~Saint Martha~
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Statement
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of the Parish
- St.
Martha Biography
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to Know
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Leadership
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Leadership Structure
Joining St. Martha Community
Community Groups
Liturgy
Sacraments
Map & Schedule
Contact
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- Religious Education-(504) 366-4142
- Scouting Office-(504) 366-7474
Copyright St Martha © 2012
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Order
of
The
recipients of the Order of
Garage
Sale
May
3, 4, & 5, 2012
It’s spring
cleaning time!!! We
ask that you start gathering any items you wish to donate
toward St. Martha’s
Spring Garage Sale which will be held May 3rd
thru 5th this year. We are
also in need of plastic grocery bags, large brown paper
bags, clothes hangers and boxes of all sizes. Of course, we
also need volunteers to work and men with pick up trucks
to pick up furniture.
Anyone wishing to help, or donate items, please
call one of the following:
Judy Ronquillo
at 368-3551
Jessie Acosta
at 368-8751
St. Martha -
366-1604
Infant Jesus -
368-1397
As always,
thank you for your generosity.
Easter
Flower Memorials (Continued)
Theresa, Mitch
& L.J. Allemand
Nerli Bonanno
Brasset Family
Kathleen
Bronson
Myrtle Cage
Hazel Cambre
Castaign
Family
Coleman Family
Juanita
Francis
Susan Landry
Micas Family
Eunice
Montecino
Lula Montecino
Murphy -
Trosclair Deceased
Grace Parker
William Parker
James &
Elton Robarts
Jose Velazquez
Antonia
Velazquez
Albert &
Jean Weller
Winters –
Unaugst Deceased
A
big THANK YOU
from the Youth Ministry to the Knights of
Thank
you very much,
Ms
Kim, Youth Ministry Leader
St.
Martha
Weekly Collection
Envelopes
$3,159.00
Loose
1,184.28
Building Fund
283.00
Total
$4,626.28
Envelopes
$2,358.00
Loose
1,315.12
Building Fund
270.00
Total
$3,943.12
Infant
Jesus
of
Envelopes
$1,601.00
Loose
592.23
Building Fund
735.51
Total
$2,928.74
Mach
18, 2012 - Collection
Envelopes
$1,430.00
Loose
641.58
Building Fund
0.00
Total
$2,071.58
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Mass
Intentions
MONDAY, APRIL 23,
Pray
for the sick of our parish
TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 8:00 AM (St. Martha)
Kylie
Dupaquier
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 25, 8 AM (Infant Jesus)
Pray
for our military
THURSDAY,
APRIL 26,
Ted
& Nicholas May
FRIDAY,
APRIL
27,
Al
Delger
SATURDAY,
APRIL
28,
Pete, Will & Julian Taulli
SATURDAY,
APRIL
28,
James Martin, Aura May Javellana, Artemio
Javallana, William T. Stephens, Jr., Wallace Faucheux,
Roland & Lorina LaBauve, Sr., Ronald Treme, Thelma
Muller, Purida Yap, Carrie Ogden, LaVang Solar Nails,
(Bulletin Sponsor)
SUNDAY,
APRIL 29,
For
our parishioners
SUNDAY,
APRIL 29,
Clifton A. Chaisson, Sr. (Birthday); Enola
Orgeron; Edward Burmaster
SUNDAY,
APRIL 29,
Joseph
Binh Nguyen, Peter & Maria Minh Dang, Aura May
Javellana, Artemio Javellana, Anthony Tinh Van Nguyen,
Anna Maria May Thi Nguyen, Joseph Dam Van Vu, Ana Man Thi
Nguyen, Giacobe Nguyen Van Thi, Rosa Nguyen Thi Tieu,
Arlene Longo, Maria Ho Lui Leung, Christine Yuen Wai
Leung, Lillian Bourque, Classic Décor
& Lighting (Bulletin Sponsor)
MONDAY,
APRIL 30,
Pray for the sick of our parish
TUESDAY, MAY 1, 8:00 AM (St. Martha)
Jack Vidrine
WEDNESDAY,
MAY 2, 8 AM (Infant Jesus)
Pay for our military
THURSDAY,
MAY 3,
Thomas
Norman
Marshall, Jr.
FRIDAY,
MAY
4,
Thomas
Norman Marshall, Jr.
