Bayou Catholic Magazine | June 2013

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The magazine for the people of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux

A Priest Forever Father Simon Peter Engurait is diocese’s newest ordinand

HOUMA, LA ~ JUNE 2013 ~ COMPLIMENTARY

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We have a number of means to communicate with you, the people of our diocese. We have the new magazine, Bayou Catholic, which comes out monthly. We have news releases which are issued as needed. We have our TV programs: Spotlight on the Diocese, Proclaim and Revival. We also have our website, htdiocese.org On May 20, we launched our latest communication tool: HTeNews, which will be emailed weekly. As you will see, it contains a message from me, religious news from the Vatican, around the world, nationally and locally. It will feature up-to-date announcements of events and offerings from the diocese. Also, there will be links to other interesting Catholic websites where you may find further helpful information about the church’s teachings. We welcome your responses to our new venture. We also want you to feel free to forward this to others who may not be on our email address list for them to consider subscribing free. We pray for God’s blessing on this new outreach. May it serve in the work of building the Kingdom of God in our diocese!

Contents

On Our Cover Father Simon Peter Engurait was ordained by Bishop Sam G. Jacobs at the Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales in Houma, Saturday, May 25.

Cover Photo by Lawrence Chatagnier

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Jesus Is Lord Who is the Holy Spirit?

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Devotions

Our Churches

First Friday First Saturday

St. Gregory Barbarigo in Houma

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Heavenly Recipes Polynesian Pork Chops

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• Pope Speaks

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• Question Corner

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44 • Reflections

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• Young Voices

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The Bayou Catholic is published monthly, for the people of the Roman Catholic Diocese of HoumaThibodaux by the H-T Publishing Co., P.O. Box 505, Schriever, LA 70395. Subscription rate is $35 per year.

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Louis G. Aguirre

editor and general manager Lawrence Chatagnier

managing editor Glenn J. Landry, C.P.A.

business manager Peggy Adams

advertising manager Janet Marcel

staff writer Pat Keese

secretary and circulation Lisa Schobel Hebert

graphic designer Janet B. Eschete

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Where to find us Bayou Catholic magazine can be found at all Catholic churches in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux and at the three Catholic high schools in Houma, Morgan City and Thibodaux. You may also visit the merchants listed in the Advertisers’ Index to pick up your copy. Those wishing to receive the magazine by mail can call Pat Keese at (985) 850-3132 or write to Bayou Catholic, P.O. Box 505, Schriever, LA 70395. Subscription price is $35 annually.

Index to Advertisers Advanced Eye Institute .............................. 19 Annual Bishop’s Appeal ............................... 9 Beehive Behavioral Health, LLC ................ 46 Bueche’s Jewelry ....................................... 36 Cannata’s ..................................................... 3 Couple’s Conference ................................. 30 Diocesan Outreach Line .............................. 5 Diocesan Website ...................................... 25 God’s Promises Books & Gifts .................. 10 Greenlawn Service ..................................... 46 Headache & Pain Center ........................... 37 HTeNews ...................................................... 2 Mpress ....................................................... 13 Peter’s Pence Collection ............................ 23 Position Available-Catholic Schools .......... 15 Re-Bath ...................................................... 47 Rod’s Superstore ....................................... 41 Seminarian Burses ..................................... 21 Spotlight ...................................................... 13 St. Joseph Manor ....................................... 32 Terminix ...................................................... 36 Terrebonne General Medical Center ......... 27 Tornado Victims’ Collection ....................... 35 Vocations .................................................... 29 Woman of God Retreat .............................. 40

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Diocesan Outreach Line

In response to the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux is offering an Outreach Line (formerly known as the Child Protection Contact Line). The Outreach Line is an effort to continue the diocesan commitment to support healing for people who have been hurt or sexually abused recently or in the past by clergy, religious or other employees of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux.

The Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux Outreach Line operates from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. A trained mental health professional responds to the line. Individuals are offered additional assistance if requested.

The Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux Outreach Line Telephone number is (985) 873-0026.

For detailed reporting procedures see: www.htdiocese.org.

Click on the Safe Environment tab, then on S.E. Forms and Links.

Línea de Comunicación Diocesana

Con el fin de cumplir con las Políticas de Protección de Niños y Jóvenes de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Los Estados Unidos, la Diócesis de Houma-Thibodaux ofrece una Línea de Comunicación (antes Línea de Contacto para la Protección de los Niños). La Línea de Comunicación es parte del esfuerzo diocesano de comprometerse con el mejoramiento de aquéllos que han sido lastimados o abusados sexualmente recientemente o en el pasado por miembros del clero, religiosos u otros empleados de la Diócesis de HoumaThibodaux.

El horario de la Línea de Comunicación de la Diócesis de Houma-Thibodaux es de 8:30 a.m. a 4:30 p.m., de lunes a viernes. El encargado de esta línea es un profesional capacitado en salud mental.

Se ofrece asistencia adicional al ser solicitada.

Línea de Comunicación de la Diócesis de Houma-Thibodaux Número de teléfono (985) 873-0026.

Vea el detallado procedimiento de informes en: www.htdiocese.org.

Haga clic en Safe Environment y luego S.E. Forms and Links.

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Ñeå höôûng öùng Hieán chöông Baûo veä Treû em vaø Giôùi treû töø Hoäi ñoàng Giaùm muïc Hoa kyø, Giaùo phaän Houma-Thibodaux ñang chuaån bò ñöôøng daây ñieän thoaïi Cöùu giuùp (luùc tröôùc laø ñöôøng daây lieân laïc baûo veä treû em). Ñöôøng daây ñieän thoaïi Cöùu giuùp laø moät söï coá gaéng cuûa giaùo phaän nhaèm cam keát haøn gaén naâng ñôõ nhöõng ai ñaõ bò toån thöông hoaëc bò laïm duïng tính duïc hoaëc gaàn ñaây hoaëc trong quaù khöù bôûi giaùo só, tu só hoaëc caùc coâng nhaân vieân cuûa Giaùo phaän Houma-Thibodaux. Ñöôøng daây ñieän thoaïi Cöùu giuùp Giaùo phaän hoaït ñoäng töø 8:30 saùng ñeán 4:30 chieàu, thöù hai ñeán thöù saùu. Moät nhaân vieân chuyeân nghieäp veà söùc khoûe taâm thaàn traû lôøi treân ñöôøng daây ñieän thoaïi. Nhöõng caù nhaân seõ ñöôïc trôï giuùp naâng ñôõ theâm neáu caàn. Ñöôøng daây ñieän thoaïi Cöùu giuùp Giaùo phaän Soá ñieän thoaïi: (985) 873-0026.

Caàn bieát theâm chi tieát veà caùch baùo caùo xin vaøo trang web cuûa ñòa phaän laø www.htdiocese.org.

Baám vaøo muïc Safe Environment, sau ñoù tôùi muïc S.E. Forms vaø Links. www.bayoucatholic.com

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LAWRENCE CHATAGNIER/BAYOU CATHOLIC

Father John Gallen bid farewell to his parishioners during a prayer service recently at Christ the Redeemer Church in Thibodaux.

Also in attendance were his former parishioners from St. Mary’s Nativity Church in Raceland and Sacred Heart Church in Morgan City. The pastor reflected on his years of priestly ministry and thanked everyone for their love and support.

Slán a fhágáil • Farewell • Adiós Editor’s Corner Louis G. Aguirre Editor & General Manager

As we rejoice in the ordination of our newest priest, Father Simon Peter Engurait, we also recall how blessed we have been as a diocese to have such wonderful and dedicated workers in the vineyard. Among them have been the Irish priests, whose love and dedication has built a strong foundation for our young diocese.

One such priest is Father John A. Gallen. A native of Castlederg, County Tyrone, in Northern Ireland, he was ordained to the priesthood there in June of 1969.

By August of that year he had arrived in New Orleans where he served as associate pastor in two parishes.

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Church in Morgan City for 18 years. From 1998 until his retirement in May he has been pastor at Christ the Redeemer in Thibodaux. Everywhere he served he has been loved and appreciated.

It is no secret that he has been suffering with cancer for quite a few months now. Throughout his illness he has demonstrated perseverance, acceptance of God’s will and, up to the last minute, an eagerness to minister to his people even when his body would fail him. He is now back in Ireland enjoying the company of his family and friends.

Bishop Sam G. Jacobs says “We are grateful to Father Gallen for his many years of service in our diocese. We are saddened by his physical condition.

We pray that his time of retirement in Ireland will be a time of continual blessings, knowing that he will remain as active as he can, as a priest. He will always be remembered by many in our diocese for his truly pastoral care and his welcoming smile.”

Slán a fhágáil is Irish for “Farewell.” Considering his love and dedication to his Hispanic parishioners both in Morgan City and Thibodaux, we also bid him “Adiós.”

Special

St. Bernadette School celebrates 50 years St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School in Houma celebrated its 50th anniversary with a special liturgy recently.

Very Rev. Carl Collins V.F., pastor, was the main celebrant of the Mass which was concelebrated by former pastors of the church parish. Former principals pictured are Sister Mary Marjorie Millet, O.P.; Sister Mary Edmund Gibson, O.P.; Sister Mary Joel Gubler, O.P.; and Pat Domingue, as well as current principal Joan LeBouef. St. Bernadette school students provided music for the celebration. An alumnus from each decade of the school’s history presented a candle during the celebration. Elise Michel LeBouef represented 1992-2000.

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n Food for the Journey, Tuesday, June 4, Quality Hotel, Houma, 10:45-12:45 p.m. Rev. Glenn LeCompte, speaker. n Diocesan Leadership Awards, Tuesday, June 4, Christ the Redeemer, Thibodaux. n Marriage Preparation Day, pre-registered couples, Saturday, June 8, 9 a.m.-3:30

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n Food for the Journey, Tuesday, July 2, Quality Hotel, Houma, 10:45-12:45 p.m. Rev. Andre Melancon, speaker. n Kateri Mass, Friday, July 12, Holy Family Church, Grand Caillou, 6:30 p.m. Food and dancing to follow at the Grand Caillou Recreation Center. n Woman of God Retreat, Saturday, July 13, diocesan Pastoral Center Conference Hall, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Speaker, Rev.

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n Food for the Journey, Tuesday, Aug. 6, Quality Hotel, Houma, 10:45-12:45 p.m. Rev. Robert Cruz, speaker. n Scripture I, Wednesdays, Aug. 7, 14 and 21, diocesan Pastoral Center Conference Hall, 6-8:15 p.m. Deacon John Pippenger, speaker. n “Fill Your Hearts” event for young adults, Friday, Aug. 9, Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, Houma. Christopher West, speaker.

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p.m., diocesan Pastoral Center Conference Hall. Contact your church parish or call the Office of Family Ministries at (985) 850-3129 for registration details.

Additional information is available on line at www.htdiocese.org/fm. n aNew Experience, Wednesday, June 12, St. Mary’s Nativity, Raceland, 7-9 p.m.

n Concert and presentation by Jackie Francois, Thursday, June 13, 7-9 p.m., at the St. Genevieve School cafeteria in Thibodaux. n Steubenville on the Bayou, Friday, June 14 through Sunday, June 16, Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, Houma. Registration is now open.

Francis Valerio and Bishop Sam G. Jacobs. Registration is $24 per person which includes meals. All women over 18 years of age are invited. Online registration, www. htconferences.org or by phone, (985)-850-3171. n Christian Leadership Institute, Wednesday, July 17 through Sunday, July 21, Lumen Christi Retreat Center’s Souby Building, Schriever. n aNew Experience, Thursday,

July 18, St. Bernadette, Houma, 7-9 p.m. n Man of God Retreat, Saturday, July 27, diocesan Pastoral Center Conference Hall, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Speaker, Rev. Francis Valerio and Bishop Sam G. Jacobs. Registration is $24 per person which includes meals.

All men over 18 years of age are invited. Online registration, www. htconferences.org or by phone, (985) 850-3171.

