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February 15, 2015

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Did You Know?

Views From The Pews
Alice writes, “I LOVE your new upbeat
music. Tell whoever is doing it to keep it
up. It makes me feel happy.”
“Please feel free to tell him
yourself. Our music director, Clark Knighten, is the
person you want to thank. You can find him at the piano
or organ at all our Masses except for 7pm Sunday.”
Paula writes, “I thought I had just missed getting my
throat blessed this year. I don’t know what happened last
weekend. Somehow I missed it. Thank you for doing it
again.”
“You’re welcome.”
Bob writes, “I wrote you last year after the grandparents
mass and told you I was so impressed that I would be
coming back to Mass. I had not been for years but I just
chickened out. This year is different. It was a great Mass
again and I will start coming every Sunday with my
grandson. Thanks for what you do.”
“Thank you for the kind words.”
Fr. Mike

Office Closed
The Pastoral Center will be
CLOSED Tuesday, Febr uar y 17th &
Wednesday, February 18th for the Mardi
Gras Holiday.

Visitation of Our Lady
School
New Student Registration
2015-2016 School Year
Registration for the next school year will be held Feb. 23 Feb. 27 for any NEW students entering
Pre K-3 through 7th grade.
If you have any questions, please call 347-3377. More
information can also be found on our school web site at
www.vol.org.

Eucharistic Adoration
Christ suffer ed and died for Y OU. His love for you is
unfathomable.
It’s time to take time for Him. Visit him during
Eucharistic Adoration on Thursday, February 26th in the
Day Chapel.
Call the Pastoral Center at 347-2203 if you’d like to be
placed on the Adoration schedule.
Drop ins are ALWAYS welcome!!

In 1960, 73% of American children under the age of
18 lived in homes with two parents in their first marriage.
In 2013, the last year for which data is available, the
percentage had dropped to 46%.
Fr. Mike

I am very encouraged by the response we have seen
in regards to our upcoming Adult Faith Formation
book discussion of “The Miracle Man” . Lent is a great
time to do some spiritual reading and to refocus our
lives. So I look forward to taking this journey with you.
For those who have already bought books we will begin
our discussion on February 19th. We will be discussing
passages and themes from pages 1 to 43. Feel free to
read the whole book or to take it in chunks. However,
you read it is fine. We will just split the book up into
groupings for our discussions. For those who don't
think they can read that much at one time please still feel
free to come to the sessions. We have all experienced
suffering and we know what it is to journey through lent.
So
everyone
can
add
something
to
the
conversation. Again, I am very excited by the response
for this particular reading and look forward to the Holy
Spirit's movement in our sharing.
Fr. D

Golden Wedding Anniversary
Celebration
The Archdiocesan Golden Wedding Anniversary
Celebration will be held Sunday, June 14th at St.
Philip Neri Church in Metairie. Couples that will
celebrate their 50th year of marriage in 2015 are
invited to attend. All interested participants must
register through their Parish Church.
Registration forms are available in the literature
rack in the back of Church, or you may call the
Pastoral Center @ 347-2203. Forms must be turned
back in to the Pastoral Center no later than Friday,
February 20th, 2015.
Please Note: The celebration WILL NOT be a Mass,
but a Prayer Service. Attendance of Mass for Sunday
obligation will have to be met within one’s Parish.
The celebration will begin at 3 p.m.