April 2014 Bayou Catholic Magazine

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

Saint John XXIII

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Canonizations April 27 HOUMA, LA ~ APRIL 2014 ~ COMPLIMENTARY

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Contents

On Our Cover Saint John XXIII

Saint John Paul

Woman of God Hundreds attend conference

Popes John XXIII and John Paul II will be canonized April 27 in St. Peter’s Square, just outside the basilica where the mortal remains of the two rest.

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22 Heavenly Recipes

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Rite of Election

Journey Toward Christ

Diocese greets catechumens and candidates

Ministry reaches ‘lost sheep’

Alzina’s spicy shrimp

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• Welcome

• Pope Speaks

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St. Gregory School

Cursillo

Fifty years strong

Mass honors Father Roch Naquin

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• 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.

The Bayou Catholic is a member of the Catholic Press Association, the National Newspaper Association and an associate member of the Louisiana Press Association.

National and world-wide news service and photos by National Catholic News Service.

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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 Anna C. Givens advertising accounts executive Janet Marcel staff writer Pat Keese secretary and circulation Lisa Schobel Hebert graphic designer Janet B. Eschete accounts payable assistant Meridy Liner accounts receivable assistant

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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 Bella Cosa Fine Gifts ..........................37 Bishop’s Appeal ...................................2 Bueche’s Jewelry ...............................31 Cannata’s .............................................3 Channel 10...........................................45 Catholic Home Missions Appeal .......21 Diocesan Outreach Line ......................5 Diocesan Website ..............................17 Education to Ministry Collection ........23 God’s Promises Books & Gifts ..........29 Good Friday Collection ......................19 LeBlanc & Associates ........................38 MPress ...............................................38 Rod’s Superstore ...............................43 Seminarian Education Burses ...........11 Spotlight .............................................31 St. Bernadette Day Camp 2014 ..........35 Synergy Bank .....................................33 Terminix ..............................................36 Vandebilt Principal Position ................15

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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 Houma-Thibodaux.

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.

Ñöôøng daây ñieän thoaïi Cöùu giuùp Giaùo phaän 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.

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Arturo Mari/L’Osservatore Romano

Louis G. Aguirre, editor of Bayou Catholic, receives communion from Pope John Paul II during the outdoor Papal Mass on the campus of the University of New Orleans in September of 1987.

Editor’s Corner Louis G. Aguirre Editor & General Manager

Holiness

It had to be the hottest day I will ever remember.

I was seated, awaiting the arrival of Pope John Paul II for the outdoor Mass on the campus of the University of New Orleans back in September of 1987. It was so hot, that my suit was dripping with perspiration.

Regardless of the heat, the excitement within me served as a sort of defense against the oppression: I was to receive Communion from the hands of the pope.

Then, the heavens opened up and those thousands of us who had been baked in the sun were suddenly drenched from head to toe as a torrential rain engulfed us. People were literally dropping like Bayou Catholic • Houma, LA • April 2014

flies, many suffering from hypothermia.

The rain did, eventually, stop and the Papal Mass was beautiful. I remember my shoes squishing as I climbed the steps up to the altar to receive Communion. John Paul II was not as tall as I had expected, yet he was a strong man, with piercing blue eyes. In his presence, one knew he had the aura of holiness.

It is, then, very special for me to know that Pope John Paul II, along with Pope John XXIII, will be canonized April 27. Both have had a tremendous impact on our church and on our world.

John XXIII opened the church’s windows and let fresh air in; John Paul II brought the iron curtain down. Both are tremendous examples of how we can accomplish great things in God’s name.

It is perhaps fitting to pray Pope Francis’ favorite prayer, the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi: Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

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Woman of God Hundreds attend conference

The Annual Woman of God Conference was held recently at the Pastoral Center in Schriever.

Franciscan Father Dave Pivonka was one of the keynote speakers for the event. Bishop Shelton J. Fabre welcomed the participants and gave the opening blessing.

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Comment Comfort For My People Bishop Shelton J. Fabre

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Because of the sacred events recalled and celebrated, it is understandable that Holy Week has many great and moving literary works, artistic pieces and musical scores that have served down through the ages to enhance our realization and appreciation of what the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ means for us. In reflecting on these works, one need only call to mind Dirk Bouts’ painting of the Last Supper, or any of the countless depictions of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, or Caravaggio’s moving painting of The Deposition, or Michelangelo’s great sculpture the Pieta. Since this year the Gospel on Passion Sunday will be taken from the Gospel of St. Matthew, we can also mention J.S. Bach’s great musical work St. Matthew’s Passion. All of these and many others like them are thought and prayer provoking with regard to these sacred events.

However, even though these artistic works and countless others like them are all very moving and can serve to enhance our faith, I firmly believe that none of these on their own, nor all of them taken together, have the ability to convey the power and depth of these sacred events in a way that is equal to that of a faith community gathered in prayer to recall and celebrate these events in the life of Jesus Christ that gained for us our salvation. The ability of a faith community gathered in prayer, action and support of one another on these special days in a united

effort to reach the depth of what is expressed in these events in the life of Jesus Christ soars above all artistic, literary or any other attempts to delve into the richness of these events.

While artistic works may serve to enhance the prayer of the community during the sacred liturgies of Holy Week, what is most powerful during the course of these days is the gathered community of the faithful who break the routine of their lives during these days to be present to that which is being celebrated over the course of

these holy days. Long before all the great artistic works that pertain to the death and resurrection of Jesus came about, Catholics gathered in a special way on the days of Holy Week to engage in the solemn and enlightening rituals of the church that surround the celebration of the suffering, death and resurrection of the Lord. For those present at these services, celebrating these realities through the use of song, spoken word and ritual action makes the grace flowing from them present again in their lives and in the life of

the community. Down through the centuries, those who gathered in faith to recall and celebrate these events in the life of Jesus Christ found in these great rituals and in the community gathered a strength that enabled them to face their own sufferings. Knowing of the faith and grace present in these words and ritual actions, as the church our ancestors in faith passed them on to others. They have now been passed on to us, and as the church we must by our participation and by our lived word and example pass them on to those generations of God’s people born in baptism who will follow after us.

In passing on these great faith realities, I invite you to share with your children and grandchildren, with your nieces and nephews, and/or with all who will listen, the sacredness of the days of Holy Week and why they are ‘different.’ Rooting ourselves in the practice and faith expression of our ancestors in faith, I would also encourage you in some active manner to keep in special ways all of Holy Week. Chief among these activities should be attendance at the church’s solemn liturgies that mark these days, especially the Mass of the Lords’ Supper on the evening of Holy Thursday, followed by the Celebration of the Lord’s Passion (and the Stations of the Cross) on Good Friday, the great Easter Vigil in the night on Holy Saturday, and the Mass of Easter Sunday. It is my hope that as many as possible will participate in these liturgies in their parish communities as we walk with the Lord through his passion, death and resurrection.

Holy Week leads us to the joy of Easter Sunday, a day when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and our cries of Alleluia!!! echo throughout the entire season of Easter. As baptized sons and daughters of God who embrace and live the challenges of faith, we are promised in Jesus Christ a similar victory over sin and death. So let us rejoice in the risen Lord!! A blessed and Happy Easter season to all!!!!!

Holy Week leads us to the joy of Easter Sunday

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La Semana Santa nos lleva hacia la felicidad del Domingo de Resurrección

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Hay muchas grandes y conmovedoras obras literarias, piezas artísticas y composiciones musicales que han sido dedicadas a la Semana Santa.

Estos representan los eventos sagrados de Semana Santa y han servido durante la historia de la Iglesia para realzar nuestra comprensión y aprecio por el significado del sufrimiento, la muerte y resurrección de Jesucristo. Al estudiar estas obras, solamente es necesario mencionar «La Ultima Cena,» obra de Dirk Bout, o cualquier otra de las innumerables obras de la crucifixión de Jesucristo, la pintura conmovedora de Caravaggio llamada «La Deposición de Cristo» o la majestuosa escultura «La Piedad» de Miguel Ángel. Ya que este año, el Evangelio del Domingo de Resurrección proviene del Evangelio de San Mateo, podemos además mencionar la gran obra musical de J.S. Bach llamada «La Pasión de Mateo.» Todas estas obras y otras similares estimulan la reflexión y la oración en estos eventos sagrados de Semana Santa.

Sin embargo, a pesar de que estas obras de arte sirvan para conmover y fortalecer nuestra fe, creo firmemente que ninguna de estas por sí solas -o aún todas juntas- tengan la misma habilidad de transmitir el poder y la magnitud de estos eventos sagrados como lo puede hacer una comunidad de fe reunida en oración celebrando estos eventos que remembran la vida de Jesucristo, nuestro Salvador.

La habilidad que tiene una comunidad de fe reunida en oración, en acción y en solidaridad durante estos días especiales -unidos en el esfuerzo de lograr con profundidad espiritual los eventos en la vida de Jesucristosupera cualquier obra artística o literaria en el esfuerzo por ahondarse en la riqueza de estos eventos.

A pesar de que estas obras artísticas sirvan para fortalecer la oración de la comunidad religiosa durante las liturgias sagradas de Semana Santa, la fuerza es mucho mayor en una comunidad de fieles reunidos que rompen la rutina de sus vidas durante la Cuaresma para presentarse y celebrar los eventos durante estos días santos.

Mucho antes que surgieran todas las obras artísticas que representan la muerte y resurrección de Jesús, los católicos se reunían durante los días de Semana Santa para celebrar los ritos de la Iglesia con solemnidad y de manera especial

para remembrar el sufrimiento, muerte y resurrección del Señor.

