The parish is not an outdated institution. The parish is the presence of the Church in a given territory, an environment for hearing God’s word, for growth in the Christian life, for dialogue, proclamation, charitable outreach,

worship and celebration. In all its activities, the parish encourages and trains its members to be bearers of the Good News. It is a community of communi-

ties, a sanctuary where the thirsty come to drink in the midst of their journey, and a centre of constant outreach.

Pope Francis, Apostolic Exhortation ‘Evangellii Gaudium,’ No 28

THE CELBRATION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST On the Occasion of the

50TH ANNVERSARY Of the Establishment of

ST. BENILDE CATHOLIC CHURCH By

THE MOST REVEREND GREGORY M. AYMOND Archbishop of New Orleans

St. Benilde Catholic Church

Metairie, Louisiana

Sunday, the Twenty Third day of November

in the year of our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

at Eleven O’clock in the Morning

SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST THE KING

His Holiness

Pope Francis

His Excellency

The Most Reverend Carlo Maria Viganò Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America

His Excellency

The Most Reverend Gregory Aymond Fourteenth Archbishop of New Orleans

Archdiocese of New Orleans Office of the Archbishop

7887 Walmsley Avenue

New Orleans, LA 70125-3496

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November 10, 2014 Reverend Robert T. Cooper Pastor St. Benilde Parish 1901 Division Street Metairie, LA 70001 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ: It is my privilege to extend God’s blessings and my personal sentiments of congratulations to you as we celebrate the 50

th Anniversary of St. Benilde Parish. The founding of the parish dates back to August 12, 1964

when Archbishop Cody appointed Father Peter Brewerton as pastor. As we well remember the parish was named for a Christian Brother, Pierre Romancon, who lived in the 19

th century and took the name of Brother

Benilde. He spent his life as a teacher in France and was a real model to so many, in the ways of faith. Fifty years later we gather to recount the many blessings that God has given to your parish community and the ways in which you have responded in gratitude. Your parish continues to exhibit a strong family spirit and invites people to live a life of discipleship. We are particularly grateful to the founding mothers and fathers for their vision, their sacri-fice and their perseverance. As we celebrate this jubilee we look back to the priests who have served you at St. Benilde, as well as the deacons, school principals and faculty, and many women and men who have served as lay ministers and who have helped to build up your parish community. We thank God for all of them and commend them to the Lord for all that they have done to make your parish a strong community of faith. I express particular gratitude to your present pastor, Fr. Robert Cooper, who began to serve you in 2013. You are blessed to have this strong man of faith and dedicated priest to serve as your pastor. He joins me in extending to you God’s blessings as we celebrate this jubilee. In an anniversary celebration we not only celebrate the past and the present, but we ask God for his blessings upon all that we intend to do in his name to continue to build up this strong community of faith. Thanks to all of you who have been a part of this history. May God’s blessings be with you in abundance. Wishing you God’s blessings, I am Sincerely in Christ, Most Reverend Gregory M. Aymond Archbishop of New Orleans GMA/ms

The Reverend Robert T. Cooper Pastor of St. Benilde Catholic Church

Sustaining the Legacy

A Statement from Reverend Father Robert T. Cooper to the Parishioners of St. Benilde Catholic Church

