Welcome to the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis King of France...

On behalf of our Archbishop, Most Rev. Gregory M. Aymond, our parishioners, deacons, and priests, I welcome you to St. Louis Cathedral and hope that your visit will be a memorable one.

I invite you to consider the Cathedral your parish away from home. It is my prayer that your time here will be a spiritually uplifting experience. I appreciate your generosity in the support of our Cathedral. It is with your help that we are able to maintain its beautiful state, that we may continue to worship God within these walls as has been done since 1718. May God enrich you with many graces and blessings.

Fourth Sunday of Easter May 12, 2019

“I have made you a light to the Gentiles, that you may be an instrument of salvation to the ends of the earth.”

— Acts 13:47b

SLC VOLUME 62 NUMBER 19

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — The word of the Lord continued to spread through the whole region (Acts 13:14, 43-52).

Psalm — We are his people, the sheep of his flock (Psalm 100).

Second Reading — I had a vision of a great multitude (Revelation 7:9, 14b-17).

Gospel — My sheep hear my voice; I know them and give them eternal life (John 10:27-30).

The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Fourth Sunday of Easter; Mother’s Day; World Day of Prayer for Vocations Monday: Our Lady of Fatima Tuesday: St. Matthias Wednesday: St. Isidore the Farmer Saturday: St. John I; Armed Forces Day

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4; Jn 10:1-10 Tuesday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113:1-8; Jn 15:9-17 Wednesday: Acts 12:24 -13:5a; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Jn 12:44-50 Thursday: Acts 13:13-25: Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27; Jn 13:16-20 Friday: Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2:6-11ab; Jn 14:1-6 Saturday: Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 14:7-14 Sunday: Acts 14:21-27; Ps 145:8-13; Rv 21:1-5a; Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35

I join Archbishop Aymond in wishing all Mothers,

Grandmothers, Godmothers, Aunts, and those who serve

in the role of Mother, Happy Mother’s Day!

PRAYER INTENTIONS

Wanda Mary Aizpurua, Steven Bailey, Charlee P. Bath, Rodney Batistella, Kevin Baye, Sylvia Beyer, Samuel Blimling, Jr., Walter Bonam, Grayson Bond, Jon Bourdais, , Kylan Broussard, John Bruno, Trey Michael Bruno, Barbara Butler, Richard Ceda, Diane Centanni, Drew Chambers, Joe & Susie Chenevert, Valerie Claverie, Mary Dahir, Don Daley, Jr. Patricia Daniels, Adrianne DeCarolis, Charles and Ruth Delacerda, Claire Duplantier, Ben Edmunson, Orly R. Elizondo, Brady Evans, Heidi Fletcher, Brad Freichter, Robert Friedman; Dylan Frught, Timmy Giroir, Olivia Gonzales, Daniel Grant, Julie Green, Riley Griffin, Ann Griffiths, Louis Hilaire, Harriet Hill, Jessica Hong, Leroy and Joyce Houston, Charlene Hughes, Sput Hughes, Brandon Jackson, Emily Judice, Gloria Larousse, Billy Legier, Tylor Lenart, Fr. Michael Levy, OMI, Kenneth Maes, Maureen Mallory, George Markey, Doug Masters, Joshua McAlister, John Moreale, Jr. Steven Murphey, Maria Nelson, Heather Newell, Hannah Nguyen, Mike Oddo, C.J. Otillio, Sylvia Otillio; Mark Owens, Christina Margaret Mary Luna Perez, Loriann and Joseph Pliska, Johnny Poche, Irlee Redmann, Joel Rivera, Ronald Rizzo, Deborah Roberts, Michael Rudiger, Nora Saldana, Jim Sansone, Bernadina Sceovern, Emma Scheuermann, Raymond Schexnayder, Schweda Family, Rosalia Serio, Maria Soares, Sister Mary Lou Specha, Jean Stephens, Rebecca Temple & Family, Noah Townsend, Sal Trabanino, Juan Valadez, Jim Viola, Mickey James & Pablo Welsh, Lee Whitaker, Marie Williams, Fritz Windhorst, Danielle Wolfe, Zickert Family, Chris Zimmer

If you are ill or know of someone who is ill and should be included in our prayers, please contact the parish office.

