March 15 , 2015 - Fourth Sunday of Lent

Baptisms

Seminars are held every other month - register by calling the office. Attend-ance is suggested during pregnancy.

406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727

Phone: (337) 237-0988 Fax: (337) 233-8868 Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor

Parish Website: www.stpat.org

Weddings

Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance to allow time

for preparation

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

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:15 am

Welcome to St. Patrick Church

Fourth Sunday of Lent

March 15, 2015

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, March 14--Vigil of the Fourth Sun-

day of Lent

4:00 PM: Mike Guilbeau; M/M Joseph Hitter;

Monty & Pierre Montagnet

Sunday, March 15--Fourth Sunday of Lent 8:30 AM: Lorraine Day;

Julia Phillips; Elnora Jordan;

Paul & Mary Jean LeBlanc

10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s

Monday, March 16--Lenten Weekday

7:30 AM: Amy & Charles Smith;

Michael Vance; Kevin Rozas

Tuesday, March 17--St. Patrick, Bishop

7:30 AM: Tony Doumit Kaliefeh

God did not send his Son into the world

to condemn the world,

but that the world might be saved

through him. — John 3:17

Wednesday, March 18--St. Cyril of Jerusalem,

Bishop and Doctor of the Church

7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne;

Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living);

Col. Kimberly Fedele (living)

Thursday, March 19--St. Joseph, Spouse of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

7:30 AM: Carolyn Sittig; Cherry & Jerry Bou-

dreaux; The Lalande & Winn Families

Friday, March 20--Lenten Weekday

7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart

Friday—7:10 a.m.

Non-Liturgical Devotions

Daily Rosary: Monday - Friday 6:55 a.m.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Tuesday

7:15 a.m.

Rosary for Priests: Wednesday 7:00 a.m.

Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Thursday 7:15 a.m.

Pro-Life Rosary: 1st. Friday of the month 7 a.m.

Shamrocks—Friday, March 19: No cleaning.

Gratitude

Fr. Keith wishes to thank all of you for the birth-

day wishes and gift, grateful for the generosity of

so many.

The many legends of St. Patrick are

widely known. It cannot be confirmed, though, that

this fifth-century saint either taught with a shamrock

or drove out snakes. What can be known about his

life is what he wrote in his old age in his Confession.

There he tells of his dependence on God in prayer

and the faith that sustained him while in captivity.

Though happy when he was able to return to his

homeland, he followed God’s call to evangelize in

Ireland.

I take for my sureties: The power of God to guide me,

the might of God to uphold me, the wisdom of God to

teach me, the eye of God to watch over me, the ear of God to hear me, the word of God to give me speech, the hand

of God to protect me, the way of God to go before me, the

shield of God to shelter me. —St. Patrick

Lenten Daily Masses:

Monday through Friday: 7:30 a.m.

Central Region

St. Jules Catholic Church

116 St. Jules St., Lafayette

“Healing Service”. Fr. Dan Edwards, Pastor and Deacon Reggie Bollich will lead a “Healing Service” on March 19

at 6:30 p.m. in Church. For additional information, please

contact St. Jules Church Office (234-2727) or visit

stjuleschurch.org

St. Edmond Catholic Church

4131 West Congress St., Lafayette “Parish Lenten Mission”

Presented by Fr. Kevin MacDonald, Redemptorist Priest,

from March 23 through March 26 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

For additional information, please call the Parish Office (981-0874 or secretary@st-edmond.org

Annulments: What They Are and How to Go About It (What the Church means by a Declaration of Nullity and

how to petition for one.) Presenter: Very Rev. Msgr. Robie

Robichaux, JCL, VJ Diocese of Lafayette, Monday,

March 16 - 6:30 p.m. at St. Michael the Archangel Parish

Hall, 211 W. Hutchinson Avenue, Crowley. For infor-

mation contact Janeth Harrington @ 337-258-0073 or

email: Jharrington@diolaf.org

Dr. Scott Hahn Keynote Speaker

Dr. Scott Han will be the keynote speaker on Saturday, April 11, at 7 p.m. at the Cajundome Convention Center

for the John Paul the Great Gala Dinner. Tickets are limited

and are on sale at www.jpgacademy.org. Reserve your seat

today.

What is CRS Rice Bowl?

CRS Rice Bowl is CRS’ Lenten faith-in-action program for families and faith communities. Through CRS Rice Bowl,

stories are shared from our brothers and sisters in need

worldwide as we devote our Lenten prayers, fasting, and gifts to change the lives of the poor. Rice Bowl containers

are available under the stairwell near the main entrance and

will be collected on Palm Sunday.

VITA to Train Volunteer Tutors

VITA (Volunteer Instructors Teaching Adults) will hold its

next tutor training workshop in its downtown location, 4th. Floor, Whitney Bank Building, 905 Jefferson St., Suite

404, on Wednesday, March 25th, 9:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.

