Sunday, November 6, 2016

Bulletin For the Week of November 6, 2016 and the Pastor's Corner

PASTOR’S CORNER:

Many thanks to all who participated in our Memorial Mass on All Souls Day last Wednesday. What a beautiful liturgy, and I know the families who grieve appreciate the support of those who were able to attend. We thank all our servers, extraordinary ministers, lectors, choir members and sacristans, as well as Deacon Joubert who coordinated the liturgy. Their work and dedication is very much appreciated. Please be sure to keep in your prayers those who mourn and for the repose of souls in purgatory.

Mark Your Calendar for Annual Volunteer Appreciation Banquet - November 20th
We are rapidly approaching Thanksgiving and the end of the Liturgical Year, which concludes November 20 when we celebrate The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. As has now become custom, we will also have our annual appreciation banquet for all our volunteers that evening after the 5pm Mass at the Opelousas Catholic cafeteria. All who volunteer and give the gift of time to our church community are invited, but at the risk of omitting someone (please accept my apology in advance!) these volunteers and their spouses are invited:

        Members of The Altar Society and Knights of Columbus
        Money Counters
        Readers
        Extraordinary Ministers of Communion
        Altar Servers and their parents
        Festival Volunteers
        Ushers
        Members of the Parish Advisory Board and Finance Council
        Trustees
        Sacristans
        Members of our choirs and musicians
        CLJ/Bible Study Leaders
        Youth Group Volunteers

We thank all of our volunteers for their gift of time and talent, a gift without which we would not be able function as a church community. Please make plans to attend, and we look forward to seeing you there.

Food Boxes During November 
As usual we will focus on helping those who are in need during the holiday season. We will again place boxes at the doors of the church during the month of November for non-perishable food donations. The donations will be sent to ICONS, our local food pantry, for distribution to those in need in our community. Please be generous in helping during the holiday season.

Veterans Day and Patriotic Rosary
This week, on Friday, November 11, our country celebrates Veteran's Day, a day when we take time to give thanks to those who have served in our armed forces. As we are reminded every time armed conflict occurs in our world, in order to protect individual and societal freedoms, including the freedom to practice our faith, an armed force is necessary. We are thankful for the brave men and women who have served or are currently serving in our armed forces, and we pray for them and their families. John's Gospel tells us: "There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends." We thank God for raising up these men and women who are willing, if necessary, to lay down their life so that others have the opportunity to live a life in freedom and full human dignity. We pray that God will continue to bless our country, and that He bless and keep in his care our veterans and active service members. May we always appreciate what they have done for us!

On Veterans Day there will be a Patriotic Rosary sponsored by the Catholic Daughters at 6pm in the church. All are invited to join us for this event!

Fr. Brady



The bulletin for the week of November 06, 2016 has been posted. Click here to see it.

The calendar on the website has been updated with all events for the coming week along with prayer intention information and information on the second collection for all of the masses. Take some time to look at our calendar here.

Updates are also being made to our St. Landry Catholic Church blog. You can get to the blog from the church home page under the Bulletins and News section or you can just click here to go to it.

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