First Sunday of Advent December 1, 2019 Catholic Church P. O. Box 365 117 South Main St. Loreauville, Louisiana 70552 (337) 229-4254 FAX (337) 229-4255 Rev. Barry F. Crochet, Pastor Rev. Godwin Nzeh CMF, Associate Pastor Deacon Christopher Doumit, Pastoral Assistant [email protected] stjosephparishonline.org MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil Mass — 4:00 p.m. Sunday — 7:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. [9:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Victory] Monday, Wednesday and Friday — 6:45 a.m. at Our Lady of Victory Tuesday and Thursday — 5:30 p.m. at Saint Joseph Thursday — 10:00 a.m. at Saint Catherine Apartments First Saturday — 8:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Victory SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION Every Saturday from 3:00 p.m. to 3:40 p.m. and one-half hour before all weekday Masses, or by appointment during office hours. OFFICE HOURS Monday through Thursday — 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. RECEPTIONIST/BOOKKEEPER/CEMETERIAN Mrs. Gail Borel — [email protected] RECORDS CLERK/PLANT MANAGER Gladys Lasseigne RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Mrs. Sherry Hebert — [email protected] MUSIC MINISTRY Mrs. Janice Carboni & Mr. Arceneaux (Saturday — 4:00 p.m.) Miss Amber DeMarco (Sunday — 10:30 a.m.) BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE Grant Your faithful, we pray, Mr. Ken Theriot and John Thomas Neuville EUCHARISTIC ADORATION almighty God, The chapel is open every day from 6:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. FUNERALS Please contact the parish office prior to contacting the funeral the resolve to run forth home. Funerals are celebrated in the morning of Tuesdays through Saturdays no later than 11:00 a.m. A Funeral Vigil is celebrated on the preceding evening at 6:00 p.m. to meet Your SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Baptism classes are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:45 with righteous deeds at His coming, p.m. in the rectory. Baptism are held on the second and fourth Saturday of each month at 10:00 a.m. Please contact the parish office for scheduling. so that, gathered at His right hand, SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Couples must contact the pastor at least six months prior to the proposed wedding date. they may be worthy to possess SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK Contact the parish office to schedule a pastoral visit. the heavenly Kingdom. SAFE ENVIRONMENT Contact the parish office. Please pray for our parish family members who are sick: We invite you to submit the names of people who are in need of our prayers.

Jess Koch, Lisa Adcock, Kendall Romero, Alicia Durand, Janice Helen Bastian, Butch and Debbie White, Guy Thibodeaux, Lydia Stacy, Joseph Huval, Marie Lee Prioux, Troy Barras, Kelly May, Louis “CoCo” Landry Jr., Jerry Fruge, Jimmy Clifton, Ransonet, Jessica Scott, Mary Smith, Brian Thibodeaux, Jackie Rowena Borel, Megan Scully, Maxine Latiolais, Dawn Derouen, Savoy, Barry Thibodeaux, Doris “Boutte” Barras, Michele Dugas Matil LasSalle Romero, Falyn Sonnier, Rickey Sonnier, Caline Burke, Paul Crochet, Craig Breaux, Helen Simon, Ross Rouly, Provost, Katie Boutte, Patricia Freyou, Lecia Broussard, Jason Jamie Brady, Holly LeBlanc, Faye Gary, Tony Berard, Glenn Walker, Ronald Albert Sr., Michael Theriot, Ken Adcock, Romero, Stuart Sandoz, Duffy Domingue, Eric Clements, David Roshondra Nora, Noah Abraham, Jimmy LeBlanc, Chad Borel, Louviere, Hayden Ransonet, Trevor Louviere, Vanessa Courville, Sophie Bonin, Ashley Hebert, Stephen Dugas, Bonnie Hebert, Wayne Louviere, Austin Willett, Willey Poirrier, Inez Barras, Jon-Luke Lancon, Bobbie Boutte, Jade Delcambre..

