Phone: (225) 387-5928 Vol. 88, No. 1

Email: [email protected] Solemnity of the Epiphany

Website: cathedralbr.org January 8, 2017

“We saw His star at its rising , and have come to do Him homage.” Mt 2:2 !

Worship with Us From the Pastor’s Desk Masses Saturday Dear Parishioners and Friends, Anticipated Mass of Sunday 4 pm This is the first time since Christmas that I’ve had Sunday a chance to write a column, so the first thing on my mind 8 am, 10 am (with choir), & 12 noon is to express profound gratitude to everyone who made this year’s Christmas celebrations such a won- Weekdays (Monday-Friday) 12:05 pm derful time. The Parish staff, liturgical ministers, music- Holy Days As announced ians, and decorators all did outstanding work in bringing us together in joyful praise of our newborn King. This weekend’s

Confessions celebration of the Epiphany , remembering how Christ is not just the

Saturday 3 to 3:45 pm Jewish Messiah but also the Savior of everyone else too, will also be a Weekdays 11:30 am special one. And as I write this the New Year seems to be turning out Always on request nicely too, don’t you think? I hope you’ve already noticed the “new look” of this Parish Bulletin . Along with the redesign of our Parish’s website – have you Contact Us gone to http://cathedralbr.org to see it yet? – we’re also updating our Office printed materials as well. The Bulletin , our stationery, and eventually all of our materials will reflect this. 412 North Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802-5496 I also point out to you that our Bulletin is now titled “The Carpenter” : a great name, I think, in a Parish named after St. Monday-Thursday Joseph ! He had many roles, being both spouse of the Blessed Virgin 7:30 am to 12 noon & 1 to 4:30 pm Mary and the foster-father of the child Jesus. He was their guardian Friday 8 am to 12 noon and protector (as evidenced by his leading their escape to Egypt – see Telephone Mt 2:13 ff.) – but even more was the breadwinner who provided for 225-387-5928 their little Holy Family. Fax The Greek word used in the Gospels about St. Joseph’s trade – 225-387-5929 τέκτων (see Mt 13:55a) – actually has a bit broader a meaning than just woodworker: a “carpenter” in Jesus’ day typically was a craftsman Email not only in wood but also in other materials such as stone and offi[email protected] metals. That makes sense: in those pre -i ndustrial days it was best to be a “jack-of-all-trades” in order to support one’s household well. In a sense, that’s what our Bulletin – oops, I have to get used to Personnel and Staff calling it “The Carpenter”! – is meant to do. Yes it publicizes parochial events, but it does so much more. By its content It records and mem- Bishop orializes, it teaches and inspires. It allows those who cannot always Most Rev. Robert W. Muench, D.D. assemble for worship at Mass here to recognize that still they are very [email protected] much a part of our community. Whether you do pick it up in church, Pastor or read it on our website, or get it by email (just let us know you want it this way!), it plays an important role , like St. Joseph did, in our own Very Rev. Paul D. Counce, J.C.L. “holy family” of our Parish! I hope you like it! [email protected] Y ours in Christ, light to all nations, Director of Administration Mrs. Sheila G. Juneau [email protected] Receptionist (vacant) [email protected] Special Thanks to our Pastoral Assistant “Advertiser of the Week” Mr. Christopher Redden [email protected] Michael Reese Davis Director of Music  Mr. Robbie A. Giroir Attorney at Law [email protected] 225-298-8118

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Collection This Weekend Weekly Calendar

Our monthly collection For Sunday, January 8 the Maintenance and Repair of the Choir Rehearsal – 9 am Cathedral will be taken up this Ladies of the Cathedral – 9 am first full weekend of the new year Nursery (6 mos. to 6 yrs.) during 10 am Mass of 2017, January 7/8. Please help us to keep Parish School of Religion – 11 am our historic building in good repair as we Baptism – 11:05 am move forward into the future! At 12 noon Mass we welcome Father Frank Uter and the Confirmation Class of Immaculate PSR Session This Sunday! Conception Parish in Denham Springs!

