Parish Staff Pastor......Rev. Rubin Reynolds Administrative Assistant...Sandy Dardeau Administrative Assistant...Lynn Dodge Bookkeeper/Director MDO..Renae Schexnaydre Business Manager...Heather Melancon Consultant on Call...Sammy Chestovich Director of Christian Formation...Mary Kruse Liturgical Coordinator.....Cecile Haley Maintenance Supervisor.......Ron Duhon PSR Secretary...Sharon Buquoi Asst. Director MDO. Vicki Poché Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil Mass:......... 4:00 pm Sunday Masses...8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 am Monday, Wednesday - Friday......8:30 am Tuesday Communion Service...8:30 am Reconciliation Saturdays: 3-3:30 pm and before daily Mass. Other times by appointment with priest. Parish School of Religion Principals: Patricia Sanchez..........High School Flory Reynolds... Middle & Primary School Parish Office Hours Monday - Thursday...8:00 am to 5:00 pm Friday.8:00 am to Noon Telephones Parish Office....... (225) 647-8461 Fax......(225) 647-5125 E-mail:..........stmark@eatel.net 42021 Highway 621 Gonzales, LA 70737 A People Set Apart March 19, 2017 Schedule of area Lenten Parish Reconciliation Services: Tuesday, March 21 Thursday, March 23 Tuesday, March 28 Thursday, March 30 All Services will begin at 7:00PM... St. Mark, Gonzales... Holy Rosary, St. Amant... St. Theresa, Gonzales... St. John, Prairieville New Parishioners: Please complete the registration form which can be found on our website and return to the parish office. Church Certificates: For all sacramental certificates, contact Lynn Dodge at 225-647-8461 Sacrament of Baptism: Baptisms are held the First Sunday of each month, following 11:00 a.m. Mass. Parents of infants and children under age 7 are to attend 1 Baptism Seminar. (If pregnant, attend as early as possible during the pregnancy.) Baptism Seminars are held on the Tuesday following the first Sunday of the month at 6:30 pm. *Baptism of children 7 years and older must go through the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults adapted for Children. Contact Mary Kruse at 225-647-8461 Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA): For adults inquiring about becoming Catholic and baptized Catholics who lack Confirmation and Holy Communion, contact Donna Chestovich at 225-938-0985. Sacrament of Matrimony: Couples need to contact the parish office six months prior to their planned wedding date. Christian Burial: Families should contact the parish office, as soon as possible, prior to making other funeral arrangements. Pastoral Care of the Sick: Contact the office in regards to those who are seriously ill, hospitalized and homebound. Emergency calls are made immediately. Vocations for Priesthood and Religious Life: Contact the office of Vocations and Seminarians at 225-336-8779 or visit their website at www.diobr.org. Prayer Line Request: Contact the Parish Office 225-647-8461 Visit our website: www.stmarkgonzales.org for vital information or like us on Facebook
Schedule of Events 3/18 8:00 am Senior Citizen Defensive Driving Class 3/18-19 All Masses Lenten Meal Ticket Sales 3/19 3:30 pm Junior Youth Group 6:00 pm Senior Youth Group 3/21 9:00 AM Blue Army 10:00 am Moms & Tots 6:30 pm KC Ladies Auxiliary 7:00 pm St. Mark Reconciliation 3/22 6:00 pm RCIA 6:30 pm Fair Meeting 7:00 pm John Folse Dinner 3/24 5:30 pm Lenten Meals Served 3/25-26 All Masses Lenten Meal Ticket Sales Please pray for the soul of: Patricia Pat Dempster Who passed away March 6, 2017 We will continue to remember her family, friends and loved ones in our prayers. Homebound Ministers Needed We are in need of Eucharistic Ministers to provide Homebound services. Please contact Lynn Dodge at the parish office at 225-647-8461 for additional