Sunday, June 20TH - the 12th Sunday in ordinary time MASS SCHEDULE Saturday - Anticipated 4 p.m. (organ & cantor) Sunday - 9:00 a.m. (organ, cantor & choir September - April); 11:00 a.m. (organ & cantor); 5:00 p.m. (organ & cantor) Monday - 6:15 a.m.; Tuesday through Friday - 5:30 p.m. with confession starting at 4:30 p.m. Saturday - 8:00 a.m. First Saturday: 8:00 a.m. followed by recitation of the Rosary Fatima Votive Mass: 13th of the Month, May - October at 5:30 p.m. Monthly Peace Mass: First Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. This Mass heeds Our Lady’s call to pray for world peace and conversion of hearts. CONTACT US 2319 Johnston St., Lafayette, LA 70503 Pastor: .................................................................. Rev. Msgr. Jefferson DeBlanc Parochial Vicar: .......................................................... Rev. Korey R. LaVergne Deacon ....................................................... Timothy Maragos & Randy Hyde Administrator: ........................................................................... Stephanie Supple Parish Secretary: ............................................................................ Mona Bouillion Receptionist: ...................................................................................... D D McElligott Bookkeeper: .................................................................................. Annie Governale Director of Music, Organist, Choir Master ...................... Keith D’Anna Bulletin Editor ................................................................................. Keith D’Anna Church Office: .................................................................................... (337) 232-8945 Church Fax: .......................................................................................... (337) 232-0323 School Office:...................................................................................... (337) 235-2464 Church Website: .....................................................www.fatimalafayette.org Office Hours ...................................... Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Sacrament of Penance The Sacrament of Baptism The Sacrament of Matrimony Saturday The Sacrament is celebrated on Arrangements are to be made 3:00 to 3:55 p.m.; the third Sunday of each with the Church office, if at all Sunday month, following the 11:00 a.m. possible, at least ONE YEAR in 30 minutes prior to Mass; Mass. advance. To avoid scheduling First Saturday conflicts, all wedding dates 7:30 to 7:55 a.m. Please contact the parish office must be confirmed with the before the baby is born for Parish Administrator, who Monday required classes. should be the first point of 5:45 to 6:10 a.m. contact for the couple. Please Sponsors are to be confirmed visit our Parish Website to Tuesday through Thursday and practicing Catholics who review guidelines, and details of 4:30 to 5:25 p.m. attend Sunday Mass. paperwork and preparation requirements. The Miraculous Medal and Saint Catherine Labouré II. “You will be my Mother.” Born in France in the year 1806, Catherine Labouré lived seventy years on Earth and entered eternity on the last day of the year 1876. Nineteenth-century France reeled from shock waves created by the Revo- lution of 1789 and from revolts in 1830, 1848, and 1871. In those turbulent years, Catherine was guided by Jesus, His Blessed Mother, and Saint Vincent de Paul. * Catherine’s parents were well educated and respected. Her father’s family lived in the village of Fain- les-Moutiers and her mother’s family in Senailly. Both localities are in the Province of Burgundy (Bourgogne) in eastern France. When Pierre Labouré, Catherine’s father, was twenty or so years of age, he began studies for the priesthood. The 1789 French Revolution adversely impacted seminaries as it did the entire Catholic Church in France. Pierre decided not to pursue a priestly vocation. He married Madeline Gontard on June 4, 1793. Pierre and Madeline made their home initially in Senailly near her family. Later, Pierre brought his family to Fain-les-Moutiers where they lived on a farm inherited from Pierre’s father, Hubert Labouré. It resembled a cloister with a rectangle of buildings surrounding an inner courtyard and a wide gateway leading to the public road. Pierre also served as mayor of Fain from 1811 to September 1815. Pierre and Madeline had seventeen children, ten of whom survived. Catherine was born in Fain on May 2, 1806. She was baptized on the next day in the Church in Fain by Father Georges Mamert, O.S.B., parish priest of nearby Moutiers. Her nickname was Zoé, the name of the saint of the day (May 2) on which she was born. Madeline Labouré died suddenly on October 9, 1815 after twenty-three years of Holy Matrimony. The passing of their be- loved