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is the mission of the Church, not just of a few, but my, your, our mission.

– Pope Francis

ST. ROSALIECATHOLIC CHURCH

May 17, 2020

“vangelization“E

ST. ROSALIE CATHOLIC CHURCH HARVEY,LOUISIANA May 17, 2020

Dear Parishioners of St. Rosalie

and St. John Bosco Parishes,

Christ’s peace be with you today and always!

“Philip went down to the city of Samaria and

proclaimed the Christ to them. With one accord, the

crowds paid attention to what was said by Philip when

they heard it.”

The Samaritans sought Baptism and committed

themselves to believe in, accept the teachings of and

follow the example of Jesus Christ.

Then, great things happened, and the scriptures tell

us: “There was great joy in that city.”

Just think what our parish, our community, our

state, our country and our world would be like if all of

us like the Samaritans sincerely listened to God’s word

– came to believe, accept and live that truth in our daily

lives. Then all peoples would live as God created them

to be – both holy and happy.

For me the message of the 1st reading can be

summed up in one word: EVANGELIZATION.

That means bringing the Good News of Jesus into

every human situation and seeking to convert

individuals and society by the power of the Gospel.

This involves proclamation of salvation in Jesus and the

response of a person in faith. Both are works of the

Holy Spirit.

On today’s bulletin cover, we see the words of Pope

Francis: “EVANGELIZATION is the mission of the

Church, not just of a few, but my, your, our mission.”

By virtue of our Baptism, each one of us has been

called and sent to evangelize. Each one of us has a story

of faith which Jesus calls us to

share.

Some years back our

American Bishops wrote a

great document entitled: Go

and Make Disciples: A

National Plan and Strategy for

Catholic Evangelization in the

United States. The strategy of

the document is just as relevant

for today as when it was 1st

written.

In the 1st Part of the document, our bishops stress the

importance of CONVERSION: “…the change of our

lives that comes about through the power of the Holy

Spirit. All who accept the Gospel undergo change as

we continually put on the mind of Christ by rejecting

sin and becoming more faithful disciples in his Church.

Unless we undergo conversion, we have not truly

accepted the Gospel.”

The 2nd part of the document gives us the three

goals of the strategy:

1. To bring about in all Catholics such an

enthusiasm for their faith that, in living their

faith in Jesus, they freely SHARE it with

others.

2. To INVITE all people in the US, whatever their

social or cultural background to hear the

message of salvation in Jesus Christ so they

may come to join us in the fullness of the

Catholic Faith.

3. To FOSTER GOSPEL VALUES in our

society, promoting the dignity of the human

person, the importance of the family, and the

common good of our society, so that our nation

my continue to be transformed by the saving

power of Jesus Christ.

This, my dear parishioners and friends, is our

mission as baptized Catholics and members of St.

Rosalie and St. John Bosco Churches. May the Fire of

the Holy Spirit, help us deepen our knowledge of

Christ, the Church, and of Sacred Scripture so that we

may have the faith and courage to share our faith and

invite others to know the true Church while fostering

gospel values in all areas of our lives where we find

ourselves.

God loves you!

Fr. Mark

SANCTUARY COMMITTEE:

Work has been suspended

until further notice.

View this bulletin online at www.DiscoverMass.com

Sixth Sunday of Easter

SATURDAY, MAY 16

8:00a.m. Barbara Bess

4:00p.m. Vincent Baldassaro, Jr.; Carmen & Charles

Austin; LeRoy Richoux, Herman Richoux & Lee

Richoux; John Murphy, Estanislao & Maria Ana

Gongora; Juan B. & Marcela Rodriguez; Richoux

& Keller Families; Alexis Vicari, Hilton Lirette,

Carlo & Dora Rizzuto

6:00pm. Rodney Isemann

SUNDAY, MAY 17

8:00a.m. All Parishioners

10:30a.m. Carlos Savona, Alma & Frank Savona; Mamie &

William Treadaway; Hepting & Mauro Families;

Agnes & Sidney Rotolo; Sandy & Garin

Hernandez; Yves ‘Vessie’ Bourgeois, Sr.; Kevin

Fitzhenry, Gary Pratt, Rodrigue, LeJeune &

Orgeron Families deceased; Deceased Members of

Fr. Jonathan Parks KC Council; Byron S. LeJeune,

Rosalie Gaspar, Godfrey E. Boudreaux, Sr.; Elaine

Belsome, Stephen Katicich, Ray Comeaux,

Corinne Dufrene, Lucille Rotolo

MONDAY, MAY 18

7:00a.m. Josie Palermo

Anthony, Lena & Joseph Muscarello

TUESDAY, MAY 19

7:00a.m. Fr. Jon Parks-Ordination Anniversary

Malcolm “Buck” Cortez

Stevie Matijevic

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

7:00a.m. Mary Magdalene Binh & Martha Vinh

THURSDAY, MAY 21

7:00a.m. Fr. John DiFiore

FRIDAY, MAY 22

7:00a.m. Sam Zappulla, Jr.

