St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church

105 Bonnabel Blvd. Metairie, LA 70005

www.scschurch.com

Pastor: Fr. Tim Hedrick Parochial Vicar: Fr. Garrett O’Brien

Office Hours: Monday — Friday 8:30 am — 4:30 pm

Parish Phone: 504-835-9343 Parish Fax: 504-835-1525 Parish Emergency Line: 504-833-8507 St. Vincent de Paul Assistance: 504-267-9507

Mass Schedule

Monday — Friday 9:00 am Wednesday 6:00 pm Saturday (Vigil) 4:00 pm Sunday 7:00 am 9:00 am *(Childcare Available) 11:00 am *(Childcare Available) 5:30 pm * Childcare/Nursery is located in the Melancon Center.

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Monday 8:30 am Wednesday 8:30 am and 5:30 pm Friday 8:30 am Saturday 3:00 pm Or By Appointment

Devotions

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration (Chapel)

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena (Tues 9:30 am in Church) Rosary (Mon — Fri 8:15 am in Church)

Rosary (Mon 6 pm in Church)

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School

400 Codifer Blvd. Metairie, LA 70005 www.scsgators.org

Principal: Mrs. Kimberlie Kilroy

School Phone: 504-831-1166 School Fax: 504-833-8982

Hearing assistance devices are available in Church. Please see an usher if you need one.

St. Catherine of siena catholic church September 23, 2018

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Centered on Christ, Ablaze with Love!”

Established in 1921

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church 2

Mass Intentions

Saturday, September 22 4:00 pm Agnes Borne † Adam Dicks † Carol deKernion Fr. Dustin Dought Lucille Duplantis † Marie Richards Enright † Dr. Tom Giles † Rick Heaman Special Intentions of Fr. Tim Hedrick Pierre M. Lanaux † Lorraine Diggs Martinez † Donna Quick † Orlando K. Tilley † Fr. Tadeo Ly Thanh Truyen † Dorothy Wright † Sunday, September 23 7:00 am Muriel Trahan 9:00 am Toni Causin † 11:00 am Imogene Berthelot † Agnes Borne † Dorothy Castaing † Jack Gatti † Dr. Tom Giles † Pierre M. Lanaux † Lorraine Diggs Martinez † Shirley and I.D. Mercante † Ashlie Randazza Moses † Joan Nimmo † Ruth Olivier † Patricia Paisant † Randy Perrone † Devan Ray † Andy Williams † Dorothy Wright † 5:30 pm Parish Family Monday, September 24 9:00 am Harold Steppe † Tuesday, September 25 9:00 am Lee Cheralla † Wednesday, September 26 9:00 am Charles Barberito † 6:00 pm Agnes Borne † Thursday, September 27 9:00 am Liva Lopez † Friday, September 28 9:00 am Steven J. Bonnet †

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Today’s Readings First Reading: The wicked say: With revilement and torture let us put the just one to the test (Wisdom 2). Psalm: The Lord upholds my life (Psalm 54). Second Reading: The wisdom from above is full of mercy and good fruits (James 3:16 — 4:3). Gospel: Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me (Mark 9). Readings for the Week Monday: Prv 3:27-34; Ps 15:2-5; Lk 8:16-18 Tuesday: Prv 21:1-6, 10-13; Ps 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44; Lk 8:19-21 Wednesday: Prv 30:5-9; Ps 119:29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163; Lk 9:1-6 Thursday: Eccl 1:2-11; Ps 90:3-6, 12-14, 17bc; Lk 9:7-9 Friday: Eccl 3:1-11; Ps 144:1b, 2abc, 3-4; Lk 9:18-22 Saturday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a; Ps 138:1-5; Jn 1:47-51 Sunday: Nm 11:25-19; Ps 19:8, 10, 12-14; Jas 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 Saints and Special Observances Sunday: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Wednesday: Ss. Cosmas and Damian Thursday: St. Vincent de Paul Friday: St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions; St. Wenceslaus Saturday: Ss. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael Scripture Reflection Let’s not be too hasty in defining who is “the wicked one” and who (namely us) is just! We are very quick to label others as evil, because we tend to label ourselves as good guys. We don’t like it when we are brought up short by a prophetic voice that brings us some bad news about our own behavior. We don’t like to be reproached for transgressions of the law or charged with violations of our training. We may condemn and abuse those who bring us up against these truths about ourselves when, if we were really good, we would thank them for helping to keep us on the right path. This is the way they treated the prophets and the way they treated Jesus. Is this also the way we treat those whose message we don’t like? Archdiocesan Family Prayer Loving and faithful God, through the years the people of our archdiocese have appreciated the prayers and love of Our Lady of Prompt Succor in times of war, disaster, epidemic and illness. We come to you, Father, with Mary our Mother, and ask you to help us in the battle of today against violence, murder and racism. We implore you to give us your wisdom that we may build a community founded on the values of Jesus, which gives respect to the life and dignity of all people. Bless parents that they may form their children in faith. Bless and protect our youth that they may be peacemakers of our time. Give consolation to those who have lost loved ones through violence. Hear our prayer and give us the perseverance to be a voice for life and human dignity in our community. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Our Lady of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us. Mother Henriette Delille, pray for us that we may be a holy family. Amen. St. Catherine of Siena Parish Prayer God, Our Father, we thank you for our parish community of St. Catherine of Siena. Thank you for the many blessings that you have given us, but especially for calling us to serve as disciples of your son, Jesus Christ. As we gather today, we ask that you send your Holy Spirit to guide us in everything that we do. Transform our hearts and lead us closer to you. Help us always to seek to be a parish that is Centered on Christ and Ablaze with Love. We ask all of these things in the name of Jesus, and through the intercession of our Blessed Mother. St. Catherine of Siena, pray for us!

