November 22, 2020 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

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Mass

Schedule

REV. WALTER AUSTIN

Pastor

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985-630-2837

REV. MR. THOMAS ST. PIERRE

Deacon

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REV. MR. DAVID FARINELLI, LPC,

LMFT

Deacon

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Our Clergy

November 22, 2020

Our Lord Jesus Christ,

King of the Universe

MASS TIMES

Saturday.……………………………… (Vigil) 4:00pm

Sunday................. 8:30am, 10:30am, 7:00pm

............................................. (Spanish) 3:00pm

DAILY MASS

Mo, Tu, Th, Fri……………………………….. 8:30am

Wednesday…………………………………….6:00pm

Daily Mass and the 10:30am Sunday Mass

are live-streamed and can be viewed on our

parish Facebook page or the Parish Website.

CONFESSIONS

One half hour before each Mass daily

and Sundays.

PERPETUAL ADORATION

CHAPEL - Open 24 hours daily.

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Parish Directory Parish Office: 799 Fairway Drive

LaPlace, LA 70068

985-652-2615 phone

985-652-7291 fax

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www.aolparish.org

Office Hours: M-F 9:00am - 4:00pm

BUSINESS MANAGER

Linda Biven

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SECRETARY/SACRAMENTAL RECORDS

Amarna Englert

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ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY

Cindy Grosse

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PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION

COORDINATOR

Andree Gurdian

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YOUTH MINISTRY COORDINATOR

Emily Gurdian

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ASCENSION OF OUR LORD SCHOOL

Toni Ruiz, Principal: 985-652-4532

PASTORAL COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Michael Abbate: 985-652-5041

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SYNOD IMPLEMENTATION

COORDINATOR

Susie Lanza: 504-650-0496

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Mass Intentions

Monday, November 23 • St. Clement I • St. Columban • Bl. Miguel Agustin Pro 8:30 am Peggy Farinelli

Tuesday, November 24 • St. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions 8:30 am Special Intention

Wednesday, November 25 • St. Catherine of Alexandria 6:00 pm Fe Laygo

Thursday, November 26 • Thanksgiving Day 8:30 am Norman & Verna Millet, Rosalind Hutson, Deborah Acosta, Jessica Fournet

Friday, November 27 8:30 am Special Intention

Saturday, November 28 4:00 pm Steve Navarre, Tom & Teresa Bautsch, Cynthia Naquin, Stuart Torres, E.J. & Edna Guidry, Conrad & Betty Hymel, Grady Du1, Jr., Scott Du1, Charles “Chuck” Jeandron, Jr., Fisher & Melancon Families, Dolores Fajardo, Ronald G. Perilloux, Ronald N. Perilloux, Therese Cazenave, Anthony J. Valure, Jacques Williams, Sr., Dr. Keith Melancon & Family, Brock & Larousse Families, In thanksgiving for answered prayers, All Souls, Special Intention

Sunday, November 29 • First Sunday in Advent 8:30 am Gwen Booth, Joseph & Verlie Marks, Maude Hymel, Vivian & Lionel Fisher, Jr., Fr. Benny Piovan, Nancy Freitas, John Snyder, Sr., Deceased members of Lynn Nguyen Family, All Souls, Special Intention 10:30 am Tony & Dolores Dottolo 3:00 pm (en espanol) Our Parishioners 7:00 pm Eric Dangerfield

November 22, 2020

The Parish Office will close at noon on

Wednesday, Nov. 25

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and will be closed on

Thursday, Nov. 26

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& Friday, Nov. 27

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VIGIL LIGHT NOVEMBER�

In memory of Lynn Hymel

CHAPEL CANDLES BURN FOR�

In memory of Elma, Doug, & Emanuel Sicard

Christmas Mass of

Remembrance

December 9th at 6:00pm

Christmas Mass of Remembrance forms were

included in last week’s bulletin. If you would

like to have your loved ones remembered at

this Mass, please return the form to the

Parish Office before December 2nd.

Remember to designate

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COATS FOR KIDS CAMPAIGN

Our annual Knights of Columbus

Coats for Kids Campaign will be held

throughout the month of November.

We are asking for coats to be donated

and brought to Church at all Masses

throughout the month. These coats will be

delivered to the needy children in our community for

the winter season. The coats should be clean and in

good condition.

Those who pre-ordered a 2021

St. Joseph Missal may pick them up

at the Parish Office during

regular business hours.

