St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Served by the Missionaries of La Salette

4822 Carlyss Drive ~ Sulphur, LA 70665 PH 337-583-4800 ~ FAX 337-583-4818 ~ www.st-theresa-parish.org

Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8am-4pm, Fri. 8am-12pm

Rev. Joseph G. Aquino, M.S. Pastor

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT WE, THE CATHOLIC FAITH COMMUNITY OF ST. THERESA OF THE CHILD JESUS, GUIDED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, ARE COMMITTED TO

EVANGELIZATION, SHARING THE GOOD NEWS OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, CELEBRATING THE EUCHARIST AND CONTINUING THE FAITH FORMATION OF OUR COMMUNITY.

Rosary recited 30 minutes before Weekend Masses and following Week Day Masses

Adoration:Wednesday 8:00a.m. - 12 Midnight Confessions:Wednesday ~ 6:00p.m.

Saturday ~ 3:00 p.m. (Or by Appointment)

Baptisms: 4th Sunday of each month following 10:30a.m. Mass

(Family must be registered in the Parish).

Baptismal Classes: 1st Tuesday of each month 7:00 p.m. in the Library

Marriage: Must be registered in the Parish. Call at least Six (6) months in advance for guidelines.

No date can be set prior to initial interview with Pastor.

Please call 583-4800 to register for all classes

Anointing of the Sick: If someone is seriously ill, hospitalized or dying, please call the Pastor.

Rev. Ernest J. Corriveau, M.S. In Residence

Parish Staff Ann Guidry Office Manager/Bookkeeper stheresa1@camtel.net Diane Guillory Receptionist/Secretary stheresabulletin@camtel.net Angie Clark 583-4010 CCD Director stheresadre@camtel.net Mandy Lindgren 583-4802 MDO Director stheresamdo@camtel.net Renee Lainez Music Director Bryan Alexander Maintenance

Mass Schedule Saturday Anticipated Mass ~ 4:00 p.m.

Sunday ~ 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Daily ~ Tuesday - Friday ~ 8:00 a.m.

Holy Day Anticipated Mass ~ 6:00 p.m. Holy Days ~ 8:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.

Seventh Sunday In Ordinary Time

February 23, 2014

Parish Ministries & Organizations Pastoral Council Spencer Anderson 583-7460 Kristy Como 558-5714 David Devall 558-7479 Bill Stetz 583-4464 Ken Warren 583-2574

Finance Council Tammy Broussard 558-6030 Jake Gautreaux 558-6361 Darren McFarlain 558-5450 Laura Burleson 558-5301 Charlotte Trahan 583-2428

Trustees Charlotte Trahan 583-2428 Monique McLallen 558-5162

Eucharistic Ministers Susan Broussard 558-6683

Lectors Evelyn Chamblee 583-7133

Ushers Byron Chamblee 583-7133

Altar Servers Hubert Coco 583-7743 hcoco@camtel.net

The Edge/Middle School Youth Heidi Guidry 912-1502

High School Youth Ministry Brittny Menard - brittnymenard@gmail.com 583-4010

Children’s Mass Ministry Kathy Clark 583-9475

Bon Ton Festival Ronnie Dunn - Chairman 558-7808

Bereavement Kathy Clark (Seasons of Hope) 583-9475 Linda Castille (Food) 583-2463

Liturgy Committee Ann Anderson 583-7460

New Mother's Ministry Cassie West 583-9705

Legion of Mary Lynell Hymel 558-7059

Helping Hands Ronnie & Vicki Dunn 558-7808

Altar Society & Environment Carrol Portie 583-2256

Pro-Life Coordinator Shirley Leger 558-6531

Religious Articles June Broussard 583-7847 Helen Frey 583-4095

Evangelization Team J.L. Duhon 583-9264

RCIA Ann Anderson 583-7460

Please send all bulletin announcements & changes to stheresabulletin@camtel.net by Monday 4 PM

Parish Associations

Knights of Columbus Catholic Daughters Donald Ebersole 526-8034 Rachel Benglis 540-9643 kchall8058@yahoo.com (Hall Rental) A.C.T.S. Cursillo Doug Como 540-2083 Susan Broussard 558-6683 John Gatte 526-0665 Spiritual Director Mary Jane Field 558-5185