SATURDAY,
MAY
5,
Forest Blakeman; Michael & Philip Saladino
SATURDAY,
MAY
5,
Loreto
Montagnino, Aura May Javellana, Artemio Javellana, Ruby
Sanzone, Jim Leithman, Purida
SUNDAY,
MAY 6,
For
all
Parishioners
SUNDAY,
MAY 6,
Elaine & Walter Bartolo & Family; Paula
Hymel Taravella; Edward Burmaster
SUNDAY,
MAY 6,
Kylie
Dupaquier, Joseph Binh Nguyen, Giacobe Huynh Phan, Peter
& Maria Minh Dang, James Martin, Aura May Javellana,
Artemio Javellana, Anthony Tinh Van Nguyen, Joseph Dam Van
Vu,
SUNDAY,
MAY 6,
Anna
Maria May Thi Nguyen, Ana Man Thi Nguyen, Maria Phuong
Nguyen Hoang, Giacobe
Nguyen
Van Thi, Rosa Nguyen Thi Tieu, Maria Ho Lui Leung,
Christine Yuen Wai Leung, Arlene Longo,
Fifth District
Savings Bank (Bulletin Sponsor)
Sanctuary Light
The Santuary Light at St. Martha
will burn the week of April 16th, in
memory of Lucille Touchard, it will burn the week
of April 23 in memory of Giacobe Nguyen Van
Thi.
Altar Flowers
The
Altar Flowers
at St. Martha
Church, the week of April 21st
have been donated by Reba Catanese in
memory of her husband Ephin Catanese on
their 60th Wedding Anniversary.
In your masses and prayers, please remember Corrine Dauzart, sister
of Juanita Lemoine. Also,
please remember
Jack Vidrine, husband of Frances Vidrine. Remember also
those who mourn them.
Meetings
The Catholic
Charismatic Prayer Group will meet on Wednesday, April 25th
at 7:30 p.m. in Infant Jesus Church. The
celebrant will be Fr.
Dau.
The Golden Agers will meet on Tuesday, May 1st
at 2:00 p.m. in Carmel Hall.
The Widows Support Group will meet on
Wednesday, May 2nd at 4:00 p.m. in Carmel
Hall.
Vocation Cross
(Infant Jesus)
The
schedule for receiving the Vocation Cross
at mass is shown below:
Date
Recipient
Sun., April 29th,
Sat., May 5th, 4 p.m.
Liz Dufrene
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The
Point Restaurant
Monday
thru Friday only
(Let’s try
something different, let’s have lunch)
3800
(Please
remember to pick up a card as you enter the Gathering Area
to give to the waitress
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Winn Dixie
Use your Winn Dixie Reward Card along with St. Martha’s Community Pal Bar Code (which you can get from the Parish Office). Have it scanned only one time with your Reward Card and after that, every time you shop with your Reward Card, a percentage comes back to St. Martha.
Office Depot
Use the St. Martha’s Office Depot Worklife Rewards Card. Every time you shop at Office Depot, give them the Parish Office’s telephone number 504-366-1604. The rewards will add up for St. Martha to use for office expenses.
Recycling Toner & Ink Cartridges & Old Cell Phones
Bring your old toner, ink cartridges, and old cell phones to St. Martha’s church in the gathering room. You’ll be able to help raise money for St. Martha and help save the landfills. Do you have a business willing to save their recyclables for St. Martha? Let us know and we’ll arrange for collection at no expense.
Dear Martha
Why are so many people coming to mass late and leaving early?
Regards,
Mr. Why
Dear Mr. Why,
What would happen if the Pope invites your family to dinner? Would you come late? How would you dress? Being a Roman Catholic you get to experience, celebrate, share, pray, and much more, with Jesus at every mass.. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
May I suggest that everyone come to church 15 minutes before mass, leave after mass ends, and dress like you just met Jesus for the first time.
Martha
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A note from Deacon Larry Murphy
Deacon Larry Murphy will be available at the Pastoral Office at Infant Jesus of Prague Mission on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Thursday of the month from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. and on the 2nd and 4th Thursday from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Please schedule an appointment. For a Saturday appointment, please contact Deacon Larry at 368-1397.
Choose Life Newspaper
One long ago day at a Washington, D.C. Prayer Breakfast, a tiny nun proclaimed these words to those in high positions of power; “if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?” On that day, Mother Teresa of Calcutta captured the essence of love—respect for all human life.
We pray for all those who have been led astray by the false promises of abortion that they may turn to the Lord for comfort.
IRS CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS RULING
The IRS has issued new guidelines, effective January 1, 2007 that will require parishioners who itemize deductions on their federal tax returns to have bank records or parish receipts in order to deduct their charitable church contributions. This means parishioners who contribute cast in the collection basket each Sunday, without using a church envelope, will no longer be able to deduct those contributions because they will have neither bank records nor receipts to verify them.
Infant Jesus of Prague/St. Martha Church
Food Bank (368-1397)
2108 8th Street, Harvey
A few parishioners of Infant Jesus of Prague Church started the Food Bank over 20 years ago. Today the Food Bank serves approximately 60 bag lunches per month to homeless street people and provides groceries to approximately 160 needy families once a month who live in the church parish boundaries. Strict records are kept to insure that the truly needy are provided food. The following are required for families requesting monthly groceries: ID, proof of address, proof of income, and social security card numbers for family members. The street people are required to sign for their lunches. Bag lunches and monthly family groceries are distributed every Wednesday and Thursday from 9:30 to noon.
