November 1, 2015 - Solemnity of All Saints

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

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:15 am

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

Solemnity of All Saints

November 1, 2015

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, October 31--Vigil of the Solemnity of All Saints 4:00 PM: Mike Guilbeau; Cecil & Eva Mae Hebert ; Dr. Leonard & Betty Rolfes; Mrs. P. Sillan; Greg Barrilleaux (living);

Wiley & Verna Romero Sunday, November 1--Solemnity of All Saints 8:30 AM: Julia & Arthur Phillips; Cecelia & Junius Ledet; The Benjamin Family; Joseph & Eldie Woods; Phil Simon; Bud & Euna Arce-neaux; Robert Chastant & Evelyn; Eddie Upton 10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s Monday, November 2--The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day) 7:30 AM: Mike Guilbeau; Dr. Leonard & Bet-ty Rolfes; Cecil & Eva Mae Hebert; Ellis Romero

Tuesday, November 3--Weekday (Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time) 7:30 AM: Bella Hernandez; Gussie Hernandez; Ma-nilla Conques Wednesday, November 4--St. Charles Borromeo, Bishop 7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne; Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living); Col. Kimberly Fedele (living) Thursday, November 5--Weekday 7:30 AM: Joyce Lavergne Ducote Friday, November 6--Weekday 7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart Altar Flowers In loving memory of: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne

See what love

the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God.

— 1 John 3:1

Non-Liturgical Devotions Daily Rosary: Monday - Friday 6:55 a.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Tuesday 7:15 a.m. Rosary for Priests: Wednesday 7:00 a.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Thursday 7:15 a.m. Pro-Life Rosary: 1st. Friday of the month 7 a.m. Shamrocks—Friday, November 6: No clean-ing. Thanks to all who volunteer to clean our church! Photos For those interested, photos from Fr. Keith's lat-est trip can be found at: http://www.keithlabove.com/Santa-Fe-and-Vicinity/SF2015-October

Where are the Girls? This has been a question asked often in the last few weeks. We are referring to Pauline and Mary Ann LeBlanc. For your information, they have moved to a new location and they continue to work at LARC during the week. They are very happy with their new living arrangements. Like all of us, sometimes the Lord calls us to new beginnings, to changes, to relo-cations. While we miss seeing Pauline and Mary Ann every day, you may see them occasionally, while they attend a weekend mass. Please keep them in your prayers as they begin a new stage in their lives.

All Souls Day – Outdoor Mass & Blessing of the Graves St. Genevieve invites all to an Outdoor Mass & Blessing of the Graves on Monday, November 2, at 10:00 a.m. at Cal-vary Cemetery, 355 Teurlings Drive @ Carmel Drive, Lafayette. Everyone is invited to celebrate Mass with the students from Teurlings Catholic High School and St. Gen-evieve Middle School. Please bring your lawn chairs. For questions, please call St. Genevieve Church (234-5147). Food for the Journey The Central Region of the Diocese of Lafayette presents “Food for the Journey”, a monthly lunchtime speaker series designed to help Catholics live out our faith in our daily lives. Our speaker for November is Rev. Joseph Hund, OFM, Associate Pastor of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Lafayette. Food for the Journey will be held on Tuesday, November 3, at Wyndham Garden Lafayette (formerly “HOTEL ACADIANA”), 1801 W. Pinhook Road, beginning at 12:00 noon. An optional lunch buffet is available for purchase beginning at 11:30 a.m. All are wel-come to come “eat and be fed”- please bring a friend! Pre-registration is not required. For more information, please call Mary Bergeron (654-8682). Grief Can Be Merciful As Pope Francis declares “The Year of Mercy”, let us al-low Mercy to welcome Healing as we journey with Grief. Sarah Brabant, Ph.D. and author of the book, “Mending the Torn Fabric: For Those Who Grieve and Those Who Want to Help Them”, will offer some compassionate tools to as-sist with this process. Dr. Brabant will speak at St. Bene-dict the Moor Church, 9135 Cameron Street in Duson from 6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 12, 2015. No registration or fees. For information please contact Janeth Harrington @ 337.258.0073 or JHarrington@diolaf.org. St. Mary Bus Trip to EWTN St. Mary Church, Lafayette, is offering an overnight Bus Trip on November 17-20, 2015, to visit EWTN and the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament. This pilgrimage includes an overnight stay at St. Bernard Abbey Retreat & Confer-ence Center in Cullman, Alabama; a pilgrimage to EWTN in Irondale, Alabama. Priests from the order of the Mis-sionaries of the Eternal Word will be available for Mass and Confessions, and we will have the opportunity to join the studio audience for an EWTN Live Show. We will then travel to Hanceville, Alabama to Our Lady of the An-gels Monastery before returning home on November 20. For registration details, cost and more information, please contact JoAnn LeJune at St. Mary Church (981-3379) or Barbara Thibodeaux (235-3240).

