3rd Sunday of Lent

Dear Parishioners,

On this Third Sunday of Lent and for the next two Sundays, we take a break from reading the Gospel of Matthew to read from the Gospel of John. In today’s Gospel, the dialogue between Jesus and a woman from Samaria is among the most lengthy and most theological found in Sacred Scripture. The most startling aspect of the conversation is that it happens at all. Jesus an observant Jew of that time, was expected to avoid conversation with women in public. Jesus and the Samaritan woman speak of their thirsts, their shared human need. Jesus offers the woman “life-giving water!”

All Churches throughout the Archdiocese of New Orleans will offer the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) on the next three Wednesdays of March, beginning with this Wednesday, March 15th. Confessions will be heard in ever church from 5:00 P.M. - 6:30 P.M.

On March 18th and 19th, the Archdiocese of New Orleans will host a very important second collection to raise funds to offset the costs of educating seminarians at Notre Dame Seminary and St. Joseph Seminary College. All funds collected will go directly to supporting the education and formation of the 22 men currently studying to be priests in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Please give generously to this very important fund that will provide monetary support to those men who will minister to the people of God in the Archdiocese of New Orleans for many years to come.

Have a Blessed week!