STAFF Pastor

Fr. Bill John Melancon

Parochial Vicar Fr. Korey R. LaVergne

Deacon Durk Viator

Trustees: Michael Bonin Anne Minvielle

Catholic High School Advisory Council Representative:

April Byrom

Bookkeeper—Joan Berard

Office Assistant-Charlene Guillot

Adm.Asst./ Safe Environment/ Middle School Formation

Peggy Tauzin

Elementary School Formation Anna Breaux

Receptionist—Anne-Claire Viator

Bulletin Editor/Office Assistant

Sandy Babineaux

Sacristan Karen “Kerrie” Laviolette

Custodian

Roxanne Hebert

Office Hours Monday

11:00 am - 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm- 4:00 pm

Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 8:30 am - 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Friday

8:30 am- 12:00 pm

Our Lady Of Perpetual Help

Roman Catholic Church 1303 St. Jude Avenue

New Iberia, LA • 70560 ~ Phone: 337-365-5481 Fax: 337-365-5483

Email: olphni@gmail.com~ Website: www.olphni.net

Weekend Mass Schedule: 1st Saturday: 8:00am Saturday: 4:00 pm and 5:30 pm Sunday: 7:00, 9:00, 11:00 am Weekday Mass Schedule: Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 12:15pm Tuesday & Thursday: 5:15pm Confessions: 30 minutes before each Mass; Saturday: 3:00 pm-3:45 pm, and by appointment.

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

ONE PERSON CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH Asa Kent Jennings was a frail man who wanted to be a Methodist minister, but World War I intervened. Asa joined the Red Cross and served in France, and then he was sent to Smyrna, a Christian city on the western coast of Turkey. He arrived just as the Turkish army marched on the city. Foreigners fled, but Asa stayed, along with 350,000 Greek, Armenian, and Jewish refugees. They were trapped, with the sea to the west and the Turks to the east. The army looted, raped, and killed and then set the city ablaze. American and British warships patrolled off the coast “to observe” but, claiming neutrality, did nothing. Singlehandedly, Asa arranged food supplies for the refugees. Determined to prevent a massacre, he set out through the combat zone to meet Ataturk, the feared Turkish leader. Amazingly, Ataturk agreed to let Asa find safe passage for the refugees out of Turkey. Asa contacted the Greek government, asking for ships. They were reluctant to respond, wondering who Asa was. As the only American left, Asa boldly identified himself as “the top American official in Smyrna.” After he threatened to expose the Greeks’ inaction, Asa was put in charge of twenty-six ships that sailed under American flags and picked up the refugees. Asa spent the next year directing a fleet of fifty-five ships all along the Turkish coast, saving another 1.2 million refugees from certain death. He gained the respect of both Greek and Turkish governments, and they requested that he negotiate prisoner exchanges between the two countries. Asa Jennings’ feats have largely been forgotten, especially in the United States. Yet think of all the descendants of those rescued refugees and what good they may have done in this world, just because of Asa Kent Jennings. Copyright © 2009, World Library Publications. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Wisdom has built her house; she has dressed her meat, mixed her wine, yes, she has spread her table (Proverbs 9:1-6). Psalm — Taste and see the goodness of the Lord (Psalm 34). Second Reading — Be filled with the Spirit, giving thanks always and for everything (Ephesians 5:15-20). Gospel — I am the living bread that came down from heaven (John 6:51-58). All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Ez 24:15-24; Dt 32:18-21; Mt 19:16-22 Tuesday: Ez 28:1-10; Dt 32:26-28, 30, 35cd-36ab; Mt 19:23-30 Wednesday: Ez 34:1-11; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 20:1-16 Thursday: Ez 36:23-28; Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; Mt 22:1-14 Friday: Rv 21:9b-14; Ps 145:10-13, 17-18; Jn 1:45-51 Saturday: Ez 43:1-7a; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Mt 23:1-12 Sunday: Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b; Ps 34:2-3, 16-21; Eph 5:21-32 [2a, 25-32]; Jn 6:60-69 All rights reserved.