Los que asisten a estos eventos tienen la habilidad de celebrar estas realidades a través de cantos, el Verbo y los ritos. Esto logra que la gracia fluya de ellos nuevamente en sus vidas y en la vida de la comunidad. Durante siglos, aquéllos que se han reunido en la fe para recordar y celebrar aquellos eventos en la vida de Jesucristo, encontraron en estos ritos y en la comunidad reunida, la fuerza que les ha permitido enfrentar sus propios sufrimientos.

Es necesario conocer y transmitir el conocimiento de la fe y la gracia que hay presente en estos ritos así como nuestros antepasados de fe

nos lo transmitieron a nosotros.

Ellos nos han pasado esta información y como miembros de la Iglesia ahora nos toca a nosotros transmitir el Verbo y la fe a las generaciones futuras de Dios que recibirán el bautismo y que continuarán la fe después de nosotros.

En la labor de pasar estas grandes realidades de fe, les invito a compartir con sus hijos y nietos, con sus sobrinos y sobrinas y/o con todos los que quieran escuchar la santidad de los días de Semana Santa y explicarles por qué es que son «diferentes.» Les pido que no solamente se enraícen en la fe de nuestros padres sino que también lo ejerciten y que trabajen por mantener viva la Semana Santa.

La actividad más importante es asistir a las liturgias solemnes de la Iglesia, en especial, la Misa de la Ultima Cena que se celebra la noche de Jueves Santo, seguido por la Celebración de la Pasión del Señor (y las Estaciones de la Cruz) el Viernes Santo, la gran Vigilia Pascual en la noche del Sábado de Gloria y la Misa de Domingo de Resurrección.

Espero que el mayor número posible de feligreses participen en estas liturgias en sus parroquias siguiendo nuestro camino con el Señor a través de su pasión, muerte y resurrección.

Las Semana Santa nos lleva hacia la felicidad del Domingo de Resurrección, día en el que celebramos la resurrección de Jesucristo de entre los muertos y cuando vitoreamos ¡¡Aleluya!! que se clama durante toda la temporada de Pascua. Somos las hijas e hijos bautizados de Dios que aceptamos y vivimos los desafíos de la fe. Nosotros hemos recibido la promesa de Jesucristo de compartir su victoria sobre la muerte y el pecado. Por eso, ¡¡regocijemos con alegría por el Señor Resucitado!! ¡¡Dios los bendiga a todos ustedes y que tengan una hermosa Pascua!!

Traducido por Julio Contreras, feligrés de la iglesia católica Annunziata, Houma. www.bayoucatholic.com

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Tuaàn Thaùnh Mang Laïi Cho Chuùng Ta Nieàm Vui Chuùa Nhaät Phuïc Sinh

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Vì ñeå töôûng nhôù vaø cöû haønh nhöõng bieán coá thaùnh, moät ñieàu raát hieån nhieân laø Tuaàn Thaùnh coù nhieàu vaên chöông, ngheä thuaät vaø thi ca xuùc ñoäng ñaõ ñöôïc truyeàn laïi qua doøng thôøi gian ñeå toâ ñieåm cho söï nhaän thöùc cuûa chuùng ta vaø caûm nhaän ñöôïc caùi gì goïi laø ñau khoå, söï cheát vaø phuïc sinh maø Chuùa Gieâsu ñaõ mang ñeán cho chuùng ta. Ñeå suy gaãm veà nhöõng taùc phaåm naøy, moãi ngöôøi caàn tìm trong kyù öùc cuûa mình böùc hoaï Böõa Tieäc Ly do Dirk Bouts veõ, hoaëc baát cöù moät böùc tranh khaùc naøo veà cuoäc töû naïn cuûa Chuùa Gieâsu, hoaëc böùc hoaï haï xaùc caûm ñoäng cuûa Caravaggio, hoaëc pho töôïng Meï Saàu Bi beá Chuùa Gieâsu töû naïn (Pieta) ngay chaân thaùnh giaù cuûa Michelangelo. Vì naêm nay Phuùc AÂm ñoïc trong Chuùa Nhaät Leã Laù trích töø Thaùnh Matheâu, chuùng ta cuõng caàn nhaéc ñeán baûn nhaïc baát huû cuûa nhaïc só J.S. Bach noùi veà cuoäc töû naïn. Taát caû nhöõng taùc phaåm vöøa neâu treân vaø caùc taùc phaåm khaùc töông töï gôïi ra nhieàu suy tö vaø nguyeän gaãm thuùc ñaåy chuùng ta nhìn vaøo nhöõng bieán coá thaùnh naøy. Tuy nhieân, maëc daàu nhöõng taùc phaåm ngheä thuaät vöøa neâu treân vaø muoân vaøn nhöõng taùc phaåm töông töï khaùc ñeàu raát caûm ñoäng vaø coù theå giuùp chuùng ta cuûng coá ñöùc tin, nhöng toâi vaãn maïnh daïn tin raèng khoâng coù moät taùc phaåm naøo trong ñoù, hay taát caû caùc taùc phaåm coäng laïi coù ñuû khaû naêng vaïch ra söùc maïnh vaø chieàu saâu cuûa nhöõng bieán coá thaùnh naøy baèng caùch cuøng nhau tuï hoïp trong ñöùc tin, caàu nguyeän vaø cöû haønh nhöõng bieán coá ñoù trong söï soáng cuûa Chuùa Gieâsu, do Ngöôøi maø chuùng ta coù ôn cöùa ñoä. Söï chung vai ñaáu caät cuûa coäng ñoàng daân Chuùa qua lôøi caàu nguyeän, soáng ñaïo vaø naâng ñôõ laãn nhau trong nhöõng ngaøy troïng ñaïi naøy seõ ñaït ñöôïc söï bieát saâu thaúm maø nhöõng bieán coá ñaõ mang laïi trong söï soáng cuûa Chuùa Gieâsu vöôït leân khoûi taát caû caùc taùc phaåm ngheä thuaät, vaên chöông hoaëc nhöõng coá gaéng khaùc maø chuùng muoán giuùp chuùng ta ñaøo saâu veà giaù trò cuûa nhöõng bieán coá naøy.

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Trong khi caùc taùc phaåm ngheä thuaät coù theå giuùp coäng ñoàng daân Chuùa caàu nguyeän vaø daâng Leã soát saéng trong Tuaàn Thaùnh, söùc maïnh tuyeät ñoái trong nhöõng ngaøy ñoù chính laø söï coù maët cuûa coâng ñoàng ñöùc tin, chính hoï ñaõ thoaùt khoûi nhöõng coâng vieäc thöôøng nhaät cuøng nhau tu taäp ñeå cöû haønh moät bieán coá troïng ñaïi ñaõ xaûy ra trong Tuaàn Thaùnh. Khoaûng thôøi gian khaù daøi tröôùc khi coù caùc taùc phaåm vó ñaïi dieãn taû veà söï cheát vaø thaêng thieân cuûa Chuùa thì ngöôøi Coâng Giaùo ñaõ long troïng tuï hoïp trong Tuaàn Thaùnh soát saéng vaø caûm ñoäng cöû haønh nhöõng

nghi Leã Phuïng Vuï cuûa Giaùo Hoäi vaây quanh vieäc töôûng nieäm söï ñau khoå, caùi cheát vaø phuïc sinh cuûa Chuùa.

Nhöõng ai hieän dieän trong nhöõng nghi leã, cöû haønh nhöõng bieán coá naøy qua lôøi ca, baøi giaûng vaø nghi thöùc seõ giuùp cho ôn thaùnh ñang hieän dieän trong hoï moät laàn nöõa tuoân ñoå trong ñôøi soáng khoâng chæ rieâng cho hoï maø coøn cho coäng ñoàng nöõa. Qua nhieàu theá kyû, nhöõng ai tuï taäp trong ñöùc tin ñeå töôûng nieäm vaø cöû haønh nhöõng bieán coá naøy trong söï soáng cuûa Chuùa Gieâsu ñöôïc tìm thaáy qua caùc nghi leã long troïng vaø trong coäng ñoàng ñaõ nhaän ñöôïc söùc

maïnh giuùp hoï ñoái dieän höõu hieäu söï ñau khoå maø hoï gaëp phaûi. Trong söï nhaän thöùc ñöôïc ñöùc tin vaø aân suûng chöùa ñöïng trong lôøi Chuùa vaø nghi leã, vì Giaùo Hoäi tieàn nhaân trong cuøng ñöùc tin ñaõ truyeàn laïi cho ngöôøi khaùc.

Baây giôø ñeán löôït chuùng ta, vaø cuõng vì Giaùo Hoäi qua vieäc tham döï vaø lôøi noùi linh ñoäng vaø göông saùng truyeàn laïi cho con caùi cuûa Chuùa sau naøy, laø nhöõng ngöôøi ñaõ ñöôïc sinh ra trong bí tích Thanh Taåy, theá heä ñeán sau. Ñeå truyeàn baù nhöõng söï thaät ñöùc tin naøy cho theá heä sau, toâi môøi goïi anh chò em haõy chia seû vôùi con caùi vaø chaùu chaét, chaùu trai chaùu gaùi, vaø/ hoaëc taát caû nhöõng ai muoán nghe, veà söï trang nghieâm nhöõng ngaøy trong tuaàn thaùnh vaø taïi sao coù caùi gì ñoù khaùc bieät hôn thöôøng leä. Ñeå ñaët neàn taûng vaøo vieäc soáng ñöùc tin vaø cuøng dieãn ñaït ñöùc tin cuûa cha oâng chuùng ta, toâi cuõng khuyeán khích anh chò em moät caùch naøo ñoù ñaëc bieät tham döï Tuaàn Thaùnh. Vieäc thôø phöôïng chuû yeáu laø tham döï caùc nghi leã Phuïng Vuï cuûa Giaùo Hoäi trong Tuaàn Thaùnh ñöôïc toâ ñaäm trong nhöõng ngaøy naøy, ñaëc bieät nhö Leã Truyeàn Pheùp Thaùnh Theå vaøo ngaøy thöù naêm, sau ñoù laø Nghi Thöùc Töôûng Nieäm Chuùa Chòu Naïn vaø Ñaøng Thaùnh Giaù (thöù saùu), Leã Voïng Phuïc Sinh (thöù baûy) vaø Leã Ngaøy Chuùa Nhaät Phuïc Sinh. Hy voïng cuûa toâi laø baèng moïi caùch coù theå anh chò tham gia nhöõng nghi leã phuïng vuï trong giaùo xöù maø mình tröïc thuoäc, ñeå chuùng ta ñoàng haønh vôùi Chuùa qua söï ñau khoå, töû naïn vaø phuïc sinh cuûa Ngaøi.

