Holy Spirit Catholic Church
6201 Stratford Pl, New Orleans, LA 70131,
PH# 504-394-5492 • Fax# 504-398-0901
Pastoral Team
Father Terry Hayden, Pastor
Dan Reynolds, Deacon
Mrs. Lori Horan, Church Secretary
Ms. Pam Kamphuis,
Ministry Coordinator/ Music Director
Ms. Fran Laudun, Custodian
Mass Schedule Saturday
Vigil: 5:00 PM Sunday: 9:00
AM, 11:00 AM
Monday through Friday 8:30 AM
Tuesday: Novena to
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
after 8:30 AM Mass
Confession Saturday: 4:00 4:45 PM Monday through Friday
8:15 AM
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 14, 2012
The word of God is living and effective,
sharper than any two-edged sword.
— Hebrews 4:12a
With the Apostolic Letter of October 11. 2011, Porta fidei, Pope
Benedict XVI declared a Year of
Faith. This year began last Thursday October 11, 2012, on the 50th.
Anniversary of the opening of the
Second Ecumenical Vatican Council, and will conclude on November 24, 2013, the Solemnity of our
Lord Jesus Christ, Universal King.
This year will be a propitious occasion for the faithful
to understand more profoundly that the foundation of
Christian faith is “the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction.” Founded on the encounter with the Risen
Christ, faith can be rediscovered in its wholeness and
all its splendor. “ In our days too faith is a gift to rediscover, to cultivate and to bear witness to” because the
Lord “grants each one of us to live the beauty and joy
of being Christian.”
The beginning of the Year of Faith coincides with the
anniversaries of the two great events which have
marked the life of the Church in our days: the fiftieth
anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican
Council, called by Blessed Pope John XXIII (October
11, 1962) and the twentieth year of the promulgation
of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, given to the
Church by Blesses Pope John Paul II (October 11,
1992).
Archbishop Aymond has added “The Family” to the
Year of Faith. It will be “The Year of the Family and
Faith.” It will start January 1st. 2013 and conclude
December 31, 2013. We will have celebrations here at
Holy Spirit emphasizing the Family unit and the Faith.
Our Family and our Faith are very important to us.
The year will be a year of discernment for us where
our family and our faith is concerned. Our Lord Jesus
Christ is going to guide us during the year, as He does
at all times, to look at our role within the family and to
look at how we live our faith journey. If you or a
member of your family have any ideas for celebrating
the Year of the Family and Faith I will be delighted to
hear them as we are on the same journey.
May the Lord Bless you and the Family in His Love.
WEEKLY STEWARDSHIP OFFERING
October 7, 2012
Envelopes:
$3,622.00
Loose:
$1,139.00
Poor Box
$ 157.00
Total
$4,918.00
Special Collection This Weekend
This weekend, October 13/14, there will be a special
collection for Victims of Hurricane Isaac.
10/13 Saturday 5:00 p.m. - Parishioners
10/14 Sunday 9:00 a.m. - Thoi Thi Le; Dong Vo;
Fred Borne
10/14 Sunday 11:00 a.m. - Anna Mae Kuhn;
Julie Duvic Bowes; Mr. & Mrs. Joseph DeBattista
10/15 Monday 8:30 a.m. - Poor Souls in Purgatory
10/16 Tuesday 8:30 a.m. - Helen Donlon
10/17 Wednesday 8:30 a.m. - Matt Cahill
10/18 Thursday 8:30 a.m. - Marie Niem Nguyen;
Hung Nguyen
10/19 Friday 8:30 a.m. 10/20 Saturday 5:00 p.m. - Helen Donlon;
Matt Cahill
10/21 Sunday 9:00 a.m. - Thoi Thi Le; Dong Vo;
Marie Niem Nguyen; Hung Nguyen
10/21 Sunday 11:00 a.m. - Parishioners
READINGS FOR THE WEEK 10/15- 10/21
Monday:
Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31 — 5:1;
Ps 113:1b-5a, 6-7; Lk 11:29-32
Tuesday:
Gal 5:1-6; Ps 119:41, 43-45, 47-48;
Lk 11:37-41
Wednesday: Gal 5:18-25; Ps 1:1-4, 6;
Lk 11:42-46
Thursday:
2 Tm 4:10-17b; Ps 145:10-13,17-18;
Lk 10:1-9
Friday:
Eph1:11-14; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 12-13;
Lk 12:1-7
Saturday:
Eph 1:15-23; Ps 8:2-7; Lk 12:8-12
Sunday:
Is 53:10-11; Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22;
Heb 4:14-16; Mk 10:35-45 [42-45]
Joshua Wetzel; Carol Zech; Arlene Wood; Margaret
Covell; Gwytha & Bobby Telotta; Nancy Ross; Mark
Blatter; Pete Hebert; Claretta Haag; Ted & Ava Monk;
F.J. Campo; Carol Turnage; Amy Stanley; Glenn
Moore; Steven Vix; Jackie & Ron Juge; Tracy Long;
