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January 25, 2015
Third Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Diocese of Shreveport
Sacred Heart
Of Jesus
Catholic Church
MISSION STATEMENT: We, the parish of Sacred Heart, are
committed to enriching the Spirituality of the parish family,
the Christian community, and all brothers and sisters created
in God’s divine image and likeness. We are called by the Holy
Spirit, under the leadership of our Bishop and Pastor, to assist
others through the development and promotion of various
ministries. We pray for Divine guidance that we may serve
others with truth, courage, forethought and compassion.
Parish Council 1998
PARISH STAFF
Rev. Francis Kamau, FMH (687-1818)(St. Mary's 687-5121) - Pastor
Rev. John Paul Crispin, FMH (687-1818) - Parochial Vicar
Rev. Thomas John, CMI (635-2126) - Schumpert Chaplain and Priest-InResidence (For Emergency Only Call 286-8799)
Deacon Clary Nash (635-2121) - Community Coordinator
Mary Chauvin (635-5446) - Director of Religious Education
Rey Pangatungan - Youth Group Coordinator, [email protected]
Sarah McIntyre - R.C.I.A. Coordinator
Elaine Smith ([email protected]) - Bookkeeper
Libby Campbell ([email protected]) - Secretary/Bulletin Editor
WEEKEND MASSES
Saturday Anticipated
4:30 p.m.
Sunday
9:00 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
WEEKDAY MASSES Monday thru Friday — 9:30 a.m. in Rectory
HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION MASSES
Night before the Holy Day at 6:30 p.m. & 12:05 p.m. Day of the Holy Day
unless otherwise notified
RECONCILIATION
Confessions
— Anytime by appointment
Saturday – 4:00 p.m. — Seasonal Penance Services
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS
Monday, Wednesday & Thursday — 9:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m.
PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION
Pre K 3 through High School — Sunday at 10:15 a.m. (September – May)
LIFE TEEN YOUTH GROUP
Life Nights (6th—12 grade) — To Be Determined
Established 1966
4736 Lyba Street
Shreveport, La 71109
P. O. Box 19467 (71149-0467)
Office: 318-635-2121
Fax 318-635-5226
Email: [email protected]
Parish School of Religion
318-635-5446
Life Teen Youth Group
318-464-6761
Gabriel Hall/Activity Building
St. Vincent de Paul Society Pantry
318-635-2202
www.sacredheartshreveport.org (live web cast) or
www.lifecastpro.com/members/sacredheart/
BAPTISM: Parents should call the church office at least
three months before anticipated date of birth to make
arrangements for the seminar.
Both parents and
Godparents are expected to attend, whether baptized in
another church or by another priest.
MARRIAGE: All couples are required to contact the
office six months prior to anticipated wedding date. PreCana is required for all engaged couples and should be
attended at least three months before the wedding.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK & MINISTRY OF
CARE: If you or someone you know is seriously ill, or
hospital bound, and would like the Anointing of the Sick,
please call the parish office to make arrangements to
have a priest come and visit. Eucharist can also be
brought to homebound parishioners by an Extraordinary
Minister.
R.C.I.A.: Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Sessions,
for those interested in exploring the Catholic faith, take
place September through May on Sunday at 10:10 a.m. in
the rectory.
BIENVENIDO A LOS RECIÉN LLEGADOS!
WELCOME NEWCOMERS!
Por favor rellene un formulario de censo situado en el vestíbulo de la
Iglesia. Usted puede poner el formulario en la cesta de la colección,
enviarlo por correo a la Oficina o llamar a su información a la Oficina
de la parroquia durante las horas de oficina.
Please fill out a census form located in the Vestibule of the Church.
You may put the completed form in the collection basket, mail it to
the office or call your information in to the parish office during
office hours.
Nosotros le damos la bienvenida a nuestra familia.
We welcome you to our family.
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
January 25, 2015
The kingdom of God is at hand.
Repent, and believe in the gospel.
— Mark 1:15
01/26 MON
9:30 a.m.
LAURIE PIERPONT (COMFORT
01/27 TUES
JAMES H. ROQUE
01/28 WED
9:30 a.m. ✟
9:30 a.m.
01/29 THU
9:30 a.m.