Memorials

The Sanctuary Flowers are In Memory of the Cameron, Smith, and Wilson Families

The Chapel of the Holy Innocents Candles are In Memory of Mildred Kenny

Contact Frances Skiffington at 834-1709 or fskiffin@gmail.com for dedications.

Prayer & Worship

Our Mission

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Parish

exists to form and send forth a community of disciples of Jesus Christ

who witness by joyfully living the Gospel.

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church 3

New Parishioners: Welcome! Please extend a warm welcome to St. Catherine of Siena’s newest parishioners. We look forward to their involvement in parish life! • Brad, Kelly, and Henry Chism • Matthew and Melissa Leake • Eduardo and Cristina Oliver Baptisms: Congratulations! Congratulations to the following children who were baptized recently at St. Catherine: • Juliana Isabel Guliuzo, child of Randy and Laura Guliuzo • Hazel Anthony Miller, child of Kenneth and Elizabeth Miller Catholic Communications Campaign: Thank You! Thank you for your generosity to last week’s collection for the Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC). Your support will help the CCC con-nect millions of people with Christ and spread the gospel message. If you missed the collection, it is still possible to make a contribution. Visit www.usccb.org/nationalcollections, and click on the “How to Give” link on the left. Children’s Choir Rehearsal: September 26 Rehearsal for the St. Catherine’s children’s choir is scheduled for Wednesday, September 26 and Wednesday, October 3, 4:15-5:15 pm, in the church. The children’s choir is open to children in third grade above and will sing at the 11 am Mass on the first Sunday of each month, starting with October 7. The choir also will rehearse at 10 am on the Sundays when they will be singing at 11 am Mass. Please contact music director Stephanie Dureau, sdureau@bellsouth.net, for infor-mation about joining. Study on the Gospel of Matthew: September 27 A 26-week study on the Gospel of Matthew study will meet on Thurs-day mornings beginning on September 27. Participants are invited to gather at 9:45 am to pray the rosary before class starts at 10. For more information or to register, contact Denise Redmann at Redmann-hoffman@aol.com or 615-1476. Prison Ministry Information: September 29 John Messenheimer, archdiocesan coordinator of prison ministries, will provide an overview of prison ministry and an orientation to a special mentor program at Bridge City Center for Youth, on Saturday, Septem-ber 29, 1 pm, in the Melancon Center. If you are interested in the Bridge City program or are just curious about prison ministry in gen-eral, please join us. No commitment is needed. Under the Bridge City program, each male or female volunteer visits a selected male resident youth for one hour twice a month. Some have no family to visit them, and your kindness in spending time with a resident youth really can brighten his day and be a force for healing in his life. For more information about SCS prison ministry, contact Mark Truxillo at 510-4563. Blessing of the Pets: October 6 On Saturday, October 6, at 10 am, we will offer our annual Blessing of the Pets. Please bring your pets to the grassy area between the church and school parking lots. There will be refreshments for all!

