MASSES & INTENTIONS Deadline to register is April 1, 2019. Please contact Fr. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019 Starkovich at 337-725-3719 or visit http://lcvocations.com to 4:30 P.M. MASS – Fran Meaux, Evelyn Sandell, Freddy register. Gorman, Sonja Billodeaux, Bruce & Rhonda Granger Fly., Ursin & Lillie Carrier, Alice Manuel, Cecilia Sonnier, Mildred P. PRAYER LIST Guillory, Hosey Joseph Guillory Mickey & Monique Abshire, Tyler Alexander, Robert Andrews, Amy SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2019 Bairnsfather, Phil Beard, Charles Beaubouef, Georgia Bell Baggett, Tyler 7:30 A.M. MASS – Pro Populo (For the People) Bellow, Jocie Bergeron, John O’Neal Bergeron, Alvin Billodeaux, M/M 10:00 A.M. MASS – Carol & Keith Deshotel, Leonard Lincoln Briscoe, Margaret Briscoe, Deanne LeBlanc Broussard, Ambrose Beaubouef & Sons, Rodney & Jerry Bushnell, Deceased Bushnell, Bernice Bushnell, Belle Carrier, David & Natalie Carrier, Linda members of the Gidlow Family, Edward Maddox Beaubouef Cazes, JoAnn Cormier, Gordon Cotton, Brittany Courville, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2019 Jeane Daigle, Aiden & Renlee’ Darbonne, Louise Guidry Darbonne, 6:30 A.M. MASS – D.C. Reed, Jr. Herman Deshotel, Donna Dunnehoo, Lonnie Duplechain, Noah Ferry, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2019 David Fontenot, Zaylen Frank, Tim Germany, James & Jill Gilbert & Fly., NO MASS Elaine Giles, Tim Giles, Phielomone Goodly, Becky Gorman, Dixie WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2019 Granger, Vergie Granger, Charlene Guidry, Juanita Guidry, Paula Davis 6:30 A.M. MASS – John C. Durio Hargrove, Harrison Harmon, Joseph Harmon, Mildred Harmon, Esther THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019 Harmon, Jackie Hebert, Dolores Holden, Gwen Holder, Bob & Charlene 5:30 P.M. MASS – Deceased Parishioners of SJoA/St. Joseph Ireland, John, Shenita & Perella Jackson, Joey James, Essie Langley, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2019 Jessica Lindsey, Brian Manuel, Jennifer L. Manuel, Kevin Manuel, Marlin 6:30 A.M. MASS – Frank Fontenot Manuel, Wilson Manuel, Larry Marcantel, Brandy McCarty, Christina SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2019 McNutt, Josh Miller, Patrica Mikas, Marvin Monceaux, Natalie Montou, 8:00 A.M. – Sr. Zélie Thérèse of the Redeemer Janice Moreau, Brad Morgan, Clifton & Carolyn Morgan, Paula Odom, 4:30 P.M. MASS – Fran Meaux, Benton Smith, Evelyn Sandell, Debbie Owen, Howard Patin, Sonya Pickett, Hannah Popillion, Ena Freddy Gorman, Rodney & Jerry Bushnell, Sonja Billodeaux, Prudhomme & Fly., Jimmy Prudhomme, Ann Reed, Brenda Dodd Reed, Angelle L. Durio& Linda LeJeune, Don Fontenot, Jovick Durio, Dara Reed, Gary Reed, Linda Reed, Leah Rexrode, Don & Debra Rider, Martin Goodly, in Thanksgiving by Jack Johnson Fly. Salis & Janice Rider, Ann Rooney, Fr. Fred Russi, Pat Abshire Savant, SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2019 Helen Sheeman, Lois Singleton, Tommy Smith, Yvonne Smith, Elden 7:30 A.M. MASS – Pro Populo (For the People) Bada Sonnier, Fynlee Squier, Donald Taylor, Ken & Wylene Taylor, 10:00 A.M. MASS – Carol & Keith Deshotel, Leonard Diana Tichy, Matthew Truman, Dollyanna Victorian, Kyle Vidrine Family, Beaubouef & Sons, Edward Maddox, Juan A. Lucero Gene Vizena, Hannah and Linda Voeller, Bruce Walker, Linda Weldon, Castellano, Juan A. Lucero Ruiz, Milagros Castellano Perez, Nicole Young, Theresa Young Guillermo Consuegra Garicia, Manuela Travieso Rodriguez ______

