HOLY FAMILY PARISH BULLETIN

Port Allen, Louisiana 70767

Reverend David E. Allen, Pastor

Michael Comeau, Principal Jennifer LeJeune, Religious Ed. Director

Leigh LeBlanc, Pre-K3 Director Michelle Cagle, Office Manager

Karen Ardoin, Bookkeeper/Secretary

Church Office Address: 474 N. Jefferson Avenue P.O. Box 290, Port Allen, LA 70767 Phone: 383-1838 Fax: 383-1839 Church E-mail address: holyfamilycathol@bellsouth.net Website: holyfamilychurchpa.org

School Address: 335 North Jefferson Ave. 344-4100 Website: holyfamilyschool.com

Rel. Ed. Office: 474 N. Jefferson Avenue Phone: 336-4463 email: jlejeunehfc@gmail.com

MASSES: Saturdays: 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass Sundays: 8:00 & 10:30 am WEEKDAYS: Tuesday - 5:00 pm (Novena following), Wednesday - 5:00 pm, Thursday - 8:00 am, Friday - 12:00 noon 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.

PERPETUAL HELP NOVENA: Every Tuesday following 5:00 p.m. Mass.

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

We would like to take this opportunity to extend best wishes to all of the “Moms” of our parish. We pray that God bless you on Mother’s Day and every day throughout the year. We also remember, with love and affection, all mothers of our parishioners who are deceased.

Have a blessed Mother’s Day!!

Sunday, May 14 Tuesday, May 16

9:30 am - Coffee & Prayer - Marian Hall 5:00 pm - Mass

Wednesday, May 17 8:00 am - HFS Closing School Prayer Service

& Awards - Church 11:00 am - Staff Meeting 5:00 pm - Mass

Thursday, May 18 8:00 am - Mass 6:00 pm - Rosary - Chapel

7:00 pm - Papa Bears Meeting - Jubilee Hall 6:30 pm - RCIA - Marian Hall

Friday, May 19 12:00 noon - Mass

Saturday, May 20 3:00 – 3:30 pm - Confession Daily Chapel 4:00 pm - Baptisms

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STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE COLLECTION COUNTERS - Monday May 15

Izetta McDowell, Lenora LeBlanc, Dolores Hebert.

COLLECTION REPORT for May 7, 2017 General Collection – Identified Givers - $ 10,039.00

Unidentified Givers - $ 349.25 Total General Collection - $ 10,388.25

Total Jubilee: The Next Step Collection - $ 4,870.50

ANOINTING OF THE SICK The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is offered here to anyone who is facing surgery of any kind or serious illness. It is offered either at daily Mass or privately. To receive this very comforting sacrament, please contact the Church Office.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 14:5-18; Ps 115:1-4, 15-16; Jn 14:21-26 Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28; Ps 145:10-13ab, 21; Jn 14:27-31a Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6; Ps 122:1-5; Jn 15:1-8 Thursday: Acts 15:7-21; Ps 96:1-3, 10; Jn 15:9-11 Friday: Acts 15:22-31; Ps 57:8-10, 12; Jn 15:12-17 Saturday: Acts 16:1-10; Ps 100:1b-3, 5; Jn 15:18-21 Sunday: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; Ps 66:1-7, 16, 20; 1 Pt 3:15-18 or 1 Pt 4:13-16; Jn 14:15-21 or Jn 17:1-11a

A VOCATION VIEW Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 14, 2017 Jesus tells us not to be troubled. Therefore, pray that the Lord will show you the way in your life. Just ask Him. If you think God is calling you to a Church vocation, call Fr. Andrew Merrick at 225.336.8778, amerrick@diobr.org.

DID YOU KNOW? Those who can’t give much financial support can and often do donate and abundance of volunteer time to the parish by holding fundraisers and supporting other parish events and projects. Volunteers sometimes teach religious education programs for children (PSR) and the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). Those volunteers who are too old or infirm for other types of service support the parish with their prayers. Giving of one’s time and talent, as well as giving of your treasure (financial contributions, are the ways that Catholic Christians support their church.–from the book Catholicism for Dummies

MASS INTENTION SCHEDULING The Mass Book for scheduling Masses for July - December 2017 will open Friday, May 19th, from 8:30 a.m. until 12:00 noon. No early arrivals please. Scheduling rules…. During this time, you may only schedule 1 mass per month – 3 on Sundays and holy days and the other 3 during the week. Only one intention can be listed on all masses except on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Tuesdays and Saturdays masses will still be multiple intention masses with each individual limited to a single intention at those masses.

After that date, it will be on a first come, first served basis. You will be limited to scheduling 2 weekends per month and 2 weekdays per month. You may schedule Masses during our office hours.

THE WAY Today we sense the apostles’ trepidation as they begin to realize that the Lord would soon be leaving them. In their fear, they ask, “Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” (John 14:5). Jesus tells them that he is the way. The Easter season has been a time of growing in Easter faith so that we, too, may learn to know that Jesus is the way. We can take comfort in the Lord’s promise that he is going to his Father’s house to prepare a place for us, his chosen people who have been called out of darkness into God’s wonderful light. As the paschal candle continues to burn during this holy season, let us remember that in baptism we were given the light of Christ. With Christ our light as the beacon lighting our way, let us march toward the glory of Pentecost. © Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.

SYMPATHY In your kindness and compassion, please pray for the soul of

Lorraine Silvio sister and sister-in-law of James “Bozo” & Dolores Hebert, who died in the Lord this past week. May she rest in God’s eternal peace.

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 King-dom 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.

DEACON PAT’S ORDINATION With Praise and Thanksgiving to Almighty God,

The Diocese of Baton Rouge Joyfully Announces the Ordination of

Patrick James Broussard To the Sacred Order of the Priesthood

By His Excellency, The Most Reverend Robert W. Muench

Bishop of Baton Rouge

Saturday, May 27th at 10:00 AM St. Joseph Cathedral

Reception will follow at the Cathedral Hall

FATHER PAT’S FIRST MASS As you have shared in his life and preparations for the priesthood by your prayers, love and support, you are cordially invited to join

Father Patrick Broussard First Mass, Holy Family Church Sunday, May 28th at 11:30 AM

Reception will follow in the Parish Hall.

Because of this celebration, the Mass schedule for May 28th will be 8:00 am and 11:30 am. Please note the Mass time change on your calendar and plan to celebrate this joyous

occasion.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION In many parish churches, more rarely in monastery churches and cathedrals, the tabernacle with the Blessed Sacrament is visible from a doorway or aisle in the church. Normally, a person is to give the proper sign of reverence, a genuflection, when passing in proximity to the tabernacle. The word “genuflect” comes from Latin roots meaning bending (or flexing) the knee. A common-sense exception to the rule is for a sacristan who is taking care of the church and can’t be genuflecting every thirty seconds during a vacuum run. Also excepted are persons in procession entrusted with important symbols of the Lord’s presence. So, a crossbearer or a minister carrying the Gospel book, or ministers on their way to their Communion stations do not genuflect. For everyone else, the usual sign of reverence for the Lord’s presence in the Blessed Sacrament is to genuflect on the right knee. The oldest form of reverence during prayer in our tradition is standing; kneeling or genuflecting is a sign borrowed from old civic practice. The posture of kneeling, even on one knee, is a sign of submission. Servants would take this position before their masters in the ancient world. It said: I’m not running away, I’m yours, I’m here for you. This is what your genuflection says when you enter a Catholic church where the place of reservation of the Blessed Sacrament is visible to you: I’m yours. —Rev. James Field, © Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.

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