Tuaàn Thaùnh mang laïi cho chuùng ta nieàm vui Chuùa Nhaät Phuïc Sinh, ngaøy maø chuùng ta cöû haønh söï phuïc sinh cuûa Chuùa Gieâsu, vaø chuùng ta tung hoâ Alleluia!!! tieáng tung hoâ ñoù vang voïng trong suoát muøa Phuïc Sinh. Laø nhöõng ngöôøi con thöøa töï cuûa Chuùa haõy oâm aáp vaø soáng nhöõng thaùch thöùc cuûa ñöùc tin, chuùng ta cuõng ñöôïc höùa ban do bôûi Chuùa Gieâsu ñöôïc chieán thaéng treân toäi vaø söï cheát. Vì theá haõy vui möøng trong Chuùa Phuïc Sinh!! Chuùc anh chò em muøa Phuïc Sinh thaùnh ñöùc vaø vui veû!!!!!

Dòch thuaät: Linh Muïc Pheâroâ Leâ Taøi, Chaùnh sôû nhaø thôø Our Lady of the Isle.

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, deacon, 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 - Mr. & Mrs. C. Thomas Bienvenu - Harry Booker - Bishop Warren L. Boudreaux (3)* - Rev. Adrian J. Caillouet - Rev. James Louis Caillouet - Bishop L. Abel Caillouet - Judge/Mrs L. P. Caillouet - Msgr. Lucien J. Caillouet - Abdon J. & Ada B. Callais - Harold & Gloria Callais Family - Paul A. Callais - Peter W. Callais - Vincent & Fannie Cannata - Minor Sr. & Lou Ella Cheramie - Maude & Edith Daspit - Mr. & Mrs. Caliste Duplantis family (3)* - Clay Sr. & Evelida Duplantis

- C. Remie Duplantis - Marie Elise Duplantis - Warren J. Harang, Jr. - Msgr. Raphael C. Labit - Msgr. Francis J. Legendre - Rev. Charles Menard - Dr. & Mrs. M.V. Marmande & Fly - Donald Peltier, Sr. (3)* - Harvey Peltier (30)* - Richard Peltier - The Peltier Foundation (2) - Orleans & Louella Pitre - Msgr. Joseph Wester - Robert R. Wright, Jr. - Rev. Kermit Trahan - St. Bernadette Men’s Club - Diocesan K of C - Endowment Fund - $119,136.90

February 2014 Burse Contributions Donald Peltier, Sr. #4 ...................................... $2,000.00 Msgr. James Songy ......................................... $1,000.00 Mr. Eledier Broussard ........................................ $100.00 Jacob Marcello .................................................. $100.00 Rev. Anthony Rousso .......................................... $50.00 11

Open Burses with Balance as of 2/28/14 Mr. Eledier Broussard ................. $13,700.00 Sidney J. & Lydie C. Duplantis ........... $13,000.00 Donald Peltier, Sr. #4 ............................ $11,000.00 Msgr. Raphael C. Labit #2 .................. $10,840.00 Harvey Peltier #31 .............................. $10,486.91 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 Elie & Dot Klingman .............................. $8,320.00 Mr. & Mrs. George C. Fakier ................. $7,600.00 Rev. Victor Toth ..................................... $7,000.00 Brides of the Most Blessed Trinity ......... $5,935.00 Rev. Peter Nies ..................................... $5,810.00 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 ................................ $4,786.00 Msgr. William Koninkx ........................... $4,600.00 Rev. Henry Naquin ................................. $4,221.00 Harry Booker #2 .................................... $4,138.00 Mrs. Shirley Conrad ............................... $4,000.00

Joseph “Jay” Fertitta .............................. $3,700.00 Catholic Daughters ................................ $3,680.00 Kelly Curole Frazier ............................... $3,610.96 J. R. Occhipinti ...................................... $3,400.00 Msgr. James Songy ............................... $3,075.00 Mr. & Mrs. Galip Jacobs ........................ $3,060.00 St. Jude ................................................. $3,000.00 Diocesan K of C #2 ............................... $2,894.62 Rev. Peter H. Brewerton ........................ $2,600.00 Anawin Community ............................... $2,300.00 Rev. Guy Zeringue ................................ $2,200.00 Mrs. Ayres A. Champagne ..................... $2,100.00 Willie & Emelda St. Pierre ...................... $2,000.00 Rev. H. C. Paul Daigle ........................... $1,900.00 Warren J. Harang, Jr. #2 ......................... $1,700.00 James J. Buquet, Jr. ............................... $1,650.00 Msgr. Francis J. Legendre #2 ................ $1,645.00 Rev. Robert J. Sevigny .......................... $1,600.00 Msgr. Emile J. Fossier ........................... $1,545.00 Dr. William Barlette, Sr........................... $1,525.00 Msgr. Stanislaus Manikowski ................ $1,525.00 Mr. & Mrs. John Marmande .................... $1,500.00 Deacon Robert Dusse’ ........................... $1,450.00 Msgr. John L. Newfield .......................... $1,200.00 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 Rev. Anthony Rousso ............................. $1,000.00 Deacon Willie Orgeron ............................. $800.00 Jacob Marcello .......................................... $800.00 Deacon Roland Dufrene ........................... $750.00 Juliette & Eugene Wallace ......................... $700.00 Deacon Edward J. Blanchard ................... $660.00 Deacon Raymond LeBouef ...................... $550.00 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Cannata .................... $500.00 Ronnie Haydel .......................................... $485.00 Deacon Harold Kurtz ................................ $300.00 Richard Peltier #2 ..................................... $300.00 Claude Bergeron ...................................... $250.00 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Naquin .......................... $150.00 Deacon Connely Duplantis ........................ $100.00 Deacon Pedro Pujals ................................ $100.00 Rev. John Gallen ....................................... $100.00 Rev. Hubert C. Broussard ........................ $ 50.00 Deacon Eldon Frazier .............................. $ 50.00 Deacon Nick Messina .............................. $ 50.00 Rev. Warren Chassaniol ........................... $ 50.00

Overall Seminarian Burse Totals: $1,441,058.39 www.bayoucatholic.com

Comment The Pope Speaks

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -Just over five weeks before the canonizations of Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II, Rome hotels are reporting they are almost fully booked and the Vatican has confirmed the Mass will take place in St. Peter’s Square, despite knowing that hundreds of thousands of people will have to watch the ceremony on large video screens.

Pope Francis had announced in late September that he would proclaim the two popes saints in a single ceremony April 27, Divine Mercy Sunday.

Less than two weeks after the date was announced, the Prefecture of the Papal Household issued an advisory that access to St. Peter’s Square would be firstcome, first-served and warned pilgrims that unscrupulous tour operators already were trying to sell fake tickets to the Mass.

With perhaps more than 1 million people expected to try to attend the liturgy, rumors abounded that the Vatican would move the ceremony to a wideopen space on the outskirts of town. But the Vatican confirmed Feb. 27 that the Mass would be held in St. Peter’s Square, just outside the basilica where the mortal remains of the two rest.

Blessed John Paul, known as a globetrotter who made 104 trips outside Italy, served as pope from 1978 to 2005 and was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on Divine Mercy Sunday, May 1,

2011. Blessed John XXIII, known particularly for convoking the Second Vatican Council, was pope from 1958 to 1963; Pope John Paul beatified him in 2000.

In July, Pope Francis signed a decree recognizing the healing of a Costa Rican woman with a lifethreatening brain aneurysm as the miracle needed for Blessed John Paul’s canonization. The same day, the Vatican announced that the pope had agreed with members of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes that the canonization of Blessed John should go forward even without a second miracle attributed to his intercession.

A first miracle is needed for beatification. In Pope John Paul’s cause, the miracle involved a French

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nun suffering from Parkinson’s disease, the same disease the pope had. In the cause of Pope John, the Vatican recognized as a miracle the healing of an Italian nun who was dying from complications after stomach surgery.

In February, Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, said Pope Francis did not skip an essential step in approving Blessed John’s canonization, but “only shortened the time to give the entire church the great opportunity of celebrating 2014 with John XXIII, the initiator of the Second Vatican Council, and John Paul II, who brought to life

the pastoral, spiritual and doctrinal inspiration of its documents.”

The cardinal said Pope Francis did not dismiss the need for a miracle attributed to the late pope’s intercession, but recognized that the “positio” or official position paper prepared for Blessed John’s cause, is “full of accounts of miracles” and favors granted by God through his intercession. One case, often mentioned, involves a woman from Naples who accidently swallowed cyanide; she believes her poison-induced liver damage was miraculously reversed after prayers to Blessed John.

Asked by reporters in July to describe the two late popes, Pope Francis said Blessed John was “a bit of the ‘country priest,’ a priest

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who loves each of the faithful and knows how to care for them; he did this as a bishop and as a nuncio” in Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and France before becoming a cardinal and patriarch of Venice.