2018-2019 Jr. CYO and CYO CYO got off to a great start at Laser Tag of Metairie! All Junior CYO (6th and 7th graders) and CYO (8th-12th graders) must re-register to participate in events for 2018-19. To register for Junior CYO (6th-7th grade) go to: https://goo.gl/N8dg15. To register for CYO (8th-12th grade) go to: https://goo.gl/tgkbXC. The links are also attached to the SCS parish website click youth ministry/CYO. Alpha Youth is Off and Running Alpha Youth Kicked off on Sept 12. We were ex-cited to have 50 youth and adult leaders in the our youth room! What is Alpha Youth? Alpha Youth is an interactive series (over nine weeks) exploring questions about life, faith, and mean-ing. Alpha meets every Wednesday, 7-8:30pm, in the youth room. A typical night will include social time, a meal, engaging content, and discussion. All Youth (between 8th-12th grade) are invit-ed! Alpha is open to new participants through the end of September, but due to our size we will not be taking new members after September. Check out this quick promo video to learn more: https://youtu.be/_fyjL4NsAfM. New Mass and Reconciliation Schedule Monday, Wednesday, and Friday confessions now are offered BEFORE 9 am Mass, starting at 8:30 am. A weekday Mass has been added on Wednesday evening at 6 pm, with confession available starting at 5:30 pm. The rest of the Mass and reconciliation schedule remains the same. RCIA: Becoming Catholic Are you or is someone you know interested in learning more about the Catholic Church? Are you or is someone you know interested in becom-ing Catholic? The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is de-signed for adults who wish to become full members of the Catholic Church. RCIA is a process of spiritual enrichment and growth preparing unbaptized adults for Baptism and for other sacraments. It is also for candidates who have been baptized (Catholic and non-Catholic) but have not received other sacraments or who wish to learn more about their Catholic faith. For more information or to sign up, contact Kurt Garcia, 957-7100 or kurtgarciaRCIA@gmail.com.

Parish News

September 15-16, 2018 General Collection $15,454.49 Weekly Electronic Giving $6,637.00 Poor Box $403.95 Catholic Communications Campaign $3,834.00 Total Collection $26,329.44

Thank you for financially supporting the mission of St. Catherine Parish. We appreciate your generosity. 7% of the

weekly collection is used for missionary outreach.

Coffees in the Rectory Fr. Tim and Fr. Garrett will be hosting a series of coffees in the rec-tory. The purpose of the coffees is to gather feedback about where we are as a parish and to get to know parishioners better. Following a time of socialization, those in attendance will focus on three ques-tions: what St. Catherine is doing well as a parish, what the parish is doing well that we could be doing better, and where God is inviting St. Catherine of Siena to go as we prepare to celebrate our 100th anniversary in 2021. If you are open to serving as a coffee coordinator, please contact Debbie in the parish office at 835-9343 ext. 1504. Coffee coordinators are parishioners who are willing to invite friends and neighbors to come to the rectory for coffee. The parish will provide light refresh-ments for the coffees, but any who would like to prepare or provide a special snack or dessert are invited to do so. Fr. Tim and Fr. Garrett look forward to welcoming you to their home, especially any parish-ioners who have never been inside the rectory (priests’ residence).

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church 4

Saturday, September 22 Sunday, September 23 Monday, September 24 Tuesday, September 25 10:00 am Baptism (C) 3:00 pm Reconciliation (C) 4:00 pm Vigil Mass (C)

TROOP 230 PANCAKE BREAKFAST

TICKET SALES

B Barrett Complex C Church CAF Cafeteria CR Conference Room G Gym MC Melancon Center R Rectory YR Youth Room S School OC Off Campus

7:00 am Sunday Mass (C) 8:30 am Childcare (MC) 9:00 am Sunday Mass (C) 9:00 am RCIA (CR) 10:00 am Baptism (C) 10:00 am PSR (S) 11:00 am Sunday Mass / Children’s Liturgy of the Word (C) 12:15 pm Baptisms (C) 2:00 pm Baptism (C) 5:00 pm Men’s Club Basketball (G) 5:30 pm Sunday Mass (C) 6:30 pm Confirmation (B) 6:45 pm Troop 230 Meeting (CAF)

TROOP 230 PANCAKE BREAKFAST

TICKET SALES

8:15 am RAS Rosary (C) 8:30 am Reconciliation (C) 9:00 am Daily Mass (C) 6:00 pm Rosary for Healing (C) 6:30 pm CYO Sports (G) 6:30 pm LTMTP (MC)

8:15 am RAS Rosary (C) 9:00 am Daily Mass (C) 9:45 am LTMTP (MC) 10:00 am Bible Study (MC) 10:00 am LTMTP (MC) 5:30 pm Legion of Mary (MC) 6:30 pm CYO Sports (G)

Wednesday, September 26 Thursday, September 27 Friday, September 28

Saturday, September 29

8:15 am RAS Rosary (C) 9:00 am Daily Mass (C) 9:45 am Bible Study (MC) 10:00 am SVdP Food Distribution (MC) 6:00 pm LTMTP (MC) 6:00 pm Men’s Club Basketball (G) 6:30 pm Prayer Group (MC) 6:45 pm Bible Study (MC) 7:00 pm Men’s Club Board (CAF)

8:15 am RAS Rosary (C) 8:30 am Reconciliation (C) 9:00 am Daily Mass (C) 9:30 am RAS Cleaning of the Church (C) 3:00 pm Junior Troop 41217 (MC)

1:00 pm Prison Ministry Meeting (MC) 3:00 pm Reconciliation (C) 4:00 pm Vigil Mass (C)

