Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church 780 Hwy. 44 • P.O. Box 464 Reserve, Louisiana 70084 Rectory: 985-536-2613 Fax: 985-536-1819 Email: [email protected] _______________ Parish Office Hours Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM ________________ PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Our purpose, at Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church, is to provide a place of spiritual worship and growth for our members, our children, and all visitors. We wish to instill a spirit of prayer, integrity and generosity in each other, with a special concern for the poor, sick, elderly, disabled, the unborn and the weak. We especially encourage our parish members and organizations in their practice of the spiritual and corporal works of mercy with the poor and infirmed. PARISH STAFF Pਁਓਔਏ਒ Rev. Fr. Christopher Chike Amadi, S.S.J. Dਅਁਃਏ਎ Rev. Mr. Larry Oney (985) 652-2714 Pਁ਒ਉਓਈ A਄਍ਉ਎ਉਓਔ਒ਁਔਉਖਅ Aਓਓਉਓਔਁ਎ਔਓ Mrs. Terry Mitchell (985) 536-2613 Mrs. Martha S. Creecy (985) 536-2613 P਒ਉ਎ਃਉਐਁ਌ Mrs. Precious A. Joseph Sਃਈਏਏ਌ Oਆਆਉਃਅ: (985) 536-4291 Sਃਈਏਏ਌ Fਁਘ: (985) 536-4250 Email: [email protected] ****************************************** Pਁ਒ਉਓਈ Pਁਓਔਏ਒ਁ਌ Cਏਕ਎ਃਉ਌ Mrs. Charlotte Hooker (504) 559-4573 Pਁ਒ਉਓਈ Fਉ਎ਁ਎ਃਅ Cਏਕ਎ਃਉ਌ Mr. Todd Keller (985) 359-6996 Dਉ਒ਅਃਔਏ਒ ਏਆ Rਅ਌ਉਇਉਏਕਓ E਄ਕਃਁਔਉਏ਎ Mrs. Myrtle Lucas (985) 536-2028 Eਘਔ਒ਁਏ਒਄ਉ਎ਁ਒ਙ Mਉ਎ਉਓਔਅ਒ਓ ਏਆ Hਏ਌ਙ Cਏ਍਍ਕ਎ਉਏ਎ Mrs. Beverly Harris (985) 651-0344 P਒ਏਃ਌ਁਉ਍ਅ਒ਓ ਏਆ ਔਈਅ Wਏ਒਄ Mrs. Precious A. Joseph (985) 536-3115 RCIA CLASSES Any adult interested in joining the Catholic Faith or knowing more about the Catholic Religion should contact the parish Office to sign up for RCIA faith classes. ****************************************** Announcements for the bulletin can be brought to the parish office, faxed or sent vie email to [email protected] The deadline to submit announcements to be placed in the bulletin is on Monday’s by 12 noon. MASS SCHEDULE 29TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OCTOBER 19, 2014 Saturday Sunday VIGIL MASSES 4:00 PM 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM WEEKDAY MASSES Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday NO MASS 6:00 PM 5:00 PM Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 6:00 PM Sick of the Parish 8:30 AM Special Intentions 8:30 AM Parish Mass 8:00 AM (1ST SATURDAY ONLY) SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Begins 1 Hour before each Mass and ends 15 minutes before Mass or by appointment. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Parents and god-parents preparation is held on the 3rd Sunday of each month after the 11:00 a.m. Mass. Baptism will take place on the 4th Sunday of each month. Baptismal registration takes place ONLY at the Parish Office prior to baptism preparation class. MARRIAGES Please notify the Priest at least six months prior to planning the wedding. PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK Please call the rectory if someone is sick or hospitalized. FUNERALS Please call the rectory before making arrangements with the Funeral Director. 29TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OCTOBER 19, 2014 SATURDAY 4:00 PM Charles SUNDAY 8:00 AM 11:00 AM TUESDAY In the scriptures, being anointed usually meant you were a prophet or king of Israel. Anointing was a sign that God had chosen you for that job. But it was almost unheard of to call a king from another country anointed. So why is Cyrus given that title? Cyrus was king of Persia when the Babylonians held the people of Israel captive. God used him to defeat the Babylonians and eventually bring the Israelites back to their homes. In our first reading, we hear the Lord’s words to Cyrus about God’s plan for Israel. Notice that God is in charge: telling Cyrus what God will do, making other kings run from him, opening doors or gates that might have blocked Cyrus’ armies—all for a king who doesn’t even know God. Cyrus only knew the Persian gods. That is why the reading says several times that there is no God but the L . One thing this tells us is that God can work through anyone, not just saints and religious. Any time someone does a good deed, God is behind it. Just as God used Cyrus to free the Israelites from their Babylonian captivity, God can use governments to protect the poor, to help rebuild after disasters, to defend freedom. In that sense, we can understand what Jesus says about payment to Caesar and to God. Since everything belongs to God, that should be our first allegiance. When a government does not protect the weakest or the rights of the poor, it should be accountable. But when God works through governments, we can give some support to them by such activities as voting, or paying taxes. Let us ask God to work through us also, helping us to proclaim that God alone is L . SCRIPTURE VERSE: “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God.”