Retreat Opportunities for teens, young adults, and adults! Sponsored by the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) is a three-day retreat weekend of prayer, reflections, discussions, and activities based on the Paschal Mystery. TEC is open to rising juniors and beyond. The next TEC Retreat, TEC #140, is June 26th-28th. New Orleans TEC weekends are held at the Rosaryville Spirit Life Center, and the cost of the retreat is $120. For more information or to apply to attend, please visit www.tecneworleans.com or email tecneworle-ans@gmail.com.

Pilgrimage Dates are June 3 -12, 2022 ++ Discover Switzerland, Austria & Bavaria with Oberammergau Passion Play The distinct cultures of Switzerland, Austria, and Bavaria await you. Explore delightful Bern on a panoramic sightseeing tour featuring the Bundeshaus (the Swiss Parliament), the famous Bear Pit, the Rose Gardens, and the gothic cathedral. Your time in Lucerne, the “Swiss Paradise on the Lake,” includes a leisurely paced Alstadt (Old Town) walking tour. While in Innsbruck, enjoy a panoramic visit to this city’s Olympic landmarks. In beautiful Salzburg, stroll through Mirabell Gardens and along the quaint Getreidegasse (site of Mozart’s birthplace). Have dinner in Austria’s oldest restaurant, St. Peter’s. Fairy tales come to life with a picture stop at Bavaria’s most famous castle, Neuschwanstein. Your amazing journey concludes in the charming village of Oberammergau. Here you’ll witness a spectacular performance of the Oberammergau Passion Play, whose origins date back to 1634. Watch as the entire village comes together to present you with their rendition of this Biblical story. Register now to view this special On-Demand webinar!

Come Lord Jesus! Bible Study -- In St Anthony Parish Office/Hall -- Thursdays at 10:30 in St Anthony Rectory ++ Also at 1 pm St Joseph has their CLJ in the St Joseph Social Room ++ Please join us for either++ It’s a program that was developed in the Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA in the late sixties and early seventies by Father Conley Bertrand, a parish priest. Graced with a love for prayer and Scripture and an ardent zeal, he sought to communicate these qualities to his parishioners. Come, Lord Jesus! is the fruit of many years of prayer, reflection on Sacred Scripture, and experimentation. This inspiring program is a complete study of the Sunday Readings, including Gospels (Be My Witness), Epistles(Love One Another) and the Old Testament(Give Glory to God) in three separate volumes. Following the Liturgical Calendar and utilizing the Catechism of the Catholic Church, members grow in sanctification through prayer, Scripture, Eucharist, and Christian community.

Retreat Schedule 2020-21 for Saint Joseph Abbey The Retreat Center at Saint Joseph Abbey announces its 2020-21 schedule for retreats sponsored by the Abbey. Each retreat includes conferences organized by the Abbey monks, common prayer, and reconciliation. The theme this year is "Be Not Afraid: Finding God's Peace Amidst Life's Uncertainties." Visit www.saintjosephabbey.com/abbey-retreats for dates and more information. Upcoming Willwoods Married Couples Retreats at the Abbey can also be found at this link. Established in 1978, the Willwoods community provides opportunities for growth and enrichment through its Faith and Marriage Apostolate. For more information, contact Jason Angelette at 504-830-3716 or visit www.FaithandMarriage.org.

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 the St. Benilde Teen Center in Metairie. The series will be for five (5) Tuesdays, June 8, June 15, June 22, June 29 and July 6, 2021. Hours are 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. The materials for the series cost $25.00. To register go to our website https://nolacatholicfla.regfox.com/annulment-writing-workshop. For more information, please call Cathy, 504-861-6243.

Discover the power of an encounter as mission-minded churches, faithful partners of Food For The Poor, and a panel of passionate guest speakers come together to witness powerful testimonies and discuss the transformative power of serving those in greatest need. Learn how lasting, positive change is possible in the developing world and how your church can join the mission to break the cycle of poverty. Visit www.FoodForThePoor.org/encounter to register for this unique event.

As a gift for the people of the Archdiocese of New Orleans in this Year of the Eucharist & St. Joseph, our partners at The Vigil Project have produced a new album “True Presence” exclusively for the Year of the Eucharist & St. Jo-seph. The music, both original and traditional devotionals to the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist is availa-ble for free download at https://www.nolacatholicyoe.com/music

The Community Center For Life (on the corner of 6th and Lafayette -- 1 block from St Joseph Church) is in need year-round of baby items for new and young mothers. Items needed are: Similac Advance/Similac ProAdvance Formula, baby wipes, Head-to-Toe Baby Wash, Baby lotion and other Baby Care products, Onesies (gender neutral), bottles (Dr. Brown, Tommee Tippee). swaddles/blankets (gender neutral), gift cards (Target, Walmart, Amazon), and pretty much anything that a baby can use and/or wear. The CCL is also registered at Target as: First Name - Community Center For Life and Last Name: CCL. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

