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DIOCESE OF LAKE CHARLES Established April 25, 1980 The Most Rev. Glen John Provost, D.D. Bishop of Lake Charles PARISH STAFF Rev. Father Rommel P. Tolentino Pastor Rev. Fr. Ruben Buller, In Residence Rev. Deacon Christopher Fontenot Pastoral Assistant Principal SLCHS Sister Jeannette Touchet, S.E.C Pastoral Assistant Mr. Robert Marcantel Music Director Mrs. Charlotte Hine Organist Ms. Sue Burke Receptionist Ms. Lavonne “Cookie” White Secretary Mrs. Pam Menou Bookkeeper Mr. Philip Ardoin Maintenance Mrs. Christi Jarreau Principal ICCS 935 Bilbo Street † P. O. Box 1029 † Lake Charles, LA 70602 † (337) 436-7251 † Fax (337) 436-7240 MASSES SACRAMENT OF PENANCE having attended the Baptism Class. anyone who is interested in Saturday Anticipated 4:00 p.m. Friday 11:00-Noon; Saturday 3:00 pm SACRAMENT OF inquiring into the Roman Catholic 30 minutes before all other Masses. MARRIAGE Sunday 7:30 a.m. faith. The RCIA process is Or call office for appointment. Arrangements should be made at available throughout the year to 9:30 a.m. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM least six (6) months before the those who are seeking initiation 11:15 a.m. A Pre-Baptism class must be wedding date by calling the parish attended before the celebration of into the church as well as for those (Extraordinary Form) 5:00 p.m. office. An appointment must be non-Catholics seeking more Baptism. These classes are held the made for a pre-marriage interview. Monday - Friday 12:05 p.m. information about the Roman 4th Tuesday of January, March, RITE OF CHRISTIAN May, July, September and Catholic church. Information NOVENA INITIATION OF ADULTS. concerning participation in the November. Arrangements for An on-going process of formation celebration of Baptism may be made RCIA process may be obtained Our Lady of Perpetual Help and education is provided for Before 12:05 Mass on Tuesday by calling the parish office after through the parish office. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception October 04, 2015 Why Pray the Rosary? When asked why he and his fellow Jesuits were un- harmed while everyone else in the one mile radius October is the month of the rosary. had died, Father Schiffer answered: “We survived Our Blessed Mother herself asks us because we were living the message of Fatima. We to pray the rosary at many of her approved appari- lived and prayed the Rosary daily in that home.” tions such as Fatima. Many saints have attested to the power of the rosary against evil. Countless The story reminds us Noah’s salvation in the ark, the prayers have been answered and amazing miracles deliverance of Daniel in the lion’s den, and, most of have been attributed to the rosary. Here’s one I’d all, the preservation of Anania, Azaria, and Misael in like to share from Dr. Taylor Marshall the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (taylormarshall.com): Nagasaki, the home of two-thirds of Japanese Catho- The Atomic Bomb, the Rosary and Fatima lics, suffered the second atomic bomb on 9 August 1945. This city which had become the “Japanese On 6 August capital of Catholicism” was obliterated. However, the 1945, the Franciscan Friary established by Saint Maximilian feast of the Maria Kolbe in Nagasaki remained undamaged. St Transfigura- Maximilian had previously decided to go against the tion of Christ, advice that he had been given to build his friary in a an American certain location closer to the city. Instead, St Maxi- bomber milian chose a location behind an intervening moun- dropped an tain. When the atomic bomb exploded, the Marian atomic bomb friary was protected and preserved. This special that deto- miracle reminds us of the words of King David and nated 1,900 the canticle of Jeremiah and Ezekiel: “Thou who pre- feet above parest the mountains by thy strength, being girded Hiroshima, with power” (Psalm 64:7). Japan. The blinding explosion killed everyone in a one-mile radius from “ground zero”—an estimated Please live the message of our sweet Mother deliv- 60,000 men, women, and children. ered at Fatima: pray the Rosary daily (5 decades), wear the Brown Scapular of Mt Carmel, and attend On this date, a miracle occurred of which few have Holy Mass on First Saturdays heard. The only survivors within that one mile ra- dius were eight Jesuit priests. These eight men, like the eight that survived the Great Flood, walked away from the atomic blast and lived into old age without ROSARY RALLY...Please join us in prayer on Sat- radiation poisoning. urday, October 10th, for the America Needs Fatima campaign. This will be in front of the courthouse; The Jesuit Father Hubert Schiffer, one of these sur- we will be praying for our country with over 1400 vivors, was thirty years old at the time of the Hi- other groups across the United States—-12:00 Noon roshima blast in 1945. After celebrating the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the feast of the Transfigura- TAKE AIM AT HUNGER!! Clean Out the Freezer tion, he sat down for breakfast when all the windows and the Pantry Day!!