St. Clement of Rome Parish One of the 100 Great Catholic Parishes of the United States

4317 Richland Avenue, Metairie, Louisiana 70002  |  Phone (504) 887-7821  |  Fax (504) 454-3906  |  stclement@archdiocese-no.org

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Bulletin Third Sunday of Lent March 7, 2010   • Click here to read the current bulletin in a PDF format.   • Click here to read this past week's bulletin in a PDF format.   • Click here to receive the bulletin by e-mail every week.    To view the above documents, you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader™. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it now for free.   • Click here for a facilities request form.   • Click here for names of parish staff members, contact information, etc. (HTML file) Parish calendar Every Saturday/Sábado Confessions in church from 3 to 3:45 p.m. Rosary in church, 3:30 p.m. Every Sunday/Domingo Confessions in church from 5 to 5:45 p.m. Legion of Mary sponsors scriptural Rosary by the Blessed Mother's statue in church, 7:30 p.m. Sunday/Domingo, March 7   • RCIA in the Parish Center conference room, 9:30 a.m.   • Life Teen life night in Vosbein Hall, 4 p.m. Monday/Lunes, March 8   • Romanettes dance team practice in the gym, 6:30 p.m.   • Cub Scouts den meeting in room 3 of the Parish Center, 6:30 p.m.   • Monday Night Scripture in the Parish Center conference room, 7 p.m.   • Single and Single Again Bible study in room 4 of the Parish Center, 7 p.m.   • Monday Night Disciples in room 1 of the Parish Center, 7:30 p.m.   • Spanish Marian group in room 2 of the Parish Center, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday/Martes, March 9   • Life Teen and Noon Choir practice in church, 5 p.m.   • School of Religion reconciliation (high school) in church, 6:45 p.m.   • Men's Club meeting in Vosbein Hall, 7 p.m.   • Single and Single Again planning meeting in room 4 of the Parish Center, 7 p.m. Wednesday/Miercoles, March 10   • St. Anthony Ministry in rooms 2 and 4 of the Parish Center, 9 a.m.   • Men of MIR prayer group in room 1 of the Parish Center, 11:45 a.m.   • St. Anthony Ministry in room 4 of the Parish Center, 3 p.m.   • Hurricanes volleyball in the gym, 6 p.m.   • RCIA in room 1 of the Parish Center and the conference room, 6:45 p.m.   • Legion of Mary meeting in room 2 of the Parish Center, 6:45 p.m.   • Adult Confirmation classes in room 3 of the Parish Center, 7 p.m.   • Boy Scouts in Vosbein Hall, 7 p.m.   • Choir and brass band practice in church, 7 p.m. Thursday/Jueves, March 11   • St. Anthony Ministry in room 4 of the Parish Center, 9 a.m.   • "Lord, Teach Me To Pray" series in room 2 of the Parish Center, 6 p.m.   • Handbell practice in church, 6 p.m.   • Cub Scouts meeting in room 3 of the Parish Center, 6:30 p.m.   • Peace In Our Hearts Always prayer group in room 4 of the Parish Center, 7 p.m.   • Pastoral Council in the Parish Center conference room, 7 p.m. Friday/Viernes, March 12   • Small Christian Community in the Parish Center conference room, 10 a.m.   • Stations of the Cross in church, 2 p.m.   • Fish fry in Vosbein Hall, 5:30 p.m.   • Romanettes dance team practice in the gym, 6 p.m.   • Mass followed by Stations of the Cross in church, 6 p.m.   • Via Crucis in church, 7:15 p.m. Saturday/Sábado, March 13   • Access baby bottle campaign in church   • Schoenstadt Campaign in room 1 of the Parish Center, 9 a.m. Daylight savings time      Do not forget to set your clocks one hour ahead next weekend. March 14, 2010! SCR's celebration of marriage      SCR's celebration of marriage will be Sunday June 13 at the noon Mass. We request that those couples celebrating in 2010 their 50th (married in 1960) and those celebrating their 25th (married in 1985) complete this form and mail it back attention: Theresa, 4317 Richland Ave., Metairie, LA 70002 or leave it in the basket located on the table at the two side entrances. This is not to be confused with the Archdiocesan Marriage celebration.      