Advanced Giving is now in progress

and ends on November 30

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Visit aolparish.org and click on the �

#iGive Catholic link to donate.�

Garden Spruce Up Day

Saturday, November 28th

9:00 am - 12:00noon

Help is needed to spruce up the flower beds at Help is needed to spruce up the flower beds at Help is needed to spruce up the flower beds at Help is needed to spruce up the flower beds at the School and Church Parish OCce. the School and Church Parish OCce. the School and Church Parish OCce. the School and Church Parish OCce.

Come burn those Thanksgiving Dinner calories!Come burn those Thanksgiving Dinner calories!Come burn those Thanksgiving Dinner calories!Come burn those Thanksgiving Dinner calories!

High School Students who need service hours High School Students who need service hours High School Students who need service hours High School Students who need service hours are welcome! are welcome! are welcome! are welcome!

Please wear a mask and Please wear a mask and Please wear a mask and Please wear a mask and bring gloves, wheelbarrows, bring gloves, wheelbarrows, bring gloves, wheelbarrows, bring gloves, wheelbarrows,

garden shears, and garden shears, and garden shears, and garden shears, and long sleeve shirts.long sleeve shirts.long sleeve shirts.long sleeve shirts.

Help Us to Keep Our Cool!

This year’s #iGiveCatholic campaign

is to raise funds to replace the

broken 20-ton A/C unit with two 10-ton

units. Help us reach our goal of $25,000 to

keep us all cool and comfortable!

Giving Tuesday is December 1

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Our Christmas Giving Tree is set up in the foyer of

the Church. If you would like to help a family in

need, please take an ornament off of the tree and

record the ornament family number and letter with

your name and phone number on the forms provided

in the back of Church. All Christmas Giving Tree gifts

must be returned to Church by December 16th or to

the Parish Office by December 18th. Thank you for

your love and generosity to our neighbors in need!

Thanks for Giving

Blood Drive

Sunday, Nov. 29th 8:30am - 12:30pm

Piovan Parish Hall

Give Blood...Save a Life!

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Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

Perpetual

Adoration

Chapel

Adorers Needed:Adorers Needed:Adorers Needed:Adorers Needed: Sundays: 10am, 1pmSundays: 10am, 1pmSundays: 10am, 1pmSundays: 10am, 1pm

Mondays: 2amMondays: 2amMondays: 2amMondays: 2am Fridays: 10am, 2pm, 3pmFridays: 10am, 2pm, 3pmFridays: 10am, 2pm, 3pmFridays: 10am, 2pm, 3pm

Saturdays: 8amSaturdays: 8amSaturdays: 8amSaturdays: 8am

Come back and pray!Come back and pray!Come back and pray!Come back and pray!

“Be at peace; what God has started, He will finish.”

St. Faustina (Diary, 132)

Sacraments

BAPTISMSBAPTISMSBAPTISMSBAPTISMS: Baptismal seminars are held on the first Tuesday of each month in the Parish OCce at 7:00pm. Please call the Parish OCce to pre-register.

WEDDINGSWEDDINGSWEDDINGSWEDDINGS: Couples must contact the priest at least six months prior to the preferred date of the wedding.

ANOINTING OF THE SICKANOINTING OF THE SICKANOINTING OF THE SICKANOINTING OF THE SICK: Please call the Parish OCce or 985-630-2837 (evenings).

HOLY COMMUNION TO THE HOLY COMMUNION TO THE HOLY COMMUNION TO THE HOLY COMMUNION TO THE HOMEBOUND: HOMEBOUND: HOMEBOUND: HOMEBOUND: To be added to the list, please call the Parish OCce.

FUNERALSFUNERALSFUNERALSFUNERALS: Family must make arrangements with the priest prior to making final arrange-ments with the funeral home.

Parish Calendar

Monday, November 23

No School; No PSR

Tuesday, November 24 No School

Wednesday, November 25 Parish OCce Closes at Noon; No School 7:00pm Spanish Ministers Training - Church

