ST. BENILDE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

1901 Division Street • Metairie, Louisiana 70001

Church Office: (504) 834-4980 • Church Fax: (504) 834-4997 • Church Email: stbenildechurch@cox.net

www.stbenilde.org

CLERGY Rev. Robert T. Cooper, Pastor Rev. H.L. Brignac, Sacramental Asst. Deacon Biaggio DiGiovanni Deacon Stephen Gordon Deacon Clifford Wright

BAPTISMS First and Third Sundays of the month at 12 Noon. Please call the Parish

Office for more information.

MATRIMONY Please contact a priest/deacon 8 months prior to your wedding.

FUNERALS Arrangements may be made at the Parish Office.

Sunday, August 28, 2016 Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

ORDINARY FAMILIES

EXTRAORDINARY FAITH

DEVOTIONS Holy Hour in Church

Monday, 6:00-7:00 p.m.

Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Following 7 a.m. Mass on Tuesday

NEWCOMERS Call the Parish Office to receive a New

Parishioner Registration Packet.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

St. Benilde Conference (504) 233-3246

ST. BENILDE SCHOOL Mr. Matt Downey, Principal

1801 Division Street • Metairie, LA (504) 833-9894

MASS TIMES Saturday Vigil … 4 p.m.

Sunday … 9:00, 11:00 a.m. & 6 p.m. Monday—Friday … 7:00 a.m.

Monday and Thursday … 5:30 p.m. First Saturday … 8:45 a.m.

HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION See Inside the Bulletin for Schedule

CONFESSION TIMES Saturday … 3:00—3:45 p.m. Sunday … 5:00—5:45 p.m. Monday … 6:00—6:45 p.m.

and by appointment at the Parish Office

DIVINE MERCY ADORATION CHAPEL Eucharistic Adoration from 7:00 p.m. Sunday

till 4:00 p.m. Saturday

Parish Motto—Building the Kingdom of God

Ministers of the Liturgy August 27 & 28, 2016

Saturday - 4 P.M. Intention: Marian & Auburn Quigley, Joseph Segari,

Reparations Sacred Heart, Flora Maria Be,

Patrick C. McKinney, Merle & Charles Dittmer,

Rose Marie Greco Federico, Barbara Burke,

Laura Eagan, George Spaulding,

Pete Fountain, Josephine Meyer

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:

J. Rodosta, L. Segari

Cantor: Trish Foti

Sunday - 9 A.M. Intention: Ernestine Fontenot

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:

K. Klapatch, R. Theriot, L. Director, C. Frederick

Song Leaders: Traditional Choir

Sunday - 11 A.M. Intention: Mike & Susan Buras (L), Edward Bolger,

Thomas Prunty, Hilton F. Daigle, Jr., JoAnn Meyer,

James E. Fitzmorris, Jr. (L), Daigle Family (L),

Dianne Z. Harrison, Melvin Ducote, Kelvin Ducote,

Lionel Scott, Jr., Joseph Donald Bernard,

Fr. Joseph Cazenavette (L)

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:

N. Bostick, L. Frey, K. & M. Sorensen

Song Leaders: Contemporary Choir

Sunday - 6 P.M. Intention: Parishioners

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:

J. Zeringue, T. Kettenring

Cantor: Lauren Gisclair Pianist: Beth Kettenring

Weekday Masses Monday 7:00 a.m. Don Rowan, Sr.

5:30 p.m. Wayne Kelly

Tuesday 7:00 a.m. Catherine Finnan

Wednesday 7:00 a.m. Gerald Hahn

8:15 a.m. Thanks to St. Raphael

Thursday 7:00 a.m. Kenneth Cocke

5:30 p.m. Sr. Therese Fletchinger SSND

Friday 7:00 a.m. Special Intention (L)

Saturday 8:45 a.m. Rosary & Altar Society

The Church Sanctuary Lamp burns in memory of

The Souls in Purgatory

The Blessed Mother

Votive Lamps burn

in memory of

Pete Fountain

Adoration Chapel

Sanctuary Lamp burns

in memory of

Stuart and Gloria Fourroux

Adoration Chapel Candles

burn in memory of

Deceased Parishioners

Altar Ladies Week of August 28

J. Dunn, C. Batt, L. Segari

Linens Large - B. McCloskey

Small - S. Roniger

The St. Joseph Votive Lamps

burn for the Repose of the

Soul of Fr. Frank Lipps

St. Benilde Catholic Church

The Altar Flowers are in memory of

Deceased Parishioners

Stewardship of Treasure Weekend of August 20 & 21

Envelopes ……………………………………$2,510.00

Loose ………………………………………….2,118.00

Electronic Giving ……………………………...400.00

Repairs & Maintenance ……………………….205.00

Msgr. Richaud Fund …………………………..171.00

Totaling ……………………………………..$5,404.00

Total from August 13/14…………………...$6,669.00

Total from the Feast of the Assumption…..$850.00

“Let us focus on generosity, or returning God’s gifts

with increase, through the generous sharing

of our time, talent and treasure.”