Please note that our office will purge the names on our sick list every quarter. We ask anyone who lists someone’s name to please call the parish office to add or remove a name. November 24, 2019 Mass Intentions — 11/23-11/29 Regular Sunday Offering Envelopes (65%) $ 4,416.00 Saturday 4:00 p.m. StJo — Francis and Gam and Velma Gondron, Sylvia Regular Sunday Offering Loose (35%) $ 2,366.00 Lorena Dupoy and Patrick Lasseigne Family, Thibodeaux, Mike and Nancey Broussard, Weekly Budget $ 7,385.00 Mr. and Mrs. Erikson and Alice Judice, Trent Louis J. “Nego” and Lita N. Judice and $ 6,782.00 Roberts, Earl Mestayer, Bobby and Mark parents, Phillip and Neil Hebert, Louto and Regular Collection Total Braquet and Cathy Braquet Latiolais, Ossie Anite Gondron Family, Shelton Joseph and Difference -$ 603.00 Romero, Jr., Irving Judice, Sam and Glo Ella Mae Desormeaux Freyou, Alvin and Completion Loan Balance $ 86,644.25 Delcambre and Family, Dorothy T. Latiolais Faye Tauzin, Edmonia Tauzin, Marcel and $ 640.00 and Kathy Latiolais Holtzclaw, Ruben Nadage Broussard, Jimmy Eldridge, Elaine Completion Collection Rogers, Elizabeth Capps Rogers, Claude Plessala and Eldridge Family, Cheryl Segura, Insurance Balance 2019-2020 $ 26,670.00 Hebert, Cecile Hebert, Deacon Jay Bergeron, Jeanette “Jan” Crochet, Pliny Walet Family, Insurance Collection $ 356.00 Archbishop Harry Flynn, Aymar “Poon” Agnes Breaux, Angus and Florence “Flo” and Beulah Dugas, Ide Dugas Family, Alexis Mestayer, Louis and Elbay Judice, Boots 121 of 1314 families used collection envelopes (9% participation). Laviolette Family, Wayne LeBlanc, Lily Mae Thomas, Joe Boudreaux and Justin 186 of 1314 families attended Mass this weekend (14% attendance). and Alvin LeBlanc, Otto Sr. and Laurence Boudreaux, L.J. and Anita Grivat and Parents, Thanks to those who practice Sacrificial Giving and give Girouard, Terradot Family, Theresa Girouard Louis Landry, Una and Otto Landry, Widley of their time, talent and treasure as an act of profound Christian stewardship. Allen, Tasey and Becky Eldridge, Clarence Louviere, Anita and Lennet Grivat, Antoine Champagne Family, Robert Prados Family Judice Families, Suzette B. Judice, Kelly The Sanctuary Lamp is burning for and Breaux Family, Chad Romero, Deyna Louviere, Butsy Walet, Sandra Angelle and Shelton Joseph and Ella Mae Desormeaux Freyou, Morris and Emily Guinn Champagne, Audrey Crochet, Jordan Prince Glenn Angelle, Percy Granger, Ruben Philomene B. Broussard, Simon, Amelie, Joan, Linda and Robert Guidry and Special Intention, Joseph Dressel, Rogers, Elizabeth Capps Rogers, Claude Herbert, Rena and Editha Robin, Barbara M. Lancon, Dianne Gaye O’Brien Kimberly Decuir, Decuir and Dugas Family, Hebert, Cecile Hebert, Deacon Jay Bergeron, Linda Desoto, Harrison and Nina Guillot J.O. Sr. and Marie Neuville and Ted Neuville Archbishop Harry Flynn, Sue Crochet. Family, Barry Eldridge and Ned Broussard Monday 6:45 a.m. OLV — Landry and The Vocation Chalice is at the home of: Families, Melvin Dugas, Roy Sr. and Gladys Champagne Families Ancestors and Donald and Ethel Williams Berard, Forbus and Myrtle Mestayer Sr., Descendants and Souls in Purgatory, Pope, Please pray for vocations. If you would like to have the vocation chalice Granger and Mestayer Family, Ronald, Sr. Priest, Religious, Ruben Rogers, Elizabeth and Mildred Gonsoulin, Leed and Mabel Capps Rogers, Claude Hebert, Cecile Hebert, in your home please call the rectory office at 229-4254. Gondron, Fred Laviolette, Louis and Grace Deacon Jay Bergeron, Archbishop Harry The Bi-Monthly Statue is in the home of Moran, Virginia Frioux, Lennet and Marie Flynn, Sue Crochet. Dale and Arlene Theriot Antoinette Crochet, Clenie and Eve Segura Tuesday 5:30 p.m. StJo — Dale Cartimiglia, and Billie, Sally Domingue, Cabrol and