“As citizens, we should be guided more by our moral convictions than by our attachment to a political party or interest group.”

In the U.S., there are approximately two million couples waiting to adopt .

Clearly, this is absolutely tragic. Many good, loving families are waiting throughout our nation for a baby whom they want to cherish, value, and raise for the rest of that baby’s life. Adoption – especially the adoption of a newborn baby – almost always involves a loving, excited couple who have dreamed for years of holding and caring for their own special treasure. Do mothers considering abortion realize that families actually go on waiting lists to adopt newborn babies? Do they realize that some couples wait years to adopt the baby they’ve desperately waited to hold in their arms? Do mothers realize how many experienced parents with wisdom, resources, and plenty of love are reaching out to adopt another child –- no matter his or her race, gender, or disability? We must let expectant mothers know that adoption is the loving, caring option.

Monday, June 29Burrell Carter

Tuesday, June 30Jeff & Joan Wallace

Wednesday, July 1Maximilian Kolbe, Peter Michael Chehardy, Burrell Carter, Caroline Crouch, Robert & Loretta Hamberger, Virginia Thigpen, Gregory Entremont, Tommy Pizzolato, Perkins & Domiano Families, Savina Campo, Denise Schlumbrecht, Jerry Viola, Michael Henry, David Paul Delaune, Billy Higgins, Harold Beard

Thursday, July 2Michael “Mickey” Catalanotto, R.D. & Elsie Bridges, Rose & James Webb, Burrell Carter, Peter Michael Chehardy, Loretta Hamberger, Martin Arens, Johnny ‘Lil Man’ Santangelo, Tommy Pizzolato, Vivian Trabona, Anthony Liuzza’s Family, Billy & Joan Koepp, Michael Henry, David Paul Delaune, Billy Higgins, Harold Beard

Friday, July 3Jerry Viola

saTurday, July 4Burrell Carter

sunday, July 5ALL PARISHIONERS

sunday, July 5Peter Michael Cherhardy

sunday, July 5 The Alfaro Children

Conner Corkern, Rose Rouillette, Father Jack Nutter, Douglas Hill, Austin Sharkey, Mitchell Mellvin, Savina Campo, Cameron Zagone, Marcia Williams, Dr. Richard Dickey, Russell Conger, Eunice Van Zandt, Shirleen Trosclair, Kathy Jo Thompson, Jeanette Patanella, Milton Robbins, Joann Gregory, Lawrence Joiner, Tricia Boudreaux, Robin Phares-Wilkinson, Wyatt Huggins, Kenneth Hill, Angie Paretti, Katelyn Delbasty, Lorie Delbasty, Ronnie Delbasty, Diann Delbasty, Abram Cantu, Wanda Miles, Lucinda Voight, Mya Arrazate, Toney Cantu, Liesa Gillis, Alice Steven, Michelle Murphy, Joyce Doyle, Dominick Fedele, Linda Relan, Donnie Houeye, Harold Brown, Leo Triche, Leo Dixon, Marina Cochrane, Elba Hickey, Fay Newfield, Angela Rome, Alice Currier

Larry Toups, Peter Vangjel, James Hoover, Dennis Toups, William Graham, Vince Owen, Brandon Thompson, Jamie Cutrer, Eric Russell, James Sylvester, Mark Prine, Robert Tillwell, Chris Bennett, Dewayne Spears, Nic Edwards, Jake Cristina, Scott Swilley, Angie Swilley, Chris Brunet, Jacob Rankin, Lathen Campo, James Michael Dupuis, Daniel Mays, Jim Bravis Redmond Jr., Daniel Santora, Jerry Simmons, Lucas Edward Thigpen, John Accord, Rhase Riggins, Kurt Hogan, Ryan Riggins, Cody Edwards, Christopher Zimmer, Sebastian Pisciotta, Cheyenne Rose Fortner, Samantha Schwartz, Cody Gilliland, Maxwell Conger, Jeremy Price, Christopher Pourciau, Kyle Joseph Rosalies, Jordon Quinn, Dustin Stewart, Braden Duvic, Adrian Gonzalez Moreno

Please call the Office if you would like to add or remove someone on the Service List.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE

IN DEFENSE OF MOTHER CHURCHPRAYER LISTMASS INTENTIONS IN THE KNOW...