Paula Richard; Raynette Bonaparte; Valerie Wiegand;
Helen Ragas; Brenda Isemann; Bill & Marie Harvey;
James Stone, Jr; Lemealue Robinson; Sandra Carter;
Joycelyn Pontiff; Errol Glapion; Jeanne Schmitt; Eva
Probst; Mary Manchak; Jeannette Boyer; Brittany Billiot; Alex Oxford; Raechel Schenck; Kayla Shehane;
Mike Wegmann; Meg Cahill; Dorothy LaSalle; Marion
Fuller; Liz Laats; Marie Vanlangendonck; Pearl Nedd;
Nguy Vu; Lloyd Jackson; Dolly Stakelum; Monique
Boudreaux; Viney Miller; Elaine Vix; Bob Hanlon;
Living the Mass:
How One Hour a Week Can Change Your Life
Living the Mass compellingly demonstrates how
the one hour spent at Mass on Sunday can truly
transform how we think and act the other 167
hours of the week. Ideal for Catholics who haven’t
been to Mass in a while, for the many who attend
Mass simply out of habit, or for anyone who desires to gain an understanding of how the Mass
prepares each person to live day in and day out as
a baptized Catholic Christian.
This Group Discussion Series begins
Tuesday, October 16th at 7 pm
in the Parish Life Center
and continues each Tuesday through
November 13th.
Stewardship Collection Baskets
Pope Benedict XVI has designated October 11,
2012 to November 24, 2013 as the Year Of Faith.
Beginning on this first weekend of the Year Of
Faith October 13/14 we will be passing the collection baskets during the Mass. We are looking for
Ushers to assist in this ministry.
Year of Renewal - Evening of Reflection
This week, our Deanery hosts an evening of reflection as part of our continuing “Year of Renewal”
on the Mass. This will take place at
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
8968 Hwy. 23, Belle Chasse, LA
on Wednesday, October 17, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
During this time together, participants will be invited to hear presentations on and to reflect on how
we, at Mass, come together to “offer a worthy sacrifice of praise” to God around the tables of Word
and Sacrament. There is no fee for this event and
preregistration is not required. Come and hear, via
both pre-recorded and live presentations, Bishop
Shelton Fabre, Mrs. Alice Hughes and a member of
the staff of the Office of Worship as they help you
reflect more deeply on the Mass. The topics to be
reflected on are: the Mass as meal, as sacrifice and
as our encounter with the Divine.
Welcome Wine & Cheese Saturday October 13
Wine, cheese, Iced tea and cookies, good conversation and fellowship will be served in the Parish Life
Center after the 5 pm Mass. All are welcome!
October 6, 2012—
October 12, 2012
(Taken from the new Census Forms)
Lois Blatter, Jacynthia Macdonald,
James Barient, Stacey Welch, Alden
Jourdain, Erin Purdue,
Arthemese Glapion, William Lannes.
We wish you a very happy birthday! May the Lord
guide you in your endeavors as you live your life in
accordance with His Holy Will.
Men’s Club Silent Auction
The Men’s Club Silent Auction has been cancelled but
the Men’s Club have decided to sponsor a Family Day
Bar-B-Q on Sunday October 14, 2012. The Family
Day Bar-B-Q will begin with the 11:00a.m. Mass.
There will be great food, Drinks and desserts to be enjoyed by all. We ask that you please sign the pad with
the family name and number of persons attending.
Advertising in the Family Pictorial Directory
If you or someone you know is interested in advertising in the Pictorial Directory, drop off a business
card in the Parish Office and we will forward the
information to Lifetouch Photography. All the proceeds from the advertising will come to the parish.
The cost for advertising your business is $100.00.
If we fill a page with ten advertisers, that will be
$1000.00 for Holy Spirit Parish. I hope that you
will allow The Pictorial Directory to give exposure
to your business through advertising.
Attention Esprit Members
Esprit will have a potluck on
Saturday, October 20th after the
5 pm Mass, in the Parish Life Center.
For more information please call
Elliot Glapion at 433-4611
2nd Collection October 20th & 21st
World Mission Sunday
The Society for the Propagation of the Faith seeks
prayer and sacrifice for the world’s missions in
over 1,100 dioceses. Help is offered for pastoral,
evangelizing, and catechetical programs, to build
churches and chapels, for the work of Religious
communities in health care and education, and for
communication and transportation needs.