STS. PETER & PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH Address: 1110 Old Spanish Trail, Scott, LA 70583 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 610, Scott, LA 70583 Email: stspeterandpaulscott@hotmail.com Website: stspeterandpaulscott.org Phone Number: 337-235-2433 Fax: 337-233-4868 School: 337-504-3400 Elementary CCD: 337-232-6167

Mass Schedule: Monday: 12:10pm Tuesday & Thursday: 8:30am Wednesday & Friday: 6:30am First Saturday: 8:30am Saturday: 4:00pm Sunday: 6:30am, 8:00am, 10:00am & 5:00pm Confessions: 15 minutes before each Mass Saturday: 3:00-3:45pm & by appointment

Staff Pastor: Fr. Mark Derise Parochial Vicar: Fr. Vincent In Residence: Bishop Emeritus Michael Jarrell Deacon Cliff Tanner Trustees: Abby Aucoin & Brian Schlesinger School Principal: Danielle Babineaux Secretary & Bookkeeper: Monica Laperous Bulletin Editor: Nicole Habetz DRE 1st-8th: Janet Hebert & Beth Duplechin DRE 9th-11th: Nicole Habetz & Heather Augustin Office Hours: Monday– Thursday 8:30am-12:00pm, 1:00pm-4:00pm Friday: 8:30am-12:00pm Adoration Chapel: Mon-Fri. after morning Mass until 5pm.

VOCATION Roman Catholics in the United States spend a good deal of time speaking of “vocation” and the manner in which each of us discerns our vocation for life. In today’s apostolic letter, however, Peter gives us the “cornerstone” of our vocation, the description of what each of us is called to first and foremost by our baptism. He describes our vocation as “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of [God’s] own, so that you may announce the praises” of Christ, who called us out of darkness into light (1 Peter 2:9). All of us, no matter what path our life’s vocation may take us down, have been chosen by God, made holy, and anointed as priests in the high priesthood of Christ through baptism. All of this, so that we may announce the praises of Christ. Vocation is given for proclamation at home, in the workplace—wherever life takes us—in service, in word, and in sacrament. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Your Task as a Catholic Your tasks as a Catholic, no matter what your age, are three: Know your Catholic Faith. You cannot live your faith if you do not know it, and you cannot share with others what you do not first make your own (CCC 429). Learning your Catholic Faith takes some effort, but it is effort well spent because the study is, quite literally, infinitely rewarding. Live your Catholic Faith. Your Catholic Faith is a public thing. It is not meant to be left behind when you leave home (CCC 2472). But be forewarned: being a public Catholic involves risk and loss. You will find some doors closed to you. You will lose some friends. You will be considered an outsider. But, as a consolation, remember our Lord’s words to the persecuted: “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven” (Matt. 5:12). Spread your Catholic Faith. Jesus Christ wants us to bring the whole world into the freedom of the truth, and the truth is Jesus himself, who is “the way, and the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). Spreading the Faith is a task not only for bishops, priests, and religious—it is a task for all Catholics (CCC 905). Just before his Ascension, our Lord told his apostles, “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Matt. 28:19-20). If we want to observe all that Jesus commanded, if we want to believe all he taught, we must follow him through his Church. This is our great challenge—and our great privilege.

Continue to pray for those in the health care system who are testing and treating patients for the Corona Virus. We ask that God keep them and their families safe at this time . We pray for an end to this Virus not only in our country but world wide.

Online Giving Options If you would like to give while you are unable to attend public Mass, you can either mail or drop your envelope in the mail slot. If you ring the door bell you may even get to see Fr. Mark’s or Fr. Vincent’s smiling faces. You will win the prize if the Bishop answers. Other options for giving are:

Contact your bank and set up with their Bill Pay system.

