Pastor Rev. Fr. Kevin Bordelon

Associate Pastor Rev. Fr. Samuel Fontana

Deacons Deacon Tommy Adams Deacon Denis LaCroix Deacon Barry LeBlanc Deacon Tim Ledet

Director of Finance/FacilitiesAlbert Johnson

Director of Youth MinistryJamie Orillion

Director of Religious EdGeorgette Richard

Parish SecretaryDebbie Harrington

Choir DirectorDavid Lalande

Facilities KeeperJohn Comeaux

Grounds KeeperDoug Langley

SacristanFlo Broussard

St. JosephRoman Catholic Church

Est. 1872

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

June 26, 2016

Parish Office401 S. Adams Ave.P.O. Box 199Rayne, La 70578

Office HoursMonday - Thursday: 8:00am - 4:00pmFriday: 8:00am - 12:00 Noon

stjoerayne.org

337-334-2193Fax: 337-334-2199stjoseph1872@diolaf.org

Weekly CalendarMonday, June 27Rosary Group - 9:00 am, Church

Tuesday, June 28

Wednesday, June 29Ss. Peter and PaulElderberries - 9:00 am, Family Life CenterRayne Guest Home Mass - 10:00 am

Thursday, June 30Ultreya - 6:30 pm, Family Life Center

Friday, July 1First Friday Adoration & Benediction after 6:30am mass

Saturday, July 2First SaturdayFirst Saturday mass - 9amPrayer Service for grieving parents - after massLay Carmelite meeting - 10 am - RCE Teacher’s Lounge

Sunday, July 3

Weekly Mass TimesSaturday Vigil: 4:00 pmSunday: 7:00 am, 10:00 am & 5:30 pmMonday: 6:30 amTuesday: 12:05 pmWednesday: 6:30 amThursday: 12:05 pmFriday: 6:30 amFirst Saturday: 9:00 am

Reconciliation/Confession30 minutes prior to Mass or any other time by appointment.BaptismBaptisms are held each Sunday after 10 AM Mass. Contact the Parish Office (334-2193) to schedule the sacrament. Preparation Classes are held the 4th Sunday of each month after 10 AM Mass.MarriageCall the Parish Office at least 6 months in advance of desired wedding date to schedule an appointment and begin the preparation process.FuneralsFuneral home personnel will contact the parish office for you to make all the necessary arrangements.Anointing of the SickContact the parish office to schedule the sacrament of anointing with one of our priests.

Readings of the WeekMonday: Am 2:6-10, 13-16; Ps 50:16bc-23; Mt 8:18-22Tuesday: Am 3:1-8; 4:11-12; Ps 5:4b-8; Mt 8:23-27Wednesday: Vigil: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 19:2-5; Gal 1:11-20; Jn 21:15-19Day: Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19Thursday: Am 7:10-17; Ps 19:8-11;Mt 9:1-8Friday: Am 8:4-6, 9-12; Ps 119:2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 131; Mt 9:9-13Saturday: Am 9:11-15; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Mt 9:14-17Sunday: Is 66:10-14c; Ps 66:1-7, 16, 20; Gal 6:14-18; Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 [1-9]

The Sanctuary Lamp

The Pieta Lamp

The Sanctuary Lamp burns constantly to proclaim the real presence of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Tabernacle. This week we dedicate the flame to:

Beulah & Ferouse Cormier &St. Paul, Apostle & Pauline Family

Mother of Sorrows, you who held Jesus in your arms, please intercede with your Divine Son on behalf of:

Ada McCabe

Weekly Offertory

Birthdays This Week

Offertory of 6/12/2016 $10,658.85

Baptisms

Weddings

We joyfully share in theSacramental union of:

Austin Chase Meche&

Sarah Elizabeth DupontJacob Burns, Charlie Cantrell, Mary Daigle, Grace Guidry, Timothy Guidry, Anna Ledet, Taylor Satchell, Gladys Stutes, Adam Thibo-deaux, Ian Zaunbrecher, Royce Zaunbrecher, Taite Barousse, Millard Comeaux, Gloria Cormier, Ava Marie Istre, Curley Meche, Melissa Meche, Clair Pellissier, Alec Prevost, Jake-Michael Privat, Evola Silvia, Tracie Theriot, Kyle Cre-deur, Owen Delhomme Jr., Jennifer Dorsett, Ted Gaspard, Randal Girouard, David Guidry, Emily Lormand, Caroline Nolan, Jake Racca, Barrit Romero, Kynlie Sanchez, Joshua Stelly, Dalfred Alleman, Elise Boutin, Johnny Cormier, Heidi Daigle, Blake Doucet, Nicky Faucheux, Ross Gas-pard, Gage Hanks, Danielle Hodges, Jennifer Is-tre, Kate Murrell, Wilson Pellissier, Bertha Royer, Michelle Sanchez, Madeline Savoy, Don Alleman, Jessica Alleman, Dallas Beslin, Linda Cummings, Jeanette Daigle, Carolyn Guidry, Finley Guidry, Gladys Maloz, Debbie Prejean, Mary Azcona, John Besse, Kennedy Castille, Eric Cormier, Denise Daigle, Brandon Istre, Michelle O’Meara, Parker Seilhan, Anthony Beslin, Mary Beslin, Jay Comeaux, Justin DeRouen, Monica Foote, Brad Gilbert, Gregory Lafosse, Kyle Trudell

Sick and Shut-InAnais Alleman, Darrell Alleman, Linda Arceneaux, Mary Baronet, Darrell L. Bearb, Denny Beslin, Mark Beslin, Percy Breaux, Ricky Briggs Jr., Joseph “Blackie” Broussard, Harry Lee Comeaux, Preston Comeaux, Ruby Comeaux, Lisa Cormier, Willis & Sue Credeur, Jacob & James Dogua, Franny Dupuis, Dano Fontenot, Tanya Gaspard, Gussie Guidry, Kemp Guillory I, Sharon Hanks, Lindsai Hanyen, Karen Hebert, Tommy Hodges, Keith Hulin, Lloyd Jeffers, Henry Jillett, Rebecca Lalande, Brent Leger, Mark Wayne LeMaire, Sally Lincoln, Laura M. Meaux, Angie Melancon, Daniel Melancon, Kevin Melancon, Pat Melancon, Richard Melancon, Merlin & Norma Miller, Halli Monk, Bruce Moreaux, Joseph Ortego, Frank Privat, Lenette Racca, Robert Racca, Craig Richard, Tammy Saltzman, Adeline Rose Schexnayder, Jessie Simon, Russell Smith, Ronald Stutes, Joseph Trahan, Carroll Verret, John Williams

We welcome those who entered our Catholic faith through the waters of Baptism:

Arden Blair Pelloquin, Edison Jack Daigle, Liam John Guidry,Addison Grace Privat

1st-5th Religious Ed

2016-2017 RCIA Classes will be held each Wednesday at 6:30 PM in the Family Life Center beginning in August.

If you are interested in becoming Catholic, if you want to learn more about the Catholic faith, or if you would like information on the RCIA process, please contact:

Randy Bertrand at 356-1909 or

Parish Office at 334-2193

RCIA

A special prayer service for parents grieving from miscarriages or stillbirth will be held in church on July 2, 2016 after 9:00 am First Saturday Mass.

Prayer Service

Pope Francis

Church Humor

There will not be a two-week CCD Summer Program this year.

CCD classes will be held during the 2016-2017 School Year from 8:30am to 9:30am on Sunday mornings.

Specific days and times will be available soon.

For your convenience we have opened Early Bird online registration for 1st-5th grade. Please visit our website at www.stjoerayne.org/ccd to register.