Information needed:     • Wife's first name and maiden name     • Husband's first and last name     • Month, date and year of marriage     • Name of church where you were married     • Your phone number (should we have any questions)      For information call the Parish Center at (504) 887-7821. Last day to register will be Friday, April 23. Click here for a printable PDF version of the form. Easter lilies      Reserve your Easter lilies in memory of your loved ones. Donation $15. Please call Blanca or Jackie at the Parish Center, (504) 887-7821. Dateline is Friday, March 26. Collections Week of February 28, 2010 • Stewardship: $12,787.57 • Missions: $10.72 • St. Anthony ministry: $2,119.31 • Debt reduction: $354.00 • AChurches in Eastern Europe: $2,472.74     We would like to thank all those who generously support our parish. (Agradecemos a todos que apoyan generosamente a nuestra parroquia.) Pray for . . .      • The sick: Josefa Aguilar, Neil de Alteriis, Ferry Becnel, Nan Caillouet, Albertina Castillo, Maria Angelica Corcio, Ana Crespo, Philippa D'Alfonso, Shawn Englade, Rosario Espinoza, William Fallon Sr., Marvin Firmin, Mildred Fryou, Milton Gauthreaux, Phil Grisasse, Silvia Elena Guevara, Maggie Hebert, Kassi Herot, Rita Hof, Christina James, Tonie Kaliseh, Marion W. Lala, Anna Landreneau, Robert Maddox, Brenden Maestri, Theresa Manning, Carol Michel, Warren Michel, Mary Joyce Morlas, Noel Morlas Sr., Jake Morris, Joy Mounger, John Noto, Leonel Orellana, Tiffany Paisant, Nedime Rende, Sherisf Rende, Ismail Rende, Camille Reynolds, Fefe Risley, Denis Rivera, George Sanderson, Nely L. Saybe, Alexa Schexnaildre, Paul Schuster, Jennifer Sonnier, Kylie Rae Sowell, Sandra Strauser, Jacqueline Suarez, Chelsea Umbach, Dolores Urtecho, Juana Vargas, Scott Williams, Kenneth Young and Michelle Zemizi. May they regain their strength and find comfort as a result of our prayers.      • The deceased: United with the families of our deceased members we pray for their eternal rest, especially: James Buras. May the families of the deceased find comfort as a result of our prayers. Fish fries return to SCR      SCR will have four Lenten fish fries in Vosbein Hall beginning at 5:30 p.m. Remaining dates of the meals are:      Friday, March 12      Friday, March 19      Drive-thru will be available on Cleary Avenue for fried fish plates only. A fried catfish plate will cost $9. Mass intentions Saturday, March 6 8:15 a.m. — Ronald and Cecile Pabst † 4 p.m. — Joseph and Rosalie Molere †, Falk family †, Carolyn Gurtner †, Burgin Barousse †, Hilton Schuster †, Monica Carroll †, Montelepre family †, Elizabeth Marcev † Sunday, March 7 8 a.m. — All parishioners 10 a.m. — Ricardo Villanueva †, Jose B. Liwag †, Salvador Liwag †, Sipto J. Muniz †, Charles G. Leader Sr. †, Anna Arnold, Rita Hotstream †, Elaine Robelot, Mathilde Furey †, Henry LeBlanc, Joseph Harrison Jr. †, Shirley Frass †, Williams Reynold †, Charles Arcuri †, Brian Joseph Napier †, Peter Suthon, Joseph Chiappetta, Evelyn Avettant †, Vivian Gautreaux Breaux †, Stephen Jennings †, Henry and Marie Hymel, Mario Lovisa, John Smuck, Henri Ange Alciatore †, Rosemary Verdigets †, Richard Kernion †, Dorothy Lezina, Antonino Augello †, Rosemary Doussouy † Noon — Lester Jeansonne † 2 p.m. — Adan Toledo †, Maria Luisa Ortega †, Toribia Hydee Ferreyra †, T. Flores, Silvana Medina †, Mario Iturralde †, Orlando Espinosa †, Edmundo Menese Robleto †, Maria Victoria Ayala † 6 p.m. — Burgin Barousse † Monday, March 8 8:15 a.m. — Joseph Tamburello † 6 p.m. — BShirley M. Frass † Tuesday, March 9 8:15 a.m. — Rosalie Molere † 6 p.m. — Bertha de los Angeles Saenz † Wednesday, March 10 8:15 a.m. — Glendoris Coleman 6 p.m. — Frank J. Montalbano Thursday, March 11 8:15 a.m. — Frank J. Montalbano 6 p.m. — Bertha de los Angeles Saenz † Friday, March 12 8:15 a.m. — Rose and Phil Gardner 6 p.m. — Marie Montalbano Thomas † — denotes deceased

