December 27, 2015 - St. Mark Catholic Church

A People Set Apart
December 27, 2015
Parish Staff
Pastor ……………….....…..Rev. Rubin Reynolds
Administrative Assistant….......….Julie Carpenter
Administrative Assistant…..……..Sandy Dardeau
Bookkeeper………………….Renae Schexnaydre
Business Manager ……….......Kathleen LoCicero
Consultant on Call …………..Sammy Chestovich
Director of Christian Formation…......Mary Kruse
Maintenance Supervisor …..……..…..Ron Duhon
Pastoral Associate ...…...…..….Robin Richardson
PSR Secretary ………………........Sharon Buquoi
Jr. Youth Director ……………....…...Dana Millet
Sr. Youth Director……………...….Garrett Tregre
Mass Schedule
Saturday Vigil Mass:.…….....………...…4:00 pm
Sunday Masses ….............8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 am
Monday, Wednesday - Friday…...….........8:30 am
Tuesday—Communion Service …........…8:30 am
Reconciliation
Saturdays: 3-3:30 pm and before daily Mass.
Other times by appointment with priest.
Parish School of Religion Principals:
Patricia Sanchez…….……....…...….High School
Flory Reynolds……..…Middle & Primary School
Parish Office Hours
Monday - Thursday…............8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Friday……………...…….....…..8:00 am to Noon
Telephones
Parish Office…..………..…….… (225) 647-8461
Fax……………………...…..........(225) 647-5125
E-mail:…….……...…..…..........stmark@eatel.net
New Parishioners: Please complete the registration form which can be found on our website and return to the parish office.
Church Certificates: For all sacramental certificates, contact Julie Carpenter at 225-647-8461
Sacrament of Baptism: Baptisms are held the First Sunday of each month, following 11:00 a.m. Mass. Parents of infants and
children under age 7 are to attend 1 Baptism Seminar. (If pregnant, attend as early as possible during the pregnancy.)
Baptism Seminars are held on the Tuesday following the first Sunday of the month at 6:30 pm. *Baptism of children 7 years and
older must go through the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults adapted for Children. Contact Mary Kruse at 225-647-8461
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA): For adults inquiring about becoming Catholic and baptized Catholics who
lack Confirmation and Holy Communion, contact Donna Chestovich at 225-938-0985.
Sacrament of Matrimony:
Christian Burial:
Couples need to contact the parish office six months prior to their planned wedding date.
Families should contact the parish office, as soon as possible, prior to making other funeral arrangements.
Pastoral Care of the Sick: Contact the office in regards to those who are seriously ill, hospitalized and homebound.
Emergency calls are made immediately.
Vocations for Priesthood and Religious Life: Contact the office of Vocations and Seminarians at 225-336-8779 or visit their
website at www.diobr.org.
Prayer Line Request:
Contact the Par ish Office……225-647-8461
Visit our website: www.stmarkgonzales.org for vital information or like us on Facebook:
Schedule of Events
December 27
3:30 pm
Jr. Youth Group
December 29
9:00 am
Blue Army
6:00 pm
Adult Choir Practice
December 31January 1
All Day
Office Closed
Happy New Year
January 3
3:30 pm
Junior Youth Group
January 4
6:00 pm
KC 4th Degree Meeting
Adoration Chapel
New Year’s Schedule
The Adoration Chapel will close on
Thursday, December 31st
At 12:00 noon.
It will reopen Monday, January 4th
At 9:00 am after daily morning Mass.
Mass Schedule
New Year’s
Thursday, December 31st
6:30 pm (NO 8:30 am mass)
Friday, January 1st
8:30 am in Church
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
December 27, 2015
The Staff of St. Mark
would like to wish you and
your family a very
Happy and Prosperous
New Year!!
Fr. Rubin ~ Kathleen
Robin ~ Ron ~ Sharon
Mary ~ Renae ~ Julie
Sandy
Beloved, we are God’s children now;
what we shall be
has not yet been revealed.