He was holy, patient, had a good sense of humor and, especially by calling the Second Vatican Council, was a man of courage, Pope Francis said. “He was a man who let himself be guided by the Lord.”

As for Blessed John Paul, Pope Francis told the reporters on the plane, “I think of him as ‘the great missionary of the church,” because he was “a man who proclaimed the Gospel everywhere.”

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Question Corner Father Kenneth Doyle

Cost of annulments

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Q. I have two daughters with two children each. Sadly, the older daughter has been divorced now for about a year and a half.

She has come back to the church and is receiving the sacraments and has not remarried.

The younger one is separated and is heading for divorce. She would like to come back to the church but is not quite ready yet. I’ve been telling them that without annulments to their first marriages, they cannot continue to receive the sacraments. I haven’t discussed with my daughters how money enters into the annulment process.

I keep hearing rumors -which I hope are just that -that annulments cost money and that the more money one provides, the better chance one has of getting an annulment, or of getting it speedily. Please set me straight so that I can advise them correctly. (Virginia Beach, Va.)

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A. I want to focus first on your statement that “without annulments to their first marriages, they cannot continue to receive the sacraments.” That is untrue -- although, sadly, many people believe it. Divorce, by itself, does not render a Catholic ineligible for the Eucharist. Only a second marriage -- without church approval -- does that, and neither of your daughters has at this point entered into a second marriage.

Another point of clarification: You speak of your daughters “coming back to the church,”

which makes me wonder whether they may have drifted away from regular practice because their first marriages took place without church approval.

If so, those marriages can be rendered null very simply, with a minimum of paperwork. If, instead, those earlier marriages were “done right” in the church’s eyes, they could still be annulled if there were circumstances from the start which precluded a true sacramental union -- which requires testimony from the petitioner and (if willing) from the former spouse, as well as from witnesses who knew the couple at the time of the marriage.

Finally, regarding your concern about the cost of the annulment process, because annulments require significant staff time, sometimes follow-up interviews or evaluation of testimony by psychologists, petitioners are generally asked to help defray the cost. In our diocese, they are asked to contribute $350.

Here is what our annulment brochure tells the applicant: “If anyone requires a reduction or total waiver of the fee, the tribunal will arrange to honor such a request.”

And then (all in upper-case letters): “Under no circumstances will a person’s petition be rejected because that person is unable or unwilling to meet the expense incurred by the tribunal in a given case.”

That statement is typical of all dioceses and should lay to rest the widely circulated myth that money has any bearing on an annulment.

Christ’s mention of heaven and hell

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Q. I have read a statement by a religion writer that Jesus spoke more about hell than about heaven. Is this a fact, and are you aware of any research that supports such a statement?

(Although I know that Jesus definitely did speak of hell, I have always felt that this was balanced by the times he referred to people being in union with God in the next world.) (Lancaster, Ohio)

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A. The difficulty of doing a “word search” is that Jesus uses several different expressions for heaven and for hell, and each must be interpreted according to the context.

One commentator on religion, a man named John Wallace who writes a blog called “John’s Ramblings,” attempted the comparison you asked about.

He looked at the times the Bible referenced Christ talking about “paradise” and “kingdom of heaven” and matched them against quotes including expressions such as “Gehenna,” a Hebrew word also referencing hell, and “darkness.”

His conclusion was that heaven was spoken of by Jesus in the Gospels 123 times and hell used 27 times. No tally will be universally accepted. But the 13 important thing is that Jesus talked about heaven and hell.

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

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Reflections Readings Between The Lines Father Glenn LeCompte

Did Jesus anticipate his death?

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A friend of mine who was an Iraq War veteran showed me a photograph he had taken of the remnants of the wall of ancient Babylon.

Archeologists had reconstructed the wall to what was believed to be its original height using materials of a different color from the original wall so as to distinguish between it and their additions to it.

Like that reconstructed wall, many Gospel passages contain material from the historical Jesus, but also additions by the early church and even the evangelist in whose Gospel the passage appears. A case in point is Mark 2:18-20, which I advise that you read before reading the rest of this article.

Mark 2:18-20 is a pronouncement story, in which Jesus is confronted by the disciples of John the Baptist and the Pharisees because Jesus’ disciples do not fast. As is typical in such stories, Jesus effectively responds to the query with a wise saying. Jesus’ saying here is lengthy, inasmuch as it spans verses 19-20. First he uses a parabolic example from everyday life: when the bridegroom is present wedding guests feast; they are not able to fast! Only when the bridegroom is “taken away” from the wedding guests do they fast. The disciples’ behavior is counter-cultural, but in his pronouncement, Jesus gives a rationale for their apparent lack

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of piety. Metaphorically, Jesus is present as the bridegroom, and the advent of the Kingdom is the wedding feast. The disciples’ lack of fasting suggests the presence of the Kingdom in Jesus.

While the narrative comment in the first half of verse 18, “Now the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting ... ” is from the evangelist, was the actual question comparing the divergent practices of John’s and the Pharisees’ disciples really posed to Jesus in his day? John Meier (A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, vol. II, pp. 442-443) observes that the phrase “disciples of the Pharisees” most likely refers to Pharisean sympathizers after 70 A.D., when the Temple was destroyed, who favored the teaching of the Pharisees, a dominant group within Judaism at this time. In addition, while “disciples of John” and “your (Jesus’) disciples” depict followers gathered around a great teacher, there is no single great leader indicated in the phrase, “disciples of the Pharisees.”

Most likely, then, the story was originally a comparison of fasting practices between disciples of John and Jesus. Mark probably added, “disciples of the Pharisees,” to help develop his plot (Meier, Marginal Jew, vol II, pp. 443-444), wherein the Pharisees appear as enemies.

Carefully considered, Jesus’ allusion to his death (the removal of the bridegroom) as the rationale for the disciples’ fasting at a later time is another oddity in this passage.

As Meier observes, it is possible that Jesus could have anticipated his death, especially with John the Baptist’s demise fresh in memory.

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speaking to the Baptist’s disciples, but to unnamed inquirers. How could they have understood the point that Jesus’ disciples feast now, but will deliberately defer fasting until he dies? The point would be more understandable after Jesus died.

Additionally, verse 20 strains to be understood. Would wedding guests really fast when the bridegroom leaves? And would it not be more sensible to presume that the bridegroom would remain in his home and the guests, rather, would leave for their homes? The awkwardness of Jesus’ allusion to his death to show that his disciples will fast, but at an appropriate time, suggests that verse 20 has been added to adapt the original story to the situation of the early church. It explains why Jesus’ disciples practice fasting as an act of mourning for Jesus’ (physical) absence from them.

Meier suggests that the original story probably read as follows: “And they come and say to Jesus: ‘Why do the disciples of John fast, but your disciples do not fast?’

And Jesus said to them: ‘Can the wedding guests fast when the bridegroom is with them?’” ((Meier, Marginal Jew, vol II, p. 446). Then Meier poses the climactic question: “Can the substance, if not the exact wording of the tradition in [the verses he deems authentic] be traced back to an actual exchange in the life of the historical Jesus and correspondingly to a particular practice of his disciples with regard to fasting?” (Ibid.). In my next article, I will summarize Meier’s answer to this question and offer some final comments on “The Quest of the Historical Jesus.”

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Born in France the eldest of 15 children of a prosperous shopkeeper, Benedict tried unsuccessfully to join a religious order. He was rejected as too young, too delicate and too eccentric. After a pilgrimage on foot to Rome around 1770, he spent several years wandering among Western Europe’s Catholic shrines, begging as he went. From 1774 on, he stayed in Rome, spending his days praying in churches and his nights in the ruins of the Colosseum.

The Roman people esteemed this mendicant pilgrim, whose health finally failed, as a “new St. Francis.”

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Vandebilt Catholic High School Houma, Louisiana Who May Apply: A Catholic who is in full communion in the church Salary: Based on qualifications and experience How to Apply:

Blessed Savina Petrilli 1851 - 1923 feast - April 18 Born in Siena, Italy, this foundress had a lifelong devotion to St. Catherine of Siena. As a young member of a Marian sodality, she taught catechism to street children and gradually felt called to serve abandoned children and the poor. At 22, she began the work of establishing the Congregation of the Sisters of the Poor of St. Catherine of Siena, which received papal approval in 1877.

Somewhat impulsive and impatient, Savina made a special vow never to deliberately refuse God anything. She counseled her sisters, “Whoever looks at us must see Jesus in us.” She died of cancer and was beatified in 1988. Her congregation serves today in Italy, South America, Asia and the United States.

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Catherine was the 24th of 25 children of a Sienese dyer; her mystical experiences and raptures began at age 6. She refused to marry, and about 1367 joined the Third Order of St. Dominic. She attracted a like-minded group in Siena for prayer and good works, and devoted her last five years to church unity and ending the scandal of rival papacies. Though she experienced the pain of the stigmata, it became visible only after her death at 33. And, in an odd division of relics, her body is in a Roman church, while her head is in a Sienese church. Named a doctor of the church in 1970, Catherine is a patron saint of Europe and Italy, and the patron of fire prevention, nurses and nursing.

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Young Voices

Why should teens attend events like Junior High Faith Experience?

I think teens should attend events like Junior High Faith Experience because it helps you to better understand God’s love for you. It also shows you ways to share God’s love with others and learn more about your Catholic faith. The Junior High Faith Experience was a blast! I enjoyed spending the day with my friends while at the same time learning about God’s love!

Emma Hebert, 12 years old Our Lady of the Rosary Church parish, Larose Holy Rosary Catholic School

Teens should attend Junior High Faith Experience and other events like this because they bring you closer to God. It guides your faith to grow and learn more about him. Retreats and missions allow me to recognize “God moments,” like John Angotti says, and to see them more clearly.

