201 East Bayou Parkway x P .O. Box 80489 x Lafayet te , LA 70598-0489 x 337 .232 .4656

Mass Schedule Saturday 5 p.m. Sunday 7, 9, 11 a.m. 5, 7 p.m. Weekdays 6 a.m. First Saturday 7:30 a.m.

Reconciliation Weekdays 5:40 - 5:55 a.m. Saturday 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. or by appointment

December 23, 2018 Fourth Sunday of Advent

Consider these parking or walking solutions for Christmas Mass:

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Mrs. Barbara Abshire Pastoral Assistant barbaraa@stpiusxchurch.org Mr. Leroy Abshire Church Custodian leroya@stpiusxchurch.org Mr. Edward Baudoin Maintenance Director edb@stpiusxchurch.org Ms. Kate Belsom Sacristan sacristan@stpiusxchurch.org Mrs. Rose Mary Corman Secretary rmcorman@stpiusxchurch.org Ms. Bailey Debardeleben Sacramental Programs Coordinator sacraments@stpiusxchurch.org Mr. Blake Paul Harson Education Minister blakeph@stpiusxchurch.org Mrs. Debbie Hebert Business Manager/Accountant debbieh@stpiusxchurch.org Ms. Schuyler Kleinpeter Stewardship & Advancement Director skleinpeter@stpiusxchurch.org Mr. Kevin Martin Organist kevinm@stpiusxchurch.org Mrs. Karen Melancon Music Minister karenm@stpiusxchurch.org Mr. James Opdenhoff Youth Director youthminister@stpiusxchurch.org Mr. John Ray Perkins IiI Director of Discipleship Formation & Mission johnray@stpiusxchurch.org Mrs. Joan Sims Assistant to the Secretary / Scheduler joans@stpiusxchurch.org

St. Pius X catholic church

MASS

Saturday, December 29th

5 p.m.: Fr. James Brady

Sunday, December 30th

7 a.m.: Fr. Joel Faulk 9 a.m.: Fr. Joel Faulk 11 a.m.: Fr. Joel Faulk 5 p.m.: Fr. James Brady

7 p.m.: Fr. James Brady

Weekdays: 6 a.m.

1st Saturday Mass: 7:30 a.m.

RECONCILIATION

Saturdays: 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Weekdays: 5:40-5:55 a.m.

or by appointment

Babysitting for ages 1-5 yr. olds provid-

ed in the St. Paul Room (excluding holi-

days or when noted otherwise).

Children’s Church for 4-6 yr. olds held

in St. Peter’s Room from September to

May (excluding holidays or when noted

otherwise). Please note that the presider

is subject to change.

Liturgical Schedule

Rev. James Brady, JCL—Pastor frbrady@stpiusxchurch.org Rev. Joel Faulk—Parochial Vicar frjoelf@stpiusxchurch.org

Deacon Phil Lizotte—R.C.I.A. deaconphil@stpiusxchurch.org Deacon Sammy Russo—Edge deaconsammy@stpiusxchurch.org

Clergy

General Information info@stpiusxchurch.org Parishioner Registration https://stpiusxchurch.org/ join-the-parish/ Adoration Sign-up http://stpiusxchurch.org/ adoration/ Sacramental Record Request https://stpiusxchurch.org/ sacramental-record-request/ Baptism https://stpiusxchurch.org/ sacraments/baptism/ Weddings https://stpiusxchurch.org/ sacraments/marriage/

First Communion https://stpiusxchurch.org/ sacraments/eucharist/ Confirmation https://stpiusxchurch.org/ sacraments/confirmation/ Adult Confirmation https://stpiusxchurch.org/ adult-confirmation/ Online Giving https://stpiusxchurch.org/ onlinegiving/ Room Reservations https://stpiusxchurch.org/ roomrequest/ roomrequest@stpiusxchurch.org Bulletin bulletin@stpiusxchurch.org

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At Your Service Contacts

201 East Bayou Parkway P.O. Box 80489 Lafayette, LA 70598-0489

Office Hours Monday -Thursday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Friday 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

337.232.4656 | 337.233.9468 | www.stpiusxchurch.org

The Parish Office will be closed for Christmas on December 24, 25 & 26, and for New Years on January 1 & 2.