! Please remember that if Monday, January 9 your children are enrolled in our Parish School of Religion both No confessions or daily Mass the children and their parents will RCIA – 6:30 pm meet at 11 am this Sunday, Janu- Pre-Baptismal Parents’ Seminar – 6:30 pm ary 8, 2017, in the Parish Hall! Tuesday, January 10 No confessions or daily Mass Pre-Baptismal Preparation Cemetery Fund Board – 5 pm

! Parents preparing for the Wednesday, January 11 baptism of a child are reminded that they must attend a pre- No confessions or daily Mass Baptismal par ents’ sem in ar . The Choir Rehearsal – 6:25 pm next seminar here is scheduled for KC Council – 7 pm this Monday, January 9, at 6:30 pm , and is Small Christian Community – 7 pm held in the Conference Room of our Parish Office. Please register first, either by calling Thursday, January 12 225-387-5928 or simply by sending an email No confessions or daily Mass to offi[email protected] – we need to know Crockett/Daigle Rehearsal – 6:30 pm how many will be attending! Friday, January 13 Crockett/Daigle Wedding – 7 pm Mass & Office Schedule ! Please note that both the Cath- Saturday, January 14 edral and the Parish Office will be Farmer’s Market – 8 am CLOSED on Monday, January 16,

2017 , in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday.

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Stewardship of Treasure Sacramental Preparation

! The regular collection over the weekend of De- ! Not only our own parishioners and friends cember 10/11 totaled $8,477.00 ($7,743.00 from 130 but Catholics from throughout the Diocese of Baton Identified Givers and another $734.00 in the loose Rouge are welcome to choose their Cathedral for the collection). The special appeal for the Retirement Fund celebration of the Sacraments. These important spir- for Religious brought in $5,609.06 ($3,785.00 from 49 itual events are always scheduled through our Parish Identified Givers, and $1,824.06 in the loose collec- Office (you can just simply call 225-387-5928 or email tion). offi[email protected] ). The regular collection over the December 17/18 weekend brought in $10,176.50 ($9,205.50 Infant Baptism from 139 Identified Givers and the remaining $971.00 ! Parents must attend a required pre-baptismal in the loose collection). parents’ seminar as well as schedule the baptism. !

The regular collection for the Christmas week- end of December 24/25 totaled $37,046.50 (214 Iden- Adult Baptism tified Givers offering $33,143.50 and the remaining $3,903.00 in the loose collection). And the collection ! Preparation for adult Sacramental Initiation to defray our costs for required Diocesan Services (Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist) takes place as came to $1,137.00 from 24 Identified Givers. Addition- part of the Parish’s RCIA process throughout the year. ally, $2,941.00 from 59 Identified Givers was collected ! to defray the costs of our Christmas Flowers . First Penance & First Eucharist ! We highly recommend that you adopt the use ! of the “Bill Pay” feature of your banking software to Second grade children, no matter where they set up an automatic payment from your checking ac- attend elementary school, are prepared for these Sac- count to us every month. This service costs you noth- raments each school-year within a special program ing and the Parish gets every penny of your donation. here. Should we move to accept credit cards or make au- ! thorized withdrawals from your accounts, a percent- Confirmation ! age of the transactions will end up going to the bank! ! Special, brief preparation programs are held Special donations are also welcome, whether here each Spring, one for our parish’s teenagers who these are memorial gifts in honor of departed loved are in the eleventh grade, and another for other ones or living persons you wish to honor by your gift. adults who wish to be confirmed. You can remember someone’s birthday – or their death-day, when they began a new and eternal life. ! You can include the Cathedral in your will or living Matrimony trust, providing for the future out of future resources! You can sponsor the flower arrangements for our Church regulations require at least six weekend and special event Masses. And finally, have months of preparation for any wedding. Our advice is you ever considered helping us with the cost of things to call well in advance of that time if you wish to re- like altar linens, furniture or statuary used in church? serve a wedding date and receive information: our facilities are often booked in advance well over a year Mrs. Sheila Juneau, our Director of Admin- ahead-of-time! One’s own parish priest or deacon is istration, will be happy to answer all of your general expected to supervise the mandatory Catholic pre- financial questions . Just give her a call at 225-387- nuptial preparation and to officiate at the wedding 5928 or send an email to offi[email protected] . ceremony here.

