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PARISH OFFICE ~ 799 Fairway Dr., LaPlace, LA 70068 | 985-652-2615
SCHOOL ~ 985-652-4532 | PreK2 through 7th Grade | www.aolcrusaders.org
MASS TIMES
Saturday.……………………………… (Vigil) 4:00pm
Sunday................. 8:30am, 10:30am, 7:00pm
............................................. (Spanish) 3:00pm
DAILY MASS
Mo, Tu, Th, Fri……………………………….. 8:30am
Wednesday…………………………………….6:00pm
CONFESSIONS
One half hour before each Mass daily
and Sundays.
PERPETUAL ADORATION
CHAPEL—Open 24 hours daily.
Mass
Schedule
VERY REV. WALTER AUSTIN, V.F.
Pastor
985-630-2837
REV. MR. THOMAS ST. PIERRE
Deacon
REV. MR. DAVID FARINELLI, LPC,
LMFT
Deacon
Our Clergy
May 12, 2019
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Happy Mother’s Day
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Parish Directory Parish Office: 799 Fairway Drive
LaPlace, LA 70068
985-652-2615 phone
985-652-7291 fax
www.aolparish.org
Office Hours: M-F 9:00am - 4:00pm
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Dawnell Anders
BUSINESS MANAGER
Linda Biven
SECRETARY/SACRAMENTAL RECORDS
Amarna Englert
ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY
Cindy Grosse
PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION
COORDINATOR
Andree Gurdian
YOUTH MINISTRY COORDINATOR
Emily Gurdian
ASCENSION OF OUR LORD SCHOOL
Toni Ruiz, Principal: 985-652-4532
PASTORAL COUNCIL PRESIDENT
Michael Abbate: 985-652-5041
SYNOD IMPLEMENTATION
COORDINATOR
Susie Lanza: 504-650-0496
Mass Intentions
Monday, May 13 • Our Lady of Fatima 8:30 am Scott Du�
Tuesday, May 14 • St. Matthias 8:30 am Lionel Fisher, Jr.
Wednesday, May 15 • St. Isidore the Farmer 6:00 pm Henry Harris, Jr.
Thursday, May 16 8:30 am Special Intention
Friday, May 17 8:30 am Henry Harris, Jr.
Saturday, May 18 • St. John I 4:00 pm Stuart Torres, Clarence & Myrtle Torres, Barbara Mondello, Frank & Angelina Purpera, Sr., Cody Lucia, Irving & Norma Vial, Paul & Mary Lato, Grace Lamonte, E.J. & Edna Guidry, Conrad & Betty Hymel, Ralph Thompson, Lois Torres James, Rosalind DeCuir, Joseph “Tony” Miranda
Sunday, May 19 • Fifth Sunday of Easter 8:30 am James Trosclair, Sr., Gwen Booth, Shanon Graver, Vera & Stephanie Haydel, Tammy Balliviero, Rick Gaille, Anthony D’Amico, Jr., Diane Pickering, Antonia Sanchez, Becky Gibson, Kim Savoie 10:30 am Terry Labat 3:00 pm (en espanol) Our Parishioners 7:00 pm Hollinger “Holly” Morton, Jr.
VIGIL LIGHT FOR MAY�
In memory of E.J. & Zola Martin
CHAPEL CANDLES BURN FOR: In memory of Bruce & Evan Simoneaux and The Waguespack & Simoneaux Families
May 12, 2019
BLESSINGS, FATHER WALTER,
ON THE 38TH ANNIVERSARY
OF YOUR ORDINATION!
MAY 16, 1981
PURGATORIAL MASSES PURGATORIAL MASSES PURGATORIAL MASSES PURGATORIAL MASSES - The 8:30 am Mass celebrated on the First Monday of each month is for all the deceased whose names were sent in for All Souls Day.
DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET - The Divine Mercy Chaplet will be recited in the Adoration Chapel on the First Monday of every month at 6:00 pm.
ROSARY FOR PEACE ROSARY FOR PEACE ROSARY FOR PEACE ROSARY FOR PEACE - Join us in praying the 15 decades of the Rosary for Peace on the 13th of every month in the Chapel at 11:00 am. All are invited to pray this Fatima Prayer. (When the 13th falls on a Sunday, we will not hold the Rosary for Peace.)
SCRIPTURAL VOCATIONS ROSARY SCRIPTURAL VOCATIONS ROSARY SCRIPTURAL VOCATIONS ROSARY SCRIPTURAL VOCATIONS ROSARY - Join us in praying a Rosary for vocations on the 2nd Saturday of every month at 8:00 am in the Adoration Chapel.
WE ARE GLAD YOU ATTENDED MASS WITH US!