My Brothers and Sisters in the Lord: The celebration of St. Benilde’s 50th Anniversary reminds us that Christian people living in the midst of the world's history are like Janus of Roman mythology, who looked simultane-ously forward and backward. Fifty years of celebrating baptisms, first communions, matrimo-nies, and hearing penance; fifty years of educating young people, forming married couples and caring for the elderly, and we have done all that by God's grace. Our look back at fifty years of this parish's life gives us courage and hope for the next fifty years to come. As we gather this day with great joy in our hearts and gratitude to God, I want to pro-pose to you a text that marks a similar turning point in Sacred Scripture: the opening seven-teen verses of St. Matthew’s Gospel. Here St. Matthew recites seventeen verses of names stat-ing “who was the father of whom” for forty-two generations. It seems like mere background in-formation which one might be tempted to skip over or even ignore. However, in St. Matthew's understanding of the Gospel, and in the logic of the New Testament canon that places Mat-thew's Gospel first, this genealogy is the proper beginning for the story of Jesus. Why is Jesus' family history so important at this juncture in Sacred Scripture? Jesus' genealogy serves two purposes. First, it tells us just who Jesus was. The original readers of this Gospel were Jewish people, who St. Matthew believed could best understand Jesus if they knew how He fit into their history. "You know who Abraham was," he says, "and Isaac and Jacob and David and Solomon. This Jesus, the Christ, is their descendant." Second, this list of generations told St. Matthew's readers the meaning of their own his-tory. In Jesus' day, the people of Israel looked to the past for their purpose. They were the peo-ple who had been delivered from Egypt, had received the Ten Commandments, and had inher-ited the Promised Land. But they had become subjects of one foreign empire after another, and they were inclined to see all their glory in the past; they also felt as though God had aban-doned them. In this long genealogy of Jesus, St. Matthew tells them, "The meaning of your his-tory is not in the past, but in the present. The significance of Abraham and Jacob and David is not that they lived in the 'good old days' when God really cared, but that they were forerunners of Jesus." The importance of Israel's history, for St. Matthew, was the outcome toward which it

was leading for those forty-two generations: the birth of the Savior. St. Matthew's two reasons for beginning his Gospel with Jesus' genealogy suggest a Christian view of history that shapes our reflections on this anniversary. First, as a parish we are formed and identified by our history, by where we have been in our past. And second, the meaning of that history is determined by the future, by where our history is leading us. Henry Ford once said that history is bunk. We all know that isn't true, and perhaps no institution is more clearly defined by its history than the Church. The Christian faith is based on a collection of writings that dates from antiquity. We read the stories about what God did for His people thousands of years ago: about the birth of Isaac, the burning bush and the parting of the Red Sea, about David and Goliath. We tell the story of the risen Savior just as it was told the first time, two thousand years back in our history. That ancient Word seizes our attention and makes us the people of God.

Our faith is further shaped by the centuries of Christian history since Sacred Scripture was written. We make our confession in the words of ancient creeds; we sing hymns hundreds of years old; we practice rites and liturgies older than the languages in which we recite them.

And of course on this 50th Anniversary we remember the history of this parish family: the members of your own families who have been born, baptized, confirmed, married and buried here; the traditions that you have created, and that have in turn made you the people you are. Today we are proud to say that we are part of that whole history, just as Jesus was part of the history of Israel, all forty-two generations from Abraham on down.

We owe who we are to our past, our heritage, our upbringing and education, our tradi-tions. You and I, and this parish family, are products of where we have been. St. Matthew also knew that the past is not enough. He wanted to correct the vision of those people who always looked to the past for meaning. The real point of all those generations of Israelites, he claimed, was that they were leading up to something that was to follow them. We can learn a lot from the past, but its most important function is to lead us into the future. Jesus made that very clear. He told His disciples to remember what He had done, but He also turned their attention to the future task that His ministry was preparing them for: "Go and be my witnesses," He told them. "Go and work in the vineyard. Go and make disciples." Jesus never let His disciples dwell on what had already been done. Their purpose was not to be found in where they had been, but in where they were going. Our faith is born and nurtured in a historical experience, in what God has done for us in the past, but it always leads us into the future. As a parish family today, our anniversary

celebration naturally turns our gaze back on our history. But we must let that history be part of our movement into the future. Jesus has commis-sioned us and sent us into the world with a mission: how will we fulfill it?

