April 7, 2013 - Second Sunday of Easter

Baptisms

Parents are encouraged to call the Church during pregnancy to avoid de-

lays of the sacrament

406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727

Phone: (337) 237-0988 Fax: (337) 233-8868 Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor

Parish Website: www.stpat.org

Weddings

Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance to allow time

for preparation

Office Hours

Monday – Thursday: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm; Friday 8:30 am – 12 noon

Celebration of the Eucharist

Saturday: 4:00 pm – Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 am Monday through Friday: 7:30 am

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:15 am

Welcome to St. Patrick Church

Second Sunday of Easter

April 7, 2013

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, April 6--Vigil of the Second Sunday

of Easter

4:00 PM: Louise Troyanowski;

Mike Guilbeau; Bernal F. Thompson, Sr.;

Hebert & Benoit Family; Monty Montagnet;

Rudy Borel; John Savage, Jr.

Sunday, April 7-- Second Sunday of Easter 8:30 AM: Rutledge N. Deas;

Suzette Matthews; Cecile & Therese Bourdier

10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s

Monday, April 8-- The Annunciation of the

Lord

7:30 AM: Bella & Gussie Hernandez;

Carmen Murillo

Tuesday, April 9-- Easter Weekday

7:30 AM: Joyce Hadley; Beverly Borcherd-

ing; Clifford Weilbaecher, Jr.

Wednesday, April 10-- Easter Weekday (Msgr.

Charles Mallet)

7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne;

Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living);

Col. Kimberly Fedele (living)

Thursday, April 11-- St. Stanislaus, Bishop and

Martyr

7:30 AM: Austin Revault

Friday, April 12-- Easter Weekday

7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart

Easter Flowers

In loving memory of:

Cecile & Therese Bourdier

Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne

Pierre & “Monty” Montagnet

Chris Gambel; James “Jimmy”

Delahoussaye; Larry Lampo;

Bannon Braun; Chris Landry

Non-Liturgical Devotions

Daily Rosary: Monday - Friday 6:55 a.m.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Tuesday

7:15 a.m.

Rosary for Priests: Wednesday 7:00 a.m.

Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Thursday 7:15 a.m.

Pro-Life Rosary: First Friday of the month 7 am

Shamrocks—Friday, April 12: No Cleaning.

Next First Friday:

May 3, 2013

Topic:

The Holy Spirit in the Church

Youth Outreach Retreat

The Youth Ministry Team would like to thank the

people of St. Patrick’s for your support of our retreat.

The kids put together 10 gift baskets with homemade

Easter cards for families in our area and the Faith

House. Then they focused on what Christ did for us

by dying on the Cross. The day finished with games

and lunch. We are so grateful for your donations and

your prayers. God bless you and Happy Easter!

Pizza at St. Pat’s will resume Sunday, April 7th.

Once I was dead,

but now I am alive forever and ever.

—Revelation 1:18a

Easter Gratitude

A word of thanks is due to all who put extra effort

into preparing and assisting with our Lenten and

Easter worship. This includes our ministers who re-

arranged their schedules, our music people who

sang and played so pretty, our decorators and clean-

ers, those who helped set up and helped take down,

etc. etc. etc. And thanks to all who showed up and

participated and helped us all to praise and worship

our God during this glorious time for celebrating

new life.

“Faith of our Fathers” – Session 3

April 15, 16, 17

Please join the Central Region in celebrating the

“Year of Faith” with “Faith of our Fathers”, a se-

ries of three-night sessions featuring Priests of the

Central Region as speakers each night. Our next

session will be held on April 15, 16, and 17 from

6:30-8:00 p.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary

Church, Lafayette. Our speakers are Rev. Lambert

Lein, SVD (Monday, April 15); Rev. Kevin Bor-

delon (Tuesday, April 16) and Rev. Hampton Da-

vis (Wednesday, April 17). Each night will begin

with an Opening Prayer led by Very Rev. Thomas

James, SVD, VE, Episcopal Vicar for the Central

Region. Please join us as “our Fathers” share their

witness of faith with us – all are welcome!!! Pre-

registration is not required, and there is no fee to

attend. For more information on “Faith of our Fa-

thers”, please contact Mary Bergeron (654-8682).

Acadiana Catholic Changes

This month, we will be seeing major changes in our

diocesan publication, the Acadiana Catholic. The

publication will transition into a magazine format,

published 10 times per year. To begin promoting

this new format, initially all current subscribers as

well as everyone on the BSA mailing list will re-

ceive a copy of the magazine (April, May & June).

After that, only paid subscribers will be mailed a

copy of the magazine. There will be a limited num-

ber of copies made available at churches in the be-

ginning. For $2 per month, you can receive a faith-

based resource in your home to deepen your con-

nection with the local church, as well as our broth-

ers and sisters throughout the diocese. We would

like to strongly encourage you to support this im-

portant outreach effort by subscribing ($24 / year).

