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1 fàa WÉÅ Ç v ctü á{ Dominican Friars Province of St. Martin de Porres Pastor: Very Rev. John G. Restrepo, O. P., V.F. pastor@stdparish.org Parochial Vicar: Rev. Wm. Scott Daniels, O.P ext 203 Parochial Vicar: Rev. Dominic Joseph Colangelo, O.P. Deacon: Rev. Mr. John S. Pippenger Deacon: Rev. Mr. Jody Fortunato Dominicans in Residence Rev. Richard Archer, O.P. Bro. Roger A. Shondel, O.P. Very Rev. Thomas Condon, O.P., Provincial Rev. Eduardo Gabriel, O.P. Rev. Manuel Solorzano, O. P. Rev. David Keong Seid, O.P. Very Rev. David Caron, O.P. Very Rev. Philip Neri Powell, O.P., Prior 775 Harrison Avenue New Orleans, LA (504) Fax: (504) Religious Education Coordinator/PSR Mr. John Smestad, Jr., M.R.E Pastor s Secretary: Mrs. Marlene Hug Sacristan: Mr. Joseph Monistere Maintenance Supervisor: Mr. Troy Cavilear Principal: St. Dominic School 6326 Memphis Street New Orleans, LA Dean of Lower School: Shannon Landreaux Dean of Upper School: Erin Streva Dean of Students & Admissions: Katie Stackpole School Operations Manager (Bursar): Amanda Kay

2 Parish Ministries and Contact Persons ADULT CHOIR Timothy Todd Simmons ADULT FAITH FORMATION COORDINATOR Mrs. Sandy Sanchez, O.P ALTAR SERVERS George Voulgarakis CONTEMPORARIES Beverly McSweeney / CYO John Smestad, Jr., M.R.E DOMINICAN LAITY Donna Woods, O.P EMMAUS RETREAT MINISTRY Men's: Brad Murret / EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Pat Levy EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS/HOME VISITOR Richard Kethley FAMILY LIFE /EVENING FOR THE ENGAGED Deacon John and Linda Pippenger / FINANCE COMMITTEE Fred Yoder FRIENDS OF ST. VINCENT depaul Tom Judd HAITI PARTNERSHIP Mark Ripple HOLY NAME SOCIETY Charlie Meaux HOMEBOUND & SICK MINISTRY Deacon Jody Fortunato KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Paul Tchiblakian / LAY CARMELITES Glenda Wire LAY PRESIDERS Charlotte Crusta LECTORS COMMITTEE John Keenan FATHERS CLUB Ryan Martiny Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil Mass 4:00 PM Mass care (Babysitting) ages 9 mos. and up during the 10:30 Mass in the Siena Room. Daily Masses and Rosary: Reconciliation Saturday 8:00 AM and 3:00 PM St. Dominic Church Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM MONDAY NIGHT ROSARY Jo-Ann Testa Hebert MOTHERS CLUB Lindsay Munson Carrey Britsch NEW PARISHIONER S WELCOME Ting Lyons PASTORAL COUNCIL Diane Frank PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Fr. John PRAYER BLANKETS Debbie and Ron Landry PRAYER LINE RESPECT LIFE Leslie Adams RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) Fr. Scott Daniels, O.P ROSARIANS Barbara Cina ROSARY ALTAR SOCIETY Geri Landry, & Mary Reynolds SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT Jarred Trauth SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR Annette Wherritt & Mary Arnemann ST. MARTIN de PORRES SOCIETY Tim Viezer ST. MONICA PRAYER GROUP Dolores Masson SUBSTANCE ADDICTION MINISTRY (SAM) Mic Hartenstein USHERS COMMITTEE Victor J. Welker WOMEN OF STS. MARTHA & MARY Kelley Hebert YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY Nich & Mariah Sandoval yam@stdparish.org Matrimony Arrangements must be made at least eight months in advance. Contact one of the priests or deacons of the parish. Baptisms By prior arrangement. Baptism Classes: Contact the Parish Office to register. First Communion and Confirmation The candidate must have at least 2 consecutive years of religious instruction (Catholic school or PSR) prior to reception of these sacraments. Please contact the PSR director for more information.