Welcome all members and visitors to St Pius X Church! Thank you for joining us today. Please let us know how to better serve you, and don’t hesitate to ask anyone if you have a question or need help. We are glad you are here and are here to serve you! We are a large community with many activities. We look forward to helping

you discern your gifts once you feel called to participate.

“For we are God’s co-workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.” 1 Corinthians 3:9

Solemnity of Mary

12/31/18: 4 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.

1/1/19: 7:30 a.m. & 9 a.m.

Calendar of Events

Baptism Register online at https://stpiusxchurch.org/sacraments/

baptism/baptism-registration/. Baptismal Preparation Class is required. Beginning in

January and held every other month on the 3rd Saturday from 9 - 11 a.m.., in the Annex Meeting Room.

Godparents must complete a Certificate of Eligibility form and supply an updated baptism record with nota-tions.

Confirmation One Eight is our Confirmation process for high school

Juniors (or Seniors). If you have questions about the re-ception of the Sacrament of Confirmation, please email our Sacramental Coordinator, Bailey DeBardeleben, at sacraments@stpiusxchurch.org.

First Communion The First Communion Parent Meeting is Wednesday,

January 23 at 6 in the church. Parents will receive the schedule of events and Blessed workbook for prepara-tion. Please email sacraments@stpiusxchurch.org for more information.

Reconciliation Saturday 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Before weekday Mass from

5:40 to 5:55 a.m. Or, by appointment when scheduled with one of our priests.

Matrimony Please contact the Pastor at least 6 months before the

tentative marriage date. Anointing of the Sick Please call the Parish Office.

Sacraments & Worship

Parent Life Life Teen offers a website to help parents grow in holiness, with their marriage and raising their teens. Check out www.ltparentlife.com. Held in Leonpacher Hall at the same time as Edge and Life Teen, St. Pius X Church offers Alpha, a weekly experience for parents and adults. If you have questions about joining Alpha, contact our Director of Discipleship Formation and Mission, John Ray Perkins, at johnray@stpiusxchurch.org.

Life Teen is our high school youth ministry open to all 9th—12th grade students regardless of which high school they attend. Life Teen is held on Sunday nights following the 5 p.m. Mass in the Parish Life Center from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.. If you are a non-Catholic school student, Life Teen is also where you receive formation. You can sign up for Life Teen on our website: stpiusxchurch.org/life-teen-registration. Follow us on Instagram @stpiusyouth. For more information, please contact our Youth Minister, James Opdenhoff, at youthminister@stpiusxchurch.org.

Edge is our middle school ministry open to all 6th—8th grade students. It is also our formation for non-Catholic school students. You can register for Edge at stpiusxchurch.org/psr-online-registration. Edge nights are on Sundays from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. If you have questions about Edge, please email our Youth Minister, James Opdenhoff at youthminister@stpiusxchurch.org.

Catholics Returning Home: Invite Friends & Family with the Postcards located in the Gathering Area

Perpetual Adoration Closes 12/24/18 8:30 a.m. Closed for maintenance & repairs until 1/2/19 at 7 a.m.

Christmas Mass 12/24/2018 4 p.m. 5 p.m. SPES Gym

Christmas Mass 12/24/2018 4 p.m. 5 p.m. Held in the Church.

PSR 12/24/2018 Christmas Break. Will resume on January 7th.

Christmas Mass (Children’s Church) 12/24/2018 6 p.m. 7 p.m. Held in the Church. Bring a bell, flashlight & canned good.

Christmas Mass 12/24/2018 10 p.m. 11 p.m. Held in the Church.

Christmas Mass 12/25/2018 9 a.m. 10 a.m. Held in the Church.

Christmas Mass 12/25/2018 11 a.m. 12 a.m. Held in the Church.

Children's Choir Practice 12/26/2018 Christmas Break. Will resume on January 9th.

Adult Choir Practice 12/26/2018 Christmas Break. Will resume on January 9th.

Church Cleaning 12/28/2018 2 p.m. 3 p.m. Held in the Church. Contact: Rose Mary Corman.

Perpetual Adoration Reopens 1/2/19 7 a.m. Adorers resume their schedules.

If you have an event that should or should not be listed, please make sure to reserve or cancel your room reservation/s at least two weeks in advance.

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Liturgical Volunteers

PSR Assistant Teachers & Catechists: PSR assistants

and catechists are needed for 1st Grade and Kindergarten. PSR meets on Monday nights from 5:20 – 6:45 p.m.. For more information, please contact Blake Paul Harson at 337.232.4656 or blakepharson@stpiusxchurch.org.

