HOLY GHOST 747 N Union Street Church: (337) 942R2732 P.O. Box 1785 Fax: (337) 948R4108 Opelousas, LA 70570   Religious Ed: (337) 948R4722  Website: www.hgcatholic.org  Parish Office Hours: MondayRThursday: 8:30a.m.R12 noon; 1:00p.m.R4:00p.m. Friday 8:30a.m. T12 noon Founded: October 7, 1920 by Fr. James A. Hyland, C.S.Sp.,  Staffed by Divine Word Missionaries  Corpus Christi Procession

   CLERGY CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST Rev. Lambert A. Lein, S.V.D., Pastor ([email protected]) AnticipatedSaturdays: 5:00 p.m. Rev. Rofinus Jas, S.V.D., Associate Pastor  Sundays: 7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.  ([email protected]) 5:30 p.m. Deacon Charles R. Richard, Permanent Deacon Monday thru Friday PARISH STAFF 7:00 a.m. Deacon Charles R. Richard, Business Manager First Saturday: 8:00 a.m. Holydays: 6:00 p.m. (anticipated ) & 7:00 a.m.  ([email protected])  Mrs. Deborah Reed, Administrative Assistant  ([email protected]) SACRAMENTS  Ms. Donna Fontenot, Secretary ([email protected])  Mrs. Tamara Broussard and Mrs. Barbara Butler,  Reconciliation Directors of Religious Education ([email protected]) Saturday 4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. During the week: 6:30 a.m. and at Ms Anitria Gradnigo, Youth Director  any time by appointment. ([email protected]) Baptism Mr. Marion Leday, Maintenance Supervisor  Please meet with a priest to register for the Baptism preparation Pastoral Council Class which usually takes place on the first Sunday of the month. Mr. Farice Daigle, President Baptism is usually done on the Saturday following the Class.  Mrs. Madeline Taylor, Vice President  Mrs. Toni D. Guillory, Secretary Matrimony Mr. John Kerstan Major, Trustee Make arrangements with a priest at least six months prior to wedding Mrs. Della Manuel, Trustee date. 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 14, 2019 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 14, 2019

Holy Ghost Mission Statement: BIBLE STUDY  Holy Ghost Faith Community invites ANNOUNCEMENT! its members to a personal conversion Come and explore the Gospel of Matthew! This Advent we will begin to God the Father through the Liturgical Year A. We will be reading from the Gospel of Matthew on Son in the Holy Spirit and is Sundays. When and how did Matthew write? What forces shaped his committed to teach and share the thoughts and theology? What makes Matthew’s Gospel unique? How does Good News of Christ to others. Matthew’s Gospel portray Jesus and his disciples? What questions will you bring with you? Join in the journey from the Crib to the Cross, Holy Ghost Church Weekly  Resurrection and beyond starting Wednesday, September 4th Activities through Wednesday, October 16th. The class will be guided by Sr.  Charlotte LeBoeuf, MSC Monday, July 15 7:00 a.m. Mass 12:00 p.m. Community Diner  SVD Youth Day Conference 3:00 p.m. Legion of Mary Saturday, September 28, 2019 6:00 p.m. Health Ministry 8:00 a.m.N5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Charismatic Prayer Group Holy Ghost Parish Life Center  Registration is now in progress in the Parish Office. Tuesday, July 16 Registration fee: For NonHoly Ghost Youth 7:00 a.m. Mass $20.00 (includes  12:00 p.m. Community Diner  TShirt). Holy Ghost Youth $10.00 to purchase their own   TShirt. Wednesday, July 17 7:00 a.m. Mass  Registration forms also available online at 12:00 p.m. Community Diner www.hgcatholic.org  Thursday, July 18 Holy Ghost Married Couples Ministry Cruise 7:00 a.m. Mass  Holy Ghost Married Couples Ministry is planning a 4 day cruise to Friday, July 19 Cozumel, Mexico departing from , LA on Thursday, February 7:00 a.m. Mass 6, 2020 and returning on Monday, February 10, 2020. Cost per person is  approximately $363.52. Married couples who are interested please sign your Saturday, July 20 name in the binder at the Church entrance or call the parish office for 4:00 p.m. Reconciliation more information. 