Our new parish online giving site which is through Our Sunday Visitor which can be found under the following link: https://www.osvhub.com/stspeterandpaulscott/funds

Or

“Parish Give 52 Offertory Giving Made Easier”. We are the last ones listed #291. Link is https://www.diolaf.org/online-parish-giving

We appreciate all you are doing to keep our church

going. Be assured of our continuing prayers for everyone daily. We do private Mass daily and are

remembering the intentions. Just remember to listen to the authorities and before long we will all be together

again as a church family. Fr. Mark

Pray for the Priests and the Seminarians May 10: Rev. Michael Luxbacher, LC & David Furka May 11: Rev. Thomas Madden, SJ & Evan Hebert May 12: Very Rev. Msgr. W. Curtis Mallet & Eric Hernandez May 13: Rev. Msgr. Charles Mallet & Rev. Mr. John Joseph, CJC May 14: Rev. Donald Martin, SJ & Rev. Mr. Andrew Killeen May 15: Rev. C. William Massie & Luke Kirk May 16: Rev. Kenneth Mayne & Joshua LaFleur

Mass Intentions Monday, May 11 @ 12:10pm: M/M (Ann) Hubert Leger, Sr. Tuesday, May 12 @ 8:30am: Tyler Menard (L)(HBD), Kinsley Hebert (L)(HBD), Michael O’Neil Mouton, Lee Martin, Sr. Wednesday, May 13 @ 6:30am: Alfred Martin & Louis Petitjean Thursday, May 14 @ 8:30am: Adley Scrantz Friday, May 15 @ 6:30am: Lynn & Jess Poirrier, Jay Alleman, Fred Domingue (Ann) Saturday, May 16 @ 4:00pm Mary Ann Dugas, Harry Leger, Lea D. Collette, Blanche Boudreaux, Jess Poirrior, David L. “Boo” Prejean, M/M John Allen Prejean, Ted Dugas, Violet LeBlanc, Helen C. Perot, Edward & Emetile Bourque, John Wade Mouton, Dupre Hebert, M/M Chester Duhon & Cindy Labbe, Wilsey Vincent, M/M Paul A. Arceneaux, Sybil Alleman, Vincent Guidry, William Stampley, M/M Adley Scrantz Sunday, May 17 @ 6:30am: For the People Sunday, May 17 @ 8:00am: CDA Members, Lelia V. Thibodeaux, Dustin Wiltz, Edward Bourque, Bernice Weber, Fr. Edwin Martin (L), M/M Francis T. Resweber, Spiritual Healing, M/M Camille Delhomme, M/M Wilfred Hebert & Woodley, M/M Jack Tanner & Walter, M/M George Griggs, Sr., M/M Larry Hebert, M/M Earl Tanner, Sr., Souls in Purgatory Sunday, May 17 @ 10:00am: Deanna Sonnier, M/M Adrian Vega, Rayford Domingue, Ernest Credeur, Preston Royer, Sylvia Comeaux, M/M Errol J. Robichaux, M/M Lee Bergeron, Donald Bernard Sunday, May 17 @ 5:00pm: For continued healing from the Corona Virus

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 14:5-18; Ps 115:1-4, 15-16; Jn 14:21-26 Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28; Ps 145:10-13ab, 21; Jn 14:27-31a Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6; Ps 122:1-5; Jn 15:1-8 Thursday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113:1-8; Jn 15:9-17 Friday: Acts 15:22-31; Ps 57:8-10, 12; Jn 15:12-17 Saturday: Acts 16:1-10; Ps 100:1b-3, 5; Jn 15:18-21 Sunday: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; Ps 66:1-7, 16, 20; 1 Pt 3:15-18 or 1 Pt 4:13-16; Jn 14:15-21 or Jn 17:1-11a