Abbey Art Works, located on the beautiful grounds of Saint Joseph Abbey has announced its 2021 schedule. Workshops, classes, and retreats coming up soon include:  When Art Tells You What to Think -The Propaganda of Andy Warhol and Jacques Louis David, Lecture by Br. Christopher Schaefer, O.S.B., Saturday, January 23 @ 9:30 a.m.  Drawing for Beginners with Chryl Casso Corizzo, Fridays in February & March.  Unique Double-billed Workshop. Choose one: Painting the Costumed Model Workshop with Auseklis Ozols or Plein Air Workshop with Phil Sandusky. February 8-10.  Oil & Water – Classic Instruction in Oil and Watercolor Painting with Lyn Hill Taylor. Thursdays. Year-round. Printmaking: Copperplate Etchings with master printmaker Phillip Sage. Wednesdays. Year-round. Registration and other details for these classes and more are available at www.saintjosephabbey.com/abbeyartworks. Abbey Art Works can also be contacted at 985-327-1021 or info@abbeyartworks.com.

Please join us for the CCRNO Regional Conference—all are welcome! The conference will be on June 25th and 26th at Divine Mercy Parish in Kenner, LA. Archbishop Aymond will be there to greet us at the conference. Our speakers include: Bishop Sam Jacobs, Deacon Steve Greco, Patti Mansfield, and many more. The theme for this year’s conference is “Reboot, Refresh, and Renew!” The Scripture inspiration is from Isaiah 43:19, “See, I am doing something new!” All priests, deacons, seminarians, and religious are invited to join us at the conference for free (registration is still required, but there is no fee). For priests and deacons who would like to participate in the Mass, please bring your vestments on Saturday morning. Advanced registration is required; the cost will be $45/per person. Please consid-er extending an invitation to someone new this year who might be in need of rebooting, refreshing, and renewing! For more information or to register, please see our website: https://ccrno.org/reboot-refresh-renew

Speaker: Mary Wilson Tickets $20 available from Westbank Religious Supply House and Mary's Helpers. On sale now through July 10th. For more information call 504-913-4903 or 504-319-6285 or 504-319-6788. ++++ Mary Wilson (Louisiana) is a native of New Orleans who now resides in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. She and her husband, Ronny, have been married since 1972. They have three grown and married children and have ten grandchildren. She attends St. Gerard Catholic Church, a mission church in the Diocese of Alexandria, LA. Mary became involved in the Charismatic Renewal in 1998 and since then, she has attended Apple of His Eye Prayer Group in Marksville, LA where she leads the music ministry. Mary is a past chairman and the current secretary of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Committee (CCRC) of Central Louisiana. She was a founding member of the Service Team for CENLA (Central Louisiana) Magnificat – Our Lady of Prompt Succor Chapter where she currently serves is part of the music ministry. She jokingly says that she’s done everything but serve as treasurer, that God knew what He was doing when He kept her from having to count money and balance a checkbook. Retiring after a 29-year career in education, she spent half of her career as a teacher and coach at the middle and high school levels and the other half as a high school administrator serving as assistant principal and then as principal – all in the Avoyelles Parish system. She is the current secretary for the Central Service Team — the governing body for Magnificat, A Ministry to Catholic Women — an International Ministry for Catholic Women, a position she has held since January 2016. In May 2018, Mary was appointed to the National Service Council for the Charismatic Renewal in the US as representative for Magnificat. According to Mary – “God took my ‘jack-of-all-trades’ talents and put them to good use for His glory. If God can work with, in, and through me – He can work with, in, and through anybody!” ++++

The Franciscan Vietnam Mission priests will speak to us about the missionary activities and challenges of their ministry. Our second collection on Saturday July 31st and Sunday August 1st will be for the missionary activities of the Franciscan Vietnam Missionaries. You may write the check out to the parish; but in the memo line write "missionary appeal".

The Creed · Every family has a story. We are the people of God – we are God’s family – and we have an incredibly important family story! Each Sunday at Mass and on certain holy days, we retell and enter into this story of God’s love for us when we say the Creed (or Profession of Faith, because in it we express the central truths of our faith). · The term creed, comes from the Latin credo, meaning “I believe,” and the first creed we profess is at baptism, through which we enter into the family of God, the Church, which is the Body of Christ. When we pray the Creed at Mass, we state our belief in God 1) the Father, 2) the Son, and 3) the Holy Spirit, and then we profess faith in 4) the Church. What we profess is what we celebrate! · The Creed is our response in faith to God who has just spoken to us in the Readings – it is our joyful YES to God’s Word and our acceptance of his invitation to life with Him. In the Creed, we each recommit ourselves to God, to our beliefs, and to a life of discipleship.

St Joseph Church has the 3:00 slots on Sundays and Mondays at the Gretna Bingo Palace. Please come out to play BINGO and support our Church.

