Thank you!
This has been a very busy week in our pastorate. So many people helped in so many ways I cannot even effectively list everyone without fear of missing someone.
I want to thank all involved with the Dedication Mass on Monday at Sacred Heart. Ushers, readers, and servers. The cleaning crew who came through and literally got on their hands and knees to scrub the floors and dust every square inch of the building. There were so many people coming in and out I don’t even know everyone who did help, but I know “it took a village”. A special thanks to all the hardworking people at Sacred Heart that helped put the final touches on the outside landscaping.
Thank you to all our musicians who practiced amidst the dust and debris and the power tools to get ready for Dedication, Confirmation and Pentecost.
Thank you to everyone who helped make our Confirmation on Wednesday night so beautiful and such a success. Especially the Altar and Rosary for the beautiful reception afterwards for our newly confirmed.
Thank you to everyone who packed Sts. Peter and Paul last Sunday for the last Mass; it was a beautiful send off.
Thank you to all the people throughout the pastorate who have contributed in any way to the Sacred Heart Restore & Grow Campaign, as we just met our pledge goal!!!!
Thank you to everyone who has already pledged to the Catholic Ministries Appeal. As a pastorate we are almost there, and it would be great to complete this by summer.
Thank you to our teachers at St. Augustine School who finished another very successful year. A very special thanks to Imelda Mangas as she retired after 43 years of teaching kindergarten!
Thank you to our amazing staff and all our volunteers who put in so much time and energy both seen and unseen to make everything we do at all our parishes such a success.
We are so blessed in so many ways here in the St. Michael the Archangel Pastorate. May God continue to shower us with His abundant blessings.
Mass Schedule Updates
- Sunday Morning 8:30am ET/ 7:30am CT Mass and confession time at Sacred Heart, beginning on Sunday, May 28th.
- The weekly Thursday morning Mass will also be transferred from St. Augustine to Sacred Heart at 9:15am ET/ 8:15am CT, with confessions available before Mass from 8:30-9:00am ET.
- In addition, the First Saturday Morning Masses will be offered at Sacred Heart at 9:15am ET/ 8:15am CT (this is a slight time change in addition to location change). Confessions will be after Mass. Note: There will be no First Saturday Morning Mass in June due to the priest ordinations in Lafayette that morning.
Memorial Day Mass and Blessing
Please join us for a special Mass on Memorial Day at 9:30am CT at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Rensselaer. This is a special Mass for the entire pastorate. I will then be given the benediction at the City of Rensselaer memorial service at Westin Cemetery at 11:00am CT.
There is no greater honor we can give our fallen heroes than to offer our prayers, especially those of the Mass, for them for the sacrifice they have made for us.
First Friday Adoration – Pray for Vocations
Please join us at St. Augustine for First Friday Adoration, June 2, after 8:15am Mass until 5:00pm CT, and please pray for the two men who will be ordained priests for our diocese on Saturday, June 3: Deacon Andrew Morand and Deacon Jordan Boone.
God Bless you all and Thank you all again!
Fr. Bennett
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Have Mercy On Us!
Mary, Queen of Heaven – Pray For Us
Sts. Joseph, Michael, Peter, Paul and Augustine – Pray For Us