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St. Peter Roman Catholic Church Mission Statement o` e Our mission is to proclaim the Kingdom of God by living PARISH the Gospel of Jesus Christ through Word, Sacrament, and Service as taught by the Roman Catholic Church. St. Peter SACRAMENTS Parish is a community of dedicated Catholics centered on Fr. Mark P. Ledoux the Eucharist, which is the source and the summit of all that SACRAMENT OF THE MOST HOLY Pastor we do and hope to become. Approved August 19, 2014 EUCHARIST As a parish, the Holy Sacrifice of the OFFICE HOURS: Monday – Tuesday - Thursday: 8am -12noon, 1pm-4pm Mass is central to who we are and what we do. Wednesday - Friday: 8am-12noon Regular Mass Times are listed on the front of the bulletin. Please contact the office for special Mass Parish Secretary, Bulletin Editor & Safe Environment Coordinator times during Lent and Holy Days of Obligation. To Patricia Blumrich . .. .. .. 896-9408 receive formation for First Holy Communion, Faith Formation Secretary, Parish Receptionist contact the Parish Office, 896-9408. Jody McConnell..... .. 896-9408 SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION Parish Bookkeeper & Cemetery Manager Essential to the Christian Life, the Cindy Courville.. 896-9408 Sacrament of Confession is where we come into Capital Campaign Office Manager contact with Christ who wishes to heal and bless us. Karen Broussard . .. .. … . 896-9408 Regular Confession is an integral part of practicing Parish Deacon our Faith and experiencing the peace and joy of a Deacon Barney Lejeune . .. 896-9408 personal relationship with Jesus. 30 minutes before Carencro Catholic School Principal every Mass, the Sacrament of Confession is offered. If you need to receive the Sacrament of Confession Andre` Angelle . .. 896-8973 for the first time, contact the Parish Office, 896- Perpetual Adoration Coordinators 9408. Gloria Matte . .. .. 658-3759 Melinda Devillier . .. .. 896-1334 SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Neocatechumenal Way Through the waters of Baptism, the new John McConnell . 280-4267 Christian enters the Church and is given Eternal Life. To have your infant baptized, please contact Sacred Music Coordinator the Parish Office at least 2-4 months prior to the Dr. Michael Totaro. .. 896-9408 baby’s due date so that there is enough time to Natural Family Planning complete preparation for the Sacrament. Kirk & Jessica Guilbeau. .. 886-1437 Parents should be registered, Pro-Life Coordinators participating members of the Parish Family. Giuseppe & Iveth Tarantino. .. .. [email protected] Proposed Sponsors (Godparents) should be Come, Lord Jesus Coordinator attending Mass regularly. Both parents and sponsors receive a Baptismal Packet which must be Melinda Devillier . .. .. 896-1334 completed and received before attendance at a Catholic Daughters Baptismal instruction class is scheduled. A GeorgAnna Robichaux. 896-0120 Baptismal date is determined after all Church St. Anne Society requirements are satisfied. Madeline S. Braquet. 896-8703 If you are a parent or an adult seeking the Bonne Mort Society Sacrament of Baptism, please contact the Parish Office, 896-9408. Noreen Breaux . ... 896-8780 Knights of Columbus SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE rd (3 Degree) Matt Arceneaux, Grand Knight . [email protected] In the beginning, God created mankind (4th Degree) Duane Prejean, Faithful Navigator . [email protected] as one, male and female. Christ elevated this union Altar Servers to the level of a Sacrament, an image of His own love Matt Arceneaux .. [email protected] for His Bride, The Church. Our Parish Family is St. Vincent De Paul . .. .. 896-9499 made up of many beautiful marriages who enrich the God’s Little Dusters Church and the world. Couples discerning the vocation of Holy Matrimony should contact the Rose Richard . .. 896-6278 Parish Office to begin the journey of preparing for Usher Coordinator their new life together no later than 6-9 months prior Wilbert Lacombe. .. 896-9615 to the desired wedding date. Cub Scout Pack 497 Bobby Kennerson . 255-0637 SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF Prayer Line THE SICK AND FUNERAL/BURIAL Debbie Young. 280-6662 ARRANGEMENTS Unplanned Pregnancy The Church and her Sacraments For Free Confidential Counseling . .. .. 289-9366 accompany us at every moment of our life. When we are very sick or nearing the end of this life, we receive the healing of Christ through Anointing of the Sick. Please contact the Parish Office, 896-9408, Parish Pastoral Council Members to make an appointment. Also, contact the church office before Corey Bordelon, Chairman, Janet Stelly, Vice-Chairman you contact anyone else in making funeral Matthew Arceneaux, Secretary John Bergeron, Allen Latour, arrangements. We are here to guide you through that Barney Lejeune, Duane Prejean, Carolyn Huval, most difficult time. Olivia Cunningham, Youth Member Linus Cortez, Finance Committee Chair, Bob Simpson, Finance Committee Vice Chair, NEW PARISHIONERS WELCOME Burt Arceneaux, Frank Connolly, Parish Trustees Register at: www.sprcc.org. Or call the parish office. VOLUME 1153 SAINT PETER ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH NUMBER 1152 SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 22, 2018 THIS WEEK: + NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING WEEK GENERATIONS nd th AWARENESS WEEK – JULY 22 – 28 OF LOVE MARK YOUR Humanae Vitae (1968-2018) Celebrate God's Gift of Married Love! CALENDAR NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING AWARENESS WEEK July 22nd – 28th MONDAY – JULY 23 “Celebrate and reverence God's vision of human sexuality." 