131st year #8
First Sunday of Lent
February 25, 2007
First Sunday of Lent
February 25, 2007
Prayer Intentions for Mass
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Saturday 4pm Mass @ Saint Joseph’s
(February 24)
Virginia Frioux; Sammy Romero; Dorothy T. Latiolais;
Millard, Mike & Tommy Eldridge; Melvin Dugas, Roy
Berard, Sr. & R.L. Berard; Delma Judice, Jr.; Timothy
James Tauzin, Elmire Tauzin fly.; Marie Bergeron fly.;
Trey Judice & Enoe Judice family; Lloyd Broussard;
Anthony & Gertrude Lopez fly. & Emily Aucoin; M/M
Carrol Broussard, Sr., Skipper, Patty Broussard Mixon,
Special Intentions; Clenie Segura; Ed Broussard;
Mickey & Wilmer Suire; Edna & Alexis Suire, Rose
Delcambre; Jeanette “Jan” Crochet; Walter & Doris
M. Judice; Collins Louviere; Mrs. Brent Broussard;
Robert & Lucille Prados (A&D); Elton Bourque fly.;
Phillip Hebert fly.; Robert Dauterive; Louto Gondron; Wayne Doerle (Rec.)
Sunday 7am Mass @ Saint Joseph (February 25):
Rita & Tony Chataignier & Inez Borel; Maude Granger & Warren; M/M Walter Granger; Jade
Standridge & Francis & Rachel Vaughn; Leed & Mabel Gondron; Loto Louviere, Sr. & Emerite & Edgar
Peltier; Gladys Ronsonet & fly.; Sylvest, Eula & Clyde Dressel; Herrle & Maude Spiess, Allen Rosen;
Ronald Broussard
Sunday 10am Mass @ Saint Joseph's
(February 25)
Mitch Breaux; Betty Aucoin & Fred Breaux; Darnelle Warfel; May & Stanley Ransonet; Rita Walet &
family; Felix & Yola Trahan & Brian; George Dugas, Ernie Dugas, Hazel Fietel; Louise Landry, Hilda &
Fernest Louviere; Elbay Judice; Whitney Segura fly.; & Honore Prados fly.; Thomas Van Brocklin;
Verna Seneca
Sunday 7pm Mass @ Saint Joseph’s
(February 25)
Ed Broussard fly.; Sully Berard, Sr. & fly; Lloyd Berard, Amy S. Latiolais, Brad Berard; Albert &
Gondron families (A&D); Clemiere Derouen, Ernest Bonin, Debbie Courville, Dudley Courville, Georgia
Badeaux
Monday 6:45am Mass @ Our Lady of Victory
(February 26)
Ronald Broussard; Louis Landry, Hilda & Fernest Louviere
Tuesday 6:45am Mass @ Our Lady of Victory
(February 27)
Wednesday 6:45am Mass @ St. Joseph’s
(February 28)
M/M Elmo Landry
Thursday 6:45am Mass @ St. Joseph’s
(March 1)
Lloyd Broussard, Herrle & Maude Spiess, Special int.; Amos & Odette Louviere
Friday 6:45am Mass @ St. Joseph’s
(March 2)
Lloyd Broussard, Ethel Meaux, S.J. Granger; M/M Tartule Meyer; Jules LeBlanc
First Saturday 9:30am Mass @ St. Joseph’s
(March 3)
A Lenten Mission is planned for March 12th & 13th here at St. Joseph Church. Fr. Thomas Habetz will
offer Confessions from 5:30pm-6:15pm. Fr. Habetz will also be the celebrant for 6:30pm Mass each
night. Make plans to join us in prayer!
The Man-to-Man Catholic Men’s Conference will feature guest presenters Dr. Alan Keyes, Danny
Abramowicz, and RADIX musical group. The event will be held on Saturday, April 14th, @ St. Thomas
More High School in Lafayette. For more information please visit www.mantomancc.com or call 981-
7703.
The Diocesan Office of Vocations is sponsoring a Vocation Dinner for Young Men on Tuesday, March
27th, @ 6:30pm at the residence of Bishop Jarrell. For more information please contact Fr. Aaron
Melancon @ 261-5690.
The members of our St. Joseph Ladies Altar Society are reminded to please submit your 2007
membership dues. Dues envelopes are available at the entrances of our Church.
