New Orleans Ladies of CharityPresent a Tasty Fundraiser Gourmet Dinner for 6Skillfully prepared by Msgr. Christopher H. Nalty(date scheduled by the winner and Msgr. Nalty)Donation $10.00Tickets available after each weekend Mass July 24-25, July 31-August 1 & August 7-8.Drawing after the 10:30am Mass on August 15, 2010(Winner need not be present to win, but it can't hurt!) … [Read more...]

From another parish's bulletin, an instructive reminder Remember to keep your Eucharistic fast by abstaining from food and beverages (water excluded) for an hour before Mass. Always dress modestly and appropriately. Arrive early to allow for personal prayer and/or read the readings of the day.Turn off all mobile devices while still in the vestibule. This is your time with God and His people.Use the restroom before or after Mass. Men remove hats or caps before the Lord.Deposit all water bottles the waste receptacles.Make the sign of the cross with Holy Water upon entering. Genuflect with great reverence towards the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle before entering your pew. If unable to genuflect, a profound bow is respectful.Refrain from chit-chat which distracts others who are … [Read more...]

Thanks to all who donated items to the raffle held at the Grace Under Fire celebration two weeks ago! Theresa Martin, Dan and Dana LeBlanc, Mimi Gorman, Allison Thomas, Dixie Williams, Mignon Faget, Jean Jens, La Petite Grocery (Chef Justin Devillier), Hey! Café (Greg Rodrigue & Thomas LeBlanc),  Jezebel's Art & Antiques, the Emeril Lagasse Foundation, Cindy St. Raymond, Dr. & Mrs. Frank Schmidt, and Southern Hospitality Catering (John Rowland). … [Read more...]

I included this little item in the bulletin last year, and in reading it this year, it became a little more poignant for me.  It might be a little corny, but it reminded me a little of my Dad, who served as my deacon last year on this date 4 years: My Daddy can do anything!7 years: My Dad knows a lot”¦a whole lot.9 years: My Father does not know quite everything.12 years: Oh well, my Father doesn't know that either.14 years: My Father is really old-fashioned.21 years: Oh man – he's really out of date!25 years: He knows something about it, but not much.30 years: I need to find out what Dad thinks about it.35 years: Before we decide, let's get Dad's idea first.55 years: I wonder what would Dad have thought about that?65 years: My Dad literally knew everything!75 years: I wish I could talk … [Read more...]

Volunteers are needed to be in the church while it is open for the Eucharistic Miracles Exhibit. The times will be on Saturday from 9:00am until 3:00pm and on Sunday from 12:00 noon until 5:00pm.  We are asking volunteers to stay 2 hours on Saturday and 2 ½ hours on Sunday. There will be a sign-up sheet in the back of church this weekend, or you can call the rectory for more info! … [Read more...]

Photo by David Grundfield, The Times-Picayune Obviously, we finally did it!  Thanks to parish sexton, Liam Cousino; B & G Crane, LLC; CIS Steeplejack, LLC; and all who worked so hard to raise the Cross fabricated by Thomas Bruno.  Although the Times Picayune declined to tell the story of the Cross in the paper (apparently “good news is no news” is the order of the day with our local paper!), they did send a brave photographer, David Grundfield, who went up in the crane to take some spectacular photos of the cross towering high above the City of New Orleans. … [Read more...]

Ave Crux, Spes Nostra!(Hail the Cross, Our Hope!) In honor of the raising of the cross this week, I wanted to share a beautiful sermon by Saint Theodore the Studite about the precious and life-giving Cross of Christ:How precious the gift of the cross, how splendid to contemplate! In the cross there is no mingling of good and evil, as in the tree of paradise: it is wholly beautiful to behold and good to taste. The fruit of this tree is not death but life, not darkness but light. This tree does not cast us out of paradise, but opens the way for our return. This was the tree on which Christ, like a king on a chariot, destroyed the devil, the Lord of death, and freed the human race from his tyranny. This was the tree upon which the Lord, like a brave warrior wounded in his hands, feet and … [Read more...]

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In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, "Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you." But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end." But Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I … [Read more...]

In the summer of 64 A.D., a fire started on one end of the Circus Maximus in Rome, and it quickly spread throughout the Eternal City. By the time it was extinguished, it had burned for a week and destroyed 80% of Rome. While it was burning, the Emperor Nero remained at his summer home in Anzio, deservedly earning the taunting phrase "Nero fiddled while Rome burned." When Nero returned to Rome, the populace greeted him with anger and derision. In order to avoid a political disaster, Nero decided to blame the fire on a small but growing religious group of then-pagan Rome: the Christians. Over the next three years, until his death in 67 A.D., Nero arrested as many Christians as he could find, and put them on trial for arson. Unable to convict them of arson (they had nothing to do with the … [Read more...]