A Year of the Grace of Yes

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1 A Year of the Grace of Yes October 21, 2018 l Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time 415 Robley Drive, Lafayette, Louisiana Office:

2 Administrative Office FAX ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE HOURS Monday Thursday 8:30 AM Noon, 1 PM 4 PM Friday 8:30 AM Noon Pastor: Fr. Howard Blessing Ext shepherd@holycrosslafayette.com Parish Manager: Deacon Robert Klingman Ext rklingman@holycrosslafayette.com Deacon Scotty Baudoin Deacon Jim Kincel Office Manager: Kathy Borah Ext kborah@holycrosslafayette.com Parish Facilitator: Teri Broussard Ext tbroussard@holycrosslafayette.com Bulletin Editor: Melanie Stover Ext bulletin@holycrosslafayette.com Bookkeeper: Lorie Reutling Ext lreutling@holycrosslafayette.com Communications Director: Alex Dietlein Ext adietlein@holycrosslafayette.com Disciple Formation Office Director of Disciple Formation: Natalie Bertrand Ext nbertrand@holycrosslafayette.com Disciple Formation Coordinator: Beth Halle bhalle@holycrosslafayette.com Ext.1101 Youth Minister: Kyle Melancon Ext kmelancon@holycrosslafayette.com Disciple Formation Assistant Linda Blessing Ext lblessing@holycrosslafayette.com Disciple Formation Admin Assist: Nicole Manuel Ext nmanuel@holycrosslafayette.com Little Shepherd s Early Learning Center ext 1300 littleshepherds@holycrosslafayette.com Principal Sandy Gallo Our Mission Statement The mission of Holy Cross Catholic Church is to Awaken, Enrich and Enliven the Sacred Within. Holy Cross Core Values We joyfully, prayerfully and lovingly: Welcome all we encounter. Honor the journey of others. Empower all to discover the sacred within. Through this discipleship of Christ, we serve others. BAPTISMS: Are celebrated after the 11:00 am Mass on Sundays. Parents must be registered, practicing Catholics and attend a Baptismal Workshop. Godparents must be at least 18 years of age, confirmed, practicing Catholics and attend a Baptismal Workshop. RECONCILIATION (CONFESSIONS) Weekdays 30 minutes before mass Saturdays 2:15 3:45 pm And by appointment EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Held the 2 nd Thursday of each month in the church from 6:00 to 7:15 pm followed by a pot luck from 7:15 to 8:00 pm in Mission Hall. All parishioners are welcome to attend. WEDDINGS: Please call the church office 9 to 12 months in advance. RCIA Would you like to become Catholic? If you or someone you know would like to learn more about the Catholic faith and if you would like to enroll in the RCIA program, please call the church office KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Grand Knight John Walling johnwallingii@gmail.com Saturday Sunday WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE 4:00 pm (Anticipated Mass) 9:00 am, 11:00 am & 5:00 pm WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE Monday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Wednesday Friday 9:00 am Tuesday 5:30 pm Thursday, Friday 9:00 am 2