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Hour at 6:00 P.M.  Wednesday, February 27th – ADORATION 7:00 A.M. to Vocations Candle and Cross – Jeff & Melissa Craft 8:00 P.M.; CCD and Youth Group  Thursday, February 28th – EF High Requiem Mass at 5:30 Contribution Statements Available P.M. If you are in need of a contribution statement from SJoA for tax purposes, please call the rectory and one will be prepared.

Ladies Society Reflections on the Rites of SJoA Ladies Altar Society would like to recruit new members. Our lovely group of ladies is dwindling down. We are asking for Holy Week – Update your help. Our meetings are usually on the first Tuesday of each month at 5 pm in the hall (with the exception of March). Due to Mardi Gras the meeting will be March 12, 2019. Annual  Father’s Class that was scheduled for dues are $20. We assist with Mercy Meals for families of the deceased and receptions for feast days and the Holy the Saturdays of March has been Sacraments. We also help work the bazaar. Please take this to rescheduled to the first two Saturdays prayer and consider joining the Ladies Altar Society. It is an opportunity for fellowship and bountiful graces! of April due to other Lenten Presentations Come and See Weekend For all young men interested in learning more about the priesthood, St. Joseph Seminary College is hosting a Come and  Please see the “Save the Date” See Weekend April 12-14, 2019. The weekend is a time for young men 16 years of age and older to learn about vocation section on the back cover of the discernment, seminary formation, and the diocesan priesthood. There is no cost to attend, and transportation is provided. bulletin for more information From Father Conner

Preparing for Our Lenten Observance Excepting today, there is only one more Sunday before Ash Wednesday. If you haven’t begun formulating your Lenten Plan, you’re behind on the scoreboard. Today I will preach about the importance of taking seriously during . To assist with this, I have included one of the finest reflections on fasting I have ever read as the bulletin insert; it is Benedict XVI’s 2009 Lenten Message. I ask that you set aside time to read (and maybe even to re-read) it in a prayerful way. In that Message, Pope Benedict recommended that priests refer to a document of Pope Paul VI (viz., Pænitemini, 1966) to help the faithful become more familiar with its fine teachings on fasting and abstinence. In addition to the bulletin insert, and to reinforce the points I will make in today’s sermon, I am including a few “notes” from Church documents that treat penance. Considering the Church’s perennial teachings in a prayerful way can (and should) serve as a guide as we prepare to chart our own Lenten course for this year. Moreover, knowing more about the obligations of our Catholic ancestors can encourage us to overcome temptations to selfishness and/or cowardice, which is precisely the case when an adult only gives up things like chocolate or soft drinks.

1983 Code of Law (presently this is the law in force) • Times of penance are every Friday and the entirety of Lent (1249) • Abstinence (from meat) is required every Friday of the year and on Ash Wednesday (1251) • Fasting must be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday (1251) • Law of Abstinence binds those who are 14 years and older (1252) {Once begun, law of abstinence never ends.} • Law of Fasting binds those aged 18-59 (1252)

1966 Pænitemini (law that was in force until 1983) • Times of penance are every Friday and the entirety of Lent (3.II.1) • Abstinence (from meat) is required every Friday of the year and on Ash Wednesday (3.II.2) • Fasting must be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday (3.II.2) • Law of Abstinence binds those who are 14 years and older (3.IV) {Once begun, law of abstinence never ends.} • Law of Fasting binds those aged 18-59 (3.IV)

1917 Code of (law that was in force until 1966) • Times of penance are every Friday, the , some vigils, and the entirety of Lent (1252) • Abstinence (from meat) is required every Friday of the year, either partially or fully on Ember Days, and every day of Lent, including Sundays (1252) • Fasting must be observed on Ash Wednesday, every Friday and Saturday of Lent, Ember Days, and on the vigils of Pentecost, Assumption, All Saints, and Christmas (1252) • Law of Abstinence binds those who are 7 years and older (1254) {Once begun, law of abstinence never ends.} • Law of Fasting binds those aged 21-59 (1254)

