July 12, 2015 - Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor Parish Website: www.stpat.org

stpat.org@gmail.com

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

Baptisms

Seminars are held every other month - register

by calling the office. At-tendance is suggested

during pregnancy.

Anointing of the Sick The Church recom-

mends this sacrament for those who are grave-

ly ill or in danger of death. Call the priest to

arrange a visit.

Weddings

Arrangements must be made at least six

months in advance to allow time for prepara-

tion and planning.

406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727

Phone: (337) 237-0988

Welcome to St. Patrick Church

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 12, 2015

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, July 11--Vigil of the Fifteenth Sun-

day in Ordinary Time

4:00 PM: Mike Guilbeau; Mary Thibeaux;

Eva Mae Hebert & Cecil (living);

Mrs. Albert Boudreaux

Sunday, July 12--Fifteenth Sunday in Ordi-

nary Time 8:30 AM: Lorraine Day; Helen Vallot;

Ewing Latimer; Joyce Lavergne Ducote

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

Monday, July 13--St. Henry

7:30 AM: Lynn Kallam Ditch

Truth shall spring out of the earth, and justice shall look down from heaven.

— Psalm 85:12

Tuesday, July 14--St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin

7:30 AM: Bella Hernandez; Gussie Hernandez;

Manilla Conques

Wednesday, July 15--St. Bonaventure, Bishop and

Doctor of the Church

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

Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living);

Col. Kimberly Fedele (living)

Thursday, July 16--Our Lady of Mount Carmel

7:30 AM: Mrs. Albert Boudreaux

Friday, July17--Weekday

7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart

Altar Flowers In loving memory of:

The Latimer Family

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: 1st. Friday of the month 7

a.m.

Shamrocks—Friday, July 17: Gloria Bou-

dreaux; Maggie Sonnier; Stephanie Bacque;

Josette Delahoussaye

Prayer for Hurricane Season

O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices

of your children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed your order

and returned to its former quietude. You are still the Master of

land and sea. We live the shadow of a danger over which we

have no control: the gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can

awake from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land and spread chaos and disaster. Dur-

ing this hurricane season we turn to you, loving Father. Spare

us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and

whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with the passing of time.

O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our Beloved Mother, we ask you to

plead with you Son in our behalf, so that spared from the calam-

ities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of grat-

itude, we will walk in the footsteps of your divine Son to reach

heavenly Jerusalem where a stormless eternity awaits us.

Amen.

Bishop Maurice Shexnayder

Students from St. Patrick’s who would like to attend CCD

Program—all grades, First Communion and Confirmation,

need to register at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 818 12th. St., Lafayette. Registration begins July 27 until Au-

gust 2, 2015; in the Immaculate Heart Cafeteria: Mondays,

Tuesdays, & Thursdays, 8:30 a.m.—11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. —3:30 p.m. No registrations accepted on Wednesdays

and Fridays. There will be one Sunday registration, August

3rd., 2014 at 8:30 am to 12 noon. Late registration begins Monday, August 10, 2015 and a $20.0 late fee will be add-

ed to the registration fee. Students will be accepted on a

first come first serve basis. All new students must have

their baptismal certificate on the day of registration. For additional information please call: 235-6323.

Come to the Well – July 18—9:00 am— 4:00 pm Today’s fast paced society provides little time, space or

support for those who have suffered loss. “Come to the

Well” is a day of hope for those suffer ing the loss of a loved one, including loss by suicide, accidental death, in-

fertility, miscarriage, illness, stillbirth, SIDS, adoption

placement, abortion, and any other life losses. Those who

work in bereavement ministries or reproductive grief are also invited. Pre-registration is required. Cost is $25 per

person. RSVP with payment by July 10, 2015. Checks are

to be made payable to: DOL-Office of Pro-Life Aposto-late. Address: 1408 Carmel Dr. – Lafayette, LA 70501 ◦

Contact: Trista Littell at 337.261-5607 for more infor-

mation.

2015 Man-to-Man Catholic Men’s Conference

The 2015 Man-to-Man Catholic Men’s Conference will be held on Saturday, August 22, at Our Lady of Fatima, Lafa-

yette. Keynote speaker will be Fr. Larry Richards from

Erie, Pennsylvania. He is the founder of The Reason for Our Hope Foundation, as well as Pastor of St. Joseph’s

Bread of Life in Erie. Special guest speaker will be Lafa-

yette native Fr. Matthew Higginbotham, Pastor of Immacu-late Heart of Mary Church, Crowley. You can register at

www.m2m2015.com. This year’s fee is $30.00. Men of all

faiths are welcome.

Circle of Friends:

Single adults (40+) in Acadiana can find a venue of fellow-

ship and speakers on most Tuesdays at 7:00pm, usually at the Holy Cross library. It is sponsored by the Office of

Family Life. For meeting dates and other information, call

261-5653, or visit http:catholicfellowshipnetwork.webs.com/ Supper Club

provides a monthly social at a local restaurant on the 3rd

Tuesday of every month. For more information, visit:

http://catholicfellowshipnetwork.webs.com/

Reminder—Baby Items Next weekend is time to bring baby items to be given

away to those mothers who choose life for their babies.

Always needed: diapers for infants and sizes 3, 4 &

5; wipes; body wash; baby lotion, diaper bags. Also needed: bottles; sippy cups; nipples; pacifiers. The

kindness of your donations help this ministry.

