September 25, 2016 Getting Back to the Table! The dining table over the years has taken on a different purpose than originally designed. It has become the “dropping off zone” for assorted things coming into the house. When it’s time to eat, we grab a plate, get the comfortable place on the sofa and eat off a TV tray. Losing the dining table as a place to gather and share a meal as a family is not all that is lost. Spending quality time with one’s family, utilizing the time to share the experiences of the day, gives the family the opportunity to bond with one another. Additionally, table time with the family opens opportunities to educate in faith and life. Before starting what can be shared at the table, it will help to understand the dining table as one of the most important … [Read more...]

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 St. Mary Magdalen School in Metairie. The series will be for  five (5) Tuesdays, September 13, September 20, September 27, October 4 and October 11, 2016. Hours are 7:30 PM– 9:00 PM. The materials for the series cost $25.00. To register or for more information, call Cathy at the Family Life Apostolate at 504- 861-6243. … [Read more...]

Thanks to all who made Fr. Patrick Carr’s first Mass as a newly ordained priest so special, especially our altar servers and those who prepared the lovely reception! AND CONGRATS TO OUR NEWLY ORDAINED! The following men were ordained to the Priesthood for the Archdiocese of New Orleans last Saturday, June 4, 2016 at St. Louis Cathedral: Patrick Richard Carr Paul Anthony Clark David Michael Ducote Francis Nguyen Dzung Francis Uzochukwu Offia Kenneth Sims Smith Please pray for our new Archdiocesan priests! … [Read more...]

The Catholic Bishops of the United States are asking Catholics and all people of faith to join in prayer for our nation in thanksgiving for our freedom and for ongoing protections of conscience rights and religious liberty from Tuesday, June 21st – Mondau, July 4th. “Keeping the spirit of the Gospel means that Catholic institutions are to bear witness in love to the full truth about the human person by providing social, charitable, and educational services in a manner that fully reflects the God-given dignity of the human person.” - Archbishop William E. Lori, Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, on the “Freedom to Bear Witness”s Prayer for the Protection of Religious Liberty O God our Creator, from your provident hand we have received our right to life, liberty, and the … [Read more...]

Congratulations to those who received the Sacrament of Confirmation at the 4:00pm Vigil Mass last Saturday. What a great joy to have Archbishop Gregory Aymond in our parish to celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost, and for our Confirmands to receive the Sacrament on the Vigil of Pentecost! Come Holy Spirit! Taylor Brown Brandon Fazande Marcelle Kepper Annabeth Lawrence Lindsay Moroau Celina Morrison John Musser Jennifer Toups … [Read more...]

May 15, 2016 – Pentecost Sunday Confirmations with Archbishop Aymond at the 4:00pm Vigil Mass May 22, 2016 – Trinity Sunday May 29, 2016 – Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) with Eucharistic Procession after the 10:30 am Mass to be followed by a parish fish fry and snowballs! … [Read more...]

From the Knights of Columbus On behalf of the Knights of Columbus Council, I want to thank Msgr. Nalty for allowing the Knights to conduct the Lenten Fish Fry at The Mother Pauline Center. Thanks to all the parishioners that came to the fish fry in support of our fund raising event. And to the volunteers who gave of their time and talents to prepare, cook and clean up for these meals: A HEARTY THANK YOU! We are truly blessed by the number of people who come forward to make these events the success that they are. Of the monies raised one-half will go to The K.C. Youth Expansion Program (YEP). The second half goes to Good Shepherd Parish. A check for $875.00 was presented to Msgr. Nalty following the 10:30 AM mass on Sunday April 24th. … [Read more...]

February 29, March 1-2 Fr. Jeffrey Montz, STL Monday – 7:00 PM Tuesday – After 6:00 PM Mass Wednesday – 7:00 PM Confession is available each day of the Mission beginning at 5:00pm Rev. Jeffrey A. Montz, STL is a native of New Orleans.  The faithful witness of his parents helped to lead him to develop a personal relationship with God and to foster within him a sense of vocation to the priesthood from a young age.  He attended Archbishop Hannan High School, and upon graduation entered St. Joseph Seminary College.  After graduation from St. Joseph Seminary in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts, Fr. Montz continued his seminary formation at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans where he received a Masters of Divinity in 2008.  That same year he was ordained to the … [Read more...]

A request from Deacon Richard Eason: “The parish provides a meal service for the homeless at the Ozanam Inn on the fourth Thursday of each month. This is a great opportunity to serve Our Lord’s neediest people and fellowship with many of our parishioners. The next meal service is set for February 25th. For those interested, the meal is cooked in the kitchen of the rectory of Our Lady of Good Counsel, beginning at noon. The meal service is provided at the Ozanam Inn beginning at 5:00 pm. Please contact Dorothy ‘Dottie’ Forly,” at 242-1919. … [Read more...]

Friedrich Niemoller was a German Lutheran pastor who was active in German politics in the 1930's. As a national conservative, he was initially a supporter of Adolf Hitler. However, after Hitler sought to take control over the Lutheran church, Niemoller became a vocal critic of the Nazi regime. For that, he was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps from 1937 to 1945. After the war, he was asked why he ever supported Hitler. He replied: “I find myself wondering about that too. I wonder about it as much as I regret it. Still, it is true that Hitler betrayed me. I had an audience with him, as a representative of the Protestant church, shortly before he became Chancellor, in 1932. Hitler promised me on his word of honor, to protect the church, and not to issue any … [Read more...]