Prayer Intentions for Mass

Saturday 4pm Mass @ Saint Joseph’s  
December 29th
Virginia Frioux; Dorothy T. Latiolais; Roy Degeyter, Sr. & fly.;
Kernis Peltier; Bob, Tootie & Wayne Doerle;  Millard, Mike &
Tommy Eldridge; M/M Gabriel Leblanc (A&D), Johnny Albert, Sr.
(A&D); Melvin Dugas, Roy Berard, Sr. & R.L. Berard; Delma
Judice, Jr.; Trey Judice & Enoe Judice family; Timothy James
Tauzin, Elmire Tauzin fly.; Marie Bergeron fly.; Lloyd Broussard; Anthony & Gertrude Lopez & Emily Aucoin;
Louis Suard; St. Joseph,  St. Jude & St. Anthony special int.; Wallace Landry;  Harold J. Louviere, Sr.,
Jeanette Theriot, Vernon (T-Red) Louviere,  Robert & Edelia F. Johnson, Sophie F. Bonin; Carroll
Mestayer;  Recovery & Healing, St. Jude, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of Good Remedy; M/M Antoine
Judice & Jeanne; Isaure & Rule Broussard; Armand Lissard; Louis Landry, Hilda & Fernest Louviere; Pearly
Broussard, Harold Broussard, Jr.;  David Provost, Heath & Hailey Ransonet; Jeanette “Jan” Crochet; Ricky
Faucheaux & Louviere family; Frank & Mary Moulis; Robert Dauterive  

Sunday 7am Mass @ Saint Joseph’s  
December 30th
Rita & Tony Chataignier & Inez Borel; M/M Walter Granger; Maude Granger &  Ronald; David Provost; May
& Stanley Ransonet; Jade Standridge & Francis & Rachel Vaughn; Leed & Mabel Gondron;  St. Joseph, St.
Jude & St. Anthony, Special intention; Rube & Perry Judice;  Gale Meyers & Vaughn fly; Virginia Frioux; Sis
Provost & Irene Decuir; Recovery & Healing, St. Jude, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of Good Remedy;
Loto Louviere, Sr.; Demest Louviere & J.C. Molbert

Sunday 10am Mass @ Saint Joseph’s
December 30th  
Mitch Breaux; Betty Aucoin & Fred Breaux; Darnelle Warfel; May & Stanley Ransonet & Guy Ransonet; Rita
Walet & family; Felix & Yola Trahan & Brian; M/M Simonet Pommier fly;  Margaret & Sidney Breaux fly.;
Honore Prados family & Whitney Segura family

Sunday 7pm Mass @ Saint Joseph’s
December 30th  
Roy Freyou; Lloyd Berard, Brad Berard, Amy Latiolais; Elaine Dugas

Monday 6:45am Mass @ Our Lady of Victory
December 31st

Monday 6pm Mass @ Saint Joseph’s
December 31st— Vigil Mass of Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God    
Recovery & Healing, St. Jude, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of Good Remedy; Louis & Grace Moran;
Robert & Lucille Prados (A&D); Edwin & Odile Thibodeaux; Collins & Doris Louviere & Will Roberts; M/M W.
W. Vaughn & Rufus & M/M Laurent Dugas; Leonard & Irene Champeaux

Tuesday 7am Mass @ St. Joseph’s
January 1st—Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God  
Recovery & Healing, St. Jude, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of Good Remedy; Elaine Dugas; Alfred &
Margaret Judice (A&D); Jamie Champeaux, Steve & Velma Champeaux; Timothy James Tauzin, Elmiere
Tauzin, Marie Bergeron family; Jeanette “Jan” Crochet; Flo Chastant, Breaux & Prosper family; Kernis
Peltier; Lloyd Berard, Amy Latiolais, Brad Berard; Ed Broussard; Darin, Emile, & Eula Dressel

Tuesday 10am Mass @ St. Joseph’s
January 1st

Wednesday 6:45am Mass @ St. Joseph’s
January 2nd  
St. Joseph, St. Jude & St. Anthony special intention; Recovery & Healing, St. Jude, Sacred Heart of
Jesus, Our Lady of Good Remedy

Thursday 6:45am Mass @ St. Joseph’s
January 3rd
St. Joseph, St. Jude & St. Anthony special intention; Marie B. Savoy

First Friday 6:45am Mass @ St. Joseph’s
January 4th
St. Joseph, St. Jude & St. Anthony special intention.; Illumination of conscience for everyone; Ethel
Meaux, S.J. “Bute” Granger, Lloyd Broussard; Jules Leblanc; Broussard, Granger, & Gonsoulin families




Our adult religious education program, RCIA, will begin on Tuesday night, January 8th, from 7pm—8pm @
St. Theresa Hall.  Please call our Church office to register if you are interested in considering the possibility
of becoming a Catholic or if you are a baptized Catholic who would like to receive the Sacraments of First
Communion and/or Confirmation.  Deacon Chris Doumit will teach six classes: (Jan. 8, Jan. 22, Feb. 5, Feb.
19, Mar. 4, and Mar. 18).  These classes are also open to anyone who would like to learn more about
his/her Catholic faith.  