Landry and Champagne Families Ancestors The Weekly Statue is in the home of Domingue Family, Lorraine Huval, Preston and Descendants and Souls in Purgatory, Carolyn Roseberry and Agnes Huval, Escagne Pope, Priest, Religious, Ruben Rogers, Rodriguez, Lloyd Broussard, Claude and Elizabeth Capps Rogers, Claude Hebert, Saint Joseph Altar Candles are burning for Felicie Granger, Nancy Broussard, Clarence Cecile Hebert, Deacon Jay Bergeron, Chad Romero and Deyna Champagne, Charles and Jackie Poirrier and Hilda Landry, Antoine Judice Families, Archbishop Harry Flynn, Sue Crochet. Pliny Walet Family and Agnes Breaux, Debra Foss Suzette B. Judice, Kelly Louviere, Sylvia Wednesday 6:45 a.m. OLV — Clark Thibodeaux, Francis and Art Mazerole, Billie Provost, John Michael Steiner, Landry and Flowers on the Altar are in loving memory of and Armance Barrilleaux, Will and Lily Champagne Families Ancestors and Roy Dugas, Anatole and Lucette Dugas Roberts, Collins and Doris Louviere, Kay Descendants and Souls in Purgatory, Pope, Dooley and William and Dolores Dooley, Priest, Religious, Ruben Rogers, Elizabeth MINISTERS FOR NEXT WEEK Ruben Rogers, Elizabeth Capps Rogers, Capps Rogers, Claude Hebert, Cecile Hebert, Date Extraordinary Claude Hebert, Cecile Hebert, Deacon Jay Deacon Jay Bergeron, Archbishop Harry and Readers Eucharistic Altar Servers Bergeron, Archbishop Harry Flynn, Sue Flynn, Sue Crochet. Time Ministers Crochet. Thursday 5:30 p.m. StJo — Landry and Noah Smith Sunday 7:00 a.m. StJo — S.J. “Bute” Champagne Families Ancestors and December 7 Linda Dore Bill Quinlan Dominic Smith Granger and Junius and Mary Hebert, Sis Descendants and Souls in Purgatory, Pope, 4:00 p.m. Janet Thibodeaux Bella Smith and Maurice Provost, JoAnn Penton and Priest, Religious, Ruben Rogers, Elizabeth December 8 Diane Gondron Myrna Fox, Tracey Defelice Guilbeaux, Capps Rogers, Claude Hebert, Cecile Hebert, Earl Price Kylie Kay Mestayer 7:00 a.m. Lynn Delcambre Benny and Glo Granger, Mark Tauzin, Deacon Jay Bergeron, Archbishop Harry Betty Guidry Landon Lancon Clark, Mary Ann and David Provost, Mr. Flynn, Sue Crochet. 10:30 a.m. Confirmation Students Guinn Lancon Confirmation Students and Mrs. Albert Broussard, Lora Bloom, Mr. First Friday 6:45 a.m. OLV — Hollie and Mrs. Wilson Boudreaux, Noelie Seneca, Guidry and Family, Gam and Velma Please pray for our priests, seminarians, deacons and religious Andrew Bonin Family and Stanley Crochet Gondron, Rhule, Mabel and Wayne Eternal Father, we lift up to You these special sons and daughters. Sanctify Family, Gwen Borel, John Michael Steiner, Gondron, Ashlyn Pellerin Family and Jessie them. Heal and guide them. Mold them into the likeness of Your Son, , Jay Gonsoulin Family, Paul Sonnier Family Paege Family, Landry and Champagne the Eternal High Priest. May their lives be pleasing to You. In Jesus’ Name and Clyde Warfel Family, Sandra P. Horton, Families Ancestors and Descendants and we pray. Amen. Loto and Leah Louviere, Antoine “Boy” Souls in Purgatory, Pope, Priest, Religious, Rev. Eugene Tremie/Alex Cormier LeBlanc Family, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Albert Judice and Walet Family, Ruben Rogers, November 30 Dcn. Louis Lloyd/Sr. Sr., Champagne and Landry Families Elizabeth Capps Rogers, Claude Hebert, Ancestors and Descendants and Souls in Cecile Hebert, Deacon Jay Bergeron, December 1 Purgatory, Pope, Priest, Religious, Maude Archbishop Harry Flynn, Sue Crochet. Granger and Mr. and Mrs. Francis Granger, First Saturday 8:00 a.m. OLV — Special December 2 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Granger, Dr. Raymond Intention, Steve and Donna Berard Family, Schneider, Elaine Schneider, Skip Schneider, ancestors an descendants, special intentions, December 3 Lolly Harbin, Breaux and Delcambre