OUR LADY OF PROMPT SUCCOR CATHOLIC CHURCH 2120 Elliott Street, Alexandria, Louisiana Tel: (318) 445-3693 Fax (318) 445-8471
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Vol. XVII No. 13
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ASH WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 MASS SCHEDULE 6:30 and 8:00 A.M.; 12:05 and 5:30 P.M. (Ash Wednesday is NOT a Holy Day of Obligation) Ashes and Holy Communion will be taken to our homebound parishioners and nursing home residents by our priests and Sister JoAnn DeLoach DAILY MASSES DURING LENT 6:30 A.M. and 5:30 P.M., Monday through Friday 8:00 A.M. Thursday, Friday and Saturday STATIONS OF THE CROSS Thursday 1:15 P.M.; Friday 6:00 P.M. LENTEN PENANCE SERVICE Wednesday, March 28, 6:30 P.M. WWWWWWW ASH WEDNESDAY and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence from meat. To fast means that only one full meal and two lighter meals are eaten. The other Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat. The obligation to abstain from meat binds Catholics 14 years of age and older. The obligation to fast binds Catholics from the ages of 18 to 59. Those who are younger or older may freely embrace these disciplines, but Lenten disciplines should never endanger one’s health. LENTEN COUPLE PRAYER SERIES BEGINS MARCH 2: You and your spouse or fiancé(e) are warmly invited to join us on Friday evenings, beginning on March 2, from 6:15 to 7:45 P.M., for a special six week “Couple Prayer Series” (www.coupleprayer.org). Couples who not only attend church together weekly, but who also pray together daily, have a divorce rate of less than 1 divorce in every 1,000 marriages. Please contact Deacon Todd and Mary Beth Marye at 448-3617 or Dirk and Beth Erickson at 442-4875 to register. Preregistration is requested to attend and for babysitting needs. ANNUAL DIOCESAN APPEAL: Freed from the paralysis of sin, the man in today’s Gospel was able to stand and give witness to the power of God. How do I let sin cripple me? Am I a good steward of the gift of God’s forgiveness? Have I given prayerful consideration to supporting the diocesan church? What should be my gift to the 2012 Annual Diocesan Appeal? Our parish goal this year is $83,300.00.
WEEKLY PARISH EVENT CALENDAR Monday, Feb. 20 10:00 A.M. NO Outreach Prayer Group (L) 6:00 P.M. Rosary (Church) Tuesday, Feb. 21 11:00 A.M. OLPS serves Manna House 3:00 P.M. NO St. Cecilia Choir (Music Room) 6:30 P.M. RCIA Pre-catechumenate (Life House) 7:00 P.M. Adult Choir (Music Room) Wednesday, Feb. 22 ASH WEDNESDAY 9:00 A.M. Priests/Sisters bring communion to homebound 4:00 P.M. Youth Band (ND) 5:00 P.M. Parish Supper (OH) 5:45 P.M. Joyful Noise Choir (Music Room) 6:00 P.M. Small Faith Group (L) 6:15 P.M. Junior High (Life House) 6:30 P.M. CCD (School) 6:30 P.M. CCD Liturgy of the Word/Imposition of Ashes (Church) Thursday, Feb. 23 9:00 A.M. Priests/Sisters bring communion to nursing homes 10:00 A.M. Rosary (Church) 1:15 P.M. Stations of the Cross (Church) 6:00 P.M. NO Pastoral Council (Rectory) 6:00 P.M. Disaster Relief Preparation (L) Friday, Feb. 24 9:00 A.M. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Church) 6:00 P.M. Stations of the Cross (Church) Sunday, Feb. 26 9:00 A.M. St. Cecilia Choir sings at Mass (Church) 9:15 A.M. ‘Sunday Morning Lagniappe’ Bible Study (L) 10:30 A.M. Children’s Liturgy (L) 12:00 P.M. ACTS Men’s Retreat Return Reception (OH) 2:30 P.M. Divine Mercy Chaplet and Rosary (Church) 4:15 P.M. ‘Sunday Evening Lagniappe’ Bible Study (L) 5:30 P.M. Children’s Liturgy (L) 7:00 P.M. High School Youth (OH)
Madonna Room (MR) Lourdes (L) Fatima (F) Olinger Hall (OH) Notre Dame (ND) CATHOLIC HEART WORK CAMP GARAGE SALE will be March 3 from 6:30 A.M. until 12:00 noon in Olinger Hall. Money raised will go to support the 80 High School and Junior High youth going on a mission trip this summer. Please support this effort. All donations are accepted. Please contact Carol Hirchak at 730-2336 or Renee Aldridge at 542-1966 if you have items to donate.