THIS EUCHARISTIC FEAST Some things about human nature don’t change, even over the course of centuries. When we celebrate a holiday, we have a meal; when we celebrate a significant event, we have a feast. In today’s first reading, Lady Wisdom is setting a feast, a sign of celebrating the covenant that Israel has with God. Israel’s central remembrance of its saving Exodus covenant is the Passover meal. So it is natural—and not coincidental—that the Christian celebration of the new covenant sealed by the blood of Christ on the cross happens at a meal, our Eucharist, offered first by Jesus in the context of Passover remembrance. It is easy for us, sometimes, to forget the very long and rich religious and human origins of our eucharistic feasting on the bread and cup that are the Body and Blood of Jesus. Today, and for the next few Sundays that we hear the “Bread of Life” discourse from John, let us bring to mind the loving covenant that God makes with us, and be filled with great joy at this marvelous feast that we have come to attend! Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

MAKING THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITY The Letter to the Ephesians speaks to us, usrging wisdom

in our discernment of how to live the Christian life. We are to “watch carefully...making the most of opportunity,” and “try to understand what is the wi8ll of the Lord” (5:15).

We are promised a generous outpouring of God’s help in our attempts to live the gospel: the Eucharist. This is the “living bread,: the Body and Blood of the Lord. To those who can only think literally, this seems not only foolish, but repulsive as well. We need to have more wisdom, understanding, and faith to under-stand properly what we have been asked to believe.

For our bread, which is food, and our wine, which is drink, to be transformed from things that give life to the body into Christ, who gives life to the soul, another great transformation must take place. Not only are the physical elements transformed, we are transformed as well. If we become people of Wisdom, eat-ing of this banquet, we become one with Christ, who is one with God. We become the Body of Christ, his living and real presence.

FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD This wisdom for us is foolishness to the world. But there is a

saying, “The proof of the pudding is in the eating.” When we eat this bread and drink this cup, we become what we eat; that is, we become one with the Lord and with each other. The proof of this is in our love. If we love God, if we love each other, and if we love others and serve them in charity, our love will be living proof of God’s life and work in the world. We truly become the Body of Christ.

MASS INTENTIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS

SATURDAY, August 18th 4:00pm—Loveless Vice Family/ Ella & Walter F.Shipp, Dr. & Mrs. Rene Broussard/ Ella Mae Sedotal/ Albert P. & Dollie D. Lemoine/ Luke & Lucy B.Dooley, Paul & Ida Judice/ Joey Glenn Broussard/Ryan Segura/ Norbert Broussard, Sr.& Audrey Broussard/ Hardy & Muriel Landry/Danny & Nolan Meche/ Mark deClouet/ Betty & Howard Lasseigne/ Arnold “Bud” Pellerin/ Kern Comeaux/Curtis J. Judice/ Mildred Comeaux Broussard/Junius Delahoussaye, Glory & Saul Delahoussaye/ Glynn Breaux & Family/ M/M Elmo Landry & Bernadette/Norris P. Rader, Sr./ Clarence “Bubba” Marsalis/ Fr.Borgia Aubespin/ Mildred & Dudley Boudreaux/ Verna & Percy Henry/ Janet Bienvenu Desormeaux/ Dave LeBlanc, Nick Frittella, A. Frittella, Venia & Nic Frittella 5:30pm—Louis & Joyce Cartimiglia/ Fr. Borgia Aubespin SUNDAY, August 19th 7:00am—Fr. Emmanuel Awe/ Ben Babineaux 9:00 am— All Parishioners of OLPH 11:00 am—Ernest Freyou/Albert Pisani/ In Honor of Jack F. & Bonnie D. Viator-Wedding Anniversary/ Tony Gassiot/ Darlene Gaspard/ Eugene & Ruby Duhon/ E. Michael LeBlanc/ Sidonia L. & Wilton Joseph Dore/ Patricia Verret/ For the Souls in Purgatory/ Pamela Istre/ Henry A. “Hank” Fontenot, Luella & Alton Darby/ Fr. Emmanuel Awe MONDAY, August 20th—Angelus @ noon 12:15pm--Ella Mae Sedotal/ Fr. Matthew Barzare TUESDAY, August 21st Novena to OLPH @ 5:00pm 5:15 Mass —Fr. Herbert Bennerfield/ Living & Deceased Members CDA Court Blessed Mother Teresa WEDNESDAY, August 22nd 12:15pm—Marie Viator, C.L. Viator/ Fr. Lloyd Benoit THURSDAY, August 23rd 5:15pm— Bertha & Allen Tenney, Sr./ Fr. C. Paul Bergeron FRIDAY, August 24th—Angelus @ noon 12:15pm— Nolan A. LeCompte **************************************************

In Prayerful Remembrance of our beloved deceased.