Increased Latin at OF Masses during Lent At our two OF Masses that fulfill one’s Sunday obligation (4:30 pm, 7:30 am), you will notice a little increase of Latin during the Season of Lent. Presently at the 4:30 pm Mass we’re not using much Latin at all; at the 7:30 am Mass we’ve consistently used a simple version of the Kyrie, Sanctus, & Agnus Dei … and sometimes chant the Our Father in Latin. During Lent we’ll employ those same settings presently used at 7:30 am at the 4:30 pm anticipated Mass. Regarding 7:30 am Mass during Lent, we will extend the use of the Latin (still the language of the Roman Rite), to these parts of the Mass:

• The 3 Orations (Collect, Prayer over Offerings, Post Communion) • The “Absolution” (May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to life everlasting.”) • And maybe the Preface here and there

All of these prayers can easily be found in the missalettes in the pews. Thus, this observance will not present a burden to anyone. I recommend that you familiarize yourself with the pew missalette (or your hand missal) so that you can easily follow along. Latin will also be increased during at daily Masses as well, in a way consistent with the 7:30 am Sunday Mass.

To conclude, I won’t be surprised if the decision to use a bit more Latin doesn’t sit well with someone. Closemindedness to Latin, especially for a Catholic of the Latin Rite, baffles me. Over the years I have explained the Church’s teaching about Latin dozens of times. As such, we can consider this simply as an announcement, not an explanation. Having said that, I will raise a question before concluding. If English at holy Mass is as crucial as people pretend it to be, how is it that during the past 50 years (when the use of English has been used in a nearly exclusive way, and Latin nowhere to be found) knowledge of the faith and the Mass has decreased? Shouldn’t the opposite have occurred? Shouldn’t Catholics have grown in the faith with more English? Current Penitential Disciplines of the Churchi

Laws of Days of Abstinence Laws of Days of Penance Ø Obliges abstention from flesh meat. Ø Entirety of Lent (including the Sundays therein) Ø Begins on one’s 14th birthday. & every Friday of the year outside of Lent. Ø Obligatory on Ash Wednesday & Fridays of Ø Applies to all the faithful. Lent.

Laws of Days of Fast Ø One full meal permitted and two other meals may be taken, which, when combined, are less than one full meal. Ø Applies to everyone aged 18-59, inclusive. Ø Obligatory on Ash Wednesday & Good Friday.

The Law of the Eucharistic Fast Ø The complete fast from all food and drink (except water and medicine) for at least one hour before the reception of the Holy Eucharist. Those who are able to maintain the previous discipline of the three hour fast are still encouraged to do so.

Previous Penitential Disciplines of the Church1

Laws of Days of Abstinence Ø Complete abstinence: every Friday of the entire year, Ash Wednesday, Holy Saturday, & the Vigil of Christmas. Ø Partial abstinence: meat and soup or gravy made from meat permitted once a day at the principal meal during the Season of Lent (except on Ash Wednesday and each Friday of the entire year); the Ember Days of Wednesday and Saturday; and the Vigils of Pentecost and the Assumption. Ø Applies on one’s 7th birthday. Ø Abstinence from meat is dispensed on Holy Days of Obligation.

Laws of Fast Ø One full meal permitted and two other meals may be taken, which, when combined, are less than one full meal. Ø The Season of Lent (from Ash Wednesday until Easter Sunday); the Ember Days; the Vigils of Christmas, Pentecost, and the Assumption. Ø Applies for those aged 21-59, inclusive.

The Law of the Eucharistic Fast Ø The complete fast from all food and drink (except water or medicine) for three hours before the reception of the Holy Eucharist. Those who are able to maintain the midnight fast, which was the previous discipline, are still encouraged to do so.

i See the Code of Canon Law, 1249-1253; Apostolic Constitution Paenitemini of Pope Paul VI, chapter III; Liturgical Ordo and FSSP Directory.

