Grand Opening Christian Service Center Cafe

Grand Opening CSC Cafe to celebrate the renovation generously provided by the Rotary Club of Abbeville. Please send an email or call if you plan to attend 893-9756 or cscabbeville@gmail.com

Summer CCD Grades 1st 3rd 4th 5th 6th

SUMMER CCD REGISTRATION Grades -1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th First week Monday, June 5th— Friday, June 9th 8:00am—12noon 2nd Week Monday, June 12th—Thurs June 15th 8:00am—12noon Location: St. Theresa Holy Family Center Registration forms available at the front entrance of church, parish office and on the website: http://www.stmarymagdalenparish.org/ Students who made 1st Communion in May 2017 do not have to attend this Summer Session.

Pope: ‘we must ask the Lord for the gifts of love and joy'

Prayer for Safety During Hurricane Season

Join us for mass on 6:30 AM Thursday June 1st for safety and protection A PRAYER FOR HURRICANE SEASON -O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed your order and returned to its former quietude; you are still the Master of land and sea. We live in the shadow of a danger over which we have no control: the Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can awake from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land and spread chaos and disaster. During this hurricane season, we turn to You, O Loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with the passing of time. O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our Beloved Mother, we ask you to plead with your Son in our behalf, so that spared from the calamities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son to reach the heavenly Jerusalem where a storm-less eternity awaits us. Amen. Bishop Maurice Schexnayder, August 29, 1967

Women's ACTS

WOMEN’S ACTS RETREAT AUG. 24-27TH Registration available at the office, in the back of church or on the parish website www.stmarymagdalenparish.org Registrations accepted through mail beginning May 21st. For more information, call Renella Livers 337-893-0244.

Pentecost Sunday June 3rd and 4th

The word Pentecost is Greek and it means "50th day." Fifty days after Easter Sunday, we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and their followers, and the beginning of their (and our) ministry to make disciples of all nations. You are invited to “wear RED” for Pentecost Sunday June 3rd and 4th. Let’s show our color and the Holy Spirit on fire with us.

Parish Covered Dish

ALL ARE INVITED to a Covered Dish Supper on Tuesday, June 6, at 6:00 PM at the Pere Megret Center. As we continue to celebrate the Feast of Pentecost we are invited to come together for an informal meal and fellowship. Bring a dish to share and come have a good time. More information: johnvlisti@gmail.com 893-0244

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Eaton Park Leadership Day

Congratulations Students, Faculty and Staff

Feast day of St. Simon Stock Although little is known about Simon Stock's early life, legend has it that the name Stock, meaning "tree trunk," derives from the fact that, beginning at age twelve, he lived as a hermit in a hollow tree trunk of an oak tree. It is also believed that, as a young man, he went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land where he joined a group of Carmelites with whom he later returned to Europe. Simon Stock founded many Carmelite Communities, especially in University towns such as Cambridge, Oxford, Paris, and Bologna, and he helped to change the Carmelites from a hermit Order to one of mendicant friars. In 1254 he was elected Superior-General of his Order at London. Simon Stock's lasting fame came from an apparition he had in Cambridge, England, on July 16, 1251, at a time when the Carmelite Order was being oppressed. In it the Virgin Mary appeared to him holding the brown scapular in one hand. Her words were: "Receive, my beloved son, this scapular of thy Order; it is the special sign of my favor, which I have obtained for thee and for thy children of Mount Carmel. He who dies clothed with this habit shall be preserved from eternal fire. It is the badge of salvation, a shield in time of danger, and a pledge of special peace and protection." The scapular (from the Latin, scapula, meaning "shoulder blade") consists of two pieces of cloth, one worn on the chest, and the other on the back, which were connected by straps or strings passing over the shoulders. In certain Orders, monks and nuns wear scapulars that reach from the shoulders almost to the ground as outer garments. Lay persons usually wear scapulars underneath their clothing; these consist of two pieces of material only a few inches square. The best known scapular is the woolen brown scapular, or the Scapular of Mount Carmel, that the Virgin Mary bestowed on Simon Stock. His feast day is May 16th.

Hospice of Acadiana

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