St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish

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1 33 rd Sunday in Ordinary Time November 16, 2014 MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Daily: 8:30 a.m.-mon. Thurs. in Daily Chapel OFFICE HOURS: Monday: 11:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Tuesday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish 4700 PINEDA STREET NEW ORLEANS, LA CHURCH LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF LOUISA DR AND PINEDA 5029 LOUISA DR. PHONE FAX WEB PAGE ADDRESS ADDRESS stgabriel@archdiocese-no.org PASTORAL TEAM: MASS SCHEDULE: Pastor: Rev. Douglas A. Doussan Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m. Pastoral Associate: Sr. Kathleen Pittman, C.S.J. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Pastoral Associate: Mrs. Michele Bergeron Daily: 8:30 a.m.-mon. Thurs. in Daily Chapel Parish Secretary: Ms. Lisa Tillery OFFICE HOURS: MAINTENANCE STAFF: Monday: 11:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Mr. Willie Daniel Tuesday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Mr. Christopher Patin NEW PARISHIONERS: Welcome! Please fill out a Registration Form in church or on the webpage. Also, all parishioners please complete the form to notify us of your change of address, telephone number, or . The form can be placed in the collection basket, given to an usher, or sent to the office. CONFESSION (Reconciliation): Saturday 3:30 p.m. Sunday 10:00 a.m. or any time by appointment. BAPTISM: Parents must call the parish office at least 3 months prior to the Baptism. Baptism is ordinarily celebrated on the second Sunday of the month. PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION (PSR): provides religious formation for youth Pre-K through high school. PSR meets Sunday mornings at 9 a.m., September thru May. MARRIAGE: As soon as a decision to marry is reached, an appointment should be arranged by the couple with the priest to begin the process of marriage preparation. This should be at least 1 year in advance of the anticipated wedding date. Reservations should not be made with a reception hall before setting the date and time of the wedding with the church. VISITATION OF THE SICK: Please inform the parish office when someone is sick, shut-in, or hospitalized, and unable to attend mass. FUNERAL: When a member of the family dies, please notify the priest as soon as possible, before making arrangements with the funeral home.

2 ST. GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL PARISH BULLETIN NOVEMBER 16, 2014 THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Risk Taking Every disciple, like the master s servants in the parable for this Sunday s Gospel, has the responsibility of using the gifts we have been given by God for the sake of the kingdom. There is to no playing safe in such an investment. Discipleship is not just a comfortable holding on to the gifts that God has given us. It challenges us to action, to risk taking, to increasing the yield of good works and sharing these with others, and to refraining from excuses for our failures. We cannot take refuge in our own preconceived and often sterile images of God, nor revel in what we regard as a victim relationship with God. The risks that earn us affirmation as good and trustworthy servants are the ordinary kingdom exchanges of daily life: forgiving rather that burying a grudge in our hearts; standing by another in times of sorrow, failure or misunderstanding; giving someone the benefit of the doubt; associating with those whom many consider the wrong kind of unacceptable people; laying down one s life for another---- perhaps a misunderstood friend, rebellious child, a terminally ill spouse, aged parents. All this now effort is preparing us for the not yet entry into the kingdom. Sr. Verna Holyhead, SGS, an Australian Sister of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St. Benedict The grace, peace and love of Our Risen Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you, Father Doug Sister Kathleen Michele Bergeron Support the Catholic Campaign for Human Development Collection -- November 23 Next week s Collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) needs your help. CCHD was founded to end the cycle of poverty in the United States by funding organizations that help people help themselves. With the tradition of improving education, housing situations, and economic development, CCHD continues to make a positive impact in communities nationwide. Your contribution will defend human dignity and help those living on the margins of our society. Please give to the CCHD Collection. Envelopes should be in your packets or are available on the entrance tables. Did You Know that the very first African American priests in the United States were three brothers born of a slave mother and fathered by a Georgia plantation owner? The Healy brothers: James, Alexander, and Patrick were sent north for their education and freedom. Because of the adverse racial climate in 19 th century America, the Healy brothers had to be ordained in Europe, beginning with James in 1854, Alexander in 1858, and Patrick in James Augustine Healy later became our nation s first African American bishop in Portland, Maine in A year earlier, his brother, Patrick Francis Healy, became the highly regarded president of the Catholic institution, Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Ironically, Georgetown did not admit students of color until the mid-1900s. Learn more at