We have a responsibility to our young people, to form them as disci-ples of Jesus. We have a responsibility to our elderly, to help meet their needs in a changing world. We have a re-sponsibility to the community around us, to proclaim the good news of salva-tion and to be examples of Christ's

love. Let the stories of faith, commitment, and service that are told today as we remember the history of this parish strengthen you, prepare you, and propel you into the next fifty years of your ministry in this place. The question "Where are we going?" has a still greater significance, because as Chris-tians we know that our history has an eternal direction, an ultimate goal. In the incarnation, death and resurrection of Christ the world has been set toward its final moment, in which it will be both finished and begun anew. We – along with Abraham and Sarah, Boaz and Ruth, Joseph and Mary, and hundreds of generations of the sons and daughters of God – are part of the history that flows into God's own eternity. The promise that the future is ultimately in God's hands is the glow that suffuses everything here in the dawn of an expected new day. It is our faith in the end of time that directs our journey through time. The Church is the first-fruits of the Kingdom of God, the first dawning of God's pres-ence in the world in our day. Its purpose is both to remember God's faithfulness, kindness, mercy, and providence through our history up to now, and to move us and our world toward the mission and ministry that God has given us.

So during our 50th Anniversary celebration, we stand at a place much like the place from which St. Matthew told the story of Jesus. We look to our history – the history of God's people, of the Catholic Church, of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, of this parish family – re-membering who we are and where we have been. And at the same time we look to the future, remembering what we have been put here to do and where we are going. Our history is always leading us somewhere; our glory as God's children is always yet to come.

And so we come today, to gather at a place where we can speak to God, to pray, to lis-ten to the teachings of the apostles, to form a community of faith, and to celebrate the Eucha-rist. We come together here to recognize that for fifty years we have been alive in the spirit, blessed in God, and to say … today is our moment!

Mission Statement

We, the clergy and lay faithful of St. Benilde Catholic Church, by virtue of our baptism and by

the guidance of the Holy Spirit, strive to form a vibrant and faith-filled parish family by our

common witness to the Lord Jesus Christ. We seek to be instruments of God’s grace for the sanc-

tification of His people through divine worship, evangelization, catechesis and service. With

loyalty and obedience to the magisterium of the Church, we strive to live an example of holiness,

where Jesus is our center and Mary is our model, and to encourage one another as we journey to-

ward eternal life. We recognize our call to be stewards of God's many gifts, and joyfully share

them to deepen our love of God through service to others. We welcome all who seek the blessing

of God, the redeeming love of Jesus Christ, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit as we strive to

build the Kingdom of God and strengthen this family of faith.

Vision Statement

St. Benilde Catholic Church is a vibrant and faith-filled parish family of the Archdiocese of New Orleans serving the people of God by our common witness to the Lord Jesus Christ. We, the clergy and lay faithful of St. Benilde, seek to be instruments of God’s grace for the

sanctification of His people through divine worship, evangelization, catechesis and service.

We are committed to proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the power of God unto salvation for all who believe, through our words and deeds, and we aspire to lead others to a saving knowledge of the Paschal Mystery by the way we live and pray together.

We seek to grow in holiness of life and strive for a deeper relationship with Christ and

His Church through a mature understanding of our Catholic faith, faithful to the magisterium of the Church, and a worthy sacramental participation in the Paschal Mystery. Mindful of the example of our patron, we are committed to ongoing faith formation and spiritual development through Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Teaching Magisterium of the Church.

We acknowledge the special gift we have been given in the Blessed Virgin Mary –

Mother of the Church and Queen of the Clergy – and in the Communion of Saints. We strive to offer all believers the occasion for a deepening conversion, a step for-ward in the journey to God, with Mary as the model for that journey and the Saints as our intercessors during our earthly pilgrimage.

We strive to promote genuine Catholic devotions, maintain time-honored Catholic tradi-

tions, and further Eucharist Adoration so as to be formed into the likeness of Christ through repentance and conversion.

We endeavor to promote strong marriages and healthy families and to make each house-

hold in the parish a vibrant domestic church.

We aspire to give special attention to the integral formation of our youth, to enable them to meet the unique challenges of our modern world. Through spiritual, aca-

demic, human and apostolic for-mation of our children, espe-cially through our school minis-try, we seek to teach them to be faithful disciples of Jesus Christ and to prepare them to become vibrant adult witnesses to the One who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. We invite our children to consider the possibil-ity of serving God and His Church in the priesthood or reli-gious life.

