VOL. XLVIII NO. 09 SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT FEBRUARY 28, 2021

SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK LENTEN DAILY MASS SCHEDULE: OF MARCH 1-7, 2021 Monday through Friday 01-Mar —- St. Katherine Drexel Monday – HEBREWS Dn 9:4b-10, Lk 6:36-38 – 12:05pm and 5:30pm 02-Mar — St. Charles the Good St. Benedict Way of the Cross 03 Mar — St. Cunegundes Empress – Following 5:30pm Mass on Fridays Tuesday – HEBREWS Is 1:10, 16-20, Mt 23:1-12 04 Mar — St. St. Bruno Wednesday – HEBREWS Jer 18:18-20, Mt 20:17-28 Liturgical Seasons: A distinction is to be made between Lent and 05 Mar — St. Phocas MARCH 2021 St.Charles Borromeo the Easter Triduum. Strictly speaking, Lent ends with the beginning of 06 Mar — St. Perpetua and Felicitas Thursday – HEBREWS Jer 17:5-10, Lk 16:19-31 the Triduum on Holy Thursday. The Ordo 07 Mar — St. Lloyd & Gladys Amedee March 1, 2021 Daily 12:05 pm St. Pelagia notes: “Lent runs from Ash Wednesday Trey Marak March 5, 2021 Fri 12:05pm Friday – MATTHEW Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a , until the Mass of the Lord’s Supper Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 exclusive on Holy Thursday.” Lloyd & Gladys Amedee March 5, 2021 Daily 5:30pm St. Agatha Ellen Monteiro March 7, 2021 Sun 9am Saturday – IGNATIUS Mi 7:14-15, 18-20 , Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 Covering of Crosses and Images: This is Barry Songy March 7, 2021 Sun 9am St. Paul not to be done through the entirety of Lent. CATHOLIC KORNER Jimmy Cox March 7, 2021 Sun 9am Sunday – MATTHEW Ex 17:3-7 , Rom 5:1-2, 5-8 , Jn 4:5-42 Crosses and images in Churches may be Jimmy Cox March 14, 2021 Sun 9am St. John XXIII covered (although this is not required) Life in Christ: beginning with the Fifth Sunday of Lent. Jason Dupont March 14, 2021 Sun 9am Crosses remain covered until the end of Ellen Monteiro March 14, 2021 Sun 9am the Celebration of the Lord’s Passion on Explanations of Catholic Practice Ian Turner March 14, 2021 Sun 9am AFTERTHOUGHTS Good Friday. Images remain covered until and Devotions: Earl Eschete Class of 63 March 14, 2021 Sun 7am the beginning of the Easter Vigil. Wilbur Koster March 14, 2021 Sun 9am CG Keplinger March 19, 2021 Fri 12:05pm The presence of Jesus transfigures our lives. What This week we will learn about “good news” have you brought back down the Kerragen Ledet March 23,2021 Daily 5:30pm mountain to others? Liturgy of the Pilgrimage: Barry Songy March 21, 2021 Sun 9am John Ourso March 21, 2021 Sun 11am Come, Pilgrimages are popular among Ellen Monteiro March 21, 2021 Sun 9am PRAY FOR: Christina Sparks, Barbara Toups,, Sherman Brown, Lord Jesus! Catholic travelers these days. What is Deanne Vice Lampton March 21, 2021 Sun 11am Airman Wesley Speyrer, Nancy Rivere, Judy Porche, Patty LeJune, a pilgrimage? A pilgrimage is a journey Rev. Roberto Malgesini March 21, 2021 Sun 11am Margaret Gaudet, Robert Cazayoux, Linda Musson, Rosabelle made somewhere for a religious Prosperie, Kayla Dudek Breaux, Percy Lee, Sadie Talbot, (open heart John & Marie Laffitte March 21, 2021 Sun 11am surgery), Barbara Gaidry, Wayne Duplantis, Joy Blanchard, Marie Lenten purpose. It may be to a particular church Billie Perry Mott March 21, 2021 Sun 11am Williams, Roy Reeves, Brenner Winston Babin (cancer), Christian Journey to visit and pray. It may be to a shrine Jimmy Cox March 21, 2021 Sun 9am Olden, Melanie Ougel, Monica Guidroz, Lisa Collins Melancon,Linda or other holy site, to seek intercession Earl Eschete Class of 63 March 21, 2021 Sun 7am Lee, J A Foret, Jason Chaisson, Alana Smith Breaux, Karen Breaux, or pray for a particular intention, like a Oron (Buck) Stutzman March 26, 2021 Fri 12:05pm Kellie Corte, Selma Ferjani, Olivia Niette, Lee Ann D. Leray, Carolyn healing. Thibodeaux, Gerry Fanguy, Ed