Missionary Appeal

the Weekend of August 6th and 7th for the Diocese of

Neyyattinkara, Kerala, India

The Diocese of Neyyattinkara, Kerala, India was established in 1996. It is a diocese in which there are many conversions to Catholic Christianity from other religions. Most of the 150,000 Catholics are either seasonal farm workers or marginal farmers with less than ½ acre of land. These farmers have no other sources of income. Many of them have less than ¼ of an acre to farm. This is mainly due to the population growth in the last 50 years and the property laws which have forced families to divide land among their children. Most parents do not have the ability to support themselves or educate their children---or support their Church. This is the great challenge for the diocese of Neyyattinkara. The diocese has all the growing pains of a new diocese over and above the poverty of the people and the lack of resources within the diocese. The main focus now is on the children. The weekend of August 6th—7th at St. Jean Vianney. Fr. Joy Antony , who represents this diocese, will ask your support in prayer and in finances for this missionary ministry. The gift you give will be during the second collection and will go to help children from poor families receive an education. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

MASS TIMES Saturday 4:00 PM Vigil Sunday 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM 11:30 AM & 5:30 PM Weekdays Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30 AM Tuesday & Wednesday 6:15 AM SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Monday & Friday 8:15 AM Tuesday & Wednesday 6:00 AM Saturdays 2:45 PM—3:30 PM All others times by appointment only. BAPTISMS Please call the parish office in the early months of pregnancy. WEDDINGS Contact parish priest at least six months prior to anticipated date of wedding. CARE OF THE SICK Notify the parish office of homebound and hospitalized. PRAYER REQUESTS Contact Mrs. Theresa Himel at 755.3709 or email at sjvprayerline@aol.com

PARISH OFFICE Phone 753.7950 Fax 753.7965 Website www.stjeanvianney.org E-Mail churchinfo@stjeanvianney.org Hours Monday thru Thursday 8:30 AM—6:00 PM Friday 8:30 AM—4:00 PM RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE Phone 751. 2926 Hours Monday thru Friday 9:00 AM—4:00 PM SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OFFICE Phone 751. 0502 Hours Monday thru Friday 9:00 AM—4:00 PM SJV PAROCHIAL SCHOOL Phone 751.1831 Hours Monday thru Friday 8:00 AM—4:00 PM PRESCHOOL Phone 752.5356 Hours Monday thru Friday 9:15 AM—2:00 PM

16166 S. Harrell’s Ferry Road

PARISH STAFF Pastor Rev. Tom Ranzino Deacon Rev. Mr. Brent Duplessis Deacon Rev. Mr. Dan Borne Director of Religious Education Mrs. Denise Louviere Religious Education Assistant Mrs. Betty Wright Director of Youth Ministry Mr. Craig Baker Receptionists/Secretaries Ms. Belinda Smith Mrs. Mickie Marchiafava Director of Social Responsibility Mrs. Lori Aucoin Facilities Manager Mr. Terry Blackwell Music Director Mrs. Karen Ullo SJV School Principal Ms. Wendy Gilmore Assistant Principal Mrs. Cheri Robinson Assistant Principal Mrs. Linda Tate Director of Preschool Mrs. Amie Williams Asst. Dir. of Preschool Mrs. Dana Sunseri

LAGNIAPPE Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 24, 2011

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Our mission as the Body of Christ in the parish of St. Jean Vianney is to model the love of Jesus by discerning and doing God’s will, consciously Sharing the Word and Eucharist at worship, educating in faith all ages, evangelizing our parishioners for Christ’s mission, and serving justly God’s people, our sisters and brothers within our parish boundaries, our larger Baton Rouge community, and into the world.

LIFE TOGETHER Dear Friends, This weekend is one of our parish blood drives. I hope you can help and give blood. Doing so helps others in the parish who may need blood at crises times be able to secure the supply needed. I am grateful to the Social Responsibility Committee and Commission for coordinating this yearly project. This past Friday, our contribution to the Diocesan 50th Anniversary Time Capsule was sealed into the capsule at the Catholic Life Center. The Capsule is to be opened 50 years from now. I imagine the folks then will wonder about us and what we were up to as a Church during these times. We supplied pictures and stories about our parish’s past 35 years of existence. Hello to the future and thanks for the past. The new road-way and sidewalk construction is basically complete. We did this work in anticipation of the road construction on South Harrell’s Ferry which will create a wider front entrance/exit yet to be done. The new paver- plaza has the large planters with built-in watering system so that the greenery in the planters can survive. These planters also signal that no parking is to be done on or near the walkway. I want to encourage the men of the parish to consider making a retreat this year, the weekend of August 20-21. Christ Renews His Parish is a close to home spiritually enriching day and a half which brings new insight into the spirituality of men at home and in the world. Go to www.stjeanvianney.org for information, registration. Click on the Christ Renews His Parish button. I am leaving this weekend for vacation. While I am away if you have any pastoral needs, please contact the parish office and one of the Parish Staff will assist you. I will pray for you while I am away; please pray for me too. Love,

