SAINT PHILIP CHURCH SAINT JAMES CHURCH OUR LADY OF PEACE CHURCH STAFF: Ms Jeanie Hymel

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SAINT JAMES CHURCH SAINT PHILIP CHURCH 6613 Highway 18 St. James, LA 70086 225.265.4210 : phone 225.265.4225 : fax Office Hours: Mon, & Wed. 7:30am - 2pm Tue, Thur -8am - 3pm Fri.

1 SAINT JAMES CHURCH SAINT PHILIP CHURCH 6613 Highway 18 St. James, LA : phone : fax Office Hours: Mon, & Wed. 7:30am - 2pm Tue, Thur -8am - 3pm Fri. - 8am -11am 1175 Highway 18 Vacherie, LA : phone : fax. Office Hours: Mon-Fri - 9:00am - 12pm STAFF: CLERGY Rev. Matthew McCaughey Ms. Julie Chiasson office@canecatholics.com OUR LADY OF PEACE CHURCH Pastor Hwy 644 Vacherie, LA :: phone : fax Office Hours Mon-Fri - 8:00am - 4pm frmatthewmcc@canecatholics. com Rev. Brad Doyle Parochial Vicar frbrad@canecatholics.com Deacon Ricky Oubre (985) rickyretire@yahoo.com Ms. Stephenie Aubert Coordinator of Religious Ed. saubert@canecatholics.com Mrs. Carol Ann Hymel chymel@canecatholics.com Ms. Claire Amedee camedee@canecatholics.com Ms Jeanie Hymel Mrs. Gretchen Ketchens FOR EMERGENCIES CALL:

2 Bishop Duca This past Friday, Bishop Michael Duca was installed as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Baton Rouge. When I was a seminarian, Bishop Duca gave a formation seminar at Notre Dame Seminary. Here are a few insights from those talks that were helpful to me. Bishop Duca began the seminar with the theme of mission. Mission isn t just about our actions in the distant future. Mission is our inspiration, an outward energy in response to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. Regarding his own mission, Bishop said, My idea of priesthood was serving in a few parishes for all my days. Instead, he served as vocation director, went to study canon law, went back to seminary something he said never wanted to do, and finally he was asked to be bishop. He kept on saying, My next assignment will be in the parish. Finally he got the point and said, Wherever you call me, Lord, I will go. The Lord s mission for us could be to go at a faster or slower pace than we re comfortable with. Bishop told a story about a man who took his mother to the grocery store. This man was frustrated that she walked slower than a snail. He told his mother, Let me go and get all the things in two minutes so we can check out. But she wanted to take her time, looking at each item. The Bishop told us, You have to learn the value of walking slowly. Bishop Duca used a story to demonstrate the danger of temptation. As a priest, he was living in an old house when a squirrel invaded the attic. Anytime he would plug the hole, the squirrel found a way back in. He realized that while he was thinking about the squirrel only 30 minutes a day, the squirrel was thinking about the attic 24/7. Applying this to our spiritual lives, the more we think about temptation, the greater the chance the sin will get in our lives. Bishop Duca encouraged us seminarians to be balanced. He said, Don t take yourself too seriously, and you must take yourself absolutely seriously. Young priests are sometimes tempted to compete with Jesus to be Savior of the parish. If a priest does great things in the parish, he must remember that it s God s work. Bishop gave an example of what it means to take yourself lightly. A little kid walked up to him one day after Mass and said, You re fat! Bishop responded, You re right! Even though he takes himself lightly, a priest must take himself absolutely seriously because he ministers the sacramental presence of Christ. Maintaining these opposite attitudes mirrors our faith that seems to hold two contraries together: God is three and one. In the same way a priest must take himself seriously... and not do so at the same time. I look forward to meeting Bishop Duca and inviting him to celebrate Mass in our cluster parishes! Peace, Fr. Matthew THE HOLY MASS -WEEKDAYS MON TUE WED THU FRI 8am Our Lady Of Peace 8am St. Philip 8am Our Lady of Peace 8am Our Lady of Peace, 6pm St. Philip 8am St. James THE HOLY MASS -WEEKENDS SAT 4pm OLOP 6pm St. Philip SUN 8am St. James 10am OLOP SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION SUN 7:15-7:45am St. James SAT 3:00 3:45pm OLOP SAT 5:30-5:50pm St.Philip If you need to go to Confession outside one of these times, please call the office Sacrament of Baptism - Call Office to schedule Sacrament of Marriage - call the parish at least six months in advance before setting date or making preparations Baptismal Seminar - 2nd Thursday of the month at St. Philip rectory immediately following Mass (6:30pm) PRAYER LINE St. James Enola Matherne Myrna Schexnayder St. Philip Cecile Hymel Our Lady of Peace Marlene Webre TRAVELING CHALICE Eddie & Grace Hymel 9-1 Jimmy/Bertha Brock Flowers and Sanctuary Candles Our Lady of Peace: Sanctuary Candle - In Memory of O Neil and Mary D. Rome by Family Adoration Chapel - In memory of Paulette Hymel & Missy Granier by Pokeno Group St.Philip: Sanctuary Candle -In Memory of Jane Wilde by P.J. and Elaine Legendre St. James: Sanctuary Candle-In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Russell Weber by Family

