VOL Parish Weekly Bulletin June 18, 2017 | Page 4

June 18, 2017 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Hurricane Prayer Our Father in Heaven, through the powerful intercession of Our Lady of Prompt Succor and Saint Jude, spare us from all harm during this hurricane season, and protect us and our homes from all disasters of nature. Our Lady of Prompt Succor and Saint Jude hasten to help us. We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen MONTH 5 – Developing Baby Spiritual Adoption Program Your spiritually adopted baby weighs over one pound now. His/her mother can feel his/her movement now. Before he/she was too small for her to feel. Although he/she swam with ease in his watery world, he/she needed to be big and strong enough to kick hard against the outside wall and dent it - - the inside wall of the uterus has no feeling. We are mid-way through the pregnancy now. Your prayers have helped your baby’s mother continue with her pregnancy and seek the help she needs. Please Pray Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you very much. I beg you to spare the life of the unborn baby that I have spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion. Prayer of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen During the nine month Spiritual Adoption campaign, the development of the pre-born child will be displayed in the vestibule of the church. Please remember to pray daily for your Spiritual Adopted Baby and the baby’s mother and father. Substance Abuse Ministry Meetings Tuesday, June 27 meetings are held upstairs in the Pastoral Center at 7 p.m. The Substance Abuse Ministry (SAM) offers a safe, confidential place for people touched by addiction to share their personal experiences with others. The ministry is open to both those afflicted with or affected by substance addiction. SAM provides general educational information about addiction through professionals in this field and is open to people of all faiths. The group does not provide professional diagnosis, therapy, counseling or treatment, but provides a list of referrals of local addiction facilities and professionals. For more info contact Deacon Jerry Labadot at 495-5820. 4 Welcome to Not a member? Want to become one? Call Mr. Danny @ 957-5848. New members always welcome!! Youth in grades 5 – 7 are invited to attend meetings the second Saturday of each month in the youth room. Meetings start at 6:30 p.m. and end at 8 p.m. Teens in grades 8 – 12 are invited to attend CYO meetings the 4th Saturday of every month in the youth room. Meetings start at 6:30 p.m. and end at 8 p.m. Pray for our Military VOL will place in the last bulletin of the month the names of our active duty soldiers so that we can pray for them. By name! Daily! Please contact our Parish Secretary, Kelli Bourgeois at 347-2203 or email [email protected], with the names of your active duty loved ones. Let us show our love for them with our prayers. By: Damian Zablocki (VOL Summer Intern) Many of us only know Saint Anthony as that saint who finds our lost keys and when we forget where we parked the car in the lot at Costco. There is the old rhyme some may recite as well, “Tony, Tony, look around, something’s lost and must be found!” Do you know though, there is a deeper and more beautiful way to honor and thank Saint Anthony than just retrieving a lost item? The tradition of Saint Anthony’s poor box and Saint Anthony’s bread stem for the 1300’s. A woman whose daughter had drowned promised Saint Anthony her daughter’s weight in wheat if he would bring her back to life, and that he did! Another woman in Toulouse, France, begged the saint for a favor. She promised to donate bread to the poor in return. He answered her so quickly and wonderfully that her bakery became a center of devotion to him and a custom arose of blessing bread and distributing it to the poor on his feast day, a custom still in practice today! So, next time you are wandering around a parking lot, asking Saint Anthony to help you find your car or tearing apart the house looking for you keys or wallet…remember to thank dear Saint Anthony by charity to the poor and less fortunate! Saint Anthony, pray for us!