3 A Year of the Grace of Yes October 21, 2018 l Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Volume 38, Number 17 READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Gal 1:6-12; Ps 111:1b-2, 7-9, 10c; Readings for the Week Lk 10:25-37 Monday: Eph 2:1-10; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 12:13-21 Tuesday: Gal 1:13-24; Ps 139:1b-3, 13-15; Tuesday: Eph Lk 2:12-22; 10:38-42 Ps 85:9ab-14; Lk 12:35-38 Wednesday: Eph Gal 3:2-12; 2:1-2, Is 7-14; 12:2-3, Ps 117:1bc, 4bcd-6; 2; Lk 11:1-4 Lk 12:39-48 Thursday: Gal 3:1-5; Lk 1:69-75; Lk 11:5-13 Thursday: Eph 3:14-21; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, Friday: Gal 3:7-14; Ps 111:1b-6; Lk 11: ; Lk 12:49-53 Saturday: Gal 3:22-29; Ps 105:2-7; Lk 11:27-28 Friday: Eph 4:1-6; Ps 24:1-4ab, 5-6; Lk 12:54-59 Sunday: Wis 7:7-11; Ps 90:12-17; Heb 4:12-13; Saturday: Eph 4:7-16; Ps 122:1-5; Lk 13:1-9 Mk 10:17-30 [17-27] Sunday: Jer 31:7-9; Ps 126:1-6; Heb 5:1-6; Mk 10:46-52 Saints and Special Observances Sunday: World Mission Sunday Monday: St. John Paul II Tuesday: St. John of Capistrano Wednesday: St. Anthony Mary Claret Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary WEEKLY OFFERINGS for October 7th Offertory $26,125 Other $702 Oct 14th Offertory $17,149 2nd Collection for Hurricane Relief $6454 Other $ Ext 1000 Monday, 10/22 9:00 AM: Kathryn Kelly, Odile Clement, Gayle Harrington. Tuesday, 10/23 5:30 PM: John Jules Guillory, Frank Domingue. Wednesday, 10/24 9:00 AM: Verlie Boudreaux & Family, Bobby Banna. Thursday, 10/25 9:00 AM: Evangeline Grace Breaux. Friday, 10/26 9:00 AM: Kathryn Kelly, F. J. & Leona Robicheaux, Glynn & Brandt Broussard, Bobby Banna, Mary Regina Johnson. Saturday, 10/27 4:00 PM: Blair Harden, Shirley Stutes, Beverly Colomb, Kathryn Kelly, Michael Lachaussee, M/M Lefiad Simon, Wanda Simon Troy, Kim Simon Palmer, William Logan Jr., Darlene Miguez, M/M Bruno Kidder. Sunday 10/28 9:00 AM: All Parishioners. 11:00 AM Rita B. Keller, The Block Family, Patrick & Betty Bourque, Helen Daigle, Ron Savoy, Bobby Banna, Thanksgiving for 2018 Wedding Anniversary - M/M Florenco Eroy, Jr. What will you say YES to in October? Seeing the Beauty in Everything Learning to Respect All Life Listening More and Speaking Less Praying with Scripture Laughing Often Being the Best Version of Yourself Thank you for your generous spirit of giving. 3

4 LAFAYETTE LITTLE LEAGUE AND PARKING - UPDATE As all may know, Lafayette Little League is a wonderful organization providing so very much to our children. They lease the park for their playing from the city, but the challenge is the parking. They are land locked and do not have the parking to accommodate all who come to participate, so they have used our parking facilities. At times they use between sixty to eighty percent of our parking space. This has and is creating a problem for the church and the times we need the parking for ourselves. For ten years I have tried to work with the organization which has been challenging in many ways. But I did want all to know that I have sent them a letter in which I am requesting that they might lease some of the parking they require, with stipulations, just as they lease from the city the park itself or any other alternative. As it is Holy Cross s parking lot, we have first use as well as how it is to be used by outside organizations. Our first meeting with their representative went well and I am hopeful that a resolution might be worked out. THAT MAN IS YOU is a program for men to help them become "men of God" in the fullest sense. The meetings address topics that refer to men and their challenges in life. THAT MAN IS YOU meets on Friday mornings at 5:45 am in the Calais Center. All men (18 and older) are invited! Early rising is a great sacrifice, but the results are heavenly! For additional information, please contact Mitch Landry or by mlandry@andrus-boudreaux.com 4

5 5 Saint John Paul II Feast Day: October 22 Patron of World Youth Day Birth: 1920 Death: 2005 Beatified: May 1, 2011 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI Canonized: April 27, 2014 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis

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7 Local Kairos volunteers are asking Holy Cross Parishioners to bake and donate cookies to be distributed to Angola inmates during an upcoming Kairos Weekend. Kairos Prison Ministry International, Inc. (Kairos) is a lay-led, interdenominational Christian ministry in which men and women volunteers bring Christ's love and forgiveness to prisoners and their families. The word, Kairos, is a Greek word meaning in "God's Special Time" or in the "Fullness of Time," indicating an opportunity for our participants and guests to reconsider their life choices. If you would like to provide cookies for the weekend, please carefully read the instructions below. Cookie Preparation: ALL cookies must be home baked nothing store bought, but store bought cookie dough can be used. Although Chocolate Chip Cookies are the most popular, please include other favorites such as Oatmeal, Peanut Butter, Sugar, Ginger or anything you like. Cookies should be between 2 inches and 2½ inches in diameter and not more than ½ inch thick. (Avoid icing, sugar or any messy or sticky coatings.) The KEY ingredient is PRAYER. Be sure to pray as you bake your cookies. Packing and Drop Off Location Bag 12 thoroughly cooled cookies in each quart size bag. Labels not required, but are appreciated. Cookies can be baked ahead of time and frozen. Place bagged cookies in a box. Drop off cookies anytime between now and Wednesday, November 7th, to Teri Broussard at the Holy Cross Administrative Office (Bldg. A), 415 Robley Drive, Lafayette, LA Cookies will be frozen. All Saints Day Wednesday, 10/31 - Anticipated Mass - 6pm Thursday, 11/1-9am, 6pm All Souls Day Friday, 11/2-9am October 25 Holy Cross Church Lafayette, LA 6:45-9pm The 177 Project is partnering with 22 different artists to bring an evening of Eucharistic Adoration and music to every single diocese in the US! Tickets to the evening are completely free and can be picked up in Church office or by visiting: 177project.com 7