3 St. Gabriel the Archangel Church 33 rd Sunday in Ordinary Time November 16, 2014 Weekly Report Mass Attendance: November 8, Saturday, Vigil 80 November 9, Sunday, 10:30 am 236 Total attendance: November 8 & Stewardship: Church Collection $ 10, Online Giving $ Total Stewardship $ 10, Building Fund: $ The average weekly offering that will be needed from July 2014 through June 2015 is $10, to meet this year s budget. 4:00 p.m., Saturday, November 15, 2014 Herbert Baudy, Jr., Marie P. Jones, Augusta Mogilles 10:30 a.m., Sunday, November 16, 2014 Dominic S. Hornsby, Katherine Ellen Duroncelay, Herlin Sr. & Augusta Mogilles, Russell Obe After 8:30.a.m. Mass, Monday Thursday, Recitation of the Rosary 8:15 a.m., Tuesday Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena If you would like to have a Mass celebrated for a special request, on behalf of a family member, a friend, or a deceased loved one, the request must be in the office no later than the Monday before the weekend you wish the Mass offered. Please pray for Sick and Shut-In Parishioners Please pray for Harry and Joyce Eves, Sr. Dianne Fanguy, Miriam Haydel, Yvonne Keyes, Jewel Minor (mother of Lydia Thomas), Pat Patterson, George Robertson, Leanidous Washington, King Wells, Christopher Young and all those listed in the Book of the Sick. SCRIPTURE READINGS Monday: Rv 1:1-4; 2:1-5; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 18:35-43 Tuesday: Rv 3:1-6, 14-22; Ps 15:2-5; Lk 19:1-10 Wednesday: Rv 4:1-11; Ps 150:1b-6; Lk 19:11-28 Thursday: Rv 5:1-10; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 19:41-44 Friday: Rv 10:8-11; Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131; Lk 19:45-48 Saturday: Rv 11:4-12; Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; Lk 20:27-40 Sunday: Ez 34:11-12, 15-17; Ps 23:1-3, 5-6; 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28; Mt 25:31-46 TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION All Christians in both East and West embraced the care of the sick as essential to church life. In the West, the importance of the visit of the priest is stressed, while in the East, the sick person is brought to the church for a full Liturgy of the Word. Some, such as the Armenians, even call it the Ritual of the Lamp, since the oil is poured out of the lamp by which the Word is read. This may be why Eastern Christians sometimes anoint the sick with this oil, since the trip to church might kill them. Our tradition in the West also unfolded in monasteries, where it was possible for infirm monks to be attended with a full and beautifully consoling liturgy. In 950 the monks of St. Alban s Abbey in Mainz produced a ceremonial book that was instantly a pastoral hit everywhere. There were two lengthy rituals for the sick, one an extended vigil, and the other a liturgy of anointing that included Communion under both species. While this ritual was a house formula for monks, it is easy to see how monks who had the care of parishes desired to serve their parishioners in a similar way. The first form included the chanting of penitential psalms, and the second form required a confession beforehand. Both forms included a laying on of hands, which everyone understood as being an essential part of penance. Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. POWERFUL P.A.R.E.N.T.S. Parents Actively Responding, Encouraging, Nurturing, Teaching & Supporting The next parenting fellowship gathering will take place on Tuesday, November 18 th in the parish conference room. Parents, grandparents, & anyone helping to raise a child are welcome. Theme: Teaching Values through Money Dinner starts at 6pm, session from 6:30-8pm. Free childcare. Sponsored by the Isaiah 43 Program