information and to sign up. Announcements Lenten Meal Tickets are on sale. They are $10.00 each and must be purchased in advance. Only 150 tickets will be sold for each week s meal. You can buy your tickets for each week, or purchase multiple weeks all at once. Tickets will be available before and after all masses and in the parish office. Why Confession? In the Sacrament of Reconciliation, also called Confession, we meet the Lord, who wants to grant forgiveness and the grace to live a renewed life in Him. In this Sacrament, he prepares us to receive him free from serious sin, with a lively faith, earnest hope, and sacrificial love in the Eucharist. The Church sees Confession as so important that she requires that every Catholic go at least once a year. The Church also encourages frequent Confession in order to grow closer to Christ Jesus and his Body, the Church. By grace of the Holy Spirit, we seek forgiveness and repentance, let go of patterns of sin, grow in the life of virtue, and witness to a joyful conversion. Third Sunday of Lent March 19, 2017 While we were still sinners Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 There is a special collection for Catholic Relief Services this weekend, March 18 and 19th. Please place your envelopes in the 2nd collection. Fiscal Year 2016 17: Stewardship of Treasure 36th Sunday, March 5, 2017 Building Fund Note: Including Renovations Weekly Budget - /+ Offertory $ 11,811.00 $ 12,917.00 $ (1,106.00) Maintenance $ 2,458.00 $ 3,125.00 $ (667.00) Pop Coin $ 76.60 $ 76.60 Total $ 14,345.60 $ 16,042.00 $ (1,696.40) March 2017 Monthly Note -/+ $ 3,776.00 $ 6385.70 $ (2,609.70) Thank you for your generous stewardship contributions.
KC Charity Calendar February 2017 Daily Winners * $ 150.00 Winner - ** $100.00 Winner All other winners were $20.00 Congratulations to the 5 St. Mark winners 1 Warren Wesley 16 Ricky Romero 2 Russell Desmond 17 Jennifer Howell 3 Stephen Frederic 18 **Jimmy Richard, Sr. 4 **Darnell Smith 19 Alton Bass 5 Ashley Bourgeois 20 Jim McGrew 6 Laura Vidrine 21 Gene Nicholas 7 Robby Buteaux 22 Cliston Guillot 8 Nedra Scheneider 23 Martin McConnell 9 Kim Ellis 24 Joe Territo 10 Robbie McCrory 25 **Glenda Badeaux 11 **Corinne DiLeo 26 Nelly Duplessis 12 Marion Bartley 27 Charlotte Landry 13 Regina Thomas 28 Dale Savoy Primary Youth Group Junior Youth Meeting March 19th 3:30 pm Open to all 4th - 7th grade students In the Pavilion Dana Millet Junior Youth Director Senior Youth Meeting March 19th 6:00 pm Open to all students grades 8th 12th In the Pavilion Garrett Tregre Senior Youth Director April 9th 12:30 pm Open to all 2nd & 3rd grade students Small Meeting Room in the Activity Center *** Remember to bring your bag lunch!cydney Gautreau Primary Youth Director 14 Patricia Vicknair 29 David Duplessis 15 Cade Granier 30 Please welcome these children to St. Mark Parish through the sacrament of Baptism. Let us all pray for their continued spiritual growth. Elizabeth Leah Akin Daughter of Jeremy & Brandi Akin Lexie Elise Landry Daughter of Kerry & Brittany Landry ATTENTION PSR PARENTS Registration late fee will apply after March 31st. PSR Registration packets will NOT be mailed out this year for Summer PSR (grades 1-8) or High School PSR for 2017-18 school year. Packets will be available at each of the doors of the church, in the parish office, and online at www.stmarkgonzales.org. If you register online, fees may also be paid online. Students who will be entering 1st grade in 2017 (except Catholic School students) are expected to attend PSR this summer, May 30th June 9th
Thank You Doug and Sally McBride Christian Brothers Seafood All of the shrimp for the March 3, 2017 Lenten meal were donated by Christian Brothers Seafood Please patronize our contributors!