SATURDAY, MAY 23

8:00a.m. Barbara Bess

4:00p.m. Vincent Baldassaro, Jr.; Craig Pellegal, Carmen

& Charles Austin; Timmy LeBlanc, Paul

Schexnaildre, Craig & Raymond LeBlanc; Alexis

Vicari, Hilton Lirette, Kelvin Gauthreaux, Parent

Families deceased, Bobby Burger

6:00pm. Donald “Dooley” Euvino

MASS FOR THE LIVING: Anne, William, Thomas &

Marguerite Behette,

MASS FOR HEALING: Brady & Grayson Hernandez,

Jackie Morvant Bush, Colleen Martin,

Everly Muscarello

From May 15-21, please pray inyour works and communities for

graduates to be open to God’s call for them.

This intention is very special this year as we know in-person graduation ceremonies have been disrupted by the pandemic. We pray for these wonderful young people to still feel the love, support, and recognition of our communities and works!

Your contributions:

Mail or Drop-Off week of Ma 3: $ 775.00

Mail or Drop-Off week of May 10: $2,850.00

May the Lord bless your sacrifice.

SANCTUARY LAMPwill burn in memory of

Mae Mahl & Daughters_

BLESSED MOTHER’S LAMPwill burn in memory of

Alma & Frank Savona

ALTAR WINE

is given in memory of

Yves ‘Vessie’ Bourgeois

St. Rosalie Catholic Church600 Second Avenue – Harvey, LA

Fr. Mark Hyde, SDB, Pastor

Fr. George Hanna, SDB - Fr. Greg Fishel, SDB

Fr. Wilgintz Polynice, SDB

Parochial Vicars

Deacon Kevin Steel

Saturday Morning Mass 8:00 a.m.Saturday Vigil Masses 4:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m.Sunday Masses 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.Weekday Mass 7:00 a.m.Holy Day Vigil Mass 6:00 p.m.Holy Day Masses 7:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.

CONFESSION: Saturdays: 3:15-3:45 p.m. & 5:15-5:45 p.m.Sundays: 9:45-10:15 a.m.

and by appointment

PARISH OFFICE Phone 340-1962 Fax 340-1546

ST. ROSALIE SCHOOL Office 341-4342 Fax 347-0271

Mrs. Caren Creppel, Principal

YOUTH MINISTRY

Colleen Arbour & Matthew LaGrange, Coordinators


Honoring MothersLiving & Deceased

Lola Couvillon, Arsane TassinDoris Treadaway, Alma Savona, Angelina Shrader

Ann Beaucoudray, Joyce MontagninoSweetie Milda Molaison, Barbara Damico

Lydia Boudreaux, Pat ZeringueSheila Lofton, Eddie Doepke, Cecilia DoepkeRose Ledet, Doris Carbo, Cleona Cheramie

Corinne Thibodeaux, Augusta CortezRuby Arcement, Norma Messmer

Thelma M. Arbour, Odessa N. McAuliffeRose B. Norman

Shelly Lingoni Barrios, Emily LingoniMaria Ana Gongora, Marcela Rodriguez

Aradine Rome, Lenora MartinezAlice Billiot, Lucille H. Keller

Nola L. Autin, Linda R. Borne, Ruth B. AutinRose Sigur Vicari, Erlene H. Lodriguss


The fi fth sainthood cause to move a step toward canonization was that of Italian teenager Matteo Fa-rina, who lived from 1990 to 2009. Farina grew up in a strong Christian family in the southern Italian town of Brindisi. He was very close to his sister, Erika. The parish where he received the sacraments was under the care of Capuchin friars, from whom he gained a devotion to St. Francis and St. Padre Pio. The postulator of Farina’s cause for sainthood said that from a young age Farina had the desire to learn new things, always undertaking his activities with diligence, whether it was school or sports or his pas-sion for music. Starting at eight years old, he would receive the sacrament of reconciliation often. He was also devoted to the Word of God. At nine years old, he read the en-tire Gospel of St. Matthew as a Lenten practice. Fa-rina also prayed the rosary every day. When he was nine years old, he had a dream in which he heard St. Padre Pio tell him that if he un-derstood that “who is without sin is happy,” he must help others to understand this, “so that we can all go together, happy, to the kingdom of heaven.” From that point onward, Farina felt a strong de-sire to evangelize, especially among his peers, which he did politely and without presumption. He once wrote about this desire, saying “I hope to succeed in my mission to ‘infi ltrate’ among young peo-ple, speaking to them about God (illuminated by God himself); I observe those around me, to enter among them as silent as a virus and infect them with an in-curable disease, Love!” In September 2003, a month before his 13th birth-day, Farina began to have symptoms of what would later be diagnosed as a brain tumor. As he was under-going medical tests, he began to keep a journal. He called the experience of the bad headaches and pain “one of those adventures that change your life and that of others. It helps you to be stronger and to grow, above all in faith.” Over the next six years, Farina would experience several brain operations and undergo chemotherapy and other treatments for the tumor.

