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𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:

• 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 –> Mass at 5:30 pm; Fr. Pellessier’s final Lenten Talk at 6:00 pm
• 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 –> Mass at 12:10 pm; Seder Meal at 6:30 pm
• 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 –> Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 6:30 pm; after Mass, Adoration until midnight
• 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 –> Walk with Christ at 1:00 pm (park at OLQAS); Good Friday Service at 3:00 pm
• 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 –> Tenebrae Service at 8:30 am; Easter Vigil Mass at 8:00 pm; Glow-in-the-Dark Egg Hunt after Mass
• 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 –> Easter Mass at 8:30 and 10:30 am; Egg Hunt after 8:30 Mass

Holy Week / Easter Confessions

• Tuesday: 5:00-5:30 pm
• Wednesday: 11:30 am-12:00 pm
• Thursday: 8:00-10:00 pm (with Adoration)
• Good Friday: 5:00-7:00 pm
• Holy Saturday: 1:00-3:00 pm
• Easter Sunday: 8:00-8:30 am and 9:45-10:30 am

We have a new form to complete for people who want be a Baptismal Sponsor (Godparent). To download the form (PDF format), click here.

Fr. Kevin Bordelon gave a 2-evening Lenten Mission on “The Totality of the Faith”, using the four pillars of the Catechism of the Catholic Church as his guide. Although there were technical difficulties with the recording of the first evening (on the Creed and the Sacraments), we have his talk from the second evening (on Morality and Prayer) available to listen to. Click the play icon below to listen to it.

Our Lady Queen of All Saint Catholic Church now has a Venmo account for donations and payments to the parish. Find us at https://venmo.com/u/olqas.

Fr. Pellessier made a series of Altar Server Training Videos. Each video is between 1-3 minutes. The 𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧 of 20 videos can be found at:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkpDovckx3o8TpaJq5k-i8F70IFFhujBu&si=S48KrFtzSi5C9ahj

Fr. Stephen Pellessier makes his homilies and talks available on two different platforms, Spotify and SoundCloud. To listen on Spotify, click here. (Clicking the banner below also takes you to Spotify.) To listen on SoundCloud, click here.

I would like to begin by saying how incredibly excited I am to be your pastor here in Ville Platte! Though I am born and raised in Lafayette, my mother is a native of this town and I would regularly come as a child to visit my grandparents on Sundays. I was also blessed to spend my first summer as a seminarian here with Father Mitch Guidry in 2013. 

I entered the seminary in 2012 and was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Lafayette in 2018. From 2018 until 2020, I served as parochial vicar at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Breaux Bridge, and from 2020 until now I have served as parochial vicar at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, Catholic Church and Student Center on the campus of ULL.

Paraphrasing St. Augustine, “with you, I am a Christian, for you, I am a priest.” I am excited to grow in holiness alongside you and celebrate the Eucharist, absolve the penitent, anoint the sick, baptize, witness marriages, and bury the dead for you. I cannot wait to see the parish grow “until we all attain to the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the extent of the full stature of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13). 

  It is a privilege to spend my first pastorate with you all, and I look forward to meeting you!

Rev. Stephen Pellessier

Fr. Tom Voorhies, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, gave an outstanding talk to a packed house at the February Back-to-Basics lecture. He covered the Sacrament of Confession and the upcoming season of Lent. He also talked about St. Claude de la Colombiere and St. Katharine Drexel.

To listen to his talk, press the Play icon:

Despite the threat of inclement weather, a brave crowd gathered to listen to Dcn. Ben Soileau give a wonderful talk on the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist and on St. Francis de Sales as part of our Back-to-Basics Lecture Series. To listen to the talk, click on the play icon below.