Borne, Michelle Haydel Capello, Don Barry Songy March 28, 2021 Sun 9am Chauvin, Eric Lapeyre, Phillip Chauvin Jr., Aimee Bourgeois, Nathan Ellen Monteiro March 28, 2021 Sun 9am Bourgeois, Lorraine Robichaux Kleinpeter and for all prayer shawl Prayer + Scripture + Many Catholics will make a pilgrimage to Rome, Lourdes, Fatima, Jason Adam Dupont March 28, 2021 Sun 9am recipients. We also pray for all those who have recently died Dr. Richard + Eucharist + Christian Community + the Camino de Santiago or countless other places in Europe. Addie Lee “T Boy” Domangue March 31, 2021 Daily 5:30pm Wilder, Linda Lehman LeClair, Gloria “Billie” Blanchard Duplantis, and Many will go to the Holy Land to walk in the footsteps of Jesus. But Bart James Guidry it’s important to note that you don’t have to go thousands, or even Journey with us during this holy season of Lent as we study and hundreds of miles to make a pilgrimage. There are probably plenty meditate upon the Sunday Gospels leading to the glorious resurrection Daily Prayers for Priests: of pilgrimage sites right in your own diocese! In the Year of Mercy, of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! Meet weekly with family Heavenly Father, we thank you for the gift of the priesthood. We Francis called for every diocese to have at least one Holy particularly thank you for the priests here in the Diocese of Houma- members, friends, fellow parishioners or join one of our on-line groups STAY INFORMED Door where the faithful could make a pilgrimage. Some- times, when Thibodaux. We ask that you draw them ever closer to the Sacred for a deeper understanding of Jesus’ life and death and victory he Heart of Your Son Jesus. May they experience the depth of communion included with other things like confession and Mass, a pilgrimage claimed for each of us! Prepare for the Easter celebration with a spiritual Please visit the Church website for posts, updates, and news. with you that you long for. Grant them stillness Lord, that they might can even carry an indulgence. https://stfrancisdesaleshouma.org/ perceive your presence. Heighten their spiritual senses that they might journey that will renew your faith and transform your life! see and hear you ever more clearly and feel you ever more deeply. While the two can sometimes intersect, a pilgrimage is different from Remind them of their call. Remind them of all that you have promised On-line group times : Monday 9:00 am; Tuesday 9:00 am; Tuesday Please visit the Church Facebook page for posts, news, and videos. them and they promised you on the sacred day of their ordination. We a vacation. While the purpose of a vacation is to rest, relax and https://www.facebook.com/Cathedral-of-St-Francis-DeSales-Church- 6:00 pm; Thursday 2:00 pm; Thursday 7:00 pm; or Friday 10:00 ask for miracles of renewal in their priestly vocation, Lord. Renew perhaps sightsee. The purpose of a pilgrimage is to grow in faith. Houma-121704657888318/ them in your love and strengthen their resolve to love and serve you. am. Contact Marianne Hebert at the Come, Lord Jesus! office (337- Maybe the next time you travel, you can plan to visit a church or Strengthen their priestly fraternity, Lord, and strengthen the bond 233-6277) for booklets or to sign up for a ZOOM group or call the cathedral or other holy site and make it a pilgrimage! Please visit the Diocese website for the latest news, stories from Bayou between the priests and the Laity, that together Lord, weall might be rectory office at 876-6904. The Church by Gus Lloyd ONE as you are One. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen. Catholic, prayers, videos, etc. https://htdiocese.org/coronavirus