CHURCH SUPPORT

“YOUR STEWARDSHIP IS THE SOURCE OF OUR GROWTH”

MAY 5, 2019

First Collection $4,889.00 Renovation and Restoration $3,140.00

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORT AND GENEROSITY.

The statement printed above expresses the gratitude felt in response to the generosity of the people of the St. Louis Cathedral parish. For it is your weekly contributions that make much of what is done here at the Cathedral possible. Thanks are extended to those who use Church Support envelopes regularly. If you are not currently using envelopes, please consider doing so that our parish may continue to prosper. If you would like to receive monthly envelopes, kindly visit the Parish Office at 615 Pere Antoine Alley or contact us by phone at 525-9585 ext. 5341.

MASS INTENTIONS

SUNDAY, May 12, 2019

9:00 AM Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Werling+ John Freshno+ Stanislaw Ryszkowski, Jr. Michal Ryszkowski Jan Ryszkowski Magdelena Ryszkowski Honorata Ryszkowski Patricia Daniels+ Jerry Doyle+ 11:00 AM For the People of the Archdiocese

MONDAY, May 13, 2019

12:05 PM Shirley Mae Bouligny+

TUESDAY, May 14, 2019

12:05 PM Jules H. Martin+ WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2019

12:05 PM Volunteers-St.Vincent de Paul Parish

THURSDAY, May 16, 2019

12:05PM Valerie Pareti Perry+

FRIDAY, May 17, 2019

12:05 PM Norah Beaudette+

SATURDAY, May 18, 2019 5:00 PM Beverly A.B. Powell Camille Claire Grafer+ Winifred Ann Tuminero+ Betty Eberts+ Marilyn St. Amant+ Thomas A. Casey+ Jules H. Martin+ Br. Jeffrey Callligan, FSC+ Johnathan Hebert+ Juliette Dumas Beck Charlie Blake+ Reeves and Doris Haley+ Michele Baietta

Cathedral Sanctuary Lamp

Our Sanctuary Lamp burns this week in honor of

Kathleen Blanco

4th Sunday of Easter May 12, 2019

SHEPHERDS LIKE JESUS

Each year this Fourth Sunday of Easter celebrates Jesus the Good Shepherd. Today’s Gospel seems especially timely, for as Christians worldwide suffer persecution like Paul and Barnabas, Jesus promises his sheep enduring, invincible safety: “They shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand.” But we who are free to live our faith peacefully sometimes take our membership in Jesus’ flock for granted, wandering astray to seek our own pleasure and prosperity. The simple cross that Pope Francis always wears seems to show us how Jesus responds to that. Francis’s cross features an image of Jesus, who has sought and found a lost sheep, then joyfully set it on his shoulders to carry it gently home. May Good Shepherd Sunday inspire us, so often lost and found ourselves, to assist Jesus in seeking, finding, and gently carrying home our fellow precious lambs.

Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Mother’s Day Flowers

In Honor/Memory of Donated by

Esther Albritton…………….……....…………..…….....Norbert Landry Helen Blalock………….……….............Rosemary James & J. DeSalvo Bruno Family Mothers………..………........………Doris & John Bruno Irma Corriere……………………….…...….........Frank & Kay Corriere Constance Caruso………….…..…...…….…Charles & Deborah Hilton Blanche DeSalvo……….………..…......Rosemary James & J. DeSalvo Nettie Fairchild………………...…...………...…..….…...Elda Fairchild Yvonne Fontenot………………………………..Jerry & Patra Fontenot Edith Hilton………………...……..…...….…..Charles & Debora Hilton Ardeth Horn Landry……………...………..…......…......Norbert Landry Mathilde Lopes Landry…………...……..….........….….Norbert Landry Shirley Guste Landry………..……......…...….....…Fr. Philip G. Landry Marie LaJaunie……………………………….…………..Gayle Benson Dama S. Marks………………...…………..….....Frank & Kay Corriere Linda Fairchild Martinez…………...……........…...……..Elda Fairchild Mother………………………...………………………...Michael Brown Mother……………………...……...…………..………...Barbara Butler Mother………………………………………………...…..Erin Cloonan Mother………………………………...………......……...Ann Williams Mother…………………………..………………Thomas Rees Lemoine Mother ………………………………………..…………Patricia White Mothers……………………….……………..Mr. & Mrs. David Meyers Mothers………………………………...…..Ronald and Charlotte Rizzo Elsie Mosca……………………………....……........G. Nicholas Mosca Stella Otillio…………………………….………John and Sylvia Otillio Helen Parent……………………………………………..Andrew Parent Esther Pedesco……………………...………...…….......Robert Pedesco Diane Porche…………………….……....……...…....Demetrius Porche Viola Prince…………..………...……...…...…....…....James Del Prince Evelyn Richarme…………………...……….......John and Sylvia Otillio Jo Sheppard………………………………….…..Jerry & Patra Fontenot Nova Stapp……………………........…………….Frank & Kay Corriere

The Church in the Crescent: Three Hundred of Years of Catholicism in New Orleans

Old Ursuline Convent Museum 1116 Chartres Street

Monday–Friday 10:00am-4:00pm Last tour starts at 3:15pm

Saturday 9:00am-3:00pm Last tour starts at 2:15pm

Admission $6.00-$8.00

A Mother’s Prayer

Father in heaven, grant me the grace to appreciate the dignity which You have conferred on me. Let me realize that not even the angels have been blessed with such a privilege—to share in Your creative miracle and bring new saints to heaven.

Make me a good mother to all my children after the example of Mary, the Mother of Your Son. Through the intercession of Jesus and Mary, I ask Your continued blessings on my family. Let us all be dedicated to Your service on earth and attain the eternal happiness of Your kingdom in heaven. Amen

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ARCHDIOCESAN NEWS

POPE FRANCIS’ PRAYER INTENTION FOR MAY

The Church in Africa, a Seed of Unity

That the Church in Africa, through the commitment of its members, may be the seed of unity among her peoples and a sign of hope for this continent.

PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS

O Holy Spirit, Spirit of wisdom and divine love, impart Your knowledge, understanding, and counsel to youth that they may know the vocation wherein they can best serve God. Give them courage and strength to follow God's holy will. Guide their uncertain steps, strengthen their resolutions, shield their chastity, fashion their minds, conquer their hearts, and lead them to the vineyards where they will labor in God's holy service. Amen

PENTECOSTAL DEVOTION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Pentecostal Devotion to the Holy Spirit, a series of evenings featuring the Rosary and a reflection on the Holy Spirit in preparation for Pentecost, will be held at St. Dominic Church, 775 Harrison Avenue, New Orleans. The dates, topics, and featured speakers are, May 13 on “The Incarnation” with Fr. James Wehner, May 21 on “The Gifts of the Holy Spirit” with Fr. Jose Lavastida, May 28 on “The Fruit of the Spirit” with Archbishop Gregory Aymond, and June 4 on “The Forgiving of Sins” with Fr. John Restreop, O.P. All evenings begin with recitation of the Rosary at 6:00 PM followed by a reflection.

TRANSITIONAL DIACONATE ORDINATION

On Saturday, May 18, 2019, at 10:00 AM at St. Louis Cathedral, Archbishop Aymond will ordain Sylvester Ugbada Adoga, Luis Carlos Duarte González, Kesiena Dennis Obienu, Luis Carlos Valencia Osorio and John Daniel Yike to the Transitional Diaconate for the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Please keep these men in your prayers as they take this most important step on their journey to priesthood.

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INFORMATION PAGE

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