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July 28, 2019

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Parish Bulletin Issue 30 Volume LI

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808-3979

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MASS SCHEDULE

SATURDAY 4:30PM

SUNDAY 7:00AM, 9:00AM, 11:00AM & 5:30PM

WEEKDAY MASSES Monday & Wednesday 6:00AM

Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 8:00AM

SACRAMENTS

RECONCILIATION Saturdays at 3:30PM (when 4:30PM Vigil Mass is scheduled); Mondays and Wednesdays immediately following 6:00AM Mass (when scheduled); Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30AM (when 8:00AM Mass is scheduled); By appointment: please call the Pastoral Services Center 343-6657 to schedule with either priest.

BAPTISM Contact the Pastoral Services Center 343-6657. Baptismal preparation is required.

CONFIRMATION Adult Confirmation is hosted annually. For those under 18, Confirmation typically occurs in the fall of their junior year of high school. Preparation is required, including PSR, for teens not enrolled in a Catholic school. Please contact the Pastoral Services Center for more detailed information.

Baptism & Confirmation sponsors must be Confirmed, practicing Catholics and will need to provide a letter of

good standing from the parish they are registered.

MARRIAGE Engaged couples should contact the priest at least six months prior to their anticipated wedding date.

SERVICES

FUNERALS Please contact the Pastoral Services Center at 343-6657 prior to scheduling with the funeral home. Please follow voicemail instructions if after hours.

CARE OF THE SICK Families of the sick are encouraged to contact the Pastoral Services Center at 343-6657. Communion is brought to the sick weekly. Hospital visits are also made weekly.

EDUCATION

Phone Hours, M-F

PARISH SCHOOL 383-3871 7:15AM-3:30PM

CHILD CARE CENTER 343-1338 7:00AM-5:30PM

Men’s Retreat October 3-6

Women’s Retreat November 21-24

“Summer Rosary and Light Supper”

Last one of the summer

Time: 6:00PM– 8:00PM

Where: Gonzaga Hall Chapel

Bring your family and friends!

All are welcome!

Email Kathryn at [email protected]

for any questions.

Altar Flower Donations

For Sundays outside of Advent and Lent, St. Aloysius Church accepts Altar Flower Donations in memory of deceased loved ones or in honor of living loved ones. Your donation will enable go toward placing flowers in the Sanctu-ary near the Crucifix (minimum donation $75) or near the icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary (minimum donation $50). Email: [email protected].

Contribution by:_______________________

Phone: ________________________________

Email:_________________________________

Date for flowers to be in church:____________

In Memory of (Deceased):_________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In Honor of (Living):_____________________

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Curtis, Marron and Clifton Chastain

WELCOME NEW PARISHIONERS

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July 28, 2019

Our Challenge

Dear friends,

In our first reading from the Book of Genesis, we hear Abraham praying on behalf of the residents of Sodom. It’s of some comfort when it seems that God is

not answering my prayers—at least not in the way I want---to know that He didn’t answer Abraham’s entreaties favorably either. Speaking to the earliest

Christians in Colossae in modern-day Turkey in our second reading this weekend, St. Paul reminds us that the context of all our prayers is the saving grace revealed in

Christ’s death on the cross. In other words, we are empowered to pray as the friends of God, not as his enemies. Jesus gave his disciples a model prayer to teach them how to pray, which we call the Lord’s Prayer or the Our Father. Among other things, that prayer instructs us to focus our attention on God before we draw attention to our own needs. The priorities of God’s kingdom take

precedence over all of our own concerns. There are many different forms of prayer. While prayer of petition is certainly valid, the higher form of prayer is when we are in relationship with God. It might be likened to the conversations we have with our closest friends. Prayer is not a matter of our calling to get God’s attention, but our finally listening to the call of God. He already knows us better than we know ourselves, and already knows all that we really need. Henri Nouwen has written, “The movement from illusion to prayer is hard to make since it leads us from false certainties to true uncertainties, from an easy support system to a risky surrender, and from the many ‘safe’ gods to the God whose love has no limits.” (Reaching Out)

Have a good week!

Love and prayers, Father Randy

Position Available: St. Aloysius Church

Children’s Choir Director

St. Aloysius Catholic Church has an opening for the parish’s Children’s Choir Director. This part time position is responsible for directing grade 3-8 Children’s Choir, in one weekly after school rehearsal, and leading the choir for a monthly liturgy at the 11:00AM Mass. In addition, the choir sings for the 6:30 PM Christmas Eve Mass and the 11:00AM Easter Sunday Mass. The Choir season runs in the months of August through May.

