Archbishop Aymond has approved the formation of the next diaconate formation group. Four sessions will be offered to illustrate and explore the formation, life and ministry of serving as a deacon in the Church. These “Information Nights” are informal gatherings in the evenings. Those who sense God speaking to them about the possibility of serving in ordained ministry are encouraged to “Come and See”. Attendance at one of these sessions will allow the formation community to share basic criteria for entrance into formation and will enable each participant to consider requesting an invitation to attend the more formalized “Discernment Gatherings”. Wives are encouraged to attend.
You may choose to attend any one of the following, but attendance at one of these nights is required to attend the remaining “Discernment Gatherings” and to submit an application to enter formation.
Wednesday, May 18 – 6:30 PM
St. Maria Goretti Church
7300 Crowder Blvd, New Orleans, LA
Tuesday, May 24 – 6:30 PM
Infant Jesus of Prague Church
700 Maple Street, Harvey, LA
Wednesday, June 1 – 6:30 PM
Archdocese of New Orleans Administration Building
7887 Walmsley Avenue, New Orleans, LA
All are asked to preregister for one of the sessions by email: pdiaconate@arch-no.org.Questions? Call 504-861-6329.
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Holy Land, Jerusalem Pilgrimage October 2022
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w/Fr. Gary Copping $4,677 from Nola
October 23-Nov.1, 2022
Nothing brings the Gospels to life like a Catholic Holy Land Pilgrimage Tour to the Holy Land and Jerusalem. During the course of the pilgrimage tour, you will walk in the Footsteps of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and the Apostles, visiting and celebrating daily Mass in the most important Shrines and Basilicas of Christianity. You will visit the Basilica of the Annunciation, where the Angel of the Lord
appeared to the Virgin Mary, and she professed her Magnificat. You will visit Bethlehem and celebrate the birth of Christ at
the Church of the Nativity. During this Holy Land Pilgrimage tour, you will have the opportunity to renew your baptismal vows at the
Jordon River and your wedding vows in Cana, where Jesus performed His first Miracle. You will spend two days around the Sea of
Galilee where Jesus began His ministry, preaching to thousands as He gave His sermon of the Mount of Beatitudes, and miraculously
fed the multitudes with fish and loaves of bread. The highlight of the Holy Land Pilgrimage Tour will be in Jerusalem where you will
pray in the Garden of Gethsemane and experience the Lord’s Passion along the Via Dolorosa, (the Way of the Cross) on the way to
the Church of the Holy Sepulchre which marks the place where Jesus was put to death on Calvary, and was buried and rose again!
Visits to Mount Tabor, Sepphoris, Bethany, and Jericho are just some of the other places that you will visit on this pilgrimage.
Get the details and book online| www.catholicjourneys.com/copping | or call 800-715-6670
COMMUNITY CENTER
FOR LIFE
"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made...Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them." Psalm 139:13-14, 16, ESV
Sanctity of Human Life www.westbankpregnancy.org @wbpregnancy @wbpregnancy 504-227-9090
ABOUT COMMUNITY CENTER FOR LIFE
Community Center for Life is a 501(c)3 pregnancy resource center dedicated to walking alongside women and families facing unplanned pregnancies and saving the life of the unborn. By providing education, counseling, and resources, we desire to help them to thrive before, during, and after the pregnancy. In all we do, we seek to love our neighbors as God commands us and first demonstrated to us through Jesus Christ. Refer women and families facing unplanned pregnancies to Community Center for Life or your local pregnancy resource center.
WAYS YOU CAN HELP
1 Refer women and families facing unplanned pregnancies to Community Center for Life or your local pregnancy resource center.
https://pregnancytestingwestbank.com/
2 Pray for women and families facing unplanned pregnancies, for the unborn at risk of abortion, for post-abortive women suffering in silence.
3 Volunteer. CCL presents various volunteer opportunities for Christians who love the
LORD and the gift of life.
4 Give. Make one-time donation or support us monthly. To give now, text PROLIFE to 53555
539 Lafayette Street, Gretna, LA 70053
This year they conducted 1,146 appointments. 161 of them were pregnancy tests. Out of those, 50 clients were considering abortion. But by the end of the year, 41 of 50 had changed their minds! They also performed 42 ultrasounds, 161 additional prenatal and postnatal support visits, and 743 parent support visits for families with children under 4 years.
Your support makes a life-changing impact in our community, and we thank God for you!
St. Joseph Restoration Fund Major Contributors of $5,000 or MoreSt. Joseph Women’s Club
Gretna Historical Society
China Doll Restaurant
Karen Meyers
Gulf Coast Bank & Trust
German-American Cultural Center Jefferson Historical Society of LA
John & Anne Kulakowski
Gretna Community Transportation Company
Kenneth & Darnell LeBlanc
Italian-American Society
Gretna Police Benevolent Association The Estate of Charles C. & Louise D. Lyons
Arthur & Brenda Lawson
Rev. Fr. Gary Copping, Pastor
Robert Gelpi
Lois LaBruzza Wiley & Raylyn Beevers Wesley & Shayna Beevers Morvant
Stan & Judy Salathe
Mary Ribaul Bose
Kenneth & Gayle Alfortish
David & Susan Kalil
Thomas “Skip” & Lauren McGinnis Marille & Barbara Faucheux
Kirk Jones & Family
Joel Durkes In Memory of John L Marchese
Brett J. Lawson
In Memory of Hon. Henry Garland Sullivan, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Toomey
In Memory of Dr. Mary Grace Curry
Ted & Gail Heine
The Daul Family
In Memory of Kendall E. Alforthish
In Memory of Darryl F. Alfortish
Bonnie Geers CuculluWe thank all our Contributors, both great and small, for their gifts of charity.
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The Mother Church Cookbook Is the Perfect gift for Mom, mother's to be, or anyone that likes to cook or is forced to cook.
Founded in 1857, St. Joseph Church in Historic Gretna is the “Mother Church” of 14 Catholic parishes in West Jefferson all the way to Grand Isle. Built in 1927, this building is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places.
The Mother Church needs your help. She needs a “face-lift” and major “do-over.” The protective sealant over the stucco on the exterior of the church is crumbling and a minimum of 80% of the sealant must be removed and re-applied, with a paint job to follow. Work on the auditorium is needed as well.
The cookbook benefits the $500,000 Restoration Fund needed to return the Mother Church to her former beauty!
Thank you for your help.
To order, go to top line of this website and click on Mother Church Cookbook or, if you are on a cell phone, look to the left for the three vertical bars on top of each other and click the bars.
Dear Heavenly Father,
My parish is composed of people like me; I help make it what it is.
It will be friendly, if I am.
Its pews will be filled, if I help fill them.
It will do great work, if I work.
It will make generous gifts to many causes, if I am a generous giver.
It will bring other people into its worship and fellowship, if I invite and bring them.
It will be a parish of loyalty and love, of fearlessness and faith, and a parish with a noble spirit, if I, who make it what it is, am filled with these same things.
Therefore, with Your help, O God, I shall dedicate myself to the task of being all things that I want my parish to be.
Holyart is an online store that sells religious art and original sacred products and religious handmade items.
Welcome to St. Joseph Catholic Church
Since 1857, when Fr. Thaddaeus Anwander, CSSR, celebrated the first Mass in Gretna on Christmas Day, until the present time, God has blessed our St. Joseph Parish with dedicated priests, religious nuns, and laymen and women, to carry on the life of St, Joseph Parish.
May this Website help us to acknowledge our past, to recognize our brothers and sisters in Christ of the present, and to unite our parish family ever more in the future.