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SAINT JAMES CHURCH 6613 Highway 18St. James, LA 70086225.265.4210 : phone225.265.4225 : faxOffice Hours: Mon, & Wed.7:30am - 2pmTue, Thur -8am - 3pmFri. - 8am -11am
OUR LADY OF PEACE CHURCH 13281 Hwy 644Vacherie, LA 70090225-265-3953:: phone 225-265-2507: fax Office Hours Mon-Fri - 8:00am - 4pm
SAINT PHILIP CHURCH 1175 Highway 18Vacherie, LA 70090225.265.4085 : phone225.265.9348 : fax.Office Hours: Mon-Fri - 9:00am - 12pm
CLERGYRev. Matthew [email protected]. Brad DoyleParochial [email protected]
Deacon Ricky Oubre (985)[email protected]
STAFF:Mr.Stephen CastilleDirector of [email protected]
Ms. Stephenie AubertCoordinator of Religious [email protected]
Ms. Claire Amedee [email protected]
Ms. Julie Chiasson [email protected]
Mrs. Carol Ann Hymel [email protected]
Ms Jeanie Hymelstjameschurch @canecatholics.com
Mrs. Gretchen Ketchensstjameschurch @canecatholics.com
FOR EMERGENCIES CALL:225-267-7210
Stained Glass and Other Updates As you read this, I am on retreat near Phoenix, AZ. I scheduled this retreat months ago, and it’s hard to break away from all the parish work that needs to get done. I am looking forward to some intense prayer during Pentecost, however, because I had my first Mass as a deacon and my first Mass as a priest on two consecutive Pentecosts. (June 12, 2011 and May 27, 2012) I get to spend this retreat reflecting on these and many other “firsts” since my ordination. God has been so good to me!
Director of Evangelization Position. The problem facing Catholic parishes is a decrease in Mass attendance and practice of the faith in general. Because I hate to reinvent the wheel, I turned to others who have spent much more time on this. I found three books that reflect hours of combined experience: Forming Intentional Disciples by Sherry Weddell, Rebuilt by Fr. Michael White and Tom Corcoran, and Divine Renovation by Fr. James Mallon.
Some common themes. First, business as usual isn’t going to turn things around. If most families that go through a Baptism, First Communion or Confirmation aren’t coming to Mass now, keeping everything the same isn’t going to change their participation. Second, we have to bury the false notion that bringing people back to the faith is only Father’s job. If this didn’t work when we had three priests for three parishes, how can it work if there is one priest for three parishes? Third, if a parish is serious about a culture change, it needs to put its money where its mouth is. This is why I opened up a full time position for evangelization. Evangelization is a fancy word for letting people know the Good News. God’s grace transforms lives! If we don’t know and/or live this, then it’s no surprise that many people aren’t coming to Mass.
Stained Glass Donation Update. Whenever I proposed the new adoration chapel, one question arose again and again: “How can we honor the memory of Fr. Clarence Waguespack who founded the adoration chapel?” I think that question was answered after I announced a donor drive to beautify the chapel with stained glass and a parishioner offered to donate the cost of a large stained glass window in his honor.
Fr. Clarence had a strong devotion to the Blessed Mother, so this parishioner suggested that donating the large Annunciation window would be a good way to honor Fr. Clarence. Because so many chapel members wanted to have Fr. Clarence honored in some tangible way in the new adoration chapel, I feel it’s the right thing to give this parishioner the opportunity to donate the cost of the large Annunciation window before we hold our donor drawing this Tuesday. That means when we draw names for donors, there are still five windows left to donate. Thank you to all those interested in beautifying the chapel. I look forward to my return from retreat!