The annual Come, Lord Jesus Conference is set for March 24th at the Cajundome Convention Center
in Lafayette beginning @ 8am and ending with Mass @ 2:30pm. For more information please call 233-
6277 or www.comelordjesus.com.
Attention: Men of St. Joseph’s Church Parish. Make Lent really spiritually
powerful this year. A Men’s Retreat will be offered at the Our Lady of the Oaks
Retreat House in Grand Coteau on March 22-25th. Take some important time
away to get closer to Jesus Christ. To make a reservation or for more information
please call Clark Provost @ 229-6115, Ronnie Boudreaux @ 364-7301, or Paul
Gulotta @ 365-4453.
The South Region Conference of the Diocese of Lafayette will take place on March 17th at Catholic
High School in New Iberia. For more information please contact Deacon Jerry Bourg @ 923-4591.
Our annual St. Joseph Church Bazaar will be a ONE DAY event this year (Saturday, June 9th). Please
mark your calendars now and plan to join us for the fun!
Former pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Fr. Ron Groschen, will conduct a Lenten Day of
Reflection on March 2nd here at St. Joseph’s. Registration will begin at St. Theresa Hall @ 8:30am,
followed by the praying of the rosary, Confession, talks, and Mass. A light Lenten lunch will be served.
All are invited to take part!
Our Baptismal Seminar is held on the 2nd Monday of each month at the Our Lady of Victory Life
Center. Parents & Godparents must attend this class before the Baptism of their baby. The next class
is scheduled for Monday, March 12th, @ 6:30pm.
A Future Full of Hope Lenten Mission will be held at Sacred Heart of
Jesus Catholic Church in New Iberia on February 26-28 @ 7pm. For
more information please call 364-4439.
On Sunday, March 18th, St. Joseph & Our Lady of Victory Catholic Churches will host their St. Joseph’
s Altar at the Our Lady of Victory Life Center following the Sunday 10am Mass. Everyone is invited to
this potluck meal in honor of St. Joseph, the foster father of Jesus Christ.
Nativity of Our Lady Catholic Church in New Iberia will offer a Lenten Mission given by Fr. Mario Romero
on Wednesday, Feb. 28th, and Thursday, March 1st. Confessions will be offered from 6pm-6:45pm
with Mass beginning @ 7pm. The theme of the Mission is “The Biblical Roots of Our Catholic Faith.”
The pilgrim statues of Our Lady of Fatima will be at the homes of Denise Hebert and Brenda Berard. If
you would like one of the pilgrim statues to visit your home call Sylvia @ 229-6166 or Carolyn @ 229-
6492.
Our Sanctuary Lamp this week burns in memory of Ronald Broussard.
The Vocations Chalice will be in the home of Ronald & Yolanda Green family this week.
Lord Jesus, please send us many more holy priests, sisters, and brothers to serve your people!
The next Marriage Encounter Weekend is scheduled for March 2-4 in Eunice. For more information
please call 1-800-586-5469.
Vermillion Tours has a trip scheduled for March 23rd to the Vatican Expo in New Orleans. For more
information please call Judy Judice with the Council on Aging @ 229-6728.
Let us live Lent then, as a Eucharistic time in which, welcoming the love of Jesus, we learn to spread it
around us with every word and deed. Contemplating Him whom they have pierced moves us in this
way to open our hearts to others, recognizing the wounds inflicted upon the dignity of the human
person; it moves us, in particular, to fight every form of contempt for life and human exploitation and
to alleviate the tragedies of loneliness and abandonment of so many people. May Lent be for every
Christian a renewed experience of God’s love given to us in Christ, a love that each day we, in turn,
must regive to our neighbor, especially to the one who suffers most and is in need. Only in this way
will we be able to participate fully in the joy of Easter. May Mary, Mother of Beautiful Love, guide us in
this Lenten journey, a journey of authentic conversion to the love of Christ.
Pope Benedict XVI
The Diocese of Lafayette requires each Church Parish to conduct Parish Council elections every April.
If you would like to serve our Church in this important capacity, please submit your name to our
Church Office (229-4254). Our Parish Council meets every other month at our rectory for about an
hour.
Fr. Manny Fernandez will offer a special healing service
at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church in Berwick on March 9th @ 3pm.
Stewardship of Finance
February 18, 2007
Regular Offertory: 4,597.00
Second Collection for Building & Maintenance 910.00
Total: 5,416.00
Thanks for your continued support of the work of our Church!
