St. Stephen Church is hosting the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima on Tuesday, December 13th beginning at 8:30 A.M. with our School Mass as part of the Fatima Centennial US Tour for Peace, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions. There will be devotions throughout the day culminating with a Holy Hour before the Blessed Sacrament at 4:45 P.M., Benediction at 5:45 P.M. followed by Mass at 6:00 P.M. The Church will stay open until 8:00 P.M. Come and experience the presence of Our Lady of Fatima, here in our own Diocese! Bring to her all your sufferings, for she promised, “My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God.” Many favors and graces, including cures, and countless conversions are associated with … [Read more...]

Knights of Columbus Our area wide Knights of Columbus De La Salle Council 3411 offers a real, visible example of Catholic Charity in action.  Our chapter participates in many regularly scheduled service projects: they provide food and clothing to the needy, bring Holy Eucharist to shut-ins and schedule monthly service days at St. Henry and St. Stephen campuses to address maintenance issues, among other things. Open to men over 18 years of age, the KC are a great group that has fun as they serve the parish and wider community! Altar Servers Our Altar Servers play a very important role in the liturgy. They are part of the procession, handle incense, help prepare the altar for Mass, aid with baptisms, and help with the sacred vessels. Our parish has a great need for young men desiring to … [Read more...]

Beginning Thursday, October 6 at 7:00 pm we will offer our next class: LECTIO: EVANGELIZATION It will be a Ten-Week course. Each class will last until 8:30 P.M. The instructor on the video is Dr. Mary Healy From the Augustine Institute. The cost of the class will be $30.00. Learn evangelization from the men and women who changed the world for Christ. The renown teacher, Dr. Mary Healy, shows you from Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition how the Holy Spirit will help you bring Christ’s light to the world. What is our mission as Catholics? We are living in a time of abandonment of Christian faith on a scale that has never before been seen in history. The time is past for business as usual. God has a role for you! We are called to go out and to serve others to bring healing and to bring … [Read more...]

September 25, 2016 Getting Back to the Table! The dining table over the years has taken on a different purpose than originally designed. It has become the “dropping off zone” for assorted things coming into the house. When it’s time to eat, we grab a plate, get the comfortable place on the sofa and eat off a TV tray. Losing the dining table as a place to gather and share a meal as a family is not all that is lost. Spending quality time with one’s family, utilizing the time to share the experiences of the day, gives the family the opportunity to bond with one another. Additionally, table time with the family opens opportunities to educate in faith and life. Before starting what can be shared at the table, it will help to understand the dining table as one of the most important … [Read more...]

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 St. Mary Magdalen School in Metairie. The series will be for  five (5) Tuesdays, September 13, September 20, September 27, October 4 and October 11, 2016. Hours are 7:30 PM– 9:00 PM. The materials for the series cost $25.00. To register or for more information, call Cathy at the Family Life Apostolate at 504- 861-6243. … [Read more...]

Thanks to all who made Fr. Patrick Carr’s first Mass as a newly ordained priest so special, especially our altar servers and those who prepared the lovely reception! AND CONGRATS TO OUR NEWLY ORDAINED! The following men were ordained to the Priesthood for the Archdiocese of New Orleans last Saturday, June 4, 2016 at St. Louis Cathedral: Patrick Richard Carr Paul Anthony Clark David Michael Ducote Francis Nguyen Dzung Francis Uzochukwu Offia Kenneth Sims Smith Please pray for our new Archdiocesan priests! … [Read more...]

The Catholic Bishops of the United States are asking Catholics and all people of faith to join in prayer for our nation in thanksgiving for our freedom and for ongoing protections of conscience rights and religious liberty from Tuesday, June 21st – Mondau, July 4th. “Keeping the spirit of the Gospel means that Catholic institutions are to bear witness in love to the full truth about the human person by providing social, charitable, and educational services in a manner that fully reflects the God-given dignity of the human person.” - Archbishop William E. Lori, Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, on the “Freedom to Bear Witness”s Prayer for the Protection of Religious Liberty O God our Creator, from your provident hand we have received our right to life, liberty, and the … [Read more...]

Congratulations to those who received the Sacrament of Confirmation at the 4:00pm Vigil Mass last Saturday. What a great joy to have Archbishop Gregory Aymond in our parish to celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost, and for our Confirmands to receive the Sacrament on the Vigil of Pentecost! Come Holy Spirit! Taylor Brown Brandon Fazande Marcelle Kepper Annabeth Lawrence Lindsay Moroau Celina Morrison John Musser Jennifer Toups … [Read more...]

May 15, 2016 – Pentecost Sunday Confirmations with Archbishop Aymond at the 4:00pm Vigil Mass May 22, 2016 – Trinity Sunday May 29, 2016 – Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) with Eucharistic Procession after the 10:30 am Mass to be followed by a parish fish fry and snowballs! … [Read more...]

From the Knights of Columbus On behalf of the Knights of Columbus Council, I want to thank Msgr. Nalty for allowing the Knights to conduct the Lenten Fish Fry at The Mother Pauline Center. Thanks to all the parishioners that came to the fish fry in support of our fund raising event. And to the volunteers who gave of their time and talents to prepare, cook and clean up for these meals: A HEARTY THANK YOU! We are truly blessed by the number of people who come forward to make these events the success that they are. Of the monies raised one-half will go to The K.C. Youth Expansion Program (YEP). The second half goes to Good Shepherd Parish. A check for $875.00 was presented to Msgr. Nalty following the 10:30 AM mass on Sunday April 24th. … [Read more...]