“Respect for Rights of Conscience Act” which is now before Congress.
OLPS SCHOOL BULLDOG BYTES THANK YOU! Thank you for your participation in the OLPS Home & School BBQ lunch and the annual Magazine Drive. Both events were very successful! The BBQ delivery lunch sold over 1,700 meals, raising $7,000 for the H&S Association. The Magazine Drive wrapped up this past Wednesday. It’s projected to raise about $10,000. All funds raised through the H&S Association directly benefit OLPS School through purchases of needed educational materials such as textbooks, manipulatives and other supplies for the classrooms. Thank you to all who participated or volunteered for either event. Our successes are the result of a strong OLPS “team” effort on every issue.
OLPS ‘Trek for Tech’ 5K Run Mark your calendar and get your running shoes ready for May 19, the date of the second annual OLPS “Trek for Tech” 5K Run. All proceeds will benefit the OLPS technology fund. Last year the event raised over $25,000 and enabled us to equip several classrooms with Promethean boards. Consequently, every classroom Pre-K through grade 6 now has an electronic whiteboard. For more information on how to get involved through planning or sponsorship of the race, please contact Tonya at 449-9073, ext. 210.
THE FLOWERS BY THE TABERNACLE are given in loving memory of DAVID CHRISTOPHER EZERNACK by the Ezernack, Seeling and McCartney Families. THE FLOWERS BY OUR LADY OF PROMPT SUCCOR are given this week in loving memory of WOODY LEMOINE by his wife and children. bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb RESPECT FOR RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and many other Catholic leaders have sharply criticized the federal government’s imposed mandate that violates religious liberty. The president’s Feb. 10 compromise continues to provide a lack of protection for this liberty and must be corrected, the Bishops say. At issue is the mandate which orders insurers and self-insuring employers to provide free sterilization and contraceptives, including some abortion-inducing drugs, in their health plan. Speak out in protest of this action which forces Catholics to violate their consciences. Go to www.usccb.org/conscience to watch Timothy Cardinal Dolan’s video and then click on the “Take Action Today” link which will allow you to send an email to our U.S. representative and senators, encouraging them to vote for the
DEACON TODD MARYE, a native son of OLPS parish, has been assigned to ministry in our parish by Bishop Herzog, effective March 1. Todd and his wife Mary Beth have been active for years in serving the Lord and our parish in ministry. Now we welcome their service to the community on an even deeper level. Congratulations, Todd and Mary Beth! – Father Dan
OLPS YOUTH HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH BAND rehearses on Wednesdays from 4:00 to 5:00 P.M. The band is open to anyone in ninth through twelfth grades. Come join us in the Lourdes Room. JUNIOR HIGH: Our Junior High group (seventh and eighth graders from all schools) meets on Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:30 in the Life House. For more information, contact Kristine Antoon at 445-8473 or jrhigh@olpschurch.org.
HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH NEW S YOUTH GROUP: High School youth meet after the 5:30 P.M. Mass this Sunday. Contact John Lyons at 445-8473, ext. 213 or youth@olpschurch.org. ‘CHILDREN OF HOPE’: The next First Friday holy hour will be Friday, March 2 from 3:00 to 4:00 P.M. in church. The program includes Eucharistic Adoration, prayers, music, rosary and meditations for children especially in grades two through six. OUR SEMINARIANS: Brian Seiler, Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, OH; Dutch Voltz, Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans, LA PLEASE PRAY for all our service men and women serving in Afghanistan and other parts of the world, and here at home, among them Peyton Abbott, Bill Aldridge, Paul Arbour, Chris Armstrong, Jesse Barth, Chad Bordelon, Beau Bradford, Chaplain Father John Brocato, Shawn D. Bryant, Gregory Carbo II, Orlando Carnales, Ray Constantino, Thomas Cooper, John V. Daigle, Mike Deville, Scott Deville, Dirk Erickson, David Fields, Chaplain Father John Gabriel, Shaun Gordon, Christian Griffiths, Joseph Anthony Gonzales, Jr., Jesse Karinsny, Derrick Kozielski, Stephen Lee, Brandon McNamara, Christopher Nuss, Ledena Piper, Seth Sibley, Jared Slay and Francis Jerome Vanderlick. If you know someone serving whose name is not on our list, please contact the church office. OLPS PARISH SUPPERS are held every Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:30 P.M. in Olinger Hall. The Knights of Columbus Council 8029 hosts and prepares the suppers. Meals are $4.00 per plate. Eat in or take out; you are encouraged to stay and eat in the Hall and visit with other members of our church family. You may check the bulletin online at www.olpschurch.org for weekly updates on the parish supper.