6:30 am Men of St. Joseph (MC) 8:15 am RAS Rosary (C) 8:30 am Reconciliation (C) 9:00 am School Mass 1st-3rd (C) 10:30 am Bible Study (MC) 12:30 pm Grandparents Day Mass 4th-7th (C) 2:30 pm Daisy Troop 41024 (MC) 4:15 pm Parish Children’s Choir Practice (C) 5:30 pm Reconciliation (C) 6:00 pm Mass (C) 6:00 pm Co-op Volleyball (G) 6:30 pm Alpha (MC) 7:00 pm CYO Alpha (YR)

Weekly Calendar: September 22-29

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church 5

St. Catherine of Siena Parish Fair Sponsorships

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church 6

Best Practices for Families

We are a family of 10 with eight children ranging from 16 years old to 18 months. Trying to keep everyone in the family connected is a daunting and difficult task, especially as the kids get older, become more inde-pendent, and become more socially active—oh, and don't get us started on Fortnite. We have tried many plans and organizational methods over the years to try to keep it all together —with little success or satisfaction. But, there have been a few methods that we have incorporated that have helped us tremendously as our family has grown and that we still use to this day...and probably could not live without at this point. The first task we tackled was trying to keep everyone's schedule cor-rect and accurate while ensuring that we had time to spend together as a family during the week. To make this happen, we turned to our digital overlords at Google. We figured they already knew more about us than we knew about ourselves anyway, so why not leverage their expertise? Google Calendar has been a blessing given how easy it is to set up and that it can be shared across multiple devices and platforms. We assigned a separate calendar and unique color to each family member and shared them with everyone. We also created a few general calendars that were not specific to any person but contained general events that we wanted all to know, such as holidays, birthdays, family events, parades, Saints games, etc. This has really kept everyone on the same page. It has al-lowed for family members to assist each other and attend more events together since it is all clearly spelled out each week. The second task we tackled was trying to find time in everyone's schedule to spend time as a family. The solution we came to turned out to be the simplest of them all—we just mandated that all dinners would be family dinners seated around the dining room table each night, period. Dinner time each night changes day to day based on schedules, but we make sure that everyone is together for dinner every night. We do not allow dinner to be served until everyone is seated, and we have prayed together. We actually started this tradition pretty early on, so it has become habit, and everyone knows to plan around it each day when making their schedules. This gives us invaluable time together to talk with one another, stay connected with how everyone is doing, and just enjoy being a family—fart jokes and all.

The third task we tackled was trying to ensure each kid received prop-er attention and quality time, so we incorporated "Kid of the Week" (KOTW). Each week, one of the kids becomes KOTW based on a rotation we randomly chose. The KOTW helps plan the dinner menu, gets to choose his or her seat in the family van (more of a perk than you could possibly imagine), gets a date night with Mom and Dad, chooses our Fun Friday activity, and leads prayer at meals. The kids look forward to their week and also respect the choices made by the KOTW which helps ease some other issues we were having with a large family. Throughout the many attempts to organize this motley crew, these three methods have stood the test of time. The 10 of us stay connected and regularly spend quality time together despite the myriad of inter-ferences we have—Fortnite and all.

Mike and Dottie Ellis: 18 Years of Marriage; Eight Children

Parish News Kilroy Family to Welcome their Third Child It is with great joy and excite-ment that we announce that SCS School principal Kimberlie Kil-roy, husband, Sean, and children Michael and Savannah are ex-pecting an addition to their family at the end of April. Mrs. Kilroy’s maternity leave is pro-jected to begin on April 26. In the interim, our leadership team will step forward with our Upper Elementary School assistant principal, Richard Hill, acting as our interim principal during Mrs. Kilroy’s maternity leave. Mrs. Kilroy will return to SCS on Au-gust 5 to open another exciting and successful school year with our SCS school community! 2018—2019 Confirmation Registration Registration is still open for the 2018-2019 Confirmation class. Forms can be found in the narthex of the church and on the parish website. The St. Catherine of Siena Confirmation program is for parishioners who are juniors or seniors in high school. If you have any questions, contact Paula Atchley, paula@scschurch.com or 835-9343. Parish Nursery Seeking Second Childcare Worker The parish nursery is looking to hire an individual to assist with childcare on Sundays from 8:45 am-12:15 pm. If you are interested, please con-tact Madylin Schneller at mschneller@scsgators.org or 258-1949.

Parish School of Religion Our PSR ministry offers religion classes for students who do not attend Catholic schools. Classes meet on Sunday at 10 am in the school. Please see scschurch.com for registration forms or contact Paula Atchley, pau-la@scschurch.com or 835-9343. NEW SCS Web Domain: www.scschurch.com St. Catherine of Siena Church has a new web domain: www.scschurch.com. The shorter, easier-to-type website will allow quicker access to our website which has bulletins, Mass times, sacra-mental information, recordings of homilies, testimonies, Catholic re-sources and much more. If you have not browsed our website lately, take a moment to check it out.