Interested in bringing Holy Communion to the Hospital? As life at West Jefferson Medical Center continues to return to normal, they are re-building their Catholic volunteer pastoral care team so that Catholic patients and family members can again receive a visit, communion, and prayers each day, if desired. Right now, they have a need for 5-6 additional Eucharistic Ministers to visit Catholic patients and family members, particularly on Mondays, Tuesdays, or Thursdays. **Note: Standard COVID protocols are in place -- masks are mandatory, temperature taken at entrance, no access or exposure to COVID+ patient population -- to ensure Eucharistic Ministers are not at risk.** The commitment would be 1 day per week, about 1.5 to 2 hours per day in the mornings. Eucharistic Ministers/Deacons typically serve on a particular day each week and in teams of 2 or 3. Any new Eucharistic Minister will get hospital-specific training so they can function comfortably in the hospital setting. New Eucharistic Ministers are needed on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, although I am sure that our thin teams on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays would be happy to have an additional member or two. Interested parties will need to take training first from Archdiocese to get commissioned. Contact Parish Office if you are interested.

St. Dominic Men’s Emmaus Retreat based on the Gospel of St. Luke (24:13-35) “The Road to Emmaus” As two disciples talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him. When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?" Luke 24:15-16, 30-32 All MEN, parishioners and non-parishioners, age 18 and over are invited to walk with Jesus on the Road to Emmaus during a weekend retreat. Make plans and signup now! Next Retreat: July 23-25, 2021 Starts: 5:00 P.M. on Friday at St. Dominic Church, 775 Harrison Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70124 Ends: After 5:30 P.M. Mass on Sunday back at St. Dominic Church. Retreat location: Rosaryville Spirit Life Center, 39003 Rosaryville Rd. Ponchatoula LA 70454 (transportation to and from the retreat house is provided and is part of the retreat. Please do not plan to arrive at the retreat house on your own without prior arrangements). Registration Fee: $200; checks payable to: St. Dominic Church Men’s Emmaus Retreat. (Scholarships available, call for details) Registration: Please complete & submit the bottom portion of this Registration Form along with the $200.00 payment to: St. Dominic Church Emmaus Retreat Ministry, 775 Harrison Ave, New Orleans, LA 70124 (or you can simply give the completed registration form and check back to the person providing it to you) Additional info: Sal Lovecchio (504) 261-7258, Colin Tulli (504) 494-4511 or Rick Valadie (504) 655-8932

A special Eucharistic Miracles Morning of Reflection, sponsored by the Catholic Women in Action Committee of the Catholic Community Foundation, will be held on Tuesday, Tuesday, June 8, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 A.M. at St. Stephen Church on Napoleon Avenue in New Orleans. Rev. Jeffrey A. Montz,Director of Spiritual Formation and Professor of Theology at Notre Dame Seminary, will celebrate Mass and offer a reflection. Displays of 30 or more of Eucharistic miracles will next be available for viewing. In-person seating for the event is limited and reservations are required. For more information and to R.S.V.P., please contact Kathi Zimmerman at 504.527.5794 or kzimmerman@ccfnola.org.

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! Come join us for Mass and Novena.

Pilgrimage Dates are June 3 -12, 2022 ++ Discover Switzerland, Austria & Bavaria with Oberammergau Passion Play The distinct cultures of Switzerland, Austria, and Bavaria await you. Explore delightful Bern on a panoramic sightseeing tour featuring the Bundeshaus (the Swiss Parliament), the famous Bear Pit, the Rose Gardens, and the gothic cathedral. Your time in Lucerne, the “Swiss Paradise on the Lake,” includes a leisurely paced Alstadt (Old Town) walking tour. While in Innsbruck, enjoy a panoramic visit to this city’s Olympic landmarks. In beautiful Salzburg, stroll through Mirabell Gardens and along the quaint Getreidegasse (site of Mozart’s birthplace). Have dinner in Austria’s oldest restaurant, St. Peter’s. Fairy tales come to life with a picture stop at Bavaria’s most famous castle, Neuschwanstein. Your amazing journey concludes in the charming village of Oberammergau. Here you’ll witness a spectacular performance of the Oberammergau Passion Play, whose origins date back to 1634. Watch as the entire village comes together to present you with their rendition of this Biblical story. Register now to view this special On-Demand webinar!

Come Lord Jesus! Bible Study -- In St Anthony Parish Office/Hall -- Thursdays at 10:30 in St Anthony Rectory ++ Also at 1 pm St Joseph has their CLJ in the St Joseph Social Room ++ Please join us for either++ It’s a program that was developed in the Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA in the late sixties and early seventies by Father Conley Bertrand, a parish priest. Graced with a love for prayer and Scripture and an ardent zeal, he sought to communicate these qualities to his parishioners. Come, Lord Jesus! is the fruit of many years of prayer, reflection on Sacred Scripture, and experimentation. This inspiring program is a complete study of the Sunday Readings, including Gospels (Be My Witness), Epistles(Love One Another) and the Old Testament(Give Glory to God) in three separate volumes. Following the Liturgical Calendar and utilizing the Catechism of the Catholic Church, members grow in sanctification through prayer, Scripture, Eucharist, and Christian community.