MASS TIMES ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES

If you are traveling, there is a website to get the name of a church and mass times—www.masstimes.org

CRHP Men’s Retreat August 20th and 21st Fr. Engels Hall

What if….you wanted God’s help to become a better friend, parent or spouse or to simply have more strength as a follower of Christ? What would you do? Where would you go? The Christ Renews His Parish Men’s Retreat is coming. The Spirit of God is a source of power for the retreat and it flows in abundance. Come and be refreshed and strengthened through fellowship and the sharing of Gods love with friends. The Christ Renews His Parish retreat program has been helping to spread God’s love for over 40 years in parishes all over the world. It is a two day overnight retreat given by your fellow parishioners just for you. It requires only your presence yet provides benefits that last a lifetime. Go to the parish website at www.stjvchurch.org to sign up and for more information. You may also contact Art Barrios (751-9238), Greg Hassenboehler (753-6569) or email crhp@stjeanvianney.org .

St. Michael Football Camp

Monday, July 25th through Thursday, July 28th 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.

$100 - check made out to St. Michael High School Meet at the St. Michael Fieldhouse.

Bring cleats, dress in athletic attire, and be ready to learn and have fun! All campers receive a t-shirt and are coached by the St. Michael players and staff. If you have any questions, please contact coach Eric Held at 715-4755.

A CALL TO THE SERVANTS OF GOD: Born in the Spirit of Faith Minister and Meet the Needs of Others Next week, as we enter into the Stewardship of Ministry phase of the anniversary year Total Stewardship

program, we will send you a brochure providing information that details the impor-tance of this aspect of spiritual stewardship. We invite you to indicate your ministry preferences, a prayerful response regarding your involvement in the life of our local Parish. Called by God and “born in the spirit of faith”—like the apostles and two millennia of the faithful—you preserve the legacy of faithful Catholics who preceded you and provide for all those who will follow, ministering to their hurts and meeting their needs.

Parish Stewardship Summary

Fiscal Year to Date July1, 2011 to July 17, 2011

The one who knows of the kingdom of heaven brings new and old from the storeroom (Matthew 13:44-52 [44-46]).

SCHOOL APPLICATIONS Applications for prospective students for the 2011-2012 school year are being accepted in the school office. They are also available on our website, www.stjeanvianneyschool.org. St. Jean Vianney School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, nationality or ethnic origin.

The St. Jean Vianney Catholic Preschool has openings in the three year old program for the 2011-2012 school year. Applications may be picked up in the preschool office Tuesday

through Thursday between the hours of 8:30am and 12:00 noon. Should you need further information, or if you would like a tour please contact the preschool office at 752.5356

Goal Amt. Rec’d

Year to date Offertory

69,734.00 74,425.00

Weekly Offertory

23,245.00 19,448.00

Over the last few weeks we have been writing about both what changes are coming with the new translation of the Roman Missal, as well as, what will remain the

same. The decade of the 1960’s brought Catholics many changes in how we worship by opening up the liturgical experience with the acceptance of the liturgy being celebrated in the mother tongue of the community. In the early Christian Church much of what was done in liturgy was handed down orally from one generation to the next. Eventually scribes or writers were charged with the task of collecting the oral prayers from Mass into a written book of sacraments. Other books were written as well: Lectionaries that contained the Scripture readings, a book of Gospels called the Evangeliary, and books of chants and antiphons. Finally, all of these writings were compiled into a single volume called the Complete Missal or the Roman Missal. With the invention of the printing press in 1470, this volume was standardized and became published universally for the Church to use. Over the next five hundred years, this Complete Roman Missal inspired our worship. Following the Second Vatican Council in 1962, the Complete Roman Missal was divided into two parts; the Lectionary, from which the lectors proclaim the readings and the Sacramentary, the red book of prayers used by the priest during the liturgy. The first English translation of the Roman Missal was created in 1969 and was concerned more with the spirit of the text rather than the literal translation. Considering the cultural climate of the sixties and early seventies, this is a prime example of the Church’s being in touch with the world around it. The English translation of the Roman Missal was again revised in 1975. However, in 2001 the Church issued a document concerned with the method and process for translation of liturgical texts into the vernacular languages. As a result of this deeper understanding of the rich value of the Latin Text, the commission in charge of this endeavor spent the next ten years re-evaluating our English translation to determine if changes in the translations needed to be made. On April 30, 2010 the need for changes was announced and these changes will be implemented in every Catholic Church world wide on November 27, 2011… the first Sunday of Advent---very fittingly at the start of a new Liturgical year.