Alyssa Rene’ Landry, 12 years old Sacred Heart Church parish, Morgan City Central Catholic High School

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This fall I was privileged to attend the Junior High Faith Experience at Nicholls State University. I think that all teens should attend the Junior High Faith Experience because it gives teenagers a chance to learn more about their faith.

Teenagers can get ideas from others on how to make Christian decisions.

Derek Landry, 14 years old Community of St. Anthony, Gheens Holy Savior Elementary School

Personally, I think that it is an amazing way to grow closer to God in a fun way. I honestly had no idea just how much fun I would have. Not only did I have a good time, I really think that this experience brought me closer to God in a way I’d never imagined before.

John Trapp, 13 years old St. Francis de Sales Cathedral parish St. Francis de Sales Cathedral School

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n Food for the Journey, Tuesday, June 3, Quality Hotel, Houma, 10:45-12:45 p.m. Rev. Clyde Mahler, speaker.

Pastoral Center Conference Hall, 7-9:30 p.m. Anyone 21 years or older can attend. n Chrism Mass, Tuesday, April 15, Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales, 7 p.m. n Adore, Wednesday, April

30, 7 p.m., Houma Municipal Auditorium. n Canon Law, Wednesday, April 30, diocesan Pastoral Center Conference Hall, 6-8:15 p.m. Very Rev. Vicente DeLa Cruz, J.V., speaker.

information, call Catholic Charities at (985) 876-0490. n Food for the Journey, Tuesday, May 6, Quality Hotel, Houma, 10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Rev. Mike Tran, speaker. n Man of God Gathering, diocesan Pastoral Center Conference Hall, Tuesday, May 6. Meal is served at 6 p.m.; events begin at 6:30 p.m. Free

event; all men over 18 years of age are invited. n Canon Law, Wednesday, May 7 and 14, diocesan Pastoral Center Conference Hall, 6-8 :15 p.m. Very Rev. Vicente DeLa Cruz, J.V., speaker n Transitional Diaconate Ordination, Saturday, May 24, St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux, 10 a.m.

n Steubenville on the Bayou, Friday, June 27 through Sunday, June 29, Houma Terrebonne Civic Center. Registration is now

open. Visit the website at www. steubenvilleonthebayou.com for more information.

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n Youth Rally 2014, “Risen and Redeemed,” Saturday, April 12, Nicholls State University.

Doors open at 12:20 p.m.

Registration at the door is $50. n Adult Night of Praise, Friday, April 11, diocesan

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Support Christians in the Holy Land The collection will be held April 18, 2014

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Holy Thursday Chrism Mass readings: Isaiah 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9 Revelation 1:5-8 Luke 4:16-21 Mass of the Lord’s Supper readings: Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-15

Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion Isaiah 52:13— 53:12 Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 18:1—19:42

Holy Saturday Genesis 1:1—2:2 Genesis 22:1-18 Exodus 14:15— 15:1 Matthew 28:1-10

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Solemnity of Easter Thursday Acts 3:11-26 Luke 24:35-48

Solemnity of Easter Friday Acts 4:1-12 John 21:1-14

Solemnity of Easter Saturday Acts 4:13-21 Mark 16:9-15

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Easter Weekday Acts 5:27-33 John 3:31-36

Memorial of Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the church Acts 5:34-42 John 6:1-15

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Heavenly Recipes

Alzina’s

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Story and Photos by Lawrence Chatagnier This month’s heavenly recipe comes from the queen of Cajun cuisine, Alzina Toups. Alzina’s shrimp with a spicy garlic sauce is a treat for the senses with its aroma of shrimp and tomato sauce mingled with onions and garlic, and the spiciness of hot red pepper flakes.

She has been cooking in a converted welding shop in Galliano, which she now calls Alzina’s Kitchen, for the past 33 years. The kitchen is an open space with stoves and ovens on one side and rows of tables on the other where her guests enjoy her Cajun dishes that rival those of many fine restaurants found in large cities.

22 Long before she opened her kitchen she worked with her husband on a shrimp boat for many years. “I was on the shrimp boat with my husband when I realized that I could cook. All of my family on my mother and father’s side were great cooks. I can still remember dishes that my mother used to cook. When I think of them I can even taste them to this day,” she says.

Alzina opens her kitchen to a variety of guests who come from all over the world. She is well known by priests of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux for her cooking skills. She has prepared meals for the priests in the South Lafourche area since the diocese was created in 1977. She has also cooked for every bishop who has served in the diocese.

The cook used to attend daily Mass at St. Joseph in Galliano but since having by-pass surgery she has slowed down some. “I don’t get up as early as I used to.

While I don’t attend daily Mass anymore I watch it on TV every day.”

Alzina finds that cooking is very relaxing for her.

However, she also enjoys crocheting in her spare time.

She uses dollies that she makes herself to enhance the presentation of some of her dishes. Alzina also crochets caps for cancer patients. She just sent 120 caps to the Shriners Hospitals in Galveston and Shreveport, and also brings some to Our Lady of the Sea in Galliano.

In years past Alzina would cook everything herself.

For the past three years her granddaughter Jenny has helped her in the kitchen. “My cooking is a gift from God. I enjoy sharing my gift with others. I also enjoy sharing this gift with my granddaughter. I am teaching her what I know. It’s good to see her use the gifts she’s been given. Everyone has a gift from God. But not everyone uses their gifts,” she says in her distinct Cajun accent.

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Alzina enjoys cooking and meeting the people that she cooks for. “I am a patient person. I also take time at what I am doing. I am comfortable with people and those who come to my kitchen also feel comfortable.

I will be doing this as long as God wants me to. We all have a destination. Only God knows what that destinations is.”

Shrimp with a spicy garlic sauce

3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 2 tbsp butter 1 medium onion, peeled and diced 6 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced 1/2 cup tomato sauce 2 tbsp tomato paste 1 tsp sugar Salt to taste 1/2 tsp hot red pepper flakes 2 tbsp parsley, finely chopped 2 tbsp green onion, thinly sliced 1 lb. medium shrimp In olive oil and butter, sauté onion and garlic six to eight minutes. Add the tomato sauce and tomato paste; season with sugar, salt and pepper flakes. Cook until the liquid is reduced by about half. Add a small amount of chicken broth as necessary (optional). Stir in parsley, green onion and shrimp. Cook until the shrimp turn pink (three to five minutes), then remove the pan from heat. Serves four.

Alzina’s note: Here is a wonderfully tasty and easy shrimp dish that is great with rice, spaghetti or thick bread sliced.

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Many are Called

Few Are Chosen

This Easter Season Please Remember A Special Diocesan Collection For Education To Ministry.

The collection will be held the weekend of April 19 and 20.

Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

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Church Life

Diocese welcomes

28 catechumens and 33 candidates Bishop Shelton J. Fabre greeted 28 catechumens and 33 candidates of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux at the Rite of Election ceremony on the first Sunday of Lent at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux.

At the Rite of Election of Catechumens and the Rite of the Call to Continuing Conversion of Candidates, the catechumens and candidates gather with others from throughout the diocese and have a sense of being part of the larger church community.

The catechumens, those who have not been baptized, are called forth by name. Their godparents are questioned with regard to their readiness. The catechumens are then invited to sign their name in the Book of the Elect. Next they are greeted by the celebrant and officially declared to be members of the “elect” or chosen by God to be initiated at the Easter 24 Vigil. n Catechumens from the church parishes of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux are: Willie Andras, St. Lawrence, Kraemer; Jeremy Chesteen, Quinn Toups, Holy Cross, Morgan City; John Chautin, Thuy Dang, Abigail Esteban, Leif Hansen, Mario Sanchez, Sacred Heart, Morgan City; Vickie Ford, Christ the Redeemer, Thibodaux; Jasmine Richard, St. Joseph Co-Cathedral, Thibodaux; Dashaun Rounds, St. Luke the Evangelist, Thibodaux; Ciara Stegall, Amanda Weaver, St. Thomas Aquinas, Thibodaux; Brandon Chauvin, Daisey Lirette, Ronnie Pellegrin, St. Joseph, Chauvin; Misty Blanchard, St. Louis, Bayou Blue; Shana Naquin, Shana Wickersham, Alexis Soudelier, Maria Immacolata, Houma; Kaysee Carrere, St. Bernadette, Houma; Liza Naquin, Chris Odis, St. Charles Borremeo, Pointe-aux-Chenes, Tyler Creel, Sacred Heart, Cut Off; Robert Milligean, St. Joseph, Galliano; Alyssa Brossette, Our Lady of Prompt Succor, Golden Meadow; Ashlie LeBlanc, Holy Savior, Lockport; Jenni Mendez, St. Hilary of Poitiers, Mathews; n Candidates from the church parishes of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux are: Bryce Granier, St. Lawrence the Martyr, Kraemer; Cody Blanco, Yvonne Foret (Grizzaffi), Gloria Oubre, Holy Cross, Morgan City; Irving Delgado, Sacred Heart, Morgan City; John Andrews, Amber Babin, Megan Boudreaux, Renee Jones, Jonathan Smith, Christ the Redeemer, Thibodaux; Vincent Tabler, St. Bishop Shelton J. Fabre greets candidate Megan Boudreaux of John the Evangelist, Thibodaux; Koethe Bourgeois, Christ the Redeemer Church parish in Thibodaux during the Rite Kolton Bourgeois, Brian Calkins, Colin Mathison, Austin Utley, St. Thomas Aquinas, of Election ceremony at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux.

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Catechumen Ashlie LeBlanc of Holy Savior Church parish in Lockport signs the Book of the Elect as diocesan RCIA co-coordinator Lillie Brunet assists during the Rite of the Election ceremony at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux.

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Sponsor Laura Sanders places her hands on the shoulders of catechumens Amanda Weaver and Jasmin Richard during the Rite of Election ceremony.