St. Joseph Cathedral Parish’s “Vision Statement” “To be the Mother Church, the servant of the Diocese of Baton Rouge, and a community celebrating the loving presence of Christ with strength, compassion and caring for all God’s people.”

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Prayer for Racial God our Father, Harmony You call us to love one another as You have loved us. ! Did you know that the Diocese of Baton We pray for the conversion of hearts in our Diocese Rouge established a special Racial Harmony of Baton Rouge, to bring about racial harmony Commission after the tensions of last summer? Its rooted in Your Son, Jesus Christ. mission is to build bridges in our community by Through the power of the Holy Spirit, strip us of our fostering racial harmony through prayer, pride, mistrust and prejudices, so that we may be dialogue and action , rooted in respect for others able to dialogue with one another to build and in love of neighbor as commanded by our communities where justice, peace and love Lord Jesus Christ. flourish. Everyone is encouraged to add the We ask these blessings trusting in the infinite mercy following prayer to their daily schedule – perhaps of Jesus and the intercession of Mary, our before you go to sleep each night? – and work Mother. toward improving our love and acceptance of everyone in our community. Amen.

We would like to thank the following for donations made for the Christmas flowers and décor of the Cathedral during this Christmas Season:

John G. Turner (IMO Bert Turner, IHO Sue Turner); Carolyn Daigle (IMO Euzelien J. Daigle); Albertha Mathews (IMO Joseph L. Mathews, Rosa Bell Brown, Lucien Brown, Rosa M. Johnson and Clarance P. Johnson); Goldie Domingue; Barbara Williams (IMO Rita Butler Benton, John H. Williams); Dr. Robert Grissom; Malaura Blanchard (IMO Mark John Blanchard); M/M Barry Erwin (IMO Ed Anderson, John Durusau and Nancy Erwin); M/M Waldon Aucoin; M/M F.S. Dalmau (IMO Pablo Rodriguez); Elizabeth Boyd; Mary Spera; Mortimer Currier; Richard/Geri Munson (IHO Jesus, Mary and Joseph); Jane Baudry (IMO Cleve Bordelon, Sadie Bordelon and Denver Denison); Mary McCowan (IMO M/M Charles McCowan Sr. and M/M Paul Hebert, Sr.); M/M Rhett Desselle (IMO M/M William Drabar, M/M Edgar Desselle and M/M Sam Ballard); Mary Furlow; Bruce Thomas; M/M Lloyd LeBlanc; D/M Henry Olinde; M/M Charles Walker (IMO Regina Tourere, Bernie Tourere and Lucille Harrop); M/M Keith Sehon (IMO Robert and Rita Sehon, Robert and Annie Mae Cassagne, Ferrell and Carolyn Sehon, Joseph and Lucille Fritscher, Robert Craig Sehon and Gary Bordelon); Elizabeth Fontenot (IMO Mildred David, Lionel David, Vivian Fontenot and Emeuze Fontenot); Sharon Lambert (IHO Joe and Betty Blanchard); Stephanie Garland (IMO M/M Sam Marino and Gina Pona); Peter Territo, Jr.; Monica Keenan (IMO M/M John Lazur, Bernard Lazur, M/M J.R. Keenan, Robert Yesho and Jesse Ayala); Patricia Miller (IMO Dorman Miller and Kaye Harris Gibson); M/M Christopher Malbrue; Douglas Dodd; Toni Willeford (IMO Anthony and Myrtis Cashiola, Delores Bergeron and Charles Willeford); M/M Chris Gaudet (IMO Buck and Daisy Cannon and Robert and Millie Gaudet); Joseph and Amy Maggio (IMO Simon Maggio Family); Charlotte Anthony (IMO Clarence Anthony); Barbara Roos; Clark Vega (IMO Benjamin C. Vega, Jr., Dorothy P. Vega and Joyce P. Corry); Loretta Singleton (IMO Weston and Hazel Singleton and Judy Singleton); Paula Gieron; M/M Michael Moss; M/M Earl Phillips (IMO Raymond Dantin, Jay Dantin and Peggy Wilks); M/M George Privat; M/M Rob Montanaro; M/M Chip Landry (IMO M/M Victor Verbois, Sr., M/M Curvey P. Landry, Sr., Victor Verbois, Jr., M/M Thomas B. Landry and Alexander Verbois/Corrine Alexander Verbois); Patricia Melancon (IMO Nell Starkey, Debbie Noland and Johnny Starkey); M/M John and Chris Nowak (IMO Robert Lipinski and Thelma Boop); M/M Donald Daigle (IMO M/M Gabriel Bourgeois, M/M Gabriel Daigle, Dot Craig, Louella Matte, Madeline Duncan and Larry Bourgeois); Catherine Perkins (IMO Ernest Louis Perkins, Sr., Ernest Louis (Moon) Perkins, Jr., Richard Earl White, George R. Clark and Joseph Valentine, Sr. and Jr.); Erick Swenson (IMO Deceased of the Parish); M/M Thomas Acosta (IMO William Matthew Acosta, Deceased members of Acosta, Broussard, Mouch and Guillot Families); Dorothy Hall (IMO Stella and Willie Stewart, Sr., Willie Stewart, Jr., the Patterson, Philson and James Families, Ms. Bettye Collins, Ms. Veolet I. Morgan) (IHO Fr. Gerard Young and Bishop Shelton Fabre); Dorothy P. Thompson; Elizabeth Kelley (IMO M/M John H. Potts, Sr., M/M John H. Potts, Jr., Edward M. Kelley, Patrick Jones, Ellen Pitre Potts and Susan L. Meyer); M/M Marino Casem; Ginnie Bolin; Holiday Helpers of Baton Rouge; Hal and Carolyn Lancon; and the Counce Family (IMO Harold and Lettie Counce, and Katherine Counce Bowling).

