22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dear Parishioners;

We gather around the table of the Lord on this Labor Day weekend to share a meal. Our invitation to the eternal banquet of the kingdom begins with our Baptism. Like all invitations, it comes with an RSVP. Our response is found in the way we live our lives—in our gratitude for all that God has done—in our desire to serve God by serving others, and in our life of prayer and worship. In today’s Gospel, we listen to Jesus tell a parable about invitations to a banquet while He Himself is a guest at a dinner—let us consider our hospitality toward others.

The second collection this weekend is for the Building-Maintenance Fund.

Weekly school Masses will resume on Wednesday, September 4th at 8:15 A.M. Parishioners are always invited to attend.

Our monthly Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is on Wednesday, September 4 th . Adoration begins at 1:00 P.M. and concludes with Benediction at 6:00 P.M.

The second collection next weekend will be for the Religious Education programs of the parish.

It is the tradition of the Archdiocese of New Orleans to offer the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confesson) near the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. This year confessions will be available in all Catholic Churches of the Archdiocese of New Orleans on Wednesday, September 11 from 5:00 P.M.-6:30 P.M.

Have a Blessed Week