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Weekly Bulletin for January 28, 2012
PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL THE DECEASED OF OUR PARISH
ESPECIALLY THOSE REMEMBERED AT THE MEMORIAL MASS BLESSING OF THE THROATS AT ALL MASSES NEXT WEEKEND WELCOME HOLY SAVIOR MENARD FACULTY AND STAFF Catholic Schools Week Mass, 11:00 AM “OUR MISSION CONTINUES...” Please RSVP for and attend a reception! PARISH CALENDAR Saturday, January 28 4:00 -Mass for Bruce DeKeyzer, Gordon Ducote,Nellie Gremillion, James Harrod, Toni L. Hogue, Mclean and Mary Hull, Triston Knoll, Wendall Koury, Sarah Jane Ortego, Jan Tolito, Ruby Trahan, Hazel Van Mol, James Verzwyvelt and family members, Harry Wilmore, Souls in Purgatory 5:30 -Mass for Marvin Finney Sunday, January 29 8:00 -Mass for Thomas Edward Kearns 9:30 -Mass for Leon Lachney - Children’s Church (5 - 10 yrs old) 11:00 -Mass for the people of the parish -Children’s Church (5-10 yrs old) 12:30 -Spanish Mass for Sonia Rodriquez 6:00 -Mass for Intention of Dan Tran Monday, January 30 8:00 -Mass for Frank and Celestine Zangla 6:30 -First Eucharist Parents Meeting (HFC) Tuesday, January 31 8:00 -Mass for Benny Swido, Sr., Janet Swido Morrison 10:00 -Mass at Lexington Home for George Rabalais 6:00 - RCIA (Convent) 6:00 - Exercise Class (HFC) Wednesday, February 1 8:00 -Mass for JoAnne Carlino Coffey 4:45 -Wednesday Evening Meal 6:00 -CCD (HFC) Thursday, February 2 8:00 -Mass for Edwin A. Mathews 1:00 -Wise Crackers Meeting Friday, February 3 8:00 -Mass for Dena Flynn, Nellie Gremillion, Wallace Moreau, George Taylor Roberts, Sid Rud, Jan Tolito, deceased Catholic Daughters Saturday, February 4 4:00 -Mass for Harry Brown, Ben Bruyninckx, Bruce DeKeyzer, Gordon Ducote, Dena Flynn, Nellie Gremillion, Triston Knoll, Wendall Koury, James B. and Marie Michiels, Ruby Trahan, Hazel Van Mol, James Verzwyvelt and family members, Living and deceased members of the Ernest Van Gossen family, Souls in Purgatory 5:30 -Mass for Nanny Thompson, Malcolm and Pat Hebert Sunday, February 5 8:00 -Mass for Sarah Jane Ortego 9:30 -Mass for Willie Britt - Children’s Church (5 - 10 yrs old) 11:00 -Mass for the people of the parish -Children’s Church (5-10 yrs old) 12:30 -Mass for Fred Geisel 6:00 -Mass for Michael C. Scanlan, Jr. ALTAR FLOWERS: If you are interested in donating fresh flowers for the altar, call the church office at 445-7141 ext 20. ALTAR SANCTUARY LAMPS: If you are interested in having a loved one remembered by providing the sanctuary lamps, call the church office at 445-7141 ext 20. $7.50 per candle. ADORATION CHAPEL: The Blessed Sacrament is reserved for adoration by all the faithful in the St. Pius X Chapel located in the rear of the Church building. Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament is strongly encouraged as the Eucharist is the ‘source and summit’ of our spiritual lives. To obtain the combination for the chapel please contact the Church Office at 445-7120. READINGS FOR NEXT WEEKEND: Jb 7:1-4, 6-7 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23 Mk 1:29-30 Catechism 1499-1523 WEDNESDAY EVENING MEAL: 4:45 - 6:00 PM in the Holy Family Center, this week’s menu: Baked Chicken, Macaroni and Cheese, Green Salad, Roll, Dessert, Tea. Cost $4.00 per plate, $5.00 for take outs. For more information call 445-7141 ext 20. Workers this week are the Frances Johnson, Ann Masden, Phyllis Vilar, Sue Douglas, Barbara Meaux and the weekly regulars. OUR OFFERTORY GIFTS Regular CollectionAverage expenses for week $19,966.69 Gifts for the week of January 22 $17,213.23 Short for the week of January 22 $2,753.46 Building Fund Building Fund Collected for January $4,834.50 Holy Family Center Monthly Note $14,005.00 THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY! Moses told the people, “A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you from among your own kinsmen.” God still provides among His people the gifts and talents necessary to continue the work of His Church. What gifts are yours to share? OUR