(February 24)
Virginia Frioux; Sammy Romero; Dorothy T. Latiolais;
Millard, Mike & Tommy Eldridge; Melvin Dugas, Roy
Berard, Sr. & R.L. Berard; Delma Judice, Jr.; Timothy
James Tauzin, Elmire Tauzin fly.; Marie Bergeron fly.;
Trey Judice & Enoe Judice family; Lloyd Broussard;
Anthony & Gertrude Lopez fly. & Emily Aucoin; M/M
Carrol Broussard, Sr., Skipper, Patty Broussard Mixon,
Special Intentions; Clenie Segura; Ed Broussard;
Mickey & Wilmer Suire; Edna & Alexis Suire, Rose
Delcambre; Jeanette “Jan” Crochet; Walter & Doris
M. Judice; Collins Louviere; Mrs. Brent Broussard;
Robert & Lucille Prados (A&D); Elton Bourque fly.;
Phillip Hebert fly.; Robert Dauterive; Louto Gondron; Wayne Doerle (Rec.)
Sunday 7am Mass @ Saint Joseph (February 25):
Rita & Tony Chataignier & Inez Borel; Maude Granger & Warren; M/M Walter Granger; Jade
Standridge & Francis & Rachel Vaughn; Leed & Mabel Gondron; Loto Louviere, Sr. & Emerite & Edgar
Peltier; Gladys Ronsonet & fly.; Sylvest, Eula & Clyde Dressel; Herrle & Maude Spiess, Allen Rosen;
Ronald Broussard
Sunday 10am Mass @ Saint Joseph's
(February 25)
Mitch Breaux; Betty Aucoin & Fred Breaux; Darnelle Warfel; May & Stanley Ransonet; Rita Walet &
family; Felix & Yola Trahan & Brian; George Dugas, Ernie Dugas, Hazel Fietel; Louise Landry, Hilda &
Fernest Louviere; Elbay Judice; Whitney Segura fly.; & Honore Prados fly.; Thomas Van Brocklin;
Verna Seneca
Sunday 7pm Mass @ Saint Joseph’s
(February 25)
Ed Broussard fly.; Sully Berard, Sr. & fly; Lloyd Berard, Amy S. Latiolais, Brad Berard; Albert &
Gondron families (A&D); Clemiere Derouen, Ernest Bonin, Debbie Courville, Dudley Courville, Georgia
Badeaux
Monday 6:45am Mass @ Our Lady of Victory
(February 26)
Ronald Broussard; Louis Landry, Hilda & Fernest Louviere
Tuesday 6:45am Mass @ Our Lady of Victory
(February 27)
Wednesday 6:45am Mass @ St. Joseph’s
(February 28)
M/M Elmo Landry
Thursday 6:45am Mass @ St. Joseph’s
(March 1)
Lloyd Broussard, Herrle & Maude Spiess, Special int.; Amos & Odette Louviere
Friday 6:45am Mass @ St. Joseph’s
(March 2)
Lloyd Broussard, Ethel Meaux, S.J. Granger; M/M Tartule Meyer; Jules LeBlanc
First Saturday 9:30am Mass @ St. Joseph’s
(March 3)
A Lenten Mission is planned for March 12th & 13th here at St. Joseph Church. Fr. Thomas Habetz will
offer Confessions from 5:30pm-6:15pm. Fr. Habetz will also be the celebrant for 6:30pm Mass each
night. Make plans to join us in prayer!
The Man-to-Man Catholic Men’s Conference will feature guest presenters Dr. Alan Keyes, Danny
Abramowicz, and RADIX musical group. The event will be held on Saturday, April 14th, @ St. Thomas
More High School in Lafayette. For more information please visit www.mantomancc.com or call 981-
7703.
The Diocesan Office of Vocations is sponsoring a Vocation Dinner for Young Men on Tuesday, March
27th, @ 6:30pm at the residence of Bishop Jarrell. For more information please contact Fr. Aaron
Melancon @ 261-5690.
The members of our St. Joseph Ladies Altar Society are reminded to please submit your 2007
membership dues. Dues envelopes are available at the entrances of our Church.
The annual Come, Lord Jesus Conference is set for March 24th at the Cajundome Convention Center
in Lafayette beginning @ 8am and ending with Mass @ 2:30pm. For more information please call 233-
6277 or www.comelordjesus.com.