Alton and Gail Segura, Champagne and Families, Lenwood Delcambre, Emus Borel, Landry Families Ancestors and Descendants December 4 Tony and Rita Chataignier, Ruben Rogers, and Souls in Purgatory, Pope, Priest, Elizabeth Capps Rogers, Claude Hebert, Religious, Ruben Rogers, Elizabeth Capps December 5 Cecile Hebert, Deacon Jay Bergeron, Rogers, Claude Hebert, Cecile Hebert, Archbishop Harry Flynn, Sue Crochet. Deacon Jay Bergeron, Archbishop Harry December 6 10:30 a.m. StJo — John Mullican, Clayson Flynn, Sue Crochet. John Billéaud, OCD and Lillian Dugas, Loto Louviere, Jr. and Sunday, December 1, 2019 Tuesday, December 10, 2019 Sunday, December 29, 2019 First Sunday of Advent Parish Pastoral Council Meeting Feast of the [First Sunday of the Church Year] Saint Joseph Rectory — 6:00 p.m. Monday, December 30, 2019 Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Sunday, December 15, 2019 Priests vs. Seminarians Advent Parish Mission Third Sunday of Advent Basketball Game — 6:30 p.m. Our Lady of Victory Church — 6:30 p.m. Cathedral Carmel School Gym Confirmation Mass — 10:30 a.m. Lafayette, Louisiana Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Saint Joseph Church Advent Parish Mission Tuesday, December 31, 2019 Our Lady of Victory Church — 6:30 p.m. Monday, December 16, 2019 Weekday Mass — 6:345 a.m. Knights of Columbus — 7:00 p.m. Saint Joseph Church Thursday, December 5, 2019 Saint Theresa Hall Advent Parish Mission Solemnity of Mary Vigil Mass — 4:00 p.m. Our Lady of Victory Church — 6:30 p.m. Thursday, December 19, 2019 Saint Joseph Church Patriotic Rosary — 6:00 p.m. [Holy Day of Obligation] Friday, December 6, 2019 Saint Joseph Church First Friday Wednesday, January 1, 2020 Mass — 6:45 a.m. Sunday, December 22, 2019 Solemnity of Mary, Mother God Our Lady of Victory Church Fourth Sunday of Advent [Holy Day of Obligation]

Saturday, December 7, 2019 Tuesday, December 24, 2019 Mass — 7:00 a.m. First Saturday Christmas Eve Saint Joseph Church Mass — 8:00 a.m. Weekday Mass — 6:45 a.m. Our Lady of Victory Church Saint Joseph Church Mass — 9:00 a.m. Our Lady of Victory Church Confirmation Class — Day of Recollection Christmas Vigil Mass — 4:00 p.m. Saint Joseph Church Friday, January 3, 2020 Catholic Daughers and [Holy Day of Obligation] First Friday — The Most Holy Name of Jesus Knights of Columbus Social Mass — 6:45 a.m. Saint Theresa Hall — 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 25, 2019 Our Lady of Victory Church Solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord Sunday, December 8, 2019 [Holy Day of Obligation] Saturday, January 4, 2020 Second Sunday of Advent First Saturday Christmas Mass at Dawn — 7:00 a.m. Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Seton Confirmation Class — Last Class Saint Joseph Church Mass — 8:00 a.m. Confirmation Rehearsal Our Lady of Victory Church Immediately after the 10:30 a.m. Mass Christmas Day Mass — 9:00 a.m. Our Lady of Victory Church Sunday, January 5, 2020 Monday, December 9, 2019 Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception Christmas Day Mass — 10:30 a.m. [NOT a Holy Day of Obligation] Saint Joseph Church Sunday, January 5, 2020 Mass — 6:45 a.m. Baptism of the Lord Our Lady of Victory Church

Presented by December 3-5, 2019 Advent Mission at 6:30 p.m. Rev. Garrett Savoie Our Lady of Victory Church for the Pastor of Village of Loreauville Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church Confessions heard each evening New Iberia, Louisiana during the Mission The Daughters of Saint Paul are back with a new tour and a new lineup for the He is Born Christmas Concert!

Be inspired by the voices and stories of the Sisters as well as by the sounds of Christmas carols new and old, bringing joy and peace to all who Extra Confession Times listen!

