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St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish 4700 PINEDA STREET • NEW ORLEANS, LA 70126

CHURCH LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF LOUISA DR AND PINEDA – 5029 LOUISA DR.

PHONE 504 282 0296 • FAX 504 288 8585 •

WEB PAGE ADDRESS www.stgabe.net • EMAIL ADDRESS stgabriel@archdiocese-no.org

PASTORAL TEAM: MASS SCHEDULE:

Pastor: Rev. John Payne Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m.

Pastoral Associate: Mrs. Michele Bergeron Sunday: 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Parish Secretary: Mrs. Belinda Rodgers Daily: 8:30 a.m.-Mon. – Thurs. in Daily Chapel

OFFICE HOURS:

MAINTENANCE STAFF: Monday: 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Mr. Willie Daniel Tuesday - Thursday: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Mr. Christopher Travis Patin

NEW PARISHIONERS: Welcome! Please fill out a Registration Form in church or on the webpage. Also, all parishioners please

complete the form to notify us of your change of address, telephone number, or email. The form can be placed in the collection

basket, given to an usher, or sent to the office.

CONFESSION (Reconciliation): Saturday 3:30 p.m. Sunday 10:00 a.m. or any time by appointment.

BAPTISM: Parents must call the parish office at least 3 months prior to the Baptism. Baptism is ordinarily celebrated on the

second Sunday of the month.

PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION (PSR): provides religious formation for youth Pre-K through high school. PSR meets Sunday mornings at 9 a.m., September thru May.

MARRIAGE: As soon as a decision to marry is reached, an appointment should be arranged by the couple with the priest to begin the process of marriage preparation. This should be at least 1 year in advance of the anticipated wedding date. Reservations should not be made with a reception hall before setting the date and time of the wedding with the church.

VISITATION OF THE SICK: Please inform the parish office when someone is sick, shut-in, or hospitalized, and unable to attend

mass.

FUNERAL: When a member of the family dies, please notify the priest as soon as possible, before making arrangements with

the funeral home.

ST. GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL PARISH BULLETIN

February 7, 2016

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Lundi Gras and Mardi Gras will be days when the whole city is celebrating, eating good food, watching parades,

catching beads, dancing in the streets, partying with family and friends. Others might watch the parades on T.V.

from their easy chairs in the comfort of their own homes. But wherever we are, these are days to have fun, to

laugh, to enjoy the company of friends and sometimes even perfect strangers, because underneath all of the

frivolity somehow we know that this is one of those times when we experience our oneness as a community. It’s

like when the Saints won the Superbowl, we see ourselves as one big family!

What would it be like if that oneness, that experience of joy, continued among us as we moved into Ash

Wednesday and the holy season of Lent? What if the 40 days of Lent could be filled with the same joy and

freedom as the days of Mardi Gras. The spirit deep in our souls would be the same, only the activities that we do

to express that spirit of joy may be somewhat different; instead of parades and picnics, we would pray and sing

together and do good deeds for those in need. We would fast and give alms. We would do all of this with smiles

and joy in loving and serving others. Lent calls us to turn away from all that obscures God’s life and joy within

us and to believe in the Good News of the Gospel: the Good News of the forgiveness that is offered, the Good

News of God’s love that is greater than anything we have done or failed to do, the Good News of the eternal life

that has already begun for us through the Death and Resurrection of Jesus and in which we share through

Baptism. Lent calls us to life: to become more and more in touch with the reality of God’s life within us, to

awaken to the glorious destiny that is ours. Is this not a reason for deep joy? (Reprinted from 2014)

In the Peace and Love of Our Lord!

Father John Michele Bergeron

GOLDEN WEDDING

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION If you will be celebrating 50 years of marriage

please register for the Archdiocesan Golden

Wedding Anniversary celebration on Sunday, June

5, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at St. Philip Neri Church,

Metairie. This year’s celebration will be a Prayer

Service. Registration forms are on the entrance

tables and must be returned to the parish office

before February 24, 2016.

The parish office will be closed February

8-9, 2016, in observance of Mardi Gras.

We will reopen on February 10, 2016, at

11:30 AM. Masses will resume with the

noon Ash Wednesday Mass. Have a

happy and safe Mardi Gras and a very

blessed Lenten season.

Order of St. Louis IX Awards We are seeking nominations for this award

which is given annually to Catholic lay men and

women in good standing for their many

outstanding contributions of time and talent to

the life of the parish. If you would like to

nominate someone or a couple (husband and

wife are considered one nominee), please

identify the person(s) and provide a brief

written description of why he/she is deserving

of this award on the form provided for this

purpose. Nominations must be submitted to

the parish office by 2:00 p.m. Tuesday,

February 16. A person may receive the St.

Louis Medallion only once. You can find a list

of past recipients on the entrance tables around

the Church along with the nomination forms.

