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ST. MATTHEW THE APOSTLE CHURCH

May 9, 2021 | Sixth Sunday of Easter

CONTACT

Rectory 737-4537, 737-2662 [email protected] School 737-4604

NEW PARISHIONERS Please fill out a parish census, found in the church foyer or at www.stmatthewtheapostle.net.

WORSHIP

MASS TIMES Daily Mass M-F 6am, 9:15am; Sat. 9:15am Rosary before daily 9:15 Mass

Sunday Masses 4pm Vigil (Sat) 7am, 9am, 11am, 6pm (Sun)

RECONCILIATION Friday: 6:30am and 8:45am Saturday: 3:00-3:45pm Or by appointment.

HOLY HOUR PROGRAM Adoration: First Friday 9:45am Thursdays 10am-7pm Perpetual Help Novena Tuesdays 9:45am

ROSARY Every Monday evening at the outdoor Mary statue at 6:15pm. Before daily 9:15am Masses in Church, Mon-Sat.

SACRAMENTS RCIA The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is the process of wel- coming new members to our faith. Classes are September through May. BAPTISM Most Sundays immediately after the 11:00 AM Mass. Please call 737-4537 in advance to register. MARRIAGE Consult parish priest at least eight months prior to planned date of marriage.

CONFIRMATION Through our parish and High School CCD Program. Please call 737-4537.

FUNERALS Please call 737-4537. Funerals along with wakes and visitations in Church are encouraged.

HOSPITAL VISITATION We appreciate knowing when a parishioner is in the hospital.

SACRAMENTS AT HOME Communion weekly. Sacrament of the sick as requested.

10021 JEFFERSON HWY | RIVER RIDGE, LA 70123 | [email protected] WWW.STMATTHEWTHEAPOSTLE.NET | 504.737.4537 504.737.2662 2

WEEKLY PRAYER Readings for the Week of May 9, 2021

SUN 5/9 Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48/Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 [cf. 2b]/1 Jn 4:7-10/Jn 15:9-17

MON 5/10 Acts 16:11-15/Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b [cf. 4a]/ Jn 15:26—16:4a

TUE 5/11 Acts16:22-34/Ps138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8 [7c]/Jn 16:5-11

WED 5/12 Acts17:15, 22-18:1/Ps 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14/Jn 16:12-15

THU 5/13 Acts 18:1-8/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [cf. 2b]/Jn 16:16-20 Ascension: Acts 1:1-11/Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 [6]/Eph 1:17-23 or Eph 4:1-13 or 4:1-7, 11-13/Mk 16:15-20

FRI 5/14 Acts1:15-17,20-26/Ps113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8[8]/Jn15:9-17

SAT 5/15 Acts 18:23-28/Ps 47:2-3, 8-10, 10 [8a]/Jn 16:23b-28

SUN 5/16 Ascension: Acts 1:1-11/Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 [6]/Eph 1:17-23 or Eph 4a:1-1-13 or 4:1-7, 11-13/Mk 16:15-20 Seventh Sunday of Easter: Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26/ Ps103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20 [19a]/1 Jn 4:11-16/Jn 17:11b-19

Observances for the Week of May 9, 2021

Sunday: 6th Sunday of Easter ; Mother’s Day Monday: St. Damien de Veuster, Priest Wednesday: Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, ; St. Pancras, Thursday: The Ascension of the Lord; Our Lady of Fatima Friday: St. Matthias, Apostle Saturday: St. Isidore; Armed Forces Day Next Sunday: The Ascension of the Lord; 7th Sunday of Easter

Children Are Our Most Precious Gifts

St. Matthew is blessed to have numerous ministries that work with chil- dren and youth. Our commitment to provide protection to the chil- dren and youth in our care necessitates that we comply with the Arch- diocese’s safe environment regulations. Therefore, all employees and volunteers working in our children’s ministries are required to do the following: 1) Register on the database - cmgconnect.org; 2) Complete archdiocesan safe environment training prior to and within three years of service (first time, in-person; renewals, online); 3) Undergo a background check through the archdiocese prior to & within three years of service.

Each volunteer must register, fulfill training requirements, and order a background check as necessary. Click the Safe Environment link on our website for complete instructions: stmatthewtheapostle.net. Volunteers may also contact the rectory office to confirm compliance or for assistance, 737-4537 or [email protected].