For more information or to register, please contact the of-fice at (337) 234-4600, or email at vitala@bellsouth.net

Confession Opportunities Just a reminder that in addition to our regularly sched-

uled confession times (see the front of the bulletin),

there are a couple of Opportunities for Confession

scheduled for next week in the Central Region: on Thursday, March 19th, from 7:00– 8:00 p.m. at Holy

Cross Church, 415 Robley Drive, Lafayette.

St. Joseph Altar

Our Lady of Fatima Church will host their Eighth St.

Joseph Altar celebration: A Novena to St. Joseph will precede the St. Joseph’s Altar festivities, to be recited

before all Masses: March 10th through 18th. On

Thursday, March 19th, Mass is scheduled for 8:30

a.m. (The Eucharistic Prayer will be prayed in Italian), followed by the “tupa-tupa” ritual a (a re-enactment of

the journey to Bethlehem). Festivities and viewing of

the St. Joseph’s Altar (which will be erected in Fati-ma’s Knight Hall) will continue until 2 p.m. The tradi-

tional meatless spaghetti dinner will be served to the

general public beginning at 10:30 a.m.

Healing Hearts “Healing Hearts” is a new Support Group for women

whose relationships have been affected by pornography or sexual addiction of a loved one. Meetings are held

in the evening during the week for 1 hour and 30

minutes, in Lafayette. This is a highly confidential group. Confidentiality statement must be signed by all

members before the place and time of meeting will be

disclosed. Please call 337-404-6113 Voicemail and the

group facilitator will return your call as soon as possi-ble.

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STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK

Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us

Offertory……………………..$ 5,382.12 Thank You! The second collection this weekend is for Catholic Re-

lief Services.

Date

Saturday, March 21

4:00 p.m.

Sunday, March 22

8:30 a.m.

Sunday, March 22

10:00 a.m.

Lectors

Janell Venable Linda Garber Phyllis Roy

Eucharistic

Ministers

Oren Spruill

Peggy Spruill

Candis Spruill

Maggie Sonnier

Suzanne Lavergne

Sandra LaGrange

Jerry Boudreaux

Dee Boudreaux

Robin Roy

Altar Servers George Eaton Glenn LaGrange Debra Carroll

Ushers

George Guidry

Joyce Stelly

Rachelle Trahan

Keith Toups

Jenny Feehan

Lionel Jeanmard

Liturgical Roles for March

Readings for the Week

Monday Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13b; Jn 4:43-54

Tuesday Ez 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-16

Wednesday Is 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18; Jn 5:17-30

Thursday 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Rm 4:13:16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a

Friday Wis 2:1a, 12-22; Ps 34:17-21, 23; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30

Saturday Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-12; Jn 7:40-53

Sunday Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51:3-4, 12-15; Heb 5:7-9; Jn 12:20-33

From the Pastor’s Desk

“I would like to make a special appeal to the men of the army, and specifically to the ranks of the National Guard, the police and the military. Brothers, you come from our own people. You are killing your own brother peas-ants when any human order to kill must be subordinate to the law of God which says, “Thou shalt not kill.” No soldier is obliged to obey an order contrary to the law of God. No one has to obey an immoral law. It is high time you recov-ered your consciences and obeyed your consciences rather than a sinful order. The church, the defender of the rights of God, of the law of God, of human dignity, of the person, cannot remain silent before such an abomination. “

For a number of years now, I have had a section of my personal website honoring the late Archbishop Os-car Romero. In what was to be his last homily, he spoke the words quoted above, on March 14, 1980. Days later, on March 24, he was cut down by an assassin’s bullet, even as he celebrated the Eucharist in a hospital chapel, and his blood poured out over the altar. The people of El Salvador have long revered Archbishop Romero as a martyr for the faith. Officials in Rome have not been so sure, so that for years, his cause for sainthood has been obstructed by those who feared that he was murdered for political reasons instead.

Both Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI seemed to have recognized the sanctity of this man, but it took Pope Francis, a fellow South American prelate, to unblock the cause and declare Romero a martyr. May 23, 2015, has been set for his beatification in San Salvador, and hopefully his canonization will follow soon after.

The story of Archbishop Romero is a story of conversion. It was precisely his seeing the oppression and murder of the poor and voiceless in his country that led him to stand up and ‘speak truth to power’. It was con-version, because he found he could no longer remain silent about the violence and still claim to be a Catholic fol-lower of Jesus Christ. It was precisely that faith which led him to write to President Jimmy Carter, “You say that you are Christian. If you are really Christian, please stop sending military aid to the military here, because they use it only to kill my people.” (Yes, we were funding the death squads, in the name of democracy.) In that last homily he would also say:

“In the name of God, in the name of this suffering people whose cries rise to heaven more loudly each day, I implore you, I beg you, I order you in the name of God: stop the repression. “ As the Church moves to recognize his courage and sacrifice and faith, and as you and I journey through Lent, let us pray that these words of soon-to-be Blessed Oscar Romero may echo across every nation where the poor are oppressed.