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Fr. Alexander Albert - Pastor

Susan Derouen - Secretary

Patti Bonin - Religious Education

Office Hours*

Mon, Tues, Thurs: 8:00 am-Noon

Wed: 8:00 am-Noon, 1:00-5:00 pm

*Fr. Albert takes appointments outside

office hours. Please call to schedule.

1510 Church St.

Jeanerette, LA 70544

Phone: 337-276-4576

Press 1 for emergencies

Fax: 337-276-5804

stjohnev@stjohnjeanerette.org

www.stjohnjeanerette.org

@stjohnjtown

Weekend Masses

Saturday: 3:00 pm Confessions

4:00 pm Mass

Sunday: 8:00 & 10:00am

Weekday Masses*

Tuesday 6:00 pm

Wednesday 12:05 pm

Thursday 6:00 pm

Friday 12:05 pm

Saturday after 1st Friday 8:30 am

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Intentions

Mon, Nov 2 12:05 pm

Claire/Norton Garcia,

Harvey/Anna Joyce Breaux

Also remembered in prayer: Steve Blanchard, M/M Ted,

M/M T J/Cleveland Moore, M/M Ulysse Landry, L J/

Neta, M/M Eno Maturin, Julius/Peter; Linda/Walter

Robin, M/M Anatole/Lloyd/Yvonne/Barbara/Dudley /

Adrian Durocher, Howard, Jr/Howard, Sr/Lester/Odette

Poche, Eula/Leonie Boudreaux, Georgine/Paul/Bella

Verret, Mercedes Goins, Rena/Lee/Charlene

Delahoussaye, Delores/Keith Ulysse Derouen

Tue, Nov 3 6:00 pm

Lorayne Falterman

Wed, Nov 4 12:05 pm

Anna Joyce/Harvey Breaux

Thu, Nov 5 6:00 pm

Mary Fay Freshley

Fri, Nov 6 12:05 pm

Rita/Everette, III, Everette, Jr

Goner, Bernadette/Leonce Legnon

Sat, Nov 7 8:30 am

Evelyn/Taylor Lancon

Sat, Nov 7 4:00 pm

Buddy Clement

Also remembered in prayer: Junius/Lauriel Legnon;

JoAnn LeJeune; Jerome Migues; Diane/Karey Landry,

Dean Derouen, Angeline “Jo” Simoneaux; M/M Bourque,

Daniel Bourque, Curless Tabb, Nelson Guillotte, Richard/

Laura Verret, Myrtle L Prince; Stephen E Gauthier;

Walter, Jr/Walter, Sr/Lena Fitch; Jodie/Gerald Landry,

Sr.; James ODeen Warf; Bill/Anna Mae Fremin, Ada/

Louis/George/Jeanette Boudreaux; Stephanie Cormier;

Steven Blanchard; Marie/Ted/M/M T J/Cleveland

Moore, M/M Ulysse/ L J/Neta Landry, M/M Eno

Maturin, Peter/Juliius; Amy/Harold Landry

Sunday, Nov 8 8:00 am

Rita/Lawrence Arton

Also remembered in prayer: Mark/Neuville/Keith

Sonnier; Marvin “Ga”/Perry Hebert, M/M Arthur Hebert,

M/M Whitney Hebert; Brenda/Clifford/Therese Migues;

JoAnn LeJeune; Steven Blanchard (His birthday);

Dolly/T-Paul/Charlotte/Kerry Landry, M/M Arnold Landry

Sun, Nov 8 10:00 am

Parishioners of St. John the

Evangelist Church

Also remembered in prayer: Eric )/(Alison)/Loretta

Mouret; Timmy Prados & Family; Mary Alice Foco, Ava

Foco Perry; Mary Fay Freshley (Her birthday on

November 9); Leonard (Slim) Boudreaux (His birthday on

November 12)

Spiritual Life & Worship

Sacraments

-

Baptisms

are celebrated once a month. Registration

and class attendance are required; please call the

parish office.

-

Weddings

, please contact us at least 7 months

before your desired date. Visit the website

www.stjohnjeanerette.org/getting-married-at-st-john

to see the process.

-

Anointing of the Sick

is given by request to those

who are “in danger of death.” This can be from age,

injury, or illness. Please don’t wait until the last

minute! Call as soon as you receive a serious diagnosis.

For emergencies, call the office and press ‘1’ when

prompted.