for Advent Ticket and Seating Options: Premium Seating for Sponsors (Closest to stage), Priority seating at Wednesday, December 4 $50 per ticket, and General admission: (During the Advent Mission) $35 per ticket for adults, 17 & under 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. $15.00 per ticket Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church No physical tickets will be issued. Check in required at the venue. Ushers will help you find your seats. Wednesday, December 11 and 18 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Saint Joseph Church For more information call: 504-887-7631

The Reformed Liturgy, 50 Years Later because of legal obligation. That But then there’s the other side of the coin. I by George Weigel participation, both the Liturgical grew up with the pre-conciliar liturgy. It was Movement and the Council fathers not a Mozart Missa Brevis and sonorous Latin Fifty years ago, on November 30, 1969, the hoped, would be an energizer of mission, every Sunday; it was more often badly Catholic Church marked the First Sunday of for at the center of the liturgy is Christ, pronounced (and often mumbled) Latin, and Advent with the universal implementation of and it is Christ Who sends His people execrable, pietistic music (when there was the revised Roman Rite of the Mass, out as heralds of the . Or, as the any). Of course, there were dignified, approved by Pope Paul VI in response to the Council fathers began [the Constitution beautiful celebrations of what we now know Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the on the Sacred Liturgy], “The sacred as the Extraordinary Form of the Mass, and Sacred Liturgy. Council has set out to impart an ever- living in a cathedral parish, I was privileged to And the liturgy wars broke out in earnest. increasing vigor to the Christian life of participate in them as an altar boy and They have not abated since. If anything, the faithful … [and] to strengthen choirboy. But they were hardly the norm in they’ve intensified in recent years. whatever can help call mankind into the American Catholicism. Nostalgia for an As these debates continue, it will be helpful Church’s fold. imaginary past is not a reliable guide to the to remember that the Liturgical Movement future. of the mid-20th Century, which led to “the That was the intention; the results, to date, A few weeks ago, I was discussing the latest changes” approved by Pope Pius XII before have been decidedly mixed. twists and turns in the liturgy wars with a wise it led to “the changes” approved by Pope Paul It’s a basic error of logic to think that observer of Christian affairs in the United VI, believed that the renewal of the Church’s everything that happened after Vatican II States, a convert to Catholicism from worship would foster both sanctity and happened because of Vatican II. But even confessional Lutheranism. When I asked her mission, including the Church’s social witness. proponents of the reformed liturgy, among what she thought millennial traditionalists For leading liturgical reformers …, liturgical whom I count myself, must posit some sort were seeking in the “old Mass,” she renewal, evangelical zeal, and a commitment of connection between what happened 50 immediately replied, “the awe.” That’s likely to living Catholic social doctrine went hand in years ago and two disturbing phenomena: true. It’s also true that the Ordinary Form of hand. The bishops of Vatican II (who decreasing weekly Mass attendance, and a lack the Roman Rite can be celebrated so that the adopted the Constitution on the Sacred of conviction that, in the Eucharist, Catholics awe and wonder of the divine presence is Liturgy by a vote of 2,174 to 4) agreed. If I encounter the Real Presence of the Lord palpable. may quote myself in a passage from my new Jesus Christ, Body and Blood, Soul and For an example, go to smcgvl.org and click book, The Irony of Modern Catholic Divinity. Perhaps it was inevitable that the on “Mass Video” to experience the beauty of History: cultural acids of late modernity would cause the reformed liturgy at Saint Mary’s Catholic too many 21st-Century Catholics to think of Church in Greenville, South Carolina: a parish The Council, building on and developing Sunday Mass as a weekend recreational that is also a thriving example of the New the teaching of Pius XII’s encyclical, option rather than a privileged moment of Evangelization, embodying the hope that the Mediator Dei, sought to recover an encounter with the Lord, in which worship liturgical reform, reformed, can energize understanding of the liturgy as the entire equips us spiritually for mission. But even if mission and empower missionary disciples. Church’s participation in the Mystery of that’s true, proponents of the reformed God’s presence through the Sacraments, liturgy must concede that “the changes” did George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of Washington, D.C.’s Ethics after a period in which “liturgy” meant, not stem the Catholic exodus from Sunday and Public Policy Center, where he holds primarily, the performance of rites at worship. Nor did they mitigate Catholic the William E. Simon Chair in Catholic which the laity were spectators who attend ignorance of the reality of the Eucharist. Studies. Dismas and His Opposites But he is unrepentant. In the midst of his conform ourselves to the Truth, we rail Fr. Paul D. Scalia suffering, he lashes out at God rather than against Him Who is the Truth. More often acknowledge his sins and ask forgiveness. than not this is just petulant and childish. Jesus, remember me when you come into Your Even in his agony, he prefers his own will to But in the final hour, it’s tragic. Kingdom. These words of Saint Dismas, the that of Christ the King. In stark contrast to the sneerers, jeerers, Good Thief, saved in his last hours on a These reactions do not remain solely in and revilers is Dismas. His dying prayer says it cross, resound as a perfect acknowledgment the past. We see them throughout history – all: Jesus, remember me when You come into Your of Christ as King. Their power becomes in every rejection of revelation, persecution Kingdom. more evident when contrasted with the of the faithful, and refusal to repent. More Unlike the religious leaders, he does not words of others at that moment. At to the point, they continue in us. Each dictate the conditions of kingship; he is not Calvary, there are three other reactions to rejection of Christ the King can be found, ashamed to have a crucified King. This is the Crucified One. They come from at one time or another, within us. one salutary effect of suffering: you stop Dismas’s opposites and reveal the attitudes We at times resemble Israel’s religious dictating the terms of your own salvation. that always oppose Christ the King. leaders: we want God, but on our own Unlike the Romans, Dismas sets no limit First, the rulers. [They] sneered at Jesus and terms. We long for His coming and cry out on Christ’s authority. He sees that Jesus has said, “He saved others, let him save himself if he for His help … but then resent His not only a Kingdom but Power over death. is the chosen one, the Christ of God.” These are intrusion and the challenges He presents. He gives Him free reign. Here is another not pagans or unbelievers but Israel’s own We want a king, to be sure. In fact, we benefit suffering brings: you stop confining religious leaders. These are the men who know exactly how He should behave. God’s power. awaited their King, anticipated His coming, At other times we act like the Romans. Most of all, unlike the thief opposite him, and desired His rule. But, as comes to be We allow God in our lives, as part of our Dismas repents. Such repentance represents clear, they did so on their own terms. Jesus lives, but not to rule our lives. We are always the full acceptance of Christ as King, giving of Nazareth did not meet their drawing a line He cannot cross. We forbid Him authority over what is most painful requirements for kingship. He comes not Him to have any say in politics, economics, and shameful. on a warhorse to impose a kingdom, but sex, entertainment, etc. We are forever Saint Dismas gives us the first example of humble, and mounted on an ass. (Matthew declaring to Him, “Thus far and no devotion to Christ the King. It means to 21:5) He comes not to judge but to seek further!” receive Him as He is, not as we would have and to save what was lost (Luke 19:10), to As a society, we have restricted Christ to Him; to give Him authority over everything, call not the righteous but sinners. (cf. Luke private life. We have accepted the error that not just a portion; and most of all to 5:32) faith is a strictly private matter. Out of fear surrender our wills to Him Who alone Second, the Roman soldiers. [They] jeered of looking different or of offending, we perfects them. at Him. As they approached to offer Him wine forbid Him access to our broader life. they called out, “If you are King of the Jews, save Whatever the case, we claim the right to be Yourself.” The great genius of the Romans one thing privately and another publicly. Of Fr. Paul Scalia is a priest of the Diocese of was that they tolerated the religion of their course, this can’t last. We inevitably privatize Arlington, Virginia, where he serves as Episcopal subjects. Of course, that tolerance was our faith so much that we ourselves no Vicar for Clergy. cynical and lasted only as long as the people longer believe it. kept the gods in the proper place and their In fact, the Solemnity of Christ the King religion to themselves. Faith was tolerable is a feast established to combat this only when kept private or confined to privatization. The feast is not, as might be certain areas and spheres of life. It became reasonably presumed, a vestige of the intolerable when it made public claims. For Middle Ages when kingship was more Him to be executed, Jesus had to be familiar. It was established by Pius XI in presented as a political threat to Roman 1925, precisely to emphasize the public rule. Religion must be kept in its place. reign of Christ the King and combat the Third, the bad thief: [O]ne of the criminals increasing privatization of religion. hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, “Are you not the Finally, we at times behave like the Christ? Save yourself and us.” You would think . We demand that the King that he would remain silent, if only to do our bidding, that He save us without any hedge his bets against impending judgment. repentance on our part. Rather than Catholic Daughters Tree red cards. This will be a reminder to all our parishioners to Once again, our Catholic Daughters of the Americas are pray for these people. selling Angel Cards for any monetary donation. These At every Sunday Mass parishioners will be reminded to cards have a place to write the name of your deceased pray for the intentions on our Angel Tree. Please contact loved one or someone who needs prayer or just someone any Catholic Daughter or check at the Rectory for the special to you for whom you would like for others to join cards. They will be available throughout the Advent you in praying. season. We thank you for supporting the Catholic The cards will be hung on a Christmas tree in the lobby of Daughters. Saint Joseph Church so that everyone can see the pretty December 1 1929 Marie Porter December 14 1995 May Bonin 1932 Constance Boutte 1894 Infant Jean-Louis 1931 Ms. Adephine Ridelle 1915 Regina Julien 2001 John Courville Sr. 1935 Henry Bonin 1910 Infant Crochet 1934 Ms. Jules Ste. 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Paul Emile 1876 Annette Gaillet 1943 Peggy Broussard 1918 Nuna Hebert 1946 Massena Broussard Mesmil 1882 Joseph Guillotte 1943 Rosie Bozou 1945 Infant Ransonet 1949 Ms. Paul Broussard 1906 Gustave Crochet 1911 Corrinne Boutte 1996 Nella Primeaux 1951 Celie Ryes 1956 Aurelie Breaux 1919 Leonie Braquet 1927 Preston Dugas 2011 Lillian Gonsoulin 1975 Eulaie Terradot 1976 Yola Champeaux 1923 Georgina Louis 1930 Odile Clement 1988 Bertrand Dressel 1985 Gustave Judice 1932 Moise Oubre 1959 Joseph Broussard December 10 1987 Juliette Berard 1940 Talisman Ransonet 1979 Christopher Judice 1891 Luis Verret December 16 1987 Luna Granger 1940 Lee Joseph 2006 Mazy Bonin 1902 Octave Maggars 1922 Infant Dupoy 1996 Paris Decuir 1950 Alma Gonsoulin 1914 Celina Boutte 1930 Charles Blanchard 2000 Eugene Lissard 1958 Henri Broussard December 4 1914 Agricol Breaux 1932 Jules Broussard 2013 Jacqueline Landry 1960 Davoust Berard 1890 Leon Dugas 1917 Joseph Broussard 1936 Louise Broussard 1964 Leonie Bonin 1921 Louis Granger 1924 Celina Antoine 1939 Antoine Mitchell December 23 1970 Mathilde Provost 1941 Anatole Broussard 1928 Moise Antoine 1943 Josephine John 1886 Jean Borel 1997 Hilda Louviere 1947 Robert Crochet 1935 Stanly Anthony 1947 Charles Boutte 187 Dennis Hagan 2003 Genevieve Kelley 1969 Noel Israel 1935 Edna Anthony 1987 Rufus Vaughn 1902 Camilla Broussard 2014 Elizabeth Boutte 1971 Lynn Woodal 1944 Elizabeth Plessala 1989 Euphriasie Courville 1908 Eduaoard Anhome 1978 Eusebe Dugas 1961 Sylvanie Courville 1992 