OUR 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.

Scripture Readings

Isaiah 60: 1-6 Ephesians 3: 2-3a, 5-6

Matthew 2: 1-12

Music 9:30 am, 11:00 am, & 7:30 pm

Gathering #465 As with Gladness Men of Old

Psalm Response “Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.”

Gifts Preparation #460 The First Nowell

Recessional #459 Songs of Thankfulness and Praise

The texts of the Mass responses, as well as the Gloria and

Creed, can be found in the front covers of the worship aids. Sunday evening Benediction hymns can be found in the

Gather hymnal: #139, #137, and #615.

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Arise, Jerusalem,

and look to the

East and see your

children gathered

from the rising

to the setting

of the sun.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH NEW ORLEANS , LA

Immaculate Conception Jesuit Church 130 Baronne Street

New Orleans, LA 70112 (504) 529-1477 / fax: (504) 524-0155

www.jesuitchurch.net

STAFF

Rev. Frank Reale, S.J., Pastor (ext. 243) (frsj51@gmail.com) Rev. Jason Brauninger, S.J. , Parochial Vicar (ext. 222) (fatherbrauninger@gmail.com) Cathy Brown, Executive Assistant (ext. 223) Julie Vanderbrook, Wedding Coordinator Paul Wattigny, Organist & Choirmaster

INFORMATION CONTACTS

Religious Education & Faith Formation Baptisms & Funerals: 529-1477 x 224

Weddings (Julie Vanderbrook): 504-442-2622

Respect Life Committee (Paige Breard): paigebreard@gmail.com

Parish Synod Coordinator (Cathy Espenan): cathyespenan@gmail.com

MASSES Monday-Friday: 7:30 am, Noon Saturday: 8 am, 4 pm (Sunday Vigil) Sunday: 8 am, 9:30 am, 11 am, 7:30 pm

CONFESSIONS Monday-Friday: 11-11:50 am Saturday: 3:15-3:50 pm Sunday: 7-7:25 pm

DEVOTIONS Tuesday: at Masses Perpetual Help Novena Friday: at Masses Sacred Heart Novena 12:30 pm Benediction 12:40 pm Stations of the Cross & Rosary First Friday: 8-11:45 am Adoration & Benediction at Masses Sacred Heart Novena 12:30 pm Stations of the Cross & Rosary Sunday: 9 am Rosary 7 pm Adoration, Rosary, & Benediction

CHURCH TOURS 3:15 pm Saturdays

WEEKLY REFLECTION

The Epiphany

This weekend, we celebrate with the Church, the

Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

The word Epiphany comes from a Greek verb

meaning "to reveal." In this celebration, there are

four events in which God has chosen to reveal

himself. The feast celebrates the Baptism of the

Lord, Christ's first miracle (the changing of the wa-

ter into wine at Cana), the Nativity of Christ, and

the visitation of the Magi.

The most important of these events is the Baptism

of Our Lord. Here the Spirt of the Lord descends

upon him, and we hear the voice of God say, "This

is my Beloved Son with whom I am well pleased.”

The celebration of the Epiphany is a good time for

us to sit in the presence of God and listen to him

say, "You are my beloved child, with you, I am well

pleased." Despite anything that we conjure up in

our minds, God says this to each and every one of

us. The perfect New Year's Resolution is to re-

mind ourselves that we are God's beloved child

and in us he is well pleased.

It is certain that God is ready to reveal something

new to you and me this New Year. To receive it,

we must be open to the same Spirit that descended

upon Jesus and trust that God does want to reveal

himself to us.

HOMEBOUND MINISTRY If you know someone who is housebound and would like to receive a visit from one of the priests, please call the parish office at 529-1477, ext. 224.

BECOME A PART OF THE FAMILY To become a member of the parish, please com-plete the registration form found on the parish web-site (www.jesuitchurch.net) by selecting tabs enti-tled “I’m New” and “I’m New to the Parish.”

CHURCH TOURS A 30-minute docent-led tour of our church takes place every Saturday beginning at 3:15 p.m. Also, by contacting the parish office, tours can be arranged for visiting groups at other times as well.

PREPARATION FOR BAPTISM The next baptism preparation class for parents and godparents takes place this Thursday, the 12th, at 5:00 p.m. in the parish rectory. To register, please call the parish office (529-1477, ext. 224) and leave a message. Baptism at Immaculate Conception is usually celebrated at noon on the 2nd and 4th Sun-days of the month, although other arrangements are possible. Please consult the parish website.

FIRST COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION Our parish sponsors programs to prepare those in school to make their First Communion or Confirma-tion. (You do not need to be a parishioner to partici-pate.) Information about the programs can be found on the parish website, through which you can also register. FYI, our Confirmation ceremony is sched-uled for Wednesday evening, April 26. First Com-munion will take place on Sunday, May 14.