Time yet to be announced. n Married Couples Conference, Saturday, Aug. 10, HoumaTerrebonne Civic Center, Houma.

Guest speaker, Christopher West.

Time yet to be announced. n Acadian Mass, Thursday, Aug. 15, St. Hilary of Poitiers, Mathews, 6:30 p.m. n Woman of God Gathering, Tuesday, Aug. 20, diocesan Pastoral Center Conference Hall, 6 p.m. Meal served at 6 p.m., events

begin at 6:30 p.m. Free event, all women over 18 years of age invited. Bring your daughter. n aNew Experience, Wednesday, Aug. 21, St. Ann, Bourg, 7-9 p.m. n Man of God Gathering, Thursday, Aug. 29, diocesan Pastoral Center Conference Hall.

Meal served at 6 p.m., events begins at 6:30 p.m. Free event, all men over 18 years of age invited.

Bring your son.

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...they gathered the church together and reported all God had done for them and how he had opened the door of faith...

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Comment Jesus Is Lord Bishop Sam G. Jacobs

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To emphasize further the role of the Holy Spirit as well as our role, Jesus said: “When the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me, and you also are witnesses because you have been with me from the beginning” (John 15:26-27). The Spirit witnesses to our spirit that we are sons and daughters of the Abba, whom we can call by name. At the same time we are to be witnesses in the power of the Spirit to the same Jesus (as we saw earlier).

The final two statements Jesus makes concerning the Holy Spirit at the Last Supper are the following. “When he (the Spirit) comes, he will convince the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment: of sin, because they do not believe in me; of righteousness because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more; and of judgment, because the ruler of this world (the evil one) is judged.” The second reemphasizes and enhances what has already been said: “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you” (John 16:13-14).

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As Son, Jesus was sent by the Father and the Spirit to bring salvation to all through his death and resurrection. The Spirit was sent by the Father and the Son to sanctify us and to empower us for mission. So when we look at what is known as the Paschal Mystery, we are looking at the incarnation, life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus and the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the church at Pentecost.

In John’s theology, it is important to keep the Paschal Mystery intact even though chronologically there was a time factor between

the death-resurrection-ascension of Jesus and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. In John’s theology, the coming of the Holy Spirit occurs on the day of the resurrection. When he appeared to the Apostles on Easter, Jesus first showed his forgiveness of their lack of courage at his arrest and death.

“Peace be with you.” Then he gave them their commission: “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

Then he imported the power of the Holy Spirit upon them. “He breathed on them and said: ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’” Lastly, he underlined one of

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their prime ministries. “If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” This was a sharing of the power given to Peter when he was given his ministry— to be the rock on which the church would be built. The ministry was the apostolic authority to reconcile others back to God through the sacrament of penance.

What are some conclusions we can draw from these Scripture references?

First of all, God desires that we be holy and that the agent of sanctification is the Holy Spirit. The first empowering of the Holy Spirit comes at baptism, when our sins are forgiven and we because the sons and daughters of God, temples of the Holy Spirit, called to share and grow in the life of God through the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Secondly, Jesus is the pattern for us in our humanity. Though filled with the Holy Spirit in his humanity from his conception, he was given a fresh outpouring, anointing of the Holy Spirit—the oil of gladness—on the day of his baptism—

the day of his public yes to the Father. So, like Jesus, we, though given the Holy Spirit at baptism, we are gifted with the anointing of the Holy Spirit at confirmation. In the power of the Holy Spirit, Jesus proclaimed the good news of God’s love with signs and wonders as his credentials. In the power of the same Holy Spirit we have been given gifts (1 Corinthians 12) for the building up of the Body of Christ, the people of God. Thirdly, we need to ask for the continual outpouring of the Spirit upon us like the early church after Pentecost. For we read in Acts 4 after being threatened by the religious leaders, the community of believers ask for a fresh release of the gifts of the Spirit so that they may be bolder as witnesses (Acts 4:2331). One teacher explained by saying as struggling sinners we leak and therefore need refilling.

Fourthly, our life in the Spirit is basically that. “If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit” (Galatians 5:25). What does that mean? “Walk by the Spirit and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.”

If we are led by the Spirit then the fruit of the Spirit will become evident in us to others: “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Galatians 5:22). “He who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life” (Galatians 6:8).

Fifthly, the work of the Holy Spirit for us is not only sanctification and purification, but also transformation leading to glorification and ultimately to full union with God. “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit is the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord are being changed into the likeness from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit” (2 Corinthians 3:17-18). Because of all of this, with the church, we pray: “Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. (Father), send forth your Spirit, and (we) shall be created. And you shall renew the face of the earth.”

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¿Qué es el Espíritu Santo?

Segunda Parte

Para dar aún más énfasis al papel que desempeñan ambos, el Espíritu Santo y nosotros, Jesús pronunció: «Cuando venga el Protector que les enviaré desde el Padre, por ser Él el Espíritu de verdad que procede del Padre, dará testimonio de mí. Y ustedes también darán testimonio de mí, pues han estado conmigo desde el principio» (Juan 15:26-27). El Espíritu da testimonio a nuestras ánimas que somos hijos e hijas del Abbá, a quien podemos llamar por su nombre. Asimismo, en la fuerza del Espíritu, debemos dar testimonio de Jesús mismo (como lo hemos visto anteriormente).

Jesús expresa estas dos últimas declaraciones sobre el Espíritu Santo en la Última Cena: «Cuando venga él (el Espíritu), rebatirá al mundo en lo que toca al pecado, al camino de justicia y al juicio. ¿Qué pecado? Que no creyeron en mí. ¿Qué camino de justicia? Mi partida hacia el Padre, ustedes ya no me verán. ¿Qué juicio? El del príncipe de este mundo (el diablo): ya ha sido condenado.»

La segunda declaración recalca y refuerza lo que ya ha sido declarado: «Él no viene con un mensaje propio, sino que les dirá lo que escuchó y les anunciará lo que ha de venir. Él tomará de lo mío para revelárselo a ustedes, y yo seré glorificado por él. Todo lo que tiene el Padre es mío. Por eso les he dicho que tomará de lo mío para revelárselo a ustedes» (Juan 16:13-14).

Jesús Hijo fue enviado por el Padre y el Espíritu para otorgarle la salvación al mundo por medio de su muerte y resurrección.

El Padre y el Hijo enviaron al Espíritu para santificarnos y darnos fuerza para la misión. Por eso, cuando vemos el Misterio Pascual, estamos viendo la encarnación, vida, muerte, resurrección, ascensión y venida del Espíritu Santo en la Iglesia durante el Pentecostés.

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En la teología de Juan, es importante mantener intacto el Misterio Pascual aunque haya un factor cronológico de tiempo entre la muerte-resurrección-ascensión de Jesús y la venida del Espíritu Santo durante el Pentecostés. En la teología de Juan, la venida del Espíritu Santo sucede en el día de la resurrección. Cuando Jesús se les aparece a los apóstoles durante la Pascua, los perdona por la falta de valentía durante su arresto y muerte. «La paz esté con ustedes.» Luego les dio su misión: «Como el Padre me envió

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Después les suministró la fuerza del Espíritu Santo: «Sopló sobre ellos y les dijo: ‘Reciban el Espíritu Santo.’» Por último, acentuó uno de sus ministerios primordiales: «A quienes descarguen de sus pecados, serán liberados, y a quienes se los retengan, les serán retenidos.»

Se les entregó también la misma fuerza que Pedro recibió al tomar su ministerio —ser la piedra sobre la cual la Iglesia se edificaría.

Este ministerio es la autoridad apostólica para reconciliar al mundo con Dios por medio del

Sacramento de la Penitencia. ¿Qué cosas podemos concluir de estas Escrituras?

Primero, Dios quiere que seamos santos y que el agente santificador sea el Espíritu Santo. La primera fuerza del Espíritu Santo la recibimos durante el bautismo en el momento que nuestros pecados son remitidos. Siendo hijos e hijas de Dios y templos del Espíritu Santo, hemos sido llamados a compartir y crecer en la vida de Dios por medio del Espíritu Santo.

Segundo, Jesús es el ejemplo que debemos seguir en nuestras vidas.

Jesús, al ser concebido, ya tenía el Espíritu Santo. Pero aún así fue ungido con el Espíritu Santo —el olio de regocijo— en el día de su bautismo: el día que públicamente le da el «sí» a su Padre. Nosotros también, habiendo recibido el Espíritu Santo en el bautismo, somos refrescados y ungidos nuevamente con el Espíritu Santo en la Confirmación. Con la fuerza del Espíritu Santo, Jesús proclamó la Buena Nueva del amor de Dios con señales y milagros.

Con la fuerza del mismo Espíritu

Santo hemos recibido los dones (1 Corintios 12) para edificar el Cuerpo de Cristo, el pueblo de Dios.

Tercero, necesitamos pedir el continuo don del Espíritu Santo así como la Iglesia primitiva lo hizo después del Pentecostés. Leemos en Hechos 4 que la comunidad de fieles, después de haber sido amenazada por los jefes religiosos, pidió el don del Espíritu para que pudiera tener más fuerzas para compartir el testimonio de Jesús (Hechos 4:2331). Un maestro lo explicó diciendo que como pecadores en constante lucha somos debilitados y por tanto, necesitamos sustentarnos con el Espíritu Santo.

Cuarto, nuestra vida en el Espíritu es precisamente eso: «Si ahora vivimos según el espíritu, dejémonos guiar por el Espíritu» (Gálatas 5:25). ¿Qué significado tiene esto? «Caminen según el Espíritu y así no realizarán los deseos de la carne.» Si el Espíritu nos guía entonces el Espíritu se fructificará en nosotros y el fruto será evidente para los demás: «caridad, alegría, paz, comprensión de los demás, generosidad, bondad,

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fidelidad, mansedumbre y dominio de sí mismo» (Gálatas 5:22). «El que siembra en el Espíritu, cosechará del Espíritu la vida eterna» (Gálatas 6:8).

Quinto, para nosotros la labor del Espíritu Santo no es solamente la santificación y purificación, sino también la transformación que nos conduce a la glorificación y por último a la integración total con Dios. «El Señor es Espíritu y donde está el Espíritu del Señor hay libertad. Todos llevamos los reflejos de la gloria del Señor sobre nuestro rostro descubierto, cada día con mayor resplandor, y nos vamos transformando en imagen suya, por ser esta la obra del SeñorEspíritu» (2 Corintios 3:17-18).

Por estas razones, con la Iglesia oramos: «Ven, Espíritu Santo, llena los corazones de tus fieles y enciende en ellos el fuego de tu amor. (Padre) Envía tu Espíritu y todo será creado. Y repuebla la faz de la tierra.»

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Chuùa Thaùnh Thaàn Laø Ai? (phaàn 2/2)

Ñeå tìm hieåu theâm nghóa vuï cuûa Thaùnh Thaàn, cuõng nhö boån phaän cuûa chuùng ta Chuùa Gieâsu noùi, “Khi Ñaáng Baûo Hoä ñeán, maø Ta seõ göûi ñeán cho caùc con töø Chuùa Cha, Thaùnh Thaàn cuûa söï thaät, Ngaøi ñeán töø Chuùa Cha, Ngaøi seõ laøm chöùng cho Ta, vaø caùc con cuõng laøm chöùng cho Ta vì caùc con ñaõ ôû vôùi Ta ngay töø ban ñaàu” (Gioan 15:2627). Chuùa Thaùnh Thaàn chöùng minh cho chuùng ta thaáy raèng chuùng ta laø nhöõng ngöôøi con thöøa töï cuûa Cha treân trôøi, maø chuùng ta ñöôïc quyeàn keâu laø Cha. Cuøng luùc ñoù, chuùng ta trôû neân nhaân chöùng cuûa Chuùa Gieâsu trong quyeàn naêng Thaùnh Thaàn (nhö ñaõ noùi ôû treân).

