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Today, we celebrate FAMILY DAY. Please join me for St. Peter’s Family Day activities this Sunday, September 22nd . The theme this year is “The Mission of Family: Love is Possible.” Our activities begin following the 11:00 A.M. Mass in the rear parking lot area of the church. Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, fries and drinks will be served. Please bring your favorite dessert to share with your St. Peter Parish Family. Music will be by Roy Amedee and Friends. There will be prizes as well as kids activities. Come on out and be a part of St. Peter’s Family Day Celebration.

It's that time of year again. Please remove all OLD & NEW Flower arrangements from the Mausoleums for annual Pressure washing. They will be starting in the month of October THANK YOU!

Filet Mignon and Wine Raffle. Chances are 6 for $5, drawing will be held on Oct. 11 th.  Anyone interested can contact Jamie Aucoin through email  djaucoin@rtconline.com and I can give them options to pay They will be at church after all masses this weekend.

Our Family Day Picnic will be held on Sunday, September 22 after the 11:00 a.m. Mass on the church grounds. We will serve hamburgers, hot dogs and chips. There will be bingo and other games. There is no charge for the food or the activities. Please come out and join us for food, fellowship and fun. Bring your chairs and a dessert to share!

The Priests’ Convocation is this Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday , September 24-25-26, 2019. All priests of the Archdiocese are requirred to attend. Deacon Richard will lead a Liturgy of the Word and Communion Service on Wednesday and Thursday.

The Blessing of Pets will take place on Saturday, October 5th at 10:30 A.M., in the rear of the church parking lot, close to the Flag Pole. It’s a great opportunity as we celebrate the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi to ask God’s blessings upon our pets.

The second collection today is for the Catholic Communications Campaign. This campaign connects people with Christ through the Internet, television, radio, and print media. Fully 50% of the funds we collect stays right here in the Archdiocese of New Orleans to support local communications projects. The other 50% of the funds support national communications efforts as well as projects in developing countries. This collection connects people around the world to the Gospel message.

It is the tradition of the Archdiocese of New Orleans to offer the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confesson) near the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. This year confessions will be available in all Catholic Churches of the Archdiocese of New Orleans on Wednesday, September 11 from 5:00 P.M.-6:30 P.M.

The Archdiocese of New Orleans will offer a writing workshop for persons seeking an annulment in the Catholic Church or for persons responding to an annulment. The workshop will be held in the St. Charles Borromeo Parish Center in Destrehan. The series will be for three (3) Saturdays, October 5, October 12 and October 19, 2019. Hours are 9:00 AM– 11:00 AM. The materials for the series cost $25.00. To register go to our website https://nolacatholicfla.regfox.com/ annulment-writing-workshop. For more information, please call Cathy, 504-861-6243.

This week the U. S. celebrates Patriot Day, also know as 9/11 or September 11. It is the annual observance commemorating those who were killed or injured during the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001. Let us remember this day in prayer and all those who lost their lives and for their families. Let us pray for peace and healing within our community, state, nation, and world.

Our monthly Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is on Wednesday, September 4th. Adoration begins at 1:00 P.M. and concludes with Benediction at 6:00 P.M

We gather around the table of the Lord on this Labor Day weekend to share a meal. Our invitation to the eternal banquet of the kingdom begins with our Baptism. Like all invitations, it comes with an RSVP. Our response is found in the way we live our lives—in our gratitude for all that God has done—in our desire to serve God by serving others, and in our life of prayer and worship. In today’s Gospel, we listen to Jesus tell a parable about invitations to a banquet while He Himself is a guest at a dinner—let us consider our hospitality toward others.

 The liturgies over the last several weeks have allowed us to journey with Jesus toward Jerusalem.  The readings have been serious, urging us to put our priorities in order, to discipline our desires, to live Gospel values, and most of all, to pray.  In today’s Gospel, we are given fair warning by Jesus that we should strive earnestly to enter the kingdom of God, and not simply assume a place will be reserved for us. 

Any boy or girl in the third (3rd ) grade or higher who is interested in becoming an Altar Server, I ask that your parents fill out the registration form that is found in today’s bulletin. Training of all altar servers will take place in a few weeks.

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) will begin in September. If you know anyone who is interested in becoming a Catholic, please call the rectory and leave the office your contact information. Also, if you are a Catholic who has not received the Sacrament of Confirmation and would like to be confirmed, please call and give your contact information to the church office.

Jesus outlines many of the ways in which His coming into the world will cause division, and not peace. He comes, as He says in today’s Gospel, to set the earth on fire—not to destroy it, but to emblaze it with the fullness of God’s love for us. Jesus’ mission was to challenge us to remain faithful to our merciful, loving, forgiving God.

Attention All Altar Society Members! Several weeks ago, the officers of the Altar Society put in the bulletin a plea for new leadership. The present officers have fulfilled their duties as officers and are term limited. If you need more information about the roles of the Officers of the Altar Society, please contact me or one of the out-going officers,Cheryl Entremont 985-212-1230, Peggy Bienvenu 504-487-8769 or Belinda Millet 985-703- 0146

In whom do you trust? Our Scripture readings today assures us that we can always trust in God. Abraham and Sarah were an elderly, childless couple living in a foreign land, but Abraham trusted God’s promise that one day he would have descendants “as numerous as the stars.” How could he believe this? The second reading from Hebrews provides the answer to us. Hebrews says it was because “the one who had made the promise was trustworthy.” In a challenging and uncertain world, let us put our trust in our loving God.

Registration and welcome meeting for high school students will be on Sunday, August 11 at 6:00 P.M. in Church.

For the next four Sundays, the Gospel ask us to look seriously about getting ready for the return of the Master. What is worthwhile? Is it the accumulation of wealth? See today’s Gospel reading. How can we do the right thing? We should try to be good stewards! See the 19 th Sunday’s Gospel. Will it be easy to live the mission of Jesus? See the 20 th Sunday’s Gospel. Will there be struggles and tribulations? See the 21st Sunday’s Gospel. In summary, these readings are about the end of times.