Sanctuary Lights: November 1

Church

: JoAnn LeJeune

Chapel

: Souls in Purgatory

All Souls Day Monday, November 2

Monday, Nov 2 is All Souls Day, a day set aside to pray

especially for our deceased loved ones and to recall that we

too will die one day. We will have a Mass in the St. John

cemetery at 12:05pm.

There will also be a memorial service (not a Mass) offered

for all the faithful departed at Beau Pre Cemetery at 3pm.

Please Pray for Our Beloved Dead

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Formation & Education

With the election already upon us, it is a good time to look at Pope Leo XIII’s encyclicals on the government.

Pope Leo XIII lived during a time of great social change (the late 1800s) and was very socially conscious. While he

was pope, he issued several letters dealing with the specific conditions of Catholics in Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, France, Peru, and others. He also wrote a few letters addressing the question of Church-State relations in a general way. A particularly helpful encyclical is Immortale Dei: On the Christian Constitution of States, published in 1885.

There are two layers when we talk about reality: The natural and the supernatural. These two often interact, but each has their own specific focus. When in conflict over something, priority should be given to the supernatural. For example, it is part of the natural order that human beings practice self-preservation, get married, and have children. But, when Jesus calls upon specific individuals, it is part of the supernatural order that a person chooses to let themselves be killed (martyrdom) or chooses not to get married in order to serve the Kingdom of God (holy celibacy). When it comes to the government, Leo XIII sees it as part of the natural order, but criticizes those who want to pretend there is no supernatural order.

Another way to put this is that all truth comes from God, but some of it we can figure out on our own and some of it we can only know if God tells us (Revelation). A lot of morality is actually something we can figure out using our minds. We call this morality “Natural Law.” When Catholics say “murder is wrong,” it’s not a religious idea, but a natural idea. When we say “you should go to Mass on Sundays,” that is something God revealed to us. A person can’t just know that on their own. So, when we interact with the government, we can make our arguments based on the natural law, meaning we’re not “shoving our religion down people’s throats.” At the same time, because of Original Sin, human beings are often really bad at figuring out and recognizing what is right and wrong if they rely on just their own ability to think. So, faith often helps us be more reasonable. For this reason, the Church is actually quite beneficial to society because we can remind it of things they easily forget or get wrong.

This also does not mean that the government can simply ignore the existence of God. Part of Natural Law is that human beings can figure out that there is a God even without faith. They may not know much about who God is, but they can know that he exists. On both the natural and supernatural levels, human beings are supposed to respect God. So, government policies which treat human beings as if there is no God are bound to fail because they are ignoring a major part of what makes a human being human.

Pope Leo explains that government is a natural part of human existence. He writes “Man's natural instinct moves him to live in civil society.” God designed us to have government. Since government authority is part of God’s design, Catholics should obey their civil leaders as much as a possible. He does not say that any one form of government is the right form, so long as that form acknowledges itself to be under the authority of God, who is the source of all law, order, and goodness. This means that communism is a problem in part because it denies the existence of God. But this can also apply to democracies and republics if they act like there is no God. The existence of God is something we can know by reason. Human beings have a natural instinct to practice some form of religion; they instinctively worship something, even when they don’t necessarily realize that’s what they’re doing. For this reason, the pope also teaches that “one of [the] chief duties” of leaders is “to favor religion, to protect it, to shield it under the credit and sanction of the laws, and neither to organize nor enact any measures that may compromise its safety.” So, when a government crosses the line of trying to interfere with service to God, the government steps outside its authority and should be disobeyed. And remember that protecting religion or even favoring it (like with tax-exemption) is not the same thing as forcing it on others.

He also calls on Catholics to be involved in promoting the common good of society. This does not mean, however, that Catholics can justify contradicting the Church as part of their public involvement. Instead, we should apply the principles of Natural Law - which the Church can help us to understand - in forming laws and a just society. As you engage with the government and society around you, remember that we have a duty to God and Country, but that only one of those lasts forever.

In Christ, -Fr. Albert

Leo XIII and the Government

Pastor’s Column

Thoughts and updates from Fr. Albert

Pray For Our Military:

Brett Amedee, Dyllan Blanchard, Barry Clements, Jeremy Dube, Lance Dube, Matthew Gottschalk, Kenneth Lancon, Bernard LeBlanc, Major James S. Long, II, Ross Mata, Andrew Meyer, Katherine Milar, Alden Milar, Fernand Paul Muffoletto, Blake Prados,

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Community Life

Bible Study

Come Lord Jesus is a bible study

program that meets every Tuesday

night at 6:30 in the parish Hall or

Thursday Morning at 9:30 am at the

Parish Hall. Please call the office if

you’d like more information.