Catechumens, candidates Thibodaux; Cheyenne Cantrelle, Kimberley Cantrelle, Donna Carreker, St. Ann, Bourg; Terri Billiot, Cody Bueche, Roxanne Fanguy, Magon Lirette, Todd Ohda, Tiffani Plaisance, St. Joseph, Chauvin; Faith Boudreaux, St. Louis, Bayou Blue; Siria Conde, Jeremy Guidry, Blake Luke, Annunziata, Houma; Richele Hebert, Our Lady of Prompt Succor, Golden Meadow; Jessica Gros, Holy Savior, Lockport; Erin Baudoin, St. Hilary of Poitiers, Mathews; and

Kade Foret, St. Mary’s Nativity, Raceland.

Those who participated in the ceremony were Deacon Stephen Brunet, master of ceremonies; Very Rev. Joshua Rodrigue and Rev. Eric Leyble, assisting master of ceremonies; Deacon Dennis Dupre, deacon of the Gospel; Hernan “Roge” Roger, cross bearer; Woody Louviere, book bearer; Deacon James Brunet, book of the elect; Carolyn Dupre, Kathy Ritter, readers; Ellen Heidenreich,

psalmist; Lillie Brunet, narrator; Judy Levron, ribbons for catechumens and candidates; Linda Ayzinne, Drew Bailey, Mona Dupe, Mary Labit, Margaret Orgeron, Sis Roger, hospitality/ reception ministers; Rev. Glenn LeCompte, Rev. Joseph Pilola, Amy Adams, Ellen Heidenreich, Kim Champagne, Katie Heidenreich, music ministry; Very Rev. Carl Collins, V.F., Very Rev. Dean Danos, V.F., and Very Rev. Robert Rogers, V.F., calling of the names. www.bayoucatholic.com

Our Schools

St. Gregory Barbarigo School

50 years strong Story by Janet Marcel Photos by Lawrence Chatagnier St. Gregory Barbarigo Catholic Elementary School in Houma opened its doors Sept. 1, 1964, with an enrollment of 144 students staffed by the School Sisters of Notre Dame with Sister Basil as the first principal. There are approximately 175 students enrolled for the 2013-14 school year.

According to Elizabeth Scurto, principal since the 2006-2007 school year, St. Gregory School’s 26 size is one of the aspects that make it unique. “We are very small. We call ourselves the St. Gregory family; and it is real.

Every adult and every student knows every student and adult by name. We all know each other very well and that brings us together.”

Faculty members and students echo the principal’s sentiments.

St. Gregory principal Elizabeth Scurto and Father Evelio Buenaflor Jr., pastor Denise Dover has been teaching fifth, sixth and seventh grade math and religion at St. Gregory for two years. about the wonders of God, and to be secure and safe.

“My choice to teach at St. Gregory is a ‘comingWe have fun learning with the teachers. St. Gregory home’ story. To begin I was a student at St. Gregory is like a second home with others. I feel God’s grace through seventh grade. After high school graduation, changing my life every day. Because of St. Gregory, I I was once again at St. Gregory working as a finally feel like I mean something.” paraprofessional. This inspired my decision to become Another unique aspect of the school, says Scurto, a teacher. I went on to teach at various schools for is the way it embraces diversity. “We have many several years but felt I was in need of a change. When students who are special needs children and we accept I began teaching at St. Gregory, I felt like I was home them and we do whatever it takes to help them to again. I was once again in that same wonderful place. learn. We have a philosophy that all children can I am so very grateful to be part of St. Gregory’s loving, learn and it is our responsibility to teach them in the close-knit school family with a faculty and fantastic way that they learn. We keep doing it until we get it students who share each day filled with prayer, faith right. We don’t tolerate diversity; we embrace it. Any and learning,” Dover says. student on any given day is a special needs student; Seventh grade student Seth Pellegrin, says that any student can need something special any day, so what he values most about the Catholic education that’s the way we look at it.” he is receiving at St. Gregory School is, “how they Intervention teacher Genny Gottschalk has been prepare us to leave the pond to go to the ocean. Let teaching at St. Gregory for four years. She says, “My me just say that St. Gregory doesn’t just teach you children attend St. Gregory. I heard a strong calling prayers. They teach us how to make friends, learn to be there. As I volunteered my time, the calling Bayou Catholic • Houma, LA • April 2014

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Seventh grader, Seth Pellegrin

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Our Schools became stronger. When I volunteered to help in the absence of a teacher, I loved helping all students succeed, especially those who struggled. All students need a little more sometimes, making them all unique and special the way God planned it. God asked me to help.”

The school offers two very active clubs, a Junior Beta club and a 4H club. The Junior Beta club has 30 members. This little club is ranked number one in service in the State of Louisiana and fourth in nation.

The award winning 4H club is offered to students starting in Pre-K. The younger children’s group is called the Clover Buds.

As is the case in all of the Catholic schools in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, parent and grandparent involvement at St. Gregory School is remarkable, says Scurto. “We would not be able to do all we do for our students without their help. They deliver and serve lunch, substitute in classrooms and just do whatever we need them to do. We could not exist and be as successful as we are without them. The school has a very active parent teacher organization, as well.”

Although there are some challenges operating a small Catholic elementary school, Scurto says the blessings far outweigh the challenges. “The greatest blessing is that we get to pray together every morning as a school.”

Each morning when the bell rings, everyone in the school gathers in the cafeteria for a prayer assembly.

They pray for all student and faculty intentions. They also learn about the “saint of the day,” and they know 28 that they have to be like and model that saint.

Third grader Sophia Rieve says what she likes best about attending St. Gregory School is, “My teachers are always there for me when I need help. My teachers help me to be more Christ-like and help me to make better choices. Well, I’m not good at math or spelling, but all I really need to know is how to be a good Catholic. The limits of the Catholic faith are the limits of your world.”

Finances are just about the only challenge the school faces, but the principal says they have really overcome that. “The Lord has blessed us with many generous donors and grants. The children pray for what the school needs and they really understand it’s because of their prayers and because they have faith that God is going to answer those prayers that he takes care of us,” says Scurto. “We have a lot of trust in divine providence. We don’t worry about the finances. We are very frugal; we spend very carefully and we watch every penny. And I really believe it’s because we take care of what we have that God blesses us. We’re happy with what we have.

We also have a wonderful faculty; everyone who teaches here had a calling to come here. They all work for God and his children.”

Fifth grade student John Walker says, “St. Gregory School has truly been an experience for me. There are many things I love about it, but the way they give me courage to have a true relationship with God is the best part of my faithful experience here at this Catholic school. They truly make me believe that a child’s prayer can do miracles in the world. This school is comforting and I know it is holy ground that Bayou Catholic • Houma, LA • April 2014

Andrea Gregoire, science and social studies teacher

I choose to stand on. This courageous school has made a difference in my Catholic education tremendously.

Through hard work and friendship, I have been at this school for only two years and have seen and heard it all, that I am supported in a way that I could use this school’s teachings for years to come.”

Scurto says that when parents come there to visit the school, they say they feel the warmness and friendliness there; they feel that Christ is there in the school and they can tell that it is a happy place.

Andrea Gregoire, fifth, sixth and seventh grade science and social studies teacher for one year, says, “One reason I chose to teach at St. Gregory is because my son attended the school for three years. Easton is in second grade and I have loved the family-oriented atmosphere since he first began in early childhood education. Another reason I chose to teach here is because I love God and children. I also love how I am able to teach children about God and practice my faith every day. I am a firm believer that all things happen for a reason and I know God brought me here to St. Gregory when I leave school with a smile on my face.

This school has been a blessing to me and my family.”

The school enjoys a wonderful relationship with the church parish, the parishioners and the community who are all very generous to the school. “The people are very good to us,” says Scurto. “St. Gregory School is a wonderful place, a good place to be.”

LAWRENCE CHATAGNIER/BAYOU CATHOLIC

Sister Laura Marta Solano, M.C.S.H. (center), superior general of the Missionary Catechists of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, recently traveled from Mexico City to make a pastoral visit in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. Sister Laura was greeted by Bishop Shelton J. Fabre, who thanked her for giving us two Sisters to work among the Hispanic Catholics of the diocese. Also in the photo are Sister Silvia Serrano, M.C.S.H. (left), and Sister Eufemia Santiago, M.C.S.H. They minister in Amelia, Cut Off, Houma, Morgan City and Thibodaux.

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Sisters of Peace associates Seven women were recently installed as “Associates of the Dominican Sisters of Peace,” at Annunziata Church parish in Houma. They are from left Gayle Domangue, Patricia “Teetsie” Domangue, Mary Evans, Margaret Coleman, Beth Ledet, JoAnne Morrison and Jane Quatman.

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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 May 6 is Father Mike Tran.

Father Tran, a native of Vietnam, was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux August 10, 2002. He currently serves as pastor of Annunziata Church parish in Houma. Since being ordained, he has also served as associate pastor of St. Genevieve Church parish in Thibodaux and St. Luke the Evangelist Church parish in Thibodaux, and as pastor of Our

Lady of the Isle Church parish in Grand Isle and St. Mary’s Nativity Church parish in Raceland.

Those who plan to attend the May 6th event should RSVP with their name, phone number and church parish by Thursday, May 1st. 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.”

Applications sought for 2014 Inspirational teacher of the year

The Catholic Schools Office is once again seeking to honor the most inspirational Catholic school teacher of the year for 2014.

Guidelines and nomination forms are available on the Catholic Schools Office webpage at www. htdiocese.org/cso, on individual schools’ websites, and on schools’ Edline websites. Hard copies of

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Rev. Mike Tran

the forms are also available in the diocesan Catholic Schools Office and in every school office.