We seek to serve all of our brothers and sisters, most especially the poor, the sick, and

the elderly. In responding to their spiritual, emotional, and financial needs, we serve Christ and promote the human dignity of those in distress. We also seek to protect and enroll the unborn and to promote the Gospel of Life by bearing witness to the human dignity of all persons from the moment of conception to the moment of natu-ral death.

We strive to cultivate an environment in which authentic Christian stewardship of

time, talent, and treasure is understood, accepted and practiced throughout the par-ish.

Finally, we find the source and summit of our Christian life in the sacred liturgy, most

especially in the celebration of the Holy Mass. We desire to live in the grace of our baptismal consecration by a constant conversion from sin in the sacrament of Pen-ance and a faithful adherence to the Gospel and thus to bear witness to the Lord Je-sus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit, with whom we were sealed in Con-firmation. Above all else, for our creation and redemption, we give thanks and praise to the Father, in the Son, through the Holy Spirit by a solemn, reverent, and digni-fied celebration of the Most Holy Eucharist, in which the Paschal Mystery is re-

called and renewed for our salvation and sanctification.

By our teaching of the Gospel, our celebration of the Sacred Mysteries of the new and ever-

lasting Covenant, our family lives, and our loving service to our brothers and sisters, we

proclaim by the power of the Holy Spirit to the glory of God the Father that Jesus Christ is

Lord!

PRELUDE MUSIC

Hymn To Joy …………………………………………………………………… Instrumental

Veni Sancte Spiritus ……………………………………………………… Cantor/Ensemble

Laudate Dominum ………………………………………………………… Cantor/Ensemble

Surely the Presence of the Lord ………………………………………… Cantor/Ensemble

INTRODUCTORY RITES

Processional Hymn

Crown Him with Many Crowns

Gloria

Mass of Renewal

LITURGY OF THE WORD

Old Testament Reading

Book of the Prophet Ezekiel (34:11-12, 15-17)

Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep. I will rescue them from every place where they were scattered when it was cloudy and dark. I myself will pasture my sheep; I myself will give them rest, says the Lord GOD. The lost I will seek out, the strayed I will bring back, the injured I will bind up, the sick I will heal, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy, shepherding them rightly. As for you, my sheep, says the Lord GOD, I will judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 23

New Testament Reading

First Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians (15:20-26, 28)

Brothers and sisters: Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through man, the resurrection of the dead came also through man. For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life, but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ; then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to his God and Father, when he has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his ene-mies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. When everything is subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.

Gospel

The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew (25:31-46)

Jesus said to his disciples: "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous will answer him and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’ And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me.’ Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, a stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.’ when they will answer and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?’ He will answer them, 'Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.’ And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

Homily

Most Reverend Gregory M. Aymond

Profession of Faith

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God,

born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light,

true God from true God, begotten, not made,

consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation

he came down from heaven, (All bow during these three lines)

and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,

and became man. For our sake

he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried,

and rose again on the third day

in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory

to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father and the Son,

who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,

who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic

and apostolic Church. I confess one baptism

for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead

and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Universal Prayer of the Faithful

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Preparation of the Gifts

All Creatures of our God and King

Sanctus

Mass of Renewal

Benedictus

Mass of Renewal

Great Amen

Mass of Renewal

COMMUNION RITE

The Lord’s Prayer and Doxology

Sign of Peace

Agnus Dei

Mass of Renewal

Communion Procession

Lamb of God …………………………………………………………………… Cantor/Ensemble

I Am the Bread of Life

To You Who Bow

Panis Angelicus …………………………………………………………… Cantor/Ensemble

Post Communion Meditation Hymn

Ave Maria …………………………………………………………………… Cantor/Ensemble

Prayer After Communion

CONCLUDING RITE Pastor’s Remarks

Reverend Robert T. Cooper

Presentation of the Papal Blessing from Pope Francis

Most Reverend Gregory M. Aymond

Solemn Blessing

Dismissal

Recessional Hymn

To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King

Our Pastors

Fr. Peter Brewerton 1964-1969 Monsignor Carter Richaud 1969-1989 Fr. Alvin O'Reilly 1989-1992 Fr. Carroll Heffner 1992-2000 Fr. Patrick Wattigny 2000-2013 Fr. Robert Cooper 2013-present