—-Sunday, October 18, 2015—- in every direction pulsed with light. 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.—-Gordon’s Drug Store Park- ing Lot, 2716 Lake Street. To benefit Abraham’s Here is Father Schiffer’s description of what happe- Tent. Wrapped & labeled frozen meat & fish, canned or boxed foods, rice, cooking oil, seasonings. vege- ned: “A terrific explosion filled the air with one burs- tables, paper goods. ting thunder stroke. An invisible force lifted me from the chair, hurled me through the air, shook me, bat- Offertory Collection Weekend of Sep- tered me, whirled me round and round.” tember 26th & 27th….$9,056.06 BSA…………………….$4,163.00 He experienced a few minor injuries, yet American BSA collection for this Army doctors confirmed that he and his seven com- month……………….. $13.223.00 panions suffered neither severe injuries nor radia- BSA balance for our quota……………………$27,024.00 tion damage. ╬Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time╬ Women’s Prayer Luncheon will be Wednesday, THIS WEEK October 7th, at 11:30 A.M. at the Ave Maria Hall. October 05….Bereavement Session, 5:00 P.M., Ave Cost $15.00 per person, checks made out to the Maria Hall Diocese of Lake Charles. October 07….RCIA Inquiry, 6:00 P.M..., Day Chapel ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ October 08…..RCIA Catechumenate,6:00 P.M.- Day Chapel October 09….G.N.A.T.S. meets at 9:30 in the library. Children’s Sabbath—-On October 18th the Cathedral Parish ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ will be doing something new: observing a Children’s Sabbath at 2015 Book, Art, Baked Goods and Sewing Boutique Sale the 9:30 A.M. Mass. This nationwide observance highlights the St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 4020 Hodges Street, will have great blessings that children are to families, churches, communi- a Book, Art, Baked Goods and Sewing Bourique Sale, 8:00 AM ties and the country. It also reminds us that every child has a to 1:00 PM Saturday, October 10th, in the fellowship hall. The God-given right to adequate housing, nourishment, healthcare Sewing Boutique will offer handmade and embellished table and education. Please read the bulletins of the next two weeks runners, baby quilts and bibs, quilted throws, microwave mitts, for more details about our Children’s Sabbath. steering wheel covers, juvenile quilts and more! Hundreds of ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ gentlly used books will be available for donations. Local artist The Neil-Michaud Choir from New Nancy Melton and students of her watercolor techniques class Brunswick, Canada will be giving a free con- have created note cards, prints and some originals, available for cert here at Immaculate Conception Cathedral a donation. Proceeds from the sale of books and art will support at 7:00 P.M. this evening, Sunday, October 4th, the Habitat for Humanity 2015 Faith Build in Lake Charles. This concert will be part of the Grand Re'veil Bake sale proceedw will be donated to the Oak Park Food Acadien (Great Acadian Awakening) that will be Pantry. taking place in Lake Charles that weekend and running through October ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 12th across South Louisiana. They will sing a mixture of Acadian Folk 10’s for Turkeys (or 1’s or 5’s or $20’s)— Please consider Music from Canada and spiritual and secular music in both English and French. donating $10 today to help Catholic Charities put a turkey on the The acclaimed male choir is touring South Louisiana to create table of each low income family who walks through our door this exchanges between the Acadians of the Maritime Provinces of Canada Thanksgiving. Last year we distributed 400 turkeys!! (Frozen and the Acadians and Creoles of Louisiana. turkeys are also accepted). Donations may be mailed or dropped off to Catholic Charities of SW LA, 1225 2nd Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601….439-7436..Please indicate “Turkey Events Coming Up Around the Area!!! 10” on your donation. “Hee Haw Hootenany”—Moss Bluff ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Methodist Church, 4:00 P.M. today, Sun- day October 4th. Concession opens at Claire Josephine Miller, daughter of Christo- 3:00 P.M. FREE. Donations will be ac- pher and Hollie Miller was welcomed into the cepted and will benefit Habitat for Hu- Family of Christ through the Waters of Baptism manity. Lots of fun!!! Ya’ll Come!! on Sunday, September 27, 2015. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Catholic Engaged Encounter is celebrating 40 years of minis- Our Cathedral Parish Community extends its try to engaged couples. Any priest or couple (and their family) Best Wishes and Congratulations to who has helped to present or support the weekends, please join Darren Lucas and Courtney Rock us for Mass—4:15 P.M.—Saturday, October 10th—St.