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
Ms. Lori Horan, Church Secretary
Ms. Pam Kamphuis,
Ministry Coordinator/ Music Director
Ms. Fran Laudun, Custodian Elliot
Glapion, Groundskeeper
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
Mary, the Holy Mother of God
January 1, 2012
Mary kept all these things,
reflecting on them in her heart.
— Luke 2:19
I hope that you all had a happy,
healthy and peaceful Christmas
wit h family, Re lat ives and
Friends. Now we Are entering the
New Year of 2012. This is the
time when we make resolutions and hopefully we
keep them and not breat them by the end of January. I believe that one resolution we should make
and keep is that we try to be a better person towards my neighbor. If we can do this then we are
truly following Jesus and improving in our discipleship. This will be a challenge for us but a challenge that we can we succeed in if we take our relationship with Jesus seriously. Usually we look
back at what happened in our lives in 2011. But
those days and months of 2011 are history never to
be repeated. We have to go forward and live each
day as if it is the last day of our earthly life. Sometimes we concentrate on more of the negatives of
life that the positives. There are many good people
who have compassion, understanding and love for
their fellow human being. I wish you and the
family a very Happy, Holy and Peaceful 2012.
God Bless you all.
Fr. Terry.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK 1/2-1/8
Monday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Jn 1:19-28
Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:29 — 3:6; Jn 1:29-34
Wednesday: 1 Jn 3:7-10; Jn 1:35-42
Thursday: 1 Jn 3:11-21; Jn 1:43-51
Friday:
1 Jn 5:5-13; Mk 1:7-11 or
Lk 3:23-38 (23,31-34, 36, 38)
Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Jn 2:1-11
Sunday:
Is 60:1-6; Ps 72; Eph 3:2-3a,
5-6; Mt 2:1-12
Novena to
Our Lady Of Perpetual Help
will be recited every Tuesday
after the 8:30a.m. Mass.
Novena cards will be available and
everyone is invited to participate.
We will continue to collect non-perishable food items.
Please place your food items in the baskets underneath
the tables in the vestibule.
Thank you in advance for your generosity!
If there is a parishioner who is homebound and
would like to receive Holy Communion please call
the office at 394-5492 to make arrangements.
12/31 - Saturday 5:00 p.m. - Parishioners
1/1 - Sunday 9:00 a.m. - Thoi Thi Le; Dong Vo
1/1 - Sunday 11:00 a.m. - Louise Davis
1/2 - Monday 8:30 a.m. - Robert A. Philage, Jr.
1/3 - Tuesday 8:30 a.m. - For the Sick and their
Caregivers
1/4 - Wednesday 8:30 a.m. - Mr. Fred Borne
1/5 - Thursday 8:30 a.m. - All Nursing Home
Residents
1/6 - Friday 8:30 a.m. - Mr. Fred Borne
1/7 - Saturday 5:00 p.m. - Julie Bowes;
Sr. Germaine Buckingham
1/8 - Sunday 9:00 a.m. - Louise Davis;
Thoi Thi Le; Dong Vo; Julie Bowes
1/8 - Sunday 11:00 a.m. - Parishioners
2012 Contribution Envelopes are available for
pickup in the vestibule. Please write your name,
address, and phone number on the first few
envelopes you use. If you would like to begin
using contribution envelopes this year, please call
the office at 394-5492.
Religious Ed classes will resume on January 10
following the Christmas Holiday.
Notre Dame Hospice, a ministry of the Archdiocese
of New Orleans, is looking for volunteers to
provide caregiver relief, run errands, or help in the
office. If you are interested or would like more info
please contact Janine Bonner, Volunteer Coordinator, at 504-418-1049.Volunteers are needed to serve
in all Church Parishes.
In continuing our commitment to support and to facilitate healing, we invite and encourage individuals who
have been hurt or sexually abused recently or in the past
by clergy, religious, an employee or a volunteer of the
Archdiocese of New Orleans to call the Victims’
Assistance Coordinator at (504)861-6253.
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855-4LA-KIDS (855-452-5437) for anyone in the state
to call and report child abuse or neglect.
One number, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to speak to
a trained child welfare worker to report possible abuse
and neglect. You can also call your local police station
to report the abuse.
ARCHDIOCESAN
NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING CLASSES
With professional instruction, Natural Family
Planning has proven itself to be safe, effective,
and a moral way for couples to plan their families. It is a method which respects the meaning
of human sexuality as God created it and thus
marital love is enhanced and strengthened.
Come join the class series that Family Life
Apostolate is offering in the Sympto-Thermal
Method of Natural Family Planning conducted
by Caroline Sholl of the Archdiocese of New
Orleans.
The dates of the class series are:
January 10, January 24,
February 7 and March 6, 2012
The classes will be held at St. Dominic Parish in
New Orleans. Preregistration is required and
the cost is $100.00. For more information and
registration please call: Family Life Apostolate
(504) 861-6243.
Willwoods Married Couples Retreat
at St. Joseph Abbey, January 21 - 22, 2012
Would you like to break away with your spouse
and spend quality time enriching your marriage?
Then join us on our upcoming Married couples Retreat at St. Joseph Abbey Christian Life Center.
The retreat begins on Sat., Jan. 21st at 9 a.m. and
ends at 1 pm on Sun., Jan. 22nd.
If you would like to register or need more information, please call Jason Angelette at (504) 830-3716
or visit www.faithandmarriage.org.
Suggested donation of $220 is requested but not
required. Pre-registration deposit, which is part of
the donation, is $50.
These retreats are not designed for deeply struggling marriages. If you need assistance in finding
help in this area, please contact your pastor, the
Family Life Apostolate or us to help you in your
search.
Welcome Coffee
on Sunday January 8th after
the 9 & 11 a.m. Masses
Family Dinner
on Tuesday January 10th
5:30 p.m.
1st Thursday Evening of Eucharistic Adoration for
Vocations
The second of a series of monthly events to pray
for vocations will be held Thursday, January 5,
2012 at The Visitation of Our Lady Parish in
Marrero. The evening will begin at 7 p.m. with
exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and continue
with silent adoration and prayers for vocations,
concluding with Benediction at 8 p.m. All are
invited as each month (usually the 1st Thursday) a
different parish will host an evening of Eucharistic
Adoration for Vocations. These parishes are
selected by each deanery and will continue
throughout the year until all the deaneries have had
a chance to host an evening.
The beautiful Poinsettias in the Sanctuary are
given in loving memory of the following people:
Al Mouton III
The Rudeke, Brin, & Ferrata Families
Matthew Comeaux
Rose Simmons
Becky Killeen Reaves
Dr. Charles Geyer
Charles J. McShane
Elizabeth B. Debuys
Melba Hebert Adams
Joseph P. Hebert
Virginia D. Bordlee
Anthony Bordlee
Cimion Nunez
Cheryl Glorioso
Mary and Ray A. Lorio, Sr.
Martha Craft
Harvey Craft
The Tauzy Family
The Rodriguez Family
Anna Mae Kuhn
Pat Stakelum and Peggy Daniels
Bogy Boogaerts
The Didier, Lannes, and Ducote Families
The deBoisblanc & Bruneau Families
The Waitt & Cochran Families
Ronald Couget