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church 7

Best Practices for Families Brian and Leigh Diley: 14 Years of Marriage; Two Children 1) We are open and express our feelings to-

wards each other ("I love you,” “I'm proud of you”);

2) Taking turns sharing three things that we are thankful for each day; 3) Family hugs—if someone yells “family hug" then we are all obliged to do a group hug… including the dog; 4) Making efforts to spend time with our ex tended family; 5) Frequent family movie nights. Ashley and Derek Cook: 22 Years of Marriage; Four Children Family dinners have always been ex-tremely important to me. Growing up it was just part of the routine, but purposeful. It's something I came to cherish dearly. Spending time with family nightly over dinner provides a relaxed atmosphere where we can pray together, talk, and reconnect. Although it’s challenging some nights with everyone’s schedules, nightly family dinners are a priority in our home. With school comes a lot of homework; it's the way it is. We try to prepare ahead. Unfortunately, because of this, our kids do homework over the week-end. When I say homework, I'm referring to studying. They review all of their notes and head to school on Mondays well prepared for the week ahead. If we were to wait till during the week our already hectic sched-ule would be way too much to handle. It’s all about preparation, work-ing ahead, and using time wisely. Good life lessons. Brian and Cynthia Dehart: 21 Years of Marriage; Three Children We find that eating together nightly at the dinner table is one way we stay connected. During the blessing, we hold hands and someone says a spontaneous prayer of thanks, praise, or an intercession for someone. We try to keep Sundays as our family day where we do some activity together. Finally, we try to attend Mass together as a family. We really stress to our children the importance of togetherness and family time because your family is a huge source of strength. Sheila and Emile Casadaban 35 Years of Marriage; Five Children I'm afraid we are not the mod-el family considering our five children, their spouses, and our first grandchild live all over the country, except for Tori and her husband, Nick, who live around the corner from us...Soon Sr. Fleur will move to Italy to help out at the formation monastery in Tuscania. We try to family Skype once a month, when Sr. Fleur can communicate with us. She (in Brooklyn, New York) and Mother Bon Secours (in Santa Clara, California) figure out the best time for them, then we all adjust our schedules accordingly, across four time zones. If it's mealtime for one of us, we all pray grace together, but that is about the extent of it. In the past, if at least one of our religious daughters was at home, we would pray the Divine Office, the Rosary, Grace Be-fore Meals, and the Angelus, together pretty regularly, but since Janu-ary 1 of 2016 when Sr. Fleur entered the monastery we have not been all together. Of course many of us pray these prayers individually or as couples, and the sisters with their respective religious communities. As empty nesters, Emile and I attend daily Mass, walk in the neighborhood daily praying the Rosary, Angelus, and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. We also pray individual morning and evening prayers.

Michelle and Scott Macicek: 15 Years of Marriage; Five Children We pray together before meals even when we are at a restaurant. We pray with the younger two girls before bed. The older girls pray on their own. Scott gives each of the kids a blessing on their forehead every night before bed. They have grown to love this tradition and even when they sleep out they send a text or call to get a blessing before they go to bed. He makes the sign of the cross on their forehead and says, “May the Lord bless you and keep you, may His angels watch over you, and may the peace of Christ guard you while you sleep and be with you always. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.” We recently bought daily devotion books for Reagan and Ramsey that they do before bed. One of the questions asks, where did you see God today? It is been so sweet to see what they come up with and an awe-some way to lead into our nightly prayer. Another thing that we actually are getting ready to start is to get a few families together once a month to pray the Rosary. We have books for the kids to follow along with rosaries for the kids. We usually play a little music and each family takes a turn saying a decade and we say intentions after each decade. It really is a beautiful way to build com-munity and to pray the Rosary. Peggy and Bill Hall: 62 Years of Marriage; Four Children The secret to 62 years of marriage is forgiveness. Forgiveness for the little things. Sharp words that were spoken or said in anger. If the fami-ly member holds on to that hurt and does not forgive, anger builds and begins to place a wedge between the spouses. Not only is it important for the party who was wronged to forgive, it also is important for the other party to be forgiving—it affects the pleasantness of the marriage. There was an instance when I was holding out on forgiveness for one of my kids, and I realized that at Mass I would have to pray the Our Father and couldn’t honestly say that prayer because I could not say the line, “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespasses against us.” For those more serious instances, such as when something is with-held from you, or one spouse takes an action or makes a decision with-out discussing it with the other, forgiveness is necessary. Let’s not for-get some of the most important words in marriage as well: “I am sorry.” Kendall and Jimmy Connick: 12 Years of Marriage; One Child Our family stays spiritually connected through the Eucharist and daily prayer before meals. As Extraor-dinary Ministers of the Eucharist, we strive to demonstrate to our child the importance of partici-pating in our faith in the community. Actively partic-ipating in the growth and knowledge of our faith will hopefully instill a love for the Church in our own child. Bob and +Aggie Borne 61 Years of Marriage; Six Children We tried to keep them close to the Church and close to Jesus. Tried to lead them by our example. Tried to show them our love. Tried to show them respect. Tried hard to never go to bed angry at each other. We tried to keep foul language or generalities such as, “You always do…” or “You always say…” out of our vocabulary, especially when arguing. Prayer as a family was so important—although we couldn’t do it every day. We would try to say the rosary and grace before meals.