February / March 2014

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 23 8am Mass 10:30am Mass

Baptism Sunday

5pm CCD 5pm Adult Conf. Class

24 8am Communion Service 8:15 Follow Me 6pm Rosary 6:30pm RCIA

25 8am Mass

8:55am Legion of Mary 6:30pm KC Bingo

26 8am Mass 40 Hour Adoration 5pm HS Youth Group 5pm (1st-5th ) CCD 6:00pm Confessions 6:30pm (6th-9th) CCD 6:30pm Choir

27 8am Mass

6:30pm Choir

28 8am Mass

 

1

3pm Confessions 4pm Mass

2 8am Mass 10:30am Mass

NO CCD 5pm Adult Conf. Class

3 8am Communion Service 8:15 Follow Me 6pm Rosary 6:30pm RCIA

4 8am Mass

8:55am Legion of Mary 6:30pm KC Bingo

5 8am Mass Adoration 6:00pm Confessions NO CCD 6:30pm Choir

6 8am Mass

6:30pm Choir

7 8am Mass

8 3pm Confessions 4pm Mass

February 16, 2014 Weekly Offertory

Envelopes………………….…$8661.00 Loose………………………...…. $4099.26

Youth………………………. …... $

Total…………………….…..……$12,760.26

Diocese Religious Education…..$1315.09

Envelopes Mailed Out...367 Envelopes Used...154

Thank You for Your Generosity!

OUR BSA STATUS REPORT BOX

Our BSA Parish Goal $25,701.00

Received YTD $18,142.62

Balance $7,558.38

ST. THERESA CENSUS

St. Theresa’s is conducting a Census of our Parish.

To help us with our Evangelization, we ask you to go to our website

and fill out a family registration form.

Our website is www.st-theresa-parish.org

Please go to our website, click on forms,

click on family registration form, fill it out and submit it. This will come straight

to our Church Office Data Files.

If you are an existing Parishioner, please call the church office at, 583-4800,

to get your current id number.

If you have any questions, please call the Church Office,

we would be happy to help you.

Thank you for your help!

LENTEN & HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

Welcome to the 2014 Lenten Season.

The Theme this Season is “The Lord is My Light and My Life.”

We invite you to actively participate

in all spiritual activities for the renewal of our Parish Community.

*Schedule for Ash Wednesday, March 5th: Mass and distribution of ashes will be at 8am and 6pm. Prayer Service and distribution of ashes will be at 12:15pm.

∗ Daily Mass Mon – Fri @ 8am

*The Parish Mission will begin the weekend of March 29-30 with Fr. Mays preaching at all the Masses. The Mission will be conducted at 7pm, Monday the 31st through Wednesday, April 2nd.

*Fish Fry on Fridays during Lent, beginning on March 7th,

from 5 – 7pm in the Parish Hall. The Stations of the Cross will be on Fridays during Lent at 6pm. The following ministries and organizations will lead the Stations. Exposition of the Blessed Sacra-ment & Benediction will follow.

March 7th Music Ministry (Mary’s Way of the Cross) March 14th Lectors & Ushers (Everyman’s Way of the Cross) March 21st Altar Society & Eucharistic Ministers (Mary’s Way of the Cross) March 28th K.C. and C.D.A. (Liguori Way of the Cross) April 4th High School Youth & Altar Servers (Mary’s Way of the Cross) April 11th Legion of Mary & CCD Teachers (Everyman’s Way of the Cross) *Holy Thursday – April 17 – 6:00pm Mass

After Mass, procession of the Blessed Sacrament will go from the Church to the Chapel with adoration con-tinuing until 10pm.

*Good Friday – April 18 – March for Christ begins at

2:15pm at Prompt Succor and concludes with Venera-tion of the Cross and Communion Service at 5pm at St. Theresa’s.