— 1 John 3:2a
Fiscal Year 2015—16: Stewardship of Treasure
24th Sunday, December 13, 2015
Weekly
Offertory
$ 15,228.00 $
Maintenance $
2,961.00 $
Pop Coin
$
Total
$ 18,272.53 $
Building
Fund
11,826.92 $
3,401.08
2,730.77 $
230.23
$
83.53
83.53
December
2015
Envs, loose
$ 6,224.00 $
cks, ACH &
2nd collection
- /+
Budget
14,557.69 $
Monthly
Note
5,694.70 $
Thank you for your generous
stewardship contributions.
3,714.84
-/+
529.30
For ages 2-4
*must be 4 after Sept. 30th*
2, 3 & 5 day options
9:00 -12:00
extended day available from
12:00 -1:30 p.m.
Now accepting registration for
St. Mark’s Mother’s Day Out
For more info call the parish
office 647-8461 or
visit the parish web site
at stmarkgonzales.org
First Reconciliation
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
For all children who will be
receiving their
First Communion in
May, 2016.
Sign in will begin at
6:00 p.m.
in the Activity Center.
Reconciliation to begin at
6:30 p.m.
Please be on time.
2016—25TH & 50TH
WEDDING ANNIVERSAY CELEBRATION
Bishop Robert W. Muench will celebrate a
liturgy honoring couples on their 25th, 50th
& 65th or greater wedding anniversary
Sunday, February 21, 2016 at 3:00 p.m.
Our Lady of Mercy Church
Reception to follow in the Our Lady of
Mercy Parish Activity Center.
If you are interested in attending, registration
forms are located in the
main vestibule of the church.
Forms must be completed and returned to the
parish office prior to February 12th.
REMINDER: The parish office will be closed Thursday, December 31st
and Friday January 1st for the New Year holiday.
The office will be opened Monday January 4th.
Mark your calendar for our 2016 Parish Mission.
...begins when we block that
special time on our calendars.
Lent will come quickly next year. Our Parish Mission is scheduled:
Sunday, January 31 thru Thursday, February 4, 2016.
Father Wade Menezes, CPM will be with us from the Father s of
Mercy, a missionary preaching Religious Congregation based in Auburn,
Kentucky. You may recognize him from EWTN.
Our Mission theme:
“Celebrating the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy!”
Make plans to be with us!
ONE BOOK, ONE CHURCH
We have accepted our Diocese’s invitation to join in a diocesan wide reading program
for Lent 2016. The book title is: Return of the Prodigal Son, by Henri Nouwen. The
retail cost of this book is $16.00. With all the parishes participating the cost will be $7.00. If
you are interested in participating in the book read please submit your name, address, phone
number and $7.00 in an envelope marked: ONE BOOK, ONE CHURCH. We are ordering
150 books. Orders will be filled in order of requests made. This is a reminder to makes your
requests before Christmas. Books will be available after the New Year.
High School PSR Dates– 2016
6:00—8:30 p.m.
January 10, 2016
February 7, 2016
March 13, 2016
BIBLE STUDY UPDATE:
The 1st Session of The Bible Timeline: The
Story of Salvation study concluded this past fall.
This study has an Introduction and 23 chapters.
The fall session went through to chapter 7.
Beginning January 7th the next 8 chapters will
be covered and then we will complete the study
in the Fall of 2016 beginning September 27th
with the final chapters.
It is still possible to join this wonderful Bible
Adventure. Visit www.evangelization.com
to sign up and purchase material or call Robin
in the parish office, 647-8461, for information.
There is time to catch up or just join in where
the next session will begin. We have over 50
participants and would love to see you part of
that growing number.
Please consider this opportunity to grow in the
knowledge of your faith and deepen your
covenantal relationship with our awesome God
of Mercy during this year of Mercy. Those who
are returning please sign the clip board in
the main vestibule. Thank you!
April 10, 2016
Please join in congratulating
Fr. Rubin on the 36th year
anniversary of his ordination into
the Priesthood. We are so very
appreciative of him and all priests
and religious for their dedication in
forming our lives to follow in
Christ’s footsteps.
A VOCATION VIEW
Feast of the Holy Family
By Baptism we are God’s holy family today.
Pray for the grace to live faithfully your
vocation as a single, married, ordained or
consecrated person.