~ Fr. Cooper

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Sept. 3/4 4 PM R. Aucoin, C. Casente 9 AM M. Evola, P. Fleming, C. & R. Ayers 11 AM C. T. Pitre, J. Ackermann, J. Wright 6 PM A. Calongne, B. Henry

Parish Office Closed

For Labor Day

The Parish Office will be closed on

Monday, September 5, in observance of

Labor Day. We will reopen on Tuesday,

September 6, at 9 am.

Out Of Reverence For The Lord Jesus

who so generously shares with

us His Body and Blood in the

Eucharist, worshipers are

earnestly invited to remain with

the congregation until Mass is

concluded.

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CCD Registration

St. Benilde’s CCD Program is offered to pre-K3 through 12th

grade students not currently attending Catholic school. Classes begin on Sunday, Sept. 11, in the main school building. We teach religion from 9:45 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. Registration forms are available in the Church vestibule and in the Parish Office. The usual fee/tuition is $50 per student. For more information, please visit www.stbenilde.org/ccd or call Mary Kelly at 504-834-4980 ext. 113.

Priest Mass

Schedule

4pm

9am

11am

6pm

Sept. 3/4 Fr. H.L. Fr. Cooper Fr. Cooper Fr. H.L.

Sept. 10/11 Fr. Cooper Fr. Cooper Fr. H.L. Fr. H.L.

Sept. 17/18 Fr. H.L. Fr. H.L. Fr. Cooper Fr. Cooper

Sept. 24/25 Fr. Cooper Fr. H.L. Fr. H.L. Fr. Cooper

Fr. Cooper’s Corner

The Fire of God’s Mercy

During this extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, it is easy to focus on the mercy of God the Father. After all, the motto of this Jubilee is “Merciful like the Father” and perhaps the greatest illustration of God’s mercy — besides Calvary — is the love of the Father in the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Jesus’ mercy is likewise conspicuous. The Church invokes Him daily as the “Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world,” venerates Him as “Mercy incarnate” through the revelations given to St. Faustina, and ponders constantly how His heart, “moved with pity,” responded by teaching, feeding, healing, forgiving and sending out others to imitate His corporal and spiritual works of mercy. The Holy Spirit’s mission of mercy, however, is far less noticed. Like with many of the first Christians in Ephesus who told St. Paul, “We have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit” (Acts 19:2), the Holy Spirit generally remains in the Church “the great Unknown,” as St. Josemaria Escriva called Him, and the “most neglected Person of the Blessed Trinity,” as Pope Emeritus Benedict quipped. This is unquestionably the case with regard to the Holy Spirit’s role in Divine Mercy. During the Last Supper Jesus taught us something extraordinary: “I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you” (Jn 16:7). Jesus was affirming that it was better for us that He go and the Holy Spirit come than that Jesus stay and the Holy Spirit not come. The great joy is that as Christians we don’t have to choose between the second and third persons of the Holy Trinity: when we remain in loving communion with God, we can and do have both indwelling within us together with God the Father. But by these words, Jesus was indicating to us the extraordinary importance of the Holy Spirit in the Christian life to complete His merciful mission in us and through us in the world. A summary of the role of the Holy Spirit in salvation is given at the beginning of the most consoling words priests can say and anyone can hear: “God the Father of Mercies, through the death and resurrection of his Son, has reconciled the world to himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgiveness of sins.” The Holy Spirit has been sent for the forgiveness of sins. Jesus Himself stressed this point on Easter Sunday evening in words and action when He told the apostles, “Just as the Father sent me” — as the Lamb of God to take away the sins of the world — “so I send you,” breathed on them saying, “Receive the Holy Spirit,” and instructed them, “Whose sins you are forgiven them, whose sins you retain are retained” (Jn 20:21-23). The Holy Spirit is the one who makes possible our receiving the mercy God the Father sent God the Son to accomplish for us by His death and resurrection. And the Holy Spirit does this not merely through the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation but through all His works. The Holy Spirit came down as tongues of fire on the members of the Church precisely to help them and us “preach repentance for the forgiveness of sins… to all the nations” (Lk 24:47). The Holy Spirit teaches us to pray for forgiveness, coming “to the aid of our weakness for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit intercedes for us” (Rom 8:26). He helps us in all our prayer, including in the prayer of contrition. He does this by helping us to cry out “Abba, Father!” (Rom 8:15; Gal 4:6), since all sin can be summarized as treating the relationship with God the Father as lifeless: Jesus describes this as the root of sin in the Parable of the Prodigal Son, when the younger son anticipates his Father’s death by asking immediately for the inheritance that would pass to him at the Father’s demise (Lk 15:12). The Holy Spirit helps our relationship with the Father to come alive and

