Sr. Eugenia came to Zachary on April 25 and spread her message
throughout the community until May 4th when she returned to Rome.
Sister Eugenia, our "Angel of the Streets"
sends her unending gratitude for making her mission appeal a huge
success. Local efforts raised more than $70,000 to help women
and children imprisoned as sex slaves.
Sister Eugenia
Bonetti with
Father Bayhi
and Amy Roth
at the Women's
Morning of Prayer
held at St.
John's on Saturday, May 2
"I returned to
Rome and was
immediately
homesick for 'my Zachary,' were her remarks when
she called to
thank our community."
Sister Eugenia Bonetti is on the streets
nightly, rescuing women and children who have been imprisoned for human
trafficking through organized crime.
"No one was born to be a
prostitute."
Your contribution saves and rebuilds the lives of so many nameless,
faceless women and children considered, in many cases, unwanted by
society. Thank you!
"It only
took me 84 1/2 years to win a fishing trophy but it's mine!" - Clarence
Bueche
See more
pictures of the Knights of Columbus 2009 Fishing Tourney on our
Organizations Page
Say "NO!" To
FOCA
The Freedom of Choice Act
The Beginning of the End?
Clearly FOCA will not make abortion safe
or rare – on the contrary, it will actively promote abortion and do
nothing to ensure its safety – so, abortion advocates’ unrelenting
campaign to enact FOCA is a “wake-up call” to all Americans. If
implemented, FOCA would invalidate common-sense, protective laws
that the majority of Americans support. It will not protect or
empower women. Instead, it would protect and promote the abortion
industry, sacrifice women and their health to a radical political
ideology, and silence the voices of everyday Americans who want to
engage in a meaningful public discussion over the availability,
safety, and even desirability of abortion.
NOTE: If you would like to
download and/or print a copy of Deacon Ronnie LeGrange's touching
Eulogy: Beyond Greatness,
click here
IN MEMORIAM
OUR PARISHIONER, OUR BROTHER,
OUR FRIEND
George
Joseph Charlet, Jr.
(January 28, 1944
- February 9, 2009)
"To all my friends, family, and loved
ones: I was able to love because you let me love!! Spread it
daily. Never let a day go by that you don't tell someone who needs
it that you love them. I am alright with my God. He knows my
heart. I bet my life on Him. I ain't worried. May that peace be
all of yours. And never forget that service to humanity is the best
work of life. And that today is the first day of the rest of your
life."
We Celebrate the Life and Legacy of George Joseph "Uncle George"
Charlet, Jr.
Lay Professional to the Diocese of Baton Rouge for Our Lady of the
Assumption Catholic Church
George Joseph Charlet, Jr. was a second generation funeral director
and embalmer. Along with his brother, Donald "Pete" Charlet, he
learned his life's trade from his father, George Charlet, Sr. and
his uncle "CA" Charlet. He was a graduate of Clinton High School in
Clinton, LA, where he played football and ran track. He was proud
of his many state track records. He received his mortuary training
at the Dallas Institute of Gupton Jones. He was a member of the
National Funeral Directors Association and the Louisiana Funeral
Directors Association, which he served as president of in 2005. He
was a charter member of the Clinton, LA Jaycees. In 1975, he was
selected as the Outstanding President of the Year of the Jaycees.
In 1976, he was selected as the Outstanding Jaycee of the Year. He
was also a member of the Zachary Jaycees and the Jackson Jaycees.
George served on the East Feliciana Parish School Board Committees
for several years. When the East Feliciana school system was in
dire need of new facilities, he organized the Citizens for Better
Schools Committee, which helped pass a bond issue that allowed
state-of-the-art schools for the parish. He was a member of the
Clinton High Quarterback Club. He was an organizer and member of
the Bon-Temps Social Club. He was a member of the Clinton Volunteer
Fire Department, where he risked his life countless times to protect
the lives and property of his beloved community. He
was selected at the Citizen of the Year by both the Watchman
newspaper and the Clinton Lions Club. George was a "cultivated
leader by God's hand"; he was never just a member of any
organization, but the undisputed leader. No newspaper is large
enough to list the countless organizations to which he was a
"charter member", President, or Director, but his life was always
centered on celebrating life in Christ, and saving lives regardless
of the time of day or convenience.