1 4 2nd COLLECTION BAPTISM SEMINAR – APRIL 6, 2021 CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES The next Baptism Seminar will be held March 2nd at MARCH 14, 2021 6:30pm in the convent. These seminars are held on a Weekend of March 14th , our parish will take up The Catholic monthly basis. First time parents and godparents are Relief Services Collection (CRSC). Funds from this collection required to attend this seminar, which emphasizes the provide food to the hungry, support displaced refugees, and bring symbols of Baptism, the rite of Baptism, and the importance of faith in the life of both parents and godparents. Contact the rectory office at 876- Matrimony: Christ’s love and mercy to all people here and abroad. Next week, A calling to forgive! please give generously to the CRSC and help Jesus in disguise. 6904 to sign up for the seminar or schedule a baptism. Learn more about the collection at www.usccb.org/catholic-relief. “Mercy is the force that reawakens us to new life and instills in us the courage to look to the future with hope.” STEWARDSHIP REPORT EUCHARISTIC ADORATION The Adoration Chapel remains open for adorers. We are still Retrouvaille offers a welcoming and loving space to couples who Sunday – February 21, 2021 practicing safety measures, so please wear a mask in the Adoration have been living with the misery of a failing marriage. Retrouvaille Envelopes (125)………...... … $ 7,007 .00 Chapel. offers hope: hope that it is not too late, hope of a different and better Checks (36) ………...... … $ 2,125.00 St. Francis’ Adoration Chapel current hours are 7am-6pm daily marriage. Retrouvaille helps couples to show each other mercy Loose ………………...... ….… $ 2,475.35 (Key fobs allow 24 hours access). All are welcome to come by and through the opportunities it provides to listen, to forgive, to be Total ………………...... …….. $ 11,607.35 spend a few minutes with our Lord. reconciled and to move into their futures believing that God loves Sunday – Donna Lapeyre – Home: 225-937-1861 - them and with His help and their efforts, their marriages can be [email protected] healed and restored. Retrouvaille provides help for marriage Monday – Candy Archila – Home: 985 -868-1792 – problems/difficulties/crises. For confidential information about our PARISH NEWS [email protected] local Retrouvaille Weekend program for couples (March 5-7, 2021), Tuesday – Therese Oubre - Mobile: 225-329-6757 – contact: Bill and Missie @ 985-232-5963 or visit our website: [email protected] HelpOurMarriage.org THE TIE-IN – ST. VINCENT DE PAUL Wednesday – Melanie Babin: 985-709-3754 - [email protected] LENTEN MISSION: BAGS OF HOPE Thursday – Melva Fournier – Home: 985-873-7593 – Lent is a call not just to “give up something” but more important to Mobile: 985-226-7800 - [email protected] “give something for the poor.” Wherever you live in the parish, These 54 students have been identified by a local foundation as Friday – Ana Vice – Mobile: 985-852-8110 – [email protected] there are poor families within walking distance of your home. being “food insecure.” That is to say, apart from the FREE School Saturday – Sue LeBlanc – Home: 985-879-2866 – When in need, they ring the rectory bell. They are, in effect, ringing Breakfast Program and the FREE School Lunch Program, they Mobile: 985-688-9044 - [email protected] your doorbell. aren’t sure when their next meal will be. Your almsgiving in the St. Vincent de Paul poor box will help the poor to celebrate the grace of God’s love this So each Friday, these 54 students from 2 schools receive “Bags COMMUNITY NEWS Easter. of Hope” from their teachers – the hope being that they won’t be too hungry, too long until the following Monday morning. When MINISTERS SCHEDULE If you or someone you know needs assistance, please call 985- the students are at recess, their teachers slip these bags into their 872-2520. After the beep, clearly state your name, phone number, backpacks. ASSISTANCE address, and nature of the request. One of