SICK: Andre Bordelon, Hardy Cain, Georgina Fairfield, JoAnne Fogleman, Mary Funk, Patti Holmes, Doris Lemoine, Julius Michiels, Al Schexneider, Tommy Simpson, Gail Sylvia, Steve Tatum RECOVERING, CONVALESCING OR ONGOING TREATMENT: Peggy Bergeron, Shelby Clifton, Melissa Close, Lauraier Contant, Pat Curcio, Troy Deramus, Lorraine Doucette, Cathy Gengo, Jason Guillory, William Hess, Ann LaHood, Bill Norris, Edna Rabalais, Nancy Smith, Fr. Bernard Zagst OUR SHUT- INS: Mary Adams, Eschol Bruyninckx, Elsie Ducote Allen, Harry Armand, Virgie Armand, Minnie Basco, Joseph Belgard, Lizzie Belgard, Maretta Benoit, Calvin Bordelon, Ina Bordelon, Nellie Bordelon, Shirley Bost, Margie Braud, Elaine Brodnax, Daniel Brooks, Frances Bruce, Eschol Bruyninckx, Eleanor Bynum, Larry Cancienne, Madeline Cancienne, Jean Caplan, Verna Mae Carbo, Rita Cormier, Jeanette Couteter, Eula Crooks, Rebecca Curcio, Dorothy Dauzat, Sybil Daw, Aleda DeKeyzer, Frank Dellabitta, Yvonne Dubroc, Michael Dwyer, Thelma Elie, Elsie Farman, Louis Fillette, Mary Fisher, Aline Garon, Flora Gaspard, Lois Gauthier, Oceana Geisel, Carmel Glorioso, Doris Greene, Jessie Griffin, Anita Guillory, Enola Guillory, Gladys Guillory, Claire Hebert, Rose Hudson, Bill Humphries, Connie Klein, Elizabeth Kostrunek, Ann LaHood, George LaHood, Patricia Lamkin, Earline Leavines, Alice LeJeune, Eugenia Mahfouz, Lydia Menache, Josephine Marcotte, Thersia Martin, Alice Mathews, Betty Mathews, Marjorie Mathews, Dorothy McGee, Clemmie Michiels, Julius Michiels, Lettie Michiels, Ann Miller, Ovada Morgan, Eula Mumphrey, Hilda Naquin, Neva Normand, Jacqueline O’Neal, Delores Perkins, Yvonne Perrin, Kathleen Poole, Dorothy Price, John Rabalais, Jerry B. Rachal, Lucille Robinette, Peggy Roch, Theresa Rudisill, Dottie Schwartz, Anita Smith, Enola Stewart, Marie Swido, Catherine Turner, Michael Turner, Susan Schmitt Turner, Frances Vance, Herman Vandersypen, Cornelia Vanlangendonck, Mary G. Verzwyvelt, Rowena Vidrine, Willie Voorhies, Milton Wallace, Inez Williams, Vivian Williamson, Katherine Wood, Elcho Young PRAY FOR OUR CLERGY, RELIGIOUS and THOSE PREPARING FOR HOLY ORDERS: Fr. John Brocato, Fr. Jim Ferguson, Fr. Rickey Gremillion, Msgr. Frederick Lyons, Mr. Patrick McCusker, Fr. Ken Michiels, Sr. Nell Murray, Sr. Hannah Marie O’Brien, Sr. Dale Van Gossen, Sr. Margaret Verzwyvelt, Fr. Craig Scott, Fr. Adam Travis, Rev. Mr. Charlie Ray, Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows, Fr. Vic Vead PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY: 1st Lt. Greg Abide, 1st Lt. Donald R. Bolton, Jr., SSgt Chad Bordelon, Chaplain Captain John Brocato, Sgt. Joseph E. Candiloro, SSgt. Mike Carlin, Sgt. Brad Cavrak, Lieutenant Brian Dendy, PFC Rachael Ducote, CPL. Andrew J. Dunn, Col. Richard Fenoli, Captain Christina Frazier, Captain Mike Frazier, Sgt. Matthew Gallagher, Lance Cpl. Jack Ryan Haller, SMaj Elwood Johnson, SSgt. Bryan Lachney, SSgt. Danielle Lachney, SFC Steven C. Looney, AE Andrew E. Meade, AD Kimber Thomas-Meade, Greg Perkins, CW3 Robert Scioneaux, Lance Cpl Blake Socia, AO1 Jacob Spangler, Corporal Kaitlyn Tritle, 2nd Lt. Francis Jerome Vanderlick, Lt. JG Claire M. Vidrine, Lt JG Matthew D. Warshaw. If you have members of your family who have been called to active military duty, or are already on active duty, please call 445-7141 ext 20 or e-mail us at dbrown@strita.org. Please remember to keep all our military, their families and our country in your prayers. NEW MAILING ADDRESS: Please note that our new mailing address is 3822 Bayou Rapides Rd, Alexandria, LA 71303. We are phasing out our Post Office Box, please address all mail to the office address. –Mrs. Etta Ohrt ARE YOU NEW TO OUR PARISH? If you have not registered, we encourage you to do so. It is important that you do register if you attend church here regularly. That way you will be sure to receive information and services that our parish offers. Please fill out the registration form located in the bulletin racks and simply drop it in the collection