NOLA: Mass in honor of St. Pio
The Lord is kind and merciful. That is the refrain of our congregation today as we gathered to celebrate the Mass of St. Pio. The prophetic readings announce to us Gods call to follow His will and to announce to others that HE is the Christ, our Savior, who...
Memorial of St. Januarius (in Gretna)
Dear Family and friends, Today was another difficult day for St. Rosalie parish. We began, as usual, with the celebration of the Eucharist and the numbers begin to pick up. The Harvey Fire Department came during Mass and gave us five cases of fresh fruit to distribute thru the...
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Gretna)
Greetings from Harvey and St. Rosalie Parish! Today was a great day to celebrate the Gift of the Eucharist with family and friends. We celebrated two Masses, 8am and 11am. They were great expressions of faith for parishioners and my family. My Aunt Dee and her family attended the...
More news from New Orleans
From Father Jon: Dear Friends, There is always light at the end of the tunnel. Today we began with the celebration of Mass in St. Rosalie Church. The Parishoners had to use the side entrance since the front door, blown off by the storm, is still boarded up and...
Get Crackin'
Jen get’s a kick out of this lobster bib…...
LBI
Apparently, Long Beach Island is the place to vacation when you live in NYC. At least that is the impression Tom has gotten over the years. You see, he is new to east coast vacations (as an adult) and never got to experience the Jersey Shore. Thanks to Greg...
Geeks in Space
It’s only three days from the premier of Star Wars – Episode III – Revenge of the Sith…and the geeks are lined up again in front of NYC’s Zigfield Theater. It saddened me to think that this is the last time these geeks will get to assemble in such...
James' tsunami adventure
Tom’s friend James was visiting Thailand for Christmas & New Years this year when the tsunami hit. For several days, we didn’t know if James was among the thousands of unfortunate victims. On New Years day, Tom received the following email indicating James was alive and well…and has some...
Skull's 40th
Delinquents and SigEp’s (of numerous generations) converged on Skull’s place to help celebrate his 40th birthday. The traditional backyard BBQ took place on a beautiful day and was only interupted once when the local klaxons went off…apparently calling the volunteer firemen to action in order to help extingiush the...
Susan and Donny's Wedding
Our friends Susan and Donny (finally) got married this weekend. Susan and Donny’s courtship has been intertwined with Jen and Tom for most of their relationship. Donny was actually in the group of friends with Jennifer on the night she and Tom met. Donny and Susan rekindled their relationship...