February 4, 2018 - Fifth 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

Holydays of Obligation: 7:30 am only Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:00-7:25 am (and by appointment)

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

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 4, 2018

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, February 3--Vigil of the Fifth Sun-day in Ordinary Time 4:00 PM: Dr. Leonard & Betty Rolfes; Howard Fournet; Betty Fournet (living); George Viator; Healing in our Nation; M/M Alfred Hitter, Sr.; M/M Eugene Mon-tagnet, Sr.; M/M Anthony Judice; M/M John B. Nepveaux; Sawyer Allums; Phil Simon; Bud & Euna Arceneaux Sunday, February 4--Fifth Sunday in Ordi-nary Time 8:30 AM: Dr. Robert Chastant & Evelyn; Eddie Upton; John Daigle; George Sigue & Sib-lings; Lorraine Day; Lloyd Sigue; Anne Guidry; Annabelle Johnson; Hazel Cormier; John Viltz, Sr.; Shelton LeBlanc, Sr. 10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s Monday, February 5--St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr 7:30 AM: Bella & Yvonne Hernandez; Adam Hernandez

Tuesday, February 6--St. Paul Miki and Compan-ions, Martyrs

7:30 AM: Andre Arceneaux (living) Wednesday, February 7--Weekday 7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne; Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living); Col. Kimberly Fedele (living) Thursday, February 8--St. Jerome Emiliani; St. Josephine Bakhita, Virgin; Day of Prayer for Victims of Human Traficking 7:30 AM: Sawyer Allums Friday, February 9--Weekday 7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart Altar Flowers In Loving Memory of: Dr. Tommy Comeaux and Dorinne [The Lord] tells the number of the stars and calls each by name. — Psalm 147:4

Non-Liturgical Devotions Daily Rosary: Monday - Thursday 6:55 am Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Tues-day 7:15 am Rosary for Priests: Wednesday 7:00 am Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Thursday 7:15 am Pro-Life Rosary: 1st Friday of the month 7 am Shamrocks—Friday, February 9: Stephanie Bacque; Josette Delahoussaye; Martha Thomp-son; Karen Gambel. Hindsight God’s presence is not discerned at the time when it is upon us, but afterwards, when we look back. —John Henry Newman

Heifer -- Thank You! We are pleased to share with you that donations to our Christmas project with Heifer International to-taled $14,114.00, the most we have ever collect-ed. Included in that total is $1,795.00 donated in memory of our recently deceased parishioner Howard "Tally" Fournet, at the request of his family. Heifer was a favorite charity of his. We are grateful to all who donated, as your donations are distributed to needy families around the world. "Whatsoever you do to the least of these, you do unto me." (Matt 25)

Centennial News Immaculate Heart of May Parish On February 10, 1935, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church officially opened its doors as the second church parish in the city of Lafayette established to serve the Black Catholic community. The parish was created by Bishop Jeanmard as a ministry base for four newly ordained African American priests who were members of the Divine word missionary order: Frs. Anthony Bourges, SVD; Maurice Rousseve, SVD; Francis Wade, SVD; and Vincent Smith, SVD. Their success at this parish proved to be a turning point in the history of Black Catholic priests in the United States. Centennial Indulgence An indulgence granted by Pope Francis can be gained throughout this Centennial Year by all who visit the Cathe-dral of St. John the Evangelist and pray the centennial Prayer (with the usual conditions for an indulgence). Please see the Diocesan Webpage for more information. The Cen-tennial Prayer is in the Cathedral or you may print it from the webpage (available in various languages on webpage: diolaf.org). Day of Reflection Embracing Change, Maintaining Values On February 17, 2018, the Roses of Acadiana District Theresians will host “Embracing Change, Maintaining Val-ues” a Day of Reflection at St. Pius X School Theatre. Speakers are Very Rev. Chester C. Arceneaux, Katie Aus-tin and Kessie Thomas. It will be held between 8:30 am- 2:00 pm. Light breakfast, lunch and snacks provided. Cost is $25 in advance; $30 at the door. Download registration form at: www.acadianatheresians.com Mail checks to: Ros-es of Acadiana District Theresians, 4400A Ambassador Caffery Parkway Box #179 Lafayette, LA 70508-6706 Retreat Opportunities The Jesuit Spirituality Center in Grand Coteau is offering the following retreats: Christian Iconography and Icon Painting for Begin-ners: March 1 to 4th and March 15 to 18th. Faye Drobnic will conduct. Mind, Body, Spirit Retreat for Young Women, 20’s through 40’s, presented by Jane L. Hebert and Ivonne C. Hymel, May 4-6 For further information on these programs an all retreats go online at jesuitspiritualitycenter.org; or call 662-5251. Volunteers Needed Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center is looking for volunteers wishing to help as: Extraordinary Ministers of Communion; Piano player and singer for our Sunday Mass in our Chapel; Patient Advocacy; Camp Blue Bird Counselor—Cancer Camp for Patients; St. Bernadette’s Clinic for the Home-less; Golf Cart Drivers. Those inter-ested should contact Marcia DeRoussel, Volunteer Ser-vices Coordinator at (337)470-2729 or at Marcia.DeRoussel@fmolhs.org. .