mother caused a major upheaval in the Labouré home. Young Catherine entered her mom’s bedroom one day, climbed on a chair, embraced a statue of the Blessed Virgin, and said with tears in her eyes, “Now, dear Blessed Mother, now you will be my Mother.” ** Pierre called home his twenty-year-old daughter Marie-Louise who had been living in Langres with one of her mother’s sisters. Marie-Louise was considering a religious vocation, but that was put on hold for the time being. She would now run the household in place of her mother. Nine-year-old Catherine and her seven-year-old sister Tonine were sent to live for a time with Pierre’s sister Marguerite, married to Antoine Jeanrot, in the town of Saint-Rémy, five miles northeast of Fain. Two years later, Pierre brought them back home to assist their older sister in running the house. Catherine made her First Holy Communion on January 25, 1818. On May 5, Marie-Louise, with her father’s blessing, en- tered religious life as a postulant in the Sisters of Charity, founded by Saints Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac, at the house in Langres. Twelve-year-old Catherine and ten-year-old Tonine replaced Marie-Louise in her job at the farm. Cath- erine told Tonine, “The two of us will run the house between us.” Catherine became a farm woman and the indispensable right hand of her dad. She was mistress of the homestead. Pierre worked in the fields. Catherine oversaw the living quarters, kitchen, bakehouse, orchard, cowshed, henhouse, and a dovecote that was home to hundreds of pigeons. Catherine was the first to rise in the morning. She provided three meals a day for the family and workers. Soup was usually served for breakfast and vegetable stew with bacon for supper. Catherine milked cows, fed the herds, and brought them to the drinking trough. She provided fodder for the pigs and collected eggs from the hens. Fresh meat was a rarity. Ham and bacon were cured for a meat diet throughout the year. On Thursdays, Catherine traveled by cart to the market in Montbard, some ten miles away. Weekly chores included the laundry and baking loaves of bread. Family members gathered in the evenings for conversation while doing smaller jobs. Prayer before bedtime brought the day to a close. Next Week: “God has designs on you.” * René Laurentin, Catherine Labouré: Visionary of the Miraculous Medal, Paul Inwood, trans. (Boston: Pauline Books and Media, 2006). I have drawn extensively from Father Laurentin’s book in preparing this article. Unless otherwise indicated, quotes are from Lau- rentin’s book. ** Joseph I. Dirvin, C.M., Saint Catherine Labouré of the Miraculous Medal (Rockford, IL: Tan Books & Publishers, Inc, 1984), p. 16. 02 19 Sat. 4:00 p.m. Anticipated: † Dale Cleveland, † Faye Ma- In today’s Gospel we listen to Jesus’ disciples crying out in rie Gesser, † Gerald & Alberta Gossen, † Edwina Smith Her- fear of a great storm. Their cry echoes the cries of people nandez, † Amanda Claire Judice, Lynn Kallam Ditch, James around the world during the pandemic. It is the ultimate cry Judice, † Anna Maria, † Victor Galatas, † Louis Cornibe, † of fear, doubt and abandonment. It is a parable of the situa- Mandin Lee Cornibe, † Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Moore, Sr., Mr. tion of all of us when cast adrift in the storms of our lives, & Mrs. Frederick J. Forstall, Avis Moore Rupert, Ryan Robert seemingly without God’s presence and care. But God is with Guilbeau, † Douglas Mistich, † The Nugier Family, † Elroy us. Jesus does calm the storm for his disciples. Good stew- Perrien, † Rosamaria Reyes-Silva, † Julien Maruis Stokes, † ards have faith that they do not live in a world where they Lillian Manuel, † Willie & Eunice Boudreaux, † Lee Cormier, should live in fear and chaos, seeing themselves alone and † Leroy, Doris, & Penny Lavergne, † Charles Blanchard, † abandoned by God. Reflect this week on your own faith in Ernest Bouvier, Jr.; Living: Jerry Bouvier, Percy Boudreaux, the promises of Jesus. Do you believe Jesus is in our midst Maria Dao, Kim Anh Dinh, Jonathan Nguyen, Julia Ramos; and can calm the storms in our lives? Living & Deceased Members of: The Catholic Daughters of America, The Ison & Eva Fontenot Families, Michael & Fred The Weekend of June 12th & 13th Landry & Family, The Quebedeau Family, The Caillouet, Henry, Randazzo, Costanza, & Campos Families, The Judice, Weekly Offertory Budget ...............................................$15,384.62 Kallam, Langlinais, & Hamilton Families 20 Sun. 9:00 a.m.: Fatima Parishioners / Pro-Populo Total Offertory Received .................................................. $11,109.49 11:00 a.m.: † Kennell P. Brown, Sr., M.D. Offertory Budget (Over +, Under -) ............................ -$4,275.13 5:00 p.m.: † Melvin R. Boesch, † Dr. Frem F. Total