our volunteers will Catholic Charities can assist those with rent and/or utilities if the family WEEKEND OF MARCH 6-7, 2021 call you back to arrange an appointment interview (caller id will was affected by COVID shutdowns, loss of hours at work, or suffered As you think about giving alms this Lent, we invite you to think Commentators not display the number). about these 54 students in Houma: not in Haiti, not in Honduras, some sort of injury or other illness that has prevented them from going but Here, in HOUMA. You might chose to put the bags together to their places of employment and has set them back financially. If you or 4:00 PM Jude Fanguy Did you know that you can give online? someone you know needs assistance, you can access the online 7:00 AM Zeringue Look for this button on our church website. yourselves. Or you might put in money from a snack you might application here: https://www.htdiocese.org/individual-and-family- have given up … and then at the end of the season go and buy 9:00 AM Rebecca Boudloche assistance 11:00 AM Madeline Picou St. - ParishSOFT On-Line Giving snacks … Or bring the money you collected to church and have 5:30 PM Mona Prejean http://www.stfrancisdesaleshouma.org/on-line-giving.html us buy snacks. Lectors Together, let’s give them a reason to have hope. 2021 Annual Bishop’s Appeal All Gifts Provide Hope St Francis de Sales Parish is pleased with the 4:00 PM Lawrence Robinson Snacks or filled bags can be returned to the tables in the Cathedral very good early response to the 2021 Annual Bishop’s Appeal, for which Altar Society or brought to the Church Office. 7:00 AM John Breaux The Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales Altar we are immensely thankful. However, we know that there are still many 9:00 AM James Watkins who have yet to make their commitment. Please prayerfully consider 11:00 AM Jenni McNabb Society is conducting its annual Suggested snack items: membership drive during the month of making a gift to the Annual Bishop’s Appeal by returning your commitment 5:30 PM Anne Bates February. Two types of membership are available, active and card in the offertory or simply mail it to the diocese in the provided inactive. Active members take an active part in the different areas Microwavable mac-n-cheese, raviolis, or soups; granola bars, envelope, or you may also visit www.htdiocese.org/bishopsappeal to Ministers of the Eucharist of the Altar Society ministry. Inactive members support the ministry individual boxes of cereal, pop tarts, individual bags of cookies, make your gift online. Every gift no matter how big or small makes a chips, pringles, goldfish, pretzels, cheese crackers, fruit snacks, difference across our diocese. Your prayers and gifts support: 11 4:00 PM Yvonne Fanguy, Judith Archila, Donna Lapeyre through prayers and/or donations. Dues/donation are $10 per 7:00 AM Kay Stoufflet, C.J. Stoufflet, Evelyn Ruckstuhl year. Envelopes are available on the tables at the doors of the and messages of hope Seminarians’ education, Caring for our 17 retired priests, Youth formation and religious education, and Catholic education through our Catholic 9:00 AM Nelli Chemin, Gail Guillot, Carol Domangue Cathedral. Envelopes may be returned in the Sunday collection 11:00 AM Richard Guidry, Jane Lirette, Rene Rhodes or by mail to the rectory. The continued support of members “Bags of Hope” is “striving to defeat childhood hunger and Schools Office. If you would like more information about the 2021 Appeal, please contact the Annual Bishop’s Appeal Office at 985-850-3122 or 5:30 PM Adrienne Bethancourt, Randy Bethancourt, and parishioners ensures the continuation of the Altar Society empower our youth for success.” Kelli Cazayoux ministry in our parish. email [email protected]

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