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church 8

Archdiocesan News Lord, Teach Me To Pray: September 23

Are you interested in a deeper relationship with God? Do you want to improve your prayer life? Lord, Teach Me To Pray (LTMTP) is a three-part prayer series based on Ignatian Spirituality. Beginning the week of September 23, all three parts of the series will be offered in a number of parishes throughout the Archdiocese. Those new to the LTMTP series begin with Part 1, “Praying Christian Virtues,” meeting in a

small group once a week for 12 weeks with two trained facilitators. Parts 2 and 3 are offered in succession after the completion of Part 1. Three LTMTP groups will be meeting at St. Catherine: Women’s Part 1 (St. Teresa of Calcutta Room) and Women’s Part 2 (St. John Paul II Room), Tuesdays, 10 am, in the Melancon Center. A Men’s Part 2 group will meet on Mondays, 7 pm, in the Melancon Center. A complete schedule of days and times of offerings can be found by visiting www.lordteachmetopray.com. Substance Addiction Ministry: September 24 The St. Angela Merici Substance Addiction Ministry (SAM) will meet on Monday, September 24, 7-9 pm, in the parish conference room, locat-ed off of Melody Drive on the parking lot side entrance to the church. SAM exists to help those suffering from the spiritual illness of addiction and who are disconnected from self, loved ones, and God, to reconnect through education, prevention, referral, and family support. The minis-try meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. For more information, visit samsaintangela@bellsouth.net or call 267-6028. CCANO Volunteer Information: September 26

Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans (CCANO) is conducting a volunteer information session, Wednesday, September 26, 4 pm, at the CCANO offices, 1000 Howard Avenue (2nd floor), New Orleans. CCANO seeks volunteers to help with a range of services designed to assist families,

new citizens, children, seniors, refugees, and many others within the local community, and also to assist with CCANO administrative work. For more information, visit ccano.org or contact Emily Stieber at estieber@ccano.org or 310-6960. Friends of the Poor Walk/Run: September 29 The Friends of the Poor Walk/Run will take place on Saturday, Septem-ber 29, at New Orleans City Park Reunion Shelter and Festival Grounds, Friedrichs Avenue and Wisner Boulevard. Registration begins at 8 am, and the one-mile walk starts at 9 am. Afterward there will be a celebra-tion in the covered Reunion Shelter with music and refreshments. The site has attached parking, onsite restrooms, picnic tables, and a play-ground. Walkers solicit pledges to benefit local SVdP Conferences providing services to the needy of metro New Orleans. For more infor-mation, visit fopwalk.org. Married Couples Retreat: September 29-30 Would you like to break away with your spouse and spend quality time together enriching your marriage? Then join us on our Married Couples Retreat, Friday-Sunday, September 28-30, at the newly renovated St. Joseph Abbey Christian Life Center in Covington, La. Attending a mar-ried couples retreat annually is a wonderful way to nourish and strengthen your love for God and each other! To register or for more information call Jason Angelette at 830-3716 or visit www.FaithandMarriage.org. The suggested donation of $275 is request-ed but not required. Tricentennial Series Lecture: October 3

“Baptize All Nations: Cultures of the Cres-cent City,” is scheduled for Wednesday, October 3, 6:30-9 pm, in Schulte Hall at Notre Dame Seminary, 2901 South Carroll-ton Avenue. Dr. Lee Leumas will moderate a series of brief presentations about how various cultures are living their Catholic faith. Call 267-9650 for information.

Gala for Life: October 5 Live music, a silent auction, and fine food will be featured at the Gala for Life, Friday, October 5, at club XLIV, Champions Square. The event is from 8-11 pm, with a patron party from 7-8 pm. All proceeds will support Woman’s New Life Center next door to Planned Parenthood and providing service to women in unplanned pregnancies. For more infor-mation and to order tickets, visit www.womansnewlife.com/gala.

