February 1, 2015 - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Baptisms Seminars are held every other month - register by calling the office. Attend- ance is suggested during pregnancy. 406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727 Phone: (337) 237-0988 Fax: (337) 233-8868 Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor Parish Website: www.stpat.org Weddings Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance to allow time for preparation Office Hours Monday – Thursday: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm; Friday 8:30 am – 12 noon Celebration of the Eucharist Saturday: 4:00 pm – Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 am Monday through Friday: 7:30 am Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:15 am
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February 1, 2015 - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Baptisms
Seminars are held every other month - register by calling the office. Attend-ance is suggested during pregnancy.
406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727
Phone: (337) 237-0988 Fax: (337) 233-8868 Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor
Parish Website: www.stpat.org
Weddings
Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance to allow time
for preparation
Office Hours
Monday – Thursday: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm; Friday 8:30 am – 12 noon
Celebration of the Eucharist
Saturday: 4:00 pm – Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 am Monday through Friday: 7:30 am
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:15 am
Welcome to St. Patrick Church
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 1, 2015
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Saturday, January 31--Vigil of the Fourth
Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 PM: Wayne Hebert; Mike Guilbeau;
Fr. Keith LaBove ((living); Emily & Lannie Webb
Sunday, February 1--Fourth Sunday in Ordi-
nary Time 8:30 AM: Beverly Welch; Lorraine Day;
Julia Phillips; Joseph & Eldie Woods
10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s
Monday, February 2--The Presentation of the
Lord
7:30 AM: Brandy Letchworth
Tuesday, February 3--St. Blaise, Bishop and
martyr; St. Ansgar, Bishop
7:30 AM: Carolyn Sittig
Come, let us bow down in worship;
let us kneel before the LORD who made us.
— Psalm 95:6
Wednesday, February 4--Weekday
7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne;
Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living);
Thursday, February 5--St. Agatha, Virgin and
Martyr
7:30 AM: Richard Gilette
Friday, February 6--St. Paul Miki and Compan-
ions, Martyrs
7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart
Altar Flowers
In Loving Memory of:
Monty & Pierre Montagnet
Non-Liturgical Devotions
Daily Rosary: Monday - Friday 6:55 a.m.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Tuesday
7:15 a.m.
Rosary for Priests: Wednesday 7:00 a.m.
Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Thursday 7:15 a.m.
Pro-Life Rosary: 1st. Friday of the month 7 a.m.
Shamrocks—Friday, February 6: no cleaning
Annual Diocesan Collections
Please note that the Building Fund Collection is
always picked up on the first Sunday of the
month. National Collections are planned for the
third Sunday of the month (except the World
Mission Sunday, because of the BSA collection).
Following is a list of the Diocesan Collections to be taken
throughout the year.
Corrected
Annual Diocesan Collections—2015
Church in Latin America January 17-18
Aid to Church in Eastern
Europe & Africa & Feb. 14-15 (combined) Black & Indian Missions
Catholic Relief Services March 14-15
Holy Land (Good Friday) April 3 Catholic Home Missions April 18-19
Peter’s Pence June 20-21
Catholic Communications July 18-19
Catholic University of America September 19-20 Bishop’s Services Appeal October 17 –18
World Mission Sunday October 24 –25
Cath. Campaign Human Dev. November 14-15 Retirement Fund for Religious December 12-13
Food for the Journey The Central Region of the Diocese of Lafayette presents
“Food for the Journey”, a monthly lunchtime speaker series
designed to help Catholics live out our faith in our daily
lives. Our speaker for February is Rev. Michael DeBlanc, Associate Pastor of St. Genevieve Catholic Church, Lafa-
yette. “Food for the Journey” will be held on Tuesday,
February 3, at Hotel Acadiana, 1801 W. Pinhook Road, beginning at 12:00 noon. An optional lunch buffet is avail-
able for purchase beginning at 11:30 a.m. All are welcome
to come “eat and be fed”- please bring a friend! Pre-registration is not required. For more information, please
call Mary Bergeron (654-8682).
Theresians Lenten Day of Reflection The Roses of Acadiana District of Theresians International
is sponsoring a “Lenten Day of Reflection” for women on
Saturday, February 21, from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at St. Pius X Elementary School Theater, 201 East Bayou Park-
way, Lafayette. This year’s retreat, entitled “When There’s
a Calling, There’s a Cross”, features speakers Diane Alex-ander, Deacon Philip Lizotte and Rev William “Bill” Rus-
koski. A light snack and lunch are included. Please go
to www.acadianatheresians.com for information and to reg-
ister and pay on line. For additional information, please contact Gerry LeBlanc (233-0015 or gple-
The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the International Union of Superiors General has desig-nated next Sunday, February 8, as an annual day of prayer and awareness against human trafficking. February 8 is the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, born in 1869, who was kidnapped when she was a 9 year old child and sold into slavery in Sudan and Italy. She was tortured by her various owners who branded her, beat and cut her. In her biography she notes one particularly terrifying moment when one of her masters cut her 114 times and poured salt in her wounds to ensure that the scars remained. After being sold a total of five times, Bakhita was purchased by Callisto Legnani, the Italian consul in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. It was in Italy, where Legnani brought her to serve as a nanny for his daughter, that St. Josephine became Christian and eventually won her freedom through the courts. Once Josephine was freed, she became a Canossian nun and dedicated her life to sharing her testament of deliverance from slavery and comforting the poor and suffering. She was declared a Saint in 2000.
St. Josephine’s story of torture and abuse had a relatively happy ending, since she, unlike many others, survived her enslavement. The tragedy is that children and adults, men and women, continue to be kidnapped and sold into slavery, often for use in pornography and for prostitution. Others are enticed to leave their coun-tries with promises of work and success, only to learn that they have been trapped in a world of abuse and degra-dation. Human slavery exists.
Consider these numbers: Nearly 1.5 million victims are currently laboring in conditions of forced labor, sexual exploitation and servitude in the United States, Canada and developed countries of the EU. 55 percent of forced labor victims are women and girls, as are 98 percent of sex trafficking victims. Children aged 17 years and below represent 26 percent of total victims, representing a total of 5.5 million child victims worldwide.
On February 8, Catholics all over the world are encouraged to pray to create greater awareness about this phenomenon. Through prayer, we not only reflect on the experiences of those that have suffered through this affront to human dignity, but also comfort, strengthen, and help empower survivors.
St. Josephine Bakhita serves as powerful model for African women, and for all who value freedom and human dignity. Her name says much about her. Bakhita was the name given her by her captors. Josephine was the name she chose when she was baptized, finding freedom in Christ and in service to others.