September 3, 2017 - Twenty-Second 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-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time September 3, 2017

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, September 2--Vigil of the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 PM: Dr. Leonard & Betty Rolfes; Mike Guilbeau; Deacon Julian Judice; Charlene Morella; Mia Dawson, Gabrielle Foti (living);

Nora Broussard; Jennifer Walter Sonnier; Anthony Fuselier Sunday, September 3--Twenty-Second Sun-day in Ordinary Time 8:30 AM: Dr. Robert Chastant & Evelyn; Eddie Upton; John Daigle; Joseph & Eldie Woods; Sonya & Angela Thibodeaux; Pete & Mary Ann Lavergne (living); 10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s Monday, September 4--Labor Day 7:30 AM: Special Intention Tuesday, September 5--Weekday 7:30 AM: Larry J. LeBlanc

Wednesday, September 6--Weekday 7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne; Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living); Col. Kimberly Fedele (living) Thursday, September 7--Weekday 7:30 AM: In Thanksgiving Friday, September 8--The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart Altar Flowers In Loving Memory of: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne 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

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 8: No clean-ing this week. We are grateful for all who par-ticipate in this Ministry! Labor Day Prayer God our Creator, we are the work of your hands. Guide us in our work, that we may do it, not for self alone, but for the common good. Make us alert to injustice, ready to stand in soli-darity, that there may be dignity for all in labor and in labor’s reward. Grant this through Christ Our Lord. Amen. —Book of Common Prayer

Prayer for Hurricane Season

O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed

your order and returned to its former quietude. You are still the Master of land and sea. We live the shadow of a danger over which we have no control: the gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can awake from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land and spread chaos and disaster. During this hurricane season we turn to you, loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with the passing of time. O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our Beloved Mother, we ask you to plead with you Son in our behalf, so that spared from the calamities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the footsteps of your divine Son to reach heavenly Jerusalem where a stormless eternity awaits us. Amen. Bishop Maurice Shexnayder

After Harvey As we print this bulletin, we have received no information from the Diocese as of yet regarding organized help for victims of Hurricane Harvey, and the situation is still de-veloping here in Louisiana. So we offer one possibility for those wanting to reach out now: Donations are being ac-cepted by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galves-ton-Houston. Their website is catholiccharities.org, where you can donate online. To make a gift by mail, send your check made out to Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston to 2900 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77006. To make a gift by phone call 713-874-6654. 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. 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. Baby Items-Women's Center Some of you may have noticed that the 'bassinet' for baby items is now out every weekend. This is to make it easier for those who want to support new mothers in bringing their children into the world, at the Women's Center and their maternity home. Here is a list of items that are al-ways needed: Paper towels; Liquid washing detergent (baby & adult); 13 gal trash bags; Deodorant; Windex; Pledge; Lysol; Shampoo; Conditioner; Bath Soap; Liquid dish washing gel; Ziplock bags; Gift cards for maternity clothes, etc.; Baby power & lotion; Diaper rash ointment; Baby wash; Diapers (size 4 & 5). Add one or two of these items to your shopping list each month, leave it in the car, and drop it off when you come to church. We will publish this list once a month. “I do not know how philosophers may ultimately define religion; but from Micah to James it has been defined as service to one’s fellow human rendered by following the great rule of justice and mercy, of wisdom and righteous-ness.” —Theodore Roosevelt