*Holy Saturday – April 19 – 8:00pm Vigil Mass

*Easter – April 20 - 8:00am and 10:30am Mass

   

     

  Saturday, February 22, 2014 4PM †Tommie Lou Stutes †Bob Weber †Tommy Reinsch †Tubby Trahan †James & Pummy Hoffpauir †Chuck Buller †Jessie & Lillian Gautreaux †Barbara Ford (anniversary)

Sunday, February 23, 2014 8AM †Terry Istre †Marlene & Gabrielle Manuel

10:30 AM For the members of St. Theresa Parish

Daily Schedule Mon 8AM Communion Service Tues 8AM †Willa Morris (birthday) †Greg Gross & living & deceased relatives Wed 8AM †Marlene & Gabrielle Manuel Thur 8AM †Father McKenna (13th anniversary) Fri 8AM †Marlene & Gabrielle Manuel

Saturday, March 1, 2014 4PM †Tommie Lou Stutes †Simon, Bell & Dorothy Trahan Tut & †Tubby Trahan †Jamie Ann Olsen Mr. & Mrs. Lennie Broussard (wedding ann.) Jerome & Kathryn LeBlanc & children & grandchildren

Sunday, March 2, 2014 8AM †Mr. & Mrs. Joe Kinney †Marlene & Gabrielle Manuel 10:30 AM For the members of St. Theresa Parish

CCD News

March 9th from 10-6pm Confirmation One Day Retreat

April 24th 1st Communion Practice at 5pm

April 27th 1st Communion at 4pm

May 27th at 7pm Confirmation

Diocesan Youth Conference

We would like to invite all 8th -12th graders to the Diocesan Youth Conference. The DYC is being held at the Dry Creek Baptist Re-treat Center, on March 21-23, 2014. If you are interested in attend-ing, please contact Brittny Menard at 583-4010.

Join us as we CONNECT our Families!

Be a part of our new

Family Pictorial Directory - we need YOU to make our new family

album complete!

Schedule your photography session today!

March 11th - 15th and March 18th - 22nd

Three convenient ways to sign up:

1. Schedule your appointment online at our website: www.st-theresa-parish.org go to the forms tab.

2. Look for sign up tables on weekends after Mass. 3. Or for assistance call Pat Cryar at 438-7140.

Each family will receive a complimentary 8x10

portrait and free directory for participating!

Gerald Aquino Robert Richard Michael Johns Mary Ann Nocilla Vicky Nocilla Mark Weber Mike Vincent & Family Melissa Palombo Healing for men & women Affected by Abortion Healing for all addictions Glynda Dougherty Martha Kelley Christine Young

Unborn babies & their Mothers Father Mike Barras Larry Doughdrill Ronald Helmer

Repose of the Soul of:

Leo Hervieux Bobby Grisham Leona Peveto

Adoration

Our Lady of the Oaks Retreat House

Grand Coteau, LA 70541-1004 337-662-5410

Mid-Week Retreats for Women

April 14-16, 2014 June 30-July 2, 2014 November 3-5, 2014

Weekend Retreats for Women

May 1-4, 2014 June 26-29, 2014 May 8-10, 2014 November 13-16, 2014 May 29 - June 1, 2014 December 4-7, 2014

Married Couples Retreats

April 25-27, 2014 September 5-7, 2014 October 25-26, 2014

For more information, please contact Our Lady of the Oaks Retreat House

in Grand Coteau at 662-5410 or visit our website at www.ourladyoftheoaks.com.

Our goal is to be an extension of your Parish mission and ministry.

If anyone has a used upright

refrigerator or freezer in good working condition that they

are not using, and would like to donate to the

Mother’s Day Out.

Please contact the Church Office.

The Men’s Annual Silent Retreat At Our Lady of the Oaks Retreat House

The Men’s Annual Silent Retreat, at Our Lady of the Oaks Retreat House in Grand Coteau Louisiana, will be April 3-6, 2014. This is a wonderful opportunity for reflection and listen-ing to God’s plan for each one of us. The retreat is based on the “Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola”. Each re-treatant has a private room and bath, private adoration time, five talks each day, and plenty of time to walk the grounds under the majestic oaks. Registration is limited to 51 men.

For reservations or information call: A.J. Boullion at 583-7510 or Craig Louviere at 583-2841.

Invitation to the Women’s Prayer Luncheon

Wednesday, March 19th

Bishop Glen John Provost invites the ladies of the Dio-cese of Lake Charles to the Women’s Prayer Lunch-eon, Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at 11:30 AM at the Ave Marie Hall across from the Immaculate Concep-tion Cathedral. This year’s topic is the Gospel of Luke. For those planning to attend, the Bishop asks that you prepare by reading the Gospel of Luke, Chapters 16-19:27.