Holy Hour for Vocations You are invited to the monthly “Holy Hour for Voca-tions and for the Spiritual Renewal of All Priests” on Monday, February 5, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at St. Pat-rick Catholic Church, 406 E. Pinhook Road. Recitation of the Rosary begins at 5:30 p.m. Bishop Douglas Des- hotel will lead the Holy Hour and will give the Bene-diction of the Blessed Sacrament. All are welcome to join in these prayers for vocations and perseverance of vocations to the priesthood and religious life sponsored by the Serra Club of Lafayette. Food for the Journey The Central Deanery of the Diocese of Lafayette pre-sents “Food for the Journey”, a monthly lunchtime speakers series designed to help Catholics live out our faith in our daily lives. Our speaker for February will be Rev. Hampton Davis . “Food for the Journey” will be held on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at River Oaks Catering and Event Center Lafayette, 520 East Kaliste Saloom Road, beginning at 12:00 noon. An optional buffet is available for purchase beginning at 11:30 a.m. All are welcome to come “eat and be fed” – please bring a friend! Pre-registration is not required. For more information, please call Danielle Huval (232-1322). Second Collection Next Weekend Bishop's Services Appeal As the Diocese of Lafayette marks it's 100th anniver-sary, this year's BSA takes its theme from that event -- A Century of Love. As announced last fall, the BSA campaign now runs from February through November of each year. Funds donated to this appeal enhance diocesan efforts to provide hope, dignity and compas-sionate care in the lives of others. It is a reminder that we are a communion of believers which is greater than ourselves, and not limited to our local church parishes. The BSA depends upon the combined participation of our 121 church parishes and 28 mission churches lo-cated across eight civil parishes that make up the Dio-cese of Lafayette. Next weekend, February 10th and 11th, you will have the opportunity to make your com-mitment to the appeal through a 10 month pledge or a one-time gift. (A collection will be taken up.) Together we make sure that our first "Century of Love" is not our last. STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory…………….……… $ 3,487.00 Church in Latin America…….$ 1,039.71 Thank You! The second collection this weekend is for our Building Fund.

Date

Saturday, February 10 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, February 11 8:30 a.m.

Sunday, February 11 10:00 a.m.

Lectors Edward Turner Susan Cain Phyllis Roy

Eucharistic Ministers

Harold Guilbeau Kathy Kalweit Peggy Spruill

Suzanne Lavergne Maggie Sonnier Larry Lewis

Kenneth Broussard Madeline Simon Jean Arceneaux

Altar Servers George Eaton Mary Kramer Andre Arceneaux

Ushers Oren Spruill George Guidry

Donald & Fred Vallot Jenny Feehan Lionel Jeanmard

Liturgical Roles for February

From the Pastor’s Desk

Years ago, a priest friend told me about a homily he had heard that could be summed up in three short statements: “We ain’t where we ought to be. We ain’t where we used to be. We ain’t where we’re gonna be.” Those few words, in their own (admittedly grammatically incorrect) way, say something essential about the vir-tue of Christian hope. And hope is essential to the season of Lent, which is almost upon us.

Many people embrace a certain kind of hope at the beginning of each new year, expressed in those ’resolutions’. But now, a month later, I wonder how many of those resolutions are still alive? Kudos to those who have kept them, but there’s a major difference between those resolutions and the hope that lies at the heart of Christian faith. At their root, resolutions are rooted in our personal resolve, our will-power, our self-discipline. And that is a good thing as far as it goes. But we all know how easily we go ahead and take that next bite, hit that snooze button one more time, say those words that surfaced in our thoughts, etc. Self-discipline is essential to our lives, but it simply isn’t enough.

Christian hope is different in this way: It’s not about what I want to do with me, but rather about what God wants to do with me. As such, it demands a certain kind of surrender, very familiar to us from the Scriptures and from the example of Jesus: “Not my will, but your will, O God, be done.” And that is a surrender that we must return to over and over and over again, perhaps on a daily basis, if not more often. How easily our own will re-asserts itself, rooted in selfishness, pride, arrogance, lust, gluttony, etc., etc. Christian hope is about God doing for (and in) us what we cannot do for ourselves.

“We ain’t where we ought to be” - The recognition that the life of faith is a journey, and we are all on the way. We follow one who always calls us forward, who invites us to enter ever more deeply into His love.

“We ain’t where we used to be: - The recognition of all that God has already done for and in us, far beyond our capabilities. From the moment when we take that first breath of life, he is breathing through us.

“We ain’t where we’re gonna be” - No matter how often we’ve fallen, or how far we’ve gone astray, he doesn’t give up on us, but continues to call us forward. More Importantly, God continues to offer us grace and truth and life and light, all that we need to continue the journey.

We’ve done Lent before. We prepare to do it again. By God’s grace, and only by God’s grace can it be dif-ferent this year. Let us ask, “What does God want to do with me this Lent?”

Readings for the Week

Monday 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13; Ps 132:6-7, 8-10; Mk 6:53-56

Tuesday 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30; Ps 84:3-5, 10-11; Mk 7:1-13

Wednesday 1 Kgs 10:1-10; Ps 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40; Mk 7:14-23

Thursday 1 Kgs 11:4-13; Ps 106:3-4, 35-37, 40; Mk 7:24-30

Friday 1 Kgs 11:29-32; 12:19; Ps 81:10-11ab, 12-15; Mk 7:31-37

Saturday 1 Kgs 12:26-32; 13:33-34; Ps 106:6-7ab, 19-22; Mk 8:1-10

Sunday Lv 13:1-2, 44-46; Ps 32:1-2, 5, 11; 1 Cor 10:31 — 11:1; Mk 1:40-45