5:00 p.m. Anticipated Mass   Holy Ghost Married Couples Ministry  Sunday, July 21 7:00 a.m. Mass Holy Ghost Married Couples Ministry will begin a married couples study 9:00 a.m. Mass  and reflection on Pope Francis’ Apostolic teaching on “The Joy of Love”. This eightweek series of study and reflection will be held on Thursdays 11:00 a.m. Mass  th 5:30 p.m. Mass at 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Life Center starting on July 11 . Interested couples are asked to signup in the binder at the entrance of the church or at the parish office during normal business hours. Pastoral Council Elections The nomination period for Pastoral Council Elections has been extended until July 31. This year we are electing Religious Education Registration will continue thru September 1st in the Parish 3 members. (2 males and 1 Office. The Directors of Religious Education will be available in the vestibule of the female). Nomination forms are church after each mass on the weekends of August 18 and 25th. Registration fee is as available in the vestibule of the follows: church and may be returned in the  $20.00M 1st child box located there or in the Parish  $15.00M 2nd child Office. Thanks for your prayerful  $10.00M 3rd child consideration during this process! CCD classes will begin on Sunday, September 8th.  Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 14, 2019

REFLECTIONS ON LIFE: DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY PLUS FIVE IN BROUSSARD LA

By: Fr. Jerome LeDoux (Published with permission; By Fr. Lambert Lein, S.V.D.)   Seventyfive years ago, Harold Robert Perry was entering his final year of theology at Saint Augustine Major Seminary in Bay Saint Louis, . At the age of 13, I was just beginning my first year of studies at Saint Augustine Minor Seminary in September, 1943. Homesick after some hours of my first day there, I sat down on the steps of the auditorium and cried myself to sleep. Evidently alerted by someone, Harold approached me and we talked about my homesickness. Buoyed by his words, I got up, walked around and was soon running wild with the other boys. That was my first and only instance of homesickness in the seminary.   How many others did Harold help along the way? He was ordained to the priesthood on January 6, 1944. He was the 26th African American to be ordained a Catholic priest. Unbelievably, there was just over a score of U.S. black priests at that time, compared to about 250 now, most of them not members of the Society of the Divine Word. There are also well over 400 black permanent deacons now.  His first assignment was as associate pastor at Immaculate Heart Of Mary Church in Lafayette until 1948, when he was transferred to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Saint Martinville. Next, he served at Saint Peter Church in Pine Bluff, 194951 and at Saint Gabriel Church in Mound Bayou, Mississippi 195152, before returning to in 1952 as founding pastor of Saint Joseph Church in Broussard, Louisiana. Thus, sixtyfive years ago, during his six years as pastor, he built the church, rectory and school. Reflecting on Father Harold Perry’s historic pastorate at Saint Joseph Church in Broussard in 1952, I penned the following reflections on his ministry March 30, 2009.    “Il semble comme nous!” (He looks like us).  With recognition and pleasure, the Creolespeaking gens de couleur (colored people) of the townlet of Broussard (circa 10,000), Louisiana proudly commented on the image of Jesus Christ concreted in relief against the wall above the front entrance of their spanking new church. “He looks like us!” they exulted, much to the delight of their new pastor, Rev. Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. After all, years ahead of his time, it was a bold statement back in 1952 for him to dare depict Jesus with obviously Negroid features. As I introduced a parish revival there at Saint Joseph Church in 2014, I was pleased to learn that many recalled having said that at their church’s birth.   