basket or mail it to P. O. Box 7056, Alexandria, LA 71306. Some of our young families that grew up in this parish think they are automatically registered parishioners. If you no longer live with your parents and live on your own or have started your own family, you need to register. If you are not sure if you are registered, call 445-7141 ext 20 and we will check your status for you. NOTES FROM THE PASTOR... This week we celebrate Catholic Schools Week, and at St. Rita we welcome the Faculty and Staff of Holy Savior Menard Central High School to the 11:00 AM Mass this weekend. We are very proud of our Diocesan High School. Please join me in thanking the Faculty, Staff, Administration, volunteers, parents and students of Holy Savior Menard. The Feast of St. Blaise, Bishop and Martyr, is February 3. As the final blessing at all Masses next weekend, we will give the general Blessing of the Throats. If you would like to receive an individual blessing, we will be available after Mass. Our Mission Continues... Campaign to retire our parish debt is off to a great start! Please attend a reception and hear about our plans! I appreciate your support and generosity. Please pray for the success of this campaign. –Fr. Scott MEMORIAL MASS at 5:30 Mass this weekend for all the members of St. Rita Church who have died since July 1, 2010 sponsored by the bereavement ministry of the parish. Those who will remembered at the January Mass are: Thelma Chatelain Allen, Thelma Murphy Allen, Dorothy Bordelon, Ethel Bringol, Willie Britt, Rose Broussard, Dr. Perla Castor, Marena Coleman, Florence Crane, Betty Dauzat, Thomas DeKeyzer, Billy Ferguson, Lemmie Gleason, Betty Guillot, Toni Lynn Hogue, Shirley Honeycutt, Billie Hutchison, Leon Lachney, Tommy Marcotte, Etheleen Meaux, Sarah Jane Ortego, Clarence Rachal, Charles Saucier, Betty Jane Setliff, Msgr. Joseph M. Susi, Erica Terrell, Margaret Janet Tolito, Dan Ba Tran, Wayne Vallery, Victor Van, Eloise Vance, John Vanderlick, Harold Wilmore, Carolyn Young. Please plan to join us for this special celebration. LATIN AMERICA COLLECTION: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee on the Church in Latin America, through its pastoral grants program, was able to approve nearly $8 million in grants to 562 projects in more than 224 dioceses in 23 countries in 2009 as a result of the generosity of the faithful Catholics of the U.S. in support of the collection that year for the Church in Latin America. I ask you to consider a contribution to the collection today, and I am grateful for your generosity. Together let us ask the Lord to continue to bless us in all that we do. –Bishop Herzog FIRST EUCHARIST MEETING for parents or guardians of first communicants on Monday, January 30th, in the Holy Family Center at 6:30 PM. It is important that all parents/guardians attend this meeting. (No children, please.) – Sr. Nell Murray SENIOR CITIZENS VALENTINE PARTY will be held on Tuesday, February 14th from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Bring your favorite covered dish as we will provide the meat and drinks. Please call 445-7141 ext 20 to RSVP by Thursday, February 10th. HOLY FAMILY CENTER: For questions concerning the rental or scheduling of the hall please contact Debbie Brown at 445-7141 ext 20. EXERCISE CLASSES on Tuesdays at 6:00 PM in the Holy Family Center. Classes are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Debbie at 445-7141 ext 20. CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS COURT DESMOND will not meet the month of January or February. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, March 22nd at 5:00 PM in the Holy Family Center. All ladies of the parish are invited to attend. ST. VINCENT de PAUL NEEDS VOLUNTEERS TO WORK IN THE STORE! Just a few hours a month would be a great help! The store is open Tuesday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM. For more information or to volunteer, call Mrs. Jeri Brittain at 473-0887. |
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