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The Paschal Candle burns in our place of worship during all Masses from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday and for all baptisms, funerals, weddings and prayer services. If anyone is interested in donating the Paschal Candle in memory of a loved one or in thanksgiving please call the Parish Office at (985) 764-6383. The price of the Paschal Candle is $500 and your donation will be posted to your annual contributions.

Our Adoration Chapel is in need of an adorer for 12 am Sunday morning, 6 pm on Friday evening & substitutes from 12 am—6 am. Please consider 1 hour/week by calling Mike Hebert @ 764-9459 or Ronald Rodrigue @ the parish office at 764-6383.

Contact Carolyn at 985-709-2401 for Game Booths and Contact Sybil at 504-756-3771 for Food Booths.

Stuffed Animals, trinkets, wrapped candy for booth prizes. Sugar, flour, pecans, cake mixes, icing, etc. are needed for the Sweet Booth. All items can be brought to the Parish Office.

Fasting is to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by all Catholics who are 18 years of age but not yet 59. Those who are bound to fast may take only one full meal. Two smaller meals are permitted if necessary to maintain strength according to each one’s needs, but eating solid foods between meals is not permitted. Abstinence from meat is to be observed by all Catholics 14 years or older on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and on all Fridays of Lent. The determination of certain days as obligatory days of penance should not be understood as limiting the occasions for Christian penance.

Enter our Eggshell Contest and win a free Ride Bracelet! Contest ends April 22, 2019.

ARE YOU OR A FAMILY MEMBER BEING ADMITTED INTO THE HOSPITAL? If you or anyone in your family is being admitted into the hospital for surgery or a procedure, please notify the Parish Office at (985) 764-6383. Fr. Mixie or Fr. Jude will make every effort to visit you during your stay to meet your spiritual needs and to support you during this difficult time.

Austin, TX June 17-21 - Grades 5-7 - Just 5 Days, A Catholic Hands-On Youth Mission! Cost $310.00 / Participant, Price includes Lodging & Meals, Professional Program Leaders, Educational Activities & Learning, Pre-Organized Service Sites, Daily Community Prayer Services and JUST 5 Days T-Shirt.

Join us as we minister in two Catholic Orphanages, a Methodist Orphanage and a Disabled Children's Home. Open to all 18 and Older. We will fly to San Antonio and then travel by shuttle to the Border in Eagle Pass, Texas. A $100 Non-Refundable Deposit due by March 1, 2019.

HELP—For anyone with low and moderate income with emphasis on seniors. AARP sponsored. Destrehan Library, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM through April 11, 2019.

Beginning February 1, 2019 all intentions before the year 2018 will be deleted from the list. If you have a special ongoing intention before that date that you want left on, please notify the Parish Office at 764-6383. The list will continue to be updated on a yearly basis.

“Be the Hands” Service Committee is a newly forming committee here at SCB. It is a committee that will assist the parish staff on an as needed basis. Volunteer opportunities may include: serving food, setting up tables & chairs, or helping with any parish activity that is going on. Volunteers will be contacted on a rotating basis, so your commitment can be as little as or as much as you like. Please consider joining this newly formed committee by emailing Melanie Hebert at mamhebert@bellsouth.net or calling at 504-799-8618.

SCB Ministry of Care is in need of food items for the pantry: boxed items such as mac and cheese, hamburger helper, rice-a-roni, instant potatoes, peanut butter, breakfast items & vienna sausage. Thanks so much for all your help. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Humble Helpers is a new ministry at St. Charles Borromeo Church. It was created to help our parishioners who lack the means necessary to make their environment safe due to illness, surgery or lack of resources. We are prepared to provide services such as light housekeeping, organizing, etc. If you or you know of someone who is in need of help, please contact the church office. Our ministry consist of 5 people at this time. If you are interested in volunteering with this ministry, contact the church office.

Anyone interested in exploring the possibility of becoming Catholic or inquiring about the Catholic Church is invited to join us for RCIA. RCIA stands for the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. It is the process by for Adults Which the non-baptized and those baptized Christians of other faiths wishing to become Catholic can be brought into full com­munion with the Catholic Church through the sacraments of initiation - Baptism, Eucharist, and Confirmation. It is also for any adult baptized Catholic, who has not yet cele­brated the Eucharist and/or Confirmation. RCIA will meet on Wednesdays at 7 PM in the Borromeo Room. If you are interested in finding out more about the RCIA and joining us this year, please contact Ron Schumann at 504 -909-6209, email proenginr@aol.com.

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PLEASE CLICK ON CONFIRMATION NEWS FOR INFORMATION Level I, II and III Packets are on the Confirmation Page under Faith Formations

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The 2019 Mass Book for Mass Intentions will open on Thursday, July 5th during our normal office hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Each person requesting Mass Intentions will be allowed three individual Sunday and three individual weekday Masses. There is no limit on the request for multi-intention Masses. Mass request forms with instructions and Archdiocesan Policies and Parish Policies will be placed in the back of the church next week. Please use these forms if possible as it will speed up the process and shorten you’re waiting time. As in the past, orders will be taken on a first come first serve basis. All mail and telephone request will be the last Masses entered that day. If you have any questions beforehand, please do not hesitate to call us at 764-6383.

Did you every wonder who cleans, washes and irons the Altar cloths used at all the Mases each day? These are the special ladies: Linda Bonck Cheryl Cloudet Marie Ettienne Brenda Guillot Mary Ricks Pattie Schlorff They each have two months in the year to preform this service and sometimes share duties due to sickness, etc. More details on this group will appear in “The Lamb” publication.