Immediate Hurricane Response and Recovery: 
Buy a gift card of any denomination from a national chain store such as Wal-Mart, Target, Home Depot, Lowes, Shell, Exxon, etc. (mark the amount of the gift card on the card.)
  •          Drop off the gift card/s at the parish office or in the Mass collection baskets.
  •          Cards will be collected and sent to Catholic Charities and churches in western and northern Louisiana to distribute to those in need.
 
ESSENTIAL Supply Donations:
  •          Water
  •          Tarps-all sizes, especially large
  •          Cleaning supplies-bleach, vinegar
  •          Brooms
  •          Rakes
  •          Shovels
 
Supplies may be placed in the U-Haul trailer in the parish parking lot. Supplies will be brought to staging areas for transportation to SW Louisiana and the recovery effort. 
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FURTHERING THE MISSION UPDATE: AUGUST 17,2020
 
Dear Friends,
I hope these past days have been good in your
life and the life of your family. Prayer is offered
every day for you.
 
We are into our second week of using the “misting”
machines in Church. Someone referred to them as
“ghostbusters” and in a way they are just that.
I put on our parish website information on how you
can help us with the misting machines after mass
beginning the first weekend of September. There
is a short video demonstrating how the machine
works and how to “mist” an area. Also, there is a
signup genius in which we ask you and other
parishioners to sign up to help after one mass on
a weekend. Since we have five masses, that means
we need 10 people [two machines].  Please consider
helping the parish in this practical and important way.
 
We have seen an uptick in requests for help for food
and rental assistance in the past weeks. Please pray for
those so adversely affected by the pandemic and the economy.
 
Both Schools are back in session, having taken great
precautions for health safety within the grand enterprise
of Catholic school education and religious education.
Our parish Religious Education program is ready to
begin as well, with most of the program to be done
on line. Many prayers are requested for all involved in
our parish educational outreach.
 
Three adult faith formation opportunities are being
offered this fall. These will offered both in person and
on line.
 
As you know there is no longer a need to have a ticket
to enter the Church building for Mass. While this has
been relaxed, wearing a Mask and practicing social
distancing has not. These two procedures are still
vital for attending Mass. With that in mind, Ochsner
Hospital has recommended that masks with valves
and neck-gaiters not be used when entering the hospital
as these do not reduce the spread of COVID-19. I would
encourage you to consider that by not wearing these
two kinds of mask/face coverings at mass.
 
If you need the sacrament of the sick, please call me
at the parish office. Regularly scheduled confessions
continue in church with appropriate social distancing
provided. Preparation for baptism of infants continues.
Marriage preparation continues. If you need any help
with any sacraments call me at the parish office.
 
Be safe and God bless, Fr. Tom
Sanitizing St. Jean Vianney
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SOME RULES TO HELP YOU DISCERN IF YOU SHOULD GO TO MASS DURING A PANDEMIC

The link below is to an article in a recent issue of America Magazine, a publication of the Jesuits in the US. The article brings forward some good points for reflection.
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/07/13/should-you-go-to-mass-pandemic-coronavirus-covid-catholic

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Deacon Dan's Reflection
April 26, 2020

Michelle Reddinger,
​Social Ministry Coordinator
​Reflection
​April 30, 2020

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GOING TO CONFESSION : WHAT TO DO DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES
 Many people are asking about lack of access to the sacrament of Reconciliation. The following may be of help and consolation to you.
 Act of Perfect Contrition: The Holy Father has recently drawn attention to the fact that, before Easter, many faithful go to Confession to meet with God again. “However,” he acknowledged, “many will say to me today: ‘But, Father, where can I find a priest, a confessor, because one can’t leave home? And I want to make peace with the Lord, I want Him to embrace me, that my Papa embrace me . . . What can I do if I can’t find priests?’”
“Do what the Catechism says,” the Pope stressed, “it’s very clear: if you don’t find a priest to hear your Confession, talk with God, He is your Father, and tell Him the truth: ‘Lord, I’ve done this, and that, and that .  . . I’m sorry,’ and ask Him for forgiveness with all your heart, with the Act of Contrition and promise Him: ‘Afterwards I will go to Confession, but forgive me now.’”
 “If you do all this,” Francis said, “you will return to God’s grace immediately. As the Catechism teaches,” he reminded, “you yourself can approach God’s forgiveness without having a priest at hand. Think: ‘it’s the moment!’ And this is the right moment, the opportune moment. An Act of Contrition well made,” Francis said, “will make our soul become white as snow.”
– Pope Francis, Daily Mass Homily, Friday of the Third Week in Lent,” 20 March 2020
While there is no set formula for making a Perfect Act of Contrition, a common one reads as follows: 
My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart.
In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good,
I have sinned against You, whom I should love above all things.
I firmly intend, with Your help, to do penance,
to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin

Read more about making a Perfect Act of Contrition in the following article.  

Equipping the Family, Safeguarding Children

Coming to St. Jean Vianney the weekend of March 7/2, 2020

Safe haven Sunday is celebrating its first year of raising awareness throughout Dioceses and Parishes in the United States regarding the negative impacts of pornography on individuals, marriages, families and society.

Safe Haven is a weekend set aside by Dioceses and Parishes to directly address the harms of pornography in an appropriate way. Within the context of Mass, Dioceses and Parishes are able to provide teaching and resources that will support and protect individuals, marriages and families in making all homes a safe haven.
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It is inspired by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ formal statement Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Pastoral Response to Pornography, where they explain, “The use of pornography by anyone in the home deprives the home of its role as a safe haven and has negative effects throughout a family’s life and across generations.
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