Food for the Journey The Central Deanery of the Diocese of Lafayette pre-sents “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 information, please call Dan-ielle Huval (232-1322). Lt. Father Joseph Verbis Lafleur 12th Annual Memorial Mass The ‘Friends of Lt. Fr. Lafleur’ request your presence on Thursday, September 7, for the 6:30 pm Mass at St. Landry Catholic Church, Opelousas, LA to com-memorate the 73rd Anniversary of the death of Lt. Fa-ther Joseph Verbis Lafleur, Chaplain-United States Army Air Corps. The Celebrant and Homilist will be Rev. Brad D. Guillory, Chaplain, CPT, USF. Also in attendance will be priests and deacons of the Diocese of Lafayette. Father Lafleur, who offered his first Mass in St. Landry Church in 1938, volunteered as a chaplain from St. Mary Magdalene in Abbeville, at the outbreak of World War II. Stationed in the Philip-pines, he became a prisoner of the Japanese. He was killed when the prison ship he was on was torpedoed and died trying to save his fellow prisoners. For his heroic military service, Fr Lafleur was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Cross, Purple Heart, and Bronze star for his valor. He is currently up to receive another Distinguished Service Cross medal. All are encouraged to attend the Memorial Mass. Learn more about Fr Lafleur by visiting: http://www.fatherlafleur.org for further information and by purchasing the newly published book “But He Dies Not” available in Catholic bookstores in Lafayette and at the Memorial Mass. Retreat Information The Jesuit Spirituality Center in Grand Coteau, LA is offering the following retreat: 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). 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……………………… $ 3,528.25 Thank You!

The second collection this Sunday is for our Building Fund.

Date

Saturday, September 9 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, September 10 8:30 a.m.

Sunday, September 10 10:00 a.m.

Lectors Edward Turner Kenneth Phillips Bill Ganucheau

Eucharistic Ministers

Janell Venable Merrick Stelly Candis Thompson

Geneva Phillips Ted Hampton Kay Hampton

Andre Arceneaux Jean Arceneaux Janeth Harrington

Altar Servers Harold Guilbeau Fred Vallot Debra Carroll

Ushers Kevin & Daylan Phillips William & Stephanie Bacque Robin Roy Lionel Jeanmard

Liturgical Roles for September

From the Pastor’s Desk

It’s been raining. I’m sure you noticed. As I write this, now tropical storm Harvey is meandering around in the Gulf after wreaking devastation on Texas coastal cities, and drowning the city of Houston. Predictions are that it is coming back, possibly hitting land somewhere around Sabine Pass. Clearly we are not done.

It feels rather strange to sit here in Lafayette, with (relatively) dry roads for the most part, trying to carry on with the day’s affairs. Such total devastation is just down the road from us, we remain under threat of some kind of severe weather, and it’s kind of like waiting for the other shoe to drop. In the meantime, we sit and we pray, as well we should.

More than anything else, times like this remind me that we are really not in charge. Those who have flooded here in Louisiana in recent months can certainly bear witness to how quickly the weather can totally dis-rupt one’s life, for months if not years, stripping away not only treasured possessions and memories, but the place of safety one once called home. In those moments, everything changes. That’s the kind of thing so many in Texas are experiencing right now.

So we pray, and we have been doing that. Yet experience shows that God does not usually swoop in and shove deadly storms to the side, or suck them up into the upper atmosphere. I remember after Hurricane Katrina how some people (who should have known better) characterized that storm as some kind of retribution for the sins of the people of New Orleans. (They seem to have overlooked the fact that for the most part, the storm missed the French Quarter.) I, for one, do not believe God acts in that way, aiming storms and tossing lightning bolts. Rather, in his own mysterious way, God lets his sun shine on the just and the unjust, as the Scriptures tell us. Likewise, his rain falls upon the dirty and the clean, while the wind blows where it wills.

It’s not that I don’t believe God is active in our world and our lives. I do. He just doesn’t seem to be active in the world in the way in which we often wish (demand?) he would be. We often pray, “God keep us from the storm”. Sometimes the storm avoids us, sometimes not. When the storm strikes, however, we are often disap-pointed or even angry that God didn’t obey our commands. This dismay can blind us to the ways in which God is alive and active in the midst of the storm. Witness the tremendous generosity and bravery being exhibited by so many as they reach out to those in need. Is that not the grace of God at work? I believe it is.

I firmly believe that God is with us in the midst of the storm. We just have to pay attention.

Readings for the Week

Monday 1 Thes 4:13-18; Ps 96:1, 3-5, 11-13; Lk 4:16-30

Tuesday 1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Lk 4:31-37

Wednesday Col 1:1-8; Ps 52:10-11; Lk 4:38-44

Thursday Col 1:9-14; Ps 98:2-6; Lk 5:1-11

Friday Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 13:6, Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 [18-23]

Saturday Col 1:21-23; Ps 54:3-4, 6, 8; Lk 6:1-5

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