IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH - P.O. Box 158, Lakeland, LA 70752
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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
CATHOLIC CHURCH
P.O. Box 158, Lakeland, LA 70752
Parish Office: 627-5124 | Religious Education Office: 627-5819
Immaculateconceptionlakeland.com
STAFF
Pastor: Rev. C. Todd Lloyd
Business Manager: Patti Aguillard
Religious Education: Dina Tunstall
Music Coordinator: Jody Doucet
MASS TIMES
Saturday Vigil: 4:00 PM
Sunday Masses: 7:00, 9:00, and 11:00 AM
Daily Masses: Tues. 6:00 PM & Wed.-Sat. 8:00 AM
Care of the Sick: For emergencies please call
immediately. Eucharist is brought to the
sick weekly. Families of those who are sick are
encouraged to notify the Parish Office as soon as
possible.
Reconciliation: Tues. 5:30 PM & Sat. 3:00 PM
Marriage: Couples are asked to contact the priest at
the beginning of the period of engagement or at
least six months prior to the projected date of
marriage.
Baptism: Celebrated monthly. Please contact
the Parish Office during early months of
pregnancy. Baptism preparation is required.
Scriptures for the Week This Week at I.C.C.
Monday: Is 42:1-7; Ps 27:1-3, 13-14; Jn 12:1-11 As of March 17, 2020
Tuesday: Is 49:1-6; Ps 71:1-6, 15, 17; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38
Wednesday: Is 50:4-9a; Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34; All masses and parish events will be sus-
Mt 26:14-25 pended until further notice due to the
Thursday: Chrism Mass: Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9;
Ps 89:21-22, 25, 27; Rv 1:5-8; Lk 4:16-21 COVID-19 outbreak.
Lord’s Supper: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14;
Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15
Friday: Is 52:13 — 53:12; Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25; A Vocation View
Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9; Jn 18:1 — 19:42
Saturday: a) Gn 1:1 — 2:2 [1:1, 26-31a]; Ps 104:1-2, 5- Palm Sunday – April 5, 2020
6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35; or Ps 33:4-7, 12-13, 20-22; Blest are they who come in the Name of the Lord! Are
b) Gn 22:1-18 [1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18]; Ps 16: 5, 8-11; you being called to proclaim Jesus as a priest, brother or
c) Ex 14:15 — 15:1; Ex 15:1-6, 17-18;
d) Is 54:5-14; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13; sister? If so, call Fr. Andrew Merrick at (225) 336-
e) Is 55:1-11; Is 12:2-6; 8778, amerrick@diobr.org.
f) Bar 3:9-15, 32 — 4:4; Ps 19:8-11;
g) Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28; Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3-4 or
Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 or Ps 51:12-15, 18-19;
h) Rom 6:3-11; i) Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Mt 28:1-10
Fair Raffle Tickets
Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Please continue to send in your raffle tickets to the office
Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9 or Mt 28:1-10 or (at via mail, drop off at the Parish Office or place in our drop
an afternoon or evening Mass) Lk 24:13-35 box. The drawing will continue as planned on May 2,
2020. Thanks for your support during this very difficult
Sympathy time.
The Sympathy of Immaculate Conception Church Parish
Family is extended to:
Celebrate
Family of James Burt Firmin.
Family of Yvonne McLin Lazare. I.C.C. Sunday Mass Online
Please join Fr. Todd as he celebrates the Holy Mass,
God Bless Our Troops every Sunday at 10am, via live stream on our Parish
Facebook page.
Please remember all of our troops overseas, especially
members of Immaculate Conception Parish Family: Please go to www.immaculateconceptionlakeland.com
for more information.
Jordan Todd Aguillard, Air Force; Jules Craig Cifreo,
Air Force.; Samuel Edward Guidroz, Navy; Quinton T. Let us stay connected through prayer to God, and each
Gaspard, P.F.C., Army. other, during this COVID-19 pandemic.
Prayer Requests I.C.C. Holy Week Schedule
Aguillard Family, Leslie Aguillard, Trevor Allement, &
Janelle Amond, Tim Amond, Numa Aucoin, Shirley
Blauvelt, Herbert Brown, Kyle Cabalero, Lee Joseph Easter Sunday Mass
Comeaux, Brittany Costello, Jean David, Brilynn Davis,
Ronald Decuir, Landon Dickinson, Shannan Everett, Deb- I.C.C. Facebook Live Stream
orah Fountain, Robert Geier, Jr., Garrett Grafia, Alfred
Please join Fr. Todd as he will be celebrating Holy Week
Gremillion, Judy Gremillion, Susie Gremillion, Lyndon
and Easter Sunday Services live streamed on Immaculate
Lynn Hernandez, Audrey Jarreau, Earl Jarreau, Sr., Laura
Conception Parish Facebook page.