St. Peter Damian

February 21st – OF Feast February 23rd – EF Feast

“The Book of Gomorrah”

The Book of Gomorrah is a letter written to Pope St. Leo IX around the year 1049 in response to an epidemic of sodomy among the priests of Italy, which Peter Damian feared would bring down the wrath of God upon the Church. This plague of sexual perversion was part of a larger crisis of moral laxity in the priesthood, including widespread sexual incontinency and illicit marriages, the simoniacal purchasing of clerical ordination, and the prevalence of a worldly and carnal mentality among the clergy. The laity were outraged by such behavior and were even beginning to rebel against the Church hierarchy in some places, such as Florence and Milan.

The Book of Gomorrah is an eloquent and impassioned denunciation of the vice of sodomy, describing in harrowing detail the devastating spiritual and psychological effects on those who practice it. Damian holds that sodomy is the worst of all sins because it does the greatest harm to the soul, and argues very persuasively that no priest who is habituated to such behavior should be permitted to continue in the priesthood. However, the work is not only a condemnation of evil, but also an outpouring of grief for those who have fallen into such immorality, urging them to “rise from the dead” and return to Christ, and promising them forgiveness and even spiritual glory if they repent and do penance. So the work expresses very profoundly both the justice and the mercy of God. (“St. Peter Damian, Gomorrah, & Today’s Moral Crisis”; Catholic World Report)

Excerpts from the Book of Gomorrah …

The temporal effects of sodomy: “This vice [of sodomy] is the death of bodies, the destruction of souls, pollutes the flesh, extinguishes the light of the intellect, expels the Holy Spirit from the temple of the human heart, introduces the diabolical inciter of lust, throws into confusion, and removes the truth completely from the deceived mind.”

“For it is this which violates sobriety, kills modesty, slays chastity. It butchers virginity with the sword of a most filthy contagion. It befouls everything, it stains everything, it pollutes everything, and for itself it permits nothing pure, nothing foreign to filth, nothing clean.”

The eternal effects of sodomy: “It prepares snares for the one who walks, and for him who falls into the pit, it obstructs the escape. It opens up hell and closes the door of paradise. It makes the citizen of the heavenly Jerusalem into an heir of the Babylonian underworld. From the star of heaven, it produces the kindling of eternal fire. It cuts off a member of the Church and casts him into the voracious conflagration of raging Gehenna.”

True mercy summons a sinner to repentance “For how am I loving my neighbor as myself, if I negligently allow the wound, by which I do not doubt him to be dying a cruel death, to fester in his soul? Seeing therefore the spiritual wounds, should I neglect to cure them by the surgery of words?”

“I myself…weep over you, and from the depths of my heart I sigh over your lot of perdition. I weep over you, I say, O miserable soul given over to the dregs of impurity, you who are to be lamented with a whole fountain of tears.”

“You are most greatly to be wept over, because you do not weep. You are in need of the sufferings of others because you do not feel the danger of your ruin, and you are to be wept over all the more by bitter tears of fraternal compassion because you are not troubled by your own sorrowful lamentation,”

“Arise, arise, I implore you! Wake up O man who sinks in the sleep of wretched pleasure! Revive at last, you who have fallen by the lethal sword before the face of your enemies!…Enter into a constant struggle with the flesh, and always stand armed against the importunate fury of lust. If the flame of wantonness burns in your bones, the recollection of perpetual fire should immediately extinguish it.”

Pope St. Leo IX’s approval of the Book of Gomorrah: “So, let it be certain and evident to all that We are in agreement with everything your book contains, opposed as it is like water to the fire of the devil. ... Therefore, lest the wantonness of this foul impurity be allowed to spread unpunished, it must be repelled by proper repressive action of apostolic severity.”

The Catechism of the on the “Proliferation of Sin” CCC 1865 Sin creates a proclivity to sin; it engenders vice by repetition of the same acts. This results in perverse inclinations which cloud conscience and corrupt the concrete judgment of good and evil. Thus sin tends to reproduce itself and reinforce itself, but it cannot destroy the moral sense at its root.