If you suspect abuse or neglect by clergy or an employee or volunteer of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, please contact the Victims’ Assis- tance Coordinator, Pistorius. Call (504) 861-6253. You may also email [email protected]. 3

This Week at St. Matthew 6th Sunday of Easter

“Remain in my love,” and, “I call you friends,” St. Matthew Schedule are powerful words that are found in John’s 10021 Jefferson Highway Rectory Hours 9:00 AM-4:00 PM . Most of us probably have them com- River Ridge, LA 70123 SUNDAY 5/9 -Mother’s Day mitted to memory or have at least heard Church 737-4537, 737-2662 them proclaimed dozens of times. They are School 737-4604 7:00, 9:00, 11:00 AM & 6:00 PM Masses words that can easily become trite and quick-

Fax 737-4033 ly glossed over without fully pondering and MONDAY 5/10 digesting their profound beauty. When we Worship Ministries 6:00 & 9:15 AM Daily Mass Pastoral Council Rep.-Cathy Ganucheau take the time to immerse ourselves in them, Altar Servers 6:15 PM Monday Patriotic Rosary Barbara Hebert 810-6786 they can radically change our lives and our Holy Name Society 7:00 PM CCD Mass relationships. They can open up new doors of Bill Siegel 737-5782 adventure and hold countless possibilities for Divine Mercy Alida Wyler 390-6805 TUESDAY 5/11 Evangelization Brian Comboy 737-4537 meaning. The essence of love and friendship Floral Committee 737-4537 6:00 & 9:15 AM Daily Mass are things that can easily be taken for grant- Music Glen Ganucheau 466-1475 7:00 PM Come Lord Ushers 737-4537 ed. Many would say that they could not live Rosary Groups 737-4537 7:00 PM Ushers Meeting without love and friendship, and they put a Sacred Heart Ministry Dania 738-6924 great deal of care into preserving, deepening Education & Vocation Ministries WEDNESDAY 5/12 and sustaining them. Love and friendship Pastoral Council Rep.-Alida Wyler 6:00 & 9:15 AM Daily Mass share a mutual relationship with each other Elem. CCD & VBS Mary Elvir 737-7210 H.S. CCD Jim Donovan 884-8296 1:00 PM St. Joseph Session in MBC that deserves more reflection. RCIA & Margaret Penick 738-7027 6:30 PM KC Meeting in KC Hall Friday AM Study Barbara Hebert 737-0328 7:00 PM St. Joseph Session on Zoom Where does love come from? We can consid- Come Lord Jesus 7:30 PM SMA Men’s Club er relationships that have not succeeded and A. Arcement 737-6578 Catholic Couples Stiebings 738-7687 conclude that they were somehow due to our Vocations Deacon Jerry Clark THURSDAY 5/13 “failures in love.” In doing so, we assume that 6:00 & 9:15 AM Daily human beings are the ones responsible for Service Ministries Pastoral Council Rep.-Bill Siegel 10:00 AM-7:00 PM Adoration love, its success and also its failure. While our Altar Society Carla Segura 738-1335 6:30 PM RCIA weakness, emotional composition and sinful- Knights of Columbus Ralph Brandt 737-2732 ness can easily impact our ability to love, its Missionaries of St. Therese FRIDAY 5/14 origin is not human. God is love. God is love’s Stephanie 912-6666, Patricia 400-3186 author and origin. When we love, it is God SMA Cares 737-4537 6:00 & 9:15 AM Daily Mass Social Justice Deacon Wayne Lobell Holy Spirit Novena who loves in and through us. It is because of St. Vincent De Paul Soc. 737-4537 this divine closeness that Jesus is able to call Collection Counters 737-4537 6:30 AM & 8:45 AM Confessions 9:45 AM First Friday Adoration us friends! It is not because of anything we Family Life Ministries have done but simply because of who we are. Pastoral Council Rep. Ladies Cancer Ministry 737-4537 SATURDAY 5/15 CYO-737-4537 9:15 AM Daily Mass Coming upon this truth is what leads folks Home & School Assoc. 737-4604 like St. to leave that which is Family Life Deacon Nathan Simoneaux Holy Spirit Novena Men’s Club 737-4604 or 737-4537 3:00 PM Confessions comfortable and worldly and live a radical life. Marriage Enrichment They relate with the love of God that radiates Chuck & Bridget Stiebing 738-7687 4:00 PM Vigil Mass Right to Life S. Kenning 737-9776 in and through all living things and appreci- Scouting 737-4537 SUNDAY 5/16 ate their sacredness. It was having an intimate Seniors JOY Ministry - 737-4537 experience of God’s love and friendship that Family Fall 737-4537 7:00, 9:00, 11:00 AM & 6:00 PM Masses Youth Ministry - Matt’s Cats 737-4537 Holy Spirit Novena propelled St. Francis and others to embrace Young Adults-Pier Ministry 737-4537 simplicity, act nonviolently, pursue humility, love enemies, care for the earth and open up PASTORAL STAFF Fr. Lee Poché, Pastor avenues for true justice. Understanding this Fr. Francis Nguyen, Parochial Vicar May 6, 2021 profound truth will also help us find peaceful Wayne Lobell, Deacon solutions to world’s problems, restore rela- Nathan Simoneaux, Deacon tionships with our sisters and brothers, bring Jerry Clark, Deacon Dianne Varisco, Finance the grace of loving stewardship to creation and heal many wounds. Once we begin to Linda King, Parish Secretary Lynley Kapesis, Rectory Asst. see how wonderfully holy all of life really is, Kim Roberts, Parish Coordinator Please take a baby bottle after Mass we discover joy. We lose our need for fear, Mary Elvir, Elementary Rel. Ed. on May 15-16 and return it the fol- Joanne Caldcleugh, PCL (Parish develop a fierce fortitude, act prudently and Catechetical Leader) lowing weekend with a donation to seek justice. There is great power in love be- Glen Ganucheau, Music Ministry support this life-affirming ministry cause it comes from God. It will never fail. It Tony Bonura, Principal also enjoys the company of two other friends Jim Paci, Vice-Principal or give online: Rhonda Foret, Academic Asst. Principal who are eager to become our friends as well: womansnewlife.com/babybottle faith and hope. These are just as important to Disability Advocates: have and to share. Ann Lupo 275-7508 Paget Bazile 337-303-8833 4