Information on subscribing will be available in cop-

ies of the magazine.

Annual Celebration of “Divine Mercy Sunday”

The Central Region of the Diocese of Lafayette

will host a special celebration of “Divine Mercy

Sunday” on Sunday, April 7, at Our Lady of Fati-

ma Catholic Church. This event begins at 2:00 p.m.

with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Divine

Mercy Chaplet and Prayers, and the Sacrament of

Reconciliation, followed by Holy Mass at 3:00

p.m. The main celebrant will be Rev. Michael

Russo, Pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic

Church. Very Rev. Thomas James, SVD, VE,

Episcopal Vicar of the Central Region, will concel-

ebrate along with other clergy. Parking is available

at Our Lady of Fatima, with additional parking at

Blackham Coliseum. For more information, please

contact Mary Bergeron (654-8682).

New Photos We have posted new pictures from our recent St. Patrick Day Breakfast, as well as some shots of the Church at Easter. You can find them on our parish website: got to www.stpat.org and click on the Photos menu item. Enjoy!

Wisdom’s Annual Crawfish Boil

Our Lady of Wisdom Catholic Student Center is

having their annual $10,000.00 raffle and crawfish

boil on Saturday, April 20th. at Blackham Colise-

um. You can purchase tickets at:

www.ragincajuncatholics.org/bash

Retreat Information

Our Lady of the Oaks Retreat House in Grand

Coteau, LA, is offering the following retreats:

Mid Week Retreats for Women:

July 1– 3; November 4-6, 2013

Weekend Retreats for Women:

May 9-11; May 30-June 2; June 27-30, November

14-17; December 5-8, 2013

Married Couples Retreat: April 26-28;

September 6-8; October 25-27, 2013

Please call 337-662-5410 for a reservation form

and application or visit their website:

wwwourladyoftheoaks.com STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK

Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us

Offertory………………….$ 4,4206.06

Holy Land………………...$ 606.00 Thank You!

Date

Saturday, April 13

4:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 14

8:30 a.m.

Sunday, April 14

10:00 a.m.

Lectors

Dana Guidry Linda Garber Brenda DeMette

Eucharistic

Ministers

Peggy Spruill

Candis Thompson

Rosalind Allen

Kay Hampton

Maggie Sonnier

Gerrie McGovern

Michael Doumit

Janeth Harrington

Tami Petre

Server

Harold Guilbeau Melinda Voorhies Harry DeMette

Ushers Oren Spruil

Joyce Stelly

Anne Pitre

Rachelle Trahan

Lionel Jeanmard

Liturgical Roles for April 2013

From the Pastor’s Desk

On Holy Thursday evening, as part of our Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, we did the Washing of the Feet, in remem-

brance of Jesus’ action at the Last Supper. On that same evening, Pope Francis also did the Washing of the Feet. However, his cere-

mony seems to have been a bit more newsworthy.

Of particular note was the fact that the Pope held the Mass at a youth detention center in Rome. Among the feet he washed

were two belonging to a young woman and a young Muslim, even though Popes usually only wash male Catholic feet. The most

important thing was that Pope Francis made clear his aim: To do what Jesus did. His homily:

“This is moving, Jesus washes the feet of his disciples. Peter understands nothing. He refuses but Jesus ex-plains to him. Jesus, God did this, and He Himself explains it to the disciples.. ‘Do you realize what I have done for

you? You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have

washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for

you, you should also do’. “It is the example set by Our Lord, it’s important for Him to wash their feet, because among us the one who is

highest up must be at the service of others. This is a symbol, it is a sign – washing your feet means I am at your service.

And we are too, among each other, but we don’t have to wash each other’s feet each day. So what does this mean? That we have to help each other…sometimes I would get angry with one someone, but we must let it go and if they ask a fa-

vor, do it! “Help one another. This is what Jesus teaches us. This is what I do. And I do it with my heart. I do this with my heart be-

cause it is my duty, as a priest and bishop I must be at your service. But it is a duty that comes from my heart and a duty I love. I

love doing it because this is what the Lord has taught me. But you too must help us and help each other, always. And thus in help-

ing each other we will do good for each other.

“Now we will perform the ceremony of the Washing of the Feet and we must each one of us think, Am I really

willing to help others? Just think of that. Think that this sign is Christ’s caress, because Jesus came just for this, to

serve us, to help us.”

A young incarcerated person in Los Angeles wrote the following response: Dear Pope Francis, Thank you for washing the feet of youth like us in Italy. We also are young and made mistakes. Society has given up on us, thank you

that you have not given up on us.

Readings for the Week

Monday Is 7:10-14, 8:10; P 40:7-11; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38

Tuesday Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Jn 3:7b-15

Wednesday Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-9; Jn 3:16-21

Thursday Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34: 2-9, 17-20; Jn 3:31-36

Friday Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Jn 6:1-15

Saturday Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; Jn 6:16-21

Sunday Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13

Rev 5:11-14; Jn 21:1-19 [1-14]