Congratulations to all the couples celebrating 25^th, 50^th, and beyond, Wedding Anniversaries this year! Hopefully, next week or the week after, I will have some photos of our celebration for them, which is happening at 10:00 a.m. Mass this weekend.
      We are looking for students, 4^th grade through 12^th grade, who have made their 1^st communion, to sign up to become an Altar Server here at OLDP. Parents and grandparents, please take one of the blue “Altar Server” forms, on the back tables in Church, fill it out and either send it to or drop it off at, the Church Office (1000 N. Starrett Rd, Metairie, LA 70003). Thank you. Someone will contact you about when training will be scheduled.
      Next weekend, at 10:00 a.m. Sunday Mass, we will be acknowledging and celebrating our newest recipient of the St. Louis Medallion, the highest award for service that a lay person can achieve in our Archdiocese. This year’s recipient is Gene Usner. We also want to acknowledge all previous recipients, for OLDP and St. Lawrence, and anyone who received it elsewhere but is now a parishioner at OLDP. Please come to the 10:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, October 2^nd, and wear your Medallion. There will be a reception in the Bahan Center, following Mass, with some light refreshments.
      Next weekend we will also be taking our scheduled 2^nd Collection for Religious Education here at OLDP. We now have 23 families participating in our Family Faith Formation program and 34 students. Through your generosity, in this second collection, we can continue to offer this program free of charge. Also, we want to thank the Knights of Columbus for offering their Hospitality to the Family Faith Formation meetings as well as our Catechists, and other volunteers, for assisting in the education of these children and families. And we are most grateful to the parents of these children who have chosen to participate and help us in educating their children in the Catholic Faith.
     
   God bless you,
Fr. Mike