Since his ordination on January 6, 1944, Father Perry had cut his pastoral teeth under the tutelage of the first four black SVDs ordained in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi May 23, 1934: Anthony Bourges, Maurice Rousseve, Vincent Smith and Francis Wade.   Taught well by the Famous Four, Harold, a native of Lake Charles 83 miles to the west, was now on his own in the middle of Acadiana, surrounded by sugar cane as far as the eye could see, plus Louisiana yams, soybeans and other favorite staples. Named of his Alma Mater, Saint Augustine Divine Word Seminary in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi in 1958, Father Perry was elected of the SVD Southern province of the U.S.A., in 1964. He was ordained a bishop for the Archdiocese of New Orleans by Archbishop , the Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S., on January 6, 1966 in the CathedralBasilica of Saint Louis, King of France.   Led by Father Thomas James, S.V.D., the current pastor of Saint Joseph Church in Broussard, Louisiana, the parishioners of Saint Joseph Church hosted a Founder’s Day Prayer Breakfast of Gratitude at the Bishop Perry Learning Center of the church on Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. Saints Joseph/Anthony Gospel choir fired all with Lead Me Guide Me, keying a 30minute prayer service of gratitude that segued into breakfast. Another song preceded the ritual burning of Petitions written by the folks. A song led into the presentation of a glassetched portrait of Bishop Harold Perry to his family and another to the people of Saint Joseph Church, then remarks by Doctor James Perry, D.D.S., the youngest and onlysurviving Bishop Perry’s sibling. Guest speaker, Perry cousin Father Jerome LeDoux, S.V.D., addressed the group. Father Thomas James offered a joyous closing prayer of thanksgiving.   For the adventurous, a trolley car toured Holy Rosary Institute, Avery Island and Vermilionville where 34 pickup musicians thrilled us with guitars, violins, etc. Bishop Charles Michael Jarrell and two concelebrants led a festive Mass of thanksgiving with a full house in Saint Joseph Church at 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning. A light closing repast in the Bishop Perry Learning Center concluded the festivities.  "God is love, and all who abide in love abide in God and God in them." (1 John 4:16) Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 14, 2019 GIFTS TO GOD’S WORK Extraordinary  Readers Ministers July 20/21 Weekend of June 15/16, 2019 Week #49 July 20/21 Offering………….. $ 9,945.92 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Children’s Collection… 7.00 J. Andrus J. Lazard Capital Campaign Receipts…. 79.00  C. Williams L. Balthazar Other Receipts……. 1,280.00 D. Lastrapes  Total Receipts $ 11,311.92 T. Dauterive  L. Rideaux Required Wkly Average Collection: K. Guillory Parish Operation Budget FY 20182019  $ 17,962.00 7:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. D. Reed  M. Leday Weekend of June 22/23, 2019 Week #50 N. Anderson N. Anderson Offering………….. $ 9,650.97 E. Rami Children’s Collection… 12.00 C. Esprit L. Bellard Capital Campaign Receipts…. 282.00  M. Jerry Other Receipts……. 2,120.00 M. Lastrapes Total Receipts $ 12,064.97   9:00 a.m. Required Wkly Average Collection: 9:00 a.m. L.L. Florence Parish Operation Budget FY 20182019 G. Batiste  J. Sonnier $ 17,962.00 A. Charles D. Manuel G. Richard Weekend of June 29/30, 2019 Week #51 R. Guillory Offering………….. $ 10,625.05 J. Jason Children’s Collection… 8.25 D. Minix Capital Campaign Receipts…. 3,070.00  R. Minix Other Receipts……. 