3 EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! Parish offices closed on September 3 in observance of Labor Day. Prayer Groups/Bible Study Monday Morning Bible Study - Aug. 27 at 9:15 in Holy Cross Hall -OLOP Men s Prayer Group OLOP- 7:00am on the last Saturday of the month Charismatic Prayer Meeting - Tuesdays at 7pm at OLOP Rosaries, Adoration and Novenas Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help is prayed after the 8am Mass at St. Philip on Tuesdays The Scripture Rosary for Peace is prayed at St. Philip at 5:10pm on Thursdays. Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament follow the 6:00pm Mass at St. Philip on First Thursdays. Recitation of Rosary at 7:30am at St. James on Fridays Recitation of Rosary for Priests at 8:30am at St. James on Saturdays. Recitation of Rosary on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday Mornings at OLOP before morning Mass Choir Practices Tuesday St. Philip Choir - 4:00pm Spirit of Praise - OLOP - 6:00pm Thursday Gospel Choir - OLOP - 6:00pm Gospel Choir - St. James - 6:30pm READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: St. Monica 2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12; Ps 96:1-5; Mt 23:13-22 Tuesday: St. Augustine 2 Thes 2:1-3a, 14-17; Ps 96:10-13; Mt 23:23-26 Wednesday: The Passion of St. John the Baptist 2 Thes 3:6-10, 16-18; Ps 128:1-2, 4-5; Mk 6:17-29 Thursday: 1 Cor 1:1-9; Ps 145:2-7; Mt 24:42-51 Friday: 1 Cor 1:17-25; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 10-11; Mt 25:1-13 Saturday: 1 Cor 1:26-31; Ps 33:12-13, 18-21; Mt 25:14-30 Sunday: Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Dt 4:1-2, 6-8; Ps 15:2-5; Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27; Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, FAITH FORMATION Faith Formation Classes St. Philip Monday, August th grades 5-6:15pm 7-9th grades- 6:30-7:45 pm St. James Tuesday, Aug 28th 1-9th grades - 5:00-6:15 Church hall Our Lady of Peace Monday, August 27, 2018 K-4 classes - 5:30-6:45, 5-10th grade classes - 7:00-8:15 Car pool line drop off and pick up will be the same as last year. Any questions, please contact Duane Becnel at No classes on Sept. 3 & 4 due to Labor Day Holiday. Baptisms: Baptisms will be held at Our Lady of Peace on September 16, at 10am Mass. Call the office to schedule. Baptisms at St. James and St Philip are on an as needed basis. Please call the office to schedule. Next Baptismal Seminar will be on Sept. 13 at St. Philip at 6:30pm. Please register at Ministry Schedules, Faith Formation Registration Forms, Baptism Registration, Online Giving Instructions are all available on our website:

Catechists Meeting There will be a meeting for all Catechists from St. James, St. Philip and Our Lady of Peace Churches on Wednesday, August 29 at 6:30pm at the Association Home (KC) in Vacherie.

Lutcher. The program will featuring Trista Brazan (mother of Baby Claire). She will be accompanied by God Made Self Driven s Dustin Bertrand & Gabe Broussard. Rosary begins at 6:30pm. Please join us.

Just follow the directions in the Flocknote box on the right side of this page to join. Baptized Unto the Lord Marlow Jane Ponvelle, child of Dylan & Brandie Breaux Ponvelle, baptized on Aug.

4 Catechists Meeting There will be a meeting for all Catechists from St. James, St. Philip and Our Lady of Peace Churches on Wednesday, August 29 at 6:30pm at the Association Home (KC) in Vacherie. River Parish Men s Ultreya: Families in Spirit Trusting in God s Plan Everyone is invited to the River Parish Men s Ultreya on Monday, August 27, 2018 from 7:00-8:00pm at the Lutcher Chapel in Lutcher. The program will featuring Trista Brazan (mother of Baby Claire). She will be accompanied by God Made Self Driven s Dustin Bertrand & Gabe Broussard. Rosary begins at 6:30pm. Please join us. Flocknote: If you haven t already done so, please sign up for Flocknote. We will be using this format to communicate with parishioners about important events and information in the parishes. Just follow the directions in the Flocknote box on the right side of this page to join. Baptized Unto the Lord Marlow Jane Ponvelle, child of Dylan & Brandie Breaux Ponvelle, baptized on Aug. 10, 2018 Harper Ann Usey, child of Devin & Kayla Tregre Usey, Marleigh London Narcisse child of Ron & Marliska DeClouette Narcisse Bellamy Patrick Murphy, child of Brandon & Aspen Steib Murphy, All were baptized at Our Lady of Peace Pictured with Bishop Meunch and Fr. Jamin David, Formation Director for the Permanent Diaconate, are members of the Diaconate classes of 2020 and The class of 2020 was instituted as Acolytes and the the class of 2021 was instituted as Lectors in ceremonies on Saturday at St. Jude the Apostle Church in Baton Rouge. Congratulations to all of the men of our diocese studying for the Permanent Diaconate, especially our very own Glenn Hymel in the class of Please pray for all of our candidates for the Diaconate.