INTENTION OF THE CELEBRANT
01/30 FRI
9:30 a.m.
PARISHIONERS OF SACRED HEART
01/31 SAT (FR. JOHN PAUL)
4:30 p.m. ✟
02/01 SUN (FR. JOHN PAUL)
02/01 SUN (FR. JOHN PAUL)
9:00 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
ALTAR SERVERS
by: Debra & Alan Freyer
ANTHONY LACOUR
by: Lynn Hutson & Mary Plumer
✟ FORREST GAUTHIER
by: Evy LaBorde
31 & February 1, 2015
SUNDAY—9:00 A.M.
SUNDAY—11:30 A.M.
MARDIE BROSSET
MARY HERNANDEZ
DAN FEENEY
JEAN WOODS
JOE GLORIOSO
MARY NASH
MARY FRENCH
FAY CUNNINGHAM
SYLVIA MOBLEY
VICENTA SMITH
MARILYN CROSBY
MARY EFFERSON
LARRY FRENCH
DOMINIQUE MOORE
JAMES BEAUDOIN
SHEA FLYNN
BRIAN GALLIEN
HEATHER MOBLEY
ROBERTA MOSES
GREETERS
WEEK OF FEB.
by: Theresa Roque
✟ TERRY CAMPOS
SATURDAY—4:30 P.M.
LEMS
by: Lynn Hutson
PARISHIONERS OF SACRED HEART
JANUARY
READERS
& PEACE)
1—7, 2015 - (SICK & SHUT-IN—MARY DUPUIS) (NURSING HOME - MARDIE BROSSET)
OUR
FIRST BLOOD DRIVE
FOR 2015
The Sanctuary Lamp Burns
THIS SUNDAY
JANUARY 25, 2015
IN GABRIEL HALL
In Loving Memory of
FROM 10 AM TO 1:30 PM
Please bring a Photo ID, eat a good breakfast and come help give the gift of life.
HAVE A BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENT?
January 25 thru 31, 2015
“Anthony LaCour”
by : Debra & Alan Freyer
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE:
1-888-411-1333
Free. Confidential. 24 Hours
SUICIDE HOTLINE — 1-877-994-2275
Please e-mail to: [email protected] or drop it off at the
church office or you may drop your written message in the
Sunday collection. Deadline for submission is 10:00 a.m. on the If you are on vacation or just out of town on business and would
Monday before you would like it published in the Sunday like to find a mass near you. Go to www.MassTimes.org or
call 734-794-2100.
Bulletin. Thank You!
Happy 2015! Our Magnificat Brunch is scheduled
for Saturday, February 28th at the Catholic Center from
10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Please mark your calendars
and plan to attend. A flyer with all the details will be sent
later. Our speaker, Mary Wilson, works closely with the
Women's Catholic Charismatic Conference and has served
as emcee and Praise and Worship Leader for the past two
years. She will inspire you with her outgoing personality and love of
the Lord!
All the best to you and your family. We look forward to seeing you
February 28th.
Magnificat Nowela Chapter
COLLECTION ENVELOPES FOR 2015
Weekly Collection Needed:
Actual Weekly Collection—Jan. 17 & 18, 2015
2nd Collection—Jan. 17 & 18, 2015
$ 4,721.00
$ 2,933.75
$ 397.28
Attendance for Jan 17 & 18, 2015—269
SECOND COLLECTION JANUARY 24 & 25, 2015
A Second Collection for the Church in Latin America this weekend.
Collection Envelopes for 2015 are ready to be picked up in the
Narthex of the Church. They are placed alphabetically by last
name on the boxes. If you need envelopes, please fill out the
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK
information on the form on the table. Collection statements for
the year 2014 will be sent after the first of the year. Thank you,
Jimmie Gallien
Teresa Pizzolato
New Requests
Elaine Smith
Fifth Annual Pro Life Banquet: Witness for Life. The Banquet will
be held on Wed., March 11, 2015, at the Bossier Civic Center beginning with registration at 5:00 PM, followed by a book signing from 5:30
-6:30 PM; dinner at 6:30 PM; and program at 7:15 PM. The cost is
$60 per person or $500 per table. Funds raised will help us increase
our support to pregnant women who need support and encouragement. Our guest speaker will be Father Jonathan Morris, a priest of
the Diocese of New York and program director of the Catholic
Channel and analyst for Fox News. Deadline for regr. is 3/4/15. Any
questions, please call 318-861-2021. Thank You, Bishop Duca
HAPPY JANUARY BIRTHDAYS
1/02 John Cosey, Jr.
