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1 Common Currents CLUSTER SUPPORT STAFF Carmela Pulliam...Bulletin/Website Bill Abbott... Bookkeeping Laura Wutke... Secretary/Bookkeeping Patricia Little... Secretary Dana Vicknair / Duane Lee... Financial Overview Randy Millet... Maintenance Joe Ganaway... Maintenance Glynn Dupuy... Maintenance Lynda Dupuy.... Housekeeping Angela Cavalier....Church Custodian Jinx Berthelot... Religious Education Kimberly Bourgeois...Religious Education Dana Vicknair... Religious Education Adrienne Halphen... RCIA Coordinator Glen Forbes... SJ Music Coordinator Colby Chabaud... SS Music Coordinator Kade Guitreau... Music Ministry Selena Guitreau... Youth Ministry Office / Darci Delatte... Child Protection Denise Aydell / Patsy Brignac... SJ Sacristans Buck Fontenot / Mary Louise Leader... SS Sacristans stjosephststephen.weconnect.com ST. JOSEPH CHURCH LA Highway 16 French Settlement, LA Fax: stjosephfs@eatel.net ST. STEPHEN THE MARTYR CHURCH LA Highway 22 Maurepas, LA Fax: saintstephen@eatel.net MINISTERIAL TEAM Rev. Jason Palermo... Pastor Deacon James Little... Pastoral Associate Deacon Leon Murphy... Pastoral Associate OFFICE HOURS Monday Thursday... 8:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Friday... 8:00 a.m. 12 Noon MASS SCHEDULE Saturday... 4:00 p.m. (St. Stephen) Saturday... 5:30 p.m. (St. Joseph) Sunday... 9:00 a.m. (St. Joseph) Sunday... 10:45 a.m. (St. Stephen) Monday...8:00 a.m. (St. Stephen) Tuesday... 6:00 p.m. (St. Stephen) Wednesday... 8:00 a.m. (St. Joseph) Thursday... 7:00 a.m. (St. Joseph) First Friday... 8:00 a.m. (St. Joseph) First Saturday... 8:00 a.m. (location varies) Fourth Sunday, Charismatic Mass... 2:00 p.m. (St. Joseph) SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday... 3:15 3:45 p.m. (St. Stephen) Sunday... 8:15 8:45 a.m. (St. Joseph) Tuesday... 5:30-5:50 p.m. (St. Stephen) Wednesday... 8:45 a.m. (St. Joseph) Other times are available by appointment. ADORATION OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT Tuesday... 5:30-5:50p.m. (St. Stephen) Wednesday.... 6:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. (old St. Joseph Church) Please contact the St. Joseph Parish Office if you would like to commit to an hour of prayer on a weekly basis or if you would like to be called to substitute as needed. Sign up forms on the rack near the church entry. MISSION STATEMENT We exist to help individuals get to Heaven and be part of the Communion of Saints. Fed by the Word of God and the sacraments of the Church, we strive to battle mediocrity and seek holiness and spiritual discipline. Our challenge: to understand God s vocation for each of our lives, to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ, to recognize that the spiritual life necessitates personal change, and to love and serve our God and neighbor.