Hai caâu noùi sau cuøng veà Thaùnh Thaàn maø Chuùa Gieâsu nhaéc ñeán trong böõa Tieäc Ly nhö sau, “Khi Chuùa Thaùnh Thaàn ñeán, Ngaøi seõ vaïch cho thaáy theá giôùi toäi loãi, coâng chính vaø phaùt xeùt: theá giôùi toäi loãi vì chuùng khoâng ñaët nieàm tin vaøo Ta; theá giôùi coâng chính vì Ta ñaõ trôû laïi vôùi Chuùa Cha vaø caùc con khoâng coøn nhìn thaáy Ta nöõa; vaø theá giôùi phaùn xeùt vì beø döõ laøm chuû theá gian naøy seõ bò phaùn xeùt.” Caâu noùi thöù hai ñöôïc boå sung vaø nhaán maïnh theâm cho caâu noùi treân: “Khi Thaùnh Thaàn cuûa söï thaät ñeán, Ngaøi seõ daãn caùc con ñeán söï thaät hoaøn toaøn vì Ngaøi khoâng noùi vì danh Ngaøi, nhöng Ngaøi noùi nhöõng gì maø Ngaøi ñaõ nghe, vaø Ngaøi seõ tuyeân boá cho caùc con nhöõng gì seõ xaûy ra. Ngaøi seõ toân vinh Ta, vì Ngaøi seõ laáy nhöõng gì töø Ta roài ban boá cho caùc con” (Gioan 16:13-14).

Laø Con, Chuùa Gieâsu do Chuùa Cha vaø Thaùnh Thaàn göûi tôùi ñeå thaùnh hoaù chuùng ta vaø taêng söùc cho chuùng ta ñeå laøm chöùng cho Tin Möøng.

Vì theá, khi nhìn vaøo nhöõng gì ñaõ ñöôïc theå hieän trong maàu nhieäm Phuïc Sinh, chuùng ta ñang nhìn vaøo söï nhaäp theå, soáng, cheát, soáng laïi vaø leân trôøi cuûa Chuùa Gieâsu vaø ngaøy Chuùa Thaùnh Thaàn hieän xuoáng treân Giaùo Hoäi trong ngaøy leã Hieän Xuoáng.

Theo caùi nhìn thaàn hoïc cuûa Thaùnh Gioan, vì muoán naém vöõng

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vaø bò töû naïn. “Bình an cho caùc con.”

Roài Ngaøi giao nhieäm vuï rao giaûng cho caùc oâng: “Nhö Cha ñaõ sai Thaày, Thaày cuõng sai caùc con.” Vaø Ngaøi ban Thaùnh Thaàn cho caùc oâng. “Ngaøi thoåi hôi treân caùc oâng vaø noùi: ‘Haõy nhaän laáy Thaùnh Thaàn.’” Sau cuøng Ngaøi vaïch ra moät trong nhöõng nghóa vuï rao giaûng cho caùc oâng. “Neáu caùc con tha toäi cho ai thì toäi ngöôøi aáy ñöôïc tha; neáu caùc con caàm buoäc ai thì ngöôøi ñoù bò caàm buoäc.” Ñaây chính laø söï

chia seû quyeàn bính maø Chuùa Gieâsu ñaõ ban cho thaùnh Pheâroâ – chính ngaøi laø vieân ñaù maø Giaùo Hoäi seõ ñöôïc xaây döïng. Ñaây chính laø quyeàn bính toâng truyeàn ñeå giao hoøa vôùi Chuùa qua Bí Tích Hoaø Giaûi.

Coù nhöõng keát luaän naøo maø mình coù theå ruùt ra töø nhöõng caâu trích trong Kinh Thaùnh noùi veà Thaùnh Thaàn?

Thöù nhaát, Chuùa muoán chuùng ta neân thaùnh maø Ñaáng thaùnh hoùa chuùng ta laø Thaùnh Thaàn. Chuùa Thaùnh Thaàn theâm söùc cho chuùng ta khi chòu pheùp röûa, khi maø toäi ñöôïc thöù tha vaø ñöôïc trôû neân con caùi Thieân Chuùa, laø ñeàn thôø cuûa Thaùnh Thaàn, ñöôïc keâu goïi cuøng chia seû vaø cuøng ñoàng haønh vôùi Chuùa qua ôn Thaùnh Thaàn.

Thöù hai, Chuùa Gieâsu laø maãu möïc cho ñôøi soáng thaân xaùc. Maëc daàu ñöôïc traøn ñaày Thaùnh Thaàn töø khi ñaàu thai, Ngaøi cuõng ñöôïc ôn môùi cuûa Thaùnh Thaàn, ñöôïc taán phong – trong daáu chæ nieàm vui – trong ngaøy chòu pheùp röûa ôû soâng Gio ñan – ngaøy maø Ngaøi ra maét tröôùc maët Cha treân trôøi. Vì theá, nhö Chuùa Gieâsu, maëc daàu ñaõ ñöôïc ôn Thaùnh Thaàn khi chòu pheùp röûa, chuùng ta cuõng ñöôïc ban theâm ôn khi chòu pheùp Theâm Söùc. Trong quyeàn naêng Thaùnh Thaàn Chuùa Gieâsu tuyeân

boá Tin Möøng tình yeâu cuûa Thieân Chuùa baèng nhieàu daáu laï vaø pheùp laï nhö laø nhöõng baèng chöùng cuï theå. Cuõng trong cuøng moät Thaùnh Thaàn ñoù chuùng ta ñöôïc ban nhieàu ôn (1coârintoâ 12) ñeå xaây döïng maàu nhieäm thaân xaùc Chuùa Gieâsu, töùc laø coäng ñoàng daân Chuùa.

Thöù ba, chuùng ta caàn phaûi tieáp tuïc xin ôn Thaùnh Thaàn ñoå xuoáng treân chuùng ta nhö Giaùo Hoäi sô khai vaãn laøm sau ngaøy Thaùnh Thaàn hieän xuoáng. Vì khi bò ngöôïc ñaõi do bôûi nhöõng nhaø laõnh ñaïo toân giaùo thôøi baáy giôø, ñöôïc keå laò trong Toâng Ñoà Coâng Vuï ñoaïn 4, coäng ñoàng Kytoâ ñaõ xin theâm ôn Thaùnh Thaàn ñeå hoï luoân luoân coù can ñaûm tieáp tuïc söù vuï rao giaûng (TÑCV 4:23-31). Moät ngöôøi thaày ñaõ giaûi thích laø chuùng ta bò luûng thì caàn laáp ñaày.

Thöù tö, soáng trong Thaùnh Thaàn coù neàn taûng nhö sau: “Neáu chuùng ta soáng trong Thaùnh Thaàn thì chuùng ta cuøng ñoàng haønh vôùi Ngaøi” (Galata 5:25). Ñieàu ñoù coù yù nghóa gì? “Ñoàng haønh vôùi Thaùnh Thaàn vaø khoâng tìm ñeå laøm thoûa maõn duïc voïng.” Neáu chuùng ta ñeå cho Thaùnh Thaàn höôùng daãn thì hoa traùi cuûa noù seõ theå hieän ôû nôi chuùng ta cho ngöôøi khaùc thaáy nhö: “tình yeâu, nieàm vui, söï bình an,

taám loøng töû teá, loøng nhaân haäu, söï tín trung, söï nhaäy caûm vaø söï keøm cheá baûn thaân” (Galata 5:22). “Ai gaët haùi trong Thaùnh Thaàn seõ mang ñeán söï soáng vónh cöûu” (Galata 6:8).

Thöù naêm, coâng vieäc cuûa Thaùnh Thaàn khoâng chæ thaùnh hoùa maø coøn thanh taåy nöõa, nhöng cuõng bieán ñoåi chuùng ta ñeå ñöa ñeán vinh quang vaø sau cuøng ñeán söï keát hôïp vôùi Chuùa troïn veïn. “Hieän taïi Chuùa laø Thaùnh Thaàn, vaø khi Thaùnh Thaàn ôû ñaâu thì coù Chuùa vaø nôi ñoù coù töï do. Vaø taát caû chuùng ta, vôùi boä maët thaät, mang treân mình söï quanh vinh cuûa Thieân Chuùa ñang bieán ñoåi ñeå trôû neân gioáng Ngaøi hôn töø möùc ñoä naøy tôùi möùc ñoä kia; ñieàu naøy chæ xuaát phaùt töø Thieân Chuùa, cuõng laø Thaùnh Thaàn” (2 Corintoâ 3:17-18). Do bôûi taát caû nhöõng gì noùi treân, cuøng vôùi Giaùo Hoäi chuùng ta nguyeän xin: “Laäy Chuùa Thaùnh Thaàn, xin ban thaàn khí cho chuùng con vaø laøm soáng laïi trong chuùng con löûa tình yeâu. (Laïy Cha) göûi Thaùnh Thaàn ñeán, vaø nhö theá chuùng con seõ ñöôïc taùc taïo. Vaø Thaùnh Thaàn seõ bieán ñoåi boä maët traùi ñaát.”

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Comment The Pope Speaks

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -Christians are called to welcome and cooperate with the good accomplished by members of other religions or no religion at all, promoting a culture of dialogue and peace, Pope Francis said.

“We are all children of God -- all of us. And God loves us -all of us,” the pope said in his homily May 22 during an early morning Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae.

Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, the Maronite patriarch, concelebrated the Mass, which was attended by Vatican employees.

Pope Francis’ homily focused on the day’s Gospel story from Mark 9:38-40, which recounts the disciples complaining to Jesus about outsiders casting out demons in Jesus’ name and Jesus telling the disciples, “Whoever is not against us is for us.”

The pope said that by saying, “If he’s not one of us, he cannot do good; if he’s not in our party, he can’t do good,” the disciples were “a bit intolerant, closed in the idea of possessing the truth, in the conviction that ‘all those who do not have the truth cannot do good.’”

However, the pope said, “the possibility of doing good is something we all have” as individuals created in the image and likeness of God. All people are called to do good

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Pope Francis greets a child after celebrating Mass on the feast of Pentecost in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican May 19.

and not evil, the pope said. Some would object, “’but, Father, he isn’t Catholic so he can’t do good.’ Yes, he can. He must.”

The idea that others cannot really be good and do good in the world creates “a wall that leads to war and to something that historically some people have thought: that we can kill in the name of God. And that, simply, is blasphemy. To say that one can kill in God’s name is blasphemy.”

“The Lord has redeemed us all with the blood of Christ, all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone,” he said. Some may ask, “’Father, even the atheists?’ Them, too. Everyone.”

The commandment to do good and avoid evil is something that binds all human beings, he said, and it is “a beautiful path to peace.”

Noticing the good others do, affirming them and working with them promotes an encounter that is good for individuals and societies, he said. “Little by little we build that culture of encounter that we need so much.”

Someone can object, “’But I don’t believe, Father, I’m an atheist.’

But do good and we’ll meet there,” he said.

Noting that May 22 was the feast of St. Rita of Cascia, sometimes called the saint of impossible causes, the pope asked the small congregation to pray for “this grace that everyone, all persons would do good and that we would encounter each other in this work.”

“May St. Rita grant us this grace, which seems impossible,” he said.

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Question Corner Father Kenneth Doyle

Protestants, Catholics and tithing

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Q. I grew up in a Protestant church but converted to Catholicism. Sometimes it seems to me that Catholics give a lot less money to their churches than Protestants do. (The Sunday collections reported in our parish bulletin would, I think, be dwarfed by some Protestants parishes much smaller than our own.)

On the other hand, Catholics do seem to give a lot to charities overall. (Just in our own town, there is a Catholic hospital, several Catholic schools and many programs of human service supported by Catholic Charities).

I’m wondering what the Catholic Church’s view is on tithing and whether money given to Catholic, nonparochial institutions can count as tithing. (Illinois)

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A. Your question brings to mind a comment I once heard from a Catholic pastor. He said: “If a Catholic couple has $50, they go out to dinner; $20, they go see a movie; $10, they get fast food. But if they have $1, they go to church.”

There is some truth behind the complaint. A national study in 2003 showed that Protestants typically give 2.6 percent of their income to their local churches, while Catholics give 1.2 percent.