Pope Francis:General Audience

Dear Brothers and Sisters: In our continuing catechesis for this Holy Year of Mercy, we now consider Jesus’ miracle of restoring sight to a blind man on the way to Jericho (Lk 18:35-43). The blind man, forced to beg for a living, can represent all those disadvantaged persons who, even today, find

themselves on the periphery of our societies. The prosperous city of Jericho, for its part, evokes the conquest of the Promised Land and Moses’ stern warning that, once settled, God’s People were not to harden their hearts or be blind to the presence of those in need (cf. Dt 15). Unlike the crowd, Jesus does not ignore the blind man or try to silence his cries. He stops, turns the eyes of all to the blind man, and, acknowledging his faith, restores his sight. Saint Luke tells us that the man, now healed, became a disciple of Jesus. Not only, but the crowd too now sees; their eyes are opened to the meaning of this encounter of mercy, and they give praise to God (v. 43). During this Jubilee of Mercy may we too open our eyes and hearts to God’s love for the poor and to the gift of healing that he offers to all who turn to him in faith.

Mass for the Blessed MotherWe will be having a special celebration in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Saturday, July 16, 2016. This event will include Mass in Church at 9am, followed by a Social in the Family Life Center sponsored by the Lay Carmelites.

Our Catholic Church is universal, but it is in our own parish that each of us experiences

our faith most directly and intimately. The local parish is where we enter the Church,

and grow closer to God through the Mass and Sacraments.

The Diocese is the sum of its parishes, schools, and institutions. The Centennial

Campaign: Building Our Future Together aims to benefit the parishes so they may

benefit the communities they serve.

Of every dollar raised up to our goal of $690,000, 30% will return to our parish to

help us attend to the exteriors of our again buildings. Additionally, 50% of every

dollar raised above our goal will also return to St. Joseph’s.

Parish Initiative

Centennial Campaign: Building Our Future Together diolaf.org ~ 337.261.5656

“There is one who

scatters, yet increases

more, and there is one

who withholds more than

is right, but it leads to

poverty. The generous

soul will be made rich,

and he who waters will

also be watered himself.”

(Proverbs 11:24-25)

Day Time Lectors Extraordinary Ministersof Communion Altar Servers

Sat. 4:00 pm Allison Gray, Leah Guidry

Clara LeBlanc, Larry LeBlanc, Rita Monceaux, Barbara Nugent

Allie Gray, Boyd Gray

Sun. 7:00 am Becky Miller, Joseph Swinkey

Brunella Reed, Betty Bellard, Mary Guidry, Buddy LeBouef, Joyce LeBouef Ivy Credeur

10:00 am Devin Soeseno, Margaret Young

Margaret Young, Eva Simon, Nathan Mouton, Hubert Matte

Jon Cameron Habetz, Evan

Hebert

5:30 pm Shawn LaCroix Lance Abshire, Logan Abshire, Mike Abshire, Denise Breaux

Lizzie Prevost, Alaysha Dupont

July 2016 Liturgical Ministers Schedule

Pray For PriestsEternal Father, we lift up to You these and all the priests of the world. Sanctify them.Heal and guide them. Mold them into the likeness of Your Son, Jesus, the Eternal High Priest. May their lives be pleasing to You. In Jesus’ namewe pray. Amen.

June 27 Rev. Darren EldridgeJune 28 Rev. Peter EmusaJune 29 Rev. Cyprian EzeJune 30 Rev. Richard FabreJuly 1 Pope FrancisJuly 2 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVIJuly 3 Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel

Eucharistic Adorers NeededPlease consider scheduling one hour a week in the adoration chapel with our Lord. For more information please call or text Cathy Breaux at 337-501-1404 or email stjoe24.7@gmail.com to schedule your time.

Fete-Dieu du Teche 2016Fete-Dieu du Teche congratulates and welcomes His Excellency J. Douglas Deshotel, D.D. as the seventh bishop of Lafayette. Bishop Deshotel has graciously agreed to preside and preach

at the Mass of the Assumption in Leonville on Monday, August 15 to commence Fete-Dieu du Teche 2016! Mark your calendars and ready your boats!

Jul 2 9:00am Annette Gossen FIRST SATURDAY MASSCharmin Broussard, Liz Deaville, Mary Leger