CCC 1866 Vices can be classified according to the virtues they oppose, or also be linked to the capital sins which Christian experience has distinguished, following St. John Cassian and St. Gregory the Great. They are called "capital" because they engender other sins, other vices. They are pride, avarice, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony, and sloth or acedia.

CCC 1867 The catechetical tradition also recalls that there are "sins that cry to heaven": the blood of Abel (Gen. 4:10); the sin of the Sodomites (Gen. 18:20; 19:13); the cry of the people oppressed in Egypt (Ex. 3:7-10); the cry of the foreigner, the widow, and the orphan (Ex. 20:20-22); injustice to the wage earner (Deut. 24:14-15; James 5:4).

CCC 1868 Sin is a personal act. Moreover, we have a responsibility for the sins committed by others when we cooperate in them:

a. by participating directly and voluntarily in them; b. by ordering, advising, praising, or approving them; c. by not disclosing or not hindering them when we have an obligation to do so; d. by protecting evil-doers.

CCC 1869 Thus sin makes men accomplices of one another and causes concupiscence, violence, and injustice to reign among them. Lenten Message – 2009

Pope Benedict XVI

"He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry" (Mt 4,1-2)

Dear Brothers and Sisters! At the beginning of Lent, which constitutes an itinerary of more intense spiritual training, the Liturgy sets before us again three penitential practices that are very dear to the biblical and Christian tradition – prayer, almsgiving, fasting – to prepare us to better celebrate Easter and thus experience God’s power that, as we shall hear in the Paschal Vigil, “dispels all evil, washes guilt away, restores lost innocence, brings mourners joy, casts out hatred, brings us peace and humbles earthly pride” (Paschal Præconium). For this year’s Lenten Message, I wish to focus my reflections especially on the value and meaning of fasting. Indeed, Lent recalls the forty days of our Lord’s fasting in the desert, which He undertook before entering into His public ministry. We read in the Gospel: “Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry” (Mt 4,1-2). Like Moses, who fasted before receiving the tablets of the Law (cf. Ex 34,28) and Elijah’s fast before meeting the Lord on Mount Horeb (cf. 1 Kings 19,8), Jesus, too, through prayer and fasting, prepared Himself for the mission that lay before Him, marked at the start by a serious battle with the tempter.

We might wonder what value and meaning there is for us Christians in depriving ourselves of something that in itself is good and useful for our bodily sustenance. The Sacred Scriptures and the entire Christian tradition teach that fasting is a great help to avoid sin and all that leads to it. For this reason, the history of salvation is replete with occasions that invite fasting. In the very first pages of Sacred Scripture, the Lord commands man to abstain from partaking of the prohibited fruit: “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die” (Gn 2, 16-17). Commenting on the divine injunction, Saint Basil observes that “fasting was ordained in Paradise,” and “the first commandment in this sense was delivered to Adam.” He thus concludes: “‘You shall not eat’ is a law of fasting and abstinence” (cf. Sermo de jejunio: PG 31, 163, 98). Since all of us are weighed down by sin and its consequences, fasting is proposed to us as an instrument to restore friendship with God. Such was the case with Ezra, who, in preparation for the journey from exile back to the Promised Land, calls upon the assembled people to fast so that “we might humble ourselves before our God” (8,21). The Almighty heard their prayer and assured them of His favor and protection. In the same way, the people of Nineveh, responding to Jonah’s call to repentance, proclaimed a fast, as a sign of their sincerity, saying: “Who knows, God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we perish not?” (3,9). In this instance, too, God saw their works and spared them.

In the New Testament, Jesus brings to light the profound motive for fasting, condemning the attitude of the Pharisees, who scrupulously observed the prescriptions of the law, but whose hearts were far from God. True fasting, as the divine Master repeats elsewhere, is rather to do the will of the Heavenly Father, who “sees in secret, and will reward you” (Mt 6,18). He Himself sets the example, answering Satan, at the end of the forty days spent in the desert that “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (Mt 4,4). The true fast is thus directed to eating the “true food,” which is to do the Father’s will (cf. Jn 4,34). If, therefore, Adam disobeyed the Lord’s command “of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat,” the believer, through fasting, intends to submit himself humbly to God, trusting in His goodness and mercy.