4,733.00 11:00 a.m.  11:00 a.m. P. Malveaux Total Receipts $ 18,436.30 K. Major C. Davis  M. Major Required Wkly Average Collection: C. Thomas Parish Operation Budget FY 20182019 R. Anderson  $ 17,962.00 J. Henry M. Doucet D. West Prayer for Safety In Hurricane Season  A. Payne 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble D. Hill R. Semien R. Tatum voices of your children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed Your D. Durald  order and returned to its former quietude. You are still the B. Esprit Master of land and sea. We live in the shadow of a danger F. Pickney over which we have no control: the Gulf, like a provoked W. Richard and angry giant, can awake from its seeming lethargy, D. Hill overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land, and spread chaos and disaster. During this hurricane season we Pray for a Priest turn to You, O loving Father. Spare us from past 14 Rev. Brian Garry, SJ tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose 15 Rev. William Gearheard wounds seem to refuse to heal with passing of time. O 16 Rev. Taj Glodd Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our beloved Mother, we ask 17 Rev. Arulsamy Gnanavoli, SVD you to plead with your Son on our behalf, so that spared 18 Msgr. Richard Greene from the calamities common to this area and animated 19 Rev. Mitchell Guidry 20 Rev. Brad Guillory, Ch. Capt. USAF with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the foot- Eternal Father, we lift up to You these and all the steps of your Divine Son to reach the heavenly priests of the world. Sanctify them. Heal and guide Jerusalem, where a stormless eternity awaits us. Amen. them. Mold them into the likeness of Your Son, Jesus, the Eternal High Priest. May their lives be pleasing to you. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 14, 2019

Mass Intentions Weekday Mass Intentions Saturday, July 13, 2019 Monday, July 15, 2019 5:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m. For the Deceased: Linda J. Richard; Kay Castille, Martine For the Deceased: Joseph Thomas, Alcide Thomas, Sr. Castille, Herbert Castille; Mildred Carriere, Herman Carriere, (B) Granger family, Cecelia and Audrey; Mary Alice Barrow, Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Cecilia Barrow, Paul Barrow; Mary LaDay, Della R. For the Living: Marlie Jade Franklin (10th B),  LaDay; Beverly Narcisse and deceased members of the Vashia Sias, Alecia Franklin Sias and Narcisse family; Goldman and Helen C. Reynaud For the Deceased: Gregory Miko Haynes, Sr.;  and deceased members of the Chenier and Reynaud families,  Antoine and Antonia C. Rivette and deceased members of the Wednesday, July 19, 2019 Comeaux and Rivette families Holy Ghost Parishioners Sunday, July 14, 2019  7:00 a.m. Thursday, July 18, 2019 For the Living: M/M Gilbert A. Jerry, Jr. and family, M/ For the Deceased: Hardy, Azeline, and Mitchell Theriot  M Hubert A. Jerry and family, Carlton Handy, Sr. and  family  Friday, July 19, 2019 For the Deceased: Deceased members of the Esprit, Savant, Holy Ghost Parishioners and Robert, family; M/M Charlie (Madeline) Robinson, M/M Gilbert (Hester) Jerry, Mable Handy; Audrey Prince Owens, Cora Prince, Lee Prince, Paul M. Prince(1st A), Poochie Pray for the sick Sam, Jr. Joseph Sam, Sr.; Benjamin, Marie, Curt, Lorenzo Please keep the following parishioners in your prayers and Dixie Chenier; Junius and Lillian LeBlanc, Glenn Keith Patrick Aggison, Ruby Aggison, James Albert, Anthony Alexander, Debra Thomas  Alexander, Terri Allen, Vertie Amos, Eva Antoine, Berchman Babineaux, 9:00 a.m. Joyce Babineaux, Joseph Baker, Mary Alice Benoit, Matthew Briscoe, For the Deceased: Eugene Zachary, Theo and Eloise Timothy Bryant, Ann Carrier, Andre Carron, Orelin Carter, Lucille Lastrapes Champagne, Gertrude Charles, Martha Charles, Annie Gailes; Mary B. Butler, Amelia B. Butler, Gerald Butler, Chavis, Pamela Chenier, Lloyd Cormier, Helen Cretien, Joseph Louis Butler, Sr., John P. Butler, Sr., Mary Butler Curtis, Rita Daniel, Irma J. Dartez, Bertha Davis, Lexy Dean, RaShon McCoy; Christopher D. Thomas; Jessie Johnson; Joseph Dean, Serita Declouette, Ethel DeJean, Elouise Demouchet, Theresa and Lee Audrey Beverly; Peter Brown, Sr., Cecilia Donatto, Barbara R. A. Durousseau, Elise Douresseau, Irma Chavis Brown, Peter Brown, Jr.; Donald West Tate; Durousseau, Laura