• Candidates for the position should have

significant experience in teaching children proper vocal and choral techniques.

• Candidates should also have experience planning both choral and assembly music for the Catholic liturgical year.

Contact Ken Thevenet, at 225-343-6657, ext. 20 or email [email protected] for a job

description and more information.

PSR 1-6 GRADE is offered to our parish

children who do not attend a Catholic School.

We meet on Sunday mornings from 8:45AM-10:45AM in the Cafeteria

Classrooms starting September 8, 2019. There are 10 classes in the fall and

4 classes after the first of the year.

Volunteers Needed:

We are looking for catechists to help

co-teach the classes. A lesson plan and training will be provided.

For more information, please contact

Tricia Greely, Director of Children

Formation at 225 343-6657 or at [email protected].

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July 28, 2019 “Ask and you shall receive. Seek and you shall find. Knock and it will be opened to you.” Try it! Then listen, look, and enter. Perhaps priesthood or consecrated life awaits you. If God is calling you, call or email Fr. Andrew Merrick at 225-336-8778, [email protected] or visit diobr.org/vocations.

VOCATIONS

HERE TO SERVE Pastoral Services Center 343-6657 Ext. Fr. Randy M. Cuevas 11

Pastor [email protected]

Fr. Eddie Martin 13

Parochial Vicar [email protected]

Deacon Chauvin Wilkinson 15 [email protected] Matt Zylicz 16

Business Manager [email protected]

Bill Quirk 29

Facilities Manager [email protected]

Mark Christian 28

Director of Adult Formation [email protected]

Angela Falgoust 18

Director of Pastoral Services [email protected]

Kenneth Thevenet 20

Director of Worship [email protected]

Tricia Greely 25

Director of Children Formation [email protected]

MacDougall Womack 27

Youth Minister [email protected]

Connie Planche 17

Executive Assistant to Pastor Child Protection Coordinator [email protected]

Madeline Laperouse 21

Bookkeeper [email protected]

Aline Landry 24

Communications Secretary [email protected]

Receptionists 343-6657

Mary Louise Bullock Sachelle Kelly Kathy Nikolaus Irene Shepherd [email protected]

St. Aloysius School 383-3871

Erin Candilora, Principal [email protected]

St. Aloysius Child Care Center 343-1338

Kim Blair, Director [email protected]

Emergency Assistance 381-9383

PASTORAL COUNCIL Administration Michael Acaldo & Paul Laborde Community Life Lauren Litchfield & Lauren Walker Education Maureen Dippel & Allison Pham Social Responsibility Kristy Roubique & Cathy St. Pierre Spiritual Growth Kevin Colomb & John Waitz Worship Annette Cotton & Cooper Roberts

Events in our Area

Summer Music at St. Aloysius

Summer Choir until Sunday September 1. Summer choir is open to all adult, youth, and children of the parish. It is an ideal way for a family to share in music ministry together. The choir will rehearse at 10:00AM each Sunday in the Convent Choir Room and will lead the music for the 11:00AM Mass. For more information about the Summer Choir, contact Ken Thevenet at 343-6657, ext 20 or [email protected].

The 5:30PM Music Ministry Will continue to provide

music for the Sunday evening Mass during the summer months and is made up of High School and College age musicians. Rehearsal is at 4:30PM in the Convent Choir Room.

Contact Erik Gudiel [email protected] or Ken Thevenet.

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Sat. 4:30PM Sun. 7:00AM Sun. 9:00AM Sun. 11:00AM Sun. 5:30PM

Fr. Matt Dupre Fr. Randy Cuevas Fr. Eddie Martin Fr. Eddie Martin Fr. Eddie Martin

Due to unforeseen circumstances, clergy assignments may change

Liturgical Ministers’ Schedule Link:http://www.rotundasoftware.com/ministry/aloysiusbtr/schedules/475700

Interested in Becoming a Catholic? Not sure where to start? We are the group for you! Join us most Wednesday’s at 7:00PM

St. Edith Stein Room of Gonzaga Hall. Contact Mark Christian

343-6657 ext 28 [email protected].