Some analysts speculate that, because an average Catholic parish in America numbers 3,100 people while Protestant congregations are usually onetenth that size, Catholics have a diminished sense of personal responsibility.

As your question suggests, however, the percentages given above are only part of the story.

Catholics also support the nation’s largest network of private health care institutions and social service agencies. And while the thousands of dollars paid by parents for Catholic school tuitions are technically not charitable donations, they do in fact contribute to the overall religious mission of the church.

Many Catholic dioceses recommend that their members contribute 5 percent of their takehome pay to their parish and an additional 5 percent to other charities. There is, though, no strict obligation for Catholics to tithe. Tithing is based on several Old Testament passages, such as Leviticus 27:32, which says: “The tithes of the herd and the flock, every tenth animal that passes under the herdsman’s rod, shall be sacred to the Lord.”

Among Christian believers, Mormons are the most strict in carrying that prescription forward.

A recent study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life showed that 79 percent of Mormons tithe to their church. The Catholic obligation is more general: As the Catechism of the Catholic Church expresses in No. 2043, “The faithful ... have the duty of providing for the material needs of the church, each according to his abilities.”

RCIA and cohabitation

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Q. I’m aware of an upcoming wedding in a local Catholic parish. The bride and groom have been living together for some time, although not yet married.

The bride was also enrolled in a parish Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults program, although I’m not sure whether she has been received yet into the church.

I know that we’re not supposed to judge, but all this puzzles me: How can she want to become a Catholic when she rejects the church’s teaching by cohabiting, and how can she now get married with the Catholic Church’s blessing? (Wichita, Kan.)

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A. The teaching of the church on cohabitation is clear. The Catechism of the Catholic Church expresses it this way in No. 2350: “Those who are engaged to marry are called to live chastity in continence. They should see in this time of testing a discovery of mutual respect, an apprenticeship in fidelity. ...

They should reserve for marriage the expressions of affection that belong to married love.”

Since every priest is acutely aware that many Catholic couples are already living together as husband and wife before being married in the church, some have seen the need to express this teaching even more forcefully.

Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan of Santa Fe, N.M., did so in 2011. In a statement entitled “Pastoral Care of Couples who are Cohabitating,” he said that “those who cohabit ... are objectively living in a state of mortal sin and may not receive holy Communion. They are in great spiritual danger. ... They should marry in the church or separate.”

17 He also said that such couples may not be commissioned as extraordinary ministers of holy Communion nor allowed to be sponsors for baptism or confirmation.

As applied to the RCIA, the Diocese of Colorado Springs, Colo., states concisely in its published guidelines: “No one in a situation of cohabitation may be admitted to the order of catechumens or as a candidate until that sinful situation is ended.”

This takes on added importance since candidates and catechumens are typically welcomed by a parish in a public rite of acceptance and the possibility of scandal is multiplied. All of this should be explained to couples with sensitivity and kindness, but without sacrificing honesty.

Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth Doyle at askfatherdoyle@gmail.com and 40 Hopewell St., Albany, N.Y. 12208 www.bayoucatholic.com

Reflections Readings Between The Lines Father Glenn LeCompte

Don’t reject God’s ultimate messenger

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The parables in the Synoptic Gospels are among the bestknown sections of the Gospels.

Consider the following story: He said, “There was a good man who owned a vineyard. He leased it to tenant farmers so that they might work it and he might collect the produce from them. He sent his servant so that the tenants might give him the produce of the vineyard. They seized his servant and beat him, all but killing him.

The servant went back and told his master. The master said, ‘Perhaps he did not recognize them.’ He sent another servant.

The tenants beat this one as well.

Then the owner sent his son and said, ‘Perhaps they will show respect to my son.’ Because the tenants knew that it was he who was the heir to the vineyard, they seized him and killed him. Let him who has ears hear.”

If the parable quoted above sounds familiar and yet different to you, this is because it is the version of the parable of the Wicked Vineyard Tenants from the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas, as translated by T.O. Lambdin from the original Coptic (http:// www.gnosis.org/naghamm/ gthlamb.html). It has parallels in Mark 12:1-9; Matthew 21:3341 and Luke 20:9-16a, which I urge you to read before going any farther. The Thomas version is the simplest of all, and all four versions differ from one another. Let us examine what has happened to this parable from Jesus’ initial utterance of it to the

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time it was penned.

In the description of the vineyard, whereas the Thomas version simply begins by telling the reader that “a good man had a vineyard,” Mark 12:1 and Matthew 21:33 both describe elaborately the man’s preparation of the vineyard. Mark and Matthew appear to echo the Ancient Greek version of Isa 5:12, which introduces Isaiah’s “Song of the Vineyard” (5:1-7). Mark and Matthew have made a simple backdrop for a story into a symbol of the people of Israel. In contrast to Matthew and Mark, Luke (20:9) retains the original image of the vineyard without including the allegorizing element.

A close reading of all versions of the parable reveals that the number of servants and their fates differ. Thomas reports the sending of two individual servants, the first of whom is described as severely beaten, and finally the son is sent and is killed. This scheme demonstrates the typical tendency of a story to build to a climax by means of a triad.

Mark reports four sendings of servants: one individual who is beaten, another one who is beaten and mocked, a third who is killed and the fourth sending is of many others, who apparently are also killed.

Luke has Mark’s three dispatches of individual slaves, except that the third one is not killed. He omits Mark’s “many others.” J. Jeremias (The Parables of Jesus, p. 72) claims that Luke’s purpose is to create literary symmetry in contrast to Mark. Matthew has two sendings of multiple slaves.

By pluralizing the number of slaves, Matthew and Mark depict the dispatched slaves as the Old Testament prophets.

Matthew further modifies the number to fit the prophets to his scheme of salvation history.

Regarding the place of the son’s death, Thomas only reports that the tenant-farmers kill the son, thus he has demonstrated a progressive climax of rejection. Mark, however, reports that the son is killed in the vineyard and then his body cast out, a detail which J. Jeremias claims is meant to intensify the indignity of the murderous act. The body will not even be given a proper burial.

In contrast to both Mark and Thomas, Matthew and Luke have the son removed from the vineyard to be killed, thus reflecting Jesus’ execution outside of Jerusalem.

Therefore, whereas in Thomas the son’s death represents the unfavorable theme of ultimate rejection of the message of the sender, the Synoptic versions of the parable have adapted it to reflect Jesus’ rejection and death. Matthew and Luke have further clarified the allegorization of the parable by having the son taken out of the vineyard to be killed.

Since stories tend to expand as they are repeated, Thomas’ simple version is probably closer to the original parable told by Jesus. The parable was originally meant to justify the offering of the Gospel to the poor who, unlike the religious leaders, accept Jesus (J. Jeremias, The Parables, p. 76).

The Synoptists, however, have turned the parable into an allegory about the mistaken pattern of Israel in repeatedly rejecting God’s messengers, and ultimately killing the definitive divine messenger, God’s Son. The parable as told by the Synoptists warns us not to repeat the mistake of rejecting God’s ultimate messenger!

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Known to Syrian Christians as “the harp of the Holy Ghost,” this Mesopotamian from Nisibia was baptized at 18 and may have accompanied his bishop to the Council of Nicaea in 325. He served as head of the cathedral school and left Nisibia only after it became Persian. In 363 he moved to a cave overlooking Edessa but preached frequently in the city and wrote many poems, hymns and biblical commentaries; he organized a choir of women to sing his hymns during liturgies. About 370 he visited St. Basil in Caesarea.

The winter before his death, he earned praise for managing relief supplies during a severe famine in Edessa. Ephraem is the only Syrian father declared a doctor of the church.

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Emily de Vialar 1797-1856 June 17

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Emily was the only daughter of a French baron. At 15 she left school in Paris to become her widowed father’s companion in Gaillac. Despite his wishes, Emily would not marry, and for 15 years tended neglected children and the poor. In 1832, when her maternal grandfather left her a fortune, she bought a large house in Gaillac, which became the first home of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition. In 1835, the order won approval and Emily and 17 other sisters professed vows. Their charisms were care of the needy and education. Emily oversaw the formation of 40 houses, before dying from complications of a hernia she’d gotten in her youth while doing a good deed.

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In the Gospels, John, a kinsman of Jesus through their mothers, preached repentance and baptized to prepare for the Messiah’s coming. This feast marks his exceptional birth to the aged priest Zechariah and the equally aged and barren Elizabeth. The angel Gabriel announces his birth in a vision to Zechariah, who hesitates in believing and is struck mute until eight days after John’s birth.

Then, Zechariah, in a beautiful canticle that ends the first chapter of Luke’s Gospel, proclaims that John “will be called prophet of the Most High.” John’s eventual beheading is commemorated with a feast on Aug. 29. A patron saint of Canada and Jordan, John is also the patron of Florence and the Knights Hospitaller of St. John.

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Church Life

Father Hayes dies at age 81 Retired priest Father Gerard Hayes died April 17. Bishop Sam G. Jacobs was the main celebrant of the Mass of Christian burial, which was concelebrated by priests from the Diocese of HoumaThibodaux, at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux.

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Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux Seminarian Education Burses

What is a seminarian burse fund?

A seminarian burse fund is an invested sum of money where the interest is used in perpetuity to help fund the education of men to the priesthood in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux.

How does someone establish a seminarian burse fund?

Very simply, a burse may be established and named for anyone you choose, be it family, friend, bishop, priest, religious, etc.

When is a seminarian burse complete?

A seminarian burse fund is complete once it reaches $15,000.

If you choose to continue to contribute, a new burse will be created for you.

Who do I contact to contribute to or establish a burse fund?

To contribute or establish a burse, send funds to Pastoral Center, Attn: Seminarian Burse, P. O. Box 505, Schriever, LA 70395 or call Jeremy Becker, Director of Stewardship and Development, at 985-850-3155 for more information.

Completed Burses of $15,000 each

Note: those wtih a number stipulates the number of completed burses* - Anonymous

- Clay Sr. & Evelida Duplantis

- Mr. & Mrs. C. Thomas Bienvenu

- C. Remie Duplantis

- Harry Booker

- Marie Elise Duplantis

- Bishop Warren L. Boudreaux (3)*

- Warren J. Harang, Jr.

- Rev. Adrian J. Caillouet

- Msgr. Raphael C. Labit

- Rev. James Louis Caillouet

- Msgr. Francis J. Legendre

- Bishop L. Abel Caillouet

- Rev. Charles Menard

- Judge/Mrs L. P. Caillouet

- Donald Peltier, Sr. (3)*

- Msgr. Lucien J. Caillouet

- Harvey Peltier (30)*

- Abdon J. & Ada B. Callais

- Richard Peltier

- Harold & Gloria Callais Family

- The Peltier Foundation

- Paul A. Callais

- Orleans & Louella Pitre

- Peter W. Callais

- Msgr. Joseph Wester

- Vincent & Fannie Cannata

- Robert R. Wright, Jr.

