Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church

Our Lady of Prompt Succor
Catholic Church
2320 Paris Road, ChalmeƩe, Louisiana 70043-5098
FiŌh Sunday of Lent
March 13, 2016
PARISH PRIESTS/DEACON & STAFF
Rev. Lance J. Campo, Pastor
Parochial Vicar Rev. Vincent Phan
Deacon Lino G. Parulan
Jackie Toranto - Financial Secretary
Angele Chaplain- Parish Secretary
Dale Neyland - Receptionist
Hector Guzman - Maintenance
PARISH PHONE NUMBERS:
Rectory 504-271-3441
Fax
504-271-2927
EMAIL: info@olps-chalmette.org
WEBSITE: www.olps-chalmette.org
EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION:
Saturday Vigil 4:00 p.m.
Sunday
7:00 a.m., 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.,
2:00 p.m. (Spanish Mass) and 7:00 p.m.
Weekdays: Monday – Friday 7:00 a.m.
Adoration Chapel- OPEN DAILY
Exposition and Adoration of Blessed Sacrament
6:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Weekends are for visiting, praying and meditating
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Saturday -Sunday)
O.L.P.S. SCHOOL:
Ms. Sharon Coll, Principal
School:504-271-2953
Fax:504-271-1490
Website: www.olpsschool.org
O.L.P.S. C.C.D. OFFICE:
Ms. Brenda Tromatore, DRE
Ms. Terri Smith, CRE
CCD phone number: 504-271-1217
Email: olpsccd@yahoo.com
RECTORY OFFICE HOURS:
Monday through Friday: 8am—12 noon 1pm-4pm
SACRAMENTS
BAPTISM: First time parents/godparents must attend a seminar to set date of baptism for their child. Baptisms
take place on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month immediately following the 10:30 am Mass. The Baptismal
seminar is typically on the second and fourth Thursday of every month at 7:00 pm in the rectory. Registration is
required for seminar. Call the rectory.
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE: Confessions are held one-half hour before the 4:00 Vigil Mass, the 8:30 am, the
10:30 am., the 2:00 p.m. (Spanish) and 7:00 pm Mass or by appointment.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: You must contact the church at least six months before the date of the wedding.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Contact the rectory.
FUNERALS: Contact the funeral home first and they will contact the Rectory.
CONFIRMATION: Conferred in the 11th grade.
NEW PARISHIONERS: We welcome you with great joy and invite you to register and worship with us regularly.
Census forms are at all exits of the church.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Saturday, March 12, 2016
4:00 p.m. Donald Miller, Josephine Tinney, Rachel Gabb, Sam
Ortego, Fred & Martha Willhoft, Joseph & Lolly Cappo, Carl
Treitler Sr, Kirby Lodrigues Jr, Judy Nunez, Archie & Helen
Forsyth, Sidney Torres Jr, Anthony Torres, Leander Nunez,
Petrina, Sam & Anthony Randazzo, Bob Hamilton, Alfred, Margaret, & Kathleen Jirovec, Anthony T Libasci III, Rusty Barras
Sr, Brooke Whittington, Catherine Feraci, John Cline, Caige
Thibodeaux, Tony Pohlmann, Jeffrey Cusimano, Lee & Charlette Melancon, Thelma & Anthony Licciardi, Carroll J Borne,
Joseph & Teresa Scardina, Rita & Adam Bernard Sr, Kenny
Forsyth (for healing), Samuel Maniscalco, Earl Hebert, Mattie
Pearl Wallace, George Imbraguglio, Anthony E Walsh III, Men
& Women In Uniform
March 13, 2016
7:00 a.m. Doris & William Doran Sr, Melanie & William Doran
Jr, Christopher SanMarco, Men & Women in Uniform
8:30a.m. Benfiglio & Baham Families, Marie Palmer, Roy
Palmer Jr, Eddie “Red” Fleetwood, Grisaffi Family, Ann Henritzy, Hazel Fredricks, Stephanie Sierra, Janie Carderara, Alvert Kroeper, Men & Women in Uniform
10:30a.m. Jamie L Walters, Caige Joseph Thibodeaux, Sam
Maniscalco Jr, Antionette Catalano, Jane C Johnson, Ronald
Nicosia, Patricia Gisclair, Myron Kennedy Jr, Jackson Bordelon, Mary Denley, Anthony Pohlmann, Rita Parra Doize,
Men & Women in Uniform
2:00 p.m. All Parishioners
7:00 p.m. Philip Creger, Celie Ginart Tanet, Ed O’Leary, Men
& Women in Uniform
March 13, 2016
March 5-6, 2016
Collections: $ 7692.64
St. Vincent de Paul: $ 825.00
Attendance: 1162
Catholic Relief: $ 938.00
Please Pray for the Souls of
Sylvia Stevens
Vigil Light
Chris and Rena Barcelona
Rose
Fred and Mattie Pearl Wallace
We are accepting donations of $10.00 (in memory of
OR in honor of a loved one) to help defray the cost
of the Easter flowers/decorations. Please place your
donation in an envelope and mark the intention on
the outside along with “Easter Flower Donation”. You
may place the envelope in the collection basket.