Thursday, November 26 • Thanksgiving Parish OCce Closed; No School

Friday, November 27 Parish OCce Closed; No School

Saturday, November 28 • Team 4 9:00am Garden Spruce Up Day - School/Parish OCce

Sunday, November 29 • Team 4 8:30am-12:30pm Blood Drive - PPH

LIVE THE LITURGYLIVE THE LITURGYLIVE THE LITURGYLIVE THE LITURGY - INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK Titles and privileges, palaces and guards, banquets and benefits, servants and fine living, are all things earthly folks associate with kings and royalty. These have no place in Christ. To understand the kingdom of Christ and what it means to have Christ as our king, one must be willing and able to understand transformation, engagement and empowerment. To live in the kingship of Christ, we have to live deeply and contemplatively; allowing God to change not only how we act, but how we feel, think, and see. It is not an easy journey or one that is always welcomed. Sometimes, it is easier and safer to live as if Christ were our earthly king. It’s a more black and white world. But the kingdom of Christ exists in a world of gray where the hungry, thirsty, those who are strangers, naked, ill, and imprisoned find a welcome home. It is a kingdom that doesn’t always make sense, where the last are first and the weakest are most strong. World economics and secular philosophy doesn’t like this kind of king. Maybe that is why they crucified him the first time and continue to. Whatever we do to the least of God’s children, we do to God. Do you really want to inherit the kingdom? ©LPi

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November 22, 2020

Christ the King

“Amen, I say to you, whatever you did

for the least ones, you did for me. ”

Matthew 25:31-46

How well will Jesus judge each of us? Some time ago I

read of a test given to some seminarians. As part of their

homiletics class, these seminarians were told that they would

prepare a homily and tape it for television. The subject of the

homily was the story of the Good Samaritan. When the day

came for the taping the seminarians were placed in a room.

They were told that someone would come and take each one

over to the studio for the taping. The TV studio was located

across the street from where the seminarians were seated.

As each seminarian walked over to the studio he

encountered a man lying on the sidewalk, seemingly drunk

and calling out for help. The escort told each seminarian to

hurry along as they needed to meet a strict time table for

taping. Every seminarian passed the man on by in order not

to miss the taping of the homily. A homily given on

compassion.

Today we look forward to that final coming of Jesus in

glory. As we make our way toward that goal we struggle to

live lives of holiness. Every day God provides us opportunities

to care for the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked,

the imprisoned. Jesus will judge us not on how well we

profess our need to care for these outcasts but on how well

we actually care for them.

Fr. Walter Austin�

Readings for the Week

Sunday: Ez 34:11-12, 15-17/Ps 23:1-2, 2-3, 5-6 [1]/1 Cor

15:20-26, 28/Mt 25:31-46

Monday: Rv 14:1-3, 4b-5/Ps 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 [cf. 6]/Lk

21:1-4

Tuesday: Rv 14:14-19/Ps 96:10, 11-12, 13 [13b]/Lk 21:5-11

Wednesday: Rv 15:1-4/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 7-8, 9 [Rev 15:3b]/Lk

21:12-19

Thursday: Rv 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a/Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5

[Rev 19:9a]/Lk 21:20-28

Friday: Rv 20:1-4, 11—21:2/Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6a and 8a [Rev

21:3b]/Lk 21:29-33

Saturday: Rv 22:1-7/Ps 95:1-2, 3-5, 6-7ab [1 Cor 16:22b]/Lk

21:34-36

Next Sunday: Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7/Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19

[4]/1 Cor 1:3-9/Mk 13:33-37

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Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church

There Is Much to Be Done

Growing up Catholic means I must have heard a million times

the passage in Matthew’s Gospel about how doing things for

the “least of these” means you have done them for Jesus. Okay,

that is an exaggeration to make a point. But it has been a

slogan for so many social justice activities, from clothing and

canned food drives, to letter writing campaigns and peaceful

protests.

Growing up I only knew how to help the least of these through

the school and church activities of the time. Today, YouTube

and GodTube are filled with videos of creative ways people

reach out to one another. Have you seen the one about the

pizza party for the homeless? How about the fake lottery ticket

or the house bought from online donations for a poor man?

There are even videos of people paying for the car behind them

at the drive-through! The awesome thing about this is that it

serves as a witness to others. It is not boasting but instead

sharing the Good News. Giving and good stewardship can be

contagious!

Our pastor has several times over the years handed out $10

bills to confirmation candidates and asked them to “pay it

forward.” They can keep the money or use it to make a

difference in someone else’s life. One teen planted a garden for

an elderly woman. One bought ingredients for brownies and

sold them to give even more than $10 to charity. The teens not

only learned something about good stewardship in the

process, but also served as great examples to the parish

community.

As always, there is much to be done. The King is coming soon!

Let’s spread the news and some love at the same time!

-Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS

The staff at Ascension of Our Lord wishes you a

Blessed Thanksgiving!

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