Jarreau, Lillie Betty Jarreau, Sharon Jarreau, Tess Jarreau,
Reid LaComb, Kevin LeBlanc, Kay Lee, Larry Lee, Troy Holy Thursday - Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 6pm.
Menier, Doug Matte, Gail Metz, Sheldon Moses, Linda Good Friday- Narrative of our Lord’s Passion followed
Olinde, Corey Patin, John Gary Patin, Jr., Abigail Politz, by the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 3pm.
Shelby Porche, Dotti Purpera, Hank Ryan, Hunter
Schurba, Lou Sherman, James Thames, Sonny Trabeaux, Holy Saturday - Office of Readings at 10am.
Ainsley Wolf. Easter Sunday - Mass at 10am.
From The Pastor’s Desk cial blessing urbi et orbi (to the city and the world).
Finally, know that you are in my prayers. Have a
In Christ, blessed Holy Week, and may the Lord accompany us in
Despite the unusual nature of this Lent, the this time of suffering, and may Our Lady stand near us at
Church’s liturgical calendar goes on. That means that this the Cross and pray for us.
Sunday is Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion. I will offer Totus Tuus,
Mass at 10AM while live streaming on the parish’s Face- Fr. Todd Lloyd
book page. This is not ideal. We will all miss singing the
hymns of our Lord’s entrance into Jerusalem while wav-
ing our blessed palms. None the less, I encourage every-
one to enter into it as much as possible by reading the SAVE TIME
gospel of our Lord’s entrance into Jerusalem as a family
sometime during the day. Consider making your own
AND
branch from the plants at your home. This would espe- DONATE ONLINE
cially be good for our families with children. I will pray a
brief blessing over palms before Mass on the live stream. Online Giving is now available for parishioners with
I also encourage you to read along with the gospel of the WeShare, an easy and convenient way to save time and
Lord’s passion, and say aloud the parts pertaining to the support the church. Donating is simple, safe, and com-
people (which I have in bold and underlined in the Mass pletely secure.
guide on our Facebook and website). With WeShare, you can set up a recurring weekly or
Palm Sunday is of course the start of Holy Week. monthly transaction using your checking, saving, or credit
Every year I encourage parishioners to make this week card account. You can decide how much to give to any
like a retreat. That will be easier this year than any before collection and make changes any time, day or night. Plus,
it. My suggestion for all of us is to reduce our use of TV, you can leave your checkbook at home on Sundays.
radio, computers, and smart phones. Use them only for
the necessities of work or school, and joining in the litur- If you would like to enroll in Online Giving, please visit,
gical celebrations. https://immaculateconceptionlakeland.weshareonline.org.
Holy Thursday, with the Mass of the Lord’s Sup- If you have any questions or concerns about the program
per, is the end of Lent and the beginning of the Paschal or would like help setting up your account, call our parish
Triduum. This is a day special to priests, and it will be office at 627-5124.
challenging for many of us to offer that Mass without a
congregation. Please pray for priests on Thursday, as we
remember the Lord’s institution of the priesthood and the
Eucharist. Sadly, the Chrism Mass, when the priests get
together at the Cathedral to renew their vows and have a Prayers
meal together, will not happen this week. During a Time of Pestilence
I will be using our Facebook live stream to offer a
few things during Holy Week. On Holy Thursday at 6PM Lord Jesus Christ, Our Divine Physician, we ask you
I will offer the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. On Good Fri-
to guard and protect us from Coronavirus COVID-19
day at 3PM I will read the narrative of our Lord’s Passion
from the Gospel of John followed by the Chaplet of Di- and all serious illness. For all that have died from it,
vine Mercy. For Holy Saturday at 10AM I will pray the have mercy; for those that are ill now, bring healing.
Office of Readings. And on Easter Sunday I will offer From those searching for a remedy, enlighten them;
Mass at 10AM. Please join me, and share with others. for medical caregivers helping the sick, strengthen
You do not have to have a Facebook account to see the and shield them. For those working to contain the
posts on our Facebook page, so consider helping your non spread, grant them success; for those afraid, grant
-tech savvy family and friends see these things. peace. May your precious blood be our defense and
I also strongly recommend that everyone, as salvation. By your grace, may you turn the evil of
much as possible, pray along with liturgical celebrations disease into moments of consolation and hope. May
of the Triduum with Pope Francis via the internet or other we always fear the contagion of sin more than any
Catholic media such as EWTN. You can watch live, or
illness. We abandon ourselves to your infinite
recorded. The local time for the celebrations is as follows:
Palm Sunday Mass at 4AM; Holy Thursday Mass at mercy. Amen.
11AM; Good Friday Service at 11AM; Good Friday Way -Pedro de la Crus
of the Cross 2PM; Easter vigil Mass Saturday at 2PM;
Easter Sunday Mass at 4AM followed by the pope’s spe-You can also read