The practice of fasting is very present in the first Christian community (cf. Acts 13,3; 14,22; 27,21; 2 Cor 6,5). The Church Fathers, too, speak of the force of fasting to bridle sin, especially the lusts of the “old Adam,” and open in the heart of the believer a path to God. Moreover, fasting is a practice that is encountered frequently and recommended by the saints of every age. Saint Peter Chrysologus writes: “Fasting is the soul of prayer, mercy is the lifeblood of fasting. So if you pray, fast; if you fast, show mercy; if you want your petition to be heard, hear the petition of others. If you do not close your ear to others, you open God’s ear to yourself” (Sermo 43: PL 52, 320. 322). In our own day, fasting seems to have lost something of its spiritual meaning, and has taken on, in a culture characterized by the search for material well-being, a therapeutic value for the care of one’s body. Fasting certainly bring benefits to physical well-being, but for believers, it is, in the first place, a “therapy” to heal all that prevents them from conformity to the will of God. In the Apostolic Constitution Pænitemini of 1966, the Servant of God Paul VI saw the need to present fasting within the call of every Christian to “no longer live for himself, but for Him who loves him and gave himself for him … he will also have to live for his brethren” (cf. Ch. I). Lent could be a propitious time to present again the norms contained in the Apostolic Constitution, so that the authentic and perennial significance of this long held practice may be rediscovered, and thus assist us to mortify our egoism and open our heart to love of God and neighbor, the first and greatest Commandment of the new Law and compendium of the entire Gospel (cf. Mt 22, 34-40).

The faithful practice of fasting contributes, moreover, to conferring unity to the whole person, body and soul, helping to avoid sin and grow in intimacy with the Lord. Saint Augustine, who knew all too well his own negative impulses, defining them as “twisted and tangled knottiness” (Confessions, II, 10.18), writes: “I will certainly impose privation, but it is so that he will forgive me, to be pleasing in his eyes, that I may enjoy his delightfulness” (Sermo 400, 3, 3: PL 40, 708). Denying material food, which nourishes our body, nurtures an interior disposition to listen to Christ and be fed by His saving word. Through fasting and praying, we allow Him to come and satisfy the deepest hunger that we experience in the depths of our being: the hunger and thirst for God.

At the same time, fasting is an aid to open our eyes to the situation in which so many of our brothers and sisters live. In his First Letter, Saint John admonishes: “If anyone has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, yet shuts up his bowels of compassion from him – how does the love of God abide in him?” (3,17). Voluntary fasting enables us to grow in the spirit of the Good Samaritan, who bends low and goes to the help of his suffering brother (cf. Deus caritas est, 15). By freely embracing an act of self-denial for the sake of another, we make a statement that our brother or sister in need is not a stranger. It is precisely to keep alive this welcoming and attentive attitude towards our brothers and sisters that I encourage the parishes and every other community to intensify in Lent the custom of private and communal fasts, joined to the reading of the Word of God, prayer and almsgiving. From the beginning, this has been the hallmark of the Christian community, in which special collections were taken up (cf. 2 Cor 8-9; Rm 15, 25-27), the faithful being invited to give to the poor what had been set aside from their fast (Didascalia Ap., V, 20,18). This practice needs to be rediscovered and encouraged again in our day, especially during the liturgical season of Lent.

From what I have said thus far, it seems abundantly clear that fasting represents an important ascetical practice, a spiritual arm to do battle against every possible disordered attachment to ourselves. Freely chosen detachment from the pleasure of food and other material goods helps the disciple of Christ to control the appetites of nature, weakened by original sin, whose negative effects impact the entire human person. Quite opportunely, an ancient hymn of the Lenten liturgy exhorts: “Utamur ergo parcius, / verbis cibis et potibus, / somno, iocis et arctius / perstemus in custodia – Let us use sparingly words, food and drink, sleep and amusements. May we be more alert in the custody of our senses.”