John Bloomfield Tyner

Peggie Alyine Haynie Naomi Vince

Kristy Lynn Williams

Tuesday, July 30, 8:00AM † Gaye Luquet Murray † Walter Franklin Biggs, Jr. Wednesday, July 31, 6:00AM † Henry Decuir Thursday, August 1, 8:00AM † Bo Miller † Frances “Mimi” Connor † Maria Teo Friday, August 2, 8:00AM † Harold Menard Saturday, August 3, 4:30PM † Myles Smith Sunday, August 4 7:00AM, † Tal Broyles 9:00AM, † John Schilleci Sciambra 11:00AM, † Lou Ella Oubre 5:30PM, All Parishioners

† Deceased

MASS INTENTIONS

Word of Life July 28, 2019 “O God, you are faithful, and you never abandon those who hope

in you. I know that my

redemption from sin and death has been purchased at the cost of your Son’s blood. In return for this priceless gift, I resolve today to renew my trust Order | Full Prayer

in your unfailing mercy.” USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities “Trust in God’s Mercy” Prayer

MASS CELEBRANT SCHEDULE JULY 28, 2019

Prayer for Safety in Hurricane Season

O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed Your order and returned to its former quietude.

You are still the Master of land and sea. We live in the shadow of a danger over which we

have no control: the Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can awake from its seeming

lethargy, overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land, and spread chaos and

disaster.

During this hurricane season we turn to You, O loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with passing of

time.

O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our beloved

Mother, we ask you to plead with your Son on our behalf, that we are spared from the calamities common to this area. Animated with a true spirit of gratitude, may we walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son to reach the heavenly Jerusalem where a stormless eternity awaits us. Amen.

Most Rev. Maurice Schexnayder (1895-1981), Second Bishop of Lafayette .

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THIS WEEK AT ST. ALOYSIUS

WED, 7/31 Mass 6:00AM Confessions 6:30AM Men’s Fellowship 6:30AM Men’s Small Grp Bible Study 6:30AM CLJ Prayer Group 6:30AM Wholly Fit 8:30AM CLJ 10:45AM RCIA Inquiry 7:00PM THURS, 8/1 Confessions 7:30AM Mass 8:00AM Adoration and Benediction 8:30AM Prayer Shawl Ministry 8:30AM Summer Rosary & Supper 6:00PM FRI, 8/2 CLJ Men 7:00AM Men’s CLJ 7:00AM Mass 8:00AM Wholly Fit 8:30AM SAT, 8/3 Music Rehearsal 3:30PM Reconciliation 3:30PM Mass 4:30PM ACTS Men Retreat Registration 4:30PM SUN, 8/4 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time MASS 7:00, 9:00, 11:00AM and 5:30PM Choir Warmup 8:00AM Sunday Nursery 9:00AM & 11:00AM RCIA Dismissal & Session 9:15AM Coffee & Donuts 10:00AM Baptism Seminar 2:00PM SMG Team 5 3:00PM 5:30 Choir Warmup 4:30PM

SAT, 7/27 Music Rehearsal 3:30PM Reconciliation 3:30PM Mass 4:30PM SUN, 7/28 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass 7:00, 9:00, 11:00AM and 5:30PM Choir Warmup 8:00AM Sunday Nursery 9:00AM & 11:00AM RCIA Dismissal & Session 9:15AM Coffee & Donuts 10:00AM PSR 1-6 Catechists’ Meeting 1:00PM SMG Team 4 3:00PM 5:30 Choir Warmup 4:30PM MON, 7/29 Mass 6:00AM Confessions 6:30AM Wholly Fit 8:30AM 13th Apostle Rosary 5:30PM 13th Apostle Prayer Grp 6:00PM ACTS Men Formation Mtg 6:00PM TUES, 7/30 Confessions 7:30AM Mass 8:00AM CLJ 8:45AM CLJ 12:30PM Total Stewardship Kickoff Mtg 5:00PM

Mission Statement St. Aloysius Parish embraces and nurtures all,

inspiring each to act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly in the love of God.

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Monday: Ex 32:15-24, 30-34; Ps 106:19-23 or Ps 34:2-11; Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42 Tuesday: Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28; Ps 103:6- 11; Mt 13:36-43 Wednesday: Ex 34:29-35; Ps 99:5-7, 9; Mt 13:44-46 Thursday: Ex 40:16-21, 34-38; Ps 84:3-6a, 8, 11; Mt 13:47-53 Friday: Lv 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37; Ps 81:3-6, 10-11ab; Mt 13:54-58 Saturday: Lv 25:1, 8-17; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 7-8; Mt 14:1-12 Sunday: Eccl 1:2; 2:21-23; Ps 90:3-6, 12-14, 17; Col 3:1-5, 9-11; Lk 12:13-21

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Vision Statement St. Aloysius Parish is a vibrant community of

peace, love and unity as the living body of Christ.

July Mary Carlin -Chairperson

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August Betty Mitchell-Chairperson

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