VOCATION Thinking about life as a religious; priest, sister or brother, come to Life Awareness, a weekend of discerning about a religious vocation. Open to SINGLE Catholics between the ages of 17 to 45, September 16-18, 2011 at St. Charles Center, Diocese of Lake Charles, 2151 Sam Houston Jones Parkway, Lake Charles, Louisiana. The fee is $25.00 for the weekend. (Scholarship funds are available.) For more information contact: Fr. Matt Lorrain, Vocation Director 225.336.8778 or 225.387.0561 or email, vocations@diobr.org or got to www.diolaf.org/lifeawarness to register on line.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: 2 Cor 4:7-15; Mt 20:20-28 Tuesday: Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28; Mt 13:36-43 Wednesday: Ex 34:29-35; Mt 13:44-46 Thursday: Ex 40:16-21, 34-38; Mt 13:47-53 Friday: Lv 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37; Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42 Saturday: Lv 25:1, 8-17; Mt 14:1-12 Sunday: Is 55:1-3; Ps 145; Rom 8:35, 37-39; Mt 14:13-21

Youth Ministry High School Softball All high school students, if you are interested in playing softball this summer (every Monday evening) contact Craig @ 504.383.3130. Summer Schedule - Middle and High School June 5 - July 24 Every Sunday after 5:30pm mass.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY NEWS

“JustFaith” “Love your neighbor as yourself” is the great commandment. But, in my busy life, who really is my neighbor and what does my faith say I should do for my neighbor? JustFaith is an intensive thirty-week program that helps to answer these questions through reflection, study, prayer and community. For information, please join us at an information gathering on August 25th at 6:30 p.m. in the parish office, or contact Pat Callies, 362.2816, or Cindy Tracy, 752.6232; as well as, www.justfaith.org. Our Lady of the Lake Hospital Summer Blood Drive this Sunday The summer months are especially long when the blood supply within our community is short. The lives of many of our parishioners have been touched through the varied services O.L.O.L. provides, including opportunities for employment, medical care, education and support. We are happy to link with O.L.O.L. in this summer appeal for donors from SJV. Please support this drive by donating blood this Sunday, July 24th in Fr. Engels Hall, any time between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. If you are unable to donate, we ask for your prayers for a successful drive.

ALBERTSON’S COMMUNITY PARTNERS How can shopping for all of your summer needs – cookouts, celebrations, pool parties, picnics – help our Social Responsibility Ministries? If you are an Albertson’s store shopper, please use or obtain our Community Partner key tag to scan when you shop. Our ministry will earn cash rewards based on our supporters’ sales. We can earn 1% of the sale each time our Community Partners barcode is scanned with a grocery purchase. The permanent key tag may be obtained from the parish office, or my emailing Lori at laucoin@stjeanvianney.org. Or, you may cut out the temporary key tag below and scan it when you shop. It just takes one person to help make a difference. You can help support our ministries just by doing what you are already doing – shopping.

SJV Men’s Club Monthly Meeting

Tuesday August 2, 2011 @ 6:30pm Father Engels Hall

All men 21 and older are welcome, whether you are a member or not. Join us for fellowship & a great meal. Please contact Jeff Brown at jefmbrown@gmail.com or 225.937.f7806 with any questions.

Monday, July 25 6:30pm Youth Softball Tuesday, July 26 6:30pm TBR Target Group 7:00pm CRHP Men’s Retreat Mtg. 7:00pm CRHP Women’s Retreat Mtg. 7:00pm Adoration Wednesday, July 27 Bulletin Article Due for Aug. 6 & 7

7:30pm RCIA Thursday, July 28 Friday, July 29 Saturday, July 30 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, July 31 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 6:45pm Life Teen Monday, August 1

SJV CALENDAR

Monday, July 25 8:30am Leopoldo Giuillioli Tuesday, July 26 6:15am Wednesday, July 27 6:15am Molly Langlois 8:30am Thursday, July 28 6:15am Communion Service Friday, July 29 8:30am Alberta Gilmore

Saturday, July 30 4:00pm Ron Henzen Ronald LeBlanc Sunday, July 31 7:30am For Parishioners of SJV 9:30am Norman LaBorde, Jr. 11:30am Zdenka C. Turk 5:30pm Margaret Schlier

MASS INTENTIONS

SANCTUARY LAMP (07/25– 31/11)

Jacqueline Logarbo Lauret

AUTOMATIC BANK DRAFT Automatic Bank Draft is available as an option for your weekly or monthly tithing and building fund contribution. Please call 753.7950, or come by the parish office for more information.

Religious Education Classes (2011-12)

“Let us respond to God’s call by educating our youth with the message of Jesus Christ.” If you are interested in volunteering to teach in our parish school of religion we would welcome an opportunity to meet with you. At present we have limited teacher openings in our lower elementary classes. Teacher assistants are needed in grades 1st – 8th. Please call Denise or Betty at 751.2926.