Our School Principals

Mother Celine 1967-1972 Sister Augustine 1972-1976 Sister Goretti 1976-1981 Sister Loreto 1981-1987 Sister Ita 1987-1988 Sister Loreto 1988-1994 Ms. Cheryl Orillion 1994-2000 Ms. Marilyn Malone 2000-2002 Ms. Vicki Helmstetter 2002-2012 Mr. John "Matt" Downey 2012-present

History of St. Benilde Parish 1964 ~ 2014

The parish of Blessed Benilde (now St. Benilde) was officially named on August 12, 1964, when then Archbishop Cody appointed Father Peter Brewerton as Pastor. Due to previous obliga-tions Fr. Brewerton assumed his duties on October 15, 1964. The parish was named for a Christian Brother, Pierre Romancon (1805-1862), who took the name of Brother Benilde. He spent his life as a teacher in France. Pope Pius XII, who said, "he did common things in an uncommon way," beatified Benilde in 1948. Pope Paul VI canonized brother Benilde in Rome on October 29, 1967. At the canonization, George Rojas, President of the Parish Council represented Blessed Benilde Parish. Since the parish had no church building, Sunday Masses were celebrated in Archbishop Rummel High School's gym, and since there was no parish rectory, Fr. Brewerton took up resi-dence at St. Christopher Parish. It was not until the latter part of 1964 that a house (1916 N. Ar-noult Street) was purchased for the parish rectory. Archbishop Cody, in August 1965, gave Fr. Brewerton permission to establish a chapel in the rear of the rectory to celebrate daily mass, bap-tisms, etc.

First Recorded Baptism—January 17, 1965. First Recorded Marriage—May 1, 1965.

Fr. Brewerton established a Parish Council and the eleven (11) area captains, and then a parish census was taken from 1966-1967. The first building fund was started on February 11, 1966, raising $179,800.00. The first parish organization meeting was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1966. The church and convent were completed in 1967, and the first Mass celebrated in St. Benilde Church was on December 24, 1967. In 1967, Archbishop Philip Hannan traveled to Ireland to find sisters to teach in the parish’s school. The Sisters of Loreto of Fermoy accepted the task of developing a school in St. Benilde Par-ish. The convent was finished in time for their arrival in September 1967. The original four (4) St. Benilde nuns were Mother Celine Ryan, Sister Goretti Walsh, Sister Augustine Dempsey and Sister Immaculata Noonan. St. Benilde School opened on August 28, 1968, with grades kindergarten through 5th grade. The St. Benilde School Board and Home & School Association were formed in 1968 and 1970 respectively. In 1967, a parish newsletter commenced and was hand delivered by the area captains. A more sophisticated newsletter came into existence in March of 1971. Also formed in 1967 were the Altar Society and the CCD classes; 1968 saw the start up of the CYO, Cub Scouts and Brownie Troops. It was not until 1969 that the Boy Scouts were formed. The first parish fair was held in 1970, and the first “Over 50's” Club for the young-at-heart was started in 1979.

In early 1970, another phase of the parish’s building program was necessary. The parish

needed a building to house a large meeting room/cafeteria. Money was borrowed from parishion-ers, $200.00 that would be paid back. Approximately $70.000.00 was loaned and all of it was paid back from the money we made off of our weekly bingo games conducted by the Holy Name Society. In 1979, the residence of our priests and office was completed.

