May 29, 2016 - St. Mark Catholic Church

42021 Highway 621 Gonzales, LA 70737
A People Set Apart
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
PSR Secretary ……………………..….Vicki Poche
Jr. Youth Director ………..……....…....Dana Millet
Sr. Youth Director………..……...….Garrett Tregre
May 29, 2016
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 Parish Office……225-647-8461
Visit our website: www.stmarkgonzales.org for vital information or like us on Facebook
Schedule of Events
Sanctuary Flower Memorials
Were donated the
weekend of
May 28th & 29th
in loving memory of:
5/28-29 All Masses Senior Youth Crawfish Boil Ticket Sales
5/31
PSR Begins
9:00 am
Blue Army
6:00 pm
Adult Choir Practice
6/1
10:00 am Small Faith Meeting
6/2
6:30 pm
6/5
12:00 pm Senior Youth Crawfish Pickup
3:30 pm
Deceased Members of the
Altar Society
Doors of Mercy
By: Ladies Altar Society
Junior Youth Group
Summer PSR ~ Reminder
(1st thru 8th grades)
Summer PSR will begin this week on
Tuesday, May 31st thru
Friday, June 10th.
Session Times are:
8:00am—12pm or
1:00pm—5:00pm
Please pray for the soul of:
Ann Bourque
Who passed away May 18th, 2016
We will continue to remember her
and her family, friends and loved ones
in our prayers.
The Most Holy
Body and Blood of Christ
May 29, 2016
As often as you eat this bread and drink
the cup, you proclaim the death of the
Lord until he comes.
— 1 Corinthians 11:26
Fiscal Year 2015—16: Stewardship of Treasure
45th Sunday, May 8, 2016
Announcements:
This section will be a quick reminder of information,
maximum 1—2 lines. Submit an article if more
information is needed. Articles and/or announcements
need to be brought or emailed to the parish office at least
2 Mondays before the Bulletin Date needed.
 Children’s Church will finish this week, May 29th for
the summer and will resume Sunday, September 4th .
 Tickets are on sale this weekend for the Senior Youth
Crawfish Boil Fundraiser. Your donation of $15.00
will get you three pounds of boiled crawfish, corn and
potatoes. Crawfish orders can be picked up Sunday,
June 5th from noon-2:00pm.
Weekly
Budget
Offertory
$ 12,009.55 $
Maintenance
$
2,509.00 $
Pop Coin
$
98.21
Total
$ 14,616.76 $
Building
Fund
Envs, loose
cks, ACH &
2nd collection
May
2016
$
- /+
11,826.92 $
182.63
2,730.77 $
(221.77)
$
98.21
14,557.69 $
59.07
Monthly Note
5,686.01 $
5,694.70 $
Thank you for your generous
stewardship contributions.
-/+
(8.69)
St. Mark Mother’s Day Out
Beginning September 2016
9 – 12 with extended day option ‘till 1:30
for children ages 2 , 3, and 4
(4yr olds must be 4 after September 30)
2 - 3 - 5 day availability
classes are filling quickly!
Junior Youth Meeting
BLOOD DRIVE
SUNDAY, JUNE 26th
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
July 11—15, 2016
9:00 am—12:30 pm
Join us for CAVE QUEST!!
$25.00 per student
Registering NOW!!
Adult & Teen
Volunteers
are needed.
We also need 2 Station
Leaders. 1 Babysitting and 1 KidVid
Registration and volunteer forms are
available online, in the vestibules of the
church, or in the parish office.
June 5th—3:30 pm
Open to all students grades 4th—7th
Parish Council ElecƟon
Nomina ons are now being accepted for
the Parish Council Elec on
to be held on the weekend of
June 18 & 19, 2016.
Anyone interested in being a member of
the Parish Council must meet the
following requirements:
~Be a registered parishioner of
St. Mark Parish
~ Be a pracƟcing Catholic
~ Be 18 years of age or older
The deadline for nominees is this
Sunday, May 29, 2016.
Forms can be found in the vesƟbules of Church
For more informa on, contact Kathleen
in the parish office at 647-8461.
Knights of Columbus
Would like to invite you and your spouse
to dinner on Tuesday, June 21st at 6:30
pm in the Activity Center. Come out and
learn what the KCs stand for and all they
do to support our church and community.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Pat Sigur at
225-270-0377 by June 16th.
We look forward to seeing you there!!
A Vocation View
Jesus has given us His body to eat
and His Blood to drink so as to
nourish us on our journey towards
the Kingdom. May we be faithful to
Him on our journey as a married
single, ordained or consecrated
person. If you feel God may be calling you to this ministry
call or email Fr. Matt Dupre at 225.336.8778,
mdupre@diobr.org or visit www.diobr.org/vocations.
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Cooking Oil
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Cereal
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Sugar (small bags)
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Flour (small bags)
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Powered Milk
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Canned Milk
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Pancake Mix
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Rice
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Spaghetti Sauce
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Toothpaste
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Detergent
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Kleenex
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Toilet Tissue
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Paper Towels
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Chicken (must be whole & store sealed for freezing)
WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO THE 2ND HALF OF THE YEAR OF MERCY!
Can you associate a Work of Mercy
to the Saints below?
1. John Bosco believed that young people
develop character and virtue in an atmosphere
of love. He helped orphaned or neglected boys
by teaching them to know God and to practice
a skill.
2. John Chrysostom was r enowned for his
preaching. In A.D. 397 people were tempted to
doubt their faith and believe heresies. John
guided them to have faith.
3. Martin de Porres, the son of a for mer
African slave and a Spanish nobleman, cared
for those who were sick and poor. He forgave
those who mistreated him because of his race.