The cost of the luncheon is $15.00 per person. Checks should be made out to the Diocese of Lake Charles and mailed to Gaynell Carrier, Diocese of Lake Charles, 414 Iris Street, Lake Charles, La. 70601. Please enclose a self- addressed and stamped enve-lope to be used to send your ticket to you. The dead-line for receipt of your paid reservation is Friday, March 14.

Since the April luncheon will be two weeks after this luncheon, you may also purchase your ticket for the April 2 luncheon at this time. Please indicate on your check that you are purchasing a ticket for both the March and April luncheons. Tickets for the April lunch-eon will also be available at the March 19 luncheon.

Constitution Freedom Prayer Rally & The Roots of Liberty Seminar

Saturday March 1, 2014

9:00am to 4:00pm

Our Lady Prompt Succor Sulphur, LA 70663

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Monday: Jas 3:13-18; Ps 19:8-10, 15; Mk 9:14-29 Tuesday: Jas 4:1-10; Ps 55:7-11a, 23; Mk 9:30-37 Wednesday: Jas 4:13-17; Ps 49:2-3, 6-11; Mk 9:38-40 Thursday: Jas 5:1-6; Ps 49:14-20; Mk 9:41-50 Friday: Jas 5:9-12; Ps 103:1-4, 8-9, 11-12; Mk 10:1-12 Saturday: Jas 5:13-20; Ps 141:1-3, 8; Mk 10:13-16 Sunday: Is 49:14-15; Ps 62:2-3, 6-9; 1 Cor 4:1-5; Mt 6:24-34

Our Lady’s School

OLS seeks a qualified candidate for Director of Advance-ment, to develop and implement strategies to promote Our Lady’s School’s mission to both the internal constituencies of the School and the community at large. The Director of Ad-vancement is a member of the school’s administrative team, and should be familiar with fund raising, grant writing, strate-gic planning and capital campaigns. Candidates should pos-sess a BA in Marketing or similar training, and should have a min of 2-3 years of experience in the field of marketing or public relations. Interested Candidates are encourage to mail resume to: Our Lady’s School, Attn: Principal, 1111 Cy-press St., Sulphur, LA 70663.

St. Louis Catholic High School

St. Louis Catholic has an immediate opening for a certi-fied Science teacher. Interested applicants are asked to complete the St. Louis Catholic High School application available on the school’s website, www.slchs.org and return it to the attention of Deborah Frank, President. (email: dfrank@slchs.org or fax: 1-337-436-6792)

Holy Land Pilgrimage Led by Fr. Rommel Tolentino

November 15-24, 2014

Visit the sacred places associated with Our Lord’s life. Meditate on the joyful, luminous, sorrowful and glorious mysteries of the Holy Rosary right where they took place. Retrace Jesus’ steps through the holy city of Jerusalem: the Upper Room, Gethsemane, the Way of the Cross, Calvary, and the site of the Empty Tomb. Let the Bible come alive and your faith strengthened! Package price is $2,400 + $695 departure taxes & fuel surcharge. Deposit ($350) is due on Feb. 28 and Balance is due on July 28.

For more information or request a brochure, call Peter’s Way Tours at 800-225-7662 or email peter@petersway.com.

Job Opportunities

The Airstream Tour is Coming to St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church

With Michael James Mette

Free Concert Open to the Public Thursday, February 27th at 6:30pm

There will be a youth cook out prior to concert at 5:30pm - All Diocesan Youth are encour-aged to attend.

Jitterbug & Grub

Save the Date! Take part in this year’s fundraising events for the Missionaries of La Salette on Saturday, March 29, 2014. Prepare for the fun of “Run for the Son” and sprint your way to victory in the 5K Challenge or 1 Mile Fun Run beginning at 8:00 am. The race will begin and end at Heri-tage Square in downtown Sulphur.

Pre-Registration is underway and race applications are avail-able at St Theresa's church office, local running shops as well as on-line at www.active.com. Registering early will guarantee your official Run for the Son T-Shirt. All ages are welcome to participate. Medals will be awarded in both Male and Female categories as well as age groups. Pre-Registration fees are $25 for the 5K and $15 for the Fun Run. (Online registration will include an active.com fee) The race director for this year is Shannon Castille.

Then you’ll be ready to enjoy an evening of music and danc-ing at the lively and entertaining Jitterbug & Grub. Enjoy the one of kind music of Barry Badon and the Bayou Boys, deli-cious gumbo, and two exciting auctions! The event will be held in St. Theresa’s KC Hall in Carlyss beginning at 5:00 pm until 11:00pm. Cost is only $20 per person. Dinner will be served starting at 5:00 pm with the entertainment at 7:00 pm. A live auction with numerous exciting items will be held at 8:30 p.m. A limited number of tickets are now available at the church office or by calling Chairpersons Janet Gaut-reaux 337-583-4837 or Vicki Dunn at 337-764-6544.

Don’t forget to get your official Jitterbug & Grub T-Shirts! Raffle tickets are also available for a chance to win a 12 Gauge Shotgun. Tickets are only $1 each. Committee mem-bers will be present at the end of all masses beginning March 8th so that you can easily purchase tickets and t-shirts! Pro-ceeds from these two events will help provide assistance to seminarians and continue the work for the Missions of La Salette. Please make plans to join us!

Please call the office for any changes so we can keep these lists up to date.

Logan Armistead, Erin Aquino, Jenni Beeler, India Billeaud, Kristin Fenetz, Amber Koonce, Vernelle LeBlanc, Tom Pease, Sandra Williams, Lorraine & Jim Wynn, Mary Nealy, Martha Thomas, Perry Hunsicker, Bridget Credeur Lonseth, Pat Stetz, Jr., Wesley Drost, Willard Castille, Dorothy Martin, Bob Broussard, Jimbo Hill, Gerald Aquino, Joan Buller, Mary Wyszynski, Betty Landry, Michael Vincent, Kay Johns, Michael Johns, Marie Matte, Jordan Hunsicker, Don Daigle, Aundrea Venable, Rusty Horton, Troes Turner, Larry Turner, Jeanette Adams, Scott, Tina, Keagan & Andrew Bertrand, Jimmy & Linda Ellis & Family, Thad, Camy & Issac Gaspard, Tom, Debbie Gaspard and Family, Clint, Brody & Grantt Richard, Regina Richard, Laken Koonce & Family, Jack, Inez Hebert & Family, Una Mae Rollins, Becky Zingerbol, Becky Rollins, Pamela Willis, Reagon Royer, Merella Kowarsch, Amy Gabbard Brown, Michelle Boudreaux, Ann Warren, Meadow Johnson, Rio Cantu, Cristi Nolen, Kirsten Parish, Jennifer Vincent, Perry & Jordan Hunsicker, Vicky Nocilla, Rudy Trahan, Sonny Stutes

The following young men and women are serving in the Armed Forces

Corey Badon, Michael Barge, Stephanie Berry, Kore’ Beverly, Hunter Biliu, Eric Blanchard, Anthony Bordelon, Randy Buchanan, Shannon Carrier, Corey Chaisson, Eric Epperson, Samuel George, Joshua Gil-lard, Sam Gillard, Eric Goodrich, Ricky Guidry, Jr., Robby Guidry, Corey Hayes, Scott Heape, Jordan Jones, Billy Joy, Brady Landry, Mark Leon, David McDaniel, Jason Dale McGee, Kent Wade McInnis, Christopher Naquin, Justin O’Quain, Cody Onxley, Jeremy Purvis, Patrick Shannon, Philip Smith, Gabriel Lewis Thibodeaux, Christopher Trahan, Jacob Vincent, Ty Vincent, Bryan Wold, Derek Woods, James Yeager, Eric Young, Seth Kotra, Trey Bourgeois, Brian Broussard, M.R. Castille, Aaron Benoit, Glenda Stewart, John LeJeune, Derrick Jude Kellar, Shawn Baird, Ryan Baird, Colleen Austin, Brock Saltzman

Current Military

The Legion of Mary will be giving military medal scapulars to any-one serving active or reserve in our military. They are asking for the names and addresses of those serving along with a contact person’s name and phone number. Please call 583-7183 or give the informa-tion to the church office.

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We will be updating our prayer list so all names will be taken off. Please call the church office to add new names. God Bless

Bulletin Number: 515342 Church Name and Address: St. Theresa of the Child Jesus 4822 Carlyss Drive Sulphur, LA 70665 Telephone: (337) 583-4800 Contact Person: Receptionist Email: stheresabulletin@camtel.net Software: MS Publisher 2003 Adobe Acrobat 6.0 MS Word 2003 MS Excel 2003 Windows XP Professional Printer: Lexmark Pinnacle Pro901 Inkjet