2021 Altar Server Awards Altar Server of the Year—William Flores Captains of the Year—Hallie Cao, Berrigan, Margo Flores Most Points Awarded (Boys)—Blake Boten, Ethan Guidry Most Points (Girls)—Lucie Prattini, Teresa Cashen, Nora Gauthreaux Special Crosses—Caroline Baur, Amelie Bent, Connor Campbell, Julia Costa, Evan Guidry, Jason Lafourcade, Corinne Lobell, Caro- line Prattini Welcome to New Servers—Brooklyn Barrios, Grace Bordelon, Julia Crow, Maddie Gibson, Ryan Gordon, Mary Higgins, Amelia Special THANK YOU to our graduating Prattini, Andrew Schnabel, Vivienne Thomas, Alexa Walker, and seniors, Margo Flores, Hallie Cao, Michael Cate Womac Berrigan and William Flores! 5

Prayer to St. Matthew—May we be helped, Lord, by the prayers of Your Holy Apostle and Evangelist, Mat- thew. May his intercession obtain for us the graces which we cannot merit for ourselves, through Our Lord Jesus and His Mother, Amen.

Celebrant and Liturgical Minister Schedule for May 15-16, 2021

Sunday Celebrant/Deacon Sacristan Lector EOMs AS 5/15 4:00 PM Fr. Lee L.Latham R.Latham Geiling/M.Latham/Fowler/Fowler 6 5/16 7:00 AM Fr. McCann Hebert G.Flores Usner/D.Flores 1 5/16 9:00 AM Fr. Lee Comboy Comboy Centanni/deVillasana/Danton/Open 2 5/16 11:00 AM Fr. Lee Battle Zylicz Oubre/Fitzsimmons/N.Simoneaux/Demarest 3 5/16 6:00 PM Fr. Lee Wyler Kenning Donovan/Wyler 4

(Schedule is subject to change)

In your charity, please pray for the souls of

Doris Yochim Paul Dominguez

who died recently, and for all who mourn them.

Missal Change Out We are in need of volunteers to change out the missalettes in Congratulations on your First Communion church on Friday, May 28, immediately following 9:15 AM April 24, 2021 Mass. Please help for as little or as long as you are available.

Cecilia Allice Chauvin Lillian Christina Cicero Nell Elizabeth Hebert Oliver Joseph Henry Lyla Kate McKearan Claire Elizabeth Neill Samantha Rose Pitz ADULT VOLUNTEERS are needed for our July 26-30, 2021, Emma Kathryn Scandaliato Vacation Bible School. We need adults to help make our Ava Colleen Schudmak 2021 VBS a great success! The kids missed out on VBS in William James Towers 2020, let’s do all we can to help, email [email protected]. Kathryn Beatrice White Registration for children to attend VBS will open as soon as we have enough volunteers.

#NotAlone Annulment Writing Workshop nami.org/mentalhealthmonth Anyone who wishes to apply for an annulment, persons wishing to respond to an annulment and witnesses are in- vited to attend this workshop lead by trained lay ministers and clergy who work with the Tribunal. St. Benilde Teen Center, 1901 Division Street, Metairie, LA, from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Five Tuesdays (June 8, 15, 22, & 29 and July 6). Cost is $25. Pre-registration preferred.