Thanks to all who made donations last

weekend for the Catholic Schools collection. CATHOLIC SCHOOLS—BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF

FAITH, KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICE

Weekly Report Mass Attendance:

January 30, Saturday Vigil 76

January 31, Sunday, 8:00 am 47

10:30 am 163

286

Stewardship: Saturday Vigil $ 1,564.00

Sunday 8:00 am $ 649.00

Sunday 10:30 am $ 3,210.10

Total Collection $ 5,423.10

Online Giving $ 236.21

Total Stewardship $ 5,659.31

Building Fund: $ 0.00

4:00 p.m., Saturday, February 6, 2016

Octavia M. Kennedy

8:00 a.m., Sunday, February 7, 2016

For all parishioners

10:30 a.m., Sunday, February 7, 2016 Mary Ellen Bluain Harris, Mark Labat

Wendell Pepin, Jr., Theresa Villavasso

8:30 a.m., Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Lawrence C. Coulon

8:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Octavia M. Kennedy

After 8:30.a.m. Mass, Monday – Thursday,

Recitation of the Rosary

8:15 a.m., Tuesday Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Novena

Sanctuary Light

For the week of

February 7, 2016

Church Sanctuary Light - Mary Ellen Bluain Harris

Daily Chapel Sanctuary Light -

Please Pray for Sick and

Shut-In Parishioners Please pray for Judith Adams, Gwen Armstrong, Mary

Bonapart, Jacqueline Carroll, Sr. Kathleen Driscoll,

Harry & Joyce Eves, Ethel George, Alice Gilyard,

Victor Gordon, Lynne Guimont, Miriam Haydel,

Brandi Hebert, Yvonne Keys, Shirley McIntyre, Bridie

O’Reilly (mother of Sr. Pauline O’Reilly, Madeline

Pipkin, Mary Provost, Marlene Reeves, George

Robertson, Eric Stevens, Woodrow Still, Eddie Triggs, King Wells, Byron Wright, Christopher Young and all

those listed in the Book of the Sick.

PRAYERS FOR THE DECEASED Please pray for Walter Minor, father of

Lydiamaria Thomas, who died recently

and pray for his family and friends who

will miss him that they may be

comforted in knowing that their loved

one is at peace in the Lord’s Kingdom.

SCRIPTURE READINGS Monday: 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13; Ps 132:6-10; Mk

6:53-56

Tuesday: 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30; Ps 84:3-5, 10-11;

Mk 7:1-13

Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18; 2 Cor 5:20--6:2; Ps 51:3-6,

12-14, 17; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18

Thursday: Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25

Friday: Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-6, 18-19; Mt 9:14-

15

Saturday: Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32

Sunday: Dt 26:4-10; Ps 91:1-2, 10-15; Rom

10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13.

PARTICIPATE IN CRS RICE BOWL! CRS Rice Bowl is Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten

faith-in-action program. Our parish will participate

again this year in this wonderful program which

invites us to encounter Jesus

through others, especially

through the most vulnerable

in our world using the three

Lenten pillars of praying,

fasting, and almsgiving. Rice Bowls are available at

all the entrances. Please be sure to take home a Rice

Bowl and use this fun and easy resource to deepen

your family’s Lenten experience and make a

difference in the lives of the poor. Return the rice

bowls on Holy Thursday.

MEN’S MORNING OF SPIRITUALITY

The 2016 Men's Morning of Spirituality, themed

"God is My Anchor" will feature well-known news

personalities Bob Breck, Karen Swenson, and Ed

Daniels as well as Mass with Archbishop Aymond,

Reconciliation, Adoration, and great music! It will

be held at St. Anthony of Padua Church in New

Orleans on Saturday, February 20, 2016, from 9:00

AM - 1:00 PM. Saturday, March 15, 2014, 9 am – 1

pm. Free coffee and doughnuts starting at 8:15 am.

St. Gabriel the Archangel Church 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time February 7, 2016

Everyday Mercy,

Every Day

Lenten Mission with

Bishop Kenneth Richards February 15, 16, & 17

At St. Gabriel the Archangel

7:00 p.m. Bring a friend

There will be a Welcoming Reception for Bishop Kenneth Richards on

Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 5:00 p.m., in the Parish Hall

Together With Jesus Couple

Prayer Series

Married & engaged couples this one is for you!

42 opportunities, in the privacy of your own home, to

engage prayerfully with each other and with God! This

program is designed to help you build the habit of

prayer, and to get you comfortable praying together,

sharing with each other, and experiencing the power of

the presence of God in your relationship.

Couple Prayer

Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. Conference Room

Feb 11, 18, 25

Mar 3, 10, and 17 “In order to build a relationship with God, we need to

spend daily, concentrated time with him.”

Registration forms are on the entrance tables.

Host couples will meet with you once a week for support

and encouragement but the heart of the program is the

daily prayer experience that couples will engage in over

a six-week period.

inal Distrinal District CourSaturday, Feb 6

4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass Church

Sunday, Feb 7 8:00 a.m. Mass Church

No PSR Classes

10:30 a.m. Mass Church

After Mass Altar Society Mtg. Conf. Rm.