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PICK UP A WWWWELCOMEELCOMEELCOMEELCOME CCCCARDARDARDARD
FROM THE BACK OF CHURCH AND LET US KNOW
HOW WE MAY SERVE YOU.
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Ascension of Our Lord Statement of Faith
Ascension of Our Lord is a Catholic Church, in full union with the Church in Rome. We are dedicated to, and are under the
"Authority of our Holy Father, and therefore, accept and embrace all of the teachings of the Magisterium of the Church".
We invite all to worship with us in the confidence of knowing that our Church and doctrines were established by God
through Jesus Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit and safeguarded by His Church, which is One, Holy, Catholic and
Apostolic. (Established July 1979)
Around Our church & Our Community
Parish School of ReligionParish School of ReligionParish School of ReligionParish School of Religion Registration for 2019-2020 PSR
classes is underway!
For access to the 2019-2020 class schedule and for a
registration form, visit www.aolparish.org/psr or
pick one up from the back of Church. PSR is a faith
formation program for all students in grades
1st-12th who are not enrolled in Catholic school. All
questions regarding our program can be directed to
Andree Gurdian at [email protected].
Steubenville
on the Bayou
June 14-16
All students who will be entering 8th - 12th grade next
school year are invited to attend Steubenville on the
Bayou in Houma this June. The Steubenville Youth
Conferences are an outreach of Franciscan University
that help teens encounter the love of Christ every
summer. Visit steubenvilleconferences.com/events/otb
for more information. If you are interested in attending,
please e-mail Ms. Emily at [email protected].
AOL Summer Camp
(for students entering
grades K-7th)
AOL Little Crusaders
Summer Camp
(for children ages 2-4)
Visit the school website www.aolcrusaders.org or call
the school at 985-652-4532 for more information.
Prayer for Vocations
God our Father, we thank you for
calling men and women to serve in
your Son’s Kingdom as priests,
deacons, and consecrated persons.
Send your Holy Spirit to help
others to respond generously
and courageously to your call.
May our community of faith
support vocations of sacrificial
love in our youth and young adults.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you in the
unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,
forever and ever. Amen
May 12, 2019
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Parish Calendar
Monday, May 13 11:00am Rosary for Peace - Adoration Chapel 6:00pm PSR
Tuesday, May 14 7th Grade Luncheon & Final Walk
Wednesday, May 15 11:30am Silver Crusaders Lunch & Meeting - Sicily’s 6:00pm 7th Grade Promotion - Church 7:00pm RCIA
Thursday, May 16 Father WalterFather WalterFather WalterFather Walter’’’’s Ordination Anniversarys Ordination Anniversarys Ordination Anniversarys Ordination Anniversary 12:30pm Hearty Meal 7:00pm Spanish Bible Study - Church cry room 7:00pm River Parishes Serra Club Meeting - St. Charles Borromeo
Friday, May 17 8:30am School Mass - Church 7:00pm SCC Graduation - Church
Saturday, May 18 • Team 3
Sunday, May 19 • Team 3 8:30am Altar Society Monthly Mass - Church 10:30am Children’s Liturgy of the Word
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Perpetual
Adoration
Chapel
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Partners NeededPartners NeededPartners NeededPartners Needed Sundays 10Sundays 10Sundays 10Sundays 10----11pm11pm11pm11pm Tuesdays 8Tuesdays 8Tuesdays 8Tuesdays 8----9pm9pm9pm9pm Fridays NoonFridays NoonFridays NoonFridays Noon----1pm1pm1pm1pm
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Sacraments
BAPTISMSBAPTISMSBAPTISMSBAPTISMS: Baptismal seminars are held on the first Tuesday of each month in the Parish OIce at 7:00pm. Please call the Parish OIce to pre-register.
WEDDINGSWEDDINGSWEDDINGSWEDDINGS: Couples must contact the priest at least six months prior to the preferred date of the wedding.
ANOINTING OF THE SICKANOINTING OF THE SICKANOINTING OF THE SICKANOINTING OF THE SICK: Please call the Parish OIce or 985-630-2837 (evenings).
HOLY COMMUNION TO THE HOLY COMMUNION TO THE HOLY COMMUNION TO THE HOLY COMMUNION TO THE HOMEBOUND: HOMEBOUND: HOMEBOUND: HOMEBOUND: To be added to the list, please call the Parish OIce.
FUNERALSFUNERALSFUNERALSFUNERALS: Family must make arrangements with the priest prior to making final arrange-ments with the funeral home.
PRAYER FOR MOTHERS
God our heavenly Father,
you give to each the ability to share your generative love.
Bless those women in our lives who mirror your love
and bring forth life through their willingness
to risk bringing new life into this world.
Help us to show them our gratitude
for the gift of life and the gift of a mother's love.