Durousseau, Willie Durousseau, Betty Hamilton Donatto, Chavis and Donatto families; Malcolm Edmond, Donald Elder, Armand Espree, Jr., Frank Esprit, Sr., Gail Xavier Broussard and members of the Broussard and Finley, Lucius Florence, Jr., Shirley Francis, Joe Raphael Frank, Jardouin families; Clara Mae Pickens, Sterling Keys, Lawrence Frank, Spencer Gallow, Hilda Garderer, Bessie Garrett, Helen Giron, Cynthia Green, Barbara Guillory, Thelma Guillory, Clara Bell Pickens, Peggy Lee Sylvester, Peter Pickens; Leonard Hamiliton, Wilda Handy, Justine Hardy, Linda Hardy, Douglas Kimble and deceased members of the Kimble Timothy Hardy, Jr., Timothy Hardy, Sr., Ethel Hawkins, George Hill, and Broussard families; Mitchell and Leonor Olivier; Cleveland Hooper, Connie Hooper, Marie Jackson, Aaron Johnson, Gregory L. Washington, Sr., Gregory L. Washington, Jr.; Florence Johnson, M/M Joe Johnson, Mary Johnson, Thomas Judy Singleton, Weston Singleton, Hazel Singleton; Bernard Johnson, John C. Jolivette, Gene Jolivette, Frazier Jordan, John Lewis, Sr., Victoria A. Lewis, Vickie Lester Lewis; Alvin Leger, John Landry, Keirstan LeCompte, Rose M. Leger, Amos Janice; John Miller, Jr.; Mildred Hiner Gordon, Ruby Lewis, Paul L. Lewis, Georgia McCloud, Darryl Mason, Anastasia Rideau Gordon, Henry Gordon; Ella Mae Fitzgerald, Venecia Mason, Ezola Mayfield, Lisa Meche, Rosa Myers, Edward Mixon, Sr., Judy Durousseau (A) Gladys Bowman Emma Montgomery, Joyce Mouton, Debra Murray, Shirley Narcisse, Leona Nash, Leonard Nash, Dorothy Payne, Florence Pickney, Mark  Rachal, Jetta Ann Rawdon, Emily Richard, Joyce Richard, Lucille 11:00 a.m. Richard, Ruby D. Richard, Shirley Richard, Jenita Robert, Victoria For the Deceased: Charles Richard, Jr., Zack and Leona Robert, Mary Rubin, Gregory Savoie, Makayla Savoie, Sonja Richard, Members of the Richard and Collins families; Semien, Irma Singleton, Shirley Stevens, Eula Sylvester, Germaine Joseph Durousseau, Brenda FontenotDurousseau, Wilfred Thierry, Gretchen Thomas, Adilynne Troullies, Lillie Turner, Octavia Lemelle; John Durousseau; Martina Tatiana C. Richard, Valliere, Gloria Washington, Mary A. White, Brenda Williams, Calvin and Dianne Amos, Clifton Babineaux; Joseph John Eugene Woods, Zachary, Major & Gilbert families, SVD Benefactors Lewis III and deceased members of the Lewis family; Vincent Charles (21st A), Morris and Cornelia Charles and deceased members of the Charles family; Therzile A. Jolivette, Bertha Lemelle, John E. Jolivette   5:30 p.m. Holy Ghost Parishioners Word Broken, Word Shared Editor: Hilarion Kistner, OFM, STD, SSL. Exegesis: G: Fr. Eugene Hensell, OSB, Fr. Hilarion Kistner, OFM, Fr. Timothy Schehr, SSL  Published by Franciscan Media, 28 W. Liberty Street, Cincinna, Ohio 45202. www.franciscanmedia.org (The following exegesis is provided for the parishioners of Holy Ghost to deepen their understanding of the Word as heard on Weekend Mass. Please use it for your reflecon throughout the week and for sharing around your dinner table with family.) Published with permission;  Title by Fr. Jaison Mangalath, S.V.D. Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 14, 2019

Exegesis of the 1st Reading: Deuteronomy 30:10M14 a Jew is severely mugged by a robber while traveling Moses gives the people of Israel the skills they need to from Jerusalem to Jericho. The one mugged is alive but survive after they cross the Jordan River into the promised helpless. A priest and a Levite have the opportunity to land. They will survive if they understand they need God help the injured person, but for reasons unstated they pass just as much in that land of plenty as they needed God in him by. This sets up the tension for the audience to wonder the desert. If they imagine they can be selfreliant in Canaan, who else might come along that road and will that person they will soon discover their mistake. The promised land aid the man who is helpless? Everyone listening to Jesus is a gift from God. If they neglect the Giver, the gift may tell this story is hoping that the hero will be from his or be lost. her group.   