Next to his family and his church, the International Scouting
Program was the love of his life. He was a member of the Avondale
District of the Istrouma Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
He served as the Scoutmaster for Troop 60 in Clinton, Louisiana,
where he guided hundreds of Scouts to the highest rank of Eagle
Scout. This achievement is one of the proudest of his lifetime. He
was a Vigil Honor Member of the Quinipissa Lodge of the Order of the
Arrow, where he also served for many years as the Lodge Advisor. He
served on the Advisory Board of Cub Scout Pack 60, and also served
as a leader and advisor to the local Girl Scouts Troop. He received
the Silver Beaver award for outstanding leadership in Boy Scouting
and for his commitment to Scouting's highest ideals. He was the
Leader of the Istrouma Area Council's first Tiger Cub Den. He served
as a Scoutmaster to the National Boy Scout Jamboree in 1989, 1993,
and 1997, and as a Scoutmaster to the World Boy Scouting Jamboree in
Holland in 1995. In 2001, he was the Scoutmaster to one of the only
Co-Ed Explorer Posts to the World Jamboree in Chile. He was an
assistant Scoutmaster to the World Jamboree in London in 2007. He
also attended many Scouting Camporees, Conclaves, NOACs, and
National Leadership Seminars. He was known worldwide to Scouts as
"Uncle George."
George Joseph Charlet, Jr. contributed both his resources and his
time to thousands of philanthropic interests, both local and abroad.
The Reverend Matthew John
Faschan, an ordained priest of 62 years and former Pastor of St.
John the Baptist Catholic Church-Zachary, and Our Lady of the
Assumption Mission-Clinton, died at 12:08 AM on Saturday, January 3,
2009 at Lane Regional Medical Center in Zachary. He was 93 years
old.
Fr. Faschan was
educated in Stanhope, NJ. He attended St. Michael’s School,
Netcong, NJ, Seton Hall Prep and three years of college at Seton
Hall University. He was ordained at Marist College, Washington, DC,
on June 9, 1950. His assignments included: St. Joseph’s Church,
Buckhannon, WV, as Assistant, August, 1946 through June 1950; St.
Joseph’s Church, Buckhannon, WV, as Pastor, June, 1950 through
August, 1956; Sacred Heart Church, Atlanta, GA, Assistant, August
1956 through October, 1959; St. Joseph’s in Algiers, LA, as
Assistant, October, 1959 through May, 1962; St. Francis Xavier,
Georgia Missions at Brunswick, GA and Darien, Jessup, GA, May 1962
through August, 1963; St. Joseph Church in Paulina, LA, as Pastor,
August, 1963 through August, 1969; Sacred Heart Church, Baton Rouge,
LA, as Administrator, August, 1969 through May, 1970; St. John the
Baptist, Zachary, LA and its Mission church, Our Lady of the
Assumption, from May, 1970 until January, 1981
The family of faith at St. John the Baptist began as a mission
of Sacred Heart Parish in 1924 and was officially chartered,
with out Mission Church, Our Lady of the Assumption, in 1964.
Throughout our 84-year history, we have been blessed by the guidance of seven pastors including the late Monsignor Cage Gordon,
the late Father Matthew J. Faschan, Father Robert Stein, Father Henry C. Vavasseur, Father Tom Duhe, Father Kenneth Laird, Father Victor Messina,
Father Christopher Roussell, Monsignor Gerald LeFebvre, and our present pastor,
Father M. Jeffery Bayhi.
Mind
Body
Heart
Soul
Our Mission
To provide a unified, Catholic community striving to maintain, promote and continue
the legacy of faith begun by our forefathers.
New to Our Parish?
All families should complete a parish census form through the parish office to be formally
registered at St. John the Baptist Church or Our Lady of the Assumption Mission. You
may come by or phone the parish office, or fill out a registration form located in the