Volunteers Needed

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2018    

Time Lectors Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers Altar Servers

5:00 p.m. Beverly Galantowicz, Marla Francois

Emile Babin, Rafael Perez, Stephanie Guidry, Jerry Greig Tony and Isabella Russo

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2018      

Time Lectors Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers Altar Servers

7:00 a.m. Please call the Parish Office at 337.232.4656 to see if volunteers are needed.

 

9:00 a.m.  

December 23: Christmas Break: No Children’s Church December 30: Christmas Break: No Children’s Church

 

11:00 a.m. Please call the Parish Office at 337.232.4656

to see if volunteers are needed.

 

5:00 p.m.  

7:00 p.m.  

Children’s Church

Prayer Group For over 50 years, the St. Elizabeth Seton Prayer Group has been praying the Rosary every week. They meet every Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in the left transept of the Church (next to Mary’s shrine). For more information, please con-tact the Parish Office at 337.232.4656.

Sacrificial Gifts Due to the early bulletin deadline for the Christmas Holi-day, financials for the weekend of December 15th & 16th will be reported in the December 30th bulletin.

Anyone who wishes to make a Christmas Memorial of flowers and decorations for the Sanctuary are asked to call the Parish Office at 337.232.4656. Memorials will be listed in the Christmas Bulletin.

Christmas Memorials Blessed Sacrament Reposed &

Perpetual Adoration Chapel Closed

(for maintenance/repairs)

December 24th 8:30 a.m.

to January 2, 2019 7 a.m.

Mass Hearing Devices For parishioners using the Hearing Devices during Mass, please assist us in identifying those headsets or receivers that are not working properly. To do so, please report the number on the headset or the letter on the receiver that is not working properly. Please report any device that is not in good working order to an Usher after Mass. Thank you for your help!

Today the family of Michelle and Phil Devall will receive the Vocation Chalice at the Sunday 9 a.m. Mass.

Please join them this week in prayer for vocations to the

Priesthood and Religious Life.