Cash and food donations are provided to the Food Bank by parishioners of Infant Jesus and St. Martha Parishes, and various businesses on the Westbank. Second Harvest is a major contributor to the Food Bank.
The following are ongoing needs of the Food Bank:
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Food
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Cash
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Checks made payable to “Infant Jesus Helping Hands”
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Volunteers to serve
Some items needed:
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Rice, Sugar, Can Goods, Beans, Cereal, Can Vegetables
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Stuffing, Cookies, Tomato Sauce, Crackers,
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Jell-O, Boxed Pasta, Dishes
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Tuna Tomato Paste Boxed Rice Dishes
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Snacks Can Soup Individual Gatorade
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Cake Mix Potted Meat Individual Bottled Tea
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Pasta Peanut Butter Individual Bottled Water
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Chips Canned Fruit Potted Meat
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Can Tomatoes, Boxed Potato Dishes, Vienna Sausage
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Razors, Mini Shaving Cream, Mini Soap, Deodorant,
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Shampoo and Feminine Products
Volunteers: Elaine Bartolo & Bertha Lapine
Sheena Berthelot & Martha Strauch
Heavenly Dusters (St. Martha)
What a privilege it is to clean the Lord’s house. And that’s what we do. We clean floors and windows, dust and vacuum, clean bathrooms and anything else that need to be cleaned. We also take the linens home to wash and iron. We work as a group so that no one has a heavy load. Many hands make light work, so we are always looking for new members.
Altar Society (Infant Jesus)
We also take care of the Lord’s house, open chapel, clean church and altar, wash and prepare linens, change books in the church and chapel and set up for mass.
Men’s Club
“Loving and Serving God Through One Another”. We meet once a month to schedule, discuss and plan such events as the St. Martha’s Annual Golf Tournament, retreat, how we can assist other ministries, cabbage ball and bowling events against St. Martha’s Youth Group and an occasional card game among the members.
The Proper Way
For Receiving Holy Communion
The following guidelines are based on the norms for the reverent reception of Holy Communion at Mass contained in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal from the Holy See and in Norms for the Distribution and Reception of Holy Communion under both Kinds in the Dioceses of the United States issued by the American Bishops and confirmed by the Holy See.
How to receive Holy Communion
Stand up and step out of your pew to join in the Communion Procession. Often an usher helps to oversee this process.
If you are not carrying a child in your arms or a hymnal or a cane in your hand, it is appropriate to join your hands in front of you in a prayerful position (traditionally over the heart) as you process forward.
Remain standing for the reception of Holy Communion. This is the standard posture for receiving Communion in the United States.
As you approach the minister, bow your head slightly as a sign of reverence toward Our Lord in the Eucharist. You may receive the Sacred Host either in your hand or on your tongue. The choice is yours. There should be nothing (gum or cough drop) in your mouth when you receive Holy Communion.
If you intend to receive the Sacred Host in your hand, extend both hands palm upwards toward the minister, placing one hand directly on top of the other. You should do this as you approach the minister so that it is obvious to the minister that you wish to receive Communion in the hand. Do not receive the Sacred Host in the hand by extending only one of your hands. If you are carrying a child in your arms or a cane in your hands, you should receive the Sacred Host on the tongue.
The minister will hold the Sacred Host in front of you and say, “The Body of Christ.” You respond by saying, “Amen”. Do not substitute another expression for it such as “Thank you”. The minister in saying “The Body of Christ” and “The Blood of Christ” is making a declaration of faith about the nature of the Eucharist and the Church which you as the communicant must affirm with your “Amen” before you receive. The word Amen from Hebrew meaning “Truly”, or “Let it be so”.
The minister will then place the Host on your open palm. Do not attempt to grab the Host from the minister with your fingers. Once the Host has been placed in your hand, immediately consume the Host in front of the minister. You should pick up the Host from the palm of your hand with the fingers of your other hand and reverently place the Host in your mouth. Do not begin walking back to your pew before consuming the Host, or carry the Host with the intention of dipping it into the Precious Blood. (The Lord said, take this cup and drink from it).
If you are going to receive the Sacred Host on your tongue, keep your hands joined over your heart, bow your head slightly as a sign of reverence toward Jesus in the Eucharist. After the minister holds the Host in front of you and says the Body of Christ and your respond Amen, tilt your head backwards and extend your tongue far enough so there is no danger of the host falling to the floor.
If you wish to receive the Precious Blood – the choice is yours – bow your head slightly as you approach the minister. The minister will hold the chalice in front of you and say, “The Blood of Christ”, to which you respond, “Amen”. The minister will then hand you the chalice. Grasp the chalice firmly with both hands. Take a small sip of the Precious Blood and hand the chalice back to the minister who will wipe its rim to prepare it for the next communicant.
After receiving Holy Communion, return reverently to your pew and either sit or kneel for your private prayers, or to make an act of thanksgiving for the gift of the Eucharist.
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