Nominations will be accepted through May 15; no nomination forms will be considered after this date. Please remember those teachers who have been an inspiration by nominating them for this honor.

Vandebilt students honored

Vandebilt Catholic High School in Houma announces the following outstanding academic achievements of five of its graduating seniors. These five seniors are continuing the tradition of academic excellence that is distinctive of a Vandebilt education.

Sarah Cagle has been selected by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars and the United States Department of Education as a candidate for the United States Presidential Scholars Program.

This program was established to recognize some of our nation’s most distinguished graduating seniors for their accomplishments in many areas: academic success, leadership, and service to school and community.

Approximately 40 students are selected as candidates from each state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and from families of U.S. citizens living abroad based on SAT and ACT scores. Application for this prestigious program is by invitation only. Inclusion in this program is one of the highest honors bestowed upon graduating high school seniors.

The National Merit Scholarship Program has recognized David Brouillette, Megan Manno and Mary Robichaux as National Merit Commended Students.

These high performers placed in the top three percent of some 1.5 million program entrants by taking the Preliminary SAT. Sarah Cagle and Emily Folse have been named National Merit Finalists. They are the highest-scoring entrants in each state and represent less than one percent of each state’s high school seniors. Sarah and Emily are the only 2014 National Merit Finalists in the geographic area.

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Penny Antill

Springtime, I love it! The promise of new life is everywhere, but look closely and you can see the struggle for this promise.

The plants, the birds and even the cocoons for butterflies are weathering the elements and hanging onto the promise of spring.

It was during spring in the Jubilee Year 2000, and (the late) Father Gerard Hayes said something that would change my life forever! Pope John Paul II announced that starting the next year, we would celebrate a new Feast Day the Sunday after Easter: Divine Mercy Sunday.

After that announcement, I had to know more!

You see, at that time in my life I was little more than a ‘ChriEaster,’ only going to church for Christmas and Easter. But something inside of me was becoming more and more curious about 1) the Jubilee Year and 2) Divine Mercy Sunday. Now, here comes the struggle. How do you find out more? I was a little embarrassed to ask and this is way before everyone had access to the internet in their pockets.

So, I began looking in the back of churches. If I didn’t find something at one church, I went to another one and so on until I found something to read. My first discovery was the grace available to each person during the Jubilee Year. Wow! This gave me so much hope to start making changes in my life and eventually, I returned to Mass every Sunday.

But I continued to struggle with having a real commitment to my faith. I was scared to go to confession because it had been years since my last one and my sins were piled up pretty high. I wanted to know Jesus’ promise

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T he Diary Divine Mercy Sunday April 27 at St. Francis

included me, but at that time, I really wasn’t sure - and then, I found someone’s diary! It was slightly faded and the pages had signs of wear but it was fascinating!

Why hadn’t I heard about this nun, St. Faustina, from Poland, who had visions of Jesus and he actually spoke to her! Jesus told her to write down his messages and make them

known to the whole world. So, 60 years after St. Faustina received these messages I found her diary and of course, I had to read it; even though it wasn’t mine, it was waiting there, in the back of a church, just for me! I was hooked after just the first few pages! This wasn’t what I expected; the diary itself is as thick as a bible but, it reads like a storybook. Beautiful and terrible at the same time, full of our Lord’s patient pleas to accept his mercy rather than wait for his justice. Jesus asks her to speak to him as she would a friend and bring everything, good and bad, to

him. St. Faustina followed Jesus’ request to have an image painted and place his signature along the bottom - Jesus, I trust in you.

Our Lord also instructed her to spread the prayers for the Divine Mercy Chaplet: Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world. For the sake of his sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

These words have become very familiar to me since the first time I read them years ago and by reading St. Faustina’s diary and saying these prayers, I truly believe my struggle has led me to know the New Springtime of Faith in my own life.

Jesus, I trust in you.

Following is the events schedule for Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27, at the Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales in Houma: 1:30 p.m. – Welcome! and brief introduction (music of contemplativeness ) 1:35 p.m. – Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament/confessions begin 1:55 p.m. – Eucharistic Adoration and rosary, glorious mysteries (recited by the youth), (meditations from St. Faustina’s Diary) between each mystery.

2 p.m. – Confessions, with five priests available 2:45 p.m. – Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament 3 p.m. – Music and singing of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy begins, and will end at approximately at 3:30 p.m.

There will also be veneration of a first class relic of St. Faustina.

Photos by Lawrence Chatagnier

Prayer Garden

A ribbon cutting ceremony for the E.D. White Catholic High School Memorial Prayer Garden was held recently in Thibodaux. Pictured in the photo above from left are Bishop Shelton J. Fabre, Susan Ledet, E.D. White Mothers’ Club; David and Mary Duplantis, and Elizabeth Bergeron, Rachel Bourgeois and Ryan Duplantis, Cardinal Club representatives. Bishop Fabre blessed the prayer garden after the ribbon cutting.

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Bishop Shelton J. Fabre greets the participants attending a Journey Toward Christ retreat recently at the Lumen Christi Retreat Center in Schriever.

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Journey Toward Christ Ministry

reaches out to ‘lost sheep’

A local ministry in the Catholic Church which targets those not in full communion with the church is reaching out to the “lost sheep” who may be struggling with their religious life, have wandered from the church, are in an invalid marriage, separated or divorced, struggling with the annulment process, or cohabiting, etc.

Journey Toward Christ is based on the Cursillo charisma, using the essence of the Cursillo movement to reach out to them and help them grow in their relationship with the Lord. The program is also available to non-Catholics and anyone else who is called by God to experience his love and mercy. The desire is to bring all people to Jesus Christ.

Greg Terrebonne, the group’s core committee leader, says, “It is a movement that sprung from the apostolic action phase of the Cursillo Movement. It came forth out of compassion for those people unable to receive the Eucharist in the Catholic Church, which is one of the requirements of Cursillo.”

The ministry was formed several years ago by Father Roch Naquin and the late Deacon Eldon Frazier.

“Journey Toward Christ started out using material from the Cursillo program. During 2011, Deacon Eldon became ill and was no longer able to run the program. Before he passed away in 2012, he met with Howie Guidry and Kearn Chouest and asked them to keep the program going. During the summer of Bayou Catholic • Houma, LA • April 2014

2012, a decision was made to change the program entirely so that it would be different from Cursillo. A core committee of 11 members (eight men and three women) was put together to reorganize the program.

The committee decided to write Bible-based talks. The committee met about twice a month for nine months.

We had our first Journey Toward Christ weekend under the new format in May 2013,” says Terrebonne.

Most of the participants of the retreats have been from the South Lafourche area. “We are interested in expanding this program throughout the diocese. I addition to lay people doing most of the talks, we have priests and deacons doing some of the talks. We try to have a retreat every three to four months. We switch between women only, men only and one for both men and women,” he says.

Journey Toward Christ gives many the opportunity to grow in their relationship with the Lord, experience healing, and continue on the “journey” that leads to everlasting life with Jesus.

The next scheduled weekend retreat, for both men and women, will be Aug. 22-24. Those who are interested in attending a retreat or who have questions concerning Journey Toward Christ can reach Greg Terrebonne at (985) 637-8198.

Story and Photos by Lawrence Chatagnier

Participants break into small groups for discussions during the Journey Toward Christ weekend retreat.

Father Jules Brunet, a retired priest of the Diocese of Baton Rouge, gives a presentation on the Trinity during a Journey Toward Christ weekend retreat.

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Cursillo Mass

A Cursillo Mass was celebrated by Bishop Shelton J. Fabre recently at St. Genevieve Church parish in Thibodaux. Father Roch Naquin, who has been director of the Cursillo Movement since it began in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, was honored during the Mass for his years of service. Very Rev. Dean Danos, V.F., will be the group’s new director. Father Naquin is shown giving Father Danos his Ultreya stole during a reception after the Mass.

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Catholic high school presidents announced The appointments of two Catholic high school presidents, effective for the 2014-2015 school year, have been announced by Marian Fertitta, superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux.

David Boudreaux, who has been serving as president of E.D. White Catholic High School in Thibodaux for the past eight years, will become president of Vandebilt Catholic High School in Houma.

Boudreaux is a graduate of E.D. White. He earned a bachelor’s degree in music education and a master’s degree in administration and supervision from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux.

He began teaching music and then religion at Vandebilt in the fall of 1978 and stayed there until 1985 when he took the position of band director at Houma Jr. High School. He returned to Vandebilt in 1990 and served as music

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teacher, multimedia teacher, vice principal in charge of discipline, and academic assistant principal.

In 2000, he accepted the position of principal of E.D. White and was named the school’s first president in 2006.

He is married to Mary Avet and they have three children, Steven, Christopher and Alicia. They are parishioners of St. Bernadette Church parish in Houma.

Tim Robichaux, who has been

serving as band director at E.D. White since 2004, has been appointed president of that school.

Robichaux is a graduate of E.D. White. He earned bachelor’s degrees in accounting and music from Nicholls State University. In 2000, Robichaux joined the E.D. White faculty and taught computer science, computer applications, 8th grade math and band. He is in the Coindre Leadership Program of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart.

He and his wife Michele have three children, Michael, Christopher and Ben; and one grandchild, Jackson.

They are parishioners of St. Joseph Co-Cathedral parish in Thibodaux.

“We are very excited about these appointments and look forward to both schools working together to strengthen the bonds of Catholic high school education in the diocese and continuing the traditions and charism of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart,” says Fertitta.

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“Woke up this morning’… .”

That’s how most Blues songs begin, according to an anonymously-generated Rules for Writing the Blues I first ran across in an email more than a decade ago. The rules themselves were so delicious, I couldn’t resist writing my own lyrics then.

