St. Matthew Catholic Church

121 Jackson St. Monroe, LA 71201

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Saturday - 3:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m. or by appointment by calling the church office at 323-8878.
News from the Vatican
- Vatican fraud trial includes interesting cast of characters
  
  Starting today, a historic fraud trial against a mixed array of people will begin in a modified courtroom in the Vatican Museums.
- ‘APSA-lute’ transparency: Vatican hopes to quell financial intrigue
  
  On the eve of a trial for financial malfeasance connected to the Vatican's purchase of a property in London, the office that handles most of the Vatican's investment portfolio, including real estate...
- May Olympic Games be sign of hope during pandemic, pope says
  
  As thousands of athletes gathered for the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Pope Francis gave them his blessing and extended it to those organizing and supporting the events.
- Vatican trial opens into financial scandal rocking papacy
  
  Vatican prosecutors have alleged a jaw-dropping series of scandals in the biggest criminal trial in the Vatican’s modern history, which opens Tuesday in a modified courtroom in the Vatican Museums.
- Grandparents admit, like Pope said, sometimes they feel ‘discarded’
  
  Celebrating the first Church-sponsored day of grandparents, Pope Francis said Sunday that he’s fearful of a society that treats individuals as part of a nameless crowd.
Today's Readings
- Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
  
  Reading I Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28
  Responsorial Psalm 103:6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13
  Gospel Mt 13:36-43

Important Announcement from Bishop Malone

To read Bishop Malone's Full Statement Regarding Rev. Seby Shan, CMI, Click Here
Please note: The dispensation from the requirement to attend Mass will expire June 1. Therefore, beginning the weekend of June 5-6, (Corpus Christi) all Catholics will again be required to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation. Masks are strongly recommended, but not required during Mass. The use of hand sanitizer upon entering the Church will continue to be available.
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Weekly Bulletins
Divine Mercy Chaplet

The message of The Divine Mercy is simple. It is that God loves us – all of us. And, he wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His joy.

The Divine Mercy message is one we can call to mind simply by remembering ABC:

A - Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach Him in prayer constantly, repenting of our sins and asking Him to pour His mercy out upon us and upon the whole world.

B - Be merciful. God wants us to receive His mercy and let it flow through us to others. He wants us to extend love and forgiveness to others just as He does to us.

C - Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to know that the graces of His mercy are dependent upon our trust. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we will receive.

Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet
Pray the Rosary

"Love our Lady and make her loved. Always recite the Rosary and
recite it as often as possible. "
- St. Pio of Pietrelcina

Pray the Rosary
Word on Fire
National Catholic Register
- Fernando Karadima, Former Priest Whose Sex-Abuse Scandal Rocked Chile, Dies at 90
  
  Chilean Judicial Branch Fernando Karadima was convicted in a Church court of abuse and was later laicized. According to Reuters, while one news report said that Karadima died Monday, CNN...
- Recent Priest Targeted by New York Pro-Abortion Protests Speaks Out
  
  Jeffrey Bruno/Instagram/EWTN Pro-Life Weekly Fr. Fidelis Moscinski, CFR (right) encounters protesters during the July 10 "Witness for Life" prayer procession in Brooklyn. “When we go to the...
- Fr. Jacques Hamel: Catholic Priest Honored 5 Years After He Was Killed at Mass in Terrorist Attack
  
  Diocese of Rouen, Wikipedia. Fr. Jacques Hamel. The Rouen archdiocese began a preliminary inquiry into Hamel’s sainthood cause in 2016 after Pope Francis waived the traditional five-year...
- Heartbeat Bill in Texas Would Be Enforced by Lawsuits from Private Citizens
  
  Sergio Flores Pro-life group Students for Life stand near the gate of the Texas state capitol at a protest outside the Texas state capitol on May 29, 2021 in Austin, Texas just after Governor Greg...
- Benedict XVI Laments Lack of Faith Within Church Institutions in Germany
  
  Pope Benedict XVI on Aug. 28, 2010. In an exchange with Tobias Winstel, the 94-year-old retired pontiff reflected on the concept of the “Amtskirche,” a German term that can be translated as...
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