3 January 20, nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 3 Not only does Jesus surprise, but the guests point out to their host: "You have kept the good wine until now." The divine wine is better than the earthly variety. God's goodness is better than what we can grasp at for ourselves. Isn't that how it always goes? There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine." - John 2:1-3 When you think of being Catholic, what do you think of? Perhaps you grew up with your only associations being fasting, nuns with rulers, and "Catholic guilt." Our faith can sometimes have the connotation of restriction and absence, not abundance. Who is God in your life? Is He the divine law-giver, the judge punishing the rulebreakers? These are certainly attributes of God. But the laws don't exist for themselves alone. They exist to help us love one another as God loves us. And this loving God is the author of abundance and joy. Did you hear today's Gospel? "There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee." Here at this wedding, Jesus would perform "the beginning of his signs...and so reveal his glory." This first sign isn't a miraculous healing. He didn't raise someone from the dead. He kept a party going! "There were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons...the water...had become wine." The wine has run out. Jesus creates somewhere between 120 and 180 gallons to help his friend save face. We may not have such momentous miracles in our lives, but God is watching out for us. The string of green lights when you're running late. The sale on the replacement appliance you need. The friend who calls at just the right time. These are the little moments of God's abundance. We just need to look for them! Church Office will be closed on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 21. Masses will be at our regular time, 8:30 AM and 5:30 PM. Confessions at 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. The CYO will host the Ochsner Bloodmobile for a parish blood drive on Wednesday, January 23, from 4:30 PM 7:30 PM. Check-in will be at Aquinas Hall, and the bloodmobile will be parked on Memphis Street. The minimum age to donate blood is 17 (or 16 with an Ochsner parental consent form (available on We hope that many parishioners will participate and support this important community cause. PARISH SUPPORT JANUARY 6, 2019 Envelopes $10, Loose $ 6, Maintenance $ Christmas Gift $ More Dominicans $ Catholic Schools $ Church in Latin America$ Catholic Charities $ $17,570.94

4 January 20, nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 4 MASS INTENTIONS WEEK OF JANUARY 19-25, 2019 SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 TH 8:30 AM JACOB CAMINITA FAMILY 4:00 PM MILDRED & JOSEPH LAURENT (D VIRGINIA & SYLVESTER WITTE (D) DEAN LAURENT (D) BONNIE SCHULTZ & FAMILY (L&D) SOULS IN PURGATORY MARY C. GREENLEE (D) ARLIE A. GREENLEE (D) ARLIE A. GREENLEE, JR. (D) DAN BARRETT (D) MICHAEL MCNALLY (FOR HEALING) GERALD & LITA LANNAN (D) BUTZ LANNAN (L) MARIE & A.J. GIORLANDO (L) MILTON BRADFORD (D) HENRY RIECKE, JR. (D) JOE BRADLEY (D) CHARLAIN CASTINE HANNA (D) PATRICIA FINNEY DANIELS (D) GLENN P. SCLAFINI (D) We welcome the following into our Catholic family. Maria Noel Cerruti daughter of Brian Joseph Cerruti & Melissa Sheasby SUNDAY, JANUARY 20 TH 8:00 AM PRO-POPULO 10:30 AM ANNA GIOE & ROCCO TOMMASEO (D) MAE LESTELLE & JOSEPH ALBERT PRIEZ (D) MARY ALICE ISENBERG (D) ALINE MARY WEBRE DASTUGUE (D) JOHN CABALLERO (D) JOHN GERRETS (D) PETER DARR (D) DAN BARRETT (D) CLAIRE CRESSON (D) JOHN L. ECKHOLDT (D) 12:15 PM BURKHARDT FAMILY (L) Flowers have been placed on the altar in memory of Christina Dominique Vautrot If you wish to have flowers placed on the altar for a loved one, or in memory of, please call Pat Lassalle at Cost $50 per arrangement. 5:30 PM JOSEPH & LEATRICE TORTORICH (D) MONDAY, JANUARY 21 ST 8:30 AM CLIFFORD A. GUIDRY (L) 5:30 PM PEARL & JOHN FERRAN (D) TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 ND 8:30 AM DANIEL BARRETT, JR. (D) 5:30 PM POOR SOULS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 RD 8:30 AM CAROL SCHUTZMANN (D) 5:30 9M EDWARD VARGAS (D) THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 TH 8:30 AM SR. JEAN BLAKE (D) 5:30 PM KHANH V. TRAN (D) FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 TH 8:30 AM CAROL SCHUTZMANN (D) 5:30 PM NORA & ALVIN MAGNER (D) ALL ARE INVITED RCIA PROGRAM EVERY SUNDAY 8:45 AM-10:15 AM THEODORE HALL January 20 topic: Mary, Marian Devotions & Saints January 27 topic: Ten Commandments

5 January 20, nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 5 THIS WEEK JOIN US Join the WOMM for a Bible Study on Mondays, January 21 and 28, 7:00-8:00 PM in the Church. They will discuss selections from Her Name is Woman, Book 2. Reading isn t required to attend; and join us on Tuesday, January 22, 7:00 PM in the church office Siena Room as we kick off a new year of faith, fellowship, and charity. For more information, visit wommnola.com. MEN OF ST. JOSEPH meet every Wednesday at 6:30 AM in the Siena Room. For more information, contact Drew Brownlee at or visit ST. DOMINIC MEN S PART 1 LTMTP continues on Wednesday, January 23, 7:45 PM in the church office Siena Room. For more information, contact Brian at LAKEVIEW CRIME PREVENTION monthly meeting will be held on Thursday, January 24, 6:00 PM in the church office Siena Room. Please join us as we discuss safety awareness. Matthew: The King and His Kingdom video bible study continues Thursday, January 24, 6:30 PM in Theodore Hall. Join Fr. Philip Neri Powell, O.P. for "The Mass: Line by Line" on Thursday January 24, PM in the church. ST. MONICA PRAYER GROUP will meet every Saturday at 8:30 AM Mass. All are invited to join us to pray for family members who have strayed from the Church. For more information, call Dolores at th Annual Luncheon Baby Shower To benefit ACCESS Tuesday, January 29, 2019 The Christopher Room St. Dominic KC Hall, 6254 Vicksburg St. Doors open: 11:00 a.m. 11:30 Rosary for Life, followed by Luncheon Sponsored by KC Ladies Auxiliary DONATION: $20 and an unwrapped infant gift (diapers all sizes, bottles, blanket, onesies, pacifiers) Reservations necessary by January 22. Please call Jo-Ann Testa Hebert at Checks can be made payable to: St. Dominic KC Auxiliary. Parking available in the lot next door. ST. DOMINIC SPIRITUAL/INSPIRATIONAL BOOK CLUB is reading The End of Always by Randi Davenport. The next meeting will be on Thursday, January 31, 7:00 PM at Barbara Murphy s house (6633 Memphis St.). Please get the book, read it and join us. The book club is very informal; all are welcome. For more information, call Kathleen Puglia at Please pray for the repose of the soul of: Hazel Fuselier Fullmer