2 SACRAMENTS Baptism policy brochures are located near the church main entry.* *Baptism & Confirmation sponsors must be CONFIRMED PRACTICING Catholics in good standing in the Catholic Church. Confirmation is celebrated with students in the 11th grade PSR program upon completion of sacramental preparation and to adults upon preparation.* Marriage: Couples are asked to contact the priest at least six months prior to the projected date of the marriage. FAITH FORMATION / SPIRITUAL GROWTH Parish School of Religion (PSR) provides religious education and sacramental preparation for students attending public or non-catholic private schools in grades 1-11 at either St. Joseph or St. Stephen. RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) sessions are offered for adults, not yet baptized or previously baptized in another Christian faith, interested in the Catholic faith. RCIA meets at 6:30 PM on Mondays beginning in August and is open to all as continued spiritual growth. Children s Church provides for the sharing of God s Word for children from 3 years of age to grade 3 on the 3 rd Sunday of each month during the 9:00 AM Mass at St. Joseph. Study groups meet at 6:30 PM on Tuesdays at St. Stephen. FORMED is a parish subscription online platform, at Formed.org, the best Catholic content all in 1 place, 24/7 on computer, tablet, smartphone. WORSHIP Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is open in the old St. Joseph church on Wednesdays from 6:00 AM 7:00 PM. Adoration: Tuesday, 5:30pm followed by Benediction 5:50 PM, at St. Stephen before 6:00 PM Mass. St. Joseph Rosary Group leads the rosary before Masses at St. Joseph and at 9:00 AM on Wednesdays in St. Joseph chapel. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena is offered on Wednesdays along with 8:00 AM Mass in the St. Joseph chapel. Charismatic Praise & Worship: 6 PM, 2 nd Sunday; 1:30 PM, 4 th Sunday, SJ Charismatic Mass: 2:00 PM, 4th Sunday ALL at St. Joseph Music Ministry rehearses at St. Joseph on Wednesdays at 7:15 PM. COMMUNITY Parish Registration: A parish registration / census form must be completed for an individual or family to be considered a parishioner of St. Joseph or St. Stephen the Martyr Parish. Ministry to the Sick: Please contact the parish office regarding the ill, hospitalized, homebound, or in need of a visit, the Eucharist, or anointing. Christian Burial: Families should contact the parish office as soon as possible prior to making other funeral arrangements. Youth Ministry: St. Joseph / St. Stephen youth group, Teens for Christ, The Next Generation, is open to all students in the cluster, from any school, in grades Contact Selena, Altar Society St. Joseph: 6 PM, 4 th Monday / month, Karen Berthelot, St. Stephen: 5:30 PM, 3 rd Sunday / month, Wendi Berthelot, Knights of Columbus, St. Eugene Council 6753 St. Joseph / St. Stephen K.C monthly meetings: 6:30 PM, 3 rd Tuesday in St. Joseph hall Grand Knight, Robert Clouatre, Pro Life: Call Leslie Verdin, "SINGLES4CHRIST" is a multi-parish ministry for single persons and those who find themselves divorced or widowed. For information contact Janice Kosak at or janice.kosak@gmail.com. St. Vincent de Paul ministry assists those with emergency needs. Call and leave a message for a return call. Assistance is not handled out of the parish offices. Cluster St. Vincent de Paul conference meetings are held monthly on the 2 nd Tuesday at 5:15 PM at St. Joseph. Catholic Daughters of the Americas is an organization for women at least 18 years of age. The two Chapters meet monthly: St. Joseph Court: St. Catherine Laboure #2701, First Thursday St. Stephen Court: St. Louise de Marillac #2703, Third Wednesday Common Ministries WEEKLY READINGS Sunday, April 29 Acts 9:26-31 / 1 John 3:18-24 / John 15:1-8 Saul, increasing in strength and fortitude, is preaching the truth that Jesus is the Christ. Barnabas brings him to the Apostles explaining that they need not fear, Saul is indeed converted. In John s Letter, he challenges us to love in deed and truth, and reminds us that our hearts are known by the Father. In today s Gospel, Jesus teaches that he is the vine and the Father is the vine grower. We must abide in him in order to bear good fruit. The image of the vine and the branches is a clear reminder of our dependence on God for our every breath. If we hope to bear any good fruit in this world, we must stay close to the source of goodness God himself, through whom all good things come. Monday, April 30 Acts 14:5-18 / John 14:21-26 Our first reading recounts an episode in the ministry of Sts Paul and Barnabas to the Gentiles in which they are hailed as gods. In the Gospel, Jesus prepares his disciples for his eventual suffering and death, explaining that the Holy Spirit will come upon them. Each of us is given the Spirit of God in baptism and confirmation. If we allow it, this same Spirit will enlighten our hearts and minds to discern which gifts the Spirit has given to us and act to share these gifts with others so they may come to believe. Tuesday, May 1 Acts 14:19-28 / John 14:27-31a Paul offers us a challenge: let the peace of Christ control our hearts. In the Gospel, Jesus experiences skepticism from his hometown, causing him to move on because of their lack of faith. When we go about our day with the warmth of Jesus in our hearts, the lives of the people around us are better for it. We will be happier when we let our faith in Jesus shine forth. Let the peace of Christ rule our hearts. Wednesday, May 2 Acts 15:1-6 / John 15:1-8 Paul and Barnabas meet with early Church leaders to discuss whether Gentiles can embrace Christianity without being circumcised. The Gospel begins with Jesus identifying himself as the true vine, the Father as the vine grower and the disciples as branches. Whoever remains in him will bear much fruit. Today s Gospel challenges us to consider which branch we are most like: one that bears fruit, or one that is withered. To be fruitful, we must grow as part of the vine united with Christ and with one another. This is how we become Christ s disciples. Apart from him, we can do nothing. Thursday, May 3 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 / John 14:6-14 St. Paul lays out before the Corinthians the core beliefs of our Christian faith: that Christ died for our sins, rose again and appeared to his disciples. In the Gospel, Jesus teaches the Apostles of the essential unity that exists between him and the Father. We know the Father when we come to know Jesus, and believe in what is true: that Jesus died for our sins, was buried and was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. Friday, May 4 Acts 15:22-31 / John 15:12-17 Church leaders decide to send helpers with Paul and Barnabas to the Gentile converts in Antioch. They delivered the news that minimum requirements would be imposed on the converts. In the Gospel, Jesus commands his followers to love one another as he loves them. Love, as spoken of in the Gospels, is not an emotion, but an action and a commitment. We are to see Jesus in every person, and love them as Jesus loves us. Saturday, May 5 Acts 16:1-10 / John 15:18-21 Paul and Timothy continue their missionary work, and as a result the early Church grew stronger in faith and increased in number. In the Gospel, Jesus warns his disciples that they will encounter resistance because they have been chosen by him and the one who sent him. Jesus tells his disciples that those who do the will of the One who sent him into the world will face resistance from all who belong to the world and not to God. Jesus also chose us to go into the world to spread the Good News. Discipleship carries with it a cost let us pray for the grace to be strong in faith when we are tested.