Monday, March 14, 2016
7:00 a.m. All Parishioners
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
7:00 a.m. Ronnie Nicosia
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
7:00 a.m. Anna Mae Cardinale
Thursday, March 17, 2016
7:00 a.m. NO MASS During Lent
9:00 a.m. School Mass—All children
6:00 p.m. Philip Catania
Friday, March 18, 2016
7:00 a.m. Rosemary Mangipano, Sean Hansen
2:15 p.m. Way of the Cross (School)
6:00 p.m Way of the Cross
7:00 p.m. Way of the Cross (Spanish)
Saturday, March 19, 2016
4:00 p.m. Donald Miller, Josephine Tinney, Rachel Gabb, Sam
Ortego, Fred & Martha Willhoft, Joseph & Lolly Cappo, Carl
Treitler Sr, Kirby Lodrigues Jr, Judy Nunez, Archie & Helen
Forsyth, Sidney Torres Jr, Anthony Torres, Leander Nunez,
Petrina, Sam & Anthony Randazzo, Bob Hamilton, Alfred, Margaret, & Kathleen Jirovec, Anthony T Libasci III, Brooke Whittington, John Cline, Caige Thibodeaux, Tony Pohlmann, Jeffrey Cusimano, Lee & Charlette Melancon, Thelma & Anthony
Licciardi, Carroll J Borne, Joseph & Teresa Scardina, Rita &
Adam Bernard Sr, Kenny Forsyth (for healing), Samuel
Maniscalco, George Imbraguglio, Debi Ford, Jean Artus,
Charles Gebbia, Men & Women In Uniform
Palms are needed again this year for Palm Sunday.
Please consider donating if you have full palm trees. We
are asking if you could please cut the palms, clean the
palms (cutting the thorns and rinsing them) and bagging them and drop off to the church.
The prayer list will run for two weeks
only. If you would like to add your beloved to the list or keep them on past
the two weeks, please call the rectory
or drop the intention in the collection
basket.
William Follette & Family, Roger Follette, Timothy Wells, Lorie
Wells, Isabella Meyer, Deanie Terminie-Ros, Debbie DiCarlo,
Joseph Walter, Larry Nunez, Congetta Wallace, Alexis Hauptmann, Melissa Fernandez, Lennon Meyers, Gavin Barras, Emile
Denbrum Sr, Joanie & Kenny Forsyth, Devin Patrick Hill, Benny
Burman, Warren Ruiz, Shane Ladner, Terry Hendrix, Angele
Chaplain, Jeromey Poncedeleon, Gabrielle Poncedeleon,
Dolores Fernandez, Salvador Fernandez, Dustin Fernandez,
Jean Adams, Cindy Stephany, Frank Stephany, Jimmy Besson,
Christy Foret, Debras Sue Reyer Hilton, Stu Underwood, Rena
Conley, Louis Huff Jr, Congetta Wallace, Ginja Mexic-Cousins,
Debra Sue Reyer-Hilton, Sheran Mayeux, MaryAnn Stephany,
Jena Bozant, Anthony E Walsh III, Dottie Toranto
Our New Principal for
Academic year 2016-17
Dear Friends:
Due to the retirement of our current OLPS principal, Mrs. Sharon Coll, at the end of this school
year, we created a principal search committee
of people from our school administration, parish
council, school advisory board, the finance
council, a former teacher at OLPS and an outside teacher, along with myself, and Fr. Vincent
to work with the guidance of two associate superintendents from the Archdiocesan Office of
Catholic Schools to employ a new principal for
next year.
I would like to thank the committee members for
their time and cooperation in serving as consultants as we sought to make our selection. We
were fortunate to have eleven educators apply
for the position to lead our school. The three
finalists whom we interviewed, were all well
qualified to serve as principal.
