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December 3, 2017 First Sunday of Advent
Saint David Catholic Church Saint David Catholic Church
5617 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70117 Pastor Very Rev. Oswald P. Pierre-Jules, Jr., SSJ, V.F. Parish E-mail: [email protected]
Dean of St. Bernard Deanery E-mail: [email protected] Pastoral Associate: Sr. Teresa Rooney, CHF, E-mail: [email protected]
Parish Secretary: Nadine Ancar, parish office (504) 947-2853 DRE, Ann Parfaite, E-mail: [email protected]
Rectory: (504) 947-2853 Fax: (504) 943-0577 Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil 4:30 p.m. - Sunday Morning 10:00 a.m.
Daily Masses: Tuesday thru Friday at 7:30 a.m. in the rectory chapel. Novenas: Tuesday (OLPH), Wednesday (St. Joseph) after the 7:30 a.m. Mass.
Confessions: 30 minutes before weekend Masses or anytime by request. Mass and Marian Devotion with Rosary: Every 1st Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at Katrina Memorial.
ALTAR SERVERS
(504) 7Kimberly Mirabin 22-1360
AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST (Men’s Choir)
Mirabin, Pres. (504) 240-6891 Irene Young, Director (504) 421-6894
Joseph
Frankie Gardner (504) 943-8760 Bereavement & GRIEVING MINISTRY
Frankie
CCD Ann Parfaite (504) 644-3799
CHARITABLE & SOCIAL OUTREACH
Diane Smith (504) 343-2100 Betty Stewart (504) 250-4337
EVANGELIZATION
Bertha Ballard (504) 906-3608
FINANCE COUNCIL Albert Cousin 504-342-6446
GOLDEN CLUB
Carol Brown (504) 940-2206 GOSPEL CHOIR/MUSIC MINISTRY
Irene Young (504) 421-6894
HEALTH CARE MINISTRY Priscilla Phillips (504) 305-9292
Junior Knights & Daughters of KPC
Junior Knights Michael Gordon (504) 388-7854
Junior Daughters Kewana Pate (504) 906-1423
KNIGHTS & LADIES OF KPC
Knights Michael Gordon (504) 388-7854
Ladies/ Lena Blaise ( 504) 245-7000
LITURGICAL DANCE
Christine DeCuir (504) 232-7689
LITURGICAL MINISTRY Ann Parfaite (504) 644-3799
MAGNIFICENT WOMEN OF ST. DAVID
April Williams (504) 240-2186 MAINTENANCE & BEAUTIFICATION
Michael Gordon (504) 388-7854
MARRIED COUPLES MINISTRY Lester Kelly (504) 460-4104
MINISTERS OF HOSPITALITY
Melvin Pichon (504) 458-7080
PARISH LIFE Paulette Daniels (504) 799-7446
PASTORAL COUNCIL
Jada Harris (504) 295-2811
PRO-LIFE /PRISON MINISTRY Hilda Clark (504) 812-9125
RACIAL HARMONY (TBA) RCIA
Fr. Oswald Pierre-Jules, Jr., SSJ , V.F. (504) 947-2853
SICK AND HOMEBOUND
Joyce Mumford (504) 931-6763
ST. MAURICE REP. Alvin Ard (601) 341-4028
ST. VINCENT de PAUL
Terry Claverie (504) 812-9125
UNITED MEN OF ST. DAVID Melvin Pichon (504) 458-7080
VOCATIONS COMMITTEE
Christine DeCuir (504) 232-7689
YOUTH &YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY Elijah DISCIPLES” (Prayer Group)
Patrick Hagan (504) 710-5775 Reynolds—(504) 756-1524
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Parish Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.. Pastor’s office hours: Tuesday-Friday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Mass Intentions for the Week of December 3, 2017–December 9, 2017
Sunday, December 3rd 10:00 am Pro-Populo-St. David and St. Maurice Church
Tuesday, December 5th 7:30 pm Mr. Calvin Young requested by
Linda & Terry Walsh
Wednesday, December 6th 7:30 am Special Intentions
Thursday, December 7th 7:30 am Special Intentions
Friday, December 8th 7:30 am Special Intentions
Saturday, December 9th 4:30 pm Bertha A. Lee requested by Family
Michael Broyard, III requested by Family
Juliana Christiani-Ryce requested by Elaine Christiani
The collection and attendance report for November
25th, 2017 and 26, 2017 will be posted at a later time.
Sat., Dec. 9th: Commentator: Ann Parfaite
Lector 1: Christine DeCuir
Lector 2: Frankie Gardner
Eucharistic Mins.: Bridget Harris, Earline
Jones, Stephen Young, Sr.
Sun., Dec. 10th: Commentator: Elijah Reynolds
Lector 1: Lena Blaise
Lector 2: Kewana Pate
Eucharistic Mins: Sharon Blair, Eve
Brooks, Bernadette Daranda
Celebration of the Sacraments
Baptism and Marriage
Sacrament of Baptism:
First Sunday of the month
Form: Child born in Marriage
Form: Child born outside of Marriage
Forms need to be picked up in the office of the
parish.