3 CURRENT EVENTS April Weekend Sp. Coll.: Catholic Home Missions Monday, April 30 8am, Mass, SS 6pm, SJ LAS Meeting 6 pm, SS & SJ Altar Server SJ 7pm, SS & SJ Lector & Eucharistic Minister SJ Tuesday, May 1 5:30pm, Adoration, Confession, SS 5:50pm, Benediction, SS 6 pm, Mass, SS 6:30pm, Bible Study, SS Wednesday, May 2 6am-7pm, Adoration, SJ 8am, Mass, Rosary, SJ Thursday, May 3 7am, Mass, SJ No SJ CDA Meeting Friday, May 4 8am, First Friday Mass, SJ 10am-8pm, STROKE SCAN, SJ Saturday, May 6 8am, First Saturday Mass, SJ May 5-6 Weekend Sp. Coll.: Building & Maintenance 9:00 A.M. & 10:45 A.M. Masses First Eucharist, Reception follows Common Currents 44 They also will answer, Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you? 45 He will reply, Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me. Matthew 25:44-45 NIV Youth group cookbooks A Taste of Heaven Call the office, , to order, and pick up cookbooks for $15 each. CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS For our boys and girls who receive the Holy Eucharist for the first time next weekend, may they always witness to the risen Christ by the way they lead their lives, let us pray to the Lord. Mother s Day Reminder Sunday, May 13 is Mother s Day. Remember your mom, step-mom, grandmother, mother-in-law, or super special person with a cake or a rose to let them know how much you appreciate all of the love and support they have given you throughout the years. St. Stephen: Cakes for sale after 10:45am Mass St. Joseph: Roses for sale, $5, after 5:30pm & 9:00am Mass, Catholic Daughters, SJ

4 Alleluia! Just as the flame is taken from the Paschal Candle and spread throughout the church at the Easter Vigil, the light of Christ spreads through God s people to dispel the darkness. "Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! Mark 16:6

5 Holy Saturday: Easter Vigil From Darkness and Death to Light and Eternal Life

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