Holy Hour for Vocations Please join us for our monthly “Holy Hour for Voca-tions and for the Spiritual Renewal of All Priests” on Monday, November 2, 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. All are welcome to join in these prayers for vocations and perseverance of vocations to the priesthood and religious life, spon-sored by the Serra Club of Lafayette. Come and See Retreat For men interested in the Religious life at the Commu-nity of Jesus Crucified, November 6-9. The Retreat begins at 6 pm Friday and ends at 5 pm on Monday and will be held at Our Lady of Sorrows Retreat Center, St. Martinville. Parking at 103 Railroad Ave. For more information call Fr. Champagne at 337-394-6550 or email: frchampagne@yahoo.com TCH Open House All parents and students who are considering Teurlings Catholic High School for the 2016-2017 school year are invited to join in for TCH Open House—Thursday, November 12th in the school gym. Tours begin at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact Maria Hanes in the Admis-sions Office at 235-5711 Ext. 1, or mhanes@tchs.net. Food for the Journey Seminary Burse In celebration of the 10-year Anniversary of “Food for the Journey” and with great gratitude, the Central Re-gion of the Diocese of Lafayette has created a “Food for the Journey Seminary Burse” through the Office of Vocations and Seminarians. Donations for seminary burses are placed in a trust fund, with interest used to pay for the education of men preparing for the priest-hood. To contribute, please make check payable to “Diocese of Lafayette” (with notation “Food for the Journey Seminary Burse”) and mail to Office of Voca-tions, Diocese of Lafayette, 1408 Carmel Drive, Lafa-yette, LA 70501. For more information, please call Mary Bergeron (654-8682). STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory……………………..$ 4,577.85 Thank You! The second collection this weekend will be for our Building Fund.

Date

Saturday, November 7 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, November 8 8:30 a.m.

Sunday, November 8 10:00 a.m.

Lectors

Dana Guidry Kenneth Phillips Phyllis Roy

Eucharistic Ministers

George Eaton Harold Guilbeau Janell Venable

Geneva Phillips Ted Hampton Kay Hampton

LeRoy Abshire Barbara Abshire Janeth Harrington

Altar Servers Rosalind Allen Fred Vallot Debra Carroll

Ushers

George Guidry Joyce Stelly

Donald & Scottie Vallot Lionel Jeanmard Joyce Stelly

Liturgical Roles for November

Readings for the Week

Monday Wis 3:1-9; Ps 23:1-6; Rom 5:5-11 or 6:3-9; Jn 6:37-40

Tuesday Rom 12:5-16b; Ps 131:1bcde-3; Lk 14:15-24

Wednesday Rom 13:8-10; Ps 112:1b-2, 4-5, 9; Lk 14:25-33

Thursday Rom 14:7-12; Ps 27:1bcde, 4, 13-14; Lk 15:1-10

Friday Rom 15:14-21; Ps 98:1-4; Lk 16:1-8

Saturday Rom 16:3-9, 16, 22-27; Ps 145:2-5, 10-11; Lk 16:9-15

Sunday 1 Kgs 17:10-16; Ps 146:7-10; Heb 9:24-28; Mk 12:38-44 [41-44]

From the Pastor’s Desk

This weekend as we do each year, we celebrate All Saints Day on Nov. 1st, and All Souls Day on Nov. 2nd. It feels a little different, because All Saints falls on a Sunday this year, so more people will have the opportunity to celebrate this feast. Yet sometimes, I wish these two celebrations were further apart in the calendar. Coming one after the other as they do, it’s easy for them to kind of blend one into the other, with each losing its distinctive character.

They are different feasts. All Souls Day is for many people the most important, at least emotionally, since on that day, we remember and pray for people we knew. It is a day for honoring all our loved ones who have died, often marked with visits to cemeteries. We mourn them, and once more commend these loved ones to God’s mercy, in the hope that they rejoice in heaven with Him.

All Saints Day is more about those who are strangers to us, yet who are our ancestors in the faith. Many people who have gone before us have had their sanctity officially recognized by the Church. These are the people we call “Saints”, whom the Church assures us rejoice with God in heaven. They include martyrs and preachers, missionaries and mystics. Some of them achieved fame during their lives, while others were much more obscure. All are recommended to us as examples of faith, of perseverance, and of hope. Stretching back to the earliest dec-ades of the Church, they are those from whom we have inherited the gift of faith.

And then there are all the people who fall somewhere in the middle. I’m thinking here of the countless people in the Church whose holiness and faith were recognized by only a few, or who were simply never brought to the attention of the Church. While there are many, many saints from every century, the Church in no way sug-gests that only those named “Saint” were particularly holy. There are countless others who are rejoicing with God in heaven, who names have been forgotten to history.

This recognition—that the company of holy people extends beyond the listing of official saints — is good news indeed. The fact is that we have probably known people ourselves who might well be saints in their own way, even if they are never recognized by the Church. The people in our lives who have taught us the faith, who have given us example of selfless service, who have remained faithful even in the face of difficulty — these too are worthy of our respect. They are the ones whose example can sometimes inspire us the most. In their lives, we also see a possibility of holiness for ourselves — by God’s grace, of course. Good news, indeed!