Seminar with parents and godparents to be arranged
with the pastor before the baptism.
Coordinator: Mrs. Linda Pichon
Sacrament of Marriage
Contact the priest a least eight months prior to wed-
ding date.
Advice: Contact the priest before booking a recep-
tion Hall.
Coordinator: Mrs. Terry Montegut
Christmas Poinsettias
We are now collecting for the Christmas Poinsettias
which will be used to decorate the Church for Christmas.
The cost is $10. Please have your envelope in by Sun-
day, December 17th. Envelopes can be found in the
back of the Church.
Secretary’s Vacation Our secretary, will be on vacation Tuesday, December
5th through Wednesday, December 7th, She will return
to the office Tuesday, December 12th.
Mary Honore, Joyce Costello, Lana Piquet, Janet Thomas, Shirley Martinez, Shirley Williams, Louis Caliste, Jr., Joann Luke, Gilbert Luke, Joseph Caliste, Arlene Craft, Helen Distafano, Doris Claiborne, Av-ron Washington, Karen Wyseman, Beryl Wingate, Virginia Paul, Lewis Turner, Grace Leonce, Rasheed Picquet, Edith Smith, Armani Fernandez, Saalyiah Leslie, Joycelyn Dugue, Bonnie Condor, Yvonne San-chez, and Darryl Sanders, Yvonne Lucas, Emma Smith, Arniesha Fernandez, Fabian Ancar, Norma Conohan, and John Wyseman, Octave Rainey, Shane Dave, Belinda Simms, Joseph Simms, Jr., Loretta Walton, David Williams
Pray for our Sick & Homebound
December 3, 2017 First Sunday of Advent
St. David Parish Ministry/ Committee Meetings This Week
Dec. 3rd: E-Team Meeting after 10:00 a.m. Mass (PH)
Dec. 4th: 6:30 p.m. Liturgical Dancers’ Practice (C)
Dec. 6th: 6:30 p.m. Married Couples Min. Meeting (PH)
Fr. Oswald on the West Bank
Dec. 7th: 6:30 p.m. Bible Study (PH)
Dec. 8th: 6:30 p.m. Adoration (DC)
7:30 p.m. “Disciples” Prayer Group (DC) (C) Church, (DC) Day Chapel, (PH) Parish Hall,, (R) Rectory,
SG) School Gym
Weekly Scripture Reading
December 4 2017 - December 9, 2017 Monday: Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm: 122:1-2, 3-4b, 4cd-5, 6-7, 8-
9; Matthew 8:5-11
Tuesday: Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm: 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17;
Luke 10:21-24
Wednesday: Isaiah 25:6-10a; Psalm: 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 L
Matthew 15:29-37
Thursday: Isaiah 26:1-6; Psalm: 118:1 & 8-9, 19-21, 25-
27; Matthew 7:21, 24-27
Friday: Solemnity of The Immaculate Conception of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
Saturday: Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26; Psalm: 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-
6; Matthew 9:35—10:1, 5a, 6-8
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Beloved Church Family,
Once again, I thank you for your prayers while we
were on Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. As men-
tioned last weekend, it was a very moving experi-
ence for all of us who made the Pilgrimage. It is a
trip of a lifetime.
This weekend marks a beginning of a New Year
in the Liturgical calendar of the Church. We know
that the Solemnity of Christ the King marks the
end of the year, and the New Year begins with the
First Sunday of Advent. I would like to remind
you that Advent has a twofold character: A season
to prepare for Christmas when Jesus’ first coming
to us is remembered and a season when that re-
membrance directs our minds and hearts to await
Christ’s second coming at the end of time. There-
fore, unlike Lenten Season, Advent Season is not a
penitential time that looks forward to a return of
the Lord for judgment but rather a celebration of
the Incarnation and only in that light a time of
waiting for the parousia. Indeed, the celebration of
the birth of Jesus prepares us for the definitive en-
counter with Him. Moreover, the first coming of
Christ began that which the second and final com-
ing will bring to completion. In addition the time
of eschotological expectation is stronger in the bib-
lical and euchological texts of the two weeks espe-
cially after December 17th.
May you have a successful Advent season as we
continue as a family to invite Jesus to be born in
us.
With love and admiration,
Very Rev. Oswald P. Pierre-Jules, Jr., S.S. J., V.F.
Meet The Ministries of
Our Church Family
Ministers of Hospitality
The Ministry of Hospitality has played such an important role
in our church family. The members of the Ministry are the first
to greet the people as they are coming in to celebrate with us.
We are blessed with such a group of people for both Masses
4:30 P.M. on Saturday and 10 A.M. on Sunday. Indeed, we are
so proud of the work of this particular Ministry. We are im-
pressed by the way the members pay attention to what is hap-
pening on the Altar during the celebration of the Liturgy. We
must not take for granted the challenging task of the Ministry.
We will forever remain grateful to all members of the Ministry.
The chair-person of the Ministry is a hard working and devoted
man: Melvin Pichon
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St. David
5617 St. Claude Ave
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-947-2853
Contact: Nadine Ancar
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