Full Of Grace Gift Shop & ‘Perkatory’ Coffee Shop

WE ARE OPEN MONDAY-SATURDAY 8AM - 3PM.Please come support your local businesses. You are encouraged to wear mask as you enter.

Visit our website for online shopping at fullofgrace.org, call 985-286-4006 or like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/fullofgracegiftshop.

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MASS WILL BE AT FLORIDA PARISHES ARENA

This Mass will be televised at 9am on our Facebook page Saint Helena Catholic Church and on our website www.sthelenachurch.net and Youtube Channel at Saint Helena Catholic Church.

DAILY MASS - 7:30am with social distancing and you are encouraged to wear mask.

RECONCILIATION -Tuesdays 11am and Thursdays 5pm. Please call Church Office to schedule. BAPTISM -Please contact Church Office for Seminar dates.

WEDDINGS/CONVALIDATIONS - Schedule 6 months in advance.

PARISH OFFICE NOTIFICATION - We are asking that you notify the Parish Office if a family member is ill, Homebound or Hospitalized. We will be most happy to administer the Sacraments if we are informed. Due to the Privacy Act, the hospital does not release any information and we have no way of knowing if someone is hospitalized unless a family member calls to let us know.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SPAGHETTI DINNER

Friday, July 24th Tickets sold after Mass.

TOURS & RETREATS

Plan a Tour & Retreat on our beautiful Campus. For information,

please go to website www.sthelenchurch.net

and click on link.

PSRDeadline to submit Test is Friday, July 17th.

If your child has not completed their classes please continue them with your child.

Remember to take the Test at the end of the classes and click SUBMIT on page.

Thank you for registering your child in our PSR Online Classes this year. We hope and pray that your children were fed spiritually. We look forward

to seeing everyone next year!!

PSR 2021 June 7th-18th

DEATH TOOK 100, WORRY TOOK THE OTHERS

Death was walking toward a city one morning and a man asked, “What are you going to do?”

“I’m going to take 100 people,” Death replied.

“That’s horrible!” the man said.

“That’s the way it is,” Death said. “That’s what I do.”

The man hurried to warn everyone he could about Death’s plan.

As evening fell, he met Death again. “You told me you were going to take 100 people,” the man said. “Why did 1,000 die?”

“I kept my word,” Death responded. “I only took 100 people. Worry took the others.”

This interesting tale portrays so well what the US National Mental Health Committee reported a few years ago - half of all the people in America’s hospital beds are constant worriers. Mental distress can lead to migraine headaches, arthritis, heart trouble, cystitis, colitis, backaches, ulcers, depression, digestive disorders and yes, even death. the mental fatigue of nights without sleep and days without peace, then we get a glimpse of the havoc worry plays in destroying the quality and quantity of life.

Worry is, and always will be, a fatal disease of the heart, for its beginning signals the end of faith.

Release the regrets of yesterday, refuse the fears of tomorrow and receive instead, the peace of today.

Free your mind and you will be glad you did.

PRAYER FOR ANXIETY AND DEPRESSIONDear God, the heaviness of the world weighs on me and while I know You are in charge and You have my best interests at heart, I am struggling. My worries and the worries of the world crush me and bear me to the ground. O Lord, help me understand that You are the one holding me up, and that You will prevail against this darkness in me. Deliver me from the Valley of Death. Your love can heal all and I ask that you lift me from this pit of despair and surround me in Your incredible love and light. Let me see You in everything, Lord, that I may rise above this, in Your arms, and serve You. In Your Name, Amen.

Yvonne HulseyRealtor

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Jesus said, “If you love Me, you will obey the commands I give you.” If God is calling you to consider the priesthood or the religious life, give Fr. Andrew Merrick a call at (225) 336-8778, amerrick@diobr.org.

MINISTRIES AT ST. HELENA

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OUR MISSION:We, at St. Helena Catholic Church, are concerned with educating, directing, and sustaining all who visit. In particular those who draw near to the teachings and traditions of Holy Mother Church. We strive to achieve this by utilizing the Cardinal Virtues of Justice, Prudence, Temperance and Fortitude.

“...and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.” Matthew 10:37-42

13TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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www.sthelenachurch.net

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