- Minor Sr. & Lou Ella Cheramie

- Rev. Kermit Trahan

- Maude & Edith Daspit

- Diocesan K of C

- Mr. & Mrs. Caliste Duplantis family (3)*

- Endowment Fund - $119,136.90

April 2013 Burse Contributions Donald Peltier, Sr. #4 ...................................... $2,000.00 Elie & Dot Klingman ......................................... $400.00 Rev. Gerard Hayes ............................................. $250.00 Mr. Eledier Broussard ........................................ $100.00 Jacob Marcello ................................................. $100.00 Ronnie Haydel ................................................... $100.00 Rev. Henry Naquin .............................................. $61.00

Open Burses with Balance as of 4/30/13 Mr. Eledier Broussard ................. $12,700.00 Msgr. Raphael C. Labit #2 .................. $10,840.00 Sidney J. & Lydie C. Duplantis ........... $10,800.00 Harvey Peltier #31 .............................. $10,486.91 St. Bernadette Men’s Club ................... $10,100.00 Clay Sr. & Evelida Duplantis #2 .......... $10,000.00 C. Remie Duplantis #2 ........................ $10,000.00 Marie Elise Duplantis #2 ..................... $10,000.00 Maude & Edith Daspit #2 .................... $10,000.00 Msgr. George A. Landry ...................... $10,000.00 Rev. Victor Toth ..................................... $7,000.00 Mr. & Mrs. George C. Fakier ................. $7,000.00 Brides of the Most Blessed Trinity ......... $5,935.00 Rev. Peter Nies ..................................... $5,810.00 Elie & Dot Klingman .............................. $5,520.00 Mr. & Mrs. Love W. Pellegrin ................. $5,000.00 Anonymous #2 ...................................... $5,000.00 Mr. & Mrs. Caliste Duplantis Fmly.#4..... $5,000.00 Rev. William M. Fleming ........................ $5,000.00 Rev. Kasimir Chmielewski ..................... $4,839.00 Rev. Gerard Hayes ................................ $4,186.00 Harry Booker #2 .................................... $4,138.00 Rev. Henry Naquin .................................. $4,111.00

Msgr. William Koninkx ........................... $4,000.00 Kelly Curole Frazier ............................... $3,490.96 J. R. Occhipinti ...................................... $3,400.00 Joseph “Jay” Fertitta .............................. $3,395.00 Catholic Daughters ................................ $3,330.00 Mr. & Mrs. Galip Jacobs ........................ $3,060.00 St. Jude ................................................. $3,000.00 Donald Peltier, Sr. #4 .............................. $3,000.00 Diocesan K of C #2 ............................... $2,894.62 Rev. Peter H. Brewerton ........................ $2,600.00 Mrs. Ayres A. Champagne ..................... $2,000.00 Rev. H. C. Paul Daigle ........................... $1,900.00 Anawin Community ............................... $1,900.00 James J. Buquet, Jr. ............................... $1,650.00 Msgr. Francis J. Legendre #2 ................ $1,645.00 Msgr. Emile J. Fossier ........................... $1,545.00 Dr. William Barlette, Sr........................... $1,525.00 Msgr. Stanislaus Manikowski ................ $1,525.00 Rev. Robert J. Sevigny .......................... $1,500.00 Msgr. John L. Newfield .......................... $1,200.00 Rev. Guy Zeringue ................................ $1,200.00 Msgr. James Songy ............................... $1,075.00 Warren J. Harang, Jr. #2 ......................... $1,100.00

Rev. Clemens Schneider ....................... $1,000.00 St. Joseph Italian Society ...................... $1,000.00 Bishop Warren L. Boudreaux #4 ........... $1,000.00 Msgr. John G. Keller .............................. $1,000.00 Mrs. Shirley Conrad ............................... $1,000.00 Deacon Robert Dusse’ ............................. $950.00 Rev. Anthony Rousso ............................... $850.00 Deacon Willie Orgeron ............................. $800.00 Deacon Roland Dufrene ........................... $750.00 Mr. & Mrs. John Marmande ...................... $700.00 Deacon Edward J. Blanchard ................... $660.00 Deacon Raymond LeBouef ...................... $550.00 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Cannata .................... $500.00 Deacon Harold Kurtz ................................ $300.00 Richard Peltier #2 ..................................... $300.00 Claude Bergeron ...................................... $250.00 Jacob Marcello .......................................... $200.00 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Naquin .......................... $150.00 Ronnie Haydel .......................................... $100.00 Rev. Hubert C. Broussard ........................ $ 50.00 Deacon Eldon Frazier .............................. $ 50.00 Deacon Nick Messina .............................. $ 50.00

Overall Seminarian Burse Totals: $1,376,748.39 www.bayoucatholic.com

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Heavenly Recipes Story and Photo

by Lawrence Chatagnier This month’s Heavenly Recipe from Allison Trosclair, cook and housekeeper at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church parish in Chackbay, is Polynesian pork chops. She has been working at Our Lady of Prompt Succor for the past five years.

Trosclair says that something led her to work at the church parish.

“The previous housekeeper retired and I learned that there was an opening here. I think my Catholic faith led me here. At that time I was trying to “find myself.” I have always had a strong faith, however I wanted to learn more about my faith and the church. Being here has helped me grow in my faith tremendously,” says Trosclair.

The Vacherie native moved to Chackbay when she married. She and her husband have lived in Chackbay for 35 years.

She recalls her mother and grandmother cooking for family gatherings. She says her mother 22 cooked every day. Trosclair loves to cook, though she admits she didn’t know how to cook when she was a newlywed. “I did not know how to cook when I was first married. It took a lot of experimenting. Many times I would call my mother to find out how she cooked a certain dish.

With her help I learned to cook. My husband was very patient through the learning years,” she says.

Trosclair says that the current pastor Father Robert Joel Cruz is very easy to cook for. “Father Robert likes meals with pork, chicken or fish. I have many recipes and adapt them for those ingredients.

He also likes seafood. Every Friday I prepare a seafood meal. He pretty much eats what I prepare. He is not choosy,” says the cook.

Her favorite dish to cook is Polynesian pork chops. “At the rectory I cook a little differently than I do at home. I cook more traditional Cajun dishes for my family,” says Trosclair.

Trosclair says that her husband also cooks and is a very good cook.

The couple has twin sons, both are married and one of them has a set of twins. They are all boys in the family. She says that her sons also Bayou Catholic • Houma, LA • June 2013

Polynesian Pork Chops

enjoy cooking. “From time to time my sons will call me and ask how to prepare a certain dish. It reminds me of when I used to call my mother for advice while cooking,” she says.

Cooking is a way of life in South

Louisiana and part of a rich culture. Traditions are passed on from generation to generation. The kitchen is one of the best places to pass on traditions and remember the good times spent with family.

Polynesian Pork Chops 4 boneless pork chops, 3/4” thick or pork strips 1 tsp garlic powder 1tbsp vegetable oil 1 medium onion, chopped 1 can (10 3/4 oz) Campbell’s Golden Mushroom Soup 1/4 cup water 1 can (8 oz) pineapple chunks 3 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp honey 2 cups cooked white rice Season chops with garlic powder. Heat oil in skillet. Add chops and cook until browned. Add onion. Add soup, water, pineapple with juice, soy sauce and honey. Heat to a boil. Cover and cook over low heat until meat is tender.

Serve with rice. Serves 4.

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Young Voices

How important of a role has your church parish played in your faith formation? What advice can you give other teens who are not active in parish life?

My church parish has played a very important role in my spiritual and non-spiritual life. My church parish helped me to stay strong in my faith and has given me safe places to go when I’m in distress. If someone is not active in their parish life, I suggest that they get involved. Being involved in my church parish has given me some of the greatest blessings I have.

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My church has helped me out a lot. Every time I feel disconnected from the normal happy me I know that my only cure for this is to get closer to my church. I am religious, but I am also a teen and sometimes there are other exciting things that come up and I have to decide whether to go to church or do the activity. Sometimes I chose the activity and believe it or not in a couple of days something will happen in my life that makes me realize how much I need God. God is the only one I can talk to that will accept me for WHO I am. My advice to someone that doesn’t go to church or feels lonely or is depressed is that no matter what you do, no matter how much money, cars or friends you have, nothing will fulfill your desire to want more because what you are really looking for is real love and that real love only God can give. I have been through a lot myself and I can promise you there were plenty of times that the only way things got fixed was if I brought God to my life again.

Briony de Lira, 17 years old St. Andrew Church parish, Amelia My church parish has played a very important role in my Morgan City High School faith formation. I don’t know where I would be without their support, compassion and prayers. My church parish has been my compass throughout my faith journey, always pointing me toward Christ. I encourage everyone to become active in their parish. St. Anthony has become my rock, my family and my home.

Haley LeBlanc, 18 years old St. Anthony of Padua Church parish, Bayou Black 2013 Terrebonne High School graduate Honestly I have found my parish to be a home. The people of my church are very supportive of the youth and help us to pay for retreats and pilgrimages with donations and support in fund raising. If it was not for the support of my church I would not have been able to go on the adventures with Christ as I have been so blessed to do. Thanks to my church I got to go on trips like March for Life, Steubenville, NCYC and several other retreats. The people of my church parish have also been great friends to me. “We are one body, one body in Christ, and we do not stand alone,” – my church parish has helped me to realize this. Father Benny is caring for us greatly and I strongly suggest that anyone who is missing out in parish life to come and feel at home.

You will find friends at your church, and it will feel like family.

Austin Matherne, 17 years old St. Hilary of Poitiers Church parish, Mathews Central Lafourche High School Bayou Catholic • Houma, LA • June 2013

United in Faith and Mission

...they gathered the church together and reported all God had done for them and how he had opened the door of faith...

Acts 14:27

By Being United in Faith and Mission, the Annual Bishop’s Appeal Can Provide the Pastoral, Spiritual and Educational Works Needed in Our Diocese.

Each of us has the Christian responsibility of sharing his or her blessings with others. Since the establishment of our diocese, this tradition of giving has been a hallmark and a strength of our spiritual family, enabling the church in South Louisiana to accomplish the Lord’s work.

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After reviewing the important and indispensable works of education, charity, outreach, and formation through the Annual Bishop’s Appeal, please help by reviewing the giving guide below to prayerfully make your commitment.

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Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary Tobit 12:1, 5-15, 20 Luke 2:41-51

Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Kings 17:17-24 Galatians 1:11-19 Luke 7:11-17

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Weekday 2 Corinthians 1:1-7 Matthew 5:1-12

Memorial of Barnabas, apostle Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3 Matthew 5:13-16

Weekday 2 Corinthians 3:411 Matthew 5:17-19

Memorial of Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor of the church 2 Corinthians 3:15—4:1, 3-6 Matthew 5:20-26

Weekday 2 Corinthians 4:715 Matthew 5:27-32

Weekday 2 Corinthians 5:1421 Matthew 5:33-37

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13 Galatians 2:16, 19-21 Luke 7:36—8:3

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Weekday 2 Corinthians 8:1-9 Matthew 5:43-48

Weekday 2 Corinthians 9:611 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

Weekday 2 Corinthians 11:111 Matthew 6:7-15

Memorial of Aloysius Gonzaga, religious 2 Corinthians 11:18, 21-30 Matthew 6:19-23

Weekday 2 Corinthians 12:110 Matthew 6:24-34

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Zechariah 12:10-11; 13:1 Galatians 3:26-29 Luke 9:18-24

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Weekday Weekday Genesis 13:2, 5-18 Genesis 15:1-12, Matthew 7:6, 12-14 17-18 Matthew 7:15-20

Weekday Genesis 16:1-12, 15-16 Matthew 7:21-29

Memorial of Irenaeus, bishop and martyr Genesis 17:1, 9-10, 15-22 Matthew 8:1-4

Solemnity of Peter and Paul, apostles Acts 12:1-11 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 Matthew 16:13-19

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Kings 19:16b, 19-21 Galatians 5:1, 13-18 Luke 9:51-62

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Weekday Genesis 19:15-29 Matthew 8:23-27

Feast of Thomas, apostle Ephesians 2:19-22 John 20:24-29

Weekday Genesis 22:1b-19 Matthew 9:1-8

Weekday Genesis 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67 Matthew 9:9-13

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Church Life

A Priest FOREVER

The Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales in Houma was filled with priests, deacons, family and friends for the ordination of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux’s newest priest, Father Simon Peter Engurait. Bishop Sam G. Jacobs was the ordaining prelate of the Mass which was concelebrated by priests from the diocese, as well as visiting priests. Father Engurait’s family traveled from Uganda to be part of the celebration.

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Summer 2013 Vocation Retreats

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Join Sister Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, Fr Josh Rodrigue, and our Vocations Office staff for 2 days of community, prayer, and talks about vocation, discernment, and religous life.

WHAT WHO WHEN WHERE

A discernment and informational 2-day retreat for women wanting to know more about religious life.