1/02 Martin Metoyer, Sr.
1/02 Carolyn Vital
1/03 V.J. Conner
1/03 Tammy Rhodes
1/04 Margaret Cotner
1/04 Danny Pizzolato
1/04 Casey Tucker
1/05 Janice Datcher
1/05 Mark Morse
1/05 Debra Shakesnider
1/06 Robert Crosby
1/07 Catherine Jack
1/07 Christoper Sims
1/09 Angie McIntyre
1/11 Mary Brock
1/12 John Futch
1/12 David Sims, Jr.
1/13 Jacalyn Boddie
1/14 Bianca Gonzalez
1/14 Lorena Woodward
1/15 Cody McIntyre
1/15 Elizabeth Sims
1/16 Shannon Davis
1/16 Hope Hollins
1/16 Frances Metoyer
1/17 Amari Jones
1/18 Collin Draper
1/19 Mardie Brosset
1/22 Brianna
Hanson
1/22 Sarah McIntyre
1/23 Millie Heard
1/23 Barbara LaBorde
1/23 Grace McDowell
1/23 Roberta Moses
1/23 Misty Talbert
1/24 Margaret Fernandes
1/24 Jordan LeBlanc
1/24 Steven McIntyre
1/25 John Hanning
1/27 Imelda Dunn
1/29 Marvin Robison
1/30 Fay Cunningham
1/30 Tanjela Johnson
1/30 Inez Leone
Our Birthday List & Anniversary List is generated from our Shelby
Program. If you wish your name and your family’s name to appear in
our Birthday List and you are a parishioner of Sacred Heart. Please
pick up a Census Form in the Foyer of the Church fill it out and place
it in the basket at any Mass.
Pearl Broussard
Jeffrey Flores
Dolly Hayney
Continued Prayers
Anonymous
Shirley Abrams
Katy Addington
Bob Austin
Bunny Austin
Mary Balthazar
Olivia Belle
Ann Boddie
Carolyn Brannon
Ron Brannon
Kelley Brogon
Phoebe Carmody
Phil Carpenter
Milagros Carson
Chris Chauvin
Liz Clark
Amy Coates
Betty Conner
Jerry Cormier
Margaret Cotner
John Darien Davis
Bryan Davzat
Totty Do
Amy Dupay
Raleigh Durr
Gwen Gilmore
Jeannette Guastella
Bill Hall
Mary Hall
Delores Hawthorne
Raymon Haydon
Patty Hermes
Marnie Hostetter
Joe Honovich
Ralph Hutson
Dwain Istre
Pat Johnson
Karen Oleksik
Gloria Kerry
Bill Kraeger
Kyle Kraeger
Indiana LaCour
Lowell Lawson
Tim Leone
Christie Lloyd
Clyde Loston
Janeane Lucia
Rose Malarcher
Fr. André McGrath
Angie McIntyre
Sr. Merida, D.C.
Randy Mobley
Kristyn Monroe
Don Parker
Laurie Pierpont
John Ponce
Julianna Ponce
Pete Posey
Donna Powell
Tammy Rhodes
Deacon Joe Rubio
Carol Romero
Tom Ruesch
James Russom
Eddie Sanders
John Smith
The Tarpley Family
Helen Toney
Jerry Toney
Stena Tuminello
VanderLinden Fly.
Larry Vickers
Mary, Darrell, Chelsey
& Charity
Debbie Walpole
Daryl Williams
James Wood
Jessie Woods
Jeanette Yount
PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OUR SERVICE MEN & WOMEN,
Brian Cormier, Sgt. David Duncan, Corp. Adam C. Henson, Lt.
Sgt. Joey Martinez, GL6 Shannon Martinski Montes, Sgt. Andrew
Montes, Sgt. Terrance Laborde, Capt. Nicholas Smith, Darnell
Gillie, Erik Restevio, Aaron Schmidt, and PFC Charles Gilmore,
and women who are serving our country, here and abroad, and for
their families awaiting their safe return.