Attention: Men of St. Joseph’s Church Parish. Make Lent really spiritually
powerful this year. A Men’s Retreat will be offered at the Our Lady of the Oaks
Retreat House in Grand Coteau on March 22-25th. Take some important time
away to get closer to Jesus Christ. To make a reservation or for more information
please call Clark Provost @ 229-6115, Ronnie Boudreaux @ 364-7301, or Paul
Gulotta @ 365-4453.
The South Region Conference of the Diocese of Lafayette will take place on March 17th at Catholic
High School in New Iberia. For more information please contact Deacon Jerry Bourg @ 923-4591.
Our annual St. Joseph Church Bazaar will be a ONE DAY event this year (Saturday, June 9th). Please
mark your calendars now and plan to join us for the fun!
Former pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Fr. Ron Groschen, will conduct a Lenten Day of
Reflection on March 2nd here at St. Joseph’s. Registration will begin at St. Theresa Hall @ 8:30am,
followed by the praying of the rosary, Confession, talks, and Mass. A light Lenten lunch will be served.
All are invited to take part!
Our Baptismal Seminar is held on the 2nd Monday of each month at the Our Lady of Victory Life
Center. Parents & Godparents must attend this class before the Baptism of their baby. The next class
is scheduled for Monday, March 12th, @ 6:30pm.
A Future Full of Hope Lenten Mission will be held at Sacred Heart of
Jesus Catholic Church in New Iberia on February 26-28 @ 7pm. For
more information please call 364-4439.
On Sunday, March 18th, St. Joseph & Our Lady of Victory Catholic Churches will host their St. Joseph’
s Altar at the Our Lady of Victory Life Center following the Sunday 10am Mass. Everyone is invited to
this potluck meal in honor of St. Joseph, the foster father of Jesus Christ.
Nativity of Our Lady Catholic Church in New Iberia will offer a Lenten Mission given by Fr. Mario Romero
on Wednesday, Feb. 28th, and Thursday, March 1st. Confessions will be offered from 6pm-6:45pm
with Mass beginning @ 7pm. The theme of the Mission is “The Biblical Roots of Our Catholic Faith.”
The pilgrim statues of Our Lady of Fatima will be at the homes of Denise Hebert and Brenda Berard. If
you would like one of the pilgrim statues to visit your home call Sylvia @ 229-6166 or Carolyn @ 229-
6492.
Our Sanctuary Lamp this week burns in memory of Ronald Broussard.
The Vocations Chalice will be in the home of Ronald & Yolanda Green family this week.
Lord Jesus, please send us many more holy priests, sisters, and brothers to serve your people!
The next Marriage Encounter Weekend is scheduled for March 2-4 in Eunice. For more information
please call 1-800-586-5469.
Vermillion Tours has a trip scheduled for March 23rd to the Vatican Expo in New Orleans. For more
information please call Judy Judice with the Council on Aging @ 229-6728.
Let us live Lent then, as a Eucharistic time in which, welcoming the love of Jesus, we learn to spread it
around us with every word and deed. Contemplating Him whom they have pierced moves us in this
way to open our hearts to others, recognizing the wounds inflicted upon the dignity of the human
person; it moves us, in particular, to fight every form of contempt for life and human exploitation and
to alleviate the tragedies of loneliness and abandonment of so many people. May Lent be for every
Christian a renewed experience of God’s love given to us in Christ, a love that each day we, in turn,
must regive to our neighbor, especially to the one who suffers most and is in need. Only in this way
will we be able to participate fully in the joy of Easter. May Mary, Mother of Beautiful Love, guide us in
this Lenten journey, a journey of authentic conversion to the love of Christ.
Pope Benedict XVI
The Diocese of Lafayette requires each Church Parish to conduct Parish Council elections every April.
If you would like to serve our Church in this important capacity, please submit your name to our
Church Office (229-4254). Our Parish Council meets every other month at our rectory for about an
hour.
Fr. Manny Fernandez will offer a special healing service
at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church in Berwick on March 9th @ 3pm.
Stewardship of Finance
February 18, 2007
Regular Offertory: 4,597.00
Second Collection for Building & Maintenance 910.00
Total: 5,416.00
Thanks for your continued support of the work of our Church!