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7 January 20, nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 7 LORD, TEACH ME TO PRAY is a prayer series based on Ignatian Spirituality. Part 1, Praying Christian Virtues, helps deepen prayer life, and discover what to do for dryness and obstacles in prayer. It also introduces the different methods of Ignatian prayer, meditation, contemplation and Consciousness Examen. A small group will meet with 2 trained facilitators for 1-2 hours once a week for 12 weeks to pray and faith share. Groups will begin in late January. Please visit lordteachmetopray.com for more details and to sign up for a prayer group near you. St. Dominic Parish Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Chapel "O Come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!" Consider giving Jesus an hour of adoration as a 2019 resolution. Please see the open dates and times and be blessed in a special way by our Redeemer, Christ the Lord! We are seeking Committed Adorers for these open times: Sundays at 6AM Fridays at 9PM and 10PM Saturdays at 1PM, 2PM, 9PM, and 11PM Next weekend, we will celebrate Catholic Schools Week honoring communities of faith, knowledge, and service. On January 26-27, we will have a second collection to support our Catholic schools. Your support will help more children reap the benefits of a Catholic education. Thank you for your generosity. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Heb 5:1-10; Ps 110:1-4; Mk 2:18-22 Tuesday: Heb 6:10-20; Ps 111:1-2, 4-5, 9, 10c; Mk 2:23-28, or any of a number of readings for the Day of Prayer Wednesday: Heb 7:1-3, 15-17; Ps 110:1-4; Mk 3:1-6 Thursday: Heb 7:25-8:6; Ps 40:7-10, 17; Mk 3:7-12 Friday: Acts 22:3-16 or 9:1-22; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Mk 16:15-18 Saturday: 2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9 or Ps 96:1-3, 7-8a, 10; Mk 3:20-21 Sunday: Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10; Ps 19:8-10, 15; 1 Cor 12:12-30 [12-14, 27]; Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21 The Committed Adorers for these hours wish to share their commitment with a partner: Sundays at 6PM Tuesdays at 2PM and 3PM Wednesdays at 12PM Noon Benediction every Friday at 7:00 PM. For more information, or to commit to one of the hours listed above, please StDominic@AdorationServants.org, smwild@cox.net, call/text Shelley at or call Mrs. Sandy Sanchez, OP, at Located in "Aquinas Hall", 6361 Memphis St. Enter the chapel by taking the walkway on the right side of the building. When you reach the gate, ring the bell. Someone in the school office will buzz you in during school hours (8:00 AM 3:00 PM). After school hours (3:00 PM 8:00 AM) and on weekends, the gate will remain unlocked.

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9 January 20, nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 9 St. Benilde Catholic Church Divine Mercy Cenacle Group This is faith formation through group meetings. Meetings consist of song, prayers, and discussion on Scripture, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and the writings from the Diary of St. Faustina. As a small Christian community, members have the opportunity for spiritual growth and a deeper understanding of our merciful Lord. Meetings begin on Thursday, January 24, at 7 PM, and will continue on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month in Meetings will follow the format outlined by the Cenacle Formation Manuals. Members will need to provide their own Holy Bible and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Cenacle Formation Manuals and the Diary of St. Faustina will be provided. Meetings will be held in the St. Benilde Parish Office Meeting Room, 1901 Division Street, Metairie, LA For More Information, please contact Val Hebert at valencemet@aol.com or at ST. BENILDE PARISH FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT PRESENTS PAUL Apostle of Christ Luke ventures into Rome to visit Paul, who is awaiting his execution. Their faith challenged an empire. Their words changed the world. Friday, January 25, 2019 (Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul) BEGINNING AT 7:00PM ST. BENILDE TEEN CENTER 1901 Division Street, Metairie, LA Snacks and refreshments will be available. Contact Person: Val Hebert at valencemet@aol.com or at Scott Hahn will be speaking at St. Clement of Rome on Saturday, January 26, from 9:00 till 11:45 AM. The cost is $20 per person. Dr. Scott Hahn is an acclaimed Scripture Scholar. For more information please visit