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to trust in His love and forgiveness. The Holy Spirit helps us to examine our conscience in the light of God by reminding us of all what Jesus taught us (Jn 14:26) and leading us into all the truth (Jn 16:13), opening us up to the various ways we need God’s mercy. And He helps us to live consistently with God’s mercy as a true “Temple of the Holy Spirit” (1 Cor 6:19). He strengthens us to put to death “life according to the flesh” so that we might live to the full the Christian “life according to the Spirit” (Rom 8:4-12; Gal 5:16-25). In the beautiful Veni, Sancte Spiritus Sequence the Church chants before the Gospel on Pentecost, we praise and implore the Holy Spirit for mercy. “Without your mercy,” we sing, “there’s nothing good in man, nothing not toxic,” before we beg, “Cleanse in us what is dirty, drench what is dry, heal what is wounded, bend what is rigid, ignite what is frigid, and correct what is misguided.” After those six preparatory acts of mercy, we finish by asking Him to fill us with His seven-fold Gift of wisdom, knowledge, understanding, prudence, reverence, awe and courage (Is 11:1) so that we might obtain mercy’s reward of virtue, salvation, and unending heavenly joy. To say, “Come, Holy Spirit,” is to ask for mercy! The Holy Spirit has indeed been sent by the Father and the Son to complete God’s mission of mercy, to help us to seek it, receive it and share it. Let us thank the Holy Spirit for this work and give Him permission to complete it in us and through us.

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September Calendar

Sept. 1 CALM—7 p.m.—Church Sept. 3 Rosary & Altar Society Mass and Meeting Legion of Mary—2:05 p.m.—Parish Office Sept. 4 Parish Council—7 p.m.—Parish Office Sept. 7 Radio Rosary—5:45 p.m.—Library Young Adult Group—7 p.m.—Teen Center Sept. 8 Bible Study—6:15 p.m.—Teen Center Sept. 10 Legion of Mary—2:05 p.m.—Parish Office Sept. 11 Holy Name/Men’s Club Mass & Breakfast Confirmation Meeting—noon—Cafeteria Sept. 13 Chers Amis—7 p.m.—Cafeteria Sept. 14 Archdiocesan-wide Confessions—5 to 6:30 p.m.

Grandparents’ Club—7 p.m.-Cafeteria Sept. 15 Bible Study—6:15 p.m.—Teen Center Sept. 17 Legion of Mary—2:05 p.m.—Parish Office Sept. 17/18 Hospitality Weekend—Hosted by St. Benilde Faculty and Staff

Sept. 18 BINGO—noon-Cafeteria Sept. 19 Men’s Club—7:30 p.m.—Cafeteria Sept 20-22 Priests’ Convocation Sept. 20 SVDP—6:30 p.m.—Parish Office Home & School—7 p.m.—Cafeteria Sept. 22 Bible Study—6:15 p.m.—Teen Center Sept. 24 Legion of Mary—2:05 p.m.—Parish Office Sept. 25 CYO Car Wash—8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 27 Advisory Council—7 p.m.—Faculty Lounge

RCIA Information

The R.C.I.A.(Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) is a set of sessions to share with others the truths of the Catholic faith. The program is open to those who have never been baptized, baptized Christians seeking to become Catholic, and Catholics desiring a better knowledge of their faith. Weekly meetings are held on Mondays, beginning September 12, at 7:30 p.m., in the library. Please call the Parish Office for more information.

New Confirmation Candidates

Attention High School Sophomores and Juniors, and

anyone interested in receiving the Sacrament of

Confirmation. Anyone who is currently a

sophomore or older, and their parents, should attend

an informational meeting on Sunday, September 11,

at 12 noon, in the cafeteria. Registrations forms may

be found on the parish website, and in the Parish

Office. They may be returned to either the School or

Parish Office. Please note, the Archdiocese of New

Orleans requires two consecutive years of religious

instruction before Confirmation. For more

information, please contact Cecilia Wilson at 504-782-

8943 or by email at cwilson@stbenilde.com

The Online Giving (E-Giving) program is a convenient way to practice responsible financial stewardship by using electronic funds transfer (EFT). Through Online Giving, all contributions to St. Benilde Parish will be made via an automatic payment (ACH - bank draft) from your checking account.

Once your Online Authorization Form is

completed and you are properly enrolled, monthly

donations to the regular Sunday Collection, the

Repairs and Maintenance Fund, or the Msgr.

Richaud Endowment Fund become automatic.

To Enroll in our Online Giving Program, visit the parish website: www.stbenilde.org

AUGUST 28, 2016

ST. BENILDE CATHOLIC CHURCH – ID # 113850

1901 DIVISION ST.

METAIRIE, LA 70001

504-834-4980

NANCY CAROLLO

504-834-4980

MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAYS - 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M.

FRIDAYS - 9 A.M. TO 12 NOON

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: