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Vol. 39, No. 22 November 15, 2013 Provost will lead (Read more at lcdiocese.org ) his Master of Divinity and LAKE CHARLES – Bishop S.T.B. from the Jesuit School Glen John Provost will lead a of of Loyola Uni- Eucharistic Procession along versity, magna cum laude. the 1.4 mile route from St. At , he Broad Street Louis Catholic High School received his Master of Arts, through the streets of Lake Ph.D. in Old Testament. CATHEDRAL Charles to the Cathedral of Father Pacwa, who is flu- the ent in twelve languages and on Sunday, Nov. 24, the So- has a unique understanding Bilbo Street lemnity of Christ the King. of the peoples and cultures The procession will begin of the Middle East, has taught at 2 p.m., following an hour of at the high school, university, Adoration of the Blessed Sac- Kirby Street rament in St. Louis, which and levels. Being a will include silent prayer well-known biblical scholar, and songs to our Lord Jesus he has lectured at hundreds Christ in thanksgiving for be- of conferences and churches ing the King of the Universe around the world, and has and our lives. Adoration be- appeared and hosted inter- gins at 1 p.m. in the Commons Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J. national radio and televi- N of the school. sion programs. He is best Kirkman Street Beginning at 2 p.m., with southeast corner of Kirby and known for his appearances Bank Street Hodges Street Bishop Provost carrying the Bilbo streets. Shuttle service on EWTN. Blessed Sacrament, the pro- will be provided from the Ca- His extensive travels cession will go north on Bank thedral back to St. Louis to to the Holy Land inspired Street, turning left onto Sev- retrieve vehicles following him to write the “Holy Land enth Street, then right onto the service. Prayer Book,” which has Kirkman Street continuing These events mark the been published by his Jesuit to Broad Street. At Broad, conclusion in the Diocese apostolate, Ignatius Produc- the procession turns left of Lake Charles of the Year onto Broad and moves west tions. Father Pacwa also has of Faith, called for by to Bilbo Street, turning left the privilege of being bi-ritu- Benedict XVI in October 2012 onto Bilbo and walking south al, which means he also cel- to the Cathedral for the 3 p.m. Father Pacwa is Founder ebrates the Maronite of Seventh Street and President of Ignatius ST. LOUIS Prayer Service. Bus trans- the Eastern . CATHOLIC portation from St. Louis to Productions, a Catholic me- He is best known for his dia production apostolate he HIGH SCHOOL the Cathedral will be provid- appearances on the Eternal established in 2000. Its mis- ed for those who wish to par- Word Television Network sion is to teach people the ticipate in the procession but (EWTN), where he currently cannot make the walk. scriptures, educate Catholics Eucharistic Procession Route about their Faith, and pro- hosts two television pro- The afternoon prayer ser- mote unity and understand- grams – “Threshold of Hope” vice will feature Adoration, ing within the Mystical Body and “EWTN LIVE” and as the Benediction, Bishop Provost of Christ. He received his weekly host of EWTN Radio leading those in attendance B.A. in and The- “OPEN LINE” program. in an Act of Consecration ology from the University of entrusting the Diocese to Father Pacwa is a best-sell- Ammons receives honors Detroit, summa cum laude. the Eucharistic Heart of Je- ing author including two new He was ordained a Catholic sus Christ, and a homily by books released in 2013: “The in 1976 with the Soci- Father Mitch Pacwa, S.J. A Eucharist: A Bible Study for ety of Jesus and then contin- reception will follow in Ave Catholics.” and “Winning the ued his studies and received Maria Hall, located at the Battle Against Sin.” in National Merit program LAKE CHARLES -- An- is a graduate of Immaculate cer, cross country and tennis drew Ammons, a senior at St. Conception Cathedral Catho- teams. Louis Catholic High School lic School. He earned All State honors Catholic Calendar expansion begins has been awarded a Letter Honors and awards Am- in cross country and made the first team All-District soc- LAKE CHARLES – The same dates. It is printed in Formation, Director of Reli- of Commendation in the Na- mons has received while tional Merit Scholarship Pro- at St. Louis Catholic High cer squad. Other extracur- new format for the Catholic the weekly Cameron Pilot gious Education and Director gram for his outstanding per- School include The St. Lou- ricular activities include Stu- of Vianney House (the dioce- Calendar, the print side of the on the Thursday before the formance on the Preliminary is Award, Twirp Court, The dent Council, Spanish Club, Office of Communications of Third Friday of the month. san house of discernment and SAT/National Merit Scholar- Puckett Mu Alpha Theta, and the Na- the Diocese of Lake Charles This expansion will allow formation) and Daw- ship Qualifying Test. Scholarship, Ceremony of tional Honor Society. He is begins today with this six- the Diocese to reach a great- son, Director of the Office Ammons placed in the top Light Scholarship Repre- also a Student Ambassador. page insert in the American er number of people with of Family Life and Pro Life. 50,000 of over 1.5 million stu- sentative and District and Press. more Church and diocesan Other writers will be Father dents who entered the 2014 State Literary Awards. He is The Catholic Calendar will news, will also facilitate the D. Bryan Thompson, Parochi- National Merit Program. He a member of the soc- be printed each month in this preaching of the and al Vicar of St. Henry Catholic manner on the third Friday. allow for more outreach in Church; Father Jeffrey Star- Publication dates for the re- matters of the Faith both to kovich, Parochial Vicar of St. Did you know... mainder of this year and next our own Catholic faithful and Margaret of Scotland and di- are: December 20, January to our non-Catholic brothers of Truth Poured Out, a Blessed Pope John Paul II served as Supreme Pontiff for young adult ministry; Father 17, February 21, March 21, and sisters. 9,665 days, making him the second longest serving Edward Richard, M.S., April 18, May 16, June 20, July Bishop Glen John Provost Pope in history. The longest reign of a Pope is that of of Our Lady of Prompt Succor 18, August 15, September 19, will provide a monthly col- Pope Pius IX, who reigned for 11,560 days – 31 years, Catholic Church and a civil October 17, November 21, and umn – Planting the Seed – seven months and 23 days – until his death on Feb- and canon lawyer; and Katie December 19. A one-page re- while a number of others will ruary 7, 1878. Papal reigns have been long, as shown Prejean, a religion teacher vised Catholic Calendar will offer their ideas on a rotating here, but some have been extremely short. Do you at St. Louis Catholic High also appear in the Jennings basis. These will include Fa- School and youth minister. In know who served as Bishop of for the reigned Daily News and the Beau- ther Nathan Long, Secretary for the shortest period? Find out in our next Catholic See EXPANSION, Page 6 regard Daily News on those for the Ministry of Christian Calendar – December? 20. Andrew Ammons Planting the Seed Concluding the Year of Faith Sunday, November 24 In his Apostolic Letter Porta Fidei, Pope Benedict XVI repeat that. The Speaking of banquets, we will conclude the “Year of Faith” proclaimed the “Year of Faith.” The beginning of the Year of “Year of Faith” is a by celebrating with a Eucharistic Procession on Christ the Faith was to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the open- “summons” to “con- Bishop King Sunday, November 24. I thought of this because our ing of the on October 12, 1962, a defin- version.” There is Faith is indeed a banquet, epitomized in the Eucharist itself. ing moment in the history of the Church in the Twentieth Cen- nothing static about Glen John We will begin at 1 p.m., gathering in the Commons of St. Louis tury. Pope Benedict in Porta Fidei mentioned another lesser it, where we sit back Catholic High School for Exposition and Adoration. Then, known anniversary. On October 11, 1992, Blessed John Paul II with self-satisfaction Provost at 2 p.m. we will begin our Procession through the streets of promulgated the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Therefore, and say how wonder- Lake Charles to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Porta Fidei reflected back on a period initiating renewal in ful everything is. In the Church and thrust us forward into a re-engagement of the words taken from Porta Fidei, “[w]e cannot accept that salt Finally, at 3 p.m. we arrive at the Cathedral and celebrate a faith. What was the purpose for the “Year of Faith”? should become tasteless or the light be kept hidden (cf. Mat- Holy Hour, with a presentation by the well-known author As we read the document, we are struck with two motives thew 5:13-16)” (#3). How might we allow this to happen? and evangelist, Father Mitch Pacwa, and Benediction of the for its observance. The Holy Father was inviting us to en- I have reflected much on this question during the “Year Blessed Sacrament to conclude the prayerful event. gage the faith by 1) renewing its expression and 2) knowing of Faith.” As a bishop—or cleric or lay person—no one is ex- During the concluding Holy Hour at the Cathedral, I will in- the content of that faith. Basically the “Year of Faith” was an empt—I am less than what I am called to be when I neglect vite all of us to pray a Prayer of Consecration. This act of con- invitation. God was inviting us to open the “door of faith,” to my duties, one of which is to speak the truth “in and out of secration will entrust the Diocese of Lake Charles, with all its respond to the invitation, to enter the room, to come to the season.” I might hide the light by not practicing the Spiritual needs and gifts, to the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Christ. The Works of Mercy, for example by not admonishing the sinner or banquet of faith. idea for entrusting our diocese to the Eucharistic Heart of Je- Accepting an invitation requires something from us. We leaving the ignorant to languish in their unknowing. I might sus Christ came to me in prayer during the “Year of Faith.” If must respond. We must let the host know whether or not we allow my salt to become tasteless by not practicing the Corpo- the Eucharist is the “source and summit” of our Catholic lives are coming. And once we arrive, still more is required. I am ral Works of Mercy, for example by not welcoming the stranger and worship and the Eucharist gives us an intimate share in thinking of those cultures where one removes shoes before or not giving food to the hungry. “We cannot accept that salt entering the house or, as in our own area, guests bring a gift should become tasteless or the light be kept hidden.” Those the Person of Jesus Christ, then what better way for us to con- for the hosts. are challenging words—and we all need to be challenged. clude the “Year of Faith” than by entrusting ourselves, our Pope Benedict in Porta Fidei said that the “Year of Faith” In the “Year of Faith” we should have taken the opportuni- families and our needs, to the loving Eucharistic Heart of Je- was to be a “summons to an authentic and renewed conver- ty to accept the invitation and to deepen our faith by attending sus Christ. sion to the Lord, the one Savior of the world” (#6). Let us the banquet God prepares for us. Join us November 24, Christ the King Sunday! 2 Catholic Calendar Friday, November 15, 2013 00838038 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe set Dec. 12

LAKE CHARLES – titles of Patroness of the When Juan Diego opened Bishop Glen John Provost Americas”, “Empress of his cloak before Bishop will celebrate a Mass for America”, and “Pro- Zumárraga on December the Feast of Our Lady of tectress of Unborn Chil- 12, the flowers fell to the Guadalupe on Thursday, dren.” She is also known floor, and in their place on Dec. 12, in St. Henry Cath- as the Queen of Mexico the fabric was the image of olic Church at 6:30 p.m. A and the Heavenly Patron- the of Guadalupe, reception will be held in miraculously imprinted the St. Henry Community there. Center following the lit- urgy. The icon is displayed All of the Dio- in the Basilica of Our cese of Lake Charles are Lady of Guadalupe, one invited to concelebrate of the most visited Mar- and all people are wel- ian shrines. The icon is come to the event honor- Mexico’s most popular re- ing the Patroness of the ligious and cultural image, A band of Mariachis played last year at the Mass on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Americas. Blessed Pope John Paul – December 12. This year they will begin playing the Mañanitas – the little morning - At 5:15 p.m., a maria- II beatified Juan Diego in at 5:15 p.m. with Mass, celebrated by Bishop Glen John Provost beginning at 6:30 p.m. chi band will begin play- 1990 and in 2002; he be- ing the Mañanitas – the came St. Juan Diego when little morning, according the Holy Father canonized to Father D.B. Thompson, him. Both his beatifica- co-chaplain for Hispanic tion and took Ministry in the Diocese. place in the Basilica of On Wednesday, Dec. 11, a ¡Que viva la Guadalupana! Guadalupe in Mexico City. Penance Service will take El Apostolado Hispano de la Diócesis portador de la vida. Asique, la Virgen de place at St. Henry begin- “She came as a bear- er of life to the Mexican celebrará la Fiesta de la Santísima Virgen Guadalupe es Madre de la vida en dos sen- ning at 6:30 p.m., with Con- The Virgin Mary is people and eventually to de Guadalupe (jueves, 12 de diciembre) con tidos muy importante. Primeramente, apa- fession heard in both Eng- depicted as Our Lady of lish and Spanish. all the Americas,” Father una Misa ofrecida por Su Excelencia, el reciendo como una madre, ella afirma el This annual diocesan Guadalupe in a modern Thompson continued. Reverendísimo Glen John Provost, Obispo valor y la dignidad de cada vida, de cada event, held at St. Henry, painting. The genesis of “At the time she came to de la Diócesis de Lake Charles. La Santa persona humana, dentro de la vientre o ya reminds everyone of the this popular Marian icon the Aztecs, they were not Misa tendrá lugar a la Parroquia de nacida. Segundo, ella llevó a los pueblos de importance of the appari- is Mary’s appearance to many conversions. The Henry (1021 Eighth Avenue), a las 6 de la las Américas la luz de la verdadera Fe, la Fe tion of Our Lady of Guada- St. Juan Diego in 1531 in missionaries before she tarde y las Mañanitas empezarán a las 5:15 Católica. lupe to St. Juan Diego in Mexico. (CNS photo/Nancy came were not very suc- de la tarde, animadas por un Mariachi. Se Antes de su aparición, la gente de los 1531 to the conversion of cessful in converting the Wiechec) les invita a todos los guadalupanos, hijos de Aztecas no abrazaron mucho la Fe. Pero, the Aztec people to Chris- people. The people belong María. después del milagro de la Tilma, muchos tianity. to a particularly gruesome Ya conocemos que la Virgen de Guadal- se abrieron al Hijo que ella llevaba, Je- Father Thompson noted ess of the Philippines, the latter given to her in 1935 pagan religion in which upe es la Madre de Cristo, la Madre de Dios, sucristo. En esta manera, de una religión that as the Patroness of the the giving a heart of the Americas – North, Central, and revised by Pope Pius pero como dijo Beato Juan Pablo II, ella es de muerte y sangre, la gente se convertían and South – Our Lady is XII in 1942 victim to their god was im- también la Madre de las Américas, de todos a la verdadera Fe en donde no se buscaba the Mother of Life in two Traditional accounts portant. They would have los pueblos de los dos continentes. La Mo- un corazón por la muerte de una víctima, very related ways. tell that the peasant Juan to find a willing or should renita mostró su cercanía a los pueblos de como hicieron los “dioses” de los Aztecas, “The first is in just as Diego saw at the Hill of Te- I say unwilling victim and la Américas cuando apareció vestida como sino que el verdadero Dios busca que todos the way she appears,” he peyac, near Mexico City, a help to detach from them los indignos. En este vestido, ella apareció conozcan que Él se encarnó y se entregó a la said. “You can see that she vision of a girl of fifteen or their heart and offer that sixteen years of age, sur- como Reina, pero además llevaba un cinto muerto sí mismo para que ellos tengan ver- is wearing a black belt, living heart into the mouth o faja negra. Esta faja fue un signo de una dadera vida. En estos dos sentidos, la Vir- rounded by light. It was of their idol. basically a kind of a sash mujer embarazada. Entonces, la Santísima gen de Guadalupe es la Madre de la Vida y or belt. In the Aztec cul- the early morning of De- “So it was a very, very Virgen vino a los pueblos de América no somos orgullosos de conocerla como Madre ture, when she appeared cember 9, 1531, celebrated bloody religion character- to a Christian man, Juan as the Feast of the Immac- como individual, pero como madre, como de las Américas ¡y de nosotros también! ulate Conception in the ized by death,” he said. Diego, she appeared as an “Our Lady comes in as Indian, with the skin of an Spanish Empire. Speaking to him in Na- Mother of Life, Mother of Indian. the Living, because she “She was called by huatl, his language, the girl asked that a church brings in her womb the many, the “little dark child who is to bring the Day of Reflection for African one,” because they were be built at that site in her celebrating that she chose honor. From her words, light of true things and to show her closeness Juan Diego recognized the therefore leads the peo- to them by looking like girl as the Virgin Mary. He ple out of darkness of the them,” Father Thompson told his story to the Span- practice of human sacri- American Catholics set Dec. 7 continued. “Another part ish Archbishop of Mexico fice. She teaches them to of that looking like them City, Fray Juan de Zumár- trust in God not to fear LAKE CHARLES -- Black cussed for our Diocesan Af- efforts to their brothers and was that she adopted their raga, who instructed him God as a taskmaster – not rican American parishes will sisters. to return to Tepeyac Hill, Catholics from throughout dress. The black belt in to fear God as One who the Diocese of Lake Charles include: Holiness of Life, and The Black Catholic Min- their culture in significant and ask the “lady” for a desires their death but to miraculous sign to prove will gather at St. Louis Catho- Dignity of the Human Person; istry office requests that all because it was the sign of know that God died so that lic High School on Saturday, Walking with the Saints; Par- parishioners come and par- a pregnant woman. So it is her identity. The first sign was the Virgin’s healing they might have life. Dec. 7 from 8:30 a.m. until ish Light and Evangelization; ticipate in the diocesan evan- not only Our Lady appear- “I would say in those ing to Juan Diego, it is Our Juan’s uncle. noon to pray, reflect, and dis- Faith Informed; Schools Too gelization efforts in the Afri- The Virgin told Juan two ways, both because cuss the Pastoral Plan of Ac- Valuable to Sell; Vocations- can American Community. In Lady with child - Our Lady she bears life within her- with the Christ child - truly Diego to gather flowers tion Instrument developed Every Catholic’s Priority; addition, all who are Litur- from the top of Tepeyac self, she becomes a symbol from the National Black Getting Married and Stay- gical Ministers, Knights and appearing as a mother. As of life bearing and by com- the Mother of Christ, the Hill. Although December Catholic Congress XI. ing Married; and The Social Ladies of St. , was very late in the grow- ing to them she brings to Bishop Glen John Provost Apostolate. Mother of God, but also, ing season for flowers to Junior Knights and Junior of course, as the mother them the light of the true will be present to lead every- Attendees will have three Daughters of St. Peter Claver, bloom, Juan Diego found faith which brings the de- of the Mexican people and one in prayer and will facili- major reflection statements, Confirmation Students, youth Castilian roses, not na- tachment of a religion of of all Hispanics and those tate a small group discussion which will facilitate the dis- groups, and Evangeli- tive to Mexico, on the nor- darkness and human sac- who she eventually touch- mally barren hilltop. The on priestly and religious vo- cussion in the various areas zation Teams should plan to es.” rifice into a true faith of Virgin arranged these in light and love.” cations with the youth in at- of concern for the next five attend this special diocesan Blessed Pope John Paul his peasant tilma cloak. II, in 1999, gave her the tendance. years with an emphasis on Day of Reflection for Black African American Catho- particular concerns for our Catholics. lics of the Diocese gathered African American parishes. A continental breakfast in March 2012 to begin prepa- The Day of Reflection will will be available for attend- rations for Congress XI to pri- empower and equip the par- ees. oritize the National Pastoral ticipants to return to their Call 337-439-7436 for Dea- Plan document. home parishes and assist the con Edward Lavine to regis- Action plans to be dis- Church in her evangelization ter or for more information, Collection for Catholic Campaign for Human Development set Nov. 23-24 WASHINGTON — The taling more than $9 million. programs like Catholic Chari- U.S. Conference of Catholic Of these grants, 178 went to ties and pro-life activities.” Bishop’s collection for the community development and Twenty-five percent of the Catholic Campaign for Hu- 36 went to economic develop- proceeds from each CCHD man Development (CCHD) is ment and creation proj- collection stay in each dio- November 23-24, the week- ects. Additionally, 10 grants cese to fight poverty and fos- end before Thanksgiving. were given in the category of ter liberty and justice at the The collection is taken up technical assistance, local level. CCHD uses the in parishes and dioceses na- “In the United States, 46 national portion of the collec- tionwide, including here in million people live in pover- tion to fund projects across the Diocese of Lake Charles. ty,” said the Most Rev. Jaime the country through grants. The theme of this year’s col- Soto, Bishop of Sacramento, These grants fund commu- lection is: “Defend Human California and chairman of nity efforts to promote hu- man dignity and fight poverty. Father Whitney Miller, center, Director of Saint Charles Center, presents a check for Dignity. Take Poverty Off the USCCB’s Subcommittee on Map.” the Catholic Campaign for Many of the funded projects $2,806.95 to the St. Louis Catholic High School Fine Arts Department as the school’s focus on health care, immi- This annual national col- Human Development. “Many half of the money raised from the second annual “Running of the Bulls” fundrais- gration, community safety, lection is the primary source families face continuing un- er and fun-raiser held at the Center. Pictured, from left, are Robbie Austin, Fine political participation and of funding for CCHD’s anti- employment and increasing environmental justice. Arts Survey; Holley Fontenot, Drama Club; Father Miller; Stephanie Robertson, Art poverty grants and education costs of living; our neigh- CCHD funded projects Club; and Geneva Breaux, Director of Alumni Advancement and Admissions. programs. These programs bors are struggling to meet help people and communi- enable low-income people to the cost of health care, child ties in a number of ways: join together to identify prob- care, and even food,” • Started by Italian immi- lems, make decisions and “CCHD brings the Gospel grants in 1943, Holy Rosary Cardinals to be named in Feb. improve their communities. message to issues of social Credit Union is a not-for-prof- For over 40 years, CCHD has justice. We cannot simply it credit union that extends ROME - will the feast of the Chair of St. That number will fall to 106 funded organizations that ad- help a struggling family today development and financial appoint new cardinals at a Peter. The Vatican did not an- by February, as three current dress the root causes of pov- and leave them with no means education services geared to- consistory in February 2014, nounce the names of the prel- cardinals are due to turn 80 erty, providing lasting solu- of support tomorrow,” contin- the Vatican has announced. ates to be named cardinals. ward the low-income popula- by then. tions for the future. ued Bishop Soto. “Instead, Confirming reports that There are currently 109 tion of Kansas City, Missouri. had circulated a day earlier, cardinals under the age of Pope Paul VI set a limit on During the 2012-2013 grant the projects funded by CCHD With help from the collection, the Vatican press office re- 80, the age at which they be- the number of voting cardi- cycle, the campaign gave out focus on long-term solutions the credit union encourages vealed that the consistory come unable to vote in the nals at 120. but ,waived 214 grants in community and to poverty. This complements will be held on February 22: election of the next pope. that limit in the past. economic development, to- the work of direct-assistance See CCHD, Page 6 00838043 Catholic Calendar Friday, November 15, 2013 3 Seminary burses total more than $1.5 million

LAKE CHARLES – The 71 support the education of sem- Bishop Jude Speyrer...... $ 72,775.73 seminary burses already es- inarians in perpetuity. Diocese of Lake Charles Our Lady of the Snows/ CDA Court ...... $ 20,200.00 tablished to aid the Diocese Seminary burses can be es- Msgr. Curtis Vidrine...... $ 28,689.60 of Lake Charles in helping fi- tablished in honor or memory Seminary Burses Msgr. Murphy Bernard...... $ 27,476.90 nance the education expens- of a loved one, in the name of Rev. Alphonse M. Volpe...... $ 25,122.62 es of the men studying for the especially well-loved priests (As of October 23, 2013) East Deanery Serra Club...... $ 550.00 priesthood for the Diocese (there are a number of these Msgr. Charles Dubois...... $ 9,926.70 Msgr. J. Vincent...... $ 34,723.21 now total more than $1.5 mil- types of burses already es- Msgr. Louis Boudreaux...... $ 6,982.50 Rev. Oris A. Broussard...... $ 27,810.66 lion. tablished) or an organization Bishop Jeanmard...... $ 9,276.69 Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc...... $ 160,127.43 Payments received for with any amount of money. Latrielle Houssiere...... $ 15,000.00 Charles Houssiere...... $ 15,000.00 Rev. John Giles...... $ 25,132.21 burses memorializing Bishop Contributions may be added Gelu Houssiere...... $ 15,000.00 Rev. Maurice Martineau...... $ 27,087.40 Jude Speyrer and to current burses at any time. Henry Houssiere...... $ 15,000.00 Truman Stacey...... $ 10,382.09 A. Bourque increased Checks made payable to Msgr. William J. Teurlings...... $ 3,092.23 Lorraine Yelverton...... $ 4,550.00 the total amount invested to The Diocese of Lake Charles Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Houssiere...... $ 15,000.00 The Ordinario Family...... $ 50,000.00 $1,527,340.78. should be sent to Rev. Msgr. Israel Hebert Family...... $ 15,000.00 Walter Henry/Agnes Stevenson Granger...... $ 40,000.00 A seminary burse is a per- Daniel Torres, V.G., Diocese Fr. Moise Hebert...... $ 2,231.66 Edward Thomas (Tom) Cassidy...... $ 2,000.00 manent fund set aside to pro- of Lake Charles, P.O. Box Pro Ecclesia...... $ 5,203.55 Mitchell Duhon...... $ 252,984.14 vide income for the education 3223, Lake Charles, LA 70602- Immaculate Conception...... $ 3,092.23 Joe and Janet Stoma...... $ 6,250.00 ...... $ 1,217.93 and training of future priests. 3223 along with a description Marion Bond Courrege...... $ 1,000.00 Lake Charles Seminary...... $ 15,000.00 of the donor’s wishes for the Bill Moriarity...... $ 50.00 The principal amount of Cure d’ Ars...... $ 3,092.23 the fund is never spent but naming of the burse. Please Dr. and Mrs. David Buttross, Jr...... $ 7,000.00 Mr. & Mrs. C. Delahoussaye...... $ 15,000.00 Blessed Pope John Paul II...... $ 1,500.00 invested, with the interest also note in the memo portion Msgr. Lerschen...... $ 1,203.35 Edgar and Penny Perkins...... $ 25,000.00 used each year for education of your check that the gift is Saint Theresa...... $ 5,356.71 Angela and Frank Miller...... $ 7,500.00 for a seminary burse. The list Catholic Daughters of the Americas...... $ 1,666.46 expenses of those men study- Rev. Charles Soileau...... $ 42,173.35 Msgr. Louis Boudreaux...... $ 15,000.00 ing for the priesthood for of burses can be seen below. Rev. T.L. Herlong/Sr. Pius Blanchard, MHS...... $ 24,343.35 Herrington Family...... $ 15,000.00 the Diocese of Lake Charles. If you would like further John and Dinah Bradford...... $ 2,500.00 Since the principal is never information on seminary Horvath Family...... $ 12,500.00 Harry Van Tiel Family...... $ 1,031.96 Dr. W. Gerry & Susan Hebert Family Burse...... $ 15,000.00 touched, this fund is truly a burses, please call Monsignor Habetz-Oustalet-Mitchell Families...... $ 5,000.00 Ola Mae and F. M. Thornton...... $ 100,000.00 “gift that will give forever.” Torres at 337-439-7400, Ext. Msgr. A. Van Buijtenen...... $ 5,328.00 Kenneth and Marjorie Long...... $ 1,000.00 Donations made to any semi- 220 or e-mail him at daniel. Msgr. Jules Daigle...... $ 15,000.00 Mr. and Mrs. Earl B. Evans...... $ 5,000.00 nary burse will continue to [email protected]. Mr. and Mrs. Galip Jacobs/Sam J...... $ 600.00 Rev. James A. Doyle...... $ 41,813.14 Msgr. Charles Levasseur...... $ 70,000.00 Ray and Dorothy Conner...... $ 275.00 Plauche Family...... $ 4,000.00 Todd and Missy Theriot Family...... $ 5,000.00 Rev. Oscar S Vasquez-Munoz...... $ 1,429.00 Rev. Msgr. Joseph A. Bourque...... $ 57,340.74 Msgr. Becnel...... $ 23,652.68 Most Holy Trinity...... $ 3,000.00 Jeffery Savant...... $ 2,435.00 Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Louviere...... $ 2,500.00 Rev. Robert Lee Shreve...... $ 25,973.33 Total...... $ 1,527,149.78 Bishop’s Gala Dec. 14, tickets still available LAKE CHARLES – The Harry James Orchestra with Fred Radke on first trumpet will provide smooth “Big Band” sounds at the Second Annual Bishop’s Gala set for Saturday, Dec. 14, in the Lake Charles Civic Center, according to Msgr. Daniel Torres, V.G. and Msgr. Ronald Groth, Gala co-chairmen. The orchestra, along with talented vocalist Gina Funes, Bishop Jude Speyrer Msgr. Joseph A. Bourque features show tunes, standards, love songs, and music from the golden age of swing. Last year’s inaugural Bishop’s Gala raised $56,623.96 to support the ministries of the diocesan Office of Communica- tions. Tickets are $125 each and a table for 10 can be purchased for $1,250. They are now available for purchase at the par- ishes of the Diocese of Lake Charles, the Chancery at 414 Iris Street, Crossroads Bookstore, 701 W. Prien Lake Road, and on the website of the Diocese. To buy tickets on the website, us- ing your credit card or e-check, go the lcdiocese.org and click on the “Support the Diocese” button on the front page. Then, click on “Bishop’s Gala Tickets” and follow the easy instruc- tions. Special sponsorship opportunities include one Bishop’s Table for a contribution of $30,000. For the donation, eight The Most Reverend Glen John Provost, Bishop of Lake lucky individuals receive dinner with Bishop Provost at the Charles, has asked that during the hurricane season of Gala with Concierge Service; special individual gifts; and spe- 2013 the people of the Diocese of Lake Charles pray the cial mention in the Gala Program and from the bandstand that following prayer, composed by The Most Reverend Mau- evening; and attendance at the VIP social from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Louis Gaudet, left, Grand Knight of St. Martin rice Schexnayder, Second Bishop of Lafayette, following before the Gala opens to the public and includes a photograph Hurricane Audrey in 1957: with the Bishop. In addition, they will be honored at a special de Porres Knights of Columbus Council 15006, O God, Master of this passing world, hear the Thank You dinner at a to-be-determined time at L’Évêché, the accepts the Double Star Council Award from humble voices of your children. The Sea of Galilee Bishop’s Residence, District Deputy Gladwin Ball, right. obeyed your order and returned to its quietude. Several other levels of sponsorship are also available – You are still the Master of the land and sea. We live Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Crystal. Multiple numbers of these in the shadow of a danger over which we have no sponsorships will be offered. control: the Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, Platinum Sponsors will receive two tables for 10, special Local KC Council can awake from its seeming lethargy, and overstep individual gifts, special mention in the Gala program and its conventional boundaries, invade our land and from the bandstand the night that night, and VIP social from 6 spread chaos and disaster. to 6:30 p.m. before the Gala opens to the public and includes a photograph with Bishop Provost. Each of the platinum spon- receives top award During this hurricane season we turn to You, O sorships is $20,000. loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose LAKE CHARLES -- St ward this enthusiasm to meet Gold Sponsors receive a table for 10, special mention in the memories are still so vivid and whose wounds Martin de Porres Knights the challenges that will face Gala program and from the bandstand that night, and a VIP seem to refuse to heal with the passing of time. of Columbus Council 15006 the Knights of Columbus in social from 6 to 6:30 p.m. before the Gala opens to the public has earned the distinction of O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our Beloved Mother, we the years ahead. May this and includes a photograph with Bishop Provost for a $10,000 Double Star Council, for the ask you to plead with your Son in our behalf, so award be a reminder and an donation. . 2012-2013 fraternal year. The inspiration to the members that spared from the calamities common to this For $5,000, Silver Sponsors receive a table for 10 and listing organization’s headquarters, of your council to continue to area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, in the Gala program while Crystal sponsorships pick up six located in New Haven, Con- promote the ideals of Colum- we will walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son to tickets and listing in the Gala program for a $2,500 donation. necticut, made the announce- bianism for the good of the reach the heavenly Jerusalem where a stormless ment. District Deputy Glad- For any of these special sponsorships please contact Msgr. Church, your community and eternity awaits us. Amen. win Ball presented the award Torres at 337-439-7400. the Order.” to the Council membership Louis Gaudet, Grand The Most Reverend Maurice Schexnayder Participation in this wonderful event provides for the con- at the September Business Second Bishop of Lafayette tinuation of the production and airing of the Glad Tidings Knight of Council 15006, said, meeting. “Receiving the Double Star television program each Sunday morning on KPLC-TV and The award recognizes Council Award is quite an the preparation and publication of the Catholic Calendar in overall excellence in the honor for us. We are extreme- area of membership recruit- local newspapers is made possible by attending the Gala. The ly proud of this accomplish- ment for reaching 200 per- website of the Diocese – lcdiocese.org – is maintained as well ment.” cent of quota, thereby making as continually upgraded through your attendance as well as The Knights of Columbus Vatican not worried about is the broadcast of the 9:30 a.m. Mass each Sunday from the it “double star.” The award also honors the Council for is the world’s largest Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on two local radio retention, promotion of the lay organization. It provides possible monitoring of calls stations. fraternal insurance program, members and their families and sponsorship of service- with volunteer opportuni- ties in service to the Church, VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The magazine said it also oriented activities. their communities, families The Vatican has no evidence is possible the eavesdropping In announcing the lo- cal winner, Carl A. Ander- and young people. With more its calls were monitored ‘Lectio divina’ manual developed continued for months and in- son, Supreme Knight and than 1.8 million members and by the U.S. National Secu- cluded calls made on the eve VATICAN CITY (CNS) able for purchase through chief executive officer, said, 15,000 councils around the rity Agency and, even if they of the conclave that elected -- The Vatican publishing the American Bible Society’s “Your dedication to the Or- world, the Knights of Colum- were, “we have no concerns Pope Francis in March. house, the American Bible website, www.bibles.com. der is seen in the high stan- bus annually donate more about it,” the Vatican spokes- The NSA said in a state- Society and the vicar general Presenting the manual, dard of excellence you have than $167 million and 70 mil- man said. ment that the eavesdropping of the Diocese of Mar del Pla- “Pray With the Bible, Medi- achieved. At the same time, lion hours of service to chari- I encourage you to carry for- Asked about the possibil- claims were false. ta, Argentina, have teamed tate With the Word,” at the table causes. ity that the NSA’s electronic The agency “does not tar- up to develop a step-by-step Vatican Oct. 30, Father Ga- eavesdropping program had get the Vatican,” said a state- manual in the Catholic art of briel Mestre, the author and monitored Vatican calls, Je- ment from the NSA Public Af- praying and meditating with Mar del Plata vicar general, suit Father Federico Lombar- the Bible. said Pope Francis’ morning November Prayer Intentions fairs Office dated Oct. 30 and di told reporters Oct. 30: “We Part of the aim of the proj- Mass homilies are the result Pope Francis sent to Catholic News Service have no evidence of this.” ect is to get Catholics to read of ‘lectio divina.’ He said the General: Suffering Priests in Washington Oct. 31. “Asser- The spokesman made his the Bible and the other is to homilies offer a glimpse into That priests who experience difficulties may find comfort tions that NSA has targeted comments after the Italian get them to rediscover ‘lectio the pope’s process of read- in their suffering, support in their doubts, and confir- newsweekly Panorama an- the Vatican, published in Ita- divina,’ the traditional Catho- ing the text, meditating on it, mation in their fidelity. nounced that its issue going ly’s Panorama magazine, are lic method of reading, medi- praying with it and reflecting Mission: Latin American Churches on sale Oct. 31 would include not true.” tating on and praying with on what it is calling him and That as fruit of the continental mission, Latin American a report that phone calls to The magazine’s story was the Bible, said Mario Pare- other Christians to do. Churches may send missionaries to other Churches. and from the Vatican were prepared in the midst of des, who runs Catholic pro- Jesuit Father Stephen Bishop Glen John Provost among the 46 million calls in growing European coverage grams for the American Bible Pisano, vice rector of the For Armed Forces and Veterans: Italy allegedly monitored be- and anger over the NSA’s al- Society. Pontifical Biblical Institute, That those men and women who serve in our armed forces tween Dec. 10, 2012, and Jan. leged call-monitoring pro- The manual, in Spanish spoke at the Vatican presen- and our veterans, particularly our injured, may receive 8, 2013. gram. and English, will be avail- tation of the manual. the dignity, care and respect they deserve. 4 Catholic Calendar Friday, November 15, 2013 00838051 New bishop installed for Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux HOUMA – The new shep- ignation in September when ton was the first in December Diocese of Baton Rouge in herd of the Diocese of Hou- he named Bishop Fabre to 2000 when he was named 1989 and served his first as- ma-Thibodaux, the Most Rev- the position. the second Bishop of Lake signment as Associate Pas- erend , was In his homily, the Bishop Charles), and the youngest tor of St. installed Wednesday, Oct. 30, used the Gospel of Luke’s re- African-American ordinary Catholic Church in Greenwell in the Cathedral of St. Fran- telling of Christ’s command in the United States. Springs, La. In 1996, he was cis de Sales with Archbishop for his disciples to lower Before his appointment Carlos Mario Viganò, Apos- their nets into the deep after to Houma-Thibodaux, Fa- named to his first pastorate tolic and Papal Am- a fruitless night of fishing. bre was Titular Bishop of at St. Joseph Catholic Church bassador to the United States Though Christ commanded Pudenziana and Auxiliary in Grosse Tete, La. and Im- and Archbishop them to a place they might Bishop of the Archdiocese maculate Heart of Mary in Gregory Aymond attending. not normally fish, the catch of New Orleans, named by Maringouin, La. In fact, 23 were was miraculous. Pope Benedict XVI on De- Later in his homily, Bishop there to witness the 50-year “We must venture into the cember 13, 2006. He was con- Fabre spoke about his duties old native of New Roads ac- deep both as individuals and secrated a Bishop on Feb. 28, as auxiliary bishop in New cept the pastoral staff and as a church because it is in 2007 by Archbishop Alfred C. Orleans as sort of a chief of responsibility to guide the the deep that the power of Je- Hughes, then Archbishop of 126,000 Catholics that make sus Christ makes the miracu- New Orleans. staff to Archbishop Aymond. up the Diocese of Houma lous occur in great and small He graduated from Catho- “God constantly stretches Thibodaux, which is made ways. In the deep, God’s lic High School of Pointe Cou- us and it was a stretch for me. up of six civil parishes with comfort is known and expe- pee in New Roads in 1981, re- I had to transition from being 39 Catholic churches and 13 rienced by others because ceived a B.A. in History from responsible for one parish to Catholic schools. of our presence and efforts. St. Joseph Seminary College being responsible for many Bishop Fabre, the fourth And our fears and the fears in St. Benedict, La., in 1985 parishes together and help- ordinary of the diocese re- of others give way to stronger and received a B.A. (in Re- ing the archbishop do that. It places Bishop . faith,” Fabre said. ligious Studies in 1987) and took me a long time,” he said. Bishop Jacobs had reached He is the first African an M.A. (in Religious Stud- the Church’s mandatory bish- American bishop of the dio- ies in 1989) from the Catholic “I’d like to think I grew into op’s retirement age of 75 in cese, the second to be named University of Louvain in Bel- what being a bishop means March of this year and Bish- to head a diocese in Louisi- gium. and now I bring that experi- Bishop Shelton J. Fabre op Francis accepted his res- ana (Bishop Edward K. Brax- He was ordained for the ence here.” (CNS photo/Lawrence Chatagnier, Bayou Catholic) Father Doyle SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM memorialized at St. Theodore Faith is an embrace, a way of life MOSS BLUFF – Donations It is no coincidence that the Year of Faith concludes on take place “in the life- are being sought to assist St. November 24, 2013, the Feast of Christ the King. Faith is not time of those kings” Theodore Catholic Church in simply belief, nor pious sentiment. Faith is an embrace, a – in other words, completing the remodeling of way of life that demands my all. In the words of the Christian during the reign of Reverend the late Father James Doyle’s apologist Dr. Peter Kreeft, faith is less like “a math equation” the Roman Empire, residence in the parish as a and more like “pledging loyalty to a king.” Jesus Himself in- which began to peak Nathan multi-purpose meeting facil- dicates this in his insistence that we “seek first the Kingdom” during the time of Je- ity. (Matthew 6:33). In the very same breath, Our Lord calls those sus. Thus, in the Acts Long Father Doyle, who was in whose priorities are instead bodily and material needs, “O of the Apostles when residence at St. Theodore you of little faith.” we see the tiny band at the time of his death last That Jesus as King belongs in the first place in our lives is of Jesus’ followers journeying ever closer to Rome, we know November, was a native of not flowery religious sentiment – it is an urgent call. Between what is soon to happen. This is the kingdom predicted by Isa- New York but served the the two world wars that would engulf Europe, Pope Pius XI iah when he tells us, “a child is born to us, a son is given us; Diocese of Lake Charles in Father James Doyle related privately to the saintly Fr. Mateo Crawley-Boevey: “We upon His shoulders dominion rests. His dominion is vast and various capacities for many are living in the darkest hour that mankind has lived since the forever peaceful” (9:5-6). deluge”. In his 1925 instituting the Feast of Christ Since the disruption of society is due to revolt against this years including as pastor of the animals on the Feast of the King, the Pope noted that the reason that so many evils rule of truth, peace, and love, rebuilding of a civilization must St. Charles Borromeo Catho- St. Francis. were flooding the world is that so many people had put Jesus begin with devotion to the Heart of Christ. Since families form lic Church in Fenton and as The former residence has Christ and His law out of their ordinary lives and public af- the basis of society and are the primary target of assault to- Defender of the Bond in the been completely stripped fairs (Quas Primas 1). Such a bold statement cannot be made day, renewal must begin in the home. Thanks to the work of Fr. Diocesan Tribunal. inside and is ready for new unless we understand that Christ is not King only for those Mateo, the “Enthronement” of the home to the A quiet spirit, Father Doyle walls, flooring, furnishings who want Him to be – He is King and Lord of all people. has become widespread. This devotion places an image of Je- rose early each weekday and and other materials. Work No other major religious figure was ever prophesied to sus in His rightful place – on the throne, or the center of the could be found walking the has been donated by St. The- the extent and precision of Jesus Christ. Not only was Jesus’ house. It acknowledges that His will comes first before all oth- grounds of the church read- odore parishioner Bubba Gil- birth, death and resurrection foretold, but the founding of an er family considerations – family activities, television view- ing his Breviary and praying. ley. international empire was also depicted with remarkable ac- ing, financial decisions, sports, and others. It also provides a Called by many a modern day Donations can be made in curacy. The prophet Daniel relates a vision of a giant statue perfect point of focus for daily family prayer. Let us remember St. , Father the collection basket at St. representing various kingdoms in succession to the king of that our culture and society will honor Christ only to the ex- Doyle was famous for find- Theodore masses, through Babylon. He also describes a tiny pebble which strikes the last tent that our families serve Him first as well. As we conclude ing and caring for abandoned the mail to St. Theodore Cath- of those kingdoms, toppling the statue and replacing it with this Year of Faith, may we pledge our loyalty to this sovereign an everlasting kingdom (2:36-45). In fact, Daniel says this will king, whose rule is “forever peaceful.” animals he came across on olic Church, P.O. Box 12726, his journeys around the dio- Lake Charles, LA 70612 or cese. He shared his love for at the church office, 785 Sam animals with the students at Houston Jones Parkway. Catholic School Call Ruthie Singer at 337- Bishop’s martyrdom recognized by Vatican each year at the blessing of 855-6662 for information. ROME -- The Vatican has recognized ber 31, the Congregation for the Causes attributed to their influence - Honoria the martyrdom of a Romanian bishop of Saints, with the approval of Pope “Nano” Nagle (1718- 1784), an Irish re- who died under the country’s Commu- Francis, issued a decree recogniz- ligious; Celestina Bottego (1895-1980), nist regime. ing the Romanian as a martyr, the American-born daughter of an WYD 2016 dates confirmed Bishop Anton Durcovici (1888-1951), clearing the way for his . Italian immigrant who returned to his KRAKOW, Poland - Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow, who became Bishop of Iasi in 1948, was The Congregation also issued de- native land; she became a religious Poland has officially confirmed the official dates of World arrested the following year, tortured, crees recognizing the “heroic virtue” founder there; and Olga della Madre di Youth Day 2016 - July 25-3, 2016. and died when he was left in the winter of three candidates, who now will be Dio (1910-1943), born Olga Maria Fortu- cold without clothing or food. On Octo- eligible for beatification if a miracle is nata Gugelmo, an Italian religious. Diocesan Briefs..... on the corner of Kirby and Bilbo streets. tion. St. Louis Catholic Open House The breakfast is preceded by 6:30 a.m. Mass in the Cathe- LAKE CHARLES – St. Louis Catholic High School will host dral of the Immacualte Conception. Extraordinary Form of Mass starts at 3 p.m. an Open House on the school campus, located at 1620 Bank The women’s prayer luncheon with the Bishop will not be LAKE CHARLES – The Sunday celebration of the Extraor- Street, on Wednesday, Nov. 20 with doors opening at 5 p.m. held in December and January, recommencing in February. dinary Form of the Mass in Latin in the Cathedral of the Im- Tours of the school building, led by St. Louis Ambassadors, maculate Conception now begins at 3 p.m. begin at 5:30 p.m. Deborah Frank, the school’s president, will March for Life Pilgrimage for youth The Mass remains at that time until Sunday, March 9, 2014, make a presentation the beginning of the tours. LAKE CHARLES – The Diocese of Lake Charles is spon- when Daylight Saving Time begins again and it reverts to 5 St. Louis teachers will showcase curriculum and class ex- soring a youth pilgrimage to Washington, DC for the annual p.m. pectations. March for Life on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Attendees should park at the gym, off Seventh Street, or in Court decision legalizing abortion. Respect Life Dinner Jan. 14 the Bank Street parking lots with entry for sign-in on the Bank One of the most spiritiually fruitful and educational expe- Street side. LAKE CHARLES – The inaugural Diocese of Lake Charles riences of the year, the pilgrims will join over 300,000 others Contact Geneva Breaux at 436-7275, Ext. 244 or gbreaux@ Respect Life Dinner, which will aid Rachel’s Vineyard, The in standing for the dignity of all human life. The pilgrimage slchs.org for more information. Project, and youth pilgrims to the National March for will depart on Saturday, Jan. 18 and return Thursday, Jan. 23. Life, is Tuesday, Jan. 14, in the Buccaneer Room of the Lake Beaujolais Soiree benefit on Nov. 30 For more information or to register, contact your parish’s Charles Civic Center. youth minister, or Milissa Thibodeaux at 337-439-7400, or e- Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood director, will LAKE CHARLES – The annual Beaujolais Soiree to ben- mail [email protected]. be the guest speaker. efit St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic School will be Saturday, Doors open at 6 p.m. with Ms. Johnson speaking at 7 p.m. Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. in the Brick House, 110 West Pine Street. Natural Family Planning Training Tickets are $50 each or $400 for a table of eight. The evening features tastings of five different Beaujolais LAKE CHARLES – The incredible gift of Natural Fam- Call 337-439-7400 for Caroline Matt, e-mail rachels.vine- wines expertly paired with hors d’oeuvres, jazz music, and a [email protected], or [email protected] for more wine raffle. ily Planning (NFP) is now avialable in the Diocese of Lake Tickets are $65 per person and can be purchased at the St. Charles. information. Margaret School office or online with a credit card at https:// Three NFP instructors certified in the Creighton Method beaujolaislakechales.eventbrite.com. All attendees must be work with the Diocese and Dr. David Darbonne. Crowning Rite streaming on website For more information about training in the Creighton Meth- 21 years of age or older. LAKE CHARLES – A streaming video of the August 22 Lit- od of NFP or to schedule training contact Laura Hobgood at urgy and Crowning Rite of the statue of the Blessed Virgin Christ the King “Raise the Roof” raffle 338-480-1280; Jackie Stewart at 337-540-8959 or the office of Mary, located in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Dr. Darbonne at 337-474-3883. is available for viewing on the website of the Diocese of Lake LAKE CHARLES – Tickets for the “Raise the Roof ” raffle Charles. of Christ the King Catholic Church are now on sale for the the “Holy Hour to Discern Vocation” Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the Pope’s Ambassador to Sunday, Nov. 24 drawing. the United States and Papal Nuncio, presided at the Crown- Purchase of a $10 ticket could win the first prize of $10,000, JENNINGS – The next “Holy Hour to Discern My Vocation, a ministry of “VOCARÉ and the Office of Vocations, will be ing Rite during Mass celebrated by Bishop Glen John Provost second prize of $3,500 or third prize of $500. and attended by 11 other Bishops from , Texas, and Procceds will benefit the church’s multipurpose hall/class- Sunday, Feb. 2, at St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the church. Illinois. room expansion project. Tickets are available at the church View the 105-minute production at http://live.lcdiocese. office from 9 a.m. until noon and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Monday tho- The program is designed for young men age 15 and older seeking to know God’s will in their lives and intended to give org/video-specials.html. rugh Friday, and following any weekend Mass. them a united effort of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. Domestic Church Couples Retreat The hour of adoration is followed by refreshments and fra- “Come, Follow Me” retreat ternity. BATON ROUGE – The Diocese of Lake Charles joins with LAKE CHARLES – A Domestic Church Couples Retreat is the Dioceses of Baton Rouge and Lafayette to hold the annual set for Thursday, through Sunday, Dec. 12-15, at Saint Charles Forty Hours Devotion schedule Center. “Come, Follow Me” retreat, this year held at the Bishop Rob- Domestic Church is a lay movement that provides lifelong LAKE CHARLES – Forty Hours Devotion to the Blessed ert E. Tracy Center on the campus of The Catholic Life Center Sacrament, praying for an increase in vocations to the priest- formation for Sacramentally married couples. For more infor- of the Diocese of Baton Rouge. hood in the Diocese of Lake Charles, will be in the Eastern mation contact David Dawson at 337-439-7400, e-mail david. The retreat, for men 16 years and older discerning a vo- Deanery in December. [email protected], or visit www.domesticchurchfamilies. cation to the sacred priesthood of Jesus Christ, is slated for Sites and dates are Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church com in Lake Arthur on Dec. 4-6; St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Friday, Feb. 7 to Sunday, Feb. 9. For more information and/ or Raymond Dec. 8-11; St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in to register contact: Fr. Marcus Johnson, Vocation Recruiter, at Prayer breakfast in December Fenton on Dec.17-18; and at St. John Catholic Chapel in Lac- Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 2031 Opelousas LAKE CHARLES – The next Men’s Prayer Breakfast with assine on Dec. 19-20. Street, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601, call 337-436-8093, or e- Bishop Glen John Provost is Friday, Dec. 13 in Ave Maria Hall Contact the churches to determine specific times for adora- mail [email protected] 00838053 Catholic Calendar Friday, November 15, 2013 5 Annual Red Mass celebrated in Cathedral LAKE CHARLES – Bishop Glen John Pro- pel encountered unpredictable obstacles,” vost was the celebrant and homilist at the Red he said. “They had to keep before them the Mass on Friday, Oct. 18, in the Cathedral of words of Jesus Christ and the instructions He the Immaculate Conception. had given them. The Kingdom of God had ar- Judges, attorneys, and government offi- rived. Their proclamation was to reflect that cials from the five civil parishes that make Kingdom.” up the Diocese of Lake Charles – Calcasieu, The local St. Society, Judge Cameron, Allen, Beauregard and Jefferson Davis – were invited to attend. Henry Yelverton Chapter, is the sponsor along In his homily, Bishop Provost mentioned with the Diocese. The Mass is so named be- the coincidence of the Red Mass falling on the cause of the color of the vestments worn by Feast of St. Luke as the Gospel reading was the Bishop and priests, donned in symbol- taken from that evangelist’s own writing. ism of the tongues of fire that descended on “He was a physician, a man from a heal- the Apostles. Additionally, Judges of the High ing profession finding a greater remedy for Court of and all doctors of law wore the ailments of mankind in the Lord Jesus red robes or academic hoods. Christ,” the Bishop noted. “In the eloquent The Red Mass celebrates the opening of prologue to his Gospel, St. Luke said that the judicial year and requests guidance from while others had ‘undertaken to compile a the Holy Spirit for all who seek justice and narrative of the events’ recounting the life of offers the opportunity to reflect on Catholics Jesus, he was moved to write yet another ac- Judges and attorneys in the Diocese of Lake Charles took part in the count for his readers to ‘realize the certainty believe is the God-given power and responsi- of the teachings [they] have received’. St. bility of all in the legal profession. celebration of the Red Mass by Bishop Glen John Provost on Friday, Luke had researched his topic and could tes- The first recorded Red Mass was celebrat- Oct. 18, in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Members of tify to its truth and accuracy. ed in the Cathedral of Paris in 1245. From the legal community pictured, following the liturgy are Walter San- “In a certain sense, the legal profession there, it spread to most European countries. chez, Honorable Guy Bradberry, David Palay, Steve Beverung, and is involved in healing, Bishop Provost con- Around 1310, during the reign of Edward II, Honorable Kent Savoie. tinued. “The profession pursues the truth. the tradition began in England. It was attend- It executes justice but it does so because it ed at the opening of each term of Court by all determines the truth by the best means at its members of the Bench and Bar. The event disposal. Through diligent investigation, cau- gradually fell out of fashion until 1931, when tious deliberation, and a thorough knowledge Sydney became the first English-speaking city Center for Catholic Studies of the law, the legal mind makes its rewarding journey toward the truth. This is, of course, to re-institute the practice. The first Red Mass the ideal. But, the ideal must be kept before held in the United States was celebrated in the eyes of the professional. St. Andrew’s Church in New York City, near “I am sure that the disciples in the Gos- the courthouses of Foley Square. Spring courses announced LAKE CHARLES --The als and prayer of the Catholic for credit or audit and may Center for Catholic Studies, faith drawn from the Cate- be taken by college students an initiative of the Diocese chism of the Catholic Church. or any interested lay faithful of Lake Charles, in conjunc- Deacon Glenn Viau, M.Ed., who meets enrollment re- tion with Holy Cross College M.P.S., will teach the course quirements. For more infor- of New Orleans will offer on Mondays, –from 5 to 7:30 mation, contact Susan Borg- two undergraduate theology p.m. man at the Office of Religious courses in the Spring. The Theology 290: The Catholic Education of the Diocese of courses, depending on the Novel will be taught by Fa- Lake Charles – 337-439-7400, student’s degree program at ther Ruben Buller, M.Div., Ext. 309. McNeese, may transfer as lib- on Mondays and Wednesdays Fees are $225 per course eral arts credits. from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The for credit and $90 if audited. The two courses will be course will be an exposure to Additionally, for new stu- taught beginning Monday, the Catholic mind as it comes Jan. 27, at the Catholic Stu- through the literary works dents taking a course for dent Center, 221 Aqua Drive, of Flannery O’Conner, G. K. credit there is a fee of $15. in Lake Charles. Each is a Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, Gra- Registration forms are three credit hour offering ham Greene, and Walter Mill- available at the Catholic with a January 10 registra- er Jr. The course will consid- Student Center, the Office of tion deadline. er three novels and two short (411 Iris Theology 101: Fundamen- stories. Street) or online at lcdiocese. tals of Catholicism is a study Our Lady of Holy Cross org by clicking Forms on the of the doctrine, liturgy, mor- College courses are available Main Menu. Mall Ministry slated on weekends LAKE CHARLES – For books and booklets that will to pause and remember the the fourth year, the Office of coordinate with the Sunday most important aspect of the Evangelization of the Dio- readings and pamphlets on season – the birth of our Lord cese of Lake Charles will various topics of the Church. and Savior Jesus Christ,” she provide a Catholic presence “Volunteers of many ages said. in the Prien Lake Mall dur- and demographics of the Dio- “Secondly, to provide for ing the Season of Advent with cese will staff the space,” she people who may have moved its Mall Ministry, according to said. into the area but are not quite Bernell Ezell, Director. Anyone interested in vol- certain which church parish Dates are Saturday and unteering to help should they should attend,” Ezell Sunday, Nov. 30-Dec. 1, Dec. call Ezell at 337-439-7400 or continued. “They can receive 7-8, Dec. 14-15, and Dec. 21-22 e-mail bernell.ezell@lcdio- information on various area during the times the Mall is cese.org. churches. Thirdly, to provide Dr. Benjamin Wiker, Ph.D., was the keynote speaker at this year’s Veri- open. Tables will be placed in She pointed out the won- people who have a life situa- tas Conference, sponsored by the Office of Religious Education, at St. the Center Court of the mall, derful help her office is re- tion that may make them feel Louis Catholic High School. Dr. Wiker, the author of “Answering the near the theater entrance ceiving in this aspect of the alienated from the Church. New Atheism, The Darwin Myth, The Catholic Church and Science,” and the Customer Service ki- ministry from several mem- We hope that we can provide osk. bers of the Evangelization them with information letting spoke in the morning and also moderated one of the conference’s many “During these days we will Core Team – Lee Kinney, them know they are always breakout sessions attended by more than 200 people. be at the “Crossroads of the Lance Mudd, and Julie Rac- welcome in the Church.” Mall” bringing the message to ca. As in past years, “we hope the marketplace,” Ezell said. Ezell noted several things to show the face of the local “There will be free informa- she hopes the event would Catholic Church in all its dif- tion available to everyone accomplish during its four- ferent varieties,” Ezell said. Keeping the habit: Franciscans including sacramental items week stay in the Mall “We also want to make sure like rosaries and religious “First, that during this that Catholics remember that medals as well as CDs on spir- hubbub of the shopping sea- through our , we are itual topics, Bible reflection son it would allow people all called to evangelize.” look to counter culture’s impact VATICAN CITY (CNS) for modern religious life: Meeting with families -- -- Pope Francis frequently “fidelity and perseverance.” grandparents, engaged cou- Medjugorje apparitions still not recognized denounces two aspects of The problem is decades old, ples, parents and children modern culture: the way it but all the speakers quoted -- in, Pope Francis said the encourages people to throw WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Vatican am- sionaries in Medjugorje, Yugoslavia. Pope Francis’ succinct de- “culture of the provisional away whatever or whoever bassador to the United States has reminded The letter said the visionary, Ivan scriptions of the cultural at- cuts life up into pieces.” they no longer find useful and U.S. Catholics that the Vatican has not recog- Dragicevic, would make presentations about mosphere that makes it diffi- Meeting with novices in July, the belief that nothing lasts nized alleged Marian apparitions in Medju- Medjugorje, where six village children said cult today for young people to he said he’d once heard a forever, not even love. make lifelong commitments seminarian say he would go gorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, as authentic. they first saw Mary in June 1981. Archbishop Hundreds of members of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, apostolic Viganò’s letter said, “It is anticipated, more- the Franciscan family -- fri- and encourages those who forward to and nuncio, wrote to Msgr. Ronny Jenkins, general over, that Mr. Dragicevic will be receiving ‘ap- ars from different branches have made vows to head for “try out” the priesthood for secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic paritions’” during his parish visits. as well as different congre- the door when trouble arises. 10 years, and then he’d see. Bishops, and told him the reminder came as Most of the Medjugorje “seers” have said gations of religious women -- one of the visionaries was scheduled to tour the apparitions have continued every day for gathered in Rome recently to U.S. parishes. years. Three say they still have visions each discuss the impact the “cul- Thanksgiving Office Hours He said the reminder was being sent at day, while the other three see Mary only once ture of the provisional” is hav- During the week of Thanksgiving, the offices of the the request of Archbishop Gerhard Muller, a year now. All six are now married and have ing on religious life. In brown Diocese of Lake Charles will be open for regular business prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the children. robes or black veils or bright hours - 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Monday, Nov. 25 to Wednesday, Doctrine of the Faith, which has said it was A blog on the National Catholic Register batik African scarves, the Nov. 27, but will close Thursday and Friday, Nov. 28 and 29 not yet possible “to state that there were ap- site said Dragicevic’s U.S. tour was canceled sisters and friars spent a day for the Holiday. They reopen Monday, Dec. 2. paritions or supernatural revelations” by vi- after the letter was sent. discussing a key challenge 6 Catholic Calendar Friday, November 15, 2013 00838055 By declining case, high court allows to make, sell simple caskets By Peter Finney Jr. Court’s final decision. Catholic News Service “It’s more of a heart thing,” Abbot Justin said. “We didn’t quite understand all the le- NEW ORLEANS (CNS) -- It took the U.S. gal ramifications when we started this, but Supreme Court to make the final decision. we certainly felt it was a common-sense thing By declining to review a lower court’s rul- that something was wrong with this law. It af- ing, the high court last month left standing fected our ability to simply sell our caskets to what Benedictine Abbot Justin Brown has someone who wanted to buy them.” known in his heart for the past six years: The Abbot Justin said many funeral home di- Benedictine monks of St. Joseph Abbey in rectors in the area understood the monks’ Covington are not breaking the law by hand- motivation and have been gracious in dealing crafting plain cypress caskets and selling with them despite the legal case. them to Louisiana residents. “We really never intended to be in any kind Without comment, the court declined to of fight or adversarial relationship with the hear an appeal of a ruling from earlier this funeral directors,” Abbot Justin said. “But as year by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals we went into the case more and more, it be- in New Orleans, giving the monks a victory in came clear that according to the constitution Deacon Mark Coudrain and Abbot Justin Brown inspect one of the cas- their legal wrangling with the Louisiana State we did have a right to free enterprise and kets being manufactured at St. Joseph Abbey in St. Benedict, La., in Board of Embalmers and Funeral Homes. that the regulations in this case were not well 2008. The U.S. Supreme Court last month confirmed the monks have a For many years, the monks had made the grounded because of the fact that there were legal right to sell handcrafted caskets by rejecting a request from Lou- simple caskets to bury members of their re- no health and safety issues. In fact, Louisiana ligious community. They received regular doesn’t even require caskets for burial. isiana’s board of funeral directors that the court overturn an appeals requests for the caskets from people outside “All of those things added up in our minds court ruling that said the monks can sell caskets without having to be their community, but a decades-old state that we really ought to continue fighting this. state licensed funeral directors. (CNS photo/Frank J. Methe, Clarion law protecting the funeral home industry re- It became clear that we were fighting not quired anyone selling a casket in Louisiana to only for ourselves but for other people like Herald) be a licensed funeral home director. us who encounter these kinds of regulations $1,500 and another for $2,000. The money is Stossel interviewed “Marty the Magician,” The monks tried to amend the law by lob- and keep them from going into business or to used to support the abbey’s operations. whose act includes pulling a rabbit out of his bying the state Legislature, but a bill that make an honest living.” A special aspect of the casket-making op- hat. would have allowed them to sell their caskets The state funeral home association threat- eration, Deacon Coudrain said, is that the “The U.S. Department of Agriculture said got out of a Senate committee only once and ened the monks with hefty fines and a “cease monks and the volunteers who help them he has to do an evacuation plan for the rab- was voted down by the full body. and desist” letter after a 2007 story in the regularly pray for the families who will use bit,” Deacon Coudrain said. “If he leaves town That’s when the monks decided to press , New Orleans archdiocesan the caskets in the future. He said the posi- with the rabbit, he has to file paperwork. They their case in federal court, and the nonprofit newspaper, detailed their casket-making op- tive publicity resulting from the legal fight -- have the right, 24 hours a day, to check on the Institute for Justice in Washington, which eration. After several years of trying unsuc- which went viral -- “doubled” casket sales. rabbit without telling him. He couldn’t bring represents entities in cases of governmental cessfully to amend the law, the monks found “It’s been very, very consistent,” Deacon the rabbit to New York because there was so overreach, took the case on a pro-bono basis. legal help through the Institute for Justice. Coudrain said. “Now we can begin to think much paperwork.” The monks won a huge victory in 2011 when “If it hadn’t been for the Institute for Jus- about advertising and things like that. We Deacon Coudrain made Marty the Magi- U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval ruled tice, we couldn’t have pursued this case,” have gotten a lot of support, even from funer- cian an offer he couldn’t refuse. the state law unconstitutional, allowing the Benedictine Abbot Justin Brown said. “We al home directors, who thought this was an “I told him when the rabbit dies, we’ll make monks to sell their caskets. really have a lot to be grateful for. They cer- unjust law.” his casket for him,” Deacon Coudrain said. “It Still, the funeral home association pressed tainly supported the idea of upholding the Deacon Coudrain recently participated may not be legal, but we’ll do it anyways.” its case with the federal appeals court, which constitution and individual liberties.” in a nationwide television show in New York - - - affirmed the lower court, and then with the Deacon Mark Coudrain, who runs St. Jo- with John Stossel, who interviewed small- Supreme Court. seph Abbey Woodworks on the abbey grounds, business people who felt they were being un- Finney is executive editor/general manager Benedictine Abbot Justin Brown expressed said the monks deliver about 20 caskets per fairly regulated by the government. In addi- of the Clarion Herald, newspaper of the New elation and thanksgiving over the Supreme month. They make two models: one selling for tion to the monks’ casket-making operation, Orleans Archdiocese. Brick donations sought for Memorial Courtyard at Saint Charles Center MOSS BLUFF – Design The Courtyard will be able for a $100 donation and work continues on the Saint named in memory of A.J.M. provides three lines of type Charles Center Memorial “Bubba” and Lena Mae Oust- with a maximum of 60 char- Courtyard to be built at Tabor alet, the and ma- acters, 20 per line including Retreat House, according to triarch of the family whose spaces. A donation of $250 al- Father Whitney Miller, Direc- generous support has been lows the donor an 8x8 brick tor of the Retreat Center. of great importance to Saint with six lines of type and a The project offers donors Charles Center. The fountain maximum of 120 characters the opportunity to honor or feature of the project will be - 20 per line including spac- memorialize a family’s name dedicated to the memory of or the memory of a loved one, Peggy Chapman Oustalet, the es. General donations for friend, favored priest, or re- late wife of Rick Oustalet. the project will be gladly ac- ligious. These gifts make for Two sizes of bricks are cepted, according to Father a lasting legacy, showing sup- available – 4 inches by 8 inch- Miller. port for a project that will es and 8 inches by 8 inches. For information call 337- provide peace and comfort Each brick will be engraved 855-1232 or to make a credit for many generations, ac- with a name of the donor’s card contribution online go Latest Memorial Courtyard rendering cording to Father Miller. choice. The 4x8 brick is avail- to stcharlescenter.com. Pope asked for world day of prayer against trafficking

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After Pope Fran- the late 19th century. cis entrusted two Vatican academies to study She said the idea for a worldwide day of the problem of human trafficking, a group prayer came from “the need to do something of women religious asked the pope to raise that joins us together” to tackle the global greater awareness in the church about the is- problem; some dioceses and parishes are ac- sue by establishing a worldwide day of prayer tive on the issue while others are unaware or and fasting. indifferent, she said. “The pope was very interested in our sug- gestion and asked us what date we would Sister Eugenia, a leader among religious like the day to be,” Consolata Sister Eugenia women in Italy working against human traf- Bonetti told Catholic News Service. ficking -- particularly women and young girls “We told him Feb. 8 -- the feast day of St. forced into prostitution -- was one of about 80 More than 1,200 Confirmation candidates and their sponsors took part Josephine Bakhita,” a Sudanese slave who people at a Nov. 2-3 working group on traffick- in an Afternoon of Reflection on Sunday, Oct. 20, in the W.W. Lewis found freedom in Italy and became a nun in ing. Middle School Auditorium in Sulphur. This allowed them to spend time in conversation discerning what it means to be a fully initiated member of the Catholic Church. Bishop Glen John Provost, who will confirm the youth between and next year, spoke to them and they heard testimonies from four high school students and one young adult before the celebration of the Mass by Father Nathan Long to conclude the event.

munity Peace and Justice Center works with Collection help from 16 religious communities and lo- Continued from Page 2 cal “Women’s Justice Circles.” One program, thrift, savings and the wise use of credit for “Justice for Women,” organizes women living individuals and small businesses. It teaches in poverty by bringing them together with its members how to manage and control their economically stable women from local faith finances, helping move them out of poverty communities. With low-income women in the and into financial stability. lead, the Circles identify the conditions that • In the Archdiocese of Seattle and the Dio- need changing and offer women spiritual ceses of Spokane and Yakima, the Intercom- strength and support.

Bishop Jude Speyrer decid- members of other faith tradi- Expansion ed to use the print media to tions - in the Diocese. Continued from Page 1 bring Catholic news to a gen- The page was printed eral audience with the pub- every two weeks in four re- addition, our senior semi- lication of a “new” Catholic gional newspapers – in Lake narian in Rome, Ruben Vil- Calendar on Sept. 18, 1982. Charles, Cameron, Jennings, larreal, will provide us with The name was chosen by and DeRidder. Bishop Pro- a twice a year “View from Bishop Speyrer to suggest vost, appointed our third Rome” column. continuity with Father Van de Bishop in 2007, made the de- The original Catholic Cal- Ven’s Catholic Calendar. The cision to continue using this Harrison Veuleman met Denver Broncos’ quarterback Peyton Man- endar was published in the single page was purchased in method of providing Catholic early years of the 20th Centu- the Lake Charles American news to the people of the Dio- ning during the St. Louis Catholic High School sophomore’s visit to ry by Father Cornelius van de Press and printed 18 times cese of Lake Charles. Denver. He also watched as the Broncos won a 35-10 victory over the Ven., pastor of Immaculate per year until 2005. Follow- This timing continued Conception Catholic Church ing Hurricane Rita that year, until July 3, 2009 when the Jacksonville Jaguars. The trip was made possible by the Louisiana in Lake Charles. Father van Msgr. Harry Greig, Adminis- Catholic Calendar became State Police Grant A Wish Program. Pictured here are Harrison’s de Ven was later named Bish- trator of the Diocese in the two facing pages in the Amer- brother Nicholas, kneeling, Paula Livingston with the State Police, op of the Diocese of Natchi- absence of a bishop, saw the ican Press while remaining toches, which later became Catholic Calendar as a way to a single page in the other Peyton Manning, State Trooper Jimmy Rogers, and Chance Thomas, the Diocese of Alexandria. provide news of renewal and three newspapers, run on the president of the Louisiana Troopers Association, Harrison’s mother After the establishment of aid to those devastated by the first and third Friday of each the Diocese of Lake Charles, storm – both Catholics and month. Amy, and Harrison - front and center.