Feb. 22 Menu: Fried fish, stuffed potato, hush puppies, cole slaw, and dessert.
for those of our parish who have recently died and for the consolation of their families.
PILGRIMAGE TO THE National Shrine of Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA is being offered from Aug. 23-25. A deposit of $350 is due now. Call Anna Ryland at 443-7715 for more information.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK: John Aymond; Ruth Bergeron; Keith Brewster; Larry Carbo; Verna Carbo; Maci Callahan; Theresa Cataldie; Sophie Chestovich; John Finley; Delores Gauthier; Eloise Hall; Chuck Hardy; Josey King; Tiffany Lora; Robert Maddox V; Mary Beth Marye; Deacon Todd Marye; Maxine Meadows; Cecil Normand; Linda Pratt; Willard Price; Geneva Scarbrock; Hazel Schmolke; Leroy Seaux; Don Smith; Steve Tatum; Barbra Vincent; Ruth Wallace; Steven White; Rodney Williams; Katherine Wood; Father Bernard Zagst; and all the homebound of our parish.
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Mailing Address: 401 21st Street, Alexandria, La. 71301 Church Office/Rectory Telephone: 445-‐3693 Choir Director/Organist Telephone: 487-‐8528 Life House Telephone: 445-‐8473 Fr. Daniel P. O’Connor, V.F., Pastor Fr. Chris Nayak, In Residence Mary Floyd, Parish Manager Annette Curley, Accountant/Margaret Shiver, Receptionist Sr. Virginia Lee Vanderlick, C.D.P., President of OLPS School Jo Tassin, Principal of OLPS School Sr. JoAnn DeLoach, M.S.C., Pastoral Associate Paul Hood, Director of Religious Education Linda Perot, Director of Music Ministry Josh Blakesley, Associate Director of Music Ministry John Lyons, Coordinator of High School Ministry Kristine Antoon, Coordinator of Junior High Ministry Sarah Duncan Mealer, Church Nursery Coordinator Brandon Callahan, Maintenance Supervisor Michael Upton, Finance Council Chair + Bill Aldridge, Pastoral Council Chair Mark Lemaire, School Council Chair SACRAMENTS/LITURGY/DEVOTIONS Mass: Saturday 4 PM Sunday 7, 9 & 10:30 AM; 5:30 PM (Nursery Available for 9, 10:30 AM & 5:30 PM for Newborns through 3 yrs.) Weekdays: 6:30 AM & 5:30 PM Holy Day of Obligation: Vigil -‐ 5:30 PM Holy Day: 6:30 AM; 12:05 P.M. & 5:30 PM Children’s Liturgy of the Word (For ages 4 -‐ 8 yrs.) Sundays at 10:30 AM Sacrament of Penance: Saturdays 3:00 -‐ 3:50 PM and Weekdays before Mass Sacrament of Matrimony: Please contact the Priest no less than four months in advance in order for marriage preparation to begin. Sacrament of Baptism: Baptismal Preparation Class quarterly. Register in advance by calling the Church Office (445-‐3693). Baptisms are ministered by appointment. Sacrament of Holy Eucharist: For the sick and homebound. Contact Sister JoAnn DeLoach, M.S.C. at 445-‐3693. Anointing of the Sick: Please contact our Parish Priests at 445-‐3693. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: The Blessed Sacrament is exposed from 9:00 AM -‐ 5:00 PM every Friday in the Church. RELIGIOUS FORMATION PROGRAMS CCD -‐ Wednesdays during the School year, 6:30 -‐ 7:30 PM Junior High -‐ Wednesdays during the School year, 6:15 -‐7:30 P.M.