Peace, Fr .Matthew
THE HOLY MASS -WEEKDAYS MON 8am Our Lady Of PeaceTUE 8am St. Philip WED 8am Our Lady of Peace THU 8am Our Lady of Peace, 6pm St. Philip FRI 8am St. James
THE HOLY MASS -WEEKENDS SAT 4pm OLOP
6pm St. PhilipSUN 8am St. James 10am OLOPSacrament of RECONCILIATION SUN 7:15-7:45am St. JamesSAT 3:00 – 3:45pm OLOPSAT 5:30 - 5:50pm St.PhilipIf you need to go to Confession outside one of these times, please call the office
Sacrament of Baptism - Call Office to schedule
Sacrament of Marriage - call the parish at least six months in advance before setting date or making preparations
Baptismal Seminar - 2nd Thursday of the month at St. Philip rectory immediately following Mass (6:30pm) Call the office to register at least one day prior to the class. Or you can register on the website - www.canecatholics.com
PRAYER LINE St. JamesEnola Matherne 225.265.3820Myrna Schexnayder 225.405.1590
St. PhilipCecile Hymel 225.265.7705
Our Lady of PeaceMarlene Webre 225-265-4528
TRAVELING CHALICE - 5-19 - Bernard and Simone Labat 5-26 - Rudy and Charlene Gravois
Flowers and Sanctuary Candles Our Lady of Peace: Sanctuary Candle - In Memory of James Falgoust, Harris
Webre, Leonard Falgoust, Sr. & Emile Faucheux, Sr. by Gail & Jimmy Falgoust.
Adoration Chapel - Mabel & Gillis Guillot by Dean and Lona Becnel
St.Philip: Sanctuary Candle - In memory of Ed Gauthreaux Family
by Claire GauthreauxAngela Becnel Warren by Margaret Herrington
St. James: Sanctuary - Raleigh Weber, Sr. by Family
FAITH FORMATION
Registration is now open for the 2018-19 school
year. Forms can be found on the tables at
the churches and on the website. You can mail them, place them in the
collection or drop them off at the offices. There will be a $25 late fee on all registrations not received by the deadline. (SP/SJ- 8/2, OLOP 7/27)
Cluster Vacation Bible SchoolAt Our Lady of Peace on Monday-Friday, June 18-22, from 8:30am to 12 noon for children entering pre-school through entering 6th grade.
Registration deadline is Friday, June 2. Registration forms are
available on the tables at the entrance of the church.
All Registration Forms are available on the website
www.canecatholics.com under the YOUTH tab.
BAPTISMSBaptisms will be held at Our Lady of
Peace on June 10 at 10am Mass.Call the office to schedule.
Baptisms all be held at St. Philip and St. James are scheduled as needed. Next Baptismal Seminar will be on
June 14 at St. Philip at 6:30pm. Please register at www.canecatholics.com
♢ EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA!
Prayer Groups/Bible Study Bible Study @ OLOP - 9:15am - June 4, 2018
Under the Mantle of Our Lady Women’s Prayer Group - Holy Cross Hall at OLOP Men’s Prayer Group OLOP- 7:00am on Saturday, May 26, 2018
Charismatic Prayer Meeting - Tuesdays at 7pm at OLOP
Rosaries, Adoration and Novenas The Rosary will be prayed before all Masses at St. Philip and St. James and at the weekday Masses at Our Lady of Peace during the month of May in honor of our Mother Mary. Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help is prayed after the 8am Mass at St. Philip on TuesdaysThe Scripture Rosary for Peace is prayed at St. Philip at 5:10pm on Thursdays.Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament follow the 6:00pm Mass at St. Philip on First Thursdays.Recitation of Rosary at 7:30am at St. James on Friday.sRecitation of Rosary for Priests at 8:30am at St. James on Saturdays.
Choir Practices Tuesday
St. Philip Choir - 4:00pm Spirit of Praise - OLOP - 6:00pm
Thursday Gospel Choir - OLOP - 6:00pm
Gospel Choir - St. James - 6:30pm
Readings for this WeekMonday: Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church Gn 3:9-15, 20 or Acts 1:12-14; Ps 87:1-3, 5-7; Jn 19:25-34Tuesday: St. Rita of Cascia Jas 4:1-10; Ps 55:7-11a, 23; Mk 9:30-37Wednesday: Jas 4:13-17; Ps 49:2-3, 6-11; Mk 9:38-40Thursday: Jas 5:1-6; Ps 49:14-20; Mk 9:41-50Friday: St. Bede the Venerable; St. Gregory VII; St. Mary Magdalene de'
Pazzi Jas 5:9-12; Ps 103:1-4, 8-9, 11-12; Mk 10:1-12Saturday: St. Philip Neri Jas 5:13-20; Ps 141:1-3, 8; Mk 10:13-16Sunday: Dt 4:32-34, 39-40; Ps 33:4-6, 9, 18-20, 22; Rom 8:14-17; Mt 28:16-20
Happy Anniversary Fr. Matthew McCaughey
on the 6th Anniversary of your Ordination to the Priesthood on May 26.