“I Got the Missin’ Chere Amie, Broken Chevy, Rainin’ Buckets, Guilty Conscience Blues” was the title of that attempt at Blues lyrics. Can you tell I tried to give it a regional slant?

Finding the Rules again this week has given me the itch to try another set of lyrics. If you don’t like my stab at it, I think you’ll enjoy the Rules themselves.

(Over the years, they’ve been embellished a bit, but the substance is the same.)

This is to be accompanied by a harmonica wailing first staccato, then long plaintive notes. The opening rhythm should be wanh, wanh, wanh, WANH (more or less).

Woke up this mornin’ … .

Was shoved outta the bed … .

Good places for the Blues are a highway, jailhouse, or empty bed.

Bad places are gallery openings, Ivy League Institutions, or golf courses.

Bessie was real mad…. Some Blues names for women are Sadie, Big Mama, or Bessie.

Women with names such as Tiffany, Michelle, and Amber absolutely don’t fit the Blues.

Hit me over the head … . Having a good woman is a bad way to write the Blues, unless you make a nasty remark, such as “I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town.”

Ole fool, you did it agin.’… . The Rules say that teenagers can’t

sing the Blues. They ain’t fixin’ to die yet. Adults sing the Blues.

Adulthood means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shot a man in Memphis.

You went out and got drunk … .

Beverages for the Blues are wine, whiskey or bourbon, muddy water, or black coffee. Definitely not Blues beverages are sparkling water, kosher wine, Snapple, double decaf low fat latte.

You shoulda stayed in the pen … . (sung in a higher key, with more gusto, and big emphasis on the last word.) Remember shootin’ a man in Memphis?

I Got the Leavin’ Bessie, Morning After, Empty Pockets, No Place to Go Blues. Can you tell it’s the refrain—and the title?

I jumped in the Chevy…. Blues don’t travel in Volvos, BMWs or Sports Utility vehicles.

She had hidden the keys … .

Blues is not a matter of color. It’s a matter of bad luck. Tiger Woods cannot sing the Blues. Sonny Liston could. So could white people who fit the Rules.

So I started to walkin’ … . Along with the bus or a southbound train, walkin’ plays a major part

in the Blues lifestyle. Jet aircraft 39 and company motor pools are just wrong for the Blues.

Hitchin’ to New Orleens….

Although Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City are still the best places to have the Blues, never in Hawaii or anyplace in Canada.

I tripped on a dead dog….

(Don’t judge. Have you seen our roadsides?)

And fell in the ditch…. Blues is about hard luck, loss, adversity, or dyin’; the Blues is not about choice.

You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch—ain’t no way out. Besides, breakin’ your leg while you were skiing is not the Blues.

Now I’m lying here dyin’, cryin’ loud as you please…. If death occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it’s a Blues death.

So is dying lonely. You can’t have a Blues death during a tennis match or getting liposuction. …singin’ I Got the Leavin’ Bessie, Morning After, Empty Pockets, No Place to Go Blues! (Big Finish) (For comments or inquiries about this column, Claire Joller can be contacted by e-mail at clairely1@ comcast.net). www.bayoucatholic.com

Our Churches

Story by Janet Marcel ~ Photos by Lawrence Chatagnier

Holy Cross 50 glorious years in Morgan City

Holy Cross Church parish was established June 1, 1964, as a means to address the growing Catholic population in the Morgan City area. The parishioners of Holy Cross are made up primarily of the Cajuns of South Louisiana, Italians, and a multiethnic group of people made up mostly of workers who come to Morgan City for oilfield and seafood industry related jobs.

The parish kicked off its 50th anniversary year in January with a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans, since the parish was originally established as part of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. A special 50th anniversary prayer card was given to parishioners at that time. The parish is celebrating its anniversary throughout the year with various events and activities.

The current church structure was built in 1965 with a pew configuration which is reminiscent of the monastic choir stalls of the Middle Ages where monks and nuns prayed facing each other. The vaulted ceiling towers above the pews, which after several renovations are now 270 degrees around the altar with the pews only 10 deep.

Father Danny Poche’, pastor since June 2005, says there are currently about 1,200 families in the parish, with a good mixture of old and young families.

“Morgan City does not have any more place to grow, and so all of the younger families are moving across the river to Berwick; however most of them are keeping their parish affiliation. (And because of the geographic location in the westernmost part of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux) we also have children in our schools from the dioceses of Lafayette and Baton Rouge.”

A unique aspect of the parish is that the church, Holy Cross Elementary School and Central Catholic High School (CCHS) are all located on the same four city blocks. The three entities recently worked together in what has been called the largest and most successful capital campaign in St. Mary Parish in the last century. The project resulted in six new classrooms for the elementary school, a new library which is being shared by the elementary and high school, a new gymnasium for CCHS, and a new

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Holy Cross church parish life center which is being used by all three entities.

Father Poche’ says the new structures were built to better prepare the parish and schools for the future and to enhance the spiritual, academic and physical life of the students and the parishioners.

Another distinctive aspect of the parish is that it has a mission. The chapel of St. Rosalie in Stephensville, originally known as Sacred Heart Mission, dates back to the 1850s when it was located in Belle River. The building was moved to Bayou Long (now Stephensville) in 1928. It became a mission of Holy Cross in 1977, and in 1980 was renamed for “St. Rosalie” in honor of Mrs. Rosalie Crochet who served there for many years.

Holy Cross Church parish has many organizations/ ministries including a parish pastoral council, altar society, Knights of Columbus, CCD program, an annual vacation Bible school, active RCIA, Rainbows, Children’s Liturgy of the Word, traveling chalice, a bereavement group, ministry to the homebound, community outreach, food bank, hospital ministry, hospitality committee, an active evangelization committee, a recently restructured sacramental program, and an active parish-sponsored AA group that meets once a week.

One area that the parish focuses on, especially during Lent, is ministry to the poor. Before Lent begins, parishioners are educated about a particular Bayou Catholic • Houma, LA • April 2014

group or organization. On Ash Wednesday, a monetary collection is taken up specifically for that particular agency, and each week throughout Lent parishioners are asked to bring items for which the group has expressed a need. After Easter, these items are delivered to the agency.

Father Poche’ says that Holy Cross is a very lay ministry oriented parish with a wide variety of lay ministries that the pastors who came before him established. “We have always encouraged more lay people to be involved in the church. People rise up to participate in the ministerial part of the parish. And, we have a good parish staff that takes responsibility and does the things that need to be done.”

In conjunction with the 50th anniversary, a new parish directory will be available June 1; a traveling cross and prayer book is being given to a different family each weekend to pray for Holy Cross Church parish, and a parish picnic has been scheduled for Oct. 12.

Former pastors and associate pastors are also returning once a month throughout the year to celebrate Mass. Bishop Shelton J. Fabre will celebrate Mass Sunday, June 1 at 11 a.m. Bishop Emeritus Joseph N. Latino of Jackson, MS, will celebrate Mass in September and Bishop Michael Jarrell of Lafayette (Second Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux) will celebrate Mass in December. A reception will follow each of these Masses.

Staff Holy Cross staff members from left are Mamie Bergeron, Holy Cross Elementary School principal; Peggy Acosta, religious education coordinator; Deacon Andrew Dragna, Stephanie Stanley, secretary; Father Danny Poche’, pastor; Alisha Robicheaux, housekeeper; Deacon Vic Bonnaffee III, Central Catholic High School principal; and Barbara Flowers, bookkeeper.

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Is it 2006 all over again?

Then, first year head coach Sean Payton took his training camp to Millsaps College in Jackson, MS. That summer in Mississippi featured very little rain and lots of heat. You could feel the heat running through your shorts during the afternoon practice on artificial turf at the stadium.

That camp set the tone for a season that ended in the NFC championship game.

Eight years later, Payton is looking for every advantage, big and small.

Part of the Saints 2014 training camp will be in White Sulphur Springs, WV. The climate is temperate. Average high for July and August is 82 degrees at the prestigious Greenbrier Resort where the Saints will relocate.

Sean Payton isn’t the first Saints coach to believe that moving camp out of New Orleans is a good thing.

In 2000, Jim Haslett took the Saints to Nicholls State University in Thibodaux. Throughout a season that included a first ever playoff victory, Haslett and his team cited the work done during camp as a springboard for a turnaround.

The next year, the Saints again trained in Thibodaux and promptly won seven, lost nine.

The 1992 Saints, who won a then franchise-high 12 games,

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trained in LaCrosse, WI. So did the 1996 Saints, who won three. Head coach Jim Mora resigned in midseason.

Football players and coaches win games.

And, Payton and general manager Mickey Loomis continue a dramatic roster overhaul.

As of mid-March, only 11 players who were on the final 2011 roster remain on the team.

That team lost in the NFC divisional playoffs to San Francisco in January of 2012.

Zero linebackers from that final roster remain. Only one defensive back is still a Saint: 2010 first round pick cornerback Patrick Robinson.

The Saints have undergone an extreme makeover.

Last year’s draft yielded four potential starters and cornerback Keenan Lewis in free agency.

And, the supposedly capstretched Saints made a statement

in the first hours of free agency, signing free safety Jairus Byrd from the Buffalo Bills.

Maybe it can be 2009 all over again.

Back then, the Saints had a young and talented roster infused with veteran leadership.

Linebacker Jonathan Vilma was the glue for the defense.

Safety Darren Sharper thrived when the given the opportunity to roam the field and create turnovers.

Now, with another outstanding draft, the Saints will have quickly retooled their roster in time for another Super Bowl run led by quarterback Drew Brees.

And, the potential road for the Saints to the Super Bowl in Arizona is making an unexpected turn. That is, to the Allegheny Mountains.

Moments after the Saints announced the move, I spoke with a reporter in the Greenbrier area.

What’s the closest airport?

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