Please pray for the soul of Charlotte Champagne Stelly

who recently died and for those who mourn for her.

***************************************** A Memorial Donation was made

In Memory of Louis & Joyce Cartimiglia by Kay Cartimiglia

Happy Weekend, Everyone! I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has made me feel so very welcome here at Our Lady of Perpetual Help. I especially want to express my gratitude to everyone who attended and provided a dish for the Welcome Potluck Supper hosted in my honor a few weekends ago. Everyone’s love and generosity has made my transition to priestly ministry as pain free as possible. I love serving God’s people here at OLPH and I look forward to the next three years of blessings that God will provide me here in New Iberia. Father Korey LaVergne

ALTAR SERVER SCHEDULE Saturday, August 18th 4:00 pm—Hallee Mire 5:30 pm—Ethan, Jack, & Carter Leleux Sunday, August 19th 7:00 am— Michael Pellerin 9:00 am— Remi LeBlanc, Jalan LeJeune 11:00 am– Capri Boutte **************************************************

A Memorial Donation was made to the Debt Reduction Fund in Memory of

Curtis J. Judice by Betty D. Judice

The Vocation Cross will be in the home of Brenda & Boo Derouen the week of August 19th, 2018.

The Sanctuary Lamp will

burn in Memory of Henry A. Fontenot,

Louella & Alton Darby

The Perpetual Helpers of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

BEREAVEMENT COMMITTEE..

If you are interested in helping this important ministry, please call Brenda Derouen this week

@ 365-2841 or 278-4930.

Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos Other Events & Diocesan News

Centennial News-Sunday August 12, 2018

Celebrating the Assumption of Our Lady— The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a feast par-ticularly dear to the people of Acadiana. Our Lady of the As-sumption is the patroness of the Acadiana people. And on the 250th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Acadians, in 2015, Fr. Michael Champagne and the Community of Jesus Crucified established a beautiful and new way of honoring the Blessed Mother and the faith of the people through the Fete-Dieu Eu-charistic Procession down the Bayou Teche. This year’s pro-cession, in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Diocese of Lafayette, traveled up the Vermillion River from Abbeville to the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist on August 15th.

Centennial News-Sunday August 19, 2018

St. Bernard Parish—In 1847, the parish of St. Bernard in Breaux Bridge was the seventh Church parish founded in the Diocese of Lafayette, and the fourth along the banks of the Bayou Teche. Under the administration of Father Antoine Borias parish life flourished from 1888 to 1900. It was during this time that two young Cajun men from Breaux Bridge en-tered seminary. When they were ordained, they were two of the first three local vocations. Previously, many of the Euro-pean priests believed the Cajun people were not capable of becoming priests. One of those two priests from Breaux Bridge was Jules Jeanmard, Lafayette’s first Bishop. August 20th is the Feast of St. Bernard.

Centennial Fest—Honoring our Diocesan Centennial with our young people throughout the Diocese of Lafayette, we will have a youth gathering at Parc International Downtown Lafay-ette on Saturday, October 20th from 3pm to 8pm and will in-clude Music, Guest Speakers, Music, Mass, Food and closing with a Candlelight Eucharistic Adoration with Bishop Deshotel. Our Youth, all Youth Groups, Families, Clergy and Religious are invited. Please mark your calendars now. This will be a great opportunity to see the Life of Our Faith. Admis-sion will be free (food for purchase will be available).

Centennial Prayer for the Diocese of Lafayette O Lord God Almighty, by sending Your only-begotten Son to establish the One True Church through the power of the Most Holy Spirit, You gave mankind a haven from the world. We humbly implore Your blessing upon the Church of the Dio-cese of Lafayette as we observe this Century of Love. Through the intersession of Our lady of the Immaculate Conception and Saint John Vianney, our patrons, bestow perpetual growth to Your Family of Faith as we take refuge in Your Infinite Grace. We humbly beseech You to enlighten us to learn from our past and to look to the future so that we may persist in the work of spreading the true faith. Fill us with gratitude in this Year of Jubilee as we live secure in the certain hope that You will be with us forever. We ask this through Christ the Lord. Amen. Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, pray for us. St. John Vianney, pray for us.

Francis Xavier Seelos was born on January 11, 1819 in the Bavarian city of Fussen. He came from a merchant family. Like most Bavarians, he was brought up in the Catholic faith, and he went to schools that taught in the Catholic spirit. He decided to enter a seminary while still a student at St. Stephen Institute in Augsburg. After his university studies in Munich, he entered a seminary in 1842. There he became familiar with the work of missionaries from the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. Later he joined the congregation in order to take care of immigrants in the United States. Soon young Francis was sent there to work.