4. Frances of Rome was the wife of a nobleman
and a devoted mother. She went to the hospital
every day to nurse those who were sick. During
a plague, she turned part of her house into a
hospital.
5. Margaret of Scotland car ed for those who
were poor. She washed and served them
herself, and made sure they had food and drink.
6. Vincent de Paul wr ote mor e than thr ee
thousand letters. He counseled people to forget
their own sorrows and to think of others.
7. Louise de Marillac was a fr iend of Vincent
de Paul. She formed the Daughters of Charity
in the 17th century. They went into hospitals
and cared for the dying and saw that even the
poorest person had a decent burial.
8. Francis of Assisi was disowned by his family
when he gave up all his possessions. Francis
offered up this wrong and continued to practice
charity.
9. Before becoming a bishop, Martin of Tours
was a soldier. One winter night he saw a
shivering man begging at the city gate. Martin
cut his own cloak in two and gave one half to
the man.
10. Peter Claver saw the miser y of those who
were enslaved. He dedicated his life to caring
for these imprisoned people, and would run to
the port with medicine when the slave ships
arrived.
Take the Mercy Challenge: Consider completing
the pledge below with your own ideas of how you can
live out the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy.
When finished, cut out and display somewhere as a
reminder to live as Jesus did.
Works of Mercy
Corporal
Spiritual
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FEED THE HUNGRY
GIVE DRING TO THE THIRSTY
CLOTHE THE NAKED
SHELTER THE HOMELESS
VISIT THE SICK
VISIT THE IMPRISONED
BURY THE DEAD
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ADMONISH THE SINNER
INSTRUCT THE IGNORANT
COUNSEL THE DOUBTFUL
COMFORT THE SORROWFUL
BEAR WRONGS PATIENTLY
FORGIVE ALL INJURIES
PRAY FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
I __________________pledge to live as Jesus did by
(name)
___________________________________________
(a Corporal or Spiritual Work of Mercy)
I will accomplish this goal by __________________
___________________________________________
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I chose this Work of Mercy because _____________
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Sign: _____________________ Date: ___________
A morning session of Doors of Mercy will begin on
Wednesday, June 1st in the Pavilion at 10AM. Call or
come by the office to insure you have a workbook. The
cost is $25.00. It’s not too late to sign up!
The Sanctuary Light
Today’s Readings
First Reading — Melchizedek, the king of Salem
and a priest of God Most High, brought out bread
and wine and blessed Abram (Genesis 14:18-20).
Psalm — You are a priest forever, in the line of
Melchizedek (Psalm 110).
Second Reading — Paul gives his description of the
institution of the Eucharist (1 Corinthians 11:23-26).
Gospel — Jesus speaks to the crowd about the
kingdom of God and then feeds them with five
loaves and two fish (Luke 9:11b-17). 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.
FED BY THE LORD
Jesus’ words “This is my
body” and “This cup is the
new covenant in my blood”
were only part of his table
blessing. Jesus twice said:
“Do this in remembrance of
me” (1 Corinthians 11:24, 25).
This is the good news of
today’s solemnity. Like the
five thousand hungry souls,
we are fed by our Lord. This is not food that satisfies
for only a short time, until the next meal. It is food
that lasts and changes us. It is food for sharing in
much the same way as Melchizedek did when he
brought bread and wine to the returning Abraham.
As children of God’s reign, we are blessed to be able
to receive and share God’s gift. And we do so in the
way most appropriate to our state in life—as parents,
children, husbands, wives, or religious.
Allen Rowell,
The Durr family,
Jimmy Miles,
Julien LeBlanc
Masses for the Week
Saturday, May 28, 2016
4:00 p.m. Perry Moran, Lummis Norwood, Jan
O’Brien, Bernice & Clarence “Slick” Sanchez and for our
Parish Family (living and deceased)
Sunday, May 29, 2016
8:00 a.m. For the People of St. Mark Parish
9:30 a.m. Margerie Gautreau
11:00 a.m. M/M Earl Bercegeay Sr. fly, M/M Earl
Bercegeay Jr., fly., Cade Poma
Monday, May 30, 2016
8:30 a.m.
and deceased)
Memorial Guild, Our Parish Family (living
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
8:30 a.m.
Communion Service
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
8:30 a.m.
Allen Rowell, Adrian Pèrè and for our
Parish Family (living and deceased)
Thursday, June 2, 2016
8:30 a.m. Robert Tucker
Friday, June 3, 2016
8:30 a.m. John Frey fly.
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Saturday, June 4, 2016
Readings for the Week (Year C)
Monday:
Tuesday:
2 Pt 1:2-7; Ps 91:1-2, 14-16; Mk 12:1-2
Zep 3:14-18 or Rom 12:9-16;
Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 1:39-56
Wednesday: 2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12; Ps 123:1b-2;
Mk 12:18-27
Thursday: 2 Tm 2:8-15; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14;
Mk 12:28b-34
Friday:
Ez 34:11-16; Ps 23:1-6; Rom 5:5b-11;
Lk 15:3-7
Saturday: 2 Tm 4:1-8; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lk 2:4151
Sunday:
1 Kgs 17:17-24; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13;
Gal 1:11-19; Lk 7:11-17
4:00 p.m. Gaddys, Allen, Cathy & Lane Young,
Wilma Medine, Dawn Dupreè Lewis, Ann Bourque, and for
our Parish Family (living and deceased)
Sunday, June 5, 2016
8:00 a.m. Allie & Valois Lavigne, George, Mattie &
Carmella Gaudin
9:30 a.m. Mary Lee Bourgeois
11:00 a.m. For the People of St. Mark Parish