SAINT DAMIEN JOSEPH DE VEUSTER OF MOLOKA’I (1840-1889) May 10 In the mid-1990s, a heavily bearded, bespectacled Robin Williams appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, whose host was clearly taken aback. Letterman inquired as to why the wild look. Uncharacteristically subdued, the usually manic comic responded that he was producing and starring in a movie about a most extraordinarily compassionate man, Damien, the Leper Priest of Moloka’i. Some saints transcend religious and ethnic boundaries to touch the heart that beats in each human being: Francis of Assisi; Mother Teresa; and, though Williams’ film was never completed, his admiration speaks, as does Damien’s statue outside the capitol in Honolulu, of this newest saint’s universal appeal. Far from his native Flanders’ idyllic beauty and rich culture, Damien volunteered to bear Christ’s light into Moloka’i’s bleak leper colony, building decent homes, opening schools, establishing clinics, planting farms, sharing the sufferings—and the social stigma—of those with whom he delighted to identify: “We lepers,” he would proudly say when finally he contracted leprosy. Saint Damien challenges us to identify the lepers of our own day, to examine our compassion for and our identification with them. —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

In cooperation with updated Diocesan protocol regarding the Coronavirus outbreak, the following directives are effective immediately at Sts. Peter & Paul Church:

Per Bishop Deshotel: “As a Diocesan family, our top priority remains the health and safety of the people of our community, especially the most vulnerable among us. Upon consultation with my fellow Bishops of the State and out of an abundance of caution, all public Masses (weekday and weekend) in the Diocese of Lafayette will be suspended until further notice. Therefore, my earlier dispensation from Sunday Masses remains in place.”

The church office will now be closed on Mondays and Fridays until further notice.

The church office will be observing strict business hours to the public Tuesday-Thursday from 9:00am -1:00pm. Essential business only. If the business can be handled via phone, we strongly encourage you not to come to the office in person.

All sacramental records must be requested via phone and will be mailed.

Mass intentions may be requested over the phone and the stipend should be submitted via the mail or dropped off via the mail slot at the church office.

Collection envelopes may be mailed in or dropped off via the mail slot at the church office. Please avoid licking the envelopes to seal them.

Funerals with immediate family only with graveside services. A memorial Mass will be scheduled at a later date.

Weddings are to be celebrated with immediate family only.

I remind everyone of the opportunities to remotely view Holy Mass.

• Mass will be live streamed on the Sts. Peter & Paul Facebook page as well as intecsecuritysolu-tions.com/live every Sunday at 10a.m. The readings can be found at h p://usccb.org/bible/readings/042620.cfm

• Daily noon Mass at the Cathedral is live streamed on the Diocese of Lafaye e website.

Please continue to monitor our parish Facebook and the proper authorities for continuing development in our response to the Coronavirus outbreak. Remember that panic, hysteria, and anxiety can never be the responses of a Christian. The Prince of Peace will guide us during these difficult times and, by the grace of God, bring everything to a peaceful resolution.

Sts. Peter and Paul School office is closed. Those needing assistance can email the school at info@sts-peter-paul.org.

Thank you for your understanding during this difficult time. I encourage all to be faithful to prayer and to be prudent when making a decision for yourself or your family.

As things come to us we will keep you updated. Blessings to all. Fr. Mark

Monday, May 11, 2020:

Tuesday, May 12, 2020: Ss. Nereus and Achilleus; St. Pancras; There will be an 8:30am Mass; Cry Room at 9am (Cancelled); CLJ in CCD Bldg. at 9:30am (Cancelled); Elementary CCD 6-7pm (Cancelled)

Wednesday, May 13, 2020: Our Lady of Fatima; There will be a 6:30am Mass; (Cancelled)

Thursday, May 14, 2020: St. Matthias; There will be an 8:30am Mass (Cancelled); RCIA will be available every Thursday from 6:15pm-7:30pm in the parish hall. For more information contact the parish office. (Cancelled)

Friday, May 15, 2020: St. Isidore the Farmer; There will be a 6:30am Mass; (Cancelled)

Saturday, May 16, 2020: Armed Forces Day

Sunday, May 17, 2020: Sixth Sunday of Easter

Weekly Calendar

This week the sanctuary lights burn for: Church: Jess Poirrier Chapel: Francis & Ellen Resweber