6:15AM – St. Anne Novena [Church] 6:30AM – Mass “Generations of Love: Humanae vitae (1968-2018)” is the theme 5:30PM – Patriotic Rosary [Church] of this year’s Natural Family Planning Awareness Week, a national TUESDAY – JULY 24 educational campaign of the United States Conference of Catholic 6:15AM – St. Anne Novena [Church] Bishops (USCCB) to celebrate God’s design for married love and 6:30AM – Mass the gift of life and to raise awareness of Natural Family Planning 6:00PM – Choir Practice [Church] (NFP) methods. “NFP,” as the U.S. bishops have written, is WEDNESDAY – JULY 25 supportive of Catholic beliefs about married love because it 6:15AM – St. Anne Novena [Church] “respects the God-given power to love a new human life into being”. 6:30AM – Mass NFP Week 2018 will highlight the 50th anniversary of the 5:30PM – Overeaters Anonymous [St. Anne House] promulgation of Blessed Pope Paul VI’s encyclical, Humanae vitae, 7:00PM – Neocatechumenal Way [St. Anne House] in which he articulates the Church’s teaching about human THURSDAY – JULY 26 sexuality, conjugal love and responsible parenthood. This year’s Feast of St. Anne & St. Joachim theme, “Generations of Love” joyfully commemorates the 50th 6:15AM – St. Anne Novena [Church] anniversary and legacy of Humanae vitae, inviting a reflection on 6:30AM – Mass how openness to God’s plan for married love and responsible 6:30PM – Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus parenthood creates the opportunity for great fruit in the lives of FRIDAY – JULY 27 married couples and their families, a legacy of love for generations 6:30AM – Mass to come. SATURDAY – JULY 28 The dates of Natural Family Planning Awareness Week annually 4:00PM – Mass highlight the anniversary of Humanae vitae (July 25) as well as the 7:00PM – Neocatechumenal Way [St. Anne House] feast of Saints Joachim & Anne (July 26), the parents of the Blessed SUNDAY – JULY 29 Mother. 7:00AM, 10:00AM, 5:30PM Natural Family Planning (NFP) is the general title for the scientific, natural and moral methods of family planning that can help married couples either achieve or postpone pregnancies. A LOVE WHICH IS TOTAL Since the methods of NFP respects the love-giving (unitive) and [Married love] is a love which is total—that very special form life-giving (procreative) nature of the conjugal act, they support of personal friendship in which husband and wife God's design for married love! generously share everything, allowing no unreasonable INTERCESSORY PRAYER TO BLESSED POPE PAUL VI exceptions and not thinking solely of their own convenience. Whoever really loves his partner loves not God our Father, fill all married couples with your love. only for what he receives, but loves that partner for the Give them the grace to love one another every day, living out their promise partner's own sake, content to be able to enrich the other to love, to “will the good” of one another in good times and bad. with the gift of himself. (Humanae vitae no. 9) Help them to imitate your freely given, sacrificial love, that they may choose each day to give of themselves, reflecting your love for us when you sent your Son to die for our sins. HOLY FATHER’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR JULY: We ask this through the intercession of Blessed Pope Paul VI, and in the EVANGELIZATION: Priests & their Pastoral Ministry name of Christ our Lord, Amen. That priests, who experience fatigue and For more information on the Catholic Church’s teachings on marriage and loneliness in their pastoral work, may find help and Natural Family Planning visit www.usccb.org or contact St. Peter Parish’s comfort in their intimacy with the Lord and in their NFP teachers, Kirk & Jessica Guilbeau at 896-1437. friendship with their brother priests. FATHER LEDOUX’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR JULY WORSHIP: Through our parish novena to St. Anne this month: may she, who formed the Blessed Virgin Mary by witness and faithfulness to God’s will, intercede for us as a parish community to remain always trusting and faithful to the will of God in our lives. FAITH FORMATION: May fathers and mothers preparing for their child to receive the Sacrament of Baptism be given the guidance of the Holy Spirit so as to know how to lead their child in the active practice of the Faith amidst the challenges of the world. EVANGELIZATION: That the celebration of our Nation's independence this month serve as a reminder of the Founding Fathers of our Nation's intent that God NOT be absent from our lives in the public square.