To add someone to our prayer lists, please call Margaret Cotner
at 686-3652. Please call back to let us know when the name should
be removed from our prayer list. “Our Policy” - names will be
removed after four (4) weeks or if it needs to be on longer please
call us.
TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — The Ninevites turn from their evil way
in response to Jonah’s message (Jonah 3:1-5, 10).
Psalm — Teach me your ways, O Lord (Psalm 25).
Second Reading — The world in its present form is passing away (1 Corinthians 7:29-31).
Gospel — Jesus proclaims, “Repent, and believe in the
gospel.” The new disciples abandon their nets and follow
him (Mark 1:14-20).
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday:
2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5; Ps 96:1-3, 7-8a, 10;
Mk 3:22-30
Tuesday: Heb 10:1-10; Ps 40:2, 4ab, 7-8a, 10, 11;
Mk 3:31-35
Wednesday: Heb 10:11-18; Ps 110:1-4; Mk 4:1-20
Thursday: Heb 10:19-25; Ps 24:1-6; Mk 4:21-25
Friday:
Heb 10:32-39; Ps 37:3-6, 23-24, 39-40;
Mk 4:26-34
Saturday: Heb 11:1-2, 8-19; Lk 1:69-75; Mk 4:35-41
Sunday:
Dt 18:15-20; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; 1 Cor 7:32-35;
Mk1:21-28
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday:
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time;
Catholic Schools Week
Monday: Ss. Timothy and Titus
Tuesday: St. Angela Merici
Wednesday: St. Thomas Aquinas
Saturday: St. John Bosco
Annual Diocesan Stewardship Appeal Statistics for S.H.
Sacred Heart Pledge Goal - $20,500.00
2014 Pledged so far - $20,500.00
Amount paid so far - $19,770.00
We are at 96% of Pledge Paid (As of 1/21/15)
We are at 100% of Goal Pledged (As of 1/21/15)
Thank you Michael Roy for heading our Stewardship Drive.
We have met our pledge of $20,500.
JANUARY BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON
The January Birthday Luncheon will be
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 12:15
p.m. at the Magnolia Tea Room on the corner of
Buncombe Rd and Pines Rd. We will meet at the
Church to carpool at 12 Noon. Everyone is welcome.
Please join us.
Share the JOY this Lent!
Living the Eucharist 2015
This is our 3rd and last year Sacred Heart will be participating in
Living the Eucharist. Living the Eucharist is a parish-based
renewal experience that fosters spiritual growth and discipleship
by promoting full, conscious and active participation in the
Eucharist. Living the Eucharist can help adults, families and
teens in a parish grow in holiness and in the Church’s mission as
they come to know more profoundly the Love of Christ in the
Eucharist. In a couple of weeks we will be passing out LE prayer
cards, From Exodus to Easter: My Daily Journey Through Lent,
Family Activity Booklets and bulletin inserts. We will also have
sign-up sheets in the Narthex of the church. Our group sessions
will begin the week of Ash Wednesday. So, please look over the
sheets and sign up for a group and begin your Eucharistic
spirituality centered in the Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ.
CHANGE OUR LIVES
In today’s first reading, Jonah, sent by God to warn the people, storms through Nineveh, frightening the citizens out of their
wits. It works! They repent before Jonah makes his way through
a third of the city, and God sees “by their actions” how they have
turned from evil.
Then we hear Paul telling the Corinthians that “the world in
its present form is passing away.” He calls for a change of heart.
He stops short of telling them to set aside their everyday lives,
but still he urges them—rather mysteriously—to live as though
they aren’t doing the things they’re doing.
Finally, Jesus stands on the shore and cries, “The kingdom
of God is at hand!” The apostles-to-be abandon their nets and
follow him. Thus in all the readings we hear an invitation to a
radical and immediate change in our lives. — Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
As a result of the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, the
Church has defined a new pastoral plan for your care whenever
you struggle with illness. There are rites for children, a communal
rite for celebration in the parish, forms of care for the sick at each
stage and transition, and for the desperately ill. There is a much
broader interpretation of who may be anointed, including not only
the visibly ill, but those battling addiction, or the elderly coping
with the frustrating aches and pains of aging. Children under
seven are normally not anointed, since the oil is associated with
reconciliation. (For the same reason, they do not receive ashes
on Ash Wednesday.) However, children close to that age who
have a serious illness often gain a deep level of spiritual insight
and maturity, and may benefit from catechesis for the Eucharist.
Once admitted to confirmation and/or Eucharist, a sick child
should be anointed. It is a great strength of our present rite that a
section is included with prayers tailored to the experience and
understanding of a child. Considering our recent history of being
fairly sparing with this sacrament, the generosity of celebration
today is helping us to retrieve an essential part of our tradition of
reverence for the sick. - Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
You are invited to remember your loved ones with a donation to the
Christmas Memorial Flower Fund. You have an envelope in your December packet of envelopes or you can use envelopes from the small
white
basket in Drive—Gabriel
the Narthex of Hall—10
the Church.
Jan. 25—Blood
am toThere
2 pm will be a Memorial
Flower
Insert
in
the
bulletin
for
Christmas.
Please
put your list of names
Jan. 31—Deadline for application for CYLA by Knights
in the7—Confirmation
envelope with your
name or howHall—10
you wantamit to
signed
Feb.
Retreat—Gabriel
2 pmon the outside. 8—World
All envelopes
need
to be returned
to 9the
Church
Office by
Feb.
Marriage
Day—Dessert
between
& 11:30
Masses
Wednesday,
December 17, 2014,
so that
we can have
enough time to
Feb.
15—Confirmation—Bishop
Duca
Presiding—9
am Mass
get your
loved ones listed on the
insert that will
be in the
Feb.
28—Magnificat—Catholic
Center—10:30
am—1:30
pm bulletin. If
you want
to place
themininyour
the Marriage—SEAS
collection basket, 9that
Feb.
28—Living
Christ
amis the easiest way
to get11—Bishop
them to theDuca’s
office. Pro-Life
Thank You
All!
Mar.
Banquet—Bossier
Civic Center
Mar. 29—Easter Egg Hunt—10:30 am—Gabriel Hall
Apr. 18—Retreat for Women–
Lynn Doucet—9
am to 3 pm
TODAY’S
READINGS
Catholic —
Center—Regr.
Is $25
includes
First Reading
We are the
clay&and
you,lunch
O Lord, are the
WELCOME FR. PETER MALLYA
It is with great pleasure that we welcome Fr. Peter Mallya
from the Fransican Missionaries of Hope (Lyke
Community) for a one month canonical visit. Fr. Mallya is
the Superior General of The Fransican Missionaires of
Hope and we wish him a blessed and fruitful visit.
IN SYMPATHY, please pray for Forrest Shane
Gauthier who died in Christ on Sunday, December
14, 2014. He was born on March 25, 1994 to
Michael Shane Gauthier, and Stacey Allene
McIntyre. Forrest is survived by his mother Stacey
Allene McIntyre, his father Michael Shane Gauthier
potter: we are the work of your hands
and his stepmother Shanna Doyle Gauthier. He is
(Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7).
also survived by his siblings:, Chelsea Ryan
Mcintyre, Michael Collen Gauthier and Casey Dillon
Psalm — Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face
ST.
VINCENT
DE
PAUL
Rachel,
as
well
as
his grandparents (Jimmie and Sarah McIntyre, of
and we shall be saved (Psalm 80).
Sacred Heart), aunts, uncles, cousins and many friends.
The—
"Little
Church
with
Second Reading
God is
faithful;
bythe
GodBig
youHeart”
were
Forrest graduated from Live Oak High School, class of 2012 and
always with
applies
the entire
year!
called to fellowship
thethroughout
Son (1 Corinthians
1:3-9).
attended LaTech in Ruston, LA.
He will be dearly missed by all his family, especially his grandparents
Gospel — Be
watchful!
Be alert!
You do not
know In
when
Third
Sunday
in Ordinary
Time:
this Jimmie
and Sarah, and those near and dear to him.
the time will
come. (Mark
13:33-37).