Meetings in St. Philip Neighborhoods Father Matthew would like to meet with members of St. Philip parish in their neighborhoods. Call the host/hostess in your neighborhood to RSVP for the meetings. Space is limited so call soon.May 25, 2018 - 6:00pm - Dr. Roland and Ms. Carol Waguespack - 265-4181 - LJ Street and St. James St. Area.
Attention Parents of Students Entering 11th Grade If you have a student entering the 11th Grade at any of the public, private or Catholic schools in our area, please contact the church to make sure they are included with the Confirmation Class.There will be a meeting for the students and their parents (from all three parishes) on May 29, 2018 at St. Philip Church Hall. Confirmation students are expected to assist with our Cluster Vacation Bible School for which they will acquire service hours.
Priest Appreciation Catholic Daughters Courts 2316 and 1504 are sponsoring an opportunity to
recognize and appreciate our priests, deacon and seminarians. Envelopes are available in the chapel foyer and in all three church for parishioners to write short notes of appreciation, your promise of prayers or other gifts for Fr. Matthew, Fr. Brad, Deacon Ricky or Seminarians Danny & Michael. The envelopes should be placed in any collection basket prior on the weekend of May 26 & 27. The presentations to the priests and deacon will be at the 6:00pm Mass at St. Philip on June 2, 8:00am and 10:00am Masses on June 3 at St. James and Our Lady of Peace. We will see to it that the Seminarians receive their envelopes.(If you pickup an envelope from OLOP and want to add Michael Graugnard, just write his name on the envelope).
New Marian Feast Day Pope Francis has made the devotion to the Virgin Mary a new fixed celebration in the Roman Catholic calendar.The Vatican published a decree in March in which Francis declared that the Mary "Mother of the Church" feast would be celebrated on the Monday following Pentecost. This year, it falls on May 21.The decree said Francis wanted the devotion to "encourage the growth of the maternal sense of the Church in the pastors, religious and faithful, as
well as a growth of genuine Marian piety.” (excerpts taken from US News & World Report)
Congratulations to all our cluster graduates. Please remember that wherever life takes you on the next part of your journey, you will always have a home at St. Philip, St. James and Our Lady of Peace parishes!
Confirmation Sunday at the Cathedral Please pray for the following members of our cluster parishes as they receive the Sacrament of Confirmation on Pentecost Sunday in Baton Rouge:
Brandon Michael OubreSasha Monet GreenNiya Marie RossNicole Vicknair LouqueShana Marie Catoire
Honduras Missionaries This weekend we will have missionaries visiting at the weekend Masses. For those interested in helping out the college missionaries to Honduras, please make checks out to "Missioners of Christ" and bring to any cluster office by Friday, June 1.
In Loving Memory
Pentecost Heritage Festival When: Sunday, May 20, 2018 Where: Our Lady of Peace Church
Time: 10:00am Mass until 2:00pm Come to Mass and hear the readings proclaimed in different languages and then join us to celebrate our heritage. There will be an inflatable obstacle course, lawn games, music, and good old fashioned Cajun Keks, Hot Dogs and Jambalaya! Donations of sweets will happily be accepted. Bring your lawn chairs, come
join the fun and “pass a good time’ with your friends and family from our cluster parishes.
Visit our website: www.canecatholics.com
COLLECTION AMOUNT
Offertory $4,702.25
Commentator $370.00
ST. JAMESCOLLECTION AMOUNT
Offertory $3479.00.
