St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church PaRiSH STaFF MaSS ScHeDule: Pastor: Trustees Monday, Wednesday, Friday Rev. Msgr. J. Robert Romero Dr. Ben Miller 6:15 a.m. Parochial Vicar: Mr. Karl Aucoin Tuesday & Thursday Rev. Fr. Matthew Hebert Parish Office Staff 12:00 p.m. Deacon: Mrs. Rhoda Huckaby Saturday Vigil 4:00 pm Deacon Gary Gaudin Mr. Rodney Sonnier Sunday 7:00, 9:00, 11:00 am Seminarian: Parish Social & community Ministry & 6:00 pm (life Teen Mass) Riley Maturin Deacon Gary Gaudin, Director Parish council chairperson Mr. James ‘Jr.’ Bergeron Music Mr. Rodney Sonnier, Director Mrs. Laura Lombas, Organist Faith Formation...............457-7505 Mrs. Angie Aguillard, Director Mrs. Jennifer David, Assistant Spiritual Direction Mrs. Phyllis Pere custodial Technician Mr. Henry Rozas Rectory Housekeeper & cook Mrs. Jennifer O’Neill ST. eDMunD caTHOlic ScHOOl Mr. Charles Hazard Principal Office: 351 W. Magnolia Telephones: 457-2592 / 457-5988 St. edmund P.T.c. Mrs. Michele Richard President 310 West Vine avenue ~ P.O. Box 31 ~ eunice, louisiana 70535 ~ 337.457.5285 www.facebook.com/stanthonyeunice ~ Website: www.stanthonyeunice.org ~ email: [email protected] Visit: www.formed.org St. anthony of Padua passcode is GZPZMF Dear Parishioners of St. anthony of Padua church & annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary church, Appointments of Church witness marriages, conduct funeral services, and look Parish Trustees after the needs of the poor. They also visit the sick and take Communion to them, although they cannot celebrate the Bishop Deshotel has appointed sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. They might also the following Trustees effective assist the pastor in his administrative duties. Permanent 09/28/2018 – expiring 09/28/2021: deacons are usually well known and respected in their For St. Anthony of Padua, Eunice, communities and have roots there. he has appointed Mr. Karl Aucoin and Ms. Janet Ward. For Annunciation of the BVM, A transitional deacon is one who functions as a deacon Duralde, he has appointed Ms. Denise Arnold and Mr. Neil for a period of time prior to ordination as a priest. His LeJeune. We thank Dr. Ben Miller for serving many terms diaconate assignment serves as a kind of internship of as Church Parish Trustee for St. Anthony. These trustees ordained ministry. During his year or two as a deacon, serve on the Board of Directors for each church parish. The he will learn the practical aspects of parish life, getting members are Bishop Deshotel as Bishop and President, a firsthand look at the life of a priest. His work has Msgr. Mallet as Vicar-General and Vice-President, Msgr. a different focus than a permanent deacon in that he is Romero as Pastor and Secretary-Treasurer, and the two looking forward to ordination as a priest. lay members for each parish. Gospel for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, New Saints Year B – Mark :3- or :- Pope Francis canonized 7 new saints last Sunday. These are “What do you wish me to do for you?” Jesus asks a similar Pope Paul VI, Archbishop Oscar Romero, Nuzio Suprizio, question in different Gospel passages, but the request of Father Francesco Spinelli, Father Vincenzo Romano, James and John is not repeated on any other occasion. Mother Catherine Kasper, Nazaria Ignacia March Mesa. “Grant that in your glory we may sit one at your right We thank God for these and ask that they intercede for us and the other at your left.” They ask not for knowledge with God that we too may join them. of God, not for crooked limbs to be straightened nor for THE FEAST OF ST. JOHN PAUL II the blind to see. They ask for power and authority. Jesus’ response should trouble them. “You do not know what st On October 21 , we celebrate the pope who inspired the you are asking.” world! Born Karol Wojtyla in Krakow, Pope John Paul II became the first-ever Polish pope. He came of age in the “Can you drink the cup that I drink?” Jesus asks. “They early 20th century and lived through both the Nazi and said to him, ‘We can.’” But what is Christ’s cup? Could communist occupations of Poland. His resistance activities James and John have possibly known it or understood it were cultural, operating an underground theater company here at the height of Jesus’ ministry? Jesus’ cup is the cup and entering a secret seminary. Karol was ordained a priest of trial, of difficulty, of public ridicule. His final, thirsting in 1946 and later a bishop. He was elected pope in 1978. sip occurs as he hangs on the cross. In Christ’s kingdom, As pope, the interests that captured his heart as a young drinking his cup and participating in his life are not the man continued — his pastoral concern for young people, sharing of power the way we are accustomed. Jesus flips his philosophical emphasis on the human person, and his their paradigm. “Whoever wishes to be great among you devotion to Mary and to the mercy of God. St. John Paul