The 2008 offertory envelope boxes can be picked up in the lobby of Church. If you are not currently an
envelope user and you would like to become one, please call Gail at our Church office @ 229-4254.  If
you have trouble locating your box, please contact Gail.

Fr. Manny Fernandez will offer a special Healing Mass on Friday,
February 22nd, @ St. Joseph Church.  Confessions will begin @ 6pm
and Mass will begin @ 7pm.  All are invited to attend!

Is your marriage in trouble?  A Retrouvaille Retreat can help!  
The next Retreat is scheduled for February 8—10th.  Please call
(800)470-2230 or 991-9627.  All inquiries are kept completely confidential.

Our Baptismal Seminar is held on the 2nd Monday of each month @ St. Theresa Hall. Parents &
Godparents must attend this class before the Baptism of their baby.  The next class is Monday, January
14th, @ 7pm.  Please call our Church office to register.

The pilgrim statues of Our Lady of Fatima will be at the homes of the Fran & Joel Dugas family & the Craig
& Pauline Breaux family.  If you would like one of the pilgrim statues to visit your home call Fran @ 229-
4896 or Carolyn @ 229-6492.

Our Sanctuary Lamp this week burns in loving memory of Harold Louviere, Sr.

The Vocations Chalice will be in the home of the Geraldine Boutte family this week.
Lord Jesus, please send us many more holy priests, sisters, and brothers to serve your people!

Thanks so much to everyone who helped to
decorate our Church for Christmas!  We got many
compliments on how beautiful everything looked!  
If anyone is available on Sunday, January 13th, @
1pm, we’ll need your help, once again, to put away
the Christmas decorations.

Out of concern for one another’s well being, if you have cold or flu symptoms, please refrain from drinking
from the Sacred Cup until your sickness passes.  Thanks!




















Loreauville native, Fr. Darren Eldridge, will conduct a Lenten Day of Recollection on Tuesday, February
12th, @ St. Theresa Hall.  The Day of Recollection will be from 9am—12noon.  For more information
please call Gladys Boutte @ 229-4545, Gloria Boutte @ 229-6838, or Janet Thibodeaux @ 229-6275.

All are invited to participate in a March for Life with a silent Eucharistic Procession from the Grotto on Main
Street to St. Peter’s Church in New Iberia.  The March for Life will begin @ 5:30pm on Tuesday, January
22nd.  Following the March, a Mass for Life and a five-day Rosary Congress will follow at St. Peter’s Church
in New Iberia.

January 1st is a Holy Day of Obligation     
The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God     
Attendance at a weekend Mass this weekend does not satisfy our obligation.
Holy Day Vigil Mass:         December 31st @ 6pm.
Holy Day Masses:          January 1st @ 7am & 10am.

Our Eucharistic Adoration Chapel will close on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day (December 31st & Jan.
1st).  The Chapel will re-open on Wednesday, January 2nd, @ 6am.

Our Church Offices will be closed for the New Year’s holidays on December 31st and January 1st. Our
Church Offices will re-open on Wednesday, January 2nd, @ 8am.  Have a blessed New Year!

We welcome back Fr. Paul from his trip to Nigeria!  
131st year #52
Feast of the Holy Family
December 30, 2007
This Week's Readings
Stewardship of Finance
December 23, 2007
Regular Offertory
$6,890.95
Christmas Collection
$9618.00
Building & Maintenance Fund
$1,870.00
Total
$19,347.00
With each contribution show a cheerful
countenance, and pay your tithes in a
spirit of joy.

Give to the Most High as He has given to
you, generously, according to your
means.  For the Lord is one who always
repays and He will give back to you seven-
fold.”
Sirach 35: 8-10
Eucharistic Adorers needed
Friday
7pm
Sunday
Prayer Partners & Substitutes needed
Monday
9am, 1pm
Tuesday
1pm, 4pm
Wednesday
1pm
Thursday
2pm, 3pm
Friday
 
Saturday
9am - 6pm
Sunday