Maintenance $168.00
ST. PHILIPCOLLECTION AMOUNT
Offetory $5,305.00
Repairs & Replacements $212.00
Chapel $247.00
Commentator $570.00
OUR LADY OF PEACE
Donald,Sr. & Genevieve Abadie Norman AllenRoland & Nell AmedeeViola & Joseph Bartholomew & Fly. Betty BecnelBluebeck, Irene & Jamin Becnel Bryon Becnel Christopher David Becnel Daniel BecnelDano & Diane R. BecnelJ. G. & Marietta Becnel Joseph Lloyd BecnelJoseph Marcel Becnel Maurice Sr. & Daisy K. Becnel Mr. & Mrs. Jules E. Becnel Gustave & Olga Becnel Roland & Honorine BecnelStephan Borne Emilca & Hazel Bourgeois Francois & Lucille Brazan & Fly.Gaspard & Ronnie Brazan Denis, Eve & Denis Jr. Chenier Frederic Clarke Linda Stein ClarkEdward, Anna & Eddie Clement Joseph “Lal” and Frances Constant Leslie CortezLester, Lois & Neil Cortez Terry & Bertha CortezDonald Delatte, Jr.John, Jr., Rene’ & Hilda Donald Bernard, Esther & Karen Dumas Edwin Joseph DumasJanet Becnel FolseReid & Jeanne FolseChance & Doris FrazierDavid Mark Granier Andrew GravoisEdwin “Menew” Gravois Eloise B. Gravois Jessica Rodrigue Busscher Honora GravoisLynn & Lizzie Gravois & Fly.Joseph N. Gros, Jr.Joseph Sr. & Olympe Gros Raymond L Gros, Sr. George Grow, Jr.Gillis & Mabel Guillot Kelsey HymelLynn & Gayle Hymel
John & Laura Isom and Family Willie & Josephine IsomEva D. and Joseph I. James Warren A. JefferyByron J. & Morris Keller, Jr. Johnny J. & Jarran Keller Morris & Catherine KellerOra Lee L. KellerFrancile Baker LabatAmy LaurentCecilia W. LoupPhilip & Inez MarseThomas & Thelma MarseJoseph, Gladys & Ernest Narcisse Clamce & Alvin OubreEddie & Therese Oubre Fly. Eugenia Steib OubreFreddie P. Oubre, Sr. family Hurby J. OubreJoseph Sr. & Hilda Oubre family Herman ReuletJoyce ReuletLloyd Reulet familyAlwin RodrigueAugust & Alice RodrigueChester & Joyce W. Rodrigue Manuel RodrigueTodd RodrigueElodie RomeO’Neil and Mary D. RomeRoger & Eugene Rome V. J. RomeJerry RougeeLucien & Edna Rougee Raymond RougeeElmond J. Saul FamilyFernand & Lorne Schexnayder,Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Guy Schexnayder Willie Mae Smith Alvin Joseph “Specky" SteinAndre & Iona SteibBenoit & Alice Steib & Rashaud Charles SteibFlo, Regina, Mark, Donavon Steib Paul & Alice I. Steib Rosemond & Vivian SteibSylvester & Vivian J. SteibBernice T. SteinLeonard J. SteinOscar Zeno, Sr. & Larry
Catholic Communication Campaign Collection - May 26-27, 2018
Next week, our second collection is for the Catholic Communication Campaign. This campaign connects people with Christ, here and around the world in developing countries, through the internet, television, radio, and print media. And fifty percent of funds collected remain in our diocese to fund local communications efforts. Your support helps spread the gospel message! To learn more, visit www.usccb.org/ccc.
Thank you to everyone who paid their memorials so far this year. Please refer to your letter to see when your fee is due.
Adorers: Please fill out an information card located on the table in the foyer of the chapel. Place the card in the basket provided. We have received over 250 cards but there are a few people who still haven’t filled one.
Adorers needed for the following hours: SUN 3-4 am, 12 NOON – 1pm, 5-6pmMON 10 - 11am 3-4 pm, 4-5 pm WED 1-2 am THURS 1-2 AM, 2-3 am,FRI 1-2 am, 10-11pm, 12mid – 1 amSAT. 2-3 am, 3-4 am, 5-6 am 4-5 pm, (2),5-6 pm, 9-10 pm, 10-11 pmPlease call Rose Brazan at 504-621-4092 (cell) 265-3196 (house) to take one of these or any other hours.
IN LOVING MEMORY