Interested in joining our School Board?      The School Board is looking for new members to serve a three-year term. Any parishioners who are interested are invited to pick up a nomination form from the Parish Center or at the back of church. Forms should be turned in no later than Friday, March 19. Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference "For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free"      You are cordially invited to the Catholic Charismatic conference, March 19-21 at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner. Archbishop Aymond will offer Mass on Saturday, March 20 at 9 a.m. Deacon Alex Jones, Johnnette Benkovic and Fr. Richard McAlear, OMI will be featured speakers on the theme "For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free." Special guest Sunday morning, Immaculee Ilibagiza, survivor of the Rwandan genocide and author of the New York Times best-seller, Left to Tell. Teen workshop on Friday and Saturday. Greatest savings with pre-registration. For more information call Catholic Charismatic Renewal at (504) 828-1368 or register online at www.ccrno.org. Way of the Cross for married couples      Passionate about marriage? Come to the Way of the Cross for married couples hosted by New Orleans Catholic Engaged Encounter on March 13 at 7 p.m. at Mary, Queen of Peace in Mandeville. Reception will follow. For more information, call Steve and Claudia Schulz at (504) 439-5309. Palms needed      Palms will be needed for Palm Sunday. Please bring them to the front door of church by Tuesday March 23.      We also need volunteers to help clean the palms on Friday, March 26 at 9 a.m. in church. Bring cutters and gloves. Life Teen Spring Retreat April 16-18 in Poplarville, Miss.      Life Teen Spring Retreat! All teens in grades 8-12 are invited to our high school retreat, "God: On YOUR Side!" It will be held April 16-18 in Poplarville, Miss. Registration fee is $90 and includes two-night stay, five meals, transportation to and from retreat, fun T-shirt and all other retreat materials. Scholarships are available for those in need of financial aid. Non-refundable $30 deposit due to the Parish Center by Monday, March 15. For more information, contact Youth Minister Jenn Garnand at (504) 920-8074 or jgarnand@cox.net. Operation Rice Bowl      Today we hear the call of Moses to lead his people from oppression to freedom. God promises to be with them as they journey to a new life. Our participation in Catholic Relief Services' Operation Rice Bowl unites us in prayer, fasting, and giving with the millions of people throughout the world who are oppressed by poverty, injustice, war, disease, and lack of education and other opportunities. Pray for our seminarians      The best way of supporting our New Orleans seminarians is by praying for them. Please pray this week for: Kurt Young. Please pray for our troops      Please pray for the protection of all our troops who are stationed in the Middle East, especially: Tyler Brewer Astin, Patrick Bossetta, Drew Bouysou, Bobby Brandt, Thomas P. Brewer II, Ian Erickson, Eldhen Fajardo, Michael Gonzales, Kevin Heingarten, Shawn Heingarten, Michael Shane LeBlanc, Dimian A. Lozano, Brennan Penders, Troy A. Pridemore, Jeff Stackhouse and Spencer Wyse.      If you would like to add a person to this list, please submit the following information to the Parish Center:      • Name and rank      • Branch of service      • E-mail address      • Relationship to person requesting      Information needed on the person requesting prayers:      • Name and address      • Phone number Sunday's readings • First Reading — The LORD God appears to Moses and directs him to go and deliver the Israelites from Egypt (Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15) or Exodus 17:3-7. • Psalm — The Lord is kind and merciful (Psalm 103) or Psalm 95. • Second Reading — We are not to grumble like the people with Moses in the desert (1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12) or Romans 5:1-2, 5-8. • Gospel — If you do not repent, you will all perish (Luke 13:1-9) or John 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]. Readings for the week March 8-March 15 • Monday: 2 Kgs 5:1-15b; Lk 4:24-30 • Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Mt 18:21-35 • Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Mt 5:17-19 • Thursday: Jer 7:23-28; Lk 11:14-23 • Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Mk 12:28-34 • Saturday: Hos 6:1-6; Lk 18:9-14 • Sunday: Jos 5:9a, 10-12; Ps 34; 2 Cor 5:17-21; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 . . . Alternate readings (Year A): 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41 [1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38] The mysterious one © Copyright, J.S. Paluch Co.      