42021 Highway 621 Gonzales, LA 70737 A People Set Apart Parish Staff Pastor ……………….......…...Rev. Rubin Reynolds Administrative Assistant…….……..Sandy Dardeau Administrative Assistant ……………....Lynn Dodge Bookkeeper/Director MDO.….Renae Schexnaydre Business Manager ………..........Heather Melancon Consultant on Call ………….....Sammy Chestovich Director of Christian Formation….........Mary Kruse Liturgical Coordinator……………..…...Cecile Haley Maintenance Supervisor …..……....…..Ron Duhon PSR Secretary …………….………..Sharon Buquoi Asst. Director MDO ……….……………Vicki Poché
May 7, 2017
Mass Schedule
Saturday Vigil Mass:.……......…..……...…4:00 pm Sunday Masses …..............8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 am Monday, Wednesday - Friday…...….........8:30 am Tuesday—Communion Service …............8:30 am
Reconciliation
Saturdays: 3-3:30 pm and before daily Mass. Other times by appointment with priest.
Parish School of Religion Principals: Patricia Sanchez……...……....…....….High School Flory Reynolds……......... Middle & Primary School
Parish Office Hours Monday - Thursday…..............8:00 am to 5:00 pm Friday……………………………….8:00 am to Noon
Telephones Parish Office…..……….....….….… (225) 647-8461 Fax………………………....…..........(225) 647-5125 E-mail:…….……...…....…
[email protected]
New Parishioners: Please complete the registration form which can be found on our website and return to the parish office. Church Certificates: For all sacramental certificates, contact Lynn Dodge at 225-647-8461 Sacrament of Baptism: Baptisms are held the First Sunday of each month, following 11:00 a.m. Mass. Parents of infants and children under age 7 are to attend 1 Baptism Seminar. (If pregnant, attend as early as possible during the pregnancy.) Baptism Seminars are held on the Tuesday following the first Sunday of the month at 6:30 pm. *Baptism of children 7 years and older must go through the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults adapted for Children. Contact Mary Kruse at 225-647-8461
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA):
For adults inquiring about becoming Catholic and baptized Catholics who lack Confirmation and Holy Communion, contact Donna Chestovich at 225-938-0985.
Sacrament of Matrimony: Couples need to contact the parish office six months prior to their planned wedding date. Christian Burial: Families should contact the parish office, as soon as possible, prior to making other funeral arrangements. Pastoral Care of the Sick: Contact the office in regards to those who are seriously ill, hospitalized and homebound. Emergency calls are made immediately.
Vocations for Priesthood and Religious Life: Contact the office of Vocations and Seminarians at 225-336-8779 or visit their website at www.diobr.org.
Prayer Line Request: Contact the Parish Office……225-647-8461 Visit our website: www.stmarkgonzales.org for vital information or like us on Facebook
Schedule of Events 5/6
4:00 pm
First Communion/May Crowning
5/7
11:00 am
First Communion
12:00 pm
Junior Youth Fundraiser
6:00 pm
Adult Confirmation Class
7:00 pm
Healing Hearts
9:00 am
Blue Army
6:00 pm
Adult Choir Practice
6:30 pm
Baptism Seminar
5/11
9:15 am
Altar Society Meeting
5/14
9:30 am
Graduate/Mother’s Breakfast
6:00 pm
Senior Youth Group Meeting
5/8 5/9
St. Mark Mother’s Day Out Pre-School
Is taking applications for next school year
SPACE IS LIMITED Our program offers: 2 day program for two year olds
Memorial Candle Beginning in July we are offering a new opportunity to honor our loved ones. A Memorial Candle (the prior year Paschal candle) will burn, in memory of a loved one for every mass throughout an entire month. Because of this, we will only be able to offer this for 12 names each year, available on a first come-first serve basis. The contribution will be $100.00. A new column will be placed in the bulletin honoring that loved one.
Memorial / Honor Flower Donations St. Mark accepts flower donations in Memory/ Honor of our loved ones. Flowers will be placed on the altar for weekend masses and the names of the donor and loved ones will be placed in the weekly bulletin. 1- $50.00 arrangement (for up to 2 names) 2- $25.00 arrangements (for a single name each). Weekend Memorial/Honor Flower donations are tax deductible.
(Full) 3 or 5 day program for three year olds (Full)
Fourth Sunday of Easter May 7, 2017 He himself bore our sins in his body upon the cross, so that, free from sin, we might live for righteousness. — 1 Peter 2:24a
5 day program for four year olds (Only 4 Spots open for four year olds) Our school day begins at 9:00 and ends at 12:00 noon
Fiscal Year 2016—17: Stewardship of Treasure
43rd Sunday, April 23, 2017
Registration can be found on-line at
ww.stmarkgonzales.org For more information please contact the MDO office at 225-450-9470
2016-2017 Closing Ceremony will be held on Friday, May 19th at 10:30 am in the Fr. DeMaria AcƟvity Center. Parents and Grandparents are invited.
Weekly
Budget
Offertory
$ 15,870.00 $
Maintenance
$
1,682.00 $
Pop Coin
$
81.50
Total
$ 17,633.50 $
Building Fund Note: Including $ Renovations
April 2017
- /+
12,917.00 $
3,125.00 $ (1,443.00) $
81.50
16,042.00 $
1,591.50
Monthly Note
8,669.73 $
2,953.00
6,385.70 $
-/+ 2,284.03
Thank you for your generous stewardship contributions.
