St. John Francis Regis Diocese of Lafayette, Established 1853 232 Main Street — P. O. Box 649, Arnaudville LA 70512-0649 (337) 754-5912 · Fax (337) 754-7203 . www.arnaudvillecatholic.org

Rev. Travis Abadie, Pastor WEEKEND MASSES Deacon Stephen Van Cleve Saturday 4:00 pm Deacon Ken Arnaud (retired) Sunday 7:00 am & 10:30 am Betty Sanders, Office Manager Sheila Gresko, Director of Religious Education WEEKEND MASSES AT ST. CATHERINE Huey Wyble, II St. Therese Thrift Shop Manager./Activities Dir. Saturday 6:00 pm Willie Wyble, Maintenance Sunday 8:30 am

PARISH OFFICE HOURS WEEKDAY MASSES @ ST. FRANCIS Monday thru Thursday 9:00 am to 2:00 pm (open during lunch hour) Wednesday: 6:00 pm w/Adoration 4:30-5:25pm Closed on Fridays Friday: 8:30 am w/Adoration 7:00-8:25am SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION St. John Francis Regis Church: WEEKDAY MASSES @ ST. CATHERINE Fridays 8:00am-8:20am Monday: 8:30 am w/Adoration 7:00-8:25am Saturdays 2:00pm-3:00pm, Thursday: 8:30 am w/Adoration 7:00-8:25am Sundays immediately before 10:30am Mass, St. Catherine Church: Monday & Thursdays 8:00am-8:20am OTHER DEVOTIONS: SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM DAILY: Adoration Chapel Classes by appointment @ Church office Call office during pregnancy to register for class. MONDAY: Marian Movement for Priests, 8:00 am; French Rosary & Choir La Chorale de Michael @ JMMNH @ SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE 4pm Call no less than six months prior to the anticipated date of marriage. WEDNESDAY: St. Michael Rosary Group, 9:00 am ANOINTING OF THE SICK THURSDAY: Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Group, 9:30 am; Please call at the beginning of an illness. Our Lady of Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign, 5:00 pm; Come Lord Jesus, 6:30 pm COMMUNION TO THE SICK Please call the office when someone is unable to attend Mass. FRIDAY: Divine Mercy Chaplet @ Adoration Chapel, 3pm Mass Intentions Saturday, September 26: Jackie Delaughter (5th Ann.), Dr. In Memory of those in Whose Robert & Ruth Morrow & Mike Morrow, Garrett Hunter Hughes, Walter & Mathilde Bourque, Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Savoy & Name a Donation has been Family, Nora Frederick, Deana Guilbeau & Guilbeau Family, Given, the Sanctuary Lamp Lou Ella & Neal Taylor, John H. Lastrapes & Souls in Purgatory, Regina & Marshall Noel, Nell Trahan, Earl “Nego” Robin, burns this week for: Aubry & Cecil Guidry. Sunday, September 27: 7am: St. John Francis Regis Lawrence Guidroz Parishioners, Maude & Louise Courville, Stoney Meche & Souls in Purgatory, Lawrence, Sr., & Wilma Richard & Lawrence, Jr., Lloyd, Grace, Ed & Alex Olivier, James & Trevor Zerangue & Souls in Purgatory, Louise G. Rabalais, Corey J. Robin, Vitte & Robin Families, Unesse David. 10:30am: Chester “Doc” Broussard, Walter “Goojie” Guilbeau, Russell (Ann.) & George Robin, Sybil Landry. Guidroz & Taylor Families, Leo, Edith, Beverly (B’day), Nell, Deacon Ken Arnaud, Fr. Gary Schexnayder, Sheila Lanclos, Barbara, Warren, Byron, Kami, Paul Jude. Lance Antoine, Lucy Frederick, Glenn Bourque, Cynthia Monday, September 29: Walter & Mathilde Bourque, George Taylor, Dianne Guidroz Johnson, Nadine Kidder, Charlene & Lou Ella Dekerlegand, Darren Guidroz (Ann.) Olivier, Robert Arnaud, Viola Stelly, Chantel Lemaire, Dale Wednesday, September 30: Chester “Doc” Broussard, Taylor. Melvin Hebert. (We will now be running names of the Broussard & Lalonde Families, Kyle A. Quebedeaux (Ann.). sick a month at a time. If you wish to put someone on list please call office.)

Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus (1873-1897) Dates for CCD meetings: October 1 “The cornerstone’s dated 1872, but the stained glass is 1st Grade: October 12, LFA, 6-7pm much later,” explained the pastor, astonished when his 1st Communion: Oct. 10 & 24, LFA, 8:30-10:30am visitor accurately dated it to just before the Great Depression, explaining, “The window for the Little 3rd Grade: October 13, LFA, 6-7pm Flower”—Thérèse’s nickname—“gives it away.” From 4th Grade: October 6, LFA, 6-7pm her in 1925, her statues and windows adorn most churches where European immigrants worshiped. 5th Grade: October 12, St. Catherine, 6-7pm Entering Carmel at fifteen, victim of tuberculosis at 6th Grade: October 13, St. Catherine Hall, 6-7pm twenty-four, Thérèse proposed her “Little Way” to sanctity: doing ordinary tasks with extraordinary love. 7th Grade: October 19, LFA, 6-7pm Thus ordinary Catholics, many of whom had lost loved 8th Grade: October 19, St. Catherine Hall, 6-7pm ones to tuberculosis, embraced her. Though she never left 9th Grade: October 20, St. Catherine Hall, 6-7pm her cloister, this Carmelite’s spiritual communion and devoted correspondence with missionaries earned her the 10th Grade: October 20, LFA, 6-7pm title Patroness of Missions. Her autobiography, Story of a Confirmation: Sept. 30 & Oct. 7 LFA, 7-8:30pm Soul, continuously in print since her death, chronicles her prayerful perseverance through doubt and caused her to be 1st, 3rd-10th grades parents are required to attend with student. the youngest person ever named a Doctor of the Church. Countless physical healings and spiritual conversions St. Therese Thrift Center testify to her fulfillment of her deathbed promise: “After Closed until further notice. No donations my death, I will let fall a shower of roses. I will spend my being accepted at this time. heaven doing good upon earth!” —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. GUARDIANS FOR VALUABLE SOULS—So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of OUR PARISHES’ LIVE STREAM ON the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the FACEBOOK & WEBSITE person begins to be.—St. Jerome Masses: Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays @ 8:30am; Wednesdays & Saturdays @ 6:00pm, Please continue to support our parish via & Sundays @ 10:30am mail, or online: French Rosary: Mondays @ 4pm; https://www.arnaudvillecatholic.org/ Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Fridays at 3pm online-donations How to help for Hurricane Laura To make a monetary gift to assist in disaster relief, text RELIEF to 797979 or go to: https://give.classy.org/disaster Purchase in-kind donations to assist in our local disaster READINGS FOR THE WEEK response teams through the Hurricane Laura response Monday: Jb 1:6-22; Ps 17:1bcd-3, 6-7; Lk 9:46-50 Amazon Wishlist: https://amzn.to/34zUmxA Tuesday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a; Ps 138:1-5; Volunteer your time for disaster food preparation through Jn 1:47-51 St. Joseph Diner: www.catholiccharitiesacadiana.org Wednesday: Jb 9:1-12, 14-16; Ps 88:10bc-15; Lk 9:57-62 Thursday: Jb 19:21-27; Ps 27:7-9abc, 13-14; Lk 10:1-12 Friday: Jb 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5; Ps 139:1-3, 7-10, 13-14ab; Safe Environment Mt 18:1-5 Due to covid-19 pandemic we will be doing Continuing Saturday: Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17; Ps 119:66, 71, 75, 91, 125, Education for safe environment online at virtus.org. 130; Lk 10:17-24 These are the Steps to access the Protecting God’s Children Sunday: Is 5:1-7; Ps 80:9, 12-16, 19-20; Phil 4:6-9; online Awareness Training: Mt 21:33-43 1. Go to www.virtus.org. 2. Click on the “Registration” link highlighted in yellow. IMPOSSIBLE—Start by doing what is necessary, then 3. Select “Begin the registration process.” do what is possible; suddenly you are doing the 4. Select your organization from the dropdown list— impossible.—St. Francis of Assisi Lafayette, LA (diocese). 5. Create a username and password (using your email Pray for our Priests address as your username may assure no duplication). Sunday, September 27—Rev. Floyd Calais 6. Please provide the required contact information. Monday, September 28—Rev. James Callahan, SJ 7. Select your organization from the dropdown list-parish/ Tuesday, September 29—Rev. Christopher Cambre school location. (Please indicate all that apply.) Wednesday, September 30—Rev. Corey Campeaux 8. Select your primary role within the diocese. Please note, if Thursday, October 1— Francis you are a paid teacher, please select Educator. Friday, October 2—Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 9. Go to VIRTUS Online, and enter your username and Saturday, October 3—Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel password. Pray for our Religious 10. Once logged in, you will click on the green circle or the Sunday, September 27—Deacon Jerry Wyble words, Protecting Gods Children to begin your online Sr. Catherine Arceneaux, OCD training. Monday, September 28—Deacon Albert Alexander If you do not have access to a computer to do online, call the Sr. Mary John Billeaud, OCD Tuesday, September 29—Deacon Kenneth Arnaud office at 754-5912 to set up an appointment to view a video. Sr. Alberta Billeaud, OCD Wednesday, September 30—Deacon Arthur Bakeler FAMILIAR INSIGHTS Sr. Aimee Bodin, OCD Spiritual teachers tend to repeat themselves, and to repeat Thursday, October 1—Deacon Scotty Baudoin other teachers. Maybe there really aren’t that many different truths to Sr. Jacinta Cormier, OCD tell. Just a lot of slow, sleepy human beings—like us—who need to Friday, October 2—Deacon Glen Bertrand hear the basics over and over. Consider today’s readings. Sr. Mariette David, OCD People complain God isn’t “fair,” and Ezekiel answers that God Saturday, October 3—Deacon Dwayne Boudreaux is more than fair. People choose their own fates, and people can Sr. Teresa Benedicta Folmer, OCD change. Even evildoers can turn, do right, and live. “Actions speak Prayer for our Seminarians louder than words.” A fresh new insight? Hardly. Sunday, September 27—Alex Lancon Paul tells the Philippians that he would truly be encouraged if Monday, September 28—Jacob LeBlanc those who claimed to be believers would, in fact, look to others’ Tuesday, September 29—Bret Lee interests and not their own. “The proof of the pudding is in the Wednesday, September 30—Calvin LeMaire eating.” A novel idea? I don’t think so. Thursday, October 1—Rev. Patrick Broussard, In Jesus’ story of the farmer and his sons, everyone knows that Director of Seminarians the one who said he wouldn’t work—but did—is way ahead of the Friday, October 2—Rev. Blake Dubroc, one who said he would work—but didn’t. “Talk is cheap.” Heard Director of Vocations Saturday, October 3—Seminary Faculty, Parents and that before? Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Benefactors of Seminarians

Offertory: $2659.00 Development Fund: $75.00; Hurricane Laura Recovery Fund: $943.00

CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS St. John Francis Regis Church #515220 231 Main Street Arnaudville, LA 70512

TELEPHONE 337-754-5912

CONTACT PERSON Betty Sanders

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