During 1982, it was determined that additional facilities for the school, namely a library, a cafeteria and a teen center were needed. So in 1983, construction began on this expansion and completed in 1984. The church bells were installed in June 1981, and the stained glass windows were installed in 1981 and 1982. The Christian Brothers, Santé Fe Provi-dence, on December 14, 1985, donated the stature of St. Benilde. In 2001, the interior of our Church was transformed when we ob-tained the high altar from Annunciation Church, and a Pieta statue from the shuttered St. Cecilia Church. Our confessionals were redone in 2004, and in 2006 our Eucharistic Adoration Chapel was completed. A big undertaking took place in December 2013, when renovations commenced and were com-pleted in the Loreto Early Learning Center to make it a first class facility. Since 1964, our parish has maintained a steady flow of volunteers continuing to service our 30 plus ministries and/or organizations. We can only see good things for our parish in years to come.

~ History Compiled by George Rojas

Living & Deceased Remembrances

Marvin & June Ackermann John W. Adams, Jr. Lillian Alexander Ralph Alvarez Andy & Joyce Andignac Walter & Hazel Ayers Theresa Bacino (L) Alden Banta, Sr. Concetta G. Banta Tom Banta Chucsie Barbin Carl Alvin Barre Carl Gregory Barre

JoAnn Sherburne Barre Peggy & Al Barre Joan W. Barre (L) Joseph Battaglia Ina Battaglia Doris Bayhi (L) Walter Bayhi, Jr. Flora Be Flora Marie Be Harry Be (L) Warren F. Bergeron, Sr. Lisa Harrison Bernard (L) Ray Beyer

Adrian Birrcher Liguori Birrcher Bernadette Bizot Michelle & Doug Blanchard & Fly Walter (Bubber) Blessing Boling Family Michael Bollinger Annie Bollinger Russell Bonamour Family (L)

Helen Reed Bongiovani Donald S. Bordelon Lee Francis Boutte Rosemary L. Boutte Sandra Brassette Fr. H. L. Brignac (L) Brignac Family (L & D) Andrew & Mable Brunett Michael Buck Meghan Bumgarner (L) Lillie, Lillie & Liam Bumgarner (L) Gerard J. Burg, Sr. John Burlett

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Burns Nelson (Gene) Byrd Alice Calato Louis Calato Marie Cambre Robert Cambre Phyllis Melanie Carcabasis Rita Lazaroe Carter Enid Chandler Chighizola Family Elvin Cochran Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Colgan (L) Edward & Irma Constantine

Cathy Cooke Fr. Robert T. Cooper (L) Marie & Lee Cornwell Elaine Cortello (L) George H. Creath III George H. Creath, Jr. Dolores Credo William "Chuck" Credo, Jr. Lurline & Bill Curry

Kelly Curry Shawn Curry Mike & Mary Ann Curry (L) Jennifer Curry (L) Billy Curry, Jr. Carol & Hilton Daigle (L) Tom Daley Janet Ann Dares Rose Delaney Delaup Family Irene Dell Roy and Anna Dickinson Leo Dimaggio

Merle & Charles Dittmer Drawe Family (L) Ray Dunn Robert & Florence Dunn Elaine Durel Eddie & Elmire Falgoust Grace Catanzaro Fallon (L) William R. Fallon, Sr. Rose Marie Greco Federico Sal J. Federico (L) Joyce Lyons Fichter Pat Fichter Elmire Fichter

Dorothy Flatley James Flatley Madeleine Fountain Peter D. Fountain, Jr. (L) Peter D. Fountain, Sr. Stuart & Gloria Fourroux Michael B. Frederick Carolyn J. Frederick (L) Arthur Frost

Allen Gaudet, Jr. Michele Newfield Gauthier Josie Creighton Glaviano Taylor Scott Grace Scott Grace Jackie Griffin Carl A. Guidroz, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Guidroz, Sr. Richard Curry Hale Evalyne Hargrave Emile J. Hart Larry Hart Held Family (L)