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9 Father Bill Melancon will offer Painting with Prayer on Saturday, November 10, 2018, from 8:00 to 11:00am at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Parish Life Center in New Iberia. The cost of $25 includes all supplies. Please call the parish office to register if you are planning to attend. Phone: Address: 1303 Saint Jude Ave., New Iberia, October is the Month of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world. Blessed Pope Pius IX KC JAMBALAYA DINNERS Sunday October 21, 2018 Dinners available after 11 am Mass, at the KC Hall. $8.00, no tickets, pull up at the KC Hall, pay and dinners will be delivered to your car. JAMBALAYA DINNERS Jambalaya, coleslaw, black eye peas Ireland and Scotland Tri p A few seats are still available for a Getaway trip with Fr Blessing to visit Ireland and Scotland next spring. Ireland - June 1-11, 2019 Scotland - June 11-15, 2019 Information can be found at entrance of Church 9

10 Vietnamese and Hispanic Contributions The Second Vatican Council brought changes to the worship of the faithful of the Diocese, most notably in the change from a primarily Latin liturgy to an entirely vernacular Mass. While some still spoke French in the home, Masses throughout the Diocese were said in English. But the decades following the Council would bring new languages and new traditions into the Diocese of Lafayette. Vietnamese and Hispanic Catholics have brought new voices to the local Church since the 1970s. Since that time, Catholics can worship not just in English, but in Vietnamese and in Spanish on every Sunday in the Diocese of Lafayette. The Vietnamese and Hispanic traditions have brought new vibrancy to the faith of Acadiana. As Catholics, we all bear witness to the truth that the Church is truly "Universal" - not particular to one language, or race, or culture. In Christ we are all one body. Vietnamese Mass continues to be offered every Sunday at St. Mary Magdalen in Abbeville and at St. Jules in Lafayette. Sunday Masses in Spanish held throughout the Diocese: at Wisdom, St. Theresa in Abbeville, St. Jules in Lafayette, and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Church Point. For more, visit: Centennial News - Sunday, October 28, 2018 A Diocese of All Saints - The Churches of the Diocese of Lafayette are under the patronage of a wide array of Saints. The Blessed Mother is the most popular patron of Acadiana Churches with 34 Churches under her patronage through a variety of titles. St. Joseph has 14 Churches under his patronage. Other patrons span the centuries from St. Peter to St. Pius X, and from St. Mary Magdalen to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Only 8 Church parishes do not evoke a Saint in their patronage. Five of those belong to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, while Holy Ghost, Holy Trinity, and Holy Cross round out the eight. Centennial Mass All are Invited the closing Mass for the Centennial Year of our Diocese will be December 12 th at the Cajundome Convention Center at 6pm. Our Diocese and the wonderful people of our diocese and how God has poured forth His Love and guidance upon us in these last 100 Years will be the focus A Century of Love. Along with the Mass, there will be an Historical Display before and after the Mass as well as a presentation of the many people and cultures of our Diocese. The doors will open at 4:30 because there will be much to be a part of and see. All Catholics throughout our whole Diocese are invited and encourage to attend. Please mark your calendars. Weekly Prayer Calendar Mon Oct 22 Tues Oct 23 Wed Oct 24 Thurs Oct 25 Fri Oct 26 Sat Oct 27 Sun Oct 28 Priests Rev Edward Duhon Rev Jacob DuMont, LC Rev Nicholas DuPre Rev Gilbert Dutel Rev Dan Edwards Rev Darren Eldridge Rev Peter Emusa Seminarians Cameron Domingue Casey Dugas John Dugas Tre Fontenot Andrew Furka David Furka Jace Gyles Deacons Dcn Steve Simon Dcn Charles Smith Dcn Ben Soileau Dcn Kenneth Soignier Dcn Byron Saley Dcn Tom Sommers Dcn Cliff Tanner 10