April 20- April 26
Saturday 4:00 p.m. Tommy & TA Benson
Sunday 8:30 a.m. Tommy Wright
Tuesday 8:00 a.m. Dorothy Yentzen
Wednesday 8:00 am Miscarried & Aborted Babies
Thursday 8:00 pm Laura West
Friday 8:00 p.m. Alex De Leon
27 April Saturday 4:00 p.m. Lector: Karen Halsell Cup: Karen Halsell & Kaye Leon Altar Server: Corbin Mackan
28 April Sunday 8:30 a.m. Lector: Camille Briggs
Bread: Deacon
Cup: Diana McCullough & Melissa Lewis
Altar Server: Loni Briggs
Money Counters: Liz Gallier & Joyce Higginbotham
Adoration is celebrated every Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to noon
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK: Barry Adams, William Anderson, Camille Ainsworth, Henderson Arrington, Ajibola Batiste, Michelle Blaisdell, Kade Coleman, Illya Coleman, Darby Doguet, Bobbie Edwards, Emma Edwards, Ronnie Fontenot, Donna Foreman, Audrey Furry, Jack Gilley, June Gober, Yvonne Godeaux, Elizabeth Harris, Barbara Hawkins, Bill Jannise, Harrison Johnson, Georgia Johnson, Mary Kibodeaux, Roxanne LeBlanc, Jane Leger, Liz Medlin, Amanda Mitchell, Clint Moses, Sherry Paschal, Darlene Presley, Jim Ryan ,Julie Shields, Irby Thibodeaux, & Delta Wright.
BIRTHDAYS BLESSINGS-: Edgar Rodriguez 4/24, Juan Barrera 4/23, Gunnar Blaisdell 4/21,
Lila Crossland 4/25, Michael Faraci 4/22, Rachal Jordan 4/20, Allison Leger 4/25,
Molly Kate May 4/25, Jessica Mendoza 4/20, Lawrence Riley 4/24, Blaze Roberts 4/25, Wilbert Sonnier 4/25, Francis Thibodeaux 4/21 & Jon Willey 4/22 Happy Birthday !
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FIRST COMMUNION- The Sacrament of First Holy Communion will take place on Saturday May 11th at 4:00 p.m. Mass There will be a reception after Mass provided by the Altar Society.
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CONFIRMATION- We want to congratulate our new Confirmands. Martha DeLeon, Mia Escamilla, Sofia Kapparis, Aidan McKenzie, Makintzi Morantes, Aubrey Rodriguez, & Myah Venable. Please keep them in your prayers as they continue their faith journey.
GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY- This Sunday we celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday, when the Gospels invite us to reflect on Jesus as our Shepherd. we also pray for vocations for the priesthood and religious. This weeks collection is dedicated to the support and education of our Seminarians
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SAFETY MINISTRY TEAM- We are looking for volunteers to help with a safety ministry team. This would include ushers or door monitors and health emergency workers who might assist if someone becomes ill.
ROSARY PRAYER GROUP- A group of parishioners gather to pray the Rosary every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Church. O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee!
CHILDRENS MASS- We have a children’s/youth Mass the second Sunday of each month. The children will walk in with Father, sitting together, and participate in the parts of the
Mass. They will be lectors, collections, gift bearers, ect. Please join us , and be part of this
ministry. The Next Mass is May @ 8:30 a.m.
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WHATS HAPPENING AT OLOS- If you want to be up on the latest things going on at Our lady of Sorrows, you can check out our Facebook www.facebook.com/oloscatholicchurch and on Instagram: ourladyofsorrowscatholicchurch or the website ourladyofsorrowschina.or
Bishop David Toups and the Diocese of Beaumont want to urge everyone to come Back to the Table. Back to our family tables and back to the table of our Lord and the Eucharist. This new initiative encourages us all to put family and God first in our busy life schedules. Please join us as we pray for our families to come back to the table. Please text "TABLE" to 55321 for updates, recipes and more!
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WEEKEND WITH ST. JOSEPH- Father/Son Retreat for Grades 9-12 will be held May10-11th at Christ Central Camp on Major Drive. Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen the bond between fathers and sons. There is a limit of 120 attendees. It will run from 6:00 p.m. Friday to 5p.m. Saturday. Please see the flyers at each door for registration information.
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TOGETHER IN HOLINESS MARRIAGE CONFERENCE- Married and engaged couples are invited to the second annual Marriage Conference on May 4, 2024 from 11:15 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Infant Jesus Catholic Church in Lumberton. Inspiring speakers , as well as Adoration, Reconciliation and Mass. This one day conference will help strengthen your relationship and discover God’s plan for your family. Registration is $64.00 per couple and childcare is provided onsite for $5.00. Scholarships are available upon request.For information email cameron@forlifeand family.org
THANK YOU- Our Youth group would like to thank everyone for generously filling the red backpacks with supplies for the homeless. We had the honor of distributing these bags to 100 people in need, and it wouldn’t have happened without you! Each person can make a difference, but a team can make a miracle. As a family of God we celebrate in His life and love.
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THANK YOU!- Our youth wants to thank everyone for their continued support during the Bake Sales, especially the ladies of our Altar Society who spend their time and money baking homemade desserts for us to sell. Your support and donations enable us to take the youth to various events. We are so blessed to be part of this amazing Church family! Last weekend our Junior High and High School played in the Diocese Vollyball Tournament, and the Jr. High won second place. (with some coaching from Father Poly)
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ONE HOLY, CATHOLIC , AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH- NICENE CREED part 3
There is one more point I’d like to discuss regarding the Nicene Creed. Toward the end of the Creed, we say, “I Believe in One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church”. This phrase is a central point to our faith, but it’s often not fully understood. What does it mean to be “One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic”? First of all, the Catholic Church is “One”. Jesus had promised at the outset that "there would be one flock, one shepherd" (John 10:16). St. Paul identified the unity of the Church, "There is one body and one spirit," (Eph. 4:4). And St. Paul often stressed the importance of being one in mind and spirit - I urge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and in the same purpose (1 Cor. 10). This unity is found in the Church’s constant Teaching and in Her Sacraments, which are the same worldwide. The Church is “Holy”. Does this mean that the Church is full of holy people? No, the Church is full of sinners. But the Catholic Church, through Her Sacramental Graces, is able to help make all sinners holy. It was in this sense that St. Paul was able to write, "Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, … that she might be holy and without blemish" (Eph. 5:25-27). The Church is “Catholic”, which means "universal." The Catholicity of the Church resides as much in the fact that the Church is for everybody at all times as it does in the fact that it was indeed destined to spread everywhere throughout the whole world. Early in her infancy, St. Paul wrote of the Church "… you have already heard through the word of truth, the gospel, that has come to you. Just as in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing, so also among you, from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of God in truth…"(Col. 1:5-6). The Church is “Apostolic”. From St. Peter and the Twelve Apostles, the Church’s teachings have been handed down to this very day. Every bishop in the Catholic Church today, even our own Biship David Toups, can trace their ordination down through the ages all the way back to the Apostles and the Church in the New Testament! This is the Church that Christ built! So yes, we are “One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic” and we should profess this belief joyfully and prayerfully each Sunday as we profess the Creed.
