Pastor Rev. Fr. Kevin Bordelon

Parochial Vicar Rev. Fr. Christopher Cambre

Deacons Deacon Denis LaCroix Deacon Barry LeBlanc Deacon Tim Ledet

Director of EvangelizationDeacon Denis LaCroix

Director of Finance/FacilitiesAlbert Johnson

High School Faith FormationKassie Richard

Middle School Faith FormationShelby Fuselier

Elementary Faith FormationJosette LeBlanc

Parish SecretaryDebbie Harrington

Ministries and Outreach CoordinatorAndré Landaiche

Communications ConsultantJamie Orillion

Choir DirectorDavid Lalande

OrganistKurt Boudreaux

Facilities KeeperJohn Comeauxt

SacristanFlo Broussard

St. JosephRoman Catholic Church

Est. 1872

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

Office HoursMonday, Tuesday, Thursday: 8:00am - 4:00pmWednesday: 8:00am - 2:00pmFriday: 8:00am - 12:00 Noon

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

Sixth Sundayof EasterMay 26, 2019

Weekly Calendar

Monday, May 279:00am - VBS, RCE5:30pm - Cub Scouts, FLC

Tuesday, May 289:00am - VBS, RCE

Wednesday, May 298:00am - Elderberries, FLC9:00am - VBS, RCE

Thursday, May 306:30am - Ultreya, Church9:00am - VBS, RCE

Friday, May 319:00am - VBS, RCE

Saturday, June 019:00am - First Saturday Mass, Church

Sunday, June 02

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 amReconciliation/Confession30 minutes prior to Mass or any other time by appointment.BaptismBaptisms are scheduled through the Parish Office. Please call 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.

Prayers for the Sick

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:

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James Constantine

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

Ronald “Ronnie” Thibodeaux

Christy Alleman, Judy Arceneaux, Sherry Avery, Madilyn Claire Boyer & Family, Nessie Boudreaux, Martin Chatelain, Jr, Samuel Chatelain, Lisa Chaumont, Dawn Clostio, Kinley Comeaux, Denise Constantin, Marvin Constantin, Gloria Cormier, Lucille Cormier, Mary Jane Cormier, Sister Clare Cramer, Donald & Mary Credeur, Bonita Demmette, Susan Dollison, Theresa Cramer Doucet, Elgie & Mary Dupuis, Robert & Kassie Duhon, Fr. Kendal Faulk, A.D. & Abigail Foreman, James Michael Guidry, Keylonna Guidry, Raymond Guidry, Karen Hebert, Lloyd Jeffers, Patsy Johnson, Janelle Kibodeaux, Martin LaCroix, Jeanette Leger, Shan Leger, Bridget Lonseth, Melvin Meaux, Enola D. Melancon, Sandra Menard, Loretta Miller, Lynn Issac Mire, Rita Monceaux, Ruby Mooney, Leonards Morgan, Ron Myers, Scotty Normand, Barbara Pellerin, Jimmy Pellerin, Alice Roche, Fr. Bill Ruskoski, Ruth Saloom, Dudley Simon, Jeanette Simoneaux, Jerome & Hilda Simoneaux, Carita Sonnier, Evelyn Sonnier, Chasity Stakes

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The parish office will be closing at 2:00pm Monday through Thursday and 12:00pm on Friday’s for the months of June and July. Regular office hours will resume in August.

Parish Office Summer ScheduleWeekly OffertoryOffertory of 5/05/2019 $11,893.11Offertory of 5/12/2019 $9,720.76

Dearly DepartedOur faith community remembers in prayer our dearly departed. We pray that they will find joy & peace in the Lord’s presence. We extend our sincere sympathy to their families and friends.

Carroll Nero Sr.James “Jimmy” Romero

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

Philip Kole Cormier

We welcome Seminarian Bret Lee to our parish. He will be with us for the months of June and July. Bret grew up on a farm south of Abbeville. After graduating from Vermilion Catholic, he attend UL for one year. Bret then entered St. Joseph’s Seminary College (St. Ben’s). He has just competed his first year of priestly formation.

Welcome to Seminarian Bret Lee

ACTS Retreat Core Team

We are in the process of developing our ACTS Core Team for our upcoming Men’s retreat. Our Men’s retreat is scheduled for November 7th - 10th, 2019. The Core Team formation process is slated to begin the first week of August. If you have already attended an ACTS retreat and would like to be a part of bringing this amazing retreat experience to the men of St. Joseph’s, please contact Deacon Denis at the rectory for more information and how to sign up.

Reflection Books for Easter are available and can be purchased for $1.00 at the parish office.

Easter Daily Reflection Books

Church Humor

Pray

Monthly GivingEver consider direct deposit or scheduled monthly credit card offerings? As stewards of the many gifts God has given us do you ever think about the consistency of your offertory giving? The summer months are the most inconsistent in offertory collections. The biggest factor seems to be most of us are in the “Vacation Mode” as we certainly need the break from daily routine to refresh our spirits and strengthen/renew our family bonds. One way you can remain consistent with your offertory giving is through direct deposits or even rack up mileage points for your next family vacation by setting up monthly credit card transactions.

This is how direct deposits work:-You complete a “Direct Deposit Authorization” form (this gives us permission to debit your checking or savings account for the amount and on the date you specify)-We make withdrawals on the 2nd and 16th of each month (when the 2nd or 16th falls on a weekend or banking holiday the withdrawal will occur the next banking day)-You determine the amount and frequency of your donations

For credit card donations:- You simply fill out your information on the parish website and the amount you would like to give monthly and you are all set.

To obtain a “Direct Deposit Authorization” form or to set up a monthly credit card donation visit

stjoerayne.org/giving

Text JOSEPH1872 to the number 84576

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St. Paul:Hard-Headed but not Hard-Hearted

Pope Francis focused St. Paul in his May 10, 2019, homily at Mass in Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican.

Reflecting on St. Paul’s character, Pope Francis called him “a forceful man” who was “enamored with the purity of the law”, saying he was “honest” and “consistent”, though he had “a difficult character”.

“First of all, he was consistent, because he was a man open to God. If he persecuted Christians, it was because he was convinced that God desired it. But how can that be? Never mind how: he was convinced of it. This is the zeal he carried for the purity of the house of God, for the glory of God. A heart open to the voice of the Lord. And he risked all and charged ahead. Another characteristic of his actions is that he was a docile man – full of docility – and was not hard-headed.”

Pope Francis pointed out that, even though he was stubborn, St. Paul was not hard-hearted. He was “open to God’s indications”.

He had incarcerated and killed Christians “with a fire inside him”, but “as soon as he heard the voice of the Lord, he became like a child, letting himself be led.”

“All his convictions stayed silent, waiting for the voice of the Lord: ‘What must I do, Lord?’ And he went to that encounter at Damascus, to meet that other docile man, and let himself be catechized like a child and be baptized like a child. Then he regains his strength, and what does he do? He is silent. He leaves for Arabia to pray, for how long we don’t know. Maybe years, we don’t know. Docility. Openness to the voice of God and docility. His is an example for our life.”

The Pope said there are numerous courageous men and women today who risk their lives to find new paths for the Church.

“Let us seek new paths; it will do us all good. As long as they are the paths of the Lord. But charge forward in the depth of prayer, of docility and a heart open to God. This is how true change takes place in the Church, with people who know how to fight in the great and in the small.”

The Christian, Pope Francis concluded, must have the charism of the great and of the small.

And he prayed “for the grace to be docile to the voice of the Lord and for a heart open to the Lord; for the grace not to be afraid to do great things and the sensitivity to pay attention to the small things.”

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Pope Francis

June 2019 Liturgical Ministers Schedule

Pray For Priests and Seminarians

Eternal Father,

We lift up to You these and all the priests and seminarians 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’ name we pray. - Amen May 27 Rev. Gregory Chauvin Sem. Andrew Furka May 28 Rev. Durel Blaine Clement Sem. David Furka May 29 Rev. Ugochukwu Cletus, SSJ Sem. Jace Gyles May 30 Rev. Nathan Comeaux Sem. Jonathan Harris May 31 Rev. Gregory Cormier Sem. Evan Hebert June 01 Pope Francis Rev. Kevin Bordelon, Director of Sem June 02 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Rev. Patrick Broussard, Dir. of Voc.

Eucharistic AdorersPlease 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.

Day Time Lectors Extraordinary Ministersof Communion Altar Servers

Sat. 4:00 pm Debra ReedAllison Gray

Mary Comeaux, Larry Van Pelt,Lyn Guidry, Dr. Neal Duhon

Allie & Aiden MoutonKate & Max TrahanMichael Zaunbrecher

Sun. 7:00 am Dolores Deville Betty BellardSylvia Alleman

Ivy CredeurPeyton MenardParker Menard

10:00 am Luke BeslinPaul Molbert

Peggy Deville, Janet Bertrand,Randy Bertrand, Charmaigne Lawless

Lane ComeauxJames OrillionAshton OrillionSidnee Soeseno

5:30 pm Angie Trahan Jimmy FontenotLeah Guidry

Angelle BourgeoisAlaysha DupontBremilin Minnix

Who Me?We Need YOU!

As a Lector proclaiming his Word.As an Extraordinary Minister.

Call André Landaiche for more information.337-250-1332

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