Sadie Broussard 1917 Lovincy Crochet December 29 1995 Beatrice Moulis 1962 Ms. Paul Segura 1996 Margaret Fremin 1940 Favie Breaux 1890 Dorce’ Prince 1996 Audrey Courville 1963 Ozea Dugas 2017 Nola Dugas 1957 Alberie Barras 1891 Marie LeCamus 1968 Elsie Crochet 1961 Savie Berard 1893 Infant Bonin December 5 1980 Essie Jewell December 17 1976 Ferdinand Breaux 1894 Infant Ste. Marie 1893 Morbert Broussard 2015 Esther Broussard 1923 Duclion Bonin 2012 Annette Dugas 1910 Fernest Judice 1912 Ms. Arcade LeBlanc 1936 Gaston Gondron 1913 Bernadette Pirtre 1917 James Story December 11 1961 Damas Broussard Jr December 24 1923 Placide Graud 1924 Laurent Broussard 1915 Wildred Boudreaux 1964 Ozie Guidry 1876 Dermville Prince 1927 Dominique Johnny 1929 Helene Riley 1932 Joseph Lissard 1979 Rene Boutte 1888 Nicholas Thibeaudeuse 1937 Infant Anchangel 1931 Oscar Vital 1938 Joseph Gardner 1985 Therese Dupoy 1893 Valerie Albert 1945 Maurice Broussard 1932 Emelie Jean-Batiste 2000 Alida Emonet 2018 Leroy Decoux 1908 Aureline Crochet 1980 Infant Fabra 1931 May Lassalle 2001 JoAnn Broussard 2018 Joseph Gonsoulin 1912 Ms. Horace Gondran 1998 Naomi Hernandez 1939 Percy Segura 1913 Ulysses Hebert 2001 Armand Lissard 1948 Joseph Boutte December 12 December 18 1913 Infant Vaughn 2016 Milton Judice 2011 Gayle Bergeron 1873 Louis Rodrigue 1882 ? Broussard 1934 Ann Landry 1873 Aimee ? 1899 Infant Dugas 1937 Herb Spiess December 30 December 6 1880 Adam LeCamus 1900 Ms. Louis Thomas 1960 Louis Braquet 1873 Emmar ? 1898 Infant Dugas 1905 Norbert Castillo 1917 Grady Antoine 2009 CLevens Belaire 1874 Infant Hebert 1905 Eugene Warrick 1908 Alexandre Lindor 1928 Infant Broussard 2009 Clyde Warfel 1929 Edgar Dominique 1922 Ms. Numa Decuir 1909 Benoit Prados 1933 Ms. Dominique Albert 2014 Alvin Tauzin 1960 Ms Gaston Amy 1930 Ernestine Bonin 1917 Julia Antoine 1937 Geprge Broussard 2018 Gloria Delcambre 1968 Anita Breaux 1937 Pliny Walet 1918 Berthe Dugas 1941 Gilma Bonin 1973 MS. Joseph Boutte 1944 Anthony Gregoire 1931 Laurie Dugas 1941 Sam Jean-Louis December 25 1978 Louto Braquet Sr. 1944 Caroline Broussard 1932 Maurice Provost 1953 Dosilva Crochet 1876 Joseph Guillot 1987 Dennis Louviere 1951 Joseph Landry 1941 Albert Dugas 1974 Ms. Ferdinand Prados 1879 Victorine Poquet 1993 Laura Comeaux 1962 Agnes Braquet 1961 Evazie Dugas 1989 Valerie Ruiz 1924 Fernand Barras 1994 Aurore LeBlanc 1969 Angelle Mestayer 1969 Jay Oubre 2000 Hailey Ransonet 1929 Constance Simon 1996 Ralph Judice 1981 Esther Persilver 1975 Stanley Crochet 2002 Adler Bourdreaux 1950 Cherylnn Broussard 2016 Milton Judice 1982 Rene Crochet 1983 Solange Broussard 2015 Susan Sonnier 1963 Tonia Vaughn 1983 Lydia Decuir 1997 Wayne Judice 2016 Theresa Dugas 1974 Aymar LeBlanc December 31 1997 Shirley Guidry 1998 Cecile Bourgeois 1976 Edith Andrus 1883 ? Boutte 2018 Mary Knatt 2016 Irvin Penton December 19 1978 Leonard Champeaux 1891 Rosine Judice 1903 Ducleon Bonin 1986 Howard Walet 1894 Ms. Edgard Bonin December 7 December 13 1921 Ms. Paul Dressel 1991 Roland Grivat 1901 Florence Eldridge 1900 ? Decuir 1900 Felicie Louviere 1941 Infant Gonsoulin 1997 Theresa Judice 1923 Elizabeth Antoine 1922 Aurelieu Freyoux 1924 Marie Freyou 1948 Wilfred Borres 2003 Patricia Gachassin 1936 Emma Barras 1924 Marcel Gardner 1928 Antoine Willis 1958 Loretta Girouard 1966 Nolan Savoy 1935 Wilbert Courville 1940 Sylvio Broussard 1977 Keith Adkins December 26 1972 Rule Broussard 1955 Eve Richard 1940 Edouard Barrilleause 1981 Kevin Verret 1876 Marie Provost 1977 Anaise Judice 1968 Millie Judice 1949 Antoine Segura 1890 D. MacDonald 1977 Weldon LeBlanc Sr. 1987 Aline Nelson 1968 Agnes Barras December 20 1899 Ms. Anatole Ben 2016 Dorothy Judice 1988 Otto Girouard Sr. 1968 Thomas Eldridge 1890 Marie Guillotte 1899 Infant Broussard 1972 Hannie McDuff 1906 George Dugas 1909 Leone Landry December 8 1980 Pierre Broussard 1908 Aldolphe Gonsoulin 1912 Berthe Simon 1899 Infant Castilleau 1991 Roy Breaux 1963 Freddie Blanchard 1920 Emile Tauzin 1916 Aladin Decuir 1998 Nolan Dugas 1972 Lawrence Broussard 1924 Infant Oubre 1924 Claude Boutte 2013 Shawnathan Nora 1984 Rita Dugas 1929 Felicie Blanchard Happy Birthday!

May God richly bless you on your special day. It will be my privilege to remember you at the altar during the celebration of Holy Mass as I offer the Victim. Father Crochet

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