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VISITING IMMACULATE CONCEPTION? Welcome! We are very happy you are with us dur-ing this blessed season!

PARISH RESPECT LIFE COMMITTEE Help to build a “culture of life” by supporting the work of our parish’s Respect Life Committee. For more information, contact committee coordinator, Paige Breard, at paigebreard@gmail.com.

AGAIN, A TREMENDOUS THANK YOU… … to all who showed great generosity in preparing our church for Advent and Christmas, as well as to those who worked hard to prepare beautiful experi-ences of liturgy and music for these sacred seasons. Also, the Good Shepherd School and the Harry Tompson Center extend a special thank-you to those who participated in the Giving Trees.

THIS SUNDAY Sunday Morning Coffee & Donuts (following the 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Masses) resumes today in our renovated, although not-quite-completed, Lenes Hall. We will also mark the Epiphany with a wine & cheese social after the 7:30 p.m. Mass.

BUT THE WORK IS NOT QUITE FINISHED! Tomorrow (Monday) afternoon, beginning at 12:30 p.m. (i.e. after the noon Mass), we will take down our Christmas decorations and store them away for another year. Because many hands make for lighter labor… help is much appreciated. No need to RSVP — just show up!

LITURGICAL MINISTRY If you are interested in becoming a lector, extraordi-nary minister of Holy Communion, hospitality minis-ter (especially at the 11 a.m. Mass), or server, please let Fr. Brauninger or Fr. Reale know.

LORD, TEACH ME TO PRAY Downtown Men’s Part I Group Forming

Lord Teach Me to Pray is a three-part prayer series based on Ignatian Spirituality. In Part I, participants pray daily with passages from scripture pertaining to a Christian virtue and then meet once a week in small groups for an hour or so to pray and faith share with the assistance of a trained facilitator. Starting January 26 and continuing for 12 Thursdays, part I will be offered in Bywater at 7 p.m. For more information, or to register, contact Daniel Cogswell at 234-3113 or visit www.lordteachmetopray.com.

YOUNG ADULT HELP NEEDED! Young adults (folks in their 20s or 30s, single or mar-ried) are needed as discussion leaders for the small group discussions which are built into the six ses-sions of our parish Confirmation preparation pro-gram which takes place on the Sundays (5-7 p.m.) of Lent. The task itself is quite simple, but the impact can be significant. If interested in learning more about this opportunity for service, please contact Fr. Jason Brauninger, in person, by phone, or by email.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH NEW ORLEANS , LA

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Grant, we beseech You, Lord God,

that we who have been favored by

the prompt succor of the

Virgin Mother of Your Divine Son

in war, in disasters, in epidemics

and illness,

may continue to merit

her protection by fidelity

to your Word and to your Law.

Through Our Lord Jesus Christ,

Your Son,

Who lives and reigns with You

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God, forever and ever.

Amen.

Our Lady of Prompt Succor

Patroness of the City of New Orleans

and the State of Louisiana

Feast Day: January 8

The mosaics depicting Our Lady of Prompt

Succor and Our mother of Perpetual Help

are made of Venetian glass and were

installed in our church in 1930.

At the bottom of the mosaic of Our Lady

of Prompt Succor, two events associated

with Mary’s intercession are depicted:

the New Orleans fire of 1812, which

destroyed most of the city but left the

Ursuline convent standing; and,

American troops under the leadership of

Andrew Jackson defeating British troops

in the 1815 Battle of New Orleans.

It is an important ministry of our parishioners to keep before God those who are in need of prayer, including the men and women serving in the military as well as our police officers, who often risk their lives in the line of duty.

WEDDING BANNS

Please keep in your prayers those who in the coming weeks will be united in the Sacrament of Matrimony at Immaculate Conception Church.

January 14, 2017 Ana Lucia-Isabel Salazar & Andrew Parkinson Hutchins Maureen Devon Morphy & Darren Anthony Manzari

Maria Fernanda Parra Zapiain & Farere Dyer

January 20/21, 2017 June Marie Richard & Mark William Schellhaas

Beth Folse & Lee Lagarde

January 27/28, 2017 Amanda Lauren Frischhertz & Timothy W. Tassin

Katherine Marie LeBlanc & Michael Joseph Tolivar

EACH MASS IS OFFERED FOR THE INTENTIONS OF ALL PRESENT & FOR THE FOLLOWING:

Saturday, January 7 8:00 am Gil & Mary Lou McCurrie

4:00 pm Robert Scallan †

Christopher Vanderbrook † Grace Brue Campbell † Dolores Stowell

Sunday, January 8 8:00 am Lisa Forshag Comarda †

9:30 am Intention of Celebrating Priest

11:00 am Mass for the People

7:30 pm Betty Drinan † Barb McCurrie Mary Cozma Claire Restaine

Monday, January 9 7:30 am H. Norman Winterton MD †

Noon Cathy Alfer

Tuesday, January 10 7:30 am Fletcher Osterle †

Noon Ann McGrath

Wednesday, January 11 7:30 am Tom Hooper †

Noon Stacy Eberly

Thursday, January 12 7:30 am Special Intention

Noon Special Intention

Friday, January 13 7:30 am Special Intention

Noon Winton J. Waguespack †

Saturday, January 14 8:00 am Sally Burke

4:00 pm Christopher Vanderbrook † Mary Impastato Regina Tastet Mary Hinton †

Deborha Bolden Beth Brennan C.J. Bruno Rena Cantrell Mac Carr Robbie G. Evans Dr. Warren Ferrand Yvonne Ferrand Cristina Fowler Gina Gauthreaux Beverly George Ellis Gill

Leah Held Julianne Kiefer Kathy Festin Kraft Isa Krantz Emily Landreaux McKord, Sumrall, Todd & Pinner Families

Fr. Paul Osterle, S.J. Jim Pellegrin Vivian Perkins Sr. Dolorine Pires SSCC Emily Quibodeaux

May Richards Shirley Schnyder Sheldon Strasner Mary Thompson Imelda Ward Larry Werner, Jr.

Names appear for three months unless otherwise requested. To request

that a name be included, please phone 529-1477.

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PRAYER LIST Your prayers are asked for the following

individuals who are facing illness or other life challenges.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTIO N PARISH NEW ORLEANS , LA

Michael Alford † John Baus †

Francoise Benton † Audley B. Brennan †

Olga Deegan Brown † Musette Buckley † Ashley Code † William J. “Billy” Connick † Hon. Nestor L. Curraut, Jr. † Maxine Amelia Ditto † Jane Eberly † Fr. John Edwards, S.J. † Fr. Raymond Fitzgerald, S.J. † Iris Fitzpatrick † Lois Delord Fos † Dr. Elbert Goodier † William (Bill) Hebeison Isaac Patrick Hron † Mary Anne Hudson † Roy Inguagiato † Dana Jones † Wilkins Kearney † Fr. Marvin Kitten, S.J. †

Ira LaCoste † Frank Magrone † Rosemary Magrone †

Eldon Majoue † Darren Manguno †

Jane McCall † Robert McIntosh † Carol Melville † Elizabeth Moore † Joel C. Moore † Coral Namisnak † Ami Sumners Pearson † Fr. Francis X. Pistorius, S.J. † Patrick Prigmore † Bill Satori † Archbishop Francis B. Schulte † Henry Serpas III † Leonor M. Smith † J.F. Thompson † Norma Thompson † Thomas J. Ward † Anderson Walker † Sally Ruth Walker † Marlene Webre †

The names of recently deceased appear on the list for twelve months. Please phone 529-1477 to request

that a name be included.

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IN MEMORY May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God,

rest in peace.

HOLY FATHER’S JANUARY PRAYER INTENTION

Christian Unity: That all Christians may be faithful to the Lord’s teaching by striving with prayer and fraternal charity to restore ecclesial communion and by collaborating to meet the challenges facing humanity.

Visit apostleshipofprayer.org for the papal video regarding this monthly intention and other resources.

COLLECTIONS

December 12-18, 2016

Sunday: $ 11,706.00 Weekdays: $ 684.00

December 19-25, 2016 Sunday: $ 18,036.00

Christmas Second Collection (Maintenance): $ 7,214.00 Weekdays: $ 628.00

December 26, 2016 - January 1, 2017 Sunday: $ 11,198.00 Weekdays: $ 609.00

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PARKING at 220 O’Keefe

For registered Immaculate Conception parishioners, parking at a reduced fee of $2.00 for a 3-hour peri-od is available in the CENTRAL PARKING GARAGE at 220 O’Keefe, next to the Quality Inn, near the cor-ner of O’Keefe and Common. The garage is open to parishioners for regularly-scheduled parish Masses on the weekend.

To get the reduced rate, for each visit you must use a magnetic voucher card available for purchase in the parish office, or you may order vouchers by completing the form available on the back counter of the church.

To take advantage of the reduced rate, enter the garage from O’Keefe, and take a ticket from the au-to attendant. KEEP YOUR TICKET. When you exit the garage, you will need to insert both that ticket and the voucher.

Difficulties? The Central Parking emergency number is 504-655-3204. Questions? Please contact Cathy Brown at 529-1477, ext. 223.

ONLINE PARISHIONER REGISTRATION & GIVING We invite you to register as a member of our parish family. To do so, log on to www.jesuitchurch.net and click the “I’m New” and “To the Parish” tabs, or contact the parish office. Also, follow Immaculate Conception Parish on Facebook by logging onto www.facebook.com and entering Immaculate Conception Jesuit Church and “Like” us. In reflecting upon your support of the parish, please consider online giving, a quick and easy way to do your part to foster the life and ministry of our parish.