Dear brothers and sisters, it is good to see how the ultimate goal of fasting is to help each one of us, as the Servant of God Pope John Paul II wrote, to make the complete gift of self to God (cf. Encyclical Veritatis splendor, 21). May every family and Christian community use well this time of Lent, therefore, in order to cast aside all that distracts the spirit and grow in whatever nourishes the soul, moving it to love of God and neighbor. I am thinking especially of a greater commitment to prayer, lectio divina, recourse to the Sacrament of Reconciliation and active participation in the Eucharist, especially the Holy Sunday Mass. With this interior disposition, let us enter the penitential spirit of Lent. May the Blessed Virgin Mary, Causa nostrae laetitiae, accompany and support us in the effort to free our heart from slavery to sin, making it evermore a “living tabernacle of God.” With these wishes, while assuring every believer and ecclesial community of my prayer for a fruitful Lenten journey, I cordially impart to all of you my Apostolic Blessing. SAVE THE DATES

Confirmation Rehearsal at SJoA EF High Requiem Mass Sunday, March 17 th at 3:00 P.M. Thursday, February 28th at 5:30 P.M. SJoA Confirmation Mass 40 Hours Devotions at SJoA Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 7 P.M. at SJoA Wednesday, March 6th – 7:15 am – 5:15 pm Thursday, March 7th – 7 am – 7 pm SJoA Lenten Mission by Fr. Ted Broussard th th Friday, March 8th – 7 am – 7 pm Thursday, March 28 and Friday, March 29 at 6:00 P.M. Saturday, March 9th – 9 am – 3 pm SJoA Reflections on Holy Week th th Ash Wednesday Mass Times Saturday, April 6 and Saturday, April 13 at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, March 6th: 6:30 A.M. and 5:30 P.M. Lenten Penance Night (West and South ) Lenten Presentation by Dr. John Mark Miravalle Tuesday, April 9 th from 5 – 7 P.M. Saturday, March 9th at 6:30 P.M. in the Hall Lenten Penance Night (Central ) Ember S aturday M ass o f L ent ( EF) – a t S t. H enry th Wednesday , April 10 from 5-7 P.M. (Lake C harles) th Saturday, March 16 at 9:00 A.M. Lenten Penance Night (East Deanery) St. Joseph’s Altar at SJoA Thursday, April 11 th from 5-7 P.M. Sunday, March 17th after 10:00 Mass

Lenten Presentation by Monsignor Calkins th Friday, April 12 after Stations of the Cross

St. Joan of arc MARCH 2019 S u n Mo n T u e Wed T hu F r i S at

Priestly Vocations for 1 2 the of L.C. 8:00 A.M. Mass

6:30 A.M. Mass 4:30 P.M. Mass

3 Office Closed 4 Office Closed 5 Ash Wednesday 6 7 Sanctification of the 8 9 A.M.—3 P.M. 9 7:30 A.M. Mass 6:30 A.M. Mass 6:30 A.M. Mass Family 40 Hours Devotions NO MASS 10:00 A.M. Mass 11:0 0 A.M. 7:15 A.M.—5:15 P.M. 7:00 A.M.—7:00 P.M. 6:30 A.M. Mass 7:00 A.M.—7:00 P.M. 40 Hours Devotions 40 Hours Devotions 4:30 P.M. Mass Confession 40 Hours Devotions 9:15 A.M. Rosary at SFN 6:30 P.M. Lenten 12:00 P.M. Mass 5:30 P.M. Stations of 6:00 P.M. Mass Presentation No CCD or Youth Group the Cross 10 11 12 Ember Day 13 14 Ember Day 15 Ember Day 16 7:30 A.M. Mass 6:30 A.M. Mass NO MASS 6:30 A.M. Mass Sanctification of the Clergy 10:00 A.M. Mass 5:00 P.M. LAS 7:00 A.M.—8:00 P.M. 6:30 A.M. Mass 4:30 P.M. Mass Adoration 6:30 A.M. Mass 4 :45 P.M.Holy Leag ue 6:00 P.M. KC 6:00 P.M. Prison 9:15 A.M. Mass at SFN 5:30 P.M. Stations 5 :00 P.M. Ultreya Meeting 4:00-5:20 PM Grades 1-5 Ministry of the Cross 6 :00 P.M. Holy Hour 5:00-6:00 PM Youth Group 6:00-7:15 PM Grades 6-12

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