Sunday’s
Gospel,
Jesus says: “Come after May his soul and all the souls of all the faithful departed, through the
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Intername, and I will make you fishers of men.” mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen
tional Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
As disciples, we are called to continue God’s work on
earth. Taking
care of FOR
God’s
poor
is indeed living
READINGS
THE
WEEK
gospel values.
Monday:
Is 2:1-5;
Mt 8:5-11
As you place
your Ps
gift122:1-9;
in the Society
of St. Vincent de
Tuesday:
Is
11:1-10;
Ps
72:1-2,
12-13,
17; love to
Paul Poor Box, know that you are 7-8,
a sign
of God’s
Lk
10:21-24
those who are suffering and you give them reason to believe
Wednesday:
and
to trust. Is 25:6-10a; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 15:29-37
Thursday: SVDP
Is 26:1-6;
Ps 118:1,
19-21,
25-27a;
Memorial
Book8-9,
is in
the Rectory.
Mt 7:21, 24-27
Friday:
Is 29:17-24;
PsIN27:1,
4, MARRIAGE
13-14; Mt 9:27-31
LIVING
CHRIST
YOUR
Saturday: Is 30:19-21, 23-26; Ps 147:1-6;
MtFormation
9:35 — in
10:1,
6-8 Convenant in Christ)
(A Day of Adult
Your5a,
Marriage
Sunday:
Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Ps 85:9-14; 2 Pt 3:8-14;
When: Saturday,
MkFebruary
1:1-8 28, 2015
Where: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church
Time: SAINTS
Begins at 9AND
a.m., SPECIAL
concludes with
4 pm Vigil Mass
OBSERVANCES
Registration: $40
Sunday:
First Sunday of Advent
Monday: World AIDS Awareness Day
Wednesday: St. Francis Xavier
R.C.I.A.
Thursday: St. John Damascene
Friday:
First
Friday
(Rite
of Christian Initiation of Adults)
Saturday: St. Nicholas; First Saturday
R.C.I.A. - called “the Heart of the Church”, helps
others come to Jesus Christ through the truth in the
fullness of the Catholic Church. “You are asked to
invite anyone” you know that is interested in learning more about the
Catholic Faith. You can find us in the Rectory after the 9 a.m. Mass at
10:10 am. The meeting for this Sunday, January 25th. is on “The
Sacrament of Baptism/Confirmation” by Joe Dernovish. Next
Sunday we will discuss “The Eucharist” by Deacon Clary. If you
are interested in RCIA call the Church office at 318-635-2121 or Sarah
McIntyre at 318-347-0198. Maybe you would like to be a sponsor. All
sponsors must be active, practicing Catholics in good standing with the
Church and 16 years or older.
CALLING CATHOLICS HOME
A six-week series entitled “Calling Catholics Home” is being
offered every Tuesday beginning February 10, 2015 in the Parish
Library at the Cathedral of St. John Berchmans Office from 6:30 pm
to 8:00 pm. The sessions are for non-practicing Catholics who are
seeking answers to questions about returning to the Church. If you
know someone who as left the Church, please invite them to join us.
For more information call the Cathedral Office at 221-5296 or
w.callingcatholicshome.com
Thank You” letter received from
“Operation Support Our Troops”
On behalf of Operation Support Our Troops (OSOT), Inc. the national organization and Shreveport Chapter, our dedicated military troops and
their families, Thank You for helping us brighten the spirits of those far away
from home and away from their families for yet another Christmas. Please keep
them all in your prayers. Due to your generous contributions of non-perishable
food items, candy, children’s artwork, letters of support, cards, and numerous
other items you were part of making a difference in their holiday season. Items
were shipped and received prior to Christmas to deployed troops in remote areas of the Middle East in time for Christmas holiday delivery!!
Thank You for your Support, ShirleyOlivieri-Mathies—Chairman, Shreveport Chapter
A special Thank You to Les Brosset for bringing to my attention the Operation
Support Our Troops program this year. Our students and families came together
in Gabriel Hall and wrote cards, letters, sent artwork and items needed to make
life a little more tolerable for our men and women serving far away from our
homeland. You could feel the excitement as our children participated. We will
add this wonderful experience of love and support to our annual list of events
for PSR (Parish School of Religion). “Thank You little Church with the Big
Heart.”
Mary C. Chauvin, D.R.E.