will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among II, pray for us! you will be the slave of all.” WHY DO WE DO THAT? The cup of Jesus is the cup of giving oneself. “The Son CATHOLIC LIFE EXPLAINED of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” As Christians, how Question: What is a transitional deacon? easy it can be to want the acclaim of good deeds, the Answer: There are two types of deacons in the church. gratitude for volunteering, the attention for donating to Both are members of the clergy. Both have the same the church. “It shall not be so among you.” If you are liturgical role. Both have the service of the community overlooked, offer thanks to God for imitating Jesus, rather as their primary work. One is called a permanent deacon, than bitter complaint at someone else’s oversight. Look usually a married man ordained as a deacon with no for opportunities to do good needs unnoticed. This week, intention of becoming a priest. They preach, baptize, consider one way you can drink the cup of Jesus! Twenty-ninth Sunday Msgr.’s article continued... Questions of the Week in Ordinary Time First Reading – isaiah 53:10-11 - Today’s reading is an October 21, 2018 excerpt from the final suffering servant oracle of the book of Vol. 51, No. 42 Isaiah (52:13-53:12). The prophet Isaiah speaks of redemptive suffering. When have you found God’s grace at moments of Stewardship to suffering in your life? St. anthony of Padua church Second Reading – Hebrews 4:14-16 - We hear in Hebrews October 14, 2018 how Jesus sympathizes with our weaknesses. What would Sunday’s Offertory .....................................................$8,041.00 you say are your spiritual weaknesses? Mailed-in Offertory .....................................................2,415.00 Gospel Reading - Mark 10:35-45 or 10:40-45 - Jesus speaks Online Giving ...............................................................3,015.00 to his disciples today about the importance of service to Total Offertory for the week ....................................$13,471.00 others. In what ways do you offer service to others in need? World Mission Sunday .................................................$561.00 Rev. Msgr. J. Robert Romero Weekly Average 2018 ..........................................$9,327.51 children’s contribution ...................................................$6.25 * Extra prayers ............................................................ Matthew Rosary Prayed Daily * Praying for Nanny Jane Elllen Ulery ............... Shawna, Reese, Ariana & MacKenzie During the month of October, Number Registered Parish Families.....................................1506 a Rosary and a Divine Mercy Number of Envelopes Used.................................................211 Number of Children’s Envelopes Used .................................. 3 Chaplet will be prayed daily at 5:30 p.m. at the Shrine of the Thank you for your generosity. Blessed Mother in front of St. Please remember St. Anthony Church Anthony Rectory. & St. Edmund School in your will. Masses for the Week Monday, October 22 Yvonne Perrodin; Swizerleen Keller; Brownie 6:15 a.m.: Duplechin; Jessie Comeaux family (Liv. / Dec.); Beth Tuesday, October 23 Sylvester; Newton Thibodeaux; Johnny Lyons 12:00 p.m.: Ozone & Annie Manuel; Dana Dubois Guthrie family (Anniversary of Death); Kermen D. Beauchamp, Sr. Sunday, October 28 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Wednesday, October 24 6:15 a.m.: Randy Fontenot; Gracie Marie Zaunbrecher; 7:00 a.m.: St. Anthony Parishioners; Vernell Soileau; Helen Burton Fontenot Vidrine; Chase Ryan Manuel; Lurline Fuselier; Donna Chatman Thursday, October 25 9:00 a.m.: Frankie LaFleur; Mary Babineaux; Myra 12:00 p.m.: Rena Brunet (Birthday); Harry D. Begnaud; Lachute; J.D. & Marshall Arabie; Lillie & Louis McGee, Evelyn Sandell Sr.; M/M A.F. McGee, Sr.; M/M Amos Durio, Sr.; Toby Friday, October 26 Durio; Tina Savoy Cormier (Liv.) 6:15 a.m.: Frankie LaFleur (Birthday); Amos Normand; 11:00 a.m.: Ozzie Mott Thomas Roche 6:00 p.m.: Joan Schatzle Saturday, October 27 McManus 4:00 p.m.: Merita Guillory; Glenn Durbin; Ed Dietz; Page 3 Priest, extraordinary lay Ministers of Holy communion, lectors & altar Servers Saturday, October 27, 2018 4:00 p.m. Fr. chris Dcn. Gary Gaudin, Rachel Smith Leo Richard, Simon Richard cambre Kayla Fontenot, Michelle LeJeune John Patrick, Emile Soileau Michael Lombas, Minister Needed Sunday, October 28, 2018 7:00 a.m. Fr. Henry William Parrie, Mark DeRouen Brennon Thompson, Kaden Thompson Broussard Ken Richard, Barbara Thibodeaux Koy Trahan, Luke Trahan 9:00 a.m. Msgr. Michael Ward, Genny Dischler Adelie Beaugh, Alise Beaugh Romero Doug Marcantel, Rachel Andrus Camille Fontenot, Victoria Marcantel 11:00 a.m. Msgr. Dcn. Gary Gaudin, Jennifer Miller Joe Aucoin, Landon Daigle, Jace Miller, Romero Jr. Bergeron, Samantha Bertrand Peyton LaCombe Mc: Minister Needed Glenn Brown, Lynn Pavich Thurifer: Austin Poncho 6:00 p.m.