MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Monday, Aug 30: 12:05 pm Melba Bordelon
Tuesday, Aug 31: 12:05 pm Stanford Sang Hak Lee
Wednesday, Sep 1: 12:05 pm Garland Grass
Thursday, Sep 2: 12:05 pm Marie Noel
Friday, Sep 3: 12:05 pm Julie Rayner and Diane Breedlove
Saturday, Sep 4: 4:00 pm Hope Farrar Kramer, Paul Ceasar, Ignatius Brown, Eva D’Angelo, Salvatore Difulco, Carmen Navarro, Jacob and Betty Wersching, Carrie Gengo Dull, Lily Couvillon Ducote
Sunday, Sep 5: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Timel; 9:00 am Carl Jeansonne Family; 11:00 am For the People of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral; 5:30 pm Casey Brooks and Bobby Slocum
REGULARLY SCHEDULED CONFESSIONS
3:00 pm – 3:45 every Saturday
4:45 pm – 5:15 pm every Sunday
Before 12:05 pm Daily Masses
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WEEKEND COLLECTION
Weekly Budget $8,000.00
Last Weekend’s Collection $5,675.82
Weekly Over or (Short) ($2,324.18)
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“FORWARD IN FAITH” CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
Campaign Goal: $1,000,000
Amount Pledged: $515,036
Number of gifts/pledges: 188 families
Cash amount received to date: $158,422
We are 52% of the goal pledged.
“FORWARD IN FAITH” CAMPAIGN NEWS
It’s not too late to make a pledge of support to our capital campaign. Thank you to all families who have responded. Also, let us all continue to pray for the success of our campaign. We will continue to give you updates on a weekly basis. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me or contact the parish office.
FATHER JIM will be away from the Parish next week, returning on Thursday.
WELCOME ORDER OF FLEUR DE LIS
We welcome to St. Francis Xavier Cathedral the members of the Order of Fleur de Lis, who will be present at the 4:00 p.m. Mass next Saturday, with the Most Rev. Ronald Herzog, Bishop of Alexandria, officiating.
The Order of Fleur de Lis is a Catholic service organization which promotes patriotism, love of country and good citizenship. The order encourages public morality, advances the concept of unselfish service to God and country and supports and defends the Holy Catholic Church and her teachings. Currently, membership is limited to only 30 laymen from a five-state area: Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama.
MASS INTENTIONS AT THE CATHEDRAL
Multiple Mass intentions are now available at the 9:00 a.m. Sunday Mass, and will continue at the 4:00 p.m. Mass on Saturday. Multiple Mass intentions may not occur more than twice a week. We will no longer have multiple Mass intentions during the weekday Masses, only one Mass intention per Mass during the week, Monday through Friday.
FIRST FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
11:00 a.m. Exposition
11:15 a.m. Devotion to the Sacred Heart
11:30 a.m. Confessions
12:05 p.m. Mass
FIRST SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
8:15 a.m. Exposition
8:30 a.m. Confessions
8:30 a.m. Rosary for Life
8:50 a.m. Benediction
9:00 a.m. Mass
MONTHLY COFFEE, SUNDAY, SEPT. 5
Our Ushers will host our monthly coffee after the 9:00 a.m. Mass. Everyone is invited.
CHOIR REHEARSALS RESUME
The Cathedral Choir rehearsals will resume on Wednesday, September 1 at 7:00 p.m. The Youth Choir rehearsals will resume on Tuesday, September 14 at 3:45 p.m. Now is a perfect time for new members to join and get in on the first rehearsals for the Fall and Winter seasons. If you would like to know more information about our choirs, please call Lynn Bauman at 445-`451, ext 13 or email lbauman@sfxcathedral.org. We welcome anyone who would like to join our music program.
CATHEDRAL CONCERTS
Cathedral Concerts presents Christine Donahue, soprano on Thursday, September 9, at 7:00 p.m. This is the first concert of the Fall and will feature Ms. Donahue singing: arias from the Operas Carmen, Tosca, and Der Freischutz, a song cycle by American composer, Samuel Barber and lieder by French composers Cesar Frank and Gabriel Faure, English composer, George F. Handel, as well as traditional spirituals arranged by H. T. Burleigh.