George Held, Sr. Frances Henritzy Hensley Children (L) Maria Hutchison P. J. Impastato Joseph & Gilda Impastato Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Ingrassia, Jr Russell J. Jaubert Edwin A. Jones, Jr. & Family Russell G. Joubert (L)

Denise A. Joubert (L) Christopher R. Joubert (L) Harold Judge Claire Judge Kevin John Judge Pota Carcabasis Kassavetis Bob & Mary Kelly Family (L) Agnes & John Kilroy Mary Kilroy Klapatch Family Grandparents Karen Klotz Donald Klotz, Sr. Agnes Kolwe Mary D. Youngblood LaRocca Mary Lauricella Dorothy M. Lazaroe Victor LeMay, Jr.

Cecile Lyons Michael & Lena Marino Julie Ann Marino Julie Anne Marks Mr. Paul Manfre (L) Thelma Alice Alexander Manfre Gloria Marzloff Walter Materne Verlie Mayeux Mr. & Mrs. L. McKinney Patrick & Suzanne McKinney (L) Andrew Meibaum (L) Judy Meibaum (L) Raymond Melan, Jr. Edwin D. Melan, Jr. Marion J. Melsheimer Gladys R. Melsheimer Thomas & Carol Metcalf (L)

Charles & Theresa Montgomery Jeannette & Charles Montgomery Fly (L) Thomas Montgomery Family (L) Marguerite Moreau Modeste Moreau Venita Morel Jeffrey Morise Charles & Claire Morrison Sharon Q. Morvant (L)

Nicole Murry Wayne Murry, Sr. Louis Newfield Nolan Family (L) Mary-Catherine & Ron Oleksik (L) Charles O'Malley Marie O'Malley (L) Jimmy Ott Bobby Palmer Willie Perkins Mary Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Robert Phillpott Skippy Prino

Thomas O. Prunty Susan, Chris & Trevor Quatroy (L) Auburn and Marian Quigley (L) A. J. Quigley (L) Dale Quigley (L) Michael Quigley (L) Josephine Radke Kenneth Radke Kathy & Paul Reynolds Charles F. Rispoli, Jr.

William & Mila Roa Joseph W. Rodosta Lois Rodosta Joseph Rodosta Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Rojas Dr. Joseph A. Rojas George Ruhlman Alice Ruhlman Lucien Sabathe Dolores Sabathe Mary Sabathe Henry Sabathe Sabathe Family (L) Marlene Saia Sanchez Family O. J. & Alberta Sander Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Scheuering

Donald & Carolyn Schneider Sam Sciortino Charles Sciortino Margaret Sciortino Angelo Sciortino Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Sclafani Adele Scott Screen Family Gustave A. Seeber Alma R. Seeber Leon Segal Doris Segal (L) Joseph Segari, Sr. Suzanne Sellers (L) Claire Senko Joseph Senko Mr. & Mrs. Louis Shaw, Jr. Jeanne Digby Sherburne

Thomas P. Sherburne, Jr. Irene R. Siemssen Janet Simeon Marie D. Solares William Soleto Eloise Parr Soleto Ellwood &Lillie Soupenne George Spaulding Sr. Joel Sperier, MSC

Emett St. Germain Sidney Stark Family Anne R. Stiegman Donald Tarsney Mary Tarsney (L) Mr. & Mrs. Hugh A. Teal Peter & Judy Theisges, Jr. (L) Willie Louise Thompson Holly Q. Toups (L) Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Treser Barbara Twickler Marie & Ellis Vasterling Ricky Vitrano

Ray Vitrano, Jr. Kathleen Vogt Juliette Waguespack Maxime Waguespack (L) Hannah Washington Fr. Pat Wattigny (L) Mr. & Mrs. John Weber Marie Walsh Robert F. Whitman, Sr. Julie Willoz

Doris Wilson Erin Elizabeth Wright Louis P. Youngblood, Jr. Shirley & Philip Zanco, Jr. Anna & Philip Zanco, Sr. J. B. Roger Zeringue Roger J. Zeringue

Zeringue Family (L)

Solemnity

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe