future, we need to start today with a conversion in our own hearts, and an insist-ence on the same in others. That may sound simple. But the history of our nation and its tortured attitudes toward race proves exactly the opposite.” — Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia: 2017-08-13

Infant Mortality Awareness and Remembrance Service The Diocese Office of Marriage, Family Life and Pro Life will sponsor an Infant Mortality Awareness and Remem-brance Service on Tuesday, September 5, 2017. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Lafayette City Hall, then participants will process to St. John Cemetery Plaza, and then to Baby Land. The event is co-sponsored by the Aca-diana Family Tree Healthy Start Program, United Health Care and Maddie’s Foot Prints. For more information, call 337-261-5598. Food for the Journey The Central Deanery of the Diocese of Lafayette presents “Food for the Journey”, a monthly lunchtime speakers series designed to help Catholics live out our faith in our daily lives. “Food for the Journey” will be held on Wednesday, September 6, 2017, at River Oaks Catering and Event Center Lafayette, 520 East Kaliste Saloom Road, beginning at 12:00 noon. An optional buffet ($14.00) is available for purchase beginning at 11:30 a.m. All are welcome to come “eat and be fed” – please bring a friend! Pre-registration is not required. For more infor-mation, please call Danielle Huval (232-1322). Holy Hour for Vocations—Second Monday Please join us for our monthly “Holy Hour for Vocations and for the Spiritual Renewal of All Priests” on Monday, September 11 (because of Labor Day), from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at St. Patrick 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 perse-verance of vocations to the priesthood and religious life, sponsored by the Serra Club of Lafayette. The Great Adventure Bible Study Bible Studies Offered at Holy Cross Church: The Book of Revelations Debra Carroll will facilitate a 10 week study of the Book of Revelations, on Tuesday evenings, beginning September 5, 2017, 6:30-8:00 pm in the Grace Meeting Room, bldg A, Administration building. The cost of the study guide is $20. The Gospel of John Debra Carroll will facilitate a 8 week study of the Gospel of John, on Wednesday evenings beginning September 6, 2017, 6:30-8:00 pm in Grace meeting room, bldg. A ad-ministration building. The cost of the study guide is $20. Please call the Holy Cross office at 337-984-9636 to regis-ter for the sessions. You can also register online at the Holy Cross web site. Just click on events then The Great Adventure. Help with Pornography Addiction RECLAIM Sexual Health Catholic Recovery Program is a private, anonymous, online recovery program (with online help 24/7) for overcoming pornography and other un-healthy sexual behavior. The program utilizes the latest brain science and cutting-edge technology, and geared to-ward personalized support. Visit the website: http://www.reclaimsexualhealth.com/ for more infor-mation.

Companions Along the Journey Companions Along the Journey is a Bereavement Sup-port Group for those 18 years and older who have suf-fered the loss of a loved one. Afternoon meetings are held from 12:00-1:00 PM on the second and fourth Monday of each month in the Katherine Drexel Room of Immaculata Center (1408 Carmel Drive, Lafayette 70501). The next meeting is Monday, August 28. For more information please contact the Office of Pro-Life Apostolate at 337-261-5607. Inquiry Sessions to the Permanent Diaconate Are you an adult Catholic male who feels a calling to serve your Church and your parish? Do you have the “heart of a servant?” If so, you may be hearing a call to the Permanent Diaconate of the Diocese of Lafa-yette. Inquiry sessions will begin September 9th for those interested in exploring that calling. Go to www.diolaf.org and click on the “Offices” tab to locate the Diaconate Inquiry form, or call the Office of Per-manent Diaconate at 337-261-5609. Pilgrimage Tour St. Mary Mother of the Church is offering a Pilgrim-age Trip Tuesday September 26 to Sunday Octo-ber 1 to the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, and Our Lady of the Snows. A special tour of the School Sisters of Notre Dame RIPA Campus in St. Louis and tours of the cities of St. Louis and Memphis are also included. Please call Barbara Thibodeaux 235-3240 or JoAnn LeJune 981-3379 by to register. Retreat Information The Jesuit Spirituality Center in Grand Coteau, LA is offering the following retreats: Praying with St. Peter: A Day of Reflection and Prayer Fr. Mark E. Thibodeaux, S.J., Saturday, September 16, 9:00am—4:00 pm. Fee: $60.00 (includes lunch). Silent, Individually-Directed Retreats of 3, 5, or 8 days Beginning on the following dates: Tue., Sep. 5 or Fri., Sep. 8; Mon. Sep. 18 or Thur., Sep. 21; Mon. Oct. 2 or Thur., Oct. 5; Mon., Oct. 16 or Thur., Oct. 19; Mon., Oct. 30 or Thur., Nov. 2. For more information or for an application form to reg-ister, please visit the website: jesuitspirituali-tycenter.org or call 337-662-5251 M-F 8 am— 12 noon and 1—5:00 pm. STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory……………………… $ 4,284.91 Needy (Ascension of the BVM) $ 774.00 Thank You!

The second collection next weekend will be for our Building Fund.

Date

Saturday, September 2 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, September 3 8:30 a.m.

Sunday, September 3 10:00 a.m.

Lectors Angie Redrick Gerrie McGovern Karen Begnaud

Eucharistic Ministers

Kathy Kalweit George Eaton Peggy Spruill

Larry Lewis Suzanne Lavergne Maggie Sonnier

Leroy Abshire Barbara Abshire Phyllis Roy

Altar Servers Rosalind Allen Mary Kramer Brenda DeMette

Ushers Oren Spruill George Guidry

Rachelle Trahan Keith Toups

Jenny Feehan Ben Berthelot

Liturgical Roles for September

From the Pastor’s Desk

Several times this week, I’ve run across mention of the original sin of the United States: racism. These words have come from various bishops naming racism as the sin that it is. Yet racism is not inherited. It is taught: sometimes in families, sometimes in chat rooms and on social media, as well as in boardrooms and barrooms. But if racism can be taught, so can acceptance and tolerance of our brothers and sisters who may be different from us in various ways. It is precisely this fundamental truth of the inherent dignity of every human person, cre-ated in the image and likeness of God, that must be proclaimed in the face of hatred and intolerance. Racism, whether that of the white supremacist, the neo-Nazi, or the alt-right, denies that inherent dignity at its root.

This week, our U.S. Bishops conference has established a new ad hoc committee to address the sin of rac-ism, deeply rooted in our culture, and so visible in our nation in recent months. Bishop George V. Murry, of Youngstown Ohio, appointed as head of the committee, had this to say: "Through Jesus' example of love and mercy, we are called to be a better people than what we have witnessed over the past weeks and months as a nation. Through listening, prayer and meaningful collaboration, I'm hopeful we can find lasting solutions and common ground where racism will no longer find a place in our hearts or in our society."

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, head of the Bishops’ Conference and Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, had this to say in announcing the committee: “As Sacred Scripture teaches, each one of us is made in the image and likeness of God (Gen. 1:26-27). The mission of the Church is to teach and to witness to the intrinsic dignity of the human per-son. Marches by hate groups such as the KKK and Neo-Nazis are outrageous to the sensible mind and directly chal-lenge the dignity of human life. It is time for us to recommit ourselves to eradicating racism.

“Prejudice can lurk unnoticed in the soul. Without prayerful reflection, it can feed on the fear of what is dif-ferent. It can grow into overt racism. But self-reflection is not enough. It must lead to action. May the work of the USCCB serve as a call to conversion for those hiding behind white hoods and Nazi symbols. The vile chants of violence against African Americans and other people of color, the Jewish people, immigrants, and others offend our faith, but unite our resolve. Let us not allow the forces of hate to deny the intrinsic dignity of every human person. Let the na-tion and world see the one body of Christ move to the defense of our sisters and brothers who are threatened.“

The alt-right is wrong.

Readings for the Week

Monday 1 Thes 1:1-5, 8b-10; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Mt 23:13-22

Tuesday 1 Thes 2:1-8; Ps 139:1-6; Mk 6:17-29

Wednesday 1 Thes 2:9-13; Ps 139:7-12ab; Mt 23:27-32

Thursday 1 Thes 3:7-13; Ps 90:3-5a, 12-14, 17;Mt 24:42-51

Friday 1 Thes 4:1-8; Ps 97:1, 2b, 5-6, 10-12; Mt 25:1-13

Saturday 1 Thes 4:9-11; Ps 98:1, 7-9; Mt 25:14-30

Sunday Jer 20:7-9; Ps 63:2-6, 8-9; Rom 12:1-2; Mt 16:21-27