He received permission from the authorities of the Redemptorist congregation and went on a mission in 1843. A year later he was ordained in Baltimore and settled down in the United States for good. For six years he worked in a parish in Pittsburgh; next he was appointed superior of the community and the Redemptorist novice master in Baltimore.

Missionary and teacher….Fr. Seelos continued his ministry, working for the poorest immigrants, making good use of his knowledge of several languages. In the seminary, he transferred to the students the knowledge, instilled in them love of one’s neighbor, and encouraged them to undertake missionary work, particularly among the poorest and immigrants from Europe. In the 1860’s he traveled around the United States, spreading the Gospel. In 1866 he settled down in the parish of St. Mary of Assumption in New Orleans, where he died a year later during the yellow fever epidemic while taking care of the sick.

Francis Xavier Seelos was beatified on April 9, 2000.

PRAYER...Mother Mary, when we have to leave our country, help us so that we do not break our bonds with the family and homeland and do not renounce our faith. Let our prayers become a link between the family and homeland and all those who had to leave them. We ask you for intercession for the well-being of all immigrants. Amen.

THOUGHTS / PRAYERS STEWARDSHIP

Living Stewardship Now God wants you for some task that only you can do. Don’t wait for the “right” moment. Volunteer now. Copyright © 2009, World Library Publications. All rights reserved. *************************************************************************

Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. —John 6:53

Stewardship of Finance August 5, 2018

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Thank You for your generous spirit of giving! Average Weekly Expenses: $13,779.11*;Average Monthly

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TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Sometimes the heat of summer translates into unrest in a city’s streets. In the summer of 1834, popular sentiment against the presence of the Ursuline nuns near Boston reached a boiling point. An influx of Irish laborers had an impact on the work force in the city, and a deep-seated resentment against Catholics fueled the fire. The nuns supported themselves with a school, and most of the young women students were drawn from patrician Protestant families. Nevertheless, rumors fed by the saga of an unhappy junior sister and a later episode of a senior sister fleeing the place increased tensions. The city’s selectmen were given a tour by the disgruntled sister, who by then had returned, and found all things in good order. That didn’t please the mob, and the mother superior didn’t help matters when she said that the bishop had platoons of Irishmen at hand, twenty thousand strong, to do marauders harm. By August 11, the convent had been invaded, ransacked, and burned to the ground. The nuns fled to Maine and Canada. The diocese attempted to recover losses, but the commonwealth offered only ten thousand dollars, which was rejected. Years later, a legislative bill for the state to rebuild the convent and school was roundly defeated. Yet the enterprise of Catholic education had great resilience, and in 1946, more than a hundred years after the riots, the Ursulines returned to Boston to re-establish an academy that endures to the present day. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

MORNING OFFERING “Your every act should be done with love.” (1 Cor 16:14)

In all that I undertake today, Lord, may I carry a heart of love. As I begin each task, as I prepare and serve, nurture and comfort, may I act with charity for You, my family, and neighbor. Help me to see these ordinary things of life as stepping stones to future joys, the jewels in the crowns of the just in Heaven, if only I follow You, the Crucified Christ, who embraced all things in love and for love. May my heart be conformed to Yours, eradicating self-interest and all that hinders me from keeping the new Command-ment, to love one another as You have loved me. Amen. *****************************************************

PRIESTS PRAYER

We thank you, God our Father, for those who have responded to your call to priestly ministry. Accept this prayer we offer on their behalf: Fill your priests with the sure knowledge of your love. Open their hearts to the power and consolation of the Holy Spirit. Lead them to new depths of union with your Son. Increase in them profound faith in the Sacraments they celebrate as they nourish, strengthen and heal us. Lord Jesus Christ, grant that these, your priests, may inspire us to strive for holiness by the power of their example, as men of prayer who ponder your word and follow your will. O Mary, Mother of Christ and our mother, guard with your mater-nal care these chosen ones, so dear to the Heart of your Son. Intercede for our priests that, offering the Sacrifice of your Son, they may be conformed more each day to the image of your Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. St. John Vianney ****************************************************************************

LORD…

Make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen. St. Francis of Assisi *****************************************************