1) God’s word. Moses explains that the commandments 2) A shocker. Jesus continues by stating that a Samaritan and statutes of God’s law have been given for their benefit. traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion They can be confident because in these directives they at his need. Absolute silence would then have fallen upon have all the guidance they need to remain in right relationship the audience. Jews and Samaritans had hated one another with God. They do not have to worry that there is some for centuries. No Samaritan would help a Jew, and no unwritten expectation God has of them. Moses urges Jew would ever help a Samaritan. They were deepseated them to make sure their loyalty to God is sincere. Their enemies. Even the injured person would much rather die heart and soul should be fully engaged in service to God. than accept help from a Samaritan. Jesus is well aware of  all this and has deliberately picked a hero whom every- 2) Within. Moses reminds the tribes of Israel that God’s one would reject hands down. law is not something they have to discover by means of a  long and arduous journey of exploration. Curiously, if 3) Why would Jesus do such a thing? First of all, Jesus they had to put such effort into finding God’s law, they is teaching a hard lesson: No one has exclusive rights on would probably be more motivated to keep it. But God’s God’s avenues of grace. No one is offlimits for God. expectations of them are neither mysterious nor remote. Humans do not determine who is acceptable or unacceptable God’s commands are entirely compatible with their identity to God. Second, Luke wants to extend Jesus’ teaching to as God’s chosen people. God’s expectations of them proclaim that a neighbor is not determined solely by racial, come from within. They need only take on a spirit of cultural, or religious heritage. As Jesus has clearly shown humble service to God to understand what God wants of with this story, a neighbor is anyone who acts out of love them. Pride is an obstacle to such service; humility is the for God and meets people’s needs with love. Finally, it is key. important to realize that the person who has been mugged  and rendered helpless along the side of the road is actually Exegesis of the 2nd Reading: Colossians 1:15M20 the reader or hearer of the story. We like to think we are  in control and in charge of how God works and through 1) Power. Paul assures the faithful in Colossae that Jesus whom God chooses to work. We also think it is always is above all created things. There is nothing that can people just like us. Jesus points out that our thinking is challenge his power. way too small and narrow.  2) Peace. Paul also assures them that Jesus is the head of the body, which is the Church. His death on the cross has restored the bond between God and people.  Exegesis of the Gospel: Luke 10:25M37 Today’s Gospel explores the question of identifying one’s neighbor. This was obviously a problem in Luke’s Christian community. The setting is a controversy between Jesus and a scholar of the law. Jesus responds to the scholar with a story that the ordinary JewNlet alone the scholarNwould have found extremely shocking. 1) No help. The story describes a realistic situation where The Superette Retail Store Germaine Robinson, PD 825 N. Union St. 337-546-6042 Opelousas, LA 70570 929 N Main St. • Opelousas, LA 324 West Landry Street | Opelousas LA 70570 THRIFT CLINIC ph (337) 948-4441 942-9701 toll free 800-356-6776 1230 West Laurel • Eunice PHARMACY fax (337) 948-4442 roymotors.com www.mmrblawoffice.com www.eunicesuperette.com 337-948-4441 337-948-0808 1415 Jean Kayla Dr. • Opelousas Caring Hands Gravesite maintenance services. Service... The American Way Memorial & Spiritual gifts, Opelousas, Lawtell, Port Barre, silk arrangement placement. 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