Christine Donahue’s voice has been acclaimed for its beauty and intensity. She has performed for numerous Opera Companies throughout the United States, Canada and abroad, including the opera houses of Cleveland, Houston, Birmingham, Raleigh, Philadelphia, Augusta, Little Rock, Atlanta, Omaha, Greensboro, Honolulu, Sarasota, Orlando, Mobile, Norfolk, and Grand Rapids, as well as New York City Opera and, internationally, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Hong Kong.
Please join us here at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral on Thursday evening, September 9 at 7:00 p.m. All concerts are free and open to the public and are followed by a Gala Reception in Xavier Hall.
ANNIVERSARY BOOKS DELAYED
Delivery of the five (5) commemorative history books of the Diocese of Alexandria will not be delivered to the parishes in early August as previously announced. According to the printer, the books have been shipped, but after their arrival at the Port of New Orleans, it will take a few weeks to sort and distribute the books to the various parishes in the diocese. We are told the books will arrive in the parishes closer to the end of August. We will keep you posted if we are given an exact date of arrival.
ON BECOMING A CATHOLIC
If you, or someone you know, is interested in becoming a Catholic, please call the rectory at 445-1451, ext 14.
Classes will begin in September. We will meet on Sundays after the 9:00 a.m. Mass in the church hall. Those participating will then enter the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil Mass, the night before Easter Sunday.
FIRST COMMUNION CLASSES
Please call the rectory at 445-1451, ext 14 to register your child for First Communion. Classes will begin in the Fall of this year, beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday.
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION CLASSES
These classes are open for Catholic students (pulic and parochial schools) in the 11th and 12th grades. Please call the rectory at 445-1451, ext 14 to register your child. Classes will begin in the Fall of this year beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday.
PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY
If you have members of your family who have been called to active military duty, or are already on active duty, please let us know, and we will place their names for prayer in the church bulletin. Please call the church’s secretary at 445-1451, ext. 14 or e-mail us at vannatta@sfxcathedral.org. Our known military are: Joseph Eric Adcock, Chad Wesley McCann, Robert A. Hunter, Jr., Brandon Paul McNamara, John Michael Griffith, Chad Bordelon, and Kevin Cope.
THE SANCTUARY LIGHT will burn for Thomas Norman given by Willema Normand. Please remember him in your prayers.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Rita Martin, Ross Mathews, Jo Ann Cumella, Chris Lee, Paul Molinar, Tyrone Allred, Joseph Chenevert, Shirley Flavin, Madeline Jeansonne, O. P. Marcott, Tammy Mathews, Maddie Mitchell, George Parker, Mary Ellen Randall, John Rue, and Joey Vercher; Rev. Joseph Hasiber, Aug 31.
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DEACON CANDIDATES: Richard Mitchell and Bill Travis
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SEMINARIAN: Dale Meade
NECROLOGY: Rev. Thomas Rebours, Aug. 30, 1876
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Msgr. Frederick Lyons, Msgr. Joseph Susi, Msgr. Ronald Hoppe, Father Bernard Zagst, August Vanlangendonck, Elizabeth Caesar, Blue Gilchrist, Ben and Colleen Baker, Tanya Simms, Naomi Brinkley, Annie Jean Rachal, Megan Barton, Luther and Ruby Wallace, Beverly Coutee, Mickey Wallace, Jerry Duhon, Cornelia Vanlangendonck, Stephanie Burnaman, Lois Peterman, Joe Wolf, Gene Thomas, Amy Hudson, Dimitri Jones, William Oberton, Celeste Bordelon, Grace Bize, Jerry Goudeau, Frank Crooks, Joyce Flowers, Audrey Luczak, Kelly Reynolds, Jimmy DeKeyzer, Lou Matassa, Linda Pagan, Victor Garcia, John Garcia, Theresa Thibodeaux, John Veroine, Jacqueline Canada, Alice Lejeune, Ty Emanus, Alarace McGinnis, Elbert Nolan, Omega Dobard, Linda McGinnis, James McManus, Myles Guidry, Beth Fryery, Adeline Taylor, Karen Rambo, Rose Snider, Leo Aragon, Vivian Williamson, and Brenda Ducote.
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