5 Donald,Sr. & Genevieve Abadie Norman Allen Roland & Nell Amedee Viola & Joseph Bartholomew & Fly. Betty Becnel Bluebeck, Irene & Jamin Becnel Bryon Becnel Christopher David Becnel Daniel Becnel Dano & Diane R. Becnel J. G. & Marietta Becnel Joseph Lloyd Becnel Joseph Marcel Becnel Maurice Sr. & Daisy K. Becnel Mr. & Mrs. Jules E. Becnel Gustave & Olga Becnel Roland & Honorine Becnel Stephan Borne Emilca & Hazel Bourgeois Francois & Lucille Brazan & Fly. Gaspard & Ronnie Brazan Robert Brown, Jr. Denis, Eve & Denis Jr. Chenier Frederic Clarke Linda Stein Clark Edward, Anna & Eddie Clement Joseph Lal and Frances Constant Leslie Cortez Lester, Lois & Neil Cortez Terry & Bertha Cortez Donald Delatte, Jr. John, Jr., Rene & Hilda Donald Bernard, Esther & Karen Dumas Edwin Joseph Dumas Janet Becnel Folse Reid & Jeanne Folse IN LOVING MEMORY Chance & Doris Frazier David Mark Granier Andrew Gravois Edwin Menew Gravois Eloise B. Gravois Jessica Rodrigue Busscher Honora Gravois Lynn & Lizzie Gravois & Fly. Joseph N. Gros, Jr. Joseph Sr. & Olympe Gros Raymond L Gros, Sr. George Grow, Jr. Gillis & Mabel Guillot Kelsey Hymel Lynn & Gayle Hymel John & Belta Inness John & Laura Isom and Family Willie & Josephine Isom Eva D. and Joseph I. James Warren A. Jeffery Byron J. & Morris Keller, Jr. Johnny J. & Jarran Keller Morris & Catherine Keller Ora Lee L. Keller Francile Baker Labat Amy Laurent Cecilia W. Loup Philip & Inez Marse Thomas & Thelma Marse Joseph, Gladys & Ernest Narcisse Morrison Narcisse Clamce & Alvin Oubre Eddie & Therese Oubre Fly. Eugenia Steib Oubre Freddie P. Oubre, Sr. family Hurby J. Oubre Joseph Sr. & Hilda Oubre family Joseph & Rozena Oubre Family Herman Reulet Joyce Reulet Lloyd Reulet family Alwin Rodrigue August & Alice Rodrigue Chester & Joyce W. Rodrigue Manuel Rodrigue Todd Rodrigue Elodie Rome O Neil and Mary D. Rome Roger & Eugene Rome V. J. Rome Jerry Rougee Lucien & Edna Rougee Raymond Rougee Elmond J. Saul Family Fernand & Lorne Schexnayder,Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Guy Schexnayder Willie Mae Smith Alvin Joseph Specky" Steib Andre & Iona Steib Benoit & Alice Steib & Rashaud Charles Steib Charles & Dale Steib Flo, Regina, Mark, Donavon Steib Paul & Alice I. Steib Rosemond & Vivian Steib Sylvester & Vivian J. Steib Bernice T. Stein Leonard J. Stein Oscar Zeno, Sr. & Larry In Memoriam Stephen A. Poirrier, Sr died Aug. 19, 2018 Funeral and Burial at St. James on August 22, 2018 May he rest in peace Adorers needed for the following hours: SUN 3-4 AM, 4-5 AM (2), 9-10AM (2),12 NOON 1 PM, 5-6 PM MON 4-5 PM TUE 3-4PM WED 11PM-12 MID (2), 1-2 AM THURS AM, 2-3 AM, 8-9AM, 9-10AM FRI 1-2 AM, AM, 10-11PM, 12MID 1 AM SAT. 2-3 AM, 3-4 AM, 5-6 AM, 4-5 PM (2), 10-11PM. Please call Rose Brazan at (cell) (house) to take one of these or any other hours. ST. JAMES Offertory $1, Building Maintenance Seminary Scholarship $ ST. PHILIP Offertory $1, Building Maintenance $80.00 OUR LADY OF PEACE Offertory $5, Repairs & Replacements $ Chapel $ Seminary Scholarship $390.00

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The People of the Diocese of Baton Rouge welcome Bishop Duca and join him in prayer with all the faithful as they work together united in faith, hope and charity. Article continued on page 4 - Bishop Duca