High School Junior & Senior Women | College-Age Young Adult Women (from the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux) Saturday, June 29, 830am - Sunday, June 30, 6pm Borromeo House @ the Convent | St Francis de Sales Cathedral campus 501 Grinage Street, Houma, LA 70360 (Parking Map on our FB Page) COST The retreat is free. For more info or to sign up, contact the Vocations Office.

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Join Fr Josh Rodrigue, other priests, our seminarians, and our Vocations Office staff for 2 days of fraternity, prayer, and talks about vocation, discernment, priesthood, and seminarian life.

WHAT WHO WHEN WHERE

A discernment and informational 2-day retreat for men wanting to know more about priesthood & seminarian life.

High School Junior & Senior Men | College-Age Young Adult Men (from the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux) Saturday, July 6, 830am - Sunday, July 7, 6pm Borromeo House @ the Convent | St Francis de Sales Cathedral campus 501 Grinage Street, Houma, LA 70360 (Parking Map on our FB Page) COST The retreat is free. For more info or to sign up, contact the Vocations Office.

Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux Office of Vocations to Priesthood and Religious Life PO Box 505 | 2779 LA-311 | Schriever, LA 70395 Fr Joshua Rodrigue, Director of Vocations (985) 850-3149 | vocations@htdiocese.org | htvocations.com htvocations

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Special Events

Cardinal Place plans announced The St. Joseph Manor Board of Directors has announced that plans are being finalized for the development of Cardinal Place, a new residential development that will serve independent residents 55 and older who are interested in maintenance free living. “It was the Board’s vision to have a place where people in the ThibodauxHouma area, who wanted to live independently, could do so in modern apartment homes. There is nothing like Cardinal 30 Place in the region and this will fill a true need in the area,” according to Ann Thibodaux, administrator of St. Joseph Manor.

“Cardinal Place will be located on Cardinal Drive in Thibodaux and will include one and twobedroom apartments, all with balconies or patios in a two or three-story building with elevators and covered parking,” said Natalie Barbera who will be involved in the

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pre-sale phase of the development.

The first phase of Cardinal Place will include 24 apartments. Cardinal Place will begin individual presale meetings within the next 30-60 days. For more information, contact Ann Thibodaux or Natalie Barbera at (985) 859-5353.

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Rev. Arogyasami

Very Rev. Baker, V.G.

Rev. Theckevalliara

Rev. Engurait

Rev. Toups

Rev. Lazarra

Rev. Tran

Rev. Melancon

Rev. Veloso

Nine pastoral appointments announced Nine pastoral appointments effective June 26, 2013, have been announced by Bishop Sam G. Jacobs.

The Rev. John J. Arogyasami, who has been serving as associate pastor at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux since January 2013, has been appointed as associate pastor at St. Mary’s Nativity Church parish in Raceland, for a period of one year. Father Arogyasami is a native of Koneripatti, Tamil Nadu, India. He was ordained on March 30, 1989.

The Very Rev. Jay L. Baker, V.G., who has been serving as rector of St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux, since June 2004, and as vicar general since December 2003, has been appointed administrator of St. Mary’s Nativity Church parish in Raceland, for a period of one year.

He will continue his present duties.

Father Baker is a native of Houma, Louisiana. He was ordained June 13, 1992.

The Rev. Simon Peter Engurait, who was ordained to the priesthood May 25, 2013, has been appointed associate pastor at the Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales in Houma, for a period of three

years. Father Engurait is a native of Ngora, Uganda, East Africa.

The Rev. Alexis “Alex” Lazarra, who has been serving as associate pastor at St. Bernadette Church parish in Houma since June 2010, has been appointed associate pastor at St. Hilary of Poitiers Church parish in Mathews, for a period of one year. Father Lazarra is a native of Can-Avid, E. Samar, Philippines. He was ordained June 5, 2010.

The Rev. Andre’ Melancon, who has been serving as associate pastor at the Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales in Houma since June 2011, has been appointed pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church parish in Thibodaux, for a period of six years. Father Melancon is a native of Houma, Louisiana. He was ordained June 4, 2011.

The Rev. John J. Theckevalliara, who has been serving as full-time chaplain at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center in Thibodaux since 2011, has been appointed associate pastor at Christ the Redeemer Church parish in Thibodaux, for a period of one year.

Father Theckevalliara is a native of Kerala, India. He was ordained on

April 3, 1981.

31 The Rev. Mark Toups, who has been serving as diocesan director of Seminarians since July 2004, and working with the Institute of Priestly Formation since June 2011, has been appointed administrator of Christ the Redeemer Church parish in Thibodaux for a period of one year. He will continue his present duties. Father Toups is a native of Houma, Louisiana. He was ordained on May 26, 2001.

The Rev. Mike Tran, who has been serving as pastor of St. Mary’s Nativity Church parish in Raceland since June 2011, has been appointed pastor of Annunziata Church parish in Houma, for a period of six years.

Father Tran is a native of Long Khanh, Vietnam. He was ordained Aug. 10, 2002.

The Rev. Mario A. Veloso, who has been serving as associate pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Church parish in Larose and Sacred Heart Church parish in Cut Off, has been appointed administrator of St. Joseph Church parish in Galliano, for a period of one year. Father Veloso is a native of Maribojoc, Bohol, Philippines. He was ordained April 28, 1990. www.bayoucatholic.com

Special Events

Steubenville on the Bayou is June 14-16

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Steubenville on the Bayou is part of a nationwide conference series cosponsored by Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, and the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux’s Conference Office. The eighth annual Steubenville on the Bayou Catholic Youth Conference will be held June 14-16, at the HoumaTerrebonne Civic Center in Houma.

This year’s theme, “Chosen,” is based on 1 John 4:19, “Because He first loved us.” Approximately 3,000 people will travel from all over the south to attend the conference this year.

This weekend event will feature praise and worship music by More Than Sunday (featuring Lonnie Lapeyrouse, Matt Bourgeois, Mark Duplantis and Doug Hamilton) and dynamic speakers such as Bishop Sam G. Jacobs, Father

Louis Merosne, Matt Maher and Jackie Francois. Brian Kissinger will be the host for the weekend.

Additionally, Maher will lead a praise and worship session Friday evening while Francois will provide an hour of entertainment on Saturday.

This event is open to youth currently in grades 8-12. The youth participants must register with a group, preferably their church parish group. If they are not currently linked with a church parish, they should contact the diocesan Conference Office at (985) 850-3171 for assistance.

Young adults, ages 18-24, are invited to attend special sessions geared specifically for them. The young adults must register with a group and be in compliance with the USCCB policy for the Protection of

Children and Young People.

Adults 21 and older are needed to volunteer to work in many areas, including ushers, prayer ministers, security, food service, first aid, stage crew, etc. Volunteers must be in compliance with the USCCB policy for the Protection of Children and Young People.

Anyone interested should contact the diocesan Conference Office or visit www.htconferences.org.

More information about the conference can be found at www.

SteubenvilleOnTheBayou.com.

Everyone is invited to watch the conference via live feed by going to the website or finding it on Facebook (www.facebook.com/SteubieBayou).

This is a great way to experience the conference and to see what the youth of the church are receiving from this powerful event.

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Representatives of the St. Joseph Lenten Gumbo in Thibodaux presented a check to the Good Samaritan Food Bank of Thibodaux for $30,000. From left are Very Rev. Jay L. Baker V.G., rector of St. Joseph Co-Cathedral parish; Jim Labit, gumbo chairperson; Margaret Orgeron, pastoral ministry director of St. Joseph; and Rob Gorman, executive director of Catholic Charities Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux.

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Food for the Journey is July 2 The diocesan Office of Religious Education sponsors a monthly lunchtime speaker series on the first Tuesday of the month at the Quality Hotel on Hollywood Road in Houma across from Vandebilt Catholic High School.

The speaker for July 2 is Houma native Father Andre’ Melancon.

Father Melancon currently serves as associate pastor of the Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales Church parish in Houma. He was ordained to the priesthood June 4, 2011.

Those who plan to attend the July 2nd event should RSVP with their name, phone number and church parish by Thursday, June 27. To RSVP, email FoodForTheJourney@ htdiocese.org or call (985) 8503178.

Doors open at 10:45 a.m. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. The program begins at Noon with the speaker’s presentation from 12:10-12:45 p.m.

Cost is $13 and includes meal, drink and tip. Only cash or checks will be accepted.

All are invited to come “eat and be fed.”

Knights of Columbus Houma Council No.1317 presented Allison Curth as its 20122013 Catholic Youth Leadership Award winner. Curth recently graduated from Vandebilt 33 Catholic High School. Presenting the award is Grand Knight Kell Luke.

Woman of God Retreat July 13

Mairi McCluckie, a second grader at St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School in Houma, is pictured with her father, John McCluckie and her uncle, Jim McCluckie, after receiving first Eucharist.

The kilt worn for the occasion is part of the world renowned Scottish National Dress. It is usually worn when attending first Communion, confirmation, weddings and when celebrating the patron saint of Scotland, St. Andrew, on Nov. 30.

The Woman of God Retreat will be held Saturday, July 13 at the diocesan Pastoral Center Conference Hall in Schriever. This retreat is specifically designed for women ages 18 and older and will include spiritual direction, time before the Blessed Sacrament and periods of reflections. The day will begin with praise and worship at 10 a.m. and will conclude with Mass at 5 p.m. This day of spiritual fulfillment will be led by Father Francis Valerio and Bishop Sam G. Jacobs.

Pre-registration cost for the retreat is $24 before 1 p.m. Friday, July 12. Late registration is $34 and will be accepted at the door on Saturday. Registration includes lunch and refreshments throughout the day. For more information, visit www.htconferences.org, call (985) 850-3171, or email conferenceinfo@ htdiocese.org. www.bayoucatholic.com

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Ah, June. Spring is in its dotage, summer is being born, and we become equally preoccupied with “The Wedding March” and “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”

The game of the season and the event of the season have more in common than a mere cursory comparison might yield. So let’s go in depth to examine the similarities between America’s Pastime and A Bride’s Dream of a Lifetime.

In the matter of attire, we know that brides begin searching months ahead for the perfect dress to wear on the day of her marriage. She returns again and again to the bridal shop for fittings, and sometimes just to try it on for pleasure for her female relatives and friends.

It takes almost as long for a catcher in an under-10 league to prepare himself for the next inning after he comes in from baserunning. The rest of his various teammates run, lope, skip, or dance their way onto the field and have time to fidget in place, pleading to begin, before the catcher can master his shin guards, facemask, and chest protector.

The coach often has to escort his catcher to his position behind home plate with as much ceremony as a father escorts his daughter down the aisle. He tugs on straps and repositions equipment all the way up to the plate, much as the maid of honor might make last minute adjustments to the bride’s veil and gown when the first notes of Mendelssohn’s March are being played.

It doesn’t matter that the little catcher, overwhelmed by his equipment, will in all likelihood

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not catch one ball in his wellpounded glove, nor chase a wild ball or a foul ball, nor throw the ball back to the pitcher’s mound even once. He is geared up and looking good.

Little leaguers of the youngest ages aren’t too concerned about conventional sameness when it comes to their uniforms. One creative young guy recently strutted to the batter’s box with his shirt hanging out of his pants, and his belt jauntily placed high on one hip and low on the other. He was contented with his design, and oblivious to his father’s chagrined expression.

In the same way, more than a few weddings have seen a bridesmaid walking down the aisle with her dress, carefully selected by the bride for identicalness with all the others, worn with the free-spirit bridesmaid’s own accessorizing uniqueness while she remains totally unconscious of startled glances and sideways second peeks.

June weddings do not hold a monopoly on flower focus, either.

Little leaguers of the youngish years are still unashamed to pick any wildflower within their range of purview in the outfield, and sometime outside their own range, as well.

The white cloverheads that grow up overnight and the tiny yellow wildflowers that are the bane of every field keeper’s existence seem

to fascinate outfielders beyond their ability to ignore. Or maybe they turn to the wildflowers out of bored desperation, since hit balls come within their range about as often as Halley’s Comet appears. On those rare occasions, a Keystone Kops routine ensues, with outfielders and some errant infielders running and bumping together and converging on the ball four at a time with one triumphant face emerging, beaming “I got it!”