5th-7th Grade Boys Weekend Camp: October 5-7 A weekend of leadership training, team competition, sports, and sacra-ments and virtue talks is scheduled for Friday-Sunday, October 5-7, at Camp Bocamb, 81495 Hwy. 437, Covington. Camp Argentus: Battle Weekend is a Conquest camp. Conquest is a Catholic youth ministry program for boys from 5th–12th grade to grow in knowledge of their Catholic faith, friendship with Christ, and make a positive impact on their families and friends and in the world around them. The cost is $150 (Dads attend for free and are highly encouraged to attend as chap-erones and cooks). Register at campargentus.com; call 203-631-8867 for more information. Life in the Spirit Seminar: October 6 A Life in the Spirit Seminar for men and women will be offered on Sat-urday, October 6, 9 am-3 pm, at Divine Mercy Community Center, 4337 Sal Lentini Parkway, Kenner. Presenters Denise Beyer, Janice Charbon-net, Kim Lukinovich, and Andi Oney will invite participants into a deep-er relationship with Jesus and Mary and offer the opportunity to join millions of other Catholics throughout the world who have been bap-tized in the Holy Spirit. There is no charge for the seminar but those who are interested in taking part are asked to preregister and also to bring a brown bag lunch. A love offering will be taken. To register, call the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of New Orleans, 828-1368, or email info@CCRNO.org. 2018 Rosary Congress: October 6-12 Everyone is invited to attend all or part of the 28th Annual Greater New Orleans Rosary Congress, a week of prayer honoring the Holy Family and for the intentions of life, reparation, and peace in New Orleans, the United States, and the world. This year’s congress is scheduled to take place from Saturday, October 6, through Friday, October 12, at Our Lady of Divine Providence, 8617 West Metairie Avenue, Metairie. Visit www.rosarycongress.org for the schedule of events or call 508-7100. Finding God in Everyday Life: October 10 Learn the importance of reflecting on your everyday experiences, at a workshop on Wednesday, October 10, 7-9 pm, at the Archdiocese of New Orleans Spirituality Center, 2501 Maine Avenue, Metairie. Partici-pants also will learn how to pray with their everyday experiences, rec-ognize the presence of God in those experiences, and learn a method for reflection on the action of God in one’s life. Register by calling 861-3254 or visiting http://asc.arch-no.org.

Pilgrimage to Italy: March 25-April 5

Now is the time to reserve your place on a 12-day pil-grimage to Italy, March 25-April 5, 2019. St. Catherine of Siena parochial vicar Fr. Garrett O’Brien and Dcn. Don Richard will lead the pilgrimage, which is sched-uled to depart from New Orleans late in the morning on Monday, March 25. The cost is $4,350 per person. Brochures detailing the trip itinerary and registration information may be found at the entrances to the church and also at the parish office. For more infor-mation, contact tour operator Ron Cansler at 417-499-8685 or ron.cansler@yahoo.com. Space on the pilgrim-age is very limited.

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church 9

Parish Contacts

Parish Staff Rev. Timothy Hedrick, Pastor frtim@scschurch.com, ext. 1501 Rev. Garrett O’Brien, Parochial Vicar frgarrett@scschurch.com, ext. 1502 Deacon Mike Coney dcnmike@scschurch.com, ext. 1521 Deacon Paul Hauck dcnpaul@scschurch.com, ext. 1522 Deacon Don Richard, ext. 1523 dcndon@scschurch.com Deacon Andrew Gutierrez agutierrez@nds.edu, ext. 1502 Denise Allain, Financial Manager denise@scschurch.com, ext. 1503 Paula Atchley, Director of Religious Education paula@scschurch.com, ext. 1506 Charmaine Barberito, Financial Assistant cbarb@scschurch.com, ext. 1515 Mary Bielski, Director of Youth Ministry mary@scschurch.com, ext. 1510 Stephanie Dureau, Director of Music Ministry sdureau@bellsouth.net Mary Johnson, Receptionist / Bulletin Editor info@scschurch.com, ext. 1500 Kimberlie Kilroy, Principal kkilroy@scsgators.org, 831-1166 Joni Parent Maurer, Director of Evangelization joni@scschurch.com, ext. 1509 Raymond Nash, Custodian Kim Piraro, Rectory & Church Office Coordinator kim@scschurch.com, ext. 1512 Miranda Powell, Office Assistant miranda@scschurch.com, ext. 1509 Debbie Romagosa, Administrative Assistant debbie@scschurch.com, ext. 1504

Sacramental Preparation Baptism — Baptisms take place after 11 am Mass each weekend. Contact the parish office to sign up for a date and begin the preparation process. Confirmation — Confirmation will be celebrated for 11th and 12th graders in February. Classes begin in Sep-tember. Marriage — Please contact a priest at least 8 months before the wedding and before making arrangements. Anointing of the Sick — Upon request for the seriously ill, infirm, and those undergoing major surgery. Please contact the parish office when someone is home bound or hospitalized and in need of the sacrament. Funerals — Please contact a priest before making arrangements with the funeral home.

Joining our Parish Welcome to St. Catherine of Siena Parish! Anyone inter-ested in joining the parish, please fill out a gold regis-tration form located in the gathering area of the church and return it to the parish office.