His love for Mary strengthened during this time and he consecrated himself to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In between hospitalizations, he continued to live the ordinary life of a teenager: he attended school, hung out with his friends, formed a band, and fell in love with a girl. He later called the chaste relationship he had with Serena during his last two years of life “the most beautiful gift" the Lord could give him. When he was 15, he refl ected on friendship, say-ing “I would like to be able to integrate with my peers without being forced to imitate them in mistakes. I would like to feel more involved in the group, without having to renounce my Christian principles. It’s dif-fi cult. Diffi cult but not impossible.” Eventually, the teenager’s condition worsened and after a third surgery he became paralyzed in his left arm and leg. He would often repeat that “we must live every day as if it were the last, but not in the sadness of death, but rather in the joy of being ready to meet the Lord!” Farina died surrounded by his friends and family on April 24, 2009. Francesca Consolini, the postulator of Farina’s cause, wrote on a website dedicated to the young ven-erable that in him emerged “a deep inner commitment oriented toward purifying his heart from every sin” and he experienced this spirituality “not with heavi-ness, effort or pessimism; indeed, from his words there emerges constant trust in God, a tenacious, de-termined and serene gaze turned to the future...” Farina often thought about the faith and the “dif-fi culty of going against the current.” Concerned about a lack of good faith education for young people, he un-dertook this task among his own peers. He once wrote in his journal: “When you feel that you can’t do it, when the world falls on you, when every choice is a critical decision, when every action is a failure . . . and you would like to throw everything away, when intense work reduces you to the limit of strength . . . take time to take care of your soul, love God with your whole being and re-fl ect his love for others.

Italian Teen Who Died in 2009 Declared Venerable by Pope Francis

Vatican May 6, 2020Hannah Brockhaus/CNA.


Dear God,

Prayer lines to Heaven seem extra busy during these trying days,Every nationality pleading for Your intervention in many different ways,Race, color and creeds all coming together as one; Your earthly family,Carrying so many crosses; seems this pandemic has caused widespread grief and agony.

Seems this pandemic has no respect regardless of race, age or gender,It continually ravages the world looking for total and complete surrender,Trying to bring all of God's Children down to bended knees,Through Evil unleashed by this deadly and unyielding disease.

Yet from bended knees Your Children are dialing Heaven's open prayer lines,Pleading for the young and the old; for doctors and nurses on the frontlines,Asking all their favorite saints and angels to present their heart felt petitions,To Our Lord Jesus; the One, that we on earth call Our Divine Physician.

Yes, prayer lines to heaven are definitely extra busy these days,As usual, in times of crisis, you seem to be The Light and The Way; yet,Tomorrow when the pandemic is gone and all the world returns to its old ways,Will Your Children rise from bended knees and once again forget how to pray?

I would pray not; to remember that we on earth are truly one family under a Loving Hand,I would like to hear the words; "One Family" resonate across the breadth of this land,In everything we do for others and in the ways, we treat our fellow man,So that You, Our Creator, will smile and acknowledge that we finally understand!

AMEN

By Richard LamoureuxA St. Rosalie Parishioner

Prayer Lines to Heaven


What Kind of People Live Here?JUNE 5, 2011 by DAVID ANDERSON Unhappiness is an inside job. But you’d hardly know it. We’re so used to blaming others for our state. “I don’t like my job – I work with a pitiful group of people.” “I hate this town. It’s full of lousy people.” Or “I stopped going to that church. It was full of nothing but hypocrites!” Like they say: “It’s hard to soar with eagles when you’re surrounded by turkeys.”

A man entered a village and went to the monastery on the edge of town, where he was welcomed by an old monk, the wise man of the village. The visitor said, “I am deciding whether I should move here or not. I’m wondering what kind of neighborhood this is. Can you tell me about the people here?”

The old monk said, “Tell me what kind of people lived where you came from.”

The visitor said, “Oh, they were highway robbers, cheats and liars.” The monk said, “You know, those are exactly the same kinds of people who live here.” The visitor left the village and never came back.

Half an hour later, another man entered the village. He sought out the wise old man and said, “I’m thinking of moving here. Can you tell me what kind of people live here?” Again the monk said, “Tell me what kind of people lived where you came from.” The visitor said, “Oh, they were the kindest, gentlest, most compassionate, most loving people. I shall miss them terribly. The old monk said, “Those are exactly the kinds of people who live here, too.”

When we recognize the divine source of happiness within us, we can recognize and hail that same divine light in others – even those who have not found their innate joy and try, therefore, to drag others down to their sad level. The remarkable secret is, you don’t have to go there!Isn’t it wondrous that our happiness isn’t dependent on anyone else? The light of Christ is within each of us. We carry it with us wherever we go, and it can sustain our joy in any situation, in any neighborhood, among any people.


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