All workshops are sponsored by the Archdiocese of New Orleans. For more information, contact Cathy at (504) 861- 6243 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 6

May 8-14, 2021

SATURDAY, May 8 9:15 AM: Dr. Charles & Rosalie Matassa & Deceased St. Matthew CYO Events Family Members Faithful Fridays Mass 6am 4:00 PM: All Deceased Mothers of all Parishioners Mass & Mtg June 6 SUNDAY, May 9 stmatthewtheapostle.net/CYO 7:00 AM: All Deceased Mothers of all Parishioners 9:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Matthew the Apostle 11:00 AM: All Deceased Mothers of all Parishioners Knights of Columbus 6:00 PM: All Deceased Mothers of all Parishioners Knight of the Month for April

Brent Burkenstock MONDAY, May 10 6:00 AM: Laura Curtis 9:15 AM: Sylvia Keller For membership information please visit stmatthewkc.com TUESDAY, May 11 6:00 AM: Isabella Barback 9:15 AM: Gwen Brennan CHURCH OFFERINGS

April 24-25, 2021 WEDNESDAY, May 12 Campaign Phase III 6:00 AM: David Spako Weekly Envelopes $ 9,474.41 $558,693.00 9:15 AM: Minos J. Derouen, Jr. Loose 1,693.00 Building & Maint. 192.00 Diocesan Priest $11,359.41 Retirement $3,066.00 THURSDAY, May 13 6:00 AM: Gregory, Elizabeth, & Frank Pellerin (Living) Thank you for your generous offerings. “For where your 9:15 AM: Jim Lavin treasure is, there also will your heart be.” ~ :21 FRIDAY, May 14 Visit https://www.stmatthewtheapostle.net/ for 6:00 AM: Melva & L.J. Duhon (Living) online giving information. 9:15 AM: Teddy Mumme

SATURDAY, May 15 9:15 AM: Charles & Eva Chaisson Please call the rectory at 737-

4537 if you have a prayer request, older than one month.

Jennifer Matherne, Suzanne , Linda , Mary Lou Suarez, Ruth Fontenelle, Darlene Montalbano, John Conti, Sr., Terry Eggleston, Ryan Logan, Margaret O’Brien, Vincent Ganucheau, Rodney Harris, Vin- cent Lobue, III, Becky Heffner, Beverly Jeansonne, Michael Montero, Holy Spirit Novena Greg Ganucheau, Ida Ganucheau, Mary Catherine Wellman, Leslie Si- In these times of disease mon, Abby Perez, Payton Lambert, Keith Melancon, Hudson Joseph Adams, Andrew Rucker, Smith Family, Woodruff Family, Barbara W. Bar- and turmoil, please consid- rosse, Judith Morter, Adrian Romani, Michael Moffatt, Jr., Clark Family, Emmet Manuel, Denise Balint, Joseph Passalaqua, Little Winnie Schilling, er joining us in saying the Peschlow, Infant James David Price, Karl Clark, III, Kimberly Tucker, Hanna Falkenberg, Jai Eshete, Michael Leeds, Christopher Monistere, Holy Spirit Novena for wis- Millie Zylicz, Susan Galkowski, Kevin & Garrison Schilling, Bryan & Susan Burkenstock, Anna Marie Olivier, Diana Friedel, Kelly & Michael Hebert, dom for our leaders and Jan Treuting, Chris & Linda Arms, Buddy Brewer, Joseph Maisano, Sha- ourselves. The oldest and ron Miller, Michael & Kelly Hebert, Gerri & Eddie Bergeron, Kathleen Berzas, Jenny Manale, Dan Kehoe, Camille Marino, John Viguerie, Gene only official novena in the Bourg, Paul DiGiovanni, Brent Toca, Herman Dutreix, Blakely Menzel, Darlene Chopin, Michelle Dutreix, Debbie Doll, Holly Clark, Hank Gud- , May 14 lach, Drew Gillen, Lee Brady, Edward Holmberg, Christopher McCaudle, Janette Fararra, Lauren Rabalais, Mr. and Mrs. Tim Smith, Sr., Mr. Timmy through May 22. Pam- Smith , Jr., Mac Carr, Rene Gibson, James Finan, Erin Meyers, Stephen phlets are in the church. Bertram, Lili Archer, Louella Graves, Gloria Ruiz, Laura King, Capt. William Crawford, Clinton Summers, Jr., Dave McCuller (Coach), Sister Marina, Beth Motto & Family home ALAL BOURGEOISBOURGEOIS HAIR improvements PLUMBING & REPAIRS A-Z co., inc. • Remodeling Let Our Jobs Do The Talking Archie Melcher, DDS • Carpentry Participating Insurance Provider 738-9128 • Painting Day 486-5731 Night 835-9007 • Replacement HarahanDentalCare.com 738-6128 Member of BBB & Nextdoor windows 24 Hr. Emergency Service 6367 Jefferson Hwy. • Termite Repairs 504-737-5294 9401 D Jefferson Hwy

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