A PRAYER FOR HEALING AND HOPE

Almighty God, we give You thanks, for You are the Creator of all life and goodness. We praise You for the world You have made for us to build up and enjoy. Loving God, help us to be faithful heralds of Healing and Hope. Grant us the awareness of the healing needs of those around us and the compassion to respond willingly to those needs. We ask this through Christ, our Healer and Source of all Hope. Amen. *****************************************************

A PRAYER FOR HEALING IN THE CHURCH

Holy Spirit, comforter, advocate, and guide, inspire a new springtime of holiness and apostolic zeal for the Church. May our sorrow and our tears, our sincere effort to redress past wrongs, and our firm purpose of amendment bear an abundant harvest of grace for the deepening of the faith in our families, par-ishes, schools, and communities, for the spiritual progress of soci-ety, and the growth of charity, justice, joy, and peace within the whole human family. To you, Holy Trinity, confident in the loving protection of Mary and all the saints, do we entrust ourselves, our children, and the needs of the Church in the world. Amen.

BEING PRESENT– What Technology Cannot Replace The advances in technology over the past few decades have been breathtaking: a smart phone is more powerful than

the computers in the spacecrafts that sent people to the moon in the 1960’s; the average personal laptop has more power than the giant supercomputers of the 1970’s; if you printed out the pages of the internet as a book, it would weigh 1.2 billion pounds and would take 57,000 years to read.

Whether its GPS-ing the directions to a ball game with the family, videoconferencing consultants from around the

world for an emergency business meeting, or finding a long-lost relative online, digital communications have revolu-tionized the way we come into contact with other people, experience events, form our opinions, and express our values.

But, not unlike the discovery of antibiotics, electricity, or nuclear energy, both great good and great evil can come

from the “presence” of technology in today’s world. The Pontifical Council for Social Communications addresses the fragile relationship between nature and modernity by reminding us: Depending on how they use media, people can grow in sympathy and compassion or become isolated in a narcissistic, self-referential world of stimuli with near-narcotic effects.

What’s the Big Deal? Although technology undeniably enhances our lives in many ways, leading indicators today are showing us how hard

it can be for us to “disconnect” when we need to. One New York Times/CBS poll found that almost half of respondents check work email after business hours and on vacation, and one in seven people said they see less of their spouses because of time spent online. The University of California at San Diego estimates that the average person today consumes 350% more information than someone living just 20 years ago. Many experts believe that’s more data than we’re designed to handle, and that this information overload leads to shortened attention spans, memory loss, mental fatigue, and—in some users—a form of addiction. That’s why it’s important to pause and reflect on how we incorpo-rate technology into our lives.

It’s About Relationship The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us that we’re made to live in communion with God and with one

another (CCC 45, 959): so it is not a bad thing to desire connection. The key is to discern whether our technology use helps us deepen our relationship with God and those whom we encounter day-to-day. If it helps us connect with people, inform our convictions, defend the voiceless, proclaim our beliefs, or aid in our worship of God (we can find prayers, Mass redings, and Scripture commentary online, ofr example), we are using the capabilities presented to us for good. If it becomes a distraction from God’s plan—if we turn to it in moments of temptation and loneliness, searching for relationship from an online source instead of God, the ultimate source—we are letting ourselves be used by technology.

If you’ve been over-connected for too long, your first steps to reset your use of technology can be painful: you might

feel like the world will stop spinning if you can’t reply to every email within ten minutes, or see what the latest and greatest is on your favorit entertainment site. After a few weeks of a new routine, however, you may be surprised at how little you’ve “missed” and how much “found time” you recover for the things, and the people, that are truly important in your life.

The media do nothing by themselves; they are instruments, tools, used as people choose to use them. In reflecting upon the means of social communication, we must face honestly the “most essential” question raised by technological progress: whether, as a result of it, the human person “is becoming truly better, that is to say more mature spiritually, more aware of the dignity of his humanity, more responsible, more open to others, especially the neediest and the weakest, and readier to give and to aid all.” (Pope John Paul II, Redemptor Hominis, 15).

Warning Signs of Technology Overuse How can you tell if your use of technology is throwing your life off-kilter? Consider some of the following warning

signs:

∼ You have fewer deep close relationships with people than you used to (even if you’re in contact with more people than ever before).

∼ You often feel resentful when family, work, or social commitments interrupt your online activities.

∼ You frequently use handheld devices to get online or text message during mealtimes, church services, family celebrations, or other occasions that are traditionally times of bonding with God or the People around us.