April 21, 22 & 23rd Friday 6-11, Saturday 10-11, & Sunday 11-6 For this week s sponsors: Silver Level: ISC, Tureau s Grocery Bronze Level: St. Mark Altar Society Copper Level: In Loving Memory of Cade Poma, Mary Hooper, Old Time Farm Supply, Inc., Mert Smiley, Ascension Assessor, LeBlanc s Auto Title & Notary, Constable James LeBlanc, Community Acceptance Corporation, Villar and Company Real Estate, Bertrand s Pharmacy, St. Mark Ushers We invite each of you to consider being a sponsor for the 2017 Festival. Sponsors can be individuals or businesses. Sponsorship Levels for this year are: Platinum Level $1000.00 Donation Gold Level $750.00 Donation Silver Level $500.00 Donation Bronze Level $350.00 Donation Copper Level $150.00 Donation Still accepting donations for: Fair Store Silent & Live Auction Everyone loves to play BINGO at the Fair! Here is this year s schedule: Friday, April 21st : 6:30 & 8:30 Saturday, April 22nd: 1:00, *5:30 & 7:00 Sunday, April 23rd: 11:00, 1:00 & 3:00 *On Saturday evening for the 5:30 Session, we will have a special Black-Out round with a prize of $200! Prize donated by Bert Schexnaydre All donated items can be dropped off at the parish office. NOW AVAILABLE Quilt Raffle Tickets $1 a chance Triple Play Raffle Tickets-$5 a ticket/3chances to win! Festival T-shirts, Children sizes $10.00, Adult Sizes $20.00 Advance Purchase Ride Specials: Megaband Ride Bracelet $40.00 (ride all weekend) Session Pass $15.00 (redeemable for 1 Session of your choice Fri. 6-11, or Sat. 10-2, or Sat. 2-6, or Sat. 6-11, or Sun. 11-2:30, or Sun. 2:30-6)
Today s Readings First Reading When the people grumbled to Moses for water in the desert, the LORD heard and brought forth water from the rock for all to drink (Exodus 17:3-7). Psalm If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts (Psalm 95). Second Reading God s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:1-2, 5-8). Gospel Ask, and you will be given living water so that you will never thirst again (John 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. THIRSTING FOR LIFE-GIVING WATERS Especially during the Lenten, Holy Week, and Easter seasons, the prayer texts of the Eastern Church revel in paradoxical images of Christ: the eternal life who is put to death, the host of the supper who is also its meal, the thirsty crucified one with living water streaming from his side. These images flow from the evangelists portrayals of Jesus and from his very ministry, during which he often upset or reversed people s expectations about him or the ways of God. This reversal is at play in today s Gospel, as Jesus speaks to an enemy foreigner who is also a woman beneath his status. In addition he, the thirsting one, shows the woman to be the one truly thirsting. He whose parched lips will say I thirst before he dies is the source of life and life-giving water. Lent calls upon us to dwell on how each of us is thirsting for Christ, and it leads us, ultimately, back to the life-giving waters of our baptism into his Body. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. Readings for the Week (Year A) Monday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps 25:4-5ab, 6, 7bc, 8-9; Mt 18:21-35 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: Jer 7:23-28; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Lk 11:14-23 Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6c-11ab, 14, 17; Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Ps 40:7-11; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38 Sunday: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41[1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38] The Sanctuary Light Fr. Michael Collins Masses for the Week Saturday, March 18, 2017 4:00 p.m. Andrew Schexnaydre, Nathan Bercegeay fly., Carolyn Bercegeay, Allen Bourgeois fly., M/M Lionel Gautreaux, and for our Parish Family (living and deceased). Sunday, March 19, 2017 8:00 a.m. Wilma Theresa Medine 9:30 a.m. Cade Poma 11:00 a.m. For the People of St. Mark Parish Monday, March 20, 2017 8:30 a.m. Holy Souls in Purgatory Tuesday, March 21, 2017 6:00 p.m. M/M John Frey Wednesday, March 22, 2017 8:30 a.m. Fr. Michael Collins, Our Parish Family (living and deceased). Thursday, March 23, 2017 8:30 a.m. Amelia Odom Friday, March 24, 2017 8:30 a.m. Memorial Guild 6:00 p.m. Way of the Cross Saturday, March 25, 2017 4:00 p.m. Terry & Brad Melancon, Curtis Decoteau, and for our Parish Family (living and deceased). Sunday, March 26, 2017 8:00 a.m. Morgan Kenneth & Mary Rose Trahant 9:30 a.m. For the People of St. Mark Parish 11:00 a.m. Craig Carter
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