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Un Ti Morceau (“A Little Something”) In this series of ti morceaux I’m explaining the work of our Diocesan Tribunal , the judicial branch of the local Church. The other judges and I are helped by additional ministry personnel, of course – we don’t and can’t do everything! In the last morceau , I referenced the promoter of justice and especially the defenders of the bond ; one of the latter is always involved in a marriage annulment case, which is the most frequent kind of work we do. Still, there are other helpful roles. In any case, of course, a party is free to be represented by a procurator (proxy) of their choosing, and in judicial cases it is also possible to have a canonical advocate to argue one’s case before the Court. Now I’ll be honest: in our country we just don’t have sufficient numbers of canon lawyers to undertake these roles very often. I suspect that only in Rome is representation at Court by one’s own personal canonist very common! But what we do have here in the Diocese of Baton Rouge are a number of persons trained as case sponsors . Mostly on the parish level, these persons help petitioners and respondents prepare the necessary paperwork, act as a “go between” when needed, and perhaps most of all offer an understanding ear to them throughout the Tribunal’s evaluative process. Most of our case sponsors are laity, but there are a number of clergy – that is, priests and deacons – who are also active and effective in this important work. As judicial vicar, I try to offer the needed training to the case sponsors, and also generally guide their work. That’s quite a challenging part of my job: canon law is not the most accessible of religious subject-matter, and often even a very good Catholic and effective minister in the Church knows very little of it. But our case sponsors want and need to offer correct and cogent explanations to their neighbors who desire the services of the Tribunal, so I and Fathers David and Dufresne offer occasional informal classes and presentations to help them. From the support our Tribunal gets from the overall diocesan community, I guess we’re doing a good job! - Fr. Paul Counce

Liturgical Ministers’ Schedule for next Weekend !

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