After careful discernment of all the factors involved, considering the committee’s input, I decided as Pastor to offer the position to Mrs. Annette Accomando. She is currently serving as
the vice chancellor of Nunez Community College
and has taught on the primary, secondary, and
college levels including as a teacher at OLPS.
Apart from her extensive academic credentials
and superior educational experience, her membership in our church parish and local community as a Chalmette resident will afford her an
ease of participation in many school activities
and parish events as well. She has many important contacts in the community and her experience as a student, teacher and parent at
Catholic schools will allow her an ease of adjusting to working with the Archdiocese, the
parish, faculty, parents, and parishioners. As
an active member of the parish she has taught
CCD religion for the past three years at OLPS, is
a lector at mass and is an officer of the Legion
of Mary at OLPS.
I am very confident that she will be a great success as principal and continue to be an asset to
our parish community. She has been approved
to do so by Archbishop Aymond. Her official
employment will begin July 1. With the grace of
God our school as a ministry of our parish will
continue to be a source of love to the community
by teaching our children about faith, family and
knowledge. Our Lady of Prompt Succor …..
Hasten to Help Us! Always.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Rev. Lance J. Campo
March 16—McDonald’s night 4-7pm
March 18—Terrific Kid & Station of the Cross
2:15pm
March 21– Report Cards Distributed
March 23– Sports & Activity Pictures
March 25-31—No School
March 21– Stations of the
March 27-28—No Classes
Cross
Rummel Council Knights
of Columbus 5747 and
the Ladies Auxiliary is hosting their annual St. Joseph Altar in their council home at 2107 Paris Road
in Chalmette. The viewing will be on Friday, March
18 from 1:00 to 6:00 PM. We will begin serving the public on Saturday, March 19th from
12:30 to 6:30 PM. We are asking donations of non
meat dishes such as Artichoke, Potato, Green
Beans, Cabbage, Eggplant, etc. If you can donate
please bring your donations to the council home on
Friday, March 18th. Everyone is welcome to come
eat lunch and share this special day with us.
On Sunday,
February 21 at 10:30am mass we celebrated God’s Special Children’s Mass. It was a huge
success and had many participate for the surrounding
areas. We received a letter one of the participants,
Kristen Cipriani. Here is a few excerpts from her letter:
“ Your church is so beautiful! It is lovely both physically/architecturally as well as spiritually. You definitely have the ‘welcoming’ atmosphere that the Archbishop is striving for!”
“Your kind comments during the prayers of the
faithful (about praying for those with disabilities) as
well as throughout the Mass (mentions the CPD at the
beginning and end of Mass) were very comforting.”
“I am truly blessed to partake in the Catholic
Church’s ministries regarding disabilities on both the
Parish and the Archdiocesan level. I am grateful that
you value and display continued support of individuals
with disabilities!”
Jubilee of Mercy: Did you Know?
From the Office of Evangelization:
This weekend following Saturday 4pm, Sunday 8:30am and 10:30am Mass, we will have our
Second Sunday Social. All are welcome to come
have some coffee and donuts following mass. Please
come be apart of our parish.
As part of the ongoing promotion of the Jubilee Year
of Mercy, the Office of Evangelization would like to take this
opportunity to catechize and further explain the Jubilee Indulgence.
The Indulgence can be obtained by walking through
the Holy Door at St. Louis Cathedral, or by visiting the other
specially designated pilgrimage sites listed below. In addition
to a pilgrimage, the Jubilee Indulgence may also be obtained
through participating in the Corporal and Spiritual Works of
Mercy. Whether one walks through the Holy Door, goes on
pilgrimage, or participates in a Work of Mercy, it is necessary
to receive Holy Communion, participate in the Sacrament of
Reconciliation, and pray for the Holy Father within three days
to receive the grace of the indulgence.
For the sick and those unable to participate in a pilgrimage or Work of Mercy, Pope Francis has granted the ability to obtain the same Jubilee Indulgence by receiving Holy
Communion or participating in Mass through various means
of communication (TV – WLAE Sunday 11:00 AM/Radio –
690AM Sunday 11:00 AM). Lastly, Pope Francis granted the
Jubilee Indulgence to prisoners, stating that they can receive
the indulgence in their prison chapels.
In the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Archbishop Aymond has designated the following Churches as Jubilee Pilgrimage Sites:
• Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis King of France(Only Holy
Door)
• National Votive Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor
• Shrine of the Vietnamese Holy Martyrs
• St. Jude Shrine
• National Shrine of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos
• St. Joseph Church and Shrine on the Westbank
• St. Joseph Abbey
• Divine Mercy Parish
• St. Ann Church and Shrine