— Matthew 22:21 OCTOBER 18, 2014 Willi Hall, Cecile O.W. Hall, Melvin Hall, Special Intentions, Agnes Hall (L), Wilmont Hall, Victoria Hennesey OCTOBER 19, 2014 Henry Adams, Jr., Isadore Sylve , Sr., Eva Ceaser Sylve, Donald James Sylve Louis Anderson, Jr. OCTOBER 21, 2014 6:00 PM Fr. Jude Ezeigbo 5:00 PM 6:00 PM HOLY HOUR Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22, 2014 THURSDAY 8:30 AM FRIDAY 8:30 AM OCTOBER 23, 2014 Winthrop Laperolerie OCTOBER 24, 2014 Our Lady of Grace School & Parishioners WEEKLY SCRIPTURE READINGS (OCTOBER 18, 2014—OCTOBER 25, 2014) Sunday: Is 45:1, 4-6; Ps 96:1, 3-5, 7-10; 1 Thes 1:1-5b; Mt 22:15-21 Monday: Eph 2:1-10; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 12:13-21 Tuesday: Eph 2:12-22; Ps 85:9ab-14; Lk 12:35-38 Wednesday: Eph 3:2-12; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 12:39-48 Thursday: Eph 3:14-21; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19; Lk 12:49-53 Eph 4:1-6; Ps 24:1-4ab, 5-6; Lk 12:54-59 Friday: Saturday: Eph 4:7-16; Ps 122:1-5; Lk 13:1-9 Agnes Hall, Joshua J. Morgan, Alan Wheeler, Joseph Dupas, Olga Leblanc, Alethea Bardell, Anita Perrilloux, Carolyn Cole, Kenisha Anderson, Leroy Houston, Joann Gray, Christine Gagnier, Rudy Sylvain, Victoria Dominique, Margie Collins, Lucille Adams, Brianna Nicholas, Joseph Royal Keller, Paul Vampran, Catherine Anderson, Hilton Francois, Michael Lipps, Ernest Morgan Jr., Joseph Torregano, Catherine Twine Simon, Trellious Wilkes, Craig Watson, Michelle Marcadel, Cornel Jones, Montrelle Dennis, Romond Taylor, Shirley Johnson, Devon Walker, Rosalee Sylvas, Maci Rodriguez, Rosemary Pidgeon, Donald Lipps, Donna C. Jackson, Sandra Simoneaux, Elizabeth Hebert, Sr. John Mary Jackson, Tierney Smith, Torriel Charde Smith, Yasmin Linton, Mary Ann Parquet, Karen Duhe-Wilson, James Jackson, Travis Thomas, Ceola Gerard, Fr. Joe Calamari, Kantrell Collins, Audrey Gregorie, Crystal Roberts, Albert French, Gary Sylve, Brenda Ursin, Arthur D. Parquet, Felton Parquet, Kayln Harrell, Lorita Savoie, Shelia P. Melancon, Gloria Ferrygood, OUR LADY OF GRACE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH RESERVE, LA WORLD MISSION SUNDAY Today is World Mission Sunday! We are invited today to reach out and help build the Church in Mongolia, the world’s youngest Catholic Church, as well as local churches throughout the Missions, in the most remote areas across our world. Your prayers and generous gift to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in the collection today help the work of priests, religious and lay leaders in Mongolia and throughout the Missions who offer the poor practical help and the experience of God’s love and mercy, His hope and peace. Please keep the Missions in your daily prayers. Please be generous as you can to today’s collection. For more information, please visit www.IAmaMissionary.org. RACHEL’S VINEYARD RETREAT If you are someone you love is hurting from an abortion, please consider attending the Rachel’s Vineyard retreat on Friday, October 31, 2014 to Sunday, November 2, 2014 at the Archdiocese of New Orleans Retreat Center in Metairie. Please see the flier on the bulletin board in the foyer of the church for more information. ANNULMENT WRITING WORKSHOP The Archdiocese of New Orleans will offer a writing workshop for persons seeking an annulment in the Catholic Church or for persons responding to an annulment. The workshop will be held in St. Clement of Rome’s Parish Center in Metairie. The series will be for three (3) Saturday’s, November 1, November 15 and November 22, 2014. Hours are 8:30 AM to Noon. The materials for the series cost $25.00. To register or for more information , call Cathy at (504) 861-6243. VOCATION WEEKEND FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AGE MEN Come and see Vocation Discernment Weekend for high school juniors and seniors, and college will be held November 7-9, 2014 at St. Joseph Seminary College, Covington, Louisiana. This is an opportunity for men who are interested in the priesthood and who would like to find out more about seminary life. There is no cost for the weekend but availability is limited on a first come, first serve basis. For more information or to register, call the Archdiocesan Vocation Office at (504) 861-6298 or email [email protected] SANCTUARY LIGHT IN THE CHURCH The Sanctuary Light will be lit for: The Lapeyrolerie & Humphrey Family Requested By: Dionne Lapeyrolerie From: October 19, 2015 to November 1, 2014 “INTO THE WILD” OUTDOOR MEN’S RETREAT Men, do you want to experience God in a profoundly masculine way? Want to keep a young man’s interests engaged for four full days? Consider then The King’s Men’s dynamic into the Wild outdoor retreat at Chicot State Park, November 13-16, 2014. The weekend includes Eucharistic Adoration, daily Mass & rosary, orienteering, archery, fishing, hiking, brotherhood, bonfires & much more! Visit www.intothewildweekend.com to learn more and register for the retreat. For information please contact Mark at [email protected] or call 267-980-5507. POPE FRANCIS PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR OCTOBER Peace: “That the Lord may grant peace to those parts of the world most battered by war and violence.” World Mission Day: “That World Mission Day may rekindle in every believer zeal for carrying the Gospel into all the world.” BIBLE STUDY: Tuesday’s at 7:00 p.m. in the cry room of the church. All are invited and welcome to attend. OCTOBER 11-12, 2014 SUNDAY OFFERING $ 5126.00 SANCTUARY LIGHT IN THE CHAPEL The Sanctuary Light will be lit for: Mary Anderson Blanks & Frederick Anderson, Sr. Requested By: Ursula A. Robinson & Family From: October 19, 2014 to November 1, 2014