READINGS FOR FEB. 26: Genesis 9:8-15; Psalm 25; 1 Peter 3:18–22; Mark 1:12-15 SUNDAY LAGNIAPPE TOPICS ON FEB. 26: Lourdes Room, 9:15 A.M. – Apologetics Lourdes Room, 4:15 P.M. – The Book of Acts of the Apostles IN MEMORY: CHARLES ANDERSON; BRENDA BECKHAM; RAY NUGENT Please pray Mr. Anderson (husband of Mrs. Simmie Anderson); Mrs. Beckham; Mr. Nugent (husband of Mrs. Jane Nugent); and
MASSES OF THE WEEK SUN., FEB. 19: 7:00 A.M. 9:00 A.M.
10:30 A.M. 5:30 P.M. MON., FEB. 20: 6:30 A.M. 5:30 P.M. TUES., FEB. 21: 6:30 A.M. 5:30 P.M. WED., FEB. 22: 6:30 A.M. 8:00 A.M.
Josie, Marilyn and Benton Bordelon, Jr. Al Beach; David Ezernack; Tony Fiorenza; Rose Marie Curley Connor (anniv.); Myrthlee Vanhoof; Intention of Father Dan O’Connor; Living and Deceased Members of the Gueringer/Gagnard Families; Kenneth W. Heldt, Mary E. Heldt, Patricia A. Heldt Our Parish Family Mike Hussey David Ezernack and Jay Carruth (anniv.) Gus Voltz Jr., Ulma and Gus Voltz Sr.; David Voltz, Kathleen and John Hooe Milton Daigre Jay Herrington ASH WEDNESDAY Tony Fiorenza Living and deceased members of the Abe LaHood Family Joey, Spubby and Katie Giordano Poor Souls in Purgatory
12:05 P.M. 5:30 P.M. THURS., FEB. 23: 6:30 A.M. In Thanksgiving for prayers answered 8:00 A.M. Kirby Moras, Jr. 5:30 P.M. James Steven Hellweg FRI., FEB. 24: 6:30 A.M. Joseph Messmer (anniv.) 8:00 P.M. Femy van Dillen 5:30 P.M. James Nelson SAT., FEB. 25: 8:00 A.M. Dena Flynn 4:00 P.M. Howard B. Gist Jr.; Deacon Charles Jones; Mary E. Wilber; Joseph J.Bellais, Eastlyn Bellais McGinnis, James McGinnis; Intention of Rodrick ‘Benny’ Broussard SUN., FEB. 26: 7:00 A.M. Jay Herrington 9:00 A.M. Lorraine Normand; Al Beach; Gordon Ducote;Pete and Lottie Vallery; Myrthlee Vanhoof; Living and Deceased Members of the Gueringer/Gagnard Families; Kenneth W. Heldt, Mary E. Heldt, Patricia A. Heldt; Living and deceased members of the Clarence Flynn Family 10:30 A.M. James Nelson 5:30 P.M. Our Parish Family
OLPS M INISTRY COM M ISSION OPPORTUNITIES BUILDINGS/MAINTENANCE: Chair – Steve Gauthier, 487-0309. COMMUNICATIONS: Chair – Katie Flynn Vanderlick, 792-1939.
COMMUNITY SERVICES: Chair – Susan Harrison, 201-1177. HOSPITALITY: Chair – Jenny Tassin 792-3953. LITURGY: Chair – Chris Armstrong, 641-9916. PARISH AND FAMILY LIFE: Chair – Stacey Besselman, 794-5807. SPIRITUALITY/EDUCATION: Chair – Paul Mathews, 619-9406. STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE: Michael Young, 308-3004. GIFTS REPORT – CHURCH SUPPORT Income needed for Feb. (four Sundays) 70,000.00 Gifts on previous weekends in February 22,595.00 Gifts given last weekend 16,066.00 Amount still needed for February 31,339.00 THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY ‘WHERE WE BELONG’ CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Campaign Goal 5,300,000.00 Pledged to Date 3,381,690.00 Collected to Date 1,806,785.00