Monday, Feb 8

*********PARISH OFFICE CLOSED***********

Tuesday, Feb 9

*********PARISH OFFICE CLOSED***********

Wednesday, Feb 10

12:00 p.m. Mass & Distribution Church

of Ashes

7:00 p.m. Mass & Distribution Church

of Ashes

Thursday, Feb 11 11:00 a.m. Trumpeteers Mtg. Parish Hall

7:00 p.m. Couples Prayer Conf. Rm.

Friday, Feb 12 11:00 a.m. Fish Fry Parish Hall

6:00 p.m. Way of the Cross & Church

Mass --February 8 & 9

minal District CourSaturday, Feb 13

11:00 a.m. Pontilly Meeting Parish Hall

2:00 p.m. Children’s Ministry Mtg. Rm.2

4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass Church

Sunday, Feb 14 8:00 a.m. Mass Church

9:00 a.m. PSR Classes Admin. Bldg.

RCIA

10:30 a.m. Mass Church

“What a Time to Be a

Light” 9th ANNUAL YOUTH & YOUNG ADULT

REVIVAL

Sunday, February 21 3:00 p.m.

All Saints Catholic Church

Guest Preachers: Fr. Daniel Greene and Deacon Lawrence Houston, Also Xavier University’s Gospel Choir Sponsors: CYO Youth & Young Adult Ministry Office

and the Office of Black Catholic Ministries.

In Memory O f

Clarence August

Andrew, Dorothy & Bruce Bergeron

Ethel & Herbert Baudy, Sr., & Herbert Baudy, Jr.

Oscar & Irma Bluain, Mary Ellen Bluain Harris

Clara P. Carey

Mayo, Greene & Cunningham Families

Emily Thomas Evans

Deacon Melvin C. Jones, Sr. & Miguel Gerard Jones

Alton and Odille Harris, Alfreda Harris Baker

Wilbur V. Kennedy, Sr.

Elouise G. Ford & Julietta F. Knight

Mary B. McCall

Louis & Labora Miller and Family

Sammie S. Oliver

George Robertson Jr.

Nelda & Howard Rodgers, Jr.

Clifford & Rachel Young & Beverly Y. Thompson

The Valeary Family

Leanidous C. Jr & Letria Washington

Malone & Williams Families

Alphonse J. Woods

If any parishioner would like to list the names of their Deceased Loved Ones in the above In Memory of…

section of the bulletin, please complete an In Memory Of envelope. Envelopes can be found on the entrance

tables or call the parish office to make arrangements.

Your Deceased Loved Ones’ name will be printed through the end of the year.

Sponsoring the Sanctuary Candle in the Main Church or Daily Chapel is another way to

remember your decease loved ones. Contact the parish office to make arrangements.

Every Friday during Lent (except Good Friday) 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall

Cost $10.00 a plate Fish (fried or baked), Macaroni and cheese, salad, vegetable, dessert,

and a drink- Dine in or Take-out Large orders can be faxed in advance until 9:00 am on Friday

morning 504-288-8585 Buy 10 get the next one free

Providing affordable housing

for seniors for more than 45

years.

1000 Howard Ave., Suite 100

New Orleans, LA 70113

Phone: 504-596-3460

Fax: 504-596-3466

TTY 800-846-5277

www.christopherhomes.org

BUSINESS ADVERTISEMENTS NEEDED – Do you own your own business or know of someone

who does? Then why not prayerfully consider renewing or placing an ad in our weekly

bulletin? If you or someone you know would be interested in advertising in the bulletin please

contact the parish office at (504) 282-0296.

Check out

Remember

Your Loved

One with

A

Memorial Ad On This Page

Of The Church Bulletin. Call

the Parish Office, for details,

504 282 0296

WOULD YOU LIKE TO

PLACE AN AD HERE?

Contact the Parish Office

@504-282-0296

St. Gabriel Parish

Hall available

for rental! Contact the Parish Office

@504-282-0296

Refer A Business to Place It’s

Ad Here.

Contact the

Parish

Office at

504 282 0296 or

stgabriel@archdiocese-no.org

The Holy Father’s Universal Prayer Intention for February is Care for Creation: “That we may take good care of creation–a gift freely given–cultivating and protecting it

for future generations.”

His Intention for Evangelization is Asia: “That opportunities may increase for dialogue and encounter between the Christian faith

and the peoples of Asia.”

“God, create in me a clean heart, renew within me a

resolute spirit,11 do not thrust me away from your

presence, do not take away from me your spirit of

holiness.”

From Psalm 51

National Day of Prayer for the African American

and African Family February 7, 2016

“GOD'S MERCY PULLS US THROUGH”

http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/cultural-diversity/african-

american/resources/upload/2016-National-Day-of-Prayer-African-

American-African-Family.pdf

Providing affordable housing

for seniors since 1966.

The Sanctuary Candle in the Main Church or

Daily Chapel are available for you to sponsor

in memory of a decease loved ones, in thanksgiving

or a special intentions.

Contact the parish office to make arrangements.