Registration is going on for our 3-Day-Retreat at St Mary Of The Pines in Chatawa MS. This is a ladies only retreat with the theme of "The Power of Praying Women". $170 for single; $140 double and triple occupancy. June 28-30. Limited space. Reserve today. Registration forms in back of church.

6th Meeting..................Discovering our lives in the Scripture: Exodus. 6:30 pm in St Joseph Parish Office

Our guest speaker for the May General Membership Meeting will be Royd Anderson, who will present his documentary film on the Pan Am Flight 759 crash in Kenner. Thursday, May 23, 2019, 7 p.m., East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie.

7th Meeting..................Dialogue on the Scripture and the Word of God . 6:30pm in the St Joseph Parish Office.

The Pentecostal Devotion to the Holy Spirit, a series of evenings featuring the Rosary and a reflection on the Holy Spirit in preparation for Pentecost, will be held at St. Dominic Church, 775 Harrison Avenue, NewOrleans. The dates, topics, and featured speakers are May 28 on “The Fruit of the Spirit” with Archbishop Gregory Aymond, and June 4 on “The Forgiving of Sins” with Fr. John Restreop, O.P. All evenings begin with recitation of the Rosary at 6:00 PM followed by a reflection.

In this novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (also known as Our Mother of Perpetual Help from this icon pictured on the left) we pay tribute to the Blessed Virgin Mary in asking for her assistance. This picture of the Blessed Mother with her Divine Son above has helped her provide strength, comfort and even miracles to the faithful for centuries! .......... Oh Mother of Perpetual Help, grant that I may ever invoke your powerful name, the protection of the living and the salvation of the dying. Purest Mary, let your name henceforth be ever on my lips. Delay not, Blessed Lady, to rescue me whenever I call on you. In my temptations, in my needs, I will never cease to call on you, ever repeating your sacred name, Mary, Mary. What a consolation, what sweetness, what confidence fills my soul when I utter your sacred name or even only think of you! I thank the Lord for having given you so sweet, so powerful, so lovely a name. But I will not be content with merely uttering your name. Let my love for you prompt me ever to hail you Mother of Perpetual Help. Mother of Perpetual Help, pray for me and grant me the favor I confidently ask of you. (Then say three Hail Marys).......... First placed in the Church of San Matteo in Rome in 1499, the picture was thought to be lost at one point after Napoleon’s armies sacked that church in 1798. Fortunately, however, it was in the care of the Augustinian fathers until Pope Pius IX ordered that the icon be given to the Redemptorist order at the Church of St. Alphonsus in Rome in 1866 for public viewing once again. Since then it has been copied and venerated in churches and homes all over the world. Note in this picture how Jesus, while safely cradled in his mother’s arms, looks anxiously at St. Gabriel the Archangel, who holds the cross and nails for His Crucifixion. (St. Michael the Archangel, at left, holds the lance, spear, and the vessel of vinegar and gall for our Lord's Passion as well.) The Blessed Mother looks at us solemnly, perhaps as if in contemplation of her beloved Son’s future Passion and death for our salvation! Remember that when we pray this novena to our Lady of Perpetual Help, that we are not choosing to worship her over her Divine Son. She is "our Mother on the order of grace,” according to a Vatican II document, and all the graces Mary gives us come directly from our Lord. She is always ready to intercede with Him on our behalf, but never for anything contrary to His wishes. As long as we approach her as we do Him, with sincerely humble and contrite hearts, we can count on her aid and guidance. Mary’s last spoken words in the Gospels concerned her Son when she said at the wedding feast at Cana “Do whatever he tells You” (John 2:5). If we persevere in our intentions to do Christ’s will for us, we are doing hers as well.

Thursday, May 30 5:30 TO 6:30 @ 610 SIXTH ST. Visit the ornate Spanish Colonial Revival-style St. Joseph Church, built. C. 1926, which is being carefully restored by the Archdiocese of Louisiana with architect Robert J. Cangelosi, Jr. of Koch and Wilson. 6:30 TO 7:30 @ 217 LAVOISIER ST. Walk down the street to learn how James Rolf, aka DJ Preservation, of Rolf Preservation Works, LLC is renovating a c. 1884 Italianate double shotgun using historic tax credits. This event is a great opportunity to see two drastically different uses of the Louisiana State Historic Tax Credit and to gain useful information on how to utilize this state incentive program to maximize your own renovation of an investment property. Beer by Royal Brewery and craft cocktail by Twelve Mile Limit will be provided at both locations. $10 / free for members.

8th Meeting...................Celebration of the Word of God Friday. 6:30 pm in St Joseph Church Office.

Retreat May 31 through June 2

The Archbishop will ordain the transitional deacons to the priesthood. All are invited to witness this great event.

The Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebration will take place on Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 3:00 p.m in St. Philip Neri's Church in Metairie. Sunday, June 2, 2019, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location: St. Philip Neri Parish, Metairie, LA All participants must register with their church parish before March 1, 2019. This celebration will not be a mass, but a prayer service. Attendance of Mass for Sunday obligation will have to be met within one's parish. Deadline to register is March 1.

The Jefferson Chorale (an affiliate of JPAS) presents NO CALL: AIN'T THAT A SHAME directed by Dr. Louise LaBruyere --- Sunday June 2 at 3pm at St Joseph's Gym 601 7th St Gretna -- Tickets at door: $15; Seniors/Kids $10. For information call 504-430-6371.

The Pentecostal Devotion to the Holy Spirit, a series of evenings featuring the Rosary and a reflection on the Holy Spirit in preparation for Pentecost, will be held at St. Dominic Church, 775 Harrison Avenue, NewOrleans. The date, topic, and featured speaker are June 4 on “The Forgiving of Sins” with Fr. John Restreop, O.P. All evenings begin with recitation of the Rosary at 6:00 PM followed by a reflection.

In this novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (also known as Our Mother of Perpetual Help from this icon pictured on the left) we pay tribute to the Blessed Virgin Mary in asking for her assistance. This picture of the Blessed Mother with her Divine Son above has helped her provide strength, comfort and even miracles to the faithful for centuries! .......... Oh Mother of Perpetual Help, grant that I may ever invoke your powerful name, the protection of the living and the salvation of the dying. Purest Mary, let your name henceforth be ever on my lips. Delay not, Blessed Lady, to rescue me whenever I call on you. In my temptations, in my needs, I will never cease to call on you, ever repeating your sacred name, Mary, Mary. What a consolation, what sweetness, what confidence fills my soul when I utter your sacred name or even only think of you! I thank the Lord for having given you so sweet, so powerful, so lovely a name. But I will not be content with merely uttering your name. Let my love for you prompt me ever to hail you Mother of Perpetual Help. Mother of Perpetual Help, pray for me and grant me the favor I confidently ask of you. (Then say three Hail Marys).......... First placed in the Church of San Matteo in Rome in 1499, the picture was thought to be lost at one point after Napoleon’s armies sacked that church in 1798. Fortunately, however, it was in the care of the Augustinian fathers until Pope Pius IX ordered that the icon be given to the Redemptorist order at the Church of St. Alphonsus in Rome in 1866 for public viewing once again. Since then it has been copied and venerated in churches and homes all over the world. Note in this picture how Jesus, while safely cradled in his mother’s arms, looks anxiously at St. Gabriel the Archangel, who holds the cross and nails for His Crucifixion. (St. Michael the Archangel, at left, holds the lance, spear, and the vessel of vinegar and gall for our Lord's Passion as well.) The Blessed Mother looks at us solemnly, perhaps as if in contemplation of her beloved Son’s future Passion and death for our salvation! Remember that when we pray this novena to our Lady of Perpetual Help, that we are not choosing to worship her over her Divine Son. She is "our Mother on the order of grace,” according to a Vatican II document, and all the graces Mary gives us come directly from our Lord. She is always ready to intercede with Him on our behalf, but never for anything contrary to His wishes. As long as we approach her as we do Him, with sincerely humble and contrite hearts, we can count on her aid and guidance. Mary’s last spoken words in the Gospels concerned her Son when she said at the wedding feast at Cana “Do whatever he tells You” (John 2:5). If we persevere in our intentions to do Christ’s will for us, we are doing hers as well.

Christ in the City, an evening of Eucharistic Adoration for young adults 18-39, is held at the Chapel at Notre Dame Seminary the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm sponsored by the CYO/Youth & Young Adult Ministry Office of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. The hour-long service of adoration includes scripture and a reflection, music, silent time for prayer, the opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and benediction. A social follows across the street at Rock n' Bowl.

Al Mansfield, Coordinator -- Office Hours MWF 10-5 -- 1901 Division St Metairie LA -- CCRNO Prayer Meeting and Mass 7:30 pm Every Wednesday at St Benilde -- Youth Prayer Meeting at Rummel Raider Room at 7:30 pm Sunday Nights.

Come join the St Vincent DePaul Society or come volunteer to help the poor in our parishes.

Suddenly single again? Dreading being alone? Feeling the pain of having to go on with life but . . . everything has changed? Have you lost your spouse due to Divorce, Death or Separation? Having difficulty coping? Help is on the way. Beginning Experience Ministry under the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Office of Marriage and Family Life will begin a 10 week program “Coping With Life Alone” to help those struggling to cope with this loss. The Coping Program will begin on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM at St. Angela Merci's conference hall adjacent to the Church on 835 Melody St., Metairie. The cost will be $35. Call Bette Armentor at 504-339-7776 to register and for questions.

Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus will be held at St Anthony Church every 1st Friday after the 8:30 am morning mass.