Vocation Chalice Ministry

DECEMBER 24—30, 2018 Sunday 7 a.m. Wylene Trahan Monday 4 p.m. Karl Braquet; Rocky Scelfo; Joseph &Gursey De-lahoussaye; Sance & Noemi Delahoussaye; Philip & Nonie Delahous-saye; Clomere & Olive LaPointe; Madres Bourgeois, Francis & Mabel Delahoussaye; Elrick & Mary Renard; Mona Deshotel; Donald Stoute; Cleve Landry & Family; Letitia & Strickland; Roy Montgomery; M.O. & Florence Reed; M/M Alfred Vidrine; Joshua & Emili Godchaux; M/M Dallas Deville; Jeanette Capdepon; Elida & Placide Smith; Rowe Green; Harold & Anna Greene; Joey Garzotto; M/M Leno Garzotto & Family; M/M J. Baptista Garzotto & Family; M/M Fernand Andre & Family; Syl-van Manuel; Curtis Guidry; Anne Jeanise; Erwin Leonpacher; Dr./Mrs. Louis Leonpacher; Octave, Alma & U.C. Guilbeau; Murray, Seola & Jay Rabalais; Whitney, Cecile & Landry Rabalais; B. J. McFarland; Marie W. Patin; Charles Webre Family; Jeanette Dugas; Genevieve & Gerald Faval-oro; Marlene Buhler, Julius Ducote; Sadie Wiley Tuesday 9 a.m. Brandon Pesson; M/M Theard Bodoin; Michael Dronet; Montesano & Schoelen Families; M/M Leroy Johnson; M/M Phillip Landry; M/M Lester Johnson; Douglas Johnson; M/M Adeo Landry; M/M Dupre Credeur; M/M Walfred Johnson; M/M Luke Babi-neaux; Paul Guidry; M/M Jack Clark; Marguerite & Simon Domingue; Barbara Pellerin; Robert McBride, Jr.; Kathy M. McCalla; Genevieve Favaloro; Christian Nelson; Julia Breaux; Numan O. Thompson; Kathryn Howard & Family; M/M Freddie Miller, Fred Miller & Special Intentions; Shirley Miller Tuesday 11 a.m. Isaac “Ike” Stevens; Lois C. Latiolais & Renee Latiolais; Gen M. Bienvenu; Brett T. Solar; Bertrand Family; Rose Olivier; Murphy Olivier, Sr.; Murphy “Jody” Olivier, Jr.; Joseph & Inez Prejean; Terri F. Fontenot & Family Tuesday 4 p.m. Armond Guilbeau; Eve D. Guilbeau; John O. Guilbeau; Paul A. Arceneaux; Sidney Bodin; Dulcide M. Bodin; Harris J. Bodin; Lloyd J. Bodin; Lloyd J. Bodin; Zoe H. Bodin; Carl Bodin; Philip Bodin; Henry H. Bodin; Hazel B. Bodin; “Sis” Melebeck; Irene B. Granger; John Granger; Hazel B. Dugas; Fred Dugas, Sr.; Ryan C. Brown; Enoch O. “Dug” Dugas; Adam Dugas; Allen R. Bares; Dale Touchette; John Borne; Curtis J. Bodin, Sr.; Elda R. Bodin; Dorothy B. Landry; Bobby Bodin, Sr. ; Roman Mire; George Martin; Solange Hernandez Wednesday 6 a.m. Masses for All Souls Day list Friday 6 a.m. Special Intentions, Elizabeth Korf; Joan Bellefontaine, M/M E. W. Bellefontaine, M/M P.T. Burke Saturday 5 p.m. Romain T. Laborde & Family; Ella & Simon Gilbert; Dr. David V. Maraist; Huey P. Perrin, Special Intention; Joey Garzotto; M/M Freddie Waguespack; M/M Felix Robichaux & Family; M/M Wal-lace Waguespack & Family; Allen Comeaux; Joseph Spaetgens; Bertha Spaetgens; Frank Culotta, Sr.; Patrick J. Culotta; Anna M. Touchet; Ted Guillotte; Genevieve & Gerald Favaloro Sunday 7 a.m. Steve Bergeron, Special Intention; John Dooley; B.J. McFarland; Marie W. Patin; Charles Webre Family; Marlene Buhler; Jul-ius Ducote; Murkel Wiley Sunday 9 a.m. M/M Thomas Mhire, Sr.; Horace Bertrand; Madge Le-Blanc; James Moreau; Jeff Moreau; M/M Freeman Moreau; Horace Ber-trand; Gerald Olivier; Mary & Alphonse Bush; Clarence H. Bonin, Jr.; C.H. Bonin, Sr. & Family; Henry Breaux Family Sunday 5 p.m. Special Intention; Allen R. Bares; George & Georgina Baquet; Agnes B. Richard; John J. Guillory; Barbara Pellerin; Charley R. Beasley;; Anna Peck, Tony Johnson; Penny & Owens Families, Special Intentions

Mass Intentions Readings for Today First Reading -- From Bethlehem-Ephrathah shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel

(Micah 5:1-4a). Psalm -- Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved (Psalm 80). Second Reading -- We have been consecrated through the offering of the body of Christ once for all (Hebrews 10:5-10). Gospel -- Blessed are you who believed that what was

spoken by the Lord would be fulfilled (Luke 1:39-45).

The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass (c) 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

Readings for the Week Monday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Lk 1:67-79 Tuesday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14] Wednesday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22 Thursday: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Friday: 1 Jn 1:5 -- 2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7b-8; Mt 2:13-18 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35 Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28; Ps 128:1-5 or Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10; Col 3:12-21 [12-17] or 1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24; Lk 2:41-52

Please pray for the following priests this week:

Sunday: Rev. Jerome LeDoux, SVD Monday: Chaplain Col. Louis Ledoux Tuesday: Rev. Mark Ledoux Wednesday: Rev. Austin Leger Thursday: Rev. Lambertus Lein, SVD Friday: Rev. Roland Lesseps, SJ Saturday: Rev. James Liprie, OSB

Eternal Father, we lift up to You these and all the priests of this world. Sanctify them. Heal and guide them. Mold them into the likeness of Your Son, Jesus, the Eternal High Priest. May their lives be pleasing to You. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Please visit https://diolaf.org/prayer-calendars to access prayer calendars for our

Deacons & Seminarians.

Clergy Prayer List

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The Sanctuary Candle will burn in memory of:

Charley Rose Beasley

The Perpetual Adoration Candle will burn in memory of:

Gerald Olivier

In Memory Of