Bulletin Deadline Bulletin notices must be received in the parish office at least 7 days before the date of the bulletin for which the notice is intended, to be considered for publication.

Parish Ministry Contacts

Adoration Chapel Mary Jeandron 887-3063 maryms777@aol.com Altar Servers Kerry Dominique 481-7691 SJEPKC@gmail.com Baptisms Marion Eigenbrod 267-9505 baptism@scschurch.com Bible Study Carol Rooney 460-0318 carolbrooney@aol.com Bereavement Ministry Becky Steppe 289-6636 rks45@outlook.com

Boy Scouts Bryan Roser 722-7372 bryanroser@cox.net Childcare / Nursery Madylin Schneller 258-1949 mschneller@scsgators.org

Children’s Liturgy Lucy Karam 318-542-5874 lkaram@iberiabank.com Confirmation (Teen) Paula Atchley 835-9343 paula@scschurch.com Confirmation (Adult) Jennifer Collins

Joni Parent 610-2728 494-3418 jenniferbabincollins@gmail.com

joni@scschurch.com Cub Scouts Gerard Boineau

Yvette Lionnet 228-3632 309-0471 gboineau@windsorcourthotel.com

ylionnet77@gmail.com CYO Mary Bielski 835-9343 mary@scschurch.com

Eucharistic Ministers Norman Romagosa 301-7149 njromagosa@hotmail.com Fair Alissa Adam 920-0054 scsfair@gmail.com FAMILIA Lori Lundgren 723-5170 pslundgren@cox.net Family Life Paul & Lil Hauck 834-2728 phauck14@gmail.com

Feeding the Homeless Barbara Renaudin 833-1945 barbararenaudin@yahoo.com

Fellowship Sunday Pat Higginbotham 835-8419 webhigg@cox.net

Finance Council Don Wheat 621-6731 dwheatcpa@gmail.com

Girl Scouts Helen Fish 220-4744 helenfish@cox.net Homebound Visitation Beth Gambel 427-5669 bethgambel@aol.com Knights of Columbus David Lynch 250-1185 davidlynchkc@cox.net K4J VBS Tram Jacobs 400-8726 vujacobs@cox.net Lectors Randi Robarts 905-6343 randirobarts@yahoo.com Legion of Mary Ken Krey 289-2465 kkrey345@cox.net Liturgy Committee Patricia Fitzpatrick 430-1136 pfitzpatrickrd@att.net

Lord, Teach Me To Pray Karen Babbitt 837-1049 karenrbabbitt@gmail.com

Marriage Preparation Anand & Maya Irimpen 834-9269 airimpe@tulane.edu

Meals on Wheels Mary Sue Battle 583-0955 marysuebattle@gmail.com

Men of St. Joseph Harry Hardin Don Engler

756-0822 908-2392

harry.hardin@hancockwhitney.com englerdon@hotmail.com

Men’s Club James Carter Jeff Lionnet

231-1970 908-3089 aabwholesale@yahoo.com

jlionnet1@gmail.com Music Ministry Stephanie Dureau 835-9343 sdureau@bellsouth.net

Parish School of Religion Paula Atchley 835-9343 paula@scschurch.com Pastoral Council Les Nettleton 831-4890 lesn@bellsouth.net Prayer Line Carl Hellmers

Yvonne Hellmers 833-1197 chellmers@yahoo.com Prime Timers Judy Watts 828-4524 judywatts1@yahoo.com

Prison Ministry Mark Truxillo 510-4563 m.mark.truxillo@gmail.com

Radio Rosary Mickey Lacombe 432-8275 mllacombe@cox.net RCIA Kurt Garcia 957-7100 kurtgarciaRCIA@gmail.com Respect Life Committee Stephanie Hellmers 495-6964 Hellm3@aol.com Rosary Altar Society Donna Hummel 451-7456 donna.hummel@cox.net School Kimberlie Kilroy 831-1166 kkilroy@scsgators.org

School Co-op Jeni Tauzier Devon Cannata

940-7633 621-6194

jtauzier@yahoo.com dnmarque@gmail.com

St. Vincent de Paul Karen Haydel 267-9507 svdp@scschurch.com

Ushers Georges Legrand 583-9425 glegrand@mblb.com Violence Prevention Christi Sumich 909-2394 cksumich@yahoo.com

Vocation Committee Leslie Baudry Rich Baudry 442-7013

931-0271 leslie@baudrytherapy.com rich@baudrytherapy.com

Wedding Coordinator Jeanie Favret 583-3438 favretc0@aol.com Women’s Club Michelle Guillot 451-0178 michelleguillot@cox.net Young Catholic Professionals Alan Elmer 259-0204 alanelmer1@gmail.com

Summer Camp Matt Orillion 831-2688 camp@scschurch.com