If God is calling you, call or email Fr. Matt
Dupré
at
225-336-8778
or
email
mdupre@diobr.org, or visit the website at
www.diobr.org/vocations.
Youth News—Next Meetings
Junior Youth Meeting
Sunday, December 27
3:30 pm
Open to all students grades 4th-7th
Primary Youth Meeting
Sunday, January 10
12:00 pm
Open to all 2nd & 3rd grade students
** Remember to bring a bag lunch
ASK SOMEONE WHO HAS ATTENDED WHAT THIS MEANS!
Senior Youth Meeting
Sunday, January 10
6:00 pm
Open to all students grades 8th-12th
Today’s Readings
First Reading — Hannah gives her son Samuel
back to the LORD, leaving him in the temple at
Shiloh: “As long as he lives, he shall be dedicated to
the LORD” (1 Samuel 1:20-22, 24-28) or Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14.
Psalm — Blessed are they who dwell in your house,
O Lord (Psalm 84) or Psalm 128.
Second Reading — We are children of God when
we believe in the name of God’s Son, Jesus Christ,
and love one another just as he commanded us (1 Jn 3:1
-2, 21-24) or Colossians 3:12-21 [12-17].
Gospel — Joseph and Mary find the lost Jesus in the
temple in the midst of the teachers, listening to them
and asking questions (Luke 2:41-52). The English translation of the Psalm
Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the
Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
FAMILY LIFE
Family life is sacred, but it is not without
trial. Perhaps this is the most important message
we can glean from today’s readings. If Jesus,
Mary, and Joseph can trip up sometimes—can
disconnect—then we shouldn’t find it surprising
when such things happen to us as well. And
parents everywhere (children, too) can probably
relate to—and take some solace in—the
Gospel’s account of Mary and Joseph after Jesus
explained why he stayed behind in the temple.
They heard his words, Luke tells us, “But they
did not understand what he said to them” (Luke
2:50). Amen! Nevertheless, Jesus does go back
home with them, and continues to thrive under
their care. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
Readings for the Week (Year C)
Monday: 1 Jn 1:5 — 2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7b-8;
Mt 2:13-18
Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22
-35
Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-10; Lk 2:3640
Thursday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1
-18
Friday:
Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal
4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21
Saturday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28
Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13;
Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12
The Sanctuary Light
Allen Rowell, Nathan Bercegeay fly.,
Carolyn Bercegeay, Harry Cross fly.,
M/M O’Neal Melancon, M/M Lloyd Braud Sr.,
Charles G. Guidry, M/M Samuel Babin,
the Earl Bercegeay Sr., fly.,
the Earl Bercegeay Jr. fly, Cade Poma,
Masses for the Week
Saturday, December 26, 2015
4:00 p.m. Markus Coffman fly., M/M Elie Lambert, M/M
Amedee Boe, M/M Claude V. Clark Sr., Lionel Lambert,
Brittni Griffin, Shannon LeMoine, Dewey Creel, M/M Ernest
Millet, M/M Herman LeMoine, Chucky Martin and the Parish
Purgatorial Society
Sunday, December 27, 2015
8:00 a.m. Joe Lusk
9:30 a.m. Perry Moran
11:00 a.m. For the People of St. Mark Parish
Monday, December 28, 2015
8:30 a.m.
Whitehead
Lloyd Braud, Sr., Cade Poma, Rex
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
8:30 a.m. Roussel and Richardson flys
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
8:30 a.m. The Parish Purgatorial Society
Thursday, December 31, 2015
No morning Mass
6:30 p.m. Raymond Moran Sr.
Friday, January 1, 2016
8:30 a.m. Charles G. Guidry
Saturday, January 2, 2016
4:00 p.m. Clyde Manuel, and the Parish Purgatorial
Society
Sunday, January 3, 2016
8:00 a.m. Stella Lambert, M/M Rosamond Lambert
Sr., M/M R.C. Lambert Jr., M/M James Richey Sr., M/M
George Fairchild Jr., M/M Joseph Lambert Sr., Louis
Lambert, Barry Lambert, Ronnie Richey, M/M Edward
Gaudin
9:30 a.m. Ann Braud
11:00 a.m. For the People of St. Mark Parish