4 DROP NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS IN THE BOXES IN CHURCH TODAY IS THE LAST DAY If you know of a family who is in need of a basket, put their name on the form on the entrance tables. Books for Advent/Christmas We will have two books, Give Us This Day and The Word Among Us, for your prayer and reflection during the seasons of Advent and Christmas. Both have the mass texts, especially the Scripture readings, for each day, as well as daily reflections/meditations on the Scripture. Each book has extra articles. Give Us This Day also has morning and evening prayer for each day and an article on the saint for the day. Both books will be sold for $2.00 each. If you know of a child (ages up to 12) who is in need, we have forms available in church so they can be added as an angel on the Christmas Giving Tree. You must take responsibility for delivering the present to them. Forms must be in by Sunday, November 23. Saturday, November 15 9:00 a.m. Social Justice Mtg. Conf. Rm. 10:30 a.m. KPC Ladies Aux. Conf. Rm. 1:30 p.m. Altar Server Training Church 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass Church After Mass Altar Society Cake Sale Church Sunday, November 16 9:00 a.m. PSR Admin. Bldg. RCIA Conf. Rm. 10:30 a.m. Mass Church After Mass Altar Society Cake Sale Church Monday, November 17 6:00 p.m. Local Organizing Conf. Rm. Ministry Tuesday, November 18 6:00 p.m. Evangelization Ministry Mtg. Rm. 2 Isaiah 43 Parenting Conf. Rm. Workshop Thursday, November 20 11:00 a.m. Trumpeteers Mtg. Conf. Rm. Saturday, November 22 9:00 a.m. Y.A.M.s Mtg. Parish Hall 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass Church After Mass Y.A.M. Sale Church Sunday, November 23 9:00 a.m. PSR Admin. Bldg. RCIA Conf. Rm. 10:30 a.m. Mass Church After Mass Y.A.M. Sale Church Thanksgiving Pies On sale next week sponsored by the Young Adult Ministry (YAMs) November 15 Youth Ministry Youth Rm (GYM) 10 am November 22 Isaiah 43 Mentoring 10 am Conf Rm Children s Ministry 2 pm Mtg Rm 2 December 6 Journey to the Son Advent Retreat for Teens am - 2 pm Gather in Youth Room (Gym)

5 In Memory O f Edward L. Adams Britton & Adams Families Oubre & Brown Families Arthur M. Anderson Sr., & Austin M. Anderson Ethel & Herbert Baudy, Sr., & Herbert Baudy, Jr. Oscar & Irma Bluain Agnes & Ernest Campbell Clara P. Carey Ruth & Lester Sr., Lester Jr. & Tom Doussan Emily Thomas Evans Clifford J. & Dolores D. Francis Mayo, Cunningham & Greene Families Letria Washington, Carter, Payton, & Jackson Families Melvin C. Jones Marguerite Holmes-Johnson & Brenda Bernadette Joseph Elouise Gabriel Ford & Julietta Ford Knight Ethel Lawless Samuel Lee Jr. Mary-Berenice McCall Augusta & Herlin Mogilles Sr. Kimberly Nicole Perry & Alcee Joseph Perry George Robertson, Jr. Howard L. & Nelda Rodgers Rodney & Yvonne Thomas Clifford & Rachel Young & Beverly Y. Thompson The Valeary Family Malone & Williams Families Earle, Glenn Sr., & Glenn Jr. Winnier Alphonse Joseph Wood If any parishioner would like to list the names of their deceased loved ones, please complete an In Memory Of envelope, which are on the entrance tables or call the parish office to make arrangements.

6 Remember Your Loved One with A Memorial Ad On This Page Of The Church Bulletin. Call the Parish Office, for details, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLACE AN AD HERE? Contact the Parish Kindly Patronize Our Sponsors Who Make This Bulletin Possible. Refer A Business to Place Their Ad Here. Contact the Parish Office at or stgabriel@bellsouth.net ROMONA BAUDY 2109 N. Claiborne Ave. New Orleans, LA Fax DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY HEALTH CENTERS Primary Care Dental Behavioral Health Pharmacy Optometry WIC Medicaid Enrollment (504) Daughters of Charity: Celebrating 180 Years in Local Health Care Service Providing affordable housing for seniors for more than 45 years Howard Ave., Suite 100 New Orleans, LA Phone: Fax: TTY PACE GNO is a community-based alternative to nursing home care that serves all seniors, aged 55 and over, who meet nursing home level of care within Orleans parish, as well as portions of Jefferson and St. Bernard parishes. Services include: * All Medical Care * Nutritional Counseling * Recreation * Social Services * Rehabilitation Therapies * Meals * Pastoral Care * Transportation and more! Shirley Landry Benson PACE Center For more information call504) or visit BUSINESS ADVERTISEMENTS NEEDED Do you own your own business or know of someone who does? Then why not prayerfully consider renewing or placing an ad in our weekly bulletin? If you or someone you know would be interested in advertising in the bulletin please contact the parish office at (504)