Gently Worn School Uniforms Needed

Gently Worn School Uniforms are once again being

collected for needy children in the Lafayette Parish Schools. Please bring your children’s outgrown uni-

forms to church as soon as possible. Sizes 4-20 and all

adult sizes are needed. Shir ts: red, white and navy

blue, black and green. Pants/Shorts: navy blue, black and khaki-traditional style. The need is great!

Integrity of Heart Men struggling with sexual compulsivity and/or an ad-

diction to pornography now have a confidential support

group right here in Lafayette. Weekly meetings are held for an hour and fifteen minutes. STRICT CONFI-

DENTIALITY is observed by all members and a Con-

fidentiality Statement is signed by each member after

an initial meeting with the facilitator. Call and leave a confidential message at 337-944-9860 and the group

facilitator will return your call and give you more infor-

mation.

Suicide Survivors Support Group

Their mission is to provide those in mourning a sup-

portive group in which to share their grief and gain un-derstanding. Meetings are held at St Edmond Church,

Lafayette, the 2nd Tuesdays of each month @ 6:30pm

in the Dowling Hall. FMI call Yvette Frasier 255-5093.

Second Collection Next Weekend

The Catholic Communications Campaign (CCC) develops media programming, projects, and resources

that promote Gospel values. Fifty percent of the col-

lection supports communication efforts throughout the

nation’s parishes. The other fifty percent will remain here in the Lafayette Diocese to support our own dioce-

san media outlets, which include the Office of Ra-

dio/TV Ministry, the diocesan website (www.diolaf.org) and the Acadiana Catholic. Please

give generously next weekend!

STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK

Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us

Offertory……………………..$ 3,168.00

Building Fund………………..$ 1,014.99 Thank You!

Date

Saturday, July 18

4:00 p.m.

Sunday, July 19

8:30 a.m.

Sunday, July 19

10:00 a.m.

Lectors

Janell Venable Larry Lewis Brenda DeMette

Eucharistic

Ministers

Oren Spurill

Peggy Spruill

Merrick Stelly

Ted Hampton

Kay Hampton

Sandra LaGrange

Andre Arceneaux

Jean Arceneaux

Debra Carroll

Altar Servers George Eaton Glenn LaGrange Harry DeMette

Ushers

George Guidry

Joyce Stelly

William & Stephanie Bacque Lionel Jeanmard

Joyce Stelly

Liturgical Roles for June

Readings for the Week

Monday Ex 1:8-14, 22; Ps 124:1b-8; Mt 10:34 — 11:1

Tuesday Ex 2:1-15a; Ps 69:3, 14, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 11:20-24

Wednesday Ex 3:1-6, 9-12; Ps 103:1b-4, 6-7; Mt 11:25-27

Thursday Ex 3:13-20; Ps 105:1, 5, 8-9, 24-27; Mt 11:28-30

Friday Ex 11:10 — 12:14; Ps 116:12-13, 15, 16bc, 17-18; Mt 12:1-8

Saturday Ex 12:37-42; Ps 136:1, 23-24, 10-15; Mt 12:14-21

Sunday Jer 23:1-6; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 2:13-18; Mk 6:30-34

From the Pastor’s Desk

Ah, Lordy me, what shall we write about? We’ve got racism and a flag, we’ve got politics trumping immi-gration, we’ve got a new papal letter about trashing the earth, we’ve got clerks and licenses and same and differ-ent sex people. All are stories I’ve been following, that I know God can help us with. What to choose?

Last year, our diocese started having our third year theology seminarians spend some time doing minis-try with the sick and elderly in our diocese, and I’ve been allowed to spend some time with them. This summer, I’m working with four of our seminarians who hope (God willing) to be ordained priests for our diocese in a cou-ple of years. And they are fine young men indeed, whom we are blessed to have among us.

All four are spending some time in area hospitals, which is why I’m involved. This week, I met again with them to talk together about their experiences, in light of our faith and our theology. This time, we looked at our response when confronted with the harsh reality of suffering and death, it’s connection with evil in our world, and how we might somehow be of help to people in their brokenness. Yes, these are hard questions.

One theme that surfaced in our talks was the need for a radical humility in these situations. Suffering and evil are quite simply beyond explanation. Too often the things that are said by well-meaning family and friends (and clergy!) are failed attempts to make sense of what just doesn’t make sense. In a situation where there is nothing really helpful to be said, saying something (e.g., “Everything happens for a reason” or “It’s God’s will.) on-ly makes things worse. A radical humility reminds us that we cannot fix it, or make everything better, or even begin to answer the inevitable question of ‘Why?’

We talked at our gathering of the value of simply being with people in those situations. With our quiet presence and with words of faith, we strive to remind them that God loves them. In those painful moments, the simple truth that God loves us is at the same time the most difficult to grasp, and also the most important truth to cling to. Trusting that God loves us, especially in the face of pain and grief, is the only path to healing and ac-ceptance. By simply walking with people, we can sometimes help them embrace this simple truth.

I think this is something of what Pope Francis is trying to teach us when he keeps calling us to simply ac-company people on their journey, no matter where they are, and where they’re going: to be with them in the face of racism and violence and greed and inequality and discrimination. Being with one another rather than being against one another is not something we do very well. We can do better.