Now accepting names for the Memorial/Honor Wall!! A second permanent marble Memorial/Honor Wall plaque will soon be engraved and placed in the St. Mark Marian Grotto. We are accepting names to be inscribed on this second wall. Each name or family name will be $1,000.00 (i.e. John Smith, the John Smith Family, M/M John Smith OR John and Mary Smith (both names on one line ). Please stop by the parish office and sign up for your loved one(s). Monies for this memorial will be placed in the St. Mark Memorial Endowment Fund only to be used for the upkeep of the Memorial/ Honor Walls. A form is available in the parish office to enroll your loved one(s) for this tribute that will last for generations. Donations ‘In memory of’ will enroll your loved one(s) in the Memorial Guild as well.
The Memorial/Honor Wall is for the deceased OR living!
Healing Hearts If you or someone you know has experienced the death of a loved one (a spouse, friend, sibling, child, parent…)you are invited to join us on a Spiritual Path to Healing. You do not have to be a Catholic, there is no time limit as to when the person(s) died and there is no cost...all are welcome. We can grieve other things as well, the loss of our home, a job, a pet…. Grief is real and needs to be acknowledged. We are here for all!
Registration is now open for this year’s VBS. Forms can be found in church, the parish office or the website.
July 10th-14th 9 am—12:30 pm $25.00 per student Ages 4—10
WE NEED LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS!
When: Next Meeting Monday, May 8th Always on the 2nd Monday of each month. Where: St. Mark Pavilion Time: 7:00pm Please know that you do not have to journey alone. St. Theresa of Avila also sponsors Bereaved Support Group meetings which are held the first and third Thursday of each month at 7:00 in the Convent Meeting Room. You need not be a Catholic or a member of St. Theresa to attend. Call Anna at St. Theresa at 647-6588 or the St. Mark Parish Office at 225-6478461 for more information.
Catholic Charities— Position Opening Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge has an opening for a Senior Accountant to assist the Finance Director in preparation of invoices for the FEMA disaster recovery program from the August floods, tracking payroll and other expenses related to this program, reconciling differences, and the posting, verifying and compiling of transactions and account information for other financial operations. This is an opportunity to work for a dynamic organization managing complex financial grants and contracts from state, federal, religious and private agencies. If you are interested, please email your resume and cover letter to
[email protected].
PSR SUMMER PROGRAM NEEDS YOUR HELP! By: Flory Reynolds
Like other ministries in our parish, PSR depends so heavily on volunteers in order to do God’s work. Our students are so well behaved! We have every minute of each days lesson planned and a strong support system in place. You are constantly covered by our prayers. Keep this in mind ---God calls you because He needs you to share the gifts He has so generously given to you. He needs you to share your faith with His children. Trust Him. He will give you everything you need to do the job. What you offer Him will be returned to you a hundred fold. That's not my promise; it's His! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
TEACHERS (minute by minute lesson plans provided)
AIDES (call roll, staple papers, gather craft supplies, etc.)
BABYSITTERS…(take care of teachers’ children so that they can teach)
Thank You, and please call me if you need any more information or if you need a pep talk!!! I will be glad to meet with you to show you the schedule, lesson plans, etc. I will be more than happy to go over each day’s lesson and to help you plan your activities, etc. Please know that I will be praying for all of you. Flory Reynolds, PSR Principal (933-1925) or
[email protected] We are constantly asking for God’s help in our prayers. Well, He is asking for help now. Please say “YES” to Him. When today you hear His Voice, harden not your hearts." "
Today’s Readings First Reading — All peoples called by God will receive the gift of the Spirit if they repent and are baptized (Acts 2:14a, 36-41). Psalm — The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want (Psalm 23). Second Reading — Once we were like straying sheep; but now we have been returned to the shepherd, our guardian (1 Peter 2:20b-25). Gospel — The shepherd leads the sheep out into pastures of abundant life (John 10:1-10). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
THE CALL OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD The Twenty-third Psalm, today’s responsorial psalm, is arguably the best known of all the psalms. The line that reads “Even though I walk in the dark valley / I fear no evil; for you are at my side / with your rod and your staff / that give me courage” (Psalm 23:4) connects this week’s scriptures to the wonderful story of the road to Emmaus, which we heard last week. The Lord Jesus, our Good Shepherd, is constantly at our side. He calls us each by name, beckoning us into a deeper relationship with him. That call, issued to each of us at the moment of our baptism, carries with it the promise of the Good Shepherd: “I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.
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Masses for the Week Saturday, May 6, 2017 4:00 p.m. M/M Guy Murphy, M/M Eddie Gautreau, Sr., Eddie Gautreau, Jr., Jordan Gautreau, Paul Aydell, M/M Herman Gautreau, Rosely Reynolds, and for our Parish Family (living and deceased).
Sunday, May 7, 2017 8:00 a.m. William ‘Theresa’ Medine 9:30 a.m. For the People of St. Mark Parish 11:00 a.m. The Kolb fly.
Monday, May 8, 2017 8:30 a.m. Memorial Guild
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 8:30 a.m.
Communion Service
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 8:30 a.m. Ruth Bercegeay, Margaret Powers, and for our Parish Family (living and deceased).
Thursday, May 11, 2017 8:30 a.m. Vivian Bourque
Friday, May 12, 2017 8:30 a.m. Mary Lee Bourgeois
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Readings for the Week (Year A) Monday:
Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4; Jn 10:11-18 Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26; Ps 87:1b-7; Jn 10:22-30 Wednesday: Acts 12:24 — 13:5a; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Jn 12:44-50 Thursday: Acts 13:13-25; Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27; Jn 13:16-20 Friday: Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2:6-11ab; Jn 14:1-6 Saturday: Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 14:7-14 Sunday: Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; 1 Pt 2:4-9; Jn 14:1-12
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Sunday, May 14, 2017 8:00 a.m. For the People of St. Mark Parish 9:30 a.m. Curtis Decoteau, Diana Dubois 11:00 a.m. Allen Rowell
Jesus A to Z Michael O’Neill McGrath, OSFS
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