May our life-giving God continue to bless them
and show them his unfailing love.
We ask this through Jesus, God's Son and our brother.
Amen.
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May 12, 2019
Fourth Sunday of Easter
“My sheep hear my voice;
I know them and they follow me. ”
John 10:27-30
Today on Good Shepherd Sunday we focus on the World
Day of Prayer for Vocations. While we tend to view Vocation
Awareness as the call to religious vocations, those vocations
surface because they are nurtured in the home environment. In
the gospel Jesus says, “My sheep hear my voice.” How do we
come to hear the voice of Jesus? We hear the voice of Jesus in our
prayer, in our worship and in those God has called to speak God’s
word to the people. That awareness begins first in the home.
People sometimes ask me when God called me to serve the
Church as a priest. I remember certain times in my life. When I
was in second grade, eighth grade, in my 20s and in many ways
He continues to call me. One thing I remembered was that I
always found support from my family. No one pressured me to
become a priest but no one dissuaded me as well. The reason I
am a priest today, goes back to my years of growing up. My
family went to church faithfully and lived the tenets of our faith.
I hear confessions for our school and all too often I ask, do
you go to church? For those who don’t go or do not go often I ask
why? The answers come back the same: My parents don’t take
me, they are too busy, etc. Too many Catholics today believe that
going to Mass every Sunday sounds like a nice idea but not that
important.
Article 2042 of the Catholic Catechism states The first
precept ("You shall attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of
obligation and rest from servile labor") requires the faithful to
sanctify the day commemorating the Resurrection of the Lord …
in the first place, by participating in the Eucharistic celebration, in
which the Christian community is gathered, and by resting from
those works and activities which could impede such a
sanctification of these days.
Parents will spend a fortune on tuition to send their
children to Catholic school to learn the Catholic faith yet ignore
one of the basic tenets of our faith which requires that we go to
church every Sunday. We bemoan the lack of religious vocations
to the priesthood, diaconate and religious life. But those
vocations began as responses to faith lived out in ordinary daily
life. When we rationalize away our need for God then we no
longer afford God a place in our lives. The apostles heard the
voice of the Good Shepherd and continued the mission to
proclaim God’s love to the world. Priests and religious through
their own call to serve the Church, continue that mission. But
those whom God calls to the priesthood and religious life first
heard the sound of that call within the family. As we pray for
vocations, we must pray for families that parents carry out their
obligations of teaching the faith to the children not just in word
but example.
Fr. Walter Austin�
Readings for the Week
Sunday: Acts 13:14, 43-52/Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5 [3c]/Rv 7:9, 14b-
17/Jn 10:27-30
Monday: Acts 11:1-18/Ps 42:2-3, 43:3, 4 [cf. 3a]/Jn 10:1-10
Tuesday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26/Ps 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 [8]/Jn
15:9-17
Wednesday: Acts 12:24--13:5a/Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6 and 8 [4]/Jn 12:44-
50
Thursday: Acts 13:13-25/Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25 and 27 [2]/Jn
13:16-20
Friday: Acts 13:26-33/Ps 2:6-7, 8-9, 10-11ab [7bc]/Jn 14:1-
6
Saturday: Acts 13:44-52/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [3cd]/Jn 14:7-
14
Next Sunday: Acts 14:21-27/Ps 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13 [cf. 1]/Rv
21:1-5a/Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35
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Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church
When I was little, I would always cling to the same routine each
night before going to bed. I would say to my parents, "Good night."
They would respond, "Good night." I then would say, "See you
tomorrow, okay?" I would await their response, and if they did not
respond, I would say it again louder, "See you tomorrow, okay?" I
somehow felt that if they did not assure me that I would see them
tomorrow, it would possibly not happen. What would happen to
me if I awoke and no one was there? It seems silly now, but to a
small boy, it was very serious.
In our lives, many of us have somehow bought into the notion that
there is so much in the world that can take us away from God. We
believe that worldly values, immorality, or evil itself can take us
away from God's love and protection. But there are few greater lies
than this. The reality is that if we find ourselves far away from God,
the only force that carried us away was our own choices.
In John's Gospel, Jesus said, "My sheep hear my voice; I know them,
and they follow me...No one can take them out of my hand." Yes,
we are tempted at every side, but no temptation can take us away
from him. Unfortunately, sometimes after initial choices, we find
ourselves in addiction or dependency, making our reconciliation
with God impossible without the help of friends and loved ones.
But make no mistake, no one or nothing can take those who are
His sheep away from God.
When you think about this, you realize the importance of your
actions. The power of your stewardship is great, because by
utilizing your gifts, you determine if you will draw closer to or
wander away from God. The world can't do that. The devil can't do
that, nor can the wishful words of a
little boy in the night.
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