Little Leaguers’ bouquets may lack size. But when an outfielder comes in and hands his offering to his mother through a chain-link fence, no elaborate arrangement of roses, peonies and lilies can rival it in heart.

While brides and their grooms stand in receiving lines and hear repeated congratulations and “You look beautiful/handsome,” young baseball players have their own receiving lines at the end of each game, where teams pass each other single file, hand-slapping to accentuate their mantra, “Good game, good game, good game.” Occasionally one player can be heard above this enforced camaraderie asking, “Did we win or lose, coach?”

Ya gotta love June.

(For comments or inquiries about this column, Claire Joller can be contacted by email at clairely1@ comcast.net)

Bishop Sam G. Jacobs

Our Lady Star of the Sea in Morgan City

Prayer for Safety in Hurricane Season Everyone is encouraged to pray this special prayer throughout the 2013 hurricane season: Prayer for Safety in Hurricane Season O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children.

The Sea of Galilee obeyed your order and returned to its former quietude.

You are still the Master of land and sea.

We live in the shadow of a danger over which we have no control: the Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can awake from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land, and spread chaos and disaster.

During this hurricane season we turn to you, O loving Father.

Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with passing of time.

O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our beloved Mother, we ask you to plead with your Son in our behalf, so that spared from the calamities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son to reach the heavenly Jerusalem where a stormless eternity awaits us.

Amen.

has announced a special collection will be taken up at all Masses on the weekend of June 15 and 16 in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux for the victims of the tornados which have caused massive destruction in our country.

All parishioners throughout the diocese are asked to keep the families affected by the disaster in their prayers and to include them in the prayers of the faithful at all Masses, beginning with those killed and injured and for those that are still suffering.

Your prayers and generosity would be greatly appreciated.

Most Rev. Maurice Schexnayder (1895-1981) Second Bishop of Lafayette www.bayoucatholic.com

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First Friday, First Saturday devotions First Friday and First Saturday devotions are observed in church parishes throughout the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux.

First Friday devotions are derived from revelations made by Christ to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (16471690), the practice of receiving holy Communion on nine consecutive first Fridays in reparation to “the Heart that has loved men so and is loved so little in return” (Christ to Margaret Mary). Among the graces Christ is said to have promised to those who are faithful to this devotion: Final perseverance in the Catholic Faith, reception of the last sacraments and death in the state of grace, the consolation of the love of Christ’s Sacred Heart at the time of death.

At a time when frequent Communion was not common but rather discouraged by the prevailing Jansenism of the age and culture, the message of Christ’s enduring love which came to the 36 faithful through St. Margaret Mary brought an outpouring of devotion and commitment from the ordinary faithful among whom the Sacred Heart devotion became very popular.

Because the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus occurs on the Friday following the second Sunday after Pentecost (Corpus Christi, or the Body and Blood of Christ in countries where this is not a holy day), and therefore always in June, the month of June is traditionally designated as the “Month of the Sacred Heart.”

Those who practice the

first Saturday devotion are to receive holy Communion on five consecutive first Saturdays, receive the sacrament of penance within an octave before or after this reception, recite five decades of the rosary and make a 15 minute meditation on one of these mysteries.

Closely associated in style

The month of June is traditionally designated as the “Month of the Sacred Heart.”

and substance with the Sacred Heart devotion, the origins of this practice may be traced to St. John Eudes (1601-1680), the “apostle of devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary,” and to Venerable John J. Olier (1608-1657), founder of the Sulpicians.

It was after the apparitions at

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Fatima in 1917 that this devotion gained momentum, since Our Lady was said to have recommended it specifically, promising her intercession for final perseverance at the hour of death to all who would be faithful to it.

As in devotion to the Sacred Heart, the dominant theme of this devotion is reparation offered to Christ, in this context “to the Divine Son through the Immaculate Heart of His Mother.” In the revision of the calendar following the Second Vatican Council, the memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary was transferred to the day after (that is, Saturday) the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

(The preceding information is taken from the Catholic Encyclopedia.)

The following is a listing of First Friday and First Saturday devotions in the Diocese of HoumaThibodaux.

Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales, Houma First Saturday Mass at 8:30 a.m.

St. Joseph Co-Cathedral, Thibodaux First Friday Mass at 7 a.m.; devotions until 5 p.m.

St. Luke the Evangelist, Thibodaux Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament every First Friday from 10-11 a.m.

Maria Immacolata, Houma First Friday Mass at 12:10 p.m.

St. Anthony of Padua, Bayou Black First Friday Mass at 6:30 a.m.

First Saturday Mass at 8:15 a.m.

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Our Lady of Prompt Succor, Chackbay First Friday Mass at 7 a.m.

First Saturday Mass at 8 a.m.

St. Charles Borromeo, PointeAux-Chenes Healing Mass every First Friday of the month at 6:30 p.m.

St. Ann, Bourg First Friday rosary, Litany of the Sacred Heart and devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ at 7:30 a.m. Mass at 8 a.m.

First Saturday rosary, Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and vocations to the priesthood and religious life at 7:30 a.m. Mass at 8 a.m.

St. Hilary of Poitiers, Mathews First Friday Mass at 7 a.m., followed by exposition and adoration until Noon. Benediction at Noon.

Community of St. Anthony, Gheens First Friday, holy hour exposition at 10 a.m., followed by adoration until 11 a.m. Benediction at 11 a.m.

St. John the Evangelist, Thibodaux First Friday Mass at 7 a.m. in the chapel with adoration until 11 a.m.

First Saturday Mass at 7 a.m. in the chapel.

Sacred Heart, Morgan City First Friday Mass at 6:30 a.m.

First Saturday Mass at 8:30 a.m.

St. Lawrence the Martyr, Kraemer First Friday Mass at 7 a.m.

St. Louis, Bayou Blue First Friday Mass at 8:30 a.m.

Adoration until Noon.

St. Gregory, Houma First Saturday exposition/ confession at 8 a.m. Mass at 9 a.m.

After the apparitions at Fatima in 1917 first Saturday devotions gained momentum since Our Lady was said to have recommended it.

Holy Savior, Lockport First Saturday Mass at 8 a.m. followed by Pro Life rosary.

St. Andrew, Amelia First Friday devotion starting at 7:30 a.m. with rosary. Mass at 8 a.m.

St. Joseph, Chauvin First Friday Mass at 8:30 a.m. followed by a devotional service and quiet time before the Blessed Sacrament.

St. Charles Borromeo, St. Charles First Friday adoration and Consecration to the Sacred Heart at 7 a.m. Mass at 7:30 a.m. in the chapel.

First Saturday Mass at 7:30 a.m. in the chapel.

Our Lady of Prompt Succor, Golden Meadow First Friday adoration and Benediction, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Mass at 5:30 p.m.

First Saturday rosary and novena to Our Lady at 7:30 a.m. Mass at 8 a.m.

St. Bridget, Schriever First Friday Mass at 8 a.m. in the chapel in church. Rosary and Benediction at 5:30 p.m. in the chapel in church. During Lent there is no First Friday devotion because of Way of the Cross.

Our Lady of the Isle, Grand Isle First Saturday devotion; adoration and Benediction from 37 8-9 a.m.

Lumen Christi Retreat Center, Schriever First Friday begins with prayer and reflection at 9 a.m., followed by the rosary, reconciliation, holy hour and Mass.

Sacred Heart, Montegut First Friday Mass and Litany of the Sacred Heart at 8 a.m.

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Story by Janet Marcel Photos by Lawrence Chatagnier “In the Eucharist, the Son of God comes to meet us and desires to become one with us; eucharistic adoration is simply the natural consequence of the eucharistic celebration. Receiving the Eucharist means adoring him whom we receive. The act of adoration outside Mass prolongs and intensifies all that takes place during the liturgical celebration itself. Indeed, ‘only in adoration can a profound and genuine reception mature’” (Pope Benedict XVI, Sacramentum Caritatis, March 13, 2007).

Eucharistic adoration is spending time in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament to reflect and meditate on the mystery of the Eucharist, says Father Glenn LeCompte, diocesan director of the Office of Worship and Continuing Education of the Clergy. “Its purpose is to create a deeper devotion to the Eucharist in the celebration of the Mass. There should always be 38 a connection between eucharistic adoration and the Mass; more specifically, it should always come from the Mass and lead us back to the Mass with a greater awareness of the presence of Christ in that celebration,” he adds.

The practice of prayer in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament dates back to the Middle Ages.

Father LeCompte clarifies that the primary purpose of reserving the sacrament in the tabernacle was for the sick, but because it is the presence of Christ, there developed a theology of praying in its presence in this form.

Another form of prayer in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament is exposition. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is a ceremony in which a priest or deacon puts the consecrated host in a monstrance to be displayed for a certain amount of time. “This signals the connection between adoration and the eucharistic celebration,” says Father LeCompte.

“Eventually there developed a desire among people for longer periods of exposition. The norm

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St. Bridget

St. Anthony

Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales

Our Lady of Prompt Succor Chapel

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Diocese has eight chapels

St. Hilary of Poitiers

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Our Lady of the Rosary

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Perpetual Adoration was to have the Blessed Sacrament exposed for just a few hours, but people wanted prolonged exposition, such as a day or two. And from the experience of prolonged exposition, the faithful finally expressed a desire for perpetual adoration,” explains Father LeCompte.

Perpetual adoration is continuous seven days a week, 24 hours a day except for a brief period at the end of Lent, termed the Triduum, when the Eucharist is reposed.

The adoration chapel originated because the Blessed 40 Sacrament cannot be exposed during Mass and since Mass is celebrated everyday in the church perpetual exposition cannot take place in the church itself.

Pope John Paul II began perpetual eucharistic adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the chapel at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome On Dec. 2, 1981, which prompted more and more church parishes throughout the world to do the same.

In addition to a place separate from the church, Father LeCompte says other requirements which should be considered when a parish is considering the establishment of a perpetual adoration chapel are adequate security and lighting. The atmosphere in the chapel must be conducive to worship and furnished with an altar, candles (the same number of candles used during Mass is suggested), seating for adorers, and possibly some religious artwork.

Another important requirement for perpetual adoration is that there must be someone present at all times when the Blessed Sacrament is exposed.

Thus, adorers must make a commitment to spend a certain period of time each week before the exposed consecrated Eucharist.

The Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux has eight perpetual adoration chapels. They are located in the Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales in Houma, Christ the Redeemer Church parish in Thibodaux, Our Lady of Prompt Succor Chapel in St. Joseph Church parish in Chauvin, Our Lady of the Rosary Church parish in Larose, St. Anthony of Padua Church parish in Bayou Black, St. Bridget Church parish in Schriever, Holy Savior Church parish in Lockport, and St. Hilary of Poitiers Church parish in Mathews.

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Catholic school educators retiring Story by Janet Marcel Fourteen educators in the Catholic schools of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux retired this school year with 391 combined years of service in Catholic education. “‘We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us; and God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers 42 and guides’ (St. Thomas Aquinas). God has indeed provided for us in our diocese by sending us many wonderful, talented educators who dedicate their lives to encouraging, inspiring and preparing our children for a successful future,” says Marian B. Fertitta, diocesan superintendent of Catholic Schools.

“I want to wish each of these 13 educators a happy, healthy and blessed retirement along with my sincere appreciation for their many years of devoted service to our Catholic schools.”

Debbie Borne, who has been teaching 7th grade religion & social studies at St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School in Thibodaux, retired at the end of the 2012-13 school year after 28 years of service to the school.

Margie Duplantis, who has served as senior religion teacher, religion department chairperson, and director of campus ministry at Vandebilt Catholic High School in Houma over the past 22 years, retired at the end of the 2012-13 school year.

Shirley Fangue, who has been teaching kindergarten at St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School in Thibodaux, retired at the end of the 2012-13 school year, after 29 years of service to the school.

Ann Foret, who has been teaching 5th grade religion & science at St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School in Thibodaux, retired at the end of the 2012-13 school year after 25 years of service to the school.