Last Sunday we gathered with Peter, John, and James at the mountain of Transfiguration and were summoned to listen to God’s chosen Son. This week the scriptures draw us into the mystery of just who that God is. The first reading, perhaps one of the best known in the Bible, recounts the story of Moses and the burning bush, when the mysterious divine name is revealed. The responsorial psalm is a hymn extolling the attributes of God. Saint Paul and the Lord Jesus describe a God who judges and metes out punishment. No matter the lengths to which the scriptures go, we know that no amount of words will ever come close to capturing who God is. Our lives and our Lents are really journeys toward that mysterious One who will one day welcome us into the heavenly home that awaits those who put their trust in God alone. Third Sunday of Lent/March 7      Merciful and gracious is the Lord, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. — Psalm 103:8 Saints, special observances Sunday: Third Sunday of Lent; Girl Scout Sunday Monday: St. John of God Tuesday: St. Frances of Rome Friday: Abstinence Living the Paschal Mystery The Triduum and Us      Fr. Nile Gross will speak on Sunday, March 21 on the importance of the Paschal Mystery of Christ Suffering, Death, Resurrection-in our lives. In particular, he will discuss the liturgies of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday and explain how these celebrations leading to the Resurrection allow us to enter more fully into the Life of Christ. Please join Fr. Nile for this talk at 7:30 p.m. following the 6 p.m. Mass in church. NAIM      All widowed persons are invited to our next monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 10 at 7 p.m. in the St. Philip Neri Parishioners Center, 6500 Kawanee Ave. in Metairie. Parish appeal Church in Central and Eastern Europe      Thank you for your generous donations to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe. Your gifts will support scholarships for Catholic students, innovative Catholic communications, and essential pastoral work in Europe and parts of Asia that were once under Soviet control. To learn more about how funds are used, please visit www.usccb.org/.nationalcollections. Assist with debt reduction      We have in stock gift cards for ACME Oyster House, Breaux Mart, Honey Baked Ham, Krispy Kreme Donuts, Parran's Deli, Robért's and Zuppardo's grocery stores. Do your Christmas shopping with Christmas gift cards from different businesses. It will take only a week to order them, and order forms are available at the Parish Center. It's easy and convenient — no additional money out of your pocket! You purchase the gift cards at face value, and the parish gets a percentage toward our debt reduction fund. Join our parish      Persons interested in becoming members of St. Clement of Rome Parish should click here for a copy of the form in a PDF format. (To view the form, you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader™. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it now for free.) We want you to get to know about the parish and begin to be active in "One of the great one hundred Catholic Parishes in the United States." We will send you a Welcoming Package which includes a census registration form to be returned to us. If you can't access the PDF file, print on a sheet of paper the name of the head of your household, your address, city and zip code. Then you may drop the paper in the collection basket, mail it or drop it off at the Parish Center. Thanks!!!

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