Free Online Faith Formation

Go to Formed.org and select “I belong to a parish or

organization.” Use our zip code to find our parish and

register for free access to lots of

high-quality online faith materials.

Join the Knights!

If you would like to join the KC’s please

call the office. Next KC meeting is

scheduled for November 11 at 6:30 pm at

the Parish Hall.

Catholic Daughte

rs

If you would like to join the Catholic Daughters,

please call the office. The next meeting

will be held on November 11 at 6:30

pm. The CDA fundraiser is still ongoing.

If anyone wants to purchase a picture

please call

337-276-4194/337-276-5692.

Thanksgiving Food Drive

We will be having our annual Thanksgiving Food

Drive collecting canned and dry goods and other

household items on the weekends of November

7/8, 14/15 and 21/22. Please leave all items in

the back of Church. Food will be distributed on

November 22. Thank You.

Mausoleum Spaces for Sale

There are a number of mausoleum crypts for sale

in our cemetery. Please call the office for more

information. Thank You.

Dinner with Fr. Albert

Fr. Albert is putting time into his schedule to be

able to visit with his parishioners and get to know

them better. If you want to go to a restaurant, he

will gladly pay for himself. It is also a chance to

have your home blessed and/or have him meet

family members who might not go to Church.

Please consider inviting him to dinner (or to watch

UL or LSU football). To help with this, evenings he

is available will be listed here.

Sat, Nov 7 after 4pm Mass

Sat, Dec 5 after 4pm Mass

Sat, Dec 19 after 4pm Mass

Continuing Precautions

We are in phase III of Covid precautions. Between

the 3 regular Masses, we should have room for

everyone to attend. During this time, attending

Mass during

any day of the week

will also count for

Sunday obligation.

First Friday/Saturday Adoration

Adoration for First Friday/Saturday will begin on

Friday, November 6 and end with 8:30 am First

Saturday Mass on November 7.

CCD News

(Classes are 11am in Parish Hall)

Sun. Nov. 8 Confirmation and 1st Communion

Sun. Nov. 15 Confirmation and 1st Communion

Wed, Nov. 18 6pm Family Night Parish Hall

followed by 6:30 Arise Night in Church

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You can now give online!

Visit stjohnjeanerette.org/online-giving

to sign up

One-time and recurring gifts are available. You can

also choose to give to specific collections

You can also find information on the website about

using an app to give via your smartphone.

Offerings

General Collection Oct 24/25 $2708.00

Insurance Fund $1113.00

Tithe.ly week ending 10/23 $78.83

Poor Box $886.97

Total $4786.80

Second Collections

November 1 Maintenance Fund November 8 NONE November 15 NONE

November 22 Catholic Campaign for Human Development

November 29 Insurance Fund

Candles and more for sale in office

Starting next week, the parish office will have the

following things for sale (cash or check):

Case of Candles ………..…..$32

Parish Christmas Cards………. $2

Bottle for Holy Water ………..$ 1

Individual Candles………....……….$3

A Stewardship Moment

In today’s Gospel, Jesus teaches his followers about

“blessedness,” a word not used much in American

culture. The Beatitudes Jesus evokes in the Gospel

reading are not promises of happiness, but

promises of a new life with God; blessedness is key

to a new way of living through the human

experiences of mourning, meekness, peacemaking,

persecution, and poverty of spirit. For Christian

stewards, “blessedness” does not depend on wealth

or health or status. Christian stewards recognize

that blessedness is God’s gift. In the kingdom of

God, life is not governed by honor and fame, but

by the promise of abundant life. Embracing a

poverty of spirit and meekness reveal God’s

abundant life “breaking into” our world.

Outreach & Evangelization

Stewardship

Managing God’s Gifts to Us

Arise Night 6:30pm Wed, Nov 18

An Arise Night is an evening of healing & renewal

for any parishioner or guest looking to grow in

their faith, and experience the love of

God through the power of the Holy

Spirit. It is an evening of praise and

worship, a teaching on the Holy Spirit

accompanied by a testimony, and an

opportunity for those present to be

prayed with for healing or

empowerment.

Poor Box

Thank you all for contributing to the Poor Box. We will

keep all poor box funds set aside for those in

need. Anyone looking for financial help

should schedule an appointment with Fr.

Albert.

Donations Needed

The Disch-DeClouet service center is looking for these

items, please consider donating:

Bed linens, blankets, coats/sweaters, shoes

(especially men’s), diapers/wipes (child and

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