Norma S. Gautreaux, who taught Nursery 3 at Holy Savior Catholic School in Lockport, retired in October 2012 after 28 years of service to the school.

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Elementary School in Thibodaux, retired at the end of the 2012-13 school year after 29 years of service to the school.

Kathy Luke, who has taught health and physical education, served as the physical education department chairperson, athletic director, girls’ varsity basketball head coach, and girls’ varsity volleyball head coach at Vandebilt Catholic High School in Houma during the past 27 years, retired at the end of the 2012-13 school year.

Carolyn Marino, who has been teaching kindergarten at Holy Cross Elementary School in Morgan City, retired at the end of the 2012-13 school year after 44 years of service to the school.

Leslie Montet, who served as the academic enhancement program coordinator and Project Read teacher at St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School in Thibodaux for 25 years, retired at the end of the 201213 school year.

Raul Prado, who served as band director, and taught Spanish I and II, and religion at E.D. White Catholic High School in Thibodaux, retired in July 2012, after 31 years of service to the school.

Jere Shields, who served as librarian for 11 years, taught third grade for nine years and fourth grade for one year at St. Genevieve Catholic School in Thibodaux, retired at the end of the 2012-13 school year, after 21 years of service to the school.

Fay Naul Smith, who taught technology and 7th grade at St. Genevieve Catholic School in Thibodaux for 23 years, retired at the end of the 2012-13 school year.

Millie Smith, who has been teaching kindergarten at St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School in Thibodaux, retired at the end of the 2012-13 school year, after 33 years of service to the school.

Ruth Thibodeaux, who has been teaching English II, III and English III honors, and has served as junior high moderator at E.D. White Catholic High School in Thibodaux, retired at the end of the 2012-13 school year, after 26 years of service to the school.

Guest Columnist Father Roch Naquin

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Cursillo. The first phase, preCursillo, is where those who have already made a weekend reach out to help prepare others for the experience. The second phase is the three-day weekend. The third phase is post-Cursillo or the “Fourth Day” – this is the rest of one’s life, where they must go out and be a witness for Christ wherever they find themselves in their environment.

Cursillo’s main message is simply to inform everyone that God loves them and to help them experience this so powerfully that they want to go out and share that knowledge with others.

However, Cursillo is not for everyone. One must be in a valid marriage and free to receive Communion in order to make a weekend. Sometimes those who are separated, divorced or have recently experienced the death of someone close to them, may not be mentally prepared for the intensity of the experience. That’s why individuals must be sponsored to attend a three-day weekend.

Sponsors observe individuals closely by making a friend, being a friend and bringing a friend to Christ.

The three-day weekend begins on Thursday night with the Way of the Cross and reflection.

Each day begins and ends with prayer. Mass is celebrated each day except Thursday and the rosary is prayed every evening. Participants listen to a meditation each morning and 15 presentations throughout the weekend. Ten presentations are given by lay people and five by spiritual advisors. After each presentation, participants discuss what they heard and write a summary of their discussions.

The diocesan team of spiritual advisors consists of Father Wilmer Todd, retired priest of the diocese, Very Rev. Carl Collins, V.F., dean of the Terrebonne Deanery and pastor of St. Bernadette Church parish in Houma; Very Rev. Dean Danos, V.F., dean of the Upper Lafourche Deanery and pastor of St. Genevieve Church parish in Thibodaux; and Deacon Michael Cantrelle.

After the weekend experience, “tools of perseverance” are used to help participants remain focused

on building a more Christian community.

Small friendship groups of four or five people meet weekly to share and support each other in their daily work, their faith and their family lives. They share their piety, apostolic actions and how they have grown in the Lord through prayers, study and reaching out to others.

Ultreyas are larger gatherings of these friendship groups in one central area. In this diocese, Ultreyas meet once a week – the first week of the month at the Knights of Columbus home in Lockport, the second week at St. Charles Borromeo Church parish in Pointe-aux-Chenes, the third week at St. Gregory Church parish in Houma and the fourth week at Sacred Heart Church parish in Cut Off. Another tool of perseverance, the school of leaders, is for those who want to learn more about Cursillo and become involved with working the three-day weekends.

The diocesan Cursillo Movement sponsors two three-day weekends each year, one for men and one for women, at the Lumen Christi 43 Retreat Center’s Souby Building.

For 2013, the three-day weekends are scheduled for June 20-23 for women; and in September (dates to be announced later) for men. The Regional Encounter is held twice a year in spring and fall. Region VIII, which consists of Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma, will hold its fall 2014 Encounter at the Lumen Christi Retreat Center.

There are between 2,000 and 3,000 men and women in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux that have made a Cursillo Weekend.

At the present time, the diocesan Cursillo Movement is going through a restructuring process due to certain national guidelines and procedures that all groups are called to follow. These guidelines have caused some to struggle and ultimately drop out of the group.

For more information about the Cursillo Movement in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, contact Father Roch Naquin (director and bishop’s liaison for the diocesan Cursillo Movement) at (985) 5945144; lay director Gale Pitre at (985) 475-6496; or Leeney Bourg at (985) 594-3194.

What is a Cursillo ?

Cursillo, a powerful evangelizing movement within the Catholic Church, focuses on helping Catholics fulfill their baptismal responsibility to go forth as apostles and proclaim the Gospel by providing them with the necessary tools as well as the training to use those tools.

My involvement with the Cursillo Movement began in 1965, three years after I was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, when I experienced my threeday weekend. Shortly after the establishment of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in 1977, (the late) Bishop Warren L. Boudreaux called the Cursillo leaders together for the purpose of getting the movement started in our diocese. Soon after the Lumen Christi Retreat Center in Schriever opened, the group began using the facility for the Cursillo weekends.

Cursillo is a Spanish word meaning “a short course,” which is what it started out as being, short courses given as a means to form effective apostles. The purpose of the movement is to create small groups of Christians who come to be evangelized and who will evangelize others with the Gospel spirit. At the same time they are renewing and deepening their own Christian commitment. According to The National Cursillo Center, the movement began in the 1940s with a group of men, among them Eduardo Bonnín Aguiló who is known as the founder of the Cursillo Movement, in Mallorca, Spain, who wanted to help other young men in their city to know Christ better.

There are three phases of

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As a result of the growing population in the area during the early 1960s, St. Gregory Barbarigo Church parish in Houma was carved out of St. Francis de Sales Church parish and officially established June 2, 1963. Archbishop John P. Cody named Msgr. Francis J. Amedee as its founding pastor.

Sunday Mass was celebrated at the Legion Park Middle School cafeteria and daily Mass was held in the parish rectory. Because of the unified effort of the community, the first Mass was celebrated in the new church Aug. 15, 1964, the Feast of the Assumption.

The modern church structure features a skylight with a cross welded on the top. The original altar chairs and baptismal font along with the bell tower, which is located away from the church, were constructed by St. Gregory parishioners.

The theme for the church parish’s 50th anniversary is “St. Gregory Church Celebrating 50 Years of God’s Bountiful Blessings.” The anniversary Mass will be celebrated Sunday, June 2. “Former pastors have been invited to the anniversary Mass so that we can thank them for the good job they did and show them that we are building on what they did,” says Father Evelio 45 “Toto” Buenaflor Jr., pastor since June 2012.

The parish will be gathering non-perishable food items at this Mass to donate to the local food bank.

Rosary bracelets made by Father Buenaflor himself will be distributed at the Mass as well as anniversary prayer cards featuring photos of stained glass and St. Gregory.

Some of the activities and events that have taken place during the anniversary year are the publication of a new parish directory, pictures of former pastors were framed and put in the church, certificates of appreciation were presented to the parish leaders during a fellowship meal, and former pastors were invited to celebrate Mass during the year.

Once a month Father Buenaflor does an anointing of the sick during the 4 p.m. Sunday vigil Mass.

There is also a school sponsored Mass to emphasize the school’s Catholic identity and a CCD sponsored Mass once a month. One new statue of the Ten Commandments will be placed by the school and one by the church.

All of these events and activities are opportunities that draw people closer to the church, produce people who will embrace their faith and increase Mass attendance, says the pastor.

There are currently about 700 families in the parish, who are mostly 50 years old and older. And many of the younger couples have between three and six children, reports Father Buenaflor.

The church parish has a Knights of Columbus, Legion of Mary, CCD program, music ministry, and a liturgy committee composed of lectors, commentators, choir

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Members of the St. Gregory parish staff include front row from left, Desiree Cabirac, youth minister; Geraldine Cunningham, housekeeper; Lou Conner, bookkeeper; Denise DeHart, secretary/DRE; and Alexis Romero, music director. Back row from left, Deacon Dennis Dupre, Elizabeth Scurto, school principal; and Father Evelio Buenaflor Jr., pastor.

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St. Gregory members, altar servers, hospitality ministers, church decorators and church cleaners.

The parish also has added a youth group. “We are putting a lot of emphasis on forming the youth because they will be the future leaders of the church and the community,” says Father Buenaflor.

In addition to planning events and activities for the parish’s anniversary, parishioners are also currently working on goals and objectives for the upcoming parish visitation with the bishop.

“I am a leader of God’s people,” says Father Buenaflor. “My main focus is to emphasize that building the body of Christ (the church) is not just the

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sole responsibility of the priest but that he is there in order to remind every baptized Catholic Christian that in order to build up the human body every part has to function. And, every baptized Catholic Christian is endowed with the Spirit so that when he or she functions this contributes to the betterment of the community. We all serve different ministries in order for people who are called into specific vocations to use their gifts, talents and giftedness for the good of the whole church.”

Something that Father Buenaflor finds unique in his parish is that there are close to 300 leaders involved in the different ministries of the church.

“The dedication of the people in the parish is truly amazing. The people here are dignified, professional, friendly, genuine and very generous. You don’t hear people complaining; if they want to do something or say something they just approach you about it. There is also a sense here of being one … we are a family in this community; you can easily experience that,” says Father Buenaflor.

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The calendar has turned from May to June.

Another high school football season is around the corner. And, despite the current consternation over a split playoff, public and private, there is still much reason to look forward.

Many questions will be answered.

How can 5A champion Rummel replace starting quarterback Damian Williams? In the Raiders run to a championship, Williams was a clutch fourth quarter performer.

How can the next quarterback at Vandebilt Catholic possibly measure up to the last? Elijah McGuire had an incredible senior season. He rushed for 2,603 yards and scored 31 rushing touchdowns.

The Terriers won 11 games.

Can the East Jefferson Warriors finally break through and win a state playoff game?

The Warriors have put excellent teams on the field the past two seasons. But, the last playoff win at EJ was quarterbacked by the late Mike Miley.

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Crutchfield is working day and night on the corrections.

Can the Edna Karr Cougars win back to back titles? The Cougars return star quarterback Speedy Noil and defensive end Gerald Willis.

But, head coach Jabbar Juluke left to be an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech.

Karr alum Nathaniel Jones comes home to his alma mater.

Can his team muster the same type of championship hunger that ran through the 2012 Cougars like electricity?

As May turns to June, the level of paranoia among head coaches ratchets up tremendously.

St Charles Catholic’s Frank Monica tries to convince me that his team will be lucky to make a first down. But, what he won’t say is that his team is a hard working club. And, they take on the personality of their head coach.

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Isaac would have to wait.

Larry Favre is back in coaching, as the head coach at Slidell High School. Favre had served as head coach at O Perry Walker and Fontainebleau. His coaching style is anything but laid back.

He would step down as the head coach at Fontainebleau to be athletic director of St. Tammany Parish schools.

I would see Favre on the sideline at many games. Each time he had that look. He missed it.

And, there’s only way to scratch that itch.

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They don’t coach for the money.

That happens in places like the SEC and the NFL. They don’t coach because the job is nine to five.

And, they don’t coach because it is a low stress occupation.

Winning a state football championship in Louisiana is huge.

And, in 2013 we have more evidence. We may have 10 “champions,” five publics and five privates.

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