VOL Parish Weekly Bulletin April 12, 2015 | Page 2

April 12, 2015

Divine Mercy Sunday

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The Pastoral Center is sponsoring the

Views From The Pews
J.W. writes, “I think you talked about this
before but I don’t remember. Does Lent
have 40 days? It seems to me it has more
than 40 days.”
“Over the course of history, the number of days
in Lent has been all over the place. In the first century,
Lent was only one day long. Since 1970, Lent officially
begins on Ash Wednesday and ends with the Mass of the
Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday. In addition, Sundays
are not considered part of Lent. So, at the moment,
Lents lasts 38 days. Why, then, do we say Lent lasts 40
days? Well, it’s more of a metaphor than a fact. It’s a
symbol of Jesus fasting and praying for 40 days after his
Baptism. We Americans are a very literal people; many
others are not.”
Sandra says, “I think this year’s Easter decorations are
very classy. I like them a lot.”
“Thanks belong primarily to Deacon
Jim Venturella’s wife, Carmelitte, who spearheaded the
design and installation of the decorations.”

CHICKEN DROP BINGO
at Cajun Fest
SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2015 @ 2 P.M.
Guess the "SPOT" the Chicken squats in
to make his "DROP" and you could

WIN BIG!
The Lucky Person who
"Marks

The Chicken's Spot" will win $500.00!!

Come watch the Chicken Goooooooo …
ONLY 100 SQUARES WILL BE SOLD!!

Deborah writes, “I went to all of the Easter Masses. I
want you to know all of the homilies were wonderful,
beginning with Father Daniel’s on Holy Thursday and
ending with the Ragman on Easter. I especially liked your
Good Friday homily. Thinking about what Jesus did for
us made me think and cry. Thank you for putting so much
of yourselves into your homilies.”
“From Father Daniel and me, you are very
welcome. It is our privilege and joy to preach.”
Anonymous writes, “I froze in church. You are keeping
the church way too cold.”
“Our sacristans and ushers are instructed to
keep the church at 68 degrees, the temperature the
congregation voted on years ago. However, some overly
zealous person set the thermostat at 64 degrees at one of
our Masses. That probably was the Mass you attended.
I apologize.”
Fr. Mike

How it works:

A board marked with random numbers 1-100, on 4x4
squares, will be laid out in an enclosed area. Corresponding
numbers, 1-100 printed on a sign-up sheet will be sold for
twenty dollars ($20) each. Square numbers can only be sold
once.
On April 19th @ 2 pm on VOL Cajun Fest Grounds, a live
chicken will be placed on the board to roam freely, and, usually
without fail, will “drop” in a short period of time. The square/
number that the “drop” lands on is the winner.

House Rules
Winner need not be present.
The winner is determined by where the first “drop” is located.
If the chicken “drops” in an out of bounds area, the Chicken
Drop Bingo judge will randomly draw one ticket from all entries
for the winning square. If the chicken drops on a line, all
squares that share that line will split the prize of $500. If the
chicken does not drop in 30 minutes, a number will be pulled.
The holder of the corresponding square is declared the winner.

Did You Know?
The most Catholic state in America is Rhode Island.
Forty-four percent of its residents are Catholic.
Louisiana is about 26% Catholic. That ranks us tenth.
Fr. Mike

Squares can be purchased in the Pastoral Center
Mon-Fri. 8am-4pm (closed for lunch noon-1pm)

Only 23 squares left!!