∼ You spend far more time online for “fun” than you do in prayer or meditation. If more than a couple of the previous statements sound familiar, your Internet and social media use is probably throwing your life out of balance. It’s a good idea to seek out moments for “unplugged” silence throughout your routine, or re-center yourself through brief retreats from your ordinary environment—perhaps going outdoors into nature or stopping by church for a visit. Finding Balance—Some Practical Tips Changing our technology use is easier said than done—but creating any new habit is a matter of small steps. Here are several suggestions to get you started: Track your time. Write down the amount of time you spend online, and activities in which you spend it, each day. Just as studies show that people lose weight more easily when they keep a journal of all the food they eat, keeping a journal of how you spend your online time can be an eye-opener. Designate “offline times” and be open about them. For example, turn off your cell phone when you are at your child’s soccer practice, or during family meals. To avoid potential tension with people who want you to be “on” constantly, tell your friends, family, and coworkers about your goal to get better balance in your life; you may even inspire them to try something similar. Shut down your computer and other electronic devices each night. Not only does this send a signal that it’s time to disconnect for the day, but the time it takes everything to boot up in the morning gives you a moment to collect yourself and plan how to use your online time to its best advantage. Contact your friends the old fashioned way. Make an effort to regularly call or visit your friends and family. Your relationships will benefit from the personal touch. Include technology use in your examination of conscience. At the end of each day, and before you receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation, take a moment to ask yourself: Have I been using technology to deepen by relationships with God and others, or to avoid them? Has my time online caused me to neglect anything or anyone that I should be paying attention to? Some Catholic Internet sites include questions and insights to help you do this. Christians Can Bring a “Soul” into the Fabric of the Online World In an ever-transitioning world, where upgraded hardware and updated software constantly “raise the bar,” it’s good to remember the one thing that never changes. While God is not loud or flashy, and won’t “poke” you when you haven’t checked in with him for a while, he is always there. Whether you’re on a beach or in a busy metro station, God desires to be present in your life, to commune with you—and with others through you. As hard as it is to be moderate in the time we spend fascinated by each cutting-edge media capability, the time and energy we invest in learning about his capabilities will never be wasted time. Connection to him is the one constant; it will never depend on a signal, a service provider, or even a monthly payment. And it is the enduring love of Christ that will send to the world a message that can never become obsolete. Our Sunday Visitor

Sacramental Information Baptism: Expectant parents should contact the office four to six (4-6) months before the birth of the child.

Marriage: Couples planning marriage need to make an appointment with the pastor at least six months before the intended wedding date to begin the preparation process. A wedding date cannot be scheduled without approval of the pastor.

Annointing of the Sick: Contact the office to schedule an appt., home or nursing home visit, and, if death is imminent, contact the office for immediate action.

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Fall Courses: The 203 Jesus, Son of God by Fr. Michael Russo, STB, MA (Tuesdays 6:15-9:00pm at Knight Hall at Our Lady of Fatima—Classes begin Aug.21 and end Dec.4) and PHI 101 Introduction to philosophy 3 sem. hrs. by Fr. Brian Harrington, MA, PhL (Wednesday 6-8:45pm at ULL—Classes begin Aug. 22 and end Dec. 5). The classes can be taken for college credit (accredited through University of Holy Cross) or for catechetical credit (audit). For more info or to register call (337)394-6550, email frchampagne@yahoo.com, or go to www.aquinaslafayette.org ********************************************************************************************************************

ENGAGED COUPLES

Spend a weekend away from the cares and distractions of everyday living. Attend a Catholic Engaged Encounter Weekend. The weekend is open to any engaged couple wanting to prepare for a deeper more meaningful life together in a marriage recognized by the Catholic Church ac-cording to its Church law. Upcoming weekend dates September 21-23. For cost of weekends, other dates, and to learn more, visit our website at www.lafayettecee.org or contact Paul & Carolyn Trahan at (337)254-8947 or 337)898- 9257, or cee.trahan@gmailcom. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************** Knights of Columbus Council 3425 meets every 2nd Monday of each month, @ the Parish Life Center of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 1303 St. Jude Ave. New Iberia, La. Rosary at 6:15PM . Meeting follows. ********************************************************************************************************* Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Blessed Mother Teresa #2550 meets every 2nd Monday of the month